The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-05-10
A FAT STOCK SHOW
HELD IN TYRRELL

Meat type hogs featured the
9Th annual Tyrrell County Fat
Stock Show and sale held on
Thursday, May 9th in Columbia.
Several individual and pen of three
entries in the swine section were
of the lean meat type that the
American housewife is now de-
Emanding.
Ten All boys and girls and five
FLA. members exhibited in the
show. Four steers were shown by
All Club members.
All club members who plan
ned to enter hogs in the COM
petition for Grand Champion
awards. included Lawrence Swain,
Linda Simmons, Bud Spencer,
Neil Spencer, William David
Cooper, ]. D. Brickhouse, J.
Warren Swain, Shirley Cooper,
M. j. Cooper and Linda Swain. ~
Members of Columbia Chapter
of Future Farmers of America
who passed their barrows apd
gifts before the critical eyes of
judge were Avery Morris, Thomas
Morris, Chester Cooper, Terry
Swain and Bobby Voliva. The adj
visor of these young farmers is
w. E. Brown, teacher of Vocation
al Agriculture.
Sterling Spruill, Joyce Spruill,
Loretta Brickhouse and Bibb Swain
groomed steers to exhibit. These
which they will exhibit. These
steers were fed largely on a
ration made from feeds grown in
Tyrrell County.
C. E. Tatum of Elizabeth City
will auctioneer the sale to begin
at 1880 pm.
The Judge of the show was
John Christian of N. c. Agricul-
tural Extension Service.
Listed on the buyers committee
were George Owens, Chairman, NJ.
A. Matthews, Julian H. Swain,
Charles Cohoon, Aubrey Williams,
of the Rotary Club, w. A. Macy,
H. P. Swain, Clair E. Morris, Mil
ton v. Cohoon, of the Farm Blu
reau; Floyd E. Cohoon of the
American Legion; Bowen Spencer,
Rodney Bateman, Willie Simmons,
Hodges Davenport, Weston Walk
er of the livestock industry; Har-
vey Davis, livestock producer. G.
L. Hopkins, Soil Conservation and
Murray L. Goodwin, Asst. County
Agent. The duty of the buyers
committee was to see that the
calves and hogs were sold at a
fair price, and~to contact interested
buyers.
The building committee COM
posed of William Brown, Vocation
al education teacher in Columbia
School, Chmn., Dennis M. Pledger
of Farm Bureau. Shelton Ludford,
Rotary; Roy Smith Jaycees, and
H. H. Harris, County Agent, was
to arrange for an adequate place
to hold show and sale, and to as
sist with preparing the show ring
and an area to keep the animals
before and after the show.
It was to be the duty of the Ring
Committee composed of Rodney
Bateman, Julian H. Swain, Willie
F. Simmons, Edward Davis and
Hodges Davenport, representing
the Rotary Club, Livestock Indus
try and the Farm Bureau, to
check in the animals and to check
them out to buyers after the sale,
and to assist the auctioneer in
taking bids.
The Litter Committee composed
of o. B. Simmons, Cecil Lelley
and Wilbert Simmons representing
the Jaycees and Farm Bureau
arranged to have adequate straw
and shavings available to bed the
animals.
The publicity committee was to
keep the public informed and to
hang the Fat Stock Banner in the
town--they were Paul L. Liverman,
Mayor, w. E. Brown, vocational
teacher, Mrs. Blanche w. Cohoon,
radio and news reporter, John III.
Hardison of Rotary Club and M.
L. Goodwin Asst. Co. Agent.
Mrs. Myrtle Mitchell and Donald
E. Steagall, A.S.C. manager,
kept the records of contributions
and accounts of sale; collecting
money from buyers and paid
correct amount to exhibitors, and
also had the responsibility to
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