1953-12-28 Regular Meetingr.
476 Meeting of December 21, 1953 - Continued - ,
At this point Mr. Trask asked that he land owners be requested to back-fire their lands under the supervision `
of Mr. L. E. Sullivan, County Forest Fire Warden during Dec(mber, January and part of February, to prutect
-? the forests from destruction by fire during the dry spring months iahen sap is in the trees.
A report was received from Mr „ V, W. Herlevich on the completion of his wark covering a timber cruise of a
portion of the County, showing:
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36,910 Acres Cruised Pine Timber 122237 MBF Hardwood 1,659 MBF
. Pine Cordtaood . 33,686 Cords Hardwood 2,718 Cords
Mr. Herlevich also submitted his bill for the above service in the amount of $736.00. '
The Chairman asked who do we want to include in our Ti.mber contract appraisal program to meet the expense
?dfor Forest Fire Control. +
bir. tdarsden Bellamy, County Attorney, raised the question to the effect, if a separate v,alue should be placed
?Vt on the standing timber, should we not take off of the land value, an amount equal to the assessment we add to
the timUer.
The question of anticipated receipts from additional values to be placed on timber was,discussed, and it ap-
pearing that it would not produce enough to justify the expense for continuing Forest Fire Protection) which -
is zt-up in the current budget at $6,160.00. It was therefore upon motion of Nir. O'Shields, seconded by Na•,
Trask and carried that the State-County Forest Fire Control program be discontinued at the end of this fiscal
year, June 30, 1954.
Upon motion of Mr. Love, seconded by Mr. Dsvis, authority was given to purchase large scale Aerial Maps, Mas- '
_ ? ter Sheets, Small Cards and so forth, of our farm lands and city areas for assessrr.ent purposes, from the United ?
States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. ..
?Letters of thanks and appreciation were received from State Training Schools and Institutions, for the Christ-
_ S mas Fund contributions received from this County.
No objections were raised by the Board to the United States District Ehgineer granting a permit to G. W. Proctor '
-and Gladys B. Proctor, and C. L. Williamson, Jr., to construct a dike and fill in front of their property on
Atlantic Intracoastal Watcrway at Niddle Sound, approximately 500 feet south of light No. 122.
A Communication was received from the Neia Hanover County Fire 7nspection Committee, approving the payments to
the following Rural Volunteer Fire Departments for November as per oontract: i
` Castle Hayne V.F.D. for Tra.iler $15.00 --Ogden V.F.D. for Truck $50.00
? Seagate " 15.00 --Winter Park Truck & Trailer65.00
?-Wrightsboro Trixek & Trailer 65.00
The Committee also reported that Castle Hayne and N{yrtle Grove Sound Departments have,completed their Fire
Trucks, and put same in service as of December 1, 1953. •
Upon motion, the Wilmingi;on Chapter, American Re3 Cross, was granted the use of the old hangar at the Air-
-\port for the storage of supplies needed in case of a disaster from tornado or otherwise that should strike
_Q here, requested by Mr. L. C. LeGwin, Jr,, Chairman of the Sub-Committee on purchase and supplies, for an in-
definite period of time or until such time the Navy demands t?,e use of the same.
/Reports for Novernber were received from the following and ordered filed:
Community Hospita.l - Board of Health - James Walker Aospital
Housing Authority of the City of Wilmington
State Board of Public Welfare, Division o£ Institutional and
Protective Service covering the County Home -
Airport report on sale of aviation gasoline and N,iscellaneous rents. '
Mr. Mars3en Bellarry our County Attorney :or 41 years having given notice of his intention to resign at meeting
v? of December 7, to become effective January l, 1954, was asked by the Chairman to re-consider the matter, but
C not being so inclined, the Chairman then presented two (2) applicntions for the position, to-wit: Mr. John
Bright Hill and Mr. Cicero P. Yow. The foregoing matter was discussed in caucus by the Board, and upon motion
of Mr. Davis, seconded by Mr. Trask, Mr. Cicero P. Yow was appointed County Attorney to succeed Mr. Ntarsden
Bellazqy, retired, at the same salary paid to Mr. Bellamy, by unanimous vote of the Board,
'N\r- Upnn motion of Mr. Davis, seconded by Mr. 0'Shiel3s, County bills Ido. 16/+L, to 1670 were approved for payment.
The m eting then adjourne3. +
Clerk. .
? 4lilmington, N. C., Deceraber 28, 1953. ?
The regular weekly meeting o£ the Board was he13 this day at 10:00 o'clock A.M.
Present: R. T. Horton, Chairman and Commissioners Claud O'Shields, Thurston C. Davis, Hal J. Love, Raiford
? Trask, County Attorney Marsden Bellatqy, County Auditor T. D. Love and Cicero P. Yow, County Attorney Appointee,
-C who will assume the duties of his office January 1, 1954.
