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COUNTY DECEMBER 14, 1961 VOLUME Xlll Maysville Firemen and Guests Have Yule Party The Maysvulc.*Coitjiminity build-* f ing was the sceheof th$ MaysviBe ■ i •'firieriienS' annual J^hristmas party last Thursday evening. Approxi mately 125 persons, including the firemen and thefr wives, invited guests, and the Belgrade firemen amd their wives were on hand to enjoy the occassion. The ladies oi /the Green Leaf Garden ■ Club arid the Home De monstration Club were responsible j for the lovely decorations and table arrangements. > A large Christmas tree gaily dec l';:' orated Was in the cornet' at one end of the room and a false fire place was in the center end. Tables were covered in white linen cloths with red ribbons down the center. Each table held red candles .sur rounded ;By greenery and fed ber ries. Miniature fire trucks were placed about on the tables. A Christmas scene was painted on the window by Mrs. Joe Williams of Maysville and Mrs. Wt E. Mat-, tocks of Belgrade. . The evenings' meal was served first and consisted of baked ham, green beans, candied yams, pickles, fruit cake and coffee. Assisting the firemen in serving (werie Missies Carol. Bracey, Jane .Buck, Patsy Jenkins and Debprah Mattocks. Robert Mattocks acted as Mast er of Ceremonies and introduced Fire Chief Joe Monettg, Mb Fire D^Srtmetrt; Rudolph Pelletier, tvhb expressed his appfeciatioh to the department and his pride m the excellent work they are doing. Special recognition was given to visiting guests. Later, the group danced to the music to Frank Kast and his band. High School Refresher Courses Offered High School students who might need a refresher in mathematics or English before taking college en trance examinations can get the help they need through North Carolina State College Extension Division’s home study courses. The Extension Division’s corres pondence bureau is offering five courses aimed at aiding high school not only- get ready for college en trance exam^ but also to overcome any high school deficiencies. The correspondence school is of fering a review in algebra and En glish and courses in plane geom etry, solid geometry, and trigono metry. ■ > ' Any of these courses can aid high sfchool students in preparing for college eptrance tests as well as providing for the necessary courses for college entrance'which the stu dent may have missed, v Information on how the courses can be of use to prospective college students may obtained by writing the Extension Division, North Caro lina-State College, Raleigh.: TUESDAY MEETING, , a The . Trenton Womans £l»b will meet December l4at the club house * with the ,Home Life Department presenting the programi'A .guest ■0 speaker will be present to demon ^ - aerate Chriitmas decor " " ; apyone is ihritedt take 'to Trenton PTA lias Pr6gram on Sftrety The Trenton School \ Parent Teacher Association met Wednesday night in the shcool auditorium with Mrs. Ray Harrison, persiding. Amos Taylor 'gave the de votional and the .business meet ing followed. Mrs. Darrls Koonce read the minutes and Sirs. Bill Parker gave the -treasurer's report in the absence of Treasurer Mrs. Nick Noble. J. R. Franck presented the pro gram on Safety and introduced the guest speaker, Ben Roberson, Driv er license examiner, from Pitt. County. Roberson showed two films on Safety and Driving Training in high school. At the end of the program, room count showed that Mrs. Mattie Pol lock’s fifth grade won first place. Forgers Get More Time in Local Court Monday/two confessed forgers had more prison sentences added to terms they had previously drawn in Onslow iand Jones County courts. Lonnie C. Stroud of Deep Run got an additional two years for five Lenoir County forgeries. He already had two years for six .Ons low County forgeries and one. year James Henry Roberts, who al-, ready has six months for breaking and entering in Onslow County and three years for a series of Jones County forgeries, drew an extra six months for violation of the terms of a suspended sentence given him in March for forgery in Lenoir County. .