School Bus Drivers Will Be Honored 3,200 Safe Drivers Will Be Awarded Pins and Certificates The Highway Safety Division of the North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles, in cooperation with local agencies throughout the State, will present 3,200 school bus drivers with safe driving pins and certificates at graduation exercises this spring. Any driver who has a minimum of 120 days of safe driving to his credit is eligible for an award. Confirmed reports of unsafe driving practices or accidents chargeable to the driver at any time during the school year will disqualify a driver. Punctuality, cleanliness and attitude of the driver will be - considered in selection of award winners. Local school boards and civic or ganizations are cooperating with the Highway Safety Division in present r ing the awards to school bus drivers. The Division’s field representatives are responsible for training and certi fying drivers in the State. The pin to be awarded the drivers is sterling silver with a black and > yellow center circle. Each pin will carry the wording “North Carolina School ®us Safe Driver.” The certificate, stating that the driver has successfully completed a minimum of 120 days of safe driving, will bear the signatures of State and local school officials and officials of the Motor Vehicle Department. HEALTH FOR AIL | There are people who brood about the possibility of having cancer and, at the same time, refuse to see a doc tor because of fear. They feel that a diagnosis of cancer is a sentence of death and “it’s better not to know.” But most types of cancer can be cured if they are detected in time and treatment is begun promptly. Cancer, a wild or uncontrolled growth of cells in some region of the body, is a serious disease which killed nearly 200,000 Americans in 1948. , But doctors believe the number of can cer deaths would be cut by at least one third —if the disease is discovered early and before it has had time to spread. Some years ago it was extremely * difficult to detect cancer until the di sease was advanced, but today, with progress in medical science and great fr knowledge about the disease, the doctor can detect cancer while the malignant growth is still localized in one area of the body. Cancer, for the most part, is a di sease of middle or old age, although it can develop in children and young adults. We cannot tell in every case what causes this lawless growth of cells in the body, but we do know that constant irritation and repeated injury can result in cancer. Mean- While, research continues in the hope of finding the cause of various types of cancer, as well as how best to cure the disease. When cancerous cells firsit begin to grow, there is no pain. The victim suffers pain usually after the cancer has progressed or reached an advanc ed stage. But tjiere are danger sig nals, other than pain, which might be symptoms of cancer and which de mand a check with the doctor without delay. These include: 1. A painless lump or thickening, especially in the breast, lip or tongue. 2. A sore that does not heal, es 4>ecially about the mouth, tongue or lips. 3. A progressive change in the col or or size of a mole, wart, or birth s mark. 4. An irregular bleeding or dis charge from any body opening. 5. Any persistent change in normal IwiMiaml Pcnnl Retail Price [vftlUa* I $1.95 (#b 1 Fifth. <6 Proof I IW tnAMHT WMSKIYS M TNB PtOOOCT L _AM4YIAIUOaMOUOU>. MS STRAIGHT Iftlliniw. M. NfUTRAI traUTS, DtSTRUD non gram. •mom i Mntuno. mH. umk I nAfraft i *'** ™" nntiliai • t. NATl#*Afc •AFCTV «OWNCIfc bowel habits; or signs of blood in the urine or stools. 6. Persistent hoarseness, unexplain ed cough or difficulty in swallowing. 7. Persistent and unexplained indi gestion. Everyone should have regular I physical check-ups with his doctor, j including chest X-rays, whether he has I symptoms of illness or not. If be-j tween these regular visits, any syrnp-' toms appear which might suggest can cer, no time should be lost in seeing the doctor. Probably there will be no cancer, and it’s a great relief to know that. But if cancer does show up, it is better to have it discovered early so that prompt treatment can be begun. Delegates Chosen For World Meeting Names of North Carolina’s five delegates to the sixth triennial con ference of the Associated Country Women of the World, which convenes in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Septem ber 9, were announced this week by Miss Verna Stanton, assistant State home demonstration agent for the State College Service. They are: Mrs. J. S. Gray, Route 