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- Dwight Ray1 entry: The Hillsboro Exchange Club formally opens its community park (May 15, 1956)
In the chronology
- Hillsboro Exchange Club begins a miniature golf course in its new park Work began on a miniature golf course, about $5,000, in the park the Hillsboro Exchange Club was developing beyond the Chapel Hill underpass on the old Chapel Hill highway. It was the park's first permanent structure, financed by notes the members endorsed. The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), April 12, 1956, p. 1
- The Hillsboro Exchange Club formally opens its community park Mayor Ben Johnston, club president Clarence Mangum and Commissioner Dwight Ray cut the ribbons on the park south of town and dedicated it to the youth and recreation of the town and county. Its first unit, a miniature golf course paid for with notes the members endorsed, had opened for play on May 3; the club's plans for the 7.5-acre site included a swimming pool. People: Dwight Ray The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), May 17, 1956, p. 1
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- The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), April 12, 1956, p. 1cited by an event here
- The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), May 17, 1956, p. 1cited by an event here
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- Orange County History Guide: GenealogyUNC Libraries Family, cemetery and court records for the county
- Orange County NCGenWebUSGenWeb Project Volunteer transcriptions of county records
- NC LIVE: prepared search for Exchange Club Park or Hillsborough 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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- Durham-Orange Genealogical Society Families and records
- 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
- Local History Help Hours and request form Meet with the Local History Liaison at the Main Library, usually Mondays from noon to 3 p.m., or send a question using the online request form
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- Orange County Historical Museum Orange County history, objects, and interpretation
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