The meeting was opened with prayer by the Reverend J. S. Crowley, Retired Presbyterian Minister.
The following resolution in recognition and appreciation.of the loyal, faithful and valuaUle services renderec,'
- e this Board and County by Nr. Narsden Bellarqy, the retiring County Attorney, was rettd by the Chairman and iui-
animously adopted: ,
I
WHERF.AS, after forty-one (41) years of' service, Mr, isarsden Be11amy, Sr., has seen fit to voluntary
retire from further duties as County Attorney o£ New Hanover County, on January 1, 10,54, to enable him to devote
more o£ his time to his private practice and busi-ness affiliations, and
, WHEREFLS, with his retirement from the responsible position of Attorney for New ?ianover County, there
comes to an end a real epoch in the historical annals of our community, and •
WHEREAS, for forty-one years he has guided succeeding Hoards of County Commissioners wisely and safe-
ly thru many perplexing legal shoals and channels, and
WHER.EkS, the recognized and accepted fact that n`ev! Hanover County has been one of the best and most
conservatively managed in our State, is due, in large measure, to I4r. Bellattyts unswerving integrity and £idel- ity to his office, his comprehensice 1mowledge of the Iaw, his business ability and wisdom in advising Board
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' members the proper course to follow, his unusual lnowledge of the historical economic, social and business back
ground of the Community, and to his understanding and sympathetic ability to appreciate the problems of the aver-
age citizen.
THEREFORE, we recognize in his retiring, the loss of a valued County Attorney and Counseller of the County Com-
missioners, and we resort to the Scriptures for a phrase which fits hir. Bellamy's connection over many years, in
?useful and deserved measure, with the guidance of this County, that it can we11 be said of him
"bJell done, thou good and faithful servant."
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. Bellamy expressed his thanks and appreciation for the confidence and honors shown him by this and former
Boards of County Commis sioners, over the years, and assured the Comr,iissioners and iMr. Yola, his successor, he will
- gladly render them ar?y assistance he can in the future. '
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? Nirs. Mankie. Hodges, 114 South 3rd Street, appeared to compl.ain of the $15,150.00 assessment on her home, stating
the assessment should not be more than $10,000.00. She was instructed to file a formal complaint on form provid-
ed for that purpose for consideration and`investigation by the Board of Fqualizhtion and Reviewt or for immeaiate
attention in case of error.
e?C The annual report o£ Mr. Foster Edwards, C1erk of the Superior CourtJ of public funds in his han3s as o£ Decem-
ber l, 1953, was received and upon motion was referred to a Committee of the Board £or checking and approval, and
a copy of the same ordered published, and the original filed with the Register of Deeds as the Law directs.
.?Upon i.;otion of Mr. Trask, seconded by Mr. Iove, a request of Mr. James C. Fox, Manager an3 Vice President of the
Dillard Paper Comp2ny for an adjustmer_t of the 1953 taxes on a basis of 50% of the true value of inventory, same
' as allowed others, which was listed by his £iz^n at 85% of its true value reported to the State, was granted on ac-
pount of error, and an abatement of taxes on the adjusted difference was ordered.
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? With reference to the James Walker Hospital Bond Issue, which has been proposed by its Board of Nanagers; Mr: .
S. B. 5himp, 309 South 46th Street, appeared to ask by what legal authority does the County have to subsidize '
a private institution. The County Attorney advised him that was up to a vote of the people to make it legal as ?
provided by Lew, after the property would first become publi.c property by transfer of title to the County,
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Upon motion of Mr. 0'Shields, secor.ded by Mr. Davis, absitement of tar.es on all City-County owned tax foreclosure
property, was ordered, so the new owners to whom such property is or riay be sold, will not be ch:rged with taxes
for the time the City-County rrere the owners, and future abatement of taxes on parcels of land so acquired by the
` County in the future.
?GUpon motion of Mr. Love, seconded by Mr. Davis, a petition of 23 property owners petitioning the Board to request
the State Highway an3 Public Works Commission to take over as a part of the Cotu3ty Highway System for paving and
maintenance, a rozd in Harnett To•vrnship, known as Lullwater Drive which zUns from northeastern intersection of
Lullwater Drive an3 Greenway Avenue to the northwestern intersection o£ Lullwater Drive an3 Greenway Avenue, as
shovm on plat at±ached, was approved and referred to the State Highway anU Riblic Works Commission for its con-
.?siaderation.
