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Last minute touches ale being
put on the big event of the year
in Jones County as folks primp
and prime lor the annual Jones
County Agricultural Fair which
will be held next week, October
28th through the 31st. And if de
tailed plans mean anything It is
likely that the,lair, again this
year, will be bigger anti better
than ever.
Opening officially on Tuesday
with 5 p. an. set as the deadline
for placing all exhibits of any
kind ht place the fair will move
into Wednesday with two big
events On tap: During the day
the judging of all exhibits of
every kind will be conducted and
at 7 o’clock Wednesday the
“Chowan Ramblers, a string,mu
sic 4-H Club group from TJrhet
up In Chowan Cgunty will pre
sent a program of popular and
hillbilly music that features
some of the fine singing that
this group Is noted for hi every
part of JSh®. state. , ;
On Thursday for the frst time
the fair will conduct a “Tractor
Operator’s Contest” in which
prizes will be given to the best
tractor operators in ihe county.
Efficient Tand safe use of the
tractor and its equipment will be
the prime points on which the
entrants in this contest will be
judged.
And since Thursday is School
■E(ay a special aeries
bubble pun blowing contests
and a greased pig ehase.
Then on Friday 4
annual 4-H Club
and sale will be held and
day night beginning at .7 o’clock
under the direction of Mrs. J.
K. Dixon; Jr., the annual Fash
ion Show Will be held and this
year for the first time men as
well as women will take part in
•the show which is directed by
Harveys of Kinston and show off
what is-new and fashionable for
men and women, -
The fair comes to its climax
on Saturday when at 8 o’clock '
a series of prizes is to be pass
ed out to the oldest, person; the
youngest, the longest married,
the newest newlyweds, the bigr
gest family and immediately aft
er thees prizes are passed out
the annual Jones County Beauty
Contest will he held In which
Miss Jones County of 1053 will
be chosen. Already more than
15 of the prettiest girls in the
county have been entered In this
contest and at least 2D are ex
pected before the closing time
■pome around for this final form
al event of the fair.
- Again this year the “Mighty
Page Shows” will provide rides
and other midway attractions
and their past record of per
formance guarantees plenty of
all of this side of the fair to
thosAwho like the Merry-Go
ggltaxeiting ride*
Carlton Brown and
Jr. New PMA Board
in elections held last week
over Jones County, G. N. “Nick”
Nobles was named chairman,
Carlton H. Brown, vice-chairman
and J. K. Dixon, Jr., regular’
member of the Jones County
Production and Marketing Adi
ministration Committee. Walton
M. Daugherty and Wilson Low
ery were named first and second
alternates, respectively.
Community committeemen
named included the following:
White Oak Township, Guy*4J.
Jones, William W. Simpson and
Ernest W. Humphrey.
Pollocksville Township: Wal
lace R. Banks, Milton W. Arthur
and Harold C.. Mallard.
Trent Township: Raymond
Harrison, Herbert M. Quinn and
Verdqr L. Pollock.
Cypress Creek Township: J.
Ralph Jones, G. Bruce Foy and
John C. Koonce. -
Tuckahoe Township: William
J. Jones, Alva B. Howard and
Alonza Mills.
Beaver Creek Township:
Thomas Hood, W. Thomas Faulk
ner and Earl Thomas.
Chinquapin Township: Walter
E. Ives, David M. Civils and
Ralph Scott.
The Past Week In Review
Pauline Grady, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Grady of Kin
ston was seriously Injured ,at
about 7 p. m. Saturday Mur
miles north of Benson. Mr. and
Mrs. “Blue” Jefferson, who were
returning from the Carolina
Maryland game with Miss Gra4y,
escaped serious Injury—Jeffer
son suffered cuts and bruises
about the face and head arid
Mrs. Jefferson suffered a brok
en toe. Miss Grady had both
collar bones broken and six rljbs
were separated from her verte
brae. R. M. Hardy of FarmviRe,
driver of the other car Involved
In the accident suffered g severe
spinal Injury and Is also llstfd
in critical condition at Rex Hi
pltal in Raleigh where all
those involved were Rtken |
treatment. Miss Grady has t
indicted for failure to stop at
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the accident..
Hctary Patrick, of '713 Univer
sity Street, was wending his
weary way homeward Saturday
after a day’s hunt and with an
empty game bag. Jacob Koonce
of 630 Carver Street inquired,
“What dKd you kill?-, Patrick
said, “Nothing.” Koonce cracked
wise, “Whir don’t you shoot me?”
Patrick did.* Nine No. 4 shot
lodged in the left arm, face and
chest area of Koonce. Patrick
Is undjer $500 bond charged with
assault wjUh a deadly weapon
*n4 discharging a firearm in the
city limits, -Koonce is broken
»f the habit of inviting potshots
at himself. ‘
ANNOUNCE ADOPTION
Mr. and Mrs. Wayland J.
Reams of Roxboro, North Caro
lina, . announce the adoption of
a son, Phillip Harvey Reams,
September 10th, who was bom
June 9, 1953. , 4 ,
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