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MEMBER NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION NORTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION BOONE, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 19?3 Redistrictina; Plan Governor Sanford comes forth with a plan for re-districting the State which he thinks the General Assembly will approve, when he calls them into special session for this specific purpose shortly. Word from the minority indicates that the Republicans would accept the Sanford proposal, generally speaking, but some of them hint at an appeal to the Federal courts if the plan fails. A sprinkling of Democratic senti ment which we were able to sound out was divided between those who didn't want more power to build in the big Piedmont counties, and those Who were just willing to get along With the thing, regardless of conse quences. Locally, we have beard little said of the local aspects of the Sanford proposal. Watauga would be bunch ed up with Wilkes, Ashe, Caldwell and Burke, while Alleghany which has been a part of the Watauga, Ashe and Alleghany setup since memory runneth not to the contrary, would be with Surry and Stokes. Those who are politically-minded would note that as of last election the district in which we would be placed would have gone Republican, due to the massive GOP vote in Wilkes and Watauga's severe deflec tion. However, Watauga could never never be expected again to get as far from the traditional close to even-Stephen elections as last year, when the Democratic party was split into warring factions. At any rate, regardless of political consequences, we shall share the hope that the Assembly will redis trict in some sort of fashion without undue delay, and be done with the thing ? for the present, that is. Act To Aid Colleges The House of Representatives has passed and sent to the Senate legis lation authorizing $1,195,000,000 in Federal aid for college construction over a three-year period. It isn't surprising that the lower house gave the nod to the measure which has met with violent opposi tion from some quarters, but it did surprise us that the vote was an emphatic 287 to 113. The church slate issue which has flared every time public aid for education has c*me up in the national Legislature may be still a factor when the bill reaches the Senate. Of course the bill is of particular interest in towns like Boone, where large institutions of higher learning are located, and where doubtless there might be more favor for this sftrt of thing than in centers where colleges are not located. We have, for the most part, taken a fairly dim view of Federal aid to education on the grounds that with the money is apt to come Federal control. On the other hand, through land grants, particularly, the Federal government has had its fingers in our educational system for a century, without control. We don't know when it will hap pen, but there will be a day when Federal funds will figure heavily, not only in colleges but in grade and high schools as well. Not that we would suggest for a minute local communities waiting for this sad or glad day ? according to how you stand ? but it is just that more and more local sources of revenue are all but being dried up by the Federal government, and we're going to have some of It back. Aid to schools is nothing new, but the expansion of Federal educational funds to undreamed-of levels is in the offing, to our way of thinking. school Dropouts "Public welfare, along with public schools, private social agencies, juv enile courts, churches, and other groups, is gravely concerned about school dropouts," stated R. Eugene Brown, State Commissioner of Pub lic Welfare. "We consider a* one of our major responsibilities the en couraging of young people to con tinue their education." In order to ghre special emphasis to the need for young people to re turn to school this Fall, Commission er Brown has asked county directors of public welfare to talk with chil dren and parents in families receiv ing aid to families of dependent children, children in foster home care, and children receiving other services from public welfare during August. This all-out effort during the month of August has been empha sized by President Kennedy and the PROM THE RALEIGH TIMES U. S. Department of Health, Educa tion, and Welfare. Governor Sanford has for some time pointed out the need for continuous cooperation of all agencies in the "back to school" effort. "It is particularly important for these children to hare a chance to continue their schooling in order to assure (hat they will be prepared to take their place In the employment world," said Commissioner Brown. "North Carolina has in the past main tained a good record of school attend ance among children receiving pub lic Welfare services. We want all children to continue their education at least through high school." One of the ways of breaking the cycle of dependency is education and training in skills which will make young people self-sufficient, added the Commissioner. Cabbies Praise Carolina A group of New York City cab drivers who took a whirlwind, ex ptnse-free trip to North Carolina last month continued today to talk u) the Tar Heel state to