October 25
Durham. — General - clerical,
stenographic - clerical, and a c
countlng clerk examinations will
be held by the North Carolina
Merit System Office In twelre
examination centers throughout
the State, on October 25, 1947.
Those persons Interested In
permanent clercial and account
Sam P. Mitchell
Chril Engineer
CITY AND FARM SURVEY8
PBOPBKTY PLATS
2ad FW Buk tf North
Office Phone 227
Residence 566
ing postions with the State and
County Agencies served by th«
Merit System, are urged to tile
application for the examination
before October 7, the closing
date for receipt of applications
for this examination.
Bulletina giving the dilties;
minimum qualifications, and sal
ary ranges for all positions and
applications to file for the exam
ination may be secured by writ
ing to the Merit System Office
P. O. Box 2328, Durham, Nortl
Carolina.
The positions for whclh exam
inations will be held on Octobei
25, are as follows: Principal
Senior, and Junior General Clerk
Senior and Junior Stenographs!
Clerk, Typist Clerk, Senior Gen
eral Clerk-Stenographer, Senloi
General Clerk - Typist, Senioi
Stenographer - Reporter,' Senloi
and Junior Stenotyftst, Princi
pal and Senior File Clerk, Prin
cipal, Senior, and Junior Ac
counting Clerk.
Past Week In Brief
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Friends of Mr. Monroe Mathis
will ibe glad to know that he has
returned home from the Davis
Hospital in Statesrille and is
much improved.
Misg Mary Hunter, who is a
student at Mitchell College in
Statesville, spent the week-end
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
C. G. Hunter.
Messrs. Worth and Everette
Alexander were week-end guests
of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Smithey.
Mr. Don R. Pardue left Sun
day to enter the University of
North Carolina after spending
the summer vacation with his
parents, Mr. an i Mrs. J. P. Par
due.
Messrs. Gales and Alan Scroggs
entered State College in Raleigh
this week, i They are sons of Mr.
and Mrs. Gales Scroggs, Sr.
Mesdames J. E. Ward and A.
C. Staley visited relatives in Win
ston-Salem last week.
Mrs. Kyle Phalp and little
daughter, Vivian Kay, returned
to their home in Kansas City,
this week after an extended vis
it with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. M. Morrison. They were
accompanied home by Mr. and I
Mrs. Eddie Morrison.
Mr. Lon Alexander returned to
his home in Elwood, Ind., this j
week after visiting his sister,
Mrs. M. H. Lytton.
Mrs. Pauline Phinnix return-1
ed to Winston-Salem with her |
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. O.
Blackburn.
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Gilliam
had as their guests over the
week-end Miss Pauline Gilliam
and Mr. Hermond Crouse, of
Sparta.
Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Morrison, I
of North Wilkesboro, were guests I
of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Morrison
this week.
Master Bobby Lankford, of I
Elkin, spent the week-end with J
his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. B. Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Sink, of Lex
ington, visited Mr. and Mrs.
Gales Scroggs, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Walton Prevette
spent the week-end with relatives
in Ronda.
Substitute Railway
Postal Clerk Exam
Open to Veterans
An examination has been an
nounced by the Civil Service
Commission to fill Substitute
Railway Postal Clerk positions in
all States except New Yorfc and
in Alaska and Puerto Rico. Com
petition in this examination is
restricted to persons entitled to
veteran preference. However,
under Executive Order 9889,
non-veterans serving continuous
ly since August 28, 1947, in the
position of Substitute Railway
Postal Clerk under appointments
not limited to one year or less
may apply for the examination
in order to be considered for a
competitive civil service status.
The salary for the first year is
$1.14 per hour, which amounts
to approximately $2,300 a year
for a 40-hour work week. An ad
ditional 10 percent is paid for
any night work between the
hours of 6:00 p. m. and 6:00 a.
m. Salary is increased each year
by 5c an hour, up to a maximum
of $1.54 an hour.
To qualify, applicants must
pass a written test and be able to
met certain physical require
ments. There are no age limits.
Further information and ap
plication forms may be obtained
from the Commission's Local Sec
retary, P. T. Cranor, located at
North Wllkesboro postoffice,
from most first- and second-class
post offices, from Civil Service
Regional Offices, or from the
United States Civil Service Com
mission, Washington 25, D. C.
Applications must be received in
the Commission's Washington of
fice not later than October 28,
1947.
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Roaring Hirer Home
Club Has a Meeting
The Roaring River Home Dem
onstration club met on Friday,
September 19th, at the home of
Mrs. G. W. Scroggs.
The meeting was called to or
der by the vice president, Mrs.
