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Thursday, March 17.1963 **»'• <M*fs Nbw, m EieSn ■•live, I* y»r fnittm W Parker Bralfcan Nempapen as Abaakte. Mi catena appears weekly la a m taker as thal pwap'i pakHeaHaai. " _ ai . During a recent visit with my mother, I was told by my brother Jerry that he enjoyed .reeding my column. It was good to know I have one avid reader. However, Jerry said he thought I . would be more in teresting if I developed a col umn similar to that written for the Raleigh News and Observer by Dennis Rogers, and not so much political junk. Well, I’m no Dennis Rogers, nor do I really want to be, But I do hear some funny stories once in a while, and there is one in particular I’d like to share with you. Years ago, in the tiny Gates county community of Cor apeake, there lived a man named Percy Lee. Percy Lee, a man of many talents, spent most of his time assisting my wife’s grandfather in the operation of a country store in that community. He mostly waited on customers at the gas pump in front of the store and did what little maintain ing the customer’s needs as he was able. Percy Lee was good at those chores, but he had one slight problem. Per cy Lee stuttered, so the story goes, very badly. One day while attending to his duties at the store, Percy was confronted by a man wanting directions to a near by town. Knowing exactly where it was, Percy was pleased to assist. So, in the best way he possibly could, Percy began to direct the fellow. “You g-g --g-g-g-. you g-g-g-g-g-, you g-g --g-g-g-” Being in a bit of a hurry, the traveler figured Percy would never get the directions out, so he started his car and drove away, determined to find directions on his own. Upset by the man’s lack of patience, Percy replied in gperfect English as the man gdipve. flwgyv.'/Go the hell on "then, dam it, you’ll get there before I can tell you.’’ Okay, Jerry, how’s that? On to another subject, have you read all the press about Virginia’s Ralph Sampson? After his winning basket in the final seconds of the Virginia-Maryland contest, many of his fans believe he is not less greater than God Himself. What a shame. To be sure, Sampson is a remarkable in flßefk TyCer downtown 4. Sedenton Computer $84 S 5 MANUFACTURERS xfrw PR,C£ 1° addition to our great low price, Timex aw f~ nn wiM 9*vo you a sls rebate when you v|n u ££ T X E purchase a Timex Sinciair 1000 computer, now through AprH 30th. Mail in rebate C#% mq» coupon, product information card and sales ? 04” 'OUPCOCT receipt. See local dealer for details. Make sure you take advantage of this ■ ■ terrific offer. Act now! ICK Ram Module - $49.95. Memory Expansion. Easily Attached To Your Timex flndair 1000. Bhop Belka Charge, Master Card, Visa, American Express 4 use our tay-away plan. 8t0f«. hours: Monday • Thursday 9:30 A.M. • 5:30 P.M.; Friday 9:30 A.M. - 9 P.M.; Saturday 9:30 A M. - 5 P M point of view BV BILL NIXON dividual, and there is little doubt that he has exceptional abilities as a basketball player. But as great as God? Never. Americans become too in volved with those that enter tain us. WE are to blame for so many young men and women ruining their lives because of drugs or other means. We put so much pressure on them to be the great individuals that we can never be that they either bum themselves out or must find ways to hide their inner feel ings when faced with defeat. Most young people under 25 years of age have a hard time adjusting to normal life, much less the hipe and stress of being a star. To expect them to react to our desires for excitement and entertain ment and remain normal is often not possible. Sampson and no other in dividual on this earth is God. Agriculture Day, March 21 To the bulk of Americans, Monday, March 21 will be just another day. But to the entire population in the United States, the day should hold special significance. Agriculture Day is March 21. And to the two per cent of the U.S. citizens who produce the food to feed and fiber to clothe the rest of us, it is a day of pride. American farmers produce more food than ever before, feeding themselves and 78 others with their production; an accomplishment com sumers may take for granted. Agriculture plays a major role in the economy of both North Carolina and the entire United States, through pro duction of goods meeting and exceeding domestic demand. Exports of agricultural goods cut the federal trade deficit in half in 