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Fdsori Prates T.lar'iet L'oiv OpsnjExcIiange Is Located On Edge Tonn : County's Largest ' General Market Now Open; Sells .Variety Produce; Shop , .. pers Invited - ,.:. ' T" . . ' " - :: 1 - The Fatson Fruit and Vegetables v Exchange is now -operating at its new stand one mile out of Faison on highway 403. Selling hour are from 9 A, M. to 5 P. M. Mr. King, the manager, says he is looking for a good season as Du plin's most diversified and largest ' market gets, into full swing as the summer produce begins to move. The Faison market -acUa most all vegetables grown in Duplin and en joys an enviable reputation among ? northern markets. All leading nor thern brokers and dealers have buy Where Is That "Chevy" Truck? ' Only a few days remain befctf " the close of the search to l!,;;u-f oldest Chevrolet truck in the Uni ted States, whose owner will win m new Advance-Design cnevroiet truck,R. E. Wall of Warsaw Motor Co., said today. Entries must be , filed by midnight, June 15. "Nominations for the oldest truck should be submitted without delay," Mr., Wall said. Winner will; be announced on or before 'June 20, and may select a new vehicWf his choice from ahy ndard mooel in the current line of Chevrolet.com "mercial cars and trucks.'V -' Trucks entered in the search must carry 1947 licens plates and be driven .to the Chevrolet dealer ship, where official entry blanks bay be obtained.. f ir: '--v. 'Residents of Duplin County1 are , displaying unusual interest in this search," Mr. v Wall stated.--; : He went on to say, "any owner who believes his truck may be eli- . IH1a elimilfl rokrtotnlv 4aVa Ailvan- tage of this opportunity and enter the competition. Age of the oldest truck win be established by its serial number. In cases where tne serial number is illegible, proof of the truck's age may be determined by the original bill of sale or other legal documents showing the serial number." ' ' Trucks are being entered in tne search by owners In widely diversi fied , activities, including farming and general hauling. Only vehicles manufactured as trucks by Chevro let are eligible, and the search is open to all truck owners with the except' on of employees of the Chey rolet : Motor Division, dealers in cars and trucks and their employ . ees. ' . Mother Mr. Jenkins Dies Suddenly ' Mrs. Lottie Brinkley Jenkins, age 61, of Kinston, mother of J. M. Jenkins of Kenansville and Warsaw, died suddenly at her home on June 7th. Funeral services were held from the Wood Funeral Home in Kinston and interment was in the Kinston cemetery. She is survived by-Jier husband, Isaac Jenkins and six children. V Duke Student How Working Itf Duplin Mr. Joe Petree Of Greensboro will spend the next five weeks in Duplin County Mr. Petree Is ' a. student at me vuice university jjiv inity School and is doing field work in Duplin County in connection with the Kenansville Methodist Charge in cooperation with Rev John M. Cline. ' V- Mr. Petree states that his first week's work will be spent In Ke nansville directing youth activities s aring the evening. The second v eck will be spent in the Friend- ip Church Community doing the e type of work. The third week v I 1 9 at vV'-ipy Church directing n - 1 ' - V' 'x1 ers An the Faison market. ' ' Faison is well known as the cu cumber center but beans, peas, squash water melons: potatoes, huckleberries and other produce are sold there. , The usual scene in Faison as the mart gets into full sway will be a little different this year since the new location of the market will avoid much - congestion and accele rate speed of sales and movement of produce, Mr. King said. The chant of . the auctioneer attracts not onjy the head, of the farm, but members of his family also, who go to Faison to see the fruits of their labors sold and to shop among the progressive , stores ' there. At the peak of the season the town is almost like a carnival town with so many folks milling around. President Speaks June18 President Truman will-speak at t opening session of the Action 'Program Group of the President's Highway Safety Conference June 18, the White- House announced today. . . . ' :.: The Conference will be held on June 18, 19 and 20 in the Interior Department Auditorium, Washing ton, D. "C, -1 A goal of not less than '10,000 lives has been,set for 1947. ' V, "' v4w-' Ga. CongifessinanTa Be .1 Farra & Home Sneaker , f.