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. , ', - , .,,......' ' '' ' . ' ' , V ' 11 1 xctM, Hs4-,o 73uj& 1 ' '54! .V'..'v, v 'TV , , : ; - - V (O V ' ... G K - oecuon, j . , 1 i,, , ; :..vv' mENAN5VILLK. NUKTH CAROLINA. - THUK.Sk. JUNE 24.1 H54 Jled Cross uoporFund Cqiieclibhs Short ;; -' :jv by LooIm "K. Bonejr" The Annual Meeting rf the Dujw lin County CtapternBi the Amertcm Ked Crott u held on Tuesday night, June 15, T9W at Z -oicOoc'k the Chapter Headquarter! at Ken- f aiuville. In 1h absence of : the chapter chairman, Harry X. Kramer, v the vice-chairman, M. V, Orr -Ul f Warsaw presided. He expressed re- frets that the -chapter dstan could not be present due to un- expected conflicts and . that, the .fund Manager, H. L. Stevens, ill, , ras alto absent ue to the death ' of his grandfather, the honorable L. A. BeMIey. - ' ' -. f , ; Paul Ingram, Treasurer, reported : ' that we fell way short of our quota .Of $3,023.00 in the recent Tund Cam f palgn and only collected f2,813'J8. Of that amount 82.8 -was sent to - National Headquarters leaving very little to run our local chapter on ' this year, unless we can get some '; i?Av--.-.iij; '''" more volunteer1 eontrtbuUons to supplement, our funds. Any one Wishing to make a donation at this ; time can send It either to Mr.'ln i gram" ,or to Mrs. W.;?. Boney, the , i executive Secretary at TCenanaville, Our Junior '' Red . Cross . report , whosed all schools In Dunlin County enrolled last year out two. They collected a' total of $288.82 'and ttfhipped KB fjitt "boxes overseas. ..i .' '-v. : The report of our Home nursing 'Chairman Showed five cTcsses were neld during the past twetow months wd IS Home pursing Certificates ( Tour, First-Aid Classes were held during the fiscal year and t9 certJ ficatea were issued by oar 7. A. Instructors. , Much activity was shown by our Special Service Group, who had ent many glfki and Hems-to twr ' nearby, bases, l v; . ( .. .. .. . ' . . . , . ) Tor Christmas Ten gifts, ten lbs. Vecant. and two fruit Cakes were ent to Cherry Point We also sent "them magazines, pencils and. comic ' took bat mur' ind' W" lbs. 'of cookies to help with Ward Parties tn the' 7 Dispensary . there. Last Moth w sent them a cash dona on of five dollars to help with r Ward parties this summer. To Camp XeJeune, we have sent 270 maga cides, US comic hooks, 8 ash trays, 7 vases, 190 pencils, 20 .decks of, playing cards snd a cartoon of cig arettes during the current year in addition to the Christmas donations which were 14 lbs. hard candy, 10 lbs. pecans and 36 gifts valued at $1.00 each. . I Ten lap-boards were sent and 100 1 nut tups to oe usea ny tne panenu at the USX HosplUl at Camp Jeune. In addition to above, gifts. The Youth Fellowship of the three churches of Xenansville have put on two programs, during the past twelve months. One was last July, the other just recently on the first Sunday afternoon in June. They Carried flowers on each occasion plus 200 home made cup cakes, to help have' a party. there is any other group or organization who would like to put on a similar Re creational program, they can i con tact the Executive Secretary of the Duplin ' County' Chapter ; who will gladly make arrangements for same " with the Field Director at the Naval Hospital. ' .. vfThe Home -Service Dept of this chapter showed 470 cases handled during the past year, or an average of 40 per month. Services, rendered were chiefly assistance with Family Allowance blanks, "Dependency or, Hardship Discharge affidavits. Home Condition or" Health and Welfare . Reports, social Histories, furlough or , furlough extension verifications, al so; consultations and guidance re '4 garding veterans claims and bene-1 sts. v . ' " Valler-Yillicms Ckn Hold Annual Reunion At Crcdy; Hear Albert Stroud A laige number of ,the Waller. 