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THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1957 THE NEWBERRY SUN PAGE THREE FARMS AND FOLKS By J. M. ELEAZEH Clemson Extension Information Specialist FARM EFFICIENCY With the going of much labor from the farms and the coming of mechanization, farm efficiency has sure picked up in every line. Since the 1935-39 period we’re getting 40 percent more beef per cow, 20 percent more pork per sow, 45 percent more eggs per hen, and 30 percent more produc tion per dairy cow, according to the United States Department of Agriculture, This has come from a combina tion of better breeding, better feeding, and improved manage ment. And most crop yields too have shared in this revolution in production. I often speak of our research work at experiment stations and in industry, and of the county agents and others taking the new findings and demonstrating them on the land. Taking the latest findings of science swiftly to the land, that surely accounts for our miracles of production in our time. The result is, a growing abund ance is made to continue from the land, more product from the same acres and number of animals. And we haven’t nearly reached the limit yet. Therein lies our fu ture security of food and raim ent. Farm programs are needed to see to it that its abundance .does not destroy agriculture. SOIL SAMPLES County agents sent many soil samples to Clemson for testing early this season. Clemson report ed on them then directly to the farmers on whose farms they were taken. With the information thus supplied, folks can then use lime and apply the different fertilizer elements more intellingently. County Agent Johnston of Horry te^ls me these tests have been ' specially helpful to tobacco grow ers. For that great crop is affect ed more by soil and fertilizer con ditions than most crops. So to know your soil reactinn, and the relative amounts of fertilizer in gredients in it, proves an intelli gent guide to what you add to it. Anyone can take soil samples and send them to Clemson for testing. But they need to be taken right, so as to get results back that truly represent the field. The county agents are glad to show any farmer just how these samples should be taken and pack ed for shipment to Clemson. SALT FOR CATTLE Cattle require salt at all • times. The experts tell us a mature cow needs about an ounce a day, and if you give it to them free-choice they wil loften eat twice that much. Salt is best fed mixed in the grain ration at the rate of one percent. Then a block of it should be kept before them too so those needing more can get it. A recent Kansas experiment showed the need of cattle for salt when salted steers gained 65 pounds more and sold for a half cent a pound more than those not receiving salt. This difference made the salt used worth a dollar a pound in that experiment. Cattle that haven’t been on salt should not be given free-choice of it at first, for fear they will over eat it and become sick. Get them on to it gradually and have then- craving satisfied before you put it before them free-choice. HYBRID VIGOR Our livestock folks here at Clemson tell me their crossbred and hybrid calves have averaged about 50 pounds heavier at wean ing time than purebred beef ani- mals,regardless of the breed. Hig growers over the country too are using a lot of cross breed ing in poducing their meat hogs. This does not hurt the purebred breeder, for we still have to have the purebred breeding stock to make crossbred and hybrid meat animals. ■ in . . Priscilla IT, high school senior of r, Ga., won $5,000 college mad title AU-Ameri- of Tomorrow hi contest. th e. STARS by LYN CONNELLY M UCH is made of the alleged fact that Oscar winners are unknown until the slip bearing their names is read from the podi um . . . This may be true, but it seems peculiar that year after year the so-called “guesses” by everyone in Hollywood from a jan itor to the top producers are in variably right . . . How can they •‘guess”, for instance, that “Around the World in 80 Days” will win the best pix award while George Stevens will be named the best director for “Giant?” Neither of these Oscars was a surprise to anyone in the movie audience or the televiewers who had read all predictions. Katharine Hepburn deserved the Oscar, but Katie is not well liked by her co-wprkers so she lost out in an emotional binge over Ingrid Bergman who made her first American movie in her first years of self-imposed exile . Kirk Douglas, too, deserved it if voting was fair, but Yul Brynner won on the basis of a role he created on Broadway and could play it in his sleep. The same thing happened some years ago with Shirley Booth . . . She created a role on Broadway, played it a thousand or more times, made her first movie based on the same play and promptly won the Oscar for “best actress.” Last year an unknown actor won on his por trayal in a movie seen first as an original TV play . . . Has Holly wood no originality left? PLATTER CHATTER CAPITOL:—One of the funniest of Stan