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KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAEOUNA
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14th., 1947
No. 7
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Aronad 80 Dnplln Coontr
Leiden met here- Wednesday
with the County Agents and-. :
Iscuued the "Better Farm "
nf For Better -LiTinf" Pro-.
rram that i belnff sponsored ;
- the Tide Water Power
Company.: r vv' M . 4 ?WJ
Uuplta farmers are expected .
: . io alonf with the amore
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t.: Better Farming for Better Llv-
f vwas adopted as a program to
i I in better farm and borne mana-
i meat in. 13 Southeast North
( olina Counties at ' a., meeting
1 Wednesday, Jan. 29, at Trails
I Inn, on Masonboro Sound near
ilngton, by North Carolina Ag-
i tural Extension -leaders from
5 9 Colleike; .Raleigh, N. C.
hty and Home Agents, and of
i ,!s from Tide' Water Power
pany. . i' L ' . . - ., ' -
3etter Farming for Better LW
v is an annual contest conduct
or, all', farmers to encourage
"1 - to use tested , and proven
aces and principles, in farm-,
and home management The
pose of the program is to
Emphasize well balanced or
rsified farming.
'Encourage self-sufficiency
; -JTChcourage more efficiency in
4-
' Glve farmers recognition for
a.Tnn'Uliments.
L: . promote a better working re
! l. SonshJp between fanners, busi
nessmen and others. -
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- .;"The program will be carried out
t",a County Council in each of the
C 'unties participating, made up of
t iresentatlvei of bankers, news
I perme,:.' farmers and farmers
: 'est civie clubs, Chambers of
- amerce, Farm Bureaus, rural
. i sters, business and profess! om
en, extension leaders, soil cou?
.ationists, -agricultural leaders
"others. interested in the agri
i iralweIfaroofthoCounty.lt
v - be the responsibility of each
C uncil to - - ' ,
1 Encourage farmers to enrolL
: 2. Make up premium lists.'
, .Follow through on enrollees,
i i, plans carried out and book-
.s completed.
. . 4, Scoring fanners and deter
mining winners.
5. Work with businessmen's or
I aizatlons in sponsoring County
f Mevement banquets at the end
t : each year for the farmers and
t eir families.
. The program is broken down in
tv six parts. . 100 points each, will
I i given to "My Farm Activities
f id . Community Life": "Feeding
I y Family" and ''General Appear-
ce and Efficiency of Farmstead".
: points will be allowed for
"Care of My Land and Farm Prac
t jes". 200 points to "My Farm
rroduction" and 200 points to "My
I Tin Business".'
- A farm scoring 850 points will
Is awarded a blue, ribbon certifi
r te.-A farm scoring 730 to 850
i ats will bo given a white ribbon
' rtificate. - -
;ie Agricultural Department of
'. Ie Water Power Company will
e In addition $25.00 to County
nners; $75.00 to Regional Win
iF, and $100.00 to the "Sweep--ea
' Winner1' In the 13 County
j ea. ':;'0: :i:;V r'l'-
From the North Carolina Agri-
ural Extension Service f at
a College Raleigh, N. C., the
wing were In attendance from
in County: Mr. L. F; Weeks,
j Miss Hilda L. Clonts, both of
ansville. . : " ' y '
presenting Tide Water Pow
Company were Mr. W. W, Bell,
!.; Mr. G. D. Conant, Commer
1 Manager; Mr. R. P. Andrews,
chandlso Sales Manager; Mrs.
tta Johnson, Home Service
ctor; and Mr. Neil Bolton, Ag
:ural. Agent
!:1 Cc::no
:'.::.:) ISI'
y Smith and Charley Nlchol--y
stxr "s under sl.prtff
., c f- Juated from tlie
t'jvwnment In Chapel
TVry tor?: a
Tide Water Power
, Postcard Billing
i With the arrival of long awaited
modern billing machines, Tide
Water-power Company announces
tne immeo ste change to a modern
method oX billing. In place of the
ild bin regularly sent " out to all
gas and eloctric ' users, a small
postcard will be used. This change
has been contemplated for some
time but has been delayed until
the arrival of billing machines. ,'
This postcard bill has been ad
opted for several reasons, namely:
(1) Paper Is still short and this bill
will enable Tide Water to -save
considerably , on this scarce com
modity, (2) Instead of the old bill
which was cumbersome, and diffi
cult to understand, this bill-will be
handy for purse, pocketbook, wal
let; or pocket. (3) In the past many
people have come to the Tide Wa
ter offices for duplicate bills; un
derstandably so, in view of the old
fashioned, foot-long piece of paper
used heretofore.. It is hoped ; the
new bill' will encourage the cus
tomer to bring his bill to the office
when-paying thus saving custom
er's time by making it more con
venient to present this more ad
aptable ; bill for payment ..instead
of waiting for duplicate bill to
be made out by the office. (4) The
most important reason for chang
ing to postcard billing is the fact
that, the company is aware that
material and labor cost is con
stantly rising. The company, there
fore, feels that it is its duty to
seek the most efficient and econo
mical means of . performing Its
necessary operations. , "
s. This changeover will be. put In
to effect Immediately, so that with
th . bpis being tnailed this week
a postcard will replace - the old
type bill. . .. "
PTA Games
Tournament Feb. 17
The Warsaw PTAJ wiir( sponsor
a Games Tournament In the Legion
Hut Monday evening Feb. 17 at 8
o'clock. Tickets are now on sale
amonc the school children for 50c
each.? ; ; The committee will have
tables on hand and the public is
asked . to bring games of their
choice. Arrange your parties and
come prepared for an evening of
fun with the PTA, who are striving
in every way possible to help the
children in the local schools. AH
present funds are being raised in
order to elevate and drain the
school grounds so that L children
will not have to wade in mud pud
dles during rainy spells. Even If
you hav no . children in school,
help the , town and school by at
tending the Games Tournament.
