4. | PRYOR, John Edward was born on 22 Oct 1890 (son of PRYOR, William Christopher and MCBRIDE, Katherine Ellen); died on 18 Feb 1952 in Clinton, Oneida County, New York; was buried in Saint Marys Cemetery Clinton Oneida County New York, USA. Notes:
Subsistence garden officials of
the Town of Kirkland have received
about 70 applications for
plots this year, it is announced by
John E. Pryor, Kirkland, head of
the movement In Oneida County.
The town's representative is William
Smith, also of Kirkland, who
Is supervising the distribution and
planting of seeds.
—A-plot-for local-g'ardeners-is-sit--
uated at the corner of Mulberry
and Chestnut streets, while there
are three in Clark Mills in addition
to the numerous individual
back-yard gardens assigned to applicants.
The individual spaces,
staked out this week, are 50 by
100 feet, giving ample space to
plant the 19 varieties of seeds,
three varieties- of-plants, and three
bushels of potatoes which are given
to each applicant.
Plowing of all gardens has already
been completed which permits
the planting of seeds in time
for seasonal harvest. Among the
plants and seeds to be grown are:
lettuce, radishes, onions, beets,
potatoes, peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes
and sweet corn, all off
which may be planted in each individual
plot. These are furnished
free to welfare clients to whom
spaces have.been assigned..
' Each applicant for space is required
to sign the garden'agreement
which calls for planting according
to the prescribed diagram.
He agrees to. cultivate and keep
the plot free from weeds, and not
to sen in the open market any
of the produce grown. He must
also agree to return in good condition
each and every tool loaned
for use, in addition to keeping a
record of the harvest.
John married PETCH, Lena C. Lena (daughter of PETCH, Elmer and BESIG, Mary) was born in 1893 in Westmoreland, Oneida, New York, United States; died on 14 Sep 1973 in Whitesboro, Oneida, New York, United States of America; was buried in Saint Marys Cemetery Clinton Oneida County New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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