A BETTER COUNTY THROUGH IMPRO^fe
FARM'PRACTICES
Jones Hi School
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JDuUai g on o l at
Jones Counyt Superintendent
■of School* W. B. Moore said this
, Week that when students return
' to school on December 31st af
ter the Christmas holidays that
tt is almost certain that the
white central high school will be
ready for use and he feels rea
sonably sure that the Negro
: school will also be ready for use
pin a week to ten days after the
r Everything but part hf the
v electrical work is now in readi
§.Sess for th# long-delayed open
K$ftg of these two much-needed
gtnpbools and Moore expressed the
Reeling that the electricians
KgWOuld make this year-end dead
pne. ,
schools ^re identical in
inspect. Each has 10 class
. a Vocational workshop,
e c onon i c s laboratory,
t laboratory and library,
combination gymnasium
auditoriums Which were
Nre not nearly ready and
pfc be rendy until the be
ig of aSpOT*-» school
,, _ floats from
organizations in the
ty took part in the royal
{come extended Saint Nichol
Rlzes were awarded the 4
Clubs, the Maple Grove Home
Demonstration Club and the
Jones Negro High School for the
best floats in the parade.
. CANDLELIGHT SERVICE
The Youth ‘Fellowship of
Maple Grove Methodist Church
will conduct a candle light
service Saturday night, Decem
ber 22, at 7 to which the public
is cordially invited.
Best Wishes for a Christmas as Happy as This Young Man’s
It’s not possible for everyone to have a Christmas as happy
■ as this young gentleman who is seen here admiring the toys
and baubles on .his own Christmas tree. But we do wish the
very merriest possible Christmas to everyone of our readers.
In this picture above one can see what, aside the Spiritual, is
perhaps the most satisfying side of the Christmas season.
Parents who often get a little tired or bored or broke from
the Christmas-time spending and shopping and party-going
find more than ample repayment in just a few minutes of
watching the eyes of a little one dance in fhe merry, happy
glow of the beautiful tree, the wonderful little gifts that mean
happiness in a way that most adults have all bat forgotten.
In looking at this little fellow each parent should ask himself
if be has done everything in his power to make a happy holiday
time for his own little ones and has he also given of his time
or money in. helping those little boys and girls who may not
have a parent able or willing to provide the tiny, wonderful
things so necessary for a truly Merry Christmas. If you have
not given help to these less fortunate call the Salvation Army
or your church now, before it’s too late and spread the happi
ness of your home into other homes less happy. It will make
you feel so much better and will make your Christmas Dinner
so much' more enjoyable. There are many opportunities left
untaken in the Free Press List of the section’s neediest
families If you haven’tr done everything you can call 292(1
now and help one of these families.
Vetos Auto Associations Wrecker Plans
There Is one side of the ever
growing auto accident toll on
the nation’s streets and highways
that seldom confronts the av
erage motorist—until possibly
that motorist is involved in an
accident hiinself. That is the
continuing competitive war be
tween automobile dealers and
repair men on the expensive
subject of whose wrecker is to
tow the battered flfwers into
whose shop.
Currently this headache has
crept into public view in the
Kinston section in the form of
a letter from the Lenoir County
Automobile. Dealers Association,
addressed to City Manager Bill
Heard which followed a meeting
with state highway patrol offi
cials on December 5h in which
the saipe complaints were air
ed and reference to this meeting
is made in the letter to Heard:.
“It was brought oat Is the
* meeting that when a wreck
. “ t
the Hew Hem
who
for the wrecker.”
And further the letter goes
on: »
“At the present time one
concern in Kinston is getting
all the wrecker calls from the
city police. We would like to
pat to yoa in the form of a
request that yon arrange a
fair system in the local police
station whereby all wrecker
owner will have equal oppor
tunity-.” /
In reply to'this request City
Man&er Heard addressed an
answer which stated In part:
"In reply to your letter of
December 14, requesting a sys
tem of calling wreckers to the
scene of an accident, it is the
opinion of this’ office that it
.is not;a function of the police
department.”
Heard stated further:
‘If the owner should ask for
a recommendation from the
officer, it is a personal mat'
tor between the two and he,
that they will all select the
same company. It is also noted
that your list of dealers does
not carry all of the wrecker
owners who pay taxes in the
City of Kinston.”
The letter from the associa
tion had asked that a rotating
card index system be set up In
cluding the following compa
nies: Thompson Motor Com
pany, Carolina Motor Company,
Harvey Motor Company, Jen
kins-Jones Motor Company
Johnaon-fflOcks Motor Company
and Mathis Motor Company.
This list as proposed by the
auto peddlers group would ex
clude, If the City Manager had
accepted this "helpful sugges
tion,” the following-people in
this same business who offei
wrecker service and repair work:
Conner’s Auto Service, Had
dock Auto Service, Heath’s Oa
rage, Clarence’s Garage, Rich
ards Body Shop and possibly
others not listed In the 1951 di
rectory for the City of Kto*toi»
Lenoir County Placed in Critical
Housing Category by G1 Board
A Tuesday announcement
from Washington confirmed
the fact that Lenoir County
has been declared a critical
housing area and credit re
strictions will be lifted to per
mit building of a specified
number of residential units
that has not at this time been
decided upon. This order will
also make it possible for avail
able federal funds to be used
to assist with street, sewer,
public school and electrical
services to the rapidly grow
ing area which embraces near
ly the entire county. Expected
arrival of . Several hundred
skilled workers and their
families to operate the Du
Pont Dacron plant hi Con
tentnea Neck, the overflow of
many Marines and their fam
ilies; from Cherry Point and
the reaons given for this or
der placing Lenoir County in
a critical housing area. Bent
controls are not mandatory
with this order but they usual
ly follow not too far behind!
such action, if local builders
do not provide the needed
housing decided upon in
Washington the Federal Hous
ing Authority will step in and
build the homes as has been
done around Camp Lejeune
and Fort Bragg. +
The annual Better Fanning
for Better Living banquet will
be held at 6:30 Thursday night
in the ag building in Trenton
#Hh D W. Colvard head of the
animal industry department of
State College scheduled as the
principal speaker.
Tide Water Fewer Company
Farm Agent Bob Thompson will
also be on hand as prises and
awards are passed out to the IT Mil
families who completed their
booklets on this BFBL program « ;
and turned them in for judging.