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A BETTER COUNTY THROUGH IMPROVED FARM PRACTICES Number 51 n Nearing of Kinston’s ..ay Park Swimming Pool of New Negro Pool am I*yinc ,, ^m to om» at tole pool pkieli two and t half to five toot to depth. The deeper divtor area Is at left * at Holloway Park Move the last shovel of «*» crete is leveld off in the chil dren’s wading pool of the new Negro nriaminf pool at Hollo way Park in East Kinston. Work on the port is now nearing com pietion and representatives of the Hickory Construction Com pany say the foil pool will be ready well in advance of the reg ular June 1 opening day for city swimming pools. completion of the swimming pool which will include the lower light wing of -the large build ing above which housese show er and dressing rooms, offices and' a snack bar. ^,4 at Oak Ridge Ridge Oadet Preston Ool of Maysvllle has recently omoted to the Tank of class, school offl tshiaweek. , < • , Cadet Collins was also among the honored top 10 per cent of his class and in addition to this recognition the school also an nounced that Collins was again on the Dean's List for the last On Jauary 15th of this year one of Kinston’s most needed recreational projects finally got underway after having been de layed for nearly three years by the steel shortage caused by the Korean War. The Kinston Rec reation Commission practically since its birth had been trying to find ways and means of build ing a swimming pool for the town’s Negro citizens. It was relatively easy to find the way but the uncovering ctf the means was an altogether dif ferent story and it was not until October of last year that the money finally came in sight from a recreation bond issue of $150, 000 which was voted upon along with other bpnd issues to keep apace with the expansion of the fastest growing town in North Carolina. Plans had been drawn long be fore the money whs provided, i and with the easing off of the i Korean situation steel and other strategic materials such as copper became available for such projcts. So there was not difficulty in calling for bids and finally get ting the “show on the roads.” The low-bidder among eight contractors was the Hickory Construction Company and they have lived up to their statewide reputation of doing excellent work and doing it in a hurry. At present it is stated by local officials of the construction company that it will be ready well in advance of the Jude 1 pools. . . The pool is the most modern in design in this part of the state and will cost some $102,000 Upon completion. It includes modern and adequate shower and dressing rooms, a lunch counter, the latest Alteration equipment for keeping the water pure and on the southwest cor ner-a small wading pool is pro who can s waters fori The pool the bottom ough for hlgff top part of from 2 y2 feet in depth. [ th^® set dovM The building Is that later a commu complete with kitchen facilities may' Present funds are only i to complete the pool on the community bu self will have to awaii! money for recreational < sion. William Philyaw b Promoted In Europe ’ WITH U. S. FORCES IN FRANCE—WiUiam C. Philyaw, whose wife, Florence, and par ents, Mr. and Mrs. William Phil yaw, live in Comfort, N. C., re cently was promoted to private •first class while serving with the European Command Com munications Zone in France. The zone is responsible for the transportation of men and supplies from French ports to U. S. forces in Germany. Its headquarters is in Orleans, France, and It maintains a base section at La Rochelle. Private First Class Philyaw, records specialist in Headquar ters Detachment of the 7966th Headquarters Group, arrived in Europe last December. He graduated from Atlantic Christian College in Wilson and was employed as a public school teacher by the Jones County Board of Education in Trenton. N. C., "before entering the Army hr August, 1951. ' ' Week In Review Incumbent Alderman Kermit A. Thompson has the LaGrange political scene all to himself in sofar as the job of mayor is con cerned for the next two years. He is the only candidate since Mayor J. w. Fields decided that six years was enough for him in that job. For the, five places on the LaGrange Board of Ald ermen there is 11 candidates which includes only one incum bent, Talmage House. The 10 newcomers seeking one of the five seats include Grocer George . Mewbom, Auto Dealer Clinton Spence, Insurance Man J. T. Sutton, Service Stationman Roue Rouse, Cafeman Tom Chase, Grill Operator Cecil Burke, Jr., Farmer Jack Crews, Truck Driv er Marvin Radford and