1953-06-01 Regular Meetingi
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Meeting of May 26, 1953, Continued
Harper Avenue, Csrol?_na Beach. James N. Masseros, "Batona Drive-In", 34 Lake View Boulevard, Coro'lina
/ Beach. E. J. Smith, Sr., "Castle Street beivice Station Grill", 1220 Castle Street. Williar.is Brothers,
"Topper Grill?", 1200 Market Street. .
Notice of £inal decision on appeal of Uirginia Elizabeth Carter for Old Agc Assistance which rtas termin-
,? G?LI ated April 91 1953, because of sufficient inco:ne in the hone, was receive3 from the State Board of Allot-
ments and Appeal.
Notice tiras received for a meeting for the developnent of the 1954 Agricultiiral Conservation Progratn to be
1 J(y? hei3 41zes3ay, i+:ay 26th at 7:30 P.1•f,, in the P.M.A. Offices, room 101 Custom House.
The Chairman announced that a meeti_ng will be held with the City and ;iir. Hines June 8th to consolidate the
-Cl/? rabies problem under one hea3 and report back to the Board at a subsequent meeting. ?
It was brought to the attention that the effort to eli*ainate the mosquito was started too lAte in the sea-
? son to be most ef£ectice, it iras suggested it should be done in Marcli for spraying their Ureeding places,
also the matter of the Cit;/ tirorking up to the County lir.e in the 5unset Parlc area,and the Cotmty take it -
_QD £raa there on. The Chairman announced a supplY of 5% DDT on hand an:i the offer of 14r. Trask to use their -
plane for dusting the breeding areas, all of which cras receive3 to be folloured-up to see what can be 3orie
about these matters, an3 report later.
Meaoria7. Day falling on Saturday, i+lay 30, 1953, and that being a holiday for County Etnployes, no ad:iitional
- C? time off was allotaed for observance thereo£, .
A letter writi;en by the Chairman Pliay 22, 1953, to thr. 3{irby Daniels, Superintendent o£ the County rione ad-
? vising that 1,7r. Rivenbarlc would be made 5unerintendent of the Farm Prisoners and all heads and work creias
` GX %tiaorking out of same, beginning May 25, 19532 to enable I?ir. Daniels to give closer supervision of the County
C Home and Hospi.tal, which tail.l not e£iect his position in thc capacity as Superintendent, or earnings, met .
? th'e Board's approval. ,
? The i;hairman announeed that representatives of the Real Estate Branch of the Sixth l?aval &?.se, Charleston,
_ S. C., will meet 2:30 P.i4., Monday June lst, to discuss matters pst'taining to the Airport Contrsct, and re-
u ques'ted that the number of persons attending be kept to the minvnum.
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The Chairman announce3'recei.pt of $12,500.00 £rom the American Bakeries Company which represents our half
-?? share of the sale price for the L'ity-County owned property at Second and Orange Streets,
? Upon motion of hir. Davis, seconded by Mr. Love, County bills No. 3589 to 3664 were approved for pa;/uient.
The ;neeting then adjourned. -
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` Wilmington, N. C., June 1, 1953.
The regular weekly meeting of the Board was,held this day at 10:00 o'cloclc A.M.
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Present: R. T. HorLon, Chairman a n3 Comuissioners Claud O'Shicl3s, Thurston C. Davis, Hal J. In ve, Rxiford
Traslc and County Attorney Marsden Bellarqy, -
Copies of the minutes oP the meeting of May 26, 1953, having been previously maited to each menber of the
Boar3, the same were upon notion of I?s. Love, seconded by Mr. Davis, approved. • •
The Chairman tol:i the Board that the person who has been doing DDT 3usting work is out sick and when he re-
turns will find out the cost etc., for dusting the mosquito breeding places in the County.
The Chairman reported on an inspection o£ drainage with 1vs. An3rews in the area north end of State Ports and •
? Sunset Park. Foun3 that the drain is fille9 up with a vegetable growth. Mr. An:irews will furnish a surveyors
plate of the area, and that hand ditchir.g can take care o£ the situation. He also reported the culvert un- '• •
der the railroad bed was too high. ,
N,r. Horton announced the resiEnation of Mr. IiirUy Daniels, Superinten3ent o£ the County Home to become effective'
? July l2 1953, account of the ba.d health of his iai£e, having su££ex-eci a hesrt attaclc, finds it necessary to move
? her to a quieter place. Nr. Daniels who has been in the County's emplo;? for forty-one ycars is eligible for
? maximum xetirenent benefits which uas re£erred to the County Auditar to put into effect upon his retirerient.
