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VOLUME XXVI No. 18
KENANS VILLE," NORTI! CAROUNA, THURSDAY MAY ,7, 1959
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' The 4tH Junior and Senior King and Queen ehoaen Thursday
night at the annual 4-K night. Reading from lett to right are; Glenn
Williams, Junior 4-H King( Mary Linda Grady. Junior Queen,
" trralne: Ivey. Snlor 4-H Queen: Melvin Willlartis, ' Senio 4-H
ij'i King. Standing are: Mi-s. Lois Britt, and Mr. -'Lawrence Ree'ceV 4-H
Counly 4-H Health King - Queen Chosen
, t The first H iq. the' 4-H Emblem
aUnds for Health.' The '4-H boys
v.nd girls of Duplin County as
, aembled on Thursday night of
last week for the , election of
the Junior and Senior Health
King and Queen for Duplin Co-
t ' wnty to reign for 1959. The kings
. and queens I are selected on the
"basis of the individual work and
progress. These kings and queens
represented 1800 4-H boys and
f iris of Duplin.
i i 4-H Supervisor of boys, Lawre-
' - nee Reece,. was announcer for
. ins program, a pbjtkub mi
' i candidates of each schooL both
junior and senior, was held as
follows: i
". , Kenansville - (Q) Janis Alphin
V Rose Hill - (K) , John Steve
iiklns, (Q) Stella, Well.
VaUaceRose HiU - (K) Dallas
Xnowles, (Q) Bobby Jean Fields.
j Warsaw (Q) Joan Browne
ManoUi - (K) A. Q. Smith,
Jr., Q) Mary Ain" Martina.
. raison - (K) Qweri Jones, (Q)
, Bue Carol Goley. ' 'Z ?
i Williams, Q Mary Linda Grady
r a F. GradySr. . (K) Melvin
wiuiams, (Q) Gail Grady..
. 'Kenan - (Q) Lorraine Ivey
' r Calypso (K) Bradford-Brock,
Q) Carbl Kirby.
v , KoTth'Duplin.'- (Q) Susan Oil?
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'."i i'lAtoms for Peace", a free Mobile exhibit presented by the
. United States Atomic Energy Commission, is shown above. The
1 Exhibit, a walk-through type, deals with the peaceful uses of atomic
energy. . ' '
I ; " It will appear in Kenansville on vacant. lot next to Post Office
v on May 9th. The Kenansville Jay-ees are sponsoring the exhibit
v here as s public service. . ' ' : , , j
v The Mobile Exhibit will be at James Kenan High School on
May Uth from 11:00 a. m. to ISO, Then the exhibit will move
down town in Warsaw betwetn the A & P Store and Andrews Super
Market from 3:00 p. m. to 8:00 p. m. The Warsaw Junior Chamber of
Commerce will be sponsoring the
In Warsaw.
Miss Mozingo Speaker Af
Sub-District V. S.
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The Spring . Meeting of i-the
Kenansville sub-district Woman's
Society of Christian Service was
held on April 28 at King's Me
'thodtat Church near Faison. The
-Theme of the meeting was "The
Master CaUeth .for Thee." Mrs.
c Adrian Daviv 'sub-district t
der, presided. The devotional was
given by Mrs. B.-. B. McCullen,
' fleets ; are: Mrs. Adrian Davis,
wife of the local pastor. Mrs. W.
j R. King, president of the ' hos
.tess society, welcomed the group.
Special music was rendered by
the "Double . Octet",; of Hobbton
High School tinder the direction
of Mr. Dennis Price. "
, (During the business session
the officers for the next two
''years, were installed by Mrs. A.
B. Lanier of Rosa Hill The of
lea.ier from Calypso; Mrs. C W.
Eurratt, Jr., err'stant leader from
Eos I .."s. l.'ard.'VTr-'V
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Chinquapin Jr; (K) ifcarl Ca
venaagh, (Q) .Remona Jean
Brown., '
Chinquapin Sr - (Q) Joyce Ann.
James.
Beulaville Jr. - (K) Ferris Bli
szard, (Q) Shirley Albertson.
Beulaville Sr. & Cedar Fork -(Q)
Jo Ann Cowan.
Potters Hill - ,(Q) Peggy Jo
Turner. . . "
"Bowden - (K) Poythress, (Q)
Annette Holmes.
