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N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1965 VOLUME XVI Charter Night and Outstanding Young Farmer Award Friday by Jones Jqycees rnaay rngm at 7 the Jones County Junior Chamber of Com merce will holds its Charter Night Banquet and hand out its first Outstanding Young Farmer Award. Bill MacDonald of Hickory, current State President of the Jaycees, will make the principal address. A secret committee of non , Jaycees selects the winner of the farmer award and the win ner must he 35 years of age or less. President Hood stresses that the Jones County Jaycee organ ization is not at present and does not plan to become just a “Trenton Club” but it intends to seek membership in everyi part of the county among young1 men under 35. March 1 Jurors Drawn on Monday By Commissioners Monday the Jones County Board of Commissioners super vised the drawing of a panel of jurors for the March 1st term of superior court. The list in cludes the following: M. H. Kornegay, Fred D. Dunn, Horace B. Philips, Gene Mate ja, Milan LaRoque, James E. Mal banks, George Small, Roger Hughes, Elvin Lee, Joe Henry Green, Carl H. Smith, William D. Riggs. George E. Ervin, Bryant Grif fin, Edward Yates Howard, Wal ter Phillips, George W. Dixon, Linwood Meadows, Wilbur G. King, Dalton Cox Jr., Macon R. Harriett, Braxton Howard, Earl Becton, Benjamin Stanley, Roy Koonce, Williams F. Eubanks, Marvin Wiggins. J. R. Brock, Joseph M. Park er, Lawrence Thomas, S. D. Mal lard, Harris K. Dail, Joseph L. Wiggins, C. R. Stilley, Joseph A. Thompson, Willard Smith, J. R. Jarman, Herbert Conway, Jasper Hill, E. R. Mitchell, T. R. De BruHl, Joel Metts, Durwood Swaringer, Carl Blizzard, Stacey Banks, J. L. Cox and John H. Tolar. Mexican Group Working at Kinston DuPont Plant Eleven members of supervision I of Policron de Mexico, S. A., a plant for producing staple and tow polyester fiber in Monter rey, Mexico, arrived in Kinston last week and began an inten sive training program at Du 1 Pont’s Kinston Plant on Mon- 1 • day. The group will be here in Feb- 1 ruary, March, and May for ' classroom and on-the-job train- i ing. While in traMng at the j Kinston Plant, members of the ' Policron Plant are residing at Hotel Kinston. , The Monterrey Plant is a f joint venture of the' Du Pont ( Company and Policron de Mex- { ico, S. A., and has been under ( construction for several months, j The facility will be operated en tirely by Mexicans. Its polyes ter staple and tow will be mar- c keted in Latin America under * the tradeniark, “Delaron.” i Quiet Session on Monday for Jones County Commission A quiet session was enjoyed Monday by the Jones County Board of Commissioners. Sale of several lots under tax lien sales were authorized, in cluding the Mose Jarman lot in Comfort to Carl Craft; the John Newkirk lot in Pollocksville to John Simmons. The board also extened the time for listing taxes without penalty to February 15th. Hughes Critical Pollocksville Attorney George R. Hughes who was stricken last week while attending an REA convention in Miami remains on the critical list at a Miami hos pital where he has undergone heart surgery. Members of his family have flown to Miami and are with him. Doctors have ex pressed hope for his recovery if pneumonia did not set in. BOOKMOBILE SCHEDULE Friday, February 5 Trenton School _10:00-11:30 35&StoaJ51ementary. «— School _12:30- 2:30 Ray McDaniels Store _ 3:00- 3:15 Long Branch Community Bldg. __ 3:30- 3:50 C. A. Davenport’s Store _ 3:55- 4:20 Crushed by Car Jones Coroner Dr. George Dav enport ruled the death of 28 year-old Carl Thomas Boone of Maysville route 1 accidental Wednesday afternoon. Boone died instantly when a car be neath which he was working fell on his chest. The accident happened at a private home and Boone was not in the employ of anyone at the time the tragedy took place. Feds Indict Two Jones Countians The federal grand jury in Ral eigh this week handed down in dictments against two Jones Countians. Harry Suggs, Maysville opera tor of a trucking company, was I charged in three counts with at tempting to evade income tax 'payments for the years 1960, I ’61 and ’62. The