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Local School Raised $350,106.24 Last Fiscal Year - Shows Increase (Local schools in the county raised . : $350,106.24 from all sources for local ' achool activities last fiscal year as ' per audit that has recently been '.illed. : j The amount of funds raised in ' each' local school was as follows: Whit' Schools: .:. Kenansville, $20, 933.84; Warsaw, $18,485.31; Faison, $13,861.71; Calypso, $14,133.13; B, F. " OMdy , 1rl3.214.92i Beulaville, $37,- -' :-441.99 Potters Hills, $3,244.85 Chin quapin, $33,340.25; Wallace, $45,084,- . '4; Rose Hill; $19,235.23; Magnolia, . ?7,91Q 67; Outlaw's Bridge, $2,359.9 Vj.-I4-.1C.' 5.i A, $1,511.00; Accident to- aurance- Premiums, $17,957.00; Ope- ra. $66550; Total $278,553.32. - vNegro Schools: Kenansville, $3,- 672.50; Warsaw, $14,717.35; Faison, $4,949.63;' Calypso, $2,511.55; Branch, $3,672.45; Beulaville, $87.10; Chin ;l quapltt, $5,450.48; Wallace, $5,627.11; ' Rose Hill, $7,478.24; Magnolia, $4,- 393.72; Little Creek, $691.83; Teach . y, $2,715.01; Charity, $12,594.95; To- tal $71,552.92. ' Disbursements of local funds in t ach school were as follows: White Schools: Kenansville, $20,779.57; Warsaw, $18,382.11; Faison, $12,921. . 23; Calypso, $14,202.73; B. F. Grady,. V $42,08081; Beulaville, $39,219.20; Pot : tert Hill, $3,435.00; Chinquapin, $31,. 709.53; Wallace, $48,384.98; Rose i HilL $18,971.60; Magnolia, $804.71; Outlaw's Bridge, $2,457.14; N. C. E. &--jk? $1,164.84; Accident ; Insurance Telephone Company Arr than nine out of ten of ' the nearly '2,000 long .distance, cir cuits of Carolina Telephone ' and ' Telegraph Company became a part of the nation-wide long distance dialing network on November 21. j This enable the great majority of long distance operators throughout the Carolina company to ring any teleuphone in the United States this is now part of the network by dialing a series of numbers. Acting as fooal points in Eastern Carolina through which most long distance calls are disseminated to - v-.v . U,D 11V I " n a, w - a t T . V. . , x T, i V Jktount, Fayetteville and New, Bern, f Development of this new type long distance service In Eastern V North Carolina has been rapid. In -fj-."" 1951, Carolina Telephone and Tele . graph Company inaugurated its first i operator 'long distance dialing dr. cults between Rocky Mount and v . Richmond, Virginia. , Today, less than four years later, 't : better than 90 of all Us long dis--.! tance circuits have been convert f ' ed and as of November 21 became V " part of the nation-wide network. . At that time, a giant eommunica ' Uons hub, designated as a primary - outlet, was completed by Southern 1 Bell Telephone and Telegraph Com- pany at Charlotte and placed In ser. ' ' . vice to form a communications cen ter that Jinks both North and South 'Carolina with the nafton-wlde long - distance telephone dialing network. Although many exchange throughout the independent Caro- Una company as well as throughout ' - North and 'South Carolina previous- ly were on the nation-wide network ": to a ' limited degree, inauguration of service through the primary out. let at Charlotte greatly extended and enlarged the scope of long dis tance dialing operations. .Operators . In both Carolina states are able to dial literally thouandt of subscrib vers in hundreds of telephone ex- change, all over the nation. Every 1V state in- the natfon has at least one 'telephone exchange which Js part , ' of the network and some .states "?'' have many network exchanges. -Even though you here in- Eastern f "1 crohna may. place a call to fl I point in distant California, r Jp fe that your call will be ;itipleted in matter of minutes ' if you know the number. Your long distance operator will dial the num. ber and intricate and' expensive -1 V ; electronic equipment ,wlll -complete ' the Job. it .' Th:n! A Million The Principal and teachers of the , Kenansville School wish to thank the parents and students of Kenans, ville Township for making, the Har vest Festival such a wonderful sue - i cess. Had it not been fof the con ' trlbutions made by the parents it ' would have been impossible to make as much as they did. Again, thanks to. all the parents, and students. Premiums. $17,922.50; Tournament, $3.50; Total $277,939.55, ' V ..... Negro Schools: Kenansville, $5, 935.01; Warsaw, $14,139.23; .Faison, $4,970 03; Calypso, $2,609.31; Branch, $3,699.49; Beulaville, $39.25; Chin quapin, $5,424.08; Wallace, $5,160.90; Rose Hill, $7,454.76; Magnolia, $4, 131.62; Little Creek, $603.92; Charity, $13,035.64; Teachey, $2,728.72; Total, $09,913.93. The balance on hand of . these funds at the end of the fiscal year, June 30. 