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COUNTY zima i K X * TRENTON, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE tt, 1X1 VOLUME XIV Toe Turner •nd Primary m to 1057 for Brown. Saturday in the 2nd primary de which of the two would e 5 th seat on the county Brown got 903 votes to edge rner whd had 867 votes, vote was evenly divided inpt-wise with each candidate mg in four of the county’s eight tg places. Brown’s plurality in twq largest precincts pushed tabulation Mrs., E. V. Scott and Mrs. Dew ey Jenkins attend the farm and Home Week m Raleigh last week. Others who went lor a day or ■two days were Mrs. Rom Mallard, Mrs. Nelson Banks, Miss Elmer Banks and Miss Margaret Carol Banks. ■' Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Odgen also went and spent the week. Jesse Lee Parks of LaGrange route 2 was given three years in prison last week when he was found guilty of shooting his cousin, Clar ence Parks, in the stomach with a .22 caliber pistol earlier this year. Judge W. J. Bundy suspended the prison term, however, upon condition that Parks remain On probation for five years. During the past week Jones County Sheriff Brown Yates re ports four arrests: Esley Koonce of Pollocksville route 1 is accused of public drunkenness and viola tion of the liquor laws, Ardee Biz afell of New York City is charged with speeding 80 miles per hour, Bobbie James Hagood of Jackson ville is charged with driving a car with improper equipment and Tilgh man Lewis of Trenton route .1 is charged with possession of one quart - of stumphole whisky. Low on - Road Projects ^ In the monthly tetting of bids by the State Highway Commission in Kaleigh Barrus Construction Com pany of Kinston was low bidder on six; projects, invdlying 5657 miles -of resurfacing existing paved roads. In all 48 projects were let Tues day at a total cost of $3,811,731.48. The total bids of Barrus amount ed. to $310,592. One Lenoir County project, re surfacing NC ll - NC 55 from the US 70 bypass to Jackson Forks went to the Shackelford Paving Company of Wilson.' Barrus’ bids included 4.1 miles in Bertie County for $64,091; an other 12.7 miles in Bertie County 12.35 miles in Gates County for $65,120; 8.1 miles In Johnston and Wayne counties for $36,761 and 8.5 miles in Onslow County for $38, 059. <f, > . . Woman Chib Holding Open House July 8th For Doctor and Family Members of the Womans Club and the County Home Demonstra tion Club met Tuesday morning to plan a reception to be given July 8 at the Trenton Woman’s Club in honor of Dr. and Mrs. John Hargett Thompson, who moved here last week. The reception will be held in the form of a floating tea from 3 until 6 in the afternoon. Everyone is in vited to attend. County Break-Ins Plaguing Lenoir Sheriff Department A, series of break-ms in rural Lenoir County is plaguing the Le noir County Sheriff Department, although the total take in the series of crimes has not been too high. One of the crimes, however, does involve first degree burglary since the sleeping quarters of Chester Gardner on Kinston route 2 were entered by a thief who took Gar*, dner’s pocketbook, containing about $300,in cash and a number "kecks. 'V . Langston’s store at Shar on f orks, Ralph Wooten's store at rossroads, Johnson-Sher Negro Given 15-Year Morals Charge Term James O. Taylor of Golden Prog ress alley was given a 15-year pris on term in Lenoir. .County Superior Court after a jury had found him guilty of assault With, intent to committ rape upon an 8-year old 'child. . ’1^,^ Taylor had originally been bound over to superior court on the cap ital charge of rape, but after So licitor Walter Britt reviewed the evidence he decided to put Taylor ' ^Wtesier''hJfense.1 •*! of Kinston for driving and Bids Being Sought For New Pollocksville Post Office Building The Post Office Department is seeking competitive bids for an improved building to house its postal operations at Pollocksville. Under the Department’s con struction program, a contract will be awarded to the bidder who des ignates a building suitable to the Department's needs and agrees to improve it (or provide a new build ing) according to departmental specifications and then rent it to the Department for a fixed term of five years with two-year re newal options. Bidding, documents may be ob tained from Wm. H. Allen, Act ing Assistant Chief, Real Estate Branch, 202-M Federal Annex, At lanta 4, Georgia. The Acting As, sistant Chief. will supply bidding forms, specifications, rent provis ions and other information. Bids must be submitted to the Acting Assistant Chief, Real Estate Branch by July 20, 1962. Land Transfers Jones County Register of Deeds Bill Parker reports the following real estate transfers that have been recorded in his office during the past week: From Christian Aid Society No. 1 to Saint Matthews Congregational Church two lots in Pollocksville. Drunken Driving Judge W. J. Bundy of Greehville Monday suspended a 2-year pris on term given to Finnie O’Berry Davis of Kinston route four, who had pled guilty to his 4th and 5th charges of drunken driving. Davis was caught over the past weekend on the 5th charge, while waiting trial on Monday for the 4th charge. He was fined $500, had his driving license permanently re voked and was ordered not to drink or have on his premises any alcoholic beverages for a three year period. 