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YOU can have fun figuring out your message from the Orient
by use of this pleasant little letter puzzle. If the number of
letters in your first name is 5 or less, subtract from 7. If more
than 5 letters In your first name, subtract from 13. Now take this
result and find your kev letter In the word ORIENT at the top of
this puzzle. Then, starting at the upper left comer, check each one
of your large key letters as It appears from left to right. Below the
key letters is a code mess; ge for you.
Loemcys intended
Stcmiby Convention
Mrs. Earl Scoggins of Spindale
was winner of a $500 cash prize
given in a hostess promotion con
test in December by Stanley Pro
ducts company.
Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Looney, of
Kings Mountain, Stanley dealers,
were among the area Stanley re
presentatives attending a busi
ness meeting of all dealers at
Charlotte on Monday.
Here are some examples*
KINGS MOUNTAIN to:
Birmingham, Ala. $0.80
Athens, Ga. $0.55
Chattanooga, Tenn. . $0.65
Danville, Va. $0.50
Detroit, Mich..$ 1.00
Cincinnati, Ohio $0.80
These sample rates are for three minutes,
station-to-station, after 6 P. M. and all day
, Sunday. Federal excise taxes are extra.
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Special Provisions Are Explained
On Social Security's Newly-Covered
The amended Social Security
Act contains special provisions
for millions brought under Old
Age and Survivors Insurance for
the first time on January 1, ac
cording to Joseph P. Walsh, dis
trict manager of the Gastonia So
cial Security office.
In figuring monthly benefits,
ear.dngs of newly . covered work
ers must be averaged from the
beginning of 1951, just like earn
ings of persons already in work
covered by social security. Conse
quently their four years of non
covered employment or self-em
ployment from 1951 through 1954
would cut down their average
monthly earnings for figuring
their benefit amount were it not
for a special provision in the a
mended law. Mr. Walsh said this
provision, known as the “drop
out”, permits the elimination of
the four years of non-covered em
ployment. The "drop-out,” in ef
fect, places the newly . covered
groups in a position comparable
to that of the groups that be
came newly covered in 1951, with
respect to the figuring of the ben-*
efit amount. In addition, those
who are newly covered may achi
eve a fully insured status as ear
ly as the second quarter of 1956,
if they work continuously from
January 1955.
Of special importance to per
sons already on the insurance
benefit rolls is the provision af
fecting the amount of earnings
they are permitted to have from
work while getting monthly bene
fit payment checks. Beginning
with 1955, such earnings from
employment or self-employment
lor a combination of the two)
may be as much as $1,200 in a
year. This replaces a provision in
the old law whereby an employed
person had to forego one or more
months payments if his earnings
were more than $75 a month, and
a self - employed person getting
insurance benefit payments was
restricted to $900 earnings in a
year. Beneficiaries who could not
accept social security checks for
certain months under the old law,
but who can meet the conditions
of the new provision, are advised
! to get in touch with their social
security office. Mr. Walsh called
attention to the lowering of the
age restriction on earnings by
beneficiaries from 65 to 72. On
reaching age 72, an insured per
son is now permitted to have
earnings of any amount and still
get benefit checks each month in
the year. This provision is effec
tive also from the beginning of
1955, and any person between 72
and 75 who has not claimed his
benefits because he has continued
to work should file his claim now,
even if he plans to keep on work
ing.
Effective on January 1 was a
provision to protect the social se
curity insurance rights of the to
tally disabled. This is not cash
disability insurance, but a means
whereby a person who has been
totally disabled for a period of
six months or more may apply
to have his social security earn
ings record “frozen,” as of the
time of the onset of the disability.
This will result in higher bene
fits at age 65. Beneficiaries now
on the rolls who were totally dis
abled before they became eligible
for old-age benefit payments and
who are still disabled may apply
under the provision to have their
benefit amount refigured to dis
regard the period of disability.
However, no benefit can be in
creased under this provision be
fore July 1955. To be eligible for
the disability “freeze”, a person
must have been in work covered
by social security for five out of
the last ten years before the dis
ability began. Also, he must have
been in covered work at. least
one-half the time during the three
years just before hie became dis
abled. Applications for the
"freeze”, from people who have
become disabled after establish
ing a social security account, arte
now being accepted at the local
social security office. The Gas
tonia office is located at 212 W.
