THE JONES COUNTY
TREN*lt)N, W. C~ THURSDAY, JULY
NUMBER 10
jaw- Mr V
DtekFofe, Jr., and Jean Ma
ttie? ...of CjSniH.
who win tie featured in their
thrilling and dtnddcs act
at the waterskT show on Sunday,
•uiu, >
July 18, at New Bern’s Kent
Pines Ski Course. Pope ls direct
isr a cast of thirty in the two
'hoar show, (photo by Cypress
Hardens)
water Show At New Bern
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• B. H. Baxter, «3mtetnan of the
0 sponsoring Eawffern CarollnaYa
: cht Club’s dd show committee,
has promised that a full two
hour show packed with thrills^
spills, and action galore will be
jUWsehtsd an the picturesque
: Trent Bdver WUier Mwte
The show Is under the direction
of Pope, a Marine Chaps officer
stationed at the nearby Cherry
Point Air Station, and dahy prao
dared that a fine show will be In
the offering and has praised the
work of all the skilers selected
to participate. , . ‘
A full program of 28. acrcs will
be presented by a cast of 30
tfrlttilift
well as outstanding Ideal talent
which hat become very profi
cient under Pope’s guidance and
direction.
These acts will Include many
thrilling’, daring) and diffifcult
feats such as the Slalom act.
Pyramids of boys and girls and
backward skiing together with
•the colorful Swan Ski Act; All
chorus numbers will Include 30
beautiful girl skilers. ' " i
la addition Pope plans to in
clude his famous barefoot aid
ing act which won for him the
world championship.
Pate Checks Auto-Train Tie-up
Lrrests, One Breaking-]
the Past Week In Jon
Jones 4-H’ers Win Top
Honors At District Meet
July 8 was Distric Elimination!
Day for 4-H’ers in the Eastern!
District. Those from Jones Coun
ty who participated were Carolyn,
Barrow, Amelia Harker and Nan
cy Alcock, dairy foods demonstra
tions; Bobby Cox, talent (vocal
solo); J. W. Gray and (Anthony
Mallard, soil and water conser
vation demonstration; Bobby
Johnson and Durwood Koonce,
livestock demonstration; H. L
Adams, tractor operations con
test. ■' ■ IWm
- 3. W. and Anthony won ilrst
place with their soil and water
demonstration. %r Durwood and;
Bebbywon honorable mention on
their livestock demonstration.
Bobby pox was a winner with his
vqoal aiflQ, ;
These hoys will enter the state
contests held during 4-H Club
Week, July 19-24, at State College
in Raleigh.
; Others going to Club Week will
be Jean Killingsworth, county
dress revue winner, and Amelia
Harker, county health queen.
Both of these girls, will compete
with other county winners for the
state title.'
Wheat Referendum
Farmers throughout the nation
will vote Italy 23rd on acreage
controls for the wheat crop, PMA
officials reminded this week. This
naturally Includes Jones and Le
noir counties. The allocated
wheat acreage under the pn
gram to b* voted upon for Jones
County lh 1955 would he 193 ac
res and in Lenoir Cotmty 938
acres. No farmer planting less
than 15 acres of wheat would be
controlled in this proposed pro
gram.
Jones County Sheriff “Bra^m”
Yates has reported three arrests
and one breaking and entiMctng
during the past week in Jones
County.
Friday night the filling station
of C. A. Davenport, across the
road from Friendship Baptist
Church, was broken into and
some $65 in cash and about three
cartons of cigarettes were report
ed missing.
The thief entered Davenport’s
filling station by breaking a side
window and left by a rear door
which was unlocked after entry
had been gained.
Reported arrests* for the past
week included James Whitfield,
22, of Trenton who was under
$100 bond charged with carrying
a concealed weapon, Randolph
Edwards of New Bern yho is
charged with reckless driving sfid
drunking driving and Loui^H.
Nell of Maysville who was booked
for public drunkenness.
Until 1954 the United States
rubber tire industry used 8 tfo 10
per cent of all cotton used lr|the
nation. - '7
Here from left to tj^ht are Co
roner Raymond Jarman, Patrol
man Arthur Fields and Conduc
tor C. R, Fcrebee Saturday night
at the scene of theAtlantic and
East Carolina freight train eol
liasion with a ear belonging to
Alton Gardner of Kinston rente
two Just back of the Westview
Cemetery west of Kinstanu. The
train, heading west And the Gar
dner car going north met almost
veals hew the oar looked jest
after the locomotive bached-a
way from it and left it lying on
the tracks. Ihe ear was dragged
nearly MO feet down the track.
The dead woaean was thrown