Colorful Names Of Rural Roads
Will Not Change, Say Officials
Raleigh ? Officials of the Stale
Highway Department today re
peated earlier statement* that
traditional road name signs on
rural Secondary Heads will re
main in place. Department offici
als said that in some areas, the
public had thought that Secondary
Road numbers were being assign
ed to replace familiar local road
name signs.
This is not at all the case, ac
cording to Secondary Roads Of
ficer John Swain. "We realize that
many persons are accustomed to
using the familiar road names and
all of the signs displayed on pad
die-type, wooden markers will re
main as they have always been,"
said Swain. He added that the
Highway Department will continue
to maintain and replace these
road name signs whenever they
deteriorate through age or weath
er.
At its December 28 meeting in
Raleigh, the Highway Commission
went a step further in regard to
Secondary Road directional signs.
Whenever a community or com
munities are served by a Secon
dary Road and do not lie on the
US or NC numbered system, large
numbering signs will be installed,
showing both the Secondary Road
number and direction and mileage
information to the communities.
Some 18 months ago, the High
way Commission installed license
plate type, black and white signs,
showing road numbers of all its
58.000 miles of Secondary facili
ties. This numbering system was
installed to increase efficiency of
record keeping and to direct mo
torists along a given Secondary
Road, even though there may be
several intersections along the
route.
These road numbers are now be
ing placed on the regular county
highway maps to aid both rural
road facilities in any county when
requests are made or when cor
respondence is received relative
to the roads.
"We think the road numbering
policy is the most efficient method
of keeping track of the many
hundreds of individual roads in
each county, but we do not think
they should replace the old fami
liar local road names which have
been assigned to them over the
years."
The actual nanung of the facili
ties is left to local county or city
officials since the Highway Com
mission feels it should not suggest
what name local roads should bear,
but rather leave it up to local
citizens.
Under the recently adopted
policy, the naming and signing of
subdivision streets will continue
to be a responsibility of local
municipal officials or subdivision
developers.
Survey Of Consumer
Finances Announced
Ann Arbor ? More than 2,000
families across the country will be
interviewed during January and
February by The University of
Michigan Survey Research Center
in the 16th annual Survey of Con
sumer Finances
Mrs. Herman Eggers will be
interviewing familes in Watauga
county.
The families represent a care
fully chosen sample of American
Adults and will include many who
were interviewed last year. Each
will receive an introductory letter
from the Survey Research Center
prior to the interviews.
The 1961 Survey of Consumer
Finances will have new questions
on employment history and job
changes together with inquiries
about special events which have af
fected the well-being of the fam
ily. Other questions will inquire
about attitude toward savings and
any plans for retirement.
In adition, the survey will repeat
certain questions asked each year
regarding income, financial posi
tion, major purchases during the
last year. Also covered will be
the consumer's evaluation of his
current financial situation and
prospects for 1961, including in
tentions to buy cars, durable goods
and houses.
These surveys have been helpful
in appraising the influence of con
sumers on the general business
outlook, as well as revealing the
range of their well being over the j
whole country.
All interviews are held in strict
est confidence, Mrs. Eggers said,
and no information concerning in
dividual families is disclosed. The |
informatiion is used solely for sta- 1
tistical analysis of the financial po
sition and prospects of different
groups of people in the country.
Many families have been interested
in these results because they indi
cate how other families in sim
ilar circumstances are spending
their income and planning for the
future.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our ap
preciation to our many friends and
neighbors for their thoughtfulness
and every act of kindness during
the illness and death of our wife
and mother. ? Mr. Milton Brown
and family.
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Party Date Dessert
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dessert. Its dMe-orange tilling is folded into whipped cream, then
spr?ad between chocolate wafers. The trio of flavors ? chocolate,
oranpe and f^esh California dates ? is an interesting combination.
Cut the cake on the diagonal for handsome service. If there should
be any left (not likely!), wrap it carefully and keep in the freezer.
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cup orange juice and 1 teaspoon grated orange rind, 2 tablespoons
sugar and dash of salt in a saucepan. Cover and simmer 10
minutes, until the sauce is thickened. Cool, then chill. Whin 1
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date-orange mixture. Using K of the date cream, spread 3 dozen
(2-inch) chocolate wafers. Pile in stacks of 6 wafers, then put
together in a long lengthwise roll. Frost outside of the roll with
remaining date cream. Chill at least 3 hours. Garnish the top
with 8 pitted fresh California dates. Slice on the diagonal to
serve. Makes 12 servings.
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Legion Gives
School Flag
In assembly on Wednesday,
December 21, the American Leg
ion, represented by Messrs Lionel
Ward, Wilson Norris and Charlie
Dougherty, presented the student
body ol Appalachian High School
with a flag. Request for the flag
was made by the National Honor
Society, sponsored by Mr. Robert
Snead, which chose this as one of
their projects at the bgeinning of
the year.
