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ARTS AND CRAFTS DISPLAYED— Mrs. Phyllis Jor
dan, left,* and Mrs. Geraldine Hall view arts and crafts
displayed by Girl Scout Troop No. 676 in the D. F.
« Walter annual art exhibit.
'Scouts Enter Many Crafts In Art Exhibit
Girl Scout Troop No. 676,
which consists of 17 exceptional
students enrolled at D. F.
Walker School, recently
particiapted in the school’s
annual Art Exhibit.
Arts and crafts made by these
students were numerous and
varied. Drawstring tote bags,
watermelon pot holders, yarn
dolls, decorative butterfly fly
Soil Conservation Service Marks 40 Years
By JESSE L. HICKS
State Conservationist
I'SI)A-Soil Conservation
i Service
The Soil Conservation Service
recently completed 40 years of
continuous conservation
planning and service to the
)r State of North Carolina and the
i nation.
* The 40th anniversary of the U.
S. Department of Agriculture
conservation agency was
celebrated april * 27, the date
that President Franklin D.
Roosevelt signed Public Law 46.
Secretary of Agriculture Henry
A. Wallace was directed to
establish an agency to protect
the nation’s land and water
resources.
Although established qs a
nationwide agency, the Soil
Conservation SemceM
roots in North Carolina. The
first “chief” of the agency, and
a moving force in its creation,
was Dr. Hugh Hammond
Bennett, a native of Anson Coun
ty. Dr. Bennett viewed the
eroision he saw in some parts ot
his native state as a tragic
waste.
For several years before the
establishment of the Soil
Conservation Service. Dr.
Bennett led a dedicated
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Lloyd C. Bunch, chairman of the Albemarle District,
gs also celebrating 30 years of service as a supervisor.
, Tie is one of the original supervisors that took office
•when the district was first formed and has been re
elected to this public post ever sineg. He, along with
Joe Webb, who has 25 years of service and Fahey By
rum with 15 years, makes 70 man years of sendee for
the Chowan Committee.
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1 THE FABRIC BARN 1
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swatters, sit-upons, and
musical twisters, proudly
displayed by the girls, were
included in the exhibit.
Troop 676, which is
sponsorred by the Elite
Woman’s Club and CLIMB
Social and Civic Club, has been
organized for only two months.
Under the leadership of Mrs.
Phyllis Jordan, aide at Walker
campaign for a national
program to control soil erosion.
He went ot Congress, to the
public, to professional
agriculturists, farmers and
“whoever would listen" as one
contemporary put it.
Dr. Bennett joined tne
Department of Agriculture in
the Bureau of Soils back in 1903,
after graduation from the
University of North Carolina,
and was made director of the
Soil Erosion Service in 1933.
This agency, part of the U. S.
Department of the Interior, was
the predecessor of the Soil
Conservation Service.
President Roosevelt
recommended in 1937, soon after
the agency came into being,
that state legislatures enact
laws permitting landowners to
form local volunteer leadership
.groups to be called Soil
Conservation Districts."
As might be expected from
impetus from Dr. Bennett, the
first such district in the nation
was formed in North Carolina's
Southern Piedmont-the Brown
Creek Soil and Water
Conservation District, then
serving Anson County but soon
expanded to Richmond, Union
and Stanly counties-with
farmers voting to participate in
Oraoaizatioßfll i
Meeting H«U
The Young Farmers and
Ranchers held their
organizational meeting March
20 at the Colonial Restaurant
with a supper. Among those
present were Elbert Phelps, N.
C. Farm Bureau field
representative, Billy Williams,
Young Farmers and Ranchers
state chairman, Jimmie
Parrish, Chowan County Farm ]
Bureau president, Jimmy 1
Stallings, Farm Bureau !
insurance agent, Ed Nixon and
Thomas Paul Griffin. The
officers elected for the Young !
Farmers and Ranchers j
Organization were Mrs. Linda j
White, secretary and J. M.
Parrish, committee chairman.. I
The Planning Committee j
consist of Mr. and Mrs. Larry ;
Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Dale \
White, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Monds,
David Jethro, Jerry Small and !
J. M. Parrish.
The second meeting was held
April 28, at the Edenton
. Courthouse with Sgt. Deans
; from Elizabeth City as the guest
, speaker. The topic was Farm
Safety.
School, and Mrs. Geraldine
Hall, aide from Swam School,
these 17 exceptional* students
meet every Friday.
Mrs. Jordan and Mrs. Hall
extend their “personal Blanks
to Jim Kinion and Ralph Cole,
principals of Walker and Swain
schools respectively, for their
cooperation and help in
establishing this Girl Scout
Troop.’’
the erosion control and other
work if the district. The Brown
Creek District still serves
Anson County, with the other
count ies now organized as single
county districts.
Within a few years of the
creation of the Brown Creek
District, 83 of North Carolina's
counties were included in the 21
Soil Conservation Districts
which had been organized.
The Albemarle Conservation
District was one of the first and
was organized in June, 1943, and
included Chowan and
Perquimans counties. In
January, 1945, it was expanded
to include Pasquotank, Camden
and Currituck counties. Today,
15 supervisors, a three man
committee from each county,
makes up the governing body of
the Alebmarle District which
actively carries on a resource
conservation program.
Today all hundred counties
are served by 92 districts.
Continued On Page 8
Columbia High
Dram Cbb
Production Sot
The production staff of the
Columbia High School Drama
Club is in full swing. Students
have been working day and
night to perfect their
presentation of Jack
Popplewell's “Busybody”.
They are in the process of
constructing the set for the
London office suite.
Realistic sound and lighting
effects are being created by
Joey and Tony Albanese to
enhance the Londonerry
atmosphere. At 8 P.M. on May 9
and 10, audiences will
experience a touch of London in
the Columbia High School
auditorium.
Under the direction of Ms.
Mary K. East, students are
producing all phases of this
drama, including the
photography, news articles, set
design, and special effects.
Members of the cast are
striving to present an authentic
English accent. The tickets are
now being sold. They will also
be sold at the entrance on the
nights of the presentation.
The Drama Club is anxiously
awaiting a critical review from
John E. Blizzard, assistant to
the general manager and public
relation director of the Lost
Colony.
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