Buckhorn Grange Hall

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1. August 21, 1953 Buckhorn farmers organize a Grange with 42 charter members Following a community meeting on August 7 addressed by State Grange Master Harry B. Caldwell, farm families of the Buckhorn section organized the Buckhorn Grange and closed its charter with 42 members. H. M. Carter was elected master, and the Grange set its meetings for the second and fourth Friday nights. People: Garland O. Reitzel The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), August 27, 1953, p. 1
2. August 1956 Buckhorn Grange opens its new Grange Hall and community center The $16,800 ranch-style hall, under construction since May 1954 and built largely with members' labor, came into community use in August 1956, giving the Buckhorn community its first place for secular meetings since its school closed years before. The Grange had been organized in a tobacco pack barn in 1953 and had met in Chestnut Ridge Church while it built. The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), October 4, 1956, p. 1
3. September 1957 Buckhorn Grange places second in the state Grange community service contest For the second year running the Buckhorn Grange of western Orange County took second place in North Carolina in the community service contest run by the Grange and the Sears-Roebuck Foundation, winning $100 and a bronze plaque. The judges cited its health fair, which the News called the first ever sponsored by a Grange, 116 educational film showings, its new community building and six miles of road built at its urging. The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), September 26, 1957, p. 1

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