The JowmI - Patriot
INBjBMMNMT IN POLTHC8
Published Mondays and Thursdays at
North Wilkesboro, North Carolina
JULIUS C. HUllija—MBS. ». J. CAETKR
PabHahen
1932—DANIEL J. CARTER—iMI
■SUBSCRIPTION RATES: .
One Year $2.00
(In Wilkes and Adjoining Counties)
One Year $3.60
(Outside Wilkes and And Adjeioiag Ceontiee)
Rates To Those In Service:
One Year (anywhere) $2.00
Entered at t&e pesteffice at Nerth 1
fcoro, Nerth Careiina, as Secend-Claes matter
aaier Act ef March 4, li7». ^
Thursday, Oct. 2,1947
Attention to Jobs For
Physically Handicapped
President Truman, Governor Cherry
and North. Wilkesboro's Mayor T. S. Ken
erly have issued proclamations designat
ing the week of October 5-11 as "National
Employ the Physically Handicapped
Week," a week during which the North
Carolina State Employment Service Divis
ion, the Veterans Employment Service,
the Vocational Rehabilitation forces, the
American Legion and other service and
patriotic organizations will seek to find
suitable jobs for many of the trained han
dicapped workers in the State.
"The problem," said Henry E Kendall,
chairman of the Employment Security
Commission of North Carolina," is not
keeping the handicapped worker on the
job he has, but placing him in a job that
will utilize his abilities. Statistics show
that the disabled worker's employment
stability is much better than that of a
normal worker. When selective placement
is used, by which he is fitted into a job in
which his handicaps will not be handi
caps, the handicapped worker is almost
certain to stay on that job.
"A disabled worker, especially a veter
an, properly placed in the production line
or at the right desk, is a sound payroll in
vestment," Chairman Kendall said. "In
the nation today 170,000 disabled veter
ans and many handicapped non-veterans,
who have proven themselves the most pro
duction conscious of workers, are unem
ployed. Practically all of them can be fit
ted into jobs by our selective placement
specialists that will give them the chance
they need to become splendid producers
and self-supporting and self-respecting"
citizens.
"By the end of the war many large
firms had established sound policies of
hiring disabled veterans, with excellent
results. They soon discovered that disabl
ed veterans, properly placed, stayed 'on
the ball' and stepped up production
wherever they worked. Just because the
glamor and popular appeal of hiring dis
abled veterans has worn off is no reason
to let down," said Chairman Kendall.
"Most employers will continue to employ
disabled veterans if they are brought to a
realization that it is to their advantage
to hire them."
- Chairman Kendall calls upon all serv
ice, civic and. patriotic groups to join the
Employment Service and the Veterans
Employment Service in their efforts to
help the employers of the State realize
that it is not only a civic duty, but also
good business, to employ handicapped
workers.
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Remember the good old days when
saucers were flying higher than prices?
—Greensboro Daily News. '
o
Rocky Mount Evening Te'egram pro
poses a zoo for its city. Sounds like more
monkey business to us.—Greensboro Dai
ly News.
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"No Hat in Ring, Says President Con
ant of Harvard." But we still reckon the
Republicans could, and will, do worse.—
Greensboro Daily News. '
o
Women's stockings are now coming in*
colors denominated as "winesap," "deep
clove," "caraway," and Mermaid." Is it
the intention to mix men up so that they
won't know whether they are in a bakery
or in Davy Jones' locker?—Greensboro
Daily News.
-Itrrowed Comment]
AID FOR BRITAIN
(Statesville Daily)
Senator Reed of Kansas vows he will
not vote another cent for aid to Great
Britain "until it puts its economic house,
including labor, in order."
The Senator thinks it is fantastic send
ing Britain money, shipping it food and
other commodities when its miners won't
even mine coal.
The Senator may not know it, but we
are even shipping coal to Britain, which is
the most fantastic fact of all, for coal has
always been Britain's bread and butter.
There is plenty of coal in the islands,
both bituminous and anthracite, all of it
of high quality and easily accessible. But
since the coal mining industry has been
nationalized British miners have been lay
ing down on the job. Production slumped
to the point where they can't supply their ,
own needs, much less have any left over
for export to pay for food imports.
We think Senator Reed is right.
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— THE
EVERYDAY
COUNSELOR
By Rev. Herbert
Spaugh, D. D.
Courtesy being one of the most admir
able human traits, I have often wondered
why more emphasis has not been placed
upon it by our schools. According to The
Marion Star (S.C.), the state of South
Carolina is launching a vigorous program
of courtesy training in their high schools.
"At first surveys will be made in business
firms among employees and customers
to determine what courtesy problems are
most common and what can be done to
correct them. Films and posters will be
used to call to the attention of the public
and clerks the fact that courtesy is con
tageous and does pay dividends."
That training will be initiated in the
form of a "Courtesy Promotion Week."
After this, classes will be conducted in
both high schools and business firms to
train youths and adults to be mor6 cour
teous, thereby rendering more effective
service in the field of distribution. This is
part of the program of work in Distribu
tive Education being conducted in South
Carolina.
