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THE JONES COUNTY NUMBER 3 ' fRENTON, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 9, I960 VOLUME XII Trenton Mayor Hines Blasted Monday by Maysville Delectation Monday a delegation of Mays ville citizens, including Rodolph Pelletier, Robert Mattocks, James Barbee and Joe Monette, chief of the Maysville Volunteer Fire De partment, blasted last month’s criticism of the Jones Oounty Board of pommissioners by Tren-! ton Mayor M. E. Hines. Hines, angered when the board 6f commissioners refused to gwe more money monthly to the Tren ton Fire Department than to the H&ysVine Fire Department, as sented that the commissioners Were not capable of holding their Jobs and declared that some bet ter businessmen were' needed to conduct the affairs of the county. Hines* is considered one of the key leaders in the political upheaval in the May primary which swept out three incumbent members of the board of county commissioners. ' The Maysville delegation said, in part, that it could not under stand Hines’ declaration that the Town of Trenton had suffered from baying' the county seat located there. The MaysviUe men reminded that Trenton had been given a senyer system that had been in stalled at the expense of all the taxpayers in the county for the coanty hoard of education. They also reminded that the MayavUle Fire Department has two trucks, 40 weU-thainef’men and serves a large area in its part of the coun ty, including county-owned pro perty. i Hines had based his request for more money on the fact that a larger part of the county-owned buildings in the county were pro tected by the Trenton Fire Depart ment than anyother. The MaysviUe men reminded that the county commissioners bad bought $300 worth of hose for the Trenton fire truok.s and had bought none for MaysviUe. At present each department gets $40 per month from the county to help defray its Farm Bureau Leaders Going to Training School June 16-18 Members of the Jones County Fawn Bureau will attend a train ing school at Carolina Beach, June 16-18 in an effort to improve the organization’s overall program. At least four county leaders plan to attend and' will bring back in formation that will help the coun ty organization. The next county meeting will be in the Agriculture Building in Trer.ion June 16 at 7:30. All members are urged to attend. Nine Arrested in Past Week in Jones Arrests reported for the past week in Jones County by Sheriff Brown Yates included the follow ing: * Edward Strayhorn and Walter James Mack of Pollocks ville for public drunkenness and disorderly conduct. 1 Nathan' Young and Lester Jones of Swansboro for public drunken ness and Young was also accused of .parking on the highway. James Foy, Arlamder Barfield and Levi Ward of Trenton were all charged with possession of stumphole whisky, i Tilghman Lewis of Beaver Creek Township was also booked for •violating the liquor laws and Les lie Lee Mlorgan of Beaver Creek Township was charged with fail ing to transfer the title of a ve hicle as prescribed by law. In Kinston Recorder’s Court (Wednesday Morgan was given a (six month prison term for drunken and reckless driving and for a second charge of driving after license revocation. operating expenses. The parting shot was, “Any time Trenton gets tired of having the county seat we’d be happy to wel come it to Maysiville!” Scouts Take Canoe Trip Over Weekend , i Boy Scout troop 109 went on a canoe trip Saturday and Sunday with J. R. Franck as the adult leader. Seven canoes left Trenton and spent the night at Perry Land ing, near Pollocksville, then went to Springboard Landing, six miles from New Bern. After eating lunch, they checked ! on* the five acre conservation pro ject where they had planted 4,500 pine' trees. - Scouts attending were George Wooten Cox, Tommy Swink, Jim my Pollock, Butch Huffman, Jerry Conway, Billy Adams, Billy Par ker, Robert West, Eddie West, Allan and Kenneth Mallard, Ron nie Burns and Rodney Johnson. Richie Franck also went along. 4-H Dress Revue At 8 Friday Night The Dress Revue and talent con test for the Junior and Senior 4-H Club members will toe held Friday night in the Trenton School at 8. The health pageant and speaking contest will also be held. Bach grammar school in the county and the high school will present a king and queen %nd one king and queen will be selected for TKd urame is “Visitors from Out er Space viewed by 4-H Events”. It was written by Carolyn Price. Land Transfers Real estate transfers listed in the past week in the office of Jones County Register of Deeds Mrs. D. W. Koonce included: From James L. Barbee to Flos sie Bell Cox a tract in White Oak. From Melvin W. Grady to Ken neth G. Grady a tract in an un listed township. From Floyd Murphy to Killis Murphy one acre in Pollocksville Township. From Vincent Franks' to Killis FHA Officials Tour County on Tuesday •i ggflBH " ? ) * Thhr is tho group of Jon** Coun ptt Agricultural Workers along with Stat# Farmers Him* Administra tica officials who toured Jonas ' Above they are r. and Mrs. Tom uoedFHA Both Mr. and Mrs. Civils aro employed full time off thoir farm but wort still -able to sa«ur« FHA Help in improving thoir living con ditions and tho productivity of thoir form. ,.//.