co„,„ fifiSSj.ir„,clloES.^.k^, OCIAL SECURSTYI E^EFITS | EXPLAINED FOR WORKERS! SWAN QUARTER, N. C., THURSDAY, DEC. 20, 1945 Single Copy 5 Cents Young Charmer N MR Buady, how long must Work to be eligible for so- ^ seeurity retirement bene- 'Th •lat’s a question asked a lot of around the plant, inside j Out. Well, here’s the answer. ''0 must work long enough Covered jobs—jobs in private ,“stry or business, that is—to ^OiUe “fully insured” under l?ge and survivors insurance.- ■'at’s a general answer. Here ’tactly what “fully insured” * ^ become “fully insured” a earner must have worked Covered jobs approximately, ^he time between the begin- . eager youngster is all set to ® of the old-age and surviv- *“»se on Santa, and ihsurance program on Janu- 1. 1937 (pr his 21st birthday,! ^on^-derably Ughter in weight. was later) and the date ~~ ^hich he reaches 65 or dies. FUTURE C'hever is earlier. More pre- COLLEGE EDUCATION J stated, this period is di-' into calendar quarters of - . Flyers of the future are not go- l^^ths each. The wage earner satisfied with being just have been paid $50 in wag- Scod fiyers, They want to be , •l Covered jobs in at least half well-educated, well-grounded i ^he calendar quarters be- with an all-around background January 1, 1937, (or the experience. This trend was ■ he became 21, if that cc- strongly indicated in an an-1 at a later date) and his ' nouncement released today by Lt. .hirthday, or the date of his, Commader F. J. Barnes, II, Di- whichever comes first. i rector of Office of Naval Officer is a minimum. In no ^ ^^^curement, 1320 G. Street, N. Can a worker become “fully: Washington, D. C., giving the ^cd” unless he has at least 6 results of a nationwide pcill re- crs of coverage. i cently conducted by the Navy '®re is also a maximum. Once' among the 17, 18 and 19 year earner has acquired 40 old men who are eligible for the '®rs of coverage—^that is 10 ‘ Naval Aviation Preparatory Pro- i'cars in covered jobs—he is'Sram (V-5). ^ insured” for life. | As anticipated, 66 per ceni of' '^ however, does not mean the applicants selected “Flying” Ws benefit amount stands' as the answer to the question he continues to work in, “What part of the V-5 program' employment after he ac-' appeals to you most strongly’” ® 40 quarters of coverage,, However, the significant factor is Jeefits, generally spaking, | that 4 out of 5 designated “A if he leaves covered ” 'yrnent, it decreases. MERRIEST JENNETTE EXPLAINS 1946 I CONSERVATION PROGRAM OF All •1945 I HOTEL, FACTORY j FIGURE IN TALK j AT ENGELHARD 1 ■— j Several Other Enterprises j Are Possibilities, And Town May Get New ' Post Office chance to get college education in answering “What is the next strongest appeal?” '® is something you want toj Among parents, 75 per cent ''^ur family: Under old-age j were meet impressed by the fors insurance, survivors chance for their sons to receive are payable when you college education, matter at what age that Under Navy’s V-5 officer pil- “Ot training program, young men ; IS something some work- 17, 18 or 19 are eligible for selec- ^amilies still don’t under- j tion for the March 1, 1946 class The wife and child of a if they will have graduated from Wage earner can’t get | high school by February 26, 1946. ‘'s until the worker is 65 or / One of the unique aspects of the steps work. But they | program is that cadets receive Survivors benefits when j four terms at an outstanding col- ''fker dies any time, whe-jlege prior to beginning their is 65 or after—provided j flight training. Not only are all •dsured at the time of his | exposes and maintenance paid There may be monthly. for by the Navy, but the student .nd now comes another Christmas to be added to your store of memo ries. We hope this Christmas of 1945 will be a very enjoyable one —a truly happy one—ful filling all the fine traditions of Christmas. .ccept our hearty thanks for the pleasant business associations of the past year. Once again we say Merry Christmas! The Publishers ; Every community is buzzing I with a lot of talk about new un dertakings as the county starts I off on the first lap of peace-time i living. Engelhard in Hyde Coun ty is no exception. There is a great deal of talk [ about the possibility of a mod- I ern hotel going up. Rumor has it , that an ex-service man will ven- j ture the undertaking unless Tony | I Spencer gets the start and devel- i I ops his hotel property first. I j ^ it is said that a box factory is a pretty sure bet for the town. ’ ; This is based on a recently clce- ed real estate deal which will develop the town in a new di- I rection. I j While there is no known plans , at the preset for starting a dry j cleaning piant, bakery or agen- I cy for low priced automobiles, ^ those interested in the expan- ksion cc Engelhard are hopeful ] that these and some other enter- I