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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.
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Everyone was surely happy
when Alma went out to sea last
weekend. 1 know all of the far
mers breathed a sigh of relief.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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This scene followed the shout "Action" at the cucumber
grading station operated by Jim Smith at M. 1. Lanier and
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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.
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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
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son, Roy Taylor, Wood row Ho
ward, Beasley Jones, Oliver
Smith or Thomas Faulkner,
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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
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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<d
to route him into either of the
seven pens.
The pound will be locked at
all times, however should you
wish to leave a don there to be
disposed of, there is a pen on
the yard where dogs may be
left at any time.
At the last meeting the
County Commissioners passed
the following resolutions:
RESOLUTION
Be it Resolved by the Board
of Commissioners of Duplin
County, that in addition to the
provision of North Carolina
General Statutes 67-30 thru 36
the following regulations re
garding Dogs and Dog Warden
in Duplin County shall apply:
ta) All dogs impounded by
the Dog Warden shall be kept
for a period of five days.
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DuplmGets Grant For Waler & Waste Disnosal Study
EDITORS NOTE: Congressman
David Henderson called the
Duplin Times-Progress Senti
nel on Tuesday afternoon to
confirm the release below and
to congratulate the county on
havtagYecetvea tne grant.]
The Duplin Development
Commission Is getting ? $12,
600 grant from the Farmers
Home Administration for a
years study of the water and
waste disposal needs In rural
treu of die county, Melvtn H.
Hearn, State Director, of Far
mers Home Administration,
Raleigh, North Carolina, an
noutced here today.
The project will be designsA
not only to assess the re
quirements, but to map a pro
gram for orderly development
to meet those needs. *TW,
Hearn said, will Include WCv:
of making the best use of ami
able water resources while a
voldlng a duplication or over
lapping of new facilities.
The gram was requested by
ihe Duplin County Board of
Commissioners of which Mr.
Murphy Simpson of BeularUle.
North Carolina Is chairman
The planning will be accom
plished through the Duplin De
velopment Commission of which
Mr. Preston B. Ralford isExe
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cutlve Director.
While the grant will be made
to the Duplin Development Com
mission, the Duplin County Com
miss loners will join with the
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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)