NUMBER 35
TRENTON, N. C.', THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1965 VOLUME XVH
Completion of Plant
By Jack Rider
This is a longer view of the row-on-row
of machines that will be the major tools
employed in the Maysville Garment Com
pany to turn out late model dresses in
considerable volume. More than a hundred
people are expected to be employed in
the plant when it reaches full production
in the near future.
If this item sound unusually vague, even for the
JOURNAL, it is basically for lack of information,
which will become more obvious as the story goes
on.
Undoubtedly, after viewing it from the inside
and outside the new plant of the Maysville Garment
Company is now nearing completion, but the open
ing date is not publicly announced.
Thursday the manager of a sister-plant at Swans
boro declined to even speculate, saying with under
standable respect for his superiors, that he’d prefer
any statement of any kind to be made by Elmer Hous
ton, of Jacksonville, who is president of the Maysville
Garment Company and the Swansboro Garment
Company and Houston Construction Company of
Jacksonville.
Undoubtedly, Houston would be happy to make
a statement but catching a busy many on the fly
by telephone with a press deadline is something
easier said than done.
Maysville Mayor Nolan Jones’ phone would
mm
Here Mechanic George Ginn is seen making adjust
ments to one of the 47 electric sewing' machines that
will soon be humming in the Maysville Garment Company
plant which is now nearing completion. The plant is
located on the east side of US 17 in the southern edge
of Maysville. It is windowless and will be completely
weather - conditioned for hot or cold weather. Elmer
Houston of Jacksonville is president of the corporation
which is opening this facility in the near future.
not answer either; so we have
nothing left but speculation.
Which includes the known fact that
. the plant will make dresses; that the
cutting will be done in New York and
only .sewing, inspecting, pressing and
packaging are to be done in Mays
ville.
There are 47 modern electric sew
ing machines ready and rearing to go
in the plant. There is space for ad
dition of more machines.
Despite the lack of information in
cluded here, there is no doubt about
the fact that the company is happily
welcome to Maysville and Jones
County; a sentiment shared 110 per
cent by the JONES JOURNAL. May it
grow in size and far surpass the
“around 100” workers it is expected
to employ when it opens in “the near
future.”
_s. Lenoir County's Highway Death Toll
% for 196$. far Below 1964 Record High
With just two more days to
go the 1965 highway death toll
for Lenoir County has dropped
far helow the bloody all - time
bad record of 1964.
Through Wednesday, Decem
ber 29th, 11 persons have been
killed in highway accidents this
year. Last year’s record death
toll was 33.
The drop in deaths is all the
the more remarkable in view
of the fact that the accident
rate in the county is higher
than last year. In the full 12
months of ’64 Highway Patrol
men investigated 474 accidents
and in the first 11 months of
this year they had filled out re
ports on 466.
The 1965 death parade in
Lenoir County did not begin un
til March 4th when Alex Lee
Wainwriglxt of Kinston was kill
ed in a one - car accident just
south of Kinston on US 258. ,
Highway death then took an
other long holiday in Lenoir
County — until June 5th —
when five year-old Earl Stuart
of La Grange route 2 ran into
the path of a car just west of
La Grange on US 70.
The first multi-fatility acci
dent of the year in Lenoir came
on July 4th when a one-car ac
cident on Tower Hill Road
snuffed out three lives. Those
of Alonzo Wynn, 29, Lica Hart,
six months, both of Kinston
route 6 and Junior Platt, 31, of
Kinston.
August claimed one more on
the 8th when Naurice Thomas
Bishop, 35, of Philadelphia was
killed in 'a single-car accident
three miles north of Kinston on
the Snow Hill highway.
October proved to be the
deadliest month of the year,
claiming four lives — three in
one two-vehicle wreck at Al
britton Crossroad south of
Kinston.
James Bruce Hardy, 20, < of
Kinston route 2, was the first
October fatality, losing his life
in a one-car accident just north
of Kinston on the Snow Hill
Road.
The next day three lives were
claimed when a truck driven by
George Hodges Sutton, 58, of
La Grange route 3 pulled from
a rural side road onto NC 11
and was hit by the northbound
car of Mrs. Betty Murphy Turn
er, 28, of Pink Hill. Mrs. Hazel
Whaley Nobles, 33, of Pink Hill,
a passenger in the Turner car
died from injuries in the same
crash.
In December — so far — one
fatal accident has taken place
on a rural road south of Kins
ton where Mrs. Wanda John
son Rhodes, 25, of Kinston was
instantly killed in a one - car
wreck.
July of 1964 in Lenoir County
included more dead than all the
accidents so far in ’65. That
month saw 13 deaths on Lenoir
highways.
This year only one pedestrian
death has been recorded, and
paradoxically enough eight of
the 11 killed .this year were kill
ed in one-car accidents.
High speed was the major fac
tor blamed for seven of those
right one-car fatalities.
Driest Fall in Recent Years Causing
Concern Over Possible Cycle Change
Freakish Accident
Seriously Injures
Jones County Youth
A freakish accident last Fri
day critically injured 18 year
old Gregory Jones, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Aiken Jones of Tren
ton route 1.
