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WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE, ALAMO, GA. 30411 FRIDAY, DEX. 17, 1971
Deaths And Funerals
Mrs. Hulbert Gross
Funeral services for Mrs.
Hulbert Gross, 64, of Miami,
Fla., who passed away in the
Northshore Hospital in Miami,
after an extended illness, were
held Monday a.m. at eleven
o'clock in the Alamo United
Methodist Church with the Rev.
Richard Aultman of Alamo, and
the Rev. Otis Andrews of Macon,
officiating. Interment was in
the Alamo Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Harry Pul
len, L. E. Parker, Jr., Blake
Pullen, Robbie Lee Pullen, Ted
Pullen and Walt Seasons.
Mrs. Gross, the daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. George
Washington Pullen was born
in Scott, Ga. She was a graduate
nurse and for severa’ years
did private duty nursing in
Wheeler and surrounding coun
ties.
She was married to Hulbert
Gross in 1929 and has resided
in Florida for the past forty
years.
Besides her husband, she is
survived by one daughter, Mrs.
Judy Werner of Acton, Mass.;
two sisters, Mrs. Callie Whit
aker ofilarlem.andMrs.Mallie
Floyd of Floydale, S. C.; and
one brother, Tom Pullen of
Atlanta.
Harris and Smith Funeral
Home in Mcßae, was in charge
of arrangements.
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Politics oln Parade
/HVy Williams
Governor Carter had the leg
islative bills on his reorganiza
tion plans hand delivered to de
partment heads last Friday.
Now the constitutional officers
have 10 days in which to veto
anything relating to their de
partments. Most of them will
do so, and then Carter will in
troduce separate bil s to accom
plish the same purpose.
Jody Powell, publicity aide
to the Governor, was nice
enough to furnish us with a
copy of all these bi Is, even
though he is thoroughly aware
that we oppose most of Carter’s
proposa's. We give him “A” for
fairness.
The 57 pages of this House
Bill No. 1 are far too compli
cated for the average citizen,
with little knowledge of the
workings of state government,
to fully comprehend. There
fore, he must depend on his
representatives in the General
Assembly to study and under
stand the bill’s provisions thor
oughly and cast their votes in
the best interest of the state
and its citizens. Thus y, we are
more convinced than ever that
15 days is far too short a period
for the house and Senate to
give proper consideration to the
proposed new laws.
Before writing this column,
we didn’t have time to give
thorough study to the bill, but
several salient features stand
out:
1— The Governor is given
almost dictatorial powers, par
ticularly in his control of the
proposed new Dept, of Admin
istrative Services.
2— Ihe various retirement
systems and the merit system
are likely to suffer greatly.
3— If we read it right, the
Governor will have the say-so
on ail state building construc
tion.
4— Commissioner of Agri-
Iture Tommy Irvin would suf
fer greatly under this biL un
less he vetoes its provisions.
5— We consider the bill
right in abolishing various
small boards and commissions
whose work could be more ef
ficiently performed by larger
departments.
6— The most powerful man
in state government, with the
exception of the governor,
would be the Director of the
Dept, of Human Resources.
7— Maybe we had previous
ly missed it, but a surprise is
that the State Highway Dept,
wou d be a part of the Dept,
of Transportation.
8— The governor is author
ized to implement any part of
this bill immediately after leg
islative approval, and if he
hasn’t already done so, every-
Robert H. Stapleton
Robert H. Stapleton, 83, died
Tuesday, December 7, in the
Dodge County Hospital. Funeral
services were held at 2 p.m.
Thursday at Sandgrove Baptist
Church with burial in the church
cemetery.
Mr. Stapleton was a lifelong
resident of Dodge County. He
was a member of Viluala Bap
tist Church and a retired
former.
Survivors include three
daughters, Mrs. Ruby Bowman
of Milan, Mrs. W. L. Edwards
of Byron, and Mrs. General
Reaves of Eastman; two sons,
William Stapleton of Milan, and
Paul Stapleton of Warner Rob
ins; and two sisters, Mrs. Lora
Burch of Thomasville, and Mrs.
Zora Davis of Ochlocknee.
Stokes-Southerland Funeral
Home of Eastman was in charge.
Mrs. Jay Scarborough
Mrs. Jay Scarborough, 67,
died Tuesday, December 7, in
the Laurens County Hospital
following a brief illness.
