$20 Million Farm Income Sought In Long-Range Plan Ri I.. R h \ri>\(;k Count \ KtlrnHHin Chairman Warren County joins the one hundred counties in North Carolina in launching the North Carolina Agricultural Fxten sion Service Six Year Program 4 Sitrht. One Warren County goal of the program is to raise the county farm income from 14 million dollars to 20 million dollars bv 1982. 4 Sight is a long: range plan of the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service which establishes specific county and state goals for (1) Agriculture. (2) Home Economics. (31 4 H and. (4) Community Resource Development. It is a six year plan, terminating in 1982. 4-Sight was developed bv planning committees in each county and at the state level. The committees identified the most pressing farm, family and communitv problems, and then developed an educational pro gram to deal with each problem. In order to reach the Warren County farm income goal of 20 million dollars by 1982, the county agricultural goals in elude crest ing a desire and find ing ways for I he average farmer to learn necessary steps in creating profitable farm enterprise — land, labor, capital, management, marketing, and the ability to tie all together to make it a satisfying and profitable enterprise. The goals of the Home Economics Extension Program in the county include helping all family members achieve a full and satisfying life. Over the next six years, the Home Economics Extension Program will emphasize educational programs dealing with family health and nutrition, family resource use, human development, and human environment. The primary objective of 4-H" is to help young people to become more capable members of their community. The need for young people to develop a set of life skills emerges as a major focus in 4-H for the next six years. The life skills that seem most critical are becom ing self-reliant, learning how to learn and to use knowledge. relating to change, and helping and sharing with others. To assist vouth in the mastery of these skills, emphasis will be placed on the acquisition of knowledge and development of specilu' skills relating to vocation, leisure, physical and mental health, communication, and leadership. Community resource development is concerned with problems which can best be solved through group study, group decision making and group action. Extension's basic responsibility in Community Resource Development over the next six years is to provide information that will help communities improve the quality of life. Named For Bird The American'Indian name for cranberries was i-bimi. "bitter berry," the National Geographic Society says. The Pilgrims, noticing the berries were a favorite food of cranes, called them craneberries and. eventually. < ranberries. Many TV programs are now transmitted with a special color reference signal called VIR When the VIR signal is present, new sophisticated computertype circuitry, in selected General Electric color models, uses this signal to automatically adjust the color and tint of the television picture, this means you won't have to fiddle with those color control settings: instead, this truly automatic VIR system makes the adjustments for you. GE's Broadcast Controlled Color system consistently gives you color and tint automatically adjusted by the VIR signal from the broadcasters themselves Come in for a demonstration . ask us to show you the extent to which VIR is available in this area. MARY CHEEK Miss Cheek Is School Winner Marv Lula Cheek has" been named John Graham's 1976-77 General Mills Family leader of Tomorrow. Marv Lula won the honor by competing with other senior* here in a written knowledge and attitude exami nation on December 7. She will receive a certificate from General Mills, sponsor of the annual educational scholarship program, and becomes eligible for state and national honors. The State Family Leader of Tomorrow, to he chosen through judging centered on performance in the December 7 test, will receive a $1,500 college scholarship, with the second ranking participant in the state receiving a $500 grant. The state winner will also earn for his or her school a 20 volume reference work. "The Annals of America." from Fncvclopaedia Rritannica Educational Corporation. In April, the 51 winners representing every state and the District of Columbia will be the guests of General Mills on an expense paid educational tour of Colonial Williamsburg. Ya.. and Washington. D. C. During the tour, personal oh servations and interviews will be conducted to select the All American Family Leader of Tomorrow, whose scholarship will he increased to $5,000. Second, third and fourth place winners will receive scholar ship increases to $4,000, $3,000 and $2,000. respectively. Precinct Meetings Upcoming In Warren Mrs. John