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/ THE JONES COUNTY ER 28 TREINTQN, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1961 VOLUME XIII Grand Jury Lists Repairs Most Needed in Schools of County Tuesday the Jones County Grand Jilry filed its report with Presiding Superior Court Judge Albert Cow per of Kinston, who received it with thanks and ordered that a copy! of the report be .Handed' to the County board ,of education and the county board of commissioners. Hid jury reported that it hsfd vis ited uQ offices of the county and the jail and had found them in ex cellent condition, but it found a number dfc repairs needed in five of the county's schools. The report says a folding door in the J. W. Wiley school is too thin and has too many cracks in it to render it servicable as a parti tion between classes. Alex H. White school a number of window panes missing in its gym. Maysville Elementary School needed window repairs, had several leaking radiators and its underpin ning was in need of inspection and repair. The Confort School drive way needed patching and the jury rec ommended that a system be set up So that the school ground could be closed except during school use to prevent “parking.” The jury also recommended that more chairs be purchased for the bar enclosure in theecJurt room, a sentiment which Judge Cowper said he shared completely. . Ram Neuse Hits Economic Snag; Want Negotiations were still going on Wednesday between the three ama teur archaeologists who have start ed the raising and restoration of the Confederate Ram Neuse and lo cal officials. s A special meeting of the Kinston Board of Aldermen and Lenoir County Board of Commissioners Tuesday morning finally got out into the open a figure upon which the three men, Lemuel Houston, Tom Carlyle and H. C. Casey agreed to sign over any rights they may" have to the Lenoir County Confederate Centennial Commis sion. A suggestion that $4,000, plus all they had_ Collected, plus all the Kinston '|8jg^f Chamber of Com merce hadnfellected by given the trio was vetoed by thfe three, who after a brief private consultation fixed $14,000 as their bottom price;1 . For oy^iJg.iripnth: the three men, with the occasional volunteers, have been clearing "the accumulated silt and debris of',years from the charred " remains of the Ram, Neuse just beyond Kinsttj* on a sand bar on the east bank* of Neuse River. County Attorney Tom White said in the Tuesday .meeting that offi ficials at Cgiagk Mjeune are apr parently looking with favor upon lending a. hand with the project as a training exercise for Marine engineers. It was also pointed out that $2,000 is available from the Richardson Foundation for help with this pro ject, and ' that the city and cotrafy have authority tow$*r;a' KBS state law to use non-ad valorem tax funds for use on historical preservations , -- p?i . and Malcolm Banks Given Suspended Prison Term for Embezzling Malcolm Leroy Banks was given a tlfree year prison term by Judge Albert Cowper this week in Jones County Superior Court for embez zlement of $280.57 from the Coast al Plain Life Insurance Company of Rocky Mount. Judge Cowper, however, suspend ed the prison term upon the con dition that Banks pay back the money to the insurance company by June of 1962. f he fails to do that the prison term will have to be served. Charge Dismissed In Jones County Superior Court Monday a charge of manslaughter against Bobby Glenn Warren of Kinston was nol proseed, or not prosecuted when Solicitor Robert Rouse decided the evidence would not support the charge. WaiTen, driving an Orkin truck from Kins ton, lost control of it just north of Hargett Crossroad in June of this year and Harold Moore, another Orkin employee, was killed in the crash. which Houston, Carlyle and Casey have some moral if not legal claim to a public project in which the ele ment of personal gain would be re moved. Another meeting was set for 2 Wednesday afternoon at which time further effort' would be made to bridge the gap between what the city and court officials tendered on Tuesday and the amount the three men said was their lowest of fer. Bazaar Saturday The women of Chinquapin Cha pel Christian Church are holding their annual Christmas Bazaar from 4 until 9 p.m. Saturday in the ag building at Trenton.' Free refresh ments will be served and a home sewn quilt