THE JONES COUNTY
NUMBER 31 TRENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1964 VOLUME XVI
Jones-Lenoir Drainage District Has
Spent $89,367.65 on $27,447.86 of
Ditching Since April 11th 1953
On April 11, 1953 the Jones
Lenoir Drainage District No. 1
was formed and through August
1. 1964 the district has “disburs
ed” $89,367.05 in getting $27,
447.86 worth of ditches dug.
On August 1, 1964 the district
had a cash balance of $254.48
and owed $7,000 for bonds or
iginally issued to get the dig
ging underway.
The auditor’s estimate is that
when the district is finally “paid
out” this $27,000 worth of dit
ches will have cost the assess
ed property owners in Jones
and Lenoir counties $97,784.73.
Expenditures through August
1 of this year have included the
following items:
Digging $39,447.86 which in
cluded an approximate fee of
$12,000 for engineering.
Legal fees and court charges
$13,782.26.
Interest $11,195.69.
Principal payment $17,000.
Board of Viewers per diem
$2,114.31.
Commissioners per diem $1,
697.06.
Court cost $773.80.
Maintenance $1,170.50.
Collection fees $1,390.31.
Office expenses $223.86.
Advertising $26Q.Q8.
Loan repayment $1200.
Assessment expense $493.07.
Intangible tax $9.34.
BAPTIST CANTATAS
Sunday evening December 20,
beginnning at 7:30, the Adult
Choir of Memorial Baptist
church will present its Christ
mas program. At the same hour
Wednesday evening, Dec. 23, the
Young Peoples Choir will per
form.
SGT. MILLER COMMENDED
Staff Sergeant John J. Mill
er, son of Mrs. Ida King, route
2, Box 150, Trenton, received
the Army Commendation Medal
Nov. 13, while serving with the
2d Armored Cavalry Regiment’s
Aviation Company in Germany.
Rep. Fountain Hears Constituent
At left above Second District Congressman L. H. Fountain
is seen conferring with Kinston Businessman Stanley Pearson
last Wednesday in the commissioner’s room at the court house.
Fountain has made a visit to each of the counties in his congres
sional district during the recess of congress to keep in touch with
his constituency, and perhaps vto hit a few licks every now and
then at fence repairing. Something near 70 persons conferred or
" ... , weej; in his visit to Lenoir County.
Tragedy Hits West
Family Again in
Death of Son
Tragedy of the worst imagin
able kind again hit the J. Charl
ton West Jr. Family this week
end in the accidental death of
15 year-old Phillip Harold West.
Young West had gone to the
wooded area back of the family
farm on Trenton route 1 to col
lect leaves for a science proj
ect. He had asked a younger
brother to go with him, but the
younger brother had some oth
er project at the time.
At about 2 Saturday afternoon
his father found his body hang
ing by a rope to a limb of a
tree. Efforts to revive him prov
ed futile.
Coroner Dr. George Davenport
Saturday ruled the death sui
cide, but after more careful in
vestigation he changed his rul
ing Sunday to that of acciden
tal death.
Nuclear Ship Savannah to Visit N. C.
Bringing Santa Claus to Wilmington;
Ffrst~6f1fs kind Open to Public
Santa Claus will forego his
traditional sleigh and reindeer
to make his appearance in Wil
mington aboard N. S. Savannah,
world’s first nuclear - powered
merchant ship, at 1 p. m., Dec
ember 23.
Federal, state and city govern
ment officials, Maritime Admin
istration and American Export
Isbrandtsen Lines representa
tives, local shipping interests
and a citizens committee are
preparing a welcoming ceremo
ny for both the Savannah and
Santa from 1 to 2:30 p.m.
Then at 3 p. m., the round,
red-suited, bewhiskered gentle
man will present gifts and re
freshmentsto handicapped
youngsters, their teachers and
New Hanover County school of
ficials. Santa will be ably assist
ed by Savannah crewmen.
Among officials expected to
take part in the ceremonies and
Santa’s party are Secretary of
Commerce Luther Hodges; Con
gressmen Herbert Bonner and
Alton Lennon, both on the Ma
rine and Fisheries Committee in
the House; Senators Everett Jor
dan and Sam Ervin and Gover
nor Terry Sanford.
The sleek, white nuclear ship,
which demonstrates the peace
ful uses of atomic energy, will
remain in Wilmington until 4
p.m., Tuesday, December 29.
N. S. Savannah will be open
for public inspection on Satur
day, December 26, and Sunday,
December 27 from 10 a.m. until
5 p.m. On Monday, public tours
are schedule from 1 to 5 p.m.
and from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on
Tuesday.
Carolinians touring the Savan
nah, which portends the future
of the maritime industry, will
have an opportunity to visit two
other outstanding attractions in
Wilmington. Within eyesite of
the Savannah is the world-fam
ous U. S. S. North Carolina Bat
tleship Memorial. Over a million
persons have visited this shrine
dedicated to more than 10,000
000 who died in World War II.
And just a couple of miles away
is the “world’s largest living
Christmas tree” bedecked with
thousands of colored lights.
CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE
Maysville Methodist Church
will have a Christmas Eve Wor
ship service including the Sacra
ment of Holy Communion,
Thursday, December 24, at 11
p.m.
GETS 3 YEARS
Terry Winfield pleaded guilty
to auto larceny, speeding, reck
less driving and driving with
out a drivers licence and was
sentenced to three years Wed
nesday in Superior Court.