'Williams dan gathered at the B. Ti Orady School Sunday for their annual reunion. The program was highlighted by a devotional by Rep. Lawrence H. Fountain of Tarboro and an address by Albert M. Stroud , of Kinston, executive vice-president and assistant general man- ager of The Free Press. New of cers were elected.' .;'. ';: President Thruman Williams of Irifton presided and the opening song was "We Would Be Building". Mrs, Clarence Stroud served as ' pianist and her two daughters,; Mary" tynn and Nancy, sang a duet ' :'' ?: New c .'leers' are Wllliani, Waller, " presid nu; tin. Buthr Waller, .-viee- Dtesidant: Katberina Waller r - f rine waiierr rii Jers e clan ana, their cs- treasiu.-Caay-lcendwtt.; T,,.. elected secretary Koiils Annual: F.ieetinfif I Ml ' 7;M Tan Tow At Palaoa " 7Jt . A latra tour was held at the Coastal Plains-Vegetable Research farm at Faison this itternoon. The farmers Observed research being conducted on cantaloupes, " cucum bers, lima beans, map beans, Irish potatoes, peppers, squash, sweet po taeoee, (sweet corn, tomatoes and water melons. ; .'"'.-:'' .'" i' S.v Br. Xltchta Speaks ' .C Dr, W. W.. Kitchin of Clinton gave a talk on "Some Problems of Opening and BUnning a Hospital' last Friday night at the KenansvOle Cafc when the Duplin County Med ical Society' met- .v'X;.' ; ;r ; - Jim Wllkerson, Duplin Gen. Hos pital administrator, met wifh them. Dr. R. F. WiDiB, president, pre sided with 13 member present' . " Jayeees Adopt Trejeet me Warsaw jaycees Adopted a Community birthday calendar as their project for .the coming year at their regular weekly meeting, Rivers Johnson, Jr, mi appointed chairman of this project- The campaign for netf members was- discussed. and July 1 -was des ignated as new member night; All progressive members are "urged to attend Jaycee Orientation pro grant will be given for the benfit of the new members. ' FTA Beys Oe Te Camp The Warsaw ' Future Farmers of America lefa Monday, June M, for a week mt camp at Whtta lake at the FFA Camp. - ' ''. : ": . i :: Clarence -Warren, Warsaw Agri culture Teacher and FFA sponsor will' council them.', ,,'-'v'. Vivian Batta. Jimmyanls.-John ny Houston, Jsckie Jernagan, Jlm'l Barnett, Currle DaU and Bill Ander son make up the group. ' Arrives . - Summer arrived ' by air, of course - at B:5J pjn. Monday, :, y .;Hik, ettimonth -.yisl having made reservations to depart at 8:50 ajn. Sept 23, Ao leave room for the visit of Fall. .: v - ' ' Her arrival bad been anticipated ss long that some assumed she was already here. For those, it was like delayed letter announcing an in tended visit reaching the mailbox days after the guest bad arrived. . While here, she'll spread, her- visit around the rural areas, giving every one a chance to get to know her better; . . ' ' ' Bide Open Bids for all mogable equipment Le-4r toe. hoipita I, nurses home and healA center will be opened in the court house here Friday afternoon at 2 p m. All members of the board of trustees of the Duplin General Hospital' are expected to be pre sent First Cotton Bloom Mr. Ben Stroud brought in the first cotton. blooms of the season yesterday. He brought In two white blooms. Said there were some red blooms in the field. Mr. Stroud said ' he secured "his seed this year front Herman Taylor near Faison who made 8 bales on six acres last year. JOT WOOD Joy Wood, 72, died at his home in Chinquapin 'Wednesday. Funeral services were held at the home at 3:30 p.m today. The Rev. George DQherty officiated assisted by the Rev. Van Murrell. Burial was in the James Cemetery t Mill Swamp in the home community. Surviving are his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Ralph Cavanaugh pf Rose Hill; three grandchildren and one great-grand child. " . i ' f v ton" Summerlin headed the enter tainment committee', Albert Stroud the program committee. Mrs.' Chris tine W. Branton and Mrs. Jean H. Williams handled registrations at The clan is made 'up of' descen dants of the late uavm mm rene lope Williams of Lenoir County and the late Stephen and Nan Waller of Duplin County. About 200 persons attended. ''';'-.. '"';'::'vv,y'- v:'. Stroud emphasized the Import ance of family reunions and th high standards set by elders of the clan. He Issued a challenge to the younger generation, to measure; up tj their f..