Page Twelve THE PILOT, Southern Pines, N(»th Carolina Friday, September 6, 1946 • 1 NORTH CAROLINA FIRST IN CREDIT UNIONS North Carolina leads all other states as of May 31 in number of new credit unions formed, ac cording to D. R. Graham, Cred it Union Supervisor, Department of Agriculture, who quoted fig ures in BRIDGE, official organ of Credit Union National Asso ciation. Graham said that there are now a total of 180 state-charter ed credit unions plus 20 which are Federal-chartered in North Carolina and that there ai; o\i'i 10,000 active credit unions m the United States functioning at llie present time. Advisor for Women Vets Don’t Buy or Build Dwelling Now Housing Authority Warns Because we are in the midst of as serious a real estate inflation as this country has even seen, it is folly to buy or build a home in the present market, according to Miles Co lean, former Assistant Federal Housing Administrator. “Don’t build. Don’t buy,’’ Colean declares in an article in the August issue of House Beautiful magazine, a publica tion which ordinarily encourages the construction of new^ homes. Recognized as America’s leading^’ Fall Opening • • • We Have A Variety Of The choicest blossoms of the season. . bouquets and corsages. . . ready to fill your order. Miss Winifred L. Stilwell, recenHy separated from the WAC's with the rank of lieutenant colonel, has been named advisor to General Omar N. Bradley, Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, on matters pertainins to women veterans. Miss Stilwell, vvhose home is in Kansas City, Kans., served in the Philippines ds officer-in-charge of the WAC unit at General MacArthur’s headquarters. Monroe Reunion Held at Ben Salem housing economist. Colean hits straight from the shoulder in his advice to prospective home builders or buyers when he states in the article: “It’s strange for a home maga zine to recommend this. But if it’s the truth, we should not be afraid to -say so. No other advice makes any sense now. Except under the direst necessity, stay out of the housing market. You can’t win ex cept on the rhortest of deals, and you are almost certain to lose in the tong run.” Colean points out that any build er or buyer in the present market only adds to the pressure on prices and-that not only will they lose but they will be forcing others to lose. “If you buy or build now, yo" face the grim outlook of losir''- dollar value and quantity v he declares.- “Not only will you yourself lose, but you will be help ing others to lose, too, for every buyer added to today’s prices adds' to the pressure on prices. Hole in where you are, if you possible can, till the storm sweeps by. “This is hard advice to take after four or five years of waiting and planning. It is particularly hard advice after the fair prospects w« could glimpse a year and even less than a year ago. But the dis couraging fact is now plain: we are in the midst of as serious a real estate inflation as the country has seen. “Inflation—dangerous inflation— is here now. Watch, look, and stop. There is an old saying, ‘To the starving man all bread is good.’ To- •^iay’s building bread is bad. Be sure at you are starving before you ■ it.” Showing New Designs in Jewelry and Silverware First Import of Czecho-Slovakian Vases Fine Leather Goods Including Bags Full Assortment of ELIZABETH ARDEN’S Toilet Products ‘ Pcltl; «ift Broad Street at Pennsylvania Ave. Southern Pines PINEHURST GREENHOUSES Member of FTP Pinehurst. N. C. Phone 2121 RADIO STATION WWGP NOW ON THE AIR For Best in Entertainment and Up To The Minute United Press News, Keep Your Radio Dial Set At 1050 KC • For Commercial Time Telephone 860 In Sanford, N. C. SHIELD younrAHHLy, CRITICAL YEARS n After a lapse of four years, due to war conditions, the Monroe reunion was held at Ben Salem Church Sept. 1, 1946. At eleven o’clock the church and class rooms were filled to capacity for the preaching service conducted by the pastor, Mr. McBath. After the sermon, the servicemen and women present were recognized and the congregation stood in a moment of silent prayer in mem ory of those who made the su preme sacrifice. Immediately following the ser vice, Fred B. Monroe, president, called the organization into a business session. Mrs. C. V. Rich ardson, secretary, read the min utes of last meeting and gave a financial report, after which the following officers were elected; Guy Monroe, Hamlet, presi dent; Ernest Monroe, Star, vice- president; Blanche Monroe, West End, secretary-treasurer. Mrs. Guy Monroe gave some interesting facts about the Mon ro Coat of Arms, the motto of which is “Dread God.” Upon adjournment, the assem blage gathered under the an cient oaks for a picnic dinner. Around the long loaded table, clansmen, friends and neighbors enjoyed a rare period of fellow ship, renewing old acquaintances and making new ones. As goodbyes were said and we departed from the old church grounds it was with a feeling that it was good to have been there. By ELEANOR MITCHEL (Eleanor Mitchel is on vacation. Anne Winslow, ex-WAC officer who served in England, Prance & Germany, is writing this week s (column.) The salary of members of the British Parliament was recently raised from 600 pounds to 1000 pounds (about $4,000) per year. Arqerican Congressmen receive $10,000. Membership in North Carolina erdeit unions now totals 40,000 with total resources listed as ap proximately $4,000,000. The larg est union is that of the State Em ployees in Raleigh with resources of $1,400,000. New York . . . Painters, plas terers, carpenters and electricians are hard at work transforming the building of the City of New York in the Worlds Fair grounds and the Sperry plant at Lake Success into headquarters of the United Nations. They are doing a good job as I found out when I went to get a first hand preview. Under escort of very helpful guides I clambered over and around piles c- lumber, bricks and colossal lighting fixtures. _ The big