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VOLUME XXV
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, KENANSVDLLE, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY FEBRUARY, 27 1958.
ftJBSCBIPTION RATES: 3.M per w ta DnpUn and djotnlnc
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tf TEN CENTS
' BuUdogis Cop Duplin Co.
' Cage Crown
Thfe Wallace-Rose HiQ Bulldogs
.resorted to control basketball In
Jthe tlnal stages to defeat BeulaviUe
High and Win the County Tourna
ment Saturday night 44-38. Woody
Smith hit for 16 points to led the
' ' Bulldogs to victory, and Buddy Mer
cer taUied 12 for the Panthers. The
Bulldogs (' grabbed a 15-10 .first
periJ lead, but saw that cut to 20
18 at halftime. Beulavllle closed to
within four . points once in the
x fourth period. ,
"BOYS: Wallace-Rose Hill (44)
; Mills 9, HorreU , Smith 18, Piner 6,
Fussell 4. Fields 1 Jackson. Beula
vllle (38) Craft 0 Hunter 4, B.
Thomas 5, Mercer 12, Bratcher 8,
J. Thomas, Qulnn.
' Chinquapin Girls Win
The Chinquapin girls edged the
Wallace-Rose Hill sextet 72-68 to
win the girls, championship in the
county. Myrna, Lanier dumped in'
57 points to pace the Chinquapin
girls to the championship, but the
winners had to hold off a desperate
last period rally to win. Laurie
Murray tallied 47 points to lead the,
Lady Bulldogs. -
GIRLS: Chinquapin (72) Lanier
57. Bryan 8. Padrick 7. Mobley,
James, Gurganus. Wallace-Rose Hill
(68) Carr 6 Wells 12, Murray 47,
Reaves, Dempsey, Johnson, Mefritt
1, Hufham 2.
Turkey Slipper
JKH Schoor
The ' James Kenan High School
is serving a turkey supper at their
school on Friday evening, eoruary
28 from 8:30 through 7:30. nates
are to be sold by ticket only. A
dults $155 and children under
twelve 75c. . '
Thp proceeds from this supper
are to be used for paying on the
$1,000 debt. Incurred for eauip
Support your scnooi aim mm
your friends at the supper.
Support The Heart
Fund Drive In Duplin
IS
Pre-school Clinic Begins March 3
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$'H Salute lo Per ants
Pre-school clinics will start early
In March. Will all Beginner's be
ready for school next fall? It is
of the utmost importance that each
child be physically fit to enter
school. Often times they may be
;" suffering from causes and defects
that are not noticeable except to
'physician, therefore, they should
liave a physical examination by a
physician.
I The time to do this is now, before
they start to school. Have your
child examined, and then act on
.-' the advice of the physician.
' ' Meetings for the physical exam
ination of children who will enter
ft. fhr thn; first time will lbe
? held at the following schools as de
icrnated:
' Warsaw (C) ... .March 3 9:00 ajn.
KenensvUle(C) .March 4 9:00 a.m.
Beulavllle W) X. March 8 9:00 ajn.
' -Pittn-a HUlfW)-March 8 1:00 tun.
Falsoh W) . ,March 7 , :w a.m
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The 2nd; 3rd and 4th week sche
dule will be run in next week's
paper. '
We urge parents to bring child
ren to the Duplin Co. Health Dept.
for these vaccinations or go to the
family physician for same. If you
come to the Health Dept., come
Monday or Friday.
Holds I
ytnap
Log Rolling Asso.
v..mt Ti( held at
I Bethaitf ClUpTei Jtf .Gander's Fork
I t wirinnintf Sunday! March 9,
, VJ SerelfclH begin a 7:30 each
1 anight f.-ThHfuest minister will be
,j the RaVWalter H. Goodman, pas-
' i RAiilnvllle Presbyterian
. I Church. He will be assisted by the
' Rev. Reid H. Erwin, pastor of Be
- j 4 thel Presbyterian Church, of which
" I Bthays Is an' outpost Everyone is
i t. cordially. Invited to attend t these
For the first time Magnolia will
be host to the officers of the Cape
Fear Log Rolling Association at a
special dinner meeting to be held
in the Cottage Grill Monday night,
March 3, -at 7:00 o'clock, it was an,
nounced today by C. Dixon Brlsson,
president, of Dublin, N. C.
rf..fam.l ffiiMfaV Airnected to be
$reSeht : for thU ery imp5ait
dinner hieetinng wiu be ur. wm.
