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Newspaper

Petal Paper

Location

Petal, Mississippi, United States of America

Date

Jul 18, 1957

Page

4

Encampment Planned at Keesler Air Base in August

Explorers of Pine Burr Area Council Boy Scouts of America plan the annual encampment at Keesler Air Force Base from August 4 to 10 1957. Registration deadline extended to July 26 with Col Miles Barnett and Herman Cowart in charge. The program includes an airplane flight boat trip to Ship Island firing range electronics school tours and advancement work with a total cost of 10 dollars and a 2 dollar reservation.

Explorers of Pine Burr Boy Scouts of America Keesler Air Force Base Selby Bowling Miles Barnett Herman Cowart Ship Island Hattiesburg

Mississippi family proves small farm can show profit

S. D. Bibb of Drew demonstrates a diversified farm model yielding higher per acre returns than single crop operations. Starting with 40 acres in 1938, he expanded to 80 acres by 1951, combining cotton, corn, cattle, sheep, hogs, poultry, and lamb sales with hens as a steady income source.

Extension and Soil Conservation Departments S. D. Bibb Drew

Mississippi Prof Wins Grants for Plankton Research

Dr. Robert A. Woodmansee, associate professor of biology at Mississippi Southern College, receives two research grants totaling 2935 dollars from the National Science Foundation and the Atomic Energy Commission. The funds support studying plankton communities along the salinity gradient from Davis Bayou to Mississippi Sound, Biloxi Bay, and Ocean Springs.

Robert A. Woodmansee Mississippi Southern College National Science Foundation Atomic Energy Commission Davis Bayou Ocean Springs Biloxi Bay Mississippi Sound

Woodmansee to attend August meetings on East and West Coasts

Dr. Woodmansee will confer with Sadie and attend the American Institute of Biological Sciences annual meeting in Palo Alto California August 25 29. He plans conferences at Bingham Oceanographic Laboratory New Haven Woods Hole and Narragansett Marine Laboratory all in August while based at Gulf Coast Research Laboratory Ocean Springs. A native of South Miami Florida he married with two daughters.

Woodmansee Re- Sadie New England American Institution of Biological Sciences Palo Alto Calif Bingham Oceanographic Laboratory New Havven Ocean Springs Southerm University of Miami Fla Western Reserve Cleveland Southern South Miami

Hippopotamus Meat Tastes Like Beet, Leftovers Plentiful

The readable text notes that hippo meat is palatable with a beet-like flavor and that there are ample leftovers. No additional context or sourcing details are provided.

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