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National 4-H Club Week Will Be Observed March 4 To 11 i ,i ~> National 4-H Club Week, March 4 to 11, will be observed by about 275 youth in Chowan, according to Miss Catherine A man and Harry Venters, as sistant county extension agents. The young people, 10 to 21 years old, are among tl}e 2,302,- 000 4-H’ers of America who be long to some 94,200 ' clubs in rural, urban and suburban com munities. This year’s continuing: theme for the Head, Heart, Hands, and Health group is “Learn Live —Serve Through 4-H.”V Among the special 4-H Week activi ties planned for Chowan County are: (1| Special news articles, (2“) To take over radio station WCDJ for two days, (3) place grace cards in restaurants, (4) make hospital tray favors, and (5) make two window exhibits. The Week will be highlighted nationally in Washington, D. C., -'by a team of six 4-H members, representing 4-H’ers everywhere, who will give the annual “4-H Report to the Nation." The re port will review in story and Forestry Sales Prove Farmer “Lifesavers” Sale of forest products is. prov ing to he a “lifesaver” for farm ers in North Carolina who. have lost markets for other crops. Take Anson County. While cotton continues to be an im portant crop, it’s no longer king in the county. Many farmers' have turned to trees as away; out of economic trouble. “For many years, the harvest- j ing of forest products was donei in a haphazard manner, with little thought to the future,” says John R. Potter, county agent. “With greatly improved practices during the past ten years, more farmers are treat ing their woodlands as a crop.” In the 1958-59 planting sea son, the Extension staff in An son placed orders for 4,169,000 seedlings. ‘This was more than the entire production of seed-] lings in the state during the] 1946-47 planting season,” says' Patter. During the past ten years, some 20,000 acres have been planted to new woodland in the county. * ' A big factor in the boost in interest is mechanical tree plant ers. “Local banks took a keen interest in this program,” says Potter. “They purchased the first mechanical tree planter in the county in 1956.” | Within three years, ten plant ers were in operation in the county on a custom basis. Those millions of trees plant ed in 1958-59 will be “money trees” in a few years. But al ready the folks in the county are finding that the trees are just as green on this side of the hill. SHOP AT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD GROCERY D & M SUPER MARKET PHONE 2317 FOR FREE { PLENTY OF FREE DELIVERY ON ORDERS OF $2.00 OR MORE! j PARKING SPACE End Cut Pork Chops or Pork Roast . . . . lb. 39c Fresh Ground Hamburger .... lb. 39c 12-oz. Pkg. Jesse Jones Franks ... 39c 2-LB., BOX 303 CANS RED & WHITE Wonder Rice Apple Sauce box 33c 2 cans 29c Ballard’s or Pillsbury Biscuits 3 CANS FOR 25c ; 6-OZ. JAR RED ft WHITE IVj-LB. REG. OR QUICK U>. Mustard Hominy Grits jar 10c 2 boxes 27c j Bfelfr i" ■ " * l;Lot of jello or Royal PUDDINGS, asst, flavors 2 boxes I7c Pi. Jar Miracle Whip 10-Ox. Pkg. Frown , ' j j Salad Dressing Green Peas [I; jar 33c 2pkgs.37c pictures outstanding 4-H ach ievements and current projects. While in the nation’s capital, the three girls and three boys will visit the White House, meet sev eral members of Congress, high government officials and other national leaders. After a short stay in Washington, they ex pect to go to New York and perhaps elsewhere to meet with other friends of 4-H. Club members everywhere will share honors with the 302,500 men and women who serve as unpaid volunteer leaders and guide 4-H work in local com munities throughout the 50 states and Puerto Rico. Among purposes of 4-H Club Week are: To acquaint more young people with opportunities open to them through joining or forming 4-H Clubs, to increase public under standing of 4-H aims and ac complishments, and to express appreciation to 'the many friends of 4-H Who support the “learn by doing” program of character development and good citizen ship. “Some 30,000 cords of pulp wood were shipped from Wood yards in the county in 1959,” says Potter. “This brought about $420,000 to owners of wood lands.” ' In the same year, sales of lumber and other wood products amounted to $760,000. “Equip ment and farm supply dealers, local business firms and others shared in this income, as the farmers spent it,” Potter says. “And there have been new jobs created for many people.” But it wasn’t all done by the banks purchasing a tree plant er four years before. “We show ed farmers how to plant and take care of pine seedlings,” says Potter. “We worked with custom operations on planting. And we stressed better manage ment of existing timber.” “We” means the Extension Service, the Forestry- Service, pulpwood companies and other agricultural agencies. “A Pilot forestry demonstra tion started in 1958 provides an excellent opportunity where farmers can see various phases of woodland management being practiced,” Potter says. The project is sponsored by the Southern Pulpwood Conser vation Association. One pulp, and paper company furnished money and expert help. A local committee, composed of farmers and folks from vari ous agencies, works out the timber management practices to be put into effect. , “This project is creating much interest, and will be a ‘show place’ in the future on what can be done with good manage ment,” Potter