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VOLUME NUMBER FIFTEEN KENANSVILLE, NOBTII CAROLINA FRIDAY OCTOBER 31st, 1947 No. 44 : Grcnd Hester H C. Ir'-a fenns She Flees From Her Home BOB 6RADy .'. SATS ' ' Luther T. Hartsell nt TMii.f.. . Grand Master of the Grand Lodge . i nwu juarouna, A. F. & A. will address Masons at the M. 8th uistncc, meeting in KenansviUe ' "on Thursday, November eth. The 9th District comprises Duplin and oampson counties. About ISO vis iting Masons are expected to at- - tend. E. C. .Newton is Master of . ; si. jonns uxige No. 13, who will uo jiosi. Also William L. Mclver of Rat ,:, eign, zormeriy of Sanford, and urana secretary of the Grand Lodge will be present f The meeting wlU begin at 3 . ociocK at which time officers of - au lodges will assemble. Supper . wui oe servea as usual that night Grand Master Hartsell 'will speak. History Of ; Girl Scouting r In KenansviUe :; -This is Girl Scout Week in Am , - erica. - This organization observes , two weeks each year. One occasion being the birth of our founder, : . juuro ljow, wnicn is October 81st; l the other week falls to March r wnicn is in commemoration of the xounding of Girl Scouting in Am ; The National organization of Gin Scouts is parallel to the Camp- fire Girls and resembles eveq more clos; 'y the Boy Scouts in many of ita methods. ' - - 7 Ca visit to England lbs. Jult Uu Low was greatly Impressed , 'With the Girl Guide OrganinUon over there, on her return to the U. S. him -founded a simiWtrt) ,of Girl Guides, enrolling the first -patrol In Savannah, Ga, In. March, 1912. Xhe movement spread and in .1019 National Headquarters were .established. The name, was changed to that of Girl Scouts. - To have a chartered troop there must be at least 8 girls willing to , cooperate ' with their leader and i form patrol Two or more patrols 'create more interest and compe '-.paan:$ , - -tVThe Boy Scout and Girl Scout - prlndpleo and practices resembles closely Both organizations have the same motto and slogan. The - motto is, "Be Prepared." The slogan la. -Do a Good Turn Dafly.?The Girl Scout Promise is. "On my hon- , or, I will try to do my duty to God and my country,, to help other people at all times, to obey the - Girl Scout laws." The laws are ten fold as follows: 1. A Girl Scout's, . honor Is to be trusted; 2. A Girl Scout is loyal: 4, A .Girt Scout's duty Is to be useful and to help others; 4. A Girl ScOut'H friend . to all and a sister to every other Girl Scout; 3. A Girl Scout is courteous; 8. A Girl Scout Is a friend to animals; 7. A Girl Scout obeys orders; 8. A Girl- Scout Is cheerful; 0. A Girl Scout Is thrifty, 10, A Girl Scout is dean in thought words and deeds. - The Girl Scouts emphasize home and civic duties, into which they throw themselves with all the en thisiasm of which girls of the teen age are capable. Their ipecial dis tinction is in the "out-of-doors" which is one of their ten program - fields. :'v.V The KenansviUe Girl Scouts re ceived their charter in August 1939. " The leadership of -the local troop was placed upon Mrs. N. B. Boney. he has had charge of them all ight years since their organization. Che has been assisted by several capable leaders, namely, ' Misses I 'arjorie Robeson, Emily Brendle, I randa McLendon, Edna Earle Ed f Jrton, Martha Jane Goodman, Certrude Johnson, and Vera Ham ilton, also Mrs. Sue Grady. (These young ladles have married in re cent years and left our community i f'ith one or two exceptions.) ; T'rs. P. J. Dobson was Troop - Cviumittee Chairman for the first i ie years and Mrs. Ai T Outlaw I s tiled the post for the past free yfaw.'.'-- v.'V.-";';.v;.--f-j The first eight girls to pass off r e!r tenderfoot test requirements " e Ann DaU, Sarah Pickett Do ; Crock, Janet Dobson, Hortense " :i, Edith Ann Blanton, The 1 Coodlng and Helen Jones. - . - that first year we have ' 18 to 20 girls each year rmedlate group, age 10 a had 8 girls to. reach l rs Eank and two of ? - r "f further and r WILBUR L. McIYER of Raleigh, Secretary of the Grand tHMge of North Carolina, AF&AM. Announce PTA Play On Nov. 6 The Beulaville PTA is announ cing the presentation of a play in the auditorium, Thursday evening, Nov. 6,-at 7:30. The program will be presented by the Richlands PTA wun nan of the proceeds to go to our weal organisation. Watch for posters and further announcements, and everyone plan to attend. - Vcria Tyndall PtakJiiKKinsL; oser Greenville, Oct. 48. , WaHda Tvndall of Pint