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mm- :■■■■: • • ~— \fi. SEAL CAMPAKN—Getting thing* roiling for the 1969 Christmas Seal campaign in Watauga County are these officials of the Watauga chapter of the Northwestern Tuberculosis and Respira tory Disease Association. At left is Mrs. Ester M. Moe of Winston-Salem, Northwestern executive; Mrs. Herman Wilcox, president of the Worthwhile Woman’s Club; Mai. John H. Thomas, honorary - seal campaign chairman, and Mrs. Wayne Richardson, secretary of the Watauga chapter. (Staff photo) , BREATHING TEST—John H. Thomas, retired Marine Corps major, take* a breathing teat with an airshield pulmonary function recorder sponsored by the Northwestern Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association, Administering the test is Mrs. Joann Morgan of Pfafffcown, The •r .machine measures the amount of air being taken in and exhaled by the lungs, CStaff photo) Thomas Named Seal Leader Retired Marine MaJ. John H. Thomas has been appointed ' honorary chairman of the Wa- i tauga County Christmas Seal l^mpaign for 1969., , w." o™ teihK, yh# Watauga effort will he" part of the annual nationwide ! campaign in financing efforts \ to combat tuberculosis and res piratory diseases. Major pro grams on the national, state - and local levels include X-ray - detection and breathing tests for detection of diseases. Thomas, who suffers from emphysema, has been active in Boone civic affairs since he moved here in 1944 after re tiring fromthe Marine Corps. A native of Philadelphia, he entered the corps in 1920.Hels - married to the former Earle V *.* Rummage Sale At Blowing Rock The women of St, Marys ' at the Hills Episcopal Church, Blowing Rock, will sponsor a rummage tale Saturday, Oct, 18 from 9 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. i at the Blowing Rock Exchange >' - on Main Street, Clothing, household articles and miscellaneous Items of all kinds will be available. THAILAND PULLOUT i The State Department has V v. announced that of the 6,000 >i American troops to be with drawn from Thailand by July 1, 1970, approximately 2,200 will ceaae operations by the end of this year. About 48,000 American troops, Including some 1,200 advisers are now stationed in Thailand. 3ayne of Sugar Grove. They ave one eon. Jack M, Thomas, t Charlotte. An avid golfer, he has been iOcretary-treaBurer ' of'1 the Boone Coif m siiiBe it was"' irganized. He is a former Chair man of Boone's United Fund and -vas president of the Boone [ions Club in 1963. Commenting on the problem of emphysema, Thomas said, “Emphysema has become a hopeless and frustrating disease in the minds of patients and physicians as well. Christmas Seals mean hope and help to many in maintaining the breath of life." In addition to detection ac tivities, the funds are used' also to carry on educational activities and to help patients during treatment. Rehabilita tion is stressed so each patient may return to his Job and become a productive citizen, Thomas said. ^ : The Watauga campaign will be the first since the county merged with eight other coun ties to become the Northwest ern Tuberculosis and Respira tory Disease Association. The —in office is in W inston-Salem. One of the association's first projects will be to purchase an X-ray unitfor the district health department of Ashe, Alleghany and Watauga counties. Christ mas Seal funds left in the ac count of the old AAW County TB Association hare been pro vided to share in the purchase of the X-ray unit. When the X-ray facilities arc available, the Northwestern TB and RD Association hopes to begin a regularly scheduled pro Help wanted? If you j, uen’t there to help, make certain they have 1 total protection Life ~£;, Inanrance that can take i : ,it care of any need*. Cbn •ah »•, torn. , - BOONE IS Insurance Agency professional BuUdlng ‘ . N. NOW IS THE TIME TO INSURE gram of pulmonary function testing here. The breathing test indicate whether a person can move thet air as easily as he .stolid., We. test is helpful in itfre /preveutfon of ehkjbyseiha; * ' * ' ivuvkltil. .V*A' and chronic bronchitic. Many times before the Tic tim’a Illness comes to the at tention ot a physician, the di