By EULA N. GREENWOOD
IMPORTANT POST . . . The
death of ABC Chairman Willianr
S. Hunt last Saturday night once
again focused attention on th?
tremendous power* held by the
Governor of North Carolina. Pow
ers ? and responsibilities.
The unexpected passing of Hunt
and Lt. Gov. Cloyd PMlpott, one
week apart, demonstrates the
need for an on-the-scenes, young,
and energetic leader like Terry
Sanford.
The late Mr. Hunt was a very
positive personality. He surround
ed himself with able men ia ABC
administration. Although he had
received criticism ? as who has not
in that controversial post ? but
seemed secure ia his job.
Chairmanship of the State ABC
Board is one of the most import
ant posts ? and far-and-away the
hottest seat ? in State officialdom.
DELINQUENCY CAUSES . . .
The political polls of George Gal
lup have become known internat
ionally for their sharp accuracy.
However, now and then the Gal
lup Poll shifts away from politics
and gets down to home life pro
blems.
Recently, a poll was conducted
on the causes of delinquency ? or
"Why Teenagers Get Out of Hand."
The research showed these rea
sons: 1. Parents are not strict
enough. 2. Parents do not provide
proper home life. 3. Parents have
too many outside interests. 4. Par
ents are too indulgent: give chil
dren too much money: S. Both
parents work, even though the
mother is needed at home.
WILL MISS HIM ... The new
N. C. Traffic Safety Council could
not have found a better man to
ram through this program than
Phil Ellis, former WPTZ news
man and old-time sports announc
er. But we will all miss the best
bass voice in radio.
If he can cure as many head
aches in highway safety ai he has
during the past ten years with BC
product*, we are really on the way.
A friend of our* traveling in a
distant State this summer laid it
was always good to hear the back
home voice of Phil Ellis plugging
BC on various radio stations pick
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ed up on her ear radio
Now Ellis will be seeing yon,
wherever you ere, about traffic
ufety. Some of N. C.'i most able
citiwM are office r? of the Coun
cil.
TAKE OUR WORD; ... We are
grateful to *ay that we have saen
moat of the historic and fabulous
sites of Eastern America.
However, not until August 19
while in Asheville attending the
Carolina Advertising Executive
Assn. meeting had we visited
Ghost Town, 4,500 feet up, in Hay
wood County ? just north of Way
nesvillo? in, or overlooking, fam
ous Maggie Valley.
Never have we been as deeply
impressed with God and man-made
presentation. Take our word for
it: "fabulous" is the word for it.
We have never seen Disneyland ?
but seriously doubt it can com
pare with what we have going now
about 25 miles west of Asheville,
right here in North Carolina. Take
our word for it.
ANONYMOUS BACKER . . .
Marshall C. Kurfees, who until
May had been mayor of Winiton
Salem and sometime candidate for
Congress and the U. S. Senate, is
now leading a community improve
ment program for the Twin City.
Kurfees, taxi co. owner, thus
will keep his name in the spot
light in Northwestern North Caro
lina. The word we get is that Kur
fees' committee will have ample
monetary support from backers
who prefer to remain anonymous.
Incidentally, Kurfees has said re
peatedly recently that he is "out
of politics" ? at least for the time
being.
AVOCA FARM . . . Until well
into this century no fertilizer was
ever used on Avoca Farm in Ber
tie County purchased last week by
Reynolds Tobacco Co. for *a re
ported $450,000.
Ernest Hansen, native of Den
mark, agronomist, and world
traveler now living in Raleigh,
told us one time that only the Nile
Valley and the Mississippi Delta
region can compare with farm
land such as Avoca ia Northeast
ern North Carolina.
Be that as it may, the farm in
IBM was bought for only $43,150
by the estate selling it for $450,000
? a fair profit.
Avoca Farm had as tha focal
point of operation for nearly ?
century a fishery. Situated on Al
bermarle Sound, Avoea Fishery
would drag in shad and herring
by the millions during early spring
months.