(• ■ - >n tho «roup above aro Assistant MdkMBAtt a nM-s PnnaM Brjulf riviiivf njjofiT mi uovxia 01 wck This was a "pause for refresh ment" on the tour of Jones County Tuesday in the don of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Civil* with the Civil* in the back and David Eunice Civile, Area FHA Supervi sor Marion Potter, State FHA Director Horace Isenhour, Com missioner- E tect Horace Haddock and David Afehin of Raleigh, who laemm ■ ■ »£ lamaiuuae * was wim litvviuui • Alphin of Raleigh in the left fore ETERNAL TRIANGLE A Cove city misunderstanding a bout“who was whose girl” led to the hospitalization of David Rouse and the jailing of Walter Lee Satur day when Lee sprayed Rouse with a load of birdshot for ‘‘toeing out Trenton Rescue Squad Nets $600; Thanks all Who Helped With Feed jljuc ucuwu riinexigency nvwnie Squad and Fire Department wish to thank everyone who helped with the barbecue supper May 28, especially the women who gave their valuable time. It was a great [ success, which was needed very! ■much, and the squad received a. bout $800 in profit. The following people gave pigs for the supper, «nd the squad wishes to thark them: Donald Brock, Jim JanAan, Mike Phillips, Elwood McDaniel, S. D. Mallard, Dwight Waters, Wilmer McDaniel, Herbert Banks, Wayre Mallard, Walter P. Henderson and Hughes Eubanks. Brock Milling Co. gave the meal for the supper. The rescue squad .had one call in May to Mrs.Luey Eubanks who resides near Phillips Crossroads.,' She was admitted to Parrotts Hos- j pital as a heart patient. rl , j Two calls have been made in' June so far. Terry Koonce, who j lives near Trenton was admitted | to Lenoir Memorial Hospital as a heart patient and Harvey Chase of Friendship was admitted Monday as a heart patient and sun stroke victim. So far, no fire alarms have been made sir.ce the first of May, which is a very good record. The mem bers are reminded that a training session is held at the fire station every Wednesday night at 8 and they are urged to attend each one. Commissioners Act On Number Matters In Monday Session Monday the Jones County Board of Commissioners acted on a num ber of matters including the adop tion of the 1960-61 tentative budget which is covered in more detail in another item on this page. They approved the 1960-61 allo cation of secondary road money for Jones County as reported by highway department officials which calls for 5.35 miles of paving: 3.35 <m les in Beaver Creek of the Cope land Farm road and 2 miles in Pollocksv'Ile Township west on a rural road from US 17. Heard Election Board Chair man W. F. Hill report that the state election board has demanded the installation of voting booth# in all precincts arid agreed to pur chase these immediately. No ac tion was taken on a request from Hill that one of the rooms now be ing used by the Health Department be given to the* election board for storage of records and equipment. 1 C. P. Banks was reappointed to a five year term as Jones County’s representative on the East Caro lina Regional Housing Authority. Accepted the resignation of Ne gro Home Agent Eva Andrews. Heard a complaint from Richard Morton about a stopped up ditch on the cove City road. Named Roy Mallard to collect delinquent taxes. Tax Rate Kept at $1.64 Budget Totals $865,638 monaay me jones uounty rsoara of Commissioners adopted the ten tative 1960-61 budget for the coun ty which totals $565,638 which with outside sources of revenue will be in balance with a continued tax rate of $1.64 on the $100 valuation. This is a $29,650.73 increase over the $535,987.27 budget of 1959-60. Of the total $565,638 budget $437,908 will come from non-tax sources, leaving $127,730 to be 'Murphy one acre in Pollocksville Township. From John D. Larkins, trustee, to Clifton Pollock one tract in Continued on page 8 raiseu t>y real ana personal taxes collected in the county. On the basis of past tax payments it was agreed that it would be necessary to levy a county tax in the amount of $168,634 in order to make certain the collection of the needed $127,730 that will bring the budget in bal ance. The bulk of the money from non tax sources comes in state and federal allocations for the welfare department’s several aid programs. Fines, licenses, revenue from coun ty whisky stores account for the rest of this revenue. A comparison of 1969-60 and 1930-61 allocations for the various functions of the county are in cluded below: Department 1959-60 1960-61 Welfare Aid $ 5,435.11 $ 9,200.00 Aid to Blind 1,532.00 2,500.00 Aid to Aged 84,240 70,200.00 Child Aid 110,160.00 91,800.00 Disabled Aid 36,120.00 33,000.00 Welfare Adm. 14,032.17 21,128.00 Accountant 3,518.54 4,230.00 Home Agent' 1,861.92 2,355.00 Negro Agents 1,845,22 2,430.00 Forestry . 3,000.00 3,000.00 Health Dept.- 16,007.00 24,893.00 Blond Ftind 34,260.00 34,200.00 School Qper. 123,095X0 131,776.00 School OO* 13,766.00 16,000.00 School Delbt 19,060.00 18,566.00 Mosquito Con. 2,516.00 2,517.00 Commissioners 1,287.00 2,203.00 Tax Listihg 4,565.98 5,397.00 Tax Collector 4,786.42 5,495.00 Sheriff Office 8,428.02 9,366.00 Elections 2,650.00 1,325.00 Court House** 12,769.73 38,333.00 Reg. of Deeds 7,935.31 7,695.00 Coroner 80.00 100.00 Jail 860.00 875.00 Superior .Court 4,793.8f 3,800.00 Court Clerk 7,370.02 8,035.00 Attorney 1,820.00 1,820.00 Miscellaneous 6,076.45’ 8,350.00 Total $539,987.21 $565,631.00 * School Capital Outlay ** Indudes Health Clinic Build ing FUnds. 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