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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-18

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-18
Minor Leagues

PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-18
TEXAS LEAGUE.

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Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1953-08-12
Familiar Handshake
Brings Back Memory

Little River, S. G. - Twenty
five years ago, Capt. Bob High of
Little River, S. c., had a regular
customer aboard his sport fishing
boat named Jap" Hatlcy, from
Albcmarle, n. c. Then. suddenly,
HALEY stopped coming To Little
River. The only thing Capt. High
remembered about Hatlcy was
that ne was good fisherman, and
that he was a big man, with a
h&m-likc hand that had grip
like vice.
Last week, half-century later.
a big man walked up to Capt.
Bob High under the big ''loafing
oak at Little River and said,
Capt. Bob, remember me-" and
stretched out husky hand.
Capt. Bob squinted. well, no"
ne drawled, Cant say as do,
but seems Sorta like -
Before he could finish, the
mans hand closed on the old
skippre'S right paw and Capt. Bob
Jumped two feet in the air and
yelled Jap Hatleyl"
Il never forgot that handshake. "
the veteran Little River sea cap
tain said later. use to, when jap
Hatley shook my hand, I'd reach
In my pocket with my left hand
and pull out my pen-knife, flip
1t open and holler, "Unhand me,
you brute, or I'll rip yer innards
out! Then he'd turn me loose. But
many's the time 1 went to sea
steerin' with one arm on account
of shakin' hands with Jap Hatley.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1953-08-12
Mosquito Bomb
Gets Dishes Too

Cherry Grove Beach, S. Can
anxious mother who forebade her
two young boys to buy any more
flrecrackerS at a local grocery
store at this summer resort, will
be more careful from now on
when she lights MOSQUITO
smoke-bomb."
Frank Boulineau, Cherry Grove
Beach grocer, reports that when
the two boys came in to buy gro
cerleS for their mother, they spent
the odd PENNIES left over for a
torpedo with a fuse on it. On be-
ing caught with it when they re-
turned home, one of the boys ap-
parently hoping to avoid a trip
to the weedshed, quickly explain
ed that the thing was a smoke
bomb for getting rid of mosuui-
toes. The explanation obviously
satisfied the mother, and she put
the thing up on kitchen shelf.
That night, while cooking SUD-
per, she noticed some mosquitoes
buZzing around the dining room
table. Remembering the mosquito
smoke-bomb she'd gotten from her
two sons, she placed in on the
table and lit the fuse. Then she
walked casually back to the stove
to salt some garden peas she was
cooking. WHAM!
Grocer Boulineau, getting the
report direct from the distracted
mother the following day, tailed
the damages as follows: One ruin
ed table cloth, several broken
dishes, bad case of shocked ner-
YES, whole box of salt dropped
INTO a pot of peas, and two pad
died posteriorS.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1953-08-12
Prizes To Be
Given Farmers
AT Raleigh Meet

Raleigh, Aug. - More than $500
worth of prizes, including a home
freezer, will go for farmers queS-
tons used at the annual meeting
of two farm organizations in Ra-
leigh September 8.
The winning questions will be
directed to a panel OF agricultural
leaders, including three members
of Congress. The question-and-
answer period will be part of the
program of the yearly membership
meeting of the Farmers Coopcra-
tive Exchange and the n. {. Cot
ton Growers Association.
Rep. Clifford r. Hope of Kansas,
chairman of the House Agriculture
Committee, will serve on the panel
after making the principal address
at the meeting. Included also will
be Sen. Clyde R. Hooy OF Shelby,
a member of the Senate Agricul-
ture Committee, and Rep. Harold
d. Cooley of Nashville, ranking
minority member of Congress-
man Hopes committee.
In addition, two state agricul-
tural leaders will serve as men,
bers of the panel. DR.. d. w. Col
ward, newly appointed dean of the
State Sollege School of Agricul-
ture, and DR.. L. Y. Ballentine,
North Carolina Commissioner Of
Agriculture, will answer questions
related to state and local farm
problems.
Any person living on Il farm
may submit Il question, according
to NJ. G. Mann, general manager
of the FCX and the Cotton ASSo-
citation. The question should be
confined to 25 words or less and
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1953-08-12

should concern topic of nationa
or state interest. Sample questions
might be: What is the outlook
for the Federal farm program
and How will the new Milk Com
mission affect North Carolina
dairy farmers" Questions should
be sent to FCX, p. O. Box 24l9.
Raleigh, N. c.
A State College committee will
screen all questions and select
what II considers to be the best.
These questions will be directed
to the panel and the persons who
submitted them will receive the
prizes. In addition To the home
freezer, the prize list includes one
ton of feed, one ton of fertilizer,
five gallons of paint, and assorted
textile goods.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1953-08-12
Questions And
Answers On Peanut
Referendum

