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Fantasia Written Locally ’ On tha third Thursday of February Pape Leighbechcame home with tickets to Walt Dis ineyland. Mr. J. Spencer Wil liams had re-constructed Walt , Disneyland as he remembered tt bom the picture books in the school library. Mama Leigh bach, Papa Lelghbach, Kristina, Aunt Grace and Cousin Sarah were very happy to bate an op portunity to see the needy eoo , structed project at the toot of < Grandfather Mountain. Papa LeisbbachgareTtkSLis nayiand Sentinel the Make-Be lieve Tickets, and soon the group was inside the marvelous Dis neyland. The Pink Castle bed a hall ofgliatenlng, gleaming, sil very, shining, mirrors that wel comed the group as they made their entrance. A lovely lady dressed like Cinderella from Fairyland greeted the group. She invited them to a room on the left side of the Castle, The ~r room had magic rocking clstlrs, ' small rocking chairs, mediqm sise rocking chairs, king-sire rocking chairs, and great Mg rocking chairs tor gloats. The chairs delighted theamesedend surprised group as the rocking chairs swayed mysteriously backwards and forwards. A small chair paused Just as Kris tina stopped in bom of it. She chose to sit in the chair tor a while, and almost fell asleep, Pape Letghhech said that it waa , time for the family to go to a room on the East Side of the Castle. A Jolly Yellow Dressed Green Giant greeted the family as they decided to examine all the tables in the large chands Uer-Ugfated room. The Ugtg from the central chandelier glistened Hke mmndalns and mountains of brilliant, blue white dUmonda. Beneath it a long wooden table beckoned to the group. The group let dow at the table where a Pink Fairy came and served Magic Chicken Pot Plea. She left a glass at pink lemonade at each place, a magic emerald green salad, and invisible atrawherry c ream puff deaaerta. She waved her magic diver and gold wand aa aha disappeared up The Mystery Stairway upon which aha only waa allowed to tread. When the Lelghbacha, Cou sin Sarah, and Krlattna had finished eating. The Fink Fairy name again with her magic wand. The diahea vanished into thin dr, and checkerboards appear ed like magic on the table sur face. Brilliant multi-colored checkers, some red with glis tening bine and white diamond dust appeared when The Pink Fairy waved her wand to the led. A second wave of her wand to the right brought forth black checker* with golden yellow and deep-green diamond dust. The group played checkers un til ftps Leighfaach glanced at the tremendous six-foot Ugh Kuck-Koo Klock on the Palace Wall chiming out the eighth hour, A blue bird of happiness earns through the door with s Urge 8 In her beak. She bowed eight times, and millions of im aginary rights floated Into the castle ballroom. Profeptly at eight o’clock the group went In. to the West Ballroom to seethe fee skaters. A beautiful, slen der, lady wearing a 14 Karat Gold Crown, and dressed in aQua-vel reteen evening wear, came by with a tray mad* of ebony and Ivory slabs. She ser ved each child a tasty, oolorful snowball. The tray held rosy red strawberry snowballs, a. ■ w» sum** roL^ RBGBraAR—Mr*. Jack Henson, registrar in Core Creek precinct, spent a qpiet Saturday as registration opened in of the Not. 4 school bond and local option sties tax Since a new registration was begun last summer tor all Wataugan voters, slightly more than one-half the nunfcer of normal waters bare bothered to register again, Mrs. Henson ^Ported the day netted i*r precinct a total of 21 voters. Staff **> r;v. y »tc: Watauga Voters ■f v., Sjaija , t- >v '■ C Slow To Register • Watauga CouBtjl pra >1—4 ' lM ntar ragiatratioa (Unit off to an apparent alow (tut •* Saturday. Regletmtfon will cIom on Saturday* Oct. 25, In gntni. tton for the Nov. 4 election on j the couidy ichool bond lawn and the local option salea tax. The Watauga County Boarded . Qactfona office on Tueadaybad reporta from only four in. eincta on Saturday*a regietra. tfon actlTlty. They totalled M new voter