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Bella's f v. Towns ,f; if r 16 Pc;;s This 7eek v: j.a .4 SUBSCRIPTION BATES: $3JM -per Tear In Duplin Mid adjolntnc Conntlea; HM enMde this arm la N. C.s 5.tf enMde N. C. VOL. 2i; ' NX43 ' SEChON KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, , THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1954 PRiCE TEN CENTS 1. n .-ad duuuDdu, s r : . , s ' , ts s i-y ujJ LA i j .v: ,? ' v U '''' ' Lets Go Farm Bureau! ' ' ' " The goal of this year's Duplin County Farm Bureau membership campaign is 1,400,. That goal should he reached, if for no other reason than as a concrete expres- sion of tiie appreciation farmers of Duplin have for the ' accomplishments Farm Bureau has gained in their he . half.1 ' ;. . ' ' ; t ' Today every group is organizedthe miner, labor v in the automobile industry, the medical profession, steel workers, transit industries and on and on. He must join , with others of common interest in a common fight to ; ' attain the desired goals for his profession, or; chosen 'work. , ' , 'VV; 'r:'''- ' We are told by Farm Bureau leaders that the need ' ' of Farm Bureau membership and activity is greater to day than at any time the principal reason being the 'X ' fight and discussions in our national government on the ; farm program Of .tomorrow. Yes, farming problems are growing and the number and strength of pur Farm . . , i . ) , ly iumei, owauae ; uua uigeuuiuuu a iwyyci xica m v numbers, not money. Every farmer who joins is taking a personal role in the battle to equalize economic op portunity for all. , . ; , We are for and with Farm Bureau in its continuing , struggles for a better program for agriculture and urge . all county farmers to join. ',, if , by chance, we as newspaper people have failed ' to, organize proper credit and publicity, we're making a change ! right now.t How about you as the ' individual , farmer making a change too? Let's go Farm Bureau! Annual Farm Bureau Lheting Be Held In UenansviWe School Saturday By K. V. VESTAL The Duplin County Farm Bureau VA -il AoM ita-annuaJ meeting at the ynansvllle school Saturday morn ing, -November 6, at 10 a, m., with , a barbecue dinner for its members following the business meeting. , 'Each. member will be entitled, to one plate, and additional dinner tickets may be purchased at the ' door for other members of the fam ily or visitors at 73 cents each. , , The program will feature the re - port ot Officers and membership, '' A "Short" discussion of our correct , ' farm situation, the election of Town ' ahip Officers and Directors, the con. ' slderation of Resolutions to be pre sented to the State and -National Convention, and the opportunity of the Service Program. Any Farm Bureau Member who aas not renewed his membership r tot the coming year can.do so at the meeting, or see the Township Direc tor before time. Members with Hos ; - pital Care and Automobile Insur ance should especially renew their ' membership at this time. ' - Since we have a relative large farm population in Duplin County, U .is sometimes hard for us to realize ho wfe people do live on the '' farms in the whole Nation, as only 1-7 are farmers. This makes it mor essential than every, that we have a large, strong farm .organization A and ; that we "get-to-gather" . or . Farm Program. Remember, that re gardless of .our large County Farm Population, with only 14 of the ' ' nation' people of Farms, we must "v. ' protect our income and family liv . ing by uniting together." ' . If you have resolutions you wish J to offer, please turn them over to your Resolutions Committee at the . Annual Convention Saturday. , . Warsaw AA Group " Meefs First Time -Sunday Afternoon A group of peoplei to Warsaw have banded together and, are or ; ganlzlng a unit of Afcoholica Anon. ' ymous. The first meeting will Tse held Sunday afternoon at the high -.hool auditorium there with n iHk vtstandinf leader in AA wlU be Jj principal speaker. : ' yrms wui armg ro i nn u i -'In Duplin. The other one is in Wal- Jape. ."i.iSf ;-'5: ' The meeting Sunday wiU be open Jand the public is cordially invited. Chickii Pastry Sup. The Junior and Senior classes of Kenansville High School are spon soring a chicken and pastry -supper at the school cafeteria on Saturday Dec. 4 from five to -eight o'clock. Tickets which are $1.00 each will be sold by the members ot the Junior and Senior cjasses. JThe . publio