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NO MERGER. WE CAN'T AFFORD T O BE WRONG

Monday night, some 300 parents and teachers interested, in -•Mr V — " " i n J HiKh School turned out {or a meeting

with the Mt. Vernon.Board of Education to hear a discussion

T H E M O U N T V E R N O N SlftfcAL, MT. V E R N O N , KY. THURSDAY. MAY 1. 1958

merging Mt. Vernon "Grade and High School with Rockcastle County-Schools.

V c have known for at least two years that the State De-partment of Education has wanted to merge the schools in the county for reasons recounted by Clyde Linville « the Monday night meeting. .Those reasons arc ennumerated in a ftory on the f ron t page of this issue.

Basically, merger Boils down to a couple or three points.

Reasons For School Merger (Continued from page 1)

Mr. Linville also rea3 a letter from Ted C. Gilbert, Head, Bureau of Administration and Finance, State Department of Education. That letter is'as follows: April 25, 1958 Mr. Clyde Linville, Superintendent Mt. Vernon Independent Schools' Mt. Vernon, Kentucky. Dear Clyde: ™* / '

O. B. Wilder and I certainly \iant to express.our appreci-ation for the gracious hospitality you, your.wife and members of your board of education extended'to us last night. It certainly, was a pleasure.to be with all of you. The dinner was a real treat, so please convey our thanks to the teachers and girls who did such a nice job in preparing it and serving-it.

Clyde, I am sorry we were not in possession of the correct figures concerning the present outstanding bonds in the Rock-, castle County School District. Mr, Roschi was out of the office-

^ftornnnn w <|irip't get to recheck his figures be-fore we left "for Mt. Vernon. We have rechecked. this morning and find the following financial status we wo.uld have if "{he two districts merged.

Combined Assessment . "$9,295,830.00 . 69fr of Combined Assessment - ' $ 557,749,80!

Outstanding Bonds 6-30-58 $ 441,000.00 Amount of New Bonds That Can Be Issued $ 116,749.00

Checking • further, I find that the capital outlay allotment for the combined districts would be about $.58,360.00, with only j

. . „ . $40,406.25 of the $58,360,00 needed for the financing of- the pre-1) It is getting to the place where small, school districts j s e n t outstanding bonds plus a new issue of about $115,000, which:

cannot-survive for very long, especially in areas where popul-j j assume would - be issued for contraction of a new ten-room!

ations ordinarily decrease. (Sec Point 5 in other story) Apparent- elementary- center in Mt. Vernon. This leaves about $17,953,75 •lv the state sees this in prospect for Mt. Vernon High School (still unencumbered in the capital outlay fund which.could be! and has more o r less ordered merger. The State says, in so many ] used to help, piece out the new construction and also be applied words: If you people want a high school at Mt." Vernon you'd «° purchase of equipment. better take it while you can get it. The day may come when I With Roy Smith working on site selection and good planning you will be merged and your students may g o t o the' school. new elementary school. I believe the _new elementary j o u wm L • school could be provided in a merger. If your board so desires.:

t h a t s available at the time. ! l could send Roy down for an early thorough exploration of-all 2) On the other side, if there is merger it is within the j possibilities related to this matter.

-realm of possibility that' when another Board is voted that Thanks again for very courtesy. Best personal regards to. Board could change its mind on whatever contract the original your good wife and board. Board made. But this is most unlikely .since any change in, Sincerely yours. schools for Mt. Vernon children would mean taking students | Ted C. Gilbert. Head f rom a heavily populated arei to i rural area. Tha t is n o t j . Bureau of Administration and Finance

financially feasible. 1 F o r m e r P r i n c i p a l " These are the prospects we must face in deciding to merge j j i s c u s e g M e r g e r

o r not to merge. On" the surface, it appears we have no alter-native but to merge. If the State has merger in mind and this is; (Continued from page 1) the first step, then we cannot stop that merger without sacrifir- j located high school at Mt. Ver ing the educaion of our future citizens. I j j r Am

made in the plant at Mt. Ver- M e r i d i a n C l u b S e e s non for a few years. . • _ . . .

