VA Checks May
Be Feiwaided
Many checks to be issued by
the Veterans Administration may
here after be forwarded to a new
address instead of being returned
to the U. S. Disbursing Office.
George C. Warlick of the Gas
tonia VA Office said today that
Congress recently passed amend
atory .legislation allowing post
masters to forward VA checks
if the payees of the checks have
filed a change of address In their
former post offices. The recent
action by Congress will result in
many veterans or their benefic
iaries receiving dheckg without
undue delay as was occasioned
when the post office masters had
to return checks to Disbursing
Office because payee had moved,
Mr. Warlick stated. Also, he said
it should affect considerable sav.
ing to the Veterans Administra
tion and tax payers in general
since that agency will not need
. to trace payees to obtain new ad
dresses to whidh checks are to
be remailed. However, it is still
of utmost importance that per
sons entitled to receive checks
from VA should Me a change of
address in the Post Office where
checks were formerly received
when a change of residence is
made. It Is still very important,
Mr. Warlick said, that each per
son receiving a VA Check file a
change of address with the VA
whenever address is changed so
that the VIA may mall checks di
rectly to the new address even
though they now might be for
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FAIR'S GIANT—John Pettuxssen, the Viking Giant from Iceland,
stands 8' 8" and weighs 425 pounds. Billed as the Largest Man since
Goliath's Era, the giant appears in the Cavalcade of Oddities the
new big show that features strange and unusual people from all
parts of the world and is one of the many new attractions that will
appear at the Cleveland County Fair with the James E. Strates
Shows.
School Children Thronged Fair
On Tuesday; Three Days Remain
Thousands of school children
within a 6-mile radius of Shelby
thronged the 34th annual Cleve
land County Fair here on Tues
day oh free passes distributed by
Dr. J. S. Dor ton, manager.
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here. Every garment in youi
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performed before a filled grand
stand of fans, young and old alike
who cheered for their favorite
TV and movie heroes in One ol
the most popular grandstand at.
tractions ever brought to the lo.
cal fair.
The big spectacle drew a tre.
mendous opening day crowd and
may prove to be a record.
Exhibitors and their friends
swarmed over the grounds eyeing
exhibits that would offer $15,000
in premiums by sundown. Judg
ing had begun in every depart
ment by 10 a.m., and by noon
blue, red and white ribbons were
in abundance all over the grounds.
Thursday brings NASCAR-sane.
tioned races to the grandstand
patrons. A hobby race of 1948-1954
hardtop models will get under
way at 3 p.m. with 34 drivers
having filled entries by opening
day.
Time trials are scheduled Fri
day afternoon for the 100-mile,
Grand National NASCAR sane
tioned race that will climax the
fair Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m.
Some of Darlington’s fastest driv
ers will compete in the event,
which is expected to draw capa
city crowds to the grounds.
Joie Chitwood and his Congress
of Daredevil^ will be seen in a late
show Saturday.
GAC Hamid’s "Stairway to the
Stars” revue shows nightly in the
grandstand while James E.
Strates shows and rides fill the
huge, newly-lighted midway.
Brawn Spot disease is known
to reduce the overall yield of
corn by as much as 15 per cent.
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Widows Get
Vet Benefits
An estimated 12,000 widows of
veterans may be eligible for Vet
era ns Administration benefits be- j
cause of a recently enacted law
liberalizing the definition of “wid.
ow.”, George C. Warlick of the
Gastonia VA Office said today.
Public law 85-209 provided the
change, he said.
Under the new law, the date of
her marriage to the veteran wfll
not disqualify a widow for VA
benefits tf a child was bom of
the marriage or, if no child was
bom, the marriage existed for at
least five years.
Most laws providing for widows
benefits from VA contain a mar
riage cut-off date as an element
of entitlement, with many diffe.
rent dates for varying benefits
and periods of service.
The law does not alter the
existing cut-off dates, but provi.
ded uniform qualifying alterna
tives if the marriage dates are
not met.
Mr. Warlick said a woman who
married a veteran without know,
ing that a legal impediment to the
marriage existed may be eligible
for widow* s benefits from the
Veterans Administration, even
though she is not the veteran’s
legal widow.
He said recently a statute was
passed, Public law 85-209, autho
rizes such payments under certain
circumstances.