Assembly chamber in Flushing Meadows seats 1500 peo ple—delegates on thp floor, press and public in a balcony. Around the sides are the booths for radio, television and press photogra phers. The back wall is a deep maroon red—the sides a pale sal mon. and in front is a great map of the world with the North Pole in the center copied from the emblem of the United Nations. The lighting gives the effect of warm sunlight. The day before 1 went out there, somel-ody had apparently satisfied the ambition of a lifetime. A loud booming voice was heard from the cham ber. Investigation revealed an agitated little man addressing the empty room in accents that re minded his hearers of Adolf Hitler. In addition to the Assem bly chamber, the building houses quantities of offices, a delegates’ lounge and dining room, press rooms and a big cafeteria. Despite the size of the building, there is a feeling of quiet effi ciency and intimacy. Incidentally, the flags,of the 51 nations stand on the exact site of the Trylon and Perisphere of Worlds Fair days. The Sperry plant, which is some distance from Flushing Meadows, will house the Secre tariat. the Economic and Social Council, the Security Council, the Atomic Energy Commission and other commissions and commit tees. Here, at last, the United Nations should be able to settle down with reasonable comfort and convenience until its move to the permanent site some years hence. The moving, by the way, is being done for $1.00 through the courtesy of James O’Neill president of the Lincoln Ware house Corporation and a firm be liever in the United Nations. ALSO . . . Clark Eichelberger, Director of the American Asso ciation for the United Nations, has just returned from two weeks in Europe attending the meeting of the World Federation of United Nations Associations in Luxembourg and looking in on the Paris Peace Conference. As he stepped casually off the plane he remarked, “The flying time is almost the same as to the West Coast.” For the first time since the war the United Nations Associations, formerly the League of Nations Associations, met to reorganize themselves into a World Federa tion. Representatives of 24 coun tries met in the little Duchy of Luxembourg, a country of 240.- 000 inhabitants and the site of the most powerful radio statipn in Europe, first used by the Ger mans and later by the Allies. The striking features of the Federa tion meeting, according to Mr. Eichelberger, were the youth of the delegates and the harmony of the discussions. Almost all rep resentatives had either been in the resistance or the armed forces. In these meetings there was no sense of an Eastern bloc and a Western bloc. These people knew all too well the suffering of war qnd were eager to make a peace that was intelligent and endur ing. Scarcity of radios, shortage of paper and lack of funds to pay news services has'ereated all over Europe a desperate need for the kind of information about the United Nations which we take so much for granted. Mr. Eichel berger was able to bring them the welcome news that the United Nations will give a free set of all its publications to each Associa tion. The Federation met in the Chamber of Deputies of the Gov ernment of Luxembourg. There were interpreters, agendas, mim eographed documents and all the accessories of a smoothly run conference. But, in this case, most of these services were supplied by a group of volunteers who had come from all over at their own expense. Jan Masaryk of Czechoslovakia was elected as the first president along with four honorary presidents, including Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. In the village of Ham, three miles from the city of Luxem bourg, the American delegation paid their respects to the 9,000 American dead buried in the cemetery. There lies General Pat ton between an Unknown Soldier and a Polish boy from New York. . . . Next week I’ll tell you some thing about Mr. Eichelberger’s impressions of the Peace Confer ence. Smartly striped, all - wool suit; wide revers . . , In families where there are small children,' there is nothing so important as to keep that family to gether under the constant care of the mother until the youngest child has had an opportunity at least to complete High School. This is the formative period—these are the critical years. If you should die during this period, the Jef ferson Standard Family Protector Plan will carry your family through. And if you live, this plan will give you continuous protection and an income for the retirement years. You owe it to your family to investigate the Family Protector Plan. For complete details at no cost, write or phone today. BURNEY R. McCOTTER Box 753 Southern Pines, N. C. AGENT JEFFERSON STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMP ANY G R E E N S H 0 R 0 , N 0 R T H ,C A R 0 L I N A ji|Amazmgly full topper with! Simmense sleeves. | Fashion decrees a morel tailored—more detailed look! t to the new fall suits and| ; itf coats. oM: / Banks Clothing Co. 12 S. MOORE ST. SANFQRD nuittttttituttitttmnittniixitutxtittttttixttxfximiiiiiiiiiiiuiiixa tt THANK The Southern Pines Veterans’ Organizations and the Advisory Committee of Interest ed Citizens wish to express their thanks to the people of Southern Pines for their whole hearted support in securing funds for the erection of the steel fence around the Southern Pines Athletic Park. The drive was a success and after all the bills for posters, newspaper advertising and other expenses are paid, along with the steel fence, the balanc will remain in the Veterans’ Athletic Fund to be used toward any further development of the Athletic Park. We wish to especially express our thanks to the Teen-Agers for their grand coopera tion in makingjout of town ticket trips and conducting a house to house canvass in Southern Pines. Lennox Forsyth,chairman Robert Henderson, treasurer Veterans Athletic Fund

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