Producers are being enc> nugeJ tit put i ha >e a standby geueialoi. or to piepare p?>wci take oils on tuctois to help tun electric itnrtois to bed livestock and to secure w.oei loi livestock and the family In most cases of emergency . outside help is not a'w.iys available Youi thinking, planning and actions pi i to the time of need will ,iv. nl discomfort to vour lainilv I lie Ixtension office has had j number of calls about the Suto (iasoiine la\ it; Ijrm iLse this past veai. A change III the lax late occimed on Jul> I. |Ve?9. I he first m\ months tax is to he figured .it seven cents pei gallon aiul the last six months is to he figured at nine cents per gallon Yoti must make sure that the gas claimed tsa^ used tor pui poses on the farm and not used on the hiehttass I attended lit* Pesticide School at \ ('. Sialc I nivcrsili and tlicic will be mailt changes in the use ot chemicals hctoie this crop iui starts One change altcadi is that all uses o: l)|)l atv cancelled >111 IoKiCv-. I hit will also include the Uses ol 11)1. It can piobabls be used on ootlon in 1170 hut will he cancelled atlci tlul Ihiwovoi. all persistent niveotioidos will ho leviowod 111 Match and decisions nude at (hit time. PioJuccis ate oiicouiagod to stop ttio um ot all tipcs ol olioiniciU link v I hot arc absolutcls necessiti I or Hihaoco. Hi ? S\ si.>15 01 I'aratluoii can be lived lot Ilea beetle cntiol in the bed _nJ 111 the field. I i Col .an liaio is or used .0 a herbicide. A ??>! ohotiiiejl plan should lie u.iked ' lit tin voui la. II. tills ti a Hoke Marriage Rate To Spurt (Special to The News-Journal) M W YORK . J,11 12- I lie sound ot' wedding hells will be lieard mote otten in lloke County from now on. More young couples will be matching to the altar (Ins yeai and next than in some time. This is evident tiom the sharp increase in the number of young people who will be in the age bracket in which most marriages take place. These potential brides and grooms ate the product ot the post-- war years of the '40s. when the birth rate hit an all-time high. It appeals, based upon local population figures and statewide experience that the marriage rate in lloke County will reach '>.4 per I ,(X)0 lesidents this \e.u. By wax of comparison, according to figures from the Department of Commerce and the Department ot Health, education and Welfare, the iate was 7 7 marriages per 1 .tMKI in l?h>4 ? Throughout lite nation, an uveiage ot l()o wcd.lmes pci 1.000 is expected tills seat. Not since the tloops came home. 111 104t?. has the country experienced a 111.11 nagc t>oom such as occur ted that year when neailx 2. TOO .000 weddings look place. From then on there was a steady decline to a bottom^ of I .500,000 in the late '50s "V Now, however, the curve is moving upward again, with some 2.000,000 weddings in I'XxS. a total of 2,140.000 in IW) and about 2.200.000 expected this year. I summation of the liguies shows that the number of marriages in any community is directly proportional to the number of people in the principal marrying ages - 20 to 24. In that age biacket in Hoke County, at the present time, there are uppioxiinately 2,l(>0. well above the 1964 total of 1.500. With the increase in the numbei ot weddings, there will follow, in due time, a rise in the birth rate, which has been at a low level for some time. lor the local business man. the picture is a rosy one. Faclt marriage represents thousands ot dollars ot spending - lor jewelry, clothing, furniture, household necessities, appliances, insurance and. eventually , baby carriages. The initial outlay, in setting up a home, is estimated at mote than So.00(1 per couple, on average. Sandhills College News W ilium Watson. dircctm oi i lie Sandhills I'lay makers, has a 11 n o u lice d that "1 he Rainmaker" wnl be presented I liday and Sunday evenings t-ebiiiuiy -0 jinJ J2 at the Caiolina Hotel in Ptnehuisi as i lie third pi od net ion ut the c u 11 e n t sea so 11. I It e 1* lay make in. community theater sponsored hy Sandhills Community College, is compiised ??l stride in \ ol the college, where Watson in thjiinun ??! the department <<1 I nglislt and drama, jnd talented rxts >n> lioin the aiea. I Ik plot i>| ilk' jii,tiling suills'llt IS set III Ills' nut)west liming I ho lime nt a p.njly/ing thought. and sisals tsith j I'.irni Iannis. a lallici and Ins Is\.> sons ttlio arc as stunted as much about the dauglilei and si slot becoming an old maid as tlics a is about I lien siting sail Is llic 11 ti 111 is slis' is a plant an I and Ills' latllt'f and hmlhsis ut in mailt lie? I'll t\ it In ? ui success. N list sic 11 ly mil ?>l no tills'is' appears a pisiins'-"|iis' chaias'lci tsilli the glan.loisc piomise thai lie ttill bung lain tin a ^100 Is'C. IIk' uiiiitiaks'i is so is'lis'sliilig and tiisi.11 ? jtii g llial ills' laitlilt s'i'lissnis llic laiumakor also lliitis ins niagls u|t ills' gtil and |X'l ?li ids'- lls l slit' lias vs'l> leal bs'aiiit \nsl ot si'iiise ilie ram sins' suine ami so slues lute Si ids Ills nl ills Associate Degies ntiiMiig piugijiii at Saiuil in- Cumniiinilt ( ulleae ttlll bviielll hum Its" gilts jlisl is'siiu.i bt l?i Kat ilKnid A. Sint.s* ili. ."liege piesident \. stadnui t- Ih. Stone. Mis, Ji It'i M. Hooves "I I'inchnist has _11s11 N !S(K) and Mis. Mat Von Schfs'Oe 11. ah" ot I'inchurst, $500 to I lie program in \\liicli they both have been interested since it was initiated at the college in the fall of l%9. The two-year course, which is fully accredited by lite N.C. board of Nursing and the National League for Nursing, combines classroom and laboratory work on the campus a ttd clinical experience in scvcial medical facilities in the aiea. Graduates aie qualified to wide the exams foi Registered Nurse and of the 45 graduates to date 13 of them are serving in local hospitals and the others m medical facilities in the state. I (tree men students' aie tn the class ol 2b which will be graduated in May. 1070, and 47 students, including 3 men. aie in the class which will he graduated in I'>71. In announcing the gifts to the uuising program, Dr. Stone expressed appreciation lor the gencious support of friends \c Inch have nude possible sccunng lop nursing instructors and giving linancial assistance to uoilhy students. " I he Sandhills nursing ptogram is providing technicians in a vocational field which ihiottghoui the country, is desperately in need of skilled peisonnel. We are happy with I he support of interested I lie lids which assures the lonlniucd success ol our musing piogram." OPEN TODAY DON'T LOSE YOUR SHIRT ON YOUR INCOME wx Preparing" your ?*n to* i *turn i*r I e ?octly o bar-el of iaughs But, it cor be e 3%y Simpl / see H & R B'ofk Incorne To* People con be certain you've rete ved every possb'e deduction And that's Ihe .aked t'utb We guorontee accurate preparation of every tax return. If HI we moke any errors that cost you ony penalty or interest, HI *? nr^^or^rrrco Am?ri