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Issue At Polls Tuesday ' (Continued from page dm) the following proposals wbeo they fo to the poll* Tuesday: 1. The issuance of two million eight hundred fifty-eight thousand dollars (tt.Stt.000.00) Capitol Area Building Bonds of the State of North Carolina for construction of needed buildings for State pur paws in the Capitol area 1 The issuance of cmt million one hundred ton thousand dollars (*1,110.000.00) Stat* Training j Schools Capitol Improvement Bonds of the State of North Caro- 1 lina for noeded Capital Improve ments at the State's correctional schools. T ? 4. The issuance of thirty-one millian eight thousand dollars (?31. 001.000 00) State Educational Institutions Capital Improvement Bonds of the State of North Car olina for needed Capital Improve ments at the State's educational institutions. 4. Tie issuance of one million four hundred eighty-throe thous and dollars ((1,481,000.00) Com munity College Capital Improve ment Bonds of the State of North Carolina for granUia-aid for com munity college Capital Improve ments. 8. The issuance of two million five hundred sixty thousand dol lar* ($2,900,000 00) Archives and History and State Library Building Bonds of the State of North Caro ling for construction of a building to bouse the Department of Arch ives and History and the State li brary. 8. The issuance or tmrxeen mil lion five hundred thousand dollars ($11400,000.00) State Porta Bonds of the State of North Carolina for the construction, acquisition and improvement of State Porta facili ties. 7. The Issuance of seven million three hundred ninety-six thousand dollars (I7.3M.000.00) State Men tal Institutions Capital Improve ment Bonds of the State of North Carolina for the construction of needed Capital Improvements at the State's mental institutions. & The issuance of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) Hos pital Capital Improvement Bonds of the State of North Carolina for the purpose of providing funda for participation by the State through the Medical Care Commiaaion In local hospital construction. $. The issuance of nine hundred sixty-one thousand dollars $001, 000.00) Natural Resources Conser vation and Development Bonds of the State of North Carolina for Capital Improvements in the con servation and development of nat ural resources of the State. 10. The issuance of two hundred eighty-nine thouaand dollars ($289, 000.00) State Agriculture Capital Improvement Bonds of the State of North Carolina for Capital Im provements at the State's agricul tural research stations. PARCEL POST UPPED Postmataer General J. Edward Day has proposed a plan to raise parcel post rates by about 6 per cent. This will Include a revision in siae and weight limits on par cels and Increase mail-catalogue rates by 13J per cent. This would be another step In the Post Office Department's cam paign U> reduce lta annual deficit of about $840,000,000. The plan la subject to approval by the Inter state Commerce Commission. Lundean Dies (Continue* from pace one) M tivity cam e nouraUjr lor Mr. Utn dean, who drove a six-bone bitch to a stage coach in bis youth in the Northwest and came East to rida with the 101 WOd West Rodeo in New York City. Born in CooncUl Bluffs, Iowa, Mr. Lundean was reared in Wyo ming where he learned to paint the people and the animals with a realism which caught the imagina tion of the eastern art critics. Mr. Lundean was Internationally fam ous for his portrayal of horses of all types, the western cow pony, Indian pony, polo ponies and thoroughbred horses. His interpre tation, knowledge and great love for the bona was unequalled. After his discharge from the army after World War I, he took courses la art and studied Journa lism at the University of Missouri before going to New York where he studied with George Luks and Bordman Robinson. Other great artists took a hand in Mr. Lun dean's development as he toiled with brushes and palette, and In his spare time covered sports events for newspapers as a means of livelihood. With canva* and paint ha record ed the wild beauty of the storm toaaed seaa from a Gloucester flah inc boat and painted the Pennayl vania coal miner and picturesque barm of the itate. He covered county faira for Fortme Magazine and alto painted barn* in New England and the South. The South became hi* summer home after hi* marriage to Mia* Marjorie Daingerfield, daughter of the famoua Now York artiat, El liott Daingerfield. Prom the ma Jestic panorama *een from the Daingerfield home be painted the fantaatic beauty of the Blue Ridge mountaina In all their mooda. Mr. Lundean wa* famous for hi* paintinga of hunting acenea in Pennsylvania, in New England and Virginia. Hia painting* are in the collections of the Whitney*, the Harrimana, the Plunket Stewart*, Carroll Tucker, the Duponta, and the Kleberg* of King Ranch in Texa*. Hi* c*nv*ases are alio In many home* in North and South Carolina and in private collection* and gallerie* throughout the coun try. Even when almost incaplcatedj with irthrltla, Mr. Lundean con-j tinued hia work. Aside from hia art, he waa