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THE JONES COUNTY NUMBER 45 TRENTON, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1960 * VOLUME XI Jones County Politics Perk up As March Ends Bill Parker Files Against Dot Koonce; Hargett Files As March went out like a lamb after weeks of lion-like behavior a few ripples were made in the pla icid puddle of Jones CountV poli tics. , ■Willjam D. “Bill” Parker an nounced his candidacy last Friday for Register of Deeds, assuring Mrs. D. W. (Dorothy Noble) Koonce of competition in the May 29th voting. This week Incumbent Jones County Representative John Har gett made it official that he would like to serve a fifth term in the General Assembly. W. E. “Mike” Phillips, a incum bent member of the county school board, has filed for re-nomination to a two-year term in the same capacity. Through Thursday morning none of the other county incumbents has called on Election Board Chairman W. F. Hill to indicate, with cash, their future political inclinations. Faricer, who operates a filling station directly in front of the of fice of register of deeds, confirm ed 'his willingness to move across the street by paying his filing fee last Friday. Although the incumbent register of deeds, Mrs. Koonce, has not yet made any public statement on her political intentions, it is generally assumed that she will seek a sec ond four-year term as the chief record keeper for the county. Hargett is not expected to have serious opposition. This week the New Bern head quarters of Congressional Candi date Robert Stallings announced that the Stallings’ campaign in Jones County would be managed by John W. Creagh of Pollocks ville, who is chairman of the Jones County Board of Commissioners. This has given rise to some spec Maysville Pastor Takes Part Sunday In Sky Pilot AirEft Reverend Marvin Howard, pastor of Maiysville First Baptist Church, was absent from bis pulpit this past Sunday as he participated in Operation Sky Pilot. Chaplain Lane of Carniip Lejeune substituted Sun day in the absence of Howard at the Maysville church. Howard and 18 other ministers took part in the operation which took them by helicopter from Camp Lejeune to troop ships in the Atlantic Ocean. —" ulation about Creagh’s (personal political plana for the immediate future. Although young, Creagh is a seasoned politician, who recog nizes that people do'-not general ly get mixed up in two political races at the same time. Six years ago Creagh stepped down from chairmanship of the county hoard when his brother was running for sheriff. Whether Creagh will follow this precedence in this year’s election will not probably be known until after the filing deadline which is Noon, April 15th. The other members of the coun ty commissioners, D. A. “Doc” Jones, Harold Mallard, Ralph Scott and Braxton George are ex pected to get their money up and name down by the time the filing deadline rolls around. Not a great deal is being heard about serious opposition to the board. The same situation applies to the school board, where Phillips’ as sociates, J'. C. West Jr., J. J. Con way, Clyde Blanks and J. C. Wooten are considered as likely candidates to succeed themselves for another two-year stint. Egg Referendum to be Held April 2 by Poultry Gorwers An egg referendum will be held April 2 from 8 a. m. until 5 p. m. The egg producers, including any one who owns a hen or more, will vote whether to tax themselves one cent per hen. This money will be used to pro mote the sale and use of North Carolina eggs. The spending of the ■money will be decided by the North Carolina Poultry Council, Inc. Polling places, will be at Arm strongs Store in Pollocksville, Pelletier-Weeks in Maysville, Bill Parkers station in Trenton, Dur iwood Greens store in CamforJ, Eu gene Hoods store-at Wyse Fork, K. R. Whaleys store on highway 258, Leslie Whites store on high way 58 and Ray McDaniels store at Olivers Crossroads. John Hughes Pollock is the chairman of the Jones County E'gg Referendum committee. Trenton Scouts Have Camporee; and Plant Pines for Project . Boy Scout troop 109 of Trenton went on a camping trip near the river at Pollocfesville last week end. Counselors with them were J. R. Franck and Marvin Hardy. ‘Land of Health* Presented by 4th Grade at Alex White The fourth grade of Alex H. White School presented an assem bly program under the direction of its teacher, Mrs. Sylvia M. Mil ler, on Monday. The production was a health playlet, “The Land of