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A BETTER COUNTY THROUGH IMPROVED FARM PRACTICES NUMBER 36 Meeting Monday Night $0-m : V Board at Com Ike Whit . & Jopt iieet ing next Monday night at 7:30 of ids board wltti the city board f at*' kMewtten, recreation and schools for .the purpose of Study ing every aspect of the desirab ility of obtaining about two^acres on the northern tip of the Fair field Playground as a site for an elementary school. After prolonged discussions at the January session of the com missioners it was unanimously voted that such a meeting be called sihce it Was the opinion of the entire board that the play ground “sfte Was more desirable than the slte under option. This option has befen obtained on a $30,000, 10-acre tract of land badk of the country club that has been, tentatively sche duled for use as a site for this much-needed school facility but members Of the board, as well as some members of the school board, feel that this site is not nearly as good as the site on Perry Park Drive, plus the fact that an investment of $30,000 is needed. The 14 acres.on which the Fairfield Playground is located was bought by the city and county in the ’30’s as a site for uwy which never ms Western tip of the playground for Ate recreation _ the fence and on the board side. To soften - of disagreement the oners have unofficially hcly offered to invest the scheduled for a new site in a recreation building that could be used by the school and the recreation commission as well. >'■“ Directors of the school and recreation program fear that a jointly owned building cannot be used without too many head aches cropping up and to but tress this complaint, of course, other considerations l^ave been brought to play. Refusal of school authorities to permit the recreation com mission to use the recently fin ished Grainger High School gymnasium as Well as the old one, without payment of a rath er high rental is seen as the basis for much of this .unwillingness to cooperate by tber two govern mental units. * m Members of both the Town Council and the Enaitt of Com missioners, who hoid-Jthe purse strings for the recreation com mission and thu school board, feel that this is an unreasonable attitude that may be ended with a full and public discussion of eryaspectot, nation, ieimem v: boards ' m ' there Is no logical reason for so Much “line drawing’’, on the specific subject of who uses what and When. • \It has been pointed out also that the;', cost of extending streets, water and sewer facili ties to the proposed site back of the country club would make the site exhortjttantly expensive, particularly when It is conslder e4 that paved streets, water and sewer facilities are already avail able at the playground site. It has been further argued by these officials that a recreation al building on the playground Site would make for a more per fectly balanced school athletic program as wefll as giving the recreation commission a much needed building on this-large playground. It Is pointed out that the $30, 000 site back of the country club is am the absolute perimeter of the possible future city limits (it is not in the the city limits at present). The geographical, economic and public service considerations that have been aired, in pre liminary discussions of this sub ject tend to favor by tC wide margin the ‘compromise that would permit (the school to be built on the northwestern tip of the playground area; at least that Is the consensus off the en tire board of county commis sioners, several members of the town Council, several members ! an commission inemberofthe The Citizens Committee fjar the Clearing of Trent River from Trenton to the Lenoir County line is this week In' the process of collecting pledged a inounts of money from landown ers living in this watershed for the purpose of putting up the $15,000 that is necessary before the Army Corps of Engineers will begin work. Originally the engineers asked for a $25,000 subscription from Jones County' landowners to match $50,000 it has allocated for this job but after efforts to pledge oils amount failed it was agreed to go ahead with the work IF $15,000 were deposited to the Treasurer of the. United States IN ADVANCE. Nick Nobles, chairman of the committee, Mrs. Earl Franck, Fred Pollock, Leland and Bruce Foy, John Hargett* Alva Howard, Mike Phillips, W. W. Lowery, Zach Koonce and 9- E, Taylor an the members of this com mittee now attempting to raise the $15,000 and Nobles urges IHI _ contribute .JUmPI to this found so the work may be started. Money may be turn ed over to any member of this committee ,or to Superior -Court Clerk Murray Whitaker. The engineers plan to clear the river and bank from Ttenton to the Lenoir County line but th^r have pointedly stated that ey yMttot mateanyfnove uiu df the work the Lenoir and Jones Boards’ First 1952 Meeting Not too Eventfull The first meeting of 1952 for the Jones County Board of Opm tmissioners was a relatively brief one in which a goodly part of the time the board sat jvas spent in hearing reports from the faun agents and home agents, who presented their annual reports for the board’s consideration. By unanimous vote the board reduced the valuation of 1435.7 acres of land owned toy the In ternational Paper Company in Beaver Creek Township to $10 per acre. This is part of the Webb Tract of land. 