The Clarendon Press, October 4, Page 4
Is gasoline shortage real? J
In recent months, and especially in the last few weeks, the
motoring public bas been paying attention to the possibility bf a
severe gas shortage. The gas strikes in the last month, the
promise of more and bigger gasoline strikes and the fact that
some sta::ons just do not have gas have made the motorist
extremely cautious. The tourist business has fallen off
considerably, as most merchants situated on the highway will
quickly say.
According to Clarendon Texaco Wholesaler Ernest Kent, the
local gasoline situation has changed only slightly since last year.
He said that there was some shortage locally, but that was due to
the fact that he is getting gas from Fort Worth instead of
Amarillo, due to the Amarillo refinery's closing for overhaul.
Kent cited transportation problems as the only reason he ran
After 11/2 years
A cfion Center
by DAVID EVERMAN
short, but he added that while he had limited some customers,
he had never been forced to turn anybody away.
Kent said that he is getting 95% of his 1972 gasoline quota,
and most area stations are getting the same. He commented that
it was not really a shortage of gasoline that has forced many
Stations to close, but the small or nonexistent profit under the
existing federal price controls. Since the Phase 1V controls limit
the retailer's price, but not wholesale prices, the individual
stations were being forced to cover the rise and simply could not
afford to stay in business. Monday, however, retailers were
given the go-ahead to increase prices from one to two and a half
cents per gallon. Most retailers feel that as soon as the price
controls are lifted, the individual retailers will be able to reopen,
and the public will no longer feel the pinch.
gaining acceptance
Unbeknownst to many residents of Clarendon, the Community
Action Center is still on Kearney Street, nestled between an
unoccupied building and a beauty shop a few feet north of 4th
Street. The Center, though ignored by many, is steadily if slowly
gaining acceptance.
AL present, the Center has only three Adulti Education
Courses, plus the General Equivalence Diploma (GED) tests, but
more classes are in the offing. The courses now being given are
Upholstering and Furniture Repair, which meets Monday nights;
Clarendon College BSU
students go to meeting
Approximately 5,000 college students from 85 Texas campuses
will meet in Dallas, Oct. 5-7, for the 54th annual Baptist Student
Union Convention, the largest-known Baptist College student
gathering in the world.
Activities for the weekend meeting, slated for Moody
Coliseum on the Southern Methodist University campus, include
dynamic gpeakers, music groups, a 300-voice convention choir,
and student sharing.
Approximately 20 students from Clarendon College will be
attending. The group of you,g college Christians will be leaving
at noon Friday for a spiritual experience that may never be
equaled.
Speakers include author Charlie Sheed, who has written
Letters to Kuren, Letters to Philip and Premises to Peter; Baptist
humorist Grady Nutt, who has appeared on the Mike Douglas
Show; and Thomas Starkes, secretary of the department of
interfaith witness for the Southern Baptist Home Mission Board.
Others include Buckner Fanning, pastor of Trinity Baptist
Church, San Antonio; Charles L. Holland, pastor of Gaston
Avenue Baptist Church, Dallas; and saxophonist Vernard
Johnson from Fort Worth. "
Recording stars Andrae Crouch and the Disciples, who have
lpoeared with Johnny Carson' will give a concert On Saturday
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A 300-voice choir from Stephen F. Austin University will sing
in one session.
Student sharing, says Dr. W. F. Howard, director of the Texas
Baptist Student Division, includes personal experiences of some
97 students who spent the summer in BSU-sponsored mission
projects in Texas, 12 other states and 10 foreign countries.
Also, there will be time for small group sharing and prayer
meetings.
Fire prevention set
October 7-13 has been deslgnatod National Fire Prevention
Week for 1973. Take time to PREVENT a ponlble FIRE. Think
about your Home Fire Prevention. This is a family
responsibility...
A lot of words have been said ud printed about fire
prevention. Each of us has a responsibility to ourselves and to
our family to make our home safe fzom auwanted fires. So take
action and make this year's fire prevention week last for 12
months. Do what ever it takes! You wm be glad you dldt
MilD above average
The area mild harvest has begun and, judging by the seven or
eight cuttings already in at the Bolin Elevator, this year's crop
will be above average.
. The price has dropped from $4.25 to $4.00 per hundred, but
the quality is good, according to Blackie Johnson, and the mild is
producing fifty-seven to fifty-nine pounds per acre. The yield per
acre is als above average so far, with a bit over 1,000,000
pounds in.
The harvest should start going full scale within the next two
weeks.
Social Security
The demand for primary miner-
Q. i've heard tlmt disabled
people can now get Medicare at
any age. Is this possible.'/
A. Disabled workers at any
age, disabled widows between
50 and 6S, and children who
became disabled before age 22.
can be covered by Medicare ff
the person is entitled to
disability benefits under Social
Security or Railroad Retirement,
This Medicare coverage for the
disabled person began either
July 1973, or after a disabled
person has been entitled to
disability payments 24 con-
slecutive months, whichever is
later.
Q. I've raised my two
grandchildren since their pa-
rents were killed in a ear
accident when the children were
small. I've heard that when !
retire next year, they can
receive melai =eeuJtty on my
r'cord, is this correct?