regiatratlona from there preeltXa: New Rirer No. 1, 41 rotor a; New River Not, 2, sine; Meat Camp No. 1, 17, and Bniaby Fork, 17. Under new atate law, an entirely new voter regtatra. tfon lint waa called for in Wa. IMF County laat aummer. The gws - STUDY ON HEALTH AID The Nixon Admtnlatratfoa la eonaiderlng a national baalltihfe na-aoca program In which moat, N not all, Americana would take part, A In called tor a loou M permanent registration syetem Mat replacm previous voter ' (My persona who lm ragl. tend during tin > pedal regt. otnUoa period last rummer aid •date wiU In tel* to rote hi ftture county, state and naUoaal elections. Registration books trill bn open In the precincts on tno more Saturdays, Oct IS lad 25. Saturday, Nor. 1, trill bn challenge day. Precinct books ■dll be open bom t a. m. to 6:30 p.m. In addition etesensuayrngu star any day tUa note and Monday through Friday oast sate at the Board ot Eleetkw office in iba courthouse from • a. m. to 5 p. m., regard. Isas at which precinct they nay lire in. Total registrants In the new registration, ss ot Friday, Oct lo. waa 4,543 voters. Just over baK the number rotsa east In tea 1968 Presidential election. Off "»*: yellow-lemon snowball, two lime green snowballs, and orange-flavored snowballs, Kristina chose a yellow lemon snowball, and the slender lady Placed a lime-green anowball In Cousin Sarah’s hand. Kijatlna was finishing ap her tasty refreshment when His Palace Band played •Strike Op the Band*. A lovely lady ap peared on the ley-crystal-clear akst&g arena. She wore a white satin and Ivory-colored ballet dress studded with real dia monds. The crown she wore on her (head had diamonds and and chrice seed pearls from The Cultured Sea. She wore new lee skatlna shoes wtdeh featured blades of platinum, and the shoes , were made of delicate white doeskin, with angel-hair laces. She skated around the arena in circles, did several hundred figure eights, and then delighted the children hy spin ning In a circle over a million times. She then produced a make-believe crystal-clear fid dle, and drew applause from the audience as “Hear Diddle The Cat And The Fiddle’’ appeared mysteriouily In rad letters a croes the Make Believe Sky above the Make Believe Skater. a very nano so me rea-neaaea Prince, tressed In * diamond studded | brilliant deep-blue tuxedo appeared just as make bell ere words disappeared into the make believe sky. The pair danced tee ether in make be lieve round circles, crossed bends and played London Bridge when Thd Seven Dwarfs came on the Ice skating rink to play London Bridge, and then vanish ed away when the golden yellow magic school bell summoned a group of peasant boys and girls to play Mulberry Bush on the icy-white arena. Each peasait girl worses dress made in Cseehoslovakia. Each girl wore a green felt vest with tiny yel low flowers embroidered outhe vest. The outfit was accentuated with heavy, white knitted sock*’ from Switsetland. The boys wore ski sweeter* of bright-bright blue, and pants of red-red vel vet. The Magic Fairy had pre sented each child with a pair of 14 Karat Golden Skates to wear for this Special Performance. Soon the children had finished playing their games, and The Blue-Blue Fairy came forth with her magic wand. The children formed straight line* and skated awhy to Mhke-Be lieve Land. A Bright-Fed Dressed Fairy then appeared sad waved a golden wand stud ded with whit* diamonds, sod each child In the audience was suddenly bolding Make-Believe fee Cream Ceoee in all the circus colors and flavors. Kristina took a bite of her delicious pink strawberry fla vored, Ice creani cone, and the eruneby ruby-colored, grape flavored. Ice cream cone dim appeared almoet tie suddenly as it appeared. The Blue-Blue Fairy gave each child a gift Of Vanishing Cream that would correct mistakes on arithmetic papers, and then a large tall slander policeman appeared with a large Silvery nuke Whistle In the central arena, just as the Blue-Blue Fairy presented each child with a sli ver miniature whistle of