N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 2S, 1963
VOLUME XIV
S at:>ion
r» 11 7tu
candidates ior mayor ana
nine for the five job* on the Mays
ville* Board of Aldermen will con
teat on May 7th to see who will be
the ruling elders. of the town for
the next two years,
Nolan Jones add Harold Mat
tocks are competing for the post
of chief executive. v s' ^
There -are nine men seeking the
five seats on the city council, and
| they are:
Jere Walter Pelletier, Leonard
Thompson, Ethridge Jones, Em
mett Mitchell, Guy L. Eubank, C
~ W. Lancaster, Virgil Ik Jenkins,
William L. Smith Jr. and W. H.
McCarter.
Beverly Lake Speaker’
May 14th in Kinston
James M. Tyler, President of the
Kinston Conservative Club,' an
nounced this week that Dr. Beverly
Lake will speak in Kinston <sm
Tuesday, May 14, at 8 P. M. at She
Lenoir County Courtroom under
the sponsorship of the CMfa. The
public is cordially invited to attend.
Lake is well known to the resi
dents of this area. He is a former
Law Professor at Wake Forest
College, a former North Carolina
Assistant Attorney General, was a
candidate for Gpveaij|jfe an
a prominent attorney of Krfleigh.
Tyler stated that Lake was ltd ihe
the first of several fsioiininetft con
servative speakers to come to Kins
ton at' the invitation of the Club.
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National Deficit
By Senator Sam Ervin
A significant trend in the 88th
Congress is that the economy-drine
is meeting with some success/ Sonse
measure of credit must be given to
the widespread concern shown'over
the announced $11.9 billion deficit
for fiscal year 1964 in proposed re
venues as compared with proposed
expenditures. ' Although cutbacks
are comparatively small in terms of
a $98 billion budget, in four recent
instances they illustrated the mood
of Congress. In the Defense Pro
curement authorization bill which
passed earlier this
l a $700 million cut
i version. Two- new'
Congress.
These cats other than Foreign
Aid may he restored t<£ a degree in
Senate-House conferences yet to
come, but they indicate that Con
gress is cost conscious to a greater
■degree than has been so in years
past. As expected this mood is af'
fecting federal aid to educati
which has been proposed in a $5
billion package, and medical care
for the'aged, which would carry
increased social security taxes un
der Administration proposals. ^Lt
this stage it appears likely that
both measures may be sidetracked
for this session.
Senate hearing have been set for
proposals concerning mental health
tion and the extension of jhe
Kommittee, of which
Att itsv 2-3-4 and
East Carolina Gets
Usual Crumbs in
Highway Lettings
Tuesday bids were opened on 13
highway projects totalling more
than six million dollars and as us
ual Eastern North Carolina got the
smallest crumbs from the highway
butWmg table.
Only one of the projects was
east of Highway 301, and it was
the tesnrfacing of 18.8 miles of NC
SB ia Jones and Carteret counties
between Maysville and Bogue.
Barms Construction Company of
KrnStcm was low bidder at a price
off $63,439.
Contrasting sharply with tiny ex
penditure in East Carolina were
such iprojects as:
2264 miles of “beltline" around
IRaleigh, $1,515,921.97.
374181 miles of super-highway
fencing in Johnston County, $117,
(037.
113151 miles of super-highway
fencing in Haywood and Buncombe
counties, $118,050.25.
913 miles of resurfacing in
Cherokee County, $130,485.
'The thin coating to be given the
NC 58 stretch calls for six-tenths
affan (inch of asphalt over most of
The' road T»d one -tHET-taTti*
rest.
lEmily Deane Bass
Practice Teaching
East Carolina College’s student
teaching program for the spring
quarter includes 252 seniors who
are in approximately forty public
schools in Eastern North Carolina.
Sixty-seven are doing work in
the primary and grammar grades,
176 in high schools, and nine are
teaching either art or music at all
grade levels.
The only Jones County practice;
teacher in this group of 252 is Em
ma Deane Bass of Trenton, who is
teaching the second grade in the
Wahl-Coates School on the campus
at ECC.
Probable Cause in
Manslaughter Charge
Jones County Recorder’s Court
Judge Nick Noble found probable
cause of guilt in the preliminary
hearing held last Friday in man
slaughter charges against Camp
Lejeune Marine William Torrence.
