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t Ml rt..! M" - - VOLUME NUMBER SEVENTEEN t If J I J'' ' l r .1 KENANS VILLE, NORTH CAROLINA' FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11th., 1949 No. 46 n o f ' r; -po: nO CcrTGttP?!.! Rarrlpn Tn Walr- lam . ' D-r-J. D-N IIimW. It-..,. n...i I ruiLuu, uuii vwiiic, iame, uiuie jump 1 The 31st annual Armistice Day taienrauon will be Held in war- saw Friday November llth. Woodrow Blackburn, Commander f thelChas. R. Gavin Post, Ameri can Legion, heads up the program pians. xne enure day's celebration Is under the sponsorship and d j-fecuon of the Legion Post. ? Warsaw has become nationally famous as a Lealon town. The Chat ?L Gavin Post, named for a son of - fwpUn who' was killed' In World War I and who ' was brought back o life- tn the now famous Duplin Story with the Warsaw railroad - station scene, has been active in Armistice celebrations since the first World War.. Warsaw's first citizen, Henry L. Stevens. Jr., be nfv T - , t 1 a - . muuiu bommuiaer ox un American Legion and his rise to fame in Legion work began with his work with the home town boys of the Chat, R .Gavin Post - Highlighting the day's events will be the feature address at eleven 'clock in front of the Legion home by Congressman Graham A. Harden of New Bern. Mr. Harden- is a vet eran of World War I also. A mam moth parade will start off the day t 10.30 a.m. forming at the A.CX. depot and marching South on Main Street to the intersection of Chur ch where It will turn East pass the new City Hall to the Baotist c 'church. From there it win proceed to tne Presbyterian church on HOI Street vU West . ffltt the Lions nome on West Main Street ; Following the address by Mr. Aarden who will be Introduced by Judge Stevens, will be the award- sag of prises to the best floats and the winners In the-pets parade. The long parade will be headed by Congressman Harden and. Judge Stevens, followed by Legionnaires ft World Warl and II and maybe some Spanish-American vets from Wallace, Rose Hill, Warsaw and the county. Following them will be 9 section of Infantry from the 82nd Airborne and a section of 75 mm special weapons, both from Ft Bragg. Battery D. of Wallace Na t'"! Guard Battery B, of the Beularille National Guard, and Co. M. of the Warsaw National Guard will then follow; an SO piece band from Wilmington HlghlSchool, the EJI.I. band; the children and their pets followed by about a dozen floats from Warsaw, Goldsboro and. roayoe outer places. Featuring the afternoon will be a football game In the high school athletic field at 2 o'clock between the .high schools of Warsaw and Mt. Olive. Also at 2 p.m. will bo the daring spectacular "cut-away" para chute jump by Neal Stewart, 1947 California State Champion. The jumper will' fall 1009 feet before opening a second parachute. - . On the midway with Rafferty's famous carnival will be Tides and entertainments for old and young. Being featured there at 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. will ne Captain Jack Car son In his free act He will, do an act on a pole 130 feet high. He will balance himself on' one hand while twisting a lariat with the other as fleeworks "explode under him. He wllldo.a number of other death- defying-stunts. Bringing the day's festivities to a dose will be the annual Armistice Day Dance that night at 8 o'clock In. the high school gymnasium. At 8:30 the Armistice Day Beauty Queen will be chosen from contest ants from every community in the county. The contestants will-parade across the orchestra stand and the JteSSeesoni outside . the county, will jnake their selection. , The qfeen will be crowned by last year's queen Miss Evelyn Davis of War saw. :?.;,r,s r i Music for the aance will be by Bob Lee and his Collegians, a popu lar dance orchestra from Green ville whose slogan Is "Best Dance Band in Carolina". On Saturday night following. Armistice an old time . square dance will be held in the school gym, sponsored by the Legion Post The Rose Hill String Masters will furnish the music and the Du plin Dancers, who danced in "The Duplin Story and at State Fair will lead off the sets . ARMISTICE DAY SPEAKER :.;:!-: i ,:.:.:::, r . . . Laymen's Christian Missionary Campaign At Faisan Church Nov. 13 Congress Graham A. Harden Governor Scott's Administration ooerlnto the Hed; Will Borrow Money to Pay Current Op erating expenses; First Time Since 1932 F:ii:n llalive Signs Contract t With M-G-M In HoJIpood ; Prm WDmlnrtoB Mornins Star) rive years ago, a peuie i-y ear old blonde haired, blue-eyed beauty reigned as a queen in Wilmington's May Day festivals Last week the queen Gloria Bass signed a sev-en-year contract with a six months -option as an actress with Metro- 'Goldwyn-Mayer. i Modeling In New York under the professional name of Gloria: Drew, the 5-foot 3-inch beauty was dis covered by MGM officials while participating in a television show.' She was guest star for Jack Igen f iring his early morning broadcast S u e Copacabana night dub.'' i I : 'iter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. 