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fRENTON, N. G, THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1958
VOLUME IX
Two major road improvement
projects under contract in Jones
County have been held up by the
wei weather; much to no One’s
surprise.
District Engineer Jasper Phil
lips says the resurfacing of US 17
in its entirety in Jones County can
- - not take place under present high
water levels because it is imposii
ble to do sub-surface treatment
that must be done before the ac
tual resurfacing tabes place.
This subsurface work consists of
pumping asphalt under pressure
into' hollow, washed out spaces
that exist under a large percentage
of the present concrete roadway.
The other holdup , is on the Black
Swamp Road which extends-from
Maysviille to Bogue in Jones and
Carteret counties. Thu is largely
a new roadway and includes ex
tensive bridgework and grading
and although a considerable part
of ihewurk ins been completed—
largelyon the Carteret-County end,
a great deal remains to be dene in
Jones County.
Tins Black Swamp road crosses
■t terrain that is difficult to work in
at any time and impossible to work
upon in wet weather.
The contract for that rean calls
foT its completion in 206 working
days in winch at least six hours
of good working condition® existed.
Very few of those 200 woikirqg days
Save been used up since the work
.. began.
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Trenton Paris Project
By Mr#. Fred Pippin
~ Members of the Trenton Fire
Department and other members erf
the community worked at the park
Saturday as pant of the Finer
Carolina Contest project.
Work-has been .progressing nice
ly with land cleared and seeded
and tables put out. Three tables
were placed among the trees and
playing'iarea, and posts have been
put down to mark off a parking
area.
Saturday, some more clearing
and seeding was done. With the
grass coming - up and the trees
budding, the new Trenton Park
really is a nice place to take the
family for a picnic or recreation.
Since the river winds beside the
paik, it is also a good place to
go boating. With the help of all
the community', Trenton Park can
be a landmark of Trenton.
Land Transfers
Jones County Register,of Deeds
Mrs. D. W. Koonce reports the re
cording of only two real estate
transfers in the past week, both
|tt; PbUotcfcsville Township.
One acre of land from K. M.
Murphy to Vincent Franck and one
acre from Murphy to Floyd Mur
phy.
Mrs* Joseph Thompson Elected
Charter President of Maysville
Garden Club at Recent Meeting
was woted
for the .coming
President-Mrs. Joseph Thomp
son; First Vice-president-Mrs.
Lem Meiggs; Second Viee-^preBi
dent-Mrs. Clyde Carr; Third 'Vice
president-Mrs. W. E. Raifnrd; Sec
retarjMMrs. John Hodden; Trea
I surer-Mrs. J. C. Foscue; Historian
htoraTian^Mrs. Robert Curtin.
IgpB; Ralph Gibson and Mrs.
tion and by-laws of the club which
were accepted by the members.
At present the club will have an
open membership.
A permanent meeting date was
set for the third Tuesday afternoon
of each month. Mrs. W. E. Radford
and Mrs. Nido Hamilton will be
hostesses for the May meeting.
Mrs. Foscue served Cokes and
cookies.
Carol Boyette, Joyce Whaley, Elizabeth
Wells, First To Win State Degrees
By Hilda Fay
Sue parol Boyette, Joyce Wha
ley and Elizabeth Wells are the
* "first F. H. A. girls of Jones Cen-,
■tral ever to receive the State F..
H. A. Degree for outstanding work
in the field of home economics,
,home making, community service
and school activities.' These de
grees were presented to the girls
at the State F. H. A. Convention
in Raleigh on March 29.
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Sue Carol is the daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs. Murray Boyette of near
Trenton and is a senior at Jones
Central High School. She is plan
ning to attend Bast Carolina Col
lege and major in home economics.
This year has been a busy one for
Sue carol as she has the responsi
bility of driving a school bus and
serving as F. H. A. reporter. She
is a member of the Friendship
Free Will Baptist Church where
she is a primary teacher and
Community
Sunday for
Sunrise Service
Pollocksville
nit aiuiuax wiuuuuui'vy ouaiiioc
service will welcome Easter Sun
day’in Pollocksville with an im
pressive service planned to begin
at 5:30 a. m. in the Baptist Church.
