1 i ,'4 , ' v f' " 4 ' '4--vT' " : , v., . .Or 'A '"it 4. KKNANSVILIJB L - - "T 'x"' ' '' ' H '' ' ;t t ; Vol. 2i, no. 12 f .1 I r'ft , i UB8CaUPTK)N RATE: XM per rmr la Dmu and adMgtag . .. ., : . j PRICE TEN CETXI KENANSVnXE, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1954 o o n Of . A ;. :'-. " . , . . j.--' ... - v- I I I' i ' 1 1' 111 I - I I' v - Section! " ' I. .i . ; , i i ..J Wi& SAM BYRD , THE VaOK T8 BLUE : j . Azaltea Tcstival week got oH to a fine attaM Monday mght at WH : mington with a brilliant opening : ot r. augh lHarbert'i amusing i comedy, "The "Moon tb aiua .Wflmlngton theatre-goers turned . oat 4n mink nd family Jewels to fBilaud a prfmional company dowri from 3lew 'York. Peggy Ann Garner, Bramwell Fletchet and ' James IBurns, local ' boy home from , Broadway for ' the week, played the featuMdVxnles. - . . r JTames H. "McKoy, a -shewman of ' atany years experience, coordinat ed tthe producMon and he -gave it a ; professional. touch. ""':'':t-i :S H production was presented la Thalian3aU as feature of the fiestival through the cooperation of The TThalian .-Association and the ' Azalea Jrettlval "Committee. i Mttt first intermission, the flower banked lobby pf the famous theatre radiated aa pleasant (electric, glow from 'the satisfied audience; and, - relieved festival committeemen, ft . was a n ana everybody was happy, Some -even wentiout in the yard to turn tweathep eye to the sky in utfc"$n 'of coming events' througuthe crowded week., ,. The 'planners made h successful , choice , in "The . Moon Is Blue." Bramwell Fletcher, veteran Broad ; way 4a English star, romped sklU- fully through the evening.. The play is a breezy dissertation on serf and the "complexities of stubborn vir , tue. The three acts are concerned with a young architect who meats a ,delightful young thing on top -tft ; the Emipre State Bulldlpg. The thin (.plot carries the girl to. the znaHAi. 'aanTonent, with , an understanding between ihe couple, that steals, and loiwherry shortcake are the order Offf -evening. -i It-jhetcher, father of the archi- , ''-..' disgruntled flnancee, , drops 'tin for a drink and runs away with : the next 24 hours, . ,?fj A, 4 - W . J t 1.. . J 11.. ; architect gets a punch in the eye from ihe policeman father of the eager -young virgin," the playends ; happily on -top of the Xmplre State 'Building. ' - iis,"'-, f Peggy Ann Garner, who' endeared ' herself tto millions of movie? goers for her .unforgettable portrayal of '"the young girl in "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,1' plays Patty O'Neill, cause atJt aU. Patty is a delightful chatterbox concerned with virtue and particularly her own. Miss Garner gets her off to a fine start -and ends on the right note. - . ' ) .Wilmington's James Burns gives a forthright performance as David , Gresham, the architect " His per. formance was well received by a houseful -of motors. . : '-. Joseph Hardy ' came all the way V from New Teste to play the cop who i pops Gresham in the eye: He did Nokay. . ' .;;';..;.',;'.;iiA ' The play continue, through Satur 't day night and. It's worth the trip to Wilmington for this evening of ophisttcated fun. :ny:f' :-::-! - Only one think bothered me dur ing the evening: how .one . man ( could drink so many' martinis, so much brandy in such rapid succes ' sion, and still be alive at the end of the proceedings. By the end of j the second act Bramwell Fletcher, who plays ; ; the steady-drinking 1 David Slater, had the audience's tongues hanging out v''Vrt,-!.; M' j Thalian Hall, where the play was presented, is the home of The Thalian Association which was or ' ganized in 1788 and Is the oldest Uttle Theatre Group In the United States. While few organizations have ; so colorful a history as The Thai ; tans, there are still fewer existing t theatres as old ss Thalian HalL ; Voices of the greatest names in , theatrical and coneert history have been beard within ' the splendid .v..;:. oeatfaMei On Baek , . - f 't ": i ki r UUL sssSM?sF):'3'Wlww.