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ADDENDA
The Ikjlitor
|;j^S .ijjgjEdidie Collins, Jr., son of t:
.’’^famous ball player of a few yean
^ back, was in Raefhrd " this week
Philadelphia
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P-.-vf:
':l^,^^]^'Trepresenting ■ the
I '.i'^^'hillies, National League Base-
clu|j. Collins is assistant
-'^stii^naggr of the .minor league clubs
'> affiliated with the Phillies and
Vas in Raeford making arrange-
■.' ments to bring two or possibly
inore of these to Raeford for
■' spring training in March and A-
pril of thisVear. When he left it
was almost r definire that two
clubs from the MMmfe Atlantic or
New England statK would come
Iwfe. Collins said that he would
" advise which clubs and when
they . would ' arrive within the
next couple of wedcs.
•Rural telephone service for
the pe^e of the Rockfish. and
Gold Hill seetiim of the coun-
ty Is niot t«rhe a reality in the
ijutuxte, according
’ to a letter received by J. A.
f - McGoogan this week from
the Carolina Telephone and
Telegraph company.
The letter sai din part, f‘... per-
sistent material '• shortages have
failed to ease as we hoped they
' would • ■ and " lack of sufficient
/■ trained personnel have both made
^ it'ap^rmit that further delay
in actual construction will be in
evitable. Shipment on additional
_ i‘':l^*jMlntral‘OlffSSe eiiiiiipmdnt for Hae-..
fi lord hds,. been pushed back from"
tilne to timd' by our manufacture
J~"‘'ers, apd rural linfffi cannot be put
'^to week .without it.”-The letter
stated^^rther that the company
is anxii^jus td build the lines and
has denmte pla^for .dp|ng
^^pd exj^Mses the hope 4hat the
rural people of th^county could
w^h them'' until the meeded
’^ materials can be obtained. . ,. .
‘“f So now the people of the -
' county will have to bear with
^ ' the telephone subscribers^ at
i- i present on the Raeford ex-
change who have been bear.-
ing with ttie sorriest telephone
sen^ice possible fof'S(aii!e’!^ars j
, now. This is not the first en-
.f'eouragement that has been
ireceived here from the comp
any.
People curious about the re-
' flood of $2 bills around here
k may be interested to know that
. ,.c.White Tex Mills is using them
to pay' oft their employees now.
First Sergeant William E.
. Willis, M{hb went Jntoi the
" ' Army to 1940 as a member of
Head^narters Battery, 1st
•i-'W' 252nd C. A., local
^ pre-war National Guard unit
' now Assigned to''Raeford
• as Regdlar Army instructor
for the 677th AW battalion
of the new National Guard'.
Units at Raeford and Red -
Springs are members of this
7. ' battalilon. Sergeant Willis has
^ been here several weeks now.
- Along with the good news a-
. bout the Hoke County Develop
ment Corporation comes infor-
mation that White-Tex Mills is
in process of substantially en-
larging their plant here. Troy
Whitehead, owner, has promised
to release complete details of his
7" u plans in the very near future.
.Another local bfty who' is
pow a^^^eeular Army instruc
tor is Technical Sergeant Wil
liam Kloiwman Leach who
was a member of old Battery
‘•F”. He has recently'return-
months occupation
‘L spent a 30-
^ day^ furlM^ in the county
a^di* left^Monday for his new
¥ duty at Fort Ord’Calif,ornia.
■ ** Johnny Little, Several-'hundred-
pound handy ^pan at the Hoke
^‘ ■' ■jl^ug company, had a right in-
jteresting' experience a couple of
, , I nriee'ks^ asb. He got on the train
k ^ and went to New York where he
^iritended to spend Christmas with
hip si^irf..' 'When the train ap-
^ prpablied New York it was snow
ing and when Little go.t off the
' train his sister was not there to
V hiift.'After about six hours
ii P*fB)
Gilbert Monroe
PaRiies;'Buried At
Galatia Wednesday
GilfeeW ' J. “ Monroe, 52-year-
old rd^ent .of Fayetteville and
Ive of the section of Hoke
County which was .formerly
lOi^mberland couilty, died ^ sud
denly dFX'hqprt attack Monday
afternoon while walking from
the city bus to the home of his
sister, Mrs. J. R. Neal-, in Fay
etteville. The attack came at a-
bout five o’clock and Mr. Mon
roe was dead by the time a phy
sician reached him.