prises included a good drugstore . will come in shortly. A shortage I of business housing is a problem I at the moment, it is said, j There is a definite possibility I that a new building, possibly : made of concrete blocks, will , house the post office to take care of the increased ned for space, j and that a building to house the Texaco products agency will go up shortly. Farmers will have more lee- ' way under the 1946 Agricultural j Conservation iProgram in choos ing the practices they want to carry out on their farms, T. A. j Jennette, Chairman cf the Hyde County AAA Committee, said to- I day. j This year, program funds will I be allocated to counties as well I as to States, and it will be up to I farmers and local AAA commit- I teemen to get all the conserva- : tion they can for the money they ! have available. : Mr. Jennette, said that $25,- 1922 has been allocated to assist I Hyde County farmers to carry - out practices under the 1946 AOP Program. About $15,000 will be expended to assist county farmers under the 1945 program. Mr. Jennette pointed out that several important changes have been made in the 1946 program. One change is that no farm al lowance will be established this year. Another one is that, to earn payments, practices to be cem- pleted under the program must have the prior approval of the county committee. As in other years, AAA Com mitteemen will sit down and help each farmer plan the program... for his farm. From a list of prac tices approved for Hyde County, the farmer may choose those practices which his farm needs. In approving plans, County Com mittee will give consideration to the needs' of all farms in the county, in line with the amount of conservation money allocated to the county. In Hyde County, there is ur gent need for liming materials. For this reason, the 1946 AAA program will emphasize the im portance ofnhe use of li.me. BEER TAXES PASS ; CIVILIANS CAN ANTICIPATE $3,OOU,UUO MARKi ^lEW CANNED FOODS SOON or i *' -- tire ai-uu'ciiL just a lump-sum, de-i receives a salary of $50 a month 'S on who makes up the '• as well. This is in line with the But almost always some-j Navy’s policy of developing of- ' ’ ficers with a well-rO'Unded edu- catian. I Results of the poll, as well as' mounting enlistment in the j March class, have told the Navyj what it is interested in knowing: I Beer taxes yielded the state of North Carolina $3,017,697.28 for the 11-monl'h period ended No vember 30. according to the N. C. OommitteerUnited States Brew ers Foundation. November colleetions of $358,- 833.45 pushed the total beyond the $3,000,000-mark for the first time since beer was re-legalized in North Carolina in 1933. De cember collections are expected to add anothr $300,000. | payable to an insured j's family when he dies. wcrker leaves no one ■ately eligible for monthly a lump-sum death bene- ^Syable if a claim is filed E. E. Butts of Hookerton, Greene County, is paying his taxes with money left over from twelve-year-old pecan trees around his /home and tenant', houses, says County Agent Jack' Harrell. ■ ii a — XXI xvixx.; vv x tig. 2 years. This lump-sum I that its V-5 Program has the the widow, widower, ^ enthusiastic endorsement andi grandchild, or parent, in ; support of the program. : 'er named. If the worker | ^ Now that the postwar era has become a reality with the down fall of Japan, citizens of Dare County can look forward to dra matic developments in canned foods, many of which were first packaged for the armed forces, according to W. C. Stolk, vice president of the American Can . Company. Mr. Stolk said that the approx- I imately 489,000 cans of food op ened annually by residents of the county undcrubtedly will be largely increased wiih the arriv al of the new postwar items. It will.be no trick at all, be said for a housekeeper to put togeth er a three or four course meal by making use of the canned foods she should shortly find on J. H. PATRICK BUILDIN G HOME NEAR ENGELHARD i WORRELL TALKS TO I ROTARIANS ON PEANUTS SPECIAL XMAS PROGRAM AT EPISCOPAL CHURCH J. H. Patrick, Engelhard mer chant and poultry dealer, is con structing a two story residence of modern design on his farm on highway 264 near Engelhard. Mr. Patrick recently sold his home on the Middletown-^Engelhard road to Dave Swindell of Engel hard. grocery shelves. Among the new foods he list ed are such items as canned ham burger, canned bacon, seafood cocktails and salads in cans, as well as a long list of meats new to a can, among them chicken stew with dumplings, beef and gravy, pork with apple sauce, ham with raisin sauce and boned turkey. Lidllieu. J.J. l;ilC I — survived by any such rel- j AVON BOY VETERAN OF ' se lump-sum may be paid SEVEN MAJOR BATTLES ffilatives or friends in re- ^ ■'bent for burial expenses. Lester R. Scarborough of Av-1 ^un’t delay telling your! on, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dew-1 Tou are building benefit, ey Scarborough, is a veteran of Ur them. Make sure they I seven major operations and is , 'Ey can get their benefits I ow in Shanghai, China. He is uu are gone—no matter j highly' popular with his ship uge death comes. mates in the Navy, and is a gun- | ner on an AA gun. He is known I to his buddies as “Huts.” He took, OUntY tax LISTERS pgj.