NUMBER SO
N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1964
VOLUME XV
Less Postal Service
From Economy ‘Kick’
me limited adjustments m some
postal services ordered in Wash
ington March 10 by Postmaster
\ General John A. GranoUski to save
$12.7 million will begin to take ef
fect in Trenton and surrounding
area May 4 Postmaster Marvin
Thomas said this week.'
Service changes planned locally
include the following:
" PARCEL POST DELIVERIES
— There will be no change in this i
area. Parcel Post will continue to
be delivered by rural carriers On
a six day a week basis and may be
called for at the post office during
window, service hours which are
8:30 to 5 Monday through Friday
and 8:30 to 12 noon Saturdays. N
WINDOW SERVICE — Only
one consolidated stamp and parcel
post window will be opened on
Saturdays to serve the patrons of
the Trenton area for mailing par
cel post, purchasing stamps, gener
al delivery, registry and purchas
ing COD’S.
The Money Order window will
be closed and no Postal Money
Orders will be issued on Saturdays.
Rural carriers will not accept mon
ey order applications on Saturdays..
Payment of box rents, set
ting of Postage Meters and de
posits of Trust Funds cannot be
accepted on Saturdays.
No after hours service can be
provided under the service read
justment. Patrons are urged to
transact as. much of their postal
business as possible' on weekdays.
Bulk stamps in sheets, books, and
coils, are available.
The Postmaster emphasized that
no essential major services are af
fected 1 under the orders. There
will be no change in home deliv
ery or special delivery, for exam
ple. Letters and firsi-dass mail will
be handled with the same prior
ity as ever.^
The economy step, Thomas ex
plained is in line with President
Johnson’s program under which the
recent Federal income tax cut pro
vided.
Jones Central ha*
Two Top Typists
Among 59 student typists from
Eastern Carolina recently recog
nized in competition held at East
Carolina College in Greenville were
two from Jones Central High
School.
The JC students honored were
Sandra Jean pindeisen and Patsy
Eubank.
NOT ON PAYROLL
William Moore of Grifton route
2 was booked last week on charge
of stealing a government check,
forging an endorsement and
spending it.
Mt. Olive College
Choir at Friendship
Church on Sunday
Oii Sunday the 47-voice chorus
of Mount Olive Junior College will
make two appearances in this area.
The first will be at 3:30 in
Friendship FVee Will Baptist
Church near Trenton and the oth
er will be at 7:30 in Saint Mary’s
Free Will Baptist Church in New
Bern.
Jones High Highlights
Among the scholastic highlights
of the school year at Jones High
School was the winning of a $1,470
scholarship to Davidson College by
Leslie Brown and the induction of
22 members into the J. A. Everet
te chapter of the National Honor
Society on Monday of this week.
Brown’s scholarship' is for one year.
Jones County 4-Her’s Doing'
Well With Fat Stock Exhibits
By C. F. Pollock
Asst. Farm Agent
jerry Foy of Trenton route 2
showed a 1004 pound Hereford
Steer at Kinston that was judged
Grand Champiotl. The calf was
purchased by New Bern Provision
Company for $.675 per pound.
Eleven other Jones County
4-H’ers showed six choice steers
and six good steers. Others buyers
of Jones County calves included
New Dixie Warehouse, Kinston
Daily Free Press, King’s Barbe
jcu«i.-Erosty Morn Meats,-Larkins
Clothing Company, L. Harvey and
Son Company, Central Warehouse,
West Machinery Company, Stan
dard Drug Company, Barrow-Ken
nedy Real Estate Company, all of
Kinston.
Jones County supporters of the
Kinston Sale included Hargett
Livestock Market, J. C. West Jr.,
Pollock Oil Company, a friend of
Jones County and Donald Brock.
Johnnie Cox’s 945 pound Angus
Steer was judged Grand Champion
at New Bern. Frosty Morn Meats
purchased this calf for $.70 per
pound. Eight other 4-H’ers show
ed three prime, four choice and
three good steers.
These calves were purchased by
Dixie Chemical Company, Whitty
Milling Company, New Bern Pro
vision, Maola Milk and Ice Cream
Company, Carpenter Tractor and
Equipment Company,^Branch Bank
and Trust Company, all of New
Bern, L. Harvey and Son Company
of Kinston.
