COUNTY
NUM&ER 36
N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 25,1962 VOLUME XIII
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Pollocksville Pupils Find How
Nutritious Milk is With Month
Experiment With 'White Rats
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' • Ben Dill.himt
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Jay Bandar . /
The nutrition experiment that
started in the fifth grade of Alex
H. iWWte School at Pollocksvilie
on November 8, came to an end on
January 17, when the rats went
' to another school.
We made plans in advance for
our experiment. We ordered the
rats, mistakenly called white mice
very often, from a, laboratory in
Virginia.
We ordered three so that we would
have two even if one died. When
they came there were four. We had
prepared for them. Committees had
selected names,' made cages, and
made charts on which to keep their
records.
All of us had studied rat diets
and decided what we wanted to find
out. We finally decided to give all
rats identical foods with the ex
ception of milk.
Two rats, Herman and George,
who were the smallest, got milk
and water to drink. The others,
Stubbv and Weaky. got only'water.
Mrs. Jo Anne Sugg, a former
State nutritionist, came to talk to
us about them. She also visited us
when the rats came. She showed
us how to handle them and care for
them.
We Were prepared with gloves.
the rats were
let us use her scaie's during the ex
periment, as it weighs in grams.
Everyone wanted to help so we
made charts' so each one would
know when his turn came. Everyone
had a turn. The teacher, Miss Julia
Whitty, did not, havlT to * remind
even one person when it was his
turn.
The rats were very small when
we got them, and very pretty. They
were white, with pink eafs and red
eyes. Their eyes looked like little
buttons.
The smallest, George, weighed
only 28 grams, or one ounce. The
largest, Stubby, weighed 35 grams,
or one and one-fourth ounces.
We kept careful records and
weighed them'each week. ' Some
weighs are:
Wfeight in Grams . ■ ' ■
Pate Harm. George Weaky Stubby
Nov. 8 31 28 33 35
Nov. 22 80 79 63 55
Dec. 15 160 165 58 60
Dec. 20 170 • 180 60 65
When: school closed on Dec. 20
:for the Christmas holidays we were
all convinced that we should drink
milk. Not only had Herman and
George gained more weight, but
they looked better. Their hair was
smooth and shiny and looked thick.
Their eyes were bright and they
were very lively. Weaky and Stub
by had_ dull eyes and their hair
looked rough and thin. We were
afraid they were going to die.
But things changed for them on
December 20. Weaky and Stubby
went home with Ben Dillahunt for
the Christmas holidays, and he and
his family treated them fine.
For the first time in their lives
they had milk and all they wanted.
Herman and George went, home
with Royce Morton and they fared
well too. When we returned to
school after Christmas their weights
IJan. 5 Herm. George Weaky Stubby
217 210 122 142
Weaky and Stubby had more
thap doubled their weight in two
weeks. Herman and George have
lost some weight since Jah. 4. We
decided that they were ito fat.
that we had had Jhem long enough.
We talked about keeping just one,
but decided to let them go to an
other school if someone wanted
them.
On Wednesday, January 17, they
left us to go to Trenton. Miss Hil
degrade Brock, who teaches fourth
grade in Trenton, came for them.
■Mrs. S. A. Moore, who has a child
m Miss Brock’s room, brought Miss
Brock and several fourth graders.
They showed the Trenton pupils
how to care for the rats and how
to handle them. The cages and food
holders have to be cleaned twice a
day, and the rats have to be care
fully prepared for the cold nights.
We hated to see them go, but we
NCEA-NEA Meeting
Held at Jones Central
An NCEA-NEA Area Conference
was held at Jones Central High
School, Tuesday, January 23, with
the local unit as host. Jones, Cra
ven, Onslow and Carteret counties
with New Bern and Jacksonville
City Schools comprise the district
in meeting. Approximately 300
attended.
Superintendent of Schools W. B.
Moore, welcomed the guests. Phoe
be Emmons and Don Morrow of
the State NCEA Headquarters led
a panel discussion of the following
topics: Professional Standards;
NEA Service and Activities; Legis
lative Program; Evaluation of rec
ent legislative gains.
The 65-member local unit is head
ed by L. D. Nance, Principal of
Jones Central High School.
Land Transfers
During the past week Jones Coun
ty Register of Deeds Bill Parkei
keporting of the following land
transfers:
From C. Eubank to Troj
Yates .5 acres in White Oak Town
ship.
From Lovie Sigman Wfeeks tc
Robert L. Mattocks 4 lots in White
Oak Township^
From G. S. Pelletier to Johr
Ralph Brock 4 lots in White Oak
Township.
