In the current school budget. $1(1,683.74 hate been set as’de for capital outlay. Presumably this money is for the purchase of a piece ; of property ad.i lining the school grounds as a nuisance abatement. Jock Dr 'ki ns, chairman of the P-TA building committee, reported for his committee ; t the P-TA meeting last week. Visibility: limited. A special bond election has been suggested, and at a pubh'e meeting on the school situation, the consen sus of opinion was that a small bond issue would be approved by the voters. Charles Moyer, chairman of tin school board, has gone on record as favoring construction of a new ele mentary school to case the over crowded conditions. The elementary school building could then be used for high school classes Most Amelia children attend the high school at Amelia C H., but some attend school at the small frame buildings in Mannboro. Pain ville and Promise Land. The primary building a* the high school was built in 1910, only seven years after the first successful flight in a ht evict- than air mechani cally propelled plane. The primary moms arc de.-ugnod for 25 students each, and school officials say that they do a t meet jet-are standards The elementary building, built eight years age. is i\ nsiidered up to date and adpquati As tentatively approved, the school system will operate on a $316.609.37 budget for 1957-1958. The budget 1 a c 1 it ri e s an Increase of nearly $2.2iK) in the amount allotted Ashby HI) Club Hopes to Stir County Interest

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