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j i I I fl jj I I I | ? ' 1 ^ '\fffi.' '.I '?>.'?w- r^j- >f j."? - '^'^BbOBB ptttk '"'"TH "' jP^PPr ,P WLMCXVI NO.~ J SEPTEMBER IB, tflW KENANSV1LLE, M.C. ^^ ^P^THgJ^g f\ 1 'ifl Jw Kenansvllle Baptist Church J will hold its annual Homecoming | Bakt Sale The hit. Olive Pickle Kickers are- jjhosoring ? bake sale Saturday a.m. to raise money for the Jim Glenn Youth Center. The folks in the community are urged to donate cakes, pies or candy for this sale. Sales will be held at Leder Brothers and the IGA Foodliner on BTeazeale Avenue. Please have donations at Teenage building by 9:00 ajn. Saturday. Or. Bayttta S nanlnlaii AppOllllBII RALEIGH, September 12? The appointment of a Duplin County physician to member ship on an important public service committee of the State Medical Society was announced today by Society President, Dr. Edgar T. Beddingfield, Jr.. of Wilson and.Ctantonsburg. He is Dr. Edward L. Boyette of Chinquapin who was appointed * 'AM t^nUtaT^n , A report reached the sheriff's f office that someone visited mHHM ansvflle and that % Register*., septic tank requited cleaning. PfSbde. pretense, the mah Extracted $120. from Mrs. Reg iitt.; '-<*. ? y$ ? Job Lee Costin. sanitarian Z&ZSITb *25' sUrt and dark was n ? ; height and Size and ha. dark hair Neighbors said he appear. $ ed to "know what fee waa d? ^^do^NwThave JS*** nestliii with mener. persons *w ? * ? ? ?? w S tr**m i ym > ?' *w Roger Vernon Miller was sentenced to death In the Gas Chamber Friday for the March 26th kldnap-tnurder of Jackie Stone of Wallace. Judge George M. Fountain Imposed the death sentence and set execution date for October 8, 1968. Following a two-hour deliberation the jsry returned a verdict of guilty on both counts?kidnapping and first degree murder. The death pen alty was automatic since the jury did not recommend mercy. Miller displayed no emotion while receiving the death sen tence or the second sentence of life imprisonment for kidnap. A silence cloated the packed courtroom and was broken by t h' e heartbreaking sobs of Miller's mother. His wife, who had been at Miller's jide during the entire trial, wept silently. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Stone of Wallace. Jackie's parents, showed no emotion as they ob served from the front row of the courtroom. Defense Attorney Hubert E. Phillips requested that each jury be polled. After sentence was passed, the court Appointed attorney gave notice < >f appeal to the State Supreme Court. Phillips was allowed 70 days to prepare the appeal. ThS stateJiegan its testimony seap Chlef^EarLW. Whitakar abducted, |fp / She testified that she and her sisters met at a designated place on the school ground each day to walk home together. She said that on March 25 as the three walked passed a parked car, the driver of the car asked Jackie what her father's name was. In further testimony Robin said Jackie gave her fathers name and was told that her mother was in Duplin General Hospital in Kenansvllle and her father had sent the man to take her to her mother. When the two younger girls started to get in the car, Robin testified, they were told to go home where someone wast? take care of them. Robin described the car and when asked if she knew who was driving the car and if he were in the courtroom she re plied yes and pointed toward Miller. 9ie Stated she did not know if the driver of the car had been drinking. Jan Rich, 14 and Linda Paye Rivenbark, 12 of Wallace both testified that Jackie got in a white car with black top and identified the defendant as the driver of the car. Jan said she had seen the same person in the white and black car driving around town several times in the, previous two-weeks. pf^the school blocSf"the car turned iifto a driveway, rapidly backed" around 4pd sped off down RaH road Street toward the Test Farm (Willard). She reported die Incident to the polios and also reported seeing the same car and same driver later that day* going down Main Street in Wallace toward Highway 41. She said she could identify the driver. A route 2, Wallace resident, KUly Watklns said he saw the dark-haired girl in thb car with the defendant about 3:20 on the afternoon of March 26 and that the defendant bldw the car horn and waved to him. James T. White testified that h e was operating a tractor breaking ground in a-fW^fow miles from Stocking HeadCreek when the white and black car passed by on the afternoon of March 25. He saw only one person, and w a s not close enough to identify the driver. Mrs. Elizabeth Varker o f Route 1, Magnolia, testified that she lived one-fourth mile from Stocking Head Creek, near where thepaved road which goes to Kenansvllle. She testified that she had formerly gone to school with Miller and that she had seen him in Wallace about noon March 25. He was on Main Street driving a white and black car. Mrs. Varker said that some time between 3 pjn. and 5 pjn. as she was turning into the driveway of Mr. Charlie Brown. jtetween the car and the rail. ?"The man, shs said, was wearing a light shtn and dark pants. She said she could not posi tively identify die man. Mrs. Reba Stone on die stand corroborated testimony pre- 1 seated by her daughter, Robin, when she returned home from school and reported the Inci dent. Mrs. Stone wept a moment before answering the solicitor that the last time she saw her daughter alive was when Jackie left to go to school on the E.moiming of March 86. testified |hat snefodhd apacket book in front of her home about ? 