VOLUME
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School Expects
Largest Enrollment
In Its History
The Farmville school is slated to
open the 1950-51 term on Tuesday,
August 29, at 9 o’clock, with an anti
cipated enrollment of 775 of which
about' 500 will be elementary pupils
and-276 high school pupils.
Principal Sam Bundy states that
this will constitute the largest stu
dent body in the history of the school.
The employed personnel of the school
will total 47; 32 of whom will be
regular and special teachers, 6 lunch
room workers, 6 bus drivers, 2 jani
tors and 1 maid.
Principal Bundy states that in the
past three years the enrollment of
the school has increased about 125
pupils or approximately 20 per cent
The faculty has increased from 24 to
32 in the past three years with four
teachers being gained by the increas
ed enrollment and the others being
added on a local basis with the addi
tion of public school music, band, and
a full time librarian. Some of these
additions were necessary to keep the
school on the accredited list of the
Southern Association of Secondary
Schools, a rating the school has held
continuously since 1940.
The school faculty is not onl/ the
largest in the history of the school
but techntfe»lly is the best trained.
Beginning this year, all teachers will
have A certificates and four of the
high school teachers have Master’s
degrees, and two other high school
, all toilets
will greatly add to the comfort of the
pupils and the sanitation of the
will be
Rural schols will be opening in a
couple of weeks, and the state bad
made big plans to provide around
1,000 new school buses.
Most of them will be ready. But a
lot of school kids will ride to school
in oM buses because one firm—Hack
ney Brothers of Wilson—has jniled
to live up to their contract.
Their failure may cost them as
much as |150,000, but it wont help
get the several hundred school buses
out where they’re badly needed.
April 7 the State Division of Pur*
chase and Contract signed a contract
with Hackney Brothers (T. J .Hack
ney of Wilson is the firm’s president)
to build 450 school bub bodies. The:
state was to prpvide the chassis—de
livery of which began to Hackney on
May 10. Hackney Brothers, under
the contract, were to have delivered
buses beginning 30 days after that
date at the rate of 7% a week until
all were finished—which would have
given the state the last of the buses
by Sept 1.- - p ; , ' ... l
Thirty-two buses were dud by June
9. But none were delivered. By duly
13, 157 buses went due. But Hackney
had delivered none.
On July 18, Charley Williams, di
rector of the Division of Purchase *
freight." ,
Williams-said the onlir' umDinr
that had even “nibbled" on the Mea
of building the 300 buses wanted $600
more for each bus than Hackney's
contracted price. This would mean
that Hackney Brothers would have to
pay the $600-each difference—which
would amount to $160,000—plus any
He will be lb charge of sales
the season starting Monday,
also serves aa secretary <
Chamber of Commerce and Me;
Association. 'V
Mrs. Lo til's Harris hat returned i
from a few tfays visit. to Mr. and J
Mrs, Edward R<xoa InfllorebeadGity.
Hiss Lata H*«y of La Grange and l
Mrs. David Soeir of Chariotte were J
overnight guests of Mrs. Leroy Bass
Thursday. Miss Grace Whitehurst of ,
Conetoe, who is NKmPP summer ;
school at ECTC and who formerly <
taught the eighth grade here, i
luncheon guests Thursday of
Bass.! ;'l if-':- -
lbs. Eddie Carraway attend*
second annual convention and b
show of the Eastern North Ca
Cosmetologists guild at the Sir
ter hotelV Raleigh Monday.
Miss Ann Zappa of Chapel Qi]
Raleigh spent several days this
as the guest of Miss Gayle Fan
ipent the week end with her sister,
In. Chasey E. .Walston.
J. F. Batts of Greensboro spent
Saturday night with his daughter,
ink Sam Wain wright.
Mr. and Mrs. B. 0. Taylor, Maedoa
ild Bowling, Hiss Carol Ann Pitt of
^netops, Miss Ruby Barnhill ox
Sherry Point and Mre. Noma Cul
>epper(. of Portsmouth, Va., returned
Sunday from ton days at Morehead
Jity. ■ g ' '
Maynard Thorne, student at State
Soilege, spent last week at home.
Miss Seleta Tucker spent the week
nd in Saratoga with Miss Janet Ty
on and attended the wedding of Jean
ilneh and Willaid Tyson.
Dr. James Jf. Darks and daughters,
Virginia Ann and Becky -Lewis, of
tone .Cave, Ky., were guests Taes
*y of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Gibbs,
he Burks were en route to their
\oma after visiting at Myrtle Beach,
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