::rcr.ce 01 An Auditoriuin In County
:;;;:! Sbrty Only $3r000! Let's Go
k!!:s . An i G:t . Construction Underway
1 Accodliig to Supt. of Schools O.
, P. Johnson, the quota of $81,000 for
construction of an . auditorium in
KenanAvilhCta : short $3,000. Must
ft soon as this 3.000 Is raised coh
- Ktruetjon will get underway. Leslie
Bbney, noted architect of Wilmlng-
; tun and a native of Duplin will draw
tfw" plans. It to hoped tha building
will be completed by fall. -j
It U not designed to be a building
for KenansvlUe, but for the entire
county.. One that will be large
enough " to house any-anticipated
meeting of any sort1 and to take
v core of the annual ' basketball
tourney, -
Diilricl Tournament Feb. 25-26
...The North Carolina District No.
JJ- Class ."B- Elimination Tournj
ment will be played in the Magno
lia High School Gymnasium on
VrlAav nd Saturday nlshta of this'
week, February 25th (tonight) and
"Q"artlcipating ' teams , will be
Caap LeJeune, Ellzabethtown,
s Rkhlands, and Magnolia. Winner of
' this tournament will advance m
State Tourney Play.
Timn TAlnina will tie reoresent-
td by one of the strongest higi
school teams in this section of the
State. It has suffered only one da
. fe?,t during this season's play, and
that setback resulted from a close
.A&J bard lougfit baiue witn sas.
tmm rumllna'a leading contender
(jt btate "AA" honors, New.Han-
Ver High School. --
Ellzabethtown High, Bladen
County Champions, will present i
' tym composed of strong, tall, fast
' boys who nave posted a long string
v of vlctorys during the season'-!
C::d Will Group
i On the evening of February- 22
t'le ladles of Beulaville stole. the
Jiw .it the Good Will Dinne.
r-ol""ored by .the Kinston Chamber
of Commerce members for Beula
ville' business men. The .accent oh
t "Jinner" stressed by the ladies
cf t:.s Beulaville PTA drew more
cowpnt., from those ' who spoke
i''ai did Imyttatiis i iTi, J4
e affair was the"4 thira 'spon
sored by'the Kinston organization
14 itfl trade teritory, and 35 visit
ors were host to 83 business men
and farmers of Beulaville, . v .
- Welcome was given' by Mayor
Guy Elliott of Kinston, and Mana
ger Charles L. McCullers of the
.Chamber of Commerce was toast
master. Entertainment was furnish
ed tjt the Kinston Male Chorus,
3d af number of gifts were present
ed ta the guests by the vlsit'ng
1 os.i, ' through attendance, card
- "gs by Janice Bostlc of Beula-
M,.yor Elliott recalled the meet
ing of the old Eastern Carolina
C'iS'ber-of Commerce; at,-BettlSr
v .3 and the progress of th(i sec
tion since that Umt iH ?saId it
- as tluxiugh the efforts of those
, ,c it, in getting acquainted and
1 collective shoulders to the
) ' , that such progress was pos
lie added it was Ws belief
:-t any sort of depression of the
t vould be aVoided and normal
. meats made through "know
and wisdom. ''.; :'''', r.;
; rw'y' to the welcome was
y V. P. Miller, president of
'aviHe Civic Club, who ex-l
! t a i asure of the guesrf,
i, James M. Tyler, presl-
- te Kinston Chamber; of
..a, ex ssed pleasure of
ring. He said the knitting
ments of the comunitlea
1 and that the success of
v.Je territory was mutual to
i town and farm interests. .
vor Stokley Bostic of Beula-
' stated the major difference
trade relations of Kinston
i town now was one of time.
. I s said, U was on a 80 to 45
! travel basis, whereas in the
reiulred a half , day's travel
r McCullers told the as
' t e purpose of the good
r was not to sell Beilla
! r ' "i". That, he said,
Contributions and pledges to date
have come from all parts of the
county. ," v
Kenansville is not selfish about
this program and is doing its part.
It wants the county to share in ar.d
use the building in any project de
sired by any community in the
county. It will be a building the
while county will be proud of.
(Ed. Note: We believe that the
public spirited people of the county
will respond, as many have, and
the bulldjng will grow Into some
thing even larger. Duplin has al
ways proved Itself when a worthy
cause presented itself.)
