'6.{ License Renewal Card ? Have You Received It?
Tar Meel motor vehicle own
ers who may not have received
their IMS license plate renewal
card were urged today to take
immediate action.
Motor Vehicles Department
officials aay the all-important
cards were mailed in mid
December and should have been
received by now. If not, the
agency's registration division
says, "Please let us know at
once."
Proper procedure is to write
the Motor Vehicles Department,
Raleigh, with the make and
identification number of your
car, your last year's tag number
and your full name and address.
As in the past, applicants are
reminded to indicate on the re
verse side of their renewal card
that liability insurance , is still
in force, and to list the county
in which the vehicle is subject
to property taxes.
Also, the one dollar extra fee
for driver education must be
paid for each vehicle having a
registration fee of $10.00 or
more.
Miss Foy Ingram, director of
the department's registration
division, uld 80 branch offices
would begin issuing new tags
January 2.
"In any event," Miss Ingram
said, "it ia important to present
a properly prepared renewal
card when buying aew tags and
to write the Motor Vehicles
Department promptly if you've
not received one."
Herman W. .Wilcox Is the af
final representative in Boone,
and plates may be purchased at
the Chamber of Commerce of
fice In the Bus Terminal Build
ing beginning January 2.
Know Your Hospital
By BOB BUUBAUGH
In my last article I discussed
P. L. 87-658 and what it could
mean to Watauga County in
terms of a new hospital in the
next year or two. The Hill
Burton Act is another law which
is designed to provide money
to help build new hospitals.
To be eligible for government
funds under these acts those are
some requirements every com
munity must meet. The major
requirement is the committment
of local funds to match the
money provided by the govern
ment. This is done on ? per
centage basis. In many cases the
government supplies 59% of the
total amount required to build;
and the community in which the
hospital it to be located con
tributes 48% . To illustrate how
this works let us suppose that
a new hospital to meet the
needs of this community would
cost $1,200,000. Our share would
then be $540,000, and the gov
ernment would grant $680,000.
There are advantages other
Ikao the obvious financial con
tribution made by the govern
ment. Modern hospitals are
highly complex buildings. They
are very specialized and there
fore require the service, adviae
and supervision of specialists
who have proved themselves in
the field. Because of this the
Medical Care Commission will
not approve plans, architects or
builders who are not qualified.
In this way they help us to get
the most for our money and the
government's money ? which is
part of our money, too.
The Medical Care Commission
has a wealth of experience and
material to save communities
time and money in connection
with tne building Of hospital
facilities. All of this is avail
able for the asking and I am
convinced that we caa build ti\e
hospital We need if we are will
ing to help ourselves b//flp?
proving a bond issue when the
opportunity comes to exercise
our rights aft the polls.
i ?
l Tobacco Farmers Hope To
Regain Some Of 1962 Loss
Tobacco farmers hope to re
t gain some of the ground lost
with the 1962 crop.
Next year's burley crop sup
port prices should increase by
i about one per cent because of
changes in parity prices, accord
i ing to J. G. Allgood, exter^jon
f farm management specialist at
; North Carolina State College.
A five per cent decrease in
acreage has been announced for
1963.
Prices received by growers
I for their 1962 crop averaged
; about four cents per pound leu
! than in the previous year. Con
v tributing to these lower prices
i was a lower quality and a larger
portion of untied tobacco
: marketed.
Burley production was ex
pected to be increased by six
per cent in 1962. The total sup
ply is about 2Vi per cent more
thp.n the previous year. Acreage
was up about six per cent.
Domestic use of burley in
creased nearly three per cent
and exports by about 10 per cent
above 1960-61.
"Domestic use of burley is
expected to increase two to
three per cent in 1962-63 as a
result of the increase in riga
Brown Gets
State Post
Raleigh ? Dr. Ellen Winston,
North Carolina's welfare com
missioner, has been chosen to
, head a new federal welfare
program and a Statesville na
tive has been named to take
her place.
