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''81 i,te visited MR. Hilda
Afnon Sunday.
liyi>ult0 „ McGalliai*d is
#*■ Winter with her son
'»ding iWalliai'd of Florida.
•A!V?E Simpson left Tues
cqiuda, to spend the win
!Jith^er luisband who is work
"'umstmas Party
i Mrs Troy Day of Val
dr'an inrd at a tnristmas
* enT their home Saturday
iv aC
. ,m.e played after which
Sen's Of coke, cake, and
^ t cc vvpre sen ed.
f fwl, attended were Paul
rh Abernathy, Jean Berry,
Dare Miller,
tty S jack street, Doro
^nhonev, Gene Wilkinson,
' R ! Hcumin. Harold Aber
'! Harold Abee.. Caroleen
^Turk Huffman, Heba Day,
'£ Mrs. Evan Hager and Mr.
I Mrs. Ray Rector.
nie Demonstration Club Party
! annual Home Demonstra
: dub Christmas party was
dat the home of Mr. and Mis.
dc[[ Abernathy, Wednesday
!ose who attended were Mr.
Ks Fred Hudson. Mr. and
John Black. Mr. and Mrs.
1 clemmer, Mrs. Rex Smith
S Nancy, Mr. and Mrs. C. K.
fn*t Rev. and Mrs. J. M • Pai”
’ Nancy Wiseman. Mr. and
; gelt Wilson, and F. Hudson,
Connelly Springs Calender
Wednesday. December 21:
•00 Prayer Meeting Methodist
arch.
■00 Prayer Meeting Baptist
arch.
Thursday, December 22:
:30 Christmas Program Bap
Church.
Friday, December 23:
:30 Candlelight Service Metho
t Church.
Sunday. December 25:
0:00 Sunday School Baptist
inch.
0:00 Sunday School Methodist
urch.
1.00 Preaching Baptist Church.
1:30 M. Y. F. Methodist Church.
1:30 B. T. U. Baptist Church.
NAME CORN
IE51 WINNERS
Winners in the Chamber of
rce sponsored hybrid com
rowing contest in Burke county
be announced Thursday after
when the agriculture com
of the chamber meets to
the various prizes in the
attest, it was announced today
Mrs. Genie Bohler, executive
Wary,
Chamber of Commerce ag
culture committee. Bill Robinson,
iirman, will meet in the cham
offiees at two p. m. Thursday
make the awards.
•MON'G WITH the committee
lembers will be others interested
he contest and Burke's agri
toe activities.
ie cora growing contest was
,Jcleci among Burke county
farmers and 4-H Club mem
as a project of the Chamber
[Commerce for this year. Awards
Me made on the basis of num
bus!‘els produced per acre.
frds will be in the form of
Pnzes and certificates. Mem
, ° the chamber’s agriculture
? ee’ in addition to Mr.
'fj1 ai’e Boyed Moore, C. L.
S t!™'5 **• Alvin Berry.
,lu'neI' J E. Rigdon, R. E.
PrisonA'Goodman’ and Vernon
JttirVALOESE
•W CHRISTMAS PARTY
?hirlC1'eaHtion room of the Val
Christma?001 Was the scene of
C oParty Monda^ nisht,
%Betaciub0nS0red ^ the
ifl fenced110?;they played games
otriVa2\.Mr- and Mrs. Robert
ftgervJ JJ1, and Mrs. Burton
ision pPf ]aPerones for the oc
%ichesfneSlI?ents of Pickles,
licolfl4k wP° ChiPS> C00kies
There ^gSWere served,
tree fo'ap?u.mbered gif bunder
I were riv °h person Present,
Kvere wh?!! to determine
W!?lcb
®Nr,fen Presented their
eirPresidentBS0,n Barger' and
®tforbe?n:M dl'ed Abee’ with
Guests in ? riSach ^od leaders.
