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UNTY VOLUME XIV Commissioners Draw Two Jury Lists Monday of. , Board one for thtf OctoW 29th civil term and the other for the November 26th criminal term of Jones Cowrty Superior Court. The October jury list includes: O. B. Griffin, Edison M, Brown, J- .'X Creech, Wesley Jones, War ren Jenkins, Allen Floyd Heath, jistnes Herbert Meadows, Carl A. Smith, Ben Westbrook, Leslie Jen kin*. ^ ‘' ' Yv<fr\ J. L. Coinfey, Roy Balt Melvin Banks, A. W. Nelson, C. Jennings ~ Harriett, Jpseph Stallings, Lloyd * Dimwi, Cecil Adams, H; LI Oxley, . ! Guy A. Tyndall. Ernest O, Thomas, J. H. Mea dows, Ralph E. Jones, Herber Jones, Joe Becton, Jesse Ray Col lins, B. T. Phillips, Harris K. Dale, W. H. Pate and Harold Smith. *? November Juror* The November 29th panel of jur ors includes: Wayne Mallard, Al ton Lee Nobles, Albert Lewis Mal lard, James M. Bender, Charlie L. Davis, John H. Toler, Carl S. Kill ingsworth, James Davis, George R. Simmons, Clayton' Turner, E. P. Andrews. Thomas M. - Johnson, Abraham Simmons, Needham Houston, Nel son Conway, Emmett -L. Mallard, W. F. McDaniet Brpmo, Spivey, Bland dpppadv. '" ~" ' “ ' M. Scott, Guy i£ Eubanks, Jesse Hilt Richard H. Parker, W. P. Marshburn, Lawt Miller, Dewey Jenkins. I. D. Hill, E. G. Boyette, R. H. - McDaniel, Willie J, Jones, Leon Barrow, J. R. Jarman, Wayne Stil ley, Allen Griffin, Fred Koonce and Chris Mercer. Kunstonian Caught In Wake County Tommy'Coston of Kinston was ar rested Tuesday in Fuquay Springs and charged with auto theft, drunken driving and driving without' a driv ing license. The car was reportedly stolen in Greene County, and at the time of his arrest Coston had a summons Jones Board Tells Stat» Welfare Funds Cannot be Matched Welfare ' items and drawing two panels of jurors were the major items of activity Monday for the Jones County Board of Commis sioners. In the first instance the' board instructed its clerk to notify the State Welfare Department th $3565, requested for matching funds was not available and could' not be made available during ,fhe Cur rent fiscal. period. The ’ board did authorize the transfer of $1200 from the general fund to (the welfare budget for the blind to cover what is listed as as “typographical error” in the Aid-to-The-blind fund that was made during the past fiscal period. The board also voted to have the Welfare offices open from Monday through Friday from 9 to 5 each day, and to not close the offices during lunch hours. And finally the board'.authorized Commissioners Fred Foscue and Harold Mallard to hire two people to supervise the distribution of Surplus foods when the country en ters that program on November 1st. % *' | Sjmt f-ii R. G. Stroud at 2:15 a. m. Wednes day caught 1< year-old Jeaae Ray Bryant of Kina ton route one as he was in the act of ripping the coin slot from a washing machine in an automatic laundry on the 200 Mock of East North -Street. Kinston po lice in recent weeks hare been plagued with a continuing senes of jnst such thievery in which the dam age to coin operated machines 1ms been much worse than the amount of money stolen. to Lenoir County courts to answer to a drunken driving charge. He will be tried first in Wake County, then in Greene and finally in Lenoir for the lengthening list of violations. Plants Twenty-one Kinstonians and three men ,from Raleigh made a two-day trip this week to Mississippi to see and hear about lagoon-type sewage disposal plants. Flying from Kinston early Tues day the group returned to Stallings Field at 10:30 Wednesday night after meeting on Tuesday with the State Sanitation Committee of Miss issippi and visiting numerous sew age disposal plants in the Jackson area. On Wednesday the group visited plants of this same type at Stask viile and West PohM^ !) ', The Raleigh guests for the trip included Earl Hubbard and E. W. Carolina Stream man bunon bitterson Jr., Lari Wooten and Mansfield Creach, City Manager Jim Blue and City Engi neer Billy Baker. Jake Strother, Jack Hankins, J. V. Brittle, Jihi Billings, Larry Neu hoff, Ed Lilly, White Howard, Jack Oakes, Oliver Anderson, Dr. L. E. Kling, Phillip Fordham, Milton Williams, Speight Stroud and Tho mas Faulkner, completed the, grotto The City of Kinston is faced with an order that forces it to have in operation by January 1, 1965 a sew age disposal plant that will meet the specifications of the State Stream Sanitation ^Committee. Preliminary estimates indicate that the project will cost consider ably more than tjvo mililiion dollars. Maysville Firemen Set Date for Christmas Party, December 13 Robert Mattocks presided at the Monday evening meeting of the Maysville Fire Department at the community building. Plans were discussed for their Christmas party and the date was set for Thursday night, December 13.