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lER 2
fRENTON, N. C, THURSDAY,
VOLUME XI
ABC Profits Permit 12 Cent Drop
In Jones County’s 1959 Tax Rate
Meeting Tuesday for final con
sideration of tile 1959-60 budget
the Ames County Board of Com
missioners were nappy to approve
a 12 cent reduction in the tax rate
because of profits coming to the
county from the operation of its
three ABC whisky stores. The rate
drops from $1.78 to $1.66 for the
1 year.
In addition to this happy re
flection of whisky profits to the
county another $19,000 from ABC
store profits is ear-marked to go
along with $20,000 of state and fed
eral funds for construction of a
> health department building.
The total budget for 1950-60 for
Jones County was fixed at $530,972,
of which $127,348 will be provided
by real and personal' property
taxes. The $1.66 tax rate on the
. $10,060,000 tax listed valuation
yields a theoretical $167,111, but
delinquent tax payers and prepay
ment discounts make necessary the
$167,111 levy in order to get the
$127,346 tax-yield needs of the
budget.
Fiscal 1956-59 fs the first full
year the Jones County ABC stores
have been in operation. The first
of three stores was opened Decem
ber 7,1957.
State and federal funds, beer
and wine tax refunds, court costs,
fines, fees and privilege license
contribute the $407,634 that brings
the budget in balance.
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Branch Bank Holds Formal Opening
May 27th With Many Guests Present
The new Branch Banking and
Trust Oo. building in Trenton,
iwhich has been open flor business
since March 6, had its formal
opening May 27 from 5:00 until 9
p. m.
The building, built in Williams
burg architecture hais four tellers
windows, three offices, the vault,
a bookkeeping department and a
night depository.
Mrs, Alta Koonce is the vice
president and cashier of the Tren
ton branch. Working with her are
Mrs. Lela Pollack, assistant cash
ier, Miss Mavis Koonce, toiler,
Mrs. Peggy DuVal, teller, Mrs.
Nancy Taylor, bookkeeper and Miss
Anna Lou Smith, bookkeeper.
In the receiving line Wednesday
night were Mrs. Koonce, directors
M. E. Hines, R. T. Johnson and
W. R. Bender. Martha Koonce and
Susan Bender also received the
guests.
Miss Koonce, Mrs. DuVai, and
Mrs. Hines guided the tour through
the bank and Mrs. Taylor and Miss
Smith served refreshments.
Refreshments, which were made
by members of the Womans So
ciety of Christian Service of the
Methodist church, were fruit punch,
bam biscuits, sandwiches, cake
squares, nuts and mints. The dec
orations were done in pink and
green. The bank was also filled
with several baskets of cut flow
ers.
Out of town officials attending
the opening were J. E. Pascfaail,
president of the Branch Bank, J.
L. Satcbwell, senior vice presi
dent, D. W. Kellogg, vice presi
fiJTJaKTJSI
I Mrs. Hubbard, Harry k Bate
: enabler, apd Foy N.
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, assistant
vice president from the Wilson In
dustrial Bank, B. H. Patrick, vice
president of Kinston Branch and
Mrs. Patrick, Eli is D. Harrell, as
sistant vice president, Ediward G.
Patrick, assistant cashier, and
Mrs. Patrick and Miss Mildred
Moore, all of Kinston. From the
New Bern Branch, T, ,C. Fitzgerald,
vice president John B/,Green, as
sistant cashier, fames' G. Huff,
assistant oashier, Jiw§e,E.rCayton,
assistant cashier ahidjMrsj.Cayton,
P. M. SeladB,'.assistant' trust of
ficer anid Mrs. Nelson, and J. C.
Bagg, member of the hoard.
Architect- Raymond Faison and
Mrs. Fareon and assistant architect
J. E. Peterson were also present, i
Seek Draft Papers
Local Draft Board No. 53 which
servos Jones County is trying to
contact two young men wfw have |
failed to file proper report*. The,
last address known for the two to
the draft board were Walter %ee j
Chadwick, rout* 2 box 41, Jackson-|
ville, N. C. and Stephen El wood
Turner, 1705 West Vernon Avenue i
present location of these young
men is urged to contact the Tren
ton Board. \
in Kinston. Anyone knowing the
Jay Bird Flies Again
Former Kinston Grocer I. J.