Health”. The devotional was given by Claudia Armstrong. The characters were presented by Danny Yates. They were: Wanda Howard, Mo ther; iiarry Mallard, Tom; Gar land Uallard, King of Healfhland; Warren Waters, Page; Harold Hoggs, Herald; Gene White, Merry Sunshine; Danny Yates, Fresh Air; Dalton Morton Jr., Sleep. Soap, Randy Ranks; Water, Ray mond Earl Jarman; Toothbrush, Susan Humphrey. Apple, Linda Dawson; Spinach, Allen Laithan Eubanks; Carrot, Janice Jones; Milk, James Mc Daniel; Egg, Claudia Armstrong; -The Exercise Family, Larry Ar thur, Craig Daniels, Eleanor Falls, and Betty Wilson. Travis Tillman and Tommy Batts were stage managers. Fire and Rescue Work Reported for March for Trenton The Trenton Fire Department had seven calls during March. They were at Ester Taylor’s farm, a chimney fire; Jasper Metts house at Comfort, Elbert Andrews pack barn, Wayne Gooding’s, a grass fire, the two story home of Willard Taylor, Ike Eubanks tractor and pack house and Leroy Cannady’s two story dwelling at Pollocksville. . The Rescue Squad answered two calls, one at Pollocksville, Mrs. Ida Henderson and Lloyd Heath of Potters Hill. Both were hospital ized. About 18 boys were present to plant pine seedlings on the old Senator Simmons place. Five acres have been planted among various hard wood trees and the boys plan to go back .this Saturday to poison the hard woods to make room for the pines. • The troop is taking part in planting of the pines as a conser vation' project. Farmers, Other Self-Employed Workers Urged Not to Attempt to Fox Social Security Agency “Some self-employed farm oper ators as well as other self-employ ed people have the idea that by • paying two years social security self-employment tax just before reaching retirement age (wotaen 62, men 66) will qualify them for social security monthly payments,” W. H. Hubbell of the Social Securi ty Administration, said this week. “While it is true that any self employed person whp reached re tirement age before July 1956 may qualify for monthly social security payments if he has had tngp years pf coverage in a trade or business covered under the Social Security JUw, it is also true that such per sons reaching retirement age after that date will usually require more than two years of coverage,” he said. • ' As an example, any self-employ reaching retirement age after June 1955 and before July 1961 may require from three to five years coverage depending on his.date of birth. After that date he will require more than five years coverage until finally, self employed individuals reaching re tirement age after June 1968 or later jvill require a minimum of at least ten years social security coverage in order to qualify for monthly payments. Social security coverage for self emiployed individuals is not volun tary. It is compulsory under the Social Security Law if a person nets $400 or more in a taxable .year from a trade or business cov ered by the law. “So you’d better be safe than sorry J>y filing timely social security tax returns through the Director of Internal Revenue,” Hubbell concluded. For- more information, write for free’ booklet, “Social Security Credits, ’ or visit your Social Se curity Office located at 308 New Street, New Ber®. The office is open each week day, except Satur day and legal holidays, from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. Truck-Bike Death Last Thursday afternoon 12 year old Kenneth Harrell "Buck" Tyn dall, yon of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Tyn dall of La Grange route one. Was instantly killad when he ran his bicydo into the side of an E. 1. Scott Roofing Company truck drlvan by Roy Loo Oail of 514 Park Avenue lit Kinston. The little fellow was racing with a companion and failed to stop for the stop sign at the intersection of a rural road with the Arba-Snow Hill road at a point about six- milos southwest I of Snow Hill. Dell was cleared of any negligence in the tragedy. Pollocksville PTA Nets $165, Sore Muscles’ Much Fun from Pair Benefit Basketball Games me DasKeroau games sponsored by the Alex H. White School P.T.A. and played in the Jones Central gym Friday night, March 25, were well attended and enjoyed by the spectators. The girls and women played at 7:30. The women got the first goal but were unable to hold their lead. The final score was 39 to 24 in fa vor of the school team. High scorers for the women were Mrs. I. D. Hill, seven points; and Mrs. Charles Parker, G points. On the girls