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million* of Soviet captivity, leaf let* llh* this mean hope *nd en couragement from tlx free world. The mala objective of the tost la to Had oat more about how many leaflet* art recovered soon after they are dropped. . "To make this teat a mrcooi. your cooperation la vital. It will help the Crusade for Fredeom which supports Free Europe Prem to carry OS a project vital to our peace, freedom and national de fens*. ' "Please fill la the attached form and mail it promptly.'* Mr. Moretz stated he had com plied with the request, and sent the form back to its place of oricin. Best Potato Seed Advised Gardenert who plan to plant Irtah potatoes this ipring ahould buy only Certified aeedatock, (ay* Henry M. Covington, extension horticulturalist at North Carolina State College. Covington says Cer tified seed la your guarantee that the seedstock is true to the variety named, and it is for an practical purposes free from disease. fo be sure you are buying Certi fied seed, Covington says to look for the blue tag on the bag. He ppints out that this color has been adopted by all state certifying agencies. The tag «1U have a ser ial number, show the name of the variety, the producer's name, and the state certifying agency. .Potatoes have to meet rigid re< quirements before they can be Cer tified, says CovUftton. Growers plant foundation seed that has been tuber-indexed. The crop is inspec ted at least once during the grow , ing season and again iA storage, Me adds. . . Covington feel* that buying non Certified aeedatock or regular Ub lestock potatoes U like buying • "pig In ■ poke." They may have diaeaaea that you can't aee, yet the crop produced from them may be greatly damaged both in yield and quality, he warn*. Covington aaya, "You can't afford not to uae Certi fied seedstock." Sheep Program Is Expanded Union county la expanding lta abeep program. Laat week farmera In that county purchaaed a car load (290) of weitern ewea and Thuraday three farmera and Aa aiatant County Agent 8. K. Bain came to Watauga to buy aome rama. Nine purebred Hampahire yearl ing rama were purchaaed. Five were purchaaed from Norria Brothers, two from Joe Wilson and two from Chalmer Phillips. Laat year Watauga county farm ers sold 28 rams to one man who placed them in flocka In Georgia. Wrestlers' Csattnasd (ran pan oae oaly ot|nM the Ian aad ar ranged a ww schedule. but vot Mtwnd to coach the team. Ceach Gabriel vrmi very piqued wither turnout far Appalachian High's firat wtaUiag taam. bat ni mi ■ore surpriaed at the aad at the aeaaon whan hia charges sasafid third ia the atate tournament a/ tar goinr. through the ieuon uiv defeated Thia waa the raoord of the opeaiag year, aad it aaoeied to aet a pattern for the teama that wore to follow. Ia 1M4 Coach Gabriel entered aervice, aad Mr. Lawraaca Ohel daefcar took over the coaching rata^. The team thia year waa again undefeated and made anoth er food (bowing at the atate tourn ament. The third seaaon of wrestling at AHS found another new coach, David Johnson, but the old pattern waa once again repeated; another undefeated aeaaon. That year the team won one firat, one aecond, two thirds, aad one fourth place trophiea, continuing their goal of State Championa. The 1998 aeaaon found Coach Gabriel out of aervice aad back at AHS. The team thought thia waa the year for atate champion ahlp, but even with the confidence gained by another undefeated aea aon they were noaad out by the •lander margin of one point by a very atroag Graeneboro High School team. In the tournament our boya claimed more champion nhlpa than ever before including Harry Critcher, Sammy Crltcher, J. W. Welborn, and Allan Van Dyke. Three other boya loaing in the flnala to take aecond place were Harold Hayea, Bobby Reyn olda, and Wendell CritoHer. Thia year Mr. Gabriel'a duties aa coach were taken over by Hu bert Daacy, former A.A.U. wrest ling champion of ASTC. In a pre aeaaon wraatling clinic, AHS won a dual meet made up of an all star state team. Coach Dancy ar ranged a harder achedule for the team In 1M6-57, for he knew the boya had the deaire to go to the State match and come back with the coveted cup, and he knew with ■proper conditioning and training they could Bo it. The team came through the aeaaon undefeated and primed for the State tournament AUTOMOBILE PRODUCTION Automobile production in Janu ary showed some striking galni and soma aharp cutbacks. Ford'i output waa up 29 per cent and Chrysler's 23 per cent from a yeai i earlier. However, General Moton I raised output by only 1.2 per cent High School Seniors GetlNational Credit Two seniors at Appalachian High School hav* bem commend ed by the National Merit Scholar dip Corporation for distinguished