There will be prizes and refresh
ments for all, sf v i; .i.iii.ur
Square Dance Be ;
Held Magnolia
A square dance will be beld at
the Magnolia School Gymnasium
Friday night February 21, 1947.
The dance is being sponsored by
the Magnolia . Junior Class.! Ad
mission 75c. Everybody welcome,
especially: "Les" Williams of. Ke
nansville. , ,'
Cecil Miller Mi
t-knesr Store 1
In Dbville
'Mr. pecll A. Miller has recently
purchased the Guv Interest of the
Brown- and Guy Furniture Co:, In
Bejulaville, Mr. Miller will be the
active 'manager -of the store in the
future. The, iirVw-' i operate on
the same policies that it has in the
past.',' .Jb' g -'; f jf ?u r-i-""'?
Mr. Miller is the son of Luther
Miller of near Beulaville. He is a
graduate of Beulaville High School
1"-'" ""inp'-s CoH'"" In
Company Announces
Service Here
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Mrs. Julia L. Kellersberger . ,;
secretary of the American Mission
to Lepers, will speak In the Grove
Church on Feb. 21st at 7:30 p. m.
tnis meeting is interdenomination
tl and all are cordially invited to
lear this outstanding speaker.
During the past six months Mrs.
Cellersberger has Visited most of
he leper colonies Of the world,
.ncluding stops in every country
n Central and South America, the
West Indies, Africa, France, Swit
zerland and Belgium. You will want
to hear this splendid speaker when
she comes to Kenansville. - j '
The American Mission to Lepers
is an interdominational movement
which occurs throughout mission
boards of many denominations. It
supports wholly : or, la part 100
colonies for. people. . who Jy e.Xeu
rosy in twenty-nine countries. V
Katz Manager Gone
To St. Louis
i Arthur Apple, manager for the
Katz Department Store in Warsaw,
announced that Katz is expecting
to remodel his store, putting In
new fixtures in the interior, and
rebuilding the front Mr. Apple
said jie will . leave Saturday for
St, Louis with- the . expectation of
buying interior equipment for the
store. He hopes to get work under
way within a few days. While in
St. Louis, Mr. Apple says ha will
buy spring merchandise that the
women of this section will want
Hew Business Open
In Rose Hill
i The Duplin Electric Company
with H. D, Southerland of Rose
Hill, a licensed contractor, as pro
prietor, and H. D. Arnold of Green
ville opened for business in Rose
Hill recently. Their, office is lo
cated by the Waccamaw Bank It
Trust "Company, facing the rail
road. Their work is appliance re
pairs, refrigeration sales and ser
vice, specializing in house wiring;
electrical contracts of all kinds; in
dustrial, residential, utility or
commercial. Look for their ad on
the Inside of this Issue. '
4-11 CLUB
MEETINGS
By Hilda L. Clonts, Home Agent
Feb. 17 - Chinquapin School.
Feb. 17 - Beulaville School
Feb. 18 - B. F, Grady School
f Feb. 19 - Wallace ScbooL - '
Feb. 20 - Rose Hill School ,
Stroud liifent Is i
Buritd In Ri:!!:iy3
: Ann Elizabeth Stroud, 3 months
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
B. Stroud of Kenansville, died in
Duke Hospital, Durham, Sunday
morning at 8:30. Funeral services
rmi .''-! f-, f I n
REV. G.
Rev Gustav H. Clrlch leaves
New England' States after serving
Mr. TUlrich will assume Us new
about Marek 1st
fcprcvd Telephone Service For
Kenansville An J Towns Promised
Telephone subscribers in Ke
nansville and other towns have
made quite a number of comp
laints during recent months about
the service being rendered.- 1
This week, Mr. Bailey, District
Supervisor, in an interview with
the Times, stated that improve
ments were on the way.
