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i 1 r i 5 f; f IT 4t U ;'v;'y.- " llzztf Uzriti Carolina Top Ranking 4-H'ert rtT3 North Carolina lnb member received tat champ:onsl! Awarda for their outstanding record In the 14 National 4-H Frosen Foods, Recreation and Rural Arts, Field Crop and Foe a Preparation program. The winners and brief outline ot their reeerda follow: Six year In 4-H dub work brought state honor to Margaret : Stevens, It, of Goldsboro, In the ' 1)49 National 4-H Food Prepara tian program. Margaret became an expert meal planner, having i cooked and served more than 1,900 meals for her family. In addition he prepared 7,466 Cparat dishes, Including making 1.01B salads and desserts In the school cafeteria. ; She has packed 123 lunches and : assisted 81 people with their food .. projects. Gardening as project . proved to be a great supplement to food preparation. Margaret was ac tive in her local club, serving m U offices, and as" song leader and - -nlor leader. She has given 24 in t vtdual food demonstrations and. on many awards; . ;, "jA. As a reward for her flne record, ' EsrvelHome Economics.DepUjiro- ,.; v ded Margaret with an educa- ,. t oual trip to the National 4-H Club Congress,7 Chlcagq. ; , . ; ! State winner in the 1949. Na. tlonal 4-H Field Crops program was Bobby Cone, 17, of Middlesex. . I.e was given -an all-expense trip to the National 4-H Club Congress, ' Chicago, by International Harves- . tir Co., sponsor of the program. What Bobby' learned about soB preparation, seed treatment and new methods ot cultivation en- ' abled him to make an outstanding record. This year Bobby had eight different field crop projects, con taining, 27 acres. Working towards a balanced farming plan, he has , found It more advantageous to use ' the grain Crops as feed for stock than to sell them on the market. He has farmed corn, tobacco, coV ton, lespedeiia, soybeans, wheat end other grains. Bobby estimates . his earnings to date at $23,086, of which 1584 Is prize money. A 4-H'er for eight years, Bobby has been r resident and leader of his club for eeven years and vice president for one. He bas built his club into one of the largeBt and strongest In the county. Completing 78 projects, Bobby has won a long list ot awards and trips. It's June in January at the Cobb dinner table in Brown Summit, be cause fresh delicious fruits and vegetables from the family freezer r.re served in mid-winter. Also in the menu are fresh frozen meats, pies and cakes. Daughter Dolphins, All of these actvities are conducted under the direction ot the Exten sion Service of the State Agricultural College and TJSDA cooperating. BEULAVILLE NEWS -f-egro Minstrel The Beulavllle Civics Club will present a Negro. Minstrel Saturday night at 4 .o'clock which will ea ture more than twenty characters. L cal talent will be at their best in scng, laughter and dancing. Ziuxiliary The women of the Presbyterian C urch held their regular meeting Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Will Henson. In absence of the-president Mrs. Lou Belle Williams pre sided. Mrs. Murthy Thigpen gave the Bible Study and Mrs. Maurice J&ckson gave the program. A social hrur followed. Lferfained Miss Cox's first grade" was en te tained Monday morning by Mes dr Ties Elvis Sumner and Haywood H j ward, two grade mothers. At this time lemonade, 'ice cream, cj'ce and candy was served to the clrss. . i Mrs. Lou Belle Williams and Mrs. Gardner Edwards shopped In KInston Saturday. ' : ' j Mr. and Mrs. Herman Thomas Card daughter Susan , were Sunday i gi ests of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Tho m's. ' .'