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_Trlbll". !IU-r1 I'ho\os
'AND THE OLD FOLKS AT HOME'-Ponibly one of the chief improvements in Tuls~ county
during the p.nt yur has been ~t the county farm, both in phpiul 'ppur~nce.nd in economiul oper.tlon.
Top left, Mn. P~u'ine Fleming, m~tron, chech , list ,s Arthur Creekmore, superintendent, h~nds
frolcn me,ts ,nd chickens from a new deep fretler to Mrs. T. H. Millet, cook, At top right un be
seen the outward improvements m.de to the m~in d ormitof)'. Weeds ~nd debris in front hive been
repl~ced by flowers ~nd whitewuhed trees. In the lower p~oto County Comminioner CI~ude W.
Bailey (standing in rurl, who supervises the f,ulIl, looks over green be,n" grown on the farm gollrdcn,
.....hich the happy residenh "e preparing fOf cann ing.
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COU"'l
tJ l},e OJul~ tt \Jribunt
"We 1MIid 19 pirl r«enUy,
alonr wUh one cow, for $1.900,"
Railey .. id, ~howinr reeeip'" from
th~ aalu which "'er~ turned for
operation or Ihe farm.
I Four nur.'11!'3 and two orderlies
Ir~ 011 dut}· at the hospital which
18 visited at lea.st twice weekly by
the county physician.
The bl\lhroom~ ha"e been remodel~
d .nd chemical spr.y. placed
on the toilet.s. . I ,
-'EDUCTION IN COSTS OF
operaUon-dellght to lllXpaytlnl-IS!
rdlected In figures In Count)" ClerkI Wllliam P. G.ble', offlce.
Th~ home 8upplles and st.ock
feed bill for an II-month period'i
endln. June, 19.7, WM $26.063.28.
le.vln•• balance of $779.14 for the
tlnal month of the fiscal ye.r, for
...hlch • supplemental appropriation
.... m.de.
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PAGE SEVENTEEN
TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1948
''There wen, onl,. a dOlen
blankelll In the dormitory," Mrl,
0, N, Edwards. a.. emlllo)'e for
nint years. u)llalned, Mrs. ";11""
lIrdll, M'ho makel much of Ihe
elothln{ for Ih~ r'.~ldenta, romment..
d, "W~ 1I.~d to buy a lot of
mal~r1al, but lomthow It nel'er
~/It on the Inmales' bIlek....
B)' NOU::N BULLOCH
Members of the recent grand jury would find the~
wt>re guilty o( understatement had they visited the county
(arm a year ago, then compared it with the improvemenV'
made in the last II months.
The jury In Its report last week
said It WlIS "agrtf:ably surprised" at
the larm'l!i condition,
They likely would hue been
amazed at the contnut, not only In
the physicil Improvements but In
savings In operation of Ihe farm,
which has drawn m.n}' criticisms In
the past.
County Farm Show,"
Major Improvemen-I
Gralld .TUfT UJ]()cl'slalcd It
For the "m~ period thll flseal
yurt only $U,lt7..9-1 hlJl ken
a-pent out of the .1Iocallol;l of
$!!Aoe, lea,'in,.. S5~.06 In thb
bUdl"ct U",m, Dr Sle.1S6 leas tban
for the aame period last year. I
During the lui year of the
G~r·StaNbery realme tM stock
f~ bill alone for 11 mo.,.,tha was
$4,841I.h
Other COOlj»ratlve upendlturea
for the Jl-month period follolll':
I Jf48 UM7
SaJ&ries ." '18.$48.00 $20,496.25
Maintenance .. U:12.~ 3,180.47
LJahta: 8611.15' gs3.00
I!"Uel ., .. ,.... 1,414.70 2_.001 Wa~f. . '55.20 887,00
Home upkeep . 5,+41.28 324.00
ICOmmunlcatlolU ·n.al 87 t3
Billey poln~ to the itpm of
bome upkeep and Its mCreUf'
'"1'lW 1.8 for all the extelUhe
rrpalT1l wht.ch hal'l! bft:n made .nd
for the purcb-.,e of the new e(lulpmen.
Including fll.OlI. Ice boXell,
deep freeters .nd paint. We found
barn doors In wch • ltate they
were f.llIng apart.
