WHITESiURG, KY.
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THE MOUNTAIN IAOLI
THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1960
Letcher scouts
plan exhibition
CAMP BRANCH
Extends sympathy
to th family
of W. M. Breeding
By Percy Elklns
Eleven Boy Scout units repreBy N. Sergent
senting Whltesburg, McRobcrts,
Wo wish to extend our sym
and
Neon, Dunham, Jenkins,
display their pathy to the family of W. M.
will
Burdlno
Scouting talents in the first ex- Breeding who passed away
position ever to bo preesntcd by Thursday. Those home for tho
the Letcher District.
funeral wcro Mr. and Mrs.
Tho Exposition will bo held Charlio Breeding, Mr. and Mrs.
In the Jenkins Field House from Bobbv Breeding. Mr. and Mrs.
io n m tn 10 D.m. on Saturday. Jimmy Collnis, all of Michigan.
April 23. Admission of $1.00
Misses Louise Lowe and Brcn-d- a
anH sor will co into tho treas
Clay spent Saturday night
ury of the troops selling tickets, with Nannie Lou Sergent.
so this will servo as a double
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Sergent of
purpose. First, this is a chance Millstono wero Sunday dinner
for tho doodIo of Letcher Coun guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ralpn
ty to view tho accomplishments
Clay. Mr. ana Mrs. Enocn bcr-of the troops and to learn what gent were also dinner guests
Scouting really moans to the of the Clays.
boys of Letcher County, nad to
Misses Nannie Lou Screent
contribute to the upkeep of tho
and Brenda Clay were Sunday
by buying a ticket.
troops
guests of Doll Buck of
Each unit will have a stand
from which to display its projMrs. Green Clay Is visiting in
ects. The coat of the construcapproximately $50.00, Ashland for a few days.
tion is
Misses Brenda and Deborah
which will be paid by firms here
in Letcher County who wish to Clay spent Friday night with
hek and recelvo the advertise Mr. and Mrs. Enoch sergent ana
Nannie Lou.
ment.
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An extra field agent Is helping to relieve the overload of
work for clients of Social Security In Letcher County. Tony
Santllll, from the Wheeling, W.
Va., district office, Joined Earl
Tyler Monday In handling the
cases of Invited clients.
noitiinr visits to lWhltcsburg
Wodnesdav. but special
cases arc handled on the second,
third and fourth Mondays in
each month In tho circuit court
room In the court house. The
ancnts work out of the Hazard
district office.
Miss Mary Cox, of tho
district office, also has been
helping out for two months in
the Hazard district.
soil-savin-
LITTLE COWAN
CLUB
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Little Cowan
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meets at home
of Paul Lusk
By Ellen
Armstrong,
-
Tin is survived bv Elijah, of
Democrat and John Richardson,
of Sandlick; and Mrs. Lizzie Williams, Democrat.
Tho funeral was held April
8 at Rockhouse Bible Church,
Dcane. Burial was in the Riley
Bentley Cemetery with Craft
Funeral Home in charge.
landscaping,
mil Adams of Camp Branch
was In the hospital at Jenkins
when I was at his house the other day.
Amontr manv tree setters this
season aro Bill Adams of Col- son, T. D. Isaacs of Dcane, Sam
Sortnnt of Indian Creek, llcou
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I.en of Ermine, venson uauoiu
of Thornton, and Melvln Adams
of Craft's Colley.
itco
Creed Hughes, Apple
Branch on Rockhouse Bennjo
Craft on Millstone, and Melvln
Duncll of Thornton plan to do
this Important program.
"Tho dlsslnat on of our natur
al resources has been one of the
tragedies In the development oi
this country.
"Tho restoration of our soil,
water, and timber can bo accomplished only If our students
who will become the future citi
zens of this country attain suf
ficient Interest to carry out wis
Sweater.
We had a very interesting
Droeram with the topic "Ken
tucky Streams and Waterways."
The members taking part were:
"Mighty Ohio" Steven Brown;
"Steamboat Days on Ohio"
Frieda Lark; "Big Sandy"
Jewel Banks; "Kentucky River"
Charity Sturglll; "Other RivDelmar Fields.
ers"
The Club also was given light
bulbs to sell for tho J. M. Felt-ne- r
Camp at LonMemorial
don." We certainly hope wsH
be able to camp there this
ftOe TAYLOR
tillage method
this spring.
Robert Brown of Whltco will
sow one acre of fescue in corn
as a cover crop in the falL
Somo landowners doing both
open and closed dralnago in tho
near future are uennic
Yew Tslfhew
most women do,
TALK ABOUT A BARGAIN . . . well,
handy to pass
don't they? Good thing the telephone's
phones a pretty
news along! Come to think of it, your
good bargain, too.
Saves you so much
pastures.
time, so many
Pack of Cowan CreeK
has recently Installed tile drain
.Tohn
steps. Keeps you
in touch with
friends and family. And no matter
age.
Ottls Brown of Van will do
tile drainage . soon.
.
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"
Everywhere I go I find people
wnrklne. Marlon Gillcy of Don- gola was hanging paper when I
how many local
calls you make,
there's never an
visited him.
V. L. Bates of Rockhouse cer
talnly has some fine grass grow
rff.
My phone number Is 7448. My
office Is now located over ucn-n- l
Tolllver's Barber Shop.
Come In and sec if I can be of
n distance to you. Come in any
I nlan to be in the office
every Friday if it is possible.
Anytime that I am not in wo
office, leave a message on uio
door.
Manv farmers arc participat
pro
ing in the ASC
cost-sharin-
extra penny,
charge. No cost
for repairs, either.
How's that for a
real bargain!
a
college?
