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Th. Rpd Cross ' Disaster Relie!
operations which has been conduc-
. ted in Duplin County ior the past
"two weeks, closed Friday night
: Nov. 12 1954 Vith a meeting of an
advisory committee, made up of
. representatives. The meeting was
held In the chapter office at Kenan
aville. The committee reviewed the
' findings ' of the chapter In J Jhe
ten applications - for : assistance, -which
had been received.
The chapter executive secretary
Mrs. N. B. OBoney has been assisted
by Mrs. Marjorle Penick front the.
National Red Cross Disaster re
serve staff. This committee, referr
ed to above, approve awards for
Cclypso legion Post
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; Calypso Post No. 874 of the A
nierlcan Legion In Raleigh. v
' membership quota fos 1955 accord
lng to InformaUon received here
from State Headquarters of the A
' xnerican eLglon in Raleigh.-.
Norwood Brogden, -Commander of
the Post, has received a letter from
' the Legion Adjutant, Nash McKee,
expressing thanks to the member
ship chairman, all Post officers, and
workers for their effort "
.. Rev. Milton B. Faust, of Salls-
i bury. Department Commander of
4he American Legion, Issued a state
ment of high praise for the local
post.-?..,;,, . . .'";V:'.'r-
Faust said, "I am proud to con.
atulat the officers and members
t Vg.-Kh.,XH. P notable
Achievement. All of the programs
' nd service of the Legion are made
. possible through dues paid for mem.
e berghip- and we appreciate f the
' great part played by Post No. 874
of Calypso. Sincere thanks to every
! member of the post who had a part
in the membership work." ,i -The
quota of Post No. 374 is 89
and the membership for 1955 to
date is 40. Quotas are assigned each
post by the State Headquarters
and are based on the average mem
bership of the? posf for the past four
'".years. .- . - . ''''' . .
. "Ws do not Intend to stop our
membership drive now that we have
reached our quota," Post Command
! r Brogden'1 said. "There are many
5 more eligible veterans who have
not yet Joined our post and we in
- vite them all to become members."
NOTICE
We are asking aU advertisers
and correspondents to please have
copy in this office, not later than
Tuesday moniinf. News and ads
which reach as laser than the
above date will not be published,
v We are doing this In order that
the staff may have Thanksgiving
; holidays off. Oar paper will ran
: an regular schedule the following
. week. We tnank yon tor yonr co
operation. The Editor,
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' . Tuscarora Council Camporee Boy Scouts, was held.
. in Kenansville this weekend. The program was line dux
attendance was disappointing. ;
r-- . On this page pictures will show a little df what
' - took place. Scout officers, pitched in and did their job.
' ' The boys in attendance pitched in and did their job but
Kenansville and Duplin County parents failed to mea-
" sure up. ' ' ' ''.,"-, 1 " .
Rv. J. G. White preached to the boys Sunday
; , , morning and, admonished them that the future of. tnis
country and the world depends on, to a large extent, the
' training of our Boy Scouts.
f jt to what you want to if you wantao Daa enougn ana
s1. Jet your goals right "Mr. White was right in this.-If we
; "want to maintain ti' posterity and heritage our fore
fathers have left ijs ve muft train our children to ao a
better job than yre $aye done. It's easy to think about
r these things built takes hard work to bring, the future
. - about..
. Duplin is not doing its job where the future of our
: younger generation is concerned. They can't be, just
." left, tQ the churches, schools or social organiaztions;
The parents have got to take a firmer hand in disciplin
V ing themselves and think ftmgs through. If we do this
we can pass on to our children something of what we
have hoped our parents passed on to us. Nice words and
phraseaoligy sound good but actions speak. Where we
go tomorrow depends on where, we, today,; think we
want to go. , t
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Rebuilding and repa,ir of buildings
recently ' damaged in Hurricane
Hazet Eight .famlies will be given
financial assistance toatalllng $1968
.27. Theses-awards were outright
gifts otherwise known as ; grants
to ; disaster victims, having vbeen
donated by the American people
in voluntary : contributions "to the
American Rsd Xross. "- .
Over the "past 71 years 'the Red
Cross has carried out approximate
ly 4800 disaster operations in this
country. The American Bed Cross
is the agent of. the people- of the
United States in bringing to those
in need in such a time as Duplin
ana ' other nearby counties in this
area' have experienced, recently.-
UQu.
Colonel Frank M..Hosterman of
Fort Bragg, - along with Senator
John Larkins of Trenton, was
feature v speaker at the . Warsaw
Veterans .Day Celebration.
