JONES COUNTY
NUMBER 47
TRENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1966
VOLUME xvn
Incumbents Henderson, Barbee File
/ For Another Term; Filing Still Slow
Despite balm spring weather
the political pot in Jones Coun
ty is slow to heat up, with only
six candidates filed so far in
this spring’s primary elections.
New filees in the past week
include Incumbent, Clerk of Court
Walter P. Henderson who is ask
ing the voters for a second 4
year term, James Barbee, incum
bent county commisseioner, who
is seeking another 2-year term
and Incumbent Coroner George
Davenport who seeks another
ts#y«ar term.
Earlier Sheriff Brown Yates
4-year hitch.
Incumbent School Board Mem
bers J. C. West Jr. and 3. €.
' Wooten have also paid their fil
ing fees.
Offices to be filled in the coum
ty this year include five seats
on the county board of commis
sioners, school board, sheriff,
clerkof court, justices of peace,
coroner, state senator, state rep
resentative and township con
stables.
Jones is in a district that in
cludes Greene and Lenoir, coun
ties to which one senator and
two representatives have been
assigned. Incumbent Senator
Tom White of Lenoir County has
filed. Incumbent Representative
Joe Horton of Greene County
thrown his hat in the ring
, indicating he was ready,
ng and able to pull another
Frank Pruitt in
Navy Flight School
Officer Candidate Frank H.
Pruitt, Jr., son of Mr .and Mrs.
Frank Pruitt of Maysville, is at
tending Naval Pre-Flight School
at the Naval Air Station in Pen
sacola, Fla.
During the 14 - week course,
he will study aerodynamics,
mathematics, physics, naval
orientation, navigation, engi
neering, leadership and other
subjects essential to becoming a
Naval Officer.
Upon completion of Pre
flight, he will begin flight train
ing with the Naval Air Basic
Training Command at Pensacola. |
and Francis Suggs also of
Greene County have filed for the
house seats.
First District Congressman
Walter Jones is unopposed in
the primary but he is assured
competition in November’s gen
eral election by the same man,
John East, that he recently beat
for the unexpired portion of
Herbert Bonner’s seat in con
gress.
For generations Jones County
has been in the Third Congress
ional District hut the punks on
the federal court in Greensboro
recently shuffled the state up
insofar as all legislative district
ing is concerned.
South of Kinston
Harry Lee Sherrod, 6, became
Lenoir County’s 5th highway fa
tality of I960 at 6:45 last Fri
day night when he ran into the
path of a car near Albritton
Crossroads, five miles south of
Kinston on NC 11.
The child was instantly killed
when hit by the car of David
Williams of Kinston route 6
who was driving northwardly.
Patrolman Wesley Parrish said
the child was with an older bro
ther, when he suddenly decided
to return to a filling station
where'some more members of
his fa_mJiy-:wBiSfc-y^-~T.-.'i-p».?.--;
The accident investgation has
not been completed. The child
was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Rudolph Sherrod of Kinston
route 4.
Revival Series
Memorial Baptist Church of
Maysville will participate in a
simultaneous revival effort with
the churches of the New Riv
er Baptist Association. Rev
erend Billy Mobley, Pastor of
Brookwood Baptist Church in
Jacksonville, will be the guest
evangelist. The revival will be
gin on Sunday night, March 27
and continue through Friday
night, April 1, with Services at
7:30 each evening.
Sixteen Cases Cleared from Docket
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Sit Trial or Submission Recently
its
Trial before Judge Joe Bee
tan or submission before Clerk
Witter Henderson have cleared
16 cases from the docket of
Jones County Recorder’s Court
in recent sessions.
Morris Carvell Rivenbark of
Kinston appealed to superior
court a $700 fine imposed upon
him for drunken driving and
driving while his license was
revoked.
Jesse Lee Fisher of Kinston
route 1 asked for a superior
court jury trial erf false pretense
charges against him.