Tremendous Vote
Continues Tobacco
Program 3 Years
Flue-cured tobacco growers
Tuesday turned out in record
numbers and approved by bet
ter than a 95-per cent margin a
3-year continuation of the fed
eral tobacco program.
In Lenoir County the ratio
was 99.3 per cent favorable with
5774 yes votes and only 52 no
votes. In the last vote in 1961
only 3,341 Lenoir Countians vot
ed.
In Jones County the ratio was
99.1 per cent favorable with
2248 yes votes and 19 no votes.
Both counties also joined with
other farmers to continue To
bacco Associates, Inc for three
more years and to support the
cotton program, and all of Le
noir County’s nine commercial
peanut growers voted in favor
of the same extension for the
peanut program.
LAND TRANSFER
Jones County Register of Deeds
Bill Parker reports recording
one deed in the past week that
transferring 214.8 acres of land
in Beaver Creek Township from
E. B. and Kathleen Rhem Young
to Ann Fordham Rhem.
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This was the tense scene just before George Dixon, at left,
(hiding his face) and Jesse James Arnold at right, entered pleas
of guilty to the murder of George T. McArthur in September of
1961. Between the two confessed murders are their court-appoint
ed attorneys, W. A. Allen at left and Tom Griffin. The pair has
been in custody since September 10, 1961, most of which was
spent on death row at state prison.
Tuesday morning in Lenoir
County Superior Court George
Dixon and Jesse James Arnold
in writing, in open court and
with the advice and consent of
their attorneys pled guilty to
first degree murder in the rob
bery slaying of George T e b o
McArthur on the afternoon of I
September 10, 1961.
Presiding Judge George Foun
tain imposed the mandatory life
term in prison upon the court’s
acceptance of their plea.
The pair was sentenced to die
in the state gas chamber in De
cember of 1961 for their admit
ted crime but a long series of
appeals finally resulted in their
being given a new trial because
the United States supreme court
ruled that negroes had been sys
tematically excluded from ser
vice on the Lenoir County
Grand Jury which returned the
bill of indictment under which
they were tried.
In their first trial Dixon and
Arnold also tendered pleas of
guilty but Solicitor Walter Britt
refused to accept the pleas and
put them on trial for their life.
A Duplin County Jury found
them guilty and did not rec
ommend mercy; which verdict
carried an automatic death pen
alty.
Acceptance of a guilty plea
carries the mandatory so-called
life imprisonment term.
Woven Label Factory Scheduled
January First Just South of Kinston
A new industry that will be a
step in the planned diversifica
tion of Lenoir County was an
nounced Wednesday by Oliver
H. Anderson, Executive Direc
tor of the Lenoir County Indus
trial-Agricultural Development
Commission.
The Cadillac Label and Tag
Company which recently applied
for a North Carolina charter
will be engaged in the weaving
of garment labels. This new cor
poration will be located in the
13,500 sq. ft. Jenkins Building
situated just south of the city
limits of Kinston on Highway
258, and will occupy that loca
tion on or about January 1,
1965.
Planning the utilization of the
most modern machinery and
techniques a company spokes
man stated that this Kinston lo
cation was of extreme impor
tance to both his associates and
himself. He pointed out that the
continued development of the
garment industry in Eastern
North Carolina had made neces
sary the location of this facili
ty at a central point that would
afford the maximum advantage
for distribution. He added that
Kinston’s strategic location in
the center of Eastern North Car
olina had eliminated the ques
tion of any other possible loca
tion.
Jones Central Honor Roll for Second
Grading Period Listed by Principal
PAGEANT OF CAROLS
SUNDAY NIGHT IN
MAYSVILLE CHURCH
The Maysville Methodist Jun
ior Choir will present A Pag
eant of Carols by Dr. Benjamin
Suchoff, Sunday, December 20
at 7:30 p.m. in the Church Sanc
tuary.
This presentation is a collec
tion of nine of the world’s best
loved Christmas Carols. Inter
woven will be the traditional
Christmas story as recorded in
Luke.
Members of the Choir include
Sopranos — Deane Jones, Linda
Provost, Bernice Jones, Glenda
Forrester, Wayne Smith, Susan
Morgan, David Smith, Jeanette
Pruitt, Walter Pelletier, Wanda
Yates, Janet Britt, Dennis Jones,
and Ellen Mattocks.
Altos — Robin Knight, Lynn
Thompson, Janice Jones, Mac
Thompson and Larry Thomp
The students listed below
have made the Honor Roll at
Jones Central High School dur
ing the second grading period.
They are listed by class as fol
lows:
Ninth Grade:, Claudia Arm
strong, Jo Ann Bryan. Janice
Gibson and Cathy Pike.
Tenth Grade: Sue Booth, Tho
mas Johnson, Jere Mills and
Dorthy Mae Smith.
Eleventh Grade: Walter Adams,
Betty Becton, Ellis Banks, Linda
Kaye Haddock, Diane Jarman,
Patsy Smith and Eunice Noble.
Twelth Grade: Bobby Adams,
Linda Sue Andrews, Alice Chap
man, Rosa Geral, Barbara Kill
ingsworth, Cheryl Humphrey,
Robert Noble, Lonnie Scott and
Carolyn Smith.
son. ,
Mrs. Rudolph Pelletier is ac
companist and Mrs. R. N. Knight
is director.