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Hue Supports Public Education, Champion Of Higher Education | By LENORA THOMPSON ABKRDKKN A man whose for mal education ended at the high school level has distinguished himself as one of tin* most po tent champions of higher educa tion in North Carolina. H. Clifton Blue set his sight. on a college diploma early in life. Like other enterprising high school students, he dreamed of academic challenge. But his dreams vanished *ith the fading health of his father who raised a large family on a one horse farm After graduation from high school in 1!*2**, Blue had to go to work to help sup port the family. Since that time he ha- used increasing influence to make sure thiit thousands of Noth Carolina young people enjoy the opportunity which slipped from his grasp. Blue is r«s-ogniz«*d as a front runner in the rare to provide for a mushrooming imputation. He js running for Lieutenant Governor, a post whieh would further in<-rea e his influence in public education.. <The Lieuten ant Cover nor serves «.n the State Board of Kducntlon.t F.lrrli'd to the House of Rep resentatives in IfMT. Bine spent several sessions ns ti metnhc of a legislative minority group fighting for more money for puh li education In 19r»7 basically the same group won a significant victory when it scored a legislative break!hrough and won a larger teacher's pay raise than the ad ministration had first advocated. That same year he* was np pointed as a member of the .North Carolina Committee lor the Study of Rublie School Ki nances The study group con ducted an exhaustive survey of the state’s school financin'.' The eornmittec s report is still a “ba sic tool" or “blue print” usually referred to when the subjesd of school financing comes up. fhiring Rail t>2 he serves! on the Governor's Commission on HARRIS £funanl tfdoi K!NGS MOUNTAIN, NCPTH CAROLINA 'As children, we tend to 6te Mother for granted. It Is only when we become parents that we begin to realise the devoted labor, patience and sacrifice of Mother in raising MS to be good, useful citizens.) Let os show the depth of on love and appreciation of MfttJlcr QU tjus Mother’s Day, Sincerely, ~V,TA,-Q" O NATIONAL STUCTED MOR1ICIANS Kd i at ion Beyond the High School. That i-ommlsvion recom mended the establishment of hn.r year »c*nior college-- at Wll tr. -tgii.n. Charlotte, and Ashe i <*, ,md a ■ omprchcnslve sy-. tem of community i-olleges throughout the stale. Moore County voters proved Blue to be "a prophet with hon i.r in hi' own country,'' upprov ing by a 7 t«« I margin a bond is-in- lor .1 community i-ollegc. Hlu<- was appointed a truster* and named Chairman of the Board. Edwards Named Safety Leader C til.- Edwards of 115 S. (i t hi St.. , 'iountain. N. C. has tv en appointed a Home Fire tr. is Saf -ty I stiuetot*. it was •in minced t d.i\ ly the National Rule A-so. ition, spon ;or of a n. .v course tl“* ;ned to help rc tlu ■•* shooting act idents in ihe home. The NIIA «• mi >e promotes I i *t\ ,i..ion thos- who normal ly do not use firearms for recro- i .i.on liut have them in their home. It en- oil a sizes the recognl tion of unsafe practices and con dition* and ports out how to co reef them. dr. Kdw i <Is v is awarded an NR A instr dor's certificate fol lowim: sut -.siul completi -n of i writ it i e\ar*ination. He is now i|uilified to conduct the course locally. It i un> four hours and n-quires n-» sli toting range since actual firing is not included. Tiie new course supplements te NRA's 13-year old Hunter Safely Course, which has been in str imental *n helping to reduce .it- -denis in the field. Nearly two million students have completed ‘•is .. irs-*; in this time, the to- i Ml number of himtin : accidents has declined, while the number of hunters has increased. I’m* further information con trting either course, contact I’m an D:. tsion. National Rifle \sstK-iaiian. liioo Rh«ide Island A'. nue. X. \\\. 'Vashingt'*n, D. C. Founded in I'm!, the NRA is a •> ci profit or.-anization supported entirely by individual and club membership f<*« s. There are lOO.hOO or more paid, professional fiiemcn in the Unit d States and Canada, according to the Book of Knowledge, hut many suburbs, small towns, vil lages and rural areas still de pend on volunteers. Current esti mates put the number of volun tecis at about ten times that of the professionals. Help Elect H. Fields Young Jr. Foi HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HONESTY - CHARACTER -- EXPERIENCE "A Man Of Proven Ability" GOVERNOR GETS DIRECTORY — Lobov Commissioner Frank Crane present* Governor Terry Sanford copy of the new. 119633 N. C DIRECTORY OF MANUFACTURING FIRMS, published this week by the Labo Department. items this week from Nash. Columbus. Washington, Lincoln, Honan and Transylvania Coun ties. GIFTS MADE AT WORKSHOPS Clothing leaders in Nash Conn ty dug into their scrap >ag and came up wi*h many colorful piec es of material which they con verted to us >ful articles. Mrs. Agnes Safy. hume economics agent, says the leaders made shoe tote hags to present to Home De monstration women attending the district meeting. Mrs. Safy says the leaders j worked in an assembly line fash ion with s are t utting. some mak ing buttonholes, stitching and I running the cord draw strings. Almost 100 hags were completed during the day STRAWBERRIES IN THE NEWS) Homemakers will get the op- 1 portunify to make their favorite strawberry dish and enter it in the strawberry contest in Colum bus County. Mrs. Elain? Blake, home eco- j nomics agent, says all the food dishes containing strawberries j will be on exhibit in the exhibit i hall in Chadbourn on May 6. The exhibits will be judged on attrac- \ tiveness, taste, and originality., Cash award - will be presented to the winners. TIME AND MONEY SAVED Club women continue to work, plan and save time anil money in their household