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41 TRENTON, N. G, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY2S, 1963 VOLUME XIV
Jones Farm Bureau Has
Busy Session Last Week
The Jones County Farpi Bureau
executive board met in the Bureau
office in Trenton, February 20.
The board authorized the pur
chase of a desk, chair, and type
writer, and the installation of a
telephone.
The following were appointed to
serve on the enmity tobacco com
mittee: Alva B. Howard, Bruce
FoyJ Z. A, Koonce, Lee Fordham,
and W. E. Mallard.
The budfje^ krr 1963 was approv
l^a^the bWil. After the execu
tive meeting ■fire Farm Bureau held
■jtfflHt* regular meeting in the Agricul
‘>'!'ture Building. *W. E. Mallard, vice
president prwnded.
Devotional® were given by Mrs.
g Saul Moore. J, R. Franck, County
' Agent, showed slides on how to
use fumigants.
Friday Night Dance
An old time Square Dance is be
ing held Friday at the Shrine Club
in Hew Bern, beginning at 8 p.m.
Music will be furnished by the
Tri-County Wanders. The dance is
sponsored by the New Bern Babe
Ruth League and She New Bern
Shrine Club to promote baseball
fey youth of the New Bern area.
Bookmobile Schedule
Friday, March IS
ckgville School —10:15-11:15
ksville-__W
:30
2:00
2:15- 2:35
2:50- 3:15
Zeke Phillips Store — 3:30- 4:00
Earl
Maysville
World Day of Prayei
The Trentoo, Episcopal, Metho
dht and Baptist churches are ob
serving Wiodd Day of Prayer at
1 Fridsy night in the Episcopal
Church. The pubBc, as wall as the
members of these three congrega
tions, is invited to join in this Sev
enty-Seventh observance vf t h 11
world-wide day of dedication.
Study Course for
Trenton School# .
Next Wednesday
Trenton School will hold its study
Course March 6 at Trenton School,
Beginning at 4:30 Rev.' Waltor
Bass will speak on Character and
Spiritual Education, and at 5 Mrs
WV.llace Banks will speak on child
guidance, at 5:30 Rev. Dougla:
Ponder will speak pnV£
Courtship and Marriager
At 6:30 there will be a covered
dish supper. At 8 Dr. John Thomp
son will speak on physical and emo
tional growth of children.
Land Transfers
Jones County Register of Deed:
Bill Parker reports 'the recordinf
of the following land transfers ii
his office during the past week:
From Paul G. Sylvester to Car
press Creek Township.
From Killis Murphy to Floyi
Murphy one acre in Pollocksvill
Township.
Agribusiness Conference Held in Goldsboro
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Among the business and farm, leaders who attended the Agribusiness conference in Goldsboro were from
left to right above, Larry Neuhoff III'of Frosty Morn Meats, W. A. Austin, executive secretary of the
North Carolina Cattlemen’s Association,' Norman Dickerson Jr‘., livestock farmer of Kinston, and W. A.
Bowen* vice president Of the Wachovia bank in Kinston. !*;
Appeals for greater self-discipline
from the local to the national level
and for'maximum effort to develop
the potential of. Eastern North
Carolina were voiced before more
^han 400 farm and business leaders
of the Neuse Arm at a major Agri
business Conference last Wednes
day in Goldsboro. '
The conference alsp heard the
first announcement of a new flue
"Greater Agribusiness ' Income for
the Neuse Area.” '
Principal speakers were * Senator
Archie K. Davis of Forsyth Coun
ty, Bir. Brooks James,' State College
dean of agriculture; and Pr. Ken
neth R» Keller, State College as
sistant tobacco' director. '
The panel on agribusiness oppor
tunities was moderated by Wayne
A, Corpening. Panel members who
spoke on agribusiness developments
in their fields of interest included
ly of State College; John Walker
of Mount Olive Pipkle Company;
and Edwin Beamon Of the Sweet
PotstQ' 'Association.
ig others taking,, part in the
were A. gf- Edward’s of
rton,, president, of the Neuse
Development Association; W. I.
Bissette, of Grifton; and Carl T.
Hicks of Walstonbdrg, president of
the Tobacco Information Commit
tee- '-L. , ■ ' 1 ■
Presiding over the coff^rericeat
Wayne County Ag Center Were
Withers Goldsboro, and
i A. Bowen of Kinston.
PTA Basketball has
Two Ansa Schools'
Parents Tired, Sore
Despite the weather, a good
crowd gathered at the Maysville
school auditorium Thursday even
ing to support the Maysville P.T.A.
in the efforts to raise money and
to enjoy watching, the school boys
and girls battle the fathers and
mothers at basketball
Cup cakes, brownies, and sand
wiches were sold out and the sale
of soft drinks was good.
Again Saturday night attendance
was good when the Maysville par
ents played the Pollocksville par
ents. The ladies of Maysville were
victorious over Vhe JPollocWsvillle
team while their men bowed in
defeat to Pollocksville.
Superior Court Next Week for
Jones County; 41 Criminal
Cases, 3 Civil Set for Trial
juuge i\.uaoipn iviimz oi vvn
mington will preside over a mixed
one-week term of Jones County
Superior Court that is to be con
vened Monday morning.
Solicitor Luther Hamilton Jr. has
prepared a criminal calendar that
includes 28 cases already sent for
ward by the grand jury and ano
ther 13 cases that will be presented
1 to the grand jury on Monday
morning.
