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One Out Of Five State Marriages Ends In Divorce \©arh 34.000 Marriage* Ami 7.000 Divorces In A Recent Year By Tom Wicker 33.800 couples marched down the aisle to the marriage altar in recent year ir North Carolina That'S quite a ft*a t c look at the other sioe of the picture In that same year 6.700 Tar Heel marriages went on the rocks. That figure only covers legal di vorces. not separations ol the pel manent type And nearly one third of those couples who came to the legal parting oi the ways had one or more children in their erstwhile families. Casting another shadow vei the Tar Heel family is the fact that approximately one half of all the children m\ lve l in offi cial hearings before Juvenile Courts in North Carolina m that T iyear came from homes in which the parents were not living to gether Accurate estimates indi cate that 30 to dO per cent of all juvenile delinquents come from broken homes. The figures follow closely the i national pattern. The picture is , the same everywhere And every- ' where social workers, teachers, ministers, and plain citizens con- ^ cerned for the welfare of the | country are facing these ques- j tions: What is wrong with the modern j American family'.’ Why and how is it failing so often to do its job .building happ>. uesful and! * The Family Task To answci these questions, iff is necessary to go back to basic | principles ,to learn what, in gen- j 1 eral, it is necessary for the fam-i ilv to do in this building of hap- | I py and useful lives Mental hygiene ana realm ex . peris, family life counsellors and social workers can answer that question with a wealth of detail. But some of the more important qualities necessary in the suc cessful family are these accord- j | mg to their research: A successful adjustment to each I other and to the family as a whole or. the part of the parents, so that j they may best accept their duties, i of guiding and controlling the j | family, but not dominate it to the i exclusion of the right of the oth [ or members: A willingness on the part of all I members of the family to give land take, to accept responsibility /that is theirs, and to develop mu- j trial respect and confidence in the persor.alitles and abilities ot the family members; Actve participation in and con tributions to community and neighborhood activities, based on an active sense of the values to be rttained in wholesome social life: Balanced family activities, with work, recreation, learning, re ligion and social activity all r< coiving proper emphasis; A sense of the individual work Of the members of the family These are some of the basic principles of successful family living. They an important, for , extensive social study demon strates that those who grow up with family loyalty, faith, un i derstanding, love and warmth, are better able to withstand great I stress and strain On the other i hand, broken or disorganized fa I milies have little resistance to I sever emotional disturbances and Austin^Nichols BLENDED WHISKEY $1.85 pint Ike Straight Whiskeys k tWs «ct art X y tors •' »<trt **C 10% Straight Whiskey, 70% trot* ItutraJ Sp.rifs. 20 % Straight WMt key 2 ytors old. 5 % Straight Whiskey 4 y»Of; old, 5% Straight Vlli**.£y 4 ytors aid #6 p'vat AastinoHicKois CCc S* Inc various types of delinquency Many Barriers Exist Even as there are many factors which make up successful family living, however, there are many forces m modern life which tend , to disrupt fhe family and to make difficult the establishment of some of the principles mentioned Among these can be noted; The urbanization and indus trialization of society, which has caused a shift away from the tra ditional selfsufficiency of the fam i jiy families no longer work to gether m the home to any ex tent, with the various members working outside the home at ! widely-varied tasks. In addition, | there is the increasing trend for 'wives and mothers to work out side the home, thus increasing 1 he tendency away from working together at home. _ Modern life has also reduced the necessity for families to de velop their own recreation and so cial activities — movies, skating rinks, and other spectator recrea tions are the most prevalent of today’s forms of amusement. In addition, the development of such modern apliances as radio and television has reduced the family dependence upon itself for relax ation and recreation. Other factors must also be con sidered — the urbanization of the population and mass housing, in creasing the number of neighbors a family has, but leading to a de crease in “neighborliness” and community activities: the lack of opportunities for children to get to know Father, who spends eight hours a day at the office or the factory, rather than working his fields or his own business, where jhe is more available to them; the I increased number of seed depen dents in the home; inadequate j housing the high cost of living, 1 j especially in its impact on lower income groups; overcrowded and I inadequate school facilities; and ! many others. j These factors, then, make it dif i ficult to develop the previously mentioned principles of success ful family living, in order to build useful, happy lives. But, say the! ' family and mental health experts, i it is still not impossible to do so. j It is not only possible to build i good family living, they continue, but it is imperative — anct they (ht- "itfereatiing divorce | and delinquency ,rat#*,.