'H. C. Mallard was named a committee of one to investigate the damage done to*a turkey flock on the farm of Jimmie Moore in Beaver Creek Township which was hit toy some neighbor hood hounds recently. Chairman J. W. Creagh, Mal lard, Tom Stilley, James Barbee fin says that this isjkn extreme ly conservative estimate. This work will be on 37 1-2 miles of the river and it is estimated,that the damage done by the 1950 early summer floods of the river, which would have been avoided by this work, would total far more than the $65,000 that this project is going to cost. There will be a meeting Mon day night, January 14, in which the members of this committee gather with other interest tosee how well coltec comlng along; More and Paul Westbrook were pres ent lor the session. Lenoir Board In its .first meeting of 1952 the Lenoir County Board of Com missioners set a record by ad journing just after 3 o’clock but during the time it remained in session a number of important matters Were discussed and ac tion was taken on several minor matters. The closing act of the board before adjournment was the calling of a joint meeting of the Kinston Town Council, the Kin ston School Board and the Kin ston Recreation Commission to meet with the commissioners at 7:30 next Monday night, Janu ary 14, to explore the possibili ty of obtaining a portion of the Fairfield Playground as a site for a new elementary school for northwestern Kinston. The commissioners voted poll tax exemptions to James F. Ben ton and Tince Taylor opt dis ability grounds, voted $6648 re muneration to Will Hussey for hogs killed on his farm in south east Kinston by dogs and tabled for further consideration the purchase of a $28,000 lot at the corner , of Heritage Street and Rhodes Avenue for a health de partment building site. County Attorney Tom White was. instructed to cooperate with city officials and <private attor ney; AHle Whitaker, to. bringing about the public sale at proper ties owned by Mrs. Lizzie Mew n on Btough Avenue sndent. Street. , M Sgt.Mercer Awarded Oak Lea£ Cluster to Sil ver Star Sgt. George Mercer, whose parents live near Phillips’ Cross roads in Jones County has made an outstanding record for hhpself in the Korean fighting and the following General eloquently for his achievements. They announce > that Sgt. Mercer has been awarded on two . ^jthpthlrd highest award tor bravery above and beyond thfe) Call of duty that the nation bestows on its military personnel. The orders follow here: HEADQUARTERS 2nd- Infantry Division AFO 248 c/o Postmaster San Francisco, California GENERAL ORDERS NUMBER 599 13 October 1951 Section 1 Award of the Silver Star—By direction of the President, under the provisions of the Act of Con gress ( approved 9 July 1918 (WD Bui 43, 1918), and pursuant to authority in AR 600-45, the Sil ver Star for gallantry in action is awarded to the following nam ed enlisted men: Sergeant First Class George E. Mercer, RA14367260, (then Ser geant), Infantry, United States Army, a member of Company L, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd In fantry Division, distinguished himself by gallantry in action on 2 and 3 September 1951 in the vicinity of Kach’il-bong, Korea. On these dates, the platoon, of which Sergeant Mercer was a .squad leader, was infiltrating the enemy lines in an attempt to secure domination terrain fea tures in the rear of enemy posi tions. Under Sergeant Mercer’s outstanding leadership not a man was lost during the infil tration, and he immediately di rected the men In setting up a defensive perimeter. When the enemy counterattacked with a numerically superior force, Ser geant Mercer cooly moved about his men. encouraging them and assisting in rendering medical aid to the wounded. During the ensuing action, when a machine gun was put out of action, Ser geant Mercer went to the aid of the.gunners and held the ad vancing enemy off with ganpades and rifle rife until theweApon had been repaired. His courage ous and outstanding leadership was directly responsible for the successful completion of the viaiVs mission, with a minimum of casualties. The gallantry in action displayed by Sergeant Mercer reflects great credit up on himself and the military ser vice. Entered the military ser vice from North Carolina. GENERAL ORDERS NUMBER 610 17 October 1951 Section II Award of the Silver Star (First Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)—By direction of the President, under the provisions of the 'Act of Con gress, approved 9 July 1918 (WD Bui 43, 1918), and pursuant to authority in AR 600-45, the Sil ver Star #First Oak Leaf Cluster) for gallantry in action is award ed to the following named en listed men: Corporal George E. Mercer, RA 14367260, (then Private First Class), Infantry, a member of Company L, 38th Infantry Regi ment, 2nd Infantry Division, distinguished himself by gallan try in action on 30 May 1951 in the vicinity of Inje, Korea. On this date, while on an assigned mission, Corporal Mercer’s unit was ambushed by the enemy and was forced to withdraw. During the withdrawal, Corporal Mer cer, .with complete disregard for his personal safety, set his ma chine gun in an exposed position and placed accurate fire upon enemy positions. He continued this action until his unit had reached positions of safety, then made his withdrawal under cov er of <his comrades’ fire. Cor poral Mercer’s heroic action en abled his unit to withdraw safe ly while inflicting numerous casauities upon the enemy. The gallantry in action displayed by Corporal Mercer reflects great credit upon himself and the military service. Entered the military Service from North Car olina. ^
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