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TnHVgTONTAN - SUN, THURSDAY, SEPT. 13. 1945.
Overseas Christmas
Packages Should Be
Mailed This Month
, — It’s time to be
thinking of mailing Christmas pack
ages overseas.
Army postal officers at Headquar-
ters Fourth Service Command re-
minded the public that even though
hostilities have ceased on all fronts,
there ^ are still many thousands of
American troops who will spend their
Christmas in foreign lands and these
troops will be looking forward to
packages from home. •
The regulations governing the
mailing of overseas Christmas gifts
to Army personnel remain the same
as last year . . . they must be posted
between September 15 and October
16 i . . one package a week may be
sent (without a request) by any one
person to the same serviceman . . .
the usual restrictions as to size and
weight of Christmas parcels applies—
not more than fifteen inches long or
more than 36 inches in length and
girth combined and maximum weight
five pounds. Most stores have a stock
of boxes approved by the War De
partment for overseas gift .shipments.
The Army asks that gifts be select
ed which a soldier is unlikely to find
in the particular area in which he is
situated and to remember that intoxi
cants, inflammable materials (such
as matches and lighter fluids) and
perishable matter are unacceptable
for mailing.
Families and friends of men sta
tioned in the China-Burma Theater,
India Theater, the Middle East, or on
the Pacific Islands, are urged to avail
themselves of the early mailing date
to insure receipt of Christmas pres
ents by Christmas Day. It is suggest
ed that parcels routed to these dis
tant bases be mailed as nearly as pos
sible to September 15 and no later
than October 1.
Above all, don’t forget the import
ance of the correct address: rank,
name, serial number, branch of serv
ice and organization, A.P.O. number
and post office which will handle the
mail. If the public follows instruc
tions given by the Army, it’s a pretty
sure bet that the Christmas boxes
will go through on time and reach the
service men for whom it is designat
ed.
Local postmasters can furnish any
clarifying details relative to overseas
Christmas mailing.
Order Motors And
Fans For Hay Drier
Kenly Man Gets
Bronze Star Medal
Motors and fans for building next
year’s hay driers should be ordered
now, but first farmers should consult
the Agricultural Engineering Depart
ment at State College tb* find out
what sizes are needed, says C. L. Mc-
Caslan, Extension engineer.
More high quality hay is needed
and the best way to get this hay is
by the use of a mechanical drier.
Rainfall data for the hay making
months show that farmers are liable
to run into unfavorable weather con
ditions almost every year.
Operation costs for drying hay
with the mechanical drier vary with
the depth of the hay on the duct sys
tem, the kind of hay, the amount of
moisture when placed on the duct
system, and weather conditions dur
ing the drying period. One farmer re
ported as low as 32 K.W.H., while
another reported as high as 95 K.
W. H.
Installation costs of a hay drier
vary with the size of the mow floor
charges for material and labor, and
how much construction is done by the
farmer. Records show these charges
vary from 25 to 35 cents per square
foot of mow area.
A survey of 9 counties in southwest
Virginia showed an annual loss of
about $500,000 by farmers who did
not have hay driers. “No loss was re
ported by any farmer who owned a
hay drier,” said the report. Farmers
with driers produced 54 per cent U.
S. No. 1 hay while farmers without
driers produced only 9 per cent under
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North Carolina Resorj|^
To Stay Open Lonp^'
Raleigh. — Anticipating’many de
layed vacations in fall and early
ter. North Carolina’s resorts — both
mountains and seashore are prepar
ing to stay open longer this year
than ever before. ,
While some hotels, lodges and tou
rist courts will close as usual soon af
ter Labor Day, a survey by the btate
Advertising Division reveals that a
substantial number will lengthen
their season by from two weeks to
two months or more. Operators anti
cipate a bettering food and help sit
uation to handle an influx of honey-
mooners and returning service men,
as well as civilians who for years
have been too busy to relax.
Weeitern North Carolina
The color season has always attrac
ted tourists into the Blue Ridges and
Smokies, but efforts will be m^e
now to exploit the season more fuHj'.
Resort operators for a long Driie
have argued that the fall is the ■ best
month in the Southern mountains.
