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Senior Citizens Month Being Observed Here The Wetauge County Depart ment of Public Welfare j| Co Operating in the observance of Senior Gitirens Month, stated County Director Of Public Wel fare Dave P. Mast today. Pres ident Johnson has designated May as the month for special emphasis on the needs of aged persons in the state. t Services available for older persons in the County through public welfare include money grants to needy people who meet eligibility requirements under law. In addition there are many non-finaneial sendees available to needy aged persons, Mast said. These services are in addition to public welfare services available to children and the disabled. Jja April there were 224 per sons in Watauga receiving old age assistance. The average monthly grant wag (56.37. Pub lic welfare also has a program of medical services for medi cally indigent aged persons. Family care homes and homes for the aged in North Carolina are licensed by the State Board of Public Welfare. County de partments of pubUc welfare as sist persons in selecting the ap propriate type of home to meet their needs. There are five licensed homes in Watauga County. Public welfare assists older persons in finding the home most suitable to their needs. Other public welfare services in clude oounseling on a wide range of problems, rehabilitative services to help older people retain or regain as much inde pendence in living as possible, referral of aged persons to oth er community resources, and co-operation with other State agencies in improving services to older people. Americans Worry Most London—A well-known Brit ish psychiatrist called Ameri cans “the most worried people in the world.’* Dr. Joshua Bier er said prosperity and women were at the root of most Amer icans’ troubles. ASTC STUDENT CLAIMS LITERARY AWARD—Miss Pamela Lee Jones, center, a freshman from Franklinville, was named winner of the literary award at the Spring Fine Arts Festival at Appalachian State Teachers College. At left is Mrs. Charleen Whisnant of Charlotte, editor of The Red Clay Reader, who was judge and who lec tured at the Festival. At right is Miss Ruby Akers, member of the English faculty of the college and advisor. Miss Jones won the award for a poem “Reflections On A Concrete Wall,” published in Singing Light, the college’s literary annual. Mrs. Rabb To Address SAHA Mrs. Miriam G. Rabb, travel editor for the Travel and Pro motion Division of the State Department of Conservation and Development, will speak in Boone, on Monday, May 16. Mrs. Rabb, a former resident of Watauga County, will be the guest speaker for the spring membership meeting of the Southern Appalachian Histor ical Association, sponsors of the outdoor drama “Horn in the West.” Dr. I. G. Greer, former fac ulty member of Appalachian State Teachers College, is pres ident of the association and will preside at the session which is scheduled for 6:30 p. m. at the Daniel Boone Hotel. Mrs. Babb joined the staff of C & D in 1953 and since that time has occupied a pro minent role in preparing news and feature material promoting the state’s travel opportunities. Mrs. Rabb was publicity dir ector for “Horn in the West" in its first two seasons. France confirms U. S. denied her nuclear fuel. —“--—— - “Each School In Watauga County — REGARDLESS OF WHERE IT IS LO CATED Of The Educational Money.” •'“i-^ * '*'* Is Entitled To Its Fair Share (S' HUGH B. HAGAMAN Board Of Education Democratic Primary May 28 - * h ■I tv. '• .1 ' >•a.. > mj&grSf . »-'f “There is a lively literary movement in North Carolina, an atmosphere of creative tension,” a prominent literary editor claims. Speaking at the Fine Arts Festival at Appalachian State Teachers College, Charleen Whisnant, editor of the Had Clay Reader, the largest publi cation in the South, said that North Carolina has never before had a whole group of first-rate Writers breathing and working simultaneously. Briefly tracing the literary history of North Carolina, Mrs. Whisnant referred to the “new writers, the whole crop of talent that seems to have sprung up in this state in the last couple of growing seasons,” in a lec ture here on Monday, May J. “There are,” she said, “more than a dozen new North Caro lina writers who are all in their late twenties or early thirties, most of whom have already pub lished books with major New York publishers, and several of whom have brought out a'sec ond hovel this year.” The new writers, Mrs. Whis nant, who lives in Charlotte, noted, “are poetic and fluent, with little emphasis on plot, in a fine blend of hipness and stability.” ouumern writers, sne con tended, “have an obsession with the family. Everyone is concern ed with what grandfather was like, and Uncle Joe and Aunt Harriet stories — the family is the crux of the