From all reports, most
sections of the county
received some rain. It
varied from over 2 inches to
1/2 inch or less, however,
the majority received fairly
good rains. I have not heard
of any section that did not
receive any rain. Some did
not receive enough to really
help a lot, however, any
would help some. Let's hope
all will get a good soaking
rain soon.
The tobacco crop has
certainly improved since
the Monday and Wednesdayrain.
We may still make a
fair crop, not a brag crop.
A former 4-H club
member, Mr. William Perkinson
was by niy office this
week. William was raised at
Wise, N. C., now is wiih the
American Breeders Service,
at Montgomery, Alabama I
was real glad to see him. We
discussed dairying in Warren
County and Alabama
William stated that they
have been terribly dry in
that part of Alabama — no
hay or silage made to speak
of, shipping alfalfa hay in
Wise-Paschall 4-H
Club Holds Meeting
By TINA SALMON
Club Reporter
The Wise-Paschall 4-H
Club held its monthly
meeting August 2 at the old
Wise School Building at
7:30. There were seven
members, one guest, and
one leader present.
The meeting was called to
order by President Susan
Currie. The American
Pledge was led by Pam
Currie, the 4-H Pledge by
Julia King, and the 4-H
Motto by Frank Stegall. The
devotion was given by
Donna Paynter. The son
"Junior Birdman" was led
by Sue Salmon. Secretary
Lisa Leete read the minutes
of the last meeting and
called the roll.
Old business consisted of a
paper drive held August 6
at 9:00. Everyone was asked
to leave all old newspapers
or magazines on their front
porch to be picked up by the
4-H'ers.
A trasn pickup will be held
August 16 at 8:00 starting at
the old Wise School Building
and concluding at Luther
Paynter's house. Announcement
was made of a
recreation meeting August
11 and a forestry workshop
August 13 at the Warren
County Agriculture Building.
Jeffrey Bender and Sue
Salmon will conduct at the
forestry workshop.
The members also decided
to have a club cookout at
the lake on August 13
New business consisted of
planning for the collecting of
funds for Cystic Fibrosis.
Susan Currie then gave an
educational program on
Communications. She told
that to be a good reporter
one must have a nose for
news. She also told of the
"five" W's and "one" H in
news writing: Who, What,
When, Where, Why, and
How. In concluding her
program, she told that
accuracy, brevity, and
clarity are important factors
in news writing.
^Refreshments were Serv"
ed by Lisa and Mann Leete
before the meeting adjourned
at 9:00.
from Missouri under the
disaster program. William
is the son of Mr. Carl
Perkinson and the late Mrs.
Perkinson of Wise. He
married Connie Young of
the Wise Community and
they have one child, a
daughter probably around 2
years of age.
It makes you feel real
good when a former 4-H
member or student takes
time to come by to see you. I
appreciate it very much.
September is the graded
feeder cattle sale month. If
you have feeder calves that
will qualify for these sales,
you w ill in general sell at a
higher price than on a
regular sale. If you are
interested, please let me
know and I will call or
contact you to be certain
your calves qualify. The
nearest sales will be in
Rocky Mount and Oxford.
I am proud that Warren
County has two new dairy
operations going into production
this year. Mr.
Travis White and Mr. Hal
White, Jr. of the Oine and
Wise section are well on
their way as well as Mr.
Billy Joe Burrows of the
Macon section.
Dairy farming is probably
one of the most confining
operations you could go
into; however, it offers a
real opportunity to those
who are willing to use good
management, hard work ad
just plain good judgment.
Irrigation System
Reduces Crop Loss
By MIKE McKINNY
Soil Conservationist
Warren County, like many
counties across the state,
has experienced some extremely
dry weather. Yields
have been reduced without
normal rainfall.
Yields from tobaco, Warren
County's money crop,
stand to be reduced drastically.
Many farmers will not
make their poundage, since
they are not able to plant
more acreage than allotted,
as they have been able to do
in the past. Without good
tobacco yields, many farmers
will be hurt financially.
