J a v September 12,1946.
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of Greenlee com
bing of Glenwood
liott of Old Fort
r other McDowell
cooperators of the
lonservation Dist
heir lespedeza hay
!t> men say they
>ull an >’ solider or
ops this year, be
,edeza will make
ed and it is of a
aahty.
jspedezas have a
part over a wide
* in * erosion and
iroving worn land
,11 outlay of cash,
ne, lespedeza will
hay, pasture, and
Marion Rt 1 and
Marion Rt 4 cut
- hay last week,
ites that this was
that he has cut
year.
Mr. Burgm both
/ell pleased with
quantity of hay
'ted.
Din The Wise
ys sufficient. But
in the morning
day hunting it.”
Bishop Whatley,
our temper, it is
i have wrong on
nese Proverb,
to make a “come
n
things for a song,
e accompaniment,
stumble on any
le sitting down,
ce is like a river;
the less noise it
;ong of life would
vithout its minor
irk Leeper.
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Social Security Provides
Benefits For Dependents
Os Deceased Veterans 1
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Thousands of survivors of
World War II veterans not other
wise covered by the law will be
eligible for old-age and survivors
insurance benefits under an a
mendment to the Social Security
Ac, it was announced today by
D. \\. Lambert, manages of the
Asheville office of Se
surity Administration.
The veteran must have been in
active military or naval service
on or after September 16, 1940.
He must have had at least 90 days
of service, or, if less, such ser
vice must have been terminated as
a result of service-incurred or
service-aggravated disability. The
law applies only to veterans who
die or have died within three
years after their discharge and
who were discharged within four
years and one day after the ter
mination of the war as determined
by Presidential proclamation or
resolution of Congress.
The law does NOT apply to
veterans who died while in ser
vice. Nor does it apply to those
who were dishonorably discharged.
If survivors have been awarded
or are receiving compensation or
pension (compensation or pension
does not include National Service
Life Insurance) by the Veterans
Administration, they are not eligi
ble for benefits under this provi
sion of the Social Security Act.
Payment of benefits is not auto
matic. A claim must be filed at the
nearest Social Security Adminis
tration field office. Survivors of
veterans of World War II who
have died since being discharged
should write the Social Security
field office in Asheville, and fur
nish a copy of discharge papers
immediately.
Training of homing pigeons
starts when they are about four
weeks old.
o
An unabridged dictionary print
en in Braille requires thirty-two
volumes.
o
National Wildlife restoration
week was firs ptroclaimed by
President Roosevelt in 1938.
o
More than 200 different langu
ages are spoken in India.
OLD FORT NEWS
Marion Schools
Opened Sept. 12
For Fall Term
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Registration will begin at 9 a.m.
For The 1946-47 Term
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MARlON—Marion city schools
will begin the 1946-47 school term
Sept. 12, H. F. Beam, city school
superintendent, has announced
registration will begin at 9 a. m.
Thereafter schools will open at
8:30 a. m.
Repairs at the various buildings
in the city system are nearing
completion and they will be ready
for occupancy by the opening date
unless unforeseen difficulties arise
Mr. Beam said.
Several vacancies still exist on
the faculty roster, but several ap
plications have beeh received and
the superintendent said he hopes
the faculty may be rounded out
by the opening date.
All principals have begun work
with office hours from 9 a. m. un
til 4 p. m. Parents are invited to
discuss any school problem with
the principals at their conveni
ence.
An enlarged attendance is an
ticipated by school officials and
plans are under way to provide for
an increased enrollment.
Presbyterians
Prepare For
“Rally Day”
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“Religious Education Week”
Sept. 29 Through Oct. 6
“Rally Day” Oct. 6
ATLANTA, Ga„ Sept.—Sept
ember usually is regarded as Re
ligious Education month in the
Sunday schools of the Presbyter
ian Church in the United States,
with main emphasis laid on the
bringing back into the schools all
enrollees after the summer vaca
tion period, said the Rev. Alex R.
Batchelor, Richmond, Va., direc
tor of Sunday school administra
tion on the staff of the Executive
Committee of Religious Education.
The build-up of the month will
climaxed in “Religious Educa
tion Week,” Sept. 29 through Oct.
6. The Reverend Mr. Batchelor is
urging all Sunday school superin
tendents to appoint committees
early in order that “full value
may be gained.” Sunday, Sept.
