HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 19640914Minutes of the Board of County Commissioners
September 14, 1964
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The Orange County Board of Commissioners Yet in adjourned session on Monday, September
l4, 1964, at 8:00 o'clock p.m. in the Commissioners Room at the Courthouse in Hillsboro, N. C.
The purpose of this meeting was to interview Paul Siebel of Chapel Hill, N. C. for the position of
Community Services Consultant for Orange County.
Members present: Chairman Donald M. Stanford, Commissioners Harvey D. Bennett, Gordon B.
Cleveland, Carl M. Smith and Henry S. Walker.
Members absent: None.
Mr. Siebel briefed the Board as to his background. He stated that he was retired from the
U. S. Army after twenty years service. At the present time he is studying at the University of
North Carolina. Mr. Siebel has been a resident of Orange County for two years, is married with
two daughters and is a member of the Lutheran Church. He felt that his varied army experiences
would be of tremendous importance in helping him in the administrative position for which he was
applying.
The Board discussed the proposed programs which could be instituted under the Employment
Opportunities Act and other phases of the position for which he was applying.
In order to get the proposed program of the Employment Opportunities Act instituted, the
Board began to consider names for appointment to the County Advisory Committee. The following list
of names was made:
Carolyn Oldham Mrs. Robert Earl Hughes Howard Brown
Jean Rogers Belton Edwards Terry Fuqua
James Peach Mrs. Manley Snipes P. W. Scott
Robert Midgette Mrs. Bernard Whitfield Howard Compton
Graham Creel Fleta Evans Poole Charlie Davis
Clarke Porter,III Walter Wrenn J. M. Murfree
Gordon Liner Mrs. Dorothy Kiester Richard Roberts
Bunn Pope Hum Claytor Mrs. Robert Kirk
William Parker Jean MacMahon Mrs. Carolyn Cheek
Ira Peede Edward Smith Marion E. Allison
Harvey Ray Bill Thompson
Upon motion of Commissioner Bennett, seconded by Commissioner Walker, the following persons
were appointed to the County Advisory Committee:
Mrs. Jean Rogers Harvey Ray C. W. Davis
Mrs. Floy T. Oldham, Jr. Belton H. Edwards Mrs. Robert Kirk
James H. Peace Mrs. Dorothy Kiester Marion E. Allison
Graham Creel R. Hume Claytor, Jr. Walter G. Wren
Rev. Clarke Porter, III W. E. Thompson Mrs. Flats Evans Poole
Richard Roberts
The Clerk was instructed to notit)r each member of his appointment.
Chairman Stanford brought to the attention of the Board a request presented by A. H.
Graham, Sr. concerning the brick from the Walker building. Mr. Graham would like for the County
to have the building taken down and save the old brick for the errection of a wall around the old
courthouse.
Discussion ensued concerning said request. It was pointed out that at the September 8th
meeting of the Board the County Administrator had been authorized to notify Mr. Freeland that his
offer to tear down the building in exchange for the bricks had been accepted. The Board agreed to
take no action on Mr. Graham's request until further information could be secured.
Upon motion of Commissioner Bennett, seconded by Commissioner Walker, and unanimously
adopted, the Clerk to the Board was requested to write Louis 0. Christian, Division of Community
Services, N. C. Board of Public Welfare, Raleigh, N. C. and request that Paul Siebel be assigned
to Orange County as Community Services Consultant.
There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned.
Donald Stanford, Chairman
Betty June Hayes
Clark