Freberg’s disks is his latest, a superlative satire on Harry Belafonte’s terrific rendition of “Banana Boat Song” This one is good for many laughs Flip side has a Freberg original, “Tele-Vee-Shun” Gene Vin cent works up a storm on “B-I- Bickey-Bi, Bo-Bo-Go” (an indica tion that even infants should dig rock *n roll terminology) cov ered by “Five Days. Five r>a~o " 'JTu> WORLD OUTDOORS M ANY an ardent angler, hiker or camper will allow his en joyment pf the great world out doors to always be somewhat less snjoyable when he travels or visits ireas inhabited by poisonous makes. Few indeed are those who do lot have a fear—or at least some lealthy respect — for the rattle- make and the cottonmouth. They »re dangerous and bite from eith- »r, whether the snake be a large ir small one, is certain to be ex tremely painful, if not fatal. Yet a constant fear of encoun tering a snake—or being bitten by one—should not spoil your out door fun. When in snake territory, be alert. If you are wading a south ern stream inhabited by cotton- mouths, be cautious of brush piles, tree tops and stumps along the bank. If you must cross a danger- lus-looking spot, make some noise. 3ive the snake a chance and he vill get out of your way. The rat tlesnake will generally give you a warning when you tread near his domain. The wisest thing to do when you hear this danger signal Is to stop, immediately, and lo cate the aroused rattler. Then, if you are really smart, give him as wide a berth as possible. Some individuals—whom I be lieve fear snakes more than others —develop a hate attitude that leads them to a one-man campaign to kill all the snakes in the world, I have known some expert and en thusiastic fishermen who would shake a two-pound bass off their line in order to get a boat over to the bank and kill a big moccasin before he got away. This is the sort of activity that brings about snake bite. And these one-man cam paigns certainly will never com pletely kill off our snake popula tion. PRINTING: The Sun is well equip ped to handle all your printing orders. We specialize in letter heads, envelopes, billheads and statements, also invoices. We print any kind of receipt book, numbered or plain. Ruled forms, vouchers, and many other items. Try us for quality printing with prompt service. Phone No. 1. We'll , be glad to call. 1 IvUm \ 1‘KloS / I I, i . 1 1 April 3 3 April 3 3 May 12 4 Feb. 10 3 Frb. 10 0 April 1 5 7 March 6 8 April 3 9 April 3 10 April 2 11 May 13 12 May 12 13 Feb. 25 14 April 2 15 April 3 TOP TORNADOES OF 1956 •mM tajorad - Hodaonvilla, Grand Rapida. Mich. Van Buren, Allegan. Kent Counties, Midi. Flint, Mich- Whtte County. Ark Monroe County. Mias. Birmingham, Ala. Marlon, Ind. Henderson County, Tran. Berlin, Wis. Lincoln and Creek Counties, Okla. Muskegon, Mich. Cuyahoga County, O. Belleville, 111. Cowley County, Kan. Bancroft, Wia. IS 940 910.500,000 12 1,010,000 9 110 4.000,000 * 1,000,000 1 55 1,000,000 95 200 1,500.000 1 31 2,000,000 3 • »•* 50.000 7 90 1,000,000 9 40 1,000,000 13 71500,000 T lOO 5,000,000 \ X BOX SCORE N-X 0 Most Uvea loM._ • ^ No. 1 Moat proparty damage * 10,300,000 lit—Michigan, with 21 daad. 491 injured, >23.(fTo|opg . MAJOR TORNADOES of 1956, as compiled from preliminary Weather Bureau data, clearly point to Spring as a time for special watchfulness by residents of the central United State*—the world’s most dangerous tornado area. Civil defense units are on special call throughont this vast region for possible rescue work. In addition, if a tornado-hit locality is declared a major disaster area by the President, as happened in Numbers 1, S, 6, and 10 above, the Federal Civil Defense Administra tion can provide funds to aid communities in temporary repair of public facilities. <fcda Photo) What To Do In a Tornado • People in open country can view the approach of a tornado and move at right angles to its path. If there is no tune to escape, lie fiat in the nearest depression, such as a ditch or ravine. • In towns or cities, seek shelter inside, preferably in a substantial building. Stay away from windows. • The southwest comer of the basement of a frame house is safer than in a brick or stone house. If there is no basement, lie down on the first floor under a table or bed (preferably in the south west comer). • Urban schools: Stay in side, away from windows; remain near an inside wall on a lower floor. Avoid audi toriums and gymnasiums. • Rural schools of frame construction: Teachers should remove children to a ravine or ditch if storm shel ter is not available. REY. ROBERT H. HARPER CHANGELESS MAY? T HE present month is usually known, in our part of the world, as a time of balm and bloom and beauty. But the poet thought of days of storm and grief as bringing their burden in to the present. And he asked if, after the stormy changes, we should find a “changeless May”? Days of the past sometimes reach into the present with dread results. The accumulation of bad things may bring their influences to blight you in the present. On the calendar the past is gone for ever, but the heart feels the hurt of unworthy things and, but for the grace of God, given by faith, is influenced toward wrong today. As you sit alone with your thought and dark images come to vex you and tax your strength, do not yield again to the unworthy thing that may bring shadows to your memories. But cling to the bright images that you find along the way. In true penitence and the high resolves of faith, you may find strength for your time of need. So you may find a changeless May and a peace that is unaffect ed by all changes of weather. WORDS JnstMvl THOUGHTS looks akcn t importmt"! JUST A SECRCTAf# vwrs MEAT AMP CCrtPBT&JT WILL PO I Maw*. 