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HM ntaM till m ki W. C UM MtafcU N. C. hu.uS,;SP.eTS . ,''''.vf,.j'v:".. , .. ....... . i. JAMES KENAN CO - CAPTAIN: Walker McNeil was elected eo-eap-taln of the I960 James Kenan High School Tigers ; football vf team this past week at a "meeting- of ;.the squad. McNeil,' an outstanding Aid die lineman for -the- Tigerav; will share co-captain' rumors wiQivar ious seniors ' on' ffie teatrr James Kenan will have 'fen-: intersquad game Friday night at James Kenan Field. The .Tigers' "travel o, Jones Central In a' non-confernece games Friday, Sept " 1 ii',-. Coach BIB Taylor's James Kenan miftee f On On last Thursday ' evening ' the steerlntf committee for the 'Boy Scout annual finance drive Wt' at t the; H. ft H Cafe in JKnaiWfcJNi make plans for-the i960 fall cam- . paigs.-. ftfrig i $ t - Lorl Derr Clerk nf .Wayne ! County 'Superior Court, teji the' plan- nihg and discussions, .tlorr is pie Tuscarbra council . finance ' "chair man.. Others attending were', Paul Ingram of Kenansville, , Norwood Varni of WaUaCe, H, M. Price, Rob art. Herrihg end Harvey Bradley of Rose HUf, . J. P. Smith and Melvln Pope of. Magnolia Milford Quinn of Warsaw. Rev., Lloyd White and Bre wster Turne of. Potterr Hilt, Tal madge Waters and Carl Morgan of Calypso,; Bruce Boyers, Scout Exe cutive and Ben White, District Scout Execute of Duplin Ceunry ; OtK communities were Hot re l tftf-MlskA.Bk else pirtclpate SJ:-:.ptmaia$ campaign. -;v ft told of Scouting in thaTusca , Wta Council - C Duplin, Sampson, Wayne and Johnston Counties) and what is needed to increase and im prove the Scout program in this area: Also, the amount. ef the bud- Gradyf Outlaw : . , Reunion, August 28 The Grady - Outlaw literary and historical Association will - hold its annual meet on Sunday. August 28 t the B. F. Grady School, announ ced president of the Clan, Malcolm i. Grady. Wfc-'v'' ReglstraUoa Will be at 10:00 A. M. and the program at 10:45. Fletcher Mann an' attorney of Greenville. South Carolina will be the speaker for the occsssion. Mann is a graduate of the University of North Carolina and has - practiced law in Greenville for several years. , .Memorial remarks will be made i on Needham W. Outlaw by Paul Grady aa attorney of Kenry -and j Columbus, Ohio, am remarks made on Ben Grady by M. L. Grady. Needham W. Outlaw and Ben Grady were both officer of the Associa tion, v- ; ':'; Family and friends are cordially invited to attend and bring a picnic lunch which will be served on the grounds. At an afternoon session officers win be elected for the next two years. . , '. . . . ' k , - TEA PLANNED : TO HO.'OR MRS. V.ILLIVAS - The Duplin County Home Demon etration Council is honoring Mrs. David WilHams of Rose HiH," 1961 State, president, with a tea from (eur to six o'clock, September 8th on the Grove Presbtyerian -Church tlawn in Kenansville. ;. A!l Home Demonstratlea Club wo Jrsca re invited to this evr-t. I ' fir t a tea have bn ir-' "3 tt i t C" y Council OCkera t j 1. i- . ft t- e SI Koir JJcnoiuw-r' 9 3 U te Cffy: . By Joe Cosljn; Tigers have made steady progress the last ten days with spirit running high., The Tigers , remember how close the1 came to.e championsriip last year only to have their spirit down on .the coast, giving' Mt. Olive the crown. - ; ' ' "'., ; Coach : Taylor ', announced yestpT day at a news Conference that the team would play an , inter-squad game this Friday night at 7:30 un der thet lights at beautiful James Kenan Field. Theteam will be div ided into two squads. ' with Coach Bill Helton's 'Tigers battling Coa ch Hughie Lewis's "Terrors". ' ,VAU season ticket holder will be admitted ; free other -wise it will cost you twenty-five cents to