1953-03-16 Regular Meetingr
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Wilmington, N. C,, Narch 16, 1953.
The regular weekly meeting of the Board was helc this day at 10:00 o'clock A. M.
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Present: R,T,Horton, Chairman and Commissioners Claud 0'Shields, Thurston C. Davis, Raiford Trask and
County Attorney Marsden Bellamy.
The meeting was opened with prayer by the Reverend Mr. J.P.C.Johnson, Pastor of Fourth Street Advent Church.
Copies of the minutes of the meeting of the Board of March 9, 1953, having previously been furnished each
meraber of the Board, the same were upon motion of N,r. 0'Shields, seconded by Mr. Davis, approved,
Upon motion o£ Mr. Davisr secon3ed by Mr. Trask, the Board authorized the placing of not less than twenty-five
pieces of decorations on the Third Street side o£ the Court House buil3ing by the Azalea Festival^Committee, '
for the Sixth Annual Azalea Festival, at a cost o£ $50.00 rental to be paid out of the Court House budget
appropriation.
District Solicitor Clifton N,oore appeared to explain the importance of putting into effect a recent act of the
Legislature authorizing employment of an Assistant Solicitor at a salary of $3,600,00 per year to whom he can
? assign work especially in preparing cases coming up for trial in the Superior Court, which heretofore he has
not had the proper tise to give, stating it was a physical impossibility for any one man to try more than a
thousand cases a year, and that he takes full responsibility for asking for this help, not to take ary of the
load off his shoulders, but to inerease the efficiency of his office. Upon motion of A's. Trask, seconded by
Nir. Davis, the request to set up the office o£ Assistant Solicitor at a salary of $3,600,00 per year; in
accordance with said Act, was approvea as of April 1, 1953.
A request of Mr. H.W.Millican to purchase'a county owned lot adjoining Mr. Kirby Daniels on the Gordon Road was
receiveu for consideration a£ter a survey, now in process, is completed showing an accurate description of the samer
at which time he will be given an opportunity to sutmit a bid for consideration along with other bids.
Upon motion of Mr. Trask, seconded by Nir. Davis, Mr. D. S. Batson was granted privilege to use a part of •
67 Legion Stadium grounds £or Pony Rides on a week to week basis at a minimum rental of $5.00 per month, payable '
in advance beginning Saturday, March 21, 1953, subject to cancellation at ary time the County needs the property
for othOr uses, upon giving one weeks notice to terminate the agreement and vacate the premises, and further that he
will keep the premises clean. V
A letter was received from Mr, John K. Slear, Secretary to Senator Willis Smith, acknowledging our letter of
G, February 25, asking his support o£ bill S-925 "Truck Trip Lease" introduced by Senator Charles Toby, in an effort
to kill the bill for a one-way hauling, which he will bring to Senator-Smith's attention when he returns to his
? office, assuring us, however, that no action has been scheduled on it to date. "
An offer of Mr. George Hutaff to purchase a City-County owne3 parcel of land in block #186 was received £or
_V'b?1 consideration. Mr. Hutaff also told the Board that some thought was being given to the establishment o£ an
? Ocean Highway from Nags Head along the outer banks thence £ollowing along the ocean front to Southport, a nd would
ask the Board's endorsement of the project at the proper time, '
It was agreeable to the Board for Sadgwar Funeral Home to handle the County burial of John Floy3 Thompson,
• ?colored, 83 year old irunate with no relatisesI who died at the County Home about 7:00 P,I+1,, Merch 11, 1953,
CP? and turned over to them for burial by the Superintendent of Public Welfare.
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The following list of sarplus airport,.equipment sold by the County to the highest bidders on March 11, 1953,
at 2:30 P.M „ which equipment was consi3ered by the Navy as junk and would be of no use to them, and which sale
was authorized and approved by the District Airport Engineer,CAA, N,arch 11, 1953, was sutmitted by the Chairman
and upon motion of Nr. Trask, secon3ed by I,r. Davis, was accepted:
? To J.W.Hunter Construction Compary
Heater, Asphalt $ 25.00
Kettle, Asphalt repair, hand operated 75.00
` To Pethel & Widenhouse
Concord,N.C.
C-2 lype Wrecker, 10 ton 11478.80
Warco Motor Grader 580.80
- To E.B.Towles Consti'uction Company:
Roller, Patch, self powered 308.00
Distributor, asphalt, 2Z H.P.Notor 390.00
Tractor, Auto Car, 4-5 ton 500,00
L6I Case Tractor 250.00
TD-6 International Tractor, W/blade 925.00
Concrete T;ixer 255.00
Spreader, Fertilizer and Li_me, Int'nl 40.00
Roller, 8-10 ton, Diesel motor 1.200.00
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To W.B,Sample, Charlotte,N.C.
UAI Case Tractor with Int'nl mower 150.00
, To E,B,Towles Construction Company
( On rebid-Duplicate bid by-
Towles Const.Co,, and J,W,Hunter)
Trailer, 25 Ft, Timkin) C-2 type
Tota?
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Grader Tractor
TrLick, tank z-y' ton, 750 gal. tank
Pulverizer, Soil.
so-Rite spreader ( to be given County Home)
No Sale=
Filling Machine, joint or crack.