The new telephone buildings in
Warsaw' and Wallace are nearing
Hoticei To Federal
Deputy Collector of Internal
Revenue. will be at the following
places and times for the purposes
of giving advice or assistance need
ed In connection, with the filing of
income tax returns for year of 19-
Feb." 18-19, Wallace Post Office
8:30 A. M. to 8:15 P. M.
Feb 20-21, Kenansville Court
House at 8:30 A. M. to 5:15 P. M.
Feb. 25-26, Warsaw City Hall,
8:30 A. M. to 5:15 P. M.
No charge will be made for this
service. " '
Scoutmasters And
ScoutersoW Meet
A training conrW-for all scout
masters and scouters of Duplin
County will be held in the Masonic
Lodge -Building in Kenansville on
the evening of February 19. This
meeting will be preceded by,.an
oyster roast at the Kenansville
Cafe at 6:30 p. m. Mr. Bob Wolff,
scout executive of.Tuscorora Coun
cil, will have charge of the train
ing course for ht evenings
Johnson Introduces
Bill To Validate ;
Reno Divorces
Senator Rivera D. Johnson of
Duplin County. Introduced a bill
in Congress last week to clarify
confusion that resulted recently
when the North Carolina Supreme
Court questioned the legality of
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H. ULRICH
Duplin County and returni to the
the people in Duplin for ten years.
duties In Providence, Rhode Island
completion.
New cable lines for Kenansville
are being shipped and when put
up will make a total of sev en lines
from Warsaw to Kenansville.
' Plans are underway for a tele
phone building in Kenansville to
house the automatic exchange. The
engineer to plan this, building is
expected here in a few days.
Income Taxpayers
ing
Supt. O. P. Johnson stated to
day that work was progressing
satisfactorily on construction of
Duplin County Schools. Beulaville
wall work is -growing daily; the
two room addition at Grady is
moving satisfactorily and a sub
stantial start has been made cn
Branch colored school.
Called Out Twice
"When it rains it nours" - eo was
the case Tuesday afternoon for the
Warsaw Volunteer Fire Depart
ment when they were called to
answer two alarms within a four
hour period. .
Early . in the afternoon Chief
Stacy Britt and his firemen answer
ed 'a call to the home of Arthur
Giddlngs in the Rouse Apartment
to extinguish flames apparently
started from sparks, In the process
of thawing frozen water pipes with
a blow torch. Reports are that the
blaze began under the bathroom
floors. Damage : was confined to
smoke and water, covering the en
tire house, which houses two
apartments. School children and
passersby assisted the families In
evacuating their furniture.
Again the same afternoon, about
3:00 odock the department was
called to Mack's Five and - Ten
Cent Store, where flames , had
started in the ceiling evidently
from an overheated or defective
flue. Firemen were, forced to use
gas masks on account of the dense
smoke, and cut a hole in the ceil
1 j in order to extinguish the
i. ( .snx-9 wss reported
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f ovimg
Rev. Ulrich Leaves Duplin After
Ten Years Of Service To County
In January, 1937, Outlaw's
Bridge without a pastor.' Rev,
G. H. Ulrich of New England re
ceived a call. He accepted and
came. There was no parsonage and
until September, 1937, he lived
with William Waller near Scott's
store. Realizing the need of a par
sonage, Mr. Ulrich set out to build
a community center. His personal
ity plus his energy sold the people
in the community not only on a
parsonage and community center
but on Mr. Ulrich.
From 1941 until 1946 Mr. Ulrich
served Outlaw's Bridge as full time
pastor and he served the new
and growing Universalist churches
in Kinston and Woodington in ad
dition to his work at Outlaw's
Bridge. He also reorganized the
church at Shelter Neck in Pender
County and rebuilt a summer re
treat for the young people there.
Mr. Ulrich served his community
unreservedly and he served Du
plin County in a county-wide man
ner. He was chairman of the Du
plin County chapter of the Ameri
can Red Cross War Fund Drive
for the years 1943, 1944, 1945 and
1946. Each year of this drive he
gave unstintingly of his efforts and
each drive was a success.'
He has resigned as pastor of the
Outlaw's Bridge Universalist
Church effective at the end of
February, 1947. He has completed
ten years of service to the people
of Outlaw's Bridge and to the peo
ple of Duplin County. He will as
Pink Hill Residents Urn :,v
iflave Telccnrfcrvicer
After living for many years (we
do not know how to figure the
number), the residents of Pink Hill
have succeeded in getting tele
phone service. Officials of the
company state that over 100 tele
phones have been subscribed. The
line runs from Kinston to the B. F.
Grady section.
The residents of the Pink Hill
section are fortunate in securing
this service. It was announced that
the service will be cut in today.