Some will almost be
financially destroyed.
Drought is a serious problem
and should be treated as
such. Irrigation water from
farm ponds can improve
your chances for good
tobaco yields in years such
as this one. The Soil
Conservation Service can
provide the technical assistance
to landowners necessary
for the construction of
an irrigation pit or a farm
4-H Members Hold
Terrarium Workshop
Bv SUE SALMON
Hey big sis, is this
ri^ht?" "Ooo! It's a crawling
critter!" "Kulia, what
plants are you gonna use?"
These were some of the
exclamations and questions
heard at the 4-H terrarium
workshop on Wednesday,
August 3. This workshop
was different from the
others in that the workshop
leader, Sue Salmon was
working with her own 4-H
members from the WisePaschall
4-H Club. Nicknames
and almost-toocasual
questions were abundant
and so were recollections
of trips made to a
creek with the leader to look
to terrarium type plants.
Pam Currie, Susan Currie,
Tina Salmon, Donna
Paynter, Frank Stegall, and
Julia King participated in
the workshop, tina Salmon
was assisting on this
workshop as the club
members first learned how
to make terrariums and
then made their own.
Afterwards, they filled out
-projertTecord books. In this
way, the 4-H'ers participated
in what could become a
life-time hobby.
pond to be used (or
irrigation.
If you feel like your
farming operation would
benefit from an irrigation
system, contact the Warren
Soil and Water Conservation
District or the Soil Conservation
Service located in the
Agricultural Building.
Haliwa 4-H Club
Builds Terrarium
By SUE SALMON
When members of the
Haliwa 4-H Club were
learning not only about the
plants, but also about the
assorted "critters" that
may live in a terrarium,
they probably hadn't guessed
that they'd have a chance
to hold one if they liked. But
that's exactly what happened!
"Mik*y," the fen*
lizard tried to make friends
with everyone, but "blew it"
when he bit leader, Sue
Salmon on the finger and
was exiled to the terrarium!
You'd only expect the
1-H'ers to sympathize with
the lizard!
This was just one part of
the fun as members from
the Haliwa and the WisePaschall
4-H Clubs participated
in a 4-H terrarium
workshop on Friday, August
5, from 8:00 - 12:00. Sue
Salmon and assistant, Jeffrey
Bender from the
Warrenton 4-H Club, taught
how terrariums were made,
how to obtain plants and
animals, and how to care for
terrariums. Then Lynn
Harris, Douglas Harris, and
Morris Harris from the
Haliwa 4-H Club made
terrariums with the help of
Sue, Jeffrey, and leader,
Kathy Wilson. Tina Salmon,
Pam Currie, and Susan
Currie of the Wise-Paschall
4-H Club also made terrariums.
This workshop was
full of fun and learning.
Dove Season Opens
On September 3
The seasons on doves,
woodcock,, snipe, rails and
gallinules have been selected
by the N. C. Wildlife resources
Commission from a
frame work offered by the
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
which controls the seasons
on all migratory game
birds.
The season on mourning
doves will be split as in the
past; and the first half will
open at noon on September
3,1977, and close October 15,
1977. The second half of the
split season on doves will
open at noon December 19,
1977, and close January 14;
1978. The daily bag limit will
be 12 doves.
Tri - County
Mobile Home Brokers, Inc.
U. S. Business 1 South
Henderson
492-3136
Double Wide Homes
Single Wide Homes
Reconditioned Homes
We will trade for anything of value
On the lot financing
Also—Conventional FHA and VA financing
Alio—Financing is available with no down payment
to qualified buyers
SEE: Tom Hicks
or or
J. K. Foster Shelton Peoples
The season on woodcock
will be November 19, 1977,
through January 21, 1978,
while the season on Wilson's
snipe will be November 14,
1977, through February 28,
1978. The season on rails and
gallinules will be September
1,1977, through November 9,
1977.
Hawaii is 1,100 nautical
miles from the w«at coast of
the U. S.
