American Legion Hut (Hillsborough)

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1. fiscal year 1947-48 Orange County ranks first in the state in veterans' benefits per veteran The state Veterans Commission's biennial report showed Orange County's 3,509 veterans receiving $263,405.87 in benefits in 1947-48, fourth among counties in total and first in dollars per veteran. Credit went to the county's first full-time veterans service officer, Walter G. Wrenn, who took the post in November 1947. The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), February 24, 1949, p. 1
2. November 6, 1950 A new board of Hillsboro's Legion Memorial Hut reverses the decision to sell the hut At the stockholders' meeting ordered by the Superior Court, Legionnaires elected a new board for Legion Memorial Hut, Inc., which reversed the old board's decision to sell the Hillsboro hut and moved to pay off the rest of its debt without selling more stock privately. The paper said this apparently settled a quarrel that had split the post. People: Alexander H. "Sandy" Graham The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), November 9, 1950, p. 1
3. November 5, 1951 The Red Cross Bloodmobile collects 151 pints at Hillsboro On what the News called its first visit to Hillsboro, the Red Cross Bloodmobile collected 151 pints of whole blood for the wounded in Korea at the American Legion hut, short of the 200-pint quota. Volunteers led by Mrs. George Gilmore served as nurses, typists, registrars and canteen and motor corps aides. The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), November 8, 1951, p. 1
4. December 20, 1958 Fire guts the front of the American Legion hut in Hillsboro Fire that apparently began in a defective flue above the furnace gutted the front bar area of American Legion Post 85's building on North Churton Street on a Saturday evening, with smoke and water damage through the lower floor estimated at $6,000 to $8,000. The post spent more than $5,000 on repairs and reopened the hut at the end of February 1959. The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), December 25, 1958, p. 1

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