—. HIT AND RUN CHARGE Roger Watson of 909 Parker Ave nue was booked last Friday night on charges of drunken driving and hit and run driving. Legion Fair Report, New By-Laws, Plans Reviewed on Monday - American Legion Post 154 met Monday night with Commander J. R. Franck presiding. A repor^ was made on the fair held in October and profits netted were $825. During the meeting the Post adopted a new constitution and by laws, and an announcement was made that the Post will sponsor a local American Legion Oratorical Contest. Also announced was tirf oyster roast to be held January 5 at the Legion Hut. Leslie Watson, Commander of District 6 from New Bern, was a guest at. the meeting and presented the Post with a copy of Robert’s Rules of Order as a gift for being the first Post to meet the member ship quota this year. Brethern Split; Both Sides Kept Out o£ Church Pending Trial Monday in Lenoir County Court. Judge Henry Stevens issued tem porary restraining orders against both sides in a controversy that has arisen over the pastorate of the Post Oak Free Will Baptist Church near Wooten Crossroad in upper Lenoir County. One group of the brethren aver and allege .that The Reverend Al bert Miller is the duly elected lead er jof the flock, while another group which is supported by the Modera ipr of the Northwest Annual Con Can ’ Will Baptist Church, contends that the duly elected preacher is R. L. Strickland. Counsel for the Miller side com plained in the hearing that Miller and the Post Oak Free Will Bap tist Congregation are unhappy pawns in a struggle for power and money in the upper echelons of this church which has a nationwide membership of more than 2)0,000. Counsel for the Strickland side complained that Miller used “Hit lerian tactics,” had been convicted of slapping a member of his con gregation and' has been indicted McArthur Murderers Sentenced to Death in State Gas Chamber A£ter Duplin County Jury Verdict Friday Jesse James Arnold and George Dixon last Saturday morning had death sentences imposed upon them by Judge Sumner Burgwyn after a Duplin County jury Friday night had found both guilty of the rob bery-murder of George T. Mc Arthur on September 10th of this year. - No effort was made by the de fense of Arnold, 28, and Dixon, 21, to. overcome the tight web of evi-. dence unveiled to the jury by Soli citor' Walter Britt, which included full confessions made by each. ' In. the damning confessions made to SBI Agent John. Edwards andJ Deputy Sheriff Kirby Hardy ’ Jr., there was just one difference. Ar nold said be - fired onjy one shot, £nd Dixon fired two. Dixon' said Arnold did all- the shooting. Both admitted planning the rob bery, re-dressing in boots, khaki pants at Arnold’s home—just across .the road from McArthur’s produce stand—and both admitted searching his mur shells were found at the scene, although three shots were fired. Laboratory tests proved that both shells had been fired in the .12 gauge pumpgun that Arnold confessed taking to the market. The special panel of Duplin Countians who heard the charges against the two young negroes in cluded two negroes, one of whom had in his youth faced a murder charge, in which he "was found not guilty. The jury deliberated for only 75 minutes before returning its verdict without ■ a recommendation for mercy. This verdict made the death penalty automatic under North Carolina law. Thh formal date of execution was fixed .as January 26th between the hpurs of 10 a. m. and 4 p. m., but North Carolina law also make auto matic an appeal to the state su prenife court in every instance in which the death' penalty is imposed. This automatically stays the execu tion. Judge Burgwyn granted ,the J.t_on J...... il _- ;_'• s to prepare its ap peal and the state 60 days to pre pare its answer fo the ' M&K ■■■.. ■ mmsm&'.i Second ABC Store Thief .■rml ;'f '? . -Scouts are to Chicken on Camp Out , Boy Scout Troop 109 went to Paries Place, about‘eight miles from Trenton. Friday afternoon on a camping trip. They chopped wood, cooked,t and all things that Boy Scouts do, working on their second class rank. i But Saturday night Aiey had a big treat Mrs. Charlton West took a big pot of chicken stew for the boys to eat, and it tasted good after their own cooking. J. R. Franck went with them and S. 1). Mallard stayed with them for a few hours Saturday ■ night. Scouts who went were Billy Adams, Kenneth and Allen Mallard, Butch Huffman, Robert, Eddie and Phillip West, Wayne Turner, Tom my Swink, Bobby Davenport1, Charles Pollock, Rodney