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VOL 12
Warsaw Expects Second Drive
Kcnarisville Hears Its Goal
Faison Drive Getting .under
-way; Wallace, - Chinquapin,'
Report Way Behind; No
Report From Magnolia.
Duplin County's Red Cross War
Fund quota of $14,300 -has just
about reached its half way mark
according to drive chairman, G. H.
Ulrica, Rose Hill is the first com
munity to reach its goal of $1420.
Kenansville is probably next high
with better than three-fourths
of its $1500 quota collected and
reported. Warsaw has just about
reached its half way point with
some workers yet to report. The
drive In Faison got underway yes
terday. Wallace reports $600 yet
to go and Magnolia has -made no
report at all. Nothing has been
heard from Calypso by -this news
paper and Chinquapin is reported
lagging very bad. Beulaville put
on a show one night this week in
the school building and - raised
better than $200, putting them
within sight of their , quota. Out
laws Bridge is lagging and B. F.
Grady is reported close to its
quota.
Chairman Ulrich stated that
unless the county made a much
better showing by the first of the
week, a second drive will be put
on;
If Duplin fails this time it will
be the first time she has failed in
any undertaking since we entered
World War H.
DANCE
TO HELP RED CROSS
It is announced that there will
be a square-dance at the Beula
ville 1 School . Gymnasium Satur-;
ay night March 18th from 8:00
Jl 12:00, proceeds to go entirely
to the Red Cross. I
A dance is scheduled for each
following Saturday night thereafter.
Draft Deferments For Hen 18-25
Dy Lcsal Boards Now Ousted
' Plan rationing labor to war
.plants; Just as materials
betas; rationed; only State
Draft Directors may grant
Deferments.
WASHINGTON Selective
Service prohibited occupational
draft deferments for men aged
18 to 25, inclusive, except when
approved by state draft directors
or when engaged in an occupation
specifically excepted from this
policy by the director of selective
service.
- This extends to men aged 23
25, inclusive, a policy already in
effect for those 18 to 22.
The move was announced co
Incident with reports that a new
plan is in the making to "ration"
occupational deferments to war
plants in much the same manner
that scarce materials are now ra
tioned to them on the basis of
the greatest need at the moment
In the light of shifting trends in
arms production. (
Federal survey urges canner
ies to avoid migratory labor.
for discipline and cooperation. ,
Butter set-aside Is expected to
A REMARKABLE OCCURENCE
AT MAGNOLIA METHODIST
CHURCH SUNDAY NIGHT
Rev. C. T. Thrift pastor,
of the Methodist Church' at :
Magnolia, reports a strange
occurence there last Sunday
night While he was preach- '
Ing, he noticed some shadows
- flitting across- one of the .
front windows. This was fol-,
lowed by the appearance of a
man's uplifted arm, which ap-',
1 ; parently had - something i in
the hand. Immediately, a man
clambered ' into the window
and stood upright on the out-;'
side, apparently making great
effort to- reach a' small hole. in "
a broken glass. The congre
4" gation was somewhat agitat
ed by the surprised express- '
Ion on the face of the pastor,''
who had experienced a
"change of pace in his deli
very, using a slow ball", and
vo he told them he was ob-.
serving the man standing in
the : window at the front.
Their turn it was now to be
astonished. Just as they look- ;
ed at the window the man
Jumped down and was seen
no more. The preacher says
It was perhaps the most unu
sual experience of his whole .
- ministry of several decades.
Duplin CountyMari -J
Is Named Candidate
For Congress
Hervie B. Kornegay, prominent
farme.' and seed specialist of Caly
pso was named candidate for con
gress from the Third Congress
ional District, at a meeting of the
District Republican convention in
the Clinton Courthouse last Fri
day. Charlie Fletcher Honeycutt
of Sampson and Julian Gaskill of
Goldsboro were named delegates
to the Republican national con
vention. Mr. Kornegay is well known
throughout the county and is
recognized as one of our leading
farmers. He will oppose Cong 'ess
man Graham Barden in the Nov
ember election.
