Community Center (old Odd Fellows Hall, Hillsborough)

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1. by April 11, 1946 Hillsboro's Black library moves into the Community Center The county library for Black readers in Hillsboro moved from the corner of Churton Street and Highway 70 into the Community Center, the old Odd Fellows Hall, where it would have more room for leisure reading. Its volunteer workers had brought back more than 200 juvenile books from the state library commission in February. The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), April 11, 1946, p. 5
2. April 28, 1947 Black World War II veterans form Hillsboro's first organization for Black ex-servicemen Twenty-five Black veterans of World War II met at the community center in Hillsboro and organized the town's first veterans' organization for Black ex-servicemen, electing Erwin Davis president. The group set out to build community pride and service, bring good reading to its members and help them obtain G.I. benefits, and agreed to meet every Monday night. The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), May 1, 1947, p. 7
3. by October 16, 1947 Agnes Johnson Whitted runs a kindergarten in Hillsborough's Black community center The paper's column on Hillsboro's Black community praised Mrs. Agnes Johnson Whitted for the kindergarten she taught in the Community Center building, with a dozen children enrolled. She had taught in Orange and Alamance counties and in Maryland. The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), October 16, 1947, p. 4
4. early August 1948 Hillsboro's Black veterans of the Lewis Mayo American Legion post elect their officers Lewis Mayo Post No. 4429 of the American Legion, formed by Black veterans of both world wars in Hillsboro, met at the Community Center in early August 1948 and elected Dempsey D. Whitted commander for 1949, with J. L. Makins adjutant and Andrew Torian finance officer. District commanders W. W. Hardy and W. M. Mitchel attended. People: Moses Cimuel Burt The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), August 12, 1948, p. 7
5. October 28, 1948 Black library committee moves to reopen the county's library for Black readers in the Hillsboro Community Center The Orange County library committee of the Black community, with Marinda McPherson presiding as library director, met in the principal's office at the Hillsboro school and decided to reestablish its library in the upstairs room of the Community Center once repairs were done. It also laid plans to raise money for a library building. People: A. L. Stanback, Moses Cimuel Burt The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), November 4, 1948, p. 7
6. about August 1958 The Hillsboro Improvement Association is organized The Hillsboro Improvement Association was organized as a civic group working on community beautification, voter registration, education, scholarships, recreation and physical improvement. In early 1960 its president was attorney M. C. Burt Jr., with Harold Russell, Mrs. Audrey F. Burt, Mrs. Julia Paige and Thomas Shanklin as officers, and it met monthly at the Community Center. The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), February 25, 1960, p. 6

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