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Kenansvme, n. FRIDAY OCTOBER, the 15th 1943
No.41
Vol.11
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KENANSVILLE SCHOOL
GYMNASIUM BURNS
'About 12:00 Wednesday night
the Kenansville gymnasium was
discovered burning by some of the
local ladies who were tetiu-nlng
home from an oyster roast.
They Immediately notified Supt.
O.-P. Johnson, and J. M. Brock,
who were among the first to reach
the scene, however, it was already
too late to stive anything as the
roof had collapsed and the walls
were on the verge of Tailing In.
The Fire Department from War
saw was called to- protect the
-nearby buildings.'
The gym was covered by insur
ance, but several dozen chairs
were stored In the gym tempor
arily waiting to be destributed to
- different schools in the county,
and these were not covered by In
surance. Our once, was gymna
sium is a great loss to the school
and to community life. Let's
hope that it will not be too many
. years before it can be rebuilt.
The origin of the fire was not
learned. ' .
COUHTY BRIEFS
CORRECTION XO LAST WEEK
. .Country Butter Requires 10
ration points rather than 6 as
stated last week.
Elery Guthrie, Clerk
Only one marriage license has
been issued up to Thursday night,
Earl Kornegay, Duplin County to
Sudie Potter, Duplin County.
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MISFORTUNE
G. R. Dail, local grocer, met
with a most unfortunate mishap
last Sunday night. He had
"leen In Raleigh visiting his daugh
ers and was trying to board a
crowded bus for - his return to
Kenansville. When someone
' suggested that it would be a good
place for pick-pocketing, Bob
felt his hip pocket, and by gosh,
he discovered that it had been a
good place for just that one thing.
We sympathise with him, and hope
that he didn't lose too .. much
money.
SAM POPE'S GRIN
Have you seen Sam Pope walk-
"lng around with that big grin?
,;Well, if you haven't you should
surely see him, and he has rea
son to be happy for his family
is home once again. Hi s son
. Ira, who has been in the Navy
for two years, recently came in
Jot his first visit in about ten
months. - Then, his son Johnny
who has not been home in about
six months came in. This is the
. first time in two years that Ira
' and Johnny have been home at the
same time. Mr. Pppe tells us
that his daughter who is training
at Rex Hospital will be home for
; the week end ad then they will
have a real family reunion. Mr.
Pope has another daughter who
' is at home. -
Ira and Johnny can entertain
you by the hours with tales of
- their varied experiences.
Role Of Farms
In Our State
' ( Praised In
Greyhound Ad
The ' current series of Grey
houd bus, advertisements, "which
has been appearing in this news
paper, has been featuring the part
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varlouB occupational groups and
. organizations.
The important roles played by
'. our. State's highways, schools, and
: newspapers have already been in
terestingly presented. This time
the fawns of our State' have their
turn. City dwellers and farmers
alike will undoubtedly discover in
k the- facts presented many things
.' they, didn't know before about the
' agricultural achievements of our
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Particularly now, when farm
produce is so essential to our war
t that all of us should have a clear
l er realization of the Job our farm-
ers are doing and the bus lines
are taking this means of ehcour
' aging more people to think more
about the farms of our State. ' -
OTHER FOLKS SAT
With all due sympthy for Ital
ian sufferings under their self
chosen German friends, we should
got their minds straight on this:
The Italians who sincerely cheer
our troops today when they enter
a new city also cheered Mussp
: -.1. Editorial in the. Eighth
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Our Seed Help To Feed
War-Torn
Harvests.grown from seed con
tributed by the American public
and being reaped today are doing
much to defeat that home-front
enemy, hunger, according to re
ports from overseas received today
by Dallas Herring, county chair
man, from the National War
Fund. The Duplin Unit is allot
ing part of its proceeds to the
National War Fund, part of which
will be allocated for seeds for the
next spring plantings in some dev
astated countries. -
Nearly three million tons of
food was grown by the Russians
this year from seed we gave last
spring, Mr. Herring stated. As
a result, 15,000,000 families are
eating beets, tomatoes, onions etc.,
that they would not have been
eating, were it not for our help.
During 1943, America sent to
Great Britain 100,000 pounds of
seed, from which they produced
about 45.000 tons of food. The
seeds for Britain were put in
packages containing peas, beans,
beets, cabbage, carrots, lettuce,
onions, parsnips, radish and tur
nips. The Chinese Government, in
cooperation with United China Re
lief.is financing the purchase of
water buffalo for about 10,000
farmers. The water buffalo is
the Chinese Farmer's best friend.
