1954-06-01 Regular Meetingr- 51b
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N paqtnent.
-?? A meeting of the Coimnissioners to co nsider the 1954-1955 County Budget was set for 7:00 P.M. Wednesday, ?
rtay 26.
The following good and lawful per,sons were drawn to serve as jurors in the Superior Court for the trial
?N of criminal cases for the one week term beginning 7th June 1954:
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A report of the Board of Health for April and report of Airport receipts for May 20th were received and filed.
County Drainage report for Neek ending May 15th: 900 yards ditched and 1050 yards shrubbed= Burnett,
Fackley, Rhodes and Westbrook ditches; and for Nay 22nd: 650 yards Rhodes, Rackley, Huffton, D;urray
and Hobbs ditches ditched and shrubbed. 5 men worked on pipe line at Winter Park Baptist Church and
9 men clearing Girl Scout Camp one day.
? Upon motion of Mr. 0'Shields, seconded l?y, t+lr. Trask, County bills No. 3495 to 3681 were approved for
W,M,Robinson, 2013 Pender Avenue. L.C.Bryant, 111 Bryan Ave. Wayne C.Campbell,lll Vance St.
C.N.Pridgen, 620 S. Qth St. E.E,Leonard, 308 S.3rd St. Mabel C. Cooper,33 Woodlawn Ave.
A,H.Yopp, 209 Princess St. G.H.Buffkin, 4315 Lake St. E.C.Biggs,Jr,, lOQ-B Williamson Dr
Julian R. Carmichael, Ct.P-21 Iake Forest.Makton V.Bennett,10 Swmnit Walk. R.J.Herring,Rt.l,Box 25.
E.O.Balkcum, 2107 Brandon Road. Linwood H.Lewis? 511 S. 3rd St. Sam H,Ingram,7 Wrightsville Ave.
Alex P. Kel7,y, 2931 Hydrangea Place. W.R.Brotim,Rt.3, Box 164. Benj.Daniels,1410 Dock St.
L,B.B1ake,Rt.1, Box 242, I(edar Bryan, Box 131 Gordon R.oad. T,F.Cartrette,206 Keaton Ave.
Walter K. Phelps, Car.25,Box 24. Miss Katherine J.McInnis, 215 Re3 Cross.Mrs.Jas.F.Litgen,2705 Chestnut St.
Richard W. Bel1,Rt.3, Box 420. W,M.Schneider, 1001 Fanning St. A.Qr,Avery,Box 221.
Mrs. Flizabeth H.Mourning, 606 N.Blvd. C.E,Ballard,402 S. 17th St. Jas.W.McIntire,408 S. 19th St.
May C. Murchison,315 S. 3rd St. L.K.Hardee, 14 Evana Ave. F.D.Shipp,19-N Take Village.
L.B.Maready, $ MacA'lil].an & Cameron. Thurman F. Bradshaw, 407 Vance St, id.E.Seagroves,417 N. 4th St.
R,W,Nichols, P.O.Box 183, Caz' Beach. K.W.Taylor,115 Victoria Drive. R,J.Johnson,518 Castle St.
H.O.Skipper, 105 Ann St. Oliver L. Benson,Rt.3, Box 111. J.R.Self,2914-A Adams St.
Perry Manning, 2945 Adams St. N.C.Rhodes,4200 Oleander llrive. Jno.W.Rook,Jr, 2 Jackson Drive.
L,J.Gornto, 14 I{enwood Ave. Thelma Daughtry,710 S. Lumi.na Ave. Warren A. Wood,2527 Harrison St.
Herbert G.Saunders, Rt.3. Box 426. D.L.Coleman, 158 Spofford Mills.
National Nemorial Day IvAy 302 1954, falling on Sunday and the seme being a legal holiday, County Offices were
P-/ therefore suthorized to observe I;onday, May 31, as a holiday in lieu thereof, in accordance with Personnel Ru].es
and Regulations a3opted by the Board April 13, 1953, end a recess was taken until 10:00 o'clock A,N,.,
7lxesday, June lst, 1954.
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Wilmington, N. C., June lT 1954.
