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Home My WebLink About05041953227 MAY 4th, 1953 The Board of County Commissioners met in regular session on Monday, May 4th. at 10 o'clock A. M. with L. A. Tart, Chairman, B. P. Ingram, worth Lee Byrd, D. E. Lasater, Jr. and R. L. Mangum being present. Also present were the County Attorney, the Auditor and the Clerk to Board. The report of Robert B. Morgan, Clerk superior Court was approved and ordered filed. The report of D. P. nay, Tax Collector, was approved and ordered filed. The report of Inez Harrington, negister of Deeds, was approved and ordered filed. The report of L. B. McLean, Veteran Service Officer, was approved and ordered filed. The repert of B. H. Sellers, Electrical Inspector, was approved and placed on file. I'he report of L. K. Boston, Negro Farm Agent, was approved and ordered filed. The report of Ida P. Hinnant, Negro Farm Agent, was approved and ordered filed. The following road petition was approved and placed on file: To black surface or black top that certain road in Black River Township, which runs from N. C. Highway 210 N. C. # 55 beginning at D. W. Denning's farm and runs to Dorsey Adams farm and is known as the Deal Road, a distance of 9/10 miles. (placed on file) Upon motion of Commissioner Byrd, seconded by Commissioner Lasater, Jr. the Board ordered that the county's interest in a five acre tract of land in Averasboro Township, the same being the tract acquired by the county under tax foreclosure judgment No. A -1564 and is deed recorded in Book 247, page 349, be sold to George J. Jernigan for $200.00, subject to the condifflat he list and pay 1953 taxes on the same. find the Chairman was authorized o/ eed for same, attested by the Clerk, upon receipt of purchase price. The Board granted freepedlers license to Jesmond C. Duncan of Wake County, Cary, N. C., on account of his being a disabled world war Veteran. The Board of Education appeared before the Board of Commissioners and pre- sented a petition signed by the citizens of Lillington Public School District, requesting the Board to call an election to be held in Lillington School District for the purpose of ascertaining whether there shall be levied a local annual tax in the amount of 15¢ per $100.00 tax valuation in said District. NORTH CAROLINA HARNETT COUNTY RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the current term of Honorable Howard G. Godwin, Special Superior Court Judge, will expire at an early date; And, WHEREAS, The Members of the Harnett County Board of Commissioners are unanimously of the opinion that the Honorable Howard G. Godwin has since his appointment as a Superior Court Judge discharged the duties of the high trust committed to him in a judicious, conscientious and impartial manner in keeping with the highest tradi- tions of the North Carolina Judiciary and in such a way as to reflect high credit upon the State and the Judiciary; And, WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of Harnett County feels that the Honorable Howard G. Godwin will continue to exercise the powers and duties of his high office in a manner that will bring further credit to the Judiciary of our State and promote the proper administrator of justice, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF HARNETT COUNTY, THAT HIS EXCELLENCY, WILLIAM B. UMSTEAD, GOVERNOR GF NORTH CAROLINA, be and he is hereby respectfully and sincerely requested to reappoint Honorable Howard G. Godwin as a Special Judge of the Superior Court of North Carolina. so ordered B. P. Ingram Worth L. Byrd R. L. Mangum D. E. Lasater, Jr. L. A. Tart 228 THE FOLLOWING JURORS WERE DRAWN FOR THE BEGINNING JUNE 8th. 1953. J LWilliams Wilson Hart Gibson Jackson Wade H. Adams W R Senter W J Alford Sr. T C Kendall D E Woodley J 9 Clark David L Matthews James M Hawley Floyd 0 West Robert Parker- William F. Avery M M Bowling N F Lewis, Jr. Oscar Walker Quincy Byrd Edgar Wilkins Howell Stewart George Moore Clio Beasley Alvis H. Black W R Moss, Jr. William Creech J M McCormick William Gattis James Kenneth Earl Williams