CHRISTMAS PROGRAM -? Children enrolled in the Raeford Kindergarten, operated by Mrs. Fred Holland and
Mrs. John Scull, presented a Christmas program Dec. 21 at Upchurch Junior High School for their parents. The
group, clad in pajamas, sang several Christmas carols.
Library News
OVERDUE BOOKS LIST OF
NAMES
Kenneth Carpenter, Toni Cul
breth, Peggy Cecil, Alice W.
Cancro, Rickey Chappell, Kellis
Dawn Cox, Lynette Dial. Sara
Patricia Daniels, Jertol Davis, Jes
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Mike Wood Walter Coley
The relative humidity falls as a
house is heated. You must con
tinuously add water to the air
to maintain a healthful humid
ity level during winter. How
much water is needed? Usually
one gallon of water per room,
per day, during winter heat
ing. A small pan of water on
stove or radiator is not ade
quate. A good humidifier to
maintain 50% humidity is a
wise investment for health.
Shop your independent
pharmacj, first
Hoke Drug Co.
Tel. 875-3720
sie Dupree, William Paul Dickens,
Ava Gayle Eisenhour.
Mr*. Maxwell out
This is the time for all kinds of
winter ailments and our Mrs.
Maxwell is the first from the library'
to have flu. She was out all last
week. It's nice to have her back.
Hoke Historian needed
State Library would like to know
the names of any Hoke County
folks who know a lot of old history
of Hoke County. Maybe you are
just that person. If so. please send
your name in to State Library. 109
fc. Jones St.. Raleigh. N.C. 27bl 1 .
New Year's resolutions
If you have made lots of New
Year resolutions and find they are
indeed hard to keep -- and because
you will not be keeping all of them
you can spend some of that extra
time reading. You just wouldn't
believe all the magazines we have
unless you see for yourself. New
books are coming in every month
for the young and young at heart.
Let up help you do something quiet
and restful.
BOOKMOBILE SCHEDULE
Jan. 9
ARABIA - Shirley Maxwell, Mrs.
Crawley. Bertha Hendrix, William
Harris, Betty Lou McGougan.
Gerald Scriven, Aretha Ray, Lillian
White. Helen Standley. Kenneth
Bissett. Bonnie Cline, La Ronda
Seado, Alice Evans, Gail Watson,
Carylon Oxendine, Jamie Brans
comb. Ellen Jane Stevens, Shiela
Folder. Bonnie Henry. Clara E.
Gleason. Sabrina Ann Lukehart.
Jan. II
Helen Williams. Nadine Wads
worth. Brenda Tillman. Marlene
-Russie. Edna Couey. Janice-Jones,
Cynthia Hardman, Angela Ham
monds, Janet Vance, Rachel
Hamm. Barbara Trout. Doris
Boahn. Martha Moye, Tony Bare
foot. Joyce Blackburn Merrijo
Shaffer. Peggy Lynn Coble, Alford
Patterson.
4-H Corner ?s?
The Raeford Junior 4-H Club
met Dec. 5 to begin working on our
Christmas project. Our project was
making Santa Jars for the children
at McCain Hospital.
College News
Rev. Lester Sessoms. Jr.. pastor
of the Calvary United Methodist
Church in Fayetteville. is on the
dean's list at Methodist College,
where he is a junior it was
announced this week.
To make the dean's list, a 3.0
average is required. Sessoms is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester
Sessoms. Sr. of Raeford. He is
married to the former Pam Smith
of Raeford.
Following the meeting, the group
was treated to a hot dog supper.
The group met again on Dec. 12 to
finish up our Christmas project.
Our guest speaker for this meet
ing was Mrs. Knight. Her topic was
Christmas Seals.
Several members met Saturday,
Dec. 17. to help promote the
Christmas Seal drive. The proceeds
were $61.65. We would like to
express our thanks to everyone who
contributed to the drive.
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RAEFORD, N. C. 919/875-5895
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WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATRONAGE
Cardinal Health Agency Holds
Final Hearing On Application m
The Cardinal Health Agency
Board of Directors conducted a
final public hearing on its applica
tion for full designation as the
health systems agency for south
eastern North Carolina in Lumber
ton at 7 p.m., Wednesday night.
The application has been on
Eublic view since the first public
earing Nov. 30. Citizens are
invited to submit oral or written
comments, especially on the com
position and qualifications of the
board of directors.
The hearing and meeting were
held in the board room of the
Southern National Bank Building
in Lumberton.
The Cardinal Planning Com
mittee presented the Annual Im
plementation Plan for approval.
The plan has been revised in light
of comments from the public; the
Department of Health, Education
and Welfare (DHEW); and the
State Health Coordinating Council.
The board also received recom
mendations from the Evaluation
Committee concerning approval or
ccenl' on
griculhjre
BY JOHN S1.E0GE
N C Farm Buhmu Federation
Who really controls agriculture?
Is it government? After all. the
President and Congress can tell
farmers how much to plant and
how much they will get for their
crops on (loan. Government regu
latory agencies can tell farmers just
about anything -? from how much
dust can be stirred up on the farm
to what to feed livestock.
