Thursday, January 21, 1962 Lamont Is Guest Speaker Murray L. Goodwin w Agri. Ext Agt. ft Pr. Bill Lamont will be the ■ feature speaker at the 1962 CJvowan County Vegetable meeting to be held on Friday afternoon, January 29 at 2 P-M- in the Oak Grove Community, Building, farmers please put this date down now), will talk about the latest in weed control for t cantaloupes and water -9 felons. He will give the results of the extensive testing of Dacthal, Prefar, Sana lon, Alanap, and Paraquat, last year. These wejre tested in four or five places scattered from the Coast to Piedmont. 6ne of these test was conducted in Joppa community on E. L. Hurdle farm. I He will present in formation about using plastic in growing can taloupes. About half of the cantaloupes growing in New Jersey are grown on plastic. The use of plastic conserves moisture, controls weed and grass, and makes can taloupes about a week to two * weeks earlier. " Irrigating small plots with ■rip Irrigation will be given. fl will give the results of watermelon variety tests onducted with Mike and l/ohn Pippins and Win ipume Brothers. Both of nese tests were good tests. )he tests involve 11 (Varieties. New varieties in F tests include, Mirage, Royal, Charleston, Sweet pleat and Madera. Mirage is long melon with dark fjripes, beautiful cutting and high yield potential, jphis variety may have a place in commercial watermelon production in jyir.area. Our cantaloupe variety P test was conducted on Lester Harrell farm with Carroll Bass. This was an Alcoholism Awareness Week Highlight Problem Os Alcohol Abuse Alcohol is established in our society as a food, a drug and a poision. While the I majority of us enjoy oc casional imbibing, some 13- million Americans are problem drinkers. Alcoholism Awareness Week, January 17-23 is a time to focus special at tention (Hi the problems of alcohol abuse and alcoholism. Although alcoholism as an entity is 1 well-known, it is little un derstood. It is a major personal health problem as well as a burden to society, yet alcohol education is lacking and research is poorly funded in comparison with similar other illnesses, such as cancer and heart disease, Approximately 70 per cent > of American adults drink alcoholic beverages with one out of every ten to twelve developing alcohol related ' problems. The consequences of continued heavy drinking include physical, social, psychological and economic aspects. Currently, at least 10 per cent of all deaths are • alcohol-related. Considering that alcohol acts as a poison in our system, it is not surprising that every vital organ in the body can be adversely affected by alcoholconsumption. Brain disorders, muscle injuries and weakness, heart failure, gastrointestinal disorders and liver diseases are the )>, major medical com plicahions of excessive drinking. Heavy drinking during pregnancy has detrimental effects on the developing baby and can result in mental retardation and physical abnormalities. Alcohol’s role as a drug can be either beneficial or adverse. Mild alcohol in > toxication can serve as a “social lubricant’’ enabling shy and inhibited in dividuals to loosen up a bit. Alcohol has even been utilized in retirement homes to facilitate social in teraction. However, as a drug, alcohol can also be abused. Excessive drinking used by lonely, bored or unhappy individuals as a forai of self-medication. excellent test on moisture black sand and included 10 varieties. Nine of the ten varieties came up 100 per cent. New varieties include Super Star, Magnum 45, and Alaska. Magnum 45 may have commercial interest for us. We will show pictures of Silver Chief Sweet Corn. This variety may compete with Silver Queen and Quick Silver. It has some real characteristics. This is an excellent eating corn, beautiful appearance in the crate and often has two nice ears on the stalk. About all of this variety comes off at one time. Planting Begins Forestry personnel of the Albemarle Land and Timber District, the nor thern half of the North Carolina Region, have launched the 1982 planting season. Crews are busy reforesting almost 5,000 acres of company land and more than 900 acres owned by members of the Tree Farm Family program. Genetically improved tree seedlings grown at Weyerhaeuser’s