NUMBER 19 TRENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1965
VOLUME xvn
Charlotte Gardner Wins Miss Jones
Title; Other Top Winners Are Listed
Charlotte Martin Gardner,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P.
Gardner of Maysville and a se
nior at Jones' Central High
School, was crowned Miss Jones
County at the Jones County
Fair last week.
Sponsored by the Trenton
Jaycefes, Miss Gardner wag
drowned by Janice Lowery,
Miss Jones County for 1964-65.
Linda Moore, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert Moore of
Ipse Fork, was first runner-up
iir the contest for the Miss
Ajprfes County title. Sponsored
b# the Wyse Fork 4-H Club,
Miss Moore is a 1965 graduate
o&Jones Central High School.
Carol Bracey, daughter of Mrs.
Albert Bracey of Maysville and
the late Mr. Bracey, was second
runner - up. /
Individuals and organizations
with the most award winning en
tries in contest divisions at the
Revival Next Week
At Pilgrim's Home
Pilgrim’s Home Free Will
Baptist Church will hold a re
vival the week of October 4
through October 9. Services will
begin each night at 7:45. The
evangelist for the week will be
the Rev. Clifton Rice of Kins
ton.
At the cfiie of re^tV^ Siin
day, October 10, the church will
observe its annual homecoming.
Sunday School at 10 and Morn
ing Worship at 11. After a pic
nic dinner on the grounds, a
program of singing will be held
in the church sanctuary.
CHARGE REDUCED
A kidnapping charge against
Wooten Potter of Measley Road
south of Kinston was reduced
Monday to contributing to the
delinquency of a minor after a
preliminary hearing in the more
serious charge. He was charg
ed with taking a 13 year-old
La Grange girl from her home
to his.
Fair are as follows.
Mrs. Thomas Hood Jr. of
Wyse Fork won a total of 25
ribbons and $43.75 to claim
senior division honors. In the
junior group, Diane Hoo<f and
Dell King tied for first place.
Bach won 12 ribbons.
The Oak Grove Home De
monstration Club placed first
in total awards won with 53; the
organization has 15 members.
Among junior organizations,
the Poplar 4-H Club placed first
in most award winning entries
with 24; the club has 12 mem
bers.
Clean-Up Month
October has bean declared
clean • up month for the town
of Maysville. All citizens are re
quested to clean vacant lots and
assist in the beautification pro
tect which the town has begun.
Excess trash will be removed by
garbage collector if placed at
usual spot where garbage is
picked up.
4-H Barbecue
To close the Jones County
observance of National 4-H Club
Week, there will be a 4-H chick
en barbecue dinner and sup
per Saturday at the Jones Coun
ty Fair Grounds. Food will be
served from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m.
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SEWING CAN BE fUn — These second-year students of Home
Economics at Jones Central High School are off to a good start
after their first month of work. The outfits each is wearing
have been made since the opening of school, and what is more,
the girls did the sewing themselves. From left are Judy Daugh
tery, Jeri Andrews and Paula White.
'Lost and Found'
John Jordan, lato of Lenoir
County, escaped from a prison
work crew last Friday near
Deep Run. He remained free
until 8:10 p. m. Sunday night
when Kinston Policemen A. F.
Howard and Leslie Parsons
caught him with the car he had
stolen near Deep Run shortly
after he escaped. In addition to
being charged with stealing the
car and escaping he has also been
charged with breaking in the
Bland Davis home where he
stole a change of clothing and
some over $5 in money. He is
serving time for stealing cars
and money.
GEORGIA CHARGE
Lenoir County deputy sheriffs
picked up Ina Mae Lee Thurs
day night on a warrant charging
her with attempted murder in
Atlanta, Georgia.
Jones County Negro Draws 30-Years;
Judge May Clears Spate of Actions
Jones County Negro Ben Bru
ington entered a plea of guilty
of second degree murder in Su
perior Court this week. Judge
Hubert E. May, presiding at the
September criminal and civil
session of Superior Court, hand
ed Bruington an active prison
sentence of 30 years in the
state penitentiary.
