Francis Foster Bradshaw

Life and Orange County connections

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1. September 12, 1924 Chapel Hill observes National Defense Day with exercises at the post office About 100 people gathered at the post office at noon for Defense Day exercises arranged by Carl Durham, commander of the Chapel Hill American Legion post. The Boy Scouts' band played, Robert B. House of the state historical commission was the main speaker, Dean of Students Francis F. Bradshaw and Durham also spoke, E. R. Rankin presided and Rev. A. S. Lawrence led the devotions. House called the day the first intelligent application of the principle of universal service. People: R. B. House, Francis Foster Bradshaw, Alfred Stratton Lawrence, Carl T. Durham Place: Post office, Chapel Hill · Also named: E. R. RankinSearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), September 18, 1924, p. 1
2. by September 6, 1940 Coker, Baity and Bradshaw lay out the Mason Farm Road Development south of Chapel Hill William C. Coker, Herman G. Baity and Francis F. Bradshaw bought an 18-acre tract on both sides of the Mason Farm road, half a mile or so short of Morgan's Creek, divided it into 12 lots of an acre or more, and recorded restrictions in Hillsborough requiring houses costing at least $6,000, set 60 feet back, and barring apartment houses. Two lots had been sold by September 6. People: William Chambers Coker, Herman G. Baity, Francis Foster Bradshaw Place: Mason Farm Road, south of Chapel Hill · Also mentions: Morgan's CreekSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, September 6, 1940, p. 1
3. October 16, 1940 Orange County men register for the first peacetime draft On October 16 men aged 21 through 35 registered under the selective service law, with election officials and unpaid volunteers as registrars. In Chapel Hill 1,868 signed up: 966 University students at Woollen Gymnasium, 331 at the Town Hall, 203 at the elementary school and 368 at the Black Elks Lodge; Carrboro counted 275, and the south end of the county under C. P. Hinshaw 2,287. More than 3,800 registered across the county, about 3,000 of whom belonged to Orange. People: Francis Foster Bradshaw, Clarence P. Hinshaw, Kenneth Jones Place: Town Hall, elementary school, Black Elks Lodge and Woollen Gymnasium, Chapel Hill; Carrboro; White Cross; Patterson's · Also mentions: Woollen GymnasiumThe Chapel Hill Weekly, October 18, 1940, p. 1
4. by November 28, 1941 The University organizes a civilian morale service center The University organized a civilian morale service center, which the Weekly called the first in this part of the country, under the U.S. Office of Education program the President had asked for, to build 'unity of purpose' through study and discussion groups for adults. Russell M. Grumman was coordinator, with division heads for an information library, training of forum leaders, forums, civic relations, curriculum, publications and finance. People: Russell M. (Russell Marvin) Grumman, Francis Foster Bradshaw, R. B. House, L. B. Rogerson Place: University of North Carolina, Chapel HillThe Chapel Hill Weekly, November 28, 1941, p. 4
5. August 7 to October 16, 1942 The Consumers Association of Chapel Hill and Orange County is organized Thirty-five Chapel Hill men and women organized a consumers' association on August 7, 1942. Under a temporary steering committee it held its first public meeting at the Town Hall on August 21 and took up milk supply and rents, and at its charter meeting on October 16 the Chapel Hill Consumers Association adopted a constitution and elected F. F. Bradshaw chairman. Wives of Pre-Flight officers served on its board of directors and arrangements committee, and it called a public meeting at the Town Hall for November 30 on the new rationing rules for coffee, meat and other goods. People: Francis Foster Bradshaw Place: Town Hall, Chapel HillSearch the index · Cloudbuster (Navy Pre-Flight School, Chapel Hill), November 14, 1942, p. 3 · Also: Chapel Hill Weekly, August 14, 1942, p. 1; Chapel Hill Weekly, August 28, 1942, p. 5; Chapel Hill Weekly, October 23, 1942, p. 5
6. November 1942 University establishes a war training college The University announced a war training college, with Francis F. Bradshaw as dean and Guy B. Phillips as executive secretary, to train men and women for Army, Navy, civil service and civilian defense work and to grant special A.B. and M.A. degrees in war training. Two weeks later it was named to run a pre-induction program for high school boys beginning February 1, 1943. People: Francis Foster Bradshaw, R. B. House Place: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · Also named: Guy B. PhillipsSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, November 13, 1942, p. 1
7. May 23, 1943 The Pre-Flight School marks its first anniversary with a review in Kenan Stadium The school celebrated the first anniversary of its commissioning with a regimental review in Kenan Stadium. Commander Graff gave the Silver Star to Cadet Anthony E. Kujawinski for gallantry in combat, and Dean Francis F. Bradshaw brought the university's greetings. People: Francis Foster Bradshaw, John P. Graff Place: Kenan Stadium, Chapel Hill · Also named: Anthony E. KujawinskiFrancis Laverne Johnson, With the Cloudbusters at the United States Navy Pre-Flight School, Chapel Hill (1943), scan p. 34 · Also: Chapel Hill Weekly, May 21, 1943, p. 1