ashington Report
JAMES T. BIO Y HILL
From the moment the tint
?hocking and fragmentary re
port* of the tragedy In DtUaa
reached Capitol Hill last Fri
day, diibelief and horror spread
through the Nation and world.
In the first moments of dismay
and confusion, there was the
prayerful hope that the wounds
the President had sustained
would not be fatal. This singu
lar reaction which gripped the
Capital was shared by all Am
ericans everywhere
The gri* announcement of
the President's death began a
chain of heart-rending events
which leaves its mark upon us
all. The aaerwhelming personal
tragedy flar Mrs. Kennedy, the
Presidents children, and the
family left behind cannot be
adequately expressed. Nor can
we property assess the nobility
and streiMtft of spirit which
has born* Mrs, Kennedy
through ttts twrtble ordeal.
In this sfcintiai blow to the
Nation, feeing ?f strong per
sonal identiAc sliMr with the of
fice of the President and con
cern for the welfare of the Na
tion in a time of crWa ware
also uppermost in the aM a i
every American.
Somber events folteweO ?
private visits to the WMte
House Saturday by government
officials, the solemn ceremonies
in the rotunda of the Capitol on
Sunday, and the funeral ser
vices the following day. Public
mourning for a President struck
down by an assassin's bullet
Brewer-Biirch
Honor Grade
Raleigh. ? Kidd Brewer and
Robert A. Burch, convicted in
the 1962 highway - signs influ
ence - peddling case, entered
Central Prison's honor grade
unit last week.
The two, who were commit
ted to prison November 21, were
assigned bookkeeping duties at
Central Prison, where State
Prisons Director George Ran
dall said, they would probably
remain until they have complet
ed their sentences.
All prisoners convicted of
misdenManerg ate ?otDMttiMltyi >
placed in the honor-grade unit.
The two were sentenced to 18' '
months after being convicted of
consipring to fix highway-sign
specifications to favor manufac
turers represented by Brewer,
a Raleigh businessman-politici
an. Burch was a state highway
I engineer at the time.
Burch's son, Bobby, was also
convicted of conspiracy in the
case and fined $2,500 and or
dered to pay the costs of the
six-weeks trial. Gov. Terry San
ford pardoned the younger
Burch on Thanksgiving Day,
which made him eligible to re
ceive a commission in the air
force.
*hrouds this Thanksgiving sea
The revulsion to tlx despic
able acts of violence that we
h*ve witnessed is a demonstra
tion by the American people of
their instinctive devotion to
government by law and the to
tality of their allegiance to the
processes of democracy.
A saddened Nation now
moves on a* a new President
takes the helm. All Americans
spesk and pray as one that
President Johnson's burdens
will not be beset by new and
unforesseen problems, and that
the transition to his Adminis
tration can be accomplished
smoothly.
Dewey Hamby
Funeral Held
Lenoir. ? Dewey Vermont
Hamby, 64, of Ferguson, died
in Davis Hospital, Statesville,
Friday night. Mr. Hamby was
a farmer.
Born in Watauga County May
lfr, 1890, Mr. Hamby was a son
of the llrte Amos Alexander and
Naacy Trivette Hamby.
He Is survived by his widow.
Me*. LMfta Watson Hamby; M
rfsogtiler, Miss Beanie J ?fc*
Hamby ?f the homa; two seas.
Dallas H. and Rex Mamty, bat*
of root* three, LMoir; three
sisters, Mrs. Ella Gaulds of Arl
ington, Va., Mrs. BTanehe
Greene of Detroit, Mich., and
Mrs. Thelma Greene of Boone;
four brothers, Prince, Stewart,
Edward and Ray Hamby, all of
Deep Gap.
The funeral was conducted
at Stony Fork Baptist Church,
Watauga County, at two o'clock
Sunday afternoon by the Rev.
Harvey Phillips, the Rev. Ros
coe Greene, and the Rev. How
ard Sutton.
Burial was in the church cem
etery.
Homecoming
At Cove Creek
This year's Homecoming will
bti .celebrated . #t ; Cove Creek
High School Friday with a eof
fee vhour, two haiketball games,
and the crowning of the 1964
Homecoming Queen.
The coffee hour will last
from 6 to 7 p. m , and be follow
ed immediately by two boys'
basketball games ? junior var
sity and varsity ? with Cranber
ry High School. The Homecom
ing Queen, whose name will be
announced Friday morning, will
be crowned during the inter
mission period between the two
games.
Never waste time in argument
with a fool union you wart to
mate a fool Of yourself.
One Hundred Attend
ASCS Open House
Friday, November XL
H?H ?M*leUelwte of Con
cord, mamtoere of (he State ASCS
Committee. vmted in Mm <
lor (he open fawn. M
Jones of the State ASCS office
m -? *- -* ?? :?
mi ndictgn jiftu -\x>i rrann Wiksun.
distract fieidman, Of VUw. were
Tours end
office facilities 1
fioe person
ennttoyees <* the ASCS office,
which serves over MB Watauga
Oouuty farmers, include Forrest
Smith, Ailn**ifaii
ductoscn Adjustment Clerk, Mil
dred S. Ward, ACP and wool
clerk, Albert Harrrwo, perform
ance and general clerk, and Hoy
W. Is ley. Office I
The rrmmt tooMMon of the
ASCS office fa uptan over the
new Northwestern Bank end in
cludes special marked parkin]
space on the tot beside the bank.
The County ASC Committee,
Vaughn Tugman, chairman; Clta!
Eggers, vice-chairman and A. C.
Merrfz, regular mamfier, urge
I? miii to feel free to visit
Mr cad the ASCS office anytime
tag ASCS administand programs
H. M. Rooney
Dies Tuesday
Hugh McMillan Rooney, 73, of
Liaville died Tuesday, Novem
ber 38 at a Banner Elk hospital
after a long illness.
He was born in Concord,
Mass., and had lived in Linville
for more than 30 years. He and
Ms wtfe, Mrs. Virginia Rooney,
operated the Henley Inn in Lin
ville for many years until her
death in 1956.
There are no immediate sur
vivors.
The funeral was conducted at
2:30 p.m. Thursday at Augsburg
Lutheran Clmiih ia Winrton
Salem by the Rav. Ray R.
Fisher.
Th? remains vtore buried in
tha family cemetery near Lin
ville.
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