B"
play. Elizabethtown won distrjet
honors last year arid will make a
determined bid to repeat again
this year.'
Riohlands, Onslow County Cham
pions, possess a group of smooth,
fast, hard working sharpshoters,
who are sure to give a good account
of themselves in any game and who
are noted for springing surprises
and pul)ing upsets. ,
Magnolia, Duplin County's ; de
fending champions, gained a tour
ney spot by "virtue of Its record in
season's play, having dropped on ;
two of 27 games played, and onl"
one of these being in County Con
ference play. .
The four tourney teams represent
the best in- Class "B" Basketball
in Eastern North Carolina.'
Tournament Pairings, Friday:
'"Magnolia Vs Richlands;
, Camp LeJeune Vs Elizabethtown.
Magnolia vs Richlands, 7:45;
Camp LeJeune vs Elizabethtown.
9:00 ..
Meets In Beulaville
would be eager to serve them.
Others heard from were "I. J.
Sandlin, Arthur Kennedy, William
Humphrey, S; A. Smith and others.
' The highly acclaimed chicken
dinner was served in a George
Washington Birthday motif in the
attractively decorated' school cafe
teria; under the rdirectlon of the
home economics teacher, Mrs. P. .
Thlgpen. The home ec girls, wear
ing crepe' paper aprons in the na
tional colors, acted as waitresses.
At the close, following distribu
tion of gifts, including a bridle,
Alarm; clock, sheets, kitchenware,
flowers 'and, service, certificates
from Kinston merchants, the date I
was set lor tne appearance oi me
Kinston Male Chorus, was set. Ar
rangements were completed for
March 14 at the Beulaville School.
HERBERT SUMMERLIN
TELLS THIS ONE. V
Herbert Summerlin, our esteem
ed Deputy Sheriff from Wolfscrape
Township, tells this one and swears
that it's true. He says that one night
last week a gltt of his farrowed d
pretty pigs and that the next day
he noticed that she had left them
"and was not feeding them.; She
appeared, to be sick and Herbert
took the little pigs up to his wife
who fed them from. a bottle.; The
Sext morning he went dowa tt the
og pen and found that the mother
had farrowed five more pus, but
they were dead. Herbert then went
to tfae house and brought the first
6 pigs back to their mother Who
immediately, started feeding them.
On the following morning when
Herbert went to see his hogs he
found, that there were seyen pigs
Instead of the six he put back witi
the sow. In other words she had
given birth to one more pig during
the night If anyone doubts this
See Herbert Summerlin .. and .ne
says that he will show you the pigs
and prove his story. -. :
Civil Service Exam.
The S Civil1 Service Commis
sion announces an open competitive
examination for the position of
Substitute Clerk for filling a va
cancy in the Post Office at Magno
lia, N. C. The isual en'j-anre salary
of this, position Is $1.04 per hour.
' Competitors will be required to
rrort for a wr! '! ' '!
"1 A.M. on T 1 '.
AT. ANNIVERSARY PARTY The
above group of persons aitendt d
the 12th anniversary party of the
Rooty Branch Free Will B.-ptist
church Woman's Auxiliary Fric'ay
evening of last week at Summerlin
Crossroads. The birthday parties
have been held each year. Present
officers are Mrs. Earl Daii presi
dent; Mrs. Carl Ivey, vice president;
Grand Opening Of
By: EMORY SADLER
On Monday evening, Feb. 21st,
Mr. C. E. Quinn opened his new
theatre in KenansvlUe. The Capital
is one of the finest in Duplin a"d
surrbunding territory and it was
packed jam-full on opening night -with
customers standing in "the
aisles. The same condition has con
tinued on each night and the cus
tomers have been treated to some
fine pictures.
On Monday night John Sikes.
of Wallace, Secretary to "Wallace
Associates", Newspaper man. Radio
Announcer and Publicity expert,
acted as master of ceremonies.
Music was furnished by Tyson Bosr
tic and his KenansvlUe -Kutups. -
Mr. Quinn welcomed his paying
guests and promised them the best
pictures possible to secure at "all
times. He stated that he had long
felt that Kenansville and environs
needed some medium of good,
clean, wholesome entertainment
Negro Agent's
By: RIDDICK E. WILKINS
Negro County Agent '
While the Boy Scouts of America
are preparing to celebrate their
40th anniversary, the scouting pro
gram for negro boys In Duplin isj
relatively new. Mr. A. P. Cox, Tus
carora Field Executive, met wUh
the Duplin County Divisional com
mitteemen last Mondsy at the Mag
nolia Industrial School and rcdedi
cated themselves to the services of
youth. Recognizing the need for pa
tience and guidance for these boys,
upon whose shoulders will rest the
responsibility of Our leadership of
tomorrow, Mr. Cox was reassured
that the Duplin division of the Tus
carora Council will work unceasing
ly to provide finance, adventure and
guidance for our boys.