The various ' clubs of .the co
unty, each put on a stunt Talent
Im all fields was displayed by the
boys and girls. .There was ac
cordion playing, drum and trumr
pet,, tap dancing, singing, piano
playing,, majorettes, autoharp
paying. One girl of Chinquapin
played her own composition on
the piano. There4 was an unusual
amount of talent ' at the talent
show. The talent program was
ended by . Drew Grlce of War
saw playing his banjo and sing-
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.The Ugh light of the evening
waa-he -erownhjof the- Jun
ior Queen, Mary Linda Grady of
B. F. Grady School and junior
Health King, Glenn Williams of
hthe B. F. Grady School, senior
Health Queen winner was Lor
raine Ivey of James Kenan' High
School and Melvin Williams of,
the B. F. Grady School.
free exhlbi at the school and J
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reports' of presidents heard. Mri.
She).toa.'BoycV president Golds-
boro District Ww S. C S . Intro
duced district officers, present
who made a few remarks. A life
membership was presented , by
the Calypso society to their re
tiring president, Mrs. Albert Wfl-
The speaker for the meeting
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was Miss Alice Rose Mozingo,
Goldsboro District ; Representa
tive. N. C. .Conference Youth
Caravan to Europe- Miss Mozingo
told of her activities on the Car
avan and showed slides of places
visited.. : K- -"'' ':':.;'
The meeting wai ? adioumed
with benediction and grace by
Rev. B. R. McCullen Luncn was
served to. about 80 ladies by the
hostess society. - i . ,i: i
The object of art is to crys
taUise emotion i-to thougb, and
tien f r it li f -n.
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Soil Survey
The soil survey of Duplin Co
unty, North Carolina, which was
made in cooperation with the
North Carolina Agricultural Ex
periment Station and the United
States Department of Agricultu
re, has just ben released from the
Government Printing Office.
, ,Like others in the soil survey
series the Duplin County survey
will show the character of the
soil in any part of the county.
Each farmer will be able to de
termine from it the kind of soil
on any part of his farm and the
best uses 'for that particular soil.
Among others who will make ex
tensive use of. this survey are:
Staff members' of your Agricul
tural Experiment Station and Ag
ricultural Extension Service, ot
her Sate agencies and Federal
agencies working wjth farmers
in tna county, students and tea-
chars of soil science, prospective
purchasers, land appraisers, in
dustrialists seeking new sites, en
gineer planning highways, and in
fact anyone concerned with the
uses of rural lands in the county.
: During the next several days
in
The fellewing patients were ad
mitted to Duplin General Hospital
during the past week.
MAGNOLIA:
Helen M. Southerland
Mary Lou Kelly
Randy Larren Lanier
CHINQUAPIN:
Baby Boy Lanier
Emma Lee Pickett
KENANSVILLE:
Seymour Teitelbaum
Ronald Gene Brown
Lucille C. Stokes
Veronia Mae Miller
Baby. Girl Miller '
Carey Austin Williams, Jr.
WARSAW:
Marietta Smith Fraaier
Marlon Sutton . ,
Lewlltara L. Holland ,
Baby Boy Holland
Joy Johnson Davis
Marie Harvey Best
Leo.Batsoa
Richard Earl Miller
Thelme Gore Powell
GOLDSBORO:
Polly Anderson
MT. OLTVI
Betty Ray Tamer
ALBERTSON:
Paul Winston Williams
FAISON:
Anna Foes Powell
Baby Boy Powell
Henry C. Precythe
Delia Davis Williams
BEULAVILLE:
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Cedar Fork Holds
Mother's Day
ram
A special Mother's Day Pro
grant is planned for Sunday May
10 at the .Cedar Fork Baptist
Church. The service will begin
at 11:00 ajn.
The outstanding feature of the
program will be the Southwood
High School Chorus of Kinston,
N. C. presenting a concert of sa
cred music. The Chorus consist of
48 high school students under
the direction of Mr. Joe Jackson.
Jackson is choir director at Ce
dar Fork.
After this special service a din
ner on the grounds is planned.
Rev. Norman Aycock, Pastor of
Cedar Fork extends a cordial in
vitation to everyone to 'attend
this special service..
OPEN HOUSE SET - The
above, will be on display to the
10 front I p. m. until p. tn.
all-electric-home and. has incorporated In U the a modern A
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Released
copies of the survey will be for
warded to the schools in the co
unty for use in the agricultural
departments and to the office of
the County Farm Agent, and ot
hers in the county who have an
interest in receiving a copy of
the survey can obtain a copy of
same by writing to Congressman
Barden at his Washington, D.
C. office, as long as his supply
lasts.
Nurses Asso. To Meet
District No. 14, North Carolina
State Nurses' Association will
meet at the Duplin County Hea
lth Department in Kenansville
On Tuesday, May 12, at 7:30 p.m.