Barber C. L. Moore. Voting takes place Tuesday, May 5th to see which of the 11 gets the five jobs open. Grifton has competition for the Job of Mayor in North Car* olina’s fastest growing town. Incumbent Mayor Dr. W. E. Rasberry is opposed by Insur ance Man Sam Nelson,Na poli tical newcomer who is no new comer to Grifton. Fire seats on the Grifton City Connell are being sought by eight men, in cluding three incumbents: R. B. Johnson, W. E. Hart and W. C. Chauncey. Newcomers out for a seat on the Grifton rul ing board include J. A. Rog ers, George G. Suggs, W. H. Gower, A. D. Wall and B. G. Tucker. • . - —>» r;; --- ■ .. J. W. Piver, Jr., of 1914 West Washington. Street, an employee of the Imperial Tobacco Com pany, remains in grave condi tion at Memorial General Hos pital from a rsvere stomach wound he inflicted upon himself last Friday morning at his home with a load of buck shot from a .12 gauge shotgun. Mrs. Piver who was slightly wounded in'the ;'"tt thigh from the same blast V reportedly quite well but Pi - will not be out of danger for Hue time yet, attendants state. final registration of for the May 5th election totalled 4,507 -was far above what prognosticators had The completely new which was called set up four voting elections Iag a last minute polls brought new and ac the old go into the ii^terest in indicate city may when comes jk*r “Buck” I on the ■ ke out week victory I to an . 1 ■ scouts* have bfl and kel on FichS will have his full ' on a ccm a great < town streets of that colonial capital with the announce ment that the new Trent Riv er Bridge would enter New Bern at the point where the Woman’s Club is now located. State Highway and Public Works Commission spokesmen say that this location is con trary to their best thoughts on the subject but that the insist ence of the merchant groups in New Bern this further blot on the face of what once was North Carolina’s most beauti ful waterfront js to be added. Highway officials had wanted to locate both the Neuse and Trent bridges upstream so the heavy traffic would miss New Bern. The Lenoir County Board of Commissioners Saturday, on ad vice of its counsel, deceided to appeal the judgment signed earlier this month by Judge Quincy Nimocks of Fayetteville on the year-old hospital matter. In compliance with the Supreme Court decision, Judge Nimocks' judgment limited expenditures on the renovation of Memorial General Hospital to $465,000 as authorized by the July 8, 1950 bond issue, and further forbid any expenditures on the hospi tal beyond that amount without a vote of the people of the coun ty., It also released the $15,000 bond of the plaintiffs (Dr. Ra chel Davis, Braxton Newman and Jack Rider) and ordered $4,500 paid to the plaintiffs for part of the legal expenses they have incurred in this litigation. Aft er being advised by their lawyer the commissioners decided that they didn’t like any part of the judgment. Lenoir County Representa tive Tom White phoned! from Raleigh Tuesday night to an nounce that he had been able to persuade the Wildlife Re sources Commission to extend the net fishing season in Neuse River for two weeks beyond the April 30 closing deadline that had been set earlier. White pointed out that he had sought a 30 day extension but had. been opposed by Johnston Countians who wanted no ex tension but who finally agreed to a two-week compromise. White says there is to be a meeting of the Wildlife Re- ” sources Commission in Lexing ton in the next 10 days and it is his feeling that a delegation from this area might be able to persuade the commission to grant an extension until the end of May. High water during practically all of the net fishing season this year has 'seriously “cramped the style” of local folks out for shad Or rock. Contracts were let in Raleigh Tuesday for $2.7 million in road work over the state and includ ed in this were projects in Le noir, Greene, Craven and Jones counties which went to Barrus Construction Company of Kin ston. The Jones project of 19.65 miles between Pleasant Hill and Phillips’ Crossroads and sever al'shorter connecting stretches to this same long piece went to Barrus for $240,346.90. A 5.2 mile stretch in Craven and Le noir counties between Lane’s Chapel and the Moseley Creek Road through the eastern tip of Sandhill Township went to Bar rus for $24,336 and another 4.2 road in the Wheat Swamp area of Greene and Lenoir Counties also went to Barrus for $29,292.80. The population of the United .States has been increasing at die Tate of 200,000 a month.
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