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By DON ROBINSON
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TRAVEL .... borne j
A man and wife who are neigh
bors of mine fold me that they
have only been away from their
home one night since they were
married 30 years ago. And they
are one of the happiest couples I
know.
It may not be that that lack of
change is the secret of their great
satisfaction with life but it cer
tainly hasn’t interfered.
It is a natural desire of all of
us to see new places. This couple
wanted to too in their younger
days. But when they got married
they bought a small farm which
they have been operating ever
since and they have just never
been able to figure out how they
can pack up and leave it. The an
imals must be fed and there are
always a1 thousand one one things
which need doing. Some people
might be able to let things slide
for a few days, but they’re not of
that type.
They admit that they used to
long to go away for vacations but
don’t even think about it any
more. The one night they did try
it the bull got out and caused a
lot of trouble in the neighborhood
That was a sort of turning point
in their lives. Without mentioning
it to one another they both agreed
that from then on that unless
something very unexpected hap
pened they would stay at home
for the rest of their lives.
EDUCATION .... health
Teachers have always insited
that travel is an almost essential
ingredient in education. Doctors
often prescribe a “change of
scene” when they can't seem to
restore health by any other pre
scription. And travel agents, in
their advertising, try to make us
believe that we are missing most
all of the fun of life if we don’t
take a trip once in a while, prefer
ably a long one.
All of these travel enthusiasts
would probably be horrified, or at
least highly amused, by anyone
having the effrontery to argue
that they might be wrong. And I
admit it may be a form of creep
ing mental paralysis on my pan
to hold that view—but during the
short period in which there has
been a ban on travel 1 have found
it a more and more enjoyable re
striction.
Before the war, from this time
of the year until September I
used to spend a number of weeks
or at least week-ends, away front
home. To me it was a change
which I thought I needed and
which I seemed to enjoy.. Even
then I remember the pleasant
feeling which I experienced each
time I returned home but now 1
Know the even greater satisfact
ion which can come from not go
ing away. I have found that the
grass is greener in my own back
yard than it is most places, the
comfort is greater in my own
home than in most summer re
sorts and it is a decided relief to
let the family suitcases sit illy
gathering dust instead of jamming
them full of clothes and lugging
them off to some “haven of rest ''
MOHAMMED . . . future
As for sight-seeing — jn this
creeping paralysis stage of life
which I seem to be approaching I
find myself leaning more and more
toward Mohammed’s idea of hav
ing a' mountain brought to him.
And in this day and age, with
movies showing us what all for
eign places look like, with news
paper pictures showing us more
details and with television getting
ready to drop the world into our
living rooms, Mohammed's idea
seems to be becoming a more and
more practical one.
On the other hand, while per
fected systems of communication
•re bringing distant places closer
•nd closer to us, improvements in
transportation will soon make it
increasingly easy for us to go to
these distant places. After the
war we will therefore have the
competing temptations of taking
fast trips to places we have never
been able to reach in a1 limited
time before, or of staying at home
and having those places brought
to us.
There is no doubt that travel
will grow in leaps and bounds in
the future, but I am still inclined
to believe that too much travel
will breed discontent. The people
who stay home a good part of the
time—who keep tnemselves fairly
securely anchored to one place—
are apt to lead w most satisfying
life than the restless souls who will
always be seeking something new.
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REGISTER!-REGISTER!
GET READY TO VOTE IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY MAY 27th FOR
Gaston County’s Own Gregg Cherry For Governor
of North Carolina
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME in ITS HISTORY OF 98 YEARS THAT GASTON COUNTY HAS OFFER
ED ONE OF ITS SONS FOR THIS HIGH OFFICE. .Zm
If you are 21 years old or will be 21 before November
7, 1944, and are not sure that you are properly regis
tered; do these things at once:
1— Go to your voting place and ascertain definitely
from yo ur registrar if you are properly enrolled.
If not, have him to register you.
2— If you have moved into a different precinct from
that in which you lived at the time of the last elec
tion, get a certificate from your registrar and pre
sent it to the registrar of your new precinct and he
will record your name as a legally registered voter.
3— —If, for any reason; you did not register Saturday,
the 29th, do so on either of the two subsequent Sat
urdays; May 6 or May 13, or see your registrar
personally between times.
4— Remember that, if you have been a resident of the
State for one year; and of the county for four
months you are entitled to register and vote in the
coming primary and in the general election in No
vember.
5— Speak to your friends and neighbors and urge them
to see that they are properly registered.
A VOTE FOR
Gregg Cherry
For Governor
IS A VOTE FOR
Clean Government
Honest Government
Economical Government 5
Progressive Government
Better Schools
Improved State Institutions
An All-Round Progressive
Administration.
Gregg Cherry is:
Courageous, Straightforword,
Incorruptible; Trustworthy,
Dependable, Experienced,
Progressive, I m p a r tial,
J $ Sound, Kindly; Ethical.
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The Type of Man North Carolina Needs
To Guide Her Destinies During
These Perilous Times
Here Is A List Of Polling Places And Registrars8
(The first named individ
ual in each nrecinct list is uie
registrar, the second the
Democratic iudtre. and the
third named the Republican
judge.)