Presbyterian Pastor W. F. F.
Little will open the service follow
ing a prelude with a proclamation.
After that the combined choirs of
all Pollocksville Churches will pre
sent a seasonal hymn.
Pastor Little will then offer the
invocation and a special musical
selection wull be giveh by Bobby
Cox.
The Scripture Will be presented
Itjy ftCYOlCUU J_/1UUC (liuci WtUJAJll UIC
combined choirs will present
“Waken to Gladness”.
Prayer will toe offered next by
Methodist Pastor P- C. Yelverton,
Which will toe followed with an
o her musical selection by Mrs. J.
IV. Oreagh Jr.
Rev. Yelverton will then deliver
the Easter Message to be followed
by the Hallelujah Chorus Dy the
combined choirs. This will be fol
lowed by a congregational hymn.
The Benediction will be spoken
by Pastor Little and the service
will end with music of the sea
son.
Jones Central Library Seeks
Accreditation; Nearing Goal
t»y urw uawson ana nnaa roy
- One of the goals of the Jones
Central High School librarian is
coming in to view. Since Mrs.
Elzabeth Yates became librarian,
her ambition has been to have ihe
Jones Central library accredited
by the American library Associa
tion.
One item necessary to accredia
tion is a card catalog for the use
of the students. The “hit or miss”
System of searching for infonma
A card for each book in the li
brary is being prepared not only
for the title, but fox the author,
and the subject of the book. These
cards are filed alphebetically so
that cross reference is possible.
For instance, if yon know the title,
but not the author, you can still
locate the book. Or, if you wish,
you may locate the titles of all the
books in the library on one subject.
library assistants nave been
helping Mrs. Yia.tes in preparing
the cards. Eleanor Noble and Jean
serves as assistant pianist.
Joyce is the daughter of Mrs.
Carrie Whaley of near Trenton and
is a senior this year. For several
years, Joyce has wanted to become
a nurse. Now that graduation is
near, she is making plans in carry
ing out her ambition. Although her
recent honor is being awarded a
State Degree, she is a member of
the Beta Club and has to maintain
a 90 average on her subjects. Her
uannon 1357 graduates, and Elea
nor Yates and Jean Griffin 1958
graduates, have done the bulk of
tyiping of the some 4,000 cards al
One Jones Arrest
Jones County Sheriff Brown
Yates reports only one arrest in
the county in the past week and
that was of Enoch Harrison of
Polloeksville route one who is ac
cused of hitting his wife with a
board Sunday night. Brown didn't
say where the board landed, but
apparently it did not hit in a vul
nerable area since the woman was
not hospitalized and her husband
was held under a small bond.
ready prepared.
Another standard that must be
met by the library is to have 5
books (acceptable to the American
library Association; that is, new
and up-to-date) for each student
enrolled. Some new books have
been purchased by student fees,
part by county funds, and part by
funds raised by the Jones Central
P.T.A,
For the last two years, under
the urging of Mrs. Verdie Pollock,
President, the P. T. A. has made
a project of raising funds for pur
chase of books for the library.
March Legal Liquor Sales
Top $11,000 in Jones County
jviarcn, aamp as n was weatner
wise, was the best month so far in
sales for the new Jones County
Alcoholic Beverages Control Board
with gross sales for the montlT
totalling $11,243.65.
Starting in the legal liquor trade
*iaMtame'*' economics have
been sewing and cooking. Joyce
helps her mother make a lot of
her school skirts and dresses.
Joyce’s extracurricular activities
include President of 4-H, editor of
the school paper, President of F.
H. A. and Sports Editor on the an
nual. Slhe is a memiber of Foy’s
Methodist Memorial Church.
Elizabeth is the daughter of Mr.
.and Mrs. Charlie Wells of near
Trenton and is a senior this year.
