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VISITING OUR HOSPITAL -
By J. R. Grady ft '
After two years operation the Duplin General Hos
pital appears, to have pulled out of the expected slow
motion in the beginning. t A hospital, like a new doctor
, . l . . . - :
in a nmwimiMr miipt mwikr
B t i-vvuuuuiuij f jLiiuiafe giyn
new. doctor it expects-to, be loaded with welfare and
on-paying patients to start off with;. So,, one might
deduct that there is some good in the bad of hospital and
'doctor's non-paying patients. At "least they are started
- off busy and might be giving the outside appearance of
making money.. They mus take their losses before they
'can take thfeir gains.. Since its opening two years ago,
the hospital has had its share of welfare and non-paying
hotionto ': Tt Vioe a1ron rara
uenuy as u uiey were wp
sy doctors, that is our county
tt ' 3 V
uie renn , local in cpnnecnon wiui .uie uupxuu we
are referring to all county doctors who are on the staff)
have done their share in taking care of the free patients.
We feel proud of the institution today as the patient
load reaches 57, an all time high. This number includes
six infants. - The staff is well trained and .capable in
every detail to take care of jthese patients and more if
luuucciinr Mnna Vi ova noon nnt in t Via hall Sft far hilt
Ill.,l,UkJUi J 11UUV AACA V hWA
tomies and will probably go
ses and nurses aids as well
ment, kitchen and all departments are .working at top
level speed.but are not so
do a good 10b. The Duplm
tunate in having the high
. is almost impossible to walk on the halls butpphe sees
doctors from various parts of the county present. With
these, together with two outstanding surgeons, no pa-
tient is going to be overlooked.
t . Therf have been a few
i narkine SDace on the grounds was all taken up. And
speaking" of! parking space,,
visitors. rne administration ana stau welcomes yisw
orsrto the hospital and paiiente are glad to have jthem,
DUt Visitors snouia oe constaeraie. xwnrcnit;- .
' tient is sick or he or she'wouTd not be irvffie'hospi
and we all know that sick-peopl;do not need too nuch
company, especially at one time; It is not good ibr 'the
patient and it hinders attention the patient needs from
the nurses. I Doctors say that never more, than two
persons should visit a sick room at one time and not stay
too long. Visiting nours are set up ior me paueut a
benefit as well as the personnel. ? Morning hours are
from 10:00 to 11:00 o'clock.
are that it generally takes
' to give every patient their morning bath, take tempera
L tures. make ud beds, clean rooms, clean halls, give
earlv mominff treatments;
. i. ai j a:
.woros mere "is . uu tunc' ui luuuig mu .aawwau
often are in the way. Then when 11 o'clock arrives it
is time to take temperatures again and get the patients
ready for dinner. After dinner the patjent needs some
rest and maybe sleep, therefore, visitors should not
come before two o'clock. When four o clock arrives the
notion strain must, be rotten ready for supper. At
SM WAV -l W aaMua O v ,
night the hour of seven is supposed to see all routine
flobr work done and the patient and personnel is ready
for visitors. Whin nine o'clock comes it is time to
nuf the Patient to bed. Putting him or her to bed means
' .more than straightening the
light. There are only so
they must taKe care oi an pauenis. ine soohci vashuis
. leave at night the quicker they can get the patient ready
'. for sleep and sleep is important. The patient is the first
consideration and the nurses must have time.
The public is asked to
10:00 to 11:00 in the morning .
. 2:00 to' 4:00 in the afternoon
7:00 to "9:00 in the 'evening.
.' This is important and it is alsp important that not
. more than two visit a patient at a time. -When you are
visiting remember there may be others who want to
'visit also, and surely none of us want to prevent another
from visiting the sick room? , The hospital does not want
to set guards on floors or at door? as is done, in some hos
; pitals but a system must be kept and doctor's orders
must be obeyedJi Tod mucK4risiting at one time may
prolong the patient's 'stay.
- able amount of , visiting for j(knvalescents some times
is. good for the patient but do hot overdo it. , ;
M On Charge Of
Arson And Assault
, He sought revenge, now says he's
crazy, awaiting trial in higher
Emmette Wall,' v Calypso Negro,
who is separated from his wife, on
a mutual agreement it is reported,
la in th ecounty jail awaiting trial
in higher court on charges of ar-
soar He is charged with having set
fire to bed clothing and blankets
. on a bed in the house in which his
estranged wife lives in Calypso.
