VOLUME 13
KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28th., 1945
No. 52
CHRISTMAS, 1945.
For the first time in five years
the people of Duplin County cele
brated the joyous Christmas sea
son without the existance of a dev
astating war but with many homes
missing the absent service man
who has not yet returned from the
scene of battle.
It was indeed a happy Christ
mas for the nation, recently em
erged victorious from the most
threatening wars of its existance.
The fact that the scourge of con
flict did not scar the continental
area of this country does not mean
that the hand of war was not
heavy upon the land.
In celebrating the birth of the
Prince of Peace, the people of the
United States exhibited a broad
tolerance that made the occasion
a festival for all people regard
less of faith.
The day was marked, as usual,
by religious services, the giving of
gifts, the exchange of salutations,
the merriment of delighted chil
dren and the deep, if less exu
berant, joy of those of mature
years.. Altogether it was a day of
happiness for millions of people,
which is, after all, something
worthwhile.
We hope the good people of
Duplin exhibited their traditional
concern for those who, because of
a variety of reasons, might oth
erwise lacked the essentials of a
happy occasion.
It is hard for our loved service
men to be away from home and
loved ones, now that the war is
over,' and it is just as tough on
their loved ones at home. This un
fortunate, if unpreventable, situa
tion will be remedied, we are
jure, before another. Christmas
rolls around. At the same time
the disappointment should be tem
pered by the realization that but
for those overseas, and in camps
at nome, serve uie cause we cele
brate. With their services, and
those of others now happily pres
ent, the celebration of Christmas
would not have assumed such
splendid proportions.
KENANSVILLE SOLDIER
IS ON WAY HOME
Cpl. Walter, Kenan, Jr., of Ken,
ansville is now on his way home
from Pearl Harbor. Walter is one
of the 1,050 high-point veterans
now returning on the USS Celeno.
William D. Campbell
Dies In Wallace
Funeral services for William
David Campbell, 76, of Wallace,
who died at his home Friday
morning of last week were held
Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clolk
with the Rev. J. M. Murray, pas
tor of the Wallace Presbyterian
church, officiating. Interment was
in Rockfish Cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, Janie
Murphy Campbell; three daugh
ters, Miss Lena M. Campbell, of
New York City, Mrs. Rufus A.
Hunter and Miss Janie Virginia
Campbell of Raleigh; two sons,
Major Francis W. Campbell of
the U. S. Air Corps, and James
David Campbell of Wallace.
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RECEIVES DISCHARGE !
( Jack Sitterson returned to his
I home in Kenansville on Saturday. I
! He has received his discharge from '
I the Navy where he has served for
the past year and a half.
JURORS LISTED
JANUARY TERM
SUPERIOR COURT
Criminal
JURORS LISTED
L JANUARY TERM
SUPERIOR COURT
Civil
FROM THE
COUNTY AGENT'S
OFFICE
DONT FORGET ! ! !
The donations received up to ,
now on the piano for the local
prison camp Sunday School are:
Rev. Mr. Broome, $1.00 Col. Bap
tist Church, $10.25. ,
Please leave your contributions ;
with Mr. C. E. Quinn or Claude i
L. Taylor.
RECEIVES PROMOTION
Fred D. Hamrick, of the Legal
Division of the Navy, was promot
ed to Lt. Commander on Decem
ber 17, 1945. Lt. Commander of
Rutherfordton married Miss Eu
nice Boney of Rose Hill, daughter
of Mrs. Inez C. Boney and the late
Harvey Boney.
Lloyd Sanderson1, -HilHe McNol
Iis, J. D. Evans, Vann Norris. L.
B. Bradshaw, J. T. Thomas, Adrian
S. Bostic, Sam Herring, R. C.
Moore, Geo. Maready, W. J. Rob
erts, J. H. Byrd, Edwin D. Wells,
Sr., L. F. Johnson, S. H. Britt, Jr.,
P. H. Aldridge, Oscar . Fusscll, L.
W. Duff, Flave kennedyT Ammle
Garner, Alonza Dail, Ed Kornegay,
I. N. Sanderson. O D. Fountain,
H. L. Fountain, Alvin Smith, A.
S. Quinn, McCoy Kennedy, Eddie
Paul Thigpen, Alonza Pate. D. II.
