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,HinmER» TRENTON, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1958 VOLUME X Jones Commissioners Veto Bill from Governor Asking Help with Investigation Cost Monday the Jones County Board of Commissioners rose to a point of primcdiple and refused to pay what was called Jones County’s pro rata part of the cost of the recent much publicized investiga tion of the Eastern Carolina Hous ing Authority. The bill sent from the governor’s (ctllice asked $88.11 from Jones County. The Jones Board felt that it did not have any part in calling for the investigation that it did not authorize any expenditures and that although the amount was small it did not have any legal justification for paying it. So far five of the 10 counties in the housing authority have agTeed to pay the bill sent from the gov ernor’s office. The Jones County commissioners were not attempting to be “diffi eult”, but their vote merely ex pressed their conviction that they did not have legal authority to make such an expenditure, one of ficial reminded. Greene County Girl Killed in Accident Near Mount Olive A 20 year-old Greene County '' girl was killed and five other per sons seriously injured in an auto mobile collision five miles east of Jft, Olive Friday morning,,u, > modal hospital, Kinston, Was Mar garet Janice Moore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Felix J. Moore of Snow Hill, route 2. Patrolman J. F. Allsbrook, who investigated, said the girl sustained a crushed chest and head injuries. Injured were Martin Nelson, 49. Norman Raynal, 17, and E. L. Raynal, 59, all of White Plains, N. Y., and Raymond Fletcher Gray, 22, and bis mother, Mrs. Fletcher Gray, 58. of Snow Hill, route 2. Allsbrook said the car, in which (the dead girl was riding, was traveling west on Highway 55, when it was in collision with a car, driven by Nelson and traveling south on Highway 403. According to Allsbrook, the Nel son car failed to stop at a stop sign and ran into the path of a car driven by Gray and in which -Miss Moore was a passenger. He said the front of the Gray car crashed into the deft side of the other. Norman Raynal, who suffered a scalp injury, and his father, E. L. Raynal, who sustained fractures of the neck, both arms and a leg, were transferred from the Kin ston hospital, where they were given preliminary treatment, to I>uke hospital, Durham. Nelson and Mrs. Gray suffered broken backs, While Gray sustain ed a head injury and was suffering from amnesia, the patrolman re ported. These three remained at Lenoir Memorial hospital, where BJirs. Gray also is being treated for a head injury. MORE*WORK FOR CHASE Court House Custodian Tommy Chase had the care and mainten ance of the grounds around the Agriculture Building added, to his chores Monday by the board of County commissioners after they bad approved payment of a $24 bill incurred Last^month for cleaning up of the lot back of the building. Havelock Woman is Hurt Badly Monday In Kinston Wreck Susie Pearl Moore of Havelock suffered two fractures of her left ankle at noontime Monday in a collision at the corner of College and Rhodes in northwest Kinston. Charles Allen Rouse of La Grange route three was driver of the other ear. He was charged with failure to yield the right of way. Damage was estimated at $300 to the Rouse car, $200 to the Moore car and a parked car belonging to Edna Rouse of 706 Parrott Ave nue also collected an estimated $100 worth of dents. Constable Race The only township political squabble in last Saturday's elec tion in Jones County was between Terry Koonee and C. N. Mallard for the job of Township Constable. Koonee got 262 votes while Mallard was only collecting 52. In Piiney Grove Precikct Koonee got 28, Mallard 24; in Pollocksville pre cinct Koonee got 228 and Mallard only 34. Small Child Badly Burned Saturday by Spilled Hot Grease Three year-old George Higgs, son of Lt. Col. and Mrs. Calvin Higgs of 702 East Gordon Street in Kinston suffered critical burns Saturday afternoon when he spill ed grease from a deep fat fryer over ,60 per cent of his body. The child was given emergency treatment in a Kinston hospital ' and then flown by helicopter to Fort Bragg, where a team of spe cialists was brought from Fort Sam Houston, Texas to give the little boy treatment. After preliminary examination and treatment there the child and tfae attending specialists were fLown back to Texas to the base hospital which is the