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Continued From Page 1 sightly garbage cans detract so much.” We spend thousands of dollars to beautify the central business district yet we can’t toaster up enough support for a plan for backyard garbage collection. Those responsible should hang their heads in shame. But maybe that is what they are doing, thereby not having full ap preciation for the mar of natural beauty which abounds so beautifully and abundantly. Welcome, Mr. Carver We want td welcome W. Raleigh Carver, Route 5, Elizabeth City, as a subscriber to the best newspaper published along the Public Parade. Every subscriber is something special, but Mr. Carver is extra special. For those who are not readily familiar with our new subscriber from the Isle of the Pasquotank, he comes to our mailing list with sterling credentials. He is president of the 10-county Albemarle Area Development Association, is one the executive committee of the 29-county Health Services Agency, is a Pasquotank County commissioner, is a former ASCS fieldman, is an enthusiastic Jim Hunt supporter, is an expert craftsman, and is an eligible batchelor. And if that isn’t enough, he is good at scaring the devil out of our second born who had the misfortune of minding the front office when he came in to shell out his $6.24. Mr. Carver thinks accuracy, the Democratic Party and the United Methodist Church are as sacred as motherhood but not necessarily in that order. He admits that we qualify for diplomas in three of the categories, but questions our accuracy on occasion. It is apparent that we have been consistent in one regard-we don’t interpret the same set of facts in the same manner as Mr. Carver. Even as a candidate for county commissioner, a post he serves with great gusto and esteem, he called us on the carpet for something we had written about Pasquotank’s lack of support of the College of The Albemarle. He had troubled himself to go beyond mere quotations and get to the meat of the subject, something which did not surprise us in the least. We were in the office when his rath was the highest on this subject. But to our good fortune we were at a four-wheel luncheon when he came in to exchange his cash for a subscription to this newspaper. We share his cra&e for accurac,. We also share his devotion to the United Methodist Church, the Democratic Party and Jim Hunt. But we all make mistakes along the way, more out of accident than design. If we give every subscriber who is special and unique, and all 3,750 fit into this group, then it will take 72.12 years to pay tribute to them along the Public Parade. But then we are fortunate in that most simplify the matter by giving the U. S. Postal Service 13 cents to deliver their subscription. But Mr. Carver ain’t that type; he had rather pay 64 cents per gallon for gas to drive the 70 miles round trip to do his own thing. During the next 12 months we solicit his understanding of our faultering. Mainly because Melissa can’t stand much more of the Carver from the Isle of the Pasquotank. Thursday, August 19, 1976 ■ The Chowan Herald Bux 207, EDENTON, N. C. 27*32 Published every Thursday at Eden ton by, The Chowan Herald, Inc., L. F. Amburn, jr„ president and general manager, 421-425 South Broad Street, Edenton, North Carolina 27*32. Entered as secund-class matter August 30, 1*34, at the Post Office at Edenton, North Carolina, under act of March 3, 1(70. L. F. Ambucfi. Jr., President-Gen. Mgr. J. Edwin Bufflap Editor E. N. Manning Production Supt. Subscription Rates One Veer (outside N.C.) $7.00 One Year (in N. C.) W. 24 Six Months (outside N.C) S4JO Six Months (In N. C.) $3.50 Farm Tips ByDr.J.W. Pou yL" ; Wachovia Bank ft Truat Co, NJL SOLUTION SOUGHT FOR BLACKLANDS ' BARREN CORN MYSTERY A mysterious ailment is causing some com grown in the tidewater blacklands of North Carolina to be barren, or without grain. This is happening in an area that has a history of unusual soil-related farming problems, but bar ren stalk com seems to rank in a class by itself. Scientists can’t pin down its cause or even find an indication that the specific problem has been ex perienced before elsewhere. “Anywhere com is grown, there are some stalks in practically every field that don’t have fully developed ears on them,” said North Carolina State University plant pathologist Dr. Craig Grau. He ex plained that barren stalks are nearly always the results of a nutrient deficiency, particularly boron, or stress from weather or overcrowding. “But in the blacklands we’re talking about some thing that may be entirely different, because of the much higher frequency of barren plants in some fields,” Grau said. “We’ve ruled out weather and population stress,” the research scientist