29, is “Promotion Day” in the
Sunday schools, and on this day
too, teachers and oficers of the
school may be formally installed
for the new term.
In the interest of “Rally Day,”
to be observed in Southern Pres
byterian churches Sunday, Oct. 6,
the director is suggesting that
elders and deacons of local church
es plan ti visit every home on
their church rolls Sunday after
noon, Sept. 29, to distribute Token
cards for the observance the fol
lowing Sunday of World-Wide
Communion Sunday. These cards
are to be deposited in the offering
plate to register attendance at
the communion service. This plan,
too, will build the Rally Day at
tendance, the Rev. Mr. Batchelor
points out.
The theme for Rally Day this
objective is to demonstrate “to
children and young people that
year is “Teach All People.” One
adults also are interested in Rally
Day and in the Sunday school,” he
said. “Every effort will be made
to have large attendance at Sun
day school; but also to bring all
members into the regular worship
service as participants in World-
Wide Communion service. .
The religious education com
mittee is asking adult classes
throughout the Assembly "to en
ter heartily into the promotion of
Rally Day, that they may encour
age large attendance of the par
ents of the children, and to de
monstrate, through their presence
their participation in the program,
and their offering, the fact that
Sunday school is a fine, whole
some thing not just for children,
but for all people.” Some definite
goal for progress should be set,
such as a new outpost school, or
worship center, in an outlying
area, the Rev. Mr. Batchelor said.
Say You Saw It In The News
THE BLACK MOUNTAIN NEWS
1 SIOOO.OO Donated By
Clearwater Mfg. Co.
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One thousand dollars was do
nated by the Clearwater Manu
facturing company to the fund
for the purchase of a new fire
truck.
This donation by the Clearwater
Manufacturing Company, shows
just what a company of this size
can do for a city of our size. It is
just such folks as these that make
a city a better place in which to
live. We of Old Fort are proud
of the Clearwater Mfg. Co., not
only for the SIOOO.OO but for the
future good that they will do for
our whole community.
A square dance is being held
each week at the Rockett Motor
Co. Garage for the benefit of the
Fire Dept., fund for a new fire
truck.
Surely people of this determina
tion will reach their goal.
Let us the News express our
gratitude to the Clearwater Mfg.
Co., for their generous donation.
ROD AND GUN
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By Tom Walker *
Looking Better
With a break in the heavy rains
that have planged fishermen
throughout the summer and/ a
fall-like nip beginning to freshen
the early morning air, business for
anglers is looking up.
Reports of good catches and
good prespects are coming in
from scattered sections of the
State, and those who tink there’s
nothing to beat fall fishing appear
to have a good outlook ahead.
D. B. Bell, fish and game pro
tector in Lenoir County, reports
that several nice catches of bream
and white jerch were taken from
Contentnea Creek last week. Bass
also are showing an inclination to
bite.
Protector Charles W. Ch-mand
of Kings Mountain says that good
catches of crappie are being taken
from Lake Lure. Two fishermen
he checked the other day had a
score on their string that aver
aged about a foot in length.
Protector S. Clair Lewark of
Currituck County reports that the
past several days have brought
a set-up in sport fishing in his
section. And the fishermen are
doing pretty wefj. Black bass
catches are extremely good, Le
wark says, and perch also are be
ing taken.
Protector Joseph D. Withers of
Mecklenburg County writes that
waters in his district; Lincoln,
Gaston, Cabarrus, and Mecklen
burg counties —are in good condi
tion for fishing now. Bass are
striking well, he says, but few
panfish are being caught.
A report of one of the best
catches of the season from Rock
ingham—a bass weighing 11 lbs.,
26 inches in length, that was
taken by Danny Gardner from
LLedbetter Pond. Gardner says
it took him 15 minutes to wear
down the big boy, and he gives
considerable credit to the boat
handling of Grady Cockman, who
maneuvered the craft for the lucky ,
angler during the battle. Another |
good one is an eight-pound bass
taken by Fred Dixon of Raleigh
from Oliver’s Lake.
Experiment Pays Off
A shot-in-the-dark experiment
by Donald Stubbs, superintendent
of the Fayetteville Fish Hatchery
of the Division of Game and In
land Fisheries, will jay off this
fall in the form of several thou
sand bream fingerlings to be
distributed by the hatchery this
fall.