Funeral services were held at
4 p.m. Thursday in the chapel
of Stokes-Southerland Funeral
Home in Eastman. Burial was
in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Mrs. Scarborough was a
native of South Carolina and had
lived in Dodge County 55years.
She was a member of Poplar
Spring Baptist Church.
thing becomes effective by July
1, 1972.
State Supt. of Schools Jack
Nix has written Gov. Carter a
long letter in which he makes
strong objection to most of the
reorganization proposals con
cerning his department, and
makes the point that certain of
the proposals were released to
the press without he (Nix) be
ing advised of them. Needless
to say, Mr. Nix is vetoing most
of them.
******
Some weeks ago we wrote
about the new barber shop be
ing built on Capitol Hili. We.l,
it’s now completed and in op
eration, and it just may do a
landslide business. The two bar
bers are sexy looking females
wearing hot pants.
♦ ♦♦♦♦*
More romance in the Gov
ernor’s office: Joan Eaves, who
works for publicity boss Jody
Powell, has recently married a
veterinarian and will shortly
quit her job to live in Auburn,
Ala.
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SIDELIGHTS ON REOR
GANIZATION — State Sena
tors Culver Kidd and Stanley
Smith are supposed to finish
up Wednesday of this week
with hearings on the Govern
or’s reorganization plan, with
the idea of coming up with a
substitute plan of their own.
We can be almost certain that
their bill will bear litt.e resem
blance to Carter's An
informed source at the Capitol
says that he has talked to a
number of legislators lately,
and they are unanimous in
stating that they have received
no pressure at all from home
folks to support Carter’s reor
ganization. This is comp etely
at variance with the Chief Ex
ecutive's idea that citizens will
force the Assembly to okay his
bills .... We hear that Repr.
Lamar Northcutt plans to intro
duce a resolution postponing
the reorganization bids for 12
months, and the appointment of
a 25-man commission to study
them during that time
The Atlanta Constitution, in an
editorial last Friday, said that
it is not true that reorganization
will save the state 60 million
dollars a year Jim Par
ham, Director of the State
Dept, of Family and Children's
Services, and the man slated to
head the huge Department of
Human Resources, says that he
approves the entire reorganiza
tion program. No wonder he
does; he gets a bigger job if it
passes, plus he's a Carter ap
pointee. plus he’s cut from the
same liberal stripe as the Gov
ernor.
Survivors include her hus
band, Jay Scarborough of East
man; five daughters, Mrs. Jack
Garrard of Hawkinsville, Mrs.
Dewight Phagen, Mrs. Edward
Dupree and Mrs. Lawton Mullis,
all of Eastman, and Mrs. Alfred
Evans of Pelham, Tenn.; two
sons, Leroy Scarborough and
Linder Scarborough, both of
Eastman; two sisters, Mrs.
Bart Weeks Johnson and Adel
Johnson, both of Mcßae; and
two brothers, Judson Wade of
Brunswick, and Talbert Wade
of Mcßae.
Leo Fenchel
Leo Fenchel of 1115 E. 52nu
St., Savannah, formerly of Mc-
Rae, died Friday at the Medical
Arts Convalescent Home after
a long illness.
He was a member of Temple
Mickve Israel, a member of
the Zerubbabel Lodge, No. 15,
F&AM, a member of the Scottish
Rite and the Alee Temple.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Ora Lowe Fenchel of Savannah;
two sisters, Mrs. Georgia Fen
chel Speziale and Mrs. Myrtle
Fenchel Berman, both of Savan
nah, and a number of nieces
and nephews.
Graveside services were held
at 2:30 p.m. Monday at Laurel
Grove Cemetery.
Sipple’s Mortuary was in
charge.
Ira Hatton
Funeral services for Ira
Hatton, 79, who died Thursday,
December 9, in the V.A. Hos
pital in Dublin, following a long
illness, were held Saturday
afternoon at 2:00 o’clock from
the Mt. Carmel United Meth-
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■ By Michael A. Guido, Metter, Georgia
“The world,” said the
president of Harvard Univer
sity, “is searching for a creed
to believe and a song to sing.”
Psalm 98:1 has the only
creed and song that satisfies:
“O sing unto the Lord a new
song; for He hath done mar
velous things: His right hand,
and His holy arm hath gotten
Him the victory.”
With God Himself as His
Father and Mary as His moth
er, our Lord Jesus had a mar
velous birth. Having never
sinned, He lived a marvelous
life. He did not have to die.
