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RED GROSS DRIVE
Chairman Ulnch Makes Plea To
Duplinites To Do Their (Share
Lists Community Chairmen And
Quotas; Giving To Red Crosa
Makes Going Of Boys And
Girls In Service Easier; Na-
. tlonal Quota Two Hundred
Million, Largest Red Cross
Fund In History. :
-BY REV. G. IL ULRICH
The Duplin County Share of the
National American Red ? Cr6ss
Fund Drive is $14,300. This share
has been divided in School Dis
tricts, as follows:
B. T. Grady, $764 ;v Beulaville,
$1,280; Calypso, $997; Chinquapin,
$841; Faison, $1,075; Kenansville,
$1,433; Magnolia,$l,037; Outlaw's
Bridge, $268; Potters Hill, $182;
Rose Hill, $1,420; Teachey, $136;
Wallace, $2,800; Warsaw, $2,076.
Total, $14,309. '
- These figures include the entire
districts, including the schools.
All of the County Chairmen
have been secured.
B. F. Grady, Mr. Rodolph Har-
. per
Sut
r with Mrs. H . D. Korneeav
iub-Chairman in charge of Glisson
-Township; Beulaville, Mr. Stephen
Smith; Calypso, Mr. Alec Sander
' ' son; Chinquapin, Mrs. Cornelia
Judge; Faison, Mr. H. R. Cates;
Kenansville, Mr. Rqbert Grady;
Magnolia, Mrs. L. E. Pope; ' Out
law s Bridge, Mrs. M. L. Outlaw,
. " Jr.; Potters Hill, Mr. L.M. Bostic;
Rose Hill, Mrs. Edwin P Blanch
ard; Teachey, Mr. and Mrs. H. D.
, Boney; Wallace, Mr. A. C. Hall;
and Warsaw, Mrs. H. L. Stevens,
, . Jr.
Tho Drive will start March 5,
and is planned to be completed by
March 15. The various committees
are now being organized with a
- number already having been com
pleted. . - .... i
The spirit among the commit
tees is splendid and promises the
st. nd of drive that spells success.
(Q WE WILL DO OUR SHARE.
. nim nimliM Paiitim Chora rf Tna
.JS- National 1 American Red Cross
Drive for 200,000,000 dollars is
$14,300. This is a large quota. It
is an increase of $5,500 over what
was given by the people of Duplin
County to the Red Cross Drive in
1943. It is a tremendous challenge
that faces the people of Duplin.
We are not in the habit of doing
less .than our share. When it
comes to standing behind the men
and women in the Service of the
United States the citizens of Du
plin will be proud to do their share
There is not a healthy minded
.person to be found but is anxious
to help our boys and girls as they
answer the call to National Duty.
We all know it is tough going and
we are' all proud of the sacrificial
spirit which is called for from
them. ,
1 1 Year Boy Literally Blew Self to
: I -Death Dynamite Caps In Pocket
., RapbArd .Earl Spronse's Abdo
men Literally Blown Out as
Pocket Full Dynamite Caps
v Explode; Lives Several Hoars;
Did Not Know What They
Were; Brother Injured. .
Raphard Earl Sprouse, eleven
year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward Sprouse of near Potters Hill
; was "fatally Injured last Sunday
morning when a pocket full of
dynaifrite caps exploded- He and
his brothers and sisters were Dlav-
ing in the back yard of their home.
His father had gone to Beulaville.
Raphard found the caps in a box
in aibrooder house and filled his
pockets. He told his mother Just
Deiore he mea he did not know
what they were-Some were scat
tered around the yard. t
' He went to a choping block and
laid It cap on the block and at
tempted to cut it with an axe. The
-other children ran and all but one
got out of danger. As the cap on
the block exploded, it caused' the
caps in his pockets - to explode.
Neighbors report that his intes
tines were blown to pieces and
mostly blown out of his abdomen.
His brother, Chas. Allen was only
slightly hurt. , - - ,.
The youth was rushed to a Kln-
ston hospital where he succumbed
Ht 2:25 in the afternoon, i .
Funeral services were held from
home Monday, conducted by
ev. Robert Kennedy and burial
was In the Sandhill Church ceme
tery.' '; -
Warsaw Boy is Wounded
In Meditteranean Area
' Pvt. Samuel R. Bowden, Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel R. Bow
den of Warsaw has been wounded
somewhere in the Meditteranean
area according, to reports from
t e War Department. He Is With
t-.e Army, ; , . " ,
G. C. MILLER
yeoman lc, son of Mrs. L. C. Mil
ler, of Beulaville is with the Navy
in the Southwest Pacific. He en
tered service in April 1942 and
formerly saw service In Trinidad.
