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J 7d VOLUME NUMBER SEVENTEEN ATxfJass TJJeetliidg M Court Mouse umday Afternoon To Discuss Ideas For Hew County Rest Home; Everyone Urged To Attend By: MACY COX Realizing that the most adequate need of our County is a comfortabla home for our aged men and women who are homeless and with sincere desire to provide such a home dur ing this 200th anniversary celebra tion of Duplin County, we, the undersigned are asking our people to attend a special meeting in the Court House in Kenansvllle on the third Sunday In October (16th) at 2:43 in the afternoon. All ministers of every denomination, all church leaders, school teachers; doctors, lawyers, county and town officials. H. D. Clubs, all men's clubs and Orders are especially asked to at tend. Everybody is included, no body left out. Plans for such a home will be ' presented for dis cussion, and everybody present will have chances to express their wish es. Everything will be explained. We believe everybody will want this home provided. It will be the greatest blessing in consideration of the Celebration. We can only snake plans now before the year closes. - . The above duly signed by the following: Miss Macy Cox, J. P. Royal, Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Newklrk, 'Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Bostlc, Magno lia; Mrs. Hubert Boney, Mrs. Jakie Wells, Teachey; O. S. Best, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph , Jones, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Carlton, Eugene Carlton, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. McNeill, Dr. J. W. Strau ghan, C. Herman Trueblood, G. D. Bennett, Dallas Jones, Warsaw; Dr. John D. Robinson, Dr, H. W. Colwell, Dr A, B. Bland, A. C. Hall, Wallace; Dr. S. A. Pope, Dr. F. L. Norris, Dr. Paul Bolin, Arthur Kennedy, Rev. A. L. Brown, Beula vllle; Dr.- C. r. Hawes, Mrs, David Williams, -MrTand MrsfW. L. Wa- Sam Byrd; Corwin Rife Hade Honorary f Citizens 01 Kenansvllle By Town Board Sajn Byrd, writer, director and actor of "The Duplin Story" and Corwin Rife, technical director and scenic designer for the play have been made honorary citizens of Kenansvllle. The action was taken oy the town board Monday nigh, October 3rd. t; The following resolution was adopted by the board: TOWN OF KENANSVILLE NORTH CAROLINA DUPLIN COUNTY ' RESOLUTION i RESOLVED, That the Town of Kenansvllle express Its warmest appreciation and. thanks to Sam Byrd, writer, producer, and chief character of "The Duplin Story", and to Corwin Rife, technical di rector, for thevery fine and effec tive manner which they produced "The Duplin Story" with the splen did cooperation of the entire cast Quarterly Conference - The fourth Quarterly Conference of the Pink Hill Methodist Charge will meet at Woodland Methodist Church near B. F. Grady-School on Sunday night, October 16, at 7:30, according to Rev. Tom Horner, pastor of the Pink Hill Charge. Rev. B. B. Slaughter, superintend Kcninsville, Faison Awarded Eagle Two Boy "Scouts received Eagle awards at the Duplin court oi hon or Monday 'at Falson high school. The-awards were presented to Cur tlss Cates, troop 48, Faison. and to Stephen Council Gooding, troop 80. Kenansvllle, by Bruce Boyers, Boy Scout executive. t Cates is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Cates of Falson, and Gooding Is the son of Dr. and' Mrs. G. V. Gooding,, ol Kenansvllle .j 1 The Eagle candidates and their parents were escorted 'before the court of honor oy uoDDy uryan, t:.