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4 THE JONES COUNTY NUMBER 7 TRENTON, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1961 VOLUME XIIV County’s War Dead, Schools And Admirals Will Be Listed On Battleship Honor Roll RALEIGH — All 100 of North Carolina’s counties will be repres ented on three separate U. S. S. North Carolina honor rolls when sufficient funds materialize for the preparation of exhibits aboard the famous battleship. Lenoir County will have 62 names on the principal honor roll, which will cover the service men from the county who died in World War H. Of this number from Lenoir Coun ty 41 died while serving in the Army and the Air Force and 21 died in combat serving with the Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard. The Army and Air Force list beans the names of 4,680 individ ual North Carolinians who were killed in action or died of wounds. The official. Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard list carries 1,368 from the state dead in combat and 14 dead in prison camps. All 6,063 will be listed individually by coun ty aboard ship when the Battle ship Commission is able to carry out its plans. Another of the county by county rosters contemplated for the Bat tleship Memorial is the list of schools that participated 100 per cent in the school drive to save the ship. The third honor list planned for permanent dispOaj^wiUJjgJhe^Ad^ mirals of the North Carolina Navy. This group is made up of persons who have donated as much as $100 or raised as much as $500 to save the U: S. S. North Carolina, sched uled by the Navy to be scrapped on July 1, 1861. The Admirals re cieve commissions directly from the Governor of North Carolina, and they will be given lifetime free admission to the Battleship Mem •orial at Wilmington. Each county has at least one Admiral named by Governor San ford to head the drive for funds in the county. Edward Lilly of Kinston is Admiral of the Fleet for Lenior County. Governor Terry Sanford and Bat tleship Commission Chairman Hugh Morton have commended Lilly for his leadership in the drive to raise Lenoir County’s share of the state goal of $250,000, and have urged civic and patriotic organizations and individuals in the county to lepd him every pos sible assistance. All have stress ed that contributions in any amount to the Battleship Fund will be gratefully received. Directed Verdicts of Not Guilty in Two Cases Before Court Last week Judge Rudolph Mintz granted motions far directed ver dicts of not . guilty in two serious charges involving three young mem before Lenoir County Superior Court. Joe Dan Sprafcer, changed with manslaughter in the death of his fellow worker, Edward Allman, was freed after state witnesses had,' testified that Allman died on Wednesday from a skull fracture that caused bleeding in the brain area. j Tbe-twoindti, eittplB^ees of tfie* R. H. BouJaigMy Company of Char lotte were in a brief fist fight on April 29th, during which Allman fell to the pavement and was (knocked unconscious for a tew minutes. Testimony indicated that he bad) refused repeatedly to accept med ical care when it'was suggested by Sprafcer and others. In the other charge Navy Corps men Brothers Robert and Stanley Epperson Jr. were found not iguilty of raping Glady’s Hicks of Kinston. She admitted going into THE CALF—Young Lori Latehlefr of Bell takes like the led whojpicked up the calf The calf in this case pounds now, it will Methodist Pastors Assigned Last Week For the Coming Year Among the Methodist pastors assigned at ttye annual convention last week id Durham were (he following who will serve in Jones County; John T. Smith ait 'Mayisville, La A. Green at PaUocksviUe, Walton N. Bass at Trenton. W. B. Cotton will serve at Rich lands and H. L. Harrell win serve Bit Pink Hill. New Bemian Hurt in Jones County Wreck A car-truck collision in front of thle. Emmett McDaniel place be tween Trenton and Thurs day night hospitalized Roy Prent ice Pugh of 2410 Georgia Avenue In New Bent. Highway Patrolman J. A. Crump tar, who investigated, said that Lawrence Pollock of Trenton route 1 was in the act of passing the ice cream truck driven by Pugh, when it was turned to the left, striking the 'Pollock car along the tight front fender and back to the front door. The truck turned over and Puigh suffered a gash on the head and other passible internal injuries. Pugh’s son, Prentice, was not hurt tund Pollock escaped injury. Polock said he didhoi see a tamn stgnal 'dn the' tnuci until he |was almost up beside it. Both (vehicles were headed toward Kins ton. an empty building with the broth ers, »after taking a drink with them to a nearby juike joint. In the pre liminary hearing the brothers ad mitted going to the empty apart ment with the girl but they contend ed that she got mad when they re fused to pay her $14. Army Offering Assignment Guarantee The Army today, according to Sergeant Edward La Feure, local Army Recruiter, is offering to young