Safety Prooram Planned Here
Duane Carter, Indianapolis
Speedway veteran, will present
the Champion highway safety
program ait three appearances in
Kings Mountain next Thursday.
Mr. Carter will be guest speak
er at a high school assembly
program ait Central school. He
will also speak at the noon
meeting of the Rotary club and
to the dinner meeting of the
Kings Mountain Kiwanis club.
The program will follow the
theme, “Highway Safety Is No
Accident” and is sponsored lo
cally by Bridges Auto Parts. Mr.
Carter is one of eight racing
greats currently touring the na
tion’s high schools with this a
ward winning program dedica
j ted (to reducing the growing traf
fic death toll, a spokesman said.
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and SOCIAL SECURITY
Through work under social se
curity, thousands of farm people
have already qualified for month
ly old-age and survivors benefits.
Now, according to Lex G. .Bark
ley, manager of the Gastonia
District Office, many farmers,
age 50 to 62, can qualify for dis
ability payments.
Disability payments for farm
ers, as for anyone else, require
a certain amount of social securi
ty work and a severe disability.
The work needed is 5 years of
social security work (20 credits)
in the ten years before the disa
bility occurs.
The disability must Ibe severe
enough to prevent any substanti
al, gainful work. It must have
lasted at least six months and be
epected to last indefinitely.
Barkley pointed out even if
they have had no other type of
work, farmers who have reported
self-employment earnings for the
years 1955 through 1958, and who
will have reportable earnings for
1959, can meet the work require
ment as early as October 1959.
A farmer who meets the work
and disability requirements can
receive payments at age 50, if un
der 50, he can qualify for the dis
ability freeze that will benefit
him later on. .
Any disabled farmers, under 65,
should get full details from the
Gastonia social security office.
Circuit Judge John J. Kelly
said that St. Louis, Mo., residents
cannot be excused from jury duty
by explaining that they are “not
interested.” **
Release your unplanted cotton
acreage this year.
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Drive Modem
Says Lambert *
“Drive modern. Get hep to 1960
highway techniques!”
The jive talk, or what seemed
to he jive talk, was issued this
week by the commanding officer
of the North Carolina State High
way Patrol, Col. David T. Lam
bert. But tlie state’s top trooper
was in dead earnest about his
subject — interstate highway
driving.
Col. Lambert said that about
115 miles of new interstate high
ways were available for travel
now and that special driving tech-!
ques were needed to travel them!
safely.
“Superhighways are as modern
as engineering science can make
them, yet many peole attempt to'
drive on theca with yesterday’s
driving know-how,” the colonel
said.. “With outmoded driving ha
aonuaui e oq uea sja.rup qons sjiq
to themselves and all other in
terstate highway users.”
He pointed out that the great
est difference between interstate
highway driving and ordinary
driving is he relatively high sus
tained speed possible on the inter
state. Many drivers who are not
accustomed to such speed are at
first unable to handle a swiftly
moving car, he said. But they
step right out with the speediest.
On the other hand, some novices
hang on grimly to their 30-mile
or-so habit and cause confusion
and sometimes pile ups on the
throughway. -
"Keeping in step is a must on
an interstate highway,” Col. Lam
bert said. “With traffic moving
at such a clip, anything that dis
rupts the smooth flow is likely
to endanger several cars.”
He pointed out that the two
most dangerous factors about
speed are (1) that if danger aris
es, you have trouble stopping
quickly enough to avoid an acci
dent, and (2) speed increases the
severity of an accident.
Another danger of the broad,
smooth, four-laned highway is
“highway hypnosis,” We said.
“This is a sort of trance induced
by the monotony of straight
roads, constant speed and the
drowsy hum of the engine. The
best way to avoid it is to take
frequent rest stops for a Short'
nap, a brief walk around or some
refreshment.”
He advised drivers to make a
lertness their watchword when
they drive — either on interstate
or average roads.
"You’ve got to learn to antici
pate dangerous situations,” he
warned. ^fKeep a constant watch
on the road ahead and cheek
rear view mirror frequently.”
Lutherans Begin
Lenten Series
Resurrection Lutheran church
began the Lenten season Wednes
day night with a series of ser
mons pointing to "Faces Along
the Way,” projected from the
general theme for Lent of
Christ’s "PatWway to Glory.”
Pastor Moore preached on "A
Nameless Woman,” referring to
the woman anointing Jesus with
the precious ointment. In presen
ting the message, Pastor Moore
raised the question, “Shall we
measure out our love to God with
a ‘medicine dropper.’ or will we
give wholeheartedly of our gifts
to Him who loved us and gave
Himself for us?” The Holy Com
munion was administered at this
first Service of Lent
On Sunday, March 6, Pastor
Moore will preach on the theme
“Steps Along the Way” and the
sermon topic will be “No Strings
Attached.” During the month of
Mardh the Sunday Services of
Resurrection Lutheran church
will be broadcast at 11 a. mfl over
WMMT.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express apprecia
tion to our many friends and nei
ghbors for their kindnesses andj
expressions of sympathy, by
cards, prayers, visits, flowers,
and especially to Dr. Paul Hend
ricks and Dr. Thomas Durham,
at the loss of our loved one, Mrs.
Lila Woodward Head.
