? A "joae" currently making the rounds goes like this; 'Wast a 1 i fc* accordion?" Answer; Then drive your car onto a railroad track and see what the train will do to it." t Traffic authorities see little humor in such a situation, although f? it's true enough about what a speeding train can do to an automobile. | It happened that way 180 times in North Carolina last year. Twenty-two people were killed outright, 106 were injured. Some of those hart wiH never fully recover. ;v' #hat trains, which may weigh as much as a navy destroyer, can't be Stopped quickly Automobiles can. The famiilar crossbuck, posted at grade crossings, can be a sign of life. The North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles says heed it. ?? " ? I if Health and Safety Tips From The American Medical Association The American Medical Association Get vaccinated! Does this sound like something you've heard before? Many, many . Well, you have. And you'll hear it again and again. Despite all the combined efforts of the medical profession, public ' health offiicals, school officials, voluntary groups and many others, , . there still are countless millions of Americans who are facing unneces sary risk Of disease, cripling and Pf even death - simply because they . have procrastinated about immuni Lntlnw far themselves and their n?? ?. vaccines against all l^Mpher of communicable diseases I *. war readUjr available. inhere have been no cases of small B|H9a the United States for several S?yMKgtat there still is smallpox in much of the world, and each year this nation has a smallpox |Tstf(pl from an infected traveler re turning from aboard. Revaccina 1 t)MS far smallpox is recommended I jf tin i In fi 11 year intervals. How t&Mc since you've renewed your pro V There still are cases of tetanus, or llbUJno, every year. Almost every one is unnecessary. Tetanus toxoid offers excellent protection. Tetanus is a serious infection that often pro ves fatal. It's much too serious to take a chance. Thanks to-the vaccines, poliomy elitis is now down to a few hundred Mm a year. But polio is still pre sent in the United States, and is | Still -a potential crippler or killer. > Despite some eight years of steady f. campaigning for polio vaccinations, Bpbsfe still are millions of Americans Hapratected. Have you had your Vjwlio vaccine? If so, have you bad - a boosted lately? E Diphtheria is still dangerous and thy do means wiped out, despite the ?Bet that a vaccine has been avail I able for years. Whooping cough is ?fam common in childhood that most Pjjparents don't consider it serious. r^But whooping cough can be danger ous. It also can be prevented by vaccination. Vaccines proved to be effective against mesales have recently been developed Ask your doctor about protection against measles for your children. With the aporach of the fall sea son and the time for schools to re open, now is a good time to check up on your family's vaccination sta tus. If anyone in the household is lacking any of the essential im munizations, see your doctor and bring you rfamily's protection up to date. Aaaaaaachooooo! Here comes the hay fever- season! If you're one of the several mil lion in this country who haVe dh nn*l bouts with hay fever, or other millions who undergo severe asthma attacks during the hay fever sea son, watch out, says Today's Hen' th, the magazine of the American Medical Association, It's rough sledding ahead. From the middle of August thro ugh mid-September, those sensitive to ragweed pollen suffer their most agnoizing time. That's when the ragweed pollen count is highest. Hay fever is not caused by hay and it isn't a fever. Hay fever is an allergy. Your body becomes sensitive to a foreign substance. This can be almost any thing for various individuals, but it most likely to be ragweed pollen. The results also vary, but most i commonly are sneezing, watery eyes, runny nose and general mis erable