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NUMBj-v 2 • Jones Journal ~A BETTER COUNTY THROUGH IMPROVED FARM PRACTICES’ TRENTON, N. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1950 When Albert Cowper, Lenoir County manager for Sienator Frank Graham, started looking last week for a well known * farmer to speak on Radio Station WFTC in behalf of his can didate he ran across Roland Davis, for six years member and three years chairman of the Lenoir PMA committee. Davis agreed to talk .on the radio if Cowper would get somieone to run his tractor while he was gone to town. Davis said, “I’m strongly in favor of Graham but the grass is after my corn and I have to keep the tractor going. Dr. Rachel Davis, sister of Roland, and also a strong Graham supporter, offered to knock off her practice for an hour and a half to take over her brother’s ( tractor. In the picture above Rolandj is giving Rachel last minute instructions on “how not to plow my com up” before he left for Kinston. Questioned about hier tractor driving ability, Dr. Davis said she had to learn to drive a tractor before the family would let her drive a car. The Davises said, in a joint state . ment, that they wene supporting Senator Graham because they knew that the charges being made against him were false and because they knew he stood for an intelligient farm program and was strongly opposed to socialized medicine. Taking care of any emergency ealls while Dr. Davis Was “out plowing” were Kinston doctors, who are supporting Senator Gra Glenn Tyndall, B. C. West, Fountain atid Tom OlPffby Board Subject to Recreation Group Check In a special meeting of the Town Council Monday night City Manager Bill Heard presented proposed plans for the new Negro swimming pool and after some discussion the board unanimous ly approved the plans subject to their presentation to the City Recreation Commission The plans call for a 100 by 80 foot pool and it will differ considerably from the type pool now used at Emma Webb playground. The pool will have a “wading pool” in one corner and a deep “diving pool” in the opposite cor ner. The larger part of the pool will be shallow enough for bath ing and swimming but not over the average child’s head The div ing pool will have a maximum depth of 9 feet and will be grad ed gradually up on its long side to the bathing depth On the deep side of the diving pool a protective rail will be construct ed to keep non-swimmers out of the deeper water The board also approved the charging off of approximately $8,000 in uncollectable personal property and poll taxes due from persons who were exempted dur ing the war and from others who ”ed here for brief periods and then moved away Heath Trial Begins > The trial in Florida of Lee Heath, former Lenoir Conntian, who is charged with the mur der of' his wife in a tourist camp there some months ago, is scheduled to begin Thurs day Attorney Guy Elliott fa go ing from Kinston to be among the defense counsel for the former Vance Township farm his wife and has only recently' T«red sufficiently tb stand He will be tried for first Registration Much Larger In Jones For Coming Elections Latest available figures in the new registration of Jones County voters just completed indicates that the vote on Saturday may even exceed the 1,324 ballots cast in the first gubernatorial primary in 1948. Board of Elec tions chairman John Jenkins has reported 2,563 voters registered by noon on the last registration day. Further reports indicate that the Saturday afternoon registra tion on May 13 was heavy and may take that total above 3,000 eligible voters. The largest number reported by Jenkins in a single precinct was Pollocksville’s 550, followed by Trenton’s 462. The smallest pre cinct tally in the report was Piney Grove’s 90. Sheepshead Note Professional Sheep ahead Fisherman Dr. Paul Whitaker and two students from Kinston have filed a recent report stat in; that these elusive barnacle mnnchers are now bitin; in ; big numbers in the Morehead City nei;hborhood. On a recent trip 39 sheepshftad were re moved from their natural ha bitat by the expert attention of Dr Whitaker and his “learn ers.” Herman Laws, one of these novices, says that Dr. Whitaker can tell the right time, right hook, right bait and right time to jerk the line. Ac cording to Laws the line is sup posed to be jerked when the fish sniffs the bait, takes a dieep breath and says, “Ah.” Laws further states that les sons are available to all who’d like to learn this subtle art, in cluding such amateurs as Hen ry Walker. Tidewater District Letter Carriers Meet The semi-annual dinner meet ing of the Tidewater District of the National Rural Letter Car riers Association was held in the Trenton American Legion Build ing on Friday night Twenty members represented Craven, Onslow, Lenoir, Jones and Car teret County post