Evening star., 1944-03-26
Hearing Sef 10 Weigh
Fauquier Budget With
Teacher Pay Boosts

iS0SH~i uY OVVS9
WARRENTON, Va, Mar. 25.-A
tentative county budget calling for
teacher salary increases ranging
from $75 to $219 a year was SUBJ
mltted this week to Fauquier's
Board of Supervisors, and the board
has set 10 am. April ~ for public
hearing on it.
The budget proposes expenditures
OF S424,000, or $52,160 more than
last year.. with the teacher salary
increases accounting for $29, ,483 of
this amount. The total is about
$4,000 in excess of anticipated
revenues.
Since the supervisors are on rec
ORD against general increase in
the tax rate, should they adopt
the budget they will find 1t neces-
sary to make up the difference from
some other source. One possibility
is the county's surplus.
A tax increase of cents is asked
In Centre district to retire the
Centre district school debt. The
increase would bring the Centre
district school debt fund tax rate
to 10 cents per 500 valuation.
The proposed teacher salary in
creases, recommended by the School
Board, would give teachers with
normal professional certificates a
minimum of 81 020 and maximum
OF $1,344 for the coming year, as
against $945 to SLIPS this year.
Teachers with collegiate professional
certificates would get $1,000 to
$1,524, compared with the current
SLIPS to $1,305.
Rabies Quarantine Extended.
The County Board also extended
the antirabies dog quarantine until
May t. and ordered all dog own
ers in the county to have their
animals vaccinated. The supervisors
instructed Game Warden James K.
Douglas to set up vaccination clinics
throughout the county.
Last State Trooper la.
Fauquier County, which normally
has three State policemen, is down
to one and he may be lost soon
to selective service. The last re-
manning trooper Is L. E. Wetzel,
who is la. OF the other two,
Trooper R. L. Shaver was trans
ferred to Culpeper in January, and
Trooper James N. Collins went to
the Army last month.
Volunteer Firemen Elect.
The Marshall Volunteer Fire De-
partment held its annual election of
officers in the firehouse Monday
night, and reelected the present
officers. They are chief, M. M.
Maddux; assistant chief. Wallace
Glascock; captain, w. N. Finks; fire
chief, j. A. Morris; secretary-treas-
urer, H. H. Russell; instructor, A.
E. Walker.
AgrOnOmist to Speak.
w. H. Byrne, extension agron-
omist of VPI. Blacksburg, will ad-
dress Fauquier County farmers at
s pm. Tuesday in Marshall High
School, and on Wednesday in the
Bealeton High School. He will talk
on the use of fertilizers and the
proper havesting of hay for max
imum protein content.
Eightv-five white men will 90 to
Richmond for their preinduction
physical examination at 8 am.
Monday. Forty Negroes were ac-
cepted for Army and Navy, services
March 7, from a quota of So. Thirty
one went to the Army and nine to
the Navy.
Tops Voluntary Enlistments.
The third joint service induction
area, of which Warrenton is a part.
was placed in the top spot for the
Nation in the procurement of volun-
tary naval enlistments during the
first two months of 1914, according
to a release from Comdr. w. A.
Saunders, inspector of Navy re-
cruiting. 1t Comdr. Charles L.
Kessler congratulated Chief Alton
Erik, recruiter for this district, and
the town of Warrenton.
Moffett Gets d. F. C.
The Distinguished Flying Cross
has been awarded to 1t. Eugene D.
Moffett, Warrenton, now with the
9th Air Force In England. 1t. Mof-
felt, who has been in England since
March, 1943, received the Air Medal
In September and has also been
awarded several Oak Leaf Clusters.
He is the son of Hugh Moffett,
Warrenton, and joined the air
forces in 1912.
Sergt. Alfred Falls Killed.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. M. Falls, Mar
shall, have been officially notified
that their son, Sergt. Alfred Falls,
was killed in action over Germany
on January 20. Mr.. and Mrs. Falls
were first notified that he was
missing in action" over Germany
on this date.
Garden Plots Offered.
Ian S. Montgomery, Warrenton,
is offering free Victory garden plots
to those who have no land at their
disposal. Mr.. Montgomery offered
10 garden plots totaling about one
and a half acres, on Culpeper street,
and said more land is available on
the edge of town.
Church Plans Centenary.
Plans are being considered in
Amissville to celebrate the Tooth
anniversary of the AmisSville
Church, Oldest Methodist Church of
the Rappahannock charge. The
deed for the church site is dated
August IL, 1929.
Falls Church Scout Rally
To Be Held Wednesday