-'. J '. .'" An invitation via speak at the 1947 Farm and Heme Week to be held on the State College Campus August 25-29, has been accepted by Congressman Stephen- Pace, Geo rgia's tbjrc district representative and a' member of the Agriculture Committe' according to an-announcement this week-from JohnW. Goo dman, assistant director of the State College Extension Service and Sect ary of the event ' , ' : Present plans call for the disting uished visitor to speak in Pulen Hall on Thursday, 'Aug. 28, at 11 A. M.. .-:,)iii.-:v'--- :- North Carolina's Fourth District Representative, Harold D. Cooley, will introduce the speaker. t Negro 4-H Team Viiis Contest On Thursday. June 5. the Ne gro 4-H Demonstration Team of Magnolia Junior High School en tered and won the Pre-Distrlct Elimination Contests which were held at the Echo Dairy Farm in Wilmington. The demonstration was on sweet potato production which involved soil types, fertilization, seed treatment, cultivation and cur ing. The team will enter the District Elimination Contest to be held at the Pender County Training School in Rocky Point on June 19. The boys comprising the team are Frank Murphy, Jr., and James Thomas Murphy of Magnolia. . Lt. Buck Named Co. Sanitarian ; i Lt. McGilvery Buck of Warsaw veteran of. World War II, has been named County Sanitarian for Du plin by Health Officer Dr. G. ' V. Gooding. Lt, Buck will take a three months course in the work at Chap el Hill this summer before taking over. He replaces Sanitarian Gay. lleollh Officers Leav Dr. G. V. Gooding, County Health Officer, left this week for Chapel Hill where he wilKtake a three months course : in public heslt'i work. Also Lt. f'. C.K'ory . Tut , , 160 Miles -OrfHorsebrrc!: BELLEFOURCHE, S. D. The wide open tpacM srtill havs their appeal. Reviving the spirit of the West, city-weary dudes Sr losing their worries on an 80 mile jaunt through the Black HiUs from Bells Fourche to Devils Tower and 80 miles returning. Tho trip takes 8 days. The part-time trail blazers seemjo enjoy their KXe-in-tht-raw. Appetites, sharpened by the crisp mountain air, ars gratified by range-style flapjacks and thick juicy steaks from a real chuck wagon. Evenings, spent around a cheery campfire listening to ths rang tales of Bob Howlett, trail leader, end in "hitting- th sac," which means nothing but the stars for ft roof over head. Ths trail ridtrsar up and away with tho dawn. y . . r ;- -. Lt. Col. Peirce Of Warsaw Name On National Honor Roll (Special to the Duplin Times) Washington, June 9 The late Lieutenant Colonel Charles Leon ard Peirce, born in. Warsaw, N. C, April 8, 1917, is the first honored war dead of that community to be enrolled on the permanent Nation al Roll of Honor at the unfinished Washington Cathedral, it was an nounced here today by? the Rev. Merritt F j Williams, canon of the Cathedral and chairman ot the na tional', war memorial committee. He served witn.".,isHnction- hr tli otn ifoipeing tfroup ui oi me iota Air Force and , was killed in Bor neo September 30, 1944. For his distinguished. 