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have made too
it- See us.—®|
Raleigh, May 11.—Governor
Scott said last night that North
Carolina can rise to greatness on,
his road and school programs.
The State cannot afford to
veto, he declared, the progress
promised by his proposals for a
$100,000,000 bond issue to build
rural roads and a $25,000,000
bond issue to build schools.In
a prepared speech for delivery
^orer a State-wide radio
louT
Scott Calls Upon
Voters To AM
State Bond Issue
network, he called on the people
to go to the polls on June 4 and
give their approval to the proposed
bonds. >
"Do not forget," the Governor
said, "that there can be no great
progress made for all the people
without this kind of investment
in the State's development."
First Shot In Campaign
The speech was the first shot
in what Scott has promised will
be an intensive personal campaign
in behalf of the bond issues,
on which the 1949 General Assembly
authorized' the special
election.
Scott hit at "loose talk about
the danger of waste" in a rapid
program of building secondary
roads. It will not be necessary
that all the money be spent during
his administration, he said.
The work can be spread1 over a
number of years If good management
requires it, he explained.
The rural road program also
will benefit other highways,
Scott declared, became with
special funds set aside for the
rural roads, more of current highway
revenues can be used to restore
primary highways to firstrate
condition.
A $25,000,000 bond Issue to
help counties build schools, the
Governor said, weuld round out
a step forward in education.
Teachers Helped
"We have made "somewhat
more generous provisions for the
teachers through the action of
the 1949 General Assembly,** he
asserted, "and in the event Federal
aid becomes available, the
condition of the teachers will be
further improved. j
"Now if we can help the counties
ft> the extent proposed to
improve school buildings, I will
feel that Nortlf Carolina will have
measured up fairly well to the
demand of the times that we
strengthen our public school system."
Scott said the State is better
able to start a $200,000,000 road
program now than it was to start,
its first road program In 1921.
THIS WEEK'S
D R/l V e-l N
ATRE PROGRAM
Thursd<fy and Friday, May 12 an<il3
i /intrigue" 7
Featuring Getfrge Raft, June Ha|tac and Helena
Carter, M sure to see this or
Ano Selected Shbrt Subjects
Saturiay/May 14
Starring John Wajtie and a^all-star castSund|y,
May 151 •
'My FAWRITE BRUNETTE"
With pob Hope and Dorothy Labour
Monday and Tuesday, May 16-ljrWilfjam
Powell; Myrna Uoy In
"SONG OF THE THI
H
With Keenan Wyrln
TWO SHOWS NIGHTLY4—7:30-9:15
Tone In Station WKBC Every Day at 5:05 P: M.
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Frozen Foods Topic
- For Foirploins Club
The Fairplains Home Demonstration
Club held Its regular
monthly meetin'g Tuesday afternoon,
May 3, at the home of Mrs.
Huger Byrd, with 14 members
and 3 visitors in attendance. Mrs.
Claude McGee, vic,g president,
presided. Mrs. Stamey Hayes led
the devotionals and Mrs. Claude
Deal performed the duties of the
secretary and treasurer. Mrs.
Dewey Minton then gave an interesting
report on th^ Spring
Festival recently held in E<lkin.
The club is to be shown a
movie on "Health" in June, by
Mrs. E. S. Cooper, Health Leader,
and it was decided to invite
all other Wilkes county club
members to see it with us. Time
and place will be announced later.
"
Mrs. Paul Greene, Home Agent,
emphasized the importance of the
cancer drive, after which a committee1
for the drive was appointed,
consisting of Mesdames Quincy
Whittington, chairman, Stamey
Hayes, <3rady MUler, Ivan Absher,
Walter Blankenship and
Claude McGee.
The club was greatly interested
in an announcement from
Mrs. Greene that Mr. Leery is to
be in our county on June 22 to
demonstrate a floor sander that
can be operated by any woman.
He will also finish the floor with
a penetrating seal. The meeting
will be from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m.
with a picnic lunch on the spot.
Watch and listen for the announcement
of the home where
this will take place.
Next Mrs. Greene very interestingly
discussed 'Frozen Foods,'
covering selection of food, preparation,
containers, materials and
equipment needed, procedure and
storing. She then proceeded to
prepare step-by-step for the
freezer some green peas.
( At the close of the meeting,
Mrs. Byrd served Heavenlj- pie,
mints and coffee. Assisting her
were her daughter, Sylvia, Mrs.
Dewey Minton and Mrs. John
Crawford, co-hostesses.
The next meeting will be at
the" home of Mrs. Roy Stoker on
June 7.
Fairplains Revival
Will Begin Sunday
Revival services will begin
Sunday, May 15, at Fairplains
Baptist church. Rev. Woodrow
Wishon, of State Road, will assist
the pastor, Rev. Glate Brown.
Services will be held at 11 a.
m. and 7:30 p.- m. daily. Singers
are invited to take part and
a cordial invitation is extended
all to attynd.
Six-rootp
built-in? p.
trie hot >
tiful b$
Street ^ti
eral be3^
Developiw
j Elevator Is Added '
At Chimney Rock
Chimney Rock.—A stainless
steel elevator will start carrying
sightseers up Chimney Rock next
Sunday.
Boring, blasting and tunneling
of the last 18 months is all over.
Norman Greig, president of
["Chimney Rock Company, said an
"unveiling" would be difficult,
*The shaft rises 260 feet through
solid rock, with a horizontal approach
passage of comparable
proportions. There will be ceremonies,
but the/ will be brief.
Heretofore, ascent from an automobile
parking area at the base
of the gigantic stone "chimney"
has been the hard way—by foot,
up about 300 feet. The elevator
carries passengers to a "sky
lounge.*' From there, the chimney
summit is reached by a
short, level wallt From the monolith
can be -viewed tfi» Lake
Lure Vallejr to the east and Chimney
Roc* Go rge to the West.
JSverydaj Straw ltats fah
the family. Kc« you* Mid kool.
5-16-2t
louse, hardwood flc
ibinets, insulated, ele
iter heater; also
Iding lots on Ch<
lkesboro, N. C. Also i
Statesville It Left
In Darkness In Storm
Statesville.—Most Statesville
streets were In darkness all of
Monday night as a result of light
ning striking and knocking out
a principal transformer during a
severe electrical storm early In
the evening. j
James A." Stewart, city light superintendent,
said that thre^of
the four street light circuwT in
the city were disabled andyrvlce
cannot be full? restored before
Wednesday.
o
Sixth Meningitis Case
Is Reported In Iredell
Statesville.—Dr. Ernest Ward,
iQtfdell Health Officer, yesterday
^ported the county's sixth case
[of meningitis of the year.
The victim, who is a patient at
Davis Hospital and in a critical
condition, is Harold R. Reavis,
[23, textile worker. He is the fath
er\of three small children.
Two of the six cases of meningitis
In the county thus far this
year have been fatal. i