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Thurs(Jay, Dec. 12,1946
Year-Round Battle
The 1947 March of Dimes will be held
in January. But throughout the year in
fantile paralysis attacks daily—and our
doctors*and scientists are still on the of
fensive against the malady. In January we
are afforded the opportunity to furnish
year-round ammunition—^to pit our dimes
and dollars against a ruthless enemy of
the nation and its children.
The polio virus is one of the most dread
ed foes of American families. It strikes
swiftly, silently, with scarcely perceptible
warning, eating away ner\'e centers, wast
ing muscles, maiming limbs, taking lives.
Without unstinting contributions each
year to the March of Dimes, the average
American *family would stand helpless
a.^gainst the onslaughts of polio.
Infantile paralysis presents a formid
able picture in any family budget. The
cost of caring for a patient averages a-
bout $1,000 a year—some cases up to
$12,000—and stretching over extended
periods of five, 10 and more years—in
volving ho.spitalization, oftentimes sur
gery, in most ca.ses physical therapy treat
ments, muscle substitution training and
vocational rehabilitation.
Contributions to the March of Dimes
have made possible a bulwark against fi
nancial anguish when polio strikes.
Through gifts to the March of Dimes, the
National Foundation for Infantile Pa
ralysis will be enabled to fulfill its pledge
of care and treatment for every polio vic
tim, regardless of age, race, creed, color
or lack of finances.
These dimes wage a great defensive
war. More, they lead a frontal attack in
research, allowing men of medicine to be
ever on the quest for better treatments
and an eventual cure.
Last year our dimes marched against
one of the most disastrous polio epidemics
to sweep the nation since 1916, the worst
in our country’s history. When the final
tally for 1946 is complete indications are
that it will exceed 20,000 victims.
It is gratifying to know our gifts helped
alleviate the mental and physical suffer
ing of these victims and their families. It
must be with added determination to win
the fight against the dread malady that
we pledge ourselves to support more ful
ly than ever before the current March of
Dimes.
quality, and to prepare for the Peturn.^
the time when a “bayew’ market^'.wUi
once 'more exist.’'' ■ '■
This will come as smrprise to anyoM
faipiliar with the hisfic^ retailMg in.
America. Its policy hae.^^way« been iftiud-
raiun value plus maximum s^t^e. It pur-
> sues that ^Ucy In good, times' and bad,
in tim^ of |)w prices MdIndues pf hi?b
prices. ThA is typicalflf alf ^e, compe
titive enteiprise. ^^
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Whose Toil Is Bumiiig?
The Satuiday Evening Port recently ran
an article .on turkeys. To illustrate the
birds’ stupidity, the author cites instances
where they roosted on lighted flares,
thus slowly roasting themselves alive, and
apparently didn’t know whose tail was
burning.
The magnitude of the fire loss in this
country makes the American people seem
alarmingly like the turkeys. Fire is Under
and around them—but they don’t seem to
know it.
Some facts issued by the National
Board of fire underwriters, which is con
ducting the most aggressive campaign in
its long history to make America con
scious of the fire menace, tell part of the
story. One out of every hundred homes is
destroyed or damaged by fire each year.
Every day, on the average, 110 stores
burn. Fire strikes in 29,900 factories each
year. The daily total of theater, hotel and
restaurant fires runs to 78. It all adds up
to a total# loss which may exceed $600,-
000,000 this year. If that doesn’t impress
you, maybe the fact that fire destroys
between ten and eleven thousand lives an
nually, will.
A turkey could save itself by the sim'
pie expedient of hopping off the burning
flare. The American people could prevent
something like 90 per cent of all fires by
almost equally simple expedients. Proper
care with smoking materials, plus periodic
inspections and repair of heating plants
and electrical equipment, would alone ef
fect a gigantic cut in the total loss.
%B H0 R M A
PRB4eKH;8i>Ar
A ibrave husband Is one
will take his wife wliidow siaip-
ping vhile the stores are stUl
open ... A stenographer quit
her Job becanse of the boss’ In-
fldellt^r. She caught him kissing
his irlfe . . . Lite’s a fnnny thing.
While you're here It’s' mystery.
After you’re gone It’s history .
The man who brags that he start
ed life as a barefoot boy has
nothing on the rest of us.
FOB MEN ONLY—
When fair maid tempts with red
lips sweet
Be not too shy, nor indiscreet;
For, come the morn,'those lip
stick traces
Come to light In the oddest plac-
The WUkee HoiriBry
buBir liM bAn iy
Nhrth' parollia^-wMliii^ Cott-:
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test;? aiTl4^ ’lntq? fire groups ^
cording' t«r the tiuBSber of eiH
ployeeB. Om«n» five was
prised of ^6 largmt mlUs, haring
oyer 600 employe^, sad bhe
Wilkes Boston >nils^ Company
wae Jn that grdnir. ^ ' *■”
'At the end of the %>utest, the
Wilkes Hosiery Mills had run
more than a year and a half with
out a lost-time accident.
The Company was first In Its
-Group In the 1943 State-wide
Hosiery Safety Contest.
The management and employ
ees are Justly proud of the en
viable safety records which have
been established by the company.
T 14 F
EVERYDAY
eetRSEi^R
By Rev. Herbert
Spaugrh, D. D.
WOULD 'TRY—
Sunday School Superintendent
—iHow many Of you boys can
bring two other boys next Sun
day?
There was no response until a
new-comer raised his hand hesi
tatingly:
Su-nday School Superintendent
—Well William?
