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This scene shows the rather ususual situation that a City Utilities truck found Itself in last week when It visited the Earle Warehouse to install tern. porary lighting for the annual County School Art Exhibit. Quite Innocently the track ventured Into the aging warehouse and then suddenly, It dropped com pletely through to the ground. Local observers say they have seen one wheel of attack drop through a rotted plank In a shins In the past bat this is the lint recorded totowt of an entire track flopping gather in elegantly to the ground. After about a half day. of Jacking and shoring-up the truck was re turned to duty only slightly the worse for its drop and the art exhibit got its lights for the rest of this week. Site for Lenoir Health Center Still Uncertain For the- past two months' ne gotiations hate been underway between county officials and owners of several sites In the city .vicinity- Three of these antes have been approved by the United States Public Health Service and the North Carolina Medical Oare Commission, whose only sUpuhtttana are 1. that the site must contain at least one acre, 2. that the site bo-paid for entirely from county funds and 3. that the site be accessible .to city water and sewer services.. . The three sites approved by the two health service*'meet these basic requirements. They are plots owned by C- W. Howard just north of the Adfcin Branch on US 268, across the street from -letter's Florist snap ana two at the corner ot Vernon Avenue and Carey Road owned by Alex Gross and Louis Pearson. Same aver a month ago county officials expressed, then: prefer ence for. the Pearson-Gross plot, but opposition, immediately de. velped to that location form surrounding owners. That caused negotiations between the county] and those parties to be dropped. On March 7 when the county commissioners held their regular meeting donaideraible discussion, centered around that opposition, but it was finally decided that the pearson-Gioss tract was most suitable and that the op position was not fierce enough tomamSptosthfetsMr^ _ ^ juttwi vot 8gf much more force, and apparent effect than the first ttaue. ^ On March 7th County Afctor* ney Tom White had been in structed to obtain agreements to sell tor each of these three sites. The original price mentioned for the Pearson-Gross tract' was $35,000 but it contained 1.4 acres. The Hart price was $20,000 and the Howard acre was priced at 12,600. The opposition that has de veloped since the March 7th meeting now has obtained at' least oral committments from a majority of the conmdssloners and all of the members" of the county board of health that this. West Vernon Aivenue site will be vetoed when the next meeting roils around. The commissioners had * pro. posed to use the additional four tenths of an acre for a library site, and this had also drummed ip considerable opposition. Dangerous Habits Kinston firemen say that (making in bed is an extremely iangerous habit for anyone to ndulge in but when a fellow combines drinking and smoking n bed he is really flirting with he undertaker. A call Saturday light answered by the firemen o the . home of Herbert Jennings >f 518 cotton lane uncovered a omlbination of these two habits S53U£&tZSi9 afSLSmta Wyse Fork 4-H'ers Have New Projects The 4JH members and Adult leadens of the Wyse Fork 4-H Club met in Urn home ofMr. and meeting was called to ok. der by the club president, Mar. garet Ann Burkett, after which followed the regular business session. William R. Shackelford, Jones County Assistant Farm Agent, announced that 4-H Club Camp would be held August 15-20 at Camp Schaub located In the mountians near WayneavlHe. After the business session, the girls with the assistance of Hilda Lee, Jones County Home Agent, Mrs. Sasser, and Mis. Thomas Hood, community 4-H Adult leadens started making pillow cases. Plans are to make these and present them to an orphan age as a gift from the club. While the girls were in the house making pillow cases, the boys were busy in a work shop making a 4-H Welcome sign to be put up at the Jones-Lenoir County Line. The sign when completed will be painted in . of Hillcrest Forms. Peede re mains on the critical list suf fering from a severe back and internal injuries. (Polaroid photo-in-a-minute by Jack Rider) iPfS'v > Local Law Offered By: Representative Hargett For Maysville Board H Recently introduced local legis lation for La Grange in Lenoir County and Maysville in JOnes County Is aimed at broadening the powers of the Maysville Board of AJdenmen and limiting the powers of the voters of La' Grange. V’-: ./■ House BIU 416, introduced by Jones County Representative John Hargett at the request of Maysvllle’s ruling board, would extend the board’s power by per mitting it to force the repair, closing or demolition of unfit dwellings. A number of danger ous and unsightly buildings in Maysville prompted the board to ask this authority, although a General Statute limits this power to governing boards In towns of 5,000 or more popula tion by the last federal census. t House Bill 425, Introduced by Lenoir County Representative Tom White at the request of the La. Grange Town Council, would force all voters in La Gr&nge elections to vote for six aldermen, causing each ballot on which less than six aldermen are voted for to be declared null and void. This is aimed at eliminating what politicians call “single file” voting, a practice that Mosely Hall Township and La Grange have long been notorious for. Jones Farm Bureau Honors County’s Most Important Product The 4-H Clubs of the county were honored last Friday night by the Jones County Fanmi Bur eau at its regular monthly meet ing. The ’jgeiMMfc- wee centered around the 4-H dubs, their ob jectives, and their accomplish ments. Lyman Dixon, Assistant State 4-H dub leader, spoke briefly on the importance of proper training of young boys and girls so that they will be able to meet the challenges of life which will confront them. Dixon stated that the most important crop grown in the world today is our crop of grow, ing boys and girls. He stated that if we expected them to green letters, “Jones County 4-H Clubs Welcome You, Drive Safe ly.” There will be a large 4-H Emblem painted in the middle of the sign. The boys were being assisted in making their sign by Thomas Hood, Paul Sasser, and William R. Shackelford. It Is hoped that the sign can be completed and put Up within a week. Pre-School CUnlcs Being Held In Jones The yearly' pre-school clinics providing free examination to all those children who enter school for the first thne next Ball started this week In Jones County. ' On Tuesday of this week the clinic for those starting at Tren ton Elementary School were held. Following' here Is the schedule for the other schools during the next two weeks. All clinics are at 10 a. m. PoUdcfesville white Tuesday, March 22. Pollocksville colored Friday, March 25. Maysvllle white Tuesday, March 29. Maysvllle Colored Friday, April 1. Comfort Tuesday, April 5. Parents who have flailed to get their starting students to these clinics may bring them to the Health Department office in the court house in Trenton at a later date that has not yet been an nounced. No Time For Sleep Camp Lejenne Corporal Rich. Jd Reynolds early Monday morn ing suffered a deep cut in the left leg when his car left the road and finally wrecked itself against a tree about 10 miles north of Kinston on the Snow Hill Highway. Investigating Of ficer S. H. Newman says the car went 126 feet down the right shoulder of the mad, Jumped a four, loot ditch, hanged into a tree and cammed off another 10 feet before It quit. Reynolds was given emergency treatment in a Kinston hospital and soon after, wards moved to the base hospi tal at Camp Lejeune. grow into useful citizens and great leaders, we must provide the tools, facilities, and training necessary to develop them into useful citizens and leaders. 4-H members on the program were Daphne Smith who read the scripture and conducted the devotional, Donald Mallard, who led the club members in saying the 4-H dub pledge, Norris Jen kins, who told of the purpose and activities of the County Council, and Nancy Carol Mal lard, who played the piano. Wil liam R. Shackelford, Assistant County Agent, reviewed the 4-H dub program and activities in the county. Fifty people attended the meet ing.
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