Jesse Buxton Overton, Jr..—or at
■we know him, ’ Buck"- people that
-do not know Buck get quite a sur
prise then when he is pointed out
to them—“you mean to tel', me that
tittle boy is the Bus's catcher?' —
' ye<. ma'am, we do mean to Ull you.
■ and one of the best In the league—
Buck is not such a far piece from
borne—right over there in Rocky
Mount—larger than he appears to
lie, he is 5 ft. 11 in. tall and weighs
199 pounds—after high school at
Bed Oak went, to Oak Ridge—took a
commercial course—says he is a
whiz on the typewriter—not mar
• rled and not interested—likes to eat
anything but onions and mayon
naise—chews a lot of tobacco for
such a cherubic countenance—is the
U*by of family of six children—has
been in baseball games since he was
tavetve years old—seriously—start
ad-professional ball in 1938 with the
Richmond league—came from Rich
mond to Goldsboro—this is his third
year with the Bugs—says he will
play ball as long a* anybody will
lit him—turns farmer in the winter
_says he had Just as well drive the
old tractor around as a new car—
t that’s where he gets his power
fans been raised among oaroecue
««vi likes it right on—always smil
ing and ready with witticisms—do
I have to say this?—his favorite
•rotor u blue—considers swing mus
ic darned good music--but is not a
Jitterbug, himself—has no prefer
ence for blondes or brunettes—but
wants his gal nicely stacked—ge*s
a big thrill when Mother and Fath
er Overtnn are in the stands—ru
mors were that the spry little catch
er was too young and not heftv
enough t i stand up under the strain
of his job—but his excellent per
formances scotched the rumors—
now you never hear sich—some
time* he gets mighty hot behind the
plate bui you never *ee any signs
«f it but a red face—Buck has never
been known to slacken his pace be
cause of the heat—fans avow that
tf the bleachers were not occupied
he would climb right up them ta
get a foul ball—there doesn't seem
to be any wolves in the stand after
Buck's h.de—makes mistakes like
everybody else, but not a sound ie
heard about it from the fans—has
diaconcerting habit of not keeping
appointments—or maybe I just»hink
Hut because I had to track him
down for this information—he say;
it‘s because he's bashful—but any
how the k>d is o. k. and the team
fust wouldn't be the same without
him—cherubic expression and all
he shortly does his part on the
teem—good luck, kid.
Doyt Theodore Morn.-— please
spell Do> L correctly, he says—he's
lust a tiny (5 foot 3 1-2 inches lad
that weighs about 200 pounds—will
be 23 in July—ot least, that’s his
baseball age—haiis front Stanley,
N C.,—went to high school in Stan
ley on to Wake Forest College —
was there from 1934 through 1937 —
B, S in economies and government
—came out tif college and went Into
baseball—stanled with the Philadel
phia Athletics—went from there >o
Albany, New- York.—finished the
summer out there—started the sea
son last in Williamsport and cam*
here in the middle of June—wants
ketchup on his steak3—and mush
rooms around them—not married
rumors went wild that he was Iasi
season—but they were just rumors
—but said he might be around 19K
—wants a gal around 5 ft. 8 in.—
it's a cinch she’ll never get a chance
to slap him—looks as though he
would pick upon someone hW s:z<‘
hms no particular stipulation except
ing that she mustn't be fat—want!
the sweet, domestic type that wil
stay home and cook what he ha:
bagged and sing "Deep Purple" t;
him—and he wants her to be hones’
above everything else—one of the*
"also like blue" boys—plays firs
and third—does some tall stretch
ing—sometimes he stretches so far
it's hard to tell which position he':
playing— (how was that one?>—
works for his Dad in the winter—
I his Dad Is superintendent of a tex
tile plant in Stanley—calls Golds
boro his “ second home"—wouid
i like to stay here permanently if lit
| could find something to do here in
i the winter—first impression a per
! son gets of Doyt is the whole
hearted grin—grin is backed with
teasing, good nature—sits around
and laughs at other cracks and
makes some rare ones himself—th«
little boy is the type that Grir.nj
is sure to like—the type that wit
have a date with a girl and sit ovei
in the comer talking to her dad—
from reports, he makes a very at
tentive boy friend but will tease un
mercifully—languid in appearance
but far from languid in action—i
good sport and a man rival teami
respect—has never been caughi
“putting on the dog" and there 1
no pretension about him—he say:
he is Just Doyt and cares nothin)
for people who think they are mon
than 'Just" so and so—the boys like
to have you around, the town like
tn have you around, and the fans lik«
to have you around, so stay on wilt
us. Class Man. and show us som
classy ball playing—here’s hoping.
