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: ( -S ' i J. "vy rlf V" Pp.: c.-a 1 10 Pc-cs 1 ifhi$ 7c5!j 4 ifv--h 541 h IS f '. ' r 3 ivy J v, VOL.21, N26 ! ' if i "Tbelfadoiuu.ot th Hixbway". a Catholic trailer-chapel,- - will be located at Blizzard Crosaroada,' ad joining fDoc Herring's ttore, from July 5-18. . From thi Church on Wheela Mil be conducted a two week preaching minion. Service, begin each evening with a haU-nour 4 tonga. At eight o'dock there will be the anawering of questions, ot a religions nature, followed by a ser "on oo one of the eternal truths fc, r awaum wui conehifle miKh a -I L 4 ic7..one u.p:ny Willi Carolina Safety B. Fi Gradf Gym : ' B. F. Grady school gymnasium is being completely remodeled on" the Inside and new showers and bath room facilities installed . The project, which is estimated to cost approximately ip.OOO is being paid for by citizens of the B. T, Grady school district, according to principal H. M. Wells. Old dressing rooms, located in the south end of the gymnasium, are being torn out .The space will be used to- lengthen the court. Seats will be Installed. A new floor will also.be put In. , - Wells said an entirely new struc ture would be constructed at thf gym to house showers, baths' for players and the public, and dressing rooms, i: . V-'i . - ': s "V " . Gurley and Gurley of Goldsboro, . has been awarded the contract to do the work, other than plumbing . an4 felectric wiring... yi f ! " ' Elected Membter oL Ppetiysociationt v -! New York, New York, June 23 Mrs. Bess Harkins Hlnes of Oxnard, California fornjerly of KenansvlUe, ; N. C; has been recently; Informed by Dr. Myra Seldom Day, Ph. D, executive national secretary of The American Poets Fellowship Society . Corporation of United , American . Poets; division of The Internation : al Poetry Advancement Association, Ida, that she has recently been : lected by the executive, membership - board oi the society as a.memoer, , ' ; Mrs. Hines well known writer and ; ' poet has been published in many ' newspapers and magazines as well. as many well known anthologies across the country. Her book "Slng 01 Th Heart" wa-published TVs' 3anner Press of Kniory "Jniver- Work ot Mrs; Hines .will be Precluded In the "IBM National Acad ' emy Poetry and Literary Afttholo I y" puLllshed by The Educational Board of the society in co-operation , with' T.e . Aewlenif. Kducatlonal Pur "rations. Corp of New York C . It work will also be includ ' ti 1 1 ' The 1954 .American. Poets - ; Ant: y" published ty The Acsd 1 emy .4 a Corp.. I " City, t - "t ill a o 1 ..jted in t' e 1 ' ...3 V I ..I AMZK 111. -TRY TODAY." . Section 1 - , : picture on,ome phase of Our lord's Life. The different motion pictures Will portray the joys, sorrows, and triumphs of Jesus, among these a picture in natural color of "The Lord's Supper." In charge of the motor chapel is the Reverend John Ti Roueche, native of Salisbury, N. C Associat ed with him in the work are the Reverends Henry Becker and Joseph Klaus.- - ' ( The ffurpon i.ftheajtaailer,s visit . u:?uuies League - Two hundred and twenty eight vehicles, comprising the entire fleet of automobiles and trucks belong ing to Carolina Telephone and Tele graph Company , are now in the process of visiting official inspection stations of the Carolina Safety Lea gue to be inspected, and have offi cial green stamps of the League affixed to their windshield. This was disclosed today by ZM. Friar, General Plant Manager for the company who said that, although the telephone company vehicles are regularly checked for mechnical de facts as a matter of policy, instuc tions were made a short time ago that the entire fleet be checked at official inspection stations in coop eration with the 1 Carolina Safety League's new voluntary Vehicle Safety Check .program now in pro gress all over North. Carolina. "We here at the telephone com pany are 100 behind the Carolina Safety League's ' program and will sea to it that every, company vehicle gets one ot the green stickers ef the League," said Friar. , 1 ' The new highway safety program is sponsored by the North. Carolina Automobile Dealers Association' and other business firms and is. backed by E. A. Scheldt, iState Motor Ve hicle Commissioner, The purpose of the campaign ts u .to:- persuade' North Carolina Motorists , to. put their automobiles througn a mech anical' safety inspection which jls offered them a.t no cost at any of the official inspection stations of the Carolina Safety' League,' :h ) Brewer Drug Cp MakeH Brewer Drug Co. In Pink HiUhas been named . to the Internationa Rexall Roll of Honor,1 according to information .'received .today by' Mr. and Mrs. Billy Bmwmi,ys-lp The citation,, made tor leadership in merchandising, is" designed to stimulate Rexall druggists ? to pro vide mere efficient sendee to their. It to symbolized by f! distinctive lapel and store window insignia. Issued to recipients of the award, and by publication ot the names of Honor Roll stores in a special book let distributed annually to all Rexall druggists in the United 'States and Canada, , ' ' - . - The honor, Js swar-d by. the Interna - I A '" of Fexall C .us, J n - 1 ind.pc ' . d -t d i ' j 3 authorial a iits 1 r i... 1 products in Can adian and United States communities. AENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, l THURM.h JULY 1, 1954 r 1111 to. JOuplia.. County is to give the. ftqU about, the. Church's doctrine, to promote,, good-will and under standing smong all groups, and to high-light prayers for world peace. . There is no collection or charge connected , with hq services. Noth ing is sold, free souvenirs art avaiU ,eble Visitors )nay follow the out- ooor program; from the privacy of their earf er use the seats which e- prcyideaV-A-tfe "weliSXne. AnnfRccfuiler The, ,tj,'S Army and U. S. Ah Foree Recruiting -Program will be separate functions on 1 July. The Army Recruiter for Kenans ville and vicinity. Master Sergeant LeRoy X Cook, will be located in the Court House Building on Thurs day of each week; Monday, Friday and Saturday at the Court House in Clinton and on Wednesday at the Post Office Building in Wallace. Young men and women desirine information pertaining to enlistment and advantages obtainable through enlistment in the Army or Womans Army Corps (WAO should contact your Army Recruiter on days shown for your area or Telephone Clinton 3102, ro i-'t rTitWrffcW : m j.fiiiajun, a KenansvilJe gro, Who has served eight years Wrlson sentences totaling 46 years is ishtitled .to-a .new trial, Superior Cmirt Judge $ Paul Frizzelle ruled ;ln. ,Kinstbn, V v .'Judge Frijaelle held that confes sions whI,cliwere used to convict Hosea Parkr.k. 38. on eharn.. n breaking and, entering, and malic ious nd felorjus, burning ot prop ertrwere.improperly obtained. t . ',- -, : ,-. .-'v 1 ' - ' ' - 4 A,iudgemnt, signed in Lenoir Superior Court here said that while Parker was held in the Snow Hill jail and questioned by law enforce ment officers He was struck several times fey IDep, Sheriff Fred Caroway, a deputy sheriff of Greene County." Judge Frlzzelle also said Parker was denied counsel in some of the cases. Parker entered prison on June 23, 1948. He had been tried in Greene, Lenoir; Duplin and Bertie euntiessad sentenced to a total of 48 ears .on thf , charges. v ;. A 12-month sentence given Park er for attempting to burn the Snow HUlail was altowed to stand. Judge 'rtzzelk's orde?: came after a hear ings under th states post convic tions itatute .which allows a hearing tor prisoners who claim their con stitutional rights were violated dur. ing trial proceedings. v , Theijudrement. said ' that after farkr a- tited. to jescaoe. from e f now J a jail by starting a t:.?, : a ws,i h. . icuffed to th bars -f 'i. I - .ted Parker at say ?- .v.-Hl , undo T"e from . . ,..e down, I will tell I we did." The on-1 ft. a eotuined from Parker were uf. at his trials 1 all four coun- Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Duplin County IIEA Air Force To Por Own Recruiting; . Joint Army-Air Force Recruiting ends in Kenansville today, as the Air Force takes over their own Re cruiting service under a complete new oranization, the 3500th USAF Recruiting Wing, with headquarters at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. ' 1 The organizational structure of the new Wing includes six group headquarters which correspondes to the Army areas. Headquarters for the south-east 'will be at Robins Air Force Base, Ga. The Groups will be responsible for the direct operational control of the detach ment and station level units, each group controlling its assigned units within Its