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TRENTON. N. C., WEDNESDAY. JULY 6. 1949
NUMBER 8
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' Her* is a typical scene oi the outpouring of the good things to eat
from the farm homes of this section at a traditional picnic of a
rural church. The spreading of fried chicken, ham. cakes, pies
and all the other delicious dishes above took place at the
Friendship Free Will Baptist Church near Trenton this week.
More than 400 persons attended this occasion of informal fellow
ship under the direction of Pastor William B. Raper, Church
Clerk and Sunday School Superintendent H. M. Mallard and the
ladies of the church.
Traditional Festivity Of
Section Is Fellowship,
Food Of Church Picnic
Thpre is no custom in this part
Of the" world more pleasant and
satisfying, than the church pic
nic. Its tradition has come down
i the years at a time when
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On the tables in' the church
yards are spread the finest foods
— fifed chicken, home-cured
hams, home-made pickles, bis
cuits, cakes, pies and all the oth
er delicacies- The children, turn
ed loose, scamper underfoot, or
full of food, fall asleep in the
parked automobiles. Their eld
ers, before and long after the
picnic dinner, visit and talk to
gether, relaxed from the every
day cares.
There may be a baseball game
by the, youths of the church in
the afternoon after dinner, some
other program such as a special
speaker, or just talk. But, none
the less, the annual church pic
nir is a timp
was held at the Friendship Fr£e
Will Baptist Church in Jones
County, just north of Trenton.
The crowd of 400 congregation
members and guests assembled
there was welcomed by its
Church Clerk and Sunday School
Superintendent H.- M. Mallard,
and stepped up to the heavy
laden tables after a prayer by
Pastor William B. Kaper.
The almost continuous rain of
the past week- seemed to halt
especially for the Friendship
picnic. One visiting Kinstonian
said happily afterwards, “I
would weigh 250 pounds in no
time if I ate like this every day.”
POLLOCKSVILLE MYF
RAISE FUNDS FOR
NEW CHURCH CARPET
The Methodist Youth Fellow
ship of Pollocksville Methodist
Church last Saturday night
opened a recreation center for
the young folks of their commu
nity from 6 to 75 for the purpose
of raising funds to buy a new
carpet for the church. Everyone
in the community has been in
vited to come out on Saturday
night and join in the fun and
assist with the fund. *
:. One day last; week four-year-k
bid Patricia Ann Rill', said - she
was sleepy and climbed into her
mother’s lap. She proved it.
Patricia’s father, Sidney Hill,
said they could not wake up the
child, and the family took a fast
trip to a Kinston hospital. Five
minutes after arrival there, about
one hour from the time Patricia
had climbed into her mother’s
lap, she woke up. The doctors
could find nothing wrong with
the youngster. Her family thinks
it may have been the heat that
made Patricia so sleepy.
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Twenty-Five Per Cent
Cut. In Tax Valuations
Made By Board Monday
After carefully reviewing the
budgetary needs of the county
for the coming year and consid
ering the increased valuations of
property in the county under the
recently completed revaluation
of all real estate the Jones Coun
ty Board of Commissioners Mon
day voted a 25 per cent cut in all
the revaluation figures. For the
coming year the tax rate will re
main the same as last year, $1.90
the vafttatli
property in the county was $3,
391,000; the revaluation this year
which was recently completed
had boosted real property values
on the tax books to $5,070,000.
The commissioners could have al
lowed the revaluation figures to
stand and have dropped the tax
rate to a figure that would have
raised the money needed to run
the county during the coming
year. They decided against this
after much consideration on the
merits of both methods.
The ad valorem or^real proper
ty tax rate of the county this
year is being called upon to raise
!98,686. A 25 per cent cut in the
overall real estate valuation and
continuation of the present tax
rate will net roughly this amount, .
the commissioners feel.
The commissioners also inti
mated a further considerable de
crease in the general valuation
in the county might be forthcom
ing after next Monday if there
is little call on the board for spe
cific reductions.
inequitably or unfairly listed. All
persons who wish to appear in
this capacity are urged to appear
before the board as early as pos
sible next Monday so the busi
ness of the day can be ended as
quickly as possible. At the close
of this meeting, if there have
been a few complaints and ad
justments made the board hinted
strongly that another good sized
cut in the taxable valuations
would be made. In order to pro
tect themselves, however, they
had to retain a safe margin to al
low adjustments in favor of those
taxpayers who might show that
their property has been improp
erly valued.
' There can be no question that the best food in anycounty apjjijjjtp .on foe picnic
tables of the rural churches of ihsi section. Her# is a typical layout of the de
licious variety that makes everyone forget diets end waistline* The ladies of
foe Friendship Free Will Baptist Church near Trenton are ijMin completing
the spreading of foe luncheft that fod 400members of the congregation and their
invited guests. {Whitaker-Leffew Photos)
This photograph was mad* in Jonas County, 22 miles from Kinston, at the an
nual picnic of the Friendship Free Will Baptist Church this week. But in the
picture can be recognised 10 K instonians who made the trip for the fellowship_
and for the delicious rural Picnic dinner. Among them were city and police
officials, a banker, a doctor, tobacco warehousemen and others. At any of the
many rural church picnics in Lenoir or Jones County a number of town dwellers
can be found as eager guests.
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