THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL MEMPHIS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1986 EDITION DEATHS ARKANSAS EARLE Mrs. Wille Adeline Johnson, 81, widow of John B. Johnson, died at 1 p.m. Wednesday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m.
today at Citizens Funeral Home of West Memphis with burial in Crittenden Memorial Park. Mrs. Johnson was a member of Earle Baptist Church. She leaves a daughter, Mrs. Kathleen Lancaster of a son, Kevin Johnson of Memphis; a brother, Beecher Spradling of Waxahachie, Texas, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
HARRISBURG Louis Joseph Phillips, 94, retired farmer, died Wednesday night at Methodist Hospital in Jonesboro after a long illness. Services will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow at First United Methodist Church, where he was a member, with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Jackson Funeral Home has charge. He leaves his wife, Mrs.
Goldie Elmore Phillips; two daughters, Miss Evelyn Phillips of the home and Mrs. E. L. Sitcler of Harrisburg: two sisters, Mrs. Lessie McDougal and Mrs.
Argus Oliver of Pontiac, and a grandson. LEPANTO Mrs. Mary Cotter Whayne, 72, of Colorado Springs, formerly of West Memphis, widow of Aud Earl Whayne, died Tuesday at Union Printers Home in Colorado Springs. Mass will be said at 10 a.m. tomorrow Michael's Catholic Church in Memphis with burwest.
ial in Potter's Memorial Cemetery in Lepanto. Citizens Funeral Home of West Memphis has charge. She leaves two daughters, Miss Jean Whayne of La Jolla, and Mrs. Roberta Powell of West Memphis; a son, Earl Whayne Jr. of Memphis; seven sisters, Miss Katie Cotter and Mrs.
Marguerite Dobbs, both Memphis, Mrs. Pauline Ward of Scottsboro, Mrs. Geraldine Pride of Hammond, Mrs. Isabell Ezuell of Indianapolis, Daisy Kerr of Lincoln Park, and Mrs. Jean Smith of Lincoln, a brother, Thomas Cotter, and three grandchildren.
LITTLE ROCK J. Gordon Scott, 85, retired pharmacist and insurance agent, died Wednesday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Senatobia (Miss.) First United Methodist Church, where he was a member, with burial in Bethesda Cemetery. C.
O. Pate Funeral Home of Senatobia has charge. Mr. Scott was a charter member of the Senatobia Rotary Club. He leaves his wife, Mrs.
Lonnye Browne Scott; a daughter, Mrs. Beverly Scott Girner of Little Rock, two grandchildren and three great PARKIN Mrs. Ruby Snyder, 80, widow of Orien Snyder, died Wednesday at Cross County Memorial Hospital. Services will be at 2:30 today at Citizen's Funeral Home with burial in Crittenden Memorial Park in Marion. Mrs.
Snyder was a Baptist. She leaves two daughters, Mrs. Betty Jean St. Clair of Parkin and Mrs. Wilma Lee Belyeu of Memphis; a son, Walter M.
Snyder of Germantown, nine grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. MISSISSIPPI AVON Walter Warren Sellars, 81, retired commercial welder, died Wednesday at Mississippi University Medical Center after a long illness. Services will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Boone-Wells Funeral Home burial in Greenlawn Cemetery. Mr.
Sellars was a Baptist, with, a member of the American Legion and a member of the Mississippi Coon Hunting Association. He leaves a son, Thomas E. Sellars, and a stepson, Eugene Bergman, both of Greenville: four sisters, Mrs. Bessie Sweet and Mrs. Minnie Simmons, both of Orlando, Mrs.
Margaret Golden of De Kalb and Mrs. Mildred Jeffares of Meridian, three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. CLARKSDALE Abe May, 70, of Germantown, formerly of Clarksdale, retired Realtor and merchant, died Wednesday at his home after a long illness. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at McNeil Funeral Home with burial in Beth Israel Cemetery in Clarksdale.
Mr. May was a member of Beth Israel Congregation in Clarksdale and Temple Israel Congregation in Memphis. He was the past president of B'Nai B'rith, past president of the Clarksdale Board of Realtors and past president of Beth Israel Congregation. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Fay Millstein May; two daughters, Mrs.