says. The Extension Service, cobp erating with the Southeastern Forestry Experiment Station, has THE CHOWAJf-HERALD, EDBITTOIf, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 11MT. — Your Vision Many College Students ~ Ham Eyesight Problem 1 By DR. JAMES S. BAILEY ‘ 'v Consulting Optometrist ' " How educated is the retarded reader with a college degree? Many colleges and universities, working in close cooperation with optometric scientists, are attempting to find the answer to this and other related ques tions. Because of ithe importance of detecting vision problems be fore the child enters elementary school, and the necessity of keeping close check on his eye sight as the amount of school work increases and becomes more difficult as he advances in grades, I have devoted considerable, attention in past columns to the small child. But the fact is, vision prob lems are almost as great among college students as they are among children in elementary, junior and senior high schools. Whereas one out of every four high school students have de fective vision, the rate among college men and women is one out of five. Employers in industry and business often discover that col lege graduates are slow and in efficient readers with poor com prehension of what they have read. Coupled with this is the prevalence of high school and college graduates who are very poor spellers. Many college students have vision problems which have existed and have multiplied since early childhood. Others have developed disorders as the crucial choice of subject matter became more difficult and de manding. Whatever the cause, the fact remains that many chil dren go on to college without ever discovering why they can not keep pace with the excep tional student in scholastic achievement. Among the leading vision problems found among college students are the inability to focus properly, the failure to published a timber marketing guide for Anson farmers. “It lists buyers of wood pro ducts, sales procedure, forestry assistance, available and other valuable information,” says Pot ter. The Extension staff stresses all phases of woodland manage ment. “On farmer-request for aid, a staff member visits the farm to advise the farmer about his situation,” says Potter. The farmer is referred to the best possible source of help to carry out his project—Forestry Ser vice, consulting foresters and representatives of pulp and lum ber companies. , ’**' “By all ‘ ‘'group's and individ uals working together toward a common goal, a 'more effective management program is being accomplished,” Potter says. WESTERN GAS SERVICE INVITES YOU L°XURicLTE WITH THE WATER HEATER THAT WEARS A DEPENDABLE SERVICE GUARANTEE— PERMAGLAS ■' i* whole heater replaced if tank leaks within j £ | 10 year guarantee period * ! • fuel-thrifty Target Burner ■SSIn • exclusive patented glass lining Easy Terms T*" 1 ilfil ,X. ftmmlas® 20-gallon size NOW was $109.95 $79.95 on n . NOW 30-gallon size was $119.95 $84.95 GUARANTEED 10 FULL YEARS ijr'V- *. / » i J WESTERN GAS SERVICE use both eyes together with ef fectiveness, poor reading ability, and a low degree of compre hension. While many public schools do not offer effective methods of vision screening, much progress is being made in the use of accurate instruments to screen the child’s eyesight for errors. But in colleges and universities, vision screening is rare or is not performed at all. This is why educators are working closely with optometric scientists to stress the pressing need among college students for better vision problem detection. For in addition to the variety of handicaps poor vision can pro duce, the lack of confidence caused by disorders may affect the student’s personality and his choice of vocation or pro fession. College students must rely upon their eyes to gleen more than 90 per cent of their formal knowledge. And throughout life vision remains one of the most important of all senses. Every college student should have a complete vision exam ination before the start of every collegiate year. Then he may tackle the heavy load of class room work with the confidence that good vision is his greatest benefactor. THE HEADER’S CORNER Q: Are there any rules which will help the child develop good vision habits? A: Parents should provide adequate and proper lighting for indoor activity. During the preschool years children should be given only books and games with large print and an abun dance of pictures. Correct or prevent faulty posture such as head tilting or holding books or objects too close to the eyes. Never allow the child to read or watch television while he is lying on the floor. F \ I Elementary School [ Lunch Room Menu V Menus at the Edenton Ele mentary School lunch room for the week of March 6-10 will be as follows: Monday: Hamburgers, cand ied yams, green beans, milk, corn bread, pineapple, butter. Tuesday: Beef and vegetable pie, buttered pqas, school baked rolls, grapefruit, milk, butter. Wednesday: Vegetable beef soup, pimento cheese sandwich es, crackers, block cake, milk. Thursday: Fried chicken, potatoes, surnip greens, chocolate pudding, school baked I rolls, butter. ’ Friday: Fish sticks, cole slaw, corn bread, butter, blackeye peas, apple pie, milk. Annual Conference Basketball Tournament In Progress Here * o By BILL GOODWIN The annual Albemarle Con ference Basketball Tournament opened in the John A. Holmes High School