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Better Schools Are Sought JJy^ People! Raleigh, March. 3 —- Some 4,500 North Carolinians today answered Governor Scott's request to come to Raleigh and tell their legislators what they' want in the way of a school program. And when they got through talking there was no doubt that they waated an all-out school improvement program reardless of the cost. j Their spokesmen sounded their call at a public hearing before the joint appropriations and education committees. They were supposed to discuss the school machinery act—which employes a foundation plan for school expenses—but they threw away the script and spoke in plain language. They said they wanted state aid to public schools. . They said they wanted more ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Having qualified as administrator of the estate of Mrs. Annie I Mae (Walker, late of Wilkes county, N. C., this is to notify all persons having claims against estate ; of the deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned, whose address is Hays, N. C., on or before the 26th day of February, I960, or this notice will be plead in bar of recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate settlement. This the 26th day of February, 1949. FRED H. WALKER, Administrator of the estate of Mrs. Annie Mae Walker, deceased. 4-7-6t-T Do Your Floors NEED COVERING?! Mr. R. C. Goodwin will be happy to furnish estimates. ASPHALT OR RUBBER TILE INLAID LINOLEUM MASONITE WALLBOARD WALL LINOLEUM Ideal Furniture Co. B STREET TEL. 194 HAPPY VALLEY FARM FOR SALE The W. G. B. Messer Farm, containing 506 acres, more or less, located in the famous Yadkin River Valley, to be sold for division among heirs on SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 1949 AT 12 O'CLOCK NOON at the Courthouse door in Lenoir, N. C. Over two hundred acres of cleared land and about one million feet or more of fine poplar, pine and oak timber on remainder. This March 1, 1949 B. F. WILLIAMS W. H. STRICKLAND Commissioners LENOIR, NORTH CAROLINA — pay for teachers. They said they wanted more school ibusses to get the kids to school. They said it wouldn't hurt to have better roads for the school busses to travel over. They said they wanted all this on an equal basis for every child in North Carolina, regardless of race or creed. And they said they were willing to pay for it. Veteran Ca®itol Hill observers said the crowd was the largest in their memoiry to attend a public hearing on pending legislation. The previous high was some 3,000 at a hearing in 1947 on a proposal to tax farmers' cooperatives'. This year, at the request of Governor Scott for the people to let the legislators know how they feel, some: 1,800 turned out to attend a hearing on the proposed $200,000,000 rural road bond issue. 2,300 drys were on hand for a liquor referendum hearing, and 2,000 A. B. C. advocates were here for another. The committeemen were told today by Dr. J. Y. Joyner "the fire that Aycock kindled in the hearts of North Carolinians is burning brightly today." Dr. Joyner was state superintendent of public instruction under Governor Aycock—generally known as the father of the state's present school system. "I favor wholeheartedly the requests for schools that are under consideration," he said. "Cost what it may, it will prove cheap ... "The cry 0f a million children rises from the shores of the east to the peaks of the west asking for a ibetter chance in life, better teachers and better education so that they can better serve their state and nation.'' Dr. Clyde A. Erwin, state superintendent of public instruction, termed the proposed school program of the State Education Commission the hope and desire of the people of the state. , He pointed to the critical shortage in teachers and school plants. "We must settle our question ourselves and pay for it," he said. "We must have better schools to build better citizens for a betted day." Charles McCrary, president of McCrary Mills at Asheboro told of the "dep'orable condition'' of school buildings throughout the state. He cited the need for a $150,000,000 (buildings program, with I the "urgent need" for spending of $100,000,000 to improve the schools. ! The $50,000,000 grant in aid to counties would not be a I handout, he said, and would not become a permanent thing. We can't afford to neglect our children any longer," he said. o Interest- Is Strong In Tree Planting Adult farmers and rural iboys and girls in North Carolina have ordered a record-breaking number of tree seedlings for planting this year, reports R. W. Graeber in charge of forestry extension at State College. A total of 404 Future Farmers of America and 4-H Club members have received 803,950 seed lings offered to -them free by pulp and paper companies. Of these 600,200 were furnished by the North Carolina Pulp Company of Plymouth, 122,000 by the champion Paper and Fibre Company of Canton, 40,000 by the International Paper Company of Georgetown, S. C., and 41,750 by the North Carolina State Nursery. Some 53 additional 4-H Club and FFA members have applied for free seedlings, but a shortage of trees has (prevented the filling of many of these orders. In addition, 50 adult farmers have received 148,500 trees from the International Paper Com- j pany. These figures," says Graeber, are not complete by any means, since many adult 4-H'ers and Future Farmers have purchased their own trees. Also, many business and civic groups throughout the State have provided seedlings for boys and girls in their own counties. Among the group cooperating in the program are the Lions 6lub of Gasbonia, the Rotary Club of Walnut Cove, the Wilkes Chamber of Commerce at North Wilkesboro, and A. T. Griffin Manufacturing Company of Goldsboro. Small grains in the State are growing well and stands are better than usual. HOPE ?£««£ FALSE TEETH Your plate will lit more securely If you sprinkle HOPE DENTURE POWDEB on it. This tasteless, odorless powder hold* false teeth very much tighter. Try it. Amazing security for nervous people. HOPE DENTURE POWDER is only Me. RED CROSS PHARMACY
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