Tuberculosis Clinic Offered by Cleveland County Health Department
The Cleveland County Health Department will hold its annual tuberculosis clinic in July at the City Mall Red Cross Office. Free Friday tests for TB exposure will screen residents, with follow up guidance for those testing positive. Teachers nurses food handlers and industrial workers are urged to participate and anyone in contact with a TB case should test before the second week of July.
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Cleveland County Health Department
Red Cross
Traffic Hazards In Vacation Season
Ronald Hocutt director of the Highway Safety Division warns North Carolina drivers to curb dangerous behavior this summer. If trends continue about 300 residents may die in traffic crashes between Memorial Day and Labor Day. He cites last summer’s toll of YO8 in June 64 in July and 82 in August and urges careful driving and no drinking until Labor Day.
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Ronald Hocutt
Highway Safety Division
North Carolina
Memorial Day
Eibor
Sumners
Tomato Industry Sees Higher Prices for Canner Crops
Tomato producers anticipate a 50 percent rise in canning output to meet growing domestic and Allied demand. Price gains from $2.75 to $3 per ton over 1940 contract prices could lift average grower prices to about $14.50 to $14.75 per ton, though sizable regional variations are expected. The Federal Surplus Marketing Administration plans early canner offers to secure new acreage and increased quantities under the higher price regime.
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H. R. Nissenger
N.C. State College
Browers
U.S. Bureau of Agricultural Economies
Niswenger
Federal Surplus Marketing Administration
SMA
Housewives Blanket Storage Tips From Home Expert
Miss Pauline Gordon of State College advises washing and storing wool blankets in warm weather. Use lukewarm water not exceeding 90 degrees, soft neutral soap, and borax to soften hard water. Squeeze gently, do not twist, and air or fold to protect the nap from crushing.
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Pauline Gordon
State College
Atiss Gordon
All Hens To Produce For National Defense
National Defense Program calls for an egg production surge this spring and summer. C F extension poultryman urges a six percent rise, advising larger flocks, better feeding, cool houses, and replacing nonlayers. Plans aim for about 10 million cases of 30 dozen eggs yearly nationwide.
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National Defense Program
C.F. Extension Poultryman ” of College
Department of Agriculture
Parrish
State College
Rural notes weave through farm paths and prices
Tweasne County sheep Grow ers Association maintains its own insurance against sheep killing dogs. Harms paid last year on 12 animals, says C. J. Rich, farm agent. Farmers now market their 1941 wood clips at higher prices, per the U S Bureau of Agricultural Economies. The seventh year of rural electrification shows nearly three times as many farm families with central station power as in 1955. A wheat marketing quota to distribute the limit and curb surplus has been proclaimed by the Secretary of Agriculture. Caldwell County rural families file 2116 applications for 3265 mattresses under the mattressmaking program. Transylvania County farmers value potash on black bottom soils, says Edwin Shoge.
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Tweasne County
U.S. Bureau of Agricultural Economies
Secretary of Agriculture
Caldwell Couty
Max A. Culp
Transvania County
Edwin Shoge
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