Lt. Pat Taylor In Saigon
SAIGON ? Army Second Lieutenant
Patrick Taylor, formerly et Loulsburg,
North Carolina, arrived In Vietnam
January 13, 1968, assigned to the Saigon
Exchange Depot as assistant Depot Of
ficer under LTC Brldgman, Depot Com
mander.
The largest of five main PX depots
throughout Vietnam, the Saigon Ex
change Depot falls under the operation
al control of Hqs. Vietnam Regional
Exchange (RVNR), also located In Sai
gon. ,
Lieutenant Taylor governs the re
ceiving, storing, documenting and di
recting of the flow of PX merchandise
to 113 separate exchange and around
400 clubs and messes In the 3rd
and 4th Corps areas of Vietnam, where
the flow ? of merchandise Is a prime
factor In the success of the overall
exchange operation.
The Saigon Depot's 24-hour-a-day
operation Involves a $16.5 million In
ventory and "employs over 600 per
sons Including American military and
civilian personnel, third country nat
ionals, and local Vietnamese nationals.
A long line of trucks, sometimes as
many as SO, and the 40 forklllts which
move about the depot handling over 40,
000 measurement tons monthly, gives
an Idea of the tremendous workload
the depot Is undertaking.
After graduating from Loulsburg High
School, Loulsburg, North Carolina, the
new depot officer went on to receive
his GS degree In Business Adminis
tration from the University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
He was a member of the Psl Chapter,
Sigma Nu Fraternity while at the Un
iversity.
Entering the Army tn September 1966,
Lieutenant Taylor completed Basic
Training In December the same year
at Fort Dlx, New Jersey. From there
he went on to Officer Candidate School
at Fort Lee, Virginia and just prior
to coming to Vietnam he graduated from
the Subsistence Officers Course, Quar
termaster School at Fort Lee.
Prior to entering the Army the lieut
enant was employed by the Sales Ser
vice Photo Products Division of E. I.
Dupont Corp., Wilmington, Delaware.
Awaiting his return from Vietnam
are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.
C. Taylor, Jr., of Spring Street, Louls
burg, North Carolina, and his wife,
Valerie and six month old daughter
Shannon Leigh, who are residing at
810 Peachtree Road In Claymont, Del
eware.
Contract Farming Increasing In N. C._
Mosf farmers have tra
ditionally been suspicious of
?^contract farming" and felt
tha^ It was something to be
avoided.
Times are changing, how
ever. Contract farming Is
spreading across North Car
olina, and farmers are finding
that it Is neither good nor
bad. Like fire or credit on
the automobile, the value of
contract farming depends on
how it is used.
A contract 1s merely an
agreement between two par
ties. One party agrees to fur
nish a product or service;
the other party agrees to pay
a certain price for it.
Although they are a cor
nerstone of business, con
tracts have traditionally been
avoided by farmers. Farmers
often felt that a contract tied
their hands too much, or they
were suspicious of people who
wanted to sign a contract.
These old attitudes are
chancing rapidly, according to
Hugh Liner, extension econo
mist at North Carolina State
University. Contracts have
become Important in agricul
ture, especially since World
War n.
For example, most of th?
broilers, turkeys and veget
ables now grown liT North
Carolina for processing are
produced under contract. Con
tracts are being used to some
extent in the purchase of com
mercial eggs and feeder pigs.
"Farmers may not rec
ognize It, but from a practi
cal standpoint, those com
modities that "have price sup
ports are produced under con
tract," Liner commented.
"The tobacco grower, for
example, knows the minirjium
price that he is going to get
(or a certain grade of tobacco
before that tobacco Is put on
the market. Likewise, the
dairyman knows what he will
get for his milk."
Farmers also use contracts
with sharecroppers and ten
ants to get labor. They use
contracts with dealers to get
such production supplies as
fertilizer and chemicals.
Some farrqers have started
contracting with other far
Report Describes Tobacco Varieties
The four new tobacco varie
ties available for the 1968
production season are des
cribed in the Official Variety
Research Report No. 24 now
available to farmers and agri
cultural workers.
This publication elves detail
data on agronomic and chem
ical characteristics of these
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new varieties plus information
on the U most commonly plant
ed tobacco varieties within
the flue-cured area.
In 1967 data were secured
from five experiment sta
tions in North CarollM --
Whltevllle. Wnst("'
Mount, Oxford and Reldsvllle.
Disease resistance was o
t ained on each entry form
greenhouse and field plots by
pathological workers from
Virginia to Florida. This In
cludes the level of resistance
of each variety to black shank,
granville wilt, fusarlum wilt,
brown spot and root knot
nematodes.
