Oxford Orphanage Points To Record In Making Appeal More Than 5.000 Children Are Trained in Pant Six tv-Seven Years The Oxford Orphanage has a rec ord of sixty-seven years of service to the children of North Carolina Over 5.000 have been cared for and trained and the Home is filled to capacity all the time and has a wait ing list. Its graduates and former pu pils are in all walks of life and there is no record of a former pupil hav ing been convicted and sentenced for committing a major crime It is the oldest orphanage in the State and the only fraternal order orphanage in the United States that receives children other than those of the membership of the supporting or der. At the present time 50 per cent of of Masonic parentage. The Home passesses valuable buildings, grounds and equipment and has had no oper ating deficit for several years. The annual budget of the Orphan age calls for an expenditure of $ 170. 000. This provides shelter, clothing, food, recreation, heat, light, books school supplies, health program, staff of trained workers, vocational train ing in several departments, laundry. repairs and upkeep to buildings, grounds and equipment, and expert - enced case work for a family of more than 330 children. Superintendent C. K. Proctor an nounces that the sum of $10,000 is needed this year for operating ex penses in order to balance the bud get The Oxford Orphanage is more than a philanthropy?it is an invest ment in the lives of North Carolina boys and girls who would not other wise have a chance. It pays to the State and its citizenship the high div idends in character and trained young people.' It is an opportunity today for North Carolina citizens to express in a substantial way their desire to help others. The orphanages of the State use the Thanksgiving season as an occa sion to appeal to the citizens of the | State for much needed assistance The Superintendent of the Oxford Orphanage announces that the Home is open .for visitors each day. and hundreds of North Carolina citizens visit this historic spot every year, i Largest Milk production in 1942 is expect ed to be the highest on record, due largely to a 3 per cent increase in cow numbers and a larger produc tion from individual cows Hapj>enings In The Farm Life School The First Aid room has been equipped again this year by the P-1 T. A. Materials of all kinds are in cluded in the equipment. The fourth grade had charge of the chapel program Friday, and they gave the following program Devotional-, Bible Study, David Griffin; story. Halloween, Janice (Hardison; play, Wood Fairy's Hallo- j I ween. Characters: Wood Fairy, Le |ona Hardison; Leaves, James C. Lil I ley, "Pinkey" Manning, Jackie Mars Ilender, Rachel Simpsoi), Russell Peel: ; Witches, Once Hardison, Carrie Wig gins, "Nooky" Getsinger, Bessie Man ning, Shirley Corey, Daisy Griffin; Sparrow. Ear Tine Coltrain; Robin, I Janice Hardison Squirrel, George Hardison; Owl. Elvin Lilley, Chip munk. N. R Peele; Mother Bear. . Frances Hardison. Mesdames Ira Hardison, Asa Har , dison, Heber Peele. Sherrod Corey, ! Leonard Coltrain. Perlie Getsinger j land Miss Callie Roberson were pres ent for the program. j | Report cards were issued lash 'week for the first time, and the fol I lowing students are to be commend- j led for making honor roll grades, all A's First grade; Jaunita Beddard, Bob- j | by Perry, Paul Wayne Harrington, Gerald Woolard. j Second grade: Joseph Carroll Grif fin, Philip Williams. L_Tiiird grade: Ruth Lilley. Jean Carole Griffin. r Fourth grade-?Janice Hardison, Karl ine Coltrain. j Sixth grade: Rachel Gurkin. Seventh grade Mary Dean Hardl |son, Betty Perry. -Eighth grade; Christine Lilley. Tenth grade: Hazel Hardison. Bricks and other materials are arriving eevry day and our gymna sium will soon be a reality. Work on | the project will begin within a very [tow dayi^??? . :?-??.' ' (Captures Bed-Rolls In War Maneuvers It was a dirty trick. But you know what Sherman said about war. Lt J II. Allison of the 34th Infan try Regiment captured two trucks, and when h< discovered the cargo he couldn't help dancing with de light at the thought of what thirty officers of the 29th Division would have to say about it. > Food With all the British have been able to do toward increasing food production, they have been able to boost their pre-war total only about 10 per cent, giving them 40 per cent of what they need. British RAF Chief in Russia C. P. CatU*pkot0 Flashed by cable from Moeoow to New Tork, this photo Is the first to ?how British participation on the eastern front Wing Commander laharwood of the Royal Air Force peers through binoculars at an aarial struggle between RAF fliers and Nasi airmen. Soldiers Outsmart "Crafty Lieutenant Lieut. Frederick W. Beckcrt, 36th ; Field Artillery, is a realist when it comes to maneuvers. But so, he dis covered. are machine gunners. While inspecting outposts recent- ^ ly, he found a group of machine gunners asleep near their gun ? exhausted from continuous hours and days of "heavy fighting" in the maneuver area. Although the men were not e xpected to be alert at a tirrn when the "front" was "All Qiriet," Lieut. Beckcrt thought he might teach them a little lesson in precaution. He quietly walked Off with their gun, and hid it in a patch of brush. An hour or so later, the Lieuten ant again inspected the outpost. The men had awakened, found the gun, and gone back to sleep again. But