Rufus Gilliam. After singing
"The Old North State," the club
collect was repeated by the mem
bers. The secretary read the re
port of last meeting and called
th6 roll. Miss Margaret Morrison
gave an interesting but brief re
port on Farm and Home week
which she attended in Raleigh in
August. Miss Morrison told the
members of the urgent need for
aid to the Wilkes Tuberculosis
Hospital, which recently reopen
ed. Members voted to donate
canned fruits and vegetables,
white feed bags and money to
that worthy cause. Mrs. M. M.
Prevette Is chairman of the com
mittee. Anyone wishing to con
tribute is asked to bring them
to Mrs. Prevette at Prevette's
Hardware Store or to the next
club meeting to be held with
Explained by Standard
In a letter to heating oil
customers of the Standard Oil
Company of New Jersey, J. L.
Wright, Division Manager for
North Carolina, stated the fuel
oil situation is "tight, but if
everything goes all right we can
squeeze through." He said that
his company was making ail all
out effort, including doing many
uneconomical things to attain a
balance between supply and the
demands of customers.
"This situation," he stated, "ia
not brought about by a shortage
of petroleum in the ground, but
ts brought about by shortages of
transportation, producing and
refining facilities that could not
be built during the war." He
added that the usual post war
demands could not be foreseen.
Hin letter went on to say that
the industry in general Is build
ing additional facilities but this
will take some time before relief
will be in sight.
"Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey," he stated,, "stopped
some time ago, when it appeared
the situation would be tight;
converting people or concerns
who are burning ooal or gas, to
oil. Advertising was stopped
promoting the Bales of Esso oil
burners and heating oil and, we
have not Increased our number
of customers excepting owners of
homes just built, principally vet
erans.' homes."
He offered these suggestions
for the heating oil season. "Fill
your tanks now, economize in
securing greater efficiency from
your burners in every possible
way, save heat, thereby stretch
ing the amount of fuel oil avail
able."
He mentioned that since an
nouncing the company's "hold
the-line" price policy on July 24,
the company has not raised pric
es to householders, or to dealers,
distributors, commercial and in
dustrial consumers on gasoline,
kerosene and heating oil al
though most other suppliers re-i
cently have done so. He said, J
"We don't know how long we
can continue such a price policy
but we intend to follow it as long
as we can." j
Advertising is being used toj
stress the importance of econ
omy and containing information j
on how to get more h8at andi
save oil.
Mrs. A, C. Staley October 17.
The demonstration was on the
use of "Sewing Machine Attach
ments'" and was one of the most
interesting ever given.
The hostess, assisted by Mrs.
Iff. H. Lytt«n,- served cookies and
punch.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as administra
tor of the estate of E. C. Allen,
deceased, late of Wilkes county, N.
C., this is to notify all persons
having claims agaipst said estate
of said deceased to exhibit them to
the undersigned at Ferguson, N.
C., on or before the 13th day of
September, 1948, or this notice
will be plead in bar of -their recov
ery. All persons indebted to said
estate will'please make immediate
payment.
This 18th day of Sept., 1947.
HENRY G. ALLEN,
Adr. of E. C. Allen, dec'd. 10-23-T
Benham School
I First Grade: Ronald Burcham,
I Wallace Byrd, Leon Holbroob,
James Harris, Allen Key, James
Myers, Carolyn Settle and Jlm
mle Yarboro.
Second Grade: Arlene Smith,
Pauline Baldwin, Carol Cothren,
Glenda Jolly and Wanda Gentry.
Third Grade: Nelda Carter,
Sue Spencer, Betty Ruth Byrd,
Carolyn Baldwin.
Fourth Grade: Dolores Boyd,
Elizabeth Ann Casey, Mildred
Fifth Grade: Minnie Sue Byrd,
Bonnie West, Billy Byrd, Shir
ley Myers, Francis Swaim, Blaine
Ross, Nora K. Smoot, Annie Pearl
Cox, Annie Fae Cox, Virginia
Gentry, iLula Mae Yarboro, Mar
garet McCann and Estell Lyon;
Sixth Grade: Baddy Wishon,
Billy Key, Thomas Cox, Martha
Sue Brooks, Betty Brown and
Margaret Smith.
Seventh Grade: Wanda Petty
John, Frankie- Lee Wishon, Jeral
dine Casey and Sadie Gentry. <
Call For —1
JIM
DANDY
BREAD 1
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Everybody is asking....
Why can't I get
more Budweiser?"
The fact is that Anheuser-Busch is
more BUDWEISER than ever before—but more
people are asking for it than ever before.
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Time and again we have built the world's
largest brewery bigger. Now we are in the
midst of the biggest expansion of all It will
make many more millions of bottles of
BUDWEISER available.
Meanwhile we are distributing our tremen
dous output on a fair-share basis to alL
It seems that people no longer ask for beer-*
they ask for Budweiser
ANHEUSER-BUSCH... ST. LOUIS
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