4The Tar Heel Thursday, July 16, 1987
Chapel Hill takes
responsibility for
campus cemetery
By MICHAEL JACKSON
Staff Writer
The Town of Chapel Hill was
officially given the right to under
take responsibility for the Old
Chapel Hill Public Cemetery last
week and plans are now being
made to refurbish the area.
The decision came from the
Council of State which includes
Gov. James Martin and other state
officials and it clears up ques
tions concerning who is responsi
ble for the cemetery. The decision
was also prompted by the findings
of a special task force appointed
by the Chapel Hill Town Council,
which decided that the cemetery
would be better taken care of
under the town's supervision.
According to Grace Wagoner,
UNC's property officer, a 1929
agreement between UNC and the
town of Chapel Hill allowed the
town to take care of the cemetery
by selling lots and using the
proceeds to maintain it.
However, by the mid-1950s
most of the lots had been sold and
no income was being generated for
the cemetery's upkeep, Wagoner
said. Now that the town has taken
charge of the cemetery, it can
budget money for the area's
improvement, sne said.
"The decision assigns definitely
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who is responsible for the ceme
tery's upkeep, and before, it was
uncertain who to turn to," Wag
oner said.
Chapel Hill Town Council
member Julie Andresen said, "It
is a case where the town wants the
cemetery to be well-maintained,
and the town will spend money
to refurbish it."
Periodically, vandals damaged
tombstones and fences, and
CLapel Hill has needed more
money to keep the cemetery up
but felt it did not have the legal
authority to do so, Wagoner said.
Both Wagoner and Andresen
noted the vandalism problems at
the cemetery, as well as the
problem of University visitors
using the grounds as a parking lot
during football and basketball
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games. "It is thoughtless for people
to use the cemetery in this manner
and it costs all of us in the long
run," Wagoner said. "We could
lose valuable historical monu
ments and preservation features."
To refurbish the area, a Raleigh
landscaping architectural firm has
been hired, Wagoner said. Plans
call for work on soil conditions,
erosion and tree root problems,
along with planting and landscap
ing. Vandalized tombstones and
stone walls will be repaired.
"The plan is very good for the
site and addresses the issues we are
most concerned with mainte
nance and preservation," said
Wagoner.
The plan is expected to be
completed this summer.
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