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mmm ? " " y^w- i rijjjjfo ?r\|JJIfiY IHiniBa NH f'ftttf1^ Jp SW|U ^ tl?3U?W?c??f->?* *-* 1 ?~f~ ' IS PROGRESS SfWi VOL XXXIII NO. 49 DECEMBER 8, 1966 KENANSVILLE, N. C. PRICE 10* PLUS TAX *2E5I ~~?? ? I ? ? ? as?? ? ? Rose Hill Mourns Death of Banker Robert Spellman (Spud) Troy, Sr., 62, of 201 East Bianchard Street, Rose HOI passed away early Tuesday at Duplin GE NERAL Hospital after one dif illness. A native of ComUus County, he is the late son of Mrs. Elizabeth Council Troy of Tar boro and the late Rovert V. Troy, in addition to his mother he (s survived by his wife the former Virginia Clark of the home, one daughter, Mrs. N.H. Carter of Wallace; one son, Robert spellman Troy, Jr. of Charlotte and three grandchil dren. He was Vice President of Waccamaw Bank and Trust Company in Rose Hill, a mem ber of the Rose Hill Lions Club, Ruling Elder of the Mt. zion Presbyterian Church, past superintendent of the Sun day School, and an active worker in the church. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. at Mount Zion Presby terian Church. Rev. LesterLa Prade will officiate. Burial will be in Rockflsh MemorlalCeme tery. Visitation will be at Ed gerton Funeral home in Wallace until one hour prior to ser vices at which time the body will be carried to the churcH. Deacons of the church, Ray Sanderson, Joe Hart Scott, Dr. G. P. Matthews, Gerald Carr. m m m ? Beauford Longest, Charles H. Hall, and Charlie Hawes will serve as pallbearers. Mr. Troy had been wirhWac camaw Bank and Trust Company for thirty one years with the Whiteville, Fairmont,Clarkton and Rose Hill Banks. He had been with the Rose HOI Bank for the past twenty years. R. S. TROY Tobacco Meeting A tobacco meeting wffl be held in the Duplin County Agricul tut* Building Thursday night. , ? SSBSTc-, Agricultural Agent, sat^ that t Dr. W. K. Collins, Extendton Tobacco Specialist from North Carolina State university, will Livestock Rustling R. E. McCullen of RFD Mt. Olive, Investigated gunshots on his farm Saturday afternoon and discovered three of his hogs had been killed. Frightened away by Mc Cullen, the slaughterers had placed the hogs, whose com bined weight was approximate ly five hundred pounds. In bags preparatory to removing them tfom the McCullen farm. 3% leu mlgatlng the crime are Deputies Rodney Thlgpen, Glenn Jernlgan and Bill Qulnn. War- . rants nave been Issued for the arrest of the suspects. A few weeks ago arrests were Continued to pace S BRIEFS I Farm Bureau "Open House" You are cordially invited to attend "Open House" at the new Duplin County Farm Bu reau Office on Highway #11 North KenansvQle, December 11,1966 from two until five p.m. Jordan Student At Sarecta FWB Nldol Qubeln, student at Mt. Olive college from Jerusalem, i Jordan will talk and show slides of the Holy Land December 14, at 7;30 p.m. at Sarecta Free Will Baptist Church. Mr. Qubeln was born In the year 1948 In a place half mile from the site where Jesus was caught by Judas and others, the Mount of Olives In Jeru | salem, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, while at High School he was President of 23 clubs on and off campus. He was also director of St. George's School Local Broadcasting Sta tion and the Editor In chief of Its newspaper. In Church ac tivities, Nidal was the princi pal of the Episcopal Sunday School; Director of the church's Youth actlvites In Jordan and their representative in Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon. The public Is cordially Invited to attend this opportunity to learn more of the Holy Land. JK New Gym Open Sunda y ?? The new plysieal education and gymnasium building at James K?Ban High School will ' be open Sunday afternoon, De- j camber 11th, from 2 o'clock to 4 o'clock for public inspection. CoaliuueU le Page I Cedar Fork Community Won First Place In SENOand Contest Sloan Club Second Place Winner George Cowan of the Cedar Fork Community accepted the plaque for his club which won first place In Council typefarm community development at the annual SENCland Development Association meeting held Fri day night at Wrlghtsvllle Beach. This was the tenth annual meeting of the association char tered to promote, through re flonal cooperation, the ln ustrlal, agricultural, and re creational well being of the peo ple of SENCland. President R. L. Thompson, Jr. presided. The awards were presented by leaders of business and civic organizations attending the din