a MARK OOFORTH.
jr. now* a i
F.
Wtart D. ALLMM .
?K T. OOMOn
Six Tar Heels Feted
*
For Rural Progress
New York.? The National Aseo
ciation of County Agricultural
Agents meeting here laat week hai
awarded Distinguished Service
Award* to six Tar Heeti In recog
nition of their contribution* to the
rural people of North Carolina.
Wood row C. Richardson of Boone
was included in that number.
The recipients were agricultural
agents F. D. Allen of Carthage,
M. P. Chesnutt of Washington, G.
Mark Goforth of Goldsboro, W. F.
Wilson of Durham; and assistant
agricultural agents Richardson, and
R. R. McNeely of Statesville.
The recipients, all employees of
the N. C. Agricultural Extension
Service, were honored at a ban
quet Thursday night.
Mr. Richardson has guided the
4-H Club program In Watauga
county since 1990. During this
time he has helped start a 4-H
poultry chain, pig chain and straw
berry chain. He has organized a
junior tobacco show and sale, and
helped organize a three-county
lamb show. He has coached nine
state 4-H sheep shearign winners
and two national winners, super
vised a multitude of 4-H demon
strations, and worked with com
munity development projects.
Allen has been Moore county ag
ricultural agent since IMS, and an
assistant prior to that. He helped
farmers increase their broiler pro
duction from seven million in 1033
to 80 million in 1980. He helped
organize a laying hen co-op, and
a poultry show is held each year
in his county. He works with 4
H Club members, boosts livestock,
forestry, pasture, dairy and peach
enterprises in his county.
Chesnutt has been Beaufort
county agricultural agent since
1959. He helped organize the Sea
breeze Egg Producers Co-Op in
1997, which has since paid mem
bers >900,000. He helped organ
ize the Tidewater Breeders Co-Op,
the Pamlico Quality Vegetable As
sociation and the county 4-H straw
berry chain.
Durham County Agent Wilson
hss spent much of his time work
ing with youth. He has worked
in Caswetl county also, and dur
ing his tenure in these two places,
4-H enrollment tripled. More
adult leaders began assisting with
4-H, which strengthened the pro
gram. He has helped Piedmont
farming increase their income by
Deep Gap Man
(Continued from pags one)
the wreck and bad perished in the
(ire.
Phillips and Connard Curtis At
kins were quoted by Patrolman
Garrison as saying they got Mrs.
Phillips from the wreck and took
her up the bank to the side of
the road. At that time she was
suffering from shock.
They said they could not find
James Boyd Atkins and they
thought he was thrown from the
wreck into the creek. They waded
the creek for some distance, ac
cording to their account to the
officer, and searched among the
trees and rocks for the missing
man.
They also were quoted as saying
they hid difficulty getting motor
ists to stop on new Highwsy 431
to send a call for help.
James Boyd Atkins wss born
in West Virginia to Clyde M. and
Martha Shrader Atkins.
Surviving are his widow, the for
mer Miss Iris Greer; four sons,
Roger, Lester, Edward and James
Atkins, all of the home; ore
daughter. Sue Atkins of the home;
his parents of Deep Gap; four
brothers, Lloyd, Curtis, Arnold,
and Billy Atkins; and one sister,
Mrs. Goldia Shull of Winston-Sa
km. -Sk, JBjyk
Funeral services were conducted
Tuesday it Laurel Springs Baptist
Church by the Rev. Will Brackett
and the A?v. Raymond Hendrix
Burial ww la the church cemetery.
Prf*. tJr-4':? '' '
following better cultural practice*,
especially toll conservation prac
tice!.
Since becoming agricultural
agent in Wayne 12 year* ago, Go
forth has helped farmers increase
their income from 123 million in
1MB to ffl million In 1900. Dur
ing this time, tobacco and corn
yields have increased per acre.
