Serves 11 Western States And Hawaii
mm
Pictured here is a view of the interior of the office.
1970 Census Will Get Under Way This Week
***tomers in Western region.
^ONDAY, march 30, 1970
(Continued from Page One)
proximately 60 percent of the total
population.
In most of the areas where Fieldcrest
employees live, householders will use
the one-way mail method. They have
received or will receive the forms in
the mail. They will fill out the forms
and have them ready for a census taker
to pick-up.
At every fifth household, the census
taker will fill out the longer form by
interview. Census takers in the one
way mail areas will begin their house-
to-house canvass Wednesday, April 1.
In order to obtain a full picture of
the American population each person
in each household must be listed along
with age, race, sex, marital status, and
relationship to the head of the house
hold.
Other questions are to be asked of
everyone concerning housing conditions.
They include such items as the number
of rooms occupied by the family, kitch
en or cooking facilities, water supply,
rent or ownership.
The rest of the needed information
will be obtained by additional questions
asked one household in every five.
The law requires that census questions
be answered truthfully and to the best
of one’s knowledge. Every question is
asked because the information is need
ed by some agency of the government—
Federal, State, or local—to guide im
portant programs in the public interest.
The information is to be kept confi
dential. The method of tabulation makes
it impossible to pick out information
on any one individual, family or busi
ness.
All results are tabulated by com
puters, but names and addresses are not
fed into the computer. No government
agency may examine individual census
records for any purpose whatsoever.
The 1970 census will do much more
than tell how large the population is.
From these questionnaires will come a
volume of new and vital facts about the
American people and their way of life.
Tabitha Meeks
Tabitha Lynn
Meeks is the three-
.; year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby
D. Meeks of Rt. 1,
Ruffin, and grand
daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Major M.
Church, of Eden. Ta-
bitha’s mother (Wan
da) is employed in
the Drape Depart
ment at the Bedspread Finishing Mill.
Mr. Church is employed at the Blanket
Finishing Mill.