Lennoh Introduces Farm Credit Bill
WASHINGTON. DC. -
Legislation to revise farm
emit laws in order to meet the
Midi of modern American
apiculture hat been Introduced
by Congressman Alton
The Federal Farm Credit
Board in early 1969
commissioned a panel of
representatives of all the
national farm organizations,
thf academic farm community,
and representatives of farm
credit institutions to make an
in - depth study of the farm
credit system. After a 10 ?
month study the Commission
made recommendations for
modification of the Farm
Credit System, dating back to
the original 1916 Act. to assure
that it will continue to be
responsive to changing credit
needs of rural people.
In general the proposal
would expand activities of the
land banks, intermediate credit
banks, and production credit
associations to include rural
housing loam, loans to persons
providing custom farm services,
and other related services.
"The bill does not change
the existing tyitem structure of
the farm credit administration
u an independent executive
agency charged with providing
general policy guidelines and
supervision," Lennon stated.
"It does, however, authorize
more credit decisions to be
made locally by the direct
lenders."
The Congressman pointed
out that credit needs of
farmers have been increasing.
In order to remain in business,
farmers have had to make
many changes in operations.
Today farms in this country
average 389 acres, up 31% in
the last 10 years. Farm real
estate values in the last decade
increased by 60 percent and
now total about $209 billion.
"Farmers have been forced
to invest more in machinery
and equipment," Lennon said,
"and the total value of
machinery and equipment has
increased by 54 percent. The
value of livestock and poultry
on farms has increased by 55
percent since 1960.
"In order to achieve their
goal of more production and
more economic operations, our
farmers have been forced to
make greater use of credit. In
1970 farmers owed a total of
SSS billion in mortgage and
short - term debt. This is an
increase of 134 percent over
1960 debt.
"Ag ricultural economic
forecasters appear in agreement
that farmers' needs for credit
will tremendously increase in
the future," Lennon stated. He
explained that a dependable
supply of credit on terms
suited to farmers' needs is
essential to the continued
growth and development of
American agriculture.
Lennon indicated that the
farmer - owned Farm Credit
System today has over SIS
billion in loans outstanding to
farmers and their cooperatives.
It brings more than SI billion
of new money into agriculture
each year. "None of this
money is from Government
coffers." Lennon stated, "and
our farmers have more than SI
billion invested in their own
credit institutions."
In the past, the farm credit
system has worked together
with the Farmers Home
Administration, life insurance
companies, commercial banks,
and other lending institutions
in providing farmers with
money needed to operate
effectively. The system will
continue to perform in this
manner, but the proposed
changes will bring more
effective response to farm
credit needs.
"I believe the farm credit
revisions will provide an
excellent means of examining
the credit needs of all of rural
America and such examination
is long overdue," Mr. Lennon
continued.
"The problem of the rural or
smalltown family who wants to
buy a decent house, the
problems of the smalltown
mayor who wants to install an
adequate water and sewer
system, and the smalltown
groups that want to attract
new industry are equally as
pressing as the problems of our
hard ? pressed farmers.
"Although rural America
contains only one - third of the
nation's population, it contains
fully two ? thirds of the
nation's occupied substandard
housing. The Farmers Home
Administration has a good
program for housing loans in
rural areas, but the program is
pitifully small when compared
to need for rural housing
financing.
Lennon continued: "If rural
America is to retain its
population, it must have
adequate housing, and the bill I
have introduced will enable
more long ? term mortgage
loans for rural housing.
"H.R. 7700 will go a long
way toward closing the credit
gap and improving services in
rural America," the
Congressman concluded.
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later decreed: "Henceforth one
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the craft cruise unadorned,
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the National Geographic
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Renaissance.
Lumber Bridge
BY PAM SUMNER
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas
McMillan and son Douglas of
Greensboro spent the weekend
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Curtis Britt. Mrs. John
Williford and son Timmy of
Wilmington visited her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Britt Sunday.
Miss Carolyn Forbis of
Fayetteville spent the weekend
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Hunter Forbis and her brother
Elbert.
Walter Marley Jr. arrived
home Friday from State
University, Raleigh to spend
most of the summer with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Marley and his sister Beth.
