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MAJOR PARTS OF KINSTON SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM MOVING TOWARD COMPLETION Aeration nston System This is a southwest looking northeast view of the aeration chamber which is a basic part of Kinston's new sewage treatment system which is now nearing completion. The collected raw sew age of the entire city, plus Caswell Training School, Frosty Morn Packing Company and a few other smaller industries west of Kinston will flow into this chamber and in it six aeration units will return oxygen and begin the process that is planned to return the waste to Neuse River from 90 to 100 per cent free of the harmful matter included in raw sewage. This chamber is 312 feet by 185 feet by 185 feet at the bottom and has sloping walls that increase its capacity greatly. The depth of liquid in this aeration chamber will be 12Vi feet. From this aeration chamber the pre-treated sewage will then flow into a clarifier Chamber. No matter how well a home garden or public landscape de velopment is planned and plant ed, it must be remembered that a regular maintenance program must be carried out to insure the beauty and utility of the planted areas over the years. So many homeowners let their en thusiasm get the best of them and over-plant, thus complicat ing maintenance problems. Maintenance problems contri bute to the rapid decline of many well designed areas. One of the major concerns involves the lack of trained personnel to do quality maintenance work. Professional maintenance com panies are becoming more avail able, but only the affluent home owners want, or feel, they can afford this service. However, much of the commercial lawn and garden upkeep is handled in this manner. The homeowner is faced with employing expensive, untrained labor or doing the maintenance work himself. With modern machinery, it is a fairly simple matter to keep , lawns in a presentable shape. However, adequate pruning, v spraying, fertilizing and! -other garden chores, requiring scien tific or aftistic talents, are the areas that are suffering. -A good planting design can be ruined in a few years with the “crew Cut” or “bowling ball” type of pruning. Every shrub, no matter what its natural form, begins to look like everything else. Many plantings around the base of buildings are strangled with weeds and grasses when an adeqaute edging with a mulch or proper use of a weed killer would solve most of the pro blems. Scattered plantings and edg ing plants along walks and drives contribute to more hours of labor spent on maintaining the garden. The time to consider maintenance is in the planning stagd. Many problems associated with landscape maintenance can be avoided. Less grass, use of ground com, leaving wooded areas natural, planting dwarf and low growing shrubs, using flowering trees and shrubs for color, eliminating clipped hed ges and enclosing with fences ONE HIGH STANDARD The same thoughtful consideration and complete dignified service is accorded all regardless of the cost of the funeral selected. Garner's funeral Home Dial JA 3-2124 or <JA 3-2125 Kinston, N. C. Series of Courses Available Through Kinston Art Council The Kinston Arts Council has announced the availability of a number of programs for the spring which are open to all interested persons, whether they or their parents are members of the council or not. Lessons in sculpture begin on March 20th with eight classes from 10 to 12 Noon. Also on the 20th a series of eight classes in oil paintings be gin to be held from 7 to 10 p.m. And on April 1st a series of eight classes in water colors will begin to be held from 9:30 to 12:30. Fees for these courses are call ed “reasonable” and full details can be obtained by calling 527 2517. and walls are some points to consider in reducing mainten ance costs. Work is moving rapidly on Kinston’s long - delayed disposal system and it is expected that this facility will be ready for full - time operation late this summer, or early in the fall with the weatherman having a controlling hand in the comple tion date. The collector line which will tie together the city’s seven sew age outfalls and those of Cas well Training School, Frosty Morn Packing Company and sev eral smaller industries west of Kinston is now 90 per cent complete and has progressed to that point where weather will be less a factor than in the early stages. The treatment plant itself has been slowed considerably be cause of cold weather that has made concrete work impossible during much of the winter, but this part of the project is not badly behind and with a few weeks of reasonably good wea ther it is possible to catch up the time lost during the winter. The city’s system is a com bination of two systems, which specialists with the state and Federal governments believe will do an excellent job and take care of the city’s needs in this category for many years. Combining aeration and clari fication to return oxygen and to remove insoluble solids with the natural chemical actions of the lagoon system this system has a tested capacity of return ing liquids to waterways that is from 93 to 100 per cent pur ified. When the Kinston plant is completed later this year the last major source of pollution in the Neuse River Valley will be eliminated, since all other city and industrial pollution sources have already been brought under control. Which among other things will mean that the waters of Neuse River will be more nearly clean than at anytime since the first city along the river installed central sewer systems. The plant is designed so that it’s capacity can be increased when the city’s population or in dustrial growth cause such a need. Clarifer Chamber Middle of Plant This circular chamber with reinforced concrete walls is the second basic part of the Kinston sewage treatment plant that should be finished by mid-1969. After treatment in this huge area the sewage, less some undissolved solids, will then flow into the original experimental 25-acre lagoon that the city built several years ago when a complete system of lagoons was under consideration for Kinston. From the 25-acre lagoon the finally treated liquids will then be returned to Neuse River through a canal system, which will parallel the right of way of the Atlantic and East Caro lina Railroad. DEATHS Mrs. Verdie Murphy Funeral services were held Thursday for Mrs. Verdie Mur phy, wife of Milton Murphy of r Deep Run route 1. Mrs. Betty Murphy Gardner Funeral services were held Sunday for Mrs. Murphy Gard ner, wife of N. R. Gardner of LaGrange route 1. 1 MEN WANTED NOW To Trqin As Claim Adjusters INSURANCE ADJUSTERS AND INVESTIGAT. ORS ARE BADLY NEEDED DUE TO THE TREMENDOUS INCREASE OF CLAIMS RE. SULTING FROM AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS. FIRES. BURGLARIES, RIOTS, STORMS, AND INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS. OVER 50 MIL. LION DOLLARS WORTH OF CLAIMS PAID EACH DAY. TOP MONEY CAN BE EARNED IN THIS EXCITING, FAST MOVING FIELD. FULL OR PART TIME. WORK AT YOUR PRESENT JOB J-- - AND TRAIN AT HOME, THEN ATTEND RESI DENT TRAINING FOR TWO WEEKS AT SCHOOL OWNED FACILITIES AT MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA OR LAS VEGAS. NEVADA. Excellent employment assistance. For details without obligation, fill out the coupon and mail it today. ACCREDITED MEMBER NATIONAL HOME STUDY COUNCIL Approved for Veterans Under New G. I. 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