--i Scout of troop 1, Goldsbofo, The out-of-door court of honor was opened with a torchllghting ceremony by troop 48 of Falson, Troon 47. Hallsville, won the con- t for October. John Fonvlelle, t of honor chairman, was in ' of the competitive events ! - 1 ' "it J"1 ters, Mrs. L. F. Byrd, Sr., David O. Byrd. B. V. Byrd, L. W. Williams, Rev. A. D. Wood, Rev. D. D. Bain, Rev. C. T. Rogers, Rose Hill; Dr. J. X. Morton, Rev. E. N. Teague, Mrs. Marshall Williams, Mrs. J. fi. Stroud, Jr., Mrs. W. E. Thornton, Mrs. T. H. Latham, Mrs. O. E. Fal son, Mrs. W. T. Hines, Mrs. J. Mid dleton, Mrs. A. R. Hicks, Jr., Mrs. Dennie Lee, Mrs. J. M. Bowden, Mrs. J. M. Smith, Mrs. T. W. De- vane, Mrs. I. H. Hlnes, Mrs. N. F. McColman, Mrs. D. Newton, Mrs. A. P. Cates, Mrs. A. R. Withering ton, Falson; Dr. G. V. Gooding, F. W. McGowen, A. T. Outlaw, R. V. Wells, O. P. Johnson, Robert Grady, C. E. Qulnn, Mrs. Juliette High smith, Mrs. Ruby Kornegay, Mrs, Grace Vann, Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Boney, Mr. and Mrs. Vance Gavin, Mrs. John A. Gavin, Mr. and Mrs, Murrell Glover, H. E. Phillips, Mrs. Thad Jones, Kenansvllle; H. A. Par ker, Bowden; L. W. Outlaw, Seven Springs; Preston Wells, Rev. John Saunders, Mt. Olive; Rev. N. E. Gresham, Chinquapin; Rev. K. D. Brown, Burgaw. Dr. J. F. Robertson of Wilming ton, President of the North Caro lina Medical Society, is deeply in terested in the proposed Home, and Is coming to the meeting to speak for us. We hope to have Mrs. Mrs. J. R. Chasten, a member of the Board of Directors of Catherine Kennedy Home In Wilmington and Mrs. Exie Croom Huhn, Matron of the Home, to give some informa tion. Be there if possible. Tell your friends. Fill your cars. Be there on time. All v preachers or Sunday School superintendents please an nounce it in all your churches on Sunday the 9th and 16th. Announce it In the schools. Duplin County's Bicentennial Celebration.;. ' 1 RESOLVED, That an expression' of apreciation be sent to Mr. Byrd and to Mr. Rife for the splendid service each have rendered to our Town and to Duplin County, and that Sam Byrd and Corwin Rife are each hereby declared an HON ORARY CITIZEN of the Town of Kenansvllle, North Carolina. BE IT FURTHRE RESOLVED, That the greetings and best wishes of our people be sent to our es teemed new Honorary Citizens. This the 3rd day of October, 1949. TOWN OF KENANSVILLE Amos Q. Brinson, Mayor D. H. McKay, t . , Ralph T. Brown, Ivey Bowden, Leo Jackson, Stokea Westbrook, Commissioners Woodland Church ent of the New -Bern district,, will preach at the regular service and conduct the business session after wards. This will be the last Quarterly Conference in the current church year. The public is cordially invited to attend. -"" Scout Badge . Troop 47. Hallsville', first class, Treasure Rhodes and Eddie Paul Thigpen; merit badges, Elwood Kennedy, pioneering, coin collect ing, and carpentry; W. L. Miller, cooking and metal work; Benford Shepherd, woodwork and . public speaking; A. F. Shaw, ura stuay; Bobby Miller, athletics, carpentry, and metal work. . , ...... 'k- V,,. I..-: ;fy' ToBcco and Pack' House Burned;!! - Mrs. Ruby Turner of Beulavllle lost a packhouse and 3000 pounds of tobacco by fire at her home, last Thursday night. No Insurance wes carried, it was reported. ... ;. 1 1 "t two wp'5' i"0 John Goor- " V - 1i ''ii Mrs, G. V. Gooding and Mrs. A. P. Cates proudly pin the Eagle Badge on their sons, Steve Gooding and Curtlss Cates. The' boys received their awards at a court of honor Pageant Shows A pproximately $10,000 Prof it financial Statement "The Duplin Story" winds up its business. A meeting of the Du plin County Historical Association in the court, house Monday night revealed many interesting things. Not so many attended but an inter ested spirit was shown. There was no discussion as to whether "The Duplin Story?, will be repeated next year. That 'Question was al lowed fo rest aAvhile. The things Of most interest was the financial statement ' , President Gilbert Alphin presid ed .and Immediately called for a reading of the financial statement by treasurer M. F. Allen. Mr. Allen read the auditors report as pre pared by F. W. McGowan, auditor, as of Saturday night, October 8th. The full statement is shown below, f' The Pageant came out all right, was the' general opinion of every bne. The Duplin undertaking was one of the many pageants given in North Carolina this year and as far as has been learned is the only one to : make, expenses, so we can be Justly proud that the statement showed more than $9,000 prif it. In