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Vol.11
Faison Lions Entertains '
Wives & Dist. Governor
On Friday evening the Llona
met in regular session at - the
John M. Faison club house near
Piney-Grove. A feature of the
meeting was the presence of the
wives and special guests of the
Lions. The meeting opened with
the singing of the song, "The
More We Get Together", led by
Mrs. Archer Williams. Rev. J. W.
Lineberger returned thanks, af
ter which a delicious country din
ner, consisting of ham, chicken,
rice and garden peas with Hot
biscuit, followed by home made
ice cream and cake was served.
District Governor, Lion Tom
Payne and Mrs. Payne were spe
cial guests. Lion Payne was in
troduced by Lion Roy Cates and
made a short talk to the club.
Lion A. F. Rector, president of the
club, acknowledged the visitors
present. The incoming officers
were also recognized and re
quested to stand while Governor
Payne made a few fitting remarks
in regard to their responsibility.
The Ladies of the Piney Grove
Methodist church who had served
the meal were invited in and
thanked for the delightful repast
The' club adjourned through the
months of June and July, to be
called together in August by the
Incoming president, Lion' R. A.
Williams. -
WELFARE NEWS
' The American Public Welfare
Association did not have its an
nual National meeting due to
conditions existing- In regard to
the war. It was therefore decided
to have three Regional meetings,
one of which will be held In Ashe
vill, N. C. beginning June 3rd and
lasting until June 5th. The speak
ers are to include such persons as
Mr. Arthur Altmeyer, Chairman
of the Social Security Board; Mr.
J. Milton Patterson, President of
he American Public Welfare Ag
nation; Mr. Howard L. Rus
i Director of Public Welfare
New York; Miss Jane Hoey;
jr. Thomas Waxter; Mrs. Wil
liam H. Stauffer; Mr! Ralph L.
Spear and other members of the
American Public Welfare Associa
tion staff; Miss Maude T. Barrett,
Director of -the -Bureau, .of Pub
lic Assistance and Child Welfare
Services for Louisiana; and Miss
Lenroot and Mrs. Hugh John
son, ,-.,.y-f:
There will be a special meeting
for case workers. Much pressure
is being brought to bear upon the
staff members of every County
Welfare group to attend. No
aououi wu wngoio totd- ( $9,895.92 was - collected.
Departments o Welfare In North 1 f rr nnn
. Carolina - and their staffs wMjThe quota was $7,000. .
have the opportunity to hear and 1 The county war fund chairman
associate with as fine an array of Rev. Gustav H. Ulrich, wishes to
talent as will be present at this thank the people of Duplin for
neeting. - their splendid cooperation In this
There will be a dinner meeting matter. C. '
of N. C. Superintendents of Pub- ,;. i L
11c Welfare on the night of June D..4, rr
3rd. The Committee set up to Poultrymen Cooperate
study detention quarters and fa
cllitiea for caring for delinquents
In North Carolina will meet. Mrs.
Harvey Boney, Superintendent of
Welfare of Duplin -County, Is on
this committee. .
Mrs. Grace Vann took a group
of cripples to the clinic In Golds
boro on Thursday, May 20th.
transferred
i - Pfc Ernest Huseey, son of Mr. at Greensboro all Worked diligent
and Mrs. E. J. Hill, who is with ly to find the facts regarding the
Army Air Corps has been trans- protein shortage problem and at
.ferred to the Lockbourne Air Base
at Columbus Ohio, where he
a mechanic.
- Pvt. McDonald Brock has notl
' fled his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. C, Brock that he has arrived
"safely In North Africa. V .
Pvt. D.. B. Powell,, Jr., nephew
: of the Misses Powell here, Is un
: dergoing his basic training with
" the Army at Camp LeeVa. .
, Farm Repairs Class
at B. F. Grady Started
t j. H. Dotson has started a farm
repairs class at the B. F. Grady
chool Anyone In the neighborhood
-Is eligible to attend these classes.
Class at Outlaws Bridge
Is Started . - .
Miss Osborne of the B. F.
