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j 1 ' V.- . ' I 1 ' ,7"V ' 1 -T tnMBsWeW r. 'r- . W j I I M.l .1 L I VOL. 17, j -to Delists $90,1 J Church ' Members of the Rose Hill Bap tist Church and Rose HUlians in general swelled with pride last Sunday morning when the ' new 990,000 church building was dedi cated: The church was full to over flowing for the occasion.' Dr. J. -T'"NClyde Turner pi Raleigh, well- known Baptist, minister, preached the dedicatory sermon. Other min isters assisting the pastor Rev, J. V. Case In the dedicatory program were Rev,, A... L. Brown of Beula vllle and Rev .J. R. Barnes of Fay- otiatf Ma hnth - firmop 'naatnra nf the Rose Hill Church. At the after noon worship Rev. A. B. , Wells pmH 1iltnrn( IViA'RnM Rill Church. Former pastors and friends were recognized on this program. The history as written by Mrs. Marvin Tachey follows: P. ; ' V . Rose Hill Baptist Church was organized about the first of Nov ember, 1900, on the second floor of Jacob Carr's store building on the east-side of the Wilmington ters from Island Creek, Magnolia Dobson'a Chapel and Corinth chur ches constituted the organization, under the leadership of Rev. J. B. Harrell, who served as pastor for six months.-' '.'V-'X'"'': t'-:J ;': Charter members Wre A. Brooks, W. B.. HaweS, Pinkney Rich, J, M.' Henderson; Wi C. Sav age, R. M. MalpasS," T. O, Swlnson, George Rogers, W. D. Henderson, Luclan- Matthews,. J. h) Rochell Johnnie F. Malpass, r-Martha ,C c. Uciidersori, Etlc HawesrMir i . ' garet Savage, lssie BooneSuan , J. Cox, Callie Henderson, IVancy ' '' M. Swlnson, Lora Blizzard. Catber- ' , CONTINUED ON BACK 1 FFA jKreen HandT I.i;!bf ion Here ' - the Kenansville Chapter FFA met Friday night of last week for their first Green Hand Initiation. FFA officers of B.-F. Srady had charge of the formal part of the ceremony. FFA officers, of Wallace bad charge of the practical stunts, of which there were several. . Thirty-two. boys received the de cree. They were Ray Bell Davis Jimmy Bowden, Benjamin Brown, Alan Brown, Ventress Dau ghtry, J. I. Garner, Robert Good man, Jesse JHall, Carroll Lee, Tim my Outlaw, C, M. - Outlaw, J. B. Potter, Earl Somen, Joe Suramer lin B.rinson Vestal, J. C. King, John G. Alphln, George - Best, Wrlftdn Brock, Gerald Brown, Earl King, Donald Murphy, Ray San derson, Windell Alphln, Hubert ornegay, Evans Pridgen, Linwood S. mers, Billy Summeriin jcaaie Qulnn and Adrian Goodman. , The meeting ended with a weln er roast with plenty of weiners, drinks, and other things needed. We think nobody went home hung- ':. v?.i,'V,t ;.;' 1 i&Iypip Seniors To cscnf Pf?- The Senior Class of Calypso will present their class play on-Friday ! ght, Nov. 10 at 8:00 o'clock in tie high school auditorium. The play "Llndy. Lou'V is a comedy in three acts by Gene Neal, -- v f ,Th cast of characters is as fol lows: ; " ' ' '-: . T. .Timothy Tweedsome, '. Boyd Parfield; Llndy Lou Evans, Emma Smith; Dick Barry, Morris Wig gins; Big Boy Roberts, Don Guy; lenjamin Blackstone, Dery Walk r ; Ethefburt, Wyatt Roberts; Duch ' of Londonberry, Dorothy Tur i r; Delores Del Monte, Janice , merlin; Patsy, Thelma Batson; 1 rii'ia, Mattie Price; Prunella, ' n Davis. ; - , The Junior .Iligh Clee Club, un- t r the c rectlon of Mrs. IS: O. i uerli.i will be featured . be- ', t een ict. -':.-. ... , ,. Marshals for the play are Joyce 'rasSr Jean Outlaw, Robert Jer- i, Evelyn Swiason, l.arvln ., Dorothy Brock, Robert E. KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, Dedicate Itedsome Building There: ; Highway Workers! For Amendments : "'' " By J. R. GRADY Employees of the State Highway Department In Duplin County gath ered in the highway garage for a barbecue Supper here Friday night and heard Withers Davis, president Of the state association, urge them to Vote for the constitutional am endments next Tuesday that will safeguard their retirement funds and to