Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-07-18
Carter And Hooks Are Nun,ed
Heads Of Development Group

'Itor the permanent organization
within 60 days. These meeting.
will be held in a different towr
IN the seven county area each
thine.
| Last Fridays meeting wa.
presided over by r. II. Tate
Wilmington banker. A. II. Davis
mayor of Burgaw, welcomed tn,
group and dinner was served b,
1.-THE Ponder County Home Dem
onStration council.
| The main speaker was Archi,
K. Davis of Salem
'lchairman of the board of Wach-
iowa Bank & Trust Company
and the first president of tn,
Northwest North Carolina Deve.
lopment Association. This asso-
citation is composed of IL coun-
ties in the WinSton-Salem area
and the progress in industry ano
agriculture during the three
years of its existence has been
phenomenal.
l.. Y. Stag" Ballentine, State
commissioner of agriculture, al
so addressed the group. He sug-
gested that the Southeastern
organization might want to tour
the Northwest North Caroline
area to observe the work that is
being done in promoting mark
citing, egg production and the
clarifying industry.
i Several officials of the N. c
State College extension service
also made brief statements.
The proposed Southeastern
association would be comprised
of the following counties: Blad-
err Brunswick, Columbus, Dup
: lin, OnSlow, Fender and New
Hanover.
4 Il have extended an invita-
. ton TO John Crawford, program
} planning specialist of the n. C.
, State College extension service
to talk to the steering commit
-ltee at the Jacksonville meeting
Il hope that he will see fit tc
!, be with us and that a great deal
of the ground work can be laid
| at that time toward establishing
the permanent organization or
a sound basis" Carter said.
"A similar organization was
attempted about five years age
and ii failed in infancy because
OF lack of work and enthusiasm.
Most of the people in the South
east now realize that we need Ia
wake up and expand our eco
nomy If we expect to grow and
keep pace with the rest of North
Carolina and the South" Garter
said.
We are losing thousands of
young people from these seven
counties every year because we
do not have suitable employ
.ment for them. Farmers are los
ing millions of dollars because
of inadequate marketing facili-
ties of farm produce. Chicken
and dairy farmers arc suffering
Tor lack of organization in mar
keting their production. Our
tourist attractions arc not bcirg
properly promoted. All thee
things can be substantially i'm
proved if the area will pull to-
gether for the common good and
seek TO unite its efforts" Carter
said.
There are no one or two
people who can make this pro-
gram successful. Our county's
two representatives on the steer
ing committee can carry the load
successfully once the permanent
organization is formed. II will
take thousands of people with
interest, energy and patience to
make the movement the success
that it should be-" Carter said.
1T is also important TO point
out that this seven county org
anizatlon in no way attempts to
discourage or replace local or
county development groups. On
the contrary, il hopes to be of
every assistance TO these local
lied efforts and TO operate on
the theory that what is advant-
agcouS for ono section helps the
whole area nc stated.
"1n nutshell. the purpose of
this new organization will be TO
seek new industries promote the
flourish trade and improve agri-
culture and rural living" Cart
or said.
Members Of the steering COM
mittCc other than Carter. Hooks
and Thompson are: Ponder -
John f.. Russ. w. T. Chaffin:
New HanovCr-D. D. Baggett
Fred Graham: Duplin - Melvin
Cordin. Phillip Krcstch: Blad-
cn-Clydc r. Jordan, Jr.. f.
Fulton Stokes: Onslow - Nit
chcll Allen and Jim A1lgood
Brunswick county did not have
a representative at the meeting
but since last Friday. James
Bowman, Southport attorney
and Democratic nominee for the
State legislature. has contacted
Chairman Carter and said no
would attend the next steering
committee meeting in Jackson
vile and would bring another