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Insect Control Friendly Birds Protect Cattle By J. JOHNSON State Museum of Natural History In Brunswick County and espe cially along the coast, a surpris ing sight may cause cattle own ers to look twice. Whitish, long j legged birds perched on top of their animals have caused herd! owners to do a “double-take” over : the past few years. The bird, relatively new to the area, is the Cattle Egret and it has come a long way from its native home in Africa. There it is traditionally associated with the water buffalo and other grazing animals of the African Veldt. In its native habitat it is known as the tick-bird, or tick-heron and, though never proved, the bird is believed to eat the ticks from the backs of the animals upon which it perches. Long legged as well as long necked, the Cattle Egret is a member of the heron family. It stands some 15 inches high and has. yellow legs, feet and beak. The feathers are white except for the pale reddish-buff colorings on the crown, breast and back. Unlike most other herons that normally feed in shallow water on such as frogs and fish, the Cattle Egret’s diet consists most ly of insects found in meadows and plains. Somewhere along its line of evolution the bird dis covered the trick of following grazing animals which flush out insects from the growth beneath the cattle’s feet. In following the animals, and even perched on their backs, the birds easily snap up the insects. The Cattle Egret was first reported in North Caro lina in Bladen County in 1956, and appeared about three years later in the Morehead City area. It is not known when or how the bird established itself in the Western Hemisphere, but it is fairly certain that it crossed the Atlantic Ocean to South America from Africa under its own power. The first written records of the Cattle Egret’s presence in South America place the bird in Dutch Guiana between 1877 and 1882, and in British Guiana about 1911 or 1912. Apparently, it was from this beachhead in northern South America that the bird rapidly spread its range to Venezuela, Columbia, Bolivia, Panama, Haiti, Cuba, the Bahama Islands, and eventually, in June of 1952, ten of them were sighted at Lake Okeechobee, Florida. African Bird Invades County Scenes like this are becoming more common in the eastern part of North Car olina where the Cattle Egret is making friends with grazing animals, ever ready to snap up the insects flushed from cover by the cattle as they feed. This picture was made on the Foster Robbins farm near Winnabow. Spreading rapidly during thei past six years, the Cattle Egret has been recorded in North Caro lina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Virginia, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Maine and even Illinois. So if you see the Egret getting friendly with your cattle, riding their backs or walking with them in the pasture, don’t shoot—they are friends, not foes. SUNDAY RECEPTION On Sunday afternoon a recep tion was held at the Community Building for the seniors and their parents. This was given by the parents of Southport High School mascots, Mayor and Mrs. E. Hahn and Mr. and Mrs. Hufham, and by the High School faculty. The marshals served and the mothers of the marshals assisted in pre parations. C Southport Flower Show Big Success The Annual Southport Flower Show, sponsored by the Live Oak Garden Club was held on Satur day at the Community Building. Judges for the show were: Mrs. Burney, Mrs. Snipes, Mrs. Willard, Mrs. Earle all of Wilmington, Mrs. Barron and Mrs. Thomas of Greenville, S. C., who are all Na tional Council accredited judges and appresentice judges. The chairman of the show re ported 82 entries in the arrange i ment classes and a total of 109 entries in the horticulture section. Award of Merit in horticulture went to Mrs. J. B. Russ. Mrs. Russ also was the winner of the sweepstakes in the horticulture section. Mrs. Vicki Wells was the win ner of the Tri-color award, Award of Distinction and the sweep stakes in the arrangement divi sion. Winners in the various horticul ture classes with their ribbons iare as follow: Annuals-Larkspur Social Security Changes Listed Old-age, survivors, and dis ability insurance benefits are becoming increasingly important as a community resource accord ing to Albert P. Mason, District Manager of the Wilmington office of the Sociay Security Adminis tration. $198,680.00 is paid monthly in social security benefits in Colum bus County. This is an increase of about 16 per cent over last year’s figures. While the benefits are intended primarily for the bene ficiaries’ economic security, they help business in the community generally. Most of the money is spent immediately for food, cloth ing, and other necessities. At the present time, social security benefits are being paid at a rate of over one billion dollars a month. ‘‘There are several rea sons for the increase,” Mr. Ma son said. There are more aged people; benefits are now payable at age 62; and less social security credit is needed to meet the eli gibility requirements for benetis. The table below shows the number and amount of each type of benefit being paid in Columbus county, as of December 31, 1961, the date of the latest available tabulation: Beneficiary Group No. Beneficiaries Total of Payments. Retired Worker .1,745 $101,305. Wife or Husband . 