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"v 7- " 7; ,77 ,-. : - 7'. '; .7:7"' :,-':! :''..'. vs7 ' V. J C777-77.,;:;;..,7,;7.. v'-';,--v.;i7.;.--. , 'ri X . v.;-7.;;i. 7, Cr"S f' ! I m i V. v ' in 7! a V' '4 )- VOLUME NUMBER SEVENTEEN ' DUPUN SCHOOLS The Duplin County Board of Education, in ses- sion last Thursday, allocated over one half million dollars to Duplin's schools, both colored and white. in reporting their action to the press they asked the Duplin Times to comment editorially on their work. Duplin is fortunate in receiving a half-million dollars for school construction out of the state bond levy. But let's not kid ourselves into thinking this is going to relieve our problem. Every white school is overcrowded. Most of the Dresent build- ' ings are in fair shape but it ia vu tumijr uufJuasuiH: tu give utu iiuucuu and graduates what they are entitled to with pres ent facilities. We are talking about our white Schools.' ' ;v'V -;V-.' '. t Now - our Negro schools. I don't believe it is necessary to go into the short-comings of our Negro schools. There isn't actually a first class Negro high school in the county. Some are good but far behind the white. The day has passed when educa tional opportunities for Negroes can be denied. They must be given an equal chance. Facing that, problem I think anyone will understand that the bulk of this half-million dollars must go for Negro education in Duplin County. The schedule worked out by the Board is far from desirable but it will manage to bridge a gap and. maybe hold us until something better can be done. Now what is, this something better? We all feel like we jure carrying all the tax load we can The time is not so far away when-a large scale ex pansion program must take place for the white schools. We hate to think about further consolida tion. Most of Uf wem. floored and flabbergasted when consolidation', was JDjrst! thought of. "It will A destroy our communtay4etrW hollered Well what did it destroy? Nothing fyit the one room schpol house. I don't think anyone would approve doing away with , the present consolidation set-up and going back to the one room school. -What can we look forward to? -We might as well begin to get used to the idea that further con solidation of white schools in Duplin is not far in the offing; Unless something can be done in time to forestall it our predictions are that the schools at Rose Hill, Magnolia, Calypso and possibly Faison are going to be done away with. And maybe Chin quapin and Grady. ; Not only are we facing further consolidation but continually raising of standards in public schools, brought about by higher standards in colleges, is making it harder for the graduates to take their places along withtgraduates of city systems. Libra ry facilities, science laboratories, athletic facilities, . etc., must be expanded. The cost is almost prohib tive to expand to the necessary point in each school as they are set up today, T i . We call, your attention to our editorial a few months ago advocating a senior high school for Du plin County. If this could be worked out it might be the means of saving some of our present schools. If the 1 1th and 12th grades ! of each school were '. consolidated into one senior high the remainder of the schools could operate as a junior high on a much better basis than they operate today. Graduates of that senior high would be equipped to compete with the best in the state and those graduates who do not care to attend college will be better equipped to go - out in life and make his or her own way. t 7 - This is not just a dream or a passing fancy. We - rfr fnnncr realities as the figures in the half ? million dollar allotment reveal. Study those fig .. ures. Visit our schools, both white and colored, -' - and particularly the colored. Look at the picture ? from a county-wide standpoint and not from the ' viewpoint of any onei community. It matters not so much from which school, the child graduates. The thing 'of importance is that the schoor offers what the student and graduate needs. . , , . It seems to me ihat we are amply warned. Why hot get joined and do something about it before it is too, late? -When, I say too late, I mean too late to r conserve on the .pocketbook. It won't be too late to make changes, when the 11th hour comes but they wpl be mighty expensive changes. '.-...,;,' .!''. - X't". J. R. GRADY. :::nDrivtrsi ratrolmtn WhlUktr report! Hut a - J J llfli Ami s newly reiunaceu iw itllua tn Wiru IMHUf to il'y l!n"ry during wt we- far from what they should - Tka Tlmw wCl Itan o Wed , nf'j ef next week. AU sews r- " are " ? ' KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA rKIUAY, wUVIiiMplMfc 4th., 134 I Scene of Auto-Xrain Accident The automobile of Granger Martin lies in the railroad drainage ditch near Calypso where it landed on Tuesday of last week after being Struck by AOL train No. 49. Mrs. Warsaw Man Will Meeting Southeastern The twenty-seventh annual con vention of the Southeastern Dis trict of the North Carolina Educa tion Association- will be held in Wilmington, North Carolina, on Friday, November. 