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COUNTY TRENTON, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1982 VOLUME XIV . Ask a dozen'people and a dozen different guesses will result on the subject of how much damage has been done to Kinston area crops y. _ by the excessive rains of the past two weeks. Between June 29th and July Sth the officially recorded rainfall in Kinston was 9.36 inches, and it is generally conceded that in many areas — especially south of Kins ton in Jones, Onslow, eastern Du pHn and southern Lenoir counties the rainfall was considerably heav ier than this recorded in Kinston. The worst Int area again this year — just as last year was the Trent River valley which had one of its most beautiful tobacco crops _up until these rains came. When ^ they ‘ ended the i crop immediately adjacent to die river was a 100 per cent, loss, and the percentage of loss, wdis in direct ratio. to tjie , distance feast the ^iwlt> it9elf''iHfi|| its' major «£|{pp££p;U Still this week the waters tddl not refused lo the banks of Trent River’and in addition to the drown - " ings of crops which had already taken place the health problem created by hordes pf mosquitos is giving public health officials some concern. Stepped up spraying to control these buzzing, biting, disease car rying pests is going on in all of the The only farmers tfho know to a certainty the extent of their wat er damage are those whose entire crop was drowned. Not until the remaining portions of less severe ly damaged crops are harvested and sold will the figures be ac curate, at*d then, of course, they will never be- known. Studied guesses based on the best possible information tend to indi cate that the tobacco loss in Le noir County will run in the vicini ty of IS pea' cent, about 10 per cent in Duplin, around 20 per cent in Onslow, possibly 25 per cent in Craven, and, perhaps as high as 30 per cent for Jones County, which was the worst hit county in the Kinston trading area. In eastern Pitt and Beaufort county areas damaged 'was even worse and Carteret County suffer ed badly. But on the basis of the acreage increase that came to flue-cured tobacco growers this year and the generally beautiful crops that are still in the fields that were not hurt materially by the raids these estimates seem to make some sense. Of course, no individual wants to be quoted and these guesses listed above, are the composite guesses of a number of people who have seen very large parts of the crops , - in these areas listed. Macy Mallard Now la Montana Getting Peace Corps Training - Macy Mallard of Trenton, sec retary to the Farm and Home Agents of Jones County for many years, a recent candidate for Clerk of Court and immediate past dis trict President of the American Legion Auxiliary, is now on a two year leave of absence from her job to work with the Peace Corps. MiSs Mallard, who is known to a great many people in every part of North Carolina from her Legion Auxiliary activities, will work with the Peace Corps in Ecuador. She is now at the University of Montana, at Bozeman where she is Undergoing training for her work. ' Sf&' arfijud in Bozeman 09 June SBJthpnd is one of 71' trainees from 27 states who began work on July 2nd- in this rigorous training pro jgram. She reports that getting up time is 5 a'.m., and work does not end until 9:30 p.m., seven days to the Week. The trainees are getting lessons in Spanish, home economics, health, Ecuador, American culture and physical education. J' She says every weekend in Aug ust Will be spent in the mountains, he* &-:€&&■ Training Program, Montana. State College, Bozeman, Montana. TAX ON DYING! Kinston Undertaker Ushery Best was indicted over the weekend by the state department of revenue for failure to pay sales tax on fun erals. Board Order Claim Filed Against Bond Carrier of Cleric In its regular July session last week the Jones County Board of Commissioners ordered County At torney Donald Brock to ■ file claim against the Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company for the funds stolen last year from the office of the Clerk of Superior Court. Claims filed so far have been turned down by the company which held the clerk’s bond. It is the feeling that litigation is likely to be