North Carolina Newspapers

iTHSH: T’own opics | The Rev. and Mrs. Edward M. Spruill left Rocky Mount on Tues day of this week by train for San Francisco, California. From the west coast they will fly to Honolu lu, Hawaii where they will attend the 58th General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church, which meets in the Hawaiian city, Sep tember 4-15. Mr. Spruill is a cleri cal delegate to the convention from the Diocese of East Carolina. Mrs. Spruill will also attend the trien nial convention of the Woman’s Auxiliary of the Episcopal Church in the United States meeting in j, Honolulu at the same time. Flor * ence Spruill, their daughter, will visit her cousin, Katherine Harri son, in Rocky Mount, during her parents’ stay in Hawaii. Jimmy Kitchengs recently won a four-day, expense-paid vacation at Virginia Beach but declined it and accepted instead an automatic dish washer. Kitchengs’ place of busi ness here was named among 166 winners in the B-J (big job) Jubi lee contest sponsored by a major appliance firm. Sales records were broken by many of the winners during the contest, it was said. The Washington County chapter of the American Red Cross has been notified that Miss Jewel Graves, local area field representa tive, has been assigned to assist in the Eastern States Flood disaster. She is presently assigned in the Connecticut section, according to K. C. Lattimer, director, field serv ice, with the Southeastern Area of fice, Atlanta, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. Bexter H. Omohun dro and children, of Torrance, Calif., are visiting Mrs. Omohun dro’s parents and other relatives in the Roper section. Mr. Omohun dro, member of the editorial staff of the Long Beach (Calif.) Inde pendent Press-Telegram, flew from Torrance to Norfolk, Va., on Aug ust 19 to join his wife and chil dren. who have been visiting in the county for about a month. They plan to return home sometime in September. Mrs. Omohundro’s sis ter, Barbara Spruill, of Roper, will return with them. Plymouth has a crack rescue team in the persons of Lyman Mayo, Billy Hopkins and Bud Lovic. Seems that E. M. Leavitt and H. C. Carter bought a 30-foot cabin cruiser at Wanchese last week-end and made good progress toward home in the craft until they ran into trouble trying 10 locate the mouth of Roanoke River, without aid of compass or chart. Darkness overtook them and although the boat is equipped with running lights it looked as though the two men would have to spend the night in Albemarle Sound. A phone call from near the highway bridge in formed Leavitt and Carter’s better halves of their plight and the wo men contacted the Coast Guard. Meantime, Mayo, Hopkins and Lovic put out aboard the Scout Explorer Ship Albemarle (about 11 p. m. Sunday) and by 2:15 a. m. * Monday all hands were safely back 9 -, County Woman Is Buried Yesterday Services were held at her home Wednesday at 3 p. m. for Mrs. Sallic Cherry Davenport, 87, who died at 6:50 a. m. Monday at Mrs. Lucile Trueblood's nursing home, Durants Neck. Officiating was her pastor, the Rev. W. E. Eason of Creswell. Burial was in the family „ cemetery. Mrs. Davenport was stricken ill with cerebral hemorrhage Thurs day of last week. She had left her home to enter the nursing home just two months ago. She had re cently suffered several falls, mak ing it necessary for her to use a wheelchair. She was the daughter of the late Gisborn Cherry, of Virginia, and the late Elizabeth White Cherry, of Washington County, and was born in Chowan County November 10, 1867. For some years she lived in Chowan County, later marrying Guilford Davenport and settling in this county. Mr. Davenport died in 1936. Mrs. Davenport was a member and faithful attendant of Rehoboth Methodist Church and Sunday School and attended regularly un til her health failed about four years ago. She is survived by a host of cou sins and friends and will be great ly missed by all who knew her. The Roanoke Beacon ****** and Washington County News ****** A borne newspaper dedicated ill to the service of Washington ill County and its 13,044 people. VOLUME LXVI—NUMBER 35 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, September 1, 1955 ESTABLISHED 1889 SCENE OF NOON-DAY HIGHWAY ACCIDENT HERE LAST WEDNESDAY rhr* per on were injured in this collision fctw en two cars at the intersection of West Avenue and Highway 64 here shortly after noon Wednesday of last week. Earl Mendenhall was dI™ing the 1951 Chevrolet at the left above, with George Bagley, jr, as a passenger, while the 1951 Ford con vertible on the right was operated by Ralph Bowen. All three were injured, Bowen being treated and released from the hospital the same day, while young Bagley was released this week, and Men denhall expects to return home today. Policeman Foy Davenport is shown above directing traffic a few minutes after the accident, which attracted more than 100 spectators.