Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1962-08-01

needed improvements in the
Tabor City school system were
discussed by the local school
board i'll its regular monthly
meeting Monday night.
The school board listed sew
eral building and repair pro-
JactS which are needed in Tab
or City if the So million bond
issue for education in Columb-
us County proposed by the CO.
unity Board of Commissioners
week ago is approved by the
voters in the general elections
this fall.
The County Board of Com
miSSionerS voted recently To
present to the voters of the
county in the upcomlng Nc
vember elections a So million
dollar bond issue To better the
educational facilities of the CO.
unty's schools.
Needed Projects
The local school board is re-
queSting four needed building
and Improvement projects
should the bond issue be APP
proved. The projects are Us
follows:
l. A new auditorium with
adjoining industrial arts and
science departments to be at
tached to the present high
school building.
2. A complete remodeling of
the present grammar school in
Guiding a new or improved
heating plant.
B. New classroom furniture
and modern, adequate toilet
facilities for the present high
school building.
4. Improvements i'm the pres
ent vocational and home eco
Monies departments to provide
adequate classroom and storage
space. -
Several projects were re-
queSted but not completed last
year will also be added to the
local school boards list of
needed improvements. These
include:
1. Complete renovation of the
old building housing the pres
ent auditorium to provide for
televisiOn teaching and Iect-
ures. The old auditorium also
needs new flooring, new seats
as per cent of the present ones
are brOken, and an adequate
heating system.
2. A walk-in cooler of the
school cafeteria.
Bond Issue Explained
II. G.. Cameron, a member
of the CoIaty Board of Educa-
ton, met with the local board
and discussed how funds will
be distributed if the proposed
bond issue is approved.
Cameron explained that four
schools, Chadbourn. Evergreen.
Cerro Gordo. and Fairbluff. in
the western part of the county
had requested consolidation
of the four high C"hoolS into
centrally located school to
serve the entire area, and the
cost for such a consolidation
program would be approx
mately 100000.
The Whiteville City School
system would receive $500. 600
if the bond issue is approved
leaving Sl,l00.00O to be distrib-
uted to the remaining schools
OF the county according to the
needs of each school, Cameron
explained
Cameron also said that the
needs of each school would be
considered and a itemized list
of the funds each school would
receive would be drawn up be-
fore the November election, so
that voters i'm each area would
know exactly what the bond
issue would provide for the
schools in their area.
Other Business
In other business. the local
school board voted to rehire
Broadus Turbeville as janitor
for the coming school year.
The board voted to- approve
the application of Patsy Col
lier, a Tabor City native pres
emily attending East Carolina
College, Greenville. for the job
Of elementary school librarian.
Miss Collier will be available
to take the position upon COM
pletion of her practice teach
ing. She is majoring in library
science.
The teaching staff for the
coming school year is complete
with the exception of one 5th
grade teacher. Applications for
the opening are still being con-
sidered. This additional ele-
mentary school teacher was al
lotted o the Tabor City
Schools in early July.
The board discussed the pos