North Carolina Newspapers

in i Vv.iStctions 12 Pages; Ihis Week thru RED CROSS! ;ft.."A,r-!'; i VOLUME XXVIII - No. 17 KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY APRIL 27, 1961. XI BS KIK1ION KATES I3.M pat law Is Daptta aa4 tdjatata Oauttn; 4.M ntrtde Ihla are la N. C.s UN nliUi M. O. PRICE TEN CENT :- i . t Vr I $8,000,000 Destroyed Annually In N. C. Are Declaring Uar On Rats , Rati, in their ' association with man, have followed him to almost rall parts of the would, carrying with 'them certain human diseases, des troying his possessions, and in gen. era! interfering with bis ecohoinic and physicial well-being.'''.'. The importance of sanitation, 'W . eluding proper garbage ' disposal, food storage, harborage ' elimlna tion, and ratproofing,. must be em ' phasized in a good rat program. V- :- 10 it, tK ; i 5 : NEW TWIST FOR CECIL MILLER: The Lions Club in Beulaville Und the town has started an. all out war on the rat situation. The , 'program started some two weeks ago and the four legged pest have ; aueaoy consumed 100 pounds of bait. According to Mr. Miller, "we have already, seen results from the program In this short time." He went ort to say, "We are working on the south side of highway 24 at the D'resent time, and after thaf we will be comhg back on the. north ' . side " Miller asks the cooperation of every citizen because after all it is the better enterest of everyone. Election i own Town elections in Duplin County will-be held on Tuesday, i May 2. - Elections this year seem to be run ning along the same pattern in sev eral towns,, with no opposition to - the Mayor and several candidates running aqainst the Town Commis sioners who are now in office. Voting places will open at 6:00 A. M. and remain open unta 6:00 p. m. Voting will bes held in ' the Town Halls at Kenansville, Beula ville, Warsaw and Rose Hill. Melvin H. Hearii A Named Head Of, i -i FHAlnSlaie'. ' -Melvin H. Hearn of Hickory nas been selected state director for the Farmers Home - Administration' in North Carolina. His headquarters will be in Raleifjlv. ? v y -. , . For the past four years pearn ha been in charge of sales, ad vertis- InT, ' and plant supervision for a . da'ry concern at HickoryJ - - , -. be was born on a fan and at tended Hoke and Scotland county f public schools. vHe graduated " at . North Carolina State rollee j(uh a B. S. degree in ArlculturJ: 19 42. He worked at, the colletre7 daii plant and dairyr farm while earn- i ing his college education, and after graduation worked for a dairy at Burlington .North Carolina, be'ore going into the Army later the same year . :-' r---'". - ' '' - Most of bis four years in the Army were spent with the Army Vet erinary Service. After his .return from the service he worked as a field man for a Burlington Dairy, helping farmer improve thier dairy , enterprises.-This field work contin ued for more - than seven years, when he assumed the added duites of managing a milk processing plant. In 1957 he assumed charge of the dairy at Hickory. ' ' s !nrn is married to the former l CThert of Siler City Their : i p- It ?iJ 12 years old. is a ' c in civic, chu- Sanitation is essential to the per manent control of rats and mice, and the use of rodenticides should be regarded as supplementary 'to sanitation . 5Yet, a peep into the alleys and back yards of almost any town will dclose piles of valueless trash, waste foodstuffs on the ground, un covered cans, open vents through which rats can enter and leave at will, and the other conditions high- IfHf ' 1 t ' i. V'iu Candidates for election a-e.: BEULAVILLE Mayor Gordon Muldrow-unopposed Commissioners: Sidney Blizzard, Clinton Campbell, Hermon Gore. Harry Home, D. E. Houston, An drew Jackson, Raleigh Lanier, Mrs Vallie Oxlev and Perry Williams. KENANSVILLE Mayor, Lauren A. Sharpe.-unoppos-ed ' ' Commissioners: Elmore Bell, Wiley Booth, Ralph Brown, I. R. Caison, Leo Jackson, Phillip Kretsch, H. G. Quinn, Joseph E. Quinn and Rob ert Franklin Williamson. j t : ROSE HILL ayor, Gerald Carr-unopposed Commissioners: ' Harvey Arnold, Harvey Brady W. H. "Bill" Fussel! James R. Grady, Clayton Herring apd C. W- Surratt, Jr. ' WARSAW Mayor, Ed Strickland-unopposed "pmmissioners: W. E. Bartlett, W. E, Coombs; A. J. Jenklhs, Jr. John A Johnson, Larry McCullen, W. J. Middleton, Jr., and D. J. Riven bark.:1:; -i . ' ', ' ill's Health Pageant, Talent Show Set Duplin County's annual 4-H Club Health Pageant and Tatent Show wQl.be' held Thursday, May 4. in the Kenansville School Auditorium beginning at p, 'm. . Airs, Lois Britt, Assistant Home Agent,, said today that 25 entries are expected in the talen show in cluding comedy