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HalLweiL A . telephone line to hook into the Hillsborough system. . . I mention all this because I want you and your Committee to know how much of our lives we have put into this land. . . We lived in the Coach House for several years, but had to leave: ... after World Warr II because my- husband's father needed him in Denver, .:, ..: Coloradoi, We kept that property for some years, but saw it was deteri- -'• orating because renters were not tak- care of it. It now belongs to Mrs. Ralph M. Watkins, who renamed it "Chatwood". She has made it into one of the beautiful show places in the whole area. • Visitors from all over the State and beyond have come to Hillsborough , to visit the histOric house and exquisite gardens. Her rose garden '. • -,. is one of the finest anywhere and brings many visitors to Hillsborbugh •:. for that reason along. It too will be very much affected if a reservoir if put there. • - : My three daughters have stayed at the River House many times during • _.. . their years in high school and college in North Carolina, as well as . . . after they were married. One daughter and her husband couldn't have . finished their degrees at Duke and at University of North- Carolina if they could not have -lived there- during...that time. . .. . .. . - . • t. Now you have chosen our place to destroy, . as far as my. family is • concerned. I just wanted Yau. to know. how sad and _devastated -we' are. • Most sincerely, • • Margaret G. Altvater (Mrs. F.' Vernon) . . •.:: _ Copies to: Mr. I. J. Forrest . • • • . ... • , Mr. Horace Johnson • .• . Dr. John L. Hickey • . • • , Mrs. Sharlene Pilkey . . • -, . . . . . . , - . • . • . . • . . , -, . ... - , . . . . . . . . .• . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' . . . . ,' • • . . . . . . . .. ! . . . . . . • - . . . . . . • . .,.. !