TRENTON, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2S, 1NB VOLUME XIV -!... Jones bounty s Wilson Iiowery, Lenoir County’s Kenneth Earl | Stroud Win 4-H Project Prizes A ttin 4n I I i . — ■. Congress.'—i that trip in a lifetime — is the award many 4-H’ers will receive this year as state project L. R. Harrill, state 4-H leader, reports all the 4-H records were judged recently aai 37 state win ners were named. The state win* siing records will be submitted tp the national 4-H office where they wiff be judged in national compete lion, inc nattonw winners will oc named during National 4tH Oub Congress in Chicago the week fcft The boys and girls who are state winners started earning their re ward many years ago. They spent hours working era their indnoflual projects and filling out project workbooks. Many of the boys and gsde this year have bean grpomed for the big day by fanner dub Mgnlberi who were state, and national win ners and are now serving as adult leaders in many counties. Following are the 1962 state 4-H Club winners Srom Jones and Le noir Counties odho are bong rec ognized for their accomplishments: ' Jonas County LEADERSHIP — W. 'Wilso* Lowery Jr., 18, son of Kt. and Mrs. w. w. txiwery, orrenton Valedictorian jfcjfr- cie«s ac include fieation, electric grooming, safety room improvement, automotive ttractor, money management and leadership- Receiver of expense paid trip to Cldb Congress, Qte wat president of Shade 4-H (Council, : member of State Honor Clifo, (del egate to National Youth Congress, received $500 g-JH Development ^Scholarship, State Health OKing . ;runner-up, gave 88 demonstrations, .203 talks, on 118 committees, (dis trict safety wiener and aided 4-Hlers with demonstrations .anti records. Lenoir County AUTOMOTIVE — Kenneth Earl Stronfl, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs, Burrell Stroud, Deep Run. Ken neth has helped Lenoir County win the county 4-H automotive award :for two years. He has completed three units in the automotive pro gram and has carried safety 3f.~ tivities along with them. He was a member of the state livestock judg ing team in J962. He ranks in toe upper half of his class scholastical-, h. ■ Lenoir County was judged as the most outstanding county into their safety and automotive pro grams this year and Randolph County received top honors for their 4-H electric program. Five Couples Gel Legally Divided In L«Boirj1Coui4 Monday five divorces were grant ed in Lenoir County Superior Court, each on grounds of two years separation. The couples divorce tndaded: Marie Louise Batterson Belmont Creek,Tracey Swamp Watershed n Approved for Planning The administrator, of the Soil Conservation . Service has approved (the Moseley Creek-Tracey Swamp Watershed Project for planning. . This action gives authority to the Soil Conservation Service 'to assist the landowners in developing a watershed. work plan. *This will l>e, a comprehensive plan for improving the . general farming conditions within the watershed. The watershed includes • approxi mately 51,000 acres in Lenoir, Jones and Craven counties. Ten tative plans now includes 31 mites of channel improvement, 4,000 acres of conservation cropping systems, 900 acres of perennial grasses and legumes in rotation, and other soil and water conservation practices. Fall Festival 31st At Maysville School The Maysville Elementary School will hold its annual Fall Festival next Wednesday night, October 31st The annual event is sponsored by the 'Parent-Teacher Association of tbe ’sChool ‘&tA, it Will include entertainment for all dges ahd plen ty,. nf ahoAilfflil 1 |lj'- J will be chosen from -the first through the fourth grades and from the fifth through the eighth grades. Marriage License Jones County Register of Deeds ' Bill Parker reports the issue of two marriage license in the past week: To Charles Edward Uecher of Lyle, Minn, and Sadie Eliz abeth Quinn of Trenton and toi Stacey Earl Banks and Helen Grace Garvey, both of Jones Coun ty. Hospital Notes Edward Meadows is undergoing treatment at the Craven County hospital in New Bern. Leonard Morton is doing nicely at home following treatment at the Craven County hospital. Albert Bracey is a patient at the Naval Hospital at Catfip L^jeune. Saturday Last Uay Register for Voting In General Election Those who would like, to vote in the November 6th General Elec tion are reminded that Saturday is thd' final day for registration and if one has doubt about'- his regis tration this will be the last op portunity to check before voting time. Voting will be from 6:30 am. until 6:30 p.m. and the final Sat urday before the election, Novem ber 3rd, will be challenge day when any qualified voter may raise questions on the qualifications of others who are registered to vote. Chib Women Meeting Monday in Beaufort Federated clubwomen from the 82 Women's Clubs and the 4 Junior clubs of District 12 will attend the annual fall meeting on October '29 in Beaufort, hostesses for the day to be members of the Beaufort Woman’s club land the Behufort Junior Woman’s chib. Mrs. G. P. Midyette of Oriental, District President, will preside at the general session which will be held at the First Baptist Church. "Highlight of the day will be ad dresses by the president of the North Carolina Federation of Women's dubs, Mrs. James M. Harper, Jr., of Southport, and the Director of Juniors, Mrs. Robert -'.'MW.-B. UJBWWRt andTSRK MSb ly T,M astro -of the hostess chibs aw Wrviilg'BS co-chairmen of the meeting which is expected to at tract ©SO Clubwomen from the 6 comities and 8 towns of the dis trict Mts. Jack Overman, District Director of Juniors, will preside at the Junior buzz session during the coffee hour. Other District officers include Mrs. L. E. Pollock of Kinston, vice president; and Mrs. George Ball, of Morehead City, secretray. and treasurer. Election of new of ficers wiB he held and awards for outstanding service in departmental and special project work will be announced by Mrs. A. B. Roberts, of Morehead City. PAPA MUST PAY Joseph Daniel Baker of 1008 Oak Street was arrested over the week end on a warrant accusing him of failing to support an illegitimate child that he had sired. Co-operative Burglar Caught on Fourth Visit « .1 ' . • • . rv .