1954-01-18 Regular Meeting479
Meeting of January 11, 1954 - Continued -
IIpon motion of Mr. Trask, seconded by Mr. Davis, Cowity bills No, 1871 to 2091 were approved for payment.
The meeting then adjourned.
rJ'h•, i(. yf _ ` .? ? Clerk.
Wilmington, N. C., January 18, 1954.
The regular weekly meeting of the Board was held this day at 10:00 o'clock A.141.
Present: R. T. Horton, Chairman and Commissioners Claud O'Shields, Thurston C. Davis, Hal J. Love, Raiford
Trask and County Auditor T. D. Love. ,
The meeting was opened with prayer by the Reverend Randolph L. Gregory, Pastor of the First Baptist Church.
Copies of the minutes o£ meetings of December 28, an3 January 11, having previously been mailed to each member
of the Board, the same were upon motion of Mr. Davis, seconded by Mr. Love, approved.
Upon motion, the appointment of an Assistant District Solicitor was postponed until next meeting at the request
of Mr. Sohn J. Burney, Jr., District Solicitor, to give him additional time to study the zpplications and make
his recommendation. Mr. O'Shields stating he is willing to put off the appointment until next meeting if Mr.
Burney will recommend one man.
Approximately twenty (20) persons appeared in the interest of continuing the operation of the John C. Wessell
Tuberculosis Sanatorium which was postponed last Monday for decision at this meeting. CongItissioner Davis' v//
asked i£ ar?y one grc:sent was opposed to the County continuing the operation of the Sanatorium. IJo objections ?v('s?p
were in3icated. Thereupon Mr. Davis moved an3 it was seconded by hir. Trask and unanimously carried, that the
County continue the John C. Wessell Tube'rculosis Sanatorium in a business-like way, under tne same high stand-
ard of operation with the same qualified staff, so long as it is feasible.
However, Mr, OV.Shields raised the question if the State should discontinue its aid, where wi].1 we get the sup- 1/
port to operate it. Mr. Horton advised that the Hosnit?.l was operating slightly over the Uudget appropriation. /1"v S?
Mr. Love L185 in full accord to continue the operation, but sai3 we should begin to lay some ground-work toward
securing authority to levy additional two-cent tax to meet the expense to?maintain it on efficient basis and
standard of operation, if needed.
D7r. R. M. Kernon, local Attorney, presented a communication from the Wilmington Lodge Loyal Order of Noose, a3vis,
ing the Lodge had gone on record as approving the retention of the Sanatorium, and urged the County Comniissioners
to use eves•y ef£ort possible to retain satne in its present status. Also, a siriilar letter was r eceived from ?
Dopies Pup Tent No. 13, Military Order of VF47. I4r. Oliver Carter representing the Optimist Club, extended ap-
preciations on behalf of the Club, for the Board's action an3 its unsnirnous support in continuing the opera-
tion of the Sanatorium.
At this poirit P4r. T. D. Love, County Au3itor, advised that he would have to ask for additional appropriation for
the Hospital operation. , I
Upon motion of 'Mr. Davis, seconded by Mr. Trask, Mr. Wm. G. Rnbertson, 2264 I4Ltnosa Place, was appointed a'me?ber
of the New Hanover County Civil Service Commission for a term of four (4) years to fill a vacancy occasioned by
the passing of Mr. Leonard L. Mills. ,
Mr. Horton as Tax 5upervisor, reported on taac\listing progress as of Saturday 16th as follows:
Harnett Township No. 1 641 ` Masonboro Township 257
" " No. 2 303 Federal Point ° 384 •
Cape Fear 488 Businesses 261
Wilmington 59117
Mr. Horton reported splendid listing for Saturday, and called attention to the dead-line for listing Junuary 30th, TXL?
after that time 10% penalty or a minimum of $1.00 will be added to taxes on all property not listed.
Mr. Horton again called attention to the City-County change over on the new set up of 2/3 responsibility by the
County and 113 by the City for expenses of the Board of Health and Community Hospital since division of ABC Fluzds
have been put on a 50/50% basis, and that funds heretofore paid to the City on the 2/3% basis be transferred ?'?i? ?
to the County to meet the proper proportionate share for employes' retirement. ?'-
Mr. Jas. E. L. Wade being present suggested a confcrence between the City and.County to adjust the matter, how-
ever, a previous action.of this Board referred the matter to the County Attorney to work out an adjustment of
the matter with the City. ?
Upon motion of hfr. O'Shields, seconded by Mr. Love, Ransome Henry Corbett, 78-year old Colored senile wheelchair
invalid with no place to go, tiras on recommendation of the County Welfare Officer, admitted to the County Home
as an imate.
Upon motion of Nir. Davis, seconded by P1r. O'Shields, payment of,a bill for $42,53 to the Supreme Court for one-
half of the cost in the case o£ State V. Walter Moore acquitted in Suprcrne Court on appeal from this County on a
charge of bastardy, was approved as provided by General Statutes 6-38.