Torrence was bound over to the
next term of Jones County Superior
Court under $800 bond as the re
sult of the traffic death of John
Talbert III in a wreck on US 70
near Dover earlier this year.
James Eubanks in
German Maneuver
Pvt. James R. Eubanks, son of
James E. Eubanks of Route 2,
Trenton, recently took part in es
cape and evasion training maneu
vers with other members of the
8th Division’s 504th Infantry near
Mainz, Germany.
Eubanks, a rifleman in Company
C of the infantry’s 1st Airborne
Battle Group, entered the Army in
June 1962 and arrived overseas the
following December. He received
basic training at Fort Gordon, Ga.
Wave of Break-ins Hits
Jones County Last Week
Sfcvwi break-ins in three nights i
plagued Jones County Sheriff <
Brown Yates and the businesses <
strode.
Wednesday ^night five, places in
iu^it orifl^ice^in^PoHocksvirie^^
Friday night one place in Mays
vUle.
The Trenton night saw Hill’s
Sinclair, Rouse’s Amoco filling sta
tions entered, the State Highway
Commission garage, the Trenton
Sales Company and the Health De
partment Building.
W. F. Mill's place suffered the
greatest doss — estimated at $1500.
There a safe, cash register, tools
and cigarets were taken. Gasoline
was tahen from the highway garage
ind an adding machine from the
dinic. Rouse and Trent Sales miss
:d nothing of any consequence.
Hill Brothers station in Pollocks
rille suffered an estimated $500 loss
tir.es> cigaret* and a cash reg
ster.
Friday night Tommy Foscue’s
dace in Maysville was hit, and a
list of • missing articles Was not
tvailable in the sheriff’s office.
Aided by SBI officers, Sheriff
ifates and his deputies are making
:very effort to run down every
ead, but so far no arrest had been
nade.
One of the stolen cash registers
was found this week on the Cove
City road hut the safe had nol
teen recovered on Wednesday.
How 40,500 Americans Were Killed Last Year
>jiauiauv.a ai v, nv.an uuugo
for a person to bet his life npon,
but knowing the odds on traffic
death might give a driver just a
trifle better chance to avoid be
coming a traffic statistic himself.
The'Travelers Insurance Company
each year compiles a breakdown
of the mayhem on our highways in
its effort to avoid paying off pre
mature (death benefits to its policy
folders.
Last year broke a 21-year record
for highway deaths. For some rea
:on the last year before World War
II had ruled supreme in this grisly
traffic death' department, but 1962
surpassed ’41 as a death-dealer on
the highways. 1
Last year 40,500 persons were kill
ed "in traffic — another 3,345,000
were injured. The figures for ’61
were 37,600 killed and 3,057,000 in
jured. The huge increase of 2,900
in the fatality department and 288,
000 in the maimed departments
was one of the worst years ever
percentage-wise. >'v - ,
It meant that Americans were
killing eight more people each day
of ’62 than were being killed in ’61.
138 fatalities per day for each of
:he 365 day of 1962. Yet .when 129
nen died in the Submarine Thresh
er the nation was profoundly
shocked, while a majority pay only
jui t.u, »»inj iuciuu^ many
for life, some of whom spend years
in hospitals living, just barely.
Of these dead 16,500 were in col
lisions between cars, 11,300 came
from non-collision wrecks or one
vehicle accidents, 7,100 pedestrians
were struck down, 3,800 came from
ramming fixed objects, 1,130 from
being struck by trains, 550 bike
riders were killed and miscellaneous
other types of freakish accidents
claimed the other 120.
Speed was the great killer. It
claimed 12,760 of those 40,500. Driv
ing on the wrong side of the road
got 5,270, failure to yield right of
way slew 3,350, cutting in traffic
got 60, passing on curves and hills
got 100, passing on the wrong side
got 810, improper signals killed 130,
runaway cars killed 30, driving off
the road got 4,970 and reckless driv
ing claimed another 4,360 while the
other 260 died in freakish types of
wrecks. ,
Those 7,100 pedestrians were ex
ecuted in the following fashion: i
Crossing at intersection 1880, which '
included 240 who had the signal i
light, 560 who did not have the i
light, 1020 at corners without lights ;
and 60 who were cutting diagnon- 1
ally across an intersection. Another
10JD were killed while . walking i
along rural roads, 20 were clipped :
while Standing of safety islands, 50
died while getting out of other ve- ;
hides, 220 children playing the <
•ailpcisuns wurKing on tne
roads, 10 from hitching rides, 400
from walking from behind parked
cars, and another 180 got killed off
the roads.