GASTONIA
Gastonia No. 1. City Hall, Gas
tonia: C. C Carpenter, J. H.
Workman, T. J. Redmond.
Gastonia No. 2, Central School
Gastonia; C. E. Huffstetler, Guy
Killian, George Rogers.
Gastonia No. 3, Gastonia Mill
Supply, 613 E. Franklin Avenue,
Gastonia: R. C. Patrick, E. G.
Talley, C. C. Bush.
Gastonia No 4, East School,
Gastonia: D. P. Ragan, R. K.
Hancock, Oscar M. Cloninger,
Gastonia No. 5, No. 2 Fire
Station. North Falls St., Gasto
nia: W. M. Morris, Ross Ratch
ford, Mrs. Jack Poove.v.
Gastonia No. 6, Girls’ Club,
corner of Second and Dalton St.
Gastonia: Mrs. Doris Quinn, T.
A. Little, Britt Johnson.
Gastonia No. 7, Myrtle School
Bessemer City Rd., Gastonia: H.
S. Joyner, D. C. Dellinger, M.
V. Wiggins.
Gastonia No. 8, Victory School
South Gastonia; Brown Baird,
Otis Myers, J. T. Greene.
Gastonia No. 9, Ridge Groc
ery Co., S. Gastonia: A. L. Fer
guson, W. H Falls, W. L. Falls.
Gastonia No. 10, Kendricks
Grocery Store, Union Rd., Gasto
nia: Mrs. J. C. Robinson, Mar
shall Robinson, Howard Hutf
stickler.
Gastonia No. 11, Ranlo Gram
mar School, Spencer Mt. Hwy.:
Roy Holcomb, Carl F. Stroupe,
Bishop Boulden.
CROWDERS MOUNTAIN
Bessemer City No. 1, City
Hall, Bessemer City: W. L.
Ormand, J. W. Eury, W. E.
Bessemer City No. 2. Maun
ey's Store, Bessemer City: Wal
ter Oates, John F. Walker, D.V.
Matthews.
Bakers Mt. View Mill Store,
R.F.D. Gastonia; R. H. Hook,
James R. Carson, Lem Crompton
CHERRY V1LLE
Cherryville No. 1 City Hall,
Cherryville: W. S. Beam, E. Carr
Black, D. Belvia Beam.
Cherryville No. 2, Cherryville
High School, Cherryville: R. P.
Putnam, E. E. McDowell, Olin
Carroll.
Cherryville No. 3, Cherryville
Grammar School, Cherryville: Miss
Loy Stroupe, Victor Stroup, Bill
Fowler.
Kisers, Sunnyside School, R.F.
D. Bessemer City: Ed S. Harmon,
Fred Lovelace, Walden Weaver.
Carpenters, Ln/.ders Chapel
School, R.F.D. Lincolnton: L. W.
Carpenter, L A. Kiser, Lawrence
Carpentei.
DALLAS
Alexis, Bralshaw’s service sta
tion, Alexis: T. W. Garrison, F.B.
Morris, Kenneth McAlister.
Dallas, Old Court House, Dallas
E. T. W. Cloninger, Lark White,
K. F. Lineberger.
High Shoals, High Shoals School
High Shoals; Mrs. G C. Frye, B.
L. Friday, J. A. Friday.
SOUTH POINT
Belmont, No. 1, City Hall, Bel*
m«>nt: K. J. Hoyle. R. B.
Jr., H. C. Traywick.
Belmont No. 2, Dixon Motor
Co., Belmont: FVed Stone, Curly
Pack, W. F. Traywick.
Belmont No 3, N. Belmont
School, Belmont: J. C. White,
Jim V. Pelt, Floyd Skidmore.
Lowell, Clemmer’s School, Low
ell : S. J. Hand, Woodrow Roberta,
Miss Thelma Titman.
Cramerton, Cramerton Mill
Store, Cramerton: J. B. Caldwell,
R. L. Leeper, C. 0. Young.
McAdenville, Library Bldg.,
McAdenville S. R. Nichols, W. B.
Roberts, B H. Waters.
Union, Union Church Hut, Un
ion Rd., Gastonia1: Miss Fannie
Wilson, W.E. Barnes, R.A. Arm
strong.
South Point, City Hall, Belmont
Mrs. P.H. Smith, Mrs. S-H, Stowe
Lamont Dixon.
R1VERBEND
Mt. Holly No. 1. City Hall, Mt.
Holly; G. D. Jenkins, Watts Still
well, j. W Clark.
Mt. Holly No. 2, Jenkins Motor
Co. Bldg., Mt. Holly: Mrs. W. O.
Barrett, J. F. L'unn, A. F. Ciaig.
Lucia, Abernathy’s Store, Lu
cia: W. T..Connell, Nelson Hall,
A. L. Forbes.
Stanley, City Hall, Stanley:
Guy Derr, Russell Handsell, Jim
W’alace.
Sponsored by Gaston County Friends of Gregg Cherry