AT THE MOVIES
, IN CHERRYVILLE
THUR.-FRI. at The LESTER-2 DAYS
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Brad Taylor, H.irrv ' Pappy' Cheshire and Ro\ Acuft in Rep;..!
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OUTLAWS OF SANTE FE
STARTS 12:02 SUN. NITE & MON.-TUE.
A dramatic scene aboard Aircraft Carrier X in "Wing And A Hiavcr," •
Don Ameche, with Dana Andrews and Charles Bickford.
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"tSl-HULLABALOO
LYTLE HULL
CHILD’S CHOICE OF FRIENDS
Parents are often bewildered
by their children’s choice ot
friends. What can serious Susan
possibly see in that fluttery Flor
I ence who is her current constant
companion? What does boisterous
Bob find to talk about to shy Sam?
They find, or hope to find, in their
oddly assorted friends what youth
is always seeking—something to
i i uind out their own personalities
1 to fill in the lacks they are so pain
f ;• 1 ty aware of.
in n we are young we are still
i hoping that life’s grab bag will
! !■’ 0 e up to us what the fames
l 1 ailed to bring in our cliiisteinrg
j i arty!! So if Susan is the brightest
in her class she is apt to seek a
t ieohnu camouflage by attaching
herself to a pert little miss whose
tbng.::r rattles off the latest “slan
guage" that Susan can’t talk glib
ly to save her life.
In fact, studying your children s
choice of friends should be a re
quired course for all parents, un
fortunately there isn’t a textbook
lo guide you. for personality needs
are so many and ways of satisfy
ing them so various that two enil
| dren in the same family may go
entirely different ways in making
up for identical lacks. For instance
another girl with the same longing
for gayetv as serious Susan may
pretend to disapprove of froth and
either do without friends or choose
someone much older than herself.
You can, however, decide
into which of two clastifire
tion* your child’* tendencie* fall
in regard to hi* choice of
friend*. There are the retieat
er» and the go-forwarder*.
You don’t have to worry about
the latter, but the retreater*
need help.
They, too, take many guises so
that they aren’t always easy to
recognize. We’ve just described
the most obvious, those who deny
what they want. Then there are
those who seek only admiration in
their friendships. A certain am
l ount of this is necessary to all ot
| us, for it is natural to crave an au
I dienee. But if a young person al
ways insists on being the admired
! one in a friendship, never the one
I who looks up to the other, his ho
rizon: will stay just about where
they are. limited to what he can
sec with his own eyes.
Another form of retreat in the :
building of friendships is always!
to let yourself be chosen as a
friend, never to do the choosing.
This is admittedly preferable to!
being too aggressive, but is often
just laziness which allows a per
son to drift into spending all his
friendship on persons he doesn t
; care much about while tie passes
| up those from whom he could
learn and enrich his life.
We’ve merely touched uj on the
vastly important matter of your
child's friends. But we hope that
we have shown that it isn’t one to
I be dismissed with a nagging,
| “what do you see in so-and-so?
; Try to figure out what your boy or
! girl does gain from his compamon
l ships. If it is something he should
he getting at home—such as bol
stering of his self-esteem—try to
supply it. But don’t expect to take
; over the whole job—for it is a ne
cessary part of growth for each of 1
us to discover in friends and Mie
outside world the same assurances
and satisfactions that as a child
■ue found in the family.
ABOVE HULLABALOO r;b. gad
JUDGMENT VS. EMOTION
An optopessimist once opined ’
to this correspondent that people •!
should always, be happy with their
| lot—because things are sure to get
worse before they get better.'1 In
other words—that we are compar
atively better off at any given mo- i
menl than we will be'later on. It1
might not be bad idea to keep the i
thought in mind because our great
trouble in time of hardship— and
otherwise — seems to be that we
won’t believe things can get any
worse than they are and therefore !
must get better. We hope you can !
translate the above!
