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Spray, N. C., November 18, 1963
NO. 10
Vote ‘For’ Community College Nov. 19!
I -....V Records Set
IjJnited Fund Drives
to the outstanding re-
^iljj J'eported earlier for Muscogee
Towel Mill and the Tri-City
V, offices, record-breaking re-
’Jt'ig] shown in United Fund drives
^lly '^^est plants in Greenville, Mount
^ Smithfield.
‘ons
high in United Fund contri-
,0 , ''^as set at Greenville when
employees of the Karastan
’•> ttig ^ Division made contributions
/^^nipaign. Moreover, 96% of the
i^sis g contributed on the day’s pay
80% signed up for deductions
Of in succeeding years.
275 Greenville employees, 264
a day’s pay or more, five
%1q than a day’s pay, and only six
failed to contribute any
tVi
® following departments, 100%
®^ployees gave on the day’s pay
(C
ontinued on Page Five)
A chance to take a hand in the future
of their communities and county will
be given tomorrow, Tuesday, Novem
ber 19, to Fieldcrest employees who are
residents of Rockingham County. In a
county-wide election, the voters will
decide for or against the establishment
of a Community College.
They will, in effect, be deciding for or
against putting the opportunities of
higher education within reach of the
young people of the area and semi-
vocational and technical training for
those of all ages who desire it.
The voting will be on two questions:
1. Whether the county may sell $1.25
million in bonds to finance construction
of the $1.75 million college (the state
will pay $500,000); and
2. Whether county commissioners may
appropriate funds, either from non-tax
revenues or from a special annual tax
levy not to exceed 8c per $100 valu
ation to retire the bonds and pay the
county’s share of operating costs.
If voters approve the college, it will
be the second in a network of com
munity colleges projected for the state.
Moore county voters last week over
whelmingly approved a $1 million bond
4 Message From Our President
the more than 25 years that I have been associated with
Company have sometimes urged you “to be sure to vote”
5 \arious elections, but have never asked you to vote for or
Ijpitist any particular candidate or issue. In this letter, I shall
this precedent and not only urge you to “Be sure to vote”
November 19, but also urge you to vote for the bond issue to
^^blish a community college in Rockingham County.
Vg ^ my opinion, this college will in the long run do more to ad-
the progress and the standard of living of our people than
J^thing that has been proposed in a long time. Our Company
has to go out of the county, and even out of the state, to get
br Jified men and women for specialized jobs. We would much
e^^^erto fill these good jobs with local pepple if they were train-
^bl
^nd available. This college would make such training avail-
® to all at a reasonable cost,
tsj’he cost to us is low — a maximum of 80 cents per $1,000 of
-So^^ble property. In other words, if your real estate and per-
property is valued for tax purposes at $5,000 the most this
issue could cost you is only $4.00 per year! The State of
(Continued on Page Five)
issue for a college. And the State
Board of Education quickly gave final
approval for the institution.
The community college is the best
bargain ever offered Rockingham Coun
ty. Whereas the county must pay its
share of the construction costs, the State
of North Carolina will pay $500,000
toward the cost of construction and will
equip the physical plant and library at
an approximate cost of $600,000.
The operating costs will be paid for
as follows: the state, 65 per cent; the
students, 20 per cent; and the county,
15 per cent. The 8c tax levy will retire
the bonds for building and pay the
county’s share of the operating costs.
A Rockingham County student could
attend the college for approximately
(Continued on Page Five)
Joins Karastan
The appointment of George V. Grulich
as director of advertising, sales promo
tion and store planning of Karastan Rug
Mills, a division of Fieldcrest Mills,
Inc., has been announced.
Mr. Grulich was formerly vice presi
dent of marketing at C. J. LaRoche and
Co., Inc., a divisional sales and mer
chandising manager of Phoenix Hosiery
Co., and served in marketing posts with
Scott Paper Co., N. W. Ayer, and Inter
national Latex Corporation.