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Volume 5, Number 20,
Vanceboro, N.C. Thursday,
May 20, 1982
12 Pages
20 Cents
Old Fort Milling Company
Fort Barnwell is proud to have a new business in
the community. The Old Fort Milling Company
recently reopened its milling facility at Fort
Barnwell.
The company is associated with the Carnation
Company and offers complete grinding and mixing
service, bulk feed, bag feed, horse feed, dog feed,
cattle feed, cat feed, goat feed, poultry, feed,
and rabbit feed. Delmas D. Sanders owner, states “no
order is too large or too small.”
Mr. Sanders stated that The Carnation Company is
one of the oldest companies in the United States. He is
proud to be associated with this fine Company and is
glad they decided to locate a plant here in Eastern
North Carolina.
Old Fort Milling Company is here to benefit the
farmer or citizen that needs a feed program. This
company at Fort Barnwell is equipped to serve the
feed and grinding needs of Western Craven County
including New Bern, Vanceboro, Dover and Kinston.
The friendly faces to be seen at Old Fort Milling
Company are Delmas Sanders, owner and President;
Steve Sanders, Vice-President; Jimmy
Wetherington, Head Mill Operator; Buster Griffin,
Truck Driver; Lucille Sanders Secretary; and Tim
Wetherington, Bookkeeper.
The Mill opened January 1,1982 and recently had
its grand opening. If you didn’t make the grand
opening, you are invited to come by and take a look at
the operation and its nutritional and veterinary
program.
Come. . . Join The Fun
3rd Annual Vanceboro Rescue Squad Day.. . May 22
Excitement will prevail at 10:00 a.m. on
Saturday, May 22nd, as the parade will begin
the events of the Rescue Squad Day ... West
Craven Marching Band ... Antique Cars ...
Corvettes... and at 11:00 a.m. barbecue pork and
chicken dinners will be ready for serving ...
$3.00 donation ... Bake Sale ... Other events
included in the day’s plans will be “The Princess
Contest,’* “The Gabriels”, and rides.
Everyone loves a Parade
Rescue Squad
Jordan Speaks To Rotary
Royce Jordan, Executive Director of the North
Carolina Rural Fund for Development was the
Speaker at the Rotary Club on Thursday, May 13th.
Mr. Jordan explained to the members present that
NC-RFD was a private non-profit corporation
organized in 1969 to assist farmers and other
interested groups to organize cooperatives and
community based credit unions so that they could
take advantage of collective buying and selling and
realize a better profit on their income.
Since its inception, NC-RFD has worked with
roups in 30 eastern North Carolina counties and
several western counties around the Boone area. The
NC-RFD staff has assisted these groups with
organized efforts, .board training, management
training and loan assistance and at the present time
is furnishing assistance to 26 groups with a
membership in excess of 14,000.
After these brief remarks on the organization that
he directs, Mr. Jordan presented a slide show on one
of the assisted projects, Tri-County Farmers
Association, located in Whiteville, N. C. The show
described a group of small farmers in Columbus
County, who formed their own produce marketing
co-op, and now have .sales in excess of two million
annually.
Royce Jordan
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