" We would like to publish his en
tire speech but space won't allow.
The general theme of his talk was
patriotism, defense and America's
role In the world today.
: Fort Bragg has generously co
operated with Warsaw in Armistice
Celebrations in the past and the
people of Warsaw and Duplin Coun
ty 'deeply appreciate the attitude of
Fort Bragg-officials.
Senator Larkins in his character-
Istic manner expounded on the
great county of Duplin,' the great
state, of North Carolina and the
great Democratic party,;
P Senator 7 Larkins , is : almost a
grandson of Duplin as his step
mother was the daughter of the late
Mr. Lib Cooper of KenansvUte.
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KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, Thursday, November 18, 1954
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BOY SCOUTS AT WORSHIP, Sunday morning, hearing Rev. J. G. White, Kenans
ville Methodist minister. Mr. White gave one of the most inspiring talks ever
heard by the Tuscarora group. , (Photo By Bob Grady)
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THE BOY SCOUTS AT PtiAYTduring the Tuscarora
last weeicena, wnere approximaxeiy iw ocouis pamcipaiea- jrnoio oy xmo uiaay )
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BOY SCOUTS AT WORK. Tuscarora Council comprising Wayne, -Duplin, Samp
son and Johnston counties. The boys were working Saturday' afternoon in their
camporee routine. (Photo By Bob Grady)
Parading Through Warsaw
By MART TAYLOR
The sun is bright and the sky is forms. The Warsaw Jaycees span
clear blue with an occasional float- sored a float boosting local recrea
lng cloud. People by the hundreds I tion they had a decorated float
are lining' trie streets 01 Warsaw
some we know some we've seen
before and some who make only
one trior to Warsaw Der vear..
There's a carnival In town with
side shows, ..rides, stand barkers
and 7 all that n stuff going at full
blast ; What's up you might know
Its the gala events that go along
with Veterans Day in Warsaw.; (I
would be saying Armistice but my
six year old son Informed me that
Congress changed Armistice to Vet
erans Day). ' . 'l .
"Are - they coming,. Mommie", :"I
do wish they would hurry", "I want
to see the soldiers and .bands,"
echoed all the kids In the .crowd.
And at last here ; it . comes right
down the middle Of Railroad Street
' Number one Is Finn Lee driving
the American Lesion beauty queen,
Miss. Carol Burgess, of Kenansville
and just behind is a wonderful Air
borne band from' Fort Bragg blar
ing forth with good ole inarching
music for a, company ;of marching
paratroopers, Next comes a rsview
of 82nd Airborne;" trucks and can
nons with the Kington S tailings Air
Base ' boys ' behind them bearing
flags. What's thlsT A parade of ma-'
jorettes. and1 a band no one seems
to know where they hail from. Here
comes our own National Guard led
by Capt Hank Merrltt followed by
the squad of guards.-1 .saw among
them H. C. Allen, Linwood West,
Milton Smith, and Bobby Lanier. I
mess I should have seen more but
thev look different In their uni-
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topped with a gym set with Susan
'Brown, Billy and Buddy Fountain
see-sawing and swinging. The Wal
lace Band with fheir pretty major
ettes -came next with the Warsaw
Cub Scouts close behind., The' only
two cubs I recognized were Lee
West : and Jerry Albertson. Here
comes a beauty V. A. Standi driv
ing a convert topped with his lovely
daughter,' Barbara, .decked out in
a gorgeous blue ' evening 'gown.
(This : float was sponored by the
Warsaw Lions Club). The Amerl.
can Legion Float symbolized the un
known soldier's grave. The Mount
Olive High School Band was swing
lng high, Then we had a preview
of Carolina Power, and Light trucks
and the two Warsaw Fire trucks-
one my Billy was on and I couldn't
see the driver for looking at Billy
and the other was' driven by Fire
Chief : Andy Johnsonj . The FCX
Store displayed a farm applicator
and then came Warsaw's Home
coming . Queeni Joanna Flowers,
perched on top of George Henry's
The Warsaw Hardware Company
advertising 80 years of service Sed
their float to recognize the Warsaw
Boy Scouts. R-T. A.- officers fol
lowed and thing's were moving so
fast at this point the only two of
ficers I spotted were Emma Godwin
and, Ruby Beasley. Next came a
procession of 1955 cars Fords, Olds,
Oevys and mora Chevya even one
Cbevy. "Mae's big oil tanker
floated by about then with Jimmy
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Camporee held ixt Kenansville J
God bold hanging on. The big mo
ment for all of us was the marching
and playing of the WHS band. A
funny clown advertising Hine's
Sporting Goods 'milled around all
before, during and after. Bands,
cars, and stuff were going by so
fast I couldn't keep up anymore ex-
ccept for a good look at Betty Mo-
zlngo, another beauty Roger Phil
lips her driver stalled right in front
of where I was standing. Last but
arot least tame the WHS Cheerlead
ers yelling their hearts out.