4, according to a recent announcement by District President J, P. Harmon of Warsaw. More than 1,000 educators from the following thirteen counties which comprise- the Southeastern District are expected to attend the conven tion:. Bladen, Brunswick, Colum bus, i Cumberland, Duplin, Hoke, Jones, New Hanover, Onslow, Pen der, Robeson, Sampson, and Scot land. District President Harmon, Vice President E. C. Slpe of Clinton, and Secretary M. G. Isley of White- ville have planned a full program for the convention. The convention will begin with a luncheon of all North Carolina Education Association local unit presidents scheduled for 12:00 noon at the Friendly Cafeteria. The gen eral session for all teachers and ad ministrators will be held in the auditorium of New Hanover High School at 2:00 p.m. For this session the Beverend Charles A. Maddry of Wilmington will deliver the Invo cation and Mrs. A. D. Wood of Du plin County will lead the group singing. Superintendent H. M. Ro land of Wilmington and New Han over County will welcome the edu cators and State Superintendent Clyde A. Erwin will bring official greetings. The featured speaker for this general session is L. E. Par menter, Executive Manager of the National School Service Institute, Chicago. Mr. Parmenter will be introduced by NCEA President, Mrs. Lucille Allen,, of Hendersou ville. The topic of her address is "The Art of Public Relations." 7 At the conclusion of this general session the new district officers will be introduced at the conven ced at the conven - President,- Superin-1 tion. They are: tendent E. C. Slpe of Clinton; Vice President, M. G. Isley of WhltevlUe; nd Secretary, Mattie Belle Rogers of Fayetteville. ..... ' . -'' 7- The four major divisions of the 1 Association havo scheduled the following meetings: The Division of Classroom Teachers, a luncheon meeting at 12:30 In the Crystal Restaurant, a business meeting at 4:45 in the high school auditorium, and a dinner meeting at 6:55 In the high school cafeteria. The Division of Superintendents will meet at 3:45 and at .6:00. The Division of Principals will loin the Superin tendents at the 6:00 meeting. The Higher Education Division will meet at 3:45. All departmental and subject matter groups will hold their sess ions at 3:49 p.m. A number of well known educators will appear before these various groups. Emma Law- son of Wilmington, Mary Wlllock of Camo LeJeune, and Mary K. Williams of Woman's College, of Greensboro, will appear on the r'lwfim for teachers of art. Dr, ' Weaver, Fveoutive - v N f- V '' uoromy m. uavis ana mn. An nette M. Sutton, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Martin, and their three children, Dorothy and Catherine Davis .and Tommie Sutton, were riding in the car. All but Catherine J. P. HARMON President Southeastern Disi NCEA Social Studies on the topic, "Demo cratic, Action-Centered Education." District Principals will hear H. M. Wells of Seven Springs and the Elementary Principals have chosen J. E. Miller as their speaker. Dr. Dorothy McCusky of Chapel Hill will address the elementary teach ers and Mrs. Harry Mints and Shan non Morton will speak to the teach ers of English. Professor Hugo Glduz of Chapel Hill will appear before the teachers of foreign language. For the geography teachers John Stoneham and Albert T. Spurlock will discuss "New Geography Text books." Dr. Bertlyn Bosley of the State Board of Health will be the speaker for the home economics group and Dr. E. C. Mumford of State College, ..Raleigh, will ad dress the teachers of mathematics. The music teachers will hear C.'W. Greer, of Silver Burdett Company and the science teachers will en joy an illustrated lecture by Dr. B. W. Wells of North Carolina State Colleffe. ;. Sunet-intenilent A. . B. j,, of Laurlnburg will appear he.OM th. vocational euidance before , the vocational guidance group and Mrs. Janle Simmerman of Fayetteville will lead a panel discussion on "Guidance Practices at Work." T ' Law Finally Gets Duplin Hegro Eventually the law, will get you, or so thinks Matt Vann, Warsaw Negro who has been able to dodge it for the past four years. Van is wanted in Duplin County for; the murder of McKlnley Williams," an other Negro, during a !card game In Warsaw four year ago. Sheriff Jones was Coroner at the time and ha says there were eyewitnesses io the shooting. He said Wflliams lived long enough to identify the killer. The case was turned over to the F.B.I, about two and half years' go. ' . 1 - vann-has been traced by the FBI for some time, his trai led them to Chicago, Detroit, Car Ida and 'fin ally to New York v ere he was placed undf-r a"'"'-' ! Extradition - !.? rre 1-c i and Sheriff FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4th., 1949 were out of the auto when the train struck, and she was injured least. Most seriously hurt when the train knocked the car against them were Mrs. Davis and daughter, Dorothy. (Photo by Cletus Brock) Over Teachers Memorial Services At Legion Post The Simmons, Turner, Mewborn Post, American Legion, will hold a memorial service at the legloit hut on Maxwell Mill pond Armi stice Day at eleven o'clock. Jesse Jones of Kinston and others are sceduled to take part on the pro gram. The public is invited to at tend and bring a basket. Armistice Plans Are Moving Along The 1940 edition of Warsaw's annual Armistice Celebration is going into high gear. Last stage preparations are shaping up. The Times was hoping to publish pic tures of all contestants in the Beau ty Contest but only a few have been received so none will be published until after the Queen is crowned Armistice night during the dance. The parade committee reports that progress is being made in their work and at the present writing at least ten floats are assured and others are expected to take part. It promises to be the largest and most attractive