ns
mmunity Committees
zusfstL&FJs
year Kki t (on# will b.-fin In the
county October 8. There art ui
*«*» between bow ud the date
the elect lona will bc«.n ThU
K-oin* Jlfce • laii« tine, but it H
definitely DM l«>o eurty for fara
«i to iurt thinking about tho
ABC Committee •loctimu art
divided into two part*—Dm elec
tion of community codUnitteemen
wbicb will be MM on October •
l>d the county convention will be
held aa the ZM4 at October. Thu
ia • mighty important election u
far m firmer* in the county are
eoaceraad aiaae ABC county and
community committeemen play a
great part la the adminlatret ion of
ABC (art* prtgrtm* in tba county.
Tbeae committee# In Watauga
county are called upon to operate
just about every program anigned
to ABC at Um national level Tbeae
ABC committownm ptay a big
WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
AS OF JUNE M, 1987
ASSETS
Cash in Bank 9 62,286.71
Uncollected Taxes—1946 to 1986 Inclusive 143,897 59
Notes Receivable—I. J. Bingham 780.00
Undistributed 1987 Prepaid Taxes 4.150 96
Fixed Properties (Estimated) ........ 85,000.00
....... $266,088.26
Surplus 96,178.83
Total Liabilities and Surplus $266,088.26
The Statement of Financial Condition of Watauga
County, North Carolina, as of June 30, 1967, and the State
ment of Receipts and Disbursements for the year then ended
have been coasotldated from an audit report prepared by
Smith & Grisette, CPAs, Lenoir, North Carolina
The statements are true and correct to the best of my
knowledge and belief. Any taxpayer interested in more detail
information may obtain it from the office of the County Ac
countant, whose books and records are open for inspection at
any time during regular office hours.
LIABILITIES AND SURPLUS
Undistributed 1937 Prepaid Taxes
.$ 4,180.96
4,163.28
106,878.49
.. 38,000.00
Accounts Payable
Reserve for Uncollected Taxes
Bonded Indebtedness
Respectfully submitted,
CLINT ' I. CANNON
County Accountant
WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
STATEMENT OP RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS
JULY 1, 1956 TO itm to, 1N7
Cash In Bank July 1, 1958
RFrfflPTQ*
Net Taxes Collected .. $183,424.81
Tax Penalties ..._ 2,808.03
Cost on Tax Sale* 420.40
Court Costa 8,232.95
Insolvent Taxes Collected 89.41
Schedule B License 1,328.00
Marriage License 780.00
State Intangible Tax 6,949.92
Interest - 650.00
Sale of County Home Property ........ 4,000.00
State Aid—Farm Census 680.80
State Aid—Election Expense 1,413.99
Miscellaneous Receipts 8,961.51
State Aid—Veterans' Service Officer 1,280.00
State Aid—Welfare Administration 6,912.00
State Aid—Child Care 689.20
Fines and Forfeitures 19,344.67
State and Federal Grants—Schools .. 52,836.88
State and Federal Grants—O A.A 118,438.67
State and Federal Grants—A D C 95,359.55
State and Federal Grants
—A.P.T.D 23.944.77
State and Federal Aid
—Health Center 13,168.72
Other Receivables—Net 950.00
Total Receipts and Beginning Balance
DISBURSEMENTS:
General Fund Expenses 9 78,938.57
Health and Welfare Fund Expenses 36,690.72
School Expenses - 166,646.67
Bonds ReUred 16,000.00
Bond Interest and Exchange 1,729.26
Old Age Assistance 128,679.00
Aid to Dependent Children 103,620.00
Aid to Permanently and Totally
Disabled 27,118.00
Accounts Payable—Net 8,110.80
Tax Collector's Commission 7,469.05
gy Cash in Bank as of June 30, 1957 ...| 62,256.71
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pari ta Ike economy of our agricul
tural cou.it) it to important to all
al u* that the oummxtnemca
elected have the beat Interest of
the farmer and our county'a agrt
culture at heart. Oar farmer* are
extremely proud of thto democra
tic method of *el<-cting pernona
who will adminiater their farm
program* Th*a pride has been
demonetrated by the fact that, in
the post. our county haa frequent
ly been among Ihe hlgheat coun
tlea in the percentage of farmera
voting In theae election!. ASC
Committeemen are directly re
■poMibla to their aeighbora who
have elected them and they may
he reelected or replaced each year
ASC county committee men ac
cept their election to thto commit
tee on the baato of aervice they
can perform for their neighbor*
and for our eounty'a agriculture
Many of theae committeemen
aerve at considerable peraonal
; aacrifice.
Now let'l look at tV mechanic*
of how theae committeemen are
elected. The Secretary of Agricul
ture In X9M aet up a board of
agricultural worker* In each coun
ty who would do moat of the work
of conducting theae election*. Thto
board to known aa the "County
Election Board" and to compoaed
of the county agent who aervea a*
chairman along with county head*
of 8CS and FHA and reapreaenta
tivea of the Farm Bureau and
Orange farm organization*. The
county election board aerve* with
out eompenaation. Thto Thuriday,
August 30, the county election
beard will meet to name a *ecre
tary. to appoint community elec
tiona board*, and to deaignate
polling places and the location of
the county convention.