said. “And we don’t think it’s the kind of nutrient deficiency we normally associ ate with barren stalks, although there may be a deficiency or imbalance of a complex nature.” He suspects that organisms living in the high organic soils may be involved. So far he doesn’t have a clue as to what the organisms might be. The N. C. Agricultural Experiment Station is funding a study to try to find the Grau and two other N. C. State University scientists, J. P. Lilly, a soils specialist, and Dr. John Van Duyn, an entomologist, are doing the research. The answers won’t come too soon to suit farmers who are confronted with the barren stalk problem. “It’s the problem some of us fear the most, because of its potential and because so little is known about it,” said Steve Bames, a former N. C. State black lands soils specialist and currently an agronomist with First Colony Farms. Bames has observed yields on individual fields fall from 160 bushels an acre to 40 bushels due to the barren stalk problem. Grau said yield reductions of around 30 percent are common in the affected areas of the blacklands, and added that the problem seems to be fairly wide spread. It was found in 25 percent of the fields checked last year by Grau and his team. An estimated quarter of a million acres of the blacklands soils are currently in crop production primarily com and soybeans and other thou sands of acres are in various stages of being drained and cleared for the same purposes. Affected are fields in Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington and Beaufort counties. Not all blackland areas have the barren stalk problem. “At First Colony, we are changing our rotation in some areas from one year soybeans and one year com to two years soybeans and one year com,” Bames said. “This is the first year we’ve had com on fields that have had two years of beans, and we’re anxious to see what happens.” Research at N. C. State University has indicated that rotation of crops tends to reduce the severity of barren stalk. This will be part of the study dur ing 1976. In addition, Grau will screen a number of commercial hybrids for differences in resistance to barren stalk. Work last year indicated the prob lem was less severe on some hybrids than others. In addition, over 400 inbred lines of com will be screened. If the N. C. State scientists can find one of these with tolerance or resistance to barren stalk, it could become the source of germplasiq in develop ing a resistant hybrid. Other work will focus on chemical soil treatments. Grau treated affected soils with methyl bromide in 1975 and got sharp increases in ear development and yield. “This piece of information is the primary reason we now believe microorganisms are involved in causing barren stalk,” Grau said. He suspects that microorganisms are preventing the plant from getting the nutrients it needs for full ear develop ment. Methyl bromide is too costly to be considered a practical field treatment, but Grau plans to test some other materials that are less expensive. If they produce the same results as methyl bromide, their use could be an alternative where barren stalk is threatening to drive com off certain blackland fields. Free Lunch, Milk Program Continued From Page 1 Additonal copies are available at the principal’s office in each school. The information provided on the application is confidential and will be used only for the purpose of determining eligibility. Applications may be submitted at aqy time during the year. In certain cases foster children are also eligible for these benefits. If a family has foster children living with than and wishes to apply for such meals and milk for them, it should contact the school. Undo- provisions of the policy, the principal of the school will review applications and determine mvttm W/&E8 eligibility. If a parent is dissatisfied with the ruling of the official, he may if he wishes to discuss the decision with the determining official on an in formal basis. If he wishes to make a formal appeal, he may take a request either orally or in writing to Cecil W. Fry, associate superintendent, P. O. Box 206, Edenton, N. C. 27932, telephone 482-4436, for a hearing to appeal the decision. The policy contains an outline of the hearing procedure. If a family member becomes unemployed or if family size changes, the family should contact the school to file a new ap plication. Such changes may make the children of the family eligible for reduced price meals or for additional benefits such as free meals and milk if the family in come falls at or below the levels shown above. In operation of child feeding programs, no child will be discriminated against because of race, sex, color or national origin. Bad) school and the