West Honored
By Veterans
Celebration
The 1983 Veterans Day
celebration will honor World
War 11 veteran Colonel
Robert L. West, a Warsaw
attorney who was active in
the town Chamber of Com
merce during depression
years. ''
Surrounded by items from
the past and situated in an
office built before the Civil
War, Robert West said the
Chamber of Commerce felt
Warsaw had growth poten
tial dde to its location on
three well-traveled railroads
and two main hard surfaced
roads during the depression
years. According to West,
the Warsaw Chamber of
Commerce worked on several
projects which could have
been of great benefit to area
citizens by easing the hard
times.
"Warsaw had a truck
market." Attorney and re
tired Air Force Col. Robert L.
West said. "And. so much of
the produce couldn't be sold.
Everyone in the area had all
the beans and cabbage and
vegetables they could use. so
the Chamber of Commerce
worked to get the Surplus
Commodities' Corporation to
set up a cannery in Warsaw
to preserve the surplus. The
government would be pre
serving the surplus products
and the local farmers would
have been getting a little pay
for their produce." Accord
ing to West, the truck market
served local growers but due
to the abundance of produce
within the area, many far
mers were unable to sell all
their products. The Chamber
also made efforts to extend
the Kenansville Railroad, the
Atlantic and Carolina, into
Bculavillc and Jacksonville
when the announcement of
the new military base in
Holly Ridge was released.
West said. Efforts were also
made by the Chamber to
per.uade the Quartermaster
Corps to locate a supply
warehouse at Warsaw, he
added.
"We were able to lay the
groundwork for a Jaycees
club. National Guard and
library." West said. "The
library at that time was dif
ferent than we know it today.
Then it was a facility to
repair and rebind books,
which furnished employment
for a few people under the
WPA. The Chamber coordi
nated the business hours
through the county and
brought about the Wednes
day afternoon closing of all
the stores."
West was a resident of
Warsaw working as county
solicitor when he enlisted in
the Air Force at the begin
ning of World War II. In the
Air Force, west moved
quickly through the ranks
during his more than eight
years of active duty. And. he
continued to serve his
country with more than 18
years of duty in the Air Force
Reserve. West retired from
the Reserve in 1968. Return
ing to Duplin County after
serving active duty in the Air
Force. West was appointed
to the position of Judge of
General County Court in
Duplin four years. West was
a 1935 graduate of Wake
Forest Unversity law school.
After passing the North
Carolina bar exam in 1935.
he established a law practice
in Warsaw.
"I like to help people."
West explained. "I believe
the philosophy that the only
true measure of a person's
worth is by what he is able to
do for his fellowman." In
service of Duplin, West has
been chairma.t of the Duplin
County Red Cross and
worked as a member and
officer of the Young Demo
cratic Club. According to
West, the Duplin Young
Democratic Club helped or
ganize every eastern North
Carolina county Young
Democratic Club. Today.
West remains in command
after 12 years of service as
Commander of the Charles
Gavin Post 127 of the
American Legion. And, he
has a solo law practice in one
of the county's oldest build
ings.
"This building has served
as a barber shop, two doc
tors' offices, library, post
office, and I have been told it
was even once a bar and
tavern." West said about his
office building. "I have al
ways loved history and I
appreciate old things. When
my brothers were out playing
baseball. I'd be reading a
history book." The building
was constructed prior to the
Civil War in Kenansville and
was located on property
owned by the Farrior family
near Liberty Hall. West said.
West purchased the building
and moved it to Warsaw for
his law office in the early
1970s.
West is married to former
Kinston native Ann Pollock.
The couple married in 1937
and worked together in pro
jects for the Warsaw
Chamber of Commerce.
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