THROUGH IMPROVED FARM PRACTICES
TRENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 28. 1951
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, This hot weather of the past month or so has been largely a
1&4 pain to the neck to most people, particularly that group that
f> cannot loti at the seashore or to the mountains but has to stay
* i home and keep pounding away at the everyday business of
earning a Uvtog. Gaylord Randolph, aim of Mr. and Mrs. C.&
Randolph, grasped the opportunity to capitalize on. the hot
weather and building boom in Kinston. After rigging up
an extra heavy trailer-tow on the back of his bike, Young
Randolph got a drink cooler and a rack to hold various kinds
of tasty nick-nacks and set out making the rounds to the many
In his neighborhood in Northwest Kinston,
plumbers, roofers, plasterers, painters,
construction workers were thankful for
•erriee and Randolph Is doing a booming business. You
Although every “T” has not
been crossed and every “I” has
hot been dotted, it Is safe to
announce that Kinston will be
• served by another drive-in the
atre and a Woolworth 5 and 10
cent store.
Fred^- X. Sutton, prominent
Kfnston Realtor, has finally
shagged the long-elusive Wool
worth store which like many a
nother chain store, is now seek
to get its foot into the business
ROhr of Kinston to share in the
rewards promised toy the con
tinuing tobacco boom and the
arrival of Du Pont to Bast Car
lina. Sutton is to construct a
building for the large' chain
ip on the 300 block of North
leen Street between Mpnt
Ward iund the Western
Supply store. < ;,
The drive-in movie, the coun
t’s fifth, will be located Just
arth of Kinston on the Green
lie Highway near Loftin’s fil
ag station. The new movie will
» financed and operated by
tank and Buddy Hill and
eorge Haddad. Plans for -this
sweat drlve-ln theatre call for
,«rt*erin cafe as well It the
he, rumor stage but
i at most any cor
stops to gosslp on
the Walgren drug’
i in the negotiation
rtj.notJ* too fc.
Traffic Survey For
Kinston Being Made
By SHPWC Engineer
After a lot of talking and sug
gestions have been listened to on
the subject of Kinston traffic It
will soon be possible for the city
aldermen to make changes to
ward Improvement from the rec
ommendations of Robert A.
Burch, traffic engineer of the
s$ate Highways and Public
Works Commission, who this
week is making a survey of the
situation.
Burch will study previous rec
ommendations made on the
Kinston traffic problem and will
also make a first-hand study of
the actual congestion and then
turn into City Manager Bill
Heard an analysis of the situa
tion and make recommendations
toward Improving the flow of
cars and trucks through the
community.
Jones County Towns
AH Increase But By
Very Slender Margins
Jones County did not show a
tremendous population increase
over the past 10 yeafcs according
to figures that have finally
reached this area from the 1050
census. The,county’s population
moved slightly upward for the
Jov/ear .perlod 110111 JO,962 In
mo up to 11,012 for an Increase
of 50 people for the period.
Maysville, the county’s largest
community by a considerable
JMXgttn, jumped from 732 In
820 in 1050, an Increase
of 8d persons.
Trenton, the county seat,
showed a fairly good Increase,
413 111 1940 UP to
m 1950, an increase of 37
parsons and -Pollocksvllle, the
only other Incorporated com
munity In the county, showed an
increase of two for the 10 years
to mwtag „p „„
With the three corpora
communities In the county sho
ing an Increase of 127 over t:
fu®t J? years the census figui
indicate toat the farm popul
Mpn of the county dropped
77 persons.
Rabis Clinics In
Jones Treat 460
Dogs, Still Running
J°nes County Health Officer
■ Jones reported this
week that 460 dogs had been
? the ‘ounty-S
campaign to cut down the
pread of rabies, Or, Jones says
rap- —Itf^nave tnem vaccin
ated against the dread disease
P»y get the dogs vaccinated by
bringing them by the health de
partment offices in Trenton on
8aturday morning.
Under the state law every dog
is supposed to be vaccinated
once each year against rabies
infection. The cost, of the vac
cination, $1, is cut to 25 cents
at tax paying time when each
owner who can produce a cer
tificate of vaccination for his
dog gets 75 cents refund.
,Dr. Jones says he feels that
the 460 mark is pretty iiigh for
Jones County but he readily ad
mits that there are a lot more
unvaccinated dogs in the county
than vaccinated ones in spite of
the drive.
Prices for early apples have
been poor due to the carry-over
of apples In storage. With a
nother large apple crop in pros
pect, it will probably be a prob
lem again next year.
Rockingham County has
shown a recent shortage of milk
animals, and County agents have
urged the purchase of more dai
ry animals,
Sears Announces New
Store for East Carolina
Final negotiations have been
completed and construction will
begin on July 23 lor the erection
of a retail store to be leased to
Sears, Roebuck and Co. at 327
329-331 North Queen St. In Kins
ton It has been announced by
Charles H. Kellstadt, vice Pres
ident of Sears, Roebuck and Co.
In Atlanta. The modem new
building will be developed and
leased to Sears by Ely J. Perry.
The building will be of modern
one floor type of construction
containing about 15,000 sq. feet
of space. To be fully air-con
ditioned, the store will feature
hard lines of merchandise and
will be opened in the early spring
of 1952.
The lease negotiations were
handled by Perry and the new
building has been designed by
the Kinston Architect Jack
Carey and will be built by Kins
ton Contractor O. L. Shackleford.
A special effort will be made to
plan a store building that will
greatly enhance the beauty and
value of that section of Kinston
and Sears will spare no effort
to develop an extremely modem
and functional selling in ,the
building.
For several years Sears has
operated an order office in Kins
ton designed to aid Sears’ cus
tomers in this area in shopping
through the mail order house
in Greensboro. While it will- be
Washington Muddle
Reveals Nothing On
Recreation Priorities
City of Kinston officals who
are closely watching the so-called
priorities system under which
major construction is supposed
to be controlled by the National
Production Authority are shak
ing their heads wondering what
the score is after reading the
latest reports from the Potomac.
According to an item in the
American Municipal News 49 rec
reational projects out of 116
asked of the NPA have been ap
proved, including 10 swimming
pools. The news letter says, “It
is difficult to discover a clear
pattern of action on these ap
plictions, since the same kind of
projects appear on both the
granted and denied lists.’’
closed with the opening of the
new store, the staff now operat
ing it will, of course, transfer to
the new store, which will feature
an extensive and complete mail
order shopping department.
“This further expansion of
Sears’ activities in Kinston is
being undertaken because of our
great faith in the city’s future
progress as a yital and growing
market and distribution point,”
Kellstadt said.
Usually when a tobacco bam catches on fire about the only
good fire departments are able to do is stand by and protect
adjoining property. Luckily the first two calls received this
season by the Kinston department have had a little happier
ending. Pictured above is Kinston fireman Guy Manning just
before and just after he had spent an hour {hitting out a fire
in the barn of Roger Brooks, Jr., in Lenoir County’s Neuse
Township. Manning grabbed the hose from the truck and
darted into the barn door and using the water freely worked
himself up into the top of the bam where he was able to beat
down the rest of the blaze.
Midget Baseball May Help Revive Youthful Interest in the Game
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batsman Is roundlny third base and heading for home
s eye on the ball—he apparently Is net taktar the
sard and in the last picture Leon Kay Smith is seen
heme plate jest ahead of the ball en the lint home