Photograph: Caswell County Board of Commissioners 1962-1963 (left-to-right): Robert Briggs; O. B. Watlington, Jr.; George Irvin Aldridge (chairman); James Blackwell; and A. D. Swann.
Yanceyville, N.C. -- Irvin Aldridge, chairman of the Caswell County Board of Commissioners, said Thursday he doubts that he will seek re-election. Aldridge is a candidate for president of the North Carolina Jaycees. If he wins that post, "something's got to give," he said. He said he wants to discuss the matter with other members of the board next Monday before making an official statement, "but as of right now, I'm not running." As Aldridge has all but bowed out of the May 28 Democratic primary, to other candidates entered.
In discussing his plans, Aldridge said his campaign for N.C. Jaycee president will be opened this Saturday night at a regional meeting in Jaycee. At present, there are no other candidates for the post. Now a national Jaycee director, Aldridge said he thinks his chances of winning the state job are good.
"In fact, if this wasn't looking as promising as it is, I probably would go ahead and run for commissioner again," he said. The new officers will be elected at the state Jaycee convention May 14 in Raleigh. [Aldridge won.]
A graduate of Elon College and the University of North Carolina Law School, Aldridge has experienced nothing but success in his political ventures in his native county. He ran for County Solicitor during his senior year in law school and won easily. Later, however, when he took a job as office manager of Graphic Systems, Inc., he resigned this post but then ran for County Commissioner from his old Anderson-Hightower Township. He was elected and, two years later, was reelected from Yanceyville Township when [Oscar] Watlington retired. He has served as chairman for the past four years.
Source: The Danville Register (Danville, Virginia) · 4 Mar 1966, Fri · Page 11
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