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TRUE TO 'OURSELVES. oyR NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Forty-Fifth Year Eatahliihed June 5,1S02 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1946 Number 21 i: i i mm D. C.—Effort* of I peraonafe than Senator McKenar of the administration to work toward Tenne'^ee. acting president of the '1 | t .. t aenate, sought to have the president * MuMd budcet. and ux>mi*K*- : lna hls ord „ but wlthout aTrt . ment that for the first time in many j And as a result, at a recent meeting years receipts for the first quarter of the rivers and harbors committee, resolutions were adopted *crlCk±dng the President and asking him to re scind hls order. Many members of the congress favor a balanced bud get, but would like to balance it at 'the expense ef someone else's pork barrel in some state other than their of the present* fiscal year exceeded disbursements, was a topic of favor able discussion in Waging ton this While the maritime strike, the un successful attempts at solution of the own> • multifarious questions at the Paris conference, ousting of Secretary • Wallace, probable results of the com ing congressional elections, all were Palming their due share of atten- ■ Non, the favorable position of the ■ government finances and the deter mined effort of President Truman to : withstand premure to loosen the \ government purse strings, topped the • list. At the first of the year deficit for the Treasury De fer this quarter to talled $4^00,000,000 and Presi dent Truman in August forecast a deficit, for the year, of $1.- 900,000,000. As a matter of fact, the receipts for the first three months were $119300,000 more than the government spent for the period. This does not indi cate, however, that there will not be a deficit for the year, what with GI terminal pay, world hank and monetary fund com mitments and other things which wUl cause expenditures to mount In the coming quarter. How ever, the deficit of $1,900,000,000 is a tremendous come-down from the 21 billion dollar deficit of last year than the 54 billion dol- deficit for the 1945 fiscal That some congressmen and sena tors do not like the President’s eco nomy move in which, by presidential order, he sharply curtailed budget expenditures, is Indicated in his sharp refusal to withdraw his cur tailment of the pork-barrel $500,000,- 000 rivers and harbors and flood con trol appropriations, which he slashed approximately two-thirds. No less And on the subject of finances, here are some figures which mdicate the tremendous purchasing power which is now in the country and which governmental financial ex perts declare if spent for scarce goods will start a real-for-sure in flationary spiral. . . . Tin; Federal Deposit Insurance corporation has announced that insured commercial and mutual savings banks deposits in the nation amount to $151,628,- 000,000 which is an increase of more thHft $16 billion dollars since June Incidentally, the FDI pointed that “more than 27 months have sed without any of the 80 mil lion depositors in insured banks hav ing suffered a loss.” On the congressional election front, both national committees here in Washington are apparently con fident of winning control of the house and senate. Here are sdme figures which indicate how close the battle may be. There are a total of 435 seats in the house. Democrats now have 241 and Republicans 193. Both parties agree there are 63 doubtful districts In the nation which may go either way. Of these 63 districts. 42 are Democratic and 21 are Republican and 32 of them are in the huge cities. The Democrats can lose 23 of the 63 doubtful dis tricts and still maintain control, while the Republicans must win 25. Insofar as states are concerned most of the doubtful districts are in Con necticut and Missouri, the Presi dent's home state. There are 7 doubtful districts in New York, 7 in Pennsylvania, 5 in Illinois, 5 in Old* 6 in California and the rest are scat* tered through 20 states. Three whobr states are effected, the 6 Connecting districts which comprise the entlm state, and one district each in Det aware and Wyoming where each haw only one representative Plum Branch 1 School News Our Weekly Reader told about airplanes. The Piper Sky Cycle is a little airplane. It makes short trips. Only one man can ride in this plane. Janice Coleman, Grade 2. I like the helicopter