$1.00.00
2,068.60
3,868.00
150.00
1.950.00
$8,136,60
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Neeting of Niarch 16, 1953, contirnied. . ,
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??A request of N,r, W. L. Shepard £or improvements to a drainage condition on New Bern Avenue near the Cape
? Fear Lumber Company, on the Market Street Road was received for investigation.
order to conserve the limited burial ground at the County's Oak Grove Cemetery for pauper burials, the
?Chairman suggeste3.that the Board give some thought to the burial of bodies a sufficient depth to permit the
placing of one above the other within the same space.
The Chairman presented a list of the following buildings at the airport to be so13 with CAA permission:
p T102, T105, TlOb2 T116, T117, T393 and T960. .
A copy of the text to appear in the State Magazine advertising the Sixty Annual Azalea Festival was received
and filed.
??`?? The Chairman announce3 that the Myrtle Grove drainage canal work will be ready to start middle of this week.
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U?X/Reports of airport receipts for Febraary and March 3,6,9; Wilmington Public Library and Hoolanobile, and Housing
?Q Authority of the City of Wilmington for February were received and filed. Annual report of New Hanover County
Production and Marketing Administration was received and filed.
No obJections were raised by the Board to the application of Alice B. Nelson and Arthur L. Teachey,Jr, for a
State Permit to sell beer at "The Four Winds" Restaurant on Avenue K- Kure Beach.
? A communication was received from the Federal-State Crop Reporting Service advising that the tax lister £or
?uX ?Fe3eral Point township who prepared the Farm Census report for 1953, attaine3 a rating of 99•7%•
Upon motion, i.nstructions were given to write Mr. Fred Jor3an concerning his complaint with reference to damage
to his oat patbh by drainage work and moving pipe over the same on County airport.land, an3 to advise him that in
the opinion of this Board the contractor appears to be responsible and not the Cou7tty. And in view of the fact
the Navy may take over the airport at any time now, in which event the County will need the land for its use, not
to plan putting in any future crops on the land in o,uestion. '
The Chairman reported an ir.crease of $1,034,680.in real estate values for 1953 over lsst year assessments, A
greater increase would have been shown but for the removal of considerable property by the Ethyl-Dow Chemical Co.,
in Federal. Point township.
Things brougnt to the attention by the Chairman to think about for future action; From a standpoint of economy:
Matter of reducing administrative cost of the operation of the ABC stores, an3 called attention to our ABC Board
? a7.1 time Chairman at a salary of $5,880.00 and two associate members at $5,580.00 each per year plus clerical
, ataff as compare3 to Onslow County three members at ,?'p10.00 each per meeting per month. This appears to be a
wasteful spending of money and our County should be omitte3 £rom it. Associated Charities with a$30,000.00 buaget
. appropriation should be set-up under Welfare Department which would be a saving, should come to some agreement
about it. p Staditun situation, baseball group,games on Saturdays, requested by Wilmington Clippers and 3abcock-4Jilcox Compary
teams. Wilmington Clippers ha.ving oreviously been given the use of the Stadium for Saturday games.
/-_ Tne County Attorney advised that vrhat we 3o in connection with the Sta3ium use, should be subject to City use
? when we turn the Stadium over to them.
The Chairman spoke of the Hewlett Salary Bill and asked as a matter of business, Where di3 he get his facts to
base his figures on?
,_?`?.p?SUpon motion of Mr. 0'Shields, County bills No. 2746 to 2878 were approved for payment.
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The meeting then a3journed.
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Wilmington, N,C., March 23, 195V
The regular weekly meeting of the Board was held this day at 10:00 o'clock A.M.
Present: R.T,Horton, Chairman and Commissioners Claud 0'Shields, Thurston C. Davis, Hal J. Iove, Raiford Trask,
and County Attorney Marsden Bellamy.
The meeting was opened with prayer by the Reverend H.B,&3skerville, Pastor o£ Princess Street Presbyterian Church,
colored,
Copies of the mir.utes of the meeting of March 26' 1953, having been flus'nished each member of the Board, the same
were upon motion of Mr. Davis, seconded by Mr. Love, approved.
pon motion of Nr. Love, secon3ed by Mr. Davis, a bid.o£ 6.1.,950.00 by E.B.Towles Construction Company
n ,?+OUwas acceptea for the purchase of a 25 foot Tirolcin Trailer, C-2 type, Airport Surplus equipmentg they being the
highest bidder sutanitted on re-bid account of duplicate bia by J.1J.Sunter and E.B.Towles Construction Company
as sale at the Airport I7arch 11, 1953.
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The Board approved a suggestion of the Chairman that we extend to all a cordial invitation to our Sisth Annual
Festival and hope their visit will be an enjoyable one an3 wi21 come back again to visit us.
14r. O'Shields urged that extra help be provided to keep the premises at the Stadium in order and keep it clean
for the pleasure of our visitors here during the Azalea Festival.
Upon motion of Mr. Davis, seconaed by Nrl Love, Mr, John J. Burn??Jr., was appointed as Assistant District
Solicitor for New Hanover County on recommendation of District S icitor Clifton L. Moore, for a term from
.?! April 1, 1953 to December 1, 1953, at a salazy of $3,600.00 per year, in accordance iaith an Act of the General
Assembly passed at its 1953 session.
Upon motion of Mr. Trask, seconded by Nr. Davis, instructions were given to write a letter to Mr. J.Ludie Croom,
Chief o£ the WilminEton Fire Departanent, congratulating him and his firernen £or the9r efficient work in
? controlling the recent £ire at the Wilmington Terminal Warehouse Compary, and his successflzl efforts and good
judgment ir rataining the use of the Fire Boat which played an important part in bringing the fire under control.
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