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J: J t l Mill! Ill 7 ' 1 1 V 'V VOLUME NUMBER FIFTEEN KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21st. 1947 No. 47 S:itderson Announces Opening ; OrMarch Of Dimes Drive In Duplin ' The annual March of Dimes Cam ! paign'for the Infantile Paralysis I Cause 'will officially begin on the nlgh of January ; 14, Earlie C ' Sanderson, of Wallace, Secretary Hanover, Brunswick, Columbuh,. Bladen, Pender,".- Sampson. . Jones, 7. Onslow and Carteret :'. i At 6:30 P. M. the visitors naa dinner at, the Friendly caierena. Treasurer of the Duplin County t Rev. James B. McQuere, of Carolina Beacn, was Master ra.verauuuira. Mrs. Phillips Russell, director of the -North Carolina brganizati on, mnf PhililDS S. Randolph, State Chapter, announced today, " Mr. Sanderson attended a meet ing of 'delegates of this area In Wil- : m t , m4am rxt TVitvitrlav fh nilr- nA nf tha mMilm was to eo ovei- Representative, both, from Chepel th mmins camnaian. I Hill, were nrs-ent at the meeting. iacii mutual money-raising po-1 --There have been 238 tenllalities this year, and In general T exchange ideas that may increase the effectiveness of every phase of the Inf antile Paralysis Campaign ; and service program for 1948. The delegates met at James Wal ter Hospital at 4:30 P. M. and were shown the polio Unit wldch was presented to the hospital by the counties of this area - Duplin, New i 1 --There have been 238 .jo'to ceies "iu ICo-ih Carolina dur 1347, md pt the nresent time there are ie ; polio patients'' recilviug treatment at James Walker Memorial nospi tal. None of the patients are from Duplin County. "Half fcf the money raised during the March of Dimes Campaign will go to Nationat Head quarters and half will remain in Duplin County to carry on the fight. Duplin County Home Demonstration ; Clubs Hold Annual Achievement Day ' j Duplin County Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs held their annual Achievement in the Court Room, Kenansville, on Nov. 12, at 2:30 p. m. . -- There were 150 women present and 20" of the County's 25 Clubs were represented. 1 : Mrs. Walter Rhodes, of the Cab in Club, retires president, opened 'the meeting. " f Mr. L. F. Weeks, county f arm the past year. Beulavill j Club won first prize of $3 for the best ex hibit. Mineral Springs, second, $2 and Maysville third, $1. - Mrs. Mary L. McAllister, South eastern District Agent, was recog nized and spoke .briefly. ' 5 ' A beautiful bowl of white chrys anthemums were furnished by the Lanefield Club in memory of Mrs. Henry M. Middleton, for her many years of loyalty and service to the ri far. jlu i.hwm, - -------- - a... kdm rnntinn Mra. Da-1 clubs of Duplin County. ia wnn.m. umwtarv of DuDUnl An Installation Service lor the COUNTY COURT NEWS Monday. Nov. 17, 1947 Robert L. West, Judre Grady Mercer, Solicitor T. T. Murphy Presented Life Membership In II. C. E. A. State Vs: Riveree Harrell - Abandonment and non-support - guilty - prayer for judgment continued. John Everette Borden - no driv ers license - guilty - 60 days sus pended. Fine and costs. Milton Dupree West, Jr. - speed ing - guilty - $10 fine andTost. Stedman Dobson - allowing auto be driven by person without lic ense - guilty - 60 days suspended and cost. David Johnson - no drivers lic ense - guilty 90 days suspended. $25 fine and cost. Lloyd J. Mercer - no operators license - 30 days suspended, . $25 fine and and cost. Everette L. Thompson - no. driv ers license - guilty- 90 days sus pended $25 fine arid cost. Harry Stroud - allowing person to operate without drivers license guilty - 30 days suspended $25 fine and cost. Pete Holland Impersonating an officer and operating auto while intoxicated - 6 mos. suspended, not to operate auto in state for 12 mos, forfeit drivers license; $100 fine and cost. GOLDEN WEDDING. Mr. and Mra. E. McCoy Teaohey of Rote hill celebrated their 50th wadding anniversary recently at a recep tion at the home of their ion, Adron Leo Teachey, in Richmond, Va. Mrs. Teachey is the formw Id McQowan of Kenantvllio., Countv Federation, read .the min- , utes of the last meeting and called ' the roll by clubs. . ,Tho reporte ot work done in the H. M. John- The speaker, Mrs. ' son, w; Rhodei gate of . the Associated Country f Women- of the World which held their meeting in Holland -in Sep- 'tember. Mrs. Johnson told. of her trip in a most Interesting way. She .aid that she found that the people of Holland needed everything, but they did not