This is an interesting angle to the pro
gram of Distributive Education, which is
becoming a part of our school systems
throughout the country. It brings the
schools closer to business and industry
which will employ our high school gradu
ates.
We Americans are an impetuous and
somewhat intemperate people. We drive
things through to a conclusion, and often
at the expense of the feelings of others.
There is a school of modern psychology,
of which Dale Carnegie is an outstanding
exponent, which teaches that apprecia
tion and encouragement accomplish far
better results in getting the most out of
people, than force and pressure. They tell
us repeatedly that courtesy, consideration
and appreciation pay big dividends. Those
of us who have tried this program know
that it works.
It is fine that Courtesy programs are be
ing launched in our schools. Every encour
agement should be given tp them. But if
they're to be truly effective, such a pro
gram must originate in the home. Much
teaching in the school can be totally coun
teracted by bad example and practice at
home. That puts the problem squarely in
the lap of us parents. That's where it
ought to be.
Too many marriages are going on the
rocks today due primarily to the lack of
courtesy and appreciation between hus
band and wife. A marriage which started
out beautifully and serenely, all too
quickly becomes a domestic battleground.
If there are children, they are inevitably
drawn into the disorder and confusion. If
parents aren't courteous to one another,
they probably aren't courteous to the chil
dren. Naturally the children then follow
their example.
The most closely knit unit in the land
should be the home. Parents and children
should certainly stands together remem
bering the old saying, "Blood is thicker
than water." A home bound together by
love, courtesy and appreciation will stand
up under any set of circumstances.
Yes, courtesy commences at home, and
no better rule for it has been devised than
the Golden Rule.
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ABNORMAL
ABSVmiTIES
p
By
DWIGHT
NICHOLS
ait »1
NOW AND THERE—
Hf we could see ourselves as
others see us we never would -be
lieve It could be us . . . Bill
Shakespeare must have been vis
ioning present day inflation when
he said: "He who steals my
purse stealg trash" . . . "Life
is hard, by the yard; but by the
inch, life's a cinch," > says a
modern sage . . . And here's some
fall poetry:
Mary had a little watch;
She swallowed it; it's gone.
Now everywhere that Mary goes,
Time marches on!
A fool and his money are oft
en partied . . . One way to get
ten dollars a word, says an ex
perienced writer, is to talk back
to the judge ... A recent press
report said that most of the win
ners at a recent cat show were
women.
BRIEFLY DONE—
Gob: I'm a man of few words.
"Will you kiss me or won't you?
Girl: Well, I wouldn't ordi
narily, but you've talked me into
it.
ABSENT MINDED—
Waiter: Mr. Brown left his
umbrella again. I believe he'd
leave his head if it were loose.
Manager: You're right — I
heard him say yesterday he was
going to Arizona for his lungs.
MAKING TIME—
"You call that a race horse?
Can your nag run?"
"Run? Why that horse can
stand still faster than most hors
es gallop!"
REASON ENOUGH—
Irate husband: "Believe me, I
certainly would give anything to
know why God made you women
so beautiful and yet so awfully
dumb."
Wife: "Well, I'll tell you, my
dear. God made us beautiful so
you men could love us, and He
made us dumb so we could love
you." ,
DIPLOMACY—
Teacherf Give me a sentence
containing a direct object.
Junior: Teacher, you're beau
tiful.
TeachWhat's the object?
Junior: A good report card.
NOT LOVE—
He: I know a man who has
been married forty years and
spends every evening at home.
Sh6: That's what ® call love.
He: The doctor calls it pa
ralysis. X
TOO FAST—
Ned: iBralns run in our family.
Ted: They must run very fast
—you hever caught any. '
USE OF WORDS—
In hie early circuit court days,
Lincoln did a great deal of walk
ing, mostly for economic reasons.
On one such enforced hike he
was overtaken by* a stranger driv
ing to town.
"Will you have the goodness
to take my overcoat to town for
me?'* Lincoln asked In his friend
ly manner.
"With pleasure," was the re
ply, "but how will you get it
again?"
"Oh, very readily. I Intend to
remain in It!"
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Because of the different usag
es of the word mist)—in the of
ficial British meaning, a light
fog, and in the United States
vernacular, a synonym for driz
zle—the weather services of the
United States have not used the
term in official observations and
reports since 1939, according to
the Encyclopaedia Brltannica.
NOTICE
North Carolina, Wilkes Comity.
The undersigned, having quali
fied as administrator of the estate
of W. R. Vannoy, deceased, late of
Wilkes county, this is to notify all
persons having claims against said
estate to present them to the un
dersigned on or before the 22nd
day of August, 1948, or this no
tice will be pleaded in bar of their
recovery. All persons indebted to
said estate will please make im
mediate payment to the under
signed.
This 22nd day of August, 1847.
J. T. VANNOY,
9-29-6t-M Administrator
P. & B.
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