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Richard E. Jamerson

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May 3, 1955 Chapel Hill voters elect members of their school board for the first time In the first popular election for the Chapel Hill school board, created as an elective body by a 1955 local act, voters in the Chapel Hill school district chose Charles F. Milner and Richard E. Jamerson over James L. Godfrey, Fred Edwards and Jack Lasley. Edwards, a Black contractor put forward by members of the Black community, received 207 votes. In the town election held the same day Mayor O. K. Cornwell was returned without opposition and Gene Strowd joined the board of aldermen. People: Richard E. Jamerson, James L. Godfrey, Oliver K. Cornwell Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: Charles F. Milner, Fred Edwards, Gene Strowd · Also mentions: Chapel Hill school boardSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), May 5, 1955, p. 1
November 4, 1967 Fire burns through the floor of the Tin Can Fire smoldering in the sawdust of the broad-jump area burned about 400 square feet of floor in the Tin Can on the UNC campus before three Chapel Hill fire trucks put it out after about two hours. A Woollen Gym employee who came to work early turned in the alarm at 5:51 a.m., and the head of physical education later put the damage at about $5,000. People: Richard E. Jamerson Place: Tin Can, UNC campus, Chapel Hill · Also mentions: Woollen GymSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, November 5, 1967, p. 1

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James L. Godfrey 1 entry: Chapel Hill voters elect members of their school board for the first time (May 3, 1955)
Oliver K. Cornwell 1 entry: Chapel Hill voters elect members of their school board for the first time (May 3, 1955)

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The personal and professional contributions of Dr. Richard Elmer Jamerson to the Department of Physical Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Saylors, Marta Marissa · 1997

Marta Marissa Saylors wrote in 1997 on the career of Richard Elmer Jamerson, 1910 to 1970, and what he gave to the Department of Physical Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Jamerson was a swimming coach, and the study also covers the department's history. One hundred twenty three leaves with illustrations and a bibliography.

Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Jamerson, Richard E., 1910-1970.

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Chapel Hill and Carrboro city schools Schools and academies · Chapel Hill · 1 event here
The Tin Can University buildings and grounds · Chapel Hill · 1 event here

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