The alleged arson took place Sun
day. It is reported he was seek
ing revenge. The fire did no dam
ai" to the house. Only burned the
ctt :'- v!'icTi was Immw' ntey
i , nl ( Iioiise vhne t..
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f 1
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fiAm tha PTn vr an1 lllra Tho
um uic omu
nf tVioco rtationta liict as na.
paying ones. Ana our iocai
doctors (for when we use
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fWV M waw aama
home tomorrow. . The nur-
as the house keeping depart
crowded but' that they can
General is extremely for
type personnel Jt has. It
times recently' when the
brings up the question of
Reason for these hours
the nurses until ten o clock
and medicines. In other
Innfinn anil incifrirc miito
covers and turning off the
many nurses tp a floor and
please observe visiting hours:
day and carried to the Faison Jail
on Monday Morning where he was
to be given a hearing. While' a
waitlng the hearing he asked to go
to the bathroom and permission
was granted. He escaped through a
rear door of the jail which was un-
Sheriff Miller, together with De
puties Boone, .Byrd and Kevell and
Patrolman Bryan began search.
Bloodhounds from the prison camp
in .Kenansville were secured.- Also
the pilot of a private plane in Wal
lace Joined the hunt and spotted
him. , The pUtne circled him 'until
officers caught up with him in a
swamp between Faison and Calyp-
He was brought to the county
Jail in Kenansville' where he was
given a hearing by Justice of .the
Peace C. 0. McCullen of Faison in
the jail and is bound over to a high
er court, on a bond of $1000 on
charge of arson snl $500 .on charee
of a u.. wife. 1 1 jail tt r be
Uli i UlSt'lj was t .
KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 21,1957.
tnaUUktlon of three larf a tm4
(ormen trill neeeejttste S 1-B
hoar power . Interruption . Sunday
according' ; la J. C. Mmltsby,
local manacer tor Carolina Pow
er and Llht Company. ,
. Fewer will be off between 130
p.m. and, 4KW p.m, Sandajr af
ternoon, March 24, 1967, for the
Inatallation of three larce trana
formers and . aatomatlo eqoip-
ment. The area to be effected in
cludei VFariaw, Wallace, Kniansi
y viitwca nawwi tbmwi, iwumw
k m , i . mi.
vine, Dcouvute, mmmiin, 1UT
key, Tin City, Teachey, Boot Hill,
Charity, Magnolia, HarreU's ,WU
lard, Penderlea, Watha and Bar-
rw. , . ,
..The afternoon was chosen as the
time power Interruption Is least
likely to cause customers Ineon
yenience. - .
"This Is In k,eeplnc with the Ca
rolina Power, and Light Company
practice of keeping ahead of needs
of Its customers by maintaining
an abundant supply of electric
service for all present and future
needs.
;i .
Niece Of Local Man
Miss Helen Dobgon of Wilming
ton, is Rotary Club Teacher Grant
winner. Miss Dobson is the daugh
ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Davis
Dobson and a niece of Mr. Perry
Dobson of Kenansville. The follow
ing story about the award appeared
in the Mareh Utb issue ?t the Wik
jjiingtcm Morning Star,
A pa Sunset Park " Junior High
School teacher has been selected
to receive the Wilmington Rotary
Club's first annual European travel
ing teacher grant of $1,000.
,3 Miss 'fielen Dobson, a Bth grade
teacher at Sunset Park, was pre
sented the check at a Tuesday
luncheon; of the club. ' ,
Thls grant. the Rev. Mortimer
Glover told the club and guests,
'is. a far-reaching program in in
ternational service and under.
sUmiiniV.
-tan 'be used either for Euro
ijeaiPtravel' or studyy Rev; lever
standing teacher.' '
Miss Dobson told the club she
honed to make the grant a twise
Investment' by returning to- Wil
mington to1' live up w your ex
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Talent Show Here
On Friday, March 22 at 7:30 p.
m. the Duplin County 4-H, Clubs
will stage a talent show at the
Kenansville High School Auditor
ium. The show will contain a great
variety "of acts around a central
theme.
Admission . to this show is fifty
cents (50c) and twenty five cents
(25c).
The money is being raised by the
4-H County Council to carry on a
worthwhile project in Duplin County-
Lcnton Services At
Methodist Churches
Lay preaching services are being
held in the churches of the North
Carplina Conference during the
Lenton season which do not have
full time pastoral services, accord
ing to an announcement by Rev.
