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Says Any Qualified Person Can Enter College—No Cash The day has arrived when] any qualified person without a nickel in his pocket can go to college, says Dr. Howard B. Boozer, director of the North Carolina Board of Higher Edu cation. The gateway for this oppor tunity was opened last Novem ber 8 when President Johnson signed the Higher Education Act of 1965. Titel IV erf the Act provides for student assistance in three main ways: (1) scholarship grants, (2) guaranteed reduced interest loans and (3) part time jobs. By taking advantage of one or more of these benefits, an eligible person can meet ex penses at nearly any college. Their availability marks a major advance in the American dream of equality of opportun ity. The benefits are not “hand outs,” however. The Govern ment plays the role of the bene factor who offers help on the propositional basis: “want it— earn it.” How, then, does the person wanting college go about earn ing it? Dr. Boozer describes the pro cedure in North Carolina. Inquiries concerning student assistance should be made of the financial aid officer of the college which one attends or wishes to attend. As the processing agent of applications for assistance at his institution, the financial aid officer is the pivot man for working out required details. It is unnecessary to contact other persons or agencies about the assistance program, -says Dr. Boozer. All college financ ial aid officers should have complete information. Specific facts about the three kinds of assistance available: Scholarship Grants Annual scholarships, called educational opportunity grants, range from $200 to $1,000 a year. They will be available this fall. The only criteria for eligibility are need and ability as judged by the institutions. Loans The student loan program guarantees low-interest loans up to $1,000 a year for under graduates and $1,500 for gradu ate students of parents whose adjusted annual income (based on size of family) is less than $15,000. It aims at helping youngsters from middle and upper-middle income families who increasingly are feeling the squeeze of rising education al costs. Loans are available now. Part-time Jobs “Work-while-you-learn” jobs (work-study program) pay stu dents a basic rate of $1.25 an hour but can go up for highly specialized work. The average earning a year is $500. All needy students are eligi ble, not just those from low-in come ($3,000 a year or less) families as was formerly the case. Students from the low-in come families will still be given first preference to jobs, how ever. Jobs are available now at most institutions. Students may work up to 15 hours a week while attending college full time, and during the summer they may work full time on a 40-hour week basis. Work may be either for the college or for an approved off campus non-profit agency. Twenty-four colleges in the state have signed letters of in tent to work with the Welfare Department as a coordinator. Approximately 200 students have applied through the Wel fare Department for summer work. Over 123 kinds of jobs have been identified as avail able. Local agencies desiring to employ students should contact T. A. Guiton through the North Carolina Welfare Department, Raleigh. Loan Forgiveness Part D of Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 amends the National Defense Education Act of 1958 to pro vide a “forgiveness” increase to 15 per cent a year for each year in which a student bor rower teaches in a “hardship” elementary or secondary school. This means that a teacher can clear his whole obligation to the NDEA loan program with out repayment by teaching for seven years in a school desig nated by the U. S. Commission er of Education as having a high concentration of students from poverty-stricken families. All benefits of the student assistance provision of the Higher Education Act of 1965 add up to one point: money no longer is a stumbling block to a person who wants to go to college. Southern Bell Plans Record Spending Southern Bell Telephone Company today announced that it plans to spend a record $46 million in 1966 to provide more and better telephone service to North Carolina. “This level of capital spend ing would be about $3 million more than was spent in 1965, a record year in itself,” said John J. Ryan, vice president and gen eral manager for North Caro lina. “This will be the fifth con secutive year that our expend itures have increased to a new high level,” Ryan said. “This reflects the continuous growth and progress of North Caro lina,” he added. “Telephone demand throughout the state continues heavy, requiring very heavy capital investments for the present and future and earn ings that will support the rais ing of the necessary capital.” He said the $46 million to be spent in 1966 would "help stim ulate and support North Caro lina’s economic progress as well as provide the telephone ser vice that aids any economy.” Southern Bell serves 881,117 telephones in North Carolina now and expects to serve 933, 117 by the end of 1966. Of the $46 million, Ryan said, about $14 million is expected to be spent for new central office equipment, $3.7 million for land and new