KEN ANS VILLE, N.C.
Warsaw News Of Interest To Every One
History Of The Warsaw Baptist j)
Church, Written By A Member,
By Sarah Elizabeth Humphrey
In the year of 1838 Thaddeus D.
Love, a merchant of Wilmington,
moved to Duplin Depot, or, as
known by some, Morresville. His
friends, being familiar with Jane
Porter's writings soon jokingly
called him "Theddeus of Warsaw".
The name so appealed to the peo
ple that in 18S5 the name Duplin
Depot was changed to Warsaw.
At that time there was no church
in the village. The people worship
ped at Johnson's Baptist Church,
which was two miles south-east of
Warsaw at the interestion of the
old roads then leading to Kenans
ville and Hallsville. Johnson's
Church was later moved to its
present location three miles south
east of Warsaw.
At the meeting ox the Associa
tion at Beula in 1854 a committee
was appointed to call a meeting at
Warsaw on October 31, 1854, to
make arrangements to erect
school which would be under the
supervision of the Baptist denomi
nation. This had been previously
discussed at the association in 18
52 and in 1853. In the year 1856,
there vas chartered by the Legisla
ture, a Baptist School at Warsaw,
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under the name of the Trustees of
the Warsaw High School, and
while it was a stock company, its
property was controlled and its
school was conducted by the Bap
tist denomination by means of
trustees appointed by the Union
Baptist Association, and its sue
cessor, the Eastern Baptist Assoc
iation. This continued until the
year 1906, when the trustees do
nated the property of the present
Grammar School to the State Pub
lic School System.
After the school was built and
in operation, the need for a church
house was felt. Intellectual and spi
ritual inspiration were united. The
Church was organized in 1856 with
32 members enrolled, 14 of whom
were received by letter. The deed
to the trustees of the church is
dated April 15, 1857. The first
church house was an oblpng build
ing facing College Street. It had
a small belfry which housed the
same beil that gives the call to
worship today. The seats were of
pine, unpairted, and only one four
inch plank placed shoulder high
formed the back. Down the center
of the pews was a dividing rail.
The men occupied the right side
and the women the left side. There
were only two doors, one on each
side of the front end. The pulpit
:ind Bible stand were of pine, hand
made, and unpainted. The outside
of the church wts painted white.
In 1887 a vestibule was added;
also an attractive steeple with a
tail siendor spire, a new pulpit and
Bib'e stand which were painted
mahogany, and new painted pews
without the middle division. In
1907 the church was remodeled
again and in 1927 Sunday School
classrooms were added. The oak
pews, Bible stand and organ were
idded to the church in 1907. In
1939 the Warsaw Baptist Church
was enlarged, brick-veneered and
remodeled inside. Stained glass
windows were also added. In 1947
a heating plant was added a id an
electrk organ is now being in
stalled. Among the early pastors were
Revs. Albert Guy, C. C. Gorden,
C. A. Jenkins, C. M. Brock, J. N.
Sellings, O. C. Meeks, E. J. Har
reli, C. S. Wells. Thos. Parker, T.
J. Britt, W. McAlphine, and per
haps others. Some of those who
came later were A. O. Moore, K.
W. Cawthorn, G. W. Rollins, B. C.
Foster, now pastor of the Firs'.
Baptist Church in Lakesville, R. A.
Cadle, now pastor of the Apex
Baptist Church, and G. Vann Ste
phens, the present pastor.
In recent years there have been
two ordained in the church, that
of David Woodward and James
Blackmore. Rev. and Mrs. C. A.
Powell, missionaries to Africa, are
members of the Warsaw Baptist
Church.
From thirty-two members meet
ing in the one-room building for
worship only, the church has in
creased in membership to about
five hundred, with a graded Sun
day School, Training Union and
W. M. S. The Church has two
choirs and carrying on a full pro
gram. May God lead in the making
of more and better history for
this part of His Church.
Sarah E. Humphrey.
Mrs. McNeil Is
Hostess
At a series of lovely parties Mrs.