Johnson, and Jody and Tommy Arthur. Rich and Eddie Franck also went along. as many as 2,\ times jn the courts of Lenoir County for conduct un becoming a minister of the gospel. Judge Stevens said after listening to the lawyers argue for more than an hour that he was going^to keep both sides out of the church house until the entire squabble could be heard by a jury of 12 Lenoir Countians. TROTT AT ABERDEEN Pvt. Earl G. Trott, whose wife, Betty, Jives on Route 1, Maysville, siwwwrty WUnsplWefl -*the mitle-week supply course • at The Ordnance Sohool, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. The 22-yea^-old soldier, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eli G. Trott, Stella, entered the Army in February 1961 and completed basic training at Fort Jackson, S.. C. DANCE SATURDAY The Trenton School Band will have a dance at the Woman’s Club Saturday night from 7:30 until 10. Tickets are 25 cents each and re freshments will be sold. Profits will go toward buying new instruments for the band. Man Stabbed by Son Refuses Medical Aid Ray Casey of 404 Old Asphalt Plant Road was stabbed by his 15 year-old son in the left upper chest at about 9:45 Tuesday morning. The youth said he stabbed his fa ther in self defense, to prevent be ing beaten by his father who he said was in a drunken rage. Casey was taken to Parrott Me morial Hospital by ambulance and there physicians said his wound was dangerous and he should re main in the hospital for observation and treatment. Deputy Sheriff Lis ton Davenport and nurses at the hospital could not persuade Casey to stay, however. He was in stocking feet when brought to the hospital and when he left <he wore away the shoes of anotjer patient. The sheriff depart retrieved the, borrowed 'shoes ^ v“‘ the youth over to juve Tuesday Jones Ccmnty Sheriff Browji Yates and SBi Agent John , Edwards returned from Nyw York '\ City where they had picked up 18 year-old William J. Khodes, son of Ellison Rhodes of the Comfort section. Rhodes has .admitted being the accomplice of his older brother, El lison Jr., in the July robbery of the Jones County AtBC store at Wyse Fork. Warrants for' the arrest of the two Rhodes brothers were issued by Sheriff Yates shortly after the robbery, whicJi netted the pair $155 in cash and,three pints of w'hisiky. In October New York police caught fillison, and he was returned then and tried it the November 27th term of Jones County Superior Court and given a five to eight year prison term by Judge Albert Cowper. William was not apprehended un til last week. He will be tried in the March term of Jones County Superior for armed robbery. Nick Noble Named Soil Supervisor George Nick Noble has been elect ed by the voters of Jones CoUnty as a supervisor of the Lower Neuse Soil and Water Conservation Dis trict. Noble is to occupy the super visor position for a" three year term to begin January 1, 1962, according to Charlie Davis, Chairman of the Lower Neuse District. Noble, along with the other su pervisors, Chairman Davis and Joseph Turner, will plan and direct the soil and water conservation pro gram and activities in Jones County and the Lower Neuse District. A farm owner and operator, No ble is active in many local organiza tions. He has served as a member of • the local District board since 1959, arid will complete his first term of office December 31, 1961. The Lower Neuse So;l and Water Conservation District, a legal sub division of the N. C. State govern ment, includes Jones, Craven, Pam lico, Onslow, and Carteret Counties. Land Transfers Jones County Register of Deeds Bill Parker reports the recording during the oast week />i the follow ing land transfers: Fom Vera C. Brown to I. H. Brown Jr. 56 acres in Tuckahoe Township. From T. D. Foy to Toni Brimage Jr. .5 acre in Trenton Township. From Nannie 1). Kornegay to Dan Gooding 154 acres in Chinqua pin Township. From Beacon Homes, Inc. to Ed ward Turner orie lot in Tuckahoe Township. From V. B. Jenkins to Andrew G. Holt one lot in White Oak Township. Marriage License Jones County Register of Deeds Bill Parker reports the issue during the past week of one marriage lic ense and it went to Cornell B. Wat ers, 52, and Iva Ruth McIntosh, 47, both of Maysville. USE CHRISTMAS SEALS ■AND HaP FIGHT TB! •
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