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CHARLOTTE NEWS In This Section The first public library in Charlotte was formed in 1891 as a subscription library with dues of 50 cents a month Sports Classilled Comics Features Charlotte North Carolina Monday April 15 1963 SECTION Downtown And Shopping Centers Did Well OUR TOWN 1 to '901 (2)111 JA '4-400 With foAileto Many Merchants Report Their 'Best Easter' was the biggest day in the cafe teria's By EMERY WISTER News Stott Writer mendous Our stores did well without exception Of course wearing apparel is our main line out here but other items sold well too" Spokesmen for Freedom Vit lage Shopping Center were not available for comment but filled parking lots were reported several times during the shopping season "We're up substantially" he said "This Easter was as good as any for us and we did all right in our new Gastonia store too" At Park Rd Shopping Center crowds were big and sales were bigger "Wonderful" said Mrs Laura Willis of the shopping center office "We don't have our total figures yet but children's women's and men's wear all moved well This was our best Easter yet" Bannock vice president of the Ivey and Co said "We had planned for an inerease this year but the gain exceeded out estimate" lie said the full story of Easter business cannot be told yet because the day came a week earlier this year and sales are still going on" CROSLAND manager of Sears Roebuck Co credited shoes dresses boy's wear and men's wear for good business this year AN EXECUTIVE of Belk Bros Co said this: "We did all right and we're satisfied I'd say it was the best Easter we ever had" Wearing apparel is the big seller at Easter For this reason hard goods sales are always olf a little "We had a little decline in our hard goods departments" the Belk spokesman said "But not very much" A spokesman at Charlottetown Mall said simply "It was tre "Tremendous" "Wonderful" "Very Satisfactory" These are the words Charlotte merchants used to describe the Easter shopping season which ended Saturday afternoon It was the same story both downtown and in shopping cen ters What's more many of the merchants expect business to continue at the same healthy rate for the rest of the month Meantime the pace continued today with the start of after AMITY GARDENS echoed Charlottetown's "tremendous" "We really had crowds here" said James Claiborne manager of the Barclay Cafeteria "Of course we had circus rides and had children dressed as bunny rabbits passing out free tickets Ile said yesterday Easter Day alb 11 Easter sales Downtown stores as well as the shopping centers reported stores were filled with shoppers Delegation Holds Purse Strings The lady positioned herself at the small organ and began playing the music as the men slowly opened their hymnals "Down at the cross where my Savior died They sang softly They seldom looked up Men and women worshipped together in this congregation yesterday but their service wasn't much Like the one you had at your church There were no Easter lilies no new bonnets no bright colors There were few smiles if there were any at all You might say this was an unusual congregation for a chilly Easter morning There were men and women there some of whom were awaiting trial for murder assault robbery drunkenness This was Easter Sunday 1963 in the Mecklenburg County jail Fifteen members of Garr Auditorium carried the Easter message to the 104 prisoners who were locked behind the green cell bars There were church people like Mrs Aretta Buchanan "We all crucify Christ afresh every day" she told the prisoners There was Harry Brumfield "It's never too late" There was Miss Rule Gray playing the organ and saying: "I was just as lost as the drunkard in the ditch and then Jesus changed my life "Down at the cross where my Savior died They sang softly Some without emotion And there was a tear or two It was Easter Sunday 1963 in the Mecklenburg County jail 11 I 1 2 1 10 9 3 4: Goines To Head Raceway Judge Appoints 11-Man Board County Wants Control Officials' Pay Checks TIME'S you see this sign next and if you haven't sent a letter to Uncle Sam 1 WORRY Yen worry because it's too late then Kiss your wife good-by and don't make any golf dates It's all because of that cursed midnight deadline for filing in- 0 come tax Were the tax experts busy with last minute filers today? Be serbons! If you had tried to call an even someone who knows what a short form is today you wouldn't ask that question By BILL HUGHES News Staff Writer A Goines Char Me businessman who led the effort to raise funds to save Charlotte Motor Speedway from financial collapse was named president of that corporation today 4 Department Heads Looking For A Raise 0 Can Board 'Instruct' Constables? I His appointment to head a new 11-memberr board of directnrs all but completes the Feder al Court action to reorganize and refinance the once-shaky corpora- I tion By HARRY MURPHY News Staff Writer Armour Co Squelches THE BOARD appointed by Federal District Judge Craven Jr includes