or enlarged buildings, and $27 million for cables, poles and supplies for outside plant. “These are the things people can easily see and appreciate,” Ryan noted, “but much of our expenditure will go into things not so noticeable which will im prove and expand telephone service, such as improvement of transmission and switching reliability.” GIORGIO CIOMPI, guest artist and violin soloist, perforins during concert by the North Carolina Little Symphony. The Little Symphony, under the direction of Benjamin Swalin, performed on the Lees-McRae Col lege camjius. The performance was received by an appreciative audience. DevelopmentPlansPorNorthwest JL ' «s?at?Trrrc*nn-*3r~?' • N. C. Discussed By Association The Travel and Recreation divisions of the Northwest N. C. Development Association, with Mrs. Doris Potter as chairman, met at the Elk’s Club in North Wilkesboro March 2 to discuss plans for development of the various areas in this part of North Carolina. \ Watauga County and the Chamber of Commerce were represented by Randy Phillips, Bill Shepherd and Col. Clyde C. Miller. Personnel from 11 counties were there and took part in the discussion. A working committee rep resenting all counties will furn ish an inventory of what recrea tional and historical sites are present in communities of each county and will arrange publica tion of the information. One of the focal points of the committee’s work in Wa tauga will be Meat Camp: To locate, mark and publicize the early pioneer camp that gave the name to the community. It was in this hunters’ camp that provisions were cached for traveling hunters. Methodists should be interest ed in the location of the Jack son Meeting House, where Methodism in this area was born and Bishop Henry once preach ed. In everyday operation Is one of the old pioneer water-oper ated milis, Winebarger Mill on Meat Camp Creek, where corn, wheat, rye and buckwheat pro ducts are produced daily. The survey Is expected to re veal how many old-time country stores there are in this town ship. Reports from each township and community in such matters are solicited by the Chamber of Commerce at 617 E. King St., Boone, 264-2225. All informa tion will be appreciated. SO UGHI! PET. COTTAGE CHEESE 2 delicious kinds — Regular and Garden Salad. Pet, you bet! CARDEN SAJ^ MmunZED-Ctf^rf cottage cHE™ Distaff Deeds BY JANICE K. CHRISTENSEN Antique Own Furniture Lots of trunks and old furn iture are coming out of the attics in Ashe County since Home Demonstration Club wo men learned to do over old trunks and to antique their own furniture. ■ Mrs. Glenn Little of Jeffer son found this a wonderful way to fill in the long days when she was snowed in. She has done over an old trunk, picture frame, radio table, thread case, and coffee mill, Mrs. Jane Dav idson, home economics exten sion agent, reports. Another club member says, “This is the first time in my life I wished I owned more old furniture, so I could antique it." Home Tailoring Jemima James, Hunnicutt Ave., Elizabeth City, continues to use information she learned in an Extension tailoring work shop several years ago, Mrs. Elsie Whaley, extension home economics agent, Pasquotank County, observes. At present, Miss James is r tailoring a full length coat to match a skirt she made. She has tailored three suits this winter. Adopt Korean Child Lincoln County Home Dem onstration Club members have adopted a Korean child, An Woon Ja, Extension home ec onomics agents, report club members will pay about $200 a year for her support This will be used for clothing, bedding, grooming and health supplies, and ' $8 a month spending money. “An Woon Ja seems to be an intelligent, attractive, and en thusiastic girl,” her adopted mothers report. They plan to correspond with her throughout the year. Keep Rugs in Place The best time to avoid acci dents is before they happen. To keep small scatter rugs from sliding, Mrs, Margaret Love, as sistant home economics exten sion agent, Onslow County, sug gests you baste or tape pieces of foam ribber or rubber jar rings on the wrong side of the rug at all primers. rar-l mm a cm LATELY? BETTER HAVE YOUR WHEEL ALIGNMENT | CHECKED AND PREVENT / EXPENSIVE TIRE WEAR . M oul Vhuiifai HUNTER LITE-A-LINE EQUIPMENT! Even the best drivers scrape a curb new and then . . . maybe you have toe! It doesn't always take a real hard iolt to misalign wheels enough to cause unnecessary, costly wear that can cut tire mileage in half. You'H enjoy driving more, too! Why chance it? Vance Recapping Co. Vtijjt-Ji N. Depot St. — Boone, N. C. a - . HUNTER • Aulmged yjig Soviet SALE OF DELUXE MODEL CLEANERS Don’t let these prices fool you! These are not economy line models ... they’re General Electric top-of-the-line, with quality built into every inch of them. Made to serve you better .. . longer. The kind of Appliance you buy once in a generation . . . now at once-in-a-lifetime prices! UPRIGHT CLEANER MODEL U-5 | • Converts to attachment cleaning in seconds— no adapters required • Deluxe set of • attachments an optional extra | ONLY *47” With the Optional Attachments It’s Like Having Two Cleaners . . , but You Need Closet Space for Only (hie! 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