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These are random shots at the Larkina Birthday Dinner Saturday: Randolph Foy, at (aft, exhibits the : latest in masculine millinery, an off-the-f ice Basque straw, for af ternoon teas and political barbe | cues. Next in line Ifonoree Lark* ■ ins is flanked by Commissioners Braxton George, D. A. Jones, Harold Mallard, J. W. Creagh, Sheriff Brown Yates and County Attorney George Hughes. In the picture at right, Larkins smiles as Master of Ceremonies Court Clerk Murray Whitaker brings up plesant memories of their 29-year association, while in the middle Attorney Hughes smiles at the Whitaker ancedote. THE JONES COUNTY Trenton Firemen Organizing Rescue Squad to Serve Area; Financial Suonort Asked ■WWIgi This week a letter over he Trenton Volcmteer Fire Department asked the help •of all people in the - general Tren ton area in setting up a rescue squad. Hie letter follows: “Hie members of the Trenton Volunteer Fire Department have organized; an emergency reseae squad to help in emergencies such as drowning, heart attacks, elec trical shocks, acute asthmatic at tack, and accidents of all kinds. “Hie men of the department will he given Red Cross first aid course to permit them to give aid in emergencies. , ;.*T%e «ay way we.have to g*. the rescue squad and resuacitatur needed for these emergencies is ‘formal the financial support of in dividuals and the moral support of the entire community. “As everyone knows we don’t have a doctor in the immediate Trenton area. The rescue squad could mean the difference between Bfe and death in many circum stances. The first aid course will not mate doctors of the rescue squad but It will permit us to get people in need of emergency medi cal care to that help more quickly and more safely. This is a non profit organisation and nobody draws any pay of any kind. “During the past feiw years a number of people have been killed in the Trenton area. It is entirely possible that a function the lives of same of these. “In the next few days you will be approached by one of the volun teer firemen or by letter for a contribution. Give all you possibly can or if you wish to mail a con tribution address it to E. V. Eu bank, Rescue Squad Captain, Trenton, N. C. “The resuscitator of the type to be purchased will .be displayed a round the county and in Trenton and it is the type most highly rec ommended for all types of respira tory failure.” Quick Glance at Jones Budget COMES IN HERE Back Taxes Intangible Tax Land Sales Court Fees Beg. Deed Fees Rentals Beer License Farm Census Veteran Commission Beer-Wine Tax Forest Fund Tax Commissions Court Costs A©c Stores Poll Tax Interest Dog Tax Court Fines School Income State-Fed. Funds Taxes Levied* Total $ 23,606 4,635 4.500 1,000 3.000 1,600 325 240 405 8,600 5.000 7.500 2.500 25,000 1,675 1,860 700 3,100 3,915 30,700 284,841 116,268 $530,972 Obviously every figure under in come is an estimate—an educated estimate, based on past yields from these many sources of revenue tp the county. General practice among all bud get makers is to lean over back wards to keep the budget in the black. T?ds is reflected in the $116^66 tax figure in the tabula tion above. Theoretically tbe $1.66 tax rate fixtd this month by the would Department Budget General Welfare 8 8,000 Aid to Blind 1,532 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 123,093 School Capital Outlay 13,766 School Debt 19,060 Mosquito Control 2,500 General Fund 96,106 Total $530,972 yield $166,996—but some taxpayers pay in advance and earn a dis count. Many more simply pay their taxes on time, but another considerable segment of the tax payers either cannot or will not pay their taxes until they are past due. This group accounts for the land sale item of $4,500, the bach tax item of $23,608, and the tax convmission item Of $7,500. .Hie only figures that the board can fix with certainty in preparing a budget are the state and federal matching funds that are allocated to all counties on a fixed formula, which makes it possible to know exactly how much will be allocated to Jipoes County if it appropriates the necessary number of match ing dollars. This applies in the school, welfare, health, forestry, extension and mosquito control de partments. An example of this matching funds may be seen in the school where the operating costs for the coming year are fixed at $123,095. Of this total various matching funds account for $89,203. Book rentals and other minor income of the school system account for $3,915, court fines are expected ip contribute $3,100, dog tax pays $700 toward running the schools, $6,200 in refunds from numerous sources, an $8,200 carry-over sur plus, $5,000 back taxes and1 $900 from intangible tax sources leave the county commissioners with the job of just digging up $5,777 in new tax money to cover current operating expenses of the school system. Items that do no share to any great extent in these state and federal matching funds require a much larger slice of new tax money. The general fund for in stance which covers county offi cers such as sheriff, clerk of court, maintenance of buildings and grounds gets much less out side help. This general fund bud get of $96,106 is derived from $740 CjonHiwsd on page 10 Wreck Near Kinston Kills Two, Hurts 5 On Monday Evening Lenoir County’s 5th and 6th high way fatality’s of 1969 came from a wreck at 5 p. m. Monday just east of the US 70 bypass bridge across Neuse River south of Kin ston. Eddie Dixon of 104 West South Street was killed instantly and Johnnie Moore of 500 South Queen Street died two hours later in Lenoir Memorial Hospital. The pickup truck in which the dead men were riding with seven others was being driven by 16 year-old Clarence Henry Dixon, son of the dead man. No other vehicle was involvtd and apparently the young driver, who had just gotten his license six months before, lost control and permitted the truck to roll over the fill while travelling at a pretty Continued on page 10 I Saturday 1,647 mends of Na tional Democratic Committeeman John Lark'no gathered in Tren ton for a barbecue birthday sup per on his 50th birthday anniver sary, and the mood of the crowd as well as the words spoken in a brief ceremony urged Larkins’ candidacy for governor in 1960. A county-wide committee head ed by Rudolph Pelletier of Mays ville had sponsored the supper honoring Jones County’s favorite politician. Superior Court Clerk Murray Whitaker was master of cere monies and lauded Larkins’ de votion to and sacrifices for the Democratic Party. Whitaker said, “I love a good Democrat, and John Larkins is one of the best.” Long-time colleague County At torney George Hughes also spoke briefly but feelingly of Larkins’ accomplishments and of his ex cellent chance of becoming North Carolina’s governor in 1960 if his friends across the state would stand together. County Commissioners’ Chair man John W. creagh reminded the audience which was 99.9 per cent Jones County, with only a handfull of out-of-county guests, “It’s all right for us to squabble amongst ourselves about county issues, but when it comes to back ing John Larkins for Governor that’s one subject on which we should all stand solid.” . Supper Chairman Pelletier pre sented Larkins with a jewelery gift and Laririns responded with brief recollections of his arrival in Tren ton as a young lawyer with noth ing but “Miss Pauline, $64 and a tforn out car.” (Mrs. Larkins is the former Pauline Murrell of Onslow County.) Larkins remembered that his first law office was in the livery stable office and he thanked the people of Jones County for their help and understanding through the years. In his 29 years as a Jones Ooun tian, Larkins recalled that his two daughters had been born and educated there, and the oldest, Emma Sue, had married a Jones County boy, Dalton Loftin, and Continued on page 10 Here Larkins exhibits his best handshaking manner with More-' headf >C4y Radioman Grover C.1 Muden, while Mrs. Virgil Jenkins of Maysviile listens ho the ex change of pleasantries. imi tt me Larkins handshake, viewed from Ae other side. Mr. and Mrs. Carl.Gray flank Larkins' •* ho welcomes another guest to tho Legion Fairgrounds in Trtri ton.
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