Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1962-05-16
Board Members
Hear Proposals

The driver training program,
school calendar for next year.
and the use of school buildings
Tor fallout shelters in case they
should be needed were among
III. topics of discussion at the
county school board meeting
MONDAY night, May Z.
Assistant Superin e n d n I
John Hicks presented a driver
training proposal 10 help clear
backlog time for students in
2ctual driving.
He explained that white stu
cents in the county have a
backlog of l,043 hours in car
training. Only $40 hours Of
this can be completed during
tie 60-day summer period,
with the one instructor, Daniel
Peacock, participating
Hicks stated that Negro stu
cents have 444 hours backlog
time and this can be complet-
et easily with their instructor,
FELTON, Granger, this summer.
Hicks. along with Superin-
tendent I. Ward Guy. propoS-
ec that part-time driving in
structor be hired for the sum
mer to cut the white SUDDEN:
backlog. Another proposal was
/" sell the two 1860 Larks
which are now being used anu
10 replace them with two Ply
mouths. The purchase of an
additional car for the part
time instructor this summer
was brought up. Hicks was
quoted as saying that the LarkS
would sell between S700- $3.50
EACH. A new Plymouth sells for
,446 under a state contract
He stated that the proposal,
excluding the trading of the
two cars, would cost approx
mately $4,000.
In further explaining, he
said that this would not cost
the board or county cent
since there is already $4,000
credited TO the county for use
in its drivers training. About
$4,000 was received last yea,
as proportioned here from the
81 fee on state license fees.
The above proposals were
sanctioned by the board.
(l74 white students are talk
ing part in the program and
100 Negroes are also partici =
patingD
The school schedule for next
year is: principals report 10
days before the opening of
school which is on Aug. Is;
teachers report three days be-
fore the school opening, Aug.
20; pupils orientation, Aug.
27: full day schedule, Aug. %;
Oct. 10, teachers meeting:
Thanksgiving holidays; Christ
mas vacation, Dec. 10 through
Jan. 2; Easter holidays, April
IL, IL. and Is: and on May
~, all schools will close next
year.
Guy read a list of schools
that have been approved by
Civil Defense for fallout shelf
ers in the case of emergency.
The schools are Hallsboro.
Guideway. Cerro Gordo. Chad
bcurn, Fair Bluff, Tabor City.
Old Dock, Evergreen, and Will
liams Township. He (Guy)
told the board that l.. II.
Wayne. county Civil Defense
chairman, has asked that forms
be signed which would give
Permission to Civil Defense the
right to use the buildings in
case of emergency
Wayne stated Wednesday
that the survey was conducted
by the Corps of Engineers and
included buildings with boile-
rooms with walls that would
&c suitable for fallout shelf
ers. He also stated that he ex-
poets the survey team to re-
turn to check into other coun-
~ schools. He added that the
survey was made independent
y, with no connection to the
county office.
Equipment and survival
foods will sometime in the flu
ture be stored at the surveyed
schools. according to Wayne
Other matters brought UP by
Guy was the sale of a tractor
10 j. r. Stanley of Tabor City
for S35l.26. Stanley was the
only bidder.
Construction of classrooms NJ
Mt. Olive School is progress
ing despite the delay of hav-
Ing TO get bids for the second
time. j. w. Cook and Sons is
low in charge of the construc-
ton.
The meeting was then adj
journed.