Pursuant to recess taken May 24, 1954, the regular weekly meeting of the Board was held this day
at 10:00 o'clock A.N.
Present: R. T. Horton, Chairman and Commissioners Claud 0'Shields, Thurston C. Davis, Hal J. Love,
Raiford Trask, and Cicero P. Yow,'County Attorney and T.?.Love, County Auditor.
The meeting was opened with prayer by the Reverend Dr.E. D. Witherspoon,'Pastor of St.Andrews-Covenant
Presbyterian Church.
Copies of the minute's of ineeting of May 242 1954, having previously been mailed to each member of the Board,
the 8ame were u?on motion of hir. Davis, seconded by Mr. Love, approved.
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Upon motion of Mr. Trask, secom9ed try Mr. 0'Shields, the contract to purchase a 1954 Ford Tractor and six foot
side mounted movrer for the ai.rport, in accordance with required specifications, was awarded to Orrell Farm
Equipment Company-m their bid su'rmitted April 262 1954•
? With reference to the manner in which bids for the purchase for a tractor £or the airport was handled
?' following the action o£ the Board at meeting of April 26, 1954, T'r• 0'Shields expressed himself as feeling.
that no complications should arrise in the awarding of bids in the flzture. To keep down any complications,
" the wording of bids should be clear and thorough, and corrections, if any, be made before advertising.
The Chairman announced that Mr. and N,rs. Bryan Russ, former patients at Jokn C. Wessell 14iberculosis Sanatorium,
who'-were sent to the State Senatorium at McCain, and who left there without being discharged with the hope of
being re-admitted to our T.B.Hospital, were place3_in Black Mountain Sanatorium May 27, 1954.
A letter was received from hfrs.Rosalie P. Owens, Secretary of the Band Parents Club thanking the Board for
its help in making it possible for the Wilmington Junior Hi Band to get uniforms this year, which, she said
- ? they have really enjoyed .
Upon motion of Nr. Love, seconded by Mr. Trask, an appropriation of $100.00 was granted the.Florence Crittenton
Home, Charlotte, N. C. for shelter and care £or the "uxunarried mother-and her child" in consideration of
services rendored such mothers and children from this County in the said institution.
0 A draft of proposed amendments to Personnel Rules and Regulations for New Hanover County approved by the
q Board April 13, 1953, «as presente3 to the Commissioners for stucly by the Chairman, pending later action
-? on the same.
J,?t/ An invitation was received from the Idorth Carolina Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs and I'arm and Home Week,.
_ Cj6l for the entire Board members to attend a pageant, "Green a' Growing" at S:QO o'clock Thursday evening, June
? 10, 1954, at William Neal Reynolds Coliseum, State College,N.C.
A communication was received from the County Insurance Committee recommending extended coverage insurance 1
on all of the County Buildings, and advised that in accrodance with imsti'uctions have bound insurance
and/or additional insurance on the following buildings: N,ain Airport Terminal -$160,000.00, Control Tower
? $25,000.00, in the Home Insurance Company; New Section of Court House $100,000.00, Old Section of Court
House $50,000.00 in the Worcester N,utual Insurance Company. From the preliminary check they £elt that the
' contents of the Court House are grossly underinsured, and possibly,contents of some of the other buildings, •
and no coverage on caluable records. •_
? The Chairman advised that the two Companies (]?tual and Stock Companies ) have gotten together and the ._ -. 4
? r Committee taill suUmit their figures and £urther recommendations to the Board next week: -'
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Meeting of June 1, 1954 continued.
A letter was received from 14r. T. A. Early, Inspector o£ Correctional Institutions, complaining of the over-
crowded.co rrlitions of the Jail and no room and segregation facilities,for isolating three negro juveniles
confined in the jail axaiting trial by or3er of the Judge Presiding 14ay Criminal Term, Superior Court.
