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Roland P. McClamroch

Roland P. McClamroch of Chapel Hill was Orange County's representative in the 1939 state House. That session he introduced a bill for statewide highway zoning, meant to curb billboards and keep filling stations and other roadside businesses away from homes along the highways.

Source: DigitalNC: Chapel Hill Weekly, February 24, 1939, p. 1 (Highway Zoning Bill Introduced By McClamroch)

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Orange County’s elections of 1936, 1938 and 19401936–1940 · 10 events · In the 1936 Democratic primary for governor Orange County stood by its native son, A. H. (Sandy) Graham, giving him 2,754 votes to 817 for Ralph McDonald and 230 for Clyde Hoey. In the July runoff the county went for Hoey, and B. J. Howard of Chapel Hill won the runoff for the state House. In 1938 Carl T. Durham became the Democratic nominee for Congress, the county executive committee voted 7 to 6 for Collier Cobb Jr. to take Durham's place on the commissioners ticket, and every Democrat on the county ticket won by a wide margin. In 1940 three Chapel Hill candidates entered the Democratic primary for the House, and the election board chose to re-list voters. Eastwood Lake, 1939–19411939–1941 · 4 events · In April 1939 a dam was being built across Booker Creek, near Harward's dairy off the Chapel Hill to Durham highway, to form a lake as the center of a restricted residential development called Eastwood, promoted by W. S. Crawford. The masonry dam was finished by early July, and after the gate closed and rains came about 50 acres were under water by July 27. In April 1940 Crawford opened graded roads to and around the lake, invited the public to see it, and offered hilltop lots and acreage for sale with building restrictions. On June 21, 1941 he opened a bathing beach near the dam, with free swimming that weekend before a formal opening on June 25.

