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1956-07-16 Regular MeetingF' 82 pleeting of July 9, 1956 - Continued Upon motion of Mr. Holton, secouded by h1r. :13roadhurst, instructions caere given to incl.ude a picture of the late HiChard A. Burnett in the group of photographs of CoLinty Officials in the Office of the County Commissio,iers, rir. ]3urnett was a highly respected citizen l and Counl:y employe who served this County a s 5uperintendent of Roads iaith outstanding abil- ity for a number of years prior to the Stat e taicing the County roads into its System, and continued to serve the State Aighway Lommis sion in the same capacit,y until his death. C ? Reports for June were received from the Cou nty Home Agent; Colored Home Agent aild the l+arm ir 04e Agent. `_V- Upon motion of Mr. Hall, seconded by bir. Ma yhan, County bills #3152 thru #3286 were approv- for payiuent. The folloti*ing good and Tawful persons were draian to serve as jurors in the Superior Coui^t for the trial of criminal cases Yor the one week term beginning July 30 1956 and for the ? ? one week civil term beginning August 6, 195 , , 6. b'or the Criminal Term: b'. W. Hohr, Jr., 145 Lake Forest Parkway Geo. A. Collins, 234 Vance St,reet Betty Blackwell Bugg, Wilmington Hotel R. L. Jones, 2915 Wrightsville Avenue Garvey Townsend Fowler, 2312 Gibson Avenue ZJalter E. Cooper, 1312 Orange Street N. J. Boruch, 514 Siuzset Avenue W. M. Holland, I1te.l-T3ox 259 John C. Keith, 17 Lake Forest Parlcway P. A. Shepard, 207 Calhoun Drive W. J. Morgan, 2933-8 Adams Street M. C. Aioore, 2540 South Front Street J. Arthur Bro<<*n, 67.6 Porest Hi:lls Drive Arthur Cad3s11, 128 Newton's Lane ' John Newton, Hte.l-Box 410 E. R. E. BrowiyiII, 919-'2 Country Club Blvd. Jack R. Craig, 2509 Jefferson Street TJi1:Liam R. ,territt, 4-P1 Lake Vi.l].age W. C. Hall, 404 North 16th Street Paul Schmidt, Jr., 41 Lee Drive John C. Thomas, Rte.3 David W. Wilson, Wrightsville Sow1d, Box 24 J. W. Jaekson, 2407 South Hront Street W. H. Salling, 55 Lalce Forest Pa.rlcway J. Sam Jones, 415 South 17th Street M. Tdilson Clark, 415 Dock Street H. E. P4cLaurin, 219 Pauline Avenue JoYin Verzaal, 616 South 17th Street A. Lawrence Cheek, Jr., 1922 Chestnut Stree t-N. H. 131ue, 905 South 5Lli Street J. F. Harmail, 610 Central Boulevard • 0. M. Blanton, Bo:c 120, Castle Hayne Aoad• Ft. W. Reeves, 2111 Princess Street J. H. Reaves, Rte.3-Sox 12 David W. Currier, 1707 Cliestnut Street W. Albert Brown, 2305 Market Street James S. Williams, 3908 Peachtree Street J. 13. Williams, Rte.l-Box 505 Elroy C.' Ward, 244 Davie Drive W. E. Crump, 17-r1 Lake Village Arthur Hill, Hte.l D. A. Boyette, 4918 Wrightsville Avenue It. H. Hewett, 4100 Lake Avenue T. J. Hewitt, 215 Porest Hills Drive Sam H. Blake, P. 0. Box 678-A Caroliua Beac h-C. L. Hhodes, 2123 Barnett Avenue E. P. Dudley, 4101 Wrightsville Avenue L. K. Hill, 712 Colonial. Circle EcLward M. Taylor, 202 Davie llrive Clarence L. Holland, 1915 ATUn Street For the Civil Term: C. L. Munalie, 1901 Castle Street N. J. llavis, 1308 Castle StreeL Jack W. Weeks, 239 Calhoun Drive Koy Lee lludley, 1906 Chestnut Street J. L. Cheshent, 4244 Market Street A. J. Lampron, 2105 Brandon Road George Diurray, 263 Cast:le Hayne Hoad J. R. Broian, 506 South 5th Street William L. 73oone, 8 Lake Porest Parkcaay B. W. ]3rowii, 110 Bryan Avenue Oliver E. Harriss, 1016 South 8th Street G. W. Garner, 440- Castle Hayne Road Wallace I. West, 603 Thomas Aveilue John Tinga, Rte.k- Castle Hayne Loui.s W. Shrier, 1509 Grace Strest E. L. Iiobbiiis, 2507 Washington Street Bennie M. J'ordan, 226 Calhoun Drive J. S. Barker, Jr., 2205 IClein Road Roy K. Schellenger, 315 North 43rd Street W. B. Mouring, General Delivery, ICure Beach T. W. Burriss, 408 ATun Street J. C. Williams, 4006 Parlc Avenue R. F. Phelps, 719 Llindsor llrive Dwight M. Peay, P. 0. 