Jones County- buyers of 4-H
calves included Trenton Hardware,
Joe Metts, Donald Brock, Dan
Moore, J.-'K.' Dixott amf W. F. Hill.
At New Bern Jones County FFA
members showed 1 choice steer
and 4 good steers. They were pur
chased by Montgomery-Ward,
Baugh Chemical Company, New
Bern Oil and Fertilizer Company
all of New Bern.
Jones County supporters includ
ed the Branch Bank and Trust
Company, of Trenton, and Jones
County Livestock Market.
DRYING OUT TIME
Herman Thompson of Deep Run
route 1 was found guilty this week
of habitual public drunkenness.
Job Training Offered
For Increasing Income
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Robert Maynard Adams (Bobby)
of Jones Central High School has
been selected to attend The Gov
ernor’s School^ in Winston-Salem
this summer for a term of eight
weeks.
Adams, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.
C. Adams, Sr. of Trenton, is a ris
ing senior and has a high schol
astic rank in his class. He has
demonstrated interest and aptitude
in the areas of science and mathe
matics.
Jones High Choral
Sociey Gives Spring
Concert Sunday
The Jones High School Choral
Society climaxed a busy year when
it appeared in concert Sunday,
April 26th. The 66-voice group gave
a varied program. Soloists were
Mesdames Marie Ward and Mar
garet Williams.
G. W. Harriett, Superintendant
of Jones County Schools and J. C.
West Jr., Chairman of the Board
of Education were guests of honor.
The Choral Society has had a
busy season, including perform
ances at North Carolina College
at Durham, a televised Christmas
program from station WNBE, plus
various concerts in the community
and neighboring towns.
The Choral group received three
top ratings of 1 or superior at the
district music festival. Robert T.
Simmons and Mrs. C. C. Franks
are the instructors for this group.
Now Politics Really Moves Into High Gear
The first thirty days of May are
the most frantic on the political
calendar of North Carolina, and
they are now upon us.
Between now and the close of
the ballot boxes on May 30th the,
wheeling and dealing that deter
mines thousands of office holders
for the next two or four years will
be going on.
Barbecues, fish stews, teas,
smoke-filled rooms and just plain
old-fashion handshaking will go on
at an accelerated t>ace.
Statewide the race is for gov
ernor and its really between three
of the six candidates: Beverly
Lake, Dan Mooefc and Richardson
Preyer (in alphabetical order if one
is- trying to read between these
lines).
There are three other candidates
for governor and their value is only
that of nuisance, for the three may
et just enough votes to force a
;cond primary upon the top two
candidates. These three less
i are Kidd Brewer, Bozo
J. Stansbury.
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and
pected between Lake, Moore and
Preyer such a possibility is not so
remote.
There are three candidates for
lieutenant governor, too: Clifton
Blue, John Jordan and Robert
Scott, but these three candidates
are lost in the shuffle and hidden
behind' the smokescreen set up by
the major race. But all observers
feel the race for the No. 2 spot is
between Blue and Scott with Jor
dan hot expected to run well at
all across the state as a whole.
There are three candidates for
commissioner of labor: Incumbent
Frank Crane, Frank Castlebury and
John B. Wardell Jr.
Incumbent Insurance Commis
sioner Edwin S. Lanier also has
two men who would like to have
his job: John N/ Frederick and
John B. Whitley.
District Race
, The only- district race before vot
ers in this area is that for the two
seats in the state senate from the
Fifth District, which includes Pam
lico, Craven, Carteret, Johes and
Lenoir counties.
house.
Another former Craven County
legislator, Burl Hardison, also got
in the race at the last minute on
filing deadline day, April 17th. And
the fourth candidate. for one of
these two jobs is Rufus Butner, a
former Kinstonian, who now hangs
his hat at Morehead City.
Major County Race
In Jones County the most inter
esting race has developed over the
five seats on the county board of
commissioners. There are 12 can
didates for these five jobs.
Only three incumbents, Chairman
Nelson Banks, Horace Lee Had
dock and Harold”Mallard are seek
ing re-election and one former
commissioner James Barbee has his
hat in the race too.
‘The other eight candidates have
not sought public office before so
there is no yardstick for judging
how well they may be expected to
do in the May 30th voting.
