SECTION
THREE
Tar Heel Employment Climbs
To Record High In September
Raleigh Spurred by season
tl job gains in tobacco, trade
and government, total non-farm
employment climbed to an all
time high of 1,179,200 in North
Carolina during September, the
State Department of Labor re
ports.
Labor Commissioner Frank
Crane said tire number of Tar
Heels at work last month ex
ceeded by 12,100 the previous
employment peak of 1,167,100
reached in September, 1959.
Notwithstanding September job,
declines in the textile, apparel'
and chemicals industries, said
Commissioner Crane, factory
employment in the State ad
vanced by 12,800 to a total of
515,300 the second highest
month on record and only 3,200
below the previous factory jobj
peak of 518,500 reached in Sep
tember of last year.
• Nonmanufacturing employment
increased 10,400 during Septem
ber to a total of 663,900, Crane
said. This was 15,300 higher
than the total reported for Sep
tember, 1959.
Tobacco stemmeries and redry
ing plants took on 15,400 season
al. workers last month, swelling
the stemmery total to 29,900 and
more than making up for the
slow start of leaf processing op
erations which was in evidence
during August. September em
ployment in stemmeries was 2,-
800 higher than a year previ
ously.
Public schools hired 12,600
clerical, maintenance and cus
todial employees as the fall term
got under way. Federal agen
cies took on 1,000 additional
workers, primarily in agricul
tural services.
An employment gain of 2,000
was registered in trade as re
tail enterprises took iM 1,500
additional employees and whole
sale firms added 500
Industry Gains Over
Last Year
Fourteen major employment
groups reported September job
gains compared with their em
ployment levels of September,
1659. These groups, and their
net employment .-gains in Sep
tember compared with a year
ago, are as follows:
Furniture and finished lumber
products, up 1,000; machinery
400; electrical machinery 1,500;
food products 100; tobacco 2,700;
paper and allied p;#ducts 400;
printing and publishing 300;
mining 500; transportation (ex
cept railroad) 600; communica
tions and public utilities 800;
’trade 6,100; finance, insurance
and real estate 3,100; service in
dustries 1,200; government 5,200.
Industry Declines Below
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I Last Year
I I Eight major employment
1 groups reported job decreases
■ last month compared with Sep
-1 j tetnber, 1959. These were:
1 Lumber and timber products,
down 1,700; stone, clay and
glass products 200; fabricated
metals 300; transportation equip
-1 ment 100: textile mill products
( 6,700; apparel manufacturing
; 500; chemicals 300; construction
' 700.
The textile industry reported
1 800 fewer people employed last
month than in August. All di-
I visions of the industry except
’ ’ full-fashioned hosiery experienc
ed small declines. An increase
of 200 was reported by full
fashioned hosiery mills.
Employing 220,400 workers ir
j September, the textile industry
was down 6,700 compared wit!
' a year ago. 3r ;adwoven fabric
were down 2,100; broadwoven
cotton, 900; knitting mills, 1,500;
full-fashioned hosiery, 200;
seamless hosiery, 1,000; yarn
mills, 2,200.
Employment levels in primary
metals, dairy products, bakeries,
beverage firms and paperboard
containers showed no change
from a year ago.
Hours And Earnings Show
The average factory workweek
dropped 0.3 hours in September
to 39.6 hours, due primarily to
the influence of textiles, in
which the average fell from 39.3
hours in August to 37.8 hours
in September.
The decreased working hours
brought average hourly earnings
down a penny to $1.53 and caus
ed average weekly earnings to
drop 86 cents to $60.59.
Club Calendar!
Selection and Construction of
Window Curtains will be the
demonstration presented by lead
ers at the November Home Dem
onstration Club meetings.
Family Life Leaders reports
will be given by Family Life
Leaders.
Business items will include
Husbands’ Supper, November 15,
Wards Community Building,
Christmas Festival, November
29, 7:30 P. M., Chowan Com
munity Building, and communi
ty development judging, Novem
ber 17. |
Following is the November,
schedule:
Tuesday, November 1, 2:30
P. M.—Ryland Club.
Tuesday, November 1, 7:30
P. M.—Oak Grove Club at Oak
Grove Community Building.
Wednesday, November 2, 7:30
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Carl C. Council of Durham,'
lewspaper and radio executive,
■vill be state chairman for the 1
1960 Christmas Seal Campaign,
Jr. Stuart Willis, president, an- 1
lounced at a meeting of thei
oard of directors of the North |
Jarolina Tuberculosis Associa-1
ion in Raleigh Tuesday. The
4th annual campaign to raise
unds for the voluntary fight
tgainst TB will get under way
■Jovember 14.
