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AUTO DEFECT PROBLEMS? CALL THE TOLL-FREE
U.S. AUTO SAFETY HOTLINE AT 800-424-0123
Washington, D.C. — Automo
bile owners in the 10-state
area surrounding Washington,
D.C. can now dial directly
into the federal highway
safety agency for a quick
read-out on auto defect prob
lems or to report auto safety
problems “Uncle” should
know about. The federal toll-
free Hotline number is 800-
424-0123 for residents of the
areas listed below, and 426-
0123 for residents of metro
politan Washington, D.C.
“If you have a vehicle
problem which threatens your
safety or the safety of others,”
said a recent federal an
nouncement to auto owners
in this area, “or if you know
of such a problem which
the National Highway Traf
fic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) .should look into,
the Auto Safety Hotline Of
fice wants that information
and your call.”
According to Gilbert L.
Watson, Chief of the Con
sumer Services Office which
operates the Hotline facility
for NHTSA, the new con
sumer telephone service began
on October 15 as' an aid for
auto owners who need help
in solving safety-related ve
hicle problems or who have
defect-related information to
report. NHTSA is the U.S.
Department of Transporta
tion’s enforcement “arm”
which sets auto performance
standards for the industry
RELIGION
IN
and enforces the
repair of defective autos when
necessary.
Watson says the Hotline
keeps four trained operators
busy from 8:30 am to 5:00
pm every workday. Auto
matic telephones are utilized
in “off’ hours to record
caller’s names and telephone
numbers so that owners will
receive a prompt operator
call-back when business hours
resume. “Calls which iden
tify possible defects,” Watson
explains, “are relayed directly
to NHTSA’s investigative of
fice by the Hotline staff. But
defect-related or not, we will
apply whatever powers the
agency can lawfully apply, to
help owners solve the prob
lems reported to us.
The Hotline’s toll-free serv
ice is available to callers from
Maryland, Delaware, Virginia,
West Virginia, North Caro
lina, Pennsylvania, New Jer
sey and Connecticut. In New
York the service is available
to residents of New York
City, Long Island, Buffalo
and Rochester. The free-call
area also extends into south
ern Ohio for residents in the
telephone area-code 513 and
614.
Auto owners in the 10-
state area are urged, if they
have problems or information
concerning safety-related au
tomobile defects, to call the
Auto Safety Hotline in Wash
ington!
THE KITCHEN
by Eileen Lowe
(Continued from page 4)
checked his music and trumpet, and
declared that he was ready.
As I drove him to where the
band members would meet the
activity bus, I could feel the enour-
mous emotion bubbling inside what
looked like a perfectly calm exterior.
It would be three hours before the
President arrived, but I knew the
excitement of the children would
be contained as they entertained
the waiting crowds with a well-
prepared program of music.
At 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, March
13,1976, the great moment arrived.
Marine 1 settled on the baseball
field of West High, the first Presi
dent to visit Wilkes County stepped
to the ground, “Hail to the Chief”
rolled across the valley, and
President Gerald R. Ford gave a
group of American children a pride
that will live with them forever
because, they had the honor of
greeting the President of the United
States to Wilkes County for the first
time in its history.
WILKES COUNTY HISTORY
(briefly)
J. Jay Anderson
Prior to 1777 Wilkes was but a
part of Surry - no fringe on top -
merely mountains to the West. Pre
ceding the Surry episode, Wilkes had
been a part of Rowan and the now
famous Salisbury cemetery (which
did not exist at that time).
With the coming of county-hood,
Wilkes needed a name, so someone
(maybe the first sheriff) suggested
the area be named for the John
Wilkes of some repute and more
ill-repute in “jolly ole England”.
Seems that John (Wilkes) believed
in, stood for, and wrote about rep
resentation in government, and it
was assumed that he further was in
favor of exporting some representa
tion to the Colonies. Of course
George III believed in exporting
also - mainly Wilkes (who went to
live in France until he found his
indebtedness there became the same
problem for him that D. Boone had
found such deficits to be for him in
Davie County - at about the same
point in time).