Giving to the American Red
Cross is one of the important ways
In which we can make their going
a bit less rough. Then let us give
generously, more generously than
we have, ever give" Deiore. Lt
us give cheerfully and make the
work of the committees a thrilling
experience.
"I SEND MYSELF TO STAND
BESIDE MY SOLDIER AS LONG
AS HE NEEDS MY HELP;
I would go if I could, to be with
him. I would cheer him when
homesickness pulls him down. 1
would try to make him forget the
horrors he has witnessed. I woum
take his worries on my shoulders
and relieve his mind of fear for
the welfare of those at home. I
would give him comforts, things
not expected or we lime ana piace,
and precious on that account.
If my soldier were taken prison
er, I would see that he got extra
foods, warm clothing and needed
medicines. If he were wounded I
would furnish my-blood to save
his life, and surgical dressings to
bind his wounds. I would be be
side him in the hospital to give
him comfort, and to make the
hours less long.
If he were crippled I would help
him adjust Jiimself to his new and
smaller world, and were he dis
charged for disability I would
seek to safeguard his interests
and to see him and the family
through any difficulty.
I AM NEEDED TO DO THESE
THINGS. I CAN DO THEM
By my generous gift to the Ameri
can Red Cross, I can do them all."
This Is the largest fund the
American Red Cross has ever
raised. It is the largest because,
the need we face today is the
greatest.
MOBILIZATION BOARD
The Duplin County Labor Mobi
lization' Board held its regular
meeting Wednesday evening Mar.
1, uvthe Courthouse. Labor condi
tions in the Country were discuss
ed generally.
' A message from Governor Bro
ughton was read, in which he ur
ged us not to allow our interest to
wane or let our efforts lag on ac
count of Increased needs for labor
in production for the war effort
The County Board will hold reg
ular bi-monthly meetings on the
First and Third Tuesday evenings
In each month. The next regular
meeting will be held on Tuesday
evening, Mar. 21, 8:00 o'clock, at
the -courthouse.
The Board urges all citizens in
the county to report any and all
cases of able-bodied persons who
are not working at a gainful oc
cupation as required by the Gov
ernor's Emergency Proclamation.
Any person not employed and
desiring the services of the Board
in securing employment, may con
tact some member of the Board,
who will be glad to assist In se
curing employment , , ,
potter chairman "
Warsaw post-war
pile program
Paul Potter, secretary Warsaw
Draft Board, has Just been appoin
ted chairman for Warsaw Town
ship of the Post-War Pile by R. E.
Wall, president of the Warsaw
Rota-y Club which Is sponsoring
the program.
The purpose of the movement is
to make a survey of 'all' possible
Jobs for service men Who are being
released from service. Mr.. Wall
expressed the opinion ! that the
movement, which is nation wide,
would produce a wholesome effect
KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY MARCH
Beulaville P T A Meets
Monday Night
Friends and patrons of the Beu
laville School are invited to at
tend the meeting of the P T A,
which will be held on Monday
night, March 6th, at eight o'clock.
The Second G.ade will furnish
the entertainment by presenting
a play, "The Old Woman Who
Lived in a Shoe."
The Publicity Committee of the
P. T. A.
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T.sr.T ir.l.llrir.RT. PICKETT
son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Pick
et of Roulaville. has been with
the Armv In England for nine
months. He entered service Sept
24, 1942.
SCOTTISH RITE
BODY TO MEET IN
WILMINGTON IN JWAR.
Announcement is made of the
Annual Spring Reunion of the
Bodies of the Ancient and Accepted-
Scottish Rites of Free masonry
in Wilmington, which will be held
March 28, 29, and 30, in the Ma-
nl. Tainnlo nt whirh time the
OUIJ1V - - -
degrees, fourth through the thirty-
second will De conierrea upon a
large number of Master Masons
from nearby sections of Eastern
North Carolina. These degrees are
conferred by selected members of
the order with ability and long ex
nerience. suDDorted by elaborate
scenery and effects.
Several Masons irom uupiin
County are planning to attend.
Tho Mania find nhilosODllV Of
Masonry have always appealed to
the better part oi a man ana w
his higher senses, and contemplat
ing the age-old principles of this
ancient and honorable order, it
having withstood the various
changes of time, we find they
stand tort a v for the highest and
noblest impulses of the human
heart and mind.
