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Section One Six Pages
KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUG. 14, 1952 6irXl& CT.SSS'c. PRICE TEN CENTS
toIMv Rates Kigli In Bnyin
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(Soeclal To The Times)
c (New York, - August 12 What U
the average- income of Duplin
'County famlMei? How much Is av
ailable to them tor Spending, After
taxes? -, How . do they spend it?
Answers to ihese questions, much
sought after for commercial rea'
ons, are contained in the new copy
."righted survey of troytng power,
'covering the entire United States,
'prepared by Sales Management;
The figures show that higher
incomes and a better1 standard of
Jiving prevail ; locally. , Duplin
County families recorded net earn
ings in ,1951, after deduction for all
"taxes, of $25,470,000. This was
gain over the $23,150,000 not in
icome of the previous year.- !;
Divided by the . 10,000 families
'in the county,it represeiited earn
ings of $2,547 per family.: This
; compares favorably with the; pre
" vlous year, when earnings per fan)
ilyv locally, were $2,248.
. The figures, it is pointed out are
arithmetical averages, obtained by
- dividing total income by total num
ber of families.
I The better earnings locally led
la bleser snendina. Duplin Coun
ty stores registered a sales volume
in the year of $16,262,00. 'This
sales total represented gain over
1950. when the retail business am
ounted to $14,757,000.
; Despke the large volume of re
tail business recorded in the year,
a considerable reservoir of poten
tial spending, in the form of sav
, ings and investments, remained
; untapped locally. This is indicat
ed by the fact that only, 64 cents
of each spendable dollar went Into
retail purchases. Throughout the
nation, generally, more of the av
allable money was so spent, with
169 cents of the dollar reaching the
retail cash registers. . j t j ?
The ratio of how 'much is being
fspent in each city and -county, as
compared with ' what might be
'spent, is considered in the survey
through a "buying power quota.'
"This is a weighted index -which
v takes into account iacome, sales,
population nd other factors. It
shows that .0144 per cent of the na
tion's retail business could be pro
duced in Duplin County;'' This com--'
pares with the .0108 per eent act
' ' ualiy :one -la!ster-mealiag n
undeveloped, additional , potential
1m business locallviv i .,;'.'?.'
Shi.
. (Peruuwion to use;
Art-
, ed saaterial la grabted l for news
Iubuu only J
;Paul$rady Speaks
Tc Insurance Agents
i Natural Bridge, Va.',s Aug. 12
The Association oi insurance
Agents held their three day. an
i aval meeting here this week. They
; came three hundred strong bring
ing their wives with them. -
They had group discussions, Pa
v nel questions : and answers and
group classes. -The members of the
f Panels were Insurance Executives.
Howard Hutchinson of Ohio was
; the principal speaker at their bus
i, inees session. ' iijfetVrV'!
', . Paul D. Grady, Sr., of North
Carolina and Ohio was the prln
f cipal speaker at the Banquet on
'their closing night. The Banquet
was held in the colorful main din
ing room of the Natural Bridge
t Hotel and was given by the mem
I bers as a" compliment-, to their
t wives. Grady in his usual humor
ous style wove into the story "The
i Philosophy of Insurance" a very
inspiring challenge to the mem
I bera of the association. ;.
Notice
f In section three,, Warsaw, will
be found an announcement of
the ope nine of .the new A&P
Store. The ad carries the open-sna-
dates a 'July I4h. This in
an error. (The store opens to
day, Thursday, - August 14tbi
Bead their ad for the many bar
caina and visit Duplin County's
newest modern self serrice food
tor. .