acts, musical sket ches, piano selections, dancing, etc The County' Health King and Queen will be crowned. Local 4-H Clubs from section! of the County will enter their local King and Queen in competition. The County Health King and Queen will be Sel ected from the entries based on the health records kept by each con testant. Tte Public is invited to attend. Way 2 Tl ' e Is no admission charge. ly favorable to their happiness and their well-being. A stroll around the average garbage . dump reveals a conglomerate collection of the dis cards of modern civilization, in all stages of disarray, .destruction and putrefaction, providing a rat Uto pia. This may come as a shock, but the U. S. Department destroys $22. 09 worth of food in a 'year, if this be true, they cost North Carolina about $88,000,000 annually. The towns in the county that have a, "Rat Program' are Beulaville, Rose Hill, and Warsaw. In other words these towns are at the pre sent time putting on a get-rid-of-rats program. The Lions club in Beulaville along with the town has already used over one hundred pounds of bait. According to Cecil Miller, chairman the program star (oantiMed on baekt Trial & Error Have you observed the new street lights in the business, district ot Kenansville? Main Street is as bright as day now, and it surely is mighty fine. I know that the men will be glad ,,tfl,hear that-in Kuth Millett's col- 4inreaatJaUafid 'that people nad iost the -arroriannng. i Know the men arjf hoping she was refer ring 'to thKwomen. But sometimes, I wonderf'She really had a point in her article however when she poin ted oirf that families do not congre gate but each one goes in a differ ent direction and are segregated into the groups of children, teen agers, adults and old folks. Each home loses much from this segregation,- and from this lack of time to get acquainted with each other and hear the problem and pleasure of all the groups. When 1 was in grammar school, there was a boy in our class who was excellent in History. He had an insight in His tory that the rest of the class could never pet The class soon dicover- ed that Granima and this boy were studying History together, she m her rocking chair, and he sprawled jut on the floor, and Grandma '.eally knew her history. The Eastern Carolina Press Asso siation is meeting this week end in Roanoke Rapids. Harry Oswald, Editor of the Wallace Enterprise, is president of the . Association this yeor, and he and the Board of Dir ectors have planned an excellent program. The speaker on Friday evening will be Lt. Governor Phil pott and the program on Saturday will be on offset printing. The City of Roanoke Rapids has really rol led out the "Welcome Mat" to the press, and it looks as if it will be both enjoyable and educational. I donot know what is so attrac tive about May 2nd.' But throughout he paper this week, I'll bet there are 50 meetings', recitals; elections and what not planned for that day and night. In fact, the crowds are bound to be small at some of these meetings because it will be impos sible for many people to be in any one place. I myself am supposed to be in five different places, and it just doesn't work "that way. But time is getting short now tor me winding up of the school activites, recitals, farm meetings before the farmers get busy' in tobacco, and everything being wound up before vacation season begins. . I don't know of a more friendly place iii the world than in the.sB. F. Grady and Outlaw's Bridre Com j munity-I believe It is.reierrea w as 'Chocolate". It was my pleasure to meet with a group of them on Sunday afternoon at the Grady-Out law Historical Asso.' meet. Every one makes you feel so welcome and glad to see you, that you are glad you went. It matters not whether you go real often or once a year, it is the same feeling. Had a nice long .that with Mrs. Henry Parker, one of our correspondents, who is to interested in everything and everybody; also Mrs. Simmons (Le roy Mother ). Mrs. Falson Smith and several others. It la a wide a wake community and al busy as New York City. RUTH EDITORIAL By Ruth P. Grady Tuesday, May 2nd, is the time for the people of Ken ansville to go to the polls and vote for Mayor and Town Commissioners. Mayor Lauren A. Sharpe, who has been Mayor of Kenansville for the past several years, has no opposition. The incumbent Board of Commissioners (all of them Jiave filed again) is composed of I. R. Cai son, Ralph Brown. Leo Jackson, Joe Quinn and Phil Kretsch'. Aspirants running for the office of Town Com missioner are Robert Franklin Williamson, H. G. Quinn. Wiley Booth and Elmore Bell. All of the nine commissioners running are