S. A. Johnson

Life and Orange County connections

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1. June 1, 1939 The Durham Bank and Trust Company takes over the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Hillsborough The Durham bank took over Hillsborough's second bank, the Farmers and Merchants Bank, consolidating it with its own Hillsborough branch on June 1, 1939, and bought the Farmers and Merchants banking quarters. From then on it ran a single Hillsborough branch, with the Farmers and Merchants cashier S. A. Johnson in charge as vice-president. People: S. A. Johnson, George Watts HillSearch the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 274-275 · Also: Chapel Hill Weekly, June 2, 1939, p. 6; Chapel Hill Weekly, June 2, 1939, p. 8
2. February 7, 1944 Orange County commissioners vote to buy $25,000 in war bonds At their regular monthly meeting, with Ben F. Wilson of Mebane presiding in the absence of chairman Collier Cobb Jr., the county commissioners voted to invest $25,000 in war bonds. S. A. Johnson, trustee of the county road sinking fund, reported that the county held $116,500 in bonds and that the fund stood at $156,244.15. People: Ben F. Wilson, S. A. JohnsonThe News (Chapel Hill), February 17, 1944, p. 1
3. June 12 to July 8, 1944 Orange County oversubscribes its Fifth War Loan quota In the Fifth War Loan drive of June 12 to July 8, 1944, Orange County bought $805,325.50 in bonds by July 11 and $837,862 by July 25 against a quota of $634,000, helped by credit for federal tax certificates bought by the state and by corporate purchases, including $50,000 by National Munitions. Sales of small series E bonds lagged at $216,545 of a $398,000 goal; J. Maryon Saunders chaired the county drive. People: J. Maryon (Joseph Maryon) Saunders, Gilbert W. Ray, S. A. JohnsonSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), July 20, 1944, p. 1
4. by December 20, 1944 Orange County goes over its overall Sixth War Loan quota By December 20 the county had passed its overall Sixth War Loan quota, though it was still short of its E bond goal; county agent Don S. Matheson wrote farmers that Orange had never failed a war drive and that its tobacco crop had brought almost $2,000,000. The National Munitions plant's workers alone bought $57,206.25 in bonds. People: Don S. Matheson, W. E. Thompson, S. A. JohnsonSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), December 21, 1944, p. 1
5. July 7, 1945 Orange County closes the Seventh War Loan at $1,308,000, more than twice its quota When the Seventh War Loan closed on July 7, county chairman J. Maryon Saunders reported Orange County bond sales of $1,308,000 against a quota of $574,000, with E bond sales of $469,321 topping their goal after last-week canvasses in Hillsboro and by civic clubs in Chapel Hill and Carrboro. Employees of the National Munitions Corporation at Carrboro bought $93,887.90 in E bonds on a quota of $29,475. People: J. Maryon (Joseph Maryon) Saunders, Gilbert W. Ray, W. E. Thompson, S. A. JohnsonSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), July 12, 1945, p. 1
6. October 1945 Orange County opens its United War Fund drive The county's United War Fund campaign began on October 1 with goals of $9,000 for Chapel Hill and Carrboro and $4,065 for Hillsborough and rural Orange. Two weeks in, leaders reported less than a third raised and said people were slower to give now that the war was over. People: Collier Cobb Jr., Don S. Matheson, S. A. JohnsonSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), October 4, 1945, p. 1
7. October 29, 1945 to January 1, 1946 Orange County nearly doubles its Victory Loan quota in the last war bond drive Orange bought $788,000 in bonds against a $419,000 quota in the Victory Loan, the last of the nationwide drives, and also passed its E bond quota. County chairman J. Maryon Saunders counted $6,120,000 in bonds bought in the seven drives he led. People: J. Maryon (Joseph Maryon) Saunders, W. E. Thompson, S. A. JohnsonSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), January 17, 1946, p. 1
8. by June 19, 1947 Hillsboro men organize an Exchange Club A newly organized Hillsboro Exchange Club, sponsored by the Durham club, elected Lucius Brown Jr. president and set its charter presentation for the evening of June 19 at the Colonial Inn, with about 125 people from area Exchange clubs expected. People: S. A. JohnsonSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), June 19, 1947, p. 1
9. December 31, 1950 S. A. Johnson retires as manager of the Durham Bank and Trust Company's Hillsborough branch S. A. Johnson retired as vice-president of the Durham Bank and Trust Company and manager of its Hillsborough branch, and E. Wilson Cole, who had come to the bank through its merger with Home Savings Bank of Durham, succeeded him as branch manager.Search the index · The News of Orange County: E. Wilson Cole Is Named Hillsboro Bank Manager As S. A. Johnson Retires (January 18, 1951, p. 1)
10. April 1, 1953 Orange County's 1913 highway improvement bonds come due and are paid off The $244,000 in five percent highway improvement bonds that Orange County issued in 1913 matured after 40 years and were nearly all redeemed from the sinking fund kept by trustee S. A. Johnson. The News figured the county had paid $488,000 in interest, twice the amount borrowed. People: S. A. JohnsonSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), April 9, 1953, p. 1