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VOLUME LVII—NUMBER 48
ESTABLISHED 189V
IRoiarians Hear
Martin Coant/s
I* • Health Officer
Outline* Function* Of The
Public Health Program*
In The Country
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Explaining that he had^not been
in the county long enough to fa
miliarize himself with local prob
lems, Dr. Sam Graham, Jr., brief
ly reviewed the functions of pub
, lie health programs at the regu
lar meeting of the local Rotary
Club last Tuesday noon.
“. . . . Health department func
tions came about mostly because
of special needs in a particular
area or county, needs that couldn't
be solved by people working by
themselves, but that could be
solved when people worked to
gether. The health department
was the agency that coordinated
the efforts of a lot of people as
individuals to prevent diseases.
Bad health of one individual often
made for bad health of an entire
community, because his illness
might be caught by somebody
else. Because new functions were
added at later times, it might be
best to describe public health
functions as they developed his
torically.
"As medical specialities go, this
is quite a new one, as it was only
in 1911 that the first health de
partment was established.
"Robeson County had the first
truly rui>l health department and
was started in 1912. Along about
that time the Rockefeller Sani
tary Commission of the Rockefel
ler Foundation became interested
in hookworm disease that was
then very common all over the
South. They tried combatting the
disease by local campaigns, work
ing from central offices. Before
long it was apparent that the best
way of combatting hookworm was
to establish full time local offices.
This they did, and from many of
these offices grew our local health
departments as they exist today.
® "Often a health department was
established because of some local
emergency situation (typhoid epi
demies were a common one) and
then the department remained as
a permanent organization to deal
W'l.h the many problems oi tpi
_ hemic disease^ present in , m
™ inunities at that time.
"The first work of health de
partments mostly consisted of
sanitation of the enviornment in
order to coutrol the tremendous
amount of intestinal disease that
was then present. For instance in
1913, North Carolina had 3,431
“ tases of typhoid fever. Last year
there were only 42 cases ...
“There was a great deal of
roinmunicabie diseases present,
and before Jong health depart
ments, working with practicing
doctors, began to institute meas
ures to check these epidemics of
disease—both through sanitation
and through home nursing and
isolation techniques. So this add
ed another function to public
health—first, environmental san
itation, and second, control of
communicable disease.
"Still later it was apparent that
some people could not afford or
couldn't get medical care, either
the people were poor or there ac
tually weren’t enough doctors to
provide medical care for every
body. Health departments tried to
provide some of this medical care
by working with doctors, in home
nursing programs, liy maternal
and child clinics, midwife classes
q and by w orking out arrangements
for hospital care of needy people
who could not afford the treat
ment they needed.
"As communicable diseases be
came less and iess common, puu
(Continued on Page Fight)
Dry Spell Broken
* By Recent Rains
With the possible exception of
h few areas, the dry spell in this
county has been dispelled by re
cent rains Reports indicate that
some areas are "getting on the
wet side", but as a whole, a near
pei feet season exists as. of today.
It continues dry toward Hamilton
^ and Oak City, little rain having
been reported this side of Spring
Green on Highway 125.
The rains come a bit late for
bumper crops, farmers declaring
that the tobacco poundage has
been greatly curtailed m some
areas.
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ASSESSED PROPERTY VALUATIONS IN MARTIN COUNTY
193:5-1154
■ Township
Jamesville _
Williams_
j Griffins_
Bear Grass_
Williunistoii
Cross Roads_
Kohersonviile
Poplar Point _
Hamilton _
Goose Nest_
_$
1954
Real Estate
Cl90,033
1^17,515
600,628
661,881
3.868,715
586.872
2.039.741
325.787
908,472
1,025,396
Total (white) .
Jaftiesville
Williams*_
Griffins_
Bear Grass
Williamston
Cross Roads
Robersonville .
