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Seven Students
Get Degrees
From King's
Kings Business College of
Charlotte awarded diplomas to
340 graduates in ceremonies held
at the new David Ovens auditor,
ium on Monday night, November
25. Graduates represented 321
counties in the Carolinas and
Florida, Kentucky, Maryland Ore- j
gon, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and,
Texas.
Principal speaker for the oc
casion was the Honorable Charles
Raper Jonas, Member of Congress
representing ^he Tenth District.
A special Honor Diploma for out.
standing achievement was pre
sented to C. D. Spangler, promi
nent residential builder, who at
tended the King’s in 1926-27. Mus
ic for the occasion was played
by the Charlotte Little Symphony.
Rev. W. Emory Trainham was
the officiating minister.
Cleveland County residents in
the graduating class include: Al
fred Tate, Senior Accounting;
Robert Littlejohn, Business Ad
ministration; Blanche Green
Glover, Junior Accounting; Kath.
leen Beam, Mildred Hastings, and
Carol Ann Herndon, General
Business; Julia Ann Owens, Jun
ior Secretarial.
Miss Beam has been placed
with J. E. Bevis, CPA, and Miss
Herndon with Brock Barkley, at
torney, tooth of Charlotte.
A high velocity gun that uses
steam-heated helium instead of
gun powder to propel bullets, is
being fired at the Naval Ord
nance Laboratory, Silver Spring,
Md., to test the flight character
istics of projectiles.
Fall and winter prices for feed
grains probably will continue be
low last year’s levels.
IN MEMORY
In memory of our beloved wife
and mother, Della Turner Corn,
well who departed December 5,
1955.
Until memory fades
and life oeparts,
You’ll live forever
in our hearts,
time takes away the
edge of grief,
but memory turns
back every leaf.
C. T. Cornwell
and Daughters
Check stored grain for insect
losses.
Barkley Advises
On Social Security
: A social security card is identifi
; cation for social security purpos.
! es only, and should not be ac
feepted as identification for other
purposes, Lex G. Barkley, mana
: ger of the Gastonia social securi.
j ty office reminded local store
| keepers and their employees to.
j day.
! A person can obtain a social
! security card and work under any
I name he wishes, Mr. Barkley
: said. To receive his old-age in
| sura nee benefits at age 65 or
'later, he must prove that he is
S the person for whom a social se
j curity account has been set up
| under that name and number, and
‘hat his earnings have been credit,
i ed to that account. Therefore, a
! social security card is no guaran
I tee that an individual is using the
name his mother gave him, or
: that he has a bank account.
To illustrate the hazards of
J cashing checks where ortly a so
cial security card is offered as
identification, Mr. Barkley cited
I a true story. A few years ago, he
said, police in Tampa, Florida,
answered a call from a super
market manager and picked up
a woman "customer” who, using
several different social security
cards as identification, had pass,
ed close to $1600 in worthless j
checks during her travels through
six Eastern cities.
The 25-year old woman, Mrs.
Freida McGurrin, claimed that
she had been led into criminal
careers by a man she met while
working as a waitress in Balti
more. He had planned all their
operations, she alleged, and had
taken all the money. The man,
Thomas Gerald Ryan, 29, desert
ed his accomplice before the Tam.
pa police arrived at the super
market. The general plan follow,
ed by the couple was for Mrs.
McGurrin to visit the local social
security office in each of the six
cities on their itinerary to obtain
Last week I gave some general
information about North Carolina
related to weather and climate
and pointed out some of the ex
treme differences that occur in
temperature, rainfall, soil types
and plant materials. This time
we will discuss the Coastal Plain.
The climate of the Coastal
Plain is mild and suited to the
production of a wide variety of
fruit, vegetable and ornamental
a social security account number
card.
Ryan would pick a random ad
dress off a street map, and using
an alias of his selection, she then
would apply for a social security
card, alleging tha1 she was going
to work for the first time. He
then wrote out a number oi
checks, all for,$44.00 and took hoi
around several stores in town
wh'ere she attempted to cash
them, offering only the falsely
obtained social security card as
identification. Mrs. McGurrin told
Tampa police that about half the
stores she approached cashed the
checks without requiring any
other evidence of her identity.
The amazing thing about this
story, Mr. Barkley said, is that
she found so many willing dupes,
The Social Security Administra
tion has repeatedly warned busi
ness men not to accept social se
curity cards as identification in
cashing checks, giving credit, or
for any other purpose not con
nected with the administration of
the social security program.
