Seventh District Senate
Seats Sought by Five
me nnai wees ot maneuvering
aaw the list of candidates grow to
five for the two seats in the state
Senate from file seventh (district.
For weeks it appeared that In
cumbent Luther Hamilton of Car
teret County and New Bern Jewel
er James Simpkins would be the
.Democratic nominees -without op
position, but this possibility eva
porated during the last -week be
fore filing.
Clyde Sabiston, well known farm
er .and business man of Jackson
ville, filed on Thursday, Darris
W. Roonce, Trenton attorney, filed
■on Friday and Lenoir Counitian
John Lawton Kail aim filed at 11 a.
nn. .Saturday, jnst an hour before
the filing deadline.
This final flurry of filing gave
five of the six counties in the dis
trict a candidate, with each coun
ty except Greene represented in
the hassle.
Hamilton, the incumbent, was
nominated along with John Daw
son of Kinston without opposition
Jn 1956; so his vote-getting ap
Jones County Field
Day to be Held May 2
&Md Bay will be 'held May .2nd
at Jones Central High School,
■with the four elementary schools,
, Maysville, Pollocksville, Trenton
jriM Comfort participating. This
wll J» art all day affair and pa
rents and frieode will want to Jt*
— umau ,ump. ao yard 'da^, hiS
jump, relays, potato race, sack
race, football throw and football
kick. The girls will base broad
jump, high jump, 50 yard dash,
relays, potato race, sack race and
softball throw. Go, and support
your school!
Game Night Held
Game night was held at the Tren
ton Womans Club Friday night and
there were seven tables, includ
ing setback, bridge, canasta and
scrabble.
Mrs. W. F. Hill and Miss Macy
Mallard won canasta prnes, Mrs.
Marvin Thomias won a prize in
scrabble, W. F. Hill won first prize
in setback and in bridge, Mrs. M.
E. Hines won high, Mrs. Bertha
Baker won second high and Mrs.
Wayne Foscue won low.
After the games, cake, nuts and
coffee were served by members
of the Womans dub. A profit of $50
was made and this money will go
toward repairs on the club house
as part of the Finer Carolina pro
ject.
District Legion Meeting
Scheduled April 23 in Tyenton
A meeting of the 6th District
American Legion will be held April
26 at 7:30 p. m;.» Trenipn. ,,
den Newton Smith Post No. 154
of Trenton is extending an invita
tion to all Leiippaires of the 6th
District, in good standing, to come
to their Legion Hut, located on
the Jones County Fair Ground for
a Dutch Supper and Social Hour.
Alt 8:36 p. m. the 6th District
meeting will be called into sessip*
Edward Parker is
21, Edward
was eleot
flhe Jones Central
Association for
peal over the district is an un
known quantity.
Simpkins in ’56 ran against Con
gressman Graham Barden, whose
district includes four of the six
icourtties in the state senate dis
trict.- Running against the power
ful Barden forces Sinupkins lost
3,906 to 2,086 in Craven County;
2,688 to 799 in Carteret County;
2,776 to 1,397 in Onslow County and
i1,129 to 559 in Jones County. In
the entire district which also in
cludes Pamlico, Pender, Wayne,
JJupiin and Sampson counties
iSimpson lost .to Barden by 21,427
to 9^330.
Koonce has never sought an
elective office. He is a World War
,U Marine Corps veteran with an
outstanding record in the South
Pacific.1 He has served as district
veterans services office in the
(State Veterans Commission and is
a native of Jones County.
Satodston has served as mayor
and alderman of Jacksonville and
is now a member of the Onslow
County ABC board, the Eastern
Carolina Housing Authority and
the State Democratic Executive
Committee. He has never sought a
district office.
Kali am is a member of the
North Carolina Veterans Commis
sion, a disabled World War H
veteran, a member of the Lenoir
County Democratic % Executive
Committee, who is also making'his
Koonce in announcing Ms candi
dacy lined up squarely against
Governor Luther Hodges. None of
the other candidates has issued any
statements on that tender subject.
