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Minutes of the Board of Commissioners
Monday, February 6, 1950
The Board of Commissioners for the County of Orange met in regular session
on February 6, 1950, at 10 o'clock A. M., at the Courthouse in Hillsboro, the
usual place of meeting. Present: Collier Cobb, Jr., Chairman, Ben F. Wilson
and H. G. Laws, Commissioners.
The minutes of the January meeting were read and approved. ^I
Mr. Elijah Ward presented a petition asking that a new road be built from -"-"
Cheeks Crossing Road to High Rock Road, a distance of two miles.
Mr. R. C. Minnis, Jr., presented a road petition asking that the State HSg'.
& Public Works Commission take over and maintain a road running East from
Boundary Street in the Town of Hillsboro to Ruffin Street and known as
n Street Extension; also a street running South from Orange Street to Queen
at Extension and known as Mitchell Street.
A road petition was presented asking for a road in Bingham Township, run -
from Antioch Church Road to Jones Ferry Road, a distance of 2.15 miles.
Mr. S. C. Hughes presented a petition for a road running from Widow Brown'
go, on Cedar Grave - Eland Road to Babe Torian's Homeplace, on Cedar Grove -
ony Road, a distance of three miles.
No action was taken on any of the above requests.
Mrs. Jean M. Hear, Superintendent of Public Welfare appeared and requested
following changes in Aid to Blind Grants:
Annie Vincent of West Hillsboro ,$$15.00 per month.
Fredward and Edward Woods increased from $12.00 to $15.00 per month.
Bart Alexander Wilson decreased from $27.00 to $25.00 per month. -
Now therefore, upon motion of Commissioner Laws, duly seconded by Commis. -
er Wilson, the foregoing Aid to Blind Grants were approved as requested.
A delegation from Cedar Grove Township, with Mr. L. J. Phipps as spokesman,
appeared in connection with the proposed hardsurfacing of a road leading from
the Person County line near Laws' Store to Highway No. 86, near G. M. Long's
Store. JI
It was made to appear to the Board that the crossing at the intersection �.
of Highways U. S. 70 and State 86 ,just North from the Town of Hillsboro was
very dangerous due to the heavy traffic and the location of the crossing and
that the present warning signs of the said crossing were not sufficient. After
full discussion, upon motion duly made and seconded, the following resolution
was unanimously adopted:
RESOLVED, That the Board of Commissioners of Orange County
do hereby respectfully request and petition the North Carolina
State Highway & Public Works Commission to erect and maintain
adequate safety markers at and near the intersection of Highways
U. 9. 70 and State 86.
It visa then brought to the attention of the Board that a school building
for colored children would be constructed in the near future near the Merritt
Mill Road Southwest from the Town of Chanel Hill and that the said Merritt Mill
Road in its present condition would not be adequate. After discussion, upon
motion duly made and seconded, the following resolution was adopted:
RESOLVED, that the Board of Commissioners of Orange County
does hereby respectfully request and petition the North Carolina
State Highway & Public Works Commission to widen, straighten and
stabalize the Merritt Mill Road from Franklin Street in the Town
of Chapel Hill to the hard- surfaced road now under construction
leading from the Town of Carrboro to Highway No. 15 and 501.
The following names were drawn to
serve
as Jurors at the March Term of
Superior
Court:
1.
Mrs. Alice McKnight (CH)
19.
C. Ed Wilson (LR)
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2.
Kenneth M. Brinkhouse (CH)
20.
Alfred G. Moore (Cks)
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Jesse Howard (B)
21.
Joseph A. Farrington (CH)
4.
James A. Martin (B)
22.
H. Broadwell (H)
5.
Coy P. Rice (Cks)
2 }.
Samuel C. Paulsen (CH)
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6.
James Lewis Bradsher (CG)
2 .
F. S. Cates (H)
Loy Tilley MR)
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7.
L. S. Wainwright (CH)
25.
G.
8.
Henry Kirkland (CH)
26.
L. G. Tilley, Jr. (LR)
9.
Charlie Ragan (CH)
27.
V7. F. Walker (Cks)
10.
Jack Lloyd (CH)
28.
J. L. Brooks (CG)
11.
W. A. Crabtree (Eno)
29.
J. T. Mann (CH)
12.
Mrs. Hope S. Chamberlain (CH)
30.
Paul Minor (CH)
13.
R. F. Payne (Cks)
31.
0. M. Powers, Jr. (CH)
14.
Vernon S. Sparrow (CH)
32.
C. C. Culbreth (H)
15.
H. C. Haithcock (Eno)
3 •
William Wells (CH)
16.
William Adams (CH)
34.
H. W. Dark (CH)
17.
Mrs. Emma Davis Shepard (CH)
35.
W. P. Andrews (Eno)
18.
John Wallace Bacon (Eno)
36.
Mary Clark Markham (CH)
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