M.—Gum Pond Club at home
i Mrs. Ellie Bunch.
Monday, November 7, 2:30
‘. M.—Advance Club at home
>i Mrs. Phil Robey.
Monday, November 7, 7:30
?. M. —Chowan Club at the
Jhowan Community Building.
Tuesday, November 8, 7:30
?. M.—Beech Fork Club at home
of Mrs. Jack Bass.
Wednesday, November 9, 2:30
P. M.—Wards Club at Wards
Community Building.
Thursday, November 10, 3:30
P. M.—Colonial Club at Coffee
Shop, Hotel Joseph Hewes.
Monday, November 14, 8:00
P. M.—Yeopim Club at home of
Mrs. Oscar White.
Wednesday, November 16, 2:30
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| Monday, November 21, 7:30
iP. M.—Enterprise Club at home
of Mrs. Wallace Goodwin.
Tuesday, November 22, 7:30
P. M.—Rocky Hock Club.
Tuesday, November 29, 7:30
1 P. M.—Center Hill Club at home
of Mrs. T. E. Chappell.
County News ]
1 By MRS. ROLAND EVANS !
V
Stanord Perry of Suffolk, Va.,
visited his mother Saturday
night.
I Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Keeter of
Elizabeth City visited Mrs. Perry,
Mrs. Evans and Mr. and Mrs.
Norman Keeter Sunday night,
i Mrs. E. N. Elliott has been
pisiting her brother in Tarboro.
, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Knight
and Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Nes
|ter visited Mrs. Minnie Corprew
, Sunday.
Will Harrell has been at the
j hospital and will return home
this week.
Mrs. Nellie Gardner has been
a patient in the Norfolk Gen
eral Hospital.
A. J. Boyce so« of Mr. and
Mrs. Alexander Boyce of Tyner
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Raleigh The Motor Vehicles
Department’s summary of traffic
deaths through 10 A. M., Mon
day, October 24 is as follows:
Killed To Date 937
I Killed To Date Last Year 924 ;
has passed away.
, Mrs. M. M. Nixon has gone to
Halifax on business,
i Home Demonstration Achieve
ment Day was held at Center
The Democratic Party of North Carolina
Offers You:
/ A RECORD - Sixty unbroken years of progress for North CarofiiuT
/ A PROGRAM dynamic New day school program for your children]
’ better roads, an expanding farm economy and an '
accelerating industrialization campaign.
/ A STRONG SLATE OF CANDIDATES -
THAD EURE
for
SECRETARY OF STATE
W 188
FRANK CRANE
for
COMM. OF LABOR
DEMOCRATS are for YOU
Signed: Bert L. Bennett Jr.
X. C. Psmoaratjc Bwclly.
eWflnlviswO
Hill Wednesday afternoon, Oc- |
tober 26. j
Chowan Home Demonstration
Club will meet Monday night,
November 7, at 7:30 o’clock in
the Community Building.
Correction in news last week
which stated that Mr. and Mrs.
Cecil Nixon visit ..d relatives in
Norfolk Gener.ii Hospital. It
was Mr. ai.d Mrs. Henderson
Nixon who visited relatives.
! The 4-H County Council met
j Wednesday night, Octolx r 26, at
17 30 o’clock at the Cnowan
I Community Bui’-iing.
| Chowan Hi eh School PTA
Halloween Party will be held
Friday night, October 28, at the
TERRY SANFORD
for
GOVERNOR
HENRY BRIDGES
*■ for
• STATE AUDITOR
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j
‘ |
CHARLES GOLD
for
COMM. OF INSURANCE ,
! will be held in the school lunch
■room from 6 until 8 o'clock. A
Halloween show will follow at
Chowan High School. A supper
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HI CHARLOTYI • RALEIGH • NIW YORK CITY
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CLOYD PHILPOTT
for
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
:
EDWIN GILL
for
STATE TREASURER
WADE BRUTON
for
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Thursday; October 27, 1960.
Edenton, North Carolina
about 9 o'clock in the audi
torium, then a costume parade
and the crowning of the Hal
loween King and Queen.
EVERETT JORDAN “
for
U. S. SENATOR
CHARLES CARROLL
for
SUPT. OF PUBLIC INST.
1
' HUNT PARKER
for
SUPREME COURT
L. Y. BALLENTINE I
for i
COMM. OF AGRU
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CLIFTON MOORE,
for
SUPREME COURT