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P. C FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1950 PAGE THRES id Dr. B. B. McGulre, District Health Or er, announces the result of the phjJcal .examinations conducted this ed.ool year through December, 1949. Ilia report follows: SC9 white children of the first and third grade and repeaters in. all the grades of certain schools have been examined. ' 333 colored children iwere also examined which is a total of 1322. Invitations are sent, in advance of the school physician's coming, to all the parents asking that they be present for the examinations., 377 parents of the white children were present or 38 and 144 colored par ents of a total of 333 examinations were present or 43. In a good health program 80 of the parents . should be present. ' . ' "One hundred white children or 10 are retarded, or failed to pass one or mora grades. 90 colored children or 27 are retarded. 157 or 16 white - and 12 of the colored have seriously diseased temporary teeth. . 15 of the white and 8 of the colored have ' seriously, diseased permanent teeth, which are 6 year molars in most in- stances. 6 white and 2 colored ' have abscessed teeth. "21 of the white and 3 of the "colored have had tonsils and adenoids removed. Approximately 12 white ' and . 12 of the colored have very ' much enlarged or seriously infected ' tonsils and adenoids, the removal of which the school physician strongly recommends. - " Of the white children 28 or 3 have , de'finite or very suspicious heart di sease, while 21 or 6 of the colored ; have Small Pox scars. From these figures we may learn certain new -facts and gain confirmation, of previ oua contentions in other instances. (1) Colored parents deem more in- terested in their children's health as - indicated by the greater' per cent of parents present. . - (2 , Tar more colored children re . ' peat grades. .., -. (3) Colored children have better teeth than white. Why, we don't know. Possibly they have less gummy candy to eat-that sticks to the teeth. (4) Far more colored children Have heart disease - . ' - (5) A far feigher number of white have' had their tonsils and adenoids removed. '" v (6) 13 or 14 -per cent of our school children do not have Small rox scars. TLey can not legally Le in school without the scar. , Some have been vaccinated but had no "take." Far too many children have never been vacci nated at alL - . " 'A most, pleasant observation is that your children whose tonsils and adenoids have been .removed have cleaner throats than at any place I have worked for some years. Without taking into account: (1) variations in height and weight (which has little or no meaning to me any how). (27 Possible defective vision (3) Possible defective ' bearing, the following Perquimans children show no defects: "Winfall school: first grade, Thom as Stanton,. Carson JSpivey, Carroll McDonald; third . grade, - Patricia White; Hertford 'Grammar, first grade, Linda Earle'Bass, Carlyle Woodard; third grade, John Winslow, Gloria Stalling. "Galatia School, fourth grade, Joe Harrell. . These children and their parents have our heartiest congratulations. Many other children have only slight defects such as small cavities in the temporary teeth, unclean teeth and scalp." . - Crop, Seed Meeting To Attract Over 500 More than 500 persons are expected to gather on the- State College camp us in Raleigh Thursday and Friday, January 26-27, for the annual State Seed Exposition and meetings of the State Crop Improvement Association, Foundation Seed Producers, Inc., and State 100 Bushel Corn Club. Principal speaker will be L. F. Gra- ber of Madison, Wis., agronomist of the Wisconsin College, of Agriculture and president of the American Society of Agronomy. He will discuss "Foun- bution, and Certification." Junior farmers of the State will participate in the 14th annual. Future. Farmers of America crops contest and the 4-H Club corn, speaking cont2st. Competition in the' crops contest will be open to the first and second high scoring teams from each of the 44 FFA federations. Competing in the speaking event will be 4-H members who produced 100 or more per acre on their 1949 corn projects. Attending the annual "corn champ ions' banquet." '; sponsored by the Foundation Seed Producers, will be the FFA, 4-H member, adult farmer, land veteran trainee producing the highest corn yields in each county, to gether with their supervisors. Prizes will be awarded .to 1949 corn contest winners, including D wight Williams of Haywood County, mountain and State - i I i i 2 illliill SATURDAY NIGHT FOB THIS TANK At the Army's Aberdeen Proving Ground this M-26 (Patton Tank) gets a thorough bath to test the waterproofing of engines and the sealing of hatches to hold out water. It plunges in with its fording device, demonstrating how deep streams may be crossed. (Department of Defense photo). wanner; Dale Uainey of Wayne Coun ty, Coastal Plain winner; and harlie Barbee of Stanly County, Piedmont winner. Several hundred new members will be included into the 100 Bushel Corn Club, of which F. L. Albritton of Le noir County is president. In the Seed Exposition, ribbons and cash prizes will be offered to Crop Improvement Association members for the best exhibits of seed and crops. More People Inquire About North Carolina Inquiries from 23,989 people in every state in the Union, the Dis