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Evening star., 1952-11-23
Montgomery Soil PIonner Kept Busy

long-range conservation practices.
Formerly PIMA payments were
made for such things as lime and
fertilizer in establishing grassland
programs, or for assistance in
drainage and other similar
projects.
Under new working agreement
between PIMA and the Soil Con-
servation Service, payments still
are made for these practices. but
they must be accomplished in
accordance with certain standards.
Fixing these standards Is the job
Of the local farm planner.
Often work on PIMA practices
leads to a complete conservation
plan for the farm, where the
farmer continues over a period to
establish strip cropping on the
contour or other practices that
will bring an end to soil loss.
The farm pond in recent years
has become popular with many
farmers. And Mr.. HAGEN has been
responsible for the design and
Evening star., 1952-11-23
How to DISCOURAGE
MoIes in the Garden

Moles have caused a lot of
trouble this year. Yet, If you know
how to control them, they aren't
much Of problem.
Moles eat grubs and other small
soil animals. They enter the
gardens and lawns in search of
them. If you treat your soil with
chlordane at the rate of five
pounds of the 5 per cent dust per
1000 square feet working or
washing this material into the soil
the insects will be killed. So
the moles will look elsewhere.
For larger areas treated strip,
30 feet wide around the outside,
will discourage moles from enter
ing. For smaller areas a narrow
trench or furrow, spade deep
around the outside with vertical
faces on the outside, will turn
moles from the flower bed.
II you prefer to trap them use
the harpoon-type trap. Here is
the recommended method. First
press down all of the tunnels in
several places daily for three days.
The ones pushed back up each day
are the ones regularly used. Pick
q straight section and dig out a
short distance to the bottom of
the tunnel with trowel. Remove
stones, sticks and sod and replace
the pulveriZed earth to it's original
depth. packing it tightly. Line up
the prongs Of harpoon-type trap
on either side Of the runway and
push the trap down until the
trigger area is tight against the
soil. Set and release the harpoon
once before the final set to be
sure 1t penetrates easily.
Evening star., 1952-11-23
Clover Failure BIumned on Virus

ladino clover, plant pathologists
point out. Is probably because the
virus is not carried in the seed.
However. after ladino clover is
grown on a farm for several years.
the virus is apparently spread
from nearby leguminous crops
that carry the virus but which
are apparently not damaged by it.
No control is known at this
time for the virus although ex-
pertinent stations throughout the
United States are attempting the
development of a resistant variety
of ladino clover, plant pathologists
say. While several lines have
looked promising. they have not
been sufficiently tested to deter
mine whether or not they will
meet rigid agronomic require
mentS.
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THE SUNDAY STAR Gil
Washington, D. c.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER %, 1882

precautions to see that he doesn't
chew on your lamp cords. If you
should find him doing it. don't
leave him alone in the house with
out first removing all such cords
from his reach. A little trouble.
yes. but it may avert a tragedy
in your home. Most dogs soon
get over the chewing habit, 50
such a precaution will be only
needed for q short time.
Evening star., 1952-11-23

A disease which has plagued
ladino clover during the past
year has been definitely identified
as a virus, according to S. B.
Femme, Virginia extension plant
pathologist. The virus causes a
stunting of the ladino clover
plants.
Femme said diagnosis of the
trouble as a virus was confirmed
last month during a visit Of sew
eral farms In Hanover and Hen
rico Counties where complaints
had been received concerning
ladino clover failure.
The virus affecting ladino clover
is the same as the one found on
alfalfa and many other clovers
commonly grown on the farm. The
reason this disease has not previ-
ously caused serious damage to
Evening star., 1952-11-23
Lamp Cord FotoI
ToChewing Pup
By Peter Boqqs

