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NUMBER 4* TRENTON, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 191 VOLUME XH Jones Board Defers Action on Rentals of Courthouse Offices Tuesday the Jones County Board of Commissioners held a lengthy day of discussion on numerous matters and took action on several, but one of its most thorny prob lems was deferred until later. Thatt i« the \ resolution gassed last month that would raise rentals of office space in the court house, and put a $5 per month price tag; on each air-conditioning unit in these private offices. The offices included in this were those of Attorneys John Larkins, George Hughes and Barns Koonce and the Joneg County office of the Kinston Production Credit Associ ation. Larkins’ rent would be boosted from $30 to $40 per month with $10 extra for two air-eonditioninig units. Hughes would have his rent ' boosted also from $30 to $40 with $5 extra per month for one air conditioning unit. The rent on Koonce’s office would be boosted from $25 to $30 per month and the KBCA from $20 to $30 per month. v j Less than a year ago the rents on these same office spaces were raised by mutual consent of all lessors, and at that time new 5 year leases were reached between the county apd its tenants. Last month the board did not spell out the effective dates of the rent increases; whether im mediate or at the end of the-lease Thefe hag been no indication from any of the renters as to their sentiments on the second raise in • less than a year, but officials of the K'PCA have been visiting pos sible office sites in Trenton. Surplus Food? The commissioners also delayed action on the problem if surplus food distribution to the needy of the county. The cost of transport ing, storing and parceling out the food to the welfare clients, unem ployed and those with cash, in comes of less than $75 per month iwas feared to be too high in pro portion to the need in a rural coun ty such as Jones, but the door was not closed completely on the pro position. The board authorized the pur chase of inshrance on the recent ly accepted health building and approved — reluctantly a $25 sten ographic fee ordered by Judge Chester Morris for the preparation of the appeal of Johnny Payton to the state supreme court from a life sentence imposed on him early in March for raping his 8 year-old stepdaughter. Payton,, naturally, ig appealing as a pauper, forcing the the county to foot the bill for his appeal. Election Records The commissioners also agreed to place the. looked files and rec ords of the County Election Board in the office of Register of Deeds Bill Parker, rather than in the of fice of County Attorney Donald Brock, as suggested at the March meeting. Members Horace Lee Haddock and Fred Foscue said they bad heard considerable crit of ^ PWosaV .a«Lafc dtamgh «ey p6i»t»al^ »n right they believed it best to keep the records in the court house. Sitting as a hoard of equalization and review the commissioners towered the tax listed valuation of a 3-room logging camp belonging to Earl Yeoman from $800 to $600. Jury Debates 8 Hours Before Sparing Confessed Murderer Starting at 3:30 last Thursday afternoon 12 Lenoir Countians de bated just over 8 hours before fi nally agreeing to spare Harold A. Smith from the state gas chamber for the cold-blooded pistol slaying last July of Marine-Sergeant Rob ert Eugene Schroeder. The entire debate in the locked jury room was on the point of punishment since Smith bad con fessed twice, and did not offer any . evidence to refute the chain Of ■facts paraded before the jury by Solicitor Walter Britt. Smith confessed that on die night of Thursday, July 20jst, he, with Jesse Eugene Perry and Eugene Wakefield Jacobs bad agreed to force the first car that stopped to help them push their car to a fill ing station about IS miles south of Kinston on U. S. 256. iSgt. Schroeder was the “Good Samaritan” who stopped to help the trio, whose car had ran out of «««• V ■ L-. ? ■ Smith, said he pulled out Ms .45 caliber automatic pistol and forced Schroeder to push the car in which tPerry and Jacobs rode. On arriv ing at a filling station, Smith told “ bis prisoner to keep going while the other car coasted into the filling station. Smith says Schrodder recognised ■■jt-Mk, as a, former Marine, who had been kicked out of the Corps. At - first Smith said he decided to lock ^ ifiehroeder in the boot of (he Ma dying of hunger or exposure. Then Smith said he decided aft er driving a few miles with Sehroe der locked in the trunk that he had to kill him. Smith said he then pulled