5 service he was awarded the Air Medal and the Legion, of MeHt. Colonel : Christopher D. Peirce of Leroy Avenue, Newport, R. Lf submitted his nephew's name and war-record for enrollment. Names and war records of both the living and the honored dead of North Carolina, submitted for the cathedral tribute by members of their families, will be enshrined j. a; -it: Goes With A&P :v j:,; Al; Bowden. native of Rocky Mount,1 took over duties Monday as manager .of the A&P Tea Store in Warsaw. Mr. Bowden worked with the company seven years be fore entering the service. Just prior to service he was manager of the nhndhnurn store. He comes to War saw highly recommended. He saw three veara and twenty- Seven months of service and spent 27 months in the India and Burma theatre. He received three Bronze Stars. Mr, Bowden states that the stock of A&P is increasing rapidly now and that customers may expect the usual ;Jower ; prices and prompt service at the Warsaw A&P; Local Town Board Meets; Qualifies The Kenansville Town Board met last week 'and three of the newly elected .members qualified. Com missioners elect J. E." Jerritt ana D. S. Williamson failed to qualify. Amos Brinson, Fred Hardy and Ralph Brown took the oath then named Leo Jackson and H, D. 'Mc Kay to fill the vacant places. efes .'. Gorden Howard Brown, 18 S 2c, TJSN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar A. Brown of Pt. 2, BeulaviHe, has ton- pleted hi-- ricniit training, at -the , Naval Traii:ng Center, San Dlet.0, If f. . : . . , . ' . ' t is t'- Hbarp Bowden in the proposed War Memorial Chapel in the unfinished Patriots' Transept The transept, upon which more than $375,000 has been ex pended for its foundations and low er' works, will form the southern arm of the cathedral, u Canon Williams, associate chair man of the cathedral's - national building fund campaign, a veteran Of both WorldWars, and former chaplain of 4he war-lost aircraft carrier Wasp and battleship West Virginia, stated: "Names an serv ici recortls" .aU servicemen and women of the recent and past wars are welcomed bf the (jathedral War Memorial Committee and the privilege of memorializing . the names and records of the war dead and of preserving those of the liv ing,: in thanksgiving for their safe return, is open to all." . , "Enrollment of names and rec ords," he added, "is not contingent upon any consideration other than the expressed wish of families or next of kin." ' " " Takes Over Dairy It has been reported that the White Ice Cream and Milk Com pany of Wilmington has leased the Johnson Dairy and Ice Cream plant in Wallace. They expect to expand the dairy as rapidly as possible it was said, and possibly operate we ice cream plant Sugar Rationing Is Nov Over - Vnn can now buv all the sugar you want without sugar stamps. F.ffortive June llth. at midnight. the five long years of sugar ration ing for housewives came to an ena. County Court Seems Be Rushing Docket According to ' SoUcitor ; Grady Mercer the General County Court seems to be rushing the docket, or rushing to elear the docket, bines the inception of the new schedule of court each Monday, quite a num ber of eases have been tried. Dur ing May, Mr. Mercer said,, the court established a record by dis posing' of 108 cases, the largest number ever disposed of in any one month. At the begining of the new schedule there were 330 eases on docket. ; .. ; The court plans two days the first week in each month and one day each Monday thereafter until congestion is cleared Mercer sta ted. Next Monday will be very light as all patrolmen will be out of the county. Only submission eases will be heard. ; " , - Attend Conference , . Those from the B. F. Grady sec tion the PioRf'T C f" Attention Warsaw The Board of Commission- v ers of the town of Warsaw . . has called a town mass meet ins to be held in the auditor ium ; of tho : Warsaw High School Thursday nlffht, June 26th at 8 o'clock. The purpose of tho mee tins is to dbooss town problems in , general and particularly the condition of the town JalL Recently the State Board of Health comdemned tho War saw town JalL Everyone Is - urged to attend this meeting. Town officials asked the , TIMES ttf emphasis the date, June 26th, and not 27th as has been otherwise ordered. Hattie Gavin Out Under $4,p00Bond Hattie Gavin, the rapidly becom ing notorious abortionist of War saw, is free again under $4,000 bond. Hattie was given a hearing on a second charge of performing an abortion before Magistrate C. B. Sitterson here last Friday. She is expected to be tried at the next term of criminal superior court. BeulaviHe Veteran Opens In Warsaw : Aiumod Thiffuen. son of Mr. and Mrs. Percy E Thlgpen this week opens Warsaw's newest business, h Pa ah Rroeerv Comoany. The new firm, located, next to Duplin Trading Co., will oo a general gro Mrv hunlneafl. carrying heavy and fancy groceries and a full line of feeds and seedsj , jut. xmgpen states ho plans to add other lines Uter, The- building, has been com' plotely remodeled on the inside. . Mr. Thlgpen is a veteran of three years in service,' having seen two years overseas duty. Three From Warsaw Graduate Carolina nnrv I.. "Stevens ni. Lee Ed ward Brown and Ben Franklin rnnnnr. all of Warsaw, received their A. B. degrees from the Uni versity of North Carolina Monday night when temporary mpiomas were presented to a graduating class of 1195. Judge Henry Stev ens, father of Henry ni, attended ths exercises. He stated that the graduating class was larger than the entire student Doay wnen ne fprtnated. Also, more than 50 per cent of the graduates were girls. Red Cross Holds Annual Meeting ThP Dunlin County Chapter of Red Cross held its annual meeting here last Friday afternoon. Chair man J. E. Jerritt presided. Rev. J. G. Morrison offered invocation. Annual reports from various com mittees were heard and approved. The nominating committee s re port recommended re-election of 11 nresent officials, and suggested tho nam of Dr. H. W. Colwell of Wallace as vice-chairman to re place Rev. G. H. Ulrich who has moved from the county. Scout Camp Opened Sunday famn Tuscarora for Bov Scouts, located near Golds boro, opened for the summer season last Sunday. Ronorta uv that registration for camp attendance this summer is heavier than usual witn tne xirsi four periods already filled. The Ke nansville troon will encamp' next week. Scoutmaster J. G. Morrison, assisted by Guy Gooding, Jr., will be in charge of the local boys. lfcrtenslva renaira have ' been made at the camp since last sea son. All the cabins have been screen ed. new boats nreDared and water front work done. ' Attending Flora Mac. CosicreaceTLb Week. Alire r - -. r' 'e TTd and CL?!in Ksgro Choate Coath ChairrDias In kS Here Sunday ton: Fred Loomis, Wife Murder er Dies Of Heart Attack While Awaiting Trial On 1st Degree Murder Fred Loomis, 45ye ar old con fessed murderer, died of a heart attack in the Kenansville jail Sun day morning about 3:15. Fred was in a cell with a number of other prisoners when he was taken ill. Jailer Wagstaff was called by other (nmates of the cell and went tip to ?ee what the trouble was. Dr. G. V. Gooding was called and he adminls-, tered treatment to the negro about 2:30, according to officers. About 3:30 the other prisoners called Wag- Page Heccjavin : Robert L. West The Chas. R. Gavin Post, Ameri can Legion, held a special mee tins in the Legion hut on Wednesday of last week and named officers for the new years and delegates to tho annual Legion convention held at Carolina Beach this week. J.. C Pate, veteran of .World War n was named Commander to succeed himself. One from Kenans ville was honored with an office, one from Faison, two from Magno lias and two from Benlaville. All other officers were from Warsaw. It is in teres tins to note that veter ans of World War I drew few posts. Tho list of officers are as follows:. J. C. Page, Commander, Warsaw; A. W. McNeill, Vice-Commander, Warsaw: Robert West, Adjutant, Warsaw. D. McNeill, Athletic offi cer, Faison; Eugene Clarke, Chap lain, Warsaw; Moman Barr, finance officer, Warsaw; Joe Wallace, His Fall From Steeple Bear Marsh Church Proves Fatal To Worker Kirby Monslngo, of Mt Olive, died early Saturday afternoon ip a Golds boro hospital to which hi had been taken a few hours prev iously after sustaining a fall from the steeple of the Bear Marsh Church where he was working. Monslngo was doing some repair work on the steeple when he lost his footing, fell, and sustained a broken back and other' injuries. Funeral services were held Sun day afternoon In the chapel of the Tyndall funeral home in Mt OUve. Ice Cream Plant Open In Warsaw The Jack. Frost Ice