plastic sur gery headquarters for the Air Force. Colonel Higgs is stationed with the Air Force at Seymour Johnson Field in Goldsboro. Marriage License Jones County Register of Deeds Mrs. D. W. Koonice reiports the issue of two marriage license in the past week to the following: Jaimes Willard Gooding, 24, of Kinston and Helen Lucille Cheston, 21, of Trenton route two. Egbert Lee Burkette, 22, of Dover route two and Deanna Griffin, 17, of Dover route one. Land Transfers During the past week transfers of two tracts of land were record ed in the office of Jones County Register of Deeds Mrs. D. W. Koonce. They were: From Joseph A. Quinn to J. C. Hill 15.04 acres in Tuckahoe Town ship. From K. M. Murphy to How -ard Knight three acr^s in Pollocks-' ville Township. One Jones Arrest The only arrest reported in Jones County during the past week was that of Walter Foy of Maysville who was' accused of public drunk enness and disorderly conduct. X ■ Vance P. Lee Sues Courie Brothers for Possession of Farm A suit was filed in Jones County Superior Court this week by Vance P. Lee against N. F. and Taft F. Courie seeking recovery of $4,793.41 or possession of a tract of land in Cypress Creek Township of Jones County. Lee’s suit alleges that he placed an option on the specified tract of land with the condition in the option that he (Lee) had to spend not less than $600 toward com pleting a dwelling house on the fanm that was under construction at the time of the option. Lee alleges that he spent $4,793. 41 on the house. The option called for the payment of $3,700 to the Couries by Lee. Lee further alleges that the Couries have failed and refused to complete the sale of the speci fied tract of land, despite the fact that he has been and still is ready, willing! and able to exercise his option. Accident Suit Filed By Henry W. Gerock Suit was filed this week in Jones County Superior Court by Henry W. Gerock of Maysville against Ben Rhodes of Lenoir County seek ing to recover $300 and'interest from an automobile accident. The wreck took place February 24, 1958 near Kinston on US 70. Gerock alleges that his ear $uf Incumbents, Creagh, George Elected Jones Commissioners Only 1,038 Jones Countians in terrupted their farming (or fish ing) Saturday to vote in the pri mary and they elected the three incumbent County Comimissioners, who were in the race: Thomas Stilley, Harold Mallard, and D. A. Jones; one former commissioner, John W. Creagh Jr. and a new comer to politics, Braxton George. George led the ticket with 688 votes out of the possible 1,038. Stilley was in second place with 612, Creagh was third with 555, Jones was fourth with 505 and Har old Mallard was fifth with 491. The other four oandidiates ran as follows: Wayne Mallard was sixth with 471 votes, Levi Mallard was seventh with 356 votes. David Civils was eighth with 286 votes and Jasiper Foy ran ninth with 279 votes. The vote by precincts was as follows: White Oak: Wayne Mallard 35, Levi Mallard 38, Civils 17, Stilley 49, Harold Mallard 48, Jones 46, George 59, Creagh 72, Foy 24. Tuckahoe: Wayne Mallard 73, Levi Mallard 13, Civils 81, Stilley 66, Harold Mallard 53, Jones 136, George 129, Creagh 48 and Foy 14. Chinquapin: Wayne Mallard 49, L^vi Mallard 36, Civils 81, Stilley 66, Harold Mallard 36, Jones 33, George 86, Creagh 45 and Foy 60. iPoIlocfcsville: Wayne MallaTd 120, Levi Mallard 139, Civils 35, Stilley 153, Harold Mallard 162, Jones 92, George 142, Creagh 199, Foy 30. Piney Grove: Wayne Mallard 27, Levi Mallard 37, Civils 21, Stilley 42, Harold Mallard 21, Jones 35, George 32, Creagh 35, Foy 28. Beaver Creeik: Wayne Mallard 19, Levi M’allard 14, Civils 19, Stilley 28, Harold Mallard 26, Jones 20, George 19, Creagh 13, Foy 20. Trenton: Wayne Mallard 123, Levi Mallard 54, Civils 51, Stilley 115, Harold Mallard 112, Jones 91, George 100, Creagh 86, Foy 81. Cypress Creek: Wayne Mallard 25, Levi Mallard 25, Civils 32, Stilley 46 Harold Mallard 33, Jones 52, George 101, Creagh 57, Foy 27. From the total vote cast for commissioners (4,223) the numeri cal majority needed for nomina tion was 422, so all five top men 1 were nominated. Hamilton Leads Senate Race in Jones County Pvt. Ernest Phillips At GI Signal School FORT GORDON, GA.