ifW A v tpm# PROGRESS SENTINEL voLXxxmug aa ^1CHAtCy!L1^yj)^;j^-ytMilg ??-? - ^^^^priceio^lu^ax Trial ! & Error I can hardly wahl My grand son Is coining Friday night and we are going to have a whole week together, if I don't ??Chi cken out." I am going to have a full week's vacation ? the first one in eight years. So I will not be with you next week, except In spirit, we are going to die beach and eat ana sun and eat again, and I will be glad to go wading with my grand son. That is Just about my speed in the water - so we should have a great time. And, oh my goodness, the diet the follow ing week - that will be some thing awful. Bobby, my grandson, is al most four. He will be at a fas cinating age this summer, and I hope he will not be as bad as he has been. ? ? ? ? Everyone was surely happy when Alma went out to sea last weekend. 1 know all of the far mers breathed a sigh of relief. Coettaued to Pane < Beulaville... A New Fire Department? Last Sunday morning, Police Officer H. J. Brown, got'a call to a brush fire near Milton Cot tle's residence. Mr. Cottle's home is on the Cedar Fork road and Mr. Brown may have been off duty, but being the protective and accommodating person that he is, he rushed to the scene of the fire to see what could be done. The fire had spread to a field that was not cultivated last year, so the collected veg itation was providing fuel for the flames. Desperately trying to contain the fire were three little boys, barefooted, ages probably from six to ten years. With green weeds they could secure, and carrying water from a near by ditch in and old leaky oil can, they were "fighting" fire on ground so hot Policeman Brown said the heat was burn ing his feet through his shoes. He advised the boys that tbey probably would blister their feet, but they insisted they Coetinued to Page I I __ Manpower Survey Moves To Wars aw Mr. Ben Johnson will explain the Manpower Survey being con ducted In Duplin, at a meet ing In the old Branch Bank Building, in Warsaw June 20 at. S Johnson is Su pervisor of Smaller Communi ties Program of'Employment Security Commission. The man power team will be located in the old bank build ing June 16 through August 6. A temporary office will be lo cated in the Fire Station in Magnolia during week of July 11. ^ The information , available,* will help in promoting warsiw Magnolia area industrially and can be used by varlocw offices and organizations In the Coun ty All interested persons are invited tp the meeting. Hallsville Gets New Minister Rev. John R. Dall has movet into the Hallsville Presbyterian manse and will be installed as minister at evening services June 19th at 7 p.m. Rev. Dall, a native of Vir ginia who grew up in Farm ville. North Carolina, is a gra duae of Union Theological Se minary in Richmond, Virginia He came to Hallsville from the Orange Presbytery, having served as pastor of the Trinity Presbyterian Church of Route 7, Burlington, for the past four years. He is married and they nave two daughters and one son. Installation services include a sermon by Hallsville's own Samuel N. Tnomas. Presiding will be w. E . Link. T he Chargi Pastor will be Jesse M. Parks, and Cicero Lanier will charge the congregation. Completing the commission will beG. Frame Sawyer, Andrew Miller and Ra leigh Lanier. Alternate Minis ter will be Troy D. Mullis, and alternate elder, R. V. Wells. Vandals Destroy Properly At Country Club After midnight on Saturday, vandals played havoc at the Duplin Country Club. After removing a screen at the Pro Shop, ana being unable to get Into the shop, they then gained entrance into the club house. A TV was stolen from the ladles rest room, turntable of the Stero was also stolen. Several lamps, tables and chairs In the main hall were broken. Total damage has not been estimated at the time o writing. BUI Taylor of Warsaw dis covered the loss on Sunday morning. The Sheriff's depart ment is Investigating. ? Beulaville Forms Recreation Club Realizing the important role that recreation now plays in a community, plans are being formulated to establish a Beu laville Recretion Club. A group of Interested, civic minded , citizens met at the local school. It was pointed out that a club could draw from members in a fifty mile area, north to