691 18,321. Widow or Widower . 275 14,028. Mothers and Children ...1,277 42.625. Disabled workers & dependents . 411 18,899. —single: Mrs. Hulan Watts, blue and red; Margaret Hickman, white; double: Ethel Pittman, blue and red. Cornflower: Thelma Fisher, blue. Marigold: Evelyn Gilbert, blue. Unlisted annuals: Sue Jones, blue and red; Mrs. Lee Castor, 2 yellow. Biennals: Mrs. Thomas St. George, blue; Joy Gergory, blue. Perennials, colum bine: Sue Jones, yellow; Snap dragon: Elizabeth Harrelson, blue; Mrs. Sinclair, red and yellow. Sweet William: Thelma Fisher, blue; Mrs. Ruth Hickman, red. Unlisted Perennials: Mrs. Lee Caster, Mrs. Annie Arnold, Joy Gregory, Mrs. Ben Wilson, Mrs. Ruth Hickman, Margaret Hick man and Mrs. Fred Willing all blue winners. Unlisted Perennials: Ellen Watts, Sue Jones, Walburg Moore, Grace Brown, Evelyn Gil bert all red winners; Grace Brown, yellow; Mrs. Lee Caster and Grace Brown, white. Madon na Lily: Grace Ruark, blue; Mar garet Hickman, red; Betty Dosh er, yellow. Tiger Lily: Catherine Garrett, blue. Amaryllis: Dorothy Hardee, blue; Thelma Fisher, red; Mrs. Black, yellow. No. gladiolus. Daylily: Mrs. Dodson, yellow; Mrs. Q. Snipes, white. Unlisted bulbs, corns, etc: parrot tulip; Dorothy Hardee, red; King Alfred Daffodil, Francis Burdette, red. Hybrid tea roses—red rose: Joe Walton, red; pink rose, Mrs. Dod son, yellow and red; yellow rose, Mrs. Sinclair, yellow. Polyanthas and floribundas: Mrs. Snipes, blue; Mrs. Burney, red. Climbers and ramblers: Mrs. J. B. Russ, blue, Mrs. Tommy St. George, red; Mrs. Hoyle Dosher, yellow. Other varieties roses: Mrs. J. B. Russ, blue (sweetheart rose). African violets: Gertrude John son and Mrs. Ruth Hickman, blue; Bertrude Johnson and Mrs. Ruth Hickman, red; Gertrude Johnson and Goldie Ruark, yellow. Flow ering plants: Gertrude Johnson, blue. Cactus: Catherine St. George, blue; Mrs. Lee Caster, blue; Mrs. Ruth Spencer, blue. Flowering shrubs: Catherine Gar rett, blue; Joyce Gregory, blue; Mrs. J. B. Russ, blue; Grace Ruark, red; Joy Gregory, red. Winners of the Artistic Ar rangement and their ribbons are as follow: Class 1: blue, Patsy Allen; red, Jean Dosher; yellow, Mrs. Lee Caster; white, Susan Bellamy. Class 2: blue, Margaret Hickman; red, Dorothy Hardee; Continued On Page 4 k Waterfront 1 JO On Friday we attended a lunch eon for members of the State Library Board and their wives, and the item on the menu which drew more comment than any other was deviled crabs. One board member shamelessly went back for seconds with the apology "I may never see any this good again”. The nicest thing about these crabs is that they were locally caught and locally processed; and the shame is that there are not more of them given this same treament. Deviled crabs, done with the Miss Annie St. George, Mrs. L. D. Hayman or some other local reciepe, should be a feature on the menu for each restaurant in town. This should be some thing that folks would go out of their way to get at Southport. We recall that deviled crabs— plus plenty of boiled shrimp— made converts of a large number of newspaper visitors here sever al years ago when the N. C. Press Association held a luncheon meeting in Southport. It was for that occasion that Miss Annie deviled more crabs than we ever had seen prepared for one meal. The popular acceptance of this item on the menu left no doubt of how popular it would be if made more generally available. From time to time attention has been given here to various phases of crab operations. Twen ty-five years ago Allen C. Ewing leased the old N. C. Fisheries plant and engaged in the produc tion of crabmeat. Crabs were caught locally and workers in the processing plant were local women. This helped the employ ment problem, but at that time the demand for fresh crabmeat was not great. The product was of good quality, but a poor mar ket brought an end to this busi ness. Through the years the late Mr. I Willie Cooker and his family | caught crabs and sold crabmeat, i but increasingly stringent health J restrictions had just about put an end to this phase of his fish ing operations before this vener able old gentleman passed away. More lately there was a big winter business here three years ago for several fishermen who set crab traps and sold their pro duct to a Carteret county pro cessing plant. This gave off-sea son income to several men, but when the live crabs were hauled away Brunswick county citizens were losing many man-hours that go into the preparation of crab meat for the table. This brings us back to the case in point: We think it would be sound local business to set up a plant which would buy live crabs, clean and pick out the meat, Continued On Page 2 Congreve Jackson FOR JUDGE OF Recorder’s Court Age and Experience have proved necessary for a JUDGE, This with Honesty, Integrity and Ability are the essentials you should seek before Voting. I respectfully ask for your VOTE and Promise Fair and Impartial Decisions Regardless of COLOR, RELIGION, WEALTH or Any Other Influence. ( CENTER CUT PORK CHOPS lb. 45c Juicy California LEMONS .. d* 27' Tommy Tucker V2-Gal. 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