.. ' : V Miss Opal Batchelor of Jackson SI! ,3 ... ,..' r.' .fi''-'-- V is t'jumu-'t Margaret Stevsnt lobby Cone' I .U,.WS E f gUessViflS'tl fJt Ana Psnlmd , It, has mad all this posslbl l.y . participating in the li'ati'.-nal ' Frozen Foods program. Kflrly in" 4-H Club work she learned what the seven basic foods are, aud planned her frozen foods prcjgrani accordingly. Proof that she did a first-rate job is the $50 TJ. a fac ings bond he won as 1949 state champion. - The' award was pro Tided by International Harreiter Co., program sponsor. Dolphins worked diligently on 38 projects during her eight year In 4-H, and was active In community events. Wprklng on the theory that all work aad no play make 4'H'ers dull, Jo Ann Penlond, 17, of Hayes viUe, achieved state honors in the 1949 Nafcmal 4-H Recreation and Rural Arts program. During seven year In 4-H Club work, she helped organize two new community 4-H Clubs, and led the recreation tor three other clubs. She was big sis ter to the younger girls at county camp, prepared the camp sons books and helped lead the singing. Jo Ann has attended many recrea tion clinics, learning to direct vari ous types of games for all age. She has led games tor home dem onstrations clubs and also tor older women's groups. Jo Ann will be among those whose records will be judged for national honors. The reward Is an all-expense trip to the National 4-H Club Congress In Chi cago, provided by United States Rubber Co., program sponsor. ville is visiting her mother Mrs. Zola Batchelor for a few days. - Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Williams of Petersburg, Va. visited Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Sutton last week. Miss Vena Mae Qulnn and Mrs. F. L. NorrlKand children shopped m Kinston Saturday. Mrs. Willie Fedora and children, and Mrs. Gardner Edwards shop ped in Goldsboro Monday. Miss Mary Jackson of Petersburg Va. Mrs. Leonard Nethercutt of Rocky Mount visited their parents Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Jackson Sunday. .Mrs. J. D. Sandlln spent several days last week with Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Turner In Pink Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Jim D. Sandlln, Jr. and son spent Sunday in Rose Hill with her mother Mrs. H. S. John son, Sr. Rev. and Mrs. A. L. Brown, Mes dames Bud Miller, Cecil Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Hunter and Miss Kathryn Waller attended Baptist services at Rose Hill Monday night. Rev. and Mrs. A. L. Brown and Mrs. Lula Parker accompanied Mrs. Pearl Sandlln -to James Walker Hospital Thursday. Miss Becky Thomas of ECTC spent" the week end with her par ents Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Thomas. Miss Celesta Thigpen visited Misses Dorothy Thigpen and Naomi Mercer in Kinston during the week end. .. ;.;.,:. x Mr. J. G. Kennedy and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hunter of Warsaw are visiting friends In Santo Anglo, Texas. Mr. Gordon Kennedy Is ill at his home. ' , ' Mr. and Mrs. Orzo Thigpen shop ped in Goldsboro' Saturday. v Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Qulnn of Wallace, Mr, and Mrs. Rosco Pierce of Chinquapin visited Mrs. . Pearl 1 ,M .' I"':', '.' W Ly ..f .' ' ,U r; Dolphins Cobb - ir. i La la -1" Baleigh, N. Cv "Dont let death take your holiday!' f; , s This warning was issued today by Director Jeff B. Wilson of the High way Safety Division of the State Department of Motor Vehicles as the Department opened its Decem ber traffic '.safety education pro gram. -.