DUKE ALUMNI OFFICERS.—Officer» eletted at the recent meeüng
of the Asbe, Alleghany, Avery Watauga county alumni are, front row,
left to right, Mías Eunice Query, vice president; Mrs. George Haga
man, alumni repreaentative; back row: Donlad Lumpkin, treaaurer;
Dwight Iaenhour, president; and Bob Barefield, secretary.
$16 Million Is Paid
On Soil Bánk In N. C.
OI the nearly $18 million earned
by North Carolina farmers by their
participation in the 1957 Soil Bank
program $16,257,751 has already
been paid out through local ASC
offices, according to Tilman R.
Walker, chairman of the ASC State
committee.
The 1997 Soil Bank program con
sisted of two parts, the Soil Bank
Acreage Reserve and the Soil Bank
Conservation Reserve. Under the
acreage reserve phase, which
serves to reduce plantings of
"basic" crops, payments were earn
ed in 1957 totaling $17,200,000. Of
that amount all but $1,143,006 is
now in the hands of partiCipating
farmers.
Walker explained that the con
servation reserve part of the pro
gram deals not with allotment
crops, but with other cash crops.
The conservation reserve serves
to reduce plantings of these "other
cash crops" and al so requires pro
per conservation of the land taken
out of production. Under the 1957
conservation reserve program, pay
ments were earned totaling $376,
000. According to Walker, $200,
000 of that amount has already
been paid out by local ASC county
offices.
The 1958 acreage reserve pro
gram has already opened on wheat
in this state. Signup under the
other eligible commodities, tobác
eo, peanuts, cotton, and corn will
begin after the first of the year.
Next year's conservation reserve
program is now underway. "Farm
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«r* wfeo ha ve * conaervation need
whicb cao be met through the con
aervation reserve program should
visit the ir local ASC office and look
into the poaaibility of taking part.
Farmen who do, will receive •
payment equal to about 80 per cent
oí tne cost of eatablishinc the prac
tice on the land as weli aa an an
nual rental payment for the Ufe
of the cootract," Walker said.
Bankers Aiding
4-H Foundation
North Carolina banks have
launched a special fund raiaing
effort on behalf of the National
4-H Club Foundation, according to
James R. Austin, assistant vice
president of The Peoples Bank,
Roxboro.
Auitin is chairman of North
Carolina banks in the fund rqising
effort which got underway Novem
ber 1.
In a letter to North Carolina
bankers, Austin said that he recog
niietí that many banks already sup
port local club work but urged
them to consider the Foundation
for additional support on a national
level.
The program of the National
4-H Club Foundation, an education
al, non-profit organization, cur
oently supports:
(1) The International Farm
Youth Exchange under which 300
young people are exchanged each
year between the United States
apd 90 countries of the free world
in order that they may live and
work with farm families and pro
mote better understanding.
(2) The operation of a National
4-H Club Center in the Nation's
Capital, which will serve as a
"working" monument to the 4-H
movement, with emphasis on cit
izenship, leadership development,
and character education.
(3) A broad program in human
development-human relations for
training youth leiders in how to
work more effectively with young
people.
PAKK1NG FUNDS
The. American Automobile As
sociation has charged that mil
lions of motorists are being 'short
changed" when they put their
nickles into parking meters. The
organization said most of the
$100,-000,000 paid in parking met
er fees anriually was being spent
on "municipal projects unrelated
to parking."
U. S. auto production is above
the 19S6 level.
Mental Health Group Meets
The monthly meeting of the
newly organized Wataug» Chapter
of the N. C. Aaaociation for Mental
Health waa held Tueaday night,
November S, at the health center.
The meeting waa well attended
with local civie clubs and other
agencie* being repreaented. Dr.
Mary Miehal presided in the ab
aence of the preaident, Abe Little
ton. 1
William Eckhardt, clinícal pay
chologiat from the State Hospital
in Morganton, and a member al
the Burke county cbapter, was
the guest speaker. Eckhardt told
of aome of the history of mental
health organizationa in thls coun
try. He streaaed the fact that a
loca) chapter could do much to
prevent the hoapitalization of pa
tienta and to alao help the ex
pation.
Eckhardt »t«ted that lince men
tal health u tbe number one health
problem in the country toda; the
need wu great for more aware
neai on the part oí each commun
ity. A great deal oí intereat wat
•howQ in the diacuuion period fol
lowing his remarki.
The regular meeting date of the
Watauga County Chapter is the
flrst Tueiday oí eadi month at
8 p. m. at the healtn center. Alt
interested citixeni are invited to
attend.
Montreal, Cañada.—Gastón Pol
oquin, 44 lost control o( his car
at an intersection and: Backed 1
into oncoming cara, drove forward j
and hit a motorcycle, hit a parked
ambulance, turned a córner and ;
nicked two more cara. No charges
were made against him.
Tobacco firmen are beirig
queeied by aereare reductiona.
General Motan ti raiaiag prieei
on all it» can.
Heavy dnnking i* Limkwl to riik
of «ral canear. <
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