I CHAMBER OF COMMERCE REPORTS 1
Boone, Blowing Rock To Join
In Providing Weather Readings
' J, . ? -
Weather Krprttm M li>
A real break 6a* come our way.
After cooskferafcte grand work,
the United States Weather Bureau
H. W. WILCOX
at Raleigh-Dur
ham airport
will work witli
us tin winter
and next sum
mer to hav?
our weather
qperauotn of the
niwlag loci
an Looge ana Hound Bars Ski
Lodge, the Bma mi Itlnyrsrg
Rock Chambers rwitl ?eambie the
weather statistics during the win
ter months and furnish them to
the Weather Bureau at Raleigh,
who, in torn, will furntoh the in
formation to (fee television, radio
stations, newspapers. Associated
and United 'Press throughout
North and South Carolina.
The information wffl be avail
able for any news media to pick
up anywhere is the United States.
This will prove a great boost to
our "winter apmts."
Chambers To mbltsh
Information
The Boone and Blowing Rock
Chambers will pool their Te
sources to psblieh a Cltmato
knjical Summary of our local
weather, including the Means,
Extremes of the temperature,
snow and sleet conditions through
out the year, as well as several
previous years.
The 'Raleigh Weather Bureau
?wall assemble the taforttrtation,
and our two Chambers /will pub
lish it an an attractive informa
tion sheet which will be used by
the two Chamber* as well as the
U. S. Weather Bureau to Worm
everyone concerned. The sheet
will also carry a story of the cli
mate, terrain, elevation and other
important information about our
area.
It is our expectation to make
this same information available
during the auiWRMr msnttw to
:
boo* our toariat tuskmss. Ttus
u 's.'w^
ther Suraau af mm own.
MomNt, Nowtnber 2S, will see
our bur ley rtim murtirt oten
tag, with what looks Hke a raourd
beginning. Warehousemen say all
floor* w?H be fuM. Hie market
could wall Mil five miUica pounds,
and ooukl mean at least
throe million dollars paid to the
growe r?.
^tttfe^inner
Scholarship
' Samuel D. Sink, ton of Mr.
and Mrs. Woodford G. Sink,
301 Hlllcrest Circle, Boone, ia
ane af 41 Wittenberg Univer
sity freshmen who have been
awarded Wittenberg Alumni
Honor Scholarships.
The scholarships are renaw
able for four yasrs if the recipi
ents maintain an academic aver
age of 2.8 (3.0 is "B"). The
scholarships ara awarded each
year to a group of outstanding
freshmen.
Stipends of the awards rang*
from $100 to $1,300 this year,
the Individual amount depend
ing upon financial need.
Students ara awarded Alum
ni Honor Scholarships en the
basis of superior high school
records, future academic pro
mise, character, personality,
leadership qualities, potential
for future success, finsncial
need, and significant contribu
tions made in the chosen field
of sMVfce.
The awards are made possible
eaeh year by contributions of
Wittenberg alumni through
the annual Alumni Fund. In
come from the campaigns is
used to provide scholarships
for worthy students and to in
creaae faculty salaries. A num
ber of alumni grants-in-aid are
also sponsored each year
through the Alumni Fund. In
the past 13 years alumni have
contributed $1,117,557 to the
Alumni Fund for the scholar
ships and faculty salary increas
es.- ? ? ? ' ? ? -- -??? ? ?
I can recall 4m thrill experienc
ed ?M stuirtnc our irat mar
ket _ We persuaded a tetdiqf ?p
W? company to agree to |M
us buyers. I can ateo retnetriber
thoae who aaid, "You are buttnj
xmr baad against a atone snaJL"
referring to our efforts la estab
lish the market It nmr pay* to
take "no" for as tarn ia your
i t*rsi worts
Wireworms In
Randolph Co.
Ashab?*o? t*4ol#h Cwmty
tokaceo grower i have probably
had more damage from wire
worms on newly transplanted
tobacco In 1982 than In aeveral
yean.
The reaaon for tfclt auddan
increase in wirevann damage
is unexplainable, aaya associate
agricultural agea* Douglaa
Young
"Bat up to Wt we are rath
ar aure that we 4o not have
wireworme that are reaiataat to
the commonly applied insecti
cides," Young added. "In laet,
aQ of dur growers who uaad
Vets Dinner
Held Friday
Ferty-five Mid Auxih
afjr members of Wataagi Post
No. 130 and their families en
joyed a Veterans' Day covered
diah dinner at the Legion Hut
Nov. IS at 6:30.
An interesting program on
foreign travels was given by
Mr. Edwin Dougherty, protto
?or at ASTC, and Mayor Wade
E. Brown, who also showed pic
tures taken on his recent tour
of Europe.
ctUordane tn the transplant
water have successfully avoid
ed heavy damages caused by
wireworma."
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ing Pepsi matches modern activities ...the think-young life I Pepsi's
sparkling-clean taste is never too sweet. Nothing drenches your
thirst tike a cold, inviting Pepsi. Think young-say "Pepsi, pleasel"
Botttled by repri-CoU Battling Co., SfnM PtM, N.'c.
Vmter AOMtaUnent from Pead-CaU Comowrr, N? York. N.. T.
To grow it profitably, you
need a healthy, robut plant
with vigorous leaf growth. It
mutt develop full, well-shaped
leave* from top to bottom . . .
and it must grow a stalk that
can nurture and feed the
leaves to maturity.
John and his family are long-Ume residents of this area ,
and he has been associated with the petroleum business
for several years.