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SECTION TWO—: Idle” Reservists Os U. S. Army Lose Millions Os Dollars Over Half Million Pass Up Opportunity to Make Money I WASHINGTON—More than half a million American men are passing up an opportunity to make more money with little effort. Many of these men have served at least two years on active duty in the Army and according to law are re quired to serve six years in the Army Reserve. Tl*y are subject to recall to active duty in an emergency. Yet—since they are not taking an active part in Hie Army’s reserve program—they forego the payment they could get for attending training classes and are neglecting their chances to build up substantial retirement incomes. Retirement incomes after 20 years of satisfactory service as Army Re servists can range from S3O to several hundred dollars a month payable from the man’s 60th birthday until his death. The sum a reservist receives depends upon the number of points ♦ he has at the time of retirement. The Army is encouraging men with a service obligation to join organised units so the units can be brought up to authorized strength and trained to meet their mobilization missions. Reservists in many of these units receive a day’s pay—figured accord ing to their rank and length of ser-j vice—for almost every training class they attend. All active reservists re ceive points toward retirement by at tending training classes. The reservist gets credit toward re tirement for each day of active duty and for each training class he attends. He must get 50 points a year to meet the minimum requirements for retire ment income. He receives 15 of the points for be ing active in the Reserve. He must earn the other 35 points by attending classes with his unit, by active duty tours or through Army correspond ence courses. Most Reserve units meet one even ing a week or one evening every oth er week in their local armories for two-hour training sessions. Many re serve officers spend two weeks each year on active duty at Army instal lations near their home. This is how the Army Reserve Pro gram works: Under present law, most men be tween the ages of 18 and one-half and 26 must serve eight years in the mili tary. Part of this time is served by active duty in the Army and part in the Reserve. Men who are drafted must serve at least two years on ac tive duty. This leaves a six-year Re serve obligation. Under the law, the Reserve forces are divided into the Ready, the Stand by and the Retired Reserve. All Nat ional Guard units and most Army Re serve units are in the Ready Re serve. When a soldier is separated from active duty, he is placed in the Ready Reserve for the time he has left to serve. During this period, he is sub ject to recall to active service in an emergency proclaimed by the Presi dent, as in the case of Korea. If he joins a unit—either National Guard or Army Reserve —and takes an active part in the Ready Reserve, he may request transfer to the Stand by Reserve when he becomes eligible. To be eligible for transfer to the Standby, a reservist must have com pleted five years of active duty in the Armed Forces, or a total of five years combined active duty and duty with a Ready Reserve unit, or must have served on active duty with the Eh nj/ ! ~ a * gj M'jm 9 SIIIHUPWMSSD- IS WOOF » 72*»S8MNHi>JTMtlB3n> ■' « ■ ' ■ Page Three during World War H and at least one year since June 25, 1960, or havn been active in a Reserve unit for a total of eight years. Except in rare instances, a man in the Standby Reserve is subject to re call to active duty only in an emer , gency declared by Congress—a decla l ration of war. The Retired Reserve is made up of men who, because of age or physical l disability, cannot serve in the Ready or Standby, but who are eligible for the benefits of those reserve compon ents. Regulations make it easy for men i to take an active part in the Army’s i Reserve program. Reservists not only can add to their incomes, but also can make patriotic contributions to : their ccuntry by keeping themselves i trained for military duty in case of emergency. Growing Weeds Steal i Moisture; Dead Weeds Help To Preserve It , Growing weeds left in the field or , garden are the greatest thieves 'of soil moisture, according to C. W. Ov- I erman, county agent for the N. C. State College Agricultural Extension i Service. But weeds that are killed ! and kept on top of the soil along with , other plant residue become an effici | ent aid in conserving what water , there is .in the soil. Growing weeds—if they are dense or thoroughly cover the ground—will [ transpire out into the air about the i same amount of water as bare wet soil, says Mr. Overman. But the weeds keep on doing it day after day because they keep on sending their roots down into the subsoil where the water is. So controlling weeds Mr. Overman ! stressed, is just as important as not . having bare, wet soil in your field . on a sunshiny day. But, he adds, keep the dead weeds on the surface to avoid . leaving the soil bare. ’ A wet, bare silt loam soil will lose . a quarter of an inch of water in a : single, clear dry day according to Mr. • Overman. The second clear day, as the surface becomes dry, the loss will ■ be less, artd each successive day it ; will decrease. In four .or five days, ; or about three days in summer, the • loss becomes negligible after the soil has dried out to a depth of about eight inches and has lost a total of about a half inch of water. To conserve moisture, Mr. Overman i suggests keeping tillable land covered , all year around either with grass, a growing crop, or plant residue (weeds will do). Rain stored in the soil in the winter, >vith the help of a ground . cover, will be available for other crops in the following summer. 