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the original -will on condition they «d not contest the will. Their take was oped to $2,500 each: V ,-j Lawyers Donald Sroc^ C. .Jtj Gerrans, John Beaman and C T. Kellum, who defended the will were given $8,000, and Law yers Junes 9. Hood, Lewis & Bouse Of Farmvflle and Dunn * Dunn, perhaps from Dunn, -were given another $5,000 drank out of the estate. Officials estimated that court costs in the trial added up to another $1,000, which the estate was also ordered to pay. The fn|l text of Judge Cow pei^s content judgment follows here: to be heard before the-under signed JUdge Presiding and a: jmtf at the November 24,1969, Sesddn of the General Cdurt of Justice of Jones County, Super ior.ConrtDi vision, and it appear ing to the Court that all of the necessary parties have been served with the citation as re quired hy\law or are otherwise parties to tMs proceeding, and are new before the Court; and a jury having been duly selected and empaneled, and the follow ing issues having been submit ted to tire jury and by the jury answered as- follows:; « p||> - J 1. Was the paperwiiting dated April 14, 1967, and offered for probate as the Last Wftl and Testament of Stella O. Gray, de ceased, executed according to Law? 4',V V > •"* ANSWER: Yes. paperwrltffcg dated levCTypa^erS eUa O. Gray, de Yes. ■ -■> ST, with’ me con idea, makes the following tional Findings of Pact: This caveat proceeding was first heard before the under signed, Albert W. Cowper, Su perior Court Judge, and a jury d&ss&ssss: ■■A. mj ■iii i 11 - XL a . m 9 *<■'. ^ wnereupon, tne court withdrew a Juror and declared a mistrial as will appear in the records of the minutes of that session Of the General Court of Justice, Superior Court Division, Jones County. % Subsequent to the declara tion of a "mistrial, attorneys for the caveators presented to the prdpounders • an offer of com promise settlement. 3. Said offer of compromise settlement, as proposed, was that appropriate issues ’ should be submitted to the jury, as hereinafter set forth, and an swered i*t favor of the pro pounders of said will* declaring said paperwriting to be the Last Jo. Godloy of Will and! Testament of Stella 0. Gray; that the caveators and Sorteme O. Taylor, heirs of the said Stella 0. Gray, be paid the sum of $2,500.00 each in lieu of the bequest made to them in the ‘Last Will and Testa ment of Stella 6. Gray., 4. It would be in Ihe best in terest of the estate of the said Stella 0. Gray that said pro posed compromise settlement be approved to avoid further ex pense of litigation and to the end that all matters relating .to the administration of said estate be concluded without flurther delay or additional expense. It is now, therefore, ORDER KD, ADJUDGED AND DE CHEED: '<■ > 1. That the paperwriting dated April 14, 1967, propounded for probate, and! every part thereof, * A* | is hereby admitted to probate in solemn form. jL That the executor of the estate of Stella 0. Gray shall pay to Ethel Oxley Lovet, Merle Dudley Morgan and! Hortdnse O. Taylor the sum of $2,500.00 each in lieu of the bequest set forth in the will of the late Stel la O. Gray in full and complete settlement of any apd all claims which the same shall have a gainst the estate of the late Stella ©. Gray." 3. That the cost of this pro ceeding shall be-paid, by the estate of Stella 0. Gray, said cost to include counsel fees of $6,000.00 to be paid to counsel for Die propounders, and coun sel fees of $5,000.00 to*be paid to counsel for the caveators. DONE at Trenton, North Caro re Beaver and James it Bratcher mpson 48% Township. Kelly HI to Janie Simmons a __JDm Creek Town ship, Etom Laura M. Miller to Viola Powell a tract in Beaver Si. and W. C. - — Meadows a tract Township. M. Philyaw and Al , Jj to Angela King a Cypress Creek Town ma tract ship..., ,...... , HIRHppi From Earl B. Collins and! Myr tle L. Collins to B. R. Cotton and Dixie B. Cotton a tract of land! in White Oak township. From Granger C. Tyndall and Judy C. Tyndall to Neil B. Riggs and Glenda D, Riggs 71.15 acres in White Oak Township. From Henry A. Foscue and Valworth- M. Foscue to Henry A. Foscue, Jr., MB., a .tract of land ih Pollocksville township. From Whitford HH1 and Gladys S. Hill to Tommy Turner Jr. and Geraldine B. .Turner a tract of land in Tuckahoe township. From Annie Bell Hudson and W. F. Hudson and