Bruington was charged in the
shotgun slaying of Johnny Mill
er, another Negro. He was trans
ferred to Central Prison in Ral
eigh following his being sen
tenced.
According to Jones County
Sheriff Brown Yates, Bruington
may become eligible for parole
Eight Actions Were
Cleared by Recorder
In Sept. 24 Session
A total of eight cases were
disposed of by Judge Joseph
Becton in the September 24
session of Jones County Re
corder’s Court.
The action in which Taylor
McPherson Norwood of Norlina
Route 1 was charged with im
proper auto equipment was nol
prossed with leave. Disposed
of in the same way was the ac
tion in which Frederick Ellison
Barber of New Bern was charg
ed with no operator’s license
and improper registration.
Wayman E. Dixon of Trenton
paid “check and costs” on a
worthless check charge. Wil
liam Henry Riggs of Pollocks
ville Route 1 was found not
guilty of driving while drunk.
Garland Franks of Pollocks
ville paid costs on a public
drunk charge.
Kenneth ftandolph Meadow!
of Trenton paid a $10 fine anc
costs on a no operator’s charge
Benjamin Franklin Ward oi
Trenton Route 2 paid costs or
a charge of allowing an unli
censed person to drive, and the
case in which Lillie Roberts oi
Maysville faced a worthless
check charge was dismissed.
BARRUS LOW BIDDER
Tuesday Barrus Construction
Company of Kinston was low
bidder on three road improve
ment projects in this area with
total low bids amounting to
$256,400.97 for work in Jones
Greene, Onslow, and Pitt coun
ties.
AGRICULTURE PROGRAM UNDERGOES CHANGES TO MEET NEW NEEDS
Even if it were true the stu
dy of agriculture and related
fields has declined in impor
tance in the high school curri
culum, as some observers claim,
it is impossible to see evidence
of this trend at Jones Central
High School.
Over the years, steps have
been taken to update the Jones
Central Agricultural program.
Where once the aim of “voca
tional agriculture” in the high
school was to encourage and en
■ able boys to establish farms of
their own after leaving school,
today the course offerings are
much broader and the goals
much less limited.
Granted, fewer people have
been retained on farms as me
chanized and Scientific agricul
ture has developed. But this
has hot made less acute the
need for universal knowledge
of plant and animal develop
ment as well as how agricultur
al production relates economi
“ to fulfilling the endless
of pur growing urban and
population.
Because constant awareness
of the changing needs of stu
dents, particularly those from
rural homes, has been maintain
ed at Jones Central over the
years, the agricultural program
has not been permitted to be
come static and wither on the
vine.
Instead, changes, some major
and some minute, have been
made. Each step has been tak
en with a single purpose in
mind. That purpose is to make
the program valuable to the stu
dents both in terms of their
background and their future.
! What does this mean in spe
cific terms?
To begin with, it means that
both the agricultural curriculum
and the number of teachers at
Jones Central has become Jaeg
er. This year a thirdteaefaer
joined the department.1
The three agriculture special
ists at Jones Central are John
Hughes Pollock, G. T. Koonce,
Jr., and Joe Tyndall. All three
are graduates of N. C. State Uni
versity. g
What about the courses they
teach?
This year 208 students are
taking courses in the agricul
tural area. These courses range
from introductory units for
freshmen to advanced work in
specialized fields for juniors
and seniors.
The introductory courses are
taught by Mr. Tyndall. Agricul
ture 701 is designed to help the
students explore vocational op
portunities, to become familiar
with “the world of work,” and
to develop the special interests
of the individual. This course
is titled, “Introduction to Agri
cultural Vocations.”
Agriculture 702 is devoted
to basic sciences and mechanics.
Covered in detail in the second
yegr course are animals, plants,
SOJBB, mechanics and business.
