THE JONES COUNTY
- ) NUMBER 7
TRENTON* N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1970
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VOLUME xvm
Constable Moggie Nabs Pair on Major
Charges During Past Week; One With
Doe Deer, Another lor School Thefts
Principal among arrests log
ged at the Jones County Sher
iffs office in Trenton during
the past week were those of
Ronnie Farrow of Trenton who
is charged with breaking, en
tering and larceny at Jones High
School Just outside of Trenton
from which an assortment of
equipment was stolen last
Thursday. Most of it has been
— recovered.
And at about 2:30 aan. Wed
nesday of last week Constable
Maggie Small caught Jesse Mar
tin Cromer of PoHooksviile with
a freshly shot doe deer in the
- Frank Field section.
Other Arrests logged in the
past two weeks included Leoni
das Jacob Willie of Pollocksville,
public drunkenness; Johnny
Jenkins of Cove City, drunken
driving; Hubert Philyaw of Tren
ton and Linster Stray horn'of Pol
locksville for assault; Franklin
Watts of Wilmington, drunken
Dove Season Set
By Commission
The Wildlife Resources Com
mistioni has announced dates
and bag limits for doves, marsh
hens, woodcock, and Wilson’s
snipe for the coming seasons.
The Commission was given the
usual framework of dates from
which to select the seasons on
these species, but the bag limits
were set by the U. S. Bureau of
Sport Fisheries and Wildlife.
First shooting gets under way
September 1 when the season
on march hens opens one-half
before sunrise. These come in
for a 70-day season ending No
vember 9 at sunset. Bag limits
are 15 daily and 30 in posses
sion for dapper and king rails,
singly or in combination; 25
daily and 25 in possession for
sora, and Virginia rails, singly
or collectively; and IS daily and
30 in possession for gallinules.
Shooting hours for marsh hens
-are one-half hour before sun
rise to sunset.
Next in Hue, is the dove seas
on set to open at noon on Sep
tember 2 with the first segment
of a split season to dose Oc
tober 10, and the second seas
on to nm from December 16 to
January IS. Again there will be
a daily bag of 16 birds with 36
allowed in possession. Shooting
hours are from noon to subset.
Copies of the official regula
tions on the above species will
be available at post offices by
late August. As indicated by the
length of seasons and the liber
al bag limits, birds should be
plentiful this year.
The woodcock and Wilson’s
snipe sea son will open Novem
ber 14 and end January 16, with
shooting hours from (Hue-half
hour before sunrise to sunset.
Bag limits for woodcock are 5
daily, 10 in possession, and for
snipe 8 daily and 16 in posses
sion. Woodcock hunters are re
quested to forward their name*
m v,;\.
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ness; Theodore Wiliams Jr. of
Trenton for. breaking and enter
ing.',
Tobacco Market
Opens August 18
The industry-wide flue-cured
tobacco committee Monday ap
proved a schedule for opening
of the Georgia - Florida belt
markets July 22nd.
The South Carolina and North
Carolina Border Belts will open
six days later.
The schedule also calls for
the Eastern North Carolina Belt
to open August 18th. The Mid
dle Belt September 1st and the
Old Belt September 15th, with
a partial opening September 1st.
The schedule — one of over
200 considered — was approv
ed with 'little debate.
Five Jones Students
On ECU Honor Roll
During the last quarter five
Jones County students at East
Carolina University were includ
ed in the honor listings.
They were Patricia Ann Har
dy of Maysville route 1 and' Tom
my A. Houston of Trenton route
2 on the Dean’s List and Ella
Marshall Coker of Pleasant Hill,
Ellis Banks Jr. of Trenton route
1 and Lucille Tyndall of Tren
ton route 2 who were on the
honor roll.
Dean’s list students must have
a solid B-plus average with no
grade below C and1 honor roll
students must earn a B average
with no grade 'below C.
Land Transfers
Jones County Register of
Deeds Bill Parker reports re
cording the following land trans
fers in his office in the past two
weeks:
. From Bertha Mae Gooding to
herself and husband George two
lots in Cypress Creek Township.
From Arsie Willie to Jack
and Ernestine White and to
Benjamin and Alice Brown each
a tract of one acre in Pollooks
ville Township.