esteemed and beloved in the Blowing Rock summer col ony and lent his Influence and ef fort* to the idvancement of the famous resort. He wa* an illustrator, a writer and an inspired teacher and lec turer. He waa a member of the Adventurera Club of New York. Hi* studios were in the Hotel de* Artists, One West 67th Street In New York and at "Weatglow" In Blowing Rock. Hi* family originated in Scot land and Sweden. Hi* great-grand father wa* Arch Biihop Valline, who wrote the famou* hymn to General Waahington. Hi* forebear* e*tabll*hed the famoua Univeralty of Lund in Sweden. Among Lundean'* work* are portrait* of Man-of-War, Sysonby Dancer and Colin. He alao paint ed Will Roger* from life on hi* famou* cutting bona at King Ranch in Texas. When the Going Get* Really TOUGH . . . Then You Know There's a DIFFERENCE! Lei Us Apply MUD A SNOW we can Kecap AU Auto Tires fro* 5:M x 13 to 8:20 * 15 A 1m Track Tirw TREADS When the foimf hi the raagfceat, quality al malrrUia aad nrknuhlf are re flected la pnifw?n. On nuwli ataada tk? teat whea Ike falaf k really raegh. Ova na a trial RECAPPING COMPANY N. Depot St. Boone, N. C WRECK. ? Ivey Robert Moore, RFD 1, Vilas, and hi> family were injured when this pickup truck turned over after being in wrack with another car. The accident happened Friday night five mile* west o t Boone on U. S. 421, near the home of James D. Hanson Ricky Lynn McDaniel, 16, of Miami, Fla, who wa* driving the other car west, was charged by Patrolman George E. Baker with driving on wrong side of the road. Moore, his wife and three children wei e treated for bruises and lacerations. ? Photo Flowers' Photo Shop. Nash McKee Is Speaker For Veteran's Day ( continued rrom page one.} Una Department. Following hit discharge from the Army, McKee terved a term on the Charlotte City Council and at age 29 wai the youngest person tver to be elected to that office. He la a former National Service Officer oi the Disabled American Veterans, a member of Hornet's Nest Post ? of The Amtrican Leg ion in Charlotte and of Voiture 820 of the forty and Eight in Ra leigh. McKee was the first World War II veteran elected National Presi dent of The American Legion Press Assooiation (1903-94). He is Editor of the North Carolina American Legion News. He is married to the former Pauline Long, of Chmarlotte, and they have a daughter, Sandra Leigh, 0. Active in hif church, White Memorial Presbyterian in Raleigh, and community service he has worked in fund-raising campaigns of the United Fund, Red Crow, March of Dimes, and Peace Col lege. He has held the office of Amer ican Legion Department Adjutant since March 1, 1949, and in that capacity operates the State head quarters of North Carolina's larg est veterans organization. In ad dition to his duties a a Department Adjutant and Finance Officer, Mc Kee serves as manager of the >200,000.00 Department Headquar ters Building in Raleigh. Ribicoff asks Job* for Cuban ref ugee* Richards signs 3-year pact to build Houston. A ttroog, form- II tt Jag for raducibla inguinal hmu. Bwh lacing adjustable. Snap# up In front Ad>ustab)? ' | strap. Soft flat groin pad. No st??l or ither bands. For mea, waows and ehll loweat part of abdomen, state rigM, left ?*da, danble. BOONE DKUC CO. Full Day Of Skiing To Cost Beginner $11.75 (Continued from page on*) slope will be MO feet lotifl and 100 foot wide, with ? IS pwt and*. A rap* lilt and T-ber lift will MTV* the mm rw> ami ? rape Kit the beglBneri' run Saow wm be fmirri throughout the winter by a syctem of pipe*, compreuon and t I 1 I h Water will b? sprayed at tigi* i hrough the system under high 1 alls below freeing. Th? water ( unerga* a* a fine spray and tails o the ground in the form of lewder now Highways of the an* art to* i pel the year round, ao that the < reaort will he aeceaaiWe at any time. Ampl* dima? facilities and accommodation wfl? be ivailabie la the area throughout the artoter. ? , M-Wl ' >?.? - ? I'M ? I . arte* veaaei is da^caed to trawl over mooa'i a?rface. Nobody beats Valiant for value! No wond er '62 Valiant has become such a hot item, even in the- few short weeks since it was first unveiled. The answer lies in one significant phrase-over-all value. In addition to distinctive styling, Valiant gives you quality-engineered Chrysler Corporation mechanical advantages. There's 101 hp of zip and go in Valiant, too -a* standard equipment -and many more most-wanted features. See how many more, now, at our sales room. You'll agree right away that nobody beats Valiant for value! VALIANT with Trim-Line Design See the " Style Leader of the Compacts at: Highlander Motor Co. ? U. S. 421 ? Boone, N. C. Dealer License No. 1628 Harvest Sale of Values! QUANTITIES LIMITED AT THIS SPECIAL PRICE 1 GORHAM fir offer5 SPECIAL SAVINGS on all Serving and Accessory Pieces in all regular Gorham Sterling Designs! A FIRST TIME EVER OPFER Stalling; Jewelers Established 1933 EAST KING STREET BOONE, N. C. No Mailing ? No Refunds ? No Gift Wrapping No Exchange ? THIS SALE ONLY Watch For The Opening Of The Gift Shop IN ST A IJJNGS JEWELERS ANNEX
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