It costs about $30 in American
money, requires about an hour's
grazing in the morning, and can
do the work of 40 men.
Russia, Britain and China are
still not too well off, but this fall,
the National War Fund through
the cooperation of the Duplin unit,
will make it possible for more
seed to get to war-stricken Allied
countries so that 1944 spring
plantings will yield a more plen
tiful harvest
USED KITCHEN FATS
NEEDED NOW
James B. Volger, WPB execu
tive salvage secretary for North
Carolina, said today that many
housewives in this state have been
neglecting to salvage used kitch
en fats and turn them in immed
iately to the neighborhood butcher
shops so that they can be chan
neled to war plants. . a.
Preliminary figures for August
indicate that collections of kitch
en fats in this state during Aug
ust were only about 40 per cent
of the quota set- by Washington
for North Carolina..
"Many people do not yet realize
the great military need for this
used scrap", Mr. Vogler said. "It
is essential In the manufacture
of glycerine, and glycerine is used
to produce explosives, and for
many medicinal purposes."
Mr. Vogler explained that gly
cerine is present in tincture of op
ium and gertian, used as sedatives
to ease pain of wounds, in sulpha
diazine ointments, in smallpox
vaccine, and in some insulins pre
scribed for shock, "supplies of
which must be greatly increased
as our armed forces advance far
ther into battle areas".
It is urged that the present
campaign now on for scrap shall
bring out all fats in the stores of
North Carolina that have been
accumulated.
Father Of Local
Attorney Dies
Wallace Funeral services for
B. C. Boney.74, who died at his
home here Tuesday morning at
3:00 a.m., was held at the home
Wednesday at 11 ajn., with the
Rev. M. J. Murray, pastor, offici
ating, assisted by the Rev. R.
Murphy Williams of Greensboro,
and the Rev. W. P, M. Currie of
Wallace.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Howard James Boney; one son,
Norwood Boney of Kenansville;
one daughter, Mrs. C. M Miller of
Wallace; two brothers, Leslie Bo
ney of Wilmington and A. C Bo
ney of Richmond; and one sister,
Mrs.. R. Murphy Williams of
Magnolia Soldier
Completes Course .
: Cpl. Alton Batts, 33, .son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. T. Batts, of Magnolia,
was among soldiers in the Europ
ean Theater of Operations who re
cently completed a .course in mot
or transport and maintenance at
the American School Center some
where in England, y
The course covers general au
tomotive mechanics with a special
short course given to tactical
troops. Emphasis is placed upon
the necessity of dally check-ups
of vehicles to insure proper main
tornnre ofaH trar"-fK)rt.
Europe
Enters U.S. Naval School
William Madison Lewis, son of
Mr. M. C. Lewis, of Faison, N. C.
apprentice seaman, has entered
the U. S. Naval Reserve Midship
men's School located on the cam
pus of the University of Notre
Dame, Indiana.
After taking one month of in
doctrination he will be appointed
a midshipman and upon successful
completion of his approximately
three month course he will be
commissioned an ensign in the
U. S. Naval Reserve.
The school is under the com
mand of Captain H P. Burnett,
U. S. N.
Fall Clean-up
The Warsaw Rotary Club held
their regular meeting Thursday
October 7th in the Rotary Hall.
With all present except one mem
ber. As it was the first Thursday
in the month, a round table dis
cussion was held in place of a
formal program, in which all mem
bers participated. And plans
were made along the path of com
munity service.
The present community service
project is the Fall Clean-up Cam
paign in which citizens are clean
ing up their lawns and property
prior to the October 20th award.
Rotary Vocational service
Arrangements have been made
by Superintendent J. P. Harmon
to extend vocational guidance to
all the seniors of the Warsaw
High School. Each Rotarian
will give a short talk to the sen
ior class tm his vocational This
course wtflbe given one day a
week, the time and exact schedule
to be announced later.
ISSUANCE OF WAR
BOOK, NUMBER 4.
The War Price and Ration
ing Board of Duplin County
' wishes to announce that the
issuance of War Book No. 4
will be held at all of the High
Schools in the county, both
' white and colored on the fol
lowing dates: Oct 25, 26, 27
and 28 each afternoon begin
ning at 2 o'clock and closing at
. 5 o'clock. There will be a
chance for the war workers
who are not able to come in
. the day to register on Wednes
day night, Oct 27 from 7 p.m.
to 10 pjn. This is just for
the convenience of the wax
workers.