outstand ing business men and own property in and around Ken ansville. They should, and do, have the interest of the Town of Kenansville at heart. But only five of these men can be elected. When you go to the polls on May 2, give these men your consideration and vote for the man who you believe can do the best job for our town, and believe you me, it is a thankless job anyway you look at it. When you vole take into consideration that the town of Kenansville is facing one of the biggest problems that it has faced in several years. The water situation and sewer situation must be faced and faced squarely. Rumors have been flying as to the activities of the present board. Rumors which I feel should be rectified. It has been stated that the Town Fathers have obligated to buy a Town Hall. This is not true. It is true, that they have obligated for an additional fire truck which will be delivered the latter part of the summer. Kenansville has the Hospital, the Rest Home for the Aged and the County Jail, and these people must have adequate fire protection at all tims. Since the water system is inadequate to take care of the fire situa tion an extra tank is needed. Also everyone who lives near Kenansville wants fire protection, and it is the de sire of the Town to give this protection, hence a fire i truck must be in town at all times. V, This is alsp one olj." req'u-eraer.t? a the Insurant Rating BureaU for the people of the town to get the re - rlnifiAn i v V- infiirrinnv rn rv Vr urn i7'int uutuuu UI u c .,Uulolluc lOK Ulal c "The active and dynamic home At long last the tentative approval has been given ( discussion 'croups in Michigan was by the Local 'Government Commission to tlie town to 'one of the thmus that impressed go ahead and make application with a Federal Ian,- authority to get,money to finance the water system, for ' Tar Hee! F'ai m Bureau members to the town. When a favorable report is heard from this learn about the structure and or- tho rur-rtf Tf0n,n0will0 ,i11 tha , ganization of Farm Bureau in each viledge of deciding whether or not they want this deal. After the water situation is cleared up then we can talk a sewerage disposal system. I do not hesitate to say that due to the policy of the board to be so "hush-hush on every subject, that they :ave brought undue criticism on themselves. In a small town, if you don't tell what begin imagining and telling The problems before the lown of Kenansville are heavy now and they need serious thought and considera tion. And yet only 183 people are registered in the Town. Does that show much Yet, it is the responsibility of us 183 to go to the polls on May 2nd and vote for the men whom we think are capable of carrying on started for the progress of Kenansville. Or one of these days we are going to wake up and find that all of the j towns of the county are so,far ahead of us that we will i not be on the map. Duplin Leads N. C. Group Drainage Program Improving Crop Land, Production In Duplin Because of excessive water dam age to crops throughout Eastern North Carolina, farmers are begin ning to see the real value of aJe- W.S.C.S. Sub- Dislricf Meet 'n Rose Hill The Womans Society of Christian Service of the Kenansville Sub-Dis-Wct "ill hold their - Spring meet ing, Tuesday, May 2nd at the Rose Hut Methodist Church. Registration will be at 9:30 A. M. and the meeting will begin at 10:00 A. M. The theme of the meeting if "The Faith that Compels Ua." Mrs. T. H. House, district Secre tary of .Missinary Personnel of Kenansville, will be guest speaker. A pledge service will be held at which time each society will make a pledge for missions, also a re port from each president and the installation of officers will be heard A Dutch luncheon will be ser ved by the ladies of the church, after, which the meeting will adjourn. you are doing, people will what they want to.tell. interest.' the program which has been quale proper drainage of all farm land. In Duplin County, farmers are combining their interest and are leading North Carolina in the num ber of group drainage plans. To (late, according to George A. Pen ney, Soil Conservationist, 34 appli cations have been made for group drainage plan programs. Of this number, 22 have been completed. Penney said the groups vary in size from two farms to IS farms, benefiting a total of 66 farms. Thir ty-two of the projects are open dit ch drainage and two of them are tile construction. The- drainage programs effect a maximum of 3,000 acres in one pro ject to a minimum of IS acres. - The reason for this "group co operation", Penney points out, is that one farm cannot get sufficient fall on an open ditchv