A large percentage of the her
ring catch was used for fertilizer:
a couple of herrings for one hiR
of corn. Legends of the tremen
dous crops produced on Avoca
Farm before agricultural over
abundance hit us are among the
most interesting old men's tales
of the Albermarle area. Corn, cot
ton, and peanuts ? with colored
boys used to fight off the wild
geese and gulls during the days of
planting. Rows a mile long. Soil
the perfect Norfolk Sandy Loan.
Corn 15 feet high, each stalk with
three perfectly formed ears.
Reynolds says it has no definite
plans for Avoca. But with all the
controversy raging around the to
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The children and grandchildren
o I the Rev. and Mrs. R. C. loggers
viiited their parents laat week.
They are Mr. and Mr*. Grant
Thomai and Darlene of Upper
co, Md., Mr. and Mn Ernest
ECgers of Kingsport, Tenn , Mr.
aad Mrs. Dwight Eggers and Jan
ice of Nottingham. Pa., and Rev.
and Mrs. Gene Sherwood of Zion
ville. Othecs visiting were Mrs. W.
R. Bumgardner and a son-in-law
from Mountain City, Mr. and Mrs.
Carley Greene, Mi-, and Mrs. Ran
ner Matheson of Sugar Grove, Miss
Rosa Lee Isaacs of Morganton and
Mr. Arthur Thomas of Mable.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Combs and
Lynn visited Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Everett May. Mr. and Mrs.
Combs have moved to the Frank
Miller home.
Miss Jo Ann Winebarger spent
last week with Mr. and Mrs. Vance
Vines in Burlington. Mr. and Mrs.
Vines, Cindy and Denise accom
panied her home Saturday for a
weeks visit with Mr. and Mrs.
Clint Winebarger and Mr. and
Mrs. Roby Vines at Bethel.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Stephens
and Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Wallace
visited recently with Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Ragan at Lenoir. Misses Anna
Mae Stephens, Mancy Stephens and
Vardel Lyons of Boone spent Sun
day with Mr. and Mrs. Stephens.
Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Wilson of
Boone and Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Hol
man of Mtn. City spent Sunday
with Mrs. Maggie Norris.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Coder of
Hays, Kansas visited last week
with Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Triplett.
Mrs. Charles Wilson will have
surgery at Watauga Hospital Mon
day.
Sunday visitors with Mr. and
Mrs. Leroy Wilson and Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Wilson were Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Brinegar Sr. and Con
nie, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brinegar,
Jr., and children, Kevin, Keith,
and Ronnie, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis
Walker and children, Dlanna, Bus
ter and Mark, all of Winston
Salem.
Mr. and Mrs. Romie Harrison
and Pam of Bamboo spent Wednes
day with Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Wil
son.
Mr. and Mrs. John Wagner and
Jeffery of Shouns, Tenn. spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Miller.
Mr. and Mrs. Clint Miller and,
Butch, koute 2, Boone, viaited
Sunday with Mr. and Mra. Clinl.
Winebarger.
Mr. Harold Eller haa returned
to camp at Cherry Point after
spending the week with Mrs. Eller
and other relatives.
bacco industry, Reynolds Tobacco
? the acknowledged world leader
in th? golden week ? will make
good use of Acoca. A use that
could prove beneficial to the to
bacco industry and to all mankind.
The late Louia Bromfield found
ed 705-acre Malabar Farms as one
of his ways of attempting to pass
on his philosophy of treating the
soil with loving care. Reynolds
Tobacco, great benefactor, may be
planning to do at Avoca what
Loui* Bromfield did at Malabar
Farms. Long live Avoca ? and may
Reynolds thrive with it!
Washington News
Washington, B. C. t? Tfcere t* -
cautious optimism in tome quarters .
m Washington, to the effect that
the sadden Soviet military action
of closing the border* between I
East and West Germany and be
tween the eastern and western 1
sectors of Berlin has Improved the
chances for a settlement of the i
Berlin question. j
This ironical result Is probable, i
in this opinion, because the closing |
of the border by communist troops
has removed what were probably |
the two most vexing problems for
the Russians. They were, first, the ;
steady fleeing of East Germans,
which was the world's worst ad
vertisement for communism, and,
second, the showcase contrast be
tween East and West, as was pro
vided by the different sectors of
Berlin.
