Vol. 82 No. 13
'73 Spring Planting Edition
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YOUNG GU Y FISH ER of Pendleton shows two of
his top hogs which were named (right) grand
Champion and (left) Reserve champion in the
individual class at the annual Choanoke 4-H
House however, two of the
Roanoke-Chowan legislators
had items to report.
Representative Roberts
Jernigan of Ahoskie gave
further support to the fact that
this session would be over by
mid-May and Senator J.
J.(Monk) of Lewiston
reported on a tax bill which he
has introduced.
Timberland Tax
Senator Harrington’s bill,
intended to unify all counties
in the state in regards to
taxing timberland, is based on
a system currently used in
forty-some counties right now.
“If passed, this bill will
value the ability of land to
grow trees rather than value
the trees actually on the
land,” Senator Harrington
said. “I have studied this bill
closely and see nothing but
good for all of us coming from
it. I offer three points in
county appraiser to have to
survey it and make the
adjustment in the county tax
books. As new trees are
planted and grow there would
be the usual increase in taxes
from time to time as the value
of the timber increased.
2) If a man owns a farm with
GASTON — Ricky Shirl High
died Tuesday at 2 p.m. after a
a growth of 18 year old trees year’s bout wUh kidney
on it he has to pay the taxes on disease.
River Status
Is Questioned
RALIEGH — The lower will be taken when the N C
reaches of the Roanoke River Board of Water and Air
will be upgraded to Class B to resources approve
conform with reclassification recommendations of its Water
on the Chowan River and and Air Quality Control
He was taken to Duke
Hospital in Durham last
Wednesday because his sight
was rapidly deteriorating. His
blood pressure began to rise
and an emergency operation
was performed Monday
morning. Ricky died the next
afternoon when a blood vessel
in his head ruptured.
The 18-year-old Gaston
native was forced to drop out
of the eleventh grade at
Gaston High School last year
because of kidney trouble.
Later he enrolled in a few
courses at Halifax Technical
(See RICKY, Page 9)
Albermarle Sound. This action
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MRS. JEAN HARRINGTON, teller for Planters
National Bank in Rich Square, was honored at a
luncheon as one of the Top Sales Winners from
PNB offices. F. Doug Draffin, assistant vice
president of the Rich Square office commented,
"All of us in the Rich Square office are proud of
Mrs. Harrington's splendid record of slaes and
customer assistance, and we congratulate her on
being the Rich Square winner." James B. Powers,
PNB President, made the presentation.
Committee.
Three public hearings have
been held by the Board in
Kinston, Hickory and
Southern Pines the first of
March to Study
reclassification of the river
basins in the state. Because of
these hearings, the Chowan
River and Albemarle Sound
had been classified in their
entirety to Class B.
Some sections of these
rivers were Class C, which did
not allow contact with the
body in recreation and sports.
Class B will allow such body
contact.
Spokesmen for Chowan
County, Town of Edenton,
Edenton Chamber of
Commerce Industrial
Committee and area
development organizations
went before Dr. Arthur
Cooper, assistant secretary
for resource management and
Sec. James Harrington of the
Department of Natural and
Economic Resources to
question why the Roanoke
River had not been
reclassified also.
Darwin Coburn, Chief of
Water and Air Quality Control
Committee of the N. C. Dept,
of Water and Air Resoyrces
said in a telephone interview
with Your Home Newspaper
that “At the time we felt the
Roanoke in that particular
area was suitable because of
lack of recreation, even
though reclassification was
considered. Because of public
interest, action will be
seriously considered.
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Top Hog Show Honors To
Pendleton's Guy Fisher
MURFREESBORO — Guy named grand champion and
Fisher of Pendleton and his lightweight hog was selected Johnson Square, showed a pen of three
hogs walked away with just reservechamp. Inpenof three Manufacturing Company, which placed second in the
about all the top honors competition, Fisher’s pen won Pendleton and Jesse Wheeler lightweight division and was
Wednesday afternoon at the first place in the heavyweight Peed Mill, Lasker, and the pen later named reserve
annual Choanoke 4-H Market divison and was named pen of of three grand champ sold for champion in that category
Hog Show and Sale. Fisher’s three grand champion
hogs took first place in
individual competition in both The individual grand champ
the lightweight (180-210 sold for 55 cents a pound
pounds) and heavyweight bought by Smithfield Packing
(211-240 pounds) divisions. Company, the reserve champ
The heavyweight hog was sold for 4.5>'2 cents a pound
42 >2 cents a pound, bought by
Severn Peanut Company and
Wards Grain Company,
Conway.
Fisher is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. G. E. Fisher.
Brett Edwards, Rich
2nd In 2 Days
N'ampton Records
Highway Fatality
4th
Market Hog Show and Sale Wednesday afternoon
at Murfreesboro. Fisher also showed a pen of
three which was named grand champion in that
category.
RICH SQUARE — A
collision involving four cars
occurred on Interstate 95 at
4:45 a.m. Friday which left
one man dead and three other
people hospitalized.
A 1972 Dodge, driven by
Nancy Ann Fruchtman of
Rochester, N. Y., was going
south on 1-95 when it hit a dog.
