How Do You Know When You Have Reached Your Unit? How do you know when you have reached your ‘limit’ as far as your finan cial affairs are concerned? The following warning signs presented by the Charlotte Area Fund, Inc., are sure signals that you have debt problems: -reaching your credit li mit on credit cards or credit tines -using credit to pay for most household necessities (not including major appti-' ances) •using your savings to pay for day-to-day borrowing from “Peter *to pay Paul’’ To help you manage your debt, counselors at Char lotte Area Fund are an xious to help. They will review yow spending ha bits by developing a month ly budget that shows where yow money is goii«. You are then enrolled In a mo ney management course which includes instruction The counselors, with your cooperation, will then sug gest ways to help you re duce your debt. Call 372 3010 for more information. If you are interested in volunteering to give tele phone information to peo ple in need and you can a* .devote three to four hours weekly to this important task call Dana Cleary at the Voluntary Action Cen ter of United Way at 372 7170 between 8:30 a.m. and 13:30 p.m. weekdays. An orientation class be gins February 25. The Voluntary Action Center is a service of United Way and they need you. My telephone rang the other day and it was one of my neighbors selling Girl Scout cookies. How can anyone resist those mint cookies? But I had will power (I’m supposed to be on a diet, so I ordered the coconut ones for my 1ms WITH TKKKSA SlMMoK * w * <w * v ^ Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. nunne upi. patncia a. William* daughter of Willie band—be Ukes those best) I’m proud to support the Girl Scouts. The orders started January M and ~ delivery begins March 7. The sale ends March 25. The cookie sale is the largest source of funds for the year-round Girl Scout program. It provides 25 cents for each box sold for individual troupe pro grams. But each year the Girl Scouts must sell more cookies than the previous year ia order to continue to provide the same quality programs for the young ladies involved. For more details about the cookie sale in your - - area, call Elizabeth Riggs, Director of Communication at (704) 637-7074. I don’t know if I can bold off from buying those cho colate mint flavored ones until March 25. Maybe I’ll just call my neighbor up and order just pne little .box. ; ¥ The fallowing have re ported for Marine duty: Marine Lance Cpl. Timo thy D. Shuford reported to 2nd Marine Division Camp Lejeune; Marine Pfc. T Timothy A. Broulillette re ported to 2nd Marine Air craft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point,; Marine Pfc. Stuart J. Mac Cracken graduated from the Unit Dairy Course held at Marine Corps Service Support School, Camp Le jeune and Pvt. Thomas C. McLaughlip, the Infantry Combat Training Course at ^STHE CHARLOTTE PQ6T== —. ~~ CURTIS C REEVES, ' JR.MJD. Ophthalmologist - Diseases and Surgery of the Eye 1 ^Family Eye Care” | | A'. Dr. CwHa C. Rcevea Jr., M.D. *11 King* Drive (SrteUI) 1 333-0799 ' - - - - _._ _ . I I Wiliams of Parker St has been meritoriously promoted to her present rank while serving with the Second Force Service Sup port Group at Camp Le Jeune. Want to learn bow to type?.. .do you need a skill? ...a job?...a high school diploma?...or even a re fresher course in the ba sics? The Double Oaks Community Center can help you in all these as pects. For more informa- • tkm call Mamie Johnson, Carol Kilgo, or Hattie Sim mons at 372-3010. The Golden Rule: “Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so unto them.” -New Testament, Matthew VO, 12 “The golden rule is that there is no golden rule.” - Bernard Shaw, “Maxims for Revolutionists” “Do unto the other feller the way he’d like to do unto you, an’ do it fust.” - E.N. Westcott, “David Harum.” --— A GAMftFOft YOG irom _ ‘ * i 51 I ! I Pick Up Your Game Card At One Of The Following locations. Skate Palace - 7115 South Blvd. Chez Marjorie • 1531 East Blvd. Ron'i Rental Center - 1401-E W. Roosevelt Blvd. Monroe Greet American Fashion Co. - North Park Mall ft Town Ctr. Mall £ £ National Rentals - 3921 E. lnd. Blvd. Rock Hill fatf • ■ 34W South Blvd. I :• ^ ■. , 321 Sf. Gastonia ., ’ •' ; Crown Sahara . 6m E. mdep. Blvd. | ^ M DaleBrook Beauty Center - 2500 Beatties Ford Kd. H—sway's Men’s Stop - Try On Mall Capri Theater - Eastway & E. Independence Pawn Shop -1990 Freedom Or.' TO mi 98 ran OSTAKS

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