THE JONES COUNTY
'NUMBER 7
TRENTON, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1968
VOLUME XX
Gladys Chase Wins Award for Her Essay on Alcholism
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Above Gladys Chase, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Harvey Chase, receives a $25 war bond
for her essay on alcoholism and mental
health. The eighth grader received the award
at the recent graduation exercises. Present
ing the award is Mr. Walter P. Hender
son, executive member of the Neuse Men
tal Health Center. Also looking on are
Jack Lewis, educational director and principal
Z. A. Koonce.
The essay contest was held for eighth and
ninth graders only. Essays were judged on
their content and the paper's approach to
the subject.
Carolina Telephone To Eliminate
Ten-Party Service In Pollocksville -
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Carolina Telephone has an
nounces pans to rijariaate aS
tten-parigr iervlcc in PoDocks
viUe and replace it with four
party service. This conversion is
part of a long range plan which
will eventually result in the
elimination of ten-parly service
throughout the operating terri
tory of Carolina Telephone.
D. F. Holliday, local manager
for the telephone company, said
that the changes will become
effective on June 16, 19681 The
rates for all four-party service
Pollocksville rural areas
in
were reduced in August, 1967.
“This will be a major step
forward improved telephone
service for rural subscribers of
Pollocksville because it will re
duce the number of telephones
on the same line to a maximum
of four,” Holliday emphasized.
Carolina Telephone construc
tion forces, a few weeks ago,
completed placing a $20,700
cable along Highway 17 North.
This construction was required
to serve a number of new sub
scribers, regrade several exist
ing telephones, and to provide
extra lines for the conversion to
four-party service. Sufficient
lines were already available in
other areas of the exchange to
permit elimination of ten-party
' service.
It will be necessary to change
several Pollocksville telephone
numbers in order to eliminate
the ten-party service. Each sub
scriber whose number is to
change was notified by mail a
few weeks ago. The new tele
phone directory will be sent to
all subscribers about June 22,
1968 and these new numbers
will be in the new telephone
directory.
“These service improvements
are a part of Carolina Teie
efforts
Strayhorn Going
To Forestry Camp
re
Gregory Strayhom has
cently been chosen the 4-H rep
resentative from Jones County
to participate in the annual 4-H
Forestry Camp at Camp Mill
stone near Rockingham.
The son of Mr. Edward Earl
Strayhom of Route 1, Pollocks
ville, Gregory is one of a hun
dred boys each chosen to re
present his county as a 4-H Club
Forestry Leader. The week of
June 10 wyi find., these boys
cOnverging^eH Oamp Millstone<
in Richmorid County for the an
nual 4-H Forestry Awards
Camp/
Both Souther Bell and the
Agricultural Extension Service
at North Carolina Staje Univer
sity sponsor this program
which is geared to the develop
ment, among the young people
of our state, of leadership and
knowledgeably in forestry
skills.
Special features of the camp
which appeal to young foresters
include the planting and caring
for trees, identification of trees,
proper cutting of forest for tim
ber purposes, and care of fi
All of these
One More Hearing
District Solicitor Luther Ham
ilton Jr. announced this week
thft another lit the interminable
series of hearings in the case of
Martin David Rochelle is to be
held June 26th in Norfolk. Ro
chelle and Richard Rodesky
are charged with the February
6th murder of Jones County
ABC Store Manager Albert Jones
Jr. Rodesky^ has been in local
custody since shortly after his
arrest in Montgomery, Alabama,
where he waived extradition,
but Rochelle, who was arrested
a few days later has continued
fo fight extradition to North
Carolina. This latest legal techni
cality is aimed at determining
whether Rochelle is being held
legally by Virginia authorities.
Friday Night Death
Preliminary hearing is sche
duled for today in the' Friday
night death of 30 year-old Ann
Jones, a resident of the Wood
ington section of Kinston route
5. Fred Lee Barfield of Hooker
ton route 1 was held under an
open charge of murder follow
ing the woman's death at about
12:15 a.m. Saturday at her home
from a single knife wound in the
throat. Barfield told officers of
the sheriff's department that
they were playing with a knife
and that she suffered the fatal
wound accidentally. There were
no other witnesses to the inci
dent.
the-job training” takes place in
the outdoors where experts'can
skillfully guide the boys in ac
tual forestry skills.
In addition to recreational
activities such as baseball and
swimming, the boys are also en
couraged in the healthy develop
ment of citizenship and charac
ter. h- iki ’
Hail Fraud Defendants Being Released
Next Week from Active Prison Terms
The office of Federal District
Judge John Larkins announced
Wednesday that those defend
ants still serving active prison
terms from the series of hail in
surance fraud cases would be
released from custody next
week.