THE JOHN HEAD FAMILY'
THE WOODWARD FAMILY
THE COLE FAMILY
ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE
NORTH CAROLINA
CLEVELAND COUNTY
The undersigned, having quali
fied as addministrator of the es
tate of ROBERT GRADY STEW
ART, deceased, late of Cleveland
County, this is to notify all per
sons having claims against said
estate to present them to the un
dersigned on or before the 24th
day of February, 1961, or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery. All persons in
debted to said estate will please
make immediate payment to the
undersigned.
This the 24th day of February,
1960.
James D. Stewart, Administrator
George B. Thomasson,
Attomey-at-Law
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SPEAKER — Dr. E. W| Glazener.
head of the Poultry Department
at State College in Raleigh, will
appear in the first of four ses
sions Thursday night of Poultry
schools which will be held at the
Agricultural Building in Shelby.
The classes will be held on each
Thursday night at 7:30 for four
sessions. Dr. Glazener's topic is
"What and Where in the Poultry
Business."
Aviation Day
Plans Underway
CHARLOTTE — Carolinas Avi
ation Day, a salute to aerial pro
gress in North and South Caroli
na, will toe held the weekend of
April 9-10 at Douglas Airfield in
Charlotte.
Co-sponsors will be the Char
lotte Chamber of Commerce’s Av
iation Committee and the North
Carolina Air National Guard.
Announcement of the event was
made this morning by Donald H.
Denton, chairman of the Aviation
Committee, and Coi. William J.
Payne, commander of the Air
Guard.
Mr. Denton and Col. Payne
said that the two-day celebration
would include a number of e
vents, display of civilian and mili
tary aircraft and exhibitions and
aerial demonstrations.
All the airline companies serv
ing the area, the United States
Air Force, the Civil Air Patrol
and various commercial aircraft
organizations will also participate
in the celebration.
A number of dignitaries from
both states and high - ranking
military officers are expected for
the event.
A pub owner in Apperley, Eng
land, made sure his customers
stayed dry during a recent flood.
He rowed them to his bar which
was surrounded by water.
Cotton Allotment Figuring
Is Problem 01 Charlie Fanner
It’s going to take some head
scratching and figuring for Char
lie B. to decide how to handle his
cotton allotment this year.
Charlie is a typical cotton far
mer down in Robeson County. He
has a regular allotment of 10
acres.
At present, Charlie is trying to
decide what to do with those 10
acres.
Decision Number 1: Charlie
can follow the Choice "A” plan
of production. This permits him
to plant his regular allotment of
10 acres. His cotton will be sup
ported this year at 75 percent of
parity, which amounts to 2S.97
cents a pound for 7/8 inch mid
dling cotton at average locations.
On the other hand, Charlie can
select the Choice ‘'B” plan of
production. This permits him to
increase his regular ItVacre al
lotment by 40 per cent.
Charlie would then have 14
acres of cotton. His cotton would
be supported at 60 per cent of
parity, whicfh would amount to
23.18 cents a pound for 7/8 mid
dling cotton at average locations.
If Charlie wants to follow the
Choice "B” plan, he will have to
contact his county ASC office. If
he doesn’t contact the county ASC
office, Charlie will be considered
a Choice "A” grower.
Decision Number 2: Charlie
may have some more figuring to
do.
Suppose he doesn’t want to
plant those 10 acres of cotton
this year. Ordinarily, he would
lose part of his allotment history
by not planting his cotton.
But a new law changes this.
| Charlie can go to his county A/SO
office and tell them he doesn’t
want to plant his allotment this
year. By voluntarily releasing
the allotment, he will protect his
allotment history.
Next year, Charlie will still
have his 10-acre allotment. If,
on the other hand, Charlie doesn’t
plant the allotment or release it,
his allotment for next year will
be severely cut.
Suppose Charlie is a good oot
ton farmer. He has been making
a bale and a half an aore. Cotton
is a good source of income and he
would like to have more.
This is what Charlie can do:
He can go to his local ASC office
and apply for additional acreage.
If other farmers in the county
voluntarily release their allot
ment, Charlie stands a < ha nee
of getting his additional acreage.
Farmers' assets amount to
$203 billion — albout equal to the
value of all stocks listed on the
New York Stock Exchange.
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YOUR COTTON ALLOTMENT
Do you desire to maintain your cotton history and allotment? Your allot
ment will he reduced if you fail to plant seventy-five percent or release it to the
County Committee.
H you plan to plant your allotment, no action is needed. If you do not plan
to plant your allotment, you should release it to the ASC County Committee tc
prevent your allotment and history from being reduced for failure to plant.
Releasing acreage you do not plan to plant will not only help you, but wiM
help the county retain its cotton allotment. THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 29
MARCH 4,1960, HAS BEEN SET ASIDE FOR FARMERS TO RELEASE THEIR
COTTON ALLOTMENT TO THE COUNTY COMMITTEE AT THE LOCAL ASC
COUNTY OFFICE.
Release oi cotton allotment will be accepted after March 4 in your county
office until the final date set by your county ASC Committee. This date is ex
pected to be set during the week of March 14.
Toretain your allotment history indefinitely. you roust plant some cotton
once every three years and release each year the acreage you do not intend to
plant
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