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By LYNN NISBET
MYSTERY—Another one of those
little mysteries that plague capltol
reporters was solved Friday after
noon after just a few minutes re
search. That reporters were told
upon arriving at the executive of
fice for the schedued afternoon
conference that the governor was
out on a secret mission. It had sort
of an int-iguing sound. Fifteen
minutes later the newshounds knew
that the governor was taking a
couple of hours for a round of golf
with some friends.
* • * •
HUNTING — That recalled an
other experience when Governor
Broughton's secretary told news
men the bass was out of town and
even the office staff didn’t know
where. The reporters went to much
more trouble that time, Including
several long distance telephone
calls, to ascertain the then gover
nor was on a deer hunt down east.
• • • •
JUSTIFIED — Anyone familiar
with the strenuous routine of the
governor’s office knows that occa
sional surcease from official busi
ness is not only justified but is ab
• solutely necessary for maintenance
of a clear mind. Governor Cherry
isn’t often later than nine o'clock
getting to the office, and frequent
ly he has already had a conference
or two at the mansion. He leaves
long after five taking home with;
him a lot of records for perusual'
and study that night—and is very
happy if he is not disturbed more
than half a dozen times while read-;
ing. Being governor is Just about j
as full time job as running a news-'
paper or a news service—means 24
hours a day. Only criticism of the !
occasional skipping away for rec
reation is the atmosphere of sec
recy thrown around the expedi
tions. 1
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STARVATION—A group of state
leaders called together this week by
Dr. John F. Kendricks, nutrition
expert working cooperatively with
the Rockefeller foundation and the
state board of health, didn't like
what they heard about some North
Carolinians starving to death—but
confessed there Is a lot of truth in
the statement. Starvation in this
land of plenty isn't due to lack of
food, despite current shortgaes in
some particular Items—especially 1
meats. It is due almost entirely to;
unbalanced diet. The group discuss
ing plans to remedy conditions in- ;
eluded representatives of the de
partment of education, agriculture
health and State college.
• • • •
MALNUTRITION — Data avail
able for study Indicates that victims
of malnutrition are not limited to
any class or type of citizenship.
Tenant farmers and textile mill em
ployee* probably suffer more, but
many high salaried ' white collar''
workers Indulge in diet sufficiently
unbalanced to rtiuse 111 health. Dr
Clyde Erwin, state superintendent
of public Instruction, told of stop
ping by a country school not long
ago and observing very obvious
signs of malniftritlon among pupils
—In one of the most prosperous
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reports indicated that many manu
facturing plants are operating cafe
terias with scientifically prepared
menus to assure workers of at least
one well balanced meal a day.
* * * *
SUBSTITUTES — Concensus of
the group was that while many
stocks items of food are now scarce,
there are available substitutes hav
ing approximately the same value
in vitamins, calories and all the
other scientific names for food con
tent. Trouble is, most people want
to eat what they are accustomed
to and what tastes good without
regard to proper balance.
* * * *
VITAMINS—Some of the con
ferees commented on the current
"vitamin” craze. Kerr Scott, com
missioner of agriculture, points out
that every known vitamin can be
obtained in ample quantity from
food produced in North Carolina if
a little thought is given to prepa
ration of menus. Milk, eggs, avail
able meats and vegetables—both
where the edible parts are under
ground and above ground—contain
everything the human body needs
for healthy existence.
Zion Memorial
Well Attended
The auditorium was filled at
Zion church Sunday for memorial
services held in the afternoon. Be
cause of war condition the “din
ner-on-the-ground” was suspended
this year for the first time in
many, many years.
Rev. J. L. Jenkins, pastor,
preached a sermon, a group of
teen age pupils from Polkville
High school, under the direction
of J. D. Huggins sang two num
bers and Phil Elliott, president of
Gardner-Webb college delivered an
address.
The original deed for the church
was presented by Lee Weathers. It
was made bv Willis Weathers in
1814 to Samuel Bailey. William
Covington and Mark Dedmon,
commissioners of the church and
referred to the "Anabaptist church
or Society at Zion.”