offices at the gathering, and the attendance was swelled to more than twice that number by the wives of the members and guests . District President Paul Arnold of Dover presided and welcomed the guests. The speaker of the evening was State Senator John D. Larkins, Jr., of Trenton, who reviewed in his talk the history of the Rural Free Delivery service in this •ountry. Senator Larkins pointed out that the RFD system was a dub ious experiment at at that time in 1896 from the China ... em began on horseback over in 18 mile route with two customers. Since that time, he said, the thousands of rural letter car riers have cut the number of small post offices to one-third of an original 3,000 in North Carolina alone, and as well have opened up the roads of the state. In a business session following the letter carriers, had high com mendation for 4-H Club and Vet eran Farmer student groups who had done so much to improve the work by individuals as well as by groups. Post offices representel by (he gathering were La-Grange, Kin ston, Deep Run, Pink Hill, Ti ’n t o n . Pollocksville, Maysville, Richlands, New Bern, Vanceboro Dover and Cove City. Memorial Service The Clen Newton Smith Post of The American Legion in Trenton will participate in a Memorial Day Service Sunday, May 28th, in the Trenton Meth odist Church at 11 a. m. Senator John D. Larkins Jr. will make the principal address at this ser vice. The * public has been ex tended a cordial invitation by Rev C. B. Long to attend and take part in this service Suggs Catering Service at Ball Park Now Anything can happen at a baseball game and usually does. Kinston is not the most conser vative town in the world when the national sport is under con sideration and that is more than being borne out by current acti vities down on the third base line in the local grandstand. That section of the stands ruled over by Tobacconist Sam Loftin and which includes such third base managers as Jack and Ern est Skinner, Howard Farley, Per cy Bryan,. Arthur Stroud and Al ton Pittman has developed a cat ering service all to itself under the management of -Suggs. Last Thursday night Caterer Suggs was a little late for the game' ind his "customers” were getting nore and more restless until he Finally arrived. / Then from what seemed to be bottomless pockets he proceeded to “feed the multitudes” with ham and biscuits, pickles and crackers and brought along pe cans for them to nibble on after that. Stroud broke down and bought Cokes after partaking of the plenty from Suggs pockets. At present this walking chef, Suggs, is negotiating with Eagle Business Manager Norman Mc Caskill for permission to cook a fish stew just north of the third base end of the grandstaiid. Mc Caskill seemed to welcome arty idea that would boost attend ance, so don’t get too confused if you are roused from your base ball watching by the fragrant aroma of bacon, onions anl rock fish one of these nights. TJere are no thirsty citizens in Jones County who cannot remedy that condition with political lemonade without cost in the barber shop of Floyd Huggins in Trenton. The barren shown here ha*: been full since May 1st and win stay that way until Sunda'. May 28. the day after the Democratic Primary voting with the compliments of the 28 candidates from Jones County Each one is assuming responsibility for at least one day during the period. The signs on the wall here show the hosts until now. Proprietor Huggins, himself a candidate for county coron er, is drawing a cooling cup for oldtimer Hub Rouse at right as incumbent State Senator John D. Larkins, Jr„ of Trenton! pauses for refreshment from his political travels over the six? county senatorial district—(Whitaker-Leffew, Photo) Lenoir Schoolman Seriously Sick M. V. Wilkinson, who was at one time principal of schools in | Jones and Lenoir counties, is re-' portedly ser.ously ill at the home of his si' r- pt 18G5 Nicholasvillei Road, Lexington 33, Ky. He was recently moved there after hav ing been hospitalized for a hemorrhage of the right eye. t^Pitamp Preview Home Agent Mary Helen Lof ton is getting a preview of the 1950 senior 4-H club camp at Manteo this week. She is attend ing a special training school for home agents from 50 counties there until Friday. The informa tion she gathers from the instruc tions by Extension Service ex perts will be passed on to the Jones County Home Clubs in la ter meetings, she said Selected to rale Jones County 4-H clubs health circles for the .coming year fa the couple shown here at the coronation exer ts* “ therauditorium of th« Agriculture Building in Trenton. Qn^en Nancy Carol Mallard and King Virgil Mallard. cfowninf and reaching fa assistant County Agent Gewge Wiggins, and standing by fa Marie Thomas, runner-up to the qpeen, who was her special attendant
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