Lamp cords can be very danger
Gus to a dog. Especially if the
dog is in the chewing stage. And
most puppies 60 through such a
period in their younger days while
they are cutting their permanent
teeth.
All this was brought to my at
tention~a month or so ago when
q friend returned from a dinner
party to find his young puppy
dead on the living room floor
Nearby was an electric lamp cord
the dog had chewed. The re-
su1tant electric shock had snuffed
out the life of a cute pup.
If you own a dog that is going
Through the chewing stage. take
Evening star., 1952-11-23

Fred HaZen Is one OF an army
of technicians who are bringing
soil conservation to the land.
Mr.. Haven is the Soil Conserva-
ton Service planner or conserva-
zionist in Montgomery County.
Md. For the last five years he has
been preaching. conservation and
helping Montgomery County
farmers reap the richer harvests
possible through a wiser use of
soil.
Like his fellow workers in con-
servation districts, Mr.. Hazen is
the direct link between the farmer
and the policy makers and re-
search scientists in the Agricul-
ture Department. Without the
planner the work of soil conserva-
ton, which is bringing productive
ity back to many eroded and USE
less acres. could never be accom-
plished.
And like his fellow workers, Mr..
Hazen Is a busy man. With only
two assistants in the county Office,
he must see that help goes
promptly to farmers who ask for
it.
Farmers Require Service.
More and more farmers each
day are demanding help in es-
tablishing soil conservation prac-
tices on their land.
At first their requests may be
simple. A farmer may need help
in laying out a drainage ditch to
carry the excess water off one of
his pastures. Or he may ask for
simple advice on the use Of a par
ticular troublesome field.
No matter how simple the ques-
ton, Mr.. Hazen is ready to give
1t the same serious consideration
that he would give to major
problem in farm planning.
New Agreement Effective.
In addition to the regular
duties of farm planning, Mr..
Hazen's Office now must certify
projects done under the Produc-
ton and Marketing Administra-
tion program of incentive pay
ments to farmers who establish
Evening star., 1952-11-23

construction Of many ponds In
the county.
A native of Staten Island, New
York, Mr.. Hazen recalled that he
was an outdoor boy from the be-
ginning. Instead of the usual
games city boys play. he was out
in the open every holiday.
This led to Cornell University,
where he received a degree in
forestry, and a hitch with the
Forest Service. He later trans
ferred to the Soil Conservation
Service and finally was sent from
Pennsylvania to Montg ON cry
County as a farm planner.
Mr.. Hazen hadn't been in Mont
gomery long before he bought a
122-acre farm in the upper Sec
ton Of the county. Here. in his
spare time" he raises purebred
Hampshire sheep.
AS his farm develops, he plans
to expand into cattle. producing
his purebred sheep as a sideline.
j. B.
Evening star., 1952-11-23

