Show gold appointed soil dist head sherman F gold husband of melba heiner gold of salem va has been appointed head of the soil conservation district in southwestern virginia he and his wife a and nd four children d ren make their home in S salem alem where he has been connected with the local conservation office as soil scientist for the blue ridge d district since january 1946 following his graduation with a B S degree in agronomy and soils sails from the utah agriculture college in 1939 sherman was employed as seed analyst for a western seed company from 1939 to 10 1940 then he was appointed soil technician for the bureau of reclamation in washington and in 1911 served as statistical clerk for the census bureau ile he was is a navy veter veteran an of world war 11 II having served in the south pacific and also took part in the invasion of philippine islands as member of an amphibious force |