THE JONES COUNTY
NUMBER 42
TRENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1970
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Harold Hargett Files for
Jones County Clerk at Courts
Harold B. Hargett, Jr., a na
tive of Trefaton, filed for Clerk
of Court in Jones County dur
ing the past week.
A graduate of Princeton Uni
versity, Hargett has been self-,
employed in the commercial egg
business for the past fifteen
years- Hargett served over three
years of active service in the
Marine Corps seeing active ser
vice in both World War Two
and the Korean Conflict. Receiv
ing the Purple Heart for wounds
in the Korean Conflict, Hargett
has served seventeen years in
the Marine Corps Reserve reach
ing the rank of Captain.
Hargett is the son of Mildred
Hargett and the late H. B. Har
gett of Trenton. He is married
tp the. former Dorothy Beidel
mun of Lumber City, Georgia.
They have five children ranging
in age from freshman in college
to second grade.
Hargett is a post member of
the American Legion, Veterans
of Foreign Wars and Loyal Or
der of Moose.
About running for office he
Pollocksville Man
Promoted to Sgt.
David1 Strayhorn in, whose
parents live in Pollocksville, was
promoted to Army Sergeant
Dec. 24 near Aschaffenburg,
Germany, where he is serving
with the 3rd Infantry Division.
Sgt. Strayhorn, a squad lead
er in Company B, 1st Battalion
of the division’s 7th Infantry,
entered the Army in May, 1968,
completed basic training at Ft.
Bragg, and1 was stationed at Fort
Polk, La., before arriving over
seas in September 1968.
The 20-year-old soldier is a
1967 graduate of Jones High
School in Trenton.
states: I feel that in the Demo
cratic system it is the privilege
and obligation of the voters to
elect qualified and capable peo
ple to serve as public servants
by the process of secret ballot.
I also feel that I , as a college
graduate and former officer in
the military service of our coun
try, can fulfill both these re
quirements and promise that if
elected as Clerk of Court I will
learn the duties of the office.
I will serve each and every per
son in the county alike as their
needs are brought to the clerk’s
office.
Land Tranfers
The following land transfers
were reported during the past
week by Jones County Register
of Deeds Bill Parker:
From Mike Dawson and Nonie
Dawson, Bryant Dawson and
Christine Dawson, and Randall
O. Dawson to Lewis M. Shaw
and Grace E. Shaw 25 acres in
Chinquapin township.
From B. C. Collins and Dixie
Collins to Earl B- Collins a tract
of land in White Oak township.
From W. A. Mallard Jr. and
Ann B. Mallard to Ralph W. Mal
lard Jr. and Caroline S. Mallard
1.94 acres in Trenton township.
From Annie J. King to Esley
Quinn a tract of land in Cy
press Creek township.
From Raymond King and Caro
lyn King to Mid'-State Homes a
tract of land in Pollocksville
township.
From Robert H. Gilbert and
Patricia L. Gilbert to George D.
Hardesty and Naomi C. Hard
esty a tract of land in Pollocks
ville township
From Braz Neal Ferrell and
Betty E. Ferrell to Leroy B. Fer
rell and Betty Lou P. Ferrell a
tract of land in White Oak town
ship.
From F. C. Stilley and Sarah
H. Stilley to Brenda S. Groves
and Dallas Groves a tract of land
in Chinquapin township.
From Clyde Monette and Dor
othy Monette to Joe Butler Scott
and Jeanie Carolyn Scott a tract
of land in Pollocksville township.
From Robert L. Ward and
Ella Marie Ward to Juanita
James a tract of, land in Pol
locksvifle township.
From G.A.C. Trans-World Ac
ceptance Corporation to Earl
Scott and Elnita Scott a tract of
land in Pollocksville township.
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Jones Candidates
SHERIFF
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W. Brown Yates*
Dan Killingsworth
Joe Monette
Osborne Coward
COURT CLERK
F. Rogers Pollock*
Harold B. Hargett Jr.
COMMISSIONER
Osborne Mallard
Charles Copeland
Hoyal MiHer
Leslie D. Strayhom
Janies Barbree*
Theodore Hicks
George B Franks
Denford Eubank*
Delmas Brown
Horace B. Phillips*
SCHOOL BOARD ✓
Kleber Bryant
Raeford Becton
Walter IveS*
Marvin Philyaw*
J C. West Jr.*
CORONER
George W. Davenport
CONSTABLE
Maggie Small
S. A. Norris
SENATE
Charles Larkins Jr.*
HOUSE
Seat No. 1
Fitzhugh Wallace
Guy Elliott*
John Talbot Capps
Harold W. Hardison
Seat No. 2
Red Tingen
Dan Lilley*
* Denotes Incumbent
Bold denotes Republican
Stole Two Cars
Three young men from Green
ville wound up in the Kinston
Jail Sunday night, charged with
stealing one car in Greenville
from Hazel Pierce, plus $200
from her car's glove compart
ment and then after abandon
ment of her car near Harvey
School, stealing the car of John
William of LaGrange, who saw
them in the act as he came out
of the hospital. They were
caught in South Kinston and the
20 $20-bills of Miss Pierce were
still in their pockets. They are
James Reddick, Clennie James
Hemby and George Taft.
Jones County Politics Breaks Loose
Last Week; Candidates by The Covey
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Short Court Term
Shuck Few Nubbins
Last week’s term of Jcnes
County Superior Court cleared
a few, minor cases from the doc
ket in an abbreviated session.
A worthless check charge
against Bryan Hargett was nolle
prossed with leave.
James William Collier was fin
ed $300 and costs in one drunk
en driving charge and had an
other nolle prossed.
Alvin Grant was fined $250
for assault and ordered to make
restitution to the person he as
saulted and remain on probation
for three years.
