last week, received bids
rooms at Maury, Hookerton
stonborg, but no contracts
awarded because the total
amounted to approximate!}
and Hie comity Board of
has only $106,600 in state
the additional buildings.
After a ftngty discussio
pros and cons by the sehoc
and the county commission
securing additional funds fo
the two boarisdecided to de
on the bids until the first i
August, at which time the
will be considered again.
SCOUTS PLAN .
FINANCEDRIVE
The executive committee of the
Rag* Carolina Gouncil of the Boy
Scouts set $66,232.00 as the Council's
finance campaign goal for the coming
year, at a meeting held recently in
Greenville.
W. C. Chadwick of New Bern, pres
ident of the council, presided at the
meeting.
H. Bail HoMempss of Tarboro and:
J. H. Hancfarow of Wilson will be co
chairmen of the drive to be held some
time this fall.
The drive will be in the form of a
“Dawn to Dusk” campaign, probably
on October 2. Unusual in this respect
for a drive of such magnitude, the
event would take place "between 8 in
the morning and 8 at night.
There wiM also be a “Big Gifts" and
“Advance Gifts” campaigns in the
latter part of September.
President Chadwick also repented
to the committee that the Council had
the largest total boy membership in
its history with a total of 5,764 boys
on toe Scout rolls. The report also
showed, in this respect, an increase of
26 per cent in colored Scouts in the
Council since December, 1950.
_ With a total of 539 boys attending
Camp Charles from 13 out of 14 dis
tricts in the council to the sixth week
this summer, the President’s report
also indicated a successful summer
encampment in progress. 54 units 6f
the council were represented in this
group and 20 per cent camped with
their own Scoutmasters. The final
week of Council-operated Camp began
Sunday and ends tomorrow. After
that date, the camp will be available
to all Scout units for camps, over
nights and to districts' for leadership
training programs.
Other reports given by toe executive
committee included a report from
Wyatt Brown of Greenville and M. D.
Williams of Wilson, co-chairnien of .
interracial activities, on a successful
summer program for negro jseputs
carried oh by W. E. 'Jones, scoutmast
er of the council's negro jateboree
troon, employed to go in every Com
munity in toe council, with negro
scouts, to give skill and leadership
leadership, , <
. HfiP l Ml
During the summer, the Alcoholic
Rehabilitation Center at Butate is
mote than.ll mills toT>reduce a kilo
watt of electricity—a figure which
allows the town nothing for deprecia
tion or returns on its investment
while the new contract provides that
it could be purchased fremjp; com
pany for about 9.4 mills. (These fig
ures are based on the cuxraht ^rtte
of oil.)
(2) The contract is so flexible that
the town can be relieved if power
is obtainable elsewhere cheaper than
the CP&L price. It is itipulatod, how
ever, that the company be-given op
portunity- to meet die competitive
rate. ^ i
(3) The town, apparently, will be
assured of an adequate supply of
power for future expansion without
the issuance of bonds or spending
funds for enlarging the local plant.
(4) At the request of local officials,
the company agreed to the insertion
of a “wheeling” clause whicST protects
the town in event power becomes
available at Buggs Island cheaper
than EYumvil/e can purchase it under
the contract. This clause provides
that the company will transmit the
power from Bugg Island to Farmville
at a nominal cost and in line with1 that
charged other nuniapalitier is the
area by VEFCG. .
Disadvantages of such an arrange
ment are that the tie-in wiB afford an
opening wedge which will mean, even
tually, the closing down of the local
plant and a complete dependence on
the private company for electricity.
The town has had excellent service
under its plant. Some of *hh» might
have to be sacrificed in the event of
a complete shut-down. It should be
noted, however, that so long as only
a portion of the power is obtained
elsewhere, the plant can be called up
on for full production if the occasion
demanded. \ V
Since the plant is capable of gener
ating much more electricity than is
normally required fortthe town, the
question is/raised as to whether or
not such a contract is oeededU Tbe
source is merely an insurahc^ guaiy
an teeing the to«§§f enough power
for future expsmsktt.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam D. Bundy and
sons, James Henry and Sam ]>., Jr.,
will leave Wednesday for a tour of the
New England states, Montreal, Otta
wa, and Toronto, Canada, aadWiagara
Falls.
On the return trip, Mr. iWty will
attend a meeting of the National Lay
men’s Advisory Commission to he held
to Wheeling, West Virginia, on Aug.
9th and 10th and will also attend the
National Laymen’s Retreat of the Dis
ciples of Christ at Bethany college on
August 10, 11 and 12. The Bundy
Caaffly will return to.FlarmviUe via
the Natural Bridge and will arrive
home on or about August 15.
'fir^-half of the year. . ;
‘ aX wtA^naial himI wiwti rtnrf
JSGCauiH) j
the division will cut that figure by
60 per cent lor :the Mri; luffl of the
year, Thr company is now maiding
receivers at the into of 76,000 a quar
ter.
In the first half of the year, GE
.of these units
BUNDYTOSJ
none In Eastern Carolina when the
improvements have been made. Work
was started last week.
A new front is being installed at
Farmvffle Furniture Company and
Manager T. Eli Joyner, Jr., is quite
enthusiastic over Ihte project which
will give his store a front as modern
and attractive as can be found in
towns and cities many times the size
of Farmville. •— —* ",
The Bethlehem Woman’s Society of
Christian .service will meet with Mrs.
B. L. Bateman neat' Friday, August
8, at her home in Bell Arthur.
value had
*d in the i
that should accompany such dona
tions. As chaiman of the finance com*
mittee,'John Lewis wrote the* checks
and, somehow or other, managed to
have money In the batik when they
were presented for payment. It is
largely to his efforts fgat the
debt on the new building is aa amiil
e idea of a *‘$10,000 Sunday”
dned the goal. At his tug
the Sundav School collection
fourth Sunday goes to the
fund and on each of these
orxa specific article. Last
for examnle. collection
Xn. C. C. Joyner, "f* •
Mrs. Mamie H. Rumley of Green
ville visited her daughter, Mrs. Geo.
Moore, last week.
E. C. Oarr, who has been attending
summer school at State college, has
accepted a position in Newport News,
Va., forthe summer months, f. - - l. !
Charles $arr is on the tobacco mar
ket at Pelham, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. Graham Davis are at
tending the second sessioni3| summei
school at Carolina. Mr. Davis, a mem
ber of the faculty at Brenau college,
Gainesville G$* is working on is doc
week at the B. 0. Taylor cottage at
Atlantic Beach. ~r * .•
Web Eljaabeth Davis «n* Mrs.
Prank Davis, Sr., are at Mayview Ma
nor, Blowing Bock, for four weeks.
Pvt Craig Harris and CjpL Prank
Mrs. B. D.
Moore is a
ACC in Vi
was foegu
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fills
i'ri l.t1
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Jones, as
Little, cf
year and a salary acaleotf
$8,100 for «A” certificate