41,000 Persons
Stricken With
Polio In 1949
Nation’s Worst Record Is Set
In Year Just Past And
National Epidemic Fund
Is Depleted
EACH INDIVIDUAL IS
ASKED FOR 3S CENTS
Annua! March Of Dimes To
Get Underway In County
At Middle Of Month;
The calendar year closed on
tlie worst polio year in the his
tory of the disease in the United
States.
Upon its pages are the follow
ing grim notations: Number of
people stricken—well over 41,000.
Cost to the National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis—$31 mil
lion. Victims of the 1949 polio
epidemics who will need care dur
ing 1950—some 17,000. Epidemic
financial aid reserves—practically
zero.
These were the facts cited to
day by Taft Hewett, polio
chairman in Brunswick County, as
volunteers prepared to launch the
March of Dimes.
The polio committees all oyer
the nation are attempting to tid
the individual family of the fear
of: “How can I meet the bills?
Where will I find the money?” !
This situation, Hewett said, can
exist only so long as funds are
provided through the March of '
Dimes.
Hewett emphasized that unless j
the public response is adequate ;
to take care of the sufferers un- i
der the present plan, there will '
be no alternative except to let
each family care for its victims
as best it can.
The polio chairman continued:
“Each family in Brunswick
County should try to figure out
what it would do if a person in
the family should be stricken
with polio and have to remain
in the hospital for a year at j
a cost of about $340 per month. ,
Continued From Page One
That would be the problem each j
family would face if there were
no polio program. But the polio
committee is not asking each
family for even $34. We are ask
ing for three and one-half dimes
per person. Isn’t that cheap in
surance against the tragedy of
polio? We hope that those in
better circumstances will do much
more than 35 cents per person,
but certainly no family should
CATHOLIC INFORMATION
The Crossroads Of Time
First of all we want to be fair.
We want to tell you that there is
no such cow, any more than there
are bushes which grow lime lolli
pops or trees which sprout plum
puddings—any more than there
are churches which automatically
produce rich people.
That’s what we’re driving at.
It sounds so foolish when people
say, "But Catholic countries are
poor!’’ It just doesn’t add up.
It’s like saying, “It’s a good ice
box all right, but it’s painted
blue!”
Do you see what we mean? It’s
the main business of a cow, as far
as we’re concerned, to give milk—
sweet milk. It’s the main busi
ness of an icebox to keep things \
cool. The color on the outside
has nothing to do with it. And
it’s the chief business of a Church
to make people holy. Whether
those people happen to be tall or
short, skinny or fat, young or
old, rich or poor, has nothing to
do with it—no more than the
color of a fire truck affects its
speed.
®t*eople are generally rich or
popr independently of their
Church affiliation. There are rich
Baptists and poor Baptists; rich
^thodists and poor Methodists;
rich Catholics and poor Cathloics.
They aren’t rich or poor because
they’re Baptists, Methodists, or
Catholics. They’re rich because
they have brains, ambition, iuck,
or simply because they happen
ed to pick the right parents.
Let’s say, too, that nations
have their ups and downs. An
cient Egypt, Babylonia, and
Assyria, were neither Protestant,
Jewish, nor Catholic—and yet j
each had its day as the richest,
most powerful nation on earth.
Greese and Rome in their palm
iest days knew nothing of Chris
tianity. Charlemagne, on the other
hand, was crowned by the Pope
in 800 and was the most power
ful ruler in our western orbit.
The Holy Roman Empire under j
Charles V, and Spain at herj
prime; the great cities of Italy j
during the Renaissance—Florence
and Venice—all were Catholic. |
Then came the modern era and
the rise of other powers. How,
can we say "that the religion of j
the people had anything at all to
do with their trade-balance, the
fertility of their soil, or their j
deposits of coal, iron, and oil ? ,
Catholic countries—poor ? rich ? j
big? little? hot? cold There is
no connection. The Catholic ]
Cliurch wants to make people
holy. If they happen to get rich j
somewhere along the line, what
of it The main thing is that they j
get to heaven.
For further information on
Catholic, write to: P. O. Box 351, j
Whiteville, N. C.