If you will take a look at a
social security card, you will see
the admonition printed thereon
“not to be used for identification”.
crops. This area is the home of
the Muscadine (“Scuppernong”)
grape, yaupon, venus fly trap,
zenobia, the majestic water oak
, and many other rare and beauti
ful plants. Lettuce, snap beans,
peppers, cucumbers, sweet corn,
shallots, early Irish potatoes,
sweet potatoes, Strawberries,
blueberries, azaleas, camellias
, and many other crops grow to
perfection in selected areas. In
fact it would be hard to find an
al'ea where so many crops can be
produced ns successfully. It is
possible to have a year around
garden, a.id man. people do. v. <■
are still cutting high quality bro
ccoli and cauliflower at our Fai
son Research Station.
The annual average tempera
ture for the Coastal flam is 04
degrees; the average July tem
perature 80 degrees; and the av
erage January temperature is 46
degrees. The annual average
rainfall varies from 54 Inches
near the coast to 48 inches fur
ther inland. The rainfall is usu
ally rather well distributed but
irrigation is necessary to allevi
ate dry periods. On the outer
banks, where the temperature is
modified by the ocean, the len
gth of the growing season is 280
days. Inland (he growing season
shortens to 210 days, in limited
areas, while the average for most
of the area is 220 days. The ave
rage date of the first freezing
temperature in the fall will vary
from November 10 to December
10. Average is close lo November
5 for most areas. The average
date of the last freezing tempera
ture in ihe spring varies from
Water Problem
Study Closed
RALEIGH — The State Board
of Water Commissioners closed its
grass roots inventory of the
state’s waler problems on Decem
ber 1.
The decision to conclude the
county-by-county study was rea
ched at a meeting at Greensboro
after Board members heard re
ports on the progress of the pro
gram.
Members were told that detail
ed reports have been received
from 23 counties and that, another
20 to 23 reports are expected from
other counties by the end of No
vember. Nine of the counties that
reported are located in the Coas
tal Plain, 12 are in the Piedmont
and two are in the Mountain
area.
In explaining his Board’s act
ion, Chairman J. R. Townsend of
Greensboro, said the members
felt that the need for an early
appraisal of the problems that
have been reported greatly out
weighs the benefits that would
be derived from prolonging the
study. He said Ihe Commissioners
also felt that by the end of the
month all sections of the state
would be well represented.
“If we can get reports from
several counties in the northeast
ern section of the state and from
the Mountain region,” Townsend
said, “We should hav'e a very
accurate picture of the major wa
ter problems facing the people of
North Carolina.”
February 20 to March 30—the
average between March 25 and
30.
The soils of the Coastal Plain .
are unusual in many respects be
cause they range in character
from muck (peaty types) to the
lighter sandy loams. They warm'
up quickly in the spring, are eas
ily handled and highly product
ive when properly managed.
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LIVING ROOM VALUES
ORIG,
SOFA GROUP $139.95
SOFA BED GROUP $169.95
SOFA BED GROUP $169.95
SOFA BED GROUP $129.95
10-pc.
SOFA BED GROUP $169.95
3-pc. Sectional Foam Rubber Cush.
SOFA $289.95
SALE,
PRICE
$99.95
$119.95
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$119.95
$119.95
$139.95
$199.95
$5 Down
BEDROOM SAVINGS
ORIG.
Walnut
BEDROOM SUITE $99.95
3-pc. Walnut
BEDROOM SUITE $139.95
3-pc. Walnut
BEDROOM SUITE $149.95
3-pc. Mahogany
BEDROOM SUITE $239.95
3-pc Walnut
BEDROOM SUITE $269.95
3- pc. Mahogany
BEDROOM SUITE $259.95
4- pc. Cherry
BEDROOM SUITE $369.95
SALE
PRICE
$69.95
$99.95
$109.95
$189.95
$199.95
$209.95
$269.95
$5 Down
DINETTE BARGAINS
DINETTE
5-pc.
DINETTE
7-pc. Wrought Iron
DINETTE
DINETTE
5-pc.
DINETTE
SALE
ORIG. PRICE
$109.95
$79.95
$109.95
$129.95
$159.95
$49.95
$43.95
$79.95
$98.95
$99.95
$5 Down
APPLIANCE GIVE-AWAYS
Regularly $195.95
REFRIGERATOR
SALE PRICED
$149.95
SLIGHTLY USED
AUTOMATIC WASHER
ORIGINALLY S29S.95
Only $99.95
SLIGHTLY USED 9-FT.
G-E REFRIGERATOR
ORIGINALLY $239.95
Only $59.95
$5 Down