-- Mr. R. L. Black, Register of Deeds, appeared to ask the Commissioners to maice an inspection of his basement vault ?
space with the view of moving the miscellanedus records, old tax lists and books not pertaining to his of£ice
and have them stored elsewhere to make room for his record books and equipment for the further enlargement of his
office vault space. The board agreed to look into the matter with him at the conclusion of the meeting.
Upon motion of iMr. Davis, seconded by Mr. Love, instructions were given to secure pernission from the Civil Aero- ?
nautics Administration to dispose of the following 3ilapidated busldings, on bids, or use the material that is Qry{/f,?(
usable, for repairing other buildings on the Airport. It appeared that the said Uuildings are beyond repair
and dangerous to any one who might walk in them, and are an eye-sore to the general publi.c and should be removed.
Building T- 393 Gymnasium Building T- 105 Base Operations
" T-::1103 -Parachute Storsge & Ytaintenance ° T- 102 Administrations
" T-1111 Squadron Headquarters " T- 117 Photo. Iab.
" T- 960 Administration Building " S- 106 Link Trainer Building
" T- 116 Crash Truck Shed
A communication was received from the State Department of Public Welfare advising that $55,441.25 was sent to S S?
this County for OAA, ADC, APTD and Administration for the month of November. ,
Upon motion of Idr. O'Shields, seconded by Mr. Davis, the Chairman was authorized to sign a form releasing The ),!5 ( .-
Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York, of liability under Bond No. 191434$ covering Mr. Charles F. Smith,
former County Auditor, as Treasurer of the Officers Relief Board of New Hanover County, of effective date of the
new Bond covering Mr. T. D. Love, his successor,
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0 J? Meeting of Janvary 1$, 1954 - Contirrued -
??6 Ido objections were raised by the Board to the United States District Shgineer granting a permit to Center Fish-
?i?' ing Pier Corporation, Carolina Beach, N. C., to m nstruct a fishing pier in the Atlantic Ocean at Wilmington
Beachl between North Carolina Avenue and Tennessee Avenue, 25 feet wide with a total length of 1,000 feet, ex-
tending seaward approximately 880 feet beyond the mean lotir water line.
47 A road report was received £rom the State Highway and Public Works Commission - Mr. C. Heide Trask, Commission-
, er Third Division, which is composed of Brunswick, Duplin, New Hanover, Onslow,Pender and 5ampson Counties,
showing 42.04 miles of road worlc and five bridges had been finished in this Division during the past month. In
New Ksnover County, State forces graded, drained and top soiled the following 24=foot wide roads and their lengths:
Near 1Jhiskey Creek, 2/3 miles; an3 near Beclcer's Supply Compaiy, 0/15mile. The 22-foot wide road
near Maffitt Village, was graded, drained an3 top soiled for 0.4 milo. The Flemington Road was,graded'and pav-
? ed 30 feet wide for 0.5 mile where it intersects Negro-Head Road. •
Airport receipts an3 disbursements for December 1953, and Airport receipts for January 5th and 12th. Wilming-
?ton Colored Library for Novemter, 1953. State Board d'Public Welfsre Division of Institutional and Protoctive
5ervice for December, were received and file3.
r jThe following good and lataful persons were 3rawn to serve as jurors in the Superior Court £or the trial of Civil
Cases for the February Civil Term of Court beginning February 1, 1954.
/ First Week:
D. L. Sewell, 1702 Chestnut St Robt. L. Shipman, 401 S. l,th St. L. E. Danford, 308 Sunset Avenue
Geo. L. Stearns, 293 Park Avenue Relman Hnbinson, Wrightsville Beach Patrick M. Hunt, 2015 Barnett Avenue
C. B. Bergen, 915 Country'Club B1vd.J. W. Harrington, 36 Jackson Drive N. H. 14usselwhite, Caroli.na Beach
H. N. Kendal, 105 Colonial Drive Herman L. Fowler, 105 Spofford T. H. Jef£ords, 2519 Washington St.
J. F. Cox, 610 Chestnut Street Walter A. Penny, 2010 Market Street J. E. Hearn, 1811 Grace Street
Sol Shain, 1403 Grace Street J. F. CraWford, 401 Central Blvd. R. H. Sneeden, 418 S. 4th Street
J. Robert Sneeden, RFD 3. John W. Hunter, Jr., 40 Iake Forest Mamie B. Hudson, 230 Forest Hi11 Dr.
T. R. Ames, Jr., Rte 3, Box 77 G. C. Gorman, Jr,, 1925 Klein Road William Ear.le Eagle, 150 Pincrest Pkwy. •
C. B. Sellers, Jr., ?l,OS Princess Place Dr.-James Henry Crocker, 81 Spofford Mi11s-Donald A. Gardner, 215 N. 18th St.
A. B. Blake, 127 Colonial Drive A. J. Starling, Sr., 707 S. 5th Street Robert Long; Rte 2- Box 192
Pearl F. Fonvidle, 2n3 & Princeas 5t.-K. B. Swain, 2225 Brandon Road W. E. LeNoyne, 158 Lake Forest Pki+y.
