COUNTY
NUMBER 43
TRENTON, N. C„ THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1970
VOLUME XVD
FHA Supervisor Soys Belter Housing
One Wuy to Step Rural Out Migration
The rural to urban migration
trend can be reversed accord
ing to Walter L. Pippin, Lenoir
County Supervisor of the Farm
ers Home Administration. “Low
to-modest-income families in all
rural counties have a better op
portunity now than ever before
to own a home in a rural commu
nity or small town,” Pippin stat
ed. '
Fpr several years due to limit
ed funds it was necessary for ap
plicants to wait several months
for applications to be process
ed- However, adequate funds
are now available through -the
FHA to meet current and an
ticipated demands for the next
several months.
There is a substantial num
ber of families living in sub
standard homes in every rural
i county and many families are
living under crowded conditions
because suitable homes are not
available. Many hundreds of new
homes will need to be construct
ed and others remodeled before
the housing situation is signif
icantly improved. '
' Low-to-moderate-income fam
ilies who cannot obtain the need
ed financing through conven
tional lenders may be able to fi
nance a modest home through
FHA. Persons who can obtain
adequate financing through con
ventional lenders are not eligi
ble for such assistance.
Lpan funds may be used for
a variety of purposes including
constructing new homes, pur
chasing existing homes, remodel
ing, repairing, and lot purchas
ing in some cases in connection
with constructing a home. The
size, type, arid cost of a home
financed for a family is deter
mined on an individual basis and
in keeping with the family’s
needs and overall financial situa
tion.
New home loans are scheduled
for repayment over a period of
thirty-three years at an interest
rate of, six and one-fourth per
cent. Typical payments range
from $55 to $90 a month not
including taxes and insurance.
Cosignors can be used in some
cases when family income is not
sufficiently dependable or is to
low for the family to otherwise
qualify for a loan. Other low
income families may be able
to obtain financing for a home
with reduced payments through
the FHA’s interest credit loan
program. Under the interest
credit terms the borrower’s pay
ments are determined on family
size and income. Adjustments
in payments are made every
two years as appropriate.
Additional information may be
obtained and loan applications
filed at the Farmers Home Ad
ministration office in the Feder
al Building on East King Street,
Kinston, or in the Federal Build
ing in Trenton.
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Jones Candidates
SHERIFF
W. Brown Yates*
Dan Killingswonth
Joe Monette
Osborne Coward
COURT CLERK
F. Rogers Pollock*
Harold B. Hargett Jr.
COMMISSIONER
Osborne Mallard
Charles Copeland
Hoyal Miller
Leslie D. Strayhorn
James Rarbree*
Theodore Hicks
George B Franks
Denford Eubank*
Delmas Brown
Horace B. Phillips*
SCHOOL BOARD
Kleber Bryant
Raeford Becton
Walter Ives*
Marvin Philyaw*
J C. West Jr.*
CORONER
George W. Davenport
CONSTABLE
Maggie Small
S. A. Norris
SENATE
Charles Larkins Jr.*
HOUSE
Seat No. 1
Fitzhugh Wallace
Guy Elliott*
John Talbot Capps
Harold W. Hardison
Seat No. 2
Red Tingen
Dan Lilley*
* Denotes Incumbent
Bold denotes Republican
Eubanks to Lowery
Airman Danny F. Eubanks,
son of Mr. and Mrs. William
F. Eubanks of Route 2, Tren
ton, has completed basic train
ing at Lackland AFB, Tex. He
has been assigned to Lowry AFB,
Colo., for training in the arma
ment systems field. Airman
Eubanks is a 1968 graduate of
Jones Central High School and
attended Atlantic Christian Col
lege.
Jimmy Fra nek Urges Ail Communities
Enter Neuse Development Competition;
April 15th Deadline, Many Benefits
April 13 is the (leadline for
communities to enter the 1970
Neuse Area Community Devel
opment Contest. J. R. Franck,
County Extension Chairman, said
all organized communities in
Jones County are eligible to en
ter the contest.
Communities may be entered in
these categories — farm, rural
village or small town.
Entry forms and further in
mation are available from the
Extension Office in Trenton.
In 1969 41 communities in the
eight-county Neuse Area enter
ed the program. Twenty-eight
of these communities entered
the area contest and1 were judg
ed ' for their annual achieve
ments. Franck urges all organ
ized communities in Jones Coun
ty to enter the 1970 contest
According to Franck, the pur
pose of community organization
is to provide a community the
opportunity to systematically an
alyze, plan, develop and carry
out a program which will make
it a better place to live.
The communities involved in
the program have focused on
generating income, providing
better homes and improving sur
roundings, sponsoring and con
Mountain Counties Reaping Bigger
Slice of Tourist Dollar; Better
Roads and Accommodations Do It
These figures are contained
in the twelfth annual North
Carolina Travel Survey. The
survey is published by the North
Carolina Department of Conser
vation and Development, Trav
el and Promotion Division, in
cooperation with the Travel
Council of North Carolina, Inc.
Travel spending increased by
more than 200 per cent in elev
en North Carolina counties dur
ing the last decade.
Graham County led the in
crease with a hike of 596 per
cent from $400,000 to $2,782,000.
Avery County recorded a 358
per cent increase, and Watauga
jumped 291 per cent. Other
counties showing increases were:
Alleghany (246 per cent), Cam
den (245 per cent), Cherokee
(241 per cent), Currituck (231
per cent), Dare (225 per cent),
Jackson (274 per cent), Macon
(203 per cent), and Swain (265
per cent).
It is interesting to note that
all but three of the counties re
cording over 200 per cent in
crease were in the mountains.
