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\ McCGRMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 194S Mr. Dumont Holliday, S. 1-c, U. S. Nayy, Portsmouth, Va., spent a recent week end here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Holli day. Major Ansel McLaurin Talbert, Washington, D. C., spent a few days here last week with his aunt, Mrs. W. J. Talbert, and cousin, Mr. A. P. Talbert. Major Talbert has recently returned from the European theatre. Miss Mary Lindley spent the week end with Mrs. W. S. Cochran in Abbeville. Friends of Mrs. Wilbur O. White will be glad to hear that she has returned home and reported as HENRY J. GODIN O. D. Doctor of Ocular Science. Exclusive Sig it Specialist. J “Do not dispare or give up if your Eye Physician or Spectacle Dealer cannot prescribe the glasses your eyes need to make you see comfortably and satisfactorily, just remember there is a rea son. Perhaps it is their • unexperience and knowledge of the marvelous new developments to aid subnormal Vision. I espe cially invite the half blind and most complicated cases for ex amination. CONTACT LENSES FITTED. ARTIFICIAL EYES FITTED. Offices 956 Broad Street Augusta, Georgia doing nicely after undergoing a serious operation at the Green wood Hospital. Her husband. Pvt. Wilbur O. White, is now serving overseas. Mrs. E. E. Grauer and daughter, Karen, have joined Mr. Grauer, who has just returned from over seas, in Little Rock, Arkansas. Mr. Grauer is manager of Liberty Mu tual Insurance Co. there. Mrs. Grauer and daughter have made their home here with Mrs. Grauer’s mother, Mrs. R. H. Tal bert, and Mr. Talbert, for the past 18 months. November 22nd for Day. Thanksgiving Pickens, Mrs. E. L. Bolick; Rich land, G. Owen Riley; Saluda, Mrs. D. C. Bomar; Spartanburg, Ken neth D. Coates; Sumter, Earle RovAand; Union, J. J. Collins; Williamsburg, Mrs. F. W. Thomas; York, Mrs. R. W. Bass, Manly S. l, D. G Jobs Reopened To Non-Veterans'Young, Jr., Richard W. Adkins and Mrs. George Smith. For the first time since the cessation of hostilities Civil Service stenographic and typist positions in Washington, D. C., are being thrown open to the general pub lic. McCormick, S. C., women or men, both veterans and non-vet erans, may apply. Christmas Seal Sale Runs From Nov. 19th Until Christmas Hollywood Theatre “A GOOD SHOW ALWAYS’" McCormick, S. C. In making this announcement Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Gibert and the United States Civil service, . Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Edmunds s P^ n L Commission said these workers are! about a disease which “exacts the Washington, Nov. 18.—President | Truman today urged the Ameri-| can people not to be complacent FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NOVEMBER 23RD AND 24TR Show Starts At 2 o'clock Saturday. ANN BAXTER — JOHN HODtEAK in “Sunday Dinner For A Soldier” Also: LAST CHAPTER ZORRO’S BLACK WHIP Plus: NEW COMEDY Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Miller Perryman of Lincolnton, Ga needed to speed reconversion and, tragic and needless toll of lives demobilization activities, and „ , , , , , connection with Veteran rehabili- Ensign Annie Laurie Sturkey of tation the SPARS, of Charleston, S. C., spent the week end here with her mother, Mrs. Lucy A. Sturkey. Throughout the war large num bers of clerical workers for Wash ington were recruited in the , , . ^ ^ southeast. It is hoped to attract We are glad to say that Mrs. TV , 0 ^„ ,, . ... .. a ^ . • _...« . many ot)noTS at tin is time to meet WUl e M Doolittle is recovering needs Qf the and nicely after undergoing an opera- ^ tments and the yet _ tlon at Camp Gordon Hospital. | erans Adminlstration> Mrs " Thel- ma L. Banks, Civil Service Secre- Her husband, Pfc. Willie M. Doo little, is now stationed at Henry, Virginia. Camp Lt. R. L. Reeves, U. S. Navy, and Mrs. Reeves, of Cleveland, Ohio, spent a few days here with her mother, Mrs. J. T. Martin. Mrs. H. H. Johnston of Cleve land, Ohio, spent a few days here with her mother, Mrs. J. T. Mar tin. Mrs. Thomas W. Dorn and chil dren, Lillie Ruth and Juanita Dorn, of near town, are spending a few weeks with her sisters in Modoc, Mrs. Wilbur White and tary, said. Salaries for these positions are $1704 a year with some vacancies at $1902 for applicants with a year or more experience. Salaries are based on a 40-hour week, gen erally without work on Saturday, permitting a longer weekend for viewing the sights of the capital. Stenographers and typists who wish to work for the Veterans Ad ministration will have their choice of reporting directly to Washing ton or entering on duty with the nearest