The flag is a new weatherproof
type, containing, of course, fifty
stars Along with the flag was pre
sented a pamphlet on the proper
care and display of the American
flag.
Bolick Reunion
A happy reunion of the sons
and daughters of the late Emanuel
and Mary Bolick was held Sunday,
December 11 at the old home on
Globe Koad in Blowing Rock.
The four sons, Hill, Lenoir; Wil
liam and Charles, Blowing Rock;
and Carl, Dillon, Montana; and
the two daughters, Mrs. Carrie
Hughes, Tacoma, Washington; and
Miss Clarice Bolick, New York
City and Blowing Rock were able
to be together for the first time
since 1906.
The reunion was planned in hon
or of Carl who was visiting here
with his wife, Mary, for the first
time in many years. A lovely din
ner with a Christmas motif was
prepared by Miss Clarice Bolick.
Carl left December 12 to return
to his cattle ranch in Montana.
Miss Bolick will remain in Blow
ing Rock for the winter.
"The ultimate motive of soil con
servation is human conservation."
? Otis Durant Duncan.
Zionville News Notes
Mis* Mildred Thomas is a patient
at Watauga Hospital where she
will undergo surgery this week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Triplett spent
Christmas with their son, Boice,
and family in Charlotte. Mrs. Trip
lett was taken to a hospital in
Charlotte last week where she
underwent major surgery.
Visiting the past week with Mr.
and Mrs. Clint Winebarger and
D. V. Winebarger were Lynn Wine
barger of the U. S. Navy, stationed
at Mayport, Fla.; Mrs. Mennie
Hockedy and Mrs. Rosa Copen
hagan of Damascus, Va.
Pvt. Blair Thomas of Fort
Meade, Md., is visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Thomas.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Eggers of
Kingsport, Tenn., spent Christmas
with the Rev. and Mrs. R. C.
Eggers.
Carl Greer of Yadkinville visited
recently with Mr. and Mrs. Leroy
Wilson.
Mr. and Mrs Ciena Wallace and {
children of Trade, Tenn., visited
last week with Mr. and Mrs. Bruce
Wallace.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Holman and
Alfred of Mountain City, Tenn.,
spent Friday with Mrs. Maggie
N orris.
Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Roche and
son, Pat, of Hampton, Va., have
returned home after spending the
holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Edd
Miller, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Holman
and other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Wilson, Joe
and Karen Ann of Boone visited
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Miller.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wilkinson
returned to Salem, Va., after
spending the holidays here.
Mr. Bill Perry of Nashville,
Tenn., spent the Christmas holi
days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Perry.
Marriage Licenses
The Watauga County Register of
Deeds Office issued marriage li
censes during the month of Dec
ember, to the following:
Lincoln S. H. Kan, Boone and
Betty Carole Fleming, Hickory;
Charles Edwin Wingler, and Bob
bie Jean Patrick, both of West
Jefferson; John Houston Stepp,
Hendersonville and Mary Ann
Thayer, Boone; William Jack Ham
by, Lenoir and Wilma Annamae
Matheson; Roger Wayne Mumpow
er, Bristol, Tenn. and Scherree
Lee Hines, Troy, Ohio; Bobby Wil
liam Glenn, Sugar Grove and Emo
gene Grey Dunn, Shouns, Tenn.;
Randolph Gene Stout, Butler,
Tenn. and Edna Joan Cress, Moun
tain City, Tenn.; John Edward
Sells and Brenda Bernice Manus,
both of Bristol, Tenn.; Vance
Adam Northern, Route 4, Boone
and Patricia Ann Coffey, Blowing
Rock; Grady Lee Watson and
Martha Lorene Hamby, both of
Deep Gap; Raymond Fletcher,
Dallas and Laura Ann Church, Le
noir;
Edwin Lewis Rothfuss, Blowing
Rock and Marjorie Ruth Erhart,
Col ma, Calif.; Richard Allen Pitts,
Route 3, Boone and Brenda Gail
Dula, Blowing Rock; Ernest Wil
liam Cassell, Jr., Bristol, Tenn.
and Myrtle Joyce Byrd, Pulaski,
Va.; Jackie Lawrence Cates, Route
2, Straw Plains, Tenn. and Judith
Fay Naabit, Fountain City, Team.;
Qua Stephen Kerhoulas and Eiidn
beth Ann Hamby, both of Deep
Sap; Johnny Roger Bordwine,
Glade Spring, Virginia and Mary
Elizabeth Sanders, Jersey City,
New Jersey.
New Soviet pact is signed by
Cuba.
Go To Inagural
Among thoee tlteoglng the to
agurml ceremonies to Kaleigh tfr
day are the following from AN?
laehian College:
Dr. and lire. W. H. Plemmone,
D. B. Dougherty, Bob Allen, and
Leo Pritchett
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