Alice May Heath of Jackson and Miss Linda Ilene May of Atlanta; a son, Harold Jerome May of Memphis; two sisters, Mrs. Lenabel May Magdovitz of Clarksdale and Mrs. Edith May Abrams of Natchez: a brother, Sidney May of Las Vegas, and four grandaughters. COLUMBUS Mrs. Margaret Acker Williams, 72, retired librarian at Mississippi State University for Women and widow of Warner Williams, died yesterday morning at her home.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today at First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, where she was a member, with burial in Beersheba Cemetery. Memorial Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Williams was a native of Cedar Bluff.
She leaves a daughter, Mrs. Pat Bailey of West Helena, two sons, Buddy Williams of Monroe, and Eddie Williams Hattiesburg; two sisters, Mrs. K. B. House of Columbus and Mrs.
Howard Dunnagan of Mobile, eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. ETHEL Mrs. Vera Nowell Dorsey, 89, widow of Burtus Nowell, died Wednesday at Montfort Jones Memorial Hospital after a short illness. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Jordan Funeral Home with burial in Carson Ridge Cemetery.
Mrs. Dorsey was a member of Providence Baptist Church. She leaves a daughter, Mrs. Lorrainne Ballard of Ethel; two sisters, Mrs. Estlee Brooks of Ethel and Mrs.
Inez Nowell of Kosciusko; a brother, Felta Reynolds of Ethel, three children. grandchildren and six great GREENVILLE Mrs. E. Catherine Friesinger Peterson, 86, widow of Walter C. Peterson, died Wednesday night at the Mississippi Delta Medical Center after a long illness.
Services will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow at Boone-Wells Funeral Home with graveside services at 2 p.m. Monday at Graceland Cemetery in Racine, Wis. Mrs. Peterson was a member of the First United Methodist Church.
She leaves a son, Richard L. Peterson of Greenville, nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. The family, requests that memorials be made to the First United Methodist Church. GRENADA Jack T. Wilkins, 73, retired farmer and cattleman, died Wednesday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center after a long illness.
Services will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Garner Harper Funeral Home with burial in Duck Hill Cemetery. Mr. Wilkins was a member of Duck Hill Baptist Church. He leaves a daughter, Mrs.
Virginia Wilkins Tyler of Atlanta: a son, Jack B. Wilkins of Tupelo; a sister, Mrs. J. A. Swanson Duck Hill, a brother, D.
D. Wilkins of Grenada, and a grandchild. HERNANDO Mrs. Ruby, Rochelle Latimer, 86, widow Robert Latimer, died yesterday at Baptist Hospital Central in Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m.
tomorrow at Brantley-Phillips Funeral Home with burial in New Bethlehem Cemetery in Horn Lake. Mrs. Latimer was a charter member of Horn leaves a Lake daughter, Baptist Churchiarthe Frances Tarver of Hernando; six sisters, Mrs. Eunice Dye and Mrs. Etta Poley, both of Walls, Mrs.
W. A. Hobbs of Lake Cormorant, Mrs. Bertha Hutchinson, Mrs. Leslie Jordan and Mrs.
Vetra Barrere, all of Horn Lake; three brothers, Lawless Rochelle of Lake Cormorant, Ira Rochelle and Wiley Rochelle, both of Walls; two grandchildren, six grandchildren and three greatgreat-grandchildren. KOSCIUSKO Mrs. Mary Glee Bell, 88, widow of William C. Bell, died Saturday at Montfort Jones Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Services will be at 2 p.m.
today Funeral Home with burial in Marvin Chapel Cemetery near here. Mrs. Bell was a member of Kosciusko First United Methodist Church. She leaves, three daughters, Mrs. Herring and Mrs.
Cora Bell Kemp, both of Kosciusko, and Mrs. Anthanette Bell Grantham of Lexington; two sons, Henry Bell of Durant and William L. Bell of West; a sister, Mrs. Frank T. Thane of Memphis; two brothers, Mayfield Howard of Madison and Frederich Howard of California, 18 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
MOUNT PLEASANT Louie B. 'Buck' Willis, 75, retired farmer, died Wednesday at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Holly Springs Funeral Home with burial in Carey Chapel Cemetery.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Edna Willis; four daughters, Mrs. Bertha Smith and Mrs. Dorothy Bryant, both of Mount Pleasant, Mrs. Donnie Wilson of Cordova, and Mrs.