Howard Carter, of Goldsboro, Head
of Consul of the 340 Woodmen of
the World camps of this State, and
Hiram A. Melvin, of Kinston, State
Manager of East North Carolina
All officers of the Log Rolling
are expected to oe present. ,.
At this meeting plans wlU be
made for the spring session of the
Loe Rolling Association .and it is
expected that a secretary and as
sistant secretary will bv appointed
to complete the list of olflcers f
this Log Rolling, which consists
of W. O. W. camps In eight south
eastern North: Carolina counties.
This is "the last week of theHeart
TVlv. Cnuntv, Chairman, Mrs. U.
V. Gnndinff states. She urges every.
one in Duplin who has not had the
oDuortunity to contribute to this
worthwhile cause to get in touch
with your community chairman or
mail your check to bounty jrea
surer. Mr Philip Kretsch.
Mrs. Gooding says that sne nas
had excellent cooperation from the
various chairmen, and appeals, to
each individual to give your money
and- support to the Heart Drive
Fund. Community chairmen are as
follows: Kenansville Mr. cnar
ley Stephens, BeulaviUe James
Miller; Chinquapin Mrs. Leon
Shivar; Wallace Mrs. John Po
wers;' Teachey Mrs. Edgar Wells;
Hose Hill Mrs. L. B. Brummit;
Magnolia Corbett Quinn; Warsaw
Joe Costin; Bowden H. A.
Parker and Mrs. Robert Smith, co
chairman; Faison A. F. Rector;
Calypso Mrs Owen Sutton; B.
F. Gradv Mrs. Earl Fairies, Jr.;
Outlaw's Bridge Mrs. Lois Sut
ton.
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nation At. v -" " - ' Vi . til A
club, witx t f r 1 if 0 'WQQ
4-H dub work Is conducted by the Extension Service of each
Mate agricultural college or nnWeriity in cooperation with the
U.S. Department of Agriculture. This official Club Week porter
is provided through the courtesy of Coats and Clark, Inc., New
York.
-H Club Week Pays Tribute To Parents
l his Year; Help Develop Their Children
Hester Approached
To Oppose Miller
David S. Weaver Receives
Service To Agriculture Award In 1958
" A man whose greatest ambition
la, "to relieve human drudgery" was
honored in Raleigh recently by a
Distinguished Service to Agricul
ture Award presented by the North
: Carolina Farm Bureau Federation.
David S. Weaver, director of the
' North Carolina Agricultural Exten-
' sion Service received the award
during recognition ceremonies held
In connection with the Federation's
annual meeting.
. Weaver was cited for bii drama
ticT leadership in helping develop
North Carolina agriculture, and his
untiring effort to eliminate drud
erv from farm living, by A. C.
Edwards, executive ; vice-president
North Carolina Farm Bureau Fed-
v i X lie ocrvivc nww f-
annually to totuviauis j ior service
rendered to agriculture . and farm
people beyond the eaU of luty' in
North Carolina as a pan - or s
program of public recognition for
service to agriculture. ;
Weaver's service to Nerfh Caro?
Una beean in 1923 when he joined
'the staff at North Carolina State
as an associate i professor oi agri
cultural engineering. Between , that
time and becoming head' of the Ag
ricultural Extension Department in
. 1938. ha conducted the first State
wide rural electrification survey.