A large number of neighborhood
leaders and interested persons are
attending a series of meetings that
have already, required the. services
Mule Has Enough Of Western
Whatever it was Gene Autry's
horse said, he certainly cured one
North Carolina" mule permanently
of movie-going. ' . '''- -
It happened last Friday night at
the Drive In Theatre in Pink Hill,
owned by Q. B. Hayworth.; .
' Three young men drove up in a
buggy pulled by a mule, bought
their .tickets and drove in. ; (
It was a Gene Autry western.
Almost before the youths -were
settled,"- Trigger! Gene's ; horse,
whinnied in the picture. The loud
speaker blasted the sound right in
to the startled mule's long, twitch
ing ears, z':;J'- j-'r-V.feSir.
. That was .too much for him. He
whinnied right back,' even louder,
and took off for the highway, still
mlinT f:e ctwntn? bi"'y. Two
II '.-;; lm,'
Mrs. Edrlie Goodman, secretary;
and Mrs. Elbert Whitman, treas
urer. Those attending Friday night
were the Rev. and Mrs. S. A Smith,
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Summerlin, Mr.
and Mrs. Elbert Whitman, Mr. and
Mrs. Eddie Goodman. Mr. and Mrs.
Elwood Goodson. Mr. and Mrs.
Thurman Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Wal
ter Hinson, Mr. and Mrs. D. F.
Capital Theatre
and that it was his purpose to fur
nish it. There is no doubt that Ke
nansville now has - thanks to Mr.
Quinn - one of the finest movii
houses in this section of the State.
Mr, O. P. Johnson, County Supt.
of Schools Mr. F. W. McGowen,
County Auditor; Mr. Gilbert Al
phin, Jr. County Tax Collector and
President of t the Duplin Count;'
Historical Association, and Mr. J.
E. Jerritt, former Mayor of Kenans
ville, congratulated Mr. Quinn up
on the opening of the Capital and
thanked him for his interest in
the welfare of Kenansville and
Duplin County.
Mr. C. B. Hayworth, Theatre
Man, of Pink Hill, and Mr. Bob
Demorest Theatre Man. of Beula
ville, congratulated Mr. Quinn and
welcomed htm into the field of
movie entertainment.
In the future' if you tfant to see
a good movie COME TO KENANS
VILLE. '
News - -
'' of eight specialists from the North
Carolina Extension Service to dis
cuss various phases of farm work
Including corn, small grains pas
ture, hay crops and other fam,
management. These meetings were
necessitated by the fa,ct that operating-capital
per farm worker was
Qnly $558 in North Ciirblina while
the nation, as a whole, the corres
ponding ligure was $1,627. It has
been concluded . that the 'trouble
lies in our cultural practices.
Two other meetings Still remain
on schedule. Dr. Bennett, Tobaco
Specialist, will be available on
March 2 at 2 p.m. to discuss the
tobacco situation in Duplin, and on
Tuesday,, March 15, here will be
a meeting of all neighborhood lead
ers in Negro 4-H Club work. Both
activities will take place at the Ke
nansville colored High School.
Please make special effort to at
tend. ;"
the rest' of the movie' but left the
mule outside, feeling it had seen
all the westerns it wanted.
Two Duplinjtes In
Two'Duplinltes, feurman Norrts,
fireman apprentice; JSN, son of
Mrs. Eula Norris 'of Chinquapin,
and CpL Halcolnv B. Price, Jr.,
USMC, husband of Mrs.' Hazel H.
Price of Rt. 2, Faison, are making
a cruise of Mediterranean ports
while serving aboard the aircraft
carrier USS Midway with, the 6th
Task Force, under command of Ad
miral Richard L. fondly, .
I ' 'is '" ' ' H C'O crew
Chambers. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ivey,
Mr. and Mrs. Ivey Aman, Mr. and
Mrs. Andy Ivey, Mr. and Mrs. Amy
Garner, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Daii,
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Godbold, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Alphin, Mr. and Mrs.