Now there's nothing criminal in ;
‘‘wishful thinking”—but it is at j
times expensive. If we hadn’t been
optimists by nature we would nev
er have dug ourselves out of the
primeval wilds and built this flour
ishing nation. But optimism with
us is a two way disease and once
it gets well started it runs away
with our judgment. If there is a
boom in Florida real estate we buy
more town lots than there is dry
land in the state. (This optimist
still owns some. They are under
water.) TVe won't acknowledge
that there is any limit except the
sky. The same with a stock ex
change boom, or a boom in cattle,
or any other similiar phenomena.
The results are expensive.
Then the tide turns; we are at
war—and we go at it with all th^
vim and vigor for which Americans
are famous. There comes a break
in the clouds; we believe the sun
is out to stay—and we throw away
our umbrellas. When the storm
veers back it spoils our new hats.
It is very expensive.
Constitutional pessimism is a far
more blighting enemy ’than over
optimism: But there must be a
middle course somewhere between
the two, down which we could
steer with our Judgment at the
helm, and not our Emotions. It
would save us a lot of misery!
Today our judgment tells us
that the war in Europe could be
ended in a month if a powerful
Allied offensive suddenly broke
the German defenses and penetra
ted the very vitals of tlat country
before the military positions could
be reorganized. f our weeks a"o
our emotions were beguiling us in
to the firm belief that something
like this was just about to happen.
Today our Emotions are telling us
that the war has been prolonged
from six months to a year by the
Nazi breakthrough. Our Judgment
should be telling us that we have
no more assurance of this than
we have that it wiTl be over tomor
row or in 1047.lt is—and has >een
impossible to estimate with the
slightest degree of eertaintythe
the time of the termination ot the
war of such magnitude and rami
fications—and the last four years
of stupid, costly and utterly value
less prophesying about this un
known quantity by men who
should know better — proves the
truth of this assertion.
There is a man in this country
who is well versed in tne known
history of wailare. He could write
a thesis on the conquest of Gaul
or Marlborough’s campaigns on th~
Continent. He could recite the in
timate details of the Napoleonic
debacle in Russia and of the mili
tary movements which led up to
unschedued Battle of Gettysburg
We have never heard this man tell
us when our current wars are go
ing to end! His initials are F.D.R.
He must often chuckle to himself
when he hears some radio made
strategist — who probably thinks
Marlboriugh is a .cigarette manu
facturer — generiusly allow the
World to share the knowledge hi*
mastery of military technique has
unfolded.
Farmers carried out more soil
building and erosion-control prac
tices under AAA last year than
ever before.
Mongrel flocks do not fit into a
quality egg program. High quality
eggs must be of uniform shell cil
Alka-Seltzer
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After” anil Cold DiatreoaT
If not, why notf Pleaaant,
v prompt in action, effective.
\ Thirty cent* snd Sixty
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One Day Only Wed. at LESTER - ‘‘Crime
By Night” ~ with Jane Wyman
CHURCH NOTICES
PRESBYTERIANS TO
WORSHIP AT METHODIST
Services At Methodist Church.
Sunday School 2 P. M.
W. E. Browne, Supt.
Preaching 3 P. M.
SPECIAL SERVICE AT
THE CHURCH OF GOD
Rev. Isaiah I Putnam, Pastor
Sunday School at 10:00 A. M.
T. B. Edwards, Supt.
Preaching at 11 A. M.
Y. P. E. at 6:80 P. JY1.
Special Healing Service at 7:30.
Psalm 103. You will find the
word, Bless the Lord O my Soul
and all that is within me, Bless
His Holy Name. Bless the Lord O
my Soul and forget not all His
benefits. Who forgiveth all their
iniquities, who Tiealeth all thy dis
eases.
“VISIONS, DREAMS, AND
FACTS" SUBJECT AT
SECOND BAPTIST
“Visions Dreams, and Facts,''
will be the subject of the pastor s
sermon at the Second Baptist
Church next Sunday morning at
the eleven o’clock worship service.
The public is invited to attend and
hear this message.
At 9:30 Sunday morning, in
the prayer room of the church,
there will be a prayer meeting to
which all who wish to do so are
invited to come and take part.This
service was started m December
for the express purpose of asking
the Lord’s forgiveness for mistak
es and invoking His blessings up
on the services of this and all oth
er Churches in their work.
