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JONES COUNTY NUMBER 48 TRENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1966 VOLUME xvn Richard Caswell Building Opens Soon This is the handsome field house now nearing completion at Governor Bichard CasweU Park lost west of Kinston. The building is near the grave of the first free governor of North Carolina and it will house such items of interest as are available cm this colonial governor. The completion of the building is expected in about two weeks, after which a dedication wiil be held and the facility wffl be opened to the public. The Confederate Ram Neuse remains are a hundred yards south of this bnildtng in the of Neuse River, and both historical relics may be visited from the same paved parking lot. —J ',IL .... — -:--—• Opposition lor Sheriff, Becton Files As County Political Tempo Increases In ftie past week the slow beat of Jones County politics perked up a little as Mark Smith of lienton'made formal his opposi tion to Incumbent Sheriff Brown Court Joe Becton filed for his second two-year term. Others filing the past week in cluded Carl Sutton Craft, seek ing another term as constable of Cypress Creek Township, and W, J. Findeisen, seeking another term as constable of Trenton Township. Those who had filed earlier in cluded Sheriff Yates, Incumbent School Board Members J. C. West Jr. and J. C. Wooten, County Commissioner James Barbee and Coroner George Davenport. Still to be heard from are the other incumbent commissioners, Harold Mallard, Alva Howard, Charlie Battle and Nelson Banks; CAPITAL CHARGE ' Camp Lejeune Marine Russell W. Coleman was booked by of ficers in the Lenoir County shir jg, iff’'s department overjthe week ly end $n Sfl capital 3(iarge 'of; | rape. He was also charged with gt- cairywg a concealed^tfglipott. P? : STEALING FROM CHURCH Jerry McKinley Ham, 17, of 516 West Bount St., was charg ed last week with stealing $7.20 from Queen Street Methodist Church, Kinston, and a transis tor radio. He admitted spending the money and throwing the ra dio in the river. , 'Netty Problem' It's fishing season and Ilia shad are running and somabady got French Lynch's net. Ha accused Walter Carey of Hapgarsvflle, Jamas Millar of Asphalt Plant Road and Albert ' Coombs el , 211 Maaslay Road in Kinston. In recorder's court Tuesday they ware found not guilty of stealing the nat, but Coombs was found guilty of the other school board members* W. E. Phillips, Rogers Pollock and J. J. Conway. Incumbent Court Clerk Walter Henderson and any other constables or jus serve. Found: One Coffin Sheriff Brown Yates in Jonas County has tho most unusual "found itom" of tho yoar: Ono wator logged coffin which was found Sunday, floating In Trent River about throe miles up stream from Trenton. Tho cof fin was not occupied but it has been impossible to determine if it is a "used" coffin or ono that was discarded for other reas sons. Anyone who may be able to shad a little light on the own ership of this casket or .explain how it got in Trent River Is urged to contact Sheriff Yates. SHOPPING CHARGE Elsie Sugg of Snow Hill route 2 was arrested in downtown Kinston last Wednesday and charged with shoplifting. Four Children Not Sufficient Clue To Support Chorge of Adultry in Judge Joe Becton's Judicial Opinion Last Friday Jones County Re corder’s Court Judge Joe Bec ton dismissed adultery charges against Jerry Lee Strayhorn and Gladys Roberts despite the testi mony of Miss Roberts that she had four children sired by Stray Three Charged in Theft of Chickens .Three Kinston men were in dicted last Wednesday night af ter their apprehension by Cap tain David Broadway and Police man L. W. Coombs with a crate of frozen chickens. » The chickens were part of a shipment left in front of a groc ery store on North East Street during the night. Kinchen R. Roberson of Kins ton Apartments, Charles Lamb ert, of 203 Measley Roand and Lynwood Hill of 2210 Ivy Road are the trio charged with the theft Epileptic Welfare Case Insists on Driving Despite His Lack of License James C. Rodman of Kinston route 5 persists in his efforts to drive despite the fact that he has no driver’s license. Rodman in the past week has been indicted for the 4th and 5th times for driving without a license, and in the final time he was also charged with resisting arrest. In the scuffle with the arrest ing officer Rodman’s glasses were^ broken and he reportedly told ttie-trfMcer, -"Don't tifaiyr the Welfare will buy me a new pair.” Other arrests reported in the county in tne past week by Sher riff Brown Yates Includes that of Julious Jordan of Pollocksville who was charged with being drunk, Charlie Richardson of the same place and the same of fense, Dixie Smith