The Chapel Hill News from Chapel Hill, North Carolina • 1

The Chapel Hill Weekly Vol 5 No 37 CHAPEL HILL FRIDAY NOVEMBER li 1927 LOUIS GRAVES Editor $150 a Year in Advance 5c a Copy Aldermen Decide to Protect Trees And to Plant More on Main Street This Is Armistice Day Commemorative ExerciiMw Will Be Held in Memorial Hall at 10:30 REALTY COMPANY IS NOW IN HANDS OF 3 RECEIVERS VAIN SEARCH FOR QUARTERS ON DAY OF THEBIG GAME Students Go about the Village Hunting Room for Relatives and Friends Today is celebrated the ninth! anniversary of the end of the! 0 World War Here in Chapel Hill in Mem Judge Barnhili Appoints By Louis Graves Chapel Hill owes its mayor and aldermen a vote of gratitude for their action Monday evening in deciding to protect the existing trees and to plant new trees along the business block on the main street The Hogan I Pritchard and Roberson Chapel HUl Chaff A Chapel Hill woman who had had no experience in eon-ducting public meetings recently arranged an art lecture When the company had gathered the speaker looked at her question-ingly and she suddenly realized that she was expected to make an introduction This threw her into a kind of panic and she simply said: "Go ahead!" I have heard scores of introductions but few any better than this one Dr Pou of New' York orial hall the University and the American Legion will join in a 1929 BOOKINGS ALREADY SALE ON 22ND commemorative ceremony The1 AUCTION exercises will beirin at 10:30 and familiar metal enclosure will be used and Town Manager Knox says that the watering can be easily attended to by the municipal street force Mr Connor's motion was that the board should authorize Mr Knox to make the necessary openings in the sidewalk paving near the curb and to consult Mr Coker's advice with regard to the intervals "between trees and the other details of the improvement The work of preparation is going ahead this 'week will last only one hour the sus- The Chapel Hill Insurance and pension of classroom work for Realt Company has gone into half of the regular 11 -to-1 2 pe-the hand ()f receivers For riod adds half an hour to the! weeks a committie appointed by A man walked up to the desk at the Carolina Inn yesterday and asked the manager to reserve him a room for Thanksgiving "For more than a year" responded Mr Gattman "every chapel ieriod The program will I the UW0W worked to try to pull the company out of its room in the Inn has been en- city (topped by here Monday on be as follows: Invocation by Rev A Lawrence chaplain of the Legion post the National Hymn read- motion was made by Connor seconded by Burch and put to a vote by His Honor Zeb Council Hogap by proxy and Thompson voted yes and Braune who was ill sent a letter heartily approving the policy of protecting trees Poker professor of botany in the University made an admirably clear and concise statement about planting and cultivation The substance of his opinion is as follows: Be The uuestion of town ixIiev difficulties without resorting to bankruptcy proceedings but this proved impossible The receivers appointed by Judge Karnhill are Hogan I Pritchard and Roberson The assets consisting almost entirely of real estate in and with regard to trees was brought of the rM of thl' lUa(l of 0f to a head bv a etition signed a11' bv Harmon' by live property owners asking ammHultT (f tht' ('hid HiH for the removal of certain trees 'Hwt: tht ro11 of th I Diversity dead by Addison The aldermen voted not onlv the way to visit his old home town of Columbus Georgia He told me that he was going now instead of in the winter to save himself from freezing that he wanted to gel back to New York in time to be warm during the winter On a Friday in January a few years ago he arrived in ColumbtlB and found the thermometer at 87 Then came one of the tiel rest cold spells Georgia had ever known and the mercury fell to zero by Tuesday In a house without a furnace the II 1 1 1 i-l r4 1 11 not to grant this request but to around Chapel Hill are apprais-replace the trees that had al-! lbl'ral laps' (m tho ed at $6-18000 ami the liabil- ready been destroyed I bf ities exclusive- of outstanding illte at 11 A i address tock at qqq In approaching his definite by Charles Laban Aberncthy of The pajdjn recommendations Mr Coker New Hern representative in mm prolVrmi ami $50 000 spoke Of how fog generations Congress the National Anthem t()mm()ni of 79 y00 Chapel Hill had been known for the benediction Therefore if the sales bring in its tree-bordered streets Trees! A Patterson will preside (an am)Unt had given the village its at-1 The University band will play a nmj wi be abmt $27 000 mosphere and charm and it while the teople enter the hall t) appy t() tht st(Kk would be a tragedy to lose them loss to stockholders of $52 800 The majority of the people liv- Night Vandal Lops Iree 0f couree the anord LKes gaged and we are now getting requests for reservations for Thanksgiving two years hence In fact most of the rooms have already been bespoken for 1925" The hotels in Durham are also tilled and students are scurrying hither and yon around the village in the effort to find lodgings for their best girls families and friends who are planning to eonie here for the Virvinia-Carolina game Work on the road from Pitts-boro is being rushed in order that this new concrete boulevard may be opened for traffic before the 24th This will give the people from Charlotte Pinehurst and intermediate towns a bard-surface route