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VOLUME XII axis Attend u Meeting at Thursday aae District Meeting of North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation was held in Goldsboro February 2 at Griffin’s Restaurant. Nine Jones County members were pre These indoded three members of the Legislative Committee; W. G. Mallard, Z. A. Koonce and D. A. Jones. J Mrs. Rom Mallard, 'Womans Chairman was present, President Alva B. Howard and Vice-Chair man rtoraee B. Phillips. Brace Fby, Walter Ives and Williatm Jones, members of the board of directors were also there. t At this meeting the group was briefed on several subjects, which included appropriation, cattle, edu cation, egg laws, farm credit, farm labor, highway horticulture, motor ists, financial responsibility, non faigh way gas refunds, public utili ties, research, right-to-wtoric, taxes, tax return and water pollu < i B. C. Mangum, president of the North Carolina Farm Bureau Fed eration was present at the, meet The boanTof directors will meet at 6 at the agriculture building February 15 for dinner, followed by the regular meeting at 7:30. J. iR. Franck will be in charge of the program. ^ “ Trenton Scouts Visit Morehead Planetarium Sunday Boy Scout' Troop 106 of Trenton went to Chapel Hill Sunday to visit iMorehead Planetarium. The boys have been engaged in a program on astronomy called "Scooting the Sides”, based on a merit/ badge phamphlet and are working for their merit badges for astronomy. Scouts who went were Dennett and Allen Mallard, Rodney John son, Ronnie Burns, Dennis Banks, Robert, Eddie and Phillip West, Billy Adams, Billy Parker, Butch Huffman, Jimmy Pollock, Jerry Conway, George Wooten Cox, Phil lip Cox and Tommy Swink. Alvin Batchelor, a junior assis tant - scoutmaster, and Douglas Jarman; a former scout, also went along. Thanks are extended to Bill 'Parker and Bud Huffman from the scouts and J. R. Franck, scout master, for driving the boys to Chapel Hill. Richie and Eddie Franck also went along with their fatter. ' < While there the group went through the building to see the ex hibits on astronomy. ••.. at Hogs for Method Increasing Farm Income By Jimmy Franck Jonas County Agon* Take a close look at your farm ing operation. Are -you 'using your land, labpr and capital efficiently? Does your farm business give you year around employment? Many farmers operation furnishes them only 6 to 8 months work. If this is your case, then you need to take a dose look at swine produc tion as a major, enterprise. Swine production fits well with tobacco production. Farrowing dates can be planned to let periods of high labor requirement in the hog enterprise fall during periods of low tobacco labor requirements. Swine production can be profit able IF: 1. The producer devotes his best efforts toward making the enter prise a success. ' 2. The producer uses proven feeding and management practices. 3. The producer doesn’t get dis couraged in periods of low prices but “gets in and stays in”. (Slaugh ter hog prices have been under 15c per pound only 25 months out of the past 15 years and they halve been over 30c per pound 67 months out of the last 15 years.) ' Basically there are four distinct Ronald Hugh Metts Nominated to Take , Academy Examination Rep. David N. Henderson has announced the appointment of Ronald Hugh Metts, of Trenton, Rt. 2 as a candidate for admission to the United States Merchant Marine Academy as a cadet. Young Metts is a senior at Jones Central High School and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Metts. He will take a competitive ex amination wfitti all other North Carolina nominees and the Mari time Adtaidnutfcriation will settect eight candidates from the appli cants- for admission to the Acad emy as cadets. Trenton Meeting on 17th for Highway Requests in Division Residents of the eight-trotinty area comprising the Second High way Division will have an oppor tunity to present, road requests, petitions and problems to repre sentatives of the Second Division at a public hearing here on Thurs day, February 16. Announcement of the hearing was made today by Division Engineer C. W. Snell, Jr., #3ty and county officials, along with the general public, are invited to attend the hearing if they have road requests winch they feel should receive attention. The hearing will be held from 2 until 4 p. m., on Thursday, Febru ary 16, at the Jobes County Court house in Trenton. This is one in a series of public hearings being held in the Second Highway* Division, which comprises Carteret, Craven, Panilico,'Beau fort, Pitt, Greene, Lenoir and Jones Counties. Cattle Tests Now Being Run in Jones Jones Counity’s cattle are cur rently being tested for Brucellosis and T. B. by the U. S, Department of Agriculture. A certain percent age of the cows in each county are tested by the UjSJXA. every three years. ' Farmers wishing to have their Cj^le tested can do to by hotify iag the County Agents Office. Test ing, of course, is done free. The testing will continue for approxi mately four weeks. Jones County Had < 108? Farms in 1959 The 1959 Census of Agriculture counted 1,083 farms in Jones Coun ty, according to a preliminary re port just issued by the Bureau of the Census. Total land in farms was 105,114 acres. The average size of farm fas 97J. acres. The average value of farms (land and buildings) in the county was $15,270. Of the county’s farm operators, 458 owned their farms, 184 owned part of the land and rented, ad ditional acreage, and 440 were tenant farmers. The average age of farm operat ors in the county was 47.7 years. There were 117 farm operators 65 or more years of age. Of the 1,083 farms in the county, 817 were commercial farms. Detailed statistics on crops, livestock, equipment, etc., are pre sented in the preliminary report, with comparable statistics for 1964. Copies of the county report may be obtained for 10 cents each from the Bureau of the Census, Wash ington 25, D. C. Land Transfers (Real estate transfers recorded during file past week in the office of Jones County Register of Deeds Bill Parker included the following: Prom Isabelle Mallard to £5va Jones Smith 18.23 acreh in Beaver Greek Township and the same par cel back tp Mrs. Mallard from Mrs. 