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PAGE4—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, Jan. 18, 1968 The c County Agents Column Diseases In Beef Cattle The potential profit a farmer makes on his beef cattle can very easily be wiped ont when disease hits his herd That is why it is always im portant to be on guard for any potential disease outbreak. The farmer who carefully observes all his animals in his herd is ahead in the prevention of dis eases. Free calfhood vaccination of calves by Veterinarians end ed the first of this year. This program ended because we have about eliminated Brucellosis here in South Carolina. How ever, a good management prac tice the better livestock pro ducer will continue to follow is that of keeping his calves vaccinated against highly con tagious diseases. Vaccination a- long with the following pro gram will help to eradicate Brucellosis. (1) Blood test your herd annually to get rid of reactors. (2) Vaccinate all hei fer calves to be kept for breed ing purposes between the ages of four to eight months, pref erably before they are six months of age. (3) Avoid ex posure of your herd to new sources of injection. Next in importance is Bovine Tuberculosis or TB. Animal disease eradication workers have adopted a simple but ef fective tracing system that re duces on-the-farm TB testing of cattle. Cattle found to lx TB infected during slaughtei are traced back to the original herd. TB-infected herds can be located with much less ef fort than with the farm-by farm Tuberculin Testing. Cattle can be Tuberculin tested at the same time you are testing for Bangs. The next most important disease and costly to the beef cattle producer is Blackleg. All calves should be vaccinated at weaning time or before they are turned o nto spring pasture for Blackleg. This vaccination can be done by the farmer. The fourth disease—Malig nant Edema—produces symp- tome that are somewhat simi lar to Blackleg. The organism causing this disease is widely distributed in the soil and may enter the animal through an injury, surgery-castration, de horning or any vaccination procedures. Vaccination can be incorporated with the Blackleg Bacterin. LAWNS Is your lawn developing that yellowed, “paleface” look of winter? If so, it’s too late in the season to do anything a- bout it now. It is a good time to get started on a program to remedy the situation next spring. The paleface or yellow ed appearance could he from lack of fertilization, or from cold weather. If it’s the weather, it’s nat ural and needs no attention. If the condition is caused by lack of soil nutrients, this is not the time for fertilization. The thing to do now is have a soil sample analyzed so that results can be obtained in plenty of time to begin fertilization program in the spring. And right now is the best time for the soil sampling. Cromer dies in hospital Wallace C. Cromer, 68, of Whitmire, died at a Union hos pital Saturday after a long illness. He was a native of this county. Among his survivors is a sister, Mrs. W. H. ^cSwain of Newberry. Funeral services were con ducted Monday in Union with burial in Whitmire cemetery. Funeral rites for Mrs. Taylor Mrs. Alma Dominick Taylor, 83, died Friday at the J. F. Hawkins Nursing Home. Mrs. Taylor was bom and reared near Prosperity and was the daughter of the late J. Creighton and Ellen Rebecca Long Dominick. She was the widow of the late Jacob Taylor and was a member of Wight- man Methodist church. Mrs. Taylor is survived by one grand son, Fred J. Taylor, White Rock; one brother, Fur man Dominick, and one sister, Mrs. Herman Taylor, both of Prosperity. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon from Mc- Swain Funeral Home with Rev. Raymond W. Brock conducting the service. Burial was in the Prosperity cemetery. Johnson dies in Columbia Spurgeon M. (Buddy) John son, 70, died Thursday at a Columbia hospital. Mr. Johnson was born and reared in this county and was the son of the late Asa Davis and Gertrude Davenport John son. He was a retired farmer and a member of Sharon Meth odist church. Mr. Johnson is survived by four brothers, Jake and Wister both of Kinards; Pope and Van of Clinton; three sisters, Miss Alice Johnson, Mrs. Lillie J. Merchant of Kinards and Mrs. Emma Bobb, Newberry. Funeral services were held Saturday from McSwain Funer al Home with Rev. R. Hilton Johnson conducting the service. Burial was in Sharon Meth odist church cemetery. County native rites Sunday Mrs. Ruby Barre Whittle, wife of Ernest Whittle, died Thursday in the Columbia hos pital after a short illness. Mrs Whittle was born in this county, the daughter of the late Walter Mathias and Sarah Watkins Bane .She had made her home in Chappells until a year and a half ago when she moved to Cayce. She was a member of Soule Chapel Meth odist church. Besides her husband, she is survived by one son, Everett W. Whittle of Lexington; two sisters, Mrs. Eloise Workman and Mrs. Kathleen Wright, both of Columbia. Funeral services were held Sunday at Whitaker Funeral Home by Rev. John G. Hipp. Burial was in Rosemont ceme tery. G. E. Long, 44, rites Tuesday George Everette Long, 44, died late Sunday afternoon at a Columbia hospital after a brief illness. He was a native of Pomaria, son of the late Simon Chester and Beatrice Aull Long. He was a member of St. Paul Lutheran church. Surviving are abrother, A. P. Pat Long, Rt. 1 ,Pomaria; and a sister, Mrs. H. A. Dunlap of Batesburg. Funeral services were held Tuesday at his church by Rev. Harry Crout. Burial was in the church cemetery. Mrs. Agnew, 53, rites Monday Mrs. Mildred Agnew, 53, of Route 2, Prosperity, died early Saturday at Mills Clinic after a long illness. A native ol Clarkston, Wash., she was a daughter of John East. She was amember of the Fort Smith Arkansas Order of Eastern Star and attended Zion Meth odist