KAHN LENOIR SCHOOL BOARD IGNORES VOTERS, REFUSES TO CHANGE OR TO STEP DOWN
polls the
Lenoir C
badly at the
t Democratic
of Edu
cation Monday has refused to
heed the voipe of the voters, or
to step down and, let the duly
elected < Republican majority
tah over in advance of its regu
lar induction into office on the
, first Monday in December.
The Republicans had campaign,
ed and won on the promise to
keep the county school system
as it is, with a true freedom of
choice, but without dosing
down the high school operations
of Frink, Savannah and Wood
ington high schools.
The following press releases
from the Republican majority
outlines the situation as it pres
ently stands:
To: All News Media
Gentlemen:
This morning (Monday) we at
tended a meeting of the Lenoir
County Board of Education.
It was apparent tha> the Board
was to undertake a study of it's
propoMd budget for the coming
school yosr.
At tho beginning of tho moot
ing, w# gave to tho Boord our
foint stofmont which Is onclosod.
Wo woro informed by tho
Board that it's mombors would
continue in office until tho ex
piration of their terms. This
moans that wo are precluded
from tho possibility of being ap
pointed to the Board at this time
and therefore we Will be power
less to take any part in decis
ions about our county schools
Until after December 1st, 1970.
THE JONES COUNTY
NUM8*31 51TRENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1970 VOLUME XVH
Tobacco Farmers Must Certify No Use
Of DDT and TDE to Get Price Support
lo&acco producers will be re
quired to certify that they have
not used pesticide products con
taining DDT and TDE on their
1970 tobacco crop if they wish
to be eligible for price support.
U. S. exports of tobacco face a
sharp reduction if DDT and
TDE continue to be used.
Growers are being urged to
use alternate materials which
are available and have been pro-;
ven to be effective in con trolling j
plant pests.
Approximately 35 per cent of i
all U. S. grown tobacco is ex
ported, and several foreign
countries tha^ are now large im
porters of U. S. tobacco have in- ]
dicated that they will set a very
narrow DDT and TDE tolerance
on cured leaf, starting in Janu
aiy 1973. It is essential for grow
ers to.meet these standards now
because most of the 1970 crop
that moves under loan will not
likely be sold and exported
prior to 1973.
Tobacco farmers st^ll have at
least six chemicals that can be
used to control tobacco insects.
They are as follows:
Lanmate, which will control
budworms, flea beetles, horn
worms, and cabbage loopers;
Sevin, which will control bud
worms, bornworms, and flea
beetles; Gnthdon, which will con
trol flea beetles and horn
worms; Bacillus tJmringiensis,!
which will control budworms;
and henuworms; Thiodan, which
wll control burworms and a
phids; and Parathion, which will
control flea beetles and aphids.
Lannate was only recently
labeled for use on tobacco in
North Carolina. At the recom
mended rate, Lannate is safe
for use on tobacco, does not af
fect the flavor of the smoke and
leaves no residues in the main
stream smoke of cigarettes.
Lannate is a highly toxic in
secticide and growers , should
handle it very carefully. Parti
cular care should be taken not
to breathe the powder when
mixing or filling the spray tank
In the past some growers have
applied chemicals more often
than they needed to and per
haps heavier rates than actually
needed.
While growers are encouraged
to protect their crops from in
serts the current thinking is
to cut down the- number of treat
ments to a minimum. Apply
treatments when needed to con
trol an insect outbreak, but do
not apply them when not need
ed. Do not exceed the recom
mended rates.
PROBABLE CAUSE FOUND
Following a preliminary hear
ing last week probable cause of
guilt was found in a charge of
assault with intent to commit
rape against Walter Chambers
Ir. of 2-A Mitchell Wooten
Courts in Kinston. He was put
under $1000 bond pending trial
7i Lenoir County Superior Court.
WhiU Dm Board ^ stated that
it's school plans for tho next
year wars not complete or final,
they indicated and a look- at
the proposed budget indicates
that they intend te carry out
the program that had bean prev.
iously discussed in meetings
around the county.
We regret this circustance and
feel that it ignores the will of
the people of Lenoir County as
expressed in the clear indication
of their vote.
Respectfully,
Peggy Rice Hall
James E. Barwick, Jr.
Harold Stroud
Statement to Board
We wish to thank the Lenoir
County Board of Education for
inviting us to attend this meet
ing.