the .same likeness. The Blue-Blue Fairy waved her wand and all the whistles blew at the same time signaling that It was Urns for the children to flo to another room. The children made their exit through a crystal-clear, glass horseshoe. The Blue-Blue Fairy stood at the horseshoe, and each child received a small wMte stain box with a miniature hers* tucked Is rustling whit* tissue paper sprinkled with sparkling blue-white dtemued duet. % % The group than climbed Into Am Old Modal T Ford wHch siysteilously enough started it self, and even drove itself all the mr home to the cabin on Kings Creak, Here a magic falrypre aented Kristina Kith a beautiful gink satin, lace trimmed, night gown, and eoon a pair of magic pink-furry sleeping slippers ap peared on Krlstlna'a feet. The Magic Fairy then wared her wand, and the red-satin bed cover rolled back, all bp itself, and Kristina soon was last n> sleep. (NOTE; Mrs. Watson, an alimsi at the classaf ltMat Appalnsh ian Slate Teachers Collage, re sides at Ml wlUowbrook Lane in Winston-Salem. She Is author nf the novel, My Bose Valley, which has a Southern Appalach ian Mountain setting-) •a (»>'•' ■ A" Jju JAYCEE VISITOR—Jack L. Brantley of Sooth Carolina, vice {resident at the United Stataa Jaycees, visited in Boone last week. He met with local busineas leaden at a mondi« cotlee. With Brantley (center) are Walter BroyUll and Jim Hastings at the Boons Jaycees, Hasthrs la.i^ertottl»loc^«h*.<Stt«phot4.ff\ * , .<■ *■' v>. Deep Gap Native Manager New Credit Assn. Facility m John E. Yates, a native of Deep Gap, has Joined the staff of the 10-county Winston-Salem Production Credit Association aa manager of the newbraaeh office In Boone. % A. P, Snow, general mab agar, said the new Boone office opened Monday on a fulltime basis with quarters In the Pro fessional Building on West King Street. The office will serve farm.; era in Watauga, Ashe, Alle-^ ghany and Caldwell counties,] The cooperative, with head- - quarters In Winston-Salem, ex. f tends agriculture credit for any j ••worthy” purpose and current ly has loans outstanding to its farmer-members totaling $0 million. It deals primarily In short and intermediate term loans. Yates announced that Mrs. Lots Oliver Thomas of Bouts 1, Zionville, will be secretary In the Boone office. Office hours will be 8 a. m, to 5 p. m, Monday through Friday. Yates is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Cedi Yates. After gradu- : sting from Beaver Creek High ■' JOHN E. YATES School, he entered been McKee College and wee graduated In June, 1968, from Eaat Tennes aee State University with a de gree In business administration. He was reared on a dairy and livestock (arm. Snow said the PCA board '‘considers the assoclatlontor tunate to have In this branch office a man who knows agri f.:, J . * - -. • rr»T> * A'-*. « <* ' * . 4»„3 t' ' Secondary Road Standards Set Up The State Highway Commie* •loo bu adopted rmriaed i secondary road atandarda, allgtely changing the minimum requirement! for including roada and subdivisions streets on the Secondary Road System. The Commlaalon took the action by adopting a reportfrom ita Secondary Roada Commit* tee, of which David Parnell of Robeson County la chairman. Under state regulations, roads are added to the secon dary system after they meet specified minimum require* manta, thus qualifying them for maiidenanee by the state. The committee raised from four to five as the mlidnam number of families on a road one mile or leee before it can ; t . r:; : *- * V qualify u ■ state secondary road. (- • .It alio placed a mbdnmm of fair homea for one-tenth at a mile before adding a subdivision street to the system. Previously the number wet two. Aaaeeament of property own er* for paving waa ratted from *1.10 per lineal foot to *1.50. There- were alto flight changet made In the ‘'point” ayitem used to quality a road for lnclualon Into the system. Each home on a road will uw, count fire points, Instead at the previous two, and larger butl. nesses will mean more point* than businesses