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THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES
Vernon Edgar Whitley, Marvin William Scott, William H.
Camp, Jr., Robert E. May, R. H. McCommons, James W. Whit
by, Grover Woodruff, Winfield Hasty, Daniel E. Faison, Robert
Lee Moore, Curtis E. West, Edgar H. King, Robert Lee Ingram,
I» Thomas A. Cooper, Marvin F. Matkins, James G. Whitby,
Thomas H. Cook, Jr., Elmer E. Chambliss, Randall White, Rob
ert L. Harris, Joseph A. Crouch, Davie L. Harper, Brutas W.
Rook, Robert R. Northington, Eugene Basil Glover, William C.
Moody, Frank W. Harris, Wayne C. Green, Rufus S. Finch,
Lawrence W. Myrick, Walter G. Cooley, Charlie L. Whitby,
Melbourne Barry Jones, Robert A. Rogers, Rufus J. T. Wood
ruff, Clinton P. Deberry, Herbert S. Edwards, H. Charles
Leatherwood, Jr., John Wayne Thomas, Alex Bullock, Jr.,
Frank P. Hunter, Cecil Coburn, Wilbur Anderton, Latt Harris
Shearin, Kenneth L. Evans.
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Editorials—
Visions Often Fade
Dr. Willis King is apparently a sincere
young man who has studied and pondered
long and earnestly over the plight of fish.
As director of the Wildlife Resources
r' Commission for several months, he prob
ably felt that some recommendations should
be made to that body on the subject of fish
conservation.
His sincerity in believing that a change
of the commercial fishing line from Weldon
to Williamston would benefit the rockfish is
4 not to be doubted.
1 BUT — sincerity notwithstanding—when
his theory was subjected to the blinding light
of fact, it crumbled.
Dr. King had visions of people coming to
this area from all over the United States to
( fish for the “rock” and consequently wanted
to take some action to insure that there would
be some fish when those folks got here. But
he failed to preceive, as local fishermen pre
ceived, that he was attacking the problem
from the wrong end of the river.
The 200 and more fishermen who gather
| ed at Weldon Tuesday to fight the proposal
to move the line had more than vision on their
3 side. They had their own experience, along
with many scores of years of experience of
their fathers, grandfathers and great-grand
fathers, to add weight to their arguments.
They knew, for instance, that commer
cial fishermen out in the sounds had taken
' more fish in one day on many occasions than
sportsmen and smaller commercial operators
* in this area take in an entire season. They
knew that they were restocking the stream
by means of their rockfish hatchery at Wel
don. And they didn’t mind saying so.
The people of the Roanoke Valley have
the right to expect that the two state agen
cies concerned — the Wildlife Resources
Commission and the Board of Conservation
and I evelopment — will realize their respon
sibilities in this matter; and that they exist
for the purpose of serving the people who
instigated their creation.
Until the time comes when the rockfish
population is actually . threatened with a
dwindling in numbers; there seems to be little
need of imposing unwanted, unnecessary re
strictions on the many people hereabouts who
find recreation, relaxation and some profit in
pulling the rockfish from his watery habitat.
District No. 1, WMU
Will Meet Sunday
District I of the Woman’s Mis
sionary Union of the Tar River
Association will meet with
Quankie Baptist Church near the
city at 2:30 Sunday afternoon,
Feb. 29th. Rev. Earle Bradley
of Raleigh will be guest speaker.
The public is cordially invited tc
attend the services.
Lagging Demand For ]
Chicks Shown By I
Hatchery Report i
Raleigh — Reports from hat
cheries in North Carolina and I
throughout the nation indicated!
a lagging demand for baby *
chicks, the Federal-State Crop
Reporting Service said today in
its monthly hatchery report. I
North Carolina commercial
hatcheries reported production i
of 2,026,000 chicks in January,
about four percent below the ^
output for the same month last ,
year and nearly 11 percent
under the five-year January |
average. For the country as a
whole January chick production I
was placed at 53,590,000, com
pared with 58,688,000 for Jan- 1
uary, 1947.
The demand for chicks for
flock replacement was reported |
slow, due to high feed prices in
relationship to egg prices, I
shortages of fuel oil hampering
brooder operation, and bad 1
weather making rural roads dif- ,
ficult to travel. As a result of
UlbUlUUllUIl UlUK-Ulllfb UULKb I
were reported to be accumulat
ing in North Carolina hatcheries I
as the month ended.
A survey made February 1 of ^
farmers throughout the country ,
indicated they intended to pur
chase 20 percent fewer chicks |
than they bought in 1947. The
report added, however, that I
“some difference between their
February intntions and actual 1
purchases is to be expected, de- ,
pending largely on egg and feed
prices during the hatching sea- |
son.’’ In mid-January the na
tional level of egg prices was 1
up 18 percent over a year ago,
while the cost of poultry rations '
was up 47 percent. Feed prices, |
however, have declined since
February 1. I
Prices received by North Car
olina hatcheries February 1 for I
sexed pullets were stronger than 1
a month earlier, showing ad- I
vances of $2.00 a hundred for 4
heavy breed pullets and 50 cents J
for light breed pullets. Straight I
run cross-bred chicks were off 4
50 cents, while straight run "
chicks of other breeds were 4
steady. j
Clements - Deberry ^
Mrs. Catherine Burnette^ De- ^
berry of Garysburg and Edward i
Clements of Emporia, Virginia '
were married Saturday Night (
February 21. at 7:30 at the i
Garysburg Methodist Parsonage \
with the Rev. W. N. Vaughan i
officiating. "
The bride wore a gray wool |
suit with black accessories and
a corsage of red roses. I
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