necessary against the company which insists that it is not liable for the loss since it was by burglary, an act which it claims was not covered in the terms of I its dpsurance covering the clerk’s >'of|.k& ^Hurtday A three-car Week last Thursday at the corner of McLewean and Washington Streets injured nine people. The cars were driven by Ernie James Williams of Ayden, Mrs. Adell Turner of 1705 West Vernon Avenue and Mrs. Gene Skinner of Dover route 1. Williams was charged with failure to stop for a stop sign. The injured included Mrs. Wil liams, Mrs. Iris Sumner, Mrs. Skinner, Williams, his son, Gloria Lee Turner, Elizabeth Turner, and Vestal Sumner: Russell Fiisfijr’Jr. of Kinston was named Monday to a three-year term on the .State Real Estate Lic ensing Board by Governor Sanford. HIT AND RUN? Robert Shelton Hart of LaGrange was booked over the weekend on charge of hit and ran driving after a wreck in downtown Kinston. Four Die in Four Days On Lenoir County Roads From 12yUSpim. Friday until 11:45 p.m. Miflilday four persons were killed in Lenoir County auto mobile accidents; three died from a head-on wreck five miles south of Kinston on US 258 at 12.30 a.m. Friday and the final death came at 11:45 p.m. Monday on a rural pav ed road near Deep Run. The 'Thursday -night crash .in volved two carloads of Camp Le jeune Marines. Cars driven by Cpl. Darrell Beck with and Pvt. Miguel Pena met head on in. a curve south of Harold I.ee’s Store. Instaritly killed were Pvt James W. Brady, a passenger in the Beckwith driven car and Freddie Reynolds, passenger in Pena's car. Pena died early Monday. Beckwith, David MacKenzie and Charlies Brown, other Marines in the two cars, also suffered serious injuries but on Wednesday they were all expected to recover. The car (driven by Pena whs headed north and Beckwith was driving south. For some reason that is likely to never be known Pena’s car swerved across the cen ter line and crashed head on into Beckwith’s car. Fourth. Death death came at about when a car over ly Inforirifction released by Investi gating Patrolman Billy Baker is that Thompson, a resident of Deep Run route 1, came to the filling station of Smith at about 11:20 in a highly intoxicated condition and left when Smith refused to sell him some beer. Smith told the officers that about 20 minutes later he looked up his place for the night and started driving toward his home, which was in the same direction as Thomp son’s home. Not far from his filling station which is in the Noble Crossroad section Smith said he came upon an object in the road, but he did not have time to stop so he tried to straddle the object, but when he did he felt a bump and realized that he had struck whatever it was so he stopped and backed pp to dis cover that he had hit Thompson; Thompson died instantly from head injuries, according to Coroner Raymond Jarman, who said the skid marks indicated that the dead youth's body had been dragged about 25 feet, and there were blood stains on the bottom parts of the Smith car. The accident has been- classified as unavoidable as a result of the investigation' by Baker and Jarman. These four traffic deaths boost ed the 1962 death toll on Lenoir County highways to 12. ,‘.T I Tax Rate Boosted to $1.77 Despite Cuts of $73,397 in Requests Seven Jones Arrests fin Past Two Weeks Sheriff Brown Yates reports seven arrests in Jones County dur ing the past two weeks. Thomas Edward Hall' of Trenton route 2 is ascused of being pub licly drunk and disorderly. Mitchell Morgan of New Bern route 3 is charged with assault with a deadly weapon. Edward Fairchild of Trenton, Esley Koonce of Pollocksville route 1 and Joe Bender of Pollocksville were each charged with being pub licly drunk. Wesley Harding Caskill of Pol locksville is charged with drunken driving. William Green of Trenton was booked for driving a car without liability insurance with an improp er registration. The Jones County Board of \ Commissioners whittled away $73 397.84 from the $925,731-84 request ed by the various departments of the Jones County 'government for operation in 1962-63 but still had to boost the tax rate' from $1.68 to $1.77 in order to secure the coun ty’s part of the finally approved $852,334 budget. Of this budget $705,571 will come from sources