New Boy—I can’t bring two,
but there’s one little fellow I can
lick, and I’ll do my d est to
bring him.
HAD A PRICF.—
Lawyer (to pretty defendant)
—Would you live with a stranger
if he paid you $100,000?
Pretty Defendant—Yes.
I^awyer—Would you live with
him if he paid you only $26.
Pretty Defendant — Certainly
not! WTiat do you think ll am?
I^awyer—We’ve already estab
lished what you are. Now we are
trying to establish to what ex
tent.
GETTING READY—
A business executive stopped
his car each morning as he pass
ed a state institution. In the yard
one of the inmates was contin
ually going through the motions
of winding up and pitching an
imaginary
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Pirfacf-
IT RtfeordI Maift By_
MNIs itii
Alice Martin Dies
, On the morning of Nov. 28th,
Alice Edwards Martin, a -highly
respected colored woman of the
Ronda oommu-nity, passed away
at her home after a few days
of illness.
Burial was from Poplar
Springs church .Sunday after
noon, Dec. 1. “Aunt Alice,” as
she was familiarly known to her
white friends, lived a useful and
helpful life. I No night was too
cold or dark to keep her at home
when called upon to render ser
vice where she was needed.
She was a faithful member of
Ronda Methodist church (col
ored) and served as Treasurer of
their Missionary Society many
years.
Children who survive are:
Connie, Pearl, Gertrude of the
Ronda community and Glllls, of
Columibus, Ohio.
A good colored woman has
gone and shall be greatly missed.
—Contributed.
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Approximately 5-6,000 persons
die a year from tuberculosis in
the United States.
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FINE PIANOS
For Christmas
We have the finmt selection of reconstructed upright
and mirror Pianos we’ve ever had in Wilkesboro. We take
pride in offering to the discriminating purchaser the fol
lowing famous maites of Pianoe; ^
One Wm. Knabe Reproducing Piano
equipped with the world-famous Ampico Electric Action—
to enr knowledge the only piano of this type ever shipped
to Wilkes Other renowned makes such as—
Chickering, Kranich & Bach, Story &
Clark, Marshall & Wendell
and dozens of other rebuilt pianos
ALL FULLY GUARANTEED
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'Phone 546R Wilkesboro, N. C.
Price And Quality
It is obvious that the cost of a product,
important as that is, does not entirely de
termine its value. Quality is a very vital
factor. To take a fictional example, a shirt
which costs three dollars and will last a
year in normal use is a much better buy
than a shirt which costs two dollars and
comes back in tatters after a few launder
ings.
During recent years, w’e have been
forced to accept a very definite decline
in the quality of thousands of commodi
ties. Reputable manufacturers and retail
ers did not want to produce and sell poor
er products. But war shortages and sub
stitutions left them no other course. Arid
the now defunct OPA, through some of
the most misguided regulations and poli
cies, in the history of government, also
made the production of inferior goods un
avoidable in a long list of instances.
Now, according to reliable reports, this
situation is rapidly changing for the bet
ter. And the retail merchants of Ameri
ca will deserve much of the credit due.
They are specifying standards for goods
'which will assure the buyer the best pos
able value per dollar spent. Retail asso-
I eiations are urging their members to stress
This column is written for young people
who hope to get married shortly, or who
have recently married. The Institution of
marriage is having a hard time these days,
and much of the trouble is caused by ig
norance of those adjustments which must
be made if the marriage is to be success
ful.
To be successful, a marriage must make
satisfactory adjustments in five fields:
the physical, the financial, the sociologi
cal, the vocational, the spiritual.
1. The physical. Many a marriage “goes
sour” within the first few days because
of ignorance here. Your minister or doctor
can recommend a good book which will
give this information, or you can get it
by writing The Everyday Counselor en
closing a self-addressed, stamped enve
lope. You can get this information for 3c.
2. Financial. There must be sharing of
financial responsibility. You must make
a budget and live within your income.
Use the 10-10 Plan, which is grive 10 per
cent to the Lord’s work and save 10 per
cent.
3. Sociological. You must learn to know,
understand, and get along with each oth
ers relatives and friends, but you must
also know that your duty is first to each
other.
4. Vocational. You must like the job by
which you earn your living. Dissatisfac
tion here reacts against marriage. Either
learn to like the job or get another.
5. Spiritual. No marriage can be happy
and successful without an enduring spirit
ual foundation. Only the God-centered
home can be lastingly happy. You should
unite in the same church. You should read
your Bible and pray daily. “I” mu^ be
come “we” in marriage. Then “we” must
seek daily the advice and counsel of God.
You must learn to pray, “Not my will, but
Thine be done.”
At these five points marriage either
succeeds or fails.
Finally, the marriage machine must be
lubricated daily with the oil of courtesy
and appreciation, and it must be kept in
repair. •'
FrleEd—Wliy do you stop each
morning and watch that unfor
tunate fellow go through his act?
Business Executive—Well, If'
things keep going the way they
are I’ll be there some day catch
ing for that guy and I want to
get onto his curves.
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SCOUT NEWS OF TROOP 82
Troop 34 of WilkMboro had
its regular troop> meeting In the
Wilkesboro town hall with T4
Scouts and 2 prospective scouts
being present. Bo far 16 Scouts
have registered for the year 1947
and several more are expected to
reglstw by the flret , of next
year.
MALGOLM GAMBHA^,
Reporter.
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