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THE JONES COUNTY TRENTON, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1961 VOLUME XII Jones Central Finals Begin Friday With Baccalaureate Sermon; Commencement 26th Graduation exercises for the ' Class of 1196a of UJones Central High School begin Friday after noon of this week with the Bacca laureate Sermon being delivered at 3 by Dt. B. Frank Hall, Pastor • of the Pearsall Memorial Presby terian Church in Wilmington. The Invocation will be said by Dr. A. E. Thompson, the Benedic tion by Rev. Lionel Swink and John W. Crea®h will introduce Dr. Hall. Commencement will be held at 8 ,Wednesday night with Professor Eugene C. Purcell of Atlantic Christian College delivering the graduation address. ( Rev. Donald Palmer will speak the Invocation, Rev. Walton Bass will say the Benediction and Prin cipal D. L. Nance will introduce the speaker. - % ^ School'Board Chairman Charlton West Jr., B. C. Gray Jr.,, Mrs. Fred Pippin and J. Brantley Speight will present special aiwards. School Superintendent, W. B. Moore and Principal Nance will present diplomas. There are 77 members of the 1SS1 graduating class of Jones Cep ral High School. Class officers are President Kenneth Smith, Vice President Lydia Bender, Treasur er Allen Bender, Secretary Kay Harrison and Reporter Frances Swink. Marshalls for the graduation ex ercises include Chief Marshall Wilson Lowery Jr., Rebecca Fos cue, Sonja Cox, Della Sue Riggs, Cynthia Westbrook, Blaine Wil liams and Brenda Parker. Mrs. Fred Pippin Installed as Womans Club President ne Trenton womans uiud met Thursday night in the club house for the final meeting of the year. Husbands of the members were invited and the evening began with a covered dish supper, fol lowed by the business meeting. Note cards with pen sketches of the mill pond in Trenton have ar rived and can be bought from members of the Womans dub. Club members Who Were not present at the meeting and who wish to obtain cards may contact the president. Mrs. V. L. Pollock installed file following officers: Mrs. Fred Pip pin, president, Mrs. Fred Fescue, vice-president, Mrs. John Hughes Pollock, secretary and Mrs. Darris Koonce, treasurer. Bridge was played after the meeting. Administratrix Jailed For Failing to File Required Accounts Alice Grady, 50 year-old negress of La Grange route 3, was jailed this week for contempt of court after she failed and refused to file accounts required by law for an estate in which she had been ap pointed administratrix. Court Clerk John Davis said Wednesday that shortly after she was jailed her attorney appeared and filed* the proper papers and she has beeh'released from custody. Davis said he hated to use this method of obtaining the legally re id reports, but after repeated > equests and after Miss Grady had been formally notified of her duty i had no recourse other than the pt citation. iree to Prison for Stealing One Flivver Recorder Ejnmett Wooten said Monday that in banding out 4 month prison tferms to three negro youths he Was giving them a ma jority of the'time for lying. Terry Winfield of 406 Dennis 'Street, Jaimes A. Davis of 218 Bast Bright and Bari Coleman of Kinston route 2 denied any knowl edge of the theft of file car, which hadl they Lucky Little Girl At 6:20 Monday afternoon, throe year-old Beverly Ann Wells, who lived with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Billy Wells, on the Har old Hall farm of Kinston route 1, luckily escaped with relatively minor injuries when she darted suddenly into the path of a car driven by Mn. PatsyMeCawbom Worthington of Aydon route 1. Pa trolman Wesley Parrish said the accident was unavoidable insofar as Mrs. Worthington was concern ed. The child was given X-ray ex aminations and observation at Parrott Memorial Hospital and is recuperating from shock and num erous bruises. ILLEGAL SALE? Freddie Becton of La Grange last week was accused of making an illegal sale of tires. The allegation is that he sold the tires although they were mortgaged, and he for got to pay off the “balance due”. HELD FOR CRAVEN Sam Gilbbs of La Grange was picked up last week on a Craven County warrant, charging him with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to, kill. , Presiden Jones County Teacher Honored by Dedication Of College Year Book v • . | (Mrs. Elma Harper Pollock, cel ebrating her 25th year of service to the College, was honored with the dedication of the Gardner Webb College yearbook, “The 1961 Anchor.” She was presented the initial copy of the annual publica tion during a special chapel pro gram last week . Editor-in-Chief Joyce Philbeck of Boiling Springs made the pres entation and read the dedicatory remarks, which follow: “A radiating smile, a willing ness to listen, a keen insight into human affairs, an understanding natutOrond. always a desire to help — these are some of the admirable qualities that belong to a faculty member known affectionately to Students as “Miss” Pollock. “For twenty-five years Mrs El ma Harper Pollock has removed stumbling blocks so that the paths taken toy students here have been made easier to travel. “We, with warm regard, dedi cate ‘The 1961 Anchor’ to her.” A warm round of applause ech oed when Mrs. Pollock was re vealed as the recipient of this year’s dedication. Mrs. Pollock lives near Oliver Crossroads, and is a native of Jones County. Consent Judgment Ends Gilbert Will Litigation , .ruesaay as the court braced it self for a drarwnout hearing into the will of Paul D. Gilbert a consent judgement was readied and the case ended before it had gotten mderway. Brothers, sisters, nieces and ne phews of Gilbert had asked to have Gilbert’s will set aside on the ground that he was not capable of understanding his actions ih 1955 when he willed his entire estate to his wife, Mrs. Kathleen Whaley Gilbert. He died in 1960. Judge Sumner Burgwyn of Wood land, who is presiding 4over this session