- Mattocks will appoint a com mittee to make the necessary ar rangements. The group also made plans to begin work on the addition to the <ire house which (will include a kitchen and all facilities. After this completion, the men plan to meet at the fire house. Construction is to get underway in the very near future. Later the men, served by Albert Bracey, Merle Jones, Harold Brown and William Earl Mattocks, en joyed a barbeque supper with all the trimmings. There were approx imately 40 members present. Jones One of Five Counties Competing for State Fair’s Highest Exhibition Awards iwi iu V/diuiuuta Duaru ui rarm Organizations and Agencies, which sponsors the State Fair “County Programs”, has invited Jones Coun an exhibit this year of its agricultural from the sev eral district representatives of or ganizations and agencies which make up the Board. Many Jones County educational agencies will participate in deve loping the exhibit's central topic, “Education . . . Key to Progress”. Work was begun on the project last May. In presenting the exhibit, Jones County will be in competition with the four other counties for the high est single award offered by the Fair, a first place premium of $650. Second premium is $500, and the other three awards are $450 each. The “County Program” was adpot ed by the allied agricultural agen cies of i the state in 1959 as a theme for the general development of farm community life in the state. Since then, Newspapers, broadcasting as sociations, and financial and com mercial organizations have backed the program vigorously, turning it into a forceful element in the pro gress of the United Agricultural Program. Fair officials have empltasized to I County Agent Asks Consideration for New Ag Building Monday-' Lenoir Connty Farm Agent Joe Koonce appeared before the county commissioner; and asked them to give serious consideration to the construction of a new and more adequate agricultural building. Suggestions a year ago that the county swap the city the ag build ing for the old city hall were sum marily rejected by both the ext'en tion department and cobnty officials. The city sought the ag building Site so that it would have control sf the fall frontage on King Street >f the 2CI0 block where the new city ball is located. The board listened tp Koonee's re juest, but took no action. Seif in Fj Son of August 16th Judge Henry Stevens of Whrsaw Issued a directed verdict of not guilty last week after hearing the state’s evidence against 55 year old Frarik Farrow of New Bern route 3. Farrow was charged with murder in the shotgun slaying of his 25 year-old son, Collet, on the night of August 16th. The evidence before the court tended to indicate that the father only fired to prevent being cut by his son who was advancing on him with an open knife in his hand, while in a drunken rage. Dkne-A-Dip Supper Til* WSCS of the Maytville Methodist church will sponsor Dime-A-Dip Supper which is to be held Thursday evening October 11 at the community building. Serv ing will begin at 6 p.m., lasting un til 8. Proceeds will be applied to building fund for the educational building. uic pamcipaung counucs mai a high standard of performance will be required in his competitive event. Judging will be on the general pre sentation of the exhibit, as well as on its educational value. Premiums tfill be awarded only to • exhibits scoring 70 points or more out of a Last year’s top award went to the exhibit prepared by Perquimans County. Four Jailed; One Man Asked to Be Put ‘In’ During the past week Jones County Sheriff Brown Yates re ports the arrest of four men, one of whom decided that he needed to be shut up