1953, for each school, was as follows: White Schools: Kenans ville. $1,478.51; Warsaw, $354.25; Faison, $1,814.73; Calypso, $1,376.60 B. F. Grady, $6,070.47; Beulaville, $1,858 01; Potter's Hill, $108.51; Chinquapin, $4,924.49; Wallace, $5, 322 34; Rose Hill, $793.24; Magnolia, $378.02; Outlaw's Bridge, $54.56; County Tournament, $22.35; Acci dent insurance Premiums, $363.38: N. C. E. A., $378.15; Opera, $1.15; Total, $25,306.77. Nfcgro Schools: Kenansville, $1, 094.66; Warsaw, $978.23; Faison, $2.44;' Calypso, $1.60; Branch, $133. 83; Beulaville, $88.48; Chinquapin, $121.06; Wallace, $608.84; Rose Hill, $110.14; Magnolia, $300.48; Teachey, $118-87; Little Creek, $85.04; Chari ty, $364.55; Total, $4,008.22. Local school funds were deposited in the County Treasury and dis bursed in regular channels as oth er public funds. , 90 On Nation- Warsaw GirL On Television (The following story appeared in The Los Angeles Times, Saturday, October 23. Billie Cook is the daughter of Fred Revelle in Warsaw.);-!, .. By CECIL SMITH It is not easy to tell the saga ot Billie Cook, The entire story is so unlikely that I'm. not sure I would believe a word of it if I hadn't sat opposite her in the Brown Derby and f heard her Say: "Gosh, I've heard about this place, but thlsls the first time I've ever seen it." , Billie is a 23-year-old, dark haired, dark" eyed lass who is as well put together as I imagine it is possible for a female to be. She went to the KRCA (4) studios at Hollywood and Vine last Saturday to see her first television show. She had to be there. She was in it. The show was Best of Hollywood. Billie will be seen tonight in the second show; pf the aeries at 11:15 p. m. ' x ' - j. ' . ."I come from Warsaw; No'(h Ca' lina" says Billie. "Population 1800, I was bo'n there,' grew up there. You know , what a -small . town 'Is like. Two drugstores and one movie. Evebody comes to town, all the fa'mers, on Saturday night and you drive up and down Main t. or sit In one of "the drugstores drlnkin' pokes. "I got'married to a boy from In diana, Robert Page Cook. Met him while he was, attendin' school at State College over at Raleigh. He went In the A'my after school We were at Foat Benning in Gawgia and Foat Lee in- Virginia, Tbea he was assigned to go to Japan, . . That's when' I came out" heah. Three months ago. To see him off to Japia: He a second lieutenant in the Quartermasters.;' ; ; "Furtherest I'd been , iway from home befoah was a trip we took to Florida. I got healf and saw him off and was staying with a an aunt, of !lqtWlp I in,, ,111,11 li.ll i mi I !Ji MHIMiHI.MIW -, , ' l.i v ti : - Jr. Mozart Club Names Officers By: Patricia Harper, Reporter The Junior Mozart Club bf the B. F. Grady School met in the studio Oct. 7, and elected the following officers for this school year: Pres ident , Nell Garner, vice president Carolyn Waller, Sec. and Treasurer Glenda Scott, program chairman and assistants Carolyn Waller, Janice Holt, Melvin Williams and Joan Westbrooks, piano accompanist for the club, Carolyn Waller, rep orter Patricia Harper, assistants, Gail Crady and Betty Lou Waters. The club voted to meet the first week in each month. Pupils are interested and we are looking forward to a successful year In music, ... Duplin Receives March Of Dimes Money A check for $2,000 from March of Dimes headquarters in New York was received here today by the Du plin County Chapter of the National foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Mr. Earlle Sanderson treasurer of thexhapter; saith thock-wcvM help pay the coats of care already provided for polio patients at home or in our local hospitals. "Our Com munity," he said, "is deeply grate ful to everyone whose contribution to the Emergency March of Dimes last August now makes it possible for us to pay our most