* Romatae Worth
I .Local beautician
{dose Buaneeees
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was In the building,” Mrs.
Grier sluted. ^
“The floors ware rotted,
the basement was a swamp
and during the time wp
have ^rented (about four
someone triedS^braaktaL"
Users was nb lease pro
vided for the tenants at 1404
Beattie* Ford Rd. “We
begged’ Mr. Beil flop a
(lease,” Romaine Worth
jetated, “but he said he
building has been In bed
repair since I moved In
there in 1977 Bed has only
painted on the outside.
When we walked inside, we
practically sank, ao I triad
to cover the floors with
I carpet.”
The condition of the
building was ao bad that
'neither Word) nor Grier,
I respectively, were able-to
{keep or get insurance af
J.Ur IMS.
-I—“In January, UBS. my
insurance lapsed” staled
Mr*. Worth, “beoauae the
building did not meet with
the Building Inspectors’
standards or specifics
tions. Lawyer BeO pre
mised to fix it up. But he
didn’t, so 1 don’t nave any
insurance.” Grier tried to
get fire, insurance, but was
unsuccessful also because
of '-das condition* of the
building, according to Itrs.
Grier:
i me oniy answer attorn
, ^JSSLrzvms
be tM rent the building
weekly. He bad bo further
comment.
Worth was paying $45 per
week; Grier $35 per week.'
This did not include the
electricity bin. ,• $
*■ After flie ceiling col
elapsed, Qrier paid another.
J week’s rent. Beil's office
? took the money. Worth
; stayed until February 13,
“pKHising riot only her opera
I tors, but the Northwest
; Beautyette’s operators as
well. Worth paid, bar rent
until jhe left.
In the case of the cos
metologists, many cus
tomers have been lost. “A
lot of people saw me on
Channel 9’s news and they
think that I am out of,
business,” Mrs. Worth ex
plained. "They donj know
that I have a shop on
Graham Street - Sunshine
Beauty. ITierefore, I have
lost a lot of customers
because they think that I
have closed nfy doors." '
Mrs. Whiteside added, "I
regret leaving the beauty
shop after 22 years of
being there. If the owner
had fixed the building, I
would still be there."
Should the tenants have'
to pay for equipment da-.
Jtion of the building, or
| should the owner of the
■ building be liable for resd
> tut km?
, Acrorm ng to me tenants'
; attorney, Linda Heine,
; the owner of the building
• should be responsible for
: the looses of the tenants,
; because of the oral agree
; ments to repair the struc
• ture.
"The rule of law,” ac
t cording to attorney Kleine,
; "is that oral contracts are
• just as good as written1
I ones. He has wrongad
! than. The tenants wiD
! have an uphill battle in
• cotat."
I Attorney Beil did send
, the tenants a letter after
| the ceiling fell The letter,
•.sent some tints in Decent- •
rher, according to Worth,
; stated that he wanted the
1 building vacated. "He
• stated that he was waltii^
\ for the weather to got
< hotter before the contrac
Jtors started working on the
•building,’’ attorney Kleine
stated.
Davidson - The Duke En
dowment will celebrate its
16th anniversary with a
year-long series of col
loquia to be held on the
campuses of Davidson Col
-lege, Duke University,
. Furman University and
Johnson C. Smith Univer
The colioquia will feature
Mmmp***,
creative solution* to u»
ciflc problems of private
higher education, and will
include response*, com
mentary and Oacuaslan.
The first coUoquhunt
^"International Educa
tion and The Liberal Arts
College,” will be held at
Davidson at * p.m. Tues
day, March «, In the Vail
Common*.
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