—Jewel Hardison photo. $200 County Quota For Victims of Flood Auction Sales Time Reduced In an announced effort to re live congestion in the plants which are redrying Stabilization Corporation tobacco, auction sales time on the markets of the big Eastern Bright Leaf Belt is cut from five and a half hours to three and a half hours a day, effective Thursday of this week. It is expected that the ware houses will complete the shorter sales day before lunchtime each day. The curtailment is in effect until further notice, it is under stood. Labor Day Picnic Set for Monday By Paper Makers -♦ — Fried Chicken Dinner for Members of Local and Families Certificates To Be Given Stewards -♦ The eighth annual Labor Day picnic sponsored by Cherry River Local, No. 423, International Bro therhood of Paper Makers, will be held at the pavilion back of the pulp mill here next Monday. All members of the union and their immediate families, as well as a number of invited guests, are ex pected to attend. The occasion will mark observ ance of Labor Day and the 15th an niversary of the local s charter. The picnic on Labor Day last year was attended by an estimated 300 Main feature of the day will be a fried chicken dinner at 1 o'clock. The menu includes fried chicken, cole slaw, potato salad, soft drinks, coffee and hot rolls. Following the dinner steward certificates will be presented to 15 members of the lo cal who recently completed a spec ial training course. It is expected that John O’Brien, international representative of the Paper Makers Brotherhood, will make the presen tation. Games and sports will also be a part of the day’s program, it was said, and there will be pony riding for the children Certificates will be presented to the following 15 stewards, who completed the course with Harvey Ilobbs and James Hamilton as in structors: James Humphreys, How ard Estep, Thurman Manning, Rob ert Hamilton, Lewis Sullivan, George Shaver, Robert Johnson, George Bauler, Charles Painter, jr., Lewis Keisler, Alphonso Cox, Jul ian Comstock, Harry Phelps, Clay ton Ragland and Keith Hackney. Officers of the local are as fol lows: James Hamilton, president; Howard Estep, vice president; Keith Hackney, secretary; and Al phonso Cox, treasurer. The com mittee on arrangements for the La bor Day observance is composed of the following: Harvey Hobbs, chair man; James Humphreys, Alphonso Cox and Howard Estep. Southeaslern Area Office oi Red Cross Asks Effort To Surpass "Rock Bolton" Quota Here -» The Washington County Chapter of the American Red Cross has re ceived notice from the Southeast ern Area office at Atlanta, Ga., that a “rock bottom” quota of $200 has been assigned this chapter for its part in flood disaster relief. The news came in the form of a telegram from E. Roland Harri man, relief chairman, to Dr. A. L. Whitehurst, of Plymouth, who is chapter chairman. “Needs continue to grow in the disaster affected area,” the wire read. "Estimated number of fami lies looking to the Red Cross for assistance exceeds 10,000 and con tinues to mount. This will require funds in excess of $8,000,000. Your chapter has been assigned a rock bottom quota of $200 and expect you will make every effort to have it substantially overscribed.” Dr. Whitehurst stated this week that no canvass will be made here, but it is hoped that generous vol untary contributions from various organizations and individuals will enable the local chapter to surpass its goal. It has been pointed out that “dis aster relief is a charter obligation of the Red Cross. The agency helps people of families and as individ uals. Government aid in disaster areas goes to rebuild public works and to help distressed businesses.” Figures released by the Red Cross show a six-state total of 474 injured, 131 hospitalized, 34,660 families suffering loss, 922 homes destroyed, major damage to 5,035 homes, minor damage to 14,702 homes, 11,036 families expected to register for disaster relief. Dr. Whitehurst stated that those planning to send checks should make them payable to the Ameri can Red Cross for Disaster Relief. Checks may be sent direct to Dr. Whitehurst or to the Planters Na tional Bank & Trust Company, Plymouth. It is preferred that those from this county making donations for this cause send checks either to the local bank or to Dr. Whitehurst in order that the county chapter may receive credit toward its as signed quota. Checks sent into na tional headquarters will not' be so credited, it was pointed out. Quarterly Bloodmobile Visit Set September 28 -♦ The third quarterly visit to Plymouth of the Red Cross blood mobile from the Tidewater Region al Blood Center, Norfolk, Va., is slated for Wednesday, September 28, it was