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Driver Un&rf After
lurhj Over Twice
A 1949 Ford Tractor and Trail
er, loaded with sawed lumber turn
ed over twice, about noon, Thurs
day south of Bose Hill on high
way 117. i
Banks Holt, 32, colored ,of Lou
lsburg was operating the tractor
and trailer when the left rear tire
on the tractor blew out, causing
the driver to loose control of the
tractor and run into the left road
ditch. When Holts attempted to
move the vehicle- from the ditch.
the tracer and railor rolled over
twice down the highway, scattering
awed lumber on .the left side, of
the road. ' -. : -
Highway Patrolman J. S. Brlley
l;ed by Patrolman ,C. C Hester
considered the tractor a total
1 ss but trailer only minor dam
The driver was unhurt
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Gpn blur's. 2ki; .Izrhols fill . Head
: .The Eastern Bright Leaf Tobacco
Markets 'will open their doors next
Thursday to usher in the 1952 to
bacco selling season., Though the
crop, is estimated to be about 12
oer cent short this season due to
the draught, prices are expected to
be. asf good u not Detter man last
aeaso)i. Warehouse men generally
are optimistic as are most business
meiu Last year was Cast parolina's
top season and Duplin topped the
Predicts High Prices
For 1952 Cotton Crop
Cotton farmers inDuplln County
can reasonably expect high prices
for . their excellent cotton crop
this fall; a prominent cotton gin
ning executive has predicted.
Clifford Hardy, of Dunn, execu
tive secretary of the Carolina Gin-
necs association, . saia over tne
week end that a combination of
events is taking place over the na
tion which indicate the high pric
es.".
One of these events is traced to
the recent earthquakes in Cali
fornia, which, damaged much of
the irrigation systems used for cot
ton crops. When it is remembered,
Hardy said, that California annual
ly gins about ten per cent. of the
entire cotton output' Of the naion,
the effect of! this damage can be
Bascc.n Lamar Lunsford Will
Alicr.d Grcdy-Oullaw Reunion
Members of the far-flunc Grady
Outlaw families livlnf iavthc Eaei-
ern Mortn Carolina area will. De
among hundreds and possibllbtiou -
sands expected -to-attend the clan's)
colorful 31st annual reunion at the
Bi F. Grady school between' Ken-
ansville and ; Kinston Saturday,
Aug. 3ft --.v, ,;
North, Carolina's Governor-Elect
William B. Umetead . is. scheduled
to address the gathering, according
to a recent announcement by Judge
Henry A. Grady of New Bern, pres
ident of the Grady-Outlaw Literary
and Historical Association. .Also
invited and expected to attend is
Charlie Carroll of High Point who
will probably be North Carolina's
next Supt. of Public Instruction.
Carroll is a native of Wsmawj -
t There will be much revtewinc of
the history of the noteworthy fami
lies of the clan at the session, and
speakers are expected to dwell up
on the wide swathe the Gradys and
the Outlaw's have cut in the dally
business and cultural life' of this
part of North Carolina especially.
The Grady's and the Outlaw's
part in the military life of the na
tion will be represented by William
H. Grady, son of H. S. Grady of
Kenansville, who is slated to tell
the gathering of his experiences in
Korea and Japan as a member of
the 'United Nations forces. -..Entertainment
will be highlight-
Vallece, Duplin's Only Tobacco Market
' Wallace Duplin's only tobacco
market, and one of the fastest
growing markets in the Eastern
Belt is all set 'or the opening next
Thursday. A new warehouse Joins
bthe four old- ones this year and
with the added floor space Wallace
should, break - all records. : .Vet
erans returning from last season
are George D. Bennett and W. L.
"Bill" Hussey and Bill Hussey, Jr.,
at Hussey' 1, 2 and'3. AfBlan
chard and Farrior will be found the
old reliables Oscar- Blanchard and
l22i!Rh5?2!y 1 & basketball go hand
r Th.r1,m Brvt .ndlto band at West Virginia ,Univer
son. The new house, Bryant and ' . . ' .l.
