COUNTY
NUMBER S
fRENTON, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 2«, 1958 VOLUME X
Appreciation Tea
Ttw member* of Tranfon Moth*.
di*t Church will honor th# Rav.
•nd Mr*. Lowi* Dillman Sunday
night from 8 until » with a ftoat
Ing too. Th* toa will bar glaan a* a
ohow of appraciation for all that
Mr. and Mr*. Dillman hay* don*
in th* four yopro that thay hay*
Mon in Tranton, All towmpaopi*
of Tranfon or* Inyttad to attand.
Senator Ervin Reports:
WASHSNGfEON — The Senate
passed the Kennedy-Ives labor h#ll
h:. last week, after five days of' ex
tensive debate. In most part the
bill was confined to the elimina
tion of abuses in the labar4BH&
agemerrt field which were uncover
ed by the McClellan Committee.
Wise COURSE •
The Senate was wise i n so limit
ing the biQ. To have attempted
broadside revisions of the Taft
Hartley law through amendments
would have spelled the defeat. of
any labor legislation at ibis time.
This was true because of the deep
divisions in the Senate regarding
Taft-Hartley changes which -would
Wave delayed action and would
. have brought about a bill unable to
win majority support. By refusing
this course the Senate was able to
a bill which effectively im
list of provisions con
tained in the Kennedy-Ives hill
cannot be detailed in this column.
Reference to a few, however, will
sihow its strength. Briefly stated
are some of the things this bill
•will do:
Guarantees to union members
| tbe right of secret ballot in free
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Maysville Girl’s
Mate Commissioned
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QUAiNTUCO, VA. — Howard C.
Wood, son of Mr. and Mrs. Luther
E. Wood of AdaimsviUe, Ala., and
husband of the former Miss Reba
IL. Bynum of Route 1, Maysville,
was commissioned lieutenant in
the Marine Corps this month.
iLt. Wood, a graduate of West
i Jefferson High School, Quinton,
Ala., sensed four years as an en
listed Marine before enteiing the
Officer Candidate Course.
He is now undergoing the 32
week Marine Officers Basic Course
Quantico, becoming a qualified
platoon leader,
being commissioned he
the 'ao-week Officer
also at Quan
at
ejections <and provides for union
Sections to be held within certain
stipulated times.
Regulates trusteesbip practices
over local unions, requiring full
reporting and placing a time limit
oh the continuance of trusteeships.
Requires under vriminal penal
ties the full reporting and disclo
sure of union operations, both in
ternal processes and finances.
Requires under criminal penal
ties the foil reporting and disclo
sure of all financial transactions
and holdings of union oficers which
might give rise to possible coil
llict-of-interest.
Provides criminal penalties for
the wiilfull destruction or falsifi
cation of junion records.
Provides criminal penalties for
embezzlement or conversion of
union funds by union officers.
Denies union office to anyone
convicted of a felony until the re
sijoration of his voting rights in
the State, thus barring union can
remove at any time a corrupt of
ficial.
Requires under criminal penal
ties full reporting by employers
and labor relations consultants of
activates intended to influence
workers in the exercise of their
bargaining rights under Taft-Hart
ley.
Provides criminal penalties for
givers and receivers of bribes in
labor management dealings.
Such provisions as these, under
proper administration, will do
much to protect both the rank-and
file worker and the honorable and
law-abiding union leader. Only
corrupt unionism will be affected
by the bill.
NO CHANGE
In the course of debate over the
Kennedy-lves proposals, I received
same inquiries as to whether any
provisions would affect State right
to-work laws. This question arose
only in connection with one sec
tion of the bill which provided cer
tain exemptions to the construc
tion industry. At my suggestion the
Conwnittpe inserted a clarifying
statement that nothing in that sec
tion could invalidate any State
right-to-work laws which might
be in conflict with it. The right-to
work laws are unchanged.
Marriage License
Jones County Register of Deeds
Mrs. D. W. Koonce reports the
issue of the following marriage
license in the past week:
June 14th. to Phillip K. Dixon,
18, and Shirley K. Shivar, 18, both
of Trenton.
June 17th to Bobby Lee John
son. '22, of Trenton route one and
Ann Carol Hughes, 21, of Pollocks
vflle.
June 20th Melvin Harris, 26, of
South Boston, ya. to Sylvia Heath,
20, of Maysville.
