acciiie I- More
'lentiful In Country
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83 " This word came today from Dr.
, Jack Q. llaldeman chief of the
'division of general health services
' of the Welfare Department. after
tha Washington State Health De
partment announced it wos broad
ening priority to all persons 1
month to SO yean of age and to
pregnant wobmq.
" The National Advisory Commit
tee on Vaccine Distribution makes
recommendations concerning the
priority use of vaccine but state
officials decide regarding its dis
tribution, after state allocations
have been made
Haldeman said the commlttoe is
expected to be polled shortly on
the question of broadening age
limits because various states have
reported sufficient supplies for ex
tending coverage.
The Washington state expansion
was the first of which he - had
heard, he said. '
Halde.nan was asked to com
ment on a report in Oklahoma that
about 27 million more cubic centi
meters, or shots, of vaccine soon
would J>e released to private phy
sicians. and the priority ago limits
would be broadened from birth to
the age of 14.'
He said "it looks like they
jumped the gun" on a report that
may come from the Welfare De
Homecoming
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( lege.
At two-thirty there will be a
pre-game shew, a salute to the
alumni, by the college band and
the visiting high school bands,
followed by a feature of the first
football teams by Harry Hallybur
ton of Drexel. The bands will play
the Star-Spangled Banner, and the
football game with Emory and
Henry College from Emory, ya?
will follow.
There will be a thirty-minute
| half-time program. The Homecom
ing Queen will be crowned by a
; representative of the Men's "A"
Club, and the trophy for the win
ning float will be presented to the
sponsoring organisation.- The
; bands, including the Appslachian
State Teachers College, Appals
1 chian High School, and seven
| visiting high school bands, will
t present their formations on the
?f field, under the direction of Wil
liam O. Spencer, the college band
director.
I After the game there will be an
informal reception in East Hall
for all alumni, sponsored by the
? college. Miss Barbara Stephenson.
} dean of women, will be offlflsl
J hostess
At five-thirty there will be "din
ner on your own" in the college
cafeteria or elsewhere.
J From eight-thirty to eleven
forty-five the annual Homecoming
I Dance will be held In the men'i
gymnasium. The danoe sponsored
by- the junior class, will feature
the college dance orchestra. The
alumni committee on refreshments
i will include Miss Mary Austin.
Mrs. Joe Crawford, and Mrs. Bob
; Broome.
' Alumni of the college from
- everywhere are invited ? to all
these activities of the annual
| Homecoming Day.
Road Work
(Continued from dmc one )
In Avery, two roads. 10 feet
wide, had a (tone surface course
aad were graded and drained as
follows: Rush Bailiff Road. 036
mile; and Perry Road. 0.29 mile.
State Highway forces did the
work
In Watauga, the following roads
; and their lengths were graded,
drained and surfacted with crush
ed stdne by State Highway forces:
Will Barnes' to Tracy Testers'. 1.1
mile; aad a road near Kellersville.
0.6 mile. Both roads are 12 feet
wide.
In WUkea. North Walla Street ia
R Pleasant Hill Community waa pav
ed for QTI mile. The road la 18
feet wide. Also, NC 268 from Ron
da east waa widened from 18 te 22
feet and paved for (.1 miles A
traffic-bound macadam base course
with a bituminous surface treat
ment waa aaed on both roads
State forces did the work
Ia Yadkia, the roaf 0.1 mUt
from the east city limits of Jones
ville on NC 67 south was paved
for 01S mile. A traffic-bound
macadam base course with a bitu
minous surface treatment was us
ed. The mad from east city limits
of BoonvMle on NC 07 north waa
! paved for 04 mile. A aoU type
baa* coarse with a bituminous
surface treatment wM used on the
SOfoot wide road. St?te Highway
for eas did the work on both roads
foraia is^ lulf'greater than it was
partment, "But I don't know about
the n million cubic centimeters."
He Mid Kc could not predict
when enough vaccine, might be
available tp vaccinate all group*
from birth to 20 rear* old. in ?U
ftate*. ,
President Basil O'Connor of the
National Foundation for Infantile
Paraly*<s said Mi Sept. 30 these
might he enough vaccine available
next year to vaccinate 24 million
children, In the 1 to 0 year age
{Sur/ Secretary Marion B Fol
aom of the Department of Health,
Education and Welfare, said there
will be enough vaccine to give two
shots to 16 million children in the
M age group by Jan 1.
C. G. Page Dies
From Injuries
G. C. Page, 1 4th diatrict high
?ray engineer, a former resident
of Boone, died in a Sylva hospital
Mondiy at 7 a. m. of injuries sus
tained in a fall at his home
Page, 40, fell downstairs during
the night and was taken to the C.
J. Harris Community HoapiUI.
He was born and raiaed in the
Guilford area and had been aaao
ciated with the State Highway and
Public Works Commission for 27
yeers.
Cauae of death was listed aa a
cerebral hemorrhage .
Page was aenior construction en
gineer in the 10th when the High,
way Commission was reorganized
in 1*83. In that reorganisation he
was advanced to 14th division en
gineer with headquarters In Sylva
Survlving are the widow, Mrs.
Elizabeth March Page; one daugh
ter, Miss Msry Prances Page, a
freshmsn at Peabody Institute at
Nashville, Tenn.; and one sister,
Mrs. James Gillis of Marianna,
Mb
Funeral services for Page were
held Wednesday at 11 a. m In the
Morris - Lineberry ? Black Funeral
Home chapel In Ashevllle.
