PUBLIC NOTICES
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
AND DEBTORS OF
W. SCOTT PAUL
IN THE GENERAL
COURT OF JUSTICE
SUPERIOR COURT
DIVISION
North Carol Irw
Pamlico County
All persons, firms and corporations
having claims against W. SCOTT
PAUL, deceased, are notified to
exhibit them to Rosaland P. Paul as
Administratrix of the decedent's
estate on or before September 3, 1977,
at Route 1, New Bern, North
Carolina, or be barred from their
recovery. Debtors of the decedent
are asked to make Immediate
payment to the above-named ad
ministratrix.
Rosaland P. Paul,
Administratrix of the estate of
W. Scott Paul
Route I, Box 284,
New Bern,
North Carolina 28580
Bernard B. Hollowell, Attorney
Box 218, Bayboro, N.C. 28515
March 3.10,17 and 24,1977
IN THE GENERAL COURT
OF JUSTICE
SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION
BEFORE THE CLERK
State Of North Carolina
County Of Pamlico
PERSONAL REPRESEN
TATIVE'S NOTICE TOCREDITORS
AND DEBTORS
All persons, firms, and cor
porations having claims against
LEVI STANLEY BROWN, Deceased
(hereinafter called "Decedent"), of
Arapahoe, Pamlico County, North
Carolina, are notified to present their
claims to the below named personal
representative of the Decedent s
estate on or before September 10,
1977 or be barred from their
recovery. Debtors of the Decedent
are requested to make immediate
payment to the personal represen
tative.
This the 2nd day of March, 1977.
Janet A. Adkins,
Administratrix Of the
Estate of
Levi Stanley Brown
P. O. Box 94
Arapahoe. North Carolina 28510
WARD ANDSMITH, PA
Attorneys at Law
P. O. Drawer 867
310 Broad Street
New Bern, N. C. 28560
March 10,17, 24, and 31, 1977
Shower
Honors
Bride-Elect
Mrs. Giles Glen Loftin, the
former Miss Patricia June Jar
vis, was honored on Friday
night, February 25 with a
miscellaneous shower given in
the Lowland Community
Building by Mrs. Vera Voliva,
Mrs. Audrew Lewis. Mrs. Patsy
Sadler, Mrs. Rita Lupton, Mrs.
Mary Frances Potter, Mrs.
Irene Ballance and Mrs. Linda
O’Neal.
She was presented a corsage
of blue carnations and a gift of a
place setting of china in her
chosen pattern and an electric
can opener by the hostesses.
Following the playing of
several games refreshments of
wedding bell cake with Glen and
Patty written on them, mints,
nuts and punch were served
from a table arranged in white
and blue. A shower of many gifts
was presented to the bride-elect
who was assisted in opening
them by Miss Joy Manker and
Miss Nancyrose Reeder.
Stonewall
Homemakers
The Stonewall Homemakers
Club met on Wednesday. The
meeting was opened by the
president Susie Gaskins. Devo
tion was by Mrs. Ina Gaskins. In
absence of the secretary Mrs.
Susie Gaskins called the roll and
ready the minutes of the
February meeting. A
treasurer’s report was given.
Mrs. Lucille Gatlin gave a report
on gardening and pruning
shrubs. Dollie Daniels gave the
health report. There was a
discussion on making different
kinds of crafts each month. We
voted to send Howard Brite a
tray of fruit since we did not
send this when he was in the
hospital. After the meeting was
over we were served delicious
refreshments consisting of
coconut cake, ice cream floats
and roasted pecans, peanuts and
pickles. The hostesses were Mrs.
Martha Spain and Mrs. Doris
Forbes. Hostesses for the March
meeting will be Mrs. Ina
Gaskins and Mrs. Susie Gaskins.
Mrs. Dunn won the door prize
taken by Mrs. Lucille Gatlin.
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Farm Tips
From
Wachovia Bank A Truat Co., MvA.
f By Dr. J. W. Pou
WOMAN HEADS N.C. STATE UNIVERSITY
PROGRAM IN SWEET POTATO BREEDING
Wanda Collins, brown-eyed and 5 feet 6, feels
just as much at ease working in a sweet potato field
as in an office, greenhouse or laboratory, according
to Bill Humphries, agricultural information special
ist at N. C. State University.
Her goal is to develop better sweet potato varieties.
She started work last July as an assistant pro
fessor with the Agricultural Experiment Station of
North Carolina State University, and was placed in
charge of the sweet potato breeding program.
The Bertie County native holds three degrees
from N. C. State — a B.S. in biological sciences, and
an M.S. and a Ph.D. in genetics and plant pathol- *
ogy. She is the first and only female faculty member
of the Department of Horticultural Science.
“I enjoy my work very much. It’s both interest
ing and challenging,” she said.
How long does it take to develop a new sweet
potato?