At 9:45 the Sunday School be
gins, with classes for everyone ot
”very age. There are fifteen hun
dred or more people in reach of
Cherryville chui’ches who have not
lanned to attend Sunday School
r worship at any Church next
Sunday. To these and all others
within reach, the Second Baptist
Church through its pastor and
Sunday School and Church offici
als and through the columns of the
Eagle, extends an invitation.
Morning worship at 11 o’clock,
with the pastor bringing the mes
sage on “Visions, Dreams, and
Facts.’’
The Baptist Training Unions
meet at 6:30. An invitation is ex
tended all those who would like to
“study to show yourself approved
to come and be in this meeting.
Evening worship at 7:30. Why
not end the activities of the Lord's
Lay by attending upon the evening
worship in this or some other
Church? The pastor’s subject for
the evening sermon is “A Local
"ny Makes Good.”
GIFT TO MEREDITH
RALEIGH, Jan. 9.—The Mere
'th College Expansion Program
'>as received a gift of $5,000 in
unnory of the late Mr. and Mrs.
>hn E. Efird of Anson county, it
.as announced yesterday by Pres
ident Carlyle Campbell. Stipula
tions with the gift set it aside for
to endow two scholarships. The
gift was made by sons of the late
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Etird—E.L.
Efird of Winston-Salem, P. H.
Efird and J. B. Efird, both of
Charlotte, and J. W. Efird of New
York City.
The Meredith College dining
hall has been transformed into a
cafeteria for the breakfast and
lunch hours, and J. A. Cohoon
has been appointed as the new
steward in charge. Cohoon for
merly was with the State College
cafeteria, and in the restaurant
business in downtown Raleigh.
The annual bulletin of the Mer
edith College Alumnae Associa
Association has been released
from the printers, Mae Grimmer,
alumnae secretary, announced
yesterday. Jane Green, ’29 bulle
tin chairman, was assisted by Ur.
Mary Lynch Johnson and Winnie
Rickett Pearce.
The bulletin material includes a
copy of the alumnae address made
at commencement time by Marga
ret Arlen of New York, the for
mer Margaret Hince Early of the
class of ’36- a message from the
president. Marguerite Mason Wil
kins; an article bringing up to
date a record of all Meredith
alumnae who have taken graduate
degrees; another of all alumnae
now engaged in the various bran
ches of the country’s armed ser-1
vices; as well as a brief summa-j
tion by Dean Benson W. Davis of j
the standards of the College; a;
report of the Expansion Program, i
written by Kate Matthews; and 4
pages of pictures of alumnae chil
ren.
Some mistunderstanding still ex
ists regarding the social security
tax returns made quarterly by
industrial and business concerns.
All tax and informational returns
should be sent direct to the Col
lector of Internal Revenue, NOT
to the Social Security Board.
This caution was issued today
by Mrs. Janet Green, manager of j
the Gastonia office of the Social
Security Board.
She also stated that employers
—subject to the laws—can save
themselves time and trouble by
making certain that the name,
account number, and wage earn
ings of each employee are shown
on this quarterly tax report.
Mrs. Green explained that old
age and survivors insurance bene
fits which will be paid to the wor
ker when he reaches 65 and re
tires from his job or those paid to
survivors, in case of the worker's
death, will depend on the wages
credited to his social security ac
count. Each individual account is
identified by an account number
—the same one that appears on
GUN CONTROL ON B-2®
Centrally^ controlled remote
multiple-gun power turrets and
pressurized cabins are only two of
the many features of the new B
29 Superfortress, a plane with
more electrically operated mech
anisms than any previously built.
The first bomber with enough
fighting power to fly unescorted
through a hornet’s nest of enemy
fighters, the B-29 has five multiple
gun installations. Its central fire
control system, produced by Gen
eral Electric, includes computers
which automatically corrects vari
ous factors while putting the fire
directly on the target. As many as
three of the turrets can be con
trolled and fired simultaneously by
a single gunner from a single
sighti never before could a gun
ner control more tnan one turret.
