THE JONES COUNTY
NUMBER 33
fRENTON, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1960 VOLUME XI
Pollocksville Man is
Robbed of $400 in
Early Monday Crime
A man described amply as4‘very
tall” stuck a pistol in the ribs of
Joe Wilson, nightwatcharau for file
Williaims-M'CKeithan Lumber Com
pany at Pollocksville, and took
some over $400 early Monday
morning.
'The long-legged thief then added
injury by taking Wilson’s pickup
track to make bis geitaway.
The truck was found Tuesday
morning about five miles north
east of Kinston in a wooded area
along Jericho Branch.
Several suspects have been
questioned but no arrest has yet
been made. 5
Wilson bas the reputation (of be
ing a “one-mian bank” around the
saiwmill, lending money to ern
jOoyees who are a little short for
cash. Ibis complicates the solu
tion of the base since so many
present and foomer employees of
the sawmill know he, Wilson, gen
erally kept several hundred dol
lars on his person.
Kinston Pair Hold
For Pink Hill Tkeft
Gerald Jones of 1005% East
Bright Street and Ms untile, Paul,
Hardison of 27-C Simon Bright
Homes, have Been charged with
breaking, entering and larceny for
the robbery last wetifc of T. A. Tur
ner & Company in Pipk Hill.
Cooperation Monday between the
sheriff’s department, HCmatan po
lice and SBI Agent F. B. Pearce
led to the indictments.
Very little of the estimated $1,000
haul from the Pink Hill establish
ment has been recovered.
Items stolen includes several
record jflayers, several radios, a
dozen wrist watches, some alarm
dodcs, one vacuum cleaner, one
tire, about 20 cartons of cigarettes,
$5 in cash and 10 pounds of Frosty
Morn meats.
Jones, who is remembered for
his theft of a motor scooter in |
Texas which he rode batik teMarfh !
Carolina, is under $10,000 bond and
Hardison is under $1,000 bond.
Marriage License
Over the Christmas Holidays one
marriage license was issued by j
, Jones County Register of Deeds
Mrs. D. W. Koonce and it went t)|
Leslie Banks, 32, of Trenton route
two and Betty Lou Small, 26, of
Deep Run route one.
Tax Appraisers for
1960 Named Monday
W. G. Mallard and vB. C. Gray
were renamed tax appraisers for
Jones County by the board of coun
ty commissioners Monday morn
ing.
They have held this job for the
past several years, which consists
of assessing the value of new
homes and other buildings as they
are added! to the tax list each year.
Holidays Listed for
Court House Workers
Monday the Jones County Board
of Camimissioners fixed t he 1960
holidays for all court house em
ployees.
Easter Monday, April 18th;. Me
morial Bay, May 30th; Indepen
dence Day, July 4th; Daibor Bay,
September 11th and three days,
November 24. 26, 26 at Thanks
giving. ' . •
The board agreed to fix the 1960
Christmas Holidays at its Decem
ber meeting.
The board also approved closing
at noon each Wednesday 'from
April 1st through September 1st.
Dr. Koonce Delegate
To National Cancer
Society in New York
Prominent North Carolina Sur
geon, Dr. Donald B. Koonce of
Wilmington, has been elected as
the North Carolina professional
delegate to the National American
Carncer Society in New York for a
Last Year Carolina’s
2nd Worst on Roads
x lie j cat apeuw u ageuj
for at least 1183 persons and sad
nes for many thousands of others,
the Motor Vehicles Department
said this week.
The tentative death toll of 1183
highway fatalities was the “second
worst in North Carolina motor his
tory.”
Officials closed their hooks on
the grim total at midnight, Decem
ber 31. Persons injured and who
later die plus delayed death reports
will boost the final reckoning
somewhat.
Not since 1941 when 1289 died has
the Tar Heel motor toll been
greater.
Reviewing the past decade road
fatalities year by year totaled: 989
in 1960, 1071 in ’51, 1115 in >52,1118
in ’53, 991 in ’54, US in >55, Uf«
in >56, 1063 in ’57, 1081 in *58 and a
tentative 1183 last year.
NEW NEW BERN PLANT
The North Carolina Products
Company of Kinston and Raleigh
last week announced that construc
tion would begin early in February
Stolen Kinston Cars
Found .Burned Later
Two cars reported stolen in Kin
ston Sunday night were found early
•Monday after each had been burn
ed. ’
The first to be foand was that of j
Loreto Elizabeth Bryant of 306 E.
Bright Street, which .was found a -
fire about three miles east of Oak
-Bridge in Sand Hill Township at
1:10 a. m. The theft of the car was
not reported to the ^police depart
ment until 2:50 a. m. Monday
morning.
Marie Smith of 605r Marilyn Drive
reported her car stolen between 7
and 11 p. m, Sunday night. It was
r Monday morning after day
near Goldsboro.
•! cars were classified as total
— . ■ . • m a « *_
JNNfc,
northeast of
Pink Hill Area
Gets Move Plumes
Telephone Company construc
tion forces have begun work on a
project which will provide service
to some 54 rural applicants south
west, southeast and
Pink Hill.
This was announced
Fields, CT&T manager in runsiou,
who stated that the project will in
volve an estimated expenditure of
$26,650.
