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Winn-Dixie Soles Show Ma|or Gain Sales at Wi«n-Dixie’s 678 food stores throughout the South in creased 7.03 percent in the 20 weeks ended Nov. 13 compared with the corresponding period last year. They totaled $365,345,006 com pared with $341,356,726, an ad vance of $23,988,280. A 5.58 per cent rise was shown for the four weeks ended Nov. 13 when sales amounted to $74,185,060 against $70,263,321 in the similar span last year. ll:4-65-3:30-66 ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE Having qualified as adminis trator for the estate of James Jease Jenkins, deceased, all per sons having claims against said estate will please file same with the undersigned on or before the 2Rth day of April, 1966, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of any recovery. All persons indebted to said es tate vrill please make immediate payment. This the 28th day of October, 1965. MRS. ADA C. JENKINS Administrator Estate of James Jesse Jen kins 11:11 . 12:2 Death Payments Reach New Highs Moore Is Member Oi “Range Bush' By CANNIE BROWN North Carolina families re ceived $60,500,000 in death pay ments on their life insurance during the first three quarters of 1965, according to the Insti tute of Life Insurance. This was an increase of $1,900,000 or 3Vo over the same period last year. The total has climbed 145Ve since ten years ago. Blake T. Newton, Jr., president I j.-'pjjjgy night beginning at 7:30 of the Institute explained that i Shady Grove Baptist church, the rise in death benefit pay- jq’he public is invited. The serv- ments reflects the great increase jg under sponsorship of Mrs in life insurance protection own- -- ed by American families. Death payments throughout the United The Women’s Society of Chris tian Service of St. Paul Metho dist church will meet Friday night at 7:30 at the home of Mrs. Mary L. Roberts, 111 N. Waiter- son street. Sixteen singing groups will participate in a Battle of Songs Slates ran 116Vf higher during the first three quarters of 1965 than in the same period ten years ago, even though the mor tality rate among policyholders generally has shown little change. Life insurance in force in the United States has risen XAOVv during the past decade. Death payments were made on Mary Curry. Sister piomella Kilgo will preach at 2 o’clock Sunday after noon services at Shady Grove Baptist church. Miss Brenda Barnette is sponsor. The 12 Ti'ibe Rally will close Sunday night at Shady Grove Baptist church. Services are at 7:30. a total of 41,700 policies in North Carolina during the first three quarters of 1965, compared with 39,800 in the same period last year. The death payments in cluded $32,400,000 under 10,600 ordinary policies; $19,800,000 un der 8,800 group certificates, and $8,300,009 under 22,300 industrial policies. For the nation as a w’hole, death payments totaled $3,580,- ChrisLmas. The 1965 apple ci'op— at 134 million bushels—is nine per cent larger than the five year average. With the ample supply of ap ples, homemakers w'ill be able to buy apples at low cost during the holiday season. And if you are one to settle down in a ar/y old easy chair with a nutcracker and a bowl of nuts in yvour lap to enjoy, you will be glad to know that the pec'an crop is expected to be EXERCISE RANGE BUSH (FHTNC) — Seaman Apprentice Larry K. Moore, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Moore of Route 1, Grover, N. C.., is participating in the U. S. First Fleet’s training exercise "Range Bush” Nov. 18- 24, while serving aboard the guided missile frigate USS Coontz. The week-long exercise off the coast of Southern California in volves ships of the First Fleet and several naval air units, com prising "friendly" forces, in aer ial reconnaissance, anti-air and anti-sub.marine warfare opera tions against the "enemy” air, surface and sub-surface units portrayed by other Navy units. The exercise will increase the combat readiness of the First Fleet. Exercise “Range Bush" is un der the overall command of the First Fleet Commander, Vice Ad miral Lawson