Normally the process requires about five to ten
years.
Since North Carolina ranks first in the nation in
yam production, Dr. Collins’ work is important not
only to the industry and to agriculture generally,
but to the state’s total economy.
The farm value of the 1975 Tar Heel sweet potato
crop, produced on 32,000 acres, was about $40 mil
lion. Yields were down slightly in 1976 but more
acres were planted and total production was up.
Quality was good.
What does a sweet potato breeder look for in
developing new varieties?
“The first thing we look for is good orange flesh
color,” Dr. Collins said. “This is important because
most North Carolina yams are sold on the fresh
market and must have an attractive appearance.”
Other traits desired in a sweet potato, she added,
are disease resistance, the ability to produce sprouts,
and high per-acre yield.
No new variety is released unless it survives com
prehensive testing and proves superior to varieties
already being grown.
The first step in breeding is to select suitable par
ent plants and transfer pollen from the male parts
of one plant to the female parts of the other. Al
though both male and female parts are produced in
the same flower, the sweet potato is “self
incompatible” and usually will not pollinate itself.
“If you transfer pollen to make 100 crosses, about
15 times you get seed and 85 times you get noth
ing,” Dr. Collins said.
After a successful cross, within a week the ovaries
start to swell and from one to four seed develop in
the ovule or female part of the flower.
The seed are small, dark brown, and have an
extremely hard coat. They are planted in a green
house, starting in January.
“Within a few weeks after the seed germinate, we
can tell the flesh color they will produce. If we plant
20,000 seed, three-fourths have to be discarded be
cause they would product potatoes with white flesh.
The remaining one-fourth are taken to the field for
observation tests,” Dr. Collins reported.
After two years of vine testing, yield tests are
begun.
If field tests are started with 5,000 plants, at the
end of two years usually only 60 to 70 plants are
selected for advanced yield testing.
The commercial grower does not use seed but
transplants sprouts from bedded potatoes. A sweet
potato, once developed, is propagated asexually.
Yams are an excellent source of vitamin A and a
good source of vitamin C. The vines have much pro
tein and can be eaten by human beings. Dr. Collins
believes more attention will be given to this in the
future.
Baking and taste testing are also done as part of
variety testing.
Patience
Urged In
Rose Care
The abnormal weather of
this winter is reason for rose
growers to be patient in begin
ning their pruning work, ac
cording to a North Carolina
State University agricultural
extension horticulturist.
Henry J. Smith, NCSU ex
tension landscape hor
ticulturist, notes that the first
week in March is usually the
time when rose pruning begins
in earnest in much of North
Carolina. With the kind of
weather that has
predominated this year, early
March may be too early.
Smith suggests that you
consult a long range weather
forecast for your area to help
determine if there is the risk
that another severe killing
freeze is likely to come in late
or mid-March.
“Once you prune the roses,”
Smith explains, "they will
begin to prepare buds to
emerge through the bark. We
surely don't want these buds
killed by a late freeze."
OBITUARIES
Richardson
funeral services for Leon Lee
Richardson, 61 of Kinston were
held March 17 at 11:30 a. m. at
Concord Christian Church with
Rev. Mike Scott officiating.
Burial was in the church
cemetery.
He is survived by two sisters,
Jfrs. Wyona Carrawn of
Chesapeake, Va. and Mrs. Min
» nie Rawls of Norfolk, Va.
Sosnowski
• Funeral services for Joseph
' Stanley Sosnowski, 58, of New
Bern, were held March 26 at 2 p.
m. at the Tabernacle Baptist
Church with Rev. George A.
Johnson officiating. Burial was
in Greenleaf Memorial Park.
He is survived by one son,
Matthew Sosnowski of Davie,
Fla.; one sister, Helen
Sosnowski of Irvington, N. J.;
two brothers, Henry of Irv
ington. N. J. and Edward
Sosnowski of California and four
grandchildren.
Sutton
Funeral services for Mrs. Lela
Tyler Sutton, 80, were held at the
graveside in Cedar Grove
Cemetery in New Bern on March
14 at 3:30 p. m. with Rev. K.
Bryan officiating.
She is survived by one son,
Luther Eastwood, Sr. of Virginia
Beach, Va. and one grandson.
Jackson
Funeral services for Jasper
“Dail” Jackson, 76 of New Bern
were held Friday at 11 p. m. at
Pollock-Lineberry-Wells
Funeral Home with Rev. Bill
Wingard officiating. Graveside
services were at 3 p. m. at the
family cemetery in
Beaulahville.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Minnie Howell Johnson;
three daughters, Mrs. Helen
Hood, Mrs. Kathy St. Armand
and Mrs. Doris Durkins, all of
Threat To
Farmers
A proposed fund to invest in
agricultural land could be the
first step toward large scale
ownership of farm property by
powerful financial interests.