This survey became telling evidence
that helped convince President Ro
osevelt and Coiigress of the need
for rural electricity, and led to the
establishment of the Rural Electri
fication Administration- -
In 1948, he was appointed assis
tant director of the Extension Ser
vice, and In 1950 was named direc
tor. He heads a staff of more than
farm and home agents who work
form and home agepts who work
directly with farn paopto
His dramatic leadership and the
work of the extension service has
' en importer t factor tit: he. pro
;s cf I tlx Carolina agriculture,
i "'v ti r;'a Colvard.
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dlina Agriculturae" . by ' the Pro
gressive Farmer,' and 1 1937; IV
veived .the U, S- Department, of
Agriculture's coveted Superior ber
vlrn Award.' r ' .lil.J-iIJ-p
- Weaver is a native of Ohio and
attended Ohio State university ior
hi- RS Decree 'in Agriculture. He
went to Mississippi A, and M. CoU
lege as a graduate student and.inr
structor", In ' agricultural engineer
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He has served as Chairman of
the State Soil ConvejsatloaJZom-
mittee chairmatt of state cotton
promotion' committee!' chairman of
a state ' Rural Development . Com
mittee; chairman of North Carolina
Board of 'Farm Organizations and
Agencies," Secretary, Worth Caro
Una Rural Electriiication Amnonty,
member, state Advisory' Committee
on Water Resource-Use Commiss
ion; member of North .Carolina, W
rai wenaDUHBwon cofuivrw.'
He is married to'tha'formef Ger
trude Marie Brickmaft They have
three children :
Presentation of the Distinguished
Service " Award highlighted the
Farm , Bureau recognition program
which also hbnored county Farm
Bureau1 units. , I
Duplin County politics are pick
ing up. '
It was learned this week that a
ernun of Duplin citizens have ap
proached C. C. Hester, of Kenana
vUle, to run for Sheriff of Duplin
Hester. ' Justice of Peace, said
today that he has been approached
but no definite decision has bee
made.
Until the news broke concerning
Hester, no one had been mentioned
as an opponent of Kaipn Miuer,
current sheriff. Miller was appoint
ed May , 1952 to fill the unexpired
ternfof Ralph Jones He was elect
ed to a four-year term in May, 1964.
In the last election he carried every
precinct in the County.
Phil Kretsch
Presides At
Bankers' Meet
Piil Kretsch, chairman of Group
Three of North '.-'.Carolina Bankers
Association, presided at the Group
Three-banquet and convention last
Thursday -njght in Hotel uoias
bora.
Knfaert F. Clogfelter. with the
Trust Department of Wachovia
Bank apd Trust Co., Winston-Salem,
was .principal speaker. .
Group Three of the Association Is
composed of 49 JBenks. Approxima
tely. 325, banker employees, their
wives, husband or sweethearts, at
tended' the convention. 1
Kretsch is manager,of Waccamaw
Bank and Trust Co. K.enansviue.
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During Naational 4-H Club Week,
March 1 through 8, boys and girls
throughout America are paying tri
bute to their parents, without wnom
the 4-H program could not be a suc
cess.
The theme of this year s national
observance is "4-H Salute to pa
rents." Few, If any, common de
nominator are as universal as the
disire of parents to offer their chil
dren a better world and a better
chance for gdecess than they enjoy
ed themselves. From the beginning,
4-H Club work has been establish
ed as a family affair. There are two
basic advantages for having a -ti
Salute to Parents."
Countless parents give to club
work, often: very generoWly-riM
time, effort, and resources. Theyr
realize that their children are lear
ning Important things under the
leadership of competent and dedi
cated persons. This, coupled with
whatever recognition their young
sters can give a pleasant glow of
pride and a feeling that worth
while activities are available in
their communities.
Parents of North Carolina 4-H
Club members, as well as 4-H pa-
ronts over the nation. welcome
their youngsters' projects as ac
tivities around which they can
bulid companionship and learn to
communicate and understand each
other.
For others. 4-H Club work be
comes a medium for widening one's
circle of friends and learning of the
interests of other people as they
Darticioate in special activities plan
ned for parents. There is the grat
ification which comes from know
ing one is part of a nationally- re
cognized youth activity with a long
nd -prowl hfStsTy. '
One of the benefits lor.parenxs
from 4-H Club work is that they
earn new experience in learning
from their children as they bring
home ideas and knowledge which
can and do contribute to a greater
sense of well-being in the family.