P. Ramage, USN. Tlie ship provides anti-air and anti-submarine defense for ships and units of the fleet. The Coontz is armed with "TenOer” surface- to-air missiles and anti-subma rine rockets (ASROC) in addi tion to her conventional torpe does, and three and five-inch guns. 600,000 under 1,878,000 policies; whopping big. In fact, the crop during the first three quarters j is estimated at 260 million of 1965, compared with $3,382,- | pounds—enough for lots of good 800,000 under 1,829,900 policies in ; baking and eating, the same period last year^ The j Other footrs likely to be in EXECUTORS NOTICE Having qualified as executors **»*i.vu vjv*.****.*^ ..a .. for the Estate of Clarence Car penter, Sr., Deceased, all per sons having claims against said estate will please file same with the undersigned on or before May 17. 1966 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of any recov ery. All persons indebted to said esrtate will please make immedi ate payment. This the 10th day of Novem ber, 1965. Fannie Carpenter Troy Carpenter Executoi's 1965 figures include $1,937,800,- (XK) under .587,700 ordinary poli cies; $1,3.39/X)0.000 under 481.000 group certificates, and $.303,800- 000 under 809,300 industrial poli cies Signs Say Apple Crop Will Be Good According to a cheerful super stition. if the sun shines through the limb.s of apple trees on Christmas Day it means there will be a good crop the next year. If that’s the case, the sun must Davis, White & White, Attorneys have b<*cn at its brightest over good supply and at reasonable prices in December are apples, anions, cabbage, fresh oranges, frozen orange juice, peanuts, peanut butter, peanut candies and peanut oil, broiler-fryers, and turkeys. Tailor-made for the holidays, the plentiful foods list for the U. S. Department of Agricultui'e provides all of the makings for a Christmas dinner. Be sure you put citrus fruit on your good-buy list. Grapefruits and oranges are both in season ally large supply. The navel orange crop is the largest since 1947-48. And the citrus juices are also being featured. It’s an easy and economical w’ay to help the family members get their quota of vitamin C at this time of 11;11-12:2 the nation’s apple orchards last year. SEE Jitimirat, luiTVOUR CONV«lilEN(6lir , TELEVISION AT STERCHI'S! CHECK ADMIRAL'S EXCLUSIVE COLOR FIDELITY CONTROL i (see colors as you know them) t < j There are many reasons why you should select your Color TV atSterchi's! We have a wide selection of quality Admiral sets from which to choose. Whether you prefer Early Ameri can, Modern or French Provincial, you're sure to find just the style and model to fit your decor. Come in today and ^ make your selection. ^ Open Evenings By Appointment FOR ADMIIIMeOLMTV...irt • • THE SOUTHS LARGEST HOME FURNISHERS We Deliver FREE To Any Surrounding Community- Call Your Friendly Sterchi Solesmen — Henderson Herndon or Don Barrett Phone 739-5451 Kings Mountain Lt. Thomas Adams Completes Course Mrs. Benton's Bites Conducted Funeral rites for Mrs. Pearl Love Benton, 73, were held Mon day at 3 p.m. from Sisk F'uncral Home, interment following in Mountain Rest cemetery. Mrs. Benton died at 7 a.m. Sunday in the Presbyterian hos pital in Charlotte. What do you look for when selecting a Christmas tree? Which species do you like best? She was the widow of George : Do you prefer a North Carolina M. Benton and daughter of the > giown tree or an imported one? late John and Artie Missie Love. Survivors include four sons. Wilbur M. Benton of Shelby, G. M. Benton of Kings Mountain and W. E. and Thomas Benton, both of Blacksburg, S. C.; two daughters, Mrs. Laura Poplin of Charlotte, Mrs. Maudie Leon- hardt of Wake Forest; one bro ther, Otto Love of Detroit. Mich igan; two sisters, Mrs. Mary B. Johnson of Badin, Mrs. Maudie Moss of Gaffney, S C.; 32 grand children and 17 great grandchil dren. Rev. D. D. Hicks officiated at the final rites. RENO, Nev. — Second Lieu tenant Thomas R. Adams, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leon L. Adams, Sr. of Kings Mountain, N. C., has completed the rigorous U. S. Aii