Carlton, and Earl Williams.
Jim D. Dixon, C. D. Lre, JocJ
Jones, Albert Kennedy, j. W. Rit
ter, Henry R. Cates, J. C. I.lercer,
Arthur Brown, A. L. Hargrove
W. G. Blanchard, Edward S. Wil
liams, James Ezzell, H. C. Jones,
L. T. Sanderson, G. K. Aldridge,
Edwin Usher, R. H. Maready,
John Dixon, Daniel Whitfield, W.
T. Gresham, A. D. Hunter, Perry
1 inchey, Alton Mercer, D. H.
Sliolar, Luther James, M. H.
King, Jesse Swinson, J. W. Cottle,
C. V. Thomas, W. D. Bradshaw,
J. H. Bryant, and Raymond Grady.
(Official AAF Photo)
Miami Beach, Fla. With pride
written all over his face, Mr. Ches
ley Williams of Rt. 1, Beulaville,
displays a 7 ft. 4 in. sailfish caught
during a fishing trip at Miami
Beach. Mr. Williams, with his
wife, and son, Cpl. Norman Wil
liams, are enjoying a two week
holiday .at this famous resort as
honored guests of the U. S. Army
Air Force.
Here under a program to give
all Air Force prisoners of the Jap
anese an opportunity to have fun,
rest and relaxation in the luxur-
' ious environment of this famous
resort.. Cpl. Williams is having his
first fling since being released af
ter 3 1-2 years in a prison camp
.a Japan.
Cpl. Williams enlisted in the
1285 WAR PRISONERS
HELPING ON FARMS
Despite the fact that fieid work
in North Carolina is now confined
largely to picking cotton and
sowing small grain, a total of
1,285 prisoners of war are still em
ployed in the agricultural pur
suits in this slate. Califorr.a leads
with 12,108 war prisoners and
Colorado is second with 11,219.
There are now 115, 369 prison
ers of war employed in agricul
ture throughout the country.
service on Nov. 29, 1939 and was
at Clark Field in the Philippines
on Dec. 7th, 1941. He fought the
Japanese there and on Mindonao
Island until captured May 10th,
1942. After 4 months in a prison
camp in the Philippines, he was
placed aboard a steamer and sent f war, the WPB had to terminate
to Japan. Working 12 hours a day its activities rather abrutly and,
in a copper-smelting plant was his J therefore, the War Activities Corn
lot until liberated on September mittee of the Pulpwood Consum
4th of this year. During his im- ing Industries were asked to mail
DUPLIN TIMES GET
COMMENDATION
I ear Editor:
One of the last official acts per
formed by Mr. J. A. Krug, Chair
man of the War Production
Board, was to authorize the award
of a special certificate of com
mendation to newspapers which
have done outstanding jobs during
the 1945 Victory Pulpwood Cam
paign. War Production Board oilicials
felt that the tremendous 1945
production goals could not have
been approached with out the pa
triotic support extended by your
newspaper.
With the sudden ending of the
First Week (7th)
C. P. 7;.iker, Sam Sumner,
Presto-: Register, R. D. Boone,
Paii! J. Fountain. James II. Gay
lnr, J. ii. Rhodes. Warren W. Max
well, D. L. Pate, Ralph Butts, J.
II. Sanderson. Wm. F. Dail. C. E.
Hall, Wiliio Orndy. L. Kornegay,
jA. G. Jack..jn, P. T Cameron,
J George Whaley, W. C. Fussell, I.
V. Outlaw, K. V. Thigpen. N. A.
j Kennedy. O. D. Fountain, J. W.
Peterson. C. D. Sloan. Bryant
Smith, Henry Wilson, J. G. Rich,
J. A. Wilson, L. A. Brinson, L. D.
Sheffield, Jesse Outlaw, Q. B.
Teachcy, W. M, Brinson, and
C. V. Rivenbark.
Second Week (14th)
Joshua Joiies, R. D. Harper, R.