sease process may be (juitefar advanced, causing permanent (Usability, the economic disas ter of high medical costs, plus the inability to work. In many instances the chron ic bronchitic is complicated hy the development of alerglee and recurrent acute bacterial lung Infections. In severe cases, the long standing and progressive damage to lungs may result in severe strain on the heart with resulting heart failure. North Carolina has the sec ond highest percentage in crease (both in number of deaths sod death rates per 100, 000) of deaths fromemphyieme ' and chronic bronchitis of the SO states. At this time, doctors do not (mow how to prevent emphyse ma. But medical treatment can slow down the progress of am. phyaema if the patient is treat ed early. School Enrollment Survey To Be Made A survey of school enroll meet at all levels tram nur-'i aery school through college will be conducted In this area by Interviewers at the Bureau of ' the Census during the week of October 19, according to Joseph R. Norwood, Director at As Bureau’s regional afBce In Charlotte. Local Interviewing will be part of a nationwide effort made annually to measurethe Nation’s school and college population. A similar survey in October 1968 showed total enrollment to be 584 million persons— 33.8 million in elemeigarr school, 14.1 million in second ary school, 3.3 million in kin dergarten, 816,000 1» nursery school, and 6.8 mUUoo In col The survey will be made along with the monthly national surrey at employment and un employment for the Bureau of Labor Statistics at the U. S. Depertmentof Labor which fur - rdshea a basic measure of na tional economic health. Information Collected inCen sua Bureau surveys can be only to determine statistical totals, and facts about each person and family are kept confidential by law. Says Electric Lines Won’t Hinder School Nell L. Fariea, manager of the local office of Blue Ridge Elec tric Membership Corporation, this week dismissed any doubt that power lines across the proposed new Boone elemen tary school site would be mov ed. ‘TThey would have no prob lems from BREMCO,” he said, “we would be glad to move the ; Bob Bingham Is Being Backed Slate YDC Head; Bob Bingham, 31-year-old Boone YDC worker, has picked up strong backing for his cam paign to capture top state poat of the junior party. James V. Johnson of Char lotte, state chairman of the Democratic Party, has endors ed Bingham for the top YDC In a statement last week, Johnson said, “As a dues-pay ing member of the Young Demo cratic organization, I certainly favor the election of Bob Bing ham as president," Bingham has a record of‘'out standing service not only, to the Stabs’* Young Democratic Clubs, bat to tile senior Demo cratic Party as well,” Johnson said, Johnson said Bingham has served ss “my personal rep resentative" in working with Democrats—both young and old —in the Northwest. “I think,” the state chairman said, “that the Northwest por tion of the state deserves rec ognition and Robert Bingham also deserves personal recog nition.” Johnson said he would not presume, as state party chair man, to tell anyone how he should vote, but “my personal ' choice for state president is Bob Bingham.” The Wilsonian Democratic Club in Forsyth County was the first club in the state to en dorse Bingham, This was done three weeks ago hy unanimous vote. The state Young Democratic Club convention will be held Nov. 14 and IS at Raleigh. Bbwhem is director of real estate sale* at Grandfather Goh and Country Club at Ltaville, fyyyywwy* t ■ Move Now To S<Bk The Tire Of The Future Complete Line of Tire* For Hie Family and Commercial New to Boone Soi&?8 b Jumbo Track QUIET SOUND Snow Tires With or Without Big 4 Stud» Try The * Wide Oval With FIBERGLASS DYNABELT Hilltop Tire Service i: A U. S. 421 Wot — Phone 247-2420 *oaaaaaaaAAAAAAAA lines." Question that the power line "might prevent location of ■ school on the 20-acre site In east Boone came up last week at a meeting of the school bond and sales election tax steer ing committee. Fairee said he had assured representatives of the school board that "This will not hold up the site tor the school." Farles said minor details would have to be worked