'Cutest Little Thing'
By Marty Vega
Pierre doesn't romp in the
backyard of 405 Dickson St. any
* more with his pals.
Somebody killed Pierre on
Thursday, June 9. His life ended on
Monday, June 13.
t The seven- month old peekapoo
was put out of misery Monday
morning; the victim of a combina
tion of rat poison and arsenic. A
"large dose, ' the veterinarian said.
"He was the cutest little thing.
Never hurt a soul," mistress June
Dolan said. "How could anyone do
such a horrible thing."
Mrs. Dolan was at work at her
job at the Open Arms Rest Home
on June 9 while Pierre and his pals,
Mimi and Little Gigi, spent the day
outdoors in the fenced-in backyard.
That night, the pup appeared ill
and later went into convulsions.
Mrs. Dolan rushed him to a Red
Springs vet where he received three
injections immediately and a fourth
later before coming home.
On Friday, Pierre went into
violent convulsions again and Mrs.
Dolan rushed him back to the vet.
He stayed in the hospital for the
weekend but on Monday moming
the vet called Mrs. Dolan. There
was no hope for her pet and it
would be best to put him to sleep.
"That poor little fellow. It broke
my heart and 1 just can't get over
? it," Mrs. Dolan said.
"It was a terrible sight to have to
see. I'm just glad my granddaugh
ter wasn't here when it happened.
People have no idea what kind ot
death a poisoning is. It's awful to
see a helpless pet go through that,"
she said.
Mrs. Dolan said she wondered at
first if Pierre might have gotten
hold of some poison put out for
rats. She moved into the house in
March. But her landlady told her
that she had never heard of anyone
seeing rats and didn't know of
anyone who would be using rat
poison outdoors.
"If someone put some food over
the fence that little dog would have
taken it. The other two wouldn't
have, they're just that way with
people. But that little dog just liked
everyone, he would trust anyone,"
she said.
"My dogs have never bothered
anybody. They never go out of the
yard so they don't bother anybody's
garbage cans. They're quiet and
they don't bark and they wouldn't
cause anyone any trouble," she
said.
"This is the first time anything
like this has ever happened. 1 leave
the does in the house now when I go
to work. I'm afraid to leave them
outside," she said.
"If somebody did this, I wonder
if they ever thought what could
have happened if a child got hold of
some of it?" she said.
"If somebody has it in their
mind to poison a dog, they ought to
think twice. Think what it would do
to a child to see his pet suffer so
horribly," she said.
Farm Items
By W. S. Young, Agri. Extension Chairman
& Freddie O'Neal, Asst. Agri. Extension Agent
Energy saving has become a
problem for tobacco farmers that
are using bulk barns. If you start
with 2,0u0 pounds of tobacco and
an oil furnace is 75% efficient, it
should take 230 gallons of oil to
cure it. If you start with the same
poundage with LP gas and its
efficiency is 95%, it will take 272
gallons of gas. The average for oil
in N.C. is about 350 gallons per ton
of tobacco cured. If you start with
15,000 pounds of green tobacco,
you end up with 3,000 pounds of
cured leaf and 12,000 pounds of
water taken out.
Most of the curing problems with
( bulk curing come directly from
poor ventilation. Air must pass
through every part of the rack or
box. Racks must be packed tightly
and around the edges and boxes
? must be pushed tightly together. A
high wet bulb reading of 100? to
105? must be maintained during
the yellowing process. To raise the
wet bulb temperature, close the
fresh air damper. Barns need to be
insulated and a great saving can be
made by putting polyurethane on
top of the cement slab and under
the preforated floor.
Farmers are getting careless with
the empty pesticide cans around
USDA ISSUES COUNTY
LOAN AND PURCHASE RATES
FOR 1977 - CROP WHEAT -
County loan and purchase rates for
1977 - crop wheat were issued on
June 13 by the U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA). The rates are
based on the national loan rate for
No. 1 grade wheat of $2.25 per
bushel, unchanged from 19/6,
announced April 4. Loan rates vary
from county to county primarily to
* reflect differences in transportation
costs.
The major changes from 1976
are these: Adjustments to reflect
' changes in production patterns and
prices received by farmers; in
creases in protein premiums to
reflect market demand for higher
protein wheats; and increases in
discounts for No. 2 and No. 3 grade
wheats of two and four cents per
bushel, respectively, to encourage
delivery of higher quality wheat.
The net effect of these rate
adjustments is a reduction from
1976 levels of one cent per bushel in
all major wheat producing states
and three cents per bushel in all
states east of the Mississippi and in
Arkansas and Louisiana. Minor
adjustments were made to in
dividual county rates to retain past
county ? ' to - county loan re
lationships.
Copies of the 1977 - crop wheat*
county loan rates will be available
by writing to the Grains, Oilseeds,
and_ Cotton Division, USDA -
ASCS. P.O. Box 2415, Washing
Perform 9l
death-defying
met.
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Hoke
dttdUNl m
tne county. A large numoer are
being left beside the roads and
some contain small amounts of
material. Please destroy them or at
least keep them in one area until
you can dispose of them. To be
safe, rinse them out several times
after you empty them. Farmers
should be careful in mixing
materials and take someone with
them while they are spraying for
safety purposes.
? * *
A tour to some farms in
Lexington, S.C., on sandy soil as
we have in some areas revealed
some ways of making extra income
from this land. All of these farmers
had solid set irrigation that covered
most of the cropland. They were
producing sweet corn, squash,
kale, turnips, mustard, beets and
salad onions. These crops were
being planted every 21 days for the
entire year. They harvested the
greens, put them in boxes and iced
them down for shipping directly
from the farm. The onions, turnips
and beets were put in dozen
bunches, washed by an irrigation
system and sold this way. They
used high school students for
harvesting and usually paid a good
bit above the minimum wage. It's a
good way to increase farm income
from vegetables.
