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Show 40 ANNIVERSARY OF SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE This is the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Soil Conservation Service. In Sept. 1933, Harold Ickes, Sec. of Int. announced the creation of the Division of Erosic.n. The agency was later named the Soil Erosicn Service and, upon up-on transfer to the Department of Agri. in 1935 was given its present pres-ent name. Two Soil Conservation Districts Dis-tricts serve Beaver County. The Twin-M SCD serves Milford and Miner.sville with Ralph Pearson chairman, Leo Mayer, Fay Mar" shall, James Mayer and Ted Rimpau, supervisors. Supervisors of the Beaver SCD are Evan Patterson, Chairman; Chair-man; Fay Ashworth, Ronnie Roberts,' Blake Smith, Bob Brown and Frank Harris, ex-of-ficio member. |