D. Penny, Andrew Jones, W. D.
Grady, D. F. Johnson, E. II. Wood
ward, J. W. Bryan, B. P. Waters,
F. II. Johnson, B. V. Byrd, Frank
Raker, Eugene P. Best, Carl Ivey,
E. B. Carr, D. E. Best, Clyde E.
Fountain, Wilton Sumner, J.
Lester Mathews, John Houston,
C. C. Thigpen, Walter Rhodes, C.
R. Edwards, J. B. Kennedy, Jr.,
Ransom Fountain, O. H. Best, J.
On December 1, a Duplin Coun
ty USD A Council was organized
to replace the County War Board.
Some of the activities of the new
Council are to obtain information
for the Selective Service pertain
ing to Registrants, and to coordin
ate the Agricultural program
throughout the County. All Agri
cultural Agencies serving in the
I County are represented in the new
organization.
The first meeting was held in
the Agricultural Building Friday
night, Dec. 14. Mr. Robinson of
the Wayne County Soil Conserva
tion Service appeared on the pro
gram. He discussed various soil
conservation practices. He illu
strated his talk by using colored
pictures on the screen.
The net meeting is scheduled
to be held Monday night, January
14, 1946. At this meeting a per
manent pasture program for Du
plin County will be worked out.
prisonment he lost 50 of his 150
pounds, but good medical attention-
and square meals since being
freed have brought him back al
most to normal. He wears the
Good Conduct Medal, Asiatic-Pacific
ribbon witlf battle star, Philip
pine Defense and American De
fense ribbons.
this certificate to you.
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JOBS WAITING FOR
DISCHARGED VETERANS
This award is going to you un
der separate cover. You will also
find enclosed a mat, which is a
replica of the certificate, and
which carries the name" of your
newspaper for easy reproduction
by you, if you so desire.
The War Activities Committee lines Hymn, George West,
joins with the War Production I Liebcstraum and Trepak,
Board in extending the recogni-! nctte Boyette.
tion due you, and in expressing
Miss Fannie Lewis
Presents Studio Recital
Miss Fannie Lewis presented
I Music Class in a Studio Recital
I I liday afternoon, Dec. 14th at the
Warsaw High School.
The program follows:
' Peasant Dance and The Mul
berry Bush, Elizabeth West.
- Blur Bells of Scotland and From
A Wigwam, Benny Hobbs.
March of the Giants and Ma-
Sugar stamp 8 now valid, ex
pire Dec. 31.
STOP SALE PUT ON
BLUE SEAL FEEDS
Cancellation of the Nor th Caro
lina sales permit for Blue Seal
Dairy Feed, Blue Seal Hog Feed,
and Blue Seal Scratch - all manu
factured by the Power City Mills
of Elizabethtown, Tenn. - is an
nounced by Assistant Agriculture
Commissioner D. S. Coltrane.
He said that analysis showed
that the dairy feed contained by
products which are prohibited
feed ingredients in this State. It
was also mislabeled.
The other two feeds also did not
comply with State requirements.
An
us appreciation for your loyal
I aid during the war years. The
Whether he is a butcher, baker need continues for peak pulpwood
$5,000,000 ELIZABETH KEHMV
INSTITUTE CAMPAIGN
M0 iTfflE CHILD OH EARTH SHOULD Bf fiSKSO
10 SUFFCB PAIN. HUMILIATING DEfOSMmiSCS
OfHWC0MPtlCfttl0$0NCCIS$fiRay" '
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or candlestick maker, in most in
stances a job awaits the veteran
being discharged from world war
two.
Though the case might be either
one of titting the man to the job.
or fitting the job to the man, the
U. S. Employment Service is
Johnny-on-the-spot to take care of
every need. As each veteran be
comes a civilian he has an oppor
tunity of investigating a list of
2,000 job opportunities now avail
able in North Carolina. 500 differ
ent types of jobs are listed: skilled,
semi-skilled, and unskilled, with
salaries ranging from $26 to $78
weekly.
Though a number of placements
have been made by directly bring
ing a veteran together with a
prospective employer, in most in
stances, the veteran is reff erred
to the branch of the nearest US
ES nearest his home. This avoids
unfruitful uests resulting when a
particular position is filled during
the interval between a man's dis
charge and the time he is ready
to go to work.