of Jones County Court, said he was happy that the matter had been setteled without a long trial, that might cause hardfeel ings that would last for a lifetime. No announcement was made of the agreement but it was pretty well understood that the settle ment was' in the amount of $5,000 to those who were seeking to break the will. Other unofficial comment about the court house was that the Gil bert Family had no objection to Mrs. Gilbert having the estate for her lifetime, but since she had no children by Gilbert, they were an xious that the land—some of which had been in the Gilbert Family for a long time would revert to the Gilberts at her death. This, of course, was nothing more than courthouse gossip, and no member of either side of the liti igation has publicly said this. Open House Sunday From 4 to 6 of New Health Dept. Clinic Jones County Home Demonstra tion Clubs are sponsoring an Open House from 4 until 6 Sunday aft ernoon in the new Jones County Health Department Building. The public is invited and urged to come out and see the handsome and useful clinic which was re cently accepted by the county. It is located just east of Trenton on the Pollocksville road, on a one-acre tract of land given to the county by Mrs. V. L. Pollock and her daughter in memory of their hus band and father. The building was constructed from county, state and federal funds; with Jones County’s part coming from the first $10,000 pro fits of the Jones County Alcoholic Beverages Control Board. Breaks Bat, Hospitalizes Two Negroes Cutting Auto Tires At aibout midnight Monday It. H. Cauley of 10-A Simon Bright apart ments noticed prowlers in a park ing lot. Earl Grady of H-E Simon Bright hollered at the prowlers and told them to leave. The prowlers didn’t scare easily, hollered back, “Call the damned law and if you come out here, we’ll fix you, too.” One of the prowlers made the mistake of adding action to his threat and came up and shook the door of the Grady apartment. Grady came out. Armed with a baseball bat, he knocked out two of the three—breaking his bat on the head of the second, and then he chased the third one down the street with the handle of the bat. The captured two, who were held by tlrady and Cauley until police arrived are Jetiher Edwards, 22, of 1218 Oak Street and Leo Oliver, 24, or 407 Ejotest Street; both are negroes. Investigation revealed that the trio bad slashed tires on. the cars of James Kennedy Of 11-D, Ra mona Hill of 11-A and Stella Jen kins of 8-E Simon Bright apart ments. Bath Ediwards and Oliver were hospitalized for pretty nasty head wounds. They will be charged with dis orderly conduct and malicious damage to private property. Land Transfers Jones County Register of Deeds Bill Parker has reported the fol lowing real estate transfers that have been recorded in his office during the past two weeks: From Ralph Jenkins to W. C. Jenkins 2 tracts in Cypress Creek Township. From W. C. Jenkins to Ralph Jenkins 1 tract in Cypress Town ship. From Annie Morgan Jones to Leatha Gooding 2 lots in Cypress Creek Township. From Sallie P. Eulbanks to Er nest L. Eubanks X lot in Cypress Creek Township. From R. P. Bender to Linwood Meadows 1 cemetery lot in Pol locksville. . From Peailie Becton Bryant to Raeford Becton 61.21 acres in Bea ver Creek Township. Cecil Hargett Gets Postmaster's Job In Richlands on 26th Cecil Hargett of Richlands route 1 will become postmaster of Rich lands on May 26. liargett lives at Hargett crossroads in Jones Coun ty and for many years has been operating a grocery store in Tren ton. Prior to that was a bank em ployee in Kinston. Hargett will be a rather unusual postmaster in that he will not live in the county in which his post office is located; Richlands being in Onslow County. But the rule books says that any person living in an area served by a postoffice is eligible to serve as postmaster. Donna Parker Wins Muffin Bake-Off; Completes in District The County Corn Meal Muffin Bake-Off was held Monday at the Agriculture building in Trenton with 13 participants from the Jun ior 4-H Clubs. ' Donna Parker of the Trent Rac keeters Club won first place which means a free trip ll camp this summer. Second place and a hand mixer went to Sue Cauley of the Wyse Fork Club, and Robert Cur tin of the Hopewell Club won third place. Donna will compete in the dis trict contest in Chocowinity June 20. State winners will receive cook ing utensils as prizes. Judging was done by Mrs. Alma Phillips and Mrs. Nellie Wells on the quality of the product, the method of preparation and the rec ord books. Mrs. Donald Brock, assistant home agent and Beamon Nance, assistant farm agent, were in charge of the program. Trenton Negro Gets Prison Term Monday For Several Crimes Ellis Howard, a young Trenton negro, Monday led guilty to steal ing Billy Eubank’s car, breaking in Bill Parker’s filling station and drunken and reckless driving. He wrecked Eubank’s car shortly aft er it was stolen last month from in front of Trenton Elementary School. Judge Sumner Bungwyn of Wood land gave Howard a term of not less than 3 nor more than 5 years. Rabies Clinics Next Week in Jones County Next week rabies vaccination Clincis will be held in accordance with the North Carolina law re quiring all dogs over six months of age to be vaccinated. Clinic will be held according to the following schedule: WEDNESDAY MAY 24th 10:00 a.m. Leslie White’s Store 11:00 a.m. Hood’s Store at Wyse Forks 1:30 p.m. Comfort 2:30 p.m. Trenton THURSDAY MAY 25th 10:00 a.m. Bay McDaniel’s Store 11:00 ajm. Pollodksville 1:30 p.m. Maysville Marriage License Jones County Register of Deeds Bill Parker reports the issue of the following marriage license by his of ice in the past two weeks: Andrew James Clark, 22, of Pink Hill to Edith Dove, 17, of Trenton. William Harold Tyndall, 25, Pink: Hill route' 1 to Judy Carol Coombs, 16, of Trenton route 2.
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