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finely andSaturi u Saturday Small, Powerful Fire Ant Continues Its Texas March 846-5816 r drtail TracW-WirtM e :all The imported fire ant, small in size but packing a powerful sting, is continuing its march through Texas. And as infestations are discov ered, quarantines are being im posed by the U.S. Department of jA^riculture in an attempt to contain the firey pests and to treat infested areas. Five new counties were recent ly placed under federal quaran tine—Nueces, Smith, Trinity, Vic toria and Walker. Other counties under state or federal quarantine include Angelina, Austin, Bexar, Brazoria, Chambers, Collin, Col orado, Dallas, Denton, Fort Bend, Galveston, Gregg, Grimes, Hardin, Harris, Harrison, Jasper, Jeffer son, Liberty, Montgomery, Nacog doches, Newton, Orange, Panola, Polk, Rusk, Sabine, San Augus tine, San Jacinto, Shelby, Tar rant, Tyler, Waller and Whar ton. Officials of the USDA’s Ani mal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) are treating in fested areas as well as materials that might harbor fire ants and thereby be transported into unin fested locations. Nurserymen, Jsoil-moving equipment contrac tors and many others are cooper ating in the effort. The quarantine is designed to prevent the ants from spreading long distances by restricting the movement of articles that might harbor them, says Reed Green, entomologist with the Texas Ag ricultural Extension Service. Regulated articles include soil, plants with roots, grass sod, hay and straw, logs and wood, and used soil-moving equipment. These items cannot legally be transported from infested to un infested areas until they have been inspected, treated if neces sary, and certified to be “pest Bulletin Board THURSDAY Cepheid Variable Science Fiction Committee will meet in Room 304 of the Physics Building at 7:30 p.m. Day Care Center Community Meeting will meet in the Art Room of the MSC at 7 p.m. TAMU Skeet and Trap Club will meet in the Seminar Room of the Recreation and Parks Building at 7:30 p.m. A&M Student Civil Liberties Union will meet at 8 p.m. in Room 123 of the Academic Building. The meeting will consist of a lec ture on the first amendment. Panhandle Hometown Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Room 303 of the Physics Building. Beaumont Hometown Club will meet in Room 3C of the MSC at 7:30 p.m. New officers will be elected at this time. Brazos County A&M Mothers’ Club will be at 10 a.m. at the Hillel Foundation, 800 Jersey Street, College Station. Charles Powell, dean of men, will speak. Members are asked to bring one or more items for an auction sale which will follow the meeting. PAWN LOANS Money Loaned On Anything Of Value. Quick Cash For Any Emergency. See Us For Ready Cash Today. Texas State Credit Pawn Shop 1014 Texas Ave., Bryan Weingarten Center A&M Chapter of TACT will meet tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Social Room of the Memorial Student Center. Dr. Sara Jones, Counseling Psychologist of Tex as A&M, is to be the featured speaker. All interested faculty and students are invited to at tend. FRIDAY Student Veterinary Wives Aux iliary is sponsoring an animal spook house Friday and Satur day from 6:30-9 p.m. The spook house will be located in Cook’s Discount Center parking lot. Ad mission will be 25^ each. SATURDAY The League of Women Voters, in celebration of United Nations Week, will conduct Saturday’s story hour in the Bryan Public Library at 10:30 a.m. Mrs. Nau- gle, representing the league, will present stories from other lands and speak from her travels. The Judo Club will be hosting the University of Texas Satur day at 1 p.m. A dual contest will be held in G. Rollie White Coli seum, Room 253. Ag Stumpers We Challenge You To Be Informed About The Presidential Election. A Debate McGovern Steve Dunkelberg Chairman of the Brazos County Committee to Elect McGovern NIXON Bob Edge Comb Chairman of the Brazos County Committee to Re-elect the President Sponsored by the TAMU Philosophy Club Thursday, Oct. 26—MSC Assembly Room 7:30 p. m. M. SENIORS AND GRADUATES Picture Schedule for 1973 Aggieland Oct. 23-27 Oct. 30-Nov. 3 N-S T-Z free’’ by a federal or state inspec tor, notes the A&M specialist. Green points out that fire ants are a nuisance in both rural and urban areas. Invasion by the im ported fire ant into lawns, pas- turelands, hay meadows, parks, schoolyards and recreational areas is annoying and causes unsightly damage. The most significant ag ricultural losses are reduced effi ciency of labor and farm ma chinery—losses which are hard to assess in dollars. Fire ant mounds damage machinery, prevent mow ing operations and reduce the value of land in heavily infested areas. A&M was recently awarded a three-year USDA grant of $120,- 000 to study the fire ant problem in Texas. According to Green, work is presently under way on biological control of fire ants through the use of phermones and hormones. Survey techniques by remote sensing and the use of in frared photography to detect in fested areas are also being eval uated. The cooperation of all agricul tural producers, landowners, nurs erymen, soil-moving contractors and others engaged in transport ing any of the regulated articles is essential to suppress the spread of fire ants, emphasizes the en tomologist. Pictures Will Be Taken from 8 A.M. to 5 P.M. At UNIVERSITY STUDIO 115 N. Main North Gate 846-8019 (Bring Fee Slips) BERNIE PONZIO, a member of the TAMU Women’s Bowling Team, shows her style while practicing for this weekend’s bowling tournament at Texas Southern Univer sity. The tournament will be a triangular affair, with Lee Junior College from Baytown also participating. THE BATTALION Thursday, October 26, 1972 College Station, Texas Page 3 FANTASTIC FASHION UNDER $20.oo A New Junior If: Polyester Dresses .KM in Sizes 5-11. Wmjk $18.00 Photo Contest Slated Monday A print contest and display of photographs from the Camera Committee’s recent models ses sion will be held Monday at A&M. The 7:30 p.m. contest meeting in Rooms 2A, B and C of the Memorial Student Center is open to interested individuals, an nounced Chairman Darrell Cobb. Photos to be judged were made by committee members at the last meeting, when Gene Sut- phen demonstrated portraiture and fashion lighting and mem bers of Mam’selles, modeling and style group of the Host and Fashion Committee, served as photographic subjects. Cobb noted the Monday meet ing also will feature an auction of all unclaimed photo supplies and basic classes on developing. ITPenny Pincher by &>erer/ep <S&ralep TOWNSHIRE apple sauce!!! BOONE’S FARM, MODESTO, CALIFORNIA