will unin. major at ECTC has comnosed aev. eral ', selections of popular music lor the piano, which tire attracting attention on the campus here. Last week, before the Music Edu cation ",C!ub of the college. Miss Tyndall played two of her compo sitions, -is it You?" to begulne rhythm, and "Blue Shadow," a blues selection. She will appear in the fall quarter and will again play her own numbers, i . Miss Tyndall says sho has com posed music since she was thirteen and is "becoming more interested in the work as time passes. She is scheduled to graduate in June. At present she hopes to go into radio work. . .,.,. ' . During the four years she has been at the college she has played in a number of public recitals by have marched to the Armistice Day Parade to Warsaw for several years. Every summer some of our scouts Join the Wayne County .Girl Scouts, in camping for a week or more at their scout camp near Goldsboro. We wish we were organized into a Council like. Wayne County is. Maybe to the pear future we here In Duplin County can do Just that We have recently read with inter est of the reorganization of the Warsaw Troop. We wish them lots of success under the leadership of Mrs. Bill Sheffield and Miss Re becca Best The Faison Troop has recently observed its third birthday and we congratulate them and their splen did leader, Mrs. A. P. Cates. We have exchanged meetings with them during the past year and we hope to do so again before many more months. ' : :. ...- Several years ago the B. F. Grady girls had an enthusiastic Group or ganized but their leader and as sistant leader both married and moved away. We hope some one else will feel the call to leadership and help them to reorganize' real 80On.v J. ':':-.' :.. .v';;,..: '" , It is rumored that the Rose Hill and Wallace Girl Scout Troops are being reorganized ahd revived. We wish them luck and hope that-we can all get together some day to the near future for a rally. Our Brownie Troop was organi zed two years ago by Mrs.' W. M. Ingram. This take? care of the little girls between 7-10. This troop is sponsored by the KenansviUe Wo man's Club which has always spon sored the Intermediate Troop. We think it was the first of Ce younger group to be organized but stand corrected if some one can better inform us. . " - . , Music Coihp - LUTHER T. HARTSKI.I. Grand Master of the Grand i.ni of North Carolina, AF&AM.' ; , Full Time Librarian Begins VorkMon. Miss Dorothy Wightman of Western Reserve Library School Comes Highly Recommended Miss Dorothy Wightman win ar rive in KenansviUe on Saturday, November 1, to begin her work on Monday morning with the DupUn County , libraries. Miss Wightman was approved and hired at the Oct ober meeting, of the Board of Conv y. mMMta niiuujigu Olgniy rOC- ommended, haviiuJ been to library work to New York, Pmnsylvania and Ohio since- graduating from Western Heierve University library school. tShecame to this state to 1945 and since then has been lib. rarian in Person, Orange and Cas well counties. The first of January the state is supposed to deliver a Bookmobile to Duplin. Since July the state has ! deUvered 20 BookmobUes to other counues and Duplin County should be next on the list. Miss Wightman wlU use the mobile unit to deUver nd c.illect books in various com munities over the county. The .state wlU contribute S2500 per year to pay the librarian's sal- ary and to add county library faci lities. For the past three years the county, has received $1800 each year for the use of a library and about $2000 is available to buy new booUs Many books are scattered over the county which wlU be brought back to the county Ubrary to 1 dispersed to different communi ties. Miss Wightman is the first fuU- time librarian that Duplin County has ever hjd. Part-time librarians nave oeen hired for the past four years. J. F. Rcckley Dies In Rose Hill - John T. Rackley, 58, died at his Some in Rose HiU Thursday mom Ing after a lingering illness. Funer al services were held from the Rose Hill Presbyterian Church Wednes day at 3 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. JV M. Bain. Interment was to the FusseU cemetery. Surviving are his widow, the former Daisy Tea chey; two daughters, Mrs. D. E. Whlchard of Newport News, Va., Mrs. W. R. Duncan of Wilmington; three spds J.O., J." E., and Frank of Rose HIU; three grandchUdren; three sisters, Mrs. L. J. Page of Mt OUve, Mrs. W. J. Sanderson, Mary Rackley of Magnolia; two brothers, Walter A. Rackley oi Rose HiU and James A. Rackley of Warsaw. . ChLTch t!6tice There -wlU be services to the Outlaw's Bridge Church Sunday night at 7:30. Rev.