South Sea Natives
Hunt Dreaded Sharks
By Sgt Ben Wahrman
SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTH
PACIFIC, (Delayed) The shark,
dreaded tiger of the sea isn t so
dangerous after all, if a story told
Marines here is true.
The teller of the tale has trav
eled through the Pacific islands
for many years, and he claims to
have witnessed the incident he de
scribes. ' -
He was. according to the story,
the guest of an island planter who
invited him to witness a snark
hunt. Greatly interested, he
watched the planter's natives bait
the water with the blood of a cow,
and was amazed when hundreds
of sharks responded, dotting the
water and feeding off the bits of
meat
But his amazement turned to
astonishment when he saw the
natives go out among the sharks
in flimsy canoes, pushing the large
fish about with their paddles and
hands, until they found the type
they wanted oil-bearing sharks.
These they slew with an, axe. .
The sharks, according to the
teller of the tale, were interested
only in the cow meat and paid no
attention to the natives among
them. :, . ;.v
The Marines here,, however,
still prefer to battle Japs.-
'' 1 KENNETH E. LEE
'Kenneth E. Lee, 36, brother of
Mrs. Lacy F. Weeks of Kenansville
died Monday at the home of his
parents, after a lingering illness.
Funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon at 4 o'clock.
LOST Black change purse con
taining white gold bracelet
Finder p1eae return to Jessie
Bfnrphy; Estor of Deeds Office,
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BILL STEELE WILSON
CHARLES SOUTHERLAM)
Bill Steele Wilson, left, son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Wilson, and
grandson of Mvs. G. C. Steele,
of Warsaw, N. C, and Charles
Southerland, right, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Southerland, Teachey,
N. C. These boys were induc
ted Into the a. my on Sept. 10th
1941, for their training at Fort
Bragg, N. C, receiving basic train
ing at Camp Waters, Texas. On
the night of December 6, 1941 the
Our honorable judge, seems
willing to run the chance of being
a hen-pecked husband, but those
that know his recent bride say,
"the lucky cuss".
"Yield not to temptation,
For yielding is sin.
Each vict'ry will help you
Some other to win.
Fight manfully onward,
Dark passions subdue;
Look ever to Jesus,
He'll carry you through.
"Shun evil companions,
Bad language disdain;
God's name hold in rev'rence,
Nor take it in vain.
Be thoughtful and earnest,
Kind hearted and true,
Look ever to Jesus,
He'll carry you through."
Grover C Phillips
LETTER IN VERSE
This was clipped from another
paper; it's too good to keep to our
selves, so we had to pass it along.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
I am writing this short letter,
And every word is true,
Don't look away, draft dodgers,
For this is addressed to you.
You feel at ease, no danger,
Back in the old home town:
You cooked up some good story,
So the draft board turned you
down.
You never think of real men
Who are leaving day by day,
You Just think of girl friends
You'll get while we're away.
You sit home and read the papers,
Then Jump up and yell, Well win;
Where do you get that we stuff T
J This war will be won by men
I Just what do you think, draft
1 dodgers,
j That this free nation would do,
If all of us were dodgers
I And afraid to fight like you?
That's all I'm saying slackers
Let's hope your face is Ted,
Our land's no place for your kind,
I mean Just what I said. ,
That's all I have, draft dodgers,
Remember what I say!
Stay away from my girl, Bum
I'm coming home some day.
r. rv , Cpl. E. R. B. Edwards
TO OUB READERS
As I have said in my editorial,
that our One and Only Editor and
Chief, is on vacation which leaves
this week's issue for me to get
out -
Some of my phrases may be un
grammatical and my set-up un
ethical, if so, it is due to Ignor
ance and not carelessness. I
lay no claims to being either an
editor, composer or Dhraseologlst:
I try to operate the line casting
machine ana with very little ex
perlence at that, but really folks.
I'm proud of this issue, my first
brain-child In the publishing
world.
E. J. Nazelrod.
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whole company had a party, cele
brating a 16-day leave, but of
course the next nforning told a
different story, as it was December
7th. These boys were of the luc
ky few who had a few days home
before being shipped to the Ha-
waian Islands where they have
been stationed ever since.
