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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1946
Weekly Roundup Of
OPA Price News
Sizg&r Stamp No. 39, good for 5
lbs, expires April 30. • A
Spare Stamp No. 9, good for 5
It s. of sugar for CANNING expires
October 31, 1946.
No Forms Needed For Canning
This year's home canners will
not have to fill. out application
forms for canning rugar, OPA Dis
trict Director E. H. Talbert re
minded South CaroliJte house
wives today. OPA Distent Offices,
which now handle sugar rationing.
make formal application for can
ning sugar, as was formerly the
<:ase, he said.-
Canning sugar this season will!
be obtained through use of spare
stamps contained either in Ration
Book Four or on the sugar ration!
sheet now being issued in lieu ofj
a complete ration book, according]
to the OPA annoucement.
First spare stamp to be used for]
canning sugar is No. 9 which be-j
came valid Monday . for five!
pounds and remains good through]
October 31, Mr. Talbert pointed]
out. This and another stamp tc
be validated soiaetlme in June or]
July will provide thte year’s allo-j
cation for home canning sugar, he
W omen , s
The Great Semi-Annual Event at
J. B. WHITE’S
ore not equipped to process the said.
millions of requests that would re*-
•£ult if users were required to
‘Our national sugar supply - is
still extremely tight, with no signs
^_T HOW T0 WIN "H 040 * and
Author
INFLUENCE PEOPLED
MANY SIDES OF LIFE j
O NE of the most completely exploded ideas in all the |
world is the concept that there can be “perpetual mo- ‘
tion.’* .The United States patent office knows how foolish ‘
this is; it knew even as far back as 1813 when it got up a (
humorous form-lettqr to send to people who 1
thought they had discovered the trick. This
is what it said:
“Perpetual motion is considered a per
petual notion, and ought not to be attempted
until the sun rises in the West.”
But this does not keep people from apply
ing, for the office mails out, on an average, six
form letters a week refusing patents on per
petual motion devices. And this has been gen
ing on for more than a hundred years. The
department feels pretty discouraged about it.
D. CARNEGIE
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I’ve been reading an interesting book called “How
to Make People Like You,” by my friend, Dr. Donald
A. Laird; Here are six of his good rules:
1. Keep your promises. <
2. Lend a helping hand.
3. Don’t boss others.
4. Be truthful.
5. Don’t ridicule your acquaintances.
6. Keep your conversation clean.
While reading these rules, have you found one that
you ddn’t believe in? And what is a thousand times
' more important—do you practice them?
; • •
The late William H. Wdodin, secretary of the treasury
; under Franklin D. Roosevelt, said in “The Etude” that the
vibrations of fine music put a mysterious initiative and res
olution into the average person. Good music makes one
• feel that after all things may be better than they seem.
\ Every great military leader has used music to give cour
age to soldiers in time of war, and to stimulate men in
; times of peril.
Let’s listen to more good music.
Prerittiood
3Y
MRS. CATHERINE CONRAD EDWARDS
Associate Editor, Patents' Magazine »
l
MAKE B1BTHDAE PAfclV BEAL EVENT
W B THINK every child
should have a birthday
petty each year from his
feurth birthday on. Try to make
them sufficiently different so
they'll stand out in memory es
**the year Aunt Lucy gave me a
surprise party,” or the year your
Isirthday dinner turned out to be
e slumber party, or the year
you had a picnic at grandmoth
er's farm, or the time you had
a "cooking party*' and you and
your guests prepared the dinner,
unimportant as a single party
may seam to busy adults, one’s
'first 10 birthday celebrations
make up a large part of one’s
luppy childhood memories.
It Is best that young guests
he nearly the same age, but
far party purposes, children
ap to teen-sgors may be di
vided Into two categories:
those from 7 to 12, and
those under 7. This doesn't
moan that the oldest and the
youngest in oaeh group will
have the same tastes but It
eaa bo managed, provided
you have games and activi
ties that ell will enjoy. In
elthor ease, It's wise to limit
the number of guests to 8 or
19 at the very most.