Increase the pay-of mem bers of the General Assembly. Mr. Davis spoke for some .little time on the Importance of these two amendments and received splendid applause when he finished. -k Sam Wilson presided over the meeting and called on a number of the. fellows to express themsel ves. They discussed the' amend ments and other problems facing the group. Also present for short talks was Supt. of Schools O. P. Johnson and Editor Bob. Grady of the Duplin Times, wbo both urged the group to vote "yes" on the two amendments. Roy Brown gave a detailed report on the last meeting , CONTINUED ON BACK Magnolia Club Joins Lions esday night voted to affiliate with Lions International and formerly organized. " This brings to seven the number of Lions. Clubs in Du plin. The others are Calypso, Fai son, Warsaw, Kenansville, Wallace and Beulaville. -f: 1iv;''v,- The Magnolia Civics . Club has long been a potent organization in the community and they feel that by affiliating with Lions Clubs they can do greater work, accord ing to Earl Wbitaker president of the Warsaw Lions Club which is sponsoring the : new club. : ' The Magnolia club will hold its charter night, on , January - 9th. Charter membership drive will end on December 4th. It is hoped that more than 50 members will be se cured by that tlme. ; V' ' '' The Warsaw Lions will not meet next Tuesday, their regularly sched uled meeting, but will meet in conjunction : with the . Magnolia . ... .' ma . n 1 1 ivions ' in , me raagnoiia acnooi Lunchroom at 7:30 Wednesday e"v.r ening for a turkey supper to be followed by a Bingo party. At this joint meeting ladies will be escort ed by the Lions and the general public is invited, to participate. Tickets are fl.00 each and can be bought from a Warsaw or Magno lia Lion. Proceeds from the sup per and bingo party will go towards aiding Magnolia In financing their fire truck project. Last week the Cilvcs Club there sponsored a bar becue supper for this purpose and more than $300 was cleared. ; ; y; ; TB Clinic X-Rays 92 Persons . Mrs. Gordon Kornegay, executive secretary of . the Duplin County T.B. Association and technician in the local Health Department's gen eral x-ray 'clinics held ' Monday mornings and 'Wednesday; after noons, reports- j that , during ' the morrth of October 92 persons were examined by x-ray for T-B. 54 of this, number . were health pard ap plicants and 15 were routine check ups;' 21 were tontacts of active cases and 2 were T-B. aiispectt whose status has not yet been de termined. ; ' '. -; "' of B. F. Grady met the first week In October to elect officers for the yeaiv-Helen Walker was elected President; Ldvey Kelly, Vice Pres ident; -Phil, Goodman, Secretary; Marilyn Stroud, Reporter; and Rose, Marie Herring,' Marilyn Stroud and Connie Jo Wells, Program Chair men. ... . " i The (social committee Is com' posed of Josephine Waters Ann I iiton, Linda Holt and To'- '"I Rose Hill The new Rose " Hill Baptist church which was dedicated last Sunday. The handsome new edi fice, was recently completed at a cost of $90,000. The new church building reflects mucbi credit on the Baptists of Rose HU1 and the town of Rose H11L in igefteral. Rose Hill can truly be called; the. town of beautiful churches, -;' . v Harvest ' Festival Plans" J Big -Plans are underway for the first annual Kinston Harvest Fes tival to be held in Kinston Saturday November 11th. All the events of the day and night will be free to the public except cost of lunch. j Exhibits will open at 9 Saturday morning with agriculture, educa tional and Industrial exhibits in the old Knott Warehouse. The official opening .will be at 10 A. M. with a Radio Stage Show featuring the Bailey Brothers String Band of Station WPTF, Ral eigh. Following the show a band concert will be given and an ad dress by Carl Goerch, Editor of The State Magazine,. Raleigh. : The Floral Street Parade begins at 11:30 with lunch served by the