RECREATION CENTER
- We are proud to announce that
our recreation center which is spon
sored by the Women of the Pres
byterian Church, has been opened
, for two weeks for the use of the
public. We hope the' entire town
will come out ana enjoy the faci
lities that we now have complete.
,- Any , donation ; to . buy ' other
equipment will be greatly appre
ciated. We wish to thank, everyone
for their time, gifts and donations.
BEULAVILLE HDC -
The Beulavllle HDC held their
monthly meeting at the home of
Mrs. Sidney Hunter. Miss Ermle
Sanderson presided. Mrs. Phoebe
Pate gave a talk on Gardening.
Miss Lou Jackson on Fashion
Notes. Miss Hilda Clontz gave an
interesting talk on "Improving a
Farm Home." After the program
the group enjoyed a. social hour.
Mrs. Hunter served chicken -salad,
ritz and iced drinks. .
CIRCLES MEET
The Young Ladies Circle of the
Presbyterian Church held their
monthly meeting Tuesday night
in the home of Mrs. York Lanier.
Meeting opened with group sing
ing. Mrs. Robert Matthews presi
ded and led in prayer. The Bible
study "King Hezekiah's Prayer in
a National Crisis" was given by
Mrs. Harry Home. Program dis
missed with circle benediction. The
group enjoyed a social hour when
Mrs. Lanie rserved apple pie a la
mode.
Circle No. 2 of the Hallsville
Presbyterian Church met Satur
day afternoon in the home of Mrs.
Leonard Kennedy. Mrs. Bland
Rhodes assisted by Mrs. L. C. Mil
ler gave the Bible study. Meeting
was dismissed with prayer. Mrs.
Kennedy served coca colas, cook
ies and ritz to 11 members present.
Mrs. Bland Rhodes will be hos
tess to the October meeting at her
home.
PERSONALS
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Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Staley
and son and Mr. Wilbur Bostie of
v Charlotte visited Mr. and Mrs.
John D. Bostic last week.
' Mr. and Mrs. Jim D. Sandlin
.and Jimmy attended the Johnson
family reunion at Mr. and Mrs.
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c. n. DUUII3UU at jueiway sunaay.
' Mr. and Mrs. Bill Jackson and
daughter of Orlando, Fla. visited
, relatives and friends here Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Jones, Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Home and children
v Mrs. Ruth Jones Miller and Bobbye
Ann, Mr. William Gerald Jones
u enjoyed a picnic at the Cliffs on
Sunday.
Mrs. J. D. Sandlin Sr. is spend
Ing a few days in Pink Hill with
Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Turner.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Barden and
grandson of Rose Hill visited Mr.
ana Mrs. Steve Gresham Sunday.
Dr. and Mrs. Vernon Offitt of
Klnston were guests of Dr. and
' Mrs. Paul Bolln Friday night and
anenaea Tne uupun story.
Mr. Orzo Thigpen and Sloan
were in St Pauls Sunday to ac-
company Mrs. Thigpen and child
r ren home Where they visited Rev.
and Mrs. J. L. Powers.
Mr. Douglas Alexander spent the
week end in Elizabeth with his
parents.
Mrs. Hosea Hunter has returned
to her home after, undergoing treat
- ment at Parrots Hospital, Klnston.
Mr. and Mrs. William Bostic and
, June Miller visited Miss Jane Bos
tic in Greenville Sunday. ,
Mrs. John Maund of Atlanta, Ga.
rents Mr. and Mrs. L. C. JJackson.
Rev. Walter Goodman visited
Mrs. James Miller in General Me
morial Hospital, Klnston. She is
: improving rapidly. -
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rivenbark,
Mr. and Mrs.'Vance Codfetter of
Warsaw visited Mr. and Mrs. John
G. Kennedy Sunday night.
Mrs. Allen Smith has returned
home after undergoing treatment
in Memorial General Hospital In
Klnston. -
Messrs. I. J. Qulnn, C. L. Qulnn,
my uresnam, Yates Dobson,
and June Thomas left last week to
resume studies at UNC
Mr. and Mrs. Paul -Hunter of
Warsaw spent the week fend with
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Kennedy.'
Mrs." J. D. Hogan ,Sr. of New
berry, S C. and Mrs. Gardner Ed
wards spent' several days last week
at Annapolit and New York City
visiting 'J. D. Hogan Jr. who is a
student at Annapolis.
Mr. Robert Craft, Jr. student at
ECTC spent Saturday at home.
Mrs. Jim Sandlin and Jimmy,
Mrs. Charlton Sandlin shopped in
Kinston Monday. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Williams
of Cary spent the week end with
Mrs. Lila Lanier.
