Vol. 2
PRESENT MEDAL
TO MR. CHATHAM
Is Given By American Guernsey
Cattle Club For Loan of Cow
To Byrd Expedeition
Thurmond Chatham, owner of
the Klondike Farm, was pre
sented a silver medal by the
American Guernsey Cattle Club
in annual meeting in New York
city Wednesday night. The med
al was presented Mr. Chatham
because he loaned the Byrd
Antarctic Expedition a cow,
Klondike Nira, for the trip to
the “bottom of the world.”
Iceberg, the son of Klondike
Nira, the bull calf born at the
t^dge of the Antarctic Circle, and
v/hich has received world renown,
was an interested spectator at the
banquet of the cattle club, being
brought into the ballroom of the
Hotel Commodore, where the ban
quet was held.
The famous bull calf, which
viewed green grass for the first
time when it landed with Byrd
in this country on the return
from the cold South wastes, will
be returned to the Klondike Farm
here about next fall, Mr. Chat-
hs-m states. In the meantime,
it will be exhibited by the Byrd
expedition in New York and then
be taken cn an educational
tour throughout the United States
by the American Guernsey Cat-
•ie Club. The tour will continue
for
several months.
Two other prominent men,
owners of widely-known herds,
Were presented silver medals
along with Mr. Chatham, these
being j, Penney, prominent
•merchant, and Ruohs Pyron, Mr.
Chatham’s farm manager, who
^Iso attended the meeting.
introducing
BLANKETEERS
Many Former College Stars Make
Roster of 1935 Edition as
Season Goes Into Full Swing
Hoyt Hambright, Manager, 1st
base—Graduate of Erskine Col
lege 1930. All State end 1930.
State left fielder, 1927-28-29.
^^yed with the Asheville Base
ball club 1930 as left fielder. In
’edmont league. Played left
^eld for Greenville in Palmetto
league.
Charlie Gough, 2nd base—At-
ended Guilford College and was
3rd baseman for two years
APRIL 21, 1935
Iris, Poison Ivy and Virginia Creeper
Blanketeer
No 22
DISCUSSES LAWNS
AND POISON IVY
Walt Burgiss, In Second of Series
of Articles, Tells of Proper
Care of Lawns
By WALTER F. BURGISS
NOTE: This series of articles
will be scattered as to their ap
plication as to the season, as it
will be impossible to get them in
at the most favorable time for
publication at the time they would
be most appropriate for the par
ticular plant or plants treated
herein.
flower in the different shades
thM should gro» m
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flower garden as it will grow
^ finwer that snoum b*- li^e all other plants,
“Jiere other They Hke P.e»ty of s„n and
» dry location. charactcristie
, left, the Poison ivy plants or vines
”a°f foM«'- “ !Tthe%ound and may also be found
n ow sometimes it runs J vireinla Creeper,
rr^rpS:nt% in the Photo.
Poisonous Plants
There are quite a few poison
ous vines and plants that are
common to this territory. Most
prevalent of these plants, poison
ivy or poison oak, as it is some
times called, will take the lead in
quantity that may be found, and
the severity of the poisoning that
will result from contact with the
leaves of this vine. The juices
in the leaves and tender shoots
of this plant when allowed to re
main on the skin, will in most
cases cause a violent case of ivy
poisoning. Rubbing or scratching
the eruptions will only tend to
spread them. There are many
different things that will cure
ivy poisoning. Prevention is the
safest measure to take. Cut down
all vines as soon as they can be
recognized in the spring. Better
still, dig them up by the roots,
because the roots if not dug up,
will sprout and grow out again.
There are some poisons which
can be applied around the roots
that will kill the vine, and at the
same time will kill any other
plant that may be at the same
place.
After you are sure that you
have been working or playing in
or near poison ivy, the best thing
to do is to go at once and wash
all exposed parts of the body with
strong lye soap or laundry soap.
Of course you may wash this off
as soon as you are sure that you
washed enough to remove all
traces of the juice from the ivy
leaves and vines. This, in most
cases, will positively prevent one
from being poisoned with ivy.
In case that you become pois
oned with poison ivy, see your
doctor at once, or apply some
form of cure.
Lawns
Now is the time to think seri
ously about the preparation of
your lawn for the hardest months
of its yearly existence, the sum
mer months. The lawn is called
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