Under the new law, if the pur.
ported marriage was entered into
in good faith by the woman. VA
may consider it to have>been a va
lid marriage, provided:
1. It would have been valid had
the legal bar not existed;
2. The couple had resided to
gether for five or more years
immediately prior to the vete
ran’s death; and.
3. No claim for VA widow’s ben.
efits has been filed by a legal
widow of the veteran.
Before enactment of Public law
85-209, establishment of legal wid.
owhood was a prerequisite to the
widow’s benefits from VA, Mr.
Warlick stated. '
Under the 1957 Soil Bank Re.
serve program. Tar Heel wheat
farmers placed 67, 700 acres, of
24 per cent of the state allotment
in the reserve.
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Let's Talk Jobs
By ROY BRANTLEY
Claims lor unemployment in
surance dropped to 22,131 last
week—lowest level of the year.
This was a decline of approxi
mately 7,000 claims from the pre
vious week for a drop of 24 per
cent.
But a large part of the decline
(an estimated 20 per cent) was
the result of local offices of the
Employment Security Commission
being closed on Labor Day, with
the Monday, Sept. 2 claimants be.
ing rescheduled.
All major industry groups par
ticipated In the decline. Furniture
was down 34 per cent, textiles 23
per cent, tobacco 28 per cent, and
construction 26 per cent.
A note to veterans: Unemploy
ment compensation is provided
for veterans under the Service
men’s Readjustment Assistance
Act of 1952.
Under this act, an unemployed
veteran with a minimum of 90
days military service since June
25, 1950, who meets all eligibility
requirements of the State Law,
may be paid benefits from fede.
ral fund at the rate of $ 26 a
week for not more than 26 weeks.
This applies where the veteran
does not have State wage credits.
The act further provides that
for the veteran who is eligible
for State benefits at less than $26
weekly, a supplemental payment
may be made from federal funds
to raise his weekly rate to $26.
There’s a special provision for
federal employees, too. A section
of the Social Security Act, effec
tive January 1, 1955, provided for
payment of benefits to federal
civilian employees.
The State is reimbursed by the
federal government for payments
to federal employees who become
claimants. The individual's bene,
fit rights are determined by the
law of the state in which he had
his last official station with the
government.
And here’s a note for job-seek,
ers. It will pay you to check by
your local office of the Employ
ment Security Commission. Fol
lowing is a list of job openings in
some of the offices:
New Bern: Motor Boat me.
chanic, auto body repairman, com
mercial teachers.
RaleigH: Engineers, botanist,
geologist, tax economist, statis
tician, dietitian, secretaries, comp
Court Session
Brief Monday
Monday’s session of City Re
corder’s Court was brief with only
a five case docket.
The case of Samuel Roseboro,
charged with non-support of an
illegitimate child, was continued
until next Monday.
Thomas W. Cobb, charged with
improper mufflers, pled guilty
and was given a 30-day sentence,
suspended upon the conditions
that the mufflers be fixed before
Monday was over and pay the
tometer operators.
Reidsville: Production manager
service station manager, genera]
clerk.
Rocky Mount: Automotive me.
chanic, sheet metal workers, chef,
and bricklayers.
Shelby: Sewing machine opera,
tors (at least six months exper
ience in last two years), loopers
(experienced on men's half hose
or ladies full fashioned hosiery),
room clerk (female).
Statesville: Tool and die maker,
sewing machine operatoors, radio
announcer, shipping clerk.
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Sealed Ibids will toe received toy
the City Of Kings Mountain,
North Carolina in the City Hall
Courtroom until 7:30 p. m. Sep
tember 26, 1957 and immediately
thereafter opened and read for
the furnishing of all latoor, ma
terials and equipment necessary
to complete certain improve
ments to the street system as
follows:
Concrete Curb and Gutter - Ap
proximately 1687 Lienal IFeet.
Concrete Sidewalk 4 ft. Wide
and 4” Thick 2121 Lineal Feet.
The work shall include all
grading, excavation and back
filling necessary to complete the
(work in accordance with plans
and specifications prepared for
the work toy the Superintendent
olf Public Works.
Plans and Specifications may
toe obtained at the City Hall in
Kings Mountain, North Carolina.
No bids may toe withdrawn af
ter the scheduled time for the re
ceipt of bids.
The City of Kings Mountain
•reserves the right to reject any
and all bids.
SIGNED,
G. A. Bridges, Mayor
IC. E. Mitcham, Cleric
City of Kings Mountain, #
North Carolina
9:19.
costs of court.
