ASC Convention To Be Held Dec.19
The County Convention,
where farmer-chosen dele
gates will elect farmers to
fill vacancies on the Warren
County Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation(AS
C) Committee, will be held
Monday, Dec. 19 at 2 p.m. in
the courthouse at Warrenton,
J. M. Overby, chairman.
ASCS county committee,
announced yesterday
"The convention will be
open to the public, and any
person interested in observing
the voting procedure
may attend," Overby said.
However, only farmer-delegates
to the convention may
particípate in the election
process. Election is bv
secret ballot
County comitteemen are
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elected for three-year staggered
terms. Each year, the
convention also elects a first
and second alternate committeeman.
each for a
one-year term.
The delegates to the
county convention will be
the elected chairman, vicechairman
and regular member
for each community.
All elected committeemen
will take office Jan. 1, 1978.
1978 Forestry
Incentive Program
North Carolina has received
an allocation of $794,000
for the 1978 forestry incentive
program. FIP, which is
a separately-funded program
authorized by Congress
for the purpose of
increasing the nation's
supply of timber products, is
Koberfson Named Lounty
Coordinator For TELL
Roy P Robertson of
Branch Bank & Trust
Company, Warrenton, has
been named by the Young
Bankers División of the
North Carolina Bankers Association
to coordínate the
activities of Project Tell
i Teach Economic Literacy
Lectures) ín Warren Countv.
Project Tell is the
primarv public service
effort of the Young Bankers
División.
This statewide program
was developed by the Young
Bankers División in cooperation
vvith the State Department
of Public Instruction.
Project Tell makes available
the experience of young
bankers as resource people
for classroom lectures on
economic subjects.
This service is designed to
supplement economic educational
programs offered
through the pubiic school
system.
Each county representative
has available several
approved classroom leetures
on economic related
subjects, but flexibility of
presentation is one of the
chief assets of the program.
Project Tell was begun by
the Young Bankers División
in 1963, and is rapidly
gaining recognition for its
contribution to the improvement
of economic literacy
among the young people of
North Carolina. Project Tell
representatives have been
appointed for each of the
state's 100 counties.
administered through local
county ASCS offices.
Two of the major changes
for the 1978 program are:
hardwoods are no longer an
eligible species-only softwoods
and there is a
natvnal mínimum size
acreage of 10 acres to be
eligible for cost-sharing.
Interested persons should
contact their local county
ASCS office for details. All
ASCS programs are administered
without regard to
race, color, sex, or national
origin.
Crop Acreages Needed
One of the provisions of
the Food and Agricultura
Act of 1977 includes working
from a "normal crop
acreage" when a farm is
participating in the set-aside
program (allotments
are o.ut) The "normal crop
acreage" will consist of the
planted acreages of 14 basic
crops planted in 1977 as
reported by producers.
Next year when a producer
plants a program crop,
his crops plus set-aside must
be within the "normal crop
acreage" in order for the
producer to be eligible for
program benefits. If a
producer fails to certify his
1977 crops, his normal crop
acreage will be set at "0"
and he will be ineligible to
participate in the 1978 programs.
All agricultural producers
are urged to go by the ASCS
office and report their 1977
píanted acreage.
Davis Ordained Djring
Special Services Sun.
The Rev. Gerry Davis,
pastor of the Warren Plains
Baptist Church, was ordained
during a service of
ordination at the church on
Sunday night.
Participating in the service
were his brother, the
Rev. Don Davis, pastor of
Rosewoode Lañe Baptist
Church in Gastonia; the
Rev. Ed. Laffman, director
of missions for the Cullom
Baptist Assoc.; the Rev.
Dudley Neal, chairman of
the ordaining council for
Cullom Baptist Assoc., and
pastor of Brown's Baptist
Church; and the Rev.
Robert Rogers, pastor of
Wise Baptist Church.
Also, the Rev. Raymond
Walters, pastor of Plainview
Baptist Church of Dallas;
and Roy Neal, chairman of
the board of deacons at
Warren Plains.
Special music was rendered
by the adult choir
during the service.
The Rev. Gerry Davis, 30,
is a native of Morganton. He
holds an AA degree from
Gastón College in Gastonia
and a bachelor of Engineering
Technology degree from
UNC-Charlotte and is enrolled
in the Master of Divinity
Program at Southeastern
Baptist Theological SemiBusing
In Area
To Be Started
Theo Williams announced
this week that he will begin
a bus service to Henderson
Monday through Friday beginning
Dec. 12.
The route will begin at
Davis Texaco on West
Franklin Street and go to a
point in Henderson and on to
Townsville before returning
to Henderson and back to
Warrenton.
The trip will be made
twice daily, leaving Warrenton
at 7 a. m., Williams said.
Williams noted persons
working in the Henderson
area may ride the bus to
work and possibly those
working the midnight shift
could ride it back to
Warrenton in the morning.
He said the bus will make
stops along the route for
those flagging it and will
also carry packages or
freight to the Henderson
area.
A complete arrival-departure
schedule is elsewhere
in this paper.
For further details, contad
Mr. Williams at 257-2102
or Davis Texaco.
Judge Hobgood Not
To Seek Re-Elect¡on
Superior Court Judge
Hamilton Hobgood announced
last week his intentions
not to seek re-election in
197N to another eight year
term as resident judge for
the ninth judicial district.
Counties in the ninth
district include Warren.
Franklin. Granville, Person
and Vanee
Hobgood. 67, stated he will
retire upon expiration of his
current term of office Dec
31. 1978 Afte¡r that time, the
long-term judge said he will
serve as an emergeney
judge. as provided by state
law. until his 70th birthday.