want, things given to - them. .They are working for a " -chance to get on their own feet. Mrs. Johnson said that we should ' never say we are poor because we - have so much more than other . nations of the world.; - ; At the close of her talk she said -l. that she brought something back County Officers for the next two years was conducted by Miss Hild L. Clonts, Home Agent Those in stalled were: A-jPMs. -Mr Ai BlABtor,, Hose Hill; V-Prei Mrs.' David WilHanuc Rose Hill:(Secty. Mrs. Lehman WU- then introduced by Mrfct liams. Pink Hill; iTeas. Mrs. Ash Mrs. Johnson was dele-1. Miuer, Beuiavuie. - Union Thanksgiving Service To . Be Held In Kenansville Thurs. A. M The Union Thanksgiving Service 'appeals this season. " There is no will he held In the Grove Presbv- way out of it. They must have terian Church at 10:00 A. M. on . money. TlianlNi(fi,Hfi(f mnralncr Tho TTpvI Murphy Smith of Faison will con duct the service. ' County Project Leaders Food and Nutrition, Mra.: C. C, Ivey, Ml Olive; Home Gardens, Mrs. Arthur Ward, Rose Hill; Home Poultry. Mrs. Hendly Carr, Magnolia; Home Dairy, Mrs, E .B. Hales,, Warsaw Food Preservation, Mrs, Hermar. Miller, Beulavllle; House Furnish ings,: Mrs. C. L. Sloan, Calypso; Home Management, Mrs M. L. Outlaw, Jr., Seven Spring!:; Family Life, Mrs. Woodrow. Teachey, Wal lace; Home ' Beautification, Mrs. Billy Blanchard, Rose Hill; Cloth ing, Mrs. E. J. Carter, Warsaw; Community Service,, Mrs. Preston anages of . the tnree respecuve '. churches In Kenansville. All per sons of the town and community are Invited to join in this Thanks giving service. . - -v. As .the Thanksgiving season ap proaches, it is time to think of the orphaned children and remind our selves that the high cost of living for the under-privileged children is Just as great as for ourselves. Each orphan home needs your sup- frnm Holland fori each county in Whitfield. Mt. Olive: Health. Mrs her district. She had two packages D. H. Boney, Teachey; Education, of TuliDS. Names were drawn from . a hat and the first package Went to J Mrs. William Carlton and tne sec ' ond to Mrs. Ash Miller. Mrs. David Boney made the an nouncement of club winners. The Attendance Cup went to the Mays- ville club with 17 members pres ent and a tStal of 289 miles travel - ed. Tin City was second with 15 , members and mileage 255,-Rock-flsh third, 10 members and 190. f" miles' traveled.',.-,.;': ;. '-$'v V"- Tin City: wort "the use of the pressure cooker for. the club with the highest score iim . There were beautiful exhibits of work that had been done during . The Baptist Church of Kenans ville will take a -special collection Sunday after Thanksgiving, for the Mills and Kennedy Home at Thorn asville.. The Presbyterian Church is ta king- a SDecial collection on the Sundays before and after Thanks giving and at the Union Service. This collection goes to the Barium Springs Orphanage at Barium Soring. , The Methodist Church will take a special offering on the Sunday before Thanksgiving ana ai tn Methodist nori financially and morally. Re- momW the children generously. 1 Union Service for the The orphanages of the 'State are Ornhanage at Raieigh adding additional fervor to their1 : f T. T. MUKPHV Supt. of Pender County School?, who was prese: ted a life member ship in North Carolina Education Association. UrgesSealSupport Mrs. Edgar Wells, Teachey; Citi zenshlp, Mrs. Elbert Davis, Mt Olive; Recreation, Mrs. Raeford Murphy, Rose Hill; Loan Fund; Mrs., 'J. L.. Wells, rTeachey; 4-H Club Leader, Mrs.", Willard West brook, Seven Springs. . - ' At the close of the meeting Mrs. A. B, Lanier presented the retiring President, Mrs. Walter Rhodes with a gift from the Federation. Mrs. Lanier closed the, meeting with a blow of the gavel.' -: A social hour was enjoyed by the group in the Agricultural Building with the B. F. Grady Club serving refreshments. 1 fi)T"i! Seal Sale Opens ' Residents of, Duplin -County will receive sheets ' of 1947 Christmas SeaK in their mail this week, en-1 . closed: with letters irora Mr. lewis - Outlaw, Seal Sale Chairman, of the Tuberculosis Association asking for support for its 1947 tuberculosis ' prevention and control campaign, according to Mr. R. V. Wells, presi dent of the association. The 41st annual Christmas Seal Sale begins this week ' and continues' f until ? Christmas. t V V " -'iV "The funds derived from the " 1947 Christmas Seal; Sale will J - out to work early in 1948 to pro mote a better control of tubercul osis program in our county," Mr. : Wells said. "The earlier Duplin i County residents acknowledge their ! Seals, the more confidently can we t go ahead with our plans for a heal " thier community in 1948." 