Named acting state welfare
commissioner is R. Eugene
Brown, a career welfare work
er who has . been with the state
department in Raleigh for 3T
years.
Dr. Winston was picked by
Health. Education and Welfare
Secretary Anthony . Celebrene
to head the nation's newly or
ganised and upgraded $3 billion
welfare program.
She was gives a year's leave
of absence from her North
Carolina job for the $20, 000- a
year federal post.
Brown, Dr. Winston's replace
ment, has aarvad since last
April as assistant welfare com
missioner of North Carolina.
Prior to that lie was director of
public assistance for over 20
years.
WASTED EFFORT
Wethersfieid, Conn? An in
surance company movie drama
tizing the consequences of care
lessness on the job was too
much for John Tremba. Watch
ing a filmed eye operation he
passed out Be Ml froan a chair,
cut his lip, bumped his head,
and had to be taken to a hos
P'UL
'
rette consumption," sai'l All
good.
"Exports in 1962-63 are ex
pected to remain at the 1961-62
level. But there may be a slight
decrease within the next few
years because of trade barriers,"
he added.
"Prices are expected to re
main steady to lightly higher
depending upon the export situ
ation in the next three to five
years."
State's Travel Industry Sets
Brand New Record In 1962
North Carolina? travel in
dustry set new records in 1962.
On November 8, the Great
Smoky Mountains National
Pfk ? moat-visited of all Na
tional Parks? became the first
National Ark to reach a visitor
count of 9,000,000 in a single
year. By November 30, total
1962 visitation totaled 9,123,700.
This was eight per cent above
the corresponding U months of
1961, and greater than the en
tire 12 month j total of last
year.
The Great Smoky Mountains
National Park and the Blue
Ridge Parkway meet near
Cherokee, North Carolina, on
the reservation which is home
of the Eastern Band of the
Cherokee Indians. The Park
way, most popular of all areas
kv f k a
?WHifllTWfvlVW
Park Service, had more visitors
during the first 11 months of
1962 than in any full year of
its 29-year history. The 6,394,
192 people who traveled the
Parkway between January 1 and
November 30 represented an
attendance gain of t.S per cent
over the same period in 1961.
At Cherokee, the outdoor dra
ma "Unto These Hills" played
to. 129,301 during the summer
of 1962, the greatest attendance
since 1994 for the production
which was established in 1990.
"The Loet Colony" at Manteo
and "Horn In The West" at
Boone also reported substant
ial attendance gains this sum
mer.
On the Outer Banks island of
North Carolina, the Cape Hat
teras National Seashore drew
627,404 visitors during the first
11 months of 1962^ 16.9 per cent
more than during the same
period in 1961.
At Wilmington, the U.S.S.
North Carolina Battleship Mem
orial had been visited by over
half a million people when it
completed its first full year of
operation on October 14 as a
State-sponsored attraction.
Box-office champion among
the privately operated vacation
attractions of North Carolina
was Ghost ? Town - In - The-Sky,
which was host to over 900,000
people between early spring
and October 31. This was a gain
of some 200,000 over the sum
med of 1961, first season of op
eration for the re-created fron
tier town atop a high mountain
in the Great Smokies.
Five of North Carolina's 12,
rep0rted ,ubtUn<
?L if g*itU for the
tint 11 month* of 1962 over
WnJ*?*, r iB 1981 Com
b med total attendance for all
fmhl ? f0r Jsnu*ryl Nov
ember 30 was 1,588 1M
18S2 saw the expansion of
seasons as well as resort facili
z
?ummer for the first time in its
??*e?r history, with gratifying
2JT?2LThe f?wou, ??**
op"ed ? Wth W-hole golf
?*rse in 1 962, u4 v...,
to the USGA National Amateur
w-u- ?, siiasr
Hotet hw wsnmed year-around
opera two. At Blowing Rack in
?>? Mountains and
<*alo?*o. te 41m flreat
d? ^ Skie? ,re ,wrooahing
,?J" newly acceasible
and decked out with machine
made snow. A new seaside golf
course is in year-around use at
If* *>"* At Lake Toxnway
Uk. T. ? Country, the
ind . be*n rMtored
and a thriving cottage colony
n*,e*Ubli,hed- together
"ith a golf club.