Hector McNeil was the most gra
cious hostess on last Thursday, en
tertaining at a 3 o'clock nartv in
the afternoon at her home on Coll
ege Street, and again in the even
ing at 8 o'clock.
Throughout the lower floor of
the home were artistic and attract.
ive arrangements of summer flow
ers,. Five tables of bridge were
placed among a pretty setting of as
ters, dahlias and Queen Anne's
lace, in the living room, and on the
sup porch where three tables were
ment of yellow cosmos and mari-l
golds underneath the glass ton, I
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wrought iron punch table.
During play refreshing fruit
pu'idi was served and when scores
were tallied Iiigh score a .cards,
novelty jellies to Mrs. Edgar Poll
ock for club and hi jacks to Mrs.
Graham Phillips for visitors high,
and Mrs. Allen Draughon captur
ing cocktail napkins for traveling
award; the hostess, assisted by Mrs.
Jimmy McColman, served a temp-
LOOKING
AHEAD
GEORGES. BENSON
PrttidttlMardiiig Calltjc
Searcy. Arkansas
JUST ROUTINE TACTICS
The "good" Communist is sworn
to lie. (Unfortunately, all the liars
are not in Russia, nor even in the
Communist Party in this country.
Life would be much more simple
if they were.) However, among our
so-called liberals, and even the
fellow-travelers, there are those
who are waking up to the fact that
disdain for plain old honestv and
integrity is one of the chief charac
teristics of Communism. 1 know
only one answer to the problem of
the lie, and that is: truth.
If there were only one Commun
ist in the world, folks with .ruth
in their lives could isolate him
easily enough. But when you ad
mit the tactics of lying into inter
national relationships, things be
gin to get complicated. It is in
deed a real problem to deal with
nations which lack moral integrity,
and my sympathies go out to our
statesmen who have to meet the
Communists on international is
sues.
Nothing On Merit
To illustrate. Shortly after Presi
dent Truman's message to Con
gress on European recovery, the
Moscow radio announced: "The
essence of the Marshall Plan is
war." Marshall, the radio said,
was out chiefly to assist American
monopolies. Marshall was 'called
the "intimate friend of Wall Street
big wigs." It seems that to repre
sent Secretary of State Marshall
as imperialist, monopolist, oppres
sor, and warmonger is just routine
Communist tactics.
Secretary Marshall is not an im
perialist, and he is not trying to
conduct a program in Europe in
the interest of American monopol
ies, and so on, which fact everyone
knows. Even the Russians who
were saying those things knew the
statements were untrue. Their
method of defeating the Marshall
Plan at that time was to misrepre
sent It. They didn't dare criticise
it on its merits.
See The Methods
These statements were designed,
of course, for the American public.
To the American public this par
ticular incident was perhaps of
little importance in itself. How
ever, it is useful in demonstrating
the tactics used by Communists in
America for several decades. These
men knew at the start it would not
be easy to undermine the Ameri
can way of life. They realized
their best method was to cause
dissension and friction among
groups in America.
The Communists apparently de
cided mat the easiest way to create
this friction would be to set labor
and industry against each other.
To this end they began picking out
American industrialists and calling
them profiteers and capitalists, dis
interested In the welfare of the
worker. They also misrepresented
the amount of profits, until many
people think industrialists make
ten times the profit actually made.
We can see quickly the absurdity
of attacks on Secretary Marshall.
But perhaps we have been slower
to see the lies and misrepresenta
tions used right here in our coun
try against our own people. Our
industrialists have worked unceas
ingly, along with labor, t o help
raise our standard of living. Only
in America do the rank and file
enjoy cars, radios, telephones, re
frigerators .and hundreds of other
luxuries. Let's keep our thinking
straight, despite Communist tec-
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At the evening party there were
live tables in play and Mrs. Jimmy
McColman won club high score,
hi jacks and Mrs. Robert Black
more, for visitors high, received a
milk glass plate. Mrs. Frank Hobbs
controlled a brass ash tray for
traveling award. At the conclusion
the hostess again served a frozen
fruit salad with novelty sandwich
es and cookies with iced tea.
