Welfare Superintendent Answers
Questions on Welfare Administration
27 Seniors
Get Diplomas
At Newport
Twenty - seven seniors received
diplomas at Newport High School
last night. Diplomas were present
ed by the principal, E. B. Comer.
The Rev. Ralph Fleming Jr.,
pastor of St. James Methodist
Church, gave the invocation. H.
L. Joslyn, county superintendent
of schools, introduced the speaker,
the Rev Michael Pelt.
Awards were presented by Rob
ert King, senior class sponsor. Al
ton Hardison sang the solo, You'll
Never Walk Alone.
Senior mascotc were Mary
Louise Hibbs and Robert Edward
King III. Marshals were John Ma
son, chief; Glcnda Miller, Patsy
Jones, Eula Warren, Florida Sim
mons and Eddie Lynn Garner.
Members of the graduating class
were the following:
Woody Lee Barnes, Hoyte Bran
non, Fred Patrick, Corbitt, Sarah
Evalina Fitzpatrick, Myrna Fran
ces Fulcher, Jenelda Rochelle Gar
ner.
Tommy Joe Garner, Allen Ray
Gray, Ellen Mae Gray, Alton Dean
Hardison, Bruce Ward Hart,
Thomas Michael Howard
Lourine Howard, Frances Car
thene Howell, Leonard Cecil Jar
man. Martha Anne Johnson, Louis
Franklin Kelly, Brenda Lou Kelly.
Jessie Mae Murdoch, Elizabeth
Anne Reynolds, Iris Fleming Rice,
Doris Marie Riggs, James Skinner.
Gracie Marie Small, Ileen Ja
nett* Smith, Larry Simmons Wal
lace. Betty Jo Whitaker
Eighth graders will be promoted
at 9 a m. this morning. The speak
er will be A. H. James, juvenile
court judge.
Six Students
Receive Awards
Six students received awards
Wednesday night at commence
ment exercises at Smyrna School.
They were Ann Davis, Davis, citi
zenship medal; Elbert Gillikin, Ot
way, and David Willis, Harkers
Island, athletic awards; Raelene
Smith, Davis, mathematics medal;
Patsy Chadwick, Straits, language
medal; and Martha Chadwick,
Straits, music medal.
Stewart Daniels, principal ex
plained that at other commence
ments additional awards have
been given, but no award was
given this year unless It was
merited.
Speaker at the commencement
program was J. A. Batson, princi
pal of Mount Olive High School.
Morahaad Tax Notices
Mailed Out This Week
Morehead City tax notices were
nailed out this week.
The tax rate it $1.75. One dollar
la earmarked for general town ex
penses, to cents for retiring the
town's debt, 10 cents for recrea
tion and S cents for aupport of the
hospital.
County tax notices will go out
the week of June 16 and Beaufort
tax notices are scheduled to go
out "about the middle of June7,
Mid ban Walker, town clerk.
? ( Editor'! Note: Mlae Qeorgie Hughes. superintendent o < the wel
fare department. Ml been unable to oontinue, aa yet, the series ft
articlca mentioned In her letter to the editor laat Friday. In place of
those. Hi" Hughes baa anawered nine of 17 questiona asked bar by
THE NEWS-TIMES. Aaawers appear below. The remaining ques
tion!, Miss Hughes said, she would answer later. Among those are
questions concerning the welfare budget and how she might suggest
that the budget be cut).
Q. I. What la tbe total annual
payroll o I the Welfare Department
staff aa it la hi ce-.atitated?
A: $29,100. Thia la for nine pet
pie. One of them worka only si*
months of the year. The county
pays S3 per cent of this and of al)
other administrative coats. Many
welfare people as well as county
administrators feel that this pro
portion is unfair. Welfare workers
spend at least SO per cent of their
time on public assistance which ia
controlled by federal and state reg
ulations, and a proportion of their
remaining work hours on other
federal and state Jobs such as in
vestigations for the draft board,
contact reports for Veterans Ad
ministration, securing medical and
other information for social securi
ty, doing social histories for state
hospitals, etc.
This is the reason the cost of
administration of public welfare is
so high to the counties. The state
pays all of the teachers' salaries
but only 12 per cent of public wel
fare salaries. The federal govern
ment pays 35 per cent of welfare
administration.
Q. 2. How many are on the Car
teret County welfare staff now?
A. Eight. They are Miss Georgie
P. Hughes, superintendent; Mrs.
Andra Pond, child welfare worker;
Mrs. Gertrude P. Williamson, case
worker I; Mrs. Sue Rosebrough,
casework assistant; Mrs. Helen
Carlton, casework assistant who
works only six months a year and
three clerical workers.