1 s f Wilmington and Falson, i was born in Falson and 3 Wilmington when she was 1 y s of age. She attended New anov r High School. Lf t June she left Wilmington r I y York and became a physl-j 1 cu ire model for Joe Bonomo, I r of "Beauty Fair Maga I ", Tome photographs taken 4n i s studio will appear in the r Issue of this publication, cond break came when-she 1 1 i Irwin, manager of Marga ten' and the Rltx brothers. 1 MGM officials witnessed a the Copacabana television iortlyafterwards, she sign 4 a tract and will leave, for the it within a month. , i will return to New York ctlon lessons from Claudia ell-known diction expert, ' that she may lose her accent .,(.,- er discovery she attend- lew of Paul Douglas' new. a met the director during ) at the 21 club. - whirl of meeting movie ' Gloria rot her biggest i ! ' e met l'mr fijutra. Four-lnOne ' Mrs. Daisy Merrltt of Kenansville brought Into the Times office on Tuesday one of nature's freaks. A green tomato that was plucked from her garden here in November. But not ' only here in November, It is four tomatoes grown together on one stem. ; W. GJohnson Oil Operation "Miki" 1 Willie G. Johnson, aviation struc tural mechanic, third class, USN. son of Mr, and Mrs. F, W. Johnson of Rt 2. Rose Hill is attached to Fleet All Weather Training . Unit Pacific, based at the Naval Air Sta tion, Barber's Point T. H., Tvhlch is participating In "Operation Mlki" a large-scale amphibious exercise. Before entering the Naval service Oct '20, (1944, Johnson attended Magnolia High School. , (l KUled Nov. 1 thru Nov. 4 , Injured Nov, I thru Nov-4 Killed thru Nov. 4, 1949 Killed thru Nov. 4, 1948 Injured thru Nov. 4, 1949 Injure JTt' ru Nov. 4, 1948 'jgiei Nuv. s-7 0 91 683 ' 591 .7.978 6,1"" The State of North Carolina, in this year 1949, is facing the possi billty of having to borrow money to pay current operating expenses. This hasn't been necessary since the bottom of the depression years. The following story was released by the Associated Press on Octo ber 31st We quote In detail: High Point, Oct. 31. Confronted with the Associated Press news story out of Raleigh that State Treasurer Brandon Hodges, In answer to a radio broadcast last night, bad said there was "nothing unusual" about ahe State's plans to borrow money for. current gov ernment operating expenses. Edi tor Robert L. Thompson of the High Point Enterprise who' made the "broadcast, reached Hodges on the telephone today. Thompson then issued the following state ment: "To say that there was nothing 'unusual' In making an emergency operating loan a thing to Which the state had not resorted since the depth of the depression in 1932 seemed so ridiculous that I tele phoned Brandon Hodges to learn what it was all about. . 'He' said to me: 'I was at a hell of a disadvantage. They called ie when I was asleeo." He then veri fied what he told me last Thursday stating: . The State will be forced to bor row on tax anticipated notes,-In order to operate general fund func tions, either In December .or Janu ary with other loans 'probably to follow until the income tax re ceipts are in. This, has not been done since 1932. There has been no general fund overdraft carried In years how, many , Hodges did not know. , . He wfll borrow when' the general fund goes into the red. And he ex pects that in-a matter of weeks. .' "As to Attorney General Harry McMillans statement that over drafts gte usuaj' in the winter months, the records do' not bear him out, the law makes' no provi sion for such overdrafts, and Mc Millan admitted to me that he did not know much about What he had been talking about. "I said, and .repeat, that where as the state general fund had a budjet balance ot $14,000,000 last June 30, and a reserve fund of almost $32,000,000 a month or so before that, it is now almost in the red. I said, and I repeat, that the last time the State was forced to borrow money for oneratine ex penses was in 1932, when the State was living on starvation income; but with the help of the legislature, the Scott administration managed to go into the red, and is forced to borrow operating money during one of the best years In.it history. "I said, and I repeat, that though I "ujuuo van jju orou in DBU limes, for the State to get into such a fix In such times As take genius genius of mismanagement. And I do not