The deed was made when this
section was Rutherfordton county
but was not recorded until Cleve
land was organized out of Ruther
ford and Lincoln counties.
Guernsey Breeders
Association Formed
RALEIGH. — <£>)— To assure
more economical milk production,
dairymen in Rockingham county
recently formed a Guernsey breed
c~s association.
Newly elected are: Charles Turn
er, chairman; John Conyngton,
secretary; Turner Coleman. Jeff T.
Collie, J. J Webster and Dick
Smith, steering committee mem
bers.
To arrive at its aim of top grade
dairy farming, this association'
plans to bring better bulls into the j
county for breeding: to arrange for,
sales of Ouernsey cattle; to spon- j
sor shows for 4-H club members'
and FT A students; and to discuss j
mutual problems of dairy Industry.
Mrs. Iron* H. Armstrong,
Belmont Leader, Dies
BELMONT —Mrs. Irene Hunter
Armstrong, 70. widow of J. W.
Armstrong, both of whom were
prominently identified with the
religious and civic life of Belmont,
died Saturday at 12:45 pm. at a
Charlotte hospital after being cri
tically ill since Thursday.
Funeral services were held at
Main Street Methodist church, oi
which she was a charter member,
Sunday at 4 pm. The pastor. Rev.
Walter Lanier was assisted in the
service by a former pastor, Rev.
Charles P. Bowles, of Statesville.
Interment was made in Greenwood
cemetery in Belmont.
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Mary Haworth’s Counsel
DEAR MARY HAWORTH:
This problem has to do with my
husband and myself. He is an of
ficer in the air corps, now over
seas. We were married two years
before he entered the service and
we were very much in love. Also,
we have a lovely child, now two
years old. Since my husband has
been away, he writes me that he
Is a “wolf” with every woman he
meets. He boasts of his affairs with
these women, but says I shouldn’t
worry, because his behavior is only
an ‘‘escape.’ He thinks that so long
as he tells me about these af
fairs, Jie is justified in his actions.
When he first told me, I was
crushed. However, I felt the only
way to hold him was not to force
an issue while we were separated.
I would let him live as he saw fit
while he was away, even though he
knew it made me unhappy and
hurt me greatly. He is coming
home soon and I want to know
the best course to follow. Should
I let him know now that when we
are together again I expect him to
be faithful to me and our mar
riage? I cannot be happy any other
way.
If I don’t say anything, will he
of his own volition put such con
duct behind him? Or will he think
he is 6till free to pursue it? I
want so much to start our mar
riage on a firm foundation when
he gets back. I would greatly ap
preciate your immediate advice, as
he is arriving shortly. H.C.
HER TOLERANCE
IS REMARKABLE
DEAR H. C.: Your tolerance Is
truly remarkable. Few women could
match It; nor would I consider It
a beneficial policy If generally
practiced. However, your diploma
tic decision not to make an issue,
by mail, of your husband’s cozy re
cital of his rake's progress since
going overseas is perhaps the
soundest contribution you could
have made towards rehabilitating
your family life on his return.
It leaves the latch string out for
him to come back and pick up the
threads of orderly married be
havior where he left off—if, by
the grace of God, his character has
not been Irreparably damaged by
vicious excesses. He may have the
good sense to realize in retrospect
the enormity of his folly and firm
ly close the book on it. But it re
mains to be seen whether he is
worth so much patient considera
tion. However, having skirted a
showdown thus far, I think you
should continue to play a waiting
game until he is permanently re
stored to civilian life.
WAIT RETURN
FOR SHOWDOWN
In other words, don't serve ad
i vance notice on him now, concern
ing your rightful demands when
together again. And don't nail him
for a reproachful going-over, and
solemn oath of reform, during the
first flush of reunion. Give him a
i margin of time in which to speak
his owm piece—a few days, perhaps
a week. Then if he says nothing,
open the subject, not in a bitter,
accustory tone but with friendly
directness. Somewhat in the man
ner of a good wife asking, “Now,
what about your touch of malaria?
