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By EULA H GREENWOOD At of last week the three lead en in tfw raee for Speaker of the Home in tK? IMS (etaioo at vhe N. C. General Assembly were Clifton Blue of Aberdeen, Algernon An fust us ZoDlcoffer, Jr. of Mender ?on, and Thomas H. Woodard of Although, aa iom< have ?agely paid, it la mighty early to begiA talk about a Speaker for two yeari from now. ft I* not too early At tills time foar yean ago Ad diem Hewlett had thing, pretty well lined up? though not aa well pa Clifton Mae hae at this time. Joe Hunt, 1M1 Speaker of tke House, had enough commitments two yean ago to pat him hi this time. Ve hear that Blue hai a defi nite 40 memben lined up on Jtia side. That is one-third of the 120 memben of the Houae. Zoll if offer ti In his third term In the House; Woodard is in his third term; and thus with eight terms under his belt, Blue has more legislative experience than hi| two opponents combined To us, It locks aa if Clifton Blue and Lt. Gov. Cloyd Philpott will be the big bosses of the 1963 Leg islature. Two ChangeeT A few days ago when we wrote here of some big changes upcom ing in the ranks of the appointees hereabouts, somebody suggested that we name names. Well, we are not in the business of mind-reading or name-calling, but it Is known that there will be some turnover of personnel this summer and fall. We have beard that D. S. Col tnne, one our really great men in N. C. State Government and Director of the Dept. of Adminis tration, may retire this year. He will be 88 on July 27. Then Hod ges-appointed Highway Director Willard Farrington Babcock might also be found among the missing before frost. We will mention some other possibilities later. With The Alphabet Well, we see by the press that Statesville people have decided to let their drinken continue to go to Claremont (Catawba County), Cleveland (Rowan County), and Charlotte (Mecklenburg County) for their legalized boose. Knowing Statesvilla aa we do, (here is serious doubt here that ABC stores will come soon to that Iredell County city. Defeat of tho whiskey (tore* in the election held there June till serious Wow to former Sen C. V. Henkel'i five hundredthoussnd doRir program to make Strtesviiie a Piedmont convention cfnter via the Vance Hotel. And, while in the alphabet, we note fome attempt is being made to g?t organized whiskoy sale* in Perquimans County. In sporting on it last week, the preaa said etf*iflht-<aee4 that ABC board members lor his wotild be "stagger ed". Careless talk, it seems to us, In view of the item under diecus 000. I mir Craage It io easy to (all into fooMsh think ing via the headlines: Moot of the big ptperi last week ran at the top of page 1 these words: 19,000 WORKERS TO BENE FIT FROM HEW WAGE LAW" The story underneath referred to tho fact that the State Minimum Wage Law was changed last week in this way. firms having as many a* feur employees must pay ,it least 1S cents an hour. Until the law was changed, firms having five or less wore not sorer ed Now It is estimated that lower ing the figure will affect 10,000 more employees. This is true. But virtually aU of tbeae employees are already getting 79 cents or more per hoar? and tho mere pass ing of the law will not add one cent to their poehets, will mesn nothing. So to say that "19,000 workers will benefit" ... or words to that effect ... is only headline mouth ing. The Prlxe Sam Regan in "Southern Ac cent" recently ran these lines writ ten by Mrs. Edith Earnshsw of Wake Forest, widow of the long time dean of the college, E. B. Earnahaw: "The Prodigal Son waa over weight and a fatted calf he could not rate. So all tho people watch ed him quaff a tin of fatless Met recalf." We know a person who did not, and does not, take Metrecal. She never has boon much of s drinker ?but found herself taking on sev eral cocktails, etc., each week at various parties. Last December, around Christmas time, she de cided to bocome a tee totaler No special diet was involved. Al though about 30 pounds over weight, this person is not a scale ?or welght-watchcr. In other words, she "eats what she wanta". At Auction Friday, June 9 At 2:00 P. M. AT THE HOME OF HIGHT HOLLAR ON Buckeye Hill Household and Kitchen Furnishings Consisting of Poster Bed, Springs and Mattress; Dresser and other pieces to match; Another Complete Bedroom Suite; Good Iron Safe to keep jour money in; Living Room Suite; Book Cases; Chairs, Smoke Stand, Coffee Table; Warm Morning Stove, etc.; Piano, Dining Room Suite, including Chairs, Tables, Refrigerator, etc. ; Kitchen Equipment consisting of Electric Stove, Tables, Chairs, Washing Machine and other items This Furniture la Practically New and In Excellent Condition HIGHT HOLLAR, Owner S. C. EGGERS, Auctioneer Know The Weather Br t H AIMS la climbing or driving up i MMWM, in the VMM auiM. it M ImitftiBi fA k|iAM i --- ?*w?r |A||gM In uMga^lag iminjljm * It b Ib fly lag White most of the ?ta that turrounde the earth (the atmosphere) it not oaygen tfc# supply at this gas i* vital U> t brcithin^ a fid A* we ascend, the air (?ta thin nor and w* do not breath* la the normal tupply of vital oxygen. If you reaeh aa altitude of 10,000 or 11,000 foot, climbing or driving, you have roar hod a dangerous al titude. In a few places in thi country our mountains rise this high. Even at 8,000 or 9.000 foot, the effeets an considerable Above 9, 000, extra oxygon should bo used. Vision at night la very poor at this altitude without additional oxy gon. H In doubt whether you are suffering from anoxia, look at your finger naila. They should be pink, and if thojr ore turning bluish, you are experiencing anoxia. FOILED! London, England ? London po lice tried to put John Coleman on the witnear stand for trial on a drunkenness charge. They failed. Coleman, who weight 391 pounds, stood outside the ttand and was fined 70 cents. A few days ago she idly stepped on the scales, found she had lop ped off a solid 19 pounds since