believe, that al) the white wash which has been pouring over the AJ wires apparently intended to cover up either the mistakes of the administration or the report- orlal inadequacies of the Raleigh bureau can alter the facf.' The Rev. Dr. B. Frank Hall, Pas tor of the Pearsall Memorial Pres byterian Church, Wilmington, will be the speaker at the evening ser vices in Falson at the Presbyterian church when the Laymen's Christ ian Mission continues its fall Evan gelistic Campaign in Southeastern North Carolina under the auspices Of the Wilmington Presbytery in the Faison area November 13 and continuing nightly through Novem ber 18. The Mission is a pari of the Presbyterian Assembly's Evangel istic Advance, which opened wilh the world-wide communion service on October 2, and is to continue1 for fifteen months. Some thirty of the seventy-seven Presbyterian churches in this Presbytery are to take part in the movement. Dr. Hall is a graduate of David son College and Union Theological Seminary. His first pastorate was at Morehead City. Later he was pastor of one of the largest cong regations in St. Louis. While on a church mission after the war in Europe, he suffered a physical break-down and was compelled to return to this country. As his health was gradually restored, he accept ed a call to the Pearsall Memorial Presbyterian Church. He is a na tive of Wilmington. The Rev. J. Murphy Smith, pas tor of the Presbyterian Church in Faison and his committee, have ar ranged a full program throughout the area. Dr. Leland Foster Wood, director of the Department of fam ily Life for the Federal Council of Churches, and a noted lecturer and consultant, will speak nightly dur ing the campaign at the Stanford church. Dr. Wood is a graduate of the University of Rochester, the Ro chester Theological Seminary and the University of Chicago where he received his Ph.D. degree. For six years he was a missionary on the Congo River and later was Prof essor of Social Ethics at the Cot-gate-Rochester Divinity School. Since 1932 he has been the Secre tary of the Commission on Marri age and the Home of the Fereral Council of Churches. Assisting Dr. Hall and Dr. Wood i R. B. (Bob) LEE Director For Armistice Day Dance Orchestra conduct the preaching service at Stanford at 7:30. On Tuesday morning at 10 o' clock Mr. Conyers will speak at the Calypso school. At 3 p.m. Mr. Con yers will meet with the Warsaw Girl Scouts in Town Hall and a half hour later Dr. Wood will ad dress the Sesame Ladies' Club of Faison. Wednesday morning Mr. Convers will speak at the Warsaw high school at 8:45 o'clock. He will speak at the IJaison school at 10:15. At 2 30- guvnor. Wood will meCr with the Srtmuj Prnnch Home Demon stration club at the club hoijaau Mineral Springs and at 6:30 will address the men of the church of Calypso and Stanford. Thursday's program includes an address by Mr. Conyers before the Warsaw Rotary club at 1 o'clock, and by Dr. Wood before the Mt. Olive Rotary club at 6:30. Dr. Wood will also address the parent-teachers association at the Mt. Olive school at 8 p.m. On Friday, at 6:30 p.m., the Mis sion will be discussed before the Faison Lions clu. Plans are also being made for preaching services at Warsaw Freeman Does Not Prefer His Freedom Freeman Smith is no longer a free man. Freeman is a Warsaw Negro who decided to take a ride. Last Sunday while down Cove City way he stole a 1941 Chevrolet be longing to Elvin White of Cove City.v He drove the car back to his home town, Warsaw, where most everybody knew him and knew, lou, that he did not own a car. Driving a little on the reckless side he col lided with a car loaded with Ne3 roes. None were seriously hurt but the two cars were damaged about $200 each. Finding as how he need ed a little cash in order to leave town he ran into the home of an elderly Negro, Tom Newton. Find ing Tom in the bath tub he socked him one on the chin, took his pock- etbook containing about $12.00 and scatted. Patrolman Whitaker and Warsaw police officials instituted a search immediately. Freeman seemed to be able to dodge them on every turn. They were about decided that he had skipped town when Chief Coombs went to his home and told his family that if he didn't give himself up quietly there might be some trouble. Coombs returned to the police station that night and found Freeman with his folks sur rounding him, sitting in the mayor's office. He is now in jail in Kenansville in default of a $5,000 bond. Columbia Concerts mil ig To Section The Columbia Concerts, with headquarters in New York, will soon make available many of Am erica's outstanding artists to this section. Included among the artists are Nelson Eddy, Lily Pons, Fritz Krelsler, Lawrence Tibbets and many other noted singers, pianists, dancers and concert artists. They -are being brought to the Duplin Sampson area by the Clinton Com munity Concerts being organized in Clinton. Representatives from communities in Duplin and Samp- eninss and at Mt mi will be the Rev. Priestly Conyers, Wednesday and Friday evenings. Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday ev- J son are among the sponsors. Mem berships will t,o on sale next week pastor of the Webb Memorial Pres byterian Church, Morehead City. Laymen of the Presbytery will also have an important part In the cam paign. At 10:15 on Monday Dr. Wood will speak at the Mt. Olive Pickle Plant. At 2 o'clock Mr. Conyers, an expert in youth training, will speak to teachers and pupils at the M:. Olive school. The campaign will be discussed before the Warsaw Lions club at 7 o'clock and Dr. Wood will mere will be evening services nightly at Bowden. Following the Mission in the Fai son area the campaign will be car ried to the Whiteville area for the week of November 27 through Dec ember 2. The Mission held its first cam paign of the fall season during last week in the Morehead City-Jacksonville area. Next spring the cam paign will, be continued in the Wil mington-Clinton areas. Armistice Service f There will be a special Armistice Seryice at the Baptist ChurcTi in Warsaw on Friday, Nov. lith at 10 o'clock. Rev. A... W.. Greenlaw will haye charge of the services. ' . . . ' i"Dr. A. DeLeon Gray, Superin tendent of Oxford Orphanage will guest speaker at the Baptist Church In Warsaw on Sunday, 'November 13th at 11 o'clock. Everyone is cordially invited ta attend1. ' " 1 1 i i )i - Nothing . beats Italian ryegrass for a winter lawn.' , i N. C. Symphony Drive Progresses Under Sponsorship Rose Hill Music Club Delwood Maready On USS Toledo The North Carolina Little Sym phony orchestra is scheduled to ap pear in Rose Hill in a short time. (The date of appearance has not been sent to The Times as yet.) The Little Symphony comes to Duplin under the- sponsorship dl the Rose Hill Music Club, whose president is Miss Estelle Fuss'ell of that city. Assisting Miss Fussell are the fol lowing: Steering Committee: H. E. Latham Mrs. W. H .Saunders, D. J. Fussell,- Bob Herring and Mr. Jack Cooper. Membership Com mittee: Ben Harrell, Mrs. W. H. Hall, Mrs. L. A. Wilson, Mrs. Granville Sheffield,, E. L. Lanier, and H. S. Johnson. Ticket Sales CONTINUED ON BACK Headquarters for the movement is Butler's Drug Store in Clinton. Among those working in the move ment are Mrs. McQueen, Mrs. Mos sett Butler, Mrs. Polly Powell, Mrs. Sue Wells, Clinton; Mrs. John Peir ce, Mrs. Litch Huie, Mrs. Paul Pot ter and Mrs. George Bennett, War saw; Mrs. J. O. Stokes, Mrs. Falson McGowen and Bob Grady in Ke nansville. The movement has just begun and it is expected that it will grow from year to year. When the Ke nan Memorial Auditonum is com pleted plans are that some of these concerts be given n Kenansville and some in Clinton. For the time boing all concerts arc planned to be held in Clinton js they have buildings with sufficient seating capacity. The first entertainment wil ble announced shortly. Admission will be by membership ticket only. ueiwood H. Maready, seaman, U5N, of Rt. 1, Chinquapin, is ser ving aboard the heavy cruiser USS Toledo, which is participating in 'Operation Miki", a large-scale am phibious exercise In the Pacific. The average lint yield of the I t prize winners in the North Carolina Five-Acre Cotton Contest last year was 1,301 pounds per acre, 'the average yield of all 451 contestants was 854 pounds per acre, nearly The (North . Carolina Little Symphony To Appear Rose Hill r More Fun Planned In Warsaw It seems the folks in Warsaw, es pecially the veterans of World War one think life is getting too slow since the excitement of early post war days. To liven things up they are sponsoring a square dance in the gymnasium there Saturday night, November 19th. The Warsaw National Guard Unit Is doing. the sponsoring to raise money to add a classroom to their Armory building. They figure that If the other Vets in the county will work with them and attend their dance they will reciprocate when other sect.ons want to, raise some money. What, with all the Vets in Duplin pulling together they can cccompllshh many things in many communities. Not only will you enjoy dancing but you may win a radio or 22 caL rifle. Each ticket you purchase en titles you to a chance. The tickets will be drawn on the night of the dance. You don't have to be pres ent to win. Too, a lady must win, The radio Will not go to a winning number if It is held by a man. An other number will be drawn ,and' '- TT TTN 17 I :TPT TTl !"