The Rev. 0. P McGeachy III,
pastor of the Sylva Presbyterian
Church officiated and burial was
in Lewis Memorial Park In A?he
ville.
MISS OUINLAN
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Raleigh. ? Mil* Betsy Une Quin
tan of Waynesville has been nam
ed field representative of the
American Cancer Society, N. C.
Division, and will serve county
unit! of the society in Piedmont
and Writers North Carolina, Wil
liam C. Friday, president, has an
nounced.
Mias Qullan began her duties on
October 1.
As field representative. Hiss
Quinlan will make regular visits
to county units in her territory,
assisting in the plsnning of can
cer control programs embracing
education, service and fund-raising.
Hodges Member
Of Retail Group
Raleigh. ? Governor Luther H.
Hodges. who u a youngster work
ed in hit father'i (tore in Rock
ingham County, hai been elected
to honorary memberihip in the N.
C. Merchants Association.
Offielala of the organisation de
clared it was fitting that the Gov
ernor, because of his keen interest
in merchandising, be made a mem
ber ot the associtaion which was
established in 1008 and officially
chartered as a corporation a half
century ago this year.
United States producers will sell
an "experimental quantity" of hy
brid seed corn to the Soviet Union
under an agreement "la principle"
reached in Moscow.
'Til bo home tonight, Honey
Let's Celebrate!'
For Quick Helios
or Big Eveiits;..
Long Distance
puts you there
When you just want to say a cheery
"heUo" ? or share big news with
out-of-town friends or loved ones ?
Long Distance brings pleasure both way*.
It's quick, personal, low in coat
Isn't- there someone you'd like
to call right now?
Southern Bell
Telephone and Telegraph Company
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Valle Crucis School
Job To End Nov. 1
The Valle Cruci* School expan
?ion program u scheduled U be
completed by November 1, ?word
ing ta W. Guy Angell, county sup
erintendent of schools.
The tetal contract price (or the
construction of the new addition
to the school it J108.Q88 40. plus the
recent contract of $2,929 to con
nect the heat in the two buildings
The til new classrooms and
lunchroom were designed for pri
mary grades and are modern in
every respfet. The lunchroom is
large enough to serve -.adequately
the entire aefcool and will to con
ikl^iAl v ' fiimiihrrf |> sail ?/ |a|>
4WI iimicv I WWy ?^Pw
operation soon after November 1.
Included hi (he new addition w
a boiler large enough to take care
of the present building aa well aa
the new building. A contract was
approved thto week to connect the
two building* In order that one
boiler may aerve both unit*. The
contract *aa let to the low bidder
which waa Miller and Smyre who
now have the contract for the
plumbing Work ia acheduled to
begin aa toon aa approval ia grant
Ml by Ml* State Board of Cduea
lion T \
Tki* building uU ralieve the ov
erprowded condition at thu school
la wtUch (tin are now being
held in the auditorium aa well aa
in an old wooden building which
waa used prior to the conat ruction
of the preaent rock building. The
lunchroom ia now in the baaement
of the rock building.
Telephone Craqt j
(Continued from page ona.)
the people may have rural tele
phone service by paying approxi
mately 67 cents for inter-coonec
tion. with a total of appro mately
94 JO per month, regular j *%'?
Exams Slated
For Academy
Kannapolii. ? COttgrsasman Hugh
Alexander today announced that
the competitive examination for
entrance to the U. S. Ceaat Guard
Academy ? One of the five Armed
Service*? ?U1 be held nationwide
on February 27 and M. 19M
These examination* will be given
in 100 cities, including Charlotte
and Raleigh.
A candidate for the next ?xa?
i nation for the Coaat Guard Ac
ademy must be single, nut have
reached his seventeenth but not
his (MrafcMweaMt MrtMay by July
I IBM. and muat be in excellent
physical condition. - t*-<
Ik* Congressman said a Ugh
school diploma is the minimum, ed
uctlioBAi ivouiremenL although
" Wm*"' ? 1 I '
ti!*h school seniors assured of b?
ing graduated by June SO are eli
gible to t^ke the examination if
they will have at least 19 credits
by that time. All applicant! must
have three ?iU of English, two
of algebra, and one each of plane
geometry and physics by gradua
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? 8MAUJMT CHUftCH"
Fesina, Iowa. ? Claims to be
ing the "World's Smallest Church '
are nm4e for St Antbeay's Chapel,
two mile* west of bore. Tbe 12-by
20 foot stone .building has four
pews and seats eight It was found
ad by Frank J. Huber, of Fort
Atkinson, and his wife, Vernona,
both of whom are now BO.
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rail in love, "with.
;your car against;
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? Remember how proud you were of your new car
when you saw h in the showroom? We'd like to do all
we can to keep that car as close to new as possible.
We know that next to your home, it's your biggest
investment and therefore deserves the best care in the
world. To us this means more than just keeping it sup
plied with top-quality gasoline and oil. It means extra
service? the kind of service that makes your car a pleas
ure to drive while you own it, make* it worth more
when you trade it in.
Making friends with your car is our business. And
making that friendship pay off for you is our job in
America's competitive and progressive oil industry.
Drive in today? find out that we mean all we say!
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Todd & Higgins Esso Service
In the Heart of Boone
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Shirley & Ragan Esso Service
Blowing Rock Road ? In Boone
Luther's Esso Service
East Boone ? Acrot* from Black Bear
A. R. Smith's Esso Service
Dial AH 4-3561 Blotcing Rock Road ?? lit Boom