'6.{ License Renewal Card ? Have You Received It? Tar Meel motor vehicle own ers who may not have received their IMS license plate renewal card were urged today to take immediate action. Motor Vehicles Department officials aay the all-important cards were mailed in mid December and should have been received by now. If not, the agency's registration division says, "Please let us know at once." Proper procedure is to write the Motor Vehicles Department, Raleigh, with the make and identification number of your car, your last year's tag number and your full name and address. As in the past, applicants are reminded to indicate on the re verse side of their renewal card that liability insurance , is still in force, and to list the county in which the vehicle is subject to property taxes. Also, the one dollar extra fee for driver education must be paid for each vehicle having a registration fee of $10.00 or more. Miss Foy Ingram, director of the department's registration division, uld 80 branch offices would begin issuing new tags January 2. "In any event," Miss Ingram said, "it ia important to present a properly prepared renewal card when buying aew tags and to write the Motor Vehicles Department promptly if you've not received one." Herman W. .Wilcox Is the af final representative in Boone, and plates may be purchased at the Chamber of Commerce of fice In the Bus Terminal Build ing beginning January 2. Know Your Hospital By BOB BUUBAUGH In my last article I discussed P. L. 87-658 and what it could mean to Watauga County in terms of a new hospital in the next year or two. The Hill Burton Act is another law which is designed to provide money to help build new hospitals. To be eligible for government funds under these acts those are some requirements every com munity must meet. The major requirement is the committment of local funds to match the money provided by the govern ment. This is done on ? per centage basis. In many cases the government supplies 59% of the total amount required to build; and the community in which the hospital it to be located con tributes 48% . To illustrate how this works let us suppose that a new hospital to meet the needs of this community would cost $1,200,000. Our share would then be $540,000, and the gov ernment would grant $680,000. There are advantages other Ikao the obvious financial con tribution made by the govern ment. Modern hospitals are highly complex buildings. They are very specialized and there fore require the service, adviae and supervision of specialists who have proved themselves in the field. Because of this the Medical Care Commission will not approve plans, architects or builders who are not qualified. In this way they help us to get the most for our money and the government's money ? which is part of our money, too. The Medical Care Commission has a wealth of experience and material to save communities time and money in connection with tne building Of hospital facilities. All of this is avail able for the asking and I am convinced that we caa build ti\e hospital We need if we are will ing to help ourselves b//flp? proving a bond issue when the opportunity comes to exercise our rights aft the polls. i ? l Tobacco Farmers Hope To Regain Some Of 1962 Loss Tobacco farmers hope to re t gain some of the ground lost with the 1962 crop. Next year's burley crop sup port prices should increase by i about one per cent because of changes in parity prices, accord i ing to J. G. Allgood, exter^jon f farm management specialist at ; North Carolina State College. A five per cent decrease in acreage has been announced for 1963. Prices received by growers I for their 1962 crop averaged ; about four cents per pound leu ! than in the previous year. Con v tributing to these lower prices i was a lower quality and a larger portion of untied tobacco : marketed. Burley production was ex pected to be increased by six per cent in 1962. The total sup ply is about 2Vi per cent more thp.n the previous year. Acreage was up about six per cent. Domestic use of burley in creased nearly three per cent and exports by about 10 per cent above 1960-61. "Domestic use of burley is expected to increase two to three per cent in 1962-63 as a result of the increase in riga Brown Gets State Post Raleigh ? Dr. Ellen Winston, North Carolina's welfare com missioner, has been chosen to , head a new federal welfare program and a Statesville na tive has been named to take her place. Named acting state welfare commissioner is R. Eugene Brown, a career welfare work er who has . been with the state department in Raleigh for 3T years. Dr. Winston was picked by Health. Education and Welfare Secretary Anthony . Celebrene to head the nation's newly or ganised and upgraded $3 billion welfare program. She was gives a year's leave of absence from her North Carolina job for the $20, 000- a year federal post. Brown, Dr. Winston's replace ment, has aarvad since last April as assistant welfare com missioner of North Carolina. Prior to that lie was director of public assistance for over 20 years. WASTED EFFORT Wethersfieid, Conn? An in surance company movie drama tizing the consequences of care lessness on the job was too much for John Tremba. Watch ing a filmed eye operation he passed out Be Ml froan a chair, cut his lip, bumped his head, and had to be taken to a hos P'UL ' rette consumption," sai'l All good. "Exports in 1962-63 are ex pected to remain at the 1961-62 level. But there may be a slight decrease within the next few years because of trade barriers," he added. "Prices are expected to re main steady to lightly higher depending upon the export situ ation in the next three to five years." State's Travel Industry Sets Brand New Record In 1962 North Carolina? travel in dustry set new records in 1962. On November 8, the Great Smoky Mountains National Pfk ? moat-visited of all Na tional Parks? became the first National Ark to reach a visitor count of 9,000,000 in a single year. By November 30, total 1962 visitation totaled 9,123,700. This was eight per cent above the corresponding U months of 1961, and greater than the en tire 12 month j total of last year. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Blue Ridge Parkway meet near Cherokee, North Carolina, on the reservation which is home of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians. The Park way, most popular of all areas kv f k a ?WHifllTWfvlVW Park Service, had more visitors during the first 11 months of 1962 than in any full year of its 29-year history. The 6,394, 192 people who traveled the Parkway between January 1 and November 30 represented an attendance gain of t.S per cent over the same period in 1961. At Cherokee, the outdoor dra ma "Unto These Hills" played to. 129,301 during the summer of 1962, the greatest attendance since 1994 for the production which was established in 1990. "The Loet Colony" at Manteo and "Horn In The West" at Boone also reported substant ial attendance gains this sum mer. On the Outer Banks island of North Carolina, the Cape Hat teras National Seashore drew 627,404 visitors during the first 11 months of 1962^ 16.9 per cent more than during the same period in 1961. At Wilmington, the U.S.S. North Carolina Battleship Mem orial had been visited by over half a million people when it completed its first full year of operation on October 14 as a State-sponsored attraction. Box-office champion among the privately operated vacation attractions of North Carolina was Ghost ? Town - In - The-Sky, which was host to over 900,000 people between early spring and October 31. This was a gain of some 200,000 over the sum med of 1961, first season of op eration for the re-created fron tier town atop a high mountain in the Great Smokies. Five of North Carolina's 12, rep0rted ,ubtUn< ?L if g*itU for the tint 11 month* of 1962 over WnJ*?*, r iB 1981 Com b med total attendance for all fmhl ? f0r Jsnu*ryl Nov ember 30 was 1,588 1M 18S2 saw the expansion of seasons as well as resort facili z ?ummer for the first time in its ??*e?r history, with gratifying 2JT?2LThe f?wou, ??** op"ed ? Wth W-hole golf ?*rse in 1 962, u4 v..., to the USGA National Amateur w-u- ?, siiasr Hotet hw wsnmed year-around opera two. At Blowing Rack in ?>? Mountains and <*alo?*o. te 41m flreat d? ^ Skie? ,re ,wrooahing ,?J" newly acceasible and decked out with machine made snow. A new seaside golf course is in year-around use at If* *>"* At Lake Toxnway Uk. T. ? Country, the ind . be*n rMtored and a thriving cottage colony n*,e*Ubli,hed- together "ith a golf club. In cooperation with the U . s ?tyeLSe7'ee^ North Carolina "Ute-*?~ered Tr**el Mission to Europe in the winter of 1962. The Mis Jon composed of 41 travel in dustry leaders pnying their own expenses, paved the way for the October visit of 25 Eu ropean travel official, who 5?me to North Carolina at the invitation of Governor Terry >nford and the Travel Conn cii. Results of both projects an already being reflected In in ZTJ?*" from ^thin the UnRed States and abroad, and more vteiUrs from foreign countries. Long popular with Canadians and accustomed to Playing host to visiting stu dents, industrialists and busi from forei?n countries, North Carolina is preparing to welcome more visitors from other countries in 1863, parti Tr1.aHly^U,l1ne the International 27-May 4* Ch>rIotte April Celebration of the 300th anniversary of the Carclin, Oiarter will focus the attention of visitors- on historical attrac tions la 1863, and be the oc casion for special programs at annual festivals and the out door historical dramas. Throughout the State In 1962. motorists were traveling over new and newly improved high way!. Early in the year, a new bridge on U. S. 64 replaced the State ferries across the Alliga tor River and accelerated travel to the Outer Banks. In the Piedmont, new sections of In terstate highways were opened. In the apring of 1963, the National P?rk Service will open 17 miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway between Balsam Gap on US 23- It A and Beech Gap la Piagah National Forest. This section of the Parkway soars to over 6,000 feet at 'Richland Balaam, and lengthens total completed Parkway in North Carolina to well over 200 miles. IB Southeastern North Caro lina, a high-rise bricfee over the Intracoastal Waterway elimi nates the old drawbridge on four-laned U. S. 421 between Wilmington end the Carolina Beach-Fort Fisher resort area. Ten armed Cuban exiles seiz ed in boat at Miami. Soviet indicates return to neu trality on India. ^ OPENS IN BOONE OFFERS Dependable, Personal Money Service for the needs of the uiLaIa ?flMMelms WHO!? Tdmliy OPEN DOOR to Ready Cash When you need extra cash ... to meet heavy expenses, clear old bills, to take advantage of cash bargains, well male* rare you get it without delay. What ever you need . . . $75.00 to $600 . . . we'll advance the money immediately without co-signers in keeping with our liberal ctedK policy. Every month thou sands of families visit Heme Credit for the ready cash they need; for trust worthy dependable service that solves money problems fast. We want to serve you. Just come in or calL TWO-WAV 8TBETCHT Dayton, Ohio ? How much can be put Into a girdle? Most women (eel they are lucky if they get themselves inside the contraption. But (or two women arrested ift a discount store re cently, the abdominal bindings served at storehouses at mtr chandise. One woman, who weigh* about 240 pounds, had stuffed into her girdle 43 pairs of women's hose, 32 pairs of men's stock ings, 14 slips, 3 pairs of anklets and 3 shirts. Another had enough room for herself and 33 pairs of women's hose, 20 pairs of men's stockings, 7 slips, a boy's cap, a pair of trousers and a set of girl's pajamas! FOR SALE Salvage Old Post Office Building BANNER ELK Contains Valuable Building Materials Sealed Bids Accepted Thru Jan. 30, 1963 Mail to E. T. M. A., Box 68, Banner Elk, N. C. 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