We understand that one of the
principal subjects for discussion
will be the proposed budget for
the 1970-71 school year.
We are of the opinion that
consideration of the budget
must be taken only after deter
mination of what system of pupil
assignment will be used.
As you know, we stated to the
public throughout our campaign
♦hat the present school system
I "
Em harassed Marine
Camp Lejeune Marine, in the
best movie tradition, was back
ed against the bar of a local
juke joint, surveying the scene
end acting real cool. He had a
sudden heating sensation in the
seat of the pants when he back
ed a little too heavily against
the bar and his .22 revolver
went off in his hip pocket. He
was given a bandaid in the
emergency room of Lenoir
Memorial Hospital to cover the
source ef his embarrassment and
police added insult to his in
jury by charging him with car
rying a concealed weapon. The
Marine Corps has not stated if
he will get the Purple Heart
or the Red Rump for his combat
injury.
Two Hurt Wed.
In Wreck on NC 41
Two Jones Countians were hos
pitalized following a wreck just
east of Comfort on NC 41 at
about 7 last Wednesday after
noon.
Highway Patrolman G. M.
Mayo reports that Edward Clin
ton Meadows of Trenton was
in the act of passing Theresa
Gail Philyaw when she made a
left turn.
Damage to the two cars was
estimated at only $300 but both
suffered painful but not serious
injuries in the tangle.
•M.,P»»pil attign(j»ent method
should bo continued for the com
in school year. We further *tat
ed that, we hoped that you, the
present school board, would fake
our election as a mandate to con
tiitaie the present school system
ujwil we are jn office.
Tlf the membership of the pres
ent Board does not feel that it
can folldw the clear instructions
and hopes of the citizens of Le
noir County as expressed in their
vote, then we ur^je the members
of your Board who were not
elected to resign so that the
three of us can-be appointed in
the manner provided by law
and can undertake to carry out
our pledge to the people.
If this procedure is not follow
ed by your Board continuing
the present system or allowing
us to fulfill our obligations at
this time as members of the
Bpard, you will place us in a
very difficult position in Decem
ber in trying to return to the
present school system. In fact,
your failing to do so may place
in our path legal and financial
impediments that could prevent
us from following the clear in
dication of the voters.
Peggy Rice Hall
James E. Berwick, Jr.
Harold Stroud
NURSE'S WEEK BRINGS MEMORIES OF KINSTON'S FIRST
SCHOOL OF NURSING BACK IN 1907
hiiw noumree noages was ivmsTon s
First Student Nurse, Graduating 1910
waai is now rarroii nospiia
started out as Robert Bruce Me
Daniel Memorial Hospital. Lenoi:
County court house records re
corded: J. A. McDaniel and wife
Laura McDaniel, deeded land ant
residence between Gordon anc
Waiters Streets and Orion ant
what is now Vance Streets tc
James M. Parrott and W. T. Par
rott on February 23, 1905, tc
be used as a hospital for medi
cal and surgical patients and
named in memory of their son,
Robert Bruce McDaniel, who
died May 21, 1904.
Alice Rountree Hodges was
thefirst student nurse to enter
nurses training at this hospital.
She entered in 1907, graduated,
passed State Board of Examin
ers, received her N. C. State lic
ense and became the first nurse
to register in Lenoir County Peb
bruary 3, 1910.
Martha Nichols came to Kins
ton as a registered nurse to get
the hospital and nurses training
school established. Dr. Janies
M. Parrott was superintendent
of nurses. -Shortly after Alice
Hodges entered training, a num
ber of other students entered
the school of nursing. Msgtha
Nichols remained with the hoe
a number of years. After
as head nuise
igf; my. i
l ana i>r. James m. Parrott eon
■ tinned to be superintendent of
■ nurses. The doctors did all the
teaching in the school of nurs
, ing.
' Lula Henderson was one of
the first students. She married
Becton Herring, her brother was
a physician and she was the aunt
of Dr. John Henderson of Kins
ton.
In the early days of the train
ing school, Jessie and Alice
Blount, sisters, were students.
