BREMCO Executive To Carry
Torch On South American Trip
By NANCY ALEXANDER
A Lenoir man will c arry a j
torch of good will to SouU.
. America In June. Iti flame will
mark illuminating advancement
and development in a da'
? country.
Cecile Viverette. genera1
manager ol BlueJUdge m^ic
Company, will be an emlsaary
of the U. S. Foreign Aid pr*
gram. On a six months leave
of absence from hia desk, he
will energixe plana creating
Bolivia's first electrical power
by establishing ? cooperative
there. ?
Mr. Viverette, who has been a
lucifer in creating one of the
nation's moat efficient and fast
est trowing electrical coopers
Uv? wTfind hU experience I
1 providing invaluable back
ground.
"Thia agency is encouraging
the development of many types
of cooperatives in foreign coun
tries. Tor insUnce, credit un
ions are being established, so
people may have channels of
credit. I
I "In BollvU. before credit un
ions, loans often required as
much as 33 per cent Interest.
H a man got In debt ? much as
$90 he was never able to get
out W?in; for the average
.worker's pay varies 0I^
i ?10 a month for servants to *35
'for white collar workers ac
cording to a Peace Corps offici
al j^e been corresponding witn.
5 "I told them I would consider
going. On the way home I stop
ned by Washington and diacuss
urged me to take the assign
ment and got material on the
country for me from the Bolivi
an embaasy. He's interested in
learning of the progress of the
?work and other facto about
South America.
"Ground surveys have been I
made to determine the poaaibi
lity of organizing an electric
cooperative similar to Blue
Eldge there. It was f^nd the
country greatly needed gui<t I
ance In developing one.
"The people, moet of whom
are of Spanish origin, have
carved out a entture of their
own. They're resourceful, a high
type, and have done mart W
themselves. Aa t result
of our country's Point 4 Pro
gram they have rapidly adopted
modern agriculture methods,
but without electricity they are
severely limited.
"Even the capital, Santa
Crux, where 111 be living has
no power. A city of about 80,
000 people, it's located in the
CECIL VIVERETTE
Santa Cruz department, one of
seven area* similar to our states,
and has about 300,000 popula
tion.
"There is no power in the en
tire country, except lor a few
privately owned little compan
ies which furnish power to a
few of the wealthier families.
"The last survey for the co
operative was made in Febru
ary. Ifeetings have been held
with the people there. At first
they wanted power for only the
cities and the wealthier fami
lies; but it was explained to
them, if the entire country is
to develop they must help the
farmers and working classes of
the country as well as them
selves. They \inderstood and are
working right along this line
now. The country people in
Bolivia tend to live-in small vil
lages, rather than as isolated
families, so the project will be
somewhat simplified.
"I will make engineering and
feasibility studies and arrange
the financing. We will exhaust
all local sources for financing;
then, if approved, a loan will be
made from the Foreign Aid
program.
"I will be in Bolivia six
months. Hy wife Kate and
daughter Edith Ann, nine, will
accompany me. Our son Cecile
Jr. will remain at State College,
where he is studying agricul
tural engineering.
"1 will be working with mem
bers of the Peace Corp*. We
will have to start from the be
ginning, that is, with genera
tion.
"Gulf Oil Company has dis
covered gas and oil there; so
we will use their gas aa the pri
mary source of energy.
"After my work is completed
the National Association will
lend technical advisors who
will spend months or years in
building plants and erecting
power lines.
"While Pm away my staff at
Blue Ridge will carry on ray
duties. I've relegated certain
authority to each of them.
"Barbara Deverick, staff as
sistant, will coordinate the
work," concluded Mr. Viverette.
Visitors To
Parkway Drop
Off Slightly
The number of visitors to the
Blue Kidge Parkway dropped
off slightly during May as com
pared to. the same month last
year. There were 987,400 visit
ors counted during May of this
year while 572,333 were re
corded tor the same month last
year. This represents a decrease
of 0.85 per cent from last May.
The visitor count by sections,
comparing May of this year and
May of last year, is given below.
First figures represent this
year's visitors.
James River, Va. (Mile 0 to
115) ? 114,310; 00,230.
Rocky Knob, Va. (Mile 115 to
217)? 142,722; 132,081.
Bluffs, N. C. (Mile 217 to 305
? 125,362; 135,144.
Asheville, N. C. (Mile 305 to
400)? 185,008; 205,872.
For calendar year 1083 there
have been 1,806,838 visitors;
fpr calendar year 1082 there
were 1,402,011 visitors ? an in
crease for this year of 7.8 per
cent.
Total number of visitors is
figured on basis of &.3 persons
per vehicle.
On Tour ?
r our A8TV faculty mem Den leave Boone tor
a summer European tour that ia beinj con
ducted by Drs John and Ina Van Noppen.
Glenn Wilcox of the Wilcox Travel Agency
in Boone makea last minute cheek of the
trip itinerary with the (roup. In the picture,
left to rignt, are Jonn vail Noppen, pro
fessor of English; Mr*. Virginia Wary Lin
ney. professor of music; Ina Van Noppen,
professor of history; Glenn Wilcox and Ed
win Dougherty, professor of history. ? Penley
photo. v,
A BUSINESS IDEA
We*t brook, Maine ? The
down-town business district of
this town has gone to work and
removed all parking meters in
the shopping area to prevent
new shopping eenters from lur
ing business away.
In addition, the city added
more free parking lots to the
two already available. As a fin
al measure, they plan to all
modern street lights to bright
en both the streets and business
prospects.
WEIGHT OF CHOCOLATE
Unsweetened chocolate comes
in squares and each square
weighs an ounce.
Sunset Acres
Restricted Mountain Home Sites
Park Dedicated to Residents
Paved Roads and Central Water System
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Wagner Real Estate
235 E. King St. 264-2492
DEMOCRAT WANT ADS BRING RESULTS
Paul & Ralph Say:
To be happy with a
woman, you must love
her a litle and under
stand her a lot ? to be
happy with a man you
must love him a lot
and try not to under
stand him at all.
REFMGEKATOK DEATHS
Lowell, Mass. ? Two spall
boys were found dead huddled
inside an unused refrigerator
in the pantry of their home.
Brian Lacourse 4, and hit 2
year-old brother, Kenneth, were
believed to have been playing
hide and seek using the refri
gerator as a hiding spot, as they
had seen an older brother do
ing several days before.
The Army will aoon replace
the copter* being used to trans
port South Vietnamese troops
into battle against Communist
guerrillas with new turbine
powered helicopten
The changeover is scheduled
to begin in July. It is believed
there wUl be fewer helicopter
mishaps and losses due to en
gine failures caused by beat and
humidity of South Vietnam.
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