matter," she said. Editor Whlsnant called -the Southern writer “the last fort-, ress of the value of the family,” and attributed this obsession as “an attempt to find identity.” “The writer is concerned,” she continued, “with who. is he.” Contemporary Southern poets, Mrs. Whisnant contended, speak with “straight talk and. a. hot r heart," replacing both earlier writers’ and poets’ interest “more in intellectual games of language than a passionate ex pression of reality.” . “Writing has not always been considered a respectable occu pation in North Carolina.” the editor of the-largest literary publication in Hie South point ed out. Further, she stated, nobody pgld much attention to -North Carolina writers until 1900. The sudden appearance of Thomas Dixon, Paul Green, Carl Sandberg, 0, Henry and Thomas Wolfe, according to Mrs. Whis nant, placed No r t h Carolina writings in national prominence. \ Xn the last two “growing sea sons”, the “major crop” ,of the younger generation includes Reynolds Price,, Heather Ross Milter, Anne Tyler, Pred Chap pell and RomuliiS Llnney, she said. '. * [ Noting that ‘‘perhaps some day we can get Ovid and Chau cer Intravenously,” Mrs.' Whis nant said that “unlike many who believe that boohs will soon be replaced. I think R is by microfilm that writing' is more important today than it ever has been.” The most urgent nged .of our time Is adequate communica tion. she continued, “If ye can never express to one another the truth of ourselves, the pe culiarities, our needs, and our aspirations, then we can begin to construct our peace and ful fillment," she said. Further, she said, “Art is the most effective medium of com munication, taking up where medicine leaves off. Medicine tells us that man thrives best when he is washed, aired, sun ned and sustained by a certain number of calories. Art tells us the nature of that man. “Good writers will give us in sight into ourselves and help us to see the truth of our condi tions,” she concluded. “Good writers- in North Carolina will not be confined in their influ ence. They will sustain our re ligion, keep our memory fresh, and revitalise us in this world.” Local Red Cross Official Cites Blood Needs In War Blood for defense needs, es pecially in Viet Nam, is now being collected through the American National Red Cross, it is announced by Jerry Adams, Blood Program Chairman for the Watauga County chapter. “At the present time, Red Cross Is not being asked to fur nish whole blood for these bat tle areas, but for certain blood fractions made from the plas ma,” Adams said, mentioning particularly gamma gloubin, used to prevent hepatitis, and serum albumin, used to treat shock caused by wounds. “•The- American Red Cross has been asked by the Depart ment of Defense to collect 250, 000 units of blood for these fractions. In our community, this means we will have to in crease our overall blood collec tions by about 10 per cent for the year, or 550 pints,” Adams said. , “We are most anxious to meet these blood needs for defense,” he continued; "and at the same time provide enough blood to take care of the continuing needs of our people in Watauga County. For this reason, we re quest that all who give blood do so without specifically re questing thaf it he used fpr de fense.” Mr. Adams said that the Bed Cross will now be able to take blood from those people who have had infectious hepatitis (jaundice), penicillin riiots and for many other reasons which have caused them to be reject ed in the past. He explained that the plasma from these donors could be used in malting blood fractions needed for de fense. “College students' have been the top honor group, and more than 40,000 units have come from them. In doing this, they have jet an outstanding example of community service. With the need for these blood fractions continuing, every individual, civic and business organization should be guided by their ex ample when the next Red Cross blood collection takes place May 13 at First Baptist Church in Boone," Adams concluded. There are parking facilities behind the church. Marriage Licenses Mariage license were issued to the following: Walter Davis Sessums and Anne Singleton Beers, both re siding in Annandale, Va. William Bay Foran of Ab ingdon, Va. and Greeta Sue Fletcher of Grundy, Va. U. S. offers a formula to non nuclear nations. m Ford Is No, | in soles in the Carollnas. There's gotta bo a reason! There's a whole reft of reason* Luxurious Wo Fords! Swingin' Mustang fun carel Sporty “re invented" Falrlanesl Thrifty Falconet Just decide what you want—Ford builds •Qiafithing for everybody. Prices for everybody, tool 4 ilds ! ppjp — ' r *6 f*r« U*.»* WJOoor HftrdtOP / - 4«- t. ' y; .'"v’" Winkler Motor Company, Inc DEPOT HOWARD STS. — Derier License N«. 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