'^Gourlv tf Mr' and Mrs
1V Jack r lna Mrs- Bur
David wR-?bmson’ Wilma
^ Icard Hhai ybui'ton- Betty
% Pal? Abernathy,
Owens p HlCe’ Jean
d^iitt, n Barus and Wil
/1?. JaciSn61'’ °Uvia Miller,
Morrow ,?et*y Burns,
>e sain ' 5Sy Bumgar
In Revival
IOft»WrVWW?BBOfiivaaaw
REV. J. M. HAMES
REV. LESTER ALLMAN
Revival services will begin at
the People’s Methodist church
January 1 and continue through
January 15. The Rev. J. M. Hames
of Greer, S. C., will be the visiting
revivalist. He is one of America’s
most noted evangelist. The Rev.
Lester Allman is pastor of the
church.
DUKE POWER IS
SUED FOR $900
Newton, Dec. 19.—A $900 law
suit against the Duke Power Com
pany was filed late Friday after- j
noon in the offices of P. W. Deaton, I
clerk of Catawba Superior court,!
by lyiichael M. Sigmon of near
Maiden as the next friend of his
three-year-old son, James M. Sig
mon.
The plaintiff alleges that his son
became seriously ill last February
2 when he drank a portion of
cleaning acid at the nearby dairy
of the defendant company “acting
within the scope of their employ
ment” installed a condenser in a
milk cooler.
Sigmon further alleges that in
the course of installation, the
agents of the defendant company
used a certain acid in cleaning
soldering tubing, and “carelessly
and negligently”, left a quantity of
the acid in a Coca-Cola bottle in
the milk room of the dairy without
warning of “its dangerous con
tents”.
The plaintiff also contends that
the child was attracted to the
bottle, and drank a portion of the
contents, and was seriously ill for,
several days, vomiting repeatedly, i
The child, according to allega- |
itons made in the complaint, sus
tained severe burns about “the
mouth, the tongue, the glottis, epi
glottis, and esophagus.”
Sigmon alleges in his complaint
that the child’s hospital bill for one
week was $101.
In addition to the $900, Sigmon
is asking that the defendant com
pany be assessed the costs of the
action.
START MAILING VETERANS'
DIVIDEND CHECKS IN JAN.
The Veterans Administration
will start mailing to veterans the
checks for the special dividend on
National Service Life Insurance
around the middle of January,
1950.
According to its schedule, VA
expects to put checks into the
mails, starting that date, at the
rate of 200,000 per working day.
Since it is estimated that about
16,000,000 veterans and service
men are entitled to receive divi
dend checks, this means that it
will require something like six
months to complete the payments.
Unauthorized reports that the
dividend checks might start going
out before Christmas are entirely
without foundation, accordingg to
VA.
More than 12,000,000 applica
tions for the NSLI dividends have
already been received by the VA
in Washington. Eligible veterans
of World War II who have not
yet applied may obtain the neces
sary forms from VA offices, post
offices and veterans’ organiza
tions. Payments will be made
roughly according to the order in
which the applications are re
ceived.
Try a Want Ad for quick results.
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Timely Tips On Making Lighting The
Christmas Tree Easier and Safer
The old-fashioned, canalelight
ed Christmas tree, its ornaments
brilliant with reflected light, un
doubtedly was a thing of splendor
—and of potential tragedy, too.
Today Christmas trees are just as
flammable; but wdth electric
lights, the hazard of a tree’s
catching Are can be reduced to a
minimum, if you will take a few
simple precautions to guard
against short circuits and electric
sparks, and, of course, if you keep
flame from any source away from
the tree.
Inspect your tree-lighting sets
before trimming the tree. If the
insulation is worn or damaged, so
that bare wires are exposed or
may become exposed when the set
is in service, or if the sockets are
cracked or broken, discard the set.
It is misplaced economy to gamble
on repairs that may not be ade
quate. Check the condition of your
extension cords, too, and see that
they are long enough to reach
easily from the convenience out
lets to the lighting sets. Do not
connect too many lighting sets to
one outlet. Be guided by the in
structions that may come with the
sets. See that all the bulbs light.
Keep several spare bulbs on hand,
so there will be no 'disappointing
hitch when you come to the tree
lighting ceremony. v
Spare bulbs, of course, must be
of the right kind to fit your sets.