EASTER PLANS7 Children coming home from
weekend? Well, whatFriends or family arriving for the
count on Long
ever plans you have for Easter weekend,
more. You can get
Distance service to help you enjoy it
artogether by phone to talk over arrangements, time of
the road your-selrival and so on. Or, maybe you're taking to
for
Then it's mighty convenient to phone ahead
greeting to
reservations. And don't forget an Easter
by poor
someone you can't be with is so much warmer
Distance and the cost U small for
Mighty helpful, Long
the big pleasure It gives.
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BEST FRIEND?
Tree ca't run from wi'dftre nd even man can
become a victim ot CAini-""-Each year millions of charred, blackened stumps
become mute headstones to mark the graves of
giant trees killed by fire.
America, another type of
Each year, somewhere in
,
..
a
Saw In the paper recently that
ROYAL VISIT
Japan's Crown Prince Aklhito and his wife will visit the
chDd
U. S. sometime in the late spring after their first
on their courtship.
is born. Here's an Interesting angle
the tennis court but according to Japanes
They met at
So
custom couldn't have dates In the American sense.
(his fiancee) about 10 times
kihito phoned Michiko
said "yes". Well,
a day, and it was by phone that she
handy thing to have
is wc say, the phone's a mighty
around the housel
Following is a telemm from
Perkins to the
Congressman
of the Board of Superchairman
visors of the Soil Conservation
Tllstrlet!
Washington, D.C.
Kentucky's goldenrod is so
typical of floral Americana that
there Is a potent drive underway to have it adopted as the
national floral emblem, says
Travel Magazine.
Dollar-and-Sen-
Manr
u-ra-
Randall Maggard, Willie Gibson,
and Ned Day.
Bill Collins, Wliie Gibson of
Rockhouse, M. C. Gillcy of
Cowan. Byrl Combs, Hanaaii
Maggard, and others are sowing
4--
Forests Can Become Grave Yards.
pro-vld-
Talk
gram and more are beginning
tn realize the advantages of us
ing this office. Go in and see
Mr. Caudlll for assistance aiong
this line.
That was mighty good "vlt
1p" wo had ud at the Soil Con
servatlon Banquet tho other
Refreshments were served by ntpht. Added to this were some
Mrs. Lark and we played some things said that were food for
games. The meeting was then thmipht. And Charles Tanner's
"Carrion Crow" delighted all of
adjourned.
WHO Kl LLISB
nrocram.
"For generations to como, a
successful program requires the
full cooperation of the Federal,
state, and local governments
wiih tfrouns such as yours.
Al.
.a
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"I recently rcqucsicu wo y
o
proprlatlons committee to
fed
adequate funds for the
eral governments portion oi
this program.
"I feel sure that it will bo
successful In Letcher County so
long as the current policies aro
maintained by you and tho public spirited citizens who are encouraging our youngsters to participate In this movement.
Carl D. Perkins, M.C."
Telephone
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Tho Secretary. Sandra Bloom
er, called the roll and tho mem
bers answered by their middle
name. The minutes of last meeting were read and approved.
Wo had aulte a bit of now
business to discuss, so our lead
wsri
er, Myrel Brown, took the lloor.
He spoke of the Annual Spring
Rally Day held in April. We
wero encouraged to give a
speech or demonstration. As ot
yet, tho following members aro
Faltn
to eive tho followinn:
Armstrong, Speech; Dana Stur
glll, Speech; Charity Murgiii,
Speech; Jewel Banks, French
Dressing; Frieda Iark, Soft Cus
tard: Dana Sturcill. Measuring
Liauids: Sandra Bloomer, fToz
en Meats: Doris Day, mut
Drinks: Ellen Armstrong. Cot
taco Salad: Faith Armstrong,
Preservinc An Immature Insect;
and Steven
William
Craft
Brown. Prunine a Tree; Delmer
Fields, How to Splice a Broken
Cord; David Sturglll, Reversing
a Motor: Carla Lark, wnlto
Sauce: Linda Banks, Washing a
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"Whltesburg, Ky.
"Tho officials of the Letcher
fnttntv Soil Conservation Dis
trict are to be congratulated on
their successful cliorts to usi
tho cooperation of the teachers
and students or your county in
News Reporter
Club
Tho Little Cowan
met at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Lark on Thursday,
March 24, 1960. The meeting
was called to order by our pros
ident. Faith Armstrong. We
stood and repeated the three
stand Improvement with
riled ecs. and tho sonaleaders, timber
Intcrplantlng of pines in tho
Charitay Sturglll and Steven spring of '01.
Brown led us in a few songs, in
Wlllio Lucas will do some
Kentucky
cluding "My Old
corn planting by tho
Home."
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ninlnn Richardson. 74, died
April 5 at his residence at Demrwrat Tin was a niuvo 01 11"
cher County, tho son of Luanda
Cook and Andrew Jackson
I
R. B. Caudlll
nearly completed his now homo.
Bill Collins of Dcane wm
really have a beautiful home
stead when he sows the ten
acres of rolling land near his
material about Letcher couniy home In grass.
Un on tho head of King's
for use in a course he Is taking
Creek Herman Fields plans to
at Morchead State College.
Riley Campbell of wmtco nas build a new home. He will extend the lawn and do extensive
SOIL CONSERVATION
NOTES
By Cecil Hentley
Willie Back of Blackcy was a
visitor recently to pick up some
Blaine Richardson
dies April 5
at his home
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More farmers announce their tree plans;
g
work
Congressman applaudes
Extra agent aids
on social security
reaiom to
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Aside from the loss of life, think of the millions of acres
of forest lands blackened each year, and
the timber and wildlife destroyed. Think of the floods
that follow because the forests no longer exist
prevent erosion. And think of the rccrcarion areas-mayto
your favorite vacationland that can
never be replaced in your lifetime.
This year, the problem is more acute than
ever before. De doubly careful.
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