Grady school, last wek started a
class lh nutrition, canning, and waf
time Food needs. All of the women
and girls of the community are
asked to attend . '
Ships of the Royal Indian Navy
guarding India's coast and on pa
trol and convoy duty in 1942 trav
. tied a distance equal -to 33 times
i the earth at the Equator.
Promoted
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WILLIAM M. POLLOCK.
of Warsaw, son of the ate Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Pollock of Warsaw.has
been promoted to the rank of ma
jor in the Army in the Aleutian
Islands.'
Major Pollock graduated from
the School of Engineering at State
.College in 1930. He held a commis
sion in the Reserve Corps and was
called to active duty soon after
war was declared. He was sent
first to Alaska and after the com
pletlon'of the Alcan highway was
transferred to the Western Pacific.
Local Boy In Training "
At Maxwell Field, Ala
(Special to The Times)
Maxwell Field, Ala. May 26
Carlton Bryant Dobson, son of
Mr, and Mrs. C. D. Dobson of Ken
ansville, North Carolina, is now en
rolled as an aviation cadet in the
Army Air Forces School for Pilots
at Maxwell Field located on the
outskirts of Montgomery, the capi
tal of Alabama.
Here the new class of cadets is
receiving nine weeks of intensive
military, . physical. '. and acadmic
training preparatory to beginning
their actual flight instruction at
one of the many primary flying
schools in the Army Air Forces
Southeast Training Center.
- Cadet Dobson was a tree surgeon
for Davey Tree Expert Company,"
Kent, Ohio, when he entered the
Army of the United States July
161941, and he had served 22
months as an enlisted man before
he was accepted as an aviation ca
det In the Army Air Forces March
30, 1943 at Tyndall Field, Fli
DUPLIN GOES WELL
OVER QUOTA IN
RED CROSS DRIVE
0 ,.
Duplin County went over its quo
ta in the recent Red Cross drive. A
; To Conserve Proteins
North Carolina hatcherymen
and commercial poultrymen are
working, closely with State De
partment and Agricultural Ex
tension officials in the effort to
conserve protein feeds and to in
crease ' protein production, says
T. T. Brown, Poultry Specialist at
N, C. State College. .
the ' same time to protect the
health of the broods and flocks.
The conference group unani
mously agreed that all poultry
raisers should he encouraged to
utilize ereen feeds to the fullest
to help compensate for the slight
ly lowered protein levels and to
help maintain better health In the
poultry , flocks, Brown cald. It
was decided to stress a rigid sys
tem of culling In the flocks so
that feed consumption could be
reduced and efficiently Increased.
In line with the needs of con
servation, the hatcherymen of-
fred to cooperate by discouraging
the sale of chicks intended for
laying purposes between the dates
of June 1 and September 1. They
felt that wartime needs call for
emergency measures and they
planned to cooperate in every
phpse of the program for keep
ing the rapidly expanding poul
try Industry of the state on a
firm and conservative basis. ; .
The hatcherymen decided to
hold a two-day educational and
business "meeting this summer in
Raleigh and details of the pro
gram will beannounced later.
TO PROVING GROUNDS
i
Lt. John Hart of KenansviUe
who has been stationed at' Camp
Davis for the pa-t several months
KenansvCle, N. C
Southern
Summary
Mrty 22 Southern fruits
and vegetables moved to market
in heavier volume during the
third week of May, according to
a report released by the Food
Distribution Administration. The
cceno of harvest operations is
shifting northward as the season
progresses, but the bulk of move
ment is still from Florida, Louis
iana, and south Georgia. Ecan
movement is at the peak in many
localities with considerable diver-
sion to canners. Florida limas,
butterbeans, cucumbers, toma
toes, eggplant, and green corn
increased. Demand for potatoes
was not satisfied despite . heavy
loading in Florida Alabama, and
Louisiana. Control over ship
ments from five major producing
counties in southern Alabama
and western Florida was provided
effective May 21 to assist the
armed forces to obtain needed
supplies. Digging began in the
South Carolina area during the
week. The first Georgia peaches
and Florida watermelons of the
season, were shipped. Straw
berries are moving In moderate
amounts from North Carolina,
Tennessee, Virginia, and Ken
tucky. Inshlpments continued to com
promise the bulk of cattle receipts
at the seven southeastern packing
plants. Prices were easier with
instances another 50c lower.
