Left to right: Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Smith of
124 Blowing Rock Road, Boone, and Mr. and
Mr*. L. C. Cheek, Jr., of 2229 Ferncliffe
Road, Charlotte, were all smiles as they
were photographed on board the Grace Line's
SANTA PAULA, which sailed from New
York November 22 an a 13-day cruise to
Curacao, N.W.I.; La Guaira (Caracas), Vene
zuela; Aruba, N.W.I.; Kingston, Jamaica;
Port Everglades (Fort Uuderdale-Miami),
Fla.; and Nassau, Bahamas.
Dr. Plemmons Ably Heads College
(continued from pagel, sec. C)
Dr. Plemmnos served with
distinction in 1M7-49 as execu
tive secretary of the N. C. State
Education Commission, the
group which blueprinted many
of the changes made in North
Carolina public education since
then. Their proposals included
such now ? accomplished facts
as the community college pro
gram, increased teacher sala
ries, special teachers, consolida
tion, reorganization and load
reduction for teachers.
Dr. Plemmons is an active
member of the First Baptist
Church of Boone, and daring
the years he has served as dea
con and taught a Sunday School
class.
The college administrator is
a member of Phi Delta Kappa,
Kappa Phi Kappa, Boone Ro
tary Club; on board of directors
of Boone Chamber of Com
merce, the Southern Appalach
ian Historical Association and
Northwestern Bank; a member
? of the Public Affairs Commit
tee of North Carolina State Bap
tist Convention. He is listed in
Who's Who in America, Who's
Who in the South and South
west and Who's Who in Educa
tion. He also has held honorary
positions and chairmanships on
national and N. C. education as
sociations.
Dr. Plemmons is the author pf
"Development of State Admin
istration of Public Education in
North Carolina," "Our Centea
nial: A Backward and Forward
Look," Uniting Forces To Im
prove Education, " "Schools for
All the People: The Hope of the
State," "The frincipai: Leader
or Dead Wei|bt," "The State
Education Commission Recom
mends," "Extension and Equal
ization of Educational Oppor
tunity ip th? South," and "Edu
cation in North Carolina, Today
and Tomorrow.".
Know The Weather
By I. H. SIMS
D oes the moon really exert
an influence on crops? Should
certain crops be planted aacord
tag to the phases of the moon?
The belief that the mom af
fects the weather and that crops
should be planted according to its
phases to largely discredited to
day by MrtrowinMs ? though
many hold faithfully to the be
lief.
The moon does exact a powier
| hi influence on toe tkfce end on
certain eartHgr factions, but it
is not now though! to exert any
qppreGiahfe influence on our
Hie moon, Interestingly, is the
earth's only aateMHe. Some of
the otfMr eirfN ojanete we know
o I have nrnnrUian one satellite.
Jupiter, (be lamest planet, hw
twelve moons, and three of the
planets have jjo satellites.
A hrto around the moon indi
cates rain to probably qn the
? Senator ErvinlSayss
Wwhington ? On the eve of
the Thanksgiving week end re
cess, Congress paused to ponder
the series of tragic events that
have seen the death of one Pres
ident and the coining into off
ice of another. Historians haye
the awesome task of placing in
perspective the series of occur
rences (hat saw an assassin's
bullet remove from life the be
ing of John F. Kennedy. As of
the moment, the mood of the
Nation seems to be summarized
in the words: "one touch of sor
row makes the whole world
?kln". This generation and
those that follow it will remem
ber the sorrow, and men and
women years later will recall
their stations on that fateful
afternoon as the awful tragedy
unfolded.
Out of the tragedy, our coun
try has witnessed, grandeur, too,
in the marvellous courage and,
beauty and pathos of the late
President's widow and children.
It saw united as it has seldom
seen since the burial of the Un
known Soldier the leaders and
the ministers of the world as
they stood side by side on the
grassy slopes of Arlington over
looking our Capitol. It found
Haile Selassie and Charles de
Gaulle and others united in
simple tribute to a fallen hero.
