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Zeb P. Council

Zeb P. Council, who worked at the University printery, was elected mayor of Chapel Hill on May 3, 1927, beating J. T. Harris 155 to 21 to succeed W. S. Roberson, who had refused to run again.

Source: DigitalNC: Chapel Hill Weekly, May 6, 1927, p. 1

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  1. Zeb P. Council manages the University Press print shop in Chapel Hill An advertisement in the student paper for The University Press, a Chapel Hill printing office, named Zeb P. Council as its manager. In 1927 he was still at the University printery when he was elected mayor.Search the index · The Tar Heel, April 8, 1915, p. 4
  2. University clears the last of its old power station and print shop to build the east wing of Phillips Hall Work began on a three-story east wing for Phillips Hall, for civil and electrical engineering and mathematics, and with it the last traces of the old power station built about 1895 by J. W. Gore and the old University print shop disappeared. The University Printery moved to the back of the former Strowd garage on Franklin Street. People: Joshua W. Gore, Zeb P. CouncilSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, July 17, 1925, p. 2
  3. Zeb P. Council is installed as chancellor commander of the Chapel Hill Knights of Pythias Deputy Grand Chancellor E. M. Knox installed the officers of Chapel Hill Lodge No. 97, Knights of Pythias, with Zeb P. Council as chancellor commander. A year later Council, by then deputy grand chancellor, installed the lodge's next officers. People: Edward M. KnoxSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, January 15, 1926, p. 1
  4. Chapel Hill elects Zeb P. Council mayor and three new councilmen In a light vote on May 3, 1927, Zeb P. Council of the University printery was elected mayor over J. T. Harris, 155 to 21, succeeding W. S. Roberson, who had refused to run again after many years as mayor. P. L. Burch with 127 votes, R. D. W. Connor with 121 and contractor Brodie Thompson with 117 were chosen councilmen. A petition filed in April had made Thompson, for a time, the only candidate for alderman, and the Weekly said none of the men elected had sought the office. People: R. D. W. Connor, W. S. Roberson, Peter L. Burch, Zeb P. CouncilSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, May 6, 1927, p. 1 (Light Voting in Town Elections) · Also: Chapel Hill Weekly, April 22, 1927, p. 1
  5. Chapel Hill aldermen vote to protect Franklin Street's trees and plant new ones Refusing a petition from five property owners to remove trees along the business block, the aldermen voted on November 7, on R. D. W. Connor's motion and with W. C. Coker's advice, to keep the existing trees, replace those already cut and plant new ones in openings left in the new sidewalk. After about fifty citizens crowded a public hearing on November 14, where Moody Durham spoke for merchants who wanted the block bare, the board reaffirmed the policy and Coker recommended sweetgums and mimosas. People: R. D. W. Connor, William Chambers Coker, Zeb P. Council, Moody W. DurhamSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, November 11, 1927, p. 1
  6. Chapel Hill aldermen forbid ride-seekers to stand in the roadway On November 14 the aldermen adopted an ordinance forbidding persons seeking free automobile rides, mostly University students bound for Durham, to stand out in the street, though they could still ask from the curb. Mayor Zeb Council had told of braking hard to miss a crowd of students below the post office, and the student paper, the Tar Heel, praised the ordinance. People: Zeb P. CouncilSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, November 18, 1927, p. 5
  7. Mayor Council hears charges against drugstores under the Sunday closing law On May 23, 1928, Mayor Zeb Council, sitting as magistrate in the Peoples Bank building, heard charges that Chapel Hill drugstores sold cigarettes during church hours against the town's Sunday law, after one druggist sent an employee to buy from his rivals. The mayor dismissed the first charge, dropped the rest, and urged all merchants to obey, promising police enforcement. People: Henry A. Whitfield, Zeb P. CouncilSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, May 25, 1928, p. 1
  8. Aldermen choose John Foushee to succeed E. M. Knox as town manager After E. M. Knox, Chapel Hill's town manager since 1922, resigned to become city manager of High Point, the aldermen on June 21, 1928, approved their committee's choice of John Foushee, his engineering assistant for two years and a University engineering graduate. The Weekly credited Knox with paved streets, sewer extensions, a disposal plant, a health department and better fire protection, all without a higher tax rate. People: Brodie Thompson, Gustave M. Braune, Zeb P. Council, John M. Foushee, Edward M. KnoxSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, June 22, 1928, p. 1