Second Avenue.
Officers Arrested
82 Last Month
Kings Mountain police depart
ment reported 82 arrests for the
month of December.
The report covers all lodge
ments at the city jail in Decern
| ber by city, county, state officers
'and the township constable.
Public drunk charges account
ed for 22 of the monthly total.
Eleven defendants were arrest
ed for violating the N. C. motor
vehicle laws, and 10 defendants
were arrested for driving whilte
drunk.
Six persons were arrested for
issuing worthless checks, and six
capiases were issued.
Violation of the prohibition
laws and assault with a deadly
weapon, with five charges each,
accounted for ten more of the
monthly total.
Eight persons, with four char
ges each, were arrested for at
tempted robbery and abandon
ment and non-support.
Three arrests each were made
on charges of assault on a fe
male.
Warrants, with one charge
each, were issued for temporary
During the dormant season we
should examine our shrubs and
fruit trees closely to see if they
are infested with scale insects.
If you do not know what scale
insects look like, call in your
county agent or some horticul
tural friend who is familiar with
them. If your trees are infested
with scale it is important that
you do something about it.
Scale insects are very small
sucking insects that attach them
selves to the twigs, leaves, and
branches of shrubs and trees and
proceed to suck the life out of
them. As soon as they are at
tached to the twig they construct
But, Honey, It was such
a bargain! And they're all
OK Used Cars!”
You’ll find bargains by the lot-full when you
shop for a warranted-in-writing OK Used Car.
Look for the OK Tag and you can buy with con
fidence! OK Used Cars are thoroughly inspected
and scientifically reconditioned for performance
and safety. There’s an OK bargain for your
budget on sale today!
Sold only by an Authorized Chevrolet Dealer
Look for
the red
Ofi
Tag!
VICTORY CHEVROLET COMPANY
Kings Mountain. N. C.
a tough scale covering over them
selves for protection. That is why
they are called scale insects. The
scales are usually white or gray
in color.
In order to kill the insects it
is necessary to use a spray ma
terial that will penetrate the
scale covering. Such a spray
would be too strong to use during
the growing season because it
would also damage the plants.
Therefore, we must spray for
scale insects during the dormant
season when the plants are not
growing and deciduous trees are
free of leaves. The miscrible oils,
such as Volck and Scalecide, and
lime - sulphur solutions, are ef
fective in controlling scale in
sects when used according to the
manufacturers’ directions. Oil
sprays should not be used in
freezing weather. Because of its
fungicidal action, especially on
peach trees, it is preferred to use
lime-sulphur spray late in the dor
mant season.
Also, at this time of the year
we may find a numbler of spindle
shaped cocoons or “bags” hang
ing on the twigs of our narrow
leaved evergreens. Many of these
“bags” contain eggs of the bag
worm which will hatch out into
caterpillars in early summer.
These caterpillars will eat the fo
liage of the evergreens and will
protect themselves by spinning
new bags in which they live while
they feed. Later in the summer
they will change to adults and the
females will lay eggs in their
cocoons. For control of bag
worms all cocoons on the trees
or shrubs during the winter sea
son should be picked off and des
troyed. During this summer the
caterpillars may be killed with a
DDT spray or an arsenical spray.
Patterson Oil Co.
t ESSO DISTRIBUTOR
Phone 22 Kings Mtn.
IS NOW FEATURING NEW
FUEL -IRON
FUEL OIL CONDITIOKER
A new fuel-oi! ad
ditive that absorbs
| wa’er and dissolve^
l sludge. removing
; most of the causes of
’ fuel-oi! troubles.
ONE PINT
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S7S GALLONS
O KEEPS OIL BURNERS AND
TANKS CLEAN
O REMOVES WATER AND
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Boy Scout News
Troop No. 2 of Saint Matthew’s
Lutheran church held its meeting
on Jan. 10, at 7:30 p. m. Jacob
Cooper and Dr. Jacob Mauney
were present, discussing the
problem of getting a new scout
master since Don Blanton resign
ed. There seemed to be some dif
ficulty in their choice, but throu
gh it all they came to the con
clusion that if all old and new
members are present in the near
future, they would try to have
someone available to keep the
scout program, on the upward
thrust.
