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W: ;m9 ac' 11) IpinMi-Pirtriot INDBPShDSNT IN FOUTIC8 P5EB&e«f Mondays amt Tku«Aiyi~g North Wfikesboro, Noith Carottna JT7UU8 C. HUBBARD snd H. L. CARTBR PnUliItttra laSB—DANIBL i. OABnER—l»«a SUBaCRIPUON RA'raS: One Year 12.00 (In Wilkea and Adjoining Coontiw) One Year $8.00 (Outside Wilkes and Adjoining ix>ui..iea) Rates To These In Service: One Year (anywhere) $2.00 ElnteTed at the poetoflice at North WQkee boro. North Carolina, as Smnd-dasa matter under Act at March ^ 1879. THURSDAY, AUG. 22, 1946 Use 52-20 Later This week is being observed here as Veterans Employment Week, and the event naturally focuses attention on the “52-20 Club.” That phrase means those veterans who are drawing $20 per week and may draw it for a total of 52 weeks on their service record if they remain unemployed. Charges have been made that some vet erans are “riding the gravy train” on the unemployment benefits and refuse to work. Employment Service officials say that the number who are willingly drawing the benefits in preference to gainful em ployment is comparatively few. However few they may be, they should^ think seriously before turning down jobs and remaining on the benefits. As Col. A. L. Fletcher points out, those who go to work will have the better jobs, and when those who are drawing the ben efits e.Khaust the 52 weeks and have to go to work they will find themselves at great disadvantage. Another thought the veterans should consider i.s that they can wore now and have the 52 weeks of benefits waiting for them when economic conditions slump and when the $20 will have far greater purcha.sing power than now. The unem ployment benefits will be of much more value to them later on and will be a splen did insurance against being unemployed when jobs are harder to get than now. It would seen from observation that veterans who take the jest jobs available now’ will be in far more favorable position than those who willingly exhaust their 52 weeks of liberal benefits while loafing. Looks to Youth While many sneer at the inexperience of youth, and think that only the old are able to lead, it is refreshing to note that one of the world’s most successful men pays youth the highest tribute possible. Henry Ford on the eve of his 80th birth day issued the following optimistic state ment: “I am coiistantly reading and hearing about unsettled conditions in the world today. In my lifetime I’ve witnessed simi lar situations many times as they followed military and economic warfare. “Actually, each of those periods was only temporary and from each of them we learned. We emerged a little more in telligent; a little more able to combat re currence. “We’ve never succeeded in preventing those cycles because we’ve never searched out and rid ourselves of the real reasons for them. These reasons are greed, selfish ness and narrow thinking: simple to state, so hard to remove. “I am convinced that after five years of war and its subsequent problems, this na tion is ready, willing and able to prepare itself for an unprecedented future of peace and prosperity. “As always, I look to the young people of this country for the real solution of our problems. May I suggest they devote themselves to clear and long range thinking and planning, to selection of proper and sincere leadership and, above all, to hard work. “With these as the goal. I’m sure this nfttion and the world again will be on the right track.” Make Soiaethiag ^ ^ ,, ^ Many were impressed with the adSiw of Mr. Louis Purdey, industrial manager of the Winston-Salem Chataher of Com merce, before local civic clubs Friday. One point Mr. Purdey emphasized was “building from within.” He strongly ad vocated that local people form and ope rate mdustries which can use available raw materials and natural resources , .at hand. • v i. Of course, that type of industry is high ly desirable. It puts to work local capital and profits from the industry remain in local hands to benefit community. During the past several years many Wilkes people have accumulated sub stantial money wealth. If this wealth is to be beneficial to owners and to the com munity at large it should be put to work in useful production. The person or group who makes some thing useful and wholesome is using his means and ability to bless mankind. The world is ready, waiting and clam oring for millions of things. The produc tive capacity of industry is now far below the demand and will be for years to come. No better time has there ever been for starting in industry. There are raw materials in Wilkes county for several types of manufactur ing, and there is ample labor to man sev eral plants of substantial size and capac ity. In addition, we have excellent cli matic conditions and natural resources highly desirable. This being a political year, you can af ford to ignore some of the stories that you hear about politicians. Our science expert advises that the ex plosion of the atomic bomb at Bikini has nothing to do with the present hot weath er. 0 T 14 F EVERYDAY COBNSELDR By Rev. Hcrl^rt Spaugh, D. D. If you want to have a good time try saying something nice to another person or showing appreciation to your associates. You might commence on wife, husband, father, mother, some employee or even the boss. But let me offer one warning— if you haven’t been in the habit of doing this, commence gradually or you may be in the position of a husband who was at^ tending