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Newspaper
Kings Mountain Herald
Location
Kings Mountain, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1952
Page
6
Herald presents THE CRANSTON a first floor plan with living room dinette kitchen dining three bedrooms bath and eight closets plus full basement. Dimensions 42 by 26 feet. Area 1112 square feet. For information contact Small House Planning Bureau St. Cloud Minnesota and Canada box 1193 St. John’s New Brunswick.
Question and answer discuss the best practical method against Fusarium wilt in tomatoes. The North experiment station suggests planting wilt resistant varieties. Common options include several named cultivars, with emphasis on resistant stock to reduce disease impact.
State College Extension expert J B Morris advises collecting eggs often to prevent quality loss. He recommends harvesting at least three times daily in warm weather with a wire basket for better air circulation to cool eggs quickly and remove heat.
Farmers planning to certify small grain in 1952 should review the NC Crop Improvement Association handbook. Dr. R P Moore, director, says the 1952 Certification Handbook outlines major changes in grain certification with updates for sorghum rice and peanuts. Copies available on request from Crop Improvement Association, NC State College, Raleigh.
Seaman Jack Moore Jr is undergoing recruit training at the U S Naval Training Center in San Diego California. He entered service March 5 1952 and is the son of Mr and Mrs Jack C Moore of Kings Mountain North Carolina. Training covers seamanship firefighting gunnery signaling and related Navy life courses with future assignments to Fleet stations shore billets or service schools.
Seven small grain field days are slated in North Carolina starting May 9. Sponsored by the Extension Service with the Experiment Station, Department of Agriculture, and Production and Marketing Administration. Plans emphasize cultural practices, storage, and marketing of small grains. Goals include 75 bushels per acre for oats, 35 for wheat, 60 for barley. Farmers are urged to attend by county dates, with options to join other dates if needed. Schedule on May 16 includes Piedmont Station in Iredell County at 9:45 am, and Gaston and Cleveland counties at 1:30 pm.
Funeral services were conducted Monday at 3 p.m. for Mrs. Marie Elizabeth Hullender of Lawndale, 39, wife of Charles Hullender, who died Saturday after five months of cancer. Burial followed at Bethlehem Baptist church cemetery. She was a Kings Mountain native and a Second Baptist member. Surviving are her husband, a son J. B. Hullender of Atlanta, a daughter Ruth Hallender at home, two brothers Elonzo Howell of Monroe and Leroy Howell of Lincolnton, and three sisters Molly Smith of Casar, Davie Riley of Kings Mountain, and Beulah Oaks of Lawndale. A note mentions a textile research apparatus for warmth properties of cotton and fabrics.
North Carolina 4 H clubs plan a May 18 Church Sunday with the theme Serving As Loyal Citizens Through 4-H. State leader L R Harrill notes a program by Rev J Boyer Brooks is distributed to clubs statewide. The annual observance emphasizes spiritual growth and adherence to love tolerance truth justice, loyalty, and duty.
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