Charles was married to Miss
Louise Worrell of Willard, N. C,
before entering the service, but
so far, Bill is still an old bachelor
unless he has married a grass
skirt
Selective Service
Plans Induction
Of Delinquents
Washington Draft-age men
who haven't kept up with their
Selective Service obligations in
cluding the fellow who forgot to
notify his local board of a change
of address are to be classed in
1-A after Nov. 1 and ordered to
report for induction.
Selective Service, said, delin
quents who do not respond to
orders will be reported for pro
secution, which could lead to a
sentence of 5 years, $10,000 fine
or both.
Most men become delinquent
by failing to register, return a
completed questionalre within ten
days,, keeping the local board ad
vised as to change of address and
failure to report a change of sta
tus which would affect classifica
tion, report for physical exami
nation, or report for induction.
By September 1 about 95,000
delinquency cases were pending.
Selective Service said manpower
demands and fairness to men in
the armed forces make it impos
sible to put up with carelessness
any longer.
. When classifying delinquents
Into 1-A, local boards are to dis
regard their order numbers or oc
cupational or dependency status.
However, the man so classified
may request a personal appear
ance before his local board for re
opening of the case or he may
appeal.
Tli if If ha la found tn have be-
amvia a riollnniiAnt Irnnurinfflv. hp
loses appeal rignts ana ms ciaims
to derferment on occupational or
other grounds will De ignorea.
TtafiiraAn finui Anrl NnvPTYlhpi 1
deadline, it Is suggested, any man
who knows or uunKs ne nugnt ue
delinquent, should consult his
local board, by letter If not in per
BAH Tf h rinpn not know the ad
dress of his local board, he should
go to a board where ne is living.
Delinquents between 38 and 45
will be classified in 1-A, but will
not be called for induction unless
the services want them.
NOvV!
Today is the deadline for mail
ing Christmas prevents to our boys
overseas. -.
A package must not exceed S
pounds In weight and the combin
ed length and girth mast not ex
ceed 88 inches. Parcels should
be packed carefully In' boxes or
wrapped in strong paper, -
Gifts for those In the Navy,
Marine and Coast Guard most be
mailed by Nov. L
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Destroys
Suffering Humanity
Needs Your Help
Near $8,000 Worth
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TEXTILE EXPERT
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newly-appointed consultant and
research supervisor for the N. C.
State College Textile School, has
the double task of aiding North
Carolina textile plants with their
technical problems and keeping
the Textile School abreast of la
test developments in the industry.
He was associate director of the
Cotton Textile Institute Detore
joining the faculty. Dunlap a
native of Rock Hill. S. C, was
educated at Clemson, University
of North Carolina and Massachu
setts Institute of Technology.
Coal Dealers
To Meet
Wilmington, Coal dealers in
the Wilmington area have been
called to meet at 5 p.m. Friday,
Oct. 15, in the assembly hall of the
Tidewater Power Company, Sec
ond and Princess Sts., for the pur
pose of discussing the coordinated
program for the solid fuel indus
try which has been lormuiatea Dy
the - War Manpower Commission,
the Solid Fuel Administrator for
War, the Office of Price Admini
stration and the Office of Civilian
Requirements of the War Produc
tion Board as a means of helping
the Industry help itself to solve
the problems which are facing it
this winter.
The Wilmington area, which
is one of three in the Wilmington
district, is composed of New Han
over, Brunswick, Pender, Colum
bus and Duplin counties in North
Carolina, and Horry, Dillon and
Marrion counties in South Carolina
The program is designed to aid
the Industry in (1) securing an
even flow of coal to the yards of
dealers; (2) maintaining truck
facilities; (3) recruiting and
holding needed manpower; and
(4) eliminating waste milage
caused by Inefficient trade prac
tices through approval of joint
action plans which insure partici
pating members against prosecu-
tion under the anti-trust laws
In Memory of our Little Boy
He was a tiny little babe
When God called him away,
To join the baby angels
Forever there to stay.
His passing left us sad at heart
He was our only boy,
I know our loss at losing him
Must have been Heaven s Joy.
And now I pray to God each day
That when He calls me there,
To join the Angel Mothers,
I'll find my baby fair.
Nellie H. Daniels,
Beulaville, N, C.
Wife Slayer Gets
20 - 30 Years
Carl Wilson of Morrisville was
sentenced from 20 to 30 years for
the slaying of his wife, Mildred
Wilson at the i Wilson home in
Morrisville on' the night of July
22. After shooting his wife, Wil
son tried to commit suicide by
shooting himself through the jaw.
