Blanton Little has been elected Secretary-Treasurer of the Licensing Board. Mr. Little served as Administrative Assistant to Joseph F. Schweidler for the post five years. Prior to that time he had been employed in the Real Estate and Investment Department of The Prudential Insurance Company of America for a period of twenty-four years before taking early retirement in 1970.

Mr. Little is a native of Albemarle, North Carolina. He graduated from Albemarle High School and from Davidson College, where he majored in Economics and Political Science. He served as a Naval Officer in World War 11. He is married to the former Lillie Bradshaw of Rock Ridge, Wilson County, North Carolina. Their son, Blanton Little, Jr. is currently residing in Florence, Italy.

The latest census figures show that movement out of big cities has accelerated in the past five years, with 37 of the notion's 58 largest cities showing population losses '

Heaviest losers: Minneapolis, off 12 per cent; St. Louis, 10.3 per cent; Cleveland, 9.6 per cent; Atlanta, 8.9 per cent and Fort Worth 8.6 per cent.