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II Page 4 THE BATTALION Tuesday, August 5, 1,952 Wharton Comity Named Site For Farmers Old 'Age Study 1 Wharton county will be the scene of a study of retirement and old age problems of Texas farm ers, according to an announcement by County Agent Larry Burleson. The study, which will be under the direction of the department of agricultural economics and sociol ogy, will begin next week and will involve interviews with several hundred farm families in Wharton county. A crew of interviewers headed by Dr. Joe R. Motheral is expected to spend t'&o or three weeks in the county collecting in formation from a cross-section group of operators and hired work ers. v Farm Methods Centering on methods used by farm people to protect themselves against the financial difficulties of old age and disability, the study is expected to helxJ guide future policies in this increasingly im portant phase of farm life. New Problems “The Texas farm population is aging,” Dr. Motheral explained,” and we are encountering new problems without having the in formation needed for solutions. “In 1950,” he said, “congress added certain types of hired farm workers to the list of occupational groups that are eligible for old age and survivors insurance. Thp Wharton county study will include questions dealing with this pi'o- gram and jvill attempt to find out how well it is woiking. “We want to know how much trouble farm operators have had A aging ^ Firemen’s Training To Begin. ’August 25 "The Firemen’s Training School Will begin classes August 24 through 29 which is the 23rd year of its existence since it started' in 1930. Approximately 850 men from the 48 states as well as from the Army, Navy, Coast Guard, and Air Force will attend these classes. Industry will also be well rep resented with the RFC Rubber Division sending personnel from its 26 nation wide plants and many of the oil companies sending their personnel to this school. The school offei's four courses to train men in the most modern methods of fire prevention and control. They are general basic course, the advanced course, the fire department instructors’ course, and the fire marshal’s course. “It is also beneficial to firemen for advancement in rank,” H. R. Bray to n said. “Cities in Texas represented at the school, are granted a three per cent credit on inhurance key rates by the fire insurance department at Austin,” explained Brayton. Dr. Watson iiesigiis From Agronomy Staff Dr. James R. Watson, Jr., as sistant professor, department of agronomy, has resigned effective August 31, to become chief agron omist for a manufacturing concern in Minneapolis, Minn. Considered one of the outstand ing turf scientists in the country, Dr. Watson’s services as a teacher and researcher, since joining the staff April 1, 1950, have been of in estimable value to the college sys tem, according to Dr. J. F. Adams, head of the agronomy department. Dr. Watson is the senior author of “The Home Lawn,” a 24-page bulletin just released jointly by the Agricultural Experiment Station and the Agricultural Extension Service. He has been widely used as a turf consultant in the reno vation of football fields, golf greens, parks,' cemeteries and other grass areas. After graduation from A & M in 1947, Dr. Watson completed the requirements for his doctorate in 1950 at Pennsylvania State Col lege on a fellowship from the U.S. Golf Association. Battalion Classifieds J:VY, SEI.T., REXT OR TRAT»E. Rates 3o a word per Insertion with a 15c minimum. Space rate In classified lection .... 60c per column-inch. Send all classified to STUDENT ACTIVITIES OFFICE. All ads must be received In student Activities office by 10 a.in. on the lay before publication. • FOR SALE • " - ■ ■ ■■ ■ 1950 CHF.VROI.ET. four-door, heater, p'er- feet condition—51,240.00. VVIMEDIATE opening for first phone en gineer for afternpon shift. Contact WTAW. WANTED TO BUY STOCK TRA1I.ER wanted. Must be rea sonable. Phone 3-3830 after six. 1952 STUDEBAKER Champion four-door, ; radio, heater, defroster, overdrive, low . mileage; *350.00 discount.' Call 4-4792 before 6:00 p.m. BABY BED and IVfattress. Wardrobe [ chest. Phone 4-4806. j. —^ iONE used bedrpom suit. Walnut veneer— : three pieces. 1307 Milner Drive, Phone ; • FOR SALE OR RENT • SEWING machines. Pruitt’s Fabric Shop. WANTED BABY BED and mattress. . Drive. 