-HERALD HOUSE OF THE WEEK
DESIQW C-280- This ranch type house has a
large livirug room with fireplace and picture
■window, connected to dining room :by means of
modern-fold doors. There is a full .basement
and a double garage attached.
Storage space consists of wardrobe closets
with built in trays in the large Ibertrooms, linen
cabinet, walk-in vestibule closet and coat and
supply closets in the rear entry.
Exterior finish includes stone chimney and
planting area, vertical redwood in the entrance
recess, shingle siding and asphalt shingle roof.
Floor area is 1,291 sq. ft. and cubage is 24,529
cu. ft. not includirtg garage.
For further information about DESIGN C-280,
write the Small House Planning Bureau, St.
Cloud, Minn.
U S. Poll Has
Accniate Record
PRINCETON^ N. J. — With the
1954 nationwide official Congres
sional returns in, the United
States Poll has again lived up to
its reputation as one of the na
tion's most accurate public opin
ion barometers.
A comparison of the final Unit
ed States Poll Congressional Pre
dictions with the official Novem
ber 2, 1954, vote Shows:
W.S. Poll Official
* "Prediction Vote Devi.
Dem. 53.3% 62.58% .72%
Rep. 4G.7% 47.42% .72%
""Per thnt of major party vote
The official nationwide elec
tion returns show that the United
States Poll predicted the Demo
cratic and Republican Congres
sional vote in the nation within
seventy-two hundredths of one
per cent.
Here is the United States Poll’s
record on nationwide predictions:
In the November, 1952, elec
tions, the U. S. Poll made two
predictions on nationwide elec
tions — the 1952 Presidential and
Congressional Elections.
Both predictions were correct
as to winners and standings.
The official returns showed
that the U. S. Poll predicted the
Eisenhower vote in the nation
within 4.3%; that tl»e average
deviation on the three Presiden
tial predictions came within three
per cent, and within 4.4% on each
individual prediction.
As a matter of record, Prince
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING
OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF
HOME BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION
iiotioe is hereby given that in accordance with the
by-laws. t|he annual meeting of the stockholders of
the Home Building and Loan Association will be held
in the office of the association at 5 o'clock. P. M., on
the 25th day of January. 1955.
A. H. Patterson. Sec.-Treas.
ton Research Service's United
[States Poll was the only major
[poll in the country to flatly pre
dict Eisenhower.
| The 1952 official returns also
! showed that the U. S. Poll pre
dicted the Republican and Demo
cratic Congressional vote in the
nation within three-tenths of one
per cent — twenty-seven hun
dredths of one per cent to bfe
exact.
Sgt. Hugh Gamble
| Now In Tripoli
TRIPOLI, LIBYA — T/Sgt.
Hugh Gamble of Kings Mountain,
N. C., is now serving with the U.
S. Air Force at its base here.
Sgt. Gamble has a total of 15
years of armed forces slerviee, se
ven years in the army and eight
in the air force, including duty
in the Korean War and in Japan.
He has served for four years as
an engineer on a B-26. He is a vle
teran of World War II.
He is the son of Joe Gamble,
E. Gold street.
' Based upon past harvest re
ports from growers and late sea
son sales data, production from
the 1954 flue-cured tobacco crop
in North Carolina is now estab
lished at 913 million pounds.
Sanitation Body
Commends City
E. C. Hubbard, executive secre
tary of the State Board of Heal
th’s Stream Sanitation commit
tee, has commended the city for
its McGill Creek sewer plant pro
ject, now under construction.
In a letter to Mayor Glee A.
Bridges, Mr. Hubbard, wrote re
cently:
"At the recent meeting of the
State Stream Sanitation Commit
tee held in Raleigh, North Caro
lina, on December 14, 1954 the
Committee reviewed and approv
ed the ‘Certificate of Approval’
covering the proposed new sew
age treatment plant to serve the
southeast section of Kings Moun
tain and the discharge of the
plant’s effluent into McGills
Creek which was issued to the
City of Kings Mountain under
date of October 1, 1954.
