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THE JONES COUNTY NUMBER 6 fRENTON, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1960 VOLUME XII Wrong Men in House and Governor Races Six Civil Suits Filed In Jones Superior Court Six civil actions have been filed in ibe. past week in Jones County Superior Court, including two divorce actions. Ailison-Erwin Company of Charlotte is seeking to recover $400 with interest from October 16, 1959 from Virgil B. Jenkins, trad ing as the Jenkins Furniture Com pany of Maysville. This is a bal ance the Charlotte company says is due for furniture sold the Mays ville store. The Wrought Iron Range Com pany, through its agent W. F. Boyd, filed a “claim and delivery” against Christopher and Nettie K. Jarman, seeking either to recover -a range sold to the couple or the $163.20 balance Which they are said to owe. Cecil Moore of Jones County has filed suit against Hubert J. Collier, trading as the Collier Nash Sales of Wayne County in which Moore seeks to recover $2,360 from Col lier for a vehicle allegedly de stroyed by Collier that belonged to Mioore. After 37 years William H. Mc Carter has decided that the sep aration between bimseH and his wife Una Moore McCarter is per manent and he has asked the court to grant him a dltonce on the grounds of two yeaTs separation. A much briefer separation be tween Carl Edward Jones and Vir ginia Faye Albert Jones is also the basis for a divorce request. Jones Livestock Farmers Urged to Attend Field Day A solution to the summer graz ing problem of Tar Heel livestock will be the center of interest at a fietyl day near here *Dn Wednes day, July 20. The event will begin at l.p, m. and last until 4:30, at the lower Coastal Plain Research Station at Willard. Chief speaker of the afternoon will be L. Y. “Stag” Ballentine, commissioner of agrtenltae. State College and USDA research scientists will'report progress of resanch on use of Coastal Bermuda ! and pearl millets by cattle. In ' formation will be given on silage crops and preservation methods for them. Among the speakers will be Beach Hollon, USJ>A research spe cialist at the Willard station; Dr. W. B. Gilbert, field crops research er at State College; Dr. Bichard D. Mochrie, animal industry re searcher at the college; and Sam Dobson, agronomy specialist at State. The meeting will be of special interest to people from these coun ties: Pender, New Hanover, Bnm Rural Church Convocation Scheduled at State College Rural ministers, laymen and laywomen will be seeking a clear er picture of the .church’s role. In the rural community at a special convocation at State College, Aug. 9-11. }'■ \\j The gathering will be known a« the North Carolinl Rural Church Convocation. All church leaders in terested in problems and oppor tunities offered by rural communi ties are invited to attend and par muaity. The convocation will be sponsored by the Rural Church Committee, North Carolina Council of Church es; and the School of Agriculture, N. C- State College. Jones HDC Women Seek Doctor to Practice in County v Jones county Home Demonstra tion Club women are seeking a doctor for their county. There is no practicing physician located in the county and the women are de termined to change the situation. Mrs. Faytie Gray, home econom ics agent, reports the women hope to get a clinic with hospital beds for the county in the near future. At least that is the goal they are striving for. Mrs. Wilmer Mallard, Trenton, Rt. 1, is chairman of the project committee. Day Caitip July 4-8th For Trenton Youths A “Day Caimp’’ will be held July 4th through the 8th at Trenton Park. The Methodist Church is sponsor of the camp and children from the primary and junior classes of any church may attend. The Baptist Church is also tak ing part. The camp will meet each day from 3 until 6. That same week singing services will be held at the church each n'ght beginning at 8. Everyone is invited to attend. Picnic Supper for Fourth in Maysville The Civic Clubs of Maysville are sponsoring a picnic supper at the community building Monday, July 4. There will be games and enter tainment for all ages. Everyone is invited to come and bring a cover dish. Dinner will be served around 6 p. m. Latest Tobacco News Available July 6th Greenville Field Day The annual Tobacco Field Day will be held at the Lower Coastal Plain Research Station on July 6. The Station is located 2 miles' south of Greenville. There will be one program be ginning at 9 a. m: for all interested tobacco fanners, farm leaders and others interested in tobacco pro duction. There will not be an af ternoon session. This will be a good chance to see the experimental work that is being conducted oh tobacco, plus some demonstrations . showing some of the best and most up-to date production practices. Some of the things that will be seen and diseased at the Station are: Old and new varieties, de velopment of new varieties, insect control, brown spot and mosaic control, recovery of hail damaged tobacco, fertilizer placement. The program will last about three hours. J. R. Franck, Jones County Agri cultural Agent urges all Jones County Farmers to attend this event “It has been my observation that the farmer who keeps up with the new development is the one who makes the most money year in and year out”, says Franck. siwick, Columbia, Bladen, Robeson, Cumberland, Sampson, Duplin, On slow, Jones, Craven, Carteret, Pamlico, Lenoir, Wayne and John ston. Bat the event is open to any one. Jones County voters went down i swinging with the wrong men