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PJjfeuick'g New 1958 Qeulwry Cc|%rtiWe|^it Better School Attendance Given Priority At Welfare Board Meeting Wayi in which the Watauga County Department of Public Wel ter* can encourage better achool attendance thia year in coopera tion with public achool authoritiea were diacuaaed at a meeting of the welter* board earlier thia week, according to • statement by Mrs. Wm. M. Matheson of Boom, Chair man of the Board. Since there la no apacial achool attendance officer In Watauga county, State law places on the department of public welfare the reaponaibility far enforcing the rompulaory achool attendance law, Mrs. Matheson aaid. All agencies and the public generally are aaked to help in this task. Referral* by the school authorities, after care ful screening of the reasons for alxeace, are brought to the atten tion of the welfare department. "The law ia clear in requiring all children between the age* of seven and sixteen to attend school. The law provide* for legal enforce ment of thi* attendance, both on tl)e children and their parent*," Mr*. Matheson said. "However, we want to investigate the causes of non-attendance and to remove these causes, If possible, rather than to invoke the punitive provisions of the law," Mrs. Mathe son said. "We ask the cooperation of the public to this end." "Many children are out of school because of individual or family maladjustments, Mrs. Matheson said. Economic or other problems in the home are often the causes of non-attendance. These and oth er needs make services of the pub lic welfare department important in achieving and maintaining re gular school attendance. We want the children of Watauga county to have the advantage of our good ichooU and to attend tbem re gular!/." Wayi la which service# of the county public welfare department are assuring regular school attend ance include: I. Conference with children who are abeent and with their parents to determine causes of absences and ways to eliminate these caus 2. Determining mental capacity of children unable to benefit from the regular icbool program. 3. Providing psychological exa minations to children referred by their teachers for such service. 4. Cooperating with the Juvenile court in providing services to children with special problems. Including behavior difficulties. 8. Cooperation with the courts in determining legal custody or guardianship of children. 6. Issuing employment certifi cates to minors in keeping with child labor laws. 7. Providing financial assistance when need exists. 8. certification and referral for special services, such as crippled children service, orthopedic clin cis, eye clinics, Cerebral Palsy hospital, and other medical and hospitalisation needs. 0. Providing case work service in connection with problems of family relations. 10. Providing service to child ren needing care and protection through adoption, foster home care, specialised institutional placements, anB other social ser vices appropriate to meet the needs of the individual child. - In North Carolina It Is possible to have gteen forage for livestock nearly 12 months of the year. - Parkway Travel Up A»heville«—According to figures released by Sam P. Weems, super intendent of thte Blue Ridge Park way, 3,982.238 visitors have driven on the Parkway to date this year. All forty-eight state* were repre sented, the District of Columbia, and the following U. S. territories and foreign countries: Alaska, Hawaii, Canal Zone, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Grrst Britain, Jamaica, Northern Rhodesia, Par aguay, Colombia, Chile, Sweden. Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Holland, In dia, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Scotland, Morocco. So far this year, on the Blue Ridge Parkway, there have been a total of 785 camper days in trail ers; 2,149 camper days in tents; 1,111 guest days in the lodge and 72 guest days in cabins. There have been 280 group picnics of ten persons or more. The United States budget has grown to $72,000,000,000, but the Administration hopes to re duce spending to $70,000,000,000 in the year ending June 30, 1999, according to Budget Director Per cival F Brundage. ' ^Washington Brevities Farm mortgage debt ha* con tinued to rise this year, although at a somewhat alowcr rate than last yMr. according to the Agri-! culture Department. The' total debt aa of July 1 was estimated at IUUO0.OOO.