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niher Top Flight 'Skipper- page Two) I I . VfiV tu.li'Ml to pass I f -:f-''f jv,r education Y m'Is an ex-, . States culd ;Jp V hviousi s.i i with, II 1 tliou- Ss II 1 jT- " nuii'i' imrric-a. rren. m' iarlvim- whole ,is," lessons in Imobile upcra- h fullow umy actical mipui- ii. ,J v.. ail. ko-caiiiu h not be ncg- Ids upon given Hit' 'm' iiiciipacit ;tc'a . u, formal in g 'and trafTic bo Stale law, rer. (iatiiinal ui'o-1 c world's lliinl miking hc- TAKING a band at the wheel, Her bert Morrison, Lord President of the Council and Minister of Trans port in London, steers one of the river "buses" soon to go into service on the Thames to ease the strain on land transportation. The Cabinet member paid special attention to that part of the river's bank where the 1951 Festival of Britain is soon to be held. (international) I m UALITY EATING NO DOW! I PAVMEJT ODAY utomPrW 58 Broadwaj N.C. Now You Can Eat Onions On Stratosphere Trips NEW YORK iUI'). A new venti lating .system for airplanes has been developed. II is so effective that air lines now can serve such foods as coined beef and cabbage, fish and onions to hungry travelers without fear of offending any pas senger's nostrils, according to the W. 15. Connor Engineering Corp. Because of the difficulty of keep ing the air sweet and clean in speeding planes at high altitudes, particularly those flying in the stratosphere, odorous and pungent foods have been taboo on air line menus. However, with the air condition ing system being installed on new Boeing stiatociulsers now being delivered to the country's air lines, the air is constantly passed through activated carbon filters which in stantly purity it of any gases or vapors. FAMILY GROWS AND GROWS GHEEN HAY, (Wis. IUI'I The home of Mrs. Louise Van den Hush would be pretty crowded if nil her direct descendants visited her at the same time. The 80-year-old malriach would have to provide for 1 52 guests-10 children, 72 grandchildren. 69 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Helicopters are now being used by archeologists in their hunt for ancient relics. Students Discuss Wisdom Of 18 -Year -Olds Voting Bullet Ends Plans fHE WAYN?SVHXP MOUNTAINEER PAGE THREE (Third sictUyy i Varied opinions were expressed by students of the Tally-Ho club in their regular weekly radio forum over W11CC, as they discussed the subject. "Should lK-year-olds be allowed to vote?" Miss Alma Jackson, is faculty ad visor, and Donald Matney is the announcer. The views of the students ex pressed in the forum during the discussion, were in part as follow: Elaine Francis Yes, I believe that eighteen year olds should be allowed to vote. After all they were considered old enough to fight and die for their country, why shouldn't they be given the privilege of saying who they believe should be the leaders and a voice m the govern ment by way of a ballot. Most eighteen year olds have just graduated from high school, where they have received training in how the government is run and other phases of civics and politics, and they are still interested in gov ernment. Therefore, if given an opportunity to express their own opinions about the local and na tional government their interest won't decline and thus more citiz ens will become voters. In high school they have been taught the qualities of good citizen ship, and I think the sooner they can actually consider themselves voting citizens the better citizens they will be. Joan Ratcliffe In my opinion we should be al lowed to vote when wp are eighteen. If boys can be drafted into the armed forces at eighteen, why do they not have the chance to vote? Actually, many eighteen year olds have good opinions on the subject of politics. When we be come eighteen, we are treated as adults. If we are adults, then we should certainly be allowed a voice in the government. Many people say that at eighteen wc are not mature enough in judg ment. If this is so, why allow couples to get married at this age? Why draft the boys and interrupt their schooling to make soldiers out of them? Many people vote only for a cer tain parly, not the candidate. The majority of the eighteen year olds have studied the many phases of our government and would, if giv en a chance, vote for the best can didates, not a party just because their ancestors belonged, at one time, to it. People are always saying that at eighteen we are old enough to go to work. If this is true, then we are certainly old enough to vote. ALLEN MART This question has, in recent years, occasioned much debate and attracted much interest all over the United States. It was forcefully brought into PRETTY Ruth Kazee (above), 19, of Catonsville, Md., working