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. 1 1 cV mm VOLUME NUMBER EIGHTEEN ' ? WAV T" . AT LIONS CHARTS NIGHT Among the principals In the Calyp so Lions club charter night held on Wednesday ' evening of last week, were the group of individuals that are shown above. Seated, left to Editor Grady Of Duplin Times Enters Race For Stale Senate 7ors Briefs T A TO MEET JTe B. P. Grady PTA will 'hold meeting Feb. 13 at 7:80 p.m. .Tie Founder' Day Program is ng done by the 7th grade. All nbers are .urged to be present I visitors are welcomed r. , , , v y W TO MEET utlaw's BrkJgaaAUW will meet irday afternoon; Feb. 11 with i Herman Outlaw? All are in i to attend. . ,- XftROAR v he Kenansville Lions Club held regular meeting Wednesday it at the local cafe. Not much ness needed to be attended to he evening was spent in barber gossip and joke telling. The J will be host to the Wallace tnd officers of the Kinston on Feb. 22nd. XE, PIE SALE i . v - 'hen will be a cake and pie sale .he Town Hall in Warsaw Satur t movnlng from 10 to 12 o'clock. sale is being sponsored by the rsaw PTA. USTON CUTS STILL Dfeputy Sheriff W. O. Houston t 60 gallon submarine type still I destroyed 3 barrels of mash last ek. The still was found on the id of Gus Brinson on the north 1e of highway 24 near the Onslow unty line. It was not In operation. ISPLAT CITY TAGS 1 Official of Kenansville and War aw have Issued warning that all ssidenta of the two towns are re tired to display on their cars city cense tags. Those not properly bowing tagi will be prosecuted. Tags may be secured at the Town fall in Warsaw and at C. B. Sit terson' office in Kenansville. '.VASH UP I The story was told a few days' go about the three Sandlln bro ilers, and their sister in days gone y down Beulaville way. The sister vas named -Jennie and the three brothers, named Washington, U. P., and' Lewis. -When nightfall came and it was time for the three young sters to wash up for the night their mother would call , out: "Jennie, Vash UP Lewis." They immediately leaded for the. wash basin.. HTEBSON IN HOSPITAL Justice of the Peace C. B. Sitter n of Kenansville was carried to e Ceorge Washington University . 5tal in Washington City last k end for ' examination ' and atment. He is reported to be get ig along well. ARECTA AUTO TAGS - - . Have you seen the new auto tags, ack lettering on gold, around re ntly. The boy over Sarecta my ' led that the county' first ln irated town should have more "'nn so decided to have some a tags made. They are Thoy now are talk- t ' fi'l enmora-- right, Lion Neil Hester, of Raleigh, tqastmaster, Mrs. Hester, and Dis trict Governor L. K. Day, Rocky Mount; standing, Tail Twister Leon trd Jennette; President Needhara Sloan; Principal Speaker L. Y. Bal- By BILL WILLIAMS The political picture was drawn Into sharper focus today with the announcement that J. Robert (Bob) Grady of Kenansville, publisher and editor of a county newspaper, The Duplin Times, had dropped his hat into the political arena. Mr. Grady is seeking the senator ial nomination representing the Sixth Senatorial District from Du plin County, subject to the May 27 Democratic Primary. vGrady is 4he fbgst aspirant, to make a formal anriourlAitvnt'of in tentions to seek the eat in the upper House. The following statement was re leased this week to the press by Mr.. Grady; "If nominated and elected as State Senator; I will go to Raleigh with the interests of Duplin county formost m my mind and with the purpose of serving the interests of North Carolina as a whole." Grady expressed a long-felt de sire "to represent DupUn county In the General Assembly Jince coming to the county in 1935.i t My work since that time has demonstrated my interest in the county." The candidate is a native of Sev en Springs and returned to Duplin six years after eraduatine from Atlantic Christian College and do- ng graduate Work at University of North Carolina. During this inter im, he published and edited the Roanoke News in Weldon. where he lived four years; the Warren Halifax Times in. Littleton;' the Jones County News in Trenton: the Pender County News and Pen der Chronicle in Burgaw; and spent ls-months on-the staff of the Wll son Daily Times. Mr. Grady's newspaper career oegan in 1926, while a student at Atlantic Christian College. There he founded and managed the col lege newspaper for three years and also managed the college annual for two years. The senatorial candidate has served one tenure of - office as Mayor of the county seat in Ke nansville. He has also served as a member, of the Dublin County Board of Health. Mr Grady Is a Mason and mem ber of the St. John's Lodge, No. 13. of Kenansville. He la a member of the Kenansville Lions -Club and, for a number of years, 'was an ac tive member of the Warsaw Rotary Club. ,-.., , He is married to the former Huth Pridgen-of Warsaw. Thev have two children. ; In Beulaville The Beulaville High School Se nior will give their annual play. "A Little Clodhopper? tonight at 7:30 in the school auditorium. Admission-will be 33 and 25 cents. It is under the direction of Mr. Grady Mercer. ' - ?!.';''.:'.: vv.'