Tt tear hps toleration, love Char
ity, duty and obedience. It opposes
tyranny, usurpation, prejudice,
falsehood and superstitition, and
endeavors to replace the false with
tw tnu n rorlalm tho heritage
of the disinherited, to-protect the
weak, the poor, tne suiiermg, ana
to aid the persecuted and oppress
ed Tt pniirae'eniislv sunnorts the
public schools, so the youth of the
T 1 L 4 - I
ianu . may uuiuin an cuumnuii
without dogma or creed, believing
that an enlightened and intelligent
people will maintain their free
dom, and will refuse to be coerced
or persuaded into anarchy and dis
order. It regards no man of his
material possessions! or position,
, . . . 1 1 , . .
uui xeacnes a vaiuaoie lesson in
equality of rights and privileges
for all, regardless of social, mater
ial or political standing.
The Reunions of the Scottish
RftA RnriloQ In Wllmlncrtnn firA al-
ways dargely attended by mem-
oers irom an pans oi me aiaie.
on service men to know that the
folks back home are already mar
king definite plans to have jobs
waiting for them the minute they
return. "
.- Every place of business and
home in Warsaw is to be contact
ed and the number of jobs that!
will be available tabulated.
FLMER JACKSON
son of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Jack
son. nf Beulaville. who entered
the Navy in August 1942, is now
In the Pacific. He Is seaman, 2c .
FOR $14,300 STARTS
WARSAW. KENANSVILLE
DRAFT BOARDS ISSUE
CALLS FOR NEXT WEEK
The Warsaw draft board has is
sued a call for! a number of white
men to Report to Ft. Bragg Mon
day March 6th for pre-induction
physical examination and the Ken
ansville Board has issued a call
for a number to report Wednesday
March 8thJ In these calls are a
large number pf married men and
fathers. i
The Warsaw list is Harry Lane
Anderson. Dorcy Whaley, Max
Benjamin Kramer. Herman Alvis
Brogden (transferred to Elizabeth
City), Edwin Jay Merritt, Wesley
Clement Sullivan, Lemuel Sutton
Rhodes, Henry Noel Backburn,
James Bryant Newki k, Graham
Albert Phillips, Robert Stafford
Cameron, Clarence Phines Mal
pass, Guy Franklin Hardison, Jack
Vinson Glisson, Harold Conrode
Ezzell.
Benjamin Earl Langston, Roland
Winifred Outlaw, Braxton Mor
ris Faulk, Robt. Wm. Brake, John
nie Wm.Westbrook, Leland Troy
Braswell, Theady Franklin John
son, Wm. Thurston Blancnara,
Daniel Jerome Fussell, Robert Lu
ther Lambert, James Deboise Fus
sell. John Gerald Potter, Major
James Kelly, James Rufus Harrell.
Emmett Lee Holman, James Hub
ert Simmons. John Wm. Stokes,
Elma Jernigin Jennings, Ralph
Davis Fairclpth.
Elbert James Anderson, Gurney
Vance Blanton, Henry Lee Boone,
Wm. Andershon Jones, John
Wilkes Swinson, Jr., Wilbert Her
ring, Edward Rudolph Kennedy,
Eccles Veach Pridgen, Eugene
Worthe Merritt Henry Sloan Har
veil, Hayward Brown, Jr., Shep
ard Thomas Sanders, Ralph With
erington, Gordon Urbem Bishop,
Floyd Daniel Boone, Gerthria Har
rel, Clarence ' Wilbur Holland,
Thurston L. Wiggins, Wm. Alexand
er Poweli; Joseph-Holloman, ..."
The Kenansville list Is:
Robert V. Leary. Edward Mil
ler, Gerald Carr, Albert I. Stroud,
Lessle A. Jenkins, James A. Grey,
Clifton L. Dupree, Vernon D. Fish
er, Henry v. Rich, Kennfe ai.
Eatman, William J. Yates, John
D. Sbolar, Jr, WUey Williams,
Kirby Heath, William H. Norrls,
Roland C. Henderson, Ruby F.
Graft, David H. Rlvenbark, Adrian
G. Williams, Jesse B. Batts and
Davis M. Hill.
William H. Farrior, Jr., William
H. Adams, Arthur 0. Williams,
James B. Best William J. Whaley,
Wilton B. Rlvenbark, Lummie B.