team Mary Ellen White scored 16 points and Joyce Dilla hunt 13 points. All members of the 'girls teams were given an oppor tunity to play. Women taking part in the game were: Mrs. Estelle Dillahunt, Mrs. f. D. Hill, Mrs. Furney Mallard, Mrs. Jack K. Dixon, Mrs. Bob Floyd, Mrs. Edsel DuVal, Mrs. Fran Chapman, Mrs. Audrey Ken nedy, Mrs. C. L. Davis, Mrs. John Creagh, Mrs. Richard Harker, Mrs. Fred Roper, Mrs. Charles Parker, Mrs. Doris King, Mrs. Love Dilla hunt and Mrs. Howard Falls. In the boys and mens game the Softool team too* an early lead and held it throughout the first half. Tne men then started forging a head and won the gaime 36 to 28. High score for the men was Lin wood Meadows with 16 points. Jim my Yates led the boys with 10 points, followed by Johnny Davis with 8 points. Men taking part in the game were Niokey Miller, Norris Banks, James E. Mallard Jr., Harry Mal lard, Nixon Mallard, John Thomas Phillips, John Booth, Osborn Cow ard, Pete Thomas, Linwood Mea dows, William Griffin, Jack Bray, Willie Brown, John Wright and El va Morton, Jr. There were many parent-child combinations and all seemed to enjoy playing opposite each other. Tne door receipts were well over $103 after all expenses were pail, and the concession stand profits brought the total profits to ap proximately $165. Many members and friends of P.T.A. helped in making the event a success. It is hoped that this will become an an nual affair. Farmers Set Record Borrowing From Farm Credit System in 559 * or tfle sixth straight year, farm- | ers, ranchers and their market ing and purchasing cooperatives sat new records in use they made of the facilities of their coopera tive Farm Credit System. They borrowed $4 billion during 1959 from the system, says Robert S. Boal, marketing specialist for the N. C. Agricultural Extension' Service. This was an increase of $599 million over a year ago. An all-time high of $4.4 billion in loans outstanding also was recorded. More than half of the increased use was accounted for by the 494 production credit associations through which 331,500 farmers bor rowed $2.5 billion during the year in short and intermediate-term loans. This represented a 14 per cent increase in amount loaned for the year, as compared to last year. Farmers and their cooperatives also made increased use of other parts of the system, Boals added. Over 52,000 farmers borrowed $572 million in long-term Federal land barik loans. This set a nejv record 'high of $2.3 billion outstanding on 374,000 loans. More farmer cooperatives than ever before—2,693—had $622 mil lion in loans outstanding from the 13 banks for cooperatives at the year’s end. Cooperatives borrowed $698 million during the year, a 25 per cent increase over last year. Most of the loan funds used in this farmer-owmed-and-operated system came from sale of bonds and debentures to the public. Sales of these securities amounted to $3.3 billion in 1059. Boal believes this financing system is an outstand ing example of farmers* helping themselves. Four Arrests Made In Jones Last Week During the past week four guests have been registered at the county jail in Trenton: Ivey Rudolph Turner of Rich iands route two and Marvin Hill of Deep Run were booked by Patrol man C. W. Oakley on charges of public drunkenness, after they were found drunk in a parked car. Wilber Heath of Trenton was in dicted for passing worthless cheeks. Ernest Heath of Trenton was brought in by Deputy Roy Mallard on charge of being drunk on the highway. Former Trentonian Dies in Louisiana Wesley Clair Holland, 42, son of Dr. and Mrs. A. C. Holland of Greenville, died Monday in Baton Rouge, La. Holland was a native of North Carolina and resided for a time in Falcon and Trenton, where his father was superinten dent of Jones County schools. He attended East Carolina Col lege and Elon college, and at the ■time of his death was superinten dent of a printing business. Sur viving are his parents, his wife Mrs. Margaret Demerest Holland, one son, James C. Holland of the home, one sister and four brothers. Marriage License Marriage license issued in the past week by Jones County Regis ter of Deeds Mrs.' D. W. Koonce included the following: Oscar Tyndall, 32, and Gloria O. Braddy, 18, both of New Bern. Charlie Sylvester Burton, 25, of Maysville to Martha Geraldine Mack, 21, of Pollocksville. Joseph Ernest Cogms, 34, of Camp Lejeune to Dorothy Mae Moore, 27, of Maysville.
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