as a waitress in New York, was to have married Patrolman Anthony Oet heimer, Jr., 29, next June. Their plans were completed when trag edy struck. Chasing a holdup sus pect, Oetheimer was shot to death. The gunman, 22-year-old Domi nick San Antonio, was captured after a chase. (International) the public eye during the last World War, when eighteen year old boys were being drafted into the armed forces. At that time, the State of Geor gia granted suffrage to eighteen year olds, giving as its reason that if they were old enough to fight, they were old enough to vote. As a result, they voted in Georgia for the first time in November, 1943. Since 1943, the question has aris en as to whether suffrage should be granted to this age group in all states. I believe that it should, because eighteen year olds are just as cap able of voting intelligently as many older people. They are more cap able than some, because at that age, they are studying and paying specific attention to current events'. They take part in debates and dis cussions and thus obtain a better understanding of the situation than many, 21 years old or over. Intelligence is not always ac quired with age. Dairy Calf Bulletin Available Two popular bulletins on "Rais ing Dairy Calves" and "Flue Cured Tobacco Bam Construction" have just been revised by the State Col lege Extension Service, and copies may be obtained on request. The dairy circular was prepared by John A. Arey, in charge of dairy extension work. He points out that North Carolina needs to raise 71, 800 heifer calves annually even to maintain the present cow popula tion, which Is too small to produce the volume of milk consumed. Arey says Tar Heel farmers have depended heavily in the past on buying the dairy replacements they needed, but this method has sometimes caused heavy losses from communicable disease. Also, it has seldom resulted in increas ing herd production from year to year. In giving detailed instructions for raising dairy calves, Arey em phasizes cleanliness, good care of both calf and dam at time of birth, close attention to feeding, prevention of parasites, and liber al use of good pasture arid rough age to reduce costs. Several important changes have been made in the tobacco barn bulletin, which was prepared by R. R. Bennett and S. N. Hawks, Jr., extension tobtcco specialists, and R. M. Ritchie, Jr., extension agri cultural engineering specialist. One major improvement needed in most barns, they state, is construction of ridge ventilators which will re duce the effect of outside winds on the inside conditions of the barn. Complete information for building these ventilators is given in a series of drawings. The authors give 11 suggestions for reducing the fire hazard in barns, and also list materials need ed to construct a standard-size barn. Requests for copies of the two publications should be addressed to the Agricultural Editor, State College Station, Raleigh. For the dairy bulletin, ask for Extension Circular No. 177; for the tobacco barn publication, ask for Extension Circular No. 316. NEW DEFENSE CHIEF TAKES OATH SECRETARY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE Louis A. Johnson ('eft) takes the oath administered by Supreme Court Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson at a ceremony in the Pentagon Building Square, Washington. Looking on is Jamea Forrestal (center), the first man to hold the high Cabinet post. The new Secretary declared that he will make armed forces unification work by seeing to it that the Army, Navy and Air Force are "united as one in the service of the nation." International Soundphoto) 4-H Pullet Project Promoting Interest Pullet projects for 4-H. CltiU members are doing much to pro mote interest in better poultry pro duction throughout North Carolina, says C. F. Parrlsh, In charge of poultry extension work at State College. -, More projects are being Spin sored this, year than ever before, Parrish adds. Some 500 club mem bers In more than 40 counties are receiving 100 sexed pullets each. After raising the chicks, each ihem ber will exhibit 12 of his best pul lets at a county show, at which time the birds will be Judged and classed according to their devel opment. Proceeds from the . sale of the pullets shown will be used to start new projects next year.' Extension poultrymen and agents who supervised the pro jects will decide which members are to receive awards for having done the best work. In Burma, tea is often pickled and eaten as a vegetable. HE KID STORE kmuel Logan Sanderson, Proprietor KID STORE will open Saturday, April 9, building formerly occupied by the Justice pture Company, in Hazelwood, to sell toys, toes, children's books (some adult titles, ianY