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JONES COUNTY fRENTON, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 1«, 1961 VOLUME XII .... ■. ; •» • .. i--____ Jones Central GJrm beginning at 7:30 Saturday night. The girls’ and Womans’ game will be played first. The annual event is being sponsor ed by, and for the benefit of, the Parent-Teacher Associatkm. Members of the adult teams are not making the sainle mistake they made last year, but are remember ing sprained backs and sore mus cles. They are practicing each Tuesday and Thursday afternoons in the school gym. Mrs. Jack Wilton Jr. is manager of the womans’ team. She reports that the following are expected to play on her team: Mesdames Howard Falls, Melvin Aycock, Mil ton Arthur, W. J. Dillahunt Jr., W. J. Dillahunt, Frank Chapman, I. D. Hill, Lynwood. Meadows, B. E. Miller, Van H. Harriett, Audrey Kennedy, S. T. Carter, John W. Creagh Jr., Mrs. F. A. Mallard, Lois Voss, Kirby Phillips, Charles Parker, C. E. Ruffin, LaTry Swin ton, Brown Yates and Mapy Anna Dixon. Others who are willing to pray axs incited to coma and do so. Nickey Miller, manager of the meu’s team, is expecting the fol lowertag to play: Jack Bray, Nick Mallard, Lynwood Meadows, Bob Parker, C. E. Ruffin, J'. W. Gray, Pete Thomas, Sidney Harrell, Mel vin Aycock, Ben Cox, J. E. Parker, R. C. O’Bryan, Donald Batchelor and others. Miller is asking that more men come out to help, as some feel they they will not last very long. In the recent tourney, the girl’s won the county championship, 'while the boys lost one game to Trenton, coming out in 2nd place. Both teams are hoping to give their elders a good contest Saturday night. Mars. Dalton Mortem, president of the PTA, has all her committees working well, with plans underway for making the event a success. Mrs. Linwood Cox is publicity chairman. Mrs. John Booth and Mrs. Brown Yates are heading committees that will have for sale drinks, sand wiches, cakes," and eandy. Every one is invited to attend the games. The admission prices are 25c for students and 50c for adults. Mrs. Bruce Johnson Nominated to Head Legion Auxiliary The American Legion Auxiliary met March 13 in the kitchen at the Trenton fair gcound. Mrs. W. W. Cawery presided and Mrs. Smith Mc-ore, chaplain, gave the devo tional. Mrs. Sarah Johnson, girl state chairman, reported that Re beca fFV>scue and Margaret Jones w 11 be the Jones County represent atives at Girls’State this summer. Son.a Cox and Gloria Ballard will be alternates. Mrs. Earl Scott, chainnan of the nominatio s committee, gave the following slate of officers for the coming year: Mrs. Bruce John son, president—Mrs. Bill Johnson, ■1st vice president—Mrs. Thomas Johnson, 2nd vice president, Mrs. Lynwood Cox, secrertary-treasur xer, Mrs. W. W. Lowery, cbaplian and Mrs. Milton Arthur, historian. They will be installed in June by Mrs. Nelson Banks. The president announced that the 3rd area meeting will be in Now Bern April 7. Mrs. Alex Hig gins presented the program on “Community Siervice” and Mrs. Alma Vassey, of the County Health Department, taught and demon strated how to make bandages and dressings. The ladies will then make them at home to send to ’Lumberton Hospital, Refreshments were served by , ? Comfort is on same Nortii Cain luifl mspSt but is left off the,vast ; V majority. Some of its residents call it “Misery”, but that is a hangover from the time of the “Great De pression”, when like most farm communities there was far more truth than humor in the name change. Comfort is on NIC Highway 41 between Trenton and Kenansville. It is not a corporate community, but iS one of Jones County’s oldest settlements. Comfort has an elementary school, three filling stations, one church and “Charlie Battle’s . Place”. Until November 1®57. “Charlie Battle’s (Place” was just another filling station-general store-post office, but at about that time the three Battle bays, Charlie Jr., Raymond and Roy Bee decided to make a few charges around the old place. • Today the post office, general store and filling station have been pushed off the premises. Two* ad joining rooms, nj’wW.# glial “Charlie Battle's Place” are filled to running over With Jones County's single biggest business. r Those “few (Stages”; back in 12&7 consisted of installing two tire re-treading rigs. The business was an immediate success. The —.•-. ■■ This is iht beginning of the production line at "Charlie Bat tle's place." Ben Howard is seen operating the single irtdst expen sive piece of nqwipment * in the establishment: A $6,000* automatic buffer, which tears away the re mains of the original tread with the tough-toothed wheel at left that spins at 3600 revolutions. per minute. first year it grossed qver$40,000. Now with $75,000 worth of equip ment, peak season employment of 14 people and 21 molds where the business started with two the (gross income is still increasing . . . Last year the gross was over $200,000 ard this year Charlie Jr., who is chief keeper of the keys, says, “We’re gonna pass a quarter of a million this year!’’ During the summer and fall months when things are running wide open a re-treaded tire pops out of the molds about every three minutes, Charlie says. The area of Eastern Carolina roughly lying east of Goldsboro, and Wilson and South of the Tar River all the way down to Wil mington furnishes this booming business the raw materials of its business. Where did all the “know how” for this sudden success come? Right around this sleepy farm community. All the employees are home grown and most have been with the business since it really Continued on pago i automatic buff* If 8*aa naxt to th» ■*—IWj'i ,fc|4 <-iri which i* ■ w$wm j j* looted ,.From'fho 'ill* Tw* - iiivvit on to iiw $ which is on* of tho hoy Jobs in tho ro-capping process. This l« "ton gj&tigglj ny" Mills, who fits the new rubber snugly, and naatly onto IhaoW frama with tbs aid of lha macNna ha it shown using hart. hint \ v. Tragedy Near Trenton Kills Young Woman and Seriously Injured Boy Sheriff Reports Still Destroyed; 3 Arrests This week Sheriff Brown Yates reported Hie destruction of a large steam type whisky still In Beaver Creek Township , that was not in operation and for which no indict ments have been made, since the distilery was hidden on the prop erty of Mrs. L. B. Jenkins of K'.ns ton. ■During the past week Roy L. Cribfb of 1101 Bast Bright Street in Kinston was charged with as sault with a deadly weapon and carrying a concealed weapon. OharMe Richardson and Sammy Bryailt of Pollocksville were ac cused of being publicly drunk.. Maysville Firemen Talking New Building Aproximafely 40 memlbers of the Maysville Fire Department were present at the Monday night meet ing at the community building with Rudolph Pelletiers presiding. Included In the business dis cussed was the possible construc tion of another building. Following adjouitments, barbe cue, slaw, hush puppies, and soft drinks were served by Tom Fos cue, Merle Jones and Rill Caldwell. — Mrs. Moore, Mrs. Laura Daven port and Mrs. Carl Flowers. At the April meeting, Mrs. W. iF. Hill will speak on “Pan Amer icans” and Mrs. Nick Mallard on “Child Welfare”. • A freakish automobile acident two miles east of Trenton about 7:30 Saturday night claimed the life of 16 year-old Mary Elizabeth West and left 16 year-old Lee A* Mills in extremely critical condition. The two students at Jones Cen tral High School were standing in the yard of Miss West’s home, talking to her father, J. Charlton West Jr. The headlights on the vehicle West was sitting in were ■burning. Walter Harvey Rouse, 20, driv ing eastwardly was blinded by the lights of both West’s vehicle and another car he was meeting. Rouse assumed that West’s headlights were on a car that was on the road. Rouse drove to the right of West’s vehicle, striking the two young people. miss west died on the way to a Kinston hospital. Mills was given emergency treatment and trans ferred immediately to Duke Hos pital for specialized treatment of numerous critical injuries. At press time Mills was still listed as in ex tremely critical condition. Rouse has been indicted by In vestigating Highway Patrolmen B. W. Oakly and Wesley Parrish for manslaughter . . All persons involved in the trad edy were residents of Trenton route 2. Forrest Waller New Kinston Postmaster Southwest Township Farmer iForrest Waller was named Kins ton Postmaster Wednesday. He will assume his duties as of Satur day of this week, succeeding Jas per Phillips, who has served in that capacity for just under a year. IValter has Served for nearly 14 years ontheLenoir County Board of Education, taking office in that capacity in April 1941. In addition to his farming and school board activities Waller is ore of the south’s top breeders of purebred Poland China hoigs, and he is noiw president of the North Carolina Poland China Breeders Association. Waller, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Waller, is a native of Jones 'County, but has lived most of his life in Lenoir County. He is 49 years old. Waller was married in 1933 to the former Ruth King of South west Township. They have three so-ns, Charles, Robert and Freddy. Land Transfers Real estate tranfers recorded during the past week in the office of Jones County Register of Deeds Bill Parker included the following: From Leslie Adams to Leslie Adams and others 167 acres in Tuckahoe Township. From Hines Brothers Lumber Company to Union Bag-Camp Paper Company 167 acres in Tuck ahoe Township. From Neil carter to H. L. Ras berry Trust 88.86 acres in Tucka hoe Township. Baptist Revival The First Baptist Church will conduct a revival beginning March IS, lasting through March 26. Rev. M. L. Tyndall, the pastor, will bring the message each evening. Mr. Laiwrence from New Bern will direct the music. The nursery will be open fear small children. Marriage License Vetoed County Register of Deeds Bill Barter reports the issue of one marriage license in the past week and it was to William Leroy Wha ley,, 18 of Tuckahoe Township and Patricia Ann Humphrey, IS, of Trenton.
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