'h;: - The 1947 Seal was designed by Paymond H. Lufkln of Tenafly, N. J., nationally known free-lance ar t : t, typographer and illustrator of duldren's books. During World Y.'ar II he won a special citation f'--a t'.e Treasury Department for '! '''3 v"t I raters, -("'.'.-.: " ", Executive to express thanks for the Associa tion to the following: ( To . Miss Dora Betty Dixon of the Agricultural ' Department for giv ing so freely of her time after regu lar office hours in helping with the printing, and folding of the letters enclosed with the' stamps. To Mrs, Emma Chambers, of Warsaw High School and her typing class for ad dressing 3000 envelopes. ' To the Wallace Jr. Womans Club for fold ing, the stamps and to Mrs. J. -B. Stroud and the Health Department Staff who so faithfully helped with the packing of the envalopes. , -Appreciation is also extended 10 the Postal Authorities for their helpful advise and wonderful co operation in handling the Seal mailing, and to other persons t r organizations who loaned aid in pro moting the Seal Sale. - Masonic And 0 ES Sermon Here Sun. star, urges nation-wide- support of the 1947 Christmas seal saie wu. will he conducted Nov. 24 to Dec. 25. Fairbanks stars In the Christ- i Seal trailer whlcn win db shown in motion picxure new" throughout the country amrog ins Wnnrls raised from the muiyaigu. - . sale -.of .Christmas Seals wUl be used' to support the tuberculosis control work of the -3,000 associa tions' affiliated with the National Tuberculosis Association. A Masonic and Eastern Star Ser mon will be held in the Kenansville Baptist Church on Sunday night, November 23, at 7:30 o'clock. The Rev. A. D. Leon Gray, Superinten dent of Oxford Orphanage will deliver the sermon. At that time the Masons hope to have completed their drive for the Oxford Orphanage. The Eastern Star ladies are preparing a miscell aneous'shower for the orphanage. They have p.aced a box at Leo Jackson's store and anyone wishing to deposit a gift in the box, it will be fcreatly appreciated. Anything will be accepted. The i Masons will meet at the Lodge about 6:30 p. m. and go in a body to the church. Dec. 9 Peanut Referendum James Albert Boney - careless & reckless driving - guilty - 60 days suspended, $25 fine and cost. Wm. Henry Young - no drivers license - guilty - 30 days suspended $25 fine and cost James Cashwu - no chauffeurs license - guilty - 30 days suspended $25 fine and cost. Carl D. Baker - no (Wve-s license - guilty 30 days suspended, $25 fine and cost. Preston Graham -. possession of whiskey for selling - guilty - 60 days suspended, $25 fine and cost Wm. Buber Hodges - possession and transportation of non-tax paid whiskey - guilty 60 days suspend ed, $25 fine and cost. Ed E. Penrsall - no driver license careless & reckless driving "' and injury - guilty 6 mos. suspended. Pay court $100 for benefit of Mik.T DeLuca, $25 fine and cost. Nelson Jones - no drivers lic ense - guilty - 90 days suspended, $25 fine and cost. T. D. Costin - no drivers license -guilty - 90 days suspended $23 fine and cost. J. C. Williams carrying conceal cl weapon - guilty - 3 mos suspend ed $50 fine and cost Pistol in 'question confiscated. Chester Frederick carrying con cealed weapon - guilty - 3 mos. suspended, $50 fine and cost. Pistol confiscated. Wm. Henry Artis - no drivers license - guilty - 3 mos. suspended $25 fine and cost. Henry Stevens, iCol.) - no drivers 'icense - guilty - 3 mos suspended $25 and cost. George Spearman - no drivers license - guilty 60 days suspended $25 fine and cost. Vivienne Roberts - speeding -guilty - $10 fine and cost. Zeb Willinm - carrying conceal ed weapon - guilty - 90 days sus pended $50 fine and cost Weapon confiscated. W. H. Hollam - no drivers license - guilty - 90 days suspended, $25 fine and cost. John W. Stallings - speeding -guilty - $10 fine and cost. Duplin Jersey Herd Rated For Type ; The registered Jersey herd own ed by George Johnson of Wallace has recently been classified for type under the program of The Ameri can Jersey Cattle Club, whose head quarters are in Columbus, Ohio. Dr. G. E. Taylor, Agricultural Special ist, Campbell-Ewald Company, official classification inspector r the Cattle Club, made the classifi cation of the Johnson herd. Under the classification animals axe compared for type against the 4 breed's