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The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, Nov. 5, 1970—PAGE 3 The County Agents Column Newberry County Dairy Cat tle won many top awards at State Fair this year. 4-H and adult exhibitors alike won more than their share of Purple and Blue ribbons. In the Guernsey Show, Myr- tledale Farm, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Marvin J. Hamm and Sons won top honors and was named Premier Breeder and Premier Exhibitor. Myrtledale Star An gie, 1st place winner of the 2 year old cow class went on to win Senior Grand Champion ho nors. Reserve Champion honors went to Myrtledale Supreme An nette who had previously been named first place cow in the Aged Cow Class. “Angie,” the Grand Champion Guernsey is owned by Bennett Hamm and “Annettee’,’ the Reserve Cham pion is owned by Susan Hamm. Also, in the Guernsey Show, Myrtledale Farm won first place in the Heifer Calf. Junior Year ling, 4 year old, Dairy Herd and Best Three Female Classes. In the Jersey Show, Head- spring Am Pipe owned by Head- spring Farm was named Se nior and Grand Champion while Milestone Milkmaid Milly, own ed by C. T. Smith won the Re serve Champion Award. Henry Parr, Jr. won Grand Champion of the Junior Jersey Show with his 4 year old cow, Headspring High Express. Calhoun Parr was n a m e d Junior Champion on his first place Senior Yearling, Headspring Am Debbie. Highlight of the Junior Dairy Show on Monday evening was the Costume Class, which was won by Charles Ruff of New berry. Other placings of Newberry 4-H'ers in the Junior Dairy Show at State PYiir included: GUERNSEY SHOW Best Showman. Junior Divi- sion-Debra Hawkins, Seventh; Best Showman, Senior Division- Alice Lathrop third, Lindel Haw kins, Seventh. Junior Calf-Lindel Hawkins, third. Senior Calf - Alice Lathrop, fifth; Timothy Dodd, eighth. Junior Yearling-Debra Haw kins, tenth. Two year old Cow-Lindel Haw kins, fourth. Five vears and Over-Alice La throp, third County Group of Best Five Fe- males-Newberry 4-H, third. JERSEY SHOW Best Showman, Junior Divi- sion-Calhoun Parr, first; Nancy Ruff, third; Chuck Miller, four th; Charles Ruff, fifth; and Eve lyn Parr, seventh. Best Showman, Senior Divi- sion-Boyd Parr, first; Mary Margaret Parr, third. Junior Calf - Chuck Miller, first; Charles Ruff, third; and Evelyn Parr, fourth. Senior Calf-Mary Margaret Parr, first; Calhoun Parr, se cond and fourth; Boyd Parr, fifth; and Nancy Ruff, sixth. Junior Yearling-Nancy Ruff, second; Henry Parr, Jr., third; and Charles Ruff, fourth. Senior Yearling-Clahoun Parr, first, Charles Ruff, fourth. Two year old cow-Boyd Parr, first, Calhoun Parr, second and Nancy Ruff, fourth. Three year old Cow-Charles Ruff, second. Four year old Cow-Henry Parr, Jr,, first. Best Group of Five Females- Newberry 4-H, first. COGGINS HONORED AT CONVENTION Jimmy Coggins of Newberry was honored at the South Caro lina Parks and Recreation So ciety Convention held Oct. 25- 27 in Columbia. Mr. Coggins was one of the four people in the State of South Carolina who received the Re creation Lay Award. This Award is given to people over the State who promote and aid in the growth and develop ment of recreation in a commu nity. Over the past years Mr. Cog gins has been a great asset to the Recreation Department by making public announcements of activities, programs, plans, and results so that the people of the community can have a better knowledge of programs that are being conducted in New berry, said the City Recreation Director. The City of Newberry is in deed fortunate to have a person such as Mr. Coggins to help promote and develop the recrea tion growth in Newberry, by services given at WKDK, he said. Mercury found in fish from state streams Fish in some South Carolina rivers are unfit to eat because they have too much mercury in them, the State Board of Health said today. “Contrary to reports by the S C. Pollution Control Authority, fish taken from the Savannah River con tain mercury levels above those set by the Federal Food and Drug Administration," said State Health Officer Dr. E. Ken neth Aycock. The Savannah was closed to fishermen in August. Mercury concentrations very close to the recommended tolerance levels have also been found in Hart well Lake and Lake Keowee- Toxaway. Large but not excessive resi dues of mercury have been found in fish taken from the Salrda. Reedy, Edisto, Wateree, and Broad Rivers as well