1958-11-03 Regular Meeting?Ml `
Minutes of the Meeting October 27, 195$ Continued
PETIT JURX - (Continued - Jurors)
L. V. Swann
James B. Hu?-hes
Herbert Lee Young
L. F. Jones
S. H. Aycock
Delmus R. Cherry
W. L. Barnes
Floyd W. Costin
Hoy R. Brown
George P. Clark
K. H. Benson
J. W. Sandlin
0. C. }3aldree
J. W. Andrews
211 Brookwood Ave.
P. o, sox 209
64 Pinecrest Pkwy.
3004 Wayne Drive
2709 Burnett filvd.
2726 Jefferson
115 s. 16th St.
227 Bagley Ave.
9 M. Lake Village
129 Morgan St.
Route j`2, Box 124
2$11 ?^Iri.-htsville Ave
16$ Pinecrest
20$ Mercer Ave.
D4argaret B. Farmer
Richard S. Rogers
John Kefalas,
A. D. Abercrombie
William Mowbray
James Robinson
Swift Boatwright
E. K. Scott
H. L. Henderson
W. C. Bowden, Jr.
Fred L. Kersey
C. L. Pope
Claude T. Gore
Guy C. Pitts
2221 Plaza Drive
°Jo Wilmington Savings
927 Hawthorne Road
20 Pinecrest Terrace
304 Parkway Drive
2725 Washington St.
lk S. 3rd St.
RFD #2, Box 110
17$ Pinecrest Pkwy.
117 h'ayne Drive
201 Central Blvd.
1 West Lake Village
2525 Jackson St.
$4 Pinecrest Pkwy.
& Trust
ADJOURNMEIdT - " '
Upon motion of Mr. Holton, seconded by N1r. Nayhan, the Board unanimously
voted adjourrunent.
. W. G. Houck, Executive Secretary
ASSENiBLY
Wilmington, N.C. November 3, 195$
The regular weekly meeting of the New Hanover County
was held this day at 9;30 A. M. in the Commissionerst Room of t
Vice Chairman J. E. Holton, Jr, Commissioners L. E. Broadhurst,
Berry A. Vdilliams and Commissioner-Elect Peter H. Braak, Countg
County Attorney John Bright Hill.' Chairman J. M. Hall, Jr. was
he was oub=of the city.
Board of Commissioners
Ie Court House. PRESENT:
Ernest R. Mayhan and
Auditor T. D. Love and
unable to attend since
INVOCA'I'lON -
Vice Chairman J. E. Holton Jr. called the meeting to order and asked Rever-
end Horace Hilton, Pastor of the Winter Park Presbyterian Church, to open the meeting
with a prayer for guidance.
APPROVAL OF THE II4IPIUTES -
Upon motion of Mr. Wil3iams,'seconded by Mr. Mayhan, the minutes of the last
meeting were unanimously approved as written.
UNPAID 13ILL- COIU?'NNITY HOSPITAL
A letter was received from Attorney Elbert A. Broti,m in behalf of the John E. r?
E. Wood Electrical Company claiming a balance of $$02.75 due in connection with services
rendered and materials furnished for repairs at the Community Hosptal. This is the same
request that was made on August 25th and referred to the County Attorney who reported
that he had had numerous coriferences with the parties involved and that the Cumber-Moore
Company claims that it is an unjust charge. The Commissioners expressed their convict-
aon thaL- all claims had been settled with the Cumber-P4oore Company when the compromise
agreement was reached. Upon motion.ot Mr: Broadhurst, seconded by Mr. Williams, the
}3oar'd unanimously agreed to decline payment of the bill and instructed the Executive Se-
cretary to notify Attorney Elbert A. Brown to that effect.
'PAX COMIPLAINT -
' A property owner, by the name of Mabel Mumford, R.N., who lives at 1120 llock -Tcy
Street, was recognized by the Vice Chairman and stated tl? s e bequeathed some property /"
she owned to a church for use as a convent and.t1
imocTnTeek-:,;, ?: :?=c.? it vaas necessary for her to erect a fence
around it for seclusion but that before she had erecL-ed the fence she had discussed tlae
matl:er with the building inspector who in£ormed her that no taxes would accrue on the
property so long as it vaas used for religious purposes. A discussion of the matter de-
veloped the fact that no deeds had ever been made on the property and so far as the re-
cords are concerned, it did not belong to a church and under the North Carolina Statutes
was still subject to taxation. It seems L-hat the misunderstanding occurred because she
contacted a City o£ficial instead oi' a County of£icial and after she understood the situa-
tion, stated that she would immediately take steps to deed the property at once. The
I3oard referred her to the Tax Supervisor.