ASCS
ton, D.C. 20013.
WHEAT ? NEW FARM
ALLOTMENT -- Applications for
new farm allotments must be filed
by July 1, 1977. For eligibility
requirements contact the county
office.
CROP ACREAGE REPORTS
-- Crop acreage reports are re
quired on all allotment crops for
1977. The final date for reporting
cotton is July 15. Wheat and barley
should be reported prior to harvest.
Corn and grain sorghums must be
reported by Sept. 1. Farmers are
urged to report to the county office
earlier if possible. Spot checks will
be made on farms to assure that
acreage reports are accurate.
ELIGIBILITY FOR PARTICIPA
TION IN ALL PROGRAMS
ADMINISTERED BY ASCS IS
ESTABLISHED UNDER LAW
WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE.
COLOR, CREED, NATIONAL
ORIGIN OR SEX.
NEWEST STREET ? Raeford's best-known couple, Allen and Witnzy
Lundy, pose in front of the newly erected sign marking the city's newest
street. Lundy Lane. It isn t really new. but the city council gave the alley
next to the couple S shoe repair shop an official name to honor the Lundys.
The flag is a gift from U.S. Rep. Charlie Rose, who had it flown over the
Capitol in Washington last month. ( Photo by John Buchholz]
Third Century Water Corp.
Directors Note Progress
Third Century Water Corp., a
member-owned water system serv
ing Lumber Bridge, Oak Ridge,
and Rex. made its first payment on
a development loan of $177,300
from Advancement, Inc., of Lum
berton at its June board meeting
June 13 at Lumbee River Electric
Membership Corp. in Red Springs.
TCWC board president Stephen
F. Ammons, presented the $13,535
annual payment to Advancement,
Inc., special impact program lead
er Richard Wallace.
In presenting the payment to
Wallace, Ammons lauded Ad
vancement for its help in building a
water system in the Lumber Bridge
area. He said that prior to the
system being completed in 1971,
"Lumber Bridge had the highest
unemployment rate of any com
munity in North Carolina."
He also cited civic leaders Roger
Hall of Lumber Bridge and J. A.
"Bus" Singleton, Jr., of Red
Springs and Lumbee River Electric
Membership Corp. for their roles in
the success of Third Century Water
Corp.
Hall directed the project and was
first president of the corporation,
and Singleton is past president and
a current member of Advancement.
Inc., representing Robeson Co.
Lumbee River EMC has managed
the project since 1972.
Ammons said the initial water
system included an elevated
200,000 gallon water tank and two
wells capable of pumping 500
gallons of water per minute.
"At that time," he said, "there
were 63 residential customers and
one industrial plant. Today, we
have 124 residential customers and
two large industrial plants with a
combined employment of over one
thousand."
In 1975, a third well and
chemical treatment facilities were
added to the system, and Third
Century Water Corp. is now cap
able of supplying over two million
gallons of water a day.
Impact program leader Wallace
said that Advancement is working
on similar projects in Bladen,
Columbus and Hoke counties. He
also said that the organization is
governed by a 16- member board of
directors from these four counties.
He continued by saying that
Advancement's initial funding was
RECOGNITION ?? Leon Patterson completed 20 years of service with
Burlington Industries on June 20. He is a supply room attendant on first
shift. Leon is shown receiving his Twenty Year Service Pin and Certificate
from his supervisor. Billy Posey, and office manager. Fred Eanes.
through the U.S. Department of
Agriculture and the Fanners Home
Administration, and that Advance
ment was created "as a special
impact program to primarily stop
out-migration in the four-county
area by facilitating industrial de
velopment."
Advancement's directors from
Robeson County, in addition to
Singleton, include John Robert
Jones of Pembroke; Fred R. Keith
of Lumberton; and Col. Frederick
R. Weber of Lumber Bridge. Hoke
County is represented presently by
Ralph Barnhart and Ivery McNair,
both of Raeford.
CofC Manager Attends Meet
Dayna Pate, manager of the
Raeford-Hoke Chamber of Com
merce. has returned from the
Institute for Organization Manage
ment at the University of Georgia.
Over 200 voluntary organization
executives from lb states and the
District of Columbia participated
in the professional development
program.
The Georgia Institute is one of
six annual, one-week sessions spon
sored by the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States at
leading universities throughout the
country. Other universities that
host Institutes are Notre Dame.
Southern Methodist. Colorado.
Mills, and Delaware.
During the five-day session, par
ticipants spent 27 classroom hours
in the Institute course of study,
which is designed to assist volun
tary organization executives in
improving the knowledge and skills
they need to upgrade the effective
ness of their organization. The
Institute curriculum includes such
areas as management philosophy,
economic issues, government, law.
organization structure, as well as
contemporary subjects such as
interpersonal processes, and en
vironmental concerns. Each parti
cipant may attend progressive lev
els of the program throughout his
professional career.
University professors chosen to
serve as faculty are distinguished
authorities in their fields. Addi
tional courses are led by top-level
Chamber of Commerce executives,
making the faculty unique in its
depth and range of knowledge and
experience.
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Is A Friend That
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? to prove that you paid a bill.
? to back up your deductions at income tax time.
Use your checking account hard. It will serve you well if anyone
ever demands to see your proof of payment.
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