THE JONES COUNTY
FIVE TRENTON, N. C. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18. 1954 NUMBER 41
Barbara Ann Blackburn
Bobbie JHaddrann, Grainger
High School Junior and daughter
of Mr. and Mrs, Glen. Blackburn
With a plaque In ceremonies "At
Grainger High School which was
awarded to her by the Amateur
Athletic Union for placing third
In Hie 1953 National Junior
Oiypmic Competition in the 50
Meter Bee-style senior division.
Jack Amyette, Director of Ac
tivities at Lovit Hines Playground
third in the nation was
regional competition at
last August. Tabulation
of marks set throughout the na
tion ranked heif in this third
spot. (Whitaker-Leffew Photo
juke Boy Burglar Oaught
Tuesday by Kinston Cops
Kinston Policemen Francis
Everett and Elijah White at 5:40.
Tuesday morning finally caught
the illusive local burglar who
has earnestly sought and receiv
ed the title, “The Juke Box Burg
civilian Nothing the
were paifced-aertoes
; from. Beech!*'soda
at 212 East North Street
dp to' the door of the
Beech establishment, donned a*
handkerchief mask and then
Quickly operating with a screw
driver and pair of pliers entered
the front door of the store which
was padlocked but which ottered
very little resistance.
By the time officers had got
ten across the street and into
position the thief had already
rifled the coin box on the Juke
Box of the establishment and as
he was caught he stood with
$2.65 in small change from the
•bpfc box in his hand.
§pi*ter in the day'under ques
tioning by Detective Wheeler
Kennedy the thief admitted a
string of ten other similar loot
ings, beginning with a raid on
November l, 1933 of Jim Garri
son's store on Tower Hill Road.
He was caught as he made his
second visit to'Beech’s store.
ers Racketeers Are Caught
Ijeputy snerin Bias cram,
Officers Clarence Bland,
■lie Barwlck and Paul Young
Saturday night were hunting
‘The Hidden Heart’
To Be ShownSunday
tiepin Chapel
Iden Heart,’ ’a nation,
religious picture
at 7:30 Sunday In
In Chapel Chur ch,
is urged to attend
this film. Ad
mit a free will
taken during the
of
wnisky as tney searcnea trie mo
tel northeast of Kinston on the
Greenville Highway, just past
Stoneyton Creek. They found
quite a different kind of illicit
merchandise but found no
whisky. •
‘ As a result of their ‘‘fin3" i
Kinston,cab drivers, Cicero
ilton, Walter Edwards and Bo
land Fields are under bond
charged with operating that old,
stupid set-up known locally aa
the “Batter and Egg” racket.
The three cab drivers w<
lilted rppna of the *
up the
White Files in Lenoir, Taylor Tosses
Hat into Jones Race: Spring’s Sprung
The Past Week In Review
Hubert Smith of the Vine
Swamp Section of Southern Le
noir County was caught Sunday
afternoon by ABC Officers Paul
J&ung, Clarence Bland and
Charlie Berwick at a “one-barrel
still” with five barrels otf mash
waiting to be turned Into white
lightening whisky. ATU Officer
E. A. Bennett of New Bern was
also on the raid.. Smith was
bound over to the April 19th
term of Federal Court in Wash
ington following a hearing be
fore a United States Commis
sioner in New Bern. Kinston
Commissioner Bill Thomas has
been ill recently and is unable to
conduct hearings.
.... T ‘. . .. .
George Bannerman of Carver
Court Apartment drew 60 days
from Judge Albert Oowper In
Recorder’s Court Monday for
public drunkenness and disor
derly conduct and for breaking
a window out of Pharo’s market
on South Queen Street. Later
Magistrate J. J. Lyon added an
other 30 days to the 60 days
Bannerman already had on an
other public drunkeness charge.