Saturday in the 2nd primary that chose the Democratic nominees for governor and tljird district con gressman. Loser Beverly Lake in the gov ernor race got 1257 Jones County votes while winner Terry Sanford collected 1007 votes in the county. Loser Jimmy Simpkins of New Bern carried every precinct but one in Jones County while losing his fight against David ^Henderson of Wallace in the district as a whole. Simpkins got 1462 votes and Henderson 790 votes in Jones Coun ty. Sanford carried three of the eight precincts in Jones County: Trenton and Pollocksville wherb, the bulk of the county’s negro vot ers are registered, and Tuckahoe Township Vhere the weight of the Hargett Clan behind Sanford push ed the Fayetteville lawyer ahead. •'The vote surprised most of those who pretend to know much about the political affairs of Jones Coun ty by its size. Few had expected anything near a 2,000-vote, but when the day was over 2,264 voters had cast their lot, which was more than the 2,240 who had voted in the first ‘primary. Land Transfers Real estate transfers reported in the past week by Jones County Register of Deeds Mrs. D. W. Koonce included the following: From the United States Steel Company and Carnegie Pension fund to the Riegel Paper Company several tracts in Tuckahoe and Cy press creek Townships of 158, 173, 67 and 27 acres in size. From Esther Lou Brock to John R. Brock 1 lot in White Oak Town ship. From Garland R. Ballard to John P. McLean 1 tract in Pol locksville Township. Marriage License Marriage license issued in the past week by Jones County Regis ter of Deeds Mrs. D. W. Koonce included the following: James Lee Hines, 28, to Louise Mattocks, 26, both of Maysville. J. C. Streeter, 25, of route one Trenton to Annie Louise Flowers, 19, route two Trenton. Norwood J. Kennedy, 24, of Tren ton route two to Carol Jean Tucker, 17, of Dover route two. . Carl Thomas Boone, 23, of Con way, S. C. to Geraldine Meadows, 17, of Maysville. Precinct Sanford Lake Beaver Creek 53 111 Chinquaipin 81 148 Cypress Creek 49 182 Piney Grove 25 48 Polloeksville 283 258 Trenton 227 223 Tuckahoe 146 114 White Oak 143 173 Total 1007 1257 Henderson 29 58 81 28 141 199 164 90 790 Simpkins 132 170 153 45 393 251 96 222 1462 Jones Well Represented At 4-H District Meet 4-tH District Demonstration Day was held in Chocowinity for the Eastern District. Jones County was well represented in the activities. J. R. Franck, County Agricultural Agent, was master of ceremonies for the Talent Contest. Two of the 4-H judges for the contest were from Jones County— Pat Huffman of Trenton and Leon Waters of Pollocksville. The members of the Jones, Coun ty 4-H Clubs participating in the contest were: Carolyn Price, and Carol Haddock,—Girl’s Electric. They placed in the red ribbon group. Mary Elizabeth West entered the public speaking contest and received a blue ribbon. Mary Elizabeth also entered the Dairy Foods Demonstration and won a blue ribbon. The Sunshine Girls—Ava Susan Lee, Carol Greer, Dianne Small, Jane King—vocal quartet, placed in the blue ribbon group in the talent contest. Robert Collins of Maysville, en tered a Bee Keeping Demonstra tion and placed in the red ribbon group. Wilson Lowery Jr., and Sam Davis, gave a team electric dem onstration and received a red rib bon. George Johnson entered the tractor contest and placed in the red ribbon group. George also en tered the public speaking and placed in the red ribbon group. Faye Griffin was also in the talent contest. Came a Long Way to Get Snake Bitten Kennedy been im Kennedy Home to Hold Homecoming tmer residents of the Home, Kinston, have invited back to the annual Homecoming set for July 2-3. The invitation came tMs week from James M. McKee of Winston Salem, alumni president. Festivi ties are scheduled to begin Satur day afternoon, according to Mc Kee. He urged all who can to make reservations with Supt. W. A. Smith, and stressed the necessity for any ^overnight guests to make advance reservation. Kennedy Home alumni have tra ditionally met on the first week end in July. They are an organiz ed group with a slate of officers elected annually. ' in Thirteen year-old Audrey Dek ker, housaguest of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brock, says she came a mighty long way to get bitten by with 30 major buildings. Other homes include the Mills Home at Thomasville and Odum Home for Indian chidren, located at ‘Pembroke. Two Greene County Men Drowned While On Fishing Trip Robert Leroy Suggs HI, and Er nest “Jobbie” HilK a negro tenant on the Suggs farm, were droiwned last Wedensday while on a fishing trip near New Bern. The bodies at the two Greene County men were recovered Thurs a snake. Over the weekend she and Fran ces Auliich, niece of Mrs. Brock, were returning home after visit ing a friend. A truck had run a cross a small snake, later found to be 3 coipperhead, and Miss Dek ker made the mistake of walking too close to the injured snake. She was carried to Parrott Me morial Hospital in Kinston where Dr. Glenn Tyndall said she was mighty lucky. The snake had ap parently in its pain and anger from being run over discharged practically all its poison and had so little left when it bit Miss Dek ker that anti-snakebite serum was not felt necessary. Miss Dekker and Miss Aulich are both “Navy Children” (their fath ers l(re test pilots at Patuxent Riv er Air Station). » Miss Dekker said she has lived in Oregon, California, Texas, Flo rida, Hawaii, Guam, Midway Is land and Maryland and ■ had to
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