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Abbeville Meridional, Thursday, October 6, 1994, Page 3 ST 1 Citrus growers 4 V. expect good 0 1 Funeral services set for Ray J. Gary, 44 0 1 1 ERATH Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6, in Our Lady of Lour-des Catholic Church for Ray Joseph "Heavy" Gary, 44, who died at 10 a.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 6, 1994, in University Medical Center in Lafayette. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Survivors include his parents, Wilmer and Anna Romero Gary of Erath; two sisters, Brenda Gary and Mrs. Abdin (Susan) Floris of Erath; and three brothers, Johnnie, Willis and Wilmer Gary all of Erath.

Pallbearers will be Johnnie, Willis, Clinton, Blaine, and Wilmer Gary Jr. and Anthony Boudreaux. Mr. Gary had been employed by Brouasard Auto Repair of Erath for the past 16 years. Visitation will be from 7 a.m.

until service time Thursday. Broussard Funeral Home in Erath is in charge of arrangements. i 1 jj IT crop this year This fall, a bountiful crop of oranges, satsumas, and lemons is expected by Vermilion Parish citrus tree growers. The last few years a killing frost has not hit home orchards. This has allowed the develoment of an impressive crop of owari satsuma, sweet and sour kumquats and navel oranges at John and Sharon Hebert's grove in Erath.

Using sound cultural practices, the Hebert's have grown some of the larger and healthier citrus trees found in Vermilion Parish. Despite experiencing minor losses of fruit to disease, the Hebert's are expecting a bumper crop. Some of the problems they have experienced include fruit splitting. Navel oranges are especially susceptible to splitting. This conditon usually occurs after a dry period that is followed by a heavy rain.

This fluctuation in soil moisture causes the flesh to expand faster than the peel can stretch, thereby causing a split. Once the fruit has split it will quickly rot and spoil. Split fruit should be discarded to stop fruit rot organisms from accumulating under the trse. Keeping the tree's soil moisture constant by watering during dry periods is the only way to help minimize this condition. The skin of the fruit on an orange tree will sometimes be damaged by thrips and birds.

Birds appear to like the oil that is found in the peel, and they will scratch and damage the outer 0 Gunman kills three in Jackson, Mississippi A I Sharon Hebert of Erath picks a naval orange that has split from her tree. consider when fertilizing a citni3 tree are time of year and amount. In late January or early February, l'i pounds of 8-8-8 should be applied per year of age of tree up to 12 years. This amount can be split, and the second application can be made in April. The fertilizer should be broadcasted beyond the spread of the limbs where most of the feeder roots are located.

A citrus tree should never be fertilized after June. This will only lead to late summer and fall growth that will be more susceptible to frost surface. Thrips are nearly microscopic insects that damage the fruit during the early stages of fruit development. In the fall as the fruit expands, this damage becomes evident as a smooth shiny patch on the surface of the peeling. Neither of these conditions damages the flesh, and therefore, they are worth treating.

The Hebert's have fertilized their trees on a yearly basis. Their trees have responded by putting on tremendous amounts of growth. The key factors to damage. Weed control under a citrus tree is essential to rapid growth. Bare soil devoid of weeds will also absorb and radiate more of the sun's rays during cold winter nights.

Roundup herbicide controls weeds effectively under citrus trees. It will not cause injury to the tree unless it is sprayed on the foliage or on young trees with green shiny fcark. For more information on citrus trees, contact Stuart Gauthier, Assistant County Agent, Vermilion Parish, at 898-4335. shooting began, Ledoux said. Clottie Fields, 57, had lived next door to Harper for more than 20 years.

Harper lived about one block away from where the shooting took place. "They're shooting around here all the time. Some of it's shooting in the air and some is killing. It's like the devil is loose." Ledoux called it the worst scene he had worked in three years. "There were multiple shots fired through doors, walls, even ceilings," Ledoux said.

"He shot through the closet, hit the mother and baby, then he opened the door and shot them again." Police spokesman Lee Vance said the incident began in the street, where the assailant shot at Harper. He said Harper retreated into the house and the gunman followed. "I've known her since first grade, and she was a nice person who'd never hurt anybody," said Lawanda Sutton, 18, a neighbor. "I don't know why anyone would hurt her." JACKSON, Miss. (AP) A gunman mercilessly shot to death three people here, including a woman who desperately clutched her infant son while being stalked.

Victoria Minor, 1 8, her 2-week-old son, Howard, and Clarence Harper 22, were shot repeatedly in Minor's home about 7:26 p.m. Detective Al Ledoux said he had neither motive nor suspect in the city's 72nd, 73rd and 74th homicides this year. Police said the shooter was seen driving a blue 1994 Chevrolet Spectrum with Madison County plates. Harper was found dead in a hallway with several gunshot wounds. The mother and baby were found in the bedroom closet with multiple wounds.

They were taken to the University of Mississippi Medical Center, where the mother died at 8 p.m. and the child at 8:25 p.m., Coroner Robert Martin said. An unidentified woman escaped from the house when the Couple indicted on conspiracy charges not to cooperate with ensuing investigation. If convicted, each could receive up to 10 years in prison and fines of $500,000. Now Available In Abbeville COLOR COPIER EnlargeReduce, 8xl0s, 11x17 Color Photos Much More py Sendees Landry Publishing 203 Charity, Abbeville 8932480 Student waves gun, fires shots at school GOTANEiniS TIP? CALL 893-4223 Beal NEW ORLEANS (AP) A couple with a government mail-hauling contact has been indicted on charges of conspiring to dodge payment of $500,000 in back wages to six employees.

Johnnie W. Robertson, 64, and Estelle Robertson, 43, of New 'Orleans, face arraignment before a federal magistrate Friday. The pair is charged with conspiring to defraud the government and filing false documents with federal labor officials. An indictment alleges the couple, which has a contract with the U.S. Postal Service, was informed by the Labor Department in 1991 that they had failed to pay workers at pay and benefit levels mandated by their contract.

Robertson allegedly delivered copies of seven checks made payable to the employees to federal officials. But the indictment alleges the checks were never given to the workers, some of whom signed affidavits falsely stating they had received the money. Mrs. Robertson is accused of trying to persuade an employee ymon the air and then knelt on the ground, placing the gun to his head, "He ran up and asked me where such-and-such teacher was. He was crazy, just out of it," said Patrick Cyprian, a school custodian.

"His eyes looked like he had just one thing on his mind." When the juvenile eventually threw the gun down, faculty members grabbed him and the gun before police arrived. Lt. Donald Sharp and Sgt. Danny Jenkins booked the juvenile with one count of attempted murder, three counts of aggravated assault, two counts of illegal discharge of a firearm and one count of illegally carrying a weapon on school grounds and interfering with a school's operation. SAVE 25 Regularly to Choose from our entire selection of Hanes hosiery.

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When the student's name was called, he began shouting obscenities and waving the gun in the air. The student then threatened to shoot the unidentified teacher, the sheriff said. Other students panicked and began running from the gymnasium. And the juvenile with the gun fled the school building. Canulette said several students, who appeared to be friends with the armed juvenile, begged him to put down his weapon.

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