parade in Warsaw in several years. The Duplin Times will issue its annual Armistice edition on Wed nesday of next week when all in formation you want will be pub lished. Watch for next week's pa per. North Carolina farmers grew a total of 390,000 acres of oats for grain in 1946. The James Kenan Chapter, -United Daughters of the Confederacy, met last week and elected officers for the new year. See story on the aw pa(?e. The picture above s P-.. i.orS of the club sttend- ' . ("... r y. " Negro Schools Get $406,075; White Schools Given $141,225 'The Duplin County Board of Edu cation, in special session here last Thursday, allotted the $547,225 Duplin Schools received from the State $50 million bond issue to the most needed projects. In the final breakdown of demands and figures, it was found that the Negro schools in the county walked away with the bulk of the cash. Working with the Board mem bers was architect Leslie Boney of Wilmington who had drawn plans of the various school projects. The following letter was released Friday by Superintendent Johnson: "The County Board of Educa tion met on October 27 to make fi nal allocation of the State Funds which are soon to become available for Schoolhouse construction. "Duplin County will receive ap proximately $550,000, for this pur pose. . "The Board of Education has for several months made a careful and detailed study of the needs of the county. Dr. Phillips and Dr. Ros enstengle of the University of North Carolina came to the county in the Spring and made a survey recommending certain improve ments. Their findings were given careful scrunity by the county of ficials. "It is recognized by the Board that enough money is not avail able to make all of the needed im provements. Some very necessary improvements cannot be made now because a sufficient amount of mo- ney is not available. "After consulting with its archl - Guilty Or Not Guilty? ' Judge Robert L. West, pre siding over County Court here Friday was confronted with a new wrinkle. John B. Houston and Doshle Houston, his wife, both Net roes, were on trial for possess ion of one gallon of non-tax paid whiskey. As the case was proceeding and apparently going against them, James Arthur Whitfield, Netro, a spectator in the court room, arose, walked down to the bar, addressed the court, and claimed the liquor was ids. He was not connected with the case In any way. Judf e West nol pressed the case against the defendants and sentenced James Whit field, against whom no charges had been made, to 90 days in Jail, suspended for one year, fined $50 and costs. CORRECTION Last week in giving the account of the Duplin Square Dancers win ning the second place in the State Contest at the State Fair we failed to mention that Kenansville was represented in the group. Our apo logies to Les Williams, Miss Marga ret Williams, Clarence and Mrs. Clarence Murphy. They were very much in the dance. right are: Mrs. Claude Best, vice pres; Mrs. J. W. Farrior, registrar; Mrs. L. B. Hule, tress; Mary A. Blackmore, historian; Mrs. R. L West, retiring pres; Mrs. C. A. Wo mark, Chaplain; Mrs. H. L. Stev-c-i. state re". I.'rs.. C. F. No. 45 tect( Mr. Leslie N. Boney, and with the State Board of Education, it was decided to allocate the funds as follows: Chinquapin White - 8 rooms $59,850.00; B. F. Grady White - 6 rooms and Cafeteria $58,800.00; Warsaw Colored - Complete pres ent building $81,850.00; Branch Colored - Complete pres ent building $52,500.00; Charity Colored - New area hign school building $149,100.00; Rose Hill White - Cafeteria $10,000.00; Warsaw White - Cafeteria $10, 000.00; Teachey - Remodel for negro elementary school $12,600.00; Faison Colored - New elementary School $100,025.00. Total $547,225. "The Board of Education has known for several years that some thing in a substantial way had to be done for the schools of our neg ro population. Leading citizens of both races have constantly spokan in behalf of better school facilities for negroes. Realizing that the need is so accute, the Board of Education is allotting a considerable portion of this appropriation to our negro schools. Assurances have come from the leaders of both races that the needs of our negro schools should receive special considera tion. "This allocation of funds is an effort to meet the most urgent needs of all the children of all the people. 1 . Red Cross Nurse Conducting Classes Miss Angela Futchs of Wilming ton, Registered Red Cross Nurse, is now in Duplin where she will spend six weeks working with Junior Red Cross projects. She is holding nursing classes in three schools, Kenansville, colored,, Branch, Jr., High colored and Ke nansville white. While in Duplin she is staying at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Quinn in Kenans ville. First Frost The first frost of the season struck Duplin Wednesday morning. Early risers report a fairly heavy frost. No ice was reported. Turkey Supper The Eastern Star Chapter No. 215 of Kenansville is giving a tur key supper Saturday evening, Nov. 5 from 5 til 8 o'clock. Plates will be $1.25 each. Pre-school children, 75c each. The State's strawberry growers will have about 2,500 acres for har vest in 1950. ' if ton, Mrs. F.. A. Bears, Miss EuU Powell, Mrs, Kathleen Snyder, Mrs. J. J. West, Mrs. J. C. Brock, Mri. Mills Hodges, Mrs. Stacy Brltt; ; Third row: Mrs. L. S. Whittle Mrs. N. A. Mitchell, Mrs. Paul Potter, Mrs. J. A. Rackley and Mrs. vr s
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