learned this week. No announcement of any change in quota has been made to date and it is assumed that the regular quota of 110 pints will again be in force. The set-up, as usual, will be made at the veterans building. The visit, the 19th to the county since inauguration of the program locally in December of 1950, will again be sponsored by the local American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars posts. Area Librarian Begins Work Today Mrs. Eugenia Babylon, of Chapel Hill, arrived in Plymouth Wednes day of this week to assume her new duties as regional librarian, effective September 1. The regional library plan was re cently perfected through the joint efforts of local library boards rep re -rt n.c V lvngton, Tyrrell and ( ■ v ,iv. t .:.u. t'es. a . .. b.idy composed of (i, rerric.s from each of the ... f . t counties has been fvuir.ej and w 11 be headed by Mrs. J. Robert Campbell, of Plymouth, chairman. Other board members are Mrs. M. S. McMullan, Mrs. George Mack and Thomas Sheppard, all of Eden ton; Mrs. Clair E. Morris, Mrs. C. Earl Cahoon and Paul Liverman, all of Columbia; E. E. Harrell, ot Plymouth, and T. Reynold Spruill, of Roper. The local librarians, who are paid from local funds, will be retained in each of the counties, it was said. Mrs. Babylon will be paid from state funds and she is to serve each of the three counties in the regional set-up equally. Once all details are worked out bookmobile service will be extend ed to all residents, white and color ed, in the three-county area, it wa: explained. The regional plan does not re quire the counties involved to in crease their funds allotted for li brary service. In (be future the local librar; boards in the three counties wil deal only with local library afafirs County Damage Committee Will ..Name Officers Meeting of 12-Man-Hurri cane Damage Group Sche duled To Be Held at Agri culture Building -• Officers for the newlv-formed Washington County Hurricane Damage committee will be named at a meeting of the group Friday of this week. The meeting is scheduled to be held at 3:30 p. m. in the auditorium of the county agriculture building here. The committee, to number 12 persons, will be made up of W. Willis Bowen, county F1IA super visor: Henry Bragg, Soil Conserva tion Service technician; Miss Mir iam Ausbon, county ASC manager; W. H. Pruden, county farm agent; Mitchiner Banks, of Roper, voca tional teacher; C. S. Heynen, of Wenona, Pamlico District SCS su pervisor for Washington County; T. Reynold Spruill, of Roper, presi dent of the Washington County Farm Bureau; H. E. Beam, of Branch Banking & Trust Company; Frank L. Brinkley, chairman of the Washington County Board of Com missioners; Joe Snell, chairman of the ASC county committee; R. W. Lewis, of Roper; and one man to bo named by the Creswell Ruritan Club. A preliminary meeting was held here Wednesday morning of this week at which time the first esti mate of hurricane damage in the county, made by the Technical Ag ricultural committee recently, was reviewed. The only revision decid ed upon was an increase in the per centage of pasture damage in the county. At a meeting of the heads of state and federal agricultural agen cies called by Governor Hodges on August 22 to consider all possible sources of assistance to farmers in counties where Hurricane Connie and Diane materially damaged farm property and crops, it was decided that such committees composed of farm leaders be formed in the counties. The purpose of the committee, it was explained, is to obtain and give out information and to formulate and carry out programs connected with hurricane damage and re habilitation. To clarify damages and methods of securing and applying assistance a program based on three steps has been suggested: 1. Immediate emergency proced ures; 2. medium range steps to be taken; and 3. long-time protection -against hurricanes and other re lated damage. The following heads of agencies in the state have given assurance of their full support and coopera tion: H. J. Isenhowcr, director, Farm ers Home Administration; E. B. Garrett, Soil Conservation Service; H. D. Godfrey, ASC administrative officer; A. L. Teachey, director, vo cational agriculture; and D. S. Wea ver, director, Agricultural Exten sion Service. -1 Board Meetings Postponed Week -» Regular monthly meetings of the Plymouth Town Council and the Washington County Board of Com missiners will be postponed one week because of the Labor Day hol iday. Both bodies will hold the usual “first Monday” meetings instead on Monday, September 12. The council will have its session at night, beginning at the usual hour, while the commissioners will meet Monday morning of the 12th at the courthouse. Routine sessions are in prospect for both groups. The Washington County Board of Education met