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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Action Agenda
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ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: December 1, 1998
SUBJECT: PROCLAMATION FOR PROCLAIMING "BETTY JUNE HAYES DAY" IN ORANGE
COUNTY
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DEPARTMENT County Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING YES NO x
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BUDGET AMENDMENT: _YES NO
ATTACHMENT(S): YES INFORMATION CONTACT
Commissioner Moses Carey, Jr.
TELEPHONE NUMBER
Hillsborough 732-8181
Chapel Hill 968-4501
Mebane 227-2031
Durham 688-7331
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PURPOSE: To consider a resolution to proclaim December 9, 1998 as
"Betty June Hayes Day" in Orange County.
BACKGROUND: Register of Deeds Betty June Hayes retires officially on
November 30, 1998. She has served the citizens of Orange County for
more than a half-century. A banquet in her honor will be held on
December 9, 1998 at the Daniel Boone Convention Center in Hillsborough.
This proclamation will be read and presented to her at that time.
RECOMMENDATION: Approve the resolution to proclaim December 9, 1998 as
"Betty June Hayes Day" in Orange County and direct the clerk to send a
copy of this resolution to the press and that the resolution be spread
upon the minutes of this meeting, the first day of December, 1998.
ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA
IZeso[ution to Proclaim
December 9, 1998 as
"Betty J une Hayes Day"
in Orange County
WHEREAS, for more than ahalf-century, Betty June Hayes has served the citizens of Orange County
with great distinction as Assistant to the Register of Deeds, Clerk to the Board of County
Commissioners and Register of Deeds; and,
WHEREAS, in 1954, the citizens voted Betty June Hayes into office as their Register of Deeds, making
her the first woman to hold a countywide elected office in Orange County; and,
WHEREAS, she was responsible for establishing state standards and certification requirements for all
state Registers of Deeds, deputies and assistants, and was recognized for her work by the
North Carolina Association of Registers of Deeds; and,
WHEREAS, Betty June Hayes has served on the boards of directors for the Orange County Heart Fund,
United Way, Cancer Society and Red Cross. She wrote the legislation that created the
Hillsborough Historical Society and received the Mary Claire Engstrom Distinguished
Service Award in 1996 for her work in preserving local historical records.
NOW, BE TT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of Commissioners officially commends Betty
June Hayes for her many years of distinguished service, and proclaims that December 9,
1998, be "Betty June Hayes Day" in Orange County.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution be presented to Ms. Hayes, with a copy sent to the
press, and that the Resolution be spread upon the minutes of this meeting, the first day of
December, 1998.
Margaret W. Brown, Chair
Stephen H. Halkiotis, Vice Chair
Moses Carey, Jr., Commissioner
William L. Crowther, Commissioner
Alice M. Gordon, Commissioner