plane. It can* fly straight up. It can fly straight down. It can stand still in the air. It can fly backward. The propellers are on top of the plane. George Earl Parks, Grade 2. A blimp looks like a big baloon. It sails through the air. I would like to see a blimp. Helen Bodie, Grade 2. Clean Plate: Helen Bodie, George E. Parks, Joyce Gable, Dannie Reynolds, Bill Morgan, Janice Coleman, Billie Jean Seigler, Sister Freeland, Janet White, Linda Creswell, Jean Willis, Brenda Miner, Lewis Jennings, Jimmie Wise, Judy Bracknell, Marjie Brown, Ben Allen White, Raymond White, Margaret White, Kathryn Gable, jean Wilkie, Edward Strother, 1 - t ; wer^r 0 Christine Reynolds, Ellen White, Bobbie Langley, Eugene Finley, Larry Bowick, Lila Gable, Robert Lee Gable, Jean Creswell, Nathan Finley, Sara Freeland, Janie Gable, Emogenc Jennings, Josephine Miner, Doris Reynolds, Joanne Seigler, Sonny Wall, Mary Ann Winn. Citizenship Roll 1st 6 Weeks Second Grade— Janice Coleman, George Earl Parks, Bill Morgan, Joyce Gable. Third Grade— Jean Wilkie, Marjie Brown. Fourth Grade— Lila Gable, Bobbie Langley. Fifth Grade— None. Sixth Grade— None. In order to get on the Citizen ship Roll pupils must have an av erage of 85 or more on each sub ject; have no more than 3 ab sences or 3 tardies during the six- weeks period. We do not have first grade children on the Citizen ship Roll the first six we6ks. On November 1st at one o’clock at our school we shall have a Hallowe’en party for all the pupils and for any parents who would like to come. We are planning a sale of good things to eat, and a program by the school children. All proceeds will be used for school lunch fund. Lions Club To Hold Hallowe’en Carnival; Proceeds Go To Help Light Football Field The McCormick Lions Club will sponsor a Hallowe’en Carnival Thursday, October 31, at the com munity house beginning at 7:30 p. m. Admission: 25 cents for adults; 10 cents for children. The funds from this carnival will be given to the McCormick High School Athletic Association to go toward lighting the football field. Senes Of Sermons At Baptist Church “No one should be too busy to take time out each day for prayer and Bible study,** said Dr.' L. K. Simpson in his Sunday morning sermon at the McCormick Baptist Church, using the text, “Lord teach us to pray.” (Luke Il-Xb). “There is not needed more the right kind of preaching than the right kind of praying”, he con tinued. “When more heart and passion are put into praying, there will be more heart and passion in preaching; when there is more faith in prayer, there will be more one and all. McCormick School News The public is cordially invited. _ _ Lots ot fun is guaranteed for effectiveness and power in preach- ing.” Going further he said that pray er for the Christian is necessary and should be unceasing, fervent, and regular. Concluding he said “Prayer is both a duty and a priv ilege and should be considered a stewardship.” This was the first in a series cf four sermons Dr. Simpson has an nounced for this month on the theme “Development and Growth in the Christian Life.” The next three Sunday morn ing messages will be as follows: “The Christian and His Bible”. “The Christian and His Church”, “The Christian and his Stew ardship”. X-ray Clinic For Tuberculosis Chapel Program The ninth grade had charge of the chapel exercises and gave the following program: Reading, “Brotherly and Sisterly Love,” Irma Joan Connor. Play, Snow White and The Seven Giants. Characters: Snow White, Janet Caudle, School Spirit, Paul LeRoy, Scholarship, Raymond Brock, Activities, Grover Davis, Loyalty, Bob Sanders, Co-operation, Leonard Dorn, Social Life, R. T. West, Friendship, Bobby Edmunds. Anne Sanders read the Scrip- , .. .. .. „ ture and announced the program. „ A T? r f ln ?„, to f a ; L, ^ s n th ;” Betty Jane Deason was the pianist. ^ houI ? be 03 people in McCorm ck County with tuberculosis. Actually, of tWe ! less than 25 cases have been re- Boy's 4-H 'ciubTthe'foUowing were to the McCormick County Health Department. McCormick 4-H Club Meets At the October meeting elected as officers: President, Billy Bosdell, V.-President, Bobby Huguley, Secretary, Dewey Jennings, Reporter, Frank Loveless. The discussion led by Mr. Bouk- night, county agent, was on Home Orchards and their care. Attends Meeting Mrs. R. L. Faulkner attended the conference on “Crisis in Educa- Q. I have entered oar state uni versity under the Gl bill and am drawing subsistence. 