CATTtal cupboard
Says Most Carolinians Are
Baptists; Statistics Are Given
By tlrtA ft. GftEEfVwdOD
HOW MANY' . . . When we
recently wrote here about the
au?*ltf e4*r*H* <* Bafttists
in ftoHb e*a4b* *nd how Ne
groes could be winding Baptists
over to the CathoUc faith, we
wake arirad to deal fci numbers
so (Me could see the comparative
slmrfths to numbers of some of
our denominations to thk State
Wen. there art 2,4M.7!0 church
mennfcers lb Tarherfia. Thwe
figures were taken in 19*. Ia
the officii census for that year,
we fount the poptttttoa of North
Carolina (0 he tSM.HS. Thus,
yttt ca? tHat #efl over ? per
-?*--* .d. - in .rmin
ceni 01 our people oen/ng 10 some
cMRB. WRBH ybU flgUrt further
that a tremendously large per
cent age 0 1 our total population
has not reached ckvth member
ship aft mlMui you afe en in
fancy follower? you can see that
old North Carolina is. officially
at bast, a good, good Skate and
every inct ? solid member of
the Bible Belt
W the t.4S4,m
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So. more than half of <X*
church meJnber* are Baptists.
There are WT.SB Methodists id
North Carolkia. It should M
noted here that 195,9(B of theet
belong to a branch faxran at
African Methodist Episcopal
Zloo.
aD the Wk, Md #
pare at efforts, la swiag Nugnsli
aver ta tie Catholic Wth, ia
1|N there were mij 4MN mem
ber! of the Roman Caihott
Church ia North Carolina. Theft
are oaijr MM ail lahiri of tM
Jewish fsMfe.
There are MB, Oil Prwhyterians
in this Slate. We lane tour dif
ferent groups.
When the tight 00 Sunday seB
tag was <9 ta the but Legisla
ture, nasty a member hollered
about Ids Seventh ha 0 Advedt
ists back heme. ? soahded like
thousands of votes. Bat in the
whole State there are only 3,874
Seventh Day AdventMS Ant oar
Friends, the Quakers, now hart
mly H.ate mentors ? but U
Guilford CMIs#D great strength.
THROUGH THESE BYES . . I
A reporter by Ike aame of Claril
Coot gave Dr. L Bevslij Mil
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? the INI Democratic gshenut
toriai r?i^alQ spoke to Um
Bmk notary Club. Clark to a
0Sotl reporter.
Writing to the Wataoga Draw
cnt, Clark came ap with woe
aiurfp deacrtptloaa of Dr. Lake;
"... to a short, baldh* maa In a
fray ? alt, #iih a Caspar MUque
toaat Met aad eyes Hke wet
Some Mate: "Before apesktog
to tte Rotary Ctoh. he kgeted
Hke a sm*l eaft to d room fall
?T Great Dane*. Bat after Ma
tail .MM* J Mfcarks. he to* oa
Ike aara of d ?k?WH> PHmck
? wM torn loot Mea gtoea to
eld* tohrmak* that tomorrow
to Mpaott Bar."
riH toot' ttoL** k*3k
?e? earaestaess, ari Ma am
taM an tr Mtr fke. Yoa can al
trlea to aoake a good haprtss
stoa. Whatever yoor political af
filiation, yoa have to like tie
"Lake wee* to take aerea tele
phone messoge wUch . had a?
I went hack to the aowspspui
office to write ap hie speech. Oa
the way, I Ut ap a dgsntte with
a "Leaks Like Lake' autkk.
?% made a fa? telle. "
ROAMS THE LAND . ? . BMK
in the ojd days we used to re
ceive in midsummer post oards
sod beautiful folders telling and
showing all about AaheviUe,
Hendersomville, Waynesville, and
other portions of the "Land i of
the Sky."
In short, AsbeviUe area vm
regarded isb topa a* a summer
resort.