respective area. Detachments are located in and near principal. North Carolina cities, with main stations for testing and examining at Raleigh ahd Charlotte. The local Air Force recruiter is T-Sgt E. H. Allen. The Air Force recruiting office for Kenansville and community is located at Court house building on Wednesday. Hail Strikes Hear Here, Much Damage Reported A small but ' severe hall - storm brought destruction to a one and. half mile farming area near here Sunday afternoon. Farmers of an area 3 to 4 miles west of Kenansville on the Warsaw highway reported from 20 to 100 per cent damage of tobacco crops after hail "the size of marbles" hammered, down for two minutes at around 9:30 pjn. Sunday. 1 Corn leaves were shredded but growers said they expected only slight damage since most of the corn crop was already large enough for ItWymw HOt-tobr aertoaty afitecV ed. One of the hardest' hit farmers, Darii Hodges, On the W. E. Middle- ton farm, told the News-Argus that he had two acres ot tobacco totally destroyed by the hail. He said eight to nine leaves on each stalk were cat off by the storm and that remaining leaves were broken and punctured. . His crop was insured. J. W. Hodges said 50 per cent of his four acres of tobacco was de stroyed. Luther J. Wilkins reported 50 to 75 per cent damages on five acres and J. D. West reported simi lar damage on 13 acres. Several farmers reported 10 to 25 per cent damage. Tuscarora Camp Enrolls 150 Some 90 Boy Scouts opened Camp Tuscarora's third week Monday, bringing the total enrollment for the camp thus far to approximately 350 an Increase over last year. Bruce Boyers, Boy Scout execu tive said last week some 180 scouts attended the second period. This inns 4Via VavtwMmt niimhcr afiar Trt nt , 7, m " , . X V tend summer essiona CamP Tus" that the week's activities was con cluded Saturday night with a camp fire. The "record-breaking" number sent the year's attendance ahead of last year, Boyers said. But, he add ed, registration tor the next two sessions of the over all six-weeks camp has fallen off. He said vacan cies are still open for Scouts to sign up. During the first two weeks, 260 Scouts attended the camp. "There are still vacancies in the coming two periods and if we are going to better last year's attendance mark we have to have more Scouts to sign up now" Boyers said. "Camp Tuscarora has shown improvement in attendance and facilities over last season," he added. ' . Jim Tom Spence J Wins P. Hill Derby : Jim. Top Spence,' son ot Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Spence, Sr. of Deep Run, Route, 1, was presented a $25.00 War Bond as the winner in the Soap Box Derby race staged in Fink Hill at 1:00 p.m, Saturday. Nine teen, .youngsters from Duplin and Pink. H1U participated, and each entrant received a gift The race was sponsored by the Pink Hill Fire) Department and Chief George Turner was I 'aster f Ceremonies. A' T : -t and oHldal Soap Box Lerby fc, .inets were presented to each boy prior to the run-oft The group competed: in the annual Deri by race In Kinstoa at 2:09 p.ni Sunday. v-V-if'vyv ... f Wells Representing Meet. Hew York City Washington, D. C., Mr. and Mrs. Hugh M. Wells have been selected as delegates to represent the Duplin1 County unit ot the N. C, Ed. Assoc iation at the 92nd annual convention of the National Education Associa tion (NEA scheduled to be held in Madison Square Garden, New York City, June 27,- July 2. NEA is a professional organization of tea chers, .f v'V- ' '. '' Of the 20,000 teachers and educa tors who are In attendance this year at one of the nation's largest edu cational conventions, 4,400 are dele gates officially representing state and local associations. They come from every state, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Alaska and Puer to Rico to attend the representative assembly which is held in conjunction- with the annual meeting. Nationally and .internationally known leaders addressed many of the general sessions, including John Foster Dulles, secretary of state; Dag Hammarskjold, secretary-gen eral of the United Nations; Robert R. Wagner, mayor of New York City; Samuel M. Brownell, V. S. Commissioned of Education; Ralph Bunche, director, Trusteeship Divi sion, UN Secretariat; Grayson Kirk, president, Columbia University and William