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b006 " r;,LL i /j <br />"February 24, 1969 <br />Dr. George Hyatt, Jr. <br />Director, Agricultural Extension Service <br />North Carolina State University <br />Raleigh, North Carolina 27607 <br />Dear Dr. Hyatt: <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners, which feels it should <br />be responsive to the wishes of Orange County citizens, is under heavy <br />and constantly increasing pressure, to name Mr. Cyrus Green as County <br />Extension Chairman. <br />If the Extension Service does not intend to recommend Mr. Green <br />to the Board for this appointment they ask for you to so advise them <br />and recite specific reasons why the Extension Service will not make <br />this recommendation. <br />I will await your reply. <br />Yours very truly, <br />S. M. Gatti a <br />County Administrator <br />Orange County <br />SMG/kp <br />CC: Orange County Commissioners" <br />"February 26, 1969 <br />(Letter dictated on <br />Feb. 25 but not <br />transcribed.) <br />Mr. S. M. Gattis <br />County Administrator <br />Orange County <br />Hillsborough, North Carolina <br />Dear Mr. Gattis: <br />This is to-acknowledge your letter of February 24 and to express our <br />appreciation to you and to the members of the County Board of Commissioners <br />for your interest and concern in connection with the appointment of an <br />appropriate County Extension Chairman for Orange County. We want to <br />assure you that those of us at N. C. State University will continue to <br />work with the County Board of Commissioners in arriving at the best <br />possible decision for all concerned. However, we cannot now nor in the <br />foreseeable future recommend Mr. Greene for this position. <br />I think you will be interested in knowing that on this date we talked <br />with Mr. Greene in my office and we again indicated to him our reasons <br />for not submitting his name as a candidate for the position in question <br />and I think he now has a better understanding for our actions. <br />Very truly yours, <br />/s/ George Hyatt, Jr. <br />George Hyatt, Jr. <br />Director <br />GH:gah <br />cc: Orange County Commissioners" <br />Chairman Smith then advised the group that the Orange County Board of <br />Commissioners would meet personally with Dr. Hyatt and pursue this matter <br />further.