score cariUwhicb 100 pointsvfor a perfect animal. Animals are given individual ra tings of Excellent, Very Good, Good Plus, Good, Fair or Poor in accord ance with the number of points which they receive on the score card basis. The 22 animals classified in the Johnson herd include 1 Excellent, 13 Very Good, 5 Good Plus and 3 ; Good for an average score of 85.23 , percent. This score exceeds the j average rating of 82.74 per cent for . all animals classified in the Jersey! breed and Mr. Johnson is to be congratulated on the type of cattle in his herd. Red Cross News The following remarks were made by Supt. O. P. Johnson, Pres- , ident of the Department of Super- ; intendents of the South Eastern ... District of the North Carolina Education Association, in present ing a life membership in the N C E . A. to T. T. Murphy. The District meeting, at which . thos honor was bestowed on Mr. Murphy, was held in Fayetteville . on Friday, November 7, 1947: T. T .Murphy, a native son of .. Pender County, elected Superinten- : . dent of Pender County Schools on July 29, 1903, the year in which I , was born, and three months before , , he reached his 21st birthday. Mr..' v Murphy doing the work and recei- ; ving the tremendous salary of $600. . . per year for his efforts, served hi this capacity until July 1, 1906, , when he resigned to complete his . : education at the University of , J North Carolina. After graduating -r from that institution, he taught for one vea'- in Durham County. On :,- July 9, 1909, the year I entered the first grade, he was again elect ed Superintendent of Pender County Schools, which position he has held continuously since that , date. -'i'l' During the first years of this , long period of faithful service he . heard the cry of Aycock for a school ; house on every hillside in North Carolina. He has seen the school term extended from four months to nine months. He went through ', the period , of holding teacher in stitutes and awarding teacher's , certificates. For many years he vis- -i ited his schools by means of horse . n and buggy. He was among the lead-: ers of this section in the move-, ment for the consolidation of our many schools through school bus transportation. He has seen mag-r nifirent rural, schools - renlaCO the ' allows VTt-ra-w, irwwi Ttiwrlrst-naved" road in the rural areas of our sec-, tion cme during his incumbency. He took office in the days of re- adjustment after the Spanish-Am- ; erican War. When the wounds of the Civil War still hung heavily about our shoulders. Two World Wars and several depressions have added to the many problems which , confronted him. During his term -' of office he has helped to lead us : ! in the period of our greatest edu cational advancement. TODACCO Tobacco prices opened the week on Eastern Belt markets lower but reversed the trend during the three sales days following the Armistice holiday and strengthened. Most of the leaf grades closed at $24. to $56; lugs, at $51 to $54; and non-de-script from $3.50 to $11.5!). Tl e volume of f i ('""'-'Cd c'!n! Revival Services At Grove Revival Services will begin at the Grove Presbyterian Church in Ke nansville. Mon. Nov. Z4. These ser vices will be held at 7:30 p. m. each evening with the -Rev.: Murphy Smith of Faison as guest minister. Services will continue through the week and close on the" fifth. Sunday night. . ' You are cordially invited to hear these Gospel messages. D:ilin Collon s report tDflt l,r" -1 On Tuesday, December I; peanut farmers Will say "yes" or "no" to marketing quotas on their 1948-49- 50 crops. : In discussing the coming referen dum. Joe E. Sloan, chairman of the County Agiicultural conservation Committee, made it clear tnat au persons engaged in the production of more than one acre of peanuts in 1947 are eligible to vote. "This includes tenants, share croppers, and owners wno ware in the oroceeds of the 1947 crop," lie said. '1;- - ; The chairman gave the following picture of what farmers may ex pect as a result of the referendum: "If two-thirds of those voting approve quotas, all peanuts pro duced in 1948 on a farm, that is not overplanted to peanuts will be eli gible for a loan or other price sup port at 90 of parity. Peanuts pro duced over and above the farm marketing quota will be subject to. a penalty. " '.