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20 fRENTON, N. C, THURSDAY, VOLUME XII Education Booths are Judged; Winners Listed Judging of the exhibits began Tuesday at the Jones County Fair in Trento and at the eud of the day the toUowing prizes were given tor the Educational booths: ■’ , j First place went to the Charlie L. DaVis farm, in the individual farm \ , end home exhibit. . > The senior 4-H clubs were judged against each other, Community, | Senior, FJF.A. and F.H.A., the Sky J Rocket Community 4-H Club won first place, Maple Grove 4-H won second and the Friendly 4-H Club won third place. Of the Home Demonstration Clubs ■>' ' exhibits, Chinquapin won first place, bee’s Chapel won second j ■ oend Maple Grove won third. In the Junior 4-H dub division, first place west to Alex H. White fifth and sixth grade club, second place went to Comfort fifth and sixth grade, and third place to Comfort seventh and eighth grade club. 1 Mrs. Faytie Gray, Home Agent for Jones County, stated that this year more canned goods were en tered, and inore other items in general. Fourteen H.D.C. Educa tional Booths were exhibited, six county 4-H dub exhibits, nine •school 4-H dubs had exhibits, exhibits, 1F1FA and FHA, four school exhibits, two Boy Scout exhibits and one farm and home. Wednes • day, the other 'exhibits and lives tock .were judged. Special Committee Named to Help With Fair’* Supervision The Jones County Board of Com ihissiioners Monday announced' that a five-member committee. , in cluding three preachers, had been 3ed to assist the director of the is County Agricultural Fair with maintaining order and po licing gambling and ""girlie” shows. The committee includes Mrs. Bessie Huffman and Mrs. Earl Franck and Pastors Stanley Cover, A. E. Thompson and John Smith. Land Transfers Real estate transfers recorded ini the past week in the office of Jones County Register of f)eeds Mrs. D. W. Koomce included the following: Mary Helen Jones to Alena Jones three acres in White Oak Town ship. F. P. Nobles to C. C. and J. R. Jones 130 acres in Cypress Greek Township. C. S. Kdllingsworth to William F. Killingsworth one tract in Pol looksville Township. Callie Pollock to Union Bag Oaimp Paper Company 51.40 acres in Chinquapin Township. Brief Freedom for Twp of 10 Divorcees in Last Week Court , Ten people were legally freed from the bonds of nuatrftnony last iweefc in Jones County Superior Court, but two of the 10 were im a tried again within hours after* their “divorce absolute” were granted. Dorothy Mercer Jones ..divorced Wesley Thomas Jones, walked downstairs and got a license to marry Bruce C. Blevins of Kinston. Wesley R. Eubanks got legally split asunder from Barbara Ann ^Eubanks and immediately after wards bought a marriage license for himself and Hilda J. Hancock of Kinston. The other three divorces granted went to Carl Edward Jones from Virginia Faye Albert Jones, Wil liam H. McCarter from Linda Moore McCarter and Luivema Bar ber Daniel from Henry Daniel. Neither of whom has yet re-mar ried so far as Jones County offi cials know. Ail five divorces were granted on grounds of two year separation. Local Man Ordered Pay Badk Support and Continue Until 1967 In a doaseoit agreement approved last week by Superior Court Judge Malcolm Paul, Jasper Cannon of Jones County was ordered to catch up over nine years of back sup port {payments for a ichild With Ms former wife in Florida and make further payments until the child the age of 18 in August of ay $12.59 ?er week 22. 1951 until this pee Special Meeting to Select New Forester At its October meeting on Mon day the Jones County Board of Commissioners decided to ha.ve a special meeting on October 17tb to take application for a new county forester. At the Monday meeting it heard the district forester outline the basic qualifications for the class three forester post that is allocat ed to Jones County. Burl Eliwood McDaniel, who served for many years as Jones County Forester, died last week af ter a brief illness. Persons interest ed in the position are urged to make application on or before •October 17th. Second Jones Auto Death in ’60 Kills Charlie Joyner Jones CtoiMty’s 2nd highway <?