But in giving Himself for our
sins, He died a marvelous
death. Because He conquered
death. He had a marvelous
resurrection. By believing on
Herman Talmadge
REPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES SENATE
(EDITORS NOTE: Ihe following is Senator Talmadges final
column for 1971. They will be resumed when the Second Session
of the 92nd Congress convenes in January.)
IN MAN'S RESPECTS this session of Congress has been very
productive. Conference committees, extensive floor debates. Presi
dential nominations, and an over-abundance oi amendments kept
Congress in session until almost mid-December. Ihis was. how
ever. an improvement oxer last year.
FOR THU FIRST TIME, the Senate stood up and challenged
our wasteful foreign aid policy While the Senate reversed its posi
tion after originally killing the foreign aid bill, we served notice to
the Executive Branch and to the world that our government cannot
and will not go on indefinitely pouring out American dollars
abroad when thex are needed at home.
The war in Vietnam seems to be finally drawing to an end. The
Senate upon two occasions decisively and positively showed that
the American people have reached the end of their patience. We
are all fed up with this tragic war and the senseless les of
American life, prestige, and treasure.
The Agriculture Committee, which 1 have the honor to chair,
made significant contributions. Passage of my Farm Credit Bill
insures that more financing and credit will be available to farmers
and residents of rural Xmerica and will partially fill the void that
has existed too long. 1 successtully led the fight to defeat efforts
to reduce the effectiveness of the School Lunch Program, and my
Rural Development Bill has received wide national attention and
the cosponsorship of almost half of the United States Senate.
The Finance Committee, on which 1 serve, worked night and
dav to develop a tax reduction measure which will aid in getting
our economic house back in order. 1 am particularly pleased that
my program to expand the job training and employment of welfare
recipients through a tax incentive to private business and industry
was made an integral part of this bill. My provision will save the
taxpavers millions of dollars by getting people off welfare and into
jobs where they can become taxpayers themselves
Other legislative highlights include Senate passage of my bills to
increase veteran's benefits and social security payments. All in all.
1971 has been a productive legislative year.
I WAN I TO I \KE this opportunity to express my best wishes
for a Happv Holiday Season and a Prosperous New Year
odist Church with the Rev.
Eugene Scott, pastor of the
Lumber City United Methodist
Church officiating.
Burial followed in the church
cemetery with Harris and Smith
Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
Pallbearers were Frank
Webb, Jr., Charles Lowe, Frank
Ray, Lester Dopson, Frank
Hatton, James L. Graham and
J. D. Welch.
Honorary pallbearers were
DeWitt Wilcox, DeLacy Webb,
H. F. Ray, Earl Bland, Walter
Wells, J. D. Williams, Jessie
Smith and Edgar Burch.
Mr. Hatton was born in Tel
foir County on October 7, 1892,
the son of the late Abe Lou
and Columbia McLean Hatton.
He was married to the former
Emma Sue Walker on March
11, 1931 and was a member
of Mt. Carmel United Methodist
Church.
Survivors include his wife of
Atlanta; two sons, James E.
Hatton and John Lewis Hatton
of Atlanta; one daughter, Mrs.
Charlotte Courson of Talla
hassee, Fla.; and four grand
children.
Miss Emma Sue Ryals
Funeral services for Miss
Emma Sue Ryals, 73, of Rhine,
who died Tuesday in the Telfair
County Hospital following a long
illness, were held Wednesday
afternoon at 3:00 o’clock from
the Rhine Baptist Church with
the Rev. A. L. Ott, officiating.
Burial followed in the Bay
Spring Cemetery with Harris
and Smith Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
Miss Ryals, a retired school
teacher, was bom in Rhine on
November 19, 1898, the daugh-
the Christ of this creed, we
experience His marvelous
transformation. And because
He wins for us a mighty vic
tory with His arm that never
tires, there comes that new
song.
The Lord desires that we
have the new song. But He
has designed that it be pro
duced by His hand and our
lives. Without the action of
His hand and the availability
of our lives there would be no
song. It is only when the
hand of the Lord sweeps over
our lives that there is awaken
ed this new song.
Want a happy song? Bring
your life under the skill and
sway of the Lord’s hand.
ter of the late George W. and
Suzanna McDuffie Ryals and
was a member of the Rhine
Baptist Church.
Survivors include one sister,
Mrs. Roy Mayfield of Decatur.