Question: When will the refer
cndum be held?
Answer: On Saturday, August
%, 1858 between the hours of :
am. and 7 p. m.
Question: Where will peanut
farmers cast their ballots?
Answer: The referendum polling
places will be the established p.
NJ. A. polling places in each pea
nut county.
Question: Who is eligible TO vote
in the referendum?
Answer: All farmers engaged in
the production OF one acre or more
OF peanuts for market including
owners of farms on which peanuts
are produced during the year 1853,
tenants ana SharccrUppcrs, who
have an interest in the proceeds
of the 1853 crop are eligible to
vote.
Question: Who will conduct the
referendum?
Answer: The North Carolina
Peanut Growers Association, Inc.
has been designated by the State
Board of Agriculture under auth
GRITTY of law 10 conduct this refer
endum.
Question: Upon what question
will the farmers vote?
Answer: They will vote on the
question of whether or not there
shall be levied upon themselves
an annual assessment of one cent
per hundred pounds of peanuts
marketed for three year period,
1858, 1854, and 1855.
Question: How will this money
be used?
Answer: This assessment will be
paid to the Treasurer of the North
Carolina Peanut Growers AsSocia-
ton, Inc. and Will be used to slim
ulate consumption, sale and use of
peanuts.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1953-08-12

a $50 pound hog from Zeb Grigg
Of Kings Mountain as payment for
a weeks rent on Beams summer
cottage at Crescent Beach.
Grigg said that the swap solved
his problem of feeding the hog
while his family was on vacation.
1t also solved Beams meat prob
lem for the rest of the summer.
Grigs got his cottage, Beam got
his prok, and everybody was hap
py-cXcept the hog, and |. c. Jor-
dan, Crescent Beach realtor who
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1953-08-12

North Carolina cotton farmers
sun face threat from heavy in
teStations of boil weevilS.
North Carolina cotton farmers
lost an estimated $50 million from
the boil weevil in 1850.
Farmers who depend wholly or
partially on livestock for an in
come must plan now to plant SUD-
Elementary grazing for their ami
mails. A prolonged drought this
summer has caused severe short
ages of pasture grazing.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1953-08-12
Hog Pays Rent
On Beach House

Crescent Beach, S. c. - A man
who was hungry for some fresh
pork and another man who wanted
to take weeks vacation by the
sea got together mt Shelby last
week and cooked up a dear' that
got each what he wanted.
Dennis Beam of Shelby accepted
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1953-08-12

handles Beams beach property.
Jordan is still trying to figure out
how to collect ten per cent of the
hog for his rental commission.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1953-08-12

And he amt lost a bit of his old
grip"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-02-05
Joint Returns
Favor Taxpayer
The Man SEE

Husband and wife are each en-
titled to $500 exemption. Even
if wife has no gross income they
may file joint return.
But if the wife files her own
return the husband may not claim
the exemption for the wife, since
she receives the credit for her
own exemption when she files her
separate return.
1t is always to the advantage of
the taxpayers to file joint return
where the wife has earned less
than 5000. Where a joint return
is filed both husband and wife
must sign the return.
For further information anyone
may purchase for 25c the official
handbook, "Your Federal Income
Tax-for Individuals" by writing
to the Superintendent of Documents,
United States Printing Office,
Washington 25, DC.
This handbook is not for sale
at the Custom House, Baltimore.
1t may be obtained from the above
address by mail only.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-02-05

