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Meeting of February 19, 1953, continued.
The resignation of the members o£ the Wilmington Port Commission as a whole body, was presented, and the
Chairman stated he regretted this matter came up. There was intention $VG to go along with requested
i?av proposal, and hope they will cooperate with us and have Afr. D. C. Sissons their Connercial Agent continue
further with the Port Commission Board for the present.
Upon motion of N,r. Davis, seconde3 by Mr. Love, the resignation of the members of the WilminEton Port
•? ?'? Commission was accepted as of March 31, 1953. During the meantime the Boar3 will make plans for a workable
agreement with the City for carrying on the program of the Wilmin&ton Port Commission.
Mr, Frederick YJilletts who was present, speaking for hiuself, sai.d all dealings, if he stays on the Port
?- W Commission Board, will be 3one in the open, nothing underhan3ed, to complete conclusion to re-organization.
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? It was then agreed and ordered that for the benefit of the public, a statement clarifying the Port Commission
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Present: R,T.Horton, Chairman and Corrmissioners Claud 0'Shiel3s, Thurston C. Davis, Hal J.Love, Rai£ord Trask
and County Attorney Marsden Bellamy.
The meeting was opened.with prayer by the Reverend Ns. Thomas B. Ruff, Pastor of Delgado Prest?yterian ChUrch.
Copies of the minutes of ineeting of February 16, 1953, having previously been mailed to each member o£ the
Board, the same were upon motion of Mr. Davis, approved.
A petition of 46 property owners of Wrightsboro Acres Development, Cape Fear township, asking for har3sur£acing
of roads through Wrightslxoro Acres from US-117 and L,21; East- inclu3ing Sheri3an, Fern, Isurel and Long Leaf Drive
r' as per map attached, whirh sai3 roads serve twenty-two families, and this being the thir3 petition presented,
eas upon m6tion of Mr. Davis, seconded by Mr. Love, unanimously approved an3 referred to the State Highway and
Public Works Comtt,ission with the request that the same be approve3 for hardsurfacing at the earliest moment
possible.
/ SV Washington's Birth Day, FeUruary 22, being a legal holiday and falling on Sun3ay; Monday, February 23, was set
r(' ? by the Board as a holi3ay in observance thereof, and that being the date of the next regu].ar meeting, a recess
was taken urstil the next following regular meeting, 10:00 0'clock A,ld., Moraiay, March 2, 1953.
situation The regular be weekly,me prepared £or eting the of the press.
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Wilmington, N. C. Narch 2, 1943.
?jkBoard was held this day at 10:00 o'clock A.M.
Upon motion of t?,r. Davis, seconded t3r IQr. Love, a bid of $4,432.50 sulxnitted by N,r. bJ.E.Starnes for the
urchase of approximately 87,700 boar3 feet for standing timber on the Airport tract, an3 approximately
? Q1 50,000 board feet on the Castle Eayne tract, as advertised, was acceoted he being the highest bidder.
The said'standing timber to be removed from both tracts within a geriod of four months from date hereof.
The only .-)ther bid receive3 was from Casey Lumber Company at a,totaL price bid of $4,300,00.
Nir, W. B. White, State A'agazine Representative, appeared in the interest of_securing a double page advertisement
for the State N.agi2ine featuring the Azalea Festival in its l,arch 21, issue, stating the City of Wilmington
'?had in3icated it would go along with the County on a joint cost basis of $350.00 for a double page a3vertiseaient.
A motion then offered by N,r. Love that the County take the a3vertisement with the City and clarify the same
`J with the Azalea Festival Committee to the effect payment will be made out of the County funds if available,
otherwise will be deducted from the Azalea Festival appropriation, faile3 of a secona when it was brought to
the attention that no appropriation had yet been ma3e to the Azalea Pestival CorrQnittee.
