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Al Ckfldron Under 24 Months
FREE!
8x10
NEW NATURAL LIVING
COLOR PORTRAIT
97
NOW
ONLY 7# Handling
ALL MINORS MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY PARENTS
Finished Pictures Bock To Store
Friday Dec. 21, 1973
FAMILY GROUPS INVITED
AMAZING OFFER LIMITED
2 Years & Over 97c ? Plus 50c Handling
We Can Allow Only One Portrait Per Family At This Special.
Extra Persons $2.95 Each Plus Handling
2 Days Only
Sunday ? Monday
DEC. 16, 17
Babies, Children & Family Groups
Group Portraits at SI.00 par Subject, plui 50c Handling. Finithad
Packet of Color Portraits Back In Our Stora In A Few Days.
Portraits Must Be Picked Up By Parent Only
ALL MINORS MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY PARENTS
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED OR YOUR MONEY BACK!
M?d? and guirintMd by D*CI?v? Studio?Winston Satom. N.C.
Professional photographers since 1045.
PHOTOGRAPHERS HOURS
SUNDAY ? 1-6 P.M.
MON. 11 -7 P.M.
McFADYEN HOME - Ceramic madonna stands in front of bank of greens and
poinsettias on walnut Sheraton antique table in home of Mr. and Mrs. Neill
McFadyen, 111 S. Highland Street. Home is included in December 19, Extension
Homemaker'sLibrary Benefit Housing Tour. (N-JPhoto)
Veterans Corner
EDITOR'S NOTE: Veterans and their
families are asking thousands of
questions concerning the benefits their
Government provides for them through
the Veterans Administration. Below are
some representative queries. Additional
information may be obtained at any VA
office.
Q - About six months ago, the
Veterans Administration issued me a
Service-Disabled Veterans Insurance
(RH) policy. Does this policy pay
dividends?
A - No. Dividends are payable only
on National Service life Insurance and
U. S. Government Life Insurance
policies with "V" or "K" prefixed
policy numbers.
Q - As a World War 1 Veteran
drawing compensation from the
Veterans Administration for a service
connected disability, am 1 eligible for a
$2,800 automobile allowance?
A -? No. This benefit is restricted by
law to eligible veterans of World War l|,
Korean Conflict, Post Korean period,
Vietnam Era and servicemen currently
on active duty.
Q - Do persons 72 years old or more
who draw pensions from the Veterans
Administration have to file annual
income questionnaires?
A - No. But while a recent law
excludes these pensioners who have
been on the rolls during two consecutive
years from filing questionnaires, they
still must report changes in income.
BANK THE EASY WAY
. . . JUST DRIVE IN!
Our drift-in window it a quick and easy way to bank.
No parking problems ... no long lines .. . The same
courteous service.
The Drive-in Window Is Open
9 A.M. To 1 P.M. And 3 To 5 P.M.
Thursday & Friday
i i
9 A.M. Until 1 P.M.
Monday & Tuesday And
9 A.M. Until 12 Noon
Wednesday And Saturday
YOUR LOCAL. FRIENDLT BANK
The Bank of llaeford
MEMBER FEDERAL DCPOStT INSURANCE CORPORATION
'? RAEFORO, N. C.
More Consumer
Spending In Hoke
(Special to The NewvJoumal)
NEW YORK, Dec. 8 - Hoke County'?
economy chalked up significant, gains in
the lut few yean, exceeding the
advances reported for many sections of
the country.
The progress was most apparent in
figures showing the amount of business
done by local retail establishments.
Their sales in the past year were SS.l
percent higher than they were five years
ago. Much of the increase, however, was
due to inflation.
The findings are based upon reports
released by the Standard Rate and Data
Service, covering the five-year period.
The major credit for the strong local
showing is attributed to the consumers
in the area and their desire and ability
to maintain their normal way of life
despite the troubled times.
Although they were more restrained
than usual in their spending, because of
the higher cost of living and the
unsettling conditions at home and
abroad, they did not tighten up to the
degree that people in other localities
did.
They continued to spend with
assurance, feeling that they had jobs
they could count on, incomes that were
steadily rising and a future that was
protected by pensions, health insurance
and personal savings.
In the past five years, as a result of
their maintained spending, overall sales
in Hoke County's retail stores rose from
SI 1,144,000 to a total of $17,280,000,
the SRDS figures show.
The 55.1 percent rise compares with
43.1 percent in the United States and
with 48.7 percent in the State of North
Carolina.
Almost every branch of business
shared in the growth. In the past year
local people were in the market for
more cars, more and better clothing,
more food, furniture, household
equipment, cosmetics and other goods
than they were in 1967.
And at that, they did'not go all out.
They still held back a sizeable amount
of savings.
The prime fuel for this outpouring of
consumer dollars was the big gain in
personal income.
The net earnings of the local
population, after payment of taxes, rose
from the S23.251,000 they received at
the beginning of the five - year period to
the S35.460.000 that was available to
them in the past year.
OPEN
EVERY NIGHT
(Except Sunday)
Tm 8:30
Until Christmas
dosed at 6 P.M. on Sat.
3 oe Sugar's
of Rieford
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Ken's Carpet and Interiors wtefl
. On? Stop Decorating Service ^
. Complete Lint of Hioh Quality Porter Paint* lalnZSI
. Fine Wall Covering. Draperies. Carpet*, and A '
Other Decorating Need* M
Mid town Shopping Center-Southern Pines-Aberdeen-Ph. 692 7427
2508 Raeford Rd.-I-ayetteville-Khone 484 7861
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See The Boys
at
Raeford Aufo
Bernard Bray
John Nicholson
p Henry Bullafd
Give
the wife a
"little
something"
this Christmas
like a
Mustang
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RAEFORD
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