LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Senator Johnston, 111,
Writes Of General Assembly
Mr. Editor:
I have known (or mm time
that 1 needed medical and per
hap* surgical attention, but I
was most anxious to first com
plete my duties as a member
of the State Senate. However,
a week-end up at the Baptist
Hospital resulted In doctor's
orders to remain at the hospital
instead of returning to Jlaleigh.
Up to Monday night, I had not
missed a . public session of the
Senate and had answered every
roll call.
I regret not to be able to
participate in the deliberations
during the closing days of the
assembly but am glad to have
had a small part in some of the
important legislation. I piloted
the modified Absentee Ballot
Law through the Senate With
out a dissenting vote and also
the important legislation liberal
izing State Employee retire
ment benefits, which I' intro
duced, passed the Senate i^hani
mously and I hope and believe
Representative Hamrick w 1 11
successfully steer it through the
House.
I was pleased to be itte to
participate in a small way in
the effort to compromise the
differences between the power i
companies and the Co-ops and
believe a satisfactory solution
is being reached. . !"
My interest in legislation
looking toward more rural toad
construction and State aid to
the counties In construction of
better school facilities is well
known and I hope something
practical and desirable will yet
be accomplished.
It has not been ? do-nothing
General Aasembly. I have never
been associated with a finer,
harder working group of men
and I shall always treasure
the memories of this association
and be grateful for the pri-ri
lege of serving with the mem
bers of the State Senate of 1863.
Ira T. Johnston
Likes King St.;
Big Fish Caught
! Dear Editor:
Enjoy the King Street col
umn very much. They way you
pay tribute to your and my
friends who have gone on the
long journey is great in my
book.
I also get a big bang out of
any fishing news. Please print
more about the boys and what
they catch. Hy prize so far is
a 13Vi lb. striped bass. A couple
or so have broken my line, but
i the big ones always get away,
don't they? Here is a picture of
one that got In the pan? 32 in.
long, 13V4 lbs.
Grady Walls
June 3, 1063
Oakland, California
Tune-Up
Getting in tune for the June 38 celebration
of "Daniel Boone Crowing the Gap" is B1U
killer, one of aeveral Wataugans who will
participate In the two-day cross-country trip,
part of the State's 300th anniversary eelebra
tion. The wagon train will arrive in Boon*
Saturday, about the same time Secretary
of Commerce Luther Hodges (former
governor of North Carolina) is scheduled to
speak at Appalachian State Teachers College.
Parkway To Add Grade
Plans are now underway to
set up a ninth grade at Park
way School this fall, according
to Guy AngeU, Superintendent
of Watauga County schools.
Students who were in the
eighth grade at Parkway and at
Green Valley during the 1962
63 school year just ended will
attend the ninth grade at Park
way.
Following the completion of
the ninth grade next year, these
students will probably be trans
To get farther with Father, give him
something to wear from our eye-taking
collection
Suits & Sport coats
CRICKETER
Dress & Sport
SHIRTS
Gant ? Arrow
n Holhrook
Dress & Casual
SHOES
Bas And
Freeman
London Fog Jackets
Ties ? Belts ? Slack* ? Socks
Sweaters ? Bermudas ? Walking
Shorts ? Swim ft Beach Wear
English Leather Toiletries ? Dobbs Hats
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Varsity Shop
E. King St ? 264-3520 H???H9|9?
(erred to Appalachian High
School to complete high school.
The transfer of students out
of Appalachian High will re
due* the enrollment this fall to
approximately the same number
as was enrolled during the year
which closed last month.
U. N. truce expert sent to
Yemen.
>2 AHEAD IN BOBBEKY
Buffalo ? An 82 -year -old
widow made a $2 profit when
two robbers held up her place
of business.
Urs. Rose Deiiak told police
she put the $10 bill in her
pocket when she went to get
change for one of the men who
ordered a package of cigarette*.
The other man took the cash
from the cash register. He got
only $8.
Brief News Items
West German auto makers
warn of shutdown.
France acts to end economic
unrest.
Monroe kinsman argues Doc
trine with Russian.
Knicks pick Heyman, Hark
ness in draft.
Princess Alexandria wed to
Angus Ogilvy.
Crowd in Jordan expresses
loyalty to Hussein.
Pakistan reports Hay 31 dead
line on Kashmir.
Israel wants stronger U. S.
policy in Mideast.
De Gaulle expsesses hope for '
? united Europe.
Mississippi panel charge* bru- !
tality by marshals.
Western Governors fight land
sale frauds.
Brazil repaying 200 - million
loan to U. S. banks.
High Soviet official censured
for laxity.
Adenauer urges ratification of
French-German pact.
Drop in Italian Red vote is
predicted.
Erhard's prestige soars after
he meditates strike.
V. 8. AND HUNGAKT
The State Department think*
the time may be right for re
luming full diplomatic rela
tions with Communist Hun
gary and is sounding out key
members of Congress to see U
they agree.
The United States has declin
ed to send a top-ranking diplo
mat to Budapest since 1906
fighting which crushed an up
rising by the Hungarian peo
ple and put Premier Janoa
Kadar in power.
Legally, congressional sanf
ion is not required to restore
full diplomatic relations with
Hungary.
More than five million veter
ans are GI insurance policy
holders, according to the Vet
erans Administration.
College salaries rose 5.8 per
cent in 1962-63.
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