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<br />Minutes of the Board of County Commissioners
<br />November 1, 1965
<br />T139 Grange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Monday,
<br />November 1, 1965, at ten o'clock a.m, in the Commissioners' Room at the courthouse
<br />in Hillsborough, N. C.
<br />Members Present: Chairman Harvey D. Bennett, Commissioners William C. Ray,
<br />Carl M. Smith and Henry S. Walker.
<br />Members absent: Commissioner Gordon B. Cleveland.
<br />The minutes of the October 4, 1965, meeting were reed by the Clerk and
<br />approved by the Board. ??
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<br />graveled, widened and that the trunks be cleaned. Mr. Johnson stated that this
<br />road accommadated fifteen families, was a school bus route and mail route. The
<br />Clerk was instructed to advise C. I. Walters, Maintence Supervisor, State Highway
<br />Commission at Hillsborough, N. C. of the condition of these secondary roads, and
<br />to request that he investigate the situation.
<br />The following road petitions were submitted and the Clerk was requested to
<br />forward same to the State Highway Commission at Greensboro, N. C.
<br />1. Ruffin Avenue
<br />2. Secondary Road #1551
<br />Chairman Bennett read a letter from property owners living on an unnamed street
<br />in the West Hillsborough axee. Said letter requested that the unnamed street which
<br />is located just west of Margaret Street be named Indian Trial. Discussion ensued.
<br />The Board requested the County. Administrator to inspect the unnamed street and to
<br />talk with the property owners to see if they would approve of naming the street
<br />Margaret Street Extension instead of Indian Trail.
<br />Mrs. H. F. Boone of 307 South Greensboro Street, Cerrboro, N. C., requested
<br />the Board to review and reduce the tax appraisal on her home. Mrs. Boone was
<br />advised by Chairman Bennett that her request would be considered at the time when
<br />the Bcard of Commissioners would sit as a Board of Equalization and Review but that
<br />at this time the Board of Commissioners did not have the authority to make any
<br />adjustments on tax appraisals.
<br />Gary Sykes of Route 2, Hillsborough, N. C., informed the Board that he had
<br />knowledge of the location of 1200 to 1500 acres of land near Hillsborough which,
<br />in his opinion, could be purchased and used as a water shed area. He wanted to know
<br />if the Board was interested in his making further investigations into the matter of
<br />purchase. The Board expressed to Mr. Sykes their interest in his proposal.
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<br />Joe Mason 11-1-65 $115.00 Attained technical eligibility
<br />Sue Marshburn English 12-1-65 Revision $23 to $35 Increase in coat of utilities
<br />Jessie J. Watkins
<br />PR for Annie D. Watkins 11-1-65 Revision $25 to $112 Client in licensed boarding home
<br />Upon motion of Commissioner Smith, seconded by Commissioner Walker, and unanimous-
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<br />Chairman Bennett presented to the Board a letter from Robert R. Peck, Town
<br />Manager of Chapel Hill, N. C., and a petition signed by John Alexander McMahon and
<br />E. G. Merritt, Commissioners of the Greater Chapel Hill Fire Protection District
<br />Commission. The letter and the petition requested the addition to the Greater Chapel
<br />Hill Fire District Commission the area in the Orange Church Community and designated
<br />in said petition as Tax Map #24 parcels 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 and 41.
<br />Upon motion of Commissioner Smith, seconded by Commissioner Walker, and unanimous-
<br />ly adopted, it was moved that the petition requesting addition to the Greater Chapel
<br />Hill Fire District received from the property owners in the Orange Church area and
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<br />natted in said petition as Tex Map #24 parcels 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 and 41 be
<br />oved.
<br />Upon motion of Commissioner Smith, seconded by Commissioner Ray, and unanimously
<br />adopted, it was moved that Earl E. Walker, resident of 4-B Williams Court, Chapel Hill,
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