Paving Projects
In Martin County
1 hi oe additional miles of new
paving were finished in Martin
County during November under
the Highway Commission's $200,
000,000 bond issue program.
The completed project runs
from US 6-4 near Darden to the
Pulp Mill.
During November the Commis
sion also finished grading and
paving nine miles on NC 171
*10171 the end of the pavement
5 miles southwest of Jamesville
to the Martin-Beaufort County
line.
By the end ot 1950 the Com-,
mission estimates that from 45 to
50 per cent of the 12.000-mile
bond issue program will be fin
ished. Unless war conditions in
I tervene, the remainder of the pav
ing and stabilization program
should be completed within the
next two years.
As of November 1, the Commis
I sion has spent $57,998,374 of the
$200,000,000 bond issue fund. An
additional $04,000,000 is either al
located to specific road projects
or will be allocated shortly.
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Under forest management, it is
possible to take harvest from the
woods and still leave a growing i
forest.
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Gl CASUALTIES CATCH LAST PLANE
AMERICAN WOUNDEt) BOARS the last plane to leave Allied-evacuntcd i
Pyongyang before :J. S engineers blasted everything of military use to
the Communists. Litter cases were previously flown out of Pyongyang
as British units covered the withdrawal. (International Hitdiophoto) !
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CpI. Mack Griffin, ,s<>n cl Mr
nd Mrs Don Griffin of Williams
an Route 1, has seen u lot of ae
ion since he reached the Far
last u short time ago Stationed
t Japan, he is with California's
ght bomb wing, and participated
i raids along the Yalu River
In a letter written just before
te United Nations forces revers
d, the young man expressed the
ope that war would soon be >v
r, that during the meantime tie
■ould receive mail from friends
t this address: Cpl Mack
Ruffin, 452nd Romb Wing (Id,
52nd Motor Vehicle S'|tln„ Al‘(j
29-1, Can Postmaster, San Fran
isco, Calif
.iixcm hour# Si<{iis I'avl
To Toil Slava Traffic
Lake Success, New York—
• uxenmbourg has signed the U.
Convention for the Suppres
on of the Traffic in Persons and
I the Kxploitation of the Prosti
jtion of Others
Other- which have signed this
invention are Ecuador, India,
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IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME IN
TARBORO
laihoro merchants have hern working for innath* to make
larhoro the Greatest Shopping Center in Kustern Carolina.
/Inytrs have com Inti the Northern Moil, els for the (Greatest
l allies yon hare ever nilnesseil!
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IT VMM, PVY YOU TO SHOP IN TAIHIOIIO
Kegardless of the distance.
Stores, Srtrls and Homes ItcanlifnlU Dn'oralnl
I*or Thi» Holiday Season.
Shop EARLY - - - Bring the Entire Family
200 Stores Welrome Yon!
Merchants Association and Chamber of Commerce
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Promote 'Model
Mile' Contest
| First place in the State wide
i Model Mile Roadside Improve
! merit Contest for 1950 has been
awarded to the Sheltontown com
munitv of Sorry County, where
a number ol outstanding projects
in community improvement were
completed this year.
The contest is sponsored an j
nually by the State home demon
stration organization and other1
State-wide groups with the help
of the Carolina Motor Club, which
provides the prizes.
The Sheltontown Home l)em
onstration Club had long wanted;
to make the highway running j
through the community more at
tractive, t>ut somehow they had I
not had the proper incentive to!
get started When Mrs Grace
Rope Brown, county horn..
State Extension Service, told the
group about the Model Mile Con
test, the club members saw an op
portunitv to approach the people
of the community with a definite
program. ji
Mrs. Alvis Love was named j i
leader of the project. She proved
to be a “natural" for the job Mrs. h
Love says, however, that success j i
Time For Some To
Get New Licenses
The cycle *is about complete and
many.of those who wore first to
yet them are now findim; it neees
sat y to renew their operator's li
eenses.
It has not been quite four years
since the new type of licenses
were issued, but since the licenses
expire on th owner's birth date,
some were not good for four full
years.
All license*"holders will find it
advisable to examine their licenses
and determine the expiration date
11 is to be found in the right-hand
corner.
II ones license expires say the
Inst of next February, he can yet
it renewed without taking a road
test by reporting to the examiner
any time between the first of next
month and the iirst ol February
II he waits longer he will have
to take the road test, and. at the
same time, be liable for prosecu
tion in the courts.
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Taking Pari In Doner
Drntna On ('.allege Stage
Students oi the modern dance
at Fast Carolina Teachers College,
Greenville, will present a dance
drama, "The Juggler and the
Fatly." at the annual Christmas
program in Austin auditorium on
Thursday evening of this week at
11:00 o’clock.
Miss Edith Rogerson ol YVil
hamston will take part in the pro
gram, it was announced.
was achieved through the cooper
alien of all the people in the com
munity.
One of the goals reached by the
■ bib was to have each home own
?r clean up and haul away all
rubbish and trash from the prem
ises "Unfortunately." :,a.vs Mr
hove, "the rubbish reappeared al
most its last as it was hauled
i way."
The owner of an auto garage
mil "graveyard" became so in
lerestrd m what was being done
hat lie not only removed the au
o parts In truck and bulldozer I
>ut also removed his entire place I
il busine , to a less conspicmus
ocytion.
Cleaning up and rclandsrupiiu*
hurih grounds ami painting Un
ocal srhnnlhou.se were among the!
ither accomplishments of the
tub The community raised the j
noney to buy paint for the school
abiding, and the county furnish j
-ft the labor
Tfefe
T RAILWAYS
thru *m:chan6hs buses
FROM WII.LIAMSTON TO:
ROCKY MOUNT
5 Trips
WASHINGTON. I). C.
Via Rocky Mount, Richmond
RALEIGH
5 Trips
DALLAS. Trxuei
4 Trips, Express from Raleigh
ASHEVILLE
Only 1 Change enrontc
One-Way Round Trip
S I.CS S 2.10
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(Pius Fed. Tax)
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Modern Living
Dangers Cited
The Iti'tnrn of "hig war" jitters
lias alerted the home front attain
to the dangers of modern living
It found expression in the past
utek m top-level thinking about
the industrial plant of the future
1 he factory of tomorrow will
look like a concrete box Tt will
be designed to give protection
against the dangers of atomic en
ergy from without and within. A
number of plants tire beginning
to use radioactive molecules in
their manufacturing and this calls
for the utmost in precautions
Simplicity in design and free
dom from ornamental gee-gaws
will be the keynote of industrial
Plant engineering But the cost
of construction will be greater
many times than the cost of put
tmg up a convent Iona I plant.
Any factory using radioactive
molecules must asure the Atomic
Energy Commission it is fully
equipped to protect its workers
against exposure to radioactive
activity Safety measures are be
ing adopted which will establish
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patterns for the plant of tomor
row. In one large plant X-ray
technicians are supplier! with
“Minometer pencils" which indi
cate when they are getting too j
much dosage from radiological
hazards. These pencils which are
clipped to the worker's pocket un
checked h\ special laboratory in
stillments each eight hour work
mg day.
Carelessness at home could kill ^
more of our civilian population '
i rti#r, run
than enemy bombings, safety ex
perts say, and proper precau
tions on the home front are vital
ly necessary.
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North Carolina's recent annua!
report on farm training disclosed
that during the past year, trainees
raised 1,023,000 purebred pullets,
4,401,000 certified baby chicks,
1(14,000 acres of adapted hybrid
corn, 70,000 hogs and 5.000 pure
bred bulls.
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