The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, October 27, 1955, Image 7
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1955
FARMS AND FOLKS
By J. M. ELEAZER
Clemeon Extension Information Specialist
THE NEWBERRY SUN
PAGE SEVEN
The Farm and Home Develop
ment program, wherein extension
workers intensify their efforts in
a concentrated area to help farm
folks build and improve rural life
and better their farm income, is
making real progress in many
counties, according to county ag
ent's reports. And I can see this
progress at places a.* I go about.
Beautified homes, schools, ceme
teries, churches, attractive mail
boxes with name plates, neat
roadsides and clean hedge-rows,
diversified crops and livestock.
Also community signs on the
highways as you enter, etc. These
are the signs I see.
Down in Allendale Rogers tells
me the -Beldoc community plans
to remodel a house as community
center and dredge out a,' swimm
ing pool.
In Colleton county this work
has increased interest in crop
growing contests, acording to Co.
Agent Alford. They have fifty-
five farmers in the corn contest,
25 in the 5-acre cotton improve
ment contest, and 11 in the pas
ture contest. These are about
equally divided between white and
colored farmers.
THAT COASTAL BERMUDA
Each summer brings more good
atories about Coastal Bermuda we
have been planting over South
Carolina. The past summer is the
first time we’ve had any rain
“hardly since we started planting
it in all counties. Even on the
past foiir dry years it has done
exceptionally well, beating every
thing else. But this year, with fair
rains, it has really had a chance.
And it has come fully up to .ex
pectations.
I asked County Agent McCord
of Georgetown - if he thought we
had oversold this grass. He said.
“No, if anything we have under
sold it.” Now, folks, with what
sounded like tall tales Hugh Woo-
dle has been telling about this
grass in recent ' years, during
which it was being introduced on
demonstration farms in every
county, that’s a strong statement
to come from a conservative fel
low like McCord.
Back in the summer County
Agent Shelley of Barnwell told
me A. P. Collins of Hilda had cut
his 5-acre field of second year
Coastal in early July. He got two
and a half tons of good hay per
acre. And it was ready to cut a-
gain the last of that month. And
he got a little over a ton per acre
from the first cutting from a field
of it he had planted the past
March.
SOIL TESTING
This must have been a big job
for sure. County Agent Rogers of
Florence tells me soil samples
from 1500 farms over the county
were tested last fall and winter.
Based on these tests, fertilizer
recommendations were made for
those lands. Farmers who follow
ed them are well pleased he says.
And he concludes, “It is believed
the demand for soil testing and
fertilizer recommendations will be
even greater this next year.”
Clemson has up-to-date facili
ties for making these soil tests.
And, even though spring and sum
mer are usually off seasons for it,
the laboratory had made over 12,-
000 analyses by the first of Sep
tember, Dr. Albritten tells me.
Your county agent can show
you about taking soil samples and
getting them to Clemson for test
ing. Clemson then mails you a re
port of their findings, together
with fertilized recommendations
for the individual fields.
“BOARDS OF CYPRESS”
King Solomon built a house for
the Lord. In the first Book of
Kings, it says, “And he covered
tho-floor of the house with boards
of cypress.”
Cypress, a beautiful tree, a use
ful tree!
One wonders if it is a vanishing
species? But Bill Barker tells me
he thinks not. True, the great de
mand for its durable lumber and
post have caused it to be ruth
lessly cut. However, where seed
trees have been left, he tells me,
he sees it coming back.
It thrives in wet places, even in
shallow water. With so much
drainage and clearing under way,
I was just wondering if its habi
tat is not being destroyed, like
for wildlife?
Back in the thirties some seed
ling cypress was set in low places
around Clemson, over 100 miles
from its hibitat. Now they have
grown into sizable trees, as large
as pines at that age. Maybe we
have places for setting this val
uable tree so as to extend its do
main.
BOYS ARE
THAT WAY
By J. M. ELEAZER
Recollection is rich around the
blacksmith shop. It nestled under
the Chinaberries at the foot of
the hill, below our house, in the
Stone Hills of the Dutch Fork.
A skilled and rugged artisan
wrought there. Native ability is
all he had, but that in abundance.