south, and east to west. The group elected aboard of nine directors. To serve three years are: Morris Grady, Richard Williams and Wilbur Hussey, Jr. Members serving a two year term are: Arliss Albertson, Cecil Edwards, and Willie w. Humphrey, one year directors are Russell Bostic, Emmett Rogers, and Vivian Miller. The board of directors in turn elected Morris Grady, Pre sident, Arliss Albertson, Vice President, and Wilbur Hussey, Jr., Secretary and Treasurer. The proposed project will be located about one mile North of the Town House Restaurant Just off highway 54. A ninety acre tract of land has been donated by J. W. Smith and John Rhodes. Tentative plans I call for a club house, nine hole golf course, a lake, ten nis courts, and a swimming pool. Well over 100 members have signed up to be in this project. Any one wishing to join may make application to any of the officers or directors. Plans are to finance die pro ject through FHA Loan. ILflOISBB MXSiW A A ? ? - A * ? RALEIGH - The Motor Vehi cles Department's summery of traffic deaths through 10 a,m. Monday, June 13,1966; Killed to Date ...685 Killed To Date Last Year.,608 Head Start Program Okayed Funds have been allocated' for Head Start project to ope rate in the local schools. Dup lin County will receive $55,937. to be used on 260 children. Six teen teachers and sixteen tea chers' aids wilil conduct these schools. Schools will be under the j capable supervision of the local ; supervisors: Miss Annie Mae Brown. Miss Annie Mae Ken ion, and Mrs. Madoline Smith. These supervisors have devot ed much time and effort to planning a course which they feel is of great value to the pupils. The lunch rooms will be open ? to serve snacks, and a well-ba lanced hot lunch. Breakfast will be open to serve if the budget will allow. Transporta tion will be provided by car pools. Locations and teachers are as follows: B. F. Grady. Mrs. Beatrice Martin. Miss Sallie Outlaw. Mrs. Effie Outlaw. Beulaville. Mrs. Catherine Williams Mrs. Vera Bostic, Miss Jessie Ann Thomas. Cwtlswd to Page S Contract Cucumbers Moving In Duplin By: Ruth Wells Last fall, a group of men visited H. W. Madison Pick ling Company InClevelandohlo. looking Industry for Duplin County. Mr. Jim Smith of M. L. La nier & Son Store Section; Mr. Coy Smith, Albertson area: P. ! B. Ralford, IndustrlalCommls sloner; and Assistant County Agent George Wellons madethe trip. They were accompanied by Mr. Eurls Vanderford of the Fruits and Vegetable Market ing Division of North Carolina Department of Agriculture. "It was an expense paid trip," Mr. Smith said, "by the com pany to try to get Duplin County growers Interested In producing cucumbers for this plant to process." The group was very much Impressed by their hospi tality. The word seemed to get a round that the Duplin County Folks wanted a good offer. Brown-Langer Company of New York contacted the proper au thority and made an offer that sounded good to the group. As a result of this, the area around M. L. Lanier & Son Store Is a bee hive of activity. Early In the spring, grow ers were contacted and even tually 100 acres of cucumbers were signed under contract for Brown-Langer. The largest Gro wer signed up for 20 acres, and It ranges down to "pat ches," less than one half acre. The growers are all-over, from Just across the road, to thirty miles away. The last week In May saw the beginning of real activity. J, shed was built, and maChitr.ry fof grading was Installed, This machinery Incidentally, Is so modern and so efficient that Jim says he wishes everybody, even his competitors, would come see It. The grading machine has eight pockets and also space for jumbo cucumbers. When the "cukes" hit the machine the number one's are kicked out Into the first two pockshs, and these are separated Into 1 A and 1 B. Pockets number 3 and 4 catch the number 2 cu kes, and they too, are separat ed Into 2 A and 2 B. This continues through on the 5-6 and the 7-8 pockets. Eventually there Is a place for the Jumbo, or culls. The soil under many of these cucumbers has been especially treated to produce a finer cu , cumber. These plants are often attacked by nematodes, and It has proven profitable to fumi gate the sod as In many other crops. The plants have also , had