---? The Three negro boys, one aged 14 and two aged 15, referred to, were being held in jail temporary because of
the charge against them until :their cases could be reached. No one could reach a true picture of conditions
on one or first visit. At least a years study of the matter should be made. We 3on't have the funds to enlarge
the jail at this time or to provide other quarters than we have. The jail is approved by the Federal Authorities
and we are doing the best we can to meet requirements. Instructions were given to reply to his 3etter along the
lines herein given.
The Chairman announced final meeting and arrangeayents for the State Association of County Commissioners and
Ut,County Accountants at Wrightsville Beach August 15th through the 18th, and outlined the program which will be
maileci out first week in July. He told the Doard the Iadies Program will be a high light on this years program
and our Board has been ear-marked to handle it. The Governor will send four representatives to discuss the
Segregation question, school budget etc., and all will then assemtile to prepare recommendations to the Legislature.
Commissioners Horton, Davis and Trask were assigned the responsibility to provide necessary reservations for the
convention in addition to hotel rooms. Mr.'O'Shields will be Master of Ceremonies. Mr. Inve Rules and
Regulations. Mrs. I,ouise Love, tdrs. Horton and the wives of the CoTmnissioners will take care of the Ladies
Entertaimnent.
A letter was received from Mr. L.C.Amos, President of the State Association of County Commissioners advising he
had called I-1rs. Ellington of the Ocean Terrace Hotel for a reservation, an3 she was kind enough to accept them
even though she only had nine rooms not yet reserved and suggested that we set-up some reservation pool as early
' as possible in order that reservations coming in from all over the State may be properly handled.
?Upon motion of :r. Davis, seconded by Mr. Love, no objections were irr3icated by the Board to the Civil Aeronautics
, Administration renewing its lease for the use of the.Instr.ument Landing System Sites License at the Airport for
? period beginning with July 1,1954, and ending June 30, 1955, under the terms of its contract 1Vo. C2ca- 2333-A and
Supplement No. 1 thereto.
A letter was receive3 from Governor Wm.3.Umstead, advising that he has called a Civil Defense Conference to be
held in Ra.leigh, at the Sir Walter Hotel, at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday,June lOth and 'urged attendance of this
important meeting, believing it will be helpful and that it is necessary to further the development of a sound,
effective Civil Defense Program in North Carolina. '
A request of Ilir. William G. Sroadfoot,Jr., Chairman of Agrmcultural CoTmnittee Finance, £or an appropriation of
$1,000.00 to help finance the annual Junior Dairy Cattle Show and Fat Stock Show and other agriculture promotion
activities of the Committee, was received for consideration during the preparation of the budget,
A petition of eighteen property owners to pave Carlton Avenue in Cape Fear Township iahich runs from US 117 west
P_5 to connect with the southwest end of paved road, Newtons Iane, was upon motion of ",r. Davis, seconded by Mr.Love,
? approved and referred to the State Highway and Public Works Cormnission for consideration.
Mr. Trask raiseci the question that the petitioners were providing only a 50 foot right-of-t•ray, iahereas the State
required 60 feet, and did not believe the same would be approved by the State on that basis. In order to avoid
future controversy over that matter, Ns. O'Shields asked that we secure a ruling from the State Highway Commission
on that question.
A report of the Grand Jury fori;the May 1954 Criininal Term was received and filed.
Upon motion of Mr. Trask, seconded by Nir. Love, the Board, on order of the Court, suthorized the payment of
$250.00 each, for services rendered the Defendent by Attorneys David 5inclair and Elbert A. Brown, appointed by
the Honorable Clifton L. Moore, Residgnt Judge, to defend Luther Britton Rourk charged in two bills of indictment
of murder in the first degree. ?-
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Upon motion of Mr. Trask, seconded by Mr. Love, payment of ineal tickets for the jury trying Luke I in the
? V(?amount of $182.94 was approved by the Board on approval of the Clerk of the 5uperior Court.
The following notice was received from the District PuUlic Works Officer, Sixth Tdaval District, Charleston, S,C.,
Uand ordered filed:
" l. PuriDose. To advise addressees of the change in incumbent of the billit as District Public Works Officer,
Sixth Naval Aistrict.