John Cam Pridgen
Home On Furlough
Staff Sgt. John Cam PiMdgen.
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Pridgen,
of near Warsaw, is home on fur
lough after, having spent two
years with the armed forces in
Trinadad. He was transferred to
New Orleans, La., and later to
Indiana before being granted his
month's leave.
7 Springs Soldier Among
Exchanged Prisoners
Last week the War Department
announced that 35 Army office s
and men, who have been prisoners
of war in Germany were among
passengers- aboard the exchange
ship Gripsholm, which sailed from
Lisbon Mar 6th. -
The report stated that Corporal
Glenn M. Stroud", son of Mr. Bar
ney Stroud, of Route 1, Seven
Springs, is among them.
Bro. Mrs. J. L. Summerlin
On Visit In Duplin Just
Returned From Overseas
Wnndrow Parker of Goldsboro,
son of Mrs. S.F. Parker is visit
ing his sister, Mrs. P. L. Summer
lin at Summerlin's Crossroads.
For the past year he has been
in active service on a P T boat
in the Medditeranean area. He
was in the invasion of Tunisia,
Sicily, Palerno and Naples. At
the time he was granted a leave
he was stationed on the Isle of
Capri and says, it is just as beau
tiful and entrancing as its reputa
tion. The P T he was on was patrol
ing the beach at Palerno and he
said it was a terrible and yet in
spiring sight to see our boys land
and take the beach head in the
face of heavy German fire.
As souvineers, he brought back
a Goon knife, Swastika flag, a
U. S. flag that proudly waved
through the invasion. Also he
brought a strip of U. S. flag
about 2 inches wide, all that was
left of It after it had been blown
to bits by German fire, The Swa
stika.he had was given him by a
German - prisoner, who told him
it was to have been used in a pa
rade of the Germans after they
had knocked the Allies out.
Parker said that eggs over
there were selling for 60 cents
each, and cigarettes at $2.00 a
pack. . . , -
Registrar Vital Statistics
Named For Albertson
Mrs. Egbert Grady, of " Seven
Springs, Rti 1, has been appointed
registrar of .'vital statistics for
Albertson- township. ..... All doctotrs
and midwlves .- are requested to
give, or send to her all birth and
death certificates. It is very nec
essary that this be done among
both white and colored. In fact
the law requires it be done. .
v Cherry Ta Speak
, Fasion Frl. Night
R. Gregg Cherry, candidate fori
Eovdrnor, will address the raison,
Jons Club tonight at 7:30. Every,
member and some visitors are ex-;
pected to be present ' i .
KENANSVILLE,
SON OF ITALIAN IMMIGRANT TO DUPLIN COUNTY
SGT. RALPH DELUCA
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NED DELUCA
Terms 2 Members
Board Welfare
To Soon Expire
Terms of two of the three mem
bers of each county welfare
board in North Carolino will ex
pire March 31 and reappointments
or new appointments for the two
year terms will be made April 1
or shortly thereafter, Mrs. W. T.
Bost, State welfare commissioner,
said this week.
Expiring terms are those of the
member appointed by the State
Board of .Charities and Public
Welfare and of the. third member
chosen jointly by the State
board's appointee and the mem
ber chosen last year by the coun
ty commissioners.
Both the state board appointee
and the third member are eligible
for reappointment. The state
board will name its member by
April 1 and its appointee will col
laborate with the person named
by the county commissioners as
soon as possible thereafter in
choosing the third member.
In the selection of its member
on the county board the state
welfare board considers sugges
tions from socially-minded busi
ness and civic leaders of the com
munity, the commissioner stated.
. "The development and progress
of the State's welfare program de
pends largely on the leadership,
direction and active participation
of the local boards. Through in
terpretation of problems and
needs, local board members stim
ulate community understanding
ana support," she said.
In Duplin County, the term of
Mrs. J. D. Robinson is expiring
as an appointee of the state
board as is also that of Roy Cates
as the third member. John R.
Croom was appointed last year by
the county commissioners to ser
ve as a member for two years.