office of the central office has a copy of the complete policy which may be reviewed by any interested party. Allocation To Fund Law Enforcement Projects Albemarle Law and Order Association has recently been allocated some $330,000 for projects in the 10-county region by the Governor’s Law and Order Commission. This was announced byChiefW.C. Owens of Elizabeth City, a member of the com mission. Included in the allocation are funds for implementation of the Teachers Preparing For 1976-77 School Year School bells rang Monday for some 200 staff members of Edenton-Chowan Schools and they are busy preparing themselves for the beginning of the 1976-77 term next Thursday. Dr. John Dunn, superintendent, reports there are 31 new teachers among a faculty of 153 in the five schools. Only three guidance counselor positions remain un filled. Orientation for students will be REPUBLICAN i '■ f| I I 3 a : 5 gifs , lit I i i i i For Governor Alexander 2 4 —1 2 • 15 Flaherty 5 20 1 3 lO 39 McCall 2 —1 2 2 7 Privette 6 8 2 2 3 21 For Lieutenant Governor Hiatt 7 13 2-2 l3 37 Payne 5 12 2 1 3 3 . 28 For Secretory of State Nanney 6 9 2 4 ! 21 '' Spaulding, Jr * 6 21 3 2 4 15 ; 51 For Stole Treasurer Coble 8 19 3 2 8 1 40 McLeod 5 13 4 1 2 11 '36 For Member of Congress—First District Stroud 8 12 2 2 2 6 132 Ward 4 20 1 3 4 11 -43 •« L. • DEMOCRAT For Governor Barker, Jr 9 Hunt, Jr 282 302 134 78 ,- -68 O’Herron. Jr.._ 42 101 3 2 8 “30 2 • 186 Strickland 9 12 5 Wood —. 280 301 105 106 81 103 17 J 993 For Lieutenant Governor Akins 145 161 54 28 26 54 * 9 475 Brown, Jr 24 43 14 14 6 14 I |ll6 Green 56 106 30 24 37 18 10 281 Hyde 8 15 11 1 10 36 Jordan 66 138 39 31 13 46 8 341 Lee 153 139 4 29 5 28 5 363 Mcßacken 6 14 1 4 2 5 4 Stephenson 19 24 12 H 9 4 3 ! 82 For Secretary of State Breece 158 274 76 45 53 93 14 713 Eure 252 302 85 106 60 64 26 895 For State Treasurer Boyles 190 270 53 56 43 76 15 703 Brown 197 258 69 66 28 70 17 705 Jurney 18 13 6 4 6 11 5 f 63 For State Auditor Bridges 202 309 69 71 40 78 19 788 Fuller 67 79 31 24 10 22 6 239 Woo 143 159 13 26 17 93 - 9 460 For Commissioner of Insurance Ingram 248 304 69 88 46 80 20 855 Johnson 171 272 54 39 30 67 15 648 Waters —i 23 21 9 12 7 11 4 87 For Commissioner of Labor Brooks 108 158 32 24 13 43 4 384 Dunnagan 70 71 8 18 8 14 10 J 99 Mcßride 23 37 12 11 7 15 1 JO6 Scott 237 317 85 39 78 20 844 f - For Superintendent of Public Instructions Currin 131 210 41 44 22 61 13 522 Phillips 296 352 78 83 43 85 22 959 For Member of Congress-First District Bonner 79 138 84 37 28 51 6 423 Jones 402 522 102 128 81 120 35 1j390 For Mouse of Representatives—First District Harrell 523' 559 162 127 96 152 23 1*42 James 121' 202 56 65 57 55 21 577 Twiddy 27 29 17 9 3 IS 6 !104 White 159 203 54 54 50 66 23 609 For Register of Deeds Ashley . 123 115 14 14 22 32 4 324 J. A. Bunch 165 174 98 25 31 45 9 547 Evans 54 93 41 79 50 22 8 847 Spruill.— 235 305 85 65 51 89 19 849 For l County Commissioner-Ttiird Township Copeland 241 340 106 85 97 88 26 981 Ward, Jr. 167 180 62 88 «T 81 S 597 For Board of Education First Township Bond 369 515 106 108 n M mi x Griffin ... 271 399 101 100 « 99 TnJL Underkofler 146 109 27 15 12 48 417* For Board of Education Second Township i W.R. Bunch 257 200 185 45 M 85 gnu Copeland, Jr. 83 129 47 58 45 41 ! S Goodwin - 102 157 17 tt M 42 454 communication project for’ Chowan, Gates and Perquimans counties. Mel Bunch, project director for Region “R”, said this included a central tower in the Bear Swamp area to be used by the sheriffs departments and the Town of Edenton. Also, it has been agreed to up date communication equipment at Edenton Police Department as a next Thursday when die schools will operate for half a day. School buses will run but the cafeterias will not be open. The first full day of school is August 27 and September 6 will be a holiday. Seven state-financed kin dergartens will operate in the system this year. Remedial math labs, financed by a grant from Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA), will potential communication center for the throe-county area. Funds are contained in the program for two policeman in Edenton as well as a records clerk. Other projects ipdude a $39,000 investigation unit for Dare County with crime prevention units and * added law enforcement in Tyrrell County, the Town of Plymouth and City of Elizabeth City. operate in each school. Also, remedial reading labs will be in all five schools. ESAA provides 389,000 for programs in the system here. It makes it possible for the math and reading labs to be staffed by professional teachers as well as aides. Also, each school will have a guidance counselor once all the positions are filled. *
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