; Volins 30 Project Designed To Attract & > Men To Furniture Industry HIGH POINT, N. C —The Southern Furniture Manufac turers Association, whose 300 members are faced with a critical manpower shortage, and the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America are launching a joint project 'designed to attract young men to the Southern furni ture industry. J. Smith Young of Lexing ton, SFMA president, said the furniture manufacturers trade association has adopted ithe Spocia’-Interest Explor ing Pregram of the Boy Scouts of America as its youth project. Young, also president of Dixie Furniture Co., said the association’s 300 members will be invited to sponsor lo cal Special-Interest Expir ing pots SFMA has mem bers in 123 cities in 19 Sou thern and Southwestern states. “Within a year,” Young said, “we hope to set up at leat 100 new posts with 1,500 high-school agje boys as members. “Manpower, both at the craftsman executive , level, is our number one pro b’em ” Young said. “We feel the Exploring Program offer an effective way for us to reach hlgh-schpol boys and tell them about our Indus try. We pan to give them shoulder-rubbing experience with the best men in our W.A.M.Y. Announces Approval Os Grants By: Ed Anderson W.A.M.Y. Community Ac tion, announces the approv al of four Incentive Grants to assist Avery County Com munities with community development proj ects. Blevins Creek was awarded $273.75 to hep with their water project which will sup ply running water to 25 hou ses in the valley. Carey’s Flat will receive $929.14 to help develop an outdoor recrea tion area. Roaring Creek re ceived SI,OOO to complete a cemetery beautification pro ject and LlckLog was grant ed SI,OOO to complete reno vation of a community build ing so that it can be used for all community activities These communities select ed and planned their own projects and submitted appli cations to the Screening Committee In Avery County. On Thursday, July 28, this committee approved all four grants after carefully con sidering each. These grants were approv ed on the basis of the follow ing criteria: need, particlpa- ) tlon in other projects. Invol vement of the entire com munity, adequacy of plann ing, Importance of project to the life of the community THE YANCEY RECORD P«6icit«6 To Hit fugrtn Os Ywy (o«aty l•r■!vlll•, N.C. industry.” Special-Interest Exp'orlng, described as “the university of the Boy Scouts of Ameri ca,” is for boys between the ages of 14 and 18. Vocation al guidance and social acti vities are stressed over the mor e wide’y known Scout ac tivities such as camping and knot-tying. Youn" said SFMA mem bers will have a wide variety of “spec*a l Interests” from which to select the one most suitable for the post the manufacturer will sponsor 1 They lnc’ude production, sales and marketing, indus trial relations, traffic and transportation, accounting, forestry, conservation of nat ural resources, advertising and many other*. Offlcia’s of the Notional Bov Scout Council sa’d the Southern furniture Industry Is the first in the nation to adoot Spec’al-Interest E.x p’or'ng as an Industrywide youth proiect. The S^ecia’-Interest Ex ploring Program. started In California In 1956, was laun ched nationwide In 1959 by the National Council. Ther Special-Interest Ex piring Program was devel oped to meet the needs and desires of high-school age boys as revealed in tne Uni versity of Michigan survey. and indication of good faith to continue to work together The seven-member Sreen ing Committee consists of representatives from commu nities and public agencies In the county. The chairman Is Mr. Walter Hicks from E.k River, the vice-chairman Is Mrs. Celeste Brinkley re presenting the Health De partment, and the secretary is Mrs. Edith Barnes from Carey’s Flat. Other mem bers of the committee are: Mr. Ernest Fpplev represent ing W.A.M.Y., Mr. George from the Farmers Home Administration, Mr. Elbert McCourry from Cran berry, and Mr. Bill Wilkins representing the County Ad visory Committee to W. A. M Y Mr. Edward F. Hilton, Jr., the Community Develop ment Specialist with the Av ery County Agricu’tural Ex tension Service, helped these communities to meet togeth er, discuss their plans, and prenare their applications. Any other communities that are Interested In aoo’v lrg for an Incentive Grant should contact the local Ag ricu’tural Extension Service or WAM Y : Community Action. Inc., In Boone, North Girollna. Thursday, Aagast IS, 1966 RECORD STAFF TAKES VACATION We first thought we would not publish a paper this week so that the Record Staff could take a well earned va cation. Then we discovered that because legal advertis ing must be run four con secutive weeks, and because we had several legal ads, that we would be competed to publish a paper this week. So we all got together - on| Friday and this is the result. Just as little as we could get by with. } The Editors » Veterans Apply For Home Loans Nearly 42,000 applications for home loans under tne new GI BUI program alreaay have been received, W. K. Phil ips, Manager of th« Winston-Salem Veterans Ad* ministration Regional Office reported today. t A VA study to determine what Impact the Veterans Readjustment Act of 1906 (new GI BU ) has bad on the nation’s economy also show ed 135JfT|v veterans had IP plied for certificates of eli gibility. In North Caro Una, Phil lips said the Winston-Sal em Regional Office had pro cessed 3503 requests for eli gibility under the program, and 1202 applications for loans had been received. The number of app’lcatlons for GI home loans is consid ered Important because the lender usua'ly makes the ap p'lcation, Indicating the loan has gone through the initial, or Interviewing stage. Nearly 15 000 of the new OI Bt'l loan applications were made in June. 1116 ap plications by the peacetime and Vietnam veterans were about 60 p°rcent of the total receivel for the month- EH, WHAT A real fine lady who Is in terested in our welfare call ed us a few nights ago. She suggested that we purchase* a real good Eng lsh Grammar book before we publish another Issue of The Record- We thought about doing that once. But we finally settled on buylnbll mixed with the soil at or before seeding the crop. Neither lime nor phosporus move readly in the soil and thus both are much more effective when mixed with the soil before planting ra ther than topdressed after the crop Is seeded. The only accurate way to determine lime and fertl’l zer needs Is to have your soil tested reminds Mr. Dilling ham. Samp'ing now will en able you to get the results back quick'y as lime and fer tl’liter needs can be deter mined and app'led by the timt the crop is to be seeded this fall. Fall seeded crops need not be just something to keep the soli covered during the t- winter months. They can be X profitable if properly man aged. Don’t neglect fall crops; get them off to a good start by having your soil tested now Then use the. re su’ts *» a ba»ta for a souhl fertilization program.