-X.' C Prater will do the preaching, f-.-v s and has ire ft r- - n"y The following is an excerpt from the Goldsboro News-Argus written by Lynn Nesbltt to Raleigh. Draw your own conclusions! , " " " " .- ,' Crime . ' Judge -Henry L. Stevens of War saw, during informal, conversation with your reporter,, said he was speaking only for himself but be Ueved he voiced the opinion of his colleagues on the bench; in deplor ing the evident increase in major crime; He did not have records at hand, but it was his belief that the record would show ana average of two murder cases and perhaps two sex crimes for every term of crim inal court in North Carolina this year. There also has been a big increase in robbery i and other crimes of violence.- Reason Juage Stevens , was stumped when asked the reason; for this upsurge in crime. Being a former national commander of the Ameri can Legion he was, reluctant to blame it all on the war or on the "veteran complex." He has a vaeue I idea that maybe the same feeling oi unrest and irresponsibility is a common cause of war and individ ual crime. .... ..-v..- 1 ' Disease : v Judge Stevens doesn't go along with the extreme idea that all crime is a disease and that aU criminals cannot help doing what they do. He frankly thinks many folks aie ust mean and ought to be punished for their meanness. One of the big gest problems of a Judge, 'he said, is to properly evaluate snv tions and background to parsing sent ence on convicted defendants. I have often wanted see Judge Henry Stevens in a Cabinet a , i- tionor soma high fficeMa Wa-ii-togton like PauLAtfcNutt did. feci? IS entitled "to the honor but I think fate played him -into the hands of North Carolina fora reason.. Ho not only knows law but has a little common sense along with it. To my mind one contributing fuctor to the upsurge to crime was the losn of. common sense in the homes a generation ago. Its up to the pres ent homes to correct it a genera tion frqm now. When we lose the home we lose Ufe. Leaving Warren A. Smith, of the Duplin Trading Co. in Warsaw has sold his interests and is leaving. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are moving to Florida. Reason: Mr. Smith's health. We hate to see them leave War saw and Duplin County. Mr at.4 Mrs. Smith have made a host of friends throughout the county. He has successfully buUt the Duplin Trading Co. into one of the strong est firms' in Warsaw. They have been invaluable members of die Presbvterian Church there. Both Mr. and Mrs. Smith have charming personaUty. We wish them mucn happiness to their new rbode in Florida. ' DUPLIN Can Equal HARNETT There has been so much dis cussion about the Harnett County evacuation of a des titute family that a Times' representative, contacted the . Welfare Department to find out if such conditions existed la Duplin County.. Much to our surprise the Harnett Coun ty story could be matched al most verbatim at the present . At the time of the wrIUnr. 1 the Welfare Department is - very -much concerned about a colored family. The father is -serving a term in the penit- enilary. The mother has two -, . children under three years of ", age and is expecting another : . any day. They have no clothes, . . no food and no place to stay. The money appropriated for board ad care of the desti- tato Is . already, used tup by . other destitute persons. 7 The Department was able to. get a kind colored couple - - to board this negro woman and her two chUdren temporarily. "A Visit was made on Tuesday, ' - finding that they must have . clothes, they were sleeping oa t old b-r!-? wr" had no mat- t--i, I ' i r t quilts. ' -: ' : j v " ' Y o J.M.JONES J. Melvin Jones of Pink HiU has been named to fill the vacancy on the Lenoir County Board of Edu cation which was created bv the recent resignation of Chairman Horace Sutton of Kinstoo. The committee met at the court house in Kinston at 11 a .m. Sat. urday, with 14 of the orecincti reD- resented. Jones was nominated by Mrs. T. A. Turner of Pink Hili After Jones received 11 votes. President Harper of DeeD Run. 4. and J. Wesley Jones of Pink HiU. one vote, the committee voted to make the- election of Jones unani mous. Pink mil's delegates made out a strong case for its favorite. Jone due to the fact that the community nas not had representation on the board for some time. Other mem- bers.of the board now are Elmer Woolen of Wheat Swamp, recently olected chairman when Sutton re signed: liobert S .Parker of La Grenge, Fori est Waller cl South wood, and W. B. Becton of Deep Run. Following the election of Jones to the board representees discus ed thcneefr for Hew lSfote 1ifcg i iiintive to school bo.