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Attend Funeral
Relatives and friends from
out of town attending the funeral
of Mrs. Leila Gross were:
Harry Pullen, Norfolk, Va.; Mr.
and Mrs. Walt Sessons, Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Pullen, Mr. and
Mrs. Ted Pullen, Mrs. Silas
Pullen and Miss Ruby Pullen
of Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. Otis Andrews,
Macon; Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Reynolds, Columbus; Mr. and
Mrs. L. G. Whitaker, Mr. and
Mrs. T. D. Whitaker, Eugene
Whitaker, Mrs. George Walton
of Harlem; Mr.andMrs. Robbie
Lee Pullen, Savannah; Mr. and
Mrs. L. E. Parker, Jr., Mrs.
L. E. Parker, Mrs. Claxton
Clark, Wrightsville; Mrs. Jim
mie Nelson, Mrs. H. J. Strange,
Mrs. Don Bradshaw, Dublin.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Floyd,
Floydale, S. C.; Mr. and Mrs.
Blake Pullen, Adrian; Mr. and
Mrs. Rocco Santarcangelo,
Debbie and Vicki, Hialeah, Fla.;
Mr. and Mrs. Al Miller, Holly
wood, Fla.; Mr. and Mrs. Hoke
Peterson, Ailey; Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Wemer and Trevas,
Mrs. Walter P. Wemer, Acton,
Mass.; Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Gross, Virginia Beach, Va.;
Mrs. Jack Gross, Statesboro;
Mr. and Mrs. Don Gross and
Joey, Nashville, Tenn.; Miss
Debby Gross, Statesboro; Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Reynolds,
Vienna.
Winn Dixie officials attend
ing were: A. B. Kirley, Adel;
Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Whitaker,
L. B. Perry, Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Williamson and Joe Adams
of Jacksonville, Fla.; Max
Hollingsworth, Joe O’Steen and
M. A. Davis of Tampa, Fla.
Jolin Tate and C. B. Smith,
Jr. of Atlanta; Max Justice,
Joe Andrews, Mrs.M.A. Davis,
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Waldorf,
Norman Wetmore, Gene Hollo
way and Neely Alexander of
Miami, Fla.
SOCIAL SECURITY
NEWS & VIEWS
"How for are you from your
Social Security Office?” asks
Charles Hall, Branch Manager
of the Dublin Social Security
Office. You might answer “5
miles, 10 miles, or 20 miles.”
But it is much closer — as
close as your phone. So if you
want to file a claim, change
your address, or transact any
Eggeel lent Ideas
GEORGIA EGG COMMISSION
MISS MILDRED HUFF, HOME ECONOMIST
ATLANTA (PRN) How to Flame a Holiday Dessert.
Holiday “spirits” can soar the prestige of any dessert with
very little effort, if you’ll remember these 3 TRICKS:
First, when you plan to cook with liquors, buy the best, the
most expensive, the highest proof. Your dinner guests won’t
become tipsy on your cooking creations. To the contrary, their
taste buds will be keen to food flavors and finely tuned to the
intricate patterns of every ingredient.
Second, when you cook with spirits you can afford to buy
the best because you don’t have to buy large quantities. In a
recipe, a little liquor goes a long way. Also, the leftovers will
keep for years. Recap the bottles and store in a cool, dark place.
Third - the higher the proof, the more quickly it will flame.
Anything over 100 proof will ignite. However, 160 proof spirits
will guarantee instant success every time.
With the higher proof, you won’t have to “warm the brandy
in a spoon” as many recipes instruct. Instead, just pour about
1/4 cup of your preferred flavor over the dessert. Strike a match
and light. You’ll look like a pro as the flames burst up proudly,
at just the right moment of anticipation.
If you prefer a smaller flame, slightly soak a sugar cube in
whiskey. Place the cube on the dessert and light. As the flame
dies, the sugar will melt into the food.
As the alcohol burns, the strong flavor of the whiskey
dissipates, leaving the warm, mellow richness of an aged
ingredient. And you the chef, basking in the glow of admiring
faces.
To serve large flaming desserts, wait until the flames die
down. Then divide the creation into portions. Individual
desserts can be flamed and set before each guest while still afire.
The culinarians at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs,
West Virginia demonstrated this recipe for Crepinettes (French
Pancakes). You can make and freeze them ahead of time.
Reheat and flame with red cherry sauce for holiday festivities.
FLAMING CREPES
2 cups milk
3 eggs
1‘: cups flour
dash salt, nutmeg
Mix ingredients and pour a little of the batter into a hot,
buttered pan. Let set like thin pancakes. Turn, browning very
little.