see the James Kenan Tigers warm up for the opening "games next Friday night at Jones Central. , ' Coach Richard Kaleefs North Dup- un neDeis nave been holding prac tice, all last wek at a vamp near the school. The Rebels will be much stronger than last year and will be definitely in the thick of the race for the East Central crown this fall A full report on the progress of the Rebels will come out in our next jsstie of the Times. - The Beulaville , panthers under Coach Irvin Dobson will be holding night practices as usual and are progressing very well, due to the weather. Coach Dobson stated sev eral days ego. ., ' Lavs Plans For al Finance Drive j'y;i',,;- ..'-''.' get for next year,, and gave some good- pointers on.; : raising the ' a mount Scouting h tiie dargest or ganizatieiKin the worldfand one of theu,bett in teachih'i yeuaft.'boy(,to be-" better menAS.Tbe membership now tahdsVett aver the'flw mil-Hod- people R; not onr;i gives' boys an Opportunity for Jun and adven ture.",but also trains for better citi zenship, "character development and physical - development. ; Att : Cut Scouts; . Boy . Scouts and Explore Scouts are asked to attend their own church in uniform on Septem ber 2V,f ' ."..!;.. ' ? iM -ijy;-.'. . ' .i "' . Any church can get free bulletins (or use in the church by cantacting one of the people, mentioned above. This should be done right away so ttey witt get hereto time. " ; Everyeae will be asked tb coatri bate to the Boy Scout campaign.' Work with the ; Boy ' Scouts and make your contributions count v' Af Duke-500 Attend The Annual Conference Session of the . Methodist Youth Fellowship met recently at Duke University. The theme of the conference was "Choose Ye This Day.' The Rev. Henry Ruark of Laurinburg was tne daily, inspirational speaker. - , The! Conference was under' the direction ' of Rev. ' Conrad .Glass, newly appointed Director of Youth Work of the North Carolina Confer ence of the Methodist Church:. Tne Rev, Harvey Johnson, pastor of the. Apex Methodist Church, Was dean of man and Mrs. Sallie C. lu (rim of. Kenansville was dean of Women. - - Over 560 Methodist youth attend ed this meeting which considered the spiritual life as well as the bus iness needs of the Methodist Youth Fellowship. Jack Edwards of Golds boro. Conference president, presid ed, or the business sessions. The newly elected president m Bill Gra ham of CbaplHill. Alice Faye Smith of the Pink Hill Methodist Church was elected, to a conference ; office. ! Delegates attending the conferen ce from Duplin County were Etta Overman of Wallace, who served on the nominating committee, Marsha Fussell and Beth Mattocks of Rose Hill; Patricia Griggs of Wodland and Alice Fays Smith of Pink HUL TV . .C.iiiairAYa RALEIGH .ne Motor Vehicles Department's summary of traffic deaths through W A. M. Monday, August 22, 1960S- , Killed To Date ts ZH To Date Last Year ...... 7M Mercer Case Appeaj Reaches Sup reme Court State, Industrial Commissioner Grady ; Mercer cf ' Duplin ' County told the State Supreme Court In an appeal 'fixed Wednesday ' that he shouldn't be forced to pay alimony to his wife because she had suffi cient funds to take care of herself. Mrs.!, Mary Mercer, wife of the former State senator, won the ali mony : in 'Duplin County Superior Court without a divorce. .:'? 'h Mercer was- ordered to pay ; his rwife, $3300 in attorney fees, $l,W0 in. Initial alimony and $300 ea-:h month.. .The -court also 'prohibited him from disposing of his property. - Mrs.' Mercer won the settlement after telling the Duplin Court thai her: husband had not provided - for ber support. She also testified that Mercer caused . their two children to turn, against her. . ; ,f ' She said that her husband refused to have anything to do with her aud had- embarrassed ber in public on numerous occasions. 