DETECTS CRACKS IN GLASS
Among the many new and in
teresting applications of photoel
ectric control produced by Gener
al Electric is one to detect cracks
in glass food containers. Inspec
tors sometimes overlook radial
cracks occasionally present in the
lip of such containers. They usual
ly cause food spoilage. A photo
electric crack detector in combin
ation with a special handling ma
chine replaced the inspector and
increased both the accuracy and
speed of inspection.
NEW ROCKET LAUNCHERS
Several new rocket launchers
or “bazookas” were added last
year to the infantry model first
announced by General Electric in
1942. Among the new types were
the paratroop model, the Hying
bazooka, and the portable field ar
tillery type. All stemmed from the
original bazooka and, like the first
were engineered, developed and
produced by those who in peace
years had devoted their attention
to washing machines and other
household appliances.
X-RAY THROUGH 12-IN. STEEL
Outstanding in industrial X-rays
built during 11)44 was construc
tion of the first 2.000,000-volt X
rav unit, a more flexible and pow
erful tube for the speedy radio
graphic examination of castings
and metal structures. The new
unit weighs only 5000 pounds and
ran be used for the radiographic
nspection of steel up to 12 inch
es in thickness, according to Gen
eral Electric engineers who devel
oped it.
WELDER JEEPS HELP TROOPS
Army engineers can now make
emergency repairs on tanks
-rucks and other war equimnent
right up in the front line in Eu
rope, or along jungle paths in the
Pacific. If the jeep ran get there,
so can a welder. Consisting ot a
standard army jeep with a modi
fied arc welder developed hv Gen
eral Electric, belted to the floor ot
the jeep in place of the right
front seat, the welder jeep has
*een plenty of action. Light in
weight, compact, highly mobile,
and extremely maneuverable, it
ran go places where heavier main
tenance vehicles find the trails in
accessible.
BIG GENERATORS FOR
RUSSIA
The famous Soviet Dnieprostroy
hydroelectric development, demol
ished by C.S.S.R. forces inl94l,
iind further destroyed when the
German invaders were driven
from the Ukraine in 19415, is to tie
rebuilt. The nine new generators,
to be built by General Electric in
Schenectady, will be rated 90,
100 kva each, 1 per cent more
han the earlier ones. Weighing
more than 1000 tons each, they
ivill exceed all existing machines
n both diameter and total weight.
MOBILE POWER PLANTS
Since the beginning of the war,
General Electric has delivered or
s delivering practically 300,000
dlowatts of mobile power plants.
Some are for use abroad in re
labilitating bombed areas; others
■or service in this country where
ncreased war production has re
mlted in emergency power short
iges. Some have been mounted on
larges, some on railroad cars, and
ithers on truck trailers.
V-MAIL ALWAYS GOES
BY AIR, SEND V-MAIL
V-mail ALWAYS goes by air—
regular air mail does not. That is
one of the reasons why the Army
is constantly urging the public to
send V-mail, states Lt. Col. Hart
ley B. Dean, Fourth Service Com
mand postal officer. “Mail that is
ear-marked ‘air mail’ does not al
ways go by plane for the simply
reason that the increasing over
seas troop strengths, urgent de
mands for air cargo space coupled
with adverse buying conditions
during the winter months does not
give promise of improvement in
the transportation of overseas air
mail. V-mail always is dispatched
by plane.
“Some people do not understana
why some V-mail received in this
country arrives in the original
form and not microfilmed. This is
true because some times when the
planes are returning to the "United
States they have more cargo space
available than on the outbound
flight. Thus V-mail delivery be
comes even quicker when time
doesn’t have to be utilized tori
microfilming.'’
the worker's social security card.
Therefore, it is important thatlthe
account number of each anil every
employee be included in the em
ployer’s quarterly wage report.
January is the month in which
the employer will make his social
security tax return for the last
three months of 1944. If his books
fail to show the name and account
number of every employee who
worked for his company during
October, November, and Decem
ber, steps should be taken imme
diately to secure the required in
formation.
TODAY
*>4
TOMORROW '
INSURANCE ... 10 per cent
How much insurance should an
a\erage family buy?
