Hubert G. Laws

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1. 1942 Hubert G. Laws joins the Orange County Board of Commissioners Hubert G. Laws of the Hurdle Mills section began nine years on the Orange County Board of Commissioners in 1942. He was re-elected in 1944, 1946, 1948 and 1950 and resigned in April 1951.Search the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 359
2. February 5, 1944 Piedmont Electric members hear Gregg Cherry at their annual meeting in Hillsboro The Piedmont Electric Membership Corporation, the REA cooperative based in Hillsboro that served rural Orange, Alamance, Caswell, Person and Durham counties, held its annual membership meeting in the Hillsboro High School auditorium. Gubernatorial candidate R. Gregg Cherry reviewed rural electrification since the 1920s and spoke on farmers' part in feeding the world after the war; members chose A. P. Dabbs of Yanceyville as the one new director, and the board kept H. G. Laws of Hurdles Mill as president. People: Hubert G. LawsThe News (Chapel Hill), February 17, 1944, p. 5
3. November 7, 1944 Orange County votes Democratic in the 1944 general election With 13 of 16 precincts reporting, Orange gave Roosevelt nearly three votes to one over Dewey, and only the Caldwell and Rock Springs precincts went Republican for president. W. Dennis Madry beat Alan T. Garrison for the state Senate, J. W. Umstead Jr. kept his House seat, clerk Edwin M. Lynch was reelected, and commissioners Collier Cobb Jr., Ben F. Wilson and H. G. Laws won new terms. People: Collier Cobb Jr., Edwin M. Lynch, John W. Umstead Jr., Ben F. Wilson, Hubert G. LawsSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), November 9, 1944, p. 1
4. February 3, 1945 The Piedmont Electric Membership Corporation holds its annual meeting at Hillsboro About 200 members of the Piedmont Electric Membership Corporation, the REA cooperative serving some 980 rural members in Orange and four neighboring counties, met at Hillsboro High School, heard Lieutenant Governor L. Y. Ballentine on the legislature and rural needs, and reelected all their directors, who kept H. G. Laws as president. Manager F. E. Joyner's plan to bring power to every farm after the war was laid out. People: Hubert G. LawsSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), February 8, 1945, p. 1
5. November 5, 1946 Orange County Democrats sweep the 1946 general election In a vote of about 2,500, Democrats won every county office: Sheriff S. T. Latta beat Luther Parker 1,892 to 845, John W. Umstead beat J. R. Evans for the House 1,881 to 697, and Collier Cobb Jr., Ben F. Wilson and H. G. Laws were elected commissioners. Coroner H. J. Walker led the ticket with 2,018 votes and James Webb of Hillsboro was elected state senator. People: Houston J. Walker, Collier Cobb Jr., Carl T. Durham, Edwin M. Lynch, Ben F. Wilson, Samuel T. Latta Jr., Hubert G. LawsSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), November 7, 1946, p. 1
6. February 1, 1947 Piedmont Electric's members meet in Hillsboro as the co-op reaches 1,271 members About 600 members of the Piedmont Electric Membership Corporation met at Hillsboro high school for the co-op's eighth annual meeting, heard Secretary of State Thad Eure and re-elected H. G. Laws, president since its start. The co-op then served 1,271 members over about 400 miles of line in six counties, had 150 more miles under construction and planned a home office at Tryon and East Boundary streets. People: Thad Eure, Hubert G. LawsSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), February 6, 1947, p. 1
7. February 7, 1948 Piedmont Electric members thank retiring president H. G. Laws and W. F. Shaw takes his place About 600 members at the Piedmont Electric Membership Corporation's ninth annual meeting in the Hillsboro High School auditorium adopted a resolution of thanks to H. G. Laws, an incorporator and president since the cooperative began, who had moved off its lines into Hillsboro, and vice president W. F. Shaw of Reidsville became president. The cooperative then served about 1,800 members over 500 miles of line in six counties. People: Clyde Roberts, Hubert G. LawsSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), February 12, 1948, p. 1
8. May 29, 1948 Orange County voters return the incumbent board of commissioners in the Democratic primary In the May 29, 1948, Democratic primary, the largest primary turnout in years, Orange voters renominated commissioners Collier Cobb Jr., Ben F. Wilson and H. G. Laws, who had run as a team, over M. L. (Steve) Allison and T. J. Wilkerson. Allison led until the two Chapel Hill boxes reported; the county also gave Kerr Scott its vote for governor and Carl T. Durham a majority of 1,963 for Congress. People: Collier Cobb Jr., Ben F. Wilson, Hubert G. LawsSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), June 3, 1948, p. 1
9. November 2, 1948 Orange County casts its largest presidential vote and returns the Democratic ticket Orange voters cast 5,843 votes for president, the most in the county's history: 3,523 for Truman, 1,813 for Dewey and 362 for Thurmond. Kerr Scott, J. Melville Broughton, Carl Durham, State Senator James Webb, Representative John W. Umstead and Commissioners Collier Cobb Jr., Ben F. Wilson and H. G. Laws all won easily; the county was one of 29 to favor raising legislators' pay and voted against the amendments on debt limits and property taxes. People: W. Kerr Scott, Collier Cobb Jr., Ben F. Wilson, Hubert G. LawsSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), November 11, 1948, p. 1
10. March 7, 1949 County commissioners back a bill giving them power over beer licenses Unhappy with lax beer dealers, the Orange County commissioners approved a local bill for the legislature that would let them refuse beer licenses at their discretion, where the law then required them to grant any qualified applicant. They also opposed a statewide bill that would leave licensing to the state revenue commissioner. People: Collier Cobb Jr., Ben F. Wilson, Hubert G. LawsSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), March 10, 1949, p. 1
11. April 1951 R. O. Forrest is appointed to the county board after H. G. Laws becomes town policeman Hubert G. Laws, in his fifth term as a county commissioner, resigned after the Hillsboro town board named him town policeman on April 3, since the constitution barred holding both offices. Clerk of Superior Court Edwin M. Lynch appointed Robert O. Forrest, the county Democratic chairman, to fill out the term; Laws sat for the last time on April 9. People: Edwin M. Lynch, Hubert G. Laws, Robert O. ForrestSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), April 12, 1951, p. 1
12. August 1951 Owen Allison succeeds H. G. Laws as Hillsboro's police chief Owen Allison became Hillsboro's chief of police, succeeding H. G. Laws, who had held the job for several months after resigning from the county commission to take it. The paper described Laws as a retired farmer and businessman.Search the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), August 2, 1951, p. 1