an institute I was once conducting on family relations. In the first session I advised wives and husbands to show ap preciation for the other, suggesting that gifts and compliments were as much ap preciated after marriage as before. In the next session there was a question period. This husband announced that he had followed my advice and had taken a box of candy home to his wife. She receiv ed the gift with the question, “Now, what have you been up to?” He said that he had a hard time explaining, and he did not think much of my advice. I asked him how long it had been since he had taken such a gift to his wife. He said he couldn’t remember, but he was afraid that it had been a long time. I recently attended a national conven tion of civic clubs. The closing session was quite evidently the most enjoyable. It was devoted to the presentation of awards and citations for outstanding service of various clubs and individual members. The atmos phere was one cheerful expectancy and enthusiasm. The various awards were greeted with much applause. There was little of monetary value in these awards, but there was sincere appreciation. EVery-: body was having a fine time. The oil of appreciation is one of hu manity’s best lubricants. Yet it is used far too little. The pages of our newspapers are filled with accounts of human strife, domestic, industrial, civil and internation al. Men and women hurl accusations a- gainst one another. I can’t help wondering what would happen if we would show the same zeal in expressing appreciation for the virtues of others that we do in denouncing their faults. • Why not try carrying along with you an oil-can filled with appreciation. Then use it. You will be delightfully surprised how the friction of personal relations will be overcome, and daily situations will run smoothly. By DWKJHT NICHOLS m Turlc^ bt iai M gs (&» I ORAin>AlH>T mountain— We’ve heard reports that the weather in thla neck of the woods was hot on Sunday atte^ noon. / But where we were It was ao cold that the cold wind gave iu earache. It was eo cold that we thongh It was time to maU out Christmas carde; so if ym get one don’t he surprised. That cold spot was on top of Grandfather Mountain. The wind blew so cold that we tried to figure out a way to can some of it and bring it back for relief on hot days like this. Grandfather Mountain is real ly a rugged, scenic epot. It lacks a few hundred feet being as high as Mount Mitchell, but It stands up like a sentinel above all sur rounding mountains and from its lofty peaks Is perhaps the most panoramic view east of the Rockies. And we’re not making this plug juet because the guy ex tended us courtesy of the press and passed us over the toll road leading up to the summit of the mountain from the highway. And in case you’re interested in scientific facts, Grandfather Mountain is one of America’s oldest mountains. Mountains were formed by the molten inside of the earth push ing up the earth’s crust, and some mountains are older than others. But the age Is not where Grandfather got Its name. From a distance the outline of the mountain looks like a bearded man's face. Out three junior wisecrack- ers, plus some jibes from Jack Pruitt, had some comments a- bout the name of the mountain. Along the way they called some rocky knobs Grandchildren. They said if the big mountain, was Grandfather that there had to be some grandchildren some place. Almost directly on top of the Llnvllle hf _ Grand father Is^a^ifee of huckleber ries now ripe. We ate some, but we had heard that huckleberries are relished by bears, and we didn’t want to enrage the bears on grandfather, so we left some for the bears. THE COFFEE CI/UB— We have been neglecting to report the doings of that august end deliberative body called the Coffee Club. Recently there have been some new members who qualified by being stuck, namely Roster Blackburn and Ed Day. Many momentous decisions have been reached by that body recently and great pro.blema have been solved. There are two re maining knotty problems: what to do with Russia, and how to improve the traffic situation in North Wilkesboro. The Ooffee Club will probably never admit defeat, but th© truth is that it has made little, if any, head way on the two major problems which come up so often for dis cussion. About the only suggestiO'n of fered for the traffic problem Is to route all traffic in one dltec- tion one day and reverse the next. Still another suggestion is to have a giant bulldozer go through the streets every fifteen minutes and clear the traffic Call Ua For Tour . . . Plumbing and Electrical Repairs AND SBRVICB • MYERS• WAOm STSTEM9 ANDERSON ELECrmic company TelepiiuM (30 WILK^ORO; N. C W4LIAIIS • MOTtMt CO. • T. H. waikau. Manager BEAR Frame Senrico GOfH) USED CARS, TRUCKS, AND TRAOTORS Easy Terms • CwB^ete • Body Rel^ding ESecteie aod WeUiiif ^:^ THUimAY, AUG. «, IM# ttl to OY^^tO W4. V THIS PEEK Bethany Home' TBHMEETMD A Home Betbany reath oommanity, Aug. 3S. 'An. day program wm be eaftled t, inctadjng quartet alnidng. noon there wlUt be pi^e Inndh. Bverjlbody la aeked to at tend and br^ well Wled baa- keta. Jm fo^er paatora arq ea- peelally invifed. “THE OF GOD” Soimd Religious Movie and Grospel Message te-i • 0i Reins Meat Nbrlml Lot • Main Stree1>—Across From Bus Station eONDRETE WORK No Jab Too or Too SmaQ FREE ESTIMATES J. S. MWTOR & SONS Hinaliaw Stroet NORTH WILKESBORO. N. C. 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