-jwwi': - TTnrfl Tirnn NKW vrEW ,tag plant Caroltoa Power 'Light Company Is building on th Cape Fear River- gives, Wilming- ton a new landmark. The 200-foot stack is visible Fund Drive Reports n S!ovk3feveris Savs Henry K Stevens, in, Fund Cam paign Manager for the Duplin Coun ty , Chapter, American Red Cross reports that funds are being turned In to Chapter headquarters herein Kenansville very slowly, although there is evidence throughout the tnine various commumues, ana e hopes they wOl be able to mske final reportnbefore the 30th. M of this date, (March 24th.) the following funds have been recorded: Potter's Hill $ 61.02 B. F. Grady & Outlaw's Bridge V ' 15S.M Warsaw ; &00 Wallace 72&Q0; Rose H1U 108L25 Falson 60.X) Kenansville 232.44 Calypso 95J56 Making a total of , . 1445.TS This is less than SO percent of Duplin's quota of $5,025.00. but st is hoped to have better news to report next week. t If you have not made your con'- tribution please do so today. If you have already given, maybe you, can give more to help make up the de ficit Your help and cooperation will be greatly appreciated by Mr. Stevens and the other members of the Executive Board of this Chapter. Magnolia Monday -' The Scouts, of Duplin will hold their first Court of Honor for 1654 Monday, March 29 at Magnolia High School The' public is , invited to attend . this Scouting event. There will be awards to be given to Scouts from every section of the county. Let's all join forces and show the- Scouts that we will back them 100. - ' . ' Ceuloville Seniors Planning Annual ight In j Hold your hats, folks! You might lose) them when you see the dead men walking around' in the Mortu ary of Mr.-Bob Nelson. Hercules Nelson and Wilbur Maxwell are sure that, something must be radi cally wrong when they come for a visit to Uncle -Sob's place. They dldnt know that he, was a Morti cian! . Yes, neighbors, ,you "will laugh and cringe at the antics of Hercules and Wilbur as they, romp through the three act comedy-Mystery call ed Tinders Creepers" presented by the Beulaville .Senior Class on Fri day, March J, at 8:00 o'clock. . The performance, ; , written by miald Payton, Is given with the T'-on ,of Vie Art Craft Tlsj . i -ny of CeOar FapL! Icrrw , la addition to TTur- aid J cul you v,m. meet IZt C ' 7, IX t-e dead man who a kU 1 a fcf-t i t "t rl r - v v i-v. are C a . i i... .i,i, a J LJ W- M .tod' The huea aenerat- Hugn Morton.;, j , , ... . Chief Brown Is Looking For iivsvil rfuly v-- ' Chief pf Police ,A. R. Brown of Richlands called 'the Times this week and asked that we publish the fact that some papers were recently found on the highway between Kenansville and West Siding,, about half way, that came from the safe of J. F. Mohn that was stolen in Richlands several weeks ago. Mrs. Joe Foster found the papers, he said, and It is believed -the safe may be somewhere In that area. It is about S X 4 foot-safe. A reward is of fered for its recovery. Anyone who leads to its . recovery will be re warded. Any Syphilis In Duplin County? The public is advised that there will be a team composed 'of Messrs. H. M. Mauldin, Ben. Hayes . and Dickie Davis ' working in Duplin County for. the next four weeks. These men are making a survey of Syphilis in this County. The program is . voluntary and not forced. It is sponsored by U. S. Public Health Service, the State Board of Health and Local County Health Department All local physi cians are aware of the survey and are cooperating in helping to make it a success. ' The 'information received from this work will help us to know more about Syphilis, and how to combat tt,', ' It (is1 requested that the public give full cooperation to this pro gram. 1 ' v By John F. Powers Health Officer. School Audiiorium maid and caretaker who will win your heart from the very first ' 1 Celeste Nelson and Nina Qulgley are -the two young lasses whom Wilbur and Hercules become starry eyed about -'... . , . There is Frankie, the younger party in the Nelson family, who reads mystery thrillers all the time and gets in everyone's hair. ',. - There are Madeline Qulgley and Marry Schuster who bring some un easy moments as well as some laughs. Dr. Brown, the physician, gives tha audience some uneasy moments.