TRENTON, N. C.
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DECEMBER 29, 1966 VOLUME XVID
One Indictment
But after Christmas, brood
ing over being away from his
two children and maddened
Again by the thought of the man
who possibly was with his wife
and his children Worthington
went to the trailer home of John
IB. (Chapman Jr. on Ayden route
1 late Monday night.
Exactly what happened is still
in a rather confused state and
-Pitt County authorities are try
ing to unravel the events of that
•; encounter. , ’ -
The 44 year-old Worthington
suffered two pistol wounds —
one in the chest end another in
the stomach. There was conjec
ture that the wounds were in
flicted by different weapons.
Tuesday Mends visited Worth
ington in Pitt Meinorial Hospital
where he was conscious and able
to talk.
Tuesday night — shortly af
ter midnight he died
Chapman is being fecdd -with
out bond on an open Charge of
murder.
An autopsy was performed to
determine if Worthtogton’s
wounds came from one or two
pistols.
One assertion is that at least
one of his wounds came from a
Kinston Area Suffers Sedans Wrecks
Owing Holidays bat Nona is fatal
Highway Patrolmen and area
police reported one of the quiet
est Christmas holiday periods in
memory, but serious accidents
put numerous people in local
hospitals. The Kinston area did
mot share in the low holiday
death toll across the state.
Last Thursday at the comer
(ft Vernon and Independent ve
hicles driven by James Earl
Barwick of Seven Springs route
1 rand Leamon Dawson Barrow
erf Kinston route 2 collided, in
juring Tammy Barwick, «, and
Mac Forman of Kinston, who
Wasriding with Barrow. Barwick
was charged with failing to yield
'the right of way and damage to
the two vehicles was estimated
at $400 and a third driven by
Betty Howard of 906 Candle
wood Drive had $100 damage
When it was hit.
Friday afternoon Michael Hu
bert Baker of 1801 Queens Road
sirifered minor injuries when he
ToSt control of a truck one mile
west of La Grange on Highway
70 and went down an embank
ment Damage to the truck was
$500.
Also *Tiaay nortn 01 La
Orange pickup trucks driven by
James Herring and Bay Ham
collided, with heavy damage to
each and a serious knee injury
suffered by Ham, who was also
charged with making an im
proper turn,
Tuesday afternoon five miles
east of Kinston on Highway 55
Edwfr'd Lee Heath of Dover
route 1 slowed down to let some
hogs cross the road and'had his
car rammed in the Tear by an
other driven by Barbara Chase
of La Grange, who along with
her sister, Betsy, suffered pain
ful but not serious injuries.
At 5:30 Tuesday just outside
Kinston in the Happensvdle sec
tion Jack Philyaw of 112 South
Orion Street pulled off a side
road and was involved in a
wreck with the car of Mary Lee
Rouse of Seven Springs route 1,
who was headed south. Philyaw,
who is 74 years old, suffered
numerous injuries and is in seri
ous condition in a Kinston hos
pital. Raymond Smith of 1007
King Street, who was riding with
swerved across the center line
and into the path of a westbound
car driven by Allen Gordon Co
lenda of Oxford. Bock’s five
year-old son, David HI, Colenda’s
wife, Patricia, and son, Kenneth,
13, were admitted to Lenoir Me
morial Hospital from injuries
classified as painful hut not seri
ous. Rock was indicted for driv
ing on the wrong of the
road.
At 4:28 Tuesday morning Set.
Roger King tooted his siren to
-stop Dennis Lee Williams on the
100 block of East King Street for
not stopping at the red light on
Queen Street. This caused James
Harper of 422 East Blount Street
to suddenly arouse and grab the
steering wheel of Williams’ car,
and the car clipped off a utility
pole in front of Howard and
Carter Funeral Home. Harper
suffered multiple serious injur
ies in the crash and was trans
ferred to Duke Hospital after
Frightening Sight on Adkin
Street Friday Afternoon
This was the frightening sight on the 100
block of South Adkin Street just after 3:40
Friday afternoon. Woodrow Williams and his
wife, Edna, of 030 University Street, were
pinned in the car shown here, having been
knocked unconscious in the collision between
their car and the truck behind it, which was
painful but not critical. Five yaar-old June
Steven*, riding in the truck with Monroe,
was released after examination and treat
ment of superficial injuries. Williams was in
dicted for reckless driving, since his car,
went out of control as he drove southwardly
and crashed into Monroe's northbound truck.
The car's danwgp was estimated at $600 and
M courtesy of Capt.
PaIIax. aelSii s .. >1
MWpifTnWITI,
•38 caliber pistol, fired by
Chapman thriragh his trailer
window and at very dose range.
Whether Worthington was
armed has not been dearly es
tablished but there is some feel
ing that he was armed and that
he and Chapman had engaged in
an argument before the shoot
ing took place.