Jtine- 21a# Max Gardner Aber
28,' ofFuquay Bluings to
Mallard, 22, of Trenton.
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Bowman Gray, Speaker for
Annual Stabilization Meeting
L. T. W^eks, General Manager,
FfueHOo(Ped Tobatoeo Cooperative
Stabilization Corporation', annunc
ed today that Bowman Gray,
President of R. J. Reynolds To
bacco Company, will be the prin
cipal speaker at Stabilization’s 12th
Annual Stockholders Meeting on
June 27tb. Ttae meeting will be
held in Raleigh, N. C., at the Sir
Walter Hotel, beginning at 10:00
a. m.
Other highlights of the meeting
will be the annual reports of the
President, Carl T. Hicks, Walston
burg, N. C., and General Manager
Weeks.
During the business session,
three directors will be elected for
3-year terms. Members of the
Board whose terms expire this
i year are George L. Pate, Rowland,
George Sockwell, Blon College,
and J. E. Wipslow, Greenville,
who died oh April 8, 1958.
Other business to come before
the stockholders will be a proposed
amendment to the By-Laws to
I provide for a tenth director and
for the setting up of ten districts
for the district elections of direc
tors after 1958. At present, all
directors are elected at the An
nual Meeting by the stockholders
in attendance.
Upon adoption of the proposed
amendment, the tenth director
would be elected for a one-year
term at the annual meeting this
year and thereafter his successor
would be elected for a term of
three years. Also, upon adoption
of this amendment, the Board of
Directors, as soon .as practicable
after the Annual Meeting this year,
shall divide the entire flue-cured
vide mat thereafter, each vacancy
on the Board shall be filled by
election in the proper district.
Commenting further on the pro
gram for the Annual Meeting,
Weeks stated that “growers should
make every effort to be present
for this 12th Annual Meeting”.
GETS HIGH 4-H OFFICE
Bruce Phillips, honor collecting
member of the Wheat Swamp 4-H
Club, last week was elected his
torian of the district 4-H Club
group which was holding its an
nual meeting in Raleigh.
Goldsboro Rumrunner Caught
In Fancy Rigged Booze Wagon
Tuesday might Lenoir County
ABC Officers Clarence Bland,
Paul Young and Leo Harper
caught a carload of whisky in tihe
area back of the.. Sears Warehouse
on North East Street in Kinston,
and it was no ordinary vehicle that
was loaded with the grog. It was
loaded with 60 jars of these po
tent “headache drops”.
Driver of the car, Maurice Ver
non Gore of 315 North John Street
in Goldsboro, has been bound
over to the next term of federal
court in New Bern. The car has
been held for confiscation.
The officers describe the car as
one of the most ingeniously de
signed they have recently seen. It*
is a 1956 model Ford, equipped
with a “souped up” Tbundeitbird
engine. The engine was nothing
rare,' since many cars are “jazzed
up” in that fashion.
The rear spring arrangement,
however, was something new.
Special air lift springs had been
installed in the car, to keep it rid
ing level no. matter how heavily
loaded it “might be. The officers
say they followed it for several
blocks, watching it cross railroad
tracks, turn comers and there was.
not a single sign of the load that
the car actually contained.
Dover Distillery is
Destroyed Saturday
Craven County ABC Officer Al
bert Russell and Lenoir County A
BC men Clarence Bland, Paul
Young and Leo Harper raided a
backwoods distillery near Dover at
5:30 Saturday morning with ex
Tuesday from Garner’s Chapel for
cellent luck.
Frank Rouse of Dover route one
was caught leaving the still in a
1953 half-ton truck loaded with 12
gallons of the fresh “real stuff”,
but a companion outran the offi
cers.
The still was of the new steam
type and included a 200-galIon up
right boiler, 1500 gallons of mash
and the usual other minor equip
ment.
Strange Things Are
Passing by La Grange
Five Moseley Hall Township
■citizens saw a sight late Sunday
afternoon that so far has been
impossible to explaii. The quin
tet: Egbert Herring, Robert Hol
land,Gray, J. K. and, Ken
neth Aldridge make this report:
At 6:55 Sunday afternoon a black
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Trenton Firemen Planning
Better Service; Insurance
Commissioner To Visit 21st
on tneir most recent meeting the
members of the Trenton Volunteer
Fire Department discussed ways
and means of developing better
service for the area they serve.
