CHOW^
News
By CATHERINE AMAN
Assistant Home Economics Agent
Plans are underway for the
organization of a Community
4-H Club in the Rocky Hoek-
Gum Pond area. Many of the
young people and parents have
been visited in connection with
planning for the 4-H Club. This
first meeting has been schedul
ed for Tuesday, July 19, at 8
P. M. in the Rocky Hock Com
munity Center. All boys and
girls between the ages of 10-21
in this area are invited to at
tend this first meeting.
Organization of a 4-H Club is
one of the projects and objec
tives listed in the Rocky Hock
y Community Development Plan
for 1960. A youth committee
composed of Betty Jean Smith,
Wayne Bunch and Nancy Bass
has been creating interest among
the young people for the even
tual club organization.
Five 4-H’ers left Monday
morning for Senior 4-H Camp,
which is being held at Roanoke
Island 4-H Camp, Manteo. Harry
Venters, assistant county agri
cultural agent, accompanied the
grbup composed of Betty Joe
Wdbb, Bryant White, Jerry
White, Jimmy Ward and Rich
ard White. This is the first
year that an exclusively Senior
4-H Camp has been held. The
program has been altered to be
of more interest to the older
4-H Club members. The same
basic camp activities will be en
joyed by this group that the
Junior 4-H’ers enjoyed earlier
| this year. In addition to the
Senior Camp program will be a
day’s outing to Cape Hatteras.
Another feature the Senior 4-
H’ers will enjoy that the Juniors
missed will be the Lost Colony
pageant. This group will return
Saturday, July 16.
State 4-H Club Week is the
next big event for 4-H Club
members in North Carolina. This
will be held at State College
July 25-30. The members at
tending for the week from Cho
wan County include Johnny
WiaJoome, who will present his
wildlife demonstration in the
state contest; Elane Hobbs, Lin
da Byrum and Ronnie Toppin,
who will give their farmer co
operative demonstration in the
state finals; Leon Evans and
Judy Evans will participate in
the state health pageant which
will be held on Thursday.
Mr. Venters’ home at Center
Hill was the scene of unusual
k activity last Friday. Center Hill
| Junior 4-H'er's were lined up on
the edge of his porc'h busily
learning a new craft at a special
workshop conducted by Miss
Apian. She taught them how to
cliver coat hangers by braiding
"gimp” and the children
wire so engrossed in their new
ett>erience they were almost re
lujjtant to put their work aside
tolstart preparing a special out
dolr meal planned as a demon
stration. Miss Aman showed
how to make stuffed picnic
roll, which were heated in
alujhinum foil on an outdoor
grill a finger salad and “Some
Mores,” which was a combina
tion] of graham crackers, marsh
mallows and milk chocolate. The
children thoroughly enjoyed the
crafts workshop and the outdoor
cooking demonstration.
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SEVENTEEN YEARS AFTER-Heidi SplithofT, 17, is shown
with her “wrong” father in Hanau, West Germany. She was
accidentally switched with another child just after birth by
hospital attendants. Heidi says she wants to stay with Mr. and
Mrs. Splithoff rather than go to her real father, school teacher
Ernst Reuthe. The Splithoffs refuse to take back their real
child, who grew up as Gudrun Reuthe.
1 The National Outlook
I Output Per Manhour Spurts Upward
I By Ralph Robey
l
For many, many years the
Bureau oi Labor Statistics of
the Department of Labor has
been attempting to measure pro
ductivity or output per manhour.
It just announced its compila
tion for 1959, which revealed an
increase of over 4 percent as
compared with 1958.
Actually the figures are 4.2
to 4.4 percent. This variation is
the result of using two sets of
employment data —establishment
reports of payroll hours and la
bor force reports of individuals.
This is worth noting because it
gives one example of how diffi
cult it is to get any figure that
is worth printing. The Bureau is
most conscious of these difficul
ties and also that the figures
constantly are misused and have
misleading conclusions read into
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them. But there is nothing the
Bureau can do either to prevent
this misuse or the misinterpreta
tion.
Even granting the limited
value of the figures there are
some things that need to be said
about them:
First, it is customary for out
put per manhour to rise sub
stantially after a recession.
Various factors contribute to
this, such as management adding
employees only as they dearly
are needed—the poor producers
having been eliminated during
the business downturn—and the
introduction of all possible cost
saving processes -and devices as
volume rises. A 4 percent-plus
rise in 1959, therefore, does not
give even an indication of what
MISTAKE—After living with
the “wrong” parents for her
whole life, 17-year-old Gudrun
Reuthe is the unwanted girl in
a two-family fight in Hanau,
West Germany, She was
switched just after birth with
girl.
will or may happen in 1960.
Second, a year-to-year change
in productivity is never signifi
cant. Rather, only the long-term
trend is. Indicative of what
really is happening in the eco
nomic system; and the longer the
period covered, the better are
the results because in the long
er period some of the inevitable
errors may be offset. For the
entire postwar period 1947-1959
the annual increase w-as be
tween 3.1 and 3.4 percent, ac
cording to the Bureau depend
ing upon which series of man
hours is used. Considering that
during this period there were
three recessions, this is a rather
remarkable showing, but the pe
riod is still too short to warrant
hard and fast conclusions.
Third, the rate of growth var
ies widely from one section of
the economic system to another
For example, during 1960 agri
culture showed practically no
improvement in output ,per man
-1 hour, but for the entire postwar
1 period the annual increase was
6 percent. The Bureau has not
published the rate by industries,
but that unguestionably would 1
reveal quite enormous varia
tions; and the same would be
true if we had data on individ
ual companies.