ELECTION EXPENSES - ' ' ' ' • ' ???+?yi
' Mr. Henry C. Bost, Chairman'of the RTew Hanover County Board of Elections, was
recognized and informed the Coirmissioners that his esLimate included in the Budget 1'or
Election Expenses was inadequate because he had based his amount on the 1956 figures'and Cioll"
overl'ooked the fact that since that'time the State had increased the pay of Elect3on'offi-
cials from $10.00 to yp15.00 a day and the assistants from $7.00 to $10.00 per day'result-
ing in an overall of 50% incrcase which jumped the precinct cost from ti?219.00 to $307.00
per'election. He also'reminded the Commissioners L-hat this County operated under'a Spec-
cial Act tvhich decreed that the oi'ficials should be paid'on the basis of $ hours per'day
or a fraction thereof which meant that this particular election would cost approximai;ely
$1500.00 more than the 1956 one. After a discussion of the matter, Mr. Williams'suggested
i;hat it be re£erred to the County Attorney vrith instructions to report on the Election Lavrs
under which we operat;e wit.h suggestiions or recommendatiions which•might improve Lhe effic-
iency of the operaLions and cut down the cost to'the Gouhty. It seems that there may be
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Minutes of the bleeting Nouember 3, 195$ Continued
ELECTION EXPENSES - (Continued)
some confusion betwecn the State requirements and the stipulations in the'
Special Act under which New IIanover County operates. The Election Rules should con-
form to both legal requirements. Mr. NIayhan suggested that no appropriation be made
i:o the additional funds at this time but that it be deferred until the exact amount '
was determined and then they could appropriate whatever was necessary from the Emer-'
gency Fund to meet the need.
UTILITY RATES - • •
A letter was received from the Carolina Power & Light Company intorming
? the }3oard that they were re-arranging the contract covering the power requirements
from small general service Schedule 2B to the large service ScYiedule G-2A. The letter
indicated that a request had been made for this and as no member present was familiar
taith the difference in the schedules, D4r. Williams offered a motion that the Executive
Secretary be directed to investigate the mati;er and -instruct the Power Company not to
make any changes in the rates until after the Board was familiar with the different
schedules. This motion was seconded by Mr. Mayhan and unanimously adopted.
SENCLAND APPROPRIATION -
' D7r. Richard S. Rogers, representing Mr. F. B. Graham of the SENCland Devel-
?? opment Association, appeared before the Board and requested an appropriation of $100.00
?-? for use of the Industrial Committee. Mr. Williams made a motion LhaL the request be
granted and an appropriation of that amount be made from the Industrial Fund. Mr. May-
han seconded this motion and it was unanimously adopted.
[9ELFARE PETITION I'OR RELIEP
-? Mrs. Helen B. Sneeden, Superintendent of Public Vdel£are, presented a Petit-
? ion of Susie Campbell Richardson for County Home care because of senility and illness.
` eT+Ir. Broadhurst made a motion thai;'this Petition be approved, seconded by NIr. Mayhan,
and unanimously adopted.
CONSOLIllATED BOAItD OF HEALTH -
Mr. Broadhurst observed that two or three months ago a letter was received
from the Consolidated Board of Health criticizing the County for the operation of their
trash dump, stating that it did not meet the minimum sanitary regulations oS the Health
llepartment and inferred that unless an improvemeni; was made it iaould be necessary Lo
employ vahatever means vras available for remedying it. Iie further remarked that he had
I,?p?JClriL made many trips to the County Trash Dump 'since it was turned over to the present opera-
tors as well as,to other garbage disposal sites in the County and £ound that instead of
being improved iL- appeared to him that they steadily grew worse than L-hey were before.
He, therei'ore, o£fered a motion that the Executive Secretary write a letter to the Con-
solidated ]3oard of Nealth and ask,.Why no improveir?ents have'been made in any of the
trash dumps? Why the County Trash Dump was allowed to become worse? What the intent
of the Board was in reference to such improvement? He requests that immediate action
be taken to correct the unhealthy condiLions now existing at the several trash dumps
in the County. 'Phis motion was seconded by Mr. Mayhan and when the vote was called,
Messrs. Ilroadhurst and Mayhan voted "YES". A4r. Williams voted "VO". The Vice Chair-
man ruled the motion carried.