Visit Kenansville
The Fifth graders of the Chin
quapin School, with their ins
tructor Mrs. Hazel Brinson, vi
sited Kenansville oij Tuesdav
morning. The boys and girls vis
ited the Court House, Duplin
Times office, Health Department
and Agriculture Building and
had picnic lunch at the Springs.
Beulaville Lions
The Beulaville Lions are busy
making preparations to raise
funds for a town Playground
for the youngsters of Beulaville.
They met on Monday night of
this week and planned to have
a fish fry and stew in June to
raise funds for completing the
tennis courts and buying play
ground equipment.
Carl Geerch To Speak on Dnplin
On Carolina Chats, Sunday ni
ght, May 10, Carl Goerch will
speak on Duplin County. He will
speak over station WPTF at
6:15 p.m.
President Theta Chi
Larry G. Bailey of Faison is
president to the Theta Chi fra
ternity at East Carolina College.
The fraternity has recently pre;
sented to the Student Govern
ment Association at the college
a tape recorder for use by blind
students.
Fried Chicken Supper
The Beulaville Band Boosters
Club is sponsoring a fried chi
cken supper on Saturday night,
May 9, at the Beulaville School
,ur, . -
iicxeis win oe on saie ai
the door for both children and
adults.
Joe Costin Elected
President SE Section
Joe Costin, Duplin County Sa
nitarian, was elected President of
the Southeastern Sanitation Sec
tion at a meeting held in Clin
ton last week. Mr. L. H Caton,
of Fayetteville was elected Vice
President and J. Carlie Hinnant,
of GoldsborO was elected Sec
retary and Treasurer.
Beulaville Town Board
Hear Paul Van Camp
The Town Board of Beulaville
had a' special call meeting on
Friday night of last week to
hear Mr. Paul Van Camp, an
engineer from Southern Pines,
discuss the sewer system for
Beulaville. No definite plans
were made at this date.
The board had met previous
ly in April to discuss a fog spra
yer for the town and additional
street lights. Further discussion
of the subject was posponed until
the May meeting.
Musio Recital
Mrs Ben Bowden will present
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Cold Medallion House,
use, pictured.
My? 8. ;.ind?'i
public this weekend
during the period. The hous W an -
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RESULT OF TOWN ELECTIONS :FAI50N
AND ROSE Hlil HAVE BUSY DAY
Town elections held in Duplin
County on Tuesday, May 5, were
rather quiet, with a small vote
and an occasional spurt of acti
vity crooping up through the co
unty. The town of Faison had a ra
ther spirited race with Cecil D.
McCullen defeating Dave Oates
for Mayor by 180 votes to 82 res
pectively. For Commissioners, W.
A. Thompson led the ticket with
213 votes, C. A. Precythe, 186; Joe
Hollingsworth, 184; C. A. Dec-'--r,
173; J. h. King. 169. W. H.
CI. .- nd J. E. Andrews, Sr.
vere deff.: New members cn
!hc Vo-rd a"ie J L. Ilia- jr,a C.
A. Decker.
Rose Hill had an unusually
large vote. With 450 registered,
381 voted. C. W. Surratt, Jr., who
ran for mayor won with 240
votes, against M. F. Bostic who
received 137 votes. In the Com
missioner race, L. Clayton Her
ring 259 votes; Homer C. Brown,
242; Samuel Cavanaugh 213; M.
E. Edwards, 191; Gerald Carr,
197; Harvey R. Braddy, 197; Wil
lim H. Fussell, 222; Ben L. Har
rell, 142; with write-ins for M.
L. Carr, 93. Incumbent commis
sioners are Clayton Herring, Ho
mer C. Brown, Samuel Caven
augh; New Commissioners are
Gerald Carr and Williams H.
Fussell.
Wallace election day was quiet,
and brough the following results:
Mayor Melvin Cording, who ran
with no opposition, was retained
for a second term. G. G. Walker,
T. J. Baker, S. W. Gowen, Roy
S. Cavenaugh and W. H. Rose
were elected to the town board of
commissioners. Walker, Baker
and Gowen have served previ
ously. Cavenaugh and Rose arc
newcomers.
Others running for the town
board w-re W. C. Worsley, Jr.
and George T. Blanton. A total
of 420 votes were cast.
Election returns from Warsaw,
which was a quiet election, werr
as follows: .
who had no
as follows: Mayor E&Striak&a1iinweLWW
competition, reetnvedtTh lawn by the Pmwsriiar MYF
179 votes. For Commissioner
John A. Johnson, 195; W. , J
Middleton, 182; D. J. Rivenbark,
181; W. E. Bartlett, 173 Sanford
Packer, 165; E. L. Mathis, 128.