will be given away as a door prize. Many kinds of home aqd farm produce "will be offered for sale at the bazaar and the pub lic is urged to come by and see this display, and, of course, make a purchase or two. Whisky Store Robber Gets 5-to-8 Years Monday Judge Albert Cowper, presiding over Jones County Supe rior Court, sentenced, Ellison, Rhod es Jf. to a.ierm of not less than ■5 nor more than 8. years jn state prison for the armed robbery in July of the' Wyse Fork store of the Number of Drunken Driving Cases are Cleared by Court During this week’s term of Jones County Superior Court a number of drunken driving charges were clear ed from the court docket. Mark Thomas Shackelford was found not guilty by a jury. The charge against Frank James Piiret was not prosecuted. Ruth Cash Small pled guilty and was ordered to pay a $100 fine and the court costs. Swindell Dunn and Joan Coward Jr. received the same penalty. Hit and Run Charge In another driving offense charge Carlton Hargett was found guilty of hit and run driving and was sentenced NOT to drive a motor vehicle for two years and pay the court costs. Other Misdemeanors David Lee Perry was not prose cuted on an assault with a deadly weapon charge. R. L. Kellum was ordered to make pay off $99 worth of bad checks. Roy and J. C. .Hill were not found guilty of breaking, entering, and larceny. Charlie Crawford was found not. guilty of assault with a deadly wea pon. Harry F.dward Barfield, James Clifton Foy, Isaac Cleo Koonce and Linnie Marie Jones were all found not guilty of violating the liquor laws after Virginia Brown, who was riding in a car with them claimed £^jec^pf ^a Pint pi stump the car. She was fined $10 and or dered to pay the court costs. Sgt. George L. Jones Completes CBR Study Army Sgt.‘ George L. Jones, 20, son of Mrs. Maggie Jones, Route 1, Maysville, completed two weeks of training at the 101st Airborne Division Chemical, Biological and 'Radiological (CBR) School at Fort Campbell, Ky., Nov. 3. Sergeant Jones received instruc tion in the various methods and equipment used by the U. S. Army ■and the armies of other nations in the waging of CBR warfare. This itraining will enable him to act as a CBR instructor for other peoson nel from his unit. Jones is a squad leader in Company E of the divi sion’s 187th Infantry at the fort. He was graduated from White Oak High School in 1958 and en tered the Army in November of that year. His wife, Glynda, lives in Tenn essee City, Tenn. Marriage License Jones County Register of Deeds Bill Parker reports the issue of three marriage license in the past week to: Joseph McKinley Murrell Jr., 31, and Susie Krry Hunter, 27, both erf Trenton route. 1. ' Lee Morris Jr, 27, and Mabel Lee Hill, 20, both of Pollocksville. I David Lee Perry, 20, and Annie Mae Davis, 18, both of Dover route & DOE COSTS MAN $100 Robert Burrell pled guilty to shooting a doe deer when brought to trial Monday in Jones County Superior Court. Judge Albert Cow “per fined Brown $100 and the court costs. J Incestuous Negro Gets 15 Years for Attempt Rape 8 Year-Old Girl Tobacco Meeting 7th There will be a Countywide To bacco meeting December 7 at the Court House at 7:30. All Jones County Tobacco farmers are invited to attend. R. P. Bennett, Tobacco Specialist and T. A. Todd, Tobac co Disease Specialist of State Col lege, will be the guest speakers and give the latest information on all phases of tobacco production. Toy Collection Sunday Toys will be collected Sunday af ternoon from 3 until 4 by members of the Womans Club, to be repair ed and given to needy children at Ckristn|ii. If you have toys tol give please call Mrs. Pippin or Mrs. Paul Huffman, if you forget to call, do remember to leave the toys on your front porch to be picked up Sunday. Thanksgiving Fire Hits Sears Store in Kinston White Oak Group Organizes 4-H Club By Linda Humphrey The White Oak Community or ganized a 4-H Club Tuesday, Nov ember 21, with approximately twen ty members present. The club was given the name White Oak 4-H Club. The question of where we would meet was discussed. It was agreed that all members help to fix an old house in the community. Most of the members were present. The officers are: President, Wa yne Simpson,; Vice-President, Bet ty Humphrey; Secretary-Treas . nrer,. Roger Collins; Reporter, Jhnda Humphrey; Song Leader, Shirley Humphrey; and