- t ' . '' Bob and Mrs. Nelson have diffi culties in keeping this eccentric crowd walking a straight line but finally all problems are solved. Coma out and join the fun! There win also, be k'-een. act 'tut drtain-. nt to t?"- t avsmna, A amaU ' -d'on of and Ko wd be 1 r-.t trrii t.:i rr; "y 1. i. L. a IX In tha LM,!avMa lor miles and draws countlem visitors to tha multt-million-dollar project. Gulls come for the food workman throw,' out. for 4hem, '.(Photo by New Drivers RALEIGH - Driver license ex aminers of the Department of Motor Vehicles approved 35,334 applica tions for permits in February and collected $6T,OrBi50 in fees. - They turned down 0,752 applicants largely because of their failure to iad teat. ; ' Safety-Stogis'; RALF.1T5H . 'Althmiffh Vnrth Cum. liba isnt the first state to hsve 4 safety slogan -nn its auto license plates, it. is the only- state using sucn a tag tnls year the Motor Vehicles Department said . today. More than a half-million Tar Heel vehicles -WOl eventually carry the "Drive Safely" tag being distribut ed during 1854. 'Of the 48 states, 20 have slogans or nicknames on their 94 plates. Drivers' Tagged RALEIGH- State Highway Patrol men m rebnuary tagged 17,750 drivers for traffic law violations the Motor Vehicles Department re ported today. ; Despite the shorter month, troop ers arrested 4,T)o7 more alleged vio lators than they did in January. . Tfiey drove mearly two million miles on routine patrols and made spot inspections of 139,810 -drivers' licenses. During the month they locked up 571 drunken drivers, investigated 1,615 accidents, inspected 80,411 ve hicles, corrected 31,968 lights, and investigated 7,028 eomphum4'thr Seventh Annual Azalea FesUval, otner a cu vines: itowi courtesies, 928 'equipment tickets, 7,828 warn ing tickets, Lf Tehicles weighed, 70 stolen cars. covered. The monthly report covered the activities of troopers under the command of Captain S. H. Mitchell, Greenville; C. R. Williams, Fayette- ville; : A. W. Welch, Greensboro; W. F. Bailey, Salisbury; and D. G. Lewis, Asheville . - G. Rr (Bob) bail of Kenansville suffered a severe hand injury to his right ' hand Monday when he was working on a pool table. He thrust his hand into a ball pocket and he. withdrew it caught on a nail and was torn badly. It took fifty stitches to sew it up ; 1$ rv, . . ' . "' Greenville Art Group To Hear f ByixlAndRogan Sam Byrd, Editor of The Weekly Gazette in LaGrange and Associate of Bob' Grady on the Duplin Times will address tho'lBth Annual Com munity Arts Festival In Greenville on Thursday, April 1st Also speak ing st this meeting will be Sam Ragan, managing editor of the News and Observer aa others. ' Tha 'Annual ' Conunun)ty "Arts Festival in Greenville will get under way Sundsy, Karch 23th- with ex-1 fe!b' nd wn-cotitmue through ..J .i, aecorOg to ft reoenUy Issued program.. Tha Fsstlval is " '--re-i by tvt Greenville Wo m&' Club and Tha Community Art CU'mT. V . Ji: v - j? v ... ; ';. . - U Johnson Named Vice-President Superintendent ot Schools in Dup lin County since 1935, Mr. Johnson was elected .vice-president of the Superintendent's i Division of the North Carolina Education Associa tion at a breakfast meeting in the Hotel Sir Walter in Raleigh last Saturday. He - served as secretary of the Association last year. Others elected were J. C. Manning of Wil Uamston, president and A. D. Kpr negay of Hendersonville, secretary. Mr. Johnson's election to the vice presidency means he will be elevat ed to the presidency next year. To Meet Next Wed. - Dr. Anderson of Chapel Hill will be Jn . Duplin next Wednesday to meet with the local school groups for school improvements. He Will have with him Doctors Phillips, Ellis, Brown and Tar bet from the University staff. They will meet with the Negro grasp at Charity at 3 p.m. and the white group at the Kenansville school, at 8 p.m. Each member of the Executive Committee of the Coifhly School Improvement Committee is urged to attend. This' program is being -sponsored by the University