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North
Carolina
of Agriculture
as honored in
Monday night as the
Seedsman of the Year
the North Caroiina
'a Association.
The award was presented
HsMrary
by Me
by Association President J.
Gienn Greene, for
Commissioner Graham's
Outstanding Service to the
people of North Caroiina. "Jim
Graham has dedicated his iife
to the understanding of the
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Greene said "He truly has the
interest of others at heart and
has given very unselfishly for
the people of our state
"I am very pleased to be
able to present this special
award to this man who has done
so much."
Also honored at the banquet
session of the Association's
annual meeting was the
Seedsman of the Year, Bob
Davis. He is Vice President of
Sales for McNair Seed
Company of Laurinburg.
Davis has been a seedsman
for 18 years and is a past
president of the Association. He
received the honor as a result of
a canvas of the membership by
the Association's executive
committee.
Earlier in the day the
deiegates heard Richard Lyng,
assistant Secretary of
Agriculture deliver the keynote
address of the convention. He is
a former seedsman from
California.
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of Cherokee Indians.
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or write P. O. Box 464, in Cherokee, North Carolina
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On highway 19 at Ela across from
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PHONE 488-2021 Route 1, Whittier
American Legion's
SteveYoungdeer Post 143
Commander Jerry Beck, right,
presents a flag that has flown over the
Nation's Capitol in Washington,D.C.
to custodian of the &vic Center m
Cherokee. Buddy Waldroup Rep. Roy
Tayior made arrangements toprovide
the flag for the Civic Center at the
request of the American Legion Post.
Wildlife Protectors Get Retirement Benefits
It took an act of the
legislature to put all of North
Carolina's wildlife protectors
under the same retirement
benefits as police, sheriffs, and
other law enforcement groups.
Senate Bill 204 passed the
House of Representatives on
July 12 after a long but little
publicized struggle that lasted
more than three months during
which the bill was
considered dead several times.
Back in 1951 the Law
Enforcement Officers Benefit
and Retirement Fund Board
ruled that 53 wildlife protectors
were not eligible to participate
in the retirement system for
reasons that never were made
clear to the Legislature or the
wildlife protectors involved.
Employed prior to 1951, 25
others had been eligible to join
the Law Enforcement Officers
Benefit and Retirement Fund,
but were apparently not
informed of this by that
organization.
"It was simply a matter of
equity," said Clyde Patton,
Director of the Wildlife
Resources Commission. "We
had 88 men who were member
of LEOBRF. and 78 who were
not, yet all were full-fledged law
enforcement officers whose
duties were the same as those
considered eligible for
LEOBRF membership," he
added.
"Meanwhile," Patton said,
"the work of those who were
denied membership contributed
money to the LEOBRF court
cost fund, but from which they
Homemakers
Club Meets
The Grassy Branch
Homemaker Extension Club
met with Grace Brendle for a
picnic. Each member brought a
covered dish. There were 32
people present.
Bill, Dale Hampton and
James Edwards furnished the
good music. A good time was
enjoyed by everyone.
The August meeting is in
the home of Mrs. Mabel
Jenkins. Each member is urged
to attend.
would not have been eligible for
retirement benefits.
"S. B. 204 was introduced in
the opening weeks of the
Genera! Assembly," Patton
said, "and its basic purpose was
to rectify a discriminatory
situation whereby some of our
men, by arbitrary ruling of the
IJ50BRF Board, were unable to
share in the more attractive
retirement benefits of that fund.
"The bill was finally passed
in the last few days of the 1971
General Assembly over
strenuous objection on the part
of other law enforcement
groups and agencies of state
government. It was a long
struggle but justice and equity
prevailed."
Air Contaminant t Sources
Must Register By Sept. 1
The North Carolina
Department of Water and Air
Resources requires that ail air
contaminant sources, both
combustion and non
combustion, register with the
Department before Sept. 1,
1971,. The oniy exceptions to
this requirement are comfort
heating equipment in homes,
and apartment dweiiings of our
(4) or iess units, and the motor
vehicles.
Registration forms must be
obtained by writing Air
Pollution, Asheville, N.C. 28807.
Registration wiil be
required of ail fuel burning
equipment in ail institutional,
industiral, and commercial
establishments, as well as
apartment dweiiings of five (5)
or more units.
in addition, registration of
all air contamination resulting
from the following:
The burning of trash,
rubbish, refuse and similar
materials in incinerators,
conical burners, and similar
devices.
All industrial plants
engaged in the manufacture of
chemicals and allied products,
including plants producing
acids, fertilizers, dyestuff,
synthetic fibers and industrial
gases.
All pulp and paper plants.
All mining and processing
of minerals, stone, clay and
cement products and includes,
among others, phosphate ore,
mica and feldspar operations,
stone quarries and crushers,
cement plants, concrete mixing
piants, and masonry Mock
plants.
All industrial operations
utilizing petroleum products
Debra Watson's On Deans List
One hundred and twenty
four students at Mars Hill
College have been named to
the spring semester dean's list
released this week. Included in
this group is Debra Kay
Watson, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Dewey Watson of
Route 1, Bryson City. Miss
Watson is a sophomore.
To get on the list a student
has to earn a quality-point ratio
of 3.5 or better on a minimum of
12 semester hours of work
without receiving any grade
beiow a "C". An all "A"
student would have a quality
point ratio of 4.
Mars Hill is a senior, liberal
arts school located in the Blue
Ridge Mountains near
Asheville.
andincludesashpalt mix plants,
roofing felts plants,
and petroleum products storage
areas.
Ali furniture, lumber and
wood products plants.
AM textile manufacturing ,
textiie dyeing and finishing
piants.
Aii sheiitng, drying,
storage, ginning and processing
tobacco, com. soybeans,
peanuts, cotton, fruits,
vegetables or other agricultural
products.
All industries engaged in
the processing of metals and
includes, among others,
smelting, casting, foundries,
metal working and other
similar operations.
Ail slaughtering and
processing meat, poultry, fish,
and similar products and
includes rendering or the
recovery of by-product
therefrom.
Shouid there be any doubt
as to whether registration is
necessary, register and let the
Department of Water and Air
Resources make the decision.
Failure to comply with these
regulations is a violation of the
law.
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