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SECTION ONE—] Tile Drainage Lines Proving Beneficial To Chowan Farms Drainage Is Greatly Im proved In Wet Land Sections Several farmers of Chowan County with whom the local technicians of I the Soil Conservation Service are j working have recently completed tile installation projects. The tile installations were made toj improve the drainage of seepy wet! land or to remove excess water from' low bottom areas. According to the farmers, the wet, bottom areas made land preparation j and cultivation very difficult. When| the better drained field areas were ready for plowing the bottom areas were still too wet and many times' would bog down tractors and imple-j ments. The installation of farm drain; tile, as recommended by the Soil Con servation Service, is removing not on-. ly the excess water but most of their land management difficulties, they re port. Marcel Ward, a farmer of the Gli den community, put in 1,650 feet of six inch tile in several bottom areas on his River Road farm. This instal lation was in addition to one of bet ter than 2,000 feet last year. Marcel obtained such pleasing re sults from his 1953 tiling projects that he was very eager to get this year’s allotment installed. He has plans for putting in approximately 2,- 000 feet next fall. Marcel reported that after one big. rain in 1954 the water in the tiled bot toms moved on out without delay | while the water in the bottoms with out tile drains remained half-leg deep for a week or more. J. D. Ward, another farmer of the Gliden area, drained one of his wet bottoms with 375 feet of six-inch tile. He plans to drain two or three other j bottom areas next fall if adequate i outlets can be provided. J. E. Ward and George Ward, farm ers of the Ryland community, improv- S ed the drainage of a very trouble some spot on their farm with the use i of 220 feet of 6-inch tile. ! Locke Baker started to use farm uaivci niai ycu tu use lctrill ''"''u'*** l ) xw/uwc x, uuciibviii I SCHENLEY j Blended whiskey, 86 proof. The straight whiskies in this product are 5 years or more old. 35% straight whiskey, 65% grain neutral spirits. 15% straight whiskey 5 years old, 10% straight whiskey 6 years old, 10% whiskey 7 years old. Schenley Distributors, Inc., New York, N. Y. Page Four drain tile on his farm in Gliden com munity several years ago. He keeps adding some each year. One tile line was completed this spring and another spot drainage project done. Colbert W. Byrum is presently en gaged in the laying of a line of sev eral hundred feet of six-inch tile on his newly-cleared field. His drain age improvement will benefit several acres of cropland. According to R. C. Jordan, Soil Con servationist of the Chowan Work Unit of the Soil Conservation Service, these farmers are very happy with the re sults being obtained from their tile drainage facilities. 1 Several other S.C.S. Cooperators are [still awaiting the procurement of a ! tile-trenching machine to put in their jt«e drainage jobs, he said i The S.C.S. technicians assisted these [farmers to plan their tile drainage i practices, to lay them out, to install the tile, and to establish the tile i drainage lines, Mr. Jordan stated. | A part of these farmers obtained | Federal cost-sharing asistance from j the County A.C.P. Committee. Sluggers Will Play Wkefield Sunday I The Edenton Sluggers, local colored i baseball team, defeated the Raleigh Braves on Hicks Field Sunday after- i noon by a score of 9 to 6. * The Sluggers are scheduled to meet 1 the Wakefield Tigers on Hicks Field j next Sunday afternoon at 2:45 o’clock. I Last year the two teams split in a j series, so that a battle royal is antici- I Bated. Edenton Student Is Listed In Issue Os U. Os O. Math Letter I Clinton Oliver Davis, Edenton High tudent, is among the youthful high ,chool and junior high math wizards who turned in correct answers to prob lems in the current issue of the Uni versity of Oklahoma Math Letter. More than 4,000 copies of each issue • of the four-page publication sent to math teachers in 45 states and MIT* en foreign countries* including Turkey, j India and East Africa. In addition to general mathematics {news, the OU Math Letter carries four problems of varying difficulty for stu ]dents to solve ! Clinton is the grandson of W. A. Goodwin, Route 1, Edenton. THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1954. L, 11 j lll w I MB 'lll TO BE DEDICATED AT PRESS MEETING—The graphic arts building, housing the Roy Parker School of Printing at Chowan Col lege, will be dedicated at the spring meeting of the Eastern North Carolina Press Association to be held in Murfreesboro on Friday and Sat urday, May 7-8. -The school was named in honor of J. Roy Parker (inset), Ahoskie publisher and former professor of journalism at the Uni versity of North Carolina. The building, pictured above, was complet ed last summer. (Chowan College News Bureau photo.) _ ——M——J—MIM—MMMWiJUMUMUm m -THWl'inn AOT^S^CTION Now In Effect And Will Last Through The Entire Month Os May Have you had YOUR car safety checked? It’s the smart thing to do and it does not cost you a cent. Take your car to any garage carrying the Red-and-White sign, “OFFICIAL IN SPECTION STATION,” and it will be inspected at no cost to you. If your car is safe, or you make it safe, you get an official green windshield sticker. This VOLUNTARY VEHICLE SAFETY CHECK has the approval of officials and law enforcement officers from the Gov ernor on down. It’s smart to carry a green sticker. IT’S SMART TO PLAY TT SAFE. I Here is what Governor Umstead has to say about it... “I am happy to give both my official and personal endorsement of the voluntary mo tor vehicle safety-check campaign sponsor ed by the Carolina Safety League . . . That part of the plan which provides for stickers on the windshields of cars checked and found safe should prove popular with those motorists who want to do their part in the prevention of highway accidents." LISTED BELOW ARE THE OFFICIAL CHAS. H. JENKINS MOTOR CO. CHOWAN MOTOR COMPANY B. B. H. MOTOR COMPANY ALBEMARLE MOTOR COMPANY And here is a statement by Commissioner Scheidt... “The Carolina Safety League’s plan for voluntary, free safety-checks of North Car olina automobiles and trucks deserves the full support of all individuals and organi zations that really want to do something about the death and injury of people, and the destruction of property, on our streets and highways ... I urge every motorist who is considerate of his own life, and the lives of others, to take advantage of it, and display the sticker which shows his car has been checked and approved." INSPECTION STATIONS IN EDENTON
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