H. M. McLamb, Superintendent of
the Goldsboro District of The Meth
odist Church.
The services began on March 10
and will continue through Easter
April 21. Services to be held in Du
plin County on March 24 include
the following: Kenansville, R. F.
Wadkins; Unity, R. J. Hursey; Ca
lypso, Gerald McGowan; Faison,
Mrs. D. L. Fouta; Nobles ' Chapel,
Carrie Williams; Woodland, R.'V.
Ridge; Rose Hill, O. 1. Howell, Jr.,
Wesley, Wilbur Tyndall; Zion, C. L.
Derr; Turkey, ' Howard Merrltt;
Carlton, J. W. Harrell.
All services are held at 11 o'clock.
At Beulaville
ist
REV. LLOYD W. GARNER, JR.
' Revival-services will be conduct
ed at - the Beulaville Missionary
Baptist Church March 25 through
April 8. The evening services will
begin at seven thirty. Day services
will be-held at ten o'clock Tues
day through Friday of the first week
nd Monday through Friday of the
second week. ri --v,,
t The ReV. Lloyd W. Garner,:-Jr.;
pastor of the First Baptist Church,
Rutherfordton, N. C, wiU be the
evangelist for these aeries of meet
ings, Everyone Is- Invited to attend
tfnd to prav for the' success of each
service. , Someone will be, in the
nursery for each service to care
for the babies.
' Ini ration Fermi t ' '
A total of 723 nermits for Irri
gation were Issued in North Ca
rolina thru January, .1956. ,'..' ,
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Th! !- t --i pond coss ap-
Bapl
Johnson To Preside Over 73rd Annual
Session Of North Caroline, education
Association, Wilmington, Start Tonight
The 73rd Annual Convention of
the. North Carolina Education As
sociation will be held in Wilming
ton, March 21-23 and the three day
meeting , is expected to attract a
bout 3,500 educators.
Billie Davis, well known author
and lecturer, will be the principal
speaker at the General Session on
Friday evening. Mrs. Davis is
known as the 'Hobo Kid' and her
lfe story was depicted in an NEA
film, 'A Desk for Billie.'
NCEA president, O. P. Johnson
of Kenansville will preside over the
convention. Rosalie Andrews, Char
lotte, will be installed as the new
president Friday evening.
The First General Session on
Thursday evening will be high
lighted by a pageant depicting the
100 years history of the NCEA. The
Second General Session will be a
business session for official dele
gates. The five NCEA divisions meet on
Friday morning. These divisions
are: superintendent, Classroom,
Teachers, Directors of Instruction,
Higher Education, and Principals.
Business and professional matters
come before the divisions during
the meetings. '
To be considered during the busi
ness session Friday afternoon are
the proposed resolutions as approv
ed by the- Resolutions Committee
for presentation and additional re
solutions are expected to be con
sidered prior to the convening of
the" Delegates Assembly. ReSolut"
ions will deal with legislation, in
creased . public , school services,
teacher welfare. Federal Aid, pro
fessional standards. United Forces
for Education, and support of NEA.
' AH State JUimmittees report dur
ing the business session. The Legis
lative Committee report will be
presented by State Chairman A. C.
Dawson of Southern Pines. This re
port; may. touch off lively debate on
the issue of teacher's, salaries.
Other State Committees whose
report will be. presented bye their
eaalrmta are: Boerd of 'Editors: In
ez PagC Durham: Ethics: L. S. In
scoe, Nashvilierlrederal Relations:
M. E. fount, Graham; FTA College
Advisory: Donald G. Tarbet: Cha
pel Hill; FTA High School Advis
ory: Mrs. W. A. Murray, mcKory;
Insurance: G. P. Carr,
Hillsboro;
Robert L. West Heads 5 Red Cross Drive
In Duplin County; Quota Set At $5675.00
Porters Hill First To Report Over Top
Robert L. West, Duplin County
chairman andchairman for the 1957
Red Cross chapter's 1957 campaign
for members and funds, said today
41,000 North Carolina servicemen.
veterans and their dependents re
ceived Red Cross assistance In per
sonal emergencies and with other
welfare problems during the past
year.
Quoting a report from the South
eastern Area headquarters in At
lanta. Mr. West disclosed that 57 -
313 pints of blood were donated to
Red Cross centers by North Caro
linians last year. A total of 14,700
CCs of gamma globulin were sup
plied without charge to the State
Department of Public Health.
