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VOLUME XV 3 V • ■ r.' |§M* < The estimattd^-population of the three counties is slightly more than 84,000, which means that roughly 65 per cent of the total population in the three cpunties took the polio preventative serum. Officials of the county medical societies and other volunteers who conducted the clinics were pleased with what they'called the excellent turn out. But they reminded that all persons who took the first dose Sunday still need to get the sec ond dosage cut- April 19th and the final drops on May 17th. Of the total Lenoir County ac counted for 38,441, Greene County for 10,603 and Jones County for 7,037. In Lenoir County the clinics in Kinston pasted out 16,335 of the treatments and county clinics ac counted for the other 22,106. Carl Todd of Maysville wa booked over the weekend on num The charges grew out of an arg ument which led • to him driving his car repeatedly into the car of another person and then leaving the scene. -He is charged with- being drunk and disorderly, driving drunk, hit and-run driving, leaving the scene of an accident and malicious damage to private property. Others booked at the sheriff’s office during the past week includ ed Eddie Kennedy of Trenton for public drunkenness, Jame& Purkins of Pollocksville charged with speeding, Ralph Lee Simmons of Jacksonville route 2 charged with driving without a license, Paul r — Submissions ter Henderson Nick Noble 'cleared 10 cases the docket of Jones County Re corder’s Court during the past week. Crawford Milton Dawson of Cove City route 1 was fined $25 for driving without a license, Paul An drew ftolt of Maysville was fined $35 for driving without a license and driving with expired license plates. > James Virgil Bender of Pollocks ville paid the costs for failing to. stop at a stop sign. Sidney Baker of Maysville paid a $10; fine for reckless driving. Leap Stephens Venters Jr. of Trenton paid the costs for failing to stop at a stop sign, as did Julia Chester Sanders of Richlands. Daniel Roscoe Morgan of Kins ton route 3 paid a $10 fine for reckless driving. In non-traffic type cases Joe Mc Kinley of Trenton paid the costs for being publicly drunk, David Ward Jr. of Maysville was given a choice between 30 days in jail or payment of the coart costs for be ing drunk and resisting arrest and erly c ELECTRICITY WORKSHOP , Janice and Annette Lowery will hold a Electricity. Workshop at their home Monday, March 30, at 2 P. M. All 4-H Club members in Jones County are invited to attend. PECULIAR COMBINATION Carroll Pierce of Ayden was booked over the weekend on charg es of public drunkenness and theft of an automobile. Hold of Maysville driving without a license and Ellis Joseph Roberts oi. Trenton was accused of not complying with an earlier court or der,5 3 - With tours of hgstoncvhouses- pt ". store for vhatoTt?^||» abwjst^^ tinuous schedules' through huff? April, and Charleston’s Fatriotfs Gardens bursting into splendid bloom, the Loweountry tourist season has moved -into high gear. Interspersed with the inspection of homes sponsored- by the Historic Charleston Foundation are tours, directed by church organizations, of private gardens and nearby plantation housse. All are attract ing an overflow of sightseers. , The trio -of Fataous Gardens — Magnolia, Middleton Place and tt«be world. Since importation- and ctfifivafjon: of camellias -and: sapl* eas has assured the finest display of the, blooms in the United States. The garden today is virtually un changed from the original layout, planned almost 300 years ago. Middleton' Place, America’s fin est example of the formal garden, had its inception in 1741, when work was undertaken to mold, the magnificent terraces, to shape the Butterfly Lakes and to lay out the meandering paths, banned with flowers. Since, improvements have never ceased, and the estate has become a horticultural masterpiece. The third of Charleston’s Fam ous Gardens, Cypress, possesses a —“ interest in the myriad ebony waters are broken, by trees that give ,e. JBsudced along , An early-morning crash . of a charter flight being flown from Washington, N. C. to Pulaski, Va. last Friday killed J. W. Snyder of Kinston, Gerald Roy and Ira Wil liams of Washington. Snyder, pilot of the plane, made his home in Kinston,' where he was an official of Avionics, Inc., owner of the plane. - The Washington men were exe cutives of a textile plant in Wash ington, and were on tljieir way to an area meeting of their parent company’s executives. Cause of the crash has not been determined, although weather con ditions were bad at the time it crashed near Danbury. Kinston Police Involved In 2 Shooting Incidents Within 40 hours Kinston police were involved in two shooting in cidents in the past week. There were no serious injuries in either shooting. The first came shortly after mid night Saturday night when police answered a call to the home of Charles Hughes Jr, 18, of 1513 Charlotte Avenue in answer to a call that there, was a disturbance in the neighborhood. Yeung Hughes reportedly had *Nkkiiisi6>st went to the door of-the home-fee was met by Hughes who was arm ed with a 12 guage shotgun. He slammed the door in Jarman’s face and Jarman returned to the police car to ask instructions from head quarters since he did not have a warrant and had no right of entry to the Hughes’ home. Reinforcements came and efforts were made to talk Hughes into a more reasonable frame of mind. In the period during which this effort was being made one blast from the shotgun struck the car in which Jarman was seated and one birdshot hit him in the forehead and slight damage was done to the police car. Finally tear gas shells were fired into the Hughes’ home and at about 1:25 aim. Hughes surrendered. Members of the family told in vestigating officers that he had suffered a head injury in an auto ££cjdent and was in need of fur tjjer medical care, which he had fefused to take. . Tuesday, however, after a hear ing in Recorder’s Court he was or dered to receive medical