1 rushed out to the reviewing
stand got there just as the review,
era started off the stand so Tm sure
I missed some but. did see Lydia
and Gene Thompson, D. J. Riven-
bark, Clara and Mitchell Britt, Riv
ers Johnson, Sr., Helen Lee and
Henry Stevens, EX . , ,
: The Airborne Band, the speak-.
era and the crowd gathered at the
American Legion Hut to hear John
Larkhis, .State Democratic' Chair,
man from Trenton and CoL Frank
Hofterman of Fort Bragg speak. .
, The Jaycees won the parade con.
te-UiC!;;. .... . ....
' vAfter. the, parade and speeches
Senator and. Mrs. Mitchell Britt hon.
ored the guests and 'American Leg
ion Officers with a luncheon. All
afternoon -folks ate and just milled
around town and took, advantage of
the carnival and Veterans Night at
the gym there. was a dance with
Johnny Wooten of Kins ton furnish
ing .the .music. fifiX.';??;?'
Just prior to the dance Miss Llb-
by Kenan; of Wallace wa chosen'
5954 American Legion Queen with
lisa Marjorle Jones of Kenansville
taking second' place and Miss Gwen
dolyn , Fussell of Rose, H1U, ...third
place. : '-iy'vf-i::t'i' '''.a " ;
Yes, veterans Day In warsaw-
1954 as always was gala event for
old and young alike.
' ' SVBSCRIFTION RATES: 93JSt per Tear ta Duplin and adjoinbif
Counties: M M outside this area ta N. C; 15.00 eaWde N. C. .-.f
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MISS GRETCHEN FUSSELl. third
place winner of the Beauty Contest
held in Warsaw November 11. Miss
Fussell is a member of Rose Hill
High School and is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Fussell.
Funeral Sunday
M. V. Orr Dies;
Marion Vance Orr, 74 of Warsaw
died unexpectedly Saturday morn
ing in the Wayne Memorial Hos
pital in Goldsboro. He was born
In Pender County, the son of the
late Francis Marion Orr and A
menda Lewis Orr. He had worked
for the Atlantic Coast Line Rail
road Company for 54 years, hav
ing retired on Feb. 4, 1950. He was
an active member of the Warsaw
Presbyterian Church, was serving
as an elder at the time of his death
and was a member of Warsaw Ma
sonic Lodge 677 and was serving
dn the" board of Commissioners ' of
the Town of Warsaw on which he
had served several previous terms.
Funeral services were held Sunday
ifternoon at 3 o'clock from the
Presbyterian Church by the Rev.
Norman Flowers, pastor. Burial was
n Pinecrest Cemetery with Mason
ic graveside rites. He is survived
by two sons, Marion V. Orr, Jr. and
Robert S. Orr, both of Wilmington;
one granddaughter, Mrs. George
Tohnson, with whom he made his
home; three brothers, F. L. Orr of
Burlington, W. F. Orr of Mullins,
S. C, J. F. Orr of Wilmington; three
sisters, Mrs. Hattie B. Overman of
High Point, Mrs. Dora Duke of
Wrigtttsville, Mrs. W. E. Harris of
Wilmington; three grandchildren
and two great-grandchildren. The
body was carried to the church
an hour before the funeral.
Market Report
WILSON Average prices for
most grades of Eastern North Car
olina flue-cured tobacco this week
held about stead, with quotations of
the weeke before Volume of sales
was light reports the Federal-State
Market News Servioe., 'Quality of
marktings was some lbwer.'No sales
were seld .Thursday, November: 11,
in oDservance oi veterans JJay..
Gross sales for the four days a
mounted to 16,400,436 pounds- and
averaged $53.97 per hundred down
53 cents from last week. Sesaon
sales were brought to 502,585,482
pounds for $54.91. Gross sales for
the 1953 crop totaled 479,821,15;
pounds for an average of $57.10.