—Pvt. Er nest M. Phillips, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs Zeke Phillips, Route 1, Mays ville, recently completed the 15 week radio teletype operator course at the Army Southeastern Signal School, Fort Gordon, Ga. Phillips, a 1957 graduate of Jones Central High School, entered the last October and received his basic combat training at Fort Jackson, S. C. Senator Jordan Seeks Water Project Funds oenaior a. nvereu joraan nas asked Congress to approve nearly a half million dollars for “badly needed’’ water projects in North Carolina. Most of the funds the new Tar Heel Senator asked would go for survey work and include long lanige studies of the development of the Neuse and cape Fear River basins. In his requests, Jordan paid tri bute to the late Sen. W. Kerr Scott for initiating several major water projects in the State. In asking Congress to start sev eral new water development pro ject and continue “without delay” other North Carolina projects, Jor dan criticized President Eisen hower for being “unrealistic and unwise” in his budget recommen dations for water development. Of the total of $453,700 Jordan is asking for 10 North Carolina projects in fiscal 1959, the Presi dent included only $149,700 cover ing three projects in his budget sent to Congress in January. “We have many, many contem plated water projects in North Carolina that will determine to a large degree the futule develop ment of our State. It would be a serious mistake to stop everything where it is now, as the President recommended, in effect, in his pro posals for North Carolina,” Jor dan said. Jordan asked that $40,500 be appropriated to continue an exten sive study of the development of the Cape Fear River Basin, $35,000 to carry on a survey of the Neuse River Basin, and $125,000 for ad vanced planning and engineering in the Wilkesiboro Reservoir pro ject on the Yadkin River. Jordan gave special emphasis to these projects as important fac tors in the growth and develop ment of the state. “The Cape Fear and Neuse River Basin projects could easily change the entire economic com plexion of Eastern North Carolina. For many years, thousands of acres of fertile farmland, cities, indus tries, business houses and resi dences have had repeated floods and threats of floods,” he said. fn addition to additional funds for Wilkesboro, the Cape Fear and the Neuse projects, Jordan asked: $53,000 to deepen the Thorough fare-Cedar Bay channel neal At lantic in Carteret County; $146,000 to complete the deepening of the basin in Beaufort Harbor, $15,000 to complete a study of farmland flooding along the Intracoastai Waterway between Pungo River and Alligator River in Hyde Coun ty; $10,000 to finish a study of deepening Rollinson Channel be tween Hatteras and Pamlico Sound; $10,000 to complete a study of building a breakwater in Stum py Point Bay in Dare County; $4,500 to start a study of cutting channel at Topsail Inlet and build ing boat basin at Surf City; and $14,700 to complete study of deep ening waterway aonnecting Pamli co Sound and Beaufort Harbor. Jordan noted that funds for deepening the harbor at Morehead City were not recommended in his request because “this jl’oject is included in the omnibus River and Harbors Rill that was vetoed by the President.” He said he hopes enough votes are mustered in Oongress to override this veto. He described the projects he out lined to the Senate Appropriations Luther Hamilton of Carteret County, who led the ticket in the entire Seventh Senatorial District, was also the leader in Jones Coun ty, gathering 521 votes, while Clyde Sabiston came in second with 473, closely followed by Jaimes Simp kins with 464, while John L. Kal iam brought up the fear with only 250 votes in the county. In the district as a whole Simp kins ran second and he and Hamil ton were elected with clear nu merical majorities over Sabiston and Kallam. The senatorial vote by princincts is as follows: Precinct Ham. Simp. Kal. Sab. White Oak 49 Tuckahoe 80 Chinquapin 57 PollocksvUle 136 Piney Grove 30 Beaver Creek 16 Trenton 112 Cypress creek 41 Totals 521 47 47 40 126 40 22 83 59 464 12 65 40 37 9 19 44 24 250 68 67 59 128 28 10 88 25 473 Richard Sutton Family Reunion Sunday the descendants of the Late Richard W. Sutton will gather in their annual reunion. The Cliffs of The Neuse State Park will bo the scene of this Sutton gathering and all members of the clan are urged to come and to bring the usual heavily laden picnic baskets. Committee, and the funds needed to carry on work on them during the coming fiscal year, as “mini mum requirements to keep badly needed water development in North Carolina moving ahead.”
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