Livestock production has made big
strides in Wayne. It account* for
20 per cent of the county's total
agricultural income, aa compared
to S per cent when he went to
Wayne.
Iredell county has become known
for its strong 4-H Club program un
der Mr. McNeely. Since iolning the
extension staff there in 1M7, Ire
dell has produced three sectional.
48 state and five national 4-H Club
winners, and membership has more
than doubled in the dub. Last
year, the people of Iredell con
tributed $7,180 to the 4-H De
velopment Fund. In addition to
his 4-H work, McNeely also works
with adult fanners, primarily as
an agricultural engineer in charge
of terracing and drainage.
Park your
worries hare . . .
under The Traveler*
umbrella of inaurance
protection. Then whrr
evtry-ju park, you know
a friend ia nearby.
Them are more than
14,000 Traveler* repre
aentMtivea located
acroaa America to help
you out quickly and on
the aput. For details on
Traveler* auto inaur
aiKt, i?
Boone
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Agency, Inc.
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Boone, N. C. ? AM 447SS
insurance
for
Your
Every
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Toor hlepnltnt hNruct
Agent Senrc* Yh Flrd
RtprattUlng
THE TRAVELERS
INSURANCE COMPANIES
HAKTTOKD 1M ? OONN.
Qualified Cities
To Receive Funds 1
Allocation of $7,390,136 la i
hMll Bill fuwU to 411 partial- J
paling municipalities *** snnouqc ]
ad by tha Stats Highway Commit
iloo. ' ?< ? ?
Tha funds are distributed an
nually ta qualified cities and
towns tor use to non highway sys
Im street work withia Ifcsir cor
porate limits Checks ta the muni
cipalities will be mailed from Ra
leigh the Utter pari of this month
In enter tnat they wUl reach
municipalities by October 1.
Blowing Rock will receive $10,
9061B, it la announced while
Boone will get $15 03070. Banner
fclfc, just over the line in Avery
county will get $2,430.02, and
Nawlafld $4,228.81 .
SCHOOL ISSl'R LULL <
House passage of two-year ex
tensions of two existing school pro
grams signals the em) of efforts to
pass an extensive school aid bill
this year.
The House vited extension of
the National Defense Education
Act and a special program aiding
schools in federally congested
areas.
Acording to Powell (D.-N. Y ).
this "all but cloaed the door to
any general school aid bill until
after next year's congressional
election."
TITAN FIBINGS IMPROVE
The Air Force did not get the (
first potent Titan Intercontinental '
misiile in place aa scheduled.
However, they expect to have the J
first nine Titana in firing position ]
at Lowry Air Force Base in Colo
rado within the next few months. |
The Air Force has recently sue- :
cessfully launched two Titans, i
bringing the total of successful \
Titan teats to 28 in 40 attempts. <
Eight of the others were rated as
partial successes . ;
Letters To Editor
Writes About
Hunt Hazards
Dear Editor.
The hunting season in North
Carolina has atarted. Thousands of
wntera have returned from their
fint day of dov? shooting. From
ill report* it was aueeeaaful and
tot marred by tragedy.
It ia poaaibie, but not likely,
hat during tbia 1961-02 hunting
reason we will not reecive reporta
>f tragic bunting accidents, but
vith your Inttreat and help their
>ccurrence can be reduced to a
ninimum.
During tbia fall and winter we
rould greatly appreciate your
;onaideration by putting in your
tditorlaU or special columna an
idmonition to your reading public
hat aafe hunting ia possible. In
itilling in the mind of the hunter
i proper, poaitive attitude toward
mnting aafety at all times will
telp ua all to realize our goal:
rnntlng not marred by tragedy.
Baaically, the primary rulea of
[un handling while hunting are;
1. Treat every gun aa if it were
oaded.
2. Always point the muzzle in a
;afe direction.
3. Be sure of your target and
vhat's behind it.