We have a vacancy on the staff
for another caaework assistant.
There is also an aid to the blind
caseworker, Miss Louise Weeks,
who works in Carteret County two
to three days a week. She is em
ployed by the State Commission
for the Blind, and Carteret Coun
ty pays $990.30 a year on her
salary.
Q. 3. How many should be on the
staff to handle the work the wel
fare department Is doing?
A: The state standards say we
should have at least one more case
worker and another child welfare
worker to maintain minimum
standards of work. We think we
are doing better than maintaining
minimum standards with our pres
ent staff, but an painfully aware
that we could do a much better
job with more workers.
Q. 4. How mack salary increase
would this amount to yearly?
A. it would cost the county S3
per cent of $3,480 for another case
work aasistant and 3S per cent of
at least $3,730 for a child welfare
worker, or $3,148.40. Money Isn't
the only problem. There just are
not enough child welfare workers
to go around, and few collage grad
uates are Interested in poaitloas as
casework assistants. They can ears
more in positions requiring the
same educational experience.
Q. !. Are welfare department
workers under tbe Mate Merit Sys
tem?
A. Yea. Alt employees of pub
lie welfare muat paas the Merit
System examinationa eet up for tbe
positions.
Q. 8. Does this mean that tbef
Clifford T. Lewis
Mm Mart * Uw lm ef Beaafort u4mu |ator??M
cUm af Carteret County, I uk jna, At cktoeM at leaa
tort aad at Carteret Cmlr, to he mm to (? to the veto
Satoriaj u4 rete for JM|e Baarttoa tor Stole Beaator.
It to Important to u here la Beaafort aa? to *0 the people
?f Carteret Ceaatjr to bare Mr mn aaa to the Stato
Biaatl- Let'a Mput M|i HtmUtoa aai (Ira Ma a
Wkafftof Wl rata Satarday.
(Palltkal ai tiatrtiatil fcy Br. Lewie)
automatically get raises, according
to merit system regulations?
A. Raises in public welfare are
not automatic. The lierit System
has a pay scale for each position
and beginning employees must be
hired at no lower than the mini
mum salary on the scale and no
higher than two steps above the
minimum. The only automatic
raises are when the minimum is
raised by the merit system and
employees on the bottom must be
raised to stay at the minimum.
Q. T. To your knowledge, is there
any other county department op
erating under the Merit System?
A. Yes, the health department.
ft. 8. What percentage of the pro
posed county budget of approxi
mately $81,500 for public welfare
would go toward salary?
A. About IS per cent. Approxi
mately 10 per cent more would be
toward other costs of administra
tion. This is high because the coun
ty pays such a high proportion of
all administrative costs. These
costs are approximately 7 per cent
of the total budget.
Q. t. Can you, as welfare super
intendent, decide how many people
should be on your staff, or is there
a state or federal regulation which
dictates the number you shall have
in proportion to the number of
eaies your department is handling?
A. The State Welfare Board sug
gests standards for the number of
cases one caseworker may handle,
but it is up to the county commis
sioners to decide the number of
welfare employees for whom they
will furnish S3 per cent of salary.
As in any other job or profession
the value received for the money
expended is directly related to the
quality and quantity of personnel.
Each caseworker in Carteret
County carries approximately 250
financial assistance cases, plus the
various kinds of non-financial ser
vices cases. This doesn't allow
them time for much real social
work with the people.
Cor Bocks Up Guy Wire
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wUh cireUu ul rockiest drtvtaj, Uw Halt and damage la city aad personal proper
ty. The accident occurred *1 1Mb and Ml atrooU. Morekead CKjr, Sunday aijkt.
51 Beaufort Seniors Receive
Diplomas Wednesday Night
Port Calendar
Esso New Orleans ? Due It
state port today with a cargo of
petroleum products for Standard
Oil.
Nlcoline Maersk? Due at state
port tomorrow to load tobacco
for Manila, Hong Kong and
Bangkok.
Tekla Torm? Due at state port
June 8 to load tobacco for Alex
andria, Egypt, and other Medi
terranean ports.
Black Heron ? Due at state port
June I to load tobacco for Ant
werp. Bremen, Hamburg and
Rotterdam.
Sloterdyk? Due at state port
June 14 to load tobacco for Am
sterdam, Antwerp, Bremen.
New Funeral Home Will
Open on Causeway Sunday
The county'! fifth undertaking
establishment, the Brooks and Ma
son Funeral Home, will open Sun
day.
The new home, operated by Bert
Crooks and Manly Mason, is lo
cated 01. the Beaufort-Morehead
causeway. I
There will be open house at the
funeral home from Sunday noon on.