December. Incidentally, we understand the inventor of Metrecal is in line to receive the Nobelly Prize. On The Floor At we pointed out here teveral weeks ago, the 1901 version of the N. C. General Aasembly will pro bably wind up ita work en June 17. Nevertheless, a lot of peculiar winda are blowing around the leg islative halls. There will be floor fight over the tax program. Temp ert are thort. The food tax hat not been adopted as yet ? tobacco and four per cent are still looking in at the door. Just a lot of the legislators left Raleigh last weekend hot-under the-collar. They knew what .they did not want, but eould offer noth ing better. Still, June 17 looks Uke the date ? with a lot of feel Inga left unfinished. , LONG WAY FROM HOME ? Mr. and Mr*. E. H. Stoker, of P.moiu, Calif , begin their firat night of camp.ng on the Price camping ground* near Blowing Mock Saturday, by getting a fire going to cook over. Mr*. Stoker, who 1* interested in plant*, treat, and bird*, wa* looking forward to adding many name* to her already long list of nature *he had made during her trip from home. They had ipent four weeks visiting relatives in Alabama and other Southern state*, and *aid they had found "southern hospitality." to be genuine. Tbey said they were impressed with the greennesf of the countryiide, and Mrs. Stoker hoped they would spend a week in the area. ? Staff photo Joe Minor Working Of Soil Group Explained By Official By B. L. FOUTZ What is a Soil Conaervation DiatrictT It it a central source of help and information about soil and water conservation in every community in North Carolina and nearly every community in the United States. These districts are legally constituted units of State Government. Each soil conservation district is directed by a board of local people, usually resident land own ers, elected or locally appointed. In Watauga Soil Conservation Dis trict, this governing board are called supervisors. The board of supervisors pre pares a "district program" for each district. This prepared pro gram describes the conditions and the problems affecting land-re source conservation in the district. It states the district'* soil and V?ter. conservation goals and tells what the district proposes to do to reach these goals. After the district program i* prepared, State laws auhorize ihe board of supervisors to arrange for aaaiatance from public or private source to put its program into ef fect. This service is gotten through formal working agreements. Under this formal working agreement with the district, the Soil Conservation Service provides without charge the services of soil conservationists to help plan and apply conservation measures. Other agencies of the United States Department of Agriculture have their own working agree ments with districts to suit their various functions and services. Many non-Federal agencies and organizations also contribute to district activities according to their separate arrangements, some formal and some informal. Any farmer can get conservation information and assistance tailor ed to the needs of his own land by applying to the local district .Of fice. The board of supervisors for Watauga Soil Conservation Dis trict are Clyde Moretz, chairman; Let Us Find Your Mountain Retreat! See Us For Summer Cottages and Lots We Have Lots with Streams Near Golf Course Cottages from $2,000 Welcome to the 1961 CAROLINAS OPEN ?lid to Boone Phone AM 4-8256 JERRY COE, Manager Coe Insurance & Realty Co. ApytkcUtn Theatre Building ? 217 East King Street Sanford Creed, vice chairman; Tom Jackson, secretary -treasurer Ferd Michael, member; and Har vey Trivette, member. Nearly four tons (7,773 pounds) of aphids have been found infesting a single acre of alfalfa. In many areas, ltt to two tons of alfalfa hay per acre is considered a good crop. ;r Commerce News By HERMAN W. WILCOX... This year's "Horn in the We?t" program will go to press very shortly. So that your name May appear is this program and be included in IW permanent record*. it ia very important that your mem berahip of $10 be mailed to Mrs B. W. Stalling! at once. In making the avnouacttient. Herman W. WUeox, mocntive vice preaident of Southern Appalach ian Historical Association, Inc., says that perhaps this 910 does more to help build our future his torical park than any om other fund coming into the treasurer of the aaaociatlon. "In fact," he said, "this is all we have at the present to build cabins, promote and pre serve other attractions in the fu ture Daniel Boone Village." Every citizen in the county is invited to join the association. CHECK THE WANT ADS Traffic Toll Raleigh ? The Motor Vehicles Depvtmcrtl summary of i raffle deaths thrtragh 10 *. m. Monday, June 9, 1861: Killed to date: -132. Killed to date la?t year: 4 SO. RETRAINING RILL President Kennedy has sent Congress a bill to provide 'or the re training of unemployed work ers so they can "become produc tive members of our society once again." The four-year program would help hundreds of thousand# of workers "whose skills have been rendered obsolete by automation and other tchnological changs," Kennedy said in letters to the House and .Senate. BROADSTONE CAMP FOR BOYS Hm Some Opening! at Grade* 5, C, and 7 Reading, Music, Language Arts, and Science in the Mornings Baseball, Football, Basketball, Tennis, Track, Swimming and Biding at Broadstone Camp CONTACT: Mr. John T. Howell, Principal Appalachian Elementary School Box 309 ? Boone, N. C. ? Over 1 H.P. motor powerful, efficient ? Zip-Clip top ? Unbreakable nylon ho*a ? Oaluxa 1-pc. accassoriot sat ? Clip-On tools j^Q|y PINIST or ALL tllftttU CLtANKRS ? CUSTOM VIRRA BEAT NOmi WITH DOUBLE AOMISTAIL1 BRUSHES ? NIK NM> SELECTOR ML ? 01 luxi ii-pc. accessories >rr ano hanoy-pak kit ? triple-filter IXTRA LARIE SANITino DUST RAG ? STEP-ON T0? SWITCH ? NEW TOP RELEASE ? SWIVELINS HOSE CON NECTION ? UNRREAKARLE NYLON HOSE ? BALL MARIN* WHEELS ? ? MPT VINVI, BUMPERS.
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