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Jvp A Christmas tree In the summer dining room at Liberty Hall contains all the gala decorations used In the mid 1800's. Garlands. of popcorn and colorful paper chains encircle the tree. Gingerbread men and sugar cookies ?W " ~rvm made from Kenan recipes, add color and a delightful fragrance. The star is of popcorn % and luelous fruit is stacked underneath the native cedar. (Photo by Ruth Wells) Two Bedroom House Offers Owner Com fort & ?eoaomy Comfort and economy are two features of a two bedroom house plan available from the Agri cultural Extension Service. The plan. Plan No. 7176, calls for a house of frame constr uction with 864 feet of heated space and 288 square feet for the carport and utility room. Vernon H. Reynolds, Duplin County Extension Chairman s aid complete working dr awings of the plan could be obtained from the countv extension of ' fice or by writing to the ex - tension agricultural engineer at North Carolina State University Raleigh. "Although this is a minimum - house," Mr. Reynolds exp lained, "the rooms are large enough for comfortable living. The carport is convenient to the kitchen, sliding glass doors provide excellent light In the dining area and the bedrooms will hold the usual bedroom fur niture. "An especially nice feature of this house is the storage and utility room at the rear of the carport," Mr. Reynolds said. "This room is a step away from the kitchen door and is a good location for the washer and water heater." 2-Bedroom House PLAN NO 7176 Lay-A-Way Now For Christmas The Answer to a Boy or GirTs Dream jfcjS Sturdy Weg^| | P 0. BOX 1026 KIN8T0N. N. C Pleas* sand me full information about your school I would like an appointment at home - - - at school - - - Street - - If RFO What Now - - Post Offica Name JANUARY 6 '? ; No Night Classes h?; Complete Secretarial Courses i . Accounting Coursas Speedwritina-Shortnsndlndividual Subjects CALL KINSTON JA7 0240 FOR APPOINTMEN1 Free Counseling it our Office or to your Home Carollnas Branch, aGC, an l i Tuesday that It has at velopei uid is ready to irn S&'jfflSZS be offered to members for their hourly construction workers. The program has a unique por tablllty-of-beneftts feature and Is the first of Its kind In this country. Carollnas Branch President Marvin L. McCrory, McCrory Sumwalt Construction Com pany, Columbia, S.C., in an nouncing the program, said, : "The Portable Employees Pro gram (referred to as PEP) ! scores another 'first' for Car ollnas Branch In the area of T good labor-management relar Hons. It is one more part * of our continuing effort to re cognize and solve manpower problems In the Carollnas con * structlon Industry." The program will operate E under a trustee agreement.Tr ' ustees are: Nello L. Teer, i Jr., Chairman, Neilo L. Teer Company, Durham, N.C.; F, , J. Blythe, Jr., Etythe Brothers Company, Charlotte, N,C.;E.M. Denbo, Grain and Den bo. Dur ham, N.C.; E.L. Laxton, Lax ton Construction Company, Ch ar lone, N.C.; W.L.G. Macken zie, Flske-Carter Construction Company, Spartanburg, S.C.;N. glble employees and their de pendents. It is available to all regular and associate mdn bers. In the construction industry an employee may work for sev eral fi-ms in any given year. This is due to construction pro ject phases and completions. Normally a worker does not re main witn one company long en outh to become eligible for its particular fringe benefit pro grams. Under PEP an employee wouid be eligible for benefits, regardless of his mobility, as long as he works a required nu mber of hours and works for any of the participating con tractors. The plan also features and "hours bank" sys tem, which enables an employee to build up hours towards eli gibility during periods of peak construction activity. These banked hours can be used to meet eligibility requirements during baa weather or slow per iods. the Carolina construction In iniand hoi i ?st people i i \ * ** v* A ^ a r t our Industry." Pierce said, "We recognize that a const ruc tion worker has problems and working conditions different from those of other industries. Because of this, we must use greater Imagination and differ ent yard-sticks in our attempts to maintain a capable and plen tiful labor force. PEP is one result of this." The Carol in as Branch Labor Relations Committee, The In dustrial Relations Division, and the consulting firm of Alester G. Furman Company, Green ville, S.C., spent over eighteen months developing the program, much of the work dealing with theprot ability feature. The program carrier is Con tinental National American Gr oup and the administrator is Administration by Continental, ?:w ' r ? T7 fc; T-y '1L? MfJI- ; -?. ? Maiager Bob Hughes has completed the move from the old location of the Kenansville ABC store to the new buildiig located on highway 24 near the city limits. The Colonial stoic- | ture is a beautiful addition to the town, J Water Project enough water to meet the com- j munlty needs for 20 years, and fire Hydrants would De install ed near the well and near the fire house. This will allow The house plan was origin4 ally prepared in Arkansas as pan of a cooperative effort by the U.S. Depanment of Ag riculture and land-grant uni versities to help rural families improve their housing. ?_ 1 nesses. "fhe Raleigh FHA Office is expected to approve the final project requirements in January. The Chinquapin Wa ter Association project is the second water project in Duplin to be financed through a FHA Insured loan and grant. The first water project finan ced by FHA In Duplin County is at Potters Hill which was com pleted about one year ago and * serves some 16 families, the fire department to fill 9 the water tankers at either side. The minimum charge per 9 months for the water custom- T ers will be approximately $4.50. a The system will supply water w to about 60 families plus to -J the two elementary schools in ? Chinquapin plus several busi- i Rxach for DAINTY MAID I] Master Mixed If ll ? - - - ??. ? Depend on the BIG W BANK nearest you ? Addresses and phones in Yellow Pages ' , ?JI i ? 'JflEjNN ? l!" ULAVILLE ? BOLIVIA ? CHADBOURN ? CHINQUAPIN - CLARKTON m! 2T * KENANSV,U-E ' -AKE WACCAMAW ? LELANC ? IOUISBURG LUMBERTON ? RIEGELWOOD ? ROSE HILL ? SHALLOTTE ? SOUTHPORT . TABOR CITY I St idea 1 ti Uions b o 1 trm Christmas for tilt country also furthered t use it American holly m a , decoration by growing the glossy-leaved tree m his m tate at Mount Vernon . Andrew Jackson was fond of giving large, colorful parties for young and old on Christ mas Day. Frozen ices, a novel ty at that time, were served, and there was a small, frosted pine tree, surrounded by toys. Franklin Pierce introduced the modern Christmas tree to the White House In 185?. Benjamin Harrison, in 1889, told reporters he planned an "old fashioned Christmas" in cluding a Christmas tree, for j his family, and urged others to ] Join him In observing the cus- l torn. Conservation-minded Theo- , dore Roosvelt once refused to allow a Christmas tree In the 1 White House. His son, Archie, i smuggled one in, however, and the President finally relented. First lighting of the Nation- 1 al Community Christmas Tree i at the White House was ob served in 1923, when Calvin Coolidge was President. i rai approved by the stock ders and board; of tttr S,"l " 5r< #111 i u another we wi I* tonal iocunxsntatlon apparent!) the Cornmia needs to me ment! of the stat ttarute.' ....... 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