1 am married and my wife Is here with me. Can 1 also obtain a loan under the Gl bill to build us a small house?—F. J. 8„ Chad burn, N. C. A. The Veterans Administration says that « veteran may go to school and draw subsistence under the GI bill and at the same time obtaii\ a guaranty loan under the GI bill to build a home. Q. Our son has received a dis charge from the navy. It is a med ical discharge and he has obtained a small pension along with his dis charge. Does his pension Interfere with his obtaining a loan under the GI bill so that he might build a home?—D. J. R„ Cheshire, Ore. A. A disability pension will not in terfere with his obtaining a home loan under the GI bill If the veteran Is otherwise qualified. Q. I was discharged from the army on Nov. 1, 1938 with an hon orable discharge. 1 served in Hawaii and in Panama and It was while I was in Panama that 1 became ill with a nervous twitching with which I am still afflicted. Am I entitled to any benefits as a result of this serv ice and this disability?—!. WI. P*» P® 1 tersburg, Tenn. A. You. are a veteran of the army peacetime service and if you can es tablish that your illness is service- connected or aggravated by service in line of duty, you may be entitled to a disability pension depending upon degree of disability. You shoulc apply to your nearest office of the Veterans Administration. Q. 1 am a veteran of South* , "Pa eifle duty and have received an hon orable discharge with a disabiUty pension. If I should reenlist in the County is one of the few counties in the State which has no patient at State Park in the T. B. Sana torium. On the surface this seems to be a good record but the truth _ . „ is that people here have T. B. but pervsionof DrJohnM Preston aren't aware of it. ' i ot st f ate Pa f AU / esi f n , te ° f . th ^ The only way to be sure that “““‘y are lnvlted and . urged ^ one does not have T. B. of the army would I still get my pension?— G. A. P ? Dry Creek, West Virginia. A. No. If you reenllst and the army accepts you, you are presumed to be physically fit and your disabil ity is discontinued. Q. I would like It If you can pos sibly find out the present address of William A. Neffman.—Ohve, Appon- aug, Rhode Island. A. You must at least give me the branch of service tn which he is serving. If he is in the' army, write to the bureau of enlisted personnel. Adjustment General’s office. Wasti ng ton 25, D. C. Q. l have been informed that there were more commissioned offi cers accepted for serriee In the army during the last year of the war than in the first year of the war. Can you give me the comparative figures? —Mrs. J. O. O., Laurin, Mont. A. The war department says that 119,886 men entered the army with commissions in 1942. In 1945 only 2,182 men entered the army with commissions. • These figures include graduates of the military academy who received commissions in the reg ular army, national guard officer^ officers reserve corps, citizens mili tary training corps, former World War I officers and those who re ceived commissions direct from civil life, such as specialists, etc. Q. 1 have been ,in the army more thaw two years and now have my discharge with mustering-out pay. etc. I have a small farm and taxes have accumulated during the tw* years 1 have been away. 1 now owe three years taxes. Can I get a GI loan to pay these taxes?—!. D. F„ Huntsdale, Mo. A. Yes, a loan for payment cf taxes on a farm 5 or home is permis sible under the GI bill If the veter an is eligible an* otherwise qualified. v have a chest x-ray made at this lungs is to have an x-ray of toe «■»*• report of toe x-rey^ will be sent in confidence to the fam- ^ . ,, . chest made. On the 4th and 5th _ . , , ^ _ . tlon" which was held In Columbia o{ Noyember an x _ ray cllhlc ^ lly Physician of toe patient last week. Outstanding Citizens First Six Weeks 1946-47 11th Grade— Virginia Smith, Betty Edmunds, Marian Davis, Bobby Huguley. 10th Grade— Christine Fleming, Georgia Rose McCracken, Dorthy Ann Newby, George Christian. 9th Grade— Bobby Edmunds, Frances Anne Dansby. 8th Grade— Rose Marie Creswell, Betty. Frances Edwards, Ivadell Talbert, Douglass Britt. Joe Thomas Seigler. 7th Grade— Billie Jaynes, Fay May, Charlie Sanders, Ruth Jaynes, Connie McAbee, Dorthy Ann Wall. 6th Grade— Christine Dillashaw, Norma Kennedy, Joyce Walker, Rose Weldon. 