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V 1 c VJ f A V- 's 5 sM Hi ; TJ"J. - R Y 15 VOLUME 13 Annual Me. Reports of Various Com mittees Made; and El ection - of Officers for : Coming Year. ; TTie Annual meeting of the Du -plln, County Chapter of the Amerl' 'can Red Cross was held In the court room in Kenansville on Fri day of last week. The court room was decorated .with Red 'Cross flags and potted plants and Vic- tocy posters were posted on all of the doors. . .- ;..: '" . The meeting was called to order and a cordial welcome was exten ded by. the -Chapter Chairman, J. ' E. Jerritt, and "America" was , sung by the assembly. ?'f Reports were made by the Vice-chairman, O. H. Ulrich, who is also the War Fund Chairman, puplin exceeded Its quota in the Red Cross drive and Rev. Ulrich was presented a certificate of honor, recognizing - j his dltinguished achievement as Duplin's War Fund Chairman. , The Secretary and Home Service Chairman, Mrs. N. B. Boney, made her Statistical Report for the year. For the twelve months the local v ' chapter has spent for financial as sistance $1,795.50 in aiding 1104 -' r Army cases, 297 Navy cases, 192 - ex-service cases and 54 miscellahr - eous cases, making a total of 1656 i cases In all. The average monthly . assistance is $149.70, and the ave rage monthly cases are 138. 1 " iThe Treasurer, F. W. McGowen, .'w,. reported1 that the TWpliri ."County m Chapter raised during :tne ..Kea T 1'l rm. n I . . .. O O . T. n for the local chapter $4,560.30, and the treasurer sent a chec.k to the ' National Organization for $1,103.- 01., v. ; j : ; The Junior Red Cross Chairman, v Mrs! George Bennett, reported 100 percent enrollment in both white r and colored schools. The Home Nursing report was made by Mrs. L. Southerland, Several assignments, consisting of 144 each, of Kit Bags, Bed Side ' Bags and Baby Layettes have been - filled and turned over to the var ious camps. ' This report on Pro ; duction was made by Mrs. H. L. Stevens, Jr. Mrs. Harvey Boney gave an in- teresting report on the Camp & fiuspiuu uiuaoi, icpui nn v.ui- tains made for day rooms; books, ash trays, coat hangers, pieces of furniture, playing cards and other games collected for out-going sol- diers and walking sticks and canes for returned soldiers. Most of ' these supplies- were sent to Camp ,' LeJeune Naval Hospital and to Camp Davis before it was closed, i A report was made by the nomi nating committee composed ; of Mrs. G. D. Bennett, of Warsaw, Mrs.' I W. Williams of Rose Hill, and Mrs. L.' Southerland of Ke nansville. .The same officers were unanimously elected. - , . The meeting closed with prayer, i The officers of the Duplin Coun ty Chapter of the American Red Cross for the year 1945-46 are: Chapter Chairman, J. E.' Jerritt; Vice-Chairman and v War -Fund Chairman, G. H. Ulrich; Treas., F. W. McGowen; Executive Secretary and Home Service, Mrs. N. B . Boney; Food and Nutrition, Miss Hilda Clontz; Home and Farm Ac- cident Prevention, ' Mr. ' L, : F. ' Weeks ;"junlor Red Cross, Mrs. G. D. Bennett; Publicity, J. R, Grady ; and O. O. Phillips; Membership, Dallas Herring; Disaster Prepar edness, Dr. II. W, ColweU. Civilian Relief Com., F,; W, McGowen; First Aid and Safety, Mrs. F. W. McGowen and Mrs. Emory Sadler; ' Production, Mrs. H. L. Stevens, Jr; Home Nursing, Mrs. Souther land; l amp & Hospital Council, Mrs. Harvey Boney. ' , .' J v ' '- 'V On BOY! ALARM CLOCKS 3 OP A Just annonnoed that wonvb manufacturers will soon i' rt to turn out alarm clocks, ri frij. and other war-stop r- 1 gfuxls; but I r'pp Itoma ing Of Duplin County American PROCLAIMS JUNE DAIRY MONTH uovernor B. bregg Cherry, who has set aside June as Dairy Month, believes in mllfc as me penect health food. Here he is shown in an informal pose casually making a good meal of bread and a quart of milk at a Raleigh dairy lunch. Duplinite Helps To Take Japs Off Of Their Customary iice Diet PFC FELIX T. HEATH HELPS BAG 19 JAPS WiraTHE38TH Divison ON LUZON Driving twelve miles through dense jungle land bamboo thickets, a rifle company, of the 151st Infantry, including Pfc. Felix T. Heath, of Rt 1 Konnna. 