Force survival and special train ing course conducted by the Air Training Command at Stead AFB, Nev. Lieutenant Adams, a navigat or, received combat-type escape and evasion training to enable him to survive under adverse climatic conditions and nostile environments. The lieutenant is being assign ed to Tiavis AFB, Calif., as a member of the Strategic Air Command. Lieutenant Adams received his A.B. degree in history and social science from Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, N. C., and is a member of Omega Psi Phi. He was commissioned in 1964 upon completion of Officer Training School at Lackland AFB. Tex. Angel Graduated At Sheppard AFB WICHITA FALLS, Tov. _ A!r man Third Class James G. Ap'/oI, son of Mrs. Martha F. Johnston of Rt. 2, Bessemer City. N. C., has been graduated at Sheppard AFB, Tex., from the training course for U. S. Air Force air craft loadmasters. Airman Angel, a graduate of Hunter Huss High School, Gas tonia, N. C., is l^eiiig reassigned to Tachikaw’a AB, Japan, for duty. First, what do you look for when selecting a tree? Perhaps the first thing you should look for is freshness. Many trees are cut too soonond transported long distances to market. Freiiuently the leaves have dried out and are shedding Lefore you buy it. Such handling lowers both the quality and color of the plant. Fragranct* is also reduc('d. Which species do you like best? The Red Cedar has been a fav orite for many, many years and still is. It can bo grown from the Coastal Plains through the Pied mont. Due to the natural com pact habit of growth, it requires popularity of this spectes is on the increase. . . .. As 1 reported to you earlier, the growing of Christmaa tre«* in North Carolina has developed into a full-fledged enter»>rl8e, backed iby a lively C9u^^b Tree Association. While tw in dustry is small, in comparison, it has an excellent potential and , will grow as our people support little or no shearing. The fra- grance is excellent. It should be j to L. A. Hampton, used fresh as it has a tendency i management extension to dry out quickly after cutting 1 approximately one mil- probably best adapted for | ntcs are uswl in North Oar- retail sales. ! homes each year, with 80 Other species adapted to North , . this number from Carolina are: I'raser Fir, While' Pine, Scotch Pine, and Norway Spruce. Of these species, Fraser Fir and White Pine are, present ly, the most important for com mercial production in the rn<nin- tains of W’estoim Carolina. Fraser Fir has good color, pleasing fragrance, strong branches and excellent needle Maine ami other producing areas. So yau can see the opportunity we liave to support a home in dustry. Ask for North Carolina gi jwn Christmas trees to bright- en tile Yule season for you and yours. . , Science lias developed chemi- holdlng ability. It likes the cool fertilizers, to environment provided by the or retard plant growth. : higher elevations and prefers a moist soil. Mail Gilts Now To Men Overseas Agriculture In reau, said the di-mier project war. conceived "as a means of demon strating the fact that the farm- actually gets a very small ! share of the nation’s food doi- | lar.’’ Nobody missed the point. ' It's a point to which more ol' the public should be expost>d.; Too often the average U. S.! housewife envi.sions the farmer ‘ as a notorious public enemy wlio I is getting fat and w’ealthy at the. expense of the defenseless diner or grocery shopper. It’s an or-; ro^ioous image, as the Catwaba dinner demonstrated. A second misconception on the ' part of many housewives is thtF ‘ food costs are high. Actually, we I never had it so good. i In the past fifteen White Pine is a rapid grower, has good sliape, and flexible branches. It requires proper shearing to produce a compact tree. The color is good and the A divining rod to find water is called u dowsing rod in Eng land. Gourds kins. are related 1o pump- CORONET Here’s the Answer BOBlXOHrAL 61 Lyric poem coremet • Melted snow 6 Legislators 13 Eaglets pest YEETICAL 14 Angry j Cuts meat 15 |:iectricalengi« 2 Take away . neCT (abbr.) 3 