-jrd members. I It was reported that the consensus was that the membership of the County Board of Education should be changed from the present five members to one for each school district, which would give it seven. It was observed that efforts to ef fect such, a change could be started at the regular precinct meetings next spring. Johnson Speaks To Enfield Club Excerpts from speech made by Chas. M. Johnson before the En field Lions Club, Thursday even tog, October 23, 1947. Looking to the future, we must have a well financed State program looking to the most aggresuee pro motion of the industrial develop ment of the State, particularly the establishment of industries by out side, or local capital in counties, notably in the east and far west which presently have meager in dustries. I say this in no criticism of the Department of Conservation and Development - it simply has not had enough money to .do the kind of job that should be done, the blame rests with the General Assembly. ' Such new industries as are being estabUshed in North Carolina Are going largely to the counties that already have indus tries. You cannot erect a great State on a few rich counties and cities. The wealth must be distri buted. We have just simply got to have more money for the' public schools. The teacher load in the class rooms must be reduced. We stand at the bottom of the states in the average number of pupils per teacher. It is foolish to burden a teacher with too many children. Our hospital and medical care program is good. But it is gravely deficient in one respect: The State, as such, is doing practically noth ing for the health of the school children., You cant get anywhere with a health' program' untli you start with the children. . - We have heard much about the high rejection rate of North Caro lina under selective service. That rejection rate was due to the lack of a health program that reached down to the children. A nuUion doUars -spent each- biennium- for school health would, to my opio- Hon be worth millions. -1 am not advocating extravagance or higher taxes - that would drive industry to other states. Th ans- wer is to create more industries ' in our State to pay more taxes and ' he'p c?"T-y the fx load. We must r) ' ' - r i - f-o'ter Sadie Hall, 65, who Uvea near HaUsvUIe, according to of ticers re ports, was raped on Monday morn tog about 2:30 or 3:00 o'clock. Sadie, who lived alone, heard someone calling her to come out early in the morning. She became frightened and made a dash out of the door to run to a neighbors house and was grabbed by a man and drug off to the woods. Sadie is subject to spells, according to Wife Killed As She Willis Wright and Annie Mae Wright, colored, were Iiaving a party at their home in sociable Calypso on Saturday nigiit. There was evidence of drinking. A neigh bor, David OUver, who lived three or four hundred yards from the home, hit Annie Mae's sister which itcrted a fuss among aU of them. WUlis Wright oidered all of them to leave as he intended to protect his home. David left and went to he newly organized Girl Scout Troov iet in Warsaw Tuesday af- i terno i at the Scout Hut This was their second meeting and when the girls have attended 4- meetings they will be eligible for registration with -National Headquarters, it J Their Leader, Mrs. BUI Sheffield, reported 20 gii-is present including 10 new members, which brings the total to 25. The meeting followed a Commuvl I I Warsaw Girl Scouts Meet Tuesday viewed the ScWtlmisl'andliwsfwSuldrilke Vtif-aeSrSr elve it to the ' " WW r T m -WW WljKWlEMrrMUMUEI-Ua.tllUlM-JHU Mini , -f , ana instructed the gnris in tne cor-i rect salute. 