2. Notice. Effective this date CDR P.Corradi, CEC, USN, assumed the duties of the District Public Worlcs Officer,
District Of£icer in charge of,Construction, Officer in charge of all NOy (R) and NOy (U) contracts
in the Sixth Naval District and such other.duties as may be assigned.
3, Cancellation. This notice is cancelled at such time as contents are note3 and for record pu.rposes 1 June 1954."
A report for If,ay was received from the Veterass ' Service Officer, and airport receipts for T;ay 2.1,, from the Airport
?1?p anager.
The following census report was received from the T.B.Hospital for week ending Msy 28th:
W17ite patients 10
tJegro " 16
26
Non-residents 1
. Vacant• beds 6
Male white 3, female white 3, male colored 0 female colored 0.
Discharge3: 0
Admitted: P'wy 21, 1954, Mr. Clint Wright '
• " 27, " James Finley ( had to use female colore3 private room)
A bill for $1.00 due the State Department of Lebor for operating certificate covering the Old Court House Boiler
was approved £or payment.
/An application to admit James D. Finley 316?4- S. 7th Street, Are 38, colored, to the North Carolina Sanatorium for the
treatment of tuberculosis, was received from Dr, C. B. Davis, County Health Officer.
, _,?'?>Upon motion of Mr. Davis, seconded by Mr. Inve, County bills No. 3682 to 3707 were approved for payment.
.•???A budget meeting was set by the Board for 7:00 P.M., Thursday,June 3, 1954.
µ The meeting then adjourned.
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y On April 10, 1925, Mr. Hugh YacRae, late of New Ha mver County and an Honored Citizen of Noxth.Carolina,
gave and dedicated to New Ha mver County 101.5 acres of land at Winter Park for the use as a park for the .
enjoyment of the Residents of New Hanover County.
The County Commissioners: R. T. Iforton, Chairman and Commissioners Claud O'Shields, Thurston C. Davis,
Hal J. Love, Raiford Trask; and former commissioners Geo. W. Trask, and the late James M. Ha11,Sr., and
Addison Hewlett, Sr., realizing the importance o£ this gift and what it wou13 mean to our citizens, undertoolc
to improve the park.
Therefore improvements were made with the cooperation o£ the State'Highway and Public Works Commission,
Vocational Classes of New Hanover County Schools, Crape 1Vrtle Garden Club, and worlanen from the Courrty Farm:
Modern highways were built through the Park; Park facilities and equipment were provided, Beautification
of the Grounds and Archways at the two entrances roiere erected, bearing the name, "HUGH MACRAE PARK"
and the installation of a Plaque in memory of Mr. Hugh 29acRae a kindly and gracious So{i of the Old South.
Therefore on Friday, the 28th day of May, 1954, at 5:00 o'clock P.M., the County Comnissioners and.Fellow
Citizens formally re-dedicated Hugh,MacFae Park to the.use and enjoyment o£ the Residents of New Hanover County.
After the following program, a Picnic Supper was enjoye3 by all: .
. CONCERT Wilmington Junior High School 4:30 to 5:00 P.M.
INVOCATION Reverend R,L.Gregory.
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKERS . Ralph T. Horton.
ADDRFSS Foster Fdwards.
UNVEILING OF PLAQUE Mrs. Hugh MacRae.
ACCEPTANCE OF FLAQiJE Family,
GREETIIJGS FRDI-i THE CITY OF WIIMINGTON . Mayor E,L.White.
INUITATION TO INSPECT HUGH MAC RAE PARK AND
JOIN IN PICNIC SUPPr.Et CJaud O'Shields.
WHEREAS, at a joint session of the Board of Fducation of New Hanover County and the County
Commissioners of New Hanover County held in Wilmington, North Carolina, on the first day of June,
1954, t1'ie following resolution was upon motion of Mr. Trask, seconded by i•Sr. Ianep, psssed:
"In view of the Supreme Court's decision reversing sll previous rulinga on segregation
in the schools - decisions that for the past fifty years have been repeatedly upheld
by ahte, non-political justices of this same Court - and in view, also, of the desire
among a great majority of both our Negro and White.citizens to retain the present system of
equal but separate school facilities where students of each race may receive more attention
and learn more readily and profoundly from teachers o£ their own race, we therefore urge the
Governor of North Carolina to recommerd such legislation as may be necessary to maintain our
present system of segregated but equal schools in this 3tate.