Special attention was paid to the
first aid and water safety programs
which have been started in the
state through cooperation between
Red Cross national staff, local chap
ters and state agencies. Last year.
3,000 first aid instructors . and 2,
800 water safety instructors were
qualified to teach standard courses.
Among those qualifying to teach
were members of the state highway
patrol, parks, highway, conserva
tion,' prison employees, and others
in the employ of the state.
Quotas for Duplin, communities.
workers and amounts are as fol
lows: Bowden, Mrs. Robert Smith, $50.;
B. F. Grady, Hugh M. Wells, $300;
Chaney In Talk On
. By Mrs. Edd Koraecay
Hubert Chaney, FHA Supervisor
for Duplin County, was guest spea
ker at the meeting of the Pleasant
Grove. Community Development
Club . last Thursday night He ex
plained the qualifications necessary
to secure a loan from his organiza
tion and asked that any-person
needing money to build a house,
that could meet the requirements,
contact him at his office in Ken
ansville. ' - 4 -
Elmo Blizzard, club chairman, con
ducted the- meeting and several
committees reported. -f '
, , The ? agriculture group- reported
that approximately three hundred
soil ' samples were taken to Ra
leigh on Monday, by' truck. There
were also several samples of hybrid
seed -torn on display with prices
for buying cooperatively.. - -'
A committee composed by Mrs.
Tipp Scott, Carl Kornegay, and Mrs.
Edd Kornegay, 'were appointed to
see about securing a plane) for the,
club building. Carl Kornegay also
asked that song books be bought,
A 4-H Club committee was ae
lp-tcd tn work with the voune
. s. They are I-'rs. L, C, Herring
; I
O. P. JOHNSON
NCE A-NCPTA : Mrs. D. W. Sand
ers, Raleigh; NCEA Evaluation: C.
Robert Benson, Jr., Winston-Salem;
NCEA Scholarship and Student
Loan: L. A. Bruton, Whiteville;
NEA - CAP: Mrs. Phebe Emmons,
Washington; Professional Services:
Jessie Baxter, Graham; Personnel
Polices: Nell E. Stinson, Raleigh;
Planning 'Commission: B. L. Smith,
drcensboro; Public Relations: Alice
C. Averitt, Kings Mountain; Salary
Study: C. E, Morrison, Rowland.
Other convention highlights in
cluds: The Representative Future
Teachers from teacher education in
stitutions ' will be presented on
Thursday evening by Barbara Ben
nett, President, NCEA Department
of Future Teachers, University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Officers of high school Future
Teacher Clubs will be presented to
the delegates by President Johnson
oh Friday evening.
J. J, Lentz, Superintendent, Lee
County. Schools, Sanford, will de
liver tte- citation naming Dr. Ju
lius L Fousf-to the North Carolina,
nam oi same.
On Saturday morning 24 depart
ments of the NCEA will hold meet
ings. Officers will be elected and
programs of professional interest
will highlight these meetings.
Beulaville, Russell Lanier, $300; Ca
lypso, Mrs. C. L. Sloan, $400; Chin
quapin, Mrs. T. F. Sanderson, $175;
Faison, Mrs. N. K. Oates, $400; Ken
ansville, Haliton Quinn, $475; Mag
nolia, Mrs. N. T. Pickett, $100; Pot
ters Hill, L. M. Bostic, $75; Rose
Hill, Mrs. E. P. Blanchard, $500;
Teachey, Mrs. Charles Hearn, $100;
Wallace, Wayne Jordan, $1200; War
saw, Mrs. Allen Draughan, Sr.,
$1000; Negro Division, W. J. Pierce,
$600.
Total $5675.
Potters Hill follows its usual pat
tern of being the first in the coun
ty to make its report. The drive
headed there this year as for the
past 15 years by L. M. Bostic, re
ports $76 collected, one dollar above
quota. Donations ranged from 5c
to $5.00. Mr. Bostic did all the soli
citing himself.
Speaker On Missions
To Be At Show Hill
Rev. Bruce Barrow of the Mis
sion Board will speak at the Snow
Hill Free Will Baptist Church, near
Scott's Store, on Monday night,
March 25th at 8:00 o'clock p.m. He
will be glad to give any desired in
formation on mission work. The
public is cordially invited to at-
tend this service.
lib Hears
Loan Qualifications
and Donvell Kornegay, .This group
is supposed to meet at vthe same
time as the Older group.