How about big labor and big
business? Big labor can refuse to
load agricultural products for ship
ment. as they once did. Big labor
can tell farm workers not to pick a
crop and let it rot in the field, as
they- have done. Big business can
decide what price farmers will pay
for a tractor and whether any will
be available.
Or how about banks? Any
farmer who went through the
depression will tell you the banks
control agriculture. The banks can
extend credit or foreclose mortages
and sell whole farms, equipment,
livestock, everything. However, the
banks don't control agriculture.
So who does? The answer is
simple. It's the weather.
The weather has been responsi
ble for all the boom and bust
cycles, the feasts and famines going
back to Bible days.
Consumers and farmers were
reminded of the importance of
weather this past summer. The
drought in the West and Midwest
spread to the Southeast, including
North Carolina where over half the
counties were declared disaster
areas. It is the weather which
largely determines if we have a
surplus or just enough food and
other agricultural commodities to
get by on.
Government, big labor, big busi
ness. banks -- they all have a
powerful impact on the agricultural
industry ... and on the price
consumers pay for their food and
fiber. But it's Mother Nature with
her many moods and unpredictable
wand that really controls the
situation.
Perhaps we should keep this in
mind the next time we're looking
for someone to vent our anger upon
when we pay our grocery bill.
disapproval of three projects pro
posed for federal funding or reim
bursement.
The board voted to submit the
application for full designation to
DHEW when it met immediately
after the public hearing Wednesday
night. Cardinal has operated since
July 1976 as a conditionally desig
nated agency under the National
Health Planning and Development
Act of 1974.
The application must include the
Annual Implementation Plan as
well as the long-range Health
Systems Plan which was approved
in August. The Planning Com
mittee considered the revised plan
at 3 p.m., Wednesday, in the
Cardinal Health Agency office in
Lumberton.
Following board approval, the
Annual Implementation Plan was
placed in the public libraries of
each county in the area.
The Evaluation Committee met
Tuesday in the Cumberland County
Office Building to conduct public
hearings on three projects.
Cumberland Medical Center, the
250-bed private hospital proposed
for Fayetteville. was approved for
Medicare and Medicaid reimburse
ment a year ago. That approval was
for one year. The proponents have
requested a six-month extension for
getting the SI 2 million project
underway.
Cardinal must also review the
Cumberland County Health De
partment grant application for
federal funding to construct a new
public health center at a cost of $5
million.
The committee will also consider
the Wilmington Childhood Lead
Poisoning Control Project grant
application for continued federal
funding amounting to $49,567.
Cardinal is the htlath planning
and resources development agency
for Anson. Bladen. Brunswick.
Polumbus. Cumberland. Harnett.
Hoke. Montgomery. Moore. New
Hanover. Pender. Richmond.
Robeson, Sampson and Scotland
counties.
All meetings of Cardinal Health^
Agency's board and committees are^i
open to the public.
Farm items
By W. S. Young, Agri. Extension Chairman
& Freddie O'Neal. Asst. Agri. Extension Accent
The USDA estimates that soil
losses in the United States are
reaching 10 tons per acre per year.
Recent studies in the midwest show
that losses on gently rolling farm
land is six to eight tons per year and
on steeply sloped farmland are
much higher.
This drastic waste of a limited
resource, not only contributes to
the largest source of pollution of
our nation's waterways in soil
runoff, but is also extremely
counter-productive. This continu
ous shifting of topsoils significantly
reduces land productivity.
Farmers must utilize tillage
practices and conservation methods
that will stop this great loss.
Someone has said the day will come
when farmers will be held ac
countable for the proper manage
ment of our soils if we don't get our
house in order first.
N.C. State plant pathologists
have found that Venus and Saturn
tomato varieties are more resistant
to southern bacterial wilt if they are
transplanted when seven or eight
weeks old. Two and four week
plants were almost as susceptible as
the normally susceptible manual
variety.
? * *
Farmers that are interested in
having any types of test plots on
their farms in 1978 should contact
the county agents office. Plans will
have to be made as to type,
acreage and plot layout. Many
chemical companies are interested
in testing new products in the area
and 1 would suggest that farmers
cooperate. This gives lt>cal farmers
a chance to see how it performs
here in the county.
CI
PERFORMANCE AWARD - Mrs. Minnie S Renegar of the XVIII Abn
Corps and Ft. Bragg Adjutant General's Office. " presented the
Department of the Army Certificate with a Sustained Performance Cash
Award commending her for outstanding performance of duties and
numerous special tasks during the last year. Major Robert P. Ives, assistant
adjutant general, presented the award. Mrs. Renegar is supervisor of the
Adjutant General Central Mail Room and has been a member of the
Adjutant General's Office since 1951. She has received 12 Outstanding
Performance Awards and 10 adopted Suggestion Awards. Mrs. Renegar is
the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Younger Stephens of Rockfish.
With deep regrets I will be dis
continuing my business as of Sat.
Jan. 7. Due to the growing re
sponsibilities of being a mother,
I can no longer devote the time
needed to operate the business
well.
Your patronage has been deep
ly appreciated.