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Mack P. Efland
Mack P. Efland (1879–1977), of the family the town of Efland is named for, managed the excelsior (wood wool) plant the Eflands founded there in 1906, one of the first in North Carolina. The family later opened a hosiery mill (1912), a knitting company and a tractor dealership.
Source: Orange County Courthouse Mural: Mack P. Efland
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- The Efland family opens an excelsior plant at Efland The Efland family founded one of North Carolina's first excelsior, or wood wool, plants at Efland in 1906, with Mack P. Efland as manager. By 1911 the Orange Manufacturing Company was listed as an excelsior maker at Efland.Search the index · Orange County Courthouse Mural: Mack P. Efland
- The Council of Defense forms a committee to handle soldiers' business affairs On July 9, 1917, the Orange County Council of Defense formed a Soldiers' Business Aid Committee, chaired by Frank Nash, to attend to any business a soldier wanted looked after. The Red Cross later cited it as the reason the county needed no separate civilian relief committee. People: Frank Nash, Mack P. EflandSearch the index · Documenting the American South: A Record of the War Activities in Orange County, North Carolina, 1917-1919, p. 44
- The Efland excelsior mills burn Fire destroyed the Efland Excelsior Mills, four miles from Hillsborough, with a loss estimated at $15,000 plus about $3,000 in wood. The fire was believed to have been set.Search the index · DigitalNC: The Alamance Gleaner, January 24, 1918, p. 2
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- Read contemporary evidence: DigitalNC newspapers: 2 Orange County pages naming Mack P. Efland DigitalNC Searchable pages from historic Orange County newspapers
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