If that is the case, then this family has a darker side to its history as well. If people are really interested in Chapel Hill history, then I would strongly recommend reading THE FREE MEN by John Ehle. It was published in 1965 and tells the story of the Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill. Absolutely fascinating and not the prettiest picture. Names names and places. Ehle was a resident of Chapel Hill (a professor?) and a writer who was pretty intimately acquainted with many of the major players, but not directly involved, so his account, particularly since it was written so soon after events unfolded, is intimate but balanced. The book is out of print and it is quite expensive to buy a used copy, but it is available at the Wilson Library at UNC and probably at most other libraries in the area. Ava -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Richmond Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 10:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NCDOGS] Fw: The Merritt family of Orange and Chatham Bebe, wasn't it a Merritt family that owned the Pines Restaurant out on 54 East? I seem to remember a Mrs. Merritt "suggesting" wines to go with meals out there. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard Ellington Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 9:12 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NCDOGS] Fw: The Merritt family of Orange and Chatham Hey there, Bebe. Clarice and Virginia were Eben's daughters. They grew up on South Columbia Street, just across the street from Eben's filling station. Both were school teachers at Carrboro Elementary. Eben was just a good ole' redneck (like me). His idea of dressing up was a clean pair of overalls! His station was famous (or infamous) as the place for an underage college guy to get a cold beer. My Dad was a building contractor from the late 1940's until the late 1960's. He hired Eben to do a lot of his contract hauling and earthmoving. I know several good stories about Eben that are too long to include here. - Richard Bebe and John wrote: > Am interested in the whole Merritt family at this point so would > appreciate anything you will share with me. I remember Eben Merritt > who had what we used to call a "FILLING" station near Morgan Creek > bridge...a nice fellow. Also, an attractive girl named Clarice or > Clareese who went to C.H. Elem. Sch. I am 69 now...yikes! so she must > be in her early 70's. > > Bebe > > > Researching North Carolina and Virginia families > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Hollinghurst <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 4:01 pm > Subject: [NCDOGS] Fw: The Merritt family of Orange and Chatham > > > > > > > Forwarded > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mabel & Reece Dillard > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 7:05 PM > Subject: Re: [NCDOGS] The Merritt family of Orange and Chatham > > > Hi, > > I am a Merritt researcher. My grandmother was Mabel Ester Merritt whose > brother was Wellington Barbee Merritt that you had questions about. > His son > John Gordon was born 10 May 1903 and died 22 Dec 1975. He appears on > the > 1910 census as John G. age 7; in 1920 census he appears as John G. age > 16 > and is in school; in the 1930 census he is John age 27 a farm laborer. > The > family lived in the Williams Township of Chatham County and John is > always > listed with them and I do not think he ever married. He shares a > headstone > in the Mt. Carmel Church/Sparrow cemetery with his mother and father. > > I never hear any stories from my Grandmother about him if he was the > Jack > Merritt of UNC fame. The family was poor and I doubt he went to > college. > Since he was listed as a farm laborer in the 1930, census that would > seem to > eliminate him working as a policeman at UNC. > > I am going to send your message to another person who does Merritt > Research > and maybe this Jack comes from his line. There is also a line of > Merritt's > in Wake County. Sorry I could not be of more help. I have more > information > about this entire family if you are interested and I am willing to > share but > you seemed to just want to find Jack Merritt. > > Mabel Dillard > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On > Behalf Of Bebe and John > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 3:48 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NCDOGS] The Merritt family of Orange and Chatham > > I would love to email with anyone familiar with the Merritts...I > especially need to know something about Jack Merritt, aka THE BATTERING > RAM of UNC football fame. His nickname gave Vic Huggins the idea to > acquire a ram for the UNC mascot. > > Annette Cox, an historian at UNC, told me that Jack played football at > Chapel Hill High bef. attending UNC in ca 1920, I think it was. I > cannot find him in the Orange census so looked at Williams Township > just over the line into Chatham at a John Merritt who seems to have > been the correct age..and since Jack is a nickname for John... > > This fellow's father was named something fancy, Wellington..not looking > at the moment, and elsewhere I saw that his name was Barbee Wellington > Merritt. > > Annette wrote that after graduation Jack worked as a policeman or > someway in security at UNC for many years. > > Any clues greatly appreciated! > > Thanks, > > Bebe Fox > > > ************************* > Visit the D-OGS web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/ > Please post all queries using the D-OGS query form: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/memquery.