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-Map from Winston-Salem Journal Carolina's Growth To Reach 5,500,000 By 1980; Mountain Counties May Lose Raleigh ? North Carolina's population will exceed five and one-tadf tnalikm by 1980 if present treads continue. -^proximately two-thirds of the predicted gam of 96/784 by 1980 to population over the official oeuus of 4,566,18$ in 1980 will occur fat Hour oountiee? MecJden burg, (kdlford, Forsyth and Wake. Net gsmx to papulation by 1960 ere predicted flor 52 of the State's 100 counties, with loaaes indi cated tor (be remaMqg 48. Jttat of U? term of almost ? rratlion parsons ty I960 a indi cated to ft* Qrbao Piedmont W counties Heavy population loans ?re indicted for aame na-4 ?astern and mountain aougUes, with Warren County suffering ? 37 per cent fcm Madton, Ywcey and Hyde are timt prtadiotBd to ?ustaan heavy tomes in population by 1M0 ? compared with that of I960 Watauga, with a UN population of 17, S?, fe expectad to hove 15,270 k> i960 by Mae fcre i'rs Josef '(oq> Peiry, jkvmarly with tbe Division Of Qftmiwutty PfcMDfc* Of UK State rtopNtRHOt of OmmmHm tad Drnkf nant. nd Or. C. Haw Hsmfl too, a mcmtar of ttc UaJty of by age. im aimfer in ?IMaMllati official Oanmentfcg C reyort, Pi ttae immlnil of Oonnervation ted DeVtetoptaMt, said: "OafculdttetB fa this study are based on pnaetat known trends which can be favorably changed end are being favorably changed by local end 9Mte effcrte to pro vide more Job opportunities." The authors saAd they devised ? program lor h&hspeed com puter <uty*k of poptatin trends to make projections for ten-year periods. They said the liUMlun we [iviM MWcbI results of a cttttouatkm of pout and praent age - specific net trends to bW*, deethe, nd m* gwttw. BeIC. ? >? Tbe 330 -1** ftport || now f available at $3 per copy from the Divisfco of Community Planning, State Department of Gonserv? ticm arid Development, Raleiigh. The authors said the txvtiec t>kms also reveal ttianga tn the structure of the future population of North Carolina. Mecklenburg County, which had a 1960 population of 272,111, is expected to have a I960 popula tion 0 { 512,242. Guilford's I960 ?population is predicted to he 407, 024 ias compared with 246,520 in 1960. Forsyth 16 predicted to have a 1960 population of 313,205 as compared with 189,428 in 1960. Wlake County's projected garin to 269,421 in 1980 is nxve than 100, 000 over that of its i960 census of 169,082. By 1980, the projections show, there will be 2,066,449 while males, 2,180,924 white females, 623,218 nan white males, and 877, 328 nonwhite females comprising the State's papulation. A 74 per cent increase is pre dicted fa North Carolina's senior citizens, ages 65 and over, by I960 as compared iwith the num ber k> 1960. By 1970, the projections show, there wfll be 168,000 more young adults, ages 15 to 24, than there were to 1960, Jndfaatav State needs for larger increases both in Jabs and in collage capacities within a lew yean, the authors seal. The "baby boom." which fol lowed VMd War ffl, ha* already leveled off. the authors point out. adding the number of children under 16 *41 wmw>> increase until after 1970. Dr. Hamilton and Perry said the continued effects of oat-ml gratkti of young adults mm the State are apparent fa project*** of Absolute kisses fa adults, ages SMS, partial ttarij among non whites and fa imdomfaantfy rural areas. By race, the (re jected 19C0 -1980 State rate sf population facwnasca Cor whites of 25 per cent m mere than double the '12 per Cent predicted lor nsn J. M the Drvmon sf Oora aaM the pngeotions fa theHmiilta^Psny stw* mm particularly knporUmt fa M ?? _ evaluating the future marfcst ??