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m TRENTON, N. G, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, W57 VOLUME VIII Fork on the night of January 5th. Wooten had .left his home less than three hours before his death in the company at three menyet to be found. He had'been robbed and badly beaten. His wife of less than four months did not know either of the three young men and police officials now' believe she was mistaken even about the kind of car they were driving when ^ they left her home with her hus Most of foe skeleton and all per sonel belongings found with it have ' been turned over to the State Bu reau of Investigation crime labora tory in Raleigh but no, news has come-from that source as to foe possible identity f foe skeleton. fw>gsible identity of the skeleton. Parte-, sm ofMr. and Mrs! C. R..Parker of PollockWillehas returned home from a tour of duty with the, U. S. Army in Germany, lor the past year. Before going overseas he was stationed at Ft. Jackson, S. C. and Ft. Knox, Ky. In Germany, Parker jvas a mail clerk in the 67th, JT^nk Battalion of the 2nd Armored'Diyferion and was station ed at Mainz near the Rhine Rlv$r. He. visited many places in Ger many, Holland, Sweden and Den mark during his tour of duty. following his discharge from Ft. Ja'CJcson, Mr. Parker will farm this season and {dans to continue his studies in the faU. Before enterr ing service he was attending FJaet Carolina College: He is a .1963 'graduate Of Jones Central High School. ■ i : ; ■ , MRS. MALLARD NAMED ", \\ & Mrs. Rom Mallard has accepted the chairmanship of the 1967 fund .driye for the American Heart As sociation 4n Jones County. Demonstration Women ew York at United Nations -Around 100 North Carolina Home . ; ra._ Chili. women from' nil over tile state are in New York ' this week, January 12-17, taking part in the fourth annual North Carolina Home Demonstration Nations Study Dcnir, Rtf** --.m, jjiui^. .„L. — - .JOsefoil ganizatior^ and policies. When the Jdea was conceived over four years ago, the tour wa’i designed to teach home demonstration dub women ahoxtt the United Nations, so that they in turn could return home and help others to become actively in terested in supporting it. The wo men strive to build strong, well informed citizens in the rural com munities in North Carolina. Highlights of the United Nations Sessions which were attended, by Che women on January 14, 15, and Jfi, included lectures by Dr. Frdnk Graham , member of the Trustee ship Council of the United Na tions- Hiss Hath A. Horton, field secretary of the American Associ ation for United Nations; and Hrs. Eleanor Roosevelt. A tour of the 'United Nations building, a concert fey the United Nations Glee Club, ' pnd other .special lectures were al ’jBg planned for the group. ' Some of the events of the- tour on the lighter side included din ing in foreign restaurants, visiting the Statue of Liberty, riding Sub ways, seeing a Radio City Music Ball performance, and taking ip some Broadway {days. The following women are #ttend dng the sessions on the study tour: From the- Northeastern district are: Mire. A. M. Turner, Jt., and Flys. Arthur Bundy, Edgecombe; Mrs. Ralph C. Rives and Mrs. B. 0 Sherrod, Halifax; Mrs. W. D. ©nrkette, Hertford; lire. W. C. Sissett, Nash; Mrs. Denuia Hardy, Mcs: Albert Bell, and Mrs. J. Brantley Speight, Pitt; Mrs. T. V. Bobbitt, IH-’ Vance; Mrs. C& W; Firror and Mrs. Joe Rand, Wake; “Whicker, Mrs. A. L. {Smith and Mrs. John Cox, Forsyth; Mrs. FrsLnklin McNutt, Guilford; Mrs. _____ iaMaggifiPl 'Ttot*. H» E. Ifeidde, iiwikin. ; ■ •: ~ \ Southeastern district delegates are; Mrs. H. M. Chason, Bladen; Mrs. Carl Ivey, and Mrs. J. B. Stroud, Duplin; Mrs. R. B. Shock ley and Mrs. Luther Currie, Hoke; Mrs. W. E. Stanley, Lee; Mrs. ,C. M. Foster, Mrs. C. C. Davis, and' Mrs. M. S. Enumart, New Han over; Mrs. Lee Wright, Pender; Mrs. M. M. Troublefield and Mrs. Whit Darden, S&mpson; Mrs.- Ro bert Turner, Scotland; Mrs. Charles Collier and Mrs. L. M Hugigins, Cumberland; and Mrs. W. A. McCormick, Robeson. Southwestern district delegates are: Mrs. Oren Sharpe, Alexander; Mrs. Holly Lentz and Mrs. M. B. Black, Cabarrus; Mrs. I/eona Huff man, Catawba; Mrs. C. P. Arm strong, Jr., and Mrs. Clyde Bell, Gaston; Mrs. Ralph Gaither, Mrs. A. H. Hendley, and Mrs. Sam Jones, Iredell; Mrs. P. R. Drum, Lincoln; Mrs. Roy W. Earley and Mrs. Winfield Wall, McDowell; Mrs. G. H. Rowe, Mecklenburg; Mrs, H. L. Anl^dge, Polk; Miss (Myrtle Karriker, Rowan; Mrs. iMike Davis, Rutherford; Mrs. Roy Blalodk, Stanly; and Mrs. Lucille B. Nicfceil, Union. * From the .Eastern district are: Mrs. WiH Dail, Carteret; Mrs. F. A. Jones, Craven; Mrs. E. R: Woodard,, Currituck; Mrs. Frank Barnes, Cates; Miss Katherine lowery, Jonee; Mrs. G. E. Gard ner, OnslawjMiss Jamiipa Jobss, J*aiiaetanlfe>:t;:^ v From the Western'district are: Mrs. Gurney Franklin and Mrs. E. T. Erickson, Avery; Mrs. Pas chal Hughes and Mrs. Carl W^ Cherokee; Mrs. Henry Key, and Ground Breaking Services Held for New Carolina Telephone Building Pair of Jones County Probationers Sent Off Janes. County1 Sheriff Brown Yates reports that a pair of pro-' bationers have been sent to pri son from the county" in the past week. J . > James Bell of Maysville who was under five years probation for viola ting the liquor taws was taken off January 9th to begin serving an 18,month prison term after a conviction in Onsloiv County for another liqupr vocations. Bell is described by Sheriff Yates as “one tie, however, for the next 18 ! months. ;-f : '*- ■ In the other case William Stray horn of