Potters Hill
Completes Club
Organization
Potters Hill Community organi
zation met Tuesday night, February
25 at Ellis Turner's packhouse. At
this meeting the club completed
this organization, appointing a you
th committee composed of Mrs.
Lloyd White, Mrs. Alice Thigpen,
and Earnest Quinn; a Program
Committee: Reaford Quinn, Mrs.
Javan Quinn and Willard Price;
An Agriculture Committee: Brew
ster Turner; Percey Hall, Kirby
Thigpen; A Home Improvement:
Mrs. -Louise Turner. Mrs. Alice
Hall, Mrs. Loraine Worley and Ellis
Turner.
The club voted to start mail box
improvement as their first project.
Tbey also plan a Home Beautifi
cation demonstration Tuesday
Night, March 10 to be held by Mrs.
Jean Hui, Assistant Home Demon
stration Agent.
The regular meetings will be held
each Tuesday night following the
4th Sunday with the board of di
rectors meeting each first Tuesday
niirht. All white citizens of the
Community are invited ta attend
these meetings.
Children's Dental
Study Group Form
Judge Henry Grody Pies
Sun; Served Atony Years
As Superior Court Judge
Judge , Henry Alexander d, 86 , Demo
a memoer oi me -. . " ,m,
7 .. . .non v,nmo K tmin lor lour yean. ""v-
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Dallas Herring Presides Over Panel
Discussion Mon. At James Kenan School
Duplin County Citizens' Commit
tee and the School Board Associa
tion met In a special meeting Mon
day night at James Kenan' high
school, near Kenansville.
Jam; ., Kei;an is the rewest con
solidated high school fa, ,w Duplin
County with Warsaw, Magnolia and
Kenansville high schools combin
ing.
A. P. Cates. chairman or tne
County Board of Education, talked
to'-the group about improvements
which have been made and which
are needed to provide better and
more adequate instruction for the
children of Duplin., EM also com
mented on the vatuff ' me xveuog
Foundation stui"''
ducted in Diip1 '
;h was con
v years ago.
Dallas Herring, Chairman of the
North Carolina State Board of
Education, of Rose, Hill, moderated
over a panel discussion, patternea
after '.I've Got A Secret", which
was centered around the school cir-
cullum and services
Members of the panel were: Miss
Mary Anna Grady, R. L. Pruitt, A.
P. Cates and H. M. Wells. Those
with secrets were Mrs. F. W. Mc-
Gowan, J. W. Newkirk, H. E.
Grubbs, Betty Lou Williams and
D. B. Teachey.
A film on Modern Physics de
picting experiments and science
teaching was shown The group
toured the building before the pro
gram began.
Tpn dentist from towns in Eas
tern North Carolina met Wed.
Night, Feb. 19, at the Kinston Ho
tel in Kinston N. C. to organize
a study group. The purpose of this
study group is "to enable dentsts
to provide better and more com
plete dental work for the children
in Eastern North Carolina". The
group will meet in a different town
each month.
At the next meeting they will
begin to spend six hours present
ing and discussing selected sub
jects related to childrens dentistry.
Aschedule of study will be work
ed out for a period of years, with
a yearly schedule to be worked out
in detail. ( .
The" next meeting Will be on
March 23rd at 2:00 p.m. in Mt. Olive
The dentist included in this group
are Dr. James Lee, Mt. Olive, Pres
ident; Dr. Zeno Edwards, Washing
ton, Vice President; Dr. Mett Aus
ley, Warsaw, Secretary-Treasurer;
Dr. Donald Hlnson, Kinston. Dr. R.
B. (Buck) Barden, Wilmington; Dr.
Ben Houston, Goldsboro; Dr. Tom
Fleming, Tarboro; Dr. Ledgard Rose,
Greenville; Dr. Lewis Lee, Wilson;
Dr. William Hand, New Bern
To help with organizing the
stuy group was Dr. Willie Deme
ritt the assistant Dean from the
School of Dentistry of North Caro
lina. Before the group broke up a
Drneram was given by Dr. Donald
Hinson showing some of the work
he has done for the children of
Kinston.