-? ex; nj-'s and to carry o.n the " ""oii ii "r-'.i.f. and good cit ' .p st i fvrth by the dors '. i .e clan end. their des- Changes lip ' Local School f Mr, ''ArHVjHamrickv of Shelby, teacher of Business Education and English in , the Kenansville school resigned" 4hist week, t according to Z WV Fraaelle," principal. Mr, Ham . rick will he, succeeded ifay Mrs. Fay Qulnn Williams of WarsaW. Mrs. WUlia'ms is ft graduate Of WCUNC and has tapght in the Beulavllle schools. During the past year she has! been working at the DuPont plant te.jOnston.,.?u:,A.i;.:M i i Paul Bliraard Of Deep Run has accepted' the place vb Agricultural teacher in' the local school He re places "W. EMcPhail -who resigned at the nd of the past school year. tit.- Blizzard-js a graduate of State College in-'the Class f)t HB1. He serv ed i year' it) the armed forces and has done a" year's graduate york at tate. He V assumes his new duties on Julji 1st. He is' not married. CUTLINKS' ' 'VOX, JAMES M. CARR of Atlanta, Ga.vwUl preach in the local Pres byterleri J church Sunday night June 27th. Dr. Carr is a native, of Burgaw and grandson "of .Duplin. He is Secretary of Rural; church work . for ' the Division" of Home Missions, Board of Church Exten sion of the Presbyterian Church, 17. S. The pubUc is invited to bear Dr. Carr. ARC Issues Five classes, issuing 89 certificates for Hoine.lTurslng, were taught last year from June 1903 through May 1994. The Kenansville White school. Bars. W. M. Ingram, teacher gave 22 certificates: Kenansville colored schooL. Mrs, Sue McCalop Hill, teacher gave 31 certificates; War saw White school,' Mrs.- Kathleen P. Snyder, M High School girl cer-Ufiat.a.-aduMs.-.CUlypW White School, Mrs. Lorelle F.MarUn, teacher, 14 certificates. " Four , classes three junior and one " standard); issuing ' 81 certifi cate in Tinrt Aid were also taught last year.. One at the Kenansville SchooV.taUght by Mrs. Mattie w. Sadler; Issued 28 certificates. Mrs. Marjoriy, a.' Pickett taught a class at B Vi Orady and issued o cerun- eatfeSv At ' BeulavUle, Rev. "A. L. Brown taught, a junior class issuing 29 certificates end a standard class Issuing 21 certificates. All of these dlassea ."were held in the public school. ;,y'"'Al.V' Beulaville Man ;Dr.CltonLee Quinn received his B. A and M. D. from the Uni versity of North Carolina. He is 6hf ;gi,:tte,Ymmbers of the- first fout-'yea'class'. to graduate from Medical school;, from the University tmd",W ooeX ':ol the upper of his class. .: tifXVfrs ,. VAV veteran,, of World War H, a graduate, of, Beulaville school, son ol Mr, and Mrs. Leon Qulnn; He is married the former. Miss Patsy BUth Kennedy and has a two year old, daughter, J Ann.;. rS4H'v' ue'. wui'ge w ureenvnie, a. w. for; his intanujhip fn the General Hospital for-one year end will re turn to eastern North Carolina to practice medicine. " ' liwsaCC A Etreet Canoe wiU be held In j ii I!!H an Friday. Jove t' I t':l 12. PA T "3 V - ' I t Boh Can s t .1 1 " ; i. -.The. ' :'-e"J' d: t the Civ. j Ct... ; "7 r ' aassaaaaasssBsasBSMssil 3 :-mviua h mhm W ff I ill 1 1 mj ALFRED D. WELLS, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Wells of Albertson, N. C, received his BJS. degree at Davidson College, Davidson, N. C. on May 31. 