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TZZ I i t o 1 , - . x i . i ... i.J, t .1 )uj t, wu'.J k J. It U f l e ' ? e ; " n't,''U v -t is cr a l 1 jlne n 1 t, eel a i Joo far . aa annual innee. 'i Ui In varloui V) - i i j t i v ...h mu. t be f jiii 1 by Ue constable else t B ? " '3 1 1 and rT hilttiMuia tnaniiaolart will K. mM m.. i It Ib , .Urj l.e tl.is: o a. i:.u C ' "a cf t a Town ot I"ount Vernon, In tne Cw'ji.fi: ... ec.aita.teorldlne, crriNQS: tl t. b ... of tLe L.uie ot limine, jroir are hereby required to -"Cjr i wm inhabitants of the Town of lit Vernon, In said Com 7, f .,' d fcr law to vote In Town attain, to meet at the Mt W a l Vjv a Hall, in tald Town, on Monday, the lit day of March, " AJX 1 ft f ' t o'clock la the forenoon, then and there to act of thexV-Iowu ?a. X to wit: :.' :, - r Article 1. o c ;ooe a i?pderator to preside at Said rneetlnf. Upon the c'.olce of t'.o moderator depend how the meeting will ..be eon." I"a muft know all the people In the town, must be i uElcten. j fiimllur wi:.i Roberts Rule of Order to be able to conduct . the meeting properly. Anything he does not strictly according to rules of procedure will be swKJy noted and loudly condemned. He must be a good psychologist, and must exercise proper tact And he must often be peacemaker , trying to smooth ruffled tempers, to bring ; soma agreement between the warring factions ot the town, to cut off debate when It strays too far from the point or when It threatens to become a knock-down fight between traditional enemies - as it does ! occasionally; -:': '.' ,? ;f4:'' X-.:::': fW';;;.;;;.;;; - After jthe moderator has been chosen and been sworn into office, the polls are open until noonTo elect all necessary officers for the ensuing year, the selection who are also the assessors and overseers " ox the poor, the tax collector, treasurer, town clerk, road commissioner and the school committee. The polls remain open until noon, the votes are counted and then the fun begins, - .. Usually there Is little contest tor .the offices of the town. There are too many headaches and too much criticism. There are seldom political parties as such In a town, but there are factions and divisions who represent greater differences than any political party ever does. The sad truth is that few. of the voters ever consider the good ot the whole town but only their section. They want good roads in front of their own farms, let the rest of the town get stuck in the mud. It's no concern of theirs. Only In one point is there harmony. The appro- .. prunums must oe Kept aown, taxes are already much too high. ' BY eleven o'clock the old town house Is crowded. The benches that i , once served some ot the schools which have been closed are filled. ' It la a soda occasion as well as .a. civic one., You see people you . "-haven't eea since the last annual meeting. Many of the women have brought their knitting-: Small groups of the voters are gathered In various corners discussing the town report asking why there Is an 1 overdraft In this or that account demanding to know why the money that was raised and appropriated for the Belgrade road wasat spent ; KBj Of the peopla Interested In seeing that an article in the warrant ; It passed go around talking up the Issue, lining up voters for their aide of a uaetioo.v:g;.; V- '.", -..:."-;- -'. " " " '.'v-" .' ::' ' ' - j'-r-. .',''''' :"'''iL'"- ' . .. In one corner several of the women serving hot dogs and coffee ' and homo made doughnuts. Some families have brought picnic basket. In some towns one ot the organisations serves a baked' bean ' dinner with salads and hot rolls and all kinds of pies. But there la no room In our town house. By one o'clock there Isnt even standing ' room. Now there are places In town that would accomodate all the people comfortably, where a hot dinner could be served in a dlnina room below the auditorium, where all the ears could 'be parked and ven the horses stabled. But these places are la the village not in the geofrnhlca center of town. And the people in East Mt Vernon have ' Ho i. . .." ion of conceding a mile of their rights - Besides town meet- mrs fcava always been held here In this old ramshackle building and r ' ' will be until it falls, come hell or high water. It t that spirit ot what was good enough for my grandfather Is 7 ' good enough for the town today that makes the town meeting such'1 v an anachronism. Progress ot any kind that calls for a change Is view "' - ( ed as hostiiely as communism. Acceptance of state aid for any pro- ' ject Is hard to take, and as for federal aid, why that is sheer heresy. ' 1 Even help tor the backward schools, schools whose physical faculties mUT-it have been up to date a hundred years ago, is shouted down. ; Although some of the voters may point out the tact that the town ' people pay axes to the government to the state, most ot the people feel as one independent old patriarch who has been voting and pay. , tag taxes for some 'seventy-five year. ::,0X yyV.y: Jji It's come to a sorry pass when a town has to accept help to educate tr young people. It we cant afford to build a school, we wont go into debt for one, and we wont take charity from