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TRENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1969 VOLUME xvn Countian Verna Belle Lowery Recognized for Outstanding Service By Frances Parnell; President New Hanover Home Ec Association Verna Belle Lowery, a native of Jones County, has been list ed. in the current edition of Whp't Who Among American Women. Each year this book is compiled by listing ‘the names and biographical sketches of de serving women who have made significant contributions in the fields of service and leadership. Miss Lowery has done out standing Work as home econo mics agent in New Hanover County, particularly in the de velopment of local women who are totally committed to the re sponsibilities of homemaking as ■ well as encouraging active in volvement in community and civ ic activities. As an example of the commit ment that sheteaches, Miss Low ery is a past president of the North Carolina Association of Extension Home Economists and lias represented this organiza tion at national conventions in Texas, Illinois and Minnesota. She has also" served fiTvart ous^ offices and committees on the (hgtrictlevel, and has co ordinated the programs of work . for twelve Homemaker’s dubs id; New Hanovef County. She Is active in the North Carolina Home Economics Association; Delta Kappa Gamma, a teacher’s organization, Epsiloi m the New Hanover Home Eco nomics Association. Prior to her listing in Who's Who Among American Women, she received the Distinguished Service Award 6f the National Home Demon stration Agent’s Association for outstanding work as a home eco nomics extension agent and was saluted by her North Carolina co-workers for the outstanding contributions she has made to her profession. x Miss Lowery is the daughter of the late John Raymond and Cattie Q. Lowery of Trenton. Af ter her graduation from East Carolina University she taught vocational home economics at Doyer High Schools in Craven County and. Williamston High School in Martin County where she served as a supervising teacher for East Carolina Uni versity. She "then joined' the extension program as an assistant agent in Pitt County prior to her pers in Pitt County prior to her pres ent Position as home economics County. ' Miss Lowery says, “I enjoy reading, experimenting with new recipes, growing flowers, jtnaking flower arrangements and just being with people.” /Ar look at her many activities — too numerous to mention — re veals that she has little time to pursue her hobbies, but cer tainly no woman could give more devotedly to her profession and friends. Being listed in this Who's Who ' b « Mallard Asks Jones Countians to Vote Yes on Nov. 25 ■ Jones County Farmers will vote November 25 on whether they wish to continue their Nic kels for Know How Program for another six years. Under this program, feed and fertilizer users have agreed since 1951 to assess themselves a nic kel per ton of feed and fertili zer. This; money has been used to support agricultural research and education. ( Rom W. Mallard who is the Jone& County “Nickels”, refer endum chairman is urgihg all eligible voters to vote next Tues day. Nickels for Know How polling places include the following: Foy’s Grocery, Maysville Mill ing Company, Kennedy’s Groc ery, Berry’s Grocery, Ray Mc Daniels Store, Jones County Feed Mill, Agriculture Building, Trenton Hardware, Jones Cen tral High chool, Victor Harper’s Store, Eugene Hood’s Store, Brunton Grant’s Store, Leslie White’s Store, Wayne Haskin’s Store, Donald Killingsworth’s Store, Marvin Philyaw’s Store, Dails Esso, Whaley’s Grocery, and D. A. Jones Store. EXPERT RIFLEMAN Army Private James J. Wil liams of Company D, 4th Bat talion, 1st Brigade has scored “expert” with the M-14 rifle at Fort Bragg in the army train ing center there. He achieved his “expert badge” by hitting 60 or more targets out of a pos sible 84 while firing on the Training Center’s Record Firing Range. Private Williams is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Williams of route 1, Pollocks ville. He is married to the form er Patricia Jarman now resid ing one route 1, PolocRsville. _ Economic Study Available Now Robert B. Patteson, County Coordinator and Executive Board member representing Lenoir County on the Neuse River Re gional Planning and Develop ment Council announced Wed nesday that the organization had completed its First-Stage Over all Economic Development Pro gram and that printed copies of the economic study, analysis and development program are now available. The First-Stage O. E. D. I1, report points out obstacles to economic growth and identifies development potentials. The study represents a thorough and comprehensive documenta tion of numerous data about many areas such as: community facilities, agricultural develop ment, human resources, financi al resources, industrial and com mercial resources, housing, and natural resources. One purpose of the compre hensive report is to provide in formation needed to carry for ward a realistic multi-county de velopment program and to pro vide a framework for beginning a process of systematic econo mic development planning. It is also the organization’s hope that the report can help mobil ize the District’s resources in a common effort to meet common problems. ■ ' Next, Week's Jones County Superior Court Pocket Crowded; Murder, Assault And Manslaughter Cases Head List Six Arrests Made In Jones Last