Ten Nominated for Alderman, None
For Mayor Subject to MaysvMle's
Biennial Election Set for May 6th
Last week {March 11th) at a
Town Meeting over which Rob
ert Mattocks presided as Chair
man 10 persons were nominated
for alderman and none for may
> or subject to the May 6th bien
nial Maysville election.'
The'candidates for alderman
include Julian Foscue H, Bobby
/ „ Barbee, Elwood Morris, H. J.
Michael, Jason Cumbo, C. W.
Lancaster, Wilmer Tripp, J. J.
Conway, T. M. Faggart and
Mary Carr.
W. E. Raiford is serving as
Registrar and all persons who
would like to register or to
check and make sure they are
already registered may call by
Raiford’s stare.
Registration books will be open
until Noon April 12th.
In the general election on May
6th citizens may vote on the
nominated candidates or write
in other candidates that they
may prefer.
Arts and Crafts
Show Held Last
Week at Academy
An Arts and Crafts Show was
held the week of March 3-7 at
the Jones Academy in Pollocks
ville. Approximately one hun
dred specimens of various types
of drawings, paintings, and craft
work were entered by the stu
dents in all eight grades. First
place winners were Roxanne
Henderson, Allison Thompson,
Douglas Jones, Kathy Heath,
Jeffery Jackson, Philip Hender
son,
Second place winners were:
Ben Boyette, Cheryl Thompson,
Kathy Morton, Deborah Farrell,
Ann LaRoque, Eric Henderson,
Donnie Batchelor.
Third Place winners were: Rox
anne Henderson, Janice Dudley,
Linda Thornton, Cheryl Martin,
Edward Atkinson, Connie
Coombs, and Tracy Thompson.
Judges for the competition
were Mrs. Laura Parker and
Mrs. Penny Bender. _
Two Jones Arrests
During the past week two
persons have been booked at
the sheriffs office in Trenton:
Frank Jones of Trenton route 1
was charged with breaking and
entering and John Alford Jones
of New Bern was charged with
drunken driving and driving
while his license to drive was
revoked.
Pollocksvifle Teacher Asking $250
Alimony from Husband Making $300
J. E. Morris School
Honor Roll Listed
Principal James E. Wynn an
nounces J. E. Mprris Elementary
School’s Honor Roll for the
fourth six-weeks reporting per
iod as follows:
6th Grade — Tommy Faggart,
Clinton Lancaster, Victor Woot
en, Jerry Meadows, Calvin Riggs,
Vickie Brown, Charlene Daven
port, AJetha Frost, Wilma Harp
er, Constance Jo Buck, Jean Mar
ilyn Burton, Martha Jane Byrd,
James Allen Frost, and Melba
L. Wodten. t
7th Grade — James Harper,
Susan Jones, Barbara Franks,
Loretta Scott, Annie Delores
Wooten, Thomas Conway, and
Hilda Andrews.
8th Grade — Mary Irene
Jones, Cynthia "Burton, Leddia
Frost, Sharon Ann Boomer and
Craig Costella.
GRIGGS AT MARINE SCHOOL
Marine Private First Class
James D. Griggs, son of Mr. and
Mrs. George B. Griggs, of Route
1, Pollocksville, completed the
five-wee^ 1401 Computer Pro
grammer course at the Marine
Corps Development and Educa
tion Command, Quantico, Va.
Egg-Pork Referendum March 26th, Cox
Urges Solid Support in Jones County
Next week on March 26th
farmers of North Carolina have
an opportunity to vote in a ref
erendum to determme whether
an assessment of five cents for
each Jiog sold for slaughter and
a similar assessment from the
sale of eggs.
The money collected in tins
manner if the farmers approve
will be spent to promote greater
us of pork and eggs.
Bobby Cox of Trenton, route
2, who is chairman of the ef
fort behind’ this referendum in
Jones County, is urging all farm
production and sale of either
hogs or eggs to be sure to go to
the polls and vote nest Wednes
favor of mis continuing enort
to expand the use of these two
items of farm produce.
