PAGE FOUR Tuberculosis StiH Claims Many Lives Leading Killer Among Age Group From 1540 34 The tremendous cost of tuberculosis in terms of lives, suffering:, and dol lars is emphasised in the 1949-60 an nual report of the National Tubercu losis Association, released by D,r. Janies E. Perkins, ,managing director. Killing more than 40,000 persons a year, tuberculosis is responsible for more death® in this country than all other infectious diseases combined and leads all diseases, infectious or not, as a cause of death in the age group from 16 to 34. While the tragic cost of tubercu losis in broken lives and broken homes cannot be calculated, the report states that the monetary cost of tuberculosis is estimated at more thaq $350,000,- 000 a year. Included in this sum is the cost of care of and services for the quarter of a million people known to have the disease and the search for an equal number believed to ibe tubercu losis victims but unknown to health] departments. The sum does not in clude hospital construction costs. Since the median age at which tu berculosis kills is 48, the report brings out that the disease each year is rob- ■ bing the people of this country of 1,- 500,000 potential years of life, one ’ million of which are working years, i (These estimates are based on a life ’ expectancy at birth of 65 and a work- ' ing age limit of 65 years.) Yet tuberculosis, a communicable j disease, is also a preventable disease, the report states, and can be brought * under complete control if the pres- 1 ent campaign of the medical profes sion, the voluntray tuberculosis asso ciations, and official health agencies is stepped up and relentlessly pursued. Cited among the outstanding re- . quirements to fight tuberculosis Ore .4 program geared to the needs of the ( day; further medical advances in the ] research and educational fields as well ( as in the diagnosis and treatment of . the disease; more local health units ] to serve the health needs of all the people; a public better educated in the prevention and control of tuberculosis; more widespread efforts to find people with tuberculosis while the disease is still in an early stage; more hospital beds for tuberculosis patients; more 1 nurses trained in the care of the tu berculosis; improved services for tu berculosis patients, and international control of the disease. (While the prediction may be made] at some time in the future tubercu losis may become a medical rarity, the report stresses that close vigilance will always have to be maintained against it. It has already been the target, according to the report, of the “most widely organized, longest sus tained, most productive campaign ever directed against the disease.” The campaign was launched in 1904 with the organization of the NTA, which today has 2,987 affiliated associations in the 48 states, the District of Co lumbia, Alaska, the Canal Zone, Ha waii, and Puerto Rico. “The very communicability of the disease, which makes the campaign against it practical and progressive,” j states the report, "is the factor that States me iepwx't'j to - O O : Bf Jjlßfe jfll | | HOG FEEDS ! YES, WE HAVE THEM ... . ~ !’ :! PURINA, WAYNE AND SCOTT :: 14% — lB% 20% 40% ■ 4if |: Priced from $4.49 if i <►. i > :! Your Orders Are Appreciated, Large or Small, ■ o i > :; ■ : HHSEY FHB & SEED STORE :: “THE CHECKERBOARD STORE’ ! j < PHONE 273 WE DELIVER X ♦ i "^iniiiillUtllMtttMMlMMHtlftlttttt ' - i ®S > l I I>frlL' 5 J* STICK ’EM UP! —This was regular procedure when American in vading forces were examining captured enemy soldiers taken during tile landing at Inchon, Korea. (U. S. Army radiophoto by Robert • Dangel. of Cincinnati. Ohio.i will demand indefinitely the enforce ment of proved preventive proced ures.” ! The 1948 Christmas Seal Sale brought $20,226,794.15 for the support of the work of the National Tubercu losis Association and its affiliates, Dr. Perkins reported. Os this sum, the National received 5 per cent and 95 per cent was retained within the state where it was contributed to support state and local programs. Beginning with the 1950 Christmas Seal Sale, which opens November 20, the Nat ional percentage, said Dr. Perkins, will i be six cents of each dollar contri- , buted, with at least one-sixth of this 6 per cent devoted exclusively to re search. i INTOLERANCE AIDS REDS, SAYS CLERGYMAN “Communist Russia has no more powerful ally than the weapon of rac ial intolerance and religious bigotry,” declares Notre Dame clergyman. Read his heartwarming story proving co operation of faiths can exist here, in “Bread Upon the Waters” in Novem ber 12 issue of - AMERICAN WEEKLY Nation’s Popular Magazine With THE BALTIMORE SUNDAY AMERICAN Order 'From Your Local Dealer - i - &A j Give Records For Year Round Pleasure Come and Hear Our New Collection of Records BELL’S GOODYEAR STORE Edenton THE CHOWAiN. HERALD EDE(NTOiN > .N- C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1960 ~**********‘**‘*^***‘ i x - - ■ rT"in^M‘y\njuvfij New Folder Explains Cow Testing Program The D. H. I. A. (Dairy Herd Im provement Association) cow testing program in North Carolina has ex plained in a new folder issue this week by the State College Extension Ser vice. The publication, illustrated with photographs and