A running a red light and speed. |
ing 50 miles per hour in a 35
miles per hour speed zone a-1
gainst Lawrence H. Moore, Kings
Mountain Negro, was continued i
until Monday, September 23.,
James Garner, Kings Mountain
Negro pled not guilty to charges
of assault on a female. The case
was postponed until next Mon
day when a capias had to be is
sued for the prosecuting witness.
Charlie Bridges pled guilty to
illegal possession of non-taxpaid
whiskey for beverage purposes
and was given a 5-day active sen.
tence in City Jail. The whiskey
was disposed of according to law.
NOTICE SERVING SUMMONS
BY PUBLICATION
STATE OF (NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF CLEVELAND
In The Superior Court
'Before The Clerk
Johnny Gaston Littlejohn and
wife, Louise Littlejohn and
Johnny Gaston Littlejohn, Ad
ministrator for the Estate of
Charlie Littlejohn, deceased,
Petitioners
v.
Charles Henry Littlejohn and
wife, lids Littlejohn; (Betty Lee
Littlejohn Chaniley and hus
band, (Herschel Chaniley; Edna
Nell Stacy and husband, Tom
mie Stacy; (Mary Ann Little
john, Incompetent; Peggy
Grace Fraley and husband,
Wayne Fraley; and Robert
Frank Littlejohn, single,
Respondents
The respondents, Betty (Lee Lit
tlejohn Chanley and. husband,
Herschel Chanley and Tommie
Stacy will take notice that ar
action entitled as albove has been
commenced in the Superior
Court for Cleveland County,
North Carolina for the purpose of
selling the real estate of the late
Charlie Littlejohn, deceased in
order to make assets to settle
the estate and for a division;
And the respondents will (fur
ther take notice that they are re
quired to appear at the office of
the Clerk Superior Court of
Cleveland County at ithe court
house in Shelby, North Carolina
within 20 days after the 5th day
of October, 1957 and answer or
demur to the petition of the peti
tioners and notifying them that
if .they fail to do so, the petition
ers will apply to the court for .the
relief demanded in the petition.
This the 27th day of August,
1957.
J. W. OSBORNE
Clerk Superior Court for Cleve
land County.
8:20 P-1Q
RESALE
The County Board off Educa
tion will sell at public auction
on resale at the Court House in
Shelby at 2:00 o’clock p. m.,
Monday, October 7, the Patter
son Grove School property con
sisting of 4 % (approximately)
acres and one four room ibriek
veneer building. Bids stand
open for a period of ten days
subject to 5% raise. The County
Board of Education reserves the
right to reject any or all [bids.
J. IH. Grigg, Secretary
9:12-19
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue df the
power of sale contained in a
deed of trust given toy Seibert
Etters and wife, Estelle OBtters
on the 30th day off October, 1954
and now on record in the Office
off the iBegister of Heeds for
Cleveland County in Ibook 439 at
page 225 to the undersigned as
trustee for the Kings Mountain
Savings and Loan Association to
secure the indebtedness therein
mentioned, and default having
been made in the payment of
same and at the request of said
Association, I will sell for cash
at the courthouse door in SHEL
BY, CLEVELAND COUNTY,
'NORTH OAtRDLENlA on MQNDDlAlY,
OCTOBER 14, 1957 at 10:00 o’
clock a. m. or within legal hours,
the following described real es
tate:
(Being lot No. #0 in the Cora
Mill Subdivision of the pro
perty of Textiles-Incoiipora
ted as shown on plat there
of made by Charles S. Kir
by, a copy of which plat is
filed in the Office of the Re
gister of Deeds for Cleve
land County, in plat ibook 2
at page 95, to which plat
reference is herefby made for
a full and complete descript
ion of said lot toy metes and
bounds. Being more fully
described as follows:
BEGINNING at a stake in
the western margin of 15
foot Street or alley; thence
N. 19 deg. 11 min. E. 76.48
feet with the western mar
gin of said street to a stake
at the intersection of another
street; thence S. 85 deg. 37
min. E. 200 feet with the
southern margin of said
street to a stake; thence S. * •
14 deg. 58 min. W. 26.3 feet to
a stake, the point of BEGUN -
NI/NG.
'This the 9th day of Septem
ber, 1957.
B. S. Neill, Trustee
Davis and White, Attorneys
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