Payment of fines and restitu
tion to insurance companies by a
majority of the 12 defendants
was a basic part of the early re
lease for the men whose active
jail terms ranged from a few
days to one year.
Oob exception was John El
more, former Kinston insurance
executive, who is in bankruptcy,
and he has not been called on to
pay either his $2,000 fine of the
$19,324.92 restitution. Elmore,
like all the other defendants
will remain on probation for
five years under the threat of
an active five-year jail term,
and during that period he will
make such payments on the fine
and restitution as his probation
officer feels him to be capable
of making. r
G. W. Gardner has paid his
$2,000 fine and part of the $17,
612.76 restitution, and is ex
pected to pay the balance of the
restitution on or before his re
lease from federal custody on
June 18th.
J. W. Roberts, who only had
an active 30-day jail term, has
been out of jail for some time,
but he has not yet made the
$6,965.27 restitution, but he is
also expected to do so in the
next few days.
Howard Rouse, who only serv
de 12 days in jail has already
paid his $500 fine and made the
$836.36 restitution he was order
ed to mate?**
Willie Hudson, whose active
jail term was 100 days, fine was
$1,000 and restitution was $1,
023.05 will be released June
18th.
Floyd Gray -Jr. whose active
jail term was six months, fine
was $2,000 and restitution $1,
590.32 will be released June
18th.
Clifton Gray, whose active
term was sixymonths, fine was
$2,000 and..restitution was $3,
956.74 wffif be released June
18th. ...
J. Poole, whose active
term Was six months, fine was
$1,000 and restitution was $2,
220.80 will be released June
19th.
Willie J. Smith, whose active
term was six months, fine $1,
000 and restitution was $1,995.96
will be released June 19th.
Earl Eubanks, whose active
term was six months, fine was
$2,000 and restitution was $4,
798.99 will be released June
19th.
Lyman Edwards, whose active
term was six months, fine was
$2,000 and restitution $10,226.50
will be released June 19th.
W. C. Stafford, whose active
term was 120 days, fine was $1,
000 and restitution was $1,100
will be released June 19th.
Traffic Vialatian Take Up Most of
Last Week's Recorder's Court Session
Judge Joe Becton dismissed
the ease against Luther Jones
of MaysviUe in Recorders Court
last week. Jones was charged
with assault on a female.
Edward M. Potter of Trenton
was fined $13 for being publicly
drunk.
Forrest Alvah Anderson of
Columbia was fined $26 and
Clifford Lee Eubanks of Wind
sor was fined $28.50 for speed
ing.
Charles Rogers Pollock of
Trenton was found not guilty of
failing to reduce speed to avoid
an accident.
For driving to the left of the
center line, Kenneth Miles Kil
patrick of Dover received a
prayer for judgment continued
on payment of cost.
Sutton Stroud Mills was fined
$13 for failing to yield the right
of way.
Eugene Thomas Simpson of
MaysviUe was fined $13 for fail
ing to stop at a stop sign.
For failing to see that move
ment could be made safely in
traffic, Mildren Dawson Hargett
of Trenton and Marvin Koonce
of Trenton were fined $13.
Other fines included: Carolyn
Jean Mumford of Kinston for
having no inspection certificate,
$13; and June Scott Mattocks of
MaysviUe for having an expired
inspection certificate, $13.
Wallace Petition
Filed Monday With
N.C. Election Board
Petitions bearing 16,675 cer
tified signatures of North Caro
lina voters supporting former
Alabama Governor George C.
Wallace were filed with State!
Board of Elections Executive
Secretary Alex (Brock in Raleigh
Monday.
A total of 10,000 was needed
in order to meet the legal re
quirements in the state for No
vember ballot position. Cover
Trenton School's
Citizenship Award
To Eddie Franck
Eddie Frank, son of Mr. and
Mrs. James R. Franck of Tren
ton, received the Citizenship
Award at Commencement Ex
ercises at Trenton School June
3. This award is presented an
nually by the Trenton Womans’
dub to the 8th grade student
chosen by the faculty.
Eddie is active in both church,
school, and community affairs.
He is 14 years old, a member of
.the Trenton Methodist Church
and an outstanding leader in
Boy Scouts. He presently holds
offices in the 4-H Club of which
he is Secretary-Treasurer. He
is president of his Sunday
School class, vice-president of
M.Y.'F. and Den Chief for Cub
Scouts.
nor Wallace said that more than
six times the necessary num
ber of signatures were obtained
through an entirely volunteer
effort.
“I am grateful for the tremen
dous support given us in the
petition drive in North Caro
lina. I want to thank the fine
people who made this effort an
overwhelming success through
their dedicated work,”' Cover
njHkfJTallace said.
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