SAUCE
1 can cherry pie filling
2 Tablespoons rum or other spirits
At serving time mix and heat. Pour over hot, folded crepes
placed on heat proof serving platter. Dash with high proof rum.
Flame and serve.
If you have any questions or recipes you would like to share
please write to me: Georgia Egg Commission. 1687 Tullie Circle,
N.E., Suite 118. Atlanta. Georgia 30329.
business with your Dublin
office, all you need to do is
call — the telephone number
is 272-5347.
For those living in the East
man, Soperton, Mcßae, or
Wrightsville areas, you may
call Dublin “toll free” by dial
ing the Operator and asking
for WX-1500. W’hy not see how
close you are to the Dublin
office and get that question
you have been wondering about
answered. It’s a short trip by
telephone, Mr. Hall stated.
Q. I have a 20-year-old
daughter who is studying to be
a beautician. If I retire, can
she get monthly benefits from
social security on my earnings
record?
A. If you receive monthly
social security benefits, your
daughter can also receive bene
fits until she reaches age 22
if she is a full-time student
at a State-approved school and
remains single.
Q. I have hired a woman to
stay with my mother as a com
panion while she is recuperat
ing from an operation. Should
I report her earnings and pay
the social security contri
butions on the wages I pay her?
A. Yes, if you pay her cash
wages of SSO or more in a
calendar quarter (3-month
period of the year). For more
information, get in touch with
any social security office. Ask
for the free leaflet, Social Se
curity and Your Household
Employee.
Q. When I first applied for
my social security card, I used
my nickname. Now that I’ve
started working full time, I use
my proper name. Does it make
any difference that my' nick
name is on my card?
A. Yes. To ensure that your
earnings record is accurate
and up to date, you should
call or visit any social security
office and have your name cor
rected.
Q. My 71-year-old husband
died recently. Social security
sent me a check for $234.
Isn’t the lump-sum death bene
fit pay ment always $255?
A. No, the amount of the
lump-sum death payment under
social security can vary from
$211.20 to $255, depending on
the worker’s average earnings
under - social security. The
amount of the payment is three
times the monthly benefit at
65, but never exceeds $255.
Veterans unable to visit
Veterans Administration Head
quarters in Washington to
present claims for G. I. Bill
benefits may do so before travel
boards which visit their state
VA regional offices.
Brewton Parker
College Alumni
Loyalty Drive
The first returning letters
from the several thousand
Brewton Parker College Alumni
for the 1971-72 Loyalty Mem
bership Campaign were opened
this week by Alumni President,
Henry Arthur Moses and Dr.
J. T. Phillips, President of the
college.
All former Brewtai Parker
students were invited to partici
pate in the membership drive
and the early response has been
“gratifying” according to of
ficials. (At least one member
has enrolled at each level
already).
In the campaign, members
are being asked to participate
at one of several levels. Five
dollars represents WHITE Card
members; SSO is the require
ment for GREEN Card mem
bership; SIOO is the BLUE Card
membership level; and SIOOO
enrolls a person in the GOLD
by the Georgia Consumer Services Program
CHRISTMAS FRAUDS
Unfortunately. Christmas is
not only the season of joy and
giving; to some it’s the best
time of the year for taking.
Christmas offers the
confidence man and the gyp
artists opportunities they
don’t have all year round, and
many people, carried away
with the Christmas spirit, are
more gullible than they would
ever be from January to
November.
Nobody could list all the
frauds and gyps that pop up
around Christmastime, but we
can explain the ones you’re
most likely to meet.
Probably, the most vicious
swindle in the world is a thing
called the Death Vulture
Confidence Game. There are
two variations of this. The
first, classic version of the
fraud starts out with the
swindler reading the obituary
pages. Then, a couple of weeks
later he shows up at the home
of a relative of someone who
died, and claims that the
deceased had ordered a gift for
the relative, but hadn’t paid
for it. The relative naturally, is
only too happy to pay for the
alleged gift, and the con man
pockets the money and
vanishes, in some cases an
item that is supposed to be the
gift is actually delivered to the
relatives, but it is junky, and
was not really ordered by the
deceased.
The second variation
victimizes relatives of
servicemen who were killed in
Vietnam. A few weeks after
they get the bad news, a letter
comes saying that the
serviceman had spent his last
leave in Tokyo or Hong Kong
and had ordered a gift like a
pearl necklace for his wife,
mother, etc. Sometimes they
even claim that he made a
down payment but the
balance is still due. If you find
yourself in this situation, you
can get help from the
counseling service at the
nearest military base.
