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North Carolina
Press Association
Volume 6, Number 9,
Vanceboro, North Carolina
Thursday, March 3, 1983
Phone 244-0780
12 Pages,
20 Cents
Business
Ventures
Looking
Good In Area
Roger Wiggs, Senior Vice President, radio JOY
takes his time at the announcer’s console.
PIK Plan Increases
Insurance
Guarantees
North Carolina farmers who participate in the
Payment-In -Kind (PIK) Program are eligible for
increased insurance guarantees on insured wheat,
corn, and grain sorghum at no extra cost.
To encourage participation in the PIK Program,
FCIC will accept downward revisions of previously
reported acres and increase the per acre guarantee
on the remaining acreage. Downward revisions of
acreage reports may be made until March 11, 1983.
For the 1983 crop year only, insurance guarantees
on eligible crops will be increased by the following
proportions: a six percent increase for acreage
reductions of 10-19 percent; an eight percent
increase for reductions of 20-29 percent; and a 10
percent increase in acreage reduced by 30 percent.
Farmers may participate in PIK acreage
reduction on one farm and not another. Any increase
in coverage will be in effect for the farm selected for
PIK participation, without affecting the guarantee
or premium on the other insured farm
'Under a bid agreement, farmers may reduce the
entire acreage to zero. In that case, a zero acreage
report may be made to the agent by March 11.
Farmers should verify acceptance of bid with their
agent by March 18. If bids are not accepted, the
farmer remains insured for acreage intended for
harvest.
Insured farmers should contact the local agent
authorized to service their FCIC policy before March
11 to report any downward revisions on insured
acreage and to gain the advantage of the increased
protection.
Anderaonls Restaurant (formerly Nobles
Restaurant) now under new management, Mr. &
Mrs. Windley Lee Andersom
Mrs. Michael White, waitress and cashier at
White’s Grill in Cove City stands by cash register
ready to take orders and meal payments. ■
Stop & Fetch It under new operator, David
Lancaster.
New Businesses In the Area
Three new business ventures have gotten
underway in Cove City and Vanceboro.
Just seven miles north of Vanceboro, Mr. & Mrs.
Windley Lee Anderson have opened Nobles
Restaurant on Highway 17 north. Patti Anderson
will be on hand to greet her many friends around the
area and to serve them some delicious food.
Anderson’s Restaurant will be open with 24-hour
service seven days a week.Mr. & Mrs. Anderson have
had extensive experience in the restaurant business.
Patti says, “I can cook anything and make it good.”
Mr. Anderson says, “If it isn’t good you don’t have to
pay, we aim to please our customers.”
In Vanceboro, Stop and Fetch It, has a new
operator. Mr. Dayid Macon Lancaster, son of Mr. &
Mrs. Gray Lancaster of Dudley’s Crossroads. Mr.
Lancaster is building up his grocery stock so he can
handle all requests for the late and early shopper. He
says he plans to run a first class home owned
convenience store for all the citizens of the area and
asks everyone to stop and fetch a few items when
passing.
Across the river on the edge of Cove City, a new
convenience store offering gas, groceries^ and
sundries has opened for business. This business is
owned and operated by Ray Jernigan and Michael
White.
Along with the convenience store is White’s Grill, a
modern up-to-date grill with meals served on the
premises plus take out orders. Mrs. Cecil White
says, “We have hot dogs and hamburgers that will
touch your taste buds.” She reported, “I really love
everything about the business except the long hours.”
The businesses were opened January 7, 1983
A new sound in the area comes from Twin Rivers
Mrs. Cecil White, manager of White’s Grill in
Cove City, prepares a meal at the grill.
Mall, Radio Station JOY. Radio JOY, Inc. is the only
station with show case studios in a regional mall on
the East Coast.
Roger Wiggs, Senior Vice President, and Ross
Wheden, station manager offers the area a full-time
(24 hours a day) adult contemporary station. Radio
JOY is New Bern’s only adult contemporary station.
In June 1982 the station went on the air. Some of
the services the station offers is public service
announcements and a continious work with
charitable organizations in the arae. The station is a
CBS affiliate and a N.C. Wolfpack affiliate.
Radio JOY uses automated equipment but with
live announcers. This gives the listeners that
personal sound.
“We are glad to be in the area and our listenership
is really gaining by the day,” says station manager
Ross Wheden. “Take a listen to us, we reach out
approximately 25 miles from New Bern, let us be
your Radio JOY,” says Roger Wiggs, station Vice
President.
You can readily see that the people in Western and
Northwestern Craven County are not fearful of the
economy and still believe that “the tough times will
not last, but the tough people will.”
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