He was in the lumber business
until his retirement several years
ago. He was a son of 'the ’ late
Henry and Alice Davis MOnroe
of this county and he was a
brother of Mrs. W.* H- Willis, of
this county. Other survivors are
a brother, H. T. Monroe of Park-
ton; and four other sisters, Mrs.
J. R. Neal, with whom he resid
ed in .Fayetteville, Mrs. H. L.
* Townsend, Mra. O. L. Kelly, and
Mrs. I. J. ILassiter, all of Fayette
ville.
Funeral services were conduct
ed yesterday; afternoon at^^ttiree
o’clock at Galatia l^esbyteriah
churc|^y the Rev; H. L. Hemp
hill, toe pastor. Burial was in the
Galatia cemetery.
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Robert Turner
Funeral Saturday
At Pfrli^l^’s Chapel
Fyiibwl "Ser^ces were conduct
ed at Parker’s Chapel Methodist
church ^at .three o’clock last Sat-'
urday afternoon for Robert Wal
ter _Turper, ^widely known farm-
jjPf of.'Hojee .Coupt
Who pass^'4tWay d&rly Thurs
day night in a Fayetteville hos
pital after a brie/ illness.
The service was conducted by
the pastor, the Rev. P. O. Lee,
assisted by the Rev. E. B. Booker,
pastor of Tabernacle Baptist
church. Burial was in the church
cemetery. *
Mr. Turner was 73 years of age
and was born in Northhampton
county, the son of the late Robert
W. and Elmira Bass Turner.
He is survived by two daugh
ters, Mrs. W. R. Strickland of
Clinton, and Mrs. Edward Jarj::ell
of Route 2, Raeford; three broth
ers, Henry, George and Sam Tur
ner, all of Wilson; ' two sisters,
Mrs, J. W. Porter of Dinwiddle,
"Virginia, and Mrs. M. M. Matt
hews of Skippers„( Virginia.
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CLATTDE GLISSON HURlv
IN WRECK SUNDAY NIGHT
Officers hdict
15 For Speeding
During Past Week
8 «THER DEFENDANTS UP
BEFORE RECORDER
ON ’^ESDAY
Fifteen of those passing through
on their way to or .from toe Flor
ida sunshine were slowed down
at least - temporarily^ay^ officers
of the Highway ^P^ol UN^these
parts. Fourteen of these were al
loy^ to post bonds in the amount
of $25 each and keep going/Fail-
ing to appear for trial Tuesday
morning the bonds were forfeited.
They were Jesse Campbell and
Earl Harlihg, both colored of
Sputo Carolina, John Smith,
Henfy Pask, Marion Bergmap, W.
S. Breiisch, W. R. Cowles, J. J.
Jarche, ■■ Simon Belovit'z, Frank
Covillo, R. B. Daubenpeck, Vand
Charles A.-Huber, all white of
northeastern states, Herman Tru
itt, white of Glenhaven, N. C.,
and Monroe C. Gibson, white of
Robeson county. Thomas Tillman,
local colored man, appeared for
trial and paid $10 and the costs.
Amps Andrew Edwards, color
ed, paid $10 and toe costs for
driving with improper brakes.
Ben, Robert and Addie Mc-
Crimmon' and Wade Smith, all
colored, each paid the costs for
participating in an affray. Sen
tences of 30 days each ■were su
spended.
(Lloyd W. Gillis, white, entered
a plea of guiilty. of driving while
under the influence of litjuor.
Sentence of three months ■was
suspended bn^..payment of $100
and ^ toe cos.ts.;_^.. /
^ Paul Haskie, colored, got 30
days suspended on payment of the
costs for using profane and in
decent language. He was also,
told by the court to' keep away
from the premises of Jake Mc
Lean.
Arthur Williamson, white, was
found guilty of abandonnaent and
non-support of his famiily. Sen
tence was one year, suspended
on payment of the costs and
60 monthly to his wife.