William L. Hamnett
Hunter Safety Training Program
N. C Wildlife Resources
Commission
Says Newspaper
Aided X-Ray Work
Dear Mr. River*:
When 4,431 Watauga countians
:ake advantage of the free cheat
(Cray service, It is conclusive
uroof that the Watauga Democrat
vas a prime factor in telling them
>f that free service.
Thank you most graciously for
rour cooperation and help. I wag
er you would ram* in for ? lot of
thanks too, from many of the 4,431
persons that your good Democrat
reminded of the X-ray Mobile on
the street.
Your community service, with
the front page space for publicity,
was outstar^me Thank you so
much.
Sincerely,
Mrs. K. T. Draughon,
Executive Secretary
Like Article
By Mr. Greene
Dear Mr. Hivers:
I'd like a small space in your
paper to say we truly enjoyed the
letter written in last week's paper
b> Mr. W. C. Greene I passed the
paper on to several qf his (Mr.
Greene's) friends and they all
agreed we need more folks who
think and witness as Mr. Greene
does. I slways read your letters to
the Editor Column, but this one
stood out above all others in my
view.
On behslf of the former Wata
ugans here in Virginia I'd like to
thank Mr. Greene, and you for
printing the letter in your fine
paper which we look forward to
each week.
Mrs. Peggy W. Bumgarner
Forest, Virginia
Rummage Sale
Dear Mr. River*:
We wish to thank all the kind
people who contributed in to many
ways to the success of our rum
mage sale held last Saturday,
Sept. 16th.
Sincerely.
Boone Junior Women's Club
Meeting in Soviet urges U. S.
friendship.
U. S. suggests easing of pomini
can sanctions.
floor heating
performance in a
COMPACT
CABINET!
see the new CONSOLE SIEGLER that
BURGESS FURNITURE STORE
425 W. KING STREET ? AM 4-3696 ? BOONE, N. C.
State Fair Exhibit
Stresses Health
Raleigh ? Health in the atomic
era. with apccial emphasis on
radiation hazards, vill be the
theme around which the State
Board of Health presenti ita exhi
bit at the North Carolina Trade
Fair in Charlotte. October 12 21.
"Radiological Health Goals" 1*
the official title of the exhibit,
which ia one of several to be pre
sented at the trad* event by state
agenciei which serve the public.
"We are In the market telling
health," Dr. W. L. Wilaon of the
Occupational Health Section of the
Board of Health pointa out. Noting
that industrial production ia di
rectly dependent upon the health
of manufacturing employees, Or.
Wilson cites the ever-increasing
exposure to radiation which will
result from increased civilian use
of atomic energy.
The State Board of Health exhi- ,
bit at Charlotte will ahow radia
tion detection measurement and ,
surveillance instruments, and what ;
the agency is doing^to protect the [
health of North Carolina's citizens (
from radiation. Special emphasis
will be placed on measures which \
will be taken when an accident oc- (
curs endangering life or health be .
cause of radiation.
WATER BILL SPFED-UP
Senate-House conferees reported
agreement on a $75,000,000, six
year program to speed the solution
for an economical process to make
fresh water out of sea and brackish
water.
The compromise means a faster
rate of spending than either branch
had proposed.
There are five demonstration
plants in this country, either com
pleted or under construction.
r
Washington News
Washington, D. C. ? President
Charles DeGaulU of France was
the moat reluctant of the four
Western leaders to agree to nego
tiate on the Berlin problem. De
Gaulle agreed to talks only after
much prodding tur it was his eon
fiction that NikUa Khrushchev had
created the crisis and should he
responsible for getting out of it.
Though that view might have
been wiae, President John F. Ken
nedy and Prime Minister Harold
McMillan were not willing to run
the risk of a serious outbreak of
war by being aloof on negotiationa.
The new deadline for settlement
of the Berlin crisis now seems to
be December. At least that's the
date when Premier Khrushchev
has set for the signing of a peace
treaty between the Soviet Union
?nd East Germany, and that's the
date Poland has set for the signing
?f a treaty with East Germany.
