JONES COUNTY
17 TRENTON, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1050 VOLUME VIII
>nes County’s First Polio in ’56 Hits
:ephen Thigpen; Vaccination Urged
visutcl tieaiin twicer ur. K. j.
Jones says 40 year-old Stephen
Hij«|pen is under -treatment at
twk of infantile paralysis *
Dr. Jones says the diagnosis of
Or. Linwood, Williams of Kinston
was confirmed when the tenant
farmer tuns sent to Duke Hospital
early this week.
Dr. Jones says reports from the
family indicate that Thigpen, who
lives near Leslie White’s Store, is
paralyzed from the waist down and
is having difficulty breathing.
In confirming this first infantile
paralysis ease in Jones County in
five' years Dr. Jones reminds of
the importance of all persons un
der 20 years of age, and all ex
pectant mothers getting the proven
protection^ of the Salk Vaccine.
These shots are available free at
the health department clinics in
Trenton or Kinston or may be ob
tained from family doctors at any
time. ' x
Doctors who purchase the vac
cine they are using may immunize
anybody, regardless of age, but
those who use the serum supplied
hy the health department are re
stricted to administering it to
those under 20 and tp expectant
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Man Killed In Bulldozer Accident
A freak accident aarly Tuesday
involving the huge bulldozer pic
tured here claimed the life of 54
year-old Dennis Franklin Benton
of Jacksonville. The accident took
piece on the Burton Turner Farm
in the western edge of Jones County
at just after 7 Tuesday morning.
Benton was standing on the right
hand track of the bulldozer while
He started the engine. When the
engine started It caused the tree
ton' Jones, alto of Jacksonville,
could jump on tho machine and
brinfl it to a stop it had crawled
completely over Benton, killing
him instantly. The tractor was
stopped by Jones iust before the
3,000 pound disc in the rear reached
the pulverized body of Bfjtton. Jim
Quinn of Hubert vires working
with Benton and Jones and they
wore tightening the track - before
going to work op the Turner farm
where the/ were enlarging a pas
ture. The bulldozer belongs to
Jennison Brown of Jacksonville!,
employer ofthe three men .bt
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Jones and Lenoir Counties this year
have struck persons over 20 years
of age.
Marriage License
Jones County Register of Deed*
■cioorge Noble reports the issue of
two marriage license in the past
Farm Bureau Membership.
Drive in High Gear This
Week as Members Fan Out*
This week M anyone — resident
er visitor — to Jones County didn’t
«et (burned for a Farm Bureau
Membership toe be wm well hid
den or travelling tost.
Spurred on by a speech Monday
night by Former Federation Presi
dent Akmza Edwards the workers
under the direction of Membership
Prime Chairman Z. A. Koonce,1
were determined to beat the coun
ty’s MO goal by a wide margin.
fipewking in the Ag Building
Monday Night Dd^ante reminded
the drive wankers of the things
Hie .Farm Bureau has done in the
past and plans to do in the future
to help the farmer get a fairer
share of the nation’s food and fiber
dollar.
, Bureau President Alva Howard
had charge of the meeting and
Chairman Koonce spoke briefly,
urging a full effort on the part of
every membership salesman.
■Apparently the speeches by Ed
wards and Koonce were most ef
fective since dust was flying in
every part of the county this week
as folks were being signed up.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Heal estate transfers recorded
with Register of Deeds George
Noble last week were for four
pieces of property: D. D. Hender
son to John E. Taylor, Maysville
land; Z. H. Marshbum to Walter
Ives, Cypress Creek land; E. M.
' ‘'"*r - Mays
Arthur to
15th to Carl Skinner Jr.,
26, of Dover to Shelley Jean Kill
ingsworth, 18, of Pollocksville.
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.Three Arrests lor
Past Week In Jones
Jones County Sheriff Brown Yates
reports three indictments during
the past week in Jonhs county, in
’frdfag one minor liquor law in
fcwtfon, one drunken driving
charge and one assault indictment.
Durant M. Bubanks of Trenton
route one wds charged with drunk
en driving by Patrolman Bert Mer
cer after his arrest on Saturday.
Tilghman Lewis of Trerrton route
one was charged with violating the
liquor laws after one pint and two
thirds of a jar of stumiphole whis
ky were found on his premises
Saturday night
Oonnor Komegay of Pink Hill
Route Two was charged with as
sault on a female in a warrant is
sued at the request of his sister
on Monday of this week.
Double Damage Suit
Against Dr. Hyatt in
Timber Cutting Suit
A $7,500 suit has been filed in
Jones County Superior Court
against Dr. A. L. Hyatt of Kinston
and two groups of loggers working
under contract with Dr. Hyatt.
The suit was filed by Johnson
and Wimsatt, Inc., of Washington,
D. C., and names Roy Casey, W.
M. Hill and Harold Mitchell, all
of Lenoir County and Horace Lake
of Greene County as defendants
with Dr. Hyatt
The plaintiff obtained a restrain
ing order from Superior Court
Judge Henry Stevens. The order
bars the defendants from taking
pulp wood and saw timber from
tends adjacent to Dr. Hyatt land
Township
The damage suit says the log
gers cut some 125,060 feet of lum
ber and pulp timber (valued at $30
to a 1,000 feet) from land not in
See Damage Suit page 12 «
lar Fire Hits KLOC Friday; Highlights Rural Fire Protection Needs
Fire which broke out in the tire
recapping department of the KLOC
filling station just north of Kin
ston Friday afternoon at about
3:30 caused damage that will run
well past the $20,000-mark and
pointed up the pressing need for
a broadened rural fire protection
system in the county.
» Kirby W. Loftin Jr., owner of
(the business which went up in
such a spectacular display of
“fireworks”, said only a small
fraction of the loss was covered
toy insurance because of the pro
hibitive cost of insurance.
Two Kinston fire trucks and one
from Stallings Air Base fought the
blaze for several hours and with
the help of favorable winds — or
lack of wind — were able to save
the home of Mr. and Mrs. "J. K.
Wooten, just north of the filling
station, and a general store also
belonging to Loftin just South of
the blazd.
The Kinston firemen remained
with the blaze until 1:05 a, m.
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Saturday as a precautionary mea
sure since the large stock of mo
tor oil was still blazing fiercely
away as late as Sunday morning.
The lack of water wtas the most
pressing concern of the firemen
who were trying to keep the blaze
rconfined to the KLOC station alone.
One city truck was kept busy chas
ing back to town to refill its boos
ter tanks and in that way enough
water was kept at the fire to pre
vent the spread of the fire.
The discussion which has gone
on fitfully for several months on
rural fire protection got into high
gear long before the Loftin fire
had quit burning.
The Kinston Daily Free Press
editorialized Monday asking for
ipromipt action by the board of
county commissioners toward pro
viding more adequate rural fire
protection.
Numbers of citizens expressed
individual opinions, the majority of
which could be summed up with:
"I’m willing to pay more taxes
to get better fire protection”.
There was no criticism of the
Kinston Fire Detriment for the
part it has played in fighting rural
fires, but most who expressed
"themselves felt that the present
arrangement between the city and
county was “not enough”.
Former County Commissioner
Cameron Langston had earlier
recommended setting up fire dis
tricts over the county in which
property owners could tax them -
See Fire Protection Pago 7
These are three pictures taken of
the spectacular fire which destroy
ed the KLOC station last Friday
afternoon. ..One .shows .the fire
shortly after it pot started, en
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other taken shortly afterwards
shews how rapidly the fire spread
to the entity building and the
third shows the towering column
of smoke which was visible for
25 to 30 miles.