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^;$4i.
Famous Soprano
Will Appear At
FMC Monday P. M.
Anna soprano, will be
presented at /Flora Macdonald
college on Mqnday evening, Jan
uary 12', as thei second number of
the winter’s series of artists.
(Born * of Vtonnie|^(^merican
parents, Mjss TfiNtelis a singer
,of wide operatic experiences. She
was toe first American ever, to
sing the role of “Aida” in Cairo—
a peculiarly exacting feat which
WPs greeted with unprece
ovations. The New Yot* Times,
in a dispatch .from Cario, Said,'
“Curtain calls andT^buts for the
American "prima dpnna went on
for many minutes,CjmtiKMr. Jar-
dino, American Ministeiy. upset
ting' all precedents'^nt back-
stage to congrdtafetB^the singer-^
she was cheered ajjd called .back
dozens of tiine^
Miss Turk^’k professional de
but in Genoa, ^ere' she sang the
leading riSe bi Leonora in “La
Forza del Desfco”, resulted in
an invitation to^PPear at toe
Teato Realo in Rome in “Tann-
hauser”, under toe direction of"
Tullio Sorafino. This was follow
ed by lading roles with opera
companies jn,.Bologrla, Como, Tu
rin, San Romo, Mlta, Cairo, and
South America. •. *
Especially, noticeable since her
American debut at Town Hall
only last season, has been toe
^mmering quality of her voice,
combining wide range and power,
or, as a leading New York critic
expressed it,. “ppetry, mood and
distinguitoed vocalism”. Miss
Turkel is as eng]iaging a person
ality off-stage as'on it. .Her op
eratic rep^tory^jgcludes over
eighteen 6p^ras;^^aite3 her linguis
tic talents .extend to f^ian, Ger
man, French, English»nd Span
ish.
Her program at Flora Masdon-
ald will- include, in addition to
several operatic num^rs, groups
by Strauss and Debussy, and will
end with a group of American
songs.
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Farmers Should File
Income Tax Returns
Lewis Upchurch
New l^esident
0fj^Kiwanis Club
ANNA TURKEL
PJC Succesafully/
Raises $151^000
Endowment
J. January 3—'T
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Claude Glisson, 25-year-old
white • man of, Raeford, was in
volved in a wreck at 11:15 o’clock
l-'st Sunday night.. He 'suffered
seme painful but not serioyg in-
.iuries and was carried, to the Vet
erans hospital.
Churches Plan
Clothing Drive
Plan were mapped this week for
the Church "World Service collec
tion of clothing for overseas re
lief to ^e held in Hoke county
January 25 throu^i**February, 1
under the auspices of the local
churches. Cly^le Upchurch, Jr.,
who headbd a similar drive last
yearywhich -W8s hiRh\v success
ful has been selected by the local
rriinisterial association to.be chair
man a.gain this .year.
Jlnchiirch attended a district
meetin.? for eganizing the drive
in Fayetteville on Monday and
heard various plans for making
it a successful effort.
Last year North Carolina col
lected and sent, to the clothing
The beginning of a new year
means that income tax reportmg
time iis here says C. Brice RlStch-
ford, in charge of Farm Mana
gement for the State College Ex-
tonsion Service, and farmers a-
long with most other people will
have to consider ‘ filing their re
turns. ^
If 3mu are in doubt as to whe
ther you have to file a return,
then here is the deciding factor.
If the gross income from your
farm was mnre than $500 during 1^ iss MiUer
the year, you/''sRould file a re-'i^ ■
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Glisson was di’iving the 1940
Chevrolet coach owned by J. T.
Parnell, on the , turnpike road
north of Raeford. He was going ' center at New Windsor,
east and left the road between j clohing and shoes
the old Upchurch 'High sch^l | relief than any other-state in
site and the crossroads at Jess | Union. -'Detailed plans will
Dunlap’s filling station. He got announced later, according to
i
the car back^M the road and
went off the otner side and turn
ed over, .Recording to Sam Swann,
the only witness. No mechanical
defects \yere found . that could
have caused the accident and
Parnell drove the ar back to Rae
ford after' turning it back over.
