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Children's Home Society Piovides Baby-Placing Seivice To Tar Heels m. - GREENSBORO - baby." Every year thousands of cou ple* write the Children'* Home | Society In Greensboro, all With the same question, "Can you help us adopt a child?" And for over half a century the Society has been finding homes In every county in North Caro lina for, 6,000 babies and little children. These are the "displaced chil dren" of North Carolina, frbm homes broken by death or di vorce. These are the babies: who do not have an established family. Often the Society .knows about them months before they art* bom. The ejcpcetant mother may write. Or her family, her doctor, lawyer or minister. Or sometimes an agency, may inquire for her; I such as was. the circumstance in the Case of Pat and her hatSy, Nancy. Pat was the oldest of eight, children. All of her life there had . been a struggle "to make ends i Prove FREE ^Arthritis Rheumatism Pains Relieved Ml MTU *Hk ?ttkr't titiml PmtrtyiM Make This 24 Hr. 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If you ara not delighted with results, return for refund . Regular economy or hospital aise bottle $2.00, or Special only'" _ $1.00 Muscle-Aid AT YOU* DRUG STORE MUSCU KID CO., til W. ICFFERSON BLVD. U)S ANSUES J, CALIFORNIA meet", on their small farm In eas tern North Carolina. When she was 15 she escaped the drudgery of home life by marrying Ned, an 18-year old boy from a state ; 1,000 miles away. The "marriage" lasted only two weeks. They saw their mis take and separated, but it was too late. Pat was stranded, alone ard pregnant, In a city 1,000 mlltes away from Tar Heel bor ders. As the months passed, Pat be came panicky and finally con tacted the local Community Chest. They In turn called the Grensboro Community Chest who phoned The Children's Home So ciety to see what might bp done. "Of course, we can help. The child is born of a legal resident ! of North Carolina," Harriet L. Tynes, "xecutive Director of the Society, said. '.Immediately plans were made for Pat to return to North Carolina as soon as her baby was born. Soon after Nancy's birth, Pat returned home, first to Greens boro to, leave Nancy at the So ciety's Nursery. Pat felt she had to give up Nancy for the baby's own welfare, but the Society in sisted that she return home and consult her parents before tak ing such a step. The .Society con sistently refuses to- take a baby unless it is convinced it Is the best plan for the baby. A week later Pat and her pa rents came to Greensboro and visited the Nursery, a big white framed house on Cypress Street. It was a hard decision to give up the baby which had Pat's own blue eyes and red curls, but they knew Pat, barely 16, was too young to accept the responsibili ties of motherhood alone. Pat's mothfcr and father had a house I filled with their own children. There didn't seem to be much "promise of a future." for Nancy Don't Fool With A i CHEST COLD This PROVEN Way Relieves Distress - Breaks Up Local Congestion! Rub on highly medicated, concen trated Musterole. It promptly relieves coughs and breaks up local conges tlon. Musterole creates protecttva warmth on chest, throat and back, assuring amazing long -lasting relief! MUSTiRQIE there. Aft^r being accepted in the Nursery, Nancy entered a "wait ing period" to give Pat stili,roore time to be certain she had made the right decision. They kept in touch with Pat. Then one day she wrote, giving permission for Nancy's adoption, but "find her a good mommy and daddy, please", the letter begged. Meanwhile, doctors and iaw yers in Greensboro, who offer their services frtee to the Society, were watching over little Nancy. The pediatrician declared she was a fine healthy baby to all appear ances. The lawyer reminded thfe So ciety that Nancy's father as well as her mother had to give con sent to the adoption. This posed another problem, for Ned hadn't been heard fro>m since he left Pat nearly a year ago. "Don't try to find me," he had written. . The Society, through its mem bership in the Child Welfare Lea gue of America, had a network of resources to trace Ned's where abouts. It wasn't long until they found him and obtained his con sent to the adoption. However, in obtaining information about his parents for the baby's record, it was discovered there was a phy sical defect in Ned's family which might be Inherited. The geneticist who advises the staff was called In on the case. After examing all the facts and seeing Nancy] too, he said there was a slight chance that Nancy would. inherit the defect but more than likely she would lescape the defect entirely. This bare possi bility had to be reported to the potential adoptive parents, along with all the other information about the baby^s background. * j Now the Society must setek a couple "just right" for Nancy. What sort of home would be se lected? First, a home not in Eas tern Carolina since that is where Nancy's mother was living. This is in line with a strict Society rule never to f^nd homfeg for babies in the section from which they come. Second, a home of modest means where she will get a high school education but where pa rents will not expect a "mental giant". Third, a home