Washington either. O We're too jIom to the pork barrell already- , . i, . ' J5e got loud appUuse, too, and the Issue was voted down.. And the " itowa wflI eohttoue to have one room schools, three grades to the -room, with, outdoor toileta, Only the tact that the minimum salary for , teachers' in the state Is fixed bv law makes it nnadhu tnr oi.' ' - eke out k mMgcr m ' s loo am ousuess arter luncn u ever and the result of the balloting h ).' toaoimced Is contained hV Article , to consider and act ;n o umceri reports. And this can start lively and aerimoo f ; lout debateV The taxes are high and the seonle want to know wh.r. overy cent of that money went and why. They want to know Who a" mm mm camnrace auuioruy to taxe a town school bus out ot l.town tor repairs. It the repairs were to be so high, they should have called a special town meeting- firat to determine the will of the voters - ' ". before they assumed any such obligation. Most definitely they want a , obreak down ot the town poor accounts, who received help, how much .' "help they got, why couldnt they live on their old age pension. . "As tor the road commissioner's report why that money he spent . on the Rat .Mill road might just as well have een poured down a -t hole." Laughter at this great wit" What in hell did it all amount .to? That gravel he used waant nothing but loam, darned poor loam at . . - .i . ...y and mud seja Ui t utei." , ' - . J -L-.S. fceea rnada, some cooler person ! . t be accented, and it usually is. And the -town ;i i l a xmxX erticle, "To fix the pay of the Selectmen, C-j, : i fur labor on Summer and Winter Roads, including " trucLa, tactors, bulldozers and teams." :, . v:?'-i' .,',-...,;';ci . ; . -f :;nes tills caa be fixed at once and passed as the same as last yer, Lwever, If there is more than usual discontent there Will be !. r i r-eeches about how the officers didnt earn their money, weren't ' w- ..i half of what they were paid. The Chairman of the Board of . --ctnen on whose shoulders falls the keeping of the town books, making arrangements for all the roads in repair or being built make the huge sum of six hundred dollars a year. Each ot the others makes ... two hundred dollars. A month each spring must bo spent In assessing. There is another month required for the town books and other bus!. ness. The members must attend regular bi-monthly meetings to . make out the town payrolls. It Is really a tabor of love for which there 1 isTieifter gratitude nor financial reward. V;--iA-.-.i T-7'-&ft, ; The sum of money the Town votes to raise and appropriate for ; roads and ohfw'. nd Muhi i... ------ - ..- ko.ic suorauy won we : seiec. nea Kooauuiad;. Some years when there has been unusually , storey wlatur, tUe amount tot snow removal will prove woefully in adequate. But snow removal to a large part of the road expense. Then there la an article about buying new snow fences which brings , forth remarks about caring, for that snow fence the town already owns, ought to be put under cover, hot left out to rot or have some one use for pasture fence. "'-A h-'i- .i.rs -V-- ; . K . :r. , .' Many ot the articles that ought to. pass are 'passed over, that Is not voted on because no one speaks for them,, or because the real Issue becomes obscure when too many try to speak. It J especially bad when an outlaader rises Irrdefense of a worthy appropriation. Now an outlander doesn't mean someone who has no right to vote at an. It la merely a newcomer, someone who has moved to town within the last thirty years or so and hasn't been tried by enough rugged Maine winters to prove hi, Judgement Nq matter how eloquent or how logical hi words may ba, the voters arent Impressed, and are often resentful Few, ideas are listened to but not respected. And If a group of new citizens especially those from out of the state happen to, want their road Improved, they'd better keep their mouths shut Und get an old resident to speak for them.:xlv.;V-v- vjpt You may feel bewildered when owa meeting Is over. You know In your heart that It is a way of life thai doesnt exist anymore. It Isat realistic the people live in the past That la all true! But when : you have lived with them long enough you may begin to understand " part of their fierce pride In their independence. After all if the farm hey llve.o we wrested from the wilderness by their great-great grandfathers, they may not Want it changed. They like their way of life and they Intend to keep it They are people and they speak. No one u Washington Is going to tell them how to run their schools or their business or their town. It Is the reat voice of democracy. - ' , r HELEN CALDWELL CUSHMAN - - t w J J. J ,rilUi Li ; zi Me:nsrjore!oney Those hardfto-xeLaVorth Carolina No. i variety peanut seed will pay the farmer for his time spent search ing, according to Robert Andrews, farmer of Williamston. Route 8. i R- McK. Edwards, -Martin County Negro farm agent for the' Agricul tural Extension Service, says An drews, who planted two acres ot the new variety last spring, made $133 per acre -extra- for the new seed. Early last year When Andrews de- ciaea w grow some ox tne new- variety, be selected a four-acre field that was considered "fair" peanut land. He took soil samples and fol lowed the' fertilizer recommendations.