North Carolina Newspapers

4 Plan To Attend East Caro lina Folk festival Kenan Memorial Auditorium ! IWday, Saturday, Septem ber 12 and 13. ..THREE SECTIONS TVENTY FOUR PACES , " V THIS WEEK :. i i v. i , .1 , T i V 1 1 Vol. 19. No. 33.. vi -AX.' ' ' HARVESTER DEMONSTRATED In the top picture. J. E. Chestnutt, left. Bob Llgon, center, ' both f Peerless Engineering company fi Rich, mond, Va., examine the power part of -the Peerlesg ' Combination tobacco harvester with Gordon Mer ritt, right, or Dupun county, wnoe ; ' SszcrJ Ic - n r-I.PTTlR RRACK Scarcely had the ink dried on i' newspaper pages 'telling about a , tobacco harvester which the Dup , lin county tax coUector, 'Gilbert Al tphln, had ; Invented, ' when word came that another Duplin farmer, ; living only a few miles from Al- ?hln, was ready to demonstrate his arv ester, t r -'.i' 'a1 u The latest inventor, Gordon J, Merritt, of the Stanford church sec tion of Duplin, unveiled a harvest er, called the "Peerless Comblna tion" and held his first public dem ' onstration Friday morning of last week. Merritt, who first had he Idea i. for his harvester, contacted an un cle, J. E. Chestnut, Inventor and nglner of Richmond, Va, who had collaborated With Merritt In Inventing and building the Peerless ; tobacco curer. ! Di',-:!b Art Stents I!::::::!i7 Prcrjr.:nt Ariisl$f Arilcis ::::;r.:3e.ifTc1r010!dSr.:!ue' T.r D&?aa Cetrtoc If a pretty steep trail fraw the f leans of D""lln to the top of Old t mc&ie, bit trip worth all the tone acl Clort according to a groi9 of Ivose Hill women, stu dents of Mrs. Margaret B. Cooper, artist aid art Instructor, who recently- ent a pleasurable . week tubbing shoulders with nationally ' prominent - artists. writers and craftsmen at Huckleberry Moun tain, western Carolina artists' re treat'' " , " What began experimentally as a fascinating hobby is rapidly be coming serious business to the score or more of students' taking J'ssons in oil painting from the : ise Hill artist. And an experience I e . l.jcklcberry l-onntein Is t ': Jng , worth writing home ....... Lucy S. Farrlor, a Rose Section One Eight Pages the harvester was. . . .... 1 . Onves UK narvesier unra mm i'"-" r. - l-ii. i.u MiAkWhiuui mAn trv nut the machine "v WU1 W.fcliM". - ormiiM" iw utto :?WG3fec In fiupfb ' These two called in Bob Llgon and Bob Kane,' other members of the Peerless firm, and all of them thai henria tnffnther to work out the kinks and engineering de tails.! The. first- moaei, wmcn was demonstrated Friday, was butlt in the garage of Cecil Davis, at Beau tancus, with Davis doing the nec essary welding and machine work for the harvester. ' Basically, the harvester provid ed, adjustable seats for three to bacco croppers, riding at whatever level of the stalk they crop. Im mediately In front of each cropper Is a large rectangular tray, which Is detachable from the harvester. As the cropper takes leaf from the sUHt, he piles it, all item facing the same way, in the tray. These trays are carried from the har ConUnoed ea Back rag (Sect D Rub Shearers YKh mil A afiMnf whit !i aluA chair VLB ft nt th Wnminl Chih art de partment, learned of -the workshop conducted each year , at Buckle W?rrv Mountain, when an exhibit of her paintings was viewed in. Win- ston-salem Dy Mrs. rfonn rorren, member of the advisory Joard of the workshop.. , Her enthusiasm spread to others in the local art colony and Mrs. Cooper, . Mrs, Ag nes Fucfell of Rose Hill. Miss An- ..H. Wnttlnann anil Mrk.3 Lucille Rivenbark, of Wallace, made plans to enroll witn ner m mam wees long workshop, . " ' T. ' Armed with brushes, palettes and fresh tubes of paint,-the ladles set ont fr Huckleberry. Xlountain tti-Ur'Avi nurninff not kflOWlPff Cek.u.l m fage t-t I) s"1 l . S-a1 l-. ! i r. i i r "KENANSVILLE, 1 ... M mm m -V in ue nwimn J 4.1 tkDtih tfU7 " .... (Photo by Cleins Brock) ' Officers Meet Sheriff Palnli Miller and Cor-' oner Gurman Powell will act as hosts on Thursday night at a up per for all the law enforcement officers Of Duplin County. - The