Lenoir County Home Demonstra tion Clubs at. 12:15. " i The afternoon schedule will be gin with a purebred Hereford Cat tle show and sale at the-New Caro lina Warehouse. At 2:30 the 4-H Club Achievement Day exercises will be held at the old Knott Ware house,. More entertainment and a stage show are planned at S o'clock at the same warehouse. The evening program will ten-. ture a string band and the Kinston Male Chorus at 7 o'clock. At 8 the Beauty "' Pagent selecting "Miss Harvest Festival" with, the corona tion ceremony in the old Knott Warehouse. '.i'', v-' -; -tv , The activities will conclude with rqund and square dancing 'til mid night in the old Knott Warehouse. dieen Miss Harvest Festival, to be ' se lected at the Annual Kinston Har vest Festival,, Nov. , 11th. will be aa unmarried girl between the age of 15 and 23, whose home is in a rural community (250 dod. or less) in Lenoir, Jones, -Duplin, Onslow, Wayne, Greene, or Pitt, counties, f: iEach girl will be sponsored by a club or organization of 10 mem' bers or more and will be Judged by impartial judges, : The Beauty Pageant will be held at 8 p.m. Saturday night in' the Old Knott Warehouse where Miss Harvest Festival will be selected and crowned In a special coronation ceremony. Contestants will be pre sented in evening clones only, . First prize will be J 1 ;3 or free transwortnHnn - to f.' ' ': rd Baptists Dedicating Church Wm. Craven, Field Scout cutive Resigns1 he- resignation of WiUlam E. CraveVir Tleld- Scout .EaSWjve f Tuscarora Coirncil was today an nounced by William P,' Kemp, Council President. ' ;' Mr. CravWi has been with Tusca rora Council for the last 3V4 years and is leaving to accept a similar position with the Central . Florida Council at Orlando, Fla. That Coun cil serves 7 counties and Mr. Crav en will have charge of.;. three of these with offices iff j Daytona Beach. " ' - ' While serving as Field Executive for Tuscarora Council, Mr. Craven has been Camp Director for two seasons. This year he worked ex tensively with the promotion of the National Jamboree and was in charge enroute of the 1P0 boys of Tuscarora Council who attended. Recently Mr. Craven was the staff director for a large commemora tion program at Camp Tuscarora, dedicating the dining halU'at which General Lewis B. Hershey was guest speaker. One of the last big events, in Tuscarora Council in which Mr. Craven participated was the encampment this past week- tex ritter ideal for Mccormick letter ' Capitol Records' decision to ask Wfestern star Tex Ritter to record Pfc. John J. McCormick's touching letter to his wife and children was based on the fact that Tex has been closely associated wlth;n "Ameri canlsm" campaign in the past year. The' soft-spoken cowboy, who is loved throughout the 'nation, has been honored by numerous organi zations In the' country for his out- Standing contributions to the wel fare of America, And Capitol Rec ords has featured him on recorded versions of "Pledge of Allegiance" and "Gettysburg - Address," which have established him "as a truly great name in the music Industry. Capitol thus decided that Ritter would be , the ' most -.appropriate talent' to! recite - the McCormlok letter, and Tex performs It sym pathetically and with dignity - - a fitting tribute to an American sol dier who gave his life for his coun try. .The disc, titled "Daddy's Last Letter," was released this weeK, and proceeds go to Mrs. McCormlck of, Colllngdale, Pa. - Tex Ritter- will -be seen Id pei son, on the stage, at Motor Park Drive-In Theatre in Pink HiU next Tuesday, Nov. 7. from 5 until UtfV' 1 r ; r jn4iT'.r D-lin t!:y:r P. is i' 'vnr J. V 'r of r-i- FRIDAY, 1 I " , 111 rfrfw, -J'Jlr' . i I L J WiLIJAr.I U CSAVEN end at Duke University of over 600 scouts from this Council foi a football-o-ree, which was planned and directed by Craven, . Mr. Craven was reared In Ral eigh and was graduated from the National Training