LAND TRANSFERS
Jones County Register of Deeds
Bill Parker reports recording
the following land transfers in
has office during the past week:
From Raymond Y. Banks to
Mew River Wood Corporation
)45 acres in Pollocksville Town
fhip.' .
From Ralph J, and Doris Ho
ward to James H. and Mildred
^hase 1.2 acres in Trenton
From Harold and Fannie Mae
.coding to Elisha Lemuel and
irnm* Komegay tracts of 56,
7.4 and 10.3 acres in Trenton
Lee ''said
IKa «snmp tracts
Judicial Idiocy
In June of 1967 Frederick Wil
liams of Kinston was given frogn
two to three years in prison for
breaking, entering and larceny.
The term was suspended on con
dition he remain on probation
for three years. In December
1968 Williams was charged with
stealing a social security check
from an aged Kinston Negro
and forging a signature on it
and cashing it. In January
Judge John Larkins in federal
court gave Williams 16 months,
but he suspended the jail term
and put Williams on probation
for another three years. This
week Judge Rudolph Minfz in
Lenoir County Superior Court
refused to revoke the proba
tion and extended William's
"probation" to coincide with
that of Larkins.
A suit for alimony was filed
in Jones County Superior Court
during the past week in which
Brenda Leggett Bridgers of Pol
locksville is asking $250 per
month alimony from her hus
band John T. Bridgers, whose
monthly income is alleged in
the complaint to be $300.
The suit alleges the couple’s
marriage on June 26, 1966 and
their separation on November
21, 1968.
The wife further alleges that
during their living together they
accumulated assorted debts
upon which the monthly pay
ments amount to $262.
She says in the complaint that
it is impossible for her to make
these payments on her salary
as a teacher in the Jones Coun
ty school system.
Until the debts are retired she
is asking the court to award her
$250 per jnonth and after the
debts are settled to award her
permanent alimony in the
amount of $150 each month. No
children were born to the mar
riage.
Senator Sam Ervin Sees No Change
In Nixon Administration HEW Policies
The advent of a new Adminis
tration is always a time for ex
amining the direction which we
may expect our country to take
during the next four years. If
history is of any value in such
prophesies, it leads us to con
clude that what is said in a po
litical campaign has little bear
ing upon the policies of the new
Administration.
The first sixty days of the
Nixon Administration have
brought a change in style and
tempo, but it is still too early
to say how it will fare in bring
ing us face to face with the re
alities of our time.
The President has yet to rec
jmmend much to Congress. This
nay be good after a year when
Presidents sent messages to Cap
itol Hill daily. The President
lias been cautious in his re
ars of the Western World, and
ias appointed most of his top
Administrative officials. Having
lone this, the question arises
f per se will bring, about a
rhange in direction.
The answer is “not necessar
ily,” because much of govem
Six Civil Suits Filed in Jones
County Courts, All Looking Money
Sheriff Yates Fires
Deputy Sheriff
' : ',v.v
Dan Killingsworth
Last week Jones County Sher
riff Brown Yates fired Deputy
Sheriff Dan Killingsworth, who
hadi testified that Yates was ha
bitually drunk on the job in a
trial the week before.
Killingsworth testified, accord
ing to prosecution lawyers, re
luctantly, but he swore that Yat
es was appreciably under the in
fluence on every night of the
1968 Jones County Fair and on
one other occasion when they
went to make a call out in the
county.
Numerous other witnesses tes
tified that Yates was not appre
ciably under the influence dur
ing the fair, and Killingsworth
admitted that Yates was sober
enough to break up a threaten
ing riot by a group of colored
teenagers.
Killingsworth had been offer
ed the job of sheriff if Judge
Walter Cohoon had ruled with
the allegation that Yates was
not fit to serve in the capacity
of sheriff as allege by Killings
worth and about a dozen other
witnesses.
Aipong civil actions filed in
the office of Jones County Cleric
of Court, F. Rogers Pollock dur
ing the past week were two
seeking support for children and
four seeking to collect debts.
