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. Ji ... i i ,.,.J if . ', ".'. -y .'V.":.,V; - "' lt.-i V .t;" ;,,i -1 VOLUME NU.V.:n FOUSTECN KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA JRID AY, APRIL 26th., 1946 No. 17 O V r t ' r 1 A' 5) Berry Festival Prevue BeiHeldWallace Sat. . , The Mighty Sixth Anntial North , Carolina s Strawberry Festival of ficially open on May lit at 10 . AM with a tpectacular street pa rade . featuring soldier, bands, , ':'' beautiful, floats, . pretty girls, and ' other eye-filling attractions. The parade will form In the upper t section and wind its colorful way ; through town . to the exposition grounds. " '-'' On the grounds, AwiU be the Bull " ock Amuhementu with every type . pf riding devices, clean concessions .' ' land entertaining shows, also, fea- -3 " tured nightly on the midway is, a ' ! - Dig tree act, "Thev Great Calvert" I fKlnof-the'Hlifh Wire). " -The large exposition building is crowded with educational and '" 'commercial reKhlblts .from .New " Tork, Atlanta; Detroit; Milwaukee . as weU locally. These exhibits 0 are a-show -themselves .and the . .. DUiioing naa oeen iransiormea in to a fairyland of color and beauty, r In the "center ' large theatre aud r ltorlum has been constructed and 5 ' on Its-'.jtqrty. foot stage, big me shows and 'bands'. "will perform -. -daiiy,;: ; ; . I 'St- On May 1, and 2, Geo. B. Hay, ' , 1 fcJVJ. i,. VH. w UUV T. tr ' - & t 91 V M J! ff . sent u enure . umit win vpijr r - fronvWSM, Nashville, Tenn for niafmee'and evening shows. ; ' i "" rtn- Mm Snt Tniilv RumpII and Ut'i'her. Meet The'GlrU"' in a big v- nroaaway nevue wui svpiac ui XJrajMt'Opry Show,- featuring, the A1 t beautiful girls -to the world. 'swD&niW HOW-..' grpupjtkf girls from Ears-Carroll's Suppe- Club' xf HallywUbd who ; f will tage special midnight shows - aH praceealf from these special midnightttiurlesque shews will go useaior tnew iiut muiaing iunai Also on the evening of May 3rd the J "Strawberry Ball" will be staged with two orchestras per- formlng In "The Battle Of The Oon whlch meets in Raleigh at 11 Bands.1; Dancing will-start a o'clock a. m,. Thursday, May 2, 11:30 PM and continue until vdll be named. The resolutions O'clock Saturday morning.. - an) : platform Committee ' will i Regulaxlshows" and attractions,10 ?rePrt- . will hold sway every day and on f May 7, will be Governors Day, at A 1 which,' time several - Governors, "t Senators, , Congressmen and ever , . ' two hundred Mayors from all over North. Carolina will meet at the ' Festival for fun and frolic. There - will also be a street parade at 11 '-v'AM on May 7th. That-evening ? : , Governor R. Gregg Cherry wiU ' ';. officially crown the winner of the 'Queen's ConterM,'N()rtt MCaro. ' ! . f Una Strawberry Queen", In a brU- ft tha . '.A' v-r ' VT. 2 vl'old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. rcTszzFzzrzzzi held with Betty McQulre and her Faraoui' All-Girl Orchestra provl dlng the " music and vocal back ground. 'Thursday, May 9th will be White" Children's School Day, I all white school children and tea- chers will be admitted free and ' special attractions have been Jined up for them. May 10 is Colored Day, vail colored school children ; and teachers will be admitted free, Brown Baron and his Orchestra and the Famous Brownskin Mod els will play for the afternoon and evening shows . and a dance. , . Another big dance will be held on the evening of the concluding day which Is May 11th. - During the entire eleven days there, will be something doing ev ery minute of the day and night. By all. Indications this will truly be the largest celebration In the Carolina and one of the most out standing , events ' In the ' entire Southland. .The "Strawberry Ted tlval" .has become known far and wide and has brought fame, and publicity $o Duplin County and all Southeastern Carolina. The riatlon's wheat farmers, not sure of the outcome for the 1946 rrop and hot liking present prices, - not rushing wheat to market ; The "Sixth Annual Nftrth Caro lina Strawberry Festival" will hold its gala prevue on Saturday night. April 27, with the selection of the "Strawberry Queen'', in a gala Bathing Beauty Parade and Pageant. Scores of Southeastern Carollna's"most beautiful - girls will compete in this contest for the coveted title of "Strawberry Queen". Judges will be represen tatives from the motion picture industry who have been sent here especially for this occasion by Uni ted Artists, Paramount and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studios. The judging will be by looks, figure, height, weight" and measurements and these movie ' experts know what It takes to make the famous 'American Beauty.' The lucky girl who is selected as "Strawberry Queen" will have the time of her life. Not Only will she receive nation-wide publicity but a free trip to Hollywood where she will meet the stars and be en tertained by Kay Kyser.. She will reign aver .'the 'Queen's Ball' and be feted in many ways. r.t '; Dr. Gooding Tallci s :Tb Lfoiis Club u Dr. G.