“In taking this action, the
State Stream Sanitation Commit
tee requested that I write you ex
pressing its appreciation to you
and the City Board for your co
operation in the development of
plans for proper and adtequate
sewage and waste treatment fa
cilities to serve the southeast sec
tion of the City and to improve
the quality of waste in McGills
Creek below your plant. Thte Com
mittee also asked that the City
of Kings Mountain be commended
for the progressive leadership ex
emplified by the (efforts on the
part of you and your Board to
provide a modern sewage and
waste treatment plant to serve
your City. It is requested that
you present this letter to your
Board at its next meeting.”
Smith Promoted
To Second Class
PACIFIC FLEET (FHTNC) —
George Smith, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Baxter R. Smith, of Route
2, Kings Mountain, N. C„ and hus
band of the former Miss Lavau
ghn Rials of Brook Haven, Miss.,
have been advanced to boats
wain’s mate second class, USN,
while serving aboard the attack
cargo ship USS Merrick here.
Smith, who has served for 30
months aboard the Merrick, en
listed in the Navy in April of
1952.
The canary, the most popular
of all bird pets because of their
lovely singing, received their
name from the Canary Islands,
off the Northwest Coast of Af
rica, where they were once
wild; so states the WORLD
BOOK ENCYCLOPEDIA.
we ’re PUT—
Bright on
BAKRELH
/
T takes faith in the future to put this kind of ty.:
“cash on the barrelhead” so that the Southern can 1
keep pace with the fast-grov/ing industrial South.
For many millions of dollars are involved when we
buy locomotives and cars...build or modernize yards]
and other facilities. Conditions must be anticipated for
years ahead... large commitments must be made far
in advance. Then — somehow — the money must be
found to meet these obligations.
Since 1945, the Southern Railway System has
spent more than $327 million for major improvements.
Some of this money oame out of earnings. The rest we
borrowed. But earned or borrowed, every dollar we
committed ourselves to spend represented our faith
in the future of the South we serve.
r?
With this same faith — and without being subsidized
by tax dollars as are other transportation agencies —
we are continuing to build today for the still brighter
“tomorrow” that surely lies ahead for the Southland.
v President
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM
WASHINGTON, D. C.
LETTER
TO 7H6 EDITOR
The Editor:
You are no doubt aware that
the question of America's foreign
trade policy is high up on the or
der of business for the new Con
gress. This is certain to involve
the subject of tariffs once again.
We call your attention to this
mattter because we believe you
will agree that the interests of
our community are directly re
lated. A trade Dollcy which could
cause loss to tne textile industry
and other small - business type
industries must inevitably have
adverse effect on a community
like ours.
The present situation is critical.
Negotiations will begin at Gene
va in February to arrange direct
concessions to Japan on practical
ly all textilfe goods, numerous ap
parel items and a long list of
products made by other small
business industries. In addition,
the Congress is being asked to
authorize a further round of
sweepihg tarriff reductions over
the next thrtee years.
The textile industry knows
from bitter experience what vol
ume imports of Japanese good9
can do to American mills. They
disrupt markets, upset price le
vels, create uncertainty and, as
in the 1930’s, cause mill closings
and unemployment. It is impor
tant to realize that right now a
large - scale surge of Japanese
imports into the United States
is taking place. It compares to
the disastrous inflow of 1936-38,
which was checked only when the
then Secretary of State Hull took
emergency action to increase cus
toms duties.
The reason why foreign goods
pose a serious threat is clear. A
mferican efficiency, while high
and kept at a peak by domestic
competition, is not expandable at
will; it cannot bridge the gap be
tween American production cost
and those of foreign countries
which are three, ten or twelve
times lower. Unlike other large
American industries, we have no
patents or processes peculiarly
our own. Foreign industries can
and do use the same machinery
that American mills use. They
get raw materials at the same
price. This means that the only
real area of competition is in la
bor costs, which in Japan are on
ly one-tenth the U. S. rate.
No one can (estimate the a
mount of damage in store if the
U. S. government continues the
trade policy it inherited from the
World War II and postwar era.
We see no chance at all of avoid
ing injury, however, unless the
policy makers can be aroused to
a new outlook and new approach.
The payrolls, business, and
purchasing power of this commu
nity, as well as tax revenues of
federal, state and local govern
ments stand to suffer compara
bly. For this reason we urge your
interest in the need for maintain
ing what tariff protection is left.
