Mack P. Efland

Life and Orange County connections

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1. 1906 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. Place: EflandSearch the index · Orange County Courthouse Mural: Mack P. Efland
2. July 9, 1917 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. Efland Place: Orange CountySearch the index · Documenting the American South: A Record of the War Activities in Orange County, North Carolina, 1917-1919, p. 44
3. January 1918 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. Place: EflandSearch the index · DigitalNC: The Alamance Gleaner, January 24, 1918, p. 2
4. February 4, 1924 Cedar Grove opens the consolidated Aycock School Cedar Grove opened its new brick consolidated school, named for Charles B. Aycock, before a crowd from all over the county; 150 children were already enrolled, with more expected as smaller schools were closed. The $30,000 building had central heat and shower baths; County Superintendent R. H. Claytor presided and E. W. Knight of the University gave the address. People: R. H. Claytor, Edgar Wallace Knight, Mack P. Efland Place: Aycock School, Cedar GroveThe Chapel Hill Weekly, February 7, 1924, p. 1
5. March 24, 1924 Bingham Township citizens meet at White Cross to advise on a consolidated school site Between 75 and 100 Bingham Township citizens met the county school board at White Cross to argue over the site for a new consolidated school, choosing between 8.5 acres the county owned and a tract at the White Cross road junction offered by Lueco Lloyd; F. J. Eubanks offered four or five more acres to give the county's land frontage on the Chapel Hill-Saxapahaw-Graham highway. Most of those present favored the county's land, and the board, which had about $15,000 from the State school loan fund, said it would decide at its April 7 meeting. People: Mack P. Efland, Lueco Lloyd, Edgar Wallace Knight Place: White Cross school, Bingham Township · Also named: F. J. EubanksThe Chapel Hill Weekly, March 27, 1924, p. 1
6. June 7, 1924 Orange Democrats nominate L. B. Lloyd for sheriff over Jug Whitaker In the Democratic primary Orange County voters chose J. D. Webb, Ralph Ward and J. E. Hawkins as candidates for county commissioner and renominated the school board members C. A. McDade, S. Browning and M. P. Efland. L. B. Lloyd won the nomination for sheriff over Chapel Hill's candidate, J. B. (Jug) Whitaker, who had good support in Chapel Hill but trailed in the rest of the county. People: Mack P. Efland, Ralph H. Ward, Junius D. Webb Place: Orange County · Also named: L. B. Lloyd, J. B. Whitaker, J. E. Hawkins, C. A. McDade, S. BrowningSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, June 13, 1924, p. 1