OVER WEEKEND CLAIM LIVES OF THREE YOUNG MEN
Three young men were killed
and several other persons seri
ously hurt in accidents in this
area over the past weekend.
This tragic parade of fatal ac
cidents began at one minute af
ter midnight Friday night on the
1800 block of West Vernon Ave
nue in Kinston
Twenty year-old* William Har
vey Barrow of Snow Hill route 3
was instantly killed when the
car he was riding in crashed into
a utilities pole at the corner of
Hardee Road and Vernon Ave
nue.
BiChard W. Kordulesweski of
602 Jackson Lane in Kinston,
driver of the car, which belong
ed to Ullman Lee Ginn of Snow
Hill route 3, has been charged
with speeding, reckless driving
and manslaughter.
Kenneth Charles Harrell of
wagen was killed and the driver and passen
ger in the truck were burned when gas from
the burst small car tank was ignited and
spread over the two vehicles.
This is a picture taken by George Yancey
shortly after a fatal accident took place be
tween Maysville and Pollocksville Monday
afternoon. The Marine driving the Volks
THE JONES COUNTY
NUMBER 44
TRENTON, N. €., THURSDAY, MARCH "2, 1967
VOLUME XVIU
Jones High School Student Wins One
Of 292 Scholarships Given Negroes
Hus week the National
Achievement Scholarship Pro
gram announced the distribu
tion of 292 scholarships to 292
outstanding Negro high school
students. Of these 21 went to
North Carolina students.
Among these winners is Willie
Earl Bradley, son of Mr. and
Mrs. William H. Bradley ©f Dov
er route 2.
Young Bradley has an out
standing record at Jones High
School. This year he is president
of the student council, and was
its, vice-president in the past
school year.
He was also captain of the
school football team this year
and also has found time to be
captain of the school safety pa
trol.
These scholarships are worth
from $250 to $1500 per year, de
pending on the need of the stu
dent.
Bradley has indicated a pre
ference to study engineering at
Duke University. However, this
preference may not he final, and
in some cases is changed, ac
cording to information included
with the announcement of the
awards.
Don't Quite Know Where Land Is, But
Court Orders It Sold for Division
Clerk of Superior Court Wal
ter P. Henderson entered an or
der Friday authorizing the sale
of the lands of E. S. English for
partition. In a petition filed ih
January by English against 176
heirs of David Allison, English
says that they own as tenants in
common a tract of land in Jones
County and the size and location
of the property make a partition
impractical.
Bernard B. Hollowell, Attor
ney with offices in Bayboro, was
named Commissioner to sell the
, land for partition and to report
the sale to the Court.
English says that he has made
a diligent search for the heirs
at law of David Allison, who died
a resident of'Philadelphia, Penn
sylvania in 1798.
The net proceeds of the sale
of the land will be divided
Robert Worrell, and the descrip
tion of the property is “all the
land patented to David Allison,
located in the State of North
Carolina and Tennessee.” Wor
rell is listed on the deed as a
resident of Centennial, Wyom
ing.
Jones County Tax Collector
Julian Waller has not been able
to place the exact location of
the property; however it is his*
opinion the deed covers part of
the Hoffman Forest area.
Hoffman Forest is a tract con
taining over 82,000 acres located
in both Jones and Onslow Coun
ties, owned by the State Forest
ry Foundation,
An official of the Forestry
Foundation Wednesday was sur
prised to learn of efforts to sell
the “Allison Patent” because he
felt it had been settled more
than 40 years ago.
He added if this , “Allison
Sumrell Sells Out
This week Elredge Sumrell,
for many years operator of Tren
ton's only restaurant, sold out to
Ray Dawson Henderson, who be
gan operation of the cafe on
Wednesday of this week. Hen
derson, a native of Trenton, was
recently discharged after serv
ing 20 years as a mess sergeant
in the Army. Henderson has not
yet announced if he will be serv
ing "SOS" for breakfast, so that
all veterans will feel at home in
his establishment.
Divorce Suit Filed
Jones County Clerk of Court
Walter Henderson reports re
ceiving one civil action in his
office this week. Edward Lee
Loftin has brought suit for di
vorce from Sarah B. Loftin, al
leging their marriage on Octo
ber 12, 1963, and their separa
tion on August 16,1965, and fur
ther alleging that children aged
nine and five were born to this
marriage.
ville, Maysville and even Wil
mington might be in jeopardy,
since the “AJlison Grant” cov
ered a very large part of what is
now Southeastern North Caro
lina.
He also pointed out that the
part of the Allison tract that now
comprises Hoffman Forest is
that part nobody seemed to
want, when the good lands
iround the fringe of this great
pocosin were put to the plow.
Hoffman Forest is under
lease to the Albemarle Paper
compan;
crable
toe boi
purchase the
las his
advance consid
money to retire
issued to
that English
set on.
Snow Hill route 3 was badly hurt
in the same crash.