The home propagation OF plants
usually is limited to cuttings taken
curing the growing season. We
call them softwood cuttings. A
few gardeners take hardwood cut
tings in the late fall or even win
ter. but the gardener is rare who
takes root cuttings"
This is the season to take root
cuttings, after the leaves have
fallen and before the ground
freezes. In many ways it is the
easiest form of propagation.
There are two drawbacks. One is
that not all kinds Of plants may
be propagated by root cuttings.
Second, those that are grated on
special understocks cannot be
propagated this way.
Many perennials and woody
shrubs can be propagated by tax
ing root cuttings in the fall. A
few, such as the Oriental poppy,
however, are taken at the dormant
season which, for them, Is in the
summer.
Size of the Cutting Varies.
If only a few cuttings are to be
taken, a spade may be inserted in
the root area and pressed out
ward, lifting a spadeful of soil and
roots. If a lot of cuttings are de-
sired, it will pay to lift the entire
plant, so that they may be care
fully selected.
It does not take a very large
piece of root to produce a new
plant. Usually l, 2 or 3 inch
piece is ample. The size of root
to select will vary with the kind
of plant. Some plants have fairly
small roots and so the diameter
may be less than 1s inch. as in
the case of phlox and Oriental
poppy. Others may be quite large.
perhaps as much as a half inch
in diameter for some Of the woody
plants.
After the cuttings have been
made they may be planted in fats
tiled with specially prepared soil
equal parts of sand, peatmoss
and garden loan. A layer of or
3 inches Of the roofing medium is
placed in the fiat and f1rmed be-
fore the cuttings are placed. usu-
ally 2 inches apart in rows or 3
inches apart. Cover the cuttings
with sand, in layer from y to /
inch deep. It will vary with the
size Of the roots and the method
of handling. If the fiat is kept
in a cold-frame over winter, a
thicker covering generally is pre-
ferred. However, it will not make
much difference for most kinds
of cuttings.
Some Are Bundled.
A second method is to tie the
cuttings in bundles and bury them
In peatmosS or sand in a FROST
proof situation until spring. when
the cuttings are taken up and
placed in a bed in the garden.
The bed should be made up Of a
soil mixture such as recommended
for a fiat and the covering might
we'll be half sand and half
peatmosS.
Some kinds of roots sprout|
rather readily and in a few cases
the perennials throw up Towering
shoots the first season. A few
kinds of woody shrubs are rather
slow to send up growth and they
are the kinds that are best han
died in a fat which may be given
Evening star., 1952-11-23
Plants From Root CUTTINGS
Time Is Here for Propogoting Mony Species
In One of the Easiest Forms of Multiplication
By W. H. Younemon
Gorden Editor

bottom heat" in February. This
is best done with electric heating
but has been accomplished
with an electric lamp mounted In
an inclosed frame. over which the
fat Is placed.
Common Plants Listed.
The following plants may be
propagated by root-cuttings:
PERENNIALS.
Anemone Japanese-Japanese
anemone.
Anemone Hupehensis - Dwarf
Japanese anemone.
Anchusa italica-Bugloss, Sum-
mer-forget-me-not.
Bocconia cordata - Plum e
poppy.
Dicentra spectabilis- Bleeding
heart.
Echinops ritro-Small globe
thistle.
Gypsophila paniculata-Babys-
breath.
Oenothera misSpuriensis-Ozark
evening primrose.
Papaver orientale - Oriental
poppy.
Phlox paniculata - Garden
phlox.
Plumbago larpentae-(Ceratos-
tigma plumbagninoides) =
Leadwort.
Stokesia cyanea-StokeS Aster.
Trollius europaeuS - Globef1ow-
er.
Verbascum olympicum - Null
lein.
SHRUBS, TREES, VINES.
Acanthopanax sieboldinum =
Fiveleaf Aralia.
Aesculus species - HorSechest-
nut. Bottlebrush Buckeye.
AilanthuS altissima - Tree Of
Haven.
Amelanchier canadensis-Shad-
bush.
Aralia spinosa-Hercules club,
Devils walking stick.
Calycanthus f1oridus - Sweet
shrub. Carolina allspice.
Campsis radicans - Trumpet
creeper.
Caragana SpecieS-Pea tree.
Catalpa-Indian- -cigar-tree.
Ceanothus species-New Jersey
tea. Buckthorn.
sweet.
Cephalanthus occidentalis-But-
tonbush.
CladraStis lutea-Kentucky yell
loW-Wood.
Clerodendron trichotomum -
Glorybower.
Crataegus species-Hawthorn.
(Cydonia) lagenaria (Japonica)
-Flowering ounce.
Fothergillia major - Fother-
gillia.
HaleSla carolina - Silver bell
tree.
Hypericum moserianum - St.
JohnSWort, ld-flower.
lex cornuta-Chinese holly.
Koelreuteria paniculata-Gold-
en-rain-tree.
Maclura pomifera - Usage
orange.
Paulownia tomentosa-Empress
tree.
Rhus species-Smoke tree, Su-
mac.
Robinia species-Locust trees
and shrubs.
RubuS species-Brambles, in
Guiding Flowering Raspberry.
Sambucus species-Elder.
Shepherdia argentae - Buffalo
berry.
Stephanandra incisa-stephan-
andra.
Stewartia pentagyna - Stew
artia.
Wisteria-WiSteria.
Evening star., 1952-11-23
$175 Million Invested

