Carrboro budget is $146,250
total spending increased $2,000
The 1960-61 municipal budget
for the Town of Carrboro is $146,
250—a $25,000 increase over the
previous year.
The budget was finally adopt
. ed at the oommissioajers’ meeting
night before last. At that time
it was increased $2,000 as a re
sult of an addition by this
amount to the $48,000 expected
to be carried over in cash on
hand. The $2,000 was added to
$531,914 spending approved . . .
Budget passed finally
by Chapel Hill board
With only minor changes from
its previous tentative adoption,
Chapel Hill’s $531,914 municipal
budget has been finally approved
for 1960-ei.
The new figures are based on
a 10-eent tax rate increase to $1.10
per $100 property valuation. Last
year’s budget was $492,121.
(When proposed to the Town al
dermen for final passage on Mon
day night the budget total was
raised $950 over the tentative adop
tion on advice of Town Auditor
Erie Peacock, to more adequate
ly cover several budget accounts.
$13,890 in parking reserve
General fund jspendmg for the
new year will total $454,914. The
remaining $77,000 is allocated to
debt service. The new budget also
allocates $13,890 jh anticipated
parking meter receipts to a re
serve fund for off-street parking
lots.
Within the $1.10 tax ra*e $.86
was earmatk d tor current oper
ations eni $.24 (or ray.ig of! !
the town’s bond d indeb'e ’ness.
M cruline fa hi - ‘ire B • d e- j
adapted the $1 poll lax on ma'e
persons tetwvea ages 21 and 50.
and the $1 tax on male dogs and
$2 Ivey for females.
Pass license ordinance
A comprehensive privilege li
cense ordinance was passed, spe
cifying increasing penalties for
non-payment of this annual busi
ness operation fee during the
month of July, and providing for
strict enforcement of the require
ments.
The regulations also permit re
vocation of a privilege license if
the Board finds after a public
hearing that a business is a nuis
ance or-danger to the morals,
health, and welfare of the town.
tentatively-adopted $10,000 for
contingencies.
The following municipal em
ployees were re-appointed for
the new year by the Board: Town
Clerk R. B. Todd, Police Chief
J. A. Williams, Policeman Albert
Pendergrass, office secretary
Virgie Hackney, maintenance em
ployees C. H. Wilson and Charlie
Davis, Building Inspector Carl
Ellington, Town Attorney L. J.
Phipps, Electrical Inspector
Frank Morrow, and Plumbing In
spector C. H. Wilson.
The Town Clerk was given au
thority to advertise tax delin
fluencies in the newspaper begin
ning in mid-August, preparatory
to the legal foreclosure on delin
quent property on Sept. 12.
A new privilege tax schedule
was adopted, generally bringing
:he town’s fees in line with those
:harged in Chapel Hill and other
:owns in the state.
Commissioner , Harold Dark
was appointed to the Board’s
Police Committee.
It was announced that an un
used five-acre tract owned by
the Town on N. Greensboro St
would be sold at public auction
n front of. the Town Hall at noon
in Aug. 2. *
The Board decided to proceed
with the planned installation of
i sewer line on Sunset St next
week. “•
Re-zonings
are approved
Re-zoning of several residential
areas has been approved as recom
mended by the Dis;xic; Plain**, ng
Board in Chapel Hill
During their Monday evening
meeting the Town aldermen in
creased the zoning restrictions on
Tenney Circle from an RA-10 to
an RA-20 classification, as re
quested by most property owners
in the neighborhood. The motion
was passed by a split vote of 3-2,
following a debate on whether the
decision should be postponed.
With no dissent the Board also
re-zoned Coker Hills subdivision
from Agricultural to RA-20 and
the Estes Hills Extension horn
RA-10 to RA-1S.
Approval was given the final
plat of Hidden Hills Extension, the
preliminary plat of a final exc
JOURNALISM DEDICATION^ ET
The U'jrver&ly School of "jour
nali im hi3 announced Oct. 21 ra
dedication day for its new quar
ters in Howell Hall.
Invitatkas will- be seat to
alumni, friends and students of
the School in September. Observ
ance of the move into re-model
led quarters with new equipment
will include .not only oneway de
dicatory excereisse but also a
| >ear-long program of prominent
speakers in the field of journalism.
CELEBRATE BASTILLE DAT
The Alliance FYancaise of Chajfc
I el Hill will celebrate Bastille Day
I tonight at 8 o'clock with a party*
I at the home of President Jacques
Hard re in ML Bolus.
tion of Lake Forrest Estates, and1
the final plats of the Oak Grove'
subdivision, and an extension of
Greenwood.
Special at The Rathskeller
\ IMPORTED
GERMAN BOTTLED BEER
]/2 PRICE
CCITY DAY
MLY-FRI., JULY 15
MAN, DIG THESE CRAZY HOT-DIGGITY
BUYS At WHITE-OAKS DEPT. STORE
MATCHING SKIRTS & BLOUSES
At Real Hot Diggity Prices
Some As Low As$0
Per Sot
to* GIRLS'RAINCOATS
Group Ladios' & Girls'
SHOES
$2 Pair
Values to $5.98
$1 EACH
STORE HOURS
8 A.M. Till 6 P.M.
4 . PLENTY OF FREE PARKING
CARRBORO