GROIN RIPRAP PROPOSAL -
H. B. Ludlum and Sons propose to furnish 1001b. to 3,000 lb. pieces of rip-
' rap £or the purpose of building groins at the northern end of Carolina }3each at a price
of y?3.90 per ton'in place. He also advised that he had approximately 250 tons of riprap
in 20 ton pieces.which he would put in place for $6.50 per ton and stated that if the
County decided to place the materials after it was delivered to the Beach, 50¢ per ton
could be deducted from those figures. The Executive 5ecretary informed the Board that
he had been in conference with Colonel J. B. NiacCumber, Civil Defense Director,.and after
studying the provisions of the law (PL $75); it is concluded that the CounL-y is entitled
to Emergency Relief money or equipment. Upon investigation with the Civil Defense author-
?E?rn?-?ities in Raleigh they referred the matter to Regional Headquarters in Thomasville, Georgia,
el?'Q' 4 which also agree that the County is entitledto Rehabilitation Funds to repair the beach
erosion damage caused by Ilurricane Helene. IIe suggested that the proposal by Phr. Ludlum
be kept in mind but no action taken until it is determined what funds are available thro.ugh
the Civil Defense 0£fice.
VETERANtS SERVICE OF'FICE -
The monthly report of the Veterants Service 0£fice vaas received showing total
awards amounting to $7,610.£31 for the month of October and ordered for information.
PETIT JURY-
The following good and lawful persons were selected to serve as Jurors in
LYie trial of Civil cases for the weeks beginning November 17th and November 24th.
Jurors'for the trial of Civil cases- November 17th
H. S. Hale Rt./il Castle I-Iayne,N.C.
Robert L. May 4003 Park Ave.
A. R. Bunn 249 Pinecrest Pkwy.
W. L. Fox 1$0$ Church St.
W. K. Ilobbs 2230 NIetts Ave.
S. A. Wahl 515 Forest E3ills Dr.
D. C. IQorth, Jr:3 C. Oleander Apts.
W. L. Pfarks' 225 S. 17th St.
H. A. Olsen 2509 Adams St.
W. T. Hall, Sr. 1715 Orange St.
M. D. Danford 5523 V7rightsville Ave.
E. P. James ' 2532 Van Iiuren St.
R. F. Hall, Jr. 410 S. 19th St.
L'd.. R. Jones, Sr.'710 Wynick Dr,Wrights.Beach
J. E. Grady 2859 S. Front St.
W. P. Turlcett 116 Colonial Circle
F. R. Sasser. 3921 S. rront St.
W. L. Barnes 115 S. 16th St.
H. S. Hufham 55 Pinecrest Pkwy.
William J. Sigmon' 217 N. 22nd St.
A. LV. I'arrow,Sr. 11 R4ontgomery Ave.
W. L. Anderson 2309 Princess St. Rd.
Lindsey E. Ward 420 N. 41st St.
Robert Joyce ' 21 W. Henderson St.Wrights.Bch
Thad 0. V]alker,Jr. 915a Liveoalc Pkwy.
John J. Eal:ins 50 Lee Drive -
Bill Grainger 1$ S. Lake Village
J. H. Sweeney 1920 Nun St.
R.M. Roberts 4936 Oleander Drive
J. P. Mewborn 506 Northern Blvd.
E. W. Robinson $27 Windsor llrive ,
D. L. Futrelle,Jr. 440$ Wrightsville Ave.
E. P. Blanchard 3316 Market St.
Buford C. Keene 1705 Princess St.
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Minutes of the Meeting IQovember 3, 195$ Continued
PETIT JURY - (Continued)
Jurors - continued
LeRoy Brown
G. T. Musselman
Eugene D. Pridgen
L. W. I3ordeaux
Herbert T. Fisher
Barry Eubanks
lloris V. Vdesthrook
Oscar L. Bradshava
Box 62,Castle Hayne,N.C
2116 iviarket St.
124 Arlington
3623 S. Front 5t.
2$0$ Princess Place Dr.
$ Shearwater,Wrightsv.Beach
2715 Van Buren St.
402 N. 23rd St. '
W.E. Ifiarrington
Herbert J. Johnston
j+Iilliam Charles Hall
Christian Arthur Hansen
Harry McD. Coleman
Clayton E. Mcrayden
Clarence R. Ldilliamw
James Rutland, Sr.
RFD #3, Box 145
3615 Market St.
212 Virginia Ave.
Apt.D -2$70Jefferson
2859 Adams St.
% P'oy Roe Company
510 Sunset Ave.
4$ Nercer Ave.
Jurors for the week beginning November 24th - Civil Cases
T. W. Cobb 305 N. 43rd St.
0. A. Hall 29 Kenwood Ave.
J. E. Hall 4601 Wrightsville Ave.
Oline E. Hall 201$ Pender Ave.
0. A. Smith 115 Gordon Road
J. W. Lewis 1501 Ann St. `
E. J. Hale, Sr. 603 Rosemont Ave.
J. H. Corbett 212 Forest Road
Carroll W. Hahn 607 Rosemont Ave.