where. Here are to be found the
very largest and tallest of the
smooth-barked white sycamores,
the huge and lordly beeches, the
primeval oaks, poplars, gums and
hickories, to say nothing of the
rare Tin the East cottonwood.
Beech Tree Island is the perman-
ent home of all species of wild
life which has gotten there by
swimming and at those other rare
times when the swift waters en-
circling the island have frozen.
Actually, the island is so abund-
antly stocked with all kinds of
wild life, that, without benefit of
man-made laws, it has become a
natural game preserve.
Beech Tree Island is also one of
the favorite "refueling" grounds
of the lordly Canadian geese on
their flights North and South.
Ducks, especially the rare sum-
mer or wood duck, flourish here;
there are no duck blinds on Beech
Tree, there never have been, and
doubtless never will be!
Around this lonely island swirl
some of the Potomac's best bass
waters. Only a genius or an idiot
would attempt to anchor row.
boat in the fast-moving current.
l do not think it can be done safely.
Therefore, the defiant waters
around Beech Tree make possible
unending and uninterrupted prop
ogation of that gamester of all
fresh water gamesters-the large
and the small mouth black bass.
There should be many, many five
and six Founders in the eddying,
always angry waters adjacent to
Beech Tree. l suppose a great
many of these big fish die of old
age like any other unmolested fish,
fowl or animal.
| recommend Beech Tree Island
to any lover of solitude intrepid
enough to brave the waters around
it in order to get on it. If you can
get there l will take my hat off
to you!
The utter stiffness there is eerie.
1t is virgin land. Believe me, if
you can make it, it will be the
closest to nature that you have
ever been. Please let me know
how you made out, and what
method you used to get there.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-02-05
Mrs. Thompson Is
Hostess to Piano
Class Recently

Mrs. Priscilla H. Thompson en-
tertained her piano class at her
annual New Years Party last
Tuesday afternoon, January 81.
A musical program was presented
first with accent upon the Polish
composer Frederick F. Chopin
cited as The Composer of the
Month in the current number of
The Etude Music Magazine.
In addition to other numbers
and those played by other stu
dents, the Chopin numbers on the
program were a Prelude in A Ma
.jor, played by Florence Moore and
a Mazurka in B fiat Major played
by Margaret Elgar Gilpin. Mrs.
Thompson played for the class
Chopin's Valse in C Sharp Minor
and a Piano Transcription of the
song, "By the Waters of Mime
tonka," composed and arranged
by the American composer, Thur
low Sieurance, and based on an
Indian theme.
Musical games, refreshments
and awarding of first prizes, which
proved to be toy pianos filled with
candy, and second prizes, packages
of lollipops, completed the after
Moons entertainment.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-02-05
Senator Butler
To Initiate News
Program Feb. s

AS a part of an objective to ac-
quaint the people of Maryland
with significant happenings in the
United States Senate, Senator
John Marshall Butler of Maryland
will initiate a bi-weekly television
program on Station WBAL-TV,
Channel II, February 8, from 1890
to 12:45 pm.
Senator Butler has long felt
that Marylanders are entitled to
a periodic report of his activities
in the Senate, which would also
include his comments and view
points with respect to legislation
and issues currently under consid-
Grafton by the Senate.
These television reports will be
presented every other Sunday,
under the title of "a Report to the
People," as a part of the public
service program of Baltimore's
Station WBAL-TV.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-02-05
Mrs. w. r. Griffith
Heads Red Cross
Motor Service

The Montgomery County Red
Cross announced the appointment
of Mrs. William R. Griffith of
Beallsville as Chairman of the
Motor Service. Mrs. Griffith has
been with the Motor Service for
three years. Previously she was
with the District Chapter of the
Red Cross where she was vice
chairman of the Motor Service.
She is on the Board of the Mont
gomery County Library.
Mrs. Griffith also has been presi-
dent of the Homemakers Club of
Poolesville, GAINESVILLE and Dick
erson and is former president of
the Gaithersburg Woman's Club.
Her nickname in the Montgomery
County Red Cross is "The handy
lady,.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-02-05

Dam on July 8, 4.76 inches at
Huntingtown on August s and 4.76
inches at Frederick airport on
August 20. Another heavy "gully
washer" fell on September /, when
more than four inches in 24-hour
period were reported at four, and
more than three inches reported
at three more, of the % stations.
Precipitation at the 23 stations
in 1852 and nomal for each were:
Annapolis, sap inches, 1852
normal; Cambridge, 1892 inches,
42.33 normal; Cheltenham, 54.98
inches, 44.06 nuormal; Chester
town, 51.22 inches, 1859 normal;
Cumberland, 1922 inches, 34.65
normal; Denton, 53.0S inches, 1852
normal; Easton, 47.54 inches, A.
81 normal; Elton, 1854 inches,
44.74 normal;
Fallston, 55.52 inches, 1876 nor
NAL; Frederick, 53.4S iches, 1910
normal; Grasonville, 50.25 inches,
44.53 normal; Hagerstown, 476S
inches, 1851 normal; Huntingtown,
54.38 inches, ATT normal; Leon
ardtown, 1886 inches, 40.39 nor
NAL; Oakland, 4S.55 inches, 1858
normal; Princess Anne, 1896 inch
eS, 1881 normal.
Rockville, a2.2S inches, 1850
normal; Salisbury, 47.45 inches,
44.51 normal; Snow Hill, 1881
inches, As normal; Towson, 55.19
inches, 42.40 normal; Westminster,
$3.50 inches, 43.0S normal; VALID
orr, 47.4S inches, 1886 normal;
and Woodstock, 4S.47 inches, Al
% normal.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-02-05
LivestOckmen Are Gamblers.
Breeding Authority States

