home. He
ira^ftltfre of Salisbury and was
ordained at Mars Hill College in
1914. He saved as student pas
tor of Hath Carolina churches
mn 1916 to 1923, while com
pleting studies. at Mars Hill,
Hoody Bible Institute, Wake
Fortst College, the Southern Bap
tist theological Seminary, and
Yale University. During that
time he also served one year,
1920-1921, as principal of the
BtagnpUa High School. _
His first charge was at the
Farmvilte First Baptist Church
in 1923, and there followed
w a. dentist at ports
.. and tiie younger is
at thP Univer^f of
Mr. Hill has always
i in the civic as well
•ch affairs of his com
l is now a member of
^sviUe Hotary Club;
mce and vision is ex
ie a* valuable asset to
ff the ehurch in Jones
leaders of Jones County's Home
Demnstration Clubs in the fu
turfe, but fow, the present they
will continue \ib> borrow books
from tiie State Library to meet
the. lack of i-county library,
Home Agent Mary Helen Loftin
says.
The project leaders from the
13 county Home Clubs' will meet
in the Trenton Agriculture
Building at 2:30 Thursday tirdis
cuss the handling of the borrow
ed, books, the home agent said.
The special training meeting will
formulate plans for reading pro
jects -during the coming' year
-
now
being
distributed to Jones County's, *0
TVA tamers. County Agent A.
V. Thomas has reported. The 20
farmers are the group selected
by the Jones County Coopera
tive Seed Exchange arid the Ex
tension Service to receive and
test the concentrated plant food.
Jones bounty is the only one
east of Raleigh as yet selected
for the testing of the TVA ferti
lizer’products, and a gradual ex
pansion^ of the testing program
has been effected since its inau
guration two years ago: The pro
gram has proved to be a good
one, especially for pastures and
legumes, Thomas said. A'fur
'ther gradual expansion of the
TVA program is anticipated.
• .The Jones farmers pay a nom
inal price for the material.
KINSTON CO-OP HAS
GOOD FIRST YEAR,
HODGES REPORTS
The Kinston Cooperative Ware
house Association held its first
annual stockholders meeting on
Saturday in the Lenoir County
courthouse and the 50-odd mem
bers who attended the session
beard J. D. Lawrence, president
of the Bank of Cooperatives Of
& C, speak, on ,, the
and
.-=• .--- expewfes- Were
$86,000. The $15,000 difference
was returned to the farmers, who
had sold tobacco there, which
amounted to roughly 20 per cent
of the warehouse charges that
had been paid.
President Felix Loftin presid-.
ed over the session. New direct
ors elected were all incumbents,
Louis Sylvester of Richlands, T
J. Williams of Grifton, J. K
Dixon of Trenton, and J. L. Sas
ser of La Grange and Jones
County. Other directors who
were not up for election were W.
C. Boone of Kinston and Carroll
Casey of Southwest Township,
Len.ir County.
The fall pig crop is expected
to toe marketed earlier this year
than last- As a result, slaughter
ih the late winter may continue
' to show a substantial gain over
last year.
don't tera y®ur 1*50
;you'd
pieces of tin fora and 4ft _
your flivver. It will at least
you the court costs ana
possibly more if you are caught
without thaw near permits aft
er 12:01 a. tn.. February t H®
excuses o* the type, "I'm on
my wsy^tp the Ucenw bureau
Y:b* accepted duct'
everyone has had a full two
months in which the licenw
could have been obtained.
IS 1950 GOAL 0E -
JONES HOME CLUBS
The 1950 goal of Jones Coun
ty’s home demonstration clubs is
100 new members. The goal was
set by the county council of the
13 home 61ubs at its meeting last
week at the suggestion of Mrs.
Wilma Mallard, its president.
There are now more "than 250
farm • women associated .with
home club work in the county
with the creation of the 13th club
at Lee’s Chapel with 15 charter
members.
county
The council also named Mrs.
Clyde Banks, Mrs. Robert Mat
tocks and Mrs. Nixon Mallard as
special representatives to the
forthcoming district meeting of
Home Clubs in Pamlico County.
It also voted to present its pres
ident, Mrs. Mallard, as a candi
date for the vice-chairmanship
of the district in 1951,
_ in'littrich, it was decided by
the council. A discussion was
also held for the Spring Federa
tion meeting to be held on April
14, and a general planning com
mittee was named.
Other parts of the program
were presented by Mrs. Verona
Langford, district home agent,
'and Mrs. Mary Helen Loftin,
Jones County home club agent,
who urged a continuing expan
sion of the work of the clubs.
4-H Council to Meet
The regular meeting of the
county council of Jones County
4-H Clubs will be held at 6:30 p.
m. Friday in the Trenton Agri
culture Building, it has been an
nounced by Assistant County
Agent George Wiggins. There is
no special business to be consid
ered, he said, btit an enjoyable
program of recreation will, fol
low the formal meeting.
CHAPEL
The lJth home demonstration,
chib has been formed -in Jones
County, It has been retorted by
Home Agent Mary Helen Loftm.
It is in the Lee’s Chapel, com
munity and lists 15 charter mem
bers to boost over the 250-mem
ber mark the number Of Jones
Cbunty farm women engaged in
the work.
At the first meeting' of the
new dub, in the home of Mrs.
Richard Harks*, officers elected
were Mrs. Milton Arthur, presi
dent; Mrs. Denford Eubanks,
vice-president; Mrs. Charles Da
vis, secretary; Velma Humphrey,
treasurer. .
JONES DIRECTOR OF
POLIO FUND DRIVE
ASKS SUPPORT OF ALL
R. P. Render, Jones County
Campaign. Director for The
March of Dimes, reports the
campaign to be progressing
nicely. Bender appeals to his
helpers in every part, of the
county to make an effort to see
that everyone has an opportun
ity to contribute.
Jones County’s quota is $2,000
and it is hoped that the county
will reach that quota and more,
if possible, within the next two
weeks. “We want all our people,
the schools, churches, farmers,
laborers, professional men and
women to have a part in reach
ing our quota: It can and must
be done,’* Render says.
County’s 13 Home Demonstration
Clubs and four senior 4-H clubs
will travel to Jacksonville on
Monday to study at the Recrea
tion Workshop sponsored by the
State Recreation Commission,
Home Agent Mary Helen Loftin
has announced. Two Home Club
members and two boys and two
girls from each of the 4-H Clubs
will attend, it is planned.
The members of the clubs
chosen to attend Hie workshop
will bring back the information
and planning to their respective
clubs for presentation at later
meetings. The workshop meet
ings are now in progress through
out the state.
The codling moth, found ev
erywhere apples are grown,
causes great damage when con
ditions are favorable. It can pro
duce seven or more worm holes
per apple.
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