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by George Bacso end Gary Dortey
Staff Writer
My memory extends to the early I890's
when there were no buildings on the site of
the present Carrboro but the railway station,
which everybody called "the depot, " a cotton
gin, a flour mill, a blacksmith shop, and one
or two dwellings.
Louis Craves, the Chapel Hill Weekly,
March 21. 1947
The town of Carrboro is the school-time
home of many UNC students, but few are
aware of the history of Chapel HilFs often
maligned western neighbor.
Carrboro's origin can be traced to the 10
mile extension of a small railroad from what
was thereafter called University Station to a
point about a mile west of UNC in 1882. The
station served as an arrival and departure
point for University students and visitors..
Its past was documented by historians
Paul Wager and Hugh Lefler, a UNC Kenan ,
Professor of History, in their bicentennial
history Orange County 1752-1952.
published in 1953.
The advent of the automobile put this
branch of the railway line out of business for
passenger service. Carrboro's growth into a
. real town began in 1898 when Tom Lloyd
built a cotton mill in the area. Although he
could neither read nor write until he was well
along in years, Lloyd quickly became the
richest man in Chapel HilL
Lloyd's was basically a family-type
operation. His workers were either relatives
or neighboring farmers from Orange
County. A small settlement clustered around
the cotton mill and grew steadily. The town,
formerly known only as West End (of
Chapel Hill), was named Venable after
Francis Venable, then president of the
University. Another mill was built in
Venable, in 1905. Both mills became part of
thejDjirham Hosiery Mills in 1910.
. Carrboro finally got its name when the
town was renamed after Julian Carr Jr..
president of the Durham Hosiery plant.
Carr,boro gained some recognition in
successive years, when a factory producing
railroad cross-ties was built, and the town
proudly proclaimed itself "the cross-tie
center of the world "which Carrboro
Mayor Robert Wells still likes to point out.
The economic depression of the 1930's
forced the hosiery mills to close, and it was
not until 1 942 that the town made any sort of
comeback. In that year Lloyd's second mill
was converted into a munitions plant. Local
residents worked in the plant until the end of
World War II the "boom time" for the
small town of Carrboro.
After the war, one of the country's largest
wool-manufacturing companies. Pacific
Mills, bought Lloyd's original mill and
opened a branch factory in Carrboro. The
factory provided the first opportunity for
many local farmers to get into "public
service" earning a wage. Housing was
provided for workers and the town grew.
Later, the company bought the old
munitions plant and the town grew.
Although the mills were the town's
greatest industrial asset, other small but
important businesses developed in later
years. The oldest is the Fitch Lumber
SBI
investigating dorm holdup
Campus Security director Ted Marvin
said Tuesday the State Bureau of
Investigation is aiding the campus police in
their search for the suspect who robbed the
Hinton James dormitory snackbar March 1.
Accord ing to reports, the suspect was seen
in the area of the snackbar three hours prior
to the robbery. Fifteen minutes before
closing time, he threatened the store
attendant at gunpoint, and then forced her to
give him more than $300. The suspect then
escaped into the woods behind the dorm.
He is described as a black male, about 21
years old, six feet tall and 1 65 pounds, with a
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Marvin also said spring break on campus
was surprisingly calm, but he expressed
alarm at the number of bicycles left in racks
outside dorm areas. He said students could
eliminate the risk of theft by locking their
bikes in their rooms.
"We had a good spring break, but this
week will tell us some more. If something is
missing, we'll get some reports," Marvin,
said.
Marvin also said tampering with parking
stickers continues, but has slacked off since
the first half of the semester.
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Despite its close proximity to Chapel Hill
and UNC, Carrboro had little to do with
either until the late I950s, when the
University became a great source of jobs for
its residents. Until that time, the two towns
interactions were restricted primarily to
trading, and the social life of the Carrboro
citizenry did not revolve around the
University.
In recent years, Carrboro has become a
haven for UNC students who cannot find
housing in Chapel HilL Large tacky
apartment complexes have sprung up almost
overnight The town's predominately black
image has given way to rapid integration.
Although it still strives to retain its rustic
image, Carrboro is growing.
Almost 12,000 people currently call
Carrboro their home, at least during the
school year. A recent independent survey
done by Harriet Imrey. Carrboro Public.
Transportation Commission chairman, in
conjunction with the UNC Biostatistics
Department, indicates significant changes in
Carrboro's population.
The survey shows the town's population
has more than doubled in the last two years;
it also shows that students comprise 42 per
cent of the total population, with UNC
faculty and staff members accounting for 17
per cent.
"We've come from a small mill village to a
city because when you think of 12.000
people you think of acity," Mayor Wells said
recently.
"We are at the point where we soon will be
able to provide adequate sewer and water
facilities for every residence within the
confines of Carrboro," he said.
Wells said, however, he hopes he has seen
the last apartment complex built in
Carrboro.
The overnight change from a small town
to a rapidly developing community,
however, has left parts of Carrboro waiting
behind the starting line.
"We still have a fire department in which
only one member is paid, and that's the
chief," Town Manager William Greeson said
recently.
But G reeson forsees even more changes in
Carrboro's future.
"I think that Carrboro has gained an
identity, and will continue to show this by its
continued growth and by the way it meets its
own, special problems," Greeson said.
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Nader dinner applications
available at Union Desk
Applications for the Survival
Symposium's dinner with key-note speaker
Ralph Nader, the country's foremost
consumer advocate, at 6 p.m. Sunday at the
Carolina Inn are now available to students at
the Union desk.
"Nader's topic on Sunday night deals with
the overall theme of the symposium, which is
human survival and the need for man to
Court results
Winners of on-campus Undergraduate
Court seats in the Feb. 26 general elections
are: District I-William Westerfield; District
11-Ed Rodman; District Ill-John Sanders;
District IV-Bruce Tindall; District Vl-Sam
Cooper; District Vll-Jon Mundorf; District
VlII-Millie Riddle.
Off-campus winners are: District I-Ashley
Moore; District II-James Taylor and Julia
Merricks; District Ill-Miles "Chip"
Goldsmith; District Vl-Karen Raschke;
District V-M orris Caddell; District VI -John
Ragsdale.
The incoming student body president will
nominate students for the remaining 28
court seats.
change his methods of thinking so he can
better co-cxist with the environment," Larry
Shirley. Survival Symposium chairman, said
Monday.
The Student Consumer Action Union
(SCAUj and the Carolina Union
Symposium will judge the applications,
which are due by 3 p.m. Friday at the Union
Desk, and make selections on the basis of the
applicant's interest in the speaker.
Approximately 35 people can attend the
dinner. Janie Clark. SCAU chairman, said.
Selected applicants will be notified by the
Union on Saturday. The dinner will cost $5.
and checks should be handed in at the door
of the Inn's Carolina room prior to the
dinner, Clark said.
YSA to hold meeting
The Young Socialists Alliance (YSA) will
discuss the Socialist Workers Party election
platform "A Bill of Rights for Working
People" at a public meeting at 7:30 tonight
in Room 213 of the Union.
Members will also discuss the party's
candidates for president and vice president
in 1 976 and begin organizing a U NC chapter
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