The Salisbury Post from Salisbury, North Carolina • 14

Congratulations and a Cordial Welcome to Mr Mitchell and Associates On The Opening Of The SPENCER THEATRE You ere bringing a much needed enterprise to Spencer and weish you a full measure of suc cess HARDIMAN SON OURTEEN SALISBURY (N C) SUNDAY POST NEW THEATRE SPENCER OPENS MONDAY NIGHT Abme is shown the front of the new Spencer prising railroad city end la expected to be quite pop tlientie wliuh opens In Spencei Monday night The ulai It Is modern in all respects and will show theatre is a new business endeavor for the enter excellent (Post Stet! Photo) SPENCER CT 1 Unemployment Compensation Details Are Explained BY DUNNAGAN Payments of unemployment eoirux nsaiion or benefits to elicible uni employed workers In North Carolina begin soon after January prob ably on January 28 The worker employed In covered employment and by a covered employer who has become unemployed during the year 1637 after establishing a work record bv work as long ax eight full weeks and Is unemployed more than two weeks after January 1 if he meets certain requirements Is eligible to draw unemployment compensation io oe engioie ror me oeneiiHS a worker must first have worked at least eight full weeks In 1937 or after January 1 1937 in covered employment Spencer Theatre to Open Monday Modern New Playhouse Ready for Regular Programs Spencer Dec The opening of the Spencer theatre the new show house for the railroad town Is the topic most discussed tonight the even to lake place Monday at 7 Almost everyone Is on tip toe with eagerness to see the splendidly equipped little theatre throw open its doors to the lovers of good pic tures and good talkies It Is expected a big crowd will be on hand long before the doors are open and that Union Operator Is Said Assured Mayor fowler of Spencer iMt night asked The Post Io alate that he had negotiated with the management of the new Spencer theatre with regard to the use of a union projectionist there and that they were close enough together that he was sure that union help would be used would like to say for the benefit of the management the new theatre that the matter ha been and Is being worked out Io the complete satisfaction of all In I wrested Mayor owleraid the first show will be witnessed with great enthusiasm TOPPER BE SHOWN The first show will be an un usual comedy "Topper's in the Middle" Constance Bennett and Cary Grant with Roland Young Billie Burke and Hal Roach well known to patrona of theatres throughout the country There will also be a number of selected short subjects house is ready or many weeks the new theatre has been in the hands of the con tractors and it is now being turned over to the management Large numbers of Spencer people who have attended some of the big theatres throughout the country have visited the new playhouse on ifth street during the past few days All have expressed surprise and admiration for the excellent arrangement and the modern con veniences provided The auditorium has been fitted with 49f upholstered opera seats of the latest design The floor is on an incline and every seat is a good one while the stage hM been pro vided with splendid screen ample lighting effect and with dressing rooms on both sides to be used when jad shows come along The theatre is heated from a hot Air equipment that is ample and the hcnrxr wtlbecomtortable at all times There are five exits which may be used in case of Are and the film room is encased in steel as a matter of safety The entrance is ide and attractive and the little theatre is easily one of the nicest in this section one of which Spen cer citizens are Justly proud MANAGER MITCHELL HERE The new show is to be managed by the owner Mitchell of Reidsville Mocksville and Hamlet where he has other shows in suc cessful operation Mr Mitchell autes that the Spencer show will be in reality a playhouse for the whole family in the operation of the theatre Mr Mitchell is being Assisted by Clarke also ex perienced in the show business Both are stopping for the present at the home of Mr and Mrs Jack Cooke on ifth street Mr Mitchell Is related to several well known railroad men in thisection and Mrs Mitchell is a niece Engineer Winslow well known on the Asheville division Mr Mitchell is a member of the Methodist church Mr Clarke be longs to the Baptist denominationnd both have been given a cor dial welcome to Spencer It is espe cially gratifying to them that large numbers of interested citizens have called at the theatre to wish them much success in their efforts to give Spencer a real modem show mayor fowler inspects Among many who visited the theatre tonight was Mavor owl well known conductor for the Southern He expressed much pleasure at the splendid arrange ment and apparent completeness of the auditorium the stage the heat ing equipment lighting effect the operating room and other things about the place It is learned that the large modem machine which has just been installed by experts has been tested and pronounced one of the best in the country 'Topper' Opens The worker should register for work at his nearest employment wr vice office as soon as he becomes un employed and must re register on or as soon after January 1 as possi ble which is January 3 since Janu ary 1 Year's Day and January 2 Sunday are holidays At that time the eligible unemployed worker must file his claim for unemployment compensation at the employment service office He is to re port eoch week for work that may be found for him by the employment