duties in the Scuppernong Club in Washington County. Mrs. Frances Darden, home economics agent, reports that several members bought s\»eet potatoes when prices were ; cheap and prepared them in dif ! ferent ways and trozp them. "Not only did I save money but prepared frozen foods is a life saver on a busy day or when I company drops in," reports Mrs. Dallas Davenport. NEW CLUB HOUSE Pumpkin Center community has a new addition their club house is completed. Miss Harriet Tutte ' row, assistant home economies agent, says the Lincoln County community folks have completed their modern brick building with some 2.100 square feet of floor space, bathrooms and kitchen. The community is planning foi facilities for indoor games plus an outside recreational area. FASHION PARADE A session was recently held in Rowan County to evaluate the tailoring workshops which have been held in the county. Mis. Edith Hinshaw. home economics agent, says 20 ladies not only modeled their garments but dis VICTORY CHEVROLET SALES & SERVICE "Your One Stop Auto Shopping Center" Our Service Department W. D. "Red Morrison - Service Manager Cull Them TODAY - They Know Their Business 1739-5471 739-5472 Let one of our following Factory-Trained Mechanics check your car with the Latest. Up-To-Date Electronic Equipment • James Rikard • Winnie Etters • Grayton Bollinger • Joe Turner • Wayne Self # Harold Alien • I.awerence Ross See one ot the following Friendly Salesmen: \V. L. Logun — J. T. McGinnis or C. E. Dixon Mow Chevrolet and 23V? Houi Wrecker Service Day 739 5471 Night 739 4367 Radiator Specialist: . ••Slim” Bollinger Paint & Body Shop Specialists: • Derrick Roper • Henry Norris • Charles Lail A New Paint Job Does Wonders For Your Car Need A Good Wash Job or An Expert Car Lubrication? See Joyeo Dean Young or Neozcl Weathers. Jr. VICTORY CHEVROLET CO. Phone 739-5471 cussed the price and the problems they encountered with the mater ials. Mrs. Clyde Goodman's and Mrs. E. E Long's four and five-year old sons modeled winter over Benefit Payment At &6 Millions j IriRuramv companies paid out an average of $5.6 million a day in 1963 to insured persons to help them pay their huspital bills. Hospital benefit payments by insurance companies for the entire year totaled $2,050,000,000. The institute said that bene- ! fits included company payments made under hospital expense policies as well as that portion of benefits under major medical expense policies which went for hospital bills. The $5.6 million a day helped to pay for hospital room and board, drugs and medicines, lab oratory apvires. X-ray. nursing, operating room charges, and oth er hospital services, the HII said. Including health insurance .s*at# and cans their mother had math' using the special tailoring techniques. HANDMADE LINENS Mrs. J. L. Hunter of the Lamb's Creek Home Demonstration Club, has made a set of sheets and pil low cases. Mrs. Hunter purchased good quality material at an out let stone and made the bottom fitt'-d shet by instructions receiv ed from he house furnishings de partment of the Agricultural Ex tension Service at N. C. State. Miss Jean Childers, home eco nomic agent, says the Transyl vania homemaker made the set for about V I the cost of a ready made set. payments for other than hospi tal care, insurance companies last year distributed benefits of nearly $42 billion, a 10.3 per cent climb over 1962 The grand total of health insuranie lame fits paid out during 1963 by all insuring organizations was esti mated . bv the Institute at $7.8 billion, up from $7.1 billion in 1962. In recent years there has been tremendous growth in the amount of hospital expense ben efits paid by insuring organi zations. stated the Institute in reporting on an analysis of hos pital benefits paid during 1953 and 1962. the last year for which (omplete data are available. In 1953. all insuring organiza tions combined paid a total of $11,273,000,000 in hospital bene fits, said the Institute. This fig ure climbed to $4,087,000,000 in 1962 for an increase of 221 per cent. Over the same 1953 1962 per iod. the amount ot hospital ex pense benefits paid out by in surance companies alone rose from $540,000,000 to $1,828,000. 000. an increase of 239 per cent, said the Institute. Hospital ex pense benefits paid by Blue Cross .Blue Shield and all other health care plans rose over this span from $735,000,000 to $2,259. 000.000. a boost of 2iff per cent. CAMP LEJEUNE. N. C Staff Sergeant Oven Dav 1J whow wife is the former Vert M. Goins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Clyde E. (loin*- of 14 K) Serond St.. Extension. King* Mountain. N. C.. has been selected by the Tactical Air Command to parti cipate in Exorcise Quick Kick be ing staged h*re in mid-April. Sergeant Davis will !»e on tem porary duty i'or the joint training maneuver which is designed to test the conventional warfare ca pabilities of fir. land and sea forces of the U. S. Atlantic Com mand The sergeant will return to his liermanent assignment as an ad ministrative cleri. in the 450f»th Air Base Win* at Langley AFB. Va.. upon completion of the ex ercise. City Floor Service "No job too large . . No job too small” industrial commercial re sidential all materials ft work manship guaranteed. complete cabinet shop sanding ft finishing Phono 799*3911 LESS EXPENSIVE LESS EXPENSIVE» operate! own! Prate rub* (or you Doesn't pound out hot Sava* watar. datargant . Waahaa 1 to 12 Iba. •■Year Part* Guarantaa* 'KiMnIw wM repair ar replace any defective drire-nechanke part far flve yean, and any odief defective pert far one year. lit GKUT NtW i Kelvinator Automatic WASHER >/ ' Magic Minute” Automatic prascrubbingl V Normal and Small Load Cydasl / Wash-Woar CycloI 3-Wator Tomporaturosl V Lint Filtor/Bltach Disponsor! NO MONEY DOWN! MATCHING KELVINATOR ELECTRIC DRYER $149.95
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