the beginning a group of men in - the county agreed to put up $1200 as an underwriting, a loan, so to speak. Before the profits were totaled up each person was refund-ferlca's ed his advance. At this writing most of them had endorsed their checks and turned them over to Mr. Allen to be applied to the au ditorium. If it had not been for the pageant, in all probability, this amount would not have been do-' nated. The Association gave O. P. Johnson, Superintendent of Duplin County Schools, a check for $7,500 that night with the balance to fol low, when all work of the Associa tion in regards to the pageant is completed. About $1100.00 is still outstanding in unreported ticket sales. It was decided that an adequate record of the pageant be compiled and put in permanent form to be filed with the Register of Deeds for future generations. Resolutions were read and adopted, which ap pear elsewhere in -this issue. Mrs. John D. Robinson announ ced that the souvenir plates, order ed months ago to be available dur ing, the Pageant, had arrived and were on sale. J. R. Grady announ ced that there were still plenty of The Duplin Story" books available. After the close of the meeting M. F. Allen presented Supt. O. P. Johnson a check for 9,526.96 rep resenting collections in the Kenans vllle school district drive for $10, 00Q for the auditorium. Since that date, Mr. Allen states, pageant un derwriting checks received; applied to this drive, carries the total well above $10,000. So, to sum and total it up: The proceeds from the page ant were voted last spring to-be given to the auditorium. The Ke nansvllle school drive for $10,000 started last spring for the auditor ium, together total; a little, more than $20,000. r '" i With this money In hand Mr. Johnson states work can continue to move along on the auditorium and it -is hoped that the building can be used when basketball season opens. It is n owassured that it can be used for the county basketball tournament. Laborers are now -put- t;'" on the roof and in a short KENANSVILLE, NORTH held on the Falson High School campus. Looking on, left to right are: Rev. Lauren C. Sharpe, Scout master of troop 50, Kenansvllle; Dr. and Mrs. G. V. Gooding, Steve, Two Duplin Men Drown Bone Lake Herman Lee Teachey, age 28 and.dllin Wells, age 27, both color ed, Jere drowned about 8 -o'clock last night in Boone's Lake 8 miles west of Magnolia. Coroner C. B. Sitterson reports that the two drowned men and Henry Bass, col ored, were riding around the lake in an out board motor boat which capsized. Bass was able to swim ashore but was unable to help eith er of the others. The lake is about 15 feet deep at the point where the boat capsized. Deputy Sheriff A. R. Marley and Chief of, Police Norwood Boone, of Wallace, direct ed the two boats which were used in dragging for the bodies. Herman Lee Teachey's body was found around 9:00 o'clock and Oil in Wells' body was recovered about 11 o'clock. Both of the drowned men were veterans of World War II. Their bodies were taken to the Garris Funeral Home in Mt. Olive. - More than three-fourths of Am farms now are connected to electric power lines. gymnasium east, of Raleigh, inclu ding the ones at East Carolina Teachers College and Atlantic Christian College that can equal Duplin's Kenan Memorial Auditorium. DUPLIN COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION Kenansville, North Carolina - M. F. Allen, Jr., Treasurer REVENUE AND EXPENSE November 29, 1948, to October 8, 1949 REVENUE: Funds posted by Individuals for sponsorship of pageant with understanding that some would be refunded at end of pageant if there ( was no loss . ' Donations received -Refund Advertising on Tickets Advance Ticket Sales Box Affice Admissions: First Performance Second Performance Third Performance Fourth Performance Fifth Performance TOTAL TOTAL EXPENSE: Total Expenses of producing "The Duplin Story" Refunds - Funds posted by Individuals for ' ' sponsorship of pageant V TOTAL Estimated State & Federal Taxes Unexpended Surplus -j, !, ' CAROLINA