'iZ;:-'', 'She said Mercer refused to allow ber to ride in the family car and would sot allow her to accompany him on his vaction. - . ; . Mercer told the high court that the - Judge in Duplin County Court did, not find as a fact hat he had abandoned Jris wife. , : ' He i claimed ', that Mrs. Mercer owned property valued at $4,700 and had an annual income of about $6, 400. He said she was wealthy enough to" provide for herself. ' ,.' ' Mercer was under a $5,000 stay of execution bond and a $200 appeal bond. ..A,.. .: ,.-.. : . . General Hospital . The fbllowing patients 1 were ad mitted to.' Duplin ? General' during the past: week-f ? vsw LC. Dr u . Evelyn Cochran Wdson Rosa Belt Miller Y Pauline Williams Graham pryant . Moore ,. , i 4 ALBERTSON foseph Ray Holmtts Herman 'Williams PINK HDX . -Kenaeth Earl Williams George Rhodes , AnnieJUm English . ,;' Eroest-Johason - Linda Susan-White ' Robert Henry Bowea ; Janice Ana Murray TEACHEY "ir S ' '. Lucy Crace Lipscomb Baby Chi Lipscomb Dorothy Lee Graham Baby Boy Graham KENANSVILLE Leo Jackson CordeS Johnson Exavery Houston Patty Faye Hobbs ' Lola Boney Smith ., Donald Earl Roase Earl Hardy. CHINQUAPIN Margaret Lane Brown Annie Lula Lanier WARSAW'-''' w Thelma Cleo Hobbs Ora Mae Herring Gregory Andrea Hill Carl Gene Benson Inez Mathts v ' Jewel Torrans Baby Girl Torrans Tom Merritt c, f-,r, f Ruth Louise Darden v Baby Girl Darden i3 Maxine Kelly. '';? -'. Doria Bostlcjat,4. . Richard Earl Sutton ROSE HILL.'X , - , Penny Ruth Jwsome James Narnan, Boney Willie HoJmes Wells , Hilda Lee Brown . v; v; Annie Pearl; Murphy ; h ') Luther Chastea , c - 1 r David Brown BEULAVILLE .i ,! . ' Rebecca Griff ia ' James Whaley f ;-' Sadie Mae.Albertaoa ' FAISON .r,J:Vv;;a' Jack Edward Sykea ' f Uton Dougald McNeil ' MeH Faisoa " ., Vuney Smith y ,r ; Dharles Boykia V S ' MT. OLIVE' Annie Jerome WQliarot : .r, -"v Mrs. Ingram To Be Dor mu Counselor t Mrs. W. M.' Ingram" has accepted a' position on Dean Ruth' White's staff at East'Carliaa College for tire coming year. Che wiB earn' aa Dormitory Coinwclor far' JarVil Ulch is jia-ury for Juniors. I '5 1 -C i , 1; J j Ml X' .') ' ' Ai 7 . MAOLA DISTRIBUTORS-Shown above ( left to right) is Kenneth G. Reesemah, General Manager of the Maola Milk and Ice Cream Co. of New Bern, talking with Melvin G. Cording and son Richard A. peputies Dempsey Deputy Snyder. Dempsey and De puty Bill Quinn of the Duplin Coun ty Sheriff's Dept. captured a long time whiskey still operator suspect, and destroyed his 630 gal. submar ine type still Monday of this week'. Fitzhugh Dobson, colored, of RFD Magnolia, the long-time suspect and LeRoy Thorb als9 of RFD Magnolia were apprehended when the two De puties Came upon them at , teir Still looat4 appiaximately viaile south of Register Cross Reads Is land Creek Township, jj': The two Still Operators Pod wfcfp the Deputies approached but Thqr was easily caught by Quinn when he - became stuck In the mud and Dobson was chased down by Denb psey in the thick under-growth. w - The Duplin Deputies described the large 630 gaL Still as cleverly concealed and one of the filthiest found recently, Dobson was describ ed as being a long-time, suspect of :arrying on whiskey operations but. Tax Receipt Books I960 Tax , Receipt Books of the County will be ready by September 1. The 1960 Tax rate is $1.09 on the hundred dollars of property valua tion. ' ' : ,v-j' " . The Increase In the Tax Rate this year is due to: Property Revalua tion, increase of Ic in the .rate for operation, equipment and mainten ance of the hospital (Including pro ; posed Nursing Home) and in having increased the rates