After the bass spawning period
this summer, Stubbs removed the
bass stock from the hatchery’s
No. 1 pond and put into it 20 fe
male bream. He called on the Hof
fman Hatchery for the loan of
10 male bream, which were put
into the pool with the gals.
The result is that the pond now
has a sizeable supply of bream
fingterlings—a late July crop
which is now upwards of two
inches in length, and an August
crop an inch or so in length.
About Distribution
With Autumn distribution draw
ing near, here’s a reminder for
those who want to apply for fish
from the State’s hatcheries: don’t
forget the priority system which
it has been bncessary to put into
effect because of the heavy de
mand.
First priority will be given to
’ publicly owned or leased waters
A Warehouse
For Old Fort
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Farmers Federation Opened A
Warehouse Here August 24
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The twenty-fifth warehouse of
the Farmers Federation opened
for business on Saturday, August
24, at Old Fort. This warehouse
will serve a section of McDowell
county which could not be readily
served from the Marion ware
house.
Grady Walker will be McDowell
County Manager of the Farmers
Federation. At Old Fort, he will
have as an assistant manager
John Neil Pyatte.
The McDowell County Commit
tee, headed by Winslow Burgin,
has been clamoring for a long time
for a headquarters at Old Fort;
and for some time the Farmers
Federation has been looking into
the situation. The opportunity
came a few days ago when the Old
Fort Feed company decided to sell
out. The Farmers Federation was
able to lease the building and
warehouse right on main street.
This is an excellent location and
will help strengthen the business
of the Farmers Federation in Mc-
Dowell county.
PUBLIC REACTION TO
COLOR TELEVISION
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C. B. S. reports that at a tele
vision demonstration before nine
ty owners of black and white tele
vision sets and one-hundred and
one persons who had at least seen
a black and white demonstration,
the reaction was decidely favor
able. 82 per cent of the individuals
present said the demonstration
was beautiful. 18 per cent believed
it to be “brilliant and easy to see.”
Set owners maintained they
would pay 34 per cent for color in
a medium-sized set; 28 per cent
more in a large set. Non set own
ers said they would be willing to
pay 49 per cent more for color
television.
From Sylvania News
Swifts and swallows are the
acrobats of the bird world.
which are open to anglers under
State regulations.
Second priority goes to semi
public waters —that is, waters
which are owned or controlled in
part privately, but which are open
to public fishing a fee.
Last in line are private streams
and ponds. Jersons interested in
stocking these should try to ob
tain them from the U. S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, from the
Atlanta office which serves this
section. The State will assist the
applicant wherever possible, in
obtaining the stock from a Fed
eral hatchery.
Under the priority policy estab
lished by the Board of Conserva
tion and Development last spring,
the Division is authorized to re
lease fish to stock private ponds
only after the needs of public
remain as surplus at the State
waters have been met, and fish
hatcheries. In this event, fish will
be released to persons having an
the payment of their actual pro
duction cost, based on an approved
schedule of prices.
Information about applying for
fish to stock waters may be ob
tained by writing to the Division
of Game and Inland Fisheries,
Raleigh.
Federal Aid Increased
An apportionment of Federal
aid funds under the Pittman-Rob
ertson act which is nearly double
that of the past year has been
announced for North Carolina
by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife
In the fiscal year which started
July 1, North Carolina will get
$35,616 of Federal aid, as against
an approtionment of $18,69p in
the previous year. Federal aid
is being used on six wildlife in
vestigation projects in the State.
The Federal grant, like the only
other source of revenue for the
Division of Game and Inland Fish
eries, license fees, is sportsman’e
money. Money apportioned under
the Pittman-Robertson Act is de
rived fro the Federal tax sport
ing arms and ammunition, and
goes to states on the basis of land
area and numbers of hunting lic
ense holders. The states are re
quired to put up 25 per cent of the
cost of projects operated under
the act.
McCracken New
State Director
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Ernest C. MaCracken Appointed
State Director of U. S.
Employment Service
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RALEIGH, Sept. Ernest C.
McCracken, assistant State direc
tor of the U. S. Employment Ser
vice for N. C. has been appointed
State Director to succeed R. May
ne Albright, resigned, and Robert
M. du Bruyne, chief of Program
and Methods, succeeds McCrack
en as assistant State director, it
is announced by John Francis Foy,
regional director, USES, Wash
ington. The appointments are ef
fective October 1.