available 800 - 1,000 lbs of 8-8-8 fertilizer, supplement ed by 20-25 lbs. of nitrogen. A special variety of seed Is planted, the variety being S M R 58. These are especially adapted to pickling. Anordlnanr table variety of cucumber will not take the salt required to make a tasty pickle, that Is, the whole cucumber put Into brlan will spilt. The outer part of the cucumber will absorb enough salt that It will shrink, but the salt will not penetrate the inner parts, thereby caus ing the cucumber to spilt. The S M R 58 allows the salt to sa turate the entire cucumber. Mr. Smith points out that the fcrop will be short this year as a result .qf the frost about three weejls" ago. It Is sxnect- . Aid there wlij tfSfJJxjriT.'wot.drcis, I * Continued to Page 2 This scene followed the shout "Action" at the cucumber grading station operated by Jim Smith at M. 1. Lanier and ? ? Son Store. Jim, fourth from left, was too busy to pose as cucumbers had every body working "on the double." (Photo by Ruth Wellsi. Tuckahoe Country Club Prouosed A steering committee with Lin wood Turner as chairman announces plans for a nine hole golf course, with provisions for expansion as needed. The club #111. be located' Oj a 150 acre tract of land 3 1/2 miles South East of Pink Hi1 In Jones County and will serve portions of Lenoir, lones, Dup lin and Onslow couimes. Dues and entrance fees will depend upon the number of persons who Join the club. Se venty members have already joined. I \ Jt M Gene Hamm has been em- I ployed to design the nine hole golf course. The size of the pool will depend upon member ship. The 40 by 80 ft. proposed structure will contain a pro shop, dressing room, and rest rooms. Application has been made to the Farmer's Home Adminis tration to secure funds for de velopment purposes. The lane on which the club will be con structed was donated by Tho mas Faulkner, and If tne pro ject falls all deposits, less postage and Incidental loss will be returned. Interested persons may con tact Mr. Turner or other mem bers of the steering committee; Luther Ledford, Harold Hardl I ? -wl son, Roy Taylor, Wood row Ho ward, Beasley Jones, Oliver Smith or Thomas Faulkner, ' i -M/. I ?* ' | BRIEFS The Duplin County Chapter of the American Red Cross will hold It's annual meeting, Thurs day afternoon. June 23 at 2 p.m. In the Educational Building o the Grove Presbyterian church in Kenans vllle. TOBACCO MEETING The Executive Committee of the Bright Belt Warehouse As sociation voted to reduce maxi mum weight of baskets of to bacco for sale from 300 to 200 pounds at a meeting held in Ra leigh on June 1, 1966. It was also voted to reduce sales time to 5 hours per day for the first 10 days of sales In each belt and a maximum of 4.5 hours perday thereafter. The Executive Committee ho pes that this action which has been taken will bring about a more orderly marketing of flue cured tobacco. FLOWER ARRANGING "Flower Arranging" will be gin a series of adult classes at East Duplin High School. Thursday night, June 16. at 8:00 o'clock p.m. An added attraction will be a demonstra Hon given by a visiting lectu rer and demonstrator. A door prize will be drawn. The public Is Invited to attend. FAMILY LEGAL ADVICE "Family Legal Advice". IS being offered free of charge at the East Duplin School. Tues day Night, June 21 at 8;00 o'clock p.m. This program Is Continued to page IS I -? County Dog Pound Ready Just South of Kenansville on highway No. 11. near the Coun ty Garage, is the County Dog Pound, ready for occupancy. The building contains an of fice for the warden. It also includes an isolation pen where even a rabied dog may be safe ly confined and secluded. Six other pens are for use by stray dogs, or dogs waiting disposal. The building is constructed so that the dog truck may back up to the "gate" in the side of the building and the dog may [ be turned directly into the cor | ridor of the pound. The doors to pens may be per-arrang Commission In die Grant Agree mem, and the concurrence of the Duplin County Commission ers In the plans wOl be neces sary. Duplin County's new dog pound Is ready for use. Strong metal wire encloses the front providing complete protection and ventilation. This Is a facility long overdue In Duplin. (Photo by Ruth wells)