of some Of the funds, on account of having used caih on hand in these funds last fiscal year to hold the rate fo $1.35 last year. , , . . . Since July 1, 1947. over $2,200,000 .00 of Capital Outlay School Funds have been expended 'rem tax levies $1,400,000.00 of this has been withai the past five years. In the I960 tax levy for the Capital Outlay School Fund are Included v the following items: Wallace-Rose Hill High "School '- i Additional class rooms and corridor, $23,000.00; 1 Douglas Colored Agriculture Shop $44,00030: East Duplin Consolidation ( Includ ed in the School Capital Reserve Sept 6-9 fs Youth I Activity Week At Pink Hill Youth -Activities Week - for the Pink JHiU Methodist charge will be Tuesday through: Friday evenings, Sept, 6-9, The three church aw the charge are Nobles, Pink Hill, and Woodland. v - ' ' '. -. -. . f ': : ' : - Activities will consist of worship, study, recreation and' refreshments. AH ages from. 7th grade through older youth are included.' : Mrs. H. L. HarreU will teach the course "Understanding Ourselves" for 7th and 8th graders. Rev. Wal lace Kirby, pastor of Wallace Meth odist Church, will teach the course "The Glory of Teenage Christian Friendships" to the 9th and 10th graders. Div H. L. - Harrell will teach tee course "Preparation For Happy Christian Marriage" to the nth and , 12th graders and r older youth. ." -' . - '.v-.. Sessions will lasat from 1 to o'clock each evening. The Taesdy and Wednesday sessions will be at Woodland Church, and the Thurf ' and Friday sessions will be at 1 E3 CLurcb. Youth af other c InaUonal . churchps are inviled. . . 1.' t i if' And Quinn Catch had always been able to evade tne Law up till now. Destroyed along . with the Still were 17 barrels of mash : .-( ; in ge truck or Catepillar F idi ''.or bt ing used as a condenser. Another Duplin Still was also de stroyed and two more operators captured on Saturday in Rock Fish Township. ' Charlie Pat West and Sidney Dav id Wast, both color4 f RFO. .Wat, (tece, ra .'jpprehe.Jed arat X&k too ear.c submarine tvee' still' (" stroyed ty Deputy Snyder t)efnph'?' Saturday afternoon. ); ' ! Damn 5lThe Mine ship. The Still was -located n the Iron le section of, Rock' Fish To- Two barrels of mash and a cobber condenser and can were alM destroyed.) . Deputy Dempsey said that the Still had been under observation foil, approximately two weeks. Rcldy September 1 Ful A $22364.00. ;COUNTY TAX DOLLAR It i960 tax dollar is budgeted as follow!: General Fund, 12ftc; Poor, itc.' M, Health 4Mi. Administration af Oitii Age Assistance and Air to 3epfnlent Children 3ftc; Property rievaiJation 4Vic; Farm and Home Ageritl.3; Co. Accountants office MndeataVfc; Co. Debt Service 6; Jld Ale Assistance 2c; Aid To De pendent Children 2c; Aid to the 31ind kc; Aid to the Permanently ud totally Disabled lHi; Open Aion, EBuipment and Maintenance of SospitU 5c; Current Expense Sch ool EXBense School Fumla 12c; Cap ital OWlay School Fund 3'jc; and Debt Strvice School Fund la. It- .Olive College Behins 7th Year Ity conference on Septem- 'ill mark the beginning of the academic year at Mount liege. President W. Burket- -r anounced today. orientation program under the direcflkn of Dean Michael R. Pelt will bekin on September S for new students and returning students wHl arrive September 7. Registration will be held Thursday, September 8, and classes are scheduled to begin September 9. A formal convocation in the Col lege auditorium on Sunday, Septem ber 11, 4:00 p. m., will mark the official opening of the school year. Officers Named At Quad-County Worl Home' Economics teachers In Duplin, Pender, Jones and Onslow counties met at the Jones central High School for a ' unit planning workshop on August