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Negro Farmer# ,.
Hold Achievement
DayPro^r^m
Program Gets Under
Way-At 10 o'CIock;v
James Norris, Leads. ,
Saturday, in the . Guilford Court*
house, the Negro dtisens of Guilford
County held their first Annual
Achievement Day under the leadership
of. the Negro Farm Agent, B. A.
Hall and the Negro Home .Agent.
Rosa T. Winchester. i The
program got under way at 10
a. m. .with James Norris, Chairman
of the Negro Agricultural Advisory
Board of the' comity In. the ' chair.
There was do principal speaker, the
program coming'entirely from those
people whose achievements were considered
noteworthy.- Representatives
were chosen to give a cross section
of the work carried on in the county .
by. the Negro Extension work.
Those appearing en the^ program "
were Harry Crews, who told of- his J
Increased income through a d I vera',
fled program i James Norris and Ed- '
die Lee Brooks, "Vegetables
Source of Income"!; P?.B. Blackmail;
"My Exhibit at the Greensboro iFal^**; ]
Mrs. Besale "Wade. '"How: I.'/Saved \
;
Representing the 4-H 'clubs Sent "
Jamc Rilelgh of Otk'nWge +tf,ilub '
and Howard Low^'g^Suma?rQ<ld '
4-? dub, who wjsre^nejpbcfp of.^a
demonstration team 'who'woo/fljat <
place In the State Opntest* wbo^ve ^
a aklt from the demonstration and ,
Kpoke on *a trip to the 4-H camp at t
Whispering- Pined. :' ]
Reports from the Various > Home 1
L>?nomrt'h*tlon *Clube were. read and 1
great interest was evidenced In the 1
achievements listed/flrit. lmpor- <
tancp was the Increase over last year i
In (he number ~V of year-round y??r I
deoa. It wsa found there was an av- j
erajp of $185 per club In sales of !
surplus vegetable . \ ~ ' 1
Alpo there was a great Increase In
Food Conservation.' Wadsworth dub
led pith a reported 5,005 quarts canned
by lta Id members. It was found
too, thatall dubs wow improving the
reading habits of Its members .by an
Inrceaae of 10 j*Wcent over 1940/
The Surplus Cotton' Program lb"
made possible improvement . of bedroom
in 490 homes In'the county.^/. *
As a high light to the day, a trophy
presented by the County Oomralwdoners
was awarded to the family of
John Williamson, Route 2, Stnumerflrtd.
for outstanding achievement
through co-operatlon In 3941. The
award was made by R. Flake Shaw
of the commissioner*. , v - ^
Other prises were awarded to Harry
Crews, Oak Rid re, "Outstanding
Indleldnal Improvement-;.Isaac Tonkin^,
Route 2, Oreengho'ro. "Best
Farm J^naTam"*; P. B. Blackman, Sell
alia. "Improvement In CoraTleld**;
Anderson Totfen* ?Glbaonvllle,;" "Improvement
fa* Cultural Prartfaif*" of
Corn Falsirf*.' - f. Among the women
were Lenla Foust. "tfadsworfh, tiledroom
Improvement'! f. Lenu 1 yner,
Zlon Hill, "pood Cona^f Uon** Mr*,
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j- ,, Our 'sebod is wjsfl known for lU
ship In such (tubs as tf>e Crra a
Girt Keierr*. Hl-Y, Library, Math *
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Negro Farmer In
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P^Bit Corn"Yield i, |
S.'D. Stallings Makes
129 Bushels of Corn '
r^tlie-Acre WmMm l
Bounty V'- OTiUtapdlr-x^-piuA %
jann?ini, had* bla com jbejaaured'Tiat 4
reek by^hla county agent, "Hr.'How* v
ird.'iL Mitchell and checked by the ;
S'egro State Ag?)h John W. MItehelL *
ttr.^-^UiUlnxi '.used ;.t^_ L* than ^Dou- 1
lie "Variety; - eahi 'lochia Qemonat ra- n
don-on one *tfre'<of land whk^ft. "j
laced hlnwme hundred -and twenty- J
nine buabela of corn. Up to date this j
Ii the highest yield that"7 has been
produced on one acre by any-'igecrp *
farmer In'North Carolina this year. '
TVo years ago, another successful
Negro farmer In dates county had a
yield of one lnmdred and eighteen
bushel* of corn per acre.