William (Bill) France president of the National Association for Stock 4 411 na 4 iha ir 0 A i a 1tr 4' 0 4 445) Oft i 1 4 lic I -) i I 'ii it I '4 4 11 )ry4: r- 6 4' ii'' S'N 4 4 I t'' 19 4- I) County Commissioners who have questionable authority over the county's constables will attempt tomorrow to "persuade" them to serve papers for justices of the peace The constables all elected by will at 9 Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) (Duke) Ellington manager of Strike Rumor the speedway James McEI-1 vaine Washington financier in- By stnimental in construction of the ROGER BONKANEN It Was A Real Easter All Right Rabbit: They had a real Easter at the Harold Arrington house at 4110 Sharon Amity Rd Mike Arrington is in Miss Barbara Smith's fourth-grade class at Windsor Park School and it was his weekend to keep the class's pet rabbit Mike and the rest of the neighborhood kids had a real ball Now if Mrs Arrington can only recover News Staff Writer i VUIJUICII VULC Will II iteCt CIL ciiii racetrack and in the reoganiza- zation effort and Robert Rob- The management of Armour with Commissioners inson court are also elected by the peo- rt appointed trustee and Co here acted today to in the reorganization action a rumor that employes pie Can one elected official I I Ivho decided to give up the Judge made the ap- ianother what to do? pointments in a "consumation strike entering its fourth week pointments in a consumation to popular vote meet am tomorrow with Commissioners who are also elected by the peo hearing" in Federal Court here to go back to work are going uMMISSIONERS concede this morning Within a week fired anyway as soon as the' that they can't "tell" any n- strike is over said he will sign orders formal- stable what to do but view it as Armour Local Manager A ly ending the "first successful a matter of persuasion and lead- IA Higgins issued this statement: said he will sign orders formally ending the "first successful Chapter 10 in the stable what to do but view it as a matter of persuasion and Mecklenburg County Commissioners generally feel they should have the authority over county officaials' pay This authority is held now by the county's legislative delegation In some 60 North Carolina counties pay is controlled by A Jones County Commissioners and the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners strongly favors the principle since com- i I I Build missioners have to raise the money to pay the raises The local delegation has re- Laos Road ceived pay raise requests from Clerk of Court Edward Stukes By EMERY WISTER Treasurer Jessie Smith 3her- News Staff Writer iff Clyde Bunter and Register of Deeds Edgar Smith 1 The A Jones Construction Rep Martha Evans brought Co which has headquarters the situation to the delegation'slhere and operations all over attention but made no recom-1the world is co-venturer on a mendation multi-million dollar road project in Laos Mr Stukes wants a raise Edwin Jones chairman of from $12000 yearly to $16000 the board of the company said but the others haven't specified a 100 kilometer (60 mile) road any amount will be built along the Mekong River paralleling Thailand The Sheriff Hunter now makes $10- project is expected to cost about 000 Treasurer Smith $7500 and18 million Register of Deeds Smith $8000 road Equipment for building the Commissioners Henry Wilmer is now being shipped he Craig 'awing Al Shriver andl 'said The project in which Frank Blythe generally favor Groves Shepherd and Kruge of Commissioners' having this au- New York is coventurer will thorit but Commissioner require about two years to corn Charles Lowe was not available niete for comment However he is Mr Jones said the road will also a strong "home rule" advo-I cate i be built through totally unde- Groves Shepherd and Kruge of New York is co-venturer will require about two years to corn plete Mr Jones said the road will be built through totally I Ginger Shows Joey Iter Form proceeding history of the Western District of North Carolina" The speedway was reorganized under Chapter 10 of the federal Bankruptcy Act leadership William McGraw and Bishop Dale Charlotte Township justices of the peace complain that they can't get any constables to serve their papers "Numerous employes out on strike have called to report re luetanee to return to jobs because of threats that they would be released later This is inn curate and totally unreliable No regular employe who was regularly employed before March 24 (the beginning of the strike) who elects to work or return to work during strike will be released N7 11 I UM Mg II strike will be released strike will be released HOW ABOUT YOU? Clowns Stay Fit Clowning Officers named besides Mr Goines are Mr Ellington who is vice president and treasurer and attorney Jack liamil ton Commissioners voted last week to invite the constables in to ask them either to do their duty or to resign Love Links: We had a little story in The News last week about the latest high school fad The girls braid long chains out of