1948 Meeting Minutes (Scan)I
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Wilmington~~AT. C.~ January 5th~ 1948•
The regular eJeekly meeting of ihe Eoard vaas held at 10:00 0' clock A bl. '
Present: Addison Aewlett Chairt~:an~ Geo. V:. Trask~ Jas. T~. Hall~ H. R. Gardner~
L. J. Coleman and County Rttorney I~farsden Bellamy, ,
The minutes of ineeting of December 29th, 194'7, vaere read and approved as recorded.
Mr. H. R. Emory appeared to ask the Corunissioners to se.ll the Broom Wood Products
Company a strip af. land 15 feet wide on the north side of their.building.site
L~k running from the Ca.stle Hayne road to their back line to give them access to their
~ property~ together arith approxinately four a.cres of land in the rear,for expansion
purposes. Inasmuch as the Board sold a lot adjoining the premises on the north to
I::r-. Geo. A. Moore~ December 29th~ ll~r. Gardner offered a motion v~hich vras .seconded
by Mr. Hall~ to sell.the 15 feet requested v~hich P~ould move the line of the lot
sold to Patr. t~oore.l5 feet north to make the land.available. A lengthy discussion
followed and NIr. Gardner.insisted that an engineer be emplo5~ed to plot the land
and establish roadtMays to give all interests access to the railroad facilities and
the highway, if the county intends to continue selling off its land~ but.should first
be investigated by•the.Board on the premises~ and withdrevr his motion to sell the
15•feet requested by h4r. Emory. A motion was then of£ered by AZr. Hall, and seconded
by IvIr. ~rask~ to amend the order o£ llecember 29th~ to increase the del~th of the 1ot
sold to M~. Geo. A. bioore to 225.4 feet to the back line of the Broom PJood Products
building lot site at the same price of $22.50 per front foot, but the niotion failed
to carry on the negative vote of the Chairman, Jsir. Gardner and P~Ir. Coleman, and the
matter was referred to the Board ior investigation on the premises, Wednesday
after~oon at 3:00 o'clock.
Upon mot~on~of I~ir. Trask~ seconded by N,r. Hall~ the.Bosrd approved the recommendation
, cJ of the Clerk of the Superior Court to increase the surety bond £or Lois J. P7ard~
-~C~ Assistant Clerk~ from ~1~000.00 to ~$3~000.00, and decrease the bond for n4r.C.L.Myers
f3om ~;5~000.00 to ~3~000.00, aecount of change in responsibili.ties. .
-~,~ ~ Upon motion of •~ir. Trask, seconded by Iuir. Coleman~ I~~~r. Ni. H. Neal was Eranted an
abateMent of taxes on•a valuation of ~i,525.00 personal propert3~ charged.in error .
at Carolina Beach for the year 194~, which was listed ir~ Harnett Y,ownship.
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.~ A report of the Bureau of Ider~ti•ficati.on for December vaas r.eceived and filed.
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k report was received from the back tax collector shovring,that ~b~'792.94 was `
/~~ collected~for the city and ~4~644.63 for the county, makin~ a.total of.9$11~437.57
~-~ back taxes collected for the r.~ionth of December. •
, Upon motion of ~ir. Gardner, seconded by b~r. Tr«sY~ instructions vaere given to
o~ ascertain from the State ~lectrical Inspector if it would be agreeable ~ith nis
/ ~~,~ department to appoint an assistant County Electrical Inspector to assist bSr.J.O.Brock
~~ who has been performing the duties of County Electrical Inspector for a number of
years, but has been confined at his home sick for some time.
L~ A request of the Tax Listers for VJilmington township for an increase in salary was
~~t~` upon uiotion taken under consideration.
~~ The matter of renting one of•the airport buildings to an interested party for
_p~~`` Ponsiderationickens, brought to the attention by I41r. Gardner, was received for
The meeting then adjourned.
~'Th. ,/3~ Clerk. •
~ ~ VJilmington, N. C.~ Ja:~uary 12th~ 1948.
The regular weekly meeting of the board was held at 10:00 o'olock !+. A~I.
Present: Addison Hev~lett Chairman~ Geo. UJ. Trask, H. R. Gardner, L.J.Coleman and
County Attorney Nlarsden Bellamy.
The minutes of ineeting of January 5th~ 1948, were read and approvE:d as recorded.
~i request of btr. J. A. Smith to purchase a parcel•of the County's land in the Broom
ZNood Products area for manufacturing purposes and to have a ditch cleaned out on the
`~~ Gordon road,at his place~ to drain into Big Gu~, Branch~ was upon motion of Isir. Trask~
received for consideration.
Upon motion of r~:r. Coleman, seconded by 1~1r. Trask, the Board confirrned the action of
tYie Committee to grarit the V7iln~ington Baseball Club the use of Legion Stadium for
~y baseball games for the 1948 season, lliarch lst, througli October lst, 1948~ together
~ ~ witki the consession rights, f'or and in consideration of the paynent of 12~ of the gross
receipts frdn gau:es and consessions on the satr.e basis as last year. Provided a
schedule of gau~es vaill be worked out vaitii the Hanoger High School Authorities
to avoid any conflict in the dates of events bet~veen the ttivo.
~,~} I~?r. Geo. A. J~ioore appeared to further press his request to extend the depth of his
'~ lot purchased from the County December 29th, approxirr~ately 25 feet to the back line
of the Broom Groad Products lot.
T3pon motion of llir. Cole~,an, seconded by Mr. Gardner~ permission was granted to use
~~S six of the Legion Stadium bleacher seats at the Armory building~ 814 lviarket Street~
~. ~' for a Golden Glove event~ provided the seats are r~oved, installed and returned to
the Stadium under the supervision of ll.r. Rhoda Farrow without expense to the Cnunty.
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Meeting of January I2th~ 1948~ continued.
Upon motion of ~r. Trask~ seconded by ~r. Gardner~ Isaac Foy, a resident of New
-~G~ Jersey, was granted an abatement o£ poll taxes charged against his real estate
in block 70~ for the year 194~.
~ ~~~~5 A report of the Ladies Rest HooM Committee for December was received and filed.
• A statement was received from the State Board of Public 17elfare advising that
^~5 ~22~623.00 Federal and State Funds vaere sent to this county for the month of
December~ for OId Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and Administration.
• A proposal of I~r. Frank Keene of Yewberry and Camden, S. C., to lease certain
I barns and stables at Legion Stadiur.i for a minimum of 2~ horses at ~5.00 per '
•-~-~(~ horse per month for the first year, and a minimwr of 75.horses for the next
' three seasons ~~ ~5.Q0 per horse per month, and a rooui at ~10.00 per Month? the
county level up the grounds in front of the ba,rns and ~nside~the stables with
sand where needed, repairing rail aroundrace track etc.~ was upon motion of
P::r. Coleman~ seconded by h.r. Trask~ approved provided satisf~ctory arrangement
can be made by bond or otherwise to guarantee the payments and use of the stables
over the period of the lease.
~ ~ petition bearing the signatures of twelve citizens requesting repairs, ditching
~~ and draining the dirt road on Niyrtle Grove Sound, running from the Carolina Beach
Loop road to the sound at D~;yrtle's Place, v~as upon motion of ~r. Trask, seconded
by ~Sr. CoZeman~ approved and re£erred to the State Highvaay and Public VJorks Corrwiission.
~r. C. ~!. Lockard~ I45 Colonial Village, was granted an abatement of not listed penalty
~~px charged against his.property in block 3, lot 21 Colonial Village for the year 1947,
It appeared that he listed personal property and~ the first tiile he had to
listed real estate, thought the same was included on his personal property list.
• NIr. John K. Golog,Sr. ~ a. resident of Carolina Beach, v~ras upon motion of n~Ir. Trask~~~'
~~ granted an abatement of taxes on a valuation of ~125.00 and poll as to ~the City of
9lilmington only, account of error in charg9.ng him with 83ty taxes for the year 1g47.
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~ir. L. L. Hatch~ 204 North George Street, Goldsboro, listed a 1941 Chrysler Coupe
`~aX °twice for the year 194~, was granted an abatement of taxes on a valuation of ~550:.00
account of double charge~. ,
' John Atkinson, ~05 McRae.Street, listed personal for 194'J, thinkirig his real estate?~
v~a7. in block 268 was incl•ude~, was upon motion released from the payment"of the not Iisted
p~nalty. . .
' A request of Hadio Statmon VJGNI to be permitted to correct its 1g4~ t'aa returns
" vahich included improvements owned exelusively by the,owners of the leased prernises
JGX and not the radio station~ was upon n;otion of i:?r. Coleman, seconded 'by P~4r. Gardner~
referred to the Tax Assessors for investigztion and recommendations.
' Upon motion of fE4r. Gardner, seconded by lir. C,oleman, authorit,y was grarited to •
~~~ purchase a new truck for i:he County Fa.rm to replace the old one. '
~~oVA report of the Colored Home Agent for December vras received and filed:
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~ A copy of a resolution adopted by the members of James A. Llanley Post #2573
Veterans of Foreign i~7ars, requesting that the, staging of Sunday sporting events +
_-- ~~~ to which admission is charged~ at Legion Stadium, be permitted, vras received for
future consideration. • ;
Tkie Board declined to take any action to increase the salary of Lir. J.T.Hiers,
Executive General I~+ianager of the GJilmington Port Commission,as of January lst,
` Sa1p~.~ 1948~ as requested in a corununication of the Commission of Tanuary 8th, beyond
triat allowed when the County's current budget was adopted. A request for an
iricrease of $10.00 per month for its stenographer_as of January lst, 1948, vaas
upon motion of &:r. Trask~ seconded by IVir. Gardner, granted.
r~~5 Upon rnotion~ duly seconded, county bills Nos. J54 to 1122 vrere approved for payment.
The meeting then adjourned.
~~,~ Sd..__ ~~ Clerk.
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- Wilmington, N. C.~ January 19th~ 1948.
The regular rveekly meeting of the $oard was held at 10:00 o'clock A. i~i.
Present: Addison Hewlett Chalrman~ Geo. W. Trask~ H. R. Gyrdner, L. J. Coleman
and County Attorney Iv~arsden Bellar~y.
The minuCes of ineeting of January 12th~ 1948~ were read and approved as recorded:
A copy of a resolution endorsing the promotion of Sunday events for profit in Pdew
~ Hanover County, and that Legion Stadium and other suitable City and County properties
be made available for that purpose, vras received frow the Vdilmington Junior Chamber
of Commerce. After considerable discussion I~r. Gardner ~oved and it vras seconded by
I~r. Coleman and carried, that the Chairman of'the Stadium Conmittee be requested to
submit his report on the matter at the next meeting, ~:onday~ January 26th~ and that
the question be opened for public discussion at that time.
A communication vras presented by I~Zr. R. L. Benson, Clerk of the Board of Aldermen of
~,.~ the Tot^rn of Vlrightsville Beach~ requesting the County to appropi•iate ~~1~000.00 out of
~~(L its AEC funds to aid in repairing Jetty #1 on i:he South end of d`drightsville Beach~to
prevent the washing away of the sand-fill made by the Government. The cost of making
Lhe re.pairs was discussed, however inasr~uch as other requests for assistance to xepair
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~eeting of January 19th~ 1948~ continued.
erosion damage at Kure Beach and Fort Fisher has been made, the matter was received
for consideration in connection ~vith the other requests..
~` The State Highway and Public Vlorks Con~iission advised that it could not see its
~~C7 vras c2ear to approve the addition to our county highvray systern, parts of 4th~
~ Avenue and Spartanburg Avenue at Carolina Beach.
•~ Advise was received from Piedmont Aviation, Inc.~ that it intends to inaugurate
_ G~~- schedule operations on route 8'] to and fror~ 47ilmington on or about February 14th,
• through Bluethentha2 Airport.
_~~MN~`l A report of the W.ilmington Public Library for December was received and filed.
Upon motion of Mr. Cole~an, seconded by I~r. Trask,.~ir. J. 0. Brock, 505 South
~ l~r~~4th, Street~•was appointed Electrical Inspector for New Hanover Count~Y, and
A~ir. Harry J. Everett 6ssistant.
Upon motion of iVlr. Coleman~ seconded by Alr. Gardner, J. H. Henry was released
~1~~ from the payment of interest and advertising cost charged against his property
~ in block 105 for the years 1943, 1944 and 1945, account of error in charging
the property as oH~ned bya vahite person and vJas therefoz•e overlooked when he
paid taxes on other property owned by him thinking the same was included.
~ The follovaing good and lawful persons ~vere drawn to serve as jurors in the
_ ~ju~' Superior Court for the tria,l of civil cases for the two weeks term beginning
llionday, February 2nd, 1948:
Iulrs, Cora A. Preston, Box 1052.
k. L. Snow, 22 V,'rightsville Avenue.
V.F.I~lurray~ 2$ Court U-Lake Forest.
Elijah W. Hollis~ RFD #2,Box 191.
G.S.Truelove~ 204 S. 1&th~ St.
T~~aurice A. ll~oore, 104 S. 4th, St.
T.K.Lynch, 501 Do~k Street.
Henry F. Jones~ 311 Td. 5th~ Ave.
Ottie R. Piner, RFD #1~ Box 224.
Tno.Vd.Salyer~ 26~0-B Adams St.
Grover G, Thomason, S13 Nun St.
Jno, G. McLemore, 11 Court A- I,ake Forest.
H.A.I.icKee, 1-B Oleander Apts.
~no.W.Liles~ 1720 Orange•St.
.Taek ~. I~int2~ 815 8hestnut 5t.
Geo, B. Applewhite~ Box 568 Carolina Beach.
Louis A. Hewlett~ ~O1 Central Blvd.
IvI. D. Watson~ 515 S. 2nd~ St.
Lee Yd. Dowless~ 104-A Dare St.
N.V~'.Jackson, 129 Rutledge Drive.
~eo.L.Stearns~ 2I8 Park Ave.
Russell S. Smith~ 606 N. 5th~ St.
F.D.Robins~ 116 Rutledge brive.
C.'~4.Pickett, 313 N. ~th~ St..
Annie R. Sell~ ~ H.F.Vdilder.
C. &IcD Jones~ Jr.~ 421 Carolina ~ive,
L.J.DeVane, 503 Chestnut St.
L.Steadman Vick, 60 West Drive liake F'orest.
L.R.Spivey~ 611 S. 4th~ St.
Geo. A. I~~,allard, 602 S. Front S~.
~7as.A:~'tilliams, 2'JI2-A Jefferson St.
Eddie Jackson~ Jr.~ 24 Court S-Lake Forest.
Fred Purmost, 152 5pofford.
Ella E. Pope~ 5 N. 13th~ St.
J.R.Reaves~ 40~ S. 3rd, St.
J.H.Redmon, 5 Ct.T- Lake Forest.
Leamon E. Allen~ Court 14H-Lake l~orest.
T~7.C.A4cCanless, Sr. ~ 106 trance St.
ulyrtle Lee Vick~ 405 S. 17th~ St.
A.L.h~toore, 126A Williamson Drive.
l~.tN.Aiillinor, 50 Hudson Drive.
Julius C. Rhodes, 613 S. l~th, St,
Louvie J. Ezzell~ Box 662 Carolina Beach.
E.D.Unstead,J„r.~ 1~ S. 6th~ 5t. ,
J.L:.Poi;ter~ I219 S. 4th, St.
H.A. iviercer, 2110 Creasy Ave.
T.VJ..Pylant, 113 Bryan ~ve.
J.F.Powell, 412 Idun St.
Eugene Maultsby~ 5~5 rr. 4th~ St.
Jas. A. Robbins~ 2500 Princess St.
R.Il4.West, 103 Swnter Drive.
C.B.Roberts, 1Vrightsville 5ound.
T. Lester -rown, 208 S, lbth~ St.
Chas. F. Bell~ 12 Hawthorne Hoad.
J. A. Porter, 49 Lee Drive, Lake Forest.
IQ.H.Davis, 107 S. 1'Jth~ Si;.
E. C. Register~ Boa 85~Carolina Beach.
4'7alter S. 1Nooten~ 820 Dock St.
R.L.i~Iincey~ 2650-D Jeffei~son St.
Richard J. Sims~ 124 Vance St.
Curtis S. Brooks~ 216B rJillia~~son Dr.
4`dilbert Rhodes~ 180 Pinecrest Pkvay.
J.W.Walton, Box 302.
Edcaard Hivenbark~ 120 Iv. Dtonroe 5t.
~s.I~..Rot~bins, 311 Nun St.
D.B.Robinson~Jr.~ 111 Church St.
Jno.A.Pearce~ 129 Dare St.
T.Ud.Spencer, 505 Castle st.
Richar.d D. Alason~ 1010 S. 4th~ St.
~ .W.iiaynor~ 115 bfarket St.
TI+.I~ .Register, 1610 Ann St.
Chas. h:. Rieenbark~ Ct-15E Lake Forest.
Upon Motion of P~r. Gardner~ seconded by uYr. Coleman~ the following resolution
~~~~ respecting the passing of Josephus Daniels, ec~itor and states~an; vras adopted:
NJHEREEiS, on the 15th day of January~ 194$, ~~ras called fror.i his earthly labors~
Josephus Daniels~ our great and beloved statesman~ and
V1HEItEAS~ this Body v:ishes to record an expression of its deep sorrow and regret
at his passing~ and
P'IIEREAS, in our national affairs, he was a great leader and counselor among men
in high politice2 authoritp. In a21 his tindei°takings he exhibited unusal ability,
clear thinking and sound judgment. F,s Secretai•y of the Ivavy under VJoodrovr V,~ilson~
in the first Vlorld war, and later A~ibassador to iriexico during Roosevelt's
Administration~ his counsel H~as often sought to safe guide vfhen perpler.ities arose.
He was truly a great American, and this Body recognize in hi, passing, a great loss
to our State and i4ation and desire to pay triLute to his rnemory:
1I?LREFOhE, BE IT RESULVrD, that a copy of this resolution be sent Lo Lhe press and
a copy of the sar~e be sprea.d upon tne r~.inutes oz this IIoard.
The meeting then a8journed.
/"~ .~st~, ~ Clerk.
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Wilmington~ V. C., January 26~ 1948.
The regular vreekly meeting of the Board was held at 10:00 o'clock A. M.
Present: Addison Hev:lett Chairman, Geo. W. Trask~ H. R. Gardner, L. J. Coleman
and County Attorney Il4arsderi Bellamy.
' This being the date set at meeting of January 19th for a public hearing on the
~~ question of permitting the use of Legion Stadium for Sunday paid sports, the
meetin~ was held in the Superior Court room.
The minutes of ineeting of January 19th, 1948, were read and approved as recordedo
Some 350~or more interested citizens appeared. Thirteen copies of resolutions and
~~e~~, personal conununications received from religious~ civic organizatibns and private
citizens, '] favoring and 9 against the use of Legion Stadiuin for Sunday paid events~
vaere read~ 2 against were received too late to be presented. The question vras then
turned over to the delegation for discussion vThich was lead by Air. G. Dudley Humphrey
for~the opposition. He was followed by sor~e 25 or more representatives of the various
churches, fraternal orde'rs, civic organizations and private citizens of which a large
maj~rity opposed the opening of Legion Stadiuns to Sunday paid sports.
~fter Commissioners Coleman, Trask and the Chairman stated their position in the matter~
J~~,y~' feeling it is the wishes of most of the citizens and for the best interest and welfare
of the people of the co~ununity generally; Ivlr. Trask moved that the request to permit
comrnerc~alized sports at Legion 5tadium on Sundays be denied~ his moi;ion was seconded
by ~i`r. Coleman and carried on the affirrnative vote of the Ghairman~ n4r. Trask and
I~qr. Coleman. Mr. Gardner asked to be recorded as not voting.
./'~~~n receivedtfor IinvestigatDonaby thetBoardlonrthe~preniseseinttherneargfutureeagate was
A bid was received frdm Iv~arks Machinery Company covering the purchase of a truck
, C k6nX~ and dump body, less trade-in amount for old truck at the County•Farm, as advertised.
U Inasmuch as Raney Chevrolet Company failed to quote on a dump body as requested~ the
bids vrere held in abeyance until the cost of a new dump body, or the installation of
the old body on a new truck can be ascertained.
~r~~ A report of the grand jury, Januar}r term 1948, was received and filed.
_Upon motion, VJ. C. Anders a resident of Harbor Island, Harnett to~vnship~ was granted
~~ an abatement of taxes on a valuation of ~1~350.00 and poll for the 3~ear 194~~ as to
the City of Wilmington only, on account of error in chai•ging hia~ vaith city taxes.
~~~ James I~a?. Blackledge~ ~r.~ colored, rederai Point tovanship~was granted a refund of
poll taxes paid for 1946 account of being in the armed forces, and poll taxes listed
for 194'7 ordered Gbated.
~~5'~ A report of Cor,ununity Hospital for December was received and filed.
X A request £or adjustr~ent of the back taxes on the property of Dan 4~uinlivan~ block
la 500~ v~ras received for revie~v by the Board.
A communication vaas received from the County Auditor advising the arnount on deposit
~~~in each bank as of December 31~ 1947, together with a memorandum of securities held
b~ us in each case.
Upon'motion of I~1r. Coleman~ seconded by't~.r. Trask~ E.L.R.Harvell~ 703 ~outh 6th~ Street~
~qX vras granted an~abatement of taxes on a valuation of ~310.00 on a 1933 11a1f ton truck~
Chevrolet, assessed at $~50.00 and listed in error as a 1936 model at ~360.00 for the
year 194'J . ~ •
A cor,ununication was received from P.Qr. H. M. Roland, Superintendent o£ School.s~ advising
c ~,~~,hat he is setting up othet classes at once at Bluethenthal Field, and according to the
~R~~~ understanding ~vith the Federal VJorks Agency, they are to get permission to use the
grounds or have access to the buildings in the engineer quadrangle~ v+as referred to
the Airport Cornmittee.
i~~~`~j~~~andeUecember3~a194'JgevJascreceivedsued by the Register of Deeds during October~ November
The ~eeting then adjourned.
/~~~ ,~ 9.~b,~- Clerk.
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Vlilmingtcn~ N. C., February 2~ 1948.
The regular weekl,y meeting of the Board vra.s held at 10:U0 o'clock A. bi.
Present: Addison Hev,lett Chairman~ Geo, ti~l. Trask~ Jas. I~. Hall~ H. H. Gardner~
L. J. Coleman and Cou.nty ~ttorney n2arsden Bellamy.
The minutes of ineeting of January 26~ 1948, were read and approved as recorded.
An audit report of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board for the six nonths period
-~~ ending December 31~ 1947~ was received and filed.
' Upon motion of n9r, Coleman, seconded by n-ir. Gardner, J.J.Batson.Federal Point
~G~ tovJnship~ was granted an abatement of taxes on a valuation of ~1~800.00 house
~- on lots 1'J/18 Pt.16 ~firds Uivision Carolina Beach, assessed in error for the
year 1947. The same should have been eharped to C.H.Batson on lot 1~ Kure Division.
The tax books were ordered corrected.
Upon motion of t4r. Coleman, seconded by L:r. Uardner~ l:ir. Fred N. Day~ Jr. ~ vras
_,~,'1~ granted an abatement of taxes on a valuation of ~500.00 hoizse on lot 8~ block ~3~
Carolina Beach which should have been charged to C.B.Parmele on lot 10, in block.
~3~ for ~he year 194'7,
Back taxes charged against the west part of lots 3 and 4~ in block 498, in the name
lcn~ of Fred VJilliams, v+hich vans upon' ezarnination found to be included in an a7.leq 30
feet wide and dedicated to public use~ vras upon motion ordered cancelled.
A request for an adjustment of the bacl~ taxes on the property of Eliza Lord Wortham~.
~U~ part of the west middle lot 1~ in block 536, was reSerred to the cornmittee for
investigation and with power to act.
Jack F. Canady a member of the Naval Air Corps from 1943 to 1946, and a resident of
Raleigh, N. C.~ since 1946, was upon ~notion of Mr. Trask~ seconded by h~tr. Hall~
-.~Q~ granted an abatement of taxes on a valuation of ~730.00 on 1941 Buick autoriobile and
poll listed in his name by his father, in error~ for the year 194~.
A request of Wiley Johnson for'an adjustrnent of the back taxes on property in block
.~ )G~ 4']0 on an assessment reduction basis, ~ras referred to the Cot.~mittee with power to act.
Upon motion of I~ir. Coleman, seconded by 1,~~r. Hall~ the heirs of Geo. S. Lev~is~ colored,
`~,X ~'7ilmington township, was granted an abatement of taxes on a vuluation of ~200.00 house-
, hold and kitchen furniture abo've exemption, charged in error for the year 1947.
It appearing that the north half of lot 4~ in Ulock 98~ is claimed by~ both~ Samuel
Livingston and the heirs of Chas. Johnson, and the same having been ~,isted for taxes
._,~u~1 and the taxes paid by Samuel Livingston~ but not ~aa#.~ listed by the heirs of Chas.
Johnson in whose name back taxes have accrued~ therefore~ the matter of cancelling
the charge,against Chas. Johnson and abating the back taxesaccumulated in his name~
vaas upon ~otion referred to the County Attorney for opinion.
Upon r„otion of P~4r. Hall, seconded by A.r. Trask~ the Board authorized the sale of a
`~~ used steel grate door forreerly used in the soldiers detention quarters in the court
-V~`~ house ba.sement, to the Town of 1;rightsville Beach for its jail~ at a price of the
cost of the door {:o the county.
The bid for the purcha.se of
Chevrolet Company at,a cost
_Ca,pr~"'~ old truck, without the dump
b lotm~st bidder.Only otherbid
~1~449.75 less trade-in all~
#~,35i.25.
a new truck for the county farm was awarded to Raney-
of ~1~492.45 less trade-in allowance of $b250.00 for the
body, making a net price of ~1,242.45, they being the
received vras frorn biarks n~.achinery Company at a price of
>vrance of ~p98.50 for th2 old truck, making a net price of
James Jenkins McP~iillan, 62 year old indigent citizen~ was on recommendation of the
-- ~~~County Pielfare Officer, admitted to the County Home as an inmate.
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Payment of ~G240.90 to VJ.G.Doran,Jr.~ Coroner~ for investigating deaths and holding
_ C~inquests for the month of January, was approved. •
Upon motion, duly seconded~ an appropriation not exceeding ~V250.00 was made available
- to the Eastern North Carolina Veterans Committee toward expenses incident to locating
~ y~~l~~ the proposed Veterans Hospital in this community. The City of Wilmington to appropriate
an equal amount.
The meeting then ad~ourned.
~ ~,~,1 clerk.
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GJilmington, N. C., F'ebruary 9th~ 1948.
The regular vaeekly ~eeting of the Board v~~as held •at 10:00 o'clock A. 14.
Present: Addison Hewlett Chairman, Geo. Vr. Trask, Jas. M. Hall~ H. R. Gardner~
L. J. Coleman and County A,ttorney P~arsde:~ Bellamy.
The minutes of ineeting.of Februar5~ 2nd, 194~, a~e~e read and a pproved as recorded.
~ A request of, Dr. 4'~. Houston ts4oore to use Legion Stadium and lights free for a
~~ community sing in connection with the Azalea Festival, Saturday, April lOth,
~^~as,upon motion of Iulr. Trask~ seconded by I!Zr. Coleman, gra.nted.
~~ Mr. Geo. W. Trask was designated to represent the County on the inaugural flight
-,G~~~ of. Piedmont Air]:ines on its east-west route frori PTilmington to Cincinnati~ February
14th. 1948.
' Upon motion~ duly seconded~ the Board authorized the sale of a strip of county land
• fifteen feet wide on the Castle Hayne road and 225 feet deep, to the Broom Vtood Products
~ Company, adjoining their present site bn the north~ and also a parcel of land adjoining
.i~ the same 125 feet on the said road and 225 feet deep to Geo. A. Dioore~ for a price of ~
~''22.50 per front foot. And the County Attorney was authorized to have a survey made o£
the same for description in the preparation of the deeds.B.nd the Cfiai'r.mzn`and'Clerk were
authorized and directed to execute the deeds on behalf of the County. ~'r.Gardner voting no.
Upon motion of Mr. Gardner, the Board of Education v~~as authorized to negotiate
caith the government for 1;he purchase of tv~ro school buildings and equipment at n~iaffitt
Village fmr the school system out of any available funds, temporary, not to exceed
$10~000.00, until provision for the ftmds can be taken care of in next yF,~ars budget.
The purchase will include five acres of land, tx~o buildings and equipment vahich cost
the govern~ent $g9,7o0.00, Mr. Holand said.
~~ A report of the back tax office was received, showing ~4~854•33 collected for the City,
_
~ and $~3,022.65 for the Countyi~.'~a total of ~7~876.98 back taxes collected during the
month of January. ~ • •
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7 A statemen,t was received from the. State E3oard of Public l~lelfare showing that 9623,419•25
for
Aid to Dependent Children and
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was sen•t to this county
lidministration for the month of January. .
A petition signed by nine residents of Audubon.living on Cherr~~ Avenue~ asking the
~ State Yiighe~ay Commission to take over from improveu~ents and maintenance~ Cherry Avenue
-~ from Audubon Boulevard v~est to Floral Parkvray, was upon motion of t~?r. Trask~ seconded
by ~Ir.~Coleman, approved and referred to the State Highway and Public V~orks Con;mission
for consideration. . . .
An a•pplication for license to sell beer at a location on the Vdrightsville Beach Highway
~~a~ and Masonboro roads, submitted by Charles.Julian 5outherland and Lyman L. Kinlava, the
~
~~' said application having been endorsed by the Sheri£f, was upon motion of Air. Hall~
seconded• by llnr. Coleman~ granted. . .
A couimunicati•on received from P~ir. VJ.F.Franklin~ L~iaintenance Technician ~in charge of the
Civil Aeronautics Administration radio beam station at Castle Hayne, urging,repairs
~~`~ and improvements to the half mile road leading to the station, which said road is of
~ vital• i~mportance for the successful and reliable operation of the station~ and which
has~ been almost impassable during the wet weather~ was approved and forwarded to the
. • State Highvray & Public VJorks Conunission for its consideration. e ,
~~w~ A re~port of the Ladies Rest Hoom Cor~;mittee, and a,report of the activities of the
~~J Bureau of Identification for January vJere received and filed. ~
Upon motion of I~r. Coleman, seconded by bir. Trask~ P61r. Edvrard R. -Iarshburn a resident o£
,
, Florida January lst, 194'J~ and a former resident of Sunset Park, was granted an abaten.ent
; ~ Gx of taxes on a va•luation of $435.00 automobile and poll listed against him in error by
, hi°s agent for the year 1947.. . .
Upon motion of ~Ir. Trask, seconded by Mr. FIall~ renev~~al of insurance policies~for
$'70~5'71.85 schedule coverage fallin~ due February 15th~ 1948~ $5~000.00 on three
th
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dwellings on the county home property, and steam boiler insurance on boilers in
Court House Old building and Annex, and co~~nty home~ v+ere approved and the premiwns
ordered paid. .
Upon motion of i~Ir.~ Coleman~ second.ed by Y~ir. FIa11~ back taxes charged again~t Charles
-~'u~C Johnson on the north half of lot r~4, in block 98, was ordered cancelled on opinion of
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the County Attorney as being a doubtful charge. The said propert~~ is aTso c
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rly on the same.
Samuel Livingston who lists and pays the taxes regula
Upon motioh~of n4r. Gar~ner seconded by IIr~ Hall~ instr.uctions were given to vJrite
didate
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'~\Congressman J. Bayard Clark, expressing our regrets that he will no
him our deep appreciation for his~fine
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for re-election and to further express
cooperative spirit shown this Board. ,,
The matter of appropriating not'exceeeing $$1~000.00 jointly with the Town of
`In~%~'~ -Vdrightsville Beach for repairing jetty #1, rras continued until next meeting
'
' repairs. _
pending receipt of engineers estlmate of the cost o~
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Upon motion~ duly seconded~ the.time within vrhich tax payers, may make their~1948 tax
iew of a large nwnber wiho
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ary,
returns vaas er.tended through the month of Febr
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, have so far failed to make their returns. ,
Upon motion~ cluly seconded count~r bills Nos. 1123 to 1290 inc.~ywere approved for
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payment.
. The meeting then adjourned.
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TNilmington~ PJ.C.~ February 1bth~ 1948.
The regular weekly meeting of the Board vras held at I0:00 o'clock A.P~t.
Present: Addison Hewlett Chairlilan, Geo. 1J. Trasl•:, Jas.lu.Hallt H.H.Gardner~ L.J.Coleman
and County Ati_torney iJiarsden Bellamy. . .
The minutes of ineeting of February 9th, 1958~ v:ere PPftCI and ~proved as recorded.
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l~ request of S~4r. Spurgeon Ba§~ley for ~ donation of #~25.00 toward the expenae of
1~Ctur~s an~i study of home life e.nd ~'amily proble~s,~directed by.Dr. Grace Langdon,
Co~i~ult~z~~ ~n Child Development in Neua York City;f~at our,va"rious sehools and kinder-
gartens~ week'of.February,:23-2']~ vras'upon motion Qf Gardner~`secorided.by Mr: Hall~
granted. ', - . : + '.
A con;munication was received,from tYie County kuditor advising the amount of' deposit
c~~~, in each bank as of January 31~ 1948~ together with a rr,emorandum of securities held
-~"`-_ in each case.
~„/ Upon rnotion of utr. Trask, seconded by-%ir. Iia11, h.ary rrances YdIcFioy, colored indigent
Cb~~~r citi2en, v~as on recomr.~endation of the Supt., of Public l".'elfare~ admitted to the County
~ Home as an inmate. ~ '
1~~-,~ A report of Cor.rnunity Hospital for U~anuary was received and filed.
~~ practical to use the court roor.~s'for r.eligious services. This has beet~ the policy of the Board
for a number of years past.
~~~,~°~'~ for theltrial of~aases forfthepNIixedSTermebeginning Itiarch 8th~u1948;in the Superior Court
First vieek- •
A request of n.r. J. G. Henderson to use the court room for a norning and ufternoon
~N~Jreligious service, Sundsy, 'r'ebruary 73rd, vaas not granted.Due to the numher of i,erms
o~, of the 5uperior Court and da~.ly sessions of the Recorders Court, it erould not be
J. U~. Strickland~ 104 Kenwood Ave.
B. G. Fox~ HFD 2~ Box 3o6-A
Nlelvrood P. Haines9 415 Castle St.
1!d. B. Humphrey~ 1'709 Queen St.
i~endell D. l~oore~ 2'J15D Adams St.
Emerson D. Lewis, 203 Central Boulevard.
Bernard o'neil, 22 Carolina A~hts.
Thos. E. Hodges~ 1013 5. bth, St.
Chas.~H. Rackley, 19 ~• 9th~ St.
1V.H.Palmer~ Z408 Grace St.
H.L.Britt~ 218 Willard St.
R.F.Rankin~ lOlb i~~iarket St.
V.C.Overby~ 409 Bladen St.
Charles LeRoy Tienken, 315 S. 5th~ St.
F.E:VJhite~ 26 Brookwood.
Joseph VJ. Dorsey~ 1508 Ann St.
Carson L. I~iarshburn, 101 N. 6th, St.
E. N. Small~ 1403 S. 4th, St, .
Geo. F. Coston~ 10 A Nesbitt Ct.
Gea. T. Shew, RFD #2•
Ltiss Rae .Silverman~ 14 S, 8th~ St.
Thos.lQ.Sir,unons. Rfd #2, Box 201.
C. V. Parrishr~ 120 Vance St.
Ruth J. Skinner~ P.O.Box 1652.
Eloise Smith, 211 Chestnut St.
5econd week-
Elizabeth Jarrott, 804 Orange St.
L~Irs. Cecil Dixon~ 3rd~ & Castle
Ralph Furr~ 402 N. 16th~ St.
Thos. S. Gause~ 514 Market ~t.
C. R. Fryer~ 202 N. 9th, St.
D. J. Bryant~'2119 Barnett Ave.,
S. R.,Davis~ 706 Green£ield St. ~
S. M.~ Harriss~ 30 I!4imosa P1ace.
B. l~d. Iu2orre1l~ 206 N. 12th~ St. ~
Robt. C. Divine~ 111 5. 7th, St.
Rudolph Gieschen~ 228 Id. 22nd~ St.~
Robert A. Hahn~ 2107 Princess St.
J. D. Hufham~ 1913 Creasy Ave., •
Robt. M. TulcKenzie 305 S. Front St.
Fitzhue Fennell~ 6~9 Lee Drive. ,
C. A. Hewett, 149.Spo£fo'rd;'. •
,Tas, n~i. James~ 604 Central'Boialevard. k
H. n4. Kermon~Jr.~'Rt.3 '`
Vl. C. Straughan, 35 Pinecrest.Parkway.
Gertrude L. Harper~ ~ J.W.Hospital.
L.L.Mills~ 515 Orange St. •
L.Vd.Perry~ 1818 Chestnut St.,
A.L.Harriss, Il~lurchison Bldg.~
Nlrs. Adelaide Bizzell, 1920 Perry Ave.~
I~Irs.,Elsie Register, 1610 Ann St.,
The meeting then adjourned.
i-fT~. ,/s~,~._/.. C1erk.
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James T. Clemmons~ 309 S. 15th~ St.
J. E. St~;mand~ 191'7 Princess St.
A.F.CJalton~ 1708 Orange St.
Leo Strickland~ 105 Church St.
i~4rs. Daisy S. Vdillis~ 1912 Nun St.
~ .G.Pickard, 206 L"lrightsville Ave.
A.R.I,:orse~ 319 5. 3rd, St.~
Florence B. Rhyne~ 2'726 Jefferson St.
H.F.Z'dilson, 2013 1Vetts Ave.
Geo. G~~. Croom~ RF'D ~#2~ Box 31b.,
Abram Solomon~ P~FD m3.
i~rs. A. S. Flov.rers~ 15 N. 2nd~ St.
B.B.Phillips, 103 S. Harrison St.
T. V. 5trong~ 30~ Northern Aoulevard.
U1. F. Evans,Jr.~ Apt.9-D 0leander Court.
L'V.6"JrPeterson~ 919 S. 4th~ 5t.
D4rs. T. L. Cromartie~ At. 3~ l~~rightsville Ave.
Robert L. NIelvin~ 204 N. 6th~ St.
R. E. Pittman~ #2~ Hudson Drive.
Steve George, '723 N. 4th~ 5t.
Nick Stafaner~ RFD #3~ Box 18-.~.
Chas, C. Pinckney~ 121 S. ~th~ St.
E. B. Loughlin 143 Forest Hill Drive.
Joe I. Eiden~ g09 Ann St.
C. V. McDaniel~ 2021 Barnett Ave.
7erry Hansley~ 409 Castle St.
NI. F.. Harriss, 515 s. 6th~ St.
Wilburn V.. Hansley~ 1308 Castle St.
G. W. Harrelson~ 308 Church St.
Jas. L. Deva~ 1105 S. 3rd, St.
VJ. C. Hall~ 2680 Jefferson 5t,.
Thos. C. Hargrovet 212 Caroiina Ave.
L'. L. iaa.tthes, 137 r'orest Hill Drive.
Benj. ~. Fussell, 40~ Red Cross St.
Gordon V~~. Ittner~ 504 Central ~oulevard.
W. C. Page~ Jr., 114 Princess St,
L:. L. Liarshburn~ 512 Castle 5t.
A~raham Goldstein~ 1902 Princess St.
4~Tilliam ~aldrvin~ 1022 S. 6th, St.
San: Futrelle, 1309 Princess 5t.
R. V~l. Parker., 813 l~nn St.
Carl 'PJ. Ful'ford,Jr. ~ 6~.3 Central Boulev
J . Frank Bro~~~n, Rt3
W.K.Hobbs~ 2122'Klein Hoad.
Joe Ella Tvloore, 714 Orange St.
John Spillman~ 619 Chestnut St.
E.T.Liarshburn~ 1912 Carolina Ave.
V1. N. Harrell, a Cliff Levais, Carolina
Gertrude E. Lewis, 110 S, l~th, St.
G. ti'7. Spivey~ 305 4`drightsville Ave. ~
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Beach.
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Vdiluiington~ N. C., February 23rd 1948.
The regular vaeekly tneeting of.' the Eoard vras held at 10:00 o'clock !~. D~.
Present: Addison Ae~vlett Chairman, Geo. V1. Trask, Jas, I~1. Ha11, H. R. Gardner,
L. J. Coleman and County Attorney LTarsden Bellamy. ~•
The Tninutes of ineeting of February 16th 1948, were read and approved as recorded.
T~Irs, kndreva J. Haw~~l, Mrs. A. Ni. Alderman and niiss Liary L. Boykin appeared for the
1mu~"`~ Sorosis to ask fbr additional room for expansion of the museum and material for shelves
for displaying articles of historic value. Upon motion of Lir. Coleman~ seconded by
~Zr. Trask, the request was granted.to use the room adjoining the n:useum quarters..
in the court house annex.
ll~Ir. D. C. North and Ivir. Albert Simon appeared to object to Isir. Cheshire~s request
~~~iy to move the baseball home plate at the Legion Field dia~ond seventeen feet nearer
the grandstand as it would interPere with the ra.ce tracY.s. After discussion Mr.Gardner
moved and it was seconded by L~Ir~ Trask and carried that no change be made in the present
layout of the diamond.
, hiayor Peay and Alderman ^1hos, A. Croom of Carolina Beach appeared to complain of an
.-~,~ obstruction to the dra.inage of the Carolina Beach canal into Henniker ditch by reason
~ of sand from ditches reuently opened by the State High~^;ay washing into the canal.
The ncatter v~as received f'or investigation vi~th ri;r, P~fallard, State Maintenance Engineer
vJith the view of ccrrecting the condition.