10 Years in Prison Besfsie Jenkins, 47, pled guilty Monday to manslaughter in the June 14th shotgun slaying of her husband, Julius, 50, a tenant on the Tull Hill faitn in Upper Lenoir County. Mrs. Jenkins said she did not intend to kill her husband, but was intending to scare him because he was cursing her. The\full blast from a 12 gauge shotgun hit Jen kins in the chest, killing him in Five Couples are Divorced Monday in Lenoir County Court Monday five • couples were given divorces in Lenoir County Superior Court, each on grounds of two year separation. The couples legally sparated in cluded Naomi Jan Barber from Carl Austin Barber Jr., Ruby G. Bur gess Morris from Coy Morris, Fred Carson Johnson from Martha Ann Alphin Johnson, Elisha Daughety from Miley Winfield Daughety and Sh;rley, H. Phillips from Seth L. Phillips Jr. Walter Henderson Wins Clerk Race in Jones County Over Nick Noble Ten More Children Treated for Poison By Kinston Doctor Kinston Child Specialist Jesse Arnold this week reports that 10 more children have been treated for accidental poisoning in the past week. Dr. Arnold again urged greater alertness on the part of parents with the use of poisons as well as medicines that can be deadly in overdoses. The list of poisons that have had to be pumped out of small stomachs includes: Tobacco poison, rat poi son, grandmother’s "nerve pills,” Exlax, aspirin, fly poison granules, Toxaphene, rubbing alcohol, clo rox and poison leaves from a plant kept in the house. So far this year no child treated at Lenoir Memorial Hospital for accidental poisoning has died, but each year for many years an aver age of about three small lives have been claimed because of the care lessness of parents. An amazingly large turnout of Jones County voters Saturday in a second primary nominated Wal ter Percy Henderson to be Clerk of Superior Court over George Nick Noble by a vote of 1185 to 705. Henderson also led the ticket in the first primary, when five can didates were seeking the job vacat ed by the retirement of Clerk Mur ray Whitaker. Henderson led in seven of the eight precincts, in the county. Noble led only in his native Tuckahoe Township. The tabulation by precincts fol lows : i m Precinct Beaver Creek Chinquapin Cypress Creek Piney Grove Pollocksville Trenton Tuckahoe White Oak Henderson Noble 67 154 157 62 260 231 89 164 62 73 83 24 85 191 159 28 Totals 1185 705 3 Neuse Development Association Holds Meet in New Bern The Eight-County Neuse Devel opment Association held a full Board of Directors meeting in New Bern Wednesday, June 27, and formulated a program of progress for the Neuse River basin. Lon Edwards, of Hookerton, who is president of the expanded Asso ciation, said today four major areas S>L dewdi>pi»«iw have"'heert deter mined aitd a program is to be work ed out. The four major fields of development will be (1) Recreation and Travel, Chairman Bill Clark of Morehead; (2) Industry, Chairman, Wait Howard, of Kinston; (3) Ag riculture, Chairman Charles Hooks, Fremont; and Community Devel opment, Chairman, Mrs. Alta Koonce, Trenton. Counties which constitute the Neuse Development Association in its expanded structure are: Wayne, Lenoir, Greene, Jones, Craven, Onslow, Carteret, and Pamlico. There are six representatives from each County, in addition to the officers. Serving with Edwards as officers for ^he current fiscal year are: J. V. Brittle, of Kins ton; and Donald Brock of Trenton, vice-presidents; and Calvin Hod gin, secretary-treasurer, of Golds boro. ‘‘Everybody on the Board of Directors will have a committee as signment,” Edwards said. “It is each committee’s responsibility to formulate a program and then present the program of develop ment to each County for action.” “If we are to accomplish any thing, and I believe we can accomp lish a great deal,” Edwards said, "it will take a concerted effort on part of every member of the Board of Directors of the Neuse Develop ment Association and then in turn the various organizations in each County within the Association.” Eagle Home Games June 28 — All-Star Game July 1 — Greensboro July 2 — Greensboro July 4 — Raleigh (double header) July 5 — Rocky Mount duly 8— Wilson July * — Wilson Judge Urges Jurors to Remember Their Part In Court Last Week Last Thursday at the completion of cases scheduled for trial, Judge W. J. Bundy levelled a 10-minute blast at three panels of jurors who had turned three men loose charged with drunken driving, during the week of court. The full text of Judge Bundy’s comments is on page five of this week’s issue. The three men freed were James Frederick Pully and Ed ward Everett Peele of Kinston and George Albert Jones of LaGrange route 3. Duplin Countian is Murdered in Alaska Kenneth Owen Stroud, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Stroud of the Albertson section of Duplin County, was murdered Monday in Anchorage, Alaska. Young Stroud, a cab driver, died from a .22 caliber bullet wound in the back of the head. His mur derer had not been apprehended on Wednesday when Kinston au thorities were in contact with An chorage police. Stroud’s body is being flown to Washington, D. C, where it is scheduled to arrive on Friday. It will then be transferred to Howard and Carter Funeral Home in Kins ton for funeral arrangements. Goldsboro Woman is Given Three Years In Forgery Indictment Mrs. Betsy Dunnivan of Golds boro was sentenced to three years in prison this week by Judge W. J. Bundy in Lenoir County Superior Court. Mrs. Dunnivan was charged with forging a $1500 check on her moth er. Judge Bundy ordered in the com mittment of Mrs. Dunnivan that she be given psychiatric examina tion. ■ " " ' .—— HEAVY PINE James Taylor of Kinston route 5 was found guilty' last week of mak ing stumphole whisky and drew a two-year prison- term sus pended on payment of a $1000 fine and the court costs.
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