Dr. John D. Henderson, Mt. E x e r c i s e D e m o n s t r a t i o n Vernon dentist, summed up the: , " . meeting by urging everyone to Meridian . Woman s Club consider all the facts in question members saw a demonstration and to decide on a sanej sensible Monday night, of exercises approach to solving th? question, which were designed for spot He also urged everyone to rely reducing, gaining weight and oo the Board of Education or losing weight, but most of. <fehich is the only group, that ?» f ° r suppleness and a feel-can vote to merge the school, ing of general well being, ac-

Mrs. Ann B. Farrls. president cording, to Mrs. Dorothy .Chris-of the PTA was ' in charge of m a n Berea. , the meeting. She introduced." Assisting Mrs. Chnsman in Clyde. Linville. superintendent «he demonstration were: Mrs. of Mt. Vernon High School. His Helen Williamson. Mrs. Rose remarks will be found in an- Wheeler, Mrs. Dorothy Byrd other story on this page, of the a""1 Mrs. Ozella Gilbert. Signal. ' The "OTeridraH club-is con-

On the speakers platform be- s'dering sponsoring a class of sides Mr. Brvant 5nd Mr. Lin- 'his type m the fall. The cost vill'e were: *N. M. Smock and of such a course was not re-Bill Dowell. board members. ve2*e°- 4 Absent were board members, The Club voted to sponsor

r|ngses again this summer. Details will be giv later.

- The Club also voted to petition the Mt.'Vernon school board for the purpose of having

er. Judy Maynus, Rodney Pur- a course on driving taught in cell. Sue Mavs, Lois Reynolds, conjunction with Civics in the Charlotte Robbins, Joyce Sar- high school. The course would gent. * > stress the hazards and sq/ety

5th GRADE practices of driving. r>—_J„ cv - i . n i ' Mrs. Joyce Henderson gave Brenda Shelton, Barbara short talk on' civil defense

and exhibited a first aid kit. McNew, C a r o l y n .Merritt , w h j c h shoukl be-kept on hand Harold Lunsford Beverley ( Q r a n y e m e r g e n c y ? £ d c s p e c i a , . Harris, Birdie DeBorde. Dale j ( civil defense emergencies. Adams. Jean Bullock Faye y

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NnHnn h o m e o f Mrs^Earl Hammons. Norton. Shandra Polly, Noima M A n n F a r r j s a n ( 1 M r s C | a r k Sargent. Judy Williams, Kaye B w c r e c o . h o s t e s s e s . Hunt, Roger Benge Larry^Say- D e v o t i o n a I was given by Jor. Gene Reynolds. Diana M r s A [ ) n F a r r j s Denny. Deborah Ppnder, Cyn- C o u c , i c k e t s a r e

T Z « r ' ^ r r y B,ULdfe"5' "ow on sale and can he bought

i " rt ^ i ,' ?"}n f from any member of the Linda Houston. Judy Hopkins. M e r i d i a „ o r J a y c e e c l u b s . 4xn G n A U L

Judy York, Earl Cumrtlllii., —• " , , r , Gregory Elnnis, Kenneth Pa>- o h e e p W e e k P r o g r a m

Gene Shokes 5! ham.

BHS HONOR ROLL (Continued from page 1)

periment Substation on Friday, May 9; and a wind-up meeting in. the Louisville area on Sat-urday, May 10.

Idea of all the meetings and -tours, says R. C. Miller, Ken-tucky Agricultural Extension Service specialist, is to better acquaint Kentuckians w i t h their sheep industry and to examine the possibility of ex-panding the industry from the animal-number and increased production per animal stand-point.

'The Lexington session, call-ed the annual "Sheep Day", May 6, is an all-day affair, starting at 8:30 (CST>. Top men fromithe-industry in the U. s . will be on the program;.

Miller said meeting and tour programs are available at his office in Hie animal husbandry department, or from county agents'" offices.