care and he has now been hospitalized. Monday Incident At about S Monday night Sgt. Phil Smith, with Policeman Leslie Parsons and W. H. Wiggins went to the home of William Ray Mur ray, 24, of 7-H Simon Bright Apartments to serve a capias from Recorder’s Court where Murray had' failed to show to answer to charges of public drunkenness and resisting arrest that were placed; against him Sunday night. On their arrival they found Mur was In an upstairs bedroom and ed him to come down. He and told them they had «e upstairs. went happened to y j* ' • V. ^ ; w Revaluation Bid*; Monday while sitting as a board of equalisation and review tho Jones Connty Board of Commis sioner* opened bids from four companies on the revaluation of taxable property in the county as prescribed by state law. The ap parent low bidder was Carroll and Phelps Company of Winston-Salem, which is currently doing a revalua tion in Lenoir County. The firm’s low bid was mS00. Civil Defense Meet A Civil Defense meeting was held in the Agriculture Building recent ly with' George D. Maddrey, of the State "department of Public Instructipnt, in cherge. This was the first in a series of four classes to be held. Maddrey is bringing the public up to date on action to be taken in case of natural or nuclear disasters. About 40 people attended. lore a mirror and saw that he was armed with a .22 caliber pistol. Smith told Murray to drop the pistol before turning around, but Murray wheeled around anyway with the pistol still in his hand. Smith said he fired one shot, try ing to shoot the gun out of Mur ray’s hand, but missed and then he fired another shot which hit Murray in the thight just above the knee. The thigh wound proved to be just a flesh wound and he was rtoir Memorial Hospital after re ceiving emergency treatmnet. Murray was also placed under a $1,000 peace bond by Magistrate Tom Wade shortly before the shooting incident at the request of a member of his family. Jones County's new election board chairman, John C. B. Koonee, this week announced that politics is . beginning to perk up a little in the county. .. . , /... By mid-week three candidates had handed Koonee their filing fees and indicated that they would like to hold specified county posi tions. Two of the three would like to sit on the county board of com missioners. They are both from Maysville, Albert Bracey and Clint Lancaster. The third candidate is an in cumbent member of the county board of education, F. Rogers Pol lock, and he has indicated that he is willing to serve another two years if the people of the county want him to. The earliest filing candidate for office subject to the will of Jones County voters was Mrs. John Har gett, incumbent Jones County Rep resentative in the General Assem bly. Filing deadline for those who would like to hold any of the of fices to be filled in this year’s elections is April 17th at Noon, and the place to file is with John C. B. Koonee, who has succeeded W. F. Hill as election board chair man. Land Transfers The office of Register of Deeds Bill Parker reports recording the following land transfers during the -pastweekt - ■ •’ From J. K. and Marty B. War ren to Elvin «tnd Sally Lee one lot •in Trenton. From William and Katie Batch elor to Donald and Bettie Batche lor1 two lots in Pollocksville. From Hazel K. Oxley and Myrle Oxley Morgan to James and Joyce Thigpen .5 acres in Trenton Town ship. FHA Loans Total $796,830 In Jones County During 1963 Jones County farm and other families borrowed $796,830 from the Farmers Home Administration in 1963 to improve farming operations, buy and enlarge farms, build houses, install water systems, and for other development purposes, J. E. .Mewborn Jr., local supervisor of the agency reported this week. A total of 133 families in the county used credit from the agency during the year with FHA direct or insured loan. This represents a 22 percent increase over 1962. Loans are made by FHA only to qualified borrowers who cannot obtain credit from conventional lenders. This .8 million dollars put into circulation in the area was felt by many segments of business in the area, f Under the insured program of the agency, these lenders also pro vide about 80 percent of the funds loaned by Farmers Home Admin istration and secured by real es tate, ■ Jones County families paid the agency $097,781 in interest and principal on loans outstanding dur ing the year, a 13 percent increase over 1962. — Mewborn singled out the rural housing loan program of his agency as being of particular importance in the county last year. ....7 - Sixteen families built new dwell ings while seven others made dwell ing improvements of additions. Mewborn also reported that |f§!l f §» management assistance to FHA borrowers in the country is the most important aspect of his work. Last year 142 farm farmilies in the county using FHA credit received assistance in solving farm and home management and financial problems. “The efficient management of farm resources, now is a crucial factor in the success of farmers here in the county and throughout eastern North Carolnia,” Mewborn ;ays. Following is a summray of loans made by Farmers Home Adminis tration in Jones County during 1963. A total of $266,890 went to 47 Jones farmers to pay for equip ment, feed, seed, livestock, for oth er farm and home operating needs, and to refinance chattel debts. Farm ownership loans totaling aibout $152,000 .were used by 10 farmers to enlarge, develop, and buy farms not larger than family size, or to refinance debts. Emergency loans amounting to an estimated $195,500 were made to 53 farmers to assist in maintaining normal farming operations follow ing excessive rainfall during the growing and harvesting season in. 1962. Rural housing loans estimated at 5182^00 were made to 23 farmers ind rural residents. The Fanners Home Administra lion office serving Jones County is ocated in the Agriculture Building, in Trenton. Sw-i'-ki aaii \V.v'V' ' >. * ;< A.'.-:- ...... , M : : . . , .
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