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Formation of Granville Boosters' Club
a * vehicle fbr advancement of the
goals of a growing btahvHle
, , no momentum, no innate pow
er,H&nORilng inGrahvlUe Booster's Club
aSsuoii. The momentum for accompiish
^ ^ " "gals ana objectives must be
bin the membership and
Lto action through as many
be harnessed with
forward the total
^ a Greater Granville
PerMnson as president
a man of energy
^eas he espouses. He
of directors and the
_. together, has a vast
in which to piough deep furrows for
WILTON
Jf yM've never seen a community that
ticks with energy, buzzes with enthusiasm
and moves ahead through cooperation,
take a look at Wiiton.
' Wilton is a rural community with at
tachments in both Granville and Frank
lin Counties. The heart of the commun
ity is the Wilton School and in the fringes
arts churches of two or three denomina
tions. There is in the school a vigorous
Pareht-Teacher Association and in the
community, a Grange and various de
nominational organizations like WMS
and WSCS:
But the thing that makes Wilton click
is a community spirit seldom equalled
<(uid rarely surpassed. That spirit is en
ergized by pride of community — family,
church, school, organizations and a de
cide to make the best, better. It doesn't
take a lot of money to do many of the
things that Wilton accomplishes, but it
does take what Wilton hasin abundance,
a progressively intelligent citizenry work
Wilton has many good community lead
ers—men and women who are always on
hand when there is a function at the
school or in the community. They are
people who are and have been in public
life and they know a great many names
and they are great hand-shakers — and
any person beyond his own bailiwick ap
preciates a friendly greeting. The radi
ance of these leaders has captured the
of the com
hel^EBAhun
of names, hundreds of them, in
Wiltbnians could be mentioned as
that keep the wheels of progressive
whirling, but the whole truth is,
's spirit is not one, nor one dozen,
i every one in the environs of the com
t's Wilton!
IN THE FUTURE
gyovth of individuals' sav
in the local banks, build
and credit union orgamza
tionsneflect an unshakable faith in the
safety and usefulness of these institu
tions.
While patronage of the MIP—the pop
/. nlar name for the monthly investment
plan that member firms of the New York
Stock Exchange launched in 1954 — has
shown a steady uptrend, the local insti
tutions have shown equivalent growth
with gtpport of interest.
has its rewards and one of the
tisfying is for persons pf moderate
to see growth in they own sav
ings—a source of sound security.
most
Bus. Mgr.
t & Editor
. .Secretary
planting a crop of ideas and idealisms
that can grow handsome rewards.
As J. P. Harris, Jr., noted at the organi
sational meeting last Thursday, it not on
ly is imperative that each of us become a
booster, but more Imperative that all of
us avoid "knocks," even very smaU
knocks, that may become extremely
harmful.
Opportunities for boosting are limited
only by the collective total of the imagi
nation of each of us. Hundreds of indi
viduals, with similar goals in mind, can
accomplish great things.
Granville Roosters' Club is only a name,
and a name can do nothing. Many peo
ple working together in a name, Granville
Roosters' Club, can move mountains of
obstacles. Let's go, men and women, boys
and girls!
RETAILERS WEAR MANY HATS
The Gaily Times Leader, of West Point,
Mississipi, pays tribute to retailing in a
long editorial. The retailer, the paper ob
serves, is a lot of things to the commun
ity. In its words, "First, of course, he is
purchasing agent. He brings the products
of his country's fields and factories to
where his neighbors can pick and choose
according to their tastes, needs and poc
ketbook. Then he is an employer: One
out of every eight people in the civilian
labor force works in retailing. It is the
second largest industry in the nation, ex
ceeded only by manufacturing. Third,
he is the major tax payer. And, as if pay
ing them isn't enough, he also has to
collect taxes from his customers as well.
The state has thrust him into the unpaid
role of sales tax collector.
"This businessman has to be more than
expert in the complicated field of modem
merchandisihg. He has to be an account
ant, an advertising expert, a tax special
ist and very nearly a corporation lawyer
to make a success of his business."
