* Check From Supply Lions
In the above picture J. J. Hawes, club secretary and treasurer, is shown giving
4 check from Supply Lions Club to Mrs Nellie Rourk, Supply Community Chairman,
; for the March of Dimes.
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l interview between sessions or an
* affiliate group’s meeting in
J Raleigh. “It’ll be a hard-fought
' battle, but I’m sure we can
* succeed in having the tax
t repealed.”
The Farm Bureau, an
5 outspoken opponent of the. tax
in its moderately successful, but
embattled, course through the
*■: past General Assembly, plans
* strategy sessions in each of its
'i 100 county chapters to draw
battle lines. “In the next 30 days
we will call all segments of the
'} tobacco industry together in
•• planning for the campaign,” said
i Mangum.
The state farm leader said
efforts will be concentrated at
the county level and “we plan to
put pressure on candidates for
the General Assembly, Democrat
or Republican, to seek repeal.”
Brunswick Farm Bureau has a
State Legislative Committee that
works around the clock when
necessary. The committee was
active last year in sending
telegrams and letters to senators
and representatives on their
stand against the tobacco tax.
The tax, first proposed by
, Gov. Bob Scott at five cents per
pack of cigarettes, later was
trimmed by three cents in order
to muster sufficient votes for
passage. Until enactment by the
1969 Legislature, North Carolina
was the only state without such
a tax. Since the passage, most
other states have increased their
levies, all of which are
considerably higher than this
state’s.
Mangum, in defending against
recent attacks on the bureau by
Scott and U.S. Rep. Walter B.
Jones of Farmville, punted to a
number of programs the
organization has underway.
Among them he lists marketing
programs for apples, broilers,
hogs, cucumber and a dairy
services effort.
Success of the hog program
can be reflected in the fact that
before the bureau stepped in,
prices received by Tar Heel
farmers were often below the
Chicago quotations, said
Mangum. “Now they rate even
or above in many cases.”
Brunswick County is in the
process of establishing the Hog
Marketing Program here through
the cooperation of James D.
Bellamy, Jr., and the Brunswick
Livestock Market.
Recent national legislation
supported by the group included
the Bargaining and Marketing
Act of 1969 and the REA co-op
bank.
The “No. 1” priority of the
Farm Bureau, the president said,
is to give farmers a strong voice
in sponsoring and supporting
legislation and other efforts in
behalf of them. “But there are
other advantages, he said.
“Through the Farm Bureau,
Services Co. members can buy
tires and auto batteries at
considerable savings.
“D. Ennis Long and son K.
Mack Long, Brunswick Service
Agents, have led the state in
their sales and services for the
past couple of years,” said
Chadwick.
“Then there is Farm Bureau
Insurance. Also, numerous
advisory services relating to
farm-oriented activities are
offered. Membership fees are
$10 a year and farmers and
others alike may join.” he said.
“However, only bonafide
farmers may vote and hold
office.”
“What we are out to get is a
fair price for the farmer for his
commodity. The scale is
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backward as it stands now,”
notes Mangum. “The processor,
the retailer—they all get their
share, leaving the fanner what’s
left. We hope to tip the scale in
behalf of the farmer.
Mangum disagrees with those
who feel tobacco no longer is
“king” in the state. “We are
gradually overcoming the many
obstacles” in the path of
tobacco, he said, and the
tobacco will continue to play a
dominant role in the state’s
economy in the years to come.
“A misconception about our
group,” said Mangum, “is that
we’re against support prices.
That’s not true.”
The distinction he makes is
that supports are acceptable as
long as they reflect a true profit
margin for the farmer. “Unlike
other farm groups,” he said, “we
do not demand prices without
proving we have something
worthwhile.
“On the marketing and
bargaining segment we make
three demands: quantity,
quality, and prices. “If we hope
to get what we deserve we have
got to get it on the marketplace.
“The Farm Bureau has been a
successful operation and a lot of
people resent it,” said Mangum.
A look at membership figures
attest to its success.
Mangum said the hureau is
adding new members at the rate
of 10,000 to 12,000 a year and
will meet its national quota this
year with ease.
On two other farm-related
issues much in the news
recently, Mangum commented.
That the State Milk
Commission has the full backing
of the Farm Bureau in its efforts
to provide a stable milk
supply-pricing structure in North
Carolina, and that dairy farmers
aren’t receiving an adequate
return on their product. “This
milk import situation doesn’t
make for a healthy climate
either,” he said.
Also, that DDT and other
herbicides and pesticides will
continue to be used on various
crops but “farmers should use
discretion” in applying them,
making sure not to use
dangerously high content levels.
Mangum also said he looked
forward to July when
completion is scheduled on the
bureau’s new $1.7 million office
building located on the
Raleigh-Durham highway just
outside of the capital city.
“Brunswick County will in the
near future begin construction
'■of there new office building
located in Shallotte. With
modem facilities, we hope to
accommodate more farmers of
the area,” concluded Chadwick.
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who owns his own plane and is a
qualified instructor. She had
such enthusiasm for her lessons
and was making such good
progress that she was slated to
make her solo flight on October
6.
Then an accident happened.
Not with the plane, but with an
automobile Leslie was driving
along a street in Southport. This
was on October 2. Her arm was
broken and her aviation career
was temporarily sidetracked.
By the first of the year, two
important developments had
occurred. Her arm had healed
and Jimmie Smith was giving
flying lessons at the nearby
airport. She went back to flying
school as his student She also
had changed from a Cessna 120
to a Cessna 172, the plane
owned and operated by Smith.