All of the commissioners elected
are now serving with the excep-
tion of w j Middletoni who goes
Jin as a new commissioner.
Kenansville was quieter than
1 would no more quarrel with
a man because of his religion
than I would because of his art.
Mary Baker Eddy
Quality Feeder
Pig Sale Held
More than 700 pigs from Dup
lin and surrounding counties
were sold at the Quality Feeder
Pig Sale at Wells Stockyard in
Wallace Thursday.
. Average price of pigs weigh
ing from 40 to 65 pounds, ac
cording to Farm Agent V H. Re
ynolds, was $10 to $15. Pigs wei
ghing 66 to 125 pounds were sold
for 19 to 22 cents per pound, he
said.
Reynolds pointed out that over
400 of the pigs sold will be ship
ped to Ohio to be "fed out."
Next sale will foe on Thursday,
June 18.
Reynolds said anyone wishing
to enter stock in the sale may
do so by contacting him at the
County Agerifs office for a con
signment blank.
- in electrical Appliances, an intercommunication system, and eleetri-
i V cal heat nd eoadltlnli.''jaMiiM,' Wanew. has been url
J and Mrs, Ed. Strickland and will be oeeaspled alter
tna open coue oj me smcxiaM
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quiet. Mayor L. R. Sharpe had
no competition and received 39
votes. For commissioner, with
no competition: P. E. Kretsch, 3'J;
I. R. Caison, 39; Joe Quinn, 39,
Leo Jackson, 38; Ralph Brown,
37; J. B. Wallace, 1 write in;
MoCoy Kennedy, 1 write-in; W
E. Craft, one write-in.
The town of Beulaville cast
only 90 votes. Gordon Muldrow,
Mayor had no competition. Com
missioners received votes as fol
lows: Andrew Jackson 61; D. E
Houston, 69; Perry Williams, 60
Harry Home, 60; Herman Gore
and Eugene Exum tied for liftb
commissioners place. Both re
fused to call for a second elect
ion, which called for a meeting
of the oBard to vote on the in
coming officer. Herman Gore was
elected.
MFY Sub-District
Met In Pink Hill
The Kenansville Sub-District
Methodist Youth Fellowship mst
at the Pink Hill Methodist Chu
rch, Monday April 27 at 8:00 o'
clock p.m.
Miss Vicky Oats, form the Ma
gnolia MYF, gave the devotion.
Rev. Haywood L. Harrell con
ducted the program on "Boy
Girl Friendshop Workshops in
The Local MYF's." He discussed
the need for such workshops and
displayed materials which mi
ght be used in such workships.
He also offered his assistance to
MYF's in arranging for work
shops. Miss Mary Ellen Surratt, Sub
District president, presided over
the business session. Upon roll
call by Miss Linda Bennett, sec
retary, 77 youth from the fol
lowing churches answered: Cha
rity, Faison, Pink Hill, Rose HU1,
Wallace, Woodland, Kenansville,
Magnolia, Warsaw, and Unity.
. Melvin Williams led recreation.
, , Refreshments of punch and
assisted ty Mrs. l,. a. Turner ana
Mrs. C. C. Jones.
Due to' conflicts, with some of
the school commencements, the
May. meeting will be held at the
Rose Hill Methodist Church on
Monday night, May 11th at 8:00
o'clock.
ASC To Begin
Crop Allotment
Measurements
Monday In Duplin
Fanners la Dnplin County
ire notified that the Duplin
ASC office will Win measur-lng-
land ( allotted crops )
Monday.
Hutu lElka, ASC offfoe
manacer, said that ail farmers
are urged to be at their farms
and ready to accompany the
person who will measure his
crops. If the owner of the farm
cannot be present he la ad
vised to have someone on the
farm who can direct the ASC
representative in charge of the
measuring.
This U a big- Job and we
have to get It done. In a hurry.'
"Elks aald. "It will be to the
advantage of the farmers to
cooperate with us to the full
est extent in order that we
can ret through with this as
soon as possible.
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Supt. O. P. Johnson presenting a two year scholarship from
Wilmington college t Mary Brown Moore of Wallace (on his right)1 ,
who won out in Duplin Cunty Spelling Bee sponsored by the Wilmington-Star
Newspapers. On his left is Vicky Oast of Magnolia,
runner-up in the contest.
Mary Moore Winner In Spelling Bee
Mary Brown Moore, an eighth i D. Pope of Magnolia and is in
grader of Wallace School, was the the eighth g'fi::t also. She auto
winner in Duplin County for the matically becomes alternate for
Southeastern North Carolina the regional bee.