The Continental Bank of
Chicago has proposed the crea
tion of the Ag-Land Fund which
would invest SO million dollars
into farm land which in turn they
would sell to tax exempt pension
funds. The land would then be
leased to family farmers.
Farmers are understandably
very apprehensive about such a
proposal, feeling that it would
change the pattern of farmland
ownership in this country from
local ownership by private in
dividuals or small groups of in
dividuals to absentee ownership
by financial institutions or large
corporations
It should not be forgotten that
most of our agricultural produc
tion comes from family farms
where the bulk of labor and
management is provided by the
farmer and his family. The Ag
land Fund concept overlooks a
key ingredient in the success
story of American agriculture,
the pride of ownership.
Such a concept would adverse
ly increase land values which
have escalated rapidly in recent
years as farmers and others
have competed for available
land. The fund would also raise
the level of real estate taxes
which are based on land value.
There is also a basic un
fairness in allowing tax exempt
~ organizations to compete with
taxpaying farmers. There is no
reason why the favorable treat
ment given to pension trusts
under the tax laws should extend
to trusts which compete with in
dividual fanners in farming
operations.
New Bern; 5 sons, J. D., Frank,
Miland and Dean Jackson, all of
New Bern and Andy Jackson of
Beaufort, six sisters; two
brothers; two stepsons; one
stepdaughter; 22 grandchildren
and 8 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services for Wilbur
Thomas Hunnings, 73, retired
farmer, were held Friday,
March 18 at 2 p. m. at Norris
Funeral Home in Alliance with
Rev. Lee Toler officiating.
Burial was in Paul Cemetery.
He is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. Marvin Toler, of
Alliance and one son, Wilbur T.
Hunnings, Jr. of New Bern; four
sisters, Mrs. Minnie Dixon and
Mrs. Henry Cowell, both of
Smithfield and Mrs. Mertie
Sawyer and Mrs. Alex Jones,
both of Alliance; 3 grand
children and 2 great- grand
children.
Jones
Graveside services for Stacy
Carol Jones, 51, a former New
Bern resident were held
February 29 at 2 p. m. at the
Jones family cemetery near
Swansboro.
Surviving are one daughter,
Mrs. James Wescott of Hawaii;
a son,. Barry Jones of R-l New
Bern; sisters, Mrs. Mary Bor
ries of Mississippi, Mrs. George
Hatsell of Swansboro, Mrs.
Millie Kiser and Mrs. Roberta
Smith of New Bern; brothers,
Johnny of Morehead City and
Cedi Jonea of R-l New Bern;
two grandchildren.
Inland
Funeral services for Mrs. Min
nie Potter Ireland, 80 of
Reelsboro, were held Monday at
Norris Funeral Chapel in
Alliance with Rev. Graham
Lane and Rev. Billy Twiddy of
ficiating. Burial was in New
Bern National Cemetery.
She is survived by one sister,
Mrs. Vera P. Jones of Grant
sboro.
Funeral advices for Frank
Butts Musselman, Sr. 55, were
held Saturday at 2 p. m. at
Pollock-Lineberry-Wells
Funeral Home in New Bon,
with Rev. Ernest Porter of
ficiating. Burial was in New
Bern National Cemetery.
He is survived by his widow,
Grace Mills Musselman; one
daughter, Mrs. Julie Holverson
of Westminister, Cal.; two sons,
Charles W. Musselman of
Pinehurst and Frank B.
Musselman, of Augusta, Ga.; 1
stepson, Stephen Gerald Willis of
Richmond, Va.; one step
daughter, Jean Cook of Atlanta,
Ga.; two brothers, George S.
Butts of Sacremento, Cal. and
Joe G. Butts of Washington, D.
C.; three sisters, Mrs. Maynard
Hicks of Snow Hill, Mrs. Evelyn
Thompson of Roanoke Rapids
and Mrs. Lucy Rhodes of
Virginia Beach, Va.
Stonewall News
By Mrs. Ina Gaskin*
Mrs. H. R. Batson, Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Batson and Mrs.
Irene Gaskili visited relatives in
Chesapeake and Norfolk,
Virgina over the weekend.
Mrs. Ruth Daniek of Grant
sboro visited Mrs. Ina Gaskins
Wednesday and also Mrs.
Gladys Swindell of Oriental.
Mrs. Johnnie Van Hook shop
ped in New Bern Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Slade
visited his parents Mr. and Mrs.
Clee Slade Sunday.
Mrs. Ann Lupton visited her
sister at Havelock Tuesday.
Mrs. Verne Woodard arid Mrs.
Elmer Whaley were in New Bern
this week.
Mr. Mark Conner of Biscoe left
Friday after visiting his sister,
Mrs. Daisy Dunn.