School for Scout Executives. He is also an alumus of Mars Hill College and N. C. State College,. In August of 1949, Mr. Craven was married to Miss Carolyn Larig ston of Goldsboro. They now have a son, William Moring Craven, Jr. After November 15, the Cravens wiH make their home at 1,45 South Hollywood, Daytona Beach, Fla. Tuesday Is Election Day; Go And Vote j " Tuesday, November 7th Is local, state and national elect . , ion day. We do not vote for a ' .' governor or president but we ; vote for two United States ' senators, one , eongressman, some state and county officers. . ' Be sure and vote. Vote early . and see that your neighbor votes. This Is the privilege , you have that Is protected by . our boys who are now fighting - and clvinc their lives in Ko rea. If they can die for this 5. privilege the least We can do I to be true to them la to exer ' else that privilege ; and vote. Lions Hear Clerk R. V. Wells - Last week Clerk of Court R. V. Wells was guest speaker at the Wallace Lions Club. He told them of the great .amount, of detailed work that has to be done in his office and its general nature. He reviewed the history of that office. During the past ten years, he told them, he had handled,early 800 mental cases. ; -r JC,-; tOUNG PEOPLE MEET ' , 1 . ii . .- -jiv. ' . The young permle of the Halls- NOVEMBER 3rd. 1950 Boy Scouts To Have Court Of Honor The annual district meeting of the Boy Scouts of Duplin County and the November Court of Hon or will be held jointly Monday night, November 6 at the Kenan Memorial Auditorium. This will begin with supper at 7 o'clock and followed by the Court of Honor at 8. The National Guard Unit, Co. M of Warsaw will prepare and serve the food. Plates will be $1 for adults. This fee will cover your plate and also a Scout's. Scouts will receive their plates free of charge. Invited guests include Wil liam Kemp, President of Tuscaro ra Council, Bruce Boyer Scout Executive, and Bill Crave, Field Executive. Attendance Grows Local Revival The week's revival going on at Grove Presbyterian ctnurch has been attracting increasing, num bers each night. Rev. Mac Queen, pastor of Graves Memorial Presbyterian Church in Clinton is preaching. Mr. MacQueen is a dyn amic speaker. He does not shout from the roof tops but talks from the pulpit as If he were talking to an individual. The study for the week's services is based on the book of John and he asks his lis teners to read the book' during the w cek, -Monday night a-poke tffl Vhy ftu a Christian", TuesdVnight his subject was "The two main powers competing for you today". Wednesday night he spoke en "Je sus' appeal to men" and Thursday night his topic was "The last shall i be first". Tonight he will preach j on ."The Cross." There will be no service Saturday night The meeting-will come to a close Sunday night A Good music Is accompanying the services with Mrs. A. 'D. Wood helping on nights that she can. The public is invited to near-Mr. ' MacQueen on his closing nights. Senator Hoey In Kenansville X Senator Clyde R. Hoey passed through, Kenansville last Saturday night. He said he wanted to make a stop here but it was so late and he" had to drive through to Shelby that night and couldn't take time te stop and speak to some of his friends. However he did stop in spite of his plans for about ten minutes. His car was held up in front of the Vance Gavin home for about ten minutes as wreckers were busy getting two cars out of .the dltdh. that sideswiped an hour earlier. One turned completely over. It "was occupied by three Ma rines who escaped with minor bruises; the other car was occupied by a Negro and three dogs. The Negro got a bump and cut on the head but the dogs scampered away with only frightened whines. Senator Hoey Was looking well and strong. He had just been down to Trenton where he crowned the beauty queen on the closing night of the Jones County, Fair. He expressed-his