HONOLULU. - Hawaii's sugar
plantations have capital invest
ments of SITS million, of which
S44.6 million are for irrigation ia
cilities.
Evening star., 1952-11-23

DRAINAGE CHECK Mr..
Hasen takes a soil sample to
check Wdter level In a field
1Ohere drainage tiles are to be
laid. Careful checks keep the
guesswork out of farm plan-
nina.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-29
JONES' BINGO TO
HOLD BIG DAY SUNDAY
"'Sadie Hawkins Day" Feature to
Begin at IL Noon

Jones' Bingo, one of the three
merchandise bingos at Mays Head,
is holding their "Sadie Hawkins
Day" Sunday, August 81. On that
day they will give away the re-
naming stocks, and close for the
season.
Beginning at IL noon, they
will play bingo until every article
has been given away. Large prizes
will be given away as well as the
smaller ones. A special prize for
the winner of the first game will
be POSTMASTER toaster; winner
of the last game will receive a
General Electric television. Other
large prizes will be given through
out the day. Featured items are
d innerware, luggage, lamps,
household appliances, furniture,
which will be awarded the winners,
The management wants to help
everyone have a good time.
Jones Bingo has been located
this season at Mann's Recreation
Center. Plans are to reopen in the
| spring of 1858.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-29
AIR MAIL SOCIETY
TO VISIT DARE ON
SUNDAY, AUGUST 81

Kill Devil Hills.-In commemo-
ration of the issuance of the new
United National Air Mail stamp,
members of the American Air
Mail Society headed by Admiral
Jesse G. johnson, it's president,
will meet atop Kill Devil Hills on
Sunday afternoon for a brief cere-
mony which will feature an ad-
dress by George Kingdom.
Kingdom is an attorney of Con-
meant, Ohio, and a member of the
Air Mail Society. The ceremonies
at the monument are scheduled
for o'clock.
David Stick of Kill Devil Hills,
chairman of the Museum Commit
tee of Kill Devil Hills Memorial
Society, is scheduled to speak
briefly on the progress that has
been made in the creation of a
Wright Museum for the monument
area.
Following the ceremonies at the
monument, to which the public has
been invited, the group, expected
to number about so persons, will
visit the fishing centers to see the
catches of the day and then as
semble at Dare County Shrine
Club for buffet supper, accord
ing to announcements made by
Admiral johnson. Following the
gathering at the Shrine Club, many
of the members are planning to
attend the 18th season finale of
Paul Green's symphonic drama
The Lost Colony, which will be
presented on Sunday night.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-29
LOST COLONY IN
FINAL WEEK ON
ROANOKE ISLAND

A m eric S longest-lived and
original outdoor mphon C
drama, The Lost Colony, will
present the final performance of
the 1852 season in Waterside
Theatre on Sunday night, August
81. The finale this year will mark
the 592nd performance of The
Lost Colony since its premiere
here on July 4, 1887, and during
the years approximately 100000
persons have seen the show which
tells of Americas beginning in
song, dance, pantomine and the
spoken word.
While all seats were reserved
this year, attendance will be only
a small number short of last sea-
son. Not counted the paid admis-
sions now nearing $4,000 for the
current season are several thous-
and school children, students of
North Carolina history, who have
seen the drama as guests of Roa-
noe Island Historical Association,
Inc, sponsors. In addition about
1900 All Club members from all
parts of the state and many other
groups such as Boy Scouts, Sun
day school classes and others
have seen the show at special
group admission rates.
Officials in charge of The Lost
Colony's free parking lot OPP
posite the entrance to Fort Ra-
leigh have reported that cars from
every state and many of the ter
ritories and foreign countries have
brought persons to see the show
See PAGEANT, Page Eight
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-29
FORMER DRAFT BID. MEMBER
RECEIVES THANKS OF CHIEF