Kallam, appointed by Hodges to
the Veterans Commission, says he
is a life-long friend of the Gover
nor and that he likes some of the
things Hodges has done and
violently disagrees with some
others. As a member of the Veter
ans Commission he refused to go
along with the Governor when
Former ABC Board Chairman Tom
Allen was given a job with the
Veterans Commission, and re
l sisted strongly enough to override
I the effort of the Governor to “find
a place” for the deposed ABC
Board Chairman.
Since the Seventh District is the
only completely legally wet sena
torial district in North Carolina,
insofar, as the sale of alholic bev
erages is concerned, it is impor
tant to know how each of the five
candidates stands on that issue,
and all have stated that they are
in favor of the county option sys
tem of whisky controls.
Jones Central FFA
Teams in Contest
Two teams of boys representing
the Jones Central Chapter of the
Future Farmers of America en
tered the Livestock Judging Con
test of the Sou/thwood Federation
April 22 at the' Caswell Training
School in Kinston.
The Dairy Judging Team com
posed of Thomas Marshbum,
Clarence Euzanks, Philip Brooks,
and Francis Swinson won third
place in the competition. Pink Hill
took first place.
The Beef Cattle and Hog Judg
ing Team composed of Harvey Eu
banks, Lynwood Griffin, Bruce
Turner, Clayton Jones, and Carl
Brown won fourth place. La Grange
took first place.
FHA Rally May 10th
At Cliffs of Neuse
The Quad-County Rally of the
F. H. A. Clubs of this area will
be held at the Cliffs of the Neuse
State Park cm May 10, beginning
at 10:30 a. m.
At this time degrees will be
awarded for the different levels
of F. H. A. work. Three Jones Cen
tral girls, Joyce Whaley, Sue Carol
Boye'te, and Elizabeth Wells, will
be awarded State Degree Symbols.
They are the first in the history of
the school to win these av/ards.
The Jones Central Chapter has
elected Lou Ann Jarman to serve
as secretary of the Quad-County
Rally.
Beddard Leads at
Platter, Batting .625
On Mound by 6 to 1
Cyrus Beddard, right-handed ace
of the Jones Central Rockeits, leads
his team with an impressive bat
ting average of .625. Teammates
who are helping him pelt the op
position with hits are Lynwood
Griffin .424, Freddie Spence. 357,
Jerry Spence .308, George Mal
lard .393.
Leading in runs is B. C. Spivey
with 14, Lynwood Griffin with 13,
and Beddard with 12.
Lynwood Griffin leads in stolen
bases with 10 and Sherwood Hen
derson has made 9.
Boiih Lynwood Griffin and Cy
rus Beddard have made two homa*
runs each.
Cyrus Beddard is credited with
having pitched and won 6 games
and lost 1. Jerry Spence has won
3 and lost none.
Elaine Parker New
FHA President
In the last meeting of the school
year, the Future Homemakers of
America chapter of Jones Central
High School elected Elaine Parker,
of PoUocfcsville president for next
year.
Other elected were Catherine
Collins, Vice President; Suzanne
Bender, Secretary; Linda Faye
Mallard, Treasurer; Kaye Koonce,
Parliamentarian; BUender Jen
kins, Historian; Glenda Hardee
and Joyce Killingstworth, Song
Leaders; and Hostess Chairman,
Mary Jo Bender.
From monies raised through the
sate of Christmas and Ail-Occasion
recreation within the family group.
The Jones Central band, just
year under the
played five
Jones County’s Political
Feuds Limited to Baces
For Board and Constable
When the filing deadline arrived
at noon last Saturday the only
purely county .political competi
tion in Jones County was for the
five sea's on the board of county
commissioners and for the job of
constable in Polloeksville township.
Incumbents Sheriff Brown Yates,
Court Clerk Murray Whitaker and
Representative John Hargett be
came the automatic nominees of
the Democratic Party for their re
spective posts since no one filed
against them.