It was in this latter aircraft that
her solo flight was made.
Leslie says that flying is a
wonderful feeling and that
taking off and handling the
controls while aloft cause her no
great concern. Landing is
Flaming Auto
Continued Fran Pig* One
Chief W.D. Mercer, Louis
Combs, Ralph Frazier, and Tom
Rabon, responded quickly to the
call for aid.
Captain Alfred L. Flowers and
J.M. Caton, Jr., of the Town
Creek Rescue Squad, were on
hand and aided in the removal of
the bodies.
The trio became the second,
third, and fourth highway
fatalities for Brunswick County
this year.
No inquest will be held,
Bennett said.
Mrs. Long was killed when her
car went out of control near the
Shallotte River bridge 200 feet
west of the city limits of
Shallotte. Her car skidded about
halfway across the bridge after
first hitting an abuttment.
The car stayed on the bridge,
exploded, and caught fire,
Coroner Bennett said.
anauone Mayor tieamon
Hewett who was operating his
gas station nearby, heard the
sound of the crash and called
Shallotte City Hall for a police
investigation.
A telephone crew from the
Atlantic Membership Telephone
Company, on their way to work,
were the fust to the scene. They
tried to out the fire with a small
extinguisher carried in their
truck, but to no avail.
The telephone crew called the
Shallotte Rescue Squad, and the
Shallotte Volunteer Fire
Department, notifying them of
the accident. Both units
immediately responded.
The Shallotte Fire
Department, answered the call
along with firemen, D.V. Jones
and Dickie Powell.
Firemen had to chop the door
open with axes for Coroner
Bennett and Shallotte Rescue
Squadmen to get to the body.
Rescue Squad members
answering the summons for help
were, James Robinson, Junior
White, Sonny Hankins, Larry
Andrews, and Dickie Powell,
Deputy Sheriff Melton
McCumbee and Shallotte police
chief Len Gallowayand
patrolman Sam West maintained
control on the roadway during
fire and rescue work.
something else again, she admits.
“Sometimes I tend to come in a
little too steep,” she said, “but
I’m working on flattening out
my landings.”
And she’s just the young lady
who can do it.
CANDIDATE TOR
COUNTY
COMMISSIONER
I am a candidate for the Democratic nomination
for County Commissioner in Lockwood Folly
Township,
I feel that I am aware of the needs of the people,
and if elected I will serve all the people of the
county to the best of my ability.
Your Support Will Be Appreciated.
JEHRY A. MOORE
Commission Job
Continued Stan Pftge On*
the Republican party is
emphasizing new approaches to
old problems.
“I would like to see the
county government increase its
services to the people,” said
Bray. “Attracting new industry
to the county is of great
importance to its growth and
development. For a county to
grow, the need for better school
facilities is a number one
priority. Another critical area,
that has been ignored too long is
beach erosion. Pressure on state
and federal governments for
assistance in combating this
problem is in order.”
“Brunswick county belongs
among the highest ranking of the
100 counties of North Carolina
and if elected, I will serve to that
ultimate goal,” Bray promised.
Local Hospital
Continued From Page One
cent a year until the cost is
shared equally by The
Endowment and the hospitals.
Assisted hospitals include 129
in North Carolina, which are
being given $902,836—$684,824
to help with operating expenses
and $218,012 as reimbursement
for HAS and PAS costs. The
total for 59 South Carolina
hospitals is $328,404, of which
$224,070 is for operating
expenses and $104,334 for HAS
and PAS.
Cancer Clinic
The New Hanover County
Cancer Clinic is held each
Tuesday in the New Hanover
Memorial Hospital.
Examinations are free to all
adults and includes the pap test
Make appointments by writing
or calling the Cancer Clinic at
762-7688.
Sales Tax Deductions
Listed In IRS Tables
Greensboro—The amount
North Carolina taxpayers can
deduct for sales tax on Fed
eral tax returns can be found
in tables printed in the 1040
tax instructions.
J. E. Wall, District Director
of Internal Revenue for North
Carolina, said the tables show
the sales tax dedutcion by fam
ily size and income.
The sales tax on automobiles
purchased is not included in
the table. Taxpayers who
bought cars in 1969 may add
deductible sales taxes paid on
them to the amount shown in
the table.
The table is furnished as a
guide for the convenience of
taxpayers who do not keep
detailed records of payments.
Taxpayers who prefer to de
duct the actual amount of state*
sales taxes paid during the
year should have records as
proof of payment, Wall said.
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
TITLE Deputy Director of SENCland Community
Action, Inc., a CAA serving three rural (Bladen.
Brunswick and Columbus) Counties in Southeast
ern, N. C.
SALARY RANGE: $9,500 - $11,000
LOCATION: Whiteville, N. C.
RESPONSIBILITIES: Assisting the Executive Dir
ector of the CAA in the general administration and
management of the agency. Such includes publid
relations; program analysis; data collection and
analysis of data; program development, including
the preparation of grant applications; and particip
ation in the selection of staff employees.
QUALIFICATIONS: Minimum of 3 years training
from an accredited college or,,, university with
practical experience in the area of administration,
management and human reltions; familiar with
programs provided under the Economic Opportun
ity Act; ability to communicate with the poor and
non-poor; capability and willingness to get along
with others.
Submit application to:
Charles H. Mumford, Executive Director
SENCland Community Action, Inc.
County Hall-Post Office Box 329
Whiteville, North Carolina 28472
An Equal Opportunity Employer
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