discomfort. Tolerance to pollens sometimes can be built up by injecting a dilute solution of them under the skin. These shots must be medically pre scribed to meet individual needs. In some cases your doctor may pre scribe one of the antihistamines for temporary relief. The most common preventive measurers against hay fever are: * Get specific anti-hay fever shots well ahead of the season. * Avoid exposure to ragweed pollen by keeping away from areas where it is prevalent. * Air condition the home and work in air-conditioned surroundings, if ? ? .. pimm cy urn n_ Svbil Lanier T y i *? { 11 '' ? Personals Mr. and Mra. Russell Bostic, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Carr and Mr and Mra. Wilbur Hussey of Beulaville returned heme Wednesday after several days at Topsail Beach. Mrs. Billy Bostic and Mrs. Vera Bostic were in Kinston Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Ray Lanier and Mr. and Mrs. Rayburn Andrews spent last week in Washington, D. * ? w. Mrs. Myrle Cutler and son visited relatives in Kinston Wednesday Mrs. Perry Williams and daugh ers. Gay. Linda and Janet visited rtn. Carolina Holland in Micro a lew days last week. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cutler have had ts a house guest for the past week !r. Cutler's mother from Washing on, N. C. Possible ' Antihistaminic drug to lessen the nasal and sinus congestion. * Keep the home as dust free as possible during the height of the hay fever season and throughout the rest of the year. " 1 ?" Mrs. Eddie EarJ Griffin, Miss Blanche Thigpen, Patsy MtDowell and Nelda Edwards shopped in Kin ston Thursday. Mr. and Mrs; Clyde Brinson were in Goldsboro Wednedsay. Mrs. Mhttle R Sutton is a patient at Duplin General Hospital in Ken ansville. Mary Beth Hunter and Billy Hun ! ter visited relatives in Washington. D C. last work. Miss Beverly Denny of Washing ton, D. C. spent the weekepd with her parents also visiting was her apartment mate, Miss Ina Bennett. Joe Jackson of Washington, D. C. spent the weekend with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Jack son. ? ,, Miss Marilyn Denny has return ed home after spending the sum mer in Jacksonville. Mrs. Led Williams, Marilyn and Edwin Denny and Mrs. Spec Walter were in Goldsboro Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Haywood Howard and family of Indianapolis,, ind. have leturned hofne after a two weeks visit with Mr. and Mrs. R C Craft. Mrs. Howards brother Robert Craft, Jr. retarned home with them lor a lew days vjsit. Mrs Bob Craft and son, Barton, Rrcmla Lanier Lanier and Marily Denny shopped in Kinaton Monday, Miss Susan Humphrey of Rich lands is spending the week with Miss Kay Smith. Dr. and Mrs F. L. Nerrjs and Krank have retarned home after a month's vacation in the "Western States, they visited in Oklahoma, Texas, California, Wnshintjoh and other places of interest white they wore away. Mr. Archie*Lanier fished at Emer ald hie Wednesday Jimm^ Creech of Jacksonville visited his mother, Mm. Mattie B. Sutton in Duplin General Hospital Wedensday night. Mrs. ^rchie Lanier and Mrs. Lou HMow made a business trip to Ken ans ville Thursday afternoon. Mr. aad Mrs. Bill Carrtll visited Mrs. C. ,F. Carroll and Mangum in Warsaw" TTMsdajr afternoon. I Little- Joan Jenkins of Warsaw is speipdthg the week with her aunty, Mrs. Richard Williams. Mrs. Ralph Heres and children Mr. and Mrs. MalcaJm Rhodes and family of Jacksonville visited Mrs. Matt!* Bradshaw one day last week. I ja a M a A_0m A M JKL. am. IbbiiajI tftYrTUTfOn f3Jt/0C7 Mr. and Mfi Marry W. Home request the honour of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Addie Sue to Mr. Willie White Humphrey on Sunday, the first of September nineteen hundred and sixty-three at half past six o'clock Beulaville Presbyterian Church BenlavIUe, North Carolina *Nb invitation are being mailed in Beulaville. Ail friends and relatives are cordially invited. ?Reception immediately following the ceremony at the home of Mr .and Mrs. W. G. Jones - 1 " ?l ? 