1 ville, bagged nineteen Japs and captured many enemy weapons on J lt8 push to join force8 a sls. ter company. , j elt kill Bimrtaad ."th Nins. cultivating 1 a rice field. They grabbed for guns as the company approached, but to no avail. - -"Those Japs don't have to raise rice for a living any more," said Heath. ,- .-. ' -, ' The "Cyclone" Division soldier has been overseas for seventeen months, and now holds the Com batInfantry Badge, Philippines Liberation ribbon, and the Asiatic Pacific theater ribbon With three battle stars. DUPLIN1TES HOME FROM WAKE FOREST ; Returning this week from Wake Forest College are' six, Duplinites who were among the 600 Enrolled there 'this year. ',:':'f-":A-':-:, y,- They are: Eldridge M. Thigpen and Harvey Brinson of BeulaviUe Robert D. Maready of Chinqua pin, (Henry M. West, Jr, of Ke nansville,' G16ria Blanton of Tea chey, and Cassie Ruth Herring of Warsaw.;' .' i;. . 'J: -,A',. ; Maready and Miss Herring are taking the pre-medical course, Miss Blanton is enrolled in Re ligious Education, and Thigpen, Brinson and , West , are taking work leading to v the. ; regular Bachelor of Arts degree.' Miss Herring is a member the Euzellan Society West president of the Baptist training Union and sings bass in the Col lege Glee Club.' Miss Blanton is assistant In the Bursar's office, trensurer of the Baptist Student Vr ' n Cc '! f ! i '-Tit of KENAN SVILL E, H ORTH Red Cross "Dairy products are essential nrnintenarice-f-hunnm health and efficiency, both' on the fighting front and on the home front," declared Governor Cherry in his proclamation. ' ' WARSAW BOY PROMOTED TO CAPT. William MxTilltuni Rnxlr IT S Army, son of Mr. and Mrs. beorge Bennett, of Warsaw and husband of Mrs. Martha Hines Buck, was recently promoted to the rank of Captain, Captain Buck has been in the Army for several years. . Since being in foreign service he has been promoted twice. At present he is attached to the Marines on Okinawa. ( Captain Buck's only brother, Lt. Bob Buck, was killed in action Oct. 20, 1944. NEW BISHOP FOR lue i.uot Kev. V i net, at blaiU- Una Waters, former chancellor of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Richmond and director of .. the Diocesan Missionary Fathers, who was consecrated Bishop of the . See Of Raleltrh. N. C. last weak lit lilfhrrvmri V4'. t " TTot-a fcn l elimim In Va nra nrfiui' .t ' iioi. uunuu , m r . ,r t,t t CAKOLI N A - FRIDAY Typhoid Clinic Schedule The Duplin County Health De partment will hold' Typhoid Im munization clincs at the following piaces on ine louowutg aates. Also,' all children ' between the ages of six months and six years may obtain dlptheria toxoid, whooping ' cough and smallpox vaccine at this time. Tuesdays June 5 -12,-19 and 26. 9:00 A. M. 10:00 A. M. - Rheves Chapel. Russell Whitfield's Store. 11:00 A. M. 12:00 Noon 1:00 P. M. 2:00 P. M. Garner's Chapel Scott's Store. Outlaw's Bridge. Holt's Store. 3KX) P. M. Westbrook's Store. (B. F. Grady). Wednesdays June 6, 13, 20, 27. . 9:00 A. M. - Calypso, (Grice's Station). 10 :00 A. M. - Faison (City Hall) 11.00 A. M. - Bowden I Parker's Store). 2:00 P. M. Summerlin X-roads. 