- ""'v. - '- . t;::.': . "Too many people either do not, or will not, associate the Christmas holidays with anything as grim as death," Wilson said. "And yet this month's death rate is conslstantly high. Last year. 46 motorists, and 24 pedestrians :. died in December WWIIIIII' It I MidHlllHIII1! HjlP UllllM IIIIIHII nrniim lUsluin Rnstin of nxxat - ' KenansvUle, who before her re-1 and Mrs. A. G. Brinson of Kenans cent marriage was formerly Ml8svlUe. . ; s . v- - ? Tom Wolfe Angel No Longer Lost AsheviUe, N. C The angel made famous by Thomas Wolfe s first novel - "Look Homeward, Angel" is no longer lost It has been found in nearby Oakdale Ceme tery at Hendersonville, badly in need of a scrubbing and with one hand missing but otherwise Just as the author described it in his first novel and a short story, "An Angel On The Porch." " Over the .years eight different angels have been pointed out as the one" which impressed that author as a child that, be used its description in his fictional stories. Positive identification has now been made by Miss Myra Champion, after months of extensive search. Also, she has been able to Identify four -- and possibly a fifth angel - which were once owned by Tom's father and which stood on the porch of the Wolfe shop at various times over a period ot some 23 years. "The Angel" marks the grave of Mrs. Margaret Bates Johnson, wife of the late Dr. H. F. Johnson, one time president of Whitworth Col lege in Mississippi. It was pur chased from' Wolfe by the Johnson family when Tom was six years of age. It is of Carrara marble, holds a stone Illy "stipe" in one hand, the other hand is "raised In bene- Sandlln , Wednesday night Mrs. J. G. Morrison and children of Roncerverte, W. Va. and Mrs. Daisy Craven were dinner guests Wednesday night of Mr. and Mrs. Gardner Edwards. -- tr-; ji-w j alone. ' Two bicyclists : were also trsffic fataUties." - v 'Wilson pointed out that Decem ber, last year, again successfully defended Its title as on of the deadliest months ot the year. Both pedestrians and motorist fatalities were among the highest of the year. "A number of things go into ma king the month one of the worst of the year as far as traffic accidents are concerned," Wilson said. "Low visibility," slippery roads, fogged windshields, more drinking driven and long hours of darkness that cover the peak hours of traffic . IIIIIIIIW ! IN mi l I Klna CItkv Hrimon. oaucntex Of alt. diction," and it is poised "delicate ly upon the ball of one pbthistlc foot." ' .v- - ' The search for the angel took Miss Champion over miles of West ern North Carolina hills -- through cemeteries, briars and weeds; con versation with Id-timers, Wolfe family, marble shop . employes, cemetery sextons... descendants of families on whose lots the angels are standing; and correspondence with family or friends in distant p1""- :.;c,.,':;:'', ' PorklsFirst OnFoodsList Says Miss Clonfz , Pork is first on the plentiful foods list for December Miss Hilda Clontz, Duplin home agent said this week. iV:.;.-, ;. The very large corn 'crop last year, followed by heavy spring far rowing this year, resulted In a na tionwide bounty of pork, she ex plained, .and hog prices have de clined seasonally under heavy mar ketings. .;,!;,';;rt. . . : .",:;;,!, 'Next to pork, USD A lists turkeys, apples, cranberries, and nuts as top plentifuls for southern markets. Fresh fruits on the December list are grapes, winter pears, and Oran ges, with raisins' and prunes added for good measure ;:"'"iV. ':'"" ' Good vegetable buys are srap beans, kale, and tanned corn; with chickens, dairyJroducts, - eggs, dried beans, peas, and frozen fish plentiful in tha protein class. -. Other foods listed by USDA as ;;ss 1sCW''t't'i ':V:- n w i every day are the factors chiefly responsible for such a high fatal ity rate.", ., , -,r t , : Maintenance of windshield wip er, defroster .'and brakes, use of chains, slower speeds and abstin ence from alcohol