Agronomic Information Is
given on yield per acre, dollar
value per acre, dollar value
per pound, days toyflower,
leaves per plant and height
per plant In Inches. With the
interest In mechanical har
vesting Increasing each year,
a detailed physical descrip
tion of each variety can be
obtained from data on the
lnternode length for three
stalk positions.
The width and length of the
5th 10th and 15th leaf are
shown in lpches for each of
the varieties and new breed
ing lines Included In the test.
Leaf samples were obtained
from cured tobacco of each
entry and analyzed for nlc
'otlne, nor-nlcotlne, soluble
sugar and total nitrogen. Ra
tios were computed for the
total nitrogen-nicotine and
sugar -nlcptirie ranges.
Farmers and agricultural
workers can use the Informa
tion presented In this report
I to make comparisons oi va
I rletal performance In their
I specific area or on a state
wide basis.
Official Variety Research
Report No. 24 Is available
at county agricultural ex
tension ? offices or may be
obtained on request from Dr.
John Rice, Department of Crop
Science, N.C. State Univer
sity, Ralelght, N.C. 21607.
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mers for such things as re
placement heifers and starter
pullets.
"So, the practice of using
contracts In agriculture Is
widespread, ^ Liner said.
"And every indication Is that
the practice will continue to
grow."
One thing that has helped
to allay farmer fears of'get
ting took by some city slick
er" Is a state law on agri
cultural contracts. "
Any person or business who
wants to contract with atrfar
mer for the production of
an agricultural commodity
must get a permit from the
Commissioner of Agriculture.
Before the permit Is Issued,
the applicant must furnish "the
Commissioner with evidence
that he can carry out terms
of the contract.
This law has done much
to eliminate an abuse that
was quite common at one time.
Outsiders would come into
a rural community and en
courage farmers to plant cer
tain crops, promising them a
guaranteed market. -
Farmers would grow the
crop, only to have It rot on
their hands when the "con
tractor" never returned.
Farmers, too, often gained
a notorious reputation for
keeping contracts. They would
agree to grow certain com
modities for a contracted
price. Someone would offer
a higher price at harvest time
and the contractor was likely
to be left holding the bag.
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Hurricanes Down Southwood, 73-59
The Loulsburg College Hur
ricanes downed the Rams of
Southwood at Loulsburg last
night and evened their Cav
alier-Tar Heel record at 3-3.
The 73-59 win over Southwood
pushed the Canes Into third
place ahead of Mt. Olive ^nd
Chowan, each with 2-3 re
cords. Roger Taylor "Tossed In
18 points to lead Loulsburg
with Joe Penland and Bob
Walker getting 15 each. Gary
Van Camp had 16 to lead
Southwood.
The win gave the Canes a
big lift after they saw a 14
point lead melt away Saturday
night as Chowar beat them
84-79. The. Hurricanes are
having to go all the way with
practically 5 men as Wayne
McLemore Is still out and
Mike Arledge is still bother
ed by a sprained knee.
The Canes will have their
hands full the rest of the week
as they take on the East Car
olina Frosh here tonight
(Tuesday), N.C. State Frosh
on Thursday, and Mt. Olive
on Saturday. The East Car
olina Frosh are rated as the
best freshman club they have
had, and the N.C. State Frosh
beat the Canes by 41 points
at Raleigh In the Canes first
game after the Christmas va
cation.
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Standing ? Cavaller-Tar Heel
Conference
Ferrum 7-0
Albemarle 4-3
Loulsburg 3-3
Mt. Olive 2-3
Chowan 2-3
Southwood 1-6
Games This Week
Tuesday? East Carolina at
Loulsburg; Wednesday? Cho
wan at Albemarle; Thursday
N.C. State at Louisburg? At
Change In Cedar Rock Listing
C.W. Strother, County Tax Super
visor, announces a change in the
listing place for Cedar Rock Town
ship (or the remainder of the list
ing period which ends Friday, Feb
ruary 2, 1968." W. S. Boone, Tax lis
ter for Cedar Rock Township, will
be listing at home instead of R. B.
Shearlns Store for the remainder of
the listing period.
Meeting
Members and patrons of the
Loulsburg FCX Service will
gather for a special meeting
at the Loulsburg High School
auditorium In Loulsburg at
7:30 P.M. Monday, February
5.
During the business session,
members will elect local ad
visory board directors and
hear reports on the local FCX
unit as well as on the entire
FCX organization.
Door prizes will be given
away at the close of the meet
ing.
FCX Is afarmer-owned pur
chasing and marketing coop
erative which operates
throughout North and South
Carolina.
Ia addition to manufacturing,
processing and marketing fac
ilities, It has 70 retail ser
vice stores similar to that
In Louisburg.
In the fiscal year closed June
30, 1967, the organization re
corded a volume of $84,000,
000, and all-time high.