as Clark Hill Reservoir and Lake Greenwood. The Pollution Control Autho rity last week reported that mer cury pollution in all these wa ters was “below the standards considered to be critical.” Commenting on that report, Dr. Aycock said, “We don’t know what a good tolerance le vel is, but, as the official pu blic health agency for South Carolina, we have a responsi bility to tell the pc pie every thing we know about the dan gers of mercury and how it can effect our health." Dr. Aycock said that from 1953 to 1960, 121 persons in Ja pan were killed or severely dis abled as a result of eating mer cury-contaminated fish. He add ed that in the United States last year, three members of a family in New Mexico suffered severe brain damage after eat ing a hog that had been fed grain treated with mercury. The health officer said that anybody eating food contamina ted by mercury may have a headache, become tired, blush, sweat a lot, have trouble con centrating, and feel uneasy. Other symptons include numb- :less and tingling of the lips, hands, and feet; inability to co ordinate the muscles; speech impediments; impaired vision and hearing; and emotional dis turbances. The symptoms may occur weeks or even months after ex posure, but the onset is usually rapid. “We definitely are not trying to scare people,” Dr. Aycock commented. “But we do want everybody to know that we may have a serious problem. “I don’t think anybody knows for certain what the danger le vel is. Japan and Sweden have set the standard at 1.0 part per million because they have large commercial fishing interests. However, the Swedish govern ment recommends that their people eat fish only once a week,” said Dr. Aycock. “Our government says the to lerance level is .5 ppm in fish sold for human consumption, but who knows? The World Health Organization has recom mended that no human food con tain any trace whatsoever of mercury.” Dr. Aycock said the Board of Health laboratory has been run ning tests on fish taken from all the state’s major streams. He said that a large mouth bass taken from the Savannah River near Hardeeville contained more than three times the amount of mercury allowed by the FDA. “We have found that the ma jority of fish samples from the Savannah are above the stan dard,” Dr. Aycock said. Of all the major rivers sam pled in the Palmetto State, only the Pee Dee is free from signi ficant contamination by the heavy metal. Dr. Lamar E. Priester, chief of Environmental Health Labo ratories for the Board of Health, said that public drinking water supplies across the state are being monitored for mercury.. So far no drinking water has been founa to be contaminated by the poisonous metal. How can mercury be present in the rivers and not be found in our drinking water? “Mercury does not stay in water,” replied Dr. Priester. “It collects on the bottom, and that is our saving grace. But that doesn’t save the fish be cause they swim to the bottom to feed on insects and other small animals. “Then we catch the fish and cat them and the mercury they have picked up from the bot tom,” Dr. Priester said. The October 26 issue of Sports Illustrated reported that Spa nish mackerel caught in the At lantic Ocean near Charleston contained .57 ppm of mercury. Although Board of Health tests on fish from the Atlantic do not agree with that finding, Dr. Priester said he believes that the Sports Illustrated re port is correct. “We simply have not run many tests on fish from the ocean. We have concentrated our efforts on fresh water fish,” he said. Last week the Pollution Con trol Authority said that the Georgia industry responsible for much of the Savannah pollution had been directed by Georgia authorities to eliminate all mer cury discharges. The PCA has reported that no industries in South Carolina are discharging any appreciable amounts of mercury into state streams. “We will continue running tests until we can determine where the mercury is coming from,” said Dr. Priester. “The levels may be naturally pre sent.” STOP i FROZEN ^ PIPES! P ,,S( ’ WRAP-ON f l f C T R I C HEAT TAPES A REPLACEMENT GUARANTEE! Newberry Lumber Company Cline Street Newberry, S. C. When Money Is Plentiful... One association may appear to serve the public about as well as another. But then comes tight money. And the differences begin to leap out at you. FOR EXAMPLE: We always have money for home-ownership. 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