A. B. Sellers, 37 Woo3lawn Avenue-A. B. Garner, 405 N. 21st Street Bruce H. Hill, 121 Colonial Circle
Second Week:
F. J. Garner, 412 Chestnut Street-C. W. Blomme, 602 Central 31vd. Oran S. Hinton, Wrightsville Sound
Donald E. Becker, 208 No. Blv3. Annie Council, 2514 Wasnington Street Chas. H. Sidbury, 2021 Woolcott Avenue
W. H. Burgess, 1418 Castle Street-Louis Cle!nons, 213 S. 6th Street R. B. Covington, 408 Castle Street
Herman Roberts, 119 Graham Street-W. H. Best, 5 Wrightsville Avenue E. A. Jones, 23 no. 23rd Street
William G. Pridgen,303 N.C. Avenue-James B. Nngers, 137 Lake Forest C. L. Brinson; 307 S. 2nd Street
J. T. Lee, Jr,, 1926 S. Front St.-Ada F. Moore, 2811 Washington Street Thos. W. Letais, Rte 3- Box 1./a7
James F. Flowers, Rte 3- Box 107-J. D. Player, 9 Laurel Drive R. W. Austin, Rte 1, Box 144
Joseph A. Padrick, 2810 Washington St-Jos. W. Chinnis, 205 No. 46th St. B. Y. Flzssell; 32 Norningside Dr.
Z. U. PUrr, 2830 E. Community Dr.-Chas.J. Cunningham, 417 S. Front 5treet-Henry Sherman, 111 So. 5th Street
Roland B. Hocutt, 4 S. 16th 5t Carl H. Moore, 1917 Woolcott Avenue Ehaard Rivenbark, 2413 Nonroe Street
H. L. Britt, 218 Willard Street Pi, C. Shipman, 209 N. llth Street A. Wi llard, Rte 2 Box 62
W. F. Burns, 112 S. 16th Street Geo. C. Bradley, 112 Pinecrest Pkwy. John H. Phssell, 1805 Grace Street
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Upon motion of Nlr. Davie, seconded by N,r. O'Shields, County bills No. 2092 to 2 155 were approve.t for payment.
il. 7-4' . _ ? - Clerk. .
l/ Wilmin
/ gton, N. C. January 25, 1954.
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. Love, Raiford
Trask, Cicero P: Yow, County Attorney and T. ?. Love, County Auditor.
The meeting was opened with prayer by the Reverend Harman S. Winberry, Pastor of Wesley Memorial Methodist Church.
Copies o£ the minutes of ineeting•January 18, 1954, having previously been mailed to each member of the Board, the
same were upon motion of Mr. Davis, s econded by b';r. Love, approved. '
The County Corunissioriers stood by their action of Jarnzary 18, 1954, in not objecting to the United 5tates Dis-
itrict Engineer granting a permit to Center Pier Fishing Corporation to construct a fishir.g pier in the Atlantic
Ocean at Wilmington Beach, on opinion of the County Attorney that the County Board has no legal right to object
to the construction of the picr. No action was taken, however, twenty (20) or more persons were present, but
the only objection to the construction of the pier was receipt of a letter from Dr. Edwin N. Booker, a property
owner at Wilmington Beach, a resident o£ Selma, N. C. Mr. Glenn Ttrcker of Carolina Beach presented a letter
from the Wilmington Beach Investment Company, written to the District Engineer, stating that the Company has
gone on record favoring the permit for the construction of a£ishing pier as applied for by the Center Fishing
Pier Corporation, which it is believed will result in greater financial benefits to all property owners within
the area, and will attract more tourists to the fishing grounds of 14eU! Hanover County,
?Q A request of Dorothy Graham, 1413 Ann Street, Rosella Howell, 982 South lOth, and Frances Randall, 1108 Wooster
°?`Street, representing the Williston High School Eand BooSters Club, that an additional bus be made available to
i?? provide transportation for their band members to participate in a band clinic to be held at Greensboro and Ashe-
ville, as the number attending will be.too mar?y for one bus to carry. The request was received f'or investiga-
tion as to funds available in the aiverti'sing budget for this purpose.
An invitation was received from SElVCBA to attend their eighth annual Fishing Ftndeo Banquet, Thursday evening,
^ G? January 28, 1954, 7:00 P.1d.,.at Fergus' Ark. An invitation was also received from tir. H. A. Marks, President
of the Community Council to attend the annual meeting of Community Council Friday, January 28, at 8:00 P.Ai.,
in the Carolina Power and Light Assembl,y Hall. Dr. Ellen Winston will be the guest speaker.
? A letter of thanks and appreciation was received from Mr. H. C. Doclcery, County Attorney of Mecklenburg County
for having furnished him with an outline of the p m cedure followed in connection with our Charity Hospitalization.
A letter was received from Mr. Tom Lawther, Jr., Secretary of the Wilmington Civitan Club, advising that the
? Club at its meeting held January 13, 1954, went on record, unanimously, favoring the continued operation of John
? C. Wessell 1lxberculosis Sanatorium; as a worthy and essential project. .
Letters of inquiry were received from Hunnicutt & Associates oF St. Petersburg, Fla., and Mr, Joseph H. Quigley
of the Cole-Iayer-Trumble Company of Charlotte, N. C., concerning the proposed mapping program and re-valuation
of property. No action was taken.
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