We all take modem retailing, with its
extremely high standards of efficiency
and service, for granted. But we wouldn't
if we had to try to do without it for a
week or two. The Times Leader has sim
ply given credit where it is abundantly
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<THE TOWN PUMP
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ORIGIN . - . Thd otHbr {My.^otHCunu^ced-'
how North dk^oiina came to be known as the
Tar Heel State. "legend has it that the foot siid
iers of Lord Corngraiiis, in their trek to Vir
ginia to meet their fate at Yorktown, forded the ,
Tar River. The story is. that an excess of pitch
had been poured into the stream and that the
sticky stuff ciung to their ^ boots The soldiers
grumbled that they were irf^g tar-heeled state.
It was generally agreed that they had no right
to-be there, and no one offered sympathy. Tar
on the boots of the soldiers was a minor dis
aster and it served to give North Carolina a
name that has stuck .as firm as the nttch that
flowed down the stream that is called Tar River.
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DATv . . . Check this one on voor calendar,
March 26 . a week from Stm^av the
40 vo'ce touring choir of Wake Forest College
will he here at 4 p.m. for a concert at Oxford
Baptist Church . ^similar program at 7 to
obi. at Fnch mipUst Ch"rch. 1 . . . Music
fenartment Chairmen Than" Mciv-nald wi'i he
* directing . . he has been on the 'ob for severe!
years . . . *n fact he was directing the choir
"hen Oxford's native Or. Vernon Tavior of
Flkin was a member of the grcun ... we sus
n""t that the d"ctc stiii Ukcs to Mow a tune
with some of the boys when a busy medical
nractice permits . . poss'hlv he is like Mrs.
r William Medford . . . the day she was 40,
she narked "n her music . brat couldn't
hear the thopghts of seeing members of her
aud'ence whispering "Oh I remember when she
was young and had sp"h. a lovely voice"
' * -TJ—
FH1ENO . - The Bed Cross has friends
rvi-vwhar* Certainly it seems that way when
the Red Cross needs them. When she opened
her mat! the past Friday pruning. Mm. Olenu
Montague observed a Check fait from the envei
with a familiar handwriting. She looked at
the post-mark on the front of the envelope. It
came from Sante Fe. New Mexico. And then she
read the note—from an old friend who wanted
to have a part in keeping the GranviHe Countv
Red Cross on the go. The friend had learned
through Oxford Public Ledger that the chapter
needs finances, and volunteers to keen its com
munications open. Have you made your support
available to the Red Cross for the 12 months
ahead? ^
KipT . . . Knowing lust how cute Betty
Alien Daniel Is. she'd probably Mush should we
i-ll her that Flora Macn'nald College has her on
the K'st List. And that's no fibbinc. A release
from the college, signed by Mrs. Walter Bullock,
says so. Obviously It's her inclusion on the Dean's
I<st that prompted the college to send out ln
formatin with the mis-prlnt. When the Dean
begins making Kist Lists, some of the old timers
May be matriculating again!
. WARM If you get uo town In Oxford on
a cold or a chilly momlog. there is one spot
to find warmth . . . entering the front door of
the post office! is as farming to the body as an
anxiously desired letter from a friend or loved
one Is to the heart ... as warming as a stirring
sCrmon to the sou! as the sweet breath of
an Infant on the cheek pf the- mother . . and
still, we like to get In a stm-baked car on a
spring day when the wind fhtside is about 10
degrees cooler than the temperature inside the
car . . . that Saturday morning frost was of
mld-wlnter proportions . . a young snow, so
to speak . . school children and faculty mem
bers of county schools on the go early . . . to
meet the schedules of the first of the Spring
make-up days ... Saturday Is another one.
with two more coming In Aprit ... if you
? dead,
teethe
F]$ED GRAM SURVEY
Feed grain acreage was reported
at meetings in each of the nine
townships on March 3 and 4.
Information was obtained on
about 50 per cent of the farms in
the county. ASC personnel wiil
contact the remainder of- farm
operators by March 11. Farmers
who are not contacted are dequest
ed to report their feea grain acre
age at the County ASC Office.
