Chowan Soil Conservation Unit
Completes Very Successful Year
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The Chowan unit of the Albe-
Je Soil Conservation District j
has just completed another suc
cessful year. The three district
supervisors, L. C. Bunch, H. F. ,
Byrum and J. A. Webb, J.-., are
justly proud of the
ments for 1960.
One watershed, Burn fe-.-Mill
Creek, has carried out the struc
tural measures, 9.2 miles of
channel improvement and land
owners are ■applying the land
treatment measures as fast as
possible. Landowners in the
watershed are pleased with the
project. Many have stated that
Without the channel improvement
this crop would have been lost
ih the hurricane and heavy rains
during the summer. Burnt Mill
Creek Watershed is located in
Chowan and Perquimans coun
ties.-
■* 'Another watershed, Pollock
Swamp, located about three
miles north of Edenton, was ap
proved for planning in 1960.
The, SCS watershed planning
party completed their field sur-
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P \ {< 9 » j i **•» l l on
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■ Above, left, Joe Webb, Jr., district supervisor of the Albemarle j
Soil Conservation District, has just presented awards to two local
equipment dealers lor assisting SCS programs. The dealers are
R. T. Harrell. Edenton Tractor & Equipment Company, and T. C.
Byrum. Jr. Byrum Implement & Truck Company.—(Photo by
Janies Griffin).
district program is based on. the
individual basic conservation
fawn plan prepared by district
epoperators using technical as
sistance furnished by the dis
trict This soil survey mfprma
tiott will* be used iffiHh'flf Way.
Technical assistance was fur
' nished to 25 district cooperators
to prepare a basic conservation
plan on their farms. 'These
plans are based on using every
acre within its capability and
treating it according to its needs.
The finished conservation plan
is simply the decisions made by
the district cooperators (farm
ers) as to the conservation
practice he will carry out and
when. Seven district cooperat
ors revised their conservation
plans with technical assistance
furnished by the district. These
conservation plans were simply
brought up-to-date according to
today’s needs. As new needs
arise, the plan is" brought up-to
date.
Service was furnished to 398
district cooperators during the
year mostly for applying con
servation practices in their in
dividual conservation farm
plans. Practices applied by them
included drainage, erosion-con- :
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. Pictured above is six-inch drainage tile being installed in Bertie
fine sandy loom, with Albemarle Soil Conservation District. ACP
cost-share assistance and SCD technical assistance.—(Photo by
James Griffin).
behind small grain. District
Supervisor H. <’F. Byrum, with
vice, modified bis regular plant
ing equipment for stubble 'mulch
planting. He became utterag ted
at the district field dayff WS H.
Wii*boroe% farm in 1959
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aSS toSr in theJ^L
After the was har-
vey in December. Meetings
have been held with the land
owners informihg them -Of how a
watershed project works. Liter
ature has been furnished at the
meetings, talks and movies have
been used. It is planned to have
the structural practices installed
before the 1962 crop year. Spon
sor of this project is the Albe
marle Soil Conservation District.
All agricultural workers are as
sisting the district in this pro
ject.
Besides the watershed projects
other accomplishments have
been obtained. Seventeen new
farms have joined the district
program by signing the district
agreement, planning and apply
ing at least one conservation
practice. Several other farmers
have signed district agreements
but technical assistance has not
been furnished to assist them to
become district cooperators.
Standard soil survey was com
pleted on 4,700 acres by SCS
soil scientist Ed Karnowski dur
ing 1960. The soil conservation
trol, woodland and wildlife.
Drainage practices are most
important to district cooperators
in the Albemarle Soil Conserva
tion District. Ten group drain
age projects were completed
berftfitlng 4(1"* farm's. Channel
improvement of 5.1 miles was
done in these projects. Indivi
dual cooperators constructed 10.6
miles of open ditches. Many of
these and the group ditches will
be used later for drain tile out
lets. Twenty-five district co
operators installed eight miles of
six-inch drain tile on their farms.
Several miles of surface drains
were prepared using plows and
graders.
Soil erosion control practices
came into the county conserva
tion picture in 1960. 2.1 acres
of grass waterway were applied.
