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New Corporate Nome To Be Proposed For Textile Corporation GREENSBORO, Dec. 13.-A new over-ad corporate designation, em bracing Burlington Mills and the aggregate of Its subslotary and af EXPERT HFE UNDERWRiTiNG SERViCE Mew England Mutual Life Insurance Co. First Chartered Mutua! Life Ins Co. in America (1835) R. Kennon Taylor, Jr. ODD FELLOWS BLDG. Ovtr Htrrtnf & WUHama PHONE 3720 fdiated companies. wifi he proposed to company stockholders. J Spen cer Love, chairman of the board, announced today The new designation. Buriington Industries. Inc.. ' has been recom mended by the board of directors as being mere descriptive of the com pany's current poiicy of decentral ization and its expanded range of diversified operations It wiii be submitted for stock hoider approvai at the annua] meeting on Feb. 3. i995. According to the announcement the new corporate designation wouid not resuit in any basic change in merchandising, trade marks or seiiing areas of either Buriington Milts and its various di visions or affiiintt-d companies. Buriington Industries. Inc. wouid serve as a parent company for the present Burlington famtiy, which includes Gaiey and Lord. Burling ton Hosiery. Peeriess Wooien Miiis. National Maiiinson. Pacific Mills and Goodaii-Banford. Buriington Miiis. producer of man-made fab rics and biends, wouid continue as O' principal division of Buriington Industries. "The name. Buriington Mills Corp.' has been it) the past gener ally associated with development, manufacture and merchandising of fabrics made of man-made fibers.' the announcement said. "But with diversification ana the basic soun ness of having individuat areas op erating cn the^ own ihittattve. tne change of name is now appropri ate * It was emphasized in the an nouncement that the new designa tion wit not be p.aced into effect until it ts apptoced by stockhold ers. At that time, details of the To at) of our friends-go our wishes for a happy Yuietide season and a wonderfui New Year. And for your patronage and good wiH during the past year we render our thanks. AMen B. Seote Salesman Medford Motors H!T-AND-RUNNER K!LLS H!S DOG TRAGEDY MAS COME into the life of Joei Gordon, the body of his dog, "Taffy," kilted by a hit-and cago. Joel's mother is trying to comfort the boy. 7, who weeps over -run driver ih Chi (fntemationcU corporate structure of Burlington Industries. Inc., wii! be made known. Burlington, organized 31 years ago by Mr. Love as primardy a pro ducer of raycn fabrics, today is the worlds trading purchaser of fab rics of man-made fibers and biends as weii as a major manufacturer of cotton, wooien, worsted and piastic fabrics for the apparei hosiery, home futnishmgs. industrial auto motive. domestic and ribbon trades. Asparagus Crowns May Be P!anted !n Garden This Month By ROBERT SCHMIDT There are a number of timeiy garden operations that can stiii be carried out if you siipped up on them eariier. In the vegetable garden we may piant asparagus crowns. Buy one year oid crowns of the Mary .Wash ington variety at the larger seed stores. Dig a trench 8 inches deep and wide enough sc the fieshy roots of the asparagus crown can be weli spread out. Before setting the crowns rake in about one gaiion of an 8-S-S garden fertilizer per 100 feet of trench or make generous ap plication of weii rotted stabie ma nure. Be: the erdttMts 18 inches opart m the trench and cover. Fifty plants should supply enough aspa i agus for the average family, ft Is best not to cut any of tnc spears the first spring. Asparagus is a pc lenniai piant and therefore should oe planted to one side of the gar den where it will not Interfere with plowing. It should produce profit ably for 10 to 15 years. Head lettuce seed may be sown now in a coldframe to produce plants for setting in the field in j February or early March. In the eastern portion of the state, cloth covers will be sufficient protection but in the Piedmont glass sash should be used. The Great Lakes variety is best for North Carolina. Early setting of plants in spring is the secret of successful production of head lettuce in home gardens. In the flower garden there is still lime to plant spring flowering bulbs—tulips daffodils, jonquils, crocus and Dutch iris. They make a bright spot in the garden in ear ly spring and everyone should piant some. It isn't necessary to buy the new. high priced varieties, t'lhe older ones may be just as ! oeautiful and better adapted. In eastern and central North I Carolina fall is the best time to set ! pansy plants. Plants set at this dine of the year become weil-os OPENtNG DECEMBER 30 FARMERS' STOCK