There were no other vehicles
Chairman Upchureh.
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americAn legion
FISH FRY MONDAY >
Clyde Upchurch, Jr. comman
der of the Elliis Williamson Amer
ican Legion post here, announced
yesterday that ^tb’e post would
coming or going, according to ^ meeting^ and fish fry at
turn. Since airy' farm expenses
may be deducted along with the
personal e.xemptions of $500 for
self, $500'for wife,, and $500 for
each dependent relative, this .wn'ill
mean that a. large number of
•farmers will not have to pay any
tax. However, there is a severe
penalty for not filing a return.
Farmers should study toe in
structions issued with ' the in
come tax forrtfh and take all le
gal deductions, Mr. Ratchford
said.
Maxton, N. C. Ja^aiy S-^’The
successful comE|l6tioi:i|oL4lie cam
paign of Presibyto^n Ji^nior
College for-“^50,000 endowment
to meet the financial require
ments for membership in,*, '^he
Southern A^ociation of Colleges
and Secondary Sefeodg^^as an
nounced today by Mr: Howki^ate
of Laurinburg, chairman olMh
Board of Trustee'of Tresbytor
ian Junior College. Pate ex
pressed thanks, in tfie name of
toe trustees, to all those whose
gifts and efforts helped make the
campaign a success. The closing
date was Decembzer 31st. Sev
eral days of grace are fieing al
lowed to permit receipts of late
donations-before the final tabu
lation is announced. On January
1st there' was $3446.00 pledges,
$43,540.00 in liyipg endowment,
and' $103,410.02 in^icash and in
vested funds, making a total of
$150,096.02. It was hoped • late
gifts would provide the funi'^
margin above the minimuidl
needs..
The statem.ent released for Mr.
Pate was: is a pleasure "to an
nounce the success of the cam
paign. We hope other gifts will
still be sent in so as- to provide
a gratifying margin 'above to®
minimum goal. In the nagie of
the trustees of (Presbyterian Ju
nior College I Wish to expjre^fe
our thanks to all those who gave
of their rpeans and time. "Tljis
endowment will pern%it member
ship in the regional a^rediting
association and gives^We coUege
afded stability and assured p^-
manency. The new year opens a
door of opportunity for ij-eater
educational excellence and in
creasing service to young people.”
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Funeral Tuesday For
1948 officers and directors of
the Raeford K-iiwanis .club were
installecj; a^the club’s annual
Ladies Ni^R at the hall here last
Thursday, January 1.
irent of the club is
church, who su^eeds K. A. Mac
Donald. Robert Gatlin is the ne-v
vice-president and Hinton Mc-
Phaul ie ■ secretary-'tr.easurer for
another year.
On the incoming board of di-
Clyde Upchurch, Jr'.,
M.,-JG. Dew Marion Gatlin, Bill
Heyward, Julius Jordan, Dick
Neeley and 6ob Lewis
R. B. Lewis," retiring lieuten’-
ant-governor of the fourth Ki-
wanis district, conducted the in
stallation of the n^- lieutenant
governor, Ira Ford, of Smitofield.
fe-^Ford then conducted toe in
stallation of the local officers.
101 Kiwanfens and ladies en
joyed a bountiful dinner of ham.
turkey and accessories and a
program which was ably , handled
by toastmaster NeilUA. McDonald.
Attendance awards were present-
eH~tbrlcrwaniians by retiring pres-
^ident Kenneth MacDonald and
^^etal appropriate gifts ‘were de
livered by Past President Marcus
Smitto
The speaker of the evening was
Cullbn Johnson^l^f Raleigh. After
being introduced by Hinton Mc-
Phaul, Mr. Johnson presented a
highly interesting prograi^^f hq-
mor and stunts. In a serious Vein
Form Coi^perat
At Coorthouse
Last Friday P. M.
