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M) of IWT the Wpilil'i patt that of any period in it* achieve a desperately need ed 23-bed capacity over the past five yean, the Blowing Rock Ho*-' pita) ha* had to convert badly Storage space to patient But even these emergency iree have prov*4 inadequate Now (he hospital it in dire need of a new wing to provide nix J dftlonai patient*' rooms The eo*t of thj* wing i* estimated at MS, 000 In addition, a new nunc*' home adjacent to the buepital— sMpbMMed in the neighborhood of tXO.OOO—would greatl) facilitate operation* of the hospital. Nurees and nurae* aide* now muat travel a half-mile to their present inade quate quarter*, to deep and to obtain their meal*! Cawnlty Appeal To bring theae needa to the at lent ion of the rommtmities tenwl! ky the Blowing Rock Hospital, th. Truster. have decided M an all 1 out drive during the height of the the annual concert benefit. lira. Orio* Mather of Miami Beach Florida la the chairman of the Ladies Concert Committee of 'the Blowing Rock Hoapital. which will conduct the appeal for funds. | Members of Mrs. Mather's commit tee m Mrs. Council Ceake, Mrs. D*vi4 Crete. Mr» Harry jriajniag, Mrs Gwyn Harper, Mr*. C. Strad ley Kipp, Mrs. Barbara Pace, Mrs Virginia Ball Hhodes. Mr. Grover Bobbins Jr., Mrs. Robert Schle singer, Mrs John A. Knively, Mrs. Thomas V. Snivel;, and Miss Mar garet Vance. The president of the hospital and chairman of the Board of Trustees, J. Anthony Panuch, has Issued a personal appeal to all members of the Blowing Rock community for financial support of the hospital's expansion needs. Mr. Panuch. an international law Blackberries Wanted We are now buying blackberries for canning. Berriei must be clean and told to us the game day they are picked. Deliver to our plant by S P. M„ Monday through Friday North State Canning Co. ytr of New Yos% and Waahinxtoa, wo* formerly AtntaM Secretary of Mat*, and special adviser to General Clay a* United States Military Governor of Germany A nuuner resident of Blowing Rock for ever 20 yean, Mr. Panurb wa« chairman of the committee which raiaed the funds for construction of the Blowing Rock Hospital in 1861. undwr the Presidency of Mrs. Julius W Com of Greensboro The Board of Trustees which is backing the efforts of Mrs. Math er's committee, includes Charles A. Cannon. Mrs. Julius W. Cone, Mrs. Ann Cannon Tate,' David Ovohs. C. V. Henkel, W B. Shu ford. Joseph I.inebcrger. Robert Schlf«iagcr, B C. Black. Mrs. T V Snively. Mrs J. J. Harris. C. Stradley Kipp. Howard Holshous er .and Miss Margaret Vance Poh toff ice Continued from page on* cording bulk mail or diapatching the next. "Everybody pitches In and gets the job done." Mr. Cook said. Present employees of the Boone pos(office include: Mr. Cook, who became acting postmaster in 1803. waa a school teacher before being appointed to his position. / Mrs. Nellie C. Linney has been assistant postmaster since 1990 She wss hired a» substitute clerk in 1043 and advanced to clerk in 1M3. J. W, Norrls, senior clerk, has the longest record in point of serv ice, being appointed regular clerk when the late W. Dudley Farthing was postmaster. He is finance clerk in charge of money orders, postal savings, and C. O. D 's, al though he asaiats with handling the mails when needed. Ralph L. Beshears began his tenure as auxiliary city carrier in 1942. and la now second senior clerk. He worker a while in 1940 as substitute village carrier when Wiley G. Hartzog was poatmaster. Morris W. Burnett, regular clerk, began working with the poatoffice in IBM as caretaker. He waa ap pointed by Postmaster Brown as temporary clerk the aame year, and received his present appoint ment from Mr. Cook in 1908. Cloyd S. Bolick became substi tute clerk in 19SS. He has taught in the Lenoir school system. Rex Hagaman joined the post office crew the first month of IMS as a substitute city carrier, being appointed to regular carrier la 1944 Albert Farthing began working at the poatoffice In 1939 as care . . .J taker. He bxiw substitute ear Iter m 1 Hi Wd *M ma4e retular carrier laat ymr. * f 5 Robeit Van Hagaman started out aa auhaiitute carrier ia 1M0 Hie auxiliary route be haa been car rying ha* beea certified aa • reg ular route by poetal authorities and Mr. Hacamn will receive his appointment 11 a regular carrier Auguat 10, Poet master Cook stated J. D. Miller went with the peat Office in October of laat year as • substitute carrier. , Farthing Hayes began working laat month as temporary substitute employee, and will be with the pos toff ice through this month, while other employees are vaca tioning or are out on sick leave. Two other men. not direotly con nected with the mails, are Spencer Miller, J. D.'s father, and Cecil Farthing. Mr. Miller joined the poatoffice in August of 1994 as fireman-lab orer. Actually this is his second time with the postoffice. He serv ed as village letter carrier back in 1028-1036. Mr Farthing has been caretak er since November of 1092. #He is a navy veteran and was serving aboard the destroyer "Bates" when it was sunk during a suicide plane attack in 10«9. Three rural carriers work out of the Boone station. They are Mrs. Addie N. Clawson, RFD 1: Robert C. Winebarger, Route 2: and Warren M. Dot son. Route 3. The rural routes cover a total of 142 miles and serve 1,020 families. The city carriers have a possible 006 stops, with a possible delivery to 1.123 patrons—families, apart ments, business concerns, etc.