supper, to be held In the Jail, will he followed oy a aiscussiun meet ing. , - Five Dirolinifes Receive Degrees At Summer Comcencemnt Of L C. College V aT'auSj.navaiK ' In cominencement exercises held at East Carolina College on Fri day, August 15, degrees were con---a mii l Aft andualins: stud ents, six receiving the bachelor of arts degree 82 persons receiving the Mcneior oi science ucnco,i 80 the master of arts degree. Pres ident' John D. Messlck conferred 4k. j.vmm u the candidates were presented by Dr. Leo W. Jenkins, dean .of the couegw s js p ' ' Governor W. Kerr Scott, to the K..i.nata uUnti to the crad- vaviawed North Car- I lauui - Olina's education aavanw uu, , phaslzed the theme oi nis aomuua tratlon to urging a continued tra vel upon the "go forward" policy, n,. iniuuuuHnn and benediction were spoken by Dr. Robert L. Hol director ot reugiou" . . i n.il. mwA viiMl Kast Carolina wiucsc, - - sok by Miss Ruth Little was the musical feature. itwi Mmnro, of Edenton, an alumnus of the col- u. iit laava from service KfiA MWW V . with the Air Forov-ww organist IL E. Well 01 Vta !':; Ccrr.!::;3 By II. C. Asi--5" ... . . .S J . nrna Motor Com. rany. Warsaw has been jxnied to s-rve on Vie K'-hway Safety Com n; . cf t e J,rth Carolina Auto t 1 a Association H was r It y ty T. A. Williams, 4 wit t committee. . C I anno""',,,r. ' lo"tt tVml? 1 . i i 1 J i . t " a . o i ts Jburv tike 3 kmUX NORTH CAROUNA, THURSDAY, AUG. 21, 1952. I. c. Youth To Gather at Duke University Tuesday, Aug. 28 IkfAPA tVi an Ati thousand vvoutn ami nHiilt leaders of the North Carolina Conference of the Memo jiot fhnrxh will sather at Duke iTni..n.iir in nnrhnm on Thurs- day, August . 28 for the seventn WtlAWA0kt,J. " " -"T Annual conierence uiu nuj, the climax of the first Annual Con eiinn nf the Methodist Youth Fellowship. The: Session opens on Sunday, August wun registration of approximately 300 u j .Mn1tffltAii rTirp- ...tii.r mnra than twice that num KUUU5 " " ber of eastern xvonu uruuu s .lint nhimthAl a hishitsht nf the Annual Con ference Session will be the Forum period each morning, to db iea oy .k fniinurins wolt-Vnnwn cersons: k. n. Vannih nooason. of HiSn LUC AW. ' 1 , Point, the Rev. W. A. Crow of Eliz- abethtown; ana me nev. nem j u- ark of weidon. -rne oession, w;u.;i 1..111 Amuilat n nrAflram of MYF work beyond the local church and Will feature special interest groups iaiihim nnA committee meet ings; and ' elect the Conference Youth Council. , n. p n n Holt will be the main speaker for the Annual Con- 10:30 a. m. The program of the Aav includes a , noontime lunch brought by those attending and a business , session. Installation of officers for 1952-53 wlU bring to a close this meeting 01 many yoiun and adults at 3:30 P. M. The leaders of the Session will include he ,Rev. Roland Rainwat er, of Durham as aean; mis. a. Jerome, of Elizabeth City, as dean of women; the Rev. Curtis Gatlin, Conference 1 Director of Youth Work, local; church; Directors 01 Christian Education ana pastors of the N. C. Conference. Special fLiestS Ol .mc Annua vuiun ession and 'the i'Xhnual Confer- n11 nrtll fnclurfe- BishOD Paul Nef f Garber, Richmond Area, Methodist tinurcn, uta w ka nfotMnrtf nt.Ttiilrs tlnlver- yinfemg'spo m tr tr iwu' iivwiun; ui .uB .North CaroUnfc Conferences Board nrfiinatirtn hi tna enoioEia wim Duke University are) th Confer- enee Youth Council nd- the Churches of the Durham afeea. Rofarians Hear McGoven Talk On Accountants Work Ti '.Waruiir Rntnrv Club met last Thursday at the Warsaw school cafeteria. The president, xe Brown presided. After a short bu siness session, Mr. Falson McGow an of Kenansville gave an inter esting and Informative talk on the County Accountants office and the ..aiAna nmhtamn involved. Lunch was served by Mrs. Myrtle Swin- son. - j . f A man il4 years old in Decatur, 111., ascribed his longevity to the fact that he had never done a lick of work after the age of 70. 