A substitute motion made by Ns. Trask, and seconded by i?ir. Davis, taas carried on a two to three vote to take the
•' •?5 a3vertisement with the State Magazine at a cost of $175.00 to the County on the affirmative vote of the
Chairman, and Commissioners Davis an3 Trask, after a motion was made by Mr. Love an3 seconded by Mr. 0'Shields
to appropriate $500,00 to the A2alea Festival Coimnittee,
L1pon motion of hir. Davis, seconde3 by 14r. Trask, the County Attorney was instructea to prepare a deed
conveying the plot of land at Legion Stadium to the State of North Carolina for the proposed National Guard
. Armory site as per map su}mitted by'the Adjutant General's Department date3 February 17, 1953, and to provide
?. in said deed that the same will revert to the County if an3 when it ceases to be used for armory purposes,
and present the same to the Board for approval.
A request of Harbor Island residents and property owners presented by Mr. R. M. Kermon, Chairman of the
Committee, for County aid to assist them to improve the drainage conditions at Harbor Island, to get rid of
the svrface water to enable the proper functioning of their septic tank sewerage system. The Chairman also
reported on an irbspection of the cora9ition, and suggeste3 washing out the drain lines anci putting
in tile where necessary, ana also the installation of a curb on the road shoulders would he1p. Mr. Kermon
? further stated a petitiori to have the Highway Commission take over the roa35 in Harbor Island for maintenance
would be sulanitte3 later. The request was received for further study.
Upon motion,.' the Board approve3 a request of Mr. Frederick Willetts to petition the State Highway and Public
tlE+?I?S Works Commission to inclu3e the £o?lowing roads in Devon Park, Harnett township, in our County Highway System
for maintenance:-
Jennings Drive, Winsm_Boulevard, Stratford Boulevard, Larchmont Drive and Iatimer Drive.
? All oT-fhe -said streets shown on the map presented are pave3 an3 serve 56 families.
A letter was receive3 from the Honorable A3dison t3ewlett$Jr.1 our representative in the Legislature, urging
prompt action by the City and County with the view of reaching some plan to relieve the critical hospital
situation occasioned by a recent Supreme CourL deca.sion, in time to secure any legislation that may be necessary
before adjournment of the Legislature., which, he said, is expecte3 within the next four or £ive weeks.
The County kttorney said he was about to bring up the same question and advise3 it was of such importance
to call an immediate joint meeting of the City, County and Hospital Boards to find some plan by which the
. situation could be relieved, possibly by a re-division o£ the ABC funds for the operation of the hospital,
The Board then set the date of Thursday, Narch 5, at 10:00 o'clock A.M., for a joint meeting with the City
?C Council in tbe Grand Jury room, court house, to discuss the matter.
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Pleeting of March 2, 1953, continued.
The County Attorney, after talking with Judge Nimocks, recommended the passage of an Act to increase the
?,,,,/ number of jurors to be drawn from the Jury box, for both Civil and Criminal terms of the Superior Court,
-??W?? to enabl.e the Sheriff to find a su£ficient number of persons to be summoned from the list so drawn, to .
constitute a jury a jury required by the Court. The preparation of an Act to repeal the 013 Port Commission'
Bill was in process turning the operation of the same over to the City, the accumulation of funds to be -
pro rate3 between the City and County on the same one-third-two thirds basis as taken out of the ABC funds.
A letter was received £rom the Western Waterproofing Company o£ Charlotte, authorizing a deduction from
their contract price for steam cleaning the exterior of the o13 court house builtiing, equal to the amount"
of the cost for repairing the roof damaged by hanging their equipment from the parapet wall surface in the
course o£ cleaning. '
Mr. Horton said it was not the intention to cut the trees in Hugh N?acRae Park other than to remove the dead
trees and to protect all of the park. That Mr. Hugh N,orton had a goo3 friend, 14r. Thomas W. Morse, Iandscape .
Architect and Superintendent of State Parks, State Department of Conservation and Development, who would be glad
to help out in the planning and 3evelopment of the park, as per letter to Mr. Morton which was read by the
Chairman.