In the meantime, the West and
the East will meet to discuss Ber
lin. They are meeting to solve a
crisis that many think is an arti
ficial one. For Congressman Walter
fudd, a Republican foreign policy
expert in the House, the area of
concern la what the talks will be
ibout.
Judd is urging the government
to take up the issue of the slave
empire of the Soviet Union. He
Joes not believe we should meet
ind negotiate with the Soviets if
m are going to negotiate only on
what they wish to talk about.
In other words, he says, why
not talk about giving real freedom
to the* eastern European govern
ments dominated by the Soviets?
Why not talk about giving the peo
ple of East Germany free elections,
ind talk about unifying Germany.
If we are going to refuse to men- 1
tion these obvious world problems,
we should not meet to discuss our
remaining in West Berlin, be says.
Judd's point is well taken and
the only reason why his viejy do
not carry the official stamp of
government policy is because we
are now in an age of appeasing
the Soviet Union. Hard as it is to
believe, we are appeasing thetn
just as we appeased the dictator in
the 1930's.
And this time, as at that time,
there are those who feel we must
appeaae because we have fallen be
hind in the arms race. Russia is
so far ahead of us, at this time, in
the rockets field, it is said, that
we are in dancer of a war because
the chances of Russian success are
increasing almost month by month
Also, our leaders are not capable
of making tough and resolute de
cisions, which they stick by. The
last powerful Secretary of State
to have that ability was the late
John Foster Dulles. But the Eisen
hower Administration, in which he
served, failed badly to keep pace
with rockets and missiles and to
day the Kennedy Administration
is not as strong as was the Eisen
hower Administration, in its first
year of power ? 1953.
And so, as Congress prepares to
quit by the end of the month, the
prospects are that we will meet
with Soviet Premier Khrushchev
in the next few months and make
some concessions to his threats.
This is a sad role for Uncle Sam.
who, in 1945 was the most feared
and unchallenged power in the
world.
September is month for plump
Concord grapes.
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ANNOUNCING
Feeder Calf &
Steer Sale
TO BE HELD AT . . ,,
W. J. UVESTOCK MARKET
WEST JEFFERSON, N. C.
Steer Sale Sat., Sept. 30
AT 1:00 P. M.
STEERS MUST BE WEIGHED IN ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER ?9, 1961
WE WILL SELL ALL WEIGHTS AND GRADES OF STEERS. THEY MAY BE
HORNED OR DEHORNED
Second Sale Sat., Oct. 14
AT 1:00 P. M.
THIS WILL BE A FEEDER CALF SALE
WE WILL SELL STEERS, HEIFERS, CALVES, HORNED AND DEHORNED,
VACCINATIONS NOT COMPULSORY
We will also take in at this sale 1 and 2 year old open heifers to be sold immediately
after calves are sold.
ALL ABOVE CATTLE WILL BE WEIGHED IN ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1961.
There are no restrictions placed on weights of these animals.
It has always been our policy to get the farmers the very best prices for their cattle
without hampering them with a strict set of rules that will make them extra expense
and trouble. There will be no registration fees. Onr commission for selling your cat
tle will be U.N per head, plus insurance of 2 cents per head and nominal feeding
charge of 10 cents per head.
Indications are that we will have buyers from Pennsylvania, Indiana,
Ohio, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Tenn
essee, and we are going to need all the cattle possible in order to fill
the demands of these buyers
WE WILL HAVE WELL QUALIFIED GRADER TO GRADE YOUR CATTLE
Checks will be mailed promptly after sale
Special Sale On Bull Calves
October 18
WATCH THIS PAPER FOR FULL DETAILS OF THIS SALE
Another Steer Sale October 28
W. J. LIVESTOCK MARKET
WEST JEFFERSON, N. C. TELEPHONE 3181