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Minutes of the Board of County Commissioners
May 7, 1956
The Orange Board of County Commissioners met on Monday. May 7, 1956, et ten
c loeic in the Commissipne is room.
Members present: Chairman R. J. '!. Hobbs, Commissioners Edvrin S. Lanier, Sim
Efland, Dwight ?d. Rey and Henry S. Vlalker.
Members absent: None.
The minutes o` the last ma eting were read by the Cie rk and enpr ~~ad by the
The foil ovring pars ons presented road ne titi one:
1. R. C. Daniels 33 E. W. Hall
2. L. W, Clayton 4. Clyde 4Tn it tad
~~. idr. George Jones requested imnroveme nts to a street located insids of the city
.limits of Hillsboro and knovrn as Boundary Street. Commissioner Lanier sugge sled that
~e letter be requested from the State Highway Commission showing that said street had '
~;boen refused because of its location end that said letter be turned over to Dir. Jones
;so that he might present same to the town Hoard.
Dir. '!:, A. Tri op of Chapel Hi 11 roe ue sted that the tez veluet ion be lowered on his
':property. The 3oard agreed to inspect said prooerty. '
idr, Ed Barnes, P.ss t. Farm Agent, gave en interesting report on Orange County's !ice
„pe rt is anti on in the Durham Fat Stock Show. !
Mrs. Bonnie Davis, Negro Home Demonstration a.gen t, M. C. Burt, Negro Farm Agent,
'and ?drs. E11s Trice, Council President, requested that the first storeroom located in {
'the basement of the ^ew courthouse be given the Negro Home Demonstration De p¢rtment for ',
ithe purpose of building e kitchen. This committee was asked to contact Mr, Archi= Davis,,'i-
7~.arch?tact for said courthouse, and get his opinion as to whether said storeroom could ':i
'.be converted into a suitable kitchen. The committee '.vas asked to investigate the cost ,
'of the entire program and bring all the date to the Hoard when it had been collected.
Mr. Hume Cleytor end Cashe Hoggs, County Dog 4'erdan, gave the re ~Ort on this ;
.program for the months for M1i¢rch and April, 1956. ''.
'~ Paul Ranson, County P.ttorney, ra ported to the Hoard that according tp the
~'.etatutes nothing could be done at the present time to prohibit the race track, which -
has been ono ned on the Orange Grove Roed, from operating in this county, fitr. Ranson
suggested that in the next legislature an act be introduced prohob iting race tracks
~,in Ore nge County or limiting the number of races vrhich could be held ~.vi thin the county. ~i
Upon motion of Commissioner Efland, seconded by Commissioner Lanier, end
~lunanimously pas sad, St was ordered that Emory Denng, Jr., proceed v+i th the plans he
'shed outlined in his letter to the Board concerning the tax suits which ere to be
fins ti toted. The Hoard authorized Dir. Lynch, Clark of Court, to appoint Mr. Danny
as Commissioner in all the tax sales.
Upon motion of Commissioner Efland, seconded by Commissioner Ra l end unanimously
~Dfl 998d, hir. GattSs was authorizer: to Issue a check in the amount of .~+Lt6.80 to Mr,
.Lawrence 'n. Dean es overpayment on taxes due to an error in the tax listing. Ltr.
Gattis was ask to contact tdr. Peacock about the refund of the taz money in connection
vri th the tax collected from the Cha Del Hill Special School tax. :.
The County P.cc ountent was given authority to cash the following bonds: '.
520,00 of Series F IInlted States Savings 9onds said bond ovrned by
the School Building Fund.
X5,000.00 23,`6 United States Treasury bond due 6/1 /62-b7 ead
$18,000.00 2~ United States Treasury bond due 9/!5/56-59 said
bonds ovrned by the School Capital Outlay Fund. '
510,000.00 Se rigs G IInlted States Savings Bond due 9/1/55 oc+ned
~!i by the School Capital Outlay Pund and the 1927 Surplus Fund.
The Board discussed the problom arising from the parking area located beside
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'lths new courthouse. Said parking area is being used by persons other then county
Pemnl oyees and causing poi to a bit of congestion.
~ Dr. Charles E, Maddry and the Rev. W. I. Conway appeared on behalf of the churches
iin Hillsboro repues ting that the Hoard take immediate action on the problem o° the
~,j elooy race track located on the Orange Grove Road. The Board informed the men that ¢t
the present time there eras no legal way that thoy as a Board of County Commissioners
~,c paid stop the opening or operating of said race track.
', IIpon motion of Commissioner Lanier, seconded by Commissioner Efland and unanimously
~bassed, it was ordered that a survey be made of the south line of the courthouse
property in order to establish the said south line.