®ath for 196a came at 7 Wednes day night on a rural road 8 miles west of Trenton when Pedestrian Charlie Joyner was instantly killed when struck by a car driven by Robert Leslie Hiloks. Both are residents of Trenton1 route ore. Patrolman B. W. Oakley says that Joyner had just walked away from a truck that was pulling off in an eastwardly direction. The west bound car driven by Hicks Iwho was blinded by the truck light!' struck the 66 year-old negro and /knocked Mm an1 estimated 94 feet. Oakley says the investigation of the fatality is not yet complete and no decision has been made on whether to indict Hicks, . Grand Jury Makes Report, Recommends School Improvements The Jones County Grand Jury last week filed its report with Judge Malcolm Paul and made ispecific recommendations for work that is badly needed i!n a number of the county’s schools. The report also commended Jailer Tammy Chase for the excellence of his work around the court house. The school recommendations in cluded: A new steel beam for a hallway at Jones Central High School, dressing room lockers and an ^in cinerator. ■ Replace broken windows andi open gutters at Comfort School. Put partitions in rest rooms at Alex H. White School. General jepama to the toilets: of Trenton Elementary School. Lackers for Janes High School dressing room. Five Arrests During Week in Jones County The office of Jones County Sheriff Brawn Ya.tes reports five arrests in the past week, all on relatively minor charges. Ernest Heath of Trenton route one, William Robert Jenkins of Maysviile and Manley Whitfield of Tre.-.ton route one were charged with public drunkenness. James Allen Houston of Kinston route three was accused of per mitting a minor to drive and car rying a concealed weapon and Robert Whitfield of Trenton route or.e was booked for simple affray. Commissioners Vote to Lease Nursing Home for Period on Trial Basis Monday after a lengthy discus sion of possible alternatives the 'board of county commissioners: voted 4-io-l to lease the new Le-j noir County Nursing Hoime to a| private operator on a trial basis and at the same'time proceed as | rapidly as possible to secure legis-. j lation that would permit the county to operate the facility by leasing! it to a non-profit corporation simi to thaif which now operates the v*' ity and he voted against the motion ■made by Commissioner Johnnie Davenport. Whitfield expressed the view that the county should operate the (homo lor the six-month period that is estimated to be required to get the heeded enabling legisla tion. County Attorney Tom White as sured the board that sufficient con ditions could be written into a lease to give some policy controls over the operation of the home which has been built -with the proceeds of a $200,000 bond issue that was approved by the voters in Novem ber of 1866. One of 4Ae roost productive weeks of Jones County Superior Court in many years last week saw 04 ^changes cleared from the docket. Seventy of the 94 were speeding cases mentioned in another items on this page. Prison terms included 5-te-lO years for Evans Miller of Kinston for the rifle slaying of Tester Bryant on December 12, I960, 6 months for TUrnon. Lewis for vio lating the liquor laws, and 6 months for Willie Campbell who was charged with assault with a deadly weapon ar.d violation of the Settlement Authorized Longstanding Debt Owed to Jones County Monday the Jones County Board cf Commissioners authorized Coun ty Attorney George Hughes to con clude settlements in a 30-year old obligation to the county from that estate of A. E. Haimimond. Hughes was authorized to accept $500 in full and complete settle ment of all claims the county had against Hammond. Jury Selected for October 31st Court The following 18 men were selected Monday for jury duty at the Octobdf 31st term of Jones County Superior Court: Alva Howard, A. D. Meadows, George Davenport, Herman Mc Arthur, Asa Heath, Jr., Preston H. Banks, Hiram Wilson, Ernest Riggs, Ldwrenice Pollock. Guy Rooace, George Simmons, Claude Bender, Joe Henry Had dock, Roy Ball, C. J. Harriett, Emmett Mallard, Dalton Eubanks and Richard Barker. liquor laws. Other cases cleared from \tbe docket incuded the folic wing: Lonnie Griffin and Elton Ray IWetherlhgton both drunken- driv ing, nol pressed. Carl Richard Harrell, manslaughter*, not guilty. Vernon Alvin Nethercutt $26 fine for public Apmke.iess. Charlie Sylve&tei- Bunion, speeding, drunk en dvriiig and carrying a con- ’ (cealed weapon $i25 and costs. Mount Vernon McCumber