JRNAL NUMBER 20 TRENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPT 4, 1969 VOLUME XVD Another Kind of Harvest Season Now Upon East Carolina This happy little girl is Deloyd Skinner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pat Skinner of Kinston route 1, who Wednesday morning was in charge of the "sampling department" as her mother and several others began the harvesting of some super - sweet delicious white scuppernong grapes on the Ronald Mewborn Farm in Upper Lenoir County. Grapes ate no stranger to North Carolina and the Coastal Plain area has been noted since the first white man arrived for the delicacy of its grapes, some wild and some cultivated. But in recent years grapes have slowly arriv ed as a commercial crop on more and more Eastern Carolina Farms. This year Monte Carlo Wine Industries of New Brunswick, N. J. has opened a grape-buying station at Tull Hill's potato house in upper Lenoir County and is paying $250 per ton for white grapes such as these little Miss Skinner is sampling and $190 per ton for black grapes. What was it that Edward Fitzgerald had to say on the subject: "I wonder often what the vintner buys, one half so precious as the stuff they sell." Harry Daughety Critically Wounded by Stick-up Men Monday Morning as Two Robberies Hit in Edge of Kinston Hairy Daughety, night atten dant at the KLOC filling station just north of Kinston on the Greenville Highway, was criti cally injured at about 4:45 Mon day morning as a pair of armed thieves committed their second robbery of the night, netting them about $190. The first stick-up netted the thieves $250 from the office of the Kinstonian Motel just west of Kinston, where Night Clerk K. R. Tunstall was pushed into a closet andi fired upon once ■when he started to come out of the closet, thinking the thieves had left. This took place at a bout 11:30 Sunday night. Tunstall and Daughety both said the men approached on foot, since neither heard or saw a car either before or after the men performed their criminal acts. . Tunstall described the pair as young Negroes, with one being about six feet tell, with light skin and( a very high pitched voice. Daughety underwent emer gency surgery Monday morning to repair serious damage done in his lower stomach and right side by two bullets from a small caliber pistol. Wednesday Daughety’s condi tion was still listed as critical. He lost his right kidney and a great deal of blood as result of this assault. Later Monday morning at a bout 7 a.m. two white men rob bed1 an attendant at a filling station just west of New Bern of $1,500 and fled in a car with a Virginia license plate. JONES YOUTH IN NAVY Airman Kenneth S. Mallard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvanus D. Mallard of Route 1, Trenton, and husband of the former Miss Tanya V. Vasquez of Route 6, 'Kinston, was graduated from Jones' 9th Traffic Death Occurs Monday in Hit and Run Near Wyse Forks Highway Patrolman R. R. Ma son has indicted Jobie Leamon Williams of Pollocksville route 1 following the death at about 10:30 Monday night of David Numerous Arrests During Holiday Numerous arrests were made during the Labor Day weekend in Jones County. Donald Ray Coombs of Kinston was arrested for driving under the influence. Also arrested for driving under the influence was John Hudder of New Bern. Thomas Ward Adams of Wins ton-Salem was arrested for be ing publicly drunk. Lester Stary horn Jr. and Clyde Kinsey, both of Pollocksville, were arrested and charged with being drunk and disorderly. Several Jones Cases Filed Turner and Turner Insurance Agency of Pink Hill has filed suit against W. H. Noble for the amount of $92.40. T. A. Turner and Co. also filed suit against W. H. Noble for the amount of $56.53. Hills Sinclair Service Station filed suit against William Bar ber for $332.56. Kinston Auto Finance filed suit against Ray ford Jones for $178.18. Kinston Auto Finance also filed suit against Corace Lee Basden for $212.31. Oettinger Brothers of Kinston filed suit against Faye Mills for $185.86. Two divorce suits were also filed during the past week in Jones County. They were: Shir ley Provost Hansley from Bob by Lee Hansley, and Walter G. Foy from Carol C. Foy. Diversification Pays Says Walter Jarman A farmer should put his eggs in more than one basket, says Walter Jarman of Route 2, Trenton. He says the farmer who prac tices diversification with his crops and livestock enterprises can have money coming in more frequently than the one crop farmer. According to Fletcher Barber, Agricultural Extension Agent, Jarman keeps busy all year with tobacco, corn, soybeans, along with strawberries, cucumbers, and managing his hogs and home garden. This year Jarman grew two acres of hot pepper and he was well pleased with the returns. Indications are that more farmers will produce peppers next year, if contracts are avail able, Barber said. King Promoted Tim E. King, son of Mr. Paul E. King of Pollocksville was re cently promoted to Specialist fifth class. King is a former stu dent of Jones Central High School. He is now serving with the 815th Battalion near Pleiku in South Vietnam as a welder. LAND TRANSFERS The following land transfer was reported during the past week by Jones County register of deeds Bill Parker. From Jeroline Barnette to Minnie Macy a tract of land in Pollocksville township. Photographer’s Mate School at the Naval Air Technical Train ing Unit, Naval Air Station, Pen sacola, Fla. Chadwick of Kinston route 6. Chadwick was instantly killed when struck by a car on a rural paved road just north of Wyse Forks. This is the 9th traffic death of the year for Jones County. Mason says witnesses who were trying to get Chadwick off the road, saw Williams drive the car over Chadwick, stop, back up and get out for just a brief moment and then get in his car and leave. Williams is charged with manslaughter and leaving the scene of an accident involving personal injuries. Lt. Chris Franks Gets Pilots Wings Lieutenant Christopher L. Franks, son of Mr. and Mrs. Christopher C. Franks of Route 1, Pollocksville, has been award ed Air Force Silver pilot wings upon graduation at Webb AFB, Tex. Lieutenant Franks is being as signed to Lockbourne AFB, Ohio, for flying duty with a unit of the Strategic Air Com mand. A 1963 graduate of Jones High School, the lieutenant re ceived his B.S. degree in 1968 from Howard University at Washington, D. C. where he was commissioned through the Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps program. His wife is the former Nellie E. Banks. Two Maysville Route 1 Youths Overseas in Navy Builder Third Class Floyd E. Moody Jr. and Aviation Machin ist Mate Second Class Clifford J. Bean are both currently serv ing overseas with the Navy. Bean, son of Mrs. FYank A. Ceney of Route 1 and husband of the former Miss Juanita Mel ville of Route 1, all of Mays ville, is serving with Attack Squadron 85 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Constellation in the Pacific. The Constellation is scheduled to visit Hawaii to conduct exer cises in preparation for her Op | eration Readiness Inspection (ORI). After completing ORI, the carrier is scheduled to sail for Subic Bay in the Phillipines for duty in the Far East. Moody, son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd E. Moody of Route 1, Maysville, is serving as a mem ber of U. S. Naval Mobile Con struction Battalion Seventy One in Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico. The Battalion is prepared to deploy anywhere in the world within 48 hours. It is prepared for any type of construction job done by the Seabees. The Battalion has completed two tours of duty in Chu Lai, Vietnam, where it was award ed the Navy Unit Commenda tion Medal.

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