pressing bills." For several months only token or partial advances were made to chapters requesting March ' of Dimes emergency aid. This was be cause headquarters funds were ex hausted in paying the heavy costs ot patient care while undertaking the new costs of initiating a polio prevention program, Mr. Sanderson Explained. As a result of las summer's em ergency drive some communities are now able to finance their own patient aid programs, and national headquarters resources have been replenished sufficiently to provide short-term assistance to hard-pressed communities. "This March of Dimes aid re lieves the pressure on our chapter for the time being", Mr. Sander son said the chapter is currently providing March of Dimes funds in whole or in part, for the care of patients s.-icken this year, in addi tion to a number of patients who got the disease in previous years. his. Mrs. ilo Cambpbell out on No'th Highland. I liked Hollywood. So I" decided to look around for a Job." , ' V ,V ' In answer; to a question, Billie gazed at me wide-eyed and mur mured, "Smog . What's that?" "Got one. ' Receptionist. - Mercury International ', TV , and Film . Co. Answer the phone, talk - to people. Man came in -Leo Guild (the mas ter of ceremonies on &st of Holly wood), He asked me if I'd be in terested In appearing in television.. Interested? It took me 'bout half a" second to decide.' "We .dldnt have television back in Warsaw and Bob's aunt doesnt own a ae't so 1 knew nothing about it. They gav me a part, doing the commercials, acting, as Leo's assist ant Took some friends to the first show; Got fhera seats in the audU ence and' tola then to hold, my seat til I did my part ; i j v ."Scared? Surt, I was scared. That camera cameson pi and I froze, t "No,' I never' had, any idea about bein' an actress. -Didn't even act in school plays. Never had any such idea when I earn out here. ,'. -p- v ' JZl&y husband's excited. He called me on the telephone from Japan last Saturday before my first Show. I'm excited,, too. But still scared." ABillie was asked -j what she did during the week after she became a television actress She hesitated and. knotted ner brow.- befor an. swering. 'C'-y ' ' v ' r "Well," she saitf, I had to go 'to work every day. Still live with Bob's aunt What , did I do? Gh, yes, Caked a cake. A fruit cake to sen dto Bob for Christmas.' f " Pi rt- r MRS JOHN M. NOWELt of Macon, Ga, Nationally famous accredited " teacher, will 'give1, a Demon stration 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 this Demonstration, Mrs. Nowell is being sponsored by the Kenansville Garden Club and all proceeds will be used tor the pur chase of a Television 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 'M.rs. C. B Guthrie, Sr. Tickets are $1.00 each. The Pilgrims who inauguarted Thanksgiving Day left their homes to make the perilous trip across the Atlantic for more than a piece of land. They risked their lives and wealth to win the right to worship freely to live democratically. It was on these basic principles of liberty that our great nation was founded. It was for . . these principles our forefathers fought so long and so valiantly. We, who are the inheritors of this fine tradition, are faced by a threat now, too. So this Thanksgiving Day, when we sit down to our laden tables to feast and give thanks to a benevolent Lord, let us add a determined resolution to rededicate ourselves to these demo cratic principles. Let us resolve to preserve for our children the very . same freedom our forefathers fought to give us, freedom which has brought us such abundance - " ' - , . THE EDITOR Banquet Held Junior Senior The" Kenansville--, High -School Junior Class entertained the mem bers of the Senior Class at a ban? quet on Saturday evening, Novem ber SO, 1954. The theme for the ban cafeteria, 'was '-"County -Fair'": The quet, which was held in the ajchool cafeteria wasTbeauttfully decorated with streamers and candles, carry ing out the color scheme - of ted, white -and blue.' Arrangements of red roses, the Senior class flower, and red and white crysanthemums, the Junior class flower, were placed tm. the tables. - ' ' . ', 4 Tnir i ''A delicious meal consisting of baked- chicken- with, corn meal dressing , and giblet gravy, mixed beans and corn, tossed salad, rolls, apple pie and ice tea was served to the students, , their dates and the special guests of the evening. - Th. entertainment for, the even ing was provided by members of the student body and the faculty of the school. Aftes- a greeting by the president of the-Junior class, Mar jorie - Jones, and the response by Nancy Alphln, Senior class presi dent, Mr. Z. W. Fraielle, principal of . the Kenansville 'school made some 1 Important , ' announcements. The whole group joined in singing TO Ho. Come to the Fair." Mr. Paul Bodie rendered Latin A- merican piano election. ' Betty In- i.V - 7 gram, comedian for the evening told a story about Herbert, her pet mountain lion. Mr, Bodie and Mr. W. H. Helton played a jazz num ber which -was enjoyed by every one present. Barbara Mitchell gave a reading entitled The Speech." Mr. Paul Blizzard sang "Too Young", (As requested by . the master of ceremonies, none of the girls pre sent swooned or fainted!) Mr.1 Bliz zard was joined by the waitresses in singing several other numbers. The evening was ended by the play ing of favorite jazz pieces of the group.. The pieces were played by a quartet Munich included Mr. Helton at the piano, Mr: Bodie on the vib raphone, and Audrey Alphln and Roth Cavenaugh on the accordion. Organizing AA Group Af Warsaw Proves Successful The organizational and two suc ceeding meetings of the Warsaw group of Alcoholics Anonymous have been highly successful. Officials of i'.ie AAA in Warsaw expressed their deepest apprecia tion for the Interest shown to dale and expressed confidence in pur suing a successful program for the good of the community and sur rounding area. The group met ;ast Tuesday night and the past Tuesday night at its regular meeting quarters over D. H. Carlton's Insurance Agency. Eoth meetings were well attended and interest and spirit good. A'num ber .of visitors from nearby chap ters at Clinton and Wallace was in attendance. The organisational meeting was held on Sunday, November 7th at the Warsaw High School auditori um. Nucleus for the Warsaw group was formed from people who had formerly been members of the Wal lace AA chapter. Vernon S of Rich Square was the principal speaker at the orga nizational meet. (In keeping with the spirit of AA the whole names of members are not published,) Mar vin C of Richlands acted as mas ter of ceremonies. All of Warsaw's ministers had been invited. Rev. Paul Mull of Johnson .Baptist church gave the opening prayer. Following the meeting attended by about 15 people refreshments were served in the AA regular meeting place downtown ovei Carlton's. An open meeting to which the general public is invited is sched uled to be held the last Friday night of each month. The first such meet will be on Friday, November 26th. Everybody is invited to come and to boost the worthwhile motives this organization seeks to promote. Don't Undersell Your Corn Raleigh Don't rush too much corn to market at Harvest Time if you yant your crop to pay for. ltselfSarmers were caution ed to day. Fred R. Keith, Chairman of the State Agricultural and conserva tion Committee and F. C. Hall of the. State ASC office caution farmers that they can do a lot to protect the market for their corn by spreading out their sales thr oughout the marketing year. 'Wo farmer has to lose money on his corn," Hall said. "He can get ready cash under the Govern ment cornloan program and thus carry his crop over the usual low price period of harvest time in stead of dumping it on the mar ket. Or, if he dosn't want to store his corn under loan, He can still have price protection by covering his crop with a purchase agreement. "In either case, .the producer may sell his corn any time he Third Annual Outlook Conference To Be Held In Kenansville, December 3 The Third Annual Outlook Con ference, where latest informatioivon next year's prices for farming and family living will be given, will be held at 9:30 a. m., Friday, December 3, 1954, at the Courthouse in Ken ansville, announces County Agent V. H. Reynolds. . Attending the meeting will be representatives of local farm and home organizations, businessmen and agricultural workers and farm people interested in a "look Into the