5th Grade— Georgia Britt, Kathryn Lott Dorn, Bobby Faulkner, Martha Jean Rogers, Buster Sanders, Sara Will Talbert. 4th Grade— Peggy Bowick, Mary Sue LaGroon, Rae Jean Partain, Irma Sandifer, Claude Lindley, Billy Sharpton, Thomas Young. 3rd Grade— Betty Lou Bledsoe, Lucy Boozer, Ann Bringle, t Betty Sue Brown, George Nea Creswell, ^ _ 1 be held at the McCormick County Health Department under the su- Frances Mae Dillashaw, Elmer Creighton, Jimmy Dorn,* P. C. Dorn, Jr., Celia Belle Dowtin, Cornelia LaGroon, Rachael McKinney, Mary Weldon, Gloria Wilkie. 2nd Grade— Bobby Bentley, Charles Bussey, John Dansby, Paul Edwards, Elizabeth Goff, Tom Haynes, Albert Jordan, Larry May, Mary Frances Mason, Lelia Percival, Woodrow Prince, Lula Lee Roberts, H. C. Sandifer, Betty Wardlaw. Memories Memories that make us happy Memories that make us sigh Memories that pull upon heart strings As the summers and winters fly Mauldin J. Boggs, Jr., M. D., Health Director. » Fall Fair Opens In Augusta, Ga., On Monday Annual Exchange Club Event Holds Limelight for Georgia and Carolina Neighbors Growing yearly by leaps and bounds. The Exchange Club Fall Fair swings wide its gates on Mon day, October 28, for the twenty- Plans Being Made For American Legion Auxiliary Meeting Plans are being made for the regular monthly meeting of th» American Legion Auxiliary. The meeting will be held at its regtfiar time, November 7th. Hostesses for the occasion are, Mrs. C. R. Strom, Mr$. W. M. Tfclr- bert, Mrs. J. W. Rruce, and Mm. B. A. Mattison. The district meeting planned for Nov. 6th has been postponed. The date will be decided later. x-— r McCormick Topped By Lincolnton The McCormick High football third time on what promises to be t eam was defeated by a fighting the greatest in its history. Lincolnton, Ga., team here last “We are very proud of the sub- Friday 19-7. All of Lincolntonh stantial growth our fair has made touchdowns came, or were set up and the enthusiasm shown for it by by passes. The McCormick seccnd- our neighbors in both Georgia and ary seemed dead on their feet, as South Carolina,” Chairman Julian the Lincolnton team compietNl F. Fiske, of the Fair Directors passes at will during the fust Committee, said as he extended half. Lincolnton led 19 to 0, an invitation to “bring your folks the end of the first two periodt. and enjoy yourselves.” Beginning the second half, McCcr- The exhibition is being pre- mick looked like a different teauu sented with the cooperation and In the third quarter, McCormick: participation of agriculture, live- held the upper hand, as they stock, and economics organizations drove deep into Lincolnton terri— of Richmond, Jefferson, Burke, Co-, tory, only to lose the ball <ra Memories that sometimes make us lumbia and McDuffie counties in j downs. Lincolnton was held at » wonder Georgia, and Aiken, Edgefield, Me- standstill, being unable to pene- If we do our best or just get by Cormick and Saluda counties in trate Panther territory. All these memories but the best south Carolina. I Early in the fourth quarter. A full week’s showing of splen- Dewey Jennings and “Rusty* did exhibits of livestock, poultry, Russell led a drive, with Jennings needlework, agriculture, model hitting pay dirt on a two yard airplanes, cannings, etc., and plung* off hi8 own right tackle, spangled with new rides, shows I La!te in the same period, McCoy— and other attractions furnished by m ick dlfove deep into Lincolntcnt the World of Mirth Shows, World’s territory, but they were stopped by Largest Midway, is in store for the end of the game, and LincoiB— ones ever Memories of McCormick High! Memories of Freshman years and blunder Memories of fun Memories of senior And our Senior year when work is done Sophomore years of proms and junior- U ton had won 10 £o ^ antliers have an °P en Give your blessings and your good will take place twice daily above the!^® visitors to Augusta. Two sensational free attractions luck wishes midway—The Berosini Troup, ex- jlast home-game with Conn* Maxwell November 1, at 3 p. m. May we never pass your merits by ponents of the high wire, will per- There’ll be mem’ries through the form their fine exhibition of skill years long after and comedy, and Miss Klara To- feet above the midway. Memories of McCormick High! ria, “The Skyscraper Girl”, will | Fireworks displays will be stag-ii Janet Caudle, maneuver her exciting routine 150 each night.