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Personality
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to a breakdown in the
home life or the result of
an unconcerned parent."
She finds this to be
alarming, but sadly
enough true in most
cases.
However in the
majority of those cases
looked into by Mrs.
Winslow, she finds that
the situation can be
corrected by just talking
with those involved.
She works with
teachers that keep daily
attendance records,
school principals, and the
Board of Education, as
well as those involved in
the various cases.
Often a parent will ask
Mrs. Winslow to "scare"
their children into going
to school by threatening
to "send them off". Mrs.
Winslow refuses to do this
saying that reasoning is
her best working tool.
Mrs. Winslow added,
"My job is not one that
you can finish, but rather
something that you must
keep working at every
year."
When Mrs. Winslow
accepted this job she was
concerned that there
might be a conflict with it
and her family life, but
that has proved to be
false. She believes that
her work has not affected
her children which are:
Cindy Winslow Bunch, 22 ;
Tony, 18; and Clark, 16.
Mr. Billy Winslow, her
husband agrees with her.
When she comes home,
her work stays at the
office. "I enjoy my
family, she said, and I
don't want to bother them
with my work which
includes other peoples'
problems;"
During weekends and
nights, her hobbies
include antiquing and
sewing.
She is an extremely
versitile woman with an
important job and a
family. She is Mrs.
Janice Winslow,
Perquimans Personality.
Sales
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$2,470,736 were also 11
percent ahead of last year.
Earnings per share of
common stock were 57 cents
for the quarter vs. 51 cents in
the second quarter of 1972,
based on an average of
4,330,570 shares this year and
4,318,476 in 1972.
In the first 24 weeks of this
year Colonial had sales of
$357,113,778, an increase of
8.6 percent over the first half
of 1972, and earnings of
$4,361,557, up 3.2 percent and
equal to $1.00 a common
share vs. 97 cents in the
initial half of last year.
Ernest F. Boyce, Colonial
president, said sales in
recent weeks have shown a
marked upward trend, and
"this, plus our extensive
remodeling, refurbishing
and new stores development
program, leads us to be
optimistic over prospects for
the remainder of the year."
In the first half of this
year, Colonial opened eight
new stores, enlarged two
existing stores and
' remodeled 16 others. The
company anticipates
opening 18 additional new
stores in the latter half of the
year.
Be Cheap ?
With all of the talk about high food prices, it
' may seem foolish to ask if food should be cheap.
The answer is not as obvious as it may seem. It
depends on what we mean by cheap. If by the
word cheap, we mean that food should be
produced and marketed as efficiently as possible
and sold at the lowest pnce that will yield a
reasonable profit for producers and marketing
firms.then food should be cheap. But, using this
criteria, everything else should also be cheap. If,
on the other hand, by the word cheap we mean
that everyone in the food industry should
operate at a loss so that everyone else can afford
to by T-bone steaks and polished apples then why
should food be that cheap?
Food is essential to life, but so is clothing and
shelter in most areas of the world. In a modern
society such as ours, one might argue that
transportation is also essential. But who protests
clothing prices? Style changes clothes make
costly wardrobes outdated long before they are
worn out. And certainly not everyone can afford
tailor-made suits and original design gowns.
Who cares? People simply don't need stylish
clothes, tailored suits and original designs to stay
warm. Let the poor people buy the imported
synthetics at the discount stores. The same
seems to hold for housing. Certainly not
everyone can afford a twenty-room mansion on
the hill, surrounded by ten acres of landscaped
scenery. But society is not concerned about this
problem. As long as the poor people can afford a
smallmobilehomeorthree-roomapartment, their
housing needs are met. Who cares if the price of
a $100,000 home goes to 150,00? and what about
the price of automobiles? The manufacturers
often quote modest prices on their standard
models, but luxury cars are only for the rich.
And even if a person can't afford a car, there is
always public transportation. Society reasons
that not everyone should be able to afford a
Mercedes Benz.
But when it comes to food, values are different.
If the price of steak goes up, there is a cry that
poor people are going to starve. Everyone is
entitled to eat steaks and chops, or at least
everyone is entitled to eat red meat. If everyone
can't afford steak, it is a "national sin"
perpetrated by farmers and middlemen. And
even the people who live in mansions, wear
original designed clothes and drive a
Mercedes Benz are up in arms when the price of
a steak increases 20 cents a pound.
Maybe everyone should be able to eat steak.
But if they should, shouldn't they also have fine
clothes, luxurious houses and expensive cars? It
is not the value svstem that is Questionable, it is
the inconsitency of values that is questionable.
It may well be agriculture that is at least
partially responsible for the situation. For years,
agricultural organizations and agencies have
been telling consumers that food is cheap. If
consumers have now been convinced that food
shoud be cheap, it is certainly not surprising that
consumers rise in anger with rising price of food.
Job FairSet Aug.
Ajob fair for veterans will
be held at Camp Lejeune
Marine Corps Base Aug. 22.