Upon motion of I~gr. Colen~an~ seconded by Hir. Gardner~ the City of U~lilmington was granted
an abaten,ent of taxes for the years 1g35, 1g36 and 193~ charged against block 548 in the
~~~ name of FJilliam Strnthers~ i'or the reason the property was acquired £rom the late
O.T.FJallace upon the condition that it be used by tk~e City for.a park or playground,
and later soid for an industrial site rrith the understanding v~~ith the VVallace heirs
that the sales price v~ould be ear-marked by the Cityr for the purchase of a site for
use as a public park or playground. •
~~~~,7su~'~ A report of the P~ilmington Public Library for January vJas received and filed.
iJpon motion of Ivir. Coleman, seconded by P~ir. Gardner, Leila B. Versall of Wilmington
township was granted an abatement oi taxes on lots 7 and 8 in bZock 43, Summer Hill, .
'~ ~Qx for the years 1942 to 1946 inc., account of duplicate charge. The same was listed and
the taxes paid by N,ary P. VJilliams.
/pX Requests fbr back tax adjustnents on property in blocks 48,98 and 148, charged against
~ ~ the heirs of Tena Sweet, Chas. ~C Janie Forbes and the heirs of J.D.Roberts,respectively,
vaere upon notion of iG4r. Gardner, seconded by i~ir. Coleman, referred to the con:mittee for
investigation and ~^~ith power to act.
Upon motion of Pdr. Gardner, seconded by 141r. Trask~ the Nlilmington Civitan C1ub was
Oki granted the use of tvro sections of the Stadium bZeacher seats at the Chestnut Heights
~~ School, Friday night, February 2'7th for the University Glee C3ub, half of the proceeds
to be donated to the Azalea Festival.
Upon motion of N1r. Trask, seconded by i~r. Colernan, John Edward Johnson and George
Henry I~Ialpass, tvro ~~rhite indigent citizens, v~ere on recomr~endation of the Supt.~
, of Public Welfare adu~itted to the County Home.
Upon motion o~ b.1r. Cnleman, seconded by I~,r. Trask, R.Vd.Reaves~ 2111 Princess Street Road,
..-~0.~( was granted an abater~ent of taxes on a valuation of 96305.00 personal property and po12
listed tvsice for the year 1947.
,~Iair. George l~~T. Trask reported a most successful and enjoyable trip as a county representative
~- q~~j~ guest of Piedmont Airlines on its inaugural flight to Cincinnati on its East-L"Jest route
out of YJilmington at Bluethenthal Airport.
The meeting then adjourned.
~.. ,/ ~ .... ~- v Clerk. ~
Vdilmington, N. C., Ivlarch 1st~ 1948.
7'he regular vaeek ,~ meeting o£ the Board vvas held at 10:00 o'clock k.Il4.
Present: ~ddison Hetivleit Cnairn;an~ Geo. Vl. Trask, Jas. It-i. Hall~ H.R.Gardner, L.J.Coleman
and County Attorney i~~e,rsden Bellamy.
The ninutes of rr,eeting of A'ebruaxy 23 f 1948, vrere read and a.pproved as recorded .
~ A Hequest of i~.r. J.B.~znderburg a.nd I._r. G<:rland S. Currin to clean out the r.,ain canal
~~~'~ to drain the vla.ter off their land on the blue Clay Road into Prince George Creek~was
taken under consideration. ...
A request of Ernest Smith for abatement of the poll.~taxes charged against him for the
~X year 194~, account of being a pr3soner in the County~Jail from October 24, 1946~ to
April 6th, 194~, was not allo~^red.
Upon motion of Mr. Coleman~ seconded by P~:r. Hall~ Stanley Gunnerson of VJiltnington i;ownship
-- ~iX was granted an abatement of taxes on a valuation of ~600.00~ Plymouth DeLux 4-D Sedan listed
in error above the blue book value for the year 1946.
Upon motion of rfir. Coleman, seconded. by L~r. Hall, authority tiras given to move the historical
`-~~''~aarker at Fort Fisher, to a place of safety v,ithin " Battle Acre " threatened 'a3* beach
exosion, requested by the Cape Fear Cha.pter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
The Chairman called to the attention the District meeting ofthe Association o£ County
"C~- Commissioners for the Third District~ at Elizabethtov~~n, 1rlarch 23rd, and urged that as ~
many as can attend the meeting.
The meeting then adjourned.
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Wilmington~ N. C., March 8~ 1948.
The regular weekly meeting of the Board was held at 10:00 o'clock A. M.
Present: Addison Hewlett Chairmen~ Geo. Y~. Trask~ Jas. M. ~all~ H. R. Gardner,
L. J. Coleman~and County Attorney D~Yarsderi Bellamy.
, The minutes of ineeting of March 1~ 1948, were read and approved as recorded.
A request of Mr. Richard Shew to use the cow barn at Legion Stadium to house approximately
_'ll~ 150 dogs during the Eastern Carolina Field Trial Club~program ~arch 19th~ and 20th~ was
granted. There will,be no charge for admission.
I~r. Gardner brought.to the att'ention the continued inadequate service rendered this
com~unity by National tiirlines after great effort and expense to help get the line
•~ established, and urged that desperate effort be made to secure a service a~community r
~~~ of this size is eltitled, and to that end moved that this Board with the assistance of
Mr. H.E.Boyd~Sr.~ Industrial Agent and the Chamber o£ Commerce prepare a brieP for
presentation to the Civil Aeronautics Board urging adequate and regular uninterrupted
North-5outh schedule service out of Wilmington. The motion was seconded by Mr. Hall and
carried.
~/ Heports of the activities of the Bureau of Identi£ication and Ladies Rest Room Committee '
A request of .~lex Berry, colored~ for adjustment of the back taxes charged against two
`~~U~ lots in block 498~ was upon motion of A~ir. Coleman~ seconded by NIr. Trask~ referred to
the committee with power to act.
A request to cancel the back t~es charged in a suit against ~ir. ~.L.Lide on the east
~.~ middle part lots 5~ part 4 and 6~ in blo~k 265~ which has been carried on our records
a for a number of years as "Unknown'° , and it noy appears upon examination by the back
tax attorneq that the land in question is included in the land ovmed by J.L.Lide ad~oining
on the east, on which the taxes have been paid, was upon motion of R~r. Trask~ seconded •
by DHr. Coleman~ referred to the County Attorney for investigatlon and the back taxes
ordered cancelled if the facts as stated are found to be correct.
A communication was received from Dr. Ellen V'Finston~ Commissioner of the State BoArd of ,
-~lq Public Vlelfare~ advising that P.~Ir. R. B. Roebuck has been officially named by the State
Board of Public ;~Ielfare to serve as its appointee on the New Hanover County Board of
Public Welfare~ for a three year term beginning April 1~ 1948.
A report was received fror~ the Back Tax office advising that ~4~~1~.11 was collected for
~~`~ the city and $3~130.26 for the county~ making a total of ~~~846.3~ back taxes collected
for the month of February. •
A petition bearing the signatures of 33 citi2ens of the Murrayville Community~ asking for
improvements and paving the.road running from the Gordon road and extending through the
~~~/ hiurrayville Community~ 3.9 miles in length~ was upon motion of Nir. Trask~ seconded by
H~1r. Coleman~ approved and referred to the State Highway and Public PJorks Commission
with request that the request be granted.
A petition of 1'] citizens and property owners of Audubon again urging that Page's
~p~ Avenue~ a main connecting link between the two main highways~ be repaired and put in
;J~y condition for travel, was upon motion of Ir~r. ColeLnan, sec~nded by A4r, Gardner,. approved
and referred to the State Highway and Public ~4"orks Commiss2on for its consideration.
A request of H. B. & W. L. Shaw £or a reduction of the assessment on buildings 1n ~
/~,~, block 222, account of fire da~age December 1945~ and ad3Wgsn~upon n tiontreferr dato
assess~nent reduction basis for the years 1946 and 194~~
the Assessors for inyestigation.and v~ith power to act. '
Upon ~otion of P+Ir. Trask~ seconded by &lr. Coleman~ kiary Harrls A~lonroe, v~hite~ indigent
~ ci.tizen~ was on recommendation of the Supt.~ of Public Vlelfare~ admitted to the County
-'C Home as an inmate. • ~
bir. Gardner called attention to the unkept appearaace of the buildings and premises at
the Red Cross Sanatorius~ purchased by the County, and reco~nended that the premises be
~`~ cleaned, shrubbery trimu~ed and buildings put in good regsir.. Upon motion of Iur. Hall~
_ seconded by '"r. Trask~ the matter was referred to the Airport and County Home.committee~
lu[r.Trasr~ l~r. Gnrdner and the Chairman with power to act.
-\p p,,~ for February were received and.filed.
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A statement was received from the State Board of Public V~Belfare advising that $23~02~.~5
_~~ was sent to this county during February for Old Age Assistance~ Aid to Dependent Children
and for adminis.tration.
Upon motion of Mr. Trask~ Mr. VP. R. Anglin of Columbia~ S. C.~ was granted an abatement
of not listed penalty charged against lots 9 and 10, in block 8b~ Carolina Beabh for the
~~~ year 194~~ acoount of being a non-resident.
The meeting then ad~ourned.
c ~"~ .~ s<L.. __ _~_ , Clerk. •
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VWilmington~ N. C., A4arch 15, 1948.
The regular weekly meeting of the Board was held at 10:00 o~clock {~. ~4.
Present: Addison Hewlett Chairman~ Geo. W. Trask~ H. R. Gardner~ L. J. Coleman and
' ,'County Attorney A~Iarsden Bellamy. '
The minutes of ineeting of nia.rch 8th~ 1948~ were read and approved as recorded.
A request of the Cooperative Building and Loan Association for'a refurid of ~16'].16
/d`~ taxes it paid in error on the prop~rty of J.N.Henry~Jr.' block lbl~ on January 15~
-~'~ 1948, for the year 194'], a£ter its mortgage was taken over by an Insurance Company
in 5epterber 194'7~ and charge' the taxes back to the property and re-open the account
for collection from tYie proper parties~ was presented by Iulr. Frederick G~311etts~Jr.~
and the Clerk was instructed to notify Mr. Henry to appear before the Board ~ionday~
, a4arch 22~ 1948~ to shov~ cause e~hy the request should not be granted.
~ Upon motfron of D~r. Gardner~ seconded by ~r. Trask~ the Board approved the application
~ to the"Civil Aeronautics ~dministration to turn over the field electrical system at
,a`~~ Bluethenthal ~i'rport to the county~ and suthorized and directed b7r. Addison Hewlett~
Chairman o£ the Board~ to perform all acts necessary to apply for and to receive any
and/or all'airport property for New Hanoner County. The foregoing action was taken
in consideration of a statement made by &~r. A.J.Narcisco, who was present~ that the
county would have full suthority to negotiate with the Tide V4~ater Power Company for the
operation o£ the system. A report of the grand, jury, Niarch Term 1948 v~as received and filed.
A copy of a cou~unication was received from n~r..V~. B. Campbell~ City Attorney, addressed
to Mr. J. R. Benson~ City hianager, calling attention that in some instances real
property Ss being sold by Commissioners appointed for that purpose in suits instituted
by attorneys to collect back taxes for the City and County in amounts less than the
-~CiX taxes involved~ and in some instances in anounts less than the value of the property
~ sold; and recommended that in all instances the attorney be required to report the
sale to the City b4anager and the Chairman of the Board of County Conunissianers~ giving
the amount of taxes due~ the amount of the bid and the estimated yalue of the property
being sold~ and that such information be required in time for the City and County to
determine if either of them should raise the bid. Upon motion of b`ir. Gardner~ secon.ded
by D~r. Trask, the recoinmendation was adopted.
~~~~'''~ A report of the Wilmington Public Library and Ladies ~iest Room Conmittee for February
~
P~~s were received and filed. _
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The meeting then ad~ourned. '
~ ~T-~~~ ~.. ., ...!,. Clerk. ' `
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Wilmington~ N. C., March 22~ 1948.
, The regular vaeekly meeting of the Board was held at 10:00 o'clock A. I~.
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Present: Addison Hewlett Chairman, Geo. W. Trask, Jas. M. Hall~ H. R. Gardner~
L. J. Coleman and County Attorney Marsden Bellamy.
The minutes of ineeting of ~arch 15~ 1948~ were read and approved as recorded.
Dr. Russell Bellamy appeared to complain of the acoustics in the two court rooms.
Ivirs. Alice Strickland, Town Clerk of Carolina Beach~ appeared to ask that attention
_ CoS-~~ be given to the cleaning out the ditches in the Carolina Beach area and correction
of the grade at the East-TNest culvert at the PFilmington Beach road.
Upon motion of ESr. Coleman~ seconded by ~r, Hall~ the Board approved a request of the
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Sheriff to call a meeting of the Civil S rvice Commission tb hold exatn
~ applicants for positions of special deputy sheriffs for duty at the beach resorts
during the summer season, under the supervision of the Sheri£f. ~
In response to notice given Maach 16~ 1948 ~4r. 3. N. Henry~ Jr.~ appeared before the
and
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Board and admitted that an ~tem of ~ 16~.1
Loan Association January 15~ 1948, on his property in block #101~ for the year 194~~
.~-~a~ was paid in errvr and asked that the san~e be refunded to the Cooperative Building and
Loan Association and charged back against his said property for collection; which was
upon motion of Mr. Gardner~ seconded Fmy b~s. Trask~ approved and it x*as so ordered by
the Bmard.
An application for license to sell beer at a location on the the Wrightsville Heach
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~ Highway near the Bradley Creek School at Seagate~ submitted~by Stacy P. Dexter~ was
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upon motlon of Iv:r. Gardner~ seconded by DGr. Trask~ declined on his statement that
location is less than 300 feet from the said school, and therefore the sale of beer
~ at the said location is prohibited by law.
Mr. Dexter also .complained of the inadequate drainage and water standing on the road
~~~ leadSng off the highway between the tPJO ponds at birs. Vick's place near Seagate.
for that relief
titi
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That being entirely a road matter he was advise to secure a pe
for submission to the State Highnaay Department.
• Upon motio~ of D2r. Gardner, seconded by Pdr. Aall~ the Board voted to have an engineer
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plot the coun.ty owned land in the area along the Castle Hayne road •~~• ---~.~-•----~-r~~
~ioore and back land to the Asphalt plant~
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indicate roadveays on said plot that would give access to the railroad facilities and
have the land.appraised before making flzture sales~ aftex a request was presented by
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Mr. F. E. Livingston to sell Nir. J. Arthur Smith the land between Geo.~i.~ioore an
roperty for expansion
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~e~ Upon motion of Mr. Hall~ seconded by b1r. Trask~ the/on the affirmative vote of
\P the Chairman~ NIr. Trask and Mr. Hall~'approved the recommendation of Mr. R.L.Meyland~
-~ Clerk of the Superior Court~ to adjust the salaries of the clerks in his office •
on account of promotions~ without exceeding the budget allowance~ as follo~as:
.~~Iiss ~ois J. Ward~ promoted to first assistand clerk~ formerly held by the late
~,. C. L. -Qyers, salary increased from $185.00 to $225.00 per month.
\a ~Iiss Vernell DeVane~ promoted to second assistant clerk~ the position formerly
~ held by Miss Ward~ salary increased from $165.00 to $185.00 per month;' and the
~ employment of a male clerk to fill a vacancy at ~210.00 per month. Mr. Gardner
~• and Mr. Coleman doted no. I~T. Gardner was opposed to salary raises during mid-year
and that the salaries fixed should apply through to the position and not the individ-
ual. ~
p, The following resolution was upon'motion of Nir. Gardner~seconded by Nir. Coleman~
~~~ adopted at the request of District Solicitor Clifton L. Moore:
/
r. VFhereas~ there are such a large accumulation of criminal cases on the docket of
the Superior Court of New ~?anover County for trial~ and
Whereas~ a large number of prisone'rs are now confined in the common prison of the
County of New Iianover awaiting trial of criminal cases, and
VYhereas~ as the next regular term of the Superior Court for the County of New Hanover
for the trial of criminal cases will not convene until May 10~ 1948~ and that from
this date there will be a large number of additional cxses docketed for trial in
the Superior Court of said county on the criminal calendar~ and ~
Whereas~ it is the unanimous opinion of the Board of County Conunissioners of New
Hanover County that at least a one week specia2 criminal term is necessary to
dispose of the cases now on the docket for trial in New Hanover County:
BE IT THEREFOHE RESOLVED that the Board of County Commissioners of New Hanover County
unanimously request his Excellency R. Gregg Cherry~ Governor of the State oP North
Carolina, to order a special tertn of the S'uperior Court~ without a Grand Jury~ for
the trial of criminal cases only~ to convene on April 19~ 1948, and to continue for
one week~ and that a Judge be assigned to hold said special term.
Be it flzrther resolned that the Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners be~ and
he is hereby directed to furnish a copy of this resolution to the Governor of the
State of North Carolina.
Upon motion o£ Nr. Gardner, seconded by ~ir. Trask'~ Mr. M. F. Harris~ 515 south 6th~
v~q~, street, was granted an abatement of poll taxes for'the year 194~~ for being over-age
~ ~ at listing time 194~. ~
A request of VTillie McIver for an adjustment of the back tar.es on hi.s two lots in
lG~ bloek # 229~ Was referred to the committee for investigation and with power to act.
~ Upon motion of Mr. Gardner, seconded by 1~r. Hall~ the Board approved the t~eo sketches
_,m~ presented by Sorosis for two eases each for the museum at a cost of $241.50 and ~95.00~
respectively.
An application for license to sell beer at a location on the Rehder road 800 feet from
_~~'/ the b?iddle Sound Advent Christian Church~ submitted by Robert A. Bowen~ and opposed
by petition of the residents in that cotnmunity, was postponed to give the citizens
an opportunity to be heard.
~ Applications for licenses to sell beer and to operate a cs~bin camp at a location
on the Carolina Beach road~ submitted by D4.T.Hinson~ the same being in due form and
'" execution and endorsed by the Sheriff~ were upon motion of Mr. Hall~seconded by
~ir. Coleman~ granted.
Upon motion of blr. Gardner~ seconded by b:r. Coleman~ the purchase of half-page
~A~`~ advertisement for the county in the 80th, anniversary issue the Wi].mington ~Gorning
Star, Sunday, March 28th~ 1948~ was suthori2ed. H4r. Trask voting no.
_~\~~~Z~ ~Sr. Gardner again call attention to the Airport and Red Cross premises clean-up
^~ program, and that this be completed as early as possible.
~ A~Ir. Trask brought to the attention the satisfactory elimination of the house £ly
by the use od DDT and reconmiended that the program be extended through-out the
~,y~ entire county outside the city limits~ under the supervision of the Health
~ Department. The idea was approved by the Board and instructions were given to
ascertain an estimate of the cost. •
-~b;~ Upon motion of b:r. Gardner~ seconde2 by Mr. Coleman, County bills Nos. 1290 to
1512 were approved for payment.
~y The following good and lawful persons were drawn to serve as jurors in the Superior
-~ v~^"- Court for the trial of Civil Saces ~'or the two weeks term beginning April 5~ 1948:
L.C.Latimer~ 518 Grace St.
H.C.Kornegay, 108 Wright St.
L.H.Lewis~ Rt.2, Box 133.
A.L.Cobb~ Rt.2~ Box 200.
R.E.Piner~ 1005 Mercer Ave.
Woodrow Lewis~ 304 Davie Drive.
Robt.B.Kirkham~ 305 S. Front St.
G.Riley Davis~ 14 N. 9th, St.
H.C.Henderson~ 521 Dock St.
I4;andley, D. Willians~ Box 71'].
h~.Eugene Bullard, Box 821 City.
Albert L. ShumaY.eri 20'] L9alnut St.
Edwin R.h,arshburn~ 2 Northern Blvd.
Jno.~+.Bender~ Rt.2~ Box 298.
B.H.Cobb~ b-B Oleander Ct.
Lewis P. Hall~ 413 PT. 5th~ St.
A.D.Wallace~ 610 S. Front St.~
J.G.Gholston~ 103 Wood2awn Ave.
T. J. Green 116 Nun St.
G. H. Grims~ead, 804 N. 4th~ St.
H. G. Bryant~ 314 S. 2nd~ St.
O.L.Bilalpass~ 1010 S. 6th~ St.
Carolyn W. Henley~ 10 S. ']th~ St.
E. B. Register~ Jr., 2633-B defferson St.
Geo. T. Land~129 Graham St.
Jesse G. Coleman~ 116 S. l~th~ St.
J. B. Funderburg~ Jr.~ 1211 S. 4th~ St.
Mrs. W.D.Johnson~ Rt.2.
Henry Emerspn~ Apt.A-2 Oleander Ct.Apt.
A. Hoff~nan~ 8 S. 'Jth~ St.
Eddie Fdwards~ 614 Colwell Ave.
L.D.Harrelson~ 818 S. 17th~ St.
J.Vl.Stokley~ Box 96.
Landis H. Welsh~ 1501 Market St.
Henry T. King~ 55 Spofford Mills.
Fanny Russ~ 216 N. 7th~ St.
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Meeting of rHarch 22~ 1948, continued.
C. H. Hayes~ 1405 Chestnut St.
J. D. Aavis~ 108 N. 8th~ St.
Gilbert P. Smith~ 310 S. 20th~ 5t.
Davis C. Howard~Jr.~ 117 S. li°,onroe St.
Geo.B.Diuse~ 2714 Adams St.
A. L.'Groves~ 614 Greenfield 8t.
Robt. W. Cole,Sr., 208 Walnut St.
Jas.W.~iote~ 819 Grace St;
A. E. Huggins~ 412 biarket St.
R. W. Reaves~ 2111 Princess St.
R, A. Parnell~ 218 N. 6th~ St. ~
Swift L4. Boatwright~ 14 S. 2nd, St.
John ~Ianolakis ~ 105 Grace 5t. ~- ~;
P1. F. Par?:er~ 9-C Nesbitt ~ourt.
Bert D. Hawley~ 401 Dock St.
R, A. Greenleay, 1701 Princess St.
Jno.C.b7yers, 305 N. I6th~ St.
Jas. NI. Henderson, 110 N, 5th~ St.
J. R. Mills.~. 420 S. 18th~ St.
' ':~ R. W. Farrowy C-25, Box 301.
C.D.Grimsley 14 N. Jefferson St.
Norwobd G. C~ark~ 41 Lake Forest Pky.
g Robt.Jas.Dudley 610 Co1weZ1 Ave.
J. E. Powell~ 1i08 S. 4th~ St.
J. B. Russ~ 119 Woodlawn.
J. D. Harrisoh~ 105 N. 23rd~ St.
Jasper D. Davis Jr.~ 208 Windsor Dr.
J. p. Russ~ Rt.L~~ Box 313
J.'0. White~ 109 S. 16th~ St.
Ler~is Farrowfy Rt. 2~ Box 181.
H. C. Koelz~ 511 Orange St.
A~irs. J. D. Heidt~ RFD 3.
H.O.Thomas~ Box 934 City.
Bryant Sneeden~ 812 Ora.nge St.
Berthat L. Bowers, 301 Central Blvd.
Nlrs. ~iaggie LI. Hobbs~ 613 S. 16th~ St.
The meeting then a@~ourned. •
~ ~l~-y Clerk.
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1Nilmington~ N. C., garch 29~ 1948.
The regular weekly meeting of the Board was held at 10:00 o'clock A.B~.
Present: Addison Hewlett Chairman~ Geo. W. Trask~ Jas. D7. Hall~ H. R. Gardner~
L. J. Coleu~an and County Attorney i~arsden Bellamy,
The minutes of ineeting of ~arch 22~ 1948~ were read and approved as recorded.
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,~~ Upon.ffiot~oa of ~Ir. Trask~ seconded by D~~r. Coleman~ the Board granted an appropriation
~~~`t of not exceeding $Z50.00 to match an equal amount by the City and Merchants Association
for decorating the streets and buildings in the city~ approximately eight blocks~
for the Azalea Festival April 9~10, and Z1~ requested by the lczalea Festival Committee.
Mrs. S, P, Dexter ~ppeared to ask the Board to re-consider its action in declining
to grant license to sell beer at Dexters Soda Shop opposite the Bradley's Creek
r,Q,~- School, notwithstanding the location ~s less than 300 feet from the school~ and
• claimed that beer sold at the Sinalair Service Station at Winter Park is less than
300 feet from the Winter Park School. This distance~ according to a ruling by the
Attorney General measured from building to building~ was shovun to be more than
300 feet when license to sell beer at the said location v+as granted. However on
motion of Mr. Trask~ seconded by 7~r. Coleman~ the Board received the complaint for
investigation and if found to be less than 300 feet~ to take such steps necessary to
revoke the license. ~
R delegation of representative citizens of biiddle So
Sound Advent Christian Church appeared to oppose the
`(~~ at a location on the Rehder Hoad submitted by Robert
beer would create a bad influence among the youth of
discussed at length and Mr. Gardner moved and it was
carried that the application be tabled.
and and members of the H~liddle
granting of license to sell beer
A. Bowen~ feeling the sale of ,
that community. The matter was
seconded by NIr~ Co2eman and
The question o£ the County Commissioners obligation under the law ~o approve license
to sell beer in communities that would be objectionable to the residents was discussed
~~ and ~Ir. Gardner moved that this county ask to be exempt from the operation oP the Act
at the next session of the legislature~ and that the granting of license to sell beer
- in cerCain localities be made discretionary with the County Commissioners.
Unon motion of Tu1r. Hall~ seconded by Mr: Trask~ authority was given to close the county
---C~ o~'ficgs for;h~,1.f day beginning at 1s00 o'clock P..Il~:~ thi~ date~ in observanee of Easter
T~onday.
Upon motion~ dulgr seconded~ Mr, J. H. Carr of Clinton~ DT. C.~ was granted an abatement
;~ of taxes on a valuation of ~$600.00 assessment on land under water since acquired by ~
quit claim deed in 194I, east of lot 1Q~ in block ~~ Carolina Beach £or the year 194~~
_ and granted a refund of taxes paid on the same for the,t~mro years 1945 and 1946.
A request of Mr. Herbert S. King to separate the taxes on land and buildings situated
Plortheast of the intersection of US 17~ and Kerr Avenue, charged against Alice B.
~'~a~ Ganstier. This property having been leased to J. N. Bryant who erected the buildings
thereon with the privilege of removing the same~ and the county attorney having ruled
that the l~nd is responsible for the tax on the buildings~ the Board on motion of
Mr. Trask, seconded by '"r. Hall~ requested Mr. Bryant to show cause, if any, why he
should not li~,~.the said buildings.for taxes.
Upon motion of T~qr. Colema~~ seconded by Mr. Hall~ Mr. C. R. Piner was granted an
,~ a.hatement of taxes on a valuation of ~~00.00 account of double charge on one acre of
land and buildings in I~asonboro tovanship sold to B. C. Leeming December 22~ 1946, and
charged to both for the year 194~.
Upon motion of n4r. Trask~ seconded by u'~r. Coleman, Oscar Brown was granted an abatement
of taxes on a valuation of ~1~585.00 for the year J.q47, and refunded ~9.51 taxes paid
~~ for 1946, account of error in charging him with 2 3/4 acres of land and house in
Harnett tov~nship assessed at ~y1,635.00, whereas he only urchased a half acre from
Dadid F. Foy and assessed at ~50.00. The difference of 2~ acres and house was ordered
charged back~to David F. Foy at $1,585•00 for the years 19~6 and 1947, and that he
be given notice of this action.
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Meeting of It4arch 29~ 1948, continued.
~ Upon motion of Mr. Hall~ seconded by ~r. T'rask~ i;he Boa ~1 voted to participate in the
_Cer^, expense with'the Ci'ty and Chamber of Commerce for the entertainment o£ the Board
of Conservation and Development in meeting here 61pri1. 8th.9th,and lOth~
Upon'motion, b4r. L. 6. Ellis vras granted an'abatement of $1.00 tax on male dog
'Jcn~' charged'in error in Wilmington township, for the year 194~. '
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Upon motion of'IuIr. Gardner~ the Board approved Federal Project #745 relative to the
deepening of the channel from the intracoastal'v~aterway at Plrightsville Sound to
' (~ Tu;asonboro inlet fis outlined in a coLUnunication received fro~n nlr. H. E. Boyd~
~~/ Industrial Agent~ and the Ports Authority was requested to prepare a resolution
for presentation to'our Senadors and Congressmen urging that they use every e£fort~
to have this project appr6ved and the funds appropriated to carry out the work.
' iar. Gardner brought to the attention the matter of inailing'out county checks rather
`~ than putting our merchants to the inconvenience of having to call and receipt for same~
~~`~` and recommended that steps be taken to eliminate this requirement.
The meeting then-adjourned.
~ .l~a-r~~/.. Clerk.
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Wilmington~ N. C.~ April 5~ 1948.
The regular weekly meeting of the Board was held at 10:00 o'clock A. M.
Present: Addison Hewlett Chairman, Geo. W. Tra~k~ Jas. M. Hall~ H. R. Gardner~
L. J. Coleman and County Attorney Marsden Bellamy.
The minutes of ineeting o£ tvlarch 29~ 1948~ were read and approved as recorded.
Miss Ann Mason~ County Home Demonstration Ager-t appeared to extend an invitation to
the Board to attend their annual district meeting to be held at the Service Center,
~ ~~'`~ 2nd, and Orange Street~ April 14th~ 1945~ A request of Niiss Mason to purchase a
- G`~ picture pro~ection machine at a cost of approximately $400.00 out of funds accumulated
in her budget allovrance for salary for an assistant Home Agent, as an educational
feature for her department, films to be furnished by the,State and Federal extention
department, was upon motion"of Mr. Gardner~ seconded by '"r. Hall, approved. Miss DGason
also annon;'iced that the 4-H Club would sponsor a float in the Azelea Festival Parade.
~~~, Upon motion of D4r. Hall~ seconded by ~r. Gardner~ the following resolution was adopted:
~ Whereas~ The Honorable Hargrove Bellamy ha~ announced his candidacy for election
as Representative of the Seventh Congressional District~ and ,
Ylhereas~ we are mindful of his loyal and outstanding service as Mayor of our
fair city, which office he resigned to answer the call to duty early in World War II;and
Whereas~ we recognize in him a public spirited native of our city of the highest
character and integrity~ a progressive and an in~luential leader among men best fitted
to represent our District and the I,ower Cape Fear in Congress:
Therefore, Be It Resolved, that the Board of Commissioners of New Hanover County~
in regular°session assembled~ do hereby endorse the candidacq of the Honorable Hargrove
Bellamy as Representative to the Congress of the United States from the Seventh
Congressional District, and bespeak for him the favorable action of the citizens of
our County and the District.
Upon motion of L~r. Hall, seconded by ~'ir. Trask the purchase of a Station Wagon
~p_,, model automobile at a cost of $1~514.'J0~ less ~515.70 allowance for old Chevrolet
~'"'~` Sedan, making a net cost price of $999.00, for the Sheriff's Department~for trans-
porting prisoners~ was approved.
Upon motion of B~r. Gardner~•seconded by ~r~ Coleman, the Board approved a lease to the
United States of 6merica~ for two rooms approximately 7' 6" x 20' and"42' 6" x 20~
~r,~ respectively~ conta~.ning a total of approximately 800 square feet of floor space~
-a~'ti~V located in Airport•Building described as former Army Building No. T'96o, New Hanover
County Airport (Bluethenthal Field)~ Wilmington, North Carolina, at an annual rental
of $400.00, for the use ~y an Airv+ays Maintenance Technician as sector headquarters
for the Wilmington Area. And the Chairman and the Clerk of the Board were authorized
and directed to execute a rental agreement prepared by the Civil Aeronautics Admin-
istration covering the same, on behalf of the County. ~
~ Rc~ A report of the Ladies Rest Room Committee and Bureau of Identification for March
A communication was received from Lieutenant H. C. Bost~ USNR, offering the facilities
of the' U.S.Naval Reserves Training Center for handling any urgent communications
_{~~1r~ disruption that may occur~ such as was experienced during the two ice and sleet
storms this past winter, at which time'the. U.S. Naval Reserves ~raining Center
facilities were utalized in handling urgent emergency communications for public
utilities, the Red Cross, railroads and, other such organizations.
The Cormnissioners yere appreciative of this offer and upon motion of Mr. Gardner~
seconded by ~~r. Coleman~ the same was ordered acknowledged with an expression of
thanks.
~ were received and filed. •
A communication was received from the State Board of Public Welfare advising that
$23~412.75 was sent to this count~ for old age assistance~ aid to dependent children
and for administration for the month of ~arch.
A report was'~received from the Back ~ax Office showing that $2,963.26 was collected for
7aX the City, and $2~436.05-~for the County, making a to.tal of $5,399•31 back taxes
collected during the month of I~arch. ,
The meeting then adjourned~
, i`r~--. ~! 9~-z._.. .....G Clerk.
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Wilmington~ N. C.~ April 12~ 1948.
The regular weekly meeting of the Board was held at 10:00 o'clock A. -Q.
, Present: Addison Hewlett Chairman~ Geo. W. Trask, Jas. M. Hall~ H. R. Gardner
L. J. Coleman and Countp ~t•torney Marsden Bellamy. •
. The minutes of ineeting of.April 5th~ 1948~.were read and approved as recorded.
~ Sc~ The matter of the Junior ~raffic Officers participating in the annual National Assembly
, to be held in ~iashington, D. C.~ P4ay 15th~ was upon motion of ll4r. Gardner, seconded by
Mr. Coleman~ taken under consideration.
~ C~„Q..Jerry Hobbs and wife~Susie King Hobbs, and William Thomas ~iamsey, indigent citizens~
~\ were upon motion of T~r..Tr.a'sk~ seconded by Pdr. Gardner~ admitted to the County Home on
~ recommendation of the Supt.~ of Public Pielfare.
A communication was received from the Board o£ Education advising that the two Maffitt
~~ Village School Buildings have been acquired from the_Government at a cost of $'7~500.00.
This Board at a recent meeting~ authorized the Board of Education to spend not exceeding
~10~000.00 for the purchase of the two school buildings for its school system, out of
present available funds which is to be replaced in next years budget.
'~c,~'^A report of the activities of the Colored Home Agent for March was received and filed~ and
~(r payment of $9.~5 for articles used in demonstrations was approved.
Upon motion of ~Ir. Trask~ seconded by T~[r. Gardner, W. H. Cotton was permitted to pay the
1947 taxes on the part east middle lot 6~ in block 60, on a valuation of $250.00, which
i~a~ was fixed by the tax assessors~ plus the pro-rata part of the personal taxes charged
against A.C.Bost, on account of having to take the property back. The balance of the
personal property tax to remaln charged against A.C.Bost on other property he ownes in
s'aid block. ~
~ IIpon motion~of Mr. Gardner, seconded by Mr. Coleman~ the Board went on record with an
~'~~~JA zaleaSFestivalpCommitteen the presseandethe community~awhich~resulted infsuch afmarvelous
success on the occasion of our first annual Azalea Festival~ April 9, 10~ and 11.
The following good and lawful persons were drawn to serve as jurors,in the Superior Court,
j~ for the trial of criminal cases~for the Special Criminal term for the week beginning
'~ A'pril 19~ 1948:; and for the first week civil term beginning Iuonday~ May lOth, 1948:
Rutiy L. Mayer~ 1733 Carolina Court.
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Albert Bergen~ 14C Oleander Apts.
R.L.Jenkins~ 11 Pinecrest Parkvaay.
T.W.Sneeden~ 41'7 Orange St.
J.A.Wilson~ Rt. 2 Box 220.
L.E.Hart~ 1901 Market St.
C.T.Traylor~ 514IJarket St.
J.Bruce Biggs~ 1511 Ann St.
Wm.S.PGoore~ 1711 Nun St.
Joseph H. Bost~ 1201 Chestnut St.
Louise H. Robertson~ 114 Pinecrest Parkvray
W.O.Berryhill~ 1819 Ann St.
Alida K. Jordan, RFD #2, Box 293-A
R.U.Bell~ ' 6 Lee Drive,Lake r'ore
Miss Jessie Byers~ Rt.l, Box 41-A
F.I~i.Jolly~ 220 N. 2nd~ St.
Wilma L. Sellers~ 1~16 Ann St.
Nathaniel Foster~ Rt.2, Box 2068
Marvin W. Barnes~ 44 Lee Drive Lake For
J.J.Mohr~Jr.
~ 220 V. 4th~ St.
r.~ 125~
L.S.Hubbard~J Forest Hill Drive.
Harry E. Fryar~ 145 Spofford Mills.
C.F.Barber~ .. Shipyard B~ulevard:
C.B.Bolton~ 4 N~onroe St.
Earl Kennedy~ '706 S. Front St.
R.B.King~bury~ 208 N. llth, St.
Adron Norton~ 816~ S. 4th~ St.
B.A.Renfrow~ " 2202 Pk. Dr. Princess
E.R.Blake~ 222 Kenwood Ave.
Van A. Moore~ ' 2117 Brandin Road.
Jno.R.Selby~ 1605 Ann St.
lUrs. Walter H. Moor e~ Carolina Beach.
E.E.Canady~ ' 129 S. Harrison St.
E.C.Bullard, 2651A Jefferson St.
H.G.Noffsinger~Jr.~ ~ Royal Crown Bot.Co.
Chas.W.Miller~ 401 S. 4th~ St.
R.A.Yost~ RFD #1~ Box 30-A
iviildred ~A. Munn~ 117 Colonial Drive.
Fred L. Kelly~ 409 Red Cross St.
B.A.Hanchey~ ].10~ S. 6th; St.
E. Boushee~ ~19 Dock St.
H.R.Latimer~ Box 134.
Geo.E.Holloman, 307 Virginia Ave.
~t. C.A.Brickhouse~ ~ Springer Coal Co.~
Herbert Bordeaux~ 20 N. Harrison St.
C. M. Wade~ 180~ Princess St.
J.H.Vereen~ Jr.~ 115 Evey Drive.
R. L. Mercer~ 907 Chestnut St.
~st. J.W.Rusher~ C-33 Box 34g.
VJ.H.Stokley~ 509 Dock St.
W.D.Smith~ 708 Dock St.
Harold E. Leonard~ 111 S. 5th~ St.
E.FZ Peschau~ - 208 N. 3rd~ St.
J.O.Smith~ 805 N. 5th~ St.
E.F.Kinght~ 411 N. 4th~ St.
F.M.McGowan~Jra<~ Rt.3.
Archie D. Craig~ 1914 Church St.
Place. W.O.Humphrey~ 2318 Chestnut St.
S.A.T.roy,Jr. 209 S. 6th, St.~.
Robt M. Boyd~ 2640 Tefferson St.
For the Civil Term, beginning Nonday~ Nay 10~ 19a8:
W . R.Davis ~
W.J.Blackwell~
Jas.L.Wells~
Pryde C. Canady~
Jas.D.Walker,Jr.
L.F.Bass~
~iartin L. Sessoms~
G.C.Bordeaux~
Thomas Blackham,
&aul A. Allen~
J.E.Bass~
L.D.Blake~
L.T.Bosnaell~
W.F.Pearson,
Craig VJ. Smith~ Sr.
A.C.Sandlin~
Curtis Furr~
D.C.Bland~
Rt.2, Box 222
17 Wrightsville Ave.
110 N!imosa Place.
Rt.3.
6 Ct:B Lake Forest.
1719 ~arolina Ave.
lil ~. 5th, st.
316 N. 2ns~ St.
1212 Chestnut St.
sox 1381
8-A Lake Forest
520 Castle St.
406 Church St.
123 Williamson Drive.
1908 Kline Road.
107 S. 8th~ St.
Castle Hayne~ Rt.l.
211 Park Row.
1819 Perry~ Ave.
26 Spofford Mills.
313 Grace 5t.
110 Wrightsville Ave.
311 N. 4th~ St. ~'
232 Kenwood Ave.
2108 A4arket St.
Box 109 Carolina Beach.
Rt.2t sox 324.
401 s. 2nd~ St.
317 N. 3rd~ St.
Box 1025•
1824 Summer Hill.
Room 60'] ACL.
1816 Perry Ave.
141 Spofford Mills.
2113 Brandon Road.
104 Central Boulevard.
J.J.Windley~
L. Ballard~
Jesse I. Baggett~
R~.D.Walkup~
Ftalph Williams ~
C.C.York~
R:N .King ~
Cliff Smith~Jr.,~
Clayton Melton„
G.B.Bass~
Raymond E. Clark~
A.B.Blake,
A.A.Arnold~
Vd.T .DHarable ~
J.R.Davis~
Jno.W.Sellers,
J.W.Baldwin~
Wm.R.Zimmer~
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L. -S. Pollock~ 2600 Princess Street Rd.
L.Hugh Marshburn~Jr. Box 101 Carolina Beach.
E.I~.Westbrook~ 1901.Chestnut St.
Mrs.Grayson B. Jones~ ~j09 Dock St.
~'rederick H:Scherr,.~ 409 Dock St.
E.Iui.Allen~Jr.~ - 68 W Dr. Lake Forest.
Irving Hewlett, ;,~:~; 2f4 Pinecrest.
J.H.Schultz, .' 23 Lee Dr. Lake Forest.•
R.C.Wood~ 61'] Mercer Place.
D.A.Fulgrum,Jr.~ 214 N. 6th, St:
Andrew 0.91atters; 2 Ct.U.Lake Forest.
Jas. Benbo~v, ~ Foster.-Hill Co.~
The meeting then adjourned.
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B.F.Pirier~ , 20D Nesbitt Ct.
J.L.Beaton~ ~GSBfP Co.
Lucile Smith, 1203 Princess St..
B.I.Morris, 410 Orange St.
W.J.Batson~ 14 S. 17, St.
L.C.McBride~ 513 S. Front.
Mrs.Geo.Truelove~ 214 S. 16th~ 5t.
D~iss E:R.Clarke~ 15 N. 15th~ St.
W.M.He~lett~ Box 1271.
Lance E. Sandlin~ 903 N. 3rd.
Louis Schmidt~ 219 Davis St.
C.L.Munn~ RFD #1.
Wilmington~ N.C.~ April 19~ 1948.
The regular weekly meeting of the Board was held at 10:00 o'clock,A. M.
Present: Addison Hewlett Chairman~ Geo. Nt. Trask~ Jas. M. Hall~ L.J.Coleman and
Cpunty Attorney Marsden Bellamy.
The minutes of,meeting of April 12~ 1948, were read and approved as recorded.