?Fbr the past , Areyears Negro
farmera hare conducted a State-wide 3
corn trowing contest, 'ahd'each'.year
^ <kni^ywho pfoa6c?a the hlgheat ,
jrlejd af?Dra per'Qere /received j
priwj-of twentj-jflre dollars' ($2SL0p)'J
awarded by the North Carolina MnttuU
Life Insurance company of Durham,
North Carolina. ?
I The final records are In the mak'lng
at this time. - .;V
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A; and. T. Faces ?
it '.Thursday.
Palace at'? o'clock "Thursday at Duri
t?? m -on occasion <Jf the Ea ales' hom^-!
romfiif celehratKrfu^nMs practice aaa-.
Voo-feahned the running'of State
plays- . r?7 '<
v A eta ' -
.Cpn^ldcrable sugceas was had; by,
t ho second team ln/oalng State's plays
against the Varsity eleven^ anu the
ttratecy 'will bo" con1
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manjrTeiy ueeful ciuj^lanb^i1] ?
nd .Scepter, VoeibolMT.ftadUtqpa, ;/rj
nd Radio clubs givee siudcata'tbe ^Stabhed
In LungS^-1-''1^
PV'ft > ,-.V r'iV-jV-- ,v
zess&ga&mi:
ird, .S4, - H^darOle Negro. ^
rought to "Memorial hospital.pearly P
ut ?
1
[>Reldsrllle police Investigated*:'the
tabbing bat "said Dillard refused *16 i
oil who cut hlm. ' Ulu condlUon waa 1
lot bellerbd to be critical today! n
Farm Family ofJohr
o ?.Wifv~s r*' *'1
Given Trophy In, Acl
Awardjln Competiti
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CLUBS
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<H>P?rt4^ty u h*^ hl*brr 6rholfuU<
'lcr.<hancttf and the ability to thinl
MyV-v^.W i-.v
Negro, ?v. flies , A J
. Divorce Action
high .POINT, Nor.-iif?: Th? ;
^iiuw&rrt?. i
lallside I^khart, waj niM In Illfih '
'otntnsnnidpai court |
1
In threc'_cent^n?M between. 1C30 -and i
930, the world'e^popftlatlOD increased. <
T: ;
iievement Day ?**?
T-5' ? wr?_?" ^ s rv ^-v . l
on W ith 34 / Utners
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ad The Future
3
Death of Woman. Ru?_^> '^K'
3f&&V To Natural Causes
^iMiai ^u re^n?ib)^to^thy
*l fl t
ha? the ^om?n might .lute been *.' jVK
!a tally Injnred in a fight eeyenl.daja " '. J
l^^in^e^pald,! that the pxamlna- "*
il^lllff
f$**? J?n4 -kwariiei^ by" <Oommlfaiao:
ar.B. Flake Shaw- oa b&talf of that ^^VSa
t^;?V:'-'-..
y The Wlllameoos havp.beai'inaklD^ /-^--'"^JS
payment* ^oautbelr; firnJr, under."'
Cprin security J. "administration ? pro^" - iv >*/ '?
grain and hare followed a^Hw.at. '
hope policy, increasing the rah* of - > J#/ ''
their.ifarm ,by an estimated,. *1,000 " ,i?RL'l>
No^al^ ^ J^gra^V ?
i^the'/ Achlerenaent " ilaj_'^ei
Which' featured rrpni hr^iif^^ylrr .?X,!T,".''
menta showing a' crnee
*ro farin -work.. Appearing oA the p^^^^V
grgm irere uarry urewa, James NOr-i^CJ. . ft.'/
rl*.. Edflle 1*? * "Brooks,. P.- B/'^ck--35f ',,g$
man, Mrs. Bessie Wade, James Hal-.'
elgh and Howard Lowe." The event 5-- ^ *
was \under leadership of Hall and 7
Rosa'^Wliichester, Negro farm and
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*^B?port* from rmrions hori*( 6*nxx*Jf, "tffilfip
,grmtion,clnb,~ were
^Awards Inprovement;
Isaac Tonkins,
best farm program; P. B. Blactaia&'^tt^
Sedalla, "Improvement In corn yield; ' .1
Anderson Totten, GlheonvllTe, lm- ' ,
pt-orement ya cultural practices ,f>ty
corn t raising; Ueola,v Foust,. Wada-^
wprth^ bed room roement