W. S. Roberson

Life and Orange County connections

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1. June 18, 1917 The Chapel Hill Red Cross chapter receives its papers and works from a Main Street store By June 18, 1917 the Chapel Hill chapter had all its organization papers, with jurisdiction over the part of Orange County on its side of the railroad, and was making surgical dressings in a large store on Main Street lent by Mayor W. S. Roberson. The store served as its headquarters and workroom for six months. People: W. S. RobersonSearch the index · State Archives of North Carolina, Military Collection, WWI Papers, Box 2, Folder 37: Orange County Red Cross History (typescripts, 1918-1919), scan 18
2. 1918 W. S. Roberson builds a two-store brick building west of the Bank of Chapel Hill Roberson's building, nearly finished in 1918, held two stores. In the early 1920s the Peoples Bank took the western half and the Lowe brothers' Chapel Hill Hardware the eastern. People: W. S. RobersonSearch the index · Bernard Lee Bryant Jr., Occupants and Structures of Franklin Street, Chapel Hill (1998; Chapel Hill Historical Society, 1999), scan p. 209
3. January 1, 1918 The Chapel Hill Red Cross moves its workrooms into the Zeta Psi fraternity hall After its first home, a Main Street store lent by Mayor W. S. Roberson, was sold to the People's Bank, the chapter moved on January 1, 1918, into the lower floor of the Zeta Psi fraternity hall, offered by the university's Upsilon chapter. People: W. S. RobersonSearch the index · Documenting the American South: A Record of the War Activities in Orange County, North Carolina, 1917-1919, p. 5
4. February 1918 W. S. Roberson joins the county's legal advisory board for draft questionnaires A legal advisory board was formed to help Orange County men fill out the government's draft questionnaires, with Major John W. Graham, Frank Nash and W. S. Roberson as members. People: Frank Nash, John W. GrahamSearch the index · Documenting the American South: A Record of the War Activities in Orange County, North Carolina, 1917-1919, p. 45
5. May 16-26, 1919 Orange County raises $800 for the Salvation Army In a Salvation Army campaign May 16-26, 1919, South Orange under W. S. Roberson raised $300 and North Orange under R. H. Claytor raised $500.01 on a $500 quota. People: W. S. RobersonSearch the index · Documenting the American South: A Record of the War Activities in Orange County, North Carolina, 1917-1919, p. 74
6. May 1919 Orange County subscribes $137,050 to the Victory Liberty Loan In the fifth, or Victory, Liberty Loan the county subscribed $137,050 against a $112,500 allotment, from 202 men, 70 women and 4 corporations. The women's committee reported $67,300 obtained by direct solicitation. People: Harriet Morehead Berry, W. S. RobersonSearch the index · Documenting the American South: A Record of the War Activities in Orange County, North Carolina, 1917-1919, p. 69
7. May 1919 Orange County towns and townships win honor flags in the Victory Loan For meeting their Victory Loan quotas, Cedar Grove, Chapel Hill, Cheeks, Eno and Hillsborough townships and the towns of Chapel Hill and Hillsborough were awarded honor flags, the Chapel Hill News reported on May 29, 1919, crediting Mayor W. S. Roberson as Victory Loan chairman. The paper said county residents had put more than a million dollars into government securities since the first Liberty Loan. People: W. S. RobersonSearch the index · State Archives of North Carolina, Military Collection, WWI Papers, Box 2, Folder 37: Orange County Red Cross History (typescripts, 1918-1919), scan 30
8. February 9, 1924 Fire destroys the Pickwick Theatre on Franklin Street An early-morning fire burned the Pickwick movie theatre and the O'Kelly pressing club next door, and sparks threatened the fraternity houses nearby. Until it was rebuilt, films were shown in Gerrard Hall. People: W. S. RobersonSearch the index · DigitalNC: The Tar Heel, February 12, 1924, p. 1
9. May 31, 1924 The rebuilt Pickwick Theatre opens on Franklin Street S. J. Brockwell's new fireproof Pickwick, built on the site of the burned one, opened with seats for 750, and crowds were turned away from the first show. W. S. Roberson ran it under lease. People: W. S. RobersonSearch the index · DigitalNC: Chapel Hill Weekly, June 5, 1924, p. 1
10. November 1924 The Gimghouls sell their old lodge lot on Rosemary Lane W. S. Roberson bought the Gimghouls' lot at Rosemary Lane and Boundary Street, with the old lodge to stand until the order finished its new building at Piney Prospect. The old lodge had been torn down by July 1926, and John Lasley's family had moved into a new house on the lot by that September. People: W. S. RobersonSearch the index · DigitalNC: Chapel Hill Weekly, November 20, 1924, p. 7