THROUGH IMPROVED FARM PRACTICES
TRENTON, N. C. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1950
NUMBER 21
er Reason For A County Home
.. ., Mar*'* another good reason why Lenoir County needs
' $county home. This old douched behind the city
depa. tmcnt garage has recently been the
1 John Miller, an old age assistance recipient
ists of the Lenoir County Department of Pub
Hire. Milter is now in Memorial General Hps
the4 tut
hays
to
been removed. Lenoir County has not had a home
ter its aged Negroes for nearly 20 years and during
this past summer has closed its home for white
people. Instances so tragically illustrated by this
without family or friends, who
his own filth in a
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Force Studies
John H. Linton, son of
.Mildred M. Linton, Kins
■ton, graduated from the Aircraft
i Controllers Course at Tyndall Air
Force base here September 30.
• Under: direction of Lt. Col. W.
v A. Jones as head of this division
Of instruction, Capt. Linton has
spent the last nine weeks in an
Intensive academic course fol
lowed by practice in ground-con
trolled interception. As a result
of the instruction he has learned
supervision of aircraft' control
and waiting systems. He has
also studied tactical coordination
of air defense weapons, and the
precision direction of Interceptor
units. ..
Annual Homecoming day will
be observed at Tabernacle Church
on the Maysville Charge, Sun
day, October 15th. Rev. R. L.
Pugh of New Bern will bring the
message in the morning worship
service which begins at 11:30
o’clock. A picnic lunch wiil be
shared on the church ground^.
At 2 Rev. C. D. Barclift, D. S.,
will pUeach and conclude the
day’s program by conducting the
session of Fourth Quarterly Con
ference. All former pastors, mem
bers and friends of this historic
church are cordially invited to
attend this program at Taber
nacle.
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School Enrollment
In Jones County Is
At An All-Time High
Superintendent W. B. Moore an
nounced this week that enrollment
in Jones County schools has reach
ed an all-time high this year with
a grand total of 2,882 students at
tending classes in all the county
schools. Of that total 1,353 are
white and 1,499 are Negro.
Enrollments by schools are:
White schools—Trenton 365 ele
mentary and 103 high school, Com
fort 336 elementary and 79 high
school, Pollocksville 187 elemen
tary and 108'high school, Maysville
205 elementary.
Negro schools—Trenton 391 ele
mentary and 175 high school, Holly
Branch 110 elementary, Phillips’
Crossroads 81 elementary, Jarman’s
45 elementary, Quaker House 43
elementary, Maysville 168 elemen
tary and Jones County Training
School 361 elementary and 125
high school.
Hopewell Revival
Plans have been made for re
vival services at Hopewell Meth
odist Church on the Maysville
Charge beginning Monday, Oct
ober 9th, at 7 and continuing
through Saturday night. The Rev.
O. L. Hardwick, Pastor of the
Methodist Church at Richlands
will do the preaching. In addi
tion to carrying a heavy schedule
as a busy pastor on his local
charge, Mr. Hardwick has ren
dered 'great service to his church
to summer assemblies, camps,
and other programs. “We look
forward to having Mr. Hardwick
with us each night of the com
ing week. We urge the members
of the Church and cordially In
vite the puhUc to attend as many
of these services as possible,”
Rev. R. H. Lewis, regular Pastor
of the chureh, said.
Dozen Girls Entered For
Annual Beauty Contest
At Jones County's Fair
La Grange Native
Now NC Sales Head
For Ford Motor Co.
Appointment of three depart
ment managers of the sales staff
of the Ford Motor Company’s
Charlotte Ford District was an
nounced today by C. Gordon
Johnston, district sales manager.
Robert B. Kinsey was appoint
ed manager of the new car sales
department, John M. Paxton was
named manager of the used car
and truck department, and W.
P. Benton, Jr., was appointed
manager of the parts and ac
cessories sales department.
Kinsey’s promotion was his
second this year. In March, he
was advanced to used car and
truck department manager from
district sates representative,
when Ford’s Charlotte Bit trie i
was expanded to keep pace with
development of the North Caro
lina area.
Formerly of LaGrange, Kinsey
is a graduate of Wake Forest Col
lege. Prior to World War II, he
was a high school instructor and
football coach. He is a lieutenant
in the U. S. Naval Reserve, and
joined the Ford Motor Company
in 1947,
Jones Board News
TfreJones County Board of Com
. _ and aside from pro
longed discussions on tax matters
the total day’s activity consisted of
approving petitions that asked for
paving of the following three roads:
Pine Street in Chinquapin Town
ship, Banks Town Road in Cypress
Creek Township and the Stevenson
Road in Beaver Creek Township.
With nearly a month to go before
the big night arrives, an even doz
en girls have already been entered
in the annual beauty contest which
will be the highlight of the Jones
County Agricultural Fair’s closing
night, Program Chairman A. V.
Thomas announced this week.
Thomas pointed out that there
is a strong possibility that entrants
in the contest will more than out
number last year’s 17 before the
contest is closed. Senator Clyde R.
Hoey has accepted an invitation to
crown the winner of the contest,
who will receive the title, Miss
Jones County for 1950. Melba
Banks of Maysville was winner of
last year’s contest.
Thomas also announced another
important addition to the many in
teiesting exhibits at this year’s
fair which runs from October 23rd
through the 28th. With the coop
eration of Extension Department
Forester W. G. Kelly, a special
uemo-,stration will be given on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday aft
ernoons on the treatment of fence
posts to protect them from rot and
insects. Thomas says that this dem
onstration ties in with the expand
ing livestock program which calls
for a lot of fence posts.
A list of the organizations that
have entrants in the beauty contest
includes the Trenton American Le
gion Auxiliary and the following
home clubs: Chinquapin, Lee’s
Chapel, Hopewell, Maple Grove,
Tuckahoe, Oak Grove, Mallard
Town, Foy’s, Maysville, Crooked
Pine an$ Pleasant Hill. Every Jones
•Cminty-eivie and social organizatidfe
is eligible and urged, to enter tn^
beauty of their choosing in this
contest, Thomas pointed out.
Parasites in Pig's
Internal parries are a common
cause of stunted growth, dry skin,
and ch ' ' "it*s
You Know Where It Is?
Thi* picture was taken for two reasons: No. 1—It struck us as beau
T™*™* h°" "my other people had ever
noticed’It. Hundreds of people pass if felly and we wonder If two
or three notice it. We'll give a three-month subscription to this po
by Jack Rider.)
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