FRIDAY, 4 t it ' H ess. Curtis, Mr?. Cates and Mr. Cates, and C. H. Millard, Scoutmaster of troop 48, Faison. (News-Argus Photo) Resolution By The Board Of County Commissioners NORTH CAROLINA. DUPLIN COUNTY. Before the Board of Commissioners October 3, 1949 RESOLVED, That the Board of County Commissioners of Duplin County express Its warmest appre ciation and thanks to the president, and other officers of the Duplin County Historical Association, and to the entire cast and all of those who assisted with "The Duplin Story" for a most successful Bi centennial Celebration. RESOLVED, That an individual expression be sent to Sam Byrd, producer and director of "The Du plin Story", .and to Corwin Rife, technical director, for the generous and eminently satisfactory way and manner in which these gentlemen have given of their time and talents in making Duplin's Bicentennial Celebration a gorgeous spectacle of which our citizens are justly proud. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the greetings and best wishes of Duplin County be sent to our esteemed Honorary Citizens, Sam Byrd and Corwin Rife. Board of County Commissioners A. C. Hall, Chairman Arthur Kennedy 1 235 00 521 00 8 40 75 00 9 579 95 1,580.00 3,130.25 4,084.00 2.333.75 2.300.00 13 428 00 $ 24 847 35 $ 10 027 69 " ' :"' 1 235 00 $ 11 282 69 41 093 00 9 491 66 ' tS $ 24 847 35 OCTOBER 14th 1949 Aubrey Cavenaugh Tells Folks "What's Wrong With Wilmington (From Thursday's Wilmington News) Aubrey L. Cavenaugh of Warsaw spoke on "What's Wrong With Wil mington," at the meeting of the Wilmington Kiwanis club at the Brigade Boys' club building yester day: Cavenaugh who was presented by Walker Taylor recently "blast ed" Wilmington for its apparent lack of "go forward" spirit. The members upon reading Cavenaugh's statements, invited him to come to Wilmington and tell them what' wrong with the city. "I stuck my neck out and now I will try to get it stuck back in", Cavenaugh declared. He pointed out that in 1900 Wil L. P. Wells Dallas Jones ATTEST: A. T. Outlaw, Clerk Two Pink Hill Stores Broken Into Tues. Two business establishments in Pink Hill were broken into on Tues day night and merchandise worth several hundred dollars was report ed stolen. Thieves gained entry to W. H. Jones and Company and Farm and Home Equipment Company some time after closing hour on Tuesday. A crowbar was used to pry the lock on the front door of the Jones store, while entry to the Farm and Home Equipment Co. was made by breaking a wooden panel in a side door. Stolen goods included several guns, shells and alarm clocks from the Jones business establishment, ?nd radios and cigarettes from the other business. Papers in the office 'The Duplin Dance Going State Fair "The Duplin Dance" will be pre sented at the State Fair on Thurs day of next week when 16 couples will swing themselves before the thousands of North Carolinians in contest with dancers from other sections of the state. Duplin will show their vaunted mountaineers that we know the genuine square dance in the East as well as do the Hill Billys. Also competing with those from the hills will be one of Duplin's string Bands who will play for- the dancers. The band is composed of Linwood Brinkley, a snappy fiddler whose fiddle liter ally breathes music such as Sally Goodin', Soldiers Joy, Golden Slip pers, etc. With him will be J. C. Bryant with his strummin' guitor, James Stephen Murphy with his haunting Spanish guitar. It is hoped that Donald Stroud and his smi in' moanin' and strainin' steel gui tar will go along, not only to play in the dance sets but to compete with some of those Hill Billys who tt ink they are the world's champs. So, to their fiddlers, if they want to cop first prize they have got to play an inspired fiddle to outao Linwood Brinkley. Also competing along with the square aancers win dij raiauu Smith and his talented daughter Lou Jean in the tap and clog dance. When Faison gets through with his, capers some one will be sore fromi laughing if ne aoesn i onng nome the bacon and we sorta