CHAPEL HILL
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Howard Lee celebrates 50 years since his historic mayoral win By Marshél e Carter | Photography by B et h Mann
hanks to a busted water heater that flooded my closet, I ran across a longforgotten letter when I was forced to rescue and comb through boxes of childhood memorabilia. I smiled as I felt the embossed seal on the yellowed Town of Chapel Hill’s official letterhead with my fingertips. Dated December 1971, the letter was signed by Howard N. Lee, mayor of 27514, Chapel Hill’s only ZIP code at that time. He had taken the time to respond to me, a 9-year-old fourth grader at Estes Hills Elementary School. 84
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