SANTA AT UPCHURCH - Santa Claus stopped by Upchurch Junior High School Monday morning for a
pre-Christmas visit with the students of the three trainable multihandicapped classes. He is shown here with the
students and their helpers. The students are in classes taught by Mrs. Carolyn Pagan. Mrs. Gwen Reeves, and
Mrs. Janice Brock. [Staff photo].
Jeter Retiring From Conservation News Job
Frank H. Jeter, Jr.. of Raleigh,
since 1970 Public Information Of
ficer for the Soil Conservation Ser
vice in North Carolina, will retire
front federal service Christmas
L\e
Jeter, 63. was a longtime North
Carolina newspaperman before
entering federal service in the early
1%0's. He worked as a reporter,
editorial writer, editor and
publisher in Goldsboro.
Cireensboro, Forest City, and
1 ayelteville, and owned the Spring
I tike Times prior to joining the
I S Department of Agriculture as
a public information specialist in
Washington.
In his present assignment, he has
been responsible for conservation
news coverage for SCS in
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newspapers, magazines, radio and
television. He also prepared
publications and wrote speeches.
Since reporting to Raleigh in July
1970. he has been the official
photographer for the North
Carolina Press Association-^ con
nection he will continue.
Jeter has also made plans to
handle assignments for several
agricultural and general circulation
magazines "but 1 plan to work less
than full-time" he explained. In re
cent years, he has written or co
authored more than sixty magazine
stories each year, in addition to
newspaper stories and broadcast
material.
No successor has been announc
ed for the Soil Conservation Ser
vice information post.
Jeter's father for many years
served as director of agricultural
information for the North
Carolina State University
Agricultral Extension Service, pro
viding information tor newspapers,
radio and television stations about
what Extension was doing to help
the farmers and what individual
farmers were doing with the Exten
sion help to help themselves.
Churches' Choruses
To Sing At Depot
On December 21. 22 and 23 the
Raeford Merchants Association
will be hosting local singing groups
at the depot outdoors on Main
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Hoping to provide simply a warm
and meaningful atmosphere to the
town during this Christmas season,
the Association has arranged for
several performances.
The Evangelical Methodist
Church of Raeford will be perform
ing with 30 voices on Monday,
December 21, and will offer a
portion of their Christmas Cantata,
"An Old Fashioned Christmas," at
7 p.m. This same performance is
scheduled at their church location
on Green Street at 7:30 p.m.
December 23.
Choral presentations are also
scheduled for Tuesday. December
22. at 7:30 p.m. by Victory Temple
Pentecostal Holiness Church, and
on December 23 at 8 p.m. by First
Baptist Church of Raeford.
The public is invited to attend.
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Reversible Drainage Key
To Total Water Management
by Sam Warren
DUtrict CwMnathniil
A serious problem faces Ameri
cans today as ponds and residential
wells dry up indicating deminishing
ground water.
Recent dry spells worsen the
situation and heavy prolonged rain
fall would only provide a temporary
solution. Geologists say that during
our lifetime, "usable water will
become as precious as oil and
irreplaceable.
The American farmer along with
industry and residential high
volume water users will need to
take measures now to conserve
water .supplies for food and fiber
production. Agriculture is on the
threshold of proper water utiliza
tion and conservation measures
termed "Total Water Manage
ment."
Past practice on wet fields has
been to remove water in a rapid and
complete manner with ditch and
tile systems. In many cases, this
removal is too rapid and complete,
allowing millions of gallons of this
precious resource to escape un
utilized to our oceans.
There are new drainage methods
already used by South Carolina and
many other states. These systems
termed "C.A.R.D.S." short for
"Controlled and Reversable Drain
age Systems" manage water
through a combination of retaining
runoff water and soil water table
levels, metering water allowed
through outlet structures, and re
versing water back through ditch
and tile systems. There systems
won't work in every situation but it
does have potential on over a
million acres of North Carolina's
croplands.
With economic situation as is,
most farmers can't afford expensive
irrigation systems. C.A.R.D.S.
permits subsurface irrigation with
existing drainage systems at a
fraction of the cost.
Comparison of Sublrrigation
v?
Sprinkler Irrigation
Pros
1 . Utilizes rainwater
2. Pump water only to supple
ment retained rainwater.
3. Most efficient use of pumped
water - less evaporation and runoff.
4. Low pressure - low energy
pumping is required.
5. Reduces nutrient leaching.
6. Uses soil for rainwater stor
age.
7. Far less investment per unit of
yield increase.
8. No irrigation runoff causing
erosion. ? r
9. Low level of labor required.
Cons
1. Requires uniform topography.
2. Requires near fiat drainage
grades.
3. Requires water control struc
tures in outlets that may be a hassle
in a storm situation.
4. Requires high level of water
table management.
5. May is low- drainage time
following storms.
6. For "optimum" level of
irrigation requires 25% more tile
(closer spacing).
The key to this system is partially
stopping the runoff water in spring
after land preparation and plant
ing. By maintaining springtime
water tables (1-2 feet of soil
surface) we use soil storage to hold
rains that we normally allow to
escape. In most cases - nine years of
ten - this soil storage supplemented
with some rainfall will be adequate
to get the crop over-the-hump
during summer dry spells without
additional pumping, therefore,
optimizing yields and net returns.
Students W
South Hoke School third-graders
wrote papers titled. "Teachers are
people, too."
Following are two of them.
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Flat grade ditches in bays work well with C.A.R.D.S. system with outlet
control structures.
Simple flashboard riser to control water flow through outlet and water table
in field.
At banquet: L-R. Bishop and Mrs. Robert Douglas, and Pastor oj Rock fish f
Grove and Assistant Pastor Minister Vera Hollingsworth.
Community Brotherhood
Holds Banquet
The annual Banquet of the
Community Brotherhood was held
Sunday evening at Western Steak
House in Fayetteville.
The speaker. Minister Atkinson,
gave an inspiring talk on brotherly
love.
The Community Brotherhood
would like to thank everyone who
contributed their time and dona
tions to help the Brotherhood
complete another successful year.
The officers and other members t
wish each and everyone a Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year.
The officers are: president --
Dec. L. Graham; vice president --
Elder T. Adams; secretary -? Dec.
P. Dockery; vice secretary ?*
Brother S. Mcintosh; treasurer ?
Dec. E. Everette; and program
adv. -? Brother J. Peterkin, Jr.
rite About Teachers
by Holly Hobson
Teachers are people, too
My teacher helps me learn. She
is a very nice teacher to me.
Both of my teachers are pretty.
They give me a pencil to write with.
My teachers help us spell our
word.
She tells me how to make my
banks.
Both of my teachers help me
write.
My teacher gives us tests.
She lets us have a play.
Both of my teachers have to tell
us over and over to be quiet.
I think Mrs. Rose and Mrs. Tew
are the nicest teachers I ever had. I
know they are my best teachers I
ever had.
My teachers work very hard.
Both of my teachers have to do
work.
My teacher helps people learn
not to play and not to be grumpy.
My teacher has to help 26 people
learn to write neat.
My teacher gives us easy work to
do.
She expects you to be quiet, not
to be loud. .
by Anthony McGregor
Teacher* are people, too
A teacher helps in many different
ways.
She helps when you don't under
stand.
She helped me with work.
She is a wonderful teacher.
We help her do things.
She tells us things we need to a
know. ?
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