A. Early, NEA president. One ot the highlights of this year's convention is the use of the United Nations General Assembly Hall for several section meetings on the theme, ' "Education and the United Nations." Among those who were to address these sessions are: Mrs. Eleanor' Roosevelt; James J. Wadsworth, deputy United States representative 'to ' the United Na tions; Rt. ' Rev. Msgr. Frederick G. Hochwalt, secretary-general, Nation al Catholic Educational Association; Earl J. McGrath, president. Univer sity of Kansas City and former U. S, Commissioner of Education. The National Education Associa tion, founded in 1857, now has more than a half million members who are served by 87 departments, divi sions, commissions and committees. Approximately 5,200 local and state associations .are. affiliated with the NEA. ' 1 , ''V-.r - l .- hmrnr I VI vDnOllC VV r .. ....... Pays Local Taxes The Carolina Telephone and Tele graph Company through its local manager, W. Y. Vann, today pre sented checks to the county of Duplin and the towns of Wallace and Warsaw amounting to $3,342.60 and $1,585.47, respectively. These amounts representing the estimated ad valorem taxes for the city and county are based on the valuations of the company's prop erty in the towns ad county as de termined by the State Board of As sessment on other than real proper ty and the local -valuation of the real property of the company. Pay ments are made during the month of June in order that the company might avail itself of the discount allowed on ad valorem taxes paid prior to July 1, 1954. The local manager noted that the amount of local taxes paid for 1954 exceeded those paid for the pre vious year which, he stated, is in dicative of the continued increase in costs of providing telephone ser vice. The. total increase in the above local taxes over 1953 was about 16 percent. Four From Duplin. The following Duplin County men were enlisted by Sgt. I. H. Allen local Air Force recruiter. William W: Taylor, route 1, Wlll ard; Jesse B. Pptter, route 1, Ken ansville; and Currie A. Dail, route 2, Warsaw. The above men were en listed in the Air Force for four years and was sent to Lackland Air Force Base, . Texas. While in Texas these men will receive their basic training and assignment to an Air Force School. Avery T. Kornegay, route 1, Mag nolia, waa enlisted in the Air Force for . four years-. and was sent J to Donaldson Air Force Base, & C. He formerly served two years in. the Army. - v l!ev Home Owners Class Co ll:!d Here A "new home owner's" elass will be held on acb Wednesday night, beginning July 7th through July 28, at the KenansvlUe' School Auditor ium at 7.30 pjn. Those attending will be Instructed Inadequate wiring, kitchen plan ning, plumt'"g-ln appliances and lighting by T s Sarah T, Jones of Klnston ' r. Walker McNeill of V. .us-"". T wiih Carolina, Power and I lo.j wives and husbands wffl at tend t 1 schoql which is open to thf puUic. ' 't.. -yjf 1)? HDB8C&VT10N uaTB: tf per yew to lwplto and adjotatac jnuUwJUl eatelde this aree ta N. C4B eatalde C ttevjs Briefs . Lift Water Ban Faison has removed its restriction on water1 usage. City hall in Faison Monday morn ing said the water shortage is over and citizens may use it at will. Last Friday, the town was threa ten with a water shortage, prompt ing town fathers to request .resi dents to use water only for essen tial purposes. The shortage brought pickle work in that town almost to a stand-still the latter part of the week, but a spokesman at city hall said the com pany now has its own well. Town Office Open The C. B. Sitterson office which has been used as a town office is now open. Mrs. Dixon Gutherie, Town Clerk is on the job as usual and water customers will go by and pay their bills as usual. The Town books are being audited and it is expected that a new water and street superintendent will be . named within the next thirty days. LjChe Town Board, will meet Man- 'job apply to the Mayor or any mem- ber of the Town Board. Dr. Gooding At Home Major G. V. Gooding of the U. S. Army returned last week from Europe where he has recently been stationed in Italy. He has a few more weeks service then will retire from Army life, it is reported. Hot Weather Duplinltes have been swealtenng in the heat the past few days. The thermometer registered, in the sun, 104 degrees here last Saturday and 106 on Sunday. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday were a little more comfortable. Crops Suffering Farmers are beginning to get a 'little jittery over weather pros pects. Most tobacco growers are housing now but lugs coming off are reported to be of a low quality. Some say they doubt they are worth saving. The drought is beginning to approach the seriousness of last season. Cotton Blossoms A second and third cotton blossom was received by the Times this week. W. N. Driver of Faison, rt. 2 sent one in on the 25th and O. H. Best of Warsaw sent one on the 26th. They were a little late to get a subscription renewel. J. B. Stroud of Kenansville sent in the first one last week and received a year's renewal. District Governor Lion Lauren Sharpe of Kenans ville was recently named District Deputy Governor at the State Lions Convention in Raleigh. At Lions Mee t Young Douglas Turner of Rose Hill was a guest of the local Lipns Club last week and gave a demon stration of three-way electric swit ches. Young Turner, a 4-H member and FFA has chosen this work as his project He has won first place in competition in Duplin and will go to Whlteville this month and compete in a district contest The Lions enjoyed bis demonstration Which he explained in simple terms so that anyone could understand it I 'th ef Jaly I A week end of celebrations with wrecks and drownings. Stay home and miss the show. , ' Th raJrebnea The only people we feel sorry for on the 4th of July are the high way patrolmen. They have to stay on the roads. , A , rr. : FARM FIlXCRfl Reports from North Carolina com mercial Irish potato grower at of June '1st indicate production' -mis yearwiH total 3,300,000 bushels, com pared with 3,705,000 bushels ia 1851 O. B. "PAP" SITTERSON, Ken ansville's popular water and street superintendent since 1933 until his death last Friday, The above pic ture shows "Pap" with the old town truck -and only means of fire pro tection here until the fire truck was bought It might have been' said that "Pap" was our fire department at that time. (Photo by D. W. Lan ier, Wallace). "Pap", as he was better known by everyone, had become an institu tion in Kenansville and almost in Duplin County. When we first put in a water system "Pap" seemed about the only person available who would take the job. He came here In 1928 with a road construction force and soon made himself one of the fellows. He and his family were popular from the start. Through the depression years and on into better times "Pap" was always on the job where the town was topcerned. He loved it as If it was -his native home. Regardless of time or circumstances when bis services were needed by the town he was always on the job. "Pap" worked' tor Kenansville for years at an almost unbelievably low sal ary, and only -in recent years was his pay adjusted to reasonably com- Funcral4crvices Held At leccl Cfc::cb , : -. 11'. -.i ' .f ;j .... . - ..... ...... For C. B. "Pap" Sitterson Last Sunday Mrs. Strickland Drowns At Faison Mrs. Margaret Strickland of Fai son apparently suffered a heart at tack and died while swimming at Taylor's pond near Faison late Sun day afternoon. Chiet Ennis Kornegay and Edgar Summerlin of the Mount Olive Fire department took the department's resuscitator to the scene in an ef fort to revive the young woman, mother of three children, but re ported the machine was unable to extract water from her lungs. Dr. Glasscox, Faison ' physician, was called to the scene and pronounced the woman apparently had died ot a heart attack. According to by-standers, several of whom were from Mt. Olive, Mrs. Strickland put up no struggle and did not call for help. Ann Stokes of Faison was at the pond and saw Mrs. Strickland go under. She cried for help. About five minutes after Mrs. Strickland went under, the body was removed from the water and efforts made to revive her. She was the wife of "Mutt" Strickland. Coroner Gurman Powell said no inquest will be necessary. Local Fire Truck Called Beulaville The local tire truck had its second cell on Monday night when Patrol man Norton of Beulaville called the local fire department The truck and voluntary firemen received the call at 1145 and at 12:10 were on the scene at Walter Whaley service station about three