The appointments were made
in Washington, but after assur
ance that they are acceptable to
Col. Henry E. Kendall, chairman
of the Unemployment Compensa
tion Commission of North Caro
lina, and other State officials,'
since the USES, under congres
sional direction, is to return to
the State UCC on November 15.
Mr. McCracken has a splendid
back ground for his duties. He
joined the Employment Service in
1937 as interviewer in the Way
nesville office, later was inter
viewer at Marion, assistant Man
ager at Asheville and manager at
Lenoir. Late in 1940 he was tran
sferred to Raleigh and served for
periods as traning supervisor,
field supervisor and as chief of
the Planning Section. Mr. Mc-
Cracken was called to Washington
in 1942 as assistant regional rep
resentative of Region IV, during
which he served for a few months
as acting State director for the
USES in West Virginia.
Upon return he served for a
bout a year as assistant State dir
ector, was commissioned as an
Ensign in the U. S. Naval Reserve
in August 1943, and was promoted
to Lieutenant (jg) during his ser
vice of two and one-half years. He
was assigned to the Fourth Naval
District, comprising Pennsylvania,
Delware and southern New Jersey
as assistant to the district civilian
personnel director and was sta
tioned at Bethlehem, Penn., most
of the time. He resumed his post
as assistant State director in Feb
ruary after release from the
Navy.
Mr. McCracken is a native of
Haywood County, graduate of
Western Carolina Teachers Col
lege at Cullowhee and spent four
years as teacher and principal in
the Waynesville Schools before
joining the Employment Service.
Mr. du Bruyne, new assistant
State director, also came up
through the ranks of the Employ
ment Service. He joined the UCC
late in 1937 as a claims interview
er at Rockingham and served
later as field investigator in Ashe
ville. After transfer to the Em
ployment Service, he served as
manager of the Lenoir, Fayette
ville and High Point local offices,
and was promoted to field super
visor and area director for the
War Manpower Commission. Mr.
du Bruyne was transferred to the
State office in August 1943, as
chief of placement and has served
as assistant Director, and Acting
A SMOOTH TAKE-OFF TO
HAPPY MOTORING
Enjoy your car to the fullest. Men
trained to keep vehicles of war in top
notch condition are here now ready to
service your car for future driving.
ROCKETT MOTORS
OLD FORT, N. C.
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It may be called mother tongue
because fatherl never gets a.
chance to use it.
Did you ever ride on top of the
busses in New York City? Do you
know what they call the people
who do ? Why—passengers of
course.
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If one and one are two—what,
are two and one—-(Shoe Polish)
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Every father should say—l do
not care to go astray my boy may
follow in my way.
It is knowledge to know it is
wisdom to know how.
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Purpose of the commandments
is not to provide salvation but
guilt.
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Be sure your sin will find you
out.
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Christ’s supreme concern is for
the righteousness of the heart of
the individual.
Scripture-Prayer Stimu
lates Devotions In
Fairview School
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The adoption of the Scripture-
Prayer plan in Fairview School,
Buncombe County, was used by
Principal F. B. Mann as an oppor
tunity to reorganize and streng
then the morning devotions. It
was arranged that the several
classrooms should have the de
votional period at the very open
ing of school, with the monthly
Scripture-Prayer verses repeated
prayerfully at the start of the
period.
A teacher of one of the older
and larger classes reports that the
use of the verses as they are re
peated sometimes by individuals
and sometimes in unison, has de
finitely brought a deeper interest
in the devotions; that the verse
are being firmly rooted in memory
and that the members of the class
are forming the habit of prayer
through the medium of Scripture.
The Scripture-Prayer chart for
use in schools may be obtained by
applying to the religious depart
ment of the Farmers Federation.
Most polls are simply a labori
ous method of obtaining informa
tion already well-known to in
formed observers.
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Ten inches of snowfall equals
one inch of rain in water count.
State director, following Dr. J. S.
Dorton’s resignation as WM C
State director and pending Mr. Al
bright’s return from military
leave.
UCC Chairman Kendall expres
sed entire satisfaction over ap
pointments of Mr. McCracken and
Mr. du Bruyne to key positions in
the Employment Service and the
assurance of continued close co
operation until and after the US
ES returns to State control on
November 15.