1981, and farmers and grain dealers still had grain left over to place in storage. The dollar is strengthened through these exports, and as a result, Americans are in a better position to trade in the world markets. Millions of jobs in the U.S. are affected either directly or indirectly by agriculture. One out of five jobs in the U.S. depends on agriculture to keep it going. For every three and a half acres a farmer harvests, one acre of that pro duction goes into export chan nels. Across the U.S., 630,000 jobs are dependent on agricultural exports, and the Sampson is only a very talented individual, talents given him by God. We would all do good to remember this...fans and Sampson. • • • In closing I’ll leave you with this bit of wisdom: Building a good marriage and building a good log fire are similar in many ways. You build a fire with paper and kindling, and all at once it goes up in a brilliantly burning blaze. The primary blaze burns down and you wonder if the fire will fizzle out and leave you in the dark. You blow on it and fan it for all you are worth. Sometimes smoke billows out and almost chokes you, but if the materials are good and if you invest enough energy and in terest in maintaining it, soon the big solid logs catch, and your fire takes on new qualities. , number grows by 30,000 every t additional $1 billion we ! export. I Support industries benefit I from increased agricultural exports in a big way. For i every dollar earned from r farm exports, and additional - $1.05 is earned by transporta > tion, warehousing and finan ’ cial industries. Then add the earned dollars back into the ■ economy in the form of con sumer spending and it i becomes apparent how a strong farm economy, in cluding a strong export pro gram, boosts the American economy. “Shrinking numbers in the farming communities means that fewer farmers are pro ducing more and more, and that our agricultural popula tion base is dwindling,” pointed out Commissioner of Agriculture Jim Graham. This is due in part to the lack of recognition of the farmer as a businessman. Americans have enjoyed ch&ap food' in comparison bur peighbors on this planet.” On a percentage basis, Americans spend less than 14 per cent of their income on food, while the Chinese spend 60 per cent and the Russians 31 per cent. And 71 per cent of the Chinese work in agriculture, Graham said. “Americans owe it to the farmer to say thank you on a day set aside to call attention to agriculture,” said Graham. THE CHOWAN HERALD Seminars To Stress Communication Skills The NCSU Division of Con tinuing Education will offer a three part series of day-long business management seminars in five locations across North Carolina in May. The seminars will focus on Hoke Roberson, Jr. 1 Announces V : 1 ANNUAL PERCENTAGE ffMBR -9K RATE Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac Or GMC Tracks i March 31,1^3, y ou can § et Low GMAC financing on the finest line of low 11.9% GMAC financing on quality 1983 GM GM vehicles ever offered. Available from Hoke cars and light trucks,* And thin low rate is not Motor Corp. on vehicles delivered by March 31. just limited to selected models. Qualified Vehicles ordered by February 28 are also eligi bly ers can finance any new 1983 Pontiac, ble. Dealer financial participation may affect Oldsmobile, Buick or GMC light-duty truck or final negotiated price of the vehicle. So make van at just 11.9%. y our b es t deal and get a big break with low 11.9% GMAC financing. ‘Excludes fleet sales and leased units. PONTIAC GMAC BUICK I OLDSMOBILE GMC TRUCKS VISIT THE HOME OF THE ★GM* GIANT 7ff||f||f r motor corp. Ml HI 111 1" EDENTON 482-8421 Jr \jJIUIILN- Broad St. Ext. employee relations and time management. The first seminar, “Dealing with Difficult Employees.” will utilize th£°]Hne& developments in behavioral change technology to demostrate methods a manager may use to deal with a problem employee. James P. Lewis of Professional Resources, Raleigh, will in struct the seminar. It will be offered in Asheville May 2, in Charlotte May 3, in Greensboro May 4, in Raleigh May 5 and in Wilmington May 6, “Communicating Job Stan dards and Expectations” is a seminar designed to give Page 9-B managers the skills necessary to communicate job standards and expecta tions effectively so that in creased employee productivi ty might be realized. Ralph Continued On Page IQ>B
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