Foye Goodman, Mr. and Mrs. Alor
zo Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Rog
ers, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Edwards,
Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Outlaw,
Duplin 4-H Club
By V. H. REYNOLDS
Assistant County Agent
Medals were awarded to the boys
who had the best 4-H projects 'c
1048 at the February 4-H Club
meetings. Boys receiving County
Champion Medals for different pro
jects were:
Field Crops Gerald Simmons,
B. F. Grady;
Meat Animal - Brinson Vestal,
Kenansville;
Dairy Cow - 1st, Dick Ccrdin? of
P. T. A. At Warsaw Backs
Summer Recreation Plan.
Plans for superised recreation
for Warsaw children, are shaping.
Movement was organized at the
PTA meeting last week. The presi
dent. Mrs. M. A. Smith, named
Mrs. G. S. Best chairman of-a com
mitter to submit a Summer recrea
tion plan. Other members of the
committee are Mrs. Graham Phil
lips, Mrs. N. A. Mitchell, Mrs. J.
C. Thompson and Mrs.David Carl
ton. .
Older Youth Meeting To Be
Held HereOn March 2nd
By: ALTA LAWSON -
Assistant Home Dem. Agent
Jessie James, Assistant State 4-H
Club Leader will be in Duplin
County for the Older Youth Meet
ing Wednesday night, March 2 at
7:15 o'clock in the Agriculture
Public Health Conference Meets Here
The Southeastern District Pub
lie Health Conference met in Ke
nansville Thursday, Feb. 17, with
Dr. S. B. McPheeters of Goldsboro
presiding. There are thirteen coun
ties in the district and they meet
once each quarter. About 65 guests
were present. -"T"
Dr. J. W. R. Norton, State Health
Officer, was the principal speaker,
and was introduced by Dr. Mc
Pheeters, who is exceptionally
outstanding in health work n
North Carolina. .
Duplin County
The newly . organized Duplin
County Business and Professional
Woman's Club met Monday night
Feb. 21, at Mltcbiner'e Restaurant.
The meeting was called to order
by the president, Mrs. R. L. West,
the collect of Club Women of Am
erica, and the .American's Creed
was read by all.::' ''..''. ? t.v
. Mrs. J. M. West, secretary, read
the minutes of last meeting which
v - i e approved. After reading the
r ' i T"'h. V";-'t r ' "d, and
' ' iv t ' 1 t""i"
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Quinn. Mr.
and Mrs. Elmore Bell, Mesdame--Arthur
Outlaw. R. P. Suninio-lin.
Charlie Outlaw, Mary Grey Hen
derson. Thomas Summerlin, Misses
Janice Summerlin, Peggy Alphin,
Millie Ivey and Jack Ross. Staff
photo by Cletus Brock.
Boys Get Medals
Wallace. 2nd, Gene Holland of War
saw; Poultry - Horace Fussell. .1- .
Rose Hill, James Vernon. 13 I'.
Grady. Ray Bell, enansville:
Garden - Ervin G. Dobson, Bou
Uville, Ventress Daughtry, Kenan -ville,
Charles Rogers, Rose Hill.
Boys who received County Cham
pion Certificates were: Horace Fus
sell, Jr. Rose Hill, for Tobacco and
Victor Taylor of Faison for Beef
Calf.
A committee to nominate PTA
officers for next year is con-posed
of Mesdames Lena Carlton. J W.
Farrior, and Walker Stevens.
Addition of music classes for the
next three months was discussed.
A committee was named to lind
ways and means of financing ihe
project. Members ire Mesdames V.
J. Baars, E. D. Pollock, Stacy Biitt,
and Frank Hobbs.
Building, Kenansville. Mr. James
will show a picture and t;ien lead
the group in recreation.
Every person between the ages of
18 and 28 is invited to attend this
meeting.
Health officers present were:
Dr. Eleanor Williams from Onslow
Pender County; Dr. A. H. Elliott
of New Hanover; Dr. McPheeters of
Wayne County; Dr. Foster of Fay
etteville; Dr. Johnson of Whiteville.
Dr. Norton spoke on the subject
of Public Health in the Legislature
and the need of State aid on the
health program.
After the meeting a supper was
enjoyed at the school lunch room
served by the Auxiliary of Grove
Presbyteran Church.
