1951-04-16 Regular Meetingi
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Meeti-g of 0.pril 9, 1951, co^tirued. '
Nr. 0'Shieids ca]led atte-tio- of expe-se of the Wrightsboro Fire Departme-t i^ `
helpi-g the Cou^ty Firema" o- occasio-s a-d felt the Cou^ty should repay the
` Depsrtme^t for assista-ce re-dered, a-d was the co^se-sus of the Board to that
effect. . '? Upo- motion, the State Highway a-d Pubi_ic Works Commissio- was requested to take
over the Airport Road'for mairte-a^ce frou, the railroad crossi-g at the 01d Red
Cross Sa"atorium site -ear the.Priso- Camp, to the State hi,ghvvay at the fiorth
kate of the airport, which said road serves the .Airport ternina7. a-d admiristratio'n .
buildi-gs. '
The matter of the State taki^g over aoditio^al la-d at the State priso^ camp, was ?
referred to the Board to i^vestigate.
A commu^icatio^ was received £rom the Cou-ty auditor advisi-g the amou^t o^ deposit
in eqch ba-k a.s of IVIarch 31, 1951, together viith a memora^dum of securities held by us ,
i^ each case.
9 report o£ the Colored Home 4ge-t 4.-d 4-H club for IvIarch vras received a^d nayme-t of
Y? $7.67 for office supplies a-d articl.es used i- demo-strations, was anproved.'
Upo^ motio^ of i,2r. 0'Shiei.ds, seconded by Mr.. Davis, i^structions viere give- to write
Dr. He^ry W. Jorda^, Chairma^ of the Stcite Hirhi;,ay a-d Public Works Commissio-,
?,q co^cer^i^g the status of the project to.straighte^out a-d vaide^ the highway approach :
` through the Hi^to- property at Vlriphtsvilie Sou-d a^d improvemerts to the bridge,
which has beer pe^di^g for sor;e time.
The meeti-g the^ adjour^ed.
Ci erk.
Wilmi^gto-, N. C., Apri1. 16, 7.951.
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The regular weekly meeting of the Board was held at 10:00 o'cl_ock A. M.
Present: Addiso^ Hew7_ett, Chairmar, Claud 0'Shields, Thursto^ C. Davis, Hal J. Love
a-d Cou^ty Attor-ey Marsde^ Ee'iamy.
The mi^utes of ineeti^g of April 9, 1951, vrere read a-d approved as recorded.
propertv
It7r. Herbert Hewlett represe-ti^g/ou:,^ers o^ Audubo- Bou]evard a1,ne?qred to reouest that
the East side of Audubo^ Bou].evard,which is a tv+o-1a-e highway, the VJest side which is
paved, the Esst side u^der State r,rni-te-a-ce be paved fron the Old Wrightsville Highway
to US 74/76 i^ view of the i-cregsed volurae of traffic over the same, v+as upo- motio^
of n4r. 0`Shiel.ds, seco-ded by i.:, . Davis, approved a-d refe. red to n'Ir. A. Vui7.bur Clark,
Third Divisio- State Highr:ay Comnissio-er, for co-siderati.o-.
?v -'oti.ces of i^te-tio- to appi,y for State perrnits to se'l beer were received from
,?iChas.C.A,]_]e-, Caroii-a Beqch; CertrtidQ?.aircloth, Nirightsvi'ie Sou^d; Geo. Fi. Gree^,
_? 2928 S. rro^t Street; .irF. Kaus, L'iriehtsvi"e Causeway; Christos J. Stascios? 520 ,-r, •.
"ixor: Street; Fq^-ie Le.e, Tol_i^es, Se= F,reeze; Yirs. Byro^ E. Z';atso^, Caro]_i^a Beach. "o '
objections were irdicated by the Boasd. l ?Q? Upo^ motio- of NIt. Love, seco^ded by Mr. 0'cnields, G'e-ora Hawki^s, 710. ^'u^ St., was
? pra^ted a.^ abateme^t of tar.es o^ a val.uatio- oi ?1,000.00 accou^t of doubl.e listi^g of
a. 1949 Chevrolet Automobil.e for the yeas 7_950. .
