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Helpless Veterans !
Get More Peßskui
New Bate of Benefits
Became Effective
November 1
Helpless veterans who may 'be en
titled to the new increased pension
rate of $l2O per month when they
need the regular aid and attendance of
another person will have to apply by
letter to receive it, Veterans Admini
stration said.
There will be no automatic review
of cases now on the pension rolls to
determine whether they qualify for
the increase from the present rates
of S6O and $72 per month, VA said.
The new rate results from Public
Law 149, 82nd Congress, and becomes
effective November 1, 1951, for claims
filed prior to that date. “Where claim
is filed after that date, the award
becomes effective as of the date of
filing.
Pension is payable to war veterans,
subject to certain limitations, who
become permanently and totally dis
abled from causes not due to service.
The basic rate is S6O, which is increas
ed to $72 after ten years of con
tinuous receipt or when the veteran
reaches age 85.
The new $l2O rate is not applicable >
during periods when the veteran is 5
being hospitalized or furnished domi- '
ciliary care by VA.
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Garden Time
By ROBERT SCHMIDT
If you have planted a new lawn
or have sown ryegrass for a winter
lawn, you should be well aware of the
fact that the leaves are falling rapidly
from he deciduous trees and that they
must be raked from the lawn before
they smother the young grass. What
to do with them ?
* Many people burn them, but that is
a waste of good organic matter which
is badly needed in our soils. Save
this organic matter by composting the
leaves to form leaf mold which may
then be dug into the soil or used as
a mulch.
A simple way of making leaf mold
is to place a 12-inch layer of leaves
on the ground and wet them down.
Then apply about one cup of a 6-8-6,
fertilizer for each 10 square feet of
leaf pile surface. Continue to pile
alternate layers of leaves and fertili
zer until all of the leaves have been
used.
The fertilizer acts as a rotting
agent. The pile should be kept contin
ually moist until the leaves have
rotted, which should be accomplished
in from 8 to 12 months.
If the leaf mold is to be used for
the usual garden crops, it will be
necessary to add sufficient lime to
counteract the acidity of the leaves. If
the leaf mold is to be used as a
mulch around azaleas, camellias, or
other acid loving plants, no lime
should be added. Instead of the 6-8-6
fertilizer, any complete fertilizer
high in nitrogen may be used as a
rotting agent.
If raking and composting leaves
seems like a big job, I understand
there is a machine on the market
that will rake your leaves, grind
them up, and spread the ground-up
materials back on your lawn or gar
den. That might be the answer to
your problem.
COLOR PARADE
The autumn color parade in the
mountains of Western North Carolina,
which brings thousands of visitors
each year to see the color-splashed;
slopes, has reached its height and
should remain good for the next
couple of weeks.
Because of extremely dry conditions
Forest Service officials are urging
travelers to be extremely careful with
matches and cigarettes. j
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"Nickels for Know-How" Program for Expanding
Agricultural Research
(As authorized by the 1951 session of the General Assembly of
North Carolina!
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□ For' adding 5/ per ton to the price of feed and fertilizer
for a period of three years for supplementing an expanding
agricultural research and educational program in North
Carolina.
□ Against adding per ton to the price of feed and fertilizer
for a period of three years for supplementing an expanding
agricultural research and educational program in North
Carolina.
Ballots like the one shown here will be used in the “Nickels for
Know-How” referendum in which farm people will decide whether
they are to contribute five cents per ton on feed and fertilizer to
support expansion of agricultural research and teaching in, the State.
All persons who use feed or fertilizer, including wives and husbands
as well as 4-H, FFA and NFA members with crop or livestock pro
jects, are eligible to vote. The plan must be approved by two-thirds
of those voting to become effective. Proceeds would be turned over
to the Agricultural Foundation, Inc., at State College to promote re
search, education and extension work for the benefit of farm people.
The referendum will be held Saturday, November 3.
