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World War I Vets w. N. Knight, State Adjutant, Veterans of World War lr an nounces that Jade Branch, Senior Vice Commander, De partment of North- Carolina, Veterans of World War I, will be the principal speaker at a rally of World War I veterans in the Watauga County Court house, Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. ■ . Knight' said that letters have gone to all veterans of World War I in Watauga and sur rounding .counties relative to the gathering. He pointed out that a hearing was held by the full committee on Veterans Affairs on March 24, at which time the National Commander and his legislative staff appeared and . • • :• " i • presented their legislation for the non-senrice-eonnected vete rans. Knight 1 added, “Indications are that progress has been made in securing move benefits for this, group at this, session of the Congress. With social security benefits depriving many of our aging veterans from realizing ! their fill] pensions, it is felt that same income limitations will be lifted whereby a number of our veterans may be able to realize these additional benefits.” All World War I veterans in Watauga and surrounding coun 1 ties . are urged to attend this meeting. The wives of these veterans are invited as well as widows of all WWl veterans. Voters ’ Service ihe voters of North Carolina will, in the 1966 primaries and general election, nominate and elect the following officers: One U. S. Congressmen, 5 N. C. Supreme Court Justices, 15 Vestal Elected Head Of Area Conservation Paul J. Vestal of Moravian Falls was elected president of the Northwest Area Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts at the Spring meeting held at Little Mountain Grange Hall on March 15. The Northwest Area Associ ation is made up of the ten northwesternmost counties in the state. Mr. Vestal is chairman of the Wilkes District Board of Super visors, and has served as a sup ervisor for a number of years. Other officers elected were: vice-president, A. C. Moretz, of the Watauga District; and Tho mas Brown, of the Surry Dis trict, secretary-treasurer. George B. Collins, second vice-president of the State As sociation, gave an interesting report on the actions being init iated and carried out in the state. Other reports were giv en by H. A, Smitl} and Bill Austjn. ' ' . ' Superior Court Judges, 17 Dis trict Court Judges, 21 Superior Court Solicitors, 50 State Sena tors and 120 State Representa tives. March 18 was the official deadline by which candidates must have filed for U. S. Sena tor, U. S. Congressman, N. C. Supreme Court Justice, Super ior Court Judge, Superior Court Solicitor and District Judge. The voters of Watauga Coun ty additionally will nominate and elect three County Com missioners, a sheriff and a Clerk of Court; and Board of Education members (nomina tions only). Noon, April 15, is the dead line by which candidates for State Senator, State Represen tative and county offices must file with their County Board of Elections. Candidates for these offices are required to file in the county of their residence. All prospective candidates are cautioned to file promptly so as not to run the risk of being “closed out” as required by law. (This column is by the Voters Service Committee of the lea gue of Women Voters of Boone. Additional information may be obtained by phoning Mrs. Carl Bredow, evenings, 264-2958.) For two years, Chester R. Fraley of Route 1, Vilas, has been a salesman with Farmers Hardware in Boone. He retired from the U. S. Air Force in 1962 after 21 years service. He married the former Mary Francis Harmon of Boone and they have three children: Diane, who celebrated her 18th birthday last week; Judy, 15; and Michael, 8. Fraley, who attends Brushy Fork Baptist Church with his family, was reared at Morehead, in Eastern Kentucky. (Saff photo) Dr. Tedford New President N. C. Speech Association Dr. Thomas L. Tedford is the new president of the North Carolina Speech Association. He was chosen at the Associa tion’s spring meeting on the Wake Forest campus March 12. Tedford, chairman of the ASTC Speech Department, said the NCSA is open to all high school and college speech teach ers in North Carolina. The or ganization is rapidly growing because of its recent approval by the North Carolina Depart ment of Education, and the. certification of speech teachers. The demand of speech teach ers in North Carolina is increas ing and, as of now, the demand exceeds the supply. This situa tion exists mainly because of increased emphasis in this area by the Speech Association. Tedford says the association meets as an business organiza tion in which they talk over problems and share ideas. Oswald rifle and pistol ruled property of U. S. BY HARVEY J. MILLER , Rt. 1, Relief, N. C. | The writer is under the j weather bitten by the flu bug and it looked a little doubtful that we would even get a column out this week but when cousin France Miller dropped in to tell his latest stories what J he had observed about the ani mal life in his-neck-of-the-woods we thought that we would try to get his story anyway. He is a self learned naturalist. He came meandering o’er hill and dale from his home at Rock Creek (Mitchell County) a sec tion 5 miles away from here. He said that he had been rather busy of late building another wooden bridge over the very wide stream of Rock Creek that always stays tumidity. He is re placing the bridge that was completely washed away by the flood late last fall. This is his third bridge that he has built since he has lived there for last five years. But he said that he was building this bridge five feet higher than of any bridge that had ever been built and he could tell by the water marks on the rocks at the place where he is buildilng the new bridge that it is six feet higher than the water has ever been at that new location. Since his bridge has been washed out he has been travel ing across the creek in a little canoe type boat that he bor rowed from a neighbor who lives on up the creek. But he never could propel the boat with a paddle probably due to such swiftness of the stream or hidden “suck-holes.” How ever, he worked out a little de vice that proved to be very good. He stretched a heavy wire across the stream fastened to big locust posts on each side of the creek and he someway fitted a hook on the wire which was also made out of wire too and with this hook he pulled the boat back and forth across the creek but it is hard on his hands even if did have gloves on and of course still much harder to pull if the boat was loaded with a big load. He showed the marks of wear in the palm of his hands. But his special story this time was about a large doe deer that he watched with great interest on two occasions doing its stunts right out in the water up above its knees. He said on Monday of last week while working on the bridge he happened to look down the stream about 100 YOUR INSURANCE AGENCY OF PERSONAL SERVICE See Us For David Spainhour —- k FIRE - AUTO - LIFE HOMEOWNERS - LIABILITY Boone Insurance Agency, Inc. Professional Bldg., 210 W. King, Boone—AM 4-8732 yards away and he discovered the deer standing far out in the stream. So he began to walk down the bank of the creek where he could get a closer view of the deer. He found it look ing right straight down close to the water and it would bob its head up and down like it was playing with something. Upon closer investigation he dis covered that the deer was really playing with the horny head fish that is plentiful in Rock Creek. The very next day he seen the deer again playing with the fish not far from where he first seen it. There is a little island just in the back ground where he seen the deer and it may be a haven for the doe dear for next few weeks and where a , little fawn might soon be ramb ling around on this island which is a good hiding place for at ! least a bear too. ' T't France MUler always has got ' good stories to tell. He is called by most people here by the name of blackberry John. He was named that because aboutr 30 years ago he made a run of ’ blackberry wine and got tanked upon it a little bit to high But" he couldn’t talk level headed. Blackberry John ended up his story about the deer by saying . —that was fine about the deer playing with the horny-head fish so that it don’t get to rough and hurt some of them. Savings On Spring Fashion Fabrics! DRESS PRINTS 49c to 1.29 yd. Percale—Full Size Sheets-$1.50 Perma-Press Fabrics Bonded Fabrics Zippers — Buttons — Hooks — Thread — Belting By-Pass Fabric Shop Just Off 105 on By-Pass to 421 West 1 Dresses by o in half sizes THE MOST SUCCESSFUL loAtaiduiamlunt ALWAYS ENDS AT HUNT’S We Have the Most Complete Selection of Apparel for the Entire Family We’ve Ever Shown . . . All Designed with Your Easter in Mind! Women’s Easter Dresses and 2 and 3 pc. Suits JOHNNYE JR. MR. 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