1954 at 11:00 a.m. Mr. Wells majored in English. He will soon report for active duty in the Naval Air Cadets aa a NAVCAD at. the Naval Air Station at Pensacola, Florida lor Flight Training. eln Soap Box ace 19 youngsters from Duplin and Pink Hill wiU participate in the Soap Box Derby race in Pink Hill Saturday afternoon, according to announcement by George Turner. The boys will assemble in front of The Turner Tractor, and Equipment store at 12 o'clock. The race, will get under way at 'one Vclock be ginning at the Belle Oil Company store. They will race from that point to the intersection of the street and highway 11 and back to point of beginning. The race wiD last about an hour and a half. Those participating are: Donald Pierce, Jimmy Miles, Gene Taylor, Winston Stroud,. Rodney Howard, Joe Clay Jones, Bobby L. Holt and Lynn Turner of Pink Hill; Gregory Smith, Lynn Button, Ken neth Smith, Way land Davis, Jimmy Southerland. Leonard D. Grady and Ted Kelly Grady of Albertson; Jim Tom S pence, Walter Meadow and John.Ai3radytfJDeeRuyiSdj ward Holmes Of Glissan Township. The race' is sponsored by the Pink Hill Fire Department The Pink Hill Businessmen's Club will present each entrant with a gift and the winner will receive a $25 war bond. Wheels and axles will be supplied DR. JAMES M. CARR of Atlanta, Ga, will preach In the local. Pres byterian Church Sunday night, June 27th. Dr. Carr is a native of Burgaw and grandson of Duplin. He is Sec retary of Rural church work for the Division-, of Home Missions, Board of Church Extension of the Presbyterian Church, TJ. S. The public is invited to hear Dr. Carr. j i : l i I Wallace ManJ)rowns Sundayifh Son In Rock Fish Creek; Son Saved .i L. J. (Junior) Williams. 42, of Wallace, drwoned at 11:30 a.m. Sun day in Rockfish Creek near Wallace while swimming with a nine-year-old son on his back.;:v;'vis;v s Graham Savage, Williams' brother -in-law, saved the youngster, Roger, when Williams called for help but was unable to' save .the father. Savage notified the Wallace Fire Department and the body was re covered early in the afternoon by Norman Tuttle of Wallace, Authorities said s Williams ; may have suffered a heart attack when be called for "help. f f .' Surviving are his wife, the former E!ma. Savage- of Rose vHlHy. seven children, Barbara, Alice,.:; Annie, toy V F ser..Wa; ne, Charlie ad a t ,o-v "eks-old infant rn; "wo sisters, Mrs. Beulah Chad Ick -if jwum wortl Wilmington and Mrs.C. C. Luaings werth of Row Hill: jone brother. BAXTER HUNTER WELLS, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Wells of Al bertson, N. C received his A.B. de gree at Catawba College in Salis bury, N.'C, on May 31, 1954 at 11:00 a.m. . . Mr. Wells majored in Physical Education and Social Studies. He expects to enter the University of worth Carolina at Chapel Hill this fall to begin work on his Master's Degree. each contestant and they will build their racer. Also - -shirt and offi cial Soap BoxV( y helmet wiU be given them, . The same group of racers will compete in, , the annual Soap Box Derby race in Kinston the follow ing day, June 27th and the winner in Kinston will go to Akron, Ohio to compete in the national contest. The public is invited to the races. No admission charges. J. P. Court From . June 1 through June 22 the following cases were disposed of in Justice of Peace Court .. Randolph Miller arrested by Pa trolman C. C. Hester for speeding 65 miles per hour. Cited to County Court,--.;;- '-Y., , .Luc JfuJUven thinlop, arrested by Patrolman Hester for speeding 5 miles per hour. Cited to County Court Carrie Caulder Jackson arrested by Patrolman Hester for speeding 65 miles per hour. Cited to County Courty. Elmer Harper, arrested by Con stable Paul Lee for issuing worth less check. Defendant plead guilty paid check and fine, k J. D. Alphin arrested by deputy W. O. Houston for breaking and entering home of Carliss Miller. De fendant placed under $500 bond to be tried in August term of Superior Court Hezekiah Shaw, arrested by pa trolman Hester for failure to stop at stop sign. Defendant plead guilty paid fine and cost. Eddie Blackburn arrested by de puty Houston for' assault on a fe male while being drunk and dis orderly and having continued each week end for 4 years. Placed under $300 bond. Waived hearing to County Court. Morris Manigo arrested by deputy H. FJShirley for- non support. Plac ed under $15(T bond. Waived hear ing to County Court. Sam Hobbs arrested by