v. G. Williams of Wanchese,
who resigned July IA as a mem
Der of the Dare County Draft
Board, has been replaced by Guy
Mann of Manns Harbor. Mr.. Will
liams, who agreed at the State
Directors request, stayed on I'M
til August 20, has received note
of thanks from Col. Thos. H
Upton, State Director of Selective
Service, as follows:
"We thank you for the services
you have rendered to the Select
i've Service System and particu-
larly for your consideration in
allowing us to hold in allegiance
our action on your resignation
until a replacement could be Sc
cured"
Mr.. Williams resigned because
of the press of other duties. He
travels for Quinn Furniture Store
of Manteo.
The draft board now consists
of John E. Ferebee and Warren
O'Neal of Manteo, and Guy Manr
of Manns Harbor
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-29
DARE COUNTY SEAMAN
SAVED FROM EREIGHTER
Archie Scarborough, Jr., Taken
From Ship in English Chan
mel by British LifebOat

When the freighter American
Farmer went down in the Eng
lish Channel last Thurs day,
Archie Scarborough of Cape Hat
! teras was one of the seamen res
cl1ed by a British lifeboat.
Thirty-seven United State
seamen were landed safely at
Dover, England, after losing six
hour battle to save their 1889
ton Liberty ship Western Farmer,
which fell apart after collision
in the stormy English Channel.
The men had clambered to
safety aboard two British life
boats just in time to see the
Western Farmer break in two in
the heavy channel seas shortly
before midnight last night.
BY noon, the bow half of the
Western Farmer-keel up was
floating at anchor in mid-channel
off the Ramsgate holiday resort.
The after half, still upright, was
swept by the channels treacher-
Gus tides towards the French
coast.
A dispatch from Calais said
French tugs had taken it in tow
and raised the French flag to
mark their prize.
Survivors said the Western
Farmer, carrying 10000 tons of
coal from Newport News Va. to
Bremen, Germa any, was hit
squarely amidships on the port
side by the Norwegian tanker
Bjorgholm.
AS passing vessels and lifeboats
from channel ports headed for
the spot, the crew began a fruit
less battle to close the gaping
See SEAMAN, Page Eight
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-29
FISHING TOURNEY ENTRY
BLANKS DISTRIBUTED

Mays Head. - Anglers from
many areas along the Atlantic
coast are now receiving entry
blanks for the Mays Head Surf
Fishing Clubs surf tournament
here on October 5, the day on
which the event will come to an
end. The surf fishing tournament
begins on October 3 and compe-
tition during the first two DAYS
will be between teams of organic
ed clubs:
Response to the tournament
has been widespread" according
to Dial H. Williams, president of
the sponsoring club. ALREADY we
have the assurance that there will
be teams here for the competitions
from New Jersey, Maryland, Vir-
GINA and North Carolina"
There will be special divisions
for feminine anglers and also for
boys over Is years Of age, for the
Open Tourney off the Surf on Oc-
ltober s." said Williams.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-29
HATTERAS ROAD
CELEBRATION is
SET SEPT. 10th

Northumberland have
been made to- bring the famous
Elizabeth City High School Band
to Rodanthe on September 20
when the citizens of the seven
communities of Hatteras Island
will be hosts to visitors and
friends from the mainland who
will be here to help celebrate the
new Mays Head-Hatteras high
way.
Capt. Levene Midget, chief
hoatswain mate in charge of
Chicamacomico Coast Guard Sta
ton here is overall chairman of
the event which is expected to
bring more persons to Hatteras
Island than any similar event
ever staged.
A program that will not only
include music by majorettes but
also widely known state and gov
eminent officials, and many local
competitive local events has been
scheduled for the celebration
which will be held on a Satur-
day, according to- Capt. Midget.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-29
DARE TOURIST BUREAU
TO MEET AND PLAN
FOR 1852 PROMOTION