their cap tite passengers. "I don't know if it hits paydirt," said hackie Edwin Meyer hoff, "but I tdll them about North Carolina any way. What have I got to lose?" , Meyerhoff, who often speaks in rlymea ? he greeted Got. Terry San ford at the Executive Mansion in Raleigh with: "Governor Sanford, ydu're the most. 1 sure am glad y*u got the post" ? (aid he also dis plays ft* "Tar Hevl Wheels" badfa gtven RM Bj'Nortt Cawnna. b "Many of my fares ask what it is," he said, "and I tell them about the beautiful country in North Car olina, the mountains and the beaches, everything." "Frank Jones, an ebullient half Cherokee who was right at home in Cherokee, N. C., when he and the 21 other cabbies Were inducted hon orably into the Cherokee tribe, said he also tells his passengers about the Southern state. "I said I'd tell 200 people about it when I got home, and I must've told that many the first week," said Jones "And I'm still telling them," he Unemployment Costs Everybody From Early Democrat Files Sixty Years Ago Aagust M, 1M1 Atty. W. R. Lovill is off on a business trip to Mountain City, Tenn. Mr. end Mrs. Walter Guynn, of Wilkesboro are visiting relatives and friends on New River. Mrs. George Hardin and chil dren, of Johnson City. Tenn. are visiting relatives here. A. A. Teague and family of Boone, have moved to the farm of L. P. Henkel, near Lenoir. Mrs. Dr. J. B. Councill and interesting little children of Salis bury, are spending some time in the village. A new postoffice has been established at Joe C. Hodge's, two miles west of Boone, Mr. Hodges having been appointed postmaster. Adams is the name of the new office. An old saying has it that there will be just as many snows next winter as ther are foggy morn ings in August. If this be true, we may look out, for we are having a heavy foog each morn ing. Miss MOllie Tugman has open ed school at Deerfield; Miss Blanch Dougherty, at Ruther wood; Miss Ella Blair at Banner Elk, and Miss Floy Cottrell at Dist. No. 2, North Fork Town ship. The ladies of Watauga are fast coming to the front as teach ere and their services are al ways in demand. Miss Crawford, of Salisbury is the guest of Mrs. B. J. Councill. The huckleberry crop on the Grandfather this year has been something immense, and we are told that as many as sixty wag ons per day have been there in quest of that delicious fruit. Mrs. Jesse Gragg had a lot of fruit on sale last week, and it sold readily at 30 cents per gallon. Prof. Francum abandoned the idea of going to Bakersville to teach this fall, and began a ten months term at Sandy Flat, near Blowing Rock last Monday. This is the school to which Mr. Moses H. Cone gives so much financial aid, and instead of a four month's term they have ten months each year, taught by one of the best teachers that can be procured. Thirty-Nine Years Ago Aagart a, 1M4 Mr. D. J. Cottrell, one of our most progressive merchants, is Just completing a large addition to his store building which, makes it one of the most com modious and best arranged in town. The new department will be used almost exclusively for fresh and salt meats and gro ceries. Mr. and Mrs. John S. Williams Just One Thing By CARL GOERCH By CARL GOERCH For many years Joseph Blount Cheshire, Jr., and his son, Joseph Blount Cheshire XV practiced law together In Raleigh. Hanging on the walls of their offices are five licenses belonging to four Joseph Blount Cheshire*. Two of these licenses belonged to the original Joseph Blount Cheshire and were issued in 1W7. in those days, a young lawyer had to get a license to practice low In the county courts or before a justice of the peace. After several months, if he show ed himself well qualified to en gage to the practice of tow, he WM awarded a second license. This entitled him to appear in superior courts and before the supreme court. Here's the way the licenses of the four Cheshh-es read: Joseph Blount Cheshire. 1CT7. Joseph Blount Cheshire, Jr., ?a. Joseph Blount Cheshire, Jr., 1907. Joseph Blount Cheshire, TV, 1M1. This means that the second (me of the list < Bishop Cheshire) was named Junior, and also the third on the IM was designated (ti 'he same manner. "You can't do that," we pro tested. "Yon can't hare two Juniors " "We're done It, though," calm ly stated Mr. Cheshire "As ? matter of fact, we called youn* Joe that also, hot we were things, so he now nuts an 'W afraid that It might mi* op after Ml name " When we got through with Mr. Cheshire, we called op the tote Judge Michael Schendt. who at the time was a Sopiemt Coort Justice. We knew that there was a long String of Michaato to Mi faiftfly. "Way back In the 18ft century, AFTER ANOTHER there was a man up in Pennsyl vania bjr the name of Michael Schenck. He had brth. Clem argued (hat no woman AooM 0t all tMx tee pdMielty at the expense of the --- - - -1- - V 1,1.1 M * ? M.. li'Wl Sire fias IrlCKvG ImO filar* rytng her. The Men agreed Clem had i mighty strong (Mint, It mm ro ted to fit * letter off to ?vr Congrcasmsa ea toe This marry tug basfeeas Mfe tor fcdNar, ?Ms cwitofcatod to the space age I was readtof ?here a alto? MM eatf one w*e waa wwuiaj . two wW*a waa hUarly, aad t wHws waa trlgaraoiaatiji. jM 1 reek on that abaat mm * the at ^yopff may. li'UNCCE PINKNEY