The same flattering lack of com
petition also nominated the in
cumbent county board of educa
tion, which includes Chairman
Charlton West Jr., Jeff Conway,
Clyde Banks, Council Wooten and
Mike Phillips.
The board of commissioner’ race
will be between three incumbents;
Chairman Tam Stilley, Harold
Mallard and D. A. “Dock” Jones
and six other candidates; J. W.
Creagh Jr., Wayne Mallard, Brax
ton George, David Civils, Levi C.
Mallard and Jasiper Lee Foy.
Creagh has served before on
the county board and Levi Mal
lard has been an unsuccessful
candidate for the House of Repre
sentatives twice before. The others
are talking their first crack at
county politics.
The consttafele race in Polloaks
ville Township is between Terry
Koonce and Nick Mallard.
Jesse Jones is unopposed for con
stable of Chinquapin Township and
C- Hgber Moore is unopposed for
Justice of Peace for Trenton
Township.
The only other Jones County
Candidate is Attorney Darris
Koonce, who is seeking one of the
two seats in the state senate from
the seventh senatorial district,
which includes Greene, Lenoir,
Jones Central Junior-Senior
Prom is Set for 7:30 Friday
Beginning r.m p. m. rriaay,
j April 25, the Junior Class of Jones
Central High School will entertain
the Senior Class with a banquet
and prom.
The 80 members of the Junior
Class have worked all year to raise
funds for their lavish “Spring in
the South” theme. In addition to
the 64 Senior guests, the faculty,
superintendent, and the Jones
Central High School Board are in
vited to attend the banquet.
For the prom, scheduled from
9:00 to 11:30 p. m., the Juniors
and Seniors will bring their invited
guests.
Jerry Pelletier, president of the
Junior Class, Mrs. Elizabeth Yates,
Miss Amy White, and Mr. Oscar
Gilley, class siponsoros, are in
charge of the event.
Cards the Jones Central Chapter
will purchase a six plaice setting of
dirmerware for the kitchens in the
Home Economics Department.
Also the group voted to pur
chase permanent-tyipe record books
for the treasurer and secretary,
and a scrapbook. Also purchased
were emblems for those winning
Junior, Chapter, and State De
grees.
Baseball Friday
In their first tangle this year
the Jones Central Rockets took the
first win in baseball history from
Pamlico County. They are set to
repeat that performance Friday
at 1 p. m. This will be the fifth
conference game of the season for
the “'Rockets”. They have at pre
sent a 3 won, 1 lost conference
record. Their over-all record is
an impressive 9 won, 1 lost record.
Marriage License
Janes County Register of Deeds
Mrs. D. W. Koonee reports the
issue of two marriage license in the
past week to:
Robert N. Jarman, 19 and Clau
dia Metts, 18 both of Trenton.
Woodrow Hill, 31, and Luberta
Collins, 37, both of New Bern route
two.
Divorce Suit Filed
A suit for absolute divorce and
custody of a child born to the mar
riage was filed in Jones County
Superior Court last week by Betty
Jean Bell Bender, through her
mother, Mrs. Mhble L. Bell, against
Vann Patrick Bender, who cur
rently is a member of the armed
forces. Two year’s separation is
the ground upon which the divorce
is asked.
BASEBALL SCHEDULE
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MAY
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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 Conway*
Clyde Banks*
County Commissioner
David P. Civils
Levi Mallard
Harold Mallard*
J. T. Stilley*
D. A. Jones*
J. W. Creagto Jr.
Jasper Lee Foy
Braxton George
Wayne Mallard
Constable
Chinquapin Township
Jesse Jones
Polloeksville Township
Terry Koonce
Nick Mallard
Justice of Peace
Trenton Township
C. Heber Moore
STATE SENATOR
James Simpkins
Luther Hamilton
Harris W. Koonce
John L. Kallam
Clyde L. Sab is ton
Craven, Onslow and Carteret Coun
ties. Koonce is opposed by James
O. Simpkins of Graven, Clyde L.
Sabislton of Onslow, Lttbier Hamil
ton of Carteret and John Lawton
Kallam of Lenoir County.