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=THE JONES COUNTY NUMBER d TRENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1965 volume xvn Jones JCs Hear Development Group President; Plan Joint Meeting At the regular meeting oi Jones County Junior Chamber ol Commerce last week Charlie Hughes, president of the Jones County Industrial Developmenl Association, was the principal speaker. After hearing Hughes the JCs voted to hold a joint meeting on July 7th with the full De velopment Association in an ef fort to coordinate their efforts toward increasing the industrial income of the county. At the meeting last week Aaron Mallard was also desig nated to present petitions con taining several hundred names to the board of county commis sioners, asking that a county wide system of garbage disposal be given serious consideration Bobby Cox Has More Top Porkers Robert Cox of Trenton Route 2 has qualified two Certified Meat Type Litters during the past month according to word received from the Poland Chins Record Association of Gales burg, lllniois. Meat Type Certification is ar all breed program designed tc search out the meatier lines oj breeding stock. To qualify, twc pig§ niaSPBe slaughter tbstec from a Production Registery lit ter. Both must qualify on alJ four points — weight for age carcass length, minimum back fat and adequate meatiness as measured by a cross section oi the large longitudinal muscle in the pork chop. A Production Registry litter must contain al least eight pigs raised to a spec ified weaning weight. The foui1 pigs submitted for 'slaughter test averaged 29.88 inches in carcass length, 1.45 inches of backfat and 5.20 square inches of loin-eye muscle at an average weight of 217.5 pounds at 171 days of age. The pigs were sired by The Southern King. MISS PARKER AT MEET Fifty-five school administrators and students from 27 counties in North Carolina and the state of Virginia’ gathered at East Carolina College last week for a two-hour discussion on high er education. Among these was Brenda Parker of Pollocksville route 1. Quiet Week at Recorder's Court j In the past week with both Highway Patrolmen out of the county business was quiet for the Jones County Recorder’s Court.' Archie A. Gaskins of Cove City was ordered to make good two worthless checks and pay the court costs and L. L. Rey nolds of Trenton route 2 got the same treatment for one worthless check. Peter N. Pund of Raleigh was fined $10 for speeding, Bertha Sutton McCoy of Cove City, Hen ry James Belin of Cove City route 1 and Johnny C. Deaver of Richlands route 2 each paid the costs for minor traffic vio lations. Suit Settled A consent judgment was ap proved this week by Superior Court Clerk Walter P. Hend erson in which $1700 was paid to the estate of the late N. K. Eubanks, who was instantly killled on September 2, 1964 in front of his home on US 17 be tween Maysvilla and PoJiecks ville, when he walked into the path of Colonel John Franklin Mallard, a Jones Countian, sta tioned at Camp Lejuene. Battle Files Two Suits for Debts Charlie Battle, operator of a tire sales and recapping service in Comfort, Kinston and Swans boro, this week filed a pair of suits trying to collect outstand ing and past due debts. Battle is asking $333 with in terest from April 24, 1965 from Tommy Evans of Richlands, and $745.50 from Bruce Tal Wil liams of Seven Springs with in terest from March 10, 1965. Drainage Hearing • Jones County Superior Courl Clerk Walter Henderson report! appointment of Trenton Attorn ey Parris Koonce to be chair man of Jones - Lenoir Drain age District No. 1, succeeding W, J. Thomas of Kinston. Hender son also said a hearing is tc be held at 3 p.m. July 2nd ir the courthouse at Trenton to de termine the exact outstanding indebtedness, of' the district anc the future direction the involv ed property owners wish to take ,’with this highly controversial drainage project. PFC J. F. Simmons On Duty in Korea PFC James F. Simmons, son of Guy C. Simmons of Pollocks ville was assigned to the lsl Cavalry Division in Korea, June 8. The division is situated north of the Imjin river along the demilitarized zone between Com mnnint AT-XT’__i n n *** “***"“ wi ixvxva auu uu u. Li Korea. Jt is engaged in surveil lance tctivities along the bord er to provide early warning oi any possible Communist build up to the north. Simmons is also undergoing i rigid training program design ed to keep the unit combat rea dy The 19-year-old soldier enter ed the Army in August 196' and received basic training ai Fort Gordon, Ga. He was las1 stationed at Fort Benning, Ga Simmons was graduated from Jones High School in 1964. Rustlers Around Jones County Sheriff Browr Yates is looking for some nervy wasteful cattle rustlers. Last Fri day night one cow was killed and another so badly woundec it had to be slaughtered on tht farm of Whitfield Mallard jusl east of Pollocksville. The hinc quarters were cut from the kill ed beef and the remainder left by the thieves who were using a shotgun to do their dirty work. Beaufort Holding Open House Friday, Saturday; Inviting Look at History Beaufort will “turn back the calendar” Friday and Saturday, June ^25 and 26. Opened then will be six of its charming pre This,is one of Beaufort’s beautiful''old homes — the home Of Gladys Chadwick, which will be open for public viewing this ' ' It is located oh the waterfront east of the post Civil War homes, as well as St. Paul’s Episcopal Church where