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THE CHRONICLE, APRIL 7, 1966
Mules Have Their Place
On Linwood Tyndall Farm
By ROGER KEARNEY
Linwood Tyndall tends 35 ac
res of tobacco, 115 acres of
corn, 100 acres of wheat, 100
acres of soybeans, and 10 acres
of oats — and he uses mules
to harvest most of these crops.
The prominent P Ink Hill farm
er also owns three tractors to
help out on his farm, on which
he has about 390 acres of clear
ed land. Tyndall pointed out that
he owns “only 13 acres of the
tobacco and 75 acres of corn.”
He owns only 175 acres of cl
eared land and rents or leases
the rest. If his crops fall to
keep him busy, Tyndall can al
ways turn to his 800 hens and
1000 baby chicks, or his 300
hogs, or his 75 holsteln steers,
or maybe his 50 quails, or even
his seven turkey hens. If he still
has some time on his hands, he
can play with his nine dogs.
Tyndall Is a definite believer
that “mules have their place.”
The hard-working farmer said
that many of his tenants could
not drive a tractor, but could
handle the mules very capably.
He also pointed out ttat he had
enough acreage to allow his
mules plenty of pasture land,
causing the mules to be fairly
Inexpensive to keep.
He commented that he keeps
his mules on pasture land In
the warm months of the year
and feeds them on cover crops
In the winter. He also stated
that he buys the “best equip
ment” for his mules.
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Shire and Duroc hogs. He owns
three registered boars and 35
sows. He raises the off-sprlng
and sells them as tops, weigh
ing from 180 to 220 pounds
each.
He buys the cows as steers,
weighing between 200 and 600
pounds each, and sells them
when they weight around 1000
pounds. He has three cow-barns
capable of holding 100 cows.
He raises chickens for the
sale of their eggs. He averages
selling between 150 and 200
dozen eggs each week. He does
not keep any roosters. Tyndall
has four dwellings to house
his chickens.
Tyndall raises quails to eat
and to sell them. He presently
owns 25 pair and is consider
ing doubling that amount. He
keeps them all In one pen, nec-
cesitating debeaking them. He
picks up the quail eggs and hat
ches them In his Incubator.
Tyndall owns two gobblers and
seven turkey hens. He hatches
their eggs In his Incubator and
raises them for sale around
Thanksgiving and Christmas.
He hopes to have around 250
turkeys ready for sale by Th
anksgiving.
Tyndall transplants his tobac
co with a tractor - pulled plan
ter, but cultivates the crop str
ictly with mules. He plans to
set his plants about 22 Inches
apart as he has done lor the
past 12 years. The Pink Hill
farmer has an allotment of 38
acres, but he plans to plant
just 35 acres and try to reach
his poundage limit.
While he expressed optimism
lor the sale of tobacco this
year, he stated that he does
not think the poundage program
Is the answer to the farmers’
problems.
Tyndall uses his corn to feed
his livestock. He does not sell
any corn at all. He commented
that he also bought all of his
tenants’ corn to feed his live
stock. He sells his wheat and
straw. He plants soybeans be
hind his wheat crop. His soy
bean crop is also sold.
Tyndall’s 10 acres of oats Is
used for feed. Almost as an
after-thought, Tyndall added
that all of his corn Is broken by
hand.
Tyndall, who finds time to at
tend church and Sunday School
regularly, has six tenant fam
ilies on his farms. He also has
two employees who help him
the year-round.
Even two nervous breakdowns
and a heart condition has not
slowed the 53-year-old Tyndall
down. He returned recently fr
om a five-day stay In Parrot’s
Hospital In Kinston. Docotrs
have ordered him to rest, but
that word does not seem to be
In Tyndall's vocabulary.
Tyndall was born about six
miles east of Pink Hill near
Jonestown. He married Carrie
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Stroud, of Deep Run, 34 years
ago and they have five children,
Franklin, Clifton, Mrs. Rebecca
Ann Howard, Bobby a d Teresa.
He moved to his present res
idence, about two and one-half
miles west of P Ink Hill on High
way 11, In Junly, 1959, and nas
built a beautiful brick home in
addition to an extensive network
of farm buildings.
Tyndall said he chose farming
s a career simply because he
'likes It.” He Is a man who thr
ives on work. In closing he com
mented, “Maybe you shouldn’t
print It, but I love to work.”
And work he does.
faster Sunrise Serviee Siinilay
For Pink Hiil Area At 5:45 PM
The annual Easter Sunrise
Service for all the people of
the P Ink Hill area will be held
at Oak Ridge Memorial Park
on Easter Sunday at 5:45 A.M.
There will be special music
by a choir composed of mem
bers from all participating ch
urches; Christian Chapel Free
TEN MULES — Linwood Tyndall, of Route
2, Pink Hill, poses with two of his prized
mules. Tyndall owns 10 mules, with which
he cultivates almost all of 390 acres of
cleared land he farms. Besides farming
crops of tobacco, corn, wheat, soybeans and
oats, Tyndall owns hogs, cows, chickens,
quails and turkeys. The diversified farmer
is a firm believer that mules “have their
place.” (Photo by Roger Kearney.)
A majority of telephone sub
scribers voting In Kinston have
endorsed a proposal to dlscon- ject to the approval oftheUtlll-
Maioriiy Of Moss Hiii Ixchange
Phone Subscribers Want Goidsboro
tlnue long distance charges bet
ween Moss Hill and Goldsboro.
A mall survey of Moss Hill
subscribers has just been com
pleted and the results forwarded
to the North Carolina Utilities
Commission, according to B. C.
Dixon, local manager for Caro
lina Telephone.
ties commission,” Dixon said.