"I do not feel that I should
run for an eight-year term of
office when the law would
not allow me to serve after
my 7()th birthday." Hobgood
said in a prepared statement
ECU Chorus
Performs
The East Carolina University
chorus, of which
Charlotte West of Warrenton,
is a member, performed
an evening of Christmas
music Monday in the A. J.
Fletcher Recital Hall.
Miss West, a member of
the chorus, sang in a concert
which included pieces by the
Men's Glee Club, the
University Chórale and the
Woman's Glee Club.
nary
He is a nine-year veteran
of the U. S. Marine Corps.
Married to the former
Pamela Jean Gibson of
Gastonia, the Davises have
three children: Gerry, Jr.,
8; Susan, 7; and Linda, 3.
They moved to Warren
Plains in early November
when he assumed the
pastorate at the Baptist
church.
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U. S. Hwy 1
Nortina, N. C.
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Hobgood
"Ais». I pro fe r to retire
while l am still physieally
strong and ment-ally alert "
Hobgood has served as a
superior court judge sinee
July 1. 1955.
Hearing Slated
A publie hearing will be
held at the Haliwa School on
Dec 8 at 7:30 p m. for Title
IV, Part A of the Indian
Education Funds
These funds are administered
by the Warren
County Board of Education.
All interested persons are
urged to attend.
The Imperial Valley in
California gets only about 3
inches of rain a year.
What has been called a
flying fox is really a bat. It
has a wingspread of 2 to 5
feet and a face somewhat
resembling a fox.
Deaths And Funérals
JACK D. NEWSOME
ROANOKE RAPIDS Funeral
services for Jack
Daniel Newsome, 72, who
died Monday, were conducted
at 2 p. m. Wednesday
from Hockaday Funeral
Chapel. Burial was in
Quankie Baptist Church
Cemetery.
He is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Floyd (Pete)
Newsome; a brother, Jesse
Newsome of Littleton; and
three sisters, Mrs. Lena
Tripp, Mrs. Emma Stansbury
and Mrs. Pattie
Mooney of Roanoke Rapids.
RL'FL'S VALENTINE
Funeral services for
Rufus Valentine, 71, were
held at Burchette Chapel
United Church of Christ in
Drewry on Dec. 4 by the
Rev. R D. Bullock. Burial
was in the church cemetery.
Valentine died at his home
on Dec. 1. The son of the late
John and Mildred Valentine,
he was born in Warren
County on June 18, 1906. He
moved back to Warren
County from Newark, N. J.,
in 1975. He was also a
veteran of World War II.
Survivors are his wife,
Mrs. Norele Valentine of the
home; one son, Maurice
Valentine of Newark, N. J.;
two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth
Alexander of Manson and
Mrs. Janice Suite of Asbury
Park, N. J.; two brothers,
Eddie Valentine of Warrenton
and John Valentine of
Norlina.
Pallbearers were Richard
Williams, Joe King Wil
liams, Perry Alston, Theodore
Vaughan, Melvin Tunstall
and Alfred Jacobs.
ELSIE WILLIAMS
Funeral services for Miss
Elsie Williams of the Axtell
community were held on
Dec. 2at Greenwood Baptist
Church with the Hev. J. B
Wilson officiating.
Miss Williams, the daughter
of Mrs. Aliee Williams
Davis and the late Douglas
Davis, was born in Warren
County on Feb. 24, 1924 and
died on Nov. 28 at her home.
She is survived by her
mother, Mrs Aliee W. Davis
of Warrenton; one brother,
John L. Williams of Alhany,
N. Y.; three half-sisters,
Mrs. Marie Weston of New
York; Mrs. Minnie Evans of
Asbury Park, N. J ; Mrs.
Leatha Jefferson of Washington.
D. C.; three halfbrothers,
Lloyd Davis of
Albany, N. Y., Ronnie Davis
of Ásbury Park. N. J., and
John Davis of Philadeíphia,
Pa.
NELSON E. ALSTON
Graveside services for
Nelson Eugene Alston, 17,
who died in LaGuardia
Hospital in Queens, N. Y , on
Nov. 30, were conducted
from the Greater Lovely
Hill Baptist Church cemetery
by the Rev. R. E.
Burnett.
He is the son of John R.
Alston and Mrs. Mary
Williams Alston, formerly of
Warren County, and was
born June 14, 1960 in
Brooklyn. N. Y.
He is survived by bis
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jobo
R. Alston of Jauuuca, N. *.;
two sisters, Mrs. Patricia
Jacobs and Mrs. Wanda
Page, both of Jamaica, N.
Y.; one brother, Yarvey
Alston, Jamaica, N. Y.;
maternal grandfather, William
M. Williams of Brooklyn,
N. Y.; and in this area,
Mrs. Gertie A. Davis of
'Warrenton and Mrs. Mattie
A. Baker of Henderson.
BUTCHER H. ROBINSON
Butcher H. Robinson, 81,
died Monday, Nov. 21, at
Community Memorial Hospital
in South Hill, Va. He
was a retired farmer,
merchant and security
guard at the hospital there.
Funeral Services were
conducted at 3 p.m. on Nov.
23 at Farrar-Crowder Funeral
Home, South Hill, Va.,
with interment in Crestview
Memorial Park near South
Hill
He is survived by his wife,
Pannie Stegall Robinson;
two daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth
Mabe of Warfield, Va.,
and Mrs. Lillian Brauer of
Kidgeway: three sons, H.
Boyd Robinson of Alexandria.
Va., Sterling R.
Robinson of Richmond, Va.,
and Franklin D. Robinson of
Silver Spring, Md.; 18
grandchildren, five greaigrandchildren;
two sisters,
Mrs. Amy Hicks and Mrs.
Fattie Edwards, both of
Henderson; and one brother,
Raymond D. Robinson of
Warrenton.