Announcing the fair, Camp
Lejeune Commanding
General W. J, Wilkerson said
many of the approximately
4,000 recently released
Marines will be available for
employment.
Employers from North
Carolina and other states are
invited to attend the fair and
interview potential em
ployees among the Marine
veterans, who represent
about 200 areas of skill.
The fair is being" co
ordinated by Lt. Col. W.
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SPRING NEAR THE WATER These sets of bed sprinp washed ashore or was
dumped near the Perquimans River. A strange sight to see. "1
Cooper, director of Camp
Lejeune's Project Tran
sition, with the aid of the
East Carolina University
Regional Development
Institute, the Veterans
Administration and N. C.
Employment Security
Commission.
According to Lt. . Col.
Cooper, early registration is
required of employers who
desire to attend the fair and
interview the Marine
veterans.
Interested employers
should write or telephone the
Project Transition Office at
Camp' Lejeune.
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"DINNER IS READY" The bell in the yard was used to get papa and brothers
to the house for a meal of collards, potatoes, beets, corn bread and ice tea back in
the plowing days of Perquimans County. Today the bell and plow is more a
reminder and delightful eyeful on this front yard of a Bethel community family.
(Sawyer Photo)
Payment
Available
Beginning July 1,
Medicare can help pay for
limited Chiropractor's
services under medical
insurance, ' but only under
certain conditions. The
Chiropractor must be
licensed ; or legally
authorized to furnish
chiropractic services by the
state and also meet federal
standards in order to qualify
for payment of eligible
services by medicare. In
addition, we want to em
phasize that coverage of
chiropractor's services
under medicare is very
limited. It is important for
beneficiaries to know that
medicare can help pay only
for manual manipulation of
the spine for the purpose of
correcting a subluxation
which can be demonstrated
by X-Ray. No payment can
be made for any other kind of
Chiropractic treatment or
for any diagnostic services
by the Chiropractor, such as
X-Rays or laboratory tests..
A subluxation is defined as
an incomplete dislocation,
off -centering, misalignment,
fixation or abnormal
spacing of the vertebrae
Beneficiaries with .any
questions about
' chiropractic coverage
should get in touch with their
social security office.
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REPORT
FROM
WASHINGTON The Congress dearly loves to vote to
increase federal spending, so that Senators and Repre
sentatives can go back home and tell the . people, "Look
what I did for you. I voted to give you this, and I voted to
give you that."
But, in truth, what the American people have been :
'"given" is a staggering federal debt, with enormous Inderal
taxes, a stifling inflation, and a bleak future lor the young
people coming along. This kind of callous politics has
moved the Nation to the very brink of bankruptcy. ;
It's no recent thing. It started in the early Thirties. The
Federal Government has had a balanced budget only four
times since then. The Federal debt is now in excess of
$450,000,000,000. This means that the Congress has appro
priated four hundred and fifty billion "dollars more than the
Federal Government has taken in.
Some of the "liberal" politicians used to say that "the
Federal debt doesn't matter we just owe it to ourselves."
Well, now the American people know better. The interest
alone on the Federal debt costs the American taxpayers
more than $40,000 a minute!'
SOCIAL SECURITY Three days before the Congress
went oh its Independence Day vacation, there was a So
cial Security measure presented in the form of an amend
ment to another piece of legislation. The proposal was to
raise Social Security benefits by 5.6 percent. Some Sena
tors said that it wasn't necessary to raise the Social
Security tax. That's always a politically popular thing to
do and say.
I decided to do a bit of checking, because I could not
imagine that the Social Security trust fund was suddenly
in that good a shape. And indeed, upon investigation, it
wasn't, In fact, the Social Security reserves are in awful
shape, compared with the liabilities of the Social Security
system. So I prepared a point of order, went to the Senate
Floor, and let the word get around that I was prepared
to discuss publicly the true financial condition of the So
cial Security system. '
I strongly favor a Hound Social Security system. But
the existing system is not sound. Indeed, the young
workers of America, who today are being forced to pay
constantly-increasing Social Security .taxes, may never be
able to collect their Social Security benefits when they
retire. As a matter of simple fairness, we simply must get
the Social Security system on a sound basis, and keep it
there.
I simply cannot be dishonest about this business of hand
ing out government money, no matter how good the pur
pose may be. I feel it's unfair to the young people coming
along the ones who are just entering the work force,
trying to make a living. I also feel that the American
people ought to understand, for once and for all, that the v
Federal Government is not Santa Claus, and that there's
no such thing as "free money from Washington." It comes '
from your pocket and your paycheck. :
We've had too much of that for a generation now. That's
the reason we have such high food pricesThat's the
reason we are having repeated devaluations of our dollar.
That's the reason we are in such trouble trying to com
pete with foreign countries. We have dished out the Amer
ican taxpayers' money both abroad and at home, as If
there were no tomorrow. And now the American people
are paying the price.
POINT To make my
ment on the Senate Floor to require the President to
submit to the Congress a baUtnced budget, and to require
the Congress to enact a baUtnced budget.