He reported that 52% of the su
bscribers who participated In
the survey voted In favor of the
plan.
117 subscribers In the Moss
Hill voted yes, 106 voted no and
82 failed to return their ballots.
If the Utilities commission ap
proves the proposal. Moss Hill
subscribers will have access to
approximately 25,000 additional
telephones on atoll-free basis.
Will Baptist, Baptist Mission
of Pink Hill, Church of God,
Pink Hill Methodist, and Pink
Hill Presbyterian.
The Rev. W.M.Tredway,Pas
tor of Pink Hill Presbyterian,
will bring the Easter Message.
Everyone is Invited to attend
this very Impressive service.
Pink Hill Dance Recitalists
Follow "The Show Must Gp On”
The Pink Hill School of Dan
ce presented Its 1966, recital
Thursday, March 31. Donls Wh
itfield, teacher, was faced with
a problem that night as several
of the youngsters scheduled to
perform were out with mumps.
They plan to give the same pro
gram In school to April and
hope that all will be well.
These who were 111 were Tr
udy Miles, Lane Turner, Hugh-
le Turner.
In the grand old tradition of
the stage, however, “the show
must go on.” And It did. The
Duplin Co.
Has Control
On Dogs Now
In response to repeated re
quests from various citizens
and groups, the Duplin County
Board of Commissioners have
implemented the first dog con
trol program for the county.
For the past several years
the board has received num
erous complaints of destruc
tion of tobacco seed beds,
poultry, hogs and other prop
erty by stray dogs. Many re
quests have been made to the
board for a dog control pro
gram.
first number was “I Don’t
Care,” by Denise Harper, Bob
ble Howard, Vicki Smith, Sue
Wiley, Denise Jones, Dexter
Hill, Tony Hill and Cathy Tyn
dall.
The “Can can” was danced by
Carolyn Brewer, Debbie Turn
er, Mary Turner, Julia Turner
and Pam Finney. Trudy Miles
and Lane Turner were unable to
perform.
Hughle Turner was supposed
to do “South American Tap”
but was unable.
Denise Harper, Vicki Smith,
Sue Wiley, Denise Jones, Bob
ble Howard and Cathy Tyndall
danced the “Pink Ballet.”
Dexter Hill and Tony Hill were
'Sailor Boys” and Carolyn Br
ewer, Debbie Turner, Mary
Turner, Julia Turner and Pam
Finney got in some fast rhythm
with “Jazz a la Mode.” The thr
ee 111 dancers were to partici
pate this number also.
Fascinating Rhythm” was
danced by' Brandon Englehart
of Kinston and Vara Johnson.
Acrobats” were Denise Har
per, Bobble Howard, Vicki Sm
ith, Sue Wiley, Denise Jones,
Dexter Hill, Tony Hill and Ca
thy Tyndall.
Chair Tappers” were Carol
yn Brewer, Debbie Turner, Ma
ry Turner, Julia Turner and
Pam Finney. Mumps kept thr
ee of these performers from
this number.
The new program will empha
size the listing of dogs lor coun
ty taxes, the vaccination of all
dogs lor rabies and the remov
al of stray dogs.
Mr. J. N. (Sloan) Fussell of
Rose Hill has been employed as
County Dog Warden effective
April 1st. A county dog pound
will be constructed In the area
behind the new county school
bus garage. The dog pound will
meet required specifications
Rabies clinics will be held In
the county by Dr. H. A. Phil
lips of Wallace and Dr. Don
Taylor of Faison. Only certif
icates of vaccination by licen
sed veterinarians will be ac
ceptable. A series of rabies
clinics are now being held by
Doctors Phillips and Taylor
and an additional schedule of
clinics will be held during the
coming weeks to give all dog
owners additional opportunities
to get their dogs vaccinated.
Under the new program dog
owners will pay a fee of $1.50
for rabies vaccinations at clin
ics. Seventy five cents of this
fee will go to the veterinar
ian for serum and his services
with the other 75^! being paid
Into the county dog fund. A
$1.00 penalty will be charged
after July 1st for all dogs not
vaccinated prior to July 1st.
Expenses to be paid from the
county dog fund will be the sal
ary of the dog warden, the pur
chase and maintenance of
truck and the operation of the
county dog pound. It Is antic!
pated that unclaimed stray dogs
will be sold to hospitals for
experimentation purposes after
they have been kept In the pound
for a period.
“Adoption of the plan, called
xtended area service, is sub
Past Comnianders
Honored By Pink
Post 9514
The Veterans of Foreign Wars,
Wlllard-Smlth Post 9514 ofplnk
Hill, held a barbeque chicken
supper Friday night, honoring
the past Post commanders.
Commander Horace A. Howard
welcomed the group and recog
nized the past commanders pr
esent: Mayor Ethro Hill, George
Turner, Jasper Tyndall, Ernest
Moody, Raeford Jones, Preston
Stroud and their wives, and Dis
trict 2 Commander Horace Sm
all. Commander Howard pre
sented each past commander
with a token of appreciation for
their efforts and &elr loyalty to
the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Also attending were Dept. Jr.
Vice Commander Conway New-
some and his wife, Maxine, of
Goldsboro. He spoke on mem
bership and community service
and congratulated the members
for their work regarding these
projects.
The Creations, a dance combo,
provide music for the social.
Mrs. Watson
Survived By
Two Brothers
Word was received last week of
the death at Memphis, Tenn.,of
Mrs. William Andrew Watson.
Her mother-in-law Is Mrs. SJ*.
Watson of New Bern, well -
known in this area.
Other survivors Include two
brothers, H. E. and E. R. Max
well of Pink Hill and a sister.
Miss Celia Maxwell of Kinston.
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