L. McCain, rhairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee, announcer) today that North Carolina Democrats will caucus at their respective precinct meetings on Thursdav, Feb. 10, at 8 p. m. These meetings wil! he hel(f at the polling pla'e of each precinct across the state. The purpose of these meetines is to elect new precinct officers and precinct committee members to serve for the next two years. Delegates are also to be elected for the Countv Conventions which will be held in each county at noon on March 19. Rach countv chairman desig nates the exact location of the County Convention and has it announced at each Precinct Meeting. Precinct officers to be elected in each precinct are: chairman, first vice chairman, second vice chairman, third vice chairman and secretarv treasurer. In addition to these officers a five member precinct committee is also elected. Mrs. McCain urged all active Democrats to attend their precinct meetings and to continue their involvement at the grassroots level. Stitch up dinner napkins from leftover fabric scraps. Trim the corners with lace or embroidery initials. Standard sizes run from 18 to 24 inches square. Area Deaths And Funerals MRS. BLANCHE P. burroughs Mrs. Blanche Pinnell Burroughs. 90. died in Warren General Hospital at 10:30 p. m. on Jan. 31 following a Ion* illness. The daughter of the late Willis and Maria E^erton Pinnell of Warren County, she was the wife of the late Walter Cooke Burroughs. Sr. She was a member of Brown's Baptist Church. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at 3 p. m. at Providence United Methodist Church with the Rev. Dennis Levin and the Rev. Dudley Neal officiating. Rurial was in the church cemetery. She is survived by one son. Walter Cooke of Warrenton: six daughter*. Mrs. R. L. Reavis of Warrenton. Mrs. Ira Weaver of Norlina. Mrs. M. K. Wvnn of South Hill. Va.. Mrs. N. R. Moselev of Henderson, Mrs. W. G. Maddrev of Myrtle Reach. S. C. and Mrs. H. F. Palmer of Henderson: one brother. Charley Pinnell of Richmond. Va.. eight grand children. 10 great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. MRS. SADIE B McCAFFITY Funeral services for Mrs. Sadie Beatrice McCaffity. 42. who died on .Ian. 24. were conducted at Colev Spring Baptist Church on Sunday. .Ian. 30. at 2 p. m. with the Rev. Luther Rrown. officiating. She is survived by two daughters. Miss Rubv Mae McCaffity of Warrenton and Miss Sadie Marie McCaffity of Newport News. Va.: two sons. Willie McCaffity, Jr.. and Thomas Henry McCaffity of Warrenton: six sisters. Mrs. Louise Fields, Mrs. Clementine Dale. Mrs. Cora Johnson. Mrs. Marion Fitts. all of Warrenton. Mrs. Bessie Solom of Newport News. Va.. and Mrs. Margaret Harper of New Jersey; two brothers. Rdenton Hfivd and Robert T. Rovd of Newport News and one grandson. MRS. I.UCY P PERRY J AMESVILLE—Funeral ser vices for Mrs. Lucy Price Perrv. 76. who died Saturday, were held at 2 p. m. Tuesday from Biggs Funeral Home Chapel. Burial was in Jamesville Cemetery. Mrs. Perry was a sister of Garland Perry of Warrenton. Other survivors include her widower, Joseph Perry: five daughters, Mrs. Janie Scareno of Elizabeth City. Mrs. Agnes Gregonir of Ashland. Pa.. Mrs. Marjorie Weinstein of Ceriter. Calif.. Mrs. Helen Martinette of Norfolk. Va.. Mrs. Jpvce Overman of Newport News. Va., a son. Douglas Moore of I«as Vegas, Nev.; two brothers, Robert of Henderson and Wood row Price of McClennev. Fla.: a sister. Mrs. Mae Jones of Elizabeth City: ten grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren. REV. J. H. l-AM) Last services for the Rev. .lames Howard Land, pastor of the Glenn Hill Baptist Church of Danville, Va„ were held Jan. 26 at 4 p. m. at the Wrenn-Yeatts Chapel by the Rev. Donald L. Harlan and Bill Soyars. Interment was in the Highland Burial Park. Mr. -Land died Jan. 24 in Memorial Hospital. In 1956 he organized the Glenn Hill Baptist Church and served as pastor until 1968, when he moved to Bethlehem Baptist Church. He returned to Glenn Hill Church in 1972. He was a retired loom fixer at Dan River. Inc. He is survived by his wife. Elizabeth Marshall Land; seven sisters, Mrs. Mattie L. Durden' of Steinhatchee, Fla., Mrs. Esther Fields and Mrs. Alpha Isom, both of Greensboro, Mrs. Ethel McGilverv of Clayton, Ala., Mrs. Alma Waldrop of I/>well, Mrs. Nora Cheek of Littleton and Mrs. Norma Gurley of Forest City. A ■ MM* t GlAtS CO JIMt b Supply Co 110 tp—m R —4 H*nd*r»o*l N. C. cti 138 4313 t* 438 6311 Beautiful systems beautifully priced make Sylvania the sound investment of the year! Sylvania Compact System CST6730 includes a solid-state AM/FM/FM stereo receiver, built-in 8-track stereo tape player, and two 8" full range air suspension speakers. Receiver provides 4 watts min. 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