Strowd's garage

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1. about 1913 Strowd's Garage opens in Chapel Hill as the first garage in Orange County A plate caption identifies Strowd's Garage in Chapel Hill, pictured about 1913, as the county's first garage. People: Bruce Strowd Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), image 123
2. by August 18, 1933 The National Re-Employment Service opens Orange County offices in Hillsborough and Chapel Hill The Orange County branch of the National Re-Employment Service was organized, with U. M. Rackley in charge of the main office in Hillsborough and Evelyn Page keeping a Chapel Hill office at Strowd's garage. Jobless men and women were asked to register so that contractors on the coming federal public works, who had to hire local labor where they could, would have a full list to draw on. People: Gilbert W. Ray, Bonner D. Sawyer, Moody W. Durham The Chapel Hill Weekly, August 18, 1933, p. 1
3. by December 8, 1933 A federal Re-Employment Service office opens for Orange County Starlin Whitaker, newly appointed manager of the Federal Re-Employment Service in Orange, opened the head office at Strowd's garage in Chapel Hill with a branch in Hillsboro. Half the Civil Works quota came from the relief roll and half from his list; he had assigned 111 workers and invited unemployed women to enroll. The Chapel Hill Weekly, December 8, 1933, p. 1

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