? Upon motio^ of Mr. 0'Shieids, seco^ded by Mr. Love, the Board agreed to lease to the
State Highway a-d Public VJorks Commission, subject to the approval of the Civil Aero^autics
C? Admi^istratio-, a parcel of the Cou^ty Airport la^d adjoi^i^g the la^d occupied by the ,
? State priso- camp department, o^ the South side of the Airport or Gordor road as i^dicated
o- survey map submitted by the State Highway Department, for a t8rm of te^ years with the .
privilege of renewal so lo^g as the same is mai-tained a-d used for State Priso- Camp
purposes. '
Mr. W. K. Rhodes, Attor^ey appeared with Mr. Pleasa^t B^tso^ to request re^ewal of the lease o- stables, track, toilet a,^d shovier privi.leges for horse races at Legion Stadium
which expires IJfay 15thz 1951. The ..mou^t due the Cou^ty for lights ?-d potiver estimated by
the Cou^ty Auditor at ?p251.40, for the period of the'].ease from ?;ovember 1, 1950, to
May 15, 1951, vaas discus<ed ar.d 1u:r. Batso^ felt the charges for April ?^d Phay amou^tirg to
$62.82 were too high. Hovrever, ii: v,,as the co-se-sus of the Eioard that payme-ts be made
through 84arch 1951, after which co-sidere.tio- vaill be give^ to renewal. of the lease, a-d
charges for April a-d M3y to be further i-vestigated, which vaas:agreeqbl.e to all parties
corcer^ed.
A report of the Cou-ty Electrica! l-spector ird fi^a^cial repo'rt of the A"ssociated Charities
- •? for ivia.rch were received --d fiied. _
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? A st?teme-t vias received from the State floqrd of Putilic PJelfare shovri^g that $45,262.62 was
sert to this Cou^ty for n'arch,for Old Age .Assista^ce, Aid to Depe-de^t Childre- a-d Admi^istratio,
Upo^ motio^ of Mr. Davis, seco^ded by n4r. 0'Shiel.ds, authority vras gra-ted to pay the cost
of from "??200. to$250.OO,,.for operatio^ for Perry Jorda^,q cou^ty patie^t;i^ Ivorth Cirolina
Sa-atorium; at Duke Hospital recomme^ded by the Supt., of the Sa-at3rium, i^ a^ effrort to
bri^g about-arrest of his pulmo^ary tuberculosis, if uro^ i^vestigatio^ it is fou-d that
his fi^arcial circumstarces wi11 not permit the operatior expe, se without cou-ty aid.
P'o objections were indicated by the Board to the US District F^gi^eer gri^ti-g Mr.J.E.Werre^
of Kure Beac}i to rebuild a boat la-di-g dock at the outer e^d of the existi^g pier in the
Atla-tic Ocea- at kure Beach.
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Iuieeting of April 161 1951, co^ti^ued. •
A petitio- of 17 property ov?-ers of I4qso^boro T047^ship, requesting improveme-ts a-d
' mai^tera^ce of the Tr-ask road, 2,243 feet i- le-gth, ru^-i-g from a poi-t o^ the
Maso^boro ?oop road 0.4 of a miie south of P,'hiskey Creek bridge to b4yrtle Grove 5ou^d,
was upo^ motio- of i4r. Davis, seco^ded by Mr. ?;ove, approved a-d referred to IVIr. A. UJilbur
Clark, lhird Divisio^ St?te Highwag Commissio-er fo: co-sideratio-.
-A commu^icetio^ was received from the Ha.rtford Steam Boiler I^s-nectio^ a-d I-sura^ce
!?hs? Compa-y advisi^g that the boilers at the Cou^ty Home a-d Prison Buildi^gs viere i^spected
, but -o corditio-s observed that require atte-tio^ at this time.
A questio- raised: by Nir. 0'Shields as to authority, if any, wou7.d permit a refu-d of
!?S the lice^se tax paid by the rece^t VFVJ sporsored shows at ?,egio^ Stadiumg was referred to
the Cou^.ty Attor^ey for opi^io-.
Upo^ motior, duly seco-ded, Cou-ty biils *'os. 4989 to 5238.were approved for payment.
The Meeti^g then adjour"ed.
.%"X...c.A&zm-z4 Clerk.
Wilmi-gto-, N. C., April 23, 1951.
The regular weeltly meeting `of the Bo-ard was neld at 10:00 o'clock A. M.
Present: Addiso^ Hewlett, Chairria-, Jas, M. Ha].i, Cia.ud 0'Shields, Thursto^ C. Davis
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Hal J. Love, Cou^ty 9ttor^ey I-iiarsde- nel.lamy a-d Cou^ty 9uditor C. F. Smith.
The mi^utes of ineeti^g of April 16, 1951, v.ere read a-d a.nproved as recorded.
Upor motion of NIr. Love, secorded by R4r. Davis, the Board?pproved a reauest of the
Cemetery Committee of the Ogder-Middle Sourd Civic C7_ub, prese-ted b3r the Revere-d, '
G. VV. Shepard, to use our best efforts to have the State Highway a-d Public Works
Commission improve the roadway froin US 17, through Prospect Cemetery located -ear the
i^tersectio^ of US17, a-d highway to Vil?a Viekv, a-d 4'iriVhtsvil7_e Beaeh to provide access
to, the Cemetery.as aipublic_.buryi?k. grou^d•. _•' _
Mrs. 9dolph J. Kaus, a-d ldr. Ra^dy Hamilto^ City Ivla-ager of Caroli^a Beach appeared to
asx for cou-ty aid i^,clea^i*+g out the ditch from the Take at Caroii-a Beach to the river
with drag li^e equipme-t wa,s upo^'motio^ of fJlr. bove* seco^ded by Mr. 0'Shields, granted .
as soo^ as prese-t committments ha.ve beer completed.
