Milford chronicle., 1945-07-13
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''.;t. when he was made county
Agricultural AGENT. Hc has been
Actln4 A@~uciato Director since
january, 1913. ana in charge of the
Emergency Farm l.ahol since it
Was ur@ani/cd IN the spring OF
1913. He serves as aguculturdl
chairman on the Delaware War III
uanc" committee and has organiz
"G tn" farm War Bond drives. and
ht serves as Vice President III
chars" ol the farm safety program
on the Delaware Safety Council.
lie was reared on farm in Cc-
Cll County. Maryland. and has al
NY been active in Extension work.
starting a. ii Ill club member. He
l~ Graduat" OF the University of
Wary land. and m"mhcr of Alpha
Tan Omega and Epsilon SIGMA Phi.
In" Departments OF AgrOuomy
md Agricultural Mechanics have
been combined into tn" Depart
mont oI Astronomy and Agricultur-
al Engineering. and Dr fllsW orth
g. I'unklr of tn" Department of
Agronomy, P"nna. state College.
has been appointed Head of the
Department and Professor OF AZ
runumN
Dr Dunkl" is Il graduate oi
Pennsylvania State college tl9&6l
in Astronomy and FIRST honors. He
vas Assistant County Agent in
Missouri until his return to state
Crle2c as a graduate student and
received hos Ph.D in 1870; Maj0 =,
Soils; Minors. Gcnetics and Plant
Breeding
During a part OF his time as a
Sraduatc student he assisted with
the soil survey and classification
tudi"s of Bucks County. penna.
Ills experience has been in the
iield OF instruction. research and
Extension. He spent most of his
youth on Il farm and is owner
operator OF Pennsylvania farm.
He is a member of Phi Kappa
Phi. Gamma Sigma Delta. Phi Eta
Sigma and Sigma NJ His field Oi
research has been in soil nutrients
end fertilizer placement. He Will
join the staff about July 10
Miss Pearl Macdonald. mItrition-
isl Tor the Delaware Agricultural
Extension Service since 1920. is re-
timing after having served one yeM
beyond the rptirmcnt age.
Miss Macdonald was recently
awarded a certificate of rccOgni-
ton hy Epsilon SIGMA Phi. nation
al honorary extension fraternity
tor her services as Il state rXtcn-
sion worker AT the recommenda
tion of the Alpha Theta Chapter oI
Delaware. This is the hi%hoSt re-
CoSnlti0u that can he awarded il
the Extension Service.
Miss Macdonald was one OF tn,
first women TO enter the Agriculttl.
val Extension Service after IN,
PASSAGE of the Snith-IHVcr Act
under which il was authorized. il
May. lHli. She entered the ScrviC,
ni the Pennsylvania State college
in charge of Home Economic,
work on August |, l9li, and devc
lupcd the service there during tn,
Years of World War |
Miss Macdonald will make he
. home with Miss NJ lane NcwcumI
ut Westbrook C0nnecticut. ahou
: - miles east of New Haven. ol
! Long Island Sound.
2 \ successor mas not been ap
= pointed
S pr. j. W. lleuhcrger has been ap
p Iointod part-time Associate F.Xtcn
/. sion Professor in Plant Patholo@,
4 Ralph l.. Watson, a 2raduatc q
/ the University of Delaware, VIII
A has been Acting County Agent tO
I New Castle County for two and
+ raf years. has been promoted t
!. County Agent.
Dr. Il. 0. Bausman, Associat
: Agricultural Economist. ON lcal
+. in Government Service returns I
the Experiment Station July |.