1 ? t "? 1 J Mrs. Pickett Succumbs At Home Mrs. Minnie Stella Pickett, 68 wife of Lewis A. Pickett died sud denly at her home in Beulavilie Fri day afternoon August 9, after sever al months of declining health. Funeral services were conducted at the Bethel Presbyterian Church O'clock by Bov. Herd Ervin of New Barn. Burial followed in the A* berlson Family Cemetery. In addition to bar husband 'she is survived by two sons Elmer F Pickett of "Washington. D. C. and Lynwood J. Pickett of Greensboro Four daughters, Mr?. Sybil Grey Bottom of Huntsville, Ala. Mrs Reba Jones of Chinquapin Misses Louise and Ophelia Pickett both of the homo. Four brothers. Dod, Lit and Jim Albertson of Beulavilk and Kater of Chinquapin, one sister Mrs. Sudie Nethercutt of Beulaville - M. - ... 1 f Wz ?^^WT'TP^^WWw. Nemo ?TAriorn*V. ?HV?L?.m, ' OUPLIN - TIMES. WORRIED? NERVOUS OverCHang?-of-Mfe?i Case yew mind. Get wefcome nM with special wonwn'i mndieinm ? Dont dread those seemingly endless years of misery and discomfort, of sodden hot flushes, waves of weakness and irritability. There is a special woman's medicine which can relieve those heat waves, weak ness, nervousness, so you can enjoy life again. So that you can once more he an affection ate wife and mother. If you are going through the change, dont despair. Do as oountless thousands ef women d??take a ?pceial woman'* oped by a woman-specially to help women by relieving mm" functionally caused female distress. In doctors' tests wetnaa after woman found that Pinkham'e Compound gave dramatic help to all this without costly shots. Irritability |s soothed, hotr" flashes subside. So don't sit and brood and feel unable to help yourself. You eon feel better. Get gentle Lydln E. Pinkham Vegetable Compound today, ? ? The gentle medicine with the gentle name LYDIA K. FINK HAM I ; Reg. $2.98 Sport Shirts In Mens & Boys g. $3.98 This Is One 01 The Many $ DAY BARGAINS Offered August 15th H| l TON S Kinston, N. C. I m'A m m ' ? >H' ? < * .. *> ? Vvfta/ c/o you Anovy ai)ou/ North Carolina's . /. . Rural Electrification Program? TRI-COUNTY ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION'S HEADQUARTERS BUILDING IN GOLDSBORO ^ V Tri-County EMC is one 33 locally owned, controlled ft operated electric membership corporations in N. C.^y^ J J' , ? - r *>. ' ' The story of rural electrification in North Carolina might wed be entitled, "Out of the Darkness ... Into the Light." It is a story as dar ing, as dramatic, as filled with vi sion and courage as any ever written by a great people. But it is a story which, though taken for granted by many, is factually known and understood by few. h is important that everyone know what this story is. ' A great many people (some of |LAHI MAMA 1 MHJ| MWItll JflfvAr. mem sow gone# ones many anveiu snt groups made the clectnfica Ition of North Carolina's rural ? buwbb n wnw? ? ?? ^^b*b w ? areas possible. In 1935 the Gen ergl Assembly became the first iegislutme in America to enact legislation providing for the or ganization of electric coopera Rural Electrification Authority for rtie purpose of promoting fhe for mation of these cooperatives end assisting them in securing federal In 1935 the United Stetes Con gress passed the Rural Electrifica tion Act and established the. Aural Electrification Administration. ' These two agencies ? one state, ilu |.|h ., f, r|ni [J |,M,| I, i?n,lf <-| ITe^W IfloYBR ^TwTww closely in the smuini 27 years to Mm and that locally organized, lo cally controlled, and beady ope rated cooperatives might bring u.. i .1. i ? i lrtB^R BwaTdBNTini^^p VwP .,2 wiimmI NAAHIA orws or Tnoiiwnas ot nirai peopie> r.?"'~l-coEy "l"1* ""IT!*" let. What 0e Yea Knew Ahum North Carolina's Rural Electrifica tion Program?" unite to Tri-Coun ' DM ^JIA wefts A vmlneae ^smmmSMk Hon, Box 28, Goldsboro, N. C. # BMB?W3HKainfiB(?" hkE ' a e ???