A communication was received £rom the Federal-State Crop Reporting Service a3vising that the lister for Cape
Fear township Farm Census report for 1953 attained a report rating of 96%, am9 Masonboro 99.6%.
A bill for $140.16 claime3 to be the County's one third share of $420.50 cost for printing Wilmington Folders
to be paid by the Gity, County an3 Chamber of Commerce was received from the Chamber of Commerce and instrnctions
-" were given to check the same and secure a copy of the fol3er for exair,ination.
A report of Airport receipts for February 14, and 20, was .received and £iled.
No objections were in3icated by the Board to the District Public Works Office, Sixth Naval District,
Naval Base, S. C., to relocate a portion of Smiths Creek approximately 2.0 miles above the Atlantic Coast
Line railroad bridge.
Notice was received from the Institute of Government of a one-day District Neeting for County Commissioners
? Ci? to be held 10:00 o'clock A.M,, Wednesday tfarch 25, at Sam's Place, Golston Beach, White Lake. Also called attention
C? to school for County Accountants to be he13 at the Institute of Government, Chapel Hill 2:00 P.M., Txesday,
` March 10 through Thursday morning Marcb 12th. _$
? A iist of variety of vegetables prepared by Mr. D.D.Haggett, County Agent, that i£ produced at the County
Farm would provi3e a lxalanced diet £or 150 persons at the County Hoiae, Jail and T.B.Hospital, was receive3.
/ A let'ter written by Mr. Clayton C. Holmes, Attorney, to i•'s. J. E. Canady, Back Tax Collector, concerning,
collection of Back Taxes by suit, was receive3.
Upon motimn of Mr. Trask, seconde3 by Mr. Love, the County Attorney was instructe3 to prepare a bill to exempt
?Qx New Hanover County £rom the operation of the Act barring collection of taxes by the ten year statute of limitat' ns,
recommen3ed by the Chairman. ,
A letter was received from Mr. A. Wilbur Clark, Third Division State Highway CommissionerJ acknowledging
request to ad3 Vance Street and Worth Drive in Maffitt Village to our County Highway System, and stated
?F the request taould be processed as rapi3ly as possible.
A report of the Hoar3 of Health for January was received and £iled.
Rosa Parker a resident of New Hanover County whose ad3ress is box 80, Rt.l, Roclq* Point,N.C., appeared to ask
? that improvements be made of a drainage coniition at her place on the highway leading from Castle Hayne £ive
miles towards Hampstead, locate3 near the Islan3 Creek bridge, was received for investigation. '
A letter was received from N,r, Hensj Von Oesen, Civil Engineer, conveying certain information to the County
Attorney concerningiCounty Farm land, w3th the view of determining the balance of County owned land left
-?? after various sales have been made. '
A request of Mr. Fred 4filletts to improve the urainage lx3ck of the T.S. Hospital, and a petition of twenty- '
three residents of tne Five i,ile Branch section on the Market Street road for dragline drainage was received £or
? investigation with Mr. Hecht, Soil Conservationist, to ascertain what can be 3one.
5S A letter was received from Dr. Ellen Winston, State Public Welfare Commissioner, advising that the term of
A7rs. Eba Long the Commissioner's appointee on the County Board o£ Public Welfare will expire April 1, 10153•
Upon motion of Mr. 0'Shields, secon3ed by Mr. Trask, Mr. Thurston C. Davis a member of this Body, was appointed
as the County's appointee on the County Boar3 of Public Welfare for a term of three years.
Upon motion of Mr, 0'Shields, seconded by Mr. Tra.sk, Jella Dees Batson colore3 in£irm indigent citizen was on
J 03,41' recommendation of the Supt., of Public Welfare admitted to the County Home as an innate. •
A comnunication was receive3 from the State Aighway and Public Works Commission advising that the Old Mill an3
?&\S Rivenbark roads at Porters Neck, Harnett totanship, have been adde3 to our County Highway System. .
