Today’s Investor By THOMAS E. O'HARA Chairman, Board of Trustees National Association of Investment Clubs Q. Stauffer Foods stock prices have taken quite a dip since its president remarked that quart erly earnings will not reach their predicted amount. Haw do you explain this when the company has had excellent growth and aggressive development for some time? A. Stouffer Foods has been Belling at a relatively high price earnings ratio and its dividends have been rather small. This in dicate# to me that Investors have been buying it as a growth stock. And Stouffer has been growing at more than the normal rate the last few years. 'But, when such a growth com pany experience problems, people tend to hold back further pur-' aliases until they are satisfied the problem is temporary and will be overcome by the management In addition, in Stouffer’s case Agriculture In Action THE FINE PRINT A lot was said about the far mer’s need for more bargaining strength aa the nation’s largest general farm organization recent ly conducted its annual meeting. A lot more needs to be said. If the predictions of a speaker at that meeting of the American Farm Bureau come true- it is bar gaining power that is going to be the fanner’s saving grace in the yeans to come. Within ten years, predicts tile manager of Farm Bureau’s na tional marketing operations, Half of everything produced and sold by American farmers will be grown and marketed on con tract. To put it mildly, many farmers who have produced and under contract don’t have particularly pleasant recollections about the outcome The farmer’s main pro blem has been simply a weak position. He could sign an agree ment, but he had little power to influence the terms. Getting closer to the core of the problem, the farmer’s weak position could be attributed main ly to his history of operating alone. And it took awhile for him to realize that he had a lot of potential muscle if he would get together -with his follow far mers and operate through group action. Now, as contract farming be- i comes more prevalent- group ac tion on the part of farmers is becoming more prevalent too. Farm Bureau is becoming the rallying point through its grow ing number of commodity mark eting associations. The marketing association con cept was organized by Farm Bureau on a national level in 1960. Producers of 22 different commodities across the country are now finding bargaining strength through their Farm Bureau associations, which are carving Out better contract terms and better prices for producers. Farm Bureau neostree Marketing associations have al ready been organized by the North Carolina Farm Bureau for dairymen, apple producers and broiler growers If farmers take advantage of the marketing association move ment, they won’t have to worry about the fine print anymore. They can help write it. the cash dividend was eliminated. ! This reduced the interest of peo i pie in the stock who want some immediate return for it. Q. How can I tell when a grow ths company is about to stop or slow up in its rate of growth? A. A company’s growth is us ually diue to the drive of manage ment. In a very small company this might be the aggressiveness of just one man. If he--or the group of few men at the top leaves the firm, you might be on guard to see if the company maintains its upward trend. Unfortunately, this might not be immediately discemable. You may have to watch the company for two or three years to be ab solutely sure which way it is moving. Where a management has been "growth” motivated, watch for a change in dividend policy. If the management has been paying out only a small fraction of earnings as dividends and then begins to pay out 70% to 80%; it’s likely they are not planning on building more new plants. O. I see many companies grow ing today by buying up other companies. Is it a good idea to invest in a company because it has just bought another com pany? A. Not necessarily so. Some companies buy other companies and after a few years sell them off or go bankrupt because they weren’t able to operate them suc cessfully. When you become in terested in a company because you've read that it has bought another company, look at it's history. If it has bought com panies before and made a suc cess out of running them then,i buying it - providing you pay a reasonable price - is probably a good idea. Textron- Litton, and I. T. & T. are illustrations of companies which have prospered by buying other companies and operating them sucessfully. If the company has not been suc cessful with a past purchase or is making it’s first purchase, I’d stand on the sidelines for a while until it proves it is suc cessful in this kind of operation. BOX OFFICE OPENS AT 6:15 SHOW STARTS AT 7:00 I KINGS MOUNTAIN and BESSEMER CITY I DRIVE-IN ALWAYS S1.00 A CARLOADI THURS.-FRI.-SAT. — 3 HITS — — No. 1 — "THE HUSTLER" — No. 2 — ’ARRIVEDERCI BABY' — No. 3 — 'HIGH NOON'* ON SAT. MOVIES RUN IN REVERSE ORDER SUN. Thru WED. — 2 Hits — — No. 1 — "DEAD HEAT ON MERRY GO ROUND’ — No. 2 — ‘BLOOD ON ARROW' ON WED. MOVIES RL;,' IN REVERSE ORDER FRIDAY ■ SATURDAY AN AARON ROSENBERG nooucnoi o w»*a. o>mu by OIwko PHEB SMDAY. MONDAY. TUESDAY The blockbuster story of a fighting marine that comes mortar-screaming out of green hells and jungles! OBI UtuReftahw *» .