In cooperation with the U . s
?tyeLSe7'ee^ North Carolina
"Ute-*?~ered
Tr**el Mission to Europe in
the winter of 1962. The Mis
Jon composed of 41 travel in
dustry leaders pnying their
own expenses, paved the way
for the October visit of 25 Eu
ropean travel official, who
5?me to North Carolina at the
invitation of Governor Terry
>nford and the Travel Conn
cii. Results of both projects an
already being reflected In in
ZTJ?*" from ^thin
the UnRed States and abroad,
and more vteiUrs from foreign
countries. Long popular with
Canadians and accustomed to
Playing host to visiting stu
dents, industrialists and busi
from forei?n countries,
North Carolina is preparing to
welcome more visitors from
other countries in 1863, parti
Tr1.aHly^U,l1ne the International
27-May 4* Ch>rIotte April
Celebration of the 300th
anniversary of the Carclin,
Oiarter will focus the attention
of visitors- on historical attrac
tions la 1863, and be the oc
casion for special programs at
annual festivals and the out
door historical dramas.
Throughout the State In 1962.
motorists were traveling over
new and newly improved high
way!. Early in the year, a new
bridge on U. S. 64 replaced the
State ferries across the Alliga
tor River and accelerated travel
to the Outer Banks. In the
Piedmont, new sections of In
terstate highways were opened.
In the apring of 1963, the
National P?rk Service will open
17 miles of the Blue Ridge
Parkway between Balsam Gap
on US 23- It A and Beech Gap
la Piagah National Forest. This
section of the Parkway soars
to over 6,000 feet at 'Richland
Balaam, and lengthens total
completed Parkway in North
Carolina to well over 200 miles.
IB Southeastern North Caro
lina, a high-rise bricfee over the
Intracoastal Waterway elimi
nates the old drawbridge on
four-laned U. S. 421 between
Wilmington end the Carolina
Beach-Fort Fisher resort area.
Ten armed Cuban exiles seiz
ed in boat at Miami.
Soviet indicates return to neu
trality on India.
^ OPENS IN
BOONE
OFFERS
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liberal ctedK policy. Every month thou
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the ready cash they need; for trust
worthy dependable service that solves
money problems fast. We want to serve
you. Just come in or calL
TWO-WAV 8TBETCHT
Dayton, Ohio ? How much can
be put Into a girdle? Most
women (eel they are lucky if
they get themselves inside the
contraption. But (or two women
arrested ift a discount store re
cently, the abdominal bindings
served at storehouses at mtr
chandise.
One woman, who weigh* about
240 pounds, had stuffed into
her girdle 43 pairs of women's
hose, 32 pairs of men's stock
ings, 14 slips, 3 pairs of anklets
and 3 shirts. Another had
enough room for herself and
33 pairs of women's hose, 20
pairs of men's stockings, 7 slips,
a boy's cap, a pair of trousers
and a set of girl's pajamas!
FOR SALE
Salvage
Old Post Office
Building
BANNER ELK
Contains Valuable Building Materials
Sealed Bids Accepted Thru Jan. 30, 1963
Mail to
E. T. M. A., Box 68, Banner Elk, N. C.
CELEBRATING RUICK'S SMASHING
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WORTH MORE NOW IN TRADE THAN
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? Finned aluminum front brakes? linings
last longest <J> Buick's quality engineer
ing cuts upkeep costs 0 long-life alumi
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Example: * I960 LeSabre 4-door hardtop retain*
an average of $256 more of Its original cost today
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