for a while to sober up. He was Jack Grimsley of Pollocks vill route 1, whose request was honored and he was jailed on charges of public drunkenness and disorderly conduct. James Shackelford of Hooker ton and Isaac Morgan of Kinston were also jailed for public drunk enness and David Leo Perry of Dover route 2 was accused of reck less driving. Pilgrim Home Revival A series of revival services will be held each night next week at 7:45 in Pilgrim Home Free Will Baptist Church with Willie Stilley of Bridgeton in the pulpit. And the week of services will end with the annual Homecoming on Sunday, October 14th. All members of the congregation are urged to attend the revival and the homecoming and the public is invited to any of the services between the 8th and 13th. Bookmobile Schedule Friday, October 5 Wyse Forks — 10: a. m. Gaylord Green’s Store—11:30 a. m. Wayne Harper Store — 1:30 p. m. Leslie White Store — 2:30 p. m. Friday October 12 Pleasant ftfU — 10 a. fi. Howard** Store — 11:30 a. m. Comfort — Fannie Nicholson Home —1 p. m. Whaley's Store — Hargett Cross roads -tt 2:30 p. At. ’ . Doc Jones Store3:30 p. m. An extremely, jawy week of Jones County Superior‘Coart presided ov er last week by Judge Henry Stev ens saw a. total of 305 criminal , charges cleared frpm the court doc ket and three- divorces granted. A vast majority of the criminal charges arose from speeding in dictments on US 17, from which 252 pleas of guilty in absentia were accepted by the court. Fines in these ranged from about $30 to $80. Drunken Driving Cases before the court also in cluded a large number of traffic indictments. Among these were 11 charges of druhkeh driving. Wes ley Harding Gaskill was found not guilty of drunken driving and a similar charge against William Thomas Sessoms was nol prossed Those who were convicted or pled guilty to drunken driving were fin ed $100 and the court costs and lost their driving license for one year. They included Jake Lee Smith, Wlayne Whitty Parker, Mainous Corbett, Vann Patrick Bender, Edward N. Lawless, Annie Murphy Hill, Salem Frazer Koonce, Harold Mercer Whaley and Jonas Guy Turner. Driving Without License Those found guilty of driving without a driving license or with an expired driving license were fined $25 and the court costs. This list included John Alfred Franks, J. D. Dawson, Elvie “Pete” Jones, Deb Loftin, William Henry Hum phrey, Rosa Lee Hatched, Warren Jenkins, Herbert Benjamin West, Hosey Staten and Edwin Wallace Webb. MiSS ! Hatthell was also charged with' violating the liquor laws, for which her car was ordered TioriffScatWf. ”. ' ".. . Other Speeding Cases Cases not included in the US 17 pleas of guilty in absentia that in volved speeding were heard against the following: Brodie Earl Stevens, and Guy Herman Hopewell Jr. both processed, John Hubert Brookshire $25, Phillip Hallowich $30, Angelo Demola $40, Franklin Mervin $10, Willie Lee Bryant $25, Johnny Council Jackson $25, Lewis Buck Kinsey (90 miles per hour), $50, Ray mond Arnette Jr. $25, Horace Per ry Jr. $10, Hal Preston Potter $25. Liquor Charges The following heard the included judgments for violating the liquor laws: Wilber Metts $10, James Le roy Thompson $25, Esley Koonce $10, Furney Murrdine not prossed, Bobby Ray Roberts, James William Turnage, John Allen Turnage and Jesse Williams all to pay costs, David Williams not guilty. Miscellany p Divorces 5 divorced during the Utfa} Dora MacKenzie Claude Bender, Guie m Rosetta Kenney Hill h. Green from William. Other cases included Robert Whifield assault with a deadly weapon, pay costs and gun confis cated; Jesse James Brimmer not gulty of non-support; Benjamin T. Murrell pay costs for assault and disorderly conduct; Rosa Lee Hatched not guilty of assault with a deadly weapon; J. D. Cottle nol prossed one bad check charge and ardered to pay $75 into court for Bill Jones in another charge; Jim ny Lee Toddle was fined $50 for reckless driving, Floyd Heath had t charge of driving on the wrong side of the road nol prossed, Mon -oe Mercer bnd a $100 fine remitted 'or shooting a , doe deer and Wdl iam Jasper Rhodes was given five years in prison for sticking up the Wyse Fortes ABC store.
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