
{"id":27751,"date":"2012-09-06T10:54:20","date_gmt":"2012-09-06T14:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=27751"},"modified":"2012-09-13T10:50:32","modified_gmt":"2012-09-13T14:50:32","slug":"pendergrafts-service-station-1955","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2012\/09\/06\/pendergrafts-service-station-1955\/","title":{"rendered":"Pendergraft&#8217;s Service Station, 1955"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A Thousand Words<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>By Jock Lauterer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/2012\/09\/06\/pendergrafts-service-station-1955\/1kwords090612\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/1kwords090612.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"1kwords090612\" width=\"400\" height=\"596\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-27752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/1kwords090612.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/1kwords090612-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/1kwords090612-75x113.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/1kwords090612-67x100.jpg 67w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/1kwords090612-308x460.jpg 308w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Citizen reader Don Pendergraft sends in this delightful image from 1955, titled \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Welcome to Elmer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d along with the following narrative: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Elmer was my father and passed away suddenly in 1977. In his brief time he lived through hard times and experienced some really good times. He was well known for his gentle wisdom and friendly and outgoing personality. On the left is Elmer O. Pendergraft, owner-operator, and Pap Andrews, friend-volunteer clerk in Pendergraft\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Service Station, ca. 1955. Elmer O. Pendergraft\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Service Station sat on West Franklin Street in the current location of Al\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Garage. Elmer Pendergraft and Ben Grantham opened the business in 1949. They had been employed at Eben Merritt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Gas Station on Pittsboro Road. Elmer was a younger cousin of Merritt and Ben married Eben\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s daughter. After WWII they decided to start a similar business between Chapel Hill and Carrboro to serve both communities as well the University. Pendergraft bought Grantham\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s holdings after several years and was sole owner until his death in 1977.  Pap Andrews was Raymond Andrews\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 father. Raymond was co-owner of Andrews and Rigsbee Hardware and Ford Tractor Dealer in Carrboro. Elmer was an active merchant in Carrboro declaring his allegiance by having attended Carrboro School (now town hall) as a young boy. The residents in Tin-Top, a small community behind the station on Brewer Lane and the adjoining neighborhoods on Merritt Mill Road, were frequent customers. The \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcstation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 was a gathering spot.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p><em>Editor\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Note:\u00c2\u00a0After working in Elizabeth City for 19 years, Don Pendergraft moved back home this summer and now lives on Barbee Chapel Road in Chapel Hill. He is the design section chief at the North Carolina Museum of History.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>A THOUSAND WORDS<\/strong><br \/>\nDo 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.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/sections\/a-thousand-words\/\">More &#8220;A Thousand Words&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Citizen reader Don Pendergraft sends in this delightful image from 1955, titled \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Welcome to Elmer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":27752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[422],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a-thousand-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27751"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27876,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27751\/revisions\/27876"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}