to carry the water from his farm. By' several farms 'working together, sufficient fall can be secured over a desired distance and permit the water to drain from the land into a main creek or stream. The longest ditch dug to date ia two miles long. fcoS . i-" ' ,'-' ". ' Crackdown In Progress Dumping Of Dead Poultry Along Roads, Creeks Must Be Stopped By Paul Barwick Poultry producers in Duplin Cou- ity ure beiny issued a strict and Children Must Have Polio Shots The N. C. General Assembly In 1959 enacted Legislation re quiring all children entering school for the first time, to show evidence that they had been Im munized against poliomylitis. i r-Hrs entering sch ool the fall of 1961 must have complete course of lmmuniza- . tion. A miminium of 3 shots is required. iThe health depart ment Will give these three shots, or they can be given by your 'aniv physician. A fourth Polio shot Is recom mended a year or later, after the completion o'f the first three shots. It Is not required., or riven by the health depart ment. Only the family physi cian gives the fourth shot. Parents are reminded to see that their children get all re quired Polio shots, as well as other required immunizations before beginning next school - term . . these immunizations are required by Law, and will also prevent diseases. John F. Powers. M. D. Health Officer. .Duplin County Farm Relates Experiences $mmmmm LEROY SIMMONS An indication of what insufficient drainage can mean to farm Income and crop production is seen thro ugh a incident two years ago. Ap proximately 150 acres of soybeans and corn, mostly soybeans, could nnl ho tiaruoata tn Plnnlm ("'mintl' h,.,, ovniv wnor enuld not be drained from the fields prevent- ! ing cultivation. This situation has now been corrected through the cooperation of 13 farm owners. Total cost of the 34 projects is estimated to cost $52,000. Of this amount, the ACP program adminis tered through the ASC will finance about 40 per cent. The remaining 60 per cent will be paid by the land owner. The projects, when completed, will have installed adequate and proper drainage for 6,500 acres of land. This means the average cost for sufficient drainage per acre is $8, which will prevent drowning of crops and permit crop production. "This is one of the finest program which Soil Conservation Servk as sists farmers with. "Penney Said. "It is our hope that we can contin ue to get this wholehearted coopera tion from the farmers of .Duplin County" : v - v .- X . i ) JuJ' - ' I f I I A! X V V I - 1 f pointed statement by the Duplin ! County Health Department concern ing dumping of dead broilers a- long paved and dirt roads and creeks throughout tie County. Joe Costin, Duplin County Saoi tarian, said today, "We have so many chickens being dumped a long road sides and creeks that we have found as many as 15 to jn bushel baskets full ot dead chi ckens.' He added, "Anybody who will throw dead chickens out along hign ways and near creeks ought to be put under the jail." "This practices is terrible. It is only common decency that it (the practice! should be stopped for the health and safety ol the citizens of Duplin.'.' Costin said today the County Hea lth Department ha ben .receiving. a ennsifter-ahlv number' of coin- plaints, "We do .'"(it want to do anything that will hir.icr the growth of the Polly Brinson And Leftie PsJe Winners For Duplin In Typing Contest At E.C .C. Polly Brinson of Kenansville. be - Binnina tvnist. and Lettie Pate of Warsaw, advanced typist, were a- I i nmiorv .rfc mance in in Duplin schools at the East Car olina College's 1961 District Type- Bureau Leader On Study Tour of the five states w visitei," de clared LeRoy Simmons from Al bertson, President of Duplin Coun ty Farm Bureau in a statement to the pipss. "A home discussion meeting," he said, "is the best way I know of to involve the membership at the ''nnttnupA On Mrs. Blackmore Honored In Science The .Henedrson Science Club of Mt Olive College presented a Certi- iFICATE OF CITATION to Mrs. Ruby M. Blackmore at its annual banquet on April 17. .Mrs. Black- I lege and past president of the science club received the award in recognition of outstanding contri butions to science education. Mrs. Blackmore is majoring in science at Atlantic Christian Col lege. Wilson, North Carolina, and is currently the president of the Collegiate Academy of Science of Science. The citation specifically noted her accomplishments while in this position by stating "Through your office as president of North Carolina Academy of Science you have encouraged a more active in terest in the study of science ar: 1 under graduate research." I)r W. A. Chantry