OPA Price and
Rationing Hews
hew points TO SPEND
Validation last Sunday of five
more red stamps and five more blue
stamps has added a total of 100
points to ypur food . buying budget,
since each new stamp retains the
established 10- point value.
New blue stamps are J-l through
N-l; new red stamps ate A-l
through E-l. All ten stamps may
be used any time from now through
the month of October, OPA'a an
nouncement said. Jhere are always
four sets of both Tne red and blue
stamps valid, said OPA, the life
time of each set being four months.
The first set is always retired as the
fifth becomes good.
In announcing the new stampa.
District Director L. W. DriscoU urg
ed all ration book holders to write
the expiration date cm the back of
each stamp, for easy reference.
PEACHES MUST BE CANNED
? The Georgia and Carolina peaches
now reaching markets will be a
vital factor in our next winter's food
supply if homemakers will can the
largest amount possible, OPA Direc
tor L. W. Driscoll said Monday.
"Home canning may seem more
difficult this year, because of the
extrftne shortage of sugar," Mr.
Driscoll admitted, "but department
of agriculture experiments over sev
eral years have proved that peaches
mi other fruits may be effectively
preserved without sugar.
"Naturally such fruits doesn't re
tain its shape or color quite as well
but we must remember that this is
wartime. We can't allow any food
to go to waste," Mr. Driscoll said.
The OPA official also addressed a
Cleaners
We appreciate your busi
ness very much, and it is
our aim to give you the
best of service.
Our hanging space is some
what limited and we ask
that you please call for
your work, at least within
a week from the date you
leave it. This will enable
us to take better care of
your clothes.
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BEN WOOD, Mgr.
plea to those who have already re
ceived their canning sugar for this
year. He urged them to -return all
unused sugar coupons to their local
board, \o the sugar could be re-i?
suod to their neighbors.
USED CAB PRICES DOWN .
Prospective used car buyers were
advised to look for the lower ceiling
price tags on all used cars offered
for sale, in a statement issued by
OPA's District Director L. W. Dris
coll.
Mr. Driscoll reminded buyers that
ceiling prices of all used cars were
reduced four percent on July 1, in
line with OPA's policy of taking
normal depreciation into considera
tion. New ceiling prices will be
figured to the nearest even dollar,
be said.
Ceiling prices on equipment for
which charges may be made, were
also reduced four percent at the
same time, Mr. Driscoll added.
DEADLINE EXTENDED
Farmers who had not .applied for
OPA slaughtering permits by last
Sunday, June 30, will be granted an
indefinite postponement of thfc dead
lint date, OPA District Director
Driscoll said.
Despite the postponement, how
ever, Mr. Driscoll urged all farmers
who ifian to slaughter and sell any
amount of meat during the next year
to apply for permits at their local
War Price and Rationing boards as
early as possible, so that appropri
ate quota bases for slaughtering can
be set.
REA Board Named
By Governor Cherry
Reappointment of E. F. Allen, of
Lenoir, to the North Carolina Rural
Electrification Authority was an
nounced by Governor Cherry last
week.
This is the third successive term
for Mr. Allen, who was first ap
pointed by Governor Hoey in 1939,
reappointed by Governor Broughton
in IMi and the recent appointment
by Gov. Cherry.
At the same time Gwyn B. Price
was designated by the governor to
continue as chairman for a four
year term.
Other members reappointed are
Mrs. Jane S. McKimmon of Raleigh,
and W. M. Sherard of Henderson
ville. Their terms expire June 5,
1949. Members whose terms have
not expired are D. E. Puree 11 of
Reidsville, and S. H. Hobbs, Jr., of
Chapel Hill.
BUY WAR BONDS
Church Women Hold
District Meeting Here
An all-day zone meeting of the
Woman'* Society of Christian Serv
ice for the Marion district was held
in the Boone Methodist Church
Tuesday of last week, tor a group
of nine churches in Ashe, Avery
and Watauga counties. The day was
devoted to inspirational addresses
and the transaction of business, in
terspersed with special music by
Mrs. D. J. Whitener and Dr. John
Bard en.
The speaker* were: Dr. T. K. Mc
Larty, pastor; Mrs. C. C. Weaver of
Elkin, conference president; Mrs. J.
H. Melzer, Rutherford College, dis
trict secretary of organization and
promotion; Mr*. A T. Abernethy,
Rutherford College, district presi
dent; Mrs. John Barden, Boone, for
mer missionary to the Belgian Con
go, chairman of the meeting. Life
memberships were presented to Mrs.
John r. Hardin, Mrs. M. B. Black
burn and Miss Jennie Coffey, all of
Boone.
The newly-elected zone officers
are M? John Barden, leader; Mrs.
J. D. Rankin, secretary; Mrs. Rus
sell Henson, treasurer.
Senate Given Peace
Charter by President
Washington, July 2 ? President
Truman, characterizing the world se
curity charter as a document that
points down "the only road to en
during peace," urged his former sen
ate colleagues today to give it early
ratification.
Formally placing the historic
treaty y before the chamber, he
warned that permanent world peace
rests "between this charter and no
charter at alL"
Mr. Truman, just returned from
the final plenary session of the
world security conference at San
Francisco and a shoxt rest at his
home at Independence, Mo., ad
dressed the senate less than 23
hours after arriving here by air.
The first President to address the
senate in 13 years, his appearance
was historic in another respecto It
was just 26 years ago, lacking eight
days, that the late President Wood
row Wilson came before the upper
house 'to plead unsuccessfully for
United States participation in the
now defunct League of Nations.
Mr. Truman will have better luck.
Both Democratic and Republican
leaders concede that not more than
10 votes will be cast against the
charter which proposes to outlaw
war for all time and provides an
armed force to make that promise
food.
Optional Savings Shares in the
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We have had wonderful sales since July I in our j
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We should be happy to explain this plan to you,
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and issue you some of these shares. j
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If you plan to build or buy a home, let us explain
our direct reduction plan, which is new, modern J
and can be adjusted to your needs, on a long time
or short time loan, with the privilege of paying
off at any date without penalty of any kind.
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We shall be glad to discuss your problems with i
you at any time, and will give you quick service.
Watauga Building and
Loan Association
BOONE, N. C.
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11 is to your interest to take the very best care of yonr present automobile or truck,
as the war against the Japs gains momentum, for despite our military successes,
it's going to be a long lime before manufacturing restrictions are lifted, and au
tomobile manufacturing begins on any appreciable scale.
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Bringjis your car for washing and expert lubrication service, and prevent expensive breakdown in the future.
We are equipped to render the very best service. Ve also suggest that you have those worn tires recapped before
\ the carcasses arthopelessly damaged, for remember, unless you have the certificate, new tires are going to be un
ai long, long time. We also do vulcanizing. f ]
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Bring u> your automobile lor the very bert attention. We give pwftitokiag effort to every job, and can
prolonging the useful life of our vehicle, and render it ? fe for you, until that new car can be deKvwred
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