-'V. Gooding, acting nealth officer for Duplin, addressed the local Uons Club here at its Wed nesday dinner; Dr. Gooding dis cussed the current Cancgj, Drive. Convention Saturday . DemocraU of the County will gather at the Courthouse in Ke nanivilla Saturday mornine. Anril at u q'oOl for thenr bien nial County Convention. At the Convention 35 delegates and 35 altornatmi trt tha State Conven- um7 m.n,lK u- tive Committee will meet immedi ately after the" Convention ad journs. The Precinct Chairmen compose the Executive Committee. judge Henry I Stevens of War saw will deliver the keynote ad dress. ..,. ,.. . CALYPSO GIRL TO ; -GIVE BIBLE RECITAL I " Barbara Jean Wilson, 10-year- j. wuson i co, wm give . Bible memory work recital at the Calypso . Baptist church services Sunday morning, April 28. She appeared on the program before and her repeat, performance next Sunday is by request. v ,. Miss Wilson won the Baptist Training - Union junior memory work contest at the Warsaw Bap tist church on December 7th, 1945, and on March 17, 1946. She also won the tournament at the region al "Baptist Training Union con vention at the First Baptist church In Lumberton March 30. Her brother, Braxton Wilson, and Mrs. E. T . Register, training leader, accompanied her to ' the convention in Lumberton. " T r - She Is now eligible for the State Training Union Assembly at Ridgecrest June 20th to 26th. Local Colored Seaman '.. ; On Way Home l Ellis Faison, S lc, of Kenans ville is now at Pearl Harbor a- waltlng' shipment to the nearest I geparauo,, to hls home to become a civilian once more. ' : ,V- Farm wage rates In the XT. S. to- LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENED IN A I lUNDSED YEARS The tiny train shown above is the Seaboard Railway's first The locomotive was built in England and shipped to America by sailing vessel. Christened the "Raleigh", this half-pint engine was running from Portsmouth, Va., to Raleigh, N, C, In 1846. The "Raleigh" weighed ten tons and- boasted a top speed of 20 miles per hour. Thus .she was the marvel of her PROCLAMATION Governor R. Gregg Cherry,' this week issued the following proc lamation: Whereas: North Carolina veter ans by the thousands are refitting themselves for peace after fight ing a victorious conclusion of all wars. There are among these vet erans several thousand men and women who suffered injury and Illness while in the service of their country; and who, therefore, stand In the need of vocational rehabili tation;" ' : Their ble bodied brothers and sisters jsiso require assistance as they seek to re-establish them selves in the economic and social life of their communities: .. "Jobs and Job-training opporT unities are among the primary needs of these veterans whose sacrifices can never be fully pro vided for: "The responsibility Is ours," as citizens of North Carolina to see that these opportunities are pro vided now. Therefore': I, R. Gregg Cherry, by virtue of the authority vested in me as governor of the State of North Carolina, do proclaim the week of April 29 May 4, in the year of our Lord nineteen hund red and forty six, to be Veteran's Opportunity Week.- .v. And X call on our citizenship to make, victory meaningful for our veterans by providing opportunity for them to achieve their foxhole dreams. -r r- t-v. ' : The House agriculture committ ee has voted unanimously for the withdrawl of subsidy payment to meat packers. ' : ;' Aubrey Cavenaugh Says Million Dollar Rain Aubrey Cavenaugh, Warsaw Insurance Agent, said the county enjoyed a million dollar rain last night Father Neptune could not have, done the tobacco growers in Duplin a greater favor than send ing the rain at this 'time. A large number of planters have been set. ting tobacco this week and by the end of next week practically ev pry trnnro field In t? fi county time. " - -v.. : v The giant locomotive below the "Raleigh"; is th "Rail Master -world's largest and most powerful diesel-electrlo. Generating 3,000 horsepower in a single unit, the big fellow weighs1 in at nearly 600,000 pounds' and will cruise along at 120 miles per hour. The train in tow is Seaboard's famous "Silver Meteor", '" Attention Parents To The Parents in Duplin County Who Have Children to Enter First Grade of School Next FalL The Duplin County Health De partment wishes to remind paren ts v of children beginning school next fall that before entering they must present evidence that the child has been successfully vacci nated against small pox, diptheria and. whooping cough unless the child has had whooping cough. A certificate of immunization against these diseases must be ob tained from the family physician or the Health Department and presented to the principal on the opening day of school. If you did not have your child immunized at the pre-school clinic recently held in the schools thru out the county you may do so in the clinics listed below at the fol lowing places on the following days and hours: , Mondays - 9:30 - 11:30 A. M., Kenansville, at the Health De partment, v Thursdays - 9:00 11:00 A. M Faison, City HalL 10:00 . 