Walter Patten

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1. 1914 Black church members in Orange County give $3.04 each to their churches, against $4.00 for white members Walter Patten's survey worked out what religion cost each church member in the county in 1914: $3.04 for Black members and $4.00 for white members. Pastors' pay came to the same $2.05 a member in both groups; the gap was in buildings (88 cents against $1.04) and above all in missions (13 cents against 91). People: Walter Patten, Eugene Cunningham Branson Place: Orange CountySearch the index · E. C. Branson, Field Study of Negro Conditions (1917), scan p. 9
2. about 1915 to 1916 Patten's survey finds nearly nine in ten Black households in Orange County living in homes they own The survey reported that close to nine-tenths of the dwellings of Black families in the county were occupied by their owners, with town households ahead of country ones in screening and upkeep. Branson read the figure as a measure of real economic gains since the war. People: Eugene Cunningham Branson Place: Orange CountySearch the index · E. C. Branson, Field Study of Negro Conditions (1917), scan p. 7
3. about 1915 to 1916 The survey finds fewer than six Black lodges and benefit societies in the whole county Patten's study counted fewer than half a dozen sick benefit societies, burial orders and fraternal lodges among the county's Black residents. The societies in the Black churches of Hillsborough, Chapel Hill and Carrboro were mostly church aid groups that raised mission money and cared for buildings and parsonages. People: Walter Patten Place: Orange CountySearch the index · E. C. Branson, Field Study of Negro Conditions (1917), scan p. 9
4. 1915-16 Walter Patten surveys Orange County's Black churches and Sunday schools In a field study for the University of North Carolina, Walter Patten counted 27 Black congregations in Orange County, against 47 white ones, served by 16 Black ministers. For the church year 1914-15 he tallied 720 preaching services, 113 new members and $5,772.88 raised. Place: Orange CountySearch the index · Walter Patten, Negro Churches and Sunday Schools, Orange County, North Carolina (1916), scan p. 49
5. August 1915 Chapel Hill's Methodist church installs a large pipe organ The organ, for which a home talent play had raised money in July, arrived and was being installed; The News credited the pastor, Rev. Walter Patten, with bringing it about. People: Walter Patten Place: Methodist church, Chapel HillSearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), August 12, 1915, p. 1
6. November 22, 1924 C. S. Pendergraft, who ran the bus line between Chapel Hill and Durham, dies C. S. 'Kern' Pendergraft, about 53, whom the News called the pioneer bus man of Chapel Hill, died of cancer on a Saturday night. He had run a bus line from Chapel Hill to Durham for 13 years; his advertisements gave 1911 as the year it was established. His funeral was held at the Methodist church the next afternoon, conducted by Rev. Walter Patten. People: Walter Patten Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: C. S. Pendergraft · Also mentions: Chapel Hill to DurhamSearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), November 27, 1924, p. 1
7. December 6, 1924 Methodists award the building contract for the new Chapel Hill church With much of the money from conference boards, alumni and friends in hand, the joint commission gave the contract for the James Gamble Rogers design to Jewel and Riddle of Sanford for $156,550, and the heating contract to the Durham Heating Company for $14,500. People: Walter Patten Place: Franklin Street, Chapel Hill · Also named: James Gamble RogersSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Methodist Church: A Centennial History, 1853-1953 (1954), scan p. 42
8. January 6, 1925 Ground is broken for the new Chapel Hill Methodist church Louis Round Wilson, chairman of the stewards, joined pastor Walter Patten, Mrs. A. S. Barbee and other members to break ground on Franklin Street for the church designed by James Gamble Rogers. People: Louis Round Wilson, Walter Patten Place: Franklin Street, Chapel Hill · Also named: James Gamble RogersSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Methodist Church: A Centennial History, 1853-1953 (1954), scan p. 43 · Also: Chapel Hill Weekly, January 8, 1925, p. 1
9. July 5, 1926 The University marks the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in Memorial Hall In place of the parade and stunts of earlier Fourth of July programs, the University Summer School suspended classes for an hour on Monday, July 5, 1926, for a ceremony in Memorial Hall marking the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Townspeople were invited; the band played, patriotic songs were sung, Rev. Walter Patten led the prayers and M. C. S. Noble gave the address. People: M. C. S. Noble, Walter Patten Place: Memorial Hall, University campus, Chapel HillSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, July 9, 1926, p. 2
10. April 7, 1935 The Chapel Hill Methodist church is dedicated once its debt is paid Nine years after the building opened, Bishop Paul B. Kern preached the dedication sermon during W. A. Jenkins's pastorate, and Dean Robert B. House presented the building for the official board. Former pastors Walter Patten and C. Excell Rozzelle took part. People: R. B. House, Walter Patten Place: Chapel Hill Methodist Church, Chapel Hill · Also named: Paul B. Kern, W. A. Jenkins, C. Excell RozzelleSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Methodist Church: A Centennial History, 1853-1953 (1954), scan p. 44 · Also: Chapel Hill Weekly, April 5, 1935, p. 1