But recently when we were
again in the l*nd of the Sky we
asked the manager of one <f the
fine hotels in that section what
hie beat month to. tfe were sir
prised to And it k mm October,
has been for a amber of years,
Thomas Wolfe aaid It, too. Thert
to wnthhn to txaniwre in beauty
with Asksvtts and thereabouts
NEEDED ELSEWHERE .
Democratic big-wigs are already
"running scared" in preparation
tor the General Election next
faU.
While to Washington last week,
they kd4 it on the toe Demo
crats in Nbrth Oamiins sqnesked
by in WO. may have it harddr
to ISM, and need both money
arid dpeefeen.
They were promised both; and
were allowed to keep for their
Party uk to North Carolina ?2S,
000 orlgtoafly raised for national
efforts.
The Republicans -J~e scared,
tao-tltot Charles Jonas will not
run. They fifOre wfcody else can
handle the Democrats.
That is the chief reason he
has had to tarn down a special
tavitattoS fie had previously ac
cepted to tte the chief speaker
at a big Emptoyrtiert Symposium
tor Greensboro to early
This had been set up officially
for September, but when it was
learned that Vice-President John
son could not make it that month,
the tide was moved until later
to the rMr. Sot now the Vice
President is on other special du
ties for the President and the
sngs&iitott tUt been cancelled.
IN JB7T STREAM . . . Raleigh,
to ae many wags, alas, is beeom
tat ? Ml city. As> unofficial
census aoar? and it may buy an
OfflcM oar prior to WTO-^wottld
show the Capital City with oyer
100,000 souls. It can match nufeqr
another city of greater size to
several items too numerous to
mention?.
And now It is setting jets at
the Raleigh-Durham Airport. The
first big one will blow in next
Friday, October U, and then they
will be doming with increasing
regularity? with one-hour service
from Raleigh to New York or to
AOmta.
AtOtt TtEATT APPROVED
A treaty prohibiting nuclear
tests IB the atmosphere, in
space and in the waters of the
earth was passed by a vote of
80 to It
Explosions underground are
permitted so long as there Is no
fallout of radioactive material
outside the testing country.
When Russia and Britain of
ficially ratify the treaty it will
be the first treaty on a point of
fhajor East-West conflict that
the West has been able to work
ant with tha Soviet Union since
IMS.
Mr. A. S. Cooper stands beside the reliable thermometer and
barometer which he checks three times daily in making his
. weather forecasts.
Local Weatherman Says
Forecasting Is Hobby
By CLARK on
"No, I've just about quit payin'
alA !n? S. n iLj^i im ii II 1 1> ,. M
any awCTiion to unrr weainer
stuff," A. S. Cooper, of the Brown
wood community, told me.
"ffamr you know you've not,"
Mrs Cooper said. "You still
check three times a d?y, like al
ways."
Cooper modestly denies his
right to the title of this area's
most dependable amateur wea
ther forecaster. But the tact re
trains that he's hvd to beat when
it comes to picking the right and
witmg times far haying, picnics,
and various other outdoor pro
jects and get-togethers
The thermometer and barome
ter on his {rant porch are check
ed thrice daily, as b the nearby
rain gauge if precipitation has
occurred. Then the readings are
compared with readings from
other nearby sections.
"Comparison with other read
ings is the most important thing,"
Cooper said. "That way, maybe
you can get some iden of how
the air currents are moving, and
if yon know that much it gives
you a basis lor a forecast."
Weather forecasting it purely
a bobby tor Cooper, who has
lived and farmed in Brownwood
for the entirety of his SS years.
But he approaches it with the
Ob*?Wive passion of an ardent
scientist, refusing to let heaven
ly "signs" or the thickness of
tree bait tempt him into toag
raoge predictions.
I "What kind of winter do you
think we'll have?" I asked Coop
er.
"I don't know any more about
that than you d?" he said. "A
[ ?. '?
The House passed by a vote
of 271 to 199 the largest tax ctit
bill in history.
If the Senate passes the mea
sure it holds the prospects of
$100 to $200 more take-home
pay every year for the Majority
of Urt-paying families.
man's lucky if he can make ?
24-hour forecast and have It t*n
out right."
