Owen S. Robertson

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1. by June 24, 1932 Owen S. Robertson is re-elected commander of the Chapel Hill Legion post The Chapel Hill post of the American Legion re-elected Owen S. Robertson of Hillsboro its commander, with L. J. Phipps as adjutant, and named him first among its delegates to the state convention at Asheville on July 18 and 19. The post's 164 active members were the most in its history. People: Luther James PhippsSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, June 24, 1932, p. 1
2. 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
3. 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
4. by October 11, 1940 Governor Hoey appoints Orange County's draft board Under the new selective service law Governor Clyde Hoey named Clarence Pickard of Chapel Hill and Owen Robertson and Garland O. Reitzel of Hillsborough to Orange County's draft board, with Dr. Bryan N. Roberts as its physician and C. P. Hinshaw as appeal agent. Robertson became chairman; the members served without pay, worked from Hillsborough, and were to classify the county's registrants from their questionnaires. People: Clarence Pickard, Garland O. Reitzel, Owen S. Robertson, Clarence P. HinshawThe Chapel Hill Weekly, October 11, 1940, p. 1
5. by November 22, 1940 Nine volunteers fill Orange County's draft quota for 1940 Nine Orange County men, six white and three Black, volunteered for military service after the draft registration, more than filling the county's 1940 call for two white men on December 10 and one Black man on December 13. James Lee Andrews of Hillsboro was the first registrant to volunteer; the county owed 136 men in the draft's first year. People: Owen S. RobertsonSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, November 22, 1940, p. 1
6. by November 8, 1940 The Orange County draft board names an advisory board to help registrants with questionnaires With the order list from Washington in hand, the county draft board named an advisory board, chaired by A. H. Graham of Hillsboro, with members in Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsboro, to help registrants fill out the eight-page classification questionnaires. The board began mailing the questionnaires from its Hillsboro office in batches of fifty, with volunteers helping its clerk. People: Alexander H. "Sandy" Graham, Clarence Pickard, Garland O. Reitzel, Owen S. Robertson, Paul H. RobertsonSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, November 8, 1940, p. 1
7. December 10-13, 1940 Orange County sends three volunteers to Fort Bragg under the new draft James Lee Andrews of Hillsboro, Cecil Cabot Lloyd of University Station and Edward Day, a Black man from near Efland, went to Fort Bragg, the men the Weekly called Orange County's first soldiers in the new draft. More volunteers followed, among them five Black men from Chapel Hill and Cedar Grove, and the board had 28 white and 19 Black men classed as ready for service. People: Owen S. RobertsonSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, December 20, 1940, p. 1
8. April 10, 1941 Orange County draft board reports 62 men sent into the Army since October The county draft board, Owen S. Robertson, Clarence Pickard, and G. O. Reitzel, reported that 62 Orange County men had entered the Army through selective service and 15 more had been rejected after reaching camp; of the 77, 61 were white and 16 Black, and 32 were volunteers, 14 of them Black. A contingent of 14, four of them from Chapel Hill, left Hillsboro that day for Fort Bragg, and the board had mailed about 900 questionnaires. People: Mildred Johnson, Clarence Pickard, Garland O. Reitzel, Owen S. RobertsonThe Chapel Hill Weekly, April 11, 1941, p. 1
9. July 11 to August 15, 1941 Orange County beats its quota for North Carolina's ambulance plane for Britain In a drive led by Collier Cobb Jr. and F. O. Bowman in Chapel Hill and Owen Robertson in Hillsboro, Orange County gave $663.15 to the Old North State Fund, which was raising $75,000 to buy an ambulance airplane as North Carolina's gift to Britain. Hillsboro raised $231.70 of the total. People: Collier Cobb Jr., Owen S. Robertson, Frederick O. BowmanThe Chapel Hill Weekly, August 15, 1941, p. 1
10. May 30, 1944 Veterans organize an American Legion post in Hillsborough A group of local veterans met at the Orange County courthouse on Tuesday, May 30, 1944, organized a Hillsborough post of the American Legion and elected A. H. Graham commander. Adjutant J. L. Lockhart said one reason was that the Chapel Hill post was too hard to reach; the new post held a barbecue on July 4 to build up a membership of about 18. People: Alexander H. "Sandy" Graham, Owen S. RobertsonSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), June 8, 1944, p. 1
11. March 3, 1947 County commissioners refuse to seek forgiveness of back taxes on the Legion's new property Following the town board, the county commissioners turned down a Legion delegation's request that they ask the legislature for an act letting them cancel the back taxes on the Hines Harris property, about $1,000 in town levies and $600 in county levies, calling it a form of class legislation. Under existing law the post would owe no taxes on the property in future years. People: Owen S. RobertsonSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), March 6, 1947, p. 1