Poplar Point _
Hamilton -
Goose Nest __
1953
Real Estate
IJ93.782
348,951
588,804
623,536
3,656,844
593,090
1,990.224
319,739
895,687
1,014,869
$11,555,040
8 152,276
45,119
15.791
30,493
373,465
39.595
244,510
6,237
124,593
211,784
$11,225,526
$ 149,435
43,890
15,436
30,138
349,488
38,284
232,740
6,237
120,042
206.428
$
Gain
*3,749
*1,436
11,824
38,345
211,871
*6,218
49,517
6,048
12.785
10,527
1954
Personal Property
$ 2,947,519
223051
183,037
446,820
2,830,764
311.134
1,829,285
180,024
561,646
640,048
8329.514
2,841
1,229
355
355
23,977
1.311
11,770
0
4,551
5,356
$10,453,331
105,025
27.106
37,485
45,511
232.779
37,397
285,281
14,819
145.109
160,466
1953
Personal Property
$ 2.935,412
205,719
4-70^591
474,249
2,751,285
340,897
1.826.188
216,474
538,316
617,146
$10,376,277
$ 98,070
29,748
27,805
47,.> i 1
228.862
37,313
260,718
17,61 I
152,873
169,535
Gain
$ 12.107
i;
12.116
*27,429
79,4 79
*29,763
3,097
*36,450
23,330
22,902
1954
Total Gain
$
$
*7,76-1
*9,069
$ 8.358
15.899
12,270
10,916
291,350
*35,981
52.614
*30,402
36,1 15
33,429
77,05 1
6.955
*2,642
9.680
*2,060
3.917
84
24,563
*2.792
$406,568
$
9.796
*1,413
10.035
*1,705
27.894
1,395
36.333
*2,792
*3,213
*3,713
Total (eolored) $ 1,243.863 $ 1,192,118 $ 51,745 $.1,090,978 $ 1,070,106 8 20.872 $ 72.617
Grand Total __$12,798.903 $12,417,644 $381,259 $11,544,309
* Hanoi«e l.nttc
$11,446,383 $ 97,926 $479,185
Plans Going Forward For
All- Out Clean -Up Drive
Plans are going forward rapidly
for an all-out clean-up, and fix
up campaign in Williamston dur
ing the four-week period from
July 5 through July 30. Commit
tees have been named to head up
the various phases of the drive,
but the sponsors, including all the
civic clubs and other agencies,
are looking eagerly to individuals
to help put the project across in
a big way, to be a part of the
civic improvement group.
Some of the projects already ad
vanced for attention include: the
eleafing of sites formerly occu
pied by industry, the cleaning of
back lots and all vacant lots, the
painting of unsightly buildings,
covers foi garbage cans, screens
for doors and windows, incenera
tors for business houses, the re
f SERIOUSLY SHORT j
Volunteers are still -vcAtfV.s- ,
ly short and unless there is a
quick and sizable response,
the i Red Cross bloodmobiie
will net get its quota next
Thursday, it was frankly ex
plained today.
At least sixty additional
volunteers are needed if the
quota is to be approached.
During the meantime, this
chapter is drawing more
blood out of the regional
blood bank than it is giving:.
Citizens in this section are
urged to respond to the call
and donate blood next Thurs
day at the Legion Hut in WU
liamston.
Open House In
New Locations
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The Teen-Age and Misses Shop
and the McLawhorn Furniture
Store and Lullaby Shop are plan
ning open house in their new lo
cations tomorrow evening at 7:45
o’clock.
The Teen-Age and Misses Shop,
Mrs. Ruth Burnhill, owner-opera
tor moved into the building form
erly occupied by the Lullaby Shop
Roanoke Chevrolet Company
building on Washington Street,
and the Lullaby Shop are now in
the old Geoige Reynolds Hotel
building which has been remodel
ed with special arrangements for
display on two floors
The owners are extending cor
dial invitations ‘id the public to
visit them in their new locations.
Operating under the plural
name of McLawhorns’, Mr. and
Mrs. D. C. McLawhorn are offer
ing special prizes during their
open house Friday evening and
there will be refreshments, it was
announced today.
Undergoes Operation
In Duke Hospital
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Garland Woolard local business
man, was reported to be getting
along as well as could be expected
this morning following a major
operation in Duke Hospital yester
day morning.
It is exepeeted that he will be
in the hospital lor some time.
moval of hog pens from within
the town limits.
Appeals are to be directed to
all citizens, especially younger
ones, urging them to refrain from
throwing paper cups and other
littler on the streets and into pri-1
(vate yards and lots. Owners will j
be asked to care for their vacant;
lots and to cooperate with the
street and sanitary departments,
looking toward a cleaner and
neater town.
Nothing has been said about
calling in the town enforcement
agencies to support the drive, the
committee advancing the opinion
that voluntary cooperation will
pay off However, it is possible
that stubborn cas^s or gross vio
lations will be referred to the au-1
thorities for action.
