Dr. Lake Candidacy
Is Left In Doubt
North Wilkeaboro? Did Dr.
L Beverly Like indicate to re
porters here Friday that he
would run for governor in
1964?
A wire service story last
night said he did.
Lake said he didn't.
The wire story quoted Lake,
the segregationist Raleigh law
yer who lost to Terry Sanford
in the bitter Democratic primar
ies of 1960, as saying this:
I've got a great deal of
friends and a great deal of
votes, and I hope I'll have a
good deal of money . . . Under
these condition, I will consid
er running again very strongly."
Lake was reported to have
made the statement at a Ki
wanis Club luncheon during a
question - and - answer session
with reporters.
Reached by telephone last
night at a dinner party in a
North Wilkesboro restaurant,
Lake said he didn't say yes and
he didn't say no.
"My statement wasn't that
strong," he said. "I said that
there were many things to con
sider before I could make a
decision."
Lake said a reporter asked
him whether he would run for
governor "under the right con
ditions." In a jovial mood, he
said, "answered that under
these conditions (friends, votes,
money) I might run."
He said he didn't intend to
give the impression that he
was making a definite commit
ment of any sort. "1 haven't
made a decision yet," he said.
Lake, a former Wake Forest
law professor, told the Kiwan
ians in his speech to beware of
trends toward "socialized wel
fare states" in the federal and
state governments.
He charged liberal leaders,
state and federal, with leading
the people to "tyranny and de
spair" rather than freedom.
He strongly criticized the
Kennedy administration's action
in sending troops to the Univer
sity of Mississippi to assure the
admission there of Negro stu
dent James Meredith.
Housing Order
Lake also lashed out at Ken
nedy's executive order banning
segregation in federally sup
ported housing projects. He said
new housing construction is
"limping and crawling" be
cause of "heartless legislation."
Public schools, he said, have
been "brought down to medio
crity by court orders."
"Our tomorrow will be para
lyzed if we ignore the past,"
Lake said. "Republican and
Democratic party leaders today
have failed to look back into
history at party principles.
Farmers Move
To Big Tractors
During the next two years,
North Carolina farmers will
continue to shift to tractors
with more horsepower.
A recent state-wdie survey
shows that in 1961-62, about 69
per cent of new tractors pur
chased will be in the 25-59
horsepower range. At present,
about 57 per cent of tractors on
North Carolina farms are in
this range.
The survey was made by J.
C. Ferguson, extension agricul
tural engineer at N. C. State
College, with the h?lp of coun
ty agricultural agents.
The survey also showed that
about 9 per cent of the new
tractors would have 55 or more
horsepower, as compared with
7 per cent now. ?
Tractors with 25 horsepower
or less will decline, the survey
shows. About 36 per cent of
presently owned farm tractors
are in this category. An estimat
ed 22 per cent of the farmers
planning to buy tractors want
a tractor in this power range.
Writes For
N. C. Education
The December issue of North
Carolina Education includes an
article by Mrs. Laura F.
Church, teacher of reading at
Appalachian High School. En
titled "Reading, Eating, and
Union Suits", the article shows
a humorous contrast and com
parison between schools of
yesterday and today.
"As a result, both party line*
are blurred and indistinct, lead
er* are confuted and both part
ies have become infiltrated
with the philosophy of socialism
and the welfare state."
ASTC Student
Given Grange
Award Friday
Raleigh ? A Winston-Salem
youth and a Person County girl
now a senior at Appalachian
St a e Teachers College la
Boone received the N. C. State
Grange's highest youth awards
at Olive Chapel Grange in Wake
County last Friday night.
~ Winner* in the annual atate
wide aelection of the moat re
presentative Grange boy and
girl are Richard Angell, 17, *00
of Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Angell,
Winaton-So'em, and Mia* Marit
Newton, 21, of Roxboro.
Robert W. Scott, matter of
the atate Grange, presented
each with an engraved plaque
at the fellowship banquet.
The award* *i?o carry with
them expenae-paid trips to the
1863 Natioaal Grange convwV
tion in Portland, Ore., to com
pete in the national Grange
Youth competition.
Basis Far Judging
r
The seloctfons are baaed on
school, church and community
activities, home responsibili
ties and personality and talent
Angell. now a senior at Rayn
oldj High School in Winston
Salem, U a member of the Old
JUfhmond Grange in Forsyth,
which he icrvea u assistant
steward. He ix also chairman
o f the Forsyth Pomona Grange
Youth Committee. Angell also
aaslats hia father in the manage
ment of Children 'i Home Farm.
Mia* Newton ia a member of
Bushy Fork Grange in Person
County and ia active in all phas
M of its youth programs. She
U vice president of (tote Grange
Youth and ? mamhar ui the
itate committee
World (hipping growi at a|
reduced rite.
Central mapping unit set up
for military.
PUPIL GOADS
Miami ? Mothers of Southwest
Miami school itudcoU may show
even more interest in their
children's study grade*.
An area shopping center has
offered 20 trading stamps for
each "A" on a report card and
10,000 stamps - for the youth
with the most "A's" in his
grade*.
? * McKENZIE VEGETABLES * *
? BAIY LIMA BEANS
? WHOU KERNEL CORN 2^?*
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