Evening star., 1943-08-15
Farmers Make Plans
To Purchase Feed for
Prince William Herds
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MANASSAS, Va, Aug. 14.-At a
meeting of the Prince William
County Board of Agriculture and
AAA Committee at the county
agents office Thursday the local
feed and drought situation was dis
cussed and steps planned to help
solve the serious problem now fac
ing farmers.
Sources of hay outside the county
were reported by r. G.. Connolly,
VPI extension dairyman, and plans
made to place orders for hay for
late summer and fall delivery. The
purchasing of legume hay of the
highest quality available to supply
hay needs and to help make up for
the shortage of commercial protein
concentrates was advocated by Mr..
Connolly.
John A. Smart of the Soil Con-
servation Service advocated use of
nitrogenous fertilizers on pastures
this fall and next spring in order
to have additional grazing to re-
place hay and grain crops destroyed
by drought and an unfavorable
growing season.
Frank D. Cox, county agent, an
nounced that shipments of feed
wheat. protein supplements and
corn had been arranged for through
the Commodity Credit Corp. and
that advance grants of aid in the
form of ground limestone and super
phosphate fertilizer were now being
made by the AAA. Farmers were
urged to order feed wheat from the
Commodity Credit Corp. before the
supply in Government storage is ex-
hausted
P. E. Rawls of the Farm Security
Agency described steps that might
be taken through private and gov
ernmental lending agencies to OBJ
tain credit to tide local farmers
over.
Eight Selectees Accepted.
Eight Prince William County Sc
lectees who reported to Richmond
for induction August 5 have been
accepted for service in the Army and
Marine Corps. Seven men have
been ordered to Camp Lee for active
Army duty August 26, and one will
report to Paris Island, S. c., Thurs
day for service in the Marine Corps.
They are: Army-Carol R. Carter,
Fredericksburg; George K. Lyons,
Gordon T. Keyes, Benjamin w.
Shoemaker, Manassas; William j.
Dane, Woodbridge; George F. Shoe
mate, Washington; Sidney F. Logan,
Occoquan. Marine Corps-Donald
Q. Robbins, Quantico.
Parties for Servicemen.
The Girls Service Organization
of Manassas will give an informal
dance from 7:30 pm. Thursday to
midnight in the Manassas gymna-
sium. Servicemen from nearby
camps are invited. Mothers of
members of the organization will
act as chaperones and the band
from the Vint Hill Training School
(signal Corps will furnish the
music.
The Manassas Service Club will
hold an informal party at 7:30 pm.
August 81 for visiting servicemen.
Members of the local women's clubs
will be chaperones.
Home Demonstration Schedule.
Miss Nell Grim, Prince William
home demonstration agent, an
nounces the following program for
the coming week.
Tuesday, Woodbine All Club will
meet on the school grounds at 10
am. to choose a project for the year
and to discuss State and county
contests.
The same day at 1:30 pm. the
Independent Hill Home Demonstra-
ton Group will meet with Mrs.
Carlton Y. Hill for a lesson in max
ing slip covers.
Wednesday Miss Grim will attend
an Extension Storage Construction
School to be held at the home dem
onstration agents Office in Fairfax,
beginning at 10 am, for agents from
Loudoun, Fauquier, Arlington and
Prince William.
Thursday the local Farm Security
Administration, home economic in
structors and home demonstration
agent will sponsor canning DEM
onstration at the Bennett School,
starting at 1890 am.
At 2 pm. Thursday the Wood
bridge Home Demonstration Club
will meet at the home of Mrs. Lloyd
Seay. Recovering old umbrellas will
be demonstrated.
United Brethren Home Coming.
The Alden United Brethren
Church will observe the 10th ami
versary of the dedication of the
present church building and the
annual home coming tomorrow. The
Rev. David F. Glovier of st. Paul's
United Brethren Church, Staunton,
will be guest speaker and will be-
gin revival services which will be
continued for two weeks.
Bull Brings Record Price.
J. T. Gibbons of Haymarket has
reported the sale of purebred
Hereford bull to B. w. Burruss of
Mount Jackson, Va, for 81 900. The
animal, sired by Beau Beauty 23rd,
herd sire of Gibbons De Grange
Farm, will head Mr.. Burruss' Here
ford herd.
Reports for Navy Duty.
Herbert j. Saunders. former direc-
tor of physical education and ath-
letics in the Manassas schools, re-
Gently was commissioned an ensign
in the Navy and has reported to
Chapel Hill, N. c., for duty Ensign
Saunders is receiving training for
an instructor in the physical fitness
division of the Naval Air Force.
245 Certificates Awarded.
Standard first aid certificates will
be awarded to 245 students of the
Regional High School here, accord
ing to a report of the instructor,
James A. Parker. Ten classes in first
aid were conducted during the
school term.
Classified as Bombardier.
Thomas w. Athey, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. S. Athev Of Manassas, has
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