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and Mving during for Hi eleventh annual Survey ?f Coo turner Finances Mr?. Herman Ei Sen employed by the Survey Re ?Mrdi Center oi the Univernty o< Miebifan will Carry out the inter viewing. f i. Interview! will be conducted in the 12 lai-geat metropolitan areas Of Baltimore, Barton, Chicago. Cleveland. Detroit, U? Angele., New York. Philadelphia, Pitts ;tuab. Kan Francisco. St. Louis, and Washington. end la H other ? mailer cities and rami areas throughout the country Within nch nftt, iodivi4uii irtrtrc? 11 are selected at random Reports Mm parsons living at these ad ' 4-H'ero Elimlo.,e "Accident Havens' How many huards an you (Ind?4. BArts.1T, a crop to M haryeated r farm and la ?very bona, la ntion from i than one-half milium 4-H Club I _ bora taking part in tha 19M National 4-H Safety Program. Aa a part oftheir 4-H Club irotk, ?wabara in all 48 atatca an correcting haaarda auch M thoaa nam in tha above drawing. They an attempting to nduea tha N-'km'a annual farm toil of 14,800 livaa, 1.240,000 injuria!, and mi oooaomic Iom of About a billion dollar*. 4-H 'en, working at individual* or In sraupa through thair local chiba, conduct aurve^ to iooate haiarda, They give demonatratlona on hun dreds of toniea pertaining to farm, home and highway aafety. Mem ben preaent talka before group meeting! and over radio and tetevWoa: put diaplava la itore window! ; and build booth* at fair a. to anna the cooperative r.xtm don Harviea in conducting the 4-H Safety Program, General Motors ha* provides how-to-do-it idem* for carry ing out nueeawful safety program*. Copies o i the manual will ba distrib uted to volunteer 4-H leaden through County Kxt*n*iort OffioM. Id addition, OM providaa Incen tive* In the National 4-H Safety Award* program which ia arranged by tha National Committee on Boya and CM* Club Work. Medal* an mad* available to bur aounty win sai4rSsssisas& oaxo I* riven to the *UU winner; and $300 college scholarahipe at presented to eight national wlnnera. ?In tha drawing, then an mon than 45 Moitknt tiuirdu of unaafi practices shown. Don't let them oocur dressa furnish financial statistics tfprfMOtit ive Of all consumers ! All Interviews are held In (trick rut confidence and m iafonnation concern in* individual families la discSoard. The infonnatiM obtain ad la uacd sotely tar atatiatical analysis of consumers' purchawi of house*, automobiles and other durable gooda and of changes is the financial situation of different group* of people in >he country. The IMS Survey wUl .include question* regarding consumers' in comes, general financial positiona and attitudes about their current and prospective financial situation. Information shout consumers' plana to bay can and houaebold apptianeaa in the coming year, purchases of those Items in i960 and the amounta of their instal ment debts also will be obtained. Similar information obtained in prevtoua Surveys *f Consumer Fin ancea has been vary useful in ap pralaing the general business out look. Many familiM have been in to reated in these results because they indicate how other families in similar cireumatance* are apend Ing their income* and investing their saving*. Hicks Rites Are Held On Sunday Elizabeth Hick., 81, of Sugar Grove, Route I, died Sunday. Jan uary 1, in Grace Hoepital at Ban ner Elk. Funeral lervice* were held at 2 p. m. Monday, January 2, at St. John'a Episcopal Church, conduct ed by the Rev. Carl Wilson, and burial was In the church ceme tery She is survived by a son, Ever ett Hicks of Sugar Grove; four brothers, Millard Hicks, Lenoir. Walter KWks. Vilas. Conley and Clayton Hicks, fcoth of Sugar Grove; four aisters, EUar and May Hicks, of Sugar Grove, Mrs. Grav er Ward, Butler, Tenn., and Mrs. Don Dotson, Sugar Grove. BOONE DRUG CO. Your Preaeriptton Store PROMPT ? El VICE Three Registered Pharmacists: Q. K. Moose, W. R. Richardson, 0. K. Richardson STORE HOURS: ?:S0 A. M. to 9:30 P. M. Ewaaram The REXALL Store Parkway Links jj Finished In '57 W Gatlinburg, Tenn ? A tentative completion date in 1BS7 ban been ?el for work on two proposed link* in the Blue Rid ge Parkway, to reach to (tie southern end of the parkway. The U. S. Bureau of Public Road* office here announced yes terday it will r??