"Jaybird" Sparrow Jr. last week
again lived up to his nickname by
^flying the coop" In San Diego,
California. Picked up early in May
for extradition to North Carolina
where a five year (all term awaits
him. Sparrow managed to get free
under $5,000 bend but when time
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Trenton ABC Store Robbed
Monday Niaht of 20 Cases
Maysville Methodist
Attendance Contest
Ends After 10 Weeks
To climax a ten-week contest
in the Church School of the Mays
vUl« Methodist Church, the con
gregation sponsored a picnic in the
local community building following
the Sunday morning service.
During the worship service five
awards were given to the classes
that had shown the greatest im
provement in attendance and ste
wardship.
The classes that received an a
ward of a white Bible were those
taught by Mrs. R. lL Sn§*st«}cfcs,
Mrs. C- D. Smith, Mrs. R^ytJib
son, Mrsj. Robert Curtin and Mrs,
C. C. Dameron. The Bibles will be
used in the worship centers of the
various classes.
Each child of the Church School
received an Indian headdress con
taining a number of feathers in
dicating the number of times- he
had attended Sunday School and
the worship services.
R. L. Mattocks, Church School
secretary, made the presentations
of the Various awards.
Past-working, thirsty thieves
Monday night parked a car back
of the Branch Banking & Trust
Company in Kinston and then af
ter forcing open the front door of
Jones County ABC Store No. 1
loaded their car with 20 cases of
stolen “spirits” and a few bottles
picked up at random from the store
shelves.
Apparently thinking that a tele
phone line in the rear of the build
ing was a burglar alarm the thieves
cut it before nialrng their raid.
The liquid loot included five
cases of Old Hickory, five cases
of Calvert Reserve, two cases of
Old Crow', two cases of Glenmore
abd one case each of Linfield, Ken
tucky Tavern, Mr. Boston, Old
Quaker, Bellow’s Club, Carstairs,
all of which was pints except the
Old Quaker which was in fifths.
The thieves also lifted one pint
o£t Mint Flavor gin, one pint of
Orange Gin, one fifth of Vodka
and one fifth of White Horse
Scotch.
Tuesday
'' The Blond ay afternoon receipts
of the store—some over $100 was
left in the store in a hiding place.
The thieves probably not supposing
that any thing other than “liquid”
assets would be left in the store
overnight.
‘Hub’ Has Question
"Hub" Andrews appeared be
fore the board of county commis
sioners Tuesday and had just one
poiht' blank question on his mind,
"What has been done and. what
is going to be done about install
ing a highway tile to eliminate
present flooding of my property?"
The board said the matter |had
been brought to the attention of
the Highway Commission and that
was all it could do.
Marriage License
During the past week three
marriage license were issued in
the office of Jones County Regis
ter of Deeds Mrs. D. W. Koonce.
“they went to:
(Robert Howard Jr., 29, and Rosa
Lee Dudley, 25, both of MaysviUe.
Preston E. Sasser, 22, and Ethel
Burfeette, 21, both of Wayne Coun
ty.
Isaac Smith Jr., 21, and Marion
Janet Jenkins, 18, both of Trenton.
Slilgn of Summer
On* sure sign of summer cam*
to tha Jonas County Board of Com
missioners Tuesday as Mrs. F. R.
Pollock, spooking for employees
in the eg building annex asked the j
commissioners to seriously con-1
skier I. die installation of a water
cooler in that part of the building
and, 2 the addition of atr-eondi
AtnMHMS AMI ftlMMSOMl • ftsAOMril L~
Tramni niuimiivnir ■ nv doiiu took
no action an the request.
Jones County’s 1959-60
Budget Set at $530,972;
Tax Rates Drops to $1.66
News Briefs
TUESDAY WRECK
At 12:30 Tuesday afternoon a
wreak at the corner of Heritage
and Gordon streets between cars
driven by Roy w. Griffin of Tren
ton route one and Frank Barnes
of 232 West Gordon resulted in an
estimated $400 damage to the
Griffin car and $600 damage to the
car of Vardo Sa niters of Kinston
route five, which Barnes was driv
ing. Griffin pled guilty to running
a stop light.
HEAVY PROPERTY DAMAGE
An accident at 1:30 a. m. Mon
day at Adikin and Tower Hill Road
resulted in heavy property dam
age; $500 to the car of Wade E.
Pih fer of Wingate and $200 to the
car of James A. Williams of Tren
ton route one. Phifer was booked
for reckless driving and driving
without a driver’s license and
Williams was accused of failure to
yield the right of way.
DENTIST BREAKS BAD
Negro Dentist James F. Cameron
of 1017 Caswell Street was indicted
over the weekend on charges of
breaking and entering, disorderly
conduct, malicious damage to pri
vate property and trespassing. The
charges were brought hy Eunice
Outlaw and Julia Lloyd of 3-F Car
ver Courts. Trial is set for June
8th.