Local Teacher j
EiecJioIiSttaBe
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All teacher positions in the local j
schools have been filled except
one, and applications for that j
place are being considered, Prin- j
eipal B. G. Stewart announces
Miss Juanita Ipoek of Ernul has
been elected to teach the eighth
grade. She has had one year of ex
perience in the profssion.
Thurston Callahan, a 1954 gra
duate of East Carolina College
and who did practice teaching
during the recent spring term and
assisted Coach Thrift, will teach
social subjects. His wife, Mrs.
Sarah Jackson Callahan, who has
one year of experience in the
Fayetteville city schools, is to
teach the third grade. They are
from Whiteville.
Miss Ella Mae Starling of Rose
Hill, will teach French and Eng
lish. A graduate of Wake Forest,
she taught in the Pine Level
School, Johnston County, for two
years.
Miss Frances Holloway of Fay
etteville has been elected to suc
ceed Miss Hines as English teach
er. Miss Holloway is a 1954 gra
duate of Duke University.
A new position has been creat
ed in the science department, and
Robert Jones of Edward, N. C.,
has been elected to fill the place
A graduate of Atlantic Christian
College, he has been a member of
the Pantcgu faculty for the past
one and one-half years.
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Xeir Home Uonntruction
('•citing Under Way Here \
Held to a low point in recent |
months, new home construction j
is getting under way here.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Griffin have !
started work on an eight-room
brick vener home on Woodlawn
Drive. Mr. and Mrs, James E.
Griffin are making plans to start
construction on a new home
shortly in the same community.
Work is progressing on the new
home for Mr. and Mrs. Jack Har
dison on West Main Street, and
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Carstarphen
are moving soon to their new
home on East Grace Street.
Work is about complete on the
New Deal Warehouse and con
tinues on the Martin Tractor and
Truck Company’s new home.
THE RECORD
SPEAKS...
Following n perfect record es
tablished the previous week, mo
torists on the highways in this
county piled up the wrecks dur
ing the period ending last Sunday,
A preliminary report lists no fa
talities in five accidents and only
two injured. The property I. s
was conservatively estimated at
$1,605 for the past week.
The following tabulations
offer a comparison of the ac
cident trend: first, by corres
ponding weeks in this year
and last and for each year to
the present time
23rd Week
Wrecks Inj’d Killed Damage
1954 5 2 0 $ 1,605
1955 4 5 2 3,015
Comparisons To Date
1954 105 40 3 $39,480
1953 102 32 3 27,850
The 23rd week in 1953 was the
most costly during last year on the
highways in this county.
Issue County Tax
Relief Orders
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Tax relief orders, adding up to
$636.17, were granted by the Mai
tin County Commissioners in a
special session on Tuesday of this
week. The relief was granted
when errors wire found in the
listings to the following
For 1953: J H. Langley, $3.38
and Andrew Marriner, $12, both
of Jamesville; LeRoy Reid, $7.75;;
John M. Leggett, $2. Jasper Cow
en, $2, all of Bear Grass; Mrs.
Annie Roebuck, $11.44, of Wil
liams; LeRoy Godard, $2; C. F.
Harris, $56.12; C. F. Harris and
Gurkin, $38.47: Robert S Gur
ganus, $3.10; James H. Edwards,
$2; J. B Cherry Estate, $131.45;
J H. Rogers, $31.00, Jesse W.
Summerlin, $5.12; Haywood Cher
ry, $17.05; J. D Harrison Estate,
$33.42; Bert Gorham, $2; Walter
Griffin, $3.10; O'Neal Peel, $2;
William Clay Brown, $4.65; Mag
doline Speller, $6.82; Lewis T.
Bond, $2, and N. S. Godard Estate,
$16.20, all of Williamston; Jesse
Kerney, $6.42; Rufus E. Brown,
85 cents, and Earl Brown, 85
cents, all of Robi rsonvillc; Gus
Lynch, $1.83, of Hamilton; J B.
Leggett, $2, of Cross Roads; L W.
Hardison, $76.58, of Jamesville
For 1952: L W Hardison, $75.58
of Jamesville; J O. Keel, $2, of
Cross Roads; John R. Stevenson,
$3.17, and Walter Keel, $25.56,
both of Robe,-son vilit.