Mrs. H. R. Batson carried
Mrs. Leo Lee to Dr. Hudson
Monday.
we are very sorry to hear that
Mr. Howard Brite had to be
taken back to Craven County
Hospital Monday. We hope soon
be home and that he won’t have
to stay as long as he did a few
weeks ago.
Mrs. Eunice Harris Pitts of
Garner visited Mrs. Ina
Gaskins.
Mrs. Eba Pritchard of
Reelsboro visited Mrs. Ina
Gaskins Sunday afternoon.
We had Sunday school con
ducted by Supt. Gary Whorton.
Subject of the adult class taught
by Mr. J. P. Stovall was “The
Way of Genuine Prayer”.
Memory selection was “Ask and
it will be given you, seek and you
will find, knock and it will be
opened to you.” Luke 13:9.
Church services were con
ducted by Rev. Tim Zeller.
Ushers were Greg Hopkins
and Asa Gatlin, Jr.. Acyiote was
Steve Carey.
Alliance Hawks
Sing The “Blues”
In Tourney Loss
By C. Ray Dudley
There’s one thing to play the
same team twice during regular
season and then play the same
team three more times In an
double elimination tournament.
The Oriental Warriors had won
over the Alliance Hawks 47-38
and 65-84 (overtime) during the
regular season. After escaping a
64-63 victory over the Bayboro
Jets, the Warriors lost a two
point decision to the Hawks by a
score of 59-57. Then after playing
two tournament games in one
night the Warriors won over the
Hawks by a score of 66-58.
Thai on Thursday, March
16th, the rudder match of the
tournament took place. The win
ner of this one game would be
the winner of the 1977 Pamlico
County Recreation Department
Double ( Elimination Tourna
ment. The Hawks were without
scoring ace Ricky Reapers and
the Warriors took leave of their
big center Zell Bryant and
James Smith. It was the instant
replay of the night before when
the Warriors trailed the first
three quarters and exploded in
the fourth.
The key to the Warriors vic
tory had to be in the players of
Russell Jones and the sixth man,
Eric Blue. Jones took command
A the boards and rebounding
strength. The Hawks lead 16-7
after one quarter and lead 26-20
at the half. Eric Blue’s three
quick baskets at the beginning of
the third quarter and the War
riors’ defense held the Hawks to
just six third quarter points as
the third quarter ended in a 32-32
tie. The battle went on as the
Cody Ushry show competed with
the Bryon Greene’s show.
When the show ended, the
Hawks had scored 16-fourth
quarter points and the Warriors
had scored 18 fourth quarter
points with the Warriors going
on top 50-48, and winning the 1977
Pamlico County Recreation
Department Adult Basketball
Double Elimination Champion
ship. The story should headline:
Russell “Blue” Jones and Eric
Blue causes the Alliance Hawks
to Sing the Blues in a 50-48 cham
pionship setback. The Warriors
were lead by Eric Blue with 13
points and Russell Jones with 12
points and Bryon Greene with 10
points. The Hawks were lead by
Cody Ushry with 15 points and
Terry Riggins with 11 points.
The Warriors were 6 of 12 from
the line for 50% and the Hawks
were 2 of 7 from the line for 29%.
It’s official, Oriental Warriors
are now number one after winn
ing the regular season cham
pionship and the tournament
championship. It was those
heartbreaking losses that saw
the Hawks of Alliance fall to se
cond place in thee regular
season and the tournament.
Coach Ray Gibbs of the War
riors took home two 3-4 feet
trophies and individuals
trophies. The Warriors did it the
hard way after falling to the
losers bracket, they had to play
two games in one night and
escaped with a 54-53 victory over
the Mesic Islanders and a 66-58
win over the Hawks. The players
on the 1977 Champion team are
RAY GIBBS, COACH, HOWARD
GREENE, BRYON GREENE,
MARVIN STOKES, ZELL
BRYANT, JAMES SMITH,
RUSSESS JONES, ERIC BLUE
AND CURTIS BELL. The run
ner up Alliance Hawks were lead
by Cody Ushry, Coach, Dennis
Stokes, Dewey Stokes, Ricky
Latham, Linwood Latham,
Terry Riggins, Ronnie Riggins,
Larry Cooper, Larry Ponds,
Ricky Respers and Neiaiah
Woodard.
ORIENTAL WARRIORS (50)
Ray Gibbs 6, Howard Greene 4,
Bryon Greene 10, Russelll Jones
12, Eric Blue 13, Curtis Bell 5
ALLIANCE HAWKS (48) Cody
Ushry 15, Dennis Stokes 0,
Dewey Stokes 8, Ricky Lathaln
8, Linwood Latham 0, Terry Rib
bins 11, Ronnie Riggins 6.
Halftime Score: Alliance
Hawks 26, Oriental Warriors 20
Fouled out: Dewey Stokes,
Hawks
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