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Minutes of the Board of County Bommissioners <br />December 7, 1964 <br />.?(3 <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Monday, December 7, 1964, <br />at 10:00 o'clock A.M., in the Commissioners Room at the Courthouse in Hillsboro, N. C. <br />Members present:' Chairman Donald Stanford, Commissioners Harvey Bennett, Gordon B. Cleveland, <br />Carl M. Smith and Henry S. Walker. <br />Members absent: None. <br />The minutes were read and approved. <br />Chairman Stanford asked for old business. No old business was brought before the Board. <br />Upon motion of Commissioner Bennett, seconded by Commissioner Cleveland, the following <br />resolution was adopted: <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />HILLSBORO, N. C. <br />R E S O L U T I O N O F C O M M E N D A T I O N <br />For <br />Donald M. Stanford <br />Whereas, Donald M. Stanford was nominated by the voters of Orange County to <br />the Orange County Board of Commisioners in the Democratic Primary of May 1956, and <br />Whereas, Donald M. Stanford was elected by the voters of Orange County to the Board <br />of County Commissioners of Orange County in the General Election of November 1956, and <br />Whereas, Donald M. Stanford was again nominated in the Democratic Primary of 1960 <br />and again elected in the General Election of 1960 to the Orange County Board of <br />Commissioners, and <br />Whereas, Donald M. Stanford was elected by his fellow County Commissioners as Chair- <br />man of this board in December of 1960 and has held this position continuously since <br />that date, and <br />Whereas, Donald M. Stanford through his boundless energy and keen insight has shown <br />to this board and to the people of Orange County the pathway towards better local <br />government, and <br />Whereas, in 1964 Donald M. Stanford did not seek re-election to this board but <br />instead was nominated and elected as the Member of the North Carolina House of <br />Representatives from Orange County. <br />Therefore, Be It Resolved, that the Orange County Board of Commissioners, acting <br />through its members Harvey D. Bennett, Gordon B. Cleveland, Carl M. Smith and <br />Henry S. Walker, now takes this means of expressing to Donald M. Stanford its <br />sincere appreciation and deep gratitude for his faithful service, able leadership, <br />and progressive ideas, and it wishes him and his family every happiness in the <br />yeats ahead. <br />Let a copy of this resolution be presented to the said Donald M..Stanford, a copy <br />sent to the press, and the resolution be spread on the minutes of this meeting, <br />this 7th day of December, 1964. <br />/S/ Harvey D. Bennett <br />BOARD MEMBER <br />(SEAL) <br />/S/ Gordon B. Cleveland <br />BOA MEMBER <br />/S/ Carl M. Smith <br />BOARD MEMBER <br />/S/ Hen S. Walker <br />BOARD MEMBER <br />/S/ Betty June Hayes <br />CLERK <br />Commissioner, Bennett. presented a framed copy of the resolution to Chairman Stanford. <br />S. M. Gattis, on behalf of the courthouse employees and department officials, presented <br />a gift of luggage to Chairman Stanford. <br />There being no further business to come before this board, same was adjourned.