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1 he county s Board of Supervisors will play a part in responding to local disasters in the future.
At last week’s board meeting, held December 5 at the court house, Deiter Knuepfer, coordinator for the county’s emergency and disaster planning, asked the supervisors to appoint representatives from the five magisterial districts to a damage assessment team which will work with an emergency board. That board includes Knuepfer, VPI agent Birgitt Thornhill and officials from the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee, Soil Conservation Service, state forestry division and Farmers Home Administration. This group will estimate damage caused by disasters such as windstorms, floods and droughts. For even a single house damaged by a tornado, the team will conduct a survey, Knuepfer noted.
H. B. Wood's suggestion that the supervisor from each district serve on the damage assessment team was unanimously endorsed.
Praise For Wood
Wood himself was the subject of another proposal later in the meeting. “There’s something I want to respectfully suggest,” began Robert Eastham, speaking from the audience. ‘This is H. B. Wood’s last meeting.” (Wood did not seek reelection in November. As of January 1, the seat from Stonewall-Hawthorne will be filled by Nelson Lane.) “In view of the long service he has rendered to the county, especially in guarding the purse strings and advocating fiscal prudency, I think the board should pass
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