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* Page Six THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday t August 10, 1950 RHAME GETS LIONS CITIZEN AWARD DR RHAME District Forester Report Shows . Much Work Done , Special to The Chronicle. | Columbia. Aug. 9—The annual re- Jport of the district forester for the jNewberry district, which includes! Laurens county, for the 1949-50 fis-j cal year-has just been released by ^ | the S. C. State Commission of For- [ estry. Forester for the district is E. L. Middleswart, and J. Shaw Mad- ;den is county ranger for Laurens l county. The Forestry Board is composed of Elmore Bramlett, chairman, RFD, 1 Laurens; J. Y. Martin, vice-chair man, RFD, Ware Shoals; J. T. Hol lingsworth, Cross Hill; Tan M. Ray,' Clinton; and Allen Marlor, RFD, 'Fountain Inn. The district office of the State' Commission is situated in the Ex- i change Bank building in Newberry,' : and the Laurens county ranger’s of- j fice is in the Agricultural building ' in Laurens. The Newberry district is compos ed of 3.125.110 acres, of which 2,- Dr D O Rhame, phvsician and 204 - 600 acres are forest land mak -| f urgeon of this city, was formally ing up 157 per cent of the total wood-! ) resented the Lions club "Citizen of land acreage in the state. The U. S Year- award"Monday evening at purest Service is responsible for fire! , *b' N meltin' 1 in the college d.n- *Le pro.e.tion on 321,60fi acres in .. Z ha ij 0 ^ "" ,tne district and the remaining 1,-1 882.S94 acres are under the protec-! t.on of the state commission. , , In Laurens county, 244,735 wood- (,mmunit>. L r Rhame >.ng ed j an( j a>:Tes are un der state protection • for his meritorious work with The award, made annually by the for outstanding service to the me Cub Scouts of the city. He is v -airman of the Lions club commit- The organized protection personnel • in Laurens county consists of ran- ^ „ ... ger three wardens, two towermen, ve on Cub Scouts, which sponsors thrM {lexible crew mem5ers and : e work in Clinton. i thirty volunteer crew members, mak-; Lawrence Stanley executive direc-) in g a j 0 t a i 0 f 39 The volunteer fire 1 t r of the Blue Ridge Council, Boy fighting crews have been organized Scouts, of Greenville, was present strategic points throughout the • >r the special occasion and made tne county where fire occurrence has , esentatmn on behalf of the club. been greatest in the past. The crews' Mr Stanley reviewed the scope and are , SS ued fire fighting equipment im.ties f the Boys Scout organi- w hjch is left in charge of the crew ration in general, and in particular i* a der. m nted out the contr.bution that Dr During the 1949-50 fiscal year a Rname nas made to the work of Cub total of i 02 f oresl fi rej broke out in cuting m L .inton Den mothers and Laurens county, according to the annual report. The fires burned 1,- 349 wooded acres and caused dam- Dr Rhame. who was aecompa .ied a g r am0 unting to $7,476. Two per- tne meeting by his two young C uo son# vsere prosecuted in connection with the fires Laurens county had :ners in 1 ith the a ic community who assist irk were also commended. Sv • ngiy ons as guest' *x pressed hi of the club, feel the honor bestowed upon him appreciation of , he , ar g e<l number of fires in the Newberry District during the year, "with damage valued a $7,476. The county in which the largest number of forest fires were report ed during the twelve month period was Orangeburg, where 953 forest fines burned 26.700 acres of timber and caused damage totalling $?$.- Boll Weevil Fight May Stop Too Soon Clemson Au* 7—Many ‘ farmers *re tempted to stop poisoning boli weevils too soon, the Clemson college ^ , . extension service w.rned today . A total of 136 ^e plowed To do so. the extension cotton com- or flr * ^re^u m the Newberry dls- mittee said. resulU In loss of full ben- du ™« » eflts of ear.y poisoning, especially in | total, 11 P.edmont countse, where much of wer * » n Th * tne crop 1. far from safe from wee- »t*te does not operate a heavy unit Vil damage .!» P* 9 conatruction in the Reports from 35 counties show an ‘ average boll weevil infestation of approximately 32 per cent in poison ed fields and 65 per cent in unpois- c ned fields , One of the seven fire danger meas urement stations in the Newberry district, the 3fountvlUe Tower, is situated in Laurens county. The committee advised that “so . The report states that there were long as cotton is fruiting and young flr « burned m the New- bo’.ls are in danger, poisoning should berry district during the year. The be continue; at five-day intervals" w ** lh «r condit.ona were about nor- "Where cotton is rank and bolls toT section, accord- have formed at the top of stalks and ,n $ ‘° forester Middleswart, with the blooming has ceased, poisoning has **cepion of •dry spring During the been stopped or bollrot has been not- months of Feoruary, March and ed defoliation should begin,” the April a prolonged dry spell made committee said occurrence great. MIDWAY 1 Drive-In Theatre NEWEST AND FINEST CLINTON — JOANNA FRIDAY-SATURDAY AUGUST 11-12 CHEYENNE TAKES OVER Lash LaRue — Fuzzy St. John MONDAY-TUESDAY A AUGUST 14-15 BIG WHEEL Mickey Rooney — Thomas Mitchell WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY AUGUST 16-17 THE SUNDOWNERS Robert Preston — Chill Wills — Robert Sterling ALSO SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS ADMISSION 40c * Children under 12 admitted FREE ^ First Show Starts at Dusk—Second Show at 10 P.M. o' MS H o m c of Rotter Va I u c Air-Conditioned . . . for your shopping comfort Values! Bargains! Savings! 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