RICHARD MORHAUSER
Richard Morhauaer, manager of
the International Resistance Com
pany plant in Boone, was elected
preaident of the Watauga County
United Fund at the annual general
meeting on Thuraday, April i
Mr. Morhauaer came to Boone
with hia family aeveral year* ago
and baa been active in various civic
groupa and enterpriae*. He la ex
perienced in United Fund work,
having aerved last year aa Boone'i
repreientative on the board of di
rectors of the atate-wtde Carolines
United. He will organize and direct
the United Fund in Watauga
Couny In ita second year of work.
He succeeds R. E. Agle, presi
dent for the successful first year
of tha organization.
Other officeri elected at the
meeting Include: Hugh llagaman,
and Mrs Lawrence Owsley, vice
presidents; Mrs. Guy Angell, sec
retary; R. D. Hodges, Jr., treasurer;
and Dan Walton, legal advisor.
New directors elected for three
year terms included Mrs. Howard
Carlson, Grady Moretx, Jr., Dr.
Gene Reese, Tom Winkler, Bynum
Greene, Harold Rice, James Marsh,
R. D. Hodges, Jr., L. E. TuckwUer,
Ralph Tugman, J. D. Cook, Perry
Greene, Mrs. Guy Angell, Phil
Vance, Jr., and the presidents of
the Ministerial and School Prin
cipals associations.
* Two proposed amendments to the
constitution were discussed, and
the legal advisor was requested to
draw them up in form for possible
adoption. The amendments would
provide for changing the election
and installation of new officers in
January instead of April, and ttr
the placing of the outgoing presi
dent on the board of directors auto
matically.
The report of the nominating
New Telephone
Icootinued from page one)
far the Bumtwr «wUU and only
in rare mm or by accident can
on* eavesdrop.
It it »U automatic and oee da do
opemtyNV
Id days gone by Mr* Nannie
Swift, the operator, ha* a*rv*d her
community w*U She ha* called
III* doctor in many ao emergency
If ona'i house caught fira all one
had to do waa call "Mia* Nanny,"
and aba attended to calling the
fira truck and it* tighten.
It fell her painful duty to relay
the death manage In (he bleak
war year* to the nearest of kin.
It became bar tot to arrange for
the choir when a funeral waa in
the making. She had a wonderful
habit of calling up the ahutlna and
talking to than during Jier leiaure
hours. It wa* a twenty-four hour
job around the clock.
Though the new ayatem will be
much more efficient, it will never
fill the void that "Kiaa Nannie"
left,* a* the told me berictf the
moat wonderful meaaage the aver
got waa lata one Christmaa Eve
when she beard the piping ahrill
voice of a little teen age girl on
the other en4 of the line:
"Miaa Nannie, ha* Santa Claua
pasaed Sugar Grove yet?"
Sandburg
(continued from page one)
folksongs. It Is Appalachian'* last
number in the prof ram series for
this season. Students and holders
of season tickets will be given
priority in seating. Other people
interested in attending the pro
gram may secure tickets at the
door on the evening of the per
formance. Arrangements are be
ing made to accommodate high
school students and their teachers.
committee was made by the chair
man, G. C. Greene, Jr.
James Marsh, treasurer for the
first year, gave • report of the
amount disbursed to date to,the
various agencies included in the
budget. According to the report,
$10,027 has been paid In on pledges
toward the budget of $14,ON.
Rulane Gas
Service la
ECONOMICAL!
— Remember —
pWANF
PARKWAY RULANE
OAS SERVICE
DIAL AM 4-3*54