13ox 636-A, Carolina Beach Pender P. Durham, 1021 I{acathorne Road W. H. Hinnant, 6 A'orthern 13oulevarct H. Beroer, 707 Nortli 4th Street E. P. llavis 435 Afonroe Street H. G. Willis, 304 Wi°ightsville Avenue W. T. Tliars, 2516 AZonroe Street [dalter J. Piowell, 2519 Burnett 13oulevard H. L. Clariz, 5 SouthernBoulevard George A. Ploore, Sr., 129 South 8th Street J. W. Craig, 910 Princess Street Homer K. Barnes, 21 Pinecrest Terrace E. P. Mohr, Rte.l-Ilox 532 The meeting was then adjourned an3 the Commissioners reswned further study of the Budget. c 3Clerk. i .?. ?l.i•?c_ -? ,0? Wilmington, N. C., July 16, 1956. The regular weekly meeting of Lhe Board was held this day at 10:00 A.M. Present: Raiford Trask, Chairman ancl Commissioners J. M. IIall, Jr,, Ernest R. Kayhan, L. E. Broadhurst, Jas. E. Holton, Jr., John }3right Hill, County Attorney and T..D. Love, County Auditor. The meeting was opened with prayer by 13everend Eugene D. Tditherspoon, Minister of St. Andrews- Covenant Presbyterian Church. Copies of the minutes oP the meetin; of July 9, 1956 having previously been mailed to each member of the Board, the same were upon motion of hir, riayhan, seconded by 1,Ir. Broadhurst and approved. The Reverend B. E. Hardy, Pastor of the Gregory Congregational Chiu°ch appeared with a dele- ? gatian oP colored citizens and members of the Womens Auxiliary of the Commwiity Hospi_tal to request enlargement of the Boarcl of Directors of the liospital by appointment of additional negroes to the Board for better relations betioeen the Hospita.l and Lhe Community aL large. This heing a matter for joint consideration by the City and i;he County on recommendation to ? be made by the ]3oard of llireci:ors oP the 1lospiLal they were instructed to first secure rec- ommendations from the Board of llirectors in accordance with the By-laws oP the Institution. CThe County Attorney was instructed to study the liospital Charter and repor't Uaclc to the Board. ; , keeting of Suly 16, 1956 - Continued , 8 ti , / ?-,'??"? Mr. Jas. E. L. Wade, City Councilman came in to extend a cordial invitation to attend the opening of the Tdilttungton Public Library at its new quarters, 409 Market Street this after- .? noon at 5:00 P.M. Air, L'eonard liat°rett, Assistant llirector of the North Carolina Veterans' Commissioiz came he-? fore the 13oard to give a resume of the services rendered Veterans.and ididows of Veterans in this County by the Veterans''Service Officer. He stated more than $122,000.00 cash awards came thru the local of'i'ice last year. Ninety-four (94) Counties in the State are partici- pating ii7 thi.s service and urged continuation of services here. The Chairmail assured hi_m that we have no idea of d.iscontinuirig the Office and thanked Mr. Aarrett for coming Uefore us and giving us this information. 'Upon motion of Mr. Hall, seconded by Mr. Broadhurst, the Board concurred caith the City in the appointment of Mr. E. L. White as llirector of Civil Defense for New Iianover County, and authorized a Buciget propi^iation of $500t00 to match a like amount by the City for a " part-time stenographer, telephone and necessary office supplies. ?hli. White will give his services iaithou.t pay. - ? Inasmuch as the twenty (20) year old Coa.l Stoker in the old Court House I3uildin; isctAq?l in bad condition and will require extensive repairs to make it serviceable thru next win- ter which repairs do not appear practical fr•om the stand point of economy, the Board there- fore upon motion of Mr. J3roadhurst, seconded by Mr. Nolton, authorized the purchase of aii Iron Pireman, Model llL-75, Long Stoker, fully eguipped and installed by the Springer Coal and Oil Company at a price of 4738.99. ? Needed repairs to the Court liouse Annex Boiler were continued'pending receipt'of bids Por C' ? cqst to make the repairs. A communication was received from the State Ilighwa,y & Public Works Commission, Raleigh, North CaraliAla advising that the State Highway & 1'ublic Works Conunission at their meeting on June 28, 1956, apProved the addition of Pourth Avenue; ICing Street and Harper Avenue all on Carolina Beach, to our County Iiighway System. They also advised the abandorunent of Cape Pear Boulevard in Carolina Beach. Upon motion of Mr. l3roadhurst, seconded by Mr. Playhan, the State Highway Patrol was request _?