Agriculturally Speaking
Stabilization To
Meet May 28th
By L. B. HARDAGE
County Extension Chairman
Raleigh—The 30th Annual
Membership Meeting of the
Flue-Cured tobacco Cooperative
Stabilization Corporation
has been set for May 28, 1976,
at the Kerr Scott Pavilion on
the N. C. State Fairgrounds,
according to Car! T. Hicks,
President of the Cooperative.
The meeting will begin at 10:00
a. m. and adjourn around noon.
A complimentary barbecue
lunch will be served to all who
attend. Following lunch, growers
and others are invited to
tour Stabilization's new office
facilities at 1304 Annapolis
Drive.
This year's featured speaker
will be Congressman Dan
Daniel, a friend of the Tobacco
Community, from the Fifth
Congressional District of Virginia.
Daniel was elected to the
United States Congress in 1968
and has served continuously
since that time. He is a past
National Commander of the
American Legion and a former
State Commander in Virginia.
Daniel presently serves on the
Armed Services Committee
and the District of Columbia
Committee in the House of
Representatives.
The Fifth District of Virginia,
which Daniel serves, is the
largest flue-cured tobacco
producing area in Virginia.
Born and reared on a tobacco
farm, Daniel is aware and
knowledgeable of. the many
problems facing flue-cured
tobacco growers.
Dr. Joab L. Thomas,
newly-appointed Chancellor, N.
C. State University, will give
the address of welcome to the
group from the five-state
flue-cured producing area. Also
on the program will be the
annual report of the President,
as well as the operational
TRACTOR
PULLING
All persons
| interested meet
| M.J. Paynter at
J Paynter Enterprises
j Monday, May 24
I at 8:00 A.M.
i
report by Fred G. Bond,
General Manager of the
Cooperative.
Stabilization Corporation
was organized 30 years ago to
provide an insured price and
stabilized market for growers
of flue-cured tobacco.
Large delegations of growers
are urged to attend the May 28
meeting to express to Congressman
Daniel their continued
interest in and support of
the tobacco program.
Salvage Yard
Opens At Macon
Riggan Salvage Yard was
opened in Macon on May 10 at
the home of John Riggan from
where automobiles and other
forms of scrap metal will be
handled until such time as the
owner can find a location on a
railroad siding. He is at present
considering a siding on the
Warrenton Railroad Company,
but its location is not yet
definite.
John Riggan, owner of the
salvage yard, is a native of
Macon and a graduate of Macon
Hign School. He is the son of
Mrs. Emma D. Riggan of Macon
and is a railroad contractor.
Riggan said this week that he
hopes to build the salvage
business into a $100,000
business within the next 18
months and that one of the
reasons for its establishments
is to help Warren County.
One having old automobiles
and/or other scrap metal one
wishes moved are asked to
contact Riggan Salvage Yard at
Macon. The telephone number
is 257-4829.
Alston Receives
Associate Degree
Associate degrees were
awarded to 13 women and 107
men at graduation exercises for
the 15th class of the
Agricultural Institute at North
Carolina State University,
Friday, May 14. The Institute is
a two-year curriculum which
prepares students to manage
farm enterprises and to hold
other positions in the business
related to agriculture.
Among those receiving an
associate degree in Agricultural
Pest Control was John E.
Alston, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Roscoe Alston of Norlina.
Committee members and others participating in the first quilt making workshop on May 13, as
measurements are made, squares cut, and designs transferred for the state flower quilt.
Carpets Now More Available
By BERTHA B. FORTE
The lower cost of today's
carpet makes it available to an
ever-increasing number of
people. Most carpet purchases
are made for color and style,
with little thought being given
to the other characteristics of
the particular carpet chosen.
The different types of carpet
have their own characteristics,
or changes, that will become
evident. This does not mean a
carpet is defective, but it is
what should be expected from
this type of carpet. Unfortunately,
if the changes have not
been anticipated, their appearance
may make the purchaser
unhappy.
The plush construction which
is in great demand to today's
consumer provides a good
example of a characteristic that
will develop. This construction
is done by placing the cut pile
yarns very closely together.
The yarns are tightly packed
and help to hold up adjacent
yarns. The carpet may be
either a solid or multicolor.
When a carpet is rolled for
shipment, the ends of the face
yams will all lean toward the^
end of the roll. After the carpet
is installed and vacuumed, the
pile will have a uniform
appearance. This uniform
appearance is due to the light
being reflected from a uniform
surface.
Some changes can be
expected after the carpet is
used. The traffic areas will
appear a little different from
the adjacent, unwalked on
areas. This difference occurs
because the carpet pile has
been compressed by footsteps.