After Dark!! ...by Rice
ahiu
10 TIMES AS DAN6
AT MI6HT AS THEY ARE IN THE OAY TIME*
WHY?
0ECAU3E AVERAGE
ILLUMINATION ON CITY
STREETS 13 LESS THAN
Yt MINIMUM iAFETY ^ ^ ^
After D*>r*
AMFRIEA’) FATAL STREETS
■ * Am Your
mm UGH FARES
A/ter Dark ft
EY ARE 8NBT
Y STREETS
T FOR OVER
FATALITIES
The Rhoades Family ... by Squier
Metorieta art the oh it* eouree of ttata taa revenue. They pay S8 par cent
of ell the ta* revenue received annually by the 48 etatee. In addition,
they pay ntarly one-third of a billion dollar! In automotive taxtt annually
to the federal government.
Earthquakes Are
Gunning For Meat
(By Fate Sasser
The ^arthquaWes of Goldsboro
high school will be gunning for their
second northeastern conference win
when they mix with the Yellow
Jackets of Roanoke Rapids high
school at Roanoke Rapids Saturday
at 3 p. m
The game with the Yellow Jack
'ets will be the first time the two
; teams have clashed in a conference
;*ame. Last season the two teams
I tangled together, result was a even
! break in a two game series This
I season the two teams are about
■evenly matched, both having lost
games to Washington and Kinston.
Quaker’s fielding average has
come up, making only nine errors
in their last threo games while be
fore they aveiaged seven errors a
game.
The top hitters for the Quakes
are Pat Pate with average of .552
, for eight games Arnold Bar wick
; hitting the pill for av*rage .440; Ar
i low Triplett with a .164 average,
; and Olenn Johnson who (s hitting
. at a .353 clip.
Coach Johnson will choose be
;' tween Clyde King and John Grant
I to do the mound duty.
ITie same lino up that has been
! starting will start against Roanoke
I Rapids.
G. H. S. Swimmers
To Meet Sumpter
(By Fate Sasser
Goldsboro High’s winning team
will meet Sumpter, S C.. Friday
afternoon at 4:15 in the Memorial
Community Building pool.
This will be the first time these
two teams have met In a dual meet.
Last year Sumpter won the State
swimming meet of South Carolina
The meet with Sumpter will be a
close contest for the locals, although
they are in favor to take the inva
der.
Last week the mermen won the
State meet which was held at Duke
University. This marked the third
consecutive year the mermen have
won the State crown. In winning
the State crown they broke ftve of
the six records that were made dur
ing the meet.
The Quakes will be out for their
twenty-seventh win in dual meets
for the last three years.
The following entries are tenta
tively scheduled for the locals:
50-yard free style. Kennedy and
Sineath; breast stroke. Herman Pate
and Ben Ward; hack stroke, Bi*l
Nufer. Carl Layton and Jimmy Sim
mons; 100 yard free style, Middle
ton, Harry Ward and C. Spruill:
: diving. Crone and S. Simmons; 150
medley relay, Nufer, Pate, Brad
shaw^OO free style relay. Sineath,
Kennedy. Shumate, Middleton.
PINKNEY BASEBALL
The Pinkney baseball team will
meet Arbar at Pinkney on Saturday
afternoon of this week at 4 o'clock,
according to announcement of M. E.
Garris, manager. The game sched
uled last Saturday for Pinkney was
called off because of cold weather
and rain.