of Kinston, re search chemist for DuPont was the banquet speaker. His topic was "Curriculum Changes in Chemical F-ngireering," "a"? lo "rn "'ur,:' e xuum honored Dr C. C. Hen- pel aun, liuuuimjr micmiiucti club and benefactor of the college science department and the follow- i members of the Eastern North Carolina Section of the American Chemical Society who were speak am cno'll. ers for the club during the 1960-61 science lecture proerams: Miss ; Mary Archer Blount. Dr. John Chri- ; stens, Dr. L. T. Cleary, Dr. R J. ''ollins. Miss Betty Jane Davis, Dr. j Don Higginbotham, Mr. John Mc Lean, Mr. William H. Rowland, and Dr. .1 o uss. Mount Olive College President W Burkette Rap er and Dean 'Miehatl Pelt were al so guests. - Juror- Co. Court Countv Court Jurors drawn for May 1961 are as follows: Carl B. Taylor, James Waitus Harrell. J. C. ' Harrell, Henry R. Carter, Berry Maready, Arnold Hunter, Ura Sholar , Gordon Dea ver, Graham Johnson, O. Wendell Evans, C. E. Savage. E. G. War ren, R. G. Quinn, Lawrence Kelly, George F. Parker, Claude L.. Hep ler, Needham A. Sloan, Jerry Mar tin, Woodrow Brown, E. E. Fields. l large poultry industry in Duplin County," Costin said. But we ar goiug to have to crack down oft these dead chickens being dumped -alon? roads and cheeks." The oiuity Board of Health Is mi,: nil poultry producers to either I. urn the dead poultry or have proper disposal pits construc ted on each farm. Costin pointed out that 'Violators will be punished to the full extent of the law, i caught." Duplin County is North Carolina'! leading poultry producing County. Income to farmers from poultry last year was over $18,0OO,0OQ. ' f The County ha? sohwn continued growth in the poultry industry since it first got underway in 1954. t A problem of dumping dead chip kens a'ong road sides and creeks has continued to grow as the ill- i dustrv hag eroXvrf.' J- - Costin said that an all out effort is now being made to eliminate thU "obviously bad practice." 'writing Co lft. The contest for ni8n scno01 students was Mid On i the campus Thursday, April JO, and was Climaxed by an "honors" din- ner in me new aouin uming itau. ais with top scores and to winning counties. ; , ..' Pennants for. the best team scor es in the county . werif to James ' "enai Hih SfhobV beginning typ ing, aryJ Jame. Kenan Hiffi) SchS ool uavanced typing. Certificates for best individual scores made by student from the county competing in the district contest at the college was Polly Brinson of Kenansville and Lettie Pate oi Warsaw. . -In competitive typewriting events during the afternoon at the Sol-. leee, 263 students represented sch ools in 25 counties in Eastern 'N. C Both beginning and advanced stu dents vied for honors. Those in the' district finals here were winners in preliminary contests sponsored by the college earlier this Spring in schools in the participating coun ties. BRIEFS MAV FELLOWSHIP May Fellowship Day for three churches of Kenansville will be ob served on Friday. May S In ' the Sunday School Room at Grove Prff shvterian Church. The meeting will begi at :M P. M. with a covered dish supper. i The theme of the program wui oe : "The Churches Free and Respon se hi- whir., a ie ea dv Mrs. n. B. Boney. After the proerara a short busi ness session will be held. The pub-, lie is cordially invited to attend. , CHORAL SINGING Aro you interested tn joining a .: .'it, ' just to sing for the fun u ii out of sinin? -W so meet ith the group which is! They will meet on Tuesday evening, May 2, at 8:00 P. M. at the James Ken an High School Cafeteria. There will be no charge except each in dividual will have to pay for hie own music. Both religious and light number-ir-n ioik songs popular songs. This Choral Society Organization meeting is necessary so arrangements can De maa ior milSIP fl T music and all material oraerea 19 stirt in September or at vk the people desire to start. This Cftor- al group will be under the M" or Sinclair mwnn ., u.mm IA1W iniwiw We have not been charging for Cards of Thanks heretofore. Cards of thanks have become so numer-r ous that they are becoming a bur den to the paper. Beelnnintf neit week it will be necessary for us to .-'urge $100 for each one placed to ' pioer. cash in advance. U moOr ey Ju.s not accompany the Note . of Thanks it will be Impossihle fat us to run it m the ptptr,'-;:'yj:. " OPEN BOUSE . . s You are cordially tavited to at tend open house at the oew.home of Mr. and Mrs. James Cradyo Friday. April 28, from I to 8 In.the afternoon and t to 10 in the own ing. The Grady home ia located J, mile east of Beautancus about half way - between - SummerUa Cross Ceattesw o at :-