Tennessee and Kentucky markets
were barely steady on scant of-
W. C. Phillips To Be
Ordained Ministry
Sunday at Johnsons
4 W. C Phillips will be ordained
to the gospel Tnlrastryuext-Sunday,
May 30th at 11 o'clock at
Johnson's Baptist Church near
Warsaw.
The Rev. Tom Cooper, Baptist
minster of Calypso, wll preach the
ordnaton sermon and Rev. J. L.
Jones of Rose Hill will deliver the
charge. The pastor, Rev. G. Van
Stephens, will offer the ordination
prayer. '
Mr. Phillips has previously been
examined by an ordination council
composed of Revs. J.L. Jones, pre
sident; Tom Cooper, secretary;D.
G. Myers and G. Van Stephens.
On Sunday May 16th the John
son church unanimously voted for
Mr. Phillips' ordination: .
Mr. Phillips is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Abner Phillips of Rt2, War
saw and 14 a member of Johnson
church.He is a young man of splen
did talents. He is a graduate of the
Warsaw High School, Wake Forest
College. He has had two years at
the Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary and has had special train
ing in Philadelphia. He intends' to
leave within a few days for further
special study.
' RECUPERATING "
Lt. Frank B. John of Wairsaw
stationed at Camp Davis Is at his
home there for a few days recupe
rating from a recent tonsil opera
tion. ' ;
Green Grass Grows All Around
Fawners In Duplin are doing
some complaining about the wea
ther these days. Reports from all
sections of the county say-that re
cent rains have put them. almost
to their wits ends to cope with the
grass problem. -.-t ...
'' Jamaicans "
. The Deputy War Food Admin
istrator has announced that two
Ship loads of Jamaicans, number
ing 4,400, have been brought in
to help relieve the farm short
age. ,. .-
Eggs
S!!f
have been tightened to provide
sufficient supplies for the armed
forces, essential civilian needs,
and wartime requirements for
dried whole eggs.
V:: Meat Board
A nine-man War Meat Board,
with headquarter '. In Chicago,
has been created to serve as a
"nerve-center" for the entire war
time meat management program.
has been ordered to the Maryland
Proving Grounds near Baltimore
where he will take some special
instructions. He expects to return
to Davis as an Instructor
Friday May 28, 1943
Farm Market
ferings. Soft ; hog markets in
Georgia, Florida, and Alabama
held steady, topping at $14.25.
Most other markets in the South
ern Region closed the week 25c
higher with ' the top prices at
Nashville $13.90. Louisville $14.15,
Richmond $13.85, and at North
Carolina and Virginia cash hog
buving stations $13.70-13.90.
Spring lambs continued in good 1
demand at steady prices, bring-'
ing a top of $16.00 at Nashville
and Louisville. I
Southern egg markets were
stronger with receipts ample for
trade needs but not burdensome.
For Large White Grade A eggs,
delivered in Atlanta, producers
received 37c; in Raleigh 38c,
Richmond 36c, and at Virginia
grading stations 34-37c a dozen.
Supplies of fryers continued to
increase but still brought ceil
ing prices, which ranged around
28 1-4-29C a pound in Atlanta, Ra
still scarce, as producers are
holding them for egg production.
The situation on corn and feed
stuffs showed little change. No
corn, either White or Yellow,
was offered, and only limited
quantities of a few feeds were
available. Demand continued far
in excess of supplies.
Cotton prices advanced nearer
to the level established by the
CCC sales program. New York
July futures closed on Saturday
at 20.09c, up 35 points for the
week.
SUGAR STAMPS 15
and 16 NOW GOOD for
CANNING SUGAR
Sugar Stamps Nos. 1 and 16
in war-ration-ooo& one are .now
good for five pounds of sugar
each for canning purposes. The
stamps became valid May 24th.