of North Carolina and the Kellogg Foundation. Youth Movement At Salem Church , i Tb wvftfifFrgi For CtooveftewIttIi61d'" its regular service at Salem Advent Chrisitlan Church, near Mt. Olive, Saturday night at 7:30. The public lis cordially invited to attend." -Azalea Festival WILMINGTON. March 25 The Azalea Festival Sidewalk Art Show is actually a community affair. Although it is composed of the works of the area and Tar Heel artists, its very existance is se cured by the cooperation of the people along Cottage Lane, where the Sidewalk Art Show is held. Cottage Lane is one of the oldest streets In historical Wilmington and is marked on the original .plan for the town. It cuts through the cen ter of the second block of Third and Fourth Streets be ween Dock and Orange Sreets. The lane actual ly continues from Fourth to .Front Streets, but only one block of the lane is used by the show.- The exhibition takes place during which' cheduled March 25-28. It opens v., noon Frhlay, March 26, and continues until sundown each night through Sunday, March 28. Ten thousand people visited the lane last year where approximately 400 works were on exhibition.' Open to the public tree, the show is also open to SENCI and. North Carolina artists. Exhibits must be brought to the lane or to the Chamber of Commerce, Fourth and Princess Streets, and must be called for at either of these locations Sunday at sundown. Residents along the lane assist With the hanging ot the show, stor ing of works each night and decora tions for the block. This year the event ' Will include several new features: sidewalk cafe, strolling musicians,-artists sketching carica tures or portraits, massive candy striped poles and bright balloons and maybe even a monkey and an organ grinder, The rules announced ' by the Azalea Festival Art Committee in clude: medias of oil, watercolors, pastel, graphic art, sculpture, cera mics and photographs. Oils, water- colors and pastels must be framed. Photographs and graphic art must be matted with heavy matboard. There will be no limit to the dum ber of entries per artist. , Entries must be delivered to Cot tage Lane Where they Will be Judg ed for three first- prizes and one honorable mention. Tha prizes will bo donated by Wilmington mer chants. Tha Jury- wOl be announced at a' later data.-.-i-.--.J. r- ,-':'.:-".;.. i Only original works win be ac cepted. The Festival Art Committee will not.be responsible tor any loss carnage to works of art; mw r, ra9tt cat will ba taken I ail entnsev -t - r IT ls)asssaaaaatissiisttHlaVtiBai ' COnSAGE LANE, show A here in a charcoaTdrawlng by Wilmington artist Mrs. Virginia Hamilton MacQueen, will be the site tor the Second Annual Azalea Festival Sidewalk Art Show. The art event will be held in connection with the Festival March 25-28. .'. . '. lerrje Group Lovers Wear by Ruth F. Grady The basic elements of design so defined as line, form, texture, pat tern and color were blended into t ft t ftSfllflattur-g rfl? rrvrwrfrat"f and talk as the lovely little lady, Mrs. . John M. Nowell of Macon, Ga., national Judge and flower arranger expert, blended the art of flower arranging, charming personality and Georgia accent into a web that com pletely entwined her audience. The tantalizing wit, the love for flowers, the love of the Master who created the flowers, and the magnificient art of flower arranging, fell into line so beautifully, that before the day was over, Mrs. Nowell had made a most wonderful line-mass ar rangement of her listeners. Mrs. Nowell spoke to about one hundred and fifty people in the Kenansville Auditorium on Satur day, March 20, and gave an ex planation demonstration on "Flower Arranging and Color Harmony." At the beginning of her talk she stress ed several of the fundamental ele ments of flower arranging and told that one of the most important facts to remember "was that "Dominant plant material either in line, form, texture and color must be related to the container." Since 1929 Mrs. No well has been hearing the best ar rangers in the country and has taken from them the best of