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v-KT*:. r—-THE JONES COUNTY J ' ; ,r. NUMBER 35 TRENTON, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1957, VOLUME VIII - 'I- >'' ; -.‘ Claims Infant Sunday This is, or was the 'ear of Lewis Roosevelt Anderson of Kinston route six in which feight month old Levon Briggs, Anderson's grandson, was killed irt a Sunday wreck south of Kinston. Thirteen '* * A two-car collision involving 17 persons —: four in one car and .13 in the other — caused Lenoir County’s first highway death of 1957. It came at 4 p. mi Sunday five miles south of Kinston on the Trenton'road at Loftin’s Cross 1• roads. Lewis Roosevelt Anderson, ten ant on the H. C. Hyman farm in Sand Hill Township, driver of the car with 13 occupants, is under in dictment on changes of manslaugh ter, feckless driving and failufe*to Stop for a stop sign in the wreck which killed his nine-mpnth old grandson, Levon Briggs, son of Mrs. Iris Ander^n Briggs. Eliwood Eubanks of Mount Ver non Park west of Kinston, driver of the other car involved, says he - was driving atj around 45 to 90 ; miles per houn 'toward Kinston V^ghenthe Anderson car came ping into the path of his car. Mrs. Eubanks suffered a fractured knee cap, cuts about the head and face. Their two and a half year old members of the Anderson family were riding in the ear at the time of the fatal cr ash, seven of whom were hospitalized with injuries rangifng from serious to super ficial. son suffered a Ijroken hap and pos sible internal injuries and their three month old infant suffered a cerebral concussion. Eubanks had a cut on the upper lip> another on the hand, possible chest injuries and a severe blow on the knee. All are reported to be recuperat ing satisfactorily. Others injured in the Anderson car included Mrs. Anderson with five broken ribs, two year-old Barbara Briggs with a fractured skull, Charlie Lewis Anderson with a bad scalp wound and four broken ribs (two years old) and Katrina Briggs with bruises, broken ribs and head cuts. Dr. Glen Tyndall reports their injuries as '“serious but not critical” and in Monday he said they were all conscious and apparently recuperating but all were ....... . rapidly highway death came on January 4th and this on the 20th of Janu ary wap the first for ’57 so the toll this year stands tied for the same date a year ago. Mislabelled Tobacco Seed Reportedly oh the Market * Alarmed at the possibility of widespread mislabeling of tobacco seeds, the State Board of Agri culture has authorized a committee v', to study the North Carolina seed law with a view to asking legisla tion that will add some teeth to ’ the labeling provisions of the star ;\ tutes. Named to the committee were W. H. Darst, head of the seed test ing division of the N. C. Depart fnent of Agriculture; Dr. T. J. Mhnn, in charge of tobacco breed ing work at the North Carolina Ex periment Station; and John C. Rice, Director of the North Carolina Crop Improvement Association, all at whom appeared before the Board at its January meeting to discuss what U>ey termed a “dangerous threat” to the state’s tobacco growing industry. • Darst told the Board that the three tobacco varieties now pena fay a 50 jper cent reduction in supports have been most % with growers in recent resulting in large stocks of there is no demend, shortage of seeds of accep varieties. individuals, he continued, seed' labeled with a • own choosing, claim a new variety which developed. Nothing is the characteristics of he said, and they wholly or ip part under price-sup provisions. He explained that he can now act, however, only under a provision requiring seed to be labeled with the “commonly ac cepted name of kind and variety” of the crop, but in many cases it is necessary to grow the seed in variety tests to obtain legal evi dence of violations. “In the meantime,” he said, “the entire tobacco program is being jeopardized. A farmer who buys ‘off-brand’ seeds or seeds of unknown origin may find himself with a crop of one of the penalized tobacco varieties, which will sub ject his entire production to the price support penalty. Or the so called new variety may prdve to be one yielding a high percentage of undesirable grades, which are also subject to some price support penalties. Most dangerous' of. all is the possibility of flooding the state with varieties having no dis ea se -resistent char a cteristics’ Among .the legislative changes discussed was a program of reg istration and testing such as the law requires for hybrid com. This would involve registering a toba cco variety with, the Commissioner of Agriculture, at the same time submitting a seed sample fof variety testing, and possibly apr proval of the variety by a special committee, 'before it may i>e sdld in the state. JV . Vvv,'.'