Upon motion of Mr. Trask~ seconded by Mr. Coleman, the Board &pproved a reque5t of
_~P~~h BGrs. Robinson, daughter of I~r. L. H. King to make a fill sufficient ~or a driveway
at their place on the Old Turnpike at Garden City adjoining Mr. A.A.Everett~ account
of increased drainage from nearby developments~ they to furnish and lay the pipe.
A request of I~r. Lawrence Kure for the services of a special deputy sheriff for
~`~~ duty at Iiure Beach during the summer season, to begin one month earlier, or May
~ lst~ instead of June lst, and to continue through Tuly 31st~1g48~ under the direction
of the Sher'iff. . -
F~Upon motion of Ivir. Coleman, seconded by Iv.r. Ha11~ the State Highway & Public VJorks
--~" ~ Commission was requested to. reopen theroad from Fort Fisher to the Rocks.
. A copy of a letter vaas reeeived from Mr. J.R.Benson, City NIanager,'directed to
P~4r. C. R. Morse~ Tax Collector~ concerning the sale of real estate for taxes at
a minimum o£,its assessed value which appeared to be in line with the understanding
_~p,X of the ~oint' committee~ the distribution of the proceeds between the~City and County
to be made on a baSis of the respective interests~ excepting street assessments~ and
the same was referred,to the County Attorney to clear up any legal•angles that may
, arise.
^~~.,~rs~ A report of the Wilmington Public Library for March was received and filed.
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Upon motion of P~dr. Trask~ seconded by Nr. Hall~ the Board authorized the sale of
. lot 6~ in block 2, Hanover Gardens, to Nir. D. I~. Coleman for $65~.00 cash. And
-r-(p ~ the Chairman and the Clerk of the Board were authorized and directed to sign
the dee~ of conveyance~to be prepared by the County Attorney, on behalf of the
, County. __ , ,
~. A request of A. Telfair for an adjustment of the back taxes on his property in
_`jq~ block #502~ was upon motion of idr. Coleman, seconded by ivir. Trask~ referred to
- ,the committee with power to act. .
A letter of appreciation was received from I~r. R. Bruce Etheridge, Director of the
_ cf~ State,Department of Conservation and Development~ for our participation in their
, entertainu,ent during their meeting here April 8~ 9 and 10.
Upon motion of Mr. Coleman~~seconded by Atr: Hall, the 1948-1949 estimates for Old
.c>c~ Age Assistance ~54,652.50~ and.Aid to Dependent Chi.ldren $31,629.00~ approved by
~. the County Welfare Board, was tentatively approved by this Board subject to reduction
, before final adoption of.the county's budget.
Mr. Hewlett announced that during his attendance upon the District meeting of the
County Commissioners in Raleigh last week, he learned that the State Medical Care
-~ ~,P Commission would not be able to give and financial assistance toward the building
P of our proposed tuberculosis hospital, which, therefore, would necessitate a revision
• of our plans to come within our ability to build, and recommended that our architects
Ford & Lynch give us an estimate on the cost of a 40 bed bullding~which was upon
• motion of Mr. Coleman, seconded by Mr. Hall~ approved. ~ ,
• ~~ir. Geo. H. Hutaff appeared to ask that the county build a fence around theRed Cross
J ~~Li Sanatori~ property in an effort to stop the use of the premises by perSons for
• immoral purposes.
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~ilmington~ N. C.~ April 26~ 1948.
•-~ The regular weekly meeting of the Board was held at 10:00 o'clock A. M.
Present: Addison Hewlett Chairman, Geo. W. Trask~ Jas. M. Hall, H. R. Gardner~
L. J. Coleman and County Attorney Marsden Bellamy.
The minutes of ineeting of April 19~ 1948, were read and.approved as recorded.
Upon motion of Mr. Trask~ seconded by Nir. Coleman~ the_,:Sunset Company ( J.G.Gholston)
_~~ was granted an abatement of taxes on a valuation of~$8;q50,A0, water system and
equipment taken over by the City in 1946, and same assessment brought forward for
1947~ and the same corrected by the Tax Assessors by reducing the 1947 assessments
on the following lots: -
Lots ~ to 11 and 16~ in block 9,
~~ 3p ~~ 13
n 14 ~~ 4
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Amount of assessments abi
Sunset
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Woodla'
Sunset
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Park from ~5,050.00 to 250.00
" « 400.00 ~~ 300.00
Nn ~~ 5,000.00 " 1,300.00
Park " 700.00 " 35D,On
ii,l5o.00 2,200.00
2.200.00
~ 8,950.00
A petition submitted by the VPrightsville Sound Voters and Property Owners League
~~ requesting that the V311a View road from its intersection with the Camp Davis road
at the EpiscopaZ Church to the Wrightsville Sound bridge~ be widened and paved to
enable the heavy traffic of automobiles~ passenger buses and•trucks to and from
Wrightsville Beach to pass with safety, was upon motion of Mr. Gardner, seconded
by Mr. Trask~ approved. A similar request havin~ been previously made to the
Highway Commission to re-surface~ widen and improve this highway, instructions
were therefore given to write Mr. T.T.Betts, State Highway Division Engineer
to let us have some definite report on the matter, and follow it up to a difinite
conclusion.
~~s~ A report of Jas. Walker Hospital for March was received and fi.led.
Upon motion of Mr. Gardner~ seconded by Mr. Coleman, the Board authorized ari abatement
~~ of the 1933 taxes ~ax~a charged agai~st the east end of lot 1~ in block 280~ purctiased
by the Church of God from the heirs of John H. Brown Ju2y 1932, for religious purposes.
~~~ Action on the application of Robert Bowen to sell beer on the F?ehder road at Niddle
Sound, was continued pending report of the committee.
'~~,~ The following applications for licenses to se1Z beer at_the locations shown~
the same being in due form and execution and endorsed by the sheriff, were upon
~~a-~ motion of Mr. Gardner~ seconded by t~dr. HaII~ granted: .
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Mrs Bessie A 1 wh't C tl H t
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,David J. Carr~ as e ayne Road~• Cas le Hayne~N.C.
'7 Mile Post
US 11'7 & 421. Beer
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-R. A. Chadwick; ~
5~ miles on Castle Hayne Road. "
--J. W. Covil, 7 Mile Post US 11~. ~~
- ,Ralph D. Drew~ 1uliddle Sound. • °
-Mary Joe Davis~ .
3 Miles on Carolina Beach Ftoad ~~
J. &i. James~ James Service Station
Carolina Beach Road "
-Annie Nixon~ ,
Castle Hayne. , ~~
- A. J, Sanders~ , ,
-Barket Street Road ~ ~~
-Sadie Smith~ - .
5eabreeze ~t
~ _.Sadie Smith~ Seabreeze Cafe
E. W. Stacy, Carolina Beach Road Be~r
~J. H. Turner~ Market Street Road .. ~~
Upon motion of Mr. Coleman, seconded by Mr. Trask~ the Champion Distributing Company
/~qx was granted an abatement of.taxes on a valuation of $6~000.00 account of doub le chargeo
Inventory was listed regular for the year 194'7 at $6~000.00, and again as a c orporation
at $~~800.00~ leaving a balance open for collection of $1~800.00~ assessment~ having
• paid taxes on the $6~000.00.
~ Upon motion of Mr. Coleman, seconded by I~r: Trask~ the 1948-194g estimates for Aid to
~~-~1~~he B].ind approved by the County Welfare Board, was tentatively approved by this Board
subject to reduction before final adoption of the county's budget~ in the amount of $8,535•00.
The questioa of the payment of ~3118.31 for 23 days hospital car.e for Bessie Avery~ 19 year
old girl, recemmended by the Supt., of public ti'+elfare as a county ch~rge, was referred
~S 5 to the County tittorney for opinion. It appeared that she was sent to Samarcand Manor
January 24~ 1945, and released in July 1946 and returned to her .people here in Nesbit
Court~ but on account of an overcrowded condition in the very small apartment she was
sent to live wi~h her aunt in YBurham BIIay'15~ 194~~ and has remained there since that time.
Upon motion of Mr. Hall, seconded by Mr. Coleman~ the Board approved the payment of
$110.76 expense incurred by the Sheriff to Philadelphia to return John King charged
_.. ~,. cvith abandonment and non-sugport. It appeared~ however~ that John King was released
by the Philadelphia authorities on bond and the Sheriff returned without bringing him
back.'~he Sheriff was instructed to never Ieave for a prlsoner in the futnre unt31 he
has received the approved requisition papers an3 ~varrant £rom the Governor of the State
f rom which the prisoner is to be returned.
The meeting then adjourned.
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YJilmington~ N. C.~ May 3~ 1948.
The regul~r weekly meeting of the Board v+as held at 10:00 o'clock A. M.
Present:'Addison HewTett Chairman, Geo: W. Trask, Jas. ~2. f:all~ H. R. Gardner~
L. J. Coleman and County fittorney P~arsden Bellamy. '
The minutes of ineeting of ~tpril 28~ 1948~ were rea.d and approved as recorded. ~
' M rs. Rosa L. Gaddy appeared to present two right-of-way agreements on State forms
as a petition for improvements to Church Avenue in Seagate from Gideon's Service
~a~ Station on US '74/76 to the Seagate NIacadam Road. And a roadway from Seagate Grocery
~ Store, thence up Tidewater Avenue to Sebrell Avenue, thence with Sebrell Avenue to
US ~4/'76, R~hich were upon motion of NIr. Gardner~ seconded by.Mr. Coleman~ approved
and ordered forv+~arded to the State highvray & Public Vdorks Commission with an urgent
request that the'improvements be made as early as possible.
Mr. J. Hardie Ferguson appeared for Mr. Robert A. Bowen for license to sell beer
on the Rehder Road at Middle Sound. This matter having been pending before the Board
~~ since March 29, when members of the Middle Sound Advent Christian Church appeared to
/~~ object to granting license for the sale of beer in that community, and it appearing
that I~r. Bowen has complied v~ith the law and that his application is in due form
and execution and endorsed by the Sheriff, and that the County~Commissioners according
to.a ruling of t~e county Attorney have no further.discretion in the matter~ ~r.Gardner
move,d and it was seconded by tJfr. Hall and carried, that his application for license
to sell beer be approved. All members voting affirmatively except Rir. Trask~ vrho voted no.
~~ The Following applications for licenses to sell beer at the locations shown~ c~~ere
/~ upon motion of Mr. Hall; seconded by ~r. Coleman, approved: ~
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~1~1~~ -J. E. Armstrong, Masonboro Loop Road Beer
~ -H. R. Brown Old Yrrightsville Beach I~oad "
-W. L. Burne'tt~ ' 2~ miles idorth of Carolina Beach "
_H. S. Claxk~ Market Street Road ;; °
- R. D. Cuthbertson~ "Tiny Grill" Vance Street,Maffitt Village
-A. P. Dale, Wrightsville Beach Highway ' "
-Richard IIaley~ Seabreeze ~' "
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~A. C. Gideon~ Seagate, V~frightsville Beach Highway "
-Herbert A. Garner~ Harbor Island ~ "
-C. C. Gray~ Carollna Beach Road "
-C. C. Gray, Carolina Beach Road Tourist Camp
._Gilbert Hale~ Castle.Hayne Road Beer
-M. L. Harris, , Intersection Castle Hayne Road and
Gordon Road n Roosevelt Gardens" "
~' - A. E. Henderson~ Sky Club, VJrightsville Beach Hoad "
~ ~ -Claud Hobbs~ Wrightsville Sound "
-J. V'F. Jackson~ , Carolina Beach Road "
-La~vrence D. Jenkins~ Macumbers Station "
: L.L.Kinlaw & C.J.Southerl ~inclair Filing Station,VTinter Pk. "
and~
-John H. Lamont~ .
Seabreeze "
- K. A. Lehto~ Red Rock Building~ Car.Beach Road °t
-R. H. Lewis~ . 539 Castle Hayne Road "
-Car1 C. Mitchell~ . Carol~na Beach Roaii "
_Henry Omirly~ Carolina Beach Road "
~J.'C. Parker~ Castle Hayne . "
~E. A. Reynolds~ Wrightsville Iv;arina " '
-Eleanor D. Rochelle, Middle Sound "
Anna Romachko~ 6 mi~es on Castle Hayne Road "
Rosetta Shaw~ Seabreeze , "
_Ellis Sherman~ Masonboro Loop Road , "
• S. D. Southerland~ I~yrtle Grove Sound "
-Vd. G. Southerland~ Half mile north of Carolina Beach "
-T. P~~.. Sumner~ Point Harbor Service Station "
-~~' "---=~~Jilliam E. Tata, Kerr Ave., near Joe Pdestbrook "
-B. L. VJagrnon~ . Capt. Ben's, •i~~arket Street Raad _ "
. • Joshua 0.- Warner~ L~arket Street Road "
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-J. B. Y7atson~ Highvray near P~.asonboro Crossing Yd/Pk
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Ernest Williams~ Castle Hayne~ N. C. "
A petition of twelve citizens asking for State ma3ntenance of the public road
located in V~rightsboro Acres which serves eight residents and twenty-seven land
`' owners~ and approximately one ~hile in length, was upon motion of P.4r. Coleman~
a./ seconded by I~Sr. Gardner~ approved and referred to the 5tate Highv~ay Commission
with request that the same be granted.
. The question of hospitalization for Joe Powell at Community Hospital~ about July-1946~
was discussed with reference to an objection.raised by the attorneys for th#s patient~
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to the City and County Attorn eys seeing the hospital chart and files 3n his case,
as advised in a communicz.tio n received from the City Attorney. Inasmuch as litigation
has been threatened in connec tion witY~ this patient~ the Board~ by Mr. Gardner~
seconded by ~r. Coleman~ dire cted the Clerk to request the Superintendent of Community
Hospital to permit the City and County Attorneys to have access to this patients
hospital chart and files when they request it.
• Upon motion of Nr. Trask~ seconded by A4r. Coleu,an~ Mr. I~. T. Ross~ Jailer"~ was
~~+~~authorized to sign an agreement wit$ the United States Department of Justice,
Imigration and Naturalization Service~ Wilmington~ N. C.~ for the detention and '
maintenance of aliens held at Government expense under the Imigration Laws~ in the
County Jail~ for the period from July lst 194~ to June 30th 1949, at a per diem
rate of charge of ~1.00 per person.
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A statement was received from the State Board of Public V7elfare advising that
~~~7 ~~24,383•25 was sent to this county for the month of April for Old age Assistance~
Aid to Dependent Children and for administration.
l~. I. Irving~ colored, residing in Dunn~ N. C.~ charged with not-listed penalty
.~ ~lin for 1947~ account of oversight of his agent~ was upon motion of Nir. Trask~ seconded
bY ~z'. Gardner~ abated.
-~-~~j An audit of the ABC Board for the nine months period ending March 31~ 1948, was
received and filed.
A petition of 26 citizens and residents of rloral Parkway and West Audubon asking
_~~~fy for repairs and improvements to Floral Parkvaay~ a road connecting the Old VJrightsville
Highway with US ~4/~6 was upon motion of Iti4r. Coleman, seconded by Mr. Hall~
approved and referted to the State Hightivay & Public ;'Jorks Commission for its
consideration. .
~ Notice of application of E.A.Paluigreen, 515 East Trade Street~ Charlotte~ N. C.~
~~ ~ to the United States District Engineers~ for persit to construct an open pile timber
deck wharf in Banks Channel in front of lot #9~ Shore Acres~ on the sast side of
Harbor Island~ was received~ and no objections were indicated by the ~oasd.
T he meeting then ad~ourned.
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Wilmington~ N. C., A~ay 10~ 1948.
The regular weekly meeting of the Board o~as held at 10:00 o'clock A. M.
Present: Addison Hewlett Chairman~ Geo. W. Trask~ Jas. M. Hall~ H. R. Gardner~
L. J. Coleman and County Attorney Ddarsden Bellamy.
~~. The minutes of ineeting of May 3~ 1948~ were read and approved as recorded.
Col. R. S. A4cClelland and Mayor E. L. Vdhite flp~,eared to present a request for
Brigadier General H. D..Linscott~ Post Commander Camp Lejeune, to locate a
~~1~~ p rophylactic stat3on in the City for the service men at Camp Lejeune~ No space
being available in the court house at this time, the request was referred to
the Chairman, Mayor White and Col. L4cClelland to workout a solut~on of the matter.
Mr. Lawrence ICure appeared to complain of not having been furriished with aspecial
~ K~p,S~ deputy sheriff at Kure Beach. It appeared that the Sheriff has been unable to secure
• a deputy at the salary allotted by the County, and a civil service examination was
recommended to give further applicants an opportunity.to qualify for the position.
Messrs Cliff Lewi,s and Glenn Tucker, members of the Caro'lina Beach School Committee
and I~4r. 0. A. Tuttle, Principal, appeared and complained of 'tYie children having no
~~p„y~ ~~ place to play on account of the low, wet grounds at the school and asked that a
gymnasium be provided for the Carolina Beach school. That being a school matter
the request was~referred to the Board of Education for its considerat3on and
recommendation.
~ A request for improvements to a drainage .condition ori t"he Carolina Beach Highway
,._~~~ near the traffic light at Maffitt Village caused by asphalt in the ditch making
, a bad conc3ition at tYee ~'ervice station there~ was upon motion of Mr. Trask~ seconded
by i~r. Hall~ referred to B~r. I~allard~ State Highway ~iaintenance Engineer with request
that the condition be corrected. \
upon motion of B~r. Trask~ seconded by l~r. Coleman~ Eaton Jevueiers~ Inc. Wilmington
--~x t,ovrnship~ were permitted to correct their 194~ tax list by using their ~nventory cost
price as of January lst~ 194~~ at $24~285.00 in lieu o£ the regular retail price
listed at ~4~~000.00. And an abatement of taxes on a valuation of $22,~15.00 was
• . ordered. ~
. Upon motion of Mr. Hall, seconded by ~r. Trask~ the Board granted a request of the
~ti S,heriff to be permitted to use the balance of the hudget salary provided for
f Mr. Chas. P. Snow~ Office Deputy, who resigned his position with the Sheriff's
• Department, in increasing the salaries of other deputies in his department~~and
• also granted his request to employ a female clerk in his office at a salary of
• $135.OQ per month to June 30~ 1948. '
A request.of ~fir. ~intz for an adjustment of the baek taxes on the property o£
~ x E11a J. Ydade, block #162~ was referred to the committee to hand•le with the City
Manager~ inasmuch as the county taxes have been paid and the balance owing is
• due the City of Wilmington.
, Upon motion of Mr. Trask~ ~econded by T~r.•Hall~ the Board approved the paymerit of
J.~~S $941.60 to J. A. Jo~? es E1'ectri'c Company for labox~and material used in dismantl~.ng,
reinstalling and rePiixing flood lights at=Legion Stac3itam, other than that included
, in the original contract. All members voting affirmatively except I~r. Gardner~ who
,voted no~ until such time authority for doing~the work can be shown. ,,
~ Upon motion o'f Mr. Hall~ se~conded by ~ir. Gardner~ an appropriation of ~100.00
vJas granted toward the expense for trhe entert~ainment of the National Federation
~ a%'~~ o,f Post Office Clerks convention to be held at Carolina Beach June 4th and 5th.
; It is expected that from four to five hundred out-of-town delegates will be in
, , attendance: ~ •
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Meeting of May 10~ 1948~ continued. -
~ A request of ~ir. J. 0. Hinton that the 18" pipe under the Castle Ha~ne road near
the Wrightsboro School~ be.replaced with 24" pipe to adequately carry the increased
volume of water in that area caused by additional drainage in nearby developments~
offering to pay the difference in the cost of the same to protect his property there~
w as received for investigation with n4r. Mallard, State Highv~ay Maintenance Engineer.
Upon motion of Mr. Gardner, seconded by l~r. Coleman, any member of the Board that
J C~ may find it convenient to attend the annual meeting of ther.State Association of
County Commissioners at Priorehead City, June 15, 16 and 17~ 1948, Was authorized to
do so at County expense.
~~~^~ A report of marriage license issued by the Register of Deeds for the quarter ending
~iarch.31~ 1948~ was received and filed.
„~~~ Reports of the Wilmington Public Library and Bureau of Identi~ication for Pdarch were
received and filed.
A report of back taxes collected for March showing ~3,301.19 for the City and
~p,~, 52,929.20 for the County~ making a total of $6,230.29 collected, was received
and filed. ,
Upon motion of Mr. Gardner~ seconded by ~r. Coleman, instructions were given to
/~2~~`~ write each of the County Department Heads to furnish this Board with a copy of their
budget requirements for the next fiscal year~ not later than June lst.
_~~~,5 A report of the Eadies Rest Room Committee for t~arch was received and filed.
Upon motion of Mr. Coleman~ seconded by ~r. Gardner, Eliza Larkins Havrkins~ colored,
~ indigent citizen~ was admitted to the County Home on recommendation of the Superintendent
- C of Public Welfarg. .
A letter was received from Nir. W. B. Campbell~ City Attorney~ acknowledging receipt
~~,Sv from Nargaret Green, Superintendent of Community Hospital~ the hospital records
on the treatment of Joseph•Powell as requested by this Board. •
Upon motion of Iuir. Coleman~ seconded by i,~r. Trask, County bills Nos. 1513 to 1'708 Inc.~
_~ were approved for payment.
~ The following applications for licenses to sell beer at the locations shown were,
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.I~rs. H. P. Batton, 4 b4iles~ Market Street Road. _ .
- K.R.Boehm~ Cape Fear Country Club.
~Artie Faircloth~ Wrightsvill~ Sound.
- Geneva Garner~ Harbor Island.
--Mrs. G. I~. Hutto~ Carolina Beach Road~East of Inland Naterway.
~ Alexander Jacobs, Seabreeze.
` A rlie R. Marshall~ Seabreeze.
` ~W.F.Murray Carolina Beach Road.
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ee~ 8 biile, Castle Hayne Road.
"Ivey W. McG
' 'Norman Richard McGee~Sr.~ PFrightsville Highway near Dixie Pig No. 2.
" T. J. Rooks, Myrtle Grove Sound Road.
~Joseph L. 5mith~ Y~rightsville Causeway.
' Ardia Stevens~ Seabreeze.
~ H.T. & S.W. Taylor~ Government Heights, hiaffitt Village.
T he following good and lawful persons were drawn to serve as jurors in the Superior
~N~,,p~ Court~ for the trial of civil cases~ for the two weeks term beginning ~donday~ May 24~
A 1948:
_. Rachel Godv+in Mickey~ 2014 Woolcott Ave. J.Va.DHorgan~ 413 S. 16th~ St. ,
Edwin L. West~~- 2113 Barnett Ave. L.D.Garriss~ 215 N. llth~ St.
L.L.Saage~ 201 N. llth~ St. Paul B. Bell~ 314 Orange 5t.
Robt. J. Mincey~ 311 Nun St. E.P.Crov+~ 1702 Chestnut St.~
E.G~.Wilson~ 2646 Jefferson St.~ Mrs.Jimm2e ~Koodville, 313 N. 16th~ St.
H.V.Horton~ 2107 Park Road. Preston E. Wilkins ~10 N. 5th~ St. .
Albert T. Harriss~ Box 74, Carolina Beach. Nerta J.Hunt~, 10~i N. 16th~ 5t.
W.A.Marine~ 411 S. 17th, St. It4rs.C.F.Seitter~Jr.~ Rt:1~Box 72.
A.T.Yopp~ 913 S. 4t~i. St. W.D.Johnson~ 812 S. 6th~ 5t.
VJ.~.Roudabush,Jr. 306 Nun Sc. Sarah J.Horne~ ~15 VJalnut St.
G.L.Aiken~ #3 Pinecrest Pkwy. Edgar G. Garrabrant~ C. C. Pines.
A.VY.Sidbury~ 815 Market St. K.C.Bird~ ~ Little Inn, Sunset Park.
Nrs. Ann Haskett Baldwin~ 212 Kenwood Ave. Benjamine i~. Jones 314 S. 5th~ St.
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G.G.Webster~ Box 392, Summer Hill R.W.Pigford~ 1052
Margaret King~ 2308 Market St. Percy Tartt~ RFD #3•
4V.D.Sellers~ 115 S. 7th~ St. McLaurin B. Edwards~ 224 S. 4th~ St.
H.T.Newland~ Box 30. ACL J.P.Bell~ 416~ N. 5th~ St.
J.T.Sellers~ 51~ Orange St. Edward 2~I. Manning~ 1908 Church St.
G.L.Smith, 105 S. 5th~ St. Murray S. Howell~ 202 S. 3rd~ St.
L.K.Hill~ 172 Colonial Village. J.J.Rivenbark~ 305 Willard St.
V.E.Herring, ~' 1008 S. 5th~ St. Leon Howa.rd~ 2407 Market~ St. •
7.D.Brown~ , 319 Greenfield St. E.PI.Helms~ Box 6'J~ Carolina Beach
W.E.Davis~ 205 N. 12th~ St. J.V.Fergus~ Box 241~ Carolina Beach.
J.E.Burriss, 1110 S. 3rii.~ St. J.C.Batchelor~ 915 N. 4th~ St. •
E:B.VPard~ 112 Princess St. ~. Lynch~ 201 N. 13th~ St.
T.F.Capps~ 113 S. 7th~ St. H.J.Bland~ 911 Orange St.
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T.H.Skipper,Jr., 114 N. 4th, St. W.L.Russ, 216 N. 7th~ St.
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Wilmington, N. C., May 17~ 1948.
The regular weekly meeting of the Board was held at 10:00 o'clock A. It4.
Present: Addison Hewlett Chairman, Geo. VJ. Trask, Jas. A~. Hall, H. R. Gardner, L. J, Coleman
and County Attorney Marsden Bellamy.
fi he minutes of ineeting of May 10~ 1948~ were read and approved as recorded.
Rabi Samuel A. Friedman~ Chairman of the Domestic Relations Court Co~runittee, appeared
~-~ and speaking £or a delegation oF representatives of various organizations present~ asked
the Commissioners to approve the establishment of a Domestic Relations Court £or
Wilmington and'New Hanover County~ which, was upon motion of P~r. Hall~ seconded by
Mr. Trask~ received for joint consideration with the City of 4lilmington when other
joint matters are to be considered in the preparation of the budget.
~essrs, Julien'K. Taylor, Jr., and P~.C.Br•ovrn~ members of the Board of Aldermen of the
Town of Wrightsville Seach appeared'to a.sk that financial aid be given to the extent
~ authorized by £he~legislature, to repair the old jetties at Wrightsville Beach and the
~V~~ ~ construction o~ eight new~ ones, witH an asphault material similar to that used in
repairing the jetty on the southern'end of the beach, After discussion, the request was
upon motion of"i~4r. Hall~ seconded bq bir. Trask~ taken under consideration during the
preparation of.the county's budget.
A request of Allen Cobby Attorney, for an abatement of the back taxes charged a~ainst
-~cc~' lot 4, in Seagate, in the name of J.~D. James and wife, for the years 1935 through 1946,
and current taxes for 1947, s.ccount o£ double charge, the same being included in a tract
of Iand 203 7{ 1~5 feet bought by Geo'. H. Rogers, was upon motion of A~Ir. Gardner~ seconded
by Tdir. Hall~ referred to the County auditor and County Attorney to abate if the facts as
stated are found to be correct.
~;,,A communication~was received from the County Auditor advising the amounts on deposit
-~~ in each bank as of February 29, INarch ?I, a.nd April 30, ].948~ together with a memorandum
of securities held by us in each case.
Upon motion of r.4r. Coleman, seconded by ~Ir. Trask, R. L. Johnson was granted an abatement
~~p~ of back taxes charged against lot 33 X 165 feet, block 17, Summer Hill, amounting to
~$20.68 for the years prior to 1935 through 1946~ account of double charge~ the same
having been listed by Bertha J. Cerf~ the owner~ and charged to her for the said years.
~-S~y~- A report of the,Grand Jury~ ~ay term:1948~ was received and filed.
p ~ A motion offerec~ by I~r. Hall, to lift the restr3ctions on the parking of cars in the court
- _(y~{{~--.house lot; and ~emove the signs inasmuch as the order has not been effective, and the
privilege after all belongs to the people~ he said; failed of a second.
A recommendation of the Tax Collector to abate an item of $34.20 taxes due for 1929
~ToJ( and 1930, against James Peterson , block 269, NVJS, charged in error to Charlie Carroll
the present ov~~ner, was upon motion of Rir. Gardner, seconded by Mr. Trask~ referred to the
County Auditor for investigation and report.
~~5~ An audit report of James VJalker lv_emorial Hospital for the yez.r ending December 31~ 194'7~
was received and referred to the County Auditor for study.
~-~1A report of the Colo.red Home Demonstration Agent for April was rece3ved and filed.
The following applicatibns fox• licenses to sell beer at the locations shown, the same
\.~,g ~ being in due form and execution and endorsed by the Sheriff, were upon motion of
~~~~ I~r. Hall, seconded by YY:r. Gardner, granted:
_.--~~~wG~~~ -- R.V.Dlxon, 6~iiles on BZarket Street Road Beer
Bruce Freeman~ Seabreeze «
,Mamie fiigg3ns~ Seabreeze «
~~ - Maznie Higgins, Seabreeze Dance Hall
`-Gaston Hussey~ 322I Princess Street Road Beer
~-Buster I~incy~ One mile out on Carolina Beach Road " '
-t~iaude McKee, Seabreeze "
-Iulargaret I~acRae~ Seabreeze t6
--N. E. Sneeden, US '74/~6 at Winter Park "
~C.I~i.Stephenson~ 8 miles on Carolina Beach Road "
~-Ada Mae Wade, Seabreeze ~~ '
, The 1948-T949 budget for the County Welfare Administration in the amount of ~31~604.20
r,S~j` to be provided by the County and $15~161.00 from State and Federal Funds, making a
total' of y~46,'765.20, was submitted for approval, and taken under consideration for
comparison v~~ith last years figures. c
Upon motion of i~4r. Gardner~ seconded by ~Ir. Hall~ instructions vrere given to write
,~-R.the Junior Chamber of Commerce, expressing our appreciation of the interest and effort
~ C~~ of the Junior Chamber of Commerce in getting out a large number of our citizens to
register tb enable them to vote in the coming primary. '
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\I~~; The following bonds and coupons were presented as having been paid by the County
-r/° Auditor and burned in the presence of the Board:
Court Houae Bonds. Nos. 193 to 203 Inc.~ @$1~000.00 = 11 @~1~000.00 ~11~000.00 ~
School Buildine Bds." 181 " 195 " C 1,000.00 15.000.00
Couoons Total Bonds paid~............ $26~000.00^ ~
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Court House Bonds_ ,
Coupon No. 48 Bonds No. 1g3 to 225 inc @$~25,00 ~ 825.00 '
Countv Home Bonds
Coupon No. 16 Bonds No. '7 to 1?_ inc ~~ 11.25 6~,Zp
School Buildine Bbnds
Coupon No. g Fonds~No. 113 only ~u 10.00 10.00 ~
n n lp u n 113 u 'T 10.00 10.00
~~ t0 11 ~4 " Ill to 130 inc °f 10.00 200.00
m 10 12 t° +i 101 °° 130 '~ " 10.00 300.00
~e ~~ ~3 re ~~ fil ~~ 100 °T 1° 10.00 400.00
n rr ~3 n n 24m n 340 u~e 10.~0 1~000.00
n ~t ~3 n n 131 Ft 22~ n n 10.00
~, ~~ 35 ,~ « 2 6~ ~, « ~~ 970.00
9 305 23.75 237.50
,< « 35 ~~ ~~ 316 ~ 325 ~~ ~~ ~ ~3.75 237.50
~~ ~~ 35 ~~ ~~ 336 ~~ 345 ~~ ~~ 23.75 ~ 237.50
~~ ~~ 36 " ~~ 181 " 355 ~~ ~~ 23•75 4,15b.25
~~ ~~ 19 ~° ~' 30 only ~~ « 13 •75 13.75
n u 19 rr n ~7 ~e s~ v 13 • 75 13 • 75
re ~0 20 st u 30 ~e u rr ],3 •`~5 i3.75
~~ ~, • 20 „ ~, 5g ~p ~~ ~~ 13 •75 13 .75
~, ~~ 20 ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ « 13•75 13.75
n ro 21 1 to ' 371.25
~, ~~ 21 ~~ ~~ 59 ~~ 76 ~. ~t ?3•75 2a7.5o
School Bonds
Coupon No. 58 Bonds No. 3 to 17 "'" 25.00 375.00
n ~r 5g n n 53 n 56 ff ir ~5.00 loo.oo
~ i.a tt 5g et ~r 62 6c 63 'v 25.00 50.00
n n 59 sro n 1 c$c 2 n 25.00 Sp.Op
59 i8 to 5z ~~ ~Q 25.00 8~5.00
~e ~e 59 ~r u 57 ir 61 n rr 25.00 125.00 -
~F ~~ 59 « ~t 63 « ~p ~~ ~~ 25.00 • 200.00
" " 59 " " 81 " 125 " '~ 25.00 1,125.00
~~ ~~ ~9 ~~~ ~~ 19 ~~ 4~ ~~ ~~ ~3.75 398.75
School Buildine Eonds •
Coupon No. 13 Bond No. 34I to 500 inc C 8.75 1~400.00
" " ,16 10 " 25 " 86 '~ @ 11.25 697.50 14.7'~5.00
TotaZ bonds and coupons paid .................................. $~40~735•00
The meeting then adjourned.
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~ Wilmington~ N. C.~ May 24~ 1948.
The regular weekly meeting of the Board was held at 10:00 o~clock A. M.
Present: Addison Hewlett Chairman, Geo. W. Trask, Jas. M. Hall~ H. R. Gardner~
L. J. Coleman and County Attorney Marsden Bellamy.
The minutes of ineeting of Tu1ay 17~ 1948, wes•e read and approved as recorded.
A request o£ S. E. Loftin, Attorney, for an abatement of taxes on an assessment of
~~500.00 for the years 1944~ 1945 and 19a6, account of double charge on land and
~~jux building near Seabreeze, Federal Point Township~ formerly owned by Thomas Hogan~Jr.
nova charged as not listed against Sadie Mitchell and Charlotte Hogen, half interes~
each~ was upon motion of NIr. Gardner~ seconded by I~r. Trask~ referred to the Chairman
and the Tax Assessors to make the correction if the facts as stated are found to be
correct. '
Rev. William Crovre~ Jr., President of Associated Charities, appeered to explain that
_~•~a~ after being as economical as possible~ it will take approximately $5~000.00 to carry on
and meet urgent demands to June 30~ which.will create a deficit of approximately ~~~000.00
in their budget a2lowance at the end ~f the fiscal year. After discussion, b~r. Crowe~ was
upon motion of L~Ir. Hall, seconded by Mr. Trask~,instructed to continuer to do the best thay
can to take care of the situation,
`~`Q,~ The estimated budget requirements for Associated Charities for 194$-194g in the total
Q^'~~ amount of ~39,125.00, of which the county is asked to appropriate $35~000.00 was received
for consideration during the•preparation of the County's general budget.
N otice of termination of a lease between the County and the United States of America, .
on a tract of land approximately one mile west of Castle Hayne~ at midnight of June Z5~
-~~~~ 1948~ was received from P~r. E. R. Jackson, Chief Area Administrative 5ernice Division,
Atlanta~ Ga. And the Chairman, was uaon motion of N[r. Gardner, seconded by Mr. Trask,
authorized to negotiate a lease of the said land to a State service department.
Upon motion of Mr. Gardner~ seconded by h.2r. Coleman~ Mr. A. B. Rhodes~ Register of
-~~~~ Deeds~ vaas suthorized to sell an old index binder in his office, that is not used~
to a member of the Local Bar, for a title binder~ for the sum of $5.00.
A request of the Trustees of the Fannie Norwood D~emorial Home for aged colored people~
~~+~""'~ 514 Brunswick Street for county assistance to provide a heating plant For their
% building was receivec~ for consideration during the preparation of the budget.
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Meeting of May 24~ 1948, continued. ~
T he following applications for licenses to sell beer at the locations shown, the
~~same being in due form and execution mmnd endorsed by the Sheriff~ were upon motion
~'of Mr. Hall~ seconded by Iv~r. Coleman, approved:
''E. C. Baldwin Castle Hayne Road Beer
- Lindsey Blackledge~ Seabreeze "
-B~elvin Eubank~ 3 miles on Market Street Road "
~K. G. Kelly~ Inland Waterway Bridge,Car,Bch.Rd."
,Victor Thompson~ Bfiasonboro Sound "
A surety for J. H. Womble as Justice of the Peace~ vaith the National Surety
~ Company as surety in the amount of ~1,000.00 was received, the said amount
~ ~~~ having been sixed by law and approved as to form and execution by the County
Attorney, was upon motion approved. .
A notice of a public hearing to be held in the Federal Court Hoom,, Customhouse~
~ Wilmi.ngton~ N. C.~ to determine whether it is advisable to deepen and provide at
~~ this time a stabilized channel eight feet deep and ninety feet wide from the inla.nd
waterway via Motts and Banks Channel to a point just within Masonboro Inlet at
Wrightsville Beach, was received froa~ the United States District Engineer, and
upon motion of i~Ir. Gardner, seconded by ~lr. Coleman, instructions were ginen to
prepare a brief approving the project for submission at the hearing.
Upon motion of i~~r. Gardner, seconded by ~r. Hall, instructions vrere given ~ ask
~in~~ for bids for auditing the records and accounts of the County Officers for the fiscal
year ending June 30~ 1948.
~Upon motion of Mr. Gardner, seconded by TVir. Trask~ the Board declined to approve
~~ ~ the 1948-1949 budget for the county public welfare administration in the amount
of $46,'765.20 as submitted, but did approve the budget in the sa.me amount allowed
last year, 194'7-1948. Salaries to be given the same consideration as other County
employees during the preparation of the county's general budget.
` A report of the Wilmington Public Library for April was received and filed.
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~~~Court~for~the tr a laof criminalecases foretheaweek begirning Juner']th~ i948Superior
W.J.Creech,Care 6'dalters Market.
W.W.King~ 714 S. 5th~ St.
Roy L. Luther~ 11~ S. 17th~ St.
Fannie Blount~ 1111 1~arket St.
Geo.tiN.Bishop~ 2612 S. Washington St.
E.W.Sikes~ 405 Brunswick St.
J .V~.Falby, Lingo City.
C.E.Ray~ ~t.3, Box 241C
H.0'Sullivan~ 220 N. Carolina Ave.
A.L.Herring, 314 Davis St.
Arthur Uonat~Jr.~ Kure Bea.ch.
J.C.Hatchwell~ 2016 Woolcott Ave.
Mrs. J.W.Dempsey~ P.O.Box 10'76.
W.C.Green~ C-33, Box 34'7B.
PJ.R.Dudley~ 2692 Adams St.
F.J.White~ 2108 Brandon Hoad.
Ernest Curry~ Rt.2~ Box 310.
Fred T. Rouse, 507 «Triohtsville Ave.
Arthue Lewis~ 101 Spofford.
E.M.Baker~ 101-F I~Iarion Drive.
Mrs. J.D. Neal~ FiFD #2
S.H.Newkirk~ 516 MeRae St.
R.C.Sutton~ 30 West Drive Lake Forest.
H.W.Sass~ 223 Wrightsville Fivenue.
J.W.Oliphant~ 108C Dare Drive.
~Irs Annie W. Lewis~ 308 Church St.
D.A.Meier~ '719 S. 5th~ St.
J.L.Vlatkins~ 218B Williamson Drive.
H.S.b4cGir..t~ Box 1169.
C.D.Brehmer~ 7092 S. l~th~ St.
O.C.Connelly~ Rt.29 Box 195A.
E.M.Snova~ 139 Woodlaaan Ave.
t~i.T.Garvey, 402 N. 2nd~ St.
S.P.Livingston, 517 S. 2nd~ St.
H.C.VJallace~ 20 S. 17th, St.
Mrs. H. D. Terry~ 7:10 S. 5th~ St.
I~emorial Day~ 11"say 30~ 1948~ being a legal holiday and falling on Sunday~ the
/C~ observance of 7~4onday~ 5iay 31st; 1948, v~as authorized by the Board for a11 county
, employees~ and a recess n:~as then taken until Tuesday~ June lst~ 1948.
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~ Wilmington, N._C.~ June 1, 1948.
. The regular weekly meeting of the Board was held at 10:00 o'clock A. M.
Present: Addison Hewlett Chairman~ Geo. W. Trask~ Jas. M. Hall~ H. R. Gardner~
L. J. Coleman and County Attorney ~Iarsden Bellart~y.
The minutes of ineeting of May 24~ 1948~ were read and zpproved as recorded.
~_~y~ The following applications for licenses to sell beer at the 14cations shown~
t~l vaere upon motion of 3vIr. Gardner~ seconded by Mr. Coleman~ granted:
~ VJ. J. Creech~ Castle Hayne~ N. C.
V. D. Lockamy~ Seagate.
--Sarah Mott~ East Vdilmington.
~-James Wheeler~ Seabreeze.
A corununication was received from the 5tate Highway and Pubilc V~orks Commission
~ y advising that the roa.d leading from Southerland's Store to Roger's Landing at
-~ Myrtle Grove Sound~ and the dead end road on Kerr Avenue fron the Castle Hayne
road to the Henry Hough prmperty, were approved and added to the County Highway
System. The Highvaay Cornmi.ssion further advised that it could not see its way clear
to approve the addition of the Blossom Ferry Roa.d at Castle Hayne~ Newbern Avenue in
Ea.st Plilu:ington and the road leGding off the Carolina Beach Road to White's Dairy.
~ U on motion oP IJir. Gardner, seconded by '"r. Coleman~ instructions were given to
~ t~`~S wPite the parties interested in the above roads~ advising them of the action
taken by the State Highway Cor:imission.
~-~~ A request for an adjustffient of the back taxes due on the property of the heirs of
Dan Quinlivan, block 282, was upon motion of NIr. Gardner, referred to the committee
with power to act. ~
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Meeting of June 1~ 1948, continued.
~~9/ Upon motion of R4r. Coleman~ seconded by "'r. Trask~ the contract to audit the books
~s~ and records of the County Officers was awarded to P~r. Edward C. Craft, C.P.A.~ he
being the lowest bidder~ quoting on the follo~ving basis:
Senior accountant (CPA) $35.00 per day. ~ ~
Assistant 15.00 " "
~ Total amount of audit not to exceed $2~000.00.
