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few Servicemen Exhaust GI allowances —0- RALEIGH, Oct. 9 Only 1.51 , nt 0 f the approximately 321,- .rth Carolina veterans of 01,(1 , ° War II who had been dis bE September 1 had ex tn u , ( i their servicemen’s read haU"'t allowances by that date, '^hother they were eligible for J eight weeks or the full 52 eks of benefits, it is learned f 'ni figures released by Henry F Kendall. Chairman of the State em pl°y |nent Compensation com rli<?sion. Veterans with as much as 90 , s 0 f service are eligible to d rasv unemployment allowances up ' weeks and it takes nine n ths and lf> days to make them eligible to draw the full 52 weeks allowances, Chairman Kendall „ oint s out. Only a small percent age of the 1,373 veterans who have exhausted their allowances are believed to have been eligible for allowances for the maximum period of 52 weeks. Os the 321,000 North Carolina veterans released by September | , 91,000 had filed claims for un | employment allowances, or 28.35 percent of the number released. It is abvious that a sizable por tion of those filing their first claim at the end of the week of claims did not file a compensable unemployment and did not receive allowances. So, it is safe to as sume that less than one-fourth of the released vKerans have actually drawn benefits. In the two years of operation of the servicemen’s readjustment al lowances program, from Septem ber, 1944, through August, 1946, records show that 905,963 con tinued claims had been filed by unemployed veterans. The con tinued claims filed in the state during the first eight months of 1946, period of the greatest activ ity. reached 508,108, an average of 14,517 each week, or an average of 145 for each of the 100 counties each week. North Carolina veterans, eligi ble for unemployment allowances, have drawn benefits for an aver age of slightly less than 10 weeks each, actually 9.96 weeks, since the program started, Chairman Kendall reports. THE BIBLE IN OUR SCHOOL o Is Our Country A Christian Country? Yes, America is a Christian country because we all have the right to worship God as we please and most of us put God first in our lives. There are millions of Christians in this country, while in other countries there are only a few and they have been brought to Christ by our missionaries. Our country Men’s RAINCOATS 5 5 95 Rice’s Quality Store Home Needs.. // * LAWN BROOMS # J * CLOTHES RACKS jJSft * CLOTHES HAMPERS l\ \\\ We Now Have A Line Os INSIDE LOCK SETS AND HINGES Black Mountain Hardware Co. PHONE 3481 — ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ DEW DROPS Modernists say, the Bible CON-! TAINS the word of God. Fundamentalists say— the Bible ' IS the word of God. 0 The keynote to success is B natural. Do not put on, folks. o W here are our young people ? : Out looking for their Moms and Dads. o .- The Christian does not live at Sinai—but at Calvary. o Cooperation I dressed the woupd. God healed it. Shakespeare said: “Why should a man take anything into his sys tem that will make him a beast.” sends missionaries to all parts of the world. Because our country is Christ ian we want all the other coun tries to be Christian too. We could be better Christians if we took all the opportunities and if leaders put their trust in God and looked to him for guid ance. Winston Riddle. Praise Work Os Handicapped Vets o RALEIGH, Oct. 9—“ National Employ the Physically Handicap ped Week,” being observed this week as a result of proclamations by \President Truman and Gover nor Cherry, is designed to bring to the attention of all employers in North Carolina their responsibi lity for offering job opportunities to handicapped veterans of World 'Wars I and 11, it is explained by R. C. Godwin, State Veterans Employment Representative. Veterans, handicapped by war Injuries, are capable of doing many kinds of work in which their handicaps will not interfere with their performance. In fact, Mr, Godwin states, that by stressing their abilities, rather than their disabilities, the handicapped work ers have demonstrated that, as compared with able-bodied per sons, they have a low turn-over rate, low absenteeism rates, high efficiency rates and low accident rates. Employers have a two-fold op portunity by employing handicap ped workers. Employers who give jobs to handicapped workers which fit the abilities of the workers can rest assured that they will be re warded by better-than-average performance. They are also ex pressing their appreciation and confidence in the men who have | demonstrated that they deserve j the best that can be offered them. Mr. Godwin