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A RECREATION AREA is being created for a men’s dormitory being constructed near Conrad Stadium on the AS U campus. When the ravine is filled in, additional space will also be provided for parking during football games. The campus pond (background) will not be covered at the present time. ($taff photo) Blevins Creek Man Named To Board Manpower Group Walter Vance, resident of the Blevins Creek community in Avery county and a member of the Board of Directors of WAMY Community Action, has Medicare Facts The next general enrollment period for Supplementary Med ical Insurance will begin Oct ober 1 and continue through Dec ember 31, 1967. If you failed to sign in your first enrollment period you may enroll in the last three months of 1967. Persons who are under 65 are not entitled to Medicare un der Social Security. The Medi al* care program covers only those t who are. at least 65 ,yeaES. I 4 * * * * ^ If you are 65 and still work 4 ing you should check with your ■ employer to see what medical insurance you have while you work. * * * * You must sign for Medicare even though you are still em ployed if you want the health insurance provided by Social Security when you are 65 years old. been named to serve on the 24-man Board of Directors of the newly-formed North Caro lina Manpower Development Corporation. The Manpower Development Corporation is an experimental program developed by the Na tional Association of Manufac turers and the North Carolina Fund that will work with in dustries in the state to demon strate new ways of solving un employment and underemploy ment problems. Vance, who was a leader in his community’s successful project to install a community water system, has been working in community improvement pro jects for several years, and has served as a WAMY Board member for two years. He has also been interested in developing small community industries that would bring good jobs into small rural communi ties like Blevins Creek. As a director of the new corporation, he will work not only with job training problems, but also with experimental pro grams that seek to solve the problems that usually go along with unemployment, such as housing, transportation and education. The manpower project will also experiment with using com puters to match newly-trained persons with job openings in the state. The manpower project is in tended to be a model for other parts of the country. A Cali fornia project has already been patterned after the North Caro lina model. In announcing Vance’s ap pointment, WAMY Director Ernest Eppley said, “I have worked with Walter Vance for three years now, and he is a man who both understands the needs of unemployed and under employed people, and under stands how to get things done. Iam sure he will mak a valuabl contribution to this new and im portant project.” Eppley is a member of the six-man steering committee which has done much of the planning for the new cor poration. Labor Day Has Schedules At Planetarium Chapel Hill—The Labor Day weekend schedule of programs has just been announced by Morehead Planetarium Di rector A. F. Jenzano. The current presentation at the Planetarium is “Three to the Moon”, the story of NASA's Project Apollo. Jenzano said it will be given Friday, Sep tember 1 at 11 a.m., 3 and 8:30 p.m.; Saturday at 11 a.m., 1, 3, 4 and 8:30 p.m.; Sunday at 2, 3, 4 and 8:30 pjn. and Labor Day, Monday, at 11 ajn., 3 and 8:30 p.m. Beginning Tuesday, Septem ber 5, the Planetarium will revert to its academic year programming schedule offering public programs each evening and throughout the day on Sat urdays and Sundays. School groups may make res ervations to see special graded programs offered during the ^ daytime on Wednesdays, Thurs days and Fridays. School of ficials may obtain complete schedules of the graded school programs offered by writing to: School Program Secretary, Morehead Planetarium, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514. THE LUCKY * WINNER OF LOWE’S “DREAM HOUSE” CONTEST MR. CHARLEY PHELPS Miller's Fork, Wayne County, West Virginia Shown here—Mr Charley Phelps (extreme right), of Millers Fork, Wayne County, near Huntington, West Virginia WINNER OF LOWE'S "DREAM HOUSE" CON TEST' Other happy members of his family pictured are Laura and Marjorie Phelps, his sisters, and Mr Okey Euwmg Phelps, his father "I didn't think this could happen to me," Charley said after being informed he was the big winner. "I have always had to work hard and it doesn't seem possible that this could happen to me1" "Can you believe it—me winning that house?" Mr. Phelps plans to buy a new farm in a better location for the family with the winning money. He is employed by Owens-Illinois Glass Company in Huntington All members of the Phelps family were completely thrilled and have been on "cloud nine" ever since they were announced as winners. The girls say they had to stay up half the night with Charley to get him settled enough to go to bed. Shown next to Mr. Phelps is Mr. Glen Payne, manager of Lowe's Huntington store H ■ m *** 1968 Automobiles Are Readied For Expected Zooming Sales In Detroit, where the seasons refer to automobiles as much as to the weather, the telltale signs of fall are fast approaching. In one nine-day period between September 14 and September 22 the nation’s Big Four auto makers will begin selling their new models, but already the ten sion is building with preview showings. This isn’t going to be an ordinary season. To condition themselves for the new season they began model changeovers earlier than in most years, and their introduct ion of the 1968 models is sched