~ T he only other bid received was that from C.S.Lowrimore & Co~apany~ quoting:
~ Senior accountant ~35:00 per day.
Junior accountant • • 20.00 " "
Total cost of audit not guaranteed.
~~~,• Upon motion of l~r. Gardner, seconded by ~,tr. Coleman~ the date of June 14~ 1948,
,~a at 10:00 o'clock A.M., was fixed as the da.te the County Commissioners will sit
'~ as the Board of Equalization and Review to hear complaints on assessments of real
estate~ and the public be given notice to that effect by publication in the local
newspaper.
Upon motion of ~7r. Gardner~ seconded by Mr. Hall~ the Board agreed to cooperate with
;~~~ the City•of Ydilmington in providing a prophylactic station for serviEe requested by
~ the Commanding General, Camp Lejeune. All u~embers voting affirmatively except Mr. Trask
w ho voted no.
Upon motion of Mr. Trask, seconded by "'r. Gardner, the Board granted a request o£ the
~~,~ Board of Education to be permitted to spend certain funds received from -the State and
~ Federal governments~ which said funds were not originally included in estimated receipts
for the fiscal year 1947-1948.
`~ A resolution passed by the Lyons Club on biay 20~ calling attention to inefficient
' lighting in a great n;any of the class rooms in several of the school buildings, was~
received and referred to the Board of Education for its attentio.n.
Upon motion of Mr. Trask, seconded by 3uir. Gardner~the contract to repair the roof
between the court house old building and annex was a.warded to Mr. E. B. Josey to
lay 90 pound roofing at ~8.00 per square and close the cracks in the coping around
the roo£ with cement for ~5.00.
The meeting then~ad;j.ourned. ~
~7`T-~ti i~ ~~~r~~ Clerk. •
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' S7ilmington~ N. C:~ June ~~ 1948.
The regular weekly rr~eeting of the Board ~vas'held at 10:00 o'Clock A. 2~1.
Present: Addison Hevelett Chairman~ Geo. W. Trask; Jas. ll4. Hall~ H. R. Gardner and
County Attorney ItRarsden Bellamy. '
The m'rnutes of ineeting of June 1, 1948, vrer•e read ahd approved as recorded.~
P~4r. Dwight~r~7cEv~~en~ Court Stenographer, appeared to ask for an increase in salary to
at least $200.00 per month for the next fiscal year. His request was received for
~ °consideration during the preparation of the budget. Messrs. David Sinclair, Aaron
Goldberg~ Pd. K. Hhodes and Elbert Brown~ members of the Bar Association~ appeared
later to reconunend that his request be granted.
,~~a~ Miss Ann n4ason~ Home Demonstration Agent presented Miss Elaine Nobles of Kinston~ N. C.,
~ a~ as her assistant after Tuly lst, which w2s upon motion of Mr. Trask~ seconded by Mr.Hall,
approved.
A representative of the District Forester's Office appeared to urge that Nevr Hanover
County'be included iri the State Forest Fire Control set-up for the next fiscal year~
.~ and submitted a tentative budget in the amount of ~6~000.00 for salaries and equipment
~ of which amount-the County is asked to zppropriate 40f or ~2~000.00. Upon motion of
/~ I~r. Gardner~ seconded by Mr. Hall~ the request was received for consideration during
the preparation of the budget. '
T his being the date set by the Board to receive bids for the County's supply of coal~
~,~r~ no~bids were received, but the Board ~rias informed that a bid was placed in the mails
~~,~" ~S~aturday~ June ~th~ the matter was continued ttntil 3:00 o'clock P.1~.~ Tuesday, June 8th.
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A request of il~r. A. B. Rhodes, Register of Deeds, for an extra clerk to help carry on his
~~/ work during the vacation period of his of'fice force~ for approximately two months~ was
~e~ upon motion of b~r. Gardner, seconded by n.4r. Trask~ granted. Amount of salary to be
arranged by the Chairman.
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The following licenses to sell b~er at the locations shov~n v~ere upon motion of Mr. Gardner,
seconded by 1~4r. Trask~ granted. All the applications P!ere in due form and endorsed by the
Sheriff:
-George Wayne Broadvray Seabreeze
- H. S. Clark~ ' Blue Top ~nn~ I~Iarket Street Road~
_tN.J.Gore~ Amoco Service Station, Ylinter Park,
-Junior 114cGuire~ Seabreeze,
- Nick Kolikas~ Bradle}*'s Creek Bridge,
~ Clara lNade ~ Seabreeze ~
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A~oint mee'ting of tho Commiesione~•s of Naw F%enover County and
the Council oS the Citq OP YPS.LIDSI1gLOh RA8 ho].d in the Covno~l room at 3e30
oeolook PK.
Praeent £rom the Board oP Count~ Commisaioneras Chairaen
Addiaon Healet~' Couaniseioners Ceo. Trask, Jas. Pda Hri17.. A,. R. GerdnsR and
I,ouie J, Colemanf from the City Counoi].~ ?~",~~~:;; ;>ro ~ern Fi~o,~~ ~,-t=~~r1:+~a~
Counoilman Buxmet~E and Tane ~ City t,BanAger Benaoraa Absent~ Counoi'ur~n~
Yopp and Ctty Attorney Caropbelle
C"~qqor pro fi,om Wads callod the maeting or ordsr arrl announcod
that the purpose of the meeting aee for conaf.deration a£ foint trudgeta
bp Lhe t~o goveraing bodiea, partioularly, the budgete of the Jamea
17elker tdemorial Hoapital, the Communi'ty Aosp3tal. and the Board e€ Heaithe
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Mr, alen H. Tucker eppesrn8 b~fore Y~e Cauncl.l itt beha7.f of
the 3outhenetarn North Caroi3t~a Baach.~saocia~2en, together ~3th other
'reproaentetivsa. E'4. T~tcker briePlq outlfned f.hu work o£ the Aasoc4ation,
aleo the progreas made o3noe the 9saoo~.a~tion aas argan3zed, snd app~sled'
to the City Counoil and Ne~s Hanoaer County Comm3ssAonera Por an approprl.a~
tion in t&e amount of ~v5~000.00 for the ensuing bttc~get, to be pe.Ad ~o~ntly
by ths City an8 Countg. ,The total budget F1r. Tueke~r aaid Ss aet at $17,200,
C'~. Tucker called upoa P;;r, Jno. Fr~xrell. to dl.seuss the ef£orts
of 3ENCBA, and E^s, Harry Gardtter- County Comm3seioaer stc~tod that it wa~
hia undmraCanding that the meetin~ vrae celled onlq~ to discnsa 9o4n~ bud-
gete ot the City and Co~tq -- attd tha~ he did,aot th~ the Cao bodies
aould hsve sufficiont tfma to take up ac~q other ~at~era ~t thSs meeting.
t6Qyor pro ~em ~Jade mdniaed i1r. 1°ue&er ~Ehat 'Che meot9:ng aas eal2ed fox~ ,
piapose o£ dieotuseing budgets and th~. CounaiZ would bo gle~] to fieear
m at soms other time mutus7.ly agreec3 upon,
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~ [s~r. Dsa Perntn.i presertted cost of free asrvine and oat3mated
dgot £or the Jemem YPslker Irtemor3al Hoap3tal coverixe~ fi~caZ yoar 194g°49
in the. amou~-t of ~97,b00.00.
Commiesione.r Gardner moved that the bu~3get of the James
Walker ldemarial Hoapita7. be reoeived fox~ etndy and taken undor coneider-
~tion by the ~oint badioe. 7he motion wae seconded by Counc3lman LE-ue
snd unantmouslq adopted, .
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~Ire F~mott •Bell'am~r preeonted proposod buclget for fYsaal y'ear
. 19/.8-k9 3n the amount oP $]1,2,51?'.98i and ~etlmeted 3ncome oP ~68,978:00
'trom so~u~oea other than the City and County; the amounC of w36y769.99 re-
queated 2Y~om the CiLy'end $3fi~769.99 trom the CoUnty.
It wae po3ated out tha~ ~15~000.00 would go for.xepe3ro ~o
the hoapital snd to the heating eyatem, t~hieh t~r. Pi. R. Doaher ststed ha~
completelq oollapsedo
APter aome di~euasions Con¢n3esionar Gardner maved tb6t the
budget be reoeive8 for study end teken under ooneideret3on by tYm foint
bodiea. T:ne mn~c3o~a v~ae seaondexi ~y Couao~2,~-is:z B~xatt cs~ +s.~!?r_~sr.cav.s7_a
- adopte8.
D~. Aa H. F?3:~Ottq C4±~-C^vr_t~ uA~9th. Off.i.aRr nresesrted
the proposed budget Por the Hea22h Deparf.ment for fiaca]. yoax~ 294~-44.
Commisaionor Hall'mcnPed that Dr~ Elliott bo r.oquested to
flxrn4sh eaeh member of the CSt~/ COVri~~I. 9ri13 C611t1'~y CODlltt~.8910ri@1 ~9 a
oopy of said budget for atudy, and that the budget }ze glvon oons4der-
ation at a lstex meetin~e The motlon Rae seeonded by Caunoi].man 7aerae
and ununlmously a@optedo
Gomm3eaionor Gardnor suggosted ths'u the Clork be inetructed
t0 RT3fiR A$'e Tucker~ PrealAent oF tfie SENCBA snd astpre~e regre'ta for the
mieun9ex~tansling rogard~.ng 4he px°upo:se of the aelled meeting today, an8
. advise Ycim tk:at the tqo governiag bodiea w111 be gl~ad 4o hear hie request
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Purpose of
nsaeting
P;x. Tuckor re s
approprci~~t~.on
SF2t~A9
~g~t Jas.
Ra3ker L1em.
Hospital
Budget
Cou~uonitv
Hospitsl
Sadget Health
Pspartment
~ L0C ~0P 'EO
L',r. Tucker
re ~ SEN'CBA
request
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a 2- maet4t~ June 8~ 194g
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at e later meet4ng, mu4ually agree8 ugon.
I a a ~ •
- Gommiasloner Hewlstt maved that tha ~oint bodiea os11 a meetlsu;
Yor Purther dieauseion o4 4he budgets preaented at toda~l's meeting for 3a00
o~clook Pf~l;onda~ - Jwde 14e Tgse motlon was eeoondgd by Counaflman Ia~se
and unan3mous7,y adopte8o
There beiag no S~irthar bueines~, 4,he me~ti.ag ad5ourned>
Respootlti].~y submlCted~
fdsry H. Southerlarei
cxty ci~~
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W9.1m2ngton, N. C,
• June 1/+, 194g
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A~oint ~neetisig of tho Board o£ Qommiea3oners of Nea Hanovor County %
and the Cauncil oP the Citq o£ PTil~ton aae held in tho Council room at the 1
City Hall on June 71,~ at 3a00 o~c2oak PPd.
Those preeent from the Board•ot CounCq Commiesionero weres Chaix~n ~~
Addieon Healett~ Commisaionere Gardtter~ "•?]. and Taaek.
Thoae preeent trom the C~.~'i~7 CO1111CS~. FQ7C9~ b",syor ti9hite, Councilmeh ;
Burnett, Lsne end Ll~qor pro t~m PdadO. ~~
The meeting t~s Called to arKler by P+iaqor gro tem P~ade in the ab~
aence o4'tda~or Y9hite, who called upon Dre A.•H, E711ott, Health Officer to
presant the Nen Fianorrer County Board of Health buc3got, and asked disoussion
thereon. ~ '
Dro Elliott, in presenting the budget oommented on au emount of
$5,9~40.00 eet up 4n his budget to pronide for an Aaoia4,ant Heatth Officea;
he sleo explained the wandstory incressos in salarieo undor the merit ssa-
tem: Tke tatal amoun~ of' tho Bcard of Health budg0t being $]A6 975.00 -
leee $20~Otl0;,00 State and Federca]. al.d, leav a balanoe oP~s"6~,975.00 to
be paid 2 jj b~ tho City oY i7ilmington and ~ by the County oi Nep Nanover.
The ~oiat body entered into a dlaouasion, and~asked the queetiom
as to Rhether or no't hospitalizstion of cherity patiente mould bs leoaened
iP the Assietant Health Off4cer ~vere omplcyed, and made,hie visits and
treatment ava3lable to tho ma~ority af charity patiente. It wae abao the
conseneue of the ,oint t~ody that oharity patienta shou2d ~Zeax~ throuQh
the City-County Health Offioer T~efore bei.ng admitted,to a hoap3tal, and
thmt they then be admittod on a per dlem basia.
Commies3oner ~aak maved that the Jotnt bociy rsqueet s conPer-
ence a4th the t9ec23aa1 Saaeity for the puxpoee of diaeusaing tho plan
pherein the City.and Countq ~aill prov9.do ar- all'time Aesiatant Hea18h
OFfieer to cnre and treat all charStp patienta,'and to request aoopora-
tion on the part o£ the Pdedlcal Society ancY the hospitela to work with
"the eaid Health Officer tothe end that bho City and Covnty mqq reduae
it~a cost in oaring for i.ndigeat patienta. Tho motion was seconded by
Counoi3man Laae and unenlwously adoptecl>
Commiasio~r .Hemlett moved that a eo~l.ttee be appoisrted to
represgnt tlie ~oin4 bodq And aonfer with the PSediosl Soaiety in the
sbovementionad mat~tera The motiah wae asconded by Counoilman lane and
unanimouel,p adop2efl. ... Comm2ssloner~ 3'raek, Gardnor aad Chairman
6ddia@n AeAlett ~aea~e appo:[nted to ~pr~aent the Gournty, and Counoflmen
Lane, Tdade and i:.eqar FJhite r~ero appointed to repreaeut the Citq . o...
C4ty A7anager Benaon ~ae authorizad to Ba°raaga for the ooaferenca and
to notiYy- 4,he repreaentativea.
~ r1o actio~ svs.s taken on the remaining itens containec1 3n
the Board of Healtb budget.
City i:tanc~ex Henson preeeated o2har lnzdgeta pa~abYe Jo3ntly
by the City ancl Count~ ~vhich v~ere deforrod'for fla~ther coneidera~ion.
There being no furLher businesaa t,he mee'ting ad~ourn8d,
sub~eu2 to onll by the t9qqoP.
ReepeotYully eu~aitted~
S~tea~y B. Sautherland
City Cl~rk
~'.~~rc3 0£
H~al'th
Budget
Other
~oint
budgete
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1~iT.m3ngton~ No C,
~ ~ Jvne 30s "1946
A~oi.n~t mseting of the Bo~+~d oP County Commissionere and Che
Covnvii. of ~Ehe City of t''ilmingtoa~ vraa held in the Counet7, room et Bhe City Hall
on the above date a~ 3sOr? o'a14ck PL9.
Prasan~: Commioaioners He~lett, Traek, Gardner and Ha11II Nleyor
!?'tutor presidings Councilsa~n IIuruo~t, I~-e aad Plsde; City teanager Beneoxte
t~layor P'hA~e ealled the meet3ng to order and atated that the
meoGir7g wna c~l?ed for th3 puspose o£ oonei.dering ~oint budgets of the
C:C~~y ~nd County aad er~y other mattors pr.,ya,~,p coming before the Covnct~.
~ T~, Glen t~o Tuc3er, Preaidon~C of the South Fae4,ern North Requoet
Caroli~c~. Beach•AssocSa'tion and a mimber of mow:.o.a of the Aasooiation SENCHA
wore pre~3nt ond pres~ntsd a~equeet to the ,oirit bodiea for an appropr3a-
t4oa toL~erd the program of ~NCBA. Por the aurrent aeasoa in an smoun£
o£ ,~5a000.(30. e., Eh°ssrss Jno. H. k'arxeTl, Hugh tRor2on; i4. E. Jatf~a,
Tizos, Orrell and o~hars apoke 3n behali' af the Aesooistion snd pointed
out the me~, Fays such ¢ prop,a°am would benefit 3Filmington and our beacheso
The ,oint bodiea ~ss~ued P;r< TYxeker and $he repreaen~atives
'thc~t it e;aA the desSre of the City and County ga~~..,,,,anta to aaeist them
~and ihat 'ch~i; raqueet nould,bs taken under consideration.
A~~cor duo consideration aad «~~c~alon of the appointment AppointmezrEe
of Tz~usCoeo to vfii~ Cfl~vuunity ~odpital Hoard Por the ensuin~ term~ Comm~ Cotmn.Hoapital
i.~wx~r,ox i=_°eak c:a~ed t1k.t the fo2loning names be ar~,,,.t-,d as TYtieteee Board
of Lhe Co~mniti;j I~oopi•?~a1 Eoardt
~,. D. J.e,i;te cMd P~. N. S+octxq for oae qear_
ui; 1~R~oz°•~; L?ror,n ana Ar, J'. C, P~eseell Por 4wo qeare
~?e:'=^ias I:e.nm;zn, E, }G. 3utlor ana J. Se Oa°s°e11 'for .three yeora
eand i~~c;. a~.i~ ~arwax s bo s°equest;ed to meot immediatelq For the purpbse
o:E u~~G~niz:?~;t; a~u nc~cl5.n~; rreco~nsnda~Ci:on~, The motion *as seconded bq
Wc~.~,;;:i1~~aai 't~urras~c-b anc~ t~s~4~o~s~q adopted.
~se .*."ol~om3ng ~o9.nt itema nera psesonted by the City ~lansger Joint
nn~] d~ccusseo., Gs tic~~ q f:^r~or e'cats8 a butigete
discussed
G;ti~}:; .,Gn,~ca' ,~„ Q~f~,g,Q budgc,t ~s's tenta~tia~ly agroed. upon in the amouttt
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of ~1.a,1~0.C
o; the C~.ty ar~ ~ Por the C~....~y. 7s~ eonnec- Tax Offioe
'I;a.otz erit}.a ;;s1c~y aaioes, 1t e~as agreed that the Caunty v~ould participate
uo •~~aa oxtoxrt of ~plox~r rai~~s given by the c1ty. ,
:y.~S~?F~~,=~~,'~?~,tu°a bwr3go$ r~as tentatine3.y egrsed upon 1n 7,he actotmt Ident.Bue
o~ k[f,555.~70 oach by $ne City and CpUattg'r, and the County agcaed to par-
t•lcipa`ca tc tYio asrteu~ o-s',` aa.tary rai~e~ ~iven,by the Citq.
~,a aL ~;.,q;y;~,~ a,~z amount of $81,Q.0(1 mae ten~atively Agreed upon, whiah b4eter Ad~.
a~aunt is sot b~ legialature.
?-~,~~~' ;,~~i o,~ ar,so•an'c agc°eed upon 8ame ea lsot year, or ~w930.00 Iadiee
~nch b-,~ the C~.t.g ena ~vunty. Reet Room
P'~1 =;;~,~ C,r,~,.,.,^„r~r ~i~q arount agxoQd upon eome ss last qear, "or $1000.00' P,'32itasy
o~ch ba* ~~h.e C.?t~r ayr7 Coumy -~w5CD.00 Lo eaeh compa~y. Compani~s
~oxr~~c~,a,..T.;j,;r.~~,yc;~,~, a:~ic~u;zt ts~,rreod upcsn se.m$ a~' 2ast yc~ar, or $1000000 ColaLib.
~~acr uy ;,he Ca*y anc1 Qo~.uit,y.
,Cyw•~T,,:1~;,;r~~; <-~ouai5; agr~~d upon se~zme as la~'t yeer, for the city
Xr+ .,~~ « City Lib,
u r,.~ ly.Or •• for tha cou~-~y ~ plua inereasee in aalariee
rs;^EiA%-^.C~ i;C~ Ot~2~P DIDp~.4j>06II. ~ ~ ~
~r_, „~~~,,,:a ~p;,~~x;,~r eaa~e a~aan~ aareod upoa as la~t year, or ~alyQ.~.
~ Sorosia
~ i'!:'~sevm
AS'Le:r ~`ar'Gher ennsirI.era~cton of the budget oP,the Jemoe
"ai.kor P,'.er:.s>r9.el tiospitr~.n Gomaes3on~r Hall moved that the f ol.nt bodiee JsB~p~~ger
.
~i~et~ta~~i~o7~ app;o'~e sn appropriatio~t o~ ~609000.00 Por Jemee 7Palker Hos ital
p
1'~1emo•rlal Hospi.ta9.~ ~3~r~rOQ to he geicl b~ the City and i'a30f000
,
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by the CoWaty for charitq patients. The mot3on ~raa ssaonded by 4owxoilmsn Ieae
and unanimoualy adopted.
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Comm3meioner. Trask moved tha~ the 'oi.nt bodies appropriate ~Lhe Communtty
swn af $~50~OJ0,00 for opera~ing expenaa arAd $7.0,000.00 for,rapaira snd maina Hoapital
tenanco Lo the CoLmuaity Aoepttal; to be paid foint]y by the City end Countq.
Tho matioa was seaonded by Couttoilm¢n Lane snd unanimously adopted.
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Tlzo jo1nC bodies a~treed to ten.tat3ve13r approve an appropriation Bosrd of
~o the Fsrs~;~d iu," &~a~_'t~i ,'~~ rxio ~rr,ot*~cE 4:S' ~d'7,~033.33 for the City, and $ Bealth
Qor the Co-sntg~, tha eame ae last yesr, plue ea].ary raiaee aa requira8 by~
tho morit ~qRte~ and such roises aa g3.qen other employee~e ,
~l.9000.00 ~ree 3oint~ agrc~ed upon for the DDT IIueting Program DDT and
ar~i $g00.00 for the m~],ar3.a progrem, or 52,450.00 each ts the City and Coutttq. tdalarla
Program
7"rsra3 bein~ xio !'urthor ~usiness, tlie meetSng sdfourned.
Re~peotitilly eubmitted,
flJf+sry B. Sotttherlsna
C3t,y Aierk
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Meeting of June '7~ 1948, continued.
A report of the Bsck Tax Office shovaing $3 353•69 collected for the City and ~2~2j1.6'J
~G~ for the County~ making a total of SC5,585.3~ back taxes collected for the month of I~ay
was received and filed.
~~~~(S A report of the Ladies Rest Room Committee for A4ay was received and filed.
A statement was received from the State Board of Public P~elfare advising that
•, ~c~r7 $24~789.']5 was sent to this county for Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children
and for Administration for the month of May. ~
~ Upon motion of Nir. Gardner~ seconded by ~r. Trask~ a renewal of the lease with the Civil
,ip,~'~~a Aeronautics Administration~ covering the Engine-Generator Site, Airways Communication Station
at Eluethenthal Airport £or period from Ju1y lst~ 1948 to June 30th~ 1949, tivas approved.
.~(~c~-~" Reports of the Colored Home Demonstration Agent and Bureau of Identification for May
g~,~Y were received and filed. ,
, ~i
- A resolution vras received frc~ the Civitan Club of Wilmington, urging the County '
' ~'1~~" Commissioners to investigate the practicability of securing a tuberculosis sanatorium
and if the investigati.on developes a feasible plan~ to t2~tP. the necessary steps to put
the plan into operation immediately. i
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The Chairman told the~Boaed that i~~?essrs Lynch and Foard~ Architects have been working on
~ two proposed sketches for a. tuberculosis hospital vrhich were submitted to Drs. Jno.C.Fdessell
~ arid H.B.Rodman and Iv.rs. Nlilliums~ Superintendent o£ the old Hed Cross Sa.natorium~ and that
~;~ An "H" type construction was recommended with a capacity of 32 beds at an approximate
cost of ~96~000.00 v~~hich v:~ill come within aQa.ilable funds. The Architects are to make
'~ some minor changes in the sketch and submit the same to the Board at the next meeting.
~~ y Upon motion of ?~hr. Gardner, the ide~v Hanover County A4edical Society was requested' to
name one or more of i.ts members to work along v~~ith us in the preparation of the plans.
~~~oa PP°mary Saturday~.~ay129,s1948aewebe approvednfor paymentf expense for holding the
Upon motion of Mr. Gardner,back taxes due on lot and building near'Seabreeze, Federal
Point township~ charged against Thomas'Hogan,Jr.~ for the years 1944~ 1945 and 1946,
~1Gk on an assessu~ent of $~1~000.00, were adjusted on a basis of yp400.00 a.ssessment account
of the dilapidated condition of the building the said property having sold for ~235.00
And an abaterrient of taxes on a valuation of ~600.C~0 £or the said years was ordered.
~~ A recess was then taken until 3:00 o'clock P. M.~ Tuesday~ June 8th~ to meet with the
,~}k:~" City Council ta hear requests for joint appropriations for Jas. Walker and Community
~ Hospitals and the Board of Health, for the next fiscal year.
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~ YF1lmington~ N. C.' June 14th, 1948.
The regular weekly meeting of the Board was held at 10:00 o'clock A. M. ~
Present: Addison Hewlett Chairman, Geo. 4J. Trask~ Jas. M. Hall~ Ii. R. Gardner,
L. J. Coleman and County Attorney I~arsden Bellamy.
The minutes of ineeting of June 7~ 1948~ vaere read and approved as recorded.
Mr. L. J. Poisson appeared to ask for a revieva of the assessment on the building
of the A~nerican Hardware Company~ block # 151~ which was assessed at ~15,000.00 ,
in 1946, The building was condemned by the City Building Inspector and'nepairs were
i~4X made. The assessment ~vas increased in 194'] by ~5~000.00~ or a total of $~20~000.00
and reduced to $18~000.00 in 1948. Mr. Yoisson asked that the present essessment be '
reduced to ~15~000.00 as of January 1, 194'] as it was in 1946~inasmuch as the repairs
m~as for maintenance and not improveuients. The request was upon motion of PJir. Gardner~
seconded by L:r. Hall~ referred to the Committee and tax asses'sors for consideration.
A request of itir. Ken Noble to reviev~ the assessment on the masonry; units Lake Forest
recently taken taken over by the Veteran's Homes~ Inc.~ from the,United Stat,es
r~ Government, with the view of reducing the assessment effective for the year 1949 in
/ tiffie to give them an opportunity to anticapate the 1949 tar.es in their budget
July 1~ 1948~ r-~as upon motion of bir. Trask~ taken under consideration.
A request of irirs. Florence Kidder r4oore, Agent for the Kidder Estate~ for a refund of
i ta~es paid on a valuation of $~50.00, part of lot 1, in block 563, since 1911~ accourit
~~~ of error. The same was sold to i~Ir. Sol Sternberger April l~ 1910, and also charged
against the Kidder Estate since that time. Upon motion of 144r. Trask, seconded by
I~~!r. Gardner~ the sa~e voas referred to the,County Attorney for investigation and report
back to the Eoard.
Upon motion of Mr. Hall, seconded by ~IIr. GaTdner~ the Board agreed to furnish and place
. . 24" pipe in lieu of 18" pipe already installed~ in the drainage along the Castle Hayne road
~-~~~" in front of a lot owned by NIr. J. 0. Hinton near the ~Vrightsboro 5chool, for the reason
the 18" pipe is inadquate to carry the increased volume of water turned into tY~e drain
from nearby developments in that area. Mr. Hinton agreeing to pay ~p100.00 toward the
" cost of making the change. The matter of providing manholes for the drainage to be taken
up with ~Ir. I~allard, State Highway Naintenance Engineer.
~t,~~' A request of I~r. Jos. C. Shepard for a reduction of the assessment on building in
i p~; block #114 ( 31~ So. 2nd~ St.) account of its bad condition~ was upon motion of
Mr. Gardner received for investigation with Mr. Shepard.
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ll4eeting of June 14~ 1948, continued.
• A request of the Board of Aldermen of the Town of Carolina Beach b,y resolution
adopted at their meeting May 18~ 1~948y that the County Cor~issioners'ask the.
~Q~~ State'Highway & Public Works Commission to take over and designate Harper Avenue
0~ as an awsiliary State Highv~ay connecting United States Highway 421 and the old
Dz~w road, and that the same be placed upon the map of the State F3ighm~ay system
and maintained by the State Highv~ay Departnient, was upon c,otion of bSr. Trzsk~
seconded by "'r. Hall~ approved. ~
_l~ A request for a reduction of the assessment on the property of Mrs. Ada C. Smith~
~ block 144~ was received for investigation.
A request of the Trustees of the Sons and Daughters of Benjamine to separate the
' assessment on their lodge building in block 309, the lower floor being rented and
~~n~ the upper floor used exclusively for lodge purposes, and refund the taxes paid on
- the upper floor since 1940 and place the same on the tax free list, was upon motion
of P~r. Gardner~ seconded by %ir. Coleman,referred to'the committee vaith power to act.
Upon motion of I~4r. Trask~ seconded by t~r. Gardner~ Fred Hollingsworth and James I.
~ C~~ Bland~ white indigent citizens~ ~^rere on recommendation of the Superintendent of
` Public VJelfare~ admitted to the County Home.
Upon motion of P~"r. Trask~ seconded by ~r. Hall~ the Board tentatively approved the
1948-1949 Administration Eudget for the Vlelfare Depa,rtment on the same basis of
_,\~,,l~~ salaries allowed last year, vaith the exception of salary increases of $10.00 per
~ month each for one case vaorY,er and six assista.nt case aro rkers required by the Merit
system,to enable the County to participate in the distribution of State and Federal
funds, vahich said increases were tentatively approved on the` affirmative vote of
P~,r, lrask, i~4r. Hall and the ChGirman. I4ir. Gardner and I~r. Coleman voted no.
I~ The £ollowing applications for licenses to se11 beer at the locations shown~ the
same being in due form and execution and endorsed by the Sheriff, rvere upon motion
~~ of ivlr. Colem.an~ seconded by ~r. Hall~ approved:
rR. W. Fountain, 332 Castle Hayne Road.
-Grover Freeman~ Seabreeze.
~elmar A. PdcGo~aan~ Smith Creek~ Castle Hayne Road.
-lNilliam'McLaurin~ Seabreeze. '
' `iN. G. Williams~ Seabreeze.
J~j`~ A report of the Grand Jury, June Term 1948~ was received and fzled.
~,-~
It appearing tha~ the 194'7-1948 budget appropriation for the Coroner is over-
spent by ~304.'J6'and there are outstanding bills due the coroner in the amount
o,~A~ of ~232.'70 making a total of ~$537.45 expended in excess of the~budget allowance,
r G the Board~ therefore~ upon motion of l::r. Coleman~ seconded by r. Trask, ordered
~ the said su~ of $537•45 transferred from the emergency fund to the General Fund
for the.coroners account~ and payment of $232.70 to the coroner for fees due him
for services rendered was approved.
~,} ~ir. Addison He~=lett introduced the following resolution which was read at length:
~~e RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING VJITFIDRAWAL
~ FROiti THE CAPITAL RESERVE FUND OF
iVER~ HANOVER COIINTY.
BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of the County of NevJ Hanover~
North Carolina:
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•Section 1. That pursuant to the County Capital Reserve Act of 1943, withdrawal from ,~
the Ca.pital Reserve Fund of New Hanover County of the amounts hereina•fter stated is ~
• hereby authorized for trhe purpose of investment in the follov.~ing described obligations ~
of the United States of America and New Hanover County:
~p25~000.00,2~ Treasury Bonds of 1954~ dated December 1~ 1944, and payable
December 15~ 1954•
$20~000.00, 2~ New Hanover County School Bonds dated July 1~ 1941~ and payable
July 1, 194g.
Section 2. That the arriount of withdrawal herein authorized shall be $45~000.00, the
source of money in said Capital Reserve Fund therefor being unappropriated surplus
revenues and unencumbered balances arising from receipt from revenues derived from
sources other than ad valorem taxes~ specifically profits from the operation of
alcoholic beverage control stores, which are~not pledged or otherwise applicable by
law to the payment of er.isting debt and v.~hich have lawfully acerued to the current _
operating expense fund of New Hanover County.
Section 3. That the Local Government Commission of North Carolina is hereby requested
to approve the provisions of this resolution.
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~b~s Upon motion~ duly seconded, County bills Nos. 1'709 to 2189 inc.were approved for payment.
~ A recess vras then taken until 3:00 o'clock P.M., to meet with the City Council to
~~ further consider joint appropriations for the next fiscal year.
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Wilmington~ N. C., June 21~ 1948.
The regular weekly meeting of the Board vras held at 10:00 o'clock A. T~.
Present: Addison Hewlett Chairman~ Geo. Rl. Trask~ Jas. M. Ha11, H. R. Gardner,
L.J.Coleman and County.Attorney T~Iarsden Bellamy.
The minutes of ineeting of June 14~ 1948, were read and approved as recorded.
Upon motion of i~ir. Trask, seconded b~~nir. Hall~ the Board waived the 12-~~ gate
`~ receipt charge for the Pirate,s baseball game vaith Lumberton VJednesday night~
~p~ July 7th~ sponsored by the Yiyvanish Club at Legion Field for the benefit of
' , underprivileged boys, requested by liir. J. Q. LeGrand.
A lengthy communication•~a~a.s rea.d and presented to the Board b.y Dir. J.N.Alexius~Sr.~
offering suggestions for the utilization of the shipyard~v~ith the consent and
cooperation oi the ?vlaritime Commission~ for the construction of a graven dock
for dry-docking ships to accomodate any vesse.l}that would have occasion to use it,
as.well as the 500 or more ships the P~4aritime Commission have,in the lay-up basin.
~ YJ~., Mr. Alexius further said that he is informed by competent authorities that the cost
of construction vrould not exceed $2~000~000.00. After discussion,.~~ir. Trask moved~
that the Board of County Commissioners go on record favoring in principda,~ the
establishment of a graven dock.at a suitable location in Wilmington for the purpose
of docking and servicing ships~ both publi~ and private, if~ after thorough
investigation~ it is found to be economically justifiable; and that the Chairman
appoint a committee to make such investigations as 2re necessary to determine the
feasibility and soundness of this proposition ~.nd report the findings to the
Commissioners for further action. ~he mot~on was seconded by 1~r. Hall and unan-
imously carried. A committee of Ntr. Hall, NIr. Gardner and the County Attorr.ey
~~as named by the Chairman~ and said committee in turn selected Co1.Geo. lN. Gillette~
as Chairman, &tessrs Warren Bell, W. G. Broadfoot and Charles ~i. Ha.rrington~ they to
select the fifth member~ to cooperate w.ith the committee in maY.ing the investigation.
Mr. Peter Brov~n Ruffin of the P;ilmington S1Lipping Company, and D4r. Hamilton Hicks
representing the United States District Engineers appeared and told the Board that
~, ~~ funds have been ~ade available by the Gongress to carry on the work of deepening and
/ ~~idening the'turning•basin in the 1Vilmington Harbor~ and urged that immediate steps
be taken by the County to provide the easements and right-of-way ~nd spoil-disposal
areas for the improvement in accordance v~ith'the agreement of this Board December
13~ 1943. After discussion i~4r. Gardner moved that vae start negotiations v~~ith the proper
authorities at onee to secure. the right-of-way and easements in the most economical
manner we can and that the Chairman appoint a committee to that end. His motion was
seconde6 by Mr. Hall a.nd carried. ihe same committee named to serve on the dry-dock
proposition was named to serve on this undertaking.
, YJith reference to li"_r. Trask's suggestion that we use a drag line for drainage along ~
~~20.~'"' the Tide V~ater old right-of-vaay through Piney V~oods below Winter Park, a distance of
abou~ 1000 feet, a=hich vJOUld also relieve a drainage condition in Winter Park, ~ the
Board agreed to look over the situation to ascertain v~hat is necessary to be done~ the
matter of ~vright-of-wayg cost etc.~ ;
~~~~p.o~A report of the Ladies Rest Room Committee and Public T:ibrazyfor P~Iay were received and
~~~,;, filed. •
• Upon motion of Il4r. Trask~ seconded by nTr. Coleman, James E. Pugh was granted a refund
~ ~G~ of not listed penalty charged against pa°rt of lot 3~ in block 59, for the years 1945 and
~ 1946 account of error in failing to charge him v~ith the same. He listed part of lots
• ~ 1 and 2 adjoining thinking part of lot 3 was included.
~ A communication was received from the Housing Authority advising that the 1948
; ~p, Government Corporation Appropriati.on Act will prohibit the Authority from paying any
~•~ -/~}~ voluntary contribution in lieu of taxes as has been the practice in years past~ but will~
~~ however~ continuing naying full taxes on alI o~ their vaar housing project operations
' in PJilmington.
'An application for lscense to sell beer at a location one mile west of Carolina Beach
'~~e` by Mr.hColeman4declinedlfordthe reason he,~inwtheuopinionlof theMBoard,sfailed~toemeet
the requirement of the 1aw as to his moral character~ having plead guilty to a charge
of false registration and occupying room for immoral purposes and taxes with the costs
and four months in jail to be assigned to the County Farm. Sentence suspended on payment
of costs and good behavior for tvao years• according to the judgment of the recorders
Court, docket No. 98-6a4, April 7th, 1y4~.
, A communication vras r~ceived from the County kuditor advising the amount of deposit in
~e~~'~ each bank'as of n2ay 31~ 1948~ together wi~h a memorandum of securities held by us in
each case.
T he meeting then adjourned. -
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R~ilmingt:on, N. C., June 28~ 1948.
The regular vreekly meeting of the Eoard was held at 10:00 o'clock A. M.
Present: Addison Hewlett Chairman~ Geo. W. Trask~ Jas. bI. Hall, H. R. Gardner,
L. J. Coleman and County Rttorney Marsden Bellamy.
The minutes of ineeting of,June 21~ 1948~ were read and approved as recorded.
A motion offered by bir. Ha11 and seconded by I~r~ Trask, to sell Mr. A. A. Blake
f~~y~ a part of the County Home land from the branch to the main railroad line for an
_ G abattoir and have an engineer to locate a site that vrill not interfere with the use
of railroad facilities by other interests, ~'ailed to carry on the negative vote of
. Mr. Gardner~ Pur. Coleman and the Chairman. The Board did agree~on motion of
~ A~Ir. Coleman' seconded by I~r. Gardner~ to investigate the same, on the grounds~
Wednesday morning~ June 30th.
IYIr. J. K. Taylor~ Jr.~ appeared to ask that the County appropriate $10~000.00
~1 ~ for repalring 3etties at G~rightsville Beach, was upon motion of It7r. T:r~Sl~, seconded
.,~' by Mr. Hall~ taken under consideration in the preparation of the budget.
Upon motion of Mr. Trask~ seconded by i~4r. Hall~ the Board vaaved its 12~~ gate receipt
charge for the use of the stadium race tracks for a motorcycle race Saturday~ July 3~
_~~ty sponsored by the tiYilmington Police Department for the benefit of its Recreation and
and Welfare Fund, requested by Lieu. ~.E.Nloore. The track to be put in as good a shape
after use as it was before.
~ A request of the Board of Education that out of available cash,on hand ( Federal Funds) '
~~ `~ that the follo~~ing additions be made to their budget:
(1) Fixed Charges $ 3~500.00
(2) Auxiliary Agencies 4~500.00
(3) T~Qintenance of Plant 2~000.00
making a total of °~10~000.00, was upon motion of L4r. Gardneri seconded by 1t'lr. Hall~
granted to enable the !-oard of Education to use the funds.
Upon motion of It4r. Coleman~ seconded by ~~r. Trask~ authority was given to continue
~~ operation of the various County Departments on the same basis of the ~94'J-1948 budget
~~1 appropriations, pending the adoption of the 1948-1949 budget.
~ Upon motion, the Chairman was authorized and directed to begin the preparation of the
~k~i 1948-1949 county budget by inserting the amounts astimated to be expended for the
~~~ regular operation of the various departments of the county, salaries and other items of a
debatable nature to be considered and determined by the Board. ,
' Upon motion of NIr. Trask~ seconded by ~•r. Hall~ George Colby Smith and Esther Fryer
~~ Smith V7atkins, two titi~hite indigent citizens~ were admitted to the County Home on
-~i recommendation of the Superintendent of Public Welfare.
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Upon motion of N~r. Gardner, seconded by Mr. Coleman~ the Board approved the payment of
,c~°-~ $941.70 to C.C.Holmes, Commissioner for the county's part of the bid price on property
sold for taxes in blocks 23, 58 and 294, bought in by the City and County'r, and ~150.00
to V/allace C. Pdurchison, Cor~rnissioners, for property in block 37.
Upon motion of T~6r. Gardner~ seconddd by IvIr. Colen;an~ the Board approv.ed a liability
~~ y,r~ insurance policy with the Associated Aviation Underwriters,•through the I,ocal Board~
+` covering Bluethenthal Airport up to ~r50~000.00 for bodily injury and ~$10~000.00 property
damage, at an annual premiu~: of 5~199•5~• .
Upon motion of -~`r. Gardner, seconded ty r4r. Coleman, Geo. E. Watkir~s was granted an
f~Gx abates,ent of taxes on a vuluation of ~360.00 for the year 194'7, ab~;a refund of taxes
° paid on the same assessment for the year 7.946, on account of ex~ror in charging him with
~11 of lot 5, in block 30~ Sunset Park at $375.00, whereas~ he orily bought two feet of
lot 5, and assessment reduced by the Tax Assessors to $15.00 for the jrear 1948.
. With reference to the matter of a balance of $2~192.00 due the Port Development by the
A.B.C.Board £or 1942-1943~the County Attorney was upon motion of Mr. Gardner~ seconded
-.C a~~ by ~4r. Coleman~ instructed to confer with the City Attorney and arrange a hearing in
Chambers before Judge John J. Burney to the end the controversy may be settled~ and that
all parties concerned will be bound by the decision of the Judge. ,
Upon motion of b?r. Gardner, seconded by Mr. Coleman~ the Board authorized an adjustment
~a~` of the taxes due on the land of Francis Kennedy~ block 269~ Northwest part lot 3~ for
the years 1929 and 1930 on a basis of the present assessed valuation.
_~~ A report of Community Hospital for IuSay was received'and filed. '
Upon:motion of ~r. Gardner, seconded by Pdr. Coleman~ the matter of re};lacing the flag .
~ C~~ pole atop the court house annex was referred to the court house conmittee with power to act.