Negro 4-H Group
Conducting Drive
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Citizens of North Carolina are be
ing offered an opportunity to invest
in the future of the State’s Negro ru
ral youth in the financial drive now
being conducted by the 4-H Club
Foundation of North Carolina, Inc.,
according to W. C. Cooper, 4-H Club
specialist of A. & T. College, Greens
boro.
If the $50,000 goal set for the drive
is reached, says Cooper, the Founda
tion will be able to expand the edu
cational work among the State’s ru
ral boys and girls.
Building, maintaining and operat
ing a State 4-H Club camp is one of
the top objectives of the Founda
tion’s program. Another is provid
ing college scholarships for advanced
training of rural young people.
President of the Foundation is John
H. Wheeler, vice president and cashier
of the Mechanics and Farmers Bank
of Durham. The organization main
tains headquarters at A. & T. College.
Wheeler describes the Foundation,
as “an established non-profit, non
political educational organization. Its
purpose,” he adds, “is to serve our
rural young people ... by providing
facts, resources and facilities which
will help them to prepare for greater
production and better, happier liv
ing.”
Contributions from private sources
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You’ll save time and get your party more quickly, if you
make your long distance calls by number. Keep a list handy
of the long distance telephone numbers most frequendy called.
Add to it, each time you call a new number.
Whenever you call, give the operator the number and
you’ll avoid unnecessary delay.
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and 719 local 4-H Clubs are now be
ing subscribed to meet the 1951 goal
I of $50,000.
“The program of the 4-H Founda
tion,” asserts President Wheeler, “will
neither duplicate nor compete with
other youth-serving groups or agen
cies. Those projects requested of the
Cooperative Extension Service by ru
ral epople will be the ones undertaken
by the Foundation.”
Eugene Todd, Bertie County 4-H
Club member who produced 126 bush
-1 els of corn on one acre last year, is
one of the leading contenders for
county honors again this year, says l
County Agent B. E. Grant.
Man Consumes Barrel
Os Baking SODA
One man told us he took baking
I soda for years. Claims he has used
ver a barrel of it for stomach gas,
i but got only temporary relief.
. Recently he quit the soda habit and
. took CERTA-VIN. This new medicine
is bringing REAL, lasting relief to
many Edenton gas victims because it
' is taken BEFORE (not after) meals
k and thus works with your food. It
■ helps digest your meals faster, so
i your food doesn’t lay there and fer
• ment. Besides relieving gas, CERTA
, VIN also contains Herbs with Vitamin
[ B-l and Iron to enrich your blood and
. make your nerves stronger. Weak
miserable people soon feel different
■ all over. So don’t go on suffering. Get
CERTA-VTN at Leggett & Davis
i Drug Store. —adv. I
jj| Vets’ Question Box |
Q —l am taking a course under th« '
GI Bill for which I now find I have '
no aptitude at all. Can I still change
my course nad thus use up the re- ’
maining two years of my GI Bill en- '
titlement? • 1
A—You may change your* course if 1
you can prove to VA that the course
to which you desire to change is more
in keeping with your aptitudes, j
previous education, training, or other *
pertinent factors. You should apply
to the VA office having your records.
Q —Three years ago t I got a GI
business loan which I have repaid.
Now I want to buy a home. Am ~J
still entitled to a GI home loan?
A—Yes, you are. The VA office
that guaranteed your business loan
will be glad to tell you how much
of a guarantee you may receive from
VA for a GI home loan.
Q —l’m in the Army again and I
have a term NSLI policy. I under
stand that I may apply for a waiver
of my entire premium. Is that right?
A—This is permitted under the
new insurance law enacted- by the
Congress earlier this year. See your
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NSLI dividend. Do I still have time
to apply!
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has your insurance recprds, giving
pour full name and address* yourvin
surance policy number, aod your mill- 4
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Digging Os Peanut*
Is About Completed
Digging of peabuta is generally
more than 80 per cent complete and s
threshing' will soon be getting under
-way if the weather remains
From the indications of the weather- *
crops reporters in the aommercial pea
nut area, the crop is slightly better
than reported the previous week. "