The USDA says-the 1958 corn acreage may be. the smallest in many years.

personal feelings behind. Your decision is too important. It is. your duty to do the best job for the fQture citizens of Rock--; castle County," he concluded.

L. D. Bryant, a member of i the -Mt. Vernon High School |

. , . , ,. . tyld his audience: Board of Education, recited to. O a r problem is a great one. We know ot.flo other problem j -The welfare of all. the people the some. 300 persons assembled, I

so important to face this community, because it concerns our and the quality of citizenship a.history of the school. ") i „ • • •_ i will be affected for years to "Today, we have a modern j l u i u r c C i t i z e n s . , < n m a ytr\i11- d n n i i i n n V/%1 • a n t i i n n o r l r A > i n n l i n r i «» !

sons, Tony Saylor, David Hi land. Marj1 Belcher, Doris Coffey, and Jill Poynter. |

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dea r Elmo,

Set For May 5 - 10 Kentuckians interested in

the sheep industry get a good chance May 5 through 10 to re-view this up-an-coming phase

We urge the public to forget- personal feelings, politics, j should "by all means give the about through our sacrifice in! convenience .and prejudice, and approach the question, wi th ' question of merger your most taxes. I think our facilities are! open mind and reliance on statistics. Rockcastle children deserve j s ™ous consideration."" adequate• ahd will be for some'.

. . . . . , . , t , , .• ,, "I have found," Mr. Amis l l m e t o come, and it s all ours, i our best thinking and their welfare and education demands our s a i d , . ( h r o u g h y e a r s Qf s t u d ^ D o w e have to hand these best decision. We cannot afford to be wrbng." . j and work in the school svstem, facilities over to the county for

— — • ~ — f* — ithat the small-school unit can- their control? I have watched: 'Lucy Ferguson. City; Samuel: not do an adequate joh of edu- 'he county operate, a nd I don't < Holcomb, Brodhead. j catlhg the young people and l i k e t h e way they, operate," j

Births j has merged with larger units. Mr. Bryant said. John and Francene Ledford,; Mt. Vemon is faced with this He also declared the-county i

Rt . 1, Crab Orchard, a boy, • prospect. At this point, Mt. has a bonded indebtedness of [ April 26: Marshall and Ruby j Vernon High School still has a half a million dollars. Mt. Ver- i Thompson. Rt. 3, Eubank, • a ; chance to call the shots. The non's bonded indebtedness is |

| girl, April 30. I school should take advantage $27,000. | of that advantage." • "If we merge." he pointed \

„ , __ „ V o t i n g M a c h i n e He explained that it is neces- o u t - " w e w i u . h a v t „ ' ? 1 . a , s s1

u ™ ! Hal Whatley. City;- Mrs. Flora. 3 , s a c v h a v e a n a d e t e a share in paying off that total; Bales, City; Robert S. Fletcher, A t C o u r t h o u s e number of students in high d e b l - 1 a m emphaticilly against City: Mrs. Ona Coffey, City; schooi in order to obtain Statb merger." Mrs. t l la bills, Livingston. A voting machine is now on financial aid (last year Mt. O. V. Hilton. Mt. Vernon Charlotte Kay Barnett, City; .display at the Mt. Vernon Vernon High School got $75.- business man took the floor to :

Please notice .that we have of agriculture.. changcd address again. Send During that period one state-my Signal to: 2537 St. Cecilia wide session has been set at St.. Louisville 12, Ky., so I will Lexington. Tuesday, May 6. get all copies. and three regional meetings. - Wot!I 1 say .hello XfouteBiwal gatherings will be

to all my friends and family a "mountain-area" meeting at and they can see my new ad- Morehead. Monday. May 5:* a dress as I am a poor hand to two-day tour of flocks in the write letters. . • Central Kentucky area starting

Yours truly. ' Wednesday. May 7 and ending Mrs..Joseph H. Garner Thursday. May 8 in Christian 2537 St. Cecilia St. county; a western Kentucky Louisville 12. Ky. meeting at the Princeton Ex-

Patient's Register

RockcatlU County

F o r Sale Five room modern house with one acre of land.