"Livestockmen are the biggest
gamblers in the world" This is
how DR.. V. A. Rice, nationally
known authority on livestock breed
ing described the attempt of breed
ers to make leach generation bet
ter than the one that preceded it."
DIR. Rice who is from the Uni
versity of Massachusetts, was a
featured speaker at the Second An
nual Herdsman's Short Course held
last week at the University Of
Maryland.
He said, you can breed better
herd if you are lucky enough to get
one or two good bulls in row, and
smart enough to know how to pick
good cows to save for the breed
ing herd" Everytime one breeder
selects a good bull, someone else
Cor perhaps the same breeder, the
next time) picks a poor one. He
explained this by showing that the
transmitting ability of bulls-or
cows-follows a normal curve. That
is, 60 to 70 percent of the animals
are average. There is the same
number of good animals as there
are poor ones.
The better your herd, DR.. Rice
said, the harder job you have to
pick a bull that will improve it.
To help take the gamble" out
of herd improvement, DR.. Rice urg-
ed the 80 farmers and herdsmen
at the short course to: ~ under
stand the physiology of reproduc-
ton; p learn more about the princi-
pies of inheritance; and 81 keep
records to enable them to select
breeding animals on the basis of
merit.
When selecting a breeding ami
NAL, DR.. Rice advised the group to
look first for an animal with sons
or daughters that proved the ami
mails ability to transmit good quail
ty. Since proved bulls or dams
are relatively rare, the next best
guide was the animals pedigree.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-02-05
Wet or Dry, Maryland
Has Weather, Whether
Or Not, Report Shows

Maryland had one of it's wettest
years in recent times in 1862 and
at the same time narrowly missed
drought conditions, according to a
review of US. Weather Bureau
data by the states Committee for
Conservation Now.
Rainfall in many sections of
the state was 10 or more inches
above normal for the year, and
there were more than the usual
number of gully washer" rains.
Despite the above normal precipi-
er which makes conservation farm
occurred during the critical grow
ing period of July II to August 2
and another from late September
to the end of October.
The unevenly distributed rain
fall represented the kind of wealth
err which make conservation farm
ing especially advisable and profit
able, the Committee pointed out.
Erosion control pays off during
hard rains, and stored water in
dry periods is just as good as rain
fall.
Such practices as strip cropping,
contours, terraces and grass water
ways hold soil and fertilizer, the
Committee added. Along with other
practices which build up organic
matter, they also enable the soil
to store water from wet to dry
periods and thus maintain plant
growth. Good drainage systems,
particularly on the Eastern Shore,
prevent flooding in wet weather
and make wet land more drought
resistant during dry seasons.
Last years hard rains caused
an above normal loss of soil and
fertility, and the dry spells caused
varying degrees of damage to
crops. Tomatoes, cantaloupes and
potatoes suffered the most from
drought, while second and third
cuttings of hay also were affected.
Sweet cor yields also were down.
Because of the autumn dry period,
pastures and fall grains went into
the winter in below normal con-
dition. Other crops were not hurt,
and corn yields hit new high of
46 bushels per acre.
Lack of moisture was most no
ticeable on the Eastern Shore. The
summer dry spell was generally
more severe there, and the area
produces crops which were more
seriously affected. Its sandy type
soil also does not retain moisture
as we'll as other soils.
Unofficial tabulations made by
the Committee of precipitation at
23 out of 9S stations showed an
average of SIPS inches last year,
compared with normal annual pre-
cipitation for the state of 41.91
inches. Exceptionally heavy rains
of more than three and four riches
in a 24-hour period were recorded
in April, July, August and Sep
TENDER.
Heaviest rainfalls of the year
were 5.S5 inches at Baltimore on
July 8, 5.55 inches at Conowingo
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-02-05
Brotherhood Award
Nominations Are
Asked in County