Blanton, Lewis F. Stroud, Oscar
Rlvenbark, and John J. Delfell
Billy P. Jones, Joe F. Lanier,
Boyd W. Brlgman, J. O. Stroud,
W. P. Roberson, Paul Whaley,
William H. Forlaw, Mark Smith,
Alvin B. Sholar, Albert T. Blan
ton, and John W. Albertson.
John T. Batts, Ayden AiDenson,
floor?. K. Whaley. Leslie B. Wil
liams, Liwle K. Knowles, Fred R.
Norrls, David B. Merritt James
R. Grady, Carl L. Hardison, Doo
kle D. Sandlln, Henry H. Bonham,
and William D. Houston.
BEEF CATTLE
The cash Income from beef ani
mals last year was more than
from all our cotton and wheat
combined, statisticians report
Knowing imatasma IkAu
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AKN OH MOV1NO LITTf Hi T I',
i flMMA TRANMUJIONS 1 s
fROM BLOOD DONATIO Jf .J'SaL
THROUGH IHf MO CROSS IN V v JUH v, V 1
AMERICA MONTH 6SFORI ' VJ "' If
hkxVUff 'l 17.000 SeRVICtMtM
TiCMy ' tfriLv - wv ; i W at THi Reo
I tx m r.'cr?ir ' 1 cross rainbow aui
V"'P 5i f IN LONDON fVfRJf
i.V ' TOO MO!, HiVKW
?TXiiSi25B " CROSS IN 178 DlSASTfRS feOtSW
' '",,feB v IH .2 MONTHS AID 10 A gMfflg.
, JjT. AJftSfl- NUMBER OF MtN. JsjJSvSfJE
' WOMEN, AND CHIIORIN gfcWtf &
, 4vfVi SUFFICIENT TO PEOPlf "J
kC . ' - m 14 7WN ' &000 wi, n ' '&
3rd., 1944
Large Contingent Of American
Troops Land Safely In Britain
Duplin County Girl
Makes Honor Roll
The name of Miss Mattie Kor
egay, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
H. T. Kornegay appears on the
second honor roll recently released
at Mars Hill college.
To be eligible for a place on the
second honor roll one must make
an average of C or above on all
credit courses and du quality
Doints. Of the 657 students enroll'
ed at the college during the first
semester, 39 made the first honor
roll and 99 made the secona.
PFO. ELWOOD WILLIFORD
son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Wil
liford, of Beulaville, Is on duty
with the Medical Corps n India.
He entered service in April 1942.
COUNTY BRIEFS
BREAKS LEG
Little Jerry Joiner, 5-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Joiner
of Kenansville broke his left leg
just above the knee Wednesday
night about 8:30 while playing in,
his front yard. It is not known
just how it happened. He was car-
ried to the Goldsboro Hospital
shortly after.
CHURCH MEETING
The Womans Missionary Society
for Christian Service of the Meth
odist Church will noid a tnree day ,
meeting in Wilson next week be-
pinnlnc Tilpsrinv. A number of
n e '
Methodist ladies from Duplin are
expected to attend.
SERIOUSLY ILL
Sally Reitha Brown of near
Kenansville is critically ill In a
Portsmouth hospital. She was
stricken with Meningitis shortly
after arrivine there for a visit.
She recovered from the attack and
then Pneumonia set in and last re-
Dorts sav her heart has gone bad
and little hope lor ner recovery is
held. Sally graduated irom ko
nanansville high school last year.
She was a bus driver.
COLD WAVE
Tuesday afternoon skies were
heavy and a cold wind blew up.
It looked for a tune as if it might
snow. Wednesday and Thursday
found clear skies and colder wea
ther.
JAMES WILBERT EVERTON
seaman 2c, son of Mr. and Mrs
W. M. Lverton, of Beulaville, en
tered the Navy June 24, 1943. H
is serving somewhere in the Atlan
tic.
Army Navy Qualifying
Test Warsaw Mar. 1 5
The Army Navy College Quali
fying test will be given in Warsaw
High School March 15 Irom 9: JO
to 11:30. This test is known as the
V-12 and A-12 test. Seventeen to
twenty years may take either Ar
my or Navy, seventeen to twenty-
one may take Army. Requirements
are High School graduate or sen
iors graduating this year and in an
upper bracket in grades and be
reccommended by the principal of
the school. There are other re-
Iquirements that fit other cases
but these are the ones that efiect
our- High School boys or recent
graduates. Boys who desire to take
this must notify this office not
later than Monday morning Mar.
6.
. ... . . . .