These stamps will remain valid
through October 31.
This will enable each person to
secure 10 pounds of sugar for
canning. -
If the earning needs of the
Individual is more than this
amount, application may be made
at the Office of Price Adminis
tration in Burgaw for additional
amounts.
' Persons are reminded that 5
pounds per person is the maxi
mum that can be used for jams,
Jellies and perserves.
BLUE STAMPS
(For canned frozen and certain
dehydrated foods.)
Blue stamps G, H, J remain val-'
id through June 7.
Blue stamps K, L, M, .become
valid May 24th.
: , . COFFEE
Stamp No. 23 in Ration Book
One Is valid for one pound of cof
fee through May 30.
GASOLINE
"A" book coupons, No. 5 good
for three gallons each and must
last from March 22 to July 21 in
clusive in North aCrollna.
RED STAMPS
(For moat -products, canned
Ash, most edible oils and cheese) :
Red stamps E, F, G, H remain
valid through May.
Red Stamp "J" remains valid
through June.
Red stamp "K" becomes valid
May 30. -
SUGAR : .,
Stamp No. 12 in War Ration
Book One Is valid for $ pounds of
sugar through May 31.
Stamps No. 15 and 16 In War
Ration Book One are valid for S
pounds of sugar each for use in
home canning, beginning May 24.
Housewives may apply at local
board for supplementary sugar ra
tions for home canning, if essen
tial . , -
Farm Wastes
Research has developed a new
Pe el Un plasUc. 'which can
be made from farm wastes. It
can replace metal for many pur
poses, including some military
supplies, .'''v. ;,; v -
Radio Batteries '
The production of radio bat
teries has been boosted to 425,000
a month to bring relief to farm
ers in non-electrified areas, who
have felt the battery -shortage
most severely.
Freight Bate.
The Office of War Information
estimates that more than 350 mil -
Hon dollars a year will be saved
consumers, Including the Gov-
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Local Boy Joins
Armed Forces
Ben Bartlett, son of Mr. and
Mrs. S. B. Bartlett enlisted in the
Marines last week in Raleigh. He
expects to leave .soon for basic
training.
Elbert "Dukie" Matthls, son of
Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Matthis left '
Thursday for Bainbridge, Mary-'
land where he is with the Navy.
Receives Commission
Miss Polly Ann Harper, daughter
of Mrs. Annie F. Harper of Deep
Run, has been commissioned a 2nd
Lieutenant in the Army Nurses
Corps & is now stationed at Ham
pton, Va. Miss Harper was at one
time a nurse in the office of Dr.
E. P. Ewers in Warsaw.
Mr. and Mrs. Faison Smith
f ntertain with Barbecue
Mr. anU Mrs. Faison Smith en
tertained the members of their res
pective families at a barbecue din
ner, picnic style served out doors
on the lawn of the home last Sun
day. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have birth
dayscoming within a few weeks of
each other. Each year they select
a Sunday about midway be
tween theU two birthdays to cele
brate the occasion. They invite
members of both families, and a
few special friends for the day. It
has grown to be an occasion looked
forward to each year by the mem
bers of the family,somethlng in the
nature of a family reunion. The
Smiths have two children, "Buddy"
and LounelL
Mrs. Smith is the daughter oi
"Uncle Jock" and Mrs. Grady who
are well known throughout Duplin
County. Mr. Smith is the son of the
late Alden and Lou Simmons Smith
"Uncle Jock" was present for tie
occasion, reeling rine. He o well a-
long In his seventies. He said that
he has bought his home and paid
for it twice and last week went to
Kinston and bought a thousand
dollar war bond.. Other guests were
Rev. and Mrs. G. H. Ulrich and Mrs
Ulrich's mother of Outlaws Bridge
and Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Grady of
KenansviUe. .
The delicious barbecue, and other
picnic" "fixins" were much enjoyed
by all present Rationing was not in
evidence, but as the Smiths are
good farmers and stock growers so
are the members of their families
it. was truly a patriotic occasion,
which all of us need in wartime as
in times -of peace, to remind us of
our good way of American living.