The Jones Central senior and
a brother were flying a model
airplane that went out of con
trol and struck Jones in the tem
ple. The toy struck with suffic
ient force to cause a skull
fracture and a bone fragment
hit his brain.
Saturday he underwent an
emergency operation at Duke
Hospital to remove the bone
sliver and was reportedly much
improved this week. He was un
able to speak until after the
operation but has reportedly
regained his speech since the
operation.
Six New Classes
Begin New Week
At Lenoir College
Classes starting at the Lenoir
County Community College dur
ing the first week in January
include the following:
Monday, January 3, Advanced
Typing, Welding and Beginning
Automobile Mechanics.
Tuesday, January 4 Office Ma
chines I and II, Basic Drafting
(Machine & Architect) and Data
Processing.
Persons interested in enroll
ing in any of these classes should
attend the organization meeting
held at 7 p. in. on the nights
listed.
Shotgun Accident
A Christmas Eve shotgun ac
cident claimed the life of 13
year • old Clinton Ray Blow,
son of Mr. and Mrs. William Blow
f Kinston route 6. A shotgun left
at a barn where a pig was being
barbecued was picked up by
nine year - old Jerry McNair,
son of Leora McNair of the same
neighborhood, who pulled the
trigger of the 12 gauge weapon.
The full blast struck the other
child at close range, almost
blowing his head completely off.
Coroner Raymond Jarman ruled
the death accidental.
Jones' Auto Death
Toll Cut in Half
Over Last Year
With two more days to go
in 1965 the highway death toll
so far in Jones County totals
four — just half of the 1964
toll of eight.
Jones County’s first ’65 high
way death came on March 19th
when Larry Augustus Griffin,
53, of Kinston lost control of
his car on US 258 at Hargett
Crossroad and was instantly
killed.
On April 9th Travanial Bryant,
4, of Brockland, N. Y. was killed
in an accident just north of
Pollocks ville on US 17.
On May 24th Henry Calvin
Helms of Kinston route 3 died
in a one car accident 12 miles
west of Trenton on a rural pav
ed road.
The last fatality of the year
— so far — came on Novem
ber 16th when Camp Lejeune
Marine Donald L. Vincent, 18,
was instantly killed in a one
ear crash north of Pollocksville
in US 17.
Month LTA*
January 3.03
February 3.46
March 3.50
April 3.18
May 3.64
June 4.62
July 7.08
August 5.83
September 4.79
October 2.58
November 2.95
December 3.17
Totals 47.83
1964 1965
5.60 2.38
6.10 4.60
3.74 4.07
3.30 2.15
2.60 5.39
8.69 10.57
5.94 14.07
5.37 1.44
8.62 2.98
5.98 1.82
1.16 1.91
3.62 .83
61.18 52.21
* Long Term Average
At this time of the year when
farmers are not at their very
busiest in Eastern North Caro
lina one of the favorite pastimes
is speculation about the weath
er. Feathers on birds, shucks on
corn and other ancient indica
tors are checked to determine
if the winter is to be mild or
severe.
And with recent widespread
publicity about prolonged
drought in many parts of the
country a worried farm eye or
two is turned in the direction of
a possible change in the wheth
er cycle for Central East Caro
lina.
The driest fall in many years
is causing many to wonder if
this may not point toward a
dry growing season for 1966,
especially since this area has
suffered excessive rainfall dur
ing the major crop - growing
months.
A look at the year - end rec
ords of Kinston Weather Ob
server Douglas Rouse indicates
that the rain in Kinston for 1965
was well above the “Long Term
Average.” Through December
29th — and with little chance
of rain before the year end —
Kinston’s official rainfall for
'65 is 52.21 inches, which is 4.38
inches above the long term av
erage of 47.83 inches.
borne say that this year only
seems dry by compairson with
1964 when Kinston was deluged
by 61.18 inches.
But a look at the tabulation
included here shows that Kins
ton got 45.67 inches of its rain
this year in the first eight
months and only 6.54 inches
during the four fall months. The
fall of '64 saw 19.83 inches of
rain and the long term average
for the fall months is 13.49
inches.
Actually most farm observ
ers at this time of the year are
not worried a great deal about
the dry fall, but all agree that
it is the rain that soaks in the
ground during the fall and win
ter that determines to a very
large degree how well crops
will do at planting in March,
April and May.
The long term average rain
for the first four months of the
year is 13.17 inches and if those
months happened to be a dry
as the fourth last months of ’65
then the price of irrigation
equipment would be likely to
jump several points locally.
From the optimistic side of
the weather picture all farmers
agree that East Carolina never
had a finer season for harvest
ting corn and soy beans and for
getting the land ready for next
crop year.
Finally, when — and if those
rains do come between now and
April . . . don’t growl too loud
ly. Ther’re not pennies from
heaven. They are hundreds of
millions of dollars from heav
en.
APPEAL DENIED
Sandy McNeil, twice convict
ed of burglary in Kinston, and
now serving a 33 - year term
for the offepse/had an appeal to
the federal;’ courts denied last
week by Judge A. L. Butler of
Clinton.