by Bob Jurgensen
In 1964, Chief Bill Blake, a rather robust man of probably no less than probably 450+ lbs, implemented a "cadet" program for teenagers interested in law enforcement careers. This program served as well to help youths struggling to find their identity in a very vibrant and eclectic Chapel Hill in those days. I don't recall the names of all the participants, but it included myself, Kemp Nye, Jr., Steve Sparrow and a few other high school kids.
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What is it that binds us to this place as to no other? It is not the well or the bell or the stone walls. or the crisp October nights. No, our love for this place is based upon the fact that it is as it was meant to be, The University of the People.
Hello, Bob. I was in CH the same four years you were an officer. One year in Morrison, one at Granville Towers and then lived on Homestead Road...Pines ? Trailer park. From 71-73, I worked for Larry Trollinger at Ken's, on the back side of Univ Square. I visited CH last spring and stopped to see Larry with his wife at the store...wow! For awhile around 72-73, I was hired to watch over Univ Square parking, etc. Think I was a bit of a wanna-be, as I had a uniform shirt and radios, lights on my 63 brown Chevrolet impala wagon! One Sunday night, I was returning from taking a weekend date home to Charlotte. I was driving down 86 ? From the north, and see a car driving slowly along the shoulder. A woman is running in front of it and waves me down, as I go around the car. She opens the door, jumps in, and say, "go,goo...he'll kill BOTH of us! Drove into town at 70, with the guy behind us...blew the two lights and finally pulled into the back of the station atRosemary. Ran inside yelling for help. Officers went outside and cruisers arrived to find the guy in his car in a parking lot across the street..with a gun. Haven't picked up a hitchhiker since!! I also knew a guy who was the first ? Dog catcher...ex-military...Gus? He dated a girl from the bank at univ square..a friend of Joan Casey..another teller I knew from taking deposits in for businesses in the square. Working at Ken's, the only guy I ever had troublevwith was a "Farrington". Great memories of my years at CH....