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? No objections were indicated by the ]3oard to the application for State Permits to sell beer sutanitted by
C.?J Adolph Brown, 1020 Orange Street, Lillian D. Iarkins, 604 Red Cross Street and Henry L. Pearce at Lake Park
Boulevard and Harper Avenue, Carolina Beach. ,..
A request of the Wilmington Clippers Baseball Team to use Legion Stadium for ball games this season were asked
? rWS to sub:nit their request to the Board o£ Eiucation.
A bill received from Mr. Henry M. Von Osen for making surveys necessary to establish base lines dividing
Navy and County areas and d6scription £or timber sales was upon motion of'Mfr . Davis approved for payment.
Reports of the Wilmington Public Library for January, Veterans' Servmce Officer for Fetsuary and report of
_N,11?U membership attendance of the Wilmington Port Coivnission for P'etruary were receive3 and £iled.
letter was receive3 from Mjr, W.R,Hopkins, USNG, Cainp Lejeune advising that there are no end mount pumps
available at their t+arine Corps Supply Depot for our Volunteer Fire Departments.
Mr. Hal J. Love left the meeting at this point.
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Meeting of March 2, 1953 continued.
A copy of USCG regulations concerning the handling of explosives at water-front facilities was received from
Capt. L.E.Kelley, US-CG.
k letter was received from VeterWS Homes Incorporated requesting the County for a refluid o£ $8,710.49
account of 1952 taxes which they say represents the difference in taa as re-computed on a basis of
assessment at 33 1/3% of cost instead of 76% of the total cost which the3 claim is an error.
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A complaint of assessment on a plot of land in Ifiasonboro township was receive3 fron E.P.Blanchard,Jr., and
??dx filed for review by the Board of Eo,ualization and R.eview.
A letter was received from Mr. I. C. Wright, Attorney, concerning the cancellation of taxes due by
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-r? 7.N.Bryant included in suit for collection, which he claims par.t to be cancelled or barred by the ten-year
,'-' statute of limitations. No action was taken on recommendation of tHe County Attorney that the.matter should be
3ecided by the Court.
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Upon motion of Mr. 0'Shields, seconded by Mr. Davis, Mr, R. S. Harrell, box 183 Elon Co1l.ege,N.C., was
,Qy granted a refun3 0£ poll taxes paid for the years 1951 and 1952, charged in error. It appeared that he is
a resident of Alamance County and liste3 and paid poll taxes there for 1951 and 1952, as per his receipt No.
645 and 666 respectively.
A request o£ the heirs o£ R.B,Freeman for an abaLement of taxes on 195.6$ acres of land in Federal Point
"?Ja,v,, township taken over by the Government for use as tower for airforce in 1951, was upon motion of Mr.O'Shields,
seconaed by Nir. Davis, referred to the Chairman, County-Attorney and County Auditor with power to act.
A requeet o£ Qhas.G.Fadely, 3210 n St., NW-Washington,D,C., a non-resident, for abatement of poll taxes
charged in error for the year 1952, was granted upon furnishing a statement that he has not reside3 in
New Hanover County since January 1, 1952.
Upon motion of Mr. 0'Shield5, seconded by Nr. Davis, L.E.Hudgins was granted an abatement of not listed
penalty charge3 against property in block 318 for the years 1949 through 1952, account of being in Korea
? for the past three years and property rente3 to Shell Oil Compar?y and thought they were listing it for him.
His request for abatement of sales cost and interest was declined.
Upon motion of Mr. 0'Shields, seconded by Yx. Davis, County bills No. 2488 to 2563 were approved for paymen't.
County Commissioners copies of recent cases handled by.the County Welfare Board covering Old Age Assistance,
?j Ai3 to Dependent Children and aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled Grants were receive3 from the
L y Welfare Department.
The £ollowing good and law£u1 persons were drawm to serve as jurors in the Superior Court for the trial of
? civil cases for the two weeks term beginning March 9, 1953:
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Mary N.Corbett,1817 Perry Avenue. David Robbins,1063 N. lOth St.
