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Hobbs receives award for mill work
Justin Cohen
Special to The GullforcUan
Lois Ann Hobbs and her late
husband, former Guilford College
President Grimsley Hobbs, were
recently recognized by a promi
nent statewide preservation agency
for their longstanding restoration
of a historic mill located just out
side of Pittsboro, NC.
The Historic Preservation Foun
dation, Inc., commonly known as
Preservation/North Carolina, hon
ored the couple with the Gertrude
S. Carraway Award of Merit for
returning 200-year-old Baldwins
Mill to working order. The task
spanned five decades and was con
sidered a labor of love.
Lois Ann Hobbs accepted the
award on behalf of both herself
and her late husband at the non
profit organization's 53rd annual
meeting, which was held Sept. 26
in Asheville. During the awards
presentation, slides were shown of
, the mill grinding grain and sowing
corn. •
Grimsley Hobbs died of a heart
attack suffered while commuting
to Guilford College on Nov. 19,
1990, only three days prior to the
mill's return to full operation.
Hobbs, a Guilford graduate, served
as the college's president from
1965 to 1980, and taught in the
philosophy department for ten
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tee (ECC), mentioned that
Forevergreen is selling reusable
cups for $2.75.
With the purchase of the cup
comes a coupon worth 3 free fill
ups of the cup in the Underground
and 10 cents off every time a
drink is bought in the Under
ground and the cup is used to
drink it She also reported that
ECC meets at 8:30 p.m. on
Wednesdays in the Gallery.
Lou Willis, the Student Resi
dence Council chair, reported that
SRC is in the process of inter
viewing candidates for Res. Hall
Board. Lou also stated that SRC
meets at 4:00 on Mondays in
Milner basement
Student Services Committee
Chair Caroline Biber reported
that the SSC met with Charlie
White over the failures of the
computer in the Underground
used to handle munchie money.
SSC is also working on the
possibility of a third meal plan of
between 6 to 9 meals per week to
go along with the current 12 and
18 meal plans.
years thereafter.
In his book Exploring The Old
Mills of North Carolina , which
was written in the early 1980's at
the invitation of the Chapel Hill
printing company Provincial Press,
Hobbs discussed the condition of
the mill when the structure was
purchased in 1941 by his father,
former UNC-CHprofesssorßJ.M.
Hobbs.
"The shingle roof had bad leaks
which permitted water to soak the
interior floors and joists, causing
considerable rot," Hobbs
chronicled. "The lowest sill at the
back of the mill had lost its sup
port, and the only thing holding the
backside of the mill up was the
sagging weatherboard."
Hobbs credited the structural
integrity of the mill, which was
originally surrounded by a cluster
of other buildings, for enduring
decades of disregard.
"Everything considered, the fea
ture which caused this building to
survive under the circumstances of
severe neglect was the excessive
size and quality of the heart pine
timbers and the careful and strong
techniques of construction," noted
Hobbs in the book, which is part of
the Quaker Collection in the Guil
ford College Hege Library.
Hobbs hoped the restoration of
Baldwins Mill would serve as an
example and an inspiration for fel
Academic Affairs Committee
Chair Erika Lemay reported that
AAC will meet on Mondays at
9:30 in Dana Lounge.
Devah Waterman, the chair of
the Special Projects Committee,
announced that SPC is doing some
reworking of the Senate Constitu
tion and by-laws to clear up some
discrepancies.
RJ. Nickels, tentatively one of
the co-chairs of the newly formed
Community Relations Committee,
reported that CRC has been talk
ing with groups around campus
about some community awareness
programs, and a statement of
pupose for inclusion in the Senate
by-laws.
In old business introduced last
week, Senate approved Michael
Pruden as minority senator, Lessia
Kovelenko as international sena
te* and Mike Sick as one of the
academic senators.
The decision on the approval of
Mike Kopcsak as the other aca
demic senator was deferred be
cause he was absent from the meet
ing.
The decisions on the approval of
Laura Greene as co-treasurer with
Keith Valbuena and the approval
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low mill lovers to salvage other
historic mills throughout the state.
"We have many decrepit-look
ing old mill buildings dotted around
the North Carolina countryside
which have the same sorts of
strength and tenacity going for
them," Hobbs wrote. "Baldwins
Mill stands as an object lesson of
what may still be done with them."
Hobbs himself had previously
restored another historic mill in
Indiana during his tenure as a phi
losophy professor at Earlham Col
lege. Interest in mills has been a
hobby passed down through sev
eral generations of Hobbs fami
lies. During Thanksgiving week
end, generations of Hobbs tradi
tionally flock to Baldwins mill.
On Thanksgiving Thursday, a
huge feast is served. The next day
is a "work day," during which fam
ily members labor collectively on
mill operations. The retreat con
cludes Saturday, when a family
meeting is held and the grain is
ground.
"It's really a great rallying point
for our family," commented Lois
Ann Hobbs in a Guilfordian phone
interview.
Lois Ann Hobbs has also taken
several measures to maintain the
mill as a family heirloom and pro
tect its longevity, including listing
it on the National Historic Regis
try as a safeguard from local devel-
of Bridget VandeWalle and R.J.
Nickels as co-chairs of the Com
munity Relations Committee
were deferred because the by
laws have not yet been changed
to to allow for a co-treasurer and
to explain the CRC's duties.
In new business, Jen passed
out surveys regarding students'
opinionsof thecurrentkeg policy
and the use of alcohol at Guil
ford.
These surveys will be passed
on to constituents to be filled out
and then brought back. The sur
vey results will be used to judge
student opinion in preparation
for possible renewed discussion
of the keg policy.
The last piece of new business
was a short discussion of whether
the meeting scheduled for Oct. 7
should be cancelled because
Wednesday was Yom Kippur, a
important Jewish holiday.
After those Senators who cel
ebrate the holiday said they
would have no problem with the
meeting being held, provided
their absences be excused for
that day, it was decided a meet
ing would be held.
A sketch of Baldwins mill from Hobbs' book
opment, and incorporating the mill
so that posterity won't be able to
divide the property.
An active supporter of local pres
ervation efforts, Lois Ann Hobbs
has served in an executive capac
ity within the Haw River Assem
bly, the organization which ini
tially nominated her and her late
husband for the Preservation/North
Carolina's Gertrude S. Carraway
Award of Merit.
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