is Invited to attend. . ... n , Reyiewing The Highlights Of Bygone By RUTH-P. GRADY v Ever since I was a small child the words "Armistice Day" have stood out in my mind as the next to big gest day in the year, the one next to Christmas. I can feel to this day the thrill of the band in the Arm istice Parade and the beauty of the floats. Band music has always done something to me, and that was about the only opportunity that we kids had to hear a real band. Armistice morning was either icy cold or rainy, but it never daunted our spir its. . We were always wrapped up warm and snug and mother always checked to see that we had on our despised overshoes, but she would always let us follow the parade, and check by the carnival grounds to hear the blaring music, and when we were much -older we began to enjoy the dances. But nothing was ever quite as wonderful to me as the band, Thinking about Armistice the oth er day, I had the desire to delve back into the files of the Duplin Times and . pick up a few of the Headlines through the past twenty years. It Was amazing to find that headlines seemed so mediocre in comparison to the outstanding head lines of memory, I did find that the Armistice celebration started in Warsaw in the year 1921, and that must have been about the time I was old , enough-to begin helping serve at the Methodist booth. (It seemed that we must have had one 'about every year.) - Our records began in 1935 and Judge Grady was the' speaker that day with , an attendance of about 15,000. The Warsaw P. T. A. won the first prize in the float which portrayed . the home, . school and urcn,- wiiile in ;ithe background was a miniature eemetey emoha sizing that the war was fought so that these might live. .. ; . t. In 1938 'Warsaw's own Wive, Judge Henry, I Stevens, was speak er, and Warsaw -won' the football (tame 13 to 7. From the wrlteups the booths in . the warehouse (for you youngsters, we did hnve a ware house too) must have been most spectsimlar-thafr jts;!" '; $'f ' In 1937, June H. Rouse was speaV. er and fiv corns Of Cadets from E, M. I. "marche in th naade, ' V-i Then In 1940 14. Col. John Cam bell' was 'speaker, 'Warsaw beat Clinton in football 20 to 14. Do you remember this headline "AHred Di Napolls; Man whov decorated .War saw; tor Armistice Died Saturday. No relatives found to claim him, a man of unusual alze weighing; over 300, pounda'T;. , 1,.;. .v, v-;.' ' . jbj 1941 the Military Display was the center of attraction at the War, saw celebration.! Warsaw'! native, Rivers Dt Johnson was speaker, The fnechanized army equipment from Camp Davis and the Marine Bast at Gerald Cherry District Winner 4-H nifion Day In Miss Mae Hager assistant Home Demonstration - Agent,. , and E. J. Simpson, assistant Farm Agent, ac companied five, 4-H Hoys and girls of Duplin County to the District 4-H Club Recognition Day held in Fayetteville on Saturday October 30 at the High School auditorium. Seventeen counties of the South eastern district were represented with a big attendance. , i ,, When the group arrived in Fay etteviile they were taken on a tour of Fort Bragg where the children got to see the Artillery Area with features such as the atomic can non and Honest John Rocket. They were taken into the 82nd Airborne Division area where they saw the training area in which paratroopers first learn to Jump from planes and jump towers. They' also toured the ' eighteen million1 dollar housing rea for the 82nd Airborne housing area. i At Pope Field they had a display of eight different types of aircraft, featuring two C-119 flying boxcars, air rescue helicopters, and others. The children were permitted to go through the planes and ask ques tions. After the tour of Fort Bragg, the visitors were taken back to the High School lunch room and served a tur key dinner. The banquet was spon sored by the Agricultural commit tee of the Chamber of Commerce. In Jacksonville with the company of Marines and soldiers who came with it, took the center of the stage at the celebration of the 23rd Arm. isuce. " 1945 seems to have been rather quiet with an attendance of about 15,000. Congressman Graham A. Barden delivered the principal ad. dress. In 1946 a large crowd celebrated the 27th Armistice. A concert was given by the Kinston High School Band and the speaker was Scott Berkley, Mayor of Goldsboro. In 1947 the address was delivered by the late former Governor J. Melville Broughton. Warsaw