' The County ^.ce Dante nt was repues tad to contact the ovmers oP Rey-O'24sa1 Motors '
'and ask said ovmers pat to perk the it automobiles on the prooerty located immediately
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ucuinu r.na court ~OUSe. '1'he Acc ount¢nt vies also requested to get an estimate of the
cost invol vefi in Toncing and graveling this area.
The yls lfere Den¢rtme nt report was ore sented by Commissioner Vlalker. IIpon
motion of Commissioner Lanier, secondad•by Commi ss loner Rey, and unanimously passed
it vies decided that the def iclt in the Adult Hoa rding Home program be carried
over unt21 the Tune meeting.
Three aid to blind grants ne re presented by tdrs. Parker and accented by the
Hord.
The Accountant :vas requested to make a schedule for budget meat ings for the
various departments during the month of June, 1956.
Uoon motion of Commissioner Lanier, seconded bg Commissioner Rey, end unanimously
approved, Paul Ranson, County Attorney, nes instructed to or oceed immediately arith the
filing of a lien against the orooe rty of Peggy McNair of Chanel HS11.
The Tollorving names were drawn as ,jurors for the July term of Civil Court.
1. Henry P. Le ighton, C.H.
2. Edn¢ H. tlpchurch, Rt, 3, C.H.
~: Steven A. Emery, C,H.
Frank Torai n, Hb.
5• Sam Dodson, C.H.
6, Harbert E. Haitharvey, C,H.
7. Hovra rd Ha11, L.R.
8. Girs, Richard A. C¢llo~aay, C.H
q. t'!m. A. Torai n, hb.
10. Clarence J. Jones, Hb.
11. N. L, Edwards, C.H.
12. Geo, C. Single t¢ry, Jr., C.H.
13. Flossie Hogan, C.H.
14. Carrie At:reter, 0.H.
15. Catherine Henley, 0.H.
16, friary Allison PrtcAdoo, Cks.
17. Conie Rapley Bredshevr, Cks.
18. Pa trlc is R, Dtyren
35 Oaknood Dr„ C.N.
19• Darts GicCauley
23 Hoge rs on Dr., C.H.
2_0. idargaret hi. 1Aulrhaed
7 Douglass Rd ., C.H.
21. N. hi. Fe rrar, Cks,
?2. Mildred T, hforgan, Rt. 3, C,H,
?} ri. I. ISirkle nd, C.H.
?Ir. James Davis, H'o.
'-$. Eleanor ri. Ravre, C.N..
?6. C1¢rn G. Davis, Rt. 2, Hb.
'.7. tdrs. Albert idcCauley, C.H.
?8. 4'1111 Tinnen, Hb.
'.9. Roy E. Peters, C.H.
10. Olser Patterson, C.H.
11. Lirs. Yliiey Perry, C.H.
12. Jas. 1'r. Cheshl re, Hb.
13. Je ter E111nrton, Jr., C.H.
4. Lorrena C. Pende rgress, C. H.
37. Donald 1A. Pe nninger, C.H.
36. F, S. Tapo, C.H.
37• Mrs. Rosa A. Prevost, C.H.
3B. Phillip Soarr ovr, C.H.
39• Mack G. Preslar, O.H.
40, Kenneth E. Putnam, C.H.
41. Sidney V. Rag, C.H.
4~29. T. G. Ray, C.H.
Wi. Paul Plummer, C.H.
44 Paul B. Sparrow, C.H.
45. Edna C. Grant, C.H.
l,6. Garle nd Hackney, C.H.
47• Lillian idayfisld Wright
Laurel HSSl Rd., C.H.
48. Isabella Summa rs Davis
Greenwood Rd., C.H.
49. Csci1 C. Cranford, H.
50. Thelma Boyd
Country Club Rd., C.H.
51. Ruth H. !dax:ve ll
81 Hamilton Rd., C.H.
i2. eettg 1'teever, C.H.
53: Henry L. Foley, C.H.
h S. G. Barbour, Eno
5~. Jattn 1.9. Foushee, C.H.
50, tY. D. Gallovray, C.H.
57. Plm. Morton Day, C.H.
58. Paul Roberts, Hb.
59• C. Hugh Holman, C.H.
60. Grady Harry, L.R.
61. A. H. A. Vlilliams, C.H.
62. Mary Ann O'Hrlent
B8 Idaxnell Rd., C.A.
63. pf. A. Butler, C.H.
65. Addison D. Campbell, C.H.
There being no further business the meeting ad,j ourned to meet again on Wed.,
ay 16, 1956, at 1:30 o'clock e.m. at the City Ha11 in Chanel Hill.
R. J. ?.q. Hobbs
Ch¢i rman
etty June Hayes
Lark