"Roofa In the dormllory and
h~pllal were leakln, lib II.,.......
and condition. in the bulldln,l
.·ere ....\"oltlnr... be said.
And he lot an echo from .n
elderly: ..oman "'bo has been •
fuldent for several YClirL
"Sure b nice no",:' &he ~ed.
"Pood?" She peeped through the
kitchen wlndoll; ...l)ere eoolts "'ere
prePftrlnr the fried Chicken. "All we
....nt .nd It'l good.~
Mrll- Pauline nemlng. matron
opened one free7.er In the mall
kitchen to ~how Visitors that It waf
filled with meat and chlckeru;.
One hundred chickens had been
CUlled from me flock only the dli}'
before and were being fried lor
dinner.
For the flut time in }'ea~ the
farm l~ producing Ills own butter ane
For enmple, .~ or June I lh. frOm lu flock of JOO pUlleLo; and 300
eos! for home lupplle5 Is $11,000 hens It \.0; stillng an O\"u-supply 01
less Ihan a year aco; rKd use" eap.
lhe p.~1 month ..ost only ItS and Creekmore explained that <t;:;
the farm luperlnlendent and ma- lIcrtt of com "'Ill pro\'ide feed 10:
Iron ne... ho", man,. r~lden" Uti the cattle, hOrlieS and hop.
domiciled there.. Three Icres of lOlIi'eel and Irish
pot.tors. onions. cabbage. green
Supen-uion of the farm "OUlbeans and bl.ck-ey~ peas. "'e~
taken O\'er lut July by County planled. Too.}', under direction or
Commissioner Claude W. Bailey and MnI. Fleming, canning of beans "'15
Arthur Creekmore lueceecled WIl· started.
lI.m H. St.nsbery " 5uperlnter«!-'
rnt. Before Bailey took ()\'er, the "We hope to can enouJh fNlm
operations hid been under the dl- the prden this y",ar 10 provide Ill!'
rttUon of former Commissioner! "'llh a 101 of food for months 10
Curtls Greer come," said Bailey, .ho 'I'isi~ the
Al the beglnninr Balley and rarm almost daily,
Commlslsonen Rol' !:'I'ans and JOhn! . f
Couch Ig~ to eUrrolmHe pra~ticell Jh.Uey Slid '.800 pounds. 0
which had made the fann • political pork and beef hI\'e been killed !;Ince
footblill and 10 cut out Ntrag•• NO\'em~r I. -r11at Is why the.$UKIO
\"IflCft! .·hkh had ...·elled expendi- " month meat bills ar.e a thmg of
turl'S. the ~~t; "'e In: Rlsmg oW' ovon
rnstead of being In a condition mf:lt. .
....hleb dn"'Il' caWittc commenu from Prl!llently.there 1lI a hud of
p.-'evlo\u Ul\',"If!fatonl, w bulldlnr.ll cattle, Includmg lSI mUk COil'" a
.:::~ ,.~ de: . ,&In of := dnee BaJlev toolik. ovet'"
Slxteent montba aao StaDlibl!t~_
Con-Idor floo........d ....1'- I.. plaiDed to a TrIbune repoI"U'r that
th.. m...l .. dormitory for wblle N:lII· the c.tUe on the f.nn -,;ere a "codenla
h....... ~en upalnl..d and Ih.. oper.tlve .ff.Ir, fumi9led by em.f100n
an, af:rub~d d.lly. The plo}'elI,~ .nd wu unable to detail
rooma b.v.. bU.n painted and how mlny .....eu ownt':! by the
ahad... pla«d on all wlndowa. count}·,
Tod.y the cattle bear a brand
The hosplu,l, once In nauseoull or the farm.
conc:Utlon. has been reroofed and In adclltion to the hogs "'hlch
painted In&ide and out. have bft:n butchered or aold, the
Jlle 20 employe~ now e.t the t"rm counts 43 today.
Ame food as the Inmates-not spe·
dal dainties Which sent the supply
bUb b.lIoonlng,
When the new offlcillb took
o\'er bed l;hee~ were so scarce they
hlld to be "'uhe<! d.Uy: that Is, If
thl'. Inmatell lI'l'.re given clean bed·
ding lit all.