office if he doea not find work him self After waiting1 two weeks and re porting weekly the totally unem ployed worker is due compensation for the third week Howerer it will be the end of the fourt week before he will actually receive his xiy for the third week In other words his pay will be one week behind due to the time it takes to get the check written and beck to the office He must report to the office weekly theerafter to sliow that he is still totally unemployed and to get his weekly check The payments for ionol unemploy ment amount to one half the normal wage of the worker but not more than 15 a week Tlie lowest amount is $5 a week or three fburths of his normal wage for the lower wage workers ir example if a worker draws $50 a week or $40 a week or $30 a week he will get only $15 a week In compensation If he draws $20 a week normally he will get $10 a week If he draws $0 a week normally he will draw $450 and if his usual pay is $4 a week he will draw $3 a week which is three fourths of his normal pay Tlie length of time the payments will continue dejiends upon how much credit a weaker has based on his wages while employed He must have worked eight weeks before he can draw any benefits In order to draw this unemploy ment compensation however a worker must be able to work and willing to work Unemployment com pensation is not a sick benefit and he cannot draw compensation if he is sick Nor can the worker sit down and refuse to work and still draw weekly payments The unemployed worker must report tor work each week and take suitable work offei ed him Tn deciding what is suitable work consideration is given to the degree of risk involved to his health safety and morals his physical fitness and previous training his expenence and former earnings the length of his unemployment and prospects for local work tn his customary occupa tion and to the distance of available wk from his residence An unem ployed worker may refuse a job of fered that if vacant because of a strike lockout or other tabor dis five weeks The penalties are im posed only after Investigation by the unemployment compensation com mission Workers axe not eligible for com pensation under the act if they work for an employer who has less than eight employes unless such em ployer has voluntarily come under the act if they work for the state of North Carolina or for the fed eral government or for subdivisions agencies or institutions of either or if they are engaged in agricultural work or domestic service in private homes if they are employed on wan vessels if the services are per formed for husband or wife or by a minor child for its parent or for certain non profit educational re ligious or benevolent organizations In order to qualify for benefit pay ments a worker must have worked at least eight weeks after Januaj 1 1937 in covered employment and thus established a wage record as reported by the employers each three months rom these quarterly re ports the records in the office of the commission are posted and the worker is given credit for one sixth of the wages he eggns but not more Ilian $65 for the quarter This ac cumulated amount one sixth of his wages is the reserve against which he is entitled to draw at the rate of one half his normal wage but not more han $15 a week If the worker has accumulated a sufficient amount (and it takes work for about a year to accumulate enough) he will be ixiid for 16 weeks at the end of which the payments(top After 52 weeks frxxin the time payments first started if he still has unused wage credits and re mains unemployed he begins to draw benefits again at the beginning of file second benefit year Tills con tinues until his reserve is used up or until the 16 weeks ends again As will be seen the amount of wage credits accumulated deter mines how long the payments con tinue and the normal wage deter mines how much the worker will draw each one half the nor mal wage If a worker otherwise qualified for unemployment compensation works only a part of the time then he is due to draw partial benefits after four weeks waiting period of partial employment His rate of benefits in such case is an amount equal to the difference between his weekly bene fit amount and five sixths of the pay he gets for the work he docs that wck or example if a worker normally draws $16 a week then Ills unemployment compensation would be a week If however during the week he works enough to draw $6 in pay then lie will draw the differ ence between $8 a week and five sixths ($5 1 of the $6 earned which is $3 a week This would give him the $6 earned and $3 in compensa tion or $9 instead of $8 which he would get If he did no wonk If she should work enough to earn $3 then ho would receive $550 in unemploy ment compensation instead of the full $8 in addition to the $3 earned hich is $850 The two weeks waiting period before an unemployed worker can draw compensation do hot have to tun consecutively That is if a worker is laid off for a week in Jan uary another week in ebruary and a third week in March then the two weeks in January and ebruary are his waiting period and he is due to Ret compensation for the third week which is in March and any later weeks in which he is unemployed Also two weeks of partial unem ployment count as a full week of unemployment so that if a worker is out of work four parts of weeks they count as two full weeks of waiting period The first step for the worker when he becomes unemployed la to regis ter at the nearest employment ser vice office for