Plans For Mobile X-Rayi Survey Are Being plade A planning meeting for the 1987 tfoble .ttUy Survey wti held Wednesday, April 10th, at the Community Building In Weat Jef ferson tion and the Tuheretiloais Control Section *t Ike N. C. State Board •f Health, and the local health de partment. Or Wflllara Smith. Miss Iria Turlington, health educator, and Mr Alfred ChiaweJI. chief techni Cian of the Tuberculosis Control Division of the State Board of Health, was present and made pertinent remarks in regard to the number of cases of tuherculoaia found in previoua nirveya. Dr. Mary B. H Mtchal. Dlatriet Health Officer, and member* x>f her ataff •long with repreaeatativea from other Interfiled group*, dlaruaaed way* at making the furor more effective thi» year The achedule far the x-ray aur vey haa not been announced to date but it will be held aometime during the month of June There wiB also be a follow up unit to take large cheat x-rays for thoae needing It. U la hoped that the older ige group will take leadership in hav ing their own cheat x-ray taken and encouraging younger mem ben of their family to do the wmr Hints For Homemakers Walls, window* and floors art the background for your decorat ing. They are ai important aa furniture, perhaps more import ant. Walls and windows create the type atmosphere you want. Their height, statellneas and formality, or qyaintness and informality act the theme' of • room. Smaller houses and amalter rooms demand that we make our walla work for ua by holding the Rotary Auction At Blowing Rock Is Successful Blowing Rock, Rpril 10.—The first of the four auction aales pro moted by the Blowing Rock Rotary Club was a great success. Many articles of unusual value were sold at bargain prices. The club estimated that pro proceeds of the sale wil total more than (78.00. A new electric skillet, donated by the Blue Ridge Electric Corporation, waa given as a door prize, and many other attractive prizes were given at the drawinga at stated intervals. The next auction will be con ducted in the school gymnasium next Saturday evening at 7:80 o'clock. Proceeds of these auctions will go to purchase Venetian blinds for the new Elementary School. The bargains you buy will help t<\ make your children's school rooms more serviceable and attractive. added conveniences of built-in furniture, shallow closets, drop leaf desks and the like. Scenic wallpapers, or those in scenic effect are among the most beautiful and formal of wall deco rations. They were used first to replace mural decoration and have gradually become a definite type. Floral wallpapers in a delicate i color are lively in bedrooms. The light, airy prints are particularly lovely for a young gliTs room. Painted walls of a solid color in varying tones from light to put ty,' cream, rose and blue are uaed as backgrounds. Figured rugs and draperies give pattern to this room. Paneling is popular In an In formal room and even for modern kitchens. Jacobean paneling of oak or mahogany is beautiful for the more formal homes. In such rooms draperies may be a rich damask in yellow or red or a hand-blocked Jacobean figure. Oriental rugs an<| needlepoint coverings for furn iture will complete a picture of el egance. Blanket Coat I«) Back Again The Httdami Hay blanket cost is ! hack again. It is not always in iU traditional red and Mack, double-' breasted look. The newest version I is single breaatad witb Italian col- { lar. and unlined removable hood Ground U white wltli rainbow stripes of yellow. glfen. and red. | The hi* and bar jackets are popu lar with the college set. Hoods are not new. However, new this year ts the (act that hoods will be la many more items of sportswear and evening wear. One of the moat popular typea will be the tipper hood. Unripped the hood become* a scalloped, cape-, like collar. Zipped up It forma a comfortable covering for the head. Many hoods have drawstrings .hat can be pulled to make an excellent bad-weather bead protection. Hoods have not made much of an impression oa the American iuk in «pMe of the fact that they have Isftg beea a favonta with Kurupeun winter sportsman Much Ior men thu icaaoi will be equip- ' prd with hoodi To*flr ctoeure, another detail accepted by Euro pean ipntinii, ia getting ita first nerious try-out here. Many items of sportswear for American men and women will be faduonad of water repellent wool fleece Railroad (titcbing decjrat es pockets and jacket bottoms. Loden cloth coats and St. Mary's wool fleece coats are in demand for all kinds of sports wear. These two fabric* are often treated to be water repellent. The cost la a little hither but it is worth It in comfort as well as being able to double for rain coats. Tailored suits are attractive fashioned from Lodea cloth. They take hard wear and weather in their stride, a point that makes

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