You can get hundreds of dif
ferent answers to that question.
Some people, who are constantly
aware of dangers on all sides of
them, will strongly advise making
great financial sacrifices in order
to guard against all hazards which
fate may have in store for you. tl
know a man with an annual incom
of $8,000 who spends $800 a year
for insurance.)
Others who have more “live for
today” philosophy, prefer to take
their chances with the future rath
er than burden themselves with
insurance bills. (Another man 1
know, who makes over $5,000 a
year, has a $1,000 life insurance
policy “to bury him’ and that’s the
last nickle he intends to spend tor
insurance of any kind.)
There is probably a happy me
dium between these two groups
which otters the best answer for
most of us.
I recently had a long discussion
with an insurance expert to try to
arrive at that happy medium. He
believed it would involve an ex
penditure of approximately 10%
of the family’s total income. He
contended that a family with a
comparatively small income should
spend a higher percentage for in
surance than those in the higher
brackets. For the low income tam
iies, he pointed out, have the
'reatest immediate difficulties in
coping with the situation if sud
denly faced with heavy expenses
for medical care, or if suddenly
deprived of the earning power of
the head of the family.
FIRE liability
Insurance can be divided into
three categories: (1) insurance
igainst physical hazards — sick
ness, accident, and death; (2) in
surance against property damage,
i he most important of which is tire
and (8) insurance against person
al liability—payments which you
may be forced to make for respon
sibility for harm done to the per
son or property of others.
The last two categories dor.1*.,
warrant much discussion. Any jne
who owns property—a house, a
barn, furniture, animals or an au
tomobile—is extremly foolish to
take a chance of complete loss by
fire in order to save the few dol
lars fire insurance costs. As for
personal liability, if you drive an
automobile, no matter how care
ful a-driver you-may be, it is cer
tainly worth $30 or so a year to
make sure that you won't have to
mortgage your earnings for life il
you are held responsible for an ac
cident in which some one gets in
jured.
By DON ROBINSON
income, should set aside enough
adequately to cover these two cat
egories for insurance.
From there on, insurance be
comes largely a matter ol what
you can afford-—or’how much you
can afford to do without.
LIFE.formula
Life— health— accident. What
ever you do about them, it’s a
gamble.
i>iu the insurance expert with
whom 1 discussed these problems
had a farmula which may be as
good as any. His formula was: Ev
ery man who supports a family
should aim at having enough of
these three kinds of insurance to
provide him with half his normal
income in case he is temporarily
unable to work, and to provide his
family with half his normal income
for at least ten years in case of Ins
death.
To a man earning $200 a month
this would mean: an accident and
health policy which would pay him
If a man earns $200 a montn
tated plus a life insuarnce policy
for at least $10,0bO. In addition lie
should include, if possible, a poli
cy to cover heavy medical costs or
hospitalization.
It a man is earning $200 a month
or $2400 a year, spends 10 percent
of his income for insurance this
authority would recommend he
spend it as follows. $20 for fire in
surance, $20 for liability insur
ance, $60 for health, accident and
hospitalization insurance and XI HO
for life insurance.
When I suggested that it would
be difficult to get $10,000 worth
of life insurance for $130, he
said there was a catch to that fig
ure. The catch was this: every
family, he said, should try to save
5 per cent of yearly income. By
buying $250 worth of life insur
ance, over half can be considered
as savings, since it is available at
any time, if needed. Thus he really
recommends spending 16 percent
of income for insurance with b’/»
considered as savings.
I do not necessarily recommend
his particular program. I realise
hat each man's insurance require
ments must he patterned to tit
lis particular circumstances—but
do like the idea of an insurance
'ormula and thus am passing this
me on ns a starting point, for any
>ne who wants to plan a personal
irogrnm.
A co-operative hop market la to
be established at WindBor, to ha
operated under the supervision of
the Cofield Association.
Overheating of brooder houses
probably causes greater losses in
brooding chickens than does chill
ing, says Prot. Roy S. Dearstyne
nf the Poultry Department at N.
C. State College.