- Q' ed to malce a surve,y of speed conditions in congested areas of Winter Park with the vieia of rectucing t17e speed in such areas where necessary to make it safe foi° trafi'ic. Notiee of final deeision was received from Lhe State T3oarcl of Allotments a.ncl Appeal rejeet- ? ing the application of I{ingsley Lee King for reinstatement of aPTD payments beca.use it wa.s found he was not sufficiently disabled to be eligiUle for paymenti under the Program. Upon motion'of Mr. I3roadhurst, the County Volunteer Fire Departments caere designated as the County's Agencies in cooperation with the Sherif'f's Department to represent the County to alert other County Departments ancl other County Agencies in case of hurricanes, or ol:her emergencies or disasters,,requested by Mr. W. W. Lennon of the United States Weat;her IIureau. An invitation was received from U. S. llistrict Engineer Col. R. L. Hill to'be his guest on a visit aboard the Government Dreclge Henry Bacon at 9:00 o'clock A.P4., July 18. The°Henry Bacon"is here to beoin deepening operations in the Cape b'ear River. Upon motion of Mr. Iiall, seconded bg Mr. Mayhan, a Surety Bond for Mr. Fred Poisson as a. A Pr?' memUer of the Neca llanover County ABC Board in the amount of $5,000.00 with the National ? Surety Company as Surety was a,pproved subject to the approval of Lhe County Attoi^ney. • Mr. Flall reported on his tiiP i.ith the Chairman to New York accompanied by Ci.ty and Cham-0-6 ' ber of Cotnmerce Off'icials to receive the repoit on an Industrial Survey of.the City and County prepared Uy the F'antus Area Research, Incorporated of Neca York and Chicago. Mr. Iiall said he was very much impressed with the organization who compiled the data, and felt that they hacl done a good job ancl the cost of N5,000.00 each by the City and Countiy for the ? survey and compilation of matters pert:aining to industry interests was tlie best money the County has ever spent. "We shoulrl lay stress on things suitable Por this area anci put our time oii things we have to offer and go aPter Industries adaptable to this area, after, Mr. Hall said, "It is up to the City and County to do the work in selling these facl;s to Indus- try, hocaever, interesting and. valuable information of this area wil7. be furnished prospec- tive Industries seeking locations thru the I'antus Organization, but, a qualified person or expent would be necessary to ma]re specific contacts." PSr. Traslc concuir.ed with what Mr. Hall had to say and believed it is money caell spent, how- ever, he was a,t first dubious of it. "Time and money has been put on it and it boil.s docm to don't waste time on things not feasible," iNir. Trask said. Mr. Iia7.1 suggested that the reports which are all in bound form be turned over to individu- al members of the?Board for careful study. Three (3) copies of the Report were received. . ?? An il7vitation was received from Mr. Henry R.ehder, Cilairuian of the New Hospital promotion ? group, to attend a public discussion oP the new propose3 Hospital, Tuesday night, 8:00 o'clock in the Idew Hanover High School Auditoriun. P4r. T. E. GoPf appeared Lo camplain of discourteous treatnient received from Recorder Coixrt Solicitor Mr. Johnnie Walker ia}ien he approached him during a Session of Recorder's Couit about iriformation concerning deeds in a real estate transaction. That Ueino a case entire- ly with the Hecorder to handle as suggested by i•1r, W. Jac;: F. Canady, Attorney, whom he cal- led Uefoi^e the Board. in the matter, i Upon motioii of Mr. Alayhan, seconded by Mr. ?3roadhurst,. County biils No. 3306 to No. 3327 were approved for payment. The 73oard agreed to meet at 7:30 P.Ni., F'ri.day, July 20, 1956 in the Gra.nd Jury Room to fur- ther consider the Budget. • The meeting then adjourned. Clerk. ? ? ?