February 23.
Although Judge Grady officially
retired as judge of the Sixth Judic
ial District in 1939 under the State
Retirement Act, he was made em
ergency 'judge for life.
In his capacity as emergency ju
dge, he continued his busy judi
cial life and in 1952 and 1953 he
held more courts in the State than
any other Superior Court judge.
He was then in his early bus.
Of Irish decent, Judge Grady
was member of a family that set
tled in East Carolina in the early
1700's He was bom in Clinton on
Sept. 18, 1871, a son of the late
Benjamin F. Grady, former con
gressman from the Third District,
and Mary Bizzell Grady.
His was a colorful life that in
cluded, in his youth, secretarial
service to his congressman father
on the Geodetic Survey Commis
sion which surveyed the boundary
line between Alaska and British
Columbia.
In the courtroom his courage ov
erted mob violence in the trial of
Lany Newsome, a Wayne County
Negro, in 1927. And he always said
the most unusual murder trial he
ever presided over was that of a
Bruswick County moonshiner and
his son, Charles W. Stewart and
Elmer Stewart
The Stewarts were convicted of
the murder of two revenue offi
cers as they rode in a Ford. The
car was parked in front of the
courthouse on the day sentence
was imposed. As Judge Grady be
gan to read his death judgement,
the horn on the car began to Dlow
tor no apparent reason and no
one was able to stop it until the
battery ran down.
Judge Grady was educated at the
University of North Carolina and
Georgetown University. Me was
granted his' law license in Septemv
ber, 1900, and thereafter practiced
in Clinton. In 1905,he was elected
to the State Senate and served
one term.
From 1902 until he became judge
he was a member of the State
Judge Grady was active in ma
sonry and was past Grand Mas
ter of Masons in North Carolina. He
was also past master of Hiram Lod
ge In Clinton.
In his later years the Judge be
came an expert cabinet maker.
From his wellequipped workshop'
he turned out such items as grand
father clocks, yard chairs, kitchen,
cabinets and even beds. He also
built a small house on his property
near New Bern.
Judge Grady was married to
Annie Elizabeth Graham who died)
in 1935.
Surviving him are three sons,
Henry Grady, Jr and' Dr. Frank
lin M. Grady, both of New Bern,
and Graham M. Grady of Jack
sonville, Ala; two sisters, fflrs--Anna
Cowan of Atlanta, Ga., and!
Mrs. Eva Smallbones of Savannah,
Ga., four brothers, Benjamin Grady
of Washington, D. C, Stephen
Grady of Albertson, L. D. Grady of
Oliver Ga., and Franklin Grady of
Oakland Calif.
Funeral services were held irr
Clinton Tuesday at 3 p.m. from the
Clinton Presbyterian Church. The
Rev. M. C McQueen, pastor of
the church, and the Rev. J. Murphy
Smith of New Bern, officiated. Bu
rial followed in the Clinton Cemetery.
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Hosp
n Resigns as Duplin Co.
jnislratbr; Effective Soon
Making Plans
For Planting
Hospital Grounds
James Ken Jn
Boosters Club
Meets Feb. 27 :
The JK Booster Club' win meet
'at the Warsaw. School Lunchroom, I
Thursday night, February. 27, 1958
at 8:00 P. M. . jr- " i
Your presents will be greatly ap
preciated, as the following business
will come up . ".Vvi
- Election of officers for ibsh; , ,
An Athletic Field at James Kenan
High School; "Award : Night-whioh
will come off in April, Head Coach
Paul Amen o Wake Forest College
will be uest speaker v J. ', I
v .- mi. ii .' i ' ' ' "1. WP;'r
F "AH seed Irish'j)Otatoe8 'gold In
North" Carolina art certified to
protect the commercial grower
Acids that develop as leave ret
can corrode metal gutter-'
Tar Hell farmers should, line
their corn needs now. '
Ira Otis "Jim" WlHcersonS 'Jr,!