Jasper Willie Jones erf Tren
ton route 2 was before the court
'with a 5th offense of
without a license and
imposed the minimum
of New Bern was
w „ot supporting his
w a 6 - month
on condition
•nth for sup
stealing and a charge of as
sault with a deadly weapon
against Isaiah Hill of Maysville
was withdrawn with the proseut
ing witness paying the court
costs.
Nobe Sumersill Jones of Mays
ville was charged with drunk
en driving, found guilty of reck
less driving and fined $10.
F. H. Pruitt of Maysville was
ordered to pay a total of $79.50
to make good a check and pay
court costs.
The following paid $26 for
speeding: Cullen Raiford Cas
per of Trenton route 1, Ire
dell Camuell Wyatt Jr. of New
Bern, Richard Becton Hardy of
La Grange and Elvis Leon Watt
of Camp Lejeune.
The following paid the $13
court costs for minor traffic
offenses: Fred Lee JRti of Tifen
[ubert Eric Joner of Rich
route 2, Gene’PWil Mel
Maysville route # and
Whaley of Beula
Steve Parker Banks
Gets Eagle Scouting
Award in New Bern
Steve Parker Banks received
'the Eagle Scout Award at the
recent Court of Honor which was
held in New Bern. He is a fresh
man at Jones Central High
School and is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wallace R. Banks of Tren
ton.
Banks is a member of the Jones
Central High School Band, was
co-captain of the Junior Varsi
ty Football team and plays in
the Babe Ruth Baseball League
at New Bern during the sum
mer months.
He is a member of Boy Scout
Troop 287 of PollocksviUe. His
scoutmaateris-Preston fi. Banks.
Five Jones Arrests
Involve Charges of
Public Drunkenness
In the past week Jones County
Sheriff Brown Yates reports five
arrests in the county and all five
involved charges of some kind
of public drunkenness.
John Pinkney Eubanks of
Trenton, Willie Hill Jr. of Stella
and Moses Hargett of Cove City
were all accused of drunken driv
ing on a public road.
Levi Roberts of Trenton route
1 and Gregory Frazier of Kins
ton were accused of just being
drunk in a public place.
Third Dacron Plant
To Be Built Soon
Near Wilmington
A plant for the manufacture
of Dacron will be built by the
Du Pont Company near Wilming
ton.
To be known as the Cape Fear
Plant, the new facility will em
ploy 450 persons when it be
gins operation in mid-1968. The
plant will be built by Du Pont’s
Engineering Department, with
a construction force that will
number 900 at the peak of build
ing activity.
Capacity of the plant will exceed
staple production of either of
the company’s two other “Da
cron plants, according to R. E.
McDonald, a manufacturing di
rector in Du Pont’s Textile Fib
ers Department, who announced
the company’s plans tocjay. “Da
cron” is also made at Du Pont
plants in Kinston and Old Hick
ory, Tenn., near Nashville. Mc
Donald said. The Kinston plant
makes Dacron in, a number of
types. The Wilmington plant will
produce only one type.
Contracts Signed for Construction of
Kinston's First Major Shopping Area
Developers of the Kinstonian
Plaza this week have entered
contracts with T. A. Loving Com
pany of Goldsboro for the first
phase of construction of what
will be this area’s first large
suirburban shopping center.
Construction is expected to
begin immediately and opening
of the first units in the center
is scheduled for September 15th
of this year.
The center is located just north
of the city limits, east of Heri
tage Street and bounded on the
south by Plaza Boulevard and
on the north by Centre Boule
vard.
The initial construction will
embrace 150,000 square feet of
space and will cost an estimat
ed $1,500,000.
For several weeks grading and
drainage work has been under
way on the 13 - acre site with
an estimated cost of $250,000
for this and the paving that will
provide access to the center and
parking.
This first construction phase
will include space for Woolco —
the department store branch of
of Woolworth Company, Eck
erd Drug Company, A & P and
Colonial Stores.
A bank, Firestone store and.
numerous other facilities are al
so planned for this area.
Accidental Death Damages Asked in
1964 Fatality; 2 Divorces Sought
Heads Cancer Drive
Mrs. Lottie Carroll
Announcement of the appoint
ment of Mrs. Lottie Carrdll of
Trenton as Chairman of the Am
erican Cancer Society’s 1966 Cru
sade in Jones County has been
made by Tom foscue of Mays
ville, Unit President.