-OOO. the highest since IMS. The record high was •lO.TM. 000,000, In lfcH Interest (ate* on farm mortgages also continued to j rise in 1098 and the flirt half of TURKEY CtVP ■ | The proepccta for a gobbler for ! Thanksgiving and Christmas at fairly reasonable prices are made : brighter with the announcement j that the 10S7 turkey crop is like- j ly to be larger than the record 77 ; million birds raised in 1096 by at ( least 9 per cent. So far this year, ] turkey slaughter in larger com mercial plants Is 99 per cent high er than last year and is one of the ' rkaaons why turkey prices are now so low, and are likely to stay that way. jTONSCIENCE-STHICKEN Bowling Green, Ohio—The thief who stole 26 gum from a store here apparently became consci ence-stricken. Eleven of the guns showed up later in a sack left at the rear door of the store, while, still later, two more were left on the steps of the city building. ON SCIENTIFIC PAYROLL Nearly seven per cent of all persons working for the Govern ment in fiscal 1953 54 were en gaged in research and -develop ment activities, according to the National Science Foundation. Ap proximately 142,000 persons, of a total of 2,000,000 Federal employ es, were doing such work. Of these, 37,00p were scientists and engineecs and the rest supporting personnel. 1 Total building contract* award ed tor the first eight month* W this year were $22,676,852 000 compared with *22.156,571,000 during the comparable period of 1050. but construction fliroughout the country m August was down f per cent from the $2 <>53,309 000 for August. IMS. REKEItVlST units The Continental Army Com tnand. all Army reservists, has an noun red plans for' deactivating Army reserve units whose strength and standards are below par. In effective units will be deactivated and all reserve units will undergo "continual qualitative screening to assure that available apacas are filled by the best-motivated offic ers and enlisted men." PKOFltS SQUEEZED The continuing squeeze of risiag costs oo profit! ha» been reflected in a report issued by the Federal Trade Commission, which pointi out that manufacturing companies' •ale* reached a total of MO,000, 000,000 in the aecond quarter—a record for that quarter—but ris ing expense* more than offset the gain in sales volume. Net operat ing profits of (7,400.006,000 were reported, a drop of $200,000,000 from the first quarter despite a $1,300,000 gain in dollar sales. MEAT FBODUCTHM This year the production of meat in the United States will fall an es timated 3 per cent short of last year's record, according to Agri culture Department spokesmen. There will be small declines in the production of veal, lamb and mutton. The supply of pork is ex pected to hold fairly steady through mid-1038, while a decline in beef production is expected to be felt. Farm Questions Amwared ] QUESTION: I have a steep bank to my yard. What can 1 plant so I wont have to mow itf ATWW15R: Tton are several plant* calk'd "(round coven" ...j, . ,1 -L i .1 J <n>,,„ . ,,, - ' ■ ' - wnnrTi snouia sorvp youi piwiwm. "English ivy, an evergreen vine, grow* well all over the date; Common Periwinkle. an evergreen via* with small blue flowers does beet in half to deoae shade; Poney foot, a abort native creeping vine, does welt In either sun or shade; Ulytorf or Hondo grass, member of the lily family, grows low, has grass-like leaves and purple to white flowers, does best in shade. QUESTION: When should I < sign up tor tree planting under the (oil bulk program? ANSWER: County ASC office* started taking application* for sol! bant tree tree planting con tracts for ISM on October IB. TJie sign up period ends April IS, IBM. This year the major change in the program allows a fanner who is willing to pot all land titled or in crop rotation in 1837 into trees to so at the reguar rental rate of $10 per acre regardless of his soil bank base. QUTCTlbN: What can I do to avoid attacks of bark beetles in the pine trees around the new home I'm building? ANSWER: Avoid piling fresh eut pines near standing pines; keep trucks and bulldoxers from knocking bark off pines you want to keep (weakened pines are aw ceptible to attack by tout beat let); also dry weather may weaken pines ao (hey may be attacked—' watering once in • while durine extremely dry weather, and a dose of fertilizer will help. New *cowi*s;J.'f . tart of the Adainwtration'! efforts to scaV down upoodtng to that it » tU out «3ftj«00.000. MO in the twelve month, period ending nest June 86, the Havy an nounced it* plana to release uni formed forces by 15.000. The cut «1U bring nav> strength to 649.000 by next June
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