Announce Birth
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Melvin of
Magnolia announce the birth of a
daughter, Vonnie Lee, on Monday,
July 23, 1948, at their home in
Maguolia. Mrs Melvin is the form
er Miss Esthi r Howard of near
Warsaw.
Home From Hosp.
Mrs. H. A. Parker has returned
to her home in Bowden from the
Goldsboro Hospital where she un
derwent an operation.
Little Evelyn Hitter, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Ritter return
ed to her home in Magnolia Sat
urday from James Walker Hospital
where she underwent an emer
gency appendectomy Tuesday. Mas
ter Tex Ritter, their 2V4 year old
son, is recovering from colitis.
Announce
Marriage
Mrs. Mattie Bradshaw of Beula
ville announces the marriage of
her daughter. iUr.s. Lucy B. Xil
patiick to S.Sgt. Charles A Cat
tai'y. Mrs. C.itiany is now livinp in
Warsaw. Sgt. Dittany is a native of
Lambertsville. N. J. He is now sta
tioned at Parris Island, S. C.
The ceremp'iy was performed a:
the Bradshaw home in Beulaville.
The two-ring ceremony was con
ducted by Rev. Stephen Smith of
Beulavilie.
Baptist Circles
The Rosa Hocutt Powell Circle
met Monday afternoon in the home
of Mrs. G. D. Bennett with 8 pres
ent with Mrs. D. T. Chambers pre
siding. Mrs. C. A. Womack led the
devotionals and Mrs. Frank Thomas
taught the Mission Study after
which the hostess served icebox
cake and cream.
The George Rollins Circle met
Monday in the home ot Mrs. E. B.
Sides with 6 present and one visitor
and Mrs. B. W. Pickett presiding in
the absence of Mrs. D. Y. Hollings
worth Mrs. Ralph Jones led the
devotionals and Airs. Pickett dis
cussed an article on "Your 20th
Century Cruse of Oil." The hos
tess was assisted by her mother.
Mrs. McKenzie in serving tempting
apple pie a la mode.
The Katie Murray Circle met
Monday evening in the home of
Mrs. H. A. Parker in Bowden w.th
her daughter, Mrs. Maurice Jordan
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as joint hostess and nine present.
Mrs. H. M. West was In the chair
and Mrs. Jordan presented a pro
gram on South America, following
business they served peach ice
cream and cookies, assisted by Miss
Ann Nell Parker.
The Annie Kate Powell Circle
met Monday evening with Mrs. A.
L. Humphrey and Mrs. Herman
Hollingsworth as joint hostess. 17
were present including two visitors.
Mrs. Edgar Pollock presided and
Mrs. Mosley Phillips conducted the
devotionals. Mrs. Momon Barrs was
assisted by Miss Annie Kate Pow
ell, Mrs. Edgar Pollock and Mrs.
Stacy Britt in presenting the pro
gram. The hostesses served deli
cious strawberry shortcake.
Church Bulletin
Rev. A". M. Williams, pastor of
the Warsaw Methodist Church, who
is vacationing with his family in
California, writes that on Sunday,
August 8, there will be Sunday
School at 9:45 A.M. for adults only
and no preaching service morning
or evening.
Mrs. McNeil
Again Hostess
Mrs. Hector McNiel was again
hostess at a lovely party when she
ettertained at four tables of bridge
Tuesday afternoon. Lovely arrange
ments graced the living room and
sun porch. During play coca colas
were served and at the end of pro
gressions Mrs. J. Robert Grady of
Kenansville and Mrs. Herbert
Best, Jr. received an assortment of
jellies for high scores and Mrs. E.
P. Ewers for traveling award re
ceived a milk glass dish. Mrs. Ben
Bowden who recently moved back
here from Fayetteville was remem
bered with a novel pill box.
Mrs. Jimmy McColman assisted
in serving a frozen fruit salad
course.
