Agriculturally Speaking
■ ~ . *i
No Reports Received
Of Serious Shortages
By L. B.HARDAGE
Thursday, May 13, 1977this
has been a week of
unusual weather, as all of
you know. Rain varied last
week over the county from
probably 1/2 inch to close to
2 inches in some sections.
April was dry except we had
some rain the first week. As
I recall not a large amount.
Probably around one inch.
On Monday, May 9th,
Tuesday, 10th and Wednesday,
11th, it was unusually
cold and windy, and some
frost Tuesday morning and
Wednesday morning. No
large amount of damage
visible to tobacco in the
field; however I would
assume that there would be
a lot of resetting due to this
S. H. ATKINS
Painting Service
Call 586 5212
Littleton
HM is Guaranteed
Interior and Exterior Painting
FR£[ ESTIMATES
unusual weather. Most corn
is yellow and some frost
bite: however, it will soon
grow out of this. Small grain
crops have been severely
damaged by the cold winter
and dry spring. This crop
will be real short in the
county. Pastures are in
general poor to fair and will
be real short this summer
unless general rains come
soon.
I have not heard of any
major tobacco plant shortages
or any blue mold or
disease problems in the
plant bed.
L. C. Cooper, Agricultural
Extension Agent, estimates
that corn, cucumber and
soybean acreage will increase
at least 10% each
over the 1976 acreages. Part
of this due to the cut back in
tobacco acres and pounds
for 1977.
Make plans now to attend
the tobacco stabilization
meeting at the Scott
Pavilion, N. C. State Fairgrounds
on Friday, May 27
at 10 a. m. the Secretary of
Agriculture will be the main
speaker.
Cattle Producers
The National Beef Refer
NORTH CAROLINA
FARM
BUREAU
Thurston Pulley
or Gene Richardson Jim Brinkley Doug Reid
20% DIVIDENDS
For the 11th consecutive year
Farm Bureau Insurance is paying
a cash dividend on Fire, Homeowners,
Farmowners, Inland Marine, Tobacco
Floater, and Special Multi-Peril
insurance policies. The 20% dividends
were mailed April 15.
Farm Bureau Insurance also deviates
10% below stct3 rates on these Fire
lines and 15% below state rates on
Auto Physical Damage coverage.
Norlina Road Phone 257-2414
Call us for a quotation.
Delegates From 17 County 4-H Clubs Attend Meeting Here
By G. W.KOONCE
One hundred end twentyone
4-H'er» and leaders
from 17 organised 4-H clubs
attended five training classes
at a workshop held at
Mariam Boyd School last
Thursday evening.
Classes taught were presidents,
vice-presidents, and
parliamentarians instructed
by A. M. Ward of Norlina
with 21 in attendance;
secretary-treasurers instructed
by Lucious Hawkins
of Warrenton with 30 in
attendance; reporters instructed
by Mrs. Mary M.
Jordan and Mrs. Lucious
Hawkins of Warrenton, with
26 in attendance; experendum.
Registration dates
of June 6-17 have been set
and July 5-15 for voting. The
referendum, if approved
would establish a National
Uniform collection plan to
fund beef research, marketing,
promotion and consumer
information programs.
To vote in the referendum,
producers must first register
at the local ASCS office
and certify they have owned
cattle during the past 12
months. After the two week
waiting period, they will
return to the ASCS office to
vote. At least fifty percent of
the producers registering
must return and vote and
two-thirds must vote in
favor of the program for it to
be enacted.
Youth Improvement
Club Has Gathering
By CHARLIE FIELDS, JR.
The Norlina Youth Improvement
Club held its
monthly meeting on May 9
at the Norlina First Baptist
Church at 6 p. m.
The meeting was called to
order by Oita Cheston,
president. Devotion and the
minutes followed.
The business session included
plans to have a bake
and stew sale on May 28 at
11:30 a . m. The place will be
announced later.
Mr. G. W. Koonce, extension
agent, visited with us.
He presented us with the
award for first place in S6H
Conservation.
Our educational topic was
"Don't Get Run Down,"
discussed by Wayne Kersey.
Dues were paid and
refreshments were served
by the Fields family.
Twenty-five members, two
parents and two leaders attended
the meeting.
ienced leaders Instructed by
MUi Emily Ballinger and
Mrs. Bertha B. Forte,
County Home Economics
Extension Agents, with »
attending; and new leaders
instructed by Glenn Woolard
and George W. Koonce,
County 4-H Agents, with 1»
In attendance.
The workshop began with
a large group session.
Prayer was given by the
Rev. R. D. Bullock of
Drewry and briefing was
given on purposes and other
details of the workshop.
Teaching took place in
small classroom groups as
indicated with a Pepsi and
light refreshment break
following the first session.
A wrap-up large group
session ended the workshop
with reports being given by
recorders from each of the
classes.
A review of the reports
given In the five classes
taught were as follows:
PRESIDENTS, ETC.