Mlas Estelle SomervlUe Is shown at right reading to Annette Palmer, on lap, and
Reginald Pierce, standing. At left Is Gladys Banks assisting with the project with
Lakesha Palmer on her lap and Jackie Mayfleld standing. Miss SomervlUe says "the
children enjoy it and I love It." [Staff Photo]
Extension Department Holds Lap
Reading Program At Macon Club
By BERTHA B. FORTE
Home Extension Agent
The fourth in a series of
"Lap Reading" sessions
was held in the Macon Club
House on August 4.
Miss Estelle Somerville,
cultural arts leader for the
Macon Extension Homemakers
Club is coordinator
of the "Lap Reading"
project for the Macon Club.
"Lap Reading" is a statewide
project of Extension
Homemakers for children
between six months and
school age. The purpose is to
help create and enrich the
home environment for pre
school children throughout
the state.
It all begins at home with
parents and caregivers
learning to be better parentteachers.
Earl S. Schaefer
has said, "the family
initially establishes the
child's level of intellectual
functioning, and school
merely educates at the level
established prior to school
entrance." It is up to the
parents to see that the
children are ready to cope
with the learning process
when they enter school.
Activities such as reading,
music, good conversation,
pictures and sharing are
part of an enriched home
environment. Extension
homemakers throughout
Warren County can make a
difference for many children
as they become a "Lap
Reader."
With an increased awareness
of the importance of
the beginning years as the
foundation for future learning
and development, there
is increasing concern for
making the first years the
best possible for all children.
FHA Emergency
Loans Authorized
Farmers Home Admin!
istration Emergency loans
have been authorized in 56
drought stricken counties in
North Carolina. According
to James T. Johnson, FmHA
State Director, the agency's
FmHA's Emergency loan
program was made available
along with other
Federal disaster assistance
in response to the recent
request from Governor Jim
Hunt. The Governor made
his request because of the
extended period of dry
weather which has plagued
farmers and other residents
of these counties since mid
Mav
FmHA's Emergency
loans are designed to assist
eligible farmers who have
suffered severe losses of
income to overcome the
effects of the losses and to
return to their normal
source of credit as soon as
possible. Loan funds to
cover actual dollar losses
may be borrowed at five per
cent interest to be used to
repair, restore or replace
damaged or destroyed farm
property and supplies and
for actual expenses incurred
in farm production. Loans to
cover actual losses to crops
and livestock are scheduled
for repayment over the useful
life of the security up to
seven years.
Essential credit needs of
farmers for annual production
expenses or to make
needed adjustments to their
operations may also be
considered. These portions
of the loans carry an eight
per cent interest rate.
Repayment periods rang*
up to forty years for long
term credit needs where
real estate will serve aa
security.
Johnson emphasized that
applications for Emergency
loans must be filed no later
than September 30, 1977.
"Applications on hand at
that time may be processed
and approved but we will not
be able to consider applications
for farmers whose
requests are not filed by the
cutoff date," Johnson said.
Applications are filed in
FmHA's county office serving
the county in which the
farm is located. Further
information can be obtained
at the county offices where
listed under U. S. Government
(Agriculture) in local
telephone directories.
The designated counties
are Alamance, Alexander,
Anson, Bladen, Cabarrus,
Caswell, Catawba, Chatham,
Cleveland, Cumberland,
Davidson, Davie,
Duplin, Durham, Edgecombe,
Forsyth, Franklin,
Gaston, Granville, Greene,
Guilford, Halifax, Harnett,
Hoke, Iredell, Johnston,
Lee, Lenoir, Lincoln, Mecklenburg,
Montgomery,
Moore, Nash, Northampton,
Orange, Person, Pitt, Polk,
Randolph, Richmond, Robeson,
Rockingham, Rowan,
Rutherford, Sampson, Scotland,
Stanly, Stokes, Surry,
Union, Vance, Wake, Warren,
Wayne, Wilson and
Yadkin.