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Page 5 About All West Alabama
Marengo Academy elementary students
who participated in the AISA State Art
Show and placed were front row Cheyenne
Sheffield, Addison Gunter and Sierra
Ratcliff. Back row Ashleigh Overstreet,
Charlie Vickers. Anne Harding Pugh, and
Avry Davis.
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DAYS GONE BYE...BY TOM BOGGS
Thursday, •April 19, 2012
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Now, there are going to be a mess
of y'all still around who will know
right off what I mean by brown
boots. It was the brown boot army
time, replaced by the black boot
army, which came about, near as I
can recollect, in the late 50s. The
ones of us already in uniform at the
time of the change were given black
boot dye, and told to change the
color of the footwear...no matter
that when you bloused those
starched Khaki pants, there would
be black dye all over the legs. Not
so bad when you bloused those
wool pants that went with the
Eisenhower jacket. Pretty good
looking uniforms, but the World
War II era Eisenhower jackets went
the way of the brown boots real
soon.
How many of y'all remember that
dagburn PRI Circle? For the unin- •
formed, the troops lay in a drcle
with the M1 rifle resting on a wood-
en box. There would be a loud
mouthed and bering 2nd Lieutenant
giving out commands all afternoon
on "dry" firing that weapon.
Changing up the sling on your ann,
and every other torture he could
think of. You just lay there, and
dreamed of being able to actually
get on the firing line, and pop some
30-06 caps, sending the bullet
toward the bull's eye downrange.
Nothing much to look forward to
at break time every hour on the hour
on the PRI circle. Just go sit under a
pine tree, and take out that alu-
minum canteen with the warm water
contained therein, and grtmace as it
went down your throat, but at least
wetting the dry lips.
The idea of using the MI Gar~fnd
rifle was not to spray bullets all over
the place, but. instead, to take care-
ful aim, and squeeze off rounds.
There was one exercise on the firing
range where the shooter fired one
round from the prone position, put
in an eight round clip, and rapidly
fired off those eight bullets. Never
will forget seeing this little fellow
one time who fired off those 8 shots
from the prone position, and that big
oi' rifle knocked him back a bit with
every shot. He had to get up, and
walk back to the line when he fin-
ished.
I later became one of those dan-
ged 2nd Lieutenants, and I was ran-
rang the fifty caliber machine gun
range one day. Every fifth round
was a tracer bullet, so you could get
some idea of where the shells were
hitting way down range. I made sure
that all the recruits understood that,
and were aware that the first four
projectiles were, of course, not
brightly lit up orange phosphorus
shells. Firing that fearsome 50 cal
400 yards down range resulted in
many of the bullets hitting dirt
embankments, and ricocheting on
up in the air. You could see the track
er bullets doing that all day. At the
end of the day's activities, I had sev-
eral of the recruits stay back to help
me police up the spent brass and
clean up the firing range. There was
one private who was country when
country was not coot. I reckon he
must have been thinking about this
thing all day. He edged up toward
me. built up his courage, and asked,
"Lieutenant...how come them red
'uns won't stick?"
Well, sir, I had to laugh out 10tgl
before I explained to him that
bunch of those rounds were rico,
cheting off the dirt mound wo}~
down yonder, but he just could~
see the ones that were not tracers,
He looked a little puzzled, and just
said, "Oh."
You remember, the ones of you
who were there, that we always had
to fit that heavy steel helmet called
a steel pot on top of the plastic hel-
met liner anytime there was any fir-
ing or stuff like that. It just seemed
like the weight of the world was lift-
ed when we were allowed to slip off
the pot, and just wear that light hel-
met liner. Small pleasures of life.
don't you- know?
Those were fine times, and pleas-
ant memories of wearing the same
uniform, and firing the same
weapons used by our daddies in the
Second World War. Times, how they
have changed, but the American sol-
dier, although outfitted much differ-
ently, is the same dedicated arid
motivated American protector of
our nation...thank GOd.
j.
These high school students at Marengo
Academy placed at the AISA State Art
Competition held at Macon East in
Montgomery on April 12. 2012. Pictured
Black Belt Treasures will
host a Hog Wild for Art Festival
on Saturday, April 28. 2012.
from 10 am until 2 pm. The fes-
tival, being held in conjunction
with the Wilcox Area Chamber
Barbeque Cook-off. will feature
demonstrations by artists,
craftsmen, and musicians, and
will be great fun for the whole
family.