ner meeting at the Blockade Runner. East Arcadia a community In Bladen County was first place winner In the Straight Line Farm Organization. H amp stead, a Pender Community, placed first In non farm cate gory. George Cowan of Duplin County's Cedar Fork Commu nity was presented a trophy and J100 by Al G. Dickson of the Star News In Wilmington for first place In the farm com munity, council type organiza tion. at, SPEARMAN L Willie Spearman of the Sloan SENCland Development Asso ciation accepted the plaque for his club which was second place winner for straight line, farm community at the annual meet ing of the Associalon at the Blockade Runner Friday night. He was presented $100 from Lawrence Bowden, New Han over County Commissioner. Sloan Is one of seven com munities in Duplin participat ing in the straight line division of Community Development in 1966. The program has 222 farm families entered in the Continued to Pace 2 Near Tragedy At Grainery Quick thinking on the part of a supervisor of Southeastern Farmers Grain Association saved the life of a negro em ployee Thursday morning. The negro, who had been working only two days at the Grainery. slipped and fell about two feet Into a hopper type railroad car which had brought corn to the grainery. The corn unloading from the center bot tom of tfje.car had pyramided v the cer.ler. "i e sudden plunge,, ?fj Into the cor", had a sorr of : leoellng effect, the ccm from the slues pouring to the center and covered the man. j?v J. E. McClenney, Jr. of War saw Is credited with pulling the man out before he sttffj cated. Checked at Duplin Ge neral Hospital the victim was reported no worse for theevent. Democratic Women Mrs . Russell Sanderson of Beulavllle was Installed ay)re sident of the Democrats wo mans Club of Duplin County In the County Court room Tuesday night. Practically all precincts of the couny were represented. Mrs. J. V. Whitfield of Wal lace was Introduced to the group by Mrs. Christine Williams. Mrs. Whitfield brought a stir ring challenge to all democrats as she reviewed the political situation from local to national - ' r - , . levels. Mrs. Riley Blackmore, re tiring president, thanked the group for the splendid coopera tion shown her and pledged her support to the new president, Mrs. Sanderson. Other officers Installed were; i Mrs. David Ressle Smith, 1st Vice President, Mrs. J. S. w Blair, Sr., 2nu Vice President; 1 Mrs. W. Chris Blossom, 3rd Vice President; Mrs. Rivers Continued to Ptp 2 Mr. George Cowan, President of the Cedar Fork SENCland club Is accepting first place award In Council type farm community develop ment. The trophy and $100 was presented to him by Mr. Al G. Dickson, Executive Editor of the Star Newspaper. Inc. of Wilmington, at the tenth annual awards meeting held at wrlghts vllle Beach Friday night. (Photo courtesy of Wilmington Star News) Trains 42 "49 In Sad Plight I ?mytira; fcouWfcomi :ssli!> 1 ers, state and a/tbyitLleglf lators and the Ms mldla J Duplin and Perifcr counties were guests of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Companyliat The Country Squire on Thursday, "December 1. ?The purpose of the meeting was to dlscuas the statue of thej only passenger trains' remain ing in this area, trains Num Cofltinued to Pagr ! T-1 Matthews v aces Murder Charge j Richard Matthews, 56, negro male of Freehold, New Jersey, has been returned to Duplin County to face a murder charge. Sheriff T. Elwood Revelle said that Lewis Clibbons of reachey died of shot gun wounds sustained during a quarrel be- ? tween Matthews and Clibbons | at the Log Cabin, a negro night i spot near Teachey, on the night ! of December 28,1963. Matthews, alias Redcap, was ! visiting In the Log Cabin Sec- | tlon and a quarrel was alleged to have taken place between the ; two negroes. Matthews told the sheriff s department that he did ' not know that Clibbons died until ! he was detained by the officers. . FBI records show that Mat thews was given a three year sentence in 1938 for manslaugh ter, a .jail term in 1948 Tor disorderly conduct, a drunken ness conviction in 1951, con victed in 1954 for carrying a concealed weapon. The most recent conviction was a 2-3 year sentence and $250 fine in 1957 for carnal abuse of a 12 year old girl. The sentence also required psychiatric treat ment. Deputees Graham Chestnutt, Alfred Baysden and Jimmy Hat cher made the trip to New i Jersey to return Matthews to face charges. v 1 officers stalled In the Democratic Womans Club to serve lor the next two years are left to right Mrs. Chris Blossom, Mrs. Avon Sharps, Mrs. Willard westbrook, Mrs. Hess Davis, Mrs. T. G. Huffman, Mrs. Russell Sanderson, President, l?' 1 11 Mrs. Luther Tsylor, Mrs. a. McCoy Herring. Mrs. Robert Blackmore, Mrs. C. a Penny snd Mrs. J. I. Blair. (Photo by Ruth Wells). ^ ? "VJ, ? ? ?