all the way to Chapel Hill The Hiilsboro road has been treated with tar and gravel so with three all-weather approaehes to the village there should be no excessive crowding on the Durham road this year Kenan donor of the stadium will be the honor guest of the University on Thanksgiving Day Tlie governors of North Carolina and Virginia will be here too and invitations have been sent to Ihe members of the football team of on which Mr Kenan played The Carolina Inn will serve a dinner to the guests of the University IVroii Unknown" Cnta tf Hrumhes alv (lllv an estimate The sales of Kim in Front of store of property may bring a greater Of a smaller amount than $648- ing here he felt sure were opposed to any such change in the character of the place as the destruction of the trees would cause I i cause of the pavement and of the impossibility of leaving a broad stretch of earth between sidewalk ami curb it is not practicable to have on the north side of the street such trees as oaks elms and maples but there are species that will flourish if they have only a small circular space around them Such a one is the copal or ailantus or as it is more commonly known "the tree of heaven" It is seen on many streets in New York City blossoming year after year and apparently undiscouraged by the surrounding asphalt It grows rftPidly is well shaped and gives a good shade Another possibility is the mimosa this species is already seen on other blocks of the street for example in front of the Kluttz and the A Patterson homes Mr Coker emphasized the need of protecting the trees from damage and of watering them regularly Probably the 0W' situations ot this sort the town government somebody I there is necessarily an element has lopped oil the upper Among those who attended i branches of the elm tree in front jean llo elu lhan whttt the aldermen's meeting were of Herman's store The attack hidders are U) Rev Eugene Olive Rev A on the tree was made at night sah Th( t()() the tx Lawrence Mrs I) Toy Mrs or very early in the morning be-Len8e 0f tne nreivcrship enters A II Pal It rson Mrs barles lore the village was astir tor the tl 0 nUal accounting Mangum and Mrs Louis mutilation was first observed by fpe flrsl auction sale will be Graves The women were pre- the people who passed along the held Tuesdav November 22 home-coming Georgian nearly froze to death and since then he has always had a dread of his native state in winter A man with a cutting implement driven by compressed air was shaping a block of limestone at the new stadium Wednesday Several interested spectators were gathered about but a woman teeing the operation and hearing the whirring and grinding noise shuddered and hurried away saying: "I can't stand it it's so much like a dentist" The Methodists in convention in Asheville went on record against tobaccy-smoking A horribe thought occurs to me Suppose that they should put coca cola on the black-list too and that my friend Clyde Eu-banks a good and loyal Methodist should decide to stop selling these articles He might have to close up his business thus depriving me not only of my pleasant social hours in his place which as everybody knows serves as a village club but also of a main street entrance to my printshop (Cunt inned un pnye four) pared to speak on iiehaii 01 trie street oeiorc orcaKiasi-time ai Community Club but the sub- few days ago Kit was thoroughly covered by I The surreptitious lopping was Children's Hook Hxhibit Mr Coker and the aldermen and remarked upon al the meeting (Continued on pogt four) '11 i i i i ii in i in- ni nooi I'oiH'ruiav ot the board ot aldermen Mondav lr and Ihnrnday Afternoons evening When somebody asked ftbotll It Town Manager Knox An exhibit of children's books said it had been done by "a per- will be held at the school Wed- son or persons unknown" nesday and Thursday afternoons A (iame in the Stadium Knight to Aid in Fla Work on the stadium and its approaches ha- been almost II Carolina ami Davidson lo Meet 'tomorrow on Kenan Field Msnfkff of a (iroup Which Will Make Study of School There This is one of the trees which 0'' wxt week Wednesday is for the aldermen wen petitioned th' 'irst second and third Knight of the Univer grades Thursday for the other sity's school of education re-1 hut refused to removi A Week for Cleaning Householders are Asked to Cooperate in I'ultinK VillaKe in Order elementary grades The exhibit Art Study Club Meeting win open at 2 on each of the The football game between Carolina and Davidson tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon will be the first event in the new Kenan stadium For that reason as well as because a spirited match is likely a large attendance is two days with a dramatic program by the children mi mm Mr ilnrlund Will Talk a hoot Her KkperienrcM in I nation The First Freeze Next week November 14 to 19 is designated as clean-up and tire-prevention week in Chapel Hill This is a joint enterprise of the civics department of the Community Club and the town government Thousands of visitors are com me goal posts were put up Village lli- a Foretaste of Winter Flower Wilher and Droop turned early in the week from New York where he attended a conference of school men who had been asked to direct a survey of the schools of Florida The legislature of that state ordered the survey and the conference in New York was held for the purpose of considering the details of the program The director of the project is George Strayer