1 Emergency Livestock Loans Now Available i I Emergency livestock loans, author ized by recent legislation, are now ■ available to eligible farmers in North Carolina, J. B. Slack, Farmers Home Administration State Director has an nounced. These loans will be made to estab . lish producers and feeders of cattle, sheep and goats, provided they have good records of operations, have a , reasonable chance to succeed and are unable to obtain needed credit from other sources to continue their normal operations. Such loans will not be made to carry on commercial feed lot operations, to refinance existing debts except for payment of current inci dental bills, or to enable a borrower to start livestock operations. Application forms may be obtained at any county office of the Farmers Home Administration. They may be filed with the local county FHA su pervisor or directly with the state special livestock loan comVnittee. ' We wonder if Hollywood directors really think people act like the charac : ters in movies. THE jCHOWAN HERALD, BDBNTON, N. O. THURSDAY AUGUST 27, 1958. Lit tlicKflOWil Lik M mwoKsosasa I THE NAVY NOW HAS A isMTfcSra INOCULATE AGAINST TETANUS AMO DIPHTHERIA • ’ JSLk/ at the sfoe time. '/j jT ’’ T PIRATE, MASCOT PUPPY | Os THE NAVY DESTROYER USS CARPENTER, HAS J| ffiS&'srai&i I POUNDS OfHEAT. | cpy/XX / {A} k —- STATE COLLEGE'S ANSWERS TIMELY FARM QUESTIONS Question: How can I make my cut flowers last longer? Answer: There are several pro cesses, but the best, perhaps, is to add a chemical preservative with the trade name, Floral Life to the water. This material can be obtained at most floral shops and at some dime stores. It should be added to the water as directed, approximately one ounce to each quart of water. It is best to cut flowers early in the morning and place them in warm water and then put them in a cool room. Each day the stems should be cut and fresh warm water added. Question: What does a bee egg look like? Answer: Os course the bee egg is quite small. It looks more like a link of sausage than an egg. It is pearly white in color and can easily be seen with the naked eye, although thous ands of beekeepers have never seen the tiny egg that the queen places on end in the bottom of the cell. There is only one queen bee to lay the eggs in each hive. A good queen bee will lay 2,000 eggs in 24 hours. This is equal to her own weight in eggs in a single day. Question: Can I dry crops in my flue-curing tobacco barn? Answer: Yes. A small drying plant is rapidly becoming a necessity on many North Carolina farms. Drying ray, for instance, in the tobacco barn, is an established practice and the number of farmers doing this is in creasing each year. Hybrid seed com dryers have proved very practical. Research has shown that flue drying liriltg-KUUMHUI Is? i j,7 9 £ .XHEAL-KILLI I P& Q Fupermarktt^ crops works best with a coal stoker or an automatic oil burner, installed in, or in connection with the conven tional barn furnace. For more de tails see your county agent, then named varieties are budded into ; the young seedlings. Question: How can I get rid of Johnson grass ? Answer: Grazing and mowing are recommended for large areas. Small er areas may be destroyed by using sodium chlorate, although this is ex pensive. Or following a thorough disking during the early part of the growing season, apply 60 to 100 pounds of TCA equivalent in 40-50 gallons of water per acre. If TCA is FOR CHILLS ft FEVER O DUE TO MALARIA y made with OOU QUININF You can't miss! * \ . New International l-IM Series. GVW rating*, 14,000 to 17,000 lb.. Fa ■oes Silver Diamond vabe-Mnad engine • ' •tow MM Series. OVW ratings, UjOOOteSUOOfcsCenrfaVWoaeab. ’ \ .... ' .■ '■>• ■ Byrum Implement & Truck Company r'M~l EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA I ■ I HHi , : i’i .tduS, * . *** wmm&mtmrnmmm* ■ •••:****» * *»**♦ ■ v s** &*< * ~ ~ '*!.£%.. :-v- V- '"'r~ : , used soil will be sterile for 30 to 90 days.; Soils treated with sodium chlorate will be-sterile for six months to one year. ’ ( Question: Should I plant crotalaria immediately before tobaeco? Answer: It is not recommended be cause it is difficult to predict' the amount of fertiliser the tobacco crop will require when a legume is used in the rotation, especially in years when the weather is unfavorable. Because of the nematode problem, growers should get more experience with cro talaria in the tobacco rotation, es pecially on the verp deep, light, sandy soils. But even on these soils it is suggested that a crop of com or cot ton follow the crotalaria before tobac co. If the field is medium to fertile you should not use crotalaria unless it is followed with two or more crops other than tobacco. . Question: Can I propogate flower ing crab apple trees from seed? Answer: Unfortunately, no. If you attempt to sow seeds of any of the. flowering crab apple trees, you would obtain a great variation in types of plants. Seeds are sown and If thou art rich, thou are poor; For, like an ass whose back with ingots bows, Thou bear’st thy heavy riches but a journey, And death unloads thee. —Shakespeare. NOTEETO ADMINISTRATORS, EXECUTORS AND GUARDIANS j The law requires an ANNUAL ACCOUNT to be made each year and an Inventory to be filed within 90 days after qualifying. If your Annual Account, Inventory or Final Account ; are past due, we respectfully urge that you file same at once, as we are required to report all such cases to the Grand Jury, which will be convened at the September term of Chowan County Superior Court September 14. . YOUR COOPERA TION WILL BE VER Y MUCH APPRECIATED 'Sincerely yours, LENA M. LEARY Assistant Clerk Superior Court ENERGY TEST PACKS CHARTS A vest with-117 pockets? The Army Signal Corps has com* up with one. And it’s mighty prac tical. The 117 pockets are designed to hold many dry-cell batteries. It is to be worn under the overcoats of sold iers assigned to cold-climate, front line radio communications. f The vest is an experiment to fjjid away to keep walkie-talkie radio bat teries warm and functioning in sab zero temperatures. Dry cells, kept warm .<■ man ner, have much more energy than regular batteries, which are sapped of energy quickly when exposed to freez ing temperatures. *' v j The vest weighs slightly more than three pounds. T MAGIC” EXPLAINED Most everybody has heard of the magic practiced in the steaming jun-‘ gles of Africa. John Gunther, noted author, provides a fascinating accoiint of some of the mysteries of witch craft no one n&s been able to ex plain. Look for this revealing story in the September 6th issue of ' THE AMERICAN WEEKLY Magazine in Colorgravure With the BALTIMORE SUNDAY AMERICAN Order From Your Local Newsdealer Pick the International that% ex actly right for your job. That’s how you can get more for your truck dollar. 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