Week ■ ^ '•v , ; -7 I The following arrests were made during the past week in Jones Couhty: David Ray Hill of Trenton for public -drunkenness; Carlton Lee Wood of Jacksonville for vi tiation of his probation and Wil lie Mundine of Trenton was ar restedi for public drunkenness. Also arrested were Clyde Kin sey for public drunkenness, car raying a concealed weapon, and trespassing;Linster Strayhom of Ptilocksville for public drunk enness; and, Joe Armstead of Trenton for public drunkenness and1 carrying a concealed weap on. *, Learning Center To Be Established . A programmed learning cen ter for Jones County citizens is being opened today at Jones Senior High School. Formal op ening ceremonies will be held later in the month. ' The Center is a joint project of the Jones County Board of Education and the Continuing Education Division of Lenoir Community College and is locat ed in Room 2 of Jones Senior High School. The Center will offer study opportunities for persons who want to prepare for the high school equivalency examination (GED), for those who want to be better prepared for their pres ent job or to prepare for ad vancement, and those wh.o want subjects of general interest. Among areas of study avail able in the programmed mater ials are arithmetic, English, so cial science, mathematics, for eign language, science. The reading programs provide in struction from the second grade to college level. Mrs. Carolyn Finch will serve as coordinator in the day pro gram while Mrs. Ed Jenkins and Mrs. Glatha Strayhom Barber will be on duty on Monday and Wednesday from 6-10 p.m. The lab will be opened from 10-3 each Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday and from 9 until 2 on Wednesday and Friday. The following cases will come <up for trial in the November 24th session of Jones County Su perior Court with the Honorable Albert W. Cowper presiding. Cases to be' heared on the Criminal docket include the fol lowing: Myrtle Elizabeth Fell for .murder, Johie Leamon Wil liams for hit and run and man slaughter, Randy Meadows for assault, Aaron Moses Hall for two counts o$ assault, Alvin Graint for assault with intent to kill, James Henry Ward for larceny, Bryant Hargett for a worthless check, Tommie Mead ows for failure to pay the court costs, and Rev. Fred Pretty for non-support. 1 Those charged with driving under the influence are: Charles Franklin Bryant,,James William Collier, Alonza Ward, James West Foy, Lem Komegay, James William Collier, and Jessie Clin ton Gray. John Ivey Hudler will be tried ’ for reckless driving and driv ing while his license was sus pended. The only case scheduled on the civil docket is the matter of the last will and testament of Stella 0. Gray. Jones Countians Raise Funds for Mt. Olive College Free Will Baptists of Jones County gave $1,571.08 to Mount Olive College on November 8 at their annual fund-raising Fel lowship Dinner for the denom ination’s college in Mount Olive. The Dinner was held at King’s Barbecue Restaurant in Kinston with 57 persons in attendance. Each of the three churches in the county was represented at the Dinner and two met or top ped' their goals. They were Pilgrim’s Home $343.58 and Whaley’s Chapel $266.50. The Friendship Church was the larg est contributor with $961 and the Pilgrim’s Home Church with 25 present had the largest at tendance. Dr. W. Burkette Raper, Pres ident of the College, presented a narrated slide film program on its development. Two Lenoir Countions Held in Duplin For Assault and Attempted Robbery Two Kinston Negroes are un derTndictment in Duplin Coun ty following a series of escapades last Thursday. They are Thom as Becton and Levonne Green. Their troubles began at 7:15 Thursday morning when they walked into the supermarket of Ivy Bowden in Kenansville, arm ed with a shotgun and a pistol and told Bowden to open his safe. __ Bowden, surprised, asked, “Are you kidding?” and was shot in the thigh by the would-be rob er who had the pistol. They then fled the store in a red and white Thunderbird, heading out on ^Highway NO 24 toward Beulaville. An immedi ate alarm was sounded and area law enforcement, officers began converging in the search for the two armed men in a red and white Thunderbird. Deputy Sheriff Alfred Basden and Highway Patrolman W. T. Evans, riding together, were the first to sight the pair at Bliz> zards’ Store not far east of Ken ansville. They approached the stopped Thunderbird, Green jumped out and ran from the car. Becton, after shooting a couple of times at Basden and Evans, took off in high gear, still headed east on NC 24. With the officers hot in pur suit at speeds well over 100 mil es an hour the chase continued into Onslow County where Bec ton lost control of the low-flying Thunderbird and rolled it off the road, but escaping injury. Becton took off on foot, but soon surendered when he real ized that the area was surround ed by officers. Patrolman Robert Crocker, who was speeding to the area to help in the chase, was involved in an accident in Beulaville in which Joan Miready of Beula ville suffered five broken ribs. Both Bowden and Miss Miready are recuperating- satisfactorily from their injuries and Becton and Green are charged with as sault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and attempted arm ed robbery and Becton, of course, is also facing a series of traffic charges.
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