W E Bethune Jarvis L. Overby Donald Miller .W111 Stephen. Ernest Lee Barry T. Griffith William C. Coleman Bert Alabaster Jesse Alphin G C Barefoot J. Sherwood -johnson Eural Womack Vernon Hobson L J Harper Jr. Lacy Thomas Erastas Holland Ralph Partin Jack Howles Garland Lee M A Temple Harry C. Dupree James T Murdock W E Temple H J Holmes James L. Pope Lasater Hawley C F Cox W A Beasley . C M Buchanan Dordis Thomas J S Williams E T Brown CIVIL TERM Coats # 1 Lillington # 2 Dunn # 2 Angier Fuquay # 2 Lillington Kipling Bunnlevel Cameron # 2 Dunn Dunn # 3 Dunn # 4 Dunn # 3 4-srwin # 1 Dunn Lthllington Lillington # 1 Bunnlevel Dunn Buie's Creek Dunn-# 2 Dunn # 2 Lillington # 2 Bunnlevel # 1 Dunn Jonesboro # 6 Angier # 2 Angier , Bunnlevel Dunn Dunn # 3 Lillington # 2 Dunn Dunn Bunnlevel Dunn Dunn # 4 Dunn # 2 Lillington # 1 Broadway # 1 Dunn # 3 Angier # 1 Jonesboro # 6 Dunn Angier # •1 Dunn Dunn # 2 Bunnlevel # 1 Angier Coats Bunnlevel # 1 Erwin Dunn # 4 Dunn # 3 Jonesboro # 7 Linden # Broadwat-# 1 Jonesboro # 6 Dunn # 3 Lillington # 2 OF SUPERIOR COURT Grove Lillington Averaaboro Black River Buckhorn _ Lillington Hector's Creek Stewart's Creek Johnsonville Averasboro Grove Averasboro Grove Grove Averasboro Lillington Lillington Stewart's Creek Averasboro Neill's Creek Averasboro Averasboro Upper Little R. Anderson Creek Averasboro Barbecue Black River Black River Stewart's Creek Averasboro Averasboro Upper Little R. Averasboro Averasboro Stewart's Creek Averasboro Averasboro Averasboro Neill's Creek Upper-Little R. Averasboro Black River Barbecue Averaaboro Grove Averasboro lAverasboro FiStewart's Creek Black River Grove Stewart's Creek Averasboro Averasboro Grove Barbecue Anderson Creek Upper Little R. Barbecue Averasboro Upper Little R. THE FOLLOWING JURORS WERE DRAWN FOR THE CIVIL TERM OF SUPERIOR COURT BEGINNING JUNE 15th. 1953. L W Turner, Jr. James Hartley Norman T. McDonald D M McLamb D J McDonald J B Collins Sherwood Woodall A F Watkin Leon Stone J W Byrd Jr. Claude.Page L M Jernigan C W McNeill Paul W Tart Milton R. smith John B. Smith Raymond Holder Norman E Smith A H Bolton Chatles Dudley James henry Blanchard Wesley Lee T T Lanier Hal Tutor O P Page G S Lawrence J C Cummings Mrs. Frank Paschal K F Howard Rufus Shaw Edward Black Howard Strickland William V. Hutall John J. Tew W E Breeden H G Aiken B M Smith Clarence Lee Tart, Jr. Snow Hill Blalock C C Jernigan A Carl Cameron Royce Butler Raymond G. Sessoms M S Partin Guy T. Hardee L G Baldwin S H Cannaday C T Betts W A Tart J L Johnson Curtis Patterson Willia, R. Moore John Mac Autry A A Jones W L Coleman Golden Barefoot Hassle Stephenson W A Coats, Jr. Thomas G. Wilson Davis Black Erwin Dunn Buie's Creek Dunn Lillington # 2 Lillington # 3 Angier # 1 Dunn Lillington # 2 Lillington # 3 Flamers Dunn # 5 Broadway # 1 Erwin Angier Dunn Lillington # 3 Buie's Creek Buie's Creek Erwin # 1 Lillington # 2 Dunn # 3 Buffets Creek Fuquay # 1 Broadwat # 1 Angier # 2 Lillington # 3 Lillington Dunn Cameron # 2 Broadway # 1 Dunn # 4 Dunn Dunn Dunn # 3 Lillington Dunn # 1 Dunn Fuquay # Dunn Olivia Lillington # 3 Erwin Angier Dunn Dunn Lillington # 1 Fuquay # 1 Dunn Fuquay # 2 Broadway # 1 Lillington # 3 Broadway # 1 Lillington Bunnlevel # 1 Angier Coats Angier Dunn # 4 Lillington Grove Averasboro Neill's Creek Averasboro Upper Little R. Upper Little R. Black River Averasboro Lillington Upper Little R. Upper Little R. Averasboro Upper Little R. Luke black River Averasboro Upper Little R. Neill's Creek Neill's Creek Stewart's Creek Stewart's Creek Averasboro Neill's Creek Buckhorn Barbecue Black Hiver Upper Little R. Lillington Averasboro Johnsonville Upper Little R. Averasboro Averasboro Averasboro • Averasboro Lillington Averasboro Averasboro Black River Averasboro Barbecue Barbecue Duke Black Hiver Averasboro Averasboro Neill's Creek Buckhorn Averasboro Neill's Creek Upper Little R. Upper Little R. Upper Little R. Lillington Stewart's Creek Black River Grove Black River Averasboro Lillington The Board recessed to reconvene on Wednesday, May 27th. at 7:30 P. M. Clerk to Board