As the week wore on all the
problems of the country remain
ed as they have been ? an enor
mous burden for the President
and the Congress. Congress got
a personal look into the think
ing of the new President when
he delivered his message to the
joint session. I think it was
significant and expected that
President Johnson, who has
been intimately acquainted with
Congress and its workings for
many years, would say: "Con
gress can expect the full coop
eration of this Administration
that the expenditures of your
government will be administer
ed with thrift." It was,indica
CAKI) OF THANKS
We would like to take this
measure in expressing our
thanks to everyone for the beau
tiful floral offerings, food, acts
of sympathy and condolence,
during the illness and death of
our husband and father, Mar
shall Foster. ? Mrs. Marshall
I Foster and children.
but not from the girls.
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live of the practical ami of man
the new President ia that he
would pledge that the "govern
ment will aet an example for
prudence and economy", and
that he would rotate that he
"firmly believed In the inde
pendence and integrity of the
legislative branch." "I prom
ise you", ha continued, "that
I shall always respect this". I
think these statements carry an
assurance that will tflve the
country much stability in a time
of great stress.
Out of this tragedy has coma
a reaffirmation of our faith in
constitutional, government. U
has demonstrated the marvel
lous wisdom of the men who
founded our government nad
drafted our Constitution.
I think the Nation ia fortu
nate that we have an able and
experienced leader to guide our
country in a most difficult time.
President Johnson comes into
office with perhaps the moat
profound knowledge of national
problems of any Vice President
who has ever succeeded to the
Presidency under similar cir
cumstance. X think the Presi
dent is a leader who will seek
to obtain attainable legislation,
and that he will have a a suc
cessful Administration.
Everybody would like to have a
government that can operate
without taxation end yet give the
ipeople the benefits of modem
times.
The Sayings
Of Josh A brams . . i"
By CLARK COX I
Local grocery store* has re- '
ported heavy sales on Metrecal,
startin' the day after Thanks
glvin'. I
* * * M ?
Sinbad Brittle wuz In a alight 1
auto accident the other day, on <
account uv a near-sighted
yinabiold.
? ? a ,
Milford Frinkei says thet he 1
will quit drinkin' til he kin ?
find a tastier cure far ? hang
over.
? ? ?
Have you ever stopped to
think that all early Americans
is now late Americans?
? ? ?
Flem Pash says he's self-em
ployed; but he jest says that so
ha kin sleep late in the mornin'.
. ? ?
One inr our reporters wui
fired yestiddy after the edditur
found out he wux pickin' VP
JIWT WANTED QUIET
Rochester, N. Y. ? A city em
ployee, inspecting a water main
in a 25-foot -deep manhole, found
s man sound asleep.
Hsfch Harris, 40. climbed out
of the manhole and sat down by
a tree and proceeded to Ml
asleep again.
When questioned by police,
Harris said he had a fight ?with
his wife and "wanted to set away
from her for awhile."
local items (rum cltiaens it
loe'i Bar.
? ? ?
Two people wuj trampled in
[he lobby uv the high school
|ym Tuesday Bight when ?
Irink machine started givin'
>ut tree cokes. 1*
? ? #
Policemen Investigate1 re
ports uv three tenio' shouts at
Ellford Moots's house Saturday
svenin' reported thet Hoots
wax jest watchin' wraulin' en
TV.
? ? ?
Carpenter Ferdinand Blotch
dropped a hatchet ea his toe
after findin' out thet his boas
bad decided to give bin a raise.
p.r ? i ?fAuui'
Beatrice Moot* is a local
celebrity after winjiin' $14,{*xj
on a quia show last week. Pint
eitiwatci sayi the! tlijOQO of
it will go far taxes. '?
* * *
This new direct -distance dial
la' kin create problems ?t
times. Sinbad Brittle thought
ha wux speakin' to his girl
friend frum West Virginny last
weak, but it turned out to be
his wife.
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W? Also Have A Wide Selection Of
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pay bills
IN ADVANCE
What could be more timely, more welcome than a nice big
check for all ypur holiday expenses? Moat people try to
make their paycheck* coyer all Christmas expenses . . . and
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