Recreation Lead ers, Ernestine Humphrey and Do ris Toler. The officers held a discussion meeting on Monday, November 27, with the agents, Mrs. Gray and Mr. Nance present. Two Marines Shot Early on Saturday On East Bright Street Camp Lejeune Marines Page T. Anderson and Leon J. Smith suf fered painful but not serious shot gun wounds in the right knee area at about 2 Saturday morning on the 400 block of East Bright Street in Kinston. Smith told the officers that they did not see who was shooting at them or which direction the blast came from. Anderson was in a berserk rampage at the emergency room of Lenoir Memorial Hospital and had to be forcibly restrained for medication to be given. He made no coherent statement on what had happened. Anderson has been arrested twice recently in Kinston for using vulgar and obscene language in public plac es and along with six other negro Marines from Camp Lejeune was indicted for stealing a crate of chickens earlier this month from Pharo’s supermarket. When the prosecuting witness “chicken out” because he was scared of Marines the chicken stealing charges were nolle pressed in RecordePs Court. • Police and hospital attendants, including nurses on duty were ex posed to an exhibition of the most vulgar and obscene language by Anderson while they were trying to doctor his birdshot wounds. AUTO THEFT CHARGEb Margaret . A. , Smith of Albert son route 1 was booked Friday night and charged with theft of an auto mobile. i . 'V'r :. ■ Sl • - '■* Johnny Payton, negro of the Pol locksville section of Jones County, pled guilty to assault with intent to commit rape upon his 8 year-old daughter when his case was called for trial Tuesday in Jones County Superior Court and Judge Albert Cowper sentenced him to IS years in state prison. In March Payton was found guil ty of rape with a recommendation of mercy from the jury, which car ried an automatic life prison term. The state supreme court granted Payton a new trial because of tech nical errors it found in the first trial. Payton, a Cherry. Point civil ser vice worker, has a history of mental derangement and has been in the Goldsboro insane asylum since his first trial. He was found, however, to be legally sane and able to stand trial. Fire discovered shortly before 6 p. m. Thanksgiving Day did damage that will run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Kins ton store of Sears, Roebuck Com pany. Fire Chief Joe Hailey says the fire apparently began in a second floor storage room and obviously it had been burning sometime before it was discovered because it had built up sufficient pressure in the store to blow out a large plate glass window in the front of the build ing at about the same time it was discovered by a passer-by in the rear of the store. Kinston’s first*, rainfall of conse quence — 1.93 inches — fell during the period when firemen were most pressed by the blazes that roared through the roof of the building. The rain, however, kept crowds out of the way and lessened danger of the fire spreading from flying de bris from minor explosions in the store. Monday Ely Perry, owner of the building, and Sears officials an nounced that rebuilding of the out let would begin just as quickly as insurance adjustors had completed their review of the damage and af ter all salvageable materials had been removed. During the rebuild ing Sears will operate from another building in the downtown area. Fortunately for the firemen, who were aided by units from Snow Hill, New Bern, Deep Run and Cove City, the wind was blowing from the southwest, which helped prevent the spread of the fire to adjoining j buildings. Neither of the next-door-neigh ! bors of Sears reported any damage to their establishments. Firemen were overwhelmed by the coincidence of this holiday fire since Kinston’s last disastrous fire came on Christmas Day of last year when four businesses on the 100 block of Queen Street were totally destroyed. Land Transfers Jones County Register of Deeds Bill Parker reports the recording of the following land transfers dur ing the past week in his office: From Dan Oxley to Marvin Thig pen a lot in Trenton Township. From Richard Morton to Lemeul Jarman a lot in Trenton Town ship. From Nellie Gray Koonce to El bert Andrews one care in Cypress ■Creek* lip: ,'g\ \ ■: : $ - - - l
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