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WINTER VACATION—
Building my vactkm plans
around the meetings of the
American Library
Association has gotten to be
a habit with me. Over the
past three summers it has
taken me to New York, San
FVandsco and Chicago. In
between the annual summer
conventions for the entire
membership, which attract
14 to 15 thousand par
ticipants, a Mid-Winter
meeting is held for mem
bers of the many com
mittees which form the
backbone of the association.
Although I am not a
member of a national
committee - not yet, ahyway
-1 decided to drop in on the
meeting since it was being
held in Washington, D. C.
which relatively dose to
home.
First, I arranged for a
ticket to the Legislative
Breakfast from my friend
BUI O’Shea of Raleigh,
Director of the Wake County
Libraries and Chairman of
the North Carolina Library
Association’s Legislative
Committee. Then, I called
my friend Dora Lachman (a
former library assistant
who worked with me in
Asheville and now lives in
Baltimore) to check on the
condition of the highways in
her area. She gave me the
go-ahead and repeated her
standing invitation to spend
some time with her, which
was all the encouragement I
needed.
I delayed my departure
long enough to detour by
way of Goldsboro to attend
the formal opening of the
new Wayne County Library
there. It was a happy oc
casion.
That night, 1 attended a
closing performace by a
group called the Hard Times
Jazz Band at The Pier. They
are dis-banding despite
their popularity in Raleigh.
It could have been a sad
occasion; but they sere sp
brave about it that the
audience reacted wi£h
admiraton instead of
sorrow. It was a memorable
evening for another reason -
I met Carol Sloane, the jazz
singer, who was also in the
audience.
The Ballroom of the
Shoreham-Americana Hotel
in Washington was jammed
with at least a thousand
people at the Legislative
Breakfast. There were
tables for the librarians and
the legislators from each
state in the nation. The
object, obviously, was to
talk about library
legislation in an arranged,
yet informal, setting. North
Carolina was allotted two
tables for ten with the guests
evenly divided between
legislators’ aides (only one
Representative, L. H.
Fountain of Tar boro, came
in person!) and librarians. I
was in rare company - the
State Librarian and a
member of his staff, two
library School Deans, four
University librarians, and
just one other public
librarian (Bill O’Shea).
There are so many sights
to see in Washington that
choosing is a problem. I
elected to visit the National
Gallery of Art to see the
King Tut exhibit and the
lines were so long that it
took me all afternoon. But it
was worth it. The objects on
display are incredibly
beautiful and the tape
recorded descriptions make
it easy to learn the facts
about each item. There are
Egyptian displays in many
Art Museums and some of
the objects looked alsmost
familiar, but this collection
from King Tut’s tomb is the
largest one ever allowed to
leave Egypt on loan. Im
pressive is too small a word
to describe it.
SCREECHES
BACK TO SCHOOL-
February is the month tor
some concentrated studies
by members of the Pet
tigrew Regional Library
Staff. Wayne Henritxe,
Perquimans Ceunty
THE
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By Nellie M. Sanders
Director, Pettigrew
Regional Library
name given to this in
structional phase of a
proposed coihmunity
analysis which is a special
federally-funded project.
Later in the month,
1 Chowan County Librarian
Louise Darby will join
Wayne and me at a Middle
Management Seminar in
Chapel Hill. Both of these
courses provide us with
Continuing Education Units
necessary for re
certification as a Public
Librarian.
ASCS News
Proposed Changes ia 1*77
Tobacco Program
Changes in the tobacco
program have been
proposed for the 1977 crop
(Only Proposed). One
proposed change is that
there will be acreage control
on the tpoaoco and the
farms will be subject to on
the-farm spot checks. Also
changes in the fall lease
provisions -to be eligible to
lease and transfer tobacco
in the fall each farm in
volved would be required to
have planted at least 80 per
cent of the farm’s effective
allotment. Only 50 per cent
of the allotment was to have
been planted in prior years.
Producers will be notified
by planting time if any
changes are effective for the
1977 crop.
Tobacco and Peanuts
The following are
reminders to producers
leasing and transferring
tobacco and peanuts for
1977: (1) Transferring
farm: Both the owner and
operator, if separate per
sons, must sign the lease
agreement. One (but not
both) of the signatures must
be witnessed in the county
ASCS office; (2) Receiving
farm: Either the owner or
operator must sign the lease
agreement. The signature
must be witnessed in the
county office; (3) County
committee members and
employees are prohibited
from acting as brokers,
agents, “finders”, handling
money, or negotiating any
lease and transfer
agreements; (4) A register
is provided in the county
office for any farmer who
wishes to transfer his quota
or leases additional quota to
his farm.
Farm Ownership and
Operator Changes
Any changes in farm
ownership or farm operator
should be reported to the
county ASCS office. Our
records must be kept up-to
date so that the correct
person will receive the
correspondence, farm
allotment notices, and
program information
related to the farm.
Premeasurement
Request for pre
measurement are not
being accepted. The charge
is SI.OO per acre, plus $4.00
service charge, with a $11.50
per farm minimum. Work
will begin as soon as the
weather permits.
Forestry Incentive
Program
Cost-sharing assistance is
available for site prep
aration and planting
tree seedlings. Woodsland
that is not producing may be
put into production. Cost
sharing up to 60 per cent of
cost is available to help get
this land back into
productivity. Full details
are available at the Chowan
County ASCS Office.
Reminders
1— New grower allotment
applications must be filed
by February 15 for cotton,
tobacco, peanuts, and feed
grain.
2 Final date to lease and
transfer peanut allotments
April 1, 1977.
Card Os Hunks
I would like to thank
everyone for the cards,
flowers and other ex
pressions of kimfeess shown
to me during my recent stay
in Chowan Hospital. I would
like to especially thank the
ftr making my stay as
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Thursday, February 10, 1977