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BELL BOY. ? Bearded Bryon Hippy, a 25
year-old senior at Appalachian State Teach
ers College, finds his activities as a student
and a.* a bell hop at the Daniel Boone Hotel
"enough to keep me hopping." A native of
Shelby, Rippy is a 1959 graduate of Gardner
Webb Junior College and is an Army veteran.
He is majoring in English and social studies
as ASTC, plans to teach, and is an amateur
photographer. Rippy has been working at
the Daniel Boone Hotel since last August.
The beard? "Just for curiosity's sake," he
explained. "I've always wondered what I'd
look like with a beard." ? Staff photo.
Drinking And Speeding Lead List
Of Traffic Violations In Carolina
Traffic!
In North Carolina, it's pretty
awesome ? 2,100,000 motor ve
hicles, 2.000,000 drivers, 71,000
miles of highway.
The economic loss (property
damage, funerals, insurance
claims, etc.)? $200,000,000. Tra
val mileage, still to be computed,
is .estimated at 20 billloD miles.
And there were 1318 traffic'
daaths, a probably 38,500 m
juries.
Rounding out the picture are
the mistakes committed by dri
vers; careless, deliberate or un
kaowing errors which resulted
in the withdrawal of legal driv
ing privileges for 39,957 drivers
in 1962.
Statistician of the North
OtroliM Department of Motor
Vehicles have summarized the
b*lk of the license revokable
traffic offenses last year. They
a* pretty awesome, too.
Most drivers would probably
guess drinking and speeding as
the principal violations. They
aae right. The two offenses
shared top billing in the vehicle
agency's long list of loat li
censes.
Leading were the imbibers,
including two and three time
lasers, with a total of 8,967 re
vocations for the year. Driving
uader the influence rates a
mandatory loss of license upon
conviction.
Speeders hurried into seeond
place with 9,054 cases, most of
tltem (3,005) in the "over 75
mph" category.
Another 2,425 persons risked
dtivinff while their license was
uader suspension and incurred
additional penalties, the report
stowed.
There were 5,296 non-insured
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motorists put on the sidelines
for failing to make security de
posits after being involved in
an accident. And similarly, an
other 9,422 operators had their
licenses taken up for not keep
ing liability insurance in force
as required by law.
At the small end of the report
one driver lost bis license for
?jjfcng and abetting in highway
TMng, one for aiding and abett
ing in speeding over 70 mph and
another for the same offense
involving speeding over 55 mph
in the city.
Other highlights of the report
included the following disposi
tions:
? 1,861 licenses suspended
under the point system (in
cluding repeaters).
? 1,299 as- a result of court
judgment.
? 421 far two offenses or
reckless driving.
? 373 for improper use of
driver license.
? 264 for larceny of auto
mobile.
? 239 for highway racing, in
cluding pre-arranged.
? 210 for transporting intoxi
cants.
Miscellaneous violations round
ed out the total.
The vehicles agency noted In
its license suspension activities
that it didn't act entirely with
out fair warning (or borderline
drivers.
Included in the yearly sum
mary were 85,727 "adviaory"
letters sent first class to drivers
with one conviction of reckless
driving, one conviction o!
speeding over 55 mph and those
with four points accumulated
under the point suspension pro
gram.
Officials explained that in the
speeding and reckless driving
categories, licenses may be sus
pended for a second conviction
on similar charges incurred
within a 12 month period.
Under the point system, 12
points are grounds for suspen
sion.
The agency said reckless dri
ver* received 8,144 warnings,
speeders 38,589 warnings and
point violators 38,994.
You can plan your life and
your actions without regard to
what others think or do, but you
can't live to yourself whether
you want to or not
1 Know The Weather
By E. H. SJlfS
Is the hurricane season ap
proaching? Dmi it coiacMe
with the tornado aeaaea?
No, the season for hurricanes
is still many months away. They
come after the summer months,
as s usual thing, in the faH. be
ginning possibly in September
or late August but more often
in October er late September.
The tornado season, en the
other hand, is upon us. Torna
does begin in the spring in
most parts of the country. Al
ready they have taken lives
even though winter is not yet
officially (or unofficially) over.
By the time the hurricanes be
gin to brew, far out in the Car
ibbean or Gulf, the tornado sea
son has passed.
The calmer, steadier, drier
late summer and fail weather is
the hurricane season. Torna
does come in the spring months,
when monthly precipitation is
increase* in moat parts of the
country, as the thunderstom
period is ushered io with warm
er weather.
Welfare Dept. Aims At Improved Program
"Our immediate responsibi
lity in public welfare is to con
oe at rst? on iai proving the pro
grams now in operation by se
curing and retaining adequate
a*d qualified staff in each coun
ty In order to strengthen pub
lic welfare administration all
along the line," declared R. Eu
gene Brown, Acting Commis
sioner of Public Welfare in
North Carolina today. Brown
was appointed when Dr. Ellen
Winston, North Carolina Public
Welfare Commissioner for 18
years, accepted the post of U. S.
Commissioner of Public Wel
fare.
"County boards, county direc
tors of public welfare and their
staffs are carrying heavy and
continuing responsibilities in a
commendable manner," said
Commissioner Brown, "but
counties have too limited staff
in most instances."
Pointing out that public wel
fare services are geared to help
conserve and strengthen human
resources. Brawn stated that
R. ENGENE BROWN
staff with sufficient training
and experience to work con
structively with the many hu
man problems brought t? coun
ty departments of puhlic wel
fare is necessary to the pro
gram.
Sine* 1917, when the basic
organization a t the public wel
fare program was enacted into
law by the legislature, every
biennial session of the General
Assembly has provided new
CABS or THANKS
We wish to express our deep
est gratittwie to our many
friends and neighbors for the
many acts of lundnesa and sym
pathy shown during the illness
and death of our beloved hus
band and father. ? Mrs. Willie
F. Miller and family.
services or extended services
for the program, supporting
the oft-quoted statement that
"public welfare reflects the
conscience of the State," added
Brown.
BACK FROM EUROPE
The U. S. has withdrawn
about 19,000 support troop*
froa Europe in recent months,
according to the Defense De
partment.
Present U. S. Army strength
in Europe is about 299,000.
Lack energy for daily chores? See your doctor.
Modern drugs and vitamins can usually correct de
ficiencies and restore full health and vigor.
We recognize Watauga County's 4 -H
Boys and Girls and the leadership
that guides their valuable program .
Children are symbol! of the future. Parents dream
of a better edueatioa for their children, a very
special home for the family, vacation trips together,
and of the many pleasures of family living.
Now is the time to save for the fntnre. Open or
add to your Savings Account at Tho Northwestern
Bank and saw regularly.