Brenda Smith of Memphis; five sons, Paul Willis of Drew, Daniel Willis of Mount Pleasant, Curtis Memphis, John Willis of Covington, and Wayne Willis of Cordova, a sister, Mrs. Viola Willis of Mount Pleasant, 26 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. OXFORD Thomas 'Bill' Jones, 59, of Memphis, formerly of Oxford, retired construction worker, was found dead Monday in a field off Weaver Road south of Holmes in Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow at Second Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Clear Creek Cemetery.
Hodges Funeral Home has charge. He leaves two daughters, Miss Jennifer Jones of Orange Park, and Mrs. Mary Ann Morgan of Hartford, three sons, Allen Jones of Oxford, Thomas Jones Kimmons of Arlington, Texas, and Calvin Boone of Water Valley; his mother, Mrs. Rosie Jones of Oxford; two sisters, Mrs. Mattie Barnes of Clinton, and Mrs.
Bettie Sneed of Orleans; two brothers, Jimmy Jones of Philadelphia, and Robert Jones of Memphis and 13 grandchildren. PEARL Mrs. Mary Ola Humphrey, 79, widow of Clint Humphrey, died Wednesday at Franklin County Hospital in Meadville. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Lee Funeral Home of Winona with burial in Sand Hill Cemetery in Attala County.
She leaves two sons, R. L. Humphrey of Overland Park. and L. C.
Humphrey of Bude, eight grandchildren and 12 great children. PLANTERSVILLE Mrs. Clara Borden, 93, widow of Tom Borden, died Wednesday at North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. Services will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow at United Methodist she was a Plantersville, member, with burial in Plantersville Cemetery.
W. E. Pegues Funeral Home has charge. She leaves a daughter, Mrs. Louise Ferrill of Philadelphia, a son, Clayton Borden of Plantersville; seven grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
RIPLEY Thomas Wesley Spight, 73, retired interior decorator, died Wednesday at Tippah County Hospital after a long illness. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at St. Paul United Methodist Church, where he was a member, with burial in Ripley Cemetery. Foster Sons Funeral charge.
Mr. Spight was an Army veteran. He leaves Mrs. Liza Spight; three daughters, Bessie Cox of Lubbock, Texas, Mrs. Carolyn Brown of Racine, and Miss Sandra Spight of the home; two sons, Curtis Simmons of Greenwood and Samuel Simmons of Los Angeles; sister, Mrs.
Richey Tribble and a brother, F. L. Spight, both of Ripley, eight grandchildren and three great SENATOBIA J. Gordon Scott, 85, retired pharmacist and insurance agent, died Wednesday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m.
today at Senatobia First United Methodist Church, where was a member, with burial in Bethesda Cemetery. C. O. Pate Funeral Home has charge. Mr.
Scott was a charter member of the Senatobia Rotary Club. He his wife, Mrs. Lonnye Leavene Scott; a daughter, Mrs. Beverly Scott Girner of Little Rock, two grandchildren and three greatgrandsons. TUPELO CWO (USA, ret.) Les- ter Earl Swindle, 64, died Wednesday at his home after a long illness.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today at W. E. Pegues Funeral Home with burial in Tupelo Memorial Park. Mr.
Swindle was a Catholic, a member of the Knights of Columbus, the American Legion, thee Veterans of Foreign Wars and Retired Army Officers Association. He served in the third Marine division in the Pacific and was a master diver and underwater demolitionist. Mr. Swindle was on active duty for 30 years and retired in 1981. He leaves his wife, Mrs.
Joyce Ridge Swindle; a daughter, Mrs. Toni S. Bew of Tupelo; three sons, Michael Earl Swindle of the Euclatubba community, Charles Ridge Swindle of Memphis and Charles E. Bingham of Orlando; two sisters, Mrs. Doris Witt of Houston and Mrs.
