LIBBARJ.
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June 1, IU4b
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To
The Coiarolssioners, dl den County
First of ell, may I offer ray congratulations on your success
in the recent primary, which shows that the majority of the people in
131 den approve your efficient, progressive leadership in the p at, and
f.re depending on you to eee that
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den eontlnues to go forward in
every way during thoac critic 1 poet-war ye re.
ho one is ra re Interested in the welfare of Bladen then 1 &*#
I believe in OOCD SCHOOLS - and 000b
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I know th t our schools
need money now for buildings, and I am in favor of the necessary ex¬
penditures •
we cay we want good school a. But ah t does it tai:e to make
a good school t Buildings ere important - but ere they more impor¬
tant than good teachers and good books for the children i
School buildings we r out, and need to be rep ired, replaced,
or enlarged, SCHOOL
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BOOJiS
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OUT, TOO,
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ffiffi TO Of RE*
PAIRED, REPLACED, OR
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NUMBER, — SO DO COUNTY LIBRARY
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During the past three years, Z have talked with a number of
teachers, patrons, and pupils of every school in the county, and I
have never yet heard any people say that their school had all the
library books they needed, But, In many instances, they do say that
they do qgt have many books in the school libraries, and that they
are so glad we have a oounty book collection from which they can
borrow books to use with their units on history, geography, etc,
.hen the Tar Heel school was burned, their library books
were burned, too, Money was appropriated to rebuild the school —
but was money appropriated to rofBAM the library books, so impor¬
tant to a school ? I do not think so, (Of course, they have lad
some new books.) ufoet has been the result ? For the past three
years the boys and girls in Tar Reel have needed and wanted more
library books than they could find on their shelves - BUT THEY
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HAD TO GET ALOBG WITHOUT HAIW OF THEM,
One night I w
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asked to attend & T * meeting, and aftor-
w rds, the teachers shewed me the high school library, it was .
pitiful - Just one section of ene shclf had books on it - alltiie
school had been able to ' buy up to that time ,