Upon motion of Mr. Ga,rdner, seconded by ~lr. Trask, the Board voted una,nimously to go on ,,,
record congratulating the Hon..V1. Kerr Scott for having won the nomination for the office
~`~ of Governor in the second primary, June 26th~ and the Hon. F.Ertel Carlyle as Representative
in Congress from the Seventy District.
- ~'C M~ Second~Prima~y JuneG26ah,rwasrinvitedeto'siteinswithuthe Boa~rdson its~budgetesessions.
Upon motion of Mr. Gardner, seconded by Mr. Coleman~ instructions were gi'ven to write
~`Q~~l~'~'rdr. H. G. Carney our sincere appreciation of the valuable service he has rendered this
~ County as Chairman of the Soard of Elections, and express to him our deep regret to learn ~
of his resignation.
The meeting then adjourned.
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VJilmington, N. C., July 6~ 1948.
The regular vreekly, meeting of the Board was held at 10:00 o'clock A. M.
Present: Addison Hez«lett Chairman, Geo. ~N. Trask~ Jas. M. Hall, L. J. Coleman
and County Attorney I.tarsden Bellamy.
~ The minutes of Meeting of June 28~ 194~, voere read and approved as recorded.
A request of Mr. Da.niel H. Penton~ President of the Board of Iv2anagers of Jas.
~~5'~ ti"lalker Hospital for an opportunity to be heard on the tentative appropriation
~ of $60~000.00 set by the City and County at t~he joint meeting held.June 30~ whieh
, he does not feel wi11 be adequate~ was received for joint consideration.
A communication ~~,~,~;;from the Exchange Club endorsing the proposed drydock~
-SS was received and filed.
A copy of executed lease ~~ith the Civil Aeronautics Adminsitration for the use of
~ Q~~ two rooms in the Airport Building, formerly described as Army Building T-960~ at an
annual rental of $400.00, was received and filed.
\ A report of the activities of the Bureau of Identification for the month of June,
~~~~4~' together with its annual report for the year ending June 30, 1g48, v~~as received and filed.
` A communication a~as received from the Surf Club endorsing a request of the Aldermen
~tT ~'of the Town of FJrightsville beach that $~10~000.00 be provided in the 1948-1949 budget
-~ W~ for erecting jetties at ~i~rightsville Beach for the purpose of preventing further
erosion of the beach property~ v,~as received and filed.
A statement v~as received from the State Board of Public iRielfare advising that
~js $25,458•25 was seat to tnis county for the month of L2ay for Old Age Assistance~
Aid to llependent Children and Adminsitration.
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~~ Upon motion of P.Sr. Coleman, seconded by ir~r. Trask, t~~ir. H. R. Gardner was appointed
~~T to represent tnis Body on the Board of ~iaaagers of Communit~y Hospital.
Upon motion of IJ;r. Trask~ seconded by Mr. Coleman~ It2r. 4V. P. Burkhimer was granted
an abatement of taxes on a valuation of ~700.00 on automobile and poll for the year
~~ 194'7~ account of being°a non-resident and same listed in error. It appeared thet
' he vras a resident of Chapel Hill,•N. C.~ from February 1946 to September lst~ 1.947.
~ A petition of the Chadbourn Hosiery niills asking the State Highway and Public VJorks
Conunission to improve, repair and place in a usable and safe condition, that road or
aS street generally kno~vn as "Raleigh Road"~ I~affitt Village~ fPom its intersection
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~' ~vith U.S.High~vay #421 to•the Niaffitt Village Primary School~ was presented by
' Mr. Har•riss Newman and J.C.Wessell,Jr.~ and upon motion of Il4r. Coleman~ seconded
' by Mr. Trask~ was approved and referred to the State Highv:ay & Public V~orks Com,~nission.
' The u~eeting then adjourned. ~ . .
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• ~ tNilmington~N.C., July 12, 1948.
Tne regular vaeekly meeting of the Board was held at 10:00 o'c1ocY. A. M.
• Present: Addison Hewlett Chairman, Geo. iN. Tra.sk~ Jas. IvI. H~11, L.J.Coleman and
County Attorney N~arsden Bellau~y.
• The•minutes of ineeting of July 6th~ 1948, vae*_•e read and approved as~recorded.
A report of the back tax office shovaing y"r2,'705.94 collected for the city and
~'`G~~ $1,988.18 for the~county~ mu.king a total oi y~4,69~.12 back taxes collected for
° the month of June. Also a report for the yeax• ending June 30~ 1948~ showing
• a total of ~33,725•25 collected for the coiinty and ~G46,179.94 for the city.
~~5. A•report of the Ladies Rest Room Co:rmittee for ~une tivas received and filed.
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A letter was received from the City.Clerk advising that the City Coizncil appointed
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5~ Councilman Y~r. Ronald Lane as its representative on the Community Hospital Board
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3-Upon motion of b4r. Coleman, seconded by mr. Trask~ the following applications for
~(~~ licenses to sell beer at the locations shown~ the same being in due form and executi6n
~ and endorsed by the Sheriff, were approved:
-John F. Heinbockel~ Myrtle Grove Sound. ~
Bertha Mae Long, One mile north of Carolina Beach on U.S.4~1.
-N. A. Merritt~ Vance Street, Maffitt Village. ..
~wQ.e-~~ ~ir. La~vrence Y.ure appeared to ask. that some provi,S~ion be made in the budget for
~ funds for erosion control at Kure Beach.
t the Orrell Brothers will give a right-of-way over their
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land for a road from the highr~~ay to the "Rocks" if the State Prill build and maintain
f the same, which was upon motion of ~:ir. Trask~ seconded by Iulr. Coleman~ approved.
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I~eeting of July 12~ 1948~ continued.
~ A conmmunication was received from the Civil Aeronautics Administration advising
that the Administrator has tentatively allocated $80~000.00 as the United States'
_~~~~ share of the allowable costs far improvements to Blizethenthal Field, for the
construction of an adminiatration building~ necessary taxiways and access road~
perform necessary grading~ drainage and turfing, remove obstructions and install
utilities, The Board indicated its intention to proceed ~~;ith the improvements within
the period allotted and to so nitify the Civil Aeronautics Administration's District
Airport Engineer, Room Z24 Custom House, Wilmington, N. C.
CJpon motion of i~r. Trask~ seconded by i~Ir. Hall~ the Board approved the pay-ment of
$304.00 to C. D. Hogue,Sr.~ Commissioner~ for the County's p~rt of the bid price
~~ .for four pieces of property in blocks 229 and 300 bought in for the City and County
when other bids failed to reach the amount of its tax or assessed value~ at a tax
saley and confirmed by the court.
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A communication caas received from the/Aeronauties Administration~ Atlanta~ Ga.~
again calling attention to the bad condition of the access road leading to the
radio range station. Upon motion ef I~ir. Iiall, s~conded by tylr. Coleman! instructions
~\~' were given to take the,matter up vaith ~2r. A.H.Graham~ Chaircian of the State Highway
~- and Public t"lorks Commission and ~,tr. T. T. Fsetts, Division Highv~ay Engineer'and request
that immediate action be given to correct the condition.
~.J The 1948-194g schooZ budget in the a.rounts of ~175~300.00 for the regular term and
$160~000.00 for the supplementary budget, v~as presented and discussed in d2tail by
-~ Iv1r. Roland, Secretary of.the Board of Educdtion, and action deferrec2 for further
study.
,~/ Mr. H. E. Rodgers appeared to ask that.consideration be given to the safe guarding
ti the records in the office of the Register of Deeds by microfilming the saffie at an
l~Q~ approximate cost of ~4~500.00.
~~ Upon motion of PJir. Trask, seconded by P.~r. Coleman, county bills Nos. 219~ '~0 245~ inc.,
~. were approved for payment.
~~ The following good and lawful persons v~ere @rawn to serve as jurors in the Superior
~~ Court for the trial of criminal cases for the week begi:uling Monday, July 26~ 1948:
Gus Yeappalakis~ 81~ N. 4th, St. Jno.K.ti'debster, 22 Court U~ Lake Forest.
John Kannon~ 2~28 Jefferson St. Jas.B.Wilson~Jr.~ 15 S. 5th~ St.
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E.K.Scott~ RFD #2 B.V.Hudson~ 102. Orange 5t,
I~rs.Jessie Taylor~ 11 N. '7th~ St. A.E.Lewis, 11 Court 2~ Lake Forest.
Maurice TSelly~ U.S.National Cemetery. R.T,i;~ebster~ 304 Carolina l~venue.
J.M.Holder~ 2 Central Boulevard. Iuirs. C. ~~Iaglenn~ 505 s. Front St,
Olie Strickland~Jr. 408 Walnut St. W.A.Riddle, 321 S. 6th, St.
E.A.49ilson~ 1 Summit tilalk. A.N,Lewis, 411 Campbell St.
Ivlrs.E.P.Godv~*in~ P.O.Box 1.055• R.S,LeGvain~ 812 Chestnut St.~
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E.J.Wilson~ 505 s. 6th, St. A.J.Hufman~ 312 S, l~th~ St.
~irs.Ce2ester D.Thorr~as, 116~ I~Yimosa Flace.
~ B.H.Rogers~ 412 Y. 5th, St.
T~iittie Batson~ Box 21
Rt2, J.C. Thomas, 112 Lake Forest Parkway.
Cameron Sinclair, 711 1vlarket St., C.R.Thompson~ 7F Lake For~st.
Jno.Ud: Graham~ FtFD ~3. H.D.McLeod~ Castle Hayne.
N.V.Gause, 405~ S. 4th~ St. J.R.Thornton~ 262~ Adams St.
Robt. d. l~9ells~ 247 Pinecrest Farkvaay, Jas.H.Gurganous~ RFD #2.
Samuel F. Banks, 9 south 8th, St. 1'lorth I~. Winborne~ 4 N. Adams St.
t~I C. Smith~ Box 52A F?i'iD #3. Carson Boone~ 504 Greenfield St.
Charlie Stephens~ 401 I~arket St. J.E.Guthrie~ 5 S. 9th~ St.
Jno.O.Railey~ 6-P7 Lake Forest. C.E.Clark~ 2205 Princess St.
VV.G.Rhodes~ 1022 Wrightsville Ave. Ale~ Cash~ 1011 5. Front St.
J.It4.Sandy~ 2669-B Adams St. ~ake J. VJilletts~ 1305 S. 3rd~ St.
Oscas A~il2iams~ 311-~ Red Cross St. Cannell Teachey~ 51~ ~ieares St.
Mangels Von Oeson, 1211 Grace St. Ernest L. Dougherty, 409 Castle St.
1V.T.Knovrles, 'J Summit Walk Lake b'orest. Jos.Musial~. Castle Hayne.
A.E.Eakinsz • 3 N. 9th~ St. D.T.Southerland, RFD #2~ Box 201.
~V.S.I~6arsh~ 120 Keaton Ave, R.I~.Kern~ Castle Hayne.
W.C.Peterson~ t~'hite I.C.& Mi1k Co.~ 4~~illiam 7. Vdeeks~ 112 S. 9th, St.
Mrs.Maggie $rown, 1112 N. 5'th~ St. C.W.Hinson~ 111 Morgan St.
[ti.J.Porter~ 186 Lake Forest. Martin Friedman~ llg Nun St,
J.N.VJilliams~. RF'D #2, Box 218. 1~'.T.Willetts, 1201 S. 5th~ St.
Jno.S,Cameron~ RFD #l, Castle Hayne. Nlrs. Nell P.Daniel~ 1002 L4arket St.
Rudolph Gertz~ 807 Princess St. O.N.Butler~ Rt.2~ Box 3~9-B.
The meeting then adjourned.
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Ydilmington, N. C.~ July 19~ 1948.
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The regulaffi weekly meeting of the Board was held at 10:00 o'clock A. IVI.
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Present: Addison Hev~lett Chairman~ Geo. YJ. Trask~ and Jas. M. Hall.
The minutes of ineeting of July 12, 1948, ~vere,read and approved as recorded.
Upon motion of Mr. Hall, seconded by ~r. Trask~ Mrs. D. H. Bryan, 320 Chestnut Street~
~ v+as granted an abatement of not-listed penalty charged against her property in
~~ ~'lilmington, Wrightsville Beaeh and Ca.rolina Beach for the year 194~. It appeared
that Mrs. Bryan has heretofore listed her prope~:~ty through an agent who overlooked
the same for 1947. _ •
~~~l~~~ti~A financi.al statement of the R'ilmington Public Library together ivith an annual
report of the Librarian for the year ending J~une 30, 1948~ was received and filed.
An application for license to sell beer at 4irightsville Sound submitted by Tom H.
~'~~~ Skipper, Jr.~ the same being in due form and execution and endorsed by the Sheriff~
was upon motion of b7r. Hall, seconded b; t.4r. Trask~ granted..
Upon motion of iuir. Trask, seconded by bdr. Hall~ Harold Wood, a resident of Florida
since January 1, 1946, v~as gra.nted an abatement of taxes on a valuation of $~80.00
~~0~- personal property charged as not-listed, po11 and not-listed penalty charged against
lot 3 part 4, Page Division~ Harnett Township, for the year 1947; for the reason
~ written request to list the same x~as inadvertently overlooked, and a non-resident
and had no personal property in this county.
Upon motion of ~r. Hall~ seconded by ~r. Trask~ C. h. Fcobinson, VJilmington township~
~~~x was granted an abatement of taxes on a valuation of ~1,105.00 personal and poll
listed twice for the year 194~. Personal and po11 was previously listed with his
real estate for the same year.
~ Upon motion of n4r. Hall, seconded byl,~r. Trask~ Daisy Trea@well Jobe~ bedridden
'~~,ti9 indigent, 39 years old, formerly of Adkinson,N.C.~ novr a resident of this County,
was on recommendation of the Supt,~ of Public lNelfare, admitted to the County Home.
~ Upon motion of tv7r. Trask, seconded by ~r. Eall~ the Chair~an was authorized to sign
,~,~~0'~ a renewal notice for the lease to the Civil Aeronautics Administration for two rooms
r ~. as storage space in the Airport ~.7Lak~ formerly firmy Building T-960~ Bluethenthal
Field, from July 1~ 1948, to June 30~ 1949, at an annual rental of ~40Q.00.
~,~ Further consideration of the Federal allotment of ~80~000.00 for improvements to
~~~?.`~d the airport was continued until next ir,eeting accotant of the absence of Mr. Gardner,
Chairman of the Airport Committee.
The meeting then adjourned,
i'~'`Tu, ic! 3~.~.~~i. Clerk.
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V~ilmington~ N. C..~ July 26~ 1g48.
The reguZar weekly meeting of the Board vras held at 10:00 o'clock !~. D4.
Present: F~ddison Hewlett Chairman~ Geo. W. Trask~,Jas. M. Ha1Z, L.J.Coleman
and Coun~y kttorney H~arsden Bellamy.
The minutes of ineeting of July 19, 1948, ivere read and approved as recorded.
~'~' An anplication for license to sell beer at Ca.stle Hayne submitted by Normsn Heath~
/ the ~ame being in due form and exec~tion and endorsed by~ the 5heriff~ v,~as upon
motion of I:ir. Coleman, seconoed by Mr. Hall, granted.
Upon motion the Eoard approved i.he payment of y~20'7.00 preniium on fire insurance policy
~r5~" with the Home Insurance Company; covering the Iiealth Center Building; in the anount
_~' of $$30~000.00. The matter of including extenQed coverage v~as discussed, but no action
was taken.
' Upon motion of t~Ir. Hall~ seconded by I.lr. Coleman the Board accepted the offer of ~he
Civil.keronautics Administration to appropriate ~50~000,00 to be matched e,~ith county
~~-~ ~'unds for irr~provements to Bluethenthal Field~ to construct an administration building~
~(j.~'~~ necessary taxiv<<ays and access roa.d~ perforn, necessary grading~ drainage and turfing~
i°emove obstructiorls and install utilities. And authority wes given to notify the
Civil Aeronautics Administrations District.kirport Engineer to that effect. The
County's share of the eypense to be paid out of Capital Reserve Funds for~erly set
aside for that purpose. :tiZr. Tr~sk_ voted no, feeling the present administration building
v~.rill a.dequately serve~the purpose for a number of years to come.
A request of Mi~s H. Elizabeth King, Trustee to be relea.sed from the payment of
lai~ interest and costs on back taxes accrued on the property of Greenfield Drive Realty
Company fox~ the yea.r 1942, was upon motion of bir. Coleman~ seconded by ~r. Trask~
declmn~d fcr the reason the same is a proper charge and the Commissioners have no
legal right to abate the sa~ne.
No objections vJere indiczted by the Board to the application of hSr. R. Stevrart~ 9 Y+est
~~,q/ Atlanta Street~ Niriglttsvills Beach~ to the United States District Engineer~ for a
~j~ b permit to construct a vaharf in Banks Channel, 75 feet l~ng and 4 feet wide located
about midway between the west ends of West Atlanta and 6;~est Coltur.b~a Streets~
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Meeting of July 26~ 1g48~ continued.
yc/ Upon motion of P4r. Trask~ seconded by P:4r. H~11, the Board approved the payment of
- C, $37.15 to R4r. A. L. P~iegland, CSC., for expenses incurred in attendance upon the
meeting of the Clerks of Court Conven~ion held at Hendersonville July 7~ 8 and 9th.
Upon motion of &Ir. Trask, seconded by 14ir. Coleman, Lawrence Allawishus 0'Neill~ white,
/~~ and Charlie Bella~y, colored, indigent citizens, were on recommendution of the
, Supt.~ of Public 4delfare admitted to the County Home. .
Upon motion, the Board then took a recess to ~:eet in joint session with the City
y~ Council~ V~~ednesday n!orning, July 28, at 11:00 o'clock to hear a request of the
-~ Board,of Mana~ers of Jas. Vlalker ialemorial Hospital to increasdthe ~60~000.00
appropriation tentatively fixed by the t~vo Boa.rds at the joint meeting held June
30, 1948.
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V7ilmington~,N. C.~ August 2~,1948.
The regular weekly meeting of the Board ~5~as held at 10:00 o'clock A. M.
• Present: Addison Hewlett Chairman~ Geo. W. Trask~ Jas. M. Hall and County Attorney
Marsden Bellamy.
The minutes of ineeting of July 26~ 1g48~ were read and approved as recorded.
Upon motion of Mr. Hall, seconded by P~r. Trask~ Mr. C. R. LZorse~ Tax Collector~ was
~~~ instructed to advertise land for sale for taxes on which.the 1°4'] taxes have not
been paid, in accordance v~ith the law~ to take place on the First 1~4onday in September
1948. .
A petition bearing the signatures of 4b local citizens, and 131 citizens throughout the
State~ asking the State High~vay & Public Vlorks Commission to re-establish and maintain
,\~ ~ a roadway from US 421 at Fort Fisher to Buzzard Bay, was presented by Mr. L. C. Kure.
d'N ~/ Ii~r. Thomas R. Orrell the owner of land over vahich the proposed road is to be located x~as
°b present and indicated he would cooperate in furnishing a right-of-way to be agreed upon.
6 The petition, vras upon mot~on of ;~.r. Trask, seconded by.n4r. Hall,ordered filed with the
/ State Highway & Public 1Vorks Commission for immediate consideration and that the State
Highv~ay Department be requested to have a representative meet with us and interested
`parties~ on the premises,to the end that a locati:on of the right-of-way may be determined
and some definite conclusion reached.
A petition of citizens residing on Cherry Avenue i.n l~udubon~ requesting the State
~y Highway & Public 1Jorks Cotunission to add.Cherry Avenue from Seventh Street to Floral
Parkv~ay, to Ahe County Eighvaay System for ma.intenance, was upon motion of n4r. Hall,
seconded by Nir. Trask~ approved and referred to.the Sta.te High~~:ay and Public Works
Conunission for consideration.
~.,~G~` forePhetCounty, makingaa ootaleofh~9~017~5~4back9taxesecollectedtforCthe~month~of59uly~
was received and filed.•
/,,r'1 A report of the Grand Jury~ July Term 1948, was received and filed.
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Upon motion of idr•. T~ask~ seconded by IJ[r. Hall, authority v:as given to pay Kellum &
Humphrey~ it~~x~s Commissioners}' the.County's 40p part of ~500.00 tax sale bid on
~U~' Hazel M. Gaylord property, block ~f300, bought in by the City and County for taxes~
- said amount to be applied-to the payment of back ta.xes and costs.
A Statement was received from the State Board of Public ~F!elfare showing that Sp24~664.25
-~~ Children andtAdministration,the month of July for Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent
An application for license to sell beer at t~asonboro ~unction Carolina Beach Road~
,,~t ,G submitted by D. j9. Roper~ the szme being in due form ~nd execution and endorsed by
-t~ " the Sheriff ~ was upon niotion of i~:Ir. Trask~ seconded by fi4r. Hall~ granted.
Upon motion of i~r. Hall~ seconded by T~Zr. Trask, H.B.Shaw ws.s granted an abatement of
~~~ not-listed penalty charged aga.inst pi•operty in blocks '70 and 222, for the year 194']~
It appeared that he listed other property in ti`lilmington and these tv~ro pieces Kere left
off his list through error. ~
Upon motion of Ivir. Hall, seconded by 2:4r. Trask, L. E. Wil].imas was granted an abatement
_~qx 'of taxes on a valuation of ~860.00 over-charge on Reo Truck for the year 1947.
Upon motion of ll~r. Tra,sk_, seconded by'`r, Hall~ DukE C. Marshall~ Sun~pter S. C.~ vras
granted an abatement of taxes on a valua.tion of ~235.00 on automobile a.nd poll for the
~Ux year 1947•account of being a non-resident January lst~ 194'J~ and the ta~es listed by
l , his vaife in error.
A communication was received from I+ir. Louis T. b7oore, 5ecretary of tY~e Nev,. Hat~over
Historical Commission calling attention to an article that appeared in the 5unday Star-
~r~-c-~~ News~ August lst~ entitled "Wilmington In The Air" which referred to Bluethenthal
Airport as 'TI~i~ HANOVER AIRPOF~, FOR1~~~tLY BLUETHENTHAL FIELD The name of the County
owned airport has never been changed by the Co~missioners since its dedication to the
memory of the late Arthur Bluethenthal, I~4ay 30~ 1928.
Upon wotion of T~r. Trask, seconded by Mr. Hall~ Albert Hurst v.as granted an abatement
L~G~ of taxes on a valuation of ~y500.00 on house charged in error on lot 2~, Al1en Tract~
Harnett township, for the years 1927 through 1935. .
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Meeting of ~ugust 2, 1938, continued.
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5 The following good znd lawful persons vrere drav:~n to serve as~jurors in the
~N~' Superior Court for the trial of civil cases for the one week term beginning
,~~ August 16th, 1948: •
Earl A. Yow~ 1803 Queen 5t. C.S.Sandarson~ 111 N7oodlavan Ave.
R.H.Youngblood~ 1q14 Nun St. K. L. Parrish~~2106 Creasy Ave.
A. G. Newman~ 110 Castle St.~
~ Walter L4intz~ 311 Bladen St.
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Geo. T, Farrow~ 1408 GrUce St.~ M.D.Thorpe~ 41g Campbel2 St.
Theodore Rhodes~ 212 6. 2nd~ St. A.S.Pheier, ~ Jefferson St.
F.A.1~athis~Jr.~ 128 Forest Hills -rive.F. C. Seigle.r~ 11 N. Jefferson St,
Harold Gornto, 308 Vlright St. Ed Bryant~ 2~32-D Riverside Apts.
Archie Ritch? 906 s. 6th~ St.
' Leon Teachey 3 Court B, Lake Forest.
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S. 'Ray English, 113~ S. 9th, St. -~- S. 8th~ St.
E.R.Huhn~~ IO
W. T. Lockamy~ Sr.~ 413 Red Cross St. Jessie Thomas, Penn St.
4V.Iv1.Atkinson~ 1508 Grace St. Bruce Yandle, 612 Chestnut St.
P.B.PIatt~ 115 Colonia7. Village. H.C. Croom, RFD #1.
Bate A. Mauney~ 1608 Church St. J.D.Pigford~ 83 Spofford ~tills.
Cecil V. Butler~ '709 N. 5.th, St.
8 Herbert Steljes 211 Orange St.
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Wm.K.Stewart~~r.~ 1
01 Chestnut St. tree
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i04 Princess
Joseph PJeiss~ 2
4'1m.P.~Nilliamson~ 814 Greenfield. F.L.Formy DuValT 402 N. 15th~ St.
Robert E. Miller~ ?_113 Brandon Road. E.D.Anderson~ 1414 Dock St.
4v.J.Sasser~ 3 Court T, Lake rorest._ F.A.Jordan~ itFD #1.
For the trial of Criminal Cases; for t he'v+eek beginning August 23rd~ 1948:
L.G.Jones~ 1105 Chestnut St.
.P. Grady~ Crabtree~520 S. 2nd~ St.
N.S.Gaskill, 6 ~est Queen St.
A.li.Phillips, 908 S. 6th~ 5;:.
H.H.Hewett~ 2005 Castle St.
J,VJ.Farrovr~ 1620 Orange St.
J.A.Holleman~ '718 Col.ta•ell Ave,
Curtis Benton~ 218 Wrught St.
Jno.W.Hines~ 100 S. VJashin~ton St.
D.T.Lilly~ 29 Van Buren St.
Claude F. Howell~ C«rclina Apts.
~ ~t~~~x~~~~~r,x~, a~~zux~ .
Lummie Shaw ~ 100I. S. f3th ~ St .
R.H.Holden 2303 Ilrarket St.
H.S.King, ~07 Dock St.
F.M.Hollis~ 422 Campbell St.
Gilbert Ho112nd~ 309 N. 5th~ St.
R.L.Jones~ I127 Wrightsville Ave.
P1. H. Holley~ 4 Court 1~ La.ke Forest.
Gibbs Arthur~ 412 Dock St.
E.N.Zeigler~ Apt D-16 Oleander.
E1ise S. Lane~ 1512 Orange St.
Clayton D. Burton~ 3505 N:arket SL.
Liston L. King~ 121 S. 1`7th~ St.
H.T.Finch, 2322 Princess St., Road.
Gertrude A. Haskins, 2~25 Jefferson.
G. DuVal Greer~ 20'7~- S. 4tht St.
FranY.lin Sparkman, 5 Lee Drive.
H.6r.Lcng~ ~014 Grace St.
Ja,ck Smith~ 2660 Adams St.
D. H. Vlitherspoon~ ~19 N. 5th~ St.
M.L.11icP_ulay~ 24 Terrace Walk.
~'.lh'.FIorton~ 315 S. 5th~ St.
J.6F.Evans,jr.y 1~21 S. 6th~ St.
V7alter J. Hines ~ 212 N. 23rd, St:.
findre B. ItMeaux~ 316 S. 2nd~ St.
L.F~.Grimes~ ~ Boones Diaper Service.
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J.I~.Bassf 1-D Nesbitt Court.
VJm. S. Hocutt~Sr.~ 2014 Metts Ave.
Geo. H. Henniker, 2812 Adams St.
Carl Jenrette~ 15-E P?esbitt Court.
Glasgow Hicks, 208 Nurchison Bldg.
1~`d. D. Hannah~ 127 Ivey Drive ~ V7oodlatvn.
C.C.ZcIillinor~ HFD#~2~ Box 206-B.
G.VJ.Garner~ NFD #1.
G.F.Sellers~ 817 S. Front St.
S.V4.Sanders,Jr.~ 205~ N. 23th~ St.
J.P.Shamburger, 2714C Jefferson.
T.B.Edge, 106 Iuieares St.
R.IaI.I~dieredith, 1610 Dock St.
G.C.Gorman~Jr.9 1U25 Klein Road.
CJpon motion a recess tivas then taken until 9:30 A.tvi.~ C~Tednesday~August 4th~ 1948~
~~ to further conside~ the budget a.nd to talce such action deemed necessary.
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Wilmington, N. C., August 4~ 1948.
Pursuant to recess taken P~~onday~ August 2, 1948~ the fioard met at 9:30 A. P~2.
Present: Ad@ison HevJlett ChairmanJ Geo. V;. Trask~ Jas. I~. Hell~ L. J. Coleman
and County Auditor C. F.. Smith.
Appropri.ation for Jas. Vda.lker Eospital was discussed, but no Action was t~.ken to
.~-S~~ increase the same above the $~60~000.00 a.llowed at the Joint meeting ~~ith the City
Council June 30th.
The question of increasing the salary o£ n?r. C. P. Morse~ Tax Collector~ by $;'40.00
c~q~0'~ per month s~iggested by the City was also discussed ~ but no action vaas taken to
~' raise the san?e above ~n20.00 per month agreed at the joint meeting June 30th.
Appropriation for the establishn.~nt of a. Court of Domestic Relations was discussed
C~>2- at length, but due to circumstances arising v~~thi.n the budget7 it Urill mot be
~- provided at this time. .
/ ~C Appropriation for SENCBA was discussed:but not allovJed.
Upon motion of i~,ir. Trask, seconded by i~'.r. Hall, 1?r. Dwight b3cEvaen, Court Stenographer~
~~pf~ v~~a.s granted an increase in sa.lary ot w°~25•00 per n:onth~ all voting affirmatively except
~ J Lir. Coleman i~rho voted no.
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Pdeeting of August 4~ 1948~ continued.
~ T he County's 1948-1949 budget estimates shovaing the amount of expense for the
~ County Government~ its activities and institutions~ vras upon motion of n4r. Hall,
~`" ~econded by I4r. Trask, tentatively adopted as prepared and oadered placed in the
r hands of the Cl.erk for public inspection for a period'of twenty days pending the
adoption of the Appropriation Resolution Gt a regular meeting to be held bIonday~
August 30th~ 1948. Allotments for Airport~ Librsries and Legion Stadium to be paid
out of the profits received from the ABC stores. A11 members gresent voting
affirmatively except Mr. Coleman who voted rio. Carried by a 3 to 1 vote.
~Q, Upon motion o£ Mr. Trask~ seccnded by I~4'r. Hall, the folloVring resolution fizing
~~`6- .the 1948 tax rate at ninety cents on the one hundred dollars valuatio~ of property
/ and $p2.00 on each poll, recor,mended by the'County I~uditor~ was adopted on the
affirmative vote of P,Ir. Trask~ b2r. Hall and the Chairman. It4r. Coleman voting noi
BE IZ' HESOLVED by the Board of County Corimissioners of New Hanover County,
that the following tax levies and assessments upon all taxable property in New
Hznover County, for the year 1)48, as prescribed a,nd authorized by ~the General and
Special Acts of the Legislature, to be a's folloK~s: • ,
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The meeting then adjourned. ~
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' ti7ilmington, N. C.~ August 9th, 1948.
J• This bein~ the date on v:hich the repnlar vaeekly nieeting of the Board is to
_~, be held~ no quorum a~peared and the Cr.airman,ordered a recess taken until
the next regular n;eeting 10:00 o'clock l~.L:~~ I~".onday~ August 16th~ 1~48,
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. _ , . ' Wilmington~ N. C.~,` August 16~ 1.9a8.
The regular weekly meeting of the Board was held at 10:00 o'clock.A. M.
• Present: Addison Hewlett Chairman, Geo..W. Trask, Jas. b~. Hall~ L. J. Coleman
and County Attorney Marsden Bellamy. , '.
The minutes of ineetings of August 2, 4~ and 9th, 1948~ were read and approned
as •recorded. . . ,
Upon motion of IDlr. Coleman~ seconded by ~'r. Hall~ Mr. D. M. Coleman, Route 1~
n~."}~ Cape Fear township~ was granted an abatement of poll taxes as to Harnett township
~`J listed twice for the year 1947. '
IIpon motion of Mr. Coleman~ secondeii by ~r. Hall~ Sam Service an indigent colored `
citizen uvas on recommendation of the Supt.~ of Public Welfare admitted to the
~ •County Home. "
' Reports o£ the activities of the Bureau of Identification~ Ladies Rest Room
~ ~~H Committee, Associated Charities and Colored Home Demonstration.Agent for July
~v7t"J~9~were received and filed. '
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~'~ An Audit,Report of Alcoholic Beverage Control Board prepared by Mr.J.Neveland
~-~~ Brand~~ CPA.~ for the y.ear ending June 30~ 1948~ was received and filed.
A communication received £rom the Wilmington Star-News advising that due to the
increased cost of labor and materials the contract price for Eftg-County advertising
~~~Gi will be increased from $900.00 .to ~1~800.00 per annum beginning September lst~ 194$~
was taken under consideration. ,
Upon motion of Mr. Trask~ seconded by Mr. Ha11~.Sam Spach~ 1303 north 4th~ Street~
~~ was granted an abatement of taxes.on a valuation of $1~500.00 garage machinery
listed above its value~ in error~ for the year 194~.
A statement of receipts and disbursements together with a circulation report of the
_~~ ~~ P~ilmington Public Library for July was received and filed.
IIpon motion of Y~ir. Trask~ seconded by Mr. hall NIm.5.Harrell was granted an abatement
,~~ of taxes on a valuation of $~500.00 charged aga~nst him in error~ on lots 102/103/104
and 105 Pocomoke Hill, Cape Fear township, for the years 19a6 and 194'7. The said
lots were purchased and listed by Herbert Simmons and J. VJ. Lewis for the said years.
No objections were indicated by the Board to the application of l~r. J. Frank Collier
_~~,~ to the United States District Engineer to revise plans of pier to be constructed
~ approximately 1.'J miles north of Carolina Beach~ or to the application of Mr. Thomas
B. Lilly to construet a wharf in Banks Channel 123 feet long~ with a 20-foot ell
at outer end, located midway between the west ends of Charlotte and Atlanta Streets
at W'rightsville Beach.
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Meeting of August 16~ 1948~ continued.
Upon motion of B~r. Hall~ seconded by Mr. Trask~ the Board approved the purchase
~~5 of a Chevrolet Stylemaster Town Sedan from the Raney-Chevrolet Company~ for the
/ G Sheriff's Department~ at a cost of $1~405.50 less trade-in allowance on old
car ~844.50, making a net cost o£ $561.00.
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Upon motion of ~dr. Coleman, seconded by Mr. Trask~ County bills 1Vos. 1 to 174 Inc.
were approved for payment.
The meeting then adjourned.
Chas. F. Smith~ Acting Clerk
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Wilmington~ N. C.~ August 23~ 1948.
The regular weekly meeting of the Board was held at 10:00 o'clock A. M.
Present: Addison Hewlett Chairman~ Geo. W. Trask~ Jas. ~. Hall, L. J. Coleman
and County Attorney Marsden Bellamy. Chas.F.Smith acting for Thos.K.Woody~Clerk.
Upon motion of Il~r. Hall, Seconded by Mr. Trask~ G. B. Carter~ Masoriboro township~
was granted an abatement of taxes on one female dog listed in error for the year 1947.
Upon motion of ~r. Iiall, seconded by Mr. Trask~ Ingram Brothers were released from
i'~ the payment of ~48.45 penalty for not listing charged against ,69 acres of land
17th and Dawson Streets~ for the year 1947. ~en the Tax Assessors went out to put
a value on their property they thought there vaas nothing further for them to do.
IuIr. Coleman voted no.
A letter was received from ~Ir. J. R. Benson~ City Manager~ regarding the Safeway
T ransit Company's request to the North Carolina Utilities Commassion t~ gpprove an
increase in its fares in Wilmington and New Hanover County~ inviting the County
~C,C, Commissioners to join the City Council in an investigation and study of the matter~
was upon motion of Mr. Trask~ seconded by Mr. Hall~ referred to a committee of the
Chatrman~ Mr. Hall and the County Attorney to work with the City Committee.
C~,~~a"~ A report of Associated Charities was received and filed.
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Copies of~notices issued by Mr. W.C.Pickett~ Director, License Tax and Beverage Control
~ Division of the State Department of Revenue, to Mrs. Hazel Holden t/a Tradewinds~
~ Ocean Boardwalk, Carolina Beach~ and Paul A. Ward~ t/a Paul Ward's Place~ Ocean Boardwalk~
Carolina Beach~ respectively~ notifying them that their retail beer license for the
tax year 1948-1949 have been officially revoked for having been convSeted of disorderly
conduct in and about the licensed premises~ and for selling beer at a time prohibited
by law~ contrary to Section 514~ of the Revenue Act~ weTe receined and filed.
f~~~~ 6 n sudit report of the Board of Health for the year ending June 30~ 1948~ prepared
by Edwani C. Craft~ CPA.~ was received and filed.
A letter was received from ~r. Dan Penton complaining of the $30~000.00 budget
~`~~ appropriation set up for ~~s. VJalker Hospital for the expense of hospitalization
and emergency treatment of the indigent sick for the coming year. ~
/a~ A request for an adjustinent of the back taxes on the property of J. C. Reaves~
i block 55i, was referred to the committee vdith power to act.
~ Upon motion of i~r. Trz.sk~ seconded by Nr. Coleman~ ~ir. 0. J. Pierce was granted an
~,~ abatement of poll taxes for the year 19~6, account of being overage.
A request of IJir. W. K. Rhodes for the American Legion~ to use Legion Stadiwn week of
September 13th~ or November lst~ for thrill shows~ auto races and ~?aftery Shows~ to
~~~ raise revenue for the purchase of an a~bulance for use of veterans etc.~ was referred
to the comwittee with power to act.
The meeting then adjourned.
Chas. F. Smith. Actine Clerk for
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Wilmington~ N. C.~ August 30~ 1948.
The regular weekly.meeting of the Board was held at 10:00 o'clock A. M. •
Present: Addison Hewlett Chairman, Geo. VP. Trask~ Jas. M. Hall,~ and County
Attorney Marsden Bellamy.
~`~ A request of Mr. John 0'Beirne to extend the services of the special o£ficer at
J~v. Kure Beach to November lst~ 1948~ was upon motion of Mr. Trask~ taken under
consideration with the Sheriff. -
_~~,y D6r. W. K. Rhodes appeared to ask that F~egion Stadium be reserved for the
Y American Legion sponsored thrill shows, auto races and 2iaftery Shovrs~ for
the week of November lst. This request was referred. to the Committee August 23rd.
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,~ Upon motion of ~r. Trask~ seconded by ~r. Hall~ back t~xes charged against ,_
= IG~ B. C. Lloyd on lots 2 and 3 and 15 and 16~ in block 5~ Love Grove was received for ~
investigation to determine the facts as to which lots payments were applied. '
T he following wa~~~~itted by the joint com.mittees appointed by the City and County .
~~l Boards to conside,,, ed by the Safev;ay Transit Company with the Utilities Commission,
_ ~,u seeking an increase in bus fares in its operations in the City of Wilmington~ ,
Wrightsville Beach and vi.cinity:
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Chairman and , ~
DGembers of Board of County Commissi.oners '
Mayor and
Nembers of the City Council
Gentlemen:
The co~.mittee appoimted by the County Board and the comniittee appointed by
the City Board met in conference on Friday, August 2~th~ to consider the petition~
' the amended petition and all e~-iibits and da.ta filed by the Safevtay Transit Company
with the Utilities Commission wherein said transit company is seeking an increase in
bus fares in its operations in the City of Ftilmington~ Wrightsville Beach and vicinity.
All data supplied by the transit company to the Utilities Commission has been
studied and considered by the joint committees abone mentioned.
The joint committees feel that it is desirable and may be in the public interest
• that some person experienced in accourtting and rate studies be consulted and invited
to examine with particularity all of the above mentioned data~ exhibits and requests
' and that after such competent person has made an adequate study of such data that a
• report be made to the respective municipal bodies~ reflecting his studies and
recommendations For such future action as may then found to be desirable.
' The joint committeQS further feel and recommend that they be authorized to make
an investigation in Raleigh by consulting with the Utilities Commission and its
traPfic experts to find as much information as is available on comparable rates~
. fares~ cost of operation and existing permitted financial practices of other bus
operations in North Carclina cities~ and to obtain any other data or facts that
will be of value to the ~ity and County boards in determining their future action
with respect to the application for increases in rates as sought by the Safeway
Transit Company."
Respectfully submitted
Committee - Board of County Commi.ssioners
By: Jas. M. Hall
By: ~arsden Bellamy
~ ' Committee:-City Council
' By: J. R. Benson
YJBC:DLW By: Wm.B.Campbell
Upon motion, the committees were authorized to make an investigation in ~?aleigh of
any available records~ data or facts that mrill be of value to the City and County
aknh Boards in determining their future action with respect to the application for
.-~ increases in rates as sought by the SafevJay Transit Company. And further to ascertain
the cost for the serv~ces of an accountant or rate expert to make a study of the
exhibits requests and data filed by the Safeway Transit Company with the Utilities
Commission~ to enable the joint cocnmittees to determine to n~hat extent the increases
in fares are justified.
-C~`O'Jr~ AnniemRone~ coloredTindigentccitizens~Mwereaadmi~ttedito thevrCountyrHome~on recommendation
of the Supt.~of Public Welfare. ~
A report was received from the State Highx~ay & Public Works Conunission shovring that
~ $118~810.27 was expended on State Highway buaintenance~ Betteru~ents and Bridge
~a,~ Maintenance~ and $188,996.61 for County Highway Maintenance, Betterments and
Bridge N~aintenance, making a total of $307,806.88 expended on State and County
Highways ~~,this county for the year ending June 30~ 194~. Also a schedule of
work planned for 1948.
A request for adjustment of the back taxes due on the property of 6. A. Blocker~
~ Ja~ block 541~ was referred to the committee evith power to act.
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A request to abate the interest due on 194~ taxes charged against the property of
~'~aX Perry A. Dobson~ block 48~~ was upon motion of Mr. Hall~ seconded by ~r. Trask~
declined for the reason the charge is regular and in accordance with the law
~ ~and the Commissioners have no•legal right to abate the same.
,~ •The•Board,after investigating the increase cost in the advertising contract with the
~ilmington Star-News for county advertising~ from $900.00 to $1~800.00 per ennum~
~~ beginning September lst~ 1948, upon motion of ~r. Trask~ seconded by Mr. Hall~ accepted
the same on a flat rate basis of $154.00 per month inasmuch as a rate on per inch
basis v:ould not be satisfactory. •
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The matter of abating the/taxes on the property of the ~ount Roney Baptist Church~
~u~ block 350, purchased from the estate of J.O.Reilly on which a church building was
.~' erected~and purchase bargained for some time before the deed was d~livered~ was
upon motion referred to the County Attorney for opinion.