performance in ita nation-wide March for atudenta of unusUaJ abi lity, according to Principal A. B c**% El • ' The students honored arc: Jo anne Hardin and Joan Ho—balm. They have alao been named North Carolina state runncrs-upa is the IS07 Merit Scbolarahip com petition. "The seniori honored today are among the top one or two per cent in ability in the state," according to John M. Stalnaker, President of NM8C. "While they did not quite reach the finala of the 1067 Merit Scholarship competition, their un usual promiae deserves recogni tioa IidNd, we want to encourage every one of them to nuke ■ ftpec iil effort to obtain the best college education poMible. Both itudent and country will profit" Ai state runner*-up«. the local students will Be lent letter* of re commendation by NMSC far um in applying to the college* they wiah to attend. The National Merit Scholarihip competition provide* the large** *yitem of privately financed scho larihip* offered in the United State*. High achool* may enter their moct outitanding itudent* in the annual competition. The first hurdle the itudent* face i* the "Scholarship Qualifying Teat." a high level measurement of poten tial ability to benefit from a col lege education. Burley Growers Get $895,983 In 1956 Tobacco groweri of Watauga county received $899,963.39.for 1, 449,874 pounds produced on 732.14 acres on 1,919 farm* in 1966, It was revealed this week by County ASC Chairman, Dwight Cable. In addition to this amount 10.69 acres were placed in the acreage reserve for <4,482.09. The total amount received by tobacco farmers was f899,369.40. Only 49.91 acres re mained unplanted last year. This return was the second high est in the history'of tobacco pro duction in the county. The high est amount received was $939, 000.00 in 1994. With all reduc tions made since that date, the farmer received a much larger re turn per acre than ever before. The amount received shows the healthy condition of the program after suffering serious reductions, and indicates what control can do for the tobacco farmer* in the county, Mr. Cable aaid, when co operation ia carried out to Xhe fullest extent. BALLISTICS MI88LES The Commerce Department has announced it had given top prior ity for material* to contractor* working on the ballistic misale* program. The Defenae Department i* spending $1,900,000,000 on these weapon* in the current fiscal year, and plana to step up spend ing to about $2,000,000,000 next year. Figures from the frozen food in dustry show that the frozen pump kin and squash increased 8 Vt mil lion pounds from 1993 to 1999. Deadline Near On Burley Plan - Friday, March 1, la the final day for signing tobacco acreage reserve agreements All farmers interested in placing their allotod acreage in the soil hank should contact the ASC office by that data. No agreements may be cancel led after that <^te. BILIJON-DOLLAB BANKS There are now 21 banks in the nation with assets of 91,000.000, 000 or more each—one more than a year ago. Together, the assets of the 21 total 962.790.000.000. a gain during the year of 91.900. 000,000. Nineteen of these banks also have deposits in excess of a million dollars. The West Coast's giant Bank of America, with its wide-flung branch system, leads, aa It has for several years, with assets which total just under 910, 000,000,000. Ashe Sheriff Quits Sheriff Kenneth Miller, (Re publican) elected tor a four-year term of office in Ashe county, November, 1984, over bin oppon ent, 1 Democrat), BUI Todd, has resigned hi* office a* of March 4. according to information receiv ed today from a county official. Miller's resignation was mailed from Nevada, the official said. He left the county on Friday night, Feb l without any notice te coun ty officials and It was several dhys la tor the officials learned that he was in Nevada and communicated with him there. It u understood that no reason of his leaving waa given in his formal reaignation. Billy Brown, chief deputy, is carrying out the duties of the of fice until the commissioners elect a successor to Miller at the regu lar meeting. March 4. ATOMIC TESTS A new series oI atomic tests, presumably l« include such de fense weapon* as nuclear anti-air craft missies and artillery, baa been announced by the Atomic Energy Commission The teats will begin late in. the spring at the Nevada Proving Grounds west of Las Vegas and will involve "low yield nuclear testa," accord ing to the AEC announcement. FULL TIME 24 hows s day 365 days i ye* Accidental Death and Dismemberment INSURANCE provides a substantial addition to yoor estate at low cost provides a sum for occupations) readjustment helps to provide the training for s new Career - —when
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