Mr. and Mrs. Winifred Thigpen
and daughter of Bethel spent the
week end with Mr.-and Mrs. Mur
phy Thigpen and attended The
Duplin Story Saturday night
Mr. Osburn Sandlin, Raleigh and
Mr. J. D. Sandlin were at Lake
Waccamaw several days this week
on business.
Mrs. Abb Pickett of Mt. Olive
is visiting Mrs. Mattie Mradshaw.
Miss Blanche Harrell, -member
of the high school faculty, remain
ed at her home in Burgaw Monday
with an attack of sore throat.
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Qulnn of
Wallace visited Mrs. Pearl Sand
lin Sunday.
"Mr. and Mrs. Clarence' Pope and
children 'of Magnolia, visited Mrs.
Annie Betic Sunday.
folk, Va. , .' -rfWilson,
who entered the' Naval
service Jan. 12, -1048,, received his
recruit training at Great Lakes.
111. He Is a graduate of 'Chinqua
pin High Schools " " '
Pleasant View
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Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bostic
shopped in Kinston Tuesday
Mr. and Mrs. James Thomas and
'Annette and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
and -Susan of Chinquapin' toured
western jn. c. Sunday.
. Miss Polly Brown of ECTC
spent the week end at home.
Mrs: P. E. Thigpen and Misses
Doreen Nethercutt, Janice Bostic
attended a FHA Rally at Carolina
Beach Saturday. ., , .
Mr. and Mrs. J. A." James and
Mrs. C. L. Knowles visited Mrs.
W. F.; Miller Tuesday,!.
Mr. and Mrs. D. D Watson and
children of Smithfield visited Rev.
and Mrs-.- A. L; Brown recently.'
The Women of ; the Presbyterian
Church i will hold their monthly
meeting at the church Saturdday
atternoon at 4 o'clock. "
Men of the Hallsville Presby.
terian Church will meet Saturday
night at 7:00 at the church. Mr.
Diefell of, Wallace will be guest
speaKer.!1. '''--'
Potteris Hill PTA will meet on
Monday at 8 p.m. After the meeting
dox party win be held for the
benefit of the lunchroom. .
Beulavllle Football-" Team will
play Morehead City at 'Beulaville
Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
J. T. Wilson On v
V. Admiral Staff
Joseph Tr Wilson, yeoman 31c. US
N, of Beulavllle,: is serving with
tne stall of Vice Admiral Felix B.
Stump, '' USN, Commander Air
Force, U. S. Atlantic Fleet. Nor-
v ..' By: GASTON F, GRADY
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Griff en
of Snow Hill visited Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Grady Sunday.
Most of the people of the com
munity went to see the Duplin
Story last week. I think everyone
enjoyed it. I enjoyed being in the
Story again this year. Although t
had hur a email nnrt T fhltilr 41iat
is something that I will never, for
I Bet. even If I live to be IOO wars
old; The thing I like most about
a thing of this sort Is that you get
to meet so many new people that
live right in your county. One of
the most lively people r met was
Charles Hales of Warsaw. He has
such a wonderful : gift of ."gab,
I remember other names such as
Betty,, Eloise, and Pat; O, we dontt
want to forget Carol, how could
we. That is enough of this for now.
Here comes Pleasant View . "i . "i :
Mr. Joe Herring and daughter
Rubell, Mr. and Mrs. K. F. Grady
and daughter had dinner with JMr.
and Mrsijiurham: Grady Sunday.
Mrs. Cella Grady of Durham
spent the week end with Mr. and
Mrs. J. J Grady and family. While
here .she attended the Duplin Sto
ry. Mr. and Mrs. Faison Smith and
family, Mr. and Mrs.. Ned Grady,
Miss Mary Anna Grady, Miss Peg
gy Grady and Mrs. Celia .Grady
spent sunaay in Elizabethtown and
White Lake visiting relatives.
Regular Church services ; were
held at Pleasant View Sunday ev
ening. . - . -Jo
Ann Grady. Ida Fordham, J
H. ; Mewborn, . Elliott Chambers,
Edith Byrd, Conrad Jones, and
Gaston F, Grady attended a PYF
eiiowshlp meeting at Maxwell's
ma Friday afternoon, a::..u
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Grady and
tamiiy visited Mr. and Mrs. Gaston
Kelly Sunday.
Mrs. . Emma Chambers of Kins
ton visited her parents Mr. and
Mrs. 'Oscar: Chambers over the
week end. .