Mrs. Robinson and Mr. Cates
are expected to be reappointed..
' Judge Henry Stevens
Is Named Stae
' Defense Chairman
Wednesday Governor Broughton
named Judge Henry I Stevens of
Warsaw, chairman of the North
Carolina Council for National De
fen 8&
He succeeds rWilliam'B. Urn
stead of Durham, who recently re
signed to become campaign mana
ger for R.fGreeg Cherry," guber
natorial candidate.'
Judge Stevens served in World
War I and was former national
commander of the American Leg
Ion. Recently he was state chair
man of the committee 'arranging
for showings of the film, "This Is
The Army.
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NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY
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FATHER, MOTHER, AND SISTER, OF MIKE DELUCA 3 V
BOWQEN MAN IN SERVICE VISITS GRANDPARENTS
AND OTHER RELATIVES IN COSENGA, SICILY.
Sgt. Ralph DeLuca of Bowden,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Mike DeLuca,
is with the U. 55. Armv in Ttnlv
After the surrender of the Ital
ians bgt. DeLuca visited his grand
Darents. Rhnwn nhnva uTvica
names we do not have and his
Aunt Lucille, also shown in the
picture. He met them in Cosenga,
Sicily Where thev live and frnm
where Mike immigrated to the
United States "S3 years ago, fin
ally settling in Bowden. Ralph
says they were all happy to seej
him and were pulling for the Uni
ted States to win. The Sicilians,
they said welcomed the invasion
of the Yankees. I
His erandnarpntg ara aotHna'
quite old, the grandfather, is past
88 and grandmother is 73. Lucille,
his youngest aunt, shown in pic-,
ATTENTION WARSAW SCHOOL
DIST RED CROSS GIVERS
Warsaw along with other com
munities In the county Is lagging
In its Red Cross drive. Mrs. Henry
L. Stevens, chairman for the War
saw school district sends a plea
to every man, woman, and child,
colored and white, to open their
hearts and pocketbooks and See
that Warsaw mets Its quota of a
little over $2,000. Your attention
Is called to an ad on another page
of this newspaper. Unless the goal
Is reached by the first of the week
a second drive will be put on.
A meeting will be held In the
Legion Hut Monday afternoon at
4:80. Everyone ta urged to attentf.
Thursday and Sunday - March
23 and 26 the Boy and Girl Scouts
will take up a collection at the
Duplin Theatre. .
LOCAL ATTORNEY ESCAPES
HOTEL FIRE IN RICHMOND
Attorney N. B. Boney escaped
entrapment in the Hotel Jeffer
son fire in Richmond last Sunday
night, when a number of people
lost their lives.
Hotel Jefferson is one of the
oldest and' most famous hostel
rles of the-South. Mr. Boney had
checked in and gone to his room
on the third floor when the alarm
was given. He made his escape
before fire cut his floor off' from
below. ,
CHINQUAPIN TAKES TROPHY
Chinquapin Girls Basketball
Team was awarded the Sports
manship Trophy at the Pink Hill
Ivitational Basketball Tourna
ment. Evelyn" Futrell and Laura
Brock of the Chinquapin girls
made the all star team.
Stonewall won the champion
ship and Moss Hill was runner
up. .
-Players on the Chinquapin
team were: Evelyn Futrell, Sue
Wood, Margaret Lanier, Frances
Parker, Evelyn Blanchard, Lena
Gray Andrews, Laura Brock,
Pauline Raynor, - Velna Brown,
and Annie Mae Wilson.
4 Coaching for Chinquapin, Mrs.
Dick Gammon, : I
MARCH 17th., 1944
VISITS RELATIVES DURING
ture, is now18. Quite a few years
have passed since the picture was
taken.
Since coming to this country,
Mike has not seen nor heard but
little from his parents until Ralph
visited them and wrote back
home.
Ralph also visited two of his
father's brothers, shown above,
Ned DeLuca who is 35 and Jose
ph who is 33. They are civilians
of Sicily.