*ive bid* until 1:30 p. m. January 27 on a 2.(2 mile aection of the parkway on the Cherokee Indian Reservation. It bad Mid earlier that bid* will be opened Jan. 12 on construction of a five-mile stretch marking Ike parkway's southernmost point Need Two Seasons Work will be done concurrently on both sections, tfle bureau said, and likely will take two coaaune tion hum, ia IMC and lMf. Paving ia not included in Um bida, but the 2 .82-mile section includes three tuwMk *? ; Rough jading and three tun nels were finished Just before World War II between Wolf laurel Gap ner Soco Cap and a point two mile* west of Big WUeh Gap. The Z 82 mile stretch will ex tend from the Big Witch point to the aouthwest aide af SheriU Cove. TM 471-mile parkway will have a roadbed from Soco Gap to U. I. 441 in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, when the two -new construction projacta are finished. ?_ ' jJ The White Home Conference on Education ended a four-day meet ing with a call for Federal aid for schools ij;-# ",?#* iODPlB INSURANCI CO. i nlrfilr-i -^QUEStfOM? Is your insurance agent chained to one company or can he offer you protection in any number of the best and oldest insurance firms in America? Your Indtpendint Agent Can! XOM1* 1/? When yon purchaso protection Z ? When yon have a claim Coe Insurance Agency 117 MAIN ST. htt call ed ? nationwide conference of f t ' '? ? - m?jror* for next Feb 1S-17 to coo < sidcr problem* calling for coopent ? " 1 ? " '? if. : ? ?? lion of Federal an* lc*?l govern . . CHURCH'S Sale Now in Progress 1 Men's and Boys' Pants All WmI Flannels, Gabardines, Rayon, Dacren and OrUo Mixture* Suits Topcoats Sport Coats Jackets Sweaters Shirts Winter Underwear Shoes Boots including Insulated, Cbmbat, and Engineer , - Jackets For the Uttle fellow Quilted llninga ? long and short 25% to 40% OFF! Every item in this store caught wearing a tale tag trill be fined the full extent of our profit! CHURCH'S "Where Your Dollars Have More Cents " W,*fag^trwi _ Boone, N. C. ? -III!"1 1 1 ' MODELS mi Can Make! Check You'll Buy 'Em! Plymouth, 1952, 2-door 2-tone, tan and brown, radio, heater, white ?idewail tires Plymouth, 1952, club coupe Gray, radio, heater, white aide wall tires Chevrolet, 1951, 2-door Green, radio, heater, seat covers Ford, 1950, 2-door Green, radio, heater Chevrolet, 1954, 2-door Black and white, radio, heater, white side wall tires Ford, 1952, 2-door Red wd ivory, radio, heater, white ride Plymouth, 1950, 4-door Blue, radio, heater Chevrolet, 1952, 4-door Dark green, radio, heater Chevrolet, 1954, 4-door Brown and ivory, radio, heater, white aide wall tires / '\> I ' ? . ' ?" Pontiac, 1951, 4-door Black, radio, heater, seat covers Olds mobile, 1950, 4-door Light Green, radio, heater, seat covers Plymouth, 1953, 4-door Light green, radio, heater, white side wall tires Ford, 1948, 2 -door Radio, heater, aeat covers Plymouth, 1953, 4-door Black, radio, heater, white tide wall tirea Ford, 1951, 2^door Green, radio, heater, seat cover* Chevrolet, 1954, 4-door Blue, radio, heater, white side wall tires Ford, 1951, 2-door Green, radio, heater, white sidewmll tins Ford, 1953, 2-door 2-tone blue, radio, beater Plymouth, 1950, 4-door Green, radio, heater, seat covers Chevrolet, 1950, 4-door Blue, good rubber, seat cover* GMC, 1949, Truck Oreen 1 - i7 - Dodge, '1946, Truck ? ' r" %? ? Chevorlet, 1949, Pickup Green Dodge, 1955, 3-4 ton Pickup Black Chevrolet, 1954, Pickup Blue ? ^ I * 'y Chevrolet, 1953, Pickup Blue W. '? At Our New Building in East Boon ? 1 " * u phone AM hers 1 4*3832
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