/.?-: . ? :j Long Time Public Servants Honored,Special Ceremony I Kelly Elected Chairman of Commissioners M ? special ceremony In the DupllnCounty Court Room In Kenansville Monday morning, December 5, the new County Of ficials were sworn in and cer tificates were presented to five person for dedicated service ever a V 2 period of time. Mr. C ??Me Hepler, chair man of the Duplin county Board of Elections, presided. He asked His Honor Joseph Parker, judge of the Superior Court to post pone court for a short while to present a program of lnterst j to all those present and to all! citizens of Duplin County. A race which began last March and April when the citi zens gave notice to the Board of Elections, Continuing through the May Primary and In some cases a second primary In June, made certain in the General Election on November 8th were rewarded and sworn into the j Offices of Public Trust which j they had sought. ~ ? Mr. Hepler reminded the ; group that democracy was By- j Partisan and that It was the duty of those taking oaths and hold- | Ing office to serve all the peo ple of Duplin County. He com mended Henry L. Stevens m. Chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee and Sam j Godwin, Chairman of the Re publican Executive Committee. It was decided by the Nt *} Carolina State Board of EleB* tlons to have presented certain certificates of commendation to four very dedicated gentlemen of Duplin County. Tneae men have lent themselves to the election process In Duplin for a ? ? ? total of 161 years. Duplin County i has enjoyeo good election pro Continued to Pa?e I County Court I Norwood Glenn Maready, operating auto while Intoxicat ed, nol pros. Allen William Boyd, ope rat- j lng auto while intoxicated, nol pros with leave. Leo Alfred Jarman, operating ; auto while intoxicated, 90 days suspended, $100 fine and remT $50 of fine. Bobby Eugene Bradshaw, m operating auto while intoxicated and larceny, 6 mos. suspended, $100 fine and cost, remit $50 of fine. James Miller, worthless i check, aid and abet in same, nol i pros. Nathaniel Adams, sieedlng 75 mph i n 60 mph zone, and operating auto while lntoxicat- - ed, $50 flne and cost. William Gresham, worthless check, violation of G. S. #14 107, 30 days suspended, pay check and cost. Wade Merle Thigpen, speed ing 95 mph in 55 mph zone, $50 fine and cost, remit $25 of fine. Hubert Oscar Lanier, exceed safe speed, pay cost. Vernon Melrow Leary, speeding -60 mph in 35 m{tfi : zone and failure to stop for stop ' sign, nol pros with leave. William Edward Hester, Jr. -4 speeding 67 mph In 55 mph ^ zone, nol pros with leave. 1 Thadious Humph rev, non sup- J port, violated probation, 6 mo^J Charlie Van Hubbard, speed- j lng 72 mph in 60 mph zone, U nol pros with leave. Dock McNeal Alberts on, ope- ; rating auto while Intoxicated, , continued. George Amerson, improper passing, failure to see that such move could be made in to safety, nol pros with leave. SECOND SECTION PAGE 8 | 1 V " ? Mr. John N. Kalmar of Falson, left, has Just been Installed as president of the Duplin County Historical Society. Shown with him are canter, Mrs. Woodrow Blackburn of Warsaw, secretary and right, Mr. F. W. McGowen of Kenansvllle, Treasurer. Absent when the pic ture was made were Mr. Claude H. Moore, Turkey, First Vice President; and Mrs. J. B. Stroud, Jr., Fslson, Second Vice President. (Photo by Ruth wells) Historical Society Meets Mr. John N. Kalmar of Fai son was elected President of the Duplin County Historical Socie ty at a dutch luncheon Novem er 30. held in the Country Squire. Enthusiastic lovers of his tory from every section of Dup lin County unamlously accepted the roeter of the nominating committee and elected Mr. Mtf mer president. Mr. Claude H. Moore, Turkey, first vice pre sident; Mrs. J. B. Stroud, Jr.. Falson, second vice president; Mr. F. W. McGowen, Kenans ville, Treasurer;. and Mrs. Woodrow Blackburn, Warsaw. Secretary. The nominating committee was composed of Mrs. Russell Lanier, Beulavllle; Mr. Vance . a Gavin. Kenansvllle; Mr. Wal CsMmMI te |M?re $ '?%&'*:1 ?i ??? V*}
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