Vacuuming and brushing '-/ill
help to raise the crushed pile.
However, an occasional vacuuming
cannot compensate for
continual compressing of the
carpet. The consumer will have
to work to keep the pile erect.
Even though a conscientious
program of vacuuming is
followed, some changes will
take place. The changes will be
not only in the traffic areas but
also in other sections which
receive very little traffic. This
change is more noticeable on
solid colors and in the better
grades of plush carpet.
The change may first become
apparent as a large spot, as if
something has been spilled. It
may look like a water spot. The
spot may be rounded or have a
wavy shape, not really
enclosing any area. If the
fingers are run over the spot, it
will be noticed that the pile
runs in one direction until the
edge of the spot is reached.
The edge of the area will
appear rough, or raised, but
outside the area the pile runs in
a different direction from that
it the spot.
It is easy to determine that
the carpet pile has changed
directions, but it is not known
why it does. No doubt, the
change in the sections in the
traffic areas can be attributed
to the movement and force of
footsteps. Pivotal areas can
easily be explained as can
sections in front of chairs and
television sets, but these areas
can continue under pieces of
furniture. It is easy to predict
the type of carpet in which the
change will take place, but not
where it will occur or why. This
change has many names:
shading, watermarking, pooling,
highlighting, and pile
reversal.
If an area is observed from
one direction, it will appear to
be darker than the adjacent
areas. Viewed from another
direction, the same area will
appear lighter than the
surrounding area. The reason
for the change of shade is due to
the amount of light being
reflected from the area. When
the sides of the yarns are
viewed, more light will be
reflected and the area will
appear lighter than when one is
looking at the ends of the yarn.
This phenonenon can be
achieved Vj rubbing the hand
over a small section of the
carpet to lay the pile all in one
direction. Then rub the hand in
the opposite direction over a
small part of this area until the
pile is lying in the opposite
direction. The lighter shade will
be reflected from the sides of
the yarn and the darker shade
is produced by the ends of the
yarn.
What can be done to correct
this conditon? In most cases,
nothing: Vacuuming and brushing
the pile all in one direction
or professional cleaning may
temporarily improve the condition.
However, this changes
only the top portion of the pile
and shading will soon redevelop.
Shading is a characteristic of
a plush carpet, and it should be
expected to develop. It is not
something which is due to
neglect during manufacturing,
nor is it something which the
manufacturer can eliminate in a
plush or a velvet type of
construction. Shading helps to
break up the plainness or
sameness in a solid-color,
dense, cut-pile carpet. It is a
characteristic which occurs in
good quality carpet and it
should be enjoyed. However, if
this characteristic is not
appealing, then another type of
carpet should be chosen.
Cancer
Crusade
Closes
The 1976 Cancer Crusade has
come to a close. The final total
reported by Annie Mae Alston,
chairman of the Warren County
1976 Cancer Crusade, is $3100.
Mrs. Fitz, service chairman,
has noted that ten cancer
patients received some service
as a result of the 1975 crusade.
The 1975 funds have been
exhausted, however, and three
applicants are on file for 1976
funds. It is hoped that these
persons can be given assistance
very soon, Mrs. Alston added.
Inadvertently left off last
weeks report was the report by
Mrs. W. J. Skipwith, captain,
with $256.91. She was assisted
bv Ms. Agnes R. Johnson, Anna
Burchette, .Jake B. Norwood
and Miss M. E. Patillo.
Additional reports turned in
include Mrs. Bettie B. Jones
with $10; Miss Lytonia Harris,
$10.75; Mrs. Irene Fitz, $15; NS
Mrs. A. M. Alston, $55.
Receives Degree
Miss Mamie Alston Tunstall,
daughter of Mrs. Luvenia
Alston and the late Mr. Eugene
Alston, of Route 1, Norlina.
North Carolina, received her B.
A. degree in Elementary
Education from Shaw University.
the university without
walls program, at Commence
Mr. and Mrs. Jackson F. Brown, Sr., of Littleton announce
the approaching marriage of their daughter, Laurann Lanette,
to Aaron Morris Pierce of Hallsboro. Miss Brown is a speech
clinician in the Columbus County School system. Her fiance is
employed at Tar Heel High School as a guidance counselor. The
wedding is planned for June 12 at Oak Grove Baptist Church in
Littleton.
ment Exercises held on
Sunday, May 16, 1976 at
Memorial Auditorium, Raleigh,
North Carolina.
Mrs. Tunstall is presently
employed at the Soul City Head
Start Center, Soul City, North
Carolina. She is the wife of Mr.
Harvey E. Tunstall and has five
children.