2, Franklin, president of the State Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs; Mrs. P. P. Gregory, Shawboro, first vice-president; Mrs. W. K. Cuy ler, Route 1, Durham; Mrs. D. JI. Web ber, Catawba; and Mrs. Norman John ston, Route 2, Benson, chairman of the Federation’s Jane S. McKimmon Loan Fund. The delegation will sail from New York around August 18. Some of the group will tour France, Italy and Ger many before the conference. Others LOCAL DISTRIBUTOR WANTED There is an unusual opportunity in this community for a progres sive firm or individual to make SSO to $l5O weekly selling Industrial Plastics’ PERMA-SEAL, Plastic Water-proofing Compound. The low cost material that stops roof leaks instantly and makes old, worn, leaky roofs better than new at a fraction of the cost of a new roof. May be handled in connec tion with other business or on a full time basis. Little or no in vestment required. Experience not necessary. Please write fully giv ing present business or occupation and past experience. Address: INDUSTRIAL PLASTICS CORP. Jacksonville 7 Florida WISDOM OF THE AGES "The very essence of free government consists in considering offices as pub lic trusts bestowed for the good of the country, not for the benefit of an indi vidual or patty.” l We have a proper considera tioh for our responsibilities to the cohimunity and serve with fidelity and courtesy. U/ILUFORD I f tfuAVial %mt APRIL 20, 1950. will'make a short tour at the conclus ion of the conference. Sessions will be held in Rigsdagen (the Danish parliament), Christians borg, • 'openhagen. Mrs. Raymond Sayre, Ackworth, lowa, is of the Ass.xuated Country V. omen and will preside at the genera, -essions. The organization has a member ship of 5,500,000 rural women in 84 societies of 23 nations. Since its be ginning in 1930, meetings have been ■held as follows: Vienr.o 1930; Stock holm, 1933; Washington, 1936; Lon don, 1939; and Amsterdam, 1947. Edenton Police Arrest 67 Persons In March According to the monthly report of Chief of Police George I. Dail, 67 arrests were made in Edenton during March. As usual drunks led the list al 27, followed by 10 speed’ng viola tions. Os the 67, 53 were found guilt", two not guilty, 10 released to the Shore Patrol and two transients. I Os those arrested 35 were white males, 28 colored males and four "Speedy" ks & 'that owe is really V~~n A PARE ANTIQUE. ( HOW \ IT DESERVES SfiACE VmOCHY/ W. MUSEUM ,—^ ALBEMARLE MOTOR CO: WEST HICKS Service PHOHt 289 ______ Re-power with an You get all this ONLY _ _ _ with an AUTHORIZED Mllj/SjMiynMf Reconditioned FORD /Tlf/IIWMWf Engine. . 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The. ■ police mad,, 6U radio calls and werej ■ on the air 51 minutes and 10 seconds. No Corn Vare f v Is ‘Weevil Resistant’ t Many North Carolina farmers have f been asking the following question I ! thisspring: "Are insects likely to be* ' worse in hybrid corn or in open-polli- 1 t nr‘rd corn?” The answer involves several factors, , says George D. Jones, entomologist ; for the State College Extension Ser jvice. One of these is the location of •'the field. About the time corn begins •to silk, both the angoumo : s grai” JDk o a IN jA C-JH/ LOCAL TRADEMARK'. Inc * 1 ! j moth and the rice weevil fly crihs, 1 warehouses, feed bins, and other 1 j places where grain crops are stored, i and lay eggs on exposed kernels. The < particular kind of corn, whether hy- i brid or open-pollinated, which is 1 closest to thr source of infestation 1 will be most neavily attacked. Another point to consider is the tightness of the husk and freedom jfrom injury by the com ear worm or j other pests. Insects will attack those kernels which are most exposed. I Third, some varieties have the tips of the ears exposed. Also some va j r;eties have loose husks which may tend to open up when the ears begin i to ripen. I “In view of these points,” says Jones, “farmers are advised to con-! ! s'der a'l factor . volved when choos-' ding a kind , • , ; it c irr. No corn va "r'ety or hybrid is known at present 1 1 that is resistant to ‘weevils.’ The use c f DDT for spraying the empty bin to j i kill the pests hiding in cracks and. - crevices, and the use of fumigants toj treat infested corn, are the recom ' mended control measures.” The entomologist also says that in sect activity, at a standstill during ST-eb-paroonme IP" '\=—| 1 FOR WHISTLING. ( TWO ( how much are I whistles SOME OF THOSE V™ \iOTHEg^gNES?/'—^ —' H look:, BUB-YOU CAN LUMP it. I’M 601M6 OVER TO AMtEMARLE MOTOR CO. 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