3:00 P. M. - Beautancus. Fridays June 8, 15, 22, 29. 9:00 A. M. - Wesley's Chapel. 1Q:00 A. M. - Sarecta. 10:30 A. M. Cabin. 11:00 A. M. Potter's Hill. . 11:30 A. M. - BeulaviUe White School Louise C. Abbott, P. H. N. Duplin County Health Dept. ROSE HILL MAN ENTERS SCHOOL FOR OFFICERS Bertice C. Scott, son of' Mrs.'Geor8e Conant, commercial mana. Lena Scott of Rose Hill, has re ported to Cornell University's Midshipman School after compi tlng"16 weeks of work ta, Colgate University's Navy Academic Refresher-Unit (V-T). Included among 61 men in Colgate'! seven th V-7 class, Scott waa graduated from - Rose Hill High School in 193S and received i&A, degree in 1942 from Atlantic Christian College. He Joined the Navy In October, 1942, and holds the ra ting of . aviation radioman first class. All men in 'the unit were selected after service with the fleet and two or more years of College work. Since joining the Navy Scott has participated in, several engagements in the Paci- fio and he has received the Pur ple Heart Sgt. Ben Bartlett In Naval Hospital SjSgt Ben Bartlett, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Bartlett, Jr., of Warsaw, is in a Naval hospital in Charleston, S. C. Sgt. Bartlett enlisted in the Marines two years ego and was in the Pacific about five months before being sent back to the States. . NORTH CAROLINA ing the ceremony, i I, He will be Installed In his new bishopric on June 5, by Bishop Peter L. Ireton of Richmond. He will replace" the Most Rev. Eugene McGinness. 'Coadiutor Biahnn of I Tulsa ni! Okiohnmn rif riv.J kr. 1- r j I I. n. n .. . . I ui viririnian ia do e p. ... ". . JUNE 1st., 1945 Local Boy Becomes ON THE STAGE IN PERSON JOHNNY MAC BROWN One of the highlights in the news is the coming of Johnny Mac Brown (pictured above) to the Wanoca Theatre, Wallace, in per son on Monday, June 4. Anyone who has had the pleasure of see ing this fine actor on the screen will know this to be a wonderful treat. Kenansville Lions Club Holds Meet Wed. Night The Kenansville Lions CluO met Wednesday night of last week. ger for the Tide Water Power Co. of Wilmington, lead in a discussion on post-war planning in towns and rural areas in the Tidewater section of Eastern North Qirolina, C4U1 1UUCJ, SCVACMAJ w M.. planning board of the city of Wil mington, assisted in the discuss ion. Supper was served at the Kenansville Cafe. EIGHT TO BRAGG FOR INDUCTION The following white men left Kenansville May 25th for induct ion at Ft. Bragg. They were Johnnie R. Grey, H. T. Brinson, W. B. Casey, JL H. Moore, B. U. Brinkley, R. J Jones Leslie Maready and L. M. Ken nedy. BeulaviUe Postmaster Transferred To Rural Route . W. Earl Gresham, former as sistant postmaster at BeulaviUe, has been recommended by Con gressman Graham A. Barden as acting postmaster at BeulaviUe. The present postmaster, John G. Kennedy, will be ransferred to Rural Route No. 2. This transfer came partly as a result of requests from a number of patrons on route two, He will take charge of his new duties as soon as his appointment is approved by the President. Mr. Kennedy was appointed act ing postmaster November 5, 1935. At that time the BeulaviUe office was in the lowest bracket In the third class Post Office, During his tenure of office it has grown more than any other (office in the coun ty, and on July 1st lt will be en- ered into the highest bracket of third class offices. This growth in. dicates the untiring efforts that Mr, Kennedy has put forth in ren dering the most efficient service to the patrons of tlje office. The equipment in the Beulaville off Joe xar aoove the average third class office. This, too, is a credit to Mr. Kennedy, he being instru mental In interesting local parties to purchase some of the equipment now In use, as the Post Office De partment does not furnish ade quate equipment . Mrs, Louise Bracber will contin ue her duties as assistant Post master, " a position she has held lInce November, f Mr. Gresham has been on leave tf absence since Nov 1 049 tmnlnvpH In ) . !. . Ljk . . 