Milford chronicle., 1945-08-10
GEORGETOWN


erS from all sections of Sussex
County met last Wednesday in
Grange Hall, for a general discus
sion of crop insurance. The meet
ine was presided over hy J. Paul
Hastings. NiCc-C hartman Sussex
County A A A. committee. who
introduced the speakers. Ernest 5
NattilOrd and Homer f.. Cooper
Mir. MattifOrd is Nicc-C hartman %.
Kent COuntY'S 4. A. a. committee
while Mr. Cooper is the Admins
tratile Assistant for Crop Insur-
anCc. in Delaware, Maryland ana
West Virginia. Mr. Mattitord spoke
briefly on trial insurance on corn
and potato crops and wheat inSur-
anCc
Mr. Cooper who has lOng re-
cord of service in the field of eco
h0miCS and insurance. explained
the advantages of wheat insurance
the basis of the insurance and the
protection afforded. He stated that
crop insurance is not lust an in
suranCc, hut is a program design
ed to eventually embrace the in
SuranCe of most of the major
crops" AT the present time" he
said. experiments on corn and po-
tatO insurance are being conducted
i'm some IL or IL counties and next
year other crops will be included
ia the governmental group
considerable interest has been
eVinced in crop insurance. and
particularly at this time in SUSSEX
COunty, whore il is estimated that
crop losses will run we'll into the
millions. Farmers gamble on the
weather and the last three weeks
have placed them far on the losing
side. Acting County Agent William
Henderson. has released rough
estimates of losses on several basic
crops. These estimates are based
on reports gathered from farmers
in all sections of the county. fol-
lowing almost three weeks of daily
lain storms.
According to these estimates
which are considered by many to
he on the conservative side. the
loss will be heavy The list places
I the heaviest loss on tomatoes. with
an estimated 80 to 15ct loss: Gu
cumhCrs 300 cantaloupcs 500 :
WatCrmclOnS so to 60Cc: pumpkins
/ 500 wheat 30 TO coo: peppers
100 String beans. according tC
Mr.. Henderson. have suffered not
more than ; to 10C, damage. and
that only in low areas. All types Ol
( labor have been utilized to harvest
the string bean crop. including wal
/ prisoners. Bahamans. local boys
and girls and boys and Girls from
( tie cities.
The early peach crop is considers
ed almost total loss and although
/ farmers are maxim" desperate at
! temrt:' to save late peaches effort
arc meeting WITH little success as
/ the heavy rains wash away al
Gustin2 and spraying in few
hours time. and il iS$nnt antiCipat.
ed that late peaches will yield any
better than the early crop.
In addition to other crops. stand
inG corn will not yield better than
! 500 and growing concern is fCl
/ hy many for live stock. Field
covered with water produce moul
dy Grass which kills horses anC
! cows. Chickens ana turkey raiser:
are faCinG COnSidcrahl" losses du,
to mold in corn and other feeds.
Funeral services for Mrs. Louis,
Gordy of WhiteSville. age 76 years
were held in Gumhoro Methods
I Church, with services in charge O
the Reverend Walter Beckwith anC
the Reverend Clarence f. wilkins
this afternoon Mrs. Gordy. wa
found dead in bed ON Sunda,
morning. following an illness q
several years. She is survived b.
three daughters and two sons. Mrs
Estolla Smith. Washington, d. G.
Mrs. Iva Bare. Baltimore, Maryland
and Mrs Myrtle Hartman, Penns
Vile, New Jersey. Dawson Gordy
Dclmar and Roscoe Gordy o
WhitCSvillC
Funeral services for ThOma
Harmon. age 2S years. will be hcl,
in Prospect A. NJ. T.. church. ol
Thursday afternoon. August 9th. a
two p. m with services in charG
of the Reverend {. d. Elliott
Young Harmon. who Was-Ihc sol
of Mrs. Pauline Harmon. wa
stabbed to death in an ar2umcn
over a dice game. in Milford. las
Saturday night. allcgedly ny anOth
er ncGrOc said to he from Georgia
Senator James VI. Tunncll wa
the guest speaker. tonight at tn
George GetOWn-NIillSbOrO Rotary Gu
in the Masonic Temple. East Mar
kCt Street and Railroad Avenue
Mr.. Ralph Carey. President. pre-
S'd"d at the meeting and Nj
Ge"rCc IittlctOn WAS program
chairman, who introduced tn
speaker.
Senator Tunnel related pxpcr
fences which occurred on his tw
trips TO North Africa as mcmhc
OF the Truman COmmittec. inVcSti
G2tlnG war expenditures. He sal
that those making the trip travel
ed 5000 miles in - days and con
Quoted Is hearings in that time
The speaker told the ROtarianS hi
impressions of Bermuda. tn
Azores. North Africa and of hi
visit to Palestine. He descrihcd i
: some detail the living CONDITION
in French Morocco and compare
them with those in the Unite
States.
The Rotary club eXtcned an invi
tatiOn to Senator Tunnel to spea
to them again on August 21st O
his trip to Germany. where h
visited the concentration camp
and viewed the results of Germa
atrocities. He has accepted the in
vitatiOn and 1000 attendance i