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Tales of Pitt Countys Odd and Unusual
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The author gives several interesting stories including when Richard Ficke and Newman Jones of Grifton made a presidential bet in 1932. Ficke lost and he had to push Jones in a wheelbarrow from the artesian well in Grifton to Five Points in Greenville. They started the 20 mile trek at 8:20 am and finished at 1:10 pm. Another bet of the same nature occurred in Farmville when Bill Whitley lost to Eugene Hobgood. Their wheelbarrow joyride went 12 miles to Saratoga. In 1931, Ross Cannon ran over a fox and he took it home to give his wife a fox stole. During Prohibition, a 15 year old boy was arrested for making moonshine in 1932. The Judge ordered the Sheriff to give him a sound spanking and return him home. In 1931 there was a funny lost dog announcement in the newspaper, G. O. Vanderford raised a 61 pound watermelon and R. L. Manning owned a freak mule that gave milk. In 1932, Miss Grace Hunter, first grade teacher of West Greenville School, organized 30 youngsters into a toy band. In June 1932, the Toy Band gave a concert in Raleigh where it was broadcast over Radio Station WPTF.
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