NUMBER 25
of entries at the Jones County Fair last week
fattest of them all. They are 17 of the county's
‘ to be named Queen of th* Fa!*. The Queen,
1 the Mayrrllle Home Demonstration
Her maids of honor seated at left and
fare Mallard,.representing the Highway Safety
-Ann Mallard representing Mallar<Jtown. Oth
et beauties, standing, are Helen Whitfield, Babley Hargett, Vina
Faye Smith. Dot Jones, Jean Wilson. Martha Byrd, Maude Howard,
Hasel Moore, Lottie Chadwick, Martha Turner, Daphne Davis,
Audrey Phillips, Doris Waters, and Alice Moore. They represented
other Home Demonstration Clubs, 4-H Clubs and the American
Legion in the county. (Whitaker-Leffew Photo)
ess of
__ , Fair ever held in
Jones County. It has been esti
mated that 15,000 persons passed
through the gates of the Fair in
the five-day period. The peak
day was Friday, School Day,
when the Fair site on the shores
of Brook’s Mill Pond was crowd
ed 'with 6,000 men, women and
chiklren. The closing day on
Saturday was a close runner-up
with a count of 5,000.
There were 642 exhibits
en
and officers
men this
week when the fipdl figures on
the Fair showed i'profit to give,
a boost for a bigger and better
Fair in 1950. Paid admissions
alone, including season tickets,
are expected to go above 6,500,
and the percentage from tile m.u
way amusements will add to the
sum for the promotion of next
year’s fair.
Even the weather was perfect
for the Fair. During the five
days only,:, one light shower of
rain f^U, end that was needed.
Humad*,behavior was also, above
par for the Fair. Not one attest
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' of the. Fab' :.vfere
'as there. 19ie
ciatprograpi for Friday alas on.
standing'with special contests—
pie eating, bubble gum, balloon
blowing and all the rest. ; The
attraction on Saturday was the
crowning" of Miss Jones County
Fair. - That honor went to Melba
Banks of Maysville, who received
her crown from Assistant Com
missioner of Agriculture Hugh
Harris of Grantsboro.
Join The Farm Bureau
TURN IN CARDS
Lenoir County AAA Secxe
Mewborn and
that
many bare
this reg
It is necessary that
be turned in so that
final statistics for the 1949 crop
can be compiled. AAA offices
in both counties are open fire
days each week but are closed
on Saturday. Persons not wish
ing to make a special trip to
the office may drop them in the
mail at their convenience.
ANNUAL MEETING
The aqpual meeting of the
stockholders of the Kinston Pro
duction Credit Association will
be held on December 3, it has
been announced by Secretary
Yates Creech at Kinston.1 The
program for the meeting has not
yet been completed. Details of
the meeting, which in the. past
has been of widespread interest
to farmers concerned with agri
cultural financing, will be an
nounced later, Creech‘skid.
BAPTISTS CONVENE
Thousands of people crowd
ed Trenion last week, but,on
two of those days some 500
were there for a special-pur
pose. They were delegate^ to
the annual conveiud^ pf the
Atlantic Baptist Association,
representing more than 10X00
person^ in Pamlico, Craven,
Carteret, Onslow and Jones
Counties. On Thursday and
Friday the delegates reviewed
the year's work of the'church
es in the association under the
direction of M. L, Davis, mod
erator. In the introduction of
new pastors on Thursday, the
members of the host church met
the Rev. Dallas Hill, who will
serve Trenton, Piney Grove
and Pollocksville. beginning at
Trenton on Sunday at 11 a. m.
ACHIEVEMENT NIGHT
The ladies of Jones County’s
Home Demonstration, Ciubs have
barely had time to get their
breath from the Jones County
Agricultural Fair, but they still
have a big event coming up on
Friday. Home Demonstration
Achievement Night witf ibei helcB
At 6 p. m. in the Agriculture*
Building on that day. A picnic
supper will be served, and the
county commissioners have been
invited to attend. The speaker
for the evening will be Mrs. Ve
rona J. Langford, eastern district
home demonstration agent.
By practicing chemical defo
liation—ridding the plant of its
leaves—many Tar Heel farmers
are improving both the.yield and'
the quality of their cotton crops.
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A name which- has been pre
dominant in Jones County agri
cultural circles, even on highway
road markers, is in the process
of being erased^ The Goldsboro
Lumber Company farms have
been sold. Three huge tracts,
totaling 2,478.4 acres in the
southwest section of the county
in Tuckahoe and Chinquapin
Townships, have been sold by
the lumber firm, Johnson and
Wimsatt, Inc., to A. C. Boyce and
Jeff White of Edenton. The lum
ber firm, however, has retained
1,555.6 acres of Jones County
woodland for its future opera
tions.
State Senator John D. Larkins,
Jr., of Trenton was trustee for
the $98,500 land sale. In the sale
agreement the lumber firm re
served timber rights on the lands
for g period of five years. Ten
thousand’ dollars waspafchby the
purchasers in the execution of
the sale agreement, $40,000 in
cash will be paid in the transfer
and payment of the $48,500 will
be made on a deed of trust over
a seven-year period. The sale
agreement was executd by W. H.
Lachman for Johnson and Wim
satt.
Forty per cent of the 2,478.4
acres purchased is estimated to
be cleared for cultivation. Rec
ords of the Production and Mar
keting Administration show that
698 of them are currently in cul
tivation, and 107.4 acres are
planted in tobacco. The new
owners are reported to be en
gaged already in large scale,
modern farming operations
around Edenton. Mr. White will
be the manager of the Jones
County operation.
The extensive farming tract is
mainly comprised of what is
known as the old S. H. Isler farm.
In the survey of the three tracts
one survey line was reported to
run 17 miles without a curve.
The option agreement executed
by the two parties included 4,
034.5 acres for the sum of $112,
000, but that option was only
partially exercised by the pur
chasers. In the final' boundary
settlements an adjustment of
280 acres had to be made with the
adjoining lands of Council Woo
ten and J. T. Taylor.