deputy N. D1 Boone for issuing worthless check. Plead guilty paid check and cost. Toby Johnson, arrested by con stable Lee for issuing worthless check. Defendant plead guilty paid check and cosfl Tommy Murphy arrested by de puty W. B. Kissner for operating a motor vehicle,, while under the in fluence of intoxicants, in a careless and reckless manner, causing wreck and nersonal property damage. Plac ed under $200 bond. Waived hear- ( Continued on Back) J. H. Williams Of lHagnolia. Funeral service were held Mon day at S pjn. at Pin Hook Baptist Church with the Rev. E. D. Stewart -officiating, assisted by Dr. Eugene Pcston of thWallace Baptist Church. Burial, war in the church cemetery. v Vr,'', ' llolnscninia v Is there i ''cure for insomnia T Some suffer frconNUnnd some dont r-Well there Is one person, in par ticular Who doesn't and he is Bill Potter. Bill is a volunteer fireman for his home town, Recently, in an out, break, Of "flre two houses in Bllka , home, town were destroyed. A neighboring fire department was ctUed 16 help extinguished the fire. Bill slept through it 'aA Seems like the -will have to make the fire Whistle sound a tittle louder. 'v; " V, " ', -r-w- ' :.v UBCRirTION RATS: Duplin Man Chosen North Garc!:na First"MandfTheYearInEducat!on5 Falher 9 Children Kills Self On Porch Old Home Hear Scolt.'s Store Harold Foss Blasts Top Of Head Off A 39 year old father of nine chil dren Monday morning borrowed shot gun from his farther in law and apparently took his own life. Sheriff Ralph Miller said Harold Foss of near Scott's Store was found on the porch Of his old home with the top of his head blasted off.The coroner ruled the man had taken his own life Miller said Foss, who would have been 40 in October, went to the home of his farther in law early Monday morning and borrowed a gun, saying he was going to kill a rabbit. He then drove down a dirt road to the house in which he Hisf d hi live, wnen ne was ipunu ne wps lying on the porch with the gun beside him. Miller said that accor ding to reports the '"man had been drinking for three or foir days. Funeral services were , conducted at the graveside at Maplewood Cem etery at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon The Rev. J. E. Hager officiated. He is survived by his wife. Mrs. Ester Winders Foss: four aW Horace, Harold Jr., Delmas (and, William Foss all of the home: seven daugh ters, Carrie Mae, Lind Ray, Marie, Hilda Brenda, Betty Carol and Elo ise Foss, all of the home; his father, Clyde Foss of Mt Olive: five sisters Mrs. Eula Mae Pierce of Wilmington Corine Odom, Mrs. Clara Mae Car negie, Mrs Ann Powell, all of Mt Olive: aad Mrs.' Nancy Bland of Faison: three brothers, Melvin Foss of Faison, Albert Foss of Mt OUve, and Pete Foss of Wilmington. Faison Recreation " During hr month' of Julyi' Fai son is sponsoring a supervised re creation program, divided into two divisions; morning and afternoon. The morning program will be in session from 9:30 to 11:30 and will provide supervised recreation for all child; Fee for the morning program ' be 90 cents per family. The ; noon program will offer swimming instructions to all children over eight for an addition al fee of $2 per child. Instrutions will be given by a Qualified instru ctor. The morning program will be at the school playground while after noon swimming lessons will be at in having their children enrolled are to contact Mrs. George Cates by July 1st R. H LANIER, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tyson Lanier of Lyman, re ceived his degree of Bachelor of Science from North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engin eering this June with a Major in Agriculture. v I-" v it Y I 1 ' nuijiin J "' 1 1954-55 Teacher Allotment for Duplin The Duplin County Board of Edu cation received their allotment of teachers for the school year 1954-85. The white schools did hot gain a teacher this year, but the colored schools gained, One teacher.. The allotment is as follows: Ken ansville White 11 elementary and 5 High School and I vocational; Ken ansville ' Colored IS elementary 9 hlgh'school; Warsaw White, 16 ele mentary, high school, and vo cational; Warsaw CoL, 17 elemen tary, 9 high school and 1 vocational Faison white 10 elementary, S high school; Faison colored 0 elementary; Calypso white 9 elementary, 4 high school, 1 vocational; Calypso color ed 8 elementary; B. t. Grady white, lfl elementary, .8 high school, 2 vocational; Outlaw's Bridge, 3 ele pmg year la Oapttm m4 r'l - 't ".AW LellisiTo T 'A '(X. .