This action is taken for the sole purpose of preventing a lowering of our present standards .
of education for aither race and of preserving the present harmonious relations existing between these
two great peoples."
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Wilmington, N. C., June 7, 1954• ?
The regular weekly meeting of the Boar3 was held this day at 10:00 o'clock A.M. .
Present: R. T. Horton, Chairman and Commissioners Claud O'Shields, Thurston C. Dav3s, Hal J. Love,
Raiford Trask, Cicero P. Yow, County Attorney and T.D.Love County Auditor.
The meeting was opened with prayer by the Reverend Stanleigh Jenkins, Pastor o£ the Church o£ the Good
Shepard, (Episcopal). '
Copies of the minutes of ineeting of June 1, 1954, having previously been mailed to each member of the Board,
the same were upon motion of A9r, O'Shields, seconded by Mr. Love, approved.
Mrs. Alice Strickland, Manager of Carolina Beach, appeared with a delegation of ladies following a meeting of
the group at Carolina Beach which included members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Ocean Garden Club
and others, to request the Commissioners to clear-off and plow the "Hattle Acre" ground surface.at Fort Fisher,
?remove all roots and square-off rocks inside the fenced area and add sufficient top soil preparatory to planting
flowers, grass and shrubs for the beautification of the area. The Ocean Garden Club having agreed to beautify
the grounds with funds allotted to them by the State UDCs after the ground is in proper corriition, and continue
such service there,in accordance with a communication read and presented to the Board by Mrs. W.L.Farmer,
Beautification Chairman of the Ocean Garden Club. The project was also urged and endorsed by the Carolina Beach
Chamber of Comnerce. Upon motion of Mr. Davis, seconded by Mr. Inve, the Board agreed to do the necessary proliminary
work requested,at the earliest possible convenience. -
E. L. Hunn, D'ayor Pro-tem of Kure Beach appeared to urge the opening of the drainage ditches adjacent to the
? Town limits cf Rure Beach to drain off the standing water in swamps bordering the Town. He was advised by the
Chairman that the matter had been turned over to Mr. O.R.}Iecht, Soil Conservationist to make a survey of the
/ situation, and it was also requested that a petition of the property owners be secured £or the dragline operation,
ri:ght-of-way.
N,rs. N,ankie IIodges appeared to reqmest a further reduction in the assessment on her property in block 140
'(114 S. 3rd St.) which was reduced by the Board of Fqualization and Review by $1,000.00, April 5, 1954, 7'hat being
all the Board can do, and if she is not satisfied, appeal could be made to the State Board of Assessment, she was
advised. .
With reference to a petition sutanitted to the•Board at meeting of June 1, to pave C1arlton Avenue in Capo,Fear
township wherein the property owners offered a fifty foot right-of-way instead of sixty feet reqtured by the
State Highwey and Public Works Co:omission, a letter was received from the Highway Commission advising that it
is necessary that the fixty foot right of way be given before the road can be paved, or otherwise improved.
IIpon motion of Mr. Davis, seconded by Nir. Love, instructions were given to write the Honorable F. Ertel Carlyle
?congratulations for having won the nomination in the May 29th Primary, to succeed himself as a member of
4 Congress from this District, and the Honorable Samuel J. Frvin,Jr., Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
upon his appointment to the United States Senate by Governor 46n.B.Umstead, to succeed the late Senator Clyde R.
Hoey, Also, a letter to the Honorable W.Kerr Scott, U.S.Senator, Nominee in the May 29'th pz'imary.
A statement of expenses for holding the Primary and Special School Election May 29, 1954, showing a total of $8,352.37
of which amount $2,685.07 is to be reimbursed by'the Board of Eaucation, leaving a net cost to the County of ?C5,667.30
?? was upon motion of N,r. 0'Shields, seconde3 by Mr. Davis, approve3 for payment.
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