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A good many years have
passed since this picture was
taken and Ktaston’s Police
Faroe, like the city itself, has
grown considerably. Pictured
hero was half of the police, de
partment In that not-so-dist
ant past. The first person not
connected i>y blood or marriage
to the group pictured above who
correctly identifies this half of
the K'nston Police Department
by mail will receive a one year
subscription to this paper.
Their names will be published
next week.
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Colonial Sotres on Queen Street
listed $11,875 and yet in a much
larger store on Vernyn Avenue
the Colonial Store list was
•$9»980.
Auto appliance stores also
spread out considerably from
Kinston Auto Parts $25,160, to
Western Auto’s $14,980, to Coast
al Auto Parts $10,1)00 to Le
noir Auto Part’s $8^10.
William
Blended
Whiskey
Printer and publishers spread
from the $42,625 machinery list
ing of The Free Press to
George Well’s $5,630 to Lenoir
County News Company’s $4,615.
In the five and dime store ca
tegory W- T. Grant led tihe
1953 parade with a $1*1,870 list
ing, McLellaii was next with
$15,250 and Rose which had not
at that time opened its -large
new store listed $12,800.
The listings of business in
ventories sound like readings
from the Scriptures, however,
when they are stacked beside
the “household furnishings
listings of practically every tax
lister in the county.
Under existing law each lister
has a $300 exemption for house
hold furnishings and the vast
majority of those who list taxes
cla.m that ail they have in their
house would not be worth more
than this $300 exemption.
The largest single household
furnishings listings in the entire
county is for $3,000 worth of fur
nishings. There is one other for
$2,500 and no other passes the
$2,000 mark. This condition ex
ists in spite of the fact that
many homes have single pieces
of furniture that cost Into the
several thousand dollars.
Some of the biggest and finest
homes in the-county in which
some of the very finest furnish
ings- and appliances are install
ed modestly admit to having
$1,000 or $1,200 and occasionally
$1,600 worth of furnishings. That
I UNKLE HAWK S E Z
PleawwtMemories
ARE A >ioV ib UVE ■
WITH. .
LaGrange Couple
Celebrates 56th
Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Abbott
of! LaGrange celebrated tjhelr
56th wedding anniversary at
their home Tuesday night with
many friends and relatives join
ing them in marking this hap
py time.
Mr. Abbott is now in his ftlst
year and Mrs. Abbott is 74 years
old. They are among La
Orange’s best known and best
liked young married folks.
Continued From Page 1
Gifts came from as far away
as Raleigh and Washington but
the bulk of the giving was done
by Jones, Duplin, Pitt and Le
noir County folks.
The school children also
pitched in and in a big way
too, Students at Kinston’s Har
vey School, J. H. Sampson
School, Adkin High School, La
Orange High School and Deep
Run School topped the giving
list. Each of these schools gave
more than 200 items to the
mountain of Christmas Cheer.
This effort will no doubt
make the Christmas of 100
needy families a lot happier but
it will also make the Christmas
of those VFW’e’rs who help a
lot happier and certainly “Old
Pappy Caudill’ ’as he stretches
before the fire on Christmas
pay will dream far happier
dreams.
is supposed to include refriger
ators, TV sets, pianos, rugs
washing machines, ranges. In
connected to the hmue itself.
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IWN&WW
OLD SPICE
SETS
$1.50 to $5.75
CHRISTMAS
WREATHS
$1.75 to $5.00
LARGE-TALL
RUBBER
SANTA CLAUS
$1.95
BEAUTIFUL
TEA GLASSES
SETS of 4 49c
! REVLON
AQUAMARINE
SOAP
BOX OF 6
$1.25
FOR MEN
WOODBURY
SETS
$1.00
GIFT BOXED
FOR CHRIST
MAS
SWEETHEART
SOAP
^ 6 Bath Size f
g;p.75c.;.
CHRISTMAS
CARDS
29c to $1.49
VELVET COAT
HANGERS
PAIR $1.00
EARRINGS
BEAUTIFUL
DESIGN
50c to $1.00
CHRISTMAS
TREE STANDS
■ ALL METAL .
500 YARDS
ALL COLORS
$1.50
CHRISTMAS
BELLS THAT
RING
SET $4.95
FOR THE LADY
YARDLEY’S
BOND STREET
DUSTING POW
DER AND TOI
LET WATER !