‘Sheets Lead Cotton
Users For Second
Consecutive Year
Men’s and Boys’ Shirts
Show Biggest In
crease
Sheets ranked first among users of
cotton in 1953, the National Cotton
Council reveals in a recent report.
The new 1952-53 edition of the
Council’s publication, “Cotton Counts
Its Customers,” lists sheets as number
one cotton consumer, followed by
shirts; men’s trousers; drapery, slip
|fc**tover, and upholstery fabrics; and
jivtowels.
Sheets led the list for the second
consecutive year. Consumption in
1953 was approximately 37,000 bales
higher than the 520,000 bales consum
ed in 1952.
The most significant quantity in
crease occurred in men’s and boys’
shirts. The 534,000 bales consumed in
1953 amounted to about .53,000 bales
more than consumption in the previ
ous year, or a gain of almost 11 per
cent
Men’s trousers were the third lar
gest customer of cotton last year with
consumption reaching 490,000 bales —
10 per cent above 1952.
Drapery, slipcover, and upholstery
fabrics—the second largest end use
for cotton in 1952—dropped to fourth
position in 1953 when consumption
was 481,000 bales.
Towels were the fifth most import
ant user of cotton last year. The 350,-
000 bales consumed in 1953 set an all
time record. The preceding year tow
els did not make the list of cotton’s
top five users.
*Pvt. Rupert Williams
* Is Chosen For Music
Group At Camp Gordon
Pvt. Rupert L. Williams, son of Mr.
and Mrs. O. J. Williams, 301 West
Church Street has been selected to
play in the Camp Gordon Replacement
Training Center’s Field Music outfit
while undergoing eight weeks basic
training in Co. K of the Ist Infantry
Training Regiment at Camp Gordon,
Ga.
The drum and bugle unit is compos- ;
ed of 28 bandsmen, including both in
structors and trainees. The group ;
meets three times a week to practice,
and performs for all parades and re
views in the training area.
Bandsmen wear white helmentsi leg
gings and belts, and the bugles are
decorated with flashy blue satin ban
ner carrying the Third Army in
signia.
Pvt. Williams was a member of the
Edenton High School Band and later
sang with the University of North
Carolina Glee Club.
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Q —l’m planning to take flight train
ing under the Korean GI Bill. Will
I be allowed 30 days absences a year,
the same as veterans taking trade and
vocational courses?
A—No. Under the Korean . GI Bill,
you will be paid on the basis of flight
instruction actually received and
nothing more. You will not be paid
for absences.
Q —My husband was killed in Korea,
and I’ve been receiving monthly in
demnity payments of $92.90. Will
those payments stop if I remarry?
A—No. Remarriage will not bar
your continue entitlement to the in
demnity payments.
Q —l understand I can pay off my
GI loan in advance, without penalty.
Can these advance payments be of any
size, or is there some minimum
amount below which they can’t go?
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is the amount of one regular monthly
payment or SIOO, whichever is less.
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