Fourth, the figure does not
represent merely the contribu-1
tion of labor. As the bureaul
puts it in its release, the figure 1
measures “the combined effect
of a number of interrelated in
tluences, such as skills of work
ers, managerial skill, changes in
technology, capital investment
per worker, utilization of capa
city, layout and flow of material,
and labor-management relations.”
This means, of course, that the
improvement is not a sound basis
upon which to determine wages.
Finally, there is a vast differ
ence between the increase in
output per manhour and the
growth rate of the economy as a
whole. The best measure of the
i •
nation s growth rate is gross na
tional product, which, it will be
recalled, is the monetary value of
i all the goods and services pro
duced in the nation. An increase
in output per manhour, is only
one of innumerable elements en
tering and determining the gross
national prodect.
These comments may give the
impression that it would be bet
ter if we simply stopped trying
to measure productivity. That is
far from true, We need the fig
ure, and it will be calculated in
any event. The need is to stop
reading more in the calculation
than is warranted.
Before we set our hearts too
much upon anything, see how
happy those are who already
possess it.
Legal Notices
NOTICE OF SERVICE OF
PROCESS BY PUBLICATION
North Carolina In The
Chowan County Superior Court
John Allen White,
Plaintiff,
vs.
Celia Ann Gibson White,
Defendant.
To: Celia Ann Gibson White; j
Take notice that
A pleading seeking relief i
against you has been filed in
the above entitled action.
The nature of the relief being
sought is as follows;
Plaintiff seeks an absolute di
vorce from the bonds of matri
mony heretofore existing be
tween the plaintiff and the de
fendant on the ground of sepa
ration for more than two years;
next preceding the commence- j
ment of this action.
You are required to make de-;
sense to such pleading not later
than the Bth day of August. 1960,
and upon failure to do so the
party seeking service against you
will apply to the Court for the
relief sought.
This sth day of Julv. 1960.
LENA M. LEARY.
Assistant Clerk of
SuDerior Court.
ju1v7,14.21.28cWH
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as adminis
trator CTA of the estate of
Issac Jordan, deceased, late of
Chowan Countv, North Carolina,
this is to notify all persons hav
ing claims against the estate of
said deceased to present them to
the undersigned within one year
from date of this notice or same
will be pleaded in bar of theii
recovery. All persons indebted
to said estate will please make
immediate payment.
This 9th day of June, 1960.
WELDON A.
HOLLOWELL.
Administrator CTA of
Issac Jordan.
june9,16,23,30. july 7,14 c
ADMINISTRATOR S NOTICE
Having qualified as adminis
trator of the estate of Louis
George Wilkins, deceased, late of
Chowan County, North Carolina
this is to notify all persons hav
ing claims against the estate of
said deceased to present them to
the undersigned within one year
from date of this notice or same
| will be pleaded in bar of their
I recovery. All persons indebted
| to said estate will please make
immediate payment.
This 16th day of June, 1960.
PEOPLES BANK &
TRUST COMPANY,
Administrator of
Louis George Wilkins,
! June23,30,Ju1v7,14,21,28c
ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE
Having qualified as adminis
trator of the estate of Deborah
K. Elliott, deceased, late of Cho
wan County, North Carolina, this
is to notify all persons having
claims against the estate of said
deceased to present them to the
undersigned within one year
from date of this notice or same
will be pleaded in bar of their
recovery. All persons indebted
do said estate will please make
j immediate payment.
This 9th dav of June. 1960
LOGAN R. ELLIOTT,
Administrator of
Deborah R Elliott
; june9,16,23,30,ju1y?. 14c
EXECUTOR’S NOTICE
Haying qualified as Executor
of the estate of Della L. Dough- 1
tie, deceased, late of Chowan |
County, North Carolina, this isj
to notify all persons having
claims against the estate of said
deceased to present them to the '
unaeisigned within one year |
from date of thu notice or same
will be pleaded in bar of their
recovery All persons indebted
to said estate will please make
immediate payment.
This 7th dav of July, 1960.
W. JARVIS WARD,
Hertford, N. C.
Juiy7,14.21.28Aug4.Uc
Noith Carolina In The i
Chowan County Superior Court i
NOTICE OF SERVICE OF
PROCESS BY PUBLICATION !
Shelby Spencer Bridges,
Plaintiff,
vs.
Richard Alien Bridges,
Defendant.
To: Richard Arien Bridges:
Take notice that
A pleading seeking relief.
against yen has been filed m
the above entitled action. |
The nature of the relief be-/
ing sought, is as follows:
Plaintiff seeks an absolute di-j
voree from the bonds of matri-:
many heretofore existing between
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-SECTIOM TV»%
I the plaintiff and defendant on i
I the ground ot separation for
' more than two years next pre-
I ceding tne commencement of this j
i action. i i
You are required to make de- I
I sense to such pleading not later •
I than the 21st day of July, 1960 t .
I and upon your tailure to do so
the party seeking service against
you wili apply to the Court for
the relief sought.
This 20th day of June. 1960.
LENA M. LEARY,
Assistant Clerk of
Superior Court.
June23,30,Jh1y7,14c . .
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE
i Having qualified as Executor
lof the estate of John George .
! Fletcher, deceased, late of Cho
wan County, North Carolina, this
is to notify all persons having
claims against the estate of said
deceased to present them to the
undersigned within one year
from date of this notice or same
will be pleaded in bar of their
recovery All persons indebted
,to said estate will please make
immediate payment.
I This 14th dav of July. 1960.
PEOPLES BANK &
TRUST COMPANY,
Executor of John George
Fletcher Estate.
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