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THE JONES COUNTY IOU RNAL NUMBER 44 fRENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1958 VOLUME IX an Simpkins te for State Senate James O. Simpkins With but one candidate officially announced for the Democratic nomination for the two State Sena torial Representatives of the Sev enth district, James O. Simpkins, New Bern business man, Wednes day entered the race for that posi tion. He had, he said, talked to friends throughout the six coun ties of the district—Carteret, Cra ven, Greene, Jones, Lenoir and Onslow—apd had been offered every encouragement. He had, Simpkins continued, carefully considered the needs of each county in the district, and is prepared to devote all the time necessary to carrying out the wishes of the people of the district equally and to the best interest of the State government. There are many problems, he says, confront ing the farmers of eastern North Carolina, and he has first-hand in tonmauon on me aauy prooiems oi the business man. He proposes to devote his efforts ito the develop ment of the State port at Morehead City; to bringing industry to the area, and to give equal considera tion to the commercial and sports fishermen and rivers, streams and harbors. Born in rural eastern North Carolina, near Wilmington, Simp kins is 35 years of age. He was educated at the University of North Carolina and Sipringfieid Col lege; is a veteran of World War II during which he had four years of service with the United States Air Force. For the past twelve years he has been engaged in business in New Bern. At the present time he is serving as a member of the Board of Aldermen of the City of New Bern. He was voted New Bern’s ‘.'Out standing Young Man of the Year” in 1955, and he received a distin guished Service Award from the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce. The same year he was voted “One of the ten men in the United States who had contributed most 10 nignway saieiy. ne is a member of the Speakers’ Bureau of the Governor’s Traffic Safety Council. Now president of the New Bern Civitan Club, Simpkins is Lieu tenant Governor of Zone 9 within the North Carolina District of Civi tan International and is Assistant to the District Governor in the eastern section of the State. He is Chairman of the Boys’ Home Fund which is building the Civitan cot tage at Lake Waocaimaw for de linquent boys, and he is serving on the Board of Directors for the Boys’ Home organization. , He is- a Director of the New | Bern Junior Chamber of Com- | merce, of the Salvation Army and of the New Bern Historical Society. He is a past Vice-President of the New Bern Chapter of the North Carolina Symphony Society. He is a member of the New Bern Lodge of EMcs, the New Bern Post of the America® Legion, a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite 'Mason and a Shriner. He was general chairman of the Vehicle Safety Check pro gram in 1955 when New Bern and Craven County wOn first place in Jones FHA Loans Total $246,340 Farm families in Jones county have received operating loans to taling approximately $246,340 from the Farmers Home Administration during the nine months ending March 31, 1958, reports J. E. Mew born, Jr., the agency’s county supervisor. Each loan averaged $3372. Repayments during the same period on loans previously made totalled $288,308, and were made primarily from sale of tobacco and hogs. Meiwborn said the harvest de mand for Farmers Home Admin istration credit has been to finance family living and farm operating enpenses and to purchase or re finance livestock and farm equip ment. Land Transfers Real estate transfers recorded in the office of Jones County Reg ister of Deeds Mrs. D. W. Koonce during the past week were as follows: From Vera Drown to Wilton P. Mitchell 273 acres in Tuckahoe Township. From Clyde Tyndall to E. I. Russell five acres in Chinquapin Township. From Benjamin DeBruhl to Glen nie DeBruhl Johnson eight acres in Beaver Oreek Township. Jones County Arrests Sheriff Brown Yates reports only two indictments in Jorfes County during the past week and they were of Edward Earl Strayhorn of Pol looksville who was accused of public drunkenness and disorderly conduct and Charles Allen of Mays ville who was charged with non support of minor children. Marriage License Jones County Register of Deeds Mts. D. W. Koonce reports the issue of two marriage license in the past week to: Jaimes Earl Brown of Trenton and Patricia Ann Boyette of New Bern route three. Walter James Mack and Agnes Jordan both of Pollocksville. the entire nation. He was general Chairman of the Presbyterian Col lege drive, and is Chairman of the Advertising Committee of the Bap tist Church. Married to the former Miss Eve lyn Brewer of Clinton, the Simp kins have two daughters, Cassan dra, 9, and Rosalind, 2y2. The family resides at 713 Broad Street in New Bern. Current Survey May Get Federal Funds for Jones County Schools A survey beine made at this time -- in the Jones County School Sys tem may lead to allocation ot some thing like $18,000 per year to the local system for operating expenses from federal sources. Superintendent W. B. Moore says this survey is to find