of Columbia University He will be assisted by a stall of a dozen men including William Bagley Leonard and Engelhardt The village was smitten night by the first freeze of ne special purpose ot trie ex-Copies of the outline of art hibit is to give parents the op-history which is to be used by pwrtunity to examine books suit-the Art Study Club this season aide lor boys and girls below will be ready for distribution at high school age Heretofore the the meeting in the parish house library service at the school has at eight o'clock Monday evening been almost entirely for the ben-The outline provides for ten eh't of the student! in the high meetings Each meeting takes school Miss Sallie Marks up a period or phase of art from! the supervisor of elementary in-the time of cave men artists to 'struction is making an effort to the present Under each gen-! provide reading material for the eral topic are three subdivisions younger children and next early in the week and had received their coat of white paint Thursday evening The grass is in good condition Gravel has been sprecd on Uie walkways running through the woods and alongside the concrete stands and horse-drawn rollers have been packing it down The scaffolding is away from the walls the season Women emerging from house to garden after breakfast Tuesday found their flowers withered and drooping Hird baths had turned to ice and of the birds of Columbia Arthur Wright for papers by club members and week's exhibit may be the first following this is a list of refer- tep toward the establishment of encot Anyone who wishes to a permanent juvenile library A read up on some particular pe- room on the first floor to the riod of art can find in the outline left of the main entrance is a list of books dealing with his available for the purpose ing to Chapel Hill for the football gam' on Thanksgiving day and so this is regarded as a particularly appropriate time for putting everything in order All citizens are asked to give their cooperation The town truck will go through the eastern part of the village in the first half of the Monday Tuesday and Wednesday and through the western part Thursday Friday and Saturday Every householder is requested to have all trash and rubbish ready for the truck Mrs Lear is chairman of the Community Club's civics department and she is being assisted in the clean-up campaign by other members of the of the field house and the red-tile roof is on A force of students mobilized by the A for the regulation of traffic and for the general service to visitors on Thanksgiving Day will use tomorrow's game for a rehearsal of their duties of Dartmouth College and Albert Cook superintendent of the Maryland schools Mr Knight will direct the study of the rural schools and will make recommendations concerning consolidation and the training of teachers He will do the field work in Florida during January and February Books for the exhibit were loaned by publishers and book- chosen subject These programs were made out by the art chairman of the sellers Federation in response to re-1 which had been flying about and singing lustily the day before the only evidence was an occasional dejected twitter from the shrubbery The furnace rations had to be increased It took a struggle to get automobiles started A hateful chill was in the air It was the first taste of winter but of course it did not mean that winter was actually here Every year Chapel Hill has many warm days scattered in among the cold spells of November and December Six years ago men aat with their coats off at the Thanksgiving Day football game and the weather will quests "from different parts of I An Appeal Within a few days little envel- the state and any member of Commuoity PP68 wil1 be eft bv tne King's the Chapel Hill Thursday Suppers at the Club The Country Club has inau Rev Wilson to Preach Rev Wilson who was the Methodist preacher here for many years and is known and loved by scores of people in Chapel Hill will preach in the Methodist church Sunday gurated a series of Thursday suppers The first one held last Club can get one from Mrs Daughters at every home in the Adams for ten cents (the cost village and in the stores for a of printing) i Thanksgiving offering Any a- After the reading of two pa- mount from the "widow's mite" pers at the Monday evening to a "king's ransom" will be meeting Mrs Penrose Har- gratefully received We ask night gave evidence that these would be an agreeabfe and high Game with Harvard Next Year ly popular gatherings Mrs CT Woollen the Univereity'8 ake gture land will give her personal reminiscences of excavations in Greece oeiween now ana nnsunas The second day after the freeze this week was like summer the help of all since we have to care for the sick and need of the whole county We give our services and ourselves gladly but must have funds to carry on the work The King's Daughters Colonel Joseph Hyde Pratt who went over to Watts Hospital last week to take a good rest feels much better He is expected back home almost any day now graduate manager of athletics has arranged a football game with Harvard for October 13 1928 It will be played in Coggins of the Welcome Inn in Durham is the caterer The charge is 75 cents a plate with a special menu for children at 80 cents The suppers are served from six o'clock on LeUcrtteade statement I ruled form bulletin program etc printed at Tk Orange Prmtthop on Rosemary lane To buy or to tell advertise in the Weekly.