Seven divorces, each on
grounds of two years separation,
Frizzelle Monday convened the
first week of two weeks of Lenoir
County Superior Court. Both
weeks are devoted to civil litiga
tion. Those couples legally slit
asunder were Maxie Milton Ken
nedy from Evelyn Nobles Ken
nedy, Lillie Bell Gooding Brock
from Dalton Dewey Brock, Effie
Glendora Lewis from John Henry
Lewis, Margaret C. Fuller from
Bob Glen Fuller, Shirley Gray
Garris from Earl Garris, Sarah
Frances B. Shaw from Willie Le
Foxhunters Notice
All lovers of the Eastern Caro
lina version of fox hunting: are
Invited to be on hand for the
annual Albertson Fox Hunt
which is scheduled to be held
next Monday, February 22nd. Be
ginning at 5:30 from the Albert
son Post Office, the hunt is ex
pected to run unabated until
noon time when all the dogs will
be called in and everyone will
enjoy a barbecue dinner. This
annual fox hunt is one of the
largest events of its kind in East
ern Carolina and a good, time is
promised to all who come.
roy Shaw and Wallace Costfat
from Sylvia King Costln.
Troy Hardy of Seven Springs!
Route one escaped serious in-,
jury Monday morning when his
car overturned near his home.
He was rushed to Parrott Me
morial Hospital but was released
after he had been given emerg
ency treatment and a thorough
examination.
In a brief executive session at
* p. m. Tuesday the Lenoir Coun
ty Democratic Executive Com
mittee unanimously voted to re
present the natne of W. A. Allen
Jr. as chairman of the Lenoir
County Board of Elections and
(nominated Talmadge Rouse of
La Grange to succeed Hermit
Thompson also of La Grange as
the other Democratic member of
the election board. County Chair
man Fred Whitaker was given
a vote of confidence by the mem
bers of the committee in at
tendance who represented 11
of the 17 county precincts.
On Tuesday ,<pf this week the
calm political “ 'waters of both
Jones and Lenoir Counties were
broken with announcements that
two of the top elected officials
In these sister counties would
seek re-election in the May 29th
Democratic Primary. Sheriff Je
ter Taylor of Jones County and
State Representative Thomas J.
White were the pair.
White who is currently serv
ing his first term as Lenoir
County’s Representative in the
General Assembly-paid his filing
fee to Lenoir County Election
Board Chairman W. A. Allen Jr.
and simply tossed his hat into
the ring by saying, “If I am
elected I shall represent to the
best of my ability the people of
Lenoir County and North Caro
lina”.
Sheriff Taylor is a veteran law
enforcement offices, having serv
ed for many years as a Deputy
Sheriff. He is now completing
his second full term as Sheriff.
White in winning his first elec
tion two years ago defeated Pink
Hill Attorney Harvey Turner in
a hotly contested race.
Sheriff Taylor four years ago
had to wage a fight against
three other contestants and
managed to amass 1584 votes
while the other three would-be
sheriffs were only able to get
<514 votes. thus eliminatlng tare
need for a second primary in that
individual race, since a clear ma
jority over all three was obtained
in the First Primary.
Lenoir County’s Representa
tives Redding Thompson and
Jack Alexander and Jones
County’s Representatives Manley
Foscue and Lee Ford ham at
tended the second meeting of the
Neuse River Watershed Author
ity which was held last Saturday
in Raleigh.
Not Pleased by Open Door Policy
Here, with none-too-pleased
countenance, is Merchant Ran
dolph Spear standing half way
in and half way out of his store
on the 400 block of North Queen
Street Monday morning shortly
after an extremely brazen thief
had taken his time about remov
ing the plate glass from the door,
with people In nearby parked
cars watching, and then marched
into the store where he picked
out an armfull of high-powered
rifles and then sped away in a
stolen 1954 Dodge, two-toned
gray, that had earlier been pro
cured from the used ear lot of
the Thompson Motor Company.
Hie bold thief did this unusual
bit Of stealing between 7 and 7:30
One man who watched the ton
tine operation from a parked car
said, “I thought he was Just
working on the door." Which
police and Spear agree was a
most logical conclusion at that
time of day. (Polariod Photo-in
a-mlnute by Jack Rider)
one gamble that so many people
invest their hard-earned money
lri. ' .
In this exceedingly simple, but,
lucrative game the stupid gam
bler picks any number.between
one and a thousand and bets any
amount of money he wishes that
his