Another common gyp
involves the sale of cheap
Bibles at high prices. Con men
who try this sometimes use
Death Vulture tactics, such as
stamping the name of
someone who died on the
cover in gold, and taking it to
the surviving relatives, saying
the deceased had ordered it
Even if a salesman is just
pressuring you to buy the
Bible, be careful. A lot of
people have believed that a
man selling a Bible would not
cheat them, only to find that
the pages fell out. and the
print ran if exposed to
moisture. People have paid as
much as fifty dollars for such
poor quality books.
Another gyp that increases
during the Christmas holidays
involves phony coats-of-arms
and family trees. The way this
one works is that you get a
letter from some total stranger
that says they have discovered
something very interesting
about your family, and they’ll
tell you about it for a price.
They will then try to sell you
a family tree or coat-of-arms
“suitable for framing.” If you
want it for decoration. 0.K..
but such family trees rarely
have any genealogical
significance. There are some
cases in which the phony
genealogists took one family's
coat-of-arms. and just put
somebody else’s name on it. If
you really are interested in
your family background, you
Card membership. Each mem
ber is listed in the “Book of
Loyalty,” according to Moses.
All or almost all of the pro
spective members are expected
to respond to the drive during
the next month according to
President Moses.
Little Ocmulgee
State Park Gets
$135,000 Grant
Senators Herman E. Tal
madge and David H. Gambrell
announced this week an
Economic Development Admin
istration grant of $135,000 to
the Georgia Department of State
Parks in Atlanta, for the pur
pose of expanding Little
Ocmulgee State Park.
This expansion will create
35 new jobs.
The average enrollee in a
job-training program is sub
stantially and sometimes spec -
tacularly better off in terms of
employment stability and earn
ings because of his program
participation, according to a
report recently released by the
Department of J-abor.
should contact the Georgia
Archives in Atlanta for
information and advice.
Be careful in giving to
charities during the holidays.
Indeed many worthwhile
organizations, such as the
Salvation Army and the
Empty Stocking Fund, do
conduct drives for such
donations during the
Christmas season, and that is a
perfect cover for illegitimate
operators. Be sure that
someone soliciting for
“charity” actually represents
the organization he claims.
There are cases in which
people claiming to represent a
boys club or other worthwhile
project collected hundreds of
dollars in various
neighborhoods, and the only
charity it was going to was the
con man’s pocket.
Another old, old gyp that
still works is the C.O.D.
gimmick. The con man knocks
on your door and explains
that he is trying to deliver a
C.O.D. package to your
neighbor, but she isn’t home.
He then tries to talk you into
paying for the package for
your neighbor. In reality, of
course, the neighbor had not
ordered anything. Never pay
for a package for someone
else, unless that person
specifically asks you to do it.
You may receive unordered
merchandise at Christmas
time, closely followed by
threatening letters demanding
payment. If you receive
unordered merchandise that
you don’t want mark it
“delivery refused.” and send it
back. The company will have
to pay the postage.
Credit card schemes, always
around, increase during the
holidays. Among the tricks are
stamping your credit card on a
blank form, and later charging
the cash purchase to you and
pocketing the money ; adding a
charge for something you
didn’t buy to your bill; and,
giving you a stolen credit card
in place of your own. (After
all. how many people look at
their own credit cards?) Check
your credit cards carefully
watch what is done with r
when someone else has it. and,
if a credit card is lost or stolen
notify 'he store or ba ,k
immediately, or you may F .'
to pay up to fifty dollar' on
each card, if someone ew
them.
Be careful of baying
something from someone wi.o
approache*- you on the street.
In some cases they may be
selling shoddy merchandi'* a
a high price, and in others 'I e
item being offered tor sale i
stolen. People frequently
think they are getting a good
buy on perfume sold on the
street, because the .seller tells
them some story about it’s
being rebottled. In many
cases, it’s rebottled alright,
and half water too.
Remember burglaries and
thefts increase at this time of
year, too. Carry your
pocketbook under your arm,
not by the strap; men should
carry their wallets in their
breast pocket not their hip
pocket; never leave your house
or office keys on the ring with
your car keys in a public
garage; lock car doors and put
your packages in the trunk,
not on the car seat: and, if you
go out of town, be sure to
cancel newspaper and milk
deliveries while you are gone.