Blanchard wiU find two more Dlty. Six fUie playeri on .the
plln tobacconists casting their lota ' are-4narried. V -,
following story, released by
The
the United Press indicates the to
bacco production throughout the
state not to be as low as first rear
ed due to the extreme drought
Duplin County is said to be well
above average '- v
Raleigh, August 12 (UP)
North Carolina farmers had an of
ficial estimate today on how much
the summer's searing temperatures
and drought have cut into the
state's expected agricultural out
put. ' -
The North Carolina flue-cured
toVsoco crop, largest item In the
s i't rural economy, was estim
a J f 12 per cent from l!t
y r's record production of $77
t 3 t 's. .
i a i -t KA oil Aug 1 c i
V 1 yesterday, t.se
X U I fl
I a '
belt in Tobacco yield. This year
Duplin has suffered, but again Du-
Slin tobacco is expected to lead this
elt. -
Markets; well known to Duplin
farmers who are advertising in the
Times this week are Wallace, Wil
son, Goldsboro, Smithfield, rarm
ville,' Kinston and Clinton in the
Bright Belt and Whiteville, Clark
ton and CHadbourn in the Border
Belt. .
appreciated.
Boll weevil damage in the Rio
Grande cotton section of Texas has
been extensive this year, and that
section . is expecting a very short
cotton crop. ,
Compared to these two areas, the
terrific heat and dry weather of
Virginia and the Carolinas this
summer bids to make cotton really
king of the crops in the east for
1952, Mardy said.
; The nation's cotton crop is esti
mated at about 15,300,000 bales
this year, Hardy said.
North 'Carolina's crop estimate,
as of August 1, is 510,000 bales,
compared to 542,000 bales last
year, and a 10-year average of 523,
000 Bales. ,'; . .
ed by the appearance of the "mln
strel of the Appalachians,' Bascom
Lamar . Lunsford, " who . ; will Be
mong the guesta., - -, ;jL' '
AU descendant ofahn Grady
ana James outlaw, progenitors oi
tne lar-nung tamixy, nave Deen in
vited to come in force to the re-
union, and to bring well-filled bas
kets of food, because all the Gradys
and all the Outlaw always have
been good eaters. ; . , ?
By nightfall things are going to
be humming at an old-fashioned
square dance in the gymnasium of
the Grady School.
The school cafeteria will be used
for dinner during the day, instead
of following the' custom of previous
years and eating outdoors.
The morning session will start
at 10:30 o'clock and there will be
no letup of activity until late at
night. , During the afternoon mu
sicians, dances and other entertain
ers some from the Kenansville Folk
Festival will entertain. : v.
Wide Interest in the annual re
union,' which has grown consider
ably in recent years, led those, in
charge of arrangements to extend
an invitation to any of the general,
public who wish to attend.
The first reunion f of "the i' clan
however, set a record unbroken to
datewhen more than 5,000 people
gathered for'-the;day.,-,t:' ''' "-
with the Wallace market Joe D.
Bryant and O. C. Blanchard, Jr.
Joe is a veteran tobacconist having
been on the Wallace market before.
He also was with the Goldsboro
market at one time and at present
operates warehouses on the Bor
der A'Jt- at Clarkton and Chad
bour j-, 0. C. Blanchard, Jr., who
has been trained' in the i-business
by; his father; 04 Ci St,' eft his
father this year to go in on his
own. -v; i" ivf. .
I under . last year's figures i although
the report said wool production in
the state Is expected xo xop ama
last year's figure and a 10-year
average. "
General Decline
The report's predictions of pro
duction of corn, fruits and nuts,
soybeans, peanuts, small . grains,
hay, sweet potatoes and - milk all
showed a. decline from last .year's
figures. - V,
The report added that the effect
of tcattred showery over the state
since the first of th month, may
have Influenced production?
The departments said the drop in
flue-cured tobacco - would ; have
been much more pronounced had
not growers planted an additional
8,0 a acres over last year's figures.
It said the extent of the extreme
ly ci -y w " ft and fc'"h tmpera
s t i June a J Ju'y cnus
, i - it ! " I and tot-
Models Dress
II
III
MISS DORIS BOSTIC ,
of the Kenansville 4-H club shown
In the dress from the page of Mod
ern Miss she modeled last month
in Raleigh at the State 4-H Re
vue. The dress is lavender organdy
trimmed with white lace. She wore
white accessories. Miss Bostic was
wlnnwln .the. ,Duplin Dress Be-
ie
Be On The Kinston
As ual Duplin., County men
will be among the top tobacconists
in Kinston this year as Charlie
Herring of Gllsson opens the doors
of the Star iWarehdw$and R. E.