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Smith of
Goldsboro spent the week end, with
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Simmons.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. nnwi
Mr. Raymond Davis, Miss Hazel
Kornegay, and Mrs. Edith Grady
had dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Leon-
ara t, Grady Sunday night
M.-.TIIE PUPLIN TIMES
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TT IS nqt only the: Ignorant and
the prejudiced who claim that
Protestant Christianity did not start
till the 17th Century.. Even Protes
tants can make this mistake. The
real founder of Protestantism : la
Saint Paul. : What -r-
the Reformers ' of (
the 17th - Century
did was to re-db
cover iPauL. The
doctrines : of Prot
estantism are , not
some peculiar In
vention of Luther.
not a vagary nor
a quirk, still leu
a heresy; they are
simply Christianity accordina to
Saint Paul If for no other reason,
raui is one of tne- most imoortant
figures In Christian history, per
haps In all history.
The World Is My Parish , .
ipHERE is another reason , why
Pjltll in fmnnHanl Ti la
much to say that U it Jiad not been
for him, there never would have
been any Christianity, as a worldr
religion. It would have died as a
Jewish 'sect. . ;,, -.
What the history of ' the '
.world woald have bora In that
ease, God only knows. Bat at
thongh ear " ao-eaJIed Christian
era is itni not exactly Chrhv '
tlan, It Is vastly different from
what It would -have been H
Christianity had been no more ;
(say) than Eaaentom, a word
yon would have to look an in
the enoyelopedla, an antiqne
and forgotten sect -
' To mapy un-named Christians,
but to Paul more than any other one
person, we owe the fact that ours
Is a religion with a world-outlook,
First Great Missionary ..
pATJL was not a typical Christian
any more than George ' Wash
ington was a 'typical American. To
this day, missionaries can hardly
be called typical Christiana, They
are far too few. and their quality
is far too high." to stand for the
"average" Christian who in fact
does not even understand' mission
arias; as a rule.' Nevertheless, the
missionary' now as In Paul's time
Is the burnlng-pplnt'of Christianity;
the front-line patrol the cutting
edge . . What made Paul a mis
sionary makes missionaries today,
One thing was Ms vital exper
ience of Christ Jesus, for Paul
was not somebody he had read
about In a book, he was not a stat
ue on an altar or a picture In a
rduseunv he was not a definition In
acatechism.esus was Some One
he bad met on the Damascus Rnad.
Seeend, Pant loved people, all
kinds of people. (After hi eon
vertlon, not before I) He eoold
see In the most pitiful little
of ' a olavo-girl the -
jailer, . a sister or
.. brother for whom Christ died,
' as ho pot It Nowadays yon,
: omettmes hear ehnreb people '
' saying aboat others outside the
ehtveh, "Theyro not oar kind. :
: They wouldn't make good Pros '
byterlaas (or Baptists or what;
ever the apeaker's ehnreh may
: be)." II never ee cured to Paul
' , thai anybody would not make
a good Christian, If only J eons
Christ got hold of him.
: Furthermore, Paul had a world
horizon. There are hole-and-corner
Christians and there are world
Christians. Paul was a world-Chris
tlan. Ha "thought big." To this day,
the wide-horizon, blg-thlnklng Chris
tiana are either out them on the
mission field, somewhere, or they
an uypuruna missions wito au
their might '
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On Tuesday evening Mrs. C. B.
Guthrie was hostess to the mem
bers of her bridge club and two
extra tables honoring Miss There
sa Gooding, bride-elect Pretty ar
rangements of fall lillles, asters
and dahlias made a perfect setting
for the tables In play. The honoree
was given a corsage of roBes. Tal
lies, refreshments and doilies ' all
emphasized the bridal motif. When
scores were totaled, Mrr. G. V.
Gooding was awarded high score
prize for visitors and Mrs. Vance
B. Gavin high score prize for mem
bers.: Miss Gooding was glyen a
coffee spoon in her chosen pattern
of silver. The hostess served pound
cake, block ice cream and salted
nuts, carrying out a color scheme
of green and white. Individual
match folders personalizing "Terry
- Banks" were given as souvenirs,
; Lt. and. Mrs." Alton Payne and
chlldfen, Mrs : Bertha ' Holllngs
worth and Theo shopped In Kins
ton Monday ( . . .
Mn and Mrs. Willie Davis, Mrs.
L. B, Thomas of Mt Olive, Mr. and
Mrs, Dan Davis attended church
service at Verona Sunday.'
Mr. and Mrs. 3. A. McArthur of
Clinton two daughters, Mrs. Myles
English of Bethesda, Md., and Mrs.