To go with the grass waterway
was 0.1 mile of terrace installed.
One hundred acres of field strip 1
cropping and six acres of con- '
tour farming were applied for '
erosion control and moisture
holding. Thirty acres of Coastal |
Bermuda grassed sprigged for
sandy land pasture.
Another moisture holding prac- 1
tice was over 100 acres of late 1
soybeans stubble-mulch planted '
| tion cropping systems and 1,951
I acres of cover crops were applied
jin 1960 by district cooperators
according to land Capability re
quirements and their conserva
tion farm plana. ;
Woodland conservation receiv
ed the attention of the district.
! sisted cooperators in planning
w oouianu practices in cncn
{plans. TWo ili^HGt-spohshred
THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 16, 1861.
t-Both were successful and result
ed in 105 acres.- of woodland
cleared by K-G blade and heavy
• tractor, for tree planting in 1961.
Fifty acres of “weed trees” were
poisoned by cooperators. Many
’ used the district owned tree in
jector and 2-4-ST! Sixty acres
1 of ‘woodland was disked for na
| tural re-seeding and 74 acres of
[ pine seedlings set on cooperators’
| farms. 1,550 feet of 30 foot fire
: breaks werg constructed protect
ing 2,409 acres- of woodland. A
memorandum of understanding
was signed ini late 1960 with
N. C. Forest Service to assist
district cooperators with wood
land practices.
Wildlife conservation rounded
out the district program. Twen
ty-three acres of wildlife area
treatment, 750 rods of hedgerow
planting (multiflora rose) and
three ponds were stocked with
fish. Most of the wildlife area
treatment were shrub lespedeza
and annual seed mixture furnish
ed by the N. C. Wildlife Re
sources Commission to district
cooperators. Multiflora rose
plants were furnished by them,
too. Fish fingerlings were fur
nished to stock the three ponds
by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife
Service. SCS Biologist Ray
Smith worked three days assist
ing district cooperators in plan
ning needed wildlife conserva
tion practices in their conserva
tion farm plans.
> Besides the application work
i the Chowan County district sup
ervisors sponsored the annual
conservation poster contest in
the fourth, fifth and sixth grades
of the county schools. Prizes of
$45 were furnished and the win
ners a trip to Elizabeth City to
the district contest sponsored by
the Chamber of Commerce. Six
field trips were conducted for I
the students to show them con
servation practices and problems
first hand.
5 Supervisors sponsored the FFA
land judging contest. Chowan
FFA Chapter entered the con
test. A 4-H team on soil and
i water conservation was entered
I in the 4-H district contest.
Soil stewardship was sponsor
ed in the county with 15
churches participating. Neces
sary literature was purchased
by the Chowan unit as well as
the movie “The Earth Is the
Lord’s.”
A fair booth was entered in
the county fair by the supervis
ors. It showed, by photographs,
the conservation practices ap
plied in the county.
Chowan County district super
visors met once a month on dis
trict business. They attended
four meetings of the Albemarle
Soil Conservation District Board.
They were hosts to the Area VI
meeting of the Pamlico, Roan
oke-Chowan, Coastal Plain and
Albemarle SCD at Edenton in
November in which 450 people
attended.
Albemarle SCD Chairman L.
C. Bunch attended the national
meeting of district supervisors
at Louisville, Ky., and the
Southeastern meeting in Wil
liamsburg, Va.
The district newsletter “North
easter” was published monthly
by the Chowan unit, Albemarle
Soil Conservation District. It has
been entered in the national
newsletter contest, League City,
Texas.
Albemarle SCD won second
place in the annual Goodyear
contest last year. Neighboring
district, the Pamlico, won first
place.
Metal district signs were in
stalled on the boundaries of the
district. These were donated by
the Coastal Plain Soil Conserva
tion District. Thanks to Chair
man A. C. Edwards and the
board of district supervisors.
All in all, 1960 was a good
year. We had the cooperation of
the local ASC committee with
the ACF program to help dis
trict cooperators carry out con
servation practices, the Exten
sion Service to help us with the
educational program and field
days, the vocational agriculture
teachers on land judging, N. C.