is urging all employ ers of the State, large and small to list their job needs with the local USES offices, in order that disabled veteran applicants may | be given opportunities for work in their local communities. “Employers of North Carolina have demonstrated their patrio- j tism and loyalty in many in- j stances during the trying war years and in our post-war efforts to return to prosperity and plenty,: and I am sure they are willing to cooperate now in our campaign to present every opportunity to every disabled veteran for gain ful employment,” said Mr. Godwin. WOMAN'S WORLD Are\ ou TiredofYourOld Coat? Give It New Life by Remodeling • (eij TF YOU’VE decided that your spring or fall coats have given you just about all the wear they will as coats, but that the fabric is still strong and durable, they can be con verted into attractive suits, skirts or jackets. As long as there is still an ap parent scarcity of good woolens, you will be well repaid for any ef fort you spend on the reconversion of old coats into useful and even smart clothing. Practically speaking, there is enough material in almost any good coat for at least a skirt, and very often a short jacket. It’s not even tedious work to do this remodeling if you will space out the work care fully, instead of trying to do the whole thing at once. The time spent on sewing depends upon your own individual skill. It can be completed in an afternoon, but what’s the rush? Take it slowly, because your reward will be a brand new outfit that no one would recognize as a made-over. Choose Style to Fit Material on Hand Naturally when you are remodel ing you will be somewhat—but not too much limited—in what you can do with the material you have. If the coat has no seams in the back the job is an easy one because this can be used for the back of the skirt. If the coat is gored or pleated, select a pattern you can adapt accordingly. Because of the coat opening in front you will want a skirt that has several sections in front —at least two. You can of course have a center pleat or center seam if you wish. If you have an old coat . . , You will find in many cases that a jacket can be made simply by refitting the top and cutting the sleeves down to three - quarter length. How is this possible? Well, if you’ve noticed the styles now be ing shown, you’ll see lots of short jackets, and lots of figure-hugging ones which make them adaptable for this type of remodeling. Once the lining has been removed from the coat there will usually be ample space in one of these coats for this kind of jacket. Woolens Combine Easily With Other Colors If you find that you just can’t make a jacket out of your coat in addition to the skirt, then select a lovely bright color—or dark one to go with it as a jacket. Some of the lovely combinations you see are black skirts with fuchsia or purple jackets, gray with kelly green, brown with toast or cinnamon or beige, black with beige or green. Tweeds combine especially well with bright green or blue. Even if you find that extra ma terial is necessary to make a jacket for the skirt, the material you have, already used besides the economy of home sewing will work such an economy on the outfit that any small outlay of money is well worth the effort. Convert it into a suit. If you have purchased the coat to go with a skirt—they were sell ing coat and skirt sets some time ago— then use the coat for making the jacket. As I’ve said several times, wool ens wear extremely well, and since they take colors with a great deal of ease, you can probably use the fabric easily after cleaning. How- Fashion Forecast The draped toe effect la very popular in tome shoe*, and the high wedge heel i« really something in the way of comfort. Both are lovely and graceful to behold. Jumper dresses have a new this year. The yoke treatment on them is r.ew and different, and many have sleeves of a contrasting color so that the dress will still look kke a jumper. BUY BONDS AND KEEP THEM Say You Saw It In The News Weskit Suit ' * s m~. jli is ! A navy wool suit with weskit cut points for the jacket brings to the fore the new mode in suits. A white crepe gilet completes the ensemble. ever, should you discover spots or streaks of fading in the coat, turn the fabric to the wrong side and use that. Fading won’t occur, of course, on the darker fabrics or tweeds, but blue and green pastel coats may show some traces of fading. You’ll find that the weave on the wrong side, though not as smooth as on the side already used, is perfectly usable and serviceable. If you are using an old coat for a jacket and find that the edges and buttonholes are