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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15,1947 THE BATTALION Page 3 State Fire Prevention Programs OfA&M Training School United Consolidation of all state fire control and prevention training programs within the A. & M. division of the Texas Firemen’s Train ing School has been approved, following ac tion of the training school’s advisory board at a meeting in San Antonio August 31. This board was estabhshed by legislative Spring Meeting Of Veterinarians To Be in San Antonio At a meeting of the Texas Veterinary Medical Associa tion held Saturday, September 6, plans were made for the coming spring session to be held in San Antonio in January. With Dr. W. W. Armistead, president of the Texas association, presiding, members of the execu tive committee considered the in creasing prevalence of brucellosis among cattle in Texas, reviewing the status of foot and mouth eradi cation in Mexico. Dr. G. T. Edds was appointed chairman of a committee to begin A GOOD PLACE TO EAT New York Cafe 118 S. Main Bryan an expanded public service between veterinarians and other persons or groups concerned in diseases transmissable from animals to man. Veterinarians attending were: Drs. C. W. Dye and Berry Rich from San Antonio; Drs. I. B. Boughton and W. T. Hardy, re search veterinarians of the Tex as Agricultural Experiment Sta tion from Sonora; Dr. E. W. Wup- perman, practitioner from Austin; Drs. W. W. Armistead, G. T. Edds, and E. A. Grist, from College Sta tion. Dental Jobs Open In Civil Service Positions as dental technician and dental hygienist are open with the Civil Service Commission in the states of Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Employment would be with the Veterans Administration, and start ing salaries would range from $2,168 to $3,397 per year. Further information may be ob tained from H. N. Yardley, local Civil Service secretary, whose of fice is in the College Station post office. action in 1930 and is composed of the pres ident and other members of the state Fire men’s and Fire Marshals’ association and administrative officials of A.&M. H. R. Brayton, director of the Texas Firemen’s Training School since its incep tion in 1929, with the exception of four years ♦spent in the army, will head the new division of the Texas Indus trial Extension Service. It will combine all fire training activities which previously have been carried on by the service and the fire men’s school, together with much-expanded future program. The Texas Industrial Extension Service, directed by E. L. Williams, has its headquarters here. Brayton will direct the work of five field instructors, conduct the annual firemen’s school at the col lege, assist district associations and municipalities in their local fire prevention programs, and par ticipate on state and national pro grams. Under Brayton’s direction dur ing the last 18 years, the state training school has become recog nized as the outstanding firemen’s school in the nation. During the war Brayton serv ed as director of training at the Chemical Warfare school at Edge- wood Arsenal, Maryland, later be coming commanding officer of the War Department Civilian Protec tion schools at A. & M. and Loy ola University in New Orleans. He spent one year conducting War Department schools in the major cities on both the east and west Welcome Back AGGIES —We are Ready to Serve You in Your Needs— REGULATION KHAKI SHIRTS REGULATION KHAKI SLACKS (High Back & Zippers) AGGIE COVERALLS — TIES — SOCKS All types of Brass Insignia, Shoe Polishes — Many other items you need. Our prices are such to save you money on your purchases AGGIE VARIETY STORE Next to Lipscomb Pharmacy NORTH GATE coasts, primarily working with fire department personnel. Brayton served as a member of the Fire Services committee of President Truman’s Fire Perven- tion committee, which met in Washington last May. He recently has been appointed by Governor Beauford Jester as chairman of the fire training section of the gover nor’s state-wide Fire Prevention committee. Brayton also is a mem ber of the committee of Firemen Training of the National Fire Pro tection association and serves on the national committee of Fire Protection Education Curricula. The Fire Service Extension training has been directed by Wil liams since 1934. This program of training in local communities has been recognized as the outstand ing state extension program in training of local departments and personnel in state institutions, in dustries, and rural areas. The advisory board and offi cials of the college feel that the consolidation of all training ef forts and expansion of the pro gram will render an outstanding service to the citizens of the state. As the president and the governor have emphasized, the increasing loss of life and a fire loss approach ing a billion dollars annually is a national calamity. The college is determined to render maximum assistance by this new program in overcoming these conditions in Texas. Bang’s Disease Group Organized The organization of a state ad visory committee to map plans for controlling Bang’s disease in Texas livestock herds is nearing completion. Appointments on the committee have been made from all live stock breed organizations in the state, including Jersey, Guernsey, Aberdeen Angus, Brahma, Here ford, and milk goat associations. Cattle raisers associations, the Livestock Sanitary Commission of USDA’s Bureau of Animal Indus