4— tmUETSFACEirf Prosperity News MRS. B. T. YOUNG, Corrsspondsnt SUBSCRIBE TO THE SUN The following groups of the U. L. C. W. will meet Friday at 3:30 p. m. The Lillie Kyzer group with Mrs. W. B. Ackerman, the Ger trude Leonard with Mrs. L. A. Black; the Anna Kuger with Mrs. John Taylor. The annual Children’s Festival of the Week Day Church School will be presented in Grace Church Sunday morning, May 19, at the regular morning service. Mr. and Mrs. Alton Lake are receiving congratulations on the birth of a daughter at the New berry hospital. Mrs. Lake is the former Miss Ruby McCarthy. She and the baby are at home. Mrs. Gurdon W. Counts and J. Emmett Nichols of Newberry, were married Sunday afternoon, May 12, at 2 o’clock at Grace Lutheran Church by 1 * the Rev. Ben M. Clark, pastor of the bride. The ceremony was witnessed by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Higgins and their little daughter of New berry, Gurdon Wright Counts of Charleston and Prosperity, Rich ard Counts of Prosperity, Miss Mary Watkins of Chappells, Miss Elizabeth Rickenbacker of Cam eron and Newberry College, and Mrs. Ben M. Clark. The couple left immediately for a trip to the mountains of North Carolina. Mrs. Nichols wore a light blue dress, with white accessories and a pink rosebud corsage. Mr. and Mrs. Nichols will be in Prosperity for several weeks but will move to Newberry later. Mrs. Nichols, the former Violet Epting is an employee of Belk- Beard. Mr. Nichols is employed at Newberry Drug company. Mrs. Frank Browne was hos tess to the Literary Sorosis Fri day afternoon. Mrs. Walter Hamm presided over the meeting. Mrs. P. W. Smith gave an in formative and interesting discus sion of Utah and Nevada. Utah is the home of Mormonism and is noted for its beautiful scenery. Nevada has two outstanding cities, Reno, the divorce city and Las Vegas, the gambling city. Many other interesting facts about both states were also given. Mrs. Smith had colored magazine pictures of both states. During the social hour the hos tess served a ham and salad plate, marshmallow cookies in the form of May hats, ice cream and punch. Mrs. John R. Sykes was hos tess to the Dogwood Garden Club Monday afternoon, May 6. Mrs. James H. Barnes was a guest. Mrs. Earl Bedenbaugh talked on table arrangements for all oc casions. She showed slides, some of which she had taken of out standing arrangements. Mrs. D. H. Hamm Sr. gave gleanings. Mrs. W. C. Barnes, recreation leader, conducted a word contest with Mrs W. E. Han cock as prize winner. The hostess served a salad course, cup cakes, and punch. The May meeting of the Iris Garden club was held Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. O. K. Shealy. Mrs. Lyon Fellers was a guest. Mrs. Tommie Harmon, the new president, presided. Mrs. Woodrow Bedenbaugh dis cussed outdoor ^gardening. She also gave a demonstration on ar ranging roses. The gleaner, Mrs. B. D. Hawk ins read an article “What’s a Boy or What’s a Girl?” Mrs. Wofford Copper was high scorer in bingo. Committees for the new year include: Flowers, Mrs. John Earl Dawkins, Mrs. Leon Shealy, Mrs. Wofford Cooper; Mrs. Isadore Ruff is the representative on the Garden Club Council. After adjournment the hostess served a salad plate, block cake, and iced tea. Sonny Scott spent last week with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Scott in Ware Shoals. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Russell Caughman and their son. Rusty of Orangeburg spent the weekend with Mrs. Caughman’s mother, Mrs. R. W. Pugh. Miss Jewel Connelly of Colum bia College, spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dove Connelly. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Foster and their two sons, Dick and James Lee, Mrs. J. L. Counts, and Miss Annie Hunter, spent Sunday in Kings Mountain, N. C. with Mr. Foster’s parents. With Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Mills for Mother’s Day jvere Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Brissie and their two sons of Woodruff and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bedenbaugh atad their two children of Lexington. Mrs. Nan W. Ward of Colum bia, spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. P. H. Barnes. Dr. and Mrs. George W. Har mon attended the State Dental meetine in Myrtle Beach the first o#the week. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Pugh of Charlotte, N. C. and Mr. and Mrs. James A. Bedenbaugh and their daughter, Anne, of Laurens, spent the weekend with Mrs. R. T. Pugh. Mrs. Pugh accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Pugh home for a visit with them. Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Paden and their two daughters, Cheryl Jean and Brenda, of Atlanta, Ga., spent the weekend with Mrs.' Paden’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Shealy. MU3 Marion A. Scott of the Na val Air Station in Jacksonville, Fla., spent the weekend with Mrs. Scott and Sonny in the home of Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Wise. Miss Joy Thomason, Columbia College student, spent the week end with her mother, Mrs. Vida C. Thomason. Miss Mary Langford of the North Augusta school faculty LOSE WEIOfT THE "CORBET WAY CURBET IS AN APPETITE SUPPRESS ING FORMULA PRESCRIBED MOST BY PHYSICIANS BUT NOW AVAILABLE WITHOUT PRESCRIPTION When token os directed, CURBET couses less desire for food, letting you loose ugly excess fot without discomfort or incon venience of hunger pains. CURBET is sold in bottles of 90 only at drug stores. Buy oil your drugs at your druggists with confidence, ond take only os directed. :: ■iiiiig ! ' km MSm TYPICAL TORNADO fuknel sweeps across the plains near Manhat tan, Kan., located in the worst tornado belt in the world, according to Weather Bureau records. Twisters such as this have figured prominently in the total of 75 major natural disasters in Which the Federal Civil Defense Administration has directed relief since FCDA got the job of coordinating Federal assistance in January 1953. (U. S. Weather Photo by H. E. Dale) L* - r ’-■■■ Winthrop Senior, Marcia Haile of Newberry, is a candidate for a Bachelor of Arts degree in English at the Winthrop College com mencement exercises June 2. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs* Ralph Haile of Newberry. Time of the Twister Springtime is tornado time. In the unstable transition from winter cold to summer, heat, great masses of cold and warm air collide. When the heavier cold air is forced above the light er warm air, funnels sometimes form to relieve the topsy-turvy situation. This is the twister. SOME 800 TORNADOES boil up each year in the United States. When they strike, local civil de fense and the Red Cross speed to the rescue. Spring Is the time for s special weather eye to the tornado-spawning southwest. Last year, for instance, every major tornado occurred be tween February and May. On one day—April 3—four giant twisters killed 30 persons, in jured 415 and caused an esti mated $13,760,000 damage. There is no way to prevent a tornado. But early warning, prop er precautions and speedy rescue of victims can save lives. In ad dition, disaster funds adminis tered by the Federal Civil Defense Administration can provide emergency repairs and restora tion of vital community facili ties when Federal assistance is authorized by the President to augment State and local efforts. LAFF OF THE WEEK . Op “Ttonsnt Has me"" ever change around this place?** spent the weekend at her home here. Mr. and Mrs. Larry Connelly and their son of Aiken were week end guests of Mr. Connolly’s par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Connelly. With Mrs. A. B. Hunt for the weekend were Mr. and Mrs. James Hunt and their two daugh ters of Spartanburg. Weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Carroll S. Mills were Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Camp and children of Greenville. Mother’s Day guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Ballentine were Mr. and Mrs. Furman Ballentine and their two children of Greenville and Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Bal lentine of Chapin. . _ ^ Rev. Ray P. Hook of Charles ton spent Thursday and Friday with the D. H. Hamms Sr. Mr. Hamm and Rev. Hook spent both days at the Hamm cabin on the lake fishing. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Riley and their son. Gene of Union, were supper guests Sunday of Mrs. A. B. Hunt and Mrs. Fiances Spotts. Mrs. Riley will stay until Thurs day. Gurdon Wright Counts, students at the S. C. Medical College, Char leston, spent the weekend at home. Mrs. P. C. Singley spent last Wednesday with her daughter, Mrs. W. D. Callahan in Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Epting and their son, Charles of Moultrie, Ga. were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Epting and Mr. and Mrs. Olin Epting. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Farr and their three children of Newberry were Mother’s Day guests of Mrs. Farr’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Bedenbaugh. Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Taylor and son of Lexington, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Taylor. FREE INSTALLATION Gas Ranges Gas Water Heaters DURING MAY You Pay Only for Materials Used • NO CHARGE FOR LABOR » Buy Your Appliances from Your Dealers • We Install Them FREE « i Clinton-Newberry Natural Gas Authority Phone 911