We in our industry are making
every possible effort to turn the
attention of U. S. policy away
from the tariff “bogeyman” to
the real causes of sick world
trade.money controls, em
bargoes and similar barriers to
Police Beport
Minor Mishaps
Several auto accidents were
reported by Kings Mountain po
lice department occuring within
the city limits last week.
Two cars, a 1940 Mercury Se
dan tour-door and a 1950 Hud
son Sedan four-door collided at
the intersection of Cleveland
ave., and Bidge street. The ac
cident, which involved cars
driven Iby William M. Herndon,
of 1108 Battleground ave., and
George L. Bector, of route 4 Ma
rion occurred Saturday around
5:50“ p. m. Property damages
sustained as a result of the acci
dent, which was investigated toy
Officers Paul Sanders and S. B.
Davidson, were estimated to to
tal $300.
An accident Friday, around
8:20- p. m., was reported to have
occurred on Piedmont ave. A
1954 Ford, driven toy Samuel
Steveson Carroll, of route 1, and
a 1946 Desoto driven toy Thomas
Troy Davidson, of 14 Warren
road, Baltimore, Maryland, were
involved. The accident report
stated that tooth cars were tra
veling south on Piedmont ave.
and collided when the Desoto
made an attempt to pass the
Ford on the right side of the
Toad. The Ford was also attemp
ting to make a right turn off
Piedmont ave. The accident,
with property damages estimat
ed to total $105, was investiga
ted toy Officers Paul Sanders
and Jack Stone.
Thursday, around 1:30 p. m.,
a vehicle driven toy Neely Steele,
of 1216 Oakland street, Charlot
te, backed into a parked car
owned toy Rufus E. Fite, of 810
Cleveland ave. The accident oc
curred in the parking lot (behind
Fite’s Shoe Shop. Property dam
ages were estimated to total
$25. Officers P. A. Hawkins, and
R. G. Ware were investigating
officers.
commerce that are diverting tex
tiles and other essential goods
from the peopltes and regions in
greatest need. If this can be done,
and Congress insists on this kind
of trade program, the world wide
demand for goods will keep all
spindles and looms everywhere
busy for a long time to come.
Sincerely,
George H. Mauney
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Would you like to become bettei
acquainted with some of our wor
Id neighbors? Then |learn some
thing about the everyday cus
toms, music, government, langu
age and food from other coun
tries. Treat your family and
friends to a United Nations din
ner. Typical foods from one ot
more nations will make up the
menu.
Choose your menu from reel
pes found in cook books, maga
zines, or newspapters. Better still
get your recipes from natives ol
other countries living in youi
community. They will probably
be pleased to tell you about, food
customs in their home land and
perhaps prepare one or mort
dishes for you. Take this oppor
lUlltLjr IU icai U1UXU aUUUL uiai
country and the purposes of ths
“The World's Favorite Recipes*
is a cook book put out by th«
United Nations committee. It has
over 100 tested recipes from othei
nations. “To take dishes from
every country in the world into
our kitchens is, in itself, one oi
the ways to bring about bettei
international understanding. This
really brings us close to the dally
life of families of Other nations,”
says Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt in
the foreword of this book.
You might follow the same idea
for refreshments when the club
meets in your home — hot choco
late the Mexican way, tea mads
the English or Chinese way serv.
ed with Scotch Scones or a cookit
I typical of some other nation.
A GLASS Of
MILK
IS A BETTER
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GASTONIA
Styling that’s stealing
the thunder from the
high-priced cars!
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perfect gent,
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^HARt'festSrAVi.^-.t -Mfikl
The styling spotlight blazes down on a
tow-cost car this year—for the Motoramic
Chevrolet is stealing the show from the
high-priced cars with its subtle sweep of
line, the brilliant sophistication of its
European-type grille, the bold rake of its
deep-curved windshield.
And there’s even more excitement in
the way it drives—the velvety comfort of
Glide-Ride front suspension and outrigger
rear springs, the handling ease of Ball
Race steering, the flashing performance
of the new 162-h.p. ‘Turbo-Fire V8"
engine or the two new “Blue-Flame” 6’s.
All this—plus the. extra-cost options of
Powerglide or Overdrive and a full range
of power assists. Try a 1955 Chevrolet
now—and you’ll know why it is stealing
the thunder from the high-priced cars.
MORE THAN A NEW,CAR...A NEW
CONCEPT OF LOW-COST MOTORING
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