off the main highway onto a dirt road, went and unlocked the car trunk, raised the lid and asked, “How you getting along, Buddy?” Smith said, Schroeder said, “OK.” Smith says he then shot Sch roeder in the head, chest and sto mach with the heavy caliber pis tol. Then driving back to Kinston he found Perry and Jacobs at a cafe in front of the court house, where they went for a cup of cof fee while the car with the dead (Marine was parked directly in front of the police station on West King Street. Then the tno went a few miles west of Kinston where they robbed the dead Marine’s body and car and left Mm in the car beside a filling station at “Little Balti more” between Kinston and La Grange. Schroeder’s body was not discovered until late Sunday afternoon when the July heat: caused a strong odor and bloody water to begin coming from the car. On Saturday night the trio was * after an armed robbery 4 Df C. and subse exc^llent police work re vealed that the pistol Smith used' Continued on pap* 4 Civil Court Term Jurors Are Picked Tuesday in April session the Jones County Board of Commis sioners drew a venire of 20 jurors .to serve at the scheduled May 16th civil term of Jones County Supe rior Court. The vehire includes: G. B. Eu banks, Jr., Ellis Banks, Norfleet Jones, T. E. Smith, W. W. Sim pson, Leo Eubanks, Robert Mea dows, John M. , PnTker, Adron Skinner, C. M. Gray Jr. H. M. Quinn, Paul H. Taylor, ■jimmie Mallard, Robert C. Spi vey, Ray F. Hill, G. F. Mercer, Unwood Meadows, Carl Turner, J. R. Jarman and Cbarlie Brown. Tom Foscue to Head County’s Cancer Drive; Starts Monday Tom h. rescue of Moysville has been named chairman of the 1961 Cancer Crusade in Jones County, if was announced today by Mfs. J. Virgil Bender, President of the local unit of the American Cancer Society. ♦ The educational and fund-rais ing Crusade will begin Monday, April 10' and continue through April 22. Foscue is highly quali fied "i for the position by his com munity spirit and desire to help further the welfare of the Jones County residents. As leader of the campaign here, Foscue appealed for many workers to help in the many Jobs that need to be done in the comimunity dar ing April, Cancer Control month. The response was excellent and the following have been appointed as area chairmen during the cam paign : ' '■ Mallardtown — Mrs. Tom Mal lard. • Comfort — Mrs. Joe Wiggins Maysville — Mrs. C. C. Dameron County Tuberculosis Association Molds Annual Meeting on 29th By MYRTLE BROCK '■•The Jones' County Tuberculosis Association Annual meeting was held in the Library of Jones Cen tral High School on March 29. The Education Committee, Mrs. Alma Vasseyr Chairman, reported the activities of the Association in cooperation with the Health De partment in the field of tubercul osis. The film “What is T B” was shewn to 1480 people. 500 pamph lets entitled “T B” from the State Board of Health were distributed to the parents of 232 first grade pupils given the tuberculosis skin test. The Jones County T Ass<£ and workers from Pamlico County iwho aided in the survey. Eight postive reactors were X-rayed and found negative. Seven were known contacts. In 1960 the County Health Department had given 103 skin tests with seventeen positive reactors. All have been X-rayed. Jones County has four T B pa tients in the Sanatorium and 41 arrested cases at home who are X-rayed routinely and contacts followed closely. The Jones County Association has financed X-rays for 48 indigent Four Arrest Made Last Week in Jones The office of Sheriff Brown Yates reports the arrest of four men during the past week. Harry •Selby Thigpen of New Bern route 4 and J. D. Todd of Maysville were booked on charges of drunken driving, Walter Mack of Polloeksville was charged with assault with a deadly weapon and "Willie Campbell of PoUoaksville was charged with public drunken ness and disorderly conduct. Maysville Firemen Make Plans Purchase Additional Equipment Approximately 40 memibers of the Maysville Fire Department were present Monday evening at the commiinity building for their April meeting. ' 'Rudolph Pelletier called the meeting to order- and presided. During this time* they discussed purchasing, new equipment and made plans for a baibeque and fried chicken dinner with proceeds to go . toward purchase of equip ment. i, j Following adjournment Nolan Jones, Milan LaRoqUe and Johnny BUns served fried fish, cole slaw, pickles, bush puppies and soft drinks. persons. The fifteen day 'X-ray survey in March, in cooperation with the State and County Health Departments with clerks paid by the County Association, X-rayed 2872 people. The results are not •yet known. The budgeted expenditures of the Association for 1981-1962 were as follows: Case findings . $427.34 Research Grants_ 226.50 Supplies .,. 