? c N,r. Farl W. Brown requested that he be allokred one taeeks pay in lieu of vacation. He was a former ernploye o£
Neia lIanover County at the Stadium and later at the County's Oak Grove Cemetery on an hourly basis December 15, ..
- Q 1951 to March 3rd, 1953, was upon motion of Mr. Traslt, seconded by Mr.. Love, granted three days pay in lieu o£
vacation for period worked January, February an3 Iriarch 1953.
? Letters were received from Senators Willis S7nith and Clyde R. Hoey in repJ,y to our letter to the IIureau of 3Car3s
.? p? and Docks, Washington, D. C., concernir.g the County-P7avy B1ue?Lhenthal Airport agree;nent} advising that officials
--G`1-, in the Navy Department as well as the CAA had advised that word has been given to proceed with the acquisition
of the required lan3 for this project, which was delayed on account of t?ie temporary freeze which was placed
upon military co,istruction in February 1953., mi?is restriction has bcen lifted and negotia'tions will continue .,
for acquisition of the fielfi. '
Upon motion of Mr, 0'Shields, secon3ed by b;r. Love, the Boar3 approve3 the execution of a contract between the
? United States Department of Justice, Judicial District Eastern 1Vorth Carolir:a, Immigration District #5J an3 the -•
County oF New Hanover for the safe keep'ng, 'care and subsistence of prisoners and of persons detained as aliens
un3er authority of any IInited States Staute in the New Hanover County Jail, at the rate' of $1.00 per 3ay per
person for a period not to exceed three years £rom 14ay 16, 1953• An3, the Chairican of the Soard of County Com-
missioners and the Sheriff oF New iianover County were authorized to sign the same in the na.me of the County.
Notice of foi-mal hearing on aj,peal of Sophie Holmes Alfor3, Nora Alfor3' Carroll an3 Idella Ilxtch Sessoms in
the matter of OM and APTD assistance, in the offi.ce of the Idevr Hanover County Department of Public Welfare
June /+, 1953, was received £roa whe State Board of Allotments and Appeal,
i, A request of A1r. ESerett J. H31e, Co-Chairman o£ the American Legion Junior Baseball Comnittee, for the use
of Legion Stadium for Jtmior Baseball g¢mes June 13, 17) 24 and Ju1y 1, 6, and g, was upon motion of Mr. Davis,.
? seconded by b4r. Love, granted.
Mr. Hal J. Love moved that the following resolution be adopted:
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners desires to sell at this time $1,000,000 School Building Bon3s ^
pursuant to the bond order entitled "Bond Order authorizing the issuance of $?,993,000 School Bonds of the .
County of New Hanover"' adopted bp the Doar3 of Comraissiuners on April 7, 1952; NO[d, THEREFORE,
SE IT RSSOLVi:D by the Board of Comnia,sioners of the County of New Hanover, as follows:
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. Meeting'of June 1, 1953 - Continued
(1) School Buil3ing Bon3s of the County of ldew Hanpver of the aggregate principal amoiu7t of
$1,000,000, authorized by said bond order, shall be issued as soon as may be practicable an3 said bonds
. shall be mmbered from 1 to 1,000, inclusice, and shall be payable in annual installments on June 1 in
each year as follows, viz.: $33,000 in the year 1955, $27,000 in the year 1956, P-0,000 in each of the
years 1959 to 1962, inclusive, $30,000 in each oi the years 1963 to 1965, ,inclusive, $25,000 in each of
the years 1966 to 1969, inclusive, $50,000 in each of tho years 1970 to 1981, inclusive, and $30,000 in
the year 1982. Fach oi sai3 bon35 shall bear the designation "Series B". ' -
(2) The Local Govern-aent Commission of North Carolina is hereUy'requested to sell said Series
"B" Bonds in the manner prescribe3 by the Local Government Act oi north Carolina, and to state in the
notiee of the sale of said boni?s given pursuant to Section 17 of said Act, that bidders msy name one rate
of interest for part of tne bouds and another rate or rates for the balance of the bonfls. The bonds shall
bear interest at such rate or rates as may be iiamed in the propcsal to purchnse the bor,ds which shall be
accepted by said Local Government Commission in accordance with said Ac'c.
(3) The Chairman and the G1erk of the Board of Commissioners are hereby authorized an3 directed
to cause the oonds to be prepaxed and, when they shall have been duly sold by said Local Government Com-
mission, to execute the bonds and to turn the boi;ds over to the State Treasurer o£ North Carolina, for de-
livery to the purchaser or purchasers to whom they may be sold by said Cor,uaission.