  9. Chapel Hill extends Cameron Avenue and Raleigh Street to the new state highway Mayor Zeb Council reported the town's year-long street program nearly done: Cameron Avenue had been extended to the new state highway and Raleigh Street carried from Cameron Avenue to the highway, and officials called the streets the best they had ever been. People: Zeb P. CouncilSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, November 23, 1928, p. 1
  10. Mayor Council fines students under the ordinance against begging rides in the street After complaints, Chapel Hill police arrested fifteen students on January 11 and 12, 1929, for standing in the street to beg rides, against an ordinance passed some months earlier that allowed soliciting only from the curb. On January 14 Mayor Zeb Council fined each $1 and costs, remitted the fine, and warned that a second offense would cost $10. People: Zeb P. CouncilSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, January 18, 1929, p. 1
  11. Chapel Hill re-elects Mayor Zeb Council and three aldermen With no opposing candidates, about 100 voters re-elected Zeb P. Council as mayor and G. M. Braune, Clyde Eubanks and M. E. Hogan as aldermen. Many citizens who had registered only for the 1928 general election were turned away because the town kept a separate list; the officers were sworn in May 13. People: Clyde Eubanks, Gustave M. Braune, Milton E. Hogan, Zeb P. CouncilSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, May 10, 1929, p. 1
  12. The Carolina Theatre begins showing talking pictures with the Vitaphone Marking its second anniversary, the Carolina Theatre installed Vitaphone sound equipment, lined its walls with sound-absorbing materials, and opened its sound programs on September 16 with 'Charming Sinners.' Chapel Hill merchants built a 'Modern Week' sale around the opening, Mayor Zeb P. Council proclaimed it, and adult admission rose from 30 to 40 cents. People: E. Carrington Smith, Zeb P. CouncilSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, September 13, 1929, p. 7
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  1. The Kenfield house burns after the Chapel Hill fire truck turns back at the town limits When fire broke out in the basement of the house tennis coach J. F. Kenfield rented from W. G. Fields on the Pittsboro highway, the town truck stopped at the corporate limits, a few hundred yards away, because the fire company had a rule against leaving town; alderman P. L. Burch then ordered it out on his own responsibility, but too late, and the loss came to about $12,000. A bucket brigade, off-duty firemen on the roof and a Black neighbor, John Johnson, with a hose saved the Sawyer house next door, and the fire set off talk of extending the town limits. People: Peter L. Burch, Zeb P. CouncilSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, November 22, 1929, p. 1
  2. Chapel Hill paints pedestrian crossings and a giant STOP on Franklin Street After a run of accidents, the town painted pairs of wide bars across the pavement at each end of the business block to show where people should cross, lettered STOP below the post office corner where cars looped back west, and told the police to enforce the 15-mile limit downtown and 25 miles in the residence districts. Mayor Zeb P. Council asked drivers and jaywalkers alike to cooperate. People: Zeb P. CouncilSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, November 29, 1929, p. 1
  3. Chapel Hill's men give Frank Graham a barbecue supper on his accession as president About 200 men of Chapel Hill gave Frank Graham, the University's new president, a barbecue supper at the Country Club on the evening of July 9, 1930. Mayor Zeb Council spoke for the town, Rev. A. S. Lawrence for the churches and Robert B. House for the village's alumni, and M. C. S. Noble closed with recollections of the presidents he had known. People: Alfred Stratton Lawrence, R. B. House, M. C. S. Noble, Zeb P. CouncilSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, July 11, 1930, p. 8
  4. Aldermen set up a citizens' committee and job bureau for the unemployed After P. L. Burch told of earnest men seeking work at his University office, the aldermen authorized Mayor Zeb Council to name an emergency committee on unemployment. Howard W. Odum chaired it, and Bruce Strowd ran a free employment list at his garage; by early January 109 men had registered and 84 had been placed in jobs. People: Howard W. Odum, Bruce Strowd, Peter L. Burch, Zeb P. CouncilThe Chapel Hill Weekly, November 14, 1930, p. 5
  5. Chapel Hill re-elects its aldermen in a record town vote Chapel Hill voters returned the sitting board of aldermen and Mayor Zeb P. Council, and chose C. P. Hinshaw over L. J. Phipps by 37 votes for judge of the Recorder's Court. The 730 ballots, cast in the school athletic building known as the "tin can," were far more than in any earlier town election, the Weekly said. People: Brodie Thompson, R. D. W. Connor, Ralph M. Trimble, Peter L. Burch, Zeb P. Council, Clarence P. HinshawSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, May 8, 1931, p. 1
