-THF. JONES COUNTY
NUMBER HI
TRENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1966
volume xvra
Hughe*' Portrait Being Hung in Court Room
This is a photographic reproduction of tho
portrait of the Late George R. Hughes that
will be hung in the court room of the Jones
County Court House on December 31st.
Hughes, who died nearly two years ago, serv
ed as clerk of the Jones County Court for 10
years and far more than 15 years as Jones
County attorney. The portrait is being given
to the county by his family and the public
is invited to attend the simple dedication
ceremonies on the afternoon of December
31st.
Wreck Victim
Forty one year-old Fletcher
White of Kinston route 6 died at
about Noon Tuesday at Duke
Hospital where he had been un
der treatment since November
21st from injuries he suffered in
a truck-train accident. White
never regained consciousness de
spite emergency brain surgery
shortly after his arrival at the
hospital. He was driving alone
on the River Road southeast of
Kinston and apparently did not
see oir hear the east bourSd
freight train as it approached
the crossing.
Land Transfers
Jones County Register of
Deeds Bill Parker reports re
cording the following land
transfers in his office during
the past week:
From Robert and Claudia
Wynn Mattocks to Henry Cool
idge Riggs one lot in White-Oak
Township.
From Stella and William Cole
man, James and Gloria Heritage,
Thomas and Catherine Heritage
' to Zeta G. Burt (me house and
lot in Trenton.
From T. D. and Louise Foy to
Tom and Mary Lee Brimage .5
in Trenton To'
Robert W
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Killed Wednesday
Forty six year-old Robert
Wooten of the Lane's Chapel
section of Craven County was
killed at about 9:30 Wednesday
morning when a car he was
working beneath fell off a jack
and the left rear wheel pinned
Wooten down. He was rushed to
a Kinston hospital but was pro
nounced dead on Arrival. Woo
ten, who was an employee of
Kirby. Loft in Oil Company in
Kinston, had a day off and was
working on a car in the back
yard of a sister-in-law near his
home when the accident took
place.
TWO JAIL TERMS
Wednesday in Recorder’s
court two illegitimate fathers
drew six months each in prison
for failing to support their pro
geny. Percy Best was found guil
ty of this offense against three
such unfortunates and John W.
Davis was found guilty of fail
ing to provide for one child he
sired out of wedlock. Both were
from Kinston route 3.
HIGHWAY ROBBERY?
Eeventeen year-old Joyce Bren*
ia Kilpatrick of 609 East Wash
was charged with
way robbery and driving
liter Crt»
Jones of 1500 Lincoln. Street
said she pulled a razor on him at
2:15 a.m. and took his cab.
Youth Escapes Injury But Car Is Total Loss Tuesday
Nineteen year-old Edward Baxter Britting
ham of 1407 North Queen Street escaped in
jury in the wreck that totalled out the car
he was driving Tuesday night shown here.
Lieutenant Leslie Moore is looking at the
. car which left North Queen Street, not far
from the youth's homo, and wont 150 feet
into the Adkin swamp before coming to rest
fiat of its back as shown in the picture. Brit
tingham was indicted for drunken driving
and driving without a license. (Picture by
Capt. Walter Thomas, Kinston Police Dept.)
Man Siring Insurance Company After
Over Five Years for Monthly Checks
Charles Duffy Smith of Jones
County has filed suit in superior
court against The Mutual Bene
fit Health and Accident Associa
tion, asking $15,800 and $200
per month so long as he re
mains disabled.
Smith alleges in his complaint
that he bought a policy .from the
company on January 2, 1952
which among other things prom
ised to pay him $200 per month
if he became totally disabled.
Smith further alleges that he
became totally disabled in April
of 1961 and has remained total
ly disabled ever since and that
the company has failed to make
payments edspite repeated
claims being filed by him ask
ing such payments.
Smith says the company owes
him $15,800 in back payments
— on which he does not ask in
terest, and he finally asks that
in addition to catching up this
$15,800 balance the company be
forced to begin paying him the
$200 per month so long as he re
mains in his present condition.
Commissar Howe's Lash Falls on Three
Counties: Hyde, Franklin and Lenoir
lnree ryorth Carolina county
school superintendents have
been told, in a letter from the
United States Commissar of Edu
cation this week that “further
efforts in voluntary compliance
would not be productive” and
because of this they are recom
mending that future federal
funds be cut off to their school
systems.
This federal lash falls on the
backs of the county school sys
tems in Franklin, Hyde and Le
noir counties.
Each administrative unit has
20 days from the date of the let
ter to appeal for an administra
tive hearing, and if the adminis
trative hearing also results in a
finding against the counties
they still have the right of ap
peal to the federal courts, for
whatever relief that might be.
The Lenoir County School
Board will meet Thursday to de
cide if it wishes to ask for the
administrative hearing before
federal officials.
Lenoir County school officials
say their understanding of the
situation is that Health, Educa
tion and Welfare officials only
have authority to bring about
“voluntary” racial integration,
and since voluntary efforts in
these three counties have not
resulted in sufficient racial in
tegration to suit them, their
work is at an end and further
efforts will have to be instituted
in the courts.
Dollar Impact
Lenoir County Schools Assis
tant Superintendent John K.
Wooten said if it is finally de
cided that all federal funds will
be cut off it will include the fol
lowing programs:
For the various prog^yns un
der the Elementary and Secon
dary Education Act, $565,937.
For the various programs un
der vocational education, $189,
050.
For the school lunch fund pro
gram $133,000.
For the Nation Defense Educa
tion Act about $11,000.
The ESEA fund reaches those
students in the county’s colored
schools, which were the only
schools approved for the special
effort to help the “culturally
deprived”.
The vocational education pro
gram is presently reaching 2815
students, including 655 at North
Lenoir, 500 at Savannah, 745 at
South Lenoir, 450 at Wooding
ton and 465 at Frink. This pro
gram includes 36 teachers in the
five schools mentioned.
The school lunch fund is not
administered by the office of
education but by the agriculture
department so there is a possi
bility that it may not be in
cluded “out”, if final rulings
go against the county in the
courts.
Both the lunch and NDEA pro
grams reach all students in all
schools.
Wooten said if the vocational
program were eliminated it
would mean increasing the daily
teaching load in the five schools
mentioned from 150 students to
192.
The funds have not been cut
off yet, and the step taken by
HEW officials in their letter
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