The next death came at 9 Sun
day night just south of Pollocks
ville when the car driven by
James Maurice Grady of Cove
City crashed into a parked car
on Highway US 17. It is not clear
whether the car parked was com
pletely off the highway or par
tially on the road. Young Grady
was killed instantly and Esther
Bland and Rose Humphrey of
New Bern route 2 and Gene Mc
Coy of Cove City route 1 were
all seriously injured in this
crash.
The next death came at 12:15
Monday afternoon two miles
south of Pollocksville on US 17
when Camp Lejeune Marine
Ronald Joseph Capicotto lost
control of his small foreign car
and crashed head on into a truck
driven by Oscar Maynard Cos
ton of New Bern route 1. Coston
and his son, Jerry, 14, suffered
serious burns when the gas
from the ruptured tank of the
Volkswagen caught fire while
the two vehicles were still tangl
ed together.
Patrolman C. W. Oakley, who
investigated this Monday wreck
says the Marine’s car first hit
the east shoulder of the road as
it headed north, then crossed
the road and onto the west
shoulder of the road where Cos
ton had gone in an effort to
avoid being hit.
Ronald Holloway of 506 Rhem
Street in Kinston was charged
with speeding by Kinston police
at 2:15 Saturday afternoon. At
2:30 Sunday afternoon he lost
control of his car in a curve west
of Hookerton on Highway 123,
went out of control nearly 400
feet and suffered critical injur
ies.
The two Jones County deaths
raised to four the fatalities in
that county so far this year;
three of them having come on
Highway US 17.
Barrow’s death was the fourth
of the year for Lenoir County.
Federal Education Commissar Cracks
His Whip on Jones County's Schools
A special meeting of the Jones
.County Board of Education was
held on February 23, at which
time several items of important
business were considered.
The superintendent reported
that Harold Howe II had notified
the Board by mail on February
16, that action on its application
for future programs and activi
ties had been ordered deferred
for non-compliance with the pro
visions of Title VI of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964, and that the
State Department of Public In
struction had been notified to
this effect.
Howe further stated that since
he had determined that volun
tary compliance could not be
secured he was referring the
matter to the Office of General
Counsel of HEW with a request
that administrative enforcement
proceeding be initiated.
Subsequently, the Department
of Health, Education and Wel
fare mailed to the Jones County
Board of Education a Notice of
Opportunity for Hearing, advis
ing that unless the Board files
an answer to this notice within
twenty days all matters of fact
may be deemed confessed. The
Board directed its attorney to
answer all allegations and file a
request for a hearing.
The superintendent indicated
that the deferral of financial as
sistance would have no effect up
on programs already approved
and currently being executed;
however, permanent deferral of
funds could affect the educa
tional program in Jones County
during the 1967-68, school year.
Resolutions were adopted to
be filed with the Department of
Housing and Urban Develop
ment, requesting the cancella
tion of its financial obligation
for two 1947 projects, N.C. 31
P-262 and N.C. 31-P-263, amount
ing to $8,150. The purpose of
the grants was to enable an
architect to design new class
room and auxiliary facilities.
Due to consolidation, the origin
al plans were never used.
Donald Brock was retained as
Mrs. Pollock to
Chaperone Group
On European Visit
Mrs. Grace Pollock of Tren
ton is among those who will
chaperone the European study
program of the All-Student Band
sponsored by the Shenandoah
Conservatory of Music at Win
chester, Va. r :<[ .
Students who will make the
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board attorney. He has served in
this capacity for several years.
J. C. West Jr., Chairman, read
a letter from Claude Ferrell,
Coordinator of Lay Relations for
the North Carolina Education
Association, concerning House
Bill 81 which was introduced by
representatives Horton and El
liot to increase the compensation
of members of the Jones County
Board of Education and the
Jones County Board of Commis
sioners from $25.00 to $75.00
per month.
The bill proposes to increase
the compensation of the Chair
man of the Board of County
Commissioners from $50.00 to
$100.00 per month. Compensa
tion for all members is to be
in addition to mileage allowance
now authorized.
Pesticide Survey in
County; Farmers
Urged to Cooperate
A survey of pesticides used by
farmers and how they are used,
will be made in Jones County
during March, according to Hen
ry Rasor, State Statistician.
Jones County is one of 417
counties in the nation included
in a national study of farm uses
of pesticides. The results will be
used to help assess the economic
impact of present and future
uses of chemical control mea
sures. This study, the second of
it’s kind, is part of the USDA
research program to develop
more effective and safer pest
control methods.
Farm operators living in se
lected areas of the county will
be asked to report on the sprays
and dusts used in 1966 against
crop and livestock insects and
for killing weeds. The survey
will include questions on the ma
terials used, costs and method of
application, and other related
farm characteristics.
Albert C. Johnson of Ingold
began interviewing in Jones
County, starting on February 27.
He will be working under the su
pervision of the State Statisti
cian’s office in Raleigh.
trip have been selected on the
basis of their musical ability in
auditions all across the nation.
The group making the trip will
include a symphonic band, or
chestra, chorus and one chaper
one for each four students, as
well as two doctors, nurses, con
ductors and personnel directors.
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