The building housing the automatic
equipment is located between Wil
liams Repairs and Supplies and T.
A. Turner's Farm Supply building.
It is a neat buildinp and is an ad
COUNTY BRIEFS
Mr. O. P. Johnson spoke in Golds
boro on Tuesday before the Rotary
Club. Mr. Johnson ?poke on the
Teacher Shortage In The Rural
Schools.
Miss Mell Claxton, home nurs
ing representative of the American
Red Cross, with headquarters in
Atlanta, visited in Kenansville on
Friday. Plans were made to put
home nursing classes in two white
schools, Wallace and Chinquapin
and one colored school. Rose Hill.
These classes will run for a six
week period beginning March 19
through April 18.
Church Bulletin
The preaching schedule for the
Duplin Methodist Circuit for Sun
day, February 16 is as follows:
Friendship, 11:00 o'clock A. M.
Wesley, 7:00 o'clock P. M.
The pastor, Rev. John M. Cline,
will preach at both services.
Boy Scout Court Of
Honor Be Held
In Chinquapin
The next monthly meeting of the
Duplin Court of Honor will be held
in the Chinquapin school on Mon
day night February 17, at 7:45.
A new scout troop has recently
been formed in the Chinquapin
community and this Is the first
court of Honor to be held, in this
vicinity. Rev. James Garvin is ser
ving as scoutmaster of this new
troop,;H;;
use of chemicals and a new extlng
uisher,' which served 'tVe stive,
v 'n ? in t' 9 prr- t ' -
sume duties on March first as pas-'
tor of the First Universalist
Church of Providence, Rhode Is
land. ; '
Mr. Ulrich made the following
statemenfto the Times: "The fun-.,
ction of the rural Church is to ful-- '
fill those needs in the life of its'
people which are not met In ex- "'
isting agencies and to find and
develop leadership for carrying . :
on the service into the future'
This means that the interests end. '
work of the rural churches are "
wide and varied. Its work involved
cooperation with state and nation
al welfare, health, agricultural tie-
partments, as well as the Joy of
personal service to the individual :
or family in need of all of this;
growing out of man's yearning and
search and out-reach for a cre- -atlve
fellowship with his brother
and his God." - s
Officers of the Outlaw's Bridge ;'
church are as follows: Major W. .
Sutton, chairman for the Board; t
Moses Mewborn and Luther Out-- .:
law, deacons; Mrs. Herman Outlaw,:
clerk; Mrs. Lottie Berger, treasur
er; Board Members - William Nel
son Outlaw, Mrs. C. Henry Doby;
Ned D. Grady, Cleo Outlaw, Mrs.
Dunn Smith, and Alonso Outlaw.
Editors Note: In parting Ye Edi
tor would like to say. that Duplin
County is losing one of its finest
citizens and his leaving Is as great
a loss to the County as it is to his
community.) , -
dition to the town. t 'J
The line is run from Kinston
via Deep Run to Pink Hill Their
long distance service comes from
Kinston. -. '. " s
The Times would like to add this
thought as it expressed It to an
official of the company' Tuesday, -That
should the line have been run '
from Kenansville to , Weaver's
Bridge, thence through - Smith
Township and into Pink Hill' it -would
have been a better paying
line. However, that ia up to the
company to decide and they have
made their decision. We are happy
that the people of Pink Hill have y
telephone service. j ,.
State Auditor
J. R. Pou Dies
George Ross Pou, native of ;
Smithfield, died suddenly' some
time Saturday night. He was found
dead In bed at the home of a cou
sin in Rock Hill, S. C Sunday
about noon. ' H'l-Jw,
The State Auditor attended the
funeral of O. Max Gardner , in
Shelby Saturday and went over to
Rock Hill for the week end. He
went to bed aDDarently in . eood
health. . l-K "
Mr. Pou, age 42, was the son of
the late Congressman Pou and had '
been State Auditor since 1936.
H.D. Club Schedub
The Home Demonstration Club
is scheduled to meet for the week
of Feb 17th as follows:
Feb. 17 - Outlaws Bridge.': .'
Feb. 18 - Rockfish, at the home
of Mrs. James Ward, 2:30.
Feb. 19 - Teachey, at the home
of Mrs. Rivers Rouse, 2:30. " :
Feb: 19 - Miller Club at the
home of Mrs. Andrew Miller, 7 30.
Feb. 19 - Service Club. Agri.
Bldg.. Kenansville, 7:30. '
Feb. 20 - Tin City, at the home
of Mrs. Paul Teachey, 2:30. :
Feb. 21- L'-man, at the home
of Mrs. O. Q. Lanier, 2:30.
WEEKS BROTHER
GOING TO HOSPITAL
County Agent L. F. Weeks v
to Burlington Wednesday ti
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