William F. Lathan

Life and Orange County connections

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1. by July 25, 1941 Chapel Hill High School establishes a department of vocational agriculture With the state paying two-thirds of the teacher's salary and county funds the rest, the Chapel Hill school board set up an agriculture and shop department at the high school, hired W. F. Lathan from the Aycock school as teacher, and took the former University employees' club house behind the Model Market for its shop and classrooms. More than 50 boys, many from county farms, signed up for the course. People: Allison W. Honeycutt, William F. LathanSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, July 25, 1941, p. 1
2. September 1941 W. F. Lathan announces free defense trade courses for young men at Chapel Hill High Agriculture teacher W. F. Lathan announced government-sponsored courses for out-of-school young men aged 17 to 25 in electric wiring, woodworking, auto mechanics and metal work including electric welding, given 15 hours a week in eight-week units without charge to prepare them for defense jobs.Search the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, September 5, 1941, p. 1
3. by January 16, 1942 Orange County Training School opens defense trade classes for Black youth Defense classes for out-of-school Black young people began meeting every evening at the Orange County Training School, with Charles Brooks, one of Chapel Hill's leading Black contractors, teaching carpentry and Jody M. Harris teaching elementary electricity, under the general supervision of W. F. Lathan. The eight-week classes drew a heavy enrollment, and Harris said their aim was to train workers for the labor shortage. People: William F. LathanThe Chapel Hill Weekly, January 16, 1942, p. 6
4. January 26, 1942 Would-be vegetable gardeners organize in Chapel Hill and are offered plots Faculty members and townspeople who meant to grow their own vegetables against rising food prices met in Phillips hall on January 26 to hear Lloyd R. Roof of the Mason farm nursery and W. F. Lathan, with Grover Beard leading the movement for civilian defense. W. C. Coker, Herman Baity, Francis Bradshaw, Henry M. Burlage and others offered land in six sections around the town, and in February plots were staked out on Coker land for families in the Oakwood suburb. People: William Chambers Coker, William F. LathanThe Chapel Hill Weekly, January 30, 1942, p. 2
5. February 5, 1942 Four Chapel Hill welding students leave for the Wilmington shipyards Four young men who learned electric welding in a free national defense class at the Chapel Hill high school left for jobs in the Wilmington shipyards on February 5, as W. F. Lathan began a new class in metal work and welding for young men 16 to 26. People: William F. LathanSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, February 6, 1942, p. 2
6. August 1942 W. F. Lathan and a student repair furniture saved from the high school fire After the August 1942 fire at Chapel Hill High School, vocational teacher W. F. Lathan and student Clyde Carroll repaired desks saved from the fire in the school's vocational building, which Lathan said saved the schools about $500, and installed the furniture for the high school's temporary quarters in the Baptist church.Search the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, August 28, 1942, p. 1
7. November 12, 1942 Chapel Hill schools hold a Schools at War ceremony in Hill Music Hall Pupils and teachers of the Chapel Hill schools marked National Schools at War Week with a ceremony in Hill Music Hall at which seventeen war-activity groups, from the Junior Red Cross and salvage squads to the Victory Farm Workers and 4-H clubs, answered a roll call. Mayor R. W. Madry, Superintendent A. W. Honeycutt and school board chairman R. E. Coker spoke. People: Robert W. Madry, R. E. Coker, Allison W. Honeycutt, William F. LathanThe Chapel Hill Weekly, November 20, 1942, p. 5
8. by March 5, 1943 Chapel Hill and Bingham schools launch a Victory Garden campaign A Victory Garden campaign began in all the public schools of Chapel Hill and Bingham townships, aiming to have every school child grow a garden alone or with parents. Agriculture teacher W. F. Lathan was to teach gardening, and a tractor plow would prepare shared plots for town children without land. People: Allison W. Honeycutt, William F. LathanThe Chapel Hill Weekly, March 5, 1943, p. 1
9. July 12, 1943 County commissioners appropriate $700 for a cannery building at White Cross The commissioners voted $700 for a new building for the community canning unit at White Cross, eight miles from Chapel Hill on the Greensboro road, after repairs to an old store proved costly. White Cross people gave the labor, and about 150 of them met in the rain to organize and elect Martha Lloyd, U. F. Whitfield and Alton Durham directors. People: William F. LathanThe Chapel Hill Weekly, July 16, 1943, p. 1
10. August 1943 A community cannery opens at White Cross A government-sponsored community cannery began operating at White Cross in August 1943 under W. F. Lathan, the vocational agriculture teacher at Chapel Hill, serving families in the southern part of the county who came to can meats and vegetables by government methods. By August 1944 it was open on Tuesdays and Thursdays with a local operator in charge. People: William F. LathanSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), May 25, 1944, p. 1
11. September 15, 1943 White Cross holds a chicken stew and War Bond rally in its new cannery About 150 people came to a chicken stew and War Bond rally in the new cannery building at White Cross, eight miles north of Chapel Hill. After a talk by W. F. Lathan, agriculture teacher at the Chapel Hill high school, $3,450 was pledged for War Bonds. People: William F. LathanThe Chapel Hill Weekly, September 17, 1943, p. 1
12. April 22, 1944 Orange County's Farm Labor Advisory Board asks schoolchildren to sign up for farm work With many young farmers drafted and spring work held up by rain, the county Farm Labor Advisory Board met on Saturday, April 22, 1944, and decided to ask boys and girls over 12 to register with their school principals for paid farm work, full or part time. Chairman W. F. Lathan presided, and the school board agreed to plan short school days so that pupils could help. People: Don S. Matheson, William F. LathanThe News of Orange County (Hillsborough), April 27, 1944, p. 1