Hospital Administrator of 'Duplin
Generar Hospital, hat resigned his
position effective March 30, to ae
ept a position with State Agency
in aaleiffh. ' r fV
Wilkerson submitted his resigna
tion to le orown; cnaurowii vu
thp Board of Trustees, .Monday
night. : The Board has not met to
take any official action on the, rt-
signation.
Wilkerson came to Duplin County
as the ospital Armlnlstrator in
Mav. 1954. Prior toi that time, he
was Administrative Assistant at Rex
Hospital, in Raleigh, fonn ; 1950-54.
His administrative internship was
spent at Rex Hospital from ,1948-50.
"I hjVe enioyea my wors u uuy j
in County and have made aoma
close friends," he sakt. "But tola
ia better position, and I feel that
I would be doing wrong ftpr to ac
cept it." Wilkerson" declined to say
with what State Agency he would
be associated with but said K would
be similar work to what he Is cm
rently dolng.Mi,'-'r r'-''- -pM
Ha is a native of Person county
and- attended . public schools In
Greensboro, He ia a graduate of
Wake Forest CoUege with 'a BS.
He ia married to theformer Doris
Blznell. Of NeWtdTf Grove,
Wilkerson is a member of the
and on the Board of Stewards. He
is also a Mason.'
Liquor Still Is
Desl
' ast '
Nearwarsaw
;'A 50 gallon. liquor still was de
stroyed Monday about two miles
northeast of Warsaw.
The copper still was found and
destroyed by Deputy- Sheriff T. K.
Revelle.
No arrests were made.
If Winter Comes. Can Spring Be
Far Behind? With this idea in mind
Mrs. Edwin Ewers, landscape chair
man of the Duplin General Hospital
Womans Auxiliary, is making plans
to start planting on the grounds oi
the hospital, according to the land
scape plans, which are on file in
the Court House and at the hos
pital.
Garden club home demonstra
tion clubs, or other civic organiza
tions are invited to participate in
this jroject. A card, note or a call
to Mrs. Ewers, Warsaw N. C. will
Dlease her very much. By the way
garden clubs," you may earn credits
on your rating sheet.
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Warsaw Pre-
Clinic Mar.iO
: A nre-school clinic will be held in
la the old Warsaw High School
building in the auditorium at w a-m.
on Monday March 10th.
All children who will reach 8th
birthday on or before October 19,
1958 should 'attend this Clinic; $
Please secure ' pre-reglstration
forma from the principal W. J. lay-
Kenansville Lions CluVTe ia lor or be sure to oe at u
member of ,the l'ct' - t c urcnion w-u k
Rufus Elks Named
Duplin County ASC
Office Manager
Rufus Elks has been named mana
ger of the Duplin County ASC office
replacing Sam Brown, Jr. who re-
.. . thr.
signed tms ween, tu
position of office manager in Wayne
Cnuntv.
Elks, from Halifax County, has
served as manager of the Halifax
ASC for several years Prior to him
becoming office manager, he was
associated with the ASC office.
Elks will assume his duties Mon
day, according to Stacey Evans,
acting office manager. He is to
move his family to Kenansville
next week.
The new office manager was em
ployed by the Duplin County com
mittee composed of Thedforo nar
rell, chairman; Gordon Lanier, vice
chairman; and O. L. Holland.
In resigning his position in Dup
lin County, Brown said, "It is felt
that the change will be an improve
ment for me for several reasons.
I regret leaving when I think of
the united cooperation given me
from every quarter of the county.
It is my sincere hope that the
farmers, businessmen, ano agri
culture Agencies in the county will
continue to give my successor the
same unselfish, united cooperation.