Thelma Ball of Memphis; three brothers, Chester Swindle and Thomas Swindle, both of Tupelo, and Billy California and four grandchildren. VARDAMAN Mrs. Lavinia Edmondson Carter, 92, widow of a William Guy Carter, died Wednesday at Hillcrest Hospital in Calhoun City after a long illness. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Vardaman Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Midway Cemetery.
Pryor Funeral Home of Calhoun City has charge. She leaves two daughters, Mrs. Carrie Nichols of Vardaman and Mrs. Mary Martin Hernando; a son, Lee R. Carter of West Monroe, a sister, Mrs.
Dottie Kate Scheops of Ennis, Texas; 14 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. WATER VALLEY James Arthur Hollinger, 74, retired farmer, died Wednesday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Browning Funeral Home with burial at Mt. Liberty Cemetery.
Mr. Hollinger was a member of Campground Baptist Church and a World War II Army veteran. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Charlene Weeks Hollinger; four daugthers, Mrs. Mary Lois Hawkins of Lambert, Mrs.
Peggy Gail Grimmer, of Livonia, Mrs. Betty Sue Hendrix of Water Valley and Mrs. Dian Collien of Stevenson, seven sons, Frank Hollinger, James Hollinger and Andy Hollinger, all of Water Valley, Arthur C. Hollinger of Batesville, Aubrey Carl Hollinger of Gary, Floyd Hollinger of Crowder and Gene Hollinger; two sisters, Mrs. Clyde Mitchell of Water Valley and Mrs.
Lillie Ware of Batesville, 35 grandchildren and several greatTips offered on avoiding hypothermia JACKSON, Miss. (AP) Elderly Mississippi residents should take precautions this winter to avoid hypothermia, the Mississippi Council on Aging says. "We often don't associate overexposure to cold with staying our own homes, but many older persons can be subject to serious health problems within their own homes," council director David K. Brown said. "Older persons are more susceptible to developing hypothermia because of their bodies' decreasing ability to regulate responses to changing temperatures.
Some vicitms say they don't even feel chilly." Hypothermia, the lowering of the body's temperatures, can cause death, he said. He offered the following guidelines to avoid hypothermia: Dress appropriately for cold weather wear several layers of loose, warm clothing rather than one heavy layer. Wear hats, caps and scarves inside the house as well as when outdoors. Half of a person's body heat can be lost from the head and neck. Use an electric blanket or extra regular blankets, and wear socks for bedtime warmth.
Wear mittens instead of gloves, because they're warmer. Close shades and drapes to keep the house warmer at night. Eat a balanced diet. Try to maintain a temperature of 70 degrees in the rooms where the most time is spent. MID-SOUTH DEATHS TENNESSEE BROWNSVILLE Mrs.
Ida Wood Cain, 88, widow of Dennis Cain. BURLISON Poindexter Hill, 68. COUNCE Mrs. Ethel Shipman Smith, 76, widow of Edd Smith. COVINGTON Doyle Taylor, 76, of Earlville, N.Y., formerly of Covington; Ms.
Littie Taylor, 76. DYER Mrs. Georgia Delora Barron, 96, widow of Homer T. Barron. LEXINGTON Mrs.
Laura Goff Gilliam, 93, widow of John Calvin Gilliam. MARTIN Mrs. Rozell Evans, 64, wife of Wayne Evans. PARIS Mrs. Bessie B.
Mathenia, 89. PARSONS Wallace William Smith, 68, retired factory worker. WILDERSVILLE Mrs. Girtha Solomon Rogers, 88, widow of Charlie S. Rogers.
AP A 00 Cat act Sue Lacey, Britain's only woman tiger trainer, takes a bow along with her tigers Richard, Tara and Martin. Ms. Lacey and her cats are performing in the Gerry Cottell Christmas Circus, which opened Wednesday night at London's Battersea Park. 'Ho, ho, ho' not so jolly for mother BOISE, Idaho (UPI) Santa Claus was not very nice to a Boise mother who got stuck with a $134 telephone bill her 10-yearold daughter and a friend compiled with toll calls while listening to a Santa tape recording. Patty Wittell said her daughter, Veronica, and a neighborhood friend made calls to Santa over a five-week period beginning Nov.