'' '• Mr. Thurston C. Davis seconded the motion, and the motion was a3opted by the £ollowing vote:
' P4yes: R. T. Horton, Claud 0'Shields, 'Yhurston C. Davis, Hal J. Love ani Riifor3 Trask.
Nays: None. _Cp The Chairman called attention to the meeting of the Stste Asoociation of County Commissioners at Asheville
June 21-2/+ and urged that all members of the Board who can find it convenient to attend the meeting.
A request for an abate,^ient of taxes on a valua.tion of $2,600.00 house assessment charged in error against .
? l,qx Lloyd M. Smith on lots 12/13 Siuruner Hill for the year 1952, t•ras referred to the Chairman £or checlcing and
with power to act.
i?vwLIDiscussion of the audit re; cr t of the bool:s and r ecords of the County taas £urther postponed to a subsequent
meeting.
Upon motion of Air. Davis, secondsd by hlr. G'Shields, the Board authorized the payment o£ $60.00 to the
State Hospital at Ralei?;h for thirty days tre2tment for Patricia Gillil;en i.iml?ll? Inebriate? on order o£
the Clerl: of the Superior Court.
?Upon Motion of Hr. 0'Shields, seconde3 by 1,4r, Davis, the Board approvPd a petition of eight property own-
? ers for improvements to a road knovm as the Southcrlan3-Yoonce Road in Harnett ToVmship, by straiEhtening,
grading, drainingtand surfacing the szune with clay, and referred the same to the State IIighway and Fublic
Works Comr.ission for its cor.sideration.
^ __011?(,_No objections were indicated by tYie Board to the applications of t he folloiair,g persons £or a State Permit
to se11 beer at Lhe locations shoim belota:
" Wm. H. Batson, 20 Carolina Beach Avenue, Carolina iseach; Herbert W. & R. B. Cannady, "Cannady's Grill",
#6, i•:aulding Euilding, BoardtaalY, Carolina Bench; L. J. Sellers, "Droadi;ay Fooa Store", 1021 Dawson Street;
_ GeoPge_hi. Tsaganos, 713 Castle Street.
A report iaas received £rom the State Board o£ Fublic 4lel£are shoiaing that y66,670.00 vias sent to this County
-?for the month of ApriJ_ £or OAA, ADC,.APTD grants and for administration.
"-?-ktlhWT report of the•Veterans' Service Officer, and report of Airport Gasoline Sales £or D9ay 28, were received
/atoand fileil. .
No objectier:s were raised by the Board to the application of r;r.lmos Farrell to the United States District
,?• -PjQiYoEligineer, for a pertit to construct a pic:r in the north side of the basin forned by the rock dam at Federal
Point. ,
A notice was received from the United St:ztes District Ekigineer that Mr. U. L. Spence, Jr., Trustee, has ma3e
application fo* a Feinait to dredge a canal 200 feet wide, 15 feet deep at mean lo?a water and approximately
?Wa?e000 feet long rur.ning northiaesterly ard then southwesterly from the Lagoon at the northern en3 of 'rJrights-
vi11e Beach. The sar,ie was not approved Uy the Board an3 t ablcd for furtner investigation.
?-.4e4AA complaint concerning garbage made by Miss &lice C. ICimbal"1 was referred to the Health Department,
A copy of a letter written to the E9itor oi the WiLmington Star-News was received from 17r. John L. Norrist
Vice President of Plational Airlines stating that in axecer.t edition of the Wilmington Star-Nevrs, there ap-
, peared an editorial, stating in part, "Plational l:irliiies iaill not be able to furnish be{:ter service to Wil-
f mington*this year", and in the secoi:d paragraph, it is stated "i;hat I so,in£ormed the Chamber of Comnerce
?C1S Aviation Coruaittee ar_3 the Chairman of the Cowity Commissioners on the occasion of ny recent coi7ference with
that group". He said he has no recollection o£ ha-ving made such a statement, feelirg that the mist;nder-
-_ standing accrued from an incorrect interpretation of his remarks cor.cerning the delivery of certain new air-
cra£t and not feasibJ.e to furnish additional service at this time and thflt thei.r schedule,affecting Wilming-
ton taill be improved just as soon as eoi;ditions wi11 perrnit. ,
• Instrcctions yrere given to notify Mx. H. M. Rolan3, Secretary of the R'ew Iianover Cowity ABC Composite Control
,p?? Board, irhich is composed o£ the Cowity Co,^.unissior.ers, Eoard of Eiucation an3 Consolidated Board of Health,
-'-?t'???`?to call a special meeting o£ the Composite Control Board for N,onuay, Junc Sth at 10:60 o'clock A,AI,, request-
ed by the Chairman. .