We always felt that we could fix
anything. And that wasn’t far
from right. t
He made buggies and wagons
from native wood he selected and
cured, buying only the hubs, rime,
and rod and sheet metal from
which he fashioned the parts. His
grain chadles were works of art,
sanded, andl varnished to a turn.
All he bought of them was the
blades.
He took old buggies, cut ’em
down, and made a durable goat
wagon for us kids.
These were perfect wagons with
hounds, standers, tongue, single
trees, movable body and all. One
would last a lifetime and rough
use couldn’t tqar it up.
' Shrinking buggy and wagon
tires was a steady summer job.
During the wet months of winter
the steel tires stayed tight on
their wood rims. But when they
dried out in the spring, the steel
stretched with the heat, and the
constant pounding on the rocky
roads made the tires get loose.
Then it was they had to be shrunk
to fit the rim again.
I liked to see %ie sturdy black
smith do this job. He’d take the
tire off, cut it, lap it just the right
amount, and then weld it together
again. Then he’d lay it down on
the ground, supported by placing
a few rocks under it, and build a
fire over it. When it was good hot
he’d get it in his tongs, slip it on
the reclning wheel, with much
sizzling, smoke and hammering.
Then, as quickly as posible, he’d
take it to the water trough and
turn it in there to cool the tire
and keep it from burning the rim
too much. As it cooled, it gripped
the rim securely and drew the
proper “dish” in the wheel.
Next week, more memories down
there at the blacksmith shop.
45 Give Blood
At Little Mt.
Forty-five persons volunteered
to give blood when the Red Cross
Bloodmobile made a trip to Little
Mountain on October 5. Those who
gave blood, 41 in number, and the
four rejected were:
Mrs. Frances Boland, Virgil Bo
land, Carl S. Bowers, Mrs. Eva
Dowd, Hubert Bedonbaugh, Mrs.
Frances Hamm, Mrs. Marie S.
Bowers, Mrs. Rosalyn B. Fulmer,
Mrs. Ellie R. Eargle, Mrs. Dorothy
Berley, Mrs. Fay Dominick, Mrs.
Lucile S. Bowers, Rev. G.L . Hill,
Miss Gwendolyn Chapman, Mrs.
Betty Page, Mrs. Louise Summer
Koon, Mrs. John L. Page, Miss
Leona Cannon, Lawrence M. Can-
Vic Vet fays
^ UNOgR A HEW LAW. ELIGIBLE
DISABLED VETS NOW HAVE
until OCTOBER 20.
OR S YEARS AFTER DISCHARGE
WHICHEVER IStATfftflN Wicfl
TO APPLY FDR A U.S &2ANT
TOWARD THE PURCHASE OF
AN AUTOMOBILE.
For fall information contact roar nearest
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION office
What you see here is automobile history
in the making. For this is an actual on-
the-scene shot of a camouflaged *56
Chevrolet shattering the Pikes Peak
record in a dramatic, top-secret run,
supervised and certified by NASCAR*.
Here’s record-breaking proof that this
*56 Chevrolet has the power, cornering
ability, and sureness of control that will
make your driving safer and more fun.
And you can see and drive it soon now.
Just wait!
^National Association for Slock Cor Auto Hoeing whom officials
timed and certified the performance of this preproduction model.
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FRIDAY, NOV. 4
The hot one's
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1515-1517 Main St
Newberry, S. C.
^ By 1/S’N CONNELLY
T OOKS like Marilyn Monroe has
A—* decided to stop playing execu
tive (a role that ill-becomes her)
and return to Hollywood to fulfill
her contract . . < Her holdout
proved one thing anyway
There isn’t another Monroe—cer
tainly not Shemee North or Mamie
Van Doren . . . That’s why Mar
ilyn got all she asked for in her
seemingly unreasonable demands
. . . Looks like still another Crosby
will be In the limelight soon with
Lindsay, Bing’s youngest boy,
choosing a show business career
. . . That makes Bing and Bob
of the older generation and Gary,
Cathy and Linny of the young
folks.
