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William B. (William Banks) Horton

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StorylineThe women’s legislative program, 19271927 · 3 events · In 1927 the Chapel Hill Community Club urged five bills backed by women's organizations and then asked Orange County's legislators where they stood. The club's legislative committee asked the state women's lobby how the county's legislators had voted on measures including child labor and the Efland school for delinquent Black girls, and in March voted to write each legislator for a statement of his position. Only the child labor bill passed, in modified form, and the legislature added $2,000 for the Efland home instead of taking it over. Senators J. Clyde Ray and William B. Horton replied; Representative A. H. Graham did not answer, the Weekly reported.

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  1. Chapel Hill Community Club women question local legislators on the women's bills The Community Club's legislative committee asked the state women's lobby how Orange County's legislators had voted on measures backed by women's organizations, including the Australian ballot, child labor and the Efland school for Black girls, and on March 28, 1927 voted to write each legislator for a statement of his position. Of the five bills club members had urged in January, only the child labor bill passed, in modified form. The committee's letter drew replies from Senators J. Clyde Ray and William B. Horton, read at its meeting in late November; Representative A. H. Graham did not answer, the Weekly reported. People: William B. (William Banks) Horton, Alexander H. "Sandy" Graham Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: J. Clyde Ray · Also mentions: Efland schoolSearch the index · Chapel Hill Weekly: On Legislators' Trail (April 1, 1927) · Also: Chapel Hill Weekly, December 2, 1927, p. 4

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Horton, William B. (William Banks), 1879-1965 · 1901

Service records, appointment and rank certificates, a leather pocket book of Navy continuous service certificates and other papers of William B. Horton (1879 to 1965), tracing his career in the U.S. Navy and Naval Reserve through both world wars. Horton came from Kansas and lived in Chapel Hill. Dated 1901 to 1944, part of the State Archives Military Collection.

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