Spelling Bee held in ;he Kenans
ville auditorium on Monday af
ternoon. There were eleven con
testants from the Duplin Schols,
The elemntary school bee, con
ducted annually in nine coun
ties, is sponsored by the Star-
New Newspapers off Wilmington.
For her prize, Mary Moore re-
two-year scholarship to
r Wilmington College as 4 has i
the
Opportunity of repreisefcting Dup
lin County in the regional finals
at Wilmington on May 15. She
won a medal which is presented
by Duplin to the winner in the
county.
Mary Moore is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Moore of
Willard and attends the Wallace
School. This is the second year
in which she has represented thel
Wallace school.
Vicky Oast, the runner-up, is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H.
TIMES SPORTS
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NORTH DUPLIN PLAYS
RICHLANDS FOR DISTRICT
CLASS "A" TITLE
The Rebels of North Duplin de
feated Southport yesterday 3-2
and thus swept the two-game se
ries and now advances in Dist
rict two play. The outstanding
club from upper Duplin took the
first game 9-0 over Southport.
L. J. Grantham, one of the best
high school hurlers in the state,
pitched a one-hitter in the shut
out and struckout 16 and wal
ked only three men.
In the game played yesterday
at Grubbs Field, North Duplin
spotted the champs from Bruns
wick County two runs in the
first inning and then rallied for
a 3-2 victory. In the fityh four
walks, one hit batter, and a sac
rifice accounted for North Dup
lin's two runs, one being he
winning run. Charles Swinson,
the looking catcher for the Rebels
got the two hits given up by the
Southport pitching.
Coach Dick Kaleel. started Cla
yton Swinson against the South
port team and he gave up only
two hits.
North Duplin will now advance
to the district title against the
team that knocked them out last
year Ridhlands. Richlands de
feated Vanceboro 3-1 early in
the week to win a sudden-death
playoff and will meet the strong
Duplin team for the title.
WALLACE-ROSE HUX WINS
CONFERENCE CROWN
The Bulldogs of Wallace-Rose
Hill High posted a 5-0 win over
Pamlico last Friday to win the
Coastal Plains Conference Cham
pionship. U ; : . ! '
. Mae HorrelL rone of the big
men with the stick for the Bull
dogs also hurled a one-hittter
at the Pamlico team. He also had
two for three at Ct pla' to he!?
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Other contestants were: Geor
ge Edward Clark, Jr., Warsaw
Elementary!; Loretta Andrews,
Chinquapin School; Dianne Out
law, Kenansville School; Linda
Flowers, Faison Elementary; Pe
ggy Lou Bostic, Potter's Hill Sch
ool; Nancy Ward, Rose Hill Sch
ool; Beverely Denny, Beulaville
School; Saiidra Lee Swinson, "Ca
lypso Elementary; Elton. Davis,
B. F. Grady School. Each contest
ant was presented a paper mate
pen by the Star-News.
All of the contestants were
from the 6, 7th and 8th grades.
Mr. Lauren Sharpe was the
pronouncer and judges were Mes
dames J. E. Fulford, Warsaw;
B. B. Longest, Rose Hill; J. R.
Grady, Kenansville. Superinten-
dent O P. Johnson presented the
scholarship and Mr. Doyle Ho-
ward was the representative from
the Star News.
They now play Four Oaks in
the District Class "AA" playoff
starting on Friday of this week
in Wallace.
JAMES KENAN STOPS
B. F. GRADT, 6-8
The stylish little Jackie Benton
of the James Kenan Tigers hur
led a one-hitter at the Panthers
of B. F. Grady last Thursday af
ternoon as the Tigers came up
with a 6-2 conference victory.
Benton, the winning pitcher,
also collected one of the six hits
off losed Jack Hill of Grady. Ge
ne Herring, a spark in the Tiger
attack lead James Kenan at the
plate with two for three. Allen
Wahab and Bill Straughan ac
counted for the other Tiger hits.
oJe Harrell, one of the weaker
hitters on the Panther club can e
up with the only hit off Benton.
B. F. Grady scored their lone
run on two walks, and the single
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James Kenan
High School
Commencement
The James Kenan High School
Commencement schedule haf
been announced by Prin. J. P
Harmon.
Graduation exercises will be
held at 8:15 on Tuesday, May 19
in the Kenan Memorial Audito
rium. Dr. I Staay Weaver, presi
dent of Methodist College Fayet
teville and President of the N.C.
Education Association will be the
speaker. '.
Rev. Lauren Sharpe, pastor of
the Baptist Church, 1n Kenans
ville will deliver - the Baccalau-
reate Sermon on Sunday even
ing, May 17 In Kenan Memorial '
Auditorium, -t
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