Mere popular even than direct
placements is the "on the job
training program" offered by a
number of N. C. employers. In
this program an unskilled veteran
becomes an apprentice and be
sides his pay, receives a subsist
ence allowance from the govern
ment of $25 or $50, depending on
whether he is married or not.
Though primarily designed to
help veterans find suitable em
ployment, USES Is also the agen
cy for the filing of veterans' claims
for unemployment allowable un
der the readjustment allowance
act. j
production during the nation's re
conversion and recovery period in ,
order to help restore American .
industry to normal production and j
to provide jobs and prosperity for
all in the community.
We know that you will continue !
to give your valuable support dur
ing this critical period.
Sincerely,
Frank Block, Director .
I
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SUGAR STAMP 39
IS GOOD JAN. 1.
39 will be
5 pounds of
Sugar Stamp No.
good January 1 for
sugar.
Sugar Ration Stamp No. 38 will
expire on December 81.
The new 39 stamp will be good
until April SO.
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ucitio iviae ijiaiiciiara
I inuian iJance anu Ui, lip xue,
Aiine Britt.
iViidnigiil Lxpress and i-rciicii
National Air, Joseph Nassn.
Knignl itupert, Laura West.
Canzonetla and Tarentcila, by
Letty West.
Waltz in G Hat and Waltz in A
ilat, Barbara Thompson.
Praeludium and Juba, Mary El
lis West.
Morning Prayer, and Minuette,
Mildred Benson. I
Nocturnl in E flat and Minute
Waltz, Martha Nassif.
TOBACCO BRINGS
HIGH PRICES
Producers of flue-cured tobacco
in North Carolina received $331,
016,311 for 750,273,829 pounds of
leaf sold in this state through
November 30, according to the
Markets division of the State De
partment of Agriculture.
SALES STOPPED ON
LAYING MASH
I The State Agricultural Depart
ment has announcedthat the reg
istration for Red Bird Laying
Mash has been canceled in North
Carolina and stop-sale orders
have been issued.
Manufactured by the Southern
Milling Company of Agusta, Ga
the feed was found mislabeled as
to chemical analysis and ingredi
ents used. The feed was saw ihert
in protlea eeateat
Shortages in materials for pack
aging food will continue during
the coming year but no bottle
necks are expected.
Stainless steel does not darken
in cooking alkaline feeds as alum
inum does but once darkened by
overheating or scorching, it can
not be brightened as aluminum
can.
Uo 0UP PEADEPS
anct
FRIENDS,..
SLEEPING SICKNESS
BEING CONTROLLED
' "Sleeping sickness," , a killing
brain disease which used to take
a heavy toll among horses and
mules, has, ceased to be a menace
here or in any other state, accord
ing to Dr. William Moore, State
Agriculture Department veterin
arian,, - k
bookkeeping. The
future only as Its
The New Year Is the traditional season of hope. Hope for a lasting peace. Hop for
a speedy reunion with lovpd ones far distant Hope for happiness and hope for health,
Each of us has a stake Jn this harvest of hope. How wVreap will depend on how we
cultivate the opportunities that lie ahead. 1 j
Just as a merchant takestodt t the beetoning of jot New Year and closes his booht
on the Old. so we at this season ought ta take tnenlaB inventory and do some spiritual
past is good Mr w Its oxhIeTmetats,strengthen us for the tasks of the
mistakes teachSi leatott for theflmprovemeht of tomorrow.
The road of the past was paved witlns
the road of the future with hopk confidencevun
The world Is no better or no worse thar-we ourselves make it It Is the sum of thousands
of communities like our own, all'added togetheWe eaih hare responsibilities as Individ
uals and citizens to make it bitter. n ,
With the coming of 1946 let jus resolve to work and live so that peace on earth may.be
a reality rather than a dreaJLThen the horrors of blattleNwill not be visited on (he next
r
scon
iers
tent and tyranny. We must pave
folding and neighborUnees .
of tea
morrow will not have to go forth to war.
feneration and the sons
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The future offers challenging opportunities. Strengthened by our nation's achieve- ;
ments In the past four years. vvi can meet these opportunities with confidence. i
So lt Is with a spirit of hope, fortified by a feeling of thankfulness that mis newspaper
asks for every one of you j