6 miles from Kenansvflle, and about one half mite from the bridge. Whs* she heard of the Incident |h* turned the pocket book In. She testified she did ????????????????a** not see any one put the pocket book in her yard. Sgt. Harry W. Prtdgen of the State Highway Patrol testified that h e participated in the search (or Jackie Stone on the night of March 25 and the fol . lowing day. He also testified that he found Jackie's lifeless body in fiv^feet of water Ibout six feet *froi*l the railing of Stocking Head Creek at 6:W p.m. on March |26. Leon Storie, testified that he went to the scene'where the body was found and indentified CNthued To Pace Three Deputy Glenn Jernigan escorts Roger Vernon Miller from the Courtroom Just moments after Miller was sentenced to death for the kidnap-murder of Jackie Stone. Officials surrounded Miller as he was whisked into a waiting car to take him to death row in Central Prison in Raleigh where execution date was set for Friday, October 3, 1969. Legion Honors Judge Henry L. Stevens, Jr. . A delegation of Legion aires headed by State Commander E. C. (Bud) Thompson, Jr. of Wilmington were in Warsaw today to honor Judge Henry L. Stevens, Jr. the only National Commander of the American Legion that North Carolina ever produced. He was recently cho sen by the State Department of the Legion as one of the most outstanding men who has served his Community, State and Nation in the half century the Legion has been in existence. Before the presentation Judge Stevens entertained the fol lowing dignitaries with a lunch eon at the Country Squire: R.C. Godwin, Past National Vice Commander, now serving State Legislature, Honorable Thad Eure, Secretary of State and a prominet Legionaire, General Wiley Pickens, Past State Com mander, Marvin Burton, Past State Commander, and State Director of Veterans Employ ment Service, Ben F. Hal terman. Past State Commander, Colonel Robert L. West, Com mander Chas. R. Gavin Post 127 N.F. MoColman, Past Com mander, and William B. Boy ette. Past Commander of the local Post of the American Legion./ Also present were Henry l. Stevens, in and David L. Turner of Wilmington. After the luncheon the Le glonaires returned to the home where R. C. Godwin. Past Na tional Vice Commander assis ted by Bud Thompson, State Commander, presented the Am erican Legion Citation of ap preciation to Judge Stevens "In recognition and sincere appre ciation of outstanding service and assistance which has con tributed to the advancement of the American Legion programs and activity dedicated to God and Country." At the same time Past National Commander, Stevens, was awarded a Bronze Medallion for 50 years service to the American Legion. Judge Stevens was further cited for many of the programs now in existence for veterans that was started when he was National Commander of the Legion. One of his programs was the forma tion of a rehabilatlon and em ployment program for veterans and disabled veterans. Thad Eure presented Judge Stevens with a prayer for Leg lonaires and all Americans. State Commander, Thompson said "no greater North Caroli nian has the American Legion had than Judge Stevens". County Commissioners Meet Duplin Highway Commls- } sioner Jfm Smith met with th^' County Bofr-d of Cpmmls stov ers Monday and" informed them that $215,000. is available for the county for stablizlng and surfacing county roads. He was accompanied by Engineers Bass and King and County main tance Supervisor Robinson. Walter Herring of City Ser vice Oil Company in Warsaw H was awarded contract for fuel oil #!2 for all county buildings. He presented a low bid of 13.2 cents per gallon. Warsaw's Mayor E. F. Strickland and town clerk Alfred Herring requested aid from the Continued To Part Three on the Dallas Jones farm on Highway b >ll< War Drill it OaaaM Stall wall* are still active. Reports circulating the area that the survey ia conducted by airplane vit a derlc Contracts Let On New BB&T Building At its regular monthly meet ing held last Tuesday, the Board o f Directors of the Branch Banking and Trust Company approved the design and author ized the letting of contracts for the construction of the new Home Office Building which is to be erected on West Nash Street in Wilson. An archi tectural rendering of the new building reveals a dramatic and powerful yet simple design. It incorporates contemporary cone aits in both architecture and wilding technology with the result that the new build " ing will be one of the most advanced in design of any struc ture in the State. A vertical expression is ere- ] ated by white stone columns ! and bronze metal window fram es. The building will be situ- j ated. 30 feet from the Nash Street property line and the ground floor will be recessed an dddftional ten feet. Bronze reflective glass on the upper floors will mirror images of the surrounding area. The design throughout depicts soli darity while at the same time creating its own inviting at mosphere. Landscape archi tects plan to utilize existing plantings where possible. The seven story structure will include twin service towers \ to house electronically con rj trolled, high speed elevators, stairs, storage and other ser vice areas. Ample drive-in facilities will be adjacent to the tower side of the building as well as a' parking area with space for more than Up.cars. The build ing may be entered from Nash Street or through a covered entrancd from the parking area. I Entrances and drives have been Heating and air conditioning, a complete heat-reclaim sys tem, feed through the exterior columns into cellular floors at each level and are distri buted to individually controlled outlets to give utmost flexi bility and adaptability. The accoustical ceiling is integrated with the heating, air conditioning and lighting sys tems and these unique fixtures can be moved along with the partitions, making the physical space within the building adapt able to any future changes. In addition to the lobby, on the first floor will be the Com mercial and Installment Loan Departments, and the; main vault. The feeling of spaciousness which pervades the ground floor is accentuated by a large central well in the ceiling which results in a mezzanine on the second i floor. This floor will house the executive offices for the system. The Board Room will also be situated on this floor as well as offices for the Credit Department and for the Bond Department. A community meeting room with a capacity of 400, smaller conference rooms, other de partments, and an employees' lounge will occupy portions of CMtlraei T* Page Three _____________ r'*- - ? .... ?; July, 1969 Architectural Rendering of New Trust Company WUson, North Carolina.
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