Veterans Administration facility. These facilities are lo cated at Atlanta and Augusta, Ga., Lake City and St. Petersburg, | Fla.; Columbia, S. C.; Montgomery in that tuberculosis does. It is particularly inexcusable to day “to permit disease to under mine the strength of our people when all their energy is needed in the building of a better world”, said the President in supporting the 39th annual Christmas Seal Sale of the National Tuberculosis Association and its 2,500 affiliated associations. The Seal Sale, to finance the tuberculosis control work of the associations opens to morrow and continues until Christmas. The President’s complete state ment follows: “The historic trend of an in crease in tuberculosis after war can be reversed today if the Am erican people cooperate with the medical profession and official Remember — You Always Save At... GALLANT-BELK COMPANY Mrs. Willie M. Doolittle. She is expecting her husband, Pfc. Wal- • and Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Murfrees- ton Dorn, home, from overseas, boro> Mountain Home and Mem- who has served 20 months. | pj^g Tenn. After a few weeks ,. training they will be transferred The Ration office will be closed | ^ wasiungton at government ex pense. Full information and applica tion blanks may be obtained from Mrs. Thelma L. Banks at McCor mick, S. C. X ‘There Is No Peace On The Tuberculosis Front’ DISHES, DISHES, DISHES And More DISHES 9. ■ * « j , VALUES TO 50c 5c 1 —- 10c 15c Literally thousands of pieces. Lovely patterns. See them on our First, Third and Base ment Floors. TOYLAND IS OPEN On Our Big 3rd Floor Dolls . . . And Toys . . . And Games . . . And Gifts Galore for your first peacetime Christmas in many years may be found now on our big third floor bargain loft. Take the elevator up. Bring the kiddies! USE OUR LAY-AWAY PLAN Our convenient lay-away plan enables you to make your selections while stocks are complete and pay for them as your budget allows. • We are pleased to have you buy now on the lay-away. * THE STORE THAT SERVICE BUILT Throughout the years Gal- lant-Belk Company has been the Greenwood store with the most service for the money. » Now you may shop any one of seven big floors . . . obtain X-Ray shoe fitting service . . . ride an elevator . . . consult with experienced sales per sons. tu- GALLANT-BELK COMPANY HOME OF BETTER VALUES GREENWOOD, S. G “There is no peace on the berculosis front,” declared James C. Kinard recently when he was named honorary chairman of the first peace-time Christmas Seal sale that has been held in four years. In announcing today county chairmen of the 1945 Christrpas Seal sales in South Carolina, which will be conducted between November 19 and Christmas, Dr. Kinard expressed his appreciation for the prompt response of men and women who have volunteered their time and effort^ in assuming county leadership in the sales. Christmas Seal bonds will be offered in the denominations of $5 to $1,000, while the familiar lit tle Christmas Seals will be avail able at their usual rate. Ninety- five per cent of the returns made in South Carolina, will remain in the state. Chairmen of the county Christ mas Seal sales are: Abbeville, James H. Sherard; Aiken, Mrs. Eleanor H. Smith; Allendale, Mrs. Harry D. Warren; Anderson, Juli us W. Anderson; Bamberg, Mrs. W. J. Moretz; Barnwell, J. W. Ruff; Beaufort, Mrs. Walter Jenk ins and Mrs. Calhoun Thomas; Berkeley, Mrs. W. J. Bates; Cal houn, Dr. W. N. Liddy; Charles ton, N. B. Barnwell; Cherokee, F. L. Baker; Chester, Mrs. Wylie White; Chesterfield, J. E. Kirkley; Clarendon, Mrs. Fleet Osborne; Colleton, Mrs. Fred Parker; Dar lington, C. D. Stoudenmire; Dillon, A. B. Jordan, Jr.; Dorchester, Dr. A. R. Johnston; Edgefield, Mrs. J. C. Seawright; Fairfield, Mrs. Thomas W Ruff; Florence, W. E. Powell; Georgetown, Miss Char lotte Pyatt; Greenville, James H. Woodside; Greenwood, Reverend M. R. Wingard; Hampton, Mrs. J. L. Sample; Horry, Joseph W. Holli day; Jasper, Mrs. John P. Wise; Kershaw, Mrs. George Creed; Lancaster, Mrs. Latta Hood; Lau rens, Lamar Smith; Lee, Dr. R. O. McCutcheon; Lexington, J. W. Ballentine; McCormick, J. Fred Buzhardt; Marion, Mrs. Dixon Walker; Marlboro, Reverend L. E. Thomas; Newberry, T. E. Epting; Oconee, E. B. Stoudemire; Orangeburg, SATURDAY LATE SHOW 10:30 ANN MILLER — WILLIAM WRIGHT—ROBERT WILLIAMS in “EVE KNEW HER APPLES” MONDAY AND TUESDAY NOVEMBER 26TH AND 27TK “The Greatest Musical.Of 1945** JACK OAKIE—TURHAN BEY in 1 “BOWERY TO BROADWAY”* ’With SUSANNA FOSTER—MARIA >• MONTEZ—PEGGY RYAN Plus: NEWS OF THE DAY WITTI LATEST FOOTBALL THRILLS nation-wide campaign against this disease. “Due to improved methods of case-finding and