Ci er.m Com pany is now open in Warsaw. Own ed and operated by Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Farabaugh, the building is located on the west side of the railroad opposite the A&P Store. Mr. Farabaugh says Warsaw now has its own ice cream plant and parlor. The white building on the corner. Has plenty of parking space. You can get curb service, day . or night. Inside the building the smell of delicious ice cream tempts your appetite immediately. You can be served at 'the blue top counter or the red top tables. They serve most any desired flavor and lt is made right before your eyes, if you happen to be in while they are making it The mixing plant and freezer is all right before your eyes, modern, electric and sanitary. The cream is packed in cups, pints, and quarts to take out No one in Warsaw need now worry about the dinner dessert for in Just a few minutes you can have it right from the freeser onto your table. HEART ATTACK FATAL TO TWO BROTHERS IN LESS THAN MONTH Georre Franklin Hall, age 67, of the Cabin Community, r was . found dead in bed , on . June 7th, victim of a heart attack. On May 14th his bro ther Thomas Moses, age 58, of V I ' r Br.'!er farm, 1 r " " - ' 1 rf a I t : staff again and on reaching the cell he found Loomis lying on his bunk dead. ' ' Wagstaff had the body stretched out on the floor, it was said, and then called coroner Sitterson. The coroner viewed the body and ruled' that death came from natural cau ses and no inquest was necessary. The undertaker was called and . members of Loomis' family from Kinston claimed the body. '; :. Loomis was arrested and Jailed on May 20th on a charge of beating his wife to death at their home In the Pin Hook ; section. He was in a drunken stupor when brought to jail. Later he confessed to the murder. He was awaiting trial on first degree murder without prlvl-i lege of bond. Post Again Named Adjutant torian, Kenansville; Ralph Jones.'. Service Officer, Warsaw; Herman Pippin, Set. at Arms. Magnolia; John Croom, Americanism Gam Mtno.ia; Ed M-icklana, . Boys Stai Chm Warsaw: Gurmn Gu Child Welfare Chm. BeulavUle; Ed Cobb, Employment Chm. War saw; Tyson Dobson, Graves Regis tration Chm. Beulayflle; Jlmmle Kitchln, Membership Chm. War saw; A. L. Cavenaugh, Nat Def. . Chm. Warsaw: Fred Baar. Oratori cal Chm. Warsaw; and McGilvery Back. Publicity Chm. Warsaw. Tho folowing were named as, delegates to the State convention held A Carolina Beach this week: 3. K. Croom of Magnolia,. H. H, .Hatcher and Chaa. H. Millard of Faison, Paul Williams of Smith Township and Jim McColm an and J. C. Page of Warsaw. Thev also serve sundaes of all kinds, sandwiches, and short orders. Prom their new and modern sous drink is served. Mr. Farabaugh is a veteran of World War II, having seen service in Ttalv and Germany. He was a' paratrooper. Prior to entering the service he was in the ice cream business. niialin Daw Gets Award At graduation exercises held at Presbyterian Junior College on May 30, the citizenship award was presented Samuel m. i nomas v. rxt lfn Dn1 Mr PAlanH Thnm- as of near here, by a vote of the students and faculty as the out- , standing member of the senior class, it has been reported. The 60.. graduates were addressed by Dr., Clyde A. Erwin, Superintendent ox . Public Instruction of the State of North Carolina, who spoke on the subject "Christian Education." j Hat'l Guard Changs Meeting Hours T ' rh. UT.mbo, V.Hnn.l f2iiamf Alt. nounces that the hour of meeting has been changed from 8:00 o'clock to 7:30. ' The Guard meets each Monday and Thursday nights in tho temporary Armory, located in the Jenkins Building. All veterans are Invited to attend. Graduates Fra i Meredilh Go!!;:d : Miss Geraldine Bos tic of War saw was graduated from Meredith College, Raleigh, on June 2 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. She has carried a major in music. Miss Bostic has been active in campim activities, serving as a member the Collepe Chfr, I" Po :i '
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