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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1961
Page
10
A DIY guide advises not to repaint immediately for a dingy house. Best painting season is late summer to fall after siding dries. A five year plan suggests touching up rather than full repaint if recent paint remains intact. excessive coats may peel. Regular cleaning and light touch ups keep a neat appearance while chalking reveals a fresh look. Water washes help when weather misses spots.
Fall is ideal for cleanup and painting porch floors and steps each year. Use regular enamel on floors and trim paints on window sills shutters and doors for a fresh look while avoiding chalking over siding. Sand old trim before repainting and seal knots bleeding sap with shellac. Clean gutters and spouts, use rust resistant paint, and skip red lead priming. Use trisodium phosphate cleaning solution or a hose and brush to remove dirt, then rinse thoroughly.
The piece argues that proximity of production to consumption boosts health, strengthens the economy, and elevates culture, urging readers to support nearby farming initiatives. It highlights practical gains from shorter supply chains and fresher produce for communities.
Dr. Ernest J. Nesius, WVU dean, meets Beckley area leaders at 6 30 pm in the Terrace Room Beckley Winn Hotel to discuss the new USDA Rural Areas Development Program. Raleigh County joins a 17 district plan. headquarters location and cooperation with state federal agencies are on the agenda.
West Virginia University agricultural engineer Waldo E. Bell urges timely winterization of field gear. Clean tillage tools and mower parts, oil exposed surfaces, replace worn knives, remove and oil rollers, drain and refresh crankcase oil, treat spark plug holes, drain fuels, store or trickle-charge batteries, and check for needed repair parts to be ready for next season.
West Virginia observes National Farm City Week from November 17 to 23 under the banner Partners in Progress. State Chairman Foster Mullenax says the event will unite farm and city interests, stressing mutual understanding and pride in agriculture, labor, and industry. Raleigh County committee members named H B Thomas Charles Hodel O C Hutchinson Franklin Lilly and Hal Scott.
Farm Journal editors report a roughly 10 percent rise in net income for U S farmers in 1961, with total gross income above 45 billion dollars and net income near 13 billion. Drought areas in the Far West show weaker results while eggs milk soybeans cotton corn and hogs posted gains. beef cattle remained fair and certain Eastern crops faced trouble.
ASCS Election on October 19 will be followed by a Thursday meeting in Franklin Lilly’s office to choose three committee men and two alternates from each county for Raleigh and Wyoming.
The Kennedy administration plans to ask Congress to authorize federal marketing orders or new farm programs for any farm commodity. The move follows a speech by assistant agriculture secretary James T. Ralph, who noted the Omnibus Farm Act allows commodity groups to invite studies and proposals. Europe will host a major U S food fair in Hamburg November 10 to expand overseas demand, with Sec. Orville Freeman opening the exhibit. Over 1,500 American products will be displayed with private exhibitors. A blue mold tobacco disease in Europe threatens European tobacco production, raising imports from the United States and Rhodesia as tobacco demand grows.
The fourteenth State 4-H and FFA Baby Beef and Market Lamb Show and Sale will be at the State 4-H Camp at Jackson’s Mill near Weston October 31 to November 2, part of the 31st annual Livestock Roundup. Delivery by 3 p.m. Oct 31. Baby Beef show starts November 1 at 9 a.m.. Market Lamb Show Wednesday afternoon. showmanship contests November 2 at 9 a.m.. sale starts at 1 p.m. Auctioneer Col Howard Dawkins. About 80 baby beeves and 100 market lambs expected. most prime or choice. shipping fever vaccinated for steers.
Mercer County agricultural agent R E Harbert examined a rare tree in Nemours and later in the Mid Way section. Mrs E H Thompson owns it, having sprouted in her flower bed and regrown after a late May freeze. The tree sports enormous leaves up to 22 inches long and 32 inches wide, with growth reaching over 14 feet in summer. The species remains undetermined, and seeds may have arrived from the Philippines.
G Thompson of Beverly Randolph County won the Grand Championship with a Colorado blue spruce in the fourth annual Mountain State Forest Festival contest. A white pine Reserve Grand Champion was shown by Eugene Bailey of Princeton. Forty-two trees from 11 counties competed.
The Federal State Market News Service and Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture announce a new daily Western Pennsylvania Potato FOB Report starting October 16 from the Pittsburgh office. The bulletin will show terminal market wholesale prices, distribution patterns, movement, and FOB prices from competing areas and will be transmitted nationwide. Copies will be available daily after October 16 and requests go to the 501 Victory Building, Pittsburgh.
West Virginia's 1961 International Farm Youth Exchangee describes long farm days in Bavaria harvesting and threshing from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., now in Hessen loading manure spreaders with 21 loads hauled. He praises the dairy herd, noting Red Holsteins with strong temperaments, and reflects on packing and adjusting to a new home during his German stay.
Rumors that the government changed corn sale policy stirred grain trade as CCC reportedly asked 10 to 12 cents more than a week ago. CCC denied policy shift though cash and futures prices rose. Hog and cattle markets also moved, with mixed regional shifts and ongoing harvest pressures. Japan plans bigger U S soybean purchases, with possible soybean meal exports discussed.
Firefighters battle an 80 foot silo blaze in Shepherd Michigan with ten thousand bushels of beans valued at 36000 dollars. Watering the beans could cause them to swell to three times their size and rupture the silo. Also notes Louisiana’s 1812 statehood and early steamboat arrival.
John S Phillips writes a neighbors column recounting a rainy chilly Saturday hunting trip with Walter Patton, a note from editor Peggy Kessinger, local fall color drives near Fayette and Eccles, and social items around Maple Meadows and Beckley. He muses on Indian Summer and trains, mentions upcoming extension meetings with Dr Ernest Nesius, and notes teen activities like the Heart Hop at Teen Town October 25.
The piece discusses a recurring debate over Indian Summer definitions. It cites old timers who insist it follows the first hard frost and others who claim it can occur multiple times in October and November, sometimes called Squaw Winter during the frosty gaps.
Feed grains moved on USDA surplus corn sales at market prices aimed at stabilizing prices in drought affected areas and recouping emergency costs. Corn futures fell nearly 3 cents in Chicago while oats and soybeans weakened and wheat stayed steady. Rye rose sharply on a German purchase and hints of further overseas demand.
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