? '. >H The motion adopted by the Board of Agriculture also added a warn dng^to farmers to exercise the ut most, caution in buying tobacco seed. Claude T. Hall, of Roxboro, who made; the motion, urged that farmers buy seed only from re putable dealers, jnd obtain certi fled seed if feiliSikfe iS: Stallings Flight School Status Still Uncertain; All-out Effort to Keep It njciHMr oounuans inis week began •to fight back after being hit hard last week with the news that the primary pilot training school at Stallings Air Base might be closed on June 30th of this year. The threatened loss of this $6,000, 000 per year payroll on top of the tremendous cut already ordered in the local tobacco production for ’57 were a one-two punch that had many business and civic lead ers rolling on the canvas over the weekend. By Mondayt however, the mood of the county had improved and a large group of leaders met in Ho tel Kinston to begin an all-out fight to retain the base. Bill Reynolds, general manager of the Serv-Air Corporation, which operates the school under contract from the Air Forde said the de cision that Stallings was to get the axe apparently was made on erroneous information supplied to the Pentagon by an Air Force of ficial in Texas, who had reported the Lenoir County installation as the second most expensive of the nine now in operation. “Actually Stallings is the most economically operated of the nine schools and also has the iowest accident rate of any of the nine civilian-operated schools”,-' Rey nolds pointed out. >. .'. ^f'TMsf'iebrWet information is noiw •in the hands of Air Secretary Donald Quarles, who has agreed to re-open the matter and make a complete study of all nine schools before ordering any one closed. Congressman L. H. Fountain, as sisted by many other members of the North Carolina congressional delegation, is making a “no-stone unturned” fight to retain the base for Lenoir County. Third District Congressman Graham Barden is also giving his aid as are both Senators Sam Er vin and Kerr Scott. In the Monday meeting it was agreed that Lenoir Countians should address telegrams to Sec retary Quarles as well as personal letters to any congressmen from in or out of North Carolina from persons acquainted with such law makers. Alderman Jesse Eugh Wooten reminded the group that pessimism should be kept in curb, especially in the press and radio, since as he put it “defeatism feeds on de featism”. Wooten also recom mended sending Attorney, John G. Dawson to Washington to assure that the complete Lenoir County story be put before the people who’ll be charged with making the final decision on this matter. Meinoaisx Minister marvin vies reminded that the Air Force has been much concerned with the re luctance of many communities to accept installations, yet Lenoir County has received the local pilot draining center with open arms and has embarked upon a two a n d-a-hal£-million-doUar school building program that wpsto a considerable degree, brought about by the addition Of several hundred children . belonging t to ^Stallings' employed families. yick( reminded that, several churches have em barked upon expansion programs for much the same reason. “We have kept faith with the Air Force”, Vick concluded, “and now the Air Force should keep faith' with us”. .., viA ■ wS #6 jWfe■SfcgffTHftijlBffltfll pUS Maysville-Bogue Highway Gets Major Overhaul Under Contract Expenditure of $812,279.30 Pollocksville Family Loses Home Saturday The Od'ell Murphy Family which Jives north of Ppllocksville on US 17 lost their home, its furnishings and all other personal belongings except the clothing they were wearing Saturday night when their home was burned. The fire is believed to have be gun from a heater while the fam ily was visiting in the neighbor hood at about 8:30 Saturday night. The/fa,mily includes Mr. and Mrs. Murphy, Mrs. Murphy’s mother and four children. Sheriff Brown Yates this week was assisting in helipiog the family to set up house keeping again. Persons with any kind of home furnishings that might be help ful to the Murphy Family are urged to contact either the Murphys at ‘their farm or Sheriff Yates in Trenton. Jones NCEA Unit to HoldMeeting Tuesday . The Jones County Chapter of the North Carolina Education As sociation is to meet at 3:30 Tues day afternoon in Jones Central High School for a special program on the centennial of the associa tion. “A Century of Progress” will be the topic for tlfe gathering. Ob servance Chairman Mrs. Alma Phillips has announced. Mrs. Joe Williams will give the devotional, Mr^. Henry Swiggett will list the goals of the organiza tion, R. F.