1 f urraeni u lonarM it Hnm. lt - .a: ... . '""IU8 Who Is Now In Eagle Scout Last Rites of Miss Ella Cox of Magnolia. Died At Her Home Frjday Night, May 25, 1945 Last -rites for the beloved Miss Ann Ella Cox, of Magnolia,' were held Saturday afternoon at 4:30, P. .M., in the Magnolia Baptist Church. Rev. J. B. Sessoms, Bap tist pastor and Rev. F. M. Baine, pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Rose Hill, conducted the ser vice. Mr. Sessoms. who has fre quently visited her during the last six years when she was ill and knew her faith and patient suffer ing, paid beautiful tributes to her. She was the daughter of the late James W. and Mary Carroll Cox and 'was born In Wayne Ccfunty on February 19th, 1861 and moved to Kenansville with her parents soon after the Civil War, and to Mag nolia about fifty years ago. She was 84 years of age and one of the oldest citizens of Magnolia. In early womanhood she became a member of Grove Presbyterian Church in Kenansville and was a most loyal member and devout christian. She was trusted and loved by a host of old and young. She is survived by one sister, Miss Macy Cox, of the home, one bro ther, D. Sam Cox of Raleigh, and the following nieces and nephews: Chas P. Gaylor of Goldsboro, Miss Melrose Gaylor of Zebulon School Faculty, Mrs. J. 0. Andrews of Raleigh, Mrs. J. H. Alpers 'of Rich- , Washington, Miss Minnie Lee Herring of Richmond, Va., and Lloyd S. Cox of Daytona Beach, Florida. Charles Gaylor and wife, and Miss Melrose attended the funeral Mr. Cox was here several days and also attended the funeral. The choir sweetly sang approp- riate songs at the church and at I the Rutledee Cemeterv in Kenans-1 ville where she was laid to rest in the family plot; with her two brothers, Clayton and Frank and her parents, and three sisters, Mrs. Dora Cox Herring, Mrs. Hattie Cox Gaylor and Miss Minnie Lee Cox. Her grave was completely covered with beautiful flowers. Active pallbearers were officers of her Church, "Capt." J. E. Jer ritt, R. V. Wells, S. L. Farrell, Mr. Ed Littleton, Leon Merritt and J. B. Stroud. Honorary pellbearers were Dr. R. F. Quinn, J. A. Smith, J. P. Tucker, J. E. Hamilton, and S. B. Hunter. General expressions of Miss Ella are "She was one of the best wo men I ever knew." She was one of the dearest sisters and "Aunties" in the world and her nieces and nephews were most loyal and de voted to her. 'Good night beloved, sleep and take thy rest. Lay down thy head upon the Saviour's breast. We love thee well but Jesus loves thee test. Good night, good night, good night Only good night beloved, not farewell; a little while and all His saints shall dwell in hallowed union indivisible, good night good night, good night By her sister, Macy Cox. FROM OUR BOYS The following is a letter and,ra nearest; our son, brother and prayer received by Mrs. John W. men(V nas gone to you. Oh God, , Shaffer from John B'. Hall, TM 2c. 1 we worshiP yu'" we believe in John is a Kenansville boy and isThee; we believe in each and ev-: now serving on the U. S. S. Prai- i one Promises- Now we rie - Division 6. John was always' in the habit of affectionately call Ing Mrs. Shaffer "Mom". J'-,.; Dear. Mom and Sisters ' '. "Go forth and set men free' were the words of "Christ," spo- ken over nineteen hundred