THE JONES COUNTY
NUMBER 33
TRENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1964
VOLUME XV
Jones County Highway
Deaths Jump from Two
In ’62 to Seven in ’63
Until a rending head-on crash on
US 17 just north of Polloclcsville
on the morning of December 21st
the Highway Patrolmen in Jones
County had high hopes of getting
through 1963 with not too much
worse death record than in the pre
vious year.
But that crash instantly snuffed
out four lives. Until that date three
highway deaths were charged to
, Jones County. One in March, a
second in November and a third
earlier in the month of December.
As the chart included here indi
cates there were 34 more accidents
investigated by the patrol in Jones
County in ’63 than in ’62, 23 more
persons injured, five more dead but
almost the same amount of proper
ty damage suffered in the preceed
ing year.
Jones 1963 Highway Box Score
Month
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Niov.
Dec.
Acci.
5
10
13
10
14
6
13
14
9
11
9
18
Total 132
’62 Total 98
Hurt
1
4
12
7
5
2
7
8
5
2
6
20
79
56
Dead
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
5
7
2
Damage
$ 1,550
2,490
16,220
7,150
4.800
2.800
8,605
5,375
4,425
4,485
3,925
8,270
$69,495
$69*410
Arreeta
December totals except fatalities
subject to addition since all reports
were not in Troop headquarter! at
clo*e of year.
Specialist Sees Opportunities
For Fruit, Vegetable Production
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. at North Carolina State believes the
expanding market (or fruits and
vegetables offers income possibilities
for North Carolina.
In discussing the long-range farm
outlook, E. A. Proctor pointed out
that the markets for both fresh and
processed fruits and vegetables are
expanding.
He believes North Carolina farm
ers are in a good position to fill
more of this fresh market demand.
High levels of efficiency, he adds,
will also enable farmers to make
a profit growing fruits and vege
tables for processing.
"Farmer desire, know-how and
investment will be needed to take
advantage of these opportunities,”
Proctor said.
(jetting more specilic, froctor
predicted that existing apple, blue
berry and vegetable groups will
greatly expand in face of increasing
demand and technology.
“Part-time and small farmers will
continue to face opportunities in
the production and marketing of
strawberries, vine ripe tomatoes,
blueberries and other high labor
using enterprises,” he added.
The marketing specialist also be
lieves many opportunities will exist
for large scale production by new
producers of small fruits and vege
tables.
As for 1964, Proctor says North
Carolina growers of fruits and most
vegetables will find it advantageous
to produce for the fresh market.
Growers of some vegetables may in
crease profits by producing for both
fresh and processing markets.
Prices of most fall and early win
ter fresh vegetables will be slightly
higher than last year. White po
tato prices for the next several
months will be about the saute as
those of last year. Sweet potato
prices will be moderately higher
than a year earlier, however. ,
prices also are expected to
lie for the remain
crop.
Voluntary Non-Suits
Taken in Five Cases
Jones County Superior Court
Clerk Walter Henderson reports ac
cepting five voluntary non-suits of
civil litigation that had been pend
ing in the local court; one case as
far back as 1955.
That was an action brought by
Grover Potter against Raymond
Mills seeking to recover damages
for injuries suffered in an auto ac
cident.
Divorce actions brought by Mat
thew Brinkley against Verna J.
Brinkley in February 1963 and by
Dorothy Louise Koonce Harris a
gainst Earl Harris in February 1962
were non-suited.
Another suit was brought by First
Citizens Bank and Trust Company
against James C. Budd to collect
money owed the bank and the final
Cftse was one brought by the Dial
Finance Company to collect an ac
count from William F. Canady.
DEATHS
Clyde Jobie Tyndall
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday for Clyde Jobie Tyndall, 77,
of Trenton route 1, who died at
about Noon Monday at his home.
Eagles Vote Senior
Citizen Passes; Buy
Little League Balls
In the regular meeting of the
Kinston Baseball Company board of
directors Monday night two actions
of general interest to local baseball
fans were taken.
The directors voted unanimously
for issuance of passes to those sen
ior citizens Who loye baseball. These
passes will be issued upon applica
tion by fans who will reach the age
of 75 on or before April 17th, open
ing day of the 1964 season.