chewing gum wrappers until they get 'em as long as their boy friends are tall Then they burn them But there is something else to the story that we didn't print because we didn't know The girls carry the ashes around with them in a box and it brings good luck What's the longest chain in town? Ron Dougherty of Myers Park has one 25 feet long and if that's not the town record it sure oughta be Mr Wilmer said this authority properly belongs to Commissioners since they have to raise the money "This follows my definition of home rule" Mr Lawing said "I would have no objections to our having this authority but I wouldn't say that I was in favor of it either "The delegation has to grant these raises turn them down or change the law to give us the undeveloped country Only grading and drainage work will be done at this time Paving will be done later Crews to build the road are now being assembled It will be built according to standards of the Bureau of Public Roads Louis Jenkins a vice-president of the Jones Co is now en route to Laos to do preliminary surveys and organization work The project superintendent has not been named Start of the project comes as the Jones company completes building the $70 million DerbendiKhan dam in Iraq This dam is now in operations and was built for flood control irrigation and Other directors are Ilerman Cross Mount Holly auto dealerI Mattick a Charlotte a settlement of any countant: Dr Wilson kind be reached with the union Monroe dentist Richard Howard1 A w'tm'Iihe same regulations as to sen- Denver businessman as before will prevail" Thomas Concord auto dealer tY and William (Dub) Graham Meanwhile another act of van- dalism apparently in connection Charlotte attorney with the strike now in its fourth Mr Goines who is president week was added to the grow-of American Mortgage and In- in list vestment Co organized a stockholders committee as officers of MARGARET GOODMAN a the speedway went into Federal nonstriking Armour employe re-Court to prevent their race track ported that two windows of her from being sold at auction to house trailer at the Seminole satisfy past-due debts of about Trailer Park on Tryon St $900000 Mr Hamilton was re- and the windshield of her car tamed as the committee's attor- were smashed ney The incident occurred at about Mr Goines led the committee 1:35 am Saturday she said effort to raise money to show A number of similar instances that stockholders were capable of vandalism directed at non-of saving the speedway His striking Armour employes have drum beating produced about reported in the last week $400000 1 or so THAT MONEY plus a $245- 00 loan from the Washington Board To Meet business partnership of Mr Mc- The Mental Health AssociaIlvaine and Henry Morgan and ition's board of directors will mect $200000 profit from two races tomorrow to hear recommendalast year was enough to satisfy: lions on the consolidation of scythe bulk of the debts and assure "Should a settlement of any kind be reached with the union the same regulations as to sen- iority as before will prevail" Meanwhile another act of apparently in connection with the strike now in its fourth week was added to the grow- list MARGARET GOODMAN a nonstriking Armour employe re- that two windows of her house trailer at the Seminole Trailer Park on Tryon St the windshield of her car were smashed The incident occurred at about 1:35 am Saturday she said A number of similar instances of vandalism directed at non- striking Armour employes have reported in the last week or so Board To Meet The Mental Health Associa- tion's board of directors will meet tomorrow to hear recommenda- on the consolidation of sev- But do constables in outlying townships have a duty to serve papers for a Charlotte justice of the peace Commissioner Craig Lawing feels that commissioners have van-little or no athuority over condalism stables "They're elected just like us and it's up to the people to deing cide if they're doing their duty" he said COMMISSIONER Henry Wilported mer said "I don't know what authority we have over them I think it's just a matter of per-and suasion" Commissioner Al Shriver had similar views "I think we need to point out their oath I don't anticipate that anything else will be needed" "We won't try to dictate any-been thing to them or hand down any directives" Commissioner Frank Blythe also favored persuasion but won-clued why the constables sought the office if they didn't intend to serve "They may be keeping sometions one else from a job" he said Commissioner Charles Lowe was unavailable for Comment Harassed Housewife Dept: Mrs Margie Cochran was in a big hurry to fix dinner She was peeling potatoes at a frantic pace She had them all peeled but one and then a knock on the door She went to see who it was came back and the unpeeled potato was gone She's looked her house over and the potato is still missing ''I'm shook up about this" Mrs Cochran says Ever wondered what clowns do to stay fit? They just clown vigor And that's exactly what they'll be doing Thursday