playwright Paul Gr^en was wed, and the 18th century Beli House. In addition, visitors may tour the Old Burying Ground, where a British soldier was buried standing up, and where the col orful 1812 privateer, Otway Burns, has his final resting place. Buried also in that cemetery is the woman who adopted a Chinese waif in Wilmington. He had stowed away on a Chinese frighter. He was to become tl^e father of Mme. Chiang Kai-Shek — none other than Dr. Sun Yat Sen. Buses will take folks on tours of Beaufort’s famous land marks. Two museums will offer entrancing artifacts of by-gone years: the Alphonso, the whal ing museum on a real ship on the Beaufort waterfront, and the Old Jail museum on the courthouse square. Id the jail museum, viewers Local Men Among Hosts to Guests of Governor Dan Moore on Tour of State Mayor Simon Sitterson Jr., County Commissioner Cameron Langston, Banker Oscar Cranz Jr., Newsman Jack Rider — all of Kinston and Ivan Bissette of Grifton were among the 100 North Carolians who last week acted as host to 120 visiting in dustrialists for a tour of the state. First stop of the tour was at Oak Summit Farm near Wins ton - Salem where the annual Angus Field Day was being held. Also on Monday visits were made to East Arden and Middlebrook Farm in the same area where outstanding beef herds were seen. Monday night, Larry Neuhoff, Frosty Morn executive, spoke to the group at a banquet in Winston-Salem. Tuesday the tour included Western Electric’s plant at Winston - Salem, Salem College, and the group had lunch at the Whitaker Park Plant of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, where its board chairman, Bow man Gray, welcomed them and spoke briefly. After lunch the plant was vis i t dH onH in tho o ftorn Hanes Hosiery Mill was visited. Later in the afternoon the group visited the Southern Exposition Building in High Point. Tuesday night Governor Dan Moore spoke to the group in Winston-Salem. Wednesday the group flew to Asheville, where it toured the Taylor Instrument Company plant and the Gerber Baby Food Plant and, took a short trip down the Blue' Ridge Parkway — where the bus with Langston got stuck in a landslide caused by the heavy rains. Champion Paper Company was host to the group at its recrea tion area on Lake Logan south of Canton. After this the group took a riding tour of Champion’s huge plant at Canton. The Biltmore Estate was next on the .tour where the builder, George Vanderbilt’s grandson, George Cecil, welcomed the vis SEEKING DIVORCE A suit was filed in Jones Coun ty Superior Court this week by Marguerite C. White in which she asks “divorce absolute” from John Hughes White on statu tory grounds of separation. The suit alleges their marriage on September 9, 1947 and their separation on December 20, 1963. itors and was host for an ice cream break with numerous Western Carolina leaders. Southern Railways was host ; for dinner Wednesday night in | he Grove Park Inn, where South ern President D. W. Brosnan was principal speaker. Thursday morning the group flew from Asheville to Charlotte where it toured Biggers Broth ers huge wholesale grocery fa cility, the Lance Plant and had an all-North Carolina lunch at the University of North Caro lina at Charlotte, where the Big gers Brothers were hosts. The group then flew to Wil mington where it visited the Port Authority and had a tea break after riding briefly through part of the city. From Wilmington the group flew to Kinston where it receiv ed its most beautiful — and most talked about welcome — beautiful girls and a band. After a quick ride through downtown Kinston the group went to Greenville where din ner was served at the country club by the chamber of com merce and where East Carolina C!nllpcrp PrpciHpnt T .on TpnlHnc was principal speaker. Friday morning a riding visit was made to the East Carolina campus, and to the hog farm of Hugh Winslow, where mech anized hog production was ex plained to the non-farming on the tour. A look at some of Wilson’s newer industries was provided on the way to Raleigh and a ride through the state’s most com plete experimental farm at Clayton was wedged in. Lunch was served in the Fac ulty Club dinning room at State College where its Chancellor, John Caldwell, made the tour’s finest address. Friday afternoon was spent in the Research Triangle, where its president, Akers Moore wel comed the group in the dining room of the Chemstrand labora tories. Friday night the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce, Govern or Moore, his council of state, the North Carolina delegation in congress were hosts for the concluding banquet. Many of the visiting execu tives represented companies al ready operating facilities in North Carolina and Governor Moore expressed the hope that many of the others would give serious consideration to doing so in the years ahead. will see the scissors which cut the hair of the last felon to be hanged in the yard of the fam ous old courthouse, one of the most picturesque courthouses in the state. Antique-lovers will be in trigued with the antique show which annually brings antique dealers from several states. On the afternoon of June 26, the 1747 invasion of Beaufort by Spanish pirates will be re-enatc ed on the Beaufort waterfront. ««SK Pictured above is the Thomas home, another of the old homes that will be opened for public inspection this weekend, June 25 and 26, in Beaufort.
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