out with the school board and with owners of adjoining land. He added that "We CHREM CO) wholeheartedly support the school bond issue and the pub lic schools." The school board has an op tion to purchase the site from Grady Farthing. The board is seeking passage of the Nov. 1 school bond issue to finance additions and Improvements at county schools and to help fi nance construction of a new elementary icnooi in none. The BREMCO transmission lines are erected on the prop erty under an easement They serve aa a "tie” line to con nect transmission lines that feed into the county, Faries said. Allied coihbat deaths* In Viet, gam decreases 017 ,ct , •• .n tiv: Otirt ,*vV.' . .« Boone accountant Jack £. Williams Cleft) accepts congratulations from Rocco J. Antonelli, president of the National Society of Public Accountants. Williams was elected to the office of North Carolina State Director at the Society's annual convention in Los Angeles. Given High Honor Jack E. William* ot Boone was elected u State Director of the National Society of Pub lic Accountants at tl£ Society's 1969 Annual Conversion In toe Angeles. . The convention wee Aug. 18 22 but formal announcement was withheld locally until this As State Director in North Carolina Williams will be re sponsible for representing the interests of ISPA members within Ms state as well as act ing as a liaison between the members, the National Society and the state accounting or ganisation. The National Society of Pub lie Accountants is a non-pro fit individual membership or* ganizatlon, which was formed in 1945. More than 13,000 inde pendent professional practition ers comprise its membership In the United States and abroad. Williams, his wife Inez and family reside at 311 Chestnut Dr. Economy Not Slowing Up Attempts to slow the nstton’s economy appeer to be having minimal effect in North Caro* Una at this time, the Wachovia! Bank and Trust* Co„ N, A„ North Carolina business Index revealed today, f The Wachovia index register ed the ninth consecutive month of Increase, reaching a pre liminary all-time Ugh of 197,6 during August, Up 0.6 per cent over the revised 196,4 figure of July. The August figure la 7.9 per cent higher then the same month a'year ago. The years 1957-59‘are used as a base of 100, ;' Bank debits In North Caro lina, a measure of business • andperaonal oheekbook spend ing, increase*to 65,504,257, 000 In August, up 0.4 per cent oyet the July figure of $5,600, 706,000. TU» August 1969 fig ure is 16 per cent higher than for the same month a year ago. Total non-agricultural em ployment In the state Increased by 0.5 per cent from July to August, rising 8,200 employes to a total of 1,688,400. Manufacturing employment reflected an even higher in crease between the two months, increasing 11,300 employee to a total of 703,900 in August, a gain of 1.6 per cent. The average workweek during Au gust was 40.5 hours, compared to 40.4 hours in July. Total manufacturing manhours In the state in August was 28,508,000 in August as compared with27, <81,000 manhours in July. Employment In textile mill products and tobacco manu facturing rose in August over the July figure but employ ment la the area at food and kindred products was down. Household furniture manufactu ring employment remained con stant from July to August. Aver age weekly hours were up In all areas except textiles. Cash receipts from farm marketings tor the first eight months of this year total <57% 616,000, 13.7 per cent higher than for the same period a year ago. Gallup poll reports whites pessimistic over U. 8. w PROFESSIONAL 'V '■*# ■'¥: S. :V" M WRESTLING M sm 3-f Thurs. Night-Oct. 23,8 P.M. :iKJ 8:15 P.M. 1 Featuring GEORGE * BECKER JOHNNY 4 WEAVER TAG TEAM - versus RIP HAWK SWEDE HANSEN ART ' THOMAS ABE JACOBS TAG TEAM i y'T •• versus LEE HENNING PEDRO GODAY i :.* S ■ .S . tat : /- '• • j. K: ';••’• - :V\->,! ■ Fpj? ]$$'?■ •• ’ •"C'f: .! . • * ; *.' *£ v. ' ■• ' i t M' S;g;Pi: ■*‘V <$ V\ *f ? ;,'';.“. ■•;' —:Alto ' — Johnny Heidman vs Randy Curtis vs Angelo Martinelli Sponsored by Boone Optimist dub i -%Ki 'X" ■ " .<.-_v; ' ; VV"..\a»= :“i-V ■’ ..-v- " „ W&v> '■*$< ■ Ir
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