Foscue said that the new
Chairman’s work ahead would be
hard, but that her interest in
the fight against cancer would
add vigor and enthusiasm to the
annual Crusade to help save
lives from cancer and raise
funds for research, education
and service.
“We are pledged to step up
our program to reduce deaths
from cancer and to enlarge the
Society’s nationwide research
effort,” Foscue added.
Mrs.' Carroll said that she
was happy to under take such a
challenging and humanitarian
assignment as county Crusade
Chairman for 1966. She stated
that plans for the Crusade,
which begins April 1st, are well
under way, and that persons who
are willing to serve as volun
Suits filed in Jones County
Superior Court in the past week
include one in which $15,000
damages are being sought for
an accidental death in 1964 and
two suits in which divorces are
sought on grounds of separation.
Novella Hunter, administratrix
of the estate of Leonard Wal
ter Hunter, is asking $15,000
damages form James Coy Grif
fin, in a suit that alleges Grif
fin was at fault in an accident
March 30, 1964 on a rural paved
road west of Trenton that caus
ed Hunter’s death.
Elizabeth Evans Franks seeks
to divorce Carl Weldon Franks,
alleging their marriage April
11, 1953 and their separation
June 17, 1961.
Rose Carolyn Stilley Riggs
seeks a divorce from Linwood
Rogers Riggs, alleging their mar
riage February 10, 1954, and
their separation March 8, 1964.
teers to help wipe out cancer
should contact her through her
Trenton address.
President Foscue urged the
people of Jones County to re
spond to the American Cancer
Society’s 1966 Crusade message
<- “Fight Cancer with a checkup
and a Check.”
Post Office Department Violates
Presidential Guidelines Aimed at
Controlling Inflationary Price Hikes
Increases in money orders, in
surance, registry, certified mail
and C.O.D. rates will become
effective March 26, 1966, Post
master A. F. Waller said today.
The cost of operating these five
special services now exceeds rev
enues by $60 million annually.
The fee increases will narrow
the cost-revenue gap by $36 mil
lion, based on business handl
ed in Fiscal Year 1965.
Fees for money orders, reg
istry and C. O. D. were last
changed in 1961; insurance and
certified mail in 1957.
The fee changes, announced
in the January 11th Federal Reg
istry and confirmed in the regis
ter on February 25th, are put
into effect under the existing
administrative authority of the
Postmaster General.
The increases include:
Money Order Fees: Domestic
and international money order
fees will be increased by 5 cents;
from 20, 30, 35 cents to 25,
35, and 40 cents.
Insurance Fees: The minimum
fee bracket will be increased
from $10 to $15 and the min
imum fee will be 20 cents in
stead of 10 cents. The revis
ed insurance fees will be as
follows:
$ 0.01 - $15 — 20 cents from
10 cents.
$15.01 - 50 — 30 cents from
20 cents.
$50.01 - 100 — 40 cents from
30 cents.
$100.01 - 150 — 50 cents from
40 cents.
$150.01 - 200 — 60 cents from
50 cents.
Registry Fees: The present
60 cents and 75 cents fees
will be combined into a single
fee at 75 cents for values up to
$100. Registry fees for articles
valued in excess of $100 will re
main unchanged.
C. O. D. Fees: The present 40
cents and 50 cents fee brack
ets will be combined into one
fee at 60 cents for amounts up
to $10. There will be no change
in the fees covering items valu
ed above $10.
Certified Mail: The fee will
be increased 10 cents from the
present 20 cents per item to 30
cents.
Losses incurred in the opera
tion of special services are paid
front funds drawn from the
Federal Treasury. The fee in
creases will shift a substantial
portion of the special cost borne
by the public to the users of
these services.
In every bracket these price
boosts are fat higher than the
3.2 per cent guidelines ordered
by the president to curb infla
tionary pressures. These in
creases range from 10 per cent
upward to 50 per cent.
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