  6. Chapel Hill calls for bids to rebuild its Bolin Creek sewage plant The town of Chapel Hill advertised for bids, to be opened June 25, to improve and reconstruct its sewage treatment plant on Bolin Creek east of the town limits. The specifications by H. G. Baity, consulting sanitary engineer, called for a sludge collector and pump, a gas holder, a chlorinator, sludge heating and a fence around the works. People: Herman G. Baity, Zeb P. Council, John M. FousheeThe Chapel Hill Weekly, June 5, 1931, p. 5
  7. Chapel Hill organizes a central committee for relief of the unemployed, with Joseph Hyde Pratt as chairman Delegates of the Rotary and Kiwanis clubs, the King's Daughters, the Daughters of the Confederacy, the county welfare department and the Red Cross met at the Bank of Chapel Hill and formed a central committee to coordinate the town's charities, replacing the mayor's emergency unemployment committee of the year before. Chairman Joseph Hyde Pratt said its main aim was to find work for the jobless, and George H. Lawrence was made secretary. People: Joseph Hyde Pratt, George H. Lawrence, E. Carrington Smith, Zeb P. CouncilThe Chapel Hill Weekly, October 2, 1931, p. 1
  8. Chapel Hill rallies behind a drive to enlarge the University student loan fund With the state's budget cut threatening to drive students out, Mayor Zeb Council named a citizens' committee and town and campus groups gave to the University student loan fund. By early February about $7,000 had been raised, including $1,000 from John Sprunt Hill, and the trustees backed the drive. People: John Sprunt Hill, Frank Porter Graham, Zeb P. CouncilSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, January 29, 1932, p. 1
  9. Mayor's milk committee recommends cheaper milk, and dairies cut the price A citizens' committee named by Mayor Zeb Council and chaired by D. D. Carroll heard the dairymen and recommended 12 1/2 cents a quart for raw and pasteurized milk. The aldermen thanked it but set no price, and the Durham Road Dairy and several smaller dairies cut their prices from February 1. People: Dudley Dewitt Carroll, Zeb P. Council, Carl T. DurhamSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, February 12, 1932, p. 1
  10. Chapel Hill's Central Welfare Committee runs the town's relief work Answering a national 'War against Depression' appeal, Mayor Council wrote that for several months a Central Welfare Committee of the civic clubs, King's Daughters, American Legion and auxiliary, church societies, merchants and Boy Scouts had been finding work for the unemployed and giving food, clothing and fuel to people in need. People: Joseph Hyde Pratt, Zeb P. CouncilThe Chapel Hill Weekly, March 18, 1932, p. 1
  11. Chapel Hill elects John Foushee mayor Former town manager John Foushee won the mayoralty with 186 votes to 134 for Mayor Zeb P. Council and 108 for B. J. Howard. Aldermen Clyde Eubanks, M. E. Hogan and J. T. Dobbins were re-elected over a late bid by Joseph Hyde Pratt, and L. J. Phipps beat Odell Sapp 361 to 123 for judge of the recorder's court. People: Clyde Eubanks, Joseph Hyde Pratt, Luther James Phipps, Zeb P. Council, John M. Foushee, Milton E. Hogan, B. J. HowardSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, May 5, 1933, p. 1
  12. The aldermen's committee holds hearings on the West Franklin Street paving assessments Owners told the committee they had been assured in 1927 that the charge would be far below the $7.70 a front foot finally levied, and Mrs. J. P. Nesbitt testified that her husband had been told the assessments were meant to get Black residents off West Franklin Street. Former mayor Zeb P. Council answered in a letter that the board of 1927 had acted on a valid petition; the committee members signaled that they thought the levy too high and might seek an act of the legislature to validate relief. People: John Manning, Richard Junius Mendenhall Hobbs, John Caldwell, Frederick O. Bowman, John L. Caldwell, Zeb P. Council, Clarence P. HinshawThe Chapel Hill Weekly, October 29, 1937, p. 2
  13. Mayor Edwin Lanier names a committee to study Chapel Hill's street names With the aldermen's agreement, Mayor Edwin S. Lanier named five people who knew the history of the town and the University to study changing street names that had become confusing or meaningless and naming streets for people who had served the community. Pittsboro Street, Boundary Street, Church Street and the two-part North Street were cited; recommendations were due by February, with a public hearing before any change. People: Luther James Phipps, Zeb P. CouncilSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), November 16, 1950, p. 1

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