THE MEWS of Orange County
Published Every Thursday by '
THE NEWS, INCORPORATED
J. Roy Parker, President
Hillsboro, N. C.
Entered at the.Post Office at Hillsboro, N. C., as
second-class matter.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
1 Year (in Orange County).$2.00
1 Year (outside Orange County)--„...$2.50
6 Month (in Orange County).$1.50
6 Months <outside Orange County).$2.00
Special .Rate to Service Men
THE NEWS of Orange County is the'oldest news
paper of continuous operation in Orange County.
Member North Carolina Press Association
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North Carolina Weekly Newspaper Association
Thursday, August 8, 1946
Liberal Insurance Benefits
Now Available for Veterans
The liberalized insurance benefits which
became available to veterans when President
, _ Truman signed the. Congressional Act amend
ing the National Service Life Insurance Act
of 1940 were anticipated by numerous ex
servicemen and women in North Carolina
who have recently reinstated policies they
allowed to lapse when they leTt the service.
Widespread reinstatements in North Caro
lina were attributed by Regional Insurance
Officer E. C. Bailey to expectation on the
part of veterans that the law would be changed.
Until January 1, 1947, he added, a veteran
may reinstate lapsed National Service Life
Insurance simply by paying two months back
premiums and signing a statement that his
health i« as good as it was when his premium
was due. After that date a physical examina
tion will be necessary in most cases.
As originally enacted, NSLI was designed
to meet the needs of men and women at war.
The new amendments make it more attrac
_ dye to veterans in peace time. Besides pro
viding for luhip sum payments to beneficia
ries, the amendments also create endowment
types of policies, permit the naming of bene
ficiaries outside the restricted classes included
in the original bill, and offer total disability
benefits which were not previously included.
Veteran policyholders in North Carolina
are sending premium payments to New York
at present, but accounts for this area are be
ing transferred to VA’s Richmond branch
office in a move for more efficient service. Mr.
Bailey stressed, however, that policyholders
should continue to send payments to New
York until they receive individual notices of
the change of address. He urged also that they
refrain from writing to the Richmond Branch
Office for the present, explaining that an in
flux of letters would interfere with setting
up of accounts there. * *
“Veterans now holding term insurance poli
cies need feel no compulsion,” he continued,
"to convert their policies immediately to per1
niit types. Term insurance policies issued
before January i, 1946, may be continued
without change for 8 years from the date they
were issued and policies issued after Decem
ber 31, 1945, are good for 5 years without the
necessity of-converting to any of the more
permanent types of insurance.
As originally issued the permanent policies
provided in National Service life insurance
were: ordinary life, on which the policyholder
pays for as long as he lives at a level premium;
20-payment life, on which premiums are paid
for 20 years and after which no more pre
miums are required; and 30-payment life, on
which premiums are paid for 30 years.
In addition to these types of policies the
amendments provide for 20-year endowment
policies, endowment at age of 60 and endow
ment at age 65. On all of these endowment
policies the premiums must be paid*J®r the
indicated length of tim^at the expiration
of which the face of the policy may be paid
, to the veteran. Those veterans who have con
verted their term insurance to one of the
previously authorized plans are permitted un
der the amendments to change to one of th#
endowment plans if they wish.
Beneficiaries
All restrictions on the choice of beneficia
ries which were imposed by tjie. original act
have been removed. Formerly the insured was
permitted only to designate beneficiaries who
were near relatives. He now may designate
any person or person's, a corporation or his
estate as beneficiary in his insurance policy.
Modes of Settlement
The only method of settlement previously
provided was monthly income or annuity pay
ments which were provided for a guaranteed
od of 120 months or as a refund life in
e, paid in equal monthly installments
t the guarantee that the face of the policy
be repaid. These forms of payment are
1 available.