The Chairr.!an announced thut thanks t•riil be of£icially extendad to the Boys Brigade boys for benches built by
them for the T. B. Hospital, at 3:30 P.i:.', Tu.esday June 2, 1953, at the Hospi'Cai. -
Upon motion of i;r. Davis, seconda3 by Mr. Love, the Board went on record with an e;cpression of appreciation
?v?kS and thanl:s for the £ine anx much nee3ed services rendered by the County Uolunteer Fire Departments, Paper
Company, and Officers an3 pcrsonnel from Camu Lejeune and others, in £ighting the forest fire in rlasonboro
Tot•mship last week-end.
The Chairman announced that the Board of Commissioners rrill noVr sit as the Board of Tqualization and Re-
_,?„?qi?l?1Z-vieia to hear coi:plaints on assessments o£ real estate inzecordance iaith the law and took a recess as such
(i Board until 10:00 A.N,., PQonday, June Sth, 1953.
The Commissioners thci: held an informal discussion of matters pertaining t.o the anticipated re-negotiation
of the airport agreement between the County and Navy. Things discussed included provision for apron space
f?tF'f and hangar lahich appeared most important for civilian use' CAA toti•;er control9 Airspace Coranittee in connec-
tion with handling civilian flying, closing of E-4! runwaf except in case of emergency, etc., after 4thich a
recess was taken to meet with representatives o£ the IQavy at 2:30 P.i:, this afternoon.
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WiJmingtonj N. C., June 1. 1953.
Pursvant to recess taken at 11:45 i:his mornirg the Board met at 2:30 P.M,, with representatives of the
??? Navy to give further consideration to the progosed agreement concerning usage, control, maintenance and
occupancy of a portion of the airport by the Navy which has been pendi.ng for several months.
County Commissioners present: R. T. Herton, Chairman an3 Commissi.oriers CTaud 0'Shields, Thurston C. Davis,
Hal J. Love, Raiford Trask and County Attorney Marsden Bellamy. '. _
Navy Representatives present: Col. Z. V. Hopkins, Ylashington, D. C., Lt. Co1. L. S. Reeve, Cherry Foint; ?
Major B. G. Martin, Cherry Point; Commander L. C. Lord, Bureau o£ Aeronautics, Washington, D. C.; J. 0.
Frye, Civilian A3ministrative Officer, Cherry Point; E. E. Beaty, Mar.ager Heal Ns,tate Office 6th Naval
Base, Charleston, S. C.; and W. P. Tienck_en, Bureau o£ Yar3s and Docks, idashington, D. C., and others.
Mr, W. F. Tienclcen, Civilian Representative Yards and Docks, Washington, D. C., presented the new agree-
?ment together with a map of the airport property attached showing the area to be occupied by the Navy
and the portion left for County use. The proposea agreement was read by Mr. Tieneken and discussed in
?Q detail, and a£ter certain changes to be raade in the agreement were agreed upon, the Chairman was upon
motion of Nir. Trask, seconded by Mr. Davis, authos•ized, empowered arii dix-ecte3 to sign the said eontract
with the Navy covering the airport after the changes have been made and approved by the,County Attorney
and the Chairman. And, £urther, that the 120 3ay option granted the Navy to execute tho contract, which
time expired October 27, 1952, is hereby extended to July 29, 1953.
? In the discussion, it taas brought out that the Navy will permit Commercial and Cia?ilian use of the field
with planes equipped with two-iray ra3io, but no field practice flying will be permitted, The County will
have inEress and egress over the E-W runway and the portion outsi3e the County's area will not be removed
but will be maintained as a, taxaway, together with the Butler Hangar will. be turned over to the County for
use in connection with its proposed terminal £acilities. }
The contract iaas then tuxned over to Mr. E. E. Beaty and Nir. W. P. Tiencken who will meet with the Chair-
man and the County Attorney to insert the changes in the contract agreed upon preparatory to the execu- ?
tion of the agreenent try the County tomorroia morning at 11:00 o'clock. - '
The meeting•then adjourned. '
Clerk.
? Wilmington, N. C.? June.8, 1953. '
The regular weekly meeting of the Board v;as held at 10:00 o'clock A.M.-'
Present: R. T. Norton, Chairman and Commissioners Clau3 O'Shields, Thur:,ton C. Davis, Hal J. Love, Raiford ,.,
Trask and County Attorney Marsden Bellamy. V?.