believe he has what it takes to bring it home. Mrs. L. A. Wilson of Rose Hill sponsoring Duplin's entry into the contest and everyone planning to attend (re enthusiastic. T. B. Seal Sale Gets Underway rt..r,ii annual Christmas Seal Sale Drive is now getting underway. Heretofore it has been put on in December but due to conflict with the Red Cross and other drives it was aeciaeo 10 Be gin earlier this year. Dr. H. W. Col i waiiaca heads the drive. t i. hnnd that a house-to-house canvass can be made throughout the county and completed oy Amu Duplin badly needs funds to fight TB, the white plague, and for the past few years has been making No. 42 mington was the largest and lead ing city in the state. "Now you are unofficially about tenth," he said. "People of southeastern North Carolina don't understand why you did not fight to retain your leader ship in the state." Cavenaugh pointed out that far mers in his section were experien cing a poor crop year and urged the members to do something about the situation as it probably existed locally. He called for an intelligent ap proach to industrialization of all southeastern North Carolina, and said that the ports development program would help a great deal toward getting the area started on a road towards industrialization. Lighted Christmas For Beulaville The Beulavllle Civic Club is swinging- Into action again. Like all civic chibs action slows down occasionally and there is a very good reason for this. Reason: the club is made up of human beings. The club announces a home Christmas decorating contest. They will give three prizes of $50, $30, and $20 each to the best lighted and decorated homes and yards in town. The contest Is now open and lights are expected to blink on earl ier in Beulavllle this year. Judges will be selected from outside the town and they are expected to announce the winners on Christmas day. Have you Beulavllle Merch ants gotten In a sufficient supply of Christmas lighting equipment and effects? Also the Civics Club is buy ing the Beulaville All-Star basketball team warm-up suits and the cash is already in the treasury for this purpose, it is said. When you find a town with a wide-awake civics club you generally find a wide awake town. And so It goes with Beulaville, Duplin's eastern metropolis. Warsaw Rotarians Hear Dist. Governor The Warsaw Rotary Club held its regular weekly luncheon last week at the high school lunchroom. President E. C. Thompson presided. Guests of the club included Dan Britt and Farmer Honeycutt of Clinton and Bob Jordan of Little Washington. District Governor H. A. Marks of the 279th District, Rotary Interna tional paid an official visit. Follow ing an introduction Governor Marks explained the history of the Rotary organization. Started in 1905 In Chicago the Rotary Club has expanded until now there are G87 clubs in 82 countries comprised of 330,000 indi vidual members, Marks said. After discussing briefly now the Rotary International Is administer ed, Marks presented three object ives for the coming year suggested by the president of the internation al organization at the recent Lake Placid, N. Y., international assem bly. These were: To have better informed Rotar. ians and a better informed nuhllp regarding Rotarian Ideals; tn m. phasize vocational service, such as tne necessity of maintaining high ethical standards in business; and to have internationally minrlw! . tarians. For the latter turn nhloiA. District Governor Marks explained, books and pamphlets have been published by the organization to Inform Rotarians of what they can do. The District Governor A I art nv. pressed the hope that in the coming year some community projects would be proposed and carried out. "We owe our community something ourseives tor what it has done ior us-, ne said. secretary of the Duplin County TB Association ana is doing a very good job in the fight against this disease. Dr. E. P. Ewers of War-: saw, is president of the Associs tlon. When called on plea do nate liberally. No one kno' e T1 Is polrx to stride no- '