> iwn^H lor products & varies fay the age of the con sumer. With regard to the accuracy of Che protections made by Or. Hamilton and Perry, Mjonaghan said the computer method they developed independently is with in one-hundredth of a per cent of the U. S. Bureau of (he Census' 1970 and 11IB0 projections The oomputjanal statistics to the re pot were raknilatad by the IBM 650 land 1410 computers at N. C. State. D.4Dc iti The report also contains tables showing papulation projections by age, from 1960 to 1S60, and by age, race latod sex for 1070 and I960 for the United Skates, North CMroltoa, the State's metropoli tan counties, 11 designated eoo ncmic creas within North Caro lina, and tor each of Ms 140 counties. UF Drive Opens (Continued from page one) in the county)? $890. Expenses and Contingency Fund ? $1,000. Total $14*20.88. For the past several years, Watauga County has been 100 percent successful in meeting its budget goals for the UF Ap peal. Committeemen for this year's drive include: Advance Gifts Division ? J. M. Greer and Stanley A. Harris, Co-Chairmen; Maj. J. H. Tho mas, A J. Adams, 9am Dixon, Phil Vance, Dennis Greene, E. F. Coe. Industry Division ? Fred Gragg, chairman; Clyde R. Greene, Hal Johnson, R. D. Ray. College Division ? Ned Triv ette. Schools ? Guy Angell, John Marsh, James Greene. State Highway Employees ? Tom Winkler. County Employees, Govern ment Workers, Hall Carriers ? J. D. Cook, Roy laley, Ralph* Besheart. Ministerial Association? Rev. E. F. Troutman, Rev. C. O. Vance, Rev. J. Boyce Brooks. Thu* fa hamaty Mt fa A foaltah Mm* rated workiBK at kmL Wataugans Grieved At Slaving Of President (Continued from page onet escape. A reporter noticed sev eral cars parked alongside the highway, their drivers appar ently overcome momentarily with grief. Non-eequitur comments nev er ceased to fill the air; "I'm all a-tremble" . . . "What will happen to us now?" . . . "We're all responsible ? God help us" . . . "Will they ever catch the man who did it?" Farmers veiced their fears that tobacco prices would plummet in the sales scheduled to begin Monday. But tobacco prices almost seemed to be of minor concern to them at the time, in the wake of the Presi dent's death. Then the news came that Dal las police were holding a sus pect in the assassination. An ger was evident in the exclama tions at this news: "He should burn" . . . "They should hang him up and torture him'* . . . "They should put his picture in all the papers and then turn him loos?? that would be the worst punishment." But the anger sottt subsided somewhat as the first effects of shock and disbelief wore off, to be replaced by a terrible sense of loss. People remained glued to radio or TV sets, attempting to absorb the reality of what had happened in Dallas. By five p. m., the county ap peared deserted. One unidenti fied man, when asked to voice his reactions, seemed to sum C Of G Board Meets Tuesday He Board of Director* of the Oooae Chamber of Commerce V December *, at IS nam at the Dantel Boone Hotel. H? ii a most tapaitaut meet ing. according to Herman W. WU QB, WmMiU of Chamber of : '*! ' . . ? , up the feelings of county peo ple when he said: "I liked him because he was a great man, not just a politi cian or a President. I don't know what'U happen to us now. It's like they shot all of us." Oldest Citizen (Continued from page one) 97, she went to Florida by car with some members of her family. Mrs. Greer also enjoys radio and television to a degree. But, she says, "I get tired of listen ing to all the foolishness on ra dio just to get to hear the pieces I enjoy." How did Mrs. Greer reach her great age? '1 reckon by work ing just as hard as I can, and leaving off the medicine that most folks take,' 'she says. Mrs. Greer takes no medicine, and has never been a patient at a hospital. "I've done almoet any kind of work that women or men do," Mrs. Greer says, and then goes on to recount the varied types of farm work that she has done, from cutting tobacco to shear ing sheep. Does she plan a special cele bration for her hundredth birth day? "Margie does," she laughs. "1 don't." The celebration is to be held at Rutherwood Bap tist Church, where Mrs. Greer is a member, and will be at tended by many members of her family, which is consider able. Mrs. Greer claim* four gener ations of descendants, making up 63 people all told. She has had six children, three of which are still living; in addition to Mrs. Michael, there is J?e Greer, 70, of Caldwell County, and Kaleigh Greer, 76, of Deep Gap. Mn. Greer also has 24 grand children, 29 great-grandchil dren, and 11 great-great-grand children, many of whom will at tend her birthday celebration. Mn. Greer has been offered her first airplane rite, free of charge, for her hundredth blthday, but she thinks she will dMliai the ?Mar. "I'm better off on the ground," she say*. ii '
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