Each lady attending will ractiva a
low.
Mr. Mason, formerly of Newport,
attended Newport High School, was
graduated from Edwards Military
School and the American Academy
of Embalming, New York City.
He is married to the former Jo
Anne Rbberta, Morehead City. Mr.
Mason baa had Ave years' experi
ence in embalming and funeral di
rection and belongs to the First
Baptist Church, Morehead City. He
lives at the funeral home.
Mr. Brooks is a graduate of
Beaufort High School and after
high school spent three years in
the Coast Guard. He attended the
American Academy of Embalming,
New York City, and is married to
the former Jeraldine Hedgecock,
Morehead City.
Mr. Brooks has had eight years'
experience in embalming and
funeral direction. He is a Master
Mason, member of the Episcopal
Church, a Jayeee, and makes his
home in Beaufort.
Theodore Roosevelt, while asaiat
ant secretary of the Navy in 1888,
was the first to recommend that
we needed "flying machinet" as
part of the nation's armed forcea.
Candidate for County Commissioner
in tho May 31st Primary
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y Fifty-one Beaufort seniors re
ceived diplomas at the school Wed
nesday. The graduating class heard
Dr. Frank Traver DeVyver of Duke
deliver the commencement ad
dress.
Top graduation honors went to
Anne Swain, valedictorian, and
to David Chipman, who won the
Honor Roll Key for loyalty, achieve
ment and scholarship. Bronna Wil
lis tii salutatortan.
The following awards were pre
sented: boy activities, Raymond
GUlikin; girl activities, Jackie
Young; boy athletics, Raymond
GiUikln; girl athletics, Nancy Ma
son; most improved band student,
Jerry Fulford; most proficient and
cooperative band member, Denard
Harris.
Beat all-round boy, Danny Willis;
best all-round girl, Judie Moore;
home economics, Theresa Bella
mah and Nancy Atkinson; highest
average for the year in the school,
George Huntley III (M.l); student
council award, Danny Willis.
Dsnferth Foundation, Frances
Bell and J. B. Stuart; Eudy Ath
letic Award, Bryan King "Butch"
Hassell; Babe Ruth Sportsmanship
Award, Danny Willis and Judie
Moore.
Beta Club scholarship. Brenda
Smith; library award, Mary Lou
Temple; glee club, Sammy Merrill
and Norma Hales; and American
history award, Jackie Wheatley.
Douglas Piner was honored as
the most Improved student in
school. Principal Bruce Tarkington
pointed out that this award is not
given every year and a student
must have made an outstanding
effort to receive the award.
Correction
The Bell and Munden ambulance
picked up the body of the 414-year
old child who drowned last week
near Atlantic Beach, not the Dill
ambulance, as stated in Tuesday's
paper.
Winston S. Churchill made his
historic "Blood, Sweat and Tears"
speech before Parliament in Lon
don on May IS, 1940.
Holiday
(CoaUaaed from r?e 1)
Sunday for New Bern where meet
ings will be haid at the East Caro
lina Yacht Club
Parent! are urged to equip their
small children with life preservers
If the children are playing in or
near the water, or are in boats.
Swimmers are warned to swim in
pairs. Lifeguards readily admit
that these waters are as safe as
any, as long as usual water safety
precautions are taken.
iSie Coast Guard warns that
reckless boat operators will be
apprehended and boats that do not
have the proper safety equipment
will be ordered to return to shore.
The State Highway Patrol es
pecially seeks the cooperation of
Car Turns Ovor Monday
West of Emorald Isle
A car turned over on tb? Salter
Path Road Monday night three
mile# west of the fishing pier at
Emerald late.
In the car were fishermen from
Winston-Satem. Patrolman R H.
Brown said, "They just ran cut
of road and turmil over." The
car was headed west. The paved
road stops and from then on, it's
sand.
Because the accident happened
on private property, the patrolman
did not learn details.
motorists. Patrolmen ask that all'
highway rules be obeyed and that
drivers exercise extra precaution
because travel will be heavy.
Resort areas expect, this sum
mer, a booming season.
For
JUDGE
Carteret County
RECORDER'S COURT
Gene C. Smith
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Sponsored by More bead City (ad Beaufort business men
VOTE FOR
GOOD GOVERNMENT
TOMORROW
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County Commissioners
MOSES HOWARD
S. A. CHALK JR.
ODELL MERRILL
HARRELL C. TAYLOR
DAVID E. YEOMANS
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Judge of Recorder's Court
LAMBERT MORRIS
f Coroner
W. DAVID MUNDEN