years i ago, whose words are still with us. directing the foot-steps of .those men which are free. Those are the words to which "John, Jr.," responded. He went forth under the orders of Christ and we mav t .m w , did his best to carry out those or ders. ' VSOT lOVed Ones. W must ImW 00 OUT De8t as "John" nmnl !.. ' - -- do. TTothlnff w. tn ..i.. No. 22 The Service Of Troop 50 C. B. Guthrie Jr. Awarded Eagle Scout Badge Just before the close of the -service In the Baptist Church, , Sun daw morning, May 20, Char- ?' les B. Guthrie, Jr., now in the United States Navy, and home on short furlouch. received the award of Eae-le Scout, the highest rank i in Scouting. . 4 The Eagle Scout Badge was presented by J. E. Jerritt, Chair man of Duplin County District of Tuscarora Council, and his mother, Mrs. C. B. Guthrie, pinned . i the badge on Charles. The presentation was'very im- St pressive as Charles is attached to the Navy and so many of the boys formerly members of Troop No. 50 of Kenansville are now in ser vice. The following Scouts of Troop 50 being in service are: Eric Long, Billie Whitfield, Osborn Grady, Durwood Albertson, Joe Bowman, Durwood Murray, Beecher Sitter son, Carlton Dobson, Robert La nier, H. E. Sanders, Jr., John Hall, Marshall Brock, Norwood Boney, Jr.,- Jimmie Jerritt, and Willie B. Pettiway. Joe Quinn and Henry West, Jr., will soon enter the service. Capt. Joe E. Morrison, a former Scout Master, is now chaplain in the United States Army in the South Pacific. Tribute was paid to Capt. Mon roe Wicker, a .former Scout. Mas ter of Troop 50, who lost his life in the invasion of Africa, and also to Pvt. Johnnie .Shaffer, a former member of Troop $0. who 'lost his life in the invasion of Germany. Tribute was also paid to the memory of Joe Penny, perhaps one or the most outstanding Scouts in North Carolina and who contributed so much to "Organizing Troop 50 several years ago. Scout executive Bob Wolfe was unable to be present and sent his regrets. , To become an Eagle Scout it is required that you have at least 21 Merit Badges; Hike 14 miles; camp out 50 nights; learn to save lives from drowning; render first, aid to injured; know birds by their calls and colors; be familiar with plant life; appreciate the great out of doors; and live close to nature and God. The Community is deeply In-,; debted to Clifton Brinson, present : Scout Master of Troop 50, for his fine work among the boys and his unselfish spirit In rendering this . wonderful service to boyhood God" charting our course. John B. Our Father: . Through these heavy clouds of mankind's sinful ways, hear our cries and see our tears. We are weak and filled with earthly de sires which are taking us contin ually farther down the. road to complete damnation. . ': Our Saviour, strengthen us; shape us and mould us so that we might have the courage to look forever upward, seekinsr the eternal life which only you can give us. A man who was our nearest P wltn aching hearts and helpless hands, that you will guide us up the narrow path of right-"; eouaness through which he walked; give us the strength to complete the mission for which he so noble- worked. and our Father, when- . ever you would call, let us be wor- thy to use those gates through i which he entered "The Kingdom I . of Heaven.",-. .-. , . - V, Amen. KKvr tWAma .Ttt,. W STAMPS VALIDATED ITva new blue stamos. worth i a points each and five new red i - "..(fuuiw ncg, da mmt TnniT v " mum lt. 1 r m it I ' "4 " 1 .''- ' 10 uie r: r "y of the "wu, ruu, as Jf LFS at Redland i , , : , . -y ri.rTj til F1 pi x. v.,. v I ; rTlen v-('i
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