A murder charge against Myr
tle Elizabeth Fell was nolle
prossed.
Douglas Camel was fined $100
for assault with a deadly weapon
with intent to kill and ordered
to make restitution to the per
son he assault and remain on
probation two years.
Jury verdicts found Jay Horne
and Ray Perry not guilty of lar
ceny.
All the other cases set for
trial were continued.
Census Official
Mrs. Kaye Koonce King of
Trenton route 2 was named last
week to be a census crew lead
er in Jones County for the of
ficial federal census that is to
be taken this year. Mrs. Koonce
wilt supervise the individuals
who actually do the nose-count
ing in Jones County, and will re
cruit, train and assign areas to
those who do the leg work in
the county.
MARINE INJURED
Camp Lejeune Marine Gae
tano Rousseau lost control of
his motorcycle on US 258 south
of Kinston Saturday night and
suffered a broken leg and pos
sible internal injuries when it
hit an island at the intersec
tion of the highway with the
Deep Run Road. He was charg
ed with reckless driving.
Jones Arrests
Two arrests were reported
during the past week by Jones
County Sheriff department Ar
rested were: James C. Grady
of Trenton charged with being
publicly drunk and, Carl Bender
of Pollocksville also charged with
being^publicly drunk.
After a very slow start Jones
County candidates roared in like
a covey of quail during the past
week.
Where a week ago there were
only two announced candidates
"or the Beard of County Com
missioners this week there are
10, and where there were no
filees for the board of educa
tion this w°ek there were five
and although Harold Hargett Jr.
had said earlier he would run
for clerk of court he didn’t make
it official until this past week
when he coughed-up the filing
fee. This gives incumbent Rog
ers Pollock something to do be
tween now and the first week
in May.
And although no Jones Coun
tians were involved the list of
legislative candidates that will
be on the Jones County ballot
increased from four to six.
In the past week five Negroes
threw their hats in the com
missioner race and two announc
ed for seats on the school board.
The commissioner candidates are
Hoyal Miller, Leslie Dewey Stary
horn, Theodore Hicks, Charles
Copeland and George B. Franks.
The Negro school board candi
dates are Kleber Bryant and
Raeford Becton.
Also during the past week
three incumbent commissioners,
James Barbee, Denford Eubank,
and Horace Phillips filed for re
election and Delmas Brown add
ed his name, making five white
and five colored candidates for
the five seats.
Former Commissioner Osborne
Mallard, who was the first can
date to file, is the fifth white
candidate.
So far there are only five
candidates for nomination to
the school board; the two Ne
groes and Incumbents Walter
Ives, Marvin Philyaw and J. C.
West Jr.
Coroner George W. Davenport
also paid his running fee in
the past week and although their
potential office will expire short
ly after their election two can
didates announced for township
constable posts: Maggie Small
in Trenton Township and S. A.
Norris in Tuckahoe Township.
The filing deadline for all
who would like to test the po
litical waters is Noon, Friday,,
March 20.
CHARLIE DUNN IN TEXAS
Airman Charlie Dunn Jr., son:
of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Dunn,
Route 1, Trenton, has completed
basic training at Lackland AFB,
Tex. He has been assigned to
Sheppard AFB, Tex., for train
ing in the aircraft equipment
maintenance field. Airman Dunn
is a 1969 graduate of Jones
High School.
WATERED-DOWN DIPLOMA REQUIREMENTS KICKOFF KINSTON'STEE-TOTAL INTEGRATION
by Jack Rider
Grainger High School Princi
pal Bill Peeden Monday night
had the impossible chore of ex
plaining how rumors were un
founded that curriculum stand
ards of his school were being
lowered, when the exact opposite
istrue. r
Peeden began be dedarjhg
that 16 units would still be re
quired for the Grainger High
diploma arid then he explained
, that those 16 units could con
' sist of one unit of math, com
Then for good measure. Peed
en also confessed that such half
credit courses as band and drama
would be upgraded under this
system to full credit.
Finally he said that a single
year of foreign language would
be accepted for a full unit cred
it, while1 under the present sys
tem two years of a foreign lan
guage are required for any cred
it Peeden did point out that
no college or university now in
business will accept one year
of any foreign language
Most difficult to explain was
the new plan’s abdication of con
trols over the student body, or
at least the segment of the stu
describ
AH senior potential trouble
makers would be allowed on
campus only during those hours
necessary for them to take their
required1 courses. This kind of
study-release program may be
copied from the work-release
program now being pushed so
hard by the North Carolina Pris
on Department.
Peeden further explained to
concerned parents that those
students who had seven full
units would be assigned to
Grainger High, or whatever it
happens to be called under this
reorganization plan, and all who
fell below seven units would be
assigned to Adkin High, or what
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ever it is called under the new
checker-boarding system.
Peeden assured the 40 to 50
parents present that the school
would still be accredited, but he
didn’t and, of course, couldn’t
say how long it would remain
accredited with this bob-tailed
diploma requirement.
Peeden also pointed out that
new courses among the electives
would include bricklaying (which
would be taught on a commut
ing basis at AdMn High), geogra
phy, democracy in action (he did
not say what category this course
fits), black history, journalism
and automobile mechanics.
The trade system is being tot
ally eliminated under this new
system but advanced classes are
being retained in English, math
and biology.
Peeden said students attending
the split high school operation
would have access to 74 courses;
and he expressed the hopeful
view that with such a wide sel
ection that the students, freed of
academic compulsion, would
choose the rights subjects and
not be content with getting by
on the minimum lowered requis
ites that he had outlined.
No one mentioned “quality
education” during the entire
program. It is perhaps just as
well, there is some superstition
about 'talking of the dead so soon
after their obituary has been re
leased.