Sammy DeLuca, shown above,
is 31 years old and brother of
Mike. The picture was made when
he was serving in the Italian
Army before it surrendered. Af
ter Italy gave up he was demobi
lized and sent home.
Mike has one more brother and
four sisters living in Sicily whose
pictures he does not have.
DUPLIN COMMUNITY
IS FEATURED IN
"LIFE" MAGAZINE
The March 20th Issup of "Life"
magazine features the Outlaw's
Bridge church and community in
Wour pages. Page 47 gives a pic
ture or xne exierio. or me cnurcn.
Page 49 shows an inside picture
of the church during services with
Major Sutton stoking the stove.
Also an exterior view at night;
Rev. G. H. Ulrich and family and
a group of men and women work
ing on the church grounds.
Page 50 shows the community
grain-grinding mill with two men
at work; a Negro class in egg pro
duction and Mr. Ulrich with ser
vice men in the USO lounge in
Kinston.
Page 52 shows The Association
of Universalist Women in session
in the parsonage; six women sew
ing away at a quilting bee; Mr.
and Mrs. Ulrich in his study with
a group of children looking over
books.
The story was written by Mr.
Upchurch of Raleigh. Several
weeks ago LIFE magazine sent a
photographer from New York to
take the pictures.
Missionary From China
Holds Series Services
Local Baptist Church
Miss Mary Horring, Missionary
from China, will hold a series of
services at the Kenansville Bap
tist Church, beginning the last
week in March and continuing
through the first day of April.
This is- a great opportunity and
many should avail themsewes of
the opportunity. The public is
cordially invited. Complete an
nouncement will be made later.
VANCE SMITH, JR., WOUNDED
.Vance Smithv Jr., son of Vance
Smith of High Point and grand
son of Charlie Smith of Smith
Township is in a hospital some-'
where In Italy recuperating from
woiiHds received in battle. He has
been awarded the Purple Heart .
ITALIAN CAMPAIGN
JOSEPH DELUCA
Warsaw Boy Gets
In Southwest
YOUTH OF COUNTY
INVITED TO JOIN
IN FOOD CONTEST
Nationwide Vegetable Pro
duction and Marketing
Competition for $6,000 in
Scholarships Announced
North Carolina boys and girls,
between the ages of 14 and 20
and with two years' experience in
vegetable gardening, are eligible
to compete ki the $6,000 wartime
food production and marketing
fnntoet nf thp National Junior
Vegetable Growers' Association, it
was announced today.
L. R. Harrill, state 4-H Club
leader, joined with Earle Parsons,
Jr., 20-year-old Northampton
(Mass.) president of the associa
tion, in inviting both farm and
town youth to register for the 4th
annual contest immediately. Ad
ditional information may be ob
tained from vour county 4-H
Club leaders or by waiting Har-j
rill at North Carolina State Col-1
lege, in Raleigh. I
Contestants from this county
will compete for a $500 national
scholarship, a Southern regional
award of $200 or for one of the.
ten sectional awards of $100 1
from a scholarship fund provided
for the association by the Great
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Com-1
pany, Parsons said. In addition
two $25 war bonds are offered to
other outstanding contestants
from the state.
"Our association feels that by
encouraging boys and girls to
study and utilize more efficient
methods of producing and mar
keting vegetables we are helping
conserve manpower in a year in
which every pound of food is
needed," Parsons said. "In this
contest it is not how big a vege
table grower you are, but how
good a grower."
North Carolina contestants
ranked high in the contest last
year. Rufus Benton Turner, of
Polkton, was named regional
champisn while sectional winners
included Marcelene Simmons, of
Rt. 1, Mt Airy; William Breed
love, of Rt. 2, Nashville and How
ard T. Blalock, Rt. 1, Durham.
War bonds winners were Wilton
Ward, of Rt. 2, Clinton, and
Carmel Hollingsworth, of Rt. 1,
Waynesville.
Winners of the 1944 contest,
who will be announced In Decem
ber, will be based on grades ac
hieved in studies of a five-unit
course on production and market
ing' methods, a report on the con
testant's vegetable project and a
summary ef community .,. activi
ties.