- Two acres were planted in Vir ginia Bunch type nuts; and two acres were planted In the new N. C No. 2 variety. The entire four acres was fertilized cultivated alike. Prac tically no difference was noticed in I tne growth of the two varieties. The difference was shown where - it means most to. the farmer - in dollars and cents. The Virginia Bunch type produc ed 1,400 pounds per acre, while the N. C. No. 28 produced 1,800 pounds per acre. The Virginia Bunch sold for fll.00 per hundred. The grade on the N. Q. No. 2's was $13.88 per hundred. At the regular - market price, the N. C. No. peanuts would nave orougnt Andrews fsnja per acre more than his regular peanuts. However, he booked, all of them for seed and will bring $8 more per nunareq or, an additional $133 per acre.-':.'-' -, -:.;. Based on the regular' market price, Andrew received $973 for the $18 spent for the seed peanut. in aaaiuoa to making mora on his regular peanuts, Andrews en tered two exhibits ia the State Fair winning first and second prizes and a cash award of $17.90. Sfafe Accepts Four tlstional 4-11 Award Programs For 1954: The State Club office has accept ed four national 4-H. awards pro grams for participation of members In 1954, the National Committee on Boys and Girls Club work has an nounced. The programs are Garden, Clothing Achievement Poultry, and Tractor Maintenance, in. the last three of which awards have been changed." " In the 4H Clothing program, four (formerly one) gold-filled medals of honor will be provided winners in qualifying counties by the awards Wilmington. Senator Alton Len- non said tonight that recent events have shown the need to change the committee rules, of the Senate to stop "one-man rule" that, is produc ing bitterness and the current Mc Carthy headline parade,' Ee reminded a crowd of Southern North Carolina citizens at dedica tion' ceremonies for the "new Third District highway shops that he an nounced on the first day as Sen ator on last July 18 that he would be willing to serve on the sub committee which Is headed by Sen ator McCarthy la an effort to bring "fairness, and order to its hear ings." . ' Senator Lennon repeated his sug gestions to improve the investiga tions to eliminate communism, cor ruption and Inefficiency in govern ment They are: v. Atr I. The committee rules should be changed o. prohibit the holding of one-man Investigating committee t t The. accused should have the right to have counsel of hit own choice present to cross-examine the accusers.t'.1.';i':;;;;:''v- 'Jftfr, . ; ; -- $. The rules should be changed to 1 require' at' least two 'members of the majority party and at least one member of the minority party member ot the committee present before a tearing- could be held, 4. Creatloa " of a ioiat Seaate House Committee responsible for eliminating subversives rather than the present lystem of several com mitteeS. 4; 3 v;:V'. ; .!-'-"' ,- ,. Senator Lennon also discussed his position or other- national leglsla tloa, Including his request for a re duction la Federal income and ex cise taxes. He praised the spirit of cooperation and loyalty the people of the Cape Fear country are show ing in achieving their goals, - donor. Coats A Clark. Inc. As in the past the state winner will receive an all-expense trip to the National 4-H Club Congress In Chicago. Also, 13 state winners selected for' na tional awards will each receive $300.00-collega scholarship. Instead of five sterling silver medal awards to county -winners ia the 4-H Poultry program, four gold-filled medals will be provided this year by the Tractor and Imple ment Division, Ford Motor Co. A- wards of an all -expense trip to the National 4-H Club Congress in Chi cago for state winners, and $300.00 college scholarship to ten national winners remain unchanged, i,:,. In . the 4-H Tractor Maintenance program, the American Oil Co. will provide four gold-filled'' instead of sterling silver medal of honor as county awards. The state winner will receive an all-expense trip to the National 4-H Club Congress, as Heretofore. The national awards, however, have been Increased from eight to 12 $300.00 college scholar ships. '.: Awards in the 4-H Garden pro gram; Which are provided by Allia Chalmers, remain the same as last year - four gold-filled medals of honor, an all-expense trip to the National 4-H Club Congress, and eight $300.30 college scholarships, to county, state and national winners, respectively. All these national 4-H programs are supervised by the Cooperative Extension Service. : 'Oscar' Songs NBC singing star Dinah Shore will pay tribute to the forthcoming Mo tion Picture Academy Awards when she sings the five songs nominated for an Oscar on her NBC-TV pro gram of Thursday, March 11 (7:30 ' 7:45 p.m., EST). Accompanied by Vic Schoen and his orchestra, Dinah 'will offer "That's Amore" from the movie The Caddy"; "The Moon Is Blue" from the picture of the asme name; My Flaming Heart" from "Small Town Girl";: "Secret Love" from "Calamity Jane," and the "Sadie Thompson Song" from "Miss Sadie Thompson." 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