For 1951 • J B. Leggett, $2, and
J. O. Keel, $2, both of Cross
Roads; Richmond Melton, $2, and
Walter Keel, $21.76, both of Rob
erson vi lie.
Tax authorities are still check
ing tax listings against motor ve
hicle registrations, but no report
has been released.
Open Hclail Produce
Murkel On Went Mum
Mrs. Dolores Beaird and Mise
Daisy Whitley have opened a re
tail produce market on West
Main Street near Brown's Com
munity Hospital They are car
rying supplies of fruits, vegetables
and other produce items.
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Christian Church
About Completed
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This week ;it the First Chris
turn Church has seen the complet
ed installation of the Moller (Ji
nan with its additional stops, con
sisting of an eight foot Oboe and
an inside set. of Degan Chimes
The carpeting of the entire sanc
tuary, the ladies parlor and the
assembly room of the junior de
partment, the latter two rooms
to take cure of overflows in Ihe
church services, has been com
pleted. New furniture is arriving
steadily and next week should
see the delivery of the pews and
the chancel furniture.
Final grading of the grounds is
well underway and plans are go
ing forward for the dedication on
'Sunday .Inlv
I clock with Dr J.
| mgs, pastor of the
’ t 'hi istian Church
I) C , delivering
. Sunday and thn
at eleven o’
Warren Hast
Nationa! City
Washington,
tile messages on
ugh the follow
1 ui;' Friday night The music will
^ t- ursdi i *);• din eimn of thc.Rev,
' lb \vur'i'f"it."“Jaines7'"j«»..101 of Hu
1 .t:.i Christian Church, Elizabeth
! City.
Plan Addition To
County Building
Supported by an appropriation
. made tins week by the Martin
County Board ol Commissioners,
plans aie now being rapidly ad
vanned for the construction of an
addition to the agriculture build
ing. (.'listing between $.'10,000 and
$40,000. the addition will measure
02 by 70 feet and have a base
ment.
The commissioners are calling
for bids at their next meeting
which is to be held on Tuesday,
July 6. Plans for the project are
about complete, it was pointed
out.
Designed to make more room
for the present o< eupants, the
building will also bouse other
agriculture agencies, including tin
Farmers Home Administration, it
was said.
The present building will be
altered to restore the auditorium
to usi as a meeting place lol tarm
groups,
Continue Plans
For New Store
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Plans are going forward for the
construction of a new building for
COluhial Stort.s ,/ii tile eoilil ut
Main and Elm Streets No coriti act
has been let, but a formal agree
ment has been drawn, it was
learned this week, by the prop
erty owners and the Colonial
management
Mr and Mrs 11 1 McKmghl
and family vacated the old Eve
rett home on the pmperty this
Week and are iiu“ at honn in tin
Leggett apaitm.nl1, oil Smith
wick Street Mr and Mrs. Walter
Speller and family vacated the
Everett apartments a short time
ago, and they are also at home on
Smithwick Street in tin- ild Ewell
home.
Contractor Harry Jones is sche
duled to start dismantling the old
Everett home next week.
Propose Changes
In Nail Routes
In This Section'
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Post Office Department Is
Offering Busses For
Sale to lmli\itluals
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According to unofficial infer-1
mat ion reaching here, the Post
Office Department is proposing
to make extensive changes in its!
operations in this section of the
State during the near future.
It was said that the department
will offer its large highway post
office busses.for sale and let the
deliveries to private contract as1
of July 1. I
No definite schedule has been j
advanced, but it is proposed to
discontinue the operation of the
two highway post office busses
between Raleigh and Norfolk
ind maintain a round-trip sche
dule bewteen Rocky Mount and
| Elizabeth City. At the same time
i the department will maintain op
erations between Rocky Mount
and Suffolk, serving Tarboro, j
Speed, Hobgood, Scotland Neck, |
Rich Square, George, Woodland,
Aulander. Winton, Eure, Gates
vi 1 It*. Rodueo, and Gates in this |
State and Whalevillo in Virginia.
Leaving Rocky Mount in the ear
ls morning, the highway post of
fice tins is tentatively scheduled
to tea h Williamston at ti:00 o’
clock a m., and reach here in the
afternoon on the return trip.