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CHICAGO, ILL.—A record price of $11.50 a pound, for a total of $13,800 was paid for “Judge Roy
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Patrol Inspects
Motor Vehicles
Many Light, Equipment And
Warning Tickets Issued In
November; 33,620 Lights
Corrected
RALEIGH—Highway patrolmen
inspected 100,133 vehicles during
November in connection with a
drive to remove faulty vehicles
from the highways of the State,
the North Carolina Department
of Motor Vehicles reported to
day,
A total of 1,389 light tickets,
6,415 equipment tickets and 3,173
warning tickets were Issued.
Lights numbered 33,620.
hesitate to contribute three and
one-half dimes for ea.ch member
in order that our polio obligations
may be met.”
Tile intensive portion of the
March of Dimes will begin about
the middle of January.
The patrol spent 127,383 hours
on duty, traveling 1,268,822
miles. Fifty-nine persons were
killed and 717 injured in 1,263
accidents investigated by the
patrol.
Complaints investigated num
bered 6,908. A total of 6,337 cita
tions were handed out and 7,127
arrests were made, 545 of which
were for drunken driving. Of
persons charged with violations,
6,766 were found guilt}/ and 669
not guilty. Those convicted re
ceived sentences totaling 126
years, three months and 42 days.
Three hundred and one vehicles ■
were weighed and 100 were found |
to be overloaded. The patrol re- I
covered 51 stolen vehicles. Cour
tesies were listed at 16,371. First
aid was rendered in seven cases
and three fires were extinquish
ed. A total of 102,376 driver’s
licenses were inspected on the
highway.
The value of cars and proper
ty returned to individuals was
set at $42,850. Fines turned over
to county school funds amounted
, to $154,746.41. Costs turned into |
! counties where cases were tried
totaled $82,758.91. Highway re-!
j venue, including overland and,
j improper licensing, was $966.95, i
| for a grand total of $274,077.27. j
Mrs. Cora Newton
Succumbs At Ash
Mrs. Cora Gore Newton, 61,
• died Friday night at 8 o’clock
i at her home at Ash in Bruns
| wick County after a short ill
1 ness.
Last rites were conducted Sun
day at the home of her brother,
| L. E. Gore, with Rev. Vance
j Simmons officiating. Interment
l followed in Griffin Cemetery.
Surviving are a son, Norman
Newton of Pelion, S. C ; a daugh
, ter, Mrs. Kathleen McKeithan, of
Ash; three brothers, Olen, Les
ter and Youth H. Gore, all of
Ash; four sisters, Mrs. Almira
Turlington of Hope Mills, and
Mrs. Roxie Tripp, Mrs. Ressie
Millican and Mrs. Ida McCumbee,
all of Ash; and eight grand
children.
Shallotte
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Fri., Sat., January 6-7
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Simon L. Soles
Taken By Death
TABOR CITY—Simon L. Soles,
64, farmer of Tabor City, route
1, died at the Conway, S. C., hos
pital Wednesday night.
Funeral services were held
from the Oakdale church Fri
day afternoon at 2 o’clock. The
Rev. Otto Edwards and the Rev.
S. A. Hatley officiated. Inter
ment was made in the church
cemetery.
Surviving are his wife; four
sons, Simon Soles, Jr. and Wins
ton, L. Soles, Tabor City, route
1; Sgt. Lloyd C. Soles, Ft. Ben
ning, Ga.; Cpl. Duclid W. Soles,
Phoenixville, Fa; three daughters,
Mrs. Esther Mae Graham Chance,
Church Hill, Md.; five brothers,
Jordan, Dan and Curtie Soles,
Tabor City, route 1; the Rev. ;
A.. R. Soles and John Soles of1
Loris, S. C., and one sister, Mrs. I
Mollie Spivey, Loris route 1.
BARBECUE
The Rev. Earl Helms, pastor
of Antioch Baptist church, was
honored by members of his con
gregation at a barebecue Friday
afternoon. About forty guests
were present.
HOME ON FURLOUGH
ANNOUNCE BIRTH
Pfc. Hulan M. Thorpe has re
turned to Oliver General Hospital,
Augusta, Ga., after spending a
twelve day furlough with his
brother, Walter T. Thorpe, of
Winnabow. Pfc. Thorpe spent one
year in Korea and four months in
Japan. Pfc. Thorpe left Toyko,
Japan, on November 26th and
flew to Augusta, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Williams
announce the birth of a daughter,
Delorah Lee, on December 16,
1949. Mrs. Williams is the former
Miss Zelda Evans, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Evans of
Southport. At the present time
Mr. Williams is serving aboard
the U. S. S. LST1153 at Norfolk,
Va.
Cole
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