ESCAPE INJURY
Mrs. Willard Carroll of Blue
field,. Va., driving west on. US 70
about four miles east of Kinston
at 11:10 Sunday night lost control
of her car which wound up a total
loss after capsizing in a ditch.
Mrs. Carroll and two passengers
escaped injury.
IN TROUBLE AGAIN
Harold Ciro Hawkins of Kinston
route five was booiked over the
weekend for a 2nd drunken driving
offense and violation of the liquor
laws. Hawkins, owner of a lengthy
police record had not been in trou
ble recently.
TWO CHECKS, TWO MONTHS
Magistrate Bill Thomas Monday
sentenced Roscoe Bachelor of Pink
Hill route one to two months in
prison—30 days for each of two
worthless check charges.
MARINES LEASE HANGERS
City and County officials Mon
day approved a lease with the Ma
rine Corps for two hangers at Stall
ings Air Base. The lease calls for
priority use of these two hangers
by Marine Corps aircraft between
June 1 and November 30 of each
year during hurricanes or hurri
cane scares. The lease price is
$1200 per year and may be can
celled on 30 day notice by the Ma
rine Corps or 90 day notice by the
city and county.
Midget Car Racing
Folks who ,liko a lot of excitment
and noise are invited each Friday
night at 7:30 to midget car races
sponsored by the non-profit Kin
ston Micro Midget Racing Asso
ciation, which has recently com
pleted an eighth of a mile track
on the beck side of the Simon
Jackson Airport south of-Kinston.
From 20 to 25 of these tiny speed
sters take part fas these Friday
night events, including cars from
Ora ansi) ore to the ocean. Any pro
fits the racing association makes
is donated each year at Christ
mas Time to the needy children of
Lenoir County.
Holding its June Meeting on
Tuesday the Jones County Board
of Oomanissonerse stamped ap
proval on a $630,978 budget and
lowered the tax rate from $1.78 to
$1.66 on the $100 valuation.
Hie tax listed valuation of
$10,060,000 would yield $167,111 on
the $1.66 tax rate, but standard
budgeting never permits appro
priations to be made against 100
per cent of the tax levy.
The allocations included in this
budget are shown in the following
tabulation:
Department , Budget
General Welfare 8 8,000
Aid to Blind 1,53a
Welfare Administration 14,413
Old Age Assistance 38,880
Aid Dependent Children 110,160
Aid to Totally Disabled 36,120
County Accountant 3,599
Extension Department 10,474
Forest Fire Control 3,000
Health Department 16,007
Bond Redemption 34,260
School Operation 123,095
School Capital Outlay 13,766
School Debt 19,060
Mosquito Control 2,500
General Fund 96,106
Total $530,972
To balance this budget $403,624
will come from sources other than
tax on real and personal property.
The general fund allocations are
tabulated below:
Dept.
'59-60 '58—59
Budge* Budget
Commissioners
Tax Listing
$ 1,990 $1,281
5,301 3,059
5,231 4,367
8,788 8,4127
2,650 1,083.
Tax Collector
Sheriff Office
Election Board.
‘Building & Ground 41,045 5,278
‘Includes $30,000 building for
Health Department
This is how the $530,972 is al
located for the operation of coun
ty affairs during the coming year.
Next week a detailed analysis will
be published showing where this
money comes from.
Mattocks Reappointed
To Welfare Board
Register Deeds
Coroner
8,471 6,632
50 10
850 341
Jail Expense
Superior Court
Clerk of Court
County Attorney
Miscellaneous
Total
4,250 2,718
7,958 7,194
1,820 1,820
6,610 6480
$96,106 $48,635
Monday Robert Mattocks of
Maysville appeared (before the
board of county commissioners a
iong with Welfare Superintendent
Mrs. Zeta Burt to explain and an
swer questions about the 1959-60
budget of that department.
As one questionable reward for
his services in that difficult post
as welfare board member Mat
tocks was appointed to another
three year term as the commis
sioners’ representative on the wel
fare board.
The State Welfare Board names
one member, the commissioners
name another and these two ap
point the third board member.
Mewbome Resigns
Kinston Postmaster John F.
Mewborne last weak tendered his
resignation effective June 30 of
this year Mewborne has served
for more than three years in the
technical position of "Acting Post
master" since the senate commit
tee charged with approving post
master appointments has held up
Mewbome's confirmation through
throe sessions of congress. Mew
bom; a Republican, was appointed
to succeed Democrat E. R. Wooten
and had the had luck to run into a
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