church. Mrs. Agnew is survived by her husband, Geo. A. Agnew; two sons, Michael R. and Dan iel A. Agnew, both of the U. S. Coast Guard; a daughter, Mrs. Melaine Prillman of Ft. Royal, Va.; a brother, Elmore East of Prosperity. Funeral services were held Monday from her church with Rev. Raymond Brock conduct ing the service. Burial was in the church cemetery. R. C. Hamilton died Tuesday Robert Caldwell Hamilton, 92, died Tuesday at a nursing home after a long illness. He was the father of J. Pelham Hamilton, Mrs. C .B. Matthews and Mrs. Fred Jones of this city. Funeral services were con ducted Thursday at Whitaker Funeral home by the Rev. Ralph E. Rhyne. Interment was in Rosemont cemetery. Cromer Rites in Columbia Clarence M. Cromer, 65, of West Columbia, formerly of Newberry, died Tuesday of last week at his home. Among his survivors are two sisters, Mrs. Thelma Singley and Mrs. Charlie Swindler and a brother. Thomas Cromer of this city. Funeral services were held in Columbia with interment in Rosemont cemetery, Newberry. Miss Holloway service held Miss Inez Jennings Holloway, 50, died Friday night at her home in Chappells after a brief illness. She was the daughter of Mrs. Essie Holley Holloway, Chap pells and the late J. L. Hollo way and was a member of Chappells Baptist church. Surviving are two brothers, Ernest Holloway of Chappells and Carl Holloway of Green wood. Graveside services were con ducted Sunday from her church by Rev. Roy. Durst and Dr. James A. Bowers. P. 0. employee given award A $50 cash award has been given Burley S. Long, a veteran post office employee, for a sug gestion of his which has been adopted nationwide by the post office department. The sugges tion recommended a way to keep door-locking chains from damaging paint on the doors when the chains are not in use. Mr. Long noted that the chains used to lock post office vestibule doors were damaging the paint on the doors when the chains were not in use, thus causing the doors to require re-painting quite often. Over a period of time, the replacing of this chipped paint became an expense item to be dealt with. Since all new type post office buildings use this means of locking their vestibule doors, the annual maintenance expense became considerable. For Mr. Long’s alertness in calling the situation to the at tention of the Department and suggesting a solution, he was given this cash award. He joins 50,000 other postal employees who were paid cash awards in 1967 for adopted suggestions. Mr. Long has been aa em ployee of the local post office since 1945. Elected to Blue Key Two Newberry residents, Louis E. Brossy and L. Paul Fesperman, are among 6 New berry College students elected to Blue Key, national honorary fraternity. Both are seniors. Others elected for member ship on the basis of scholarship, service and leadership in corn- pus affairs are senior Kenneth A. Dandridge, Cottageville, and three Juniors: Charles Holmes, Spartanburg; Max H. Yost, Welford; and Royall A. Yount Jr., Tampa, Fla. Fesperman is the son of Rev. and Mrs. F. I. Fesperman. He has been active backstage in several student theatre prod uctions and is a member of Alpha Psi Omega dramatics fraternity. He is a member of the college’s photography staff, a former member of the Men’s Council, and the current dele gate to the Southern Univer sities Student Government As sociation. He is majoring in philosophy with a minor in chemistry. Brossy, an English major minoring in Spanish, also has been active in a number of cam pus organizations. He is a mem ber of the Men’s Council, rep resenting day students. His parents are Dr. and Mrs. L. E. Brossy. New help fro Soil Service II A new publication intended tc tell builders and home owners of the need for soil information before they spend their money is now available from the U. S. Soil Conservation Service. A copy of the publication, “Know The Soil You Build On” may be obtained from the local SCS office, County Agricultural Building, J. R. Fogle, Work Unit Conservationist, said. Fogle said this publication should be very useful to build ers, developers, planners, zoning boards and to individual home owners. 1 hears essay -v- The Calvin Crozier Chapter of the UDC met at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, January 2, In the home of Mrs. C .1. Youmans. Associate hostesses were Mrs. W. Roy Anderson, Mrs. T. Roy Summer, Sr., Mrs. R. E. Hanna and Mrs. O. O. Copeland. During a brief social period, the members enjoyd delicious refreshments served by the hostesses. Mrs. A1 Funderburke, a visitor, was welcomed. Mrs. W. H. Tedford, who presided in the absence of the president, Mrs. C. S. Owens, opened the meeting with an appropriate New Year’s poem and prayer. Miss Dorothy Buz- hardt, chaplain, led the open ing ritual, after which Miss Juanita Hitt, historian, called attention to some Red Letter Days for January. One of these dates was Jan. 22, the anniversary of the organization of Calvin Crozier Chapter. Mrs. Jas. Werts presented a reading “A Galaxy of South ern Heroes” by Orion T. Dozier, and Mrs. O. O. Oepeland read the poem “Lee” by Archibald Rutledge. Miss Hitt then, by special request, read her essay, “The Ancestry of General Rob ert E. Lee,” which won the na tional award. The group was reminded that the Lee-Jackson program would be presented at 9:20 A. M. on Friday, January 26 at Newber ry High school. Mr. Gerald Paysinger will be the speaker. After the reading of the minutes and other business was attended to, the meeting was adjourned. Almost every brook trout stream contains a scattering of big brookies grown so wise and wary that the average angler seldom even sees them. —Sports Afield In at least five states, there are privately owned preserves on which American sportsmen can hunt exotic game from Africa and Asia. —Sports Afield “YOUR PRIVATE BANKERS** 1418 Main Street Phene 276-1422