Now Government owned, the
lour vehicles, all of which have
been driven 300,000 miles or more,
will be sold to the highest bidder
A Post Office Department
spokesman said the Highway Post
offices -similar to the Railway
Mail Service in which clerks sort
the mail as the vehicle travels—
may he owned either by the gov
eminent or the private contractor
awarded the bid for making the
hauls.
i In the planned changeover from
public In private ownership, pos
! lal authorities feel that the latter
! is. more economical in this par
I ticular case.
Government employed clerks
j on each truck will continue to
•ort the mail picked up at points,
i along the way, the announcement
| said.
.'...Jj^hej^lJ^if'f'ice's riot ice asks,
[ bids mi the venu le.-, and, in addi
tion. bids bv haulers un a four
. voni contract covering then up
crulion. Sealed proposals will be
received at the office of the As
sistant Postmaster General, Hu
roau of Transportation, Washing
ton, until 5:15 p. m , July 1.
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Bible School In
Macedonia Church
Diiily Vacation Hiblo School was'
conducted for the first time at
tlic Macedonia Church id Christ
beginning June 7th through June
I 1th, undr i the direction of Noah!
Daniel Griffin. There was a daily
I average attendance of about 140,
and there were around 100 who
received certificates for perfect
attendance
The departments and teachers
• were as follows: Intermediates
j Mrs Ethel Li 1 ley and Noah Dan
iel Griff in. Juniors Mrs. Evan
Lilley and Mrs. Ralph Holliday,
Primary Mrs. Elbert Griffin and
Mrs. Pugh Roberson, Nursery
Mr Harmon Rogcrson and Mrs.
Hoyt Collrain Refreshments were
served each day by Mrs. Marvin
( ultrain, Mrs J, S Holliday and
Mis. N L Cultram. Several othei
mothers helped ont by bringing
: cat loads of children anti working
; in various class rooms. It was re
ported the Sunday School gained 1
several new students that were
I not attending anywhere, and that
the week was a most profitable
one. -Mu', Ralph Holliday, chan
man. . }
Special Term Of
Court On July 6
Ti ntatively planned by the
county rommissioncis in then re
gulai monthly meeting, a special
term of the Mailm County Su
pi rioi Court is to he held begin
lung Tuesday, July H, it was
learned this week.
Judge Maleolm Paul of Wash
ington is to preside over the term.
No criminal eases will he called,
the term havipg been arranged to
hear two or three cases centered
in Martin County Drainage Dis
trict No 3.
Board Adopts $1.45
Xua Rate For County^
! STIIJ. IN RECESS I
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After operating one day
last Monday. the Martin
County Superior ron
Unties in recess while Judge
Chester Morris nurses a stub
born cold, finable to return
yesterday after taking a holi
day Tuesday, Judge Morris
advised the clerk that he
would try to he on the bench
Friday morning. No late word
has been received from the
jurist, and early this after
noon it could not be learned
if he’ll be able to resume
work tomorrow morning.
Comparatively few eases
remain on the docket follow
ing the work of the court last
Monday.
Cucumbers Move
To Local Marls
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Delayed fay weather conditions,
cucumbers are beginning to move
to local markets in fairly large
quantities.
Operating a grading station, a
few miles from here on the
Hamilton road, Messrs. Thurman
Nicholson and Leo Roberson,
handled 5(1,100 pounds last Satur
day and Monday, and deliveries
are showing a gradual increase,
according to a report gained yes
terday.
Representing the Anna Myers
Pure Foods, Inc., the two men
have been shipping direct to the
company in Garfield, New Jersey,
using special express trucks to
handle the cargoes.
The market yesterday was pay
I mg five cents a pound for No. 1
1 grade, two cents a pound for No.
! - and one cent a pound for the
! No 3 grades.
Dry weather has materially af
fected the crop in the county, but
following recent rains in the
Jamesville section and one or two
other areas, the crop is moving
much improved
No accurate income estimate.,,
■can be had at this lime, but one
farmer in the Free Union com
munity ol Jamesville Township
is anticipating to gross $500 on
| an acre of the cukes.
Farmei Monroe Holliday deliv
ered a small load of the cukes
yesterday afternoon, the graders
describing the quality of his of
ferings as the best of the season.
The station, opening about two
weeks ago but receiving few cu
cumbers before last Saturday,
plans to remain open four or five
more weeks, it was announced.