one of them had the gun tied to his leg. And tied to the gun was a scrawled placard which read, 'Tsk, tsk, Lieutenant." Natives Invite Return Of Uncle Sam's Army First Army Public Relations Divi sion, Camden, S C -If the feelings of W. L. Robinson, of Edgemoor, S. C, are any indication, the natives of the Carolines are looking for ward to a rcjurn visit from Lt. Gen. Hugh A! Drum's First Army after the completion of its maneuvers. In a letter addressed to Lt. Gen. Drum. Robinson "reported that the 26th Field Artillery of the 9th Divi sion from Fort Bragg, N. C, was moving from his property after hav ing been camped there for five weeks "leaving everything in very good condition." "If conditions warrant your re turn to this area." Robinson said, "I will be glad to have you use my property again. The officers and men conducted themselves in an orderly manner and personally I am very happy to say their visit has been en joyed," Mrs. Titus Critcher and Mrs J. W. Andrews are spending the week-end in Portsmouth. il ncleSam To Visit Farmers In State The man with the stove-pipe hat nd the white whiskers?known to Americans as "Uncle Sam"?will fvisit every farmer in North Carolina between now and about December 1 He will drop around to ask each 1 farmer how much food and feed he lean, arid will, produce to help "Win i the War and Write the Peace." ; All of which means, according to I Dean 1 O. Schaub, director of the ' N. C. Slate College Fvtensinn Serv ' ice, that the "Food for Freedom" campaign, recently started on a Na tion-wide basis, is aggressively un der way in North Carolina. Every farm family will be asked to partici pate and to increase production in 1U42 to help feed defense forces at home and abroad. Dean Schaub explained that "Un cle Sam" will be represented on the tour of farm visits by AAA commit teemen?other farmers who proba bly will wear overalls and straw hats in many instances, instead of the red. white and blue costume of the legendary National hero. The details of the house-to-house | canvass, by means of "which the food and feed production drive will be conducted, are being worked out I at regional, county and community I meetings of agricultural and rural ! welfare 1 "ad"! The Tnple-A com mitteemen, w ho are the elected lead ers of the farmers, will obtain the pi rig, necessary to meet the coun ty goals of more food and feed next "yen I'." 1 , Motorists (ion fuse HQ With Bar-BQ ??? Advertising for restaurants and hotels in the South is often carried 011 hy uniformed representatives who are waiters or porters and who stand by the highway and attempt to wave motorists in to hot meals and soft beds. The custom had to be explained to an irate Military Policeman from | the 518th Battalion, recently, who was on duty in front of First Army I Headquarters. First Army Headquarters, where I I General Drum's staff is camped, is established for the most part in j wooden frame buildings about fifty i yards off Route t, in Hoffman, N. C. j The entrance to the Headquarters is | marked by two white-washed brick pillars, and a pebbled drive-way. i Outside the pillar^ Military Police men on duty at night wear white jackets in order to be clearly visi ble to automobile drivers. The pay-off came when a motor ist drew up in front of a white-jack eted M P. one night, and said, "Okay, George, we'll stop here. But tell me something, Do they serve a decent I dish of Chop Suey in this joint?" Would Arm Ships Spurred by President Roosevelt's suggestion that "arming of our ships is a matter of immediate ur gency," Representative Sol Bloom of New York introduced a bill in Congress to permit the arming of merchantmen. His legislation would remove the prohibition of this pre caution from the Neutrality Act. Expecting Biggest Christmas Trade The nation's large storekeepers, undismayed by signs of stiffening sales resistance, are still figuring on the biggest Christmas trade in his tory. Shelves are overflowing and stocks are the largest ever. In many cases big stores acquired special warehouses early in the year to hold overflow supplies. So they're ready for any conceivable demand in the gift lines. Store inventories in var ious cities are bigger by from 23 to 53 per cent than last year . . . Mer chants anticipate no backtracking from the trend to more sales in the "luxury" lines, and to demand for staples in higher price brackets, gen erally . . . Yet the relapse from the "beat the luxury tax" buying splurge of Sept. 29-30 is now discernible in the fact that national department store sales for the week ending Oc tober 18 were up only a modest 7 per cent . . . And retail prices are now beginning to reflect more sharp ly the increases made in wholesale quotations several months ago. BIG SALE OF Farm Implements At Auction Friday, Nov. 7th AT 10 A. M. Old J. S. Peel Farm, Near Bear Grass I Mill offer for sale al auction the following im plements and other farm personal property: Two good mules one gang plow, one 2-horse wa gon and harness, one 2-horse John Deere Plow, one peanut weeder, one disk, one tobacco trans planter. hoes, forks und other farm implements and tools. Mrs. D. R. Biggs AT YOUR SERVICE?STILL riYlivS CH\N(?E. ami f lie seasons come ami go. hut Jessup Harrison and ^ orth Mobley are still at vour service at the Central Service Station, offering a personal touch to your ev -cumcs-tn lii;di. 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