Located at Boone, Kentucky. Known as the old James Lambert Property.

Anyone interested may look it over.

SEE GEORGE SOWDER, AT RESIDENCE

Valley Drive-In

RENFRO VALLEY K * . Every Monday night is

Bargain Night, SI per car.

THURSDAY & FRIDAY.-May .1 - 2

ARTIST & MODELS Dean Martin - Jerry Lewis

SATURDAY, MAY 3 "HIRED GUN"

Rory Calhoun-Anne Francis ALSO

"MAN ON FIRE" Bing Crosby

SUNDAY & MONDAY May 4 - 5

"THE JOKER IS WILD

Frank Sinatra- Jeanne Crain

TUESDAY, )S*WED. Mav 6 - 7

THE LAND UNKNOWN Jock McHoney William Reynolds

THURSDAY & FRIDAY Mav 8 - 9

ROCK A BILLY BABY

Virginia Field Douglas Kennedy

ALSO Y O U N G A N D D A N G E R O U S

Lilli Gentle - Mark Damon

Mrs. Alma Pitman, Elrod; Jackie Courthouse and will remain .Renner, City; Mrs. Ruby Thomp- there until Tuesday. son, Rt. 3, Eubank; James The public is invited to in-Rogers, Orlando; Mrs. Mattie s pect the machine. Clarence Daniels, City. ^ Carter , or some' other court-

Diimisialf house official will explain "its Mrs. Thelma Brown, Rt. 1, operation.

Crab Orchard; Betty "Jane Bal- Tuesday is the day the Fiscal linger, Wildie; Doris Proctor, Court decides whether to buy City; Margaret Machal, City: the voting machines. Mrs. Annie Johnson. Brodhead; "

:ity; Mrs Bentley

Clark, Orlando; Mrs. B^rnice N a v y B l u e j a c k e t Halcomb, Orlando; Bradley - ' Sigmon, City; Garrett Taylor.1 Hartman Kite Jr . . of Route Livingston;. Mary Lou Hayes, l, Mt. Vernon,.graduated from Rt. 1, Mt. Vernon; Johnny recruit training April 25 at the Owens, Rt. 1, Mt. Vernon; Carl Naval Training Center, San i Baker, City; Corene Cummins, Diego. Calif.

^Clty; Frank Painter, Brodhead; The graduation exercises,! - secie1 ItstUacd, Bout* marking the end o! nine weeks

1, Crab Orchard; Ernest Whit-,of "boot camp," included a full! aker, Rt. 1, Mt. Vernon; Rube dress parade and review before F a u l k n e r . Livingston: Mrs. military off icials 'and civilian! F r a n c e s Mullins, Orlando; , dignitaries. Charles Stanley, Rt. 1, Mt. Ver- In nine weeks of instruction.! non; Mrs. Josephine Cinnamon, the "jaw recruit" is developed, 2 U Crab Orchard; Shirley into a Navy Bluejacket, ready, Caldwell, R t 1, Brodhead; Mrs. for duty with the fleet. I

000). If the State should decide point out that unless there to raise "the total high school were definite assurances from students to 250-, in order to re- the county and. State there ceive State aid. and Mt. Ver- would be nothing to stop the non High School has 180, it county from changing the pro-would be forced to merge to gjam at a future date and send claim its State benefits. Mt. Vernon students to other

"Sooner or later you have to schools in the county. merge. That is the. point. You He. also noted that Mt. Ver-had better try to work out an non could not build another agreement now that is to the school with $116,000 in new advantage of Mt. Vernon," Mr. bonds that could be issued Amis said. under state law. Therefore,

"When you decide, put all Ithere could be little change

A DATE WITH A DREAM A COMEDY IN THREE ACTS'

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Friday. May 9. 1958

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Of 1958 To-night and Friday Night

May 1st. and 2nd. At TsOO p. in.

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