No. 11
DUPLIN MISSIONARIES
ARRIVES ON GRIPSHOLM
The Rev. and Mrs. J. Carlyle
Powell, of Warsaw, arrived on the
ship Gripsholm in Baltimore, Md.
Monday afternoon from Nigeria,
West -Africa and are due in War
saw Thursday.
Rev. and Mrs. Powell have been
missionaries to Africa for some
twenty years, working through
the Southern Baptist Foreign
Mission Board. They wes home
four years ago and left three
years ago this month for their
field. Due to the waring condi
tions at this time Mrs. Powell
was forced to take a different
boat from that of her husband
and- was on the ill-fated Zam zam
when it was torpedoed in neutral
waters by a German sub. After
being rescued by a German boat
she was taken to a French port
and interned until arrangements
were made for transfer to Africa.
Mr. and Mrs. Powell will spend
some time in Kinston with their
daughter, Miss Mary Hester Pow
ell, and relatives in Warsaw and
Burgaw.
KILLED IN ACTION
First Lieut Dempsey Simmons
youngest son of Mr. and Mrs.
Marvin Simmons of Outlaw's
Bridue was killed in action some-
, where in Italy on Feb. 15th, ac
cording to a telegram received by
I his parents from the War Depart
ment.
Lt. Simmons was 24 years old
! and had been in service for about
two years. He was a paratrooper.
He was a graduate of the B. F.
Grady high school and State Col
lege. Dempsey is the first from
Albertson Township to give his
life for his country.
Truman committee urges an
early return to free enterprise.
Wallace top choice of voters to
I retain post in Gallup poll.
Promotion
Pacific Area
Major Chan. Leonard Pelrce
Promoted to Group Com
mander Heavy Bombard
ment Group; Been on SO
Missions; 1st Mission Most
Exciting.
rhnrlM Leonard Peirce
of Warsaw, whose uncle and aunt
are Col. and Mrs. Uhristopner u.
Peirce, Ft. Adams, R. I., has rec-
ontlv hoon nromntpd to deDUtV
group commander of a heavy bom
bardment group. His bombers op
erate under the 13th AAF in the
South and Southwest Pacific
against Japanese shipping, ground
troons. airdromes and other ene
my installations.
The young commander left the
United States in June of 1943 and
since then has piloted a Liberator
bomber over Japanese controlled
territory and shark infested wat
ers. Major Peirce has in excess of
30 missions and with many ex
citing moments. The veteran pi
lot claims his most exciting mo
ment was on his first raid. He
was hitting a strong enemy air
drome when heavy anti-airc aft
fire picked his range. A number
of holes were torn in the plane
and no sooner had the anti-aircraft
fire ended when Zeroes
pressed their attacks, resulting in
more holes, To quote the major,
"some show."
His biggest pleasure comes from
catching a glimpse of a good
bomb pattern right on the but
ton. Malar Peirce savs it is simi
lar to the feeling a golfer gets
when he makes a long drive ofi
the tee. His travels have brought
him to nearly every island in the
South Pacific. r
The deputy commander is not
married. His home town is War
saw, N. C. In 1941 he graduater"
from the U. S. Military Academv
and then proceeded to flyinfT
school. His training was taken at
Tulsa, Okla., Victoria, and Ran
dolph Fields In Texas and thr
four-engine school in Sebring. Fla
An Answer
Who wrote "The Lady Eleanor? '
jc oeeins o nave reit shame,
For after those quite bright re
marks . J ' : , j ..
He failed to sign his name.
I would reply in accents clear,
.mere isn i any reason
For him to give an ear or hear
Eleanor in any season.
For I suppose he's noVcompellerl
To listen nnd in ftsof ,
He only sees her words In print.
Aim reaos mem. an, i bet. ?
He could Just skip her every wor .
If he has learned to dread thent
But we'd have missed a clcvcv
1 - poem - -.- , ..
If he had not seen and read then.
By Helen H. Beems, Faison, N. C,