opinion .that senator nominee Willis Smith, as well as hirMelf, had little to worry about Warsaw Couple Hosts To Famous French Artist; M. Lo-Ys Likes North Carolina A few days ago Mr. and Mrs. John Barden of Warsaw were din ner hosts to Monsleure and Mad amouselle Louis Houriet of Paris, france. The couple were accompa nied by their daughter and hus band, Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Barden, Jr. and son "Bobby" the third. Mr. and Mrs. Barden now live in Flemington, N. J. The French couple say they like the United States and especially North .Carolina, Mrs. Barden says. ' The following story was taken from a Flemington, N. J., news paper recently concerning' the Freiwb. a-"' t and I " ' t . - No. 44 District Meeting Here Mnndav Ninhl This meeting Is- open to all Boy Scouts in the County, their parents and friends and all local and coun ty scout officers. An excellent pro gram has been planned and a large crowd is anticipated. Troop. 20 of Warsaw will con-" duct the opening exercises for the Court of Honor. Troop 47 of Halls ville will be in charge of decora tions and Troop 50 of Kenansville will direct traffic. The district meeting will be pre sided over by E. C. Thompson. President of the Duplin District and the Court of Honor will be conducted by Rev. Jerry Newbold of Warsaw, Advancement chairman of the district. in the election on next Tue d-y. however he said the voters ,n Du plin must not let that keep tli-in from going to the polls and vote. County Democrats Hear Umstead About 100 Democrats represent ing every precinct in Pupliri Coun ty gathered in the court room on Wednesday night and heard form er Senator-Congressman Bill Um stead of Qurham expound the vir tues of the Democratic Party and call on all Democrats to man their battle station next Tuesday when the bi-enmal local, state and na ... .... X . i- tinniti . ppr nn takm - mam. u, though we are not electing a pres' ldent or a governor the election is of vital importance to North Caro- I , ..... AlAn. , TTnltA4 C A.AM dmauia aiiu nil mil buuicHiuni as well as most of our local offi cers. He pleaded for all-out vote for the straight Democratic ticket. Supt. O. P. Johnson spoke for a few minutes on the constitu tional amendments especially the two relating to securing the state retirement funds of school teach ers and state employees and the increased pay. for members of the legislatur. Mr. Johnson appealed to the voters to vote "yes" on these amendments. Faison McGowen opened the meeting and presided. Vance Gav in extended a word of welcome. Senator Rivers Johnson introduced Mr. Umstead. Local candidate were recognized. Visitors Included Walter Britt of Clinton, the dis trict solicitor and J. T. Flythe of Mt. Olive, chairman of the Wayne County Democratic Executive Committee. Employment Agent Be In Warsaw Representatives of the Employ ment Security Commission will be in the City Hall every Wednesday morning from 10 until 12 o'clock. Employers needing workers, and persons applying for jobs or Un employment Compensation should meet the representatives at thia time. BLOODSHED BOXSCORE Killed Oct. 27-30 6 Injured same dates 106 Killed thru Oct. 30, 1950 776 KiUed thru Oct. 30, 1949 689 Injured thru Oct. 30, 1949 7,880 Injured thru Oct. 30, 1950 9,936 permanent member of Hunterdon's growing colony of artists. He is white-haired, vivacious, di minutive Louis Houriet, 67 years eld,, but with more' bounce to the ! ounce than-most Americans half his age. Currently he and his wife . are- guests of 'their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mj. Barden, Jr., who live just north, . of the boro limits on Route 30. M. Houriet much prefers his nom d'arsiste of Lo-Ys by which he is better known. He looks and acta like a story-book artist so much so that not long ago, he briefly . out-dazzled one of the Seven Won- , der of the World. That was at Nl- I "s vre hs spent some