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Friends, 1969-70

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Staff

A Thousand Words
By Jock Lauterer

If ever a photo evoked an era, here’s one that fairly hollers, “1969-1970!” Sent by Citizen reader Suzy Lawrence, the photo was taken by a forgotten photographer on the front porch steps of the LRY Coffeehouse (Liberal Religious Youth of the Unitarian Church) just off of Hillsborough Street in Cameron Park, Raleigh. Suzy explains: “It was not really a coffeehouse, just a place for the youth to hang out.” Then she identifies the group: “(Top row standing left to right): Barbara Bradbury-Shuffler, Tom Benton, Peter Eichenberger, Mary Haines?; (kneeling): Kurt Eichenberger; (sitting, left to right): Richard Ross, Suzy Lawrence, Bobbie Lawrence and Connie Musselwhite; (bottom row): a friend from Richmond, Va.., whose name escapes me. We made forays back then to Chapel Hill for rock concerts and other liberal pursuits of that era.” Then Suzy completes the narrative arc: “How did this somewhat motley crew evolve? Almost all of us are still residing in N.C. Barbara was formerly a goat (for wool) rancher in Texas, now a librarian; Tom, with a master’s in public health, has worked with government entities setting up AIDS programs; Peter flamed brightly and wrote brilliant incendiary editorials for the Independent Weekly and was a bike and car mechanic, but passed away last year; Mary?; Kurt is an architect in Raleigh; Richard is the owner/operator of Mr. Ribs, a barbeque restaurant in Rocky Mount, and he chills at his cabin near Hot Springs; Suzy is a nurse at UNC Hospitals in gynecology-oncology, massage therapist and environmental activist; Bobbie is a nurse, formerly in labor and delivery, now in home health in Easton, Md.; Connie has retired early after a successful career in the computer programming realm and resides in a solar housing community in Asheville. My friend Richard sent [the photo] to the group of us after we reunited at Peter Eichenberger’s funeral in Raleigh. Pretty priceless photo, huh?”

A THOUSAND WORDS
Do you have an important old photo that you value? Email your photo to jock@email.unc.edu and include the story behind the picture. Because every picture tells a story. And its worth? A thousand words.
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