Not only were East Germans
fleeing from their country to West
Germany, but all who came to Ber
lin were able to see the difference
between what communism has
achieved in East Berlin and what
democracy has achelved in West
Berlin.
By closing the border, something
the communists have been reluc
tant to do, the Russians have stop
ped the flow of refugees and they
have removed from view the hu
miliating contrast between the two
systems, in a showcase, so to speak,
for all who come to Berlin to see,
If that is fully realized, one can
see that Nikita Khrushchev might
now be more easily satisfied in any
Berlin negotiation than he would
have been formerly. For now the
planes which fly out of Berlin (and
which use the corridors the com
munists threatened to control) no
longer carry the huge flow of refu
gees they have been carrying all
these years.
Nor can East Germans, and
others under the communist yoke,
come to Berlin and see what de
mocracy is like, on the other side
of the border in Berlin. The "bone
in the neck" which Khrushchev
called Berlin, is no longer so pain
ful.
Thus the West might ? for agree
ing to some form of limited recog
nition for East Germany, get a
settlement on the Berlin issue
which would guarantee their rights
to remain there and their access
to the western sectors.
There is tome thought that the
closing of the border between East
and We?t Germany and between
eastern and western sector* of
Berlin was a move the communists
luufc -only after realizing that the
allies were serious about standing
firm for the rights in Berlin.
It might have been the least the
communists hoped to achieve in the
tense world crisis which they have
so carefully fueled for so long.
Certainly the great fear among
the communists, in taking this
move, was the propaganda effect,
and the obvious admission in mak
ing that move, that the people in
East Germany were not happy with
their communist form of govern
ment.
The negotiations which lie ahead
may seem rocky, but it is likely
that some kind of limited recogni
tion of East Germany, even as a
representative of Russia, in our
minds, might produce a solution
which would preserve western
rights in the city and ease the
crisis.
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Good Jamboree
tV?r Mr. Rivers:
On behalf of the Boone Clvttan
Club I would like to express ap
preciation to you and your staff
for the fine publicity given our
pancake Jamboree.
With the help of number of
band members and their parents,
ire served over nine hundred per
ions, and should realize a very nice
profit for the high school band
uniform fund.
Our club Is hardly three year*
old. and this project Just complet
ed was one of our first major fund
raising attempts. We are very
grateful for the way everyone
helped us, and hope that we can
continue to grow in service to our
community.
Cordially yours,
Charles L. Isley, Jr.,
President
Boone Clvltan Club
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get.
Red bloc states plan German
treaty.
Moore Reunion
Held Sunday
Several hundred descendant! of
Mme Moore net Sunday. August
SO, at the new Globe Valley Bap
tist Church for an all-day seaeien
beginning at 10:10.
Re*. Eeari Moore of Morganton,
President, presided The aetaion
wv opened with the >i aging of
"liWwus Loved Ones," Mrs. J. C.
Russell at the piano. Mr*. Jake
Moore and daughter and son-in-law,
Bob Barlow, of Charlotte, Wert
recognized at having given the
handsome piano to the church in
memory of Mr. Moore. Those travel
ing long distances were recognized,
as, relatives from Newberg, N. Y.;
Atlanta, Ga.; Richmond, Va.; The
Shenandoah Valley; Greensboro;
and many other places.
Guests were asked to register so
that notices can be mailed neat
?year for the reunion which will be
held at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Moore near North Catawba
Church. Rev. Edgar Moore of Char
lotte gave the devotional.
Long tables had been placed
under the trees behind the church
where a beautiful picnic dinner was
spread. After the social hour the
afternoon session consisted of a
historical report of certain findings
since last year, and plans were
made for a big centennial celebra
tion of the clan in 1972. This report
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Mum. AS offering ?tt taken to
help on the payment of the new
church amoMliiif to Also,
Mrs. (. C. KasseU (Teide kortoa)
offered to present to the church
this Ml ? communion service In
memory of her mother, Sue A.
Mast Horton and her grandmother,
Kartha Moore.
New officers wrote elected a*
follows: President, lvey Moore of
North WUkeehero; secretary, Mrs.
Fred Moore e< North Catawbn;
vice president, BU Harmon of
Virginia; and historian, Mae Shear
er Stringfield of Themasville.
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