The directors also voted to buy
80 dozen baseballs for the Little Tar
Heel League baseball program which
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Ten Jones Arrests
During Christmastime
The office of Jones County
Sheriff Brown Yates reports ten
arrests during the holiday period,
including three persons who were
picked up on capiases from Re
corder's Court because they had
failed to show up for trial as pre
viously ordered.
These included John Johnson of
Kinston route 5, Jasper Brock of
Trenton and Lester Sinclair of
Pollocksville.
John White of Pollocksville was
charged with breaking and entering
and public drunkenness.
Leroy Preston of Maysville was
charged with driving without a lic
ense.
Thomas Willie Moore of Pollocks
ville route 1 was charged with driv
ing without a license and driving an
improperly equipped car and Odell
Moore of the same address was
charged with permitting him to do
so.
William Henry Britt of Pollocks
ville route 1 was charged with
drunken driving.
Dan Woods of Jacksonville was
charged with speeding and John
Riley Jenkins of Trenton route 2
was accused of being publicly drunk
and disorderly.
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William Banks Named
Take Entrance Exams
To Air Force Academy
Congressman David N. Hender
*pj wtnxouBsed Jast* w«ek that he
has nominated William Frederick
Banks as a candidate for the Air
Force Academy for the class enter
ing in June, 1964
Henderson explained that he uses
the competitive system of nominat
ing candidates for the Air Force
Academy, which means that Banks
will compete with five other young
men from the Third Congressional
District and the nominee making
the highest rating on the competi
tive examination will be selected by
the Air Force to attend the Aca
demy.
Banks is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Delbert Norris Banks of Route 1,
Trenton and a senior at Jones Cen
tral High School where he is co
captain of the football team and
has also lettered in baseball, track
and basketball.
Submissions and Trial
Clears 2S Cases from
Recorder’s Court Docket
In the past two weeks 25 de
fendants before Jones County Re
corder’s Court have either submitted
to Clerk of Court Walter Hender
son or been tried by Judge Nick
Noble. One suspended jail term was
invoked.
Joe M. Davis of Maysville was
found not guilty of non-support
Patrick Allen Rogers of La Grange
was ordered to pay the court costs
for non-support, David Wilton
Weaver and Frank Haddock, both
of Pollocksville route 1 were each
ordered to pay the court costs for
public drunkenness.
All of the other cases were traf
fic violations and included the fol
lowing :
Speeding: Benjamin Brown of
Pollocksville route 1, Rollin E.
Harold Bryant Named
Annapolis Alternate
By Rep. Henderson
Congressman David N. Hender
son announced last week that he
has named Harold David Bryant
of Maysville as an alternate nom
inee to the Naval Academy at An
naolis for the class entering in
June, 1964.
As an alternate nominee, his ad
mission to the Academy is neces
sarily dependent on whether other
nominees successfully pass both the
written and physical examinations
given to all candidates in the
Spring.
Henderson noted, however, that
in the past most Third District boys
actually admitted to the Naval Aca
demy have been alternates rather
than principal nominees.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Harold Bryant of Maysville, Harold
is a senior at Jones Central High
School where he is.Jt member of the
baseball and track teams.
Porter of Charlotte, Franklin Mer
vin of Deep Run route 1, Vernon
Edward Banks of Pollocksville route
1, Paul Robert Reynolds Jr. of
Camp Lejeune, Mady Lou Daven
port of Dover, Willie Walker of
Camp Lejeune and Emory Kopsczn
ski of Fayetteville; each of whom
paid a $10 fine and court costs ex
cept Porter who paid the court
costs.
| For improper equipment the fol
I lowing paid the court costs: Nathan
j Pay Riggs of Pollocksville route 1,
Thomas M. Jenkins of Trenton
route 1, and Willie Lee Baker of
Maysville.
John Johnson of Kinsotn route
5 who was charged with driving
without a driving license, failing to
stop for a stop sign and driving an
improperly equipped car had a 90
day prison term invoked after the
court found that Johnson had not
complied with provisions of a su
spension of that term.
Augustus Theodore Hooker of
Washington, D. C. paid $25 fine for
reckless driving. James Bryant
Hansley of Maysville route 1 paid
$25 fine for driving without a
license.
