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FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1956 FOREST RANGER INJURED BY FIRE 'TO REPRESENT N. C. AT NEW ORLEANS A North Carolina forest ranger, who almost lost his life in a woods fire that was deliberately set, is going to the Southern Forest Fire Prevention Conference in New Or leans, April 13-14 as a living sym bol of all those who fight woodland blazes in the South. Paul Holland, now foreman at the Little River Nursery operated by the Department of Conserva tion and Development’s Forestry Division near Goldsboro, is the Tar Heel chosen out of all South ern forest firefighters to attend the conference called for the Louis iana city in the hope of doing something to stamp them out. Holland, who lost all the fingers of both hands and also suffered serious body burns in the incen diary blaze started by a woods arsonist near Asheville in late 1952, is having his expenses paid by the conference’s sponsors—the principal woodusing industries of the South. He will be given a plaque at New Orleans typifying not only what he has done to fight forest fires but what all other Southern forest firefighters have likewise done and will continue to do to cut down losses from woods fires. “This South-wide effort to be made at the New Orleans confer ence to make the public more con scious of the heavy losses in for est fires to the general economy is something that is long over due”, said State Forester Fred H. Claridge. Statistics show, Claridge said, that 85 out of every 100 wildfires in the nation’s forests are in the South. Out of every 100 acres of woodland lost to fire, 89 are i* the South, and 94 out of every 100 fires deliberately set are in the South. “Now it is conservatively esti mated,” North Carolina’s State Forester added, “that for every dollar’s worth of timber burned, seven dollars are lost to the South’s economy in payrolls, in come and taxes from the sale and distribution of the products that could have been manufactured.” A thousand Southern business and civic leaders, judges, legisla tors, prosecuting attorneys, other law enforcement officials, educa tors, and community leaders are expected to attend the New Or leans conference. Claridge said. Phone 2560 P. F. CRANK. JR. CONSULTING FORESTER REGISTERED LAND SURVEYOR Point Harbor, N. C. Radio - Television SERVICE and z REPAIR All Makes and Models MANTEO Furniture Co. Phone 51-J i 1 H:es for this quality were never lower! *18«i rscappabl* tlra " , . 4.70x15 Fit Your Present Wheels—No Extras To Buy! 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A varied pro gram of music, talks, pantomimes and other numbers will be pre sented by members of the Sunday School and adult of the church. Rev. W. S. Keeys, of Jamesville, will be present and a rally will be held in connection with the special program. Rev. Keeys is regular pastor of the church, coming once a month for services. MRS. JOANNA B. CAHOON OF KILKENNY SUCCUMBS a Funeral services for Mrs. Joanna Brickhouse Cahoon of Kilkenny in Tyrrell County, who died Sunday morning at the home of her daugh ter, Mrs. Martha Hudson, near Elizabeth City, were conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. from the Christian Church at Kilkenny by the Rev. Walter P. Armstrong, assisted by the Rev. Joe Brick house; burial was in the Brick house Cemetery alongside her late husband, Charles H. Cahoon. Mrs. Cahoon was a native of Kilkenny and had lived all her life in Tyr rell County. She is survived by two daugh ters, Mrs. Martha Hudson and Mrs. Bessie Johnson, both of Elizabeth City; three sons, Lindon Cahoon of Fairfield, Kelly Cahoon of Eng elhard, and Bennie Cah'on of Bos ton, Mass.; one sister, Mrs. Natt Weatherly of Columbia; and three brothers, Ed Brickhouse of Hick ory, Va., Ben Brickhouse of Nor folk, Va., and Gus Brickhouse of Fairfield. APRIL FOOL PARTY FOR MANTEO REBEKAHS Manteo .Rebekah Lodge No. 51 will hold its regular meeting April 2, at 8 p.m. An April Fool party will be included in the program. D. L. Cannady will give instructions in Judo for the benefit of the members interested in this kind of protection. Noble Grand, Salina Midgett, re quests