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For The People By BVERNADETTE W. HOYLE Public Information Officer North Carolina State Board Of Public Welfare "A common complaint against public welfare is fraud; yet, in terms of income tax evasions, racketeers who defraud the government of billions of dollars each year, and deception in the day to day business world, this priblem is indeed minor.” — Dr. Ellen Winston, Commissioner. Mary was widowed when her husband, a laborer, was accident ly electrocuted on the job. She had four small children, yet for five years she managed to care for her family and make the payments on her modest home. Her husband had not been covered by Social Security and and the only money she received was a small insurance check for three months. Finally, her savings were ex hausted and the meager income from her work as a maid would not stretch sufficently to pro vide the minimum needs for her children. She visited the county department of public welfare, explained her situation, and was found eligible to receive an aid to dependent children grant She continued to work, and because of the small monthly check from the public welfare de partment, the children were able to cintinue in school instead of having to stop to go to work. The oldest, a daughter, was graduated fronf high school, is married, and she and her hus band have regular employment. The second child, a son, was graduated from college witih a B. S. degree in biology. Now he is serving a two year hitch in the Army as a commissioned officer. The third child, a daughter, is majorinig in English in college and plans to be a teacher. While in high school she received a medal for outstanding work. At present she is working to save money for her next term in col lege. The youngest child is a high school junior and is making a fine scholastic average. 'None of Mary’s children has ever been iin trouble. The case workers who have worked with this family have praisea Mary for the wholesome home life she provided for her children, their ambition and desire to become useful citizens. During one period of about two years, Mary was hospitalized. She received treat ment through the Vocational Re habilitation program and made a successful recovery. Her children, because of the tax dollars spent on them through the public welfare pro gram, are contributing members of society. Three of them are self-sufficient. The fourth, when graduated from high school, will be in a better position to get a job than if she had to leave school. There are thousands of similar cases in the files of the 100 county department of public wel fare in North Carolina. MODERNIZE lYOURlHOME How to have a "new house" at your y* ! present r address j Gear your old 1 ■<#- i__ home to meet\ new needs t Has your family outgrown the living space in your present home? Does the house fall short of the most MODERN standards of convenience and com* fort? Remodeling, expansion, a modern kitchen. Neew or added bathroow needed? Our rate, at Home Savings & Loan Association, is to supply the financing you require. We offer any term of variable term payment plans. SEE US TODAY. Get ready to start. Earn More On SAVINGS New 1963 Dividend Rate Anticipated Pei Annum (7 Home Savings & Loan Assn. Drive-In Window Service — Plenty 08 Free Parking Space 104 E. Mountain # Phone 739-2531 DR. J. E. ANTHONY. President THOMAS A. TATE, Sec.-Treas. THE HARVESTERS QUARTET Gospel Singers At Gastonia The Chuck Wagon Gang from Dallas, Texas, and the Harvest ers Quartet from Charlotte will present a concert of Gospel Music Friday, January 25th, in Gastonia's Ashley high school auditorium, beginning at 7:30 p.m. This will be the first appear ance in Gastonia of the national ly known Texas singers in ten years. The Ranlo Optimist Club is sponsoring the Gospel singing. Rev. G. Howard Allred, presi dent, said that there is not a playground in Ranlo, so the pro ceeds of the Singing will be used to buy equipment for the chil dren. Advance tickets are $1. They may be purchased at Rhyne’s Drug Store on the Lowell Rq$di tickets at the dwr at 91£9i Don't Forget These Items On Tax Forms Whether the selected Federal income tax return is the short 1040A Form or regular 1040, many taxpayers forget some im portant items, J. E. Wall, Dis trict Directoir of the Internal Revenue Service for the Greens boro Distict, advised today. Some of these items are: (1) failure to attach W-2, (2) no signatures, (3 tax information not readable, (4) failure to list dependents and exemptions, (5) failure to total deductions. “What happens when we get an illegible or incomplete re turn?’’ Mr. Wall said this type of return cannot be properly pro cessed and will delay the issu ance of any refund due the tax payer. The results are either a letter or a phone call from the taxpayer questioning us and, of course, Mr. Wall added, this takes away clerical help needed to process the correct returns. Mr. Wall suggested that you review your return as soon as it is completed; put it aside over night; then review it again the next day. After you are sure it is clear, complete, and correct, mail it to the Director of In ternal Revenue, Federal Office Building, Greensboro, North Car olina, By the way, if you really want fast service on your tax return, mail it early. Officials Issue Three Permits City officials issued permits for the construction of three houses within the city in recent weeks. A permit was issued in the name of Bill McGinnis for the construction of a $16,000 house on Linwood Drive by contractor Hobart Dye. James Suber was issued a per mit for a $12,500 one-story house on Henry Street. Permit for a $14,000 six-room house at 1004 Sherwood (Lane was issued to J. Wilson Craw ford. Bell Gives Expansion Plan For City, State Southern Bell Telephone Com pany today announced plans to spend approximately $28,500,000 during the 1963 to expand and im prove telephone facilities in North Cairolina. Commenting on the company’s plans, E. F. Farris, Southern Bell manager here, said today: ‘This expenditure is antici pated in order for telephone serv ice to keep abreast of North Car olina’s increased industrial and residential growth during the coming year. Included in con struction plans are projects for Kings Mountain, also. «We are confident that Kings Mountain’s development and ex pansion will continue at its pres ent rate or perhaps even faster,” he said. ‘‘This prediction is based on business and residential forecast studies made by our en gineers so that we can meet telephone needs as they develop.” Recent expenditures in con nection with converting to Direct Distance Dialing include $80,000, 00 on outside plant iincluding cable both aerial and under ground. Preparation for Direct Dis tance Dialing required the ex penditure of over $15,000.00 which went for Central office equipment including carrier term inals repeaters and miscellaneous hardware. On a statewide basis, some 40, 000 telephones are expected to be adaed in areas served by South 1 era Bell in North Carolina dur [inig 1963. Baines Wins Safety Award NORFOLK, Va. — Private First Class Luther B. Barnes, Mail Clerk at Headquarters Battery, 4th Missile Battalion (N1H), 59th Artillery, Deep Creek, Va., has been awarded the United States Army Safety Award for 2JJ££ri£ji^safetywhii^>perating Here's More Ups For Safe Driving Snow tires when it snows? Pine says Motor Vehicles Com missioner Edward Scheidt, but too many drivers have the mis taken belief that snow tires or chains permit normal speed driv ing on winter slick highways. “This is a thoroughly danger ous notion and can lead straight to tragedy,” he said. “Both snow tires and tire chains are excellent winter driv ing aids,” the vehicles chief ex plained, “but they do not relieve drivers of the responsibility of slowing down as snow, ice and road conditions dictate." Scheidt suggested that mis leading advertising concerning the non-skid properties of tires can become an indirect cause of costly traffic trouble by leading motorists into taking risks of which they are not fully aware. ‘'Contrary to the fafth some drivers have in snow tires, they do not provide all the traction needed under winter driving con ditions," he said, “Tests conduct ed each winter by the National Safety Council’s Qommittee on Winter Driving Hazards prove this beyond doubt.” NSC tests show that ft car traveling on dry concrete at 20 miles an hour can be stopped in 21 feet after the brakes have been applied. On loosely packed snow, this braking distance jumps to 60 feet or more with regular tires, about 52 feet with snow grips and 38 feet with re inforced tire chains. On Glare ice -a car equipped with ordinary tires will need from 114 to 250 feet to stop, de pending on the temperature. The average distance is about 195 ft. Reinforced tire chains will cut this distance to about 77 feet. Regular tire chains, the tests showed, were 231 per cent bet ter on ice in hill climbing and traction ability and that the re inforced kind were 409 per cent better. Snow tires were found to be only 228 per cent better on ice than regular tires, Scheidt said. “The tests revealed also that the most hazardous winter road condition is ice near or at the freezing point,” he added. “Brak ing distances on winter surfaces are three to 12 times greater as those on bare pavement.” Scheidt said when severe win ter weather conditions prevail, motorists should keep a set of reinforced tire chains handy in the car trunk. “And drivers must slow down on ice and snow and pump the brakes lightly and rapidly to stop safely, maintain steering control and to shorten stopping distance.” Ted Coyner, Hyattsville, Md., Prince George’s “520” Monday 9:15 P. M. Mixed Commercial lea gue, Fair Lanes Prince George’s Plaza, games of 90, 91 and 92. Thomas O. Meridith, Sr., Wye Mills, MJd-, Bay County league, Chesapeake Lanes, Easton, Md., December 10, 1962, games of 94, 95 and 96. a military vehicle. Barnes from 10 Septembei 1962, to 10 January 1963, ha? chocked up some 14,150 miles oi driving while performing his duties. This award will enable him to compete at the 35th Bri gade, Commanded by Brigadier General John D. Stevens, and located at For George G. Meade, Maryland for “35th Artillery Brigade’s Safe Driver of the Quarter". The 224 year old missileman is the son of Mr. and Mirs. Bahnson N. Barnes of 203 N. Gaston St. Kings Mountain, N. C. He re ceived his A.B. degree from Lenoir Rhyne college, Hickory, N. C„ class of ’61. Barnes is a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. mi BONUS irotnRexaU, syp«r (o( \ht **»ttwU 1 _ ^ - i-ia-SfJSSSS |-J?T0 ENTER; sUptR PUHMMHS AMERICA’S ^S^gSA . 1,010 PRIZES • 1,010 CHANCES TO WIN 1 2 „ Up to $25,000! 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