Those 40,500 dead were killed in
accidents involving 50,200 drivers.
Of these 2,500 were under 18, 12,
300 were between 18 and 24; 32,700
were between 25 and 64 and 3,000
were over 65 years of age.
Men were drivers in 43,800 fatal
incidents and women in just 6,400.
In non-fatal accidents women were
worse drivers with 859,200 — or
22.2 per cent, compared to just 12.7
per cent of the fatal accidents.
Men were drivers in 3,010,800 non
Eatal accidents.
Clear weather saw 84-9 per cent
af all wrecks last year, while rainy
■veather prevailed for 8.9 per cent,
tog in 2.7 per cent and snow in 3.5
per ceaF/A&P^&Pi
Saturday was the most deadly
lay of the week, with 20.8 per cent
>f the deaths. Wednesday was the
tafest day. wth just 10.7 per cent
>f ,the • • deaths. Sunday, Friday,.
Monday, Thursday and Tuesday
n that order were the next most
leadly days after Saturday. Over
8 per ce.nt of the fatal accidents
ook place'oft the weekend.
Of the dead 11,700 were between
0 and 34; UV900 were between 35
nd 54; 7,500 were between 55 and
4; 5400‘were between 10 and 19;
6 were under nine and 2300 were
>ver 75 years of aue.
Suspended Jail Term
For Setting Fire to
Woods in Noble Court
Four Indicted After
Pollocksville Fracas
Jones Gouijty Sheriff Brown
Yates reports five arrests during
the past week and four of these
arrests came from a Saturday night
squabble near Pollocksville.
Charles Edward Bender was
charged with assault by pointing a
sawed off shotgun, Henry Leroy
Moore is accused of being the own
er of a sawed off shotgun, Edward
Earl Strayhorn is acclused of as
sault with a deadly weapon, and
affray and Melvin Sherod Boone
is accused of assault with a deadly
weapon, and affray and Melvin
Sherod Boone is accused also of
having engaged in an affray. All
live on Pollocksville route 1.
The other reported indictment
was that of Ernest Bunton of
Maysville who was charged with
speeding.
CLEAN UP URGED
All persons having relatives buried
in the Pleasant Hill Christian
Church graveyard are urged to
clean off their lot before the an
nual gathering at the church on
the first Sunday in May.
In last Friday a session of Jones
County Recorder’s Court Judge
Nick Noble suspended a 30-day jail
term for Leroy Ward of Dover
route 1 after Ward had admitted
setting fire to a wooded area, al
though Ward explained that he
“didn’t mean too.” One term of the
suspended sentence was payment of
$25. -VAY
In the traffic category Bobby
Howland was found guilty of driv
ing without a license, but Floyd
Blango of Arapahoe was fined $45
for driving a truck without a chauf
feur license; C. J. Autry paid $47
for driving without a license and
Robert Sutton of Maysville paid
$25 for an expired license.
In the speeding department the
following collections were made:
Paul Tilghman of Kinston $25,
Arthur Jenkins of Charlotte $25,
William Edward Warr of Hamlet
$25, Sylvia Bruce of Kinston $25,
John Edelman of Rumon, N. J. $50
for speeding 85 miles per hour;
James W. Sullivan of Miami $30.
John Howard Moyer of the Navy
paid $50 for driving on the wrong
side of the road and without a
driving license.
Robert Dillahunt of Cove City
route 1 paid $12 for driving an im
properly equipped car and John
Cole of Camp Lejeune paid $15 for
driving on the wrong side of the
road.
In the non-traffic department
Noble issued the following penal
ties; Public drunkenness; Ed
Brown of Trenton not guilty, Ralph
Clark of Kinston route 3 $16 and
Jacob Huggins of Kinston route 3
$18.
Woman Mugged
Tuesday night Thelma Johnson of
81(1 College street was mugged by
two young negroes who knocked
her down and robbed her of $60 in
cash and other valuables in her
purse. Miss Johnson was not badly
hurt, but was badly frightened. Sh^
had left the baseball game in
Grainger Stadium to walk to heir
car when the assault and robbery
took place on the 800 block of InV
dependent Street, one block from
the ball park.