each. After .her introductory remarks she quietly and smoothly moved into her first flower arrangement emphasizing a line arrangement with a small amount of plant ma terial and a lovely red bird as the focal point. Her seoond arrange ment was yellow daffodils in a black container and her third ar rangement was of foliage, root for line, and camellias for color, which emphasized the line mass arrange ment and showed that a straight line is not as interesting as a curved line. Her fourth arrangement was a lively number donewith red gladoli. Her fifth arrangement of Judas branches and azalea was done in a lavender container in a crescent pattern. Another and sixth arrange ment was a mass arrangement of roses, which are considered formal flowers, showing the symetrical line with each side having the same Duplin Republicans The Duplin County, Republican convention met in the Court House March 19th, with' 11 precints rep resented. The order of business was to nominate candidates for, a Re publican ticket' in the coming elec tions. The nominees are: ' Sheriff, H. B. Komegay; Coroner, B. F. Brinkley; County Commission ers, Lsurenc Kelley, Admah Lanier and C L .Quinn; Legislature,. Sam Walker and Senate, p. Ti Blanchard. f A resolution was Unanimously a- depted to endorse Dallas Herring for election to the Board of Educa tion, du to his excellent past record- '"','''"...;.,. i, ' 4i Fotver urs. U visible appearance but not the same actual appearance. During this ar rangement she suggested : types . of flowers to bo used in churches and tslbsd nil, uuint 1iin, In her seven- th arrangement she did a twin ar rangement for. one of the local churches using yellow gladoli and "ow tulips with palm ' foliage. JJ next arrangement was also a mass arrangement of red carnations and apotocarpus tor one of the local churches. . Of much interest to many enter tainers, who were present Mrs. No well then . composed a horizontal arrangement for a dining table us ing whjte stock, and daffodils. Her last, arrangement was a color triad stressing .the three primary colors of yellow, blue and red, using Iris and tulips, neutralizing her colors by a green vase. A chicken salad luncheon was served to the guests in the Kenans ville lunch room which was beauti fully decorated In pastel shades. Guests present were from Green ville, Kinston, Rose Hill, Pink Hill, Smithfield, Rich Square, Mt Olive, Goldsboro, Jacksonville, Carolina Beach, Wallace, Georgia, Beulaville, Warsaw, County Home Demonstra tion Clubs of Duplin County and Kenansville, also, Thomas W. Mar tin, Jr., noted floral expert, design er, arranger and lecturer of Fayette- ville, N. C. During the meeting Mrs. Moore of Greenville invited the guests to attend the art exhibit to be held in Greenville, ahd Mrs. Robert Bol ton of Rich Square expressed thanks to the Kenansville Garden Club for giving outsiders the op portunity to attend the lecture. Mrs. E. C. Thompson of Warsaw announced the meeting to be held by Mr. Gregory Conway in Golds boro on March 23 and 24. Mrs. C B. Guthrie, Kenansville Garden Club president presided throughout the lecture and assisted Mrs. Nowell with the flowers. A splendid spirit of cooperation was shown throughout the entire meeting. The Kenansville . Garden Club has a membership of only eighteen and did an excellent job in putting on such a good show. Meet Here icers Cabin F.V.B. Auxiliary Meets ' The 'Cabin 1 Free Willt Baptist Auxiliary held, its regular monthly meeting 1 nthe church dining hall early this month. Mrs. Flave Mer cer, president presided with nine teen members present Mrs. Walter Rhodes bad charge ot the devotion al program, ' assisted by. Mesdames Frank Khodea, Welsl thoFrsnk Mercer. Jr. and Itoy Kenn, Asier the business session .,VU. X-v Mercer served delicious . refresh. ivr. atai 0VJQH Wilmington. ; ; North ' Carolina's .:, . azalea city is ready for the 250,000 visitors expected there March 25 - 28 for the 1954 Azalea Festival. The growing Tar Heel . tourist at- . traction, in addition to an ever in-, creasing myriad of azaleas and , other blossoms, is offered this year,. it's biggest entertainment features. Opening Monday, night for its only North Carolina run, in historic' , " Thailand Halt was the Broadway , hit, 'The Moon Is Blue,il featuring: Peggy Ann Garner. The' show runs ' through Saturday. .