with lets than five employee*. The new criteria will he ef fective January 1,1970, , Antenna Windshield Is One Of Auto Innovations Of 70 TIn int—a windshield, which gives an automobile radio re. caution without the conventional saganna rod, playa an expanded role In the styling and motorist convenience ot 1970 models Just —railed hy auto manufacturers. The windshield, which serves — the ear’s only antenna, had ha— an exclusive feature olooe automobile manufacturer with Introduction of the near models, now is available on * '- :■ J VALUE IN BOOKS PWIXi l • t, WASH^Ttt Pierce, ., was looking through an old book his mother pur. chased years ago when he found a loose picture in the booh. His mother noted it was the picture of Ben Franklin In the center of a *100 Mil. A banker assured them the 1934 Federal Reserve note was real. POFCORN CAUSES DIVORCE LITTLETON, COLO^-Mra. Oscar Kirkpatrick was grai—d a divorce because bar husband ate popcorn In bed. Leaving her teas band eight years ago, after 20 years of marriage, aha told the judge she didn’t mind her lutband eating popcorn In bed hut she couldn’t stead tbs aaisn hs mads chewing it. - , number of other automotive line*. Widespread acceptance and increasing popularity of the new glaaa represents a triumph in auto glaaa maaa-producttou . technology tor Ubbey-Owsns Ford Company, the world's lar. gnat automotive glaaa manuthc turer and a prime supplier of the antenna windshield. Development of this wind, shield followed more than 13 years of testing In cooperation with automobile manufacturers. L-O-F provider *<e new wind. aUeld’s radio reception cape. UliUea through ndcrothln an. tenna wires between the laminae tad part's two glass panels. Two langtha of 5-mil-thick wires are extended from the bottom center .of the glass up toe center and halfway across the windshield topi A lead IS Installed at the windshield molding for eon. nesting the. wires to the radio, Tim sffeons windshield is made with a small hnlf.moon cutout In the laminated part's outer glees panel. This cutout, not visible whan the windshield is installed la the ear, holds a tab which Joins the intanaa wires to e lead to the radio. This Joint Is specially designed " tor cturdlncce, easeof Installs, ttoo aad waathar raalatance. iS*'-!.''# ■■ culture In thU area and who ia known by many people In the four counties being served by ton Boone office.’’ Paul J. Vestal cf Wilkes Coun ty to president of the associa tion. w. H. Hardy of Sorry County to vice president. Other directors are H. G. ‘Thackers of Forsyth County, C. A. Lewis of Stokes County, Dele V/. Thomas son of Yadkin County end Ronald V. Willard of Davidson County. William W. Crtls la as. stotant secretary-treasurer and assistant general manager. The association also serves FOrsyth, Surry, Davidson, Stokes, Wilkes and Yadkin coun Ues. Another PCA branch of fice to located in YadUnvllta. Swindle Related H ft wu i drive way-paring swindle, it has left the county and maybe ereo the State at North Carolina, Sbariff Ward G. CarroU said Monday he recently recaired Wormation theta quick-pay op eration was at work in Ashe County and could be on Its way to Watauga. Be cheeked around the coun ty and found one Instance where a $275 check had been giseo In adranee of the promised work. About (100 paring was done before the crew cleared out. and the Sberift further stated that Georgia license (dates were J.. .f; h, u?.<:4 Uv:'l='4 4-, ^40- • y YyM yylld seen on the track*. They would tell aproepectiva : customer “they ten to pey their men tonigM, then poll out and leave,” the Sheriff said. The last imrd he received was that the pavers were headed lor Vir ginia. Contacted Monday, an assoc 1 ate editor of the Galax (VaJ Gazette stated that an imidea ttfled paving company was at work in Ids area. Mark Waits added, however, he had heard no complaint and at that time tad received no notkefiromlaw officers to alert the public to * swindle, ' . . . .4_} n . AT GRANDFATHER—With the coming of tbc color inafion tourists ss well as