February 20, 1957 - 11:00 AM - County Board of Commissioners Meeting Minutes (Special)

r^7eeting of Board of Commissioners for the County of JohnstonFebruary 20, 1957The Board of County Commissioners of Johnston County reconvened in specialsession at 11 00 A N, February 20, 1957, in the Commissioners Room, with thefollowing members presentR P Holding, Chairman, J D Bailey, Floyd C Price, R G Gurley, andH M JohnsonAbsent NoneThe following business was transacted1 Representatives of the Smithfield Chamber of Commerce, Rotary and KiwanisClub of Smithfield, Johnston County Mutual Livestock Association, Home DemonstrationClub of Selma, Vocational Agri - cultural Department of Princeton, made brief talksurging the Commissioners to make available funds for the erection of livestockbarn on the property, which the Pou Parrish Post of the American Legion would leaseto the County at a nominal rental Bach cited the need and value to the Countyof such a projectFollowing a discussion, the following resolution prepared by J L George,Countv Attorney and James A Wellons, Jr, Attornev Johnston County Mutual Live-stock Association, was adoptedRESOLUTIONOn a motion made by Floyd C Price, Sr, seconded by H T;4 Johnson, thefollowing resolution was adopted1 That Johnston County obtain a lease from the American Legion for a portionof its land located between Smithfield and Selma, just south of Highway # 301 largeenough and with the privilege of constructing thereon a livestock arena and anyother buildings that may be erected for the promotion and sale of agriculturalproducts and parking facilities; that said lease shall be for a period of ten yearsfor a sum of 1000 with option of renewal for ten additional years for the sumof X10002 The expenditure of the sum not exceeding ,775000 is hereby approved forthe construction of a livestock arena or market on the leased land3 That Johnston County will obtain the lease and construct the buildingupon the condition that Johnston Livestock Mutual will lease the above describedproperty from the county, and operate and maintain it for use of the public with-out any expense to the county14 Upon the further condition that appropriate legislation be enacted by theGeneral Assembly authorizing the leasing of the property and the appropriation offunds for the erection of the livestock arena in an amount not exceeding 7750002 Wi3ERFAS, at a meeting of the Board on February 4, 1957 a motion was adoptedtransferring 50 of 1477141, the purchase price of a motor rescue vehicle fromthe contingent fund for the use of the Civil Defense Program;And whereas, at a subsequent meeting of the Board on February 11, 1957, itwas deemed necessary to advertise for sealed bids for the purchase of said rescuevehicle in accordance with the Statutes of North Carolina, and J L George, CountyAttorney, was so directed;And whereas, after due advertisement in a county newspaper the firm of Floyd CPrice Sons submitted the only bid in the amount of 1477141, together withspecifications and check in the amount of 23807, representing bid bond, inaccordance with North Carolina General Statutes 143 -129, as amendedNow therefore, on motion made by H M Johnson, seconded by R G Gurley andadopted, it was moved that the contract for the purchase of Civil Defense rescuevehicle be awarded to the firm of Floyd C Price Sons at a purchase price ofx07141, F 0 B Selma, North Carolina, subject to the approval of Jigk,s Broad -well, Civil Defense Director of Johnston CountyThere being no further business, the meeting was recessed, subject to callwChairman98Jury List, Johnston County Superior Court, Civil Term, Drawnin Accordance with Section 9 -9, General Statutesof North Carolina, Beginning March 4, 1957lst weekJoe T BarnesClaytonClaytonJohn Henry JonesBeulahKenlyJohnnie B OnealOnealsKenly # 2Lawrence E MassengillIngramsFour Oaks # 3R M HouseClaytonClaytonE J MitchinerClaytonClayton # 2Lebolom StarlingBeulahKenly # 2Jesse BeasleyIngramsFour Oaks # 1Norwood LangdonElevationAngier y# 1R Edgar WoodardBoon HillPrinceton # 1W S MassengillIngramsFour Oaks # 2Jessie E CreechSelmaSelma ## 1John R LucasBeulahKenly ## 2Marrion 0 HobbsClaytonClayton ## 2Gilbert LangdonElevationFour Oaks # 3E L PleasantPleasant GroveAngier # 1Lisbon A JonesSmithfieldSmithfieldErnest WilkinsElevationBenson # 1J H AllenIngramsFour Oaks ## 1Raymond EasonPine LevelPrinceton # 2Russell PartinSelmaSelma # 1G C AdamsBannerFour Oaks # 3Mrs J C CrockerOnealsKenly # 2Woodrow CappsSelmaSelmaJ V MashburnMeadowBenson # 2George AbdallaSelmaSelmaMrs Luby EdwardsBoon HillPrincetonR U Broadwell Jr;SelmaSelmaRoy NorrisClaytonClaytonFred K JohnsonBannerBensonJ A LeeBoon HillPrincetonJ W MasonBannerBensonG Leland HollandBeulahKenly ## 1Wm H AllenIngramsFour Oaks # 3Henry LynnClaytonClayton # 1R G Massengill JrIngramsFour Cake # 2Archie M CoatsSmithfieldSmithfieldE F PhillipsOnealsSelma # 1Wm Earl BarbourSmithfieldSmithfieldA 14 Jones JrPleasant GroveBenson #l2nd weekCecil WhitleyWildersWendell ## 1Mrs John MorganMeadowDunn ## 2W Herman Pittman0nealsKenly # 2Alpheus RenfrowGnealsKenly # 2Maurice BradleyOnealsSelma # 1Elhert I BattenSelmaSelma # 3Mrs Edgar Johnson SrBannerBenson011ie HillBeulahKenly ## 2Joe N RoyallSmithfieldSmithfieldMrs Luther NorrisIngramsFour Oaks # 3Mrs Roy MedlinBannerBensonMrs Bernard GodwinMeadowBenson # 2P B StevensSmithfieldSmithfield ## 3Herbert HillSmithfieldSmithfield # 3D E MassengillIngramsFour Oaks # 2Mrs W A HooksSmithfieldSmithfieldSpan PeedinMicroSelma ## 2Calvin C PerryWildersSelma # 1James RevelleBeulahKenly # 1Floyd Lee BrownSelmaSelma # 3Milford StarlingBeulahKenly if 2Mrs W L TurnerSmithfieldSmithfieldJ F ParkerIngramsFour Oaks # 2Grover BraswellPine LevelSelma ## 2T J FowlerClaytonClaytonRaylon RichardsonOnealsZebulon # 1Jasper P LeeMeadowBenson # 2M C WilkinsIngramsFour OaksSolomon GordonSelmaSmithfield # 3P•Albert EdwardsOnealsKenly # 2M D CrockerPine LevelSelma # 2James R StallingsPine LevelSelma # 2W F ByrdBannerBenson # 2A K WorleyBoon HillPrincetonA F BraswellSmithfieldSmithfield # 1B F WoodruffSelmaSelmaC D CookeWildersClayton # 2George E JohnsonElevationFour Oaks # 3Otis C BattenSelmaSelmaFrederick Herman -,Davis JrPine LevelSmithfieldDanie P EvansSelmaSelmaClyde S DenningBannerBenson # 1Mrs Millie WynnIngramsFour Oaks