Martin and Lewis' first TV show
since their reconciliation ran
smoothly enough with the boys
spoofing themselves on their feud
. . . Too bad they can’t really
laugh it off because the whole thing
is actually childish but actors
sometimes just can’t stand pros
perity . . . Mary Martin’s wonder
ful “Peter Pan” will be repeated
in January which is happy news
. . . This could be repeated an
nually and find a huge audience
each time.
PLATTER CHATTER
COLUMBIA:—There’s a new
dance craze and it’s unlikely name
is “The Merengne” . «. It’s a cute
and rhythmic ditty done well by
Merv Griffin . . . “Five Cups of
Coffee and Five Cups of Tea” Is
on the flip side . . Griffin is mov
ing into the novelty field hitherto
occnpied solely by Guy Mitchell
. . . And speaking of Gny, his
latest is “Belonging” with “When
Blinky Blows” backing it.
CAPITOL;—Jane Froman does
a nice job with “I Wantcha
Around” backed by “A Sound
Foundation” . . . The Four Knights
have come up with a good rendi
tion of an old favorite—“Don’t
Sit Under the Apple Tree” with
“Believing You” on the flip side
. . . Sinatra’s latest is “Same Old
Saturday Night” with “Fairy
Tale” backing it.
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Students Asked To
Enter NEPH Contest
English students of the 11th and
12th grades have been requested
to enter the “National Employ
the Physically Handicapped” essay
contest accordiifg to Dr. Mamie
S. Summer, counselor for the lo
cal employemnt service, and Ben
J. Marrett of Columbia, counselor
for Vocational Rehabilitation of
the South Carolina Employment
Security Commission.
Letters have been sent by Dr.
Summer and Mr. Marrett to sup
erintendents of the various county
schools asking the three of “the
best writers in the 12th grade and
three from the 11th grade” bd
selected to enter the cojjtest.
The National prize for the essay
contest winner ia $1000, the state
prize $50 and the Newberry coun
ty prize, donated by Purcells, is
$25. The Newberry county winner
last year was Miss Mary Jo Grif
fith of Newberry high school, who
also placed third In the state con
test.
The subject of the f956 essay
congest is “Independence for the
Handicapped. Through Employ-
menL”
James Coggins is chairman of
the Newberry county committee
on National Employ the Physical
ly handicapped.
non, Ray William Shealy, Frank
Stoudemire,. Miss Ella Jane Shea
ly, Mrs. Juanita A. Metis.
Also Mr. Robert D. Shealy, Mrs.
Bernice Livingston Melton, Miss
Bernice Stoudemire, Albert C.
Stdudeinire, Mrs. Irene D. Cuma-
lander, George S. Williamson, Er
nest A. Comalander, Mrs. Mary L.
Epting, Ralph Everette Epting,
Gordon Boland, William F. Mayer,
Mrs. Ethel Dowd, Jesse Carroll
Dowd, Walter E. Wicker, John A.
Wicker, Jr., Mrs. Maude S. Shealy,
Jake C. Riddle, Mrs, Rosene A
Shealy, Mrs. Bessie L. Stoude-
mayer, Mrs. Louise C. Derrick,
Mrs. Getie H. Lake.
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THE BAFFLES
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MIMIC BATTLE . . . Troops leap Ira
marines of 1st division and ether units
at Camp Pendleton. Calif.
helicopter as 8,Mt U. S.
Gift of a public-spirited citizen,
Swan Lake Garden at Sumter
attracts thousands of visitors '
each year. A wide variety of Jap
anese iris, azaleas, camellias and
shru&s blend into a magnificent
setting for the handsome swans
which majestically grace the
gardens.
In South Carolina, a state
dotted with beauty spots, the
United States Brewers Founda
tion works constantly to encour
age maintenance of wholesome
conditions wherever beer and
ale are sold. As in other states,
the program calls for close co
operation between law-enforce
ment officials and beer licen
sees throughout South Carolina.
Beer belongs . . . enjoy it.
United States Brewers Foundation
South Cqroluia Div., Columbia, S.C
The beverage
of moderation
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“You don’t spend money, you save it when you pick up
bargains like this with*an auto loan from Purcells.”
There’s art auto loan to fit every need. If
you need extra caah In a hurry, give ua »
call—it’a 197.
Purcelld
“Your Private Bankers”
1418 Main St. Newberry
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