NUMBER 26
TRENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1967
VOLUME XIX
Fall Festival Being Held Nevember 11
At Maysville Elementary School
Maysvilie Elementary School’s
Parent-Teacher Association has
announced plans for the annual
Fall Festival, Saturday, Novem
ber 11. The school building will
be open at 7:30 p.m. and hot
dogs with all the trimmings,
drinks and baked goods will be
on sale.
The Country Store promises
to be a curiosity with "shelves
full of home canned preserves,
pickles, fruits and vegetables,
good used clothing, books, jew
elry, toys and trinkets.
Delicious home-baked goods
will be on sale along with fresh
ly baked items from a commer
cial bakery.
The traditional Cake Walk,
Fishing, Apple Bobbing, Grab
Dags, Fortune Telling, Cartoon
Movies and Sports Events will
provide much entertainment for
all ages.
A feature of last year’s Fall
Festival, an old fashioned Auc
tion Sale, will ibe repeated this
year, as will the ever-popular
bingo. Fantastic bargains are
expected at the Auction and
nice prizes will be given bingo
winners.
Proceeds from the FaTl Festi
val will go toward the purchase
of stage curtains for Maysvilie
Elementary School and for other
P.T.A. projects. The public is
invited to attend the event.
The Fail Festival Committee
is Charles Hughes, Chairman;
Mrs. J. A. Thompson, Wally
Wicks and Starling Pelletier.
Driving Charges
Major Arrest Cause
During Past Week
The Jones County Sheriff’s
Department reports the follow
ing arrests, including four for
i drunk driving, during the past
! week: Booker T. Jackson, 27,
! of New Bern charged by High
! way Patrolman R. R. Mason with
| driving under the influence.
I Floyd Chavis, 28, of New Bern
I charged by State Trooper B. O.
Mercer with driving under the
| influence and speeding 80 mph.
Benjamin Brown, 16, of Route
1 Trenton, violation of the in
spection laws.
John Henry Wall, 27, of
Knightdale arrested by Trooper
Mercer for driving under the in
fluence.
Silas Dillahunt Jr., picked up
by Sheriff Yates on a court or
der.
Carl Haskins, 52, of New Bern
apprehended by Patrolman Ma
son for driving under the in
fluence.
Judgment for $26,669.53 Returned In
Forsyth County Against Hargett's
livestock Company; More Suits Pending
A Judgment against W. Bryan
Hargett and Mrs. Ridie Ward At
kins, trading as Hargett Live
stock Company of Trenton, has
been rendered in the Superior
Court of Forsyth County and a
transcript forwarded to the
Clerk of Superior Court’s office
in Trenton.
The plaintiff in the suit, Sa
lem Equipment Leasing Com
pany, Inc., sued Hargett and
Mrs. Atkins for $28,669.53 they
failed to pay for the use of
livestock trucks.
Hargett, who has other suits
j in the amount of $100,000 pend
ing against him, also has on ap
peal in Superior Court a $2,082
worthless check case, and in ad
dition is under extradition pro
ceedings to South Carolina for
worthless checks issued there.
The Forsyth County Superior
Court judgment is the first de
cision in any of the proceedings
against Hargett. The first suit
was filed against him March 15,
1967 by the Greencastle Live
stock Center of Fort Wayne, In
diana for deficiency in payment
of a $27,590.87 swine contract.
Jones County Host
Today to Fourth
District Lawyers
The annual meeting of the
Fourth Judicial District (Jones,
Onslow, Sampson, and Duplin
Counties) Bar Association with
Darns Koonce, President pre
siding, will be held at the Jones
County Courthouse, Thursday,
October 26, at 5:30 P.M. and will
later adjourn to the Jones Coun
ty Moose Lodge for dinner and
entertainment.
According to James Hood,
County Attorney, the. Associa
tion expects to handle business
resolutions and to elect next
year officers. Harvey Boney of
Jacksonville is current Vice
President and Richard L. Bur
rows of Rose Hill is Secretary
Treasurer.
The meeting rotates through
the four counties and will be
held next year at Jacksonville.
Johnson Will Case Set for Trial in
Next Week's Term of Superior Court
The October 30 term of Su
Derior Court in Jones County
will determine whether the Rob
ert T. Johnson estate will go to
needy students in the county
and for the care of Johnson’s
cats, or if it will be inherited by
Johnson’s 40-odd cousins.
