PAGE 10-B Roginnalism Brings Many New Agencies into Area; Groups Defined Con'td. from Page 8-C State and Local planning in the region. ARP DC is not restricted to any segment of the population or economy. Its mandate is to stimulate economic growth in the Albemarle area. Broadly stated, the purpose of ARPDC is to plan, promote and carry out a diversified development program designed to help the people of this area obtain a standard of living that equals that of people in other sec tions of the country. It is a planning district commission, an organization of cities and counties which have joined together to plan and carry out BEST WISHES \ "Hk TO OUR GOOD V FRIENDS IN \ ... \ You On This \ iw Tha Old Raliabla - Since 1923 \ na aaa mf\ ■ Kw Saving* & Loan ara \ Significant Occasion If si $ gJTS Six \ m Your History! { 1 HAPPY 250th! \ jP **’• *•"*• spirit of coopmMmi « \ that has boon so ovidont over the Jf V P**t MO yaars. Wo aro proud of V our long standing relationship with Jp % our sister town. ijfr HERTFORD \~- Savings & Loan Association “Serving The Area Since 1923 ” HERTFORD, NORTH CAROUNA. \w¥V i|Uj *‘"V . ‘^■Hk^FiPh^^ ■SPPBjjßkjfe. Wj • P"qn b l^Bjßj BE RBBBBHBi^^^^^^^K'.'.: H Preparing The Student Today ... |BK For The Challenges Os Tomorrow | ; bhbhbhk WBM • Accredited By Southern Associa* VT^l tion °* College* and Schools. and Sciences. Expanded Student ■BHr I Financial Aid Guidance, " Counseling Placement Athletics - Music - Dance • Art Dramatics • Social and Academic ECSU IS PROUD TO BE DOING ITS PART TO BRING MORE PROGRESS , Jt TO THE ALBEMARLE) EDENTON'S 2Soth BIRTHDfiYg j^Bm^im^^^^TTESFOß SCHOOL AND IN-SERVICE TEACHERS elizabeth city state university FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WRITE Director of Admissions ECSU Elisabeth City, N. C. 27909 cooperative development projects. ARPDC serves as a channel of communication between local governments and Federal and State Agencies, collects nd analyzes economic data on the region, acts as a clearinghouse for Federal Grant Applications, plans for the orderly growth of the towns and counties of the area and promotes and conducts programs for economic and social development of the entire area. Resource Conservation And Development A Resource Conservation and Development project is a locally initiated and sponaored activity to expand the economic opportunities for the people us an area by developing and carrying out a plan of action for the orderly conservation, improvement, development and wise use of their natural resources. A RC&D Project is ap plicable where the ac celeration of current con servation activities plus the use of other authorities will provide addition op portunities to local people. Hard core of the RC&D Project is its natural resources, and the project TWO-FIVE-O EDITION EPfcNTON, NORTH CAROLINA measure proposals that sponsors receive will form a wide diversity of interests. Sponsors then are in a position to coordinate and assure the orderly fitting together of a diverse interest and endeavors into a com patible forward moving program. Inasmuch as resources must be managed and used by and for people, many project measures will deal with related endeavors so that the rewards of the good resource management can be more fully realized. RC&D Project approach is designed to help people of rural areas realign and speed up resource conservation and development of their natural resources and thus strengthen the economy and enhance their opportunities for good living. Consolidation of leadership and coor dination, cooperative efforts of local people and cooperating local, state and federal agencies make possible genuine and significant rural areas development. North Carolina Rural Fund for Development NCRFD is a limited pur pose agency funded by the Office of Economic Op portunity to operate in 30 eastern North Carolina counties. Ten of these counties compose your economic development district. The work program calls for them to assist predominately low-income cooperatives and credit unions with technical assistance, membership and board training and small supplemental loans and grants where no other funds are available. Now, in the area, they are working directly with four credit unions: Chowan County Credit Union, Gates