Open House
Gathered around the refreshments table at
the Watauga County Library during open
house last week were (left to right): W. Guy
Angell, superintendent of schools and li
brary trustee; Miss Jo Anne Payne, circulat
ing librarian; Homer . Brown, librarian and
regional library director; lira. Carrie Hodges,
a member of the original board of trustees
for the library; Mr?. Mary Brown, bookmo
bille operator; and Mra. R. II. Harmon,
library trustee.
W. Vernon Bolick Rites Tuesday
W. Vernon Bolick, 56, of
Route 8, Lenoir, died Sunday at
6:15 p. m., in the Blowing Hock
Hospital after an illness of
three weeks.
Born January 14, 1907 in
Caldwell County, he was a son
of Mrs. Alice Ford Bolick of
Route 8, Lenoir, and the late
Clinton Bolick. Bolick was a
member of Bailey's Camp Bap
tist Church and a sawmill oper
ator.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday at 11 a. m. at Bailey's
Camp Baptist Church with the
Rev. J. H. Crisp and the Rev.
Hugh Kincaid officiating. Bur
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ial was in the church cemetery.
Surviving in addition to his
mother are his widow, Mrs.
Macie (Bolick) Bolick; five
daughters, Mrs. Treva Austin,
Mrs. Reba Ford, both of Route
4, Lenoir, Mrs. Lena Laws of
Route 1, Lenoir, Mrs. Alice Bo
lick Gainey, Miss Elizabeth Bo
lick, both of the home; five
sons, Lester Bolick of Blowing
Rock, Boyd Bolick of Scotts
ville, Ky., Glenn Bolick, Dale
Bolick, both of Seagrove, Danny
Bolick of the home.
Also surviving are three sis
ters, Miss Gracie Bolick, Mrs.
Polly Watson, Mrs. Betty Moore,
all of Route 8, Lenoir, two bro
thers, George Bolick of Happy
Valley, Johnny Bolick of Blow
ing Rock; and 18 grandchildren.
WASHINGTON COMMENT
Goldwater SaidHo Be
Ahead In G. 0. P. Race
Washington, D. C Senator
Barry Goldwater it still ahead
in the delegate race In the Re
publican Party, despite the rise
in prominence in recent weeks
of Governor George Homney of
Michigan as a challenger.
Governor Nelson Rockefeller
is now said to realize the ser
iousness of his disadvantage.
Close friends say he is now in
the race more to block Gold
water than anything else. Some
of his former supporters are
frankly doubtful if he could get
the GOP nomination, and even
more doubtful about his chance
of beating President John Ken
nedy should he get it.
The Homney effort takes in
to consideration the certain op
position to Goldwater of many
of the former top leaders of the
party. And it is also true that
former President Eisenhower
would not list Goldwater at the
top of a list of his choices for
the nomination.
The question is rapidly shap
ing up as to how much former
bigwigs in the party can affect
the outsome of the 1964 GOP
convention. It should be recall
ed in this connection that for
mer President Harry Truman
and a large number of top party
leaders, including Adlal Steve
son, could do little to change
the trend at the 1960 Democra
tic party convention.
Goldwater stalwarts say dele
gates alone will decide who the
Repubican nominee will be, and
they feel certain Goldwater is
far ahead in the delegate race.
This is largely true, but it can
not be denied that the voice of
someone like Eisenhower would
not go unheeded.
Thus the key to the outcome
of the coming San Francisco
convention might be how effec
tive former party giants are in
blocking the Goldwater drive,
whether they come out openly
and fight the Arizona Senator
or whether they are, generally,
unorganized, and leu outspoken
against the conservative Sena
tor.
There are grim Indications
that the United States is in for
a trade war with the European
Common Market. Thus, it ap
pears, President Charles Da
Gaulle has maneuvered the
ECM into the position he de
sired.
The most disturbing develop
ment is the curt manner in
which the effort to end the
chicken far ended recently. The
ECM offered only the smallest
of token cuts in the tariff, and
the U. S. reaction was swift
and indicative of disgust.
Retaliatory tariff increases
on European products are now
almost certain. The reaction in
Europe will probably be more
increases in tariffa on U. 8.
goods. Since the Kennedy Ad
ministration is fighting a criti
cal battle over the internation
al balance of paymenta, the
prospect of a tariff war la most
unwelcome.
In this connection. President
Kennedy has promised Senators
on Capitol Hill that the goal in
the next year will be to effect
some economy in government,
and to bring about a balance of
the budget in the near future.
In the next budget defense
expenditures are certain to be
cut, one item apparently being
a proposed reduction in the
number of carriers maintained
by the Navy ? a proposal sure
to bring on a fight with the
Navy.
More than $1.7 million has
been contributed to agricultural
research and education in North
Carolina through farmer self
assessments in the Nickels for
Know-How Program.