YARDS 1 MILE EAST OF OXFORD ON OXFORD-HENDERSON HIGHWAY Thursday, December 30 !f You Have Livestock to SeH, Load Them up and Come to See Us MARKET PRICES GUARANTEED ON ALL LIVESTOCK 3< "SeM With Men Who Know the Market" !. J. JACKSON, JR., Operator B. W. "Tat" Currin, Auctioneer tablished for good production of spring biooms. Peonies are oest planted in the fell in this part of the country. They requircshaHow planting. Take care that the buds on the division are not covered more than one to two inches deep. Established plants mould not be moved unless abso lutely necessary. As long as they arc blooming atisfactonly. do not listurb them. It is not necessary to divide the plants every two or three years. Sharon WMU Has December Meeting The WMU of Sharon Baptist Baptist Church met Dec. 9 at 7 o' clock. The president. Mrs. John R. \\ illiams. pi esided. Mrs Ray Royster called the roll and read the minutes of the last meeting. Mrs. Sidney Greenway was pro gram chairman for the month. Sire also gave the devotional. Mrs. Ru fus Huff offered prayer. Topic for the month was Bethlehem Town. Mrs. Archie Denny, Mrs. Clar ence Denny and Mrs. Ray Royster rendered special music. Those taking part on the program Were Mrs. Ray Royster. Mrs. Jesse Denny. Mrs. Archie Denny and Mrs Tommie Dixon and Mrs. Ger trude Daniel. The week of prayer was observed with good attendance and impress ive programs each night. The next meeting wiil be in the home of Mrs. Archie Denny Jan. 6 at 7 o'clock. Mrs. Clyde Powell dismissed with prayer. Refreshments were served. Cpl. Lewis G. Harris Gets 15-Day Leave FORT CAMPBELL. Ky.. Dec. 23. —Corporal Lewis G. Harris, son ol Mr. and Mrs. Lewis G. Harris. Sr.. Route 2. Kittrell, has been granted a 15-day leave from his unit, the 5C8th Field Artillery Battalion of famed 11th Airborne Division sta tioned at Fort Campbeli. Ky. Prior to his entrance in the Army in 1953. Cpl. Harris graduated from the Wilton High School. He was later employed as a truck driver by the North Carolina Highway Com mission. He is married to the for mer Hixie E. Sanford. At the pres ent time he is assigned as a field artillery specialist and mail clerk with his unit. -+ Savings Bond Sa!es !n Count^y $233,774 !n First 11 Months U. S. Savings Bonds sales dhring the month of November in Gran ville County totalled $12,186.75. The accumulated Savings Bonds sales for the first eleven months of the year for Granville County totalled $233,774. During the month of November, sales in North Carolina were 15.2 per cent over the same month of 1953. The sales of the Series E and H Bonds in North Carolina reached a nine-year high during the month when $1,069,795.50 worth of bonds were sold. The accumulated sales of Savings Bends for the State were $2,132.1153 50 greater than for the comparable period of last year. Although we are now in the ma turity period that reflects the tre ! mendous World War II purchase of Savings Bonds. November sales ex- ] ceeded redemptions across the na- j tion. As of November 30. 1954. the cash values of Series E and H Bonds hi the hands of indiviluals reached a record peak of over $38 billion, the greatest amount of U. ; S. Savings Bonds ever held by the American people at any one time." We in the Savings Bonds Divis- i ion are exceedingly proud of the fine increase we are having in sales ! this year and we salute the bank- * ers and other volunteers in North j Carolina who are making this out- I standing record possible. The en- ^ couraging trend towards greater thrift among the people in our state j inspires conlidence of even larger sales in the new year of 1955," said The Mm* tVno rays the Freight — Samuel Davis Hardware,, t*.c Clarksville. Va () 38 ea fri tf merries? o/ Christmases and the happiest o/ Neto Years and odd the prayer that yonr hemes he Messed tcith Peace and Good Fortnne. idea! Service Station Tot Lloyd, Mgr. Waiter P. Johnson, st*4* for North Carolina. ^ A)! of the steam-eiectrtc ___ piants in Wisconsin last year used coai io ttirn the turbines. The infinite jog that Christmas brings, serves to remind usthatai! good things in life come from Him and Mis teachings. Hlag gou have a hlerrg Christmas, in ail thefuliest. richest and deepest meaning of those happgutords. WEST END SER. STA. M. G. Tafton 505 W. Berea St. Oxford, N. C. Z^</a p^ars Mg no^A/wy wora prac/otis ^Aon *^Aa /oyo/^y on<V MMt/arshzMt/fMy o/ raa/ /r/cM(V& -So fA/s CAr/s^wo^ yraa^My /s sen^ wtA a Aaarf /in// o^ yraMfuVa /or ^Aa A/as^/nya o/ OMr /rran^/sA/p. Aiay yoM aw/oy a uery Afarry GAr/s^was aw<^ a ffappy A/ctc Hear. ROY D. JONES, SHERIFF and DEPUTIES
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