Forest Service to help with the
woodland, -N. C. Wildlife Re
sources Commission to help
wildlife, local business men with
the finance and district coopera
tors who needed and wanted to
carry out conservation practices
and the Soil Conservation Ser
vice technicians to help them.
Jaycees Enroll Full
Dale Carnegie Course
James Perry, Jaycee president,
announces that the Dale Car
negie Course has been a suc
cessful project for the club.
The first session of the course
was held Tuesday night at 7
o’clock at the Joseph Hewes Ho
tel. Forty-two of the forty-four
enrolled students were present.
Ail . families who £ave not re
ceived their free book fqr #t-
Mrs. Lydia Daniels '
“Woman Os Year”
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Continued from Page I—Section 1
Mrs. Daniels is a charter
member of the Edenton Chap
ter, Order of the Eastern Ctar.
She has held an office each year
and is an active member of the
“famed” kitchen committee of
the chapter. She is also a char
ter member of the Edenton Busi
ness and Professional Women’s
Club and of the Chowan Hospi
tal Auxiliary.
This versatile lady has the
taste of an artist in arranging
flowers and the style of an in
terior decorator in her home.
But her greatest talent lies in
her ability and desire to give of
herself to her family and her
community. Whether it is plan
ning a meal for a banquet or ar
ranging flowers for a wedding,
she knows how to get the job
done. If there is illness in a
family, she brings a lovely ar
rangement of flowers or a tasty
dish and at the same time clear
the dishes from the sink, make
the beds, prepare the meal for
the rest of the family or get the
children off to school.
Although Mrs. Daniels has no
children of her own, her two
brothers, two sisters and eight
half brothers and sisters, many
nieces and nephews, grand-nieces
and nephews and any one in the
community who needs her, make
up one of the largest families in
being, for her home, her time
and service is always ready for
any of them. From east to west,
from north to south, this great
lamily calls her home theirs and
in it they are always welcome.
Her generosity, her devotion and
her many talents and abilities,
which she uses untiringly foi
others, make her a person loved
and respected by all.
Mrs. Lala Smith, president, j
presided and the program open
ed with the group singing
“America,” with Miss Cecelia i
Willoughby at the piano. The
Rev. R. N. Carroll gave the in
vocation, after which a turkey
dinner was served by members
of the Eastern Star. The Val
entine motif was carried out in
flower arrangements and pro
grams.
Miss Frances Marshbourne,
mistress of ceremonies, gave the
address of welcome. The re
sponse was made by Warren
Twiddy. Miss Catherine Aman
recognized charter members of
the dlub. after whidh the Treble
Clef Club delighted the group
with several songs. Miss Jo
Ann Leary accompanied at the
piano.
Another feature of the even
ing was an interesting talk on
“Challenge of Today” by Wade
Marr of Elizabeth City. Mr.
Marr, who is known as a gifted i
and brilliant orator, entertwined i
his speech with a number of'
humorous incidents.
Before announcing the woman!
of the year, Mrs. Lena Leary I
acknowledge the past women of'
the year, while Mrs. Elizabeth |
Flynn pinned a red rose on each ]
present. A white rose was!
placed in a vase in commemora-!
tion of those women of the year!
who have passed on.
The entertainment came to a
close with the .group singing
“Good Night Ladies,” led by C.
W. Overman.
Missionaries At
Assembly Os God
Continued from Page 1. Section 1
lished thirty-five churches, build- j
ing fourteen of these. He also'
served for three years as in- i
structor in the Tamil Bible
School, Madurai, South India,
which school he assisted in es-1
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
tablishing. Recognizing the need
of boys in India, Mr. and Mrs.
Edwards established the Assem
blies of God Industrial School
in 9hencottah, Madras State,
South India, in 1952. Certified
by the government, this school
now has an enrollment of 100
students. In addition to receiv
ing instruction in the Word of;
God, these students are taught
useful trades. A lower and
higher elementary school have
been established. Mrs. Edwards
also engaged extensively in pro
moting Sunday School work.
The Rev. and Mrs. Edwards
are now traveling in the Unit
ed States representing the work
of the Assemblies of God in
South India. A one-hour film
or slides of thetir ministry are
shown and curios and native
costumes are on display.
