7 P30VHM AMMMM7UA1 CAME AC€C^i.gMMtM7S for the b board 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 dhe. ^ % <THE TOWN PUMP t-. i-"' m- ' 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. -T! 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. —0O0— ^ 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. —0Q0— 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!" -0Q0- ^ 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, Tuberculosis can Ovr Prettffption ywr fyiA, pMM ppd p#Maf—Mat^y M yew QPtfor WFBMW WHWMW atWH PW.4<02. 0XP8RP M.C. ^'. /I 1 ^71, * High Fashion Sectionals ^ * Luxury Sofas * Rich-looking Chairs aM reversible /oam ! c:M&Mns * plus plastic top Sculptured Accent Tahl&s ^ New Beautiful^ Danish Inspirea MpMstefed/wnAHM Here is superbly styled, warmly sculptured^nodern furniture to make your home glow with new beauty. 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