? Upon motion of Mr. Davis, sen nded•by Mr. Love, the Board approved the sale of City-County oianed SWf.,Lot 2, in
Block lg to John S. Campfield £or $900.00, subject to City approval, and the Chairman and the Clerk of the Board
are hereby authori2ed and directe3 to sign a deed conveying•the same in the name of the Courty upon payment of
the purchase price. •
?w ?The foilowing good and lawful persons were drawn to serve as•jurors in the Superior Court for the trial of Crim-
inal Cases £or the one-week term beginning January 11, 1954:
Z. V. Hodges, 109 S. 15th St. E. H. Bugg, Wilmington Hotel George A. Cairne, 710 S. 5th Street
H. M. Britt, 332 Castle Hayne Rd. Davis G. Riley. 12 Cape Fear Apts. 0. T..Cairnes, QOQ Sunset Avenue `
. Wm. T. Spragens, 1727 Carolina Ave. J. S. Hinson, 2251 Mimosa Place Henry L. Mahony,Jr.; 2824 Adams St.
° Chas. C, Baggett, 1019 Y1ooJ.coot Ave. Chas. A. Peschau, Rte 1. Box 197 S. W. Blanchard, 2006 Perry 9venue
Leslie E. Register, 619 S. Front St Odwin F. Cain, 26 Ivey Circle Jonathan D. Stanford, 2905 T'1e.rket St.
W. A. Penny, Jr., 2210 Princess St.Rd. M. H. Pegram, 1303 S. 3rd St. Willie E. Hollemon 710 Colwell Ave,
Hughay A. Pearsall, 2729 Harrison St. H. F. Pau1, 2719 Jackson St. Edmund B. York, 2526 Washington St.
G. A. Perrett, 622 Colwell Ave. W. F. Perkir.•s, 801 Central Blvd. D. L. Pate.Sr., 142 Colonial Uillage
J. J. Johnson, 213 Casble St. Walter D. Woodcock, 603 Chestnut St.Wm. M. Ingram, 472 S. 18th St.
W. H. Alexander, Rte 1 W. G. James, 2002 Market St. Howard 0. James, 209 Adams St.
Nora L. Parrish, 106 Castle St. B. F. 04fens, Rte 1 R. C. Parrott, 1717 Orange St.
Elzgene Bing, 1308 N. lOth St. J. W. R.od.erick, 1202 S. 15th St. John Owen Railey, 10-W Lake Village
James D. Orrell Jr., Rte 2-Eox 123 C. S. 5anderson, 2922 Park Ave. E. P. C.inningham Sr.,401 S. 4th St.
. • H. T. Sanderson, 2718 Van Buren St. S. W. Sanders, Jr.,19 garnard Dr. Jsmes M. Wood, 407 Walnut St.
R. G. Callier, 304 Sunset Drive Andrew L. Jo}inson, 113 BrooY.wood Ave, W. F. Quinlivan, 12 W. Community Dr.
W. S. Arthurs, 316 Castle Heyne Rd. Roy W. Harts, 909 S. Front St. Thomas Hunter, 2803 Columbia Ave.
' W. H. Land, 2307 Princess St. R. F. Shipman, 21 Hudson Driue
An invitation was extended the Commissioners to be present at the SPA Docks at noon today, to witness the arrival
of the SS Cnosa, with a cargo of Douglas Fir Lumber from Vancouver, B. C., for the Tabor City Lumber Company,
wl-,ich is tkie £irst cargo of foreign lumber received at the State Ports Authority docks.
The meeting then xljourned.
? if. X-e .. 'r.- Clerk.
? Wi]mington, N. C., January 11, 1954•
The :egular weekly meeting of the Hoard was held this day at 10:00 o'clock A.t4.,
Present; R. T. Horton, Chairman and Commissioners Claud 0'Shields, Thurston C. Davis, Hal J. Love, Raiford
Trask and County Attorney Cicero P. Y041.
The meeti.ng was opened with prayer by the Reverend Guy i4oore, Pastor of Southside Baptist Church.
• Mr. J. R. Hollis, Welfare Officer, appeared to report on the helpful assistance and need o£ an Assistant Dis-
trict Solicitor to assist his Departnent to handle warrants in cases of non-support and abandonments under the
' reciprocal agreement law, an3 urged that a successor be appointed to £ill the position made vacant by the res-
ignation of Mr. John J. t3urney, Jr., who resigned toaccept the appointment as District Solicitor. Mr. Burney,
the first Assistant District Attorney for this County, was present an3 told the Board when he took the position
there were 200 cases on the docket for trial in the Superior Court, that Mr. Clifton Moore, the then District
Solicitor, didn't have the ti.me to devote to the preparation o£ the cases to clear the docket, that he as his
Assistant, prepared•the cases £or trial and kept the docket cleaned up which greatly increased the efficiency
'. . and economy in the administration of justice, and called attention to the services rendered in the prompt hand-
{ ling of abandonment an3 non-support cases under the uniform reciprocal non-support law, and feel that the ser-
vices of an Assistant District Solicitor is important and necessary, and urged that the appointment be made.
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