I addition to them the amendments pro
the insured may
single lumn sum
these amendments is the payment of-benefits
to an insured who is totally disabled for as
long as six months. These payments are at
the rate of $5 a month for each $1,000 of in
surance and are payable for as long as the
disability exists. The insurance itself is not
affected by the payments so that beneficiaries
enjoy the full face value of the policy upon
the death of the insured. The new total dis
ability feature may be added to any form of
NSLI, including term insurance. It is only
necessary that the insured meet specified
health requirements and pay the extra pre
mium that is required for this additional
benefit. _ ——_— : —
Application for Nenr Insurance
'All persons who seryed in the armed forces
between October 8, 1940, and September 2,
1945, are entitled to apply for new NSLI. The
total amount which may be carried by any
applicants may not exceed $10,000. The ap
plication may be filed at any time and will be
granted upon proof that the applicant meets
the required health standards. This is a defi
nite change from the previous provision which
limited all veterans to the amount of insur
ance they had while in service.
Rejected Applications
Applications for insurance which were re
jected solely for health reasons between Oc
tober 8, 1940, and September 2, 1945, are
validated by these amendments in cases where
the applicants were killed or totally disabled
in line of duty while in service.. This amend
ment will provide income, for benefitiarres
who receive no insurance payments under the
old law.
Miscellaneous Provisions
Numerous miscellaneous provisions are in
cluded in the amendments. Most of them are
of a technical nature or are applicable to
limited groups. They include the right to
assign a beneficiary’s interest to specified rela
tives of the insured provided payment of the
insurance has not started. Present beneficia
lies under insurance on which payments start
ed before September 2, 1944, are permitted
to select refund life income payments instead
oi-former modes of settlement. And suits in '
United States courts are authorized in cases
where there is any disagreement over claims.
Those eligible will be notified of their rights
by the VA and need not make inquiry.
BY THE NEWS
WE HARDLY THINK that the promoters
of the effort to preserve the Nash-Kollock
property will get what they desire in request
ing $1,000 as Hillsboro’s share in purchasing
the property.
Not when $800 is still needed for the con
struction t)f the youth recreation center here
and not when the American Legion is cur
rently making a drive for funds to use in con.
structing a Legion hut here will the pro
moters secure from the merchants and towns
people $ 1,000. _ __■ - '
And we hardly believe the people of Chapel
Hill and in the county are interested enough
in the project to dig down deep in their
pockets to fork over the other $2,000 needed
to purchase the property.
THE $3,000 WOULD only be a starter in
securing enough funds to complete the pro
ject and maintain it after completion.
With plans for the construction of a freezer
locker plant progressing as they are, we can
think of no better location for the plant than
the property on which the Nash-Kollock
building is now located.
The plant would bring many more people
to town than would the preservation of the
building. In this era of progress, we don’t
yearn for the preservation of old buildings
which point only to the past history of a
town or section.
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WHAT HILLSBORO and other towns of
its size neecl are modern plants, buildings and
ideas to make it grow and prosper.
Certainly with as many business houses as
are needed in Hillsboro and with as many
homes needed for those who now live in two,
three and four-room apartments the money
and materials which could be consumed in
restoring the building could be put to a much
better use in some other fields of endeavor.
• • •
A MUTE REMINDER of the hundreds of
people who were in town Saturday and of
the many ticket stubs which were poured into
the box greeted members of Hillsboro’s trash
detail Monday morning when they started to
move the box of stubs which had been placed
in the rear of The News office. ... As Gene
Tapp, Pete Benton and Bill Johnson, Negro
garbage collector's, started to pick up the box,
the 100,000 ticket stubs forced the bottom out,
scattering the stubs over the ground. ... A
large coal shovel was then brought into play
to remove the stubs from the ground.
* * .
VARIOUS ESTIMATES of the number of
heard everything from 1,000 to 6,000. v . .
Members of the committee which sponsored
the sales promotion plan placed the.riumber
here as between 2,500 and 3,000.
Nash-Kollock *
(Continued from Page 1)
boro and Chapel HiU. Applica
tion blanks are to be placed in all
stores and those interested in sign
ing up lor a locker are urged to
secure the blanks from local stores.
