Happening In The
Oak Citv Schools
The Juiuors will entertain the
seniors at a formal banquet and
dance on March 26. at 6:30 p. m
Plans are being made to serve
around 85 people at the banquet
and invitations are being issued to
around 200 people for the dance Hal
Thurston and his orchestra will
furnish the music for the entire pro
gram
"Hie primary and grammar grades
will present a pageant on North Car
olina Wednesday. April 2. at eight
o'clock The public is invited to at
tend
The agriculture boys of Oak City
are finding themselves very busy
these days Regular F F A meetings
are held in each class and interest in
activities is increasing. Though we
are handicapped by a small shop and
few power tools, we are not letting
that slop us A drive to sharpen all
dtdl tools on the farm is underway
and much progress is being made
We are also preparing for the Tri
County Federation meeting, which
will be held here March 27th A live
stock judging contest will be held
at the meeting In preparation for
'the contest we are studying?
judging of hogs, poultry and both
dairy and beef cattle. Besides this
magazine study and regular assign
ments are carried on.
The student* enrolled in the com
mercial department are making
splendid progress, reports Miss Mc
Lamh The shorthand class is taking
unfamiliar dictation at the rate of
80 words per minute and above for
a period of five minutes The book
keeping class is working out a prai
tice set with all the business forms
and papers for R W Collins
Familiarity Breeds
Accidents On Roads
Familiarity breads accidents the
Highway Safety Division pointed out
this week in releasing figurt deal
ing with the residence of drivers and
pedestrians involved in accidents in
North Carolina last year
According to the division's rec
ords. approximately 70 per cent of
all drivers involved in fatal acci
dents in the state last year lived
within 25 miles of the place where
the accidents occurrde And 98 p??r
cent of the 331 pedestrians killed in
the statt last year were killed with
m 25 miles of their homes.
"Familiarity breeds contempt for
?highway and traffic hazards, and
this contempt, in turn, breeds acci-!
.dents." commented Ronald Hocutt.
director of tin Highway Safety Divi
sion.
' When ;t person travels upon cer
tain roads day aftei day, year in
and year out he begins to feel that
h< is familiar with every foot of
Tin girls m the home economics
d? partnieiH ore busy making the cos
tumes for the North Carolina pag
? ant which is to be given by the
I o we i grades
Tin seventh grade examinations
will la given Wednesday. April 9
The high school boys are busy get
ting th? hall diamond ready foi base
ball practice Tie first game which
lias been scheduled is with Ruber
sorivilh at Oak City Tuesday. April
1st. at 2 30
Th? senior, are looking forward
t the educational tour to Washing
ton City on March '29th There will
be 27 persons making the trip.
School attendance is good now. be
cause there is very little sickness
among the students.
Seized in British Arctic Raid
C. P. Lahlrphulo
British raiders march Ii26 -blindfolded German and pro-Nazi Nor
wegian prisoners ahuard a prison ship after a daring assault on the
Nazi-held Lofoten Islands off Norway. The blindfolds blot out mili
tary information that might be of value to the enemy. The British also
carried away mure than liOU Norwegians desirous of enlisting againat
the Nazis.
Goodwill!
Vice President Henry A. Wallace
(left) greets (J/Urihe, of Columbia
to Washington as a group of 170
visiting South American students
and educators arrived at the capitol
on their tour of the city Wallace
made a log hit with the visitors by
conversing in their native Spanish.
Interesting Bits of
Agricultural News
Meat
Prices received by American far
mers fur meat animals and live
stock products averaged about 2
per cent higher in 1940 than in ,1939,
reports the U. S Bureau of Agricul
tural Economies.
Income
Prclmiinary estimates place the
national income for 1940 at $73,800,
000.000. an increase of $4,000,000,000
? ?vi i 1939. and the highest total since
1929. reports the l! S Commerce
Department.
Eg?*
Egg production during the com
ing spring and summer may be
slightly smaller than in the cone- j
spending period .of 1940 because of !
fewer layers on farms than a year j
earlier.
Loans
Farmers obtained nearly 101,000
emergency crop and feed loans in
1940 for a total of $19,470,025, ac
those loads, and he tends to become
contemptuous of the sharp curves,
narrow bridges.' intersections and
other hazards on those roads. He
doesn't _think it necessary to be
careful on roads he knows so well,
so he permits his caution to lapse.
".When a driver reaches, that point,
an unexpected situation?tlie un
familiar hazard on the familiar road
will almost invariably result in
an accident."
"Regardless ??f how familiar you
are with any load." the safety direc-'
tor concluded, "you cannot travel
upon it in safety unless you are al
ways prepared for the unexpected.'