H that'* true, * seems that
Mr. Cooper has been on extra
ordinarily lucky man.
CCfiS* AH8 Offer Cotlraeal
For Adulfs In Fall, Winter !
7
It* AflHMMNI MMMtffc of
Appalachian and Cere Ctoek
Hirfr Schools wM after foor short
courses for aduMe this MB and
The first will be In electric
welding to be Md at (be Cove
Oeek Agricultural Buildtof be
gfeinfew October 11. 7 p.m. The
class wM meet Monday and Wed
nesday nights, three Man par
j *bt tor five week*.
Hie next course wBl be to small
gas engine repair and operation
at COTe Greek to January.
A pesticide course ?B be held
4ft Boone, beginning March L
The fourth course *81 be in
{arm eiecirifloatka at Cove
Creek in February. Mart el the
courses #01 ran dbout I hours
Any pefwm in Watauga County
ore r ? and net enrolled in school
may enroll in these courses A
certificate wffl be awarded (hose
who) successfully complete the
courses
The coat of the course wDl be
the students' share of teaching
w ^ I?1? 1 * ?? U. nAn,
men en aw, wmcn wmi dc very
small.
A minimum of ten must be en
rolled to offer the course and is
Thanks!
The Watauga Hereford Breeders
Association Takes This Opportunity of
Expressing Gratitude to:
Grange Insurance Service, hide Ridge Electric
Membership Corporation, Watauga Feed & Milling
Co., Goodnight Brothers Produce, Brown It Graham
Motor Co., The Northwestern Bank, Greene Furn
iture Co., and the Hereford Barn Restaurant for
their support of the Hereford Show & Sale sched
uled for Saturday, October It.
The Breeders are pleased that these firms have
Indicated that they recogniie the cattle industry as
aa important part of the economy of growing Wa
tauga County
Watauga Hereford
BREEDERS ASSOCIATION
tone course* got more ?an 20
can be taken. Enrollment wfll be
66 <t first come basis.
These desiring to enroB should
contact Jot N. Banner at Boone
or R G. Shipley ?t Core Cree*.
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People rarely dislike inditi
duals who ask them for no
thing, and who go along easily
with the erowd.
VAVT VNFOBM CHANGES
The Navy'* proud chief petty
officers may loae exclusive
rigttt to their distinctive dresa
uniform*.
A boot 1,000 lower ranked
lahor* in the Atlantic and
Pacific fleets will *wap their
traditional bell-bottom trous
ers and Jumpen for a new
Ires* uniform which loefcg tike
? chief* coat-ehlrt-time-and
trouser outfit, except for the
InsigSla.
This 1* ? teat designed to
gauge public acceptance and
enhance prestige among the
lower ranks. W.
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Telephone
Talk
by
W. ft. COOKfc, Jk.
Yow Telephone Manager
THE QUIETEST PLACE ON EARTH is probably a
room it Bell Telephone Laboratories where engineers do
research in the science of acoustics. The walls and ceiling
are lined with wedges of fiberglass to a depth of five feet
The "floor" consists of high strength steel cables strung
under high tension mesh suspended from the walls. This
unique floor is capable of supporting tons of heavy equip
ment. The work done in this strange room will continue
to answer many ol the questions of acoustical scientists
and result in further improvements in telephone service.
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TELE FACTS: There are 41 telephones for every 100
persons in the U. S. In Russia, the ratio is 2 telephones
for every 100 people. Southern Bell easterners can eall
146,000,000 telephones throughout the world.
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IF THERE'S A COLLEGE STUDENT IN YOUR FAM
ILY, he's probably returning to school this month. If he's
typical, be'H arrive at his Alma Mater homesick, and
with a list of thinp ho forgot to bring from home. AO of
which caO for quick communication with the folks. Now,
and all during the school year, fhe quickest, most personal
way to keep in touch with away-from-home students is by
telephone. A warm, family conversation can cure many
ills, including homesickness. And no matter how far be it
from home, the Long Distance rates are low.
ENDS SATURDAY
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