Pvt. Marlon Kennedy, A-9-2 shows assistant head nurse
of the orthopedics Ward, the weight on the skeletal balanced
suspension he would like adjusted. Marlon Is the son of
Elder Owen Kennedy and entered service on January 12,1966.
While In basic training, he broke his leg on March L He
had been unable to come home until this past weekend and
will return to his base at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Tuesday. (Army Photo)
Sandy Plain Community
PERSONALS
Mrs. Daisy Turner and Miss
Elizabeth w naley went to Ports
mouth Virginia last week to visit
Mrs. Dollfe Lou Stroud.
Mrs. John Matthew Sumner,
Mrs. Roy Heath and Lynn shop
ped In Jacksonville Friday.
Mrs. Bernle Stiles and Mrs.
June Thomas of Beulavllle vi
sited Mr. WQlard Hardlsonwho
was a patlem In Goldsboro Hos
pital Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Kenne
dy, Tommle. Pat and joey are
visiting their son, A2C Herbert
Kennedy, Jr., "Pete" as we
know him, In Mlnot, North Da
kota In the air force. Pete Is
one of Sandy Plain Church boys.
May God bless him.
Ronnie Kennedy Is home from
school for the summer. He was
a student of Pembroke College.
Ricky Housto Is home for
two weeks. He will return for
summer school at Pembroke.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Heath, jr.
and Lynn went to High Point Sun
day morning to visit Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Davis and Mrs. Ar
nold Boggs. They went to Bur
lington and had dinner with Mr.
Heath's sister, Mrs. Garland
Porterfield and Son. They then
visited his mother, Mrs. Roy
Heath Sr. In Chapel Hill Hos
pital.
Lina? N?y Kennedy is spend
ing two weeks at home with her
parents before she returns to
summer school at East Carolina
Rev. Eugene Sumner Is
spending some time at home
before ne returns to summer
school at wake Forest.
Carolyn Faye Kennedy Is
home for the summer. She has
been working In Raleigh as a
telephone operator.
Mr. and Mrs. Chesley Hous
ton visited with her mother,
Mrs. Lester Anderson, ??Wa'
saw Sunday.
Guests In the ho:.ie of Mrs.
Sarah Kennedy Sunday wereMrs
John Bllzzara and Pat, Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Kennedy and dau
ghter.
Guests In the home of Mrs.
Claudia Sumner over the week
end were Rev. and Vs. Ralph
Sumner and boys, Mrs. Lucille
Miller and Mr. and Mrs. Ha
rold Byrd and children.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed wood Earl
Kennedy and son visited with
Mr. and Mrs? Rod Dew of Beu
lavllle and her parents at Tay
lortown, Rev. andMrs.Lemmle
Taylor on Sunday.
Mrs. John Matthew Sumner,
and Mrs. Roy Heath and Lynn
Heath spent Tuesday afternoon
with Mrs. Hugh Earl Stroud at
Alberts on.
Betty Jean Stroud and Har
vey John Stroud spent the week
end with their grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. John Matthew
Sumner.
Mrs. Wesley Jenkins took her
mother and little son Todd out
to the Dupont Plant, Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. William F.
Thlgpen and Teresa Jo visited
with their daughter and family
Mr. and Mrs. Mack Bryan at
Morehead City Monday. Little
Eddie and Billy Bryan came
back with them to spend tfome
time with their grandparents.
Rebecca Baker spent the
weekend with her mother. Mrs.
Bessie Baker.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hill Rhodes
Mr. Ray burn Rhodes, Mr. and
Mrs. Archie Muldrow and dau
ghter from Fayettevllle visited
their son. Scott Rhodes in Ra
leigh Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ipockfrom
Richmond were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Hlfi Rhodes Sun
day.
Mrs. J. D. Kennedy and Me
rlssa, and Mrs. Ervln Futrell
and children made a business
trip to Klnston Monday.
Ruffln Mercer was nome for
a few days this weekend. He is
stationed at Fort Jackson, South
Carolina.
Guests in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Willie Smith Sunday
were Mrs.Lettle Kennedy, Mrs.
Hazel Murphy, Mrs . Gladys
Stroud, Mr. and Mrs. John
Price of Clinton and girls, and
Mr. and Mrs. George Smith
and children.
Jackqualin Kennedy of Cabin
Is home for the summer. She
was s student at Buls Creek.
Ricky, Carolyn Faye, Kevin
and Tlmmle Kennedy and Ar
drlan Norrls went to Topsail
Beach Saturday.
Jackie Sholar and Linda Kay
Kennedy spent Sunday at the
beach.
Mrs. George Smith and Miss
Edna Earl Jenkins visited at
Deep Run Sunday.
Rev. and Mrs. Carol Hansley
visited the Rev. Lemmle Tay
lor Sunday night. He has re
cently returned home f rom Me
morial Hospital at Chapel Hill,
N.C.