Farm Life (/roup
Visits In Raleigh |
By RACHEL Gt RKIN
Mrs Manning's grades of Farm |
.afe school went to Raleigh Thurs
lay. March 13th We have five cars |
0 carry us to Raleigh and they were
Iriven by Mr. Arthur Revels, Mr.
launders Revels. Mr. Ira Jones, Mr. j
1 G Peele and Mrs. J. Eason Lilley. j
We met at the bus station in Wil- j
lamston, We reached there early i
ind started for Raleigh. We arrived !
n Raleigh at 9:45.
We visited the museum first and
law many interesting animals and
)thor objects of the world We saw
he skeleton of a large whale and
lie first reaper made by Cyrus Me
Uormick.
We visited the capitol next. While
I here, we saw one of our county's
?iti/ens. Rep. Clarence Griffin. We
made plans to shake hands with the
governor We were carried in his
iff ice to wait for him to get to his
work. We marched through his of
fice and shook hands with him.
All of us ate lunch together. Af
ler dinner we visited WRAI, radio
station. There we were told many in
teresting things about the room and
also how to make babies cry and
dogs bark. He also told us the way
to make the sound of horses walk
ing. Many noises were on records.
The announced w as called "The bald
headed duck."
We next visited the penitentiary.
We saw only the gas chamber. The
chair was made of wood just like a
regular chair but had straps to strap
the person down. It was glass around
the room where the witnesses stood
lo watch the person killed.
Next we went to the blind school
There the teacher carried a little
joy in the auditorium to read and
write for us. Of course it was very
1 iffeivnt from our reading and writ
rig A blind girl and boy played the
Jiano After they finished, the teach
?r carried us to the exhibit room. We
saw some pretty rugs, cradles and
laskets that the blind children had
made.
Our next visit was to the State hos
pital. There we just walked around
and saw many pitiful people walk
iig around.
Our last visit was out to the gov
ernor's mansion. 11 was beautiful.
We saw beautiful chandeliers hang
ng from the ceiling. The house was
jerfumed with beautiful bouquets.
At last it was time to go home.
When we reached Rocky Mount, we
went to the florist. When we reach
ed Tarboro, we decided to drive by
ind see the cork tree in the Episco
pal church yard.
We reached Williamston about 7
Velock.?
?ording to figures released recently
>y the Farm Credit Administration.
Cotton
Through the middle of January,
1.931,018 running bales of cotton
liad been ginned from the 1940-41
?rop, according to figures released
jy the U. S. Census Bureau.
Insurance Company
Makes Record Cain
If a record breaking addition of
more than $37,000,000 of insurance
in force is an indication of public
confidence, our company has rea
son to b?- gratified by its operations
in 1940." states Manager Wm G
Peele, of the Life Insurance Com
pany of Virginia, in referring to the
company's seventieth annual report,
which has just been released
Describing 1940 as one of the
most satisfactory years, in the com
pany's 70-year history. President
Bradford H Walker, in a letter to
Mr. Peele. recognizes the fine coop
eration of agency forces in bringing
this condition about and gratefully
acknowledges the confidence ex
pressed by old and new policyown
ers in their renewals and purchases
of insurance during the year.
The admitted assets of this seven
ty year old company were increased
by $5,687.184 79 and now stand at
$111,021,357.28. a figure that bears
exceptionally high ratio to liabili
ties.
Mr. Walker considers it specially
noteworthy that, whereas payments
under policy contracts over the
company's first sixty years aggre
gated $64,693,228.23. such payments
for the past ten years amounted to
$74,548,887.82. and cites these latter
disbursements as a significant con
tribution to the nation's stability
through a decade of economic dis
tress.
Priw-IT inning Fashions On
Display At Marpolis Bros.
Four prize winning fashions from
it contest sponsored by the House of
Swansdown and Glamour Magazine
For amateur American designers, se
lected from 14.000 entrants from the
48 states are on display at Margolis
Bros, store here.
These models, all designed in Am
erica, afford a striking proof of the
American Girl's innate good taste
and flare for fashion
Winner of the first prize was Miss
Jean Mazzarella. of New York City,
who designed a town suit. This suit
worn by Claudette Colbert appears
on the April cover of Glamour.
The Messrs. Margolis invite your
inspection of these models
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POTASH
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Peanuts NEED Potash
TN addition to increasing yields, potash makes
peanuts larger, fills out the shells, and re
duces the number of "pops" More than $15
increase in profit per acre has resulted where
peanuts were growr. with 40 lbs. of actual pot
ash A mixed fertilizer containing 8% potash
applied at the rate of 500 lbs per acre or 80
lbs. of a high-grade potash material will supply
40 lbs. or more of actual potash
See your fertilizer dealer or manufacturer.
You will be surprised how little it costs to apply
enough potash for a good peanut crop and still
not rob the soil lor the crop following. Consult
your county agent or experiment station for the
right fertilizer lor your farm. Write us for further
information.
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