THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1961 Page FOURTEEN early one morning, (the beaver kit) discovered he’d drifted be tween the legs of a great blue Rounds Praised by,heron busy at its fishing How- ^ ' ever, they handled the situation Beaver Books by Tobacco Survey Being Conducted to Check Varieties; Corn Contest Noted Review in ‘Times’ “Wild Orphan,” the book about a young beaver, "written and il lustrated by Glen Rounds of Southern Pines and recently pub lished by Holiday House, has won praise in a review by Phyllis Fenner in The New York Times. A review of this book appeared in Miss Lockie Parker’s “Some Looks at Books” column in The Pilot October 5. The book is of particular inter est in the Sandhills, as Mr. Rounds—author and illustrator of more than 20 volumes of his own and others’ work—gathered material for it in this area, spend ing many hours in swamps and woods, observing beavers and other wildlife. ' The Times review follows: ‘Lazily letting the current with the usual dignity of wild creatures; both going on about their affairs as if nothing what ever had happened.’; “Glen Rounds, who also treats animals with dignity, tells here how a young beaver, orphaned before he was weaned, struggled to stay alive, learned by trial and error about foods, how to avoid dangers and, eventually, ‘to be gin the beaver business of build ing.’ The reader comes to know, as through the beaver’s senses, the world of the swamp with its waterways and plants, its sounds of birds and animals, even its smells.’ Like Mr. Rounds’ ‘Beaver Business’ and -'Swamp Life,’ this book is based on acute, personal observation, written with warm sympathy and effortless poetic quality. It is also beautifully de signed and illustrated with black- BY F. D. ALLEN County Agricultural Agent carry him down a winding canal and-white drawings. FUEL .£ssa FUEL Authorized Dealer PRINTER METERED TICKETS DEPENDABLE SERVICE Esso Courtesy Cards Honored For Fuel Oil PARKER OIL CO. "Serving Moore County 18 Years" ABERDEEN ^ASS WI 4-1315 245-772S A tobacco variety performance survey is being conducted in Moore County to determine how various varieties compared in yield and value during 1961 on tobacco farms. As many farmers as possible are being contacted so that the information gathered will repre sent a sizeable portion of the tobacco grown in the county. Growers are being asked what total yield and value he received from each variety he grew in 1961. Cards are being sent to a re presentative group of growers m the coimty and the growers who, receive cards are urged to fill out the card accurately and retixrn it to the county agent’s office. Everyone who receives a card should send it in regardless of whether his yield is low, medium or high. This is essential if the summary of the variety data is to represent the actual perfOT- mance of a given variety in the county and state. This information is also being accumulated by other counties, and a summary of the coimty, belt and State results will be available for growers to see as son as it has been compiled. Com Contest J Last spring, farmers throughout I Moore County entered the State Corn Production Contest. County Prizes to be awarded to the top three yields in the County are ^ follows; 1,000 pounds of 5-10-10 fertilizer to the highest yield as first prize and 500 pounds of 5- 10-10 fertilizer each to the ers producing the second and third highest yields in the coimty. We had the State Com Com mittee from Raleigh here this week to harvest an acre of com on the Elwood Reynolds farm. Route 2, Seagrove, to get an ot- ficial yield to be used in the State Contest. In about two weeks, the Committee will come back to the county and harvest an acre on the farms of D. A. Dunlap of Route 2, Robbins, and Ollie Beane, Route 2, Seagrove so they wiU have official yields for the State Contest. Each of these farmers have fence in utilizing this experience in the fields of nuclear weapon safety and technical engineering development contributed greatly to the Air Force effectiveness in these significant areas.” Colonel Trogdon entered the Air Force in 1943. He is a grad uate of Asheboro High School and received his B. S. and M. S. degrees from' the University of Maryland. He and his wife, Bere nice, and children, Linda, 11, Elaine, 7, Nancy, 6, and Denise, about 100 bushels of com peri2, reside in quarters at Carlisle acre and have a good chance to win in the State Growing Contest. We will give the yields of each man when the others have been harvested and the winners can be determined. J. w. Powers, Carthage, Hies At VA Hospital Barracks. Colonel Trogdon Given Medal for Service in Army Lt. Col. Floyd H. Trogdon, son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Trog don, old No. 1 highway, north, re ceived the Air Force Commenda tion Medal from Brig. Gen. Harry L. Hillyard, deputy commandant, ceremonies at the US Army War College, Carlisle Barracks. Pa. Colonel Trogdon is currently attending the 10-month course at the Army’s senior educational in stitution. The award was presented for meritorious service while assign ed to the Engineering Liaison Of fice of the Third Air Force, United Kingdom, from August 1, 1958 to March 31, 1961. The citation read in part, “Dur ing this iperiod,' Colonel Trogdon s exceptional knowledge of Air Force nuclear development pro grams and professional compe- James Wilton Powers, 49, Car thage, Route 1, died Saturday afternoon at the 'Veterans Hospi tal in Fayetteville. He is survived by his wife, the former Edith Jones; two sons, Wayne Powers of the home, and Reginald Powers of Evansville, Ind.; his mother, Mrs. J. A. Pow ers of Carthage; two sisters, Mrs. J. B. Alined oU.High Point, and Mrs. Pauline Currie of Carthage and two grandchildren. Funeral services were held Monday at 3 p. m. at the Cool Springs Methodist Church, con ducted by the Rev. Jefferson Da- assisted by the Rev. Edgar Dupree and the Rev. Melvin Wil liamson. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Mr. Powers had been employed by the North Carolina Highway 1 Department for the past 19 years. Clarendon Gardens Linden Road, Pinehursl. N. C. Low Cost Long Term Home 6l Business LOANS UP TO 20 YEARS Dividend Rate Southern Pines Savings & Loan Association 205 S. E. Broad Street TicMenef We grow over 200,000 plants a year Rhododendrons Azaleas 350 varieties 200 varieties 100 varieties Camellias 225 varieties Hollies ■ Many other evergreens You will find in our “Horticulture Center” many rare and unusual plants Slop by and visit our Sales area & Gardens Kentucky $4.pp Fifth yet SO reasonable in cost! BOURBON DE LUXE THE BOURBON OE LUXE DISTILLERY COMPANY. 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