14. A minute tape recording features dialog between Santa Claus, his wife and a helper. The number for Santa Claus, which is listed in the telephone book, does not have an out-ofstate prefix, so the Idaho children didn't know they were making calls to Utah, Mrs. Wittell said. The calls cost 49 cents a minute, or about $1.71 for the full recording, which starts with an operator's voice that says, "North Pole operator.
One moment and I'll connect you with Santa at home. Ask your parents. It's 49 cents a minute." The then a launches into a dialog filled with "Ho, ho, ho's." At the end of the recording Santa says, "If it's OK with your parents, call again tomorrow and see what's happening at the North Pole." "This isn't the best time of year to get that type of bill," Mrs. Wittell said. "I think it's a real rip-off." Idaho's Public Utilities Commission consumer director Beverly Barker said the recording operated by Advanced Telemarketing of Salt Lake City Hundreds pay respects to Sen.
Dyer GREENVILLE, Miss. (UPI) Friends, family members and state leaders gathered under a gray Christmas Eve sky to pay their last respects to state Sen. Howard Dyer. About 500 people, including Gov. Bill Allain and Lt.
Gov. Brad Dye, heard Rev. Charles E. Brown speak of the longtime lawmaker's "overpowering call to serve his state and country." Dyer, a member of the state Legislature for 14 years, died of an apparent heart attack at his home Monday. He was 71.
During the 15-minute service, Mr. Brown thanked God for Dyer's "sense of justice, which transcended racial and political and social barriers; for his overpowering call to duty to serve his state and his country; for the courage to address the unpopular issues and to champion the cause of the weak and the dispossessed." As chairman of the Senate Constitution Committee, the Greenville lawyer maintained a high profile on issues such as constitution reform and a proposed state lottery. Dyer also was an ardent supporter of prison reform and ethics legislation, and he authored a bill that led to Mississippi's no-fault divorce law. Dye, who will select Dyer's successor to the constitutional committee chairmanship, declined Wednesday to comment on who he would name. Allain, who will call a special election to fill Dyer's seat, is expected to announce the date of the election sometime after Christmas.
At graveside, the state flag that Dyer's coffin was folded and handed to his widow, Mrs. Margaret M. Dyer. "We're going to miss said Dye, who was a close friend of the late senator. "He made those impassioned speeches but nobody ever got mad at Howard.
Howard was fearless and had no petty axes to grind." MEMPHIS DEATHS Mrs. Loma White Alston, 39, of Cordova, nurse anesthetist at Baptist Hospital East, wife of Jimmy Alston Ill. David Dotson Black, 92, of 485 Alexander, retired Memphis Light, Gas Water Division employee. Fred W. Harris, 47, of 332 East Butler.
Angelo Ricardo Hill, 25, of 3153 Rochester, warehouseman. Mrs. Willie Adeline Johnson, 81, of Earle, widow John B. Johnson. Henry Lewis, 64, of 2608 Hofburg Cove, retired City of Memphis truck driver.
Mrs. Emilie D. Lonergan, 93, widow of Edward L. Lonergan. Abe May, Germantown, formerly of Clarksdale, retired Realtor and merchant.
Mrs. Mary Lee Mitchell, 81, of 827 Hilton, widow of Jessie Mitchell. Mrs. Pauline Ollie, 56, of 2853 Washington, Miss Square. Esther Marguerite Page, 76, of Memphis.
Mrs. Julia Aldene Queen, 58, of 2145 Goodhaven, retired dental assistant, widow of Edwin Mitchell Queen. Donald Forrest Reed (USN, 57, of 1878 Felix, retired Smith-Kline Instruments Inc. employee. Mrs.
Rosalie Tillman Rice, 83, widow of Samuel S. Rice. Will Royal, 84, of 1482 Arkansas, retired cook for Memphis Packing Co. Jeronimo Dean 'Jerry' Saavedra, of Memphis, 7-year-old son of Mrs. Deborah Howell and Edgar Dean Saavedra.
Walter A. 'Scottie' Scott, 74, of 5158 Lynbar, retired starter at Galloway Golf Course and retired regional sales manre ager for Kellogg Sales Co. Mrs. Birdie Ida Seveyrac, 88, of West Memphis, retired schoolteacher, widow of Edward Seveyrac. Mrs.
