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Barms Low Bidder for Paving Worit On Vernon Avenue Through Kinston Barms Construction Company of Kin (ton was low bidder Tues day when the State Highway Commission opened bids for the fp-ading, paving and widening of Vernon Avenue for its full length in Kinston and out to Ihe US 70 bypass west of the city limits. The low bid was $1,255,803.61 and K is expected to be con firmed at the September meet ing of the Highway Commission. The heavily travelled artery will be expanded from its pres ent two lanes to five lanes, with the fifth lane used exclusively for left turns. Completion date for the maj or project is July 1971, almost two years but the work Includes a complete overhaul of the storm sewer system in the general area of Vernon Avenue and Mit chell St. with a 54-inch storm drain extending south to the river, and for the last two blocks this will 'be expanded) to 72 inch piping. The Highway Commission, Kinston officials and officials of the Barrus company join in urg ing the public to foe as patient as possible during the period of construction since inconvenienc es to the public will be neces sary from time to time but every effort will be made to keep these problems at the minimum. Murder Charged in Monday Death Of Woman The Lenoir County Sheriff’* Department has indicted William Russell Jones of 2901 Pink Hill Road on an open charge of mur der following the death of Mrs. Nina Goff Smith late Monday night. The 40 year-old woman was pronounced dead upon arriv&l at Lenoir Memorial Hospital at about 1:50 a.m. Tuesday from a angle pistol wound in the upper chest. Investigation indicated that the couple, riding in separate cars, had met on Highway NC 55 in the general area of Hap peryyille and an argument had taken place and as she started to get out of her car Jones shot her once. PROBABLY CAUSE RULED After a preliminary hearing in Lenoir County District :.Copjt Mbhday Janies Henry Lewis % LaGrange route 1 was bound ov er to superior court under $5, 000 bond on charges bf assault with a deadly weapon with in tent to kill and feloneous break ing and entering. He assaulted Mrs. Kirby Hardy, on whose -farm he^ was Jiving,_ C- •* -1 ■ ■■■ . l~"~: HIGH STANDARD The same thoughtful constdenrattoq and complete dignified service Is accorded aH regardlessofthe cost of the funeral selected. Dial JA 4-2124 or JA Kinston, N. C. Mulch Keeps Soil Temperatures Down “Mulch” is a 2 to 8-inch lay er of material such as peat moss, sawdust or other organic matter. In some areas, ground com cobs, buckwheat hulls, or cocoa bean shells are used. Straw is widely applied in the fall as a th rou gh- the-wmter mulch. The use of bark chunks is becoming more widespread, as baric is not only beneficial as a mulch, it's decorative as welL A good mulch benefits the soil in a number of ways. It conserves moisture by slowing evaporation of water; it eases cultivation by suppressing the growth Of weeds; it prevents the “crusting” of soil, helping ' water penetrate into the root rone; and it insulates against the hot summer sun. Soil tem peratures under a 2-inch mulcfy will be 6 to 8 degrees lower than soil without mulch, thus eliminating root-killing high temperatures at the surface. Garden Bark, a bark mulch made by the Weyerhaeuser Company, comes in two trades. Regular, with -rfimAi yf £q 1” in size is the most popular for everyday usage around trees and shrubs, in flower beds and along borders, and Extra Coarse with chunks 1" to 3' in size adds an attractive “tex tured” effect to your garden. DEATHS Jesse Howard Funeral services Were held last Thursday for Jesse Howard, 68, of the N6ble~lC!l section of lower Lenoir County, who died last week. Miss Minnie Lou Kelly Funeral services were held Saturday for retired school teacher Miss Minnie Lou Kelly, 83, who died last week m a Pitt County nursing home. P.E. Wells Jr. Funeral services were held Wednesday for P. E. Wells Jr., 44, of 1903 Carey Road, who died Tuesday morning. MISTRIAL DECLARED Last week a Lenoir County jury after nearly five hours was hung at 10 for conviction and Joins to Illinois Airman Jerry S. Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Jones, Route 2, Trenton, has completed basic training at Lackland AHB, Tex. He 'has been assigned to Chanute AFTB, 111., for training in aircraft maintenance. Airman J6nes is a 1969 graduate of Jones High School. STANLEY PROMOTED Alaska R. Stanley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Stanley, Route 2, Pink 'Hill, was promoted to Army specialist five July 22 while as signed to the 20th Engineer Bat talion’s Headquarters Company near Pleiku, Vietnam, as an armoreh \ two for acquittal of Willard Jon es of 3702 Tyler Road on charge of kidnapping a 13 year-old girl from her home in the western part of the county earlier this year. Jones will be tried again at a latter session of the court. WANTED SANITARIAN FOR HEALTH DEPARTMENT, - Age 28 to 40, College Graduate, APPLY, Post Office Box 1315, Kinston, N. C. SABER SAWS fpMUS 1/4 & 3/8 VARIABLE SPEED Cloaa 1 p*m. Saturdays {Hardware/ Inc Dial JA 3-4061 Stanley Job Master Power Tools' SAWS ROUTERS MUGGERS SENTENCED Three young Kinstonians charg ed robbery by, mugging were sentenced in Lenoir Coun ty Superior Court Inst Friday. Iinwood Earl Meekins and Mi chael Harris were each given 5 to-10 yean and James Garner had a 12-to-lS month prison term suspended on’condition he remain on probation five years and repay the state for the court-appointed lawyer who rep resented him in the trial. LONG TERM TO FELON In Lenoir County Superior Court last week Judge Sumner Burgwyn of Woodland sentenc ed Josephus Mitchell to 20 years in prison following Mitchell’s convictipn on charges of armed robbery and assault with intent to commit rape. Appeal to a higher court was filed by Mitch ell’s court-appointed' lawyer and his bond was fixed at $12,500. TWO YOUTHS HURT Two 16 year-old boys from Kennedy Memorial Home were hurt in a one-car wreck last Wednesday night after football practice at North Lenoir High School. James Clayton Pate, dri ver of tfife car, suffered leg in juries and was indicted for reck less driving and! Wayne Claude McDonald was treated and re leased for less serious injuries. 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