E. J. Simpson. Assistant County
Agent, was present and urged that
everyone get to work to Improve
the mail boxes and also consider
entering the farm income contest
as fifty entrants are- needed to
make Duplin County eligible to
take part in the contest.
Mrs. Taft Herring displayed the
scrapbook for the club and asked
for pictures, articles, etc,
Jonas Dail, Mrs. Oarrie Scott and
Edd Kornegay were asked to serve
on the finance committee to work
out plans to raise money to finish
the club building and , to buy a
piano and other improvements.
Painting of the building Is al
ready in progress and. is expected
to be completed in a short time.
- After the business portion of the
meeting was finished, Mrs, Jonas
Dail presented a cake. to be sold for
the benefit of the Red Cross which
brought a goodly amount for this
very worthy organization. ,,
Refreshments were served to a-
round fifty. v?i'v--V--.f,'V,j'.ii'.
BOB8CBIPTION BATES: fSM per
C nttes; $M aetatde tfaU rej to tf.
roaches
State Revenue Commissioner Eu
gene G. Shaw has Issued a remind
er to North Carolina citizens that
annual State income tax returns
and payments are due on or before
April la.
The individual income tax, which
raises almost one-quarter of the
State's General Fund revenue, was
enacted into law in 1921. Around
900,000 filed returns last year. De
spite much larger collections in re
cent .years. Commissioner Shaw
pointed out that the last increase
in individual income tax rates was
in the tax year 1937.
Taxpayers in this locality who
desire forms or free assistance may
contact the Department of Rev
enue's field representative whose
offices are located on the 2nd floor
of the Dail Building in Kenansville.
Mr. Walston, manager of the Du
plin office will also render assis
tance in other localities during the
filing period. It is suggested that
taxpayers look for notices in Court
house and other public places for
time. For further information write
North Carolina Department of Re
venue, Raleigh, North Carolina.
SCHEDULE
Mr. Walston's schedule for the
ensuing filing period in Duplin
will be as follows:
March 26, J. P. Stevens Co., in
Wallace; March 28, City Hall, Wal
lace; April 11, City Hall, Wallace;
April 5, City Hall, Warsaw; April
12, City Hall, Warsaw; April 2, Of
fice, Kenansville; April 9 Office,
Kenansville and April 15, Office in
Kenansville.
Briefs
TV For Hospital
It is reported that the Warsaw
Rotary Club plans to donate a TV
set for the reception room on the
first floor of the Duplin General
Hospital. This is very fine. Spring
time suggests hot weather and this
suggests air conditioning. It would
be mighty fine if some of the other
civic clubs, merchants or individ
uals would donate some air condi
tioning units. A few rooms have
them but It would be nice it. all
rooms were air cond'tioned.
Kicked By Mole
Furney Cahoon, 3 year old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Cahoon of
near Kenansville was brought to the
hospital Tuesday after having been
kicked on the left front side of the
forehead. His skull was slightly
fractured. Twenty one 1 stitches
were taken.
Dr. Willis To St. Louis
Dr. R. F. Willis will leave Kenans
ville Sunday morning for Raleigh
.vhere he will board a plane for St.
Louis. He will attend the 9th an
nual Scientific Assembly of the
American Medical Association. He
will return to Kenansville on Fri
day, March 29th. Mrs. Willis will
.iccompany him.
To New Office Soon
Dr. Willis expects to occupy his
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Duplin - Sampson
Duke Alumni Hear
Dr. Child
About fifty alumni and friends of
Duke University from Duplin and
Sampson Counties gathered in the
Fellowship room of the local church
last Thursday night and listened to
an interesting and inspiring talk by
Dr. Ben Child, 70 year old profes
sor of Education at Duke. Dr. Child
after proper introduction by O. P.
Johnson, told his hearers that O. P.
did not properly introduce him.
Looking about 50 years old, he said
Mr. Johnson did not tell them he
was 70 years old and would retire
as professor at' Duke, August 31st
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Magnolia Revival
Begins March 4th
' The Magnolia Missionary Baptist
Church will begin its Spring revi
val March 24th and go through Sun
day, March 31st. There will be
morning services Tuesday through
Friday at 10:15 to 11:15. The night
services will begin at 7:30 o'clock.
Rev. M. M. Johnson from Rowan
church in Clinton, will be the visit
ing evangelist. He will be assisted
by Rev. Grady McKeithan from
Teachey, who will lead the singing.