-the in- ' (teased population of training [ i schools, prisons and mental hos-1 pitals, for their justification. What Must Be Done? Family life education, say they, is the answer. Such education should be accessible to all fami lies. It can be made available through organized civic, social and religious groups, and through the public schools, by way of [clinics, lectures, study groups, ! workshops, and community activ ! ity. Social workers and their or ! ganizations, alert to the need, will j also fill a place in the family life [ education faculty. Tar Heels will he hearing a good deal about such education in the forthcom I ing Mental Health Week, May 2 8. This family life education ! should emphasize the importance i of fathers and mothers bringing up their children in an atmo sphere of affection, with the right kind of training in a good home setting; it works toward the de velopment of activities designed to draw the father back into more active family membership, and which knit the whole family more closely together in recreation, so cial and religious activities, and in working together; it makes in formation available as to where health, welfare and family coun selling services may be had; it seeks to develop higher physical standards of living; it advocates increased neighborhood and com munity recreation and social ac tivities, and the development of | better facilities for these activi ties; better housing and health services are promoted, along with increased educational opportuni ties and facilities; vocational guid ance for family members is avail able; and, in general, the prinei 'ples of mental health are awpha Belter Homes Are Being Constructed Homes going up this year are, on the average, bigger and better than the ones produced in 1949 or 1950, a study of building trends in six metropolitan areas reveals. One-family houses started in these cities in the first quarter of 1951 were not only larger, according to the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statis tics, but also had more bathrooms and quality features than loose begun in the last half of 1949 or; during the middle_yim2ibj(s;f '>950.; The clemand fol^quanty building materials continues at all-titr* highs, in spite of 1951's cutback in housing, manufacturers report. Producers of clay floor and wall j tile, for instance, turned out more than 22 per cent more tile in the first half of 1951 than in the first half of 1950. Yet as a result of de mand for quality materials in new houses and increased use of clay tile in all rooms of the home, the industry is still hard pressed to keep abrast of demand. --. ISetc Financing Plan Used For Income Tax Payment For the first time in its history, the Treasury is offering a new type of financing—it will sell up to $1,350,000,000 in “bills” which may be used to pay income taxes next March, iiy the new offer, the Treasury is trying, in effect, to get and spend now much of the income-tax money which normal ly would come in next March. Purchases of the bills, who don’t use them as income-tax payments, can turn them in for cash on March 15. The bills will be issued only in denomination:#of $1,000, $5,000 $10,000, $100,000, and $1, 000,000, and are largely intended for big corporations which are building up reserve funds for in come-tax payments. American mines are furnishing coal for more than half of the world’s steel production. sized and re-affirmed Family life education, then, is more than a course in home de coration, cooking, or gardening. It is an effort to redeem some of yesterday's wreckage, widely scattered in the nation’s divorce and juvenile courts, and to pre vent more such havoc in the fu ture. Mot So Vacant—Lot Has Many Buildings On It -i Philadelphia.—A lot, listed on city tax books for the past four years as “vacant,” was found to hold a house, five garages and a boiler room—all built before 11>47. The Bureau of Building Inspec tion gave the owner until October 13 to get a building permit, pay back taxes for the four years and obtain zoning approval—or have the structures torn down. Saves Ou n Child If hen Called To Aid Little Girl Seattle, Wash—Called from a shower to give aid to a 22-month old girl, who had been pulled un conscious from a fish pond, Dr. Louis Salazar, Alaska physician who is visiting here, wont to work on the limp body. He applied ar tificial respiration desperately and was rewarded by a cry. The child, who was revived, was his own daughter. Mary Margaret. 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PIKEVILLE - \\ ILLIAMS'TON At the Close of Business October 10, 1951 Resources Cash and Due from Banks.S 28,410,525.24 Lnited Stales Coveriunent Securities.*28,720.000.22 1 Hdiiratjons of Federal Agencies r . . . . ....., j ai— 10 lilO 191 00 , ,, State. Cniiiitv and Municipal Securities. 10.525.216.25 Total Bonds (Cost less valuation restates. 76.121.670.65 Loans ami Discounts . 10,821,815.92 Accrued Interest and Other Assets. 298,979.69 . 427,457.24 Banking Houses. Furniture and Fixtures and Beal Estate c SI 16.511.178.71 Liabilities Capital Stock—1Common . . .h Surplus . Undivided Profils. Reserves ... Ollier Liabilities. Unearned Dise. X' Aeerued Interest Deposits . 5UO.OOO.OO 4.000. 000.00 l,:! 1.000. 000.00 3,12:1.200.5.1== 226,52:1.82 152.781.16 109.211.072.92 *116,541.178.71 Upon the Strength of the Above Statement and the Backing of Our Directors, We So licit your Business, Promising'Evcry Accommodation Consistent Willi Sound Banking. 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