Work Resumed
On Truck Route
Idle for several weeks while the
roadbed settled, contractors this
week resumed work on the truck
route around the town
The raising o! the railroad lead
ing to the fertilizer plant has been
completed, and surfacing work on
the route is scheduled to get un
der way early next week, wea
thci permitting. The contract calls
lor a certain soil base on certain
portions ol the route, followed hy
ti n inches of stone. The stone will
be capped by about an inch of
bituniinus surface treatment with
sand asphalt covering to be laid
sometime within the next two
years, more or less.
The contractors are digging a
conditioning pit near tl • ,,ew
h'.iiioing of "iffe 'MiViTM.ir.ae.uu
and Truck Company on the by
pass They plan to complete the
route and turn traffic on it by
early September.
The Sanford Construction Com
pany, low bidders, are scheduled j
to start work on the new railroad!
bridge over West Mam Street |
about the middle of next month, I
it was unofficially learned today I
Victim Of Snake Hite
Leaves llus/ntul Here
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Bitten by a moccasin while
visiting relatives near here iast
Sunday, Allen Moore, eight-year
-old Wilson lad, left a local hos
pital yesterday following treat
ment He is getting along all right |
10 - Cent Increase
Allowed For New
School Buildings
Vppropriution Made For
An Addition To Afjri
culture Building
Meeting most ot Tuesday the
Martin County Board of Commis
sioners battled budget figures for
the new fiscal year and finally
established the new tax rate at
$ 1.45 per $100 assessed property
valuation, a figure ten cents high
er than the 1953 levy. While the
rate increase is traceable to pro
posed new school construction,
the budget includes a fairly siz
able appropriation for an addition
to the county agriculture build
ing.
The levy is based on a total val
uation of $26,400,000, a figure
which is subject to be altered by
late certification of corporation
listings.
For the most part, the budget
i remains about like it was last
i year. No major salary increases
were allowed, the commissioners
making a few adjustments to
bring some of the lesser salaries
into line with otfiers.
The officials are looking to gen
eral taxation for approximately
$387,700 to finance the 1954-54
operations, including all depart
ments and the schools,
A brief review of the budget
follows, by departments:
The general fund carries appro
priations amounting to $146,695,
of which amount $44,425 is to be
raised by general taxation or a
rate of 19 cents as compared with
a 20-cent rate now in effect.
With a rate of 4 cents, the board
proposes to raise $9,786.00 for the
operation ot the county home. The
poor fund, its rate left unchanged
at 5 cents, is to receive $13,600
from taxation, plus $3,400 from
sources other than general taxa
t ion.
Given an appropriation of $19,
rPi iikmh" h“a 11h,„imd is
supported by a rate of 8 cents as
■ cate of ninr an^
one-half cents for the fiscal year
ending the 30lh of this month.
The interest and sinking fund
account calls for an appropria
tion of $37,055, a rate of thirteen
and one-half cents to raise $33,
955 of that amount. Last year the
rate for the particular fund was
twelve and six-tenths cents.
The welfare depat tment bud
get calls for $45,967.00 from taxes
plus income from sources other
than general taxation. It is pro
posed to raise $38,500 for the de
partment from general taxation,
including $14,333 for administra
tion based on a rate of five and
oiu half cents which is unchang
ed. Old age assistance, based on a
late of five cents as compared
with foui and three-quarter cents
for 1953-54, will run up to $12,
225. Upped from one and three
quarter cents, a two-cent rate is
expected to raise $5,300 for aid
to dependent children. The aid to
the blind, based on a one-cent
rate as compared with seven
tenths of one cent for the cur
rent year, will cost approximately
$2,142 Aid to the partially and
totally disabled will cost an esti
mated* $4,500 and calls for a rate
of two cents as compared with
a rati of one and two-tenths
cents for 1953-54. The department
is calling for an increase of 1.6
cents in the general tax rate.
A heavy blow was felt in the
budget when the commissioners
reached the capital outlay fund
for schools, but the blow was
-it' .i d v.T. . s.-s- - ry
cents was lopped off the current
expense for schools and debt serv
ice was curtailed by one and
eight-tenths cents. To operate the
schools, meet debt service re
quirements and finance new
school construction, an estimated
$270,069 will lie needed during the
coming fiscal year. It is propos
ed to raise $199,338 of tile amount
by general taxation, the board
members advancing the theory
that it would be better to gear the
school expansion program to a
slight tax rate increase rather
than resort to a bond issue. Cur
rent school expenses for the new
term will approximate $132,200,
of which amount $61,469 is to be
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