The County's 19~-1949 Budget appropriations, after advertise~tent made in accordance
~~ with the law, were finally adopteda and upon motion of Mr.. Coleman~ seconded by Mr. Trask~
the follov~ing appropriation resolution was adopted~ all members present voting
affirmatively:
APPROPRIATION RESOLU!'ION
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Board of County Commissioners of New Hanover County~
North Caro2inai this 30th~ day of August 1948s that the eapense Por County Government~
its activi.ties and institutions, for the fiscal year ending June 30th~ 1949, the
amounts of the following schedule~ or so much of each as may be necessary~ are hereby
appropriated:
Section 2. That for the said fiscal year there are hereby appropriated for the
County Home ..............................................~ 30,686.46
Count Farm ~
County Drainage 1p 625.10
Emergency ~ 2.~55.18..$.49~458.84
Section 3. That for the said FiscaL Year there is hereby•appropriated
for Dependent Children .................................... 155~712.00
Section 4. That for the said Fiscal Year there is hereby appropriated
for the County General Fund .............................. 3a6,6~a.85
Section 5. That for the sald Fiscal Year there are hereby appropriated
for the Health Fund:
Board of Health ........................................... 26~250.00
Vital Statistics .........................................
Insurance Health Clinic ...............................:.. 250.00
20~.00
DDT Dusting .... .........................
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Repairs to Building ....................................... ~
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~OO.QQ_. 29~4'S~.00
Sectlon 6. That for the said Fiscal Year there is hereby appropriated
for the Hospital Ftiznd ( Jas. Walker Hospital} ............. 30~000.00
Section '7. That for the said Fiscal Year there is hereby appropriated
for Old Age Assistance .....................,............... 281~0~0.00
Section 8. That for the said Fiscal Year there is hereby approprtated
for the tMilmington Port Commission~ ....................... 9~411.50
Section q. That for the said Fiscal Year there is hereby appropriated
for the Salary Fund ....................................... 57~090.00
Section lO.Th~t for the said Fiscal Year there are heretiy appropriated
for the schools:
Re~ular Term
School 34aintenance ........................................ Z75~300.00
Cspital Outlay ............................................ 25.OOQ.00,200~300.00
S~chool Supalement
Extended Term .............................................
School Books ..............................................
Section 11.That for the said Fiscal Year there is hereby appropriated
for the School Buil@ing F'und ..............................
Section 12.That for the said Fiscal Year there 1s hereby appropriated
Por the School Pension Fund ...............................
. Section 23.That for the said Fiscal.Year there is hereby appropriated
for the Junior College ...:................................
Section 14.That for the said Fiscal Year there is hereby appropriated
for the Welfare Department ................................
Section 15.That for the said Fiscal Year there is hereby appropriated
for Tuberculosis Hospital .................................
160~000.00
12~000.00
37,472.76
5 ~'J64 .04 .
~2~900.00
4a,692.20
14.000.00
~1,So6,oo3.19
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Meeting of August 30~ 1948, continued.
~1,506,003.19
Section 16. That for the said Fiscal~Year there are hereby appropriated
for the County Bond Funds, the following:
Court House ................................ ~11~550.00
County Home ................................ 1,I23.7~
Schools .................................... 2Q0.~26.25 21Z.o00.00
Total Budget ................. $1~719~003.19
The meeting then adjourned.
__~•~ ~~~.-Clerk. ~
~
Wilm3ngton~ N. C.~ September ~th 1948.
The regular weekly meeting of the'Board was held at 10:00 o'clock A. M.
Present: Addison Hewlett Cha~rman, Geo. Y!. Trask, Jas, b~, Hall, L.J,Coleman
and County Attorney Marsden ~'ellamy.
The minutes of ineeting o£ August 30~ 1948 were read and approved as recorded.
- Mr. Thurston C. Davis appeared to ask that the $oard use its influence v:ith the
~~' Federal Housing Authority to the end that the housing units at PHaffitt Village `
~~~ • continue for the use of World War Veterans~ employees and families of that industrial
area, and the same not be disturbed or disposed of: Nlhereupon the following resolution
PJBS upon motion of Mr. Hall~ seconded by Mr. Trask~ adopted:
Whereas~ it has come to the attention of the Board of Commissioners of ldew Hanover
County that the Federal Housing &uthority is contemplating dismantling and disposing
• of the housing units at Maffitt Village~ and
' Whereas, there are some ~50 families occupying and maintaining homes fn that Federal
' Housing Pro~ect including approximately 300 neterans of World ~'Jar II~ and
Whereas~ there is a shortage of homes in Wilmington and New Hanover Countq and
if the sai@ families should be fvrced to vacate their homes in a;affitt Vil~age~ it
would not only work a hardship on them~ but the community as well,to cope with
a problem to secure other homes and housing accommodations.
R'hereas~ the Board of Education has recently acquired tvro school buildings in Maffitt
Village from the United States Government for the accommodation of a great number of
school'children that attend the public schools in that area and if the said housing
units were dismantled the said school children would be scattered throughout the
various schools~ the class rooms of which'are now overloaded' and.would render the
two school buildings ~n~-T~a£fitt Village useless~ and
' Whereas~ a large number of employees of industries~ manufacturers and oi1 termina2s
~ in that vicinity reside in DQaffitt Village and 1f forced to move would greatly
handicap the said industries~ and
;. Whereas~ it is highly uncertain as to F~hat the flzture needs will be for housing
. units to take care of emnloyees and their families if it should become necessary
~u ~•e-open tine snipyarns tocatea in tnat area ii" a national emergency should arise~ and
Whereas~ it is the opinion of the Count3~ Comm~.ssioners that any action that would
curtail housing ac~ommodations in this county, at this time~ would create a serious
problem as well as an economic mistake, inasmuch as the units pay a profit to the
Housing Authority and at the same time are seriously needed to provide homes for a
large number of citi2ens in that community. .
THEREFO'RE BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of New Hanover County
in regular meeting assembled this ~th~ day of Beptember~ 1948, that in view of the
foregoing the Federal Aousing Authority is urg.ed and requested that the said housing
units in Maffitt Village or any other Federal Housing Project in this covnty~ be
permit'ted to continue unmolested by any act of the Federal Housing Authority to
dismantle the same.
BE IT FURTHER ~iESOLVED that Mr. Addison Hewlett~ Chairman of the Board of County
Commissioners of New Hanover County~ represent this Body in the presentation of
, this request at the hearing in Washington~ D. C.~ Monday~ September 13th 1948.
Upon motion of ~r. Trask~ seconded by I~r. Hall a request of ~r. John 0'Beirne to
~' continue the services of the specla3 police of~icer at Iiure Beach to November lst
• • ~-~"'"4' was e~pproved:~8or a period of one month ending October ~th 1948~ on a basis of 50~
~ of his salary to be paid by New Hanover Countg and 50~ by the Town of Kure Beach.
A statement was recelved from the State Board of Public Welfare showing that ~24~y00.25
-- ~i~ was sent to this county for the month of August for Old Age Assistance~ Aid to
Dependent Children and Administration.
Upon motion of Mr. Trask~ seconded by Mr. Ha.ll~ Mrs. A. F. Fales was granted an
'-~d~ abatement of not-listed penalty charged against her property in~blocks 8~~8~11~
and 138 for the year 194~~ account of being in the hospital during list3:zlg time.
A request of the Nbrth Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Compa~yy for an ad3ustment
J iq'~ of the back taxes on propertq in block 222 and an abatement of the taxes on a
valuation of $200.00 house charge~ in error against the same, was referred to the
committee for investigation and with power to act.
4a
Meeting oP September ~th 1948~ continued.
~~nv A report o£ the activities of the Bureau of Identification for August was received
r 7'w and filed.
~ IIpon motion of DGr. Hall~ seconded by D6r. Trask~ asvapplication for license to sell beer
~ at a location on the Carolina Beach road ten miles from the clty limits, submitted by
McLean H. Glenn~ the same having been endorsed by the &heriff~ was approved.
~'}b5~ ..An~audit report o£ Community Hospital for the flscal year ending June 30~ 19~8,
prepared by Mr. Harrq W. Cherry, CPA was received.
T he County Attorney.reported that Mr. H. E, Boyd~ Industrial Agent and I~r. D.B.Padget~
~~~~-~~ City Auditor were added to the committee by Mr. Benson~ City 1~anager to analy2e the
figures and records of the Safeway Transit Company v,~ith reference to its petition
to the Utilities Commission for an increase bus fares~and that the committee will
~ be governed by what t~heir~investigation reveals. .
~ A report was received from the back tax office showing that $~6 5~4.Q4 was colZected
r ~QX for the City and $5,105.23 for the.County:~~ making a total of $~1,679.2~.back taxes
collected for the month of August.
IIpan motion of Nir. Trask, seconded by Mr. Hall~ Irving Jones was granted an abatement
~~~ of the not-listed penalty and poll charged against his property in block 25 for the
year 194~~ Tt appeared that he listed poll and.personal regular~ and being the first
time he listed real estate thought the same was.included.
~w~ 6 report of the Ladies Rest Room Committee for August was received and filed.
The meeting then ad~ourned.
` ~ ~T'«. ~~ 3d ~,.Clerk.
. ~ Wil.mington~ N. C.~ September 13~ 1948.
. The'regular weekl3° meet3ng of the Board was held at 10:00 o'clock A.•M.
~ Present: Jas, NS. Hall, Vice Chairman, Geo. W: Trask~ L. J. Coleman and County
, 6ttorney Marsden Eellarr,y, .
The minutes of ineeting of September ~~ 1948, were read and approved as recorded.
The matter of the County Commissioners cooperating with the United States District
Engineers to provide easements for right-of-ways over~ through•and across certain
~~ lands dri the west side of the 8ape Fear river, between the two bridges~ for improvearents
~-~- . to the Cape Fear river in the widening and deepening of the channel in accordance
with a resolution adopted by this Board December 13~ 1943, ~he Clerk was instructed
to write &Ir. T. P~. Siu¢ner and J.•Herbert Sate & Company~ Inc.~ to ascertain if they
. wouTd grant the use of a part of their land that is included in that area~ without
charge to the county~ or what compensation they would expect for its use for the
. purpose stated.
-~(~~~-~C.~A report of the colored home demonstration agent for August was received and filed.
Upon motion of Mr. Trask~ seconded by r~r. Coleman~ Ben D&allette v~as granted an
~~~~ abatement of not-listed penalty charged against his property in block 510 for the
year 1947~ It appeared that he listed personal and poll regular and thought the
, real estate was included.
, According to Chapter 563 of the Public Laws ot' 1933 as amended by Chapter 1080 of
the Session Laws o£ 194~, it is the opinion of the County Attorney that it is
^.~Q~ mandatory that the County Commissioners call an election before January 1~ 1949,
. to pass on the question oF permitting horse racing in New Hanover County~ at which
. events,if approved by a ma.jority of the voters voting ~.n an election to be held
for that purpose, Pari-Mutual Ivlachines or Appliances may be operatedi The County
. At~orney was therefore instructed to confer with the Chairman of the County Board o£
Elections for the purpose of•submitting the question at the same time the next general
election is to be held November 2, 1948~ and that necessary notice calling said election
° be prepared and published in accordance with the law.
The County Attorney reported that he and Mr. Hall conferred with the Utilities Commission
_~~~,~ Rate Clerk in Raleigh last'week wit~[ reference to the Safeway Transit Company's
petition for increased bus Pares and will Teport further in detail as their investigation
progresses.
` ~ir. J. Arthur Smith again appeared to ask for further improvements to the drainage
'~~A~~ f rom his land to Big Gum Branch.
The meeting then adjourned.
/l~ti., .t. t~~'_- •~ ~' Clerk.
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W~lmington~ N,. C.~ September 20th 1g48.
The regular weskly meeting of the Board was held at 10:00 6'clo ck A. M.
Present: Addison Kewlett Chairman~ Geo, YT.
Marsden Bellamy. Trask, Jas. M. Hall and County Attorney
The minutes of ineeting
rscorded. of September September 13~ 1948~ were read and approved as
Upon motion of"~r. Hall, seconde~ by ~r. Tra.ska Nathaniel Hall~
~ citizen w
s colored indigent
~
a
on recommen
-C County Home. dation of the Supt.~ of Public.Welfare admitted to the
r-~ The follo~ing good and
~ Court for the trial of lawflzl persons were
ci
il drawn to serve as jurors in the Superlor
^ v
cases for the two weeks term beginning October 11, 1g48:
D. C. Sessoms~
W. Cummings, Jr.~ 202 N. 23~ St.
1405 Queen St. Mary L. Boyken~
Mary F
Dew 514 Princess St.
516 W
st
S
G.A.Shepard~
Mrs.E.F.Rochelle
Rfd #1.
Rt
2 .
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J.D.Edwards~ oo
er
t.
114 Colonial VilZage.
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V.W,Andrews~ .
.
1725 Carolina Av Edna ~d; Gore~
e.Jas.R.5haw~ 2302 Gibson Ave.
14-E Nesbitt Court
Robt. Bordeaux~
~rs. Florence Parker
21 N. Van Buren.
214
5
9th
St
Alton T. Gause~
R
B
dl
R
b .
413 Church St.
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Rudalph Konig~ .
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.
123 Borden Ave. .
ra
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oe
uck~
J.E.LoughZin~ 261 Lake Forest Parkway.
3 Carolina Apts.
Jno.H.Tienken~ Apt. E-14 Oleander. J.B.Lynch~ • 201 N. 13th
St.
Chas, Norris~Jr.~ .
Thos.E.Newkirk, Rt.l.
4-A Lake Forest. Ernest P. Crawford~
Paul ~
Dunn ~
314 N. 4th St.
12~ C
l
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l Vill
Julius C. Ezzell~
1923 Pender Ave. .
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S.F.Deil~ o
on
a
age,
604 Colwell Ave
Riston V. Banck~
1914 Perry Ave.
J.V.Stanley~ .
624 Dock St.
M.E.Underwood~ 168 Lake F. Pkwy. Donald R. Jenkins~ 516 Ann St.
D.B.George,Jr.~ Ht.2,Box i'J8-A, V.L.Collins~ 1 Ct.T~ Lake Forest.
O.C.Deal~ 104 Ivy Drive. H.F.Merxitt~ 309 Queen St.
Anna B. Allen~ 105 N. 15th~ St. J:.W:Jackso~~ Boic 967:r "'
Arthnr Otto Darden~Jr. ~16 S. 2nd St. V.L.Fountain~ 411 N. B1vd.S.S.Park.
G.T.Gay~ 121 Spofford. Irving Lieberman, 402 S. 18th,St.
T.S.Burton~ il•TePrace'4~alk. J.W.Copeland~ ':. Box 525 City.
Lonnie T. Page~ 42 Hudson Drive. J.G.McPherson~ ~Ol S, 6th~ St.
G.H.Makiathey~ 121 S. Van Buren. VJ.A.Penny~Jr.i 2210 Princess St.
W.J.Corbett, 201 S. 13th St. J.W.Taylor~ 123 Ward St.
J.M.Evans, 515 Surry St. Anthony T. Owen, 322 S. 17th St.
Mary Cumraings Adams~ 1503 Rankin St. D. J. Lewis~ 115 Borden Ave,
a
Second week:
Chas.L.Redding~ 406 N. 4th~ St. John B.Stylesr Eng.Dept.ACL
PI.C.Davis~
2815 Woolcott Ave
.J. R. Dyson~ ,~
Rt.3~~Box 16. ~
L.L.Wilkins~ 920 S. 3rd St. Edwin Faircloth, 106D Dave St.
G.W.Fogleman~ , , 85 Maple St. E.D.Williams~ 5 Dawsan St.
~
~V.L.Godley~ , 13~5 Virginia Ave . W.W.G~yer, Cape Fear Hotel
Leon K.Anders~ 1616 Orange St. Hazel C.Dixon~ ' 60~ S. 3rd St.
Jewell M. Creech~ 508 S. 2nd St. William Irigram~ ~10 Grace St. '.~
Herbert Atkinson~ 1109 Grace St. H.S.Corbin~ 1902 Nun St. ,~`
O.L.Bergman~ Rt.~~Box 13-B Jas.L.Duffy~ ' i03 N. 15th St.
• R.L.Davis~ 2207 Princess St. F.E.Maloney~ ~ W.M.Hewlett. ' '
Isaac L. Brown~ 1413 Church St. R.L.Barnhill, 14 S. Washington St.
R.L.Snakenburg~ 1504 Dock St. Jesse B. Overbee~ 14M Lake Forest.
K.S.King~ 1401 Castle St. E.H.Shiver~ 801 S. 4th, St.
A.E.Cu~;ber~Jr.~ 6 N. Adams St. Willie W. Futrelln 423 8. 4th St.
E.B.Gore~ 809 S. 4th St. Thurman~Raynor~ '81'7 Grsce 5t.
J.T.Hargett~ 409 Wrightsvi.lle Ave. Jno.D.Campbell~ 65 Spofford M111s.
T.4V.Foster~ 304 Castle St. BI.UT,DivinsTJr. Box 1350 City.
Horace 0. Vv'oodbury~ 1517 S. 5th St. J.W.Marshall~ 11B Marion Drive.
R.H.Northrop~ 11 S. 8th St. D.L.W~.gner~ ~ftFD #2.
J.~i.Mason~ ~21 S. 3rd St. Jas.S.Crzig~Jr. 1709 Orange 5t.
H.M.Fields~ 2013 Klein Road. J.Love Davis~ 102 Borden Ave..
E.I~4.Sellers~ ~22 S. Front St,, Leonard Gregory~ Ca.stle Hayne.
J.L.Watters~Jr.~ Rt.3. R.C.Woody~ RFD #3.
Bonnie Harriss~ 510 S. 6th, St. B.D.Schwartz~ 1401 Princess St.
~~~ Upon motion~ duly seconded,County bills Nos. 175 to 6L° were approved for payment.
1
~~~ Upon motion by Commmissioner fiall~ seconded by Commissioner Trask~ the follo~ving
resolution was unanimously adopted.
WHEREAS~ by Chapter ,~63 of the Public Laws of the State of North Carolina~ passed
at its 1933 session, the same being entitled 01AN ACT CREl~TING AN AGRTCULTURIiL AND
BREEDERS ASSOCIATION FOR THE COUNTIES OF 1~EW HANOVER AP1D HAYtF~00D ON THE APPROVAL
BY THE VOTE~7,S OF SATD COUNTIEB AND TO PERMIT HORSE ~iACING THEAEIN'~~ the Board of
Commissioners of New Hanover County vras~ in its discretidn~. given power and authority
to order an election to be held on or before January 1~ 1935, to determine crhether the
provisions of said act should become effective in said New Hanover County~ and
4VHEREAS~ said election was not called on or before January 1~ 1935, and by and act
passed at the 194'] session of the Gener~l Assembly of North Ca.rolina~ the same being
Chapter 1080 of said Session~ the said Board of Commissioners was authorized and
directed to call an election to be held on or before the lst day of January~ 1949, to
determine whether the provisions of said act of 1933 as amended should become effective
in New Hanover County, and
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WI~~EAS~ said Act as amended provided'that the same should not beoome effective
until approved by a majority of the voters voting in an election so to be called;
NOV1~ THEREFO~E~ this Board does hereby call an election to be held on Tuesday~
November 2~ 1948~ the same being the General Election day~ for the purpose of submitting
~ to the qualified voters of New Hanover Countp the questlon whether the provisions of the
• acts aforesaid should become effective in New Hanover County~ said acts providing among
~other things, for the appointment of an Agriou2tural and Sreeders Association Commission~
~ who~ in turn shall have full power and authority to grant a franchise to any duly
• incorporated association for a term of not less than five no~ more than ten years~
for the right and privilege of constructing, or~ning, operating ~nd maintaining a race
course or driving park for trotting~ pacing and running races of horses 3n said County~
as well as the pov~er and authority to operate and maintain in connection with the said
race course or driving park, what is general.ly known as "PARI MUPIIEL MACHINES OR
APPLIANCES" of the kind employed and used at recognized racing courses 1n America; and
all qualified voters who are in favor of the appointment of the Commission aforesaid
and of constructing~ ovaning, operating and maintaining a race course or driving park
for trotting~ pacing and running races of horses in New Hanover County, as well as the
power and authority to operate and ssintain, in connection with the said race course or
driving park~"what is general.ly known as °t PAR3 MUTUEL MACHINES OR APP'LIANCES" of the
kind employed and used at recognized racing courses in America~ as provided by the Act
' aforesaid~ as amended~ shall vote a ballot upon which shall be written or printed "FOR
t, RACE COURSEt1 and those not favoring such propositions shall vote a ba.llot upon which
~. shall be written or printed "AGAINST RACE COLiRSE".
If a majority of the votes cast at sueh election shall be "FOR RACE COURSE" then the
~~4 ~1~~provisions o£ said acts shall be in full fbrce and effect~ but if a majority of tlie votes
~U ~ cast be "AGAINST RACE COU~RSE" t~ien the provisions of said acts shall be null and vo1d.
~S~'~ For the purpose of this election~ as authorized by said act~ as amended~ the following
~~5' are designated as polling places for the Townships~ Precincts and VJards and the persons
hereafter named are appointed as the Registrars and Judges of election in said Townsh.ips~
Precincts and Wards. - '
' FI~ST WARD - FIRE STATION - 4th & CamnTell Streets.
Registrar -~i. T. Hollomon~ Jr. 703~ No. 4th St.
' Judge '- U1. L. Tordoff~ 311~ ~Zed Cross St.
Judge - B. Y. Fussell, 32 Morningside Drine.
SECOND WARD - HEMENWAY SCHOOL - 210 North 5th, Street.
~ lst Pct. ' ~
' Registrar - R. G. Davisi 518~ Grace Stree't.
Judge - R. E. Williams~ Jr. 207 No. 7th St.
' ' Judge - Geo. H. Brinson~ 406 No. 5th St.
~ SECOND WARD - . '
2nd Pct. NEW HANOVER COUNTY COURT HOUSE -~rd & Princess Sts,.
Registrar - S. M. Boatwright~ 14 So. 3rd 5t.
Judge - H. T. Carrolly 113 No. 4th St.
' Judge '- Louis Goodman~ 105 No. 6th St.
THIRD WAFtD - THREA,TT.J~RDAN MOTORS. 7NC.. 1020 Prineess St,
lst Pct. '
' ~egistrar = B. E. Hollis, 1102 Grace 3t.
Judge - Mrs. ~nnie 0. Hollis~ 1214 NoaC7thtSt.
Judge - Geo. H. Cannon~
T HI~ WARD - ISA(~C BEAR SCHOOL. 1210 Market Street.
' 2nd Pct.
~ Registrar - B~rs. J. B.~Williamson„ 15 ~o. 8th St.
~ Judge - Mrs. Geo. H. McKenzie~ 8i~ ~a~kBth~St.
JudRe - H. R. F~ssell~ ~
FOURTH WgRD - '
~ TILESTON SCHOOL - I~nn St. -Bet. 4th & 5th Sts,.
Registrar - F. L. Mills~ Jr. 514 So: 4th St.
~ Judge - W. J. ~tallard~ 518 S.o. 4th St.
Judge - Robert A. Jenkins~ 413 Castle St.
FIFTH W6RD - k'TRE STATION - 5th and Castle Sts.
, lst Pet.
Registrar - Mrs. H. F. Watters~ 215 Queen St.
Judge - W. E. Keen~ 605 Queen St.
Judge ` - J. T. I~ieshaw, 1510 Castle St.
, . .. ,
FIFTH WAFtD- WILLIAM HOOPER SCHOOL - 410 P~eares St,.
2nd Pct. 125 Lake Forest Pkwy.
' Registrar - Carl F. Hudson~
Judge - J. T. Benton~ 10 Pinecrest Pkwy.
Judge - R. !S. Britt~ • 11C Lake Forest.
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Meeting of September 20th 1948~ continued.
SIXTH W6RD - SUNS~ET PARK SCHOOL - Carolina Beach Hiehwav.
, Registrar - W. G. Hatch, Jr. 2520 Harrison St. SS.Pk.
' Judge - H~. C. Moore~ 2540 So. Front St.
Judge - R. L. Burris, 2705 Bdams 3t. SS Pk.
SEVENTH W~RD- NEW HANOVER COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL -
lst Pct.
Registrar - J. E. Hearn~ 1811 Grace St.
Judge - T. W. Keith~ '• 210 No. 15th St.
Judge - T. A. Lawther~Tr. 1904 Princess St.
SEVENTH WARD-
2nd Pct.
EIGIiTH WARD-
lst Pct.
EIGIiTH WARD-
2nd Pct.
CAPE FEAR -
Township Pct.
EQST WILPPRIINGTON-
P ct .
~ ,MILE POST-
Pct. .
WINTER PARK-
Pct.
Registrar - E. V. Hunt~ Jr.
Judge - Henry Habenicht~
Judge - Robert Barefoot~
FIRE STATION - 17th & Dock Sts.
Registrar - Parks M. Low~
Judge - J. E. Rose~
Judge - Mrs. J. A. Scott~
54 Hudson Drive.
190~ Pender Ave.,
2024 Creasy Ave.
_ . ,. ,
CHESTNUT STFiEET SCHOOL. 2150 Chestnut St.
2308 Chestnut 5t.
2204 Princess 5t.
114 Kenwood Ave.
FOREST HILL~ SCHOOL - Forest Hills.
Regis~rar - H. L. Aerren~
Judge - Mrs. 0. L. Sewell~
Judge - C. E. White~ Jr.~
102 Colonial=Vi1-1age.
220 Bordan Ave.
Oleander Court 6pts.
WRIGHTSBORO SCHOOL - Wr3ehtsboro, N. C.
~egistrar - Mrs. J. A. Westbrook~ ~?out # 1.
Judge - John A. VJestbrook~ P.~.Box 1023 City.
Judge - Eugene Westbrook~ Castle Hayne~ N. C.
HUGHE~ BROTIiERS FUEL COMPANY -~522 Nlarket St..Roac~.
Registrar - H. P. Garvie~ P.O.Box 754 - City.
J'udge. - C. L. ~unn~' Route # 1~ Box 271.
Judge - M. E. I;oney~ Carrier 25~ Box 285.
COVIL'S STORE - 7 Mile Post. U. S. Hiehwav #17.
Registrar. - Mrs. Sally E. Pierce~ ~toute 1. Box 198-A
Judge - L. 6. Covil~ ~?oute 1.
Judge - n4rs. Evelyn M. Rivenbark~ Route 1.'
VifINTER P~RK ~SCHOOL - 'Winter Park.
- Registrar - H. 0. Thomas~
Judge - J. L. Lamb,
, . Judge - W. C. Long,
SEAGATE -
Pct.
~5 ONBORO-,
~ Pct. •
SOUTH 4VIliMINGTON-
Fct. , ...
BRADLEY~S CREER SCHOOL - Seaeate.
Route 2~ Box 108
Route 2~ VJinter Park.
Route 3, •Box 264.
Registrar - Mrs. J. W.,Walton~ P. 0. Box 302~ City.
Judge -'J. F. Applewhite~ Sr.~ Harbor Island~ Rt. #3•
Judge . - Liston Larkins, ~ Route #3.
LUMSDEN°S OY6TER ROAST. Whiskev Creek.
Registrar,- Mrs. Rebecca Lumsden~
Judge - Paul K. Montford~
Judge, - Mrs. Ruth M. Ottoway~
VANCE BUILDING. 3~affitt Villaee.
Registrar - F. A. Cashwell~
~ -~ Judge - H., V. Dixon~
: 3udge - G. C. Cashwell,
•FEDERAL POIiVT=
Pct.
Route 2~ Box 181.
Route 2.
Route #2, Box 18~.
,
205 Vance St.~ Maffitt Village.
244 Vance St.~ Maffitt Village.
209 Vance St.
ROBINSON'S STORE. Intersection US. 421 & Old ~4asonboro ~toad,.
Registrar - J. D. Skipper~ Route # 2.
Judge - Mrs. J. D. Skipper~ Route # 2.
Judge - Mrs. C. L. Bowden~ Route # 2.
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Meeting of September 20~ 1948, continued.
CBROLINA BE~CH- TOWN HALL ~ Carolina Beach N. C.
Pct. ~ •
Registrar - Fercy R. ~iorton~
Judge - J. M. Thomas~
Judge - J. W. Reed~
Carolina Beach , N. C.
Carolina Beach ~ N. C.
Carolina Beach ~ N. C.
All persons who are registered and qualified to vote at the General election
to be held on November 2~ 1948~ sha11 be eligible to vote in the election afQ ~resaid
and all persons who are otherwise qualified and are not now registered shall~he right and
p rivilege of registering at the same time and at the same places as those entitled to
vote in the General eZection to be heZd on November 2~ 1948~ and the election hereby
ordered shall be held under the General Laws relating to the members of the General
l~ssembly of North Carolina~. . •
Be it further resolved that the Chairman of the Board of Elections of New
Hanover County~ together with the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of New
Hanovex County~ give due notice of this election by publication of the same as
required by law.
The meeting then adjourned.
;~ ~ ~ - ~~' Clerk.
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Wilmington~ N. C.~ September 2~~ 1g48.
The regular weekly meeting of the Board was held at 10:00 o'clock AL M.
Present: Addison Hewlett Chairman~ Geo. ~N. Trask~ L. J. Coleman and County
Attorney Marsden Bellamy.
The minutes of ineeting of September 20~ 1948, r~~ere read and approved as recorded.
~~~a"~prepared bypMrt Edward C~uCrafO;fCcPrA.'~washrecei ed and payment of ~2~9~51008~
~' £or m8$ing the audit in accordance with his contract, was upon motion of Mr. Trask~
seconded by ~r~ Coleman~ approved.
Applications for licenses to sell beer yt locations on the Myrtle Grove Road and
~~' fiirightsville Beach Causeway~ submitted by Marion D. Brinn and L.F.Duke~respectfvely~
`- ~'~' the same being in due form and execution and endorsed by the Sheriff~ were upon
motion of Mr. Coleman~ seconded by Mr. Trask~ granted.
Upon motion of Mr. Coleman~ seconded by Iur. Trask~ authority was given to j[ave a sursiey
made of available housing accommodstions in the County outside of the City of Wilmington~-
-Y S~"'~ for information that would be helpful to the Commissioners in connection with the
Federal Housing Authority's proposal to dismantle the housing units at I~affitt Village.
A request of Mr. VJ. Tu1. Dickson for review and further reduction of the assessment on h1s
~}aX property in block 100~ was referred to the committee for 2nvestigation and with power
to act.
The County Attorney.reported a large attendance upon the hearing of the petition of the
~p~k'1~S Safeway Transit Company before the Utilities Commission,for increased bus fares~ held in
f~,~j,~,xs~' the Superior Court room Friday~ The facts were thoroughly bronght out and a decision
would be rendered in about three weeks.
Dr. W112iam Crowe, President of 6ssociated Charities, appeared to ask for funds to
meet a deficit of $~+36,86 incurred in urgent medical care for six indigent children, one
C~,or~i~°~ each of whom were sent to Richmond R~edical College and Duke Hospital for serious
~ operations. Upon motion of ~iIr. Trask~ seconded by I~r. Coleman~ the request was granted
out of the emergency fund.
The meeting then adjourned.
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Wilmington, N. C.~ October 4~ 1948.
The regular weekly mee~ing of the Board vras held at ZO:UO o'clock !,, n1.
Present: Addison Hewlett Chairtt:an~ Geo. u~. Trask~ Jas. fl~I. Hall~ L.J.Co2eman and
County Attorney Marsden T3ellamy.
The minutes of ineeting of September 2~, 194~, were read and approved as recorded.
A petition and right-of-way agreement signed by fifteen citizens and l~.ndowners
~~ residing in the Seagste section for improvement by the State Highvay Commission,
of a roadway.leading froff, Edna Station to the Seagate Riacadam road~ and Hinton
Avenue from Gillett's borthouse on US ']4~ was received and upon moti.on of Mr. Co1e~:an~
seconded by Mr. Trask~ approved and referred to the State Fighway ~.nd Publ.ic Vdorks
Con:mission.
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Meeting of October 4th 1948, continued.
A request of I~Ir. J. A. Orrell and It~ir. L. D. L~tta ~r:embers of the Eoard of ^lrustees
,~~P of Community Hospital, for an appropriation of $~~,500.00 to meet sfi emergency expense
~b ~ for the purchase and installation of a nee~ toiler and pipe for the heating system at
Conmunity Hospital~ to put the hospital in opereting condition~ was granted~ provided
the City vrill appropr•iate a like an,ount.
~ C~.S~ The Board failed to approve a request of Ir.r. G.C.Bordeaux to use the court room for
• a lecture by the Hev. R.A.Forest, Sunday afternoon October lOth.
Upon motion of Po-ir. Trask~ seconded by ieTr. Coleman, the Boarc? gave instructions to
advertise for bids to be received until 10:00 o'clock ~:.t~.~ October 18th~ 1948,
_~S for the furnishing of al.l labor and material and insta].ling stean: heat in the
VJelfare Department in old v~ring of the court house, in accordance with 'the plans and
specifications prepared by PJIr. Leslie N. Boney~ Architect.
Upon motion of ItYr. H~11, seconded by A4r. Colett~an~ the order setting the charge for the
use of Legion Stadium for events at 12°~ of the gate receipts was amended by fixing
/~~ the maximum charge not to exceed ~150.00 per day..
I~r. C. R. ll4orse, Tax Collector~ made his report of settZement of 194~ taxes as
}U~ follows~ which ~r~a~ upon motion o£ ~ir. Trask~ seconded by Mr. Cole~:an~ accepted
subject to the check of the County Auditor:
Listed as ~er abstract~ real estate and personal property, ~ 600,960.20
Not listed real estate and personal property, 15,835.13
Held hy county~ 489.15
. ~, 617,284.48
Less Abatements '2.0~6•71
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Listed and collected by the Tax Collectorg ~23~3. 1
Penalty Collected 2~13~•33
Adv~rtising cost collected~ ~59.05
Real Estate sold for taxes, ;
not listed real estate sold~ ,
Held by the County~
InsoYvents,~v6,541.00,Personal property ~w .75¢ ~,905•96
` 2,160. Po1is CW ~2.00 4,320.00'
Dogs ~40.00
Prepayment of taxes to the County Auditor
Collected by the Tax Collector and deposited in the bank
Discounts allowec~
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~: 618,670.96
~ 24,395.00
4,779.51
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9,565.96°
167,657.85
a10,893•35
1.002.47
~ 618~707.28
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The 1948 tax books were then presented to the Board by the County Auditor, and
110~~ upon motion of n4r. Hall~ seconded by h;r. Trask~ accepted and turned over to the
Tax Collector for collection, all members present voti.ng aSfirmatively.
Upon motion,it was ordered that all tax payei~s vaho have failed to lj.st their property
~Q~ for the year 1948, and are ch~rged with a penalty for failing to list such property
~ and who come forvaard and settle theii~ taxes on or before January lst 1949, shall be
allovaed to pay the amount of the taxes v~ithout the penalty.
The matter of putting in judgment, s~:all items of back tazes that othervrise v~ill be
~p,~ barred by statute Deceriber 30~ 1948, v;as discussed and lllr. n4orse was instructed to
J . prepare s list of such ite~s for study by the Board.
-~ A stUtement vias received from the State board of Public V~Felfare advising that
~;26~031.00 State ~nd Federal fnnds r:ere sent to this county for the month of September
for Old Age As~istance~ Aid to Dependent Children and for Admi.nistration.
o~ Upon motion the ChaiFinan a~as authox~ized to sign a rental voucher received fron~ the
^ G~~Q:~ Civil Aeronautics Administrati.on covering 9s100.00 due the county for t.vo rooms in
the airport building for quarter ending September 30~ 1948.
-~ An application for license to sell beer at the Nautilus Hestaura.nt, Vdrightsville Beach~
submitted by Sarah W. Johnston~ was upon motion of f~4r. Hall~ seconded by Mr. Coleman~
approved.
A request for adjustment of the back taxes on an assessment reduction basi.s~ due on the
l~pX property of ~V.B.Ennett, block 507, sold to B.E.V+illiams, andoverlooked by the examining
Attorney~ was referred to the Clerk for checking.
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`~ An audit report of Associated Charities prep~red by~ b:r. Edvr.C.Craft~ CYA for the f'iscal
_(~~o~`~ year ending June 30~ 1948~ was received and filed.
Upon motion of Nir. Trask, seconded by 11Rr. Coleman~ authority vias ~iven to si~n form .
releasing the Fidelity and Casualty Company from the operation of Fidelity Sond
^~o'~~ #190925o covering Mr. VJilliam F. Carpenter as a Justice of the Peace, on sgcoff,mendation of the
County Attorney if it is found that he v:~~s not functioning as a ~ustice of the Peace on
September lst~ 1948.
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A report of the activities of the Bui•eau of Id~ntificati.on for September was received
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Meeting of October 4th 1948, continued.
/~(~,~ Upon ~notion of PJ:r. Trask~ seconded b5~ ~r. Coler~an~ instructions ~~~ere given to ask
I for bids £or auditing the books and records of the Tax Collector, for the year 1947.
With reference to a motion to be hear@ by the Clerk of the Superior Court to set
aside the judgment heretofore entered in the cause~ to declar~ rd~n7.1 and voi.d the
. G~C/ d~e~ execr~te~ b~; GeC.~~~Intsre, Cor:r,iissioner, to R: L. Lewis, suit for back~ taxes due
~~ bY~ LizzYe iWright..i4errick=~t al for the reason all the parties holding an iriterest i.n
the property were not notifie~, the same v;as upon motion of n7r. Coleman~ seconded
by Iv:r. Ha11, referred to b'r. L:clntire.
The Board declined to authorize ~he er.pense for the Sheriff to attend a u~eeting of the
~~J~ National Enforcement Officers in New Yor~ City, October ;th, 194f3.
T he meeting then adjourned.
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Wilmington~ N. C.~ October llth 1948.
The regular meeting of the Board v~es held at 10:00 o'clock A. L"..
Present: Addison Hewlett Chairman, Geo. VF. Trask~ Jas. b9. Hall~ H. R. Gardner
and County Attorney Marsden Bellamy.
`_-,,,~, Upon motion Leslie Hufham and FIarvey I;'. Traylor~ two v!hite indigent cltizens~
~~'~~~ were on recomsnendation of the Supt., of Public V~JelPare admitted to the County Home.
A report on the inspection of the boiler in the old court house building~as of date
~v of September 22~ 1948, was received frou: the Hartford Steam Eo~ler lnspection and~
~ C Insurance Co.~ The report stated that no conditions were observed that required a.ttention
at this tiff,e .
~,,~ A report of the activities of the Ladies Rest Room Committee for September was r.eceived
~ and filed. ~
A communication was received from the Southern Bell Telephone Company requesting
.p certain information to enable it to suspend the billing of Federal tar_ on service
~~o furnished to the Conununity Hospital and refund for tax pai.d during the period from
June 21, 1945 to September 20, 1948, wa•s~referred to the comnittee.
Upon motion of IVIr. Ha11, seconded by u~r. Trask, the Board granted a request of
/-~~. Mr. VJ. K. Rhodes to permit the tamerican Lagion to use Legion Stadiurr, for an exhibition
of shows and rides £or period November 6th through ?:he 17th 1948~ al.lowing such shows
at the discretion of the County Cos:missioaers.
A report of back tax collections vaas received sY!ov;ing ~7,455.17 collected for the
~~~ City and ~5,3~5.08 for the County, makin~ a total of v12~840.2_5 for the n;onth of
September.
RTine residents of the brsdle,y Creek Section petitioning the County Com.missioners
to request the State Highvray a Public Vlorks Commission tc take over and maintain
~~~1.5 the Twin Oaks road located to the west of the bIyrtle Court Farms for 2 distance of
approximately 6/lOths. of a mile, iiasnett township~ was received and upon motion of
I~Sr. Trssk, seconded by P~;r, Aall, approved.
IJir. Hamilton Hicks of the US District Engineer'~ offi.ce appeared to request a
resolution for condemnation proceedings to acquire an easement over the lands
J.~~ of the J. Herbert Bate Lunber.;.Company for right-of-way for improvem~ent to the Cape
Fear river channel, which was on motion of a4r. Trask, seconded by ~Ir. Gardner~ •~
approved. I~".r. L.E.[4'oodbury, N.anager of the Bate Lumber Company was present to
present the case for his company. l~ction on the motion v<<as v~ithheld until next
b^.onday for further investigation and study.
~ An application for license to se11 beer at location on the Carolina Beach road~
submitted by Otis W. Taylor and endorsed by the Sheriff~ was upon moti.on of Nir. Trask~
seconded by N~r. Gardner, granted.
,,~ A request of the Register of Deeds to retain the clerk working on the Solaiers Roster,
~'~.~~'~ to continue on work on vital statistics through January, was upon u:oti.or_ of P~1r. Trask~
seconded by Mr.~Gardner~ granted.
Upon u,otion of h4r. Trask~ seconded by b~Ir. Y,"all, the CHairman was authorized to sign
~ a tax audiT contract P!ith J. B. I~cCabe & Company for auditing the books and records
• ~~~` of the Tax Collector for the year 194~~ at ~400.00 to be paid jointly by the City and
County. _
The meeting then adjourned.
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Plilmington, N. C.~ October 18th 1948.
The regular weekly meeting of the Board v.~as held at 10:00 o'clock b.ll4.
Present: Addis.on Hewlett Chairman, Geo. 4"7. Trask, Jss. M. Hall~ H.H.Gardner, and , ~"`
L. J. Coleman..
The minutes of ineetin~sof October 4th and llth, 1948~ were read and aF~>roved as
recorded.
~~j This being the date:set_as.advertised to receive bids for addition to the heating .
