Carrboro Health Center

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1. May 11, 1945 The Carrboro Civic Club is organized for town improvement The Carrboro Civic Club was organized on May 11, 1945, for town improvement and beautification, according to a 1949 account of the club. By May 1949 it met in the Carrboro Health Center building near the school, which it had renovated and was opening to other groups, and was improving the grounds around it. The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), May 26, 1949, p. 3
2. December 3, 1947 The new Carrboro Health Center becomes home of the area's well-baby clinics The second fall well-baby clinic, run by Dr. Fred Patterson of Chapel Hill and county health department nurses, examined more than 30 babies at the Carrboro Health Center behind the Carrboro school, which had been painted and fitted up and was to hold all clinics from then on. The Carrboro Civic Club and the Chapel Hill Junior League sponsored the clinics. The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), December 11, 1947, p. 3
3. May 30, 1948 The Junior Service League deeds the Carrboro Health Center to the Carrboro Civic Association At a dedication on Sunday, May 30, 1948, Mrs. J. R. Evans, president of the Junior Service League of Chapel Hill, presented the deed to the Carrboro Health Center to Mrs. W. R. Williams, president of the Carrboro Civic Club, before about 75 people. The building, given in 1945 by Carrboro Woolen Mills president David E. Arthur, had been moved to a lot near the Carrboro school and rebuilt for baby, preschool and dental clinics under Dr. Fred Patterson. The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), June 3, 1948, p. 1

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