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! / / V* Thursday, December 10, 1953 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Page Saves 4*H Youth Win Awards in South Carolina F OREMOST among 4-H Club members in Sou A Carolina are three teen-agers who nave high ratings in the National 4-H programs in Entomology, Soil and Water Conservation and Beautification of Home Grounds. Joanna News. (continued from page 1) •• recreation room. The Frances Wat son, Mable Moorhead, Hilliard Mitchell circles will meet for a 15- ! minute business session. All will go to recreation room for the gen-1 eral meeting with the Moorhead | ' circle presenting the program and ' the Mitchell circle serving refresh- i ments. All members are invited to attend. Tips Offered On Yule Tree Fire Safety ' Harold Godwin Best Helen Weijner Berbers Green in Conservation An exceptional soil-saving job by Harold Godwin, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Godwin, of Cow ard, brought him the distinction of being named State winner in South Carolina in the 4-H Soil adn Water Conservation program. In mapping out a plan for the farm, it was first drained, then plowed so as to level it, fertilized well and planted in rotation. The permanent pasture was started in 1947 with three types of plants on well-lived soil. It has passed through various stages of drain age, fertilization and replanting, has been mowed and lightly grazed. The bottom fields have been drained and planted and a kfish pond is to be constructed. In spite of the drought this year the crops have stood up well. In recognition, the Firestone organization presented Harold with a handsome wrist watch ■ award. . j Pressley Marshall, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Marshall, ef Sumter, Junior Division winner, received a $25 U. S. Savings Bond in recognition of his achievements in the same pro gram. • • • • Gets 4-H Entomology Award Helen Weisner, 17, Lancaster, was chosen as having the best ^all-around 4-H Entomology pro- tgram in the State during 1953. In recognition, she was awarded [ a 19-jewel watch, provided by the J Hercules Pow*dcr Co. New vistas and experiences have been opened to Helen through the study of in- J All these programs are conducted under the direction of the [Cooperative Extension Service. sect life and community projects relating to insect control. Helen has used her knowledge in entomology to interest othens in the community. She demon strated specimens to her biology class, at District Roundup, the county camp, American Legion, the Conservation Carnp and placed one of her exhibits in the Lan caster County Library. She or ganized a ipnior boys' club. Her collection has grown to about 125 different kinds of insects. Helen is junior leader and president of her club. Wins Landscaping Award For greatly improving her fam ily’s homestead surroundings, Barbara Green, 15, Lynchburg, has been named State winner in the 4-H Beautification of Home Grounds program. Barbara Green has been active in 4-H activities for six years, but only two years ago decided to join the Home Grounds Beau tification project. After the com pletion of her parents’ new home m 1951, Barbara took over the landscaping of the grounds. A recreation area was designed with S icnic table and benches, an out-' oor fireplace in one comer, with swings and benches completing the playground. A flower garden five feet wide added a colorful background. Mrs. Charles R. Walgreen of Chicago rewarded—Bticbara’s ef forts with a handsomeT9<^weI wrist watch, apjyropriatelyDa- scribed. Birth Announcement Kennedy Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Kennedy an nounce the birth of a daughter, 1 i Wanda Gail, at Joanna Memorial hospital on December 6. Mrs. Ken nedy is the former Miss Sadie Moon of Joanna. (By HARMAN W. NICHOLS) Washington—The Christmas tree buying season is almost upon us. And come New Years, a lot of peo ple will be burned through care lessness—some of them fatally. So paste warnings on the kitchen wall. ' fho !*r? ' S’.a* . Forest prod ucts labort‘or" of .he Department of Agriculture has '. m.o helpful suggestions. If you get a tree e.'.riy, it’s a good dea, thr* department sajs, to keep t standing iri water—the longer the better before you haul it before! the fireplace. The department also has these] recommendations: Bus* a tree that has been recently | cut. Slice off the end of the trunk di- j agonaily at least one inch above the original cut end. Stand the tree in a con^ner of water and keep the' water level above the cut surface 1 so long as the tree is in the house. It the tree is not to be set up for several days, it should be kept standing in water—in a cool place. 