night when the third annual "Keeping Fit Is Fun" show is presented in Ovens Auditorium at 8 Joey the Clown of Channel 9 and Bozo the Clown of '11111 Channel 3 will team with more tf' than 300 students from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools 4 4 to demonstrate that fitness can be fun for the whole lam- 4-: Joey will be accompanied by Ginger and Bozo will play opposite Miss Melissa of I Channel 3's Romper Room There'll be 16 exciting acts by the students ranging from a bamboo dance and Charles- ton rope jumping to tumbling BOZO and isometrics A Dixieland Band from South Mecklenburg High School will play a 30-minute pre-show concert and Glenn Swengros of Washington 31-year-old director of program development for the President's Council on Physical Fitness will speak during the hour-and-a-half show The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools and Heart Services are co-sponsors of the show Tickets are free so bring the whole family '11111f it 5'' ---7t I i '1- 0 ell 0 2 '7 i MR SHRIVER said "The idea follows a basic principle with which I agree The people here are in a much better position to make this judgment" Commissioners should have electric power generation control over raises said Mr The work required six years Blythe but he would like to talk Mr Jones said the project was with the legislators before any on a four-year schedule but a bill on the subject is passed revolution had slowed the mork "I think they should deter eral health agencies into 1-1ealth See SPEEDWAY on page 9B Inc eral health agencies into Ilealth Services Inc mine if we want this authority! Mr Jones returned to his desk before they give it to us" he here last week after visiting the said Who Has The Oldest Easter Egg In Town? Easter Egg: Who has the oldest Easter egg in town? Mrs Hal Barbour of Sylvania Ave thinks she has Her son Jerry came home from the Navy 15 Easters ago dyed an egg and put it on Mrs Bat'-hour's dresser The yellow egg is still there Is it the oldest in town? They Say 'Thanks Chicago' Insurance Week Activity Scheduled Here Wednesday Date 63 thc invocation at the luncheon Chamber First Vice President John Belk will speak briefly The governor will be introduced by Mr Burnside Physical Fitness Program The Charlotte News Box 360 Charlotte 1 North Carolina Mr Fick len and Mr Ray will remain In Chicago the rest of the week to call on firms interested Is Charlotte Twenty-three Charlotte business men and civic leaders will say thanks to 45 Chicago based firms in Chicago Wednesday Representatives of the 45 firms all of which have operations here will be guests of the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce at a luncheon at the Chicago Club It's the chamber's way of showing its appreciation to the Chicago firms for their contributions to this city's economy Terry Sanford will make the principal address and Mayor Stan Brookshire also will speak and William Fick len manager of the chambers indusp trial department went to Chicago this morning Mayor Brookshire and Chamber President Ed Burnside will go tomorrow The others including Gov Sanford are expected to fly to the city Wednesday morning Charles Crawford executive vice president of the chamber also will go Wednesday The luncheon will be held in the Chicago club and will be preceded by a reception Dr Walker president of Queens College will pronounce 'GRADY SIGNS All kinds South's Pioneer Neon fillrs Est 1901 Adv Please send me free ticket (s) to the spectacular "Keeping Fit Is Fun" show at Ovens Auditorium on Thursday April 18 1963 I enclose a stamped self-addressed envelope Up Front: The man had a wreck and dropped in to see his local insurance claims ad justor "Let's see" the insurance man said "I believe you were charged with following too closely" The fellow took on a look of genuine amazetuent "Not me" he said man in front of me was charged with following too close" This is "Insurance Week in North Carolina" by procalamation of Gov Terry Sanford and Charlotte will play host to one of the week's main events An all-day sales congress featuring talks by Insurance Commissioner Ed Lanier and three professional insurance men will be held Wednesday at Ovens Auditorium Other meetings featuring Commissioner Lanier and the other speakers will be held in Greensboro and Raleigh The other speakers are Louise Throgmorton vice president and dilector of public searvices for the Republic National Life Insurance Co of Dallas Texas: Stanley Collins personal development director of the field management division of the Metropolitan Lite Insurance Co: and Floyd A Rosenfelt Connecticut Mutual General Agent in Toledo Ohio Most of the others are ex- 1 pected to return to the city Wednesday "Chicago Day" is the second event of this kind held by the chamber A similar event was held in New York in May last year when Manhattan firms having operations here were honored NAME ADDRESS CITY Need A Money -Down II Mr Haines 3763626 kAartin-Guy Motors Inc Adv RAY chairman of the chamber industrial committee.