Soil Erosion, A
Menace To Farmland
For years soil erosion has
been considered a menace to
the welfare of the nation with
emphasis on the damage to
farmland. What has, perhaps,
been overlooked by many Is
the damage eroded soil does
to everyone, everywhere. As
we clean our drinking water,
as we dredge our harbors,
as we watch our reservoirs
diminish In their capacity,
we are reminded of this prob
lem.
You can read more about
this In a new publication of the
Soil Conservation Service, U.
S. Department of Agriculture,
called "Sediment - It's Fill
ing Harbors, Lakes arri Road
side Ditches." Ask your local
Soil Conservation Service
representative for a copy. He
Is Wilton U. Smith, work unit
conservationist assigned to
the Franklin soil conservation
district located at Loulsburg,
North Carolina.
The publication points out
that more than a hall billion
cubic yards of eroded soil
Is dredged each year from
streams, navigation channels,
estuaries and harbors at a cost
of 40 cents a cubic yard.
Cost of keeping it out of these
places through proper con
servation practices would be
only a fraction of that.
?Not only Is sediment procuc
ed from farmland ? It comes
from building sites, along
roads, and streambanks. Con
servation work can reduce
sedimentation by as much as
90 percent, according to the
publication.
Reserve
Dftir Studied
Senate Investigations have
launched a study of U.S. troop
levels in Korea and at home
to determine if the Vietnam
war has drained reserve
strength to a dangerous lpw.
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Carolina Telephone Rejects Merger
Tarboro--The following is a
statement made By J. Dail
Holderness, president of Car
olina Telephone and Telegraph
Company, at the annual
meeting of the company's
stockholders held in Tarboro
on March 22.
"On March 4, 1968, officers
of United Utilities, Inc., pro
posed tQ the management of
Carolina Telephone and Tele
graph Company that the two
companies be combined by way
of a tax-freg merger. It was
anticipated that such a pro
posal would be received and
this fact wascommunicatedby
Caroling Telephone and Tele
graph Company to its stock
holders. 1
"The feasibility of merging
the two companies has been
discussed by the managements
of the companies and has also
been considered by the Board
of Directors of the Carolina
Company at a meetin6 held
this afternoon. The Plan was
not acceptable to the Directors
of the Carolina Company."
Rottet succeeds the late
Henry W.Jordan, Jr., of Ashe
boro, and Lewis replaced E.
B. Gammons, director of plan
ning, who served during the
past year. Lewis' election is
in keeping with the company's
policy of providing wider cor
porate experience for its of
ficers.
Directors re-elected were:
H. Russell BrasweTI , Rocky
Mount, N.C.; Edwin P. Brown,
Murfreesboro, N.C.; Ennis
Bryan, Scotland Neck, N.C.;
W.G. Clark, Jr., Tarboro,
N.C.; Henry G. Connor, Wil
son, N.C.; Marshall Y. Coop- j
er, Henderson, N.C.; J.F. <
Havens, Tarboro, N.C.; and (
H., Dall Holderness, Tarboro,
N.C.
Howard Holderness, Greens
boro, N.C.; Admiral G. Hold
erness, Jr., (Retired), Chevy
Chase, Md.; R.P. Holding, Jr.,
Smithfield, N.C.; Dr. Leo W.
Jenkins, Greenville, N.C.; Dr.
W.W. Kltchin, Clinton, N,C.;
James M. Parrott, Kinston,
N.C.; and John C.. Rodman,
Washington, N.C.
Charles G. Rose, Jr., Fay
ettevllle, N.C.; Dr. Ralph C.
Sadler, Whitevllle, N.C.; Paul
L. Salisbury, Jr., Raleigh, j
N.C.; J.E. Taylor, Richmond, 1
Va., and D.L. Ward, New Bern,
N.C. ,
Tests Stopped
Washington -- A spokesman
for the space agency said
test flights of the X-15 rocket
plane would be discontinued
because there were no pro
visions for X-15 test flights
in the 1968-69 budget. The
plane had hit a top speed
of 4,400 miles an hour and
an altitude of 354,200 feet.
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Sergeant Elroy L. Brandon,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
"Brandon of Kittreli, N.C., has
arrived for duty at Langley
AFB, Va.
Sergeant Brandon, a supply
inventory supervisor, is as
signed to a unit of the Tactical
Air Command.
He previously served at
Clark A'B, Philippines.
The sergeant, who served
during the Korean War, en
tered the Air Force in No
vember 1961.
A graduate of Henderson
(N.C.) Institute, he attended
Wilienberge .University,
Springfield, Ohio, and the Un
iversity of the Philippines.
His wife, Evelyn, is the
daughter of Joseph Wilder of
Franklinton, N.C.
Drive-In Mortuary
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The FrankMn Times
Publ..h?d i.i'y Tu?t4ty t ^ S?r?.n? AM Ol Fr.nklin Cmtmty
1967, Wake Electric s Best Year
N.C. Brummitt, President
of Wake Electric Membership
Corporation, told the electric
cooperative's members that
1967 was their best year. Over
800 members, their families
and friends attended the an
nual meeting last Friday night.
The number of electrically
heated homes increased 46%.
The average member increas
ed his use of power from 454
kilowatt hours to 481 kilowatt
hours with a drop in cpst to
the members, and 258 new
services were constructed.
System improvements were
completed on schedule, capi
tal credits in the amount of
$78,000 were returned to
members and an additional
$10,000 was paid to estates
of deceased members.
Brumm^t said Wake EMC
must take the lead in full
development of the seven
county area served by the
member-owned business.
One of the highlights of the
W,ake meeting was roundtable
on which Wake's director, H.
L. O'Brien, from Granville
County spoke on the duties
and responsibilities of the
Board of Director sj^panager
J.L. Shearon pointed to the
need for supplemental finan
cing and how cooperatives
work together; and William
T. Crisp, the Cooperative's
attorney, reviewed the ap
plication of the 1965 Utilities
Act as it applie's to Wake
Electric - and the other
31 EMCs in North Carolina.
The members re-elected J.
M. Ferrell, Durham. County;
C.E. Young, Wake County; and
Ben L. Husketh, from Gran
ville County, to three year
terms on the Cooperative's
Board of Directors.
Mrs. Oble T. O'Neal of Rt.
1, Wake Forest, won the por
table color television set and
Mrs. Edgar Gooch of Route
1, Frankllnton, won the color
console set given as at
tendance prizes at the meet
ing.
W.O. Fuller, retired mer
chant of Loulsburg, serves on
the Cooperative's Board of
Directors and Johnny Hayes,
grandson of Mr. Fuller and
a student at Loulsburg Col
lege, was one of the young
people helping with various
the meeting.
A wise man knows just how
far to go and when to stop.
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FRANKLIN ? GRANVILLE - PERSON - VANCE - WARREN
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