worn, try a contrast ing color for piping the opening and make buttonholes in that. A very good idea for this would be to use some fabric from the same material as the skirt as this would tie the outfit together. Take as much care in remodeling as you would with details on a new fabric: otherwise, it’s fool ish to put your time into the sewing. All seams should be pinked or other wise finished so there is no ravel ing of the material when you begin sewing and wearing the clothing. If you want to add decorative touches to the coat, find some in teresting buttons or pins. You may even have some nice fur that could go to the collar and cuffs. Or, if you have only fluffs of nice fur, have the tailor make them into pom poms or similar decoration for you and use them as you would a pin. Spiteful Spots Remove spots as soon as pos sible after they are made since the stain seeps deep into the fiber if allowed to stand in the gar ment. Often it is difficult if not impossible to remove these same spots later. Fruit stains, blood stains and other stains which do not contain grease will often yield to a wa ter or soap and water treatment easily. Heavy grease, lipstick, £tc., will not usually respond to ordi nary cleaning agents. Use one of the following on them: ben zine, carbon tetrachloride, gaso line or specially prepared clean ing fluid. Keep these substances away from flame because they are very inflammable. If you get a cigarette burn on wool and it does not go be neath the surface, brush with sandpaper, unless the wool is white. Never use too much cleaning fluid for home cleaning. This will leave a ring in the garment and may be difficult to remove. Use cleaning fluid on a gar ment set over a blotter or any other very absorbent material. Saturate a small piece of lint less fabric in the fluid and brush with light movements. After the stain disappears, brush with a dry cloth and let the garment hang to dry. Some dresses have hemlines dip ping in back, some on the side, and some in both places. Sally Victor likes molding brim, less bonnets and adds feathers swirling gracefully to fit the con tour of the face. To add sparkle to these close-to the-head hats, rhinestones anc. feathers are sometimes introduced as a decorative feature. Officers For Red Cress Nominated The nominating committee, of which Principal Tom Nesbitt is chairman, has presented the fol lowing slate of officers and rep resentatives from outlying areas: chairman of chapter Thomas S. Sharp, vice chairman Dr. Hubert Clapp, secretary Mrs. W. H. Styles, treasurer William Hickey, Rice ville, Otten, D. L. Creasman and Mrs. Nedra Creasman, North Fork, Thad Burnett, Montreat, Rev. W. M. Armstead, Ridgecrest, Paul Harris, Broad River, Emil Kirstein. The election will be held at the annual meeting Monday, October 14, 7:30 p. m., at the Black Moun tain Methodist church. There also will be a special service at which recognition will be given volunteer workers who have served with distinction this past year. W. D. Dibrell, general field representa tive will present the awards. Joel C. McCurry Red Cross Field Director recently returned from the Mediterranean area will tell of experiences and special Red Cross services which have been rendered. All citizens of the three town ships Swannanoa, Black Moun tain and Broad River are invited. MIXING CONCRETE Too much water in proportion to the amount of cement when mixing concrete greatly reduces the strength, durability and water tightness of the concrete. Con crete should never be mixed so thin it can be easily poured. It should always be mixed thick enough so that some tamping or spading is required to produce a dense, thick, smooth surface. In the concrete mix, cement and water form a paste, which upon hardening, forms the binder that holds the sand and gravel particles together in a solid mass. Too much water thins and dilutes the paste, weakening its cementing qualities.’ The amount of water to use varies according to the type of concrete work being done and the moisture in the sand. If ordinarily damp sand and gravel are being used, no more than 5 gallons of water per sack of cement should be used for water tight concrete. No more than 6 gallons of water per sack of cement should be used in con crete for foundations, footings, or where the concrete is not subject to weather , wear or water. ! COOL SPOT IS BIG NEED IN STORING CANNED GOODS Canning is hard work, as any of i the home demonstration club can i ning champions will.- testify. 