the presence of all mem bers, an interesting and education al meeting is expected. APPLE SQUARES A LA MODE P 11 ■fa fafaLwa Eight inch square pan; 9 serv ings; 350° preheated oven, 20-25 minutes. Two cups crushed cornflakes; 1 teaspoon vanilla; % cup butter, melted; % teaspoon cinnamon; 2 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar; *4 cup finely chopped nuts; 2 cups applesauce; 14 cup firmly packed light brown sugar; % cup sugar; 1 tablespoon melted butter. Combine crushed cornflakes, the ’4 cup melted butter and confec tioners’ sugar. Mix well. Put THE LOWLY EARTHWORM NOW BECOMES IMPORTANT Both Fishing and Farming Give Him Special Consideration As Spring Comes On. Washington.—Again with spring at hand, people turn to the earth worm as a lure- for fish and a fertilizer of gardens. Sometimes called fishworms, angleworms, nightcrawlers, dew worms and rain worms, the multi tudinous wigglers have served mankind since antiquity, the Na tional Geographic Society says. Cleopatra guarded the rich Nile . Valley worms as a state secret. . Naturalist Charles Darwin doubted [ “whether there are many other , animals which have played so im portant a part in the history of the world as have these lowly or -7 ganized creatures.” Others have called them the world’s first , plowmen, chemists, irrigation sys tems and fertilizer factories. From burrows lacing the soil, the worms venture to the surface at night to feed on decaying plants and other organic material. Some times they drag the provender un derground to eat at Insure. The digested product is a black sub stance called earthworm castings, a powerful natural fertilizer. Some authorities say that fruit and vegetables grown in such enriched soil have more flavor and often greater size. Prodigious Workers The worms’ burrows help the °arth to hold air and moisture. Upward of 50,000 earthworms in habit each acre, Darwin estimated. Over 15 tons of soil per acre may be brought to the surface each year by the untiring “cultivators.” Earthworms came into commer cial importance in recent years. An Ohio fishing-tackle firm re cently ordered 25,000,000 lobworms (lugworms that burrow in sandy places) from England. Millions of Egyptian worms have been export ed to the United States to fertilize soils. A Washington, D. C., fishing hobbyist decided to raise a few for his personal use, later to find himself in the earthworm business with an inventory of 2,000,000 worms. An Arlington, Va., resident some years ago treated his barren back yard with earthworm castings. Today, tomato vines climb almost to the eaves of his bungalow. His flowers are the envy of his neigh bors. A New York City student earned his way through college selling wornjs to anglers. A “worm farm” near Hereford, England, sold more than 1,000,000 specimens between last June and September to fish ermen seeking trout, perch, roach and grayling. The redder worms are, anglers say, the more attrac tive they are to fish. To satisfy increasing demands, worms often are packed in tins with preparations that feed and insulate them from undue heat and cold. Tins for individno’ ermen may contain only a hundred specimens. Huge commercial snip ments for fishing interests and agriculturists move by truck or train. Worms As Food Earthworms live in all parts of the world where conditions are favorable. They have been found at 10,000-foot elevations in the Andes Mountains. In Australia worms sometimes grow 10 feet long as compared to the 10-inch whopper of the United States. Some peoples, including the Maoris of New Zealand, use .worms for food. Twin-tailed African earthworms have been raised at the New York -Zoological Park as feed for duck billed platypuses. The double-tail ed kind occurs perhaps once among every 500 of the creatures. One of the worms, outdoing its own kin showed tap iHth three tails. ’ THE COASTLAND TIMES, MANTEO, N. C. aside % cup of the mixture for topping. Pat remaining cornflake mixture into the bottom of an 8 inch square pan. Mix applesauce, sugar, the 1 tablespoon melted but ter, vanilla and cinnamon and pour into crust. Mix the % cup of cereal ’mixture with the chopped nuts and brown sugar and sprinkle over the