A charge of driving a trailer that
had no license was nol prossed a
gainst James Brunton. Fred Bryan
I Hargett paid the cost for making
| an improper turn. Walter Rich of
Trenton route 1 and Mable Franks
Holt of Maysville route 1 each paid
j the costs for driving 0n the wrong
] side of the road.
James Earl Brann of Snow Hill
paid the costs for following too
closely. Wayne Mitchell Smith of
Kinston route 5 paid a $35 fine for
having no liability insurance on his
car and for having it improperly
registered and for permitting an
unlicensed person to drive it.
Large Tracts of Jones County
Land Given to Children and
Grandchildren by Four Owners
New Bemian Hits
Mule on US 17
Charles Woodford Ross of New
Bern escaped injury but his car suf
fered heavy property damage when
his car struck a mule on Highway
US 17 on December 23rd.
Highway Patrolman Bert Mercer
who investigated did not identify
the owner of the mule, which was
killed in the crash. The accident
took place at about 9 p. m.
Committee Begins Effort
Combat Poverty Cycle
Tuesday afternoon an organiza
tional meeting was held by a com
mittee named by Board of Commis
sioners Chairman Cameron Langs
ton and Mayor Simon Sitterson to
study ways and means of attacking
the poverty cycle that plagues each
community.
Former Alderman Jesse Pugh
Wooten was named chairman of the
committee, Newsman Jack Rider
vice-chairman and Radioman Jack
Hankins secretary.
The committee has as its first
MORALS CHARGES
On the last day of the year Kin
ston police arrested Shirley Ann
Wiggins of Kinston route 2 and
Herbert Stephenson Koonce Jr. of
* 510 Tyree Road on warrants which
accuse each of them of abandonment
of their minor children.
is supervised by the Kinston Rec
reation Department with the aid of
local business houses and volunteer
coaches.
major goal the selection of a pro
ject that might attract money from
the North Carolina Fund, which has
been set up to attack poverty at its
roots in this state.
But the committee also agreed
that the problem would still exist
in Lenoir County whether money
was obtained from this fund or
not.
The next meeting of the commit
tee has been called for Tuesday
night of next week in the city hall
and in the interim each member
urges the general public to make
any practical suggestions to the
various members of the committee,
which includes Harvey Beech, Fa
ther Conrad Leake, Bill Safriet, J.
K. Wooten, Felix Harvey, Sid My
ers, Rufus Flanagan, Jack Hankins,
T. J. Turner, Allen Mewborn,
Harold Hardison, Stephen Carra
way and Jake Strother.
Suggestions in writing would be
preferred but other will also be
acceptable.
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Over the Christmas period four
Jones County landowners trans
ferred considerable acreage of Jones
County land to their children and
grand children.
Largest donor was Dr. J. V. Hof
mann, for whom Hofmann Forest
in Jones and Onslow counties is
named. Dr. Hofmann, a professor
at State College, gave his wife, Ella
K. Hofmann, 634 acres, and to
children and grandchildren he gave
tracts of 100 acres each to the fol
lowing (all Hofmanns) Eileen Eliza
beth, James Valentine, Charles
Francis, Julia Ann, Julian G., Mary
Theresa and Margaret Murphy
Hofmann, all of this land was in
White Oak Township.
Luther Dail transferred seven
tracts of land to his daughter, Mrs.
Estelle Dail Pittman. Total acreage
involved was 712.5 acres. Part of
this land represented land under
cultivation and part was wood land.
All of Dr. Hofmann’s gifts were of
timberlands.
In Beaver Creek Township Em
mett McDaniel transferred to his
son, George, and daughter, Hazel,
considerable acreage too, but the
exact acreages were not listed in
the records available this week in
the Register of Deeds office.
C. E. Willie in Pollocksville
Township also transferred lands to
several of his heirs: Fannie Willie
Nichols, Willie Morris, Mildred
Willie Briggs and Austin Willie.
Again the acreages were not listed.
Other transfers during the Christ
mas period included a tract in
White Oak Township from Jason
Morris to Jason Morris Farons and
a tract in Chinquapin Township
from Wayne Stillery to Walter
Hunter.
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