n.; . v i v "Officers for the new year, are: Preaider Mrs. Marten Elkin. Beu laville; Vice president Mrs. Ksth ken Snyder, James Kenan; Co-pro- -am chairmaa Mrs. Carolyn Out l -9, Mrs. Kathleen Snyder, Jsmes I ?nan; Secretary and treasuror l ' Delia Mattncks. Wal'ace-Rose .; r. H. A. a - I 'rs. Net- i -tTtrf, C 't--'; l'--1-''. r - 'in; "d 2 ' ) v-nya ! F. V.... , 4 las her M seventi uuveu te Ra3e cording! of Wallace. M. G. Cording ft Sons are now the New distributors of Maola Dairy Products in this area. BRIEFS STROUD REUNION Th? Stroud reunion will be held at the Cliffs ef Neuse, the fourth Sun day in August. Plates, oups, and ice will be furnished. All kiu and frie:v's c-2 invited to br-n lunch a.-.d tea. Time of lunch will be 12i30 MYF DISTRICT MEET The Goldsboro District Retreat of Jiu Jio.dSt!-- '- . i: tli Fellowship will be held Augsut 26-28 at Camp Don Lee, Arapahoe, N. C. Delegates are asked to take a picnic supper for Friday rjvv . A!'. di'sricjv to be Uiore. Phe V.'kv. GeWfMai,r'48,r.?.33: hotter' llUjAAldsboro Diitriist Voutl P'.-.ec-torvd St. Lukaj Methodist ChurCB, wilt have charge of thai training-. jiisioni. 1- ' it-. . H REV. FRISBY AT PINK HB1. f ' Rev. James" R. Frisby, of Raleigh will deliver the sermon at an eleven o'clock service at the Pink Hill Presbyterian Church next Sunday, August 28. Rev. Frisby has bee:, working with Presbyterian Campus Christian Life at State College in Raleigh and at Meredith College in Raleigh. The public is invited to hear Rev. Frisby. Beulaville Lions Roar At 5:00 A. M. To Aid Blind A few weeks ago it was brought to the attention of the Beulaville Lions Club that the Home of Mrs. Eddie H. Thigpen needed a grease trap for her kitchen sink and also one for the apartment in her home. Mrs. Thigpen, being Blind could not look after this work, but did not know of the Lions plans. Last Saturday Morning at 5:00 A. M. the Lions held a meeting in front of Mrs. Thigpens house. They brought tools and the necessary things to install two grease traps. A few minutes after 5:00 A. M. they started digging and at 8:00 A. M. the job was complete. The Lions attending this meeting and helping in this very worthy pro ject were: Raleigh Lanier, I. J. Sandlin . Jr., Bill Cutler. Leland Cole, Ralph Jones, Billy Bcstic, Er win Dobson, Millard Decker and Cecil A. Miller. The Lions would like to thank Mr. Dick Brown for his help on the, project. He heard of the plans and was their at 5:00 A. M. ready to go. The Lions would also like te thank the Norman iMercer Plumbing Com pany for the pipe and roc they do nated to the Thigpen job. Plowed-Under Plant Hindering Agent Plowed under covar crops or crop residues -sometimes kinder soil drai nage in the spring or cause drought damage to crops in the summer. Stadies by scientists of TJSDA and tho Missouri Agricultural Experi ment Station show that when crops are plowed under they may create a vegetative mat that blocks the capillary flow of water between sur face soil end subenfl. ' Dr. Vernon C Jamison tf DSDA's Agricultural Research Service says this' restriction of water movement may cause tome plants to "drown" ia the iprirg from too much water and toe li::.e air in the solL -Ja iho summer the same conditio r may cat.i trouble from drought, if the lacx of e;ary contact prevents aa tA a 1 -nomas f water frtft mimn mi opms WITH $5$57 lieAGf The Eastern Tobacco Belt open ed on Tuesday with an estimated general price average of $56-$57 per hundred pounds: However the 17 Eastern tobacco markets had a rainy opening day. Some farmers seemed very pleased with opening market prices, but 'some were not to we'l pleased. In a'.l areas around Duplin, sales are reported as yood with Flu-cured Stabilization Corporation getting 5,818.01 Cc'llecfed In School Funds Local schools in the county raised $455,818.01 from all sources for local school activities last fiscal year as per audit report that has recently been completed. The amount of funds raised in each local school was as follows: White Schools: Kenansville, $15,888.73: James Kenan, $24,987.37; Warsaw, $22,890. 