A BETTER COUNT Y THROUGH IMPROVED FARM PRACTICES
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County Council of 4-H
male* plans for the coming
plans for exhibiting tha
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Prssidanl Faya Dali displays a bedspread
• by 4-Hen for the tiny bed and VicePresi
dent Bobby Hick*, next to Mss Dail, is sson ad
miring the fndr» display. In the center back
ground Assistant Home Agent Rachel Hartgrore
can be seen along with the 4-H'ers. some of which
tower over her by several inches. (Whitaker-Lef
few Photo.)
est Airshow Ever
(veil In Eastern Part
Sunday In Kinston
U “The biggest and best air show
ifl the history of Kinston.” That’s
what members of the Kinston
Junior Chamber of Commerce
are saying about the • air circus
‘ they are sponsoring for this
; coming Sunday, October 16th, at
BiWjL $Eipston'': Airport. Hie start
Already lined up are enough
nicy and heavy air equipment
assure the local Jaycees keep
g their word about it being the
iggest and best”.
remaps for the first time for
many people in this area there
will be an opportunity to see the
huge B-29, the same type plane
that dropped the A-bomb on Nag
asaki and Hiroshima. From Cher
ry Point Marine Air Base a group
of jet fighters will come to give
an exhibition of 600 miles per
hour riding.
From Charlotte a detachment
of P-47 fighters from the North
Carolina National Guard will be
on hand. This was one of the
planes most active in every the
~ a ter during the past war.
addition to the huge B-29
sending a detachment of F-86 jet
fighters, the type plane that now
holds the world speed record of
nearly 700 miles per hour:
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the Air Force is also
PTA MEETING
The Lenoir County Council of
the Parent-Teacher Association
will meet at 7:30 Friday in Deep
Run High School. County Su
perintendent Henry Bullock and
County Supervisor Muriel Scott
will be the principal guests of
the occasion and all members of
the Association* are urged to be
on hand.
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To top off this extremely in
teresting day for the air-minded,
the local group has contracted
for an appearance by one of the
nation’s top stunt teams, who
will give an exhibition of “plane
and fancy” flying that is guar
anteed to curl even a baldheaded
man’s hair.
To many the biggest thrill of
the day will be a delayed para
chute jump by a nervy individ
ual who will fall 8,000 feet be
fore pulling the ripcord on his
parachute.
The entire show is scheduled
to last for three hours and every
minute of that time is slated to
have at least one thrill in it.
‘BLUE’ BABY FUNDS
TO BE RETURNED
The money so generously giv
en by citizens of this section to
make possible a heart operation
for Jones County’s “blue” baby,
little Florence Marie Canady,
who died last week, wiH be re
turned to the donors. That de
cision was reached in the face of
a bewildering number of re
quests for use of the fund for
other needy causes. It was made
by Jones County Welfare Su
perintendent F. J. Koonce, Sr.,
who was charged with supervi
sion of the fund; Mrs. Lurley
Hines, who had it in custody;
and The Journal, which spon
sored it.
It was at first proposed that
each donor be written and asked
whether the money should be re
turned or used for some other
worthy purpose. But in the flood
of requests for its use, so diffi
cult was the decision as to which
was most worthy that it was de
cided the best course was the re
turn of the funds. Checks will
be mailed this week to those who
so generously gave to try to give
the unfortunate little girl a
chance.
Those who have had a part in
the raising, handling and custody
of the funds have expressed their
deep appreciation to the contrib
utors. If little Florence Marie
had not been stricken by spinal
meningitis her ailing heart
would have had the surgical at
tention it required.
Lewis Resigns Party
Post On Heels of New
Postmaster Selection
NEW POSTMASTER
Word from Washington on
the subject of the postmaster
ship of Kinston indicates that
a considerable upset has taken
place. A Monday release states
that Representative John Kerr
has indicated his favor for E.
R. "Buck" Wooten, law part
ner of F. EL Wallace. Wooten
had not publicly thrown his hat
in the ring for the job. but As
sistant Postmaster Harry Pitt
man and County Democratic
Chairman Meriwether Lewis
had both announced their wil
lingness to accept the appoint
ment. Wooten is a veteran of
World War II. a native of Kins
ton and a member of one of
the county's most prominent
families.