^ major operations of the CED by supervisor Navy in the Philippines,, and af-' , I ter victory went to Kbrea. He Maude Jones, who has has spelled doom to many Japs ‘bled tax supervisor for' gnd is firmly convinced they are uounces the selection of; a “dirty, stinking, yellow race.” '^ing tax listers for Hyde j This newspaper has received a Subject to final approval snapshot cf him, but regrets that •uunty Commissioners: Uck township: E. S. Fish- M township: C. E. Baum. Banding township: Mag- Sman and T. E. Sander- *^6 township: T. W. How- ^uarter township: Mar- Bpencer. its poor quality will not permit a satisfactory engraving. | Ninety per cent of the mistle-1 toe on Christmas markets comes j from Oklahoma where this green i grows abundantly. An eight-weeks short course in animal production will begin at State College on January 14. J. M. Worrell, agriculture I teacher at Swan Quarter, spoke ! to fellow members of the Engel hard Rotary Club Thursday eve ning on the possibilities of grow ing peanuts in Hyde County as another step in diversifying far ming in the county. The Engel hard Rotarians sponsorig the idea of growing peanuts seveial years ago with results but farmers were restricted in marketing their crop because of al'otment quo tas. (Peanuts offer farmers in Hyde County a chance to have a new cash crop, according to the agri culture teacher, who said that J marketable peanuts can be grown in th's section ai a pr"''’!. H' pointed out the va ue of the crop for running hogs in the field af ter digging, as well as the value ( of the hay in feeding livestock. It WES indicated at the meet ing that a number of farmers in | j the county will plant peanuts in ! 1946. Tho.se who would like t 1 plant a small crop of peanuts were advised to get their seed now. Mr. Worrell said he would be glad to help farmers obtain good seed. Rc'tarian P. D. Midgett was in charge of the program. 'The club went on record as en dorsing Wade Marr of Elizabeth City for Rotary International president. Members also voted t buy a new selectic'n of song i books. ' There v.n'll ,be a special Christ mas pro,gram at the Episcopal Church in Swan Quarter Sun day evening, December 30th, it is announced by the Rev. Wood Gaiiher of Creswell, rector. Spe- cia. music will be rendered by the cheer of the Columbia Episcopal church. BILL COX BACK FROM ARMY; accompanied by wife V,^ H. Cox, popular Engelhard bu.=;ness man, returned home from Army service on Thurs day. Becem’oer 13. (Bill entered ‘he Army in February. 1942, and ' . r\ ed vnti^ the Air Corps where !:e d the 'rack of sergeant. ccc.mr)3Tiying the voun? Hyi'e nifn heme was his wife, Jane' of nea St. Louis. .Mo., whom he' married while in the Army, CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS VARY IN HYDE SCHOOLS _ CHRISTMAS SERVICES IN BOUGAINvtul^jVNGLS-rireT^^^ ■ ^on m their homecoming this year will recall the Christmas spent in the South Pacific in 194V Here before an altar m a thatched hut Chaplain Joel M. Waring of Toledo Ohio conrinet ' ’ for the 2nd Battalion, 148th Infantry. ’ ’ services The length of the Christmas holidays taken by Hyde County white schools varies this year with Engelhard taking two weaks ' and Swan Quarter, S’'adesvilie, and Fairfield taking one week. The Engelhard school will clcse I the 19th and open on January 3rd, while Swan Quarter, Slades- ville and Fairfield will .’close on the 21st and open on the 31st.' Ocracoke school will dose the 21st and open the 2nd of Janu-i sry. T VENTY CENTURIES Ti'-e birth of the Saviour did not, thei', and there, establish peace On earth and good will among men. Ci a'.p.r did not topple from his pinn icle at the precise moment: peop'e continued- to grumble agaii 'U his decrees and wonder what new law would oppress them next, Herod, king of Judea, did not join the Wi.iip Men in adora tion of the Holy Child: but rath er, aiithiirized the slaughter of the irnoi?;-!its in an attempt to destroy Him. But; There were shepherds watch- ing over their Socks some hvo or three miles from the Stable of 'thlehem: the Angel of the Lord appeared unto them: Wise Men, having seen His Star in the East, hastened to bring symbolic gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. On this Christmas day, we re member the children in His Name -for theirs is the Peace of to morrow—and, hearing the carols of good will above the present turmoil, we are the shepherds of Bethlehem.