This information is being obtain
ed for use if tbe Feed Grain Pill,
now being considered by Congress,
is passed. The Bill provides for
higher support prices on corn,
grain sorghum, cats and barley to
cooperating growers. There are
also provisions for payments on the
diverted acreage and for protec
tive cover crops.
Garland L. Catlette
COTTON PRICE SUPPORT
RATE ANNOUNCED
Price support for cotton farmers
who 'piant within allotment dur
.ng 1961 will be a minimum of 33.04
cents per pound for 1-inch mid
dling at average locations.
According to C. L. Jones, Chair
man of the Granville Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
County Committee, the support
rate in this state for 1-inch mid
dling will be in the neighborhood
of 9-10 of a cent per pound high
er because of the cheaper trans
portation to mill areas located in
this state.,
The minimum level of 33.04 cents
per pound for middling l-inch at
average locations represents 33
per cent of parity This compares
with a support rate of 75 percent
of parity or 32.42c for choice "A"
cotton last year, and 60 percent of
parity for chiolce "B" cotton
Officers of the Department of
Agriculture have pointed out that
while the 1961 crop support reflects
33 percent of parity on the new
basis of determining the level on
the "average of the crop," price
wise it compares to about 77.5 per
cent of the parity level determined
on Ore former basis of calculating
the support price of middling 7-8
inch cotton.
ADDITIONAL WOOL PRODUC
TION NEEDED
ABC operates a program which
was designed specifically to in
crease the production of wool. G.
L. Catlette, Granville ASC Coun
ty Office Manager, explained that
wool as an essential and strategic
commodity which is not produced
in sufficient quantity in the United
States. For this reason, he said,
Congress passed the Wool Act of
1954 wnich directed the Secretary
<M Agriculture to provide an incen
tive program which would encour
age an annual production of 300
million pounds of shorn wool.
For the last few years the incen
tive price under the wool program
has been set at 62 cents per pound
for shorn wool. The program pro
vides that farmers market wool
through the normal channels ob
taining the best possible price for
their product. At the end of the
marketing year, the Department of
Agriculture determines the average
national price obtained by all wob^
growers for their wool. The perL
centage required to bring this na
tional price up to the 62 cent in
centive level is determined and all
farthqrs who market wool receive
this percentage increase in their
income fitpm wool solo.
Accordtr!g to Catiette, every year
this prograth has been in effect it
has served its purpose by increas
ing the national production of
wool. Should th^,national average
price received by * yooi producers
LEGAL
COMMISSIONER S RESALE
OF LAND
Pursuant to An order of the\Cierk
ci the Superior Court of Granville
County rendered on March* 7,
1961. in that certain special pro
ceeding wherein Arthur L. WHkCr
son and wife, Susie C. Wilkersoh,
and others are petitioners and Hugh
M. Wilkerson and wife, Ruth Wil
kerson, and others are defendants,
the undersigned commissioner, be
ing thereto licensed, will offer for
re-sale by public auction, for cash,
at the Court House door in Oxford,
North Carolina, on
SATURDAY. MARCH .?$. 1961
AT 12 00 O'CLOCK NOON
that certain lot or parcel of land
owned by the late James Wilkerson
and particularly described as fol
lows:
A Certain tract dr parcel of land
situate on the west side of Linden
Avenue in the Town Df Oxfbrd,
more particularly described as fol
lows:
Beginning at the intersection of
Sycamore Street and Linden Ave
nue. and running thence along said
Sycamore Street in a westerly di
rection 66.3 feet to a stake; thence
in a northerly direction 50, feet
to a stake, southwest corner oft Lot
NO. 10; thence along the line of
Lot No. 10 in an easterly direction
82.1 feet to Linden Avenue; thence
along said Linden Avenue in, a
southerly direction 50 feet to the
point of beginning, being Lot No.
9 as shown on the map of the lots
of Granville' Park, Inc., as subdiv
ed by F. C. Morton, R.LlS, and
recorded In the office of tfie Reg
ister of Deeds of Granville County
in Plat Book 2. P^ 59; 1
This the 7 th
W. M. HICKS,
Hicks & Tayior ,AI
2t M 14 21
day of, March.