Is that under control?” Mention
! his escapades, how unlike him they
seemed, and how you clung to his
advice, "not to worry.”
You might say, for instance,
"John, this wolf business of yours
really scared me. It’s so unlike
you. I didn't know how to figure
it. or what it might lead to. I
didn't write much about it because
I thought it best not to. I sup
pose people back home never really
understand what war does to a
man, while he's going through it.
But now that you're here, I’d feel
much better if we talked things
out—oh, say once over lightly—to
see where we stand with each oth
er. That, after all, is what mat
ters to me. We can go on here,
be happy and forget the past, if
you’re sure you’re not going to be
a wolf any more. But of course
we couldn't stay married on any
other basis." Etc.
TIME WILL TELL
WHAT HE’S WORTH
This approach give* him a chance
to take the pledge without bully
ing; and if he is a candidate for
true reform, he will meet you more
than halfway, with fervent assur
ances. Whereas if he has been
ruined for marriage, nothing you
might say or leave unsaid can pull
him together. His conduct in civ
ilian life will soon disclose whe
ther (1 he has regained moral sta
bility in the husband’s role, or
(3 become an unregenerate phil
anderer. —M.H.
Mary Haworth counsels through
her column; not by mail or per
sonal interview. Write her in care
of Shelby Daily Star.
Dear Mary Haworth: My hus
band and I have been married for
three years, and we have a small
daughter. Eighteen months ago, my
husband enlisted in the navy. He
has been on shore duty ever since,
stationed in a very large city. He
thinks he will be there for some
time yet. He has a lot of free time
from his duties and is very lonely
for my companionship.
I visit him frequently. We have
looked around for a desirable place
where we all three might live to
gether but with no luck. Our child
is 6ickly and a doctor has advised
me against moving her to the city.
My husband wants me to leave her
with my mother and go live with
him. My mother loves her dearly
and would give her the best of care
if I followed my husband’s wishes.
But I feel It Is my duty to stay at
home with the child. I love them
both very much and they both
need me. Which should I choose?
L. P.
CHILD REFLECTS
MOTHER’S JITTERS
Dear L. F.: Doa’t be silly. No
body is asking you to choose be
tween husband and child. That isn’t
the proposition at all. The question
is. rather, how to handle a diffi
cult situation to best advantage;
how to improve the present acute
ly unsatisfactory situation which is
taking the zest out of liffe for all
three of you.
Since the health of children is
subtly yet strongly affected by the
emotional atmosphere of family
life, it is probable your child’s sick
liness is, in large measure, induced
and aggravated by your war-time
nervous strain. It is brought on (1)
by disruption of family life, follow
ing your husband’s enlistment;
(2) by the hectic running to-and
fro for frequent visits with him;
(3) by protracted indecision and
debate as to whether to pull up
stakes and join him; and (4) by a
constant nagging whisper of anx
iety and vague self-reproach, re
volving around the possibility that
your passive refusal to oblige his
fervent wish may start a widening
rift in the marriage.
KEEP MARRIAGE
IN GOOD REPAIR
a close devotional relationship
between parents is the best safe
guard of a child’s welfare over the
long haul. This being so, I venture
the opinion that your present pol
icy of leaving your husband lonely,
in order to minister to your daugh
ter s health—when your mother
gladly would give her the best of
care—is a dangerously short-sighted
emergency measure which may
backfire to her lasting detriment.
Also, grade-A physical surround
ing, while desirable, are not so im
portant to a child’s robust develop
ment as the fact of belonging to
parents who cheerfully stick to
gether, through thick and thin
Here is my advice: If you are
staying with your mother, leave
the child there, go to your husband
and take what you can find in the
way of a place to make a tempor
ary home for him. The shorter the
remainder of his stay, the more
important this step to keep your
marriage in good repair. Eighteen
months’ separation, for one-sided
reasons, is not a healthy thing
In going, plan from the first to
bring the child later, as soon as
adequate lodgings can be found bv
more leisurely search. If you have
kept up your own home, the one he
left to enlist, hold it in reserve to
come back to in case he’s sent out
by.. subletting on a month-to
month basis. M. H
Mary Haworth counsels’ through
her column; not by mail or person
al interview. write her in care of
Shelby Daily Star.
