U Studdert
Receives Medal
Qf Merit Award
Tj Son- in-Law Of
*>'t Lady For Mer
' ?? : Performed
^rl?U. Okinawa Cam
ping
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\V. Studdert.
was present
Merit at the
p Air Station at
Wednesday by
r?' i "ashman for
! i". the Paci
'.;e ! by Fleet
L.I v Nimitai read:
y meritoi ious
loiformance of
as officer in
I construction
the Okinawa
. \pril to August.
??I iod when a
- vution of the
a large degree
upon the speedy anil extensive
duct were at all times in keeping
Captain Studdert skillfully or
ganized and directed the construc
tion forces under his command,
completing the vitally needed air
fields and airclaft servicing facil
ities in a most efficient manner,
thereby materially aiding the of
fensive against the enemy. His
leadership, fine spirit of coopera
tion and devotion to duty were a
constant source of inspiration to
the officers and men under his
command. His services and con
missioned in the Naval Reserve,
with the highest tradition of the
United States Naval Service."
Before entering the Navy in
May, 1941, Captain Studdert was
associated with the Texas-New
Mexico Pipeline company as a
civil engineer at Midland, Texas.
For some time after being com
missioned in the Navay Reserve,
he was on construction duty at
Camp Lejeune. While attending
State College he played end on
the 1924 and 1925 football team,
and was a member of Pi Kappa
Alpa fraternity.
At the present time Captain
Baptists Build
More Churches
New Brick Building At Sol
dier Bay N earing Com
pletion And Cancrets
Block Edifice At New
Britian Ready
Soldier Bay and New Britton
Baptist churches, both in Wacca
maw township, are now practical
ly completed and are already in
use. They are two of the most
modern chuiches in Brunswick.
The Soldier Bay church is cn
the highway at Ash. It is two
stories high and of crick veneer.
The ground floor forms a num
ber of nice Sunday school looms
and the church auditorium is up
stairs with a concrete stairway
extending along most of the front
of the building.
The New Britton church is
built of gray cinder blocks, is one
story and very attractive in de
sign. In addition to the church
auditorium it also has a number
of nice Sunday school rooms.
During the past few yeais the
Baptists in Btunswick have ap
parently assumed the lead in new
church building. Last summet
the congregation of Antioch Bap
tist church, between Bolivia and
Southport, constructed a large
and beautiful church with numer
ous Sunday school rooms.
Funeral Held
For Mrs. King
Lei and Resident Died At
Her Home Last Wednes
day Morning; Funeral
Services Thursday After
! noon
Funeral services for Mrs. R. J.
I King-, who died at her home near
: Leland last Wednesday morning,
'were conducted Thursday at 3:30
o'clock from the late home of the |
deceased. Rev. A. J. Benton had
charge of the services. Interment
followed in the Nelson cemetery.
Mrs. King is survived by her
husband and seven sons. The
sons are Elbert King, of Folk
ston: Latha, Elkie, Cratie, Ottis,
Norman and Dorsey King, all of
Leland.
Active pallbearers were, Thur
1 man Skipper, Tate Ganey, Dan
Mintz, Stephen Mintz and Wilbur ,
Ganey.
Honorary pallbearers included:
H, E. Sheppard, T. E. Moody, H.
T. King. Dr. L. C. Fergus, J. T.
Ganey, A. H. Benton, M. H. Hil
| burn, U. L. Rouark, W. E. Nel
i son, Charlie Skipper. J. T. White
and Rotha Ganey.
| JOIN THE MARCH
OF DIMES
Th? NotToio! Foundation lot Inlonil!* Poroty?l?
Studdert is on terminal leave. He
resides in New Bern with his
wife, the former Margaret Bra
gaw of Washington, N. C.. and
their daughter, Elizabeth. Upon
the expiration of his leave, * he
plans to enter business in New ;
Bern as a civil engineer.
He is the son-in-law of Mis. i
(Helen Bragaw of Southport.
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ROAD BLOCK /
WASHINGTON LETTER
BY UM1J A. .HAKXlil
AP Newsfeatures
WASHINGTON ? Improve
ments and repair work in the na
tion's rural communities and
farm areas offer the possibility
of millions of jobs.