played Swansboro in football and the statement was made "that the eel ebration was held in spite of the rain." In 1948 with 10,000 or more at tending Judge Henry L. Stevens again made an inspiring address with a "Fighting Spirit and a fer vent Prayer for Peace." Rivers D. Johnson, Sr., was master of cere monies. From the records Mr. John. son was master of ceremonies most every year, and did a wonderful Job of it He had' every man there "hog calling" and every woman "husband calling", and as I best remember, it was a calling and pig squealing time. Mr. River always made every one feel at home and join into the spirit of the day. War saw. Hardware Company won the first prize in the float which de picted the "Raising of the flag on Iwo Jlma". Anne Straughan won the first prize in the Pet Parade. In 1948 Congressman Barden was again speaker with about 10,000 present The FHA was awarded the first prize in the floats and Nina Garner won first place in the Pet Parade. Sue, Lanier of Beulavllle, was crowned queen, - lIn 1950 all Duplin County Veter ans were given a special invitation to celebrate the 21st Annual cele bration. J. T. Gresham, Jr., another of Warsaw's natives, made the prin cipal address, and the Warsaw Jay coes took' first plce In the float. i In 1551, J, C. Page , was chairman nf the celebration, and did it rainl Well. do. I remember how J. C fin ally gave up trying to make every one happy and .; started.; worrying about furnishing boats for every one. Governor Wni. B. Umstead was speaker for the day, Ann Ramsey of Wallace was crowned queen. v", In 1952.. post -, Commander ; Ed Strickland was in charge and the speaker for the 'day was Brigadier Gen. Wm. S. Fellus of the Marine Corp' ; -V .' ; .In, 1953 Ma), General HD. Un scott was - the principal speaker. The Mt OUvo Band with , their Majors and Majorettes was one of (Coo tinned On Back Page) Fayefteville , 1 r ' . ' v . - i ' ;; ' j - i HOMECOMING QUEEN Miss Joanne Flowers, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Norman Flowers, of Warsaw was crowned Homecoming Queen at the intermission of the Warsaw-Wallace football game Fri day night Those attending from Duplin were Miss Mae Hager and Mr. Simpson, advisors, Gerald Cherry of Kenahs ville, Douglas Turner of Rose Hill, Mary Vann and Jane Wilklns of Rose Hill, Gwendolyn Blanton of Wallace, Annette Holmes of Bowden and Florrie Currie of Kenansville. Gerald Cherry was recognized as district winner in Tractor Operation. John B. Hatched Of Teachey Takes Life, John Bryant Hatchell, Jr., 32, kil led himself with a shotgun Monday night about 8:30 at the home of his parents on Route 1, Teachey, Duplin i County Coroner Gurman Powell reported. Hatchell, the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Hatchell, was shot with a .12 gauge shotgun. He placed the barrel in his mouth and the load came out his forehead causing instant death. Coroner Powell said he had ruled suicide. Funeral services were held Tues day at 4 p. m. at the Williams Fun eral' Home, with the Rev. K. D. Brown of Burgaw officiating. Burial folibwed in Rock Fish Cemetery. In addition to his parents, he is survived by three brothers, Dur wood of Charlotte, Raeford and Norman E. Hatchell of the home; seven , sisters, Mrs. Naomi Thomp son of Beulavllle, Mrs. Adell Ed wards and Mrs. Ozell Wells of Tea chey, Mrs. Bertie Starnes of Mon roe, Mrs. Nina Baker of Rose Hill, Mrs. Mary Catherine Finch of Wil mington; his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Hattie Dail ot Goldsboro. Divide Donbleheader Kenansville high boys and girls basketeers split their first game of the season on the home court here Tuesday night. They played Dixon school from Onslow County. The lo cal boys won 57 to 43 and the girls lost 33-32. Dinner Meeting The Duplin County School Im provement Committee, along with the county Board of Education, school principals, school committee men and visitors, will hold its first meeting in the Kenansville school cafeteria Tuesday evening at 6:30. Winter ; Weather , Old Man Winter struck hard for mid-fall season in Duplin this week. Sunday night saw the thermometer In, this area drop to 27 degrees.. We (ailed to set ou- the-mometer Tues. day night but it undoubtedly drop ped as low or lower. Also Wednes day morning about 2:30 saw -fie first snow faUV Snow fell generally for a few minutes all over Duplin, When the sun came up some snow could " be seen '. on rooftops, trees and autos. This morning found un usually heavy frost, i Fall Color 'Natures artists is going at full stride these days at trees and plants are taking on their autumn hues. It .is a delight to get out and ride through the countryside., Quite a contrast from driving the day af ter Hurricane Haiel. Last weekend ' (Conilnaea1 On Back Page) Brim Big Celebration Is Planned; John D. Larkins Is Main Speaker; Big Parade; Beauty Contest V - V Miss Gretchen Fussell will rep resent Rose Hill High School at the Armistice Celebration in Warsaw on November 11. Miss Fussell is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Fussell of Rose Hill and is a member of the junior class. Day November 5 World Community Day will be celebrated on Friday, November 5th. In Kenansville the program will be held at the Methodist church at 7:30 p. m. and every one Is in vited and encouraged to attend. -""O God, "we- -thank" The ,tot the assurance that this is' Thy World. We want to live positive lives, working toward the fulfillment of the vision of peace which great prophets of all ages have seen. Keep us from the frustrations of limited faith in the ultimate victory of love over hate, of. peace over war, of right over might" World Community Day, Novem ber 5, 1954, must be a culminating point, as we give money and materi al for relief in many parts of the world and for the Christian Wo man's Action Program for Peace, It mould also be an occasion when we try to arouse in our communi ties a deeper determination to bring peace to the world. Clothes for little children, blank ets, sheets, for refugees as well as emnants for homeless women to make into clothes are part of the "Parcels for Peace" project. Your gifts will go to Palestine, Germany, Korea, Greece, Hong Kong, Italy and France. Customers' Bills To Hazel-lnfernipted Telephone Service ; If your telephone service was knocked out by Hurricane Hazel, Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company is going to make adjust ments in your telephone bill to compensate for the service you did not receive. This was disclosed today by J. R. Fowler, district commercial man ager for the company.' Working every possible hour, em ployees of the telephone company, with assistance from other compan ies, were able to restore many tele phones in a very short time. By Oc NOTICE The Duplin County Sanitation officer urge . all personal who plan to handle or sell foods, dur ing the Armistice Day celebration, to contact the . Duplin County Health Department, before plans are made. Failure to comply, will result In the elosing of food booths. Revival Services , Gum Branch Church Rev. Ben Carlyle will begin a two weeks revival at Gum Branch Free Will Holiness Church, 3 miles North ot Beulaville, on Sunday night, No vember 7th at 7 o'clock. Everyone is Invited to attend these services. Waiting for a ' lucky ; break wouldn't be bad policy if pay days weren't so uncertain. It would appear that the family tree ot some confidence men must be a slippery elm. , , I t : The workman who is thrifty at home seldom wastes his employers time or material ' 1 C v f r. Miss Dorothy Raynor is repre senting Beulaville High School in the American Legion Beauty con test in Warsaw Thursday, Novem ber 11. Miss Raynor is the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Hayes Raynor of Beulaville ,and is a member of the Sophomore class. H DD Achievement Day Tour Of Homes Achievement Day for the Home Demonstration Clubs ot Duplin County was held on Friday, Octo ber 29 in the form of a Tour of the homes of the Scott's Store Community. The homes opened for the day were: Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Kelly, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Waller, Mr. nd .Mrs. Emmett Herring,. Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Blizzard, Mr. and Mrs. William Waller and Mr. and Mrs. Tipp Scott. The tour began with devotionals at the Alum Springs Baptist church and from there they toured two homes in the morning. Then picnic lunch was served at the Communi ty Building. And in the afternoon 'he other four homes and an Uphol itery Shop were toured. During the lunch hour awards were made to twelve members for five years perfect attendance; Bible Reading County Awards were a warded to 21 members; Advanced Reading Certificates (State award) were given to 1; Reading Certifi cates for State award were given to ten members. The women of the county were most enthusiastic in their reports of the tour. The homes were beau tiful and the color harmony was beyond compare. Be Credited For tober 26, better than 90 of the estimated 30,000 Carolina company telephones put out of order by the storm were back in service. "We particularly appreciate the public patience and understanding f shown the company during the em ergency," the district manager said. A note is being enclosed in the billings of all telephone subscribers informing them that they will be credited on forthcoming bills for the time their telephone was out of order. Warsaw Pastor Last Service Sunday Rev. I. T. Poole of Benson, has been appointed pastor of the War saw Methodist charge as announced by,Bishop Paul Garber in the read ing of the appointments at the close of the annual session of the N, C. conference of the Methodist church es Sunday October 31 at the Eden ton Street Methodist church in Ra leigh. Rev. Carlton F. Hlrschl has been appointed to the Benson charge. Rev. Hirschl will occupy the pul pit at the Warsaw 11 a. m. worship service and at, Turkey for the ev ening service it 7:S0. ' The ministers and their families will move , Wedensday, November 10. llotice The Warsaw P.' T. A. will sel' Griffins barbecue at the school caf eteria on Veterans Day immediately after . the : parade. Plates will be $1.00. Both barbecued pig and Chick en will be sold. - - '-- Warsaw Legionnaires are plan ning a record community-wide ob servance of America's first Veter an's Day on November 11. High lighting the celebration will be a colorful parade, which will include Military Units consisting of Com pany M of the NCNG which is In Warsaw, 1 Infantry Company from Fort Bragg and also a Military Band and Color Guard from Fort Bragg. Other Bands which will march in the parade are: Mount Olive High School Band, Granger High School Band and last but not least the Warsaw High School Band which is newly organized and under a new director, Mr. Bodie. Many lovely and colorful floats are expected to be in the parade and the contestants In the Beauty Contest for Miss Post 127 for 1955 are also expected to be in the parade as usual. All business es or organizations wishing to en ter floats are asked to contact Mr. Woodrow Blackburn of Warsaw. State Senator John D. Larkins of Trenton will be the principal speak er. Announcement of the plans " to make the first Veteran's Day a noteworthy event in this communi ty' was made today by Mitchell Britt. Commander of the wnanes k. Gavin Post No. 127 of the Ameri can Legion of Warsaw. At the same time Commander Britt issued an invitation to all local organizations, schools and churches to join ac tively to make the observance of the first annual Veteran's Day a historic and stirringly patriotic oc casion. By action of the 83rd Congress and at the request of the Ameri Democrats Win Local Election; Sheriff Miller John A. Johnson Guest Speaker At Rotary Meeting John A. Johnson, fire chief of Warsaw Fire Department stressed every phase of fire prevention when he was guest speaker at the Warsaw Rotary Club st their Thursday din ner meeting. H. F. Lee introduced Mr. Johnson. Mr. Johnson said that every eighty seconds a fire is started in the United States and that in War saw alone that some $6,240 was the total damages wrought by fires dur ing the past year. A. M. Benton, president, presided over the business session. Visitors of the day were: James Rhodes, city manager of Clinton, W. B. McGowan of the Carolina Power and Light Co. of Wilmington and John Meechin and Wilson Lew is of Mt Olive. Duplin Methodist Appointments Duplin Methodist Churches were included into the new Goldsboro District by the North Carolina Meth odist Conference last week. All lo cal ministers except Warsaw and Wallace were returned. Goldsboro District Superintendent is Rev. H M. McLamb. The following assignments were made: . Duplin Circuit, Kenansville, Mag. nolia, , Unity, Friendship and Wes-t ley, Rev. J. G. White, second year; Faison, Rev. Harold D. Minor, sec ond year; Wallace, Mt Olive cir uit, including Bethel in Duplin, Rev. Paul R. Maness; Pink Hill, Woodland, Rev. J. R. Regan; Rose Hill, Rev Chas. E. Vale, second year; Seven Springs, Rev. Earl Ty son; Wallace, Rev. W. D. Cavlness, new; Warsaw, Rev. I. T. Poole, new coming from 'Benson, Mr, Mirschl went to Benson. ' Two Arrested On . Liquor Charge . v Gertrude and - Richard Bagden (colored) .of Kenansville Township were ' arrested; oy Deputy W. O. Houston Saturday, afternoon with two halt gallons and one jar which contents had been disposed of non taxpaid whiskey. They were charg ed with possession ot noh tax paid whiskey and ) released under $300 bond to appear ' In County Court Monday, Nov. 8. ' - can Legion With the support' of all other, veteran's organizations, 'No'' vember 11 of each year has been ', set aside officially as Veteran's. ' Day. It was formerly observed as; . Armistice Day and Armistice Day has been observed in Warsaw for 33 years with Post 127 sponsoring; the celebration. In re designating . November 11 as Veteran's Day, the Congress urged that it be made an , annual occasion throughout Amer-, ica for the honoring of the veterans of all American wars. President Eisenhower promptly signed the bill -and urged the first observance of,, Veteran's Day be made a memor able event throughout the land. "Let us make the first observance . of Veteran s Day in Warsaw an un-' forgettable demonstration of A-; mericanism,." Commander Britt urged. "Make this first annual ob servance a measure of our com munity's appreciation of the gal lant sacrifices of all American pat riots who fought for America from Valley Forge to Heartbreak Ridge , in Korea. Let us decorate our streets, fly the Stars and Striper . from every home and business place- ; and join in a huge parade." - A football game between Clinton and Warsaw Junior Varsity teams will be played in the afternoon onj November 11, at Warsaw and thenv the big dance' and beauty contest at the high school gym that night will' make the celebration last. all day; and into the night. A gopd carnival , will be in Warsaw all the week- . from November 8 through the- 13 on Saturday and will offer varied" ; entertainment all the week with,, good clean fun for all ages, And National Duplin County voters went to thes polls. Tuesday 3538 strong and voted ' for iocal and state officers. Sheriff. Ralph Miller lead the vote with 3253 votes and J. D. Grady and Per ry Smith were low with two write in votes each. Perry received two for sheriff and Grady received one each for Board of Education and justice of the peace. "f. Total votes were: for the candidates- R. V. Wells, D, Clerk of Court, 3178, E. P. Best, R, 280; Ralph Mil ler, Sheriff, R, 3253, Perry Smith, D, 2, H. B. Kornegay, R, 283; Grady Mercer, D, Judge General County Court, 3192; David N. Henderson,. D, Solicitor General County Court,. 3067; Wm. Dallas Herring, D, Board of Education, 3075, J. D. Grady, R 1; Garland Kennedy, D, Coroner; 3054, B. F. Brinkley, R, 298L Commissioners, Democrats, Lott Kornegay, 304; Emmett Kelly, 3014; -Leon Brown, 3018; J. B. Stroud, SOBjc . A. C. Hall, 3027; Republicans, Law rence Kelly, 300; C. L. Quinn, 306;r, W. F. Brlce, 290; A. Lamer;, 73. Kelly Hall and Brown were eieoted 1 for four year terms and Stroud audi Kornegay for two year terms.' : County officials will take office the first Monday in December. In the state races, W. Kerr Scott led the ticket. Returns were as foU lows; . jj ' Kerr Scott, D, 3195, Paul C. West R, 295 for U. S. Senate; U. S. Sen ator Sam J. Ervin 3081, no Republi can opponent; Insurance Commissi . sioners, Chas. F. Gold, D, 3085, Fred Frlck. R, 279; treasurer. Edwin Gar, D, 3097, Rex Morton, R, 289; Com-' missioner of Labor, D, Frank Crane 3076, no opposition; Chief Justice Supreme Court, M. V. Barnhill, D; 3068, Buford T. Henderson, R, 282r Judge Henry L. Stevens, D, tor Judge Superior Court, 3137; Con--' gressman Graham A. Barden tor' Congress, D, 3136, Christine P. OoV om, 273. i Constitutional ammendments; no?' 1 for 1336, against 817; 2 for 1403j- ' against 317; 3 for 1257, against 770 ' 4-4or 1349. against 728; 6 for 1353.;!' ; against 622. . .. , , ,ij ' It will be interesting to note that! Democrats took every i office ii Sampson County for the first time in 54 years and the state of Oregon ' ': elected a Democratic U. S. Senator' -for the first time in over 40 years.. , On the national "anen ! nnhn day the "Democrats had captured , , we U.S. senate by a slight major-- . ity and had won the national House , of Representatives by a comfortable . majority and will organize the two bodies in the next congress. Graham. ' A. Barden will return to his form-, er place as chairman of the com mittee on Education and Labor. 4 V ) v x J s V - i. -St - 4 V , ' 1 ( v 4 1