a chart showing one year’s production of a typical North j Carolina herd, is issued as Extension { Folder No. 81. Persons desiring single copies should request them from their local county agent or by writing the Agricultural Editor, State College ITAYLOR THEATRE l EDENTON, N. C. Week Day Shows Continuous From 3:30 Saturday Continuous From 1:30 Sunday 2:15, 4:15 arid 9:15 Thursday and /Friday, Thursday and Friday, November 2-3- — Randolph Scott and Gabby Hayes in "CARIBOO TRAIL” Saturday, November 4—. Tim Holt and Richard Martin in ' “DYNAMITE PASS” Sunday, November 5 Mickey Rooney and Pat O’Brien in “THE FIREBALL” Also “HOLY YEAR” Monday and Tuesday, November 6-7 Dana Andrews and Susan Hayward in “MY FOOLISH HEART” o Wednesday, November 8— Double Feature “GREAT JEWEL ROBBER” 1 Also “PIONEER MARSHAL” . | ,• • I Eden Theatre EDENTON, N. C. -o Friday and Saturday, November 3-4 The Bowery Boys in “TRIPLE TROUBLE” Hi-Way 17 Drive-In Theatre Vz Mile North of Edenton, N. C. Two Shows Each Night.. In-Car Speakers Modern Rest Rooms. Snack Bar Admission 40c. Children Under 12 Free In Cars o ■ Thursday, Nov. 2 — Last Showing Gary Cooper and Ann Sheridan in “GOOD SAM” Friday and Saturday, November 3-4 Betty GraUe »nd | Cesar Roman to . “BEAUTIFUL BLONDE FROM BASHFUL BEND” j ' I, ."i'tO-i. Sunday, November 5 Danny Kaye and Virgiiiia Mayo in “A SONG IS BORN” •' ..... »... s Monday and Tuesday, a November 6-7 i „ Jeanne Craine and Ethel Waters in .. . WKY” Station, Raleigh. The folder explains that D. H. L A. is “a complete milk production, feed cost, and breeding record on each, cow in the herd kftd on the herd as a whole.” A D. H. I. A. supervisor spends one day each month in the herd for each 30 cows, weighing each cow’s milk and making a butterfat test. He records all the data in a herd book. This (book ,is a .permanent rec ord for each cow and for the herd. D. H. I. A. testing, it is pointed out, is a guide to better feeding, efficient breeding, and proper culling. “You can’t pick the most profitable cows just by looking at them,” the folder explains. “A D. H. I. A. rec ord is the only dependable way. Low producers are unprofitable. They should be culled from the herd as soon as located.” Records show that cows in D. H. I. A. tests in North Carolina produce 130 pounds more butterfat than the average cow. (Farm prices have increased since the war began in North Korea but do you know what has happened to other prices? ii»6h»6h>«* < a ■ »«dA> »»6Ai ■ SEE US FOR QUALITY ,f Used Furniture WE HAVE IT OR CAN GET IT I Bedroom Furniture Living Room Furniture Dining , ► j Room Furniture Washing Machines Stoves of All Kinds t , Refrigerators Mattresses and Odd Pieces f <' I; ■ I M. & M. FURNITURE CO. j 42 7 SOUTH BROAD STREET EDENTON, N. C. ~ > 1 v j anywhere li i U. pi ,y‘, , . 1 ' f 1 ~ , ir -’ • ‘“V-V ; - Ik Exclusive rapid road service for ||| fiiiiii v : GMC owners—call Western Union ||S Opeiator for name Sure sign of a SMART TRUCKER l TO7HW you see this gleaming GMC I W emblem on a togged new trade, you | know its owner is sitting pretty for years to come. For GMCs have a time-established reputation for long service with low main tenance ooit—and with niinimum down time for repairs. That’s because every GMC is a red trade -truck-built by the world’s largest exclusive manufacturers of commercial vehicles. Every taut Qf every GMC, from . grille to tail gate, it engineered for trtedu Jag servicet | To &sd quick proof of this, just compare a GMC with any other trade before you boy. Compare engine, fragse, transmission; compare cab, axles, and tyuings-oee Imw touch extra value you get. >•. • • V . vs ■ • f . ,'V . to £ ....... Ax ■ OatamaUnick! • Chas. H. Jenkins Motor Co., Inc. 105 to 109 E. Queen Street Edenton, N. C. _Phone (Mecklenburg 7 County led the State in motor vehicle registration through September, with Guilford County a close second and Wake third, the De partment of Motor Vehicles has re ported. Mecklenburg listed 64,126 motor ve-j hides; Guilford, 62,278; and Wake,' 54,148. Total registration for the nine month period is 1,124,411 an all-time high record and approximately 140,000 over the same period last year. Clay County had the least number of motor vehicles with 849. Tyrrell was second lowest with 910. •In Chowan County 3,438 vehicles were registered during the period. Dafdlti AatfA : "You can't beat OLAG Tooth Potto." OL AG KKS At Drag Stores Everywhere 23 Or count how many new GMCs you see on the toad—far more today than ever before. Then see your GMC dealer and let him give you the inside story that ex plains why so many cost-wise operators afe switching to GMCs because experience proves diem best in the long haul! . - 'ls UCHT • MSOttlM • HtAVY MOOFIS • Mado IflU I! fat widost nunty of oaglnobody-chottit !■ MVli comblnatiom to ft vmry trucking mod |yj|. J|§ - Prepare To Pay Rastus: "Day** a man outside who want/ to see you about collectin’ a 1 bill. He wouldn't give me his name.” Boss: “What does he look like?” Rastus: “He looks lak you better pay it” SOUMIE DANCE Saturday Night Music Furnished By Rocky Hock Plow Boys Eason’s Place . SMALL’S CROSS ROADS 12 Miles North of Edenton On N. C. Route 32 ESSO REGULAR 25.9 Gal.

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