Another Honoree
Among the names included in th<
■Honors List of East Carolina foi
the term just ended that were lef
off the college news release wai
Noble,
Mr and Mrs. Earl L. Noble o
Trenton.
Comfort Barbecue
The Parent-Teacher Associatioi
of Comfort School will have a bar
becue and dance Friday night ii
the school cafeteria. The barbecu*
will begin at 5 and last until 8, am
the dance will begin at 8.
enjoyed working with them. W<
hope that the Trenton fourth gradt
will enjoy them as much as we die
and learn as much as we did. W!hit<
!rats, we -found, are very gentle
tame, clean and easy to work with
We hope the rats like their nev
home.
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Clerk Whitaker Plans
Retirement End of Term
This week Jones Coui\ty Superior
Clerk Murray Whitaker issued the
following announcement, which
speaks very'*clearly for itself. The
complete statement follows hete:
To My Friends And Supporters
In Jones County:
Four years ago this spring,' I had
reached the decision not *tio seek
re-election to the high office of
Clerk of the Superior Court for
Jones County, for the reason I
wanted to retire to give my full
time and attention to my farming
interests: however, after consulta
tion with my friends and my able
and capable assistant, I changed my
mind and offered, myself as a can
didate for re-election.
The voters of Jones County re
elected me without opposition, for
which I was and am deeply grate
ful.
However, I concluded at that time
that I would not seek re-election
again. I have held this office since
July 1945, when I was appointed by
Judge Paul. Fizzelle, to fill the va
cancy created by the resignation
of Hon. George R. Hughes, then
Clerk of the Superior Court
Therefore, I hereby announce that
I shall not be a candidate for re
nomination for Clerk of the Sup
erior Court in the May Primary
this year.
I sincerely regret certain recent
events which occurred ^dien this
office, along with the office of Reg
ister of Deeds was robbed, but I
am confident the Sheriff’s office
will eventually apprehend the guil
ty party or parties.
The County Accountant’s office
has not audited this office in recenl
years, so I welcome the audit now
being conducted.
: ’ fhank-my many friend;
and loyal supporters, who have
stood behind me all during the pasi
16 years, while I was serving in the
capacity of Cleric of the Superioi
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I have enjoyed the work anc
, privilege and opportunity to serve
, the people of my beloved county
[ where I wa$ born and have livec
all of my life.
I shall continue to'be interestec
in the moral, economic, and polit
ical life of the citizens of our coun
ty, and shall support the Demo
cratic Party and its candidates, a;
I have since I became old enougl
. to vote. i
Signed: Murray W. Whitakei
Legion
Mi*. Macy Mallard,
Bruce Johnson, and
were among those
the Post and Unit
ference of the American
and' American Legion
Winston-Salem during the
end.
New Bern Dairy
Ha* Two Cow* With
Outstanding Records
New official production records
by registered Holstein cows in this
area were highlighted today in a
special report from The Holstein
Friesian Association of America.
Shangri La Sovereign Marigold
3420523, a nine-year-old, produced
16,780 pounds milk and 639 pounds
butterfat in 305 days. Shangri La
Pride Jennie 3851929, a six-year-old,
had 17,300 pounds milk and 677
pounds butterfat in 306 days. Both
are owned by O. D. Dunn of New
Bern.
In contrast, the annual production
of the average U. S. dairy cow is
generally estimated at approxi
mately 7,000 pounds of milk con
taining 265 pounds of butterfat.
State College supervised the
weighing and testing of the new
Holstein records as part of the
breed’s official herd testing pro
grams.
Two Jones Arrests
During the past week two ar
rests have been reported by Jones
County Sheriff Brown Yates. Hen
ry C. Sutton of Dover route 2 was
charged with violating the liquor
laws and Henry C. Turner of New
Bern was booked on a drunken
driving charge.
Trade Driver Indicted
For Embezzling Funds
From Frosty Mom
Richard A. Johnson of Kinston
route 3 was indicted over the week
end and charged with embezzle
ment of $14,620 from Frosty Morn
Packing Comany over a period of
marry years.
The 38 year-old Lenoir County
native had been a truck driver for
the Kinston packing company since
1953. He resigned last Tuesday.
In a preliminary hearing Wed
nesday morning Johnson was bound
over to the March term of Lenoir
County Superior Court under $7500
bond by Recorder Emmett Wooten.
Johnson’s mother j>osted the bond.