Xf your youngsters are old
enough, encourage them to help
with the party planning. Invita
tions can be simple and yet orig
inal and fun to make. Send the
levitations to the children, not
their parents, as every child
to receive mail. Dec-
tions can be simple, too. Pa-
iper tablecloths and napkins give
la festive touch to the party table
it's wonderful to be able to
lead it’s wonderful to be able to restless waiting ror me:
I ami “)r~ -’w* jjUJsLjlm&i—
rying about washing 1 You'll
want delicious and interesting
food and that you can have, too,
without putting a great deal of
time and effort into the prepara
tion. For both pre-school and
school-age children, why not
serve an early supper of soup,
creamed cheese or peanut butter
sandwiches and vegetable strips,
milk, finished off with ice cream
ahd little tarts, or cupcakes with
pink icing? If you prefer party
refreshments only, chocolate
milk or cocoa and a serving of
moulded gelatin or fruit sherbet
with figure cookies are always
welcome treats.
As for entertainment, have
a definite plan In mind be
fore the guests arrive. Party
games are mnch the same as
when you were young, but if
you can't recall them, librar
ies and stationery stores aro
stacked with books on just
that subject. Active games
should alternate with quieter
ones, of course. The latter
Include pussies, soap bubble
blowing contests and guess
ing games.
If your house is small, enter
tainment in which youngsters
watch rather than participate
will solve your space problems.
Perhaps you have a friend who
is an amateur magician, or if
you have movie equipment or
can rent it, you can show some
cartoons and animal films, both
of which are popular with chil
dren. Telling stories and playing
records are best for the time
after refreshments have been
served and the children grow
restless waiting for their moth-
3 Great Days
beginning
FRIDAY
March 22nd
The Augusta store your parents and grandparents knew and loved to shop in!
3 great floors each a full city block long, and another floor now under con
struction. Come, see the GREATER J. B. WHITE’S get underway!
Again the women of the
J. B. White store present
their famous WOMEN'S
DAY EVENT. Plan now
to spend at least one day
shopping at White's on
Friday, Saturday, o r
Monday ’
March 22, 23, 25.
Bsf|f for now
for Easter! Only J. B. White’s could bring you so ImicTS to choose from*
at such low, low prices! Everybody knows that “Quality Costs Less at WfeiteV'*
J. B. WHITE & Co.
i .
IN AVGUSTA!
of immediate improvement,” Mr.
Talbert said. “It is still uncertain
how much of the Cuban sugar
crop will be available to us; and
this, along with the requirements
of war-stricken areas, makes it
impossible to be very optimistic a-
bout the outlook,on sugar,” he ex
plained.
Those who customarily sell
home-canned fruit butters, jams,
jellies and other foods, however,
may file an application with thj
Columbia District OPA Office for
the necessary canning sugar, Mr.
Talbert said. The amount granted
will be either the amount request
ed, or the total used by the family
for this purpose in 1945, whichever
amount is smaller. Mr. Talbert
added that the previous limitation
of a total issuance of 250 pounds
to a family unit will still apply.
A record of the amount and kind
of foods put up with this sugar
must be kept by persons doing
home canning for sale, he said.
The use of spare stamps for
canning sugar makes no change
in the regular consumer sugar ra
tions, which remain at five
pounds for each four-month
period, Mr. Talbert said. The next
regular stamp becomes valid on
May 1.
“The critical state of our sugar
supply makes it necessary for ev
ery housewife to budget her use of
sugar carefully,” Mr. Talbert said,
and appealed to homemakers to
see that their canning sugar is
used only for the purpose for
which it is intended.
Price Controls Lifted On Croup
Of Items—
Lifting of price contr Is on
pianos and other musical iiiitru-
ments, a variety of sports ioth*
ing, and some kitchen items has
been announced by OPA. At the
same time, OPA announced th. t
phonograph records and all types
of electric lamp bulbs have been
suspended from price control. On
these, price controls are susoend°d
rather than exempted, the district
office explained, so that if un
warranted price increases result,
controls may be re-established im
mediately.