<&<. J N- / Tri-County Electric Membership Corporation was organized and chartered in 1940. Its first construction project, involving 265 miles of line to serve 925 people in Wayne, Dopim, Lenoir and Johnston Counties, was completed in 1941. This first proj ect was financed by on REA loan of $306,000^. -?' "> fhe Cooperative has steadily expanded its system until IT now has 1,377 miles of lines and distributes electricity to 6,402 member-owners in the rural sections of Wayne, Duplin, Lenoir, Johnston, Wilson and Sampson Counties. Total REA loans through 1962 amounted to $3,349,568. 34. The Cooperative has repaid $1,108,759.64 on the princi pal of these loans, including $366,558.95 ahead of schedule, and has. paid REA $451,712.89 in Interest. y - * - - -J Tri-County Electee's members, through payment of mem bership fees and by returning their margins to the Coopera tive's capital account, have thus far Invested $667,807.41 of their own money in the business. The members have continuously increased their use of electric power. Average consumption in 1942 was only 41 kilowatt-hours per month, which cod the member $2.80 or nearly 7c per KWH. Average consumption in 1962 was 409 KWH per month, which cost the member $10.71 or some 2.6c per KWH. Thus, while Tri-County's members have increased their power use nearly ten-fold, they have reduced their per KWH-cost nearly four-fold. : - .. ?? -*l? ? - ? Tri-County's members read their own eledfic meters, sending the meter readings In to the Cooperative's 'bead quarters In Goldsboro every month. The Cooperative estimates thpt this practice, without which five additional employees and trucks would be required, saves Tri-County Electric and .its mem bers some $27,000 every year. The Cooperative employs 33 persons who earned a-pay> * roil in 1962 of $155,467.58. These employees have aecomv loted on average of seven years' service with the Cooperative.1 Tri-County thus has a total of 259 man-yewi^of experience . performing its operations, . ' ^ K_J An eleven-member Board of Directors directs the Coopera-' five's affairs. This Board, elected every year by and from the members at their meeting, is composed of the following, whose addresses and years of director service are also giveni. If ? " '*" ? - v. ? ? Lewis Outlaw, Rt. 1, Albertson, 23 years; W. M. Griffin, Seven Springs, 23 years; Mrs. Vann Smith, Seven Springs, 23 years; L. P. Wells, Rt. 1, Mount Olive, 23 years; J. A. Davis, , Rt. 1, Pink Hill, 15 years; Connie Stuckey, Rt. 2, Pikeville, 12 years,- Lealon Keen, Rt. 3, Mount OHve, 15 years; Weib Thomae, Rt. 2, Pink Hi*. 9 years; Raymond A- Mitchell, Rt. 5, Goldsboro, 8 years; Heword A. Hardy, Rt. 4, Kinston. 8 years; : Leslie J. Bell, Rt. 2, Mount Olive, 2 years. | ' Lewis Outlaw serves the Cooperative as president; W. M. Griffin serves as vice-president; Connie Stuckey serves as secretary; and Mrs. Vann Smith serves as treasurer. Robert S. Holmes of Goldsbore is the Cooperative's general manager. ' | ' Since its organization in 1940, Tri-County has had one main objectivei to provide good, dependable electric sendee to everyone in its service area?sat rates consistent 4*th sound' -> business principles and non-profit operation. / ^ ^ ?' As Its motto says, Tri-County Electric tion is "owned by those we serve." But in a larger, more im portant sense, Tri-County Electric belongs to all of the people s h: who live in Its area. : The Cooperative is proud to be an active institution ip the several communities bi which * is locally owned, cantroBbd % ? and operated. It will continue to participate in, and to give its full support to, the various activities and projects that make, fhese communities better places in which to live, - -*v-f Owned ft, mSWSiws ? Jldi N. William Street _ , Gol<J?boro, N. v - __ , *, /Smim Fads Absat Trt-Coarty Eledifc MemlwfsMaCorporation

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