Bob Sheppard of Smith Township
opens his two houses, Sheppard's
1 and 2. Bob has more warehouse
floor apace in Kinston than any
other warehouse firm; while Char
lie has the largest single ware
house. With Charlie will be found
, " I ItijiJi 4
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Dublin Scouts Compose Nearly One-
Four Tuscarora
By Paul Barwick
Boy Scouts of America is one of
the largest organizations in ' tne
United States, c Over the. years,
Tuscarora Boy Scout Council has
been among the top 'rated Coun
cils in the Nation and has grown
from approximately 900 Boy Scouts
five years ago to 2,610 active
Scouts todav. Of this number 598
boys are in Duplin County, but
Tuscarora Council cannot go for
ward without financial support of
citizens of Duplin and the entire
Council. , v - ,' i ., .-
Camp life is considered one of
the main functions of .Scouting.
1952 was the biggest year for cam
ping in the history of Tuscarora
with camp being filled to capacity
for six weeks at Tuscarora Camp
and two weeks at Camp Carver, Ne
gro cairo.
i However, only eight cents out of
every dollar spent in the Council
each year goes for camping. This
means $2,400 out of this year's
budget of $30,007.40 will be spent
for camping. Of this $2,400. $1,500
goes for insurance on buildings at
the camps." . tt ?' -v
At camn each year, 'boys are
trained in nature, water front safe-
fitter the firsf oi iheimonth. 1
For other 1952 farm production.
the report predicted.'
Corn a ,55,075,000 bushel crop,
the smallest since 1944, 19 per Cent
below last year's production. 'Aver
age yield estimated at 25 bushels
per acre, compared to last year's
81 bushels and a 10-year average
eiS&S "4 .-
; Eggs 47p ! over July 1951, 'but
seasonally, under June; 1952, pro
duction. The report put last
month's production at 100,000,000
eggs which it said is 2,000,000 over
the figure for the same month last
year.. i .-.
Fruit and NutsGenerally 're
duced fruit prospects. The fore
cast put apple production up but
peaches, pears and pecans are . all
to show a drop compared with lastJ
yeur. '
Wool 'FiUmated 1S2 crop, 2ft V
r0 poti"", c"parel with 1SJ
' "ie of 1 ' J. ' i r q.
Fanners Reqwrimg Draught Loans
See AiritlhMB' Benton M PJ arsavj
Gmtlie Carroll Of VJarsavjfoBeltent
State Superintendent OlSchook
At Sarecta
REV. EUGENE WADDELL
of the Free Will Baptist College
in Nashville, , Tenn., will hold a
Youth Revival at Sarecta Free Will
Baptist Church beginning Monday
night, August 18th and running
through f August 23rd. Services
will be :at 8 p. m. The public is
cordially invited to attend.
Rev. Waddell is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. R. G. Waddel of Ken-
ly, N. C.
ear
Herman Miller of Hallsville while
Sheppard will have Jerry Smith of
Smith's. Both Charlie and Bob are
veterans in the Warehouse busi
ness, known throughout the entire
tobacco belts. Both operate houses
in Georgia and are in the market
there at this writing. Charlie also
goes to the burley belt In Abing
ton, Va., following the close of
the Eastern belt
ty, athletics and pioneering to men
tion only a. few camp activities.
Both at camp and at each of the
131 troops in the Council, Civil
Defense is taught in an effort to
prepare Boy Scouts for leadership
in '-ease of a National emergency.
Safety, First Aid, Public Health
and Firemanship are stressed at
all times. These phases of Scouting
are considered so important ,they
are required for the Eagle Award,
the highest award in Scouting.
