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BOOK FAG[ 1tG Commissioner John E. Dotterer joined the meeting and participated in the further deliberations of the Board. Commissioner Cooper moved that $400.00 be appropriated from the unappropriated surplus in the General Fund to help finance an information program to be staffed by volunteer, Senior Citizens and conducted under the auspices of the Council on Aging. Commissioner Hancock seconded the motion and upon a vote, Messrs. Cooper, Hancock, and G. Wicker voted for it and Commissioner Dotterer abstained from voting. The Chairman ruled the motion had been adopted by a majority vote. Commissioner Franklin D. Wicker joined the meeting and participate( in the further deliberations of the Board. Mr. W. T. Proctor, appeared before the Board and gave a report on the activities of the Farmers Home Administration office during the past year. The monthly reports received from various County agencies were distributed to the members of the Commission. Mr. Ernest Atkinson, Assistant Superintendent of the Lee County Board of Education, appeared before the Board and requested approval of a .204 acre tract as an additional part of the school site for the Junior High School on U. S. 421 east of Sanford. Mr. Atkinson reported that this small tract of land was going to be auctioned off and commercially developed , if the school did not purchase it for $1, 500. 00, and it would detract from the school site presently owned by the Board of Education. Commissioner Cooper moved that the site be approved and Commissioner Hancock seconded the motion and upon a vote it was unanimously adopted. Mr. Glenn Barwick, Vice President of Triangle Engineers and Architects, appeared before the Board and discussed tax mapping with the Board. After a lengthy discussion, Commissioner Dotterer moved that Mr. Clark, the Tax Supervisor, be instructed to prepare specifications on tax mapping for consid- eration by the Board. Commissioner Cooper seconded the motion and upon a vote, Messrs, Cooper, Dotterer, Hancock and F. Wicker voted for it and Chairman Gordon Wicker abstained from voting. Messrs. Harry Miller, Richard Rush, W. G. Huggins and Huitt Reep, appeared before the Board on behalf of the Lee County Hospital. Board of Directors. Mr. Miller presented a list of people which the Hospital Directors recommended for consideration and appointment to their Board, by the members of the Commission. Mr. Miller stated that Mrs. Leonard Ascough's term had expired and was not eligible for reappointment and Mr. E. M. Williams' term had expired and he was eligible for re-appointment. While the members of the Hospital Board were present, there was a discussion between them and the Board of Commissioners concerning their study of General Revenue Bonds, the Master Plan which they had developed for the Hospital and the Budget which they have recently adopted for the operation of the Hospital. The Hospital Board was request( to furnish the Board with a copy of the Budget and to make the Master Plan availabl( for inspection. Mr. Tom Haislip, County Extension Chairman, appeared before the Board. Mr. Haisli..p first expressed his appreciation for the renovation made to the Agriculture Building and stated that chairs would bee•needed for the auditorium. Mr. Haislip reported that Ms. Doris Yates had resigned her position which was a position which had been financed and supported under the 1890 program. Mr. Haislip requested the Board give consideration to making this position a regular position, and Mr. Haislip was authorized to discuss the matter with Mr. Grover Dobbins, the District Extension Chairman.