BPWC Meeting
gram Chairman of the Clinton
Chapter and Miss Katherine Bar
ber, also of Clinton, gave talks
on "How to conduct business meet
ings, its purpose,. Ideals, and its
programs, which are given monthly. .
- The club agreed to contribute a
nominal sum to the proposed War
Saw Grammar School public music
program, which will begin in the
neat future. The "Toy Band" will
be the primary aim of the BPW.
The club also agreed to sponsor
!! ' -ft -i it coop'-rn'ion with
PRESBYTERIAN HOUR
1849 MID-WINTER SEBIES
presenting
"TIME FOR DECISION
for Christ as
Lord of the
Homo"
Br
HEV. W. R.
COURTENAY
thrllto. Tran.
The Presbyterian Hour broadcast
The next Presbyterian Hour
broadcast, February 25. over Radio
Station WI'TF, will feature the
Rev. Walter Rowe Courtney, pastor
of the First Presbyterian Church.
Xa-hville. Tenn. as the speaker. Dr.
Cmn'tiH is a native of Canada. He
received his college training it
Maryvilk- College. Maryville, Tenn.
and graduated from Princeton
Theological .Seminary. Carroll Col
lege in Waukesha. Wis. conferred
u)o:i hi in the degree of Doctor of
Divinity.
Commerce.
A committee was appointed to
rupervisc the sale of tickets for
"The Duplin Story". Historical
Pageant, to be presented in Sept
ember in Kenansville. The tirkets
wil' be on sale during March.
Various committees and their
chairmen were appointed in the or
ganization as follows: Membership
Chairman. Mrs. Cleo Hobbs; Pro
gram. Co-ordination Committee
Chairman. Mrs. Kathleen Snyder:
News Service. Mrs. Eula Lee Brilt
chairman: Radio and Public Af
fairs committee chairman. Mis0
Mary Alice Hlackmore; Finance
Committee, Mrs. Dorcas Rogers.
Ch; irmaii; Education and Vocation
Chairman, Miss Man Hester Pow
ell; Legislative Committee chair
man. Mrs. Lena Carlton; Music and
Recreation chairman, Miss Nell
Bruchhaus; Health and Safety chair
man. Miss Mary Lee Sykes.
14 Duplinites At
Campbell College
Cambell College has fourteen
persons from Duplin County en
rolled this term, three girls ana
eleven boys, all of whom take patt
in some activity there.
Norman Spell of Wallace, a fresh
man, played football last season.
Willis Brown of Magnolia, a soph
omore, is a member of the Interna
tional Relations Club and of the
Chemistry Club.
Clifton Knowles. frashman from
Wallace, played on the J. Vs bas
ketball team.
Dorothy Thomas, freshman from
Rose Hill, is a member of the BTU
Volunteer Band and the YWA.
Billy Register, sophomore from
Rose Hill, is a member of the BTU
and of the Chemistry Club.
M. B. Pope, freshman from Wal
lace, played football last season.
F.usrace Wood. soDhomore trom
Wallace, participates in football
and baseball, and is a memoer oi
the Monogram Club.
Mrs. Otis Aldridgc, high school
senior from Warsaw, plays basket
ball.
Neal Carlton, sophomore from
Warsaw, participates in football
and baseball, and is a member of
the Monogram Club.
Willie Johnson, sophomore from
Rose Hill, played football during
last season.
Dorotha Rhodes, sophomore of
Beulaville, is a member of the
Girls' House Council, secretary of
the Student Council, on "Creek
Pebbles'' staff, and plays basket
ball. The following are also on the
honor citizenship roll: George Pol
lock, Jr., Eustace Wood, Neal
Carlton, James Powell, Ward Blan
chard, Dorotha Rhodes, Dorothy
Thomas, Norman Spell, Willis
Brown, Clifton nowles, Billy Reg
ister, and M. B. Pope.
GOOD SAMARITANS MEET
The Good Samaritan Circle of the
Warsaw Baptist WMU met Monday
afternoon with Mrs. Shelby Zacli
are with 21 present and Mrs. Ira
Ezzell, Jr. presiding. Serving on the
program were - Mesdames Nathan
Guy, L; C Boone, S. E. Parker, C.
K. Scott, Ketside, R. J. Lewis, En
nis Tadloek and G. S. Best. Ice
(im, ef!e and p"n-h we served.