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WATAUGA DEMOCRAT ELECTION SERVICE Duties Voting Officials Told; Registrars Are Listed Elections in Watauga County are conducted and supervised, as in all counties in North Carolina, by a three-man county election board. These men are appointed by the State Board of Elections from names sub mitted by leaders of the po litical parties in each county. In Watauga, J. D. Winebarger serves as chairman and Stacy Eggers and John Bingham com plete the board. According to state election laws no member of the county board may be a candidate for public office while he serves on the board. For their services, board members are remunerated at the rate of $15 a day for the days they preform their duties. The county commissioners may pay the chairman of the board at a higher rate. All funds for payment of election officials come from the countys’General Fund. The board meets nine Satur days before the primary elec tion in order to be sworn into office and elect a chairman. A regular meeting is held two weeks later to appoint precinct officials. The chairman may call a meeting at any time. Among the duties of the board are to appoint precinct officials, board clerks and ballot count ers; to investigate irregulari ties in election proceedings; to establish and redefine elec tion precincts; to review petitions and nominating papers; to have ballots and sample bal-’ lots printed; to publicize elec tions; and to prepare an election budget for submission to the County Board of Commission ers. They may also call for a new registration of voters at any time and they must pass on all civilian absentee ballots. Each precinct has its own officials as prescribed by law and appointed by the county board. A registrar and two judges are appointed for each pollii^ place. In addition, other neces sary assistants may be appoint ed to help on election day. These appointments are made from a list submitted to the board by the county party chair men and are good for two years. Registrars are paid $15 a day for their work on election day and judges receive $10. They are also paid for each day they attend meetings called by the county chairman. News Items From Trade Recent visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Miller and Mr. Will Wallace have been Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rash, Mr. and Mrs. Mack Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Garland and son Don ald, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bum gardner, Mrs. Andy Price and son Jeffrey of Trade, Mr. and Mrs. BillMcGlameryofShouns, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Greene and son Larry of West Jeffer son and Mr. Albert Miller of Meat Camp. Mr. Lane Thomas underwent surgery recently at Memorial Hospital, Johnson City, Tenn. Mrs. Ted Welch and daugh ter Katrina of Trade and Mia* MaryiUester of Zioptfile visit ed Monday at Banner Elk. Mr. Bayes Mast spent several days at Blowing Rock Hospital, Blowing Rock. Mrs. Ernest Rash is a pa tient at Baptist Hospital, Win ston-Salem. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Os borne and Mrs. Delmer Mock visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Grey Johnson and Misses Sallie Louise Thomas and Ethel Haymes in Hickory. Mrs. Jean May recently spent several days with rela tives at West Palm Beach, Fla. Mr. Arlie Mains underwent surgery at Watauga Hospital, Boone, last week. Mr. Edd Bumgardner of West Palm Beach, Fla. is visitir* Miss Lula Bumgardner, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Snyder, Rev. and Mrs. Glenn South and other relatives here for several days. The Best in Service for Your Car ... Trust to us for reliable ser vice at all times. You’ll definitely appreciate the difference. Now Owned and Operated by Janies Winebarger Lane Johnson BUN08 TUNE-UP BRAKE SERVICE COMPLETE LUBRICATION DAYTON TIRES ZIONYTLLE SERVICE UJS. Highway 421 ■t ZJonvUIe, N. C. Mrs. Clint Thomas is im proving at her home after a long illness. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Scott of Beaver Dam visited Wednesday with Mrs. Delmer Mock and Mrs. Herman Osborne. Mrs. Raymond Warren and Mrs. Jay Chappell of Mountain City, Tenn., Mrs. EarleenBum gardner and Miss Lula Bum gardner of Trade, Rev. Virgil Booher of Mountain City, Rev. Richard Hale of Bristol and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wilson and children of Hudson visited recently with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wilson. djefrostinq pays * Orie Surry County homemakeV reports her freezer is opera ting much better and keeping cooler temperatures since she defrosted it. This may explain why some homemakers prefer a frost free freezer; they have no wor ries about maintaining the zero degree storage temperature that is a must for proper frozen food storage. “It also explains why de frosting an ordinary freezer annually is so important,” adds Mrs. Lydia R. Taylor, assistant home economics Extension agent, Surry County. The registrar is responsible for registering citizens who wish to vote. One judge must maintain the poll books with the names of all voters regis tered to vote at that precinct. These officials are required to conduct the elections in an orderly manner. Assistants may be appointed to help precinct officials if deemed necessary. Usual guides for appointing assistants are use of voting machines and the number of people registered to vote in a particular precinct. Watauga County uses no voting machines. The following are registrars for Watauga County voting pre cincts: John Ragan (Bald Moun tain), Tracy Bartlet (Beaver Dam), Daniel Klutz (Blowing Rock), Rodney Greene (Blue Ridge), Jewell Mast (Boone), Bennie Baird (Brushy Fork), Jack Henson (Cove Creek), Glenn Triplett (Elk), Doughton Tester (Laurel Creek), Tom Councill (New River), Walter South (North Fork), Joe Burkett (Meat Camp #1), Ron Ragan (Meat Camp #2), Ed Chapell <5hawneehaw), William Moretz (Stony Fork), and Arlie Hodges (Watauga). tach party and each inde pendent candidate may have two watchers at each precinct to observe the conduct of the elec tion. These watchers are ap pointed by county party chair men and must be approved by the precinct registrar and jud ges. The registrar and judges may reject any watcher for any good reason and another may be appointed. Chairman Winebar ger noted previously that county Democrats seldom have watch ers located at the polling pre cincts. The local election board of fice is located in the county jail since the court house is not complete. Those interested in registering may goto the regis trar of their respective pre cincts. ^ DE™URED •* Depot Street-Faculty Street intersection as construction on the Faculty Street improvement and widening continues. The road will be widened to the right in this picture taking some 15 feet off the front of the warehouse on the right, according to the WorkHer at ‘ Road •<«". He said that the schedule ^uncertain but notod^ that the widening at the warehouse site will be done near the end of the project. (Staff Chamber Commerce News Those Chamber of Commerce members who did not attend the Tuesday meeting at the Cardinal Restaurant missed a good pro gram given by Herman Wilcox on the projected development of Howard’s Knob. Wilcox presented James K. Weaver Sr., president of How ard’s Knob, Inc., who gave a description of the overall plan. David A. Rawley, director of public relations for the venture, discussed the value of the de velopment to the town of Boone and the area in general. The corporation’s architect also was there and presented a three-dimensional drawing of the proposed 350-room hotel in cluded in the development. Some of the features will be inside parking in the basement of the building and a pent house and revolving restaurant on top of the building. The value of the facility for convention use was stressed. We had a capacity group in attendance and it was necessary to add additional tables. NAMED TO UN POST President Johnson has nomi nated James Russell Wiggens to represent the United States in the United Nations. Wiggens, replacing George W. Ball who resigned, was editor and execu tive vice president of the Wash ington Post. The New River Valley De velopment Association met Monday, Oct. 14, at Shatley Springs in Ashe County. A re port will be given next week. We welcome our new Chamber of Commerce member of the week: John T. Austin, Route 4, Box 66, Boone. sty 15?Irle ?^ace VTlse Kaleidoscope Korner Blowing Rock Galleries MAIN STREET BLOWING ROCK Auction Sales Daily At 10:30 A. M. & 7:30 P. M. Outstanding Selections from Largest Stocks and Estates Throughout the World • Fine Furniture • Master Paintings • Oriental Rugs • Antiques • Porcelains • Bronzes • Mirrors • Lamps • Important Diamond Collections • Rare Jades, Ivories • Linens • Beautiful Decorations • Old Silver your own Blue Lustre carpet ‘^ cleaning for !<: a sq. ft. New, larpr, Blue Lustre Shaapoeer clean faster, easbr and rents fer enly $3 a day. ($1 a day for smaller machirye) Carpets keep the "new” look for years. Blue Lustre leaves no soapy residue to cause rapid re-soiling. FARMERS HARDWARE SUPPLY CO., INC. YOUR INSPECTION INVITED Gifts - Refreshments - Prizes BLOWING ROCK GALLERIES Main Street—Blowing Rock (704) 295-4716 Daniel Parker Lee — Irwin J. Sherwin — Bernard R. 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