Scribe, Ervin Houser
On Monday, Jan. 10th Troop
No. 5 held its regular meeting at
Pauline Clubhouse. After the
opening of the meeting, Little
Court of Honor waS held. The
following advancements were
made:
For the Star rank: Roger
Blackwell; for the First Aid Me
rit Badge: Dewey Bookout, Ro
insanity, disposing of personal
property, trespassing, runaway
girl, failing to pay taxi fare, and
escapee.
;er Blackwell, and Conway Jol.
ly; for the Rome Repairs Merit
badge: H. M. Metcalf and Con
way Jolly; for the Firemanship
Merit badge: Tommy King; for
the Pioneering Merit badge: De
wey Bookout.'
The meeting was then closed.
Scribe: Conway Jolly
Rites Conducted
Foi Robert Foy
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Funeral rites for Robert Rhett
Foy, 72, of Gastonia, uncle of
Mrs. Oscar McCarter of Kings"
Mountain, were conducted Sun
day afternoon at Gastonia’s Pis
gah ARP church.
Dr. Mark B. Grier and Rev. J.
W. Carson officiated. Interment
was made in the church cemetery.
Mr. Foy died suddenly Satur
day at 2:30 p. m. in a Gastonia
hospital. He was a native of Gas
ton county, son of the late Solo
man Ely and Martha Anthony
Foy.
In addition to Mrs. McCarter,
he is survived by three sisters
and a number of nieces and nep
hews.
Bynum Chapel
Church To Hold
Education Day
On Sunday at 4:00 p. m., By
num’s Chapel AME Zion church
located on the corner of N. Cans
ler and Ellis streets, will have
for its educational speaker, Dr,.
Stanley Hugh Smith, head of the
department of sociology, Living
stone College, Salisbury.
, Dr. Smith’s home is in Brook
lyn, New York. In 1949 he recei
ved his A. B., Summa Cum
Laude, from Fisk University. In
1950, he received his M. A. from
the same University. In 1953, he
received his Ph. D. from The
State College of Washington,.
Dr. Smith is the author of a
book entitled “Freedom to
Work.” He is writing another
book entitled “The Negro Church
in an Age of Integration.”
The music for the afternoon
will ibe rendered by the David
son High School and the Church
Choir.
Each year Bynum’s Chajpel
raises funds for the support of
one of the educational institu
tions of the AME Zion Church.
The funds from Bynum’s Chapel
are sent to Livingston College to
help students to complete their
college education. There are and
have been many students from
Kings Mountain, the many
states in America and foreign
countries, to attend this college.
These have received the ibenefits
of funds given toy churches in
the Western North Carolina Con
f.rence, of which Bynum’s Cha
pel is a part.
North Carolina now ranks first
in the South and fourth in the
nation in the production of all
lumber.
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$1.39 pz.
Reg. $1 Size
WOODBURY
COLD CREAM
69c
30c Tube Wildroot
Cream Oil
HAIR TONIC
2 for 39c
Super Special!
500
ASPER1N
Only $129
FREE!
Miniature Bottle
STOPPETTE
SPRAY
with regular
$1.25 bottle
Giant Size
IPANA
Toothpaste
With 59c Tek
Toothbrush
Roth 69c
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Many of us are inclined to treat a cold lightly. We
try to "laugh it off" in its early stages—and all too
often find that the laugh is on us. For a cold can
quickly develop into a discomforting illness. If neg
lected. it may lead to serious infection. Be sensible!
Get after a cold at the first warning sneeze or snif
fle. If the cold doesn't respond quickly to home rem
edies—or if chills and fever are present—call your
doctor without delay. Follow his instructions to the
letter—and for letter-perfect compounding, bring his
prescriptions to us.
6 Boxes
KLEENEX
200 Count
$1
Richard Hudnut
HAIR REPAIR
Scientific treatment
for problem hair
$2
plus tax
BONNIE LEE
CHOCOLATES
Reg. $3.20 2-lb. Box
Supply Limited
WHILE THEY LAST1
$1.98
$1.75 Tussy
CREME
SHAMPOO
Only $1
Half-Price Sale!
2
Hinds Honey and Almond
CREAM
Ik
plus tax
FREE!
30c Halo Shampoo
with each purchase
63c tube Colgate
Toothpaste
Toni's New
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6 new vivid shades
plus tax
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