There were numerous deeds
filed transferring interests of
Raymond Earl Cox, Walter Bry
an Odgen Cox and wife, and L.
L. Ogden in a 53.83 acre tract
in PoHocksville township to Ray
mond Earl Cox Jr. and his wife
Lena Rogers Cox, and of anoth
er two-acre tract to Walter Bry
an Ogden Cox and wife Dorothea
Jean Sawyer Cox.
From W. I. and Claire Herr
ing to Ernest L. King 51.33 acres
in Beaver Creek Township.
From Donald and Ann Brock
to George and Botha Mae Good
ing .44' acres in Cypress Creek
Township.
From Elijah and Carrie Scott
to Harry and Frances Berwick
.58 acres in Chinquapin Town
From Frank and Josephine
i
. Frank and Josephine
to Josephine Bender the
in Pot
Quiet in Court
Jonas County District Court was
calm in last waste's session. An
assault charge against Walter
S. Mattocks was nolle pressed
as was one against Linster Stray
horn Jr. Mack Wilkerson plead
ed guilty and paid a $25 fine and
costs for assault on a female
and Franklin Watts was given
two days in jail for public
drunkenness.
Seven Civil Actions
Filed in Jones Co.
Court in Two Weeks
Jones County Court Clerk Rog
ers Pollock reports seven civil
actions being filed in his office
in the past week:
Clifton and Rosa Boyette
brought an eviction action
against Marvin' Swinson, seek
ing to collect back rent and also
get Swinson out of their house.
Gurley Milling Company of
Selma filed suit to collect a debt
for $110.42 it alleges against
Jones Hardware Company of
Maysvilie.
’Ralph Edwards of Miami,
Florida; filed suit for a divorce
from Selma Rouse Edwards of
Ionia, Michigan.
Oettinger Brothers of New
Bern filed suit for $699.97
against James and Mary Stray
horn of Pollocksville route 1.
Mallard Oil Company of Kins
ton brought suit for $66.50
against Mr. and Mrs. James Is
ler of Trenton.
Kinston Auto Finance Com
pany filed suit for $216.68
against Julian B. Morgan.
And Great Southern Finance
Company of New Bern is suing
Ernest and Maybelle Simmons
for $48.25.
Jones County Budget $1,947,704.54
For 70-71 Permits 2-Cent Tux Cut
One-Cent Sales Tax
Yields $1,851,678
In Month of June
Those 26 counties in which
an additional one-cent sales
tax has been approved had col
lections amounting to $1,851,
678.51 for the month of June,
according to the state revenue
department, which collects and
disperses these funds.
Mecklenburg County had the
largest collection of $576,
289.55, and it does not partici
pate in the pooling of this spe
cial tax that is approved in the
other 25 counties who levied
this tax two years later than
Mecklenburg which got permis
sion in the 1967 session of the
general assembly and1 the other
counties were given permission
by the 1969 assembly.
Lenoir County’s June collec
tion was $72,098.58; Jones col
lected $3,037.61, Greene col
lected $5,977.30, Duplin collect
ed $26,868.97, Onslow collected
$74,695.47 and Wayne collect
ed $91,637.42.
One half of the tax collected
is returned to the county in
which it is collected and this is
divided between the county and
all corporate communities on
the basis of their individual tax
levies. The other half of the
fundi goes into a 25-county pool
and is divided between those
counties and1 their municipali
ties on the basis of their popu
lations.
RHODES EXPERT RIFLEMAN
Army Private George A. Rhod
es of Company A, 5th Battal
ion, 1st Training Brigade has
.scored “expert” with the M-14
rifle here. He achieved his
“expert badge” by hitting 60
or more targets out of a possi
ble 84 while firing on the Train
ing Center’s Record Fire Range.
Private Rhodes is the son of
Mrs. Ruth Rhodes of Route 2,
Trenton.
Commissioners Recommend Three lor
Forest Ranger's Job in The County
In its July session, aside iron;
passing on the annual budget,
the 'board of county commission
ers acted on a number of other
■matters, including recommend;
ing three names to the State
Forester for the job of Jones
County Forest Ranger.
The three recommended were
Braxton Howard, Dan Killings
worth and Sydney Metts.
The board also approved
transfer of $3160 from the dis
abled' fund to the medicaid fund
in the welfare department bud
get, $3315.51 from the miscel
laneous fund to the election
board fund and another $528.91
from the miscellaneous fund to
the jail fund.