■•'■U C''-X‘ A “r S rft! C tW- 0 . •* i’JWSfe?* |H TECHNICOLOR FANAVtSiOK FROM WARNER BROS Li WATCH FOR 1—“RETURN OF THE SEVEN" 2—"MONKEE'S GO HOME" 3—"THE RELUCTANT ASTRONAUT" 4— 'THREE BITES OF THE APPLE". Security Bill Is Introduced By Whitener I WASHINGTON, D. C. —€on i pressman Basil L. Whitener (I> NC) has introduced a bill to pro tect the security of the United i States by providing penalties for interference with defense security ! systems. In a statement in the House of Representatives Congressman Whitener stated: “Recent inci-j dents at operational missile sites j of the United States Air Force ( have highlighted the fact that j existing statutes are inadequate j to cope with willful or malicious ! acts that result in activating or in disrupting our military alert ing or alarm systems. Unless the law is strengthened to deter such ' acts, the security of our nuclear j missiles and other weapons sy-j stems could be seriously com pro-1 mised.” Whitener pointed out that se veral incidents have recently oc curred where foreign objects were deliberately thrown over the out er security fence onto a sensi tized surface which caused the j activation of electronic alarms systems, thereby indicating to de fense forces stationed miles away that the missile site had been penetrated. As a result of these false alerts military personnel have been subjected to unneces sary hazards and normal security operations were seriously disrupt ed. "Because ofthe experiences of the defense forces with such false security alarms it is essential that a specific statute covering this problem be enacted into law,” Whitener stated The legislation would provide ; penalties of imprisonment for upj to two years, a fine of $5.000'! or both, on conviction of any per- ■ son found in violation of it. Local Serviceman Saw Bob Hope Show USS BENNINGTON (CVS-20) (FHTNC) Jan. 9 -- Shipfitter I First Class Bobirr O. Smith, USN, I son of Mr. and Mrs. B A. Smith : of 818 N. Church St., Kings Mtn., N.C., enjoyed Christmas 1966 a little more, thanks to Bob Hope and his Christmas package of 1 entertainment. i Hope and the entertainers were , aboard the anti-submarine air j craft carrier USS Bennington on j station with the Seventh Fleet in the Gulf of Tonkin, for a two-day visit. On December 27, the Benning ton’s flight deck became a float ing amphitheater as the perfor mers, braving overcast skies and a pitching deck, presented the two- hour Christmas special. Jokes, songs, dances and skits highlighted the show which end ed with the cast and audience singing “Silent Night.” Scouts Launch Year-Long World Friendship Members of the Boy Scouts of America in Piedmont area will join millions of nother Scouts a round the world in a yearlong World Friendship program that is being launched this month. As a part of the With anniver sary of world Scouting, local Cub Scouts- Boy Scouts, and Explor ers are planning special activities that will be climaxed with Friend ship Campfires and meetings dur ing the week of August l to 9 when the XIX World Jamboree will be held at Farragut State Park, Idaho, according tx> George Mauney, the Piedmont Council chairman for special events. The theme “For Friendship” j will be followed by the 8,000 Scouts in this area and will in clude correspondence, srapbooks, tape exchanges- projects related to hiking,and cooking skills from , other countries, and participation in the World Friendship Fund of the Boy Scouts of America. The Piedmont Council will be represented at XII World Jam boree by 12 Scouts and 3 adult leaders. Nearly every Scout unit in this area will carry out a world Scout ihg activity in co-neetion with the 57tH anniversary of the Boy $couts of America which will be celebrated from February 7 to 13, Mauney said. The North Carolia Heart As sociation warns that the sudden onset of cold weather poses an extra threat to potential heart attack vieims. BUY KLEENEX From A Jaycee Thursday and Friday Nights Spice i4> Following are sugges tions from home econo mists in the United States Department of Agriculture on the selection and prepa ration of pork: The meat of high-quality pork should have firm, fine-textured lean, grayish-pink in color, with firm white fat on the outside of the cut. Some fat should be well-distributed through the lean. Be sure your fresh pork is thor oughly cooked. A meat thermometer is helpful in providing a reliable method of testing thoroughness ot cooking pork roasts. When done, a fresh pork roast should have an internal temperature of 185 de grees, while a cured ham— —whole or half—should reach 160 degrees. For a cured picnic shoulder, 170 degrees is desirable. W-D U. S. CHOICE RIB EYE STEAKS , . W-D U. S. CHOICE DELMOMCO STEAKS U, *1.59 IK 1.19 Limit 1 of Your With A $5.00 Older COFFEE ASTOR BE Cfc ft CAN MAXWELL — . 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