.l Th Play Is a comedy-drama In three acts. The leading parts are played by the following: Brownie Quinn, Chas. A!boi-t nn, Kennedy, I. J. r . Senior Play KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA lcntine; "Commander C. R. Toler of the State Highway Patrol, and Earl Whitaker of Warsaw, president of the Mt. Olive Lions, who sponsored the Calypso club. Photo by Vaden Brock. Governor Scotl To Speak Pink Hill Club Feb. 24th. Tom Davis of Pink Hill announ ces that Governor Kerr Scott, ot North Carolina, will be the princi pal speaker at the annual ladles night of the Pink Hill Community Farmer's Club on February 24th. The meeting will be held in the 'school auditorium. The public is cordially .invited. In Rose Hill Mon. The 5th annual tour season of the N. C, Symphony is the great est in it history, according to Al bin Pikutls, business manager and tour director.. The smaller unit, the Little Symphony of 23 players, will play in Rose Hill on Monday, Feb. 13. An admission-free concert for the children will be played in the af ternoon and an evening- concert is scheduled for the Rose Hill Thea tre for adults beginning at 8:30. These concerts are made possible by Symphony memberships held in this section with H. E. Latham as membership drive chairman. Those who sold the most memberships during the recent drive were Mn. L. A. Wilson and Mrs. W. H. Saun ders, who sold over 100. Memberships are no longer avail able for the Rose Hill Concert. However, a few.remaining tickets for this concert are on sale at the Fussell Drug Co. in Rose Hill Oliver Home Returns Home Oliver Home, deputy sheriff and Jailer, returned to Kenansville from a Kinston hospital where he was carried on January 29th suffer ing from" reported blood clot near the heart. His condition is reported good. He was brought back in an ambulance and will have to stay in bed for ten day to two weeks before stirring around. . Meat production under Federal inspection for tne week ended on Januan 21 tj'.aud 2H2 million pounds, according to the U.S.D.A Negro Woman Serves On Court Jury Here For the first time in the history of Duplin County, even including; the rebellious days of reconstruction which brought -about the era of the Red Shirts In North Carolina, a Netre woman has served on the jury In our courts. Netro men have been serving for some time now and occasion ally a white woman has served. But even now a white woman n a jury in Duplin is consid ered news. When County Court con vened Monday morning and selection of a jury completed, among the twelve who took seats for duty was IVJarJle Fen nell, Negro woman of Rose Hill. She heard a number of cases Tuesday and continued ' to serve during the week. Clerk of Court R. V. Wells said "I've seen many thing happen in Duplin but this Just about beats all. I never thought I'd live to see the day when a Negro woman would sit on our juries." He did not comment whether he favored or not Town Board And Firemen Thank Robert L. West The Town Board of Warsaw, in session Monday night with a dele gation of citizens and members of the Warsaw Fire Department, open ly thanked Robert L. West for his forethought and judgment in car rying insurance on the firemen of the town. The story involves a little more than just generosity of Mr..' West It goes back to a year or S3 ago l)en Jie and fir ,ief Stacy Britt, .were discussing insurance for the fireman. None Was carried on them. Boh and Stacy decided that something should be done about it Instead of asking the town to Insure the volunteer fire fighter, they went ahead and had a policy CONTINUED ON BACK 'PAGE in In Halifax Ellis Grady, 33, of 918 Porter St. Richmond, Va. was instantly killed north JDi Halifax On highway 301 Saturday "night. A brother. Benny Grady, 32, died Tuesday' morning in a Roanoke Rapids Hospital. They are sons of Mr. and Mrs. Howell Grady of the Pink Hill Community. - Funeral