Commissioner ,
ttomeys M
Mew fork
TM< Vv. He Learns
John K. Hutchens, geniai and
warmly-regarded outstanding writ
er lor the New York Herald Trib
une, is as steeped in legendary
journalism as he is in literature.
John's father was managing editor
cf the Chicago American and one
day chanced to see a forlorn youth
standing in the doorway of the
newspaper about to be ejected by
the doerman. He asked what was
wrong, was told that the young up
start had the audacity to be there
asking for a job as a reporter. The
eider Hutchens asked the guard to
let Mm come in and taik to him.
He iooked the young fellow straight
in the eye for a full minute. "I!
think IH take a chance on you."
Martin Hutchins said. The young
man made good. Jn fact, he was
Marquis James, iater to win a
Fulitzer Prize as biographer of Sam
Houston in the memorable bock,
"The Raven." and other weii-known
volumes. John Hutchens now re
views books for the Herald-Tribune.
At heart, he is a Civii War buff.
Wheh vacation time co m e s , he
packs his suitcase fuii of bcoks on
that great conflict and visits bat
tlefields from Gettysburg to Vicks
burg. reading about them first, see
ing them at first-nepd afterward
And with it all, he has a sense of
appreciation of history in his heart
that few of those who study it do.
For John appreciates the stuff of
which this country is Made, and
emulates it in the best manner by
his portrayal of the heroes who
made our nation and who. like
John, were not afraid to act its
behalf.
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Hush ft and Get Busy
JcC smith says that if folks wii)
jUst stop talking about recession
and let him handle his booming re
tail business, things wili be aii
tight. Joe has a men's ciothing
Store in a suburb here and is weii
pleased with his trade so far this
year. In fact, it is ahead of last
year he declares. Next door to him
is a modem restaurant and it it
bocked up for banquets and the iike
through next September. Oh yes,
Joe knows there are spots here and
there in our national economy that
throughout the nation during 1961
reach the 62c ievei then payments
wiii no longer be necessary.
Catiette cautioned farmers that
April 30 is the final date by which
they may file application for in
centive payment for wool marketed
in the I960 marketing year. Tht
1960 wool marketing year runs from
AiyH 1, i960 through March 31,
1961. . '*'
tare-not so bright^But ho believes
that these will in time be eradicat
ed. and in the meantime s^dhgty
teeis that if peopie wiii be allow
ed to have confidence in Midir .pres
ent and future, that happy days are
ahead indeed.
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A Man with t^eeiitm
James Cieiand of the Duke Di
vinity Schoo!. tells of a Scotchman
who listened to a preacher explain
that Satain did not exist. Being
uncertain that he had heard cor
rectly. the man waited to see the
minister after the sermon, and ask
ed him if it was true that he did
not beiieve hi the devil. The par
son toid him that this was right,
that there was no such person. Sad
sly. the Scotchman turned away,
muttering, "I feei iike I have lost
a persona! friend!"
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Smaii Town Grown Up
With so much criticism of New,
York City—much of it no doubt de
served—it is refreshing to note the
comments cf friends, Ed and Lueile
Schergens of Tell City, Indiana,
who recently returned from the
NEA Study Mission in Europe,
abcut their all-too-brnJ stay here:
"Morning, neon or night, we always
get a kick out of this metropolis,"
they said. "The people are so per
sonable and warm. You can engage
them in conversation easily and
they are eager to help you in any
way possible. We think New York
City is a smaii town grown up—
this is proved by the warmth and
Thing* M They Art
Ope of the most appealing thitrgs
about man is the stubbomess with
WhM& HO ingots that he M Mnatt
er thhn animats. this (gateR is
eOnstahtiy exploded by ahimals Who
won't stay in a smoke-filied room,
for ope thing, pr who refuse tp iet
their work interfere with their
sifeep, for another. Still, mah goes
ahbed taatsting an his Superiority
like an «td fisherman taiking to
yowag bays about his eggtloits, when
he should know ah the hime that
the young guys don't believe him,
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