government says Suggs paid $6,630.04 for this 3-year period and it claims that he actually owed $15,433.41 of the $56,700.24 taxable income it says he had those three years. Suggs reported a taxable income for that period of $27,423.75. The other Jones Countian in the toils of the federal law is Ed ward Fulmore Jr. of Pollocks ville who is charged with mis use of a federal check. Two Jones Arrests In the past week Jones Coun ty Sheriff Brown Yates reports the arrest of Melvin Shoup of Cherry Point on a drunken driv ing charge and R. P. Edwards Jr. of Beulaville on a charge of non-support. Lenoir County Joining Surplus Food Plan; Distribution Starts March 1st Monday tne Lenoir County Board of Commissioners voted to enter Lenoir in the distri bution of surplus foodstuffs pur chased by the taxpayers. Full details of the program have not yet been worked out but it is hoped that distribution can begin on or perhaps a few days before March 1st. Those persons already drawing aid from the welfare de partment are automatically eli gible and all other persons in the county whose gross income — for a family of one — is be ow $85 per month will be eligi ble. There is a specified range for Bach additional member of a amily, which ranges up to $240 >er month for a family of 10. A food order will be distribut id once a month to those eligi >le and it will include about $6 vorth of food at average mark !ts prices. Dryed milk, dried >eans, cheese, butter, oleo, lour, meal, rice and certain oth ir similar items will be distri cted. The county is in the process f negotiating a contract system or distribution of the commo lities with the Colonial Froz n Foods plant, which will re eiye, store and hand out the terns on a poundage fee basis. Full publicity for registration, ertification and distribution dll be given by all local news ledia. Queen Street Game Of Musical Chairs Rolling Along The game of “musical chairs” on Kinston’s Queen Street which began late last year when prop erty divisions were reached be tween Wachoiva Bank and Mrs. Joe Holliday is still going on. Wachovia plans to occupy the space now used by Foxman Jew- - elry Store and Ramsey Realty i Company. Foxman in turn has secured a : lease from Mrs. Holliday for the j space now occupied by Singer Sewing Machine Company. Singer has lease the space , now occupied by Midyette Hard- ( ware Store. Ramsey Realty Company is j moving to the corner of Queen r and Gordon in part of the build- i ing formerly occupied by ] Webb’s Shoe Store. ^ Midyette reportedly will move two blocks up Queen Street to occupy the old McCoy Building. Bill Worthington’s City Bar ber Shop has not yet been in volved in the switching and it reportedly will stay as is. And in the outlying area the latest report is that the post of fice branch now located in the Parkview shopping center will move to the area beside the Col onial Store on Old Snow Hill Road. Much Highway Improvement Scheduled For Near Future in Kinston Vicinity Two Civil Suits Filed in Jones During Past Month Jones County Superior Court Clerk Walter Henderson reports filing two civil suits in his of fice during the latter part of January. In the first Ben and Delbert Eubanks, administrators of the estate of N. K. Eubanks, are su ing John Franklin Mallard of Camp Lejeune for $35,000 in the death of Eubanks, who was killed on the night of September 2, 1964 when hit by Mallard’s car on US 17 between Maysville and Pollocksville. In the other suit E. F. Craven Company of Raleigh is seeking to collect $687.41 with interest from December 30, 1963 from F. H. Pruitt of Maysville. Green Back Home Trenton Mail Carrier Earl Green, who was seriously burn ed in November this week re turned to his home from the University Hospital at Chapel Hill where he has been under treatment since h i s injury. Friends report that he still faces a long period of recuperation before he will be able to return to work. In addition to the million-dol lar-plus widening to four lanes of Highway NC. 11 for 8.5 miles north from Kinston a great many additional improvements have been let or soon will be let for the Kinston area. Last week the highway com mission awarded low bids to