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.