Until recently, potato diseases
were of only minor importance
to Alaskan farmers. Now, how
ever, some of the diseases have
become so severe that many far
mers have decided to discontinue
potato growing.
The appointment of E. R.
“Buck” Wooten as acting post
master of Kinston, which was
recommended by Representative
John Kerr, has already caused
one ripple on the calm Demo
cratic waters of- Lenoir County
with the Tuesday morning resig
nation of Col. Meriwether Lewis
from the post of chairman of the
County Democratic Executive
Committee. Lewis’ resignation
addressed to Committee Secre
tary Fred Whitaker, is as follows:
Dear Secretary:
The recent repudiation of the
unanimous will of the Lenoir
County Democratic Executive
Committee makes it impossible
for me to continue as the head
of this committee.
Therefore for the good of the
party. I am resigning as its
chairman, effective this dale.
For the sake of peace and
harmony among the ranks of
the party I suggest the selec
tion of C. Kersey Smith or Ely
J. Perry to the responsibility
of the chairman of this commit
tee.
(signed) Meriwether Lewis.
BIG CROWD AT ‘ADKIN’ MEETING
The Kinston City Hall was packed to capacity Monday night
to’ hear Soil Conservationists explain methods of setting up a
Drainage District. A series of full-color slides was shown to the
group by local Conservationist David Dixon and explained by
R. P. Moore, district conservationist. Following the showing
of the slides District Engineer R. P. Dailey outlined the plan and
made comment on peculiarities of the local situation. Mayor
Guy Elliott expressed opinion for the city council and served as
monitor for a discussion period that became lively at times.
Four of the rural property owners present agreed to sign up in
order to get the program underway. It was felt that the city
would sign up as a unit, rather than trying to get the hundreds
of individual owners in town to sign up. Dailey estimated that
the project would cost close to $18,000 and AAA Secretary point
ed out that farmers could receive AAA grants in the ratio of 10
cents for each cubic yard of earth moved.
Governor Scott To
Be Guest at Wheat
Swamp’s Festival
COMFORT SHOOTING
L. J. Koonce wound up with a
.22 caliber rifle bullet in his leg
and J. B. Griffin ended up in the
county jail in Trenton Sunday
afternoon as the result of an ar
gument between the two natives
of the Comfort section. Sheriff
Jeter Taylor said both parties
had been drinking. Koonce was
discharged from a Kinston hos
pital Monday.
PACKHOUSE BURNS
A major fire loss occurred near
Pollocksville on Saturday morn
ing on the farm of Mrs. Vera
Foscue tended by Jerry Bass.
Fire consumed a large packhouse
to cause large damage which has
not yet been evaluated. It was
reported that one-half of Bass’
tobacco crop was still stored in
the packhouse. It is not known
whether the structure and con
tents were insured.
Wheat Swamp PTA Meets
A regular meeting of the
Wheat Swamp School Parent
Teacher Association will be held
at 8 p. m. Thursday at the school,
President John P. Dail has an
nounced. All members and pa
trons of the school are requested
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The next scheduled visit of the
Governor of North Carolina to
Lenoir County will be on Friday,
November 4th. On that day Gov
ernor Kerr Scott will be the hon
or guest at the Harvest Festival
of the Wheat Swamp Christian
Church. The state’s chief execu
tive accepted the church’s invita
tion on Saturday in Raleigh from
the Rev. Rabon Rose, pastor, and
John P. Dail of the board of el
ders.
The Festival on the 197-year
old church grounds in November
will be the second. It was be
gun last year by the 375 mem
bers of the church. The purpose
of the event is to raise funds for
the continued growth of the
church. The Harvest Festival
this year is expected to far sur
pass the first in attendance, ac
tivities and enjoyment. The ma
jor part of the program will be
the auctioning of farm produce
and products donated by the con
gregation. The complete plans
for the Festival will be an
nounced later.
The first church, Baptist, was
erected on the site of the present
church in 1752. It was some 100
years ago when the church there
affiliated with the Disciples of
Christ Church. Extensive remod
eling of the present church, parts
of which are 100 years old, is
now going on. Services are held
there each first and third Sun
day, with Sunday School every
Sunday.