B. J. Howard

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1. by January 10, 1924 The Chapel Hill Christian Church's pastor moves into a new parsonage Rev. B. J. Howard, pastor of the Christian church in Chapel Hill, had moved into the church's new parsonage by early January 1924, the News reported. People: B. J. HowardSearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), January 10, 1924, p. 5
2. by March 28, 1930 The Junior Order council at Chapel Hill grows to 109 members and sets up a jobs committee Davie Council No. 52 of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics grew from 20 to 109 members in three months and appointed a vocation committee to find work for members out of jobs, while another committee collected clothing for the poor of Chapel Hill and the country around it. People: Luther James Phipps, S. A. Nathan, John M. Foushee, Clarence P. Hinshaw, B. J. HowardThe Chapel Hill Weekly, March 28, 1930, p. 6
3. May 2, 1933 Chapel Hill elects John Foushee mayor Former town manager John Foushee won the mayoralty with 186 votes to 134 for Mayor Zeb P. Council and 108 for B. J. Howard. Aldermen Clyde Eubanks, M. E. Hogan and J. T. Dobbins were re-elected over a late bid by Joseph Hyde Pratt, and L. J. Phipps beat Odell Sapp 361 to 123 for judge of the recorder's court. People: Clyde Eubanks, Joseph Hyde Pratt, Luther James Phipps, Zeb P. Council, John M. Foushee, Milton E. Hogan, B. J. HowardSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, May 5, 1933, p. 1
4. September 16 to 18, 1933 Aldermen replace the school-tax registrar after complaints that he argued against the tax At a special meeting on Saturday, September 16, the aldermen heard Charles C. Craig and Walter Hackney, Black registrants, and others say that registrar Paul Robertson had given his own opinion against the special school tax while enrolling voters. The board found he had not kept the impartiality required, Robertson resigned, Rev. B. J. Howard declined the post, and on Monday the 18th the aldermen elected former postmaster R. D. Herndon. People: Paul H. Robertson, Charles C. Craig, B. J. HowardSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, September 22, 1933, p. 1
5. 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
6. 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
7. May 1935 A new law makes plain drunkenness a misdemeanor in Orange County At the Chapel Hill aldermen's request, Representative B. J. Howard had the legislature add Orange to the counties where being drunk, without being disorderly, was a crime. Chapel Hill police made the first four arrests under the law at the weekend of May 11 and 12, and each offender was fined $2.50 and costs. People: Luther James Phipps, B. J. HowardSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, May 17, 1935, p. 1
8. June 6, 1936 Orange Democrats nominate Sheriff S. T. Latta Jr. and give Sandy Graham a large county vote In the Democratic primary Orange gave its native son A. H. (Sandy) Graham 2,754 votes for governor to 817 for Ralph McDonald and 230 for Clyde Hoey. Samuel T. Latta Jr., whom the commissioners had appointed sheriff after W. T. Sloan resigned in 1935, won the nomination with 2,448 votes; Register of Deeds S. W. Andrews and Treasurer G. G. Bivins were renominated, and B. J. Howard led for the House without a majority. People: Samuel Weldon Andrews, William T. Sloan, B. J. Howard, Samuel T. Latta Jr.Search the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, June 12, 1936, p. 1
9. 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
10. by March 5, 1937 Chapel Hill citizens petition the legislature to keep an elected recorder's judge After the aldermen asked Orange County's representative, B. J. Howard, to bring in a bill letting them appoint the judge of the Chapel Hill recorder's court for one-year terms instead of having him elected, more than 200 men and women of the town petitioned the legislature to keep the popular election. The bill was introduced on March 3 and sent to the calendar committee, which set a hearing for March 5 in the Supreme Court library. People: Clyde Eubanks, B. J. HowardSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, March 5, 1937, p. 1
11. by June 4, 1937 Rev. B. J. Howard, Orange County's legislator, is named to the new state Parole Board The Governor appointed Rev. B. J. Howard, Orange County's representative in the legislature and for several years pastor of the Christian church in Chapel Hill, to the North Carolina Parole Board, which the legislature had authorized two years before to replace the pardons commission. He kept his seat in the legislature and his home in Chapel Hill. People: B. J. HowardSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, June 4, 1937, p. 1
12. by September 11, 1942 Chapel Hill's United Church takes the name Congregational-Christian church The Weekly's church notices began calling the congregation the Congregational-Christian church, "formerly the United church," with its former pastor Rev. B. J. Howard preaching on September 13. People: B. J. HowardSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, September 11, 1942, p. 5