11:00 A. M. Warsaw City Hall. -, '. ' . ' .' :- -. 2:00 . 3:00 P. M., Rose Hill City HalL.. ' ' . '-. ' 3:00 - 4:00 P. M., Wallace City Hall. ,'. Saturdays: 9:00 - 11 KW A. M. Kenansville at the Health Depart ment. MORRISON ISSUED PILOT'S LICENSE Rev. J. G. Morrison, pastor of the Kenansvile, Hallsville and Beulaville churches, and Chaplain in World War H, received his pilot's license In Wallace Wed nesday after going through a flight test under C A., inspector Jack Stephens of Jacksonville, N. C. A minimum of 40 hours of flying is required to receive a license. Mr. Morrison has two brothers who are commercial pilots. . : fires and keep forests green. , . i ii 4 . j ; :',',- '. i i ' ii i i e ! '' Virtually all N. C. meat packers The "Welfare Department took have discontinued cattle slaugh-ta car load of folks to Duke Hoa ter because they contend that preg pital and another one to the Golds ent price controls prohibit any boro Clinic last week for treat- -" ;": ' , ......".mrsit, .., 1 . . ... . , .,1 ...... . . , . V ,,..-,. ..... 't , .,- -f. Wcrsaw Planning Town Improvements; uvir I)t Mass Meeting Called For Tuas. Wight . -TIT -M. :.tt ..;rv,: - ', "Ernest' "Slim" Dall says the TIMES carried, too much bull last week. "Slim"' observed that on the back page the paper had pictures of politicians and on .the front page pictures of F. F. A. and 4-H Club calves.. 'It's bull on the front and bull on the back" he said. r Well, any way, half of the bull is cut out this week. Home Demonstration Notes ' ' From Duplin County Home Demonstration Office - Duplin 4-H Health Contest Eleanor Wallace, of the Chin quapin Senior 4-H Club, was cho sen Queen of Health of Duplin County and C L. Whitfield, of the B. F. Grady Senior 4-H Club, as King of Health in Duplin. The Final County exam was held on April 23, in Kenansvilel. Dr. G. V. Gooding, County Doctor, examined the entries with the help of Miss Mary Lee Sykes, County Nurse, and Mrs.' Remus Outlaw. The King and Queen of Health of each local club enter the Coun ty Contest as follows: ' Kenans viUe 'School f Senior Club. Jean TyndalL -and Joe "West. I Jtmlor Ciub. Mary Beth South vlandi "hd .Steve Goodins. ? Ui ' nd. ( junior uuD.Amce iveiiy. ana George Ulrich. "Wallace School, Senior Fannie Mae : White, and Club, Max Sykes. Junior Club, Joyce Caudell, and Harry Carlton. , Warsaw School, Jean Miller, and Hugh Carlton. . Calypso School, Eleanor Carter, and Charles Waters. Faison School, Jean Shutt, and Kenneth Warren. Chinquapin School, Senior Club, Eleanor Wallace, and Brown. Alfred : Junior Club, Ro$e Alma Lanier, and Alois William. - The King and Queen of Health and the Four .County. Council Of ficers, President, Max Sykes, Sec retary,' Mittle Ruth Wallace, V President,' Hugh Carlton and Re porter Janet Booey , will ride on the County 4-H Float In the Pa rade at the .Wallace Strawberry Festival, May 1 and 7th. The crowning of King and Queen of Health will take place at the Fed eration in May. . 1 Duplin Native Moves To Puerto Rica . Mrs. Rollins C Snelllng, the former Amelia Grady, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Grady of Al bertson Township, writes ' the TIMES that she arid her husband are on their way to Puerta Rica, Where-they will reside for the next two years. Mr. Snelllng is in the armed forces.' v Prior to her marriage Mrs. Snel llng was employed in the Agricul tural office here. Nice Crowd Attends Sunriso Services It was. reported 'that about 75 local people attended the Easter Sunrise Services, held on the lawn in front of the Methodist church here Sunday morning, . A large congregation was In at tendance at the Baptist church at the eleven o'clock, service. Xi i North Carolina, one of the orig inal 13 states. Is again one of the original 13 states now participa ting u a campaign to prevent v - Carl Smith Drops Out Commissioner Race Former Coroner Carl Smith of Hallsville filed his Intentions of becoming a candidate for county commissioner from the Third Dis trict. Last Saturday he came to Kenansville and announced that he would not be a candidate. This leaves the field to incumbent Ty son Lanier and Archie Lanier. COUNTY DRIEFS The North Carolina social ser vice conference, convenes on Sun day,' April 2S .through Tuesday, April 30. All social agencies are supposed to send a delegate and those interested are urged to at tend. The meetings will be held at the Robert E. Lee Hotel in Winston-Salem. The Federated Music Club was held