Rock Fish Club Holds
I Regular Monthly Meet
The regular monthly meeting of
Rockfish Club was held in the Co
mmunity building on Wednesday
afternoon. Several visitors were
present ' j . . ' ,. .
Mrs. David Williams presided.
.The meeting opened 7 with a song
'The Old North State". , The Club
collect- was given. The members
reported on .rDefense Work";they
had done. Mrs. M. G. Starling gave
at talk on "The Importance of
Fresh Yeast In Nutrition". Miss
Nettie Grace Cameron gave a dis
cussion on "Milk fori Better Meals"
and "The Importance of Vltamjns
fn tKe' Diet". At the conclusion of
' the program the Club served punch
'fruit and nuts. - -
-j cjub wlll meet th Mrs.
I Walter Register in June. All mem-
!, are ur to attend : .
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ernment, by the reduction in
freight rates, effective May 15.
RED CROSS ASKING
FOR 144 KIT BAGS
The Duplin County Chapter of
the American Red Cross has been
assigned a quota of 144 kit bags.
The bags have been made by the
various units of the chapter and
are now ready to be filled. The
contents for the bags are do
nated each bag costing approx
imately $1.00.
. Will you fill a kit bag?
Signed, Mrs. R. E. Wall, Pro
duction Chairman, Duplin County
Red Cross Chapter, Warsaw, N. C.
SNAKES
Miss Isolla Murray of the
Friendship neighborhood is
having no little trouble In try
to gather her eggs. One morn
recently she went to the nest
and Instead of flndlncef gs she
found snake coHefup in the
neat. She killed the reptile and
measured him. The snake mea
sured one yard and 16 inches.
She breathed s sigh of relief,
thinking her snake troubles
were over with.
On the afternoon of the same
day Miss Murray went to the
same ben nest and Instead of
finding eggs she found another
snake in the nest She killed
it and found It measured one
yard and 82 inches.
A few days later, In the
same she found a third make.
This time the snake measured
one yard and 16 1-2 inches.
Duuplin Boy Gets
Promotion to Corporal
Dewltt G. Lewis has been pro
moted to the grade of Corporal
while on maneuvers in Tenn. and
also has been appointed assist
ant squadron leader of his squad.
Corporal Lewis entered the army
Oct. 31, 1942, received his basic
training at Camp Rucker, Ala; as
"d member of 'the Infantry and
well-known Wildcat Division. His
wife, Mrs. Mildred S. Lewis and
infant son, Dewitt Jr. reside with
her parents near Warsaw, Route
2;
Sincerely,
Mrs. Dewitt Lewis
Route 2
Warsaw, N. C.
Coming To Wanoca
Film fans will enjoy something
new in thrill movies when Lucky
Jordan with Alan Ladd comes to
the Wanoca Theatre at Wallace
The picture presents Alan Ladd as
a gangster "big shot" who has been
inducted into the Army and goes
A.W.O.L. when he doesn't like the
discipline. He gets himself involved
in a plot to sell milita.y secrets to
Nazi agents. His regeneration
makes the story.
Ladd will also play in another
picture at the Wanoca next week
in "China", an exciting film of love
and war . It will be Ladd's last
film for the duration .
Completes Course
Chapel Hill, N. C. May 25
Naval Aviation Cadet J. Ed
Strickland, son of Mr. and Mrs.
E. F. Strickland of Warsaw,
North Carolina, has successfully
completed the Intensive 11-weeks
course at the U. S. Navy Pre
Flight School hero. He has been
promoted to primary flight train
ing at the Naval Air Station at
Kansas City, Kancss.
While at Warsaw high school,
Cadet Strickland jvas in the
class of 1938. The extra-curricula
activities in which he took part
included boxing, and football. .
At the Pre-Flight School his
course included physical condi
tioning, athletics, military drill.
