B. F. GRADY GRADUATES—The B. F. Grady
senior class received diplomas in graduation ex
ercises Friday night. Dr. Leo Jenkins, dean of
ECTC. Greenville, was the speaker. The class.
27 in number, is one of the largest on record at
the school. The baccalaureate sermon was held
Sunday afternoon. May 8. and class day exercises
were Thursday night. May 12. Barbara Jones,
standing in front, was mascot. Seniors are: front
row, left to right, Katie Hatch, Emma Jean Smith,
Eva Edna Grady, president, Mary Estelle Wil
kins, Dorothy Jackson, Annie Lois Sutton, Sybil
Davis, Mary Ethel Outlaw, Marie Prater, class
poet, and Miss Mildred Maddox, sponsor: second
row, Lettie Taylor, Mary Rose Sutton, Rachel
Lee Pate, Ardeth Smith, giftorian. Janie Wil
liams. prophetess, Annie May Gray, historian.
James Padgett, Kenneth Malpass, Bernard Kor
negay, valedictorian. Elwood Jones. Douglas
Townsend, Carmer Turner, lawyer, Henry Wa
ters. and C. L. Whitfield. The following special
awards were given to outstanding students: Ju
lia Williams, best all around girl: Carmer Turner,
best all around boy; Alfred Wells, citizenship;
Anis Kelly, home economics; E. T. Kornegay.
mathematics and agriculture; Mary Estelle Wil
kins, librarian; Jim Parker, public speaking; Gas
ton Grady, public speaking, and Estelle Waller,
music.—Stag Photo by Charles Kraft.
County Agents Helping
To Locate Leaf Plants
The Agricultural Extension
Service is taking steps to assist
North Carolina tobacco farmers
in locating plants for the 1949
crop, it was announced this week
by R. R. Bennett and S. N.
Hawks, Jr., extension tobacco
specialists at State College.
A State-wide survey of the
plant situation is being made
through the county agents in all
tobaCco-producing counties ev
ery few days, and the informa
tion ohtained is being summar
ized and mailed out to all of
these agents at least once each
week, the specialist said.
“The plant shortage,” Bennett
and Hawks said, “is the princi
pal concern of tobacco growers
at the present time. By contact
ing their county agents, growers
may firgpl out where plants are
available before the plants be
come too old and overgrown.”
The shortage of plants has
been brought on by the worst
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blue mold attack in at least 10
years, plus widespread attacks of
insect pests such as the vegetable
weevil, flea beetle, grubworm
and aphid.
The situation is most critical,
the specialists stated, with grow
ers who need Oxford 26, a Gran
ville wilt resistant variety, and
Oxford 1, which is resistant to
black shank. A few Oxford 26
plants, they said, are available
in the Whiteville, Kinston, and
Washington (N. C.) areas, and
some Oxford 1 plants may be
found in Pitt, Beaufort, and Le
noir counties.
oince wie diuiiswuia., v/uium
bus, Robeson, Duplin, Lenoir,
Beaufort, and Pitt areas are near
ing completion of transplanting,
growers should investigate these
sections first to utilize excess
plants before they become too
large, Bennett and Hawks assert
ed.
The specialists urged growers
to be very careful to avoid farms
that are infested with black
shank or Granville wilt, in order
to prevent the spread of these
soil-borne diseases. Local coun
ty agents know the communities
in their respective counties which
are relatively free of disease.
North Carolina will send four
delegates — two boys and two
girls—to the National 4-H Camp
in Washington, D. C., June 15-22.
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TRENTON HIGH’S
JUNIOR BASEBALL
SQUADS EXCELLENT
The Trenton Junior baseball
teams are made up of about 35
boys practically all of whom
have taken part in inter-school
games. The Junior teams lost
a thriller to Richlands 3-2 in the
opening game. Later it turned
back Comfort, a team which had
previously defeated Richlands,
to the tune of 8-6.
The baby team, playing under
the appellation of “Autry’s Atom
ic Aces”, has been undefeated
the whole season. Trailing Four
Oaks by a score of 4-8 on the lo
cal diamond in the last half of
the last inning they blasted across
7 runs to win 11-8. In a return
game at Four Oaks, they trailed
until the last inning then tied
the score, making it necessary
to go two extra innings. They
finally won 11-12.
The Junior team is composed
of Chester Hooten, W. T. Heath,
Roy Edwards, Sam Scott, Fred
erick Wilcox, Junior Whaley,
Jack Meadows, Tommy Mallard,
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The honor roll for the Mays-,
ville School for the eighth report
period was announced as follows:
First grade — Vernon Byrd,
Dalton Flowers, David Leon Foy,
Claude Henderson, Don Mattocks,
Bernice Britt, Catherine Collins,
Patricia Conway, Ruth Dixon,
and Helen Mattocks.
Second grade—Gerald Pelle
tier, Jr., William Melville, Jr.,
Ralph Riggs, Gracie Lou Turner,
and Myrtle Godwin.
Fourth grade—Joyce Williams,
Jean Cannon, and Phillip Dixon.
Fifth grade—Shirley Britt and
Betty Jean Ferrell.
Sixth grade—Ann Morris, Bob
by Mattocks and Betty Taylor.
Ninth grade—Ruth Britt, Ra
chel Britt and Albert Harriett.
Tenth grade — Melba Banks,
Thelma Gerock, Sylvia Jenkins,
and Nancy Banks.x
Eleventh grade — Mary Belle
Stott, Alice Moore and Retta
Parker.
Twelfth grade—Mack Bender,
Mary Gerock and Doris Arm
strong.
ORPHEUS BOYS’
CHOIR ENJOYED
The Orpheus Boys’ Choir, com
posed of boys from ten to four
teen years of age of Trenton
School has been rehearsing all
year and for the last two months
has been responding to invita
tions to sing in various churches
in Jones and adjoining counties.
The boys have learned some of
the world’s greatest hymns and
enjoy singing them. In addition i
to the pleasure the boys are get
ting from singing, they also are
receiving a greater appreciation
and knowledge of the finer
points of music. The boys us
ually sing in two part harmony.
Members at present are:
Sopranos—Chris Mercer, An
! thony Mallard, Billy Hammond,
Charles Alcott, Wilbur Gray
Heath, Graham Mallard, John
nie Jenkins, Roger Scott, Roy
Edwards, Jeter Taylor, James
Roger Wilson, Woodrow Spann,
Curtis Mallard, Benjamin Gray,
and others.
The “Atomic Aces” are Amos
Taylor, Hayes Koonce, J. T.
Smith, Roger Scott, Marion Cum
bo, Herbert Holloman, Worth
Turnage, Charles Alcott and
“Pig” Scott.
Henry Eubanks, J. W. Gray,
John Wayne Scott, John Rone
Burt, Worth Turnage, Jessie Eu
banks.
Altos — Amos Taylor, Hayes
Koonce.
Tenors—Woodrow Spann, and
Steve Venters.
Ability to fill a pre
scription is only ac
quired in many years ol
specialized training and
in many months of prac
tical experience.
Our registered phar
macists have been thor
oughly trained both to
compound prescriptions
and to fill other health
needs. You may rely on
them at all limes.
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