PREPARE CONTRACT FOB
AMERICAN WRINGER
C^OMPANY
ding
rherican
Wopfi^cketi
50" persons
and from a
On Friday >(i,ight, January 2, a
meeting whic'n had been galled-
b^vy-tij^Raeford'Chamber of Com
merce was held ■ to the court
house for/the purpose of forming
a corporatJeb\tO\8i&i;;^i;uct a buil-
the A-
rompany ' of
Island. iMtout
fended "the miaeting
of those wh^^ad
subscribed stock in the propped
corporation the following teni^r
tive board of directors was elect
ed: H. L. Gatlin, Jr., J. L. Mc
Neill, C. L. Thomas, R. B. Lewis,
Ryan McBryde, Tom Cameron,
Neill A. McDonald, W. M.
'Thomas, W. P. Baker, J.-W. Me-.
Phaul" and M,. C. Dew.
These directors then held a
meeting and decided to nam?' the
new company the “Hoke County
Development Corporation.” The
following officers were elected;
Ryan McBryde, president, J. L.
McNeill, vice - president, Tom
Cameron, secretary, and.H. L. Gat- '
lin, Jr., treasurer.
At thagteettog J. L. McNeill,
chairman^^^^committee which
had sought, stock sub^riptions
for toe corporation, reported that i
for a moment he paid an eloqu- ^ total of $50,925.00.*; had been
HOKE HIGH
SCHOOL NEWS
F',ine*)nil services were conduct
ed iii the Raeford Presbyterian
church at eleven o’clock Tues
day morntng .for Miss Myrtle
Mi’ler, 29, who died in a Char
lotte hospital Saturday afternoon
after a "long illness. She was at
home last week but was carried !
to the hospitol on Friday. The
services were Conducted by the
Rev. J. W. ManSv pastor of the
Antioch Presb3rteriailvchurch, as
sisted by the Rev. J. Dv Whisnant
and the Rev. "W. B. Heysq^d.
Burial services were . icon
ed at Pleasant Hill church nea^
Dillon, S. C. at two o’clock Tues-'
daj;. and burial Was in the J*lea-
ent tribute to toe late President
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Muill File
Month For New
Weed ^llotipents
^All eligibW’^oducers imta
ed in applying for a ‘‘new grewer
tobacco allotment shoul’d'Tile an
application 'at-toe-^foke Con
AAA office prior to February 1,
1948, T. D. Potter, Chairman,
Hoke County AAA Committee said
here^today. “.
He pointed out that in order
to be eligible for a new grower
tobacco allotment, the following
conditicftis my^st be met: (1) ,The
farm operator ^hall have had ex
perience, in growing the kind of
tobacco for which an allotinent
is requested either as a share
cropper, tenant, or as a farm op
erator during two of t^e past five
years. Ah' applicant^ho was in
the ■ Arm^d Services shall be
d.eemed to have, met the require
ments if he has had experience
in growing tobacco -during one
y/ar either ^vith in the five years
immediately prior to his . entry
into the service 'df singe hjs cis-
chra'ge from the armed se:-vices:
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.2). The farm .pdvratiw shall be
livir.g on 'the farm and largely
dependent on this'fa:-m for his
livelihood: .3) The farm covered'
by the application shall be the
only farm ow-ned or operated by
(the'farm operator which any
tobacco, is produces: (4) No kind
of tobacco other than' the kind
for*whicij application for an allot
ment wilPbe grown .on such farm
in 1948.
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subscribed up to that time an'd
that he felt that his figure could
be raised to at lea§t, $69,009. '
Arpangfem^s e * .mads to
ediately app^'to the Secre-
of State for a charter for
corporation and a committee
appointed by the president
ee to the preparation of a
contract with the American 'Wrin
ger Company.
FARM NOTES
By A. S., Knowles-
The N. C. Crop Improvement
Association will hold its annual
meeting and Seed Exposition in
Rocky Mount Thursday and Fri
day, January 8 apd'9. At this
,meeting, farmers -■ are to be
brought up to date on handlimg
their seed in the best possible
manner. Hundreds of samples of
crop seeds will be on exhibit. '
There are still several thou
sand loblolly pine seedlings a-
vailable through the State For
ester that should be' set within
the next fe\v weeks. Ho’ke Coun
ty -farmers should take stock of.
their forests and ■ determine if
they could use some - of these
seedlings.' 100 .-will set an acre,
and (they costs only $2.50 de
livered.