1 That’s why the food preservation | specialists with the State college j Extension service urge the club i women to store their canned goods carefully. Jars of fruit and vegetables should be stored where it is cool, dark and dry, the specialists say. Box of 72 2.59 Over a Month's Supply I IN DRUGS —ls IT'S RIGHTI BLACK MOUNTAIN DRUG COMPANY The Rexall Store We Deliver Phone 4121 Thurs.. October 10, 1946.—BLACK MOUNTAIN NEWS—I Mrs. Zeb Sawyer Has Colorado Visitor Mrs. Gladys Bowles of Colora do Springs, Colo., is here for a visit with her brother-in-law and sister Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Sawyer. Mrs. Bowles flew from Denver and was met at the Asheville-Hen dersonville airport by her sister who brought her to Black Moun tain for her first visit in two years. Secretary for the 15th Airforce at Colorado Springs, the visitor was honored Sunday by a dinner at the Sawyer’s home. The follow ing were present: Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Sawyer and daughters Ann and Judy, Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Anders and family, and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Gregg and son of Asheville. Ten Tips For Home Nurses o Red Cross nursing instructors, along with the rudimentary skills of nursing, teach the ten com mandments of home care of the sick which can be followed with benefit by every home maker: 1. Put the patient to bed. 2. Keep other members of the family away from him. 3. Keep him quiet. 4. Take his temperature. 5. Ascertain location of pain. 6. Call doctor and report tem perature and symptoms. 7. Give no cathartics or other drugs until instructed by doc tor. 8. Wash the hands after minis tering to patient. 9. Follow the doctor’s orders. 10. Report progress to doctor at intervals. The Veterans Administration has ruled that American citizens who served in Canada’s armed forces during World War II are ’ entitled to guaranteed loans un the GI Bill of Rights. Patronize Your Local Merchants • • Increased Rales Essential To Good Telephone Service Your telephone rate is low and your Telephone Company wants to keep it a small part of your operating expenses. While your rate has remained the same for many years, the total cost of furnishing telephone service-* to our North Carolina customers has steadily in creased. Since 1941 expenses have advanced 102 per cent while revenues increased only 76 pec cent-. Telephone wage rates in North Carolina have in creased $2,311,415 since March of 1945 (on an an nual basis). The cost of erecting buildings has jumped 75 to 100 per cent, the cost of providing telephone facilities 45 to 60 per cent, and the cost of telephone materials 15 to 25 per cent. Fact is, all our expenses have been climbing so fast that — the amount of money paid out to provide service is increasing faster than the amount taken in. Telephone earnings to day are the lowest in our history in face of a record volume of business. Southern Bell has applied for ah increase of rates; on business telephones to help meet this condition. Authority is also being sought for an increase of 5 cents on most long distance calls within the state. We want rates no higher than necessary to provide everyone with good service and expand it. We be lieve you feel the same way, even if the cost is somewhat more, because the business and social welfare of this community depends on adequate, telephone service. SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORPORATED NO BUSINESS CAN GIVE ADEQUATE SERVICE W.TfiOUT ADEQUATE EAKKINCS Rev. Baucom Returns From Kinston Meeting O Rev. and Mrs. H. W. Baucom Friday l'eturned from Kinstton, N. C., where they attended a call meeting of the trustees of the North Carolina Baptist Orphan age. The Rev. Mr. Baucom has been a trustee for the past eight years. They were accompanied to Kin ston by Mrs. Kinsey who continu ed on to Fort Barnwell to visit friends. At Kinston the trustees spent the night at the Kennedy home the land for which was donated to the Baptist of North Carolina by the man for whom it is named. Consisting of 1200 acres the farm will produce close to 6,000 bushels of corn this year, has 100 head of white hereford cattle, and 25 holsteins. A large part of the work on the farm, in the dairy, and in the home is done by the children who receive a quart of milk daily. The visitors were served by the senior girJLs during mieals and on Monday evening were enter tained by a girls’ chorus in the home of the superintendent W. C. Reed. Phone 4301 For Radio Repairs Written Guarantee With Each Job Pick-Up and Delivery Sales and Service On Small Appliances Nickel Plated Flashlights SJOO With Batteries GOFF RADIO SERVICE Opposite Post Office Page 7
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