By ANGELA DOWNEY
Our group was Instructed
by Mr. A. M. Ward. Mr.
Ward distributed literature
and showed films on the
proper way to conduct
meetings. He talked about
"Why Use Parliamentary
Procedure?" There were
lots of good reasons given,
but the best one was "to help
an organizaf transact
business qi> an<l eas"
ily."
Rules and principles were
also discussed. The order of
business was discussed. We
discussed motions and talked
about the four classifications
of motions. Voting and
the different methods of
voting were discussed.
Nominations and the
power of the chair were
discussed. The meaning of
terms such as division,
plurality, adjourn, etc.,
were discussed.
We didn't cover lots of
other things needed due to
lack of time but the training
was very good and worth
every minute of our time.
secretarytreasurer
By SYLVIA CARROLL
The regular meeting of
the secretary-treasurer s
group session was called to
order by Mr. Lucious Hawkins,
acting as a resource
person at 7:30 p.m. on May
12 at Marlam Boyd School.
Thirty members were pre^Followlng
the recognition
of members Mr. Hawkins
called our attention to a
booklet entitled, "Secretary-Treasurers"
book. In
the book we noticed a
constitution in the back.
Facts about how to be a
reliable and good secretary,
president, or any other
officer were brought out.
Mr. Hawkins, our resource
person for the night,
was very nice about
teaching us some of the
important things in our
books. Many things that
even I didn't know were
brought out in the information
he gave us.
He brought a booklet
entitled, "Roberts Rules of
Order." A very enjoyable
book it seemed to be. Then
afterwards we just talked in
between the lines about our
booklet.
There being no questions
or responses from the
members, our resource
person then decided to read
parts of the book. As the
parts were read Mr.
Hawkins gave brief but good
explanations of each.
There being no further
business, the meeting adjourned
for a short while for
refreshments.
REPORTERS
BySALLIE WEST
At the workshop for
reporters we discussed how
to select information for
news articles such as:
conflict, recency, newness,
discovery, timeliness,
prominence, recognition,
nearness, significance, the
unusual, adventure, names,
numbers, amusement, etc.
The content of the news
articles was discussed in
respect to the five W's: Who,
What, When, Where and
Why.
How to write a news
article was discussed in
respect to the Inverted
Pyramid story, the Chronological
Order story and the
Composite (many angles)
story. We found out that the
qualities of a good reporter
are to be reliable, accurate,
loyal, enthusiastic, respect
for authority, to be impartial
and courteous.
We also learned the points
to remember when reading
before large groups such as:
stand correctly using good
posture; speak loudly,
clearly and distinctly; look
at your audience; use
acceptable grammar, and
use correct pronunciation.
EXPERIENCED
LEADERS
By MRS. RODGERS
HOLTZMAN
The following were some
of the things taught in our
workshop. (1), Importance
of leaders keeping a roll of
members and the office they
hold and the projects; (2;,
We practiced planning educational
programs' for
monthly 4-H meetings and
discussed including as many
members as possible in
meeting agendas; (3), How
4-H members should plan
with leaders the programs
they want to have during the
year; (4), Each club was
asked to turn in monthly
meeting programs for the
remaining months of 1977;
(5), To encourage more 4-H
members participation in
demonstrations. Share the
Fun, Fashion Revue, etc.,
were discussed including
awards for such participation.
We then discussed
problems we were having
within our clubs.
NEW LEADERS
The report coming from
the group gave an outline of
what was taught as follows:
1. Purpose of 4-H
2. What 4-H Has to Offer
youth
3. The Importance of
Leadership Development
4. Community 4-H Club
leadership roles
5. How to conduct a
community 4-H club meeting
6. Discussion
Clubs in attendance at the
meeting were Areola, Busy
Clover of Mayflower, Cool
Springsv Elam, Embro,
Golden Star, Haliwa, Maconeers,
Manson, Northern
Vaughan, Oine, Ridgeway,
Shining Star, Warrenton,
Wise - Paschall, Youth
Achievement of Drewry and
Youth Improvement of
Norlina.
Our thanks to the many
contributors who made the
workshop possible. Special
thanks and appreciation to
our volunteer professionals
who gave of their time to
teach classes; 10 Mr.
Michael Williams, principal
of Mariam Boyd School and
Pepsi Cola of Henderson.
The Casino in Monaco was
built in 1866.
COLONIAL LODGE
RETIREMENT HOME
Private or Semi Private Room*
With Rath. Two Home Cooked Meals
Daily. 7 Day* A Week
All Service Included
Unen Towelv Maid Servye
And Supervised On Property Manager
Home I ike Atmosphere
Private Rooms With Rath »225 00 Mo
Semi Private Rooms With Rath tlSO.OO Mo.
Call Roger or Novella Ormsby
Phone (919» 2S7 3377
Warrenton. N. C 275H9
Veterans and Others Invited