exactly how many students in the Jones County School system are from families wtho are either in the military forces at Camp Lejeune and Cherry Pont or whose parents are civil service employees at these same military establishments. Superintendent Moore says the last survey made showed that 8.95 per cent of the students in Jones County were in these two cate gories. He does not expect the cur rent survey to be greatly different from that percentage. Under existing federal laws funds for operation of the school sys tem, but not for capital outlay are available to those school systems in which more than five per cent of the student load is from these type families. For each pupil an allocation of $75.72 per year is available Pre suming that the current student load from these sources is still in the vicinity of 8.95 per cent, Moore says this will mean something like $18,000 per year may be obtained from this federal education fund. ■Moore stresses that there are Jones County Candidates Denote Incumbent * Sheriff W. Brown Yates* Clerk of Court W. Murray Whitaker* Representative John M. Hargett* School Board W. E. “Mike” Phillips* J. C. West Jr.* J. Council Wooten* Jeff Con-way* County Commissioner David P. Civils Constable Chinquapin Township Jesse Jones STATE SENATOR Jaimes Simpkins absolutely no strings whatsoever attached to this money, except that it may not be used for capital outlay. Any obperating expense may be paid with this money. Moore says he hopes the county school board will accept his recom mendation to use the money to im prove the standards of instruction, but he adlmits that this is count ing “chicks” before they are hatch ed, because the funds are not yet in' the hands of the Jones County School Board. One Hurt, Road Blocked By Monday Train Wreck Mrs. Telsie Moore of Kinston route four, and employee of the Caswell Training School, Monday night had the terrifying experience of sitting helplessly in her car while ibox cars from a derailed freight train seemed to converge upon her from every direction. Mrs. Moore was waiting for the A&EC freight train to cross US 70 just west of Kinston when a split rail caused 20 cars of the train to leave the rcadoed and scatter about the intersection in such a fantastic pattern as to in terrupt highway traffic for two days. Mrs. Moore suffered cuts, bruises, and a most understanda ble shock. A gondoia of coal over turned to her left, “washing” her car sideways into a boxcar. The buckling cars reared high enough in the air to break power lines and disrupt electrical service in the Kinston area for periods ranging from a few minutes to several hours. Chased Wrong Woman Cherry Point Marine James Louis Klingerman Jr. made a number of mistakes last Friday night. He chased a car driven by Mrs. M. D. Dowell of Kinston route five, attempting to get her to stop, and followed her all the way to her home, which is located well off the public roads near the A&EC bridge across Neuse Kiver, Cadet Leon Venters Soloes February 28th 'PENSACOLA, Fla.—A first solo flight was made Feb. 28, by Naval Aviation Cadet Leon S. Venters, Jr., son of Mrs. Ellen E. Venters of Trenton. He attended the University of North Carolina. 'In addition to solo flights, he is being instructed in Communica tions, Navigation, Engineering, Athletics, Aerology and civil air regulations during basic flight training at Pensacola, Fla. PFC Wilbur Eubanks At GI School in ETO MURiNAU, GERMANY - PFC. W:'3ur F. Eubanks, son cf Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur G. Eubanks of Tren ton, recently completed the auto motive and tracked vehicle main tenance course at the Army’s Euro pean Engineer School in Murnau, Germany. Eubanks, regularly assigned as a mechanic in Battery A of the 67th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Bat talion inStutt'gart, Germany, enter ed the Army in December 1956 and arrived in Europe in November 1957. The 23-year-old soldier is a 1954 graduate of Jones Central High School. just south of Kinston. There Mrs. Dowell sounded an alarm anu her husband rushed out to apprehend Young Klingerman, who is indicted on a charge of assault. This, is the hazy scene presented Wednesday morning on the 100 block of West Blount Street when Humphrey Tire Company suffered s heavy lost from a fire of un determined cause. The Rouse Auto Equipment Company, located in the lower portion of the building suffered heavy damage from wa ter falling from the second floor which was gutted by fire. Fire Chief Joe Hailey says some salvage may be made of part of the Hum phrey stock, but what percentage has not yet been estimated. Loss is expected to exceed $100,000. Kinston firemen' above pour stream of water into the burning upper floor storage area of Hum phrey Tire Company on the 100 block of West Blount Street. The fire was found at about 6 a. m. and resisted stubbornly all efforts to put it out for more than two hours. Large numbers of tires and recapping rubber made the fire one of the most difficult in recent years for the department. The building is owned by Doris, Her bert and Johnny Whitfield. The loss was at least partially covered by insurance.
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