03; Faison, $8,987.96: Calypso, $14, 651.01; North Duplin, $21,004.10; B. F. Grady, $50,514.60; Beulaville, $48,792.35; Potter's Hill, $4,839.42; Chinquapin, $45,636.06; Wallace, $38,414.60; Rose Hill, $18,884.87; Rose Hill-Wallace, $32,117.45; Mag nolia, $8,639.65; N. C. E. A., $1,490. oo; Class Room Teachers Assn., $322.00; N. C. E. A. Benefit Fund, $1,670.00; Total, $359,738.95. NEGRO SCHOOLS: E. E. Smith, $18,093.15; Douglas, $21,929.78; P. W. Moore, $9,003.15; Branch, $3,794.46; Chinquapin, $10, 275.39; C W Dobbins $7,917.24; Rose Hill, $11,130.85; P. E. Williams. $4, 404.16; Teachey, $2,626.98; Charity, $15,750.80; Negro Teachers Mutual Benefit Fund, $1,153.10; Total, $106, 07O 06. Disbursements of local funds in eacn school were as follows: WHITE SCHOOLS: . Kenansville, $15,897.67; James Kenan, $24,285.66; Warsaw, $22,643. 15;" Faison, $9,083.00; Calypso, $14, 8fl.8P North Dupliop-$20,128.61; B. radv. $48,698.12: . Beulaville - . , Hill $4,614.62; J Sinquasin, $43,503.48; Waliace, $81,380.27; Rose Hill, $18,382.85; Wallace - Rose Hill. S31.742.88; iiagnoiia, $3,886.01; N. C. E. A., $1,504.18; Tournament. $17.35; Cias Room Teachers Assn., $323.oS: N C. E. A. Benefit Fund, $2,000 00, Total $353,285.42. NEGRO SCHOOLS: Kenansville, $17,975.94; Douglas, $22,695.13; P. W. Moore, $9,406.20; Branch, $3,793.67; Chinquapin, $10, 863.97; C. W. Dobbins, $8,089.66; Rose Hill, $10,893.23; P. E. Williams $4,592.22; Chairity, $14,088.84; Tea chey, $2,585.61; Negro Teachers Mu tual Benefit Fund, $500.00; Total $105,444.47. The balance on hand of these funds at the end of the fiscal year, June 30, 1960, for each school, was as follows: WHITE SCHOOLS: Kenansville, $1,319.14; James Kenan. $818.63; Warsaw, $2,432.94; Calypso Lists 1960 School Faculty There is .only one new teacher at Calypso Elementary School this fall. The new teacher is Mrs. Ann Tay lor, who taught last year in Athens, Ga. She replaces Mrs. Everett Cox who retired this yaer. Qhters teachers on the faculty are. Mrs. Melba Britt, Mrs. Nancy Williamson, Mrs. Pauline Flythe, Mrs. Annie Frances Jones, Mrs. Geneva Byrd, Mrs. Inez Davis, Mrs. Louise Cole, Ray Roberts, principal, Mrs. W H. Hurdle, music teacher. Members of the North Duplin High School faculty are: W. H. Hurdle. Richard Kaleel, Mrs. J. F. Oliver, Mrs. Norbert Wilson, Mrs. Shelton Taylor, Miss Jacolyn Glis son, L. M. Hart, Mrs. Sylvia Phil lips, T. E. Grubb, principal. Material May Be For Good Drainage passing back from the subsoil to fhe root zone In the tipper layer 01 son, says Dr. Jamison. Further research is needed, the scientist says, to determine how a farmer can eliminate or reduce the effect of the mat of plant material. Present findings indicate that harm ful effects may be reduced by turn ing tho furrow tike on edge to ach ieve partial contact between the plow layer and subsoil, wtihout any Interventing vegetative layer, v The research, conducted in a lab oratory, made use ef silt loan to simulate the plow layer ad a leasal sift for the subsoil material. Shred ded cornstalks were used ' as the vegetative "mat" material between the $w toll layer. . less than four percent. Some tobac co has been reported as high as $72 per hundred pounds. Prices for the Eastern Belt mar kets rose only 20 cents above the average for the first day of sales last season. 