Federal farm officials estimate
urgent lural development needs,
public aria private, at about 30
billion dollars. They describe
urgent needs as those which
should be met as soon as labor
and materials become available
and which may not be postponed
without adverse effects.
Reserve Needs
They estimate that there are,
in addition, "reserve" needs total
ing nearly 50 billion dollars and
"marginal" needs of possibly 25
billion dollars.
By reserve needs they mean
those which may be postponed
without seriously impairing rural
resources and facilities.
Marginal needs are those which
remain after reasonably adequate
standards are achieved.
Urgent improvements include
roads, schools, sanitation facilities,
recreational facilities, development
of depleted forest lands, develop
ment and conservation of range
lands vital to the production of
meat and wool, conservation of
wish and wildlife, farm conserva
tion, irrigation, drainage, clearing
of farm land, housing, electrifica
tlion, and farm sanitation.
It is estimated that more than
seven billion dollars in road con
struction, replacement and main
tenance is needed to bring the
rural highway system up to
where it would have been had
the war not inteifered. In addi
tion, 21 billion dollars will be
needed to build an adequate rural
roads system, and an average of
2,350 million dollars a year for
maintenance.
Schools Needed
| It is estimated that about one
| billion dollars in rural school con
struction is needed immediately,
and an additional 2,400 million
dollars to bring all rural schools
up to present urban standards,
i The inadequacy of hospital and
health facilities constitutes one of
the gravest needs of rural Amer
ica .officials say. They estimate
that essential post-war rural
health facilities would cost nearly
900 million dollars.
Closely connected with these is
the need for sewage disposal and
water supply facilities. Officials
' say that at least 650 million dol
lars should be spent for such fa
! cilities as soon as possible.
A billion dollars could be spent,
officials state, on recreational fa
I cilities and about 400 million dol
lars to restore vegetative cover
and make other improvements on
360 million acres of public-owned
J range land.
Forestry Problem
I Restoring forestry resources
I will cost more than 7 billion dol
lars, they estimate, and 375 mil
lion dollars could be spent in de
veloping game refuges and in re
plenishing streams with fish.
In addition there is need, farm
officials say, for expenditure of
large sums for improvements of
privately-owned land.
The Soil Conservation Service,
in a nation-wide survey, estimates
these major measures necessary
to maintain and improve the na
tion's soils at safe levels of pro
ductivity:
Shifting of 40 million acres
from cultivation to grazing and
woodlands; terracing 100 million
acres to prevent erosion and re
tard water run-off; contour culti
vating of 165 million acres; field
and gully planting of 11 million
acres; strip-cropping 90 million
acres; improving 120 million acres
of farm woodland; planting of 7
QUESTIONS |
AND ANSWERS j
Question: Should young pines
planted for timber be pruned?
Answer: If set with recommend
ed spacings, they will usually
prune themselves by ? shading out
the lower limbs and allowing
tiunks to grow clean sawlog
lengths suitable for timber. Trees
spaced apart and pruned of limbs
are more subject to damage from :
wind and sleet than trees which
grow more thickly and are allow- 1
ed to prune themselves.
Question : Give a score for grad- j
ing butter.
Answer: A satisfactory butter
score card would include: flavor,
45 points: body, 25; color, 15;
salt, 10, and package, 5. Good
quality butter should have a ,
pleasing taste and be free of ob- 1
jectionable odors or flavors which
might originate from dirt, acid
milk, feed flavors, weeds, onions,
or other foreign matter. It should
be of uniform color, free from i
white specks or streaks of yel- j
low, should be worked just enough
to thoroughly mix the salt and
should not appear oily.
Question: At what temperature
should milk be churned?
Answer: At a temperature be
tween 65 and 70 degrees fahren
heit. Get a good dairy thermome
ter and find out by testing it
yourself what churning tempera
ture is best to use.
Question: What procedure is
advisable to make milk usable if
the pasture is infested with bitter
weed, onions or other harmful
vegetation ?