1005 Foster BEAUTY OPERATOR — Pruitt’s Beauty and Fabric Shop, Southside, College Sta tion. DR. M. W. DEASON t ^ Optometrist 813 College Main 8;00 to 5:00 Phone 4-1106 Directory of Business Services INSURANCH of all kinds. Homer Adams, Nona Gate. Call 4-1217. Official Notice IDENTIFICATION CARDS NOW AVA1LABI.E Identification cards which were made in connection with registration for the second term of the current session are beady for distribution in ttie Registrar’s Office. Tt in person imr H. L. Heaton should be claimed in person immediately icy ■iy. Registrar SUE ROSS LODGE NO. 1300 A.F. & A.M. Called meeting Thursday, Aug. 7 at 7 p.m. In New Lodge room. ' . A1 B. Nelson. W.M. N. M. McGinnis, Sec. NOTICE Revival Meeting at Reliance Baptist Church. Out under the stars and lights of the bah park all this week. Plenty of seats or you can sit in your cnr. You arc welcome . . . Come and bring some one with you. Dr. Carlton R. Lee OPTOMETRIST SOSA East 26th (Across from Court House) Call 2-1662 for Appointment K&B DRIVING RANGE Will Be Open Every Day From 10 a.m. til? On Finfeather Road, Bryan, Tex. Prompt Radio Service —Call— Sosolik’s Radio Service' . 712 S. Main St. Phi. 2-1941 Bryan their employees, in keeping rec ords, and otherwise meeting the requirements,” Dr. Motheral said. “We are also interested in farmer opinion as to whether such a pro gram helps or hinders them in finding and keeping workers dur ing a period of manpower short age.” The project leader added that the traditional method of achieving economic security by buying land is no longer open to many farmers because of extremely high land prices. New methods should be considered, he continued, and the findings in Wharton county may suggest some new methods. Study Site Wharton county was selected for the study because of the wide variety of farming and employ ment conditions to be found there. Interviewing has been timed to avoid conflict with the busy season on farms. About 30 minutes will be required for each interview. Similar studies have been made by state colleges in Wisconsin and Connecticut, but this will be the first research of its kind in the south. Dr. Motheral emi>hasized that information collected on the study will be treated confidentially, and that all data will bo combined into totals for research purposes only. A well-trained field staff will be on hand to interview farmers, he said. A W Colonel Joe Davis Visiting Fort Hood Col. Joe E. Davis, commandant and coordinator of the School of Military Science and Tactics, left Aug. 3, for South Fort Hood where he will spend two weeks. While at Fort Hood, Colonel Da vis will be the Chief inspector of the 75th Reserve Infantry Divi sion. His duties will be to inspect and supervise all phases of train ing, both administrative and field. I: * fli# v IJ I®**** Col. Carpenter, infantry ROTC instructor, watches Herman Brown riddle machine gun target while Spencer Buchanan acts as student coach. Col. Carpenter has been recently assigned to Sam Houston College in Huntsville to establish an ROTC unit at that school. Two Groups Touring A&M Campus Today Two visiting groups will tour the college and facilities today. About 150 members of the Tex as Farm Bureau Institute, meeting at the college for the fourth an nual session, a training school un der sponsorship of the Texas Farm Bureau Federation of Waco, will be one of the groups. Area Fieldman A. C. Norman of New Boston is the area fieldman in charge of the group arid M. C. Jaynes, organiza tion and cooperative marketing specialist for the Texas Agricul tural Extension Seiwice, is making local arrangements. This group will tour the main campus, the beef cattle, swine, poultry, horticulture, entomology, agronomy and dairy centers, be tween 5 p.m. and 7:10 p.m. A group of farmers from Bynum Community in Hill County will be gin an all-day tour of the college facilities at 9 a.m. and finish at 4 p.m. I. H. Morriss, vocational agri culture teacher Bynum, will be in charge of the group and Ben Cook, assistant to the dean of the School of Agriculture, is making local ar rangements. This group will visit the campus, Beasley Laboratory, Brazos Riv- ery Field Laboratory and Grass Plots, the beef cattle, swine, poul try, horse, sheep, entomology, hor ticulture, agronomy and dairy cen ters, and the cotton experimental area. rfmi %: 1 * # it ~ Emzy B. Nauert and Bucky Price are shown firing the 30 cal. light machine gun as part of their training at the ROTC Summer Camp in Ft. Benning, Ga. Approximately 84 Cadets attended the in fantry camp from A&M. 1 1 i w .... ......» Doerge Promoted In Extension Work Appointment of C. H. Doerge as acting executive assistant of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service was announced recently by the Extension Service. . r .....' : '"A . 'O-. 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