The money brought into the
state by tourists circulates
through business channels with
a multiplier effect and stimulat
es further economic activity.
Merchants pass 90c out of each
tourist dollar on to other com
mercial enterprises to cover the
cost of gods and services used
in business operations. Alto
gether, 34c out of each tourist
dollar circulates as personal in
come, the survey pointed out.
The travel industry in North
Carolina rose to a record $752
million during 1969. Some 38
million out-of-state visitors trav
eled to North Carolina. Copies
of the Travel Survey may be
obtained from the Travel and
Promotion Division, Raleigh,
North Carolina
Utility Poles are
Favorite Targets of
Tar Heel Drivers
There are far more trees than
utility poles along streets and
highways of North Carolina, but
Tar Heel motorists prefer utility
ducting activities for youth de
velopment and providing better
community services and facili
ties.
Relative to increasing income,
Franck said educational meet
ings wore held all during the
year, new enterprises were add
ed, crop demonstrations were
conducted, home gardens were
promoted, and soil and water
drainage and conservation pro
grams were carried out.
In non-'arm related achieve
ments, job opportunities were
identified and individuals were
encouraged to obtain the train
ing needed for these jobs. This
training was obtained through
adult education courses that
were offered by the different ed
ucational agencies within the
area, especially through the
Community College system.
One of the more popular pro
jects in home improvement was
remodeling which included the
adding of rooms, baths, and wat
er. Clean-up, fix-up, and paint
up campaigns were conducted,
proficiency in the management
of family income was promoted
and land-scaping was spot-light
ed.
Franck said much activity in
volved the youth. Many com
munities sponsored youth groups
such as 4-H clubs, Scouts, church
youth groups and school groups.
They organized and sponsored
recreational programs such as
little league, teen and pre-teen
clubs.
Community facilities and ser
vice projects included con
structing community buildings,
remodeling, repairing, and paint
ing present structures, the add
ing of night or street lights, im
provement and renovation of
churches, church grounds and
cemeteries, community landscap
ing, and general clean up cam
paigns.
“This is a contest in which
everybody wins,” concluded
Franck.
poles when it comes to hitting
some fixed object with their cars.
During 1969, the state’s driv
ers crashed into an average of
15.1 telephone poles every day
as compared to only 10.7 trees.
That’s a total for the year of
5,524 poles and 3,927 trees.
Sign posts were the next most
popular target for erring driv
ers. A total of 2,316 posts were
ularity with a daily average of
slightly more than 6.3 per day.
Fences were fourth in pop
ularity with a daily avergae of
4.6 and a total for the year of
1,708.
The figures were drawn from
the 1969 Fixed Object Analysis,
continued on page five
CROWD PACKS LENOIR COURTHOUSE AS FIGHT TO SAVE SCHOOLS GAINS MOMENTUM
by Jack Rider
A capacity crowd Tuesday jam
med the Lenoir County court
house as the effort'to save Kins
ton schools asthey presently
exist gained considerable mo
mentum. *
The effort kicked off a week
ago at the meeting of the Grain
ger High School Parent-Teacher
Association is aimed at persuad
ing the city school board to con
tinue the operation of Grainger
and Adkin high schools as they
are during the current school
year and to abandon the plan
' now set to begin in the coming
school year.
, The proposed plan grnuld see
gration, but it would impose a
considerable burden on parents
and students because there is
no plan to provide free school
buses to transportthestudents
involved'in this mass transfer
ral. >
Speakers from both races at
the Tuesday night meeting sup
ported a true Freedom-of-Choice
plan, but all spoke against forc
ing students against their will
and the will of their parents to
attend schools for non-academic
reasons.
Mrs. Jerry Kyle Mooring, one
of those initiating the effort, re
ported) that 2178 persons had
signed petitions to the school
board prior to the meeting and
at the meeting many more sign
ed and a considerable group
took additional petitions for fur
ther circulation. , ,
Republican Legislative Candi
date Fitzhugh Wallace spoke and
said when all petitions are in
the next step would be to ask
the sehool board for a hearing
on the matter.
Former School Board Chair
man Norman Dickerson was
present at the meeting and ans
wered numerous questions about
the overall school situation.
(In the course of the meeting
it was pointed out that only three
of the seven school board mem
bers now serving were on the
board at the time the 1970-71
school plan was worked out. The
consensus was that the school
board as presently constituted
should have an opportunity to
vote on what everyone agreed
to be an extremely critical issue.
! Hopes Bolstered
Leaders in the Kinston effort
recognize that they are getting
organized very late in the day
insofar- -as-their opposition- is.
concerned, but their hopes have
been bolstered this week by the
supreme, court’s apparent will
ingness to slow down and take
a little closer look at such mas
sive forced transfers of students
as that ordered by a district
court judge in Charlotte, who
was using a plan concoted by
an “expert” from-Rhode Island.
Along with this small ray of
hope from the supreme court is
the announced opposition of the
Nixon administration to quota
type transfers to bring about
racial integration and taking
children from their neighbor
hood schools many miles into
strange new schools.
These two developments tied
to the unusual breath of logic
coming out of congress recently,
where plu-perfect liberals such
as Connecticut! Senator Abe
Ribicoff have openly confessed
that they and their northern as
sociates are hypocrits on the is
sue of segregation, since they
are willing and even eager to
force the south to do things in
the realm of racial integration
that they refuse to do themselv
es.
(None but the most rosily opti
mistic of those involved in this
belated efforts expects total suc
cess in their petition to the
school board, but one expressed
it fatalistically: “We’ve got to
start somewhere, and perhaps
this is as good place as any to
begin!”
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