Parking hasn't always been a problem in Warrenton as this
old picture, copied by the State Department of Archives and
History, indicates. Looking north along Main Street, the
photographer saw almost an equal number of horses and
automobiles. The Green-Polk House can barely be seen at the
far end of the street.
Secretary Outlines
77 Target Prices
Secretary of Agriculture Bob Bergland has announced the
1977 target prices for wheat, feed grains and upland cotton.
Current legislation requires that target prices be adjusted
from 1976 levels to reflect the increase in the index of prices
paid by farmers for production items, interest, taxes, and wage
rates during 1976 as well as changes in the three-year moving
average of yields for each crop.
The 1977 target prices are as follows:
CROP 1977 1976
Upland Cotton (cents/lb.) 47.80 43.20
Wheat (S/bu) 2.47 2.29
Corn ($/bu) 1.70 1.57
Sorghum ($/bu) 1.62 1.49
Barley (l/bu) 1.39 1.28
Target prices represent a floor price that eligible producers
may receive for their crops. If the national average market
price for the particular crop falls below the target price, a
deficiency payment is made equal to the difference between the
target price and the market price. Deficiency payments have
never been made on wheat, feed grains or upland cotton in the
four years of the program.
Target prices are also used as a base to determine disaster
payments should a natural disaster strike an eligible producer's
crop. Under such circumstances, disaster payments are paid if
the producer is prevented from planting a crop or if yields are
substantially reduced. The disaster payment rate is generally
one-third of the target price for each commodity.
The Department also said that the 1977 loan rates it
announced Oct. 13, 1976, for wheat, feed grainings, and
soybeans are being reviewed and decision on final loan levels
for these commodities will be announced at a later date. Her
bushel loan levels announced Oct. 13 were; Wheat—$2.25,
Corn—$1.50, Sorghum—$1.43, Barley—$1.22, Oats—$0.72,
Rye—$1.20 and Soybeans—$2.50.
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The heaviest metal in the world is iridium. It weighs 1,414
pounds a cubic foot.
Oil. Painting Is 42 Feet Long
A 42-foot Ion# oil on masonry by Robert Sinjfletary adorns
the cafetctu wall at the ultramodern 1'hilip Morris Manufacturing
Center in Richmond, Virginia. Art is considered an important
and integral part of the surroundings at Philip
Morris, where a basic corporate philosophy directed toward
the enrichment of the working environment is carried out.
"is he
hurt bad?"
Life insurance to pay up the
home mortgage should be]
carried by every family man.|
Such Mortgage Redemption
Life Insurance is offered at low
premium by Warrenton Insur-i
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U. S. Army Sergeant First Class Jessie E. Raines [right]
receives the Outstanding Instructor of the Month Award at
Sheppard AFB, Texas, from Colonel Robert R. Reid, Jr., School
of Applied Aerospace Sciences commander. Sergeant Raines is
die son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse E. Raines of 526 Ridgeway St.,
Warrenton. Sergeant Raines was honored for effective teaching
techniques and exemplary devotion to duty. The sergeant
graduated from high school in 1957 and entered the Army that
year.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR PERIOD ENDING:
December 31,1976
Harris-Turner of Warren County
Mutual Burial Association, Inc.
Warrenton, N. C.
BALANCE DECEMBER 31,1975 $5,382.70
RECEIPTS:
Current assessments collected $3,598.45
Number new members at 25c 124.00
Interest on time deposits, stocks, bonds 305.76
Miscellaneous
Disallowed death claims 200.00
Total (lines 1 to 5, inc.) $4,228.21
Net difference of advance assessments: Plus 63.95
(If your advances have increased since last report, this is
a plus entry. If they have decreased, this is a minus entry)
Receipts 4,292.16
Total receipts 9,674.86
DISBURSEMENTS:
Salaries
Collection commissions 974.86
Miscellaneous expenses 1.81
Total expenses (lines 10 to 13, inc.) $976.67
(Must not exceed 30% of the amount shown on lines 1 and 3)
No. $ 50. .
Death benefits paid (No. 14) No. 100.1 100.00
No. 200.13 2,600.00
Membership fees paid agents 124.00
Refunds 11.00
Total disbursements (lines 12 to 16, inc.) $3,811.67
BALANCE TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR 5,863.19
ASSETS:
Cash shortage
Cash on hand 192.20
Bank deposit The Citizens Bank (BB&T) 953.13
The Citizens Bank PB 1-05187-0 1,286.98
Securities The Citizens Bank CD 2833 1,154.54
Securities The Citizens Bank CD 2907 2,276.34
Securities
Total assets $5,863.19
LIABILITIES:
Advance assessments $379.65
Death benefits unpaid
Expenses unpaid
Total liabilities $379.65
SURPLUS $5,483.54
Number of assessments during year 12 Race Black
Membership in good standing at close of books 926.
I hereby certify that the information given in the foregoing
report is true and correct to the personal knowledge of the
undersigned.
Secretary-Treasurer J. FREEMAN HARRIS
Street Address 410 W. Franklin Street
City Warrenton, N.C. 27589
Telephone number 257-2102
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME,
this 31st day of January, 1977
ODESSA HAWKINS (Notary Public)
My commission expires Nov. 9, 1980.
MISS SILVER
Local Student
To Go On Tour
Miss Lela Jane Silver is
among the members of the St.
Augustine's College Choir on an
extensive tour of the northern
United States.
The choir will be in
Columbus, Ohio, Highland
Park, Mich., Grosse Point,
Mich., Philadelphia, PaCherry
Hill, N. J., Hartford,
Conn., and Washington, D. C.
The tour began in Ohio on
March 23 and ends at
Washington on March 29, which
carries the group to different
cities each of the seven days.
Miss Silver, an honor
graduate of John Graham High
School, is the daughter of Mrs.
Sarah Silver of Rt. 2, Macon.
Birth
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Moseley
announce the birth of a
daughter, Tonya Louise, on
March 8 at Maria Parham
Hospital. Mrs. Moseley is the
former Anne Edwards of Wise.
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in a recipe since the shortening
power is not the same as for
unwhipped butter.
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