Johnson, who was a resident
of Route 1 Trenton, died a
batchelor July 10, 1965 leaving a
will and two codicils that are
now being, and have been since
Johnson’s death, contested in a
caveat proceeding by his rela
tives.
The will provided that a trust
account be established on the
income from the four Johnson
farms with Branch Banking and
Trust Company named trustee.
The trustee was instructed to
promote education by providing
scholarships for “scholastically
deserving children of tenant
farmers or small land owners re
gardless of race, color or creed.”
Executed almost seven years be
fore Johnson’s death, the will
was witnessed by Robert Ray
Harrison and R. L. Edwards of
Trenton.
In the codicil to the will made
two years before his death, John
son extended the institutions to
which students could attend un
der his scholarship award pro
Traffic Cases Dominate Recorders
Court Activity During Past Week
me rriaay, ucioDer zu term
of Recorder’s Court with Judge
Joe H. Becton presiding took
care of a few traffic violaters
and a few others with the usual
due process of law.
In one of two reckless driving
cases brought before the Court,
Ronald Whitaker Pollock, 16,
of Trenton, apprehended by Pa
trolman B. O. Mercer, was given
a prayer for judgment continued
on payment of costs. Adell Had
dock, 20-year-old of Route 1
Pollocksville was found guilty
of reckless driving and ordered
to pay a $10 fine and costs. Had
dock gave notice of appeal to
Superior Court and bond was
set at $50.
Sammy Bryant of Pollocksville
was found not guilty of breaking
A second suit was filed against
Hargett March 28, 1967 by
Orangeburg Stockyards Inc. of
Orangeburg, South Carolina, for
a $9,441.38 hogs and cattle con
tract.
Hargett had his property put
in his sister’s name before any
suits were brought against him.
I and entering.
I Donald Allen Meadows of New
Bern, charged with assault on a
female, had his case dismissed.
Earl Payton, 33, of Route 1
| Pollocksville, who was charge !
with failing to carry liability
insurance on his car, had his
case dismissed also.
Floyd Roy Wade, 44, of 26
P, Simon Bright Apartments.
Kinston was given a 60-day su
spended sentence for driving un
der the influence (second of
fense) and made to pay a $100
fine and costs.
Defendents waiving appear
ance and paying Court costs and
j fines were: Timothy B. O’Leary.
21, of Camp Lejeune, $13 for im
proper passing.
Felton Gray Cannon, 30, of
Ayden, $26 for speeding 65 mph
in a 55 mph zone.
William David Hatcher, 22, of
Route 1, Maysville, $16 for driv
ing with an expired license.
William Hill McIntosh, 24, of
Maysville, $26 for reckless driv
ing.
John Wheeler Lockey of Bel- j
grade, $19 for public drunken-1
g~am. Item Six of the codicii pro
' >d for the f ceding and care of
his cats and stated that anyone
'"’ving in any of the Johnson
houses on Highway 53 would
keep their dogs confined.
The last codicil made three
months befQre Johnson’s death
requested that the cost of the
c're of his cats be paid from his
estate and rescinded a require
ment in the scholarship program
that needy students be from
certain townships in the county.
The Trustee’s first annual re
port showed that provisions for
the cats amounted to $120.85
and income cash amounted to
$3,591.57. No scholarships were
awarded because the estate was
still tied up in litigation. Real
estate value in the care of the
trustee for rent totals $144,935.
Less than a year after John
son’s death thirty-five first cou
sins filed a caveat to his will
stating that the will should be
set aside. Caveators, represent
ed by attorney Donald P. Brock,
said that the signature of Robert
T. Johnson to the will was ob
tained by Branch Banking and
Trust Company, the executor
named therein, “through undue
and improper influence and du
ress.”
Th" caveators further stated
i'"'t .Johnson was by reason of
oid age. disease, and mental and
physical weakness and infirmity
not capable of executing a will.
Branch Banking and Trust
Company through its Vice Presi
dent Alta A. Koonce in Trenton
responded to the caveat denying
the allegations of the cousins
and asked that the court adiudge
the will as admitted to probate
as valid.