Winter comes late in this latitude,
and autumn has the least rainfall of
the seasons. The' days are warm ^nd
the air is usually clear, aiding -visi-
field conditions. ''A\,
Many farmers in North Carolina
with hay driers say that they have
saved enough money to pay for the
drier with only one curing of hay.
With the hay drier, they can also cut
their hay at almost any time they
wish. This enables them to better diS"-
tribute their labor requirements-’■on
the farm.
bility in a country known for its
distant vistas.
Accommoddations through October
and, in^ most cases, year around, will
6 available at the folJowing resort
towns:
Asheville, Blowing Rock, Little
bwitzerland, Maynesville, Brevard.
Tryon, Hendersonville, Flat Rock,
Cherokee, Bryson City, Murphy’
Cashiers, Franklin, Andrews, Chim
ney Rock, Lake Lure, Highlands,
fapoco.
Accommodations through Septem
ber will be available in Linville, Bal
sam, Weaverville, Whittier and many
other places in the vicinity.
In addition there -wiil be dude
ranches, guest farms and other ac
commodations nearby along the
routes through this country.
Sandhills
The hotels in the Sandhills golf re
sorts will open earlier than usual,
with the first hotel in Pinehurst due
to open October 4th, others shortly
thereafter. Southern Pines also will
open earlier, with at least one large
hotel returned to civilian use this
year.
Beaches
Swimming continues at beaches in
the southeastern part of the state
into October, and the game fishing
season is at its height during the fall
in that section.
Carolina Beach will scarcely slow
down for the winter, -with hotels and
cottages available. Some boats are
available as long as the fish run.
Boats and guides usually are aid
available at Southport for big-game
fishing.
Wrightsville Beach places general
ly will close soon after Labor Day,
but some accommodations will be
available in October, as well as fur
nished cottages. Cottages also will be
available at Kure, and Wilmington
has several year around places. Party
boats for hire in fall.
Further North near Cape Lookout
there will be year aroxmd accommo
dations on the Sound side of Atlantic
Beach, and hotel accommodations un
til December 1 on the beach itself.
Cottages are for rent the year
around. Dozens of party boats will be
available.
Accommodations will be available
the year around on the Outer Banks
at Hatteras, Buxton, and Ocraeoke,
frequented by sport fishermen and
waterfowl hunters.
The eastern lakes will provide year
around accommodations for fisher
men and hunters, principally Lake
Waccamaw, Mattamuskeet, Phelps
(at Plymouth).
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MAYBE YOU CAM READ YOUR FUTURE IN..
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!y. Route 2^ was
ize Star Kpdal tI
Port Bragg. — Staff Sgt. Theorus
Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Melton
Johnson of Kenly, Route
sented the Bronze
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the ' ASF' Regional Hospital here,
where he is now a pajtifint.
Brigadier General Henry C. Co
bum, Jr., Post Surgeon, presented
the decoration to Sergeant Johnson,
a member of the 1st Field Artillery
Observation Battalion. The medal
was awarded for meritorious service
in connection with military opera
tions against enemies of the United
States from June 5, 1941, to May 8,
1945, in Italy, France and Germany.
Participating in the ceremonies
held in Ward 84 were Col. James N.
Williams, Commanding Officer, Re
gional Hospital; Maj. Elgin W. John
ston, Executive Officer: Lt. Lewis J.
Rittener, Executive Officer, Detach
ment of Patients, and patients of
Ward 84.
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Selma Man Flown
From Overseas
Miami, Fla. — Flown here from
overseas as part of the “Green Pro
ject” which calls for the Air Trans
port Command’s Caribbean Division
toVly 30,000 returnees from Europe
to Miami Army Air Field each month,
another Selma mdn, Sgt. Richard A.
Cook, 27, is hack in the states.
Sgt. Cook landed on August 29 af
ter 24 months overseas.
Many of the planes are manned by
veteran pilots and crews from the
Troop Carrier Command.
In less than 24 hours he left for
Camp Blanding, Fla., by rail. From
there he will go to a reception center
nearer home.
Average yields of oats at the Pied
mont Test Farm at Statesville have
been more than twice as large when
planted October 1, as when planted on
November 15.
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