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Fir*t City B1U Heard, arrived to lMgia iwk to Kldstoh nearly eight yean ago W*Wtotand ,!»** IdMte was the unprece totow that had traffic lotti dented dwW to all bat this week os the. city’s ond top administrator checked in to start work he found the mother was still very much o problem, ifof a different variety. Manager Bey B. Bobin **, Pastured at his desk in the city hall, boo water problems confronting him from every side. Streets ore wuhed out, bridges «*4 enhrerto need firtaf, storm aewera have eased hi and others hare filled up, the regular city garbage disposal area is under flood waters from Neuse River, Lack of Cars and Instructors to Halt Driver Training Courses in Two of Lenoir’s 10 High Schools as ne as&ea permission to t£&n& ter $500 to pwtait ptircihase. of two «ars that will be used in .this work in the schools left in the program. Wheat Swamp and LaGrange are the schools losing this course.'' Bullock was reluctant to lose this vital part of school training but lack of instructors and a change of heart on the part of four of the live dealers who furnished cars last year has left no other course open. Only one dealer has agreed to furnish a car for the training courses this year and his car is not yet de livered, Bullock reported. ; For Violating Parole Henry Morton of 'FoUocksrlUe was arrested thls week by'Pa trotauan Marvin Thomas on charge of violating the terms of his |«0b^ttaartit&4,-.r j.'. j! ‘r.};;s$ Martomwasfree under a sen tence of $hre« to jflTye years for brptddng,-entering and larceny, Commissioners Vote Expansion Funds for 3ng voted to Include $107,000 in the 1956-57 school budget to permitthe scheduled expansion of Pink Hill and Deep Bun schools. School Superintendent Henry Bullock explained that this ad ditional stum was needed to sup plement $282,021 already on hand and ear-marked for these two projects. Superintendent Bullock also reported that the funds expected from the state in the division of the remaining $25,000,000 of a school bond issue are to be used to add sufficient space to the Woodington School to peftnlt oqpnplete consolidation of all negro schools in the. county. : .hi__ Flood-spawned millions of frogs and mosquitoes are mak ing' life siappingly unusual in XonesOounty. Tiny frbgs literally covered stretches of highway in some swamp areas and swarms Of mosquitoes made life misera ble in practically every part of Jtmes County this. week. The only happy reflection to be fOjjUid by one Jones Countian was that the frogs ought to be able to1 fat ten on the mosquitoes, and the YOUR GOUNTY XVIHTRENTON, N. C, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER ft. lftSS VOLUME VH n Board Split on Lease Terms een City arid Baseball Officials jBWpawpflSMlMfe'ft. - - W»ct Involving lease at Graln ger Stattutn to the present own ers at the Burlington baseball team in the Carolina League touched oft a lengthy debate by the , Kinston city council Mon Jesse Pugh Wooten, who along with Alderman Doug and Mayor Guy Elliott, the council on the committee, reported in substance the terms ot the contract were a one cent per tfcfcet rental, with the city fur nishing free water and lights to the park. School board members of the stadium committee are Httuy WaBcer and Lonnie Buck. Alderman Frank LaRoque took respectful bat vigorous excep tion to the proposed agreement fehich Wooten pointed out was for one year with a two year renewal danse. LaRoque pointed oat that he was a baseball tan, but he felt that when a private enterprise comes into Ihe community, to compete with other private businesses of the same general nature,, that they ought to pay their way Just as all the others are forced to do. LaRoque pointed out that theaters pro vide a wholesome form of en tertainment but they receive nt in the same manner. Wooten also reported that the stadium committee had already granted permission to the Bur lington group to paint signs on the stadium fence. Alderman Bill , Page expressed disapproval of this, Newsman Jack Rider also spoke briefly In opposition to ‘toesslng up the fence.” After the meeting had ad journed Mayor Elliott and Baker stated that they had opposed painting signs on the walls of the stadium, but had finally gone along with the other members in voting approval after the baseball group had stated that they would not come to Kinston If they could not get the $ight to nine thousand dollars revenue expected from selling advertis ing space on the stadium fence. After much discussion four members of the council, Wooten, Page, Baker and Charlie Taylor voted for the proposed lease agreement, with LaRoque voting “No” It was generally agreed that Alderman Wooten would attempt to negotiate more favorable terms for the city, but the pore sent agreement stands approved. The board refused to accept LaEoque’s suggestion that t the matter be left open for at least a couple of weeks to see; how the general public felt bout the pzo peaal. Senator •w Cautions Against in Armory Speech tTii your raiuiin aoa out k«ip your powder dry”,'was the advice erf Oliver Cromwell which Senator Sataa J, Ervin passed on to the several hundred persons attending the formal dedication orf Ktaston’snew Armory Tues day night. Ervin spoke briefly, but effec tively in reminding the audience that twtoein this generation the United States has been fool ish enough to scrap its great armed forces and enter Into an era of wishful thinking, .believ ing more out of hope than out of reality that lasting peace had finally came. Ervin sold the United States made the same mistake after both World Wans but so far has not fallen Into that trap since the cessation of hostilities in Korea. Ervin was introduced by the dedication program chainuftn, former National Guardsman Major Marion A. Parrott, who preceded his introduction with a brief synopeis of the great part the North Carolina militia had taken, in the history ,of the na tion. Adjutant General John Hall Mannings formally presented the Anmory to the citizens of Lenoir Ooiinty and Mayor Guy Elliott, speaking for the city mui county ruling boards accepted the building which houses the two local National Guard unite. Among the distinguished guests attending the dedication was Representative L. H. Foun tain of Taiboro. An open house from lp.m. preceded the formal 8 o’clock dedication, after which several hundred of the light of foot and damp in body enjoyed (?) a dance until midnight. Kinston Aldermen to Survey Cemetery Deficit and Charges Tne Kinston Board af'Alder , a large percentage those being buried in the Kin ston cemeteries are not from Kinston, many not even from Lenoir County; yet, it was pointed out, the citizens of Kin ston have to underwrite the de ficit. At present, lot prices and gravedigging fees charged to out-of-towners are the same as those charged to residents. May or Guy Elliott pointed out that Former City Manager Bill Heard had made a study of the charges made in surrounding towns and had found that Kinston was considerably below its neighbor ing towns in the average ceme tery charges. Heard had recom mended higher prices for all, and doubled prices to non-Kinston taxpayers. stands perpetual care for that plot, which is, as one alderman pointed out, a pretty long time. Trenton Rotarians Endorse Kinston as Site for College The Trenton Rotary Club Tuesday night unanimously en dorsed Kinston as the best possi- < ble location in Eastern Carolina for the Presbyterian College that is to be located in this part of the state in the near future. District Governor Frank Ruble was also on hand for the Tues day night session and gave the local Rotarians a forceful in struction on developing the re sources otf Rotary. !' 1 . .'ii. , ■gaid creeping up, bringing’ bad news to those whose homes and' pieces of business are located in Southeaiit Kinston and Sappers eUIa* The ranges are expected to climb to antodtt feet before beginning to decline. When this ? picture was taken the level was 2CS feet, and still rising. ■ v
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