1 antic Christian at Mt. Ollvej
Friday ? Southwood at Fer
rum; Saturday? Mt. Olive' at
Loulsburg.
County League Top Ten Scorers
Boys Division
Player Team Games Total Pts. Average
(1) Brodle Foster Frankllnton 14 335 23.9 ?
(2) Mike Fowler Epsom 18 1 371 20.6
(3) Larry Paschall Youngsvllle ? IS 251 16.7
C.4) Mike Lovln Gold Santt 16 254 15.B
(5) E. J. Wilder Younrfs?llle It ? 267 15.7
(6) Robert Bowden Bunn 17 244 14.3
(7) Danny Faulkner Loulsburg ' 15 212 14.1
(8) C. L. Wrenn Youngsvllle 17 209 12.2
(9) Thomas Finch Loulsburg 15 181 12.0
(10) Toleston Eaves Epsom 18 214 11.8
Others: Mac Beckham, Frankllnton, 11.6; David Secor,
Frankllnton, 11.5; Morris Catlett, Youngsvllle, 11.35; Milton
Horton, Bunn, 11.24; Jesse Preddy, Youngsvllle, 11. 14; Tommy
Best, Edward Best, 11.12; Jimmy Bowers, Gold Sand, 11.12;
?Wilbur Moore, Loulsburg 11.0 .
Girls Division
Player Team Games Total Pts. Average
(1) Harriett Pearce Youngsvllle 14 236 16.85
(2) Delores Falkner Epsom IS 245 16.33
(3) Vickie Rogers Youngsvllle 14 162 11.5
(4) Charlene Hedgepeth Epsom 18 177 9.8
(5) Kathy Gilliam Edward Best 15 146 9.7
(6) Tonl Gupton Gold Sand 16 131 8.1
(7) Judy Clark Bunn " 16 127 7.93
(8) Jean Crudup Bunn 16 126 7.89
(9) Rebecca Pearce Edward Best 15 116 7.7
(10) Phyllis Murray Edward Best 15 112 7.4 '
Historical Society Meet Rescheduled
The meeting ol the Franklin County
Historical Society, postponed last week
because of bad weather, will be held
this Thursday, February 1, at 8 P.M.
in the community room of the First
Citizens Bank Bldg.
Judge Hamilton Hobgood and Mr.
Hill Yarborough will give talks on
dhiisual and humorous incidents that
have taken place in Franklin County
courtrooms.
The public Is cordially invited.
Wins Sports Award
New York ? Quarterback
Bart Starr of the Green Bay
Packers has been named win
ner of the "Sport Magazine
Super Bowl" award for the
second consecutive season as
ine ouisianuing piayei in
Green Bay's 33-14 decision
over the Oakland Raiders In
the pro football championship
game at Miami last Sunday.
The award, a 1968 Corvette
cbnvertlble sportscar, was
presented at a luncheon in
Starr's honor at the New York
Hilton Hotel.
Starr, who completed 13 of
24 passes for 202 yards and
a touchdown, earned the award
for engineering the tight ball
control offense that kept the
explosive Oakland attack
under wraps by limiting the
number of times .It handled the
football.
Starr, who also won the
award for his outstanding play
against the Kansas City Chiefs
In the initial Super jJowl game
last season, is the second
player to win SPORT Maga
zine's pro football award for
a second time. Quarterback
Johnny Unitas of the Balti
more Colts was honored by
SPORT in 1958 *nd 1969 as
the top player in the cham
pionship game.
SPORT'S pro football award,
established in 1958, two years
' prior to the formation of the
American Football League,
had been given to the out
standing player in the National
Football League's champion
ship game between Eastern
and Western Division title
holders prior to the advent of
the Super Bowl. It Is the
companion award to SPORT's
baseball Corvette award, In
stituted by the magazine In
1955 and presented annually
to the outstanding player in the
World Series.
Previous SPORT Magazine
Pro Football Award Winners:
1958- Johnny Unitas, Bal
' in'.ore Colts; 1959- Johnny
Unitas, Baltimore Colts; 1960
Norm Van Brocklln, Phila.
Eagles; 1961- Paul Hornung,
Green Bay Packers; 1962?
Ray .Nltschke, Green Bay
Packers; 1963? Larry Mor
rls, Chicago Bears; 1964?
Gary Collins, Cleveland
Browns; 1965- Jim Taylor,
Green Bay Packers; 1966?
Bart Starr, Green Bay Pack
ers.
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-ATTENTION ALL PARENTS
If You Are Interested In Having Your Child Attend A Private
Christian School This Fall You Are Asked To Come To The Old
Harris School Building, Located On N.C. 98, 3 Miles East Of
U.S. 401 On February 1st, 2nd Or 3rd Between The Hours Of
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