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  1. Local investors buy the Graham Court apartments and form the Realty Investment Company William deR. Scott, Collier Cobb Jr. and Roland P. McClamroch, with W. C. Goley of Graham, bought the Graham Court apartments on McCauley Street from the Virginia Trust Company and incorporated the Realty Investment Company to own and manage them, with Goley as president and Scott as secretary-treasurer. The Weekly called the sale one of the first signs of a pick-up in Chapel Hill real estate. People: Collier Cobb Jr., Roland P. McClamrochSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, November 9, 1934, p. 1 · Also: Chapel Hill Weekly, December 20, 1935, p. 1
  2. Chapel Hill delegation asks the highway commission to keep U.S. 15 through the town Mayor John M. Foushee led a delegation to the state highway commission in Raleigh to protest a federal map change that sent U.S. 15 from Durham through Raleigh and Fayetteville, cutting off Chapel Hill, Pittsboro, Sanford and Rockingham. Chairman Capus Waynick said the state could only recommend but favored the old route; the federal government was to rule on such protests in June. People: John S. Bennett, Roland P. McClamroch, Peter L. Burch, John M. FousheeSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, February 8, 1935, p. 1
  3. Chapel Hill relaxes its zoning line for the Village Apartments On April 13, 1936 the zoning board of adjustment recommended that Roland P. McClamroch and his wife be let build their apartment house on Franklin Street opposite the Graham Memorial nearer the street than the zoning ordinance allowed, citing the town's need for such quarters, and the aldermen then approved a front line 12 feet from the street. The owners instead bought Mrs. Irene Lee's adjoining lot on Rosemary Lane and set the 30-apartment building 22 feet back. People: Brodie Thompson, Roland P. McClamrochSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, April 24, 1936, p. 1
  4. The McClamrochs build the Village Apartments on East Franklin Street Mr. and Mrs. Roland P. McClamroch put up a thirty-apartment house just east of the University Presbyterian Church, opposite the Graham Memorial, among the street's houses. Watts Carr drew the plans, the contractor Brodie Thompson cleared the ground in April 1936, and by mid-September every apartment was taken. People: Brodie Thompson, Roland P. McClamrochSearch the index · Bernard Lee Bryant Jr., Occupants and Structures of Franklin Street, Chapel Hill (1998; Chapel Hill Historical Society, 1999), scan p. 257 · Also: Chapel Hill Weekly, April 17, 1936, p. 1; Chapel Hill Weekly, April 24, 1936, p. 1; Chapel Hill Weekly, July 10, 1936, p. 1; Chapel Hill Weekly, September 18, 1936, p. 1
  5. Roland McClamroch and Sheriff S. T. Latta Jr. win the Orange Democratic primary Roland P. McClamroch beat fellow University faculty member Raymond F. Stainback for the legislature, 1,861 to 1,430; Sheriff Samuel T. Latta Jr. beat campus patrolman Frank Maddry, 2,503 to 1,218; and H. J. Walker beat Dr. John S. Hooker for coroner. John W. Umstead Jr. led the state senate race in Orange with 2,081 votes. People: John W. Umstead Jr., Samuel T. Latta Jr., Roland P. McClamrochSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, June 10, 1938, p. 1
  6. Orange County Democrats sweep the county offices In the general election every Democratic candidate in Orange County won by a wide margin: S. W. Andrews was re-elected register of deeds, 2,146 to 475, S. T. Latta Jr. was elected sheriff, A. W. Kenion clerk of court and Grover C. Bivins treasurer, and Collier Cobb Jr., J. Ed Laws and Ben F. Wilson county commissioners. Roland McClamroch of Chapel Hill won the House seat over W. H. Sparrow, John W. Umstead Jr. and Joseph H. Warren the two Senate seats, and Carl T. Durham carried the county for Congress 1,966 to 199 over write-in candidate Oscar Barker. People: Collier Cobb Jr., Samuel Weldon Andrews, Roland P. McClamroch, John W. Umstead Jr., Ben F. Wilson, Alonzo W. Kenion, Samuel T. Latta Jr.Search the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, November 11, 1938, p. 1
  7. Eastwood, Incorporated dams Booker's Creek for a 55-acre lake northeast of Chapel Hill A dam was being built across Booker's Creek about half a mile upstream from the Chapel Hill to Durham highway near Harwood's dairy, to form a 55-acre lake as the center of a restricted residential development called Eastwood. The company's promoter was W. S. Crawford and its stockholders R. P. McClamroch, L. J. Phipps and R. M. Trimble; the dam was due in four weeks and the lake to fill by September. People: Luther James Phipps, Roland P. McClamroch, Ralph M. Trimble, Walter S. CrawfordSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, April 28, 1939, p. 1
  8. W. S. Crawford finishes the Eastwood dam on Booker Creek and the lake begins to fill The masonry dam across Booker Creek near Harward's dairy on the Durham road, raised to 18 feet with about 1,000 tons of rock, was finished by early July for Eastwood, a residential development of W. S. Crawford, R. P. McClamroch, Ralph M. Trimble and L. J. Phipps. The gate was closed by July 21, and after rains about 50 of the planned 65 acres were under water by July 27. People: Luther James Phipps, Roland P. McClamroch, Ralph M. Trimble, Walter S. CrawfordSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, July 7, 1939, p. 1
  9. John W. Umstead Jr. enters the race for Orange County's seat in the state House Former state senator John W. Umstead Jr. announced his candidacy for representative in the May 25 Democratic primary, making three Chapel Hill candidates with Roland P. McClamroch and Raymond F. Stainback. His platform called for farm-to-market roads, no diversion of highway money, vocational schools, a teachers' pension plan, and University appropriations that would not require it to sell merchandise. People: Roland P. McClamroch, John W. Umstead Jr.Search the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, March 15, 1940, p. 1
