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PAGE TEN THE ECHO March, HowDoE3 Your By BOB BOLT “Surly and hoarse, with blister ing force. Winter yet strives to hold his sway; Yet all in vain, for soon again His angry storms will pass away.” —Old Farmer’s Almanac 1870 LET’S “GET DOWN TO EARTH” When the sun gf cs warm and the smell of freshly-'.urned soil fills the air, there comes the urge to “get down to earth”, get out the hoe and open chose seed packets. Those haray vegetables such as radishes, peas, carrots, beets and onions should go in right away, but don’t be too hasty about the others. Wait until the frost is out of the ground. That means about April 15 in this locality. DON’T BE TOO AMBITIOUS Plan your garden to your needs —don’t overplant and have a lot of waste. Successive plantings of crops such as lettuce, carrots, sweet corn, etc., will prevent waste and extend the fresh vegetable pe riod. If you plan to do some can ning, freezing or storing, be sure to plant enough to provide ample quantities. With the opening of the new freezer locker, many of you will be planning to freeze your vege tables instead of canning. Frozen vegetables are unsurpassed for fla vor, color and quality. A booklet on canning, freezing, and storing is available at the Personnel Of fice. CHECK UP NOW Check your supply of fertilizers, insecticides, sprayers and dusters. Also check and sharpen tools now. Better to do this now and not be cau?ht at the la«t minute. The late blight of tomatoes which takes such a heavy toll in this locality can be controlled. Copper sprays or yellow cupricide dusts are most efficient, but spray ing and dusting must start as soon as the plants are set out and con tinue throughout the season, in or der to be effective. It is important to wash the fruit and vegetable^ fore using when they have beer sprayed. If you notice blight start ing in the lower leaves and fruits pull the infected parts off and burn them. High Spirit, Unselfish Teamwork, Close Games, Highlights Of Boys’ Cage Season Win 6, Lose 9 During Year; Garland And Head Pace Scoring FLOWKn BOWnER IS ATTRACTIVE Plant a hardy flower border or at least some annuals in your vege table plot. Pep up your lawn by raking in some fresh seed and fer tilizer in the thin spots. April is ideal for transplanting of trees shrubs, vines, evergreens, hardy perennials and summer flowering bulbs after the ground is warm and dry. Later plantings require more care and watering. The early flow ering shrubs can be safely cut back as soon as they finish flowering. Remove dead wood and restore shapeliness. Some pruning of ev ergreens is often advisable at this time, but don’t give them a “crew- cut”. TOO LATE All of the garden plots at Ecu- sta have been assigned. There were The boys’ basketball season has ended, uniforms are in the moth balls until next season, and the fellows are now turning their in terests to sports like tennis, base^ ball, and softball, but before bid ding farewell to the cage sport, let’s glance at the season’s record of our squad. There are teams which probably came up with more impresive rec ords than our did, but it’s doubt ful if many teams have a finer spirit or disnlayed more unselfish teamwork. The boys won six and lost nine against the best competi tion in Western North Carolina, 'coring 663 points against 640 for the opposition. Many of the set- ’liin'ks wpre by one, two. or three noints. Always, the onposing teams Vnew that they could not let uo for a minute—if they did, Ecusta breezed ahead. CARLAND LEADS SCORERS Rustv Garland, scrapnv center, naced the scoring with 184 ooin+s. Mntjplv followed bv Rov Head with 165. The remainder of the scorin" '"PS distn'butpd as follows; M’tch Taylor, 107; Pfitfi DooVins, 77; Trov ■'^raVe. 75; Conlpy MoK'nnish, 30; '?kiptier Holt, 26; and Oliver Tay- or. 15. The season’s record is as fol- ows: ’^fiista 24. Fnlra 36. mictu 44.. Pan+ori 45. 