men a choice of a guara teed assignment to either of two oversea areas, encompassing sel ect countries in Europe and the Far East and his personal pre ference cf vocational training. Under this program, the ser geant said, young men may choose to train in the inTanltry, Armor, or Field Artillery and be assured of schooling or on-the-job training in these vital Army career fields. The choice of oversea assign ment offered to these young men is composed of two major, geo graphical areas covering most of the Free World. The sergeant pointed out that a young man may elect to serve in the Far East where we have .units in Japan, Here a, Guam and the Philippines, or he may choose Europe where personnel are stationed in Ger many, France and Italy. The operation and maintenance of the Army’s complex weapons and equipment demand highly skilled technicians, capable of keep ing them in a constant state of readi ness. Ibis unprecedented offer, Sergeant La Feure said, is being made since the Army need! the services of America’s finest young men. and is offering subs tantial career benefits to get them. CLOSED FOR VACATION Office of the Journal m Kinston It closed this week while «H em ployees talcs a msdsd vacation! 4-H Foundation Supper Set for Saturday Night An all-out county-wide effort is . (being made by Jones County H-H’ers .this Saturday night to raise the balance of the County’s' quota for the state 4-H Club found- I Qtkm. A supper is being served at the' (Legion grounds in Trenton, but H-JBer’s and) their adult leaders! Ihaive sold .tickets in every section 1 bf the county and will deliver the suppers for those who prefer to eat (at home rather than to come to the fair grounds in Trenton. Tickets for the supper are aivadl- i table from all 4-H’er® and their j adult leaders or .ait the aig building! in Trenton. The 4-H foundation has a goal of : $1 million for the sponsorship of tmore and broader college scholar ships and for expanding and. im proving the 4-H Club recreational (facilities in every part of the state, j No Fireman’s Joke Kinston Police Wednesday morn ing were inclined to think that some cf Firemen Haywood Quinn's bod ies were pulling a practical joke on him when he came in and re ported his car had been stolen dur ing the night from thfc parking lot back of the city jail. However, when the car was found abandoned ( in Burgaw after someone had brok en into a nearby home, shaved and ‘changed clothes it was concluded that Quinn's car had been stolen by two escaped convicts who got loose in Kinston Tuesday night. Life in Prison Solicitor Walter Britt Thursday accepted the guilty plea of Cleo Roland Johnson, who admitted the brutal shotgun slaying of his wife on the night of February 9th in a Harveytown home, where she was hiding from him. She was holding their child in her right arm when he placed a borrowed shotgun against her left chest and pulled the trigger. He had been released from county jail only a short time before the cold-blooded killing. His wife had placed Johnson in jail under a peace bond after he had threatenend to kill her. His plea carnied an automatic life term in prison. Under North Carolina parole procedure he will be eligi ble for consideration for parole at the end of ten years. AT SCHOOL Councilman Carl C. Wooten of Kinston attended the School for Moyers and Coumcilmen held at the Institute of Government in Chap el Hill June 25-27. LOOKING FORWARD—President Charles de Gaulle stud ' ies a model of a towering apartment buildfcug which may be built in the French capital, Paais. , James Spence Makes First Solo Flight Ensign James T. Spence, I®, son.' of Mr. and Mrs. Jaimes T. Spence, III of Route 1, Pink Hill, cni June 2 made has first solo flight at the paaifley Field Naval Auxiliary Air Sjaiticu, Pensacola, Fla. As part cf primary flight training, he is also receiving instruction in com muocafoos, navigation, engimeer imig, athletics, aerology and CLyil Air Regulations. Judge Holds Adoption Valid of Carl Hicks’ Four Grandchildren Last Thursday in Lenoir County Superior Court Judge Rudolph, Miintz held the adoption of four grandchildren by Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hicks of Walstonburg to be ivalid on all points. Edward L. Russell of Salt Lake City, Utah, who abducted the chil dren last week and who is the na tural father of the children, is attempting to set aside the adop tion papers. Russell, who was separated from his wife, daughter of the Hicks, ,at the time of her death, was present when the first order of adoption was signed before the Greene County Clerk of Court and idid not at that time offer any ob jection to the adoption. Charges of criminal abduction have been filed against him and in am effort 'to clear himself of that charge Russell is seeking to have the adoption set aside. Notice of appeal to the state su preme court from Mintz’ decision was given by Russell’s counsel last week.
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