Come and bring the entire fam
ily. The nursery will be open to
care for the babies. 'Enter into His
Courts with thanksgiving.'
Welcome Joe D. Everett.
It's Spring
SONG "FROM THE
PIPPA PASSES'
The year's at the spring.
And day's at the morn';
Morning's at seven;
The hillside's dew-pearled;
Thp lark's on the' wing;
The snail's on the thorn;
God's in His heaven ..
All's right with the world. '
Robert Browning: - r
v Spring officially arrived yester
day March 20th, at 4:17 p.m. Earlier
than usual this year.' - As a rule
Spring arrives on March Slat '
lew In Dap 11a and adjoining
C; 5.0 aatalde N. C.
280 Soil Samples From Pleasant Grove
Community Taken To Raleigh For Tests
BY E. J. SIMPSON
The Pleasant Grove Community
voted at their February meeting to
carry on a community wide soil
testing program. An Agricultural
Committee, with Mr. Taft Herring
as cnairman, was appointed by El
mo Blizzard, Community Club
Chairman, to conduct this prog
ram in the community.
Two days were set to meet and
carry out this project; March 6 was
set for a school on soil testing for
the people who were to assist with
this program and March 7 set as the
day the testing was to be done. The
Agricultural Committee planned to
have the soil samples in by 1:30
p.m., load them on a truck and
take them to Raleigh to the State
Soil Laboratory. Bad weather delay
the program, but the Agricul
tural Committee met on March 6
is scheduled with George V. Pen
ny, Soil Conservationist and E. J.
Simpson, Assistant County Agent,
to study plans for taking soil sam
ples. The bad weather continued until
the week end and sun and wind
$3333.34 Raised In Duplin County
Christmas Seal Sale, Dail Reports
Mrs. Coltrane
Guest Speaker
At D.A.R. Meet .
Mrs. C. S. Coltrane of Raleigh,
Division president of the United
daughters of the Confederacy was
guest speaker on Friday March 15
when the James Kenan Chapter of
the U.D.C. was host to District Nine
North Carolina Division UDC with
the annual meet held in the War
saw 'Baptist Church.
Mrs. Coltrane used as her topic
!UDC Yesterday, Today and Tomor
row:' She stated that -ur UDC is
the greatest. Memorial' Builders in
the world.' 'However? the time has
come,' she said, 'to strive to stress
more educational memorials.' Twen
ty-three educational memorials for
worthy confederate descendents are
given at the present time.
Prior to the address by Mrs. Col
trane a Registration and Coffee
Hour was held in the Ladies Parlor
from 10 a m until 10:30 a.m. Mrs
George Bennett presided over cof
fee at this event.
Mrs. Norwood Boney, who was in
charge of the Memorial Hour op
ened the Memorial with a reading
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Members of Farm Loan
Group To Meet March 25
The Clinton National Farm Loan
Association which is affiliated with
The Federal Land Bank of Colum
bia will hold its Annual meeting of
shareholders in the Commuaity
Building in Clinton at 2 o'clock on
Monday afternoon, March 25 ac
cording to an announcement by De
Witt Carr, secretary - treasurer. A.
G. Warren, president of the associa
tion, will preside.
The meeting will open with a
brief business session in which fi
nancial reports and activities of
the association for the past year
will be reviewed, and two directors
will be elected.
Featured on the program will be
a talk by C. Marion Butler who is
ASC office manager in Sampson
County. Mr. Butler is well trained
in various phases of agriculture
and has an outstanding background
of service to farmers over a period
of several years on both a local and
a state-wide level. He will discuss
the soil bank program and other
matters of special importance.
Also, in addition to the awarding
as in past years of silver dollars to
many of those present, a special
feature will be introduced this year
in the offering of valuable prizes
of fertilizer and poultry and live
stock feed to holders of lucky num
bers. This part of the program will
be conducted by T. E. Haigler, Re
gional Manager in North Carolina
for the Columbia Bank, and will
conclude the meeting. Refreshments
will be served immediately after
adjournment.
The Clinton association handles
the making and servicing of Fed
eral Land Bank loans in Sampson,
Duplin, Pender, New Hanover and
Brunswick Counties.