Barrus Construction Company of Kinston totalling $539,966.20, which included 76.088 miles of resurfacing in Pitt and Beau fort counties and 37.6 miles of resurfacing and new road pav ing in Lenoir and Duplin coun ties. This week the commission an nounced that it would open bids on February 23rd for major im provements in Highway NC 55 between Kinston and New Bern. This will include widening of four bridges and installation of two box culverts. In this same bidding connection of Highland Avenue with the widened NC 55 and NC 11 just north of Kins ton will be included. Also in the February 23rd bid openings will be an additional 14.88 miles of resurfacing in Greene and Lenoir counties and 38.42 miles of resurfacing in Wayne County. Also in the 23rd lettings are resurfacings of 35.9 miles of ex isting roadways in Beaufort, Pamlico, Craven and Pitt Coun ties. Lenoir Community College Announces New Series of Courses for Adults Adult High School Courses Algebra — Introductory ale bra course offering the basic concepts and operations of alge bra, addition, substraction, multi plication and division; fractions, letter representation, grouping and factoring. The length of this course is 72 hours and will meet on Monday and Wednesday nights from 6 — 8 p.m. Starting date is February 15. U. S. History — Emphasis on the United States history for this course is placed upon develop ment after 1878. The length of this course is 72 hours and will meet on Tuesday and Thursday nights from 6-8 p.m. Starting date is February 16. Physical Science — Physical science introduces the student to concepts and principles dealing with phenomena of matter and energy. The length of this course 72 hours and will meet on Tuesday and Thursday nights from 8—10 p.m. Starting date s February 16. English II — This course cov- j irs a study of reading, writing,1 >ral communications and gram nar. This course will meet on donday and Wednesday nights Tom 6-8 p.m. for a total of 72 lours. Starting date is February .5. Speed Reading — A concen rated effort is made to improve i he student’s ability to compre- ' lend what he reads by reading ’ nore rapidly and accurately. 1 Tie length of this course is 30 < tours and will start on February 1 8 and meet each Tuesday and i ’hursday from 6-8 p.m. Home Beautification (Horti ulture) — This course is de- 1 igned to acquaint homeowners < ith some basic principles of i indscaping and ornamental hor- i culture. This course will meet 1 n Friday nights from 7 -10 p.m. t carting February 12. Persons who are interested i any of these courses may reg- 1 ter at the Lenoir County Com- f iunity College in advance of a le starting date. i Fire Department Has Oysters and Talks Civil Defense Approximately 30 members of the Maysville Fire Department were present at the community building Monday evening for the regular meeting. Before the business portion, an oyster roast was enjoyed, with Harold Brown, J. R. Brock and Nolan Jones on the serving committee. Business included a discus sion on Civil Defense. It was voted to have a radio installed in Maysville for emergency purposes. It will be decided lat er where the radio will be locat ed. SUSPENDED AGAIN Last Week Walter Wynn of Kinston route 2 was found guil ty of public drunkenness and vi olating liquor laws, two crimes for which he had been placed on probation for two years last September. Rather than invok ing the 6-month jail term Judge Buck Wooten fined him $25 and nontinued the suspended sen ;ence. rWO STRIKES! Berry Brown of Happersville vas arrested Monday night on i drunken driving charge. He ook the new “breatholyzer test” vhich indicated .21 per cent )lood alcohol test and .15 per :ent is considered “loaded.” He hen asked for a blood test and t also revealed .21 per cent. rRIPLE TROUBLE Ben Britton of 518 Perry Al ey was booked Tuesday night >n charges of abandonment and ion-support, assault upon a fe nale and under a $1,000 peace iond issued by a local magis rate. lAR TROUBLE Last week Fred Lee Elliott of fount Olive drew three months jjr stealing a car in Kinston and bother six months for driving ; while drunk in Jacksonville.
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