  10. Orange Democrats choose John W. Umstead Jr. for the state House and keep their county commissioners In the Democratic primary John W. Umstead Jr. won the nomination for the House with 2,085 votes to 993 for Roland McClamroch and 418 for Raymond Stainback, losing only the South Chapel Hill precinct. Commissioners Collier Cobb Jr., J. Edd Laws and Ben F. Wilson were renominated over Dr. S. A. Nathan, and Orange gave Congressman Carl Durham 2,991 votes to 422 for his three opponents. People: Collier Cobb Jr., S. A. Nathan, Carl T. Durham, Roland P. McClamroch, John W. Umstead Jr., Ben F. WilsonSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, May 31, 1940, p. 1
  11. Chapel Hill canvassers seek war bond pledges house to house More than a hundred volunteer canvassers under general chairman Hugh T. Lefler and five zone chairmen called at homes across Chapel Hill to ask for signed pledges to buy war bonds or stamps regularly, in the nationwide pledge week. The Weekly reported a good response by midweek, while neighborhood leaders took pledges from farm families. People: Luther James Phipps, Roland P. McClamroch, W. E. Thompson, Hugh Talmage LeflerThe Chapel Hill Weekly, May 8, 1942, p. 1
  12. Clyde Eubanks becomes president of the Bank of Chapel Hill The directors of the Bank of Chapel Hill elected Clyde Eubanks president to succeed the late M. C. S. Noble, with Collier Cobb, Jr., as vice-president and Roland McClamroch as secretary. Eubanks had been a director for more than 35 years and secretary since 1910. People: Collier Cobb Jr., Roland P. McClamrochSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, July 3, 1942, p. 1
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  1. The county begins its first full reassessment of real property On the county commissioners' order, the tax office mailed every property owner a card asking for a full description of each parcel, the first time the county had sought such detail, so that a board of assessors could revalue all real property during 1947. By April the assessors had finished Cedar Grove, Little River, Hillsboro and Cheeks townships, and the tax supervisor expected the new values to add about $1,000,000 to the tax books. People: Roland P. McClamroch, Gilbert W. RaySearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), January 2, 1947, p. 1
  2. Orange County revalues its real property and hears taxpayers' complaints After a three-man board of assessors, Zeb C. Burton, Roland McClamroch and Sterling H. Hunt, inspected nearly every tract and new valuations went out to more than 5,000 owners, the county commissioners sat as the board of equalization and review from June 25, with about half the complaints coming from Chapel Hill township. They finished on August 11, calling the revaluation, expected to add at least $5 million to the tax books, one of the best pieces of county work in years. People: Collier Cobb Jr., Roland P. McClamrochSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), June 26, 1947, p. 1
  3. Chapel Hill's new zoning ordinance takes effect A new zoning ordinance went into effect in Chapel Hill on June 1, and the aldermen named J. S. Bennett, B. W. Clark, J. T. Dobbins, Roland P. McClamroch and F. E. Strowd to a new Board of Adjustment to carry it out. People: John S. Bennett, Roland P. McClamrochSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), June 23, 1949, p. 1
  4. Orange County Democrats renominate Forrest and Efland, add R. J. M. Hobbs and choose Clarence D. Jones for the school board In the primary Orange gave William B. Umstead 3,314 votes to Hubert Olive's 1,594 for governor and Congressman Carl T. Durham 3,028 to Tom Sawyer's 1,228. For three commissioner seats R. O. Forrest, Sim L. Efland and UNC professor R. J. M. Hobbs beat R. E. Murray and Roland McClamroch, keeping the board's balance between Chapel Hill and the rest of the county, and Jones of Hillsboro won the school board nomination with 2,006 votes over four Chapel Hill candidates. People: Richard Junius Mendenhall Hobbs, William B. Umstead, Carl T. Durham, Roland P. McClamroch, Robert O. ForrestSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), June 5, 1952, p. 1
  5. County commissioners ask the legislature to allow no more than two commissioners from one township On Commissioner Sim Efland's motion the board voted 4 to 0, with Chairman R. J. M. Hobbs abstaining after failing to get a public hearing first, to back a bill limiting the five-member board to two members from any township; banker W. E. Thompson, Representative John W. Umstead and others had urged it that day. After protests from Roland McClamroch Sr. and the Chapel Hill League of Women Voters, which called the change 'tantamount to disenfranchisement' of part of the county, the board set a public hearing for September 10 and later moved it to October 8. People: Sim Efland, Richard Junius Mendenhall Hobbs, Roland P. McClamroch, W. E. Thompson, John W. Umstead Jr.The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), June 7, 1956, p. 1
  6. County commissioners stand by their request to limit the board to two members from any township After an October 8 public hearing at which Chapel Hill speakers, among them Paul Wager, Roland McClamroch and members of the League of Women Voters, urged reconsideration, the commissioners voted unanimously, with Chairman R. J. M. Hobbs abstaining, to reaffirm their June request that the legislature limit the board to two members from any one township. Supporters such as R. O. Forrest argued that Chapel Hill's heavy vote could otherwise fill every seat. People: Richard Junius Mendenhall Hobbs, Roland P. McClamroch, Robert O. Forrest, Paul W. WagerSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), November 8, 1956, p. 1
  7. Roland and Clara McClamroch deed the Nash house to their daughter Anna McClamroch McFall English professor Roland McClamroch and his wife had bought the house from the Nashes and rented it to Robert and Alpha Wettach, who moved out around 1960. The house stayed in the McClamroch family until 1983. People: Roland P. McClamrochSearch the index · NC State Historic Preservation Office: Arthur C. and Mary S. A. Nash House, National Register nomination (OR2289), p. 19

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