William S. Hogan

Life and Orange County connections

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1. August 1929 Chapel Hill's American Legion post elects Paul Robertson commander The Chapel Hill post of the American Legion chose Paul Robertson as its commander for the coming year, with Owen Robertson and G. M. Kirkland as vice-commanders, W. S. Hogan as adjutant and George H. Lawrence as service officer. Under Robertson the post's membership drive raised its roll to about 110 by January 1930. People: Paul H. Robertson, William S. Hogan, George H. Lawrence Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: Owen Robertson, G. M. Kirkland, Paul RobertsonSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, August 30, 1929, p. 1 (The Post's Officers)
2. by March 8, 1935 Chapel Hill's American Legion post drops its plan to rebuild the old Methodist church The Legion post gave up its plan to buy the old Methodist church at Rosemary and Henderson streets for $3,750 and make it over as a memorial hut, finding the work would cost more than it could raise, and incorporated as Chapel Hill Post No. 6, American Legion, Inc., to build a simple hut instead. By late March it held an option on a lot on Rosemary Lane opposite the Orange Printshop and planned a log hut from trees given by country members. People: William S. Hogan, Luther James Phipps, Paul H. Robertson Place: Rosemary and Henderson streets, Chapel HillSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, March 8, 1935, p. 1 · Also: Chapel Hill Weekly, December 21, 1934, p. 1
3. by November 27, 1936 The Chapel Hill post office begins enrolling workers for Social Security old-age benefits Assistant postmaster W. S. Hogan began giving employers application blanks for their employees, to be returned by December 5 so that each worker could be assigned a government account number before the old-age pension tax of 1 per cent on employer and employee began on January 1, 1937. The post office also handed out a folder explaining the act. People: William S. Hogan Place: Post office, Chapel HillSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, November 27, 1936, p. 1
4. March 19, 1937 The American Legion opens its log hut on Rosemary Lane The Chapel Hill post of the American Legion and its Auxiliary held their first meeting in the new log Legion Hut on Rosemary Lane, a gathering that also marked the Legion's 18th anniversary. Legionnaires had done much of the building with their own hands, using donated logs and materials, and a crew of Black masons had filled the cracks between the logs in the days before. People: William S. Hogan Place: Legion Hut, Rosemary Lane, Chapel Hill · Also mentions: Rosemary LaneSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, March 26, 1937, p. 6
5. October 1937 The first air mail leaves Chapel Hill by plane Mayor Foushee, Postmaster Robert A. Eubanks, Assistant Postmaster William S. Hogan and other residents went to the airport to see off the first mail to leave Chapel Hill by plane. People: Robert A. Eubanks Place: Chapel Hill airportSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly via DigitalNC: First Despatch of Air Mail from Chapel Hill (October 15, 1937)
6. late January or early February 1938 The Chapel Hill post office moves into the rear section of its new building The post office force moved into the first finished part of the new federal building, which served on its own, with a public entrance on Henderson Street, while the old building was torn down and the front built. The whole post office was to be finished in May. People: Robert A. Eubanks, William S. Hogan Place: Post office, Franklin and Henderson streets, Chapel Hill · Also mentions: Henderson StreetSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, February 11, 1938, p. 1
7. August 1939 William S. Hogan is appointed Chapel Hill postmaster President Roosevelt appointed Hogan, assistant postmaster, to succeed Robert A. Eubanks on the nomination of Congressman Carl Durham, and the Senate confirmed him. Durham waived an examination because Hogan had served in the office about twenty years. People: Robert A. Eubanks, Carl T. Durham Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly via DigitalNC: Appointment of Hogan Confirmed By U. S. Senate (August 11, 1939)
8. February 9-28, 1942 German, Italian and Japanese aliens re-register at the Chapel Hill post office All German, Italian and Japanese aliens over 14 living in Chapel Hill had to re-register, with three photographs, at the post office. Postmaster William S. Hogan and Assistant Postmaster Strowd ran the registration, following the procedure of one held there in 1940. Place: Chapel Hill post officeSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly via DigitalNC: Aliens Here Must Re-Register (February 6, 1942)
9. July 29, 1942 A Navy branch post office opens at the Pre-Flight School headquarters A postal inspector from Raleigh and Postmaster W. S. Hogan formally opened a branch post office on the main floor of Alexander Hall, with money order, registry and parcel post service, staffed by four Navy enlisted men. Its cancellation stamp read "U. S. Navy," and on the Monday of opening week the staff found 2,700 cadets' letters waiting to go out. People: William S. Hogan Place: Alexander Hall, UNC campus, Chapel HillThe Chapel Hill Weekly, July 31, 1942, p. 1
10. May 1954 William S. Hogan, Chapel Hill's postmaster for fifteen years, dies Funeral services were held at University Methodist Church for William S. Hogan, who had come up through the Chapel Hill post office from substitute clerk to postmaster and had served as postmaster for the past fifteen years. A native of the Orange Church community, he was a charter member of the Chapel Hill American Legion post and a past president of the Kiwanis Club. Place: University Methodist Church, Chapel Hill · Also mentions: Chapel Hill post office, Orange ChurchSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), May 13, 1954, p. 10
11. August 16, 1954 J. Paul Cheek is sworn in as acting postmaster of Chapel Hill J. Paul Cheek, born near White Cross and a postal worker for 31 years, took over the Chapel Hill post office, vacant since postmaster William S. Hogan died May 6 after 15 years; assistant postmaster H. D. Strowd had run it in the meantime. He was the senior Republican on the 35-person staff and was thought likely to win the permanent appointment. People: William S. Hogan Place: Post office, Chapel Hill · Also named: J. Paul Cheek, H. D. StrowdSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), August 19, 1954, p. 1