Either 16 Ream (abbr) 4 Humor 13 Tantalum S Close <«ymbo]> g Title of 16 Ceremofl^ respect 19 Order (abbr-i 7 Ireland 20 Oath ^ I - - years, re- llftMaifi I food prices have gone up on- i*l4IWll|ly fifteen per cent, w’hile ! food living costs have A MEALTIME STORY i 35 per cent. We w’ent down the buffet line, 1 In addition. U. S. citizens aie nen- clinioeti Christmas gifts and cards for seiwicemen in Vietnam must be mailed no later than Sunday for delivery by Christmas Day, Post master Charles L. Alexander said this week. Wednesday was the deadline for "guaranteed delivery” of hol iday mail to Viet Nam but post- office officials have stated that if mail is deposited up until Sun day the department will make every possible effort to have the mail available at the San Fran cisco military dispatch points in time for delivery on Christmas. “We cannot offer any assur ances beyond Sunday”, he added. The local postmaster said he had been advised by Postmaster General Lawrence F. O’Brien that a response "beyond all ex pectations” to President John son’s appeal for Christmas pack ages and communications to A- merican fighting imen in Viet Nam has resulted in the Post Office Department receiving more than 130,000 pounds of such mail daily and that total is increasing by thousands of pounds daily. and stacked our plate with roast now spending only some 18.5 ner beef, chicken pie, livermush, \ cent of their net income for food, yams, slaw, apples, green beans, ! as compared to 26 per cent fif- and bread. A glass of milk and j t€vn yeara ago. Over 40 per cent j a cup of coffee w'ent along with - of the average Russian family’s [ it, and we capped things off with i net income is sapped by food ; a sbee of pie | costs. | Then came'the inevitable reek-j The farmer w*on’t deny that he I oning. The bill. Twenty-one cents, has his hand in the restaurant | At the end of an average cate | cash register. After all, he pro- ■ teria line, we-would have slieU-lduced the food. But ho only pulls ed out $2.55 for a coimparable I out small change from the doj- meal. But we were dining at a | lars that go in. And the waitress unique "dutch” function sponsor-1 gets the tip. ed by the Catawba County Farm I Bureau. And we had paid oniV ’ A Ceylonese rupee is worth 20 j the farmer’s share of the din- U. S, cents, ner’s cost. Arville Sigmon, president of the Catawba County Farm Bu- Eleven players comprise English cricket team. an : 22 Right (abbr4 24 Greek letter 2$ Olympian goddess 26 Bad 28 Each CiWJ 30 Late 32 Indians 34 Beritagg 36 Virgini« (abbr.> 36 Samarium (symbol) 38 Three«ioed sloth do Gems 43 Loot 48Verban:r 49 Toward 50 Presented 51 Father 53 General iHQt (abbr.O 55 TelephoQ^ (abbr> 56 He 58 Negathm 60 I^ckel (symboll 6 General character 9 Dined 10 Tellurium (symbol) 21 Lease again 12Ser«ic ir 19 Genus of 41 West Africa shrubs <abbr.) 21 Be victorious 42 Drawoff 23 Beverage 44 Ship’s record 25 Performing 45 Dative (abbr«1 27 Smooth 46 Happening* 29 Donkey 47 Enjoy 31 Biblical name S2 Assistant 33 Summon 54 Writing fluids 37 Likely 57 Encountered Joe! (abbr.) 59 Lubricant 40 Erbium 63 Lutecium (symbol) <symbol> Even if the mail is sent via air mail, the postmaster noted, the critical factor is air space from the West Coast to Viet Nam and It must reach San Francisco in time to allow adequate time to arrange air transport across the Pacific. For servicemen in other areas overseas, the surface letter and parcel deadline has passed, but the previously - announced dead line of Dec. 1-10 for air mail still prevails. Postmaster Alexander pointed out. C. E. WARUCK INSURANCE AGENCY Insurance Protection ff Business # Auto # Home Diol 739-3611 110 W. Mountoin St. 4:23-tfn ^urs< e.v fi.-i I>1 n-- n i. il. 7: A l.ENN< ditio • COM lEWKDniiiFimimiiEiiiciE Announcing a completely new line of 4-wheel-drive vehicles called "Bronco.” Equally at home on a steep grade or on a run to the shopping center, the Bronco combines rugged ness with economy, performance and comfort, to make it a ready companion for work or play. 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