uled to be the earliest in the past few years. They have also cleared the road to one of the biggest ob structions to sales, the safety problem. Most automakers now have met the safety standards demanded by federal author ities. The advertisements are pre pared and mailed. The promo tional hoopla is all cleared for use. The new models are clang ing from production lines. The dealers are standing smugly confident beside the new canvas shrouded models. And millions of customers are ready to make deals. The one thing that sends a chill down thefastbackof the in dustry is the possibility of a strike, a very real possibility this year against at least one of the big three-General Motors, Chrysler, Ford. Negotiations for a new con tract are now under way, but a strike deadline of Sept. 6 is ap proaching fast. Barring a strike, the experts say sales could exceed nine mil lion cars, imports included. This would be an improvement of about 500,000 cars, but the domestic makers might get a larger share of this increase at the expense of imports. These are the plus factors that auto makers count on the lift sales: Dealer inventories of old cars are lower than they were at this time a year ago. There is less of a backlog of 1967 models to be sold off. Safety features, the absence of which might have caused some customers to postpone buying 1967 models, are instal led on most of this year's cars. For the time being, that pro blem is licked. Foreign competition in the U.S. market might not be as severe this year because some foreign makers are finding it more expensive to adapt to the new safety standards. People are loaded with cash this year, having saved as much as 6.5 percent of their take home pay through much of the year. This is a very high rate and leaves potential customers very capable of buying. The clouds in the new season include higher prices, perhaps about $100 to $150 a car; the lack of marked model changes; the threat of an income surtax; and the subtraction from cus tomer lists of those who bought late 1967 models to av oid price increases. It is debatable, of course, as to whether the number of cus tomers who have delayed pur^" chases cancels out, exceeds or falls short of the number who bought early to beat price in creases. Extra excitement this year is added by the comeback attempt of American Motors, a company now living on borrowed cash, VIETNAM’S VOLUNTEERS During the last three years, which ended June 31 this year, more than 100,000 men have volunteered for duty in Vietnam. The volunteering rate in the first half of 1967 has averaged be “The Best Investment On Earth Is Part Of It” “The Little Office with the Big Acreages99 JUNCTION 105 & 321 1050 ACRES. Avery County near lots of activity. Tim ber. Plenty water and beautiful views. Very high elevation. 63 ACRE FARM. Good house. 2 barns. .5 tobacco. Gently rolling on paved road, 5 miles out. Wonder ful buy. EXCELLENT HOUSE, 20 acres. Some timber. On 421 East. A good buy 255 BEAUTIFUL HIGH ELEVATION MOUNTAIN ACRES. $56.81 per acre. Good terms. 3,000 ACRES TRACT. Plenty timber Buildings and water. Near to Blue Ridge Parkway $65.00 per acre Good terms. APARTMENT HOUSE FOR SALE. Very close to Ap palachian University. WE NEED 3 AND 4 BEDROOM HOUSES in good loca tions for quick sale. 50 ACRES. Fair house Overlooking Beech Mountain, Roan Mountain Located on the Ifump. Excellent for development ACREAGE TRACTS on the Mighty Beech Mouutain. “Where the action is “ SPECTACULAR DEVELOPMENT VIEW TRACT near Aho and Parkway 2 BEDROOMAND BATH, HEATED HOUSE. Close in, Blowing Rock. Reasonable. NEW 3-BEDROOM AND BATH HOUSE. Close in Fire place. $7,700 40 ACRES just off 321 west. Beautiful views, plenty water, accessible 243 ACRES. House, native trout stream, wonderful views. High and cool Less than $100 per acre 1,100 ACRE TRACT, most beautiful available. 5,000 feet elevation, truly a money making investors dream at $99.00 per acre. Excellent easy terms. Northwest Realty BOX 301 — JUNCTION 105 & 331 TELEPHONES: Boone—264 9059 and 264 8688 Blowing Rock—295-7766 - Banner Elk—898-5850 ) the good will of banks and the calculated hope that their new models, introduced Tuesday, will catch on. American is by most meas ures one of the largest compa nies in America. But measured against the Big Three automo tive giants—GM, Ford, Chrys ler—it is a pygmie. Measured in profits, Ameri can is less than small. In the nine months that ended June 30 the company reported losses at $42.7 million. It hopes that by increasing sales to 300,000 cars from 250,000—by enlarging its share of the market to nearly 4 per cent from 3 per cent—it can turn this loss to a profit. And so the new season beings, accompanied by schooldays, the World Series, football games, falling leaves and new cars. Ex citement is in the air. Year Around Cottage For Rent or Sale Large Building Sites For Sale, Easy Terms. Located Approximately 15 Miles From Boone For Information And Reservations Write DOT G. WELLS, WINDIACRES, FLEETWOOD, N. C. Phone 919-877-2698 Have you heard? the famous SIEGLER Mark III is now available for OIL! Not a furnace—not a heater— A revolutionary, new multi room heating system without costly pipes and registers! Pours filtered floor level heat out the front, back and both sides. Duct kits pipe the heat to adjoining rooms at the side and rear. So com pletely automatic that a convenient wall thermo stat lets you dial your heating comfort. Amazing comfort, economy and beauty! Deluxe wood grain walnut vinyl finish. Step up to the finest in heating comfort with a new Siegler Oil Mark III! LIMITED TIME ONLY! 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