/ system in the PJelfare Department in the old court house basement in accorda.nce ~
~-ith ~he plans and specifications prepared by 6?r. Leslie N. Boney~ Architect~ and
three bids having been received, the Chairman asked if there were any questions to
be asked before opening the bids and if everything was clear, having received no
response, proceeded to open the bids which follow:
Idaal Plumbing Company,....... ~ 1'920.00 '
Cumber-Moore Company,......... 2,579.~5
R. C. Lucas~ .................. 2~984.00
Upon motion of Iuir. Coleman~ seconded ty I~:r, Trask, the heating contract was aH;arded
~ G/~ to the lowest bidder, The Ideal Fluff,bing Company at and for the sum of ~r1~9Z4.00. .
y~~p~ ` A report of the VJilmington Public Library for September was received Gnd filed.
A r.ommunication wes received fron: the St:ate Highway & Public N'orks Commission
_ j~~y advising that Floral Park~vay in Audubon, Extension of the Beizna Vista. Road, Raleigh
~~ Street in I~9zffitt Village, Churc'r_ Aver.ue ~no Tidewater Avenue from the Seagate Grocery
Store Sebrell Avenue thence Sebrell tivenue to U5 ~4/'J,6 have been added to the Connty
Highw~y System under Stste ma9.ntPnaace.
^~y, A communication vaas received from the County Auditor advising the amount of deposits
in e2ch bank for period from June 30 to September 30~ 194s~ together vrith a memorandwr,
of securities held by us in each case.
~U~ Upon motion of Mr. Coler~an, seconded by ~~:r. Gardner~ the follov~ing corrections in the
1948 tax l~sts were allovred and abatements authorized in the amounts shown:
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Andrew Bannister, Wilmington township, auto listed~acquired after Jan.lst,1948
" Abatement ~23U.00~ valuation.
Hattie E. Bass, VJilmington township, auto listed by both husband & wife~abatement ~p230.00
J.D.Bradlev, ~'Jilmington township~ personal property ch~rged ~~as not in this county
until after January lst~ 1948, abatenent $260.00. C1aYton D. Eurton~ a resident
of Harnett charged with city taxes,~125.00 and ~2.~0 poll. Vlillie Cap~s} H~rnett
tox~nship, poll charged in both VJilmin~ton and Harnett townsh~.ps, poll in V~il.mington
abated. T. G. Craighead. Wilmington township~ automobi.le pui~chased after January lst~
$~1,080.00 c arge abated. Clvde Ebv & 5n.n, personal property listed tvrice,~1,840.00
value abated. Miss Susan L. H2rdi,~,,102 S. 4th~ St.~ ~300.00 listed zbove exemption .
in error abated. lv_rs. ~;mma C. ~ex-r-i-ng, 41 Carolina Apts., 194'7 Chevrolet purchased
after January lst, 194~, ~.930.00 valuation abated. J. C. Hnbbs,~r.~ double listing
of personal pr^perty ~1,200.00. Linprint Cor,~pany 207 VJilletts E~uilding, Goods~
1Uares and T~erchandise listed at ~.3~415.OU above ~.tis value abated. Sam T. IDIincey~
?11 Nu(y Street~ auta purchased P,~arch 13th, 1948. ~310.00 valuation abated. h2nklin
S~l.yer~ 408 South 6th Street, $~15.00 ser~~ing machine charged in error~sbated.
Ruth_'`1'. T~hb~ ?_14 ~Z, oth, SLreet~ 1941 Studebaker ~~710.00 listed in error~
~. t~, Walker, 1013 Dawson Street, poll tax abated account of being in the arn,y. .rn.G~
l^IhittA„d~ a resident of Chapel Hill, poll tax abated. i~irs. Bessie H.'~Yates, not a
resident of Pieva f:anover Coi:nty until ia:ay 10~ 1948~ 9,565.00 personal abated. Leon Clark
listed ~.~4E IVlercury car at ~y2~300.00, list price shovrs ~~ ~165.00 less ?Oj~ ~Y1~73~•OU'
taxes on a valti:ation of "~w565.00 abated.
A request of Iair. R.L.Downinp for revieva of the assessment on house i.n blasonboro
~lU~ township not completed January 1~ 1948, or occupied at this time, was referred to
i~ the committee v~ith porver to act.
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A request for adjustment of the back taxes on the property of Frank R. and Mary King~
block 540~ was referred to the committee for investiga,tion and with pov-er to a.ct.
A request o£ Mrs. T.F.Darden for review of asses,sment on her property on south Front
5treet~ bl.ock #99, was referred to the committee ~nrith pc~wer to act.
UF:on motion of Ivlr. Gardner~. seconded by f~r. Coleman~ instructions were given to
secure bids for furnishing an.upright boiler for the laundry at the County Home.
IIpon motion of I~4r. Trask~ seconded by i.s? Coleman, county bills Nos. 521 to 590
were approved for pa}-ment.
The following good and lawful persons were drav.m to serve as jurors in the Sup erior
Court for the trial of crimiaal cases for the week beginning Nover~ber lst 1948:
Hubert H. Hines, 404B Vance St.
84elba G. Nance, 19 N. :+Ionroe St.
Du Brutz Poisson~ 315 S. Front S~.
B.C.VJilliamS~ 624 DOCk St.
Geo. Thomas Savage, 201y Perry Ave.
Jno.D.Taylor, 509 Orange St.
D.B.Packard, Jr., 317 Dock ~i.
T .D.Natthevvs ~ 1706 Chestnut ~t.
Geo. 'J~. Applewhite~ 622 S. 5th~ St.
C.I.Eri.nson~ 307 S. 2nd~ St.
Howard A. Penton, 102 Nii~osa Place.
Grace Ingram~ 173? Orange St.
L. A. Barlow~ 513 N. 3rd~ St.
P~irs. H. C. L,urray, RFD ~rl, Bo~ 2?4
ti. E. Kelly~ 104 Church St.
L.H.V~olfe, 23 Court D~ Lake P'orest.
Edva. L. Huggins~ 1110 N. 4th~ St.
C.U.l~dhite, ACL Railroad.
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B. R. Drynan~ 502 S. 17th St.
J. L. Marshall~ 1404 S. 4th St.
T. W. Keith~ 210 N. 15th St.
• W. Z. Moore, Ht.l, Box 41.
~ B. L. LePris~ 2~15A Jefferson.
, J. S. Shepard ~ 21'] N. 4ti! St.
'~ P~Yrs. W. L. Jones~ Carolina Beach.
T. D. Piner, HFD 2~ Box 335•
, W.P.Holr,es, Sr. 2116 Klein Road.
J. R. Timberizke, HFD ~3,Box 104-C.
F. H. Vlatson~ Rt.3, Box 40.
C.E.Bror^rn~ 1505 Grace St.
C. W. Long, 1006 S. 5th, St.
J.H.Hinton, 1919 P~4urket St.
S. E. Cooper~ 125 1~iorning 5ide Dr.
T~~rs. I~~. G. Wilkins, ~ ACL
F.L.b4c:iacken~ 151? Ann St.
C. C. Grissom~ 2300 bletts Ave.
H. -4. Johnson, 504 Dawson St.
K~. C. VJells~ 226 Pinecrest Parkvay. ~
F'. A. Debnam, ~ biacMillan-Buick Co.~
A. E. Harailton~ 1710 Chestnut St.
Oscar C. Jones~ 1710 Chestnut St.
A.L•.Jones, 510 Central Boulevard.
~R. L. Freeman 403 S. 16th~ St.
J.V.Green~ 10~ Klein Road.
E.I.Herring~Jr.~ 1737 Carvlina Ave.
Jas. D. Davis~ 24 Pinecrest Parkway.
S. E. Sneeden, 2708 Jefferson St.
Jas. L. Jackson~ 16 Ct.L, Lake Forest.
For the Second R'eek; 3'iVlir_ed-Term: begYnning iNovember 8th 1948:
' W. C. Vloody, HFD #1.
Edw. A. Sanders~ Ht.1~Box 151A.
, Ernest L. Johnson~ 152 Colonial V.
R. A. Ai•mstrong, 108 Castle St.
~ J.A.~icAdams~ 1919 Nun St.
~rs. Hendrick Sv,~art, P.~.Box 838.
Davis H. Howes~ 300 Colonial Drive.
6t'.D.Holmes~ Ct.2-N Lake Forest.
O.C.Barefoot~ 104 Calhoun Drive.
n4. Enock Jagger~ 1603 nnn S~.
F.M.Hickman, 214 Kenwood Ave.
L.D.Latta~ 115 Wrightsville Ave.
J.H.Curtis, 809 S. 5th~ St.
Abner Rubin~ C2pe Fezr Hotel.
Guy Haywood, 26~1-B Adams St.
LeRo~~ R. Watson~ C-25, Box 280A.
Fred C. Lyon~ 13 Keaton Ave.
Robt E. Hufham, % W.E.Nesbitt Co.~
Durwood Jackson, 501 Harnett St.~
H.L.Bloodworth, 113 Graham Street.
The meeting then ad~ou~ned.
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A. C. Gideon~ HF'D #3. .
I.F.V,~ri~ht~ 208 Vance St.
H.B.Gwathney, ~ ACLRR Co.~
~.C.Parker, 1506 Orange St.
L.E.Owen, I~F'D #1.
Margaret K. Johnson, ?22 Forest Hills Drive.
I~Irs. V. Vsialters~ 112 S. 9th~ St.
B.J.Mintz~Jr.~ Box 292~Carrier 25•
Hoy Elton Jackson~ 7 Ct.I~ Lake Forest.
E.H.Hendrix~ 2006 Crezsy Ave.
J.O.Baldwin~ 222 Vance St. Nlaffitt Village.
L.D.Dunn~ 104 Princess Place. ~
Alton B. Smith, 814 It4cCumbers Lane.
Robert Gause, 212 Queen St.
H.H.tuioore, 316-A Vlilliamson Drive.
E.Q.LeGra.nd~ 5 L1a.gnolia Place.
H.T.Horne~Jr.~ 2101 Creasy Ave.
H.L.Daughtry~ 114 IyiorningsY~de ~Drave.
L.E.V~'ard~ 1923 Nun St.
H. L. Thorpe~ 419 Campbell St.
Wilmington, N. C., October 25~ 1R48.
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The regular weekly meeting of the Board vaas held at 10:00 o'clbck A. Iv:.
Present: Addison Hewlett Chairff,an~ Geo. P1~. Trask~ Jas. -4. Hall~ H. R. Gardner~
L. J. Coleman and County Attorney Msrsden ~ellany.
The minutes of ineeting of Uctober 18~ 1948~ a~ere read and approved as recorded.
A request of the Tov~n of Kure Beach~ presented by Mr. u~1.H.Lander, Engineer, for an
. appropriation of y~3~000.00 to supplement ~p~~000.00 raised by the said 1'own for the
-~~ construction of sixteen jetties for erosion control to stop further damage at Kure
Beach..at an estimated cost of H~10~000,00 as outlined Uy Mr. Lander~ was npon motion
of Mr. Trask, seconded by NIr. Hall~ granted on the affirmative vote of all members
except Mr. Gardner~ and an appropriation of ~5~000.00 was granted the Tovm of
Wrightsville Beach to match a like amount to be appropriated by it for es•oaion control
work~ on the affiru~ative vote of kir. Trask, b;r. Hall an~ the Chairm2n. Mr. Coleman voted
no, until such time the matter is properly presented by an engineer, givi.ng an outline
of the work proposed and approximate cost to be done under his supervision. Bir. Gardner
votPd no, in each i~nstance, SEe~ing such expense is an obligation of the municipa.lities.
A17, of the said erosion controi work to be.done under the su~erVisiora of an engineer.
Upon n~otion of i~4r. Gardner, seconded by ~+.r. 1'rask~ the Board, based upon an appraisal
and survey made by the Uuited States District Engineers~ authorized the submissi.on of
an Offpr of ~13~500.00 to J. Her~est.~-.ate ~,~? Company,,._Inc~~ for right-of-way easement
through~ over and across 2.44~ acres of their la`nd on the west side of the Nortneast
~~5~ Cape Fear River for the purpose of a~ideni~ the turning basin in the improvement of the
Cape Fear River~ same to be paid out of fun~ds set aside for Port Development. Upon motion
of Mr. Trask, seconded by P;ir. Hall~ pa5ment of ~300.00 to nir. T.&I.Sumner for ri~ht-of-way
easement through 1.181 acres of his tand adjoining the lands oP~Fie Hate Lumber Company
/~~jJ~ on the north~ according to the Government su~rvey~ was ~proved_out of Port Development
funds. Other lands envolved in this program of improvement to the Cape Fear River Channel
have been donated by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company and lvir. T.f;.Murrell.
A request of Dnr. L. D. Blake for adjustnient of the w~5~000..00 assessment on house on
`f~~Y~ lots 18/19 Pinehurst, constructed after January 1, 1948, v~.as referred to the committee
for investigation and with povJer to act.
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:deeting of October 25~ 1948, continued.
Upon motion, Fred Johnson, 11~0 north 4th, St., was granted an abatement of
taxes on a vaiuati~on of w340.00, 1935 Dodge half ton truck~ and 1937 Chevrolet
./~~ truck, for which sta.te tags were not secured and both ~unked. n4r.~'i:z~tea L.
.~" Crouch, in the armed service, had his I;~ercury Coupe with him iri Baltimore '
January 1, 1948, and same listed in error for 1948~ was granted an ahatement
of taxes on same on a valuatio~ of ~:1,650.00. A request of Spyros Vaili:nos,
for abatement of taxes on a vsluation of ~4,000.00, goods, riares and restaurant
fixtures li~ted in the nar,.e of Century kestaurant, purchased 95ay 1~ 19~8, was
received for investigation as to the ov.~nel~ship as of J~nuary lst, 1948.
A request of Jas._H. Everett~ 121~ south 8th, Street, for an abate•:!ent of taxes
on a vsluation of $;750:00 house charged in error on the sen,th-x~est quarter of _
lot five,•ir. block 5a3, was referred to the committee for investiagtion.
Upon motion of P~.4r. Trask~ seconded by L'.r. (:oleman, E.D.Pa~dgett~ 124A Willia.mson^
Drive, I~iaffitt Village, P~asonboro township~ listed in ~Nilmington in error, was
/,'~~ granted an abatement of taxes on a valuation of ~k650.00 personal property and poll
as to the city only.
A request for refund of taxes pa~:d on lot 15~ in block 81 Carolina Beach~ assessed
/~`~, at $10.00 and charged in error to Virginia S. Pleasants, clai~ing the same is owned
~ by Carl Winner, was received for investigation.
No objections were made to the application o£ L.D.Bordeaux for permit to dredge
~ material frorr, two slips on the east side of the Cape Fear River approximately
~~~" 4~ miles south of the foot of I~iarket Street.
_~,~~ A report of Communit`y Hospital for September was received and filed.
Upon motion of I~ir, Gardner, seconded by ~ir. Hall~ an appropriation not.to exceed
~'300.00 for entertairunent of the Officers a~d personnel of the Navy`vessels that
/,~~~will visit here havy Day October ?'7th. A like an:ount to be made avail.able by the
City of Vdilmington.
A request of ktr. H. R. Radcliff for revievi of his'assessment on house in b'ock 4~2~
~~~~ was referred to the Co,:mittee with po~aer to act.
A request of J.D:.Iti4orris for a
~fJ~`~ v~as referred to the committee
/ An application for licen~e to
G,~ P.J.Allender snd endorsed by
~ by i~~r. Coler.;an ~ granted .
reduction of his assessment on house in block 173~
with por~~er to act.
sell beer at l~~~rightsvill.e Sound submitted by
the Sheri_f,v:as upcn motion of hFr. Gardner, seconded
Upon motion of i~"r. Trask~ secondsd by i~_r. Coleman~ Benhard Frederick Rathjen 65,
~vaas on recommendation of the Supt.~ of Fublic 4;elfare admitted to the County Eome
~C as an emergency case, the County to be reiaibursed for the expense of his maintenance.
tipon motion of L~4r. Gardner~ seconded ~y Mr. Hall~ authority was given to sign a
-~ brief with the City of Vlilmington t.o be prepaired by Co1. H.E.EoS•d, Indu~trial
Traffic B4anager of the City of jNilmington~ petitioning the Clvil ~eronautics
_0~~~ Administration for leave to intervene in the matter of the investigation of the
transfers of the routes and property of National Airlines~ Inc.~ at the joint
expense of i:he City and County, only for the purpose of improving our air'service.
The meeting then adjourned.
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~ Wilmington~ N. C.~ November 1, 1948.
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The regular weekly meeting of the Board was held at 10:00 o'clock A. M.
Present; Jas. ~[.. Ha11,~Vice Chairman, Geo. Vv. Trask~ H. R. Gardner, L.J.Coleman
and~County Attorney b4arsden Eellamy.
The minutes of ineeting of Cctober 25, 1948, were read and approved as recorded.
A request of I~:r. Chadvrick and delegation to hard surface Newton!s Avenue xunning
vaest from US 11'7 for a distance of approxim~tely three fourths o£ a mile~ which
._ ~.~5 would serve 42 families of 118 persons~ mail route ~nd school bus~ was upor. motion
of ;dir. Trask, seconded by Du'r. Coleman, approved and re~erred to the State f'it~hway
and Public i:~orks Commission.
A request of ~Ir. Thomas H. Yfright that the taxes he has paid on the SE~-3, in b1ocY_
.~ 549 since 1935, be made to apply on the NE~S in said block~ on account of error in
~~Q description of deed fron Helen A. Salling to Chipley's~tiniversal i~Iotor Company in
1927~ which intended to convey the n'E45 later acquired by L"sr. 4~;right, was referred
to the County Attorney for opinion.
I~".r. F. Porter Davis~ Sheriff~ appeared to cou,plain that ~.arion D. Brinn operator of a
business or. the'~iyrtle Grove Loop Road~ at which place beer is being sold under
_a,'F~ authority of license granted to him September 2~~ 1948~ is conducting s~id business
in a disorderly manner and that he is not the real owner of the said business;
Thereupon Mr. Trask moved and it ~~ras seconded by Mr~ Coleman and carried~ that he
be cited to appear before this Eody h~ionday, November 15th 1948~ to shov,~ cause why
the license issued to him to sell beer at ssid location should not,be revoked. .
Upon motion of ~ir. Gardner, seconded by b;r. Coleman, payment of $50.00 to W. Allen
Cobb~ Attorney9 jointly with the City of G'r'ilmington~ for services rendered in the
~~~! suit against Daniel Quinlivan and wife, for the collection of hack ta~es due on
their home in block 500~ vaa.s approved. Said payment to be applied as a creclit on
any commission that me~y be due him in the event the said taxes are collected.
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IvIeeting of November 1~ 1948~ contl~nued.
A surety bond for polores Patricia Smith as Clei•k in the Consolidated Cit~-County
~ Tax office, in the amount of ~2~500.00 with the National Surety Corporaticn as
~~~ surety~ the same having been approved as to forn and execution by the County
Attorney~ and the amount fixed by this Board, u~as upon motion approved.
84rs. L. 0. Ellis, Fxecutive Secretary of A~socizted Charities~ appea.red to ask
that the Board bear the expense for approxin~ately two weeks treatment for 114rG.
/ Orville Butler at Duke Hospital for cancer that cannot be treated here, v,~as
3 f~ approved £or not exceeding ~~1U0,00. 4~rs Ellis' request for ex.pense for the treatr~ent
~(`r~t,.u~~'~ of a three year old child of ~;lice It4cIntire for tubercu7_osis of the eye at a cost of
V~
_ ,aPproximately ~200.00 over a period of three m.onLhs for administering Streptom~cine,
vras declined for the reason the EoaT•d ~'elt the treatment could be given at Community
Hospital. Instructions ~~ere given that Dr."F11iot~.County Healtfi Officer~ be consulted
on similar matter in the futui•e bef'ore presenting to this~Eoard.
tin app2icatiors for licens~ to sell beer at locations on the hlarket Street Road and
- fll~~, Greenville Loop Road, submit:ted b5~-iilliam Gaylor and Elizabeth Franks, respectively,
' the =ame having been endorsEd ty the Sheriff, wez~e upon niotion approved.
l~~~ Upon motion of blr. Gardner, seconded by Ivir. Trask, correcti.ons uere ordered made in
the following tax returns anc~ abstements a]lorved as indicated; for 1948:
James llF. Ada~s~Jr.~ 5052 Chestnut Straet, charged vrith household goods~at ~4~00O.OOy
~ was intended~for ~v400.00~ was g.r_anted an abatenent of taxes on a valuation of y~3,6o0.00.
~~~~` Marinn~ryant~ Harnett tovJnship~ personal propertq and poll Iisted tvrice, wss ~ranted
L`7) an abatement of taxes on a va.luation of ~230.00 and poll. Hrs. J.h2.BullGrd~ Cape Fear,
packing house rebuilt from two buildings a.lready on land and assessment increased from
~500.d0 to ~1~5"00.00 v~as abated on $~1~000.00 value. HEnvy_I...,__Crotts~ Carolina Beach,
was granted sn zbatement of taxes on a valuation of ~;1,600.00 on house on lot '7, in
block 21, started in November and construction not completed until after January 1y48,
assessed at ~2~000.00. D.O.Dav_is~ 211 GValnut Street~ was granted an a.batement of taxes.
on a valuation of $1?5.00 on personal prope~~ty listed above its true value,in error.
V;'.K.Hobbs~ 314 south 17th~ Street~ vaas abated taxes on a valuation of 9;2~~00.00 ~
cha'rged at ~3~000.00 in error~ was intended for ~300.00. Dirk Su~ai•t.Jr.~ Cape Fear~ /
real cstate list inadvertently filed in personal file and proper°ty cahrged as not
listed, was granted an abatement oS taxes on a valuation of ~'780.00 personal property
taken frotri last years list; po11 and not listed penal~y.: .
~ The folloe~ing bonds and coupons ureze presented by the County liuditor as having been
~~~ dR paid and were burned in the pr~esence of the Hoard:
SCHOOL BONAS
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n n
n n
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1 to 62 Inc.
64 ~'~ 66 ~~
69 only
81 to 125 Inc.
19 n 21 ~~
SCHOOL BU7II,DIA'G
BONDS: ' 25 to 29
~~ F~ 30 ~~ 34
" " 61 ~~ 80
' COUNTY HOME
BUNDS: ~ only
SCHOOL BUILDING BONDS:
COupon No. 13 Bond No,
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u u14 n ir
n n14, r~ ia
n rr14 n n
n n14 n n
~4 $`vl ~ 000 . 00
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~t ~r
rt rr
io n
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101 to 110 Inc. (~` ~p1Q.00
228 " 240 " " 10.00
61 " 80 " " 10.00
131 " 220 ~~ ~~ io.oo
228 ~~ 340 ,~ ~~ 10.00
341 ~t 500 ~~ ~~ 8.75
SCHOOL BONDS:
Coupon No. 20 Bond No. 19 to 4~
SCHOOL BU1LDIidG:
Coupon No. 17 Eorid No. 25 to 86
SCHOOI; BOND5:
Coupon No. 59 Bond No. 3 to 17
~T ~~, 59 « ~t 53 « 56
1B " 59 " " 62 only
" "' 60 ~~ " 1 to 62
~° ~~ 60 +~ ~~ 64 ~ 66
m ~~ 6p n ~~ 6~9 linlyi.;
~~ `~ 6~ " ~' 81 to 125
SCHOOL BUiLDING:
Coupon No. 3'7 " " 196 to 295
~~ ~~ 37 ~~ ~, 306 " 315
n ~~ 37 n n 32f~ tb 335
~, ~~ 37 ~~ « 346 " 355
i~: ~~ 20 ~~ n ~g ~~~ 79
~~ ~~ 21 ~~ ~~ 30 only
n, n 21 n n 58 bnly
~~ ~~ 21 ~~ ~~ 97 to 79
ie n 22 n rrn 3~ ~~ 64
~~ ~~ 22 ,~ ~~ 68 F' 77
COURT Y;OUSE BONDS:
Coupon No. 49 Bond No. 204 to 225
COUNTY HOME BONDS:
Coupon No. 17 Bond No. 7 to 12
$62~000.00
3,000.00
1~~~~.~0
45,000.00
Z.000.00
5~000.00
5~000.00
20~000.00
1.000.00
100.00
130.00
200.Q0
9oo.u0
1,330.00
1.400.00
'r " 13•75 398.75
" ~~ 11.25 697•50
~~ ~~ 25.00 375.00
« ~~ 25.00 loo.oo
~~ ~~ 25.00 25.00
,~ ~~ 25.00 ~.,~50.00
~~ ~~ 25.00 75.00
t~ ~~ 25.00 25.00
« <~ 25.00 1.i25.o~
~~ ~` 23,7.5 ?,~375.00
11 ° 23,75 237.50
_~ ~~ 23.75 237•50
~„ ~~ ~3.75 2~?.50
~~ ~~ 1~.75 2`/.50
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5
~~ „ 13:7 4i
25
13.75 .
~~ „ 13.75 48~.25
„ ,~ 13.75 1~~.50
~~ ~~ 25.00 550.00
« ~~ ii.25 67.50
Total Bonds and Coupons paid
T he meeting then adjourned.
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~114~000.00'
'~1.000.00
~ 145,000.00
3,860.00
398.75
697.50
3,275.00
3eo87.50
715.00
SSo.oo
67.50
~157,~51.25
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Pdilmington, N. C.~ Vovember 8~ 1948.
The regular weekly meeting of the Eoard ~~zs held zt 10:00 o'clock A, 7~.
Present: Addison Hewlett Chairman, Geo. YJ. Zrask~ Ja~, I~, Halli L. 3. Coleman and
County P.ttorney Elarsden bellamy.
The minutes of ineeting of November lst~ 1948, were read 23~d a.pproved as recorded.
J Q~ The minutes of ineeting of October 25~ 1948~ were correeted by ~dding to the
P resolutior~ authoaizing an approgriatian o not exCeeding ~65~000:00 for•eros~.on,control
at tidrightsville Beach to be uatched by a like amount to be made available by the
Town of Vlri~htsvil.le Beach~ the folloviing: " All of the said erosion control work
to be done under the supervision of an engineer".
Upon motion of Iuir, Hall~ seconded by I~ir. Coleman~ an a~plic4tior. to transfer County
^~~~/ license to sell beer from a].ocation at Station No. 1~ l~'rightsvj.lle &each, to a new ,
location on the Carolina Beach road, t~vo miles from the City limits~ submitted by
A. S. Brittain, vJ~s approved.
A state~.ent was received from the State ioard of Public 4','elfare shov:ing that
~ y~ 5~28, 583•25 Federal and State funds w~eT~ sent to this County for Old Age Assistance~
Aid to Dependent Chlldren and ~dn.inistrati.on for the montY. of October.
`}~{ !~ con,munica.tion r:as recei-ved fror,: the County Auditor adv`.sing the amount on. deposit
`l~p,~~ in each tsnk as of Oc':ober 31~ 1~45, to~ether v~~ith a memorandur., of securities held
/ by us in each case.
An audit report of the ~EsC 8oard .for tl~e three months period ending September~ 30~ 1948,
_Qh~ pre:ared by Iv,r. ~. N. Erand~ Tr..~;C.P.A.~ ~!~as received and. filed.
^~~ A report of the Grsnd Jury~ Dtovember Term 1948~ was received and filed.
~~ A report of tY~e Ladies Rest Hoom Comc~ittee for October H~as received and filed.
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A request of I~qrs. l:argaret F. Nixon for review of assessment on house in block #193~
~aX was referred to the Committee for investiga{:ion and with po~er to act.
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NIr. L. E. 4'doodbury, 1i-anager of the J. Harbert Bate Company~ Inc.~ zppeared and accepted
for his company~ the oPfer of ~.13,500.00 of October 25~ 1948? based on an a?~praisal of
,;~ the United 5tates District Engineers, for easement right-af-r~~ay overJ through and across
~~ ~` the lands of the J. Herbert Bate Company~ Inc.~ on the west side of the Cape Fear River,
for use in connec~ion with the widening and deepening of the Cape Fear ftiver channel;
and for the further consideration of not exceeding ~500.00, if needed~ for driving
sheet piling for the protection of the boil.er room at the Sar I,lil1 site, ir~ the event
e rosion should take place that vaould endanger the boiler room, within ten years from
the date hereof.
A report ~vas received from the Back Tax Collector sY;ovring y;6 'J6'7.36 collected for
.{ the City, and ~4~658.31 for the County, n:aking a totsl of ~v1~~425.6'7 back taxes
/ 1~~ collected for the month of October.
~ An invitation was received from lNi~mington Fost no.10~ American Legion~ to the County
~T^~~l Co;.,missioners, to be thei.r guest at their observance of Armistice Duy,
~^~ A report o£ the ~otivities of tY,e colored home a~ent for October was received and
~(j~~` filed, and payment of y~4.68 for office supplies and arti.cles used in demoi~5trations
v~as approved. '
~~ A report of the Pureau of Identifir.ation for October e~~as recei~bed and filed.
~tipon motion of Iu?r'. Trask~ seconded by I~r. Hall, payment for operati.on ~'nd~ treatreent
_~4D of Jessie Denkins at Duke Hospital, a Euberculosis patient at the State Uanator4wv,
. v~as approved out of the appx~opriation for tuberculosis patients.
Upon motion of Mr. Trask~ seconded by "r. Fall~ h~Ir. C. F. Smith the County Auditor~
~,~o~"~'~was authorized to represent this county at t;he annual meeting of Tar. Supervisors at
` the Institute of Government, Chapel Hill, November 16, 17~ and 18th.
_\' Upon r~otion of Mr. Hall, seconded by L~r. Trask, t~:essrs. W. K. Rhodes~ H. Edmond Rodgers
~F~ and Dr. Fred H. CoZeman v~~ere re-elected members of the boxi.ng Corimiss~.on.
~ Upon motion of Nr~, Coleman~ seconded by "'r. Hall, an additional a.ppropriation of ~y150.00
,~,ev~`} was granted to meet the expense of entertainrr:ent for the visiting Officers and Personnel
~~.~~~` 1 of the Navy Vessels visiting here Navy Day~ making a total appropriation for this expense
of ~450.00, the City having agreed to :~~~ke ~ like appropriation. Ie;r. Trask voted no.
The meeting then adjourned.
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Vlilff,ington~ N. C.~ November 15~ 19a8.
• The regular weekly meeting of the Foard ~~~as held.at 10:00 o'clock 6. M.
' Present: Addison Hewlett CY~air,~?an, Geo. Vd. Trask~ L.J,Coleman and County Attorney
Marsden ~ellamy.
The minutes of ineeting of November 8th 1948, were rez.d and approved as recorded.-
A request for an ab~tement of the hacff taxes charged a.gainst lot 10 Biddle Division~
~ I~asonboro Tov~nship, in the name of F.L.Smoak £or the years 1937 through 1938~ for
the reason,the title to the• said 1ot is in the name of G.H.Cook V~ho has listed the
J same for taxes since 193a, was upon n,otion of,bSr. Trask~ seconded by Mr. Col.eman~
referred to the Ch2irnian and County Attorney for investigation and w.ith pox~er to act.
--r~x A request o£ A. S•. Yeager for adjustment of .the back taxes due on lots 33/34 Summer
Hill was received for investigation~ and report back to the Eoard.
Upon motion of Mr. Trask~ seconded by Ivir:. Coleman~ H. W. 02iver a resident of New Jersey
r~,~ for the past ten years was granted an abatement of poJ1 taxes charged in error for the
~ /"~ year 1948. ,
Mr. Albert Holden, a resident of Erunswick County, but working here~ pre=ented a`
receipt showing that he paid po12 taxes in Erunsv~ick County for the year 1g48, was
~ ~ upon motion of Ivir. Coler~an. seconded t:.y P,~r. Trask, granted an abatement of poll
charged in tY:is county in error for tY.e year 194~.
The hearing in the matter o£ revocation of a.beer license issued to n:axion L. Brinn;
_~~~ wastuponTmotion ofx~ra~Coleman~ seconded~~byrlir, TTask~ postponedaunti~lsi~:ondayng~
November 22nd, ta give all parties interested oxportunity to have the3r w~3tnesses
present.
~~~A report af the Grand Jury November Term 1948a was received and filed.
=,~a~~ BishopeandtBeasleyvlanddwasnreceivedifornconsiderationback of Winter Park near the
Upon motion of Ieir. Trask~ seconded by I~r, Coleman~ the~ Chairman was authorized tb
qX assign all the county's right~ title and interest in the certificate of ~tax sa.Te on
~ the north-east part of lot 5 in block 284 to W. G. Shaw upon payment of~thE smount
of back taxes due thereon.
Payment of 99•85 to F. Portel• Davis, Sheriff, for expenses incurred on order of
~ court, for returning ~rs. Edna Bullard and daughter Ceceil Bullard from Houston
~ Taxes as witnesses for the State in the case of State vs J.C.Ha11, was upon motion
of Nr. Coleman, seconded b}~T~ir. Trask, approved.
Applications for licenses to sell beer at Castle Hayne and on US highway 74/~6
~ ~,p~ at Bradley's Creek, submitted by Rufus Gurganous and Charles H. Sutton~,r•espectively~
r'`~°r the sauie being in due . form and eaecution and endorsed b,y the Sheriff, v~*ere upon
r~~ motion of ll!r. Coleffan~ seconded by Mr. Trssk~ a~:proved.
Upon motion, F. E. Beaton, a non-resident, ~;~2s granted an abatement of tQxes on a
valuation of ~580.00 personal propelty and poll Y:rou~ht for~~aard from previous listing
~" ~Gx and charged in error~ together ~~~itr. the not lisied penalty charged against lot 10, in
block #15, Sunset Fark for the year 1948:
Upon motion of i:ir. Trask~ seconded by Pt:r. Colen;an, Ivirs. Ntargaret Ann Jordan~ 509 Castle
~pt+SL--St.~ County indigent~ 8a years of sge, ~^as on recommendati.on of the ~upt.~ of Pub?.ic
i'ielfare admitted to the County Fome. .
A request of Col. Graha~ K. Hobbs for adjustment of the back tar.es due on the property
~~ of the heirs of BJm. L. Smith~ b,locks 549; 550, 551 and tvao lots east of block 55~, was
f referred to the committee for investigation and vaith po~^~er to act.
~1~_Bills of expense for ho2ding the election November 2~ 19a8, ir. the ar~ount of 9~4,685.79
~~ were upon motion•of "vIr. Trask~ seconded by b~r. Colem2n, approved. d1.,,
~la~ The Board did not see its v,~ay cl~ar to recommend free privilege tax for Ed Holt to
operate a market at 9th, and Orange treets, sccount of being a disabled veteran of
World War 1, inasmuch as that is a matter entirely ~rith the City Couiicil.
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f~~ The following good and lav~ful persons wez~e drav~~n to serve as jurors in the Superior
Court for the trial of civil cases for the two v~eeks ter~m beginning December 6~ 1948:
L. E. Williams~ 1520 Orange St.,
Jesse Watkins, 2727 Jefferson St.
~rs. Cathleen W. Peters~ Kure Beach.
R. ll4. Bryan~ 2621 Washington St,
David B. Jacobi~ 17 S. 2nd~ St.
, F.VJ.Lewis~ 401 j9right St.
A. ~. Hilburn, 416 Castle St.
H.L.Anderson~ 161~ Cast2e St,
Betty H. Hurd~ 28 N. Ha.rrison St.
Dellmus C. Russ~ 1-i-I Nesbitt Court.
B. C. Yeston~ 308 Chestnut St.
H.M.Parker~ 402~ N. Front St,
Geo.M.Hewett~ 107 Bronx.
PSaude Farrow~ 810 S. 8th~ St,
C.T.Strickland~ Rt.?~ Box 319.
Frank lvtartin~ Box 210 Carolina Beach
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James Slade Fisher~ 10~ S. $th, St.
E. C. VJatts~ 815 ~. 5th~ St.
O.D.Curtis~ 203 Eorden F.venue.
nY, L. Foy~ ~ F'oy~ Hoe Company.
Elaine Von Osen~ 19 N. 17th~ St.
Charlie Simmons~ 163 Spofford Mills,
H.Vu.Edwards~ 110 VJoosY.er St.
J.L.Casteen~ 190'7 Woolcott Ave.
ivlrs. C. D. Jacobs, 311 Gra.ce St.
A.L.Clark~ 503 tJorfleet Ave.
Jas. T. 1~7atts, 157 SpoY'ford.
C. L. Long~ 5'09 Dawson St.
Jas.L.Hanchey~ 34 Jackson Drive.
Earl Tharp~ 420 Campbell ;t.
R.P.Dooiley~ 511 Dock St.
T~~rs. V1. B. VJalton~ 611 S, bth, St.
J.E.FIolland~ Rt,2; Box 18'Jt1A
R.I.Dreva~ 1514 Castle St.
R.H.Haskill, 131?_ Grace St.
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DIeeting of November 15th, 1948~ continued.
N. W. Huu;phrey 202 Kenclood Ave.
VJm. W.- Burns, ~i Hawthorne St.
0. F. Hunnicutt 18 Wrightsville Ave.
D.L.Chr3.Stian~ $ Lake Forest Parkv,ay.
I~iay 0. Stanley~ 100 Colonial Village.
Mrs. V1. B. Land~ 308 Castle St.~
5econd Y~eek-
W.F.Hinson~ 2220 Gibson Ave. ,
J. H. Eason~ 2019 Pender tive.
Frank J. Gordan, 413 N. 3rd~ St. .
E.M. 4Vestbrook~Jr.~ 1901 Chestnue St.
H.L.Spivey, 119 Marion Drive.
C.h~.lVhaley~ 0'7 Elm St.~ Spofford.
H.J.Tompkins~ RFD 1~ Box 2j8-A
Allen H. Ketchun,~ 4-V Lake Forest.
~Irs. Ellen Clem~r~ents~ 1515 Castle St.
YY.T.Jackson~ 614 (~ueen St.
T. J. Baird~ 1509 Princess St.
Carolyn N. Holland~ 510 Dock St.
~irs. P. F. Hughes~ 1512 Doc~: SL.,
W. N. Telfair, 710 Chestnut St. ;
W. A. Senn~ 30 Lae Drive.'
G. A. Hard~v6~ck~ 16 fi. ~th, St.
S, G. Highsn.ith, 2109 i~~:etts Ave.
Claude T. Gore~ 6 N.-.iack_son.St.~
Mrs. Jnhn D. N:urray~ Itt. 1, ~ox 143.
C. C. Pridgen, Box 253~, Bt.3. •
R. B. Radcliff, 314 Grzce St.
Phil Kratr.er~ 117_ V;oodlavrn.
H. L. Fryer~ 613 Chestnut St.
N. b. Futrell~ Sr.~ 1806 Carolina Ave.
The meeting then adjourned. ,
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E. L. Robbins~ 26 Ie. V~ashington Street.
. H. Vd. F3revrer~ Bor, 172 Carolina Beach.
H.N.Simmons~ 501. Ann St.
LeRoy Williar~s, 514 h:arket St.
, Henry B. Harbers 306 N. ']th~ St.
Elias Ayash~ 150~ liock St.
VJilbur G. Harts~ 909 S. Front St.
. A. B. Grimsley~ 14 N. Jefferson St.
Clyde Amerson,.ir.~ 1917 L'hestnut 5t.
S.Vd.Ruark~ 1511 S. 4th~ St.
A. J. Ivey~ 211 Orange St.
• ` L.L.George, Ct. 1-12.
R.B.Lane~ 312 Church St.
M.F.Lewis, Corner Tenn and Lake Drive
E. Paul.ltogers~ 412 Princess St.
C. C. Hemby~ Fill DocY_ St.
R.b:.Ys'eeks, 315 V~rightsville Ave.
Mrs. IF;. D. Bordeauac~ 13FD #2~ Box 236.
R. YJ. Moore~ 317 Vdright St.
C. 1~7. b[elton, hFD ~2, Bor. 176.
- R.P.Brock~.901 Orsnge St.
P,obert S. Dennenbaum~ H~i•rison St.
' John F5. Allen~ 228 Parl,` Ave~ Oleander.
Lenox Cooper~ 1608 ChEStnut 5t.
I~'farie L. Plowden~ 311 N. '7th~ St.
R. N. Getty~ 1909 Nun St.
J. F. Council, 211 S. 16th~ St.
D. P. benton, 416 S. 18th, 5t.
Ii4rs. C. P,i. I~~u*~rin, Carolina Beach
E. G. Greer~ 180'] Summe~ Hill. •
Vlilmington,N.C., November .?2~ 1948.
The regnlar ~veekly meeting of the Eoard was held at 10:00 o'clock &. M.
Present: Addison Hev~lett Chaix•msn, Geo. VJ. Trask~ Jas. &1. Hall~, H. R. Gardner, L.J.Coleman
and County Attorney iularsden Bellam~~. •
The minutes of ineeting of November 15tYi 19ti8, wele read and approved as recorded.
The purchase of twenty each badges and belts for the Junior TraYfic Officers at a
total cost of ~17.00~ requested by the Sheriff~ vras upon n;otion of t~ir. Coleman~
~~ seconded by P:~r. Hall, approved.
Upon u~otion of i+i:r. G~rdner, seccnded by i:.r, Trask~ the follo~~ing State Institutions
f~ and Traiaing Schools were glanted donati.ons in the ~mot?nts shown, to supplement their
Christtr;as Fund in C011S1C~Elntion of' tYe i.nr~a.tes from this county in suid institutions;
the ssu~e being the ar.~ounts don~ted ].ast year;
waiLsrc~r.d i^anor 9 ~0.00
Stone~~.~:li „acl~_son Training School 30.00
• C~ s~~: e 11 3'r2 inin~, School ?_ 5.00
~;io~ i•ison Tiaining School 25.00
Eastez~n Carolina iraining School 25.00 '
State Training Schcol for Negro Girls 25.00
~ vb~ A report of the l~Ji.lmin~ton Public Librury for October was recei.ved and filed.
, ~ An appli.cation for license to sell beer at a loca.tion on the Wri€htsville Causeway~
_~'j submitted by R. L. Long; the'sauie being in due for~ and execution and endorsed by
the Sheriff~ was upon n;otion of ~4.r. Coleman, seconded by I~Ir~ Gardner~ g7anted.
1~/ Pursuant to postponement Gt meeting of November 15~ 1948, tY:e fioard proceeded
~~1/' with the hearing in the ~atter of revocation of a license issued to ~3ari.on D. Brinn
to sell beer at a business location on the Ny~rtle Grove Loop Hoad.