The most difficult problem,
which has not yet been completely
solved is a 24-hour, 365-day-to
the-year telephone that may be
called by people who are in ur
gent need of fire fighters and their
equipment.
Posters have been ordered giv
ing instructions to Trenton area
residents on what to do in case
of fire and these will be posted in
prominent locations.
One suggestion offered by a for
mer volunteer fireman (Journal
Editor Jack Rider) that is being
explored with the telephone com
pany is a telephone located either
at the fire station or in the main
part of town with an outside bell
that would ring loudly enough to
alert people in the area.
At present a person needing the
fire department may have to make
several calls before finding a per
son to report the fire to.
At the next meeting of the de
partment on July 21st a fish stew
supper is to be served and State
Insurance Commissioner Charlie
Gold will be the honored guest and
principal speaker. He will outline
the policies and minimum equip
ment necessities before a fire de
partment begins to have any hap
py bearing on local insurance rates.
AH members of the department
and other city officials have been
urged to attend this meeting and
hear Gold’s comments and sug
gestions.
. Fire On Saturday
Fortunately damage was kept to
a minimum Saturday morning
when a fire starting from a short
circuit in an electric range caused
the Trenton Fire Department to
be called to the home of C. D.
Hodges Jr. Mrs. Stanley Cover saw
smoke coming from the Hodges
Home and called the firemen.
Someone suggested that Mrs. Co
ver was keeping a close watch
on the house because it has been
purchased by the Trenton Baptist
Church as their Pastorium, and
will soon be occupied by Reverend
and Mrs. Cover.
Jones Farmers Invited
Visit Coker Seed Farm
Jones County .Agent Jimmy
Franck arranged for a visit to the
HfailsviUe, SMith Carolina farm
of the Coker Seed Company and
has asked as many farmers as
desire to make the trip.
The date for Jones County farm
ers to visit the fam'ous farms is
June 30th.
Franck says the group plans to
f-ea-ve ifroim the ag building in
Trenton at 6 a. m. on the 30th and
with good luck plans to return- by
dark.
Among -the things of general in
terest that will be seen on the trip
are the latest varieties of tobacco,
both green and cured and in the
process of being cured. Also many
new corn varieties will be seen on
the visit.
Franck says the trip will be
made either by cars or bus, de
pending on the number who desire
to go.
Those who would like to go are
urged to call or drop by the agent’s
office so that plans may be made
accordingly.
Bids Asked for
Stream Clearance
Work in 5 Counties
Plans were announced Thursday
by the Corps of Engineers for
clearing an additional 90 miles of
hurricane clogged streams in five
eastern counties.
Col. H. C. Rowland, Jr., Dis
trict Engineer, said bids are sche
duled to be opened July 30 and
that tiie successful bidders would
be required to begin the work
within 15 days after receipt of the
notice to proceed.
The counties with the number of
miles in each are: Beaufort, 4;
Craven, 22; Greene 33; Jones, 13;
and Wilson 21 miles.
The District Engineer pointed
out that the Corps of Engineers
has been authorized to perform
the work for the federal Civil
Defense Administration by con
tracts with private enterprise on
a competitive basis.
Land Transfers
Real Estate transfers recorded
in the office of Jones County Re
gister of Deeds Mrs. D. W. Koonce
during the past week include the
following:
Caddie P. Jones to Ellis Jones
one lot in White Oak Township.
Jones County Board of Educa
tion to James Spence one lot in
White Oak Township.
A. B. Parker to G. E. Eubanks
one lot in Trenton.
Wilbur Garney Eubanks
Funeral services were held at 4
Saturday from Stone Chapel in
Jones County for Wilbur Garney
Eubanks, a resident of the Plan
tation section, who died on Tues
day from a heart attack.
abject came into sight from the
northeast, heading in a south
westerly direction. It appeared to
be travelling at aibout 750 feet
altitude and was Slowly gaining
altitude as it ipassed over this
puzzled group.
The solid black sphere—with no
markings and no trailing cables
or wires—appeared to be travelling
about 60 to 75 miles -per hour. It
remained in sight for about 10
minutes. Estimates of its size put
its diameter at from 20 to 25 feet.
The black ball turned westwardly
in the distance and disappeared
from sight.
Do you have any explanations?