They were daughters, of an Ons
low County physician and Alice
Blount is now Mrs. Bynum Harp,
er who lives in Snow Hill. She
registeretfin 1916. ~ -——
The McDaniel residence soon
became too small to accommo
date the patients and! nurses so
residents in the neighborhood
opened their homes to the stu
dent nurses. Mrs. J. W. Black
(now Mrs. J. P. Godwin) on Gor
don Street opened her home to
the (nurses as dlid Mrs. Jack
Saunders who now resides on
Sutton Drive hut at that time
lived on Gordon Street. Other
homes in the neighborhood' were
also made available to the nurs
es. It appears this hospital, the
first 'hospital for this area, was '
appreciated by the local resi- :
dents. ‘ ; ' ; i
The first addition to the Me- i
Daniel residence was what is
■ uw iww ai iivaoi
here are a joint project of sev
eral people connected with the
nursing profession in Kinston,
and they reflect considerable re
search as well as a lot of warm
iteminiseense.
now the Iront entrance to the
hospital. This two story hrick
building was opened in 1918.
The first floor was patient’s
rooms with a spacious sun porch
for convalescent patients, operat
ing rooms, reception room, and
business office. This connected
to the old part by the present
ramp. The second floor was
nurses quarters. The present
nurses residence on Warters St.
was added many years later.
As the student nurses gradu
ated and became' registered nurs
es many stayed on and: worked
in the hospital. Others worked
for the doctors and a large num
ber did private duty nursing.
Most private duty nursing was
done in the patient’s home at
that time. Patients requiring
private nurses in the hospital
were nursed W the student nurs
es after the nurse had pro
gressed in her training.
Obstetrical cases were taken
:are of in the home and not the
hospital. Senior student nurses
>ften assisted the doctor with
he delivery and if patient’s con
iition required a private duty
lurse, the student nurse remain
ed in the home and nursed the
nother and! infant.
The Parrott Hospital School of
Memorial General School of
Started in 1925 With Class
Nursing
of Five
In the early 1920’s six young
physicians, with the help of a
Nursing closed in 1932. Mankie
Bailey (Mrs. Mankie Abbott Bell)
was the last student to graduate
September 13, 1932.
Other than those named above,
familiar and local persons who
graduated from the Parrott Hos
pital School of Nursing are: Lil
ia May Bell; Kathleen Parker
IVooten; Bessie Russell; Mildred
-ox Bland; Audrey Fulcher Pate;
Marie Finer; Ethel Roberts Sab
ston; Viette Morse Davis;
Ranees Harriett Canady; Ellen
Jrady Spence; Nina Manning
tyndall; Lela Melville Miller;
--ena Bayne Bland; Carrie Cox
sler; Emmalie Taylor Canady;
ithlene Manning Mclver; Mary
I. Lee Scott; Ruby Harriett Tay
ar; Addie Hiljl Sutton; Julia
[ill Davis; $usie B. Jones Ed
wards; Glennie MclnnisPar rot t;
tolly Parker Tyndall; Tiffany •,
urcell; Gladys Taylor McLaur- •
i; Jessie Ives Blow; date Wat- ]
>n Canfield; Ruth Logan j
tarshall; Thelma Banks Bar- ]
ick; Emma Teachey McCorm- i
k; Lilian McCaskey Blackmer; i
ez Moore Overcash; Edith John
«n McWilliams; Nora Ives c
aiwls; Lilda Gregory Walters; a
annie Turnage Daniels; Alee T
ewton. -
few interested citizens, organ
ized and financed Memorial Gen
eral Hospital. The six physicians
were Dr. Charles F. Mangum
Dr. J. G. Poole, Dr. Vance’
P. Peery, Dr. Paul F
Whitaker, Dr. Stanley Whitaker
and Dr. Floyd P. Wooten. The
first patient was admitted in
the fall of 1925.
The first Superintendent of
Nurses and Director of the Nurs
ing School at Memorial General
Hospital was Miss Carrie Blount
(Mrs. Bynum Harper, now re
siding in Snow Hill) with Miss
Marie Piner (now doing private
duty in Morehead City) as As
sistant Superintendent, both
graduates of the Panrott Mem
orial School of Nursing.
The Memorial General Hospital
School of Nursing graduated it’s
B'rst dlass of live nurses in
1928. Among these five were
Hiss Thelma Sutton, now em
ployed at the local duPont plant,
tnd Miss Ada Gray who later
erved as Superintendent of
lurses and Operating Room Su
pervisor at Memorial General
lospital. Miss Gray has now
etired after 22 years of service
pr two local surgeons.
The nursing school was clos
d in 1932, reopened in 1937,
nd graduated a class in 1940.
ne school continued to grad
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