It’s Not The Work; It’s The Decisions That’re Tough on Judges
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Judge Emmet Wooten of Kins
ton Recorder’s Court would be the
first to admit that there are many
more “back-breaking” jobs ithan his,
but even a casual observer of the
’ court is bound to recognise that
“It’s Not The Work; It’s The De
cisions That’s Tough on Judges.”
For instance:
Monday L. K. Jones was sitting
patiently in the “bull pen,” as the
prisoner dock is' not-so-affection
ately called.
The business of the court had tod
die along to thait point where So
Jicitdf1 Phil Crawford had‘used up
N the Mack of official looking papers
• in.front of him, but L. K. Jones
had hot been called, forth to answer
to whatever, If any -charges ihere
were against his 16 yean-old name,
- Judge Wooten asked Solicitor
, Crawford, “What about this young
man?" Crawford, riffled through a
\ docket book and warrants, before
replying, “I don’t see anything
here.”
“What’s your name, Son ?”, Woot
ert inquired^ ^ ^
§ “L. K. Jones,” was the quid
“Oh Yes, you’re ;*L. K.’,”: the
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judged recalled.
Crawford asked a policeman to
check in the coiirt office for any
warrant there might be against
‘L. K’. A few seconds later a war
rant was brought- out, accusing the
teen-aged negro boy of stealing a
bicycle.
“What about this, L. K. ?’ the
judge asked*
“Yessir, I asked this boy about
riding his bicycle ’round the block”,
L. K. explained. Officer Elizah
White explained that Jones had tak
en this bike for quite some time
and had not returned it Jo the
same spot where he had “borrowed
it.” But White did corroborate that
Jones had brought the bike back.
Judge Wooten addressed Solicitor
Crawford, “You recall this boy. He
was here Christmas and- we had a
psychological« examination given
him, since he obviqusly didn’t un
derstand the trouble he was in at
that time." f
Crawford did recall, “But wasn't
he supposed to" be sent to Q’Bprry
Training School at Goldsboro ?’’
. “P talked with the superintendent
on the phone about ttys bdjf. and
he said he "had' a waiting list of
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generally has
1 the troubles
an, suddenly
more than 500 and couldn’t make
any promise about when, if ever
he could take care of L.K.”, Woot
en reported.
Judge Wopten explained to a
puzzled newsman, “This boy has no
parents — doesn’t even know who
his mother is. Our information is
that his mother ‘gave him’ to an
elderly couple south of Kinston
when he was an infant. Now he
refuses to stay in the home of the
old couple, although they have told
us that he has a home as long as
they have one.
“But the boy is not a criminal,
just a kid mentally and hanging
around town here he gets hungry,
wants to ride bikes and I’m afraid
he’s going to get into some really
serious trouble before long.
r "I don’t want to send hint to
prison. It can’t get him in this
school for mentally retarded child
ren, and I hate to turn him out on
the streets with no food, no money,
no job and no .place to sleep.
“What would you'’ do ?”, Wooten
realized that there was NO happy
solution to such a problem. His
feeble response was, “For the time,
he’s certainly beter off in Roy Phil
lips’ jail than out on the streets,
and maybe the welfare department
can figure out some way to get
him sent to the Goldsboro school.”
The Overall Problem
This is not. an isolated situation
in the courts of North Carolina,
and certainly not to welfare de
partments, but both the courts
and the welfare departments lack
the most fundamental tool needed
in such cases.
That most fundatmental tool is a
home — an 'orphanage, a training
school where such case can be sent
today — not next year, nor five
years from now.
Left to roam the streets with
no vocational training, not enough
intelligence to fend for himself leg
ally the vast majority of such
youths end up in prison. Unfor
tunately mental, retardation and
‘physiological retardation do1 not
always go hand in hapd. If any
thing these unfortunates generally
seem to have a stronger sex urge
than- people who are normal men-'
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1 tally. Or perhaps, more accurately,
they simply exercise less control of
their emotional urges.
This leads to rape and rape at
tempts, which horrify the commu
nity and frequently send the men
tally retarded person to an execu
tion chamber. Less spectacular, but
in the long run far more cositly
to society in general are the men
tally retardeds who have children—i
both the male and females in this
category.
If they cas be squeezed into the
over-crowded state institutions that
are provided for them such types
can be sterilized with the approval
of the State Eugenics Board. Too
frequently this sterilization doesn’t
come • until after several children
have been born to people not capa
ble of taking care of them, and the
chain grows longer and longer.
A you^h such as “L. K.” has the
mind of about a 10 year-old except
perhaps in the biological area. He
could be taught some simple task,
since he is gentle natured, friendly
and mannnerly. But where is the
teacher ?
The taxpayer frequently com
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