Clayton WlUiams of Godwin, N. C.
called to see Miss Macy' Cox on
nu i.. . At..
luuuuajr. am. mciu'iuur IS tne
-- .. . hum waiuw ' a'ajtoa iiuiA
the daughters were Lillian" and
Mary Shtlton McArthur who have
many schoolmates here, all having
uvea here most of their lives.
Mr. end Mrs. Polk Swinson of
Charlotte spent the week end here
with Mrs. T. M. Rogers and Miss
Annie Swinson. . .
Mrs. Tracy Purvis and daughter
auss sara JUetn of Effingham, S. C.
and Mr. and Mrs. Atlas Baker and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Baker
and family, Norfolk, Va., Mr. and
Mrs. Elbert Baker of Maryland and
Mr. and Mrs. Winifred Bradsfcaw
and family- of Holly Ridge have
returned home after attending the
funeral of Mrs. J. H. Baker.. Mr.
Robert Burns has returned to N.
J. but Mrs. Burns is still here, as is
Alvln Baker of the Navy.
Mrs. Hattle Wilson and Miss
Macy Cox was in Rose Hill
Monday. 1
Revival services-, will besin nn
Monday night, at the 'Methodist
Church with Rev. R. L. Crossno,
guest speaxer. Everyone Invited.
Welcome to our town Mr; Crossno.
The Baptist Association will
meet here Tuesday, Oct 3 for one
day and cooperation will be ap
preciated. JWalter Maxwell suffered a strnkB
late Saturday afternoon . " -
Norman Baker of Charlotte
spent the week end with his folks
here. .,-"
r Thank you Miss Vida MIllov for
your fine article last week con
cerning old peoples home. Hope
others will write this week. If you
are interested tejl us about it :
' Mrs. Irene Bishop, had as birth
day dinner guests Sunday her son
Owen and son, her sister Mrs. An
nie Payne and son, Mrs. Lizzie
Hatcher, all of Magnolia and dau
ghter and husband of Wilmington.
Henry Bishop of the home was
host -
' Mrs. Addle Blizzard of Beulavllle
spent the weekend' and till Tues
day afternoon with her daughter
Mrs. Jack Chestnutt - -
Miss Ruby : Matthews . is , now
nursing at the Woodard - Herring
Hospital in Wilson.,
. Sam Byrd and adopted daugh
ter "Pat" visited Miss Macy Cox
Tuesday enroute to Charleston, S.
C. - r 1 t - '
.Mr. .and Mrs. . Henry ' Martlno
and daughter of Fayettevllle spent
Sunaay. with Mrs. Sallie Tucker.
INVITATIONS ISSUED
Mr. and Mrs. . James Mason Brown
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Susan Butler
' -' : ' to
:" Mr. Charles V. Joyner .
' on Friday the sixth of October
' nineteen hundred and fifty :
at five-thirty o'clock
Magnolia Baptist Church ,
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No invitations are being issued,
the public is cordially Invited.
Megro Workers v
In Raleigh :
The Negro-extension' personnel
ecetttly two nays in Raleigh at a
district planning conference.: The
agents were given information on
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the latest farm and nomemaklng
techniques by some 20 specialists
in various phases of the extension
program. The conference was de
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siKueu Mt jiut aaicBi atfiiuuiMuc re-
search into the county program
for 1951 that might interest farm
ers and homemakers of the county.
Farmers should welcome some of
Vie developments suca uupru-
ved weed control in corn and pas
tures, new varieties of disease re
sistant tobacco' and introduction of
Arlington oats, whose yield often ,
tops 100 bushels per acre. Special
ists pointea out tne neea tor -net-
ter housing for Negro farm fami
lies, and pointed to several dem- ,
onstrations - being conducted in
housing for lpw income groups in
several counties. The agents also''
welcome any suggestions from the
farm families themselves. 1 -
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Bibles Across the Sea .
THERE is' one thing which yon,
reader of these lines, can do
right now, if you have some of this
world-vision. This week, today, you
can help In great missionary en
terprise which la not confined to
any denomination.
Over u Japan, Genera Uae
, Arthur says, Christianity and'
; the Bible are the dykes holding -op
the flood of Commanlam.
Dr. Shire Mnrata, a Japanese
Christian, also sayoi "The ayea
of Japan are fixed on two'
books. One la Das Kapltal by
Karl Marx. The other Is the
Holy Bible., Japan la at the r
' crossroads." '
' A campaign' la being conducted
this year-ta send to Janan five
million Bibles and Testaments. The
Japanese can read; they-have the
largest non-Christian population in
the world reading one language.
Through your local church, or oven
by yourself, you can contribute to
this great undertaking to bring ta
Bible to a people sorely needing It
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