4Ta that AVmarlAffl. Dr. Orvllle L. Phillips, registrar r thm Miieee. assuttea in comer- ring the graduate degrees. who received degrees at this sum. mer graduation exercises . were: Master of arts degrees: 1 Mrs. Wil liam R. . Teachey. Supervisor of Elementary (Education of Duplin County, Rose uiu; ana nr. wuium Thlgpen, Teacher of Mathematics m.. n1illla TTlffh Sfhool. Ben. mm. . - m i - laville. Those receiving tne oacne- lor of science aegrees were: mis. Christine Jones .... Kennedy, Third Grade Teacher at the Beulavllle School, Beulavllle; Mrs. Bill Price, of Rose Hill, and Miss Loyce Carr of Wallace.- , , ' fJ.'x Mrs. WllUam R. Tecchey, Sup ervisor of Elementary Education of Duplin County, Is to Salisbury this week' attending the annual State Conference for Supervisors which is being held at Catawba College. The theme of the conference 4s: "What U A SchooL". ' l!:nied To life State financed driver-training pro gram in tne mgn sonoois, wna can to be furnished by the dealers. At k ' i i ilma. a mimfaer Af North Carolina Dealers do lend nent -eakii without cot to tne schools. ' The assemtied d ;ra also went on record ss favoH. a w " " le re ' Iv n t '. i . in"n V - ' -..a 1 ' "'fit ' r" ure t V'sJ's acc ut" rt t I,-.' .r.taod' ie. i ,e . ; 1 if w ..' DuplinRanks 12th An Acreage 17mJnrroductionUr 1 . 1 . .. i , , l f it, 1 i , , VlolUJNQ Ui XH1JNU3 ij uaiii aduvc are iwo yuungsiers, cuwiii joruwn miu brother of Buncombe County who made a hit at the Asheville Folk Festival in Ashe ville two weeks ago. Bascom Lamar Lunsford of Turkey Creek founded,' and directed the Asheville Festival. He is in Duplin and Eastern North Carolina now looking for Just such talent to appear in the East Carolina Folk Festival to be held in Kenan ) 1 A..l.nl.,m kaM Cntomkai. 19-13 . .. Famous Folk Dance Team To Be Seen In Eastern North . "LarijlinaJbrillc rjeshvaTlleced . ,. win, ,., i in i i, riin r i n v tv . 1 1 " - WILLIAM B. UMSTEAD Governor-Elect Vm. Deliver Principal Address Af The Annual Grady-Outlaw Reunion On August 30th fiolsa Rmrf A " ttradv. Dresi dent of the Grady-Outlaw Literary Historical Association, this week aniuuinrad Hia nroBTam for. the 21st annual reunion of the clan to be held at tne a. r. uraay School on Saturday, August 80th. T..4. eirxAv will rail the. meet ing to order at ten thirty and pre side tnrougnout cne oay. c uw lng invocation, Paul D. Grady of ir.niv vlraatresident of the Asso ciation, will Introduce the speaker for the occasion tne noa. nm. jo. iimatuil nnvernor-elect Of North Carolina, who will deliver the prin cipal address.,; Following Govern or Umstead's address Bascom La- Creek in Buncombe County, will I. Wiiuam vrraay, vi. and Mrs. H. S. Grady of Wesley Chapel, will tell of Ms experiences In Korea and Japan when he serv ed to the Army for more than two years; ' ;Mk' Grady, before enter- Ma ilu'lrm also .served In the Navy, At present he Is stationed to the .Pentagon muiaing la wsso iogton City.- VMiimuintf n incaklnff. Gover nor Unwtead, on behalf of Judge Grady and his brother, Ben Grady, of Washington, D. C, will present n tha aohool a framed facsknlle copy of the Declaration of Inde pendence. Judge Grady then will present to tne acnixji a paoiouiui. m of tha . Ma ana "Carta and a I framed picture of Che late Margaret Grady u uaniei wno was corn wo reared to the neighborhood and for many years taught school and promoted education in Albertson Township. She was the mother of J. R. ODanleL attorney of Fort Worth; Texas. Principal Hugh Wells of the Grady School will accept all the press notations on behaSf of tlse stltnoL ' At the tart reto-a pr?"et to 1 sward .d at t" 1. 1 reunion we - ,rn- .- TO t ' t -aar 0 DujdCUw "SUBSCRIPTION RATB: S.50 huiiUm! Ka.no AnniiMt una i ............ J4 ''It 4" WILLIAM HAMPTON GRADY B. Umsfead Will Maxwell for the second largest water melon displayed and a third prize ot $1.00 win be given by Malcolm Grady for the third lar gest water melon. With these cash prises offered It ie hoped enough water melons will be placed Into competition to provide everyone present with a slice. The rules say the melons must be cut soon after the Judging. Following the program, to the school auditorium, the crowd will assemble to the new school lunch room where a picnic dinner will be spread. Every lineal descendant of 'John Grady and James Out law are members of the Association and are urged to attend with a full dinner paiL Following dinner the group, will reassemble In the auditorium where old time music will be play ed by members of the clan and Continued ua bsck l. . .1 . sr. . w-. a . i B'jnlm Ceuifly Stlissk Opsned VJed. n-i-- r-L. mm mm ' nl af 'tt fl am L jiijiUQ Ycuiifioiv mumuuncaoois f .... .... i' : ' ...... . v.... ... . . . . It. Hal mi raUmn fTnahaaan The school bells rang all over rhrnlln Countv on Wednesday morning calling the thousands of children back to this serious busi ness of teaming. There are literal ly thousands or atuoenw in our County, too. We do not have the figures for this year's enrollment as yet, but last year there was a grand total' of 10,632 pupils attend ing ti e public s-hools of Duplin. K-t being lamLlar with the way rur..t Carolina srtjools operate, t w with much astonishment t I found out t se pertinent f-nm Co"uy t .fetintendant , V. i - s f "'-e. I had been i i r and spring t i r i i 1 olfwrved In "t s !, . - ""t call- per year in Duplin and adjoining area in n. aa.wu uuwiuc . ,-hase the rabbit, : I uase the squirrel, ' Hchsae the pretty girl nTijl tha wnrlli." With all the gusto and thrill af that chase, fclk dancers express thalr -aaai-ininS their deliOht. their unbridled enthusiam to the figure ox tne .nance, ine ngnrea n qui, hut ha intarnretation Is new and na variant k. dance BFOUSS that have added their own imagination and tneir own taeas to tne vai linnsl nfit.rn That vsriaH In. . tpmrptation is one reason why a ninps tnam has develoDed a dlf s jik lesLivai id hi iiiuvii tuu. u.u ferent flavor, a new meaning in these dances that are as old as nnr vMintrv tipnprMlons nave oHHort chp rhvthm of their times. Many of the old conventional slower forms of dance have been speeded up because of the increas ed tempo of modern nte. mere is no longer time lor the stately ti ffiiroe nf a hiinHrpd vears ago. and indeed, except as history, the old tempo has little to oo witn our me as it is lived today. Folk dances itv hopaiise thev are an interpre tation of the life around us, be cause they express wnat tnat me means to us now In our time. Pnllr dances cotntain the zest for life that comeS directly from the soil, from tne nuis, tne wooas, the rivers of America. They echo the rhythm of life that comes from the earth they are as natural as that earth and as full of life. The patterns are traditional, yes, they have been handed down from gen eration to generation. But to the InknrltsnM haa twvn added all the various nuances of each genera- tion making the dances old as our history and as contemporary as to morrow. 4 The eastern Carolina Folk Fes tival Is peculiarly f originate to. have directing it, organizing it, a man who is deeply Imbued with all the tradition ot the past, to whom the folk lore and the folk music and the dances are .part of his life be grew up with them. Bascom Lunsford has an even greater gift,' th nricelMit hnnn of treat enthu siasm, and the ability to Infuse that entnusiasm in an wnn wnom no comes to contact.' ' He has auditioned many eastern v Conttnoed On Back m atata: In which I have lived.1 and I have uvea a many, naa i seen mare talent, especially la the allied fields of music and art, nor had I come across more coopera tion between the teachers and the parents to furthering the develop ment of children. .. v Duplin County has 354 teachers, most of them with A certificates and long experience. .There are three supervisors, one white ele mentary euprvisor, one colored el ementary supervisor and one high school ' science supervisor. The music supervisor, Mrs. A. D. Wood, baa not been replaced yet. There are 108 school buses and probab ly twice aa many emaUiled drivers who must first r a r "1 t t 'befre i tt ' . PRICE TEN CENTS obacco