-' The Sixth Azalea Open PGA golf '.. ' tourney, with $10,000 in prizes a stake, begtos at the' Cape Fear ; Country Club Friday. It ends Sun day. ,x- - :-.;;-s.f;:':?-;5-;;v;'-'f;?':s'(.!.r Movie Actress Ella Raines will head a bevy of beauties at the seventh queen of the Azalea Festfa val. She will be crowned at the -coronation ball at Wrightsvillo Beach's Lumlna Ballroom Saturday night by Gen. Mark Clark. 1 Other beauties include Neva Jane Langley, 1953 "Miss America" and Anita Colby, beautiful "career girl, Other attractions of the mush rooming Southeastern North Caro lina festival will be a huge, fire works display Thursday night a ' four-day rodeo, the visit ot Jack Bailey's MBS "Queen For A Day." Saturday a 50-float parade inter spersed with 58 marching units and bands will wind through Wilming ton's . azalea-decorated downtown. . . section. . ' Other feature events include. broadcasts Friday and Saturday by "Big Jon and SparxW" appearances of nationally famed folk music stars, the General Motors Parade -of Progress, a cottage lane art show, . ; Thursday night street dances, the Uf S. Air Force Drum' and Bugle Corps. Blue Barron will play tor Saturday's coronation ball. -,, In addition to the . flowering splendor of the city's parkways and .' fabulous cypress lake, . Greenfield . . Lake, visitors will be able to see, i breathtaking floral displays at Or. ton . Plantation, 'AirUe - Gardens, ,- Pleasant- Oak : Plantation, and In private gardens throughout the city. TIN CAN W PKOVEDK i ''f--! NAUTICAL ATMOSPHEBS '; Wilmington, March 23 -The nauti cal atmosphere of the Azalea Festi val will be increased with arrival of a destroyer minesweeper of the Atlantic Fleet Friday at the State Ports Authority terminal. George T. Adams, assistant to the authority director, said he received confirmation yesterday from Rear Adm. H. H. McLean, commandant of the 6th Naval District in Charles- ton, that the destroyer minesweep er Thomas E. Fraser, which carries a crew of 300, would be tied up at the authority docks Friday and Sat urday. This is the first naval war ship to call at the SPA' docks. - The Fraser augments the Wilmington-based Coast Guard gun boat Mendota and a Coast Guard helicopter, both of which are sched uled to be on hand at the SPA over the weekend. Adams said Ed Ward, president of the Azalea Festival, indicated that if planning would permit Hol lywood glamour girl EUa Raines, Azalea, Festival qt x would also visit the port durhv le festival. Adams is working closely with Ward on ports plans during the" festival, which runs Thursday through Sunday. New Billie Graham Show At Beulaville Newest film released by Billy Graham Evangelistic Films, "OIL TOWN, UAA." will be shown in. Beulaville on March 31st, in the Beulaville School Auditorium. " . Evangelist Graham two years sgo amazed the entertainment and religious world with the world's first Christian western film, "MR. TEXAS." More than 5,000,000 persons saw the film in Its first two years of showings, "and the 'Graham or ganization reported ..that 135,000 persons made "decisions for Christ" through the ministry of the picture. ' "OJLTOWN. U.S.A.". was filmed during Graham's crusade in Hous- ton, Texas, and features the young evangelist and his team in their . meetings in Rice Stadium where the attendance " was as high as 60,000 for a single service. Featured in the 90 minute, full color film , are Colleen Townsend Evans, Paul Power, Robert Clarke, Georgia Lee, Ralph Hoopes, and the stars of "Mr. TEXAS", Redd Harper and Cindy Walker. The doors to Beulaville. School Auditorium will be opened at T PA,' with the' picture beginning at 7:30 p.m. All seats are. on a "first ; One of every tavebo- s in Amer ica Will be stois.3t1yaieer, 'aceorav; l I to ertnaies of the AaeiiaA ' C.neer Society which is seeking 4;,:;CC for cancer control ". ..