County Credit Union, Pasquotank County Credit Union and Perquimans County Credit Union and twp farm cooperatives: Albemarle Cooperative Association and Chowan Produce Exchange. In ad dition, in our area, they are also working with the division of Continuing Education- East Carolina University—in establishing a Sea Food l£APiUi> ****** 'in TNG ARE THE FL.Pf’IL DF 9WEPEN, WHERE, IN OWE RETINI TEAS. 4-99 NEWSPAPERS WERE SOLP RJR EACH 1,000 OF THE POPULATION. <4?AUEST FLAGSTAFF EVER ERECTFP AT THE PANAMA-PACIFIC . INTERNATIONAL- EXPOSITION AT FAN FRANCISCO IN 1-915- IT STOOP z. 99 FEET 7 INCHES IN HEIGHT. £?he ausiear highway in the world it THE HOLLYWOOP-MAROOR FREEWAY COMPLEX IN LOS ANGELES WHICH, HANDLES 219,000 VEHICLES PER CWY. BANK OF EDENTON Con'td. from Page 8-C spotted over the coastal regions of the Atlantic Seaboard. During the first months of this year the old building at Broad and King was completely renovated inside. There are now three Peoples Bank locations in Edenton for the convenience of its customers. The motto of Peoples Bank is “Growing and Serving in Northwestern Nortth Carolina” and Peoples Bank makes this a solemn pledge to the people of Edenton. Cooperative around Tyrrell, Dare and Hyde Counties. They also have funded for administrative purposes, in conjunction with the North Carolina Migrant Project, East Carolina Industries, an economic development project working with migrant and seasonal laborers in Hyde and Tyrrell counties. NCRFD operates out of a central office in New Bern, North Carolina with satellite offices in edenton and WhiteviUe. They operate with a staff of six and have technical assistance con tracts with U. S. Department of Agriculture Farmers Cooperative Service and the Cooperative League of the USA. Jones Distributing Co. 609 Burgess Street Elizabeth City, N. C. r # IWE ARE fit (I PLEASED TO | K-SgSsSg I JOIN IN THIS I SfeSESSgt \) HISTORIC II tod"" prosper, «*J ... and V 1| s^** I** 1 ** i salute to I * —* EDENTON .. . i AND TO HONOR YOU ON YOUR ] I 250th BIRTHDAY! | I Distributors For: .' I beer wine I o Miller High Life • Paul Masson I • Roiling Rock • Gold Seal | • Carling Black Label • Wenteßros. I Nothing But THE BEST |• *• C. hVf^^ For Eden ton and The • Ruffino - Sichel ■ Albemarle! I • Moet&Chandon •>.>- 7*.-s l,'** '. i*V- , rf'?, ■% Rural Environment Program Set Americans are becoming increasingly concerned about the quality of their en vironment. They are distressed to find the air they breathe carries with it dust, exhaust fumes, and chemicals.. They are disturbed that many of their streams, rivers, and lakes are now so polluted that they are no longer safe for swimming, fishing, or as a source for drinking water. Commenting on these problems in his 1970 message on the environment, President Nixon said: “The environmental problems we y * •> ji THE STAFF AT £ § TWIDDY INS. & •i: REAL ESTATE $ v •> SALUTES THE TOWN OF •£ l< EDENTON ON ITS 250th >! li BIRTHDAY - 1722 -1972 >2 • • , • # • •••ViVrDVt#VtViViV« SERVING EDENTON AND CHOWAN WITH • COMPLETE • REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE SERVICE Homeowners. • . Life. • . Accident Health. • . Business. • . Auto. • . Hospitalization Let Us Help You With All Your Insurance Needs Twiddy Ins. & Real Estate I 103 E. King Edenton Ph. 482-2163 have are deep-rooted and widespread. They can be solved only by a full national effort embracing not only sound, coordinated planning, but also an effective follow through that reaches into every community in the land. Improving our surroundings is necessarily the business of us all.” In recognition of the need to clean up agriculture’s con tribution to pollution problems and to help in the restoration of the en vironment, the U. S. Department of Agriculture is intensifying its conservation THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1972 and anti-pollution activities. In this vital effort, the new Rural Environmental Assistance Program (REAP), successor to the ( Agricultural Conservation Program (ACP), offers in centive cost-sharing assistance. The major purpose of REAP is. to improve the quality of life for all people. This will be accomplished by helping fanners and ranchers to prevent or abate agriculture-related pollution Con'td. on Pago 11-C