President's Talking Shop What ?e?mi to be a Presidents Convention is merely three gentlemen talking shop after an address by Dr. William H. Plemmons (center), president, Appalachian State Teach ers College. Dr. Plemmons spoke to the Lees-McBae College student body on "career opportnnities in edueation" as part of the Distinguished Speaker Series sponsored by the college. Pictured with Dr. Plemmons is (left) Robert G. Hayes, president, Edgar Tufts Memorial Association (which U com prised of the Grandfather Home for Chil dren, Charles A. Cannon Jr. Memorial Hos pital, and Lees-McRae College), and (right) Col. Max C. Chapman, president, Lees-Mc Rae College. Speaks At Farm-City Meeting (Continued from page one) Teachers College, was Master of Ceremonies for the gala occa sion. L. E. Tuckwiller, . County Agent, handled the introduc tion of special geusts at the Farm-City Meeting ? some of whom had come from great dis tances to be in their home county for the celebration of thia yearly highlight. Also in troduced were several groups of representativse from the var ious industries in the county, members of civic clubs and community organisations, col lege officials, and committee men for Farm-City Week who helped to make the meeting a success. The Rotary and Lions Clubs made the Farm-City Meeting their meeting for the week, and in addition made the event a "ladies' night" helping to swell the attendance to almost ca pacity of the Cove Creek High School gymnasium. Jerry Adams, Preside# Itthf Watauga C&incil of ConujfUBty Clubs, handled the community awards portion of the program. He handed out cash awards to representatives from Mountain Dale and Matney communities, winiiers for the county in the rural nonfarm and farming di visions, respectively, in the re cent Northwest Development Association judging. Cash awards were also given the oth er five communities who par ticipated in the commmunity improvement contest. Adams pointed out that 12 new homes were built in Wa tauga County in 1963, and 481 separate home improvements made. "Awards," he said, "are not the chief goal of any club ? the greatest award is seeing a project completed, a job well done, a duty performed." Roy Isley, Office Manager of the Watauga County ASCS, then presided over the official in stallation of officers for the coming year of the various com munity clubs, as well as offi cers and directors of the Cham ber of Commerce and Merch ants Association. Clyde R. Greene, president of Farmers Hardware and Sup ply Company, Inc., in Boone, introduced the speaker, Dr. Da vid S. Weaver, to the audience. Dr. Weaver, fromer director of the North Carolina Agricul tural Extension Service, spoke on the subject, "Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread," point ing out that the U. S. was far ahead of other countries in wealth and prosperity, and at tributing this largely to our be ing better able than any other nation to produce plenty of good, Inexpensive food due to modern farming techniques. "The United States," Weaver IDEAL FAMILY SIFT! NIW BROWNIE FUN SAVER Movie Camera fttt 9km mm4 ?vim Mn b?k?Htf We have it FLOWERS' Photo Shop 125 E. Klttg St. Bmm, m C. MMOi said, "with a population of sev en percent of the world's peo ple, manufactures about 92 per cent of the world's manufactur ed goods. "We're rich," he continued. "We got that way because we produced food cheaply. Eight percent of the American popu lation feeds the rest of the country abundantly, while it takes 86 percent of Russia's population to provide barely enough food for Its masses. As a result, the average American family spends only 18 percent of its income for food, as com pared to 96 percent fur a Rus sian family." But Weaver warned of the necessity of our not allowing ourselves to become sated with material goods, lapsing into selfishness and complacency, which he called the first step in national dtaaster and down fall. In the end, he pointed out, America's main problems become matters ef individual moral responsibilities. Thursday nighfs meeting, the one time during the busy year which offered such * fine chance for farmers and busi nessmen to discuss mutual problems, will not soon be for Cars In Watauga (Continued trom page one) the United States is given to the trend toward multiple car ownership. At present, accord ing to the market researchers, there are 11,300,000 families who own more than one car. That is nearly four times as many as there were 10 years ago. How much traveling is being done in all these cars? The average driver goes about 9,800 miles a year, the figures show. Wataaga County drivers, en that basis, cover more than 44 million miles auoaally. Decorations i Continued from page one) Boone, headed by Mrs. A. E. South, is sponsoring a "Keep Christ in Christmas" campaign in cooperation with the Mer chants Association. Mrs. B. W. S tailings is in charge of a committee which will attempt to have manger scenes depicted at various points along the street, as a further approach to the relig ious side of Christmas. Burley Sales (Continued from page one) ty this year, amounting to about 87 acres. Approximately 863 acres of the plant were grown in Wa tauga County in 1963, as com pared with about 806 acres in 1963. Farmers have been especially urged by warehousemen and ag ricultural officials to keep green tobacco out of their prime gotten. In fact, its effects will linger until at least this time next year when plans for an other Farm-City Week will have culminated in the same lavish, entertaining and informative fashion. grades as much as possible, as this will seriously affect prices. The stripping and grading dem onstrations conducted recently in several parts of the county by farm officials are expected to result in more accurate grad ing than heretofore, in general. rantri are also being arged to briag their marketing cards with them when weighing In the tobacco. The cards, necessary before the leaf can be weighed, were mailed from the county ASC office last Wednesday. Tentative holiday recesses from the burley suctions have been set by the Burley Sales Committee for November 28 for Thanksgiving, and from De cember 20 until January 6 for Christmas and New Year's. Staff Changes (Continued from page one) Miss Smith has been with radio station WATA for the past six and one-half years and is experienced in all phases of broadcasting. In announcing the appoint ments, Mrs. Potter said: "We are very happy to make these promotions within our staff which we feel are well-deserved and will further increase the efficiency of the station and its service to the community. We are extremely proud of the ac ceptance which our station en joys as a result of their efforts." Radio station WATA has been on the air for IS years, having signed on in September, 1890. The station has a power of 1,000 Watts, is an affiliate of the American Broadcasting System, and a member of the North Carolina and National Associa tions of Radio and Television Broadcasters. Military service is good for most young men, and we have little patience with parents who think their Willie is too good to do his share. 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