Monday of last week in a called session and nc meeting date for the month oi , September has yet been announced Faculty Complete Here as New Term Of School Opens -f New Band Director, Three Grade Teachers Secured Since Last Week To Fill Vacancies at Local School ■ « School bells rang Thursday norning of this week for an ex pected 3,400 students in the three white and three colored schools of Washington County. All county faculties were com plete for the opening with the ad dition of four teachers at Plymouth White Schools within the last week :o fill the only existing vacancies. The vacancy which came with the resignation of Edward Taylor, band director, has been filled by Bernard Hamm, of Portsmouth, Va. Mr. Hamm is a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School, Portsmouth, and of East Carolina College, Goreenville, where he ma jored in music. The local position will be his first teaching exper ience. Mrs. Woodrow Collins, of Plym outh, will teach a sixth grade sec tion, while two seventh grade va cancies will be filled by Bobby Crisp and Tex Lindsey. Mr. Crisp and Mr. Lindsey both arc MA graduates of East Carolina College. Mr. Lindsey has served for several sessions as principal at Columbia High School. The lunchroom will be open at the school from the first day on, it was said. The school will operate on an abbreviated schedule for the first two days, Principal J. S. Fleming has announced, getting out at 2 p. m. Monday of next week will be the first holiday of the young session, the Labor Day holiday be ing observed each year by the schools of the county. The regular schedule will go into effect next Tuesday, it was stated. The Rev. Robert L. Combs, Plym ( ith Presbyterian Church minister, will con luct exercises during the auditorium period Thursday (to day), it lias been announced. Mr. Heming stated that all iVte.ool pat. as are welcome to visit the school today and during any day of the session. A successful school year is look ed forward to by faculty, students and parents alike as the 1955-56 session is naugurated. -® lounly Fosls be] For Lengthy Alert -♦ - A 56-hour alert to be known a; “Operation Late Summer” will be participated in by the two countj Ground Observer Corps posts al Plymouth and Roper next week. The alert is scheduled to begir next Tuesday at 8 a. m. and con tinuc until 5 p. m. on Thursday the announcement stated. Posts in several southeaster slates will lake part, among then 230 posts n 57 North Caroline counties. Jesse Rawls, supervisor of th< Roper post said two-hour shift' will be maintained, two observer: to the shift. He reports suffieien post strength, with a total of 81 volunteers, including men, It school children and 16 women. Dr. A. L Whitehurst, supervisoi of the Plj mouth post, said it i: planned here to use the full pos membership during the alert. County Growers Market Orderly -» — County tobacco growers, it i: thought, are making no particulai rush to grade and market theii leaf, but it is moving to marke in a rather orderly fashion. Some nearby markets have re ported unusually heavy sales, how ever, and the Williamston marke made a cooperative move to lcssei the storage problems of the Stabi lization Corporation by leasing tin Carolina Warehouse on Washingtoi Street for such use, the firm inov ing over to the large warehouse oi the by-pass, renamed Carolin, Warehouse No. 2. There was widespread dissatis faction among growers at price which prevailed last Thursday opening day on the belt—and Fr day. However, with better weathe and a full set of buyers on al markets, prices began to edge uj ward this week, to the relief c growers and others alike. -$ ON HONOR ROLL Geraldine Davenport, daughtc of Mrs. Nellie Davenport, of Cre: well, made the honor roll for th summer quarter at East Carolin College, Greenville, Mrs. Davei port has been notified by colleg officials. Miss Davenport was vali dictorian of the 1955 graduatin class at Creswell High School. 5 Per Cent Wage Increase For Workers at Pulp Plant | Local Business To Halt j | For Labor Day Holiday | Following the custom of re cent years, practically all stores and places of business in Plym outh will be closed all day next Monday, September 5, in observ ance of Labor Day, a national legal holiday. In addition to the stores, the banks, post office, county and other offices will be closed. There will be no rural and city mail deliveries, but dispatches will be made as usual and mail will be placed in lock boxes at the local post office. Industrial plants here will ob serve the holiday, including The North Carolina Pulp Company, the Atlas Plywood Corporation and the True Temper Corpora tion. If they follow the usual cus tom, drug stores, restaurants and filling stations will observe the usual Sunday hours for the day, but other uptown stores