Friday, May 4, 2018

Personnel Changes in N.C. Agricultural Extension, May, 1951

Extension Personnel News from the May, 1951, issue of Extension Farm-News, published by N.C. State College, Raleigh


Appointment of Charles W. Williams, native of Cleveland, Rowan County, as extension marketing specialist at State College has been announced by Dr. H. Brooks James, head of the Department of Agricultural Economics. Williams will work with farmers and county agents on problems connected with poultry and egg marketing. He succeeds Guy R. Cassell, who has been recalled to duty with the Marine Corps.
The new staff member is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Williams of Cleveland. He attended N.C. State and received his B.S. in agricultural education. He has been a graduate student at the college for the past several months and expects to complete work soon for an M.S. in agricultural economics.
Williams was assistant county agent in Catawba County from January through December, 1949. During World War II he was in the Army Air Corps for two and a half years, serving as engineer-gunner on a B-24. He is a Baptist and a member of Kappa Phi Kappa.
Birth Announcement
The latest in Extension Narrative Reports is illustrated in the following by Max A. Culp, Caldwell County Farm Agent:
While Mother is recovering; and Dad is too—(we hope)
Just thought I’d drop a line in you to give you all the dope—
The Accomplishments: A Baby Boy from Lulla-by-Land
The Name: Terry Martin Boney, son of Assistant County Agent Ben C. Boney and Mrs. Boney, Lenoir, North Carolina
The Address: Arrived by Fast Express. Delivered April 1, 1951, at 1:25 a.m . to the Blackwelder Hospital, Lenoir
The Specific Results: Seven long pounds of joy and happiness, 7 ounces of lost sleep per night.
The Cost: At present time, unfinished business
Death Announcement
Word has been received of the death of Mrs. Zeno Moore of Whitakers, widow of the late Zeno Moore, who was found dead in bed apparently the victim of a heart attack.
Mrs. Moore was active in home demonstration work and was a familiar figure at State Federation meetings. Her late husband was farm agent of Edgecombe County for many years, and is considered one of the pioneers of Extension work in this state.
New Appointments
Mrs. Pauline S. Johnson, Home Agent, Jacksonville
H.M. McNeill, Assistant Negro Agent, Tarboro
W.J. Rams, County Agent, Trenton
M.L. Snipes, Temporary Associate Agent, Sylva
Mamie N. Whisnant, Home Management Specialist, State College
C.W. Williams, Marketing Specialist, State Collage
Changes of Name
Mrs. Jacqueline B. Earley, nee Jacqueline Barnhill, Assistant Home Agent, Winton
Mrs. Elizabeth W. Jones, nee Elizabeth Womble, Assistant Home Agent, Snow Hill
Mrs. Iva H. Roberson, nee Iva Hurst, Assistant Home Agent, Raleigh
Mrs. Audrey F. Turner, nee Audrey Feezor, Assistant Home Agent, Reidsville
Resignations
W.C. Richardson, Assistant County Agent, Boone
Mrs. Doris G. Butler, Assistant Home Agent, Fayetteville
Yvonne Keith, Assistant Home Agent, Halifax


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