applesauce filling. Bake in a 350° preheated oven for 20- 25 minutes. Serve warm or cold with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream. UNIFORM EXCHANGE Through recent years there have been many boys, who, as they have grown older, have droped out of the local scout troop and gone their seperate ways. However, in the time they were active scouts, most of them purchased uniforms, and find now that they are of no use to them. It has been requested this week that those boys or par ents who have uniforms no longer needed, give or sell those uniforms to Troop 165. Those uniforms that are received will be repaired and alterated and re-sold to boys who cannot afford a brand new uniform at this time or will soon be Explorer Scouts and do not Wish to go to the ex pense of buying a new scout uni form. These uniforms will be ap preciated by the boys. The money received from the sale of these uniforms will go toward building the campsite and meeting area of the Scouts on the north end of Roanoke Island. Those having uniforms to give or sell at a reduced prize, should contact Mrs. John D. Earle, tele phone Manteo 188-W2 or call Mr. j Earle at his office, telephone 236.1 ADVERTISE Not Once and Stop- But Keep It Up! This Newspaper X , Covers Your Trade Territory... X/VVV\/VVVVVX/\AAAA/VVVVVVA/\A*/VVVVVVVVV\/VV\/VVVVVV\/VV\/V/VXA/VVVVVVVVVX/WV Big Firms spend millions every year advertising until they become nationally known and then 1 keep it up. They want to meet competition in * order to exist, to grow and make a profit MRS. DOR. AUSTIN, NATIVE OF AVON DIES IN NORFOLK Mrs. Dorcas Austin, 83, widow of Joseph F. Austin, died at the residence, 1404 West 37th St., Norfolk, Monday, after a long illness. She was the daughter of the late Washington W. and Mrs. Miller Scarborough, and was a na tive of Avon. She had been a resi dent of Norfolk for the past 50 years, and was a member of the Zion Methodist Church. She is survived by four daugh ters, Mrs. J. E. Powell, Mrs. C. P. Laquia, Mrs. Peter Miller, all of Norfolk; Mrs. A. T. Smith, of Richmond, a step-daughter, Mrs. Emma Payne, of Stumpy Point; one son, A. J. Austin, of Norfolk; nine grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. The body was removed to the Derry-Twiford Funeral Home, where funeral services were con ducted Thursday at 2:30 p.m., the Rev. Earl I. Lewis, minister of Zion Methodist Church, officiating. Burial followed in Forest Lawn Cemetery. AUXILIARY OF AMER. LEGION ENTERTAINS LEG. MEMBERS On Tuesday night, members of the A.L.A. unit No. 211 of Engel hard held a joint birthday meet ing honoring the 37th birthday of the American Legion and the 9th birthday of the local auxiliary. Words of greeting were extended by the president of the A.L.A., Mrs. Lillian Spencer, Leon Bal lance gave the response for the I Legion members. Patriotic songs | NOTICE All residents of the Dare Beaches Sanitary District and and others interested in a central water supply system and fire protection are invited to attend an information forum to be held at the Town Hall in Kill Devil Hills, N. C., on Fri day night, March 30, 1956 at 8:00 P.M. The Sanitary District engineers, Commissioners and State and County Health Department representatives will be present to answer questions and discuss the proposed bond election. R. E. Jordan Chairman O. L. Baum Secretary C.-A. York Member were enjoyed and Mrs. Guy Gibbs gave, a talk on the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, after which Leon Ballance showed slides which were very interesting. Two birth day cakes graced the table which was made attractive. Sherwood X For Immediate Sale Best Year Around Restaurant Business On North Carolina's Famous Outer Banks Located at Buxton on Cape Hatteras ini” 1 in the Center of Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area Write or Call Buxton 105 BOYD GRAY, Owner-Operator Cape Point Restaurant Buxton, N. C. Selby cut the cake for the Legion ' after blowing out the candles. Mrs. Spencer cut the cake for the A. L.A.. Cake, coffee, mints and nuts were served. IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE PAGE FIVE
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