Carrie Pro vow to James A. Simpson 84 acres in White Oak township. From Robert R. Killingsworth and Helen Killingsworth to Hor ace B. Phillips and Agnes M. At tiie Barbe _ in Kinston. The in vocation was given by John Charlton West Jr„ and Mrs. Agnes Becton was toastmistress. Mrs. Helen Eubanks, on the be half of her classmates and their guests, thanked the host for their hospitality and for their efforts to reunite the class. Each member of the class gave a brief history of his or her life since graduation from high school. Games were played and enjoyed by the group. Members of the class present for the celebration were Miss Lowery, Mrs. Humphrey, Mrs. Becton, West, Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Catherine Dixon Parker, Mrs. Inez Lee Wilson, Eddie Mitch ell, Mrs. Alma Tyndall Phillips, William W. Barker, Wilmer E. Mallard and Miss Mable Tyn dall. Guest were: Fred Becton, Mrs. Mary West, Albert Taylor, Wil liam D. Parker, Hirman Wilson, 'Mrs. Louise Mitchell, Sam Phil lips, Mrs. Carolina Barker and Mrs. Nannie B. Mallard. The class members decided to meet again in the Spring of 1970. Mrs. Parker, Mrs. Phillips and Mr. Barker volunteered to be joint hostess for this meet ings p H ■ Phillips 78 acres in Chinquapin township. Another Shooting in 'Dodge City' os Marines Seek After-Hours Beer and Find 'Big Bad Bruce'Byrd Instead Most of the lights along the main street had been dimmed and the rambling breed had largely knocked off their ramb ling for the night, but there were three boys in from the open range down around Para chse Point, who felt like they couldn’t rest unless they had a couple more beers to nurse on as they drifted off to dream lina, this the 24th day of Novem ber, 1969.' Albert W. Cowper Judge Presiding. land. And! they chanced to see a light still glowing at “The Strong Brandi”, just beyond the town limits, and there they went to slake that midnight thirst. And one of the drovers wait ed in and told the sleepy-eyed boy behind the empty counter, “Gimme a six-pack”. But'the old dock on the wall had ticked on past 12:20 andi the thirsty fu gitive from Onslow’s dry gul ches was none too happy when he was informed, ‘^Marshall Dil (continued on page 8) m ANY WAY PUBLIC SCHOOL PIE IS SLICED LENOIR COUNTIANS ARE GETTING GYPPED it is well within iy have a royal W&eh and still mass of tabulations alonig with this article show how badly Le noir County has fared when set beside its sister counties of Cra ven, Pitt, Wayne and Wilsonu *; Conwnativciy, the taxpayers of Lenoir County during this ,028.75 to $307.37, which is $31.21 less than Lenoir County was spend ing per pupil that year. This multiplied - by 14,304 pupils amounts to $446,427.84 that Le noir was spending above the av erage expenditures of its sister counties. For 1965-66 this same set of averages pops Lenoir County oat of the computer with an over expenditure Of $297,303.40. For 1966-67 this same kind of simple arithmetic indicates Le noir Countians on a per-student basis were spending $661,856.54 jan their fair share, or more than their neigh state 78 per cent, federal 5 per cent and local 17 per cent. That year Lenoir Counitians paid 16 per cent of the county school system’s operating costs /and 24.7 per cent of the operating costs of the Kinston School system. State funds accounted for 79.1 per cent end federal funds for 4.9 per ceflt of the county sys tem and 73.7 per cent 1.6 per cent of the Kinston system. That year Craven Countians dug up just 5.5 per cent of their county school budget and Only 12.7 per cent of the New Bern school budget. \ . Pitt Countians had1 to find at home only 10.4 per cent of the money for their county system son city system. Worst off of all that year was Mecklenburg County which got tapped for 36.7 per cent of the operating costs of its sprawling school system. Onslow got off lightest of all, having to pay just .5 per cent of its total school operation costs, with the other coming 78.5 per cent from the state and 21 per cent from federal tax revenues. Out of a $3,797,015.33 expenditure that year local funds spent by Ons low County only amounted to $20,430.98! Consider big Marine-Corps rich Onslow County having to put up only $20,490.98 of a $3, 797,015.33 school budget! That year Poor little Pamlico Coun S^SWiSrS! s share of its was $81,080. hatf to its $4,
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