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***** Kt JUNE 7, 1962 VOLUME Xftrj wn Call wm Jones. County vot«S will have two'choices to nfrftften Jutte 23rd ie f second primary Section that will select thfe Democratic Party, nominee forclerk of Superior court and the Sth nominee 'to the,county ' board of commissioners. ' ry On Motiday f^prge N. Noble, who ^ran second ,in the five-way ■' race for cferk of superior court indictated that - fie would call .for a,- seCond primary against . Walter P. Henderson, afire led the race by 266 votes... , ’ c',.:' On Tuesday Carl S. Brown also called for a runoff between him self and Joseph Turner -Jr. for the 5th seat on the board of cpmmis * ' 4^a(V," j .'vWfiefe the wot& was ttbulatfcd on y Tuesday, May ^,^hli|»r wwjStStfi place and Brown ift Vth place, huit. a re-count was ttiade.bf tfcevpfe In* Beaver Crtek Tpwhjfup *fcer a complain^' *#tf , ’ f. Election B o a fd Chairman W: 'E. ; •• laui This re-cow! changed the1 Beaver Creek ;toterfor james'Barbee from 136 to 36 votes, which dropped him from 1002 to 99?, and put him in 7th piaopjeathef than in: 5th place. The subtraction . of 10p„ jjptes from the dotal vote also tautened tiie numerical majority from .1<#1 was ehgwte to/Calf for the runOff/, ' In the court Clerk race Men der-! son with 884 votes- lacked enough I votes to put Km over the 1151 hurdle which Was the numerical majority in that race/ This made Noble eligible to call for/the runoff. Others in the clerk race weae’W. H. Hammond with 375 votes, Many Mallard with 322 votes and Carl Flower^ Jr. with 100 votes, T „ Action Last Week During the past week only one afctiorj has been filed in the office of Jones County Superiof Court Cleric Murray Whitaker, ' This, was a suit foe divorce brought by Fannie S. Guest against Nathaniel Guest, seeking a divorce on grounds of two-year e complaint alleges that the couple *was married June 19, 195$ and 'separated on May 1, 1960. 'The couple has one child, age five; itKat now lives with its moth wept oil tend. Beginning near Golds , they spent Friday night at the Cliffs of Neuse, then went to Kinston where they camped under Halrgett$ Bridge. Su.nday after having Sunday School services^ they went op to, Goats Landing, where some of the parents met them. . Mr, and Mrs. Paul Huffman and 'Mr. and Mrs. j- R. Franck took the canoes back- t*o Bailey Sunday lard. Sick l^fck^onu*^.$*kik.': tommy Johnson, Kenneth Doster, Lester Smith, Butch Huffman, Phil lip and George Cox, and .Rodney, Johnson. Tony Parker add Eddie Franck went along part of the wayi Sunday. , , Adults who went were J. R. 'Franck, Bill Parker’ and Rev. Wal ton Bass. Pirates and Eagles Holding _ Try-Outs and Clinics for Baseball Players June 11-12 The Pittsburgh Pirates and the, Kinston Eagles are holding a try* out camp and clinic in Grainger Stadium in Kinston for all base-' ball players in Nortji Carolina be tween the ages of 16 and' 22 on June 11th attd'i2thi with jdne 13th a rain date. Pittsburgh Scouts- Sid Thrift an4 Joe Consoli along with Eagle Man ager Pete Peterson and other members of, his squad will Be on i: 1 ji.Ji i. _ * handvto take a dose look at every ’ ^Hjicr'who comes to the camp knd give " tips on how each player may make improvements. t ■ No player on any American Le-r gion Baseball team will be permit ted to take part in the try-out cany) unless he brings a letter from his coach or post commander giv ing their permission. Each player will bring hi* own shoes, g|ove. and uniform if he has one 'and the Eagles will furnish Legion Auxiliary Meets on Saturday The American Legion Junior Auxiliary met Saturday afternoon at the Legion building in Trenton.: Janice Lowery presided and Jane; Turner gave the devotional. The program was given in two parts: <jne on the “American Flag” by Donna hfallard and one on “Flag Etiquette” by Janice* The fcroup planned a trip to While Lake Saturday, June 23. Any mendiber who was absent may call Mrs.' Carl Flowers, Jr. to make arrangements to go. The new junior officers will be installed at 4he regular meeting of the Auxiliary Monday night, June 11 at S«). - M- - -i.. ■ The gfdup voted jo hiwrti no meet ings in July Or August and the meeting will be held rr 1. Annette reporter. . Miss Letha Pridgen of Trenton has retired after 41 years of teach-. in$ school. ^ , During the commencement exer cises at Trenton School last Fri day morning.Fred W. Pippin, prin cipal, presented Miss Pridgen a plaque for services^ render for her years y>f teaching. Her retirement announcement came as a shock to most of her friends aad co-workers, as well as fcnpner students, because many mothers’had hoped that she would be able to teach their children in the first grade. Tuesday, May 29, the Trenton School' teachers surprised Miss Pridgen with a luncheon in the cafeteria. Amos Taylor read a poem entitled “She Who Walks With Children” written by Miss Tiny Hammond and dedicated to her. A ’jpt'eienfed ’Miss Prid gen with a gift of luggage. Teachers present were Mrs. Ad ron Skinner, Mrs. Clifton Pollock,! Tdrs. Hazel Turnage, fired Pippin, Rev. Douglas Ponder, a substitute tteadher, Mrs. Jason Arthur, Amos .Taylor, Miss Hi]degarde Brock, Mrs. Walton Bass, Mrs. Louis Strobe 1 and Miss Joyce Jones. Miss Hammond was unable to attend because of sicknpss in the family. Mrs. Pippin was also a guest. Miss Pridgen, the daughter of fhe late Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Prid^ gen of Trenton, was born here and made her home here most of the time. Of the 41 years of