nursery near Washington, are being used for the reforestation program. Carlton L. Reason of Jamesville will retire from Plymouth Wood Products at the end of this month with 11 years service. —O- Forestry personnel from Weyerhaeuser and other forest products companies in the area are undergoing co-operative refresher training at forest fire fighting schools by the North Carolina Forest Service. The schools cover such things as coordination of ground crews, air sup- Continusd On P*e 6-B While alcohol may tem porarily relieve the symp toms of such individuals, it is never a cure. Self medication with alcohol may lead to alcoholism in addition to the underlying psychological problem. Economically, problems with alcohol abuse cost our nation approximately S6O - annually. Included in this amount are reduced production due to workers being absent because of alcohol-related illness, health care expenses 'and motor vehicle accidents; approximately half .of all automobile accidents are alcohol-related. Alcoholism is obviously a monumental problem. Scientists worldwide are examining the puzzle of why individuals react differently to alcohol. Many believe that a genetic factor is in volved. Hiis could explain why children of alcoholics are five or six times more likely to develop alcoholism than people not having a family history of alcoholism. A genetic factor may also protect certain people from developing alcoholism. It is known that certain ethnic groups, Orientals for example, frequently become sick after consuming only a very little alcohol. Consequently, many are unable to drink enough to become alcoholic. This sensitivity to alcohol has been linked to abnormal liver enzyme. It is estimated that genetic factors could account for as much as 80 per cent of all alcoholism. The remaining 20 per cent is likely to have psychological or sociological roots. The N. C. Alcoholism Research Authority, comprised of nine members appointed by the governor has contributed to making NordiCarolinaaleadingstate in alcohol research. Through its support of training and research projects, the NCARA is aiming at the long-range goal of prevention. A greater un derstanding of alcohol and its effects may lead to an eventual reduction in demands for treatment and rehabilitation services, as well as reducing the per sonal tragedy of alcoholism. WM, IF YOU’RE NOT ffip] SHOPPING AT WINN-DIXIE, AREN’T YOU TIRED OF PAYING TOO MUCH FOR YOUR GROCERIES? Week after week after week, we beat the store that claims to be "LOWEST” in head-to-head price comparisons. tj Toiv\" j lf pinc-sc. Va / 30-ct. Pampers / A / 18-oz. Post Toasties Corn Flakes L. 1 2-30-8 I 49-oz. Tide Detergent Non-Food 32-oz. Listerine roCery 2.61 D 32-oz. Del Monte Catsup / 2-Lb. Uncle Ben’s Rice ' 13 48-oz. Dawn Liquid Detergent /Grocery 99U 5-Lb. Store Brand Sugar Von-FoZd l£j 2-Lb. Bag Carrots /Grocery 2.66 D/ 1-Lb. Store Brand Margarine /Produce 1.39 L/ 10-Lb. Bag Regular Potatoes / Perishbl .89IJ 1-Lb. Store Brand Bacon / lat 3-1 on 34L/ 1-Lb. Store Brand Bologna / Produce 1-Lb. Curtis Whole Hog Sausage / Meat 2.59LJ 46-oz. Hi-C Fruit Drink /Meat 1.49 U 16-oz. Quaker Oats / Meat 1.39 L 1-Lb. Chock 0 Nut Coffee / Grocery L39L Ctn. of 6 6-oz. Frozen Store Brand Orange Juice r rocer y - 69 M 3-Lb. Velio- Onions fcg 2 S 15-oz. Hunt's Tomato Sauce / p r Jf bbl „ iff 1 / S-oz. Armour Vienna Sausage / GrSry 99L 46-oz. V-8 Vegetable Juice G S .S 14^-oz. Hunt's Whole Tomatoes / Grocers 41L 22-oz. Ivory Liquid Detergent /Grocery 79L 46-oz. Store Brand Pineapple Juice / Non-Food ,59]_/ 1-Lb. Store Brand Saltines / Grocery 1-35 D 22-oz. Wesson Oil / Grocery I.IOL/ 4-Pak Cottonelle Bathroom Ti ssue / Grocery .69L / 8-Pak 16-oz. Pepsi Cola / Non-Food 99L/ **£*** *»/ / f °h * " l / Subtotal »OH Tn^ Centtax 39 95 ■ —-LSI Winn-Dixie’s combination of EVERYDAY LOW PRICE BREAKERS, DEEP-CUT PRICE BREAKER SPECIALS and PRICE BREAKER COUPONS offer you unbeatable savings. Make your own comparison and you’ll discover what hundreds of thousands I -of Winn-Dixie Shoppers already know NOBODY SAVES YOU MORE THAN WINN-DIXIE! ★ Price Survey Done On Dec. 30th. Some Prices May Have Changed Since That Time. THE CHOWAN HERALD Page 5-B

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