- ? K :,.; . The County ACP office will nod- fv r- t farmers as to whre poll- - ', fee Loses Home By Fire Mr. D. F. Sandlin of Kenansville, Route 2, lost his home and all fur nishings by fire which caught in; the ceilingprobably from a defect-1 ive flue. His son, Gene, aged 6, was seriously burned and was just re cently released from a Kinston hos pital. Mr. Sandlin wishes to thank all of his friends and neighbors for their many acts of kindness and especially to thank Mrs. Lola Smith. Mrs. Herman Houston ana Mrs Oliver Blizzard for their untiring efforts in the behalf of himself and family. Kenansville Boy Completes School Private James T. Collins of Ke nansville was one of ten men who graduated recently from the Pana ma Canal Department's Food Ser vice School at Ft Clayton, Canal Zone. Pvt Collins completed the three month Cooks and Bakers Course ' for second cooks which trains students in the preparation of all foods normally prepared in an Army mess. , Following his graduation Coll ins rp- 1 to his '"ned unit. The Production and Supply Ser vice of the Duplin County Chapter of the American Red Cross has ac cepted a quota of 35 articles to pro duce for distribution in Federal Hospitals, Mrs. Sam Newton, chair man of this service has announced. Mrs. Newton states that of this number the garments being made are 15 pairs of pajamas, 5 hospital shirts, -10 bath robes and 5 bed jackets. She further states that Mrs. N. B. Boney, executive secretary, re cently mailed a box to the V. A. Hospital at Tuskegee, Ala., con taining the 15 pairs of pajamas. Her committee is busy on the hospital shirts at present and hope to start on the bath robes next week. Junior Red Cross The first school in Duplin to en roll this month in the Junior -Red Cross enrollment campaign was the Stanford Colored School, between Kenansville and Magnolia. Mrs. Sudie Stackhouse is teacher of this one room school which has an en rollment of 36 pupils. The first white school to enroll was Rose Hill with W. R. Teachey as principal. Other reports are coming in and it is hoped that a list of their con tributions can be given next week.. Mrs. George Bennett is chairman of the Junior Red Cross Chapter. Meeting At Cherry Point , Mr. J. E. Jerritt, Mrs. Daisy Craven and Mrs. Bessie Hines ac companied Mrs. N. B. Boney, exe cutive secretary, ARC, to a lunch eon meeting of "Community Ser vice to Camps and Hospitals" help at Cherry Point on Wednesday of last week. Reports of the past two month were given and a discussion of the Christ mas Holiday needs at Cherry Point and Camp Lejeune was held. The Duplin Chapter was proud to report that a bushel- of nice red apples Tiad been sent to Camp Lejeune for Halloween by the Kenansville Lions' Club and 25 Bingo Prizes were sent to Cherry Point by the Kenansville Eastern Star Chapter No. 215 for the Nov ember e'-.trtMnment and other or- It has been my pleasure to wit ness a part of these things: to do all of my primary and secondary school work under his supervision; to return later and teach in one of his schools; to serve as principal of one of his schools, and to serve ; as superintendent in a neighboring -county. I believe that I am quali fied to say that during this long period of excellent service ho has given Pender Counly one of the best rural school systems in North . Carolina that he has been true to the profession, and that he has piven to us an excellent example a truly great life of unselfish service to his people, and to his . profession. The Superintendents of the . South Eastern District of the Nortn :. Carolina Education Association,-, desiring to show their appreciation for such life, present to our good : friend, T. T. Murphy, this certifi cate of Life Membership in our State Teachers' Association. It Is - small but sincere token of our. professional esteem and deep per sonal regard. Attend Scottish Rites;; Wilmington Masons from Warsaw who attend ed the Scottish Rite Ceremonial held in Wilmington on Tuesday. . Wednesday and Thursday were: (those taking degree) Allen Drau ghon, Shep Sanders, Granam Phil- Hps, J. D. West M. V. Orr, Sr J. C. Russ, D. L. Ritter, Henry Merritt, and James Kitchin. : - Arthur Apple and S telling Mar- riner attended and helped with the - meeting. 4 ,- Others who attended some of the meetings were H. C McCullen, S. -A. Jones, Ralph Jones, and Stacy Britt. BFG 4-H Meets The Senior t-H Club of B. F. Grady met in the auditorium on Nov. 17. Miss Lawson, Assistant Home Agent gave an interesting talk to the girls on the need of vitamin C. Mr. Reynolds talked to the boys on the planting of t1-"-. On the prof p n t rext r" i pr ' V t y :
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