The film and slides will be
shown at the service tonight at
the local church and the public
is cordially invited to attend.
Deadline Nearing
For Cotton Decision
Continued from Page 1, Section 1
tends to do.
Griffin says that complete re
lease of cotton acreage which
will not be planted this year
could go a long way toward
solving the problems of cotton !
farmers, ginners, and processors, j
If cotton farmers do not plant
their full acreage or take ad
vantage of the acreage release
provision they will bring about
a considerable cut in the state’s!
cotton acreage. “With cotton!
bringing nearly 40 million dol
lars annually to farmers in this
state we just can’t afford to;
reduce our state’s farm income!
in this manner,” he says.
According to Griffin, though,'
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all the advantage from releasing
and reapportioning cotton acre
age does not go only to the
farmer who will be able to plant
the released acreage 'this year.
The farmer who released the
acreage benefits just as much
as the farmer who received the
released acreage. Releasing acre
age he can’t plant is the only
way a farmer can retain plant
ing history and keep from cut
ting his own future allotments.
Farmers who cannot plant
their full cotton acreage this
year should by all means go by
their ASC office and release the
acreage they will not plant.
The release is for one year
only, after which the allotment
goes back to the releasing farm,
provided some cotton is planted
once each three years.
Last year, 58,627 acres in
North Carolina were released to
ASC offices. Some 42,090 acres
were reapportioned to other
growers in the same counties,
while 16,537 acres went to the
State ASC Committee for reap
portionment.
A goodly number of those 58,-
627 acres would have been sub
ject to loss if they had not been
released. In a normal year cash
returns from that number of
acres would be between sß'i
and $9 million dollars.
20 Years Ago
Continued from Page I—Section 1 j
amendments to the Pare peanut
measure. I
Gereral J. Van B. Melts ap
proved the appointment of Mil- ,
lard F. Bond, J. Frank While,
Jr., and William S. Privott as
officers of the newly organized
Hoime Guard Unit. Home over
the week-end. Representative J.
G. Campen reported that a bill
will be introduced in the House
authorizing the purchase of uni
forms for the Home Guard of
the slate.
Congressman Herbert C. Bon
ner informed The Herald that
he will strenuously object to the
proposed consolidation of two
of Edenlon's rural mail routes.
Information was received by
C. L. McCullers that Edenton
had been added to the itinerary
of the University of North Caro
lina Band which was touring
the stale.
J. R. Tanner, a detective from
Rocky Mount was speaker at a
Rotary Club meeting.
The home and all the furnish
ings of Mr. and Mrs. Pete Fore
hand were destroyed by fire.
LEGION AUXILIARY MEETS
The Edward G. Bond Unit No.
40, American Legion Auxiliary,
met at the home of Mrs. W. W.
Porter last week with several
matters of interest considered.
Mrs. Mary Leary was appoint
ed chairman of a committee to
draft a set of resolutions con-
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Feb9tfcj
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PHONE 2163
Edenton, N. C.
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cerning the Department Scholar
ship Fund to be presented to the
Department Convention.
Each member agreed to do
note a kitchen towel for use in
the hut kitchen.
The Auxiliary will order book
lets titled “Need A Lift” con
cerning scholarship funds to be
placed in the local schools and
libraries.
The unit will order 100 cop
ies of “Flag Etiquette” leaflets
to be placed in each school room
and library in the county.
Mrs. Mary Leary gave a most
interesting program on “Ameri
canism,” stressing the import
ance of studying the Constitu
tion, flag etiquette, voting, ob
serving local and national gov
ernment and having an active
interest in youth groups.
OFFICES CLOSED FEB. 22
Wednesday of next week, Feb
ruary 22, all county and town
offices will be closed all day.
The closing is in order to ob
serve George Washington’s birth
day. a national holiday.
FOR SALE TWO BEDROOM
house with floor furnace heat.
Located in North Edenton.
Phone 2493. lip
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Phone 2174 or 3793.
Dec 1 tfc
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CABBAGE PLANTS FOR SALE.
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1 Mile West of Edenton
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