other than ad avlorem taxation — sources such as state and federal matching funds, fees, fines and interest collected through the various departments of the government. In order to supply that $192,708 which is the county's share of the total budget the tax rate had to be boosted by nine cents. The tax rate is based upon a $10, 878,000 tax listed valuation for the county in the current tax year. Trenton Scouts Hold Qourt of Honor for Last Meeting This Summer Reception Sunday for Trenton’* New Doctor A reception was given Sunday afternoon at the Trenton Woman’s Clubhouse honoring Dr. and Mrs. John Hargett Thompson. Dr. Thompson open practice in a new office building here two weeks ago. The reception was given by the Home Demonstration Clubs in Janes County and the Trenton i^ie mantels in the clubhouse were decked in greenery with ar rangements of gladioli in the cen ters. A similiar arrangement was on the piano. The refreshments were served on a table covered with a white or gandy cloth over pink. A bowl ofl gladioli was centered on the table flanked by silver candlabra. Fruit punch, nulls, cookies and cheese straws were served the guests. In the receiving line with Dr. and Mrs. Thompson were Mr. and Mrs. John M. Hargett of Comfort, Mrs. Earl Thomas, president of the Home Demonstration Club County Council and Mrs. Fred Pippin, president of the Trenton Woman's Club. Carpenter Suffers Severe Cut Monday When Power Saw Slips Burrell Moore of 1507 Charlotte Avenue suffered a severe cut on the left thigh Monday afternoon when a power saw he was using slipped and hit his leg. Moore, a carpenter for Ray Poole, was working the Club Pines area when the accident took place. Dr. Dexter Witherington at Par rott Memorial Hospital said the saw did not strike, but came dan gerously near to the bone when it sliced Moore’s thigh open. He is reportedly recuperating satisfactorily. Mattocks Reappointed In. its regular July meeting last week the Jones County Board of Commissioners appointed Robert Idattacks of Maysville to another 3-year term on the Jones County Public Welfare Board. Eagle Home Games July 12 — Raleigh July 14 — Burlington July 15 —- Burlington July 25 — Rocky Mount wBmt Troop 109 of the Boy Scouts of America held its last meeting until September at the American Legion Hut last week. It opened with a cook-out prepared by the scouts. The menu consisted of hamburg ers, potatoes, carrots, and onions all cooked in tinfoil. Billy Adams, Senior Patrol lead er, presided over the Court of Hon or. Second Class Rank was pre sented to Rich Franck, Tommie and Jobie Arthur, W. I). Parker, As sistant Scout Master. First Ctass Rank was received by Tommy Swink, Allen Mallard, Kenneth Doster and Rich Franck presented by S. 1). Mallard, Mem ber of the Board of Review. Star Rank was won by Kenneth Mallard. This was presented to him by H. B. Johnson member of the i Board of Review. i Life Rank was won by Virgil B» Huffman and presented to him by Scoutmaster, J. K. Franck. Merit Badges were won by Billy Parker, Kenneth Mallard, Phillip Cox, Virgil B. Huffman and Rod ney Johnson. These were presented by N. P. Banks, chairman of the Board of Review. The Court of Honor opened with the display of the Bible, three ]>oints of the Scout of Honor opened with the display of the Bible, three points of the Scout oath and the Scout Laws. Then the awards and Merit Badges were presented. The meeting closed with the removal of the Bible and the Scoutmaster's benediction. At the conclusion of the meeting, Scout Virgil Huffman, showed a film of scenes taken of the last canoe trip. The pictures were tak en by J. C. Wlest Jr Jeter Taylor Jr. Among Teachers At Science Institute Jeter Taylor, Jr. of Trenton, at tended a National Science Founda tion Institute for High School teachers of the Earth Sciences held at the University of North Caro lina, June 7 - July 17. Taylor is a teacher in New Bern High School, A total of 38 students are reg istered in' this NSF institute ait UNC. The institute is sponsored by the UNC Department of Geology and Geography under a grant of $38,000 from the National Science Foundation. Each teacher attend ing receives a stipend of $450 plus an allowance for dependents and
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