Mechanics,Cashiers
To Be Trained Under
Poverty War Grant
Congressman L. H. Fountain
announced just before Christ
mas that the Office of Economic
Opportunity had allocated $75,
504 to Lenoir County Communi
ty College under the Manpower
Development and Training Act.
Of this total $52,468 will be
used to train 20 unemployed or
under-employed automobile me
chanics and the other $23,036
will be used to train 2Q cash
iers to operate cash registers in
retail stores.
Persons interested in taking
either of these courses may get
full details from the college.
Under the program persons
may be paid a subsistence allow
ance while they are studying.
emergency treatment in Kinston.
Monday afternoon Larry M.
Nixon, who says his current ad
dress was in New York City,
was driver of a car that struck
three parked cars near the cor
ner of King and Orion streets,
resulting in his indictment for
reckless driving, driving without
i license and leaving the scene
af an accident and for stealing
the car with which he did all
the damage.
New Banking Hours Bogin This
Weok In All Jones County Banks
This week a new schedule of
hours begins for all banks op
erating in Jobes County.
After public hearings and ap
proval of the State Banking
Commission was obtained banks
in Maysville, Pollocksville and
Trenton will operate on the fol
lowing schedule:
Monday through Thursday,
open flrom 9 to 1 and from 3 to 5.
Friday open from 9 to l and
from 3 to 6.
All banks will be closed on
Saturday. ■
Fewer state and national holi
days will be observed than in
the past.
So Jones Countians are urged
to keep this in mind and re
member that from now on there
will be no Saturday banking in
the county.
CIVIC CLUB NEWS
Hie Maysville Rotary Club,
MaysviUe Garden Club and
Maysville Heme Demonstration
Club held their annual joint
Christmas Dinner Program Tues
day, December 13, at the Mays
ville Community Building. Ro
tary President Don Mattocks
presided. Following a delicious
buffet dinner the Maysville
School Glee Club, Mrs. W. W.
Wicks, Director, provided a
program of Christmas music. A
period of fellowship including
group singing led by Mrs. Bobby
Barbee was enjoyed.
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Presentation to be Held on
Saturday Afternoon of Hughes Portrait
At 3 Saturday afternoon a
formal presentation to Jones
County of a portrait of the Late
George R. Hughes will be made
by his family.
County Democratic Chairman
James Hood will be master of
ceremonies for the presentation,
Retired Court Clerk Murray
Whitaker will ask the Invoca
tion, Federal Judge John Lar
kins will deliver the eulogy, a
member of Hughes’ family will
make the presentation, County
Commission Chairman James
Barbee will accept the picture
for the county and the closing
prayer and Benediction will be
delivered by The Reverend L.
C. Swink.
The ceremony is to be held
in the court room, where the
portrait is to be hung. The pub
lic is invited to attend the pre
sentation.
SEVEN FOR SEVEN
Tuesday Justice of Peace Les
ter Pate gave Kenneth Stallings
of South Adkin Street seven
months in prison for passing sev
en worthless checks.
! Maysville Auto
1 Tags Being Sold
1 MaysviUe Town Clerk Billie
Barbee reminded this week that
' all residents of Maysville who
own cars must purchase city
license tags on or before Febru
ary 15th.
The license have arrived and
are available at the store of
W. E. Raiford.
There is a penalty for any
resident who does not buy and
display the license tag before
the deadline date.
Dynamite Found
In Kinston Mailbox
Last week a resident of Club
Pines was given the jolting news
by his newsboy that there was a
stick of dynamite in his mailbox.
He in turn passed the news to
the police department, which
quickly tossed the problem in
the lap of the fire department;
, which retrieved the un-fused
king-sized firecracker from the
mail box and turned it over to
the police and postal authorities
for contemplation in their idle
hours — at a distance.
CHRISTMAS CANTATA
Maysville Methodist Church
choir presented a Christmas
Cantata Sunday night, December
18. Mrs. R. N. Knight was choir
director, Mrs. Rudolph Pelletier
was organist, and Mr. Rudolph
Pelletier was narrator for the
program. Following the program
at the church, the entire choral
company was invited to the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
L. Mattocks where delicious re
freshments and good fellowship
were enjoyed by all.
MEN'S CLUB
The Maysville Methodist Men’s
Club was host to the men of all
the Maysville churches for
breakfast at the Community
Building, December 18th. Leroy
Meadows presided, Robert Mat
tocks led the group in singing
Christmas songs, and Roy Mc
Peak gave the invocation. A
breakfast of sausage and eggs
with trimmings was served by
the host club. Rudolph Pelletier
spoke words of welcome and
gave the devotional. The pro
gram was closed with the bene
diction by Rev. Avery Lums
ien.
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