A. A grandchild can become
entitled on his grandparent's
record if the child's parents are
disabled or dead, and the child
is living with and being
supported by the grandparent
when the grandparent retires,
becomes disabled or dies.
O. is it true that Medlem
coverage will now be extended
to social security disability
beneflclurles?
A. Yes. Individuals who have
been receiving social security
disability payments for 24
consecutive months will be
entitled to hospital insurance
benefits beginning J3, 1973.
They may also enroll in the
doctor part (supplementary
medical insurance) of Medicare
for months beginning July,
1973.
Typing, meeting Tuesday nights and Carpentry, which meets
Wednesday nights. All three courses meet at 7:00 and last three
hours. The instructors are all trained and qualified professionals.
According to Mrs. Osburn, the co-ordinator of the center, the
planned courses will become reality when verification returns
from the Texas State Technical Institute (ISTI) in Waco. The
new courses will be Welding, Roof Repair, Auto Mechanics and
Auto Repair and a course in Office Procedures that includes
typing, bookkeeping and speed writing.
Both the Community Action Center and the TSTI are funded
through the Texas Education Association, or TEA.
Mrs. Osburn said enrollment was still open in any course and
anyone interested may enroll at any time. Also, a student
enrolled in one of these courses can drop out at any stage in the
course and receive a certificate giving him credit for the number
of hours completed. The entrance fee is regularly $2.50 but can
be scaled down for those unable to pay that sum and scaled
upwards for those who can easily afford to pay more.
From its beginning in Clarendon, the center has met with ill
feeling from the majority of residents. Most residents feel that
the center is geared solely for minority groups or consider it a kin
to the Welfare Program in that the center is basically good but its
programs are frequently misused or abused. Mrs. Osburn denies
the allegation that the center was set up to benefit minority
groups only, maintaining that the center is there to aid the
disadvantaged, regardless of race or national origin. "These
courses are for.anyone who feels he is disadvantaged," she
explained. "Nowadays, people who have' an incomplete
education can be considered disadvantaged. People who have no
specific skill or training or are underpaid in their present jobs can
also be called 'disadvantaged.' "
In closing, Mrs. Osburn emphasized her belief that the center
is steadily gaining acceptance in the community, regardless of its
inauspicious start.
alE is expected to increase four-
fold by the year 2000. The United
States then will need 7.5 billion
tons of aluminum ore, 1 billion
tons of phosphate ore, and 100
million tons of copper metal.
Glacier Count.'
The North Cascade Mountains
in Washington State contain 756
glaciers covering 103 square
miles.
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Where the money goes
Food prices in the last year
have risen 3.7 percent. This high-
er than any of us like, but it is not
a crisis. In fact, the 3.7 percent
rise is less than the average rate
of increase during 1967-71, when
food prices were not considered
to be a serious problem. It is true,
of course, that some food prices
have risen more than the average.
Meat prices rose 11.6 percent.
Meat accounts for only about a
fourth of your food budget. If
meat prices went up more than
"the average, the prices of some
other foods had to go up less than
the average - or decline So here's
what happened in the past year
(July 1971 through June 1972):
Prices actually went down for
cereals, bakery products, poultry,
eggs, and non-alcoholic beverages;
Prices of dairy products rose less
than 1 percent: Prices of fruits
and vegetables rose less than 2
percent. /
Figures from the Bureau of La-
bor Statistics show that the aver-
age American's take-home pay is
up 7.2 percent in the past year.
The average consumer could have
bought 18 percent more food than
a year ago. But. they chose to buy
more other things: cars, appli-
ances, vacations, clothes, housing,
'etc. Buying more non-food prod-
ucts and services has been attrac-
tive because nonfood prices have
risen only 2.9 percent in the past
year - so much less than food
prices that other things looked
"cheap" while food seemed "high"
by comparison.
U. S. POSTAL SERVICE
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(Act o[AUffut 12, 1970: Secffon 3683. Title 39. United States Code)
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Be it ever so humble, there is no place
/
like.,...., m
Introducing Mr.
Mrs. Jimmy Kuhn
and
Bll I=
The Jimmy Kuhns came to Clarendon in July, 1968. Jimmy is
employed by Greenbelt Water Authority. Jimmy s hobbies are
reading the paper and watching TV. Pat's hobbies are keeping
house and working in the yard. They have three children,
Patricia Harris of Houston, Jay Kuhn of St. Louis, Me., and
Robert Kuhn of Corpus Christi. Their grandchildren are Tony
and Renee Kuhn, who reside with them, and Jim D. and
Christie Lee Harris. The Kuhns planned their new home and it
was built by Lawrence Glenn. They moved into it Monday.
Building new homes adds
much to a growing community.
The EMMETT O. SIMMONS
AGENCY is proud to see the
Jimmy Kuhns move into their
new home.
We are HOME folks who want to insure YOUR he
EMMET O. SIMMONS
Fire - Casualty - Auto Life
TELEPHONE 874-3506
CLARENDON, TEXAS
