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u 1 *r Thursday, August 2. 1951 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE • t 4 * fr v 1 4. Page Sereu STAY ON THE WAGON . . . Riders in Jeep read sign that teUs Its own .grim story as they drive through street in Seoul. IMPORTANT FOR ALL PEOPLE Reasons Cited Why Time and Money Saved For Families. ! ~ By ROGER W. BABSON Gloucester, Mass., August 1.—Ev eryone should make a will. I seri ously mean this. Too many people have died unexpectedly, especially j — in connection with automobile acci dents. Statistics show that more Americans have been killed by au tomobiles the past year than have been killed in Ko rea. You may live a long lif$, but you may die next *•«•* week. The impor tant thing is not to die without a will whatever your age. Let me give you seven reasons for this: Appoint Your Own Executor Reason 1. To be sure of a friend ly executor and to avoid having some judge appoint some friend of his as an executor, with Whom you might not be satisfied, you can ap point your own executor by mak ing a will. I have appointed a trust company. 2. If you die without a will and, the court is obliged to disburse your estate it may run up a lot of coat, including the necessity for a bond. These costs can be eliminated largely by making a will and ap pointing your own executor You can provide that the executor may) give your beneficiaries property or securities at a fair value instead of cash, under certain circumstances 3. By makmg a will you can give your executor certain other discre tionary powers, like deciding what property to sell, and the power to do other things which a court ap pointee would not do. You can di rectly will certain articles of furni ture, clothing, etc., to definite peo ple and do the things that you want to do as you would want to do 1 them without the fear of litigation. 4. If a court should liquidate your estate it may sell property hurriedly or during a depression. By making a will you can give your executor time and enable him to use his judgment and consult other people. This privilege may save your estate thousands of dol lars. Money In Trust 5. By making a will, you can ar range to leave money in trust so that your widow or husband may have the full income during his or her lifetime and then have it go to the children or other people. You also may wish to distribute your property among your children in unequal proportion, as one may be disabled or handicapped. To do this you must make a will. 6. If the estate goes to a court- appointed executor it may take two years or morjp_ in being settled and your wife -and 'family may have nothing on which to live during this period. By making a will you can authorize your executor to pay your wife a certain amount each month pending settlement of your estate, or to give her more money if unexpected illness, or other un expected troubles should come You always can make changes at any time by proper codicils. 7. I hope you will have some church or charities, as well as friends, to whom you wish to make a gift. This can be done only by ex ecuting a will. Really all of us should remember some church in our wills. The only hope of this old world is religion and the church holdp the key and is the doorway thereto. All this nation has — de mocracy, education and hospitals— we owe to the church. Let us up hold the ladder by which we have climbed. Coasull a Good Lawyer Don’t try to make your own will to save $50; but go to a good law- yes. Make a list of the gifts you desire to make and whom you want as executor and give this material to your lawyer, who should be a resident of your state. Then he will ! put it in legal shape. , He will explain to you thtft three witnesses must see you sign and that these witnesses better be peo-i pie who are NOT mentioned in thej will. There also are some other ( technicalities which your lawyer will explain to you. The laws ofj different states differ. Have three typewritten carbons made of the finished will. i After you sign the original copy ! at the lawyer s office, you’d better ' let your suggested executor read it so as to ask you questions if any- | thing is not clear. Then leave it with your bank and get a receipt; | therefor. You can put a carbon copy in your safe deposit box for future reference by yourself; also you can give a carbon copy to your lawyer and to your executor if you ! wish. Even if you no whave only very ! little money, you should make a j will. It is the best possible invest- i ment for you. ♦ N ,V| Draft Aptitude Flunked By 62,700 College Students Washington, July 31. — Selective Service reported today that 38 per cent of the college students who took the first draft aptitude test flunked it. But 40 per cent of the poorer stu dents who would not have rated con sideration for draft deferment on the basis of their showing in the class room got by the test with scores of 70 or better. In the upper portions of classes, the percentage of passing grades was 75. Local draft boards have been ask ed to give a score of 70 or better the same consideration, as a basis for deferment, as is given to a student ranking in the top half of the fresh man class, top two-thirds of the sophomore class, or top three-quar ters of the Junior class- About 92,700 of the 165,000 col lege men who took the first test May 26 failed to make the passing score. Altogether. 