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BOO^T^^TnoJ? CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1*51.
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Crossnore Doctor Named
American Mother of Year
New York, May J-Mn Mary
T. Martin Sloop of Crossnore
N. C., a 77 -year-old docto
known as the "Grand Lady of
the Blue Ridge" for her work
with mountain children, was
named yesterday the "American
Mother of 1951."
Only last Friday, Dr. Sloop
was selected as North Carolina's
"Mother of the year."
Dr. Sloop was picked by the
American Mothers Committee of
the Golden Rule Foundation, an
organization devoted to the wel
fare of mothers and children.
She is the wife of a country
doctor, Dr. Eustace H. Sloop, and
since 1911 has been practicing
medicine with her husband. I
Feats of Crosanore
She also founded Crossnore
School for underprivileged chil
dren and has been credited with
bringing good roads, modern
farming methods, religious toler
ance, a hospital and dental clinic,
and vocational instruction to Av
ery county, N. C.
She has two children, both
doctors, Dr. Emma Sloop Fink,
herself a mother of three chil
dren, practices at Crossnore
School, and Dr. William Martin
Sloop runs a dental clinic for
charity eases in the county.
The American Mothers Com
mittee for North Carolina, which
nominated Dr. Sloop for the na
tional honor, wrote to the na
tional committee:
"She is considered by thou
sands of friends as the first citi
zen of North Carolina. Single
handed, she has driven out moon
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shiners, and shamed the earlier
mountaineers into sending their
children to school."
. The North Carolina committee
said more than 5,000 letters were
written in her behalf, including
letters from Governors, Senators
and other leaders outside North
Carolina.
Dr. Sloop was one of 52 moth
ers nominated by committees in
every state, the District of Co
lumbia, Alaska, Hawaii and
Puerto Rico.
When informed of her selec
tion, Dr. Sloop said, "I appreciate
it more than I can say. I feel
tremendously humble. Words fail
me."
But she managed to add, "My
work was made possible by the
Soil Conservation
'Note*
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By H. J. WILLIAMS
With the serious timet caused
by the present war, and the
constant danger of a world wide
conflict, it is very important (or
farmers to keep an eye on fu
ture production, as well as the
production of needed commodi
ties for the present emergency.
Prices for farm crops will prob
ably continue high. Yet with
the costs of production at a peak
it becomes more and more im
portant for farmers in the Wa
tauga Soil Conaervation District
to produce qffeciently and with
a minimum of labor. The farmer
that fails to conserve his soil and
produce abundantly will $nd it
even harder to maintain the
standard of living that he is now
accustomed.
In the first world war the urge
to get rich quick caused many
farmers to abuse their lands by
continuous cropping. This mis
use of land brought about ero
sion damage that is unsurpassed
in the history of our nation. In
the midwest the grasslands were
plowed up and worked year
after year in wheat, causing the
great dust storms of the early
thirties. Due to its abuse during
a period of peak prices, much of
that land will never be of value
for crops again.
Less spectacular but more
damaging than the dust storm*
are the effects of water erosion.
The erosion picture is much
brighter than it was ten to
twenty years ago. Farmers are
learning to use their land for
highest production without the
tremenduous soil losses that
formally occurred. This trend
will continue if they do not
sacrifice their land for produc
tion of more clean tilled crops
during the present emergency.
Both North Carolina and the
nation as a whole are expected
to produce more meats, milk,
and eggs this year than last.
wonderMl help I had, and the
type of children ? mountain chil
dren ? that I had to deal with.
"As for my own children,
they're more like their father
than their mother."
SEATTLE. WASH. ? Transport "General Leroy Eltinge" docks at
Seattle, bringing horn* 1545 veterans of the Korean war. First to
return home under the army's new rotation plan (May 5). the
veterans were scheduled ior 30-day furloughs.
Green Valley Grange
The Green Valley Grange held
its regular monthly meeting
April IB. Before the meeting a
program was given by the school
children of Winebarger and
Green Valley schools. Refresh
ments were served to everyone
present.
After this program the Grange
assembled to hold its regular
meeting. The meeting was called
to order by the worthy master.
As it was getting rather late the
ritual was omitted. Two new
members were initiated and
given the obligation.
The members discussed the
community service contest and
decided to enter the contest
sponsored by Sears Roebuck <c
Co. Mr. Earl Greene, Mr. H. C.