Manteo.-The first two of Sc
Iries of meetings to be held along
the Dare Coast for the purpose
of making plans for 1858 promo
ton of this resort area will be
held at Kill Devil Hills in the
Hotel Edgewater Dining Room on
Wednesday and Thursday, Sep
TENDER As, it is announced by Da-
vid Stick, secretary-treasurer of
Dare County Tourist Bureau. The
meetings will be held at 8:15 pm.
At the Wednesday night meet
ing all operators of hotels, inns
and motor courts in the Dare
Beaches area will gather to dis
cuss the increased budget for the
coming fiscal year and to hear re-
ports of activities performed by
the Dare County Tourist Bureau
during the current fiscal year
which ends on September 80. The
report will show how through i'm
partial promotion on the part of
the Bureau the resort business has
had an increase of approximately
20 to rs percent this season.
On Thursday night all vacation
enterprises other than Inns will
have a similar meeting. Then be-
fore October l, similar meeting
will be held on Hatteras Island,
which has experienced it's first ma
jor vacation business this year and
on Roanoke Island where The Lost
Colony has long been the biggest
attraction of the summer season.
The Tourist Bureau, haeded by
a Board of Directors of which L.
l.. Swain of Manteo is chairman,
operated on a $4,000 budget dur
ing the current year which ends
September 80. At a recent meet
ing of the Board of Directors, held
in Hatteras Village, it was agreed
that the tentative budget for the
coming fiscal year or for promo
ton during 1868 had been increas-
See BUREAU, Page Eight
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DIR. w. T. RALPH, Mayor of Bel.
haven, was named chairman OF
committee of ten from six eastern
counties to seek the bridging OF
Alligator River and Croatar
Sound, when 25 people from these
counties met at Columbia Tues
day. The meeting was called by
c. Wallace Tatem of Columbia,
president of the Southern Albe-
marie Association, and was at
tended by members of his execu-
tive committee and of the ALI
gator-Croatan Bridge Association.
Appointed on this committee were
the following: Beaufort County,
DR.. Ralph of Belhaven and Mrs.
Scott Topping of Pantego; P. D.
Midget and Leon O'Neal of Hyde;
w. j. White and Floyd E. Cohoon
of Tyrrell; L. L. Swain and D. v.
Meekins of Dare; Washington
County: w. ]. Woolard and Wade
Harrison; Martin County: Hugh
Horton and H. L. Swain. This
committee was charged with task
of pursuing methods to get bridges
built by the State of North Caro-
lima.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-29
FISHING TOURNEY
OCTOBER 3-5 BIG
MACS HEAD EVENT

Judging from the interest that
has been shown by surf casting
clubs in many states and by
scores of anglers who prefer fish
ing from the beach instead of
from boats and piers, the first
annual Mays Head Surf Fishing
Tournament scheduled for the
Mays Head area on October 8, 4,
3, will be the biggest event of
its kind ever presented along the
northeast coast of North Caro-
lima.
That is the opinion of Dial H.
Williams, president of the Mays
Head Surf Fishing Club with
which the Mays Head Chamber
of Commerce will sponsor the
tournament. Announcements of
the event have been mailed to
fishing clubs and surf casters in
all surf casting centers along the
Atlantic coast. Most response to
date has come from New Jersey,
and several clubs will be here to
take part in the event and COM
pete for the prizes from that
state.
Trophies and prizes having a
total value of more than $1,000
will be awarded winning teams
and individuals.
The Tournament is timed for
the big run of channel bass which
in the surf in great schools
during late September and re-
main throughout October.
Already channel bass and many
other species of surf feeding
fishes are being landed daily by
anglers fishing along the ocean
beaches. The channel bass are
smaller than those which
show up later in the season.