Letter of Mrs. Parker to the mer
chants concerning the Nash-Kol
lock property follows:
To Mr. Robert Forrest and mem
bers of the Hillsboro Merchants
Association:
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The building known as the Nash
Kollock house, the only historic
mansion—remaining—in—Ilillsboro
-from pre-Revolutionary days, was
built in 1767 by Isaac Edwards,
private secretary to Governor
Tryon, and became “the other
home” of the Governor during his
stay in North Carolina. Governor
Martin afterward resided there. It
is one of the most perfect archi
tectural examples of its period, and
as such its preservation is greatly
desired by all North Carolina his
toric and patriotic societies and
by antiquarians. The N. C. Soci
ety for Preservation of Antiqui
ties since August 1943 has had the
property listed as a restoration
project. Associated with local pro
moters the following plans have
been formulated:
I. To restore the mansion proper
to its original ajppearance arid also
the addition to the east of the
mansion; to reconstruct such others
as will depict the maimer of liv
ing in Colonial days.
II. To devote the buildings to
the use of Orange county resi
dents in this manner: the man
sion will become a war memorial
of all wars participated in by North
Carolina, and complete available
records of all service men and
women in Orange county in all
wars will be kept in a suitable cab
inet in the parlor of the mansion.
The parlor will become a club room
for men and women of Orange
county, for t small affairs approved
by S.P.A. Securing whatever fur
niture is.available formerly used
by Nash-Kollock school for this
room will be the privilege of the
Historical Society.
III. To devote the southwest room
of the mansion to a self-sustaining
kindergarten.
IV. To place in tli'e hallway a
desk for information to ’tourists,
for sale of postcards and souve
nirs, and for the display of a small
scale model of the school room
and furnishings.
V. To make of the school room
a school memorial and assembly
hall 36x36 feet square, for a cen
tral location in which to hold meet
ings of,county organizations ac
.cording to their needs, as a recrea
tional, cultural, social and educa
tional center for the entire county
with eqtiipment for various uses.
On the walls in glass cases will be
shown the momentoes of Nasn
Kollock students and county relics.
VI. The basement will be devoted
to handicraft of all ages, and a
manual training room—a memorial
to the girls and boys in Orange
county who did not come back.
VII. A swimming pool and other
outdoor activities are planned for
the ample back lot. It is proposed
to have the entire recreational
program under a state recreational
setup.
As a financial asset to the town,
as a sight-seeing objective the
project would be oflnestimabl^
value, as other similar projects
have proven. The value to the bet
ter life and higher standards re
sulting from the proposed plans
h ■'= "~~=
could not be computed in doll,
and cents. Q°Uars
The proposal for our possP<:,
of the properly is this- to T*
funds to purchase the proDert*
make the east wing usable
county; to show proof that L,
are available and that the restr
Uon will b. done
plan. Financing the project8 ?
be entirely by donations and Cn?
certed activities, good win
personal services. We will be
entirely by the interest show??
the county. Three thousand do5a*
is needed at present for purchl
of the property, $1,000 each t
Chapel Hill, Hillsboro an? t
countyrWould you appoint a
mittee to confer with an S P a r
resentative as early as possible?'
(Mrs.) dessie G. Parker
S.P.A. Representative 1
Jefferson Standard Life Ins. Co.
of
GREENSBORO, N. C.
JOHN W. UMSTEAD
Manager
111 Corcoran Street Bldg,
'DURHAM
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132 iS.JPfanklin Street
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I M REDDY, NEIGHBOR,
BUT THIS WIRE JUST
WON'T REACH ! » »
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"The farm next to mine has electricity. My farm has not Yet I have .had my appHc*
tion in for a longer time. Why is this-—n , f'
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This query... a most natural one . . . reaches the Duke Power Company a good many
times these days. Here is the answer: The shortage of vital materials does, in tome
instances, keep us from extending service even a few hundred feet! ^
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It is often true that one farm can be served by a cut-in from an existing secondary
line y. . while to serve a neighbor, only a few hundred feet away, poles, or a transformer
ore necessary.
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We want you who are still waiting for electric service to know that iust as fast as they
can be obtained, poles are being set, wire strung, and transformers installed. __
Extension of the odvantoges of electricity .V. Industrial, commercial, urban, and rural
... is our aim. It is being carried forward with the least delay possible under existing
shortages. ?