-Vfi pot Lake, Alaska ' vx '.' , . 4une 10, 1954 The' Editor -:t(; The Duplin Times Kenansville M; is. Dear Sir: ''';?. Sometime ago while still in Homer I wrote you an article about , Homer's. Study Group. Did yoy put it1 In your paper? I had hoped that you would. Recently I have received inquiries from some Of my North Carolina and Georgia triads that , requested that I write other article on Alaska - as I see it, I ust sent (mother last evening and shall send others regularly now that the press of school is off me temporarily. If you print either or both the' mentioned articles - I'd like to re ceive the papers - I do receive them periodically. Give my regards to Mr. Johnson, Supf of Schools there. I think he is a fine citizen. Duplin will always be, dear to my 'heart but now reckon I'm just modern American pioneer who loves this new land and, the excitement it has to offer, It really takes courage on the part of a woman to be a school teacher's wife in Alaska, f 11 have been here four years; and will have moved four times., This winter m be Sunt of schools at Nenana. That is an interesting; Alaskan town. That is the town of the famous Ice Pool Classic - more than 100,000 dollars annually bet on the minute and day Of the break. Some Kicky chaps twin yearly. v. ,-, Jei me near irom you sometimes. Alwsys Alsa F. Gavin Editor Note: The articles on "Homer's Study Group" was pub lished in the issue of March 18. V"c find one copy left in the files which we cannot dispose of. If any of our -eaders have a copy of this issue Mr. Gavin will -appreciate receiving it The article referred to later in the letter is ip this week's issue. Today we received two more re leases from Mr. Gavin which will be uly printed. One especially in teresting is about the recent Su preme Court ruling on Segregation, This will appear in next week's paper. JRG. Savings Bonds Sales High In May Americans continued to purchase more Series E & H Savings Bonds during May than any other May in 9 years. North Carolina sales for the month were $3,523,250. The com bined cumulative sales of E & H Bonds for the first five months of 1954 were $20,855,836.75. "H" Bond sales in North Carolina .for 1954 show an increase of 215 percent over the same period in 1953.' In Duplin County, sales for May were $20,028.75. For the first five months, cumulative sales in Duplin County were $143,048.75. The Washington report shows that while sales continue to In crease the redemptions of matured and unmatured Savings Bonds are 3 percent less than a year ago. This report is made by Mr. E. C. Thompson, Duplin County Chair man, who urges all citizens of this County to invest regularly in U. S. Savings Bonds. Mr. Thompson stat ed that "the bankers in your com munity are pleased to advise you regarding the Series E or H Bonds". mentary; Branche Colored, 9 ele mentary ;. Beulaville white, 23 ele mentary, 11 hlgH school, S vocation al; Beulaville colored, 1 elementary; Potters Bill white, 8 elementary; Chinquapin white, 3D elementary, 7 high school, 3 vocational; Chbv quapin colored, '! elementary; Wal lace white. 25 elementary, I high school, 3 vocational; Wallace color ed, 12 elementary; Teachey colored, 8 elementary; .Charity colored 12 high school, 8 vocational; Rose Rill white,' 12 elementary, 6 high school. 3 vocational; Rose HflT colored. 