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Pictured right: Lion standing watch
in front of the home

the grounds in 1967 to benefit the Lumberton Council of Gar- was five, he went from belonging to just Robeson County’s son
den Clubs. MacLean had been elected two years earlier as to North Carolina’s son when his father was inaugurated at the
mayor of Lumberton and at the time was one of the youngest 56th governor. From day one he captured the hearts of every-
mayors in the country. one showing up at the event carrying his stuffed monkey. He
spent the next four years making himself at home in the Gov-
If anyone can claim to belong to Robeson County it was Hec- ernor’s Mansion hosting visits from friends and cousins from
tor MacLean, known to so many from farmer to businessman back home as well as using the mansion basement to house his
to factory worker as Mr. Hector. He spent his life not only in pony.
the public eye but as a public servant. The third child of Angus
Wilton McLean and Margaret Jones French, his sister referred He graduated from Davidson College in 1941 and soon after
to his birth as “a breath of fresh air into the family.” When he entered World War II. While serving under General Patton,

Pictured left: Family Room

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