PINK HILL MAN S
heatu cthi iiiimn.rn
ULMin 3 1 ILL UIXdVJLVEU
Coroner Fi a. Garner, of Lenoir
County said that James Ezzell,
.. - i j ,
inciiLj-iwu j. cai uiu laiiiici
0f the Pink Hill section who was
found dead on the unpaved road
near his home about . midnight
Jan. 22. ramp to his ripnth nftpr
I being struck by a car, the driver
of which is unknown to authori
ties. Only three witnesses testified,
Harold Heath and Ethro Hill,
who discovered the body while en
route home from a dance, stated
u.ey saw a car driven by Kemus The Kenansville Parent-Teaoh-Teachey
of the Pink Hill section 'ers Association will meet at the
run over Ezzell s legs after death school house Monday night at 7:30
MMSey had .occurred. They ' instead of 8:00 o'clock. The pro
S, of!fr r? evidence as to the gram will be given by the children
Hie,!,.. r olaie ot tflP school. AH parents and es
Highway Patrolman T. W. Fear- oeciallv th mn ar ILT 7.
ing's
testimony corroborated
theirs.
Army Man Power
flcufe The
Workers In Essential In
dustry and More Fathers
Face Induction; Figures Re
leased. Washington The manpower
shortage for the armed services
which President Roosevelt has
called "grave" must be made up
from family men and others, a
special medical commission re
ported to the White House Mon
day, and not by lowering physi
cal standards.
The commission was created at
the suggestion of congress on a
theory that a relaxation of induc
tion requirements, especially for
limited service, might delay draf
ting of fathers and others with de
pendents. But it reported existinc
standards could not be reduced
"without imparlng the efficiency"
of the armed services and na more
limited . service inductions are
needed.
The report was sent to congress
Tuesday. It follows publication
Saturday of a memorandum Pres
ident Roosevelt sent' to manpower
officials saying ihe nation's man
power pool has been dangerously
depleted t by- liberal deferments.
He said the deficit should be made
up from those with occupational
deferments, especially in the
younger classes. A review of this
group was ordered Sunday nieht.
There are nearly 8.500.000 men
in the groups the commission and
the president urged to be tapped,
d,tu4,uuv aererred ror occupation
al reasons' and' 4, 645,000' for de
pendency. Major General Lewis B
Hershey, selective service director,
listed these figures in Monday's
No. 9
SUNDAY
All Highly Trained For
Combat Duty and Fully
Equipped ; Convoy Is Not At
tacked; Local Boys Along.
London U. S. forces massing
in Britain for an invasion of wes
tern Europe have been strength
ened by the arrival of one of the
largest of contingents of Ameri
can troops ever to cross the Atlan
tic in one convoy.
ThP crossing was made without
a single attack by enemy subma
rines, but heavy storms, which
were encountered enroute caused
some discomfort among the men.
The number of troops landed
from the convoy is, of course, a
military secret, but all are highly
LWned and ready for combat.
liToy include mechanized units
and specialized groups of many
types. All were fully equipped
with the latest weapons.
In addition the convoy carried
many planes of various types.
Immediately upon disembarking
the troops were dispersed to Am
erican bases scattered from one
end of the United Kingdom to the
other.
A letter was received from
George Pridgen, of Warsaw, Tues
day, stating that he was some
where in Northern Ireland and it
is presumed he was in this convoy.
He is in the Navy. Says the trip
was OK except he was a little sea
sick for three days. Also it has
been announced that Dr. Morton's
son of Faison has just arrived
somewhere in Britain and it is
thought he was in this convoy.
New Cafe Opens
In Warsaw .
Ed Benson and A. J. Jenkins
announce the opening of the Le
gion Cafe two doors from Branch
Bank in Warsaw. The cafe is A
Grade, new and modern in every
respect, and large enough to ac
comodate clubs and various meet
ings.
Mr. Benson, an experienced
cook, came to Warsaw several
years ago and has been connected
with the A. J.. Jenkins, contract
. .u i..t.nivm,v ... u
'number of cafes and has cooked
ors. He has had experience in
on ocean going vessels. His repu-
tation as a chef stands out. He
will have charge of the cafe.
The public is extended a cordial
invitation to visit tho new cafe.
Local P T A Will
Meet Monday Night
tend. Attendance on the part of
the men lately has been light.
Shortage Is
President Says
report. He also placed total living
registrants between 18 and 38 on
December 1, at 22.138.000 with
6,540,000 inducted, 2,430,000 enlis
ted, 3,357,000 disqualified after
physical examination, 1,090,000 in
process of classification, examin
ation for induction.
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