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the > body of > the message > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Email and AIM finally together. 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Franklin St., CB 1150 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-1150 Control Center - http://control-center.unc.edu 919-698-8591 (voice) 919-843-9153 (fax) [email protected] "We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire...Give us the tools and we will finish the job". -Winston Churchill =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= ************************* Visit the D-OGS web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/ Please post all queries using the D-OGS query form: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/memquery.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ************************* Visit the D-OGS web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/ Please post all queries using the D-OGS query form: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/memquery.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Speaking as someone who was living in the Chapel Hill community during this time, I can attest to the fact of the ugliness. I attended C.H.H.S. when it was integrated during 1961-62, I believe. The sit-ins and marches were not met with a very high level of tolerance by the townspeople or police. There are photos of our current Sheriff, then a C.H. policeman, roughly handling some protesters. Chapel Hill was not the "accepting of anything" community it is now reputed to be. - Richard Ava H. Nackman wrote: > If that is the case, then this family has a darker side to its history as > well. If people are really interested in Chapel Hill history, then I would > strongly recommend reading THE FREE MEN by John Ehle. It was published in > 1965 and tells the story of the Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill. > Absolutely fascinating and not the prettiest picture. Names names and > places. Ehle was a resident of Chapel Hill (a professor?) and a writer who > was pretty intimately acquainted with many of the major players, but not > directly involved, so his account, particularly since it was written so soon > after events unfolded, is intimate but balanced. The book is out of print > and it is quite expensive to buy a used copy, but it is available at the > Wilson Library at UNC and probably at most other libraries in the area. > > Ava > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Jim Richmond > Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 10:27 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NCDOGS] Fw: The Merritt family of Orange and Chatham > > Bebe, wasn't it a Merritt family that owned the Pines Restaurant out on 54 > East? I seem to remember a Mrs. Merritt "suggesting" wines to go with meals > out there. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Richard Ellington > Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 9:12 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NCDOGS] Fw: The Merritt family of Orange and Chatham > > Hey there, Bebe. Clarice and Virginia were Eben's daughters. They grew > up on South Columbia Street, just across the street from Eben's filling > station. Both were school teachers at Carrboro Elementary. > > Eben was just a good ole' redneck (like me). His idea of dressing up was > a clean pair of overalls! His station was famous (or infamous) as the > place for an underage college guy to get a cold beer. > > My Dad was a building contractor from the late 1940's until the late > 1960's. He hired Eben to do a lot of his contract hauling and > earthmoving. I know several good stories about Eben that are too long to > include here. > > - Richard > > > Bebe and John wrote: >> Am interested in the whole Merritt family at this point so would >> appreciate anything you will share with me. I remember Eben Merritt >> who had what we used to call a "FILLING" station near Morgan Creek >> bridge...a nice fellow. Also, an attractive girl named Clarice or >> Clareese who went to C.H. Elem. Sch. I am 69 now...yikes! so she must >> be in her early 70's. >> >> Bebe >> >> >> Researching North Carolina and Virginia families >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Paul Hollinghurst <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 4:01 pm >> Subject: [NCDOGS] Fw: The Merritt family of Orange and Chatham >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Forwarded >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Mabel & Reece Dillard >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 7:05 PM >> Subject: Re: [NCDOGS] The Merritt family of Orange and Chatham >> >> >> Hi, >> >> I am a Merritt researcher. My grandmother was Mabel Ester Merritt whose >> brother was Wellington Barbee Merritt that you had questions about. >> His son >> John Gordon was born 10 May 1903 and died 22 Dec 1975. He appears on >> the >> 1910 census as John G. age 7; in 1920 census he appears as John G. age >> 16 >> and is in school; in the 1930 census he is John age 27 a farm laborer. >> The >> family lived in the Williams Township of Chatham County and John is >> always >> listed with them and I do not think he ever married. He shares a >> headstone >> in the Mt. Carmel Church/Sparrow cemetery with his mother and father. >> >> I never hear any stories from my Grandmother about him if he was the >> Jack >> Merritt of UNC fame. The family was poor and I doubt he went to >> college. >> Since he was listed as a farm laborer in the 1930, census that would >> seem to >> eliminate him working as a policeman at UNC. >> >> I am going to send your message to another