and shops will be closed all day. Revaluation Method Challenged in Court Mrs. Thelma S. Waters Seeks To Restrain Town, County Tax Officials from Collecting Higher Levy Ajjomplaint was filed in the of fice of the clerk of superior court here Monday by a Plymouth tax payer, arising out of the property revaluation project completed here early this year. Mrs. Thelma S. (W. E.) Waters, through her attorneys, Bailey and Bailey, filed the complaint “for herself and all other persons simi larly situated who may make them selves party hereto” against Wash ington County, the board of com missioners of Washington County, E. J. Spruill, tax collector of Wash ington County, the Town of Plym outh and P. W. Brown, tax collector of the Town of Plymouth. The summons was issued and served Monday. The complaint • tes a number of ^'■■agmVirreguUrv.ies in connection with the revaluing work in this county and the subsequent higher assessment pertaining particularly to Lot No. 91, the northern two thirds of Lot No. 90 and the south ern 1/12 of Lot No. 92 of a sub division of Stillacres in the Town of Plymouth, all owned by the plaintiff. It is stated in the complaint that the above-cited property was valued for the purpose of taxation for 1954 and prior years at $4,093, ahd that since that time the value has not increased more than $100 by virtue of improvements, addit ions or by reason of extraordinary circumstances. The complaint states that the valuation was hiked to $11,790, with a resultant tax of $200.43, as compared with a tax total of only $69.58 in 1954. It is claimed that the attempted levy is illegal beyond the sum of $69.58, or in the amount of $130.85. The suit is slated to be heard before Malcolm C. Paul, of Wash ington, resident judge of the second judicial district, at the courthouse here Wednesday, September 14 when plaintiff will move for an order restraining and enjoining the defendants from levying, assessing or attempting to collect or enforce the collection of any tax on the property described in the complaint in excess of the amount levied for taxes in 1954. Defendants have been notified to appear at that time and show 1 cause why such order should not be entered. <S> Lake Phelps Legion Post Delays Meeting for Week -♦ Lake Phelps Post, No. 391 ■ American Legion, will postpone its ■ regular September meeting for one ; week, due to the regular meeting 1 time falling on Labor Day, it was announced this week by II. S ' Woodley, post adjutant. The meet 1 ing will be held on Monday night • September 12, at 8 p. m., and all 1 members are urged to attend, he 1 said. FHA Disaster Loan Requests Less than a score of disaster loan applications have been re ceived to date in the county FHA office here, Supervisor W. Willis Bowen reported yesterday. However, Mr. Bowen said he had been “swamped” with applica tions in neighboring Tyrrell Early applications from farm ers in Washington County have been due for the most part to pasture damage and in some few instances damage to feed for livestock, it was stated. Five Hurl in Two Wrecks Last Week In Tkis County Edenion Marine, Roper Neg ress Seriously Injured in One-Car Accidents Friday And Saturday Five persons were injured, twe of them seriously, in two highway accidents in this county late last week. » Evan L. Williamson, Edenton ma rine, was admitted to the Washing ton County Hospital here follow ing a wreck on the Albemarle Beach Road near the Spruill farm Saturday at 2:30 a. m. He was treated by Dr. T. L. Bray and latei transferred to a Portsmouth, Va. hospital. Dr. Bray said Williamson suffer cd a back injury resulting in loss of sensation to the lower body. A passenger in the Williamson car John L. Hassell, of the Edentor Marine Base, suffered a laceratec hand but was not hospitalized. The machine, a 1954 Chevrolet went out of control and travelec 125 yards down the Mackeys Roac before coming to rest. The car wa: said to be a total loss by Stati Highway Patrolman Carl Gilchrist When released from the hospita Williamson will face reckless driv ing charges here, it was said. Three persons were injured, tw< slightly, in another one-car acci dent which happened at 12:30 a. m Friday in front of the Pete Phelp residence on US 64 between Rope and Plymouth. A 1954 Mercury, operated by Le nora Hudson, colored of Roper went out of control during a rain and ran into the roadside ditch according to the report of Patrol man Gilchrist. The vehicle wa traveling toward Roper at the time Lenora Hudson and Ruby Deal Hudson, 14, escaped with scratchc but Luebenia Hudson, 35, suffere possible internal injuries. The la ter was taken by a passing motoris to the Washington County Hospite where she was admitted, No charges were made. New Contracis Signed This Week With Three Unions; Electricians Signed Two Weeks Ago New