She tried to avoid the animal
but lost control of the car,
traveled across the median,
and skidded into the north
Much Legislation
Still In Committee
for this session very little U at aH L Ser^ (See COMMITTEE, Page 9)
news IS coming from the State bg valueless. This requires the
Ricky High Dies
At Duke Hospital
Raleigh Firm Buys
Woodland Co-op.
WOODLAND —
Stockholders of the Woodland
Cooperati^/r Bonded
Warehouse Ct^n^ny voted
una.iiraously lO .sal! the
company and its entire assets
and property of Cotton
Growers Warehouses, Inc.,
Raleigh, which has agreed to
Location
Change In
Hearings
JACKSON — In last week’s
issue we reported on a series
of public meetings to be held
by the Board of County
Commissioners during April
and May to “get the pulse” of
the community prior to
making up next year’s budget.
Locations of the public
hearings were in the Court
House in Jackson and at the
school auditoriums in
Woodland, Seaboard, Conway,
and Gaston.
Instead of a hearing in
Woodland, the public hearing
for that district will be in Rich
Square, it was reported this
week.
pay all debts of the company,
pay all stockholders the par
value of their stock, pay all
debenture holders the face
value ol their clebentures, anu
pay the costs of liquidation.
Cotton Growers Warehouses
bought out the Woodland
company for an undetermined
amount of money and the sale
is effective as of April 1.
“No one loses any money,”
said John G. Burgwyn,
president of the Woodland
bound lane backwards.
A 1971 Cadillac, driven by
Nevin Raymond Ranch of
Pompano Beach, Fla., was
going north in the north lane.
He collided with the
Fruchtman vehicles left rear
side and spun the Fruchtman
car around so it was now
headed south in the north
bound lane.
A 1972 Opal, behind the
Cadillac hit the Dodge head-
on. The driver, solider from
Camp Lejeune, was killed
instantly. (His naame is being
withheld pending notification
of next of kin.) His car
went 'end-over-end in the air
(See FATALI'i’Y, Page 9)
The reserve champion pen
sold for 38'2 cents a pound and
was bought by Farm Service
Center in Rich Square and B &
5 Milling Company in
Jackson.
Other winners in the show
were: individual class,
lightweight division - second
place, Brett Edwards; third
place, Danya Edwards, Rich
Square; heavyweight
division - second place, Vicki
Eason, Jackson; third place,
Davidson Chamblee, Cofield.
Pen of three class, -
lightweight division - third
place, Doug Eason, Jacks
Jackson: heavyweight
division - first place, Doug
Eason; second place, Davidson
Chamblee; third place, Eric
Hollowell, Rich Square.
Showmanship Contest - first
place, Eric Hollowell; second
place, Davidson Chamblee;
third place, Martha Hollowell,
Rich Square.
Record Book competition
first place, Davidson
Chamblee; second place, Earl
Chamblee, Cofield.
Following the presentation
of trophies to the winners, the
extension service presented
awards to Paul Parker of
Smithfield Packing Company,
R. G. Whitley of R. G. Whitley
6 Son and Henry Burgwyn of
North Carolina National Bank
for their continued support of
the 4-H program in the
Roanoke-Chowan area.
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New Furniture Store
Opens In Rich Square
RICH SQUARE - A new
discount furniture store has
Cooperative. “It is merely a open^ in downtown Rich
change of name.” Square. Roanoke Furniture
Company, whose home office
FHA Cutback A
Loss To Economy
WASHINGTON, D. C. - The
18-month moartorium on
Farmers Home
Administration housing
subsidy programs will mean a
direct loss of $1.6 billions to
the economy of rural areas of
the nation and a loss of 133,000
jobs to those areas. 'The
indirect loss to the rural
economy would be
conservatively two or three
times the direct loss.
For North Carolina, the
direct loss to the economy was
estimated at $81,797,690 and
6,742 jobs.
“We will not be making
loans to families with incomes
that need interest cred,”
reports Robert Daughtry,
local supervisor of the
Farmers Home
Administration in Winton.
“We will probably be making
50 per cent less than before.
Fewer homes being built will
definitely affect the local
economy.”
is in Roanoke Rapids, has a
branch office here under the
management of J. T. Hinton,
formerly of Henderson.
“This is a discount house for
complete home furnishing,”
said owner T. W. Hyde of
Roanoke Rapids. “We sell
first quality name-brand
merchandise.”
Hinton, a retired merchant
mariner, has been in the
furniture business for over 10
years. He will be working with
Mrs. Lydia Chestnut, store
supervisor.
Roanoke Furniture has a
central store and warehouse
operation in Roanoke Rapids
and another branch office in
Enfield. The store in Rich
Square is a showroom. Any
furniture they do not have in
stock may be secured from
their warehouse.
Their first customer was
Mrs. Evelyn G. Clark of Rich
Square, who bought an
Admiral color console.
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NORTHAMPTON'S TOP PEANUT GROWER, Bill Turner,
left, was honored at a meeting of area peanut growers
Tuesday in Ahoskie. Turner, of Seaboard, grew 5,248 pounds
of peanuts on a measured acre. In the middle is Wilbur Ward
of Clarston County, champion state peanut producer. He
averaged 5,160 pounds per acre on his entire allotment.
Others in the photo are, Harvey Morris, 2nd from left, Bladen
County Extension Agent; Astor Perry, peanut specialist with
N. C. State University Extension Service; and Joe Sugg,
Executive Secretary of the North Carolina Peanut Growers
Association.