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In the chronology
- The Bank of Chapel Hill opens a branch bank in Carrboro The Bank of Chapel Hill opened its Carrboro branch on Monday, May 24, 1948, giving the town banking service again for the first time since the old Bank of Carrboro branch closed. Hugh Nanney came from Rutherfordton to serve as cashier. The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), May 27, 1948, p. 3
- Two armed men rob the Carrboro branch of the Bank of Chapel Hill Shortly before closing time two gunmen asked for change, then made the two employees on duty lie on the floor and took the cash and vault money, first estimated at $12,000 to $15,000 and later put at $9,085. A statewide alarm went out and the FBI joined the search, but a week later officers had no new leads. The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), July 29, 1954, p. 1
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Records of the time
- The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), July 29, 1954, p. 1cited by an event here
- The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), May 27, 1948, p. 3cited by an event here
- The Chapel Hill Weekly, 1923–1972DigitalNC Search digitized issues for names and events from this site’s history
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- NC LIVE: prepared search for Bank of Chapel Hill, Carrboro branch Library card Search NC LIVE for this site’s names and Orange County. Sign in through your North Carolina library to access articles, e-books, and newspapers.
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- Chapel Hill Historical Society Photographs, maps and papers on Chapel Hill and Carrboro, with a research links page
- Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library The county library’s local-history room at the Main Library in Hillsborough: books, journals, maps, and microfilm of county records from 1752
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