Upo^ motio^ of Ivlr. Hally seco^ded by Mr. Love, the Board agreec to purchase ha1_f page
advertiseme-t i^ the n4ay 28th issue of'the Vacatio^ Editio^ of the Charlotte Observer
at a
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y havi^g agreed to tnke ha,lf page advertisemert a-d the
Charlotte Obseryer to furrish whole page freet which, i^ the opinio^ of the Board, will
be beneficial i^ advertisi^g the adva^tages a-d resources of the Cou^ty.
, ?13C No,objections were raised by the Board to the anp7.icatio-+s submitted by Mrs. Lottie
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J r?J B. Bowma-, 2008
O1ea^der Drive, Jake D. Car^es, Rt.1, a-d Fra-k O.La^dis, 107 South
Lumi^a Rve^ue, for State Permit to se].1 beer at the locatio^s.sk';ow-.
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Upo^ motio-+ of It7r. Davis, seco^ded by I;Ir. Love, Mamie Smith, 408 Ki^g Street, Love Grove?
was gra^ted a^ aba-te.mert of tar,es o^ a viluatio- af `,p"270.00 charged agai-st lot Pt.Wl, in
block 449, 3ccou^t of doub?e charge, a-d bei-g the sdme property inc7.uded i^ block 31,
Love Grove desig^ated as lot ]. a-d 2, a-d the same ordered ca-celled o^ the assessme-t
records. _
•.. " o objectio-s vrere i-dicated by the Board_to the applicatio^ of the Souther- Bell Telephone
Wq?e?Compe^y to the U-ited States District E^ri^eer for permissio^ to co^struct a^ additio^al
, cable o^ existi^p crossi-g poles over Smith Creek above the highway bridge o^ US 421.
Upo^ triotio^ of Ivir. Davis, seco^ded by I.fr.. 11,417, ]b1r. •H. F. Hawas gra^t'ed a- abateme^t
of -ot listed pe-alty charged aga-i-st lot 4A, pert of lNilliamso^, Har^ett tow^ship, for
, ..-)a`- the years 1946-1947-1.949 a-d 1950, accou^t of error in cha,rEi^g the same to R.F.Ha11 i-stead
of H. F. Hail, a-d for the further rea.so^ he li,sted other property thi^ki^g the same was
' i^cluded. . "
Uoon motio^ of Mr. Davis, seco-+ded by hir. Love, LeHoy Alderrna-, colored, was exempt from
-Tak the psyme-t of poil taxes o^ account of poverty a-d physical disability a-d u^ahle to work,
Freddy Gause, 809 ^orth 8th, Street, was gra-ted a refund of poll taxes, accou-t of over
age, col?ected by gar-ishme^t. ?
?NC A request of the City Cou^cil to meet with the Board of Educatio- a-d thefCou^t-? Commissio-ers
was set for Mo^day, April 30th, 11:00 A. IvS.
Upon motior of IVlr. 0'Shields,` secorded by 14r. Love, the Board accepted a-d offer of the
? Revere-+d T. P. ;+oe to sell his lot on 5outh 17th Street to the County for $100.001 vrhich
is withi- the fence enc1_osure of thc Cou^ty's Oak Grove Cemetery. And the City was requested
to take up with the State Highway a-d Public iNorks Commissio^ the matter of ope^i^g-up
a-d pavi^g 17th Street to A4arti^ Street to give access to the Cemetery.
Up o- motio^ of.D'?r. 0'Shie?.ds, seco-ded by P?Qr. Dnvisj the Board authorized the payme-t of
$'/5.00 toward burial expe-se For n4r. B. J. Rathje-, Coti^ty Home i^mate.
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pt% A fi^a^cial a^d circulatio^ report of the VTi'mi-gto^ Pubiic I,ibrary a^d Bookmobile for
March was received a-d filed.
The Cou^ty Attor^ey repo:ted that the Cornmissio-ers ha.ve ^a lega7, right to re£u-d a lice^se
tax urder schedule "B", paid by the Vetera-s of Foreig^ 4'Tars for a^ exhibitio^ of r,ecently
? spo^sored shows at Legio^ Stadium, ^ot paid u^der protest.
Nr. Ha11 comme^ted very highly the efforts of the Committee havi-+g provided graded roads
through the Cou^ty's Oak Grove Cemetery, a-d well kept premises.
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