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Minutes of the Board of Ccmmissioners
August 6, 1962
The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Monday,
August 6, 1962, at 10 o'clock a.m. in the Commissioners' room at the courthouse
in Hillsboro, N. C.
Members present: Chairman Donald Stanford, Commissioners Harvey Bennett,
Clarence Jones and Donald McDade.
Members absent: Commissioner Henry Walker.
The minutes of the previous meetings were read by the Clerk and approved by
the Board.
The following department officials presented reports for the month of July
1962:
Casbe Boggs, Dog Warden
E. M. Lynch, Clerk of Court
Jim Wight, Welfare.Superintendent
C. D. Knight, Sheriff and
Welter Wrenn, Veterans Officer
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Commissioner McDade reported that be accompanied Bill Windham of Efland to
Raleigh and that their meeting with Governor Sanford concerning Mr. Windham right
of way problem was encouraging.
Upon motion of Commissioner Bennett, seconded by Commissioner Jones, and
unanimously adopted, Willis Knight of Dogwood Acres was appointed to a three (3)
year term on the Chapel Hill Board of Adjustments. Mr. Knight's appointment is to
effectively immediately. The Clerk was instructed to notify J. T. Dobbins, Chairman
of said Board of Adjustment of this appointment.
Chairman Stanford read a letter from Barry Winston, Attorney, from Chapel
Hill, N. C. Mr. Winston requested that he be considered for the position of
Solicitor of the Orange County Recorder's Court when the time of appointment
of this position arrives'in December of this year.
Chairman Stanford read the letter of resignation received from Walter Wrenn,
Director of Orange County's Civil Defense Program. Mr. Wrenn's resignation is to
become effectively immediately.
Upon motion of Commissioner Bennett, seconded by Commissioner Jones, and
unanimously adopted, action to appoint a new Civil Defense Director was tabled.
Chairman Stanford read a letter from Charles B. Turner,. Administrative
Assistant of the Planning Board of Chapel Hill and Its Environs. This letter
advised the Board of Commissioners that the term of Walter Spearman is currently
expiring and requested that this facancy be filled. No action was taken on this
request.
Chairman Stanford read a letter from Mrs. B. B. Forrest, Chairman of the
Orange County Planning Board. This letter reviewed the activities of said Planning
Board during the past year.
The Tax Supervisor reported on the investigations that be and the County
Attorney had been making on all the companies who bad submitted bids for the
re-appraisal and mapping to be done in Orange County. It was their recommendation
that the bids submitted by American Air Survey and Associate Surveys be accepted.
A discussion ensured concerning these bids.
Upon motion of Commissioner McDade, seconded by Commissioner Bennett, and
unanimously adopted, the bid of $21,200.00 of American Air Surveys for the mapping
of county property was accepted.
Upon motion of Commissioner McDade, seconded by Commissioner Bennett, and
unanimously adopted, the bid of $52,$00.00 of Associate Surveys for the re-appraisal
of county property was accepted.
Jim Wight, Welfare Superintendent, brought to the attention of the Board that
the vacancy created by the resignation of Harold Webb bad been filled by Sherman
Shelton. The unexpired term will run until July of 1961.
. The County Attorney brought to the attention of the Board the problems which
now exist in the disposal of property encumbered by assistance liens. He requested
that a committee be appointed to investigate these cases and that this committee be
given the authority to make the decisions necessary to settle these matters in a
manner that would be of the beat interest of the county.
Upon motion of Commissioner Bennett, seconded by Commissioner Jones, the
following resolution was unanimously adopted:
Be it resolved that the County Accountant, the Director of Public Welfare and
the County Attorney be and the same are hereby appointed and constituted a committee
to investigate in appropriate cases and principally in cases where assistance liens
in favor of the County are in effect against property of deceased assistance recipie.
means of collecting or settling such liens and said committee is delegated the power
and authority to appraise the property and compromise, settle any such lien as in
its opinion will be benefitial to the County and restore any of said property to a
taxable status, including but not limited to action to probate the estate of any
such decedent, foreclosure, accepting title, and sale of property by agent, auction
or private sale and from the proceeds of any such actions to pay any reasonable and
necessary expense or charges. The Director of Public Welfare will report to the
Commissioners from time to time any receipts of funds collected by the County from
the activity of said committee.
The following names were.drown to serve as jurors for the September and
October terms of Superior Court.