Other officers and directors of
the association. in addition to Pre
sident Warren and Secretary-Treasurer
Carr are: J. J. Ward of Wal
lace, vice president; E. D. Smith of
Ingold, director; Ottls Ridge of
Warsaw, director and R. E. Sand
erson of Burgaw, director. Mrs. El
sie Hudson is assistant secretary
treasurer. Hearing On Train
Stops At Magnolia
Set For April 30
A further hearing by the State
Utilities Commission on an applica
tion by the Atlantic coast lAine
Railroad for authority to discon
tinue Magnolia as a flag stop
for passenger train No. 48-49 has
been set for 10 a.m. on April 30 in
Raleigh. v
The application was Wea xaarcn
12. 1950. and a hearing was held
on May 18, 1958. The case has been
reopened for further hearing. ' '
PRICE TEN CENTS
dried the soil enough so that gam
pies could be taken on Monday,
March 11. About fifteen people as
sisted in distributing and collecting
the soil sample boxes. When a far
mer was sick or did not feel that he
was able t0 take the soil test by
himself, the members of this com
mittee would go into his fields and
take the samples for him.
The collecting point was the com
munity club building. By 1:30 pan.
all of the committee members had,
their samples loaded on a truck
ready to send them to Raleigh. By
actual count there were two hund
red and eighty individual samples
taken in this community by the
committee. Donald Kornegay drove
his truck to Raleigh to deliver the
samples. He was met in Raleigh at
the Soil Testing Laboratory by Dr.
S. L. Tisdale, Director of the Lab
oratory.
Dr. Tisdale congratulated Mr.
Kornegay on the fine program his
community had carried out and
said that the Laboratory would
send out reports in about six days.
A total of $3333.34 was contributed"
to the Duplin County Tuberculosis
Association curing the recent
Christmas Seal Sale, announced Mr.
William Dail, county chairman.
Mr. Dail expressed his apprecia
tion for the cooperation of the com
munity chairman, WLSE radio ..sta
tion, Duplin Times and Wallace En
terprise for assistance given during
the camapign.
Eighty percent of the sale remains
in our county to conduct an early
case finding,- health education, pa
tient service and rehabilitation
program for the citizens of this
county. Many people are compla
cent about Tuberculosis since the
discovery of new drugs in the TB
treatment picture. However 14,796
people in the U. S. died of TB last
year these deaths were needless
early case findings can prevent
these .deaths and decrease the
spread of TB.
Pink Hill Home
Be Open To Public
On March 26th
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Whit
ford Hill on Pink Hill Rt. 1. will
be open to the public from 2 p.m. to
5 p.m. and from 7 ;.m. to 9 p.m
Tuesday, March 26.
The house is one of the 'Result
Housing' demonstration projects
which have been built throughout
the state since 1950, The owners of
these homes worked in cooperation
with the State and county exten
sion service personnel in develop
ing this project. The heated floor
area is approximately 2,000 square
feet. It contains three bed.-ooms, a
combination den-kitchen, utility
room, two full baths, living-dining
room, screen porch and carport.
This is your chance to visit the
first demonstration house in Le
noir County. You may reach this
house by following Highway N. C.
11, North of Pink Hill, toward Kin
ston, to Ralph Stroud's Service Sta
tion. After passing the station o
right, turn left on first dirt reatt.
The Hill's home is seen on right.
It is a brick veneer home. We hope
that you can visit this home on
Tuesday, March 26.
Marie Penuel. home agent,
and F. J. Koonce, Jr, county
agent.
Revival Scheduled
At Bethany FWB i
Revival Services At Bethany
A Revival meeting will begin at
Bethany Church in Albertson on
Sunday, April 7 and will continue
through April 13th. Time for meet
ing is 7:30 p.m. Everybody is cor
dially invited to attend these ser
vices. Duplin General .
Hits Peak With '
57 Patients
A report from the Duplin General
Hospital at ten o'clock this morning
said that a total of 57 patients were
in the hospital and at least three
more scheduled to be admitted dur
ing the day. At least two were ex
pected to be discharged. This is the
largest number of patients at any
one time in the hospital since its
opening two years ago. Last week
the figure reached fifty and again
the first of this week.
Last week the Times commented .
that the hospital was reporting low
on new born babies. It seems for
the past few months that mothers-to-be
were going elsewhere and we,
wondered why they were not tak
ing advantage of the convenience
and service of the county hospitaL
The cost for this service here is W j
higher than at other hospitals and
results since the opening have nrov-
ed , very- satisfactory,;- : Th Times
comment may have , been -a little
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