Hazel Miller o t Todd.
Other (urvivors include one
brother, Mr. W. H. Cook of
New Freeaom, Pi.; five sisters,
Mr*. H. S. Blevens, Mrs. Monroe
Waner, Mrs. I. T. Debusk of
Glade Springs, Va., Mr*. R. R.
rinley of Meadowvievr, V*., apd
Mn. Emma Bishop of Prince
ton, Wect Virginia. 26 grand
children and 20 great grandchil
dren also survive.
Attending the funeral from
Watauga County were Mr. Mar
shall Edmisten, Mr. and Mn.
2 Edgar Edmisten, Mn. Anna
Hagaman, Mn. Walter Johnson,
Mr. Walter Tester, Miss Jaunita
Vines, Mn. Ruby Anderson,
Mn. Roy Vines, the Rev. Will
Cook, Mr. Dayton Cook and the
Rev. Wend* 11 Critcher.
Officials Are
Meeting Today
County commissionen, ac
countants, attorneys, and other
county officials from fifteen
North Carolina counties are
scheduled to attend a district
meeting in Lenoir on Wednes
day, March 14. Hie tqeeting will
begin at 10:00 a. m. in the Cald
well County Libnry Auditor
ium, and it will last until mid
afternoon. The counties sche
duled to attend include Allegh
any, Avery, Ashe, Bucombe,
Burke. Caldwell, Madison, Mc
Dowell , Mitchell, Rutherford,
Surry, Watauga, Wilkes, Yad
kin, and Yancey.
Uncle Pink
(Continued from page four)
git tested by the Bureau of
Standards. They teat every
thing else More K is official,
and then we could tell if a
Congressman was Democrat or
Republican to the bone or just
skin deep, pure gold or part
brass.
But they is one thing I'll
have to say fer Congressmen.
They is the best letter writers
in the world. You can write
one and ask him a question
and git a two-page letter an
swering everything but the
question. Writing your Con
gressman, Mister Editor, is
like hollering down a well.
About all you git back is the
echo.
Yours truly,
UNCLE PINKNEY.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sin
cere gratitude to our friends and
neighbors for their many acts
of kindness and expressions of
sympathy during the illness And
funeral of our dear wife and
mother. ? I. B. Wilson family.
British cool to Soviet call for
arm summit.
Paul & Ralph Say:
Taxes could be a lot
worse. Suppose we had
to pay a tax on what
we think we're worth?
-PAUL & RALPH
Watauga Insurance
-tfit
c.
JUNIOR MARSHALS? These eight Juniors at Appalachian High
School will be aerving aa marshal* during commencement exer
cise* for the school this apriag. They are, front row, left to
right: Patay Beshears, Carolyn Hoover, Patty Robinaon, Evelyn
Edmisten; second row: Johnny Cook, Curtis Richardson, William
High, Sammy Sink.
NEW CORN VARIETIES and new and improved methods of
growing the crop have added millions of dollars to North Caro
lina'* farm income over the last few years. Fields that once
were considered good if able to produce 30-40 bushels to the
acre are now producing up to a hundred or more bushels.
Fanners throughout the State are rapidly adopting new
hybrid varieties and obtaining higher yields and higher quality
corn.
WALKS TO SEE BABY
Lo? Angeles? With her baby
in the hospital 23 mile* away
and only 40 cent* in her pocket,
Mr*. Mae Sharon Haye*, 20,
Navy wife set out to walk the
distance to see her sick baby.
After visiting her 11-month
old baby, the mother left to
start the six and one-half hour
trek home, but a receptionist
gave her a ride. Mrs. Hayes told
the receptionist that doctors'
bills, a lost wallet, repossessed
furniture ? loans taken out to
repay other loans and other
misfortunes had happened to
them in the last month.
Changes InN.C. Tax
Increase Collections
,w w wm m*- -W/-W. ? ^w-?. ?i .
&deigh ? North Carolina'*
sales and uae tax coUecUon*
laat year were up nearly 23 per
cent over the I960 figure main
ly a* a result of change* which
became effective last July 1.
Revenue Commissioner Wil
liam Johnson said gross collec
tion; totaled $111,930,913 last
year, a gain of $22,379,178 or
24.90 per cent over 1960.
The 1981 Legislature extend
ed the 3 per cent sale* tax to
food and other items which had
been exempt. The changes went
Into effect at mid-year.
Johnson, in a report to Gov.
Sanford, said the net increase
for the first six month* of the
year, before the changes took
cffect, ?u only $724,124.
During the last six months,
however, collections totaled
900,464,407, an increase of 40
per cent over the same 1900
period. December receipts show
ed a gain of nearly SO per cent.
Johnson said each county ex
perienced a boost in collections,
the greatest, S3.97 per cent iu
Montgomery County, and the
smallest, 13.07 per cent, in
Wilkes County.
Johnson urged caution in
evaluating the figures and at
tempting to base vhat he called
"definite business conclusions
thereon." He said the sales vol
ume of nontaxable items is oot
included and county collections
do not Mcessarily reflect coun
ty economy, because trading
areaa do not shrayi follow
county Unes
Johnson said collections from
vetor vehicles and airplanes
were the only retail subgroups
which (bowed declines. They
dropped 3.79 per cent lor the
year in spite of a slight tax
increase enacted by the General
Assembly.
TSHOMBE'S INVITATION
Katanga President Moise
Tshombe has invited the Sen
ate subcommittee on African
Affairs to make an on-the-spot
investigation in the Congo.
This follows the State Depart
ment's barring of a Tshombe
visit two weeks ago. The de
partment said his absence from
the Congo "would interrupt and
Jeopardize progress" toward
Congo unification.
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Reg. $2.98 Garment
Bags
$1.77
Reg. Me? 11 qt. Plastic
Pail
61c
98c Plastic Clothes
Basket
57c
$2.50 White Dinner
Napkins
31c
Angel Skin Facial
Tissue
4 for 88c
Reg. 69c Colgate
Toothpaste
51c
< 18 x 22 Religious
Pictures
88c
Bottle of 190
Aspirin
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18c Each
61c
$1.29 Plastic Utility
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59c Insulated Coffee
Mug
29c
10 Roll Pkge. Toilet
Tissue
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Famous Permanent
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Mb. Pkge. Cotton
Batting
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Regular Me Rubber
Gloves '
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Venetian Blinds
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