Instruction in the essentials of
Naval service and ground school
subjects. After three months of
primary . flying and three addi
tional months of advanced flying,
he will be eligible for a commis
sion $i Ensign in the U. S. Naval
Reserve or Second Lieutenant in
the Marine Corps Reserve, and
tne covetecr "c-ia wings" of a
Naval Aviator. s .. !i r :
Boys at Warsaw High, who are
interested In entering this pro
gram may enlist after their seven
teenth birthday and before their
eighteenth with the nearest Naval
Aviation Cadet Selection Board.
Announce Birth V
Mr. and Mrs. Howall Williams
of KenansviUe announce the birth
of a son Bobby Howell on May
19th. Mrs. Howell was the former
I Miss Betty Hunt of Enfield.
No. 21
To Provide Help In Filling
Out Applications For 3rd
War Raion Book
Mrs. Blanche Wilson, Secretary
of the local Rationing board, stat
ed today that on next Thu sday,
June3rd some one will be stationed
in every school building in the co
unty both white and colored, for
the purpose of helping any one who
needs assistance, in tilling out the
application for War Ration Book
number three. The hours will be
from 2 to 6 o'clock in the afternoon
Application forms have been distri
buted through trie ur.ous Post
Offices in this section. In case any
have failed to get thelis tlwy are
directed to call at the.' local post
office and one will be given them.
To Take Job With
Local Health Department
Miss Mary Pnscilla Sykes of
Wallace, has completed her work
at Louisburg College. She was a
member of tr t Alpha Pi Epsilon
Fraternity which is a Secretarial
National Honorary Fraternity. At .
Louisburg she took secretarial
work. On June 1st she will begin
work in the local Health Depart- .
ment office.
Grace Kornegay
Graduated at
Baker Sanatorium
Friends of Miss Grace Kornegay,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Kornegay, will be Interested k
know that she graduated at the
Baker Sanatorium School of Nurs
ing on Tuesday evening May 25th
at Lumberton. Grace has made a
fine student, and her friends pre
dict for her a successful career as
a nurse.
RED CROSS WORKERS
NOTICE I
Those who have any Red Cross
material will please notify Mrs. R.
E. Wall in Warsaw, production
chairman, as to what you have on
hand.
A special meeting of Red Cross
workers was held in the court ho
a reportof the Roll Call Chairman
Rev. G. H. Ulrich.
Meat Ration Stamps
K,L,M,N,To Be Good
During Coming Month
Raleigh Four series of red
stamps in War Ration Book Two
a total of 64 points will be
come valid at weekly intervals be
ginning May 30 and will be good
for consumer purchases of ra
tioned meats and fats through
June 30, the Office of Price Ad
ministration announced today.
The schedule ox validity dates
for the stamps is as follows
Stamp Validity Date Ex. Date
K (16 Pts.) May 30 June 3d
L (16 Pts.) June 6 June 30.
M (16 Pts.) June 13 June 30
N (16 Pts.) June 20 June 30
As announced - earlier, red
stamps lettered "J", good for 16
points, become valid May 23 and
are good through May 31. Cur
rently valid stamps of the "F",
"G" and "H" series also expire
on May 31. . . , ,
This arrangement for validat
ing red stamps in blocks of 1C
points each Sunday Is the same
as the procedure followed in
April and May. .
The new validity dates are ef
f etcive May 27, 1943.
VISITS HOME
Lieutenant J. T. Gresham Jr. of
the United States Navy spent the
past ten days at his, home In War
saw .He has been stationed at Char
leston, S. C. but is being transfe ¬
ree to New York.
TRANSFERRED
. Kenneth Brock of .Warsaw, who
is with armed forces and has been
Jstationed, ar Ft, Bragg has been
.transferred to Greensboro. ;
TO CAMP LeJEUNE
2nd Lieutenant Rommle L. Hoi
from Albertson Township, who hp-
been stationed with the U.S. Ma
rines at Quantlco, Va., was a vlsl
tor in KenansviUe today. He state
he is being transferred to Cam
LeJeune New River, Jacksonville.
On June 3rd he will '.eport ther
and take charge of his own j'atoo.i
Of company for final training-