—Mr. Cook pointed out. Grandfather Home (Continued from page one) vegetable garden, and marketable farm producta are managed and produced under the supervision of the personnel of the home by the young farmers. One of the inspir ing things in a visit to the home la the chance to talk with these budding American farmers. Much of the food supply for the children and staff is provided by the farm. Recent additions to the kitchen provide cold 'storage and deep freeze facilities to care for the in creased farm production. \ The Department of Agriculture has printed a Farmer's Bulletin giving detailed Information on how farmers may act to protect them selves, their families, livestock and crops from radioactive (all-out in an atomic attack. Winners Blue Ridge Contest Are Given Trip Wo Colorado M ■ ■- * -m - • • — • FELIX HART Winners of Blue Ridge Electric'! Farm and Home Electric Contest will receive • free trip to Fort Collins, Colorado, in August. They will attend the annual meeting of the American Institute of Coop*ra tion at Colorado State University. The meeting will have youth and adult delegates from all states and • - BRENDA ALLEN many foreign countries, where the main theme will be "Cooperative! in Our Bif Buaineaa Economy." Brenda Louise Allen wa» eo ayatem 4-H Club winner. She ia the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Al bert AUn, Route 1. Lenoir. Felix Hart, son of Mr. and Mrs. Brief News Items The Food and Drug Administra tion has launched a nation-wide campaign against fake claijns by door-tn door vendors of products claimt to combat malnutrition. Successful firing of a Genie, an air-to-air racket with a nuclear war head, was reported by the Air Defense Command. The de vice was fired from a jet plane over Nevada. Derek IbboUon broke the world mile record with 3:57.2 at London. Three olheri in the race bettered 4 minutes. Dan Waern did 3:90.3 at Stockholm. Polio in world haa been reduced by Salk vaccine. Weat Germany cuta tarrifi by 23 per cent. *"* MARY BETSY JONES Walter Hart of Lenoir, was system winner in the Future Parmer* of America divition of the contest. Mary Betsy Jones was co-system winner in 4-H. She is the da ugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Jones of Lansing. VISIT PERRY'S LAKE IVt Mile* East of Boom Fishing—9100 Per Day No Lieen*e—No Limit! Priced To Sell — Compare Our Prices — Anywhere — CARS — 1956 FORD CUSTOMLINE VB' 2 door, blue, Fordamatk, heater, extra clean, 25,000 miles. ' 1956 PLYMOUTH SAVOY V8 4 door, black and white, radio, heater, clean, one owner. ! 1956 PLYMOUTH SAVOY 2 door, blue, heater, extra clean. 1956 FORD CUSTOMLINE V8 4 door, roie and ivory, 13,000 miles, ra dio, heater, white aide walla, clean. 1956 PLYMOUTH SAVOY V8 4 door, gray and blue, PowerfUte, heater, white aide walla. | 1955 CHEVROLET 210 2 door, two tone blue, radio, heater, i clean. 1955 FORD CUSTOMLINE V8 2 door, two tone brown, radio, heater. 1954 BUICK COUPE 2 tone blue, one owner, 37,000 miles. 1954 FORD CUSTOMLINE V8 2 door, radio, heater, extra clean, white i • aide walla, black and blue. 1954 FORD VICTORIA V8 Rose and ivory, radio, heater, white aide walls, extra clean. 1954 CHRYSLER NEW YORKER 2 door, hardtop, power steering, power brakes, red and white, white side walls, radio, heater, extra (leu. 1954 PLYMOUTH 4 door, two tone green and black, mm owner, radio, heater, clean. 1953 PLYMOUTH BELVEDERE 2 tone green, radio, heater, white side walls. 1953 CHEVROLET , 4 door, ten and brown, heater, clean. 1953 FORD 2 door, green, radio, heater, extra clean, one owner. 1952 CHEVROLET 2 door, white, radio, heater, one owner, extra clean, low mileage. 1952 FORD CUSTOMLINE V8 4 door, radio, heater, clean. 1950 PLYMOUTH 4 door, blue, radio, heater, extra clean, priced to sell. — TRUCKS — 1956 DODGE PICKUP V81/2 TON Blue and white, extra cleaa. 1956 DODGE PICKUP V81/2 TON Blue, heater, clean. , 1952 DODGE TRUCK 2 TON Black, t ipeed axle, S speed transmis sion, good tires. 1950 CHEVROLET PICKUP 1949 CHEVROLET PICKUP H TON, red, heater. 1 YOUNG SADDLE HORSE Nic* color. WE WILL TRADE FOR CARS, LIVESTOCK AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS »| • BROWN & GRAHAM MOTOR CO. maekiMd Datlar No m Your DODGE and PLYMOUTH Dealer East King Sired Boone, North Carolina Modern community wide group x-ray surveys art raafctM valuable contributions to the pre vention and control of tuberculou ii in this couiit> Rulane Gas Service Is ECONOMICAL! GAS SJCBVIC* DULAMMOMj 'Suayb/f &At* ffwx. It- {£'* /4md HUM £■«■>/«<!> «fc H-* APPALACHIAN THEATHE Show. EarhsDiy Monday Through Friday—2. 4, 7 and 9 o'clock Saturday—1 and 3 o'clock Complete Program Change Satur day—7 and t p. m. Sunday—3 and • o'clock Adm.—l#c, 35c; Friday* 10c, Z«c Children Under It Admitted FKEK With Paid Adult All Day Friday THURSDAY nugi 9mt^/sssSpn^ ™ «rito «| Mima Maw PMk IK M UAU»y Also: Cartoon FRIDAY—FAMILY DAY Children under 12 Admitted Free with Parents
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