Trenton went off Monday to begin a six month term for non support. At the last term of court he had .been given until March to , catch up back payments of some over $200 for support of his wife and minor children. Yates says that Strayhom came in apd said he “just couldn’t make enough money to catch up” so he and his wife had talked it over and he. had decided to pull the time and come out and get a fresh, start. The sheriff obliged him. “I dedicate the building which will be constructed here and the facilities which it will house to the service of Kinston an$ the sur rounding area and service is all we have to sell”, declared L. W. Hill, President or the Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company Monday at ground breaking ser Pink Hill Station is Robbed Monday Night What is bellevec to be a pro fessional group of thieves Mon day night looted Howard’s Esso Station in. Pink Hill' of money and materials valued at around $500. the thieves brake in a side door td the grease rack of the station and carted away nine neW Fire stone tires, three recapped tires, 10 cartons of Winstons, seven car tons of ,Camels, seven cartons of Luckies, one box of Blue Ribbon cigars, one .32 caliber smib-Jiosed revolver, $150 worth of tools and $50 in cash which was divided into about $25 in silver and $25 in pen nies. A tire tool was used to force open the side door and no finger prints were left, causing the sus picion that the job was not done by amateurs. Man Charged With Incest Committed to Dix Hill for Psychiatric Examinations George W. Brown Jr. of Kinston route four who was indicted in knowledge of a minor, Home Ee 'Teacher* The Quad-County Home Ec November on charges of rape, in cest and assault with a deadly weapon has been transferred to Dix Hill for psychiatric examina tion under an order signed by pre siding Judge Clifton Moore. Brown is charged with raping his 12 year-old daughter on an unused side road late on a Satur day niight in mid-November. He was apprehended by members of the sheriffs department, out on routine patrol. . ' . Brown was originally indicted on the capital charge of . rape, but since his arrest the charge has Charlie Davis Takes Oath Monday; Other Matters Acted Upon ■ Charlie Davis, the new member of the Jones County Board of Com .missioners, who was unable to be present for the regular swearing in ceremonies on the First Monday in December was on hand for the First Monday in January and was duly sworn in, • succeeding Edgar( Pihifyaw who had served an extra month because of Davis’ absence on pressing business. The board named Kinston Archi tect John Rowland to supervise and piah the expansion and renova tion of the agriculture building which Has been under study now lor several years. At the request of County Health CMKfcer Dr. R. J. Jones the board also approved the addition of $900 to the health department budget to permit employment of an extra registered nurse for another three months. The board also approved an $80 expenditure lor tree surgery work around the court house. And last, hut for from least the ^ -sy*7 m&i% vices held at the corner of Wash ington and Heritage Street inaugu rating the beginning of construc tion of Kinston’s second telephone building. Under the direction of local tele phone manager. W. E. Thornton, spades of earth were turned, mark ing the beginning of construction, by Mayor Guy Elliott, S^ate Sena tor John G. Dawson, telephone di rector Fred f. Sutton and tele phone company president Hill. Manager Thornton in welcoming the guests to the ceremonies stated that the happiest years of his ca reer had been spent in Kinston and that he had seen the akea grow-by fcapis ttnd bbftndr^attarthe- tele phones to serve the area grow proportionately. in comments made at the site President Hill stated that total ex penditures of about $2,000,000 are scheduled for Kinston and the sur rounding area in the next several years. He also stated that the con struction of the new building was necessary to meet expected de mands for telephone service in the future based on experience of the ipast and the company’s best esti mate of further developments, . Concerning the new building, it will be a long distance center for this area and will be among the most modem" in the entire com pany, Hill stated. Its floor space will be more than twice that of the existing building. Construction will be of brick and reinforced concrete. A distinctive feature of the building will be drive-in win dows for the convenience of sub scribers in transacting their busi ness with the company. The build ing and its long distance equip ment will cost an estimated $780,000. tin accepting the building for Kinston Mayor Elliott thanked rep resentatives of the telephone com pany for both the quantity and quality of service provided to the citizens of Kinston and the com munities served , from Kinston. Mayor Elliott recalled in his com ments thatjusta little over a year ago he had participated in the ceremony in connection with the 125,000th telephone of the company which was installed in Kinstqn. He advised that he was informed that at the present time the company had reached a total of nearly 145,000 telephones which he termed phenomenal. Mayor Elliott closed his remarks by Stating that the progressive steps by the company would' assure the continuance of progress for Kinston and the sur rounding communities. board officially transferred $10,000 from the general fund to cover the costs of the tax devaluation which is bong conducted at this time. . y\
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