before and while driving. -were preventive measures urged by -the Department v "Don't Let Death Take Your Holi day is more than slogan,? Wil son said. . "Remember: that very thing happened to 72 persons in December last year)" southern plentifuls for December are honey, cooking fats, sugarcane sirup, and molasses. L & M Drivers Hears Dead-line - Many L and M drivers who have been operating motor vehicles for years do not realize that they must pass a road test before getting a license renewal. Persons whose surnames begin with L or M must have their li cense renewed by December 31. In order to avoid unnecessary loss of time, drivers in this letter category are urged to report in plenty of time to take the entire examination which consists of vis ion, road sign, road rules and dri ving tests. Duplin Circuit Methodist Churches The Church services for next Sunday, December 11, Will be: 11:00 a. m. KenansvUle; ' 3:00 p. in. Unity; 7:30 p. m. Magnolia. Next Sunday will be Universal Bible Sunday. The subject will be "I Believe in the Bible." The new schedule for Church Services will start the first Sunday in January and will he published in The Duplin Times just before that time. - ? VATLIIIGTOH'S WATCH SHOP has moved to the old post office building in PINK HILL. ALSO has new merchandise I. VISIT US FOB CHRISTMAS SHOPPING John H. Watlington, Jr. ' Prorietor hot t DOGS Hamburgers, Cbeesebarcers, r All Kurd Sandwtohes' r COld DrUks, Ice Cream r v k , Hot Coffee c- . George's Grill; v 1 MtLB SO. WARSAW ' ' HI-WAT m ' Uncle Sam Says r w 1 j" 1 yl: 'Mm, When yea sign up to bay V. S. iSavtaf 0oad regnlarhr each py- dy turonrh the Pajrrtfll Elavil" Isa ynr r mpny norit y-a'r ' ' -f H r- "f '! i . i '. i 1 ' I. TilJ ALJiCATI WAY- ; I - - at No Fleas. Pleat I ', l!ORLb COCOHUT SrVUP MM BE TUENZYT wins lowpyouitBtiemm vmffles AND6&0DLE CAKES. WGTZGllieE FRESH JUASrm COCONUT OFKISSIUGUHDER. TUEMISTLETTX. XMANYPKXLESWEIXCArBim EGYPTIAN PROBABLY S1AWID WITH SOM SCUMS W0HENkWeVVCOtHWaniliatfTlD GPRCXTIH HEED Of AM CXOjee J TO BEAUTY AMD A&lttJOUl fTSUGS Wl WIUPAt 15.00 F0K IACH STRAIKC F0C7 FAJT SUSMtTTtS AtfD IKSX , 4DVBISS. A WORLD ot FOOD. 10 Csr V frpm tw rOBJf. At ! Our Boards and Committees are beginning , to plan for . the year ahead. We believe that the work is organised so that all of our mem bers can have a voice in the plan ning of the program as well as the carrylnx out of the Drocram of tha Churches. If the Boards of Trustees and the Boards of Stewards' have not yet selected the chairmen for the Conference year 1949-50, will WW ,1 4 ...1 Christmas Everybody...... T: i J i ' i. I MOTHERS: Have Your Baby's Picture Made At ; Our i Store : Free On Tuesday, - December 13th, ' i 1 10:00 A- M. To 6:00 P.M. We WU1 Have A Photo- 0 . grapher. Here To Make Baby's Picture For, A" Cnristmas. I Look over our Stock of Merch:niiss l ff: CHRISTMAS ttOODS, GIFTS, ETC. ' . J . j , SHOES, LADIES DRESSES, SWEATERS, u UNDERWEAR,, WORK CLOTHING, ETC. ? yjr .' v ; 1 W GROCERIES, HARDWARE, BUILDING . : . if , MATERIALS ' j i . i - " .; j . : COKER'S PEDIGREED TOBACCO SEED, ' U" PLANT BED FERTILIZER v- ... p . READY MADE PLANT BED COVERS. 1 , : nV'iuun inuailir ANU fA IKVN AUK v . ALWAYS APPRECIATED. 6ST THAT ' FLA -CftbEN POOCH our of UFPP I 7 a. il l r i wo' jj food" MUTV Y0UB HVXSA&VC 9tXKE 7HISOTVS OfTUtreUMMAeOAIUfJf TAX Mmvnf MnMMWHiwnMiMinif you kindly fake up the matter as ; soon as convenient with you alL Of course the chairmen of the preced ing year may succeed themselves, but. they are elected for one year at a time. :;; . ,. More farm5 people are killed in motor vehicle accidents than any, -other class of accidents: V' u' ' ' "' ' " Greetings n: . ',,f' t, " , 1 i 1 J ' J';.' ' k.