• T >• r." « 4 4 ',1 .t Gay and Guerry Broadwell did not have long to wait in Harvey’s gro cery store lor the arrival of what turned out to be the most' co operative burglar turned up locally in a long time. Just before 9 p.m. a young white man rode up on a bicycle, parked it, .got off, took a brick, broke open the store door window (the fourth time, in recent weeks) and walked to the cash register. When' he reached for the till he found himself suddenly looking into the wr?ng end of a pair of .38 AVVliUVUJ uau U UMIV *iu 111V, JV/UWg man, who admitted that he had. only recently gotten out of prison for a series of similar break-ins in Goldsboro. Kennedy who has had years of experience with such young men handed him a legal tablet and a pencil and said, “Son, how about just writing down all the places you can\ remember breaking ml" Aldridge, obliged and began to write, listing each place and to the best of his memory what he had gotten ip each entry. The list included four visits to Harvey’s grocery, two visit? to the Carolina Laundry, an# one each to Sidney's department store, Stan dard Drug Store No. 1, The Tig gly-Wiggly, Lovick’s cafe, Gurley Full Details on Eligj Foods ow at Welfare Department Kimton Pair Nabbed With Stumphole Load In Jones Saturday Two Kinston negroes have been indicted for transporting 96 jars of stumphole whisky following their apprehension Saturday night near Hargett Crossroad in Jones Coun ty by Patrolman B, W. Oakley. William Randolph of 800 Oak Street was driver of the car and Zeb Parker of 500 South Orion Street was “riding shotgun” on the eight cases of backwoods head ache drops. Oakley pulled up beside them and they refused to stop at first — not driving fast but failing to halt. Apparently Randolph was looking a bole in the bushes since when he did Stop he took off in passing gear arid left Oakley with the car, the whisky and Parker. ' Parker, who lost one leg in a Sugar'Hill gunbattle back in the 30’s, was not able to take to the gallberry bushes. Randolph was picked up in Kins ton Sunday morning. The other arrest reported during the past week in Jones County was that of Charles Fletcher Fluellen of Maysville who was accused ol public drunkenness. PINK HILLIAN CHARGED Gordon Miller of Pink Hill route 1 was booked over the weekenc on charge of drunken driving. itnesses Contradict ouoiuy Dciurc OellUi Ud> night Edward Hooker, 43, of Cun ningham Road was instantly kill ed when the full charge from a 12 gauge shotgun hit him in the heart while he was in the home of .Albert Lawson Jr., 22, of'600 Cun ningham Road. Deputy Sheriff Leo Harper’s re port cm the preliminary investiga tion of the shooting included a statement from Lawson which said that he was showing the shotgun to Hooker and telling him that he had used it to kill seven squirrels on Saturday. Lawson said there had been no argument, no fuss between he and Hooker and that the gun went off accidentally. But six witnesses who were in the room at the time of the shoot ing told Justice of Peace Bill Thomas Monday in a preliminary hearing that the two men had been arguing, that Lawson stepped back from Hooker, loaded the battered shotgun and deliberately fired it into Hooker’s chest from a dis tance of about six steps. Thomas bound Lawson over tc the next term of Superior Court without privilege of bond on an open charge of murder. Kinston’s First Cuban Blockade Casualty Tuesday TROUBLE Staff Sergeant Booker T. Rigs by Tuesday became Kinston’s first casualty in the military build up to support the Cuban blockade. Sgt. Rigsby was one of seven crew members aboard an Air Force jet transport which crashed on landing at Guantanamo Base in Cuba. Child Stiily Course Nov. 13 Through 16 By Trenton Society November 1$ thru 16 the W.S.C.S. of the Trenton Church will hold a study on Today’s Children, To* morrow’s World. Mrs. Ray ^Harrison will give the study. It will begin each night at 7:50 in Trenton Methodist Church. All mothers are invited to attend. LaGrange Man Found Guilty Lesser Offense A jury after brief deliberation Wednesday found Sidney Mozingo of LaGrange route 1 guilty of as sault on a- female. Mozingo was arrested in Sept ember and charged with assault with intent to commit rape upon an 8 year-old child. Land Transfers Jones County Register of Deeds Bill Parker reports the recent re cording of the following land transfers ip his office: From Ira McDowell to Ira Mat tocks three lots in Pollocksville. From Ethel Gillette Strobel to Joseph F. Monnette one lot in Maysville. From Ant^njbtlglas Eubanks to James C. Davis one lot in Mays ville. From Anna Elizabeth Metts to Wilbur A. Metts one lot in Cypress of Jackson in Tuck to R. C. in Cypress I he Jones County Commissioners have apptott^^iftstribution of surplus foods to the needy in Jones County. Due to the,, heavy loss of crops by food wafers, they realize that few farmers made as much as they usuallydo. This distribution of food will be a means to help them through thi winter months; and will supply at least a part of their food requirements. Applications should be made by the head of the households to the local welfare department where certification has already begun. The income of all members of the family from all sources must be considered. The determination of need of all persons applying for food shall be in accordance with the eligibility standards as set up by the Depart ment of Agriculture and the State Board of Public Welfare. The program applies to all needy persons in the county whether or not engaged'-in farming. Distribu tion of these products will begin soon after the middle of November. Each person'certified will be re quired to show his Identification Card at the warehouse. If the head of the household is unable to go to the warehouse to pick up his fo^d, he must name in writing the person whom he wishes to pick up the food for him. All information necessary is available at the Jones County De partment of Public Welfare in Trenton.

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