You should have heard some Senators scream! You sec,
they either would have to go on record favoring the bal
anced budget, or go on record opposing it. ... -
Frankly, I did not intend to push my amendment at
this time. What I really wanted wasi to see how many
Senators would pledge to me that they would support,
later on this year, a bill to reqlure a balanced budget.
Nearly one-fourth of the one. hundred members of the
Senate came over to my desk, and pledged that if I would
withdraw my amendment now, they would support me
later on this year in such an effort.
So I agreed to withdraw my amendment, temporarily.
Then. a conference committee, consisting of members of
the Senate and the House of Representatives, agreed to
raise the money to puy for the increased Social Security
benefit that had been proposed.
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U.S. Senator
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Report
By Congressman Walter B. Jones
In an effort to approve as much legislation as
possible before the July 4th recess, the House put
in one of its busiest weeks of the current session.
Each day legislation was considered far into the
evening hours and on Tuesday, the House stayed
in session until approximately 12 midnight.
This was the week the House approved four
major appropriations bills including Public
Works and the Atomic Energy Commission,
Departments of State - Justice - Commerce -Interior,
and Labor HEW appropriations. On
the Labor - HEW bill, it is most likely the
President will veto this, for it' included several
items for which the President requested no
funds. These include $82 million for Regional
Medical Programs and $197 million for Hill
Burton Hospital construction. Also the bill
provided more money than had been requested
by the Administration for impacted school aid.
Another item contained in the bill makes
available $176 million for library assistance. So,
with these expenditures being included against
Presidential wishes, a veto will probably occur.
Another major appropriation bill was that for
the Department of Interior which contains
slightly more than $2- billion, which is almost
$5 million less than that which had been
requested.
Also, since our last report, the House has
approved an appropriation for the Department
off HUD - Space - Science and Veterans.
Contained in the bill was an item' for
$12,226,000,000 for the Veterans Administration,
which is about $13 million above the budget
request. Of interest to veterans is the fact that
the increase is to provide 1,000 additional nurses
and direct care personnel in VA hospitals.
The Watergate hearings continue to command
much interest here in the Capitol City.tNames
that were virtually unknown a few months ago
have now become household words. Based on
information I am receiving from the District
there are those who think the hearings should be
continued and exploited to their fullest; while
others feel that the hearings are lasting far too
long and that the entire matter should be turned
over to the courts and that those who are guilty
should be convicted and punished, and that the
Congress should get on with its normal duties.
One of the bitterest debates occur ed in the
final hours before the 4th of July recess
regarding an appropriation bill which it was
necessary to approve prior to July 1 in order for
government to continue its operations. The
controversy hinged on an amendment which
provided that no part of these funds or any
previously appropriated funds could be used in
Cambodia. At a late hour, the President vetoed
this measure and the Congress was forced to
reconsider and a compromise was offered which
would give the President until August 15 an
opportunity to conclude all military operations
in Southeast Asia, and if necessity demanded
that he resume military operations, then under
this law, he would have to turn to the Congress
for approval.
Last week the House was in recess due to the
Fourth of July holiday. This might be considered
the half-way point of the first session of the 93rd
Congress; and it has been "a most unusual six
months. Certainly the Watergate investigation
has been foremost in the. minds of many, for the
sensational disclosures leads one to believe that
the final results might be even more sensational.
During this time, we have seen our nation
confronted with a fuel shortage, a lumber
shortage, and it is predicted by many, an actual
food shortage in the near future. Unfortunately,
inflation increases at an unbelievable rate. And
also in the first six months, President Nixon
vetoed an appropriation bill, the Rehabilitation
Act wheich would have extended improved
programs for the handicapped, restoration of
rural water and sewer programs, and the
Congressional act requiring the Senate
confirmation of the Office of Management and
Budget Director and Deputy Director. But, in
spite of the multiple problems of the President,
either the House or the Senate sustained his veto
on these occasions.
It is reasonable to feel that Congress is at a
standstill, but this isn't all together true. Of
interest to the people of the First District was the
approval and the increase in funding' of the
Federal Flood Insurance program. In connection
with inflation, .early in the session, the House
extended the Presidents wage and price
authority until April 30, 1974, but as of this date,
he has failed to fully exercise this authority
granted him by the Congress.
As of July 1, the House had passed nine
appropriation bills, including Agriculture
Environmental and Consumer Protection;
however, the Senate has yet to act on any of
them, except Agriculture. Therefof e, the
government is presently being run through
special legislation passed known as "Continuing
Resolutions." These bills allow governmental
programs and agencies to be funded at the
previous year's level, until such time as the
appropriations for the upcoming fiscal year can
be enacted into law.
' Other House action saw the approval of an
increase in the minimum wage from the present
$1.60 per hour to $2.20 by July 1974. It also
extended coverage to 6 million additional
workers including domestics. The Senate has not
acted on the legislation as yet.
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