teaching, thirty were in Trenton. ^ She went to school 'at Woman’s College in Greensboro and East Carolina College in Greenville. Her first teaching position was at Reels boro in Pamlico County. Then she went to Silverdale, Middlesex, and Phillips Crossing, and finally to Trenton whete she has taught, since. Miss Pridgen says that she has no plans fbr fhe future. During the summer months, she will be at her cottage at Atlantic Beach, and then will 1st in Trenton most of the rime. —1—-1.' „ ■ ■ — Land Transfers During the past week Jones County Register of Deeds BUI Parker reports the recording of two 'Sind - transfers: „ * . From Dalton Jones to J. K. War ren Jr. 1*56 acres jn Trenton Township. From J. K. Warren to Dalton Jones 4.15 acres In Trenton firmn j M Mi ABC Board Member Say* Henderson Was Not Fared from Job Bruce Johnson, member of the Jones 'County ABC Board, says an item in last week’s Journal was wrong. The’ iterp was “Hendersoh was fired from his job with the ABC board when he asked for leave to rbn for clerk.". j Johnson says the ABC board passed a resolution in April which made the resigijation of any ABC board employee mandatory if any employee became a candidate for public office. ( Jofapson said, on this basis that Hendetson was not fired, but quit hintself to seek another job. Jones Countian Says He was Robbed by Three Saturday Night James Jones of Pollocksville route 2 told Lenoir County authorities early Sunday, that he had been robbed by three young white men in upper Renoir County late Sat urday night or early Sunday morn ing. Jones said he knew only one of the, three, Joe • James Braxton of Grifton route 2, who has been changed with highway robbery. Clarence Avery of Greenville was also picked" up but Tuesday Jones in a probable cause hearing Avery was not one of the took his car, a tool .box, Virginia Jenkins is WC Graduate Sunday _ ■MHiHnpspRSPMM spw s *; The 70th commencement exer cises of the Woman’s College of U. N. C. will be held at 11 o’clock Sunday morning in Greensboro War Memorial Coliseum. Over 5,000 parents and friends of the 455 candidates for degrees are expected to witness the cere monies, Jed by Governor Terry Sanford, President William Friday of the University, and Chancellor Otis A. Singletary of the college. Preceding the awarding of . de grees the bacclaureate sermon will be preached by Dr. John A. Red head Jr., pastor of First Presby terian Church in Greensboro. H.is sermon* topic will be “Is Religion an Elective ?” The governor and the university officals will. greet the . graduates whose spokesman will be Mary Vann WilKms of Rose Hill. There will be 12 classes of de ees awarded during the exer e honorary degree will be On Monday the Jones County Board, ‘of Commissioners was confronted t>y the 1962-63 budgetary requests of all the departments who de ceive- money from the county treasury. If all requests were to be granted, which is most unlikely, a tax rate of $2.00 would be required. The present rate is $1.68. Tonight (Thursday) the commis sioners are meeting'in special ses sion to study the budgetary re quests, item by item. The tentative requests from all departments that the commission- ' ers will begin operating on amount to $925,731.84, which is an increase / of $345,865.12 over the 1961-62 bud get of $579,86672. i The major part of the increase is in the form of a vastly increased capital outlay request from the county board of education. In the current budget the schools received just $2,043 for capital outlay but in the next budget the school board has requested $246,280 for capital outlay. Other large increases that Have been asked, include $11,199.78 boost in welfare administrative costs, (from $18,363.22 to $29,563); tax listing an increase of $10,462 (from $4,344 to $14,989, which includes $10,000 for a revaluation. This was also in the 1961-62 budget but it was taken out last year). Large increases are also request ed for aid t6 the aged (from $58, 710 to $90,400 — an increase of $31,690), aid to dependent children (from $122,959 to $127,700 — an in crease of $5,741), aid to the per manently disabled (from $46,315 to $61,3j(j4‘‘— an increase of $15(225.) School xjurrjnt ejqpense requests | ■ (from $139,000 to $14/354 >4 an increase of $8, 364). The other increases were rela tive small increases in practically all departments. The only budget requests that were down from the present bud get' were aid to the blind, down from $2050 to $1119, bond interest and redemption, down from $34,070 to $33,930, school debt and interest, down from $18,575 to $17,790, board of county commissioners down from $2608 to $2208. Robert Mattocks is Installed as New Maysville Fire Chief Robert Mattocks was installed as president of the Maysville Fire De partment at the Monday evening meeting which was held at the community building. Committees were named to make arrangements for getting started on the new building and they decided to repair the water truck. A supper of barbeque, slaw, hush puppies, cake and tea was served. Dairy Princess to Be Chosen Friday The only arrest the past week waa V ird M Lawless, a Marine, Who is ac~ Donald Brock, Jones County Dairy Princess Contest Chairman has announced the following girls as Contestants; Elizabeth Jones, sponsored by the Trenton Rotary Club; Georgia Collins, Oak Grove Home Demon stration Club, and Martha Pruitt, Maysville Home Demonstration Club. -C-. ■ The contest will be held Friday night at 8 in the Jones Central
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