Mrs. John Shaw and
daughter Vickie and son
Johnnie visited her sister, Mrs.
Frances Anderson and
daughter Debbie and her
brother Van Carter who was
home from Fort Jackson in
Raeford Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenny Odoni
and children and Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Walters of St. Pauls
and Mrs. Wayne Beasley and
children of Fayetteville were
supper guests of their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Taylor and
daughters Judy and Debbie
Sunday night. Mr. Taylor's
mother Mn. Sallie Taylor was
dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Taylor Sunday.
Circle No. 2 of Presbyterian
Church met Thursday
afternoon at the home of Mrs.
J.F. Williford.
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew
Thompson attended Calvary
Baptist Church, Bladenboro
last Wednesday night to watch
the showing of pictures of The
Holy Land, taken by the Rev.
Billie Hardee on his recent tour
of the Holy Land.
Mrs. Jack Ellis and children
Jack Allen, Lvnn. Joev
and Gtnny and her brother Bill
McMillan of Raeford visited
Misses Elizabeth and Lois
Sumner and Mr. and Mrs.
Francis Graham Sunday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Atlas Barnes
and children Faye and David
visited Mr. and Mrs. Eddie
Jameson and Mrs. Leana Cook
in Raeford Sunday afternoon.
They also visited Mr. and Mrs.
Woodrow Taylor in St. Pauls.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Smith and
son Shannon of Bladenboro
visited his mother Mrs. Ida
Smith and his brother - in - law
and sister Mr. and Mrs. Bobby
Ray Thompson Sunday night
for supper.
Mr. and Mrs. James Shaw
and sons Eddie, Mike and
Ronnie visited her mother Mrs.
Luther Thompson in
Elizabethtown Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. HP. Johnson
and Mrs. Mary McNeill left
Sunday to spend several days
this week with their son ? in -
law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Norton and sons Ken
and Van in Greenville, South
Carolina.
Mr. ana Mrs. William
Crenshaw are spending several
days at their cottage at Holden
Beach.
Circle No. 1 of Rex
Presbyterian Church met
Monday night with Miss Julia
Mclver. Mrs. J.E. Shaw gave
the Bible Study.
Miss Gail Crenshaw and Miss
Linda Evans spent the weekend
with Mr.-and Mrs. Fred Inman
in Fairmont.
Morris Marley of State
University Raleigh arrived
home Saturday to spend the
summer with his mother Mrs.
W.G. Marley. They were dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. William
Gibson in Red Springs Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. W.G. Marley Jr.
and sons Greer and Bill of
Raleigh visited them Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Hough
and children Jeneal, Dawn and
Edmund of Charlotte and Mr.
and Mrs. Billie Hough of
Greensboro spent Sunday with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Hough and son Ted, who
recently returned home from
Vietnam.
Mrs. H.H. Hodgin of Red
Springs spent Sunday with her
son - in - law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Roger Hall and
daughters Elise and Sally Lou.
Miss Jean Cobb of Charlotte
and Miss Freda Cobb of the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill spent the weekend
with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Cobb. They attended
a family dinner at the home of
Mrs. Cobb's mother Mrs.
Maggie McDuffie in St. Pauls
Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Cobb
attended the Sealy - Barnes
wedding at Green Springs
Church Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen
Ammons and children Wanda
and Stephen were dinner guests
of her paents Mr. and Mrs.
Russell C. Prevatte in
Lumbertun Sunday.
Deborah and Patrick Forbis
of Fayetteville spent the
weekend with their
grandparents Mr. and Mrs.
Gilmer Forbis.
Mrs. A.F. Tolar attended the
funeral of Dr. McKay at
Philadelphus Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. Margaret Hamilton and
Mrs. Inman of Lumberton
visited her mother Mrs. A.F.
Tolar Sunday.
Johnnie Sumner and Lynn
Bryan attended the District IV
FFA Annual Rally at
Fayetteville Technical
Institute, Saturday May 8.
They were on the Dairy
Judging Contest which Parkton
High School took 3rd place out
of the 26 schools represented.
Sunday was Youth Day at
Baptist Church, Danny
McGougan gave the Invocation
and Cleo Russ gave the
morning sermon. Special music
was presented by a quartet of
Cleo Russ, Joe and Danny
McGougan and Cathy Lupo.