miles beyond Beulaville. The combination dwell ing and store had caught fire from a pile of lightwood stumps near by. It Is thought someone had thown gasoline on the stumps and . they caught fire. The local fire depart ment had it ' under control in a brief time. Estimated damages wens $75 to $100. , , , :'-PVT. FLOYD SMITH, J. -"W :1 FORT KNOX, KY-Rvt; Floyd E. Smith Jr whose relatives, Mrs, Eloy E. Smith resides at 424 Penn. Avenue E-Town,' Ky. has complet ed the Armor Track Vehicle Main tenance Course No. 16. at The Arm ored School here, -i , , (The course trains the student to perform organizational maintenance and recovery of track' vehlcles. It includes training covering engines, chassis units and power trains, and organisation and administration of unit maintenance hops. PRICK ltA fcN't- pensate for his work but he was never properly compensated for the' long hours and night work he gave the town in his earlier years. He did not complain, just went about! his work in the manner , of a man thinking a job well done was its own compensation. ' When better times oame around and. the cost of living 'Went up he was forced to take on some outside work in order to provide for his family. A few years ago he was appointed a justice of the peace an was subsequently re-elected1 each" election year. He also served the county as Coroner from 1946 to 1950, As Justice of the Peace "Pap" be came well known throughout the county and was one of the most popular J.P's the county .has ever had. , J ;'Pap" and his wife, "Miss Lilly". have reared a family of five child ren of whom they are justly proud.,. They have been devout snembers ... of . the local Baptist church and, active in all its rork."- . . ..,..-. The large attendance at -the funw. eral and huge floral offerings .1 the high esteem ia which he held. "Pap" Sitterson will lWe inw the history of Kenansville. r , by J. R. Grad Funeral services were held from . the Kenansville Baptist Church at 4 p.m. Sundxy for C. B. (Pap Sitterson, Sr., who died at his home here Friday morning. Services were: conducted by his pastor, Rev. Lau ren Sharpe of the Kenansville Bap tist Church. Interment was ' toe. Golden Grove Cemetery. i': Mr. Sitterson, age- 69, has been superintendent of the KenansvilJe" water system and streets for the past 21 years also he was a prom inent justice of the peace in Dnpliat County. A native of Bertie Comity; he was a son of the late T. B. aaeT Sally Waters Sitterson. . He came to Kenansville in 128 He was a mason and prominent im civic affairs. He is survived by his widow, Mrs;. Lillie Dale Ward Styterson, a native of Bertie County; one daughter, Mrs. R, X. Peele of Williamston; four sons, Roy and Jack of Kenansville,. C. B. Sitterson, Jr, of Appleton Wise, and Dr JBeecher Ward Sitter son of Cinclnnatti; eight ' grand children; one brother, T. B. Sitter son, of Windsor; five sisters, Miss Maggie Sitterson, Mrs. Joe Spivey and Mrs. Edgar Hoggard of Windsor, Mrs. J. L. Swain of Covington, Va., and Mrs. Blair Jenkins of Raleigh Active pallbearers were: O. P. Johnson, Faison McGowen, Amos Brinson, E. C. Tyndall, ' Hubert, Brown, D. H. McKay, Joe Wallace and Hubert Phillips. Masons bad charge of the funeral at the grave. Ralph Jones Hew Lions Club Head The Beulaville Lions Club enter tained their ladies at the annual Ladies Night in the Beulaville lodge building, A chicken dinner was ser ved. The ladies r were presented) favors. " 11.,.' ... ,The following officers have, been, named for the new year: v ' ?. President, Ralph Jones; 1' v. presi dent, X. L. Kxum; 2 v. president, R. J. Lanier; t v. president Cecil Miller; Secretary t Treasurer, I. J. Sandlln, Jr.; Lion Tamer; W. H. Goodman, Jr.; Tall Twister, Orze Thlgpen; S year Director, James , Miller; 1 year Director, Macon Brown; 1 year Director, R. & Beetle; 1 Year .Director, Clinton Campbell; Immediate Past President Auhrey Johnston, , , , I r t , ' ' ' Cemaalttee Chalrmesf , .. t Attendance, Orzo Thlgpen; Fn- ; nee, James Miller;. Membership, E. U Xxum; Program, Aubrey J-1- . ston; Constitution Is By Laws, WJT. " Millar; Sight Conservation' ft Blind1, Elvis Sumner; Publicity, I. J, SandW i lin, Jr. Agriculture, W. J" MiJie; . Sa' ty, Macon Brown; Health tr ' WeUare,' Russell J. Lanier, Activl- " ties, Cecil Miller, , . " t t ' ' i K ' ' t i 1 I V