and, Lee Morris Jr. both drunken driv ing $100 and costs. J. N. Kornegary, violating liquor laws, no true bill. Roy Lee, May and Leo May not guilty of violating liquor laws, Tom my Gooding $75 fine for violating liquor laws. James Oliver $10 fine , for driving without a driver’s license. Nat a true bill in drunken driv ing and reckless driving charges aga&nsi; Is-sac Bruce Weston. Lar ceny charges against James Cobb were nol prossed with leave. Jas per Jones drew a 6 month jail term suspended on payment of costs and! 2 year’s .probation for assault with a deadly weapon. Levi Ward was fined $50 for violating the liquor laws, Arlander Barfield and James iFoy were ordered to pay the court costs for violating the liquor laws. S. A. Norris was fined $50 for as sault with a deadly weapon. Theo dore Roosevelt Burney was fined $50 for violating the liquor laws. Clem Manley Fey was found not guilty of speeding. Carl Koonce (Jr. was ordered to pay $15 per week for support of his children or igo to jail for 6 months. F. B'. Mur phy was ordered to pay $15 per month for support of a child, dlen nie Lee Murvin was found not guilty of larceny and Herbert Bo gus was -put on probation for two years for assault with a deadly weapon. Jones NCEA Unit Welcomes New Members on Tuesday Speeders Help County General School Fund An even 70 persons changed with speeding and before Jones County Superior Court last week made a handsome contribution, to the coun ty general school fund. Fines of $10 were levied against 88 of the group, one paid $15 fine and another only had to pay the court costs. The majority pled guilty in absentia and forfeited bonds poster at the time of the indictment. These 70 also paid the court costs which in each case was $20. Jones Fair Time This week the 13th annual Jones County Agricultural Fair spon sored by the Clen Newton Smith Post of the American Legion is being held in Trenton. Thousands of farm and home items are on exhibit, ranging from huge beef type beef animals down to delicate needlework. The fair runs through Saturday night with the annual beauty pageant scheduled for Friday night. Officials of the fair have extended their friends in every part of the state an invitation to come for a visit during the week. So fair no individuals have made ' application for lease of the home, fouit White was authorized to nego tiate with potential leasers, as suming that one could be found. The home is located just north of Kinston on Cunningham Road and has space for 51 patients, and is considered the very latest word in design for this particular purpose. Architect Bob Ferguson asked the commissioners to make their final inspection of the home next Monday, October 10. , The local unit of the North Caro lina Education Association, honored its new teachers at its first meet ing of the year Tuesday afternoon at the Jones Central High School in Trenton. The honorees were met at the door and presented a ibronze color ed chrysanthemum corsage by the two presidents of the association, Mrs. Claude Allen, North Carolina •Education Association and Mrs. •Doris King, Classroom Teacher Association president. All members were invited to the tea table ar.d served punch, cake and nuts. Mrs. John Yates pre sided at the punch bowl and Mrs. Henry Swiggett served the cake. The local school was host for the occasion. Following the social hour the regular business -d the associa tion was conducted. A highlight of the business session was the an nouncement of all schools but one having 100 per cent membership in its three professional organiza tion. This school lacked only thred members. Trenton School was in charge of •the program. Fred W. Pippin, prin cipal of the Trenton School and chairman of the Public Relations Committee, introduced the various members cd his school as panelists. They in turn gave suggestions as to some ways of having better pub lic relations with the school and the community. Mrs. Eliza Hammond gave some highlights of her observations iin the Mecklenburg School system she recently Visited. This school , sys tem specializes in individual type of teaching the child to read. 'Superintendent tV. B. Moore speaking for the Legislative Com mittee, urged the Jones County fetchers to register and vote in the forth coming election.' sfelil
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