Willie Ella Smith, 61, of Collierville, retired employee of Hart's Manufacturing wife of John Thomas Smith. Mrs. Bessie Vandergrift, 88, of 3556 Maclin, widow of William F. Vandergrift. Mrs.
Emily Hall Weaver, 66, of 6343 Limewood, widow of E. B. Weaver. Mrs. Mary Cotter Whayne, 72, of Colorado Springs, formerly of Memphis, widow of Aud Earl Whayne.
Second suspect held in slaying YAZOO CITY, Miss. (UPI) Police say a second man has been arrested in connection with the April robbery of a package liquor store and the fatal shooting of the store's manager. Police Chief Doyle Jones said Calvin Morris, a onetime Yazoo City, resident, was arrested Wednesday by officers in Chicago and is being held on a warrant issued by Yazoo City authorities. Jones said earlier that Edward Buck Collins of Yazoo City was arrested Tuesday morning. He said Collins has been accused of the shooting death of store manager George Thomas.
Jones said he did not know if Morris would fight extradition to Mississippi. Official faces charge of DUI COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) Records show that a county coroner investigating a fatal traffic accident near Columbus was arrested by state troopers on a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol. Lowndes County Coroner Don Harris declined comment on his Tuesday night arrest. The Highway Patrol said any information would have to be obtained from arrest records.
Authorities said Harris was arrested when he showed up to investigate the Tuesday night death of James W. Burrell 32, of Goodman, killed when his pickup truck collided with an 18- wheeler on U.S 45 alternate. The arrest docket showed Harris was freed after posting bond. Sea tragedy claims 3 REYKJAVIK, Iceland (UPI) Three sailors died and three others were reported missing after an Icelandic ship sank in heavy seas 290 nautical miles northeast of Reykjavik, authorities said. I BIFOCALSI $55.00 PER PAIR Does not include eye exam.
CATARACT SURGERY CENTERI OF MEMPHIS 474 PERKINS EXTENDED SUITE 220. MEDNIKOW BLDG. Memphis, TN 38117 (901) 763-0333, Volunteers join battle on erosion NASHVILLE (AP) Budget cuts have trimmed the Soil Conservation Service's professional staff, so volunteers are being enlisted in the battle against soil erosion, agency officials say. "In a lot of cases, our volunteers are more capable at what we're asking them to do than our own people," said Billy Benson, deputy conservationist in the federal agency's Tennessee headquarters in Nashville. The service, a part of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, works with farmers to halt soil erosion, which is a major problem in Tennessee. In some parts of the state more than 10 tons of topsoil per acre are washed into streams each year. Soil conservation engineers and technicians show farmers how to modify their agricultural practices to reduce erosion and obtain greater crop yields without damaging the soil. The 1985 farm bill passed by Congress mandated reductions in conservation service staffing In Tennessee, the cutbacks have reduced the full-time staff from 323 to about 260. But the bill also provided for local conservation service offices to use nonpaid workers for clerical, public relations and some educational work.
"We've got a few more than 300 "We've got a few more than 300 working for us now," said Benson. "Some of them work just a few hours a month and others work a lot more than that. "What we have them do is promotional work," he said. "They don't do conservation planning and the kind of things that our professional people do. But some them answer the phone and others take photographs and work up educational In East Tennessee, Benson said, hunters have been spotting abandoned mines where erosion is occurring.
In one county, he said, volunteers are conducting classes on how to reduce soil erosion. "These are not necessarily farm people," he said. "We've had some retired schoolteachers, Future Farmers of America, and just people who are interested," Benson said. "We had some Future Farmers who developed soil conservation plans for their own land under the guidance of our district conservationist," Benson said. 'And then they went around to their neighbors and showed them how they did it." Benson said the volunteer conservationists are becoming a permanent part of the conservation service workforce.
"You know, when you get a volunteer interested in what you're doing, you've got a crusader that you didn't have be fore," he said. Flowers Offer Sympathy FTD Arranged With Special Consult Your Professional Florist FIRST.
