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Don S. Matheson was Orange County's farm agent for about thirty-four years, from the late 1920s until he retired in the summer of 1963. In the 1930s he spoke regularly at the county's eight Granges and visited member farms. In 1948 he helped Schley Grange plan the community projects that won a national prize and paid for its brick hall. After he retired, public gifts founded a 4-H fund in his honor.
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Annual report for 1953 by the Orange County extension agents of the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service. The agents named are Jessie Trowbridge, Katheryn Pritchett, Cyrus A. Greene, Ed. P. Barnes and Don S. Matheson. Topics include agricultural extension work and African American farm families. Microfilm, part of Better Living in North Carolina.
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The Orange County extension staff's 1946 annual narrative report to the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service, naming Katheryn Pritchett, Jessie Trowbridge, Cyrus A. Greene, Ed. P. Barnes and Don S. Matheson. It covers farm extension work, including work with African American farmers. Microfilm, part of Better Living in North Carolina.
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Orange County's extension workers reported on their year in this December 1938 annual report, prepared by Don S. Matheson. It covers agricultural extension work in the county, including work with African American farmers. Microfilm, part of Better Living in North Carolina.
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Combined 1937 annual report of Orange County's extension workers, naming Don S. Matheson, Ed P. Barnes, Katheryn H. Hamrick, Virginia Cathey and Dorothy S. Parrish. It covers agricultural extension work in the county, including work with African American farmers. Microfilm, part of Better Living in North Carolina.
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