This project will involve plac
ing 16.2 miles of buried cable and
constructing 5.5 miles of neiw pole
such rural
CEMETERY FENCING
Monday night, after some dis
cussion the Kinston Board of Al
dermen voted to accept the 2nd
lowest bid offered for fencing e
round Maplewood Cemetery. The
discussion came from the fact that
Farm Service Company of Kinston
was ©nly $9 higher than the low
bidder from Factolus in Pitt Coun
ty. The local firm’s price was
$1,097. This will complete the fenc
ing of the cemetery.
at a site near New Bern on a mil
lion-dollar pre-stressed concrete
truss plant.
Jones ABC Stores Gross •
$152,361.30 During 1st
Six Months Period
Transfer Business
With Explanation
8, .. ,,
Monday the Jones County Board
of Commissioners agreed to trans
fer its purchases of bottled gas
from Eastern Butane Company of
New Bern to Jerikins Gas Com
pany of Pollociksville, but the board
instructed its clerk to write the
New Bern firm and give th'e reason
for the change.
The service of the New Bern
firm was completely satisfactory
but the Jenkins firm is the only
bottled gas dealer in Jones County
and it was felt proper to do busi
ness with “home folks”, who pay
taxes in the county.
Board Vetoes Beer
License on Monday
Monday the Jones Counity Board
of Commissioners unanimously re
jected an application for beer
license filed by Hazel Stanley
Wadsworth of Pollocksiville Town
ship. ‘
NO reason was given for the re
jection of the license for the fill
ing station which is located] at the
intersection of US 17 and NC 58
just south of Pollocksville.
two-year term, beginning January
1, 1860. Dr. Koonce is past Presi
dent of the Medical Society of
North Carolina, State Surgical As
sociation and North Carolina A
merican Cancer Society. „
Serving with Dr. Koonce is B.
F. Buchan of Charlotte, and com
pleting terms on the National
Board are Dr. H. Flemming Ful
ler oi Kinston ana Dr. John R.
Kemodle of Burlington.
Vernelson Resigns
Effective Feb. 1st
Assistant Jones County Farm
Agent Dan Vernelson Monday ten
dered his resignation to the board
of county commissioners effective
February 1st.
Accumulative leave credited to
Vernelson will continue his pay
period until February 15th. The
Craven Countian is moving to
Florida to accept work there.
Total sales in Jones County’s
three AiBC whisky stores reached
$152,361.30 for the first six months
of the 1969-60 fiscal period, ac
cording to sales figures, released
this week by Supervisor Ray Har
rison.
In the first three months (July
August-’Septemiber) gross sales
were $74,463.70, and for the past
hree months (October-November
Decemtoer) sales amounted to
$77,897.60.
Stare No. 1 at Trenton had total
sales for this final three-month
period of $25,414; which includes
sales of $9,280.35 in October, $7,
227.45 in November and $8,906.20
in December.
Store No. 2 at Hargett Crossroad
led in sales for the period with
total sales of $28,204.25, which in
cluded $8,749.05 in October, $8,071.
15 in November and $11,384.05 for
December.
Store No. 3 at Wyse Fork grossed
$24,289.35 for the period which
broke down: $8,782.15 in October,
$7,000.50 in November and $8,496.
70 for December.
The profit-and-loss statement for
the first three-month period show
ed a net profit of $8,080.12, or
10.85 per cent.
This same rate of profit applied
to the three-month period just end
ed would indicate an additional
profit of $8,451.90, or a total profit
of $16,532.02 for the first six months
of the current fiscal period.
DON'T LIKE CHOW
Russell Jackson of New Bern
begged Recorder Eramett Wooten
to susipend a 30-day jail term for
pub'ic drunkenness this week, de
claring that he had an aggravated
set of ulcers that did not respond
happily to prison food. “I know”,
Jackson told the judge, “I’ve tried
it before.’’
Dr. Jenkins Named
New ECC President
Tuesday Dr. Leo Jenkins was
named President of East Caro
lina College at a special meeting
cf the college trustees.
Jenkins succeeds Dr. J. D. Mes
sick, who resigned last year to take
a job with the federal government.
Jenkins has been vice president
of the college and dean of students
for many years and soon after
Messick’s resignation a large part
of the faculty and student body at
ECC endorsed his promotion to the
school.
Kinston Athlete Held
For College Robbery
David Adkins of Kinston route
two is charged with breaking, en
tering and larceny by Winston
Salem police in connection with
the robbeny on December 17th of
the Wake Forest College book
store.
Adkins, a star athlete at Grain
get High School, was a junior at
Wake Forest, where he was a
warded an athletic scholarship.
He wias arrested on his return to
college after the Christmas holi
days, and admitted his guilt to po
lice there. None of the $600 in cash
and very little of the stolen mer
chandise has been recovered.
Paul Harvey to Speak
In Kinston on 18th
Paul Harvay, internationally
known radio icommantator, will be
the featured speaker January 18th
at the annual Distinguished Ser
vice Award banquet of the Kinston
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Tickets to the dinner are now on
sale by all members of the JC
organization, end reservations ere
urged in advance since the JCs
are anticipating a sell-out to hear
the Oklahomen speak.