Courses in the agricultural
mechanics and construction areas
are taught by Mr. KoonCe. Ag
riculture 705.1, construction, is
devoted to study and practical
wink in four phases of agricul
tural building. They are carpen
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try, electricity, plumbing and
concrete.
Agricultural Mechanics, 705.2
is an intensive course in the
care and use of equipment.
The advanced courses in
plant science are taught by Mr
pollock. General Horticulture,
705.3, is a study of basic planl
growth and development. Much
use is made of the new green
house on the Jones Central
campus. The course also in
eludes fruits, vegetables, and
ornamentals.
Ornametal Horticulture, 705.4
is a study of the production oi
ornamental plants and such re
lated units as landscape garden
ing, nursery and greenhouse
practices, and home beautifica
tion.
This broad program has beer
established in order to meei
the needs of the students. This
(includes the cardinal aim oi
all formal training, which is t<
educate a citizen who is equip
ped to compete in the laboi
market in whatever area o:
wor kand geographic area h<
when one-fourth of the sentence
has been served.
In four cases in which an
equal number of men were
charged with breaking, enter
ing and larceny, each defend
ant was given a suspended sen
tence and required to pay a
fine.
The accused were Melvin
Boone, Edward Murrell, Rogers
Murrell and Moultre L. Spen
cer. Boone and Edward Murrell
were/given two-year sentences,
suspended on the basis of pay
ment of $250 fines and meeting
the conditions of probation.
Spencer and Rogers^urreE
each were assigned one-year
suspended sentences, placed on
probation, and fined $50 each.
Nol prossed actions include
those in which Woodrow Daniel
Melton was charged with driv
ing while drunk, Arthur Branch
was charged with non-support,
Melvin Gene Shoup was charg
ed with driving while drunk,
and Joe Louis Burton was
charged with driving after his
license was revoked.
Actions remanded to Record
er’s Court were those in which
Donald Ray Shivar is charged
with speeding and reckless driv
ing, Franklin D. Strayhorn is
charged with non-support, Lem
mie Reynolds was charged on
a worthless check count, and
Clifton Jones was charged with
driving while drunk.
The case in which Carl Wil
son Shivar was charged with as
sault and carrying a concealed
weapon was declared a mistrial.
Cases continued to future
court terms were those in which
Austin Willie Smith is charged
with disobeying a stop signal,
Jake Dawson is charged with
now-support, Floyd Hill is charg
ed with driving while drunk.
James Albert Williams enter
ed a guilty plea of reckless driv
ing which was allowed and for
which he paid a $100 fine and
costs. James Davis pled guilty
to a charge of driving while
drunk and paid a $100 fine and
costs; John Alford Jones pled
guilty to a reckless driving
charge and paid $100 and court
costs.
Defendants who failed to ap
pear in court to answer charg
es brought against them were
Lee Morris Jr., charged with
false pretense; JeSse Everett
Hewitt, charged with driving
while drunk; Joe Lous Stray
horn, charged with speeding
90 miles per hour in a 60
mile zone; Thomas Ferdinand
Bryant, charged with non-sup
port, and Willie Bell, book
ed for failure to comply on a
non-support of illegitimate
child action.
Charles Howard Copeland
entered a guilty plea of speed
ing 70 in a 60-mile zone and
paid $100 and costs.
Judge May ruled that Wil
liam D. Metts pay his wife
and family $70 per month as
a result of a non-support ac
tion brought against him.
Divorces were granted to Jo
Ann White from D. E. White;
Alonza Kornegay Jr. from Faye
Turner King Kornegay, Zeke
Phillips from Sadie Heath Phil
lips, Marguerite C. White from
John Hughes White, William
Henry Britt from Eliza Ann
Payton Britt, Helen M. Metts
from William D. Metts, and
Frances Gean Walker from
George Walker Jr.
; I In civil actions, the J. P. ap
j peal action between W. H. Jones
i Motor Company and James
• j Henry Kornegay was dismissed.
1 The case of E. C. Armstrong vs.
: C. D. Hodges was settled by
i consent judgement. Several oth
er civil actions were continued.