T. J. Cress 4104 Oleander Drive
J. B. Davis 1911 Nun St.
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R. E. Hayes 1130 Live
Pkwy.
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John A. Lewis 5 B. Lake Village
, R. N. Getty - 1909 Nun St.
Dennis R. Ward 322 Calhoun Drive -
E. W. Manning 190$ Church St.
G. C. Seaton 202 Adelaide Drive
L. H. Matthews 409 S. 4th St.
W. R. Peterson 206 S. 46th St. ,
E. H. Schulken 2031 Chestnut St.
S. G. Highsmith 2704,Market St.
George A.Morgan , 1301 Azalea Drive
Kenneth P. Winstead62 Lee Drive
Thomas E. Glemmons 1704 Church St.
A. D. Harris
S. E. Buxton
W. L. Godley
R. E. Becker,
W. M. Brinson .
Raymond R. Hall ,
Joe M. Tilley
Adrain R. Verzaal
G. W. Powell
Dan 0. Hansley .
Aorace R. Gore
Samuel L. Collins, Jr.
J. H. Tienken
B. P. Kennedy
D. W. Everett
Robert C. Confer
Wm.G. Broadfoot
F. L. Harrington
Daniel E. Todd Jr.
Edward,A. Gaskins
L. W. Tovmsend
Earl C. Huband, Jr.
Wm. Thomas Barber
Tommie Rivenbark
Theresa Augusta Hooper
$32 Forest Hills Dr.
2006 S. Front St.
1305 Virginia Ave.
20$ N. Blvd.
119 Dock St. ,
. 2521 Van Buren St.
2$5$ Adams St.
107 Newton Lane
RFD #3, Box 327
100 VirginiaAve.
111 Mercer Ave.
10$ Meares St.
1513 Ann St.
4921 Pine St.
% Wilder Realty Co.
2513 Jefferson St.
P. 0. sox 90$
1507 Ann St.
67 Pinecrest '
307 Greenfield
40$ S. 16th St.
425 Rosemont
232 Lake Forest
123 Castle Hayne Rd.
311 S. 3rd St.
ADJOURNMENT -
Upon motion of Mr. Mayhan, seconded by Mr. Broadhurst, the Board unanimously
moved adjournment.
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Secretary
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, Wilmington, N. C. November 10,1958
ASSEMBLY -
The New Hanover County Board of Gommissioners held their regul:ar weekly meeting
, this day at'9:30 A. M. in the Commissioners' Room of the Court House. PRESENT: Chairman
J. M. Hall, Jr; Commissioners L. E. Broadhurst, J. E. Holton, Jr., Ernest R. Mayhan, and
Berry A. Williams, Commissioner-Elect Peter H. Braak, County Auditor T. D. I,ove and Coun-
'ty ty Attorney John Bright Hill. '
INVOCATION' - '
Chairman Hall called the meeting to order and asked the Executive Secretary to
open the meeting iwith prayer. Reverend W. B. Lewis, Pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church fail-
ed to appear as scheduled. ,
APPRDVAL OF THE MINUTES - '
Upon motion of N1r. Williams, seconded by Mr. Mayhan, the minutes of the last
meeting were unanimously approned as written. '
ELECTION E%PENSES
'
Mr. Henry C. Bost, Chairman of the New Hano'ver County Board of Elections report-I
ed that the Election costs were considerably less than he had anticipated because of the
£act that the vote was so small the precinct tivorkars were able to finish their work without
running into a 3rd day. He explained that last week when he advised the Board that some of
the Registraxa had received a full dayfs pay for less than an hours work because the books
were kept open more than'$ hours, he had overlooked the fact that the Registrars were requir-
ed to keep the Books open for three Saturdays be#'ore the Election as well as register voters
at their homes whenever requested and that actually in getting paid for-the £ew minutes over
the $ hour day, they were being compensated for the 3 vaeeks work before,the Election. The
invoices covering the Election costs were presented and verified bp the°Board, after which
Mr. Holton offered a motion that the pxesent bills be paid and that a letter be written?to
Messrs. Hewlett and Yow requesting them to seek nullification of the Special Act under which
New Hanover County holds its Elections and place this County back under°the General Election
laws as enacted in Chapter 581 bp the 1937 Legislature. The motion,was'seconded by'Mr. Wil-
liams and unanimously adopted. The County Attorney will write the letters suggested.
BEACH EROSION
Mr. Richard A. Shew was recogn3zed by `the Chairman and statecl that he would like ?
to call their attention to a recent experience in the preservation and rehabilitation of
beach erosion. He has lived on Wrightsville Beach and observed the devastation o' the
Beach by Hurricanes as well as rip tides. As an emergency measure, he and soma o his
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