person who does Merritt >> Research >> and maybe this Jack comes from his line. There is also a line of >> Merritt's >> in Wake County. Sorry I could not be of more help. I have more >> information >> about this entire family if you are interested and I am willing to >> share but >> you seemed to just want to find Jack Merritt. >> >> Mabel Dillard >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >> On >> Behalf Of Bebe and John >> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 3:48 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [NCDOGS] The Merritt family of Orange and Chatham >> >> I would love to email with anyone familiar with the Merritts...I >> especially need to know something about Jack Merritt, aka THE BATTERING >> RAM of UNC football fame. His nickname gave Vic Huggins the idea to >> acquire a ram for the UNC mascot. >> >> Annette Cox, an historian at UNC, told me that Jack played football at >> Chapel Hill High bef. attending UNC in ca 1920, I think it was. I >> cannot find him in the Orange census so looked at Williams Township >> just over the line into Chatham at a John Merritt who seems to have >> been the correct age..and since Jack is a nickname for John... >> >> This fellow's father was named something fancy, Wellington..not looking >> at the moment, and elsewhere I saw that his name was Barbee Wellington >> Merritt. >> >> Annette wrote that after graduation Jack worked as a policeman or >> someway in security at UNC for many years. >> >> Any clues greatly appreciated! >> >> Thanks, >> >> Bebe Fox >> >> >> ************************* >> Visit the D-OGS web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/ >> Please post all queries using the D-OGS query form: >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/memquery.html >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the >> body of >> the message >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________________________________________________ >> Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - >> http://mail.aol.com >> ************************* >> Visit the D-OGS web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/ >> Please post all queries using the D-OGS query form: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/memquery.html >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > -- =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Richard K. Ellington ITS Facilities Manager Information Technology Services University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 440 W. Franklin St., CB 1150 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-1150 Control Center - http://control-center.unc.edu 919-698-8591 (voice) 919-843-9153 (fax) [email protected] "We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire...Give us the tools and we will finish the job". -Winston Churchill =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=
Ava...I didn't ever even see a black child in C.H. We loved a black cleaning woman named Mime (Jamina, probably) Baldwin but I had nooo clue where she lived. Sometimes when my parents had a party mother would hire a couple of well respected blacks to serve and I would love to know the last name of a large black man, first name was Foy, who did a fabulous pig picking and roasted chicken to do at my granddaddy's Rotary Club picnic. Ernest Thompson delivered things from Eubanks Drug Store on his bike, the very attractive flower ladies sold their flowers on Franklin, and a very old sweet black man who hauled stuff in an creaky horse drawn wagon called me, A SIX YR. OLD, MISS BEBE! in the late 40's. Sooo, it was high time for change. Sure hope none of my people are mentioned in Ehle's book. Walter Atwater told me Ehle lived out in the old Rev. Wilson Atwater house for awhile, think it was Ehle, in order to have peace and quiet while he wrote, BUT moved back into C.H. as hunters were out in droves blasting off their shotguns out in the country. Researching North Carolina and Virginia families -----Original Message----- From: Ava H. Nackman <[email protected]> To: [email protected]; [email protected] Sent: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 11:36 am Subject: Re: [NCDOGS] Fw: The Merritt family of Orange and Chatham If that is the case, then this family has a darker side to its history as well. If people are really interested in Chapel Hill history, then I would strongly recommend reading THE FREE MEN by John Ehle. It was published in 1965 and tells the story of the Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill. Absolutely fascinating and not the prettiest picture. Names names and places. Ehle was a resident of Chapel Hill (a professor?) and a writer who was pretty intimately acquainted with many of the major players, but not directly involved, so his account, particularly since it was written so soon after events unfolded, is intimate but balanced. The book is out of print and it is quite expensive to buy a used copy, but it is available at the Wilson Library at UNC and probably at most other libraries in the area. Ava -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Richmond Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 10:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NCDOGS] Fw: The Merritt family of Orange and Chatham Bebe, wasn't it a Merritt family that owned the Pines Restaurant out on 54 East? I seem to remember a Mrs. Merritt "suggesting" wines to go with meals out there. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard Ellington Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 9:12 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NCDOGS] Fw: The Merritt family of Orange and Chatham Hey there, Bebe. Clarice and Virginia were Eben's daughters. They grew up on South Columbia Street, just across the street from Eben's filling station. Both were school teachers at Carrboro Elementary. Eben was just a good ole' redneck (like me). His idea of dressing up was a clean pair of overalls! His station was famous (or infamous) as the place for an underage college guy to get a cold beer. My Dad was a building contractor from the late 1940's until the late 1960's. He hired Eben to do a lot of his contract hauling and earthmoving. I know several good stories about Eben that are too long to include here. - Richard Bebe and John wrote: > Am interested in the whole Merritt family at this point so would > appreciate anything you will share with me. I remember Eben Merritt > who had what we used to call a "FILLING" station near Morgan Creek > bridge...a nice fellow. Also, an attractive girl named Clarice or > Clareese who went to C.H. Elem. Sch. I am 69 now...yikes! so she must > be in her early 70's. > > Bebe > > > Researching North Carolina and Virginia families > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Hollinghurst <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 4:01 pm > Subject: [NCDOGS] Fw: The Merritt family of Orange and Chatham > > > > > > > Forwarded > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mabel & Reece Dillard > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 7:05 PM > Subject: Re: [NCDOGS] The Merritt family of Orange and Chatham > > > Hi, > > I am a Merritt researcher. My grandmother was Mabel Ester Merritt whose > brother was Wellington Barbee Merritt that you had questions about. > His son > John Gordon was born 10 May 1903 and died 22 Dec 1975. He appears on > the > 1910 census as John G. age 7; in 1920 census he appears as John G. age > 16 > and is in school; in the 1930 census he is John age 27 a farm laborer. > The > family lived in the Williams Township of Chatham County and John is > always > listed with them and I do not think he ever married. He shares a > headstone > in the Mt. Carmel Church/Sparrow cemetery with his mother and father. > > I never hear any stories from my Grandmother about him if he was the > Jack > Merritt of UNC fame. The family was poor and I doubt he went to > college. > Since he was listed as a farm laborer in the 1930, census that would > seem to > eliminate him working as a policeman at UNC. > > I am going to send your message to another person who does Merritt > Research > and maybe this Jack comes from his line. There is also a line of > Merritt's > in Wake County. Sorry I could not be of more help. I have more > information > about this entire family if you are interested and I am willing to > share but > you seemed to just want to find Jack Merritt. > > Mabel Dillard > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On > Behalf Of Bebe and John > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 3:48 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NCDOGS] The Merritt family of Orange and Chatham > > I would love to email with anyone familiar with the Merritts...I > especially need to know something about Jack Merritt, aka THE BATTERING > RAM of UNC football fame. His nickname gave Vic Huggins the idea to > acquire a ram for the UNC mascot. > > Annette Cox, an historian at UNC, told me that Jack played football at > Chapel Hill High bef. attending UNC in ca 1920, I think it was. I > cannot find him in the Orange census so looked at Williams Township > just over the line into Chatham at a John Merritt who seems to have > been the correct age..and since Jack is a nickname for John... > > This fellow's father was named something fancy, Wellington..not looking > at the moment, and elsewhere I saw that his name was Barbee Wellington > Merritt. > > Annette wrote that after graduation Jack worked as a policeman or > someway in security at UNC for many years. > > Any clues greatly appreciated! > > Thanks, > > Bebe Fox > > > ************************* > Visit the D-OGS web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/ > Please post all queries using the D-OGS query form: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/memquery.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the > body of > the message > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Email and AIM finally together. 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Franklin St., CB 1150 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-1150 Control Center - http://control-center.unc.edu 919-698-8591 (voice) 919-843-9153 (fax) [email protected] "We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire...Give us the tools and we will finish the job". -Winston Churchill =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= ************************* Visit the D-OGS web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/ Please post all queries using the D-OGS query form: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/memquery.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ************************* Visit the D-OGS web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/ Please post all queries using the D-OGS query form: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/memquery.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ************************* Visit the D-OGS web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/ Please post all queries using the D-OGS query form: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/memquery.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. 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