more widespread knowledge about the disease, tu berculosis did not increase in this country during the war, though it rose to alarming pro portions in Europe “VALLEY OF DECISION” STARRING GREER GARSON—GREGORY PECK—LIONEL BARRYMORE TOWN TAX NOTICE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN Or McCORMICK, SOUTH CARO LINA, IN COUNCIL ASSEM BLED, AND BY AUTHORITY O/ THE SAME. SECTION 1. That a tax of fcjir needed in the building of a better mills cf the assessed valuation cf world. ah real and personal property ly- Tuberculosis can be controlled within the corporate limits of and the fight against it must be j ass essed for State and County continued until it is controlled, purposes is hereby levied and r - The National Tuberculosis Associ- sessed to meet and defray th? atlon and its affiliated associa- ?Y" e nt expenses 0 ' ‘ he ^wn oi t-,_ i ,, ^ .. McCormick, S. C. for • the fiscr.l , j tions in the forty-eight states, the y ear beginning October 1st, 1945.- District of Columbia and the ter- The said taxes shall be due and ritories arc campaigning cease- payable at the office of the Tt>w i lessly against tuberculosis. Clerk on the first day of October. Through mass X-ray surveys, to SECTION 2. That in addition *V find unknown cases, through the above levy of 4 mills, tor err- ' health education planned to reach f. ent; expenses as provided in sec- „ ... . . .. tion one of this Ordinance, a lev? all groups with information on l f thirty eight mills (38) ^ here . the prevention of tuberculosis, by made upon the real and per- through the rehabilitation of the sonal property lying within th? tuberculosis and through medical . _ ° (McCormick. The same is herebr research, the associations arc, i eV i et j f 0 r the purpose of paying combatting this dread disease j interest on bonds and to retire the Town of McCormick, S. C. a; and helping its victims. “Everyone can join the fight a- gainst tuberculosis by buying and using Christmas Seals.” Announcing The Opening Of Browne Brothers Radio And Electrical Shop We are now prepared to re pair all makes of radios and small electrical appliances as parts become available. Pick-up and delivery any where in the city. H. R. & W. M. Browne Pine Street - McCormick, S. C. (2nd door from Post Office) PUBLIC NOTICE No Trespassing allowed on for mer Carroll Lot (Leslie’s Junk Yard.) Violators will be prose cuted. W. D. LESLIE. McCormick, S. C. Nov. 13, 1945.—3t. Many a poor crop in spring can be traced to poorly protected seed Dr. A. J. Thackston; in winter. bonds of the Town of McCormick, S. C. SECTION 3. That the Clerk a^d Treasurer shall enter said levies and assessments upon the books of the said Town of McCormick and receive said taxes, that 7 ' tlr* said taxes shall oe paid to the Clerk and Treasurer in lawful money of the United States on cr before the first day of January. 1946. SECTION 4. That on all tax^s and assessments, or any portion thereof, charged against any property or party on the duplicate for the fiscal current year and due the Town of McCormick, B. C. that shall not be paid on or be fore the first day of January, 19*6\ the Town Clerk shall add a penal ty of 1 per cent on the Town dup licate and shall proceed to collrc*. the same. And if the said tax3s and penalties are not paid on r»r before the 1st day of February, 1946, an additional penalty of .2 per cent shall be added and if th? said taxes and penalties are no*i paid on or before the 15th day pf March, 1946, 5 per cent shall b^ added. The Clerk shall issue hiT execution against the property 'T the defaulting taxpayer accord ing to law. Done and ratified by the Towi Council of the Town of McCor mick, S. C. in council assembled and the seal of the Town affixed this 3rd day of September. 1945. T. J. SIBERT, Mayor. C. R. STROM, JNO. T. McGRATH, W. P. PARKS. C. H. HUGULEY, P. R. BROWN. M: L. GIBERT, Town Council, Town of McCor mick, S. C. Attest: J. O. PATTERSON, Clerk and Treasurer. (Seal) Sept. 3, 1945. In farming and rural life, as in all life, leadership needs fellowship and both need fellowship. \ 1 WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY NOVEMBER 28TH AND 29TH and private health agencies in the I MATINEE WEDNESDAY 3.30 p ADMISSION: Adults, 30 cents; and Asia. I children up to 12, 12 cents; Chii- Nevertheless, it is deplorable that dren 12 t0 15 18 cent5 lncludin . tuberculosis took more than 205,- 0C0 American lives during the war years. ^The American people cannot bs complacent about a disease which exacts such a tragic and needless toll of lives. Today, in particular, it is inexcusable to permit disease to undermine the strength of our people when all their energy is V