190.02 Miscellaneous __ 18.31 The Jorfes County Tuberculosis Comittee at the February meeting adopted a Constitution for the Jlgj&afioo of a Tuberculosis Asso ciation. A Board of Directors of twenty-one composed of represen tatives from each township in the County, was elected for staggered terms of three years. The Board elected the folowihg officers and executive committee for 1961-1062. Myrtle Brock, President; Mrs. Dewey Jenkins, Vice-President; Mrs. B. H. George, Secretary Treasurer, Mrs. W. G. Mallard and Mrs. Harold Mallard. The Christmas Seal Sales for 1960 totaled $1,106.05. A tenta tive budget was presented provid ing for health education, scholar ships, research grants, case find ings, X-ray fund and supplies. Addie Murry Darden, Field Con sultant for the North Carolina Tuberculosis Association gave an interesting and helpful ilustrated talk on Approved Principles and Practices of a Tuberculosis Asso ciation Board of Directors. ana Mrs. Annabelle Ward. Pleasant Hill — Mrs. S. T. Hum phrey Lee’s Chapel — Mrs. Theron Humphrey Chinquapin — Mrs. Wayne Has kins \ ' v Piney Grove — Mrs. L. L. Od den Maple Grove — Mrs. Hugh Lof tin V Hopewell — Mrs. Earl Jones Tuckahoe — Mrs. Robert E. Cox Beaver Creek — Mrs. Minnie Green Wise’s -Fork — Mrs. Minnie Green White Oak River Mrs. Mil dred Simpson Trenton — Nelson Conway Oak Grove — Mrs. Linwood Cox Pollocksville — John W. Oreagh, Jr. and Mrs. Viola Franks “Because cancer eventually strikes tiwo out of three families,’’ Foscue said, “there is urgent need for everyone to do his share to combat a disease which last year took the lives of more than a quar ter of a millon Americans. “Here in Jones County we can help save lives by serving as vol unteers, by contributing our money to the Crusade, or by doing both,” Foscue said. “Crusade volunteers will not ring doorbells to collect funds, but will leave in each home leaflets Which could save the life of some member of the family. This free educational material stresses the value of annual health checkups and the importance of learning the seven danger signals,” he concluded. Wilson Lowery is Re-Elected President Clover 4-H Club The Clover 4-H cMb held its reg ular meeting Monday night in the educational rooms at Chinquapin Chapel. The evening began with a picnic supper followed by the meeting. Wilson Lowery presided over the business session and Jan ice Lowery gave the devotional. ■A project report was ■ given by Frank Heath, then the election of officers was held. Wilson Lowery was re-elected president, Don Phillips vice presi dent, Ann Heath-secretary, Annet_ te Lowery - treasurer, Fletcher Smith-reporter, Janice Lowery program chairman, Ann Koonce and Toby Heath-song leader, Di ane Eubanks and Harold Smith recreation leaders, Fay Haskins historian and junior leaders will be Don Phillips and Wilson Lowery. During the meeting Fletcher Smith gave a report on the community building plans. Easter Sunrise Services Held Jointly by Maysville Churches ■Members from the First Baptist, Memorial Baptist, Maysville Meth odist and Belgrade Methodist churches 'gathered at the Maysville Community building Sunday morn ing at 6 for an Easter Sunrise Service. ' ( 'Rev. J. J. Smith, pastor of Mays ville Methodist church, presided, opening with the Call to Worship. The Invocation followed, given by Dr. A. E. Thompson of Memorial Baptist. Wards of Welcome were given (by Rev. Smith and scripture read ing followed (by prayer was given by Rev. M. L. Tindall of the First Baptist church. Rev. W. E. Pickett of the Bel grade Methodist church brought the message, choosing as his to pic “The Risen Lord.” Rev. Smith dismissed with the benediction. Several Easter hymns were sung by the:'congregation. Final Maysville PTA Meet of Year Monday The final meeting of the Mays iville P. T. A. for this school year will be held Monday evening in )the school auditorium' beginning at 7:30. A special pantomine program will be presented by the children from Tarawa Terrace school. Parents are urged to attend and bring a guest. Maysville Firemen Answer Call . The men of the Maysville Fire Department answered a call Sun day morning at one a.m. when fire broke out in the store of Mrs. Doris Stroud in Onslow county. The fire was finally brought un der control but extensive damage was done and loss of. merchandise was great.
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