In Burlington on April 24 and ; 25. Mr. Robert Hawkins of the.,Vo- rcatlohal iRehabUrtatkn Depart- J " would be in the office one flay during each month. j; .. vw Nominating; Committee For ABC Named Those chosen for the nomina ting committee for the selection of officers for the coming year for the Duplin County Chapter of the American Red Cross are: 0. P. Johnson, Chairman, Ke nansville; Mrs. Murphy Thigpen, Beulaville; Mrs. Herman Pippin, Maenolia: Mr. Anbrev C''er'"R'h. Warsaw; and Mrs. E. P. Blan- chard, Rose H11L This committee will have their report ready for the annual meet ing which has been set for May 24. The meeting will be held in the Courthouse Auditorium at 7:30 P. M. The public is cordially invited. Duplin Schools Begin i Closing Next Vleofo ; Principal Changes Superintendent O. P. Johnson announced this week that all schools of the county, except Fai son and Beulaville will close on Saturday, May 4th.s Warsaw will be the only 'school to hold gradu-' a ting exercises.. About 25 to 30 students will graduate from the 12th grade. Warsaw has about 15. Dean Herring of Duke University will deliver the graduating address in Warsaw. '. Four years ago the 12th grade was added to the North Carolina School System which explains the few graduates this year. Normally, under the old system there would be a large number of graduates but most of them will carry over through next year and graduate from the I20j grade.- ' ' PRINCIPAL CHANGES There will be some changes in school principals in the county next year. E. D. Edgertqn,' princi pal at Grady for the past several years will go to, Wallace. D. D. Blanchard, at Wallace, has resign ed and Is going into private busi ness. ; v ; j ' ; Lucian Hornet FusselL principal at Magnolia until he entered the Service will return to the Magnol ia school J. W. O'Neal at Mag. nolia Is expected to leave the coun ty. He" will probably go to Pender County or to Tcven fprin. Propose Extension Water and Sewer Lines; Town Officials to Explain Fi nancial Condition of the Community . , In view of the present building boom and other post-war Improve ments in Warsaw the town fathers have employed Civil Engineer and town planner Van Camp of Sou thern Pines to make a number of surveys and recommendations for improvements, in the town's water and sewer , lines, streets and other recommendations. V The town fathers believe the most pressing need now is an ex tension of the town's water and sewer lines. Mayor John Jenkins" speaking for the town officials, has called a mass meeting of all citizens interested in the future growth and development of War saw. The meeting will be held in . the high school auditorium Tues day night, April 30th. AH citizens are urged to attend." f '. - At the meeting the officials win explain in detail the general fi nancial conditions of the town and recommend future work. The pro posed additions to the water and sewer lines will be given in detail and the officials will 'act on the basis of the wishes of the people. To make the added Improve . ment a bond issue of $40,600.' ' $50,000. will.,be required. thlsrwiU It h- been figured out thVh. - .bonds can be floated without an '"crc la town taxes. According to towt commissioner ; Aubrey Cavenaugh, a sewer line fee of 50 cents per month, plus the tacreas ed income from new customers, plus the savings effected last Nov ember when the town was refin anced, the debt can be paid off to 20 years at the present tax rate of $1.45. - When the town's bonds were re funded the commissioners affect ed a savings in interest reductions from 5 to about 2 3-4 per cent, totaling about $2500 per year. Last year the town paid $6,000 princi pal on its debt During the past eight years It 'has paid $32,000 on the principal. If Warsaw will con tinue paying Its bonded debt at the schedule now set up will be free of bonded indebtedness at the' end of twenty years. F. M. Bailey, principal at Chin quapin until he entered the Serv ice will return to Chinquapin. Hugh Wells, now at Chinquapin, is being considered at Grady, ' DOTSON TO RETTJltN J. H. Dotson, for several years the popular Agricultural teacher at B. F. Grady is expected to re turn to Grady this summer. He left to take a Job with Cy Sloan, large stock raiser In South Caro lina. .. . A''" " ' ' Church Men's Club Elects Officers At ' " i" ' r ' Supper Held Here The, Men's Club of Grove and Hallsville ' Presbyterian churches held Its regular monthly dinner here last' night " Major Robert C Wells and Pro- , fessor Woodrow Taylor addressed . the meeting. Mr. Wells talked on his experiences in India and Mr. Taylor talked on his observations and experiences in Palestine. During the Business meeting the Kenansville group elected Clarence Murphy president for the enmilng year and D. H, McKay, secrc'ary treasurer. .','" The Club win meet at v!" rifcxt month. -..-..'.