- Williams will show the film, “A Desk For Billy”, Mrs. W. C. Adams will give NOEA high lights assisted by Mrs. Nellie Wells and Ben Hester. Mrs. Moore and the Future Teachers’ Association will serve refreshments at the close of the meeting. Cpl. Bryant Griffin In German War Game MUNICH (AiHTNC) — Army Cpl. Bryant Griffin, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Griffin of Comfort, recent ly participated with he 11th Air borne Division in ‘‘War Hawk” a field training exercise in Ger- j many. Coropral Griffin is a transpor tation corporal in Company M of the division’s 503d Infantry Regi ment. He entered the Army in August 1954, was last stationed at Fort Campbell, Ky., and arrived in Europe in February 1956. The corporal attended Jones Central High School in Trenton. Poor Pinch Hitter! Fifty, one year-pld Johnny John son Now Bern is probably thoroughly convinced by now that he picked a poor pinch hitter to go to bat for him Mogday at the Kinston driver's • license office. Johnson's 'current driving license expired on Jarfuary 4th. So -ho came up from new Bern with Wil liam Hezekiah Buck who was to "dt in" for the examination and earn $10 for his troubled Examiner Vance Harper didn't have to pee - A■■■ ' 'A- .. V. jf Among numerous contracts let Tuesday in Raleigh by tte High way Commission were two for ma jor renovations to the existing roadway between Maysville in Jones County and Bogug in Car teret County, totalling $812,279.30. ' This project of 18.43 miles ev tends just north of White Oak Ri ver from Mayswille to Stella, past Pelletier and to Bogue. Barrus Construction Company of Kinston was low-bidder for the grading and paving portion of the work which is expected to get un derway in the Immediate future. Barrus’ bid was $636,789.70. Jesse M. Coble Construction Company of Greensboro was low bidder for the several bridges that will be built in this renovation Its price was $175,489.60 Future plans of the Highway Commission include much heavier use of this connecting link be tween Kinston and the Beaufort Morehead City area, making pos sible a detour around the con gested New Bern-Cherry Point area. The route at present is ac tually a few miles longer than through New Bern but less traf fic and elimination of the trip through New Bern make it the quickest route in time, if not the. ■ shortest route in miles. . run usetuuness ol mis Maysville Bouge link will not be possible un til the Trenton-Potlocksville sec tion gets the major overhaul that ’is scheduled for it in the near fu ture. Elimination of two very nar row bridges and correction of seve ral sharp curves as well as widen ing and re-surfacing of this link will make the Kinston-Trenton Maysville- Bogue route to More head City far more attractive than the alternative US 70 which is now so heavily travelled. September Re-Opening For Nursing School The executive board of the coun ty-owned Memorial General Hos pital has voted to re-open the hos pital's school of nursing in Septem ber after more than two years without a school for nurses. A committee composed of Chair man Speight Stroud, Preston Har per, Graham Hodges, T. J. Tur ner, Albert Cowper and Jesse Oglesby mady this recommenda tion to the hospitals full board of trustees. An application will be filed im mediately with the North Caro lina Board of Nursing Registra tion and Education for permission to, open the school on an accredit ed basis. roe group aisp recommended that a community steering com mittee be set up to work with hos pital authorities in the re-apening of the school and its successful operation. The nursing school has been, closed at_ the hospital since Jamiarv 4, 1954. to strike out the Buck is five inches younger and Johnson, county jail per
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