13 elementary, Little Creek, colored, 3 elementary? Magnolia' white, ele mentary, 3 high school; Magnolia colored T elementary. - a Vuii V TVM nrrr CHAPEL HILL,. June 23 Wil liam Dallas Herring, Rose Hill Busi ness man, president of the AtlanUe Coffin and Casket Co, chairman mt the Duplin County Board ot'Sdu. caUon , and called by many nhe most effective speaker for public- scboois in North Carolina,"" wsn recognized as North Carolina's first "Man of the Year in Fdueatien'' , during the closing session of the annual North Carolina School Week program at the University of North Carolina tonight - A - Announcement of the first annual award winner was made during; ' ceremonies in Carroll Hall by fhv Phi Delta Kappa honorary educa tional fraternity. Nathaniel Sbopev president of the fraternity, present-, ed Herring with an engraved bronze? plaque. "Mr. Herring's selection came fol lowing months of concerted activity in which some 14W0 educators sew ing in every educational level fi all lections of the State were soUolV ed, Shope said. ri" -' The selection was based on actual evidences of leadership, devotion-to . duty and the total effect of aetiyl. . ties on providing better educational . opportunities, he added, r Herring has made an'outstandinsj record. all .phase of cJyJc ljfe. -V At, .jthe age of 23' he was eJfeesedr , mayor of Rose Hih and was pro- " claimed youngest mayor in the United States, He. served Jfn that position for 11 yean. , . ' - i After organizing the Rose Hilf 1 ,'!: V''- -'., 1 , y Civitan Club he served as its Edu cation Committee ' Chairman for several years, " Realizing the run-' down condition of Rose Hill School Herring began his career as a friend) , of the schools system when he heed- ed 1 a countywide drive for re valuation of taxable property te In crease the school budget ' In 1981 he was elected to the- County Board of Education by the Democratic Executive Committee and upon taking oath of office wear unanimously elected Chairman of the Board. He was also elected to the BoerdT of Directors of the North Carolina School' Board Association and waa appointed by that Association to serve on the Committee to advise? the State Board of Education in the formation of a formula for distribut ing the second $25,000,000 of state) bond money for school constructionv He has worked diligently and pro vided leadership to the , Kellogc Project for the;' improvement of schools in Duplin County and wasr . the chief influence In leadership of the people of Duplin to request that the high schools of the county be? consolidated and through his pern sonal efforts consolidation is spread- ing to adjacent counties, t-. - In, April Herring, after being isw" sued an invitation from the Citizens . Commission for Public Schools, at tended their national meeting in San Francisco, where he was chair man of , discussion groups. He will represent the North Carolina School Board at a meeting to be held in Florida in the near future. Herring received his A.B. degree from Davidson-College where he was a member of Phi Bet Kappa,, and .other scholastic and fraternal organizations.-,1-'- . In 1963 the English-Brown VFW Post of Rose Hill named him "Mam of the Year," an unusualy . blgm honor to bo paid to a non-veteranv He was also named "Friend of the Schools" by the Thjplin unit of the North , Carolina Education Assoc!- v He to active .to the Mt Zlon Presbyterian Church in Rove Hill both as a Sunday School teacher) and elder. He is also a commissioner to , the ( General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church. He also served as President or the "Men f the Church," WUmington Presbytery. -''.' $ , : -j. ; . - i .; .. ,; WhUe' serving a mayor qf Rose HIH the', following municipal im provements were jnafle! inata'la tioa of water and sewage facflit.e; Town Hall and Fir House erected; organization jof Fhre Departmeit; . street paving project" and. he. ted citizens in purchase and improve ments to the community buildlne. , ...' 1 S - "V- ". r ;..'i;.'' i2l