At present there are approxi
mately 50 Eagles in Tuscarora
Council. However, inactive Eagles
and other Boy Scouts continue to
work in Scouting activities such as
the present fund raising campaign
in order to keep Tuscarora on- the
upward trails. : n'i- . v
Scouting in Tuscarora Council
depends on the financial support
of citizens who live in Wayne, Du
plin and Johnston counties. '-
In Duplin County, Roy Carter
of Wallace of the fund raising cam
paign,, but he depends on men and
women in ' communities through
out the county to contact its citi
zens towards helping meet this
year's budge of $30,007,40. ,
Road Testing For
School Driras
Be Held Tomorrow
- 'Summer Road Testing, for pros
pective school bu sdrivers will be
held for the last time this week
and next as announced by W. L.
Fountain of the Department of
Motor Vehicles. All parties con-
-cerned, in both Sampson and Du
plin counties, piease note tne ioi
lowing schedule. i. : r
For Duplin County: White pros
pective This Friday, August
15th. flint o-ctocK a. m. ax ine iw
plln county garage. t v
Negro Prospectivet 'Next Mon
ddy, August 18th, Nina o'clock
a. m., also at the Duplin county
garage. '
All Road Training will begin
promptly each morning at nine
0'clooc. ,
William L FounUin, Field
Representative
Highway Safety Division, r
Dallas Jones, Jr.
Makes Second Trip
To Korean Waters
Dallas Jones, Jr., an Airman Sea
man aboard the Carrier Bon
Homme Richard recently made his
second trip to Korean waters. Dal
las drives one of the several trac
lra on the flight deck of the huge
Lanier, placing aircraft in a posi
tion for take-off. He stated that
he really enjoyed doing that type
of work.
Dallas was born at Magnolia,
North Carolina and his Mother and
Father are still living there. After
leaving school in Magnolia, Dallas
enlisted in the Navy and attended
his recruit training at the Great
Lakes. Shortly afterwards he was
assigned, duty to the famed carrier.
The local boy has made liber
ties several times in different parts
of Japan since his arrival to the
Far East and he said "I find the
country really interesting, espec
ially the rick-shaws and the high
wooden shoes the people wear."
Dallas went on to say that he had
no plans for marriage, yet, but that
he was thinking about it.
He should be home shortly after
the first of the year for several
day's leave and you can bet your
life he will have many, exciting
things to. tell his friends ahoatt
his trip to the Orient, but he would
pjttbwfyWstfteTTSear aboufc-Mhg-nolia
and what's been going on
there since he left
14, JDuplin
Borrow
'Any Duplin farm - owner, farm
operator, tenant, or stockman who
has suffered substantial damage
due to a production disaster is eli
gible to receive an emergency or
disaster loan,' so stated A. M. Ben
ton, County Supervisor for Farm
ers Home Administration, today.
Government funds for disastsr
loans are available to farmers in
Duplin County since the entire
State of North Carolina has been
designated as a disaster area by
the United States Department of
Agriculture. This has been done
as a result of the prolonged drought
this summer.
These funds will be available in
this county mainly to meet annual
34 Duplin 4-H Members Return From
Camp After Week Cn Roanoke Island
Principal Wells Gives List Of Teachers
B , F. Grady And Outlaws Bridge
The B. F. Grady and Outlaw's
Bridge schools will open on August
20th, , at 8:30 a. m. Children en
titled to enter school ior the first
time must be 6 years old on or be
fore October 1st. Children to en
ter must have proper vaccinations
etc. as explained to parents at
the Pre-School Clinics last spring.
Very few changes will take place
in bus routes except as the drivers
have changed. - All children are
urged1 to be in school on the first
day so that they can be properly
enrolled and get I good start with
the other children. A child who
enters lata is handicapped. A few
here and - yonder will not be
through with. -green tobacco, but
this should not prove a hindrance
to the school, child. A short sched
ule will be observed for a few days
at the beginning.
