J. Melville Broughton

Life and Orange County connections

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1. January 30, 1941 The General Assembly meets in Chapel Hill to honor the University's South American visitors The legislature came from Raleigh and met on the campus, the Senate in Gerrard Hall and the House in Memorial Hall, then held a joint session in Memorial Hall where Mayor John M. Foushee, Governor J. Melville Broughton and Victor Andres Belaunde of Peru spoke to honor the South Americans at the University's midwinter school. The town gave the legislators a barbecue in the University dining hall. People: J. Melville Broughton, Collier Cobb Jr., John M. Foushee Place: Gerrard Hall and Memorial Hall, UNC campus, Chapel Hill · Also named: Victor Andres Belaunde · Also mentions: Gerrard HallSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, January 31, 1941, p. 1
2. September 18 to 21, 1941 About 2,500 Boy Scouts camp on Emerson Field for the third Carolina Boy Scout Jubilee About 2,500 Boy Scouts from the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida camped on Emerson Field and the women's athletic field for the third Carolina Boy Scout Jubilee, sponsored by the University and Region Six. On the University's High School Day they paraded through the village with some 50 high school bands and about 20,000 visiting seniors, went to the Lenoir-Rhyne game, and heard Governor Broughton at a campfire that night. People: J. Melville Broughton, Harold D. Meyer Place: Emerson Field, UNC campus, Chapel HillSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, September 19, 1941, p. 1
3. October 22, 1941 The Lloyd family unveils a marker to Thomas F. Lloyd in Carrboro At the Lloyd family's annual reunion in Carrboro a marker in memory of Thomas F. Lloyd was unveiled, with Governor Broughton, President Graham and Carrboro Mayor R. B. Studebaker among the speakers. Archibald Henderson's presentation traced Lloyd's rise from poverty after the Civil War through a grist mill, a flour mill, a cotton gin and, in 1898, the Alberta Mill, to an estate he put at $250,000 to $300,000. People: Thomas F. Lloyd (Carrboro mill builder), Archibald Henderson, J. Melville Broughton, Frank Porter Graham Place: Carrboro · Also named: R. B. StudebakerSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, October 24, 1941, p. 1
4. November 11, 1941 Vichy ambassador Gaston Henry-Haye speaks in Memorial Hall Gaston Henry-Haye, ambassador of the Vichy French government, spoke in Memorial Hall under the student International Relations Club, introduced by Governor Broughton, and pleaded for American food for France. The Weekly reported that the audience applauded the Governor's pledge to fight tyranny and the name of President Roosevelt, and read its welcome to the ambassador as sympathy for the French people rather than for his government. People: J. Melville Broughton Place: Memorial Hall, UNC campus, Chapel Hill · Also named: Gaston Henry-HayeSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, November 14, 1941, p. 2
5. May 23, 1942 Governor Broughton welcomes guests at the commissioning of the Navy Pre-Flight School The dinner program for the commissioning of the Naval Aviation Pre-Flight School at Chapel Hill on May 23, 1942 has Governor J. Melville Broughton offering the welcome, and Josephus Daniels giving greetings to the Navy Department representatives and to Commander O. O. Kessing. The school trained 18,700 pre-flight cadets before it was decommissioned on October 15, 1945. People: Josephus Daniels, Oliver Owen Kessing Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · UNC Libraries: Training Programs, A Nursery of Patriotism: the University at War, 1861-1945
6. February 18, 1943 Governor Broughton and the General Assembly tour the Pre-Flight School Governor J. Melville Broughton, the Council of State and about 140 members of the General Assembly came from Raleigh by bus as an honorary 20th Battalion, watched cadets on the obstacle course and at football, boxing, wrestling, swimming and other sports, saw hand-to-hand combat and mass drills in Woollen Gymnasium and dined with the school. On February 24 the legislature passed a joint resolution thanking Commander Graff and Orange County's representative, John W. Umstead Jr., who arranged the visit. People: J. Melville Broughton, Josephus Daniels, James P. Raugh, John W. Umstead Jr., John P. Graff Place: Navy Pre-Flight School, University, Chapel Hill · Also mentions: Woollen GymnasiumCloudbuster (Navy Pre-Flight School, Chapel Hill), February 20, 1943, p. 1
7. March 14, 1943 University holds a graduation for students finishing in the winter quarter The University held special graduation exercises in Hill Music Hall for about 125 men who finished their degree work at the end of the winter quarter, breaking long precedent to speed students into service. Former president Harry Woodburn Chase gave the address and Governor Broughton was to award the degrees. People: Harry Woodburn Chase, J. Melville Broughton, R. B. House Place: Hill Music Hall, UNC campus, Chapel HillSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, March 12, 1943, p. 1 · Also: Chapel Hill Weekly, March 19, 1943, p. 5
8. June 2, 1943 Governor Broughton speaks at a Pre-Flight School graduation in Kenan Stadium Broughton and UNC president Frank Porter Graham both spoke at Navy Pre-Flight School graduation exercises in Kenan Stadium on June 2, 1943. People: Frank Porter Graham Place: Kenan Stadium, Chapel Hill · Also mentions: Navy Pre-Flight SchoolSearch the index · R.A. Fountain: Chronology (Navy Pre-Flight School)
9. December 2, 1943 British Ambassador Lord Halifax reviews 3,500 cadets and students in Kenan Stadium Lord Halifax, the British Ambassador, came to Chapel Hill with Governor J. Melville Broughton and reviewed a combined parade of about 3,500 Pre-Flight cadets and Naval ROTC, V-12 and Army ASTP students in Kenan Stadium, then spoke to the units. University officials and the heads of the Army and Navy units greeted him. People: J. Melville Broughton, R. B. House, John P. Graff Place: Kenan Stadium, University, Chapel Hill · Also named: Lord HalifaxCloudbuster (Navy Pre-Flight School, Chapel Hill), December 4, 1943, p. 1
10. Fall 1944 Governor Broughton asks the Institute of Government to help towns plan for after the war As Allied armies advanced across Europe, Broughton called on the short-staffed Institute to help plan for life in North Carolina's towns and cities once the war ended. State payments for this work and for civil defense training steadied the Institute's budget. People: Albert Coates Place: Institute of Government, Chapel HillSearch the index · Howard E. Covington Jr., The Good Government Man: Albert Coates and the Early Years of the Institute of Government (2018), p. 201
11. late January 1944 Governor Broughton names Collier Cobb Jr. chairman of the State Planning Board Governor J. Melville Broughton named Collier Cobb Jr., chairman of the Orange County commissioners, to head the State Planning Board, a body of leaders from across North Carolina charged with preparing the state for its postwar problems. The board's offices were placed in Chapel Hill on the second floor of the Institute of Government building. People: Collier Cobb Jr., J. Melville Broughton Place: Institute of Government building, Chapel HillSearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), February 3, 1944, p. 1
12. by February 17, 1944 Governor Broughton names county agent Don S. Matheson Orange's civilian defense representative At the request of Colonel William S. Pritchard of Fort Bragg, the state's internal security officer, and state civilian defense director R. L. McMillan, Governor J. Melville Broughton appointed Orange County farm agent Don S. Matheson the county's Civilian Defense representative, the liaison between its citizens and the Army on internal security. People: Don S. Matheson, J. Melville Broughton Place: Orange CountyThe News (Chapel Hill), February 17, 1944, p. 1