Out of town guests included Mes
dames J. R. Grady, N. B. Boney,
Louise Mitchell, F. W. McGowei of
Kenansville and Mrs. R. C. Wells
of Clinton.
Announce Birth
Mr .and Mrs. Anthony "Jack"
Sansone of Hollywood, Calif, an-
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nounce the birth of a son, Thursday
July 28, 1948. Mrs. Sansone is the
former Miss Mary Elizabeth Her
ring of Warsaw.
Personals
Mrs. J. M. Peirce has returned
from summer school at Chapel Hill
and a visit with her daughters,
Miss Margaret Peirce in Washing
ton, D. C. and Miss Sallie Peirce
in Annapolis, Md.
Lattis Williams, Jr. wqs home
for the week end with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Williams.
Miss Frances Stephens and John-'
ny Mallard of Rose Hill spent the
week end at Carolina Beach with
Rev. and Mrs. G. Van Stephens.
Mrs. Annie S. Greene of Con
cord is a guest of her daughter,
Mrs. Stacy Britt.
Mrs. Elois Williams is on vaca
tion from her work in Clinton and
is attending The Lost Colony at
Manteo.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Cooper of
Chapel Jlill were week end guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Strickland.
Miss Bessie Quinn of Wilson is
visiting her mother, Mrs. J. B.
Quinn.
Mrs. Clarence Brown had her
sister as guest last week.
Mrs. C. J. Brown had as guest
last week her sister Mrs. Frank
Matthews of Richmond, Va. They
are at Wrightsville Beach this week
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Britt and
daughter of Mt. Olive were Sunday
guests of her parents Mr. and Mrs.
B. W. Pickett.
Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Best are spen
ding the week at Carolina Beach.
Rev. and Mrs. James Blackmore
visited their parents here enroute
to their home in Masonboro from
Brookings, N. D. where they have
been for a month.
Mrs. Effie Fussell of Rose Hili
visited Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Best
Monday and Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Thomas,
Jr. and son returned to Lexington
after visiting his parents here.
Rev. and Mrs. Eugene Clarke
are spending the week at Carolina
Beach.
Miss Lenora Womack left Sun
day with her brother, Mr. and Mrs.
B. Y. Womack to visit them in
Winston-Salem.
Mrs. Kathleen P. Snyder has re
turned from summer school at Win
throu College, Rock Hill, S. C
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Allen of Wil
mington visited the J. A. Porteis
Friday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Belton Minshew
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MRS. STACY BRIT?
WARSAW EDITOR
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and sons were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. C. P. Minshew in Fremont.
Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Whittle were
in Richmond Saturday on business.
They were accompanied by Mw'
Mesdames J. C. Miller and Lill
ian Quinn accompanied Mrs. Ben
Rivenbark to Clarkton Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Orengia
will leave Saturday for Pennsly.
vania, where they will reside.
Dr. J. M. Kornegay is vacation
ing a tVirginla Beach this week.
Rev. and Mrs. J. C. Powell are
at Carolina Beach this week. 1
Miss Fannie Woodward spent the
day Monday in Kinston.
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Sheffield and
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Orengia spent
the week end at Carolina Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Matthis l ave
returned from Marion where tbey
visited the M. D. Ledmetters, for
merly of Warsaw.
Miss Nellie Gray Matthis has re
turned from Chapel Hill where she
attended summer school.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Baines of Wil
son are visiting Mrs. Ralph Honey
cutt and Mrs. Annie Cox.
Mrs. William Powell and sons
of Durham are visiting Mesdames
Frank Haislip and Allen Draughon.
Mrs. Glenn Rollins returned on
Monday from Waynesville where
she and the children spent three
weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
Sloan.
Mrs. Margery Jones has return
ed from Waynesville where rhe
spent a month with her daughter,
Mrs. L. R. Callahan and family.
Mr and Mrs. R. E. Wall left
this week for Canada where they
will spend some time.
Mrs. G. W. Rollins left Weden.'
day for Charlotte to visit relatives.
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