services for Ellis were held in Richmond Tuesday after noon. CONTINUED ON BACK V.B. Lashley To Succeed Orr W. B. Lashley came to Warsaw last Saturday to assume his duties as general agent for the. Atlantic Coast Line there to succeed M. V. Orr who retired as of that day. Mr. Lashley at present is living in Fre mont where he has been agent for the past few years. Mr. Lashley is a native of Marion, S. C. He has been with the Coast Line for 23 years. During that time he serve 1 in Goldsboro 9 years and Fremont for the past two. He worked in the office in Warsaw from 1925 to 1930. , He is married and has one dau ghter, Mrs. Carroll Watson of Ken ly. Mr. and Mrs. Lashley will move to Warsaw as soon as they can find suitable living quarters. nan NORTH CAROLINA LITTLE SYMPHONY : s FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10th, 1950 Carolina Clowns Vs. Beulaville All Stars In Kenan Auditorium Here Feb. 18th. By: VIVIAN JOHNSON The Beulaville All-Star basket ball team, which will meet the Carolina Clowns in Kenan Memor ial Auditorium in Kenansville on Saturday, February 18, is a Duplin County, home-grown product - with one. exception. The all-stars are all Beulaville boys, mostly farm boys, who star red on recent Beulaville High School teams, which for years have been noted for their outstanding successes in County tournaments. The one exception is a South Carolinian and Presbyterian minis ter, Walter Goodman. Goodman, a former Davidson College athleta, is one of the Star's leading scorers. Reverend Goodman, who starts at forward for Beulaville, gains most of his points from close in arou'nd the basket. His favorite shot is a fast break with a one or two-handed jump shot. Hallie Albertson, -another Beula ville forward, is pushing Goodman for the scoring honors for the sea son. The Star's center, Lloyd H. Thomas, has only played four ;:ames with the team but is already .imotig the leading point-makers on the squad. Lloyd, tallest mem ber of the squad, stands a couple inches over six feet and consist ently takes rebounds off both backboards. Other Beulaville stars are; Oreo Thigpen, forward, Frank Thomas, guard, Roland Thomas, guarc, Charlton Sandlin, guard. Linwood Parker, forward, and John Thomas, forward. The All-Stars, managed by Harry Horne, have a win-loss record to date of 10 wins against 3 losses. The losses suffered have been to the Faison All-Stars, Jacksonville, and New Bern, alt strorigem)ro-fail clubs. Manager Horne said, "We usually use the man-to-man defense, pick ing up the men at half court. Some times, when the game gets close we start pressing and pick up the mea all over the court. Our de fense," said Horne, "is the fast break. We use this if the boys' pitch ing arms are O. K. If they start throwing the ball in the rafters, though, we slow them down." The All-Stars, one of the strong est all-star teams in the section, have entered two semi-pro tourna ments, the Beulaville All-Star In vitational and the Carolina Basket ball Association Tournament. Tax Man Will Help You Fill Out Income Tax A Federal Income Tax expert will be available to Duplinites to give advice or assistance in filling out 1950 income tax forms. No charge will be made for this ser vice. Any person whose total in come in 1949 was $600 or more must file. You have to file State income tax forms as well as Feder al. A number of people in this sec tion have been called to task for not filling a State form and they plead ignorance. The Deputy Collector will be at the following places from 8:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. to help you: Beulaville, Feb. 16; Kenansville, Feb. 17, at courthouse; Wallace. Feb. 20 and 21, at post office; and Warsaw, Feb. 23 and 24 at city hall. $1,000 More To Auditorium Last week we reported that Wm. Rand Kenan and Mrs. Graham Ke had donated another $1,000 ;; :.,H: !; t fa uf 1 iiuiii' , r tl.e ;reeu4 vt i, " An evening cor.r SPEAKEL. DR. WESTON REED Dr. C. Weston Reed of Kennedy Memorial Home, Kinston, will speak here in the Courthouse on Thursday night, Feb. 16th at 7:30. Dr. Reed will speak to those inter ested in the Red Cross work within the county and all civic leaders, school principals, county ministers, and others have been invited to attend. The Annual Red Cross Cam paign begins March 1st in Duolin County as well as over the nation. During the 40 years since Red Cross was first organized this agen cy has become almost as important to the people as the church, and the fact that over 600 county