Roger Garrls, Brenda wood
ard and Doug Jones were vi
sitors of Anita Hansley at her
home Wednesday.
YFA MEETING
The YFA of Sandy Plain
Church met May 24 at the church
to hold Us regular meeting wUh
twenty members present.
Eddie Barnette, president,
opened the meeting. Pam Sum
ner led in prayer. A song was
sung, "I'll Go Where You W ant
Me to Go.* The YFA motto
was repeated. "To Know Him,
To Love Him, To Serve Him."
After the business, an offering
was taken. "Living For Jesus,
was sung. MerUa Sumner read
a story of a boy In world war
II, to remind each one to re
member all the boys In ser
vice.
The program chairman, Don
nle Houston, opened the pro
gram on "Danger Encountered,
Drifting Along." After the pro
gram tne group was dismissed.
BENEFIT SUPPER
Saturday night at the
Assembly Building another
work of cooperation was dis
played. The Men's Fellowship
of Sandy Plain Free w111 Bap
tist Church sponsored a barbe
que and fried chicken supper
or the Beuiaviiie Free will
, Baptist Church, which burned
recently. The response was
wonderful. The way the men.
women, and young folk at the
church worked together brings
to our mind the scripture, 'Tor
we are labourers together with
God ? 1 Cor. 3:9.
The amount received was
$425.
GRADUATION DAY
Among those graduating Sun
day evening at East Duplin
from Sandy Plain community
were; Mercer Harold Sumner,
Hope Houston, Ken Smith, Irene
Sumner, Geraldlne Duff. T.Hlle
Faye Smith, Rodney Kennedy,
Flora Estelle Keel, Eddie
Heath, Randy Kennedy, Travis
Bowen, Larry Dean Houston and
Nell Kennedy.
BIBLE SCHOOL
Bible school will begin at
Sandy plain Free Will Bap
tist Church Monday morning
June 6, at 8:00. Everyone
Is Invited to attend. The school
will last for one week. The
director Is Mrs. Arthur Ken
nedy.
WITH THE SICK
Mrs. Lewis Mercer has re
turned home from die hospital
and Is doing fine.
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Mr. Toble Mercer has re
turned home from the hospital
where he underwent surgery
last week.
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Mrs. Dora Kennedy has re
turned home, she has been a
patient at Wilson Hospital.
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Mrs. Joel Kennedy Is still
having kidney trouble. She Is
having a checkup Tuesday.
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Mrs. Charity Mercer Isapa
tlertt In Lenoir Memorial Hos
pital.
BIRTHDAY PARTY
Mr. Toe Hill Rhodes cele
brated his 62nd birthday on
May 22nd with a pork barbe
que dinner at his home. Those
attending were Mr. and Mrs.
Tommle Rhodes and children
from Garner; Mr. and Mrs.
Archie Muldrow and daughter
from Fayetteville; Mr.Raytxirn
Rhodes and Mr. Scon Rhodes
from Raleigh; and Mr. and Mrs.
John Matthew Sumner and Miss
Julie Miller and Mrs. Lizzie
Hall.
?W T ?
Vacancies upen
For
Postal Clerks
The Postal Board of U. S.
Civil service Examiners.
Greensboro, N. C., has announc
ed that applications will be ac
cepted until further notice for
examination for positions as
Substitute Postal Clerk and Sub
stltute City Letter Carrier. The
positions to be filled are In die
Post Offices In Duplin and other
Counties covered by the exa
mination announcement. Suit
ing salaries for positions at
first, and second-class post
offices Is $2.67 per hour and
$2.19 per hour at third-class
offices.
Applicants will be required to
take a written test and all qua
lified applicants will receive
consideration for employment
according to rating achieved,
without regard to race, creed,
sex, color or national origin.
Interested persons should se
cure complete information and
application forms from their
local Post Office cr from the
Exectdve secretsr,, postal
Board of U. S. Civil Service
Examiners, P. O. Box 20807
Greensboro, NorthCAROLINA
Wesley News
PERSONALS
Those attending the funeral of
Mr. Hawey Harper at the Har
per Southerland Church, Al
bertson Tuesday, were, Mrs.
Linda Southerland, Miss Fanny
Yarbrough. Mrs. Eliza Grady
and Mrs. Ricky Batts of War
saw.
Mrs. Haywood Merrltt and
son Kevin, Mrs. Fanny Yarb
rough and Mrs. Linda Souther
land, visited Mrs. Sally Har
per and Mrs. Harvey Harper In
Albert son Wednesday afternoon
Mrs. Haywood Mriritr end
son Rusty, visited Mr. ebdMrs.
Ricky Bens In Warsaw and
Mrs. BUI Potter in Magnolia
Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Noah of
Greensboro were weekend
guests of Mrs. Fanny Yar
brough.
Mike Hasty of Kenansvllle
was weekend guest of Rusty
Merrbt.