Fanners Get AAA
Data By Farm Plan
E. Y Floyd, AAA extcutive offi
cer at State College, says fanners
are being offered first-hand infor
mation about the application of the
1939 Trlple-A program to their
. farms through what is known aa the
, "farm plan.”
County AAA committeemen are
i meeting with each farmer to he’p
i him work out his “farm plan,”
■ which is an outline of the way the
t program works on the individual
■ 'arm in 19W Floyd points out.
; ."!ir;uih this personal contact with;
[the committeeman, the farmer who'
;r»--ires to participate this year will|
t-e able to obtain information as te
‘.he application of the program to
hia farm
These "farm plan" conferences
include a discussion of the soil-de-1
pleting crop allotments for the farm,
and tl»e working out of a list of
soil-building practises which will
enable the farmer to earn the max
imum payment, the AAA officer
i said. The list of soil-building prac
tices includes those most needed on
the farm and which are not routine
farming practices.
The "farm plan" also contains In
formation about rates of payments,
rate of deductions, and credit
which will be given for each soil
building practice. Floyd explained.
Any farm operator who does not
have the opportunity to work out a
"farm plan" with his committeeman
within the next few weeks should
contact the county farm agent's of
fice or his local committeeman 1o
obtain this service, Floyd advised.
A copy of the "farm plan" will be
liven the farmer to help him carry
out the program on his farm
CBOTAL/>iRIA
Farmers in various sections of
Harnett county have seeded AO
pounds of striata crotalarla on clay,
sandy loam, and deep sandy soils,
reports Assistant Farm Agent I. B.
Gourlay.
CORN DEMONSTRATION
Two corn variety demonstrations,
using 14 varieties, have been start
ed on the farms of Malcolm Wil
liams and Hurley Rar. Cumberland
county growers
DECLINE
Although the United States was
the world's largest exporter in 1938,
it suffered a decline of 7.5 per cent
in valuation of exports during the
year.
•IMMIGRANTS"
The possibility that one day Am
erican cities will be forced to bar
jobless '‘immigrants" coming from
die Nation’s farms has been sug
gested by O. E Baker, U. S. De
partment of Agriculture economist.
RAISE MONEV
Mitchell County 4 H Club* have
raised $150 for rebuilding the 4-H
camp at Swannanoa. reports F L.
Woodard, assistant farm agent of
the State College Extension Ser
vice.
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Vibrations From
The Quakes
.By Fate Sa'=e j
Sport readers. this is my .r.-. lab
at writing a sport column. < y.er
look the nun:<TJU« erroi 5 a.a.1 '.ako
in the information.
Goldsboro'v baseball game with
Greenville Tuesday was called off
because of we: grounds, also the
Quake's track meet which was tn be
held m Greenville.
I’at Pate, bis first baseman lor
the Earthquakes is bitting .552 for
highest average on the team.
Glenn Johnson second baseman,
will be missing Saturday from the
line-up against Roanoke Rapids on
account of getting his hand caught
in a printing press at the school.
J R. Nlckens. third baseman, is
leading the team in errors.
Quakes hate made 53 miseries in
9 games
The score of wins for the Quakes
stands three from nine, with the
taking of omy one conference game
Lambert "Red" Jeinigmn. a for
mer Quake, who is playing for tlio
cadets of Edward Military Institute
is teading the cadets tn hitting, with
a clipping of .426.
Golrtsboro's mermen won their
third consecutive swimming crown
Saturday at Duke University pool.
No other team iu tire south has sei
a record like this.
Ernest Crone, state diving cham
> I
i
A Great
Reduction
On all
Coats
and
Suits
A special lot on one
rack at
This week.
Neil Joseph’s
Shop
pian competed his Iasi time in a
itaie meet Saturday. HiRh school
alh.etcj can not compete more that
four years in a school sport.
The swimming team will have a
dual meet Friday with Sumpter, S ;
C.. whose team hold- the champion- 1
ship ot that state,
The Junior baseball team has sev- ,
eral open dates that it would lika
to fill.
This is this week's round uj>— *■
hope >ou enjoyed it
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