cases including the needs of many dis abled veterans, and their families, have been ministered to by the Red Cross, merits the whole-hearted support of all our citizens. The Duplin Choir has been invi ted to appear on this program and Mrs. Marlon Everett, Regional Di rector will be on hand to answer any questions which the county canvassers may have Dr. Reed's message will be of great importance and it is hoped that an excellent attendance will be had. M. V. Orr, Veteran Railroad Man Retires After 51 Yrs. M. V. Orr, veteran employee of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, and for the past 20 years depot agent in Warsaw, retired last Satur day after 51 years of continuous service with the line. During his earlier days of service he was sta tioned at Wilmington as clerk; to Gibsonville, and Sanford. In 1910 he went to Marion, S. C. as general passenger agent. He stayed there until transferred to Golds boro where he was agent for seven years. In 1931 he became agent in Warsaw where he has been since. Last year he was awarded the 50 year diamond studded pin. Mr Orr lives in Warsaw and owns a farm between there and Bowden. He is a member of the Warsaw Rotary Club and is a. mem ber of the Town Board. Since com ing to Warsaw he has shown inter est in civic affairs and is recognized as one of the town's leaders. each towards the completion of the Kenan Memorial Auditorium. On Sunday morning Superintendent O. P. Johnson received another check for $1,000 from their cousin, Mrs. Wise in Wilmington. This brings the Kenan donation total to $23,- OOO. Work is moving along nicely on seat. on the north side and they will be completed in time for the annual tournament March 1, 2, 3, and 6th. Lit aiults will be played in the Kose r.ll Theater at 8:30. Wallace All-Stars VS Faison All-Stars In Preliminary Game By: VIVIAN JOHNSON Ail-American football player Art Weiner, who has been on the recei ving end of many touchdowns pass es thrown in Kenan Stadium - home site of the University ef North Carolina's Tar Heels, will soon be on the receiving end ef passes thrown in Kenan Memorial Auditorium in Kenansville, but this time Big Art will be catching basketballs instead of footballs. But Art, member of the Caro lina Clowns' famous basketball team which meets the Beulaville All-Stars February 18 in Kenan Memorial Auditorium, is equally at home either on the gridiron or tk-0 basketball court. The big, 6-foot-3-inch, Newark, N. J. boy, with hands the size ef a 20-pound Onslow County ham, first came to Chapel Hill in 1946 t play basketball - and not football. Aster reporting to Carolina on a basket ball scholarship, he decided te try for football, and - - well, you knew the rest. He became one of Care Una's football ends - and that severs a lot of territory when you include Andy Bershak and Paul Severin, All-Americans of recent year. Art is but one of the fanner Ca.Mina football and basketball stars who banded together in 1947 to form the Carol iaa Clowns a basketball team which mixes fua and basketball, out of which rqgipe emerges a well-done, thoroughly entertaining evening for all. Weiner's running mate at end ea last year's Cotton Bowl football squad, Kenny Powell, la als member of the aggregation which takes particular delight in Mint ing the audience. Coy Carson, All-Southern fer- ward and Southern Conference high-scorer last year, Is one at the new additions to the squad. Coy, a native of Charlie Justice' heme town -- Asheville, once seered over 90 points in a basketball game while playing on an Asheville YMCA team. Rip Rvan, first strinf cuard en the 1948 basketball squad and cap tain of Carolina's baseball team last Spring, is one of the trlch-ahet artists on the club. Rip is well known for his tricky, biiln4-the-back and through- the-legs pastes which never fail to amuse tb gal lery. CONTINUED ON BACK PASB Waccamaw Bank Executive Dies Jesse N. Coburn, 54, executive vice-president of the nine-branch Waccamaw Bank and Trust Ceaa pany and a former president ef the North Carolina Bankers Associa tion, died Feb. 6th in a Durham hos pital. The Whiteville banker who has been chief executive ef the Waccamaw Bank and Trust Com pany for nearly a quarter ef a cen tury was stricken three weeks age with subdural hematoma. He died a week after being carried to the hospital. Funeral services were held in Whiteville Tuesday afternoon with interment in Whiteville Memorial Cemetery. FUtttAIT i . 9. ! iti d Sit jhM Mil tail Mwy Qmm f Iwa II Tii A IM. " f"" I