area residents venture closer to nature. Pictured is Martha Johnson and nephew Timmy Thomas eg New Iand trying their luck at photographing Mildred, the wild bear at Grandfather Mountain,—Photo Hugh Morton. Problem Of Drug Use In State Centered On Dread Marijuana It** strange what Just a tear jeers bare done to some words '"to our language. There was h time when Mary Jane -was 9 candy, tea was a drink to be ; brewed, grass was for mowing and Joints were dens of iniquity or elbows, - Now, Mary Jane, tea, grass and Joint are code names tor a ticket into an ancient land ot dreams. All of these names are applied to marijuana. The problem at, drug use among youngatera in North Carolina has focused on mari juana, This is the drug that is generally used for experimen tation and many health believe that marihuana is Just the beginning at a tong, tong trip lido drug land. Just for the record, let’s take a look at what the U.S. Depart meat of Health. Education and SWeS*re“J» about mu-tiwnuj a pamohlet recently pubtUh-J .'the nation's top health agency says: “Working with maiMnade tetrahydrocannabinol (one of the active Ingredients of mari juana X a leading scientist re cently found that high dosages of the drug brought on severe reactions in every person test ed. The National Institute of Mental Health Study also showed that psychotic reactions some times occur, for unknown rea sons, In some individuals who take smaller, amounts. "The scientist observed that a dose equal to one cigarette of the Uni tad Statee type can make the smoker feel exalted, gay or silly. After an amount' equal to tour, the user notices changes In what he can per. iMTKr.H* reports that colors Jsbejpbrlghter, Us sense eg hearing keener. After « dose equal to ten cigarettes, other reactions set in. He expert, ences visual hallucinations, il lusions, or delusions. Me mood may swing from great Joy to extreme anxiety. He may be come deeply depressed, or have feelings of uneasiness, panic, or fear.” t; With that in mind, if yon get an urge for a Mary Jane, per. haps you' would be a lot better off if you tried the candy variety. In fact, the whole country would be better off if we went bach to mowing grass, brewing tea and avoidiw the ' ' : i- vir ‘i A BBOKENT1EBOD wmKdfnrlfrmwInttnn ear oat c< control Saturday night, tut the itrtrwr twill Stephen Wyatt at Root* 1, Sogar Groee, mtraculoualy neaped Injury. After the ear wet** out at control It turned ower acroae l£ Hgbany 321 tram Werd'i Grocery. Mr. Wyatt la eew at IMS. CStatt photo) BREMCO Given Recognition ' Hue Ridge Electric ifember ■Up Corporation baa received apaclal recognition at a ton. - atata regional meeting at the National Rural Electric Co operative Aaaoctatlcn. The Cooperative wooanawerd tor working with the NR EC A International Program Di Vialon and the U. S. State De ON SAVINGS BONDS , The Houre Waje and Meana Committee baa approved lagia iattan to lnereeae the lnteroat •ratae on Uitted Statea Seringa idtoto (ram Ui par neat to 1 putmcnf* agency for later aatfonal Development In training alec trie cooperative leader* from developing nation*. Three delegate? from imH» ■tutted Blue Ridge Electric'* operation* during July. The In formation they obtained during their atay 1* to be applied la developing and operating elec tric cooperative* In ttuir home oountrle*. Blue Ridge Qaetrie b*a beat' involved In tbi* NRECA-A1D program sine* 1M2 wbeo C. E, Vtvaratte, general manager of Eta* Ridge EMC, Marked In Bolivia providing technical *d distance ill the 4tw of a rural elaetrtfl Mtfan programthare ttme the cooperative nas assist, «d in training 38 people from ninn countries, tbs latest beii* a group from India in July this FT. The award la the third re ••^rsd igr the cooperative, a«l wee presented before repre scotatiToe Of rural clsstrifU sniion arete ms earring beer 3,000,000 consumer-owners hi New York, New Jersey, Petsa ajrlvania, Delaware, Maryland. Virginia, North Caroline, Mas. saehusetts. Mala. a*t Vermont.
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