Artists on hand to demon-
strate will be chair caner
Jennifer Philen. potter Kristin
Law. artist Linda Sturdivant.
left to right is Nicole Patten, Victoria
Belcher. Mary Alice Moore. and Collin
Sheffield,
"Tasting Tickets" available for
purchase from the Wdcox Area
Chamber.
Visitors are invited to partici-
pate inhands-on art activities.
puppet shows, and classes for
children and adults beginning at
11:00 a.m. To register for the
adult art class contact Black
Belt Treasures at (334)682-
9878 or info@blackbelttrea-
sures.com.
made significant progress in
creating an awareness and inter-
est in local art. literature, fine
crafts, food. and music. For
information about the Hog Wdd
for Arts Festival or other events,
please contact Black Belt
Treasures at (334)682-9878 or
visit our website www.black-
belttreasures.com. Black Belt
Treasures is located at 209
Claibome Street in historic
downtown Camden, Alabama.
ALABAMA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION
Kathryn Friday
Marengo County Extension
Last week the emphasis of
this column was on "good"
bugs. This week we will look at
the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Many sod insect pest popula-
tions reach high numbers in
grass or turf, and home gardens
established in areas previously
covered with grass. To reduce
sod insect problems, thoroughly
till or spade the area well in
advance of planting (30 days or
more) and again just before
planting. This will bring up sod
pests near the surface where
thief cliances of being killed are
increa xl. In most cases tilling
the soil or sod in fall and early
spring will sufficiently control
soil insects without the need for
a sod insecticide.
If tilling is not an option,
apply a broadcast sod insecti-
cide 2 weeks before planting to
help control some soil insects
like cutworms, wireworms, and
white grubs. The Extension
office can offer suggestions on
available insecticides.
The pest I most dislike is
slugs. They eat my flowers and
my lettuce. Slugs feed on
young seedlings and succulent
parts of plants. You know
where they have been because
they leave mucus trails on the
surfaces on which they crawl:
Here is one tip for slugs.
Place stale beer in small cups or
pans sunken in the sod so the lip
of the container is slightly
below ground level. Slugs are
attracted to the beer, fall into the
container, and drown. For best
results replace the beer every
two to three days. Do it now
and you can greatly reduce your
slug population by early sum-
meT.
A second method of slug
control is to pick them by hand.
Using a flashlight, check the
garden around 10 p.m. for
active slugs. If you find any,
pick them up with an old spoon
and drop them into a container
of salt which will kill them. If
you do this for 3 or 4 nights in a
row. your population can be
greatly reduced.
Another garden pest is the
cutworm. They are active at
hight and remain buried below
the sod surface near food plants
during the day. They emerge at
night to feed and often cut
seedlings or small stems, cans-
ing the plant to fall over.
You can prevent damage by
placing a paper or plastic
"sleeVe" over the plant and
pressmg the bottom into the
soil: "'-'t~kce sl~m'ound
newly transpl s"'6t newly
emerged seedlings so that 1
inch is below ground and 3
inches is above ground. Paper
cups with the bottoms removed
or 4 inch high sections of paper
Lamison
milk cartons are ideal. Tuna
cans with the bottoms removed
Baptist Fifth
Sunday
Singing
may also work. Glory Road Quartet will be
So you see, insecticides at Lamison Baptist Church at t
aren't always necessary. Of
course, if you have five acres
planted, hand picking might not
be your best answer.
If you have insect problems,
call the Marengo County tor.
Extension office, and we will-
help find an answer for you.
t:30 p.m. on April 29th.
Lunch will be served.
Everyone is welcome. They
will bless you. Come join us.
Bro. Benny Harrison is pay
Don't forget
Administrativ
Professional
Day
April 25, 2012
Nellie's
TheHogWildforArtFestival Flowers & Gifts
is made possible by the gener-
ous support of the Alabama Uniontown
stained glass artist John State Council on the Arts with FAX Service t'-h, irr h 5Ol North Main Street, :
Hogarth, and bird carver John funds from the National x,om un~,,uu~,m 1 ~m | . :
Sheffey. Musical performances Endowment for the Arts. i
will include The Grasshopper Black Belt Treasures is a God Youth Linden, Al !
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Laura Grace Creswell.The bar- oped to showcase and promote evlvaI in the Miller's Community in Church Of Jefferson. No let- Vor art your Dower needs:::
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