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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY Volumt S3, No. 2 USPS 429-MO USPS 42I-0M Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, January 9, 19M 25 CENTS Seasonal Signs Smoke rising from roof tops is a familiar sight since Old Man Winter has settled into the area for a spell; but the cold weather won't help much to pre serve the last remnants of Christmas as trees await their final destination on the curb throughout the community. (Photos by George Wilmore.) Eastern Carolina leaders show interest in U.S. 17 Slowly but surely North Caro lina is fashioning a four lane tourist highway through its most promising tourist area, deep in eastern North Carolina. "I wish it was coming earlier but Highway 17 will become a tremendous economic factor when all 262-miles of it through North Carolina are completed," Lockwood B. Phillips of More head City, said. Eastern North Carolina lead ers, as well as state officials, showed more interest than usual in 17, a longtime North-South highway through the state, dur ing a major Conference on Tou rism conducted in Greenville re cently. Phillips, the Associate Pub lisher and General Manager of the Carteret News-Times in Morehead City, pointed out that the main thrust coming out of the tourism conference was that Eastern North Carolina has to build tourism dollars to offset lack of future dollars coming from a downturn in agriculture; and inadequate dollars coming into the economy from slow in dustrial development in the re gion. "It was recognized right off, that Highway 17 is a key to devel opment of more tourism," Phil lips explained. He admits that In terstate 95 currently carries most of the North-South tourist traffic. "That's the problem, 95 carries them right through the state without stopping," he ex plains. He feels that many tour ists would opt for a slower paced trip through the state on a four laned 17. "It runs right through the earliest historic sites in the nation and just off our beautiful beaches," Phillips points out. He declined to fault Goveraor Jim Martin for pushing Inter state 40 construction so vigor ously at the possible expense of 17 and other highways in the state. "I agree that 40 is impor tant," Phillips says, "but I do hope the Governor will get be hind 17 and give it a shove so it can be completely four-laned more quickly." Meanwhile, the Eastern Caro lina Chamber of Commerce is trying to coordinate a buildup of commercial tourist attractions in the 43 counties of eastern North Carolina. "We asked every county to come up with at least one commercial tourist project at the conference in Greenville, and for representatives from each county to return home to get busy in making it a reality as soon as possible," Phillips said. "We need to get more tourist tra ffic moving through the area to offset our other economic prob lems which are not likely to go away soon." "If we'll give northern tourists a decent four-laned North-South highway through our historic and tourist area in the east, they can help us solve our problems," he maintains. "Highway 17 is im portant to every eastern North Carolinian whether he lives in Raleigh, or Fayetteville, or right smack along 17, "Phillips con tends. Agriculture Commissioner discloses year-end report 1965 was a good crop year al though yield per acre of most field crops were below 1964 lev els. Only tobacco, cotton, and sweet potatoes were higher than the previous year. Quality of most crops has been good al though the soybean crop was hurt by excessive moisture at harvest time. Prices were below 1984 levels for nearly all crops. Veternary The Legislature appropriated (771,000 for additions to the Rose Hill and Monroe animal diagnos tic laboratories. A construction appropriation of $1, 520,900 was made for new lab at Elkin. A state-federal pilot project to control and eradicate p6eudora bles in swine continued. An out break of tuberculosis in cattle has been eradicated. Surveil lance testing and controlled movement of poultry for a vain influenza continued. Dr. Claude Carraway was named director of the Meat and Poultry Inspection Service. He replaced Dr. James A. Bell, who retired. Structural Pest Control Five persons were conviced in the courts of violating the state Structural Pest Control (exter mination) Law. Four of these re Harris elected to EMPA committee WILSON, NC/Mayor Frederick E. Turnage of Rocky Mount has been re-elected to a third one year term as chairman of the North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency (NCEMPA) Board of Commissioners. Also during the board's meeting at the Wilson Municipal Building Laurinburg City manager Peter G. Vandenberg was re-elected vice chairman and Greenville Utilities Commis sion member E.A. Warren was named secretary-treasurer. Elected to one-year terms as at-large members of the ex ecutive committee were Hert ford Town Commissioner Jesse Harris, Scotland Neck Town Commissioner N.O. McDowell, Jr., Kinftton City Manager Stephen W. Raper and Smithfield City Manager Anthony C. Robertson. NCEMPA is a state-chartered municipal corporation composed of 32 Eastern North Carolina cities which formerly were whoie customers of either Carolina Power * Light Company (CP ft L) or Virginia Electric and Power Company (VEPCO). The agency now is the a 11 plicr to the participant cities and i,i rli* -S- -S ? l - owns unaiviaea inter 6*18 in tlx ? units at four electric generating plants which CP & L operates or has under construction. The agency's Board of Com missioners is composed of one representative from each par ticipating municipality. Commis sioners are selected by the gover ning bodies of their respective cities and towns. The board elects its officers from within its ranks. From NCEMPA and North Carolina Municipal Power Agency Number 1, soring 19 Piedmont North Carolina Municipalities, are managed by Electricities of North Carolina, a joint municipal assistance agen cy which represents 64 cities that own' thier municipal electric distribution systems. Participating cities in NCEM PA are: Apex, Ayden, Benson, Clayton, Farmville, Freemont, Hooka-ton, Kinston, LaGrange, Laurinburg, Louis burg, Lumber ten, New Ben, Pikeville, Red Spring, Rocky Mount, Selma, Smithfield, South port. Wake Ftareet and Wilson (formerly served by CP k L); and flrihaTwi. Ifrkiimi, n. ty, Greenville, Hamilton, Hert