Mr. and Mrs. Haywood Mer
rbt and son Kevin and Mrs.
C. W. Nash shopped In W arsaw
Friday.
Mr. C. W. Noah and Mr.
Haywood Merrbt fished at Top
sail Beach Saturday.
Friends of Mr. John Bradley
will be sorry to learn that he
Is a patient at Duplin General
HospbaL
Mr. Rusty Merrbt, and Mr.
and Mrs. Ricky Bans spent Sun
day at Carolina Beach, while
there they vlsbed their uncles,
Mr. and Mrs. Bennle Merrbt
and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Merrbt.
Mrs. Lonle Garner and Mrs.
Fanny Yarbrough went to Ke
nansvllle on Business Wednes
day.
Mr. and Mrs. D. V. Grady
and children Thelesa, David
Allen and Francis Ann, were
dinner guests of Mrs. Eliza
Grady Sunday. They also vi
sited Mrs. Linda Souther land
Sunday afternoon.
Miss Debbv Gradv and Miss
Wanda Gayle Grady of Clinton
vlsbed their grandmother, Mrs.
Eliza Grady over the weekend
W eekend guests of Mr. Vel
man Benson were, Mr. and
Mrs. Larry Dall and children
Wayne, Karen and Sharon, Mr.
ana Mrs. Morris Wayne Benson
and children Kim and Kevin of
Norfolk, Va.
Miss Sally Harper of Albert
son Is spending a few days with
her mother, Mrs. Llnaa Sou
therland.
Sunday afternoon guests of
Miss Linda Southerland and
Miss Fanny Yarbrough were
Mrs. Kenneth Stroud, Miss
Nancy J. Grady, Miss Betty
Jean Grady, Mrs. Lottie Gar
ner and Miss vlney Garner.
Miss Vlvle Maxwell of pink
HOI has been visiting Mia.
Emms Grady and Mrs. Lacetai
Grady tills past weekend.
Mrs. Emma Grady. Mr.
Luclan Grady and Mrs. Vtvle
Maxwell attended Fellowship
Sunday at Harper-Southerland
Churcn, Albert son.
Mr. and Mrs. W. a Grady
and children, Debbie, Gayle,
Dwight, Margaret and Gary vi
sited his mother Mrs. Eliza
Grady Sunday afternoon.
Rev. and Mrs. Samuel
Grimes, of Wallace, visited
their daughter and son-in-law
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Herring
and family Tuesday.
Little Steve Herring has been
sick with measels this week.
Mrs. Robet Herring and dau- ?
ghter, Janice and Rev. and Mrs.
Samuel Grimes of Wallace,
were Sunday night dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Deane Grimes
of Klnston.
Mrs. Kenneth Stroud and Mrs.
Kenneth Howell of Klnston, vi
sited Mr. J. G. Stroud at Ma
caln Hospital Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. BUI Smith and
children, Carol Faye, Janice
and Barbara visited Mr. and
Mrs. Morris Grady In Clinton
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Grady
and children, Andrla, Gayla,
Belinda and Darral of Clin
i
ton. viskad his mother, Ml*.
Eliza Grady Monday.
NOTICE
The Wesley woman's dab
will meet at the church Thurs
day night at 7:30 o'clock.
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
Miss Vlney Garner and Mr.
Jo Garner celebrated their birth
day Saturday afternoon with a
cookout at their home. Guests
for the occasion were Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Williams and baby.
Paula and Mrs. Lizzie Houston.
B arbequed chicken and cho
colate cake were enjoyed by
all.
CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY
Friends of Rusty Merrfct ga
thered at this home Saturday
afternoon for a cookout to ce
lebrate his birthday. Guests
an ending were Mike Hasty of
Kenans Vflle. Bobby Herring,
Danny Stroud, Kenneth Houston.
Earnest Houston, Jr. Murphy
Houston, Nancy J. Grady, Betty
Jean Grady, Mr. and Mrs. C.
W. Noah of Greensboro, and
Mr. and Mrs. Ricky Bans and
son Ricky Jr. of Warsaw.
Hamburgers. Hot dog* birth
day cake and cool aid were sen
ed.
W?? Iftfwfifjtg Hlith
After a iour ? .mady
houses, lota, communities, and
neighborhoods. It is difficult
for the house-hunting couple
to recall the many details of
each location when it cornea
time for a decision. Heads
swim with a multitude at
thoughts concerning each
house and Its division, prox
imity to schools aqd facilities,
landscaping, tax rate; ate.
A house hunting decision is
reached painlessly when a
wise couple takes a few min
utes after each new home
visit to do the following:
staple newspaper clipping
and/or real estate agent's
business card to a 3x5 card;
record on this card all per
tinent information such as
date of visit, price, tax rate,
house style, lot dimensions,
number of rooms, heating
system, landscaping, water
supply, proximity to schools,
? shopping center, etc.
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