contracts governing wages and working conidtions at the plant of the North Carolina Pulp Com pany here were signed this week by representatives of the manage ment and three of the four AFL affiliated unions representing em ployees of the big mill. Separate negotiations were conducted by the electricians’ union, and that con tract was signed about two weeks ago. Main feature of the new contract is a 5 per cent general increase for all hourly paid employees. In addition, fringe benefits applicable to the hospital insurance program, annual sick leave, and increase in minimum retirement pay provided by the company will increase the accrual to the approximately 900 employees affected. Under the new rates, minimum pay for hourly employees who worked 90 days or more will be $.51 per hour. From there the 5 per cent wage increase means up to a maximum base rate of $3.01 per hour for machine tenders on . the No. 3 paper machine. The range of the increase varies from 7 to 14 cents per hour, depending on the type of work performed. In addition, a number of individual job adjustments were made, affect ing about 125 people, their in creases ranging from 2 to 12 cents per hour. According to a union spokesman, the hospital insurance program at the plant was improved in several particulars, being increased from $8 to $10 per day in benefits, with the company paying the entire pre mium for each employee, although the employees will continue to pay the tost of insurance for their de ) pendents. An annual sick-leave plan was put into effect, prdviding r for 40 hours’ pay to employees af * ter the loss of two full weeks due to sickness or accident. This ap f plies to employees with six or more months of service. The minimum retirement pay for employees was • increased from $100 to $125 per . month, at no added cost to the ‘ employees. I Terms of the new contracts are retroactive to August 1, when the old contract expired. Negotiations were started July 15, with agree 0 ment reached early on main feat J urcs of the contracts. Subsequent 1 conferences were held to work out details of the contracts, which were approved by membership of three ’’ of the unions on August 17. | Lewis E. Price, chairman of the L‘ employees’ negotiating committees, 11 in commenting on the new con s tracts said yesterday “In general r this settlement is approximately ’’ the same as the pattern establish - See CONTRACT7Tage~4 <*> s n cl t, d d s e t, .1 h o i 1. T e r, n, it, il ls e. in id it st al Donkey baseball Here Friday Night — ♦ The donkey baseball game, scheduled for the local park Fri day night of last week, was post poned because of wet grounds and is now slated to be played Friday night of this week, according to an announcement from the sponsoring Plymouth Lions Club. The Lions will take on the Roper Ruritan Club, with donkeys im ported from Weldon furnishing the motive power. The game will start at 8 o’clock, with all players mounted (at least to begin with). Umpires will be expected to stand on their own two feet, however, un less they come suddenly into con tact with the rear heels of some jackass. Dr. A. L. Whitehurst, chairman of the Lions’ project committee, stated early this week that advance ticket sales were good. The ducats may be obtained from any member of the Lions Club. Proceeds will be used to help finish and furnish the interior of the proposed new public library here, it was said. Worms Hit Peanut Fields in County -» 1 Infestation of leaf feeding in f sects on peanuts has been reported in this county, it was learned this week. County Agent W. H. Pruden stated yesterday that Tommy Tar r kenton, who farms at Pleasant • Grove, had reported heavy infesta 2 tion in his crop. i Pruden said the damage is first i- noticed on the newly formed leaves e where the small worms begin, par i- ticularly the corn ear worm, also g known in cotton as the cotton boll worm. As the worms become larger they begin working down the plant, end ing up on the young pegs. Yields may be reduced considerably be cause of loss of foliage and the di rect attack of the worms on the young pegs. The county agent urges that all peanut growers check their fields carefully and states that all of the leaf feeding worms on peanuts may be controlled by applying 10 to 15 pounds per acre of either 10 per cent DDT or 20 per cent toxaphene. Control measures should be taken as soon as possible after damage is detected since it is much easier to kill the worms while small, it was pointed out. Most peanut fields now have a rank growth and farmers may be reluctant to go over the fields with dusting equipment. However, Pru den stated, it is felt that much less damage will be done be the dusting apparatus than by the worms. Where large acreage is involved airplane dusting may be used with good results, it was said.