THE JONES COUNTY
ERXXXVI11 TRENTONt N.,C, THURSDAY
VOLUME vii
Lacking,
former 'Sbate'aeatstot and cur
rent chairman of‘the executive
commnibtee of the Democrat
Party of North Carolina, was
presented to the court by Con
gressman Hugh Alexander and
anas sworn in with about 40
others who had qualified to ap
pear before the natkmfe highest
Hite Is Reese B. Walter, Kin
ston insurance executive, who
last Thursday was elected presi
dent of the Lenoir County United
Rand for the coming year. Walter
served sucessfully last , year a*
director of the third annual fund
raisin* drive for this organisa
tion which Includes a majority
of the charitable associations
which solicit fuids in Lenoir
county. Walter succeeds ; Con
tractor Robert Curtis, who con
ducted the second annual drive
for the United Fund In 1954. —
Robert T. Boyette of Green
ville has been named Supervisor |
of Employee Relations for Serif
Air Aviation Corporation. Boyette
will edit the Rase Jieswpaper, I
“Wtof Tips’', the Htoe Historical j
Report and
:to Wnewseyenofa.. , ;
/. .R onttve of Xenly. Boyette
Vi
est Machinery
list in Compel
1955 Retailer-of-Year
any
m
ass
—
SOhool, Oak Ridge Military In
stitution, and the School of Jour
nalism of the University of North
Carolina.
. Boyette is a member of the
Greenville Junior Chamber of
Commerce, the Civil Air, Patrol,
and Greenville Moose Lodge No.
885. Be is married and resides at
1308 West Ragsdale Rood, Green
ville. Both he and Mrs. Boyette
are members of the St James
Methodist Chnreh in Greenville.
in LehOlrConntyahd
/arming since graduating from
Wake Forest College In 1936. ..
Rouse, who married the for
mer Ann Hicks Bland of Kin
ston, is a member of the Union
Baptist Church and the Moss BUI
Ruritan Chib; He is past chair
man of the Moss Hill' Local
School Board.
t ©BEAT LAKES, IU„ (PHTNC)
— Bobby G. Watkins, son of Mr.
aawi Mrs. James H. Watkins of
Route 2 Box .334, La Grange has
been appointed Assistant, Oom
pfuiy Clerk ^nd assistant Mail
Clerk of hte-recrult company ait
Lakes N*wlTrainiri*
The- West Machinery oo., deal*
er In the Kinston area f oifc to
ternaiflonal Harvester farm ma
chinery has been named one of
the 24 finalist in'the farm ma
chinery division of the annual
“Retailer-of-the-Year” competi
tion sponsored by the Brand
Name?Fjoundation.
Frona .’flwrutonds of entiles in
24 categories ofretell trade some
570 finalist have /been selected
and the Kinston company , anas
the only North Carolina bust*
ness so honored In the farm ap
pliance division. >
to the, other 23 categories In
the competition there wele 14
North Carolina firms listed in
the finals.
Each of the finalists has been
asked to present a detailed sum
mary of its 1035 advertising and
hales promotions. Winner of the
title “Retailer of the Year” win
/be announced In New York on
March 9th.
Suspended Sentence in
Narcotics Violations
Judge Henry a. Grady of New
Bern last Friday sentenced Wyatt
Eubanks of 707 Abbott Street in
Kinston to a berm of one to five
years after a plea df nolo
to six
he
ra-Mwra federal
count for admission to the Lex
ington, Ky. federal hospital for
treatment of drug addiction.
That he remain in that hospd.
tal until aittending physcians re
leased him.
That he remain under pro
bation for a five-year period with
ithe general probationary pro
visions.
Judge Grady reminded that he
was not trying to punish Eh
btamks but was trying to rehaWli
After
jj* : '
Wesley
Monday afternoon' in
,4; O- Poller at Kinston
route one for iree&tass driving
folijbiwing an accident on the
HugoRoad some four allies north,
of Kinston.
, Parrish'says Puller lost control
pf Ms 1948 model flivver while
h» was apparently driving too
fast for road and weather con
ditions at that time. The car
was judged to be a total loss,
j NObody was injured in the wreck.
Pepsi Cola Hits the
Spot, Warrant Says
James Waters of the Sappem
vllle section wa| arrested by of
ficers of the Sheriff’s Depart
ment Sunday on charge of a&
sauflt with a deadly weapon.
