Remembering Chapel Hill : The Twentieth Century As We Lived It

by Schwartz, Valarie

• ISBN13: 9781596297043
• ISBN10: 1596297042
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-07-03
• Publisher: History Pr

Summary

Since the 1789 charter of the country's first state university, Chapel Hill has attracted people from all over who found that the village was the perfect place to put down roots. In this collection, local newspaper columnist Valarie Schwartz celebrates many of Chapel Hill's most notable residents, from the World War II veteran who came to law school after the war and ended up as president of the UNC system for thirty years to the couple from the Midwest who arrived in 1935 and spent their careers building the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra. Featuring stories of struggle and success from all walks of life, "Remembering Chapel Hill" is a tribute to the twentieth-century citizens who made the town what it is today: 'the Southern part of heaven.'

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 7
The Early Years	p. 9
Nell Pickard	p. 12
Clemmie Flowe Thompson	p. 14
Mack Foushee	p. 18
Olivia Farrington Edwards	p. 20
Getting Things Started	p. 23
Kiwanis Club	p. 25
Institute of Government: Albert and Gladys Coates	p. 29
North Carolina Symphony: Benjamin and Maxine Swalin	p. 36
North Carolina Memorial Hospital: Reece and Norma Berryhill	p. 43
University of North Carolina Woman's Club	p. 56
Life after World War II	p. 61
A "Snapshot" of Life	p. 62
Bill and Ida Friday	p. 66
Kay and Georgia Kyser	p. 73
Chapel Hill High School Reunion	p. 79
Struggles to Improve Life	p. 83
White Students at Northside Elementary	p. 86
Lincoln High School Reunion	p. 90
Frances Neal Hargraves	p. 96
Melvin and Zora Rashkis	p. 107
Joe Nassif	p. 114
Epilogue	p. 123
Selected Bibliography	p. 125
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