W. P. Berry

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1. 1930-1936 W. P. Berry serves on the Orange County Board of Commissioners W. P. Berry, a Democrat and a Little River township farmer, served three terms on the Orange County Board of Commissioners. Dr. S. A. Nathan took his seat in December 1936 after Berry ran for the state House instead. People: S. A. NathanSearch the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 359
2. May 2, 1932 Orange County commissioners cut county officers' pay 10 percent Meeting in Hillsboro, John H. Hanner, W. P. Berry and Jeter C. Lloyd voted unanimously to reduce all county officers' salaries 10 percent from July 1, to fall in with state and business economies, reasoning that lower prices kept officers' real pay as high as before. People: Gilbert W. Ray, W. P. Berry, John Hodge HannerSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, May 6, 1932, p. 1
3. November 8, 1932 Orange County gives Roosevelt and the Democratic county ticket large majorities In the November 8 election Orange County voted 2,845 for Roosevelt, 1,092 for Hoover and 160 for Norman Thomas, reversing its 1928 vote for Hoover, and elected Democrats R. A. Eubanks, W. P. Berry and J. H. Hanner county commissioners over Republicans Lueco Lloyd, W. T. Roberts and G. O. Reitzel. A. H. Graham of Hillsboro, running for lieutenant governor, drew more votes in the county than any other candidate, and in the Chapel Hill precinct Roosevelt led Hoover 737 to 221, with 116 for Thomas. People: Robert A. Eubanks, Alexander H. "Sandy" Graham, Samuel Weldon Andrews, Lueco Lloyd, Garland O. Reitzel, William T. Sloan, W. P. Berry, John Hodge HannerSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, November 11, 1932, p. 1
4. 1932-1934 (elected November 8, 1932) R. A. Eubanks serves on the Orange County Board of Commissioners R. A. Eubanks, a Democrat, led the field for the Orange County Board of Commissioners in the election of November 8, 1932, with 3,010 votes, and W. P. Berry and John H. Hanner were elected with him, the Chapel Hill Weekly reported. Lefler and Wager's list of Orange County commissioners gives Eubanks a term from 1932 to 1934. People: W. P. BerrySearch the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 359 · Also: Chapel Hill Weekly, November 11, 1932, p. 1
5. August 1, 1933 Orange County drops its contract jailer and puts a deputy sheriff in charge of the jail The county commissioners ended the system of paying the jailer a monthly sum plus a daily fee for boarding each prisoner, which they thought encouraged poor feeding, and gave a salaried deputy sheriff charge of the jail, with the county accountant buying the food. Jail spending for 1933-34 came to $1,675 of the $3,750 budgeted. People: Gilbert W. Ray, W. P. Berry, John Hodge Hanner, Carl T. DurhamSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, July 13, 1934, p. 1
6. June 2, 1934 Orange County Democrats renominate Sheriff Sloan and back Owen Robertson for the state senate In the June 2 primary Owen S. Robertson of Hillsboro led the state senate race in Orange with 1,872 votes to 1,329 for John Sprunt Hill and 1,310 for T. S. Neal; Hill and Robertson won the district nominations. Sheriff W. T. Sloan beat Frank Cole 1,531 to 1,149, B. J. Howard was nominated for the House over L. J. Phipps 1,219 to 1,132, and W. P. Berry, Carl T. Durham and John H. Hanner were nominated for county commissioner. Register of Deeds S. W. Andrews fell short of a majority, and a runoff with A. S. Cheek was expected on June 30. People: John Sprunt Hill, Carl T. Durham, Samuel Weldon Andrews, William T. Sloan, W. P. Berry, B. J. Howard, Owen S. RobertsonSearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), June 7, 1934, p. 1
7. July 2, 1934 Orange County commissioners order a study of power lines for farm homes After the success of the Civil Works power line to Calvander, the commissioners asked farm agent Don Matheson, county accountant G. W. Ray and relief administrator George H. Lawrence to study a network of rural power lines with D. S. Weaver of State College. The officials ruled out a Public Works loan, judging that so few customers could not carry the debt, and hoped for direct federal aid. People: George H. Lawrence, Gilbert W. Ray, W. P. Berry, John Hodge Hanner, Henry S. Hogan, Carl T. Durham, Don S. MathesonThe Chapel Hill Weekly, July 6, 1934, p. 1
8. August 6, 1934 Orange County commissioners cut the tax rate to 78 cents and restore officials' salaries The commissioners lowered the county tax rate from 87 to 78 cents and restored the 10 per cent cut made in county officers' salaries two years before. The Weekly credited savings on the jail and court and a rise of about $200,000 in assessments. People: Gilbert W. Ray, W. P. Berry, John Hodge Hanner, Carl T. DurhamSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, August 10, 1934, p. 1
9. November 6, 1934 Democrats sweep Orange County in the 1934 general election Orange County voters returned the full Democratic ticket on November 6, 1934: W. T. Sloan as sheriff, A. W. Kenion as clerk, S. W. Andrews as register of deeds, G. G. Bivens as treasurer, B. J. Howard to the state House, and Carl Durham, John Hanner and W. P. Berry as commissioners, while Owen Robertson (2,099) and John Sprunt Hill (1,962) beat the Republican R. P. Hackney (1,189) for the district's two Senate seats. In the Chapel Hill precinct the Democrats ran about 570 votes to the Republicans' 100. People: John Sprunt Hill, Samuel Weldon Andrews, Owen S. Robertson, William T. Sloan, W. P. Berry, John Hodge Hanner, B. J. Howard, Alonzo W. Kenion, Carl T. DurhamSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, November 9, 1934, p. 1
10. by June 21, 1935 Orange County commissioners back the purchase of a terracing outfit for farmers To fight soil erosion, the commissioners unanimously underwrote the purchase of a terracing unit that farmers could rent for $3 an hour, after Commissioners J. H. Hanner and W. P. Berry studied similar outfits in Guilford and Alamance. Farmers had already signed up 2,300 acres, and the farm agent said Orange was the eleventh county in the state to adopt the plan. People: W. P. Berry, John Hodge Hanner, Don S. MathesonSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, June 21, 1935, p. 5
11. July 4, 1936 B. J. Howard wins Orange County's Democratic runoff for the legislature In the second primary B. J. Howard of Chapel Hill beat W. P. Berry 1,801 to 1,075 for the Democratic nomination for the state House. Orange gave Clyde Hoey 1,673 votes for governor to 1,153 for Ralph McDonald, though the Hillsboro precinct went to McDonald, 423 to 386. People: W. P. Berry, B. J. HowardSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, July 10, 1936, p. 1
12. November 3, 1936 Orange County gives Roosevelt and the Democratic ticket large majorities Orange County voted 3,489 to 1,506 for Franklin D. Roosevelt over Alf Landon and elected the whole Democratic county ticket, among them S. W. Andrews as register of deeds and John H. Hanner, Carl T. Durham and Dr. S. A. Nathan as county commissioners. The new board met in Hillsborough on December 7, re-elected Hanner chairman and named A. H. Graham county attorney; Nathan took the seat of W. P. Berry. People: Carl T. Durham, S. A. Nathan, Alexander H. "Sandy" Graham, Samuel Weldon Andrews, W. P. Berry, John Hodge HannerSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, November 6, 1936, p. 1