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COUNTY 'AY JUNE 7,1956 VOLUME VIII to ii■*k ■ ^ fjwtnr. in nrJnr 4k«* uve Miner today in oraer ™ the tatBMoildqf pyQ*' lives and those of their tomiMee may be bet. ter tomorrow. < .>'< '-T ■" Dolores also is a member of the following school aw* comunity or* gandaat4oee: Beta Chib, Future Teachers Cu*>, 4JH Club in both school and community; and a member of Chinquapin Chapel Christian Church. ■ ■i-1’-1 - i. ■ .... , >—„mi ■■ Social Security Payments Being Received By 200 Jones Countians ‘Social Security payments *ee ng.^,®5!0?W8^®dJa,*e8 amounts to $3,699 each moutto lh addition 24 wives, husbands, and dependent^ parents of deceased woAers receive a total of $589 each month, and 78 children ia$fones County receive $1498 each month. , . ■ ••• The Social Security payments monthly of $6,422. to 200 persons in Jones County", Thomas pointed opt, “is o* significance to the' economic 'well-being of the com munity at large, and to many cases represents the greatest or only source of income to the individual family concerned.” In the state of North Carolina, Thomas added, 183,358 beneficiaries receive $5,562,355 each month. In s the ten county area serviced by pi®: Social /Security District Office in New Bern, 6,813 beneficiaries receive $254)847 each month for a total of $8,055,764 per year. ie Jones County Board of Com. aoners Monday naim^ Faytie ; at Currituck Qnujt* *> be the Home Agent effective June • Mims Cox, a 1955 graduate Elizabeth Barker is Peace ‘Prep’ Graduate JONES BUDGET TENDERED County Accountant Bad Franck Monday tendered the tentative Jones County budget for 1956-57 and it was filed for study of the public in the office of Register of Deeds George Noble. Total of tbe budget is $584,180, slightly higher 'Trenton Elementary School Prin cipal ft. J- Carinate has resigned to ratteEB to the University of Mary, land to conflate work on bis doe. tor’s-degree in education. Fred Pippin, who baa served as principal of the Maysville Elemen tary School is moving to Tkenton to replace Chinnis. Moore also announced the retire, rnent cl two of Jones County’s best loved teachers, Mrs. C. L. Foy of AfoSlSMOoionlinue "b. ruJ wr»«J HIr » yean ancl Mns. Banks for 35 years in the uuuuc scnoois. . With the departure of Principals Durham and CUdnis their wives will also be leaving, creating ve. nancies in the classes which they have taught Mrs. Durham taught mathematics and English at Jones Central and Mn. Chfamis taught the fourth grade in Trenton Ele mentary/ With Mrs. Fay’s retirement Moore says there rtil be two vacancies in the PoHocfcaville school since its enraUmeot this year has earned it an additional teacher for the com ing school year. No replacement has yet been found for Pippin at Miaywville. WASHINGTON REPORT by BUI WHlttey TOBACCO. A senate subcommit tee will' re-open hearings in the near future concerning, the use of synthetic tobacco in cigars and cigarettes. The subcommittee, made up of Senators Clemente of Kentucky, Scntt,of ?forih Carolina and Schem ing or experimenting with thaf Wb designed to make use of tofatoco stems, low grade tobaccos, or any foreign matter. DRASTIC. By using new process, es, manufacturers are able to uti than that of the present fiscal per iod. A detailed analysis of the bud get will appear in next week’s JOURNAL, since some time is re quired to breakdown all the budget estimates for comparison with those of the present budget Uze stems and other material that in the past has. been considered' mute. As a result, they are able to get many more cigarettes out of a given amount of tobacco than in the, past. . ; H these techniques and processes are continued, it could easily mean the entire tobacco industry wotdd drastfc*,~deep n large acreage reduc tions, which Cannot he taken at tins Q*CI^SraOTJ. The question the subcommittee wants to answer is hojv the over Jail problem should be approached and solved. Present thinking leans toward legislation that would make it dif ficult tor manufacturers to use any. thing nut natural leaf tobacco in their cigarettes and cigars. TEXTILES. Recently Harry Rie mer, editor of the Daily News Re. cord., the leading trade journal of the textile industry, made a speech Hk Jones County Board of Edo. **tion Monday made formal request llw a $150,000 bond,issue election to the county board of commissioners. The commissioners did not act on the request and It was the send. «®cial attitude, around the court house that no action would be ta ken until after the special session of the General Assembly which to to be convened on July 23rd. The request by the board of edu. cation resulted from the pressing need for immediate construction of more adequate elementary school facilities in several parts of the county school system. It was agreed that the commie, sioners could not supply that amount of money from current revenues without making a tre mendous increase in the tax rate. No one is denying, on the other hand that there is a great need for considerable improvement in 'many of the county's elementary school facilities. in Mississippi .that was an eye opener for all those interested in the present problems facing the as a result of in tex up import been fruit and more made yarns and fabrics are coming into this country. Raemer, just back frarh a world tour, said today’s competition from foreign countries is just a drop in the bucket Compared to what it will be only a few years from now. Furthermore, he said, American textile manufacturers are partly responsible tor the increased im See Washington Report Page 7 Pollocksville Boy Featured Singer With [Campbell College Choir True Campbell College Choir pre sented its spring extravaganza, “Concert under the Stars” in the Paul Green Theatre on campus Thursday evening at 8:15. This was the choir’s first public appearance Since its successful tour of twenty one concerts in North Carolina and -Virginia. | The concert featured both sacred and secular numbers, and included sijch numbers as Fred Waring’s “Battle Hymn of the Republic” and a medley of tunes from “Carousel.” choral numbers included an of “Londonderry Air," Gets In Your Eyes” and Nev<ar 'Walk Alone.;’ Solos ‘All the Things You Are” “He” by Bob. Newer Walk Richards, “If-1 fiohby Cox, and phitheatre at 1:15 Thursday evening in its final public concert of this The soloists seated loft to are Nina Wheoley, Burlington; HplUS mn '
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