By September 12 community
election boarda are required to
meet and arrange election details
and select a slate of nominees tor
the community. This community
election board, according to regu
lations of the secretary, to com
poaed of three farmer members
ether than present ASC county
and community committeemen.
Although the community election
board selecta the slate of pro*pec
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ballot if requested ia a petition
signed by tea or mote tHgiblc
voter* provided the petition ia
pretested to the runraunity elec
tion board not Uu™ than Septem
ber 20
From the alate of nominees
•elected by the community elec
tion board or by petition of farta
era, an ASC community committee
conaiatinf of » chairman, vice
chairman, regular member, and
firat and aecond alternates, will be
elected October 8 by • aeeret bal
lot at designated community poll
ing place*. The farmers In the
conwnuBity elected ac chairman,
and vice-chairman of the commit
tee will alao serve as delegate and
alternate delegate, respectively,
to the county convention.
It is hoped every farmer in the
county will realize the importance
of theae elections and cast his vote
when given the opportunity.
Occidental
Leaders Meet
NORTH WILKEJSBORO — Mr.
W. H. Trentman, president of the
Occidental Life Insurance Com
pany of Raleigh, received eon
gratulations and best wishes
from J. Roby McNeil, local mana
ger for the Company at a luncheon
meeting of the McNeil agency and
were honored with the presenta
tion of an attractive home-made
key.
The meeting also featured the
presentation of tickets to Horn in
the West to members of the ag
ency who qualified by writing a
specified amount of Insurance
during the preceding week. Those
present and receiving tickets
were: Mr. and Mrs. Roby McNeil,
Mr. and Mrs. Kemp Wilson,
Boone; Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Wil
son, Boone; Mr. and Mra. Ivon
Dameron, North Wllkesboro; Mr.
and Mrs. A. Y. Howell, Boone;
Mr. J. M. Laxton, Lenoir.
Others attending were Mr. Neil
Laxton. Brenda and Linda Me
Neil, Judy and Janice Dameron
and Brenda Wilson.
Marketing is an important step
in the over-all process of produc
ing a farm commodity.
A little extra attention at plant
ing time will pay big dividends in |
alfalfa production.
David Ovens, 84,
Succumbs Friday
DwM Ov«M, MIMUr wMwl
of Blowing Hock. Charlotte merch
ant. philanthropist and patron at
the arts. died Friday.
H« was U
! H» came from Kingston, 0«
tari*. Cauda, in 1KB and joined
the i B Ivey Co in IKK He was
vice chairman of the hoard of
ivetfi, and belied to build the
firm into one of the youth's lead
ing department Mares
Onti collapacd and died min
utes after addressing buyers and
managers ot ihe store.
Headed Retail Group
Ovens ww president of the Na
tional Retail Drygoods Assn. in
1934-35 and was named "Mr. Re
tailer of 1B91" by the (roup, the
tame year he was named "Man of
the South."
As a philantropist. Ovens, in
one brief period in 1900. gave
away (980.001). Queens College,
Davidson, Duke, Presbyterian Hos
pital. the Edgar Tufts Memorial
Assn. and Taecoa Falls Institute
of Georgia were the principal
benefactors.
The memorial association oper
ates Lees-McRae Junior College,
Grace Hospital and the Grand
father Home for Children in Ban
ner Klk.
It was Ovens, too, who conceiv
ed and headed the Auditorium
Committee and devised the plan
for the cultural center here which
bears his name.
As a music lover he .headed the
Charlotte Community Concert As
sociation and brought here the
world's leading artists including
the great Enrico Caruso.
He also brought these artists to
his summer home, Piseaeres, in
Blowing Rock, for benefits for the
Blowing Rock Hospital and Grand
father Orphanage.
Ovens headed Charlotte's first
Community Chest Drive, its im
mensely successful Red Cross
campaigns in World War II.
He organized and headed the
building committee for Presbyter
ian Hospital and directed its cam
paign for $600,000 to make pos
sible its completion in 1940.
He was a trustee ot the hospi
tal and of Queens College and un
til recent years taught a men's
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Sara Oven* of Kiaciton. Ontario,
Canada, and a brother. Hoary
Oven* of Bruce, Ontario. Hli wife,
the former Margaret Allen of
Kingston, died four month* ago.
Hb_.
Mrs. Moody, II,
Taken By Death
| Mrs Bertie Ma* Moody, 61.
I died Thursday at her home. Ban
ner Elk, Route 1.
1 Funeral aervieo* were held
Friday at 3:30 at the Watauga
Baptiat Church by Rev Calvin
Helton and Rev. lack Hollen.
Burial waa in the Fooeoe ceme
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Survivor* include two ions,
Charles Moody. College Park. Md.;
William Moody. Beltiville. Md.; a
daughter, Mr*. Thomas Oavi*.
Johnson City, Tenn.; three broth
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Haden Fox, Oak Ridge. Tenn.;
Paul W. Fox. Eliiabethton, Tenn.;
three sisters, Mrs. L. B. Gragg.
Oak Ridge, Tenn.; Mrs. B. W.
Koestrr, Johnson City, Tenn.; and
Mra. Ruiaell Vance of Boone.
There are four grandchildren.
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