book may be ordered), and sporting ls (these may not be available for a few ' but will be put on sale, with children's ture' as sock arrives). Before buying your er tQys and novelties, see what THE KID RE has 10 offer. Drop in Saturday. j fffi KID STORE Right On The Highway BOBBY HARRY There are many good reasons for not permitting persons under the age of twenty-one to vote arid it seems as if they were all con sidered when the majority of the states in the United States passed their voting laws. The only state that permits eighteen year olds to vote is Georgia. It is considered by most people that a person isn't his own boss until he is twenty-one. When a boy cr girl has attained this age, he or she is considered to be out on their own. It stands to reason that boys and girls graduating from high school do not take voting as seriously as they should. Our government de pends upon the voice of the people exercised by ballot, it does not take long to recognize a county or state that harbors corrupt politics. The only excuse for corruption in politics is the people. If the of ficials are not elected, they cannot undermine the foundation of clean government. Many people have thought that if a boy were old enough to go to war, he should be old enough to vote. These people should take in to consideration the fact that it is the duty of every citizen to pro tect his country, while voting is a privilege. In my opinion, twenty-one is early enough for voting age. Although there would be some younger who would justly exercise their privilege of voting, they would be overruled by a majority who would not be so careful. chised. This would serve to make those who cared anything about their American rights and duties vote. It would, by knocking non interested persons off the books, let the interested parties have a louder voice in determining elec tions. I feel that an entire overhaul of the voting procedure would be far superior to merely giving eighteen year olds the vote. Certified POTATOES Certified IRISH COBBLERS Certified GREEN MOUNTAINS Certified RED BLISS Certified SEQUOIAS 100 LB. SACKS WE DELIVER FARMERS FEDERATION CO-OP PHONE 344 AT THi: IHU'OT 1m mi I TAKE OFF ISP f 7. .. T mm IN 10 DAYSf IAIT IOHM14 MO IAXAJ . J Nounosii MO MM LMMWH " mo mw aoMMa. e hbbr MM On of uglr Mt tlt-.iMfc i r and i down DhvcaO' plared by eye-catchioe bWi, nlranntlr, bealthfaBr J anuft w Most uflT from evens fatt t v, TREMETT SWEET TABLETS NINO MIRACULOUS RCaUi.MI innaon, ninnnM rrem&n tont. Too cu carry Mhhbi hi i them whervvw yrm ro wttfc m i tarMMTMctt. Bat Vhmm a jrm wn mi ling with tfcynhhi laqutiaJ. Deft? 4 wiui raqtnro t owtilllitjgUi .IP. ton wooM ordinarily fnt n no Aratm. AborJuWi feein traninT wM) loatac op fa It rfc. ram follow wamptm mnmmm m AratM roar f nfeiw. Camp nmHi vilp n, mw, qaicsar wory mvmbI M-DAY NO-mftK TMAL nw a YO QUK8T vast vbew ffm km feu TION. Th roa nmr haw Um om f 1MU yw 1 mam mmo muam m jm. UM SMITH'S DRUG STORE : Malcolm Russell Williamson, Jr. This is a problem that de stroys ordinary partisanship. We are faced with decided whether or not a certain section of the popu lation should be given the vote. I feel that as a whole it would make little difference to the average per son 18-21 yefcrs old. In fact it makes little difference to the- aver age person of any age whether they bother to vote. In Czechoslovakia (before the Red Era) a fine was levied against those who did not vote. As proof of the lack ' of interest in voting look at the very small turn out on Dec. 13 for the State Senate election, to fill the place of Mrs. McKee. Now I suggest that a sliding scale of voter eligibility be tet up. The first requirement to voting would be to pass an examination on civics (i.e. politics, government, his tory, etc.). Neither age, sex. nor politics would affect your becoming elig ible. .-, . Then if the voter should not vote for three consecutive elections he would be ptrmanently dlsenfran- Cffunttdh floir oqs! The Southern Railway doesn't lean on a "sub jidy crutch" fashioned from your tax dollars. Because wc know there is no self-respect in a handout. ..for an individual or a business . . we prefer to build and maintain our own steel "highways," stations, signalling and other facilities . . . with our own dollars. Other forms of transportation use highways, airports and waterways built and maintained by your tax dollars and ours. But not railroads. Isn't the "self-reliant-raUroad-way" the way that built America? Isn't it the way to keep America strong? Isn't it the way that's best for you and your children ? ffMidut f-W fin fS Iff it W SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM
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