try, the state department of health, the Extension Service, Agricul tural Experiment Station, and the teaching division of A. & M. are represented on the committee to curb the high toll that Bang’s dis ease, or Brucellosis, is taking among the state’s livestock. Dr. E. A. Grist, extension veteri narian at A. & M., says that sev eral new ideas have already been set forth for consideration of the committee, one proposal being a vaccination program for heifers without tests of adult animals. An other is the possibility of complete herd vaccination with special per mission. Also up for discussion by the committee is a plan to include local practicing veterinarians in a Bang’s disease control plan. The committee will next meet in Fort Worth on February 12. Denton Agent To Extension Service Nena Myrtle Roberson, Denton county home demonstration agent since 1938, took over duties today as associate clothing specialist on the headquarters staff of the A. & M. Extension Service. The ap pointment was announced at the end of last semester by Maurine Hearn, Extension vice-director for women and state home demonstra tion agent. A native of Carlton, Hamilton county, Miss Roberson is a grad uate of Texas Technological Col lege, where she received her BS degree in 1928. In 1934 she re ceived her Master’s degree at Cor nell University, New York. Before entering Extension work, she taught in the rural schools of Erath County, and later was home economics instructor at Goldth- waite and Bledsoe. Miss Roberson has also served as home demonstration agent of Hunt and Baylor counties before becoming agent of Denton County in January, 1938. Her headquarters are in College Station. WELCOME...NEW AND OLD AGGIES ««KKT * HURU CLOTHES 7<Ul<rt MsuU Tailor-made suits reasonably priced Every suit guaranteed ORDER NOW FOR EARLY DELIVERY Owned and operated by CORKY JACKSON ’40 NORMAN HURD • “THE STORE OF PERSONAL ATTENTION” Go straight at the North Gate T. R. Timm Named US Agricultural Committee Member Tyrus R. Timm, adminis trative assistant and econo mist, has been named as a member of the national agri culture committee, Dr. Ide P. Trot ter, director of the A. & M. Exten sion Service has announced. The appointment was" made by the president of the United States Chamber of Commerce. The committee is composed of outstanding businessmen, farmers, leaders of farm organizations, and representatives of the land-grant colleges. Timm and Dr. Asher Hob son, head of the department of ag ricultural economics at the Uni versity of Wisconsin, will repre sent the colleges. Other Texans on the nationwide committee are John D. Rogers of Navasota and Clyde Tomlinson of Hillsboro. Duties of this national commit tee, which will meet several times during the year, inclule studies and investigations of: proposed agricultural legislation; the nature and extent of the adjustment of domestic production which may be necessary to avoid price-depress ing surpluses; the possibilities of increased domestic production and the need for continued economic aid to farmers; and problems in volving the improvement of rela tions of farmers and other busi nessmen in their trade area. Dr. Trotter, in making the an nouncement, said approval of Timm’s appointment was in keep ing with the institutional policy of providing technical consultants, when requested, to private organ izations who are interested in im proving the welfare of the agri cultural economy and in securing a clearer understanding and bet ter appreciation of the fundamen tal relationships among the com ponent parts of national economy. Humble Oil To Broadcast All S W C Games For the thirteenth consecu tive year, broadcasts of the Southwest Conference Foot ball Games will be brought to radio listeners by Humble Oil and Refining Company. The 1947 season promises to be an exciting one, true to the tra ditions of the Southwest Confer ence. In addition to all the con ference games, Humble will also broadcast the important intersec tional and intercollegiate matches. Not since before the war have the conference teams had a schedule which involved so much travel. Humble will carry broadcasts of games played from one end of the country to the other . . . from the S.M.U.-Santa Clara game on the Pacific Coast to the Baylor-Miami U. game on the Atlantic. Kern Tips, Yes Box, Charlie Jor dan and Bill Michaels, all veter ans of many Humble broadcasts, will be back at the mikes this fall. These top Texas sports an nouncers will give accurate and colorful play-by-play descriptions, as well as describe the interesting highlights that add to much to the enjoyment of every game! Further announcements of the stations carrying each game, times of the broadcasts, and announcers will be carried each week in the newspapers and posted in all Hum ble stations. Research Started On Two Projects Investigations into the effect of sulphur as a diluent in agricul tural insecticides and the relation of sulphur to plant and soil con ditions in Texas have been under taken by the A.&M. Research Foundation, Dr. A. A. Jakkula, ex ecutive director, has announced. The two projects are sponsor ed by the Texas Gulf Sulphur com pany of Houston and will be car ried out by the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station here, Dr. Jak kula said. Three graduate fellow ships have been established by the sponsor for the projects. Don’t Worry about your cleaning and alterations . . . 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