Around .two-thirds of the grade
averages showed small changes
mostly $1.00 and $2.00 per hundred,
Gains and losses were about equal
"Decreases were more numerous' for
nondescript and lower quality leaf
offerings, while increases occurred
chiefly for better quality grades,
' The percentage of lugs, primings
and nondescript offerings Increased
slightly. Less leaf and smoking leaf
was -sold. , Low and fair quality
marketings made up the bulk of
sales with leaf and lugs predominat
ing. Around 6 of weekly gross sales
were delivered to the Stabilization
Corporation, under, the Government
loan program. Season receipts were
approximately 7.3.
Clinton, .Dunn, Goldsboro, Rober-
sonville, "Washington and Will lam-
ston colsed during the week. Wen
dell closes November 17, Greenville
and Smlthfield the 23rd. On Mon
day, November 15, Greenville be
gins operating with three sets of
buyers. Tuesday, " November . "1 '
Farmville starts operating with one
set : and will close November 1&
The U. S. Crop' Reporting Board
estimated the 1954 -crop production
Of Type 12 tobacco to be 475,950,000
pounds of November 1
same as forecast a month earlier,
Total flue-cured production was in
dicated, as 1,327,871,000 pounds
about' It million pounds under the
estimate otlast month.
MISS MARJOR1E JONES Is the
runner up of Miss Libby Kenan, in
the beauty contest held In Warsaw
November 11. Miss Jones is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe
Jones of Kenansville and is a jun
ior in the Kenansville school.
Demonstration On
Xmas Decorations
On December 4
Mrs. John M.- Nowell of Macon,
Gsw Nationally famous accredited
teachr,' wfflgfvd aT;Beinontration
on Christmas decorations at the
County Court House in Kenansville
on Saturday afternoon, December
4th at 2:00 o'clock. Both men and
women are invited to attend tnis
Demonstration. Mrs. Nowell is be
ing sponsored by the Kenansville
Garden' Club and all proceeds will
be used for the purchase of a Tel
evision set for the Home, for the
Aged in Kenansville. Tickets can
be purchased from any member of
the Kenansville Garden Club. Mail
orders for tickets should be sent to
Mrs. C. B. Guthrie, Sr. Tickets are
$1.00 each. "
Notice
There will be a bake sale at the
Capital Theatre, next Wednesday
morning, November 24. The Sale
will begin at 10:00 a. m. It is being
sponsored by the Kenansville Meth
odist Women.
The man who dreams he is
wealthy and wakes up poor loses
nothing but the sleep.
MISS AMERICAN
MISS LIBBy KENAN,. IT,? was crowned jjueen proceeding the ani.ual
''?.;te.'tt-rMW :6ym;' November 11. Miss Ken n
is the daughter of,r and Mrs, A. Id. Kenan of Wallace ind is a'senior
of that schoot . 1 .' . .)-,.'. , , ,
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THE HAEMONEBRS
' The biggest array of talent ever
to appear on one program will come
to Kenansville Thursday - night.
(Thanksgiving Day) for the Wallyr
Fowler All Nite Sing at the Kenan
Auditorium.
Wally Fowler and the Oak Ridger
Quartet of WSM, Nashville; the In
ternationally famous Chuck Wagon
Gang, of Ft. Worth, Texas; Fred'
C. Maples and the Harmoneers, of
Atlanta, Ga, and the - Broadridge
Quartet, they all will appear on this:
special holiday singing" program' in
Kenansville.
Singing will start 'at.rTSO p.'Hfc.
ad Isat wiU-midniht, ad Wally
Fowler says this will be the biggest
night of gospel and spiritual singing
ever held here. ( -
"We have spared no expense in
making this the biggest of them- air.
and we hope the audience joins ill
with the quartets in making thist
Thanksgiving Night sing one that
long will be remembered," said
Fowler, the All Nite Singing Man.
The Chuck Wagon Gang has just
returned to the South after spend
ing a month in Texas, while the
Oak Ridge Quartet has just return,
ed from a 'triumphant tour of the
north, appearing in Terre Haute.
Indianapolis, Rayton and Akron last,
weekend. -, 14
Turkey Shoof
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The Kenasville Jaycees will holcT
a "Turkey Shoot", this Saturday
November 20 in the field beside
Ku "ledge Cemetery on the Kenan
sville - Beulaville highway' at the'
Kenansville town limit. The "Shoof
will start at 9 A. M. and continue;
on through. the afternoon. Gun
shells will be furnished by the dot.
LEGION POST 127