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Minutes of the Board of Commissioners Monday, August 1, 1949 The Board met at the usual hour in the Commissioner's Room at the Courthouse with all members present. The minutes of the July meetings were read and approved. Mr. Don S. Matheson, Orange County Farm Agent and J. W. Jeffries, Assistan Director of Negro Extension Service appeared in connection with the payment of the salary of 11, C. Burt, Negro Farm Agent, who has been unable to attend to his duties since April 25, 1949 due to a heart ailment. Jeffries stated that due to Burt's accumulation of sick leave over a period of years the State was still paying their part of his salary and that he thought he would be back on the job in the near future. Mr. Matheson stated that his department had been helping to keep Burt's work going on and would continue to do so until he could resume his duties or until hther.:.hirangements were made. After considering the statements made by Mr. Matheson and Jeffries the Board ordered that the county pay their part of Burt's salary for the months of July and August. Mr. Matheson reported to the Board that the old County Home Cemetery on the new road leading from Efland to Cedar Grove was a sore spot and that some- thing should be done to beautify it. Commissioner Laws and Ira Ward were reel quested to make an investigation of the conditions and report to the Board at a later meeting. The following road petitions calling for black top or hardsurfacing were presented: Mr. Jack B. Cliff for the hlrport�HOad leading North from Chapel Hill by Blackwood Station, New Hope Church and connecting with old Durham - Hillsboro Road at the farm of Dr. H. C: Carr. Mr. T. W. Brown for road leading from old Durham - Hillsboro Road at Dr. H. C. Carr farm by New Hope Church and connecting with Highway No. 86 near Midway Service Station. Mr. J. L. Phelps for road beginning at Person County line, D. J. Talley's Home and running South by Chandler's Store and connecting with hardsurface road at C. S. McDade Store. Mr. J. W. Toler for road leading from Cedar Grove by way of Lynch's Store to Almmnnce County line. Mr. J. E. Hawkins for the roadeleading from A. T. Wright's place, Highway Ho. 86 to Walnut Grove Church; Road leading from Barnette's Service Station to Highway No.57, known as Caldwell Road; Road leading from the intersection of Highway's 57 and 157 at Caldwell School to Durham County line and known as Guess Read. Mr. J. C. Monk for the road leading from the Person County line near J. Laws Store to Highway No. 86 near G. IA. Long' store. Mr. Simpson L. Efland for the road leading from the Methodist Church in Efland and intersecting with the Fairfield -Halls Mill Road. Mr. Clyde Roberts for the road leading from Cole Mill Road at Durham Count line and connecting with the bardsurface road running from Kennedy Lumber Co. to Walnut Grove Church at or near Crawford Breeze farm. The Board informed all petitioners that their.petitions would receive cars ful consideration along with all petitions for this type of road,and that the Boards approval would be based on amount of trafic and need. This was agreeabl to all except Mr. Efland who requested that his petition along with those presented at the July meeting be ppaeed on not later thanAugust 15th or he would like to withdraw all of them.The Board told Mr. Efland that they did not believe they could make their decision by that date and that he could withdraw the petitions by contacting the Clerk to the Board. A resolution was presented from the Chapel Hill Communtty Council asking that the road leading to Lincoln High School an its two branches in front and behind the School be hardsurfaced in order that busses and other vehicles could get to the school in bad weather. NOW THEREFORE, upon motion of Commissioner Wilson, duly seconded by Com- missioner Laws, the foregoing resolution is hereby unanimously approved, and the Clerk to this Board is hereby authorized to forward same to the State Highway & Public Works Commission for their consideration and to ask that this work be done if possible while the work is being done on the project west of Chapel Hill. Continued on page 313