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- Early twentieth century · 1900–1944
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The Chapel Hill Weekly publishes its first issue
Louis Graves published the first issue of his newspaper, the Chapel Hill Weekly, on March 2, 1923. He owned and edited it until 1954.
Subject: The Chapel Hill Weekly
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Louis Graves starts a newspaper campaign to give Franklin Street a Williamsburg look
Feeling the business district looked shabby beside the new campus, Chapel Hill Weekly editor Louis Graves began praising Colonial Williamsburg's shops in editorials. Joseph Hyde Pratt, John M. Booker, W. D. Carmichael Jr., Collier Cobb and George Watts Hill backed the plan, and architect Archie Davis gave the planning commission watercolors showing owners how to remodel.
People: Joseph Hyde Pratt · William D. Carmichael Jr. · George Watts Hill · Archie Royal Davis
Subject: The Chapel Hill Weekly
- Civil rights era · 1945–1975
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Louis Graves sells the Chapel Hill Weekly
After 31 years as its editor and owner, Louis Graves sold the Chapel Hill Weekly in 1954 to the Chapel Hill Publishing Company. He stayed on as contributing editor through 1960.
Subject: The Chapel Hill Weekly
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The Chapel Hill Weekly moves into the old Harris-Connors Chevrolet agency on West Franklin
The town's weekly paper took over the space the Chevrolet dealer had left. Renamed the Chapel Hill Newspaper, it moved a few doors west in late 1973.
Subject: The Chapel Hill Weekly
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Jeff MacNelly draws editorial cartoons for the Chapel Hill Weekly
UNC student Jeff MacNelly began drawing editorial cartoons for the Chapel Hill Weekly under editor Jim Shumaker, then left school to work for the paper full time. He modeled the editor in his later comic strip Shoe on Shumaker.
Subject: The Chapel Hill Weekly
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Jeff MacNelly wins the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
Jeff MacNelly, a former Chapel Hill Weekly cartoonist then drawing for The Richmond News Leader, won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning at the age of 24.
Subject: The Chapel Hill Weekly
- Recent decades · 1976–2026
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Jeff MacNelly wins a second Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
Jeff MacNelly, a former Daily Tar Heel sports editor and Chapel Hill Weekly cartoonist, won his second Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning while at The Richmond News Leader.
Subject: The Chapel Hill Weekly
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Jeff MacNelly pledges $25,000 toward a UNC journalism professorship honoring Jim Shumaker
Jeff MacNelly pledged $25,000 to the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication toward the James H. Shumaker Term Professorship. Shumaker had edited the Chapel Hill Weekly when MacNelly drew for it as a student.
Subject: The Chapel Hill Weekly
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