After hearing testiu~ony offered Uy Iv:r. VJ. C. I3aas, County Sanitarian~ that Idarion D.
Brinn came to his house several months a~o for a permit to open a place of business
on the i~yrtle Grove Loop Road, he sGid he ~~as tak3ng over, to he ~'inan~ed by Charley
Hattem, a former roadhouse operator in rxunsvrich Countp, and the adn,ission of
~ M. D. Brinn that he split profits derived Sror,~ the said business on the P~tyrtle Grove
•Scund koad~ v~~ith Charley Hettem~ that he did.not give the said business a17. of his
• personal supervision~ and that most of tl:e seven ~a~itne~ses present testified that
Hattem ~~~as v~orking at the s~id business as a dish~rasher; f~ir. Trask, moved and it was
seconded ty nSr. Ga:dner and unani;^ously cairied_, that the license issued~to M.D.
brinn to sell beer at the sai.d location on the ll~Iyrtle Grove Loop koad~ be revoked on
• the grounds that the Fioard finds frou; the evidence that the said hiarion D. Brinn is
not the sole ovmer of the said business~ thst it is a joint partnership, Charley Il~attem
is the other partner in the said business~and t,hat IvlarSon D. Brinn ~tid not'give all of
his personal and im~r.ediate supervision to the o~;eration of the said busine,ss.
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Meeting of November 72~ 19ti8, ccntzni:;ed.
An audit~ report of the Consolidated Tar. Oi'fice for the tax_ year 1947~ prepared
-~ax by J. B. Il4cCabe ~ic Companq, Certifiec Fublic Accountants~ was received anc~ referred
to the County Auditor.
Upon motion of i'~Sr. Trask~ seconded by iair. Gerdner~ Lonnie Howard~ white indigent
~~~w,t.~ citizen, vras on recoinu~endation of the Supt., of Public,V;elfare, adn,itted to the
County Hon:e,
Upon motion of Pdir. Hall, seconded by T~r. Coles~an, payment of $~450.72 to the
, ~_~ Wilmington Association of Insurance Agents, lnc.~ covering liabi.lity insurance on
~-J-`ti`~ County trucks and automobiles~~'~~gc~;,,,,,,.~~,~,,;~;,,,,,,'T'"~~,;,,, ~
~.p7~ ~~9t~X~yri~uXn+XX~$~[u+n.ta. W8S
~pproved notv:ithstanding a ruling by the County Attorney that the County is not '
liable for torts cor;unitted by its agents.
' A request o£ Taubman's for an abatement of taxes on an assessment reduction basis
on personal property listed at ~:8~000.00 for the year 1948, claimin~ the value
~~pT- of stock v~as not more than ~4,500.00, v~as upon motion o£ IJ~r. Hall, seconded by
• I~r. Coleman~ denied unless the vGlue of their stock January lst~ cari be shovrn by
inventory.
Upon motion of b4r. Gardner~ seconded by bIr. Traskf the Board approved a lease to the ~
, United States of America, for three rotims containing'& total of ~~:proximately 720•square
a~~~~ feet of floor space, located in Rirport•Building described"as former Arm~~ Building No.
~ T-170, New Hanover`County=Airport(Bluethenthal Field); 4Pilmington, North ~arolina; at a
rental of Five Hundred Seven Dollars ($50~) per annum, for the purpose of an Airways
Communications Station. And.the Chairman and the Clerk of tfie`Board were authorized and
. directed.to;execute a~rental agreement.prepared'by the•CAA covering the same.
U~on motion of l~~,r. iiall~ seconued b~ .::r•. iz~sY,~ i::r, it. i~i. Bryan t~das g~anted ~n
`~ abatement of tar.es on a v~lurtion of' k~C0.00 on trvo acres of land, Pr~asonboro
~~ ~ J~` Township, used exclusively for cemete~~y purposes, and the seme or•dered piaced on
the tsx free list.
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; The Chairman requested i~fr. Claud 0'Shiel,d.s, County Commissioner-elect and President
,pn~"~-of the Nevrf~anover County Tuoe;culo.s'~s and Health Association~ to appoint'a committee
~;, :i~' f rom his Association to assist i,he Couw~issioners in locating a suitable site for the
'~, proposed tuberculosis hospital,
~~ ~~ Upon ~r:otion of L;r. G~rdner, .econded k~,y lair. Hall~ CountS• hills IVos. 591 to 939 inc,~
vrere approved for rayr,ent.
7'he meeting then adjourned.
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~ Wilmington, N. C. November 29~ 1948.
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The regular weekly meeting of the Board was held at 10:00 o'clock A. M.
Present: Addison Hewlett Chairman~ Geo. t~. Trask, Jas. M, Ha].7., H. R. Gardner,
L. J. Coleman and County Attorney Marsden Bellamy.
The minutes of ineeting of November 22, 1948~ were read and approved as recorded.
T. M. Sumner and T. E. Murrell having indicated that they would ?~~t carr}> out their
former agreement to grant a right of way over their lands near the Cape Fear River
bridge for use in connection with tlie deepening of the Cape Fear River channei by
~u~~~`~the United States Government~ for consideration of ~300.00 to be paid to Mr. Sumner~
~ ~ and no charge to be made by P~r. Murrell~ but did agree by letters dated November 24~1948~
to grant the said right-of-way oner their respective lands at a price equal to the
sum allowed the J, Herbert Bate Company per acre. Therefore, upon motion of Mr. Gardner~
- seconded by Mr. Cole~,an~ tts~ of£ers were~accepted~ :on..a:basis oE~paymerit of"the
sum of $393.16 per acre for the acreage taken for the right of vray along their lands
on the river front. That being the same sum that the county offered the J.Herbert Bate
, Company for the right of way over its land which has been accepted by said Company.
Requests' of Mr. Fred E. Little for a reduction of the ~b~000.00 assessment on house
on lot 21~ in block A Woodcrest~ not completed January lst~ 1948, Rr, N. PJomble for a
~'~Q~ reduction of the ~3~0~0.00 assessment on garage apartment on lot 23 Greenbrook, L.D.
Blake ~5~000.00 on building on lots 18/19 in block E~ Pinehurst construction started
after January 1~ 1948~ were referred to the committee for investigation and with
power to act.
, Upon motion of Mr. Gardner~ seconded by Mr. Coleman~ authority ras given to purchase
~~~a C1iff Steel Hot Plater Supply Boiler recemmended by Mr. C. M. Kelley~ Boiler Inspector~
to replace the old high pressure steam boiler at the County Home Laundry.
Upon motion of Mr.,Gardner~ seconded by Lir. Coleman~ the Bosrd~on recommendatlon of the
County~ Attorney, authorized credit transfer di the taxes paid by> D4r. Thos. H. 9Jright
~p~ on the SE~ lot 3, in block #549 to the NE~ lot 5~ in said block~ account of error
~ in deed describing the v.~rong lot, which has since been corrected.Provided~ however~
that Mr. J. T. Fsarker the owner of the SE~ lot 3 in said block pays the baek taxes due
thereon amounting to $31.06.
Upon motion of 'n~ir, Coleman~ seconded by 8~r. Hall~ S. Salyer~ 408 south 6th~ St.
_~/~k was granted an abatement of taxes on a valuation of $1~190.00 on automobile and~ ~4.00
poll account of double listing.
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`-'~~~ A letter was received from E. F. VJoodhead~ Commanding Officer of the U.S.S.
_yh~~~ Hambleton expressing his appreciation for the splendid entertainment given
the officers and members of his crew while here on Navy Day.
Upon motion of Mr. Trask~ seconded by &ir. Coleman~ Mrs. Edna C. Volk was
_~aX granted an abatement of the not.listed penalty charged against lot 176-B
Forest Hills for the year 1948, for the reason her agent failed to list
the same for her and she was out of the county at listing time.
Upon motion of Nr. Gardner~ seconded by llir. Coleman~ the Board agreed to furni.sh
_~S'~ the necessary labor for transplanting azaleas and shrubs to be furnished by the
City, for the beautification of the Community Hospital Grounds.
~ A.requ~st of Mr. Luther 'P. Rogers for division and'coTrection'of assessments on lots
~~~ in b1ocY. 136 he has recently sold was received for investigation and with power to act.
The meeting then adjourned.
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Wilmington~ N. C.~ December 6~ 1948.
The regular weekly meeting of the Board wGs held at 10:00 o'clock A. M.
present: Ad~ison Hewlett Ch8lrman; (3eo."P~`,-'Trask," '~as. ~t. Hall~ H. R. Gasdnea~
Claud O~S~nields and Couanty Attorney ~araden Bellamy.
~ Commissioners Addison Hev;lett and Jas. I~. fisll, re-elected•and•Claud 0'Shields ner.ly
_ Gci elected•member of the Baard at the-last general election.held November 2~ 1948~ having
qualifiefl by taking'the oa'th~of office before the fionorah~e J ohn J. Burney~ Judge Presiding
5uperibr Court Civil Term 1948, the Board proceeded to re-organization.
The term of the Chairman of the Eoard having expired this da.y and this being the meeting
~ at which a, chairman is to be elected~ 64r. Gardner moved that Mr. Addlson Hewlett be re-
_C~, elected Chairman, his motion was seconded by Nr~ 0'Shields and 3~r. Hewlett was unanimously
elected Chairman of The Board for a term of one year.
Upon motion of Mr. Gardner, seconded by Peir. C'Shields~ Mr. JAS. M. Hall was re-elected
/ n,,~ Vice Chairman of the Board and authorized to sign warrants on the County Auditor for
~ C~,~~county expenses in cases of the absence of the Chaj.rman. Mr. ~4arsden Bellamy was re-
~ elected County F:ttorney and Thoff!as. I~. V~oody Clerk of the Eoard.
~ The question of the back taxes charged agaim~st the SV?~6 in block ~`13 in the name of
~~~~ S.D.Bryan for the years 1928 to 1934 inc.~ v~as referred to the County Attorney to
ascertain if the same~or any part thereof~ covers the SV~ 1/8 of lot 6~ purchased by
Miss Valeria Williams fPOm Eooper Johnson~ May 15th~ ~934•
`lhe Street and Road Committee of the Wilmington Chamber of Con;merce, southeastren North
~.+~~ Carolina Beach Association~ Vdilmington Soard of Realtors and the Vlilnington Rotery Club
~~ having previously met in joint session to discuss and recomsnend a plan for road
~~' improvements in New Hanover County, appeared and requested that the Foard call a ~oint
meeting of the Board of County Conmissioners~ City Council~5tate Hi.ghway Cor.unissioner
~ ~ for this District~ and the joint street and road committee of the Ylilmington Chamber
• of••CommeTCe for presenting reco~r~endations to the State fiighv;ay and Publi.c Works
Commissi.on for immediate improvements to the follox~ing roads~ for favorable action
before January lst~ z9a9: .
1. The essential need for four lane highvaays froui R'iln;ington City boundry lines
to Wrightsville Beach~ and to Carolina~ PJilmington, Kure, and Fort Fisher Beaches.
2. Trie widening of the Castle Hayne,Road from
County line; and the erection of a new hridge witY,
River on Castle Y:ayne itoad ( U.S.Houts ~21 and 117
road between Wilmington and our beuches v;it}-. citie
Goldsboro, Wilson~ Raleigh~ Rocky Mount, Fcichmond,
Smith'~~Creek Eridge to the Pender
pTOper approeches over the North East
}. This highway is the main artery
~ north'of us~ such as P?allace~
Nlashtngton~ D.C.~ etc.~
.3..The completion of the ~iver Road from just belocr the Wilmington 5hipyaxd to
~ Snow's Cut; and for the widening of the old Wrightsville Turnpike from P13nter~ Park to
the intersection of the New R'rightsville Beach Road hear'Airlie Gardens.
~,~ The foregoing was presented and read by Mr. John H. Ferrell~ Secretary of the
~~, ~ Wilmington Chamber of Commerce~ and after discussion~ was upon motion of 2vlr. Trask~
~,~ seconded by htr. 0'Shields~ adopted. And the joint meeting reques~ed~ was, after contacting
! Mr. James A. Bridger~ Third District Highway Commissioner~ ~s set for 3:00 o'clock P.M.~
Tuesday~ December 'J~ 194$.
A petition of 49 property owners on Park Avenue in Winter Park~ asking that Park Avenue~ .
-1~5 now under 5tate Maintenance~ be paved from Audubon Boulevard to ~4acMillsn Avenue, was
andSreferred to theSSta~teaY.ighway and1Public~WorksaCommissioneforyits~considerAtion.approved
A petition of 14 residents of Audubon and Winter Park requesting that Pennsylvania
i~y Avenue located between sudubon and 4'tinter Park~ extending from the Old Wri~htsville
Turnpike north to the Meares Road~ be added to the County F?igY:way System for State
' N~aintenance~ was .upon motion of ifr. Hall, seconded bq bTr. 9'Shie~.ds~ approved and
refer~red to the State Highway and Public Vr'orks Commission.
A request of R. M. Kermon that the County Cor.:missioners appoint " An AgY•icultur•el and
~~ BTeeders Association Cor~mission to direct the operati.on of Pari Mutuel N'achines and
--(~~'~ Appliance5 at Horse Races in New Hanover County~" undei~ authority of Q~apter 563.of the
Public I,aws of 1933, as amended b~ Chapter 1050 at the 194~ session of the Genex~al
tissembly, and ratified by the voters at an election duly called and held on Tuesday~
Novea~ber 2, 1948~ was upon motion received for consideration in the selection of
qualified persons.
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Meeting of December 6~ 1948~.continued.
~ A request of Mr. W. G. Broadfoot for an appropriation for the New Hanover County
~e~~ Tuberculosis and Health Association to aid in its campaign for funds for the
~~ detection of tuberculosis, was approved for ~~600.00 wh3ch is the same amount allowed
Iast year
Upon motion of Mr. Gardner~ seconded by ~r. Halla ~ir. Wallace C. hlurchison was~ on~/
~~ recommendation of ~r. Cicero P. Yow~ appointed Assistant County Solie3tor to fill a
vacancy occasioned by the appoTntment~ by the Governor~~of ~r. Yow former Assistant
County Solicitor, to fill the unexpired term of Blir. James C. King~ County Solicitor,
resigned.
~~~ Upon motion of ~r. Gardner, seconded by a4r. 0'Shields~ The Rev. C.C.Myers was granted
an abatenent of poll taxes charged in error for the year 194E.
Upon motion of ~r, Gardner~ seconded by ~r. Hall~ poll taxes charged in error against
~ the heirs of Jas.M.Blackledge on 9,3 acr.•es of land adjoining R'ard~ Federal Point
~~~ township, for the year ig48, v~as abated; BZso an abatement of taxes on a valuation of
~200.00 household and kitchen fui•niture charged above exemption in error~ against
~7.E.Tompkins~ 11 Court G~ Lake Forest. -
A report of the Colored Home Demonstrator for r,ovember a~as received~ znd payment of
-~~~ ~12.3~ office supplies tivas a.pprove@. ,
A report was received from the back tax collector advising that ~p5~729.82 was
~G~ - collected for the City, and SC3>351.19 £or the County, saking a total of ~p~281.01
i- back taxes collected for thesmonth of November.
A communication aas received from the Gounty Auditor advising the amount on deposit
-~5 in each bank as of November 30, 19a8, together eaith a nemorandum of securities heZd
, b.y, us in each~ case. .
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. The annual report of the Clerk of the Superior Court of public funds in his hands
r,Ccf~ as of December 1~ 1948, was received and upon motion of I~ir. Trasr~ seconded by
~Gr. fiall~ referred to a committee of the Chaizu:an~ b;r.. HaZl Anc3 Il~r. 0'ShieZds for
checking~ a copy ordered published aad the original filed v:~ith the Register of
Deeds as the law directs.
p~ Mr. Addison F,evrlett introduced the follovring resolution which was read at length:
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fiESOLilTION AUTHUHZ'LTNG ~p25~000. Vr'ITfIDRAWl~L
FR01v; TIiE CAPITAL FESERVE F`UND OF NEYI HAN-
OVER COUNTX FOR PAYi~FNT OF ~~ATURING fsONDS
AND INTEREST
EE IT RESOLVED by the Eoard of Commissioners of the County of New Hanover~ North
~ Carolina:
Section 1. That pursuant to the County Capital Reserve Act of 19a3, v!~ithdra~eal of
~25~000 from the capital reserve fund of Nevr Hanover County is hereby authorized
f or the purpose of payment of ser3al bonds and interest on bonds falling due within
the current fiscal year, such purpose being hereby 8eclared to be a pZan of amort-
ization within the~•meaning of said Act.
Section 2. That the source of money in said capital reserve fund for the withdrawal
: herein authorized is unappropriated surplus revenues and unenctu~bered balGnces arising
from receipts fram revenues derived from sout•ces other than ad valorem t4xes specif-
ically profits from the operation of alcoholic beverage control stores~ which are not
pledged or othervrise applicable by law to the payment of existing debt and r,hich have
lawfully accrued to the current operating expense fund of New Hanover County.
Section 3. That the ~,ocal Governr~~ent Commzssion of North Cerolina is hereby requested ,
to approve the provisions of this resolution.
Section 4. That this resolution shall take effect when approved by the Local Covern-
ment Co*.nmission as provided in the County Capital Reserve Act of 1943•
DGr. H. R. Gardner made the motion that the foregoing resolution be adopted. The motion
was seconded by bir. Jas. P~. Hall and said resolution was adopted by the following roll
ca12 vote:
Ayes: Addison Hewlett~ Geo. YY. Trask~ Jas. IlF. Hall~ H. R. Gardner and Claud O~Shields
Noes: None.
Upon motion of Nr. Trask~ seconded by l~r. Ha11~ Mrs. Margaret G. Ptillard was granted
_~ f~~( and abatement of not-Iisted penalty charged against lots 19/20 in black A~ Greenfield
Terrace, inadvertently left off her list for the year 1948,
Upon motion~ duly seconded, Mr. Paul L. Black vaas granted a refund of ~34.12 taxes
~~ay~ paid in error on property in block 28~ for the,year 1943. Receipt No. 3586, dated
December 4~ 1943•
A statement was received from the State Beard of Public V~elfare advising that `
SS ~30~642.50 was sent to this county for Old Age Assistance~ Aid to Dependent Children
~- and for Admi nisti~ation for the month of No~ember.
Upon motion of I~r. Gardner, seconded by R:r. Trask~ payment of ~300. to I~ir.T.~.Sumner for
~~ right of way and easement over his land situate on the v,~est tank of the '~ape Fear Biver
at or near the highway bridge over said river and damage to his hog pasture and fence~ for
the purpose of digging arid making excavations upon said lands by the L~nited States
Government for the deepening and widening of the basir. in the Cape Fear River at said point,
and a proportionate amount per acre to Mr.T.E.Murrell~ was autrio:ized upon delivery of
properly executed~deeds to the linited States Government acceptable to ti~e County Attorney.
The meeting then a ~ urned. „:~~ .r 8~ .~. C~rk. ,
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Wilmington, N. C.~ December 13~ 1948.
The regular week2y meeting of the Board was held at Z0:00 o'clock A. M. .
Present: ~~,ddison Hen~lett Chairman~ Geo. Vr~, Trask~ Jas. M. Hall~ H. R. Gardner
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Claude 0 Shi2eds and County Attorney ~arsden Bellany,
The minutes of ineeting of December 6, 1948~ were r~ead and approved as recorded.
, Mr. G. S. Currin, Mr..A.D.Cox and 2~ir. Buck appeared to ask for improvements
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~ development i n that section, by opening up the main ditches draining the branches
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was agreed to move the dragline to that location for drainage work upon cottipletion
of digging the drainage canal up to the I~asonboro Crossing at Y~inter Park. '
~~~ ~~,~ The u.atter of painting in the court house where needed was upon motion of Mr. Gardner
seconded by 1~4r. HaZl, refe,rred•to the ~ourt House Committee. ' ~
-~~k ~ Upon motion of l~r. Gardner, seconded ~y b:r. Hall~ the fo?Iowing,were on recomr,rendation ~
- of the County Auditor~appointed tax listers for the following townships for the ye~r
19ag:
' Cape Fear To~~rnship Lirs. Geo. G~°. Vlilkins.
• Federal Point " Iwrs, J. M. Myatt. '
Harnett No.l '~ A4rs. S. W. Brinson.
Harnett No.2 ^' b4rs. Sallie E. Pierce.
luasonboro '" Irirs, Leila h:. Horne.
t~"ilmington " ~t. N. Harriss. ,
" " PJ. P. Toon~Jr.
" °6 J. H. Womble
" "` bfrs. E, LS. Dewey.
` The matter of revaluation of real estate for the quadrennlaT period beginning "
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~'~~--Tanuary 1~ 1949, was discussed and on motion of ~ir. Gardner~ seconded by A:r. Hall,
postponed to a later meeting for flzrther discussion.
_ A request of ~Isssrs. Pl. K. Rhodes~ Addison Yen~lett~Jr.~ and 501 Sternberger that •
the Board cancel the back taxes charged against the property of the American '
--~~ Legion Post Number ten in block 140, under authority of Chapter 841 0£ the Session
` laws of 1945, in consideration of its use for a public service and providing
services to veterans and u~embers of the !'+rtned Forces~ was upon motion of Nir.
0'Shields, seconded by I~,r. Gardner~ granted, PROVIDED similar action will be taken
by the City.
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over the duties of Administrator of Community Eospital November 9~ 1948.
A petition of sixty citizens living in the cicinity of Macumbers Sta.tion~ Harnett
Township~ requesting the aid o£ the County in the preparation of a small tract of
~~ land donated for the use of the cY;i_ldren of 'r.hat community as a play~round, was
upon motion of Il4r. Gardner, seconded by hx. 0'Shields~ approved snd referred to
the Chairman to provide the service when practical.
-- ~,~rttS A report o£ the Ladies Rest Room Co~rmittee for November vaas received and filed.
A request of Caison Brothers for review of the building assessment on their property
~p~ in block 56~ v~as upon motian of Il~r. Gardner~ seconded b~ ll~~r. Trask~ referred to the ,.
Committee and assessors for investigation.
A copy of the minutes of.the Board of Trustees of Community Hospital of ineeting of
~~c~~ November 9th 1948, Mas received, and on motion of b2r. 0'Shields the Board of Trustees
-~ were requested to :mail .. mimeographed copies of the niinutes of their flzture meetings
to each of the members of this Board. '
Upon motion of I~r. Trask~ seconded by Nir. 0'Shields~ authority'was given to correct~
~ ~~-~-~ an error in transferring all oP a parcel of land in block 296 from Vl.G.James to
King S. Davis, whereas only a small part of lot 4 and part of lot 5, should have
been daducted, and a separation of the assessment was ordered to enable the parties
. interested to pay the taxes.
Upon motion of N1r. Gardner, seconded by ~-r. Trask~ the American Advent Christian Aome
and Orphanage of Live Oak, Florida~ v~as granted a donation of ~25.00 for its.,.:.
1~~~'~~'~ Christmas fund~ in coasideration of the care of six children from this county in
said institutinn.
, The ~atter of trastl at the east gate entrance to the airport was brought to the
r~~,~~.,U-i,~= attention by Nr. 0'Shields, and the same, ~~•as on r~otion~ ordered move8 and the
• premises cZeaned-up and signs be erected warning against the future dump3ng of
trash. •
• ~~ir. 0'Shields reported thet his committee named from the hew Y:anover County
J C ~,y~;r.~ Tubersulosis Association is continuing its efforts to iocate a suitable site for
the tubersulosis hospital.
The meeting then adjourned.
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~ilmington, N. C.~ Dece~ber 20~ 1948.
The regular weekly meeting of the Boar~ was held Gt 10:00 o'clock A. M.
Present: Addison Hewlett Chairman~ Geo. ~. Trask~ Jas. ~. Hall~ H. R. Gardner~
Claud 0'5hields and Count.y Attorney Marsden Bellamy.
The minutes of ineeting of December 13th 1948~ were read and approved as recorded.
' Upon motion of B~r. 0'Shields~ seconded by ~r. Hall~ payment of ~3~000.00 to the
r)~~,n ~ Town of Kure Beach for erosion control work as agreed at meeting of October 25~
~'~"'~" T948~ vaas approved on statement furnished by ~ir, bi.H.Lander, Civil Engineer in
charge of the viork, showing that six jetties Idos. 1 to 6, inc.~ a total of 616
.`, . feet in length have been completed, and 490 feet of piling driven for six other
~ ~etties. ~
~ ~ir.. R. N;. Kermon appeared to urge the co~.missioners to appoint An Agricultural and
!,'~~iBreeders l~ssociation Comr~ission as soon as possible to direct the operation of
,~~`~ Pari b:utual Machines and Appliances at horse races_in 4~ew Hanover County. It was
~ agreed to handle the matter at a special,meeting.
~ A surety bond for ~ames Franklin Jordan as 6onstable~ Wilmington Township~
r~p~~ in the penalty of ~N1~000.00 with the National 5urety Company as Surety~ the said
amount having been fixed Uy ihe Eoard and approved ~s tb form and execution by the
` County Attorney, was upon motion of I~;r. Trask,,seconded bq NIr. Hall~ approved by
a unanimous vote.
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`~~ The surety bond for A.B.Rhodes with the linited States Fidelity and Guaranty Company
not properly probated vras referred to the County l~ttorney to have the same corrected.
It having been brought to the attention of the Board that Mrs. J, d1. NIyatt will not
be ab2e to serve as a tax lister for Federal Point Township on.account of conflicting
~`j~qu ~ duties as extra clerk in the office bf the Register of Deeds~ the Chairmar~~ was upon
motion of NIr.. Gardner~.seconded by Mr. 0'Shields~ authorized to appoint some one to
' take her place. .
• yf,q,~ Upon motion of i~4r. Trask, seconded by ~ir.. Gardner~ A~r. Addison Kevrlett~ Chairman of the
~ ~ CC Board~ was•appointed Tax Supervisor for IJew Hanover C~unty for the year 1949•
' ~`~ Upon motion of Mr. Trask~ seconded by &?r. 0'Shields~ authority was given to advance
'~ ~-~- December a'ecountto£ttheCChristampHolidays~ Decommended~by~the CountyeAuditora~€ of
~~~Upon motion of Y~;r. Trask~ seconded by 1vIr. 0'Shields~ authority was given to close
_~~ the county offices in observance of the Christmas Holidays~ beginning 1:00 o'clock
P.b?.~ Friday~ December 24, and endiag 8:30 k.h,., Tuesday~ December 28th. Mr. Gardner
_ voting No.
A copy of the results of the joint nieeting of the Board of County Commissioners and
n' the City Council on Tuesday~ December 7th; dealing with the subject of recommended
~-- 9U~S highway improvements, vias reported to ~1r. James A. Bridger~ Th3rd Division Highway
Commissioner and I~Ir. T. T. Be~ts~ Division Engineer~ by the Cit}~ and County Attorneys~
inasmuch as only a portion of the meeting was attended by Mr. Bridger and T~r. Betts~
~ was received and filed.
.-{ . A report of the activities of the Bureau of Identification for November was received
~- ~~`v'~U and filed .
.~ ~~~.y,;,,,., A report of the ti711mington Public Library for November was received and filed.
~ Upon motion of Mr, Gardner~ seconded by -4r. Trask~ the Board zpproved a lease to the
~ United States of America, for the whole of Building T-910~ 13' X 15'~ containing a
~~,Q ~--total of 195 square feet lbcated at the hew Y.anover County Airport ( Bluethenthal
~ Field)~ Wilmingtony N. C.; at a rental of One Hundred and Twenty ($120.00) Dollars,
per annum~ for storage purposes. And the Chairman and the Clerk of the Board were
authorized and directed to execute a rental agreement prepared by~ the Civil Aeronautics
Administration covering the same, on behalf,.of the Coiznty.
Upon motion of iuir. Hall, seconded by I~~ir. Trask~ the Board on Recommendati.on of the
~-~`~~ committee to whom it was referred~ declined to reduce the assessment on the building
of the American Hardware Company ire block 151~ requested by DZr. L.J.Poisson.
Upon motion of Nir. Eall, secondEd ~y ~.r. Gsrdner~ Il~essrs Harry S. bicGirt and D. A.
~.~R~` Herring were appointed Tax Assessors for New fianaver County for the year ~.949.
The matter of selling the gas heaters used for heating the welfare offices in the
~C,~ ~Ol~v~court house basement prior to the recent installation of the heating system' was
referred to the Court House Committee.
-_tt Mr. Ha11 brought to the attention a request of the Sheriff for an extra deputy during
~A,~,r the absence of Deputy S. V. Sneeden in Florida for a few days. I3o action was taken.
Upon motion of.N?i•. Gardner, seconded by Il4r. 0'ShieZds the Board went on record
approving the dr,afting of an Act by the County Attorney for passage at the next
~~~~~ session of the General Assembly~ that would require puilding permits for new
construction, improvements and additions to buildings in the county~ location and
' approximate cost of such building~ repairs or i.mprovements.
Mr. 0'Shields brought to the attention the matter of furnishing the Board with monthly
reports on the budget~s~a~i~~xof ea.ch department of the county to keep the Board
/C~ inforraed as to current conditions~ and upon his motion~ seconded by ~~Ir. Hall~ the ~
, County Auditor wes instructed to prepare a statement ta that effect for the first
six months as soon as possible after the close of the books for December.
Upon motion of ll;r. Gardner~ seconded by 5dr. 0'Shields~ county bill~ Nos. 940 to
`~~4~~~ 1130 were approved for payment.
The m etin~ ~then ~a~7 journed.
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Wilmington, ~. C., Lecember ?_8, 1948.
The regular a~eekly meeting of the Board v~as held at 10:00 o'clock ~. M~
Present: Addison Hevalett Chairman, Geo, Vu, Trask~ Jas. ;~I..Hall~ Claud 0'Shields
a.nd Connty Attorney tuiarsden Bellamy,
The minutes of m~eeting of December 20~ 1948~ were read and approved as recorded.
...The Chairman acting under the authority niven him by the I3oard at meeting of
_~GX Z- December ?_0, and on recommendation of the County ~SUditor~ appointed ~~Ir. F.G.
Fowler tax lister for Feder~,~ Point tov~nship to take the place of Mrs. ~.M.Myatt
who found it impossible to serve on account of conflicting a~ith her duties as
extra clerk~in the oifice of the Hegister of Deeds.
The o,uestion oP revaluation of real property for the quadrennial period beginning
January 1, 1949, vaas discussed, and the County l~ttorney ruled? that in his opinion
-'1~ ~ i`t is mandatory under the present lav~ to assess real property either bq revaluatibn
or horizontal percentage agplicai:ioa, or a combinat3on of both~ unless the present
lavr is otherwise changed by act of the 1949 legislature.
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A request of Mr. J. N. Bryant, through his attorney Rir. Aaron GoZdberg for a
_,ra~ reduction of the $8~000.00 assesswent on buildings on four acres of land, Mill Site~
, Wilmington Toamship~ account of machinery sold in 1946, was referred to the
Committee and Tax Assessors for investigation.
~ qx A copy of,a.resolution adopted by the Aldermen of the Town of Carolina Beachs
` ppr"- December 21~ 1948, endorsing I~r. T. A. Croom for membership on the Nea~ fIanover
, County Agricultural and Breeders Rssociation Con,mission, was received.
Upon motion,the Standard Oil Company ~a~ss granted an'abetement of taxes on a valuation
--~A.~ of ~5,905.00 on account of dup2ic~te charge on loaned equipment listed in Masonboro
Tov~nship which was also included in its tax returns for othei• tovrnships fmr the
. ~year 1948.
A request of iti4r. Cheshire for the use oS the Stadium for the Pirates Baseball Club
1949 season,on the ssme tasis as last ,ear,v,~as discussed. The County Auditor was
-~~~. instructed to furnish a break-do~~m of receipts and di.sbursen~:ents of th~ St~d3.um
operatiot~s for t~f~~ geriod December 1~ 2°4~ through Deceuiber 1, 1948, for the Fioards
study and_consideration of the request at the next meeting.
No, objection was indicated by the board to the application of J. E. Cana.dy to the
_~~~yx+^~United States District Engineer for a permit to dredge material from a slip on
the west side of the Inland tYaterway north of' the ~outh of Howe Creek, lvliddle Sound,
Upon motion of L~r. Trask~ seconded by ~1r. Hall~ the Sinclair ftefining Company was
`.~Q~ granted an abetement of taxes on a valuation of ~;1~000.00 on building removed frou~
Pt. ME of lot 4~ in block #304, in 1Q4~, included in its returns for 194b.
Upon motion of Mr. Trask~ seconded by 0'Shields~ the Board on reconunendatuon of
the Supt.~ of Public Vielfare~ authorized the payment of ~60.00 on account of ~'229.00
~~p~?~l+~ka~arrears due the I,O.O.F Orphanage home at Goldsboro by &Ir. Fovrler for the support
of his three children, ages 6~ 9~ and 10~ if returned here would become a county charge,
And instructions were given to take the matter up vJith the orphanage concerning
further payments b}~ Mr. Fo~aler. It appeared that Iu.r. Fowler had been ordered by the ..
Court to pay ~18.00 a week toward their support to ~he Clerk of the Suparior Court~
but payments were discontinued about November 1°48~ on account of paralysis in one
rarm. Payments were made direct to the orphanage.
Upon motion of I~r. 0'Shields, seconded by L?r. Trask~ the Board directed that a resolution'
~ be prepared requesting the State Department of Il4otor Vehicles to lover the speed
-~~, ` limit on the hSghr,ays to 35 miles per hour within one mile approach to school buildings ,
to lessen the hazard of c~ildren vrlking along the narrow paths on the side of the
highways, a.nd thet appropriate signs be installed along the areas, ~
Upon motion of l~:r. Trask, seconde.d by Mr. C'Shields, authorit:y was given to erect
----~~~, a Plag pole on the grounds in f~~on of tYie cou.rt house in lieu of the pole atop the
court house building~ and thst the old flag pole be removed.
~ Upon motion of Tulr. Hall~ seconded by AIr. Trask~ authority u~as glven to raise the infield and
~~r~k,~ baseball diamond by filiing in with topsoil at Legion Stadium and grass the area,
Recommended and requested by ~;r. J. B. Edwards.
Upon motior. of Prtr. Ha11t seconded by hir. Trask~ John ft4errick, colored, was on
~" rat~~ recor~.mendation of the Supt. ~ of Public V~elfare, adr~itted to the County Flome as
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an irunate.
Upon motion of P,1r. 0'Shields, seconded by t~r. F:all, I~lessrs 7'hor~as P.~. Keith, Winston
J Broadfoot and Thom,as ~t. Croom were appointed members of the NeH Hanover County
~ Agricultural and Breeders Association Co~:mission for a ter~ of tNto yeers~ under
-- CA~ authority of Chapter 5b3 of the Public Laws of 1933, as amended by Chapter 1080
of the Session Lav~s of 1947.
Upon motion of Bl;r. 0'Shields, seconded ty P~:r. Hall~ J. Arthur V.'illiamson foru,erly
of #40? Northern L~oulevard, Sunset. park, voho has 6een a resident of South Carolina
since May 194'J, v.~as grented an abatement of poll taxes for the yesr 1948.
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~eeting of December 28~ lg4$~ continued.
The following good and Iavrful persons vaere dracrn to serve 'as jurors in the
~uperior court for the trial of criminal cases f
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e one vreek term beginning
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~. C.L.E;arper~615 S, 16th~ St. Charles Hart, 6 PJest @ueen St.
Roy Sellers, 109 Wooster St. H.O.Peterson~ 9Z7 N. 4th, St.
W.J.Ulmer~ 115 S. 16th St. Thomas L. Sullivan~ 91'7 N. 4th.
R.H.Holland~ 510 Dock St.
G.L.Richard~, 315 S. ~th. H.P.Anderson 1603 Orange St.
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E.G.~4rhisnant, 103 S. Jefferson St. .
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Miss Claire Hughes~ 1512 Dock St,.
Mrs. Bertha F. M3ncy, Seagate~
F.W.Brown
224 Vance St Franklin S. Taylor, 2109 Barnett Ave.
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G.F,.Atkinson~ RF'D #I. James C. 0
Shields, 12 Court G~ Lake Forest.
David J. BradshAw 509 Qugen St
Cecil bieares, 708 N. 5th St.
D.W.Sullins
518 CYiurcP
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~rs. S. A. Stockard, 303 N. 15th St.
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G,N~,Bennett~ 211 Colonial Drive. Carnie VJhaley, ~11 biarket Si:.
S.K.Evans~Jr. 2 Court X
Lake Forest
Ha.rriss L. Taylor, ']12 Central Bouleva
J. E. King
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rd.Kyle V7. Rutledge, 135 Morningside Drive,
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Owea L. Pettet, Rt. 3, Box 143-H. S.L.Bennett, ~-L~ P7esbitt Court.
H.Berlin, 12y Ivey prive.
E.L.biatthews~ 181'7 Vroolcott Ave. Jas. P7. Branch~ 1
Vloo~ter St.
LeBoy B. Hatvley~ 414 Nun St,
Oscar Blake
1010 S. 2nd
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S.L.b2arbury, ~ VJertheheimer Tssg Co.
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J.E.Bobbitt, 617 Princess St. ar
on Thomas V7ooten~. 413 Brunswick St.
E.E.Hughes, 10~ Virginia Ave
W.M.Blanton, 29 Spoff'ord I~i11s. .
Mrs. Julia OJ. Sprunt
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J.G.~Iiddleton, 101 Brookwood.Ave,
O.B.Flowers, 624 N, 4th
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Clarence T. Hogers~ HFD ~2~ Box 153•
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L.A.Priest, 3 Queen St. es
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Ralph Langford~ 6 JacYson Drive
H.L.Davis~ 228 Lake Forest Parkvay.
Chas. E. English
810 Chestnut St ,
Jane M. Adkins~ 416 DI. ~th~ St.
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Renneth E. Gunning~ 205 N. 12th, St. James R. Bennett~ ].1~ S,
Jth~ St.
Edith Eugene Kirkham~ Rt.2
box 173.
J.T.Bannernan~ 305 Davie Drive,Ir;.V.
JJ.A.Russ
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H.A.Patrill, 2103 Srandon Road.
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R.H.Stanley~ 2107 d~e"rcer Ave. S.L.Boles~
J18 Chestnut St.
Jas. B. Sistrunk
222 VJilliams St
Mrs. D. &I. Greer~ Carolina Beach.
J.B.Thurman, 4 West Drive, Iake Forest. ~
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Raymond Best~ 201 - 4 Klein Hoad.
The meeting tren adjourned.
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Wilmington, N. C.~ January 3~ 1949.
, The regular weekly meeting of the Board was held at 10:00 o'clock A. M.
Present: Addison F:eH~lett Chairman, Geo, P!. ~lrask~ H. R. Gardner~ Claud 0'Shi"e2ds
and County Attorney Marsden Bellamy,
The minutes of ineeting of December 28, 1948~ vrere read add approved as recorded.
A surety bond for Adrian B. ithodes~ Hegister of Deeds in the penalty of $10~000.00
with the United States F~delity and Guaranty Compa,ny as surety. The said amount
ti~~ ~ having been fixed by the Board and approved-as to form and execution by the County
' Attorney, was upon motion of i~!r. TraskT seconded by P~ir. 0'Shields accepted by,
unaniu~ous vote. This bond v~res previous2y presented, but not having been properly
~acknovrledged by_the surety was returnec for correction.
I~iss Ann biason Home Demonst~ation Agent and A4iss Elaine Noble, P.ssistant, appeared
y~~'~y to subu,it their con.bined annual report of the county extension workers together with
t.heir annual riarra~ive report of the home demonst~ation v+ork. 1~Iiss Mason and iriiss Noble
gave a very intererting outl~.ne of the ~~rorl: anti.cipated for 1949.
. Upon motion of llir. Gardner~ secon~led by ~'~r. Trask~ the Board authorized the payment of
~13,500.00 to the J. Herbert Bate Company, Inc., for right-of-way easement over~
~ ~"~,~' throu~h and across its 2ands ori the vrest side of the Cape Fear River for use in
~ ~ connsction with tPte widening and deepening o£ the Cape F'ear Ri.ver channel by the
iinited States Goverrunent, upon accep•tance by the Govprnrrent of the easement deed
for said purpose and receipt for said payment to be prepared by the County Attorney to be
signed by the J. Herbert Bate Company, Inc., or its authorized agent. Further
consideration of not exceeding ~500.00~ if needed~ for driving sheet piling for
the protection of the boiler room of the saw mill plant~ in the event erosion
should take place that would endanger the boilez• room within ten S•ears from date
of agreemet~t Vovember 8~ 1948.
' Upon motion of Nr. Gardner~ seconded by Mr. Trask~ Shepard A. PJestbrook~ 11 Court I,
_~q~ Lake Forest~ was granted an abate~ent of poll taxes account of dd~utle charge for
the year 1948.
Upon motion of Mr. Gardner, seconded by L~r. Trask~ Y~~.C.Park a resident of Norfolk,Va.,
~~a~ since 1946, and has no personal property here, was granted an abatement of taxes on
a valuation of ~855.00 personal property and poll brought forward from a previous
Iisting and charged in erior against mot 21 Oleander as not listed for the year 1948.
A coc:munication vaas received from II~ii. T.T.fietts, Division Highway Engineer advising
that ]dr. Bridger Third Division Hi~Y~~:ay Ce;nmissioner would hold a monthly meeting
~~~5 at the State Y.igh~vay Office in Foy-etteville, Thursday~ ~anuary 6th. Upon motion of
NIr. Gardner the Chaircian znd other rner.,ber~ of the Board Lhat ~ay find it convenient
were authorized to attend tkze rraatting for the purpose of fo1_lowing-up recent requests
for road improven;ent and to discuss other issues of import2nce.
c, The question of authority of the Queen City Trailarays increasing 1ts bus fares in
,"o•~~ the ~ifitt Village area fror~ '7Z¢ to 10¢ as of Saturday, January= lst raised by a
representative of the press~ That is a ma.tter entirely v:ith the Ut.ili~ies Commission
and no protest huving been raade to tPiis Body no action is contemplated unless protest
is made by the people v~ihich vrould be given consideration.
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