North Carolina Has 2,613 Organized
4-H Clubs in State Serving Boys, Girls
North Carolina has 2,613 organiz
er 4-H Clubs with a total members
ship of 154,433 boys and girls, about
one out of every five farm boys and
girls eligible for membership. In
its program of -training iarm youm
in the Art of Living" - training in
economic, social, physical and spir
tual growth and development - 4-
H provides opportunities wrucn en
able boys ami girls to grow into
well informed and useful citizens,
better eaulpped to meet local sit
uations and to assume their places
of community and state leadership.
Las vear. North Carolina 4-H
members completed some 160,000
projects, the 4-H boys and girls ana
theii parents learned and put into
practice.;, approved, ; methods and
practles in agriculture ana nome
making. The 4-H Club program pro
ganized 4-H camp annually, a pro
gram providing supervised training
In recreation, leadership, nanai
craft, forestry, nature study, uie
saving, and citizenship - a privilege
many of them would not have ex-
cot for the 4-H camp program.
National 4-H Sunday Was observed
by the 4-H Clubs throughout the
state. Because of the many awards
offered to 4-H members by business
groups and individuals, a large
number of 4-H members receive
state and national scholarship a
wards provided through the 4-H
program.
The 4-H Club sponsors the Inter
national Farm YouthExchange pro
grom. North Carolina has participat
ed in the IFYB program since its
beginning and has received 45 de
legates from 27 foreign counties ana
vide opportunltiea Jor some. fl,0D0int 9 f-H membem to a. different
farm boys and girls to attend an or i-eouniriea. v. ,
THIS WEEK
In Washington
With
Clinton Davidson
Washington is able
to see just a hint of a
break this week in the
farm legislation dead-
i . , ., lock that has blocked
nearly all action by Congress for
more than three years.
We find encouragement for general
farm legislation this year in our talks
recently with high USDA officials,
congressmen and farm organization
leaders. They all agree on one thing;
something MUST be done soon.
Farm income took another drop
last year, down from $12.1 biilio.
in 1956 to $1 1.9 billion in 1957. More
than 300,000 farmers, faced with
rising costs and dwindling income,
'.old out and moved to cities last
voar.
"We cannot afford to stand idly
hy and permit the decline in our agri
cultural resources and the impoverish
ment of 20 million citizens who de
pend upon farming for a living,"
Rep. Harold Cooley, chairman of
the House Agriculture Committee,
told us.
Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft
Benson is equally emphatic that new
farm legislation is urgently needed ti
"correct a situation that certainly is
not improving." He is pressing Cotv-
gress to make changes this year.
President Eisenhower has beerr
promised that his 15-point revision of
present farm laws will be given care
ful consideration by Congress. Most
of it will be adopted, although key
-mints have aroused adamant oppo
sition. The glimmer of light in prediction
of a dark future for farm legislation,
is agreement by both the House andi
Senate agriculture committees to
hold extensive hearings in hopes of
developing an omnibus farm bin inr
lime for action at this session Of
Congress.
Hopes for a major revision in price
support and production control legis
lation rest on the still remote possi
bility that a compromise between
conflict in Capitol Hill and
L'SDA views can be reached. Neither
side has offered to compromise, but
both tell us they are prepared to
make concessions.
Here, as Congress swings into the
third month of farm debate, is how,
we size up the probable outcome orJ
farm legislation at this session:
The billion and a half dollar export
subsidy-sales (P. L. 480) program
requested by President Eisenhower
will be extended for another year.
The seven hundred and fifty
million dollar a year soil bank acreage .
reserve program will be discontinued
after this year.
The Reciprocal Trade Agreements
Act will be extended for five years,
and the wool payment act for fom
years. '
Congress will approve me rcqurai
for funds to begin research on in
dustrial uses for surplus farm prod
ucts, and will continue the school
lunch program. ,,
There is a 50-50 chance Congress
will agree to abandonment of coin
acreage allotments, although it faiktl
to act on a similar request last JreSri
Odds are strongly against any e(
the three key points in the PnesutasM
farm message: Lower minimum price ,
supports for milk, wheat, cotton,
tobacco, peanuts, rice and corn to.
60 Of parity; authority to Increase
cnage allotments1 by 50, and
repeal or the law which forces higher ;
supports when surpluses decreass
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