Swann. The Stote Highway Pa
trol majde an investigation.
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METHODIST MEN WILL
MEET FRIDAY NIGHT
The men of the Methodist
church will hold their .regular
supper meeting at toe Upchurch
airport here on Friday flight be
ginning at seyeno!clpc^Speak
er for the occasi^^wiilbe Char
les G. Rose, Jr., attorney and
mayor of Fayetteville. All men
of the church, are expected.
the Upchurch airpo-t at six-thir
ty o’c’oek next Monday night.
He invites all members and in
terested veterans to attend and
states that the fish are already
paid for. He further stated that
the meeting will be over in time
for members of toe National
Guard to get to their regular drill
at 7:30.
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An occasional, application of
lime ,and phosphate and potash
to t^ie (pasture •will encourage
the growth of the more desirable
pasture plants.
The formal daoce ol the Teen- Hill cemetery
age Club held In the gymnaeium
1 + 1 ;Mrs; Mary Burns Miller of Rae-
Sa^urday evening of last week i
,.rr,c. n"" 0+1. J-J uir J I for; by five brothers, Tom' Mille:
was well attended. Mesdames ’ r .
! of Lumberton, A. W. and Harve;
Miller*-.of Dillon, S. C., Henslee'
Miller of Purvis, S. C., and "Ver
non Mi’ler of Red Springs; and
by five sisters, M:iss Marian Mil-
Lawrence McNeill, J., H. Blue,
Younger Snead, and C. L. Thomas
served as chaperones.
The members of the/journalism
Club will participate in the 'Wbrid
Peace and Speaking program of
1948 which is sponsored by the
local Ban Association. Mrs. Ar-;
tour D. ^re is supervisor of the
contest i^he high, school.
The BetaXoiub met Tuesday in
room numWr 10 for its .January
meeting. OaTlenp Freeman, pres-v
ident, t)resided over the flieeting.
Announcements- were made con
cerning the State convention
(Continued on Page S) .
SIGN TWO
FQli 1948 SEASON -
ler of Raeford and" Rocky Mount;
Mrs. W. C. MoMinis and Mrs.
Mary Meares of Portsmouth, Va.,
Mrs. Cora Hall of Rocky Mount
and Mrs. -Bessie McCormick of
Hamer, S. C..
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Many Tar Heel farm families
will not ha'ye to pay any in^me
ta»c, Mr. Ratchford said, but the
, greater majority of them will
I have to. file a return.
Bu-siness Manage;- Tom Cope, of
the Red Springs Red Robins, an
nounced this w.eek that two ad
ditional players had been recent
ly signed for the 1948 baseball
season in which* the clup intends
to^nlake' a big effort to leave the
bot^m of the Tobacco State Lea
gue wmch they occupied most, of
last season., ■ ’ .
The new men-' are Robert R.
“Peanut” Doak, baseball coach at
PJC, and Robert Lee Slaughter
of Roxboro, brother of toe famous
Enc^ Slaughter of the St. Louis
CardiMls. Doak is da veteran of
toe Eastern, a . Class % league afl(
has also played witm interstaje
and Coastal Plains leagues. He
is a left handed piitqjher
switch hitter. Slaughter is an
outfielder.
A public hearing on a proposed
peagh marketing aCTeement will
be held in Rockin^iam-^ at the
Courthouse on January 8 and. -9.
This hearing will give peach
growers an - opportunity to ex-
ppgss their opinions on the a-
greement plan.
Fires destroyed,' more than
$100,000,000 worth of farm pro
perty in America during- 1947.
I^rjiers are urged to put fire pre-,
vention and potection practices!
to work vigorously this year. The
only way -that' we are going to
successfully combat fires in 1948
is to take all possible -^steps tp
prevent fires and to provide all-
possible protection against fires.
The following suggestions have
'been helpful when followed;
1. Keep your farm clean. Good
houseke^ing in and around %11
buildings will_ automatically -get
of'fire hazards.
2. Make regular checks on all
electrical equipment and circuits.
'Worn electrical wiring should be
replaced.
gnceep al! heating unMs in
/ (Continued «a hack vage)
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