J.A.Roberts,803 N. 4th St. N,ary P. Wilson,1702 Park Road Greenfield.
E.F.Wells, 306 Davie Drive, Maffitt Vil, O.B.Romeo, 411 S. 2nd St.
Jas. Cecil Morgan, 215 Vance St. Ernest L. Clark, 57 Wooa2lawn Ave.
Love Skipper, 810 Central Boulevard, Jas.J.Denning, 703 N. 3rd, St.
T,F.Watkins, 11 Bordeaux Ave. J. E. Coggins, 2934-F, Jef£erson St.
M.P4.Noore, 110 N,organ St., M.V. M.B.Ward.Jr,, Rt.2, box 45.
J.E,King,139 Wrightsville Ave. Jas.D.Sumner, 1011 Ma.rket St,
H,W,Williams, 110 Park Terrace. Duncan R. Smith, 309 Williamson IIrive MaPfitt Uillage.
C.C.Smith, 74 Finecrest Parkway. Mrs.Evelyn F. Hammond, 164 Colonial Drive.
Martin Brunjes, 103 S. 8th St. J.W,Wenberg, P.O.$ox 895.
John E. Veasey, 1911 Church St. H,R,Hinson, Rt.l, Box 298.
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F,L.Walker, 4 Court L, Iake Forest,
J.P.Wilson, P.O.Box 1651.
Henry A. Johnson, 35 Woodlawn Ave.
C.H.Jordan, P.D.Box 938.
M.V.Skipper, 114 N. 8th St.
R.L.Burriss, 2905 Adams St,
Thos.C.James, 1914 N,arket St.
W,J.Mathias, 2430 N,orrroe St.
W.A.Knott, 204 Vance 3t- Iltaffirr Village.
Wilson Mills, 13th & Castle St.
Thos.G.Lovett, 19 S. 8th St.
Julien D. Martin, 314 Orange St.
G.S,Wallace, 612 S. Front St.
Jas.B.Bolton, Box 161l6Wrightsville Beach.
J.H.Tillman, Box 236 Wrightsville Beach,
W,E.Watson, 1813 Swruner Hill.
William Cottle, 231 Kenwood Ave.
Sam A. Simpson,Jr., 2834 Adams St.
L,N,.Hudson, 8 Castle St.
Paul J. White, 22-M, Iake Village.
A.A.Arnold,Jr., 20 6t.B, Iake Forest,
Jas.R.Bennett, 117 S. 7th St.
Frnest L. Greenough, Rt.3.
J.E.Hicks, 133 Woodlawn Ave.
The meeting then adjourne3.
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• Llilmington,n,C „ March 9, 1953.
• The regular weekly meeting o£ the Board was held this day at 10:00 o'clock A.M.
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„ Present: R.T.Horton, Chairman and Comnissioners Claud 0'Shields, Thurston C. Davis, Hal J. Love,Raiford'Trask,
County Auditor D.F.Smith and County Attorney Msjssden Bellamy.
?-pS City Councilmen present to take joint action on the proposed redistribution of expenses of the Hospitals
tt?'and Board of Health, and profits of the ABC Board: Mayor E.L.White and Councilmen E.S.Capps and Gordon Doran,
?City Attorney W.B.Campbell and City Manager J.R.Benson.
James Walker Hospital: Allan A. Narshall, Vice President Board o£ Managers, Isaac C. Wright, Attorney.
Addison Hewlett,Jr. New Hanover County Representative in the Legislature.
The meeting was opened with prayer by the Reverend R. Irving Boone, Pastor of Central Baptist Church,colored.
Copies of the minutes of the meetings of Fehruar,y 19, and March 2, 1953, were previously furnished each member
?.?.. . el of the Board, and upon motion of D9r. Davis, secon3ed by Nir. 0'Shiel3s, were approved.
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