The board gave its approval to
the Neuse Mental Clinic using
some of its fees to buy office
furniture, approved another
full time deputy-jailer and au
thorized an additional “Eligibil
ity Specialist” in the welfare
cost to the county of of $1332
in salary and $179 in mileage.
tina Bell one lot to Clara Ken
neday and Eloise Lee in Pol
locksvSlle.
From Frank and Josephine
Bender to Josephine Bender one
lot on Pine Valley Drive.
and Betty Alice Jones one acre
in Tuckahoe Township.
From Thomas and Queen Bry
ant to Kotoert and May Bell Dove
one acre in Trenton Township.
AT WAR COLLEGE
Marine Major John H. Gary
in, son of Mrs. John H. Gary
of 612 N. College Street, Kins
ton, was graduated from the 10
month graduate-level Naval War
College at Newport, R. I.
in its July meeting the Jones
County Board of Commissioners
gave tentative approval to a bud
get totalling #1,947,704.54 and
levied a county tax of $265,934
to supplied.the bulk of the mon
ey which the county has to put
up to match state and; federal
funds for assorted programs.
The County also will allocate
profits from ABC stores and its
share of the one-cent sales tax
to balance the budget.
As usual schools and welfare
take the vast majority of the
total; with schools grabbing $1,
068,931 and welfare taking
$634,380, or a total for those
two departments of $1,703,311,
leaving $244,393.54 to operate
all of the other departments of
the county government.
This budget was brought into
balance with a $1.58 tax rate,
two cents below the 1969-70 tax
rate.
The $1,068,931 allocated for
schools included $717,025 cur
rent expenses, $325,904 for cap
ital outlay and $24,002 for debt
service.
Faith Baptist
Church Celebrates
Seventh Birthday
Faith Baptist Church of Tren
ton will celebrate its 7th An
niversary on Sunday, July 19.
Dinner on the grounds will be
served at 1:30 -p.m. followed by
a special service at 3 p.m. The
founding pastor, Rev. Bill Brad
ley of Goldsboro, will give the
church history and present spec
ial numbers in song. Rev. Bill
Wingard of New Bern will
preach the message. Charter
members will be recognized.
Rev. Stanley Wingard, Pastor,
and the Church extend a cor
dial invitation for you and your
family to attend. Faith Baptist
Church is located 3 miles east
of Trenton on U. S. 58.
Jones Gets Money
Thursday morning the office of
Congressman Walter Jones an
nounced that the United States
Office of Education had an
nounced approval of the pay
ment of $35,423 to the Jones
County Board of Education
which represents Jones County's
portion of federal funds allocat
ed to federally impacted areas
in which considerable numbers
of federal employees live and
in which their children attend
schools.
NCSU Gets Award for Its Effort
In Promoting 'Nickels for Know-How'
North1 Carolina State Universi
ty’s public information program
'that helped gain; overwhelming
voter approval of the “Nickels
for Know-How’ referendum last
November won a top award from
the American' College Public Re
lations Association in Denver,
Colo, this week.
The NCSU program and a
public information project by
■the University of California
were presented awards of spec
ial merit in the category of
statewide programs.
Rudolph Pate, director of
Foundation and Development at
N.CJS.U., accepted the honor on
behalf of the University.
The campaign was climaxed
Nov. 25 when North Carolinians
voted 38,059 to 4,858 in approv
of the1 I^elsproi^to*11^*
meant a voter margin of 89 per
cent favoring the seif - assess
ment under which buyers of fer
tilizer and seed assess themsel
ves five cents a ton. The funds
go for teaching, research and
extension education programs
at NCSU.
The NCSIU pubic informa
tion program got underway in
April 1969 and1 continued
through the November 25 ref
erendum. The program involv
ed newspaper stories, radio and
television spots and extensive
use of news letters issued by
commercial and commodity or
ganizations.
In addition to the mass me
dia, hundreds of thousands of
leaflets, posters, and instruc
tional materials were distribut
ed.
^lhe Nickels program is expect
ed to raise $1,000,000 for edu
cation at NCSU during the next
six years.
Adoption of the 1969 Nickels
__r Know-How referendum by
so overwhelming a majority was
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