September Civil Term
1. Charles K. Massey, Jr. (CH)
I 30. Jack H. Welch (CHO
2. Frederick 0. Palmdabl (CH 31 Albert B. Whitefield (CH)
3. Gladys Thompson (CH) 32. J. I. Dickey (Hb)
4. Annie Fuller (Efland) 33. Ernest Medlin (W. Hb.)
5. M. R. McGirt (CH) 34. Clifton Parker (Rgmt.)
6. Tom Lewis (Hb) 35• Ada Clayton (Rt. 1 Durham)
7. Wm. M. Lynch (Mebane) 36. Lois Kiger (HM)
8. Wm. F. Porterfield (HM) 37. M. Glenn Neville (CH)
9. Will L. Smith (Hb) 38. Brio A. Neville (Carrboro)
10. Walser Whitehart (Efland) 39. William R. Mann (CH)
11. John H. Terrell (Mebane) 40. William Watson (Efland)
12. James H. Horton (CH) 41. Hulin Terrell (Hb)
13• Luna Davis (Hb) 42. William Webb (CH)
14. George W. Tear (Hb) 43. Ralph Bar (HM)
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15. W. R. Pearson (Hb) 44 • Ben Suitt
TCH)
16. 'Joseph A. Wiggns, Jr. (CH) 45. Florins M. Viverette (CH)
17. Millard R. Ivey (CH) 46. Glen Caruthers (Hb)
18. W. F. Dodson (Hb) 47. Lois B. Westbrooks (Efland)
19. W. H. Pittard (CG) 46. Lindo Morrow (Carrboro)
20. Robert L. Bradsber (Hb) 49. Jerriles Breeze (Hb)
21. Mrs. Charlie Parker (HM) 50. Claude Bradaber (CG)
22. Mrs. Jessie Hogan (CH) 51. Roland Scott (Hb)
23. Kenneth Riley (W. Hb) 52. Bessie J. Cates (HM)
24. Mrs. J. R. Whitfield (CH) 53. John W. MoDonald (CH)
25. Hildred Ivey (M 54. B. Earle Bradsher (Hb)
26. Myrtle Ivey (CH) 55• J. E. Douglas (Rt. 1 Durham)
27. Oliver Roberts (Bb) 56. Luther Thompson (CH)
28. C. A. Laws (Hb) 57. Miss Ada Tilley CH
29. Lillian Ligon (Hb)
October Civil Term
1. Wm. D. Strickland (CH) 29. Nellie Lloyd Ferrell (Cb)
2:' Nellie Ellisor (Cb.) 30. J. F. McFadden (Hb)
3. Preston H. Epps (CH) 31. Jacqueline F. Talley (CO)
4. Wm.: E. Sparrow (CH) 32• Douglas M. Young (CH)
5. Virginia Lambe (CH) 33• Wm. Hugbes,(Hb)
6. James S. Harper (Durham) 34. Robert L. Timmons (CH)
7. Onslow R. Gentry 35. Jewwie W. Creech (Hb)
8. Charles Raines (Mebane) 36. James S. Jobnson (Hb)
9. J. L. Evans (Hb) 37. John Booker Parker (HM)
10. I. S. Newton (CH) 38. Roy Allen (Efland)
11. Thomas M. Scott (Efland) 39. Wilbert T. Wilson (Mebane)
12. Samuel B. Knight (CH) 40. F. F. Miller (Hb)
13. Mrs. C. E. Franklin (Hb) 41. Les Massey (CH)
14. Thomas L. Odom (CH) 42. Bobby R. Moore (Rgmt.)
15. Walter L. Jacobs (CG) 43. Mary F. Allen (Mebane)
16. George R. McKee (Rgmt) 44. Rufus F. Ferrell, Jr. (Hb)
17. Jerry S. White (CH) 45. Reid Neville, Sr. (Cb.)
18. Marvin W. Sykes (Efland) 46. W. E. Husker (CH)
19. Wm. L. Cheek (CH) 4T.
. F. L. Sturdivant (CH)
20. Charlie Thomson (Hb) U Thomas Turner. (CH)
21. John T. Parker (HM) 49. Thomas York Tear (CH)
22. Boyd Harvey Cannon (CH) 50. Willis Holman (Timberlake)
23. Lloyd W. Gardner (CH) 51. W. E. Mason, Jr. (CH)
24. Ronald G. Garmon (CH) 52. Henry Johnson (Hb)
25. Mariah Wilson (Mebane) 5,3
. J. C. Monk (HM)
26. John Young (CH) U George M. Miller (R t.)
27. J. M. Smith (HM) 55. Arthur Earl Creech (Hb)
28. Bratchsr W. Evans (Hb)
There being no further business to come before the Board this meeting was
adjourned.
Donald Stanford
Betty June Hayea Chairman
Clerk