- Some improvements have been
made to the building and grounds
during the summer. Lavoratories
and drinking fountains have been
installed In all rooms in the old
building. Grounds are being im
proved around the shop. The pow
er tools are being rewired and
grounded in shop. ,
The Lunchroom will open on
September 1st under the same
management The School Lunch
Program is both a service and an
educational facility in the B. F.i
Grady and Outlaw's Bridge schools
a functional part of the total school
program. Ivery child In our Dis
trict is to benefit from this pro
gram la study and practice oi
good wholesome eating naoiu as
well as get a well balanced lunch,
t.a n)miOj t'-w;....4r.i,.,,'.,,.,t.'
Endorsed by both Governor
Scott and Governor-elect Umstead,
Charles F. Carroll, 52-year old na
tive of Warsaw, and present sup
erintendent of schools atHigh
Point, seems to need only approval
of the State Democratic Executive
Committee to become the State's
new superintendent of education.
The State committee meets Au
gust 20th to name a candidate and
Carroll has been virtually assured
of the place.
Both the retiring and incoming
governors of North Carolina are
agreed that Carroll Is the best suc
cessor for the late Dr. Clyde A.
Erwin, who died of a heart seiz
ure in Raleigh 19, after 18 years
in office.
Carroll, who received his early
education in Warsaw public schools
before attending Trinity Park
School and Trinity College, now
Duke University, has not sought
the post. His present job pays
more than $11,000 a year, whereas
the state job at present has a salary
of only $7,500, which will be raised
to $9,000 January 1.
Governor Scott told a recent
press conference that Carroll wants
to wait for , committee approval
within the next week or ten days.
Hence the governor said he has
withheld any temporary aippolnt-
kment which would be effective un
til the November election. Governor-elect
Umstead - a.t the same
time highly endorsed Carroll at
Durham. t
Carroll has taught in many' com
munities of the state, in Stanly,
Carteret Pender and Swain coun-
Ulea holding yrlftU pXlhdpalshms
ana superinienaMer-'cmce ,.?
started teacmng m'lszu ne weni
toUigh- Point initefr ' J,Tiv
The Duplin Times early endorsed
Carroll for the post as did Supt- of
Duplin Schools, O. P. Johnson.
Farmers
$70,000
operating expenses including pur
chase of food, seed, fertilizers, in
secticides, tuei ioi- tractors, and
other essential f-a and home ex
penses. They nut Also be used for
the purchase oi Restock. Farm
ers should remember that they
must have suffered considerable
crop or livestofk losses to be eligi
ble. 4a
For complete information and
assistance contact the FarnKis
Home Administration Office locat
ed over the bank in Warsaw. Hours
are from. 8:00 a. m. to 9:00 p. m,
Monday through Friday. The FHA
personnel will be glad to help yoj
and work: with you.
The Athletic1 program of the
school Is expected to be stepped
up during the school year under
Coach Johnson who has had suc
cessful experiences as a basketball
coach.
-Faculty 1952-53
First Grade Effie Outlaw and
Clovadel Montgomery:
Second Grade Mary Stroud and
Katie Rowejl.
3 Grade, Nina M. Garner and
Mrs. Wade Allison. z
4 Grade, Mamie Fordham and
Henrietta Grady.
5 Grade, Louise H. Wells and
Ruth B. Faulkener.
6 Grade, Mrs. Norman Pickett,
and Hazel Ruth Kornegay.
7 Grade, Mrs. Ellis Vestal and
Bessie Kornegay.
8 Grade, A. H. Braswell and Em
ily R. Fields. - Special, Edgar Wells.
9 Grade, E. M. Sills and Mrs. A.
H. Braswell. .
10 Grade, Mary A, Grady, and
Lillian H. Swain.
11 Grade, Alice Davis
12 Grade, David James Johnson.
Agriculture, N. A. Morrison.
Home Ec, Thelma DUday. '
Principal, H. M. Wells, v; j S
Outlaw's Bridge --P -
Principal, G. G. Lewis Outlaw,
IPrimery, SalMe Outlaw.' 'V,-;-
G. Q-, Lucy O. Smith. .-. - n: ';;
During (he Battle of Bunker Hill
in 177$ the SriticH burned -tfw
Charleatown section of Boston. In
the first house rebuilt after-the
fire was born, 1$ years later, Sam
uel F. B. Morse, Inventor of the
te!Tk, . .. ,
Since last October 14 Duplin
County farmers have taken advan
tage of loans from the U. S. Agri
culture Department's farmers
home administration of the tune
of $70,000 either to build new
homes or to make repairs.