trict of Columbia, and 68 foreign countries and territories were serviced dation Seed Stock Production. Distri-ibv the State Advertising Division of the Department of Conservation and Development during the six months period ended December 31. This was 1.646 more than , handled during the same period in 1948, according ito the semr-annual report of the State Ad vertising Director Charles Parker. One inquiry was received from Czechoslovakia, 2 from Poland and 3 from 'Finland, but none of the other countries behind the Iron Curtain were heard from. On .the other hand, subjects of na tions in the British Empire showed increasing interest in North Carolina both as a place to visit and m which to settle. Canada led the list with 456 inquiries; England was next with 129; the Island of Malta sent six in quiries. Australia was heard from 87 times , and New Zealand 44. From the Philippines 168 inquiries r " C ' " 3 P" Zzzh tdcesayv SKCIAl XZZllttQ mtchlact at Sinclair IIuv Vld, L:t3 toJ csat jnodara' laboratories clack constantly a quality ot txrzlxm la&asj.Er-srtfKrsdi aenn Opaline IZaae C2 and Gear Lubricants to m- i- 1- o U Cst pforfaca yea try a Eladr' taxtTonUttwxlmmpcouctkmtejxmtcu. yci.: r:?n errs criAowsar W modra t!-TVr tcrrrci o Lrr? yocr bsszx : 0 were received, and from Hawaii 24. Tiny Luxemburg accounted for 3 in quiries, Israel 3, Japan 8, and West Germany 26. Foreign inquiries totaled 1,744. As usual, the greatest number of domestic inquiries came from New York 2,693. North Carolina was next with 2,189. Pennsylvania was third with 1,415 and Ohio ranked fourth with 1,238. The fewest inquiries were received from Nevada only 14. Try The Weekly's Classified Ads lm?orteit That Tests Of Soil Are Made Jy Farmers Soil testing is the only means by which farmery can determine the lime needs and other plant food needs of their soil, says C. W. Overman, County Agent. Liming fields without a soil test is haphazard and oiten lime results in unnecessary expense. "This is the season of the year when farmers have time to take soil sam ples of their fields, send them in to the State Department of Agriculture for analyzation, get back the reports and apply the lime needed," says Mr. Overman. "Dolomitic lime is usually recommended by the Soil Testing Laboratory because it contains ap proximately one-half calcium oxide and one-half magnesium oxide and we find that magnesium is needed on a large percentage of our soil. Shell lime contains calcium oxide only. "Soil containers and field history sheets may be obtained free of charge at your County Agent's office, from your Vocational Agricultural teacher or from Soil Conservatiionist. The only cost to the farmer is the small amount of postage necessary for mailing the samples. On the back of the field history sheets is complete instructions for taking soil samples, also anyone of your agricultural agencies will be glad to explain the proper method of taking samples." "A summary of the soil tests made from Chowan County soils during the period July 1, 1947 to June 30, 1948, showed that 30 of these soils were low to very low in calcium, 17 low to very low in potash. On the other hand, 70 of .the soils were medium to high in calcium, 83 were medium to high in magnesium, 72 were medium to high in phosphorous and 35 were medium to high in potash. These figures indicate that quite a number of fields show a need for lime, yet not all of them by any means. In general we are running low in potash and this element particularly needs to be increased for cotton and peanuts." Dolomitic lime should be applied at least 60 days or more before Che crop is planted, the sooner the better. Overman urges farmers to utilize some of their time during this slack period in taking soil samples and hav ing their soil analyzed so that they will not be liming and fertilizing in the dark. Deaths On Highways Cause Terrible Loss Highway deaths, injuries and prop erty damage cost North Carolina ap proximately $74,000,000 during 1949, the Department of Motor Vehicles has estimated. The estimate was based on a formu la worked out from the National Safe ty Council's publication, "Accident Facts' which places the cost per death at approximately $88,000. The unofficial total of killed in highway accidents in 1949 was 842. The $88,000 figure takes into consid eration that a proportionate number of injuries and accidents occur for each death. After INVENTORY 7 Of Men's and Boys' Clothing AT SIMON' We are overstocked in our Clothing Department and are forced to sacrifice our profit and at the same time make room for our new Spring clothes. Entire stock of Men's and Boys' Suits and some Top Coats go on sale. FQR TEN DAYS ONLY, STARTING FRIDAY, JANUARY 27th ANY SUIT SOLD FOR $37.50 ATranKfirs We Will Be Glad to Put Away a Suit You Pick Out at Sale Price With a Small Deposit Until You Get Your Check. ANY SUIT SOLD FOR $39.75 Now On Sale For $23.75 SPECIAL FOR THIS SALE t ONLY! ALL $1.50 TIES EACH ONE LOT OF 1 ' . MEN'S FANCY v-.; S. DRESS SHIRTS $3.00 AND $3.50 SHIRTS 1 ONE LOT OF ROLL FRONT SUITS $27.95 BBBBBBlKaBBBBBnEBBSBBBl ONE LOT OF MEN'S SUITS $25.75 VALUED MUCH MORE ONE LOT OF GABARDINE , SPORT SHIRTS $2.98 REGULAR $3.98, SHIRTS Now On Sale For $30.75 B,0 Y S ' SUITS $12.95 REGULAR $18.50 SUITS ONE LOT OF ALL WOOL TOP COATS $14.95 I'M QM S ' Hertford, N. G. .k;
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