lilt Llnnnn A n rr 1P Tnli-tv- Washington Aue. 18 Thirty- six of the first hundred tobacco producing counties in the nation are located in North Carolina, the Bureau of Census reported. Thirty - eight Noith Carolina counties are among the 100 lead ers in acreage planted in tobacco, the bureau said. Pitt County continued to be the nation's top county in tobacco acreage, but top hoonrs for obacco production went to Lancaster County, Pa. T.anastpr nroduced 44.945.793 pounds of leaf from 31,230 acres, while fltt proaucea oo.uai.oiu pounds on 32,096 acres, an average of 1,186 pounds per acre, on the basis of 1950 census figures. Johnston County was third in both production and acreage,, with 34,188,554 pounds from 29,714 acres, and KoDeson uouniy was fourth, both in acreage and pro duction. Th. fnllnwins tabulation snows distribution in North Carolina of champion tobacco counties, ui tne county name, the first number re presents the national ranking in acreage and the second the nation al ranking in production. An aster isk 0 means that while the county i qualified in the first 100 in acre age, it did not qualify in that group n production. The rankngs: Pitt, 1 and 2; Johnston, 3 and 3 ilobesim, 4 and 4; Wake, 6 and 8; Nash, 7 and 6: Wilson, 9 and 7; Co lumbus, 10 and 10; Duplin 12 and n. crv.ncnn is and 19: Harnett. H and 15; Wayne, 15 and 12; Len- 24;' and Rockingham, 30 and 23. rfi 17 nni 14 i.ranviue. itv uiiu Also Green, zi ano to; nage- combe. 22 and 13; Franklin, Zi find 22; Stokes, ?4 and 28; Surry, 25 and 25: Caswell. 29 and 37; Person. 30 and 34; Beaufort, 31 fnd 33; Martin, 33 and 27; Gull-. ford 34 and 40; uraven, ao ana oo; Vance 36 and 39; Yadkin, 39 and SI: Bladen. 41 and 44. and Onslow 51 and 60. 88' and 55; Warren, 5ft and 71; ft" tuiH 84- Cumberland. 69 Also naiim. w uiu uw, -i-f and 83; Forsyth, 75 and 95; Ala mance, 7t ana ao; i-.ee, av ana end Moore, 94 and . Warsaw A&P Has Good Opening A , P Sifnrtk In' Warsaw enloved a very successful opening of fheir new Super Food Store last week end. Manager ArmMrong said he was more than pleased with the reception the folks in Warsaw, Kenansville, Magnolia. Falson and the surrounding sections gave them. Higher officials of A&P said the store enjoyed a larger opening reception than did similar stores in Wallace and Clinton on their recent openings. The following customers won tne prizes offered during the three day oDenine numbers were reeistered on their tickets: Pop-up electric toaster, Jen nines Tucker 90284. Rt. 2. Warsaw and Lena Boular, 96014, Warsaw; baskets filled with fooy Mrs. Joe Grady; 2290J, Warsaw; A. L. Cave naugh, 1475H, Warsaw; L. C. Boone, 2148H, Warsaw; Jannie Strickland, 2189H, Warsaw; B. D. Johnson, Jr., 2149H; Warsaw; Mrs. Hfslvln Hrrin latRfiH Tt 9 War. saw; Mack D. Savage, 8598H,' War saw; Seth Turner, 1322H, Warsaw; nenry Marun, is-iun, Warsaw; Al ton C. Smith 9120H, Bowden; Ben HmiBtnn KOTOIT. fit 2 Wir-urw- 'Johnnie' Martin' 10701E, Warsaw; L. A. Boyette, 10667E, Rt 2 War- uiu "Mr-SB aaWattTA IT 14 a art 990H1 and'Corina Whitehead, Rt. 2, War saw. A at P store hours in Warsaw are 8:30 a. m. to 6 p. m., Monday, Tues day, Thursday and Friday; 8:30 a. m. to 12 noon on Wednesday and 8:30 a. m. to 8 p. m. on Saturdays. "Too lazy" to deliver the letters. John Pope making his collections from mflllhnyaa In fit Imiic CiMind In one a poisonous snake bearing a three cent stamp and addressed 10 inose wno Love rets, natal wnrhara ilaiIHH It was lmtiMuli luuiuseu anu umxvyea au ' .JJ A J j . 1 j. Wilson Market Report Alton BoaweU, supervisor ef the Wlbton Tebacoa Marke, call ed the Times at Boon ssday and reported the WUsea market - weald sell from one and one ' .Barter sbBUoh to 1,SM,M ponnds of tebacoa. He reported that the efferiiur was better than - expected and farmers were re eelrmg better ictoes than an been predicted. Tbe price raswe, he said, averaged from 18 te 6I wiU the top gelnr at $7S and tew at $15. The e&ertoca .were saestly priminti and tc w a snwe smii.'-t r-T. F"i e.s t -r " v t.