These eight include Albert Bra
cey, Clinton Lancaster, Giften Eu
gene Hood, William IJenry Riggs,
Charlie Battle Jr., Denford Eu
banks, Alva Howard and A. G.
Cheston.
Cheston is the first negro to seek
election to an office in Jones Coun
ty in a long time and this year he
is joined by C. B. Chadwick who
is running for the county board of
education. In view of the light ne
gro registration in Jones County
neither is expected to come close.
School Board Race
Including Chadwick there are
eight candidates for the five jobs
on the county school board, in
cluding all five incumbents, Chair
man J. C. West Jr., Rogers Pol
lock, Mike Phillips, J. C. Wooten
and Jeff Conway.
W. H. Hill, who just resigned the
job of election board chairman, and
Horace Faulkner jire the other two
candidates in this race.
Judge Race
James B. Simmons of Pollocks
ville and Joe H. Becton of Trenton
are competing for the judgeship of
Jones County Recorder’s Court
which is being vacated by Nick
Noble. Simmons ran for register
of deeds eight years ago and got
a flattering vote but not enough to
get elected. This is Becton’s first
stab at county-wide politics.
The only other races in Jones
County are between Robert Riggs
and Nick Mallard for-constable of
PollocksviUe Township and be
tween Maggie Small and Warren
Calvert for constable of Trenton
Township.
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The average agriculture income
in Jones County last year was only
about $800 per person. In recent
years more people have turned to
off-farm emplyoment either on a
full or part-time basis due to the
urgent need for more income.
However there are still many
Jones County people who lack the
necessary training for employment.
During the last 18 months a little
over 1800 persons in North Caro
lina have taken advantage of spec
ial training in order to earn take
home pay or to increase their in
come..
It is planned to train from 10,
000 to 15,000 additional North Car
olinians in the next 18 months un
der the Manpower Development
Training Program.
Congress is currently taking the
necessary steps to enact authority
that will enable more and more
people to receive this training.
It has been determined that
there are 63 different training
needs for which jobs are available
or where people, if trained could
get a job in North Carolina.
Such jobs as accounting, general
office and hospital ward clerk,
stenographer, typist, sales clerk,
waitress, waiter, nurses aid, jani
tor and porter, tractor and equip
ment operator, seamstress, machin
ist, welder, electrician, brick layer,
carpenter, plumber, auto mechanic,
machinery mechanic and electrical
appliance mechanic are some of the
skills for which more people need
to be trained in order to fill these
jobs.
Person interested are urged to
contact the nearest employment
office and get details on this spec
ial training program. The New Bern
Bern Employment Office serves
Jones County and is^located at 211
Pollock Street in New Bern. There
are also employment offices in
Kinston and Jacksonville from
whom information can be obtained
regarding this program.
The following six courses have
been approved and will be started
at an early date or as soon as suf
ficient number of applicants have
enrolled.
These include Kinston, carpenter
38 weeks, 30 hours per week;
Goldsboro, carpenter, 30 weeks, 40
hours per week; Wilson, Nurses
Aid, 8 weeks, 30 hours per week;
Greensboro, stenographer, 40 weeks,
30 hours per week; Hickory, elec
trician, 37 weeks, 30 hours per
week; and Rockingham, weaver, 6
weeks, 40 hours per week.
Trenton Native to
Teach Botany Course
The director of East Carolina
College’s biology department, Dr.
Graham J. Davis, will teach a six
| week advanced botany course for
high school teachers at the Univer
sity of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill this summer.
Davis, an EC faculty member
since 1959, will be a visiting pro
fessor June 8 through July 17 in
Chapel Hill. The course is part of
a National Science Foundation in
stitute at the University.
Davis taught in a similar sum
mer program at UNC in 1962.
The East Carolina professor is
a former biology teacher at Brenau
(Ga.) College and at the Martin
Branch of the University of Tenn
essee. He is an alumnus' of East
Carolina and he also holds degrees
from Peabody College in Nashville,
Tenn., (MA) and UNC at Chapel
Hill (PhD).
The author of several articles in
the field of botany, Davis has
three years’ experience in sugar
cane research at the experiment
station of the . Hawaiian Sugar
Planters Association in Honolulu.
He is a native of Trenton in
Jones County'is married to the
former Susan King of Essex; and
they have one son, Graham Jr.
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