gymnasium Wed nesday night and will continue through Saturday. It is the first 1 time the event has been staged; in Edenton. Three games were played Wed nesday, three more are on tap for tonight (Thursday) two for Friday, and the championship games in the girls’ and boys’ di visions Saturday night. Game time 'each night is 7 o’clock. The Edenton Aces and Ace lets see their first action tonight, with the Acelets playing at 7 o’clock and the Aces in the nightcap. The Acelets drew a bye into the semifinals by fin ishing second in the regular sea son play. The fifth-seeded Aces will play fourth ranked Ahoskie tonight, while the Acelets’ opponents will be the winner of the Wil liamston-Scotland Neck game of Wednesday night. The Plymouth and Hertford girls opened the tournament Wednesday night, with William ston and Scotland Neck meeting at 8 o’clock and the Plymouth and Hertford boys at nine. The Acelets open tonight’s round, while the Williamston boys meet the Plymouth-Hertford winner, and the Aces play Ahoskie at 9 o’clock. Semifinals will be completed Friday night, while the cham pionship will be determined Sat urday. The Acelets are pitted in a bracket with Williamston and Scotland Neck. They split two games with the Green Wave of Williamston and won twice over the Scots, both times by a mar gin of two points. Should they win their semifinal round, they, could go against Ahoskie the only team to beat them twice,! Hurry, be an EARLY TRADER Earn a bonus at v ~*—on any IH tractor or equipment purchase of S SOO or more $ Trade now and earn a bo nus at 6% until just before the season of use! $ Trade for any machine or any combination of machines worth more than SSOO for an Early Trader's Bonus! $ We'll trade for any farm machine... like for like trades are not necessary. Let us figure your deal now..< the sooner you trade the more you save! r \ jj Byrum Implement & ■II Truck Company I Ess “Your International Harvester Dealer” PHONE 299 N. C. Franchise No. 1860 EDENTON, N. C or Plymouth or Hertford, both of whom were' defeated twice by the Acelets. The Aces will have two ad vantages besides the homecourt and the ripply floor of the] Edenton gymnasium. First, they meet Ahoskie, a team they turn ed back on the local court by a point, 50-49, and second, if they get by the Indians, they will meet Scotland Neck, whom they rather easily defeated last Friday night, 64-55. The final regular season stand ings in the girls’ division were as follows: Ahoskie, Edenton, Williamston, Plymouth, Hertford and Scotland Neck. In the boys’ division it was Scotland Neck, Williamston, Plymouth, Ahoskie, Edenton and Hertford. COLONIAL CLUB MEETS The Colonial Home Demon stration Club met Thursday af ternoon, February 23, at the Ho tel Joseph Hewes. The meeting was called to or der with members singing the hymn, “Holy, Holy, Holy,” after which a devotional period was conducted by Mrs. A. F. Down urn. Miss Pauline Calloway, home economics agent, presented a demonstration on “New Furni ture From Old.”. Slides were | shown of old furniture, and how |it can be refinished to be both j beautiful and useful. Mrs. J. L. Chestnutt, home beautification leader, urged all members to not delay in get ting started on cleaning up yards | and homes, especially before the ] 'tour of homes and town in I April. j The education committee chair man, Mrs. Roy Leary, called at tention to the club reading list found in the year book, and how book review certificates are awarded. During the business period, aj remodeling hats workshop was planned for Tuesday morning, March 21, in the ballroom of the Hotel Joseph Hewes, starting at 9 o’clock. Interested club mem bers and members of other clubs are invited to attend. A catalog showing trimmings, etc., is at the home of Mrs. J. L. Chestnutt and orders will be taken for materials until March 8. The club collect was repeated in unison by all members, after Which the meeting was ad journed. PANSIES The Halseys ~ Badham Road HALSEY FEED & SEED STORE FEED - SKKI) - BABY CHICKS - DUCKS - (iEESE - TURKEYS POULTRY EQUIPMENT - REMEDIES Phone 2525 EDENTON. N. C. 419 S. Broad St. OUR BEST WAY-OF-LIFE INSURANCE THE CITIZEN SOLDIERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD , SERVE TOUR COONI«V.„IB XO9U COMIUWW_JN THC Here’s your chance to collect a double bonus! You’ll get today's best farm machinery buy and a handful of “greenbacks” besides! You can collect a cash bonus at the rate of 6% on your down payment and/or trade in from the purchase time until a date just prior to the normal season of use. Pocket this bonus whether you finance your purchase through the IH Income Purchase Plan or pay sash. You 11 be fully protected against price increases—get the machine you want... equipped the way yo* want it.. . delivered when you want it! Stop in soon and look over the top-quality IH TTrw,' Figure all your machinery needs for ’61... well show you how big your cash bonus can be! I—gECTttH* OWE PAGE THREE ROPER MAN INJURED Owen Tyson, 22-year-old Ro- ■ per man, was seriously injured Friday morning about 9 o’clock when a tree fell on him while working in a log woods. Young Tysoit suffered a brok en leg and serious throat and neck injuries and is now a pa tient in Chowan Hospital. Lat est reports were that he is mak ing satisfactory progress. A beautiful face is a silent commendation. *—Bacon.
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