The alleged attack was upon
Brady Waters of the same neigh
borhood who says James beat him
over the head with a Pepsi Cote,
bottle.
Mk
to
Iienoir Safety Council
Eliminate Kinston Blind Corners
- ' ac ns regular momtniy ses
sion Wednesday the Lenoir
County Safety Council passed a
resolution aimed ait elimination
of mianiy blind corners which now
clause hazards in Kinston.
The resolution calls for com
piling a list of these hazardous
inters ectfcms and a letter being
mailed to the property owner
whose shrubs or walls are caus
ing the blind spots.
City manager Roy Robinson
reported that letters had been
mailed from his office two years
ago to these property owners and
apparently a majority had cho
sen to ignore the reminder.
Traffic Sergeant Fred Bates
||,;has itersonally ap
It wie the view of these in
attendance at the Wednesday
meeting that the voluntary re
moval of such obstructions
should be asked first and later
if that meets with no coopera
tion the effort should be further
pursued through the city coun
cil.
tate him. Eubanks was charged
with forging six narcotic drug
prescriptions over the signature
at Dr. R. J. Jones, district health
officer.
Eastern Carolina Cities to Study
Central Airport for 18-City Area
rne need lor a major air
port facility to serve the central
section of Eastern North Carolina
will be discussed at a meeting
in Farmville on January 30, Di
rector William P. Saunders of
the Department of Conservation
and Development a n n o u n ced
this week.
• •The meeting will be attended
by mayors, other city officials,
and representatives of Chambers
of Ooimmerce of the following 18
Eastern North Calroliina Com
munities:
Wilson, Greenville, Rocky
Mount, Elm City, Tarboro, Be
thel, WintervilLe, Ayden, Grifton,
Kinston, Goldsboro, LaGrange,
Fremont, Fountain, Pinetops,
Snow Hill, Stantonsfourg, and
Farmvilie.
Mayor Charles Edwards of
Farmville Chamber of Commerce
will be host at a dir.ner for the
visitors at the Farxville Country
Club, where the conference will
officially get under way at 7
ip. m. on January 30.
Two, Charged After
Arrest on Drunken
Driving Indictment
Ktoation Police Monday night
changed William Webb of 403
East Blountt Street with drunken
driving and placed him under
$250 bond, since he was also
changed wMh driving without a
driver’s license. ,
In the same case George Swin
son of PannvWe was placed un
der $200 bond, charged with per
mitting Wehb to drive while *p
' under the influence of
Neighbors Charged
In Liquor Arrest
James Harper of 607 North Da
vis Street and Sadie Stephenson
of 606 North Davis were booked
early Tuesday (morning by the
ABC Officers Clarence Bland and
Paul Young on charge of violat
ing the liquor laws.
Harper was charged with hav
ing stumphole whisky is his pos
session for the purpose of sale.
Miss Stephenson was merely
charged with possession.
Harper was also Indicted on
changes of driving without a dri
One Hospitalized;
One Jailed After
Maysville Knifing
Jones County Sheriff Brown,
Y'ates reports two MaysvilHans
in trouble from a Monday night
fracas in the County’s largest
town. '
Henry Parnell Moore of Mays
ville wound up in a New Bern,
hospital .With a severe knife
wound across the right wrist.
The wound was across the inner
side of the wrist, cutting deeply
into the tendons and nerves
leading to the hand.
Swindell ^ Matboctos, also of
‘ " to the conclusion
that.Mattocks was wielding the
knife that cut Moore.
Other indictments in Jones
County diurig the past week in
clude that of Ed Green of Tren
ton route two on a drunken driv
ing charge and Horace Taylor of
Pink Hill route two who is>
charged with being drunk on the>
the highway. t
Icy Road Wreck
An estimated $500 property
i damage was done at about 7:35
! Tuesday morning at Mewborne’n
Crossroads wben a car driven
by Carl Casey of Goldsboro and
Rosa Best Singleton of Snow Hill
collided. Investigating Officer
Wesley Parrish says Casey failed
to stop for a stop sign before,
driving off a rural road onto-CS
258. Singleton was driving South
on 258 at the time. Parrish esti
mated damage to the Casey car
at $200 and to Miss Singleton’s
car at $300. No personal injury
resulted. Casey was indicted for
failing to stop for a stop sign. ..
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