Two of Wilkes County’s most
illustrious inhabitants were but tran
sients before the county became
Wilkes - Christopher Gist and Daniel
Boone. And later, after the death of
Wilkes County’s most prolific writer
(he didn’t want anyone to forget
anything about him); two years fol
lowing the death of William Lenoir,
had he peeked from the ground he
would have found that he was bu
ried, not in Wilkes, but in Caldwell.
Not to mention the fact that Ben
Cleveland, who settled in Rowan
County, without moving his place
of abode, found himself - while liv
ing in Roundabout in Ronda - a
citizen of Surry and some seven or
eight years later a citizen of Wilkes.
Wilkes County has been blessed
with diversity - in geography, in
agriculture, and in ideals. As Caesar’s
Gaul politically, Wilkes has been
divided ideologically into three
parts - those “fer”, those “ag’in”,
and the third part of its people not
giving a Continental - especially
noticeable during the Revolutionary
and Civil War periods.
From earliest days would-be na
tives of this “Happy Valley” have
attempted to facilitate ways of leav
ing the County. A couple of exam
ples suffice to make the point if not
the transportation. In the year 1820
stock was sold at $100 per share in
the Yadkin Navigation Company -
intent: dredge the Mighty Yadkin
and help it be more useful in its
“eternal search” for the sea. Need
less to say, the venture was that - a
venture.
Then, in the 1850’s the General
Assembly of North Carolina char
tered at least four attempts for the
building of plank roads to Wilkes-
Doro from Winston, Statesville, Tay
lorsville, Mocksville. The idea was
good, but again - no success, not
even a splinter.
However, with the puffing and
snorting of a fire-eater, in the year
1890 the iron horse pranced into
Wilkes - one mile from the Court
house, and slightly west of the post
office of Gordon. And there, on the
northward rising land there grew up
the bustling town of North Wilkes-
boro. A town of new houses, new
downtown, new opera house, new
churches, new school, and a new
tannery. (The newness was neces
sary because there was no old.)
Moonlighting has become a way
of life for many in order that they
may provide a hvelihood for their
famihes; in the “Great State of
Wilkes” moonshining came before
moonlighting - a necessary way of
earning folding money.
Today Wilkes has its third col
lege; the WUkesboros have grown;
moonshining is no longer the way
of life; we have become somewhat
chicken, and once again we expect
to be damned.
Have you ever used the Bible as
a cookbook? Well, I thought this
was a tasty recipe. I enjoyed hunt
ing through the Bible for all the
passages in order to decide what the
ingredients were. I hope you will
try this tasty dessert, and I know
you will enjoy finding each verse
and reading it in its entirety.
4/4 cups I Kings 4:22
And Solomon’s provision for
one day was thirty measures of
flour . . .
1 cup Judges 5:25
.. . she brought forth butter in a
lordly dish.
2 cups I Samuel 30:12
.. . and two clusters of raisins . . .
2 cups Nahum 3:12
All thy strongholds shall be like
fig trees with the firstripe figs . . .
2 cups Numbers 17:8
... and behold, the rod of Aaron
for the house of Levi was bud
ded, and brought forth buds, and
bloomed blossoms, and yielded
almonds.
2 tbsp. 1 Samuel 14:25
.. . and there was honey upon
the ground.
Pinch of Leviticus 2:13
And every oblation of thy meat
offering shalt thou season with
salt . . .
6 Jeremiah 17:11
As the partridge sitteth on eggs,
and hatcheth them not.. .
1/4 cups Judges 4:19
.. . And she opened a bottle of
milk, and gave him a drink, and
covered him.
2 tsp. Amos 4:5
And offer a sacrifice of Thanks
giving with leaven . . . (soda)
II Chronicles 9:9 to taste
... and of spices great abun
dance . . .
Mix these ingredients as for a
fruit cake. Bake at 375® for 1 hour.
Frost as desired, or sprinkle with
powdered sugar.
Tliis cake is a great favorite for
children. I like to use it for birthday
parties, and other special occasions.