work and as early in January as posable register and file his claim for unemployment compen sation He Is required to report week ly to show that he is atill unem ployed and at the end of the fourth week to get his check for compen sation for the third week Then he should report weekly to get later checks or to get work that may be available Main employment offices are op erating in ten laiyer cities and towns and 35 ate open in other cities and towns In alxiul a rozen of these larger towns offices are in separate quarters for while and colored workers Itinerant ser vice will be provided in 55 other towns UMtaJly We county seats and in other communities The 45 offices in larger centers are open all the time Itinerant service in 55 others and at other points will be provided one or two days each week at speci fied times for registering workers and receiving claims for compensa tion These offices and stations are located so no workers will have to po more than 10 miles to report Workers should inform themselves of their rights and duties trader tlie unemployment compensation law Library Grows Rapidly Chapel Hill Dec 11 The library of the University of North Caro lina at Chapel Hill now has a total of 350000 volumes representing an addition of 20000 since last year according to an annual report just made to President Graham by Li brarian Downs Several donations have helped make I hose additions possible Mrs Charles Kistler of Morganton presented Uta Medical library With a gilt of $1000 and it is her in tention to provide a similar amount cacti year Other gifts were: Kenan Jr $2000 for live chemistry library Mr and Mrs Sprout Hill $500 for the purchase of North Carolina architectural photographs A Andrews an addition of $250 for the A Andrews fund $100 for material on the society for the pro pagation of the gospel in the colony of North Carolina and $100 for ex hibition cases: North Carolina divi sion of corporation education and race relations $1045 for materials on race relations and an anony mous $150 for the law library In line with the present university program of cooperation with Duke university the report announces that "further steps have been taken the direction of cooperation with Duke university A grant of $5001X1 from the general educa tion board to the two universities was shored equally There was no duplication in buying This enabled both Institutions to have more titles available Dr Downs said continuation of the policy of coperatlve collect ing over a period of years will even tuate tn the growth of one of the important library centers In the Duke North Carolina area each library complementing the He reports that the University acquired a total of 20642 volumes during the year Of these books about 10000 were purchases 3000 weer gifts from Individuals and so cieties 3000 were federal and state documents 1000 were by exchange and 3000 were bormd volumes of periodicals The report reveals that students at the university are making great er use of the library Dr Downs reports that during the year 446833 volumes were loaned representing an increase of 29 per cent over the previous year Nearly every division of the library showed an increase The reixirt urges the construction of an additional wing to the eight year old building to pro vide for the present increased serv ices of the library He pointed out that tlie book collection lias grown during this period by more than 150 000 volumes that the circulation among students has increased by more than 100000 volumes annual ly and that the 3200 enrollment of the university is larger than it has ever been In the original plans pro vision was made for adding two wings The North Carolina collection un der the supervision of Miss Mary Thornton added 489 bound volumes 715 pamphlets 1810 issues of un bound continuations 39 issues of unbound newspapers 1139 mount ed clippings 13 pictures and 11 maps Tlie Women's club section of the department which is under the di rection of Mkss Nellie Roberson provided regular or occasional serv ice to 1372 clubs during the year About 6000 packages containing 33 946 volumes or pieces were also sent out to Individuals correspond ence college and high school stu dents teachers librarians and par The employer Is required to post a public notice in his place of busi ness showing whether or not he is covered by the act and if his em ployes come under the act He is also required to inform the worker who becomes unemployed what steps he should take to get his full bene fits under the taw We Congratulate the SPENCER THEATRE and extend an invitation to theatre goers to dine with us Dorsett's Cafe Spencer Theatre Constance Bennett and Cary Grant co starred for the first time and Roland Youna as achieve a joint triumph in the Hal Roach feature corned opening at the Spencer theatre at 7 tomorrow night The trio turn In brilliant perform ances that will bring forth enthusi astic response from tlie audience Miss Bennett light and gav in the high comedy of more delightful and allurina than in any role she has portrayed in her illus trious career Just as Claudette Col bert added to her tame in Hap pened One and Carole Lom bard scored in Man Godfrey" Miss Bennett comes into her own in Cary Grant exhibits the same 4y rollicking manner that char acterized his leading man role op Grace Moore in "When i Love" The origin of com is a riddle There Is some evidence that it came from the South American uplands but the wild ancestor plant never has been found pule if he would be required