4 . ' County Court News Monday, October 27, 1947 STATE VS: Gray Harold SatttrficlJ, speed ing - guUty, $10 and cost. Arthur Whitfield col., assault with deadly weapon nol pros with leave. James Gray Faison, no drivers li cense, improper brakes - guilty to operating without Ucense - 90 day, suspended $25 and cost. Uosea Vann, breaking, entering and assault - guUty of assault and trespass - 60 days on assault charee, 30 days for trespassing, suspended, $25 and cost Wm. Barrett, larceny - guilty 6 months on roads. Watch in ques tion be returned to owner. June Cooper, 'possession and transporting tax paid whiskey with seal broken and larceny and recei ving - guilty - 99 days suspended, $25 and cost James Dixon, possession of non tax ncid whiskey; aiding and ab t ting 4 months, suspended $50 and cost. Wm. D Batchelor, no drivers li cense - guilty - 4 months suspended $25 and cost. A. B. Williams, removal of crop without paying rent - case dismis sed. James Henry, no drivers license -guilty - 90 days suspended $25 and cost. James Henry, driving while in toxicated, property damage - guilty 8 mos. suspended, not operate auto in state for 12 mos. forfeit license, $100 fine and cost ' Sam Macknlght, larceny and re ceiving, 4 mos. on roads. Theodore Wilkerson, no drivers Ucense - 4 mos. suspended $25 and cost. Henry David Usher, no drivers license - 90 days suspended on $'15 and cost Leroy James MiUer, improper brakes, no drivers Ucense - 4 mo 1 suspended on $25 fin and cost W. A. Bowden, possession aa l transportation of tax paid whiskey with seal broken - 90 days suspen ded $25 and cost . ' l IMC , The first WeU Baby Clinic in Beulaville was held Tuesday after noon, Oct 21 to the BeulavUIe Ma sonic Halt These clinics wiU be held every third Tuesday from, 2 to 4 p. m. and all mothers with babies from two months to one year are urged to attend. - . At the clinic the mothers were advised about diet and given llter- ature. The bat's were immunized information received, and passed out on the spot . rt . Officers were called and Depo ty Sheriffs Perry Smith and Mmv ray Byrd tracked a colored man, Tom Stokes, from the scene to his home. Tom is now being held to jail but denies that he had anything to do with the crime'. tadie is reported to have recall ed nothing after she passed out- I Steps In 's Gun a neighbor's house and slipped out a shot gun and came back and start ed shooting at Willis from behind ' the barn, according to officers Annie Mae had hid Willis' gun to -the barn, so Willis went to the barn, got his gun and started shoot ing back at David Annie Mae stepped in front of her husband's gun and was shut through the chest and died instant- " ly. Plana were made to sponsor a food booth on Armistice Day as a means of making money for the Troop, If there is anyone interested to donating chickens for salad Or , any other edibles, they are asked to contact the leader or any of the . Committee, Mesdames Stacy Britl. k a. Whittle, George Hopkins, ' Henry West, or Jimmy McColmaa ATTENTION:. Former Girl . Scouts? - U you have a discarded locai new troop,- please advise one 4 Ox we aoove ladies. .4 i Beulavilfe Minister Elected Moderator Rev. S. A Smith, of BoulavUle. was elected Moderator for 1947-48 of the Eastern Free WiU Baptist Association at the associational meeting held at the Core Creek Church, Cove City, last week Mr. Smith succeeds the Rev. Lloyd Vernon of KenansviUe. retiring Moderator. Welfare Notes NEEDED: A woman's coat size 14 or 16. and two men's suits, size 38 and 40. Two suite long knitted underwear, size 38 and 40." If you have any of these clothes to spare, please con tact the Welfare Department to Ke nansviUe. Miss Viola Titus, blind case work- ' er for Duplin and Wayne counties was in the Welfare Office Tuesday morning. Miss Titus stated that she ' spent two days during the week to Duplin and the remainder in Golds boro, as she has to do her office work to Goldsboro. Duplin County has 48 active cases and 60 who are blind and to need of aid. Duplin has three chil dren in the school for the bUnd in Raleigh. One of the bUnd recipients is also a deaf mute. Miss Titus makes a good talk and is always appreciated at any club meeUng she might attend and is willing to attend meetings and answer questions. She teaches classes in handicraft, type writing and Braille to those who are com petent to learn. The Welfare Institute to Ral eigh last week was one of the fi nest ever attended, stated Mrs. Boney. One of the best programs was presented and it took in every phase of welfare work. There were about 500 registered attendance -and many more who were not reg istered. The Infantile Paralysis Planning Board meeting held in Atlanta Was most Informative. The delegates who attended bad a trip to Warm Springs where they were shown the pools and how therapy was used and were made to realise -that it took a tremendous amount of money to carry on treat vo-'g r;.--.res were rvowm v 1 i - ft- ' f