The bar committee has also
.scheduled Jrial of three civil ac»
tions during the week. •••• "■?
i Only two felony cases are set for
: trial; Those in which Donald Ed
ward Cannon is charged with man
Long-Term, Low-Interest
Loans Available Thru
FHA for Forestry^ Work
Heart Diseases are
Jones County’s Most
Deadly Medical 111
Diseases of the heart and blood
vessels cause more deaths in Jones
bounty than any other disease, ac
tording to Mrs. Myrtie B. Good
ing, Jones County Heart Council
President.
Quoting latest statistics from
the North Carolina State Board of
Health, she list the five leading
killers in this county as: Heart
Disease 45,' Cancer, 10, Influenza
and pneumonia 8, and accidents 5.
For the state as a whole, heart
and blood vessel diseases account
for 19,810 or 52.5 per cent of all
deaths, with cancer second (12.3%);
accidents, third (7.0%; influenza
and pneumonia, fourth (3.7%); and
diabetes, fifty (1.5%). Nationally,
heart disease causes 54.4% of all
deaths.
slaughter and in which Godfrey
Wilder is charged with murder.
Other cases set for hearing in
clude assault and disorderly con
duct charges against Willie, Ern
estine and Billie White, aiding and
abetting in simple assault against
David and Jennie Smith, break
ing and entering against Jesse E.
Foy, bastardy against Alvis Foy Jr.
Reckless driving against Mar
vin Hill, speeding against J.
Franklin Jordan, drunken driv
tag- against Elson Ray Wethering,
Johnnie Gray, Jake Dawson, James
Stalling, Lewis Hampton White,
Floyd Franklin Huggins,, Warren
G. Franks, William Edward Chap
man, Sutton Stroud Mills, Allen
Glen Davenport, Ray Sylvester
Miller, Raymond Taylor and Earl
Victor Humphrey. Humphrey is
charged with a 3rd drunken driv
ing offense?i Huggins with a 2nd
offense and White is also charged
with hit and run driving.
H. M. Morris Jr is charged with
speeding, Willie Lee Taylor with
larceny, Isabelle Moore with vio
lating liquor laws, John Wayne
Heath with speeding, James Leroy
Gray driving without a license, Al
fred Eugene Yarborough speeding,
James Leroy Gray driving without
a license, Alfred Eugene Yar
borough speeding Elmer Chase vi
olating liquor laws, Caloph Dove
driving after license revoked, Lea
Kinsey non-support and Randy
Meadows assault with a d e a d 1 y
Civil Cases
weapon.
" The civil actions set for trial in
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recently tne farmers Home Ad
ministration has been given au
thority to make a new kind of loan
for Forestry JM^es. This is ^ 3
per .cent long teftn loan. It pro
vides the necessary financing to
carry out an acceptable forestry
plan of operation and management
on family size farms.
If the farm owner operator does
not have sufficient funds to do the
job, this type of loan may meet
his needs. For example,, if it will
be Several years before the forest
plan provides income, the first pay
ment of interest and principal on
loans secured by Deeds of Trust
may be deferred until income is
available; however, the deferrment
may not exiteed li years.
^On most farms in North Carolina
woodlands have been neglected.
Much of this land provides no in
come whatsoever. A11 farmers
would do weff to appraise their
woodland and see if it is providing
the income it should.
Competent advice for improving
woodland can be obtained from the
County Agent, Soil Conservation
Service, Forestry Service, and pri
vate Forestry Consultants.
Additional information in regards
to the Forestry Loans is available
from the Farmers Home Adminis
tration Office. In Kinston the FHA
Office is located at 111 South Mc
Lewean Street.
In Trenton the FHA office is
in the Ag Building.
Dr. Thompson Takes
Heart Council Post
Dr. John (H, Thompson has ac
cepted the post of Medical Repre
sentative for the Jones County
Heart ' Council, announces Mrs.
Myrtie Gooding^ president of the
Council.
“We are very pleased that Dr.
Thompson will represent the health
and medical professions on the
Council. “Since 1949, when the
North Carolina Heart Association
was founded 33 physicians and
six laymen at a State medical society
meeting, physicians have worked
closely with the Heart program.”
In accepting his post, l)r. Thomp
son points out that through the
North Carolina Heart Association,
an affiliate of American Heart, he
can provide members of local
health professions with research
reports and other medical mater
ials designed to help diagnose and
treat the cardiovascular diseases.
Physicians may also receive
printed information to give their
heart patients. “These booklets,”
Dr. Thompson says, “deal in sim
ple terms with various heart and
blood vessel diseases and are writ
ten.. rtO . reassure the patient and
help him cooperate with his phy
sician for his own improvement.”
Marine Fight Ends in
Death of One Participant
A fist fight between three white
and three negro Marines last Fri
day night at the filling station on
the southeast corner of King and
Queen streets resulted ijv injuries
which led to the death of one of
the negroes.
Private William Thompson died
in the Navy hospital af Portsmouth,
Va. Sunday from injuries he suf
fered when he was struck by a
car driven by Private Norman M.
Krause. All of the involved parties
were from Camp Lejeune.
Krause and two other white
Marines wet* trying to drive away
from the filling station, according
to aptnesses,, when Thompson
grabbed the right side of the car,
apparently trying to get the fleeing
trio.
Thompson was knocked down and
run over. He was given emergen
cy treatment at a Kinston hospital,
transferred to the hospital at Camp
Lejeune and from there by air to
Portsmouth.
All five of the uninjured Marines
were indicted Friday night on
charge of engaging in an affray,
and at that. djhne Krause was
charged vrfth •• leaving the scene of
an accident in which person injury
was involved.
Monday Krause was also charg
ed with manslaughter.
Whether Thompson's death will
be classified, a 'ti*ftic fatality de
pends upon i' judicial determina
tion of the actnal cause of his death.