Maude Ray of Sumter, S. C.f
is asking the court to award
her $50 per-month from Robert
Phillips of Maysville route 1,
who was the father of three
children by her.
Vemestine Boone also filed
suit against Curtis Boone of
Philadelphia, Pa., asking sup
port for the four children she
had out of wedlock by him.
U. S. Finance Company of
Charlotte is seeking either
$184.90 or possession of a shell
house occupied by Frank Jordan
of Pollocksville route 1.
Hardee Company, Inc. of Kins
ton seeks a $400 balance on a
note from Dorothy Moore for
$500 upon which she has made
one $100 payment.
Eastern Gas and Oil Company
of New Bern issued claim de
liveries against Clara Franklin
of Pollocksville route 1 for a
refrigerator, a freezer, a gas
range, a washing machine and
a stereo record player.
The same company also is
trying get back from Elsie Kin
sey of Maysville route 1 a re
frigerator, a freezer, a televis
ion set, a stereo record player,
and a washing machine.
Former Kinstonian Killed Saturday in
High Speed Chase South of Pink Hill
A strange set of circumstances
ended at about 7:10 Saturday
night in the death of 26 year-old
Gary Batts in a single car ac
cident just south of Pink Hill.
Batts drove into Pink Hill, ac
cording to Police Chief Herman
Dail, at about 6:30, coming from
the direction of Kinston. He
turned off Highway NC 11 onto
Front Street, which extends
through Pink Hill to become
the Beulaville Road.
Dail said Batts, who was rid
ing alone, pulled a short way off
the highway and stopped, just
setting in the car for about a
half hour. Dail is generally sta
tioned around this intersection
ment today is conducted by civil
servants who have been school
ed for a long time in policies
and programs so vast that they
touch virtually all our affairs.
At the outset, every Adminis
tration is confronted by a vast
and unchanged bureaucracy. Hu
man nature is reluctant to
change unless it has to, and civil
servants follow this rule unless
a very strong-minded adminis
trator takes control.
Moreover, it takes real cour
age and a major battle to elimi
nate virtually any Federal pro
gram once it gets started. The
program means both jobs for
the administrators and money
for the beneficiaries. This, in it
self, raises a formidable bar
rier to change.
Much was said about the pov
paign. Recently leaders of the
war on poverty have been meet
ing in Washington to urge con
tinuance of the program even
though many taxpayers are tired
of local mismanagement, pilfer
age, and eVen swindles in some
of the poverty programs. Hie
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because of heavier traffic on
NC 11.
Then Batts cranked up his
car and scratched off in the
wildest kind of fashion and at
the highest speed he could get
his car to. Dail immediately
gave chase and Batts turned
off the Beulaville road onto the
Potter’s Hill Road.
About a mile out of Pink Hill
Batts lost control of his car
in a sharp curve, hit a ditch
on the left side of the road,
leaped into the air for at least
50 feet, according to Dail, and
when the car hit the ground it.
rolled over several times.
During this rolling Batts was
thrown out of the car and pin
ned under it when it came to
a stop. He was killed instantly.
His is the fifth traffic death of
the year in Lenoir County.
Nixon Administration has yet
to submit its overall poverty pro
posals, but it has already asked
Congress to continue the pro
gram.
Foreign aid is another exam
ple of the difficulty of eliminat
ing any Federal program once
it is authorized. More than twen
ty years ago, Congress enacted
the four-year Marshall Plan to
aid Europe. Since then every
Administration has committed
itself to the continuance of that
program, and in his last mes
sage to Congress, President
Johnson sought to commit the
Nixon Administration to that
program.
Federal school “guidelines”
have been the source of much
dissatisfaction. Actually the
term is but a polite way of say
ing “controls.” It is still to be
hoped that the new Administra
tion will permit local school
boards to develop an education
al program that will seek to ed
ucate rather than determine
“who is going to sit next to
each pupil.”
More and more local taxpay
ers are voting down local bond
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