The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-06
School, Welfare Needs Are Presented
AS Supervisors Start Bud et Studies
County Gets Road
Grant For Access
Into New Plant

Prince Edward county super
visors spent a five-hour session
Tuesday hearing delegations with
matters to present concerning pub
lie Schools welfare, civil defense,
fire safety. highways, dog laws and
FarmVille parking facilities, among
others
Roy r. Pearson, school board
chairman and Supt II. j. Nell
Waine presented a tentative l959-6O
public school budget Of 1888, 100.
They explained the budget was cal
culated to operate the schools on
the same basis as in the past.
It is s28,302 higher than the esti-
mated budget for the current year,
with, however, the asking in local
tax funds increased only Si3 900
over the current year The increases
are required chiefly to keep the
county abreast of ate-authorized
teacher salary increases, Supt. Nc
IlWaine said.
Budgets Presented
Miss Carrie Bliss, county superin-
tendent of welfare. presented a pre-
Emlnary 1880 budget of S84 sos.
divided among anticipated approp-
rlations Of S48,88 in federal funds,
1882 in state funds and Sic, 1884 in
county funds The latter request is
only S14 higher than for the current
year, Miss Bliss told the board
The budgets were presented in
order that they can be combined
with that for the county general
fund as the supervisors and Treas
urer j. w. Wilson. Jr. prepare for
the countrywide financing for the
fiscal year commencing July l.
Supervisors w w. Vaughan and
J. Hugh Jenkins, together with
Chairman Edward A. Carter, will
hammer the budget into form for
presenting to the whole board at
the April session.
New Road Seen
j. u. Parker, resident highway
engineer, Informed the supervisors
that the county has been awarded a
Sl4 400 appropriation from the High
! way Commission $ special industrial
access road fund to widen and
straighten the road into the egg
grading plant from Route 46O
The Department Will seek an adj
ditional 10 feet to its existing right
of-way to make it so feet. That is
10 provide adequate title land on
which to make future improvements
if industrial development of the site
proceeds as anticipated The new
roadway surface Will be 20 feet
compared TO the present Is feet, too.
Parker said.
The board conferred at length
with Wallace Gillian, new dog war
den. agreeing to start his salary as
Of March / The warden was re-
quested to present a plan for
pound, and TO conduct a 30-day edll-
cational and information program
concerning the operation Of the
county program.
Mrs H. E. SouthalI and Mrs. S.
W. Putney appeared on behalf Of
the 3 US ne $ S and Professional
Women Club to request the board
to appoint county coordinator for
Civil Defense. They also asked
prompt planning for a countrywide
CD plan that is neaningflll and Will
prepare the area for emergencies,
including natural disaster.
j. H. Forbes, Farmville town
council member, and Town Mana
SCI d. l.. Qulsenberry met with
the board to ask members to take
under Amusement a plan for in
stalline parking meters, Jointly with
the municipality, in the graded lots
| between and behind the Court House
and Municipal buildings.
A delegation of Dillwyn Fire De-
! partment members. R. j n Grow.
j Abner Seay, Billy LeSueur and.
Edward LeSueur, appeared to ask
/ supervisors to give them conSldera
ton should the matter OF a new
THliiCt GuWdiu equity iHt uuCk,
now under study. materiallze III the
| availability Of the present county
truck
/ In final action. the board re-
i quested E. Louis Dahl to serve as
I official distributor for the traps to
be used in the March-April-May
\ fox trapping program in the county
The board secured his consent, and
\ the traps will be available starting
/ neXt Week al his Main strect s,tor,