Answer: Cows which are al
lowed to graze on pastures caus
ing ill-tasting milk should be
taken off such grazing at least
five hours before milking, says
John A. Arey, leading dairy spe
million acres in permanent vege
tation; seeding and reseeding of
107 million acres of pasture and
range land; construction or de
velopment of 1,200,000 ponds,
springs and other water outlets;
improved management of 400
million acres of grazing land; re
pair or improvement of irrigation
systems affecting 10 million acres,
and improving drainage of 40 mil
lion acres of good farm land.
Officials estimate it would cost
15 billion dollars to carry out an
essential soil conservation and
developing program. Of this, 8,
250 million dollars was said to be
urgent.
Estimating there are more than
5 million rural homes without
electrical power, officials say it j
would cost about 1,800 million dol
lars to construct lines to reach
these potential customers.
The Rural Electrification Ad- ;
ministration estimates that about j
3,650,000 of these homes can be
reached within five years after
construction materials become
available. REA has outlined a
postwar, five-year program to be
undertaken by private utilities,
cooperatives and public agencies
which would involve a total ex
penditure of 5,500 million dol
lars. About three billion dollars
would be spent for electric ap
pliances and equipment.
Officials say it will cost about
10 billion dollars to raise farm
homes to adequate standards and
450 million dollars for adequate
water and sewage disposal Im
provements.
Some rural improvements could
be provided, officials say, under a
federal public works program,
should that be necessary.
cialist of the State College Ex
tension Service. Cows should be
?allowed to eat such vegetation
after milking only.
I
Question: What is the best
means of keeping nut meats from
becoming stale ?
Answer: Can or freeze the
meats, says Miss Ruth Current,
State College Home Demonstra- 1
tion agent, who cites the latest
lesearch on food preservation as
the basis for her suggestion.
Question: How long does it take
to develop hybrid seed corn?
Answer: At least five years of
careful cross-breeding is required
to turn out high-yielding hybrids,
says Dr. ft. ?. Moore of the
State College Experiment Station.
The hybrid corn breeding pro
gram in North Carolina is in its
infancy, Dr. Moore adds, since
1946 is just the sixth year of the
state-wide hybrid undertaking.
Lt. Stmms M. Spears
Weds Miss Moina
Dean Gardner
Taken from the San Antonio
Gazette is the account of a wed
ding of interest to ia large circle
of relatives and friends of the
groom:
"Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Gardner i
are announcing the marriage of!
their daughter, Moina Dean, to I
Simms Memory Spears, lieutenant, '
Air Corps, son of Mrs. Annie
Memory Spears and the late Mr.
Spears, of Whltevllle, North Caro
lina.
"The wedding took place at nine
o'clock on the evening of Novem
ber 3, 1945, in the study of the
First Baptist Church in San An
tonio, with Dr. D. B. South per
forming the ring ceremony.
"Miss Edith Gardner, sister of
the bride, and S.Sgt. Bill Mathers ><
attended the couple.
"The bride wore a two-piece ?
suit of soldier blue with black ac- "
cessories and an orchid corsage.
"Lt. Spears is a former student '
of North Carolina State College
and of the University of North ??
Carolina. He returned recently
from eight months combat duty ??
with the Eighth Air Force, from
which unit he was awarded the
Distinguished Flying C.oss and '
and the Air Medal with five
clusters.
? FOR ? -
Commissioner
I hereby announce myself a
candidate for the office of
County Commissioner, sub
ject to the action of the
Democratic voters of Bruns
wick county. ,
Boyd Robinson
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SALE
TRUCKS and BODIES
Sealed bids will be received by the Brunswick
County Board of Education up until noon, February
6th, 1946, for any or all of the articles listed below:
3 ? 1936 Dodge Trucks and Bodies
2 ? 1935 Dodge Trucks and Bodies
2 ? 1936 Ford Trucks and Bodies
2 ? 1937 Ford Trucks and Bodies
2-1937 Bodies
The Board reserves the right to reject any and
all bids.
ANNIE MAY WOGDSIDE
Superintendent,
BRUNSWICK COUNTY SCHOOLS
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Summer Delivery?
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