Elizabeth prefers sewing in home
economics and sews a lot of her
dresses. Last year she was named
District Dress Revue Winner in
4-tH. Other than her interests in
home economics, she is very in
terested in science and plans to
attend Atlantic Christian College
•and major in Chemistry. Her out
door activities include boat-riding
and fishing. She is also a collector
of insects. At the State Fair last
year Elizabeth’s insect collection
was on display. Elizabeth is a
member of the Chinquapin Chris
tian Church.
for the first time in its history,
Jones County opened two stores in
December of 1957. The first on
December 6th at Trenton and the
second at Hargett’s Crossroads on
December 20th had a gross operat
ing income that month ofJ$9,534.25.
in January of ’58—the first full
month of operation for the sys
tem—>the stores grossed $11,099.25
and the short month of February
saw sales just over the ten
thousand-dollar mark at $10,590.75.
The March sales total of $11,
243.56 now brings the grand total
of business for the three-^and-a
fraction months of operation to
$42,487.90.
Officials of the system believe
that the first year’s operation of
the Jones County system will find
net profits slightly below the 13
per cent profit margin shown
throughout the state in legal liquor
systems.
This is due to expenses of open
ing up that do not take place in
succeeding _ years of operation.
Items such as cash registers,
bookkeeping machines and office
equipment; along with heating
equipment are included in this
category.
At the present rate of business,
however, the AiBC officials do feel
that the two stores will make a
sizeable contribution to the county
treasury at the end of their first
year of operation.
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Rain, Rain Go Away; Got Enough tor Today
If you've heard it once you must
tave heard it a zillion times; “Man,
when’s it gonna quit raining,”
Natifrally, nobody wants it to
quit raining, only to lighten up for
a fetw weeks. Eastern North Caro
lina is part of that blessed section
of the United States that has an
average rainfall of just ovet 42 in*
ches. . -;,v . It
Pill., creates a humid climate,
so makes for h fertile agri
area and in more recent
has been a major factor
industrial expansion in
‘ of North Carolina
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j'-U* US!
But, at the moment agricultur
ists, industrialists and just plain
folks are agreed that Eastern
Carolina has an plegant sufficien
cy of water. A season or so ago
folks in Lenoir County were la
menting a noticeable drop in the
water table in open wells and from
other water sources. The king
sized thirst of the Du Pont plant
was blamed, for “drying up the
northern end of the county”. At the
moinent the, finger has not beep
put on the Pause for a sudden rise1
in the water tattys. Some point to
the “Sputtniks” and “Explorers”
and others blame the pudlant wea
ther On latomSc’ and hydrogen
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bombs.
Geology indicates rather ciearly;
at least to the satisfaction of the
geologists that the earth has hot
then cold, wet then dry periods
during all of its life span Most
men of science are inclined to the
wew that man’s monkeying around
has very little chance of doing
anything to effect the weather,
either good or bad. But scientists
have been, and no doubt will con
tinue to be, just as wrong on occa
sions as other folks.
For the record, and that much
can be fairly dear; the fall and
winter in Eastern Carolina have
been abnormally wet.
In an area that can reasonably
42 inches of rain in 12
months there has fallen 36.82 in
ches of rain in the past seven
months.
October dried up considerably
and many a farmer spent his time
hanging around warehouse floors
and corner filling station and left
his corn in the field, and some of
it is still there, if the crows and
squirrels haven’t toted it out.
In November the clouds really
cranked up and tried to beat the
September record but failed with
wily 7.08 inches of rain for our area.
December, if it had gotten just a
trifle colder, could, really have
presented the atea with a White
Christmas*because there was plen
ty of predtipation; 5.46 inches to
be exact.
| The New Year came in wet, as
j most youngsters generally are, and
January stayed fairly damp from
one end to the other with 4.44 in
ches of rain.
February was the driest month
since October, but it still had more
than the average monthly rainfall,
having 3.86 inches in its brief 28
days.
March just drizzled out this week
and it bestowed 4 30 inches upon
East Carolina; and left everybody
worriedly contemplating “April
Showers”.
The rain has not only been so
plentiful a®, to interfere greatly
with farm operations but has also
messed up “fishing”, and that’s
really serious in Eastern Carolina.