SENATOR A SAM ERVIN JfLgj^ f. WASHINGTON The Sen ate Subcommittee on Air and jjSTatcr Pollution has been Conducting hearings on pro #>6sed amendments to imple jnent the Water Quality Act. SVater has become a national Concern, because usable wa- S4cr supplies have been shrinking rapidly in recent years. Along with other Senators, -have co-sponsored S. 2947, bill to take more effective j|teps to preserve and purify Our water resources. I sup jiort S. 2947 for a very prac tical reason. Several years ago, the Senate Select Com hiittce on National Water Re sources found that water Supplies are diminishing jjcarly in relation to . our National needs. The Select Committee found that popu lation and industrial growth will double our water needs by 1980 and triple these heeds by the year 2000. This ineans that soon our growing demand for water will be more than the available sup ply, and water will have to be used over and over again to meet our needs. »This focuses attention on the problem. of pollution. Control of water pollution stands at the .apex of any effective water management program. As the late Sena tor Kerr • used to say when he discussed pure water, pol lution is never a very pleas ant subject. Yet it exists and Alumnae Office To Mrs. Cliears Mrs. Thomas Chears, Jr., has been elected, first vice president of the Duke Uni versity Alumnae. Mrs. Chears and other new officers were honored recently at a three-a day Spring Weekend on the Durham campus. Mrs. Chears has served one year of a three-year term as a member of the alumnae association board of directors. Mrs. Paul H. Clyde of Durham is association presi dent and other officers in clude: Mrs. Frances Briggs i«» of Hollins, Va., chairman of the alumnae council; Mrs. R. K; Harris of Greensboro, sec ond vice president; and Mrs. Anne Garrard, secretary. MIXED JUST FOR YOU PAINT INSIDE OR OUTSIDE IN YOUR CHOKE OF COLORS 1.080 Colors To Select From K -v Paint your rooms to match or blend with furniture or draperies. We can mix just the color of paint you want in just a few minutes. COME IN TODAY M. G. BROWN CO., INC Lumber - Paint - Hardware - Building Supplies PHONE 482-2136 r . EDENTON, N. C. V \ gets worse each year. Man is: careless in changing what the Eternal Creator put on earth in a more beautiful and pure form. Since man creates pollution, solving the problem is not easy. The Potomac River, in sight of the Capitol, is. a prime il lustration of ineffective con trols to prevent filth from going into a once pure river. Last year Congress became concerned and acting upon a Presidential recommendation enacted the most compre hensive anti-pollution bill to date. The 1965 Act was a first step. Already, it needs to be implemented. No area of the country is exempt from water pollution problems. Summer droughts have brought water short ages to all regions of the country, and pollution be comes greater when water levels decline. Our state, which has abundant water resources during normal rain fall months, has not been exempt frdm concern over water. The importance of S. 2947 is that it is not a crash pro gram, but a long-range one to coordinate governmental, industrial, and individual ef forts to meet water needs before they become critical. A herculean task is involv ed, and no one-shot effort will bring about a cure. The measure is a six-year plan. Disagreements that once raged over whether govern ment had any business deal ing with water pollution have abated into disagreements over the proper role of each level of government in such activities. S. 2948 represents a balanced attempt to bring individuals and their govern ments into a coordinated ef fort to deal with this basic problem that has plagued manv other civilizations. Historians teh us that the fate of nations has often been determined bv how well they controlled fresh water supplies, and that empires have vanished when they failed to cope with the prob lem in time. This is a problem that we must solve if we are to main tain the basis of life and a vital civilization in the dec ades ahead. THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 196# Soybean Profit Is On Increase Last year soybeans added S4B million to North Carolina farm income. Tar Heel farm ers have indicated to the U. S. Agriculture Department an intention to plant 93,000 more acres to- soybeans this year an increase of 10 per cent. If the state’s average per acre yield is the same as last year’s (24.5 bushels), farm income from soybeans can be expected to increase by $3.3 million from the added acres. However, if through good management practice's North Carolina farmers can raise that aver age yield by 4.5 bushels— which would bring it up to the average in Illinois—farm income for the state will be increased by sll million. Moreover, as the National Soybean Crop Improvement Council points out, those ex tra 4.5 bushels can greatly increase the ratio of profits to investment, since the high er yield requires very little extra labor, seed or fertilizer. It is not likely that the soil in Illinois, where the aver age was 29 bushels, is any richer than that of our Coas tal Plains. And we don’t believe the Midwesterners are any better farmers. Nevertheless, as the Soy bean Council has observed good cultivation practices with this crop, from planting to harvest, can make the difference between marginal Delegates Named To Convention Two area physicians have been named delegates from the Chowan - Perquimans Medical Society to the House of Delegates of the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina that will meet in Asheville this week. Dr. David O. Wright of Edenton and Dr. T. P. Brinn of Hertford are delegates to the meeting. Dr. L. P. Wil liams, Jr., and Dr. Edward G. Bond, both of Edenton, are alternates. Consideration of the most recent advances in the field of medicine is the underlying theme of the 112th annual meeting of the society which gets underway April 30. The initial session of the House of Delegates, policy making body, will be held at 2 P. M., Sunday. Some 175 delegates from the 77 component county societies arc anticipated in attendance at the H6use of Delegates. profits and a handsome in come. These practices in clude chemical and mechani cal control of weeds, fertiliz ing, proper planting dates insect and disease control, and careful harvesting meth ods. The Council advises that the best time to attack weeds, a major problem in our area, is early, before the beans are planted. Producers also are reminded that chem ical control of weeds is “a supplement to, not a substi tute for,” good cultivation practice. But for the best advice on yields, the Council suggests farmers consult State exten sion specialists, who are the most knowledgeable about local requirements. " If North Carolina farmers can become as expert with soybeans as they have with tobacco, they—and the econ omy of the whole stale—will benefit immeasurably. Op from T. B. WILLIFORD Dear friends. The funeral direct ing profession dates back to the Pharaohs in ancient Egypt and requires extensive study and prepara tion. 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