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Living Here 32 Burlington, N.C., Times-News www.TheTimesNews.com AUGUST 2013-14 communities Continued from Page 31 Haw Old Fields. Colonial administration fixed Orange County’s original county seat in 1752 at Pine Ford in central Hawfields on high ground between Back Creek and the Haw River, east of the present-day Town of Haw River. The formation of Alamance County from the remnants of western Orange County in 1849 further reduced the Hawfields. Hawfields is served by two important Presbyterian congregations: Hawfields Presbyterian Church and Cross Roads Presbyterian Church. Both congregations had their founding before the Republic and continue today as important local institutions. The Bingham School, founded just across the Alamance– Orange line on The Oaks Plantation, moved just east of Mebanesville in 1865, the Times-News file photo Vintage Hawfields buildings restored near the Presbyterian Church. mercantile heart of Hawfields. Belfast-born Alexander Wilson founded the Melville Academy in 1851 not far from a commercial crossroads district near the Hawfields Church. Named for the renowned turn-of-the-16th century Scots partisan theologian, Andrew Melville, Melville Township continues to bear the Academy’s, and, by extension, Andrew Melville’s name, while Alexander Wilson Elementary School in lower Hawfields honors the memory of Dr. Wilson’s Why Swim? We are very excited to have Alamance County’s only DOGGIE POOL • Weight Problems rrth thhri ritis •A Arthritis •A Ae erob robbicc Aerobic Co C Cond onddittio ionniing ng Conditioning • Ex E xer erci cisee Exercise • Re R ela laxa xattiio ion on Relaxation • Fu FFun un Barking Bubbles is a first-class self-serve, full service grooming operation. Call for Appointment (336) 538-1294 1145-G St. Marks Church Rd., Burlington 336-538-1294 Tues.–Sat. 9am to 7pm • Sun. 9am to 5pm MAKING OUR WORLD BETTER, ONE COMMUNITY AT A TIME. Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League • www.bredl.org Working in rural and disadvantaged areas, our staff and volunteers put into practice the ideals of love of community and love of neighbor. BREDL is a grassroots organization: each community group solves pressing local problems by developing a citizens’ campaign with goals, strategies, activities, and assessments. For 30 years BREDL has prevented the deterioration of the quality of life in communities. The preservation of local control and the promotion of clean industry have enhanced social and economic aspects of human life. our league members, but by our government and the public as well. BREDL encourages governmental and citizen responsibility in conserving and protecting our natural resources. BREDL advocates grassroots involvement to empower whole communities in environmental issues. BREDL functions as a “watchdog” of the environment, monitoring issues and holding government officials accountable for their actions. BREDL networks with citizen groups and agencies, collecting and disseminating accurate and timely information. BREDL sets standards for environmental quality and awards BREDL is a regional, community-based, individuals and agencies who uphold these non-profit environmental organization. standards in practice. Our founding principles are public health protection, earth stewardship, environmental Paid for by Neighborhood Environment democracy, social justice and community Watch Alamance County Chapter of empowerment. BREDL believes in the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League practice of earth stewardship, not only by Social problems with devastating environmental and public health effects call for community action. 4772 S. NC Hwy. 54 Graham, NC 27253 • 336-376-9060 [email protected] • www.bredlaction.blogspot.com www.facebook.com/BlueRidgeEnvironmentalDefenseLeague http://www.twitter.com/beverlykerr