Extension News, October 1971

Extension News Across the State, October 1971

Five county home economics agents received distinguished service awards at the National Association of Extension Home Economists’ annual meeting, October 1.

• Miss Martha B. Edmondson, Durham County, in Extension for 14 years, was cited for her outstanding programs in housing and house furnishings and in family relations.
• Miss Helen McCoy Payne was honored for her ability to develop an outstanding housing and foods and nutrition program for low-income families in Caswell County.
• Mrs. Jane H. Ross, Bladen County, was cited for her special ability to develop leadership in county adults and youths.
• Mrs. Gladys B. White was honored for her ability to help people to help themselves in the two counties in which she worked: Pamlico and Chowan. She has excelled in house furnishings and crafts.
• Mrs. Natalie P. Wimberley, an agent with more than 23 years of service, was recognized for her skill in working with the disadvantaged. She has trained aides for the Raleigh Housing Authority, OEO, WIN, Headstart and GROW, and has lead a strong home management program for families of various income levels.

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Jack Cullipher, associate agricultural agent in Bladen County, was awarded the Geigy Recognition Award for Outstanding Contributions to Agriculture at the National County Agricultural Agents Association meeting.

Cullipher and H.C. “Gene” McCall, agricultural agent in Haywood County, will be receiving Extension agent awards from the N.C. Irrigation Society when that organization meets in November.

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Extension Director George Hyatt Jr. was a member of a five-man study team which recently spent three weeks evaluating agricultural extension and research in the newly formed African nation of Ghana. The study was sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences.

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CLAY COUNTY

Clay has become the first county to meet its goal under the new North Carolina 4-H Development Fund Drive, mailing a check for $1,000 to Raleigh on Sept. 4.

The money was raised in just two months as “an awful lot of people learned more about 4-H,” according to Clay Agricultural Agent George Bowers. “We began the drive by calling a meeting of 10 key leaders. A lot of questions were asked about the uses that would be made of the money. After we explained, the drive went over well.”

Leading the drive was Bob Penland, a retired farmer, who chaired the committee. Other leaders included Jerome Smith, farmer; Ray Rogers, druggist; Mrs. Evelyn Groves, bank teller; Wallace Smith, school teacher; Mrs. Irma McClure, homemaker; Steve England, 4-H’er; Col. Wayne West, U.S. Army, retired; Neal Rogers, retired county accountant; and Perry Gribble, retired real estate dealer.

The new Development Fund Drive has a statewide goal of $750,000. The money will be used to support camping, leadership development, program development, the National 4-H Center, and IFYE.