In senteclng Wilson, Judge W,
C Harris said, "I'm impressed by
the fact that there has been no
motive for this murder brought
to light We will never know
what happened, we can only
guess."- .. ; ;: ,: , :
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Calling on all loyal and patriotic
citizens of the county to rally to
the cause of war relief, Dallas
Herring, county chairman of the
United War Fund, told an aud- .
ience in Kenansville Wednesday
night that "the need for your
dollars is measured in human suf
fering, gallons of blood and the
very bread which is necessary to
sustain life for countless war
stricken people in Europe and
Asia. It is easy for us to adopt
an indifferent attitude toward
the news stories of oppression in
the countries where war has not
been a part time Job. Those peo
ple are now upon our mercy. It
is up to us to face the responsibil
ity."
Explaining that the United War
Fund embraces relief to our own
armed forces, Mr. Herring, speak
ing to an assembly of War Fund
canvassers, stated that a large
share of the fund would go to re
lief for the United Nations fam
ily and for refugees from other
war-torn areas. "This fund" he
continued, "is to be divided on an
equitable basis between seventeen
recognized agencies which are
members of the United War Fund,
Inc. This plan combines the re
quests of all these agencies into
one, thus reducing the administra
tive costs to a minimum and also
affording a minimum of effort to
those who co-operate in the drive."
Another feature of the drive, it
was stated, is the fact that the
United Service Organizations and
other morale-building agencies
for the members of our own ser
vices have included their budgets
in the current campaign. While
unspecified gifts will be divided
according to a formula already
adopted between the several cau
ses, an Individual donor may, if
they desire, specify which of the
seventeen causes is to receive all
or any portion of his gift to war
relief. In Duplin County, it was
explained, five hundred dollars of
the county's eight-thousand-dollar
quota will go to the Boy Scout
Council for use in this area.
When asked whether he thought
Duplin County would meet its
quota for the United War Fund,
Mr. Herring said, "The people of
this county are just as patriotic
as those of any section in the
United States. The quota is
large, but it is not out of propor
tion. Reach it? Yes, we'll reach
it and go beyond it Duplin
County hasn't failed yet on any
of Its obligations in this or any
other war."
It was estimated that more than
a million and a half Americans
will step to their posts this week
to campaign for the first united
appeal to be made in the country 1
for war relief. The workers will
campaign for $125,000,0000 exten
ding the sympthy and practical
helpfulness of Americans around
the world to fighters, merchant
seamen, prisoners of war and the
victims of aggression ut 14 Alli
ed countries through the U S O,
United Seamen's Service, War
Prisoners Aid, Belgian, British.
French, Greek, Norwegian, Pol-
ish, Dutch, Russian, Chinese.
Czechoslovakia n, Luxembourg ana
xugosiavian Keiiei Agencies ana
other agencies of similar standing.
The campaign is to begin offi
cially on Monday, October '25th,
when the canvassers in -the tea
school districts of the county be
gin their local drives. .Miss Ruth
Murray, of Rose Hill, has been se
lected as chairman of the canvass
committee. F. W. McGowen, of .
Kenansville, is secretary and M.
F. Allen, Jr., is treasurer of the
county organization. A. J. Cev
enaugh, of Wallace, is Vice-chairman.
Selected as local canvas-
pm fir the fnllnwinff Dp. O V.
Gooding, Kenansville; G. D. Ben
nett and Mrs. H. L. Stevens, Jr
of Warsaw; H. A. Parker, Bow den;
Roy Cates, Faison; Rev. G. IL
Ulrlch, Seven Springs; J. H. Dot-,
son and R. D. Harper, B. F. Grady;
Mrs. Gardener Edwards and Ran
som Mercer, Beulaville; Mrs. W.
B. Ward, Chinquapin; A. C Hall
and Roy Carter, Wallace; Hubert
Boney, Teachey; Mrs. E P. Blan
chard, Rose Hill; John R. Croom
and Homer Taylor, Magnolia; and
Mamie Turner, Colored Schools.
RATION DEADLINES.
' Foods: UVW, Oct. 20;
XYZ, Nov. 20. v "
.Meats: Brown C D, Oct S3. ;
- Shoes: Stamp 18. no d"te.
Sugar: Stamp 14, 5 lbs. Ot t
Gasoline: 6-A coupons, 1 v. 3
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