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Home Agent's Column By ONA PATTERSON Fred Stallings, Hobbsville, was elected president of the Older Youth Club Wednesday night, January 17th, at th'e meeting held in the Agricultural Building, Gatesville. Fred will succeed Garris Parker, who goes into the Service January 25th. During the business session the club voted to contribute three dollars to the Infantile Paralysis Drive. All members were asked to help print names on the Honor Roll for Service men. This Honor Roll is the club’s major project this year. C. H. Carter, Jr., Ethelene Brown and Fred Stallings had charge of a very good recrea tional program. There are a few National Aluminum pressure cook e r s available now with a seven quart canning capacity. These cookers come in two model^—No. 7A National Aluminum pressu r e cooker equipped for canning— $16.75—No. 7 National Alumi num pressure cookers, with cooking insets $17.80. If you desire either of these models, see your home agent. The Zion Home Demonstration Club will meet on Wednesday night, January 31st at eight o’clock in the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Spivey instead of Tuesday night, January 30th, the regular meeting time. This change was made in order that members might attend the spe cial movie which will be shown at the Gatesville Theater on Tuesday night, January 30th, for the benefit of the Infantile Para lysis Drive. Worth EureKilled AsAutomobileRan OverEmbankment Worth Eure of Hopewell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Eure of Gatesville, was killed last Sunday morning when his auto ran over an embankment on the highway near his home. Funeral services were held from a-Hope well funeral home and burial was in Sunset Cemetery. Eure, who is survived by his wife, Mrs. Minnie Twine Eure, and three small children, was on his way home from work where he was employed at the Barrett nitrate of soda plant in Hope well when the fatal accident oc curred. Friends who work at the Bar rett plant served as pallbearers. In addition to his parents, wife and children, he is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Jessie Nor fleet of Suffolk, Mrs. Frank Bat son of Norfolk and Mrs. Ned Joyner of Pendleton. Many friends from Gates attended the funeral services. Gates There will be a game party given at the Gates school build ing Wednesday night, January 31 for the 'benefit of the Infantile Paralysis. Mrs. T. E. Pittman is chairman of this drive. Cpl. and Mrs. J. R. Freeman and son, J. Ray, III, of Orlando, Fla., are spending a two-week furlough with Mrs. J. R. Free man and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Gatling were supper guests of Mrs. Anna Martha Gatling Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Upton Hayes and son of Newport News spent Fri day night, with Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hayes. Jack and Tommie Smith spent Wednesday visiting their grand mother, Mrs. T. L. Brown of Gatesville. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Smith and son, Brownie, are spending Wed nesday visiting Mr. and Mrs. Her bert Weeks of Elizabeth City. Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Hayes and family of Newport News and Mr. and Mrs. Jodie Hayes and daugh ter, Misses Selma and Jessie Hayes, of Norfolk, were visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hayes Sunday. Coltrane Sees Hard Time For 1945 Farmers Raleigh.—Viewing the higher crop goals and foreseeing a farm labor situation possibly worse than in 1944, D. S. Coltrane, as sistant to the Commissioner of Agriculture, has prophesied a period of “hard sledding” for the 300.000 farmers in North Caro lina during 1945. Pointing out that hay pro ducers during the past year fail ed by 190,000 tons to produce sufficient hay to meet the State’s demands, Coltrane said that the goal for hay in 1945 calls for 1.400.000 acres compared with 1.281.000 in 1944. Producers of flue-cured tohac co have a goal of 708,000 acres— an increase of 34,000 acres over 1944—although they were un able to meet the quotas establish ed for them last year, failing by an estimated 57,000 acres to ful fill the allotments. Coltrane reminded Irish po tato growers in Eastern North Carolina that, although the over all State goal for Irish potatoes is the same as in 1944, 87,000 acres, the goal for commercial early producers is 25,000 acres as against 31,000 acres in 1944. The sweet potato goal is 90, 000 acres, as compared with 80, 000 in 1944. “A goal ot 46,200 acres has Keen set for truck farmers,. and an additional 11,300 acres for canning and processing. Snap beans are first with 15,000 acres, and this commodity is followed by cucumbers, 4,200 acres v for the fresh trade and 7,000 acres for pickling,” asserted Coltrane. While the corn remains the same as in 1944—2,358,000 acres —the wheat, oats, and other small grains’ 1945 goal exceeds estimated production in 1944 by 31,000 acres. LIST YOUR PROPERTY DURING JANUARY, 1949 A penally will be imposed on all tax payers who lail to give in their lists on or before January 31, 1945. SEE YOUR LIST TAKER AT ©NOE. Bygone Days Items of interest lifted from the files of this paper FIVE YEARS AGO Ice and snow covered roads caused one accident during the weekend. H. B. Baines’ Chevrolet overturned Friday afterno o n when the back wheels of the car skidded and overturned at the embankment. Henry Green of Sunbury has returned from Duke Hospital, Durham, where he received treatment for Infantile Paralysis. - i TEN YEARS AGO Funeral services for Rev. S. S. McGregar, 42 years old, Baptist Minister of Gatesville, who died Tuesday, were con ducted Wednesday morning at Gatesville Baptist Church. Burial was in Pisgah cemetery near Smithfield. Under the direction of their teacher, P. F. Edmunds, the young Tar Heel Farmers of Sun bury are assembling materials and equipment for construction of a work shop for their class at Sunbury School. Harrell Pierce, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Pierce of Sunbury and a student at William and Mary College was recently honored by being tapped and initiated into Omicron Delta Kappa national honary fraternity. Rules For Cotton Growing Contest Any farmer, landlord or ten ant, producing as much as five acres of cotton in one body is eligible to enter the five-acre cotton production and quality contest in North Carolina this year, for which awards of $3, 000 will be given. Farmers must file applications with their county agents before July 1 and these will be forward ed to J. A. Shanklin at State College, who is in charge of the contest. The purpose of the con test is to improve the quality of the crop and to lower the cost of production per pound through higher yields. The state is divided into three districts and four prizes of $350, $100, and $50 are to be award ed in each district. The grand state prize is $750 and this amount, together with the top district of $350, will give the state winner $1,100. ARE YOU READY? 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