Technical Action ‘Panel’ Is Boosting Rural Areas Samuel Cox. chairman of ►/he Chowan County Tech ‘ nical Action Panel, said today the Department of Agriculture has instructed its rural development spe cialists to “end the migra tion of rural people to large cities by helping small communities revital ize themselves.” Cox said instructions had been sent by Assistant John A. Baker to all the field staffs of USDA agen cies urging them to expand efforts to: —Extend services and benefits of all federal ag encies into rural areas. —Help rural communi ties make economic de velopment plans and secure services needed to carry out the plans. 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A Safe Place To Save Since 1905 » * ■— *■ "-*•* N * organizations. “Basically, what the de partment is doing,” Baker explains, “is realigning and fortifying its field offices to insure that rural com munities do not miss out on help available from any source in their develop ment programs. “We have established a “one-stop” service concept in every rural county to enable local leaders to (1) get help they need in find ing out what is impeding the development of their local economy, (2) obtain assistance in preparing eco nomic development plans, and (3) tap all govern ment and private services that can be used to turn dreams into reality.” Membership of the tech nical action panels at the state level consists of the heads of all Department of Agriculture agencies that have state offices. The heads of all other govern ment agencies that provide support in the development of rural areas are invited to become members. The panels are assisted by the directors of the extension service, who in some states w M -mL ft ' '^Br- ANNE C. GRAHAM Salem Academy Finals Are Held WINSTON-SALEM—Miss Anne Cameron Graham of Edenton was graduated from Salem Academy at commencement exercises at 3 P. M., Sunday in the Salem Fine Arts Center. Miss Graham is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Graham, 103 Blount Street, Edenton. She attended John A. Holmes High School be fore coming to Salem Academy for her junior and senior years. At Salem Affedemy she was a member of the-Spir itual Life Council, the an nual staff, and the Glee Club. THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. JUNE 1, 1967. also serves a a panel mem ber. The state director of the Farmers Home Adminis tration serves as chairman, the Soil Conservation Ser vice state conservationist is co-chairman, and the state executive director of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service is alternate; chairman. To give /ktarff support to the panels a Farmers Home Administration rural de velopment specialist has been assigned as executive director in 40 states. The composition of the panels ini the counties fol lows the pattern establish ed at the state level. Baker in his directive also gave details on multi county levels that are to be set up where needed to service area - wide plan ning bodies. These panels will include development specialists from the same group of agencies repre sented on state and county panels, but will deal with projects that serve more than one county. “Modem communica tions and transportation," Baker points out, “have made possible a new kind of functional rural com munity that has a popula tion base adequate to sup port a large number of basic public services. 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