Brandy is supposed to have been
Introduced into France from Italy
in 1533 at Catherine ae Medici’s
wedding.
Child QabdesteSil
By GEORGE QUINT
AP Newsfeatures
Neighbor Jones once said, “If we
could only get the youngsters to
eat vegetables without fussing . .
"Why not give them a patch in
the garden for themselves?” Neigh
bor Smith countered.
And that’s all that was needed.
Mr. Jones set aside a plot 15 feet
by ten feet for the exclusive use of
his two children and they planted
Funis Asked For
Training School
RALEIGH, May 7—(/P)—A re
quest for the expenditure of $23,
625 from the contingency and
emergency fund for use at Mor
rison Training school at Hoffman
was approved yesterday by the
council of state.
A total of $12,000 from the fund
was made available for pensions
of public school teachers who be
came 65 on March 10, 1943, in
compliance with an act of the 1943
general assembly.
Transfer by the state board of
education of a 7,500 acre tract of
land in Hyde and Pamlico coun
ties to the department of conser
vation and development also was
approved by the council. The |
land will be used as a game re
fuge and public hunting ground.
Dorton Says N. C.’s
Reconversion Simple
RALEIGH, May 7—(^^Accord
ing to State War Manpower Di
rector J. S. Dorton North Caro
lina’s problem of reconversion
will be simple compared to states
which “have certain sections swol
len with wartime population which
will be far in excess of peacetime
needs.”
Although North Carolina has 1.6
percent of the nation’s total in
dustrial employment, it has hand
led only .6 percent of the nation’s
primary war supply contracts, fig
ures cited by Dorton show.
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seeds, hoed the garden, thinned the
plants, harvested them—and ATE
them.
The practice has worked for oth
ers. But there’s just one bit of
warning: Youngsters like to do
things alone. They’d rather have a
place of their own, no matter how
small, than help their elders. When
it comes to helping, they tire eas
ily. Give them a patch of their
own, however, and they’ll do a good
job.
Let them grow radishes, carrots,
lettuce, string beans, chard, beets,
spinach and tomatoes (the latter
from started plants). Don’t give
them vegetables that are difficult
to raise, or they may become dis
couraged.
Berchtesgaden Mixes
On Alien Tongues
PORTLAND, Ore., May 7—(A*)—
The Allied drive on Berchtesgaden
tangled on non-Germanic tongues
here and emerged as a report that
a Columbia river bridge had col
lapsed.
A reporter traced the tangle this
way:
A Vancouver, Wash., resident
heard a radio report of declining
resistance in the Berchtesgaden
area. “Berchesgodden's collapsing,”
he told a friend.
The friend spread the news.
“Britchesgodden just fell.”
“What, Britchuffthegods fell
down?”
Switchboards at police, sheriff,
and newspaper offices began flash
ing. “Say, the bridge of the gods
fell into the river this morning."
It was some time before the toll
bridge superintendent called in
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Uncle Sam’s Best Friends Are His Mothers
No question about it, essential war
worker Number One is Mother.
What a day... every day! All of
the chores of peacetime and more
—stretching ration points and still
keeping the family well nourished
... preparing bandages... salvag
ing paper, cans and fats ... bud
geting for War Bonds and holding
onto them ... tending her Victory
Garden and preserving its surplus
... ending a long day by writing
morale-building V-Mail.
We’ve all made an important
discovery in the last three years—
that our nation is one big family
whose every member is essential to
our country’s will to win. There’s
a hew understanding of the other
fellow’s problems... a new appre
ciation of our individual ability
and resourcefulness. We’ve seen
with pride what our younger gen
eration can accomplish ... and
we’re determined to safeguard
their right to opportunity in the
land they call Home.
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