12,075.372 pounds were sold on opening day this year aver aged $56.99 per i.undred pounds; while last year's average was $56. 79. Faison, $1,345.43; Calypso, $237.4, ; North Duplin, $1,963.64: B. F. Grady $8,919.63; Beulaville, $2,943.63; Pot ter's Hill. $509.49; Chinquapin, S6, 928.45; Wallace, $3,912.24; Rose Hill! $803.47; Wallace - Rose Hill, $888. 16; Magnolia, $1,511.62; N. C. E. A. $510.06; Class Room Teachers Assn. $20.03; N. C. E. A. Benefit FundS $1,730.00; Total, $36,823.03. Kenansville, $153.10; Warsaw,. Tfi740; P. W. Moore, $1.49; Branch, $4.51; Chinquapin, $171.83 I Continued On Back ) Trial & Error School opening is always an excit ing day to me. It is interesting to go to school on opening day and see the little girls starched and ironed in their new school dress, and the little boys washed behind the ears and shining in their new school clo thes. The little first graders are a musing, some very 'sure of then selves and others clingins; to theirf mothers for dear life. But always their eyes are so big they are ob- oti , tug cvcif iiiuvc; mane jy 1.11 teacher. The largr children are ever busy getting re-acquainted wit'.i their friends of the year before anrT so obvious in looking the field over for new prospects. The James - Kenan Community Band is really strutting today. Their new uniforms came and- they are Just handsome-black with gold trim They are planning to wear them at the first football game of the sea son which will be on September 9. Next week The Duplin Times Vjiir carry a story and pictures en the luncheon which Senator John F, Kennedy gave for the North Caro lina Press Association in Washing ton on Tuesday. Paul Barwick, Ed itor of The Weekly Gazette, went as a representative from the Gazette and Times. Paul is very enthusias tic about his trip and gives a glow ing account of his impressions of Kennedy, and he was really impres sed. Paul says that is a little too much travelling at one time. He left LaG range went to Washington to the luncheon, and was back in La Grange in 33 hours. - He does get around. In a recent editorial by Henry Belk of the Coieteboro News Argus he points out to the press that "we should pay more attention to deve loping news of our resources, assets, and opportunities." He further' states: "Such news is the most im portant news we can bring in our papers. This paper prides itself oai its continued efforts and interests in that direction bit we have not dear" all that could be done toward analy zing and presenting so the public can appreciate the great natural and human resources which, if pro perly developed and utilized, coukf make of this area a choice spot in the nation.", This is true of all of us, instead of enjoying the resources, that we have around us we are try ing to find greener pastures, ard perhaps newspapers are looking: more for sensational material, a ther than every day living, localis ed stories. In Duplin County, we have thousands of human interest stories which have not been uace ered yet We, of a farming area, are all vitally interested In fans aews, for eventhough we are aok all farmers, our livelihood depeadsc on the farmer? State College is do ing a wonderful Job of getting tarn news to the farmers of the state. Our friend John McSweeney, head of the Roy Parker School of Print ing at Chowan College, and Jerry Hawkins, Dean of Men, paid-a visit', to the TIMES office on Tuesday. McSweeney was out trying- te gtts more equipment for the school. Ob: our last Eastern Press' Assodasawa meet, we were guests of the School of Printing at Chowan Colhga.. They are doing a wonderful Jae art training the boys and' girts ia the printing profession. McSwaeaey ies most enthusiastic about the school. We are always glad tO sea afa -evea if fce fa solirttiac