where Nancy's carrot top and blue eyes will be welcome, and, appreciated by pa rents with similar coloring. Her looks and build must blend with those of her parents. Fourth, a home willing to ac cept Nancy, with full knowledge of the possible defect and her full background. There was one home on file at the Society that filled the bill Lennon Supports Cotton, Peanut Planing Quotas WILMINGTON ? "A defeat of the marketing , Quotas on cotton and peanuts in the referendum of December 15 would be a back ward sfp and could endanger the entirfe farm program," Senator Alton Lennon said tonight. "I would like to emphasize that these referendums are a vote on marketing quotas and are not 3 vote pn acreage allotments. Acre age allotments will be in effect regardless of the way the vote goes on December 15th," he said, "but if marketing quotas are de feated price supports for cotton and peanuts will probably drop to 50% of parity price "for co operators and no support for non cooperators." Senator Lennon also said, "This means, in effect, that the vote on December 15th is whether or not we want 90% support or 50% sup port." "We in North Carolina cannot afford to vote against any mar keting quota program," Senator Lennon said, "as most of you know, the farm program as now authorized, provides many bene fits to North Carolina farmers. In fact, North Carolina derives more from our present farm pro grams than any other state in the exactly. When the caseworker ex plained to the poiential parents, the possibility of a physical de fect, they exclaimed, "Why of course we want her. If we had our own child, we would run a greater risk than that barte pos sibility." Nancy gurgled when her new mother took her in her arms for the first time, while her new fa ther stood by, beaming with slightly misty eyes at his new family. This month the Children's Home Society's annual Christmas drive is underway for funds to continue to give service to the hundreds of Nancy's and young sters like her that need a home and loving parents. The Society is thfe only state wide, voluntarily- supported a gency licensed to handle adop tions in North Carolina. It re ceives no tax funds, gives its ser vices free to all and exists en tirely on voluntary gifts. 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Record-Breoking, Economy-Winning Red Ram V-8 Power Newest, Smoothest, Most Powerful Automatic Transmission ? m Power Full Measure of Pleasure with Power Union. For example, let's stop and think just what North Caro lina would be without a tobacco program. Tpbacco contributes a round 60% of our total farm in come but this percentage would be reduced substantially 11 there were no program In existence. Even though we do not produce tobacco in all parts of the state, anything that affects the tobacco grower affects the total economy of the state. We must rfetain our tobacco program, and to retain that program we must endeavor to have a well-rounded program for all types of commodities. There is a definite danger if we fail to support agricultural pro grams on other commodities," thte Senator declared. Senator Lennon pointed out that the vote on December 15th would be for one year on cotton and for three years on peanuts. "As an example," Senator Len non said, "Failure to approve this would, in the case of cotton, mean the. difference between a guaran teed- support price of around 33'/-> cents per pound or around 18 cents per pound, if not approved. Girl Scout News . Brownie Troop No. 1 met at Central Methodist church. The meeting was called to order. The refreshment committee served re freshments. Then we had a discus sion on what we were going to do for. Christmas. We went to Lake Montonia and had a Talent Scout Show. We walked around thte lake. Then we had our good-bye sortg and then went back to the church. Leaaers of the troop are Mrs. Paul Hendricks and Mrs. Madge Rhea. Reporter, Carey Shore Motor vehicles are by far the largest consumers of motive pow er from petroleum, using nearly a billion barrels of gasoline annu- J ally. ; ' : The nation's corn production prospect dropped 114,000,000 bus hels during August, making it 3, 200,000,000 as of September 1. COURT OF HONOR December meeting of the Kings Mountain Boy Scout district Court of Honor will be held at City Hall Thursday night at 7:30, with a Scouter's iRoundtable concurrently sche duled, according to an an nouncement from Piedmont Council Headquarters. Often chicks started In the fall and winter pay the highest pro PRESCRIPTION SERVICE We Fill any poetoi/ Pre scriptions promptly and accurately at reasonable prices with the confidence of your physician. Kings Mountain Drug Company THE REX ALL STORE Phones 41 ? 81 We Call For and Deliver Veterans, Oz Non-Veterans I am building some homes on Rhodes Avenue. Small down payments and these payments cheaper than rent. Fi nancing down payment easy, quick, simple. Your equity In auto, vacant loL other property, or what do yon have? E. T. Plott, Builder York Rd. Phone 874 O-8-ttn ? The Herald $2.50 Per Year ? for BLUE TIMELY CLOTHES BOTANY "500 THE GASTONIAN Navy suits for the Holiday Season that every " . man should have for correct dress. 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