ford, Hobgood, Hobersonville Scotland Neck, Tarboro and Washington (formerly VEPCO ?erved cities). ? ceived active prison sentences. Four structural pest control operators (exterminators) were called before the Structural Pest Control Board for alleged viola tions of the law. One operator's license was revoked. Standards A new standards laboratory was opened in Raleigh, and grain moisture meter inspection pro gram was funded. The LP-Gas inspection program was appro priated for equipment and fa cility improvements at the motor fuels laboratory. State Fab Attendance at the 1965 State Fair was 655,912. There were 348 non-fair uses of the fairgrounds. This amounted 1,457 use days with an estimated attendance of 1,010,968. Research Stations An additional pen for the bull test station at the Mountain Re search Station at Waynesville has been completed and comple tion of a beef cattle research and demonstration facility is sched uled for December 1965. Plans have been prepared for a sweet potato processing and handling facility at the Horticul tural Crops Research Station at Clinton. ' Planning is underway for a wa ter management system at the Tidewater Research Station. It will provide irrigation and drain age. Funding was received for reno vation and new construction of poultry facilities and Piedmont Research Station in Salisbury. Design for an irrigation of the Peanut Belt Research Station at Williamston has been completed. PLANT INDUSTRY Testing for endophyte, a toxic fungus found in seed and pasture plant tissue, is being offered. A fee schedule for the service has been established. Soybean seed quality has been adversely affected by weather conditions. Intervention activities against the gypsy moth continued in nine locations. In Avery County on the Tennessee border, a Joint opera tion was conducted with Tennes see Department of Agriculture to eradicate ? gypsy moth infesta ? tion invloving both states. A survey for itchgrass, a new weed found in Robeson County in 1964, showed limited infestation. Bioassay analyses for herbi cide contamination were con ducted on 340 samples of ferti lizer. Sampling and testing of fertilizer and lime continued. Museum Dedication of the new Mari time Museum in Beaufort took place in May. Funds were appro priated by the General Assembly to double the educational staffs to the Maritime Museum and the State Museum of Natural History in Raleigh. Marketing The 1985 Legislature appropri ated $12 million for a new Ra leigh Farmers Market. Several capital improvements were made including new buildings and parking areas at the Char lotte and Asheville farmers mar kets. All three markets continued to grow. The Asheville facility, for example, served 900,000 peo ple during the year with $30 mil lion in produce sold. Gate rec eipts at the Raleigh Market were $100 thousand with wholesale rental fees of $150 thousand. At the Charlotte Market, 200,000 people visited the complex. Engineering, assisted 67 firms with individual consultations and planning. Estimated costs for the recommendations was $11 mil lion. Daily market information was provided major newspapers and radio stations. Reports were pub lished weekly on livestock, grain and sweet potatoes. Market Newsline, a daily TV broadcast, expanded futures coverage. "Flavors of Carolina", a pro motional program for N.C. food products, was expanded to in clude three cities; Philadelphia, PA, Baltimore, MD and Char lotte, NC. Flue-cured farmers sold 524 million pounds of tobacco in 1965 for $866 million, down $100 mil lion from 1964. Stabilization rec eipts were 132 million pounds, down 26 million pounds from 1964. The bur ley tobacco crop is estimated at 19.5 million pounds and should bring growers $30 million. Twenty-five companies were assisted with the contract proc ess for horticultural crops. Aid was given in developing 800 acres of evening primrose, a new con tracted crop. Two community farmers markets were developed with assistance provided to six communities interested in form ing vegetable packing sheds. The N.C. Herb Growers Association was established. Grain marketing assistance, grain grading and equipment checks were provided to 230 firms. Three cotton gins went into operation for the 1985 crop. Help was given 10 farmer groups organizing cooperatives. Three rail abandonments were opposed by the NCDA. Livestock specialists assisted in the sale of 107,356 head of beef cattle, 977 dairy cattle, 718 goats, 1,066 sheep, 68,477 pounds of wool, and 461,767 swine. Logue named as new assistant administrator Peter F. Logue has been hired as the new Assistant Administra tor at Albemarle Hospital, Rob ert Jeffries, hospital administra tor announced today. A native of Norwell, Massachu setts, Logue came to Albemarle Hospital from Baltimore County General Hospital in Randalls town, Maryland. He was an ad ministrative assistant at that hospital. Logue will be responsible for administering all hospital satel lite services, medical care eval uations, and four departments within the hospital. Medical Re cords, Social Services, Dietary and Emergency departments at the facility will be administered by Logue. Logue holds a masters degree in Health Administration from the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. He also received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Politi cal Science from the University of Vermont, and minored in Eco nomics at University of Ver mont. Prior to working at Baltimore County General, Logue did an ad ministrative residency at Church Hospital in Baltimore. Logue said that he is excited about the new position. "This is a good career opportunity for me. I'm excited about the wide range of responsibilities I'll be hand ling, with duties in the hospital and the satellite services," he said. "I'm very pleased to be ?T moving to such a pleasant town," Logue added. He plans to live in Elizabeth City. Logue succeeds Charles Stew art, who left Albemarle in No vember to accept an Assistant Administrator position in a Ra leigh hospital. Logue will be working with Jef fries, and Associate Administra tor Glen Washington in the three man administrative team at Al bemarle Hospital. The adminis trative team was expanded to three in early September 1984, when Stewart was hired and Washington was promoted from Assistant Administrator to the Associate position.
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