to join a company union or resign from or refrain from joining any regular la bor organization or he can refuse a' job if the remuneration hours or other conditions of work are sub stantially less favorable than those in similar work In the locality On the other hand a worker who is otherwise eligible for compensa tion cannot draw it if he is out of work because of a labor dispute at the place of his employment unless he Is not participating in or financ ing or directly interested in the labor trouble or unless he does not belong to the grade or class of workers in which the members are participat ing in or financing or directly in terested in the dispute Workers are penalized for periods ranging from one to nine weeks in addition to the two weeks waiting period if theys are to blame for their unemployment if they leave work voluntarily without just cause the penalty is from one to five weeks they are discharged for miscon duct connected with their work they are penalized from one to nine weeks: if they refuse to apply for available work or to accept suitable work offered or to return to ecus ternary re If employment ifany they are penalized from one to Sunday December 12 1937 DRESS MAKING WINNERS Winner Named School Event We Welcome the SPENCER THEATRE to Spencer Spencer Billiard Parlor Greeting the Opening of SPENCER THEATRE With Best Wishes for Success Gemayel Barber Shop GALA OPENING of the New SPENCER THEATRE Entertainment for the amily SPENCER THEATRE SPENCER Playhouse for the Whole amily almost all hours results obtained And Short Subjects ent teacher associations The popu larity of the series of "library exten sion continues to grow Documents Added in 1936 37 num bered 30351 items exclusive of many session laws and court reports going directly to the law library Of this total 22032 were state publications received for the most part on an ex change basis The commerce library acquired 1000 volumes during the year Through exchanges purchases and gifts 2332 volumes were added to the law library Several noteworthy gifts were re ceived An anonymous donor gave $150 which was spent for the con stitutional law collection Robert Schnell class of 1932 presented 192 volumes of periodicals texts and bar association reports A valu able law library of 500 volumes was given by the Pruden family of Eden ton in memory of William Dossey Pruden and James Pruden the collection is strongest for North Carolina and New York reports and original English reports Tlie Medical library now has 4 432 cataloged volumes 4088 pamph lets and reprints and 2639 volumes in uncataloged gift collections There are 110 journals currently re ceived The following students left to right were winners in the dress making contest in the Spencer schools: Evelyn Sharpe Btllv Nlfong rances Clement Eleanor Thompson Dorothy Snider Mary Ida Poteat and Grace Norris Jean Misenheimer winner of the simplicity prize was absent when the picture was made Spencer Dec The home eco nomics department of the Spencer schools directed tills year by Mrs Helen Burdett Roderick has just closed a successful contest in dress making with thirty five students competing over a period of six weeks In tlie McCall class of con testants Miss Evelyn Sharpe and Miss Grace Norris won in the Du Berry and Simplicity group while Misses Mary Ida Poteat rances Qlement Dorothy Snider Billy Ni fong and Eleanor Thompson were class winners The home economics department which was established a few years ago is making marked progress in its particular line of training and the students are taking a keen in terest in the work The class room is a busy place at and the splendid in the department is being reflect ed in the homes of Spencer and vicinity to a marked degree with Indications that the homes of the near future housekeepers will be a step in advance of the present day not only as to dress making and similar arts but also in the kitchen and other parts of the ordinary home Spencer patrons of the school are decidedly proud of the home economics department The world's highest living in habitant is believed to be the sptlsl of spider that is found on Mt est at an altitude of 22000 feet About 1650 women as compared td only 653 men belong to the cigar making union in London CONSTITUTION NEGLECTS MOVIE QUORUMS Washington or the educa tion of his colleagues Senator Tom Connally of Texas has gone to con siderable trouble to define the word constitution requires tlie presence of a Connally shouted irritably as he addressed rows of empty seats "That does not mean a quorum down in the dining room that does not mean a quorum down at the picture show that does not mean a quorum over in the office build ing it means a quorum here on the floor of the senate" he roared But still no one came in OR JAMAICA Kingston Jamaica An Eng lish "bobby" will be imported to this West Indian port in the Carib bean sea He will instruct the local constabulary in the "ins and of directing traffic KISSED BY A LOVELY SPOOKI And than thia timid aoul want to town! 90 Minutes of Brand New Laughs! VOTING IS POPULAR Washington When it conies to "model citizens" Greenbelt Maryland government housing de velopment takes the cake In an election for Greenbelt's first town council 276 residents out of 290 eligible cast ballots far sur passing election records set in other communities The lone woman can didate was defeated in a last min ute rush for male voters jawm gffi Monday Night Dec 13th 7:00 A ii: SGI 1 1 1 I HKz I Wa Matinee 15c Night 25c Children Always 10c.