This was disclosed by Arthur M.
Benton of Warsaw, administration
representative for this area, in an
announcement sayirg that farm
housing credit controls have been
changed slightly to permit larger
loans for construction or repairs
costing more than $2,500.
Modification of the credit con
trols is intended to bring them into
line with recent revisions of what
is termed "new regulation X", ac
cording to the government man.
Benton said 'the changes per
mit the agency to make larger loans
than could be made under the
regulation in effect since last Oc
tober. He said relaxation of the regu
lation applies only to dwelling con
struction loans from both farm
housing and farm ownership funds.
"The amount the farmer can
borrow," said Benton, "varies with
the transaction price of the house.
The transaction price includes the
estimated cost of the proposed con
struction plus an allowance of five
per cent for the land on which a
new house is to be built.
"For veterans, credit provisions
are somewhat more liberal than for
other farmers,
Benton explained further:
If the transaction price is be
tween $2,500 and $7,001, a veter
an may borrow up to 100 per cent
of the cost of he house construc
tion. A non-veteran can borrow
up to 95 per cent of the transaction
price. The maximum percentage
ttiat can be borrowed gradually
goes downward for loans larger
than $7,001. At "all levels h
amount that can be borrowed -is
larger under the new regulations
than under the old.
' For example, a house that costs
$8,000 to build has a transaction
price of $8,400. To construct this
house a veteran can now borrow
$7,980. Under former restrictions
he could borrow $7,896. A farm
er who is not a veteran can borrow
$7,350. Formerly he could borrow
$7,140.
No major changes were made in
the time allowed for repayment.
Housing loans of more than $2,500
but no more than $12,500, have a
maximum repayment period of 25
years. Larger loans must be amor
tized in 20 years. However, under
the revised regulations veterans
may be allowed a longer period if a
shorter amortization would cause
hardships. Interest rate on all hou
sing loans is four per cent.
In spite of limited fund6 and
credit restrictions, the farm hous
ing program which began when the
Housing Act of 1949 was passed, '
allows farm owners without ade
quate credit sources to borrow to
construct, repair, or replace farm,
dwellings or other farm buildings.
The farm owner can use this credit
for his own farm housing needs or
those of his tenant's.
wiffhtv.four (84) tired but very-
happy 4-H Club members returned
to Duplin County las'. Saturday af
ternoon, after having spent a week
camping with New Hanover 4-H
Club Members at Roanoke Island
4-H Camp at Manteo, N. C.
This year's 4H camp was one of
the best yet. Not only was the at
tendance better than usual, but the
camp activities were better than
ever. Each day's activities began,
with flag raising at 7:15 A. M..
followed by a very good breakfast
at 7:30. After breakfast, each per
son joined his particular group
(Head, Hands, Heart, or Health
Group) and cleaned the building
and grounds. When all the duties
were performed, each group went
to classes until lunch time.
The classes were divided Into,
four periods: handicrafts, elec
tricity, recreation and swimming.
. In handicraft class each 4-Her-made
a pair of . book ends from;
beautiful walnut wood grown ia
North Carolina.
When the time came for elec
tricity class, each person learned
what to do in case of a blown
fuse, how to operate small electri
cal appliances, how to make an
extension cord, and how to make
a table lamp. ' ' ,
Recreation class was a favorite
among the boys and girls. Durlnr
this class period everybody got a
partner and learned to dance many
folk dances and to square dance.
When the boys and girls became
weary of dancing, everyone was
seated and enjoyed singing togeth- .
.,-. ' .- ;
. Swimming clas proved very
refreshing after three forty-five
minute periods of Handicraft Elec
tricity, and Recreation.: In this
class many youngsters learned to
swim for the first time.
- After a good lunch and qui t
period; soft ball, volley ball, hore
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