15. On Pflffe FKtftp.n) ■^ore than 100 niots available, but wovo nuickly taken by the “oarlv b'rdo”. Food is still imnortant, but now ''nn pan parrioTi for the fun ami irtfliilro vO'ir lo^^e fof fiowprs nion+s^ and make your home a showplace. GIL COAN LOOKS TO GOOD SEASON Former Employee Here Impressive In Spring Training Is Gilbert Fitzgerald Coan is the formal way the name is listed on our personnel records, but when you see the name of Gil Coan on the sports pages of the nation press, you can be assured it’s the same young fellow who, until March 25, 1945, was employed here as a machine tender. It was on that date in 1945 that Gil went to Chattanooga in the Southern Association as an out fielder. He had a great year, bat ting an amazing .375, that led the league in hitting. For this feat and his great speed, he was select ed the outstanding minor league star of the season—quite an honor for a 23-year-old kid from the Western North Carolina mountains With such a season behind him it was only routine that some ma jor league club would snap him up—and Washington did, at one of the fanciest prices ever paid for a rookie. First Season Poor Once in the majors, though Gil’s burning desire to succeed really affected his playing. He wa'^ pressing, was bothered by foo* trouble, and wound up with an un impressive .209 average for the year. This year, however, Gil seems to be hitting his Chattanooga stride In a recent exhibition game h cracked out a double and a triple and is regarded by all observers in the Washington snring camn a the fastest man on the squad. The foot trouble is still both»’-in? him (Continued On Page Fiftee^i) Coan Shining In Spring Training After a so-so season last year, Gil Coan, former machine tend er here, is rounding into shape for the comfng season with the Washington Senators. Coan is regarded as the fastest man on the squad and has been hitting well jn exhibUion games. OUTDOORS WITH OUR SPORTSMEN : Feeling that many of !jS are keenly interested in this column makes its -a issue. In it, we hope to cover ing and wildlife activities i® ^ county and to pass along outdoor activities elsewhere ^ , state and nation. With the various wildlifers connected our companies, we will endea''“ j make this corner newsy, and interesting. We attended the March of the Transylvania County life club of which Albert W jji the Refining department is dent. This session came the ter the state senate had the new Wildlife bill . j,| members were enthusiastic ^ the future of hunting and ^ activities in our state. A new was launched for members, so be surprised if one of the me®‘ taps you on the shoulder soon invites you out to the next f We enjoyed the meeting looking forward to many ^ pleasant and worthwile me® with the group. . RIFLE EXPERTS TO VlS** CAMP SAPPHIRE Mr. and Mrs. Lind, rifle ei® ^ representing the Remington ^ peating Arms company will g"' ^ 3xhibition in Brevard Thurso" temoon, April 24, at CafflP jji ohire. The Linds are best in their field and a rowd of marksmen is expeC' cted» be on hand. Their visit here is jj of thirteen stops they will the state. ^ A THOUGHTFUL, HUltfA^ ACT A group of Brevard J recently chipped in and about 250 pounds of rye grass . and planted it along some ging trails in Pisgah National j est so the deer would have ^ green feed in case of a late A thoughtful, humane act, * ^WILDLIFE RESTORATJO^ WEEK The week of March 16-22 jj,,) observed as Wildlife Restorf^^j,! week, sponsored by the Wildlife federation. Special sis was placed on the i’®® greater protection and bettef agement to insure adequate .ji; plies of fish and game to increased hunting and fishing ^ sure already in evidence. ^he 10th annual Restoration ^ observed. pC WILDLIFE POSTER STA^L^ This comer has recently a sheet of wildlife poster {}- reproduced from paintings mous American nature artists- 1947 issue has 40 studies o( ® mammals, fish, flowers, an^ ^jii in the 64 stamps on the sheet- can get all the stamps for dollar and the proceeds are ^ ^ ed to the National Wildlife tion’s program for the presell -jS- of the nation’s natural reso'j'jjf? If any of you wildlifers woul» ^ to drop by the library yo** these beautiful stamps, and would like for us to order you. we’d be glad to do it. - FUR.MAN MAKES The article in last month’s ^ about Furman Cansler snariw gray foxes with his ingenious was picked up by the Outdoor® ^ umn of the Greensboro and given a nice space.
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