Branch Banking and Trust
Company is represented in the
matter bv James R. Hood, at
torney of Trenton, Lewis and
Rouse of Farmville. and Carr
and Gibbons of Wilson. Other
cousins net named in the caveat
have joined as add’tional parties
and are represented by Thomas
White and Turner and Harrison
of Kinston, and Sasser and Duke,
and Herbert Hulse of Goldsboro.
ness
George Earl Gooding, 55, of
Route 1 Tren’on, $26 for driving
without a license.
Frank Jarman, 41. of Dover,
$13 for a violation of the in
spection laws.
Harry Lee Norman. 31, of
Route i. MaysvtUe. $13 for driv
ing without windshield wipers or
emergency brakes.
Junior Williams, 41, $29 for
operating a truck without a
chauffer’s license.
GOOD WEATHER, BIG CROWDS, MUCH TO SEE IN JONES JOUNTY FAIR WEEK
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cultural Fair is in Trenton and
in full swing again. The fair is
being sponsored this year as
usual by American Legion Clen
Newton Smith Post 154. Atten
dance to the fair and to the ex
hibit halls has been good and
is expeoted to be even better
the last of this week if the ex
ceptionally pleasant fair-going
weather continues.
Thomas Joyland Shows Com
pany, which is supplying the
rides, games, and shows for the
carnival aspect of the fair, is in
the final work-week of their
fair circuit before going south
for the Winter. Trenton is by
far the smallest town on the
circuit that includes Kinston,
New Bern, Jacksonville, and
Wilmington in the eastern North
Carolina area. Trenton is usual
ly the final week of work for the
carnival troops, and as is to be
expected, the mood of the “car
nies” is lighter in anticipation of
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County has one of the few agri
cultural county fairs still
around.
Wednesday and Thursday
were school children’s days at
the fair and the county schools
were closed at noon both days.
iThe fair grounds were ram
pant with ballon and prize laden
children who were having the
times of their lives.
It has been said that the
Jones County Fair is the place
to see old friends and to re
new acquaintances, and the
character of the fair is such that
one seems to know, or at least
has seen, practically everyone
there. /
The fair will continue through
Saturday, October 28, when an
other season will have come to
an end for the carnival troops
and Jones Countians, too.
There were over thirty booths
entered in fair competition by
various organizations thas year
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were outstanding. The theme of
most of the booths was either
getting more for the purchasing
dollar or taking pride in the
community.
The various community Home
Demonstration Clubs were well
represented. Lee’s Chapel dra
matically but simply illustrated
that “A dollar saved is a dollar
made.” by pointing out the dif
ference in the cost of a child’s
dress factory made, $10.98 and
handmade, $2.98; net result, a
saving of $8.00.
The several 4-H Clubs in the
county acquitted themselves well
in the competition. Their theme
was generally the way to a bet
ter future through better 4-H
clubs. The Wyse Fork booth
which won the Grand Champion
prize had as its motif “The only
good pond is a safe pond” and
demonstrated the safe and un
safe aspects of farm ponds with
two models, one filled with vege
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Crete bottom and first-aid ki:
nearby.
Jones High School’s Future
Homemakers of America exhibil
idea was “They said it couldn’t
be done — but it was". To illus
trate their point, the future
homemakers exhibited five gold
with blue trim majorette uni
forms with the explanation:
“Jones High FHA members made
five majorette uniforms for the
majorettes of Jones High. Work
began October 19 and was com
pleted for the Homecoming Pa
rade on October 20.”
Jones Central’s chapter of Fu
ture Homemakers of America
exhibited a “Hope chest for a
strong marriage” and included
as necessary items in the chest,
Love, Respect, Maturity, and
Honesty among others. The girls
won a blue ribbon for the ef
fectiveness of their effort.
Jones Central’s Distributive
Education classes illustrated
career opportunities Unlimit
ed" through on-the-job-training
and classroom instruction in col
lege, marketing, advertising,
fashion, finance, personnel, and
management.
Jones High’s chapter of Voca
tional Industrial Clubs of Ameri
ca which turns out some good
bricklayers turned in a good
showing as members of the
bricklaying class erected a plant
er to how off their skilled abili
ty.
Organizations that have busi
nesses or business connections
in the county and that exhibited
booths were: Trenton Hardware
Store, Jenkins Gas Company of
Pollocksville, Carolina Power
and Light Company, Carolina
Dairies, Ernest Jones Radio
and Television of Kinston, Jes
sie Jones Pork Products, Jones
Onslow Electric Membership
Corporation, World Book En
cyclopedia, and North Carolina
Forestry Service.