The meeting was opene3 with prayer by the Reverend Fdwin E. Kirton, Pastor of St. Marks Episcopal Church,
colored. • ,,+.,, . '
Copi.es of the minutes of ineeting o£ June 1, 1953, having previously been furnished each memUer of the Board, ?
the sane were upon motion of Mr. Love, secon3ed by Mr. 0'Shields, approved ?
The following petitionf for improvetients to two roacis in Hariiett Township, prepared on Stdte form R,10- vrere
presented by idrs, L. D. Ga3dy, and upon motion of N,r. Lwe, secon3ed by Mr. Davis, were approved and referred
to the State Highrray a nd Public Worl:s Commission for consi3eration: '
1, A petition of 50 property ormers asking for har3surfacing a roadway 1100 £eet in length, leading from
US-74/76 (opposite Dixie Pig Ido.2 on the Wrightsville Beach Highway), to Seagate Cemetery.
2. 17 properiy otmers requesting hardsurfacing Vann Avenue in Seagate, 1200 feet irt length, which runs
£rom Greenville Avenue to Bradley Creek.
Bi3s for the purchase of a Boolsnobile body and chassis were received as aavertised £rora Clpe Fear h;otor
Sales, Gerstenslager Company, and on Chassis only from the Raney-Chevrolet Compar?y, After careful study
of the bida, it was•found that the Eaker-Boyerton Bo3y met every speci£ication and that it woulcl be to the
best interest of the County to purchase the same, therefore i:he bid of the Cape Fear Dlotor Sales wds upon
motion of Mr. Davis, secerded by Mr. Trask, accepte3 and the contract,awarded to them to furnish'" A model
1,7-12 Baker-Boyerton Aoolanobile l3ody mounted on,a Ford P-500 Parcel Delivery Chassis, Gross we9.ght 11,500
pounas, equipped with (6) 700 x 18-8ply tires, single front and dual rear, 3 speod Heavy Duty Transmission
with steering Column Gear Shift (Chevrolet Chassis couli not meet this specification). Complete unit to
be painted inside an3 outside in one color and lettered to specifications, for the sum of $4,449.49 plus
014.90 for Tinted Glass an3 $43.81 for Vacuum Booster Power Brakes, making a total of $4,50E3.20, payment
for which will b e made upon delivery of the sai3 unit in Wilmington inaccoraance with the specifications,
Dr. C. B. Davis, County Health Officer, Dr. J. N. Needhvr., City-County Veterinarian, Jas. R. Benson, City
D'fanager and Dr. M. P. Hines, State Veterinarian were present and a joint discussion of the dog cont.rol sit-
uation was had. Dr. M. P. Hines talke3 at length eatplaining the Dog Warden Law an3 the establishment of
a dog poun3 and the appointment of a Dog Warden to:pick-up sl:ray.dogs, to supe'rvise'the pound and follow=up
on dog bites with the view of,holding rabies to a r,!inirLum, expense to be raid out of the dog tax so Sar as
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--?'? it will go. It was pointed out that the salary of a warden wov13 be from $200.00 to $2-50,00 per fioryth,
plus mileage and cost and maintenance of a dog truck.' The pr•ogram could be operated un3er either the State
Rabies or pog Warden Iaw. The question of City-County cooperation was discussed and Mr. Benson said he alas
sol3 on the yrogram and felt it should be City-County wide, but did not feel the City's new dog pound would
be adeguate to meet the needs o£ both City an3 County, but the Citp stan3s ready to cooperate and rrould 30
the best they can. The Commissioners appreciated the importance of ineeting the situation of control and
took i:he matter under consideration for further study.
A letter was recei-ved from Capt, S. P. Zola, District PuUlic Works OfficerJ Sixth Naval BaEp, Charleston, S.
C., advising that inaccor3ance with agreement at meeting of June 1, 19537 the Navy proposed to move the _
Butler hangar from its present location at the airport and erect it on any new site, runxay or parking
apron to be selected by the County in the east terminal area. cy- , The Chairman reported execution of the agreanent wiLh the Navy covering 1;he airport as authorized and 3irect-
- ?? ed at meeting o£ June 1, 1953, which was upon motion of Mr. Trask,seconded by Mr. Davis, approve3.
_ n The resignation of tfs?. Harry E. Fales as Officer in Charge of the Bureau of Identification who is retiring
?Qeop on account of his health as of June 30, 1953, was received and referred to the City Council to report baclc
its reco^unendaticns and action to this Boar3.
A copy of the resignation of Mr. C. F. Smith as County Auditor of New Hanover County, effective not later
than June 30, 1953, addressed to the Honorable John J. Burney, Resident Judge of the gth Judicial District,
vras presented by the Chairman.
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