1 The department says: 'If started in time, the treat ment not only will prevent the •’eedles from drying out and be coming flammable, but it will also ' eep them fresh and green.” So: they won’t catch Lre. h The government supplies book lets about how to treat a Christ mas tree chemically once you get it by the fireplace. (Just drop a line to U. S. Forest Products lab oratory, Madison, Wis.) Here are other government sug gestions: When you put up a Yule tree, check all electrical connections. There may be an exposed wire.. If so, fix it. Avoid accumulation of combus- \b’e decorations on or beneath the Place the tree so that its acci- n’.al burning could not ignite cur- other combustible furnish- ■ ‘r 2 . \: vet DON’T READ TJir OIRONICLE DON'T GET THE NEWS 5 Famous Questions In Segregation Issue Asked High Court Washington, Dec. 7—Here are the now-famous five questions which the Supreme Court asked attorneys for both sides in the segregated Jones Asks S. C. Fanners To Approve lint Allotment Columbia, Dec. 10—South Caro lina Commissioner of Agriculture J. Roy Jones, urged agricultural commissioners in other Southern schools cases to answer in written | states to support the 1954 reduced briefs and oral arguments: j cotton acreage allotment which “1. What evidence is there that will be voted j0 n Dec. 15. the Congress which submitted and the state legislatures and conven tions which ratified the fourteenth amendment contemplated or did not contemplate, understood or did not understand, that it would abol ish segregation in public schools? ‘2. If neither the Congress in' Jones wired the commissioners i that ‘‘cotton growers will suffer greatly if quotas are defeated . Un limited acreage in 1954 will mean 15-cent cotton and only 50 per cent parity for price support.” Earlier today, State Farm Bureau President E. H. Agnew also asked submitting nor the state in ra ti-^ favorable vote on the allotment lying the fourteenth amendment Th , e u i lde 1 r ,,. f understood that compliance with vear ^ lj’ 9 ^f!? nn natl0na allotm ® nt it would require the immediate COmparei abolition of segregation in public W1 !, h 1952 s M^o.OOO acres. schools, was it nevertheless the Fa ^ m bu f rea “ directors and understanding of the framers of ^bers of the state legislative the amendment I delegation yesterday asked Agricul- a , That ‘ future Congresses ture Secretary Benson to increase kV • 7k nf fhiir now the national allotment to 21 million might, in the exercise of their pow-1 er under section 5 of the amend- s ' ment, abolish such segregation, o r i|. . . f “(B) that it would be within the ifahirlp I irpnCPC judicial power, in light of future " wlllvlw LIvwlUwJ conditions, to construe the amend- aj , q ■ .i ■ ment as abolishing such segrega- |V|||J| Qg [.0011)10 tion of its own force? ™ “3. On the assumption that the! answer to questions 2 (A) and (B) Highway patrolmen have been do not dispose of the issue, is it told to make cases against all mo- within the judicial power, ih con- j tor vehicle operators who obscure struing tty? amendment, to abolish vehicle license plates by improperly segregation in public schools? attaching military base permits, “4. Assuming it is decided that fraternal emblems, trailer hitches or segregation in public schools vio- other devices. Chief Highway Com- lates the fourteenth amendment, misioner Claude R. McMillan an- “(A) Would a decree necessarily! nounced today, follow providing that, within the The chief road official said' all limits set by normal geographic patrolmen had definite orders to school districting, Negro children see that all license plates are prop- should forthwith be admitted to erly displayed. Police officers in schools of their choice, or municipalities were requested toi “(B) May this court, in the exer- cooperate in the enforcement pro- cise of its equity powers, permit an gram. effective gradual adjustment to be A good many military personnel, brought about from existing segre- taxicab operators, truckers, and gated systems to a system not based! others who visit military instalia-J on color distinction? i tions have the practice of attaching j “5. On the assumption on which] the diamond-shaped permits toj questions 4 (A) and (B) are based! their vehicles in such a way as to and assuming further that this cover the rear license plate. When- court will exercise its equity pow ers to the end described in ques tion 4 (B), ever this illegal practice is observed the patrolmen will be following def inite orders in making cases against “(A) Should this court formulate the violators, Mr. McMillan said, detailed decrees in these cases; Frequently observed also are “(B) If so. what specific issues, plates partly hidden by bumpers should the decree reach; , and tililer hitches, and trailer and “(C) Should this court appoint a truck plates which are so covered special master to hear evidence with dirt and grime as to be illeg- with a view to recommending spe- ible. All these practices are in vio- drific terms for such decrees; lation of the state motor vehicle] ’“(D) Should this court remand laws, which require that license' to the courts of first instance with plates be conspicuously displayed] directions to frame decrees in these and maintained in good condition, cases, and if so, what general di- at all times. 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