Tree-lighting sets are of two dif
ferent types. With one type—the
“series” set—if one bulb burns out,
all the bulbs go out and you have
to test each individually to find
the defective one. In the other
type—the “multiple” set—each
bulb is lighted independently, like
your house lights, so it is a simple
matter to find and change a burn
ed-out bulb. Bulbs intended for
series sets are not interchangeable
with multiple-set bulbs.
Do not use indoor sets to
decorate trees, doorways etc., out
door sets are constructed quite
differently from indoor sets, to
provide for the more rigorous con
ditions of outdoor service.
In buying tree-lighting sets, it is
good insurance to choose only
those that meet recognized safety
requirements. To be sure of this,
always look for a label on the set
stating that it is listed by Under
writers’ Laboratories.
The problem of a tree’s drying
out and dropping its needles un
tidily can be overcome to a con
siderable extent by this simple
method: Cut off the butt end of
the tree diagonally at least 1 inch
above the original cut end. Then
stand the tree in a container of
water, and keep the water level
above the cut surface during the
entire time the tree is up. If you
buy your tree^ several days before
setting it up, start this treatment
as soon as you get the tree home;
keep it in a cool place until you
are ready to trim it.
This treatment works best with
trees that have not been cut too
long and still have most of their
original freshness. With fresh
trees, it has the virtue, too, of re
ducing the fire hazard. The trees
will burn, of course, if they are
ignited accidentally; but they are
less likely to burst explosively into
an uncontrollable blaze.
As a last precaution, take down
your tree soon after Christmas is
past—the sooner the safer. Don’t
dispose of it where small boys will
be tempted to make a bonfire.
Give it to the rubbish man, or cut
it up and burn it safely in your
back - yard incinerator. — Good
Housekeeping Magazine.
Russian People
Also Able To Say
'Merry Christmas'
“S Rojdestvom Xristovym.”
That’s what a Russian would say
to you if you were in Russia on
Christmas day and he wished to
exchange the season’s greetings.
The phrase is the Russian’s way
of saying: “Merry Christmas.”
In the past, the Russian’s Christ
mas was closely associated with
his church; but how the day is ob
served now that the religious life
has been subjugated to the Soviet,
one would have to be behind the
“iron fburtain” to know.
But it was not always like that.
In other days, the Russian Christ
mas was much like the Ukrainian.
There was a Santa Claus known
as “Dedushka Moroz’ and there
were traditional gifts of red boots
for children and golden slippers
for young girls.
In certain parts of the country
the “baboushka” (grandmother)
was the legendary dispenser of
gifts. According to one story, she
repented of unkindness and ever
since has tried to make amends
by distributing gifts to children
at Christmas.
LAFF OF THE WEEK
.. Oh, No—You Take The Bed/ We Don't
Mind At All . No, Really We Don't . .
"SMALL WORLD" THEME
GOES DOUBLE AT USO
Petersburg, Va.—A variation on
the small-world-after-all theme
occurred at the local USO Center
last weekend. The variation was a
“double-header”, involving, not
one, but two situations.
A little WAC came to the USO
seeking help in procuring a room
for her mother who was coming
here to attend the WAC’s gradua
tion from OCS. At the USO, the
WAC met her commanding officer,
who also visited the USO to ob
tain a room for her mother.
And then it was learned that
the mothers live near each other
EASTERN BOYS CLINCH
4-H CLUB CROP TITLES
Four eastern Carolina farm boys
were declared winners of the 1949
State 4-H Club field crop awards
by Miss Mary Sue Moser, assistant
4-H Club leader for the State Col
lege Extension Service.
Fried ants, eaten by some people
in South Africa, are said to taste
like bacon.
in Ohio. Arrangements were made |
for the mothers to make the jour
ney from Ohio together, and they
occupied rooms in the same house
during their stay here.
Dr. Isaac H. Prevette
VALDESE PLUMBING & HEATING CO,
PONS INSURANCE AGENCY
’ VALDESE. N. C.
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