Chairman,
A. C. A.
included in the exemption order, to the crop,
the agency said, since they are
not classified as musical instru
ments.
Kitchen items exempted from
price control, the district office in
Columbia pointed out, are those
selling to consumers for 30c or
less, to dealers for 20c or less, and
to jobbers for 15c or less.
Flour Ceilings Remain The Same—
The recent change in the mill
ing of flour, in compliance with
War Food Order No. 144, has
brought no change in the ceiling
price of flour, OPA District Direc
tor E. H. Talbert, said today in
Columbia. 1
The new flour now coming onto
the market complies with all the
requirements stipulated in OPA’s
pricing regulations for straight
flours, and no changes in price
ceilings are necessary, he pointed
out.
H. M. Freeland,
McCormick County
“Ownership is in fact a steward-!
ship. It implies such land tenure ’
and use as to enable the possessor!
to develop his personality, mai
tain a decent standard of living
for his family, and fulfill social
obligations. At the same time, the
land steward has a duty to enrich
the soil he tills and hand it
down to future generations as a
thank offering to God the Giver.”
—From Man’s Relation to the
Land.
X
Concrete Dairy
Improvements
i ' **
can help America
, <v increase
food production
Crop Insurance
Available
All-risk cotton crop insurance
is available to you on your 1946
cotton crop. This insurance is of
fered by the Federal Crop Insur
ance Corporation to all cotton
farmers. The insurance contract.
?.mong other things, gives the
farmer a choice of covering his
crop up to 75 per cent of the av
erage 3 r ield or uo to 50 per cent
of the average yield of lint cotton.
Your County AAA Committee is
nmvi-Mnv con^nient means for
you to get additional information
cotton crop insurance either
at the countv AAA Office, or bj'
'i n eirg one of the crop insurance
ofronts pppointed by the County
Committee.
If you desire cotton crop in
surance contract must be signed
to your planting cotton or
before April 10, 1946, whichever is
the earlier date.
We urge you to take advantage
of the opportunity to insure your j
Investment in a 1946 cotton crop
and to assure yourself that you
will have an income from
“Agricultural cooperatives are as
much a part of our America of
free enterprise as any other form
of business. The fundamental
characteristic of a cooperative is
that it is operated for the mutual!
benefit of its members, not as
stockholders but as patrons. Ad- j
vantages to a member accrue pri
marily through his patronage with!
the association and not because of
any financial investment he may
have made.” — USDA Interbureau
Committee.
Hollywood Theatre
McCormick, S. C.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
MARCH 15TH AND 16TH
Showing Continuous From 1
P. M. Saturday
EDDIE BRACKEN
in
“OUT OF THIS WORLD’’
A Musical That Is Tops
The Department of Agriculture has
urged greatly increased milk pro
duction to meet the needs of the
United Nations for dry milk, butter,
cheese. Concrete improvements—
such as a new milk house, cooling
tank,dairy bamfioor,granary ^nanure
pit or storage cellar—will help many
farmers do a bigger production job.
^ Concrete improvements are fire-
safe, sanitary, cost little to build,
last tot generations. Concrete farm
jobs require a minimum of scarce
materials. It you need help, get in
touch with your concrete contractor,
or building material dealer.
—m pinny postal and — ^
PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION
Hart Building, Atlanta S, Ga.
PUaae send booklets checked below:
□ "Dairy Farm Improvements of Concrete"
with pictures, drawing* sad "bow to do
it” information.
Nemo other concrete improvements on
which you went booklets.
Name...............
R. R. No
F. O State
BUY U. S SAVINGS BONDS
SATURDAY LATE SHOW r 10
“ESCAPE IN THE DESERT ’
ADMISSION: Adults, 30 t i-nts;
such Children, 12 cents. These prices
Radios and phonographs are not crop regardless of possible disaster include federal tax.
Frank Farmer says: “I’d rather
see good farming in action any
day than hear learned advice lec
tures on good farming.’*