'Smith, a maneuver to obtain a "suit claim deed”. Prom George F. Morrison to E. W. Humphrey one lot in White Oak From William jR. Deader to Kep Mtb R Rji v a fraiM- in'' Raannir Jones Board Splits on Soil Service Allocation Jones School Officials Attend Smyrna Meeting Committeemen and principals in Jones county Schools attended pie annual Committeeman and Princi pals Association meeting in Smyr na last Wednesday and enjoyed a clambake. , Attending from Trenton were W. B. Moore, superintendent, Mr. and Airs. S. D. Mallard, W. E. Phil lips, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. West, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Wooten, Mr. and Mire. Raymond Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Nance and Mr. and Mrs-. Zack Koonce, Jr. From Comfort were Mr. and ■Mrs. Robert E. Lee and Mr. and Mrs.‘Horace King. From Polfocksville were Miss Julia Wfaitty, Mr. Buck Armstrong, Mr. and Mrs. Lynwood Cox and Mrs. Frank Bender. Clover 4-H Club Meet* hi Lowery Home The Clover 4-H Club bad its regular meeting Monday night in the W. W. Lowery home with Wil son Lowery presiding. Walter Ives, Jr. and Annette Lowery led the pledges to the flags and Janice Lowery gave the devotional. A welcome was extended to Ed ward Earl Eubanks, a new mem ber to the club. The president showed a film on, safety and Janice gave a demonstration on “How to make and equip a sewing box”. Beaman Nance, assistant farm agent, met with the group, and af terwards refreshments were served ■by Mr. and Mrs. Lowery. Frank Heath is reporter for the club. How to Speed up First Check From Social Security The New Bern Social Security office has some good adivice for people who became eligible for so cial security benefits because of the 1960 social security amend ments. “To speed the payment of your first retirement cheek, bring the necessary proofs with you the first time you come into file a claim for benefits,” f^etty Perkinson, Field Representative, said today. The most important record you should bring with you is your so cial security card. Almost everyone who applies for monthly benefits must prove age. A birth certificate is not available to most people now reaching re tirement age, but there are many other types of evidence which will prove age, such as family Bible, insurance policy, marriage certi ficate, etc. Evidence of recent earnings may also be needed to establish your monthly payment. The 1960 with bolding tax statement (Form W-2) is the1 best evidence for an em ployee. The self-employed should bring copies of the -two previous years’ tax return and evidence to show that tax returns were filed with Internal Revenue Service. A cancelled check, money order stub, or bank receipt is sufficient evi dence to show that the return was filed. If married, and your wife is also applying for monthly benefits, evi dence of . her age will also be re quired. Miss Perdrinson stated, if you have any doubt what evidence will be needed to process, your claim, can the social security office be fore you retire and the representa tive will, be glad to explain just what evidence you might need. Monday a committee represent ing the Sail Conservation Service and inclini ng George N. Noble, John Yates ar.d Emmett Waller Jr. appeared be .ore the Jones County Board erf Commissioners and asked an additional allocation of $1,500 for the local office of the conservation service. The committee pointed out that there Was a burdensome amount of paper work which kept the field workers tied to their desks far too much of the time and this $1,500 appropriation would make it possi ble to employ clerical help that would free the men for work out side. Horace Haddock made motion that the $1,500 appropriation be made and Eugene Simpson second ed his motion, but when the vote was called Hiarold Mallard and Fred Foscue voted against it, forc ing Chairman Nelson Banks to cast his third tie-breakin g vote in three months in office. The board inferred that the a mount asked might be included in the 1961-62 budget but the reason the majority gave for voting a gainst the allocation at this time was the state of the county bud get. Other matters before the board 'Monday included a suggestion from Welfare Superintendent Mrs. Zeta Burt that the board give study to making use of surplus foods that are being made available by the federal government for distribu tion to the needy. County Attorney Donald Brock was instructed to write Congress man David Henderson and ask for his help in securing three drainage projects to serve the county: These would include a joint project on White Oak River with Onslow County and Trent River down stream from Trenton and Trent River upstream from Trenton. The board voted to let the school board use the large room now used by the health department for stor age and to let the board of elec tions use the small room as soon as the health department gets moved into its new clinic. The board also asked Fred Fos cue to investigate the possible use of the old county jail after some renovation for storage purposes. The board voted to give the Tax 'Collector authority to call on the sheriff or anyother law enforce ment officer of the county to levy on and sell personal property to satisfy tax liens, and also passed a resolution authorizing the garni shee of wages up to 10 per cent of the pay for any salary period to satisfy tax liens and to permit at tachment of bank accounts to satis fy unpaid tax accounts. Marriage License Jones County Register of Deeds Bill Parker has issued one mar riage license in the past week and it went to Marvin Ray Swinson, 18, and Amelia Carol Marshbum, 16, both of Pink Hill. MEMBER HOME EC CLUB Joyce Jones of Trenton is a member of the Home ■ Economic Club at East Carolina College in Greenville. Kidnapping Charge is Thrown Out of Court Parents of 17 year-old Caralie Peyton of 110 South Tiffany Ave nue signed a warrant over the weekend charging Crispin Emory of 713 Manning Street with kid napping their daughter. He was held under $10,000 bond. When the case was called for/ preliminary hearing Monday af ternoon before Recorder Emmett Wooten less than five minutes was required to wuse a verdict of no
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