Peace of Rich-" lands, James C. Grady of Tren ton route 1 and Jack Williams of Maysville were all also charg ed wi^h being drunk and Wil uaffis was "also accused of as. sault a female. i County Cancer Fund Chairman Seeking More Volunteers to Help Raise Funds to Support Continuing War on Disease Picture from left to right: Clifton Blue, Division Crusade Chairman of American Cancer So ciety, Mrs. Lottie Carroll, Jones County Crusade Chairman for 1966, Tom Foscue, President of the Jones County Unit of American Cancer Society, Mrs. Robert Scott, Honorary Crusade Chairman in North Carolina, Commander Joseph Fox, Crusade Vice Chairman in North Carolina. This picture was taken recently at a pre-crusade kick-off conference in Raleigh. American Cancer Society Cru sade Chairman for Jones County Mrs. Lottie Carroll ,has made a special and urgent appeal for more volunteers for the 1966 Crusade. “Already, we have made con siderable progress in enlisting volunteers in this difficult effort to conquer cancer,” she said, “but we needN more if we are to do the job we have cut out for ourselves and the people of our community. “Many jobs need to be done now: Training of new vol fpr the ‘Tell Ypur Neigh facts program; rec to be kept: every the community most be covered after the Crusade be gins on April 1st. But we need more volunteers if we are to save more lives now, strengthen our education program, enlarge our research efforts and expand service to patients. “There would be no need for my job as Chairman if we did not have a vigorously fighting army of volunteers. Volunteers are the workers who often make the difference between success and failure in the Society’s strug gle to save lives from Cancer.” “The present cure rate,” the Chairman said, “Could be chang ed radically by application of present medical knowledge in detection and treatment. That V Ju. ..... ■■■■': __ knowledge could save thousands more lives in the United States! and could help prevent the de-\ velopment of cancer in hundreds more.” She said the Society would concentrate on these six major sites of cancer where much can be done now, but will not over look other sites. Mrs. Carroll said that there is a place for any person willing to serve in the American Cancer Society’s rewarding humanitar ian effort. People willing to serve as volunteers in the 1966 Crusade should contact Mrs. Lot tie Carroll through her Trenton address. -- horn, two of whom survive. Strayhorn is married and also has four children a£ .home. Strayhorn, however, was found guilty of beating his wife after she had caught him with the other woman and remonstrated with him to that point where he lost his temper and cuffed her aroufcd a bit. For whipping the mother of his legitimate brood Strayhorn was slapped on the wrist with a 60-day jail term which was sus pended on the condition that he pay a $10 fine and the court costs. Becton fined Christopher Jar man $18.50 for permitting an un licensed driver to drive, Levi Roberts $22 for being publicly drunk, John Pinkney Eubanks $5 and costs for public drunken ness, Gregory Frazier $18 for public drunkenness, Melvin Sharp of Pollocksville was given 60 days to pay the $13 court costs for whipping a woman. Joseph Earl Smith of Trenton was foimd not guilty of drunk en driving and driving without a license, Willie Hill of Stella and Moses Hargett of Cove City each asked to have drunken driving charges tried in superior court, rather than before Becton. Gregory Prusakowski of Camp Lejeune paid $41 for speeding and Feltus Malcolm Briley of New Bern paid $26 for speeding. Editorial Utilities Cross Row on row they stretch across the "private property" of Le noir, Jones and Cfaven county citizens: The doublecross of the taxpaying public utilities. Under existing law these profit-making corporations have the legal pow er to take right of way across any property owner's land at any time, and in exactly the spot where this profit-making com pany desires. The only issue for the courts is how much the own er of such lands will be paid. The landowner cannot move the right of way one inch to protect his property values. No public notice is given Of where such rights of way are to be taken. The decisions art made by the utilities engineers without con sultation with any officials and with no consideration for the damage, actual or esthethic that is to be done to the property that is to be taken. The General As sembly of North Carolina gave this license to take property to utilities and it is the duty of the General Assembly to provide a more equitable manner of estab lishing both the necessity of ad ditional rights of ways and the and the location as well. '/-V. V
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