Mrs. William Ai Buntin, Wei-,

Mrs. William Ai Buntin, Wei-, fare Superintendent, presented the Welfare Department budget at the February meeting of the ' Board of Supervisors, held Wedr nesday morning in the courthouse in Washington. Seven hundredseventy-seven dollars was called for over last year’s budget, in county funds.

Stating the inadequacy- of last year’s budget, commenting that ? the alloted sum for eyery category was used, Mrs. Buntin went on to ^ explain to the board why the extra money was needed, showing in de-s tail how it would be alloted. The board agreed to hold the budget - until a time when the wbole budget will be considered.

Several supervisors asked if the allotment to families could be reduced in the summer and fall, when the working members could find work. Mrs. Buntin explained the difficulty of having a fluctuating allotment. £*ter in the meeting, A. H. Buckner suggested to the members that each super- ', visor look over the j allotments la - . _his individual diatriet. •—v** H. S. Barksdale Appelated Civil

Defease Director-Coordinator -

C. L.' Whitehead, from the State office of Civil Defense, told the 6 board members of the need for a civil defense organization in the county, in case of a national or a local disaster. Drawing an effective word picture of the new, magnified dangers that the hydrogen bomb have brought, Mr. < Whitehead predicted a deluge of city folk to the country, both at the time of the attack and when the scare of the attack had reached the newsstand of- other cities.. These people must be prepared for, in addition to the problems peculiar to the comity. ‘’It may never happen, but you must be prepared in case it does happen.”

H. S.. Barksdale was appointed Director-Coordinator of the Civil Defense' for the county. Mrs. Milton Gore, in the Health DepartSee

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