Moretz, Jr. and Mrs. F. M.
Speagle have made some pic
tures which are to be submitted.
Also a delegation was sent to
Boone to hear Mr. Price talk on
rural telephones for this area.
The minutes of the last meet
ing was read and approved.
Following the business ses
sion the Grange adjourned to
nMct again May 17.
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PFC. DALE GROSS
Pfc. Gerald Dale Gross, 7th
Ranger Inf. Co. Airborne, arriv
ed safely in Tokyo, Japan Wed
nesday, May 2 according to a
cablegram received by his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Cross.
He left Seattle, Washington
April 29 by Canadian Pacific
Airlines going via Alaska and
the Aleutian Islands. He will be
stationed in Tokyo two weeks
before leaving for Korea. Just
before leaving the States Pfc.
Gross spent ten dayi at his home
in Boone.
Roy J. Ruppert, seaman, USN,
of Blowing Rock, N. C.,is serving
aboard the destroyer USS Char
les S. Sperry which is operating
along the East Coast of ftorth
Korea as a unit of the United
Nations blockading and escore
force.
The Sperry has added her
firepower to that of other
destroyers and heavier warships
in the continuous day and night
bombardments of enemy shore
installations, roads, bridges and
railways' at key transportation
centers.
Hospital Broadcast
Series Continues
. How a housewife who was
seeking something to give extra
interest and meaning to her life
in the community found it by
joining the women's auxiliary at
her hospital is the subject of pro
gram number eleven in the "At
Your Service" scries.
This program, sponsored by the
Watauga Hospital serving this
community is broadcast as a pub
lic service feature by fadio sta
tion WATA between 6:15 v. m.
and 6:30 p. m. on Friday, l/fay 11.
The "At Your Service" pro
grams were produced by the
American Rospital Association
for its member hospitals.
The Public Health Service an
nounces that 1,212 cases of polio
had been reported during the
first eleven weeks of 1951, com
pared with 1,131 during the cor
responding period last year.
CARD or THANKS/
We sincerely wish to express
our gratitude to each and every
one for the many deeds of kind
ness fhown us during the illness
and death of our dear husband
and father. ? Mrs. John Homing
er and family.
CARD or THANKS
We wish to thank our friends
and neighbors for their many
kindnesses incident to the death
of our dear husband and father.
The food supplied by the Home
club 'women and the many flow
arc are especially appreciated.
?Mrs. Roby Shook and chUdrcn.
Garden Time
By ROBERT SCHMIDT
Most of our first plantings of
garden crops have been made
and if you made the same mis
take that I did you have had to
replant your lima beans and
some of your snap beans. The re
cent cold rainv weather rotted
he seed in the ground. Don't
blame the seedsmen tor that.
From now on it will be a bat
tle with weeds, insects, diseases,
and dry weather. Everyone
knows how to take care of
weeds. A sharp hoe, a good gar
den cultivator ? perhaps a gar
den tractor with all attachments
? and a will to work will keep
weeds down. Chemical herbici
des arc still too uncertain to be
depended upon.
A straw mulch put down
around your tomato plants will
keep weeds in check as well as
conserve moisture. We recom
mend mulching tomatoes and al
so staking them. They should be
trained to stakes by tying with
soft twine. Pinch out all side
shoots and allow only one or
two stems to develop. This
method will give you better
quality tomatoes under our
climatic conditions. A lot has
been said about spraying toma
toes with hormones to get a bet
ter set of fruit. Spraying the
first two or three clusters of
blooms with a hormone such as
"Sureset" or "Fruitone" will
give larger yields on those clus
ters. Sometimes the fruits are
seedless. However, thqre has
been no advantage gained by
spraying more than the first two
or three clutter*- Use the hor
mones strictly according to dir
ection* on the package.
Insects and disease* must be
controlled in order to have high
quality vegetables. Write to the
Agricultural Editor, State Col
lege Station, Raleigh for bulle
tins giving specific controls for
insect pests, or ask your county
?Cent tor information. J]
To control pact*, you m
know whtt iniect or disease
you are trying to combat; y<4
must know what materials to um
as a spray to control that parti;
ciila r pest and how and where to
apply it; you must apply thi
spray at the propur time; and
you must do a thorough job 0}
spraying.
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