Montgomery Lodge B'nai Birth
has announced the appointment of
a committee of county civic lead
ers to select the winner of the
1852 B'nai Birth Brotherhood
Award. David Scull, president of
the Silver Spring Board of Trade
is chairman. Other members are
Mrs. Dorothy Himstead, Rev. Mar
ion Michaels, Parlett Moore, Gil
bert Cuneo and Ernie Tanner.
The B'nai Birth Brotherhood
Award is presented annually to an
i individual who, in his daily life,
contributes significantly to the
ideal of brotherhood in Montgom-
cry County. The committee is
seeking suggestions for eligible
persons from groups in the county.
[ Dcadline for these suggestions is
I February Is.
The award will be made at a
special B'nai Birth dinner to be
held in March.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-02-05

This is the 18th of series of
articles dealing with places of
local color and beauty, generally
unknown and unappreciated.
BEECH TREE ISLAND"
This large island, situated a mile
below the Seneca dam on the Po-
tomac, was named Beech Tree
because of the decided preponder-
ance of the aesthetic and beautiful
beech trees which are found there.
The beech trees on this particu-
lar island cannot be alluded to as
"lover's trees" (the carved heart,
arrow and initials almost always
being emblematic of the this tree)
simply because of the fact that
few people have ever set foot on
the island-the river current being
very treacherous, and valiant the
boatman who dares attempt it.
l have been on Beech Tree once,
and l got there only by joining
hands with my good friend, Mr..
]. Paul Delphey, and wading it.
Oftimes the water swirled about
our necks-it felt like any moment
our feet would be swept from under
us. 1t is still mystery Cor maybe
providence that we ever made
it. I would certainly not try it
again.
And why did we want to get on
Beech Tree Island? To see how
many coon tracks we could find,
and to check the island for evil
dence of elusive river otter old
rivermen said could be found
there. We did find many, many
coon tracks. We also found sew
eral high bank slides which were
undisputedly used by the otter.
In no other place in the entire
State of Maryland have l found
any sign of the river otter. Here,
on Beech Tree, he certainly is safe
from the jaws of the steel trap,
and apparently propagating plenti-
fully, for few trappers-even pro-
fessional ones = are foolhardy
enough to try to get to this al
most inaccessible island, truly
Maryland's last habitat of the
otter.
Unfortunately, Beech Tree is no
different from any other Potomac
River island in that it is subject
to inundation from floods. There
is one lone cabin built high on
stills on Beech Tree, but it is rap
idly deteriorating due to the fact
that the owner seldom, if ever,
visits it. l think that the easiest
way to get to Beach Tree would
be to, somehow, build an airfeld
on it, and drop down on it in
plane!
l have been all over Frederick
and Montgomery counties, and l
have sought out, found and visited
the widest and most rugged sec
tions, but for sheer wilderness and
jungle, no place | have ever seen
or been to, can begin to compare
with the lonely wilderness-like
grandeur that belongs to Beech
Tree. l am quite sure, that even
in the days of the prehistoric In
dian, no more isolated or unknown
spot could have been found any,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-02-05
Beauty at Your Back Door
By Roy Lee Yinger

Observation-Disclosures Observation-Disclosures
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-02-05

Lacking either of these, DIR. Rice
suggested selecting animals which
displayed the characteristics the
breeder was seeking to breed into
his herd.
DIR. Rice's formula for selecting
sire was to pick the son of a
good proved sire that is, one
whose sons or daughters displayed
the abilities the breeder was look
ing for. also, get a sire who is
out of good DAM" DR.. Rice recon-
mended. Better yet, get one out
of good granddam." If a breed
err could select a sire that combined
these three qualities, he would
stand better-than-average chance
Of getting good one.
In picking the females for the
breeding herd, DR.. Rice told the
short course students to select from
the best female lines. By thus
getting a line on the close female
relatives, the breeder could remove
NOR of the gamble" from his at
tempt to build a better herd.
The three day short course spon-
sored by the University's Depart
ment of Animal Husbandry covered
practical aspects, as well as some
of the finer points of breeding and
managing beef, swine and sheep.
Students spent most of their time
actually working with the animals,
under the instruction of the Animal
Husbandry faculty and breed field
men.