339,056 college men have taken the tests, in a series ex tending into July. Scores of the later tests are yet to be analyzed. Selective Service said that in the initial test May 26. scores of 70 or better were made by 53 per cent of 52,500 freshmen, 64 per cent of 53,- 000 sophomores, 72 per cent of 44,00<> juniors and 87 per cent of 18,500 se niors. Seniors going on to graduate work were required to make a score of 75 or better, or to stand in the upper, half of their classes, to gain a claim to deferment. Six-Inch Sermon By REV. ROBERT H. HARPER MI D WA Y Drive-In Theatre NEWEST AND FINEST CLINTON — JOANNA ; i a THURSDAY AUGUST 2 DEVIL’S HARVEST ADULTS ONLY ■ • FRIDAY-SATURDAY AUGUST 3-4 GERONIMO - With Preston Foster • Also—“JUNIOR G-MEN’’ Chapter No. 9 MONDAY-TUESDAY AUGUST 6-7 FORTUNES OF CAPT. BLOOD W'ith Louis Hayward WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY AUGUST 8-9 GALLANT LEGION With William Elliott ADMISSION 40c Children under 12 admitted FREE Firat Show Starts at Dusk-Second Show at, 10 PJL CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES IN EARNING A LIVING Lesson for August 5 Luke 12:13-21; II Thessalonians 3:7-10. Memory Selection: Luke 12:15. Jesus teaches that Christian giv- , ing is a part of Christian living. The man who will not give will not live aright. But the man who is faithful in material things will, in ! the day when those things fail, be received into the everlasting habi-‘ tations. The foolish farmer was one of the best of farmers and one of the worst of men. And he made three great mistakes that brought him to eternal ruin—he was a self-center ed man, he thought he could feed his soul on corn, and he supposed, that he had unlimited itme to en joy what he had accumulated. The first great mistake, living for himself alone, led him to pull down his bams and build greater that he might store all his fruits and his goods for himself. In the second, thinking he could feed his soul on com, could live the complete life with that which is food only for the body, he also fell into the third mistake of supposing that he had unlimited time to enjoy the things of sense. He would say to his soul: “Thou hast much goods laid up for many years.’’ but God said to him: “This night thy soul shall be re quired of thee.” Paul reminds his readers that he had labored with his own hands, when necessary’, to support himself and preach the gospel. The lesson teaches that men are stewards of all they are said to possess and are required to give unto the work of the kingdom of God as He has prospered them. ■ —gjB*——— 1 Federal Worker Enrollment Up In Washington Washington— Goveriment agen cies in Washington area hired five times as many new employees dur ing last June as they did during May, the Civil Service Commission reported today. The 7,900 new government work- workers employed in June brought to 256,100 theUotal on Federal pay-i rolls here July 1, the commission| said in its weekly press release. Total Federal civilian employ ment was listed at 2,489,500 an in crease of 45,100 over May. This includes workers in this country; and abroad. The military departments ac counted for more than 60 per cent of the increase, the commission said. Seasonal increases in the Agriculture angi 1 Interior depart ments made up 20 per cent. Only the Veterans Administration re-, ported a decrease. •I ♦ I ROGERS LIBBY OR DEL MONTE YELLOW CLING PEACHES 29c ADD ZEST TO SALADS — KRAFT’S MIRACLE WHIP a _ SALAD DRESSING J5c 27c 19c DEL MONE GOLDEN SLICED HAWAIIAN CS TENDER FULL-FLAVORED CUT GREEN BEANS Swift’s Premium Butt or Shank End HAMS lb... 59c Whole Hams, 14-i6 lbs. Avg Lb. 65c Swift’s Premium FRANKS, lb 59c Swift’s Premium BACON, lb. 67c Swift's Premium BOLOGNA, lb 55c Enrichad Evaporated CS MILK, 2 tall cans .. 27c Heins Tomato KETCHUP, 14 oz« hot. 28c Margaret Holmes Tasty Field Peas, 17 oz. can . 15c Libby’s Tiny Vienna SAUSAGE, No. Vz can 23c Van Camp's Rich Hearty Pork & Beans, 8 oz. can 9c TENDER GREEN BEANS 2 lbs. 25c L T . 8. No. 1 White POTATOES, 10 lbs. .. 45c Tender Sweet CORN, 5 ears 29c Planter's Salted Cocktail PEANUTS, 8-oz. can . 37c CS Tiny Tender Green Lima Beans, 17 oz. can 31c Swift's Shortening JEWEL 1-lb. tin 29c Armour's Star Taaty TREET, 12 oz. can ... 52c Stokely s Golden Cream Com, 8 oz. can 13c IF You Want YOUR Customers To Keep Coming to YOUR Store ★ ★ ★ You Better Keep YOUR Store Coming to YOUR Customers ^JiSUUUfll The Chronicle MR. MERCHANT What your customers read and see makes the most lasting impression.