Most of the Youth took part in
the Sunday School as Teachers,
Supt. and other officers of the
Church. Glenn Lingdon of
Raeford was guest speaker lor
the evening services. After the
evening services fellowship was
held in the Educational
Building.
Mr. and Mrs. John Gardner
and children Shanon ind Susan
of Lumberton visited her
father, J.M. McGougan ?nd her
aunt Mia Vera McGougan and
her brother and sister ? in - law,
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy McGougan
and son BUI.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Koonce
and son Michael of Halifax,
Virginia spent the weekend
with her Dtrents. Mr. and Mrs.
Johnnie McGougan and her
sister Rosemary.
Mrs. Mae Smith of
Fayetteville visited her son ? in
- law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Livingston and
children Wayne, Charles,
Tammy and Lin, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Spears
visited Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Spears in Fayetteville Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Langdon
and family of Raeford and the
Rev. and Mrs. Frank Turner
and sons were supper guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Dan McGougan
and sons Danny Joe, Charles
and Vance Sunday.
Mrs. N.H.G. Balfour is
spending several days in
Raleigh with her son ? in - law
and daughter Mr. and Mrs.
Major Goodman and sons Sean
and Scot.
Mr. and Mrs. John Balfour
and son Johnnie spent the
weekend with her mother, Mrs.
J.T. Harlow in New Bern.
Circle No. 1 of Presbyterian
Church met last Wednesday at
the home of Mrs. John Balfour.
Mrs. Stacy Forbis gave the
Bible study.
John Balfour had breakfast
with Gov. Kerr Scott in
Raleigh last Wednesday
morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Sumner
and children Pam and Johnnie
and Miss Gail Lupo attended
Birthday and Mothers Day
Dinner for her mother, Mrs.
Ethel Gibson at her home near
Rockfish Sunday. All Mrs.
Gibson's children were present.
They were Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Kelly of Wilmington,
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Sumner,
Pam and Johnnie and Gail
Lupo of Lumber Bridge, Mr.
and Mrs. J.D. Gibson of
Stedman and Nandy of East
Carolina University, Greenville,
and Miss Joyce White of
Stedman, Mr. and Mrs. A.J.
Freeman Jr. and children
Arvin, Debbie and Steve and
Mr. and Mrs. Merrett Gibson
and Ricky and Joy of the
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bryan
and children Lynn and Teresa
visited their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Warren Bryan and Mr. and
Mrs. Dennis Taylor in
Lumberton, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Billie
Troutman and daughters Libby
and Billie Sue visited her
mother, Mrs. Pearl Stewart and
her sister Mrs. Lucille Taylor
and Mr. and Mrs. Russell
Hutchen and Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Cline in East Bend Sunday.
Mrs. John Cudd of Raleigh
visited her grandmother, Mrs.
A.F. Tolar and her aunt, Miss
Millie Williford Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Eaton
and children Clay and
Elizabeth of Virginia Beach,
Virginia visited her aunt Miss
Millie Williford, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Brown
and granddaughter Audrea
Layton visited her mother Mrs.
Emma Bass in Newton Grove
Sunday.
Col. F.R. Weber attended a
Shriner's Dinner in Lumberton
Monday night. Col. Weber a
member of the Pembroke
Professor's League Bowling
Team sponsored by The Red
Carpet Inn of Lumberton
finished the season last week
with a score for the last game
of 250 and an average score for
the season of 200.
Let's all remember the Fire
Department Chicken Plate Sale
Saturday May 15th at the Fire
Department in Lumber Bridge.
There will be a pony given
away sometime during the
evening. Plates will sell for
SI .50 each.
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by Six Flags Over Georgia's
Vice-President and General
Manager, Errol McKoy.
Beginning June 4, the
200-acre family entertainment
center, located west of Atlanta
on 1-20, will be open daily 10
A.M. to 10 P.M. until August
31, Six Flags will be open
Labor Day weekend,
September 4,5,and 6, 10 A.M.
to 10P.M.
After Labor Day, the park
will revert back to weekend
operations, being open during
September, October and
November, Saturdays and
Sundays only.
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