future". "We believe this con ference will be of benefit to all Duplin County people, says County Agent Reynolds, "and anyone inter ested is cordially invited to meet with us." '. .' , N. C: State College agricultural specialists and home economists will be on hand to present the most up-to-date information available on the factors expected to affect pric es .and outlook for the year ahead. A discussion of the general econom ic outlook for 195S ill be followed by more specific information relat ing to Duplin County farm product .prices and ' anticipated price ' for family living Items. One of the, features of the Outlook Coherence will be an opportunity fop those in attendance to make their best guess of price trend ex pected for each farm commodity next year. . r Tlie- .material available ' at the leetlng will be' helpful in allowing The Third East Carolina Folk Festival will be held in Kinston Nov. 28 and 27. The festival will be under the direction of' Bascom La mar Lunsford, of Turkey Creek, r near Ashe ville. v. :;:. . H. M. Wells, chairman, said per formances will begin each day "at sundown" and end at-ll p. m. It" will be presented from the stage of Grainger High School. The event is sponsored annually by the B. F. Grady Parent-Teacfr-er Association and all proceeds go. toward financing school projects. Among those to be featured this, year is Floyd Smith, of Albertson. He is North Carolina champion fid dle player. George Pegram, a native of tlae North Carolina mountains will be on the show to sing bal lads and other native mountain music and over 40 other groups and individuals. Lunsford is an accomplished American ballad singer and folk lorist. He sings baritone andi plays a violin, banj.0 and guitar. In "Who Is Who In Music", Lunsford's biography says he di rected a group in folklore in a 'command performance" at the White House in 1939 before , the King and Queen of England. He is director of annual Mount lan Dance and Folk Festival, at Asheville; Carolina Folk Festival, Chapel Hill; annual Folk Festival in Kentucky, at Renfro Valley and North Carolina State Fair Folk Festival. In 1935, Lunsford recorded SIS traditional American folk songs which he sang from memory for Dr. George W. Hibbit, of Columbia University. The collection wasr transcribed for the Library ot Congress, and is known as "The Minstrel ofthe Appalachians." " He is author of "Folk Songs of the Southern Mountains" and "It's Fun to Square Dance." 1 m He was born March 21, 188J at Mars Hill, N. C. He attended Camp Academy, in Leicester; Rutherford! College and Trinity College at Dur-, h9m. He also studied at Trinity Law School. wishes." "There's a definite , connection". Hall says, "between heavy market ings and low prices during the im mediately after harvesting, and the purpose of price supports is to help farmers stabilize prices by market ing their crops in an orderly man ner. That helps consumers too by preventing short supplies and high prices later in the year." The corn loan ra'te for the 1954 crop has been anounced at $1.78 per bushel in the State's Commercial corn producing counties and $1.34 per bushel in all other North Car olina counties. This compares with: a support rate of $1.76 per bushel in all North Carolina counties last year. Loans and purchase agree ments will be available to farmers' through February 28, 1955, and wilt mature on demand but not later than July 31, 1955. Further information on the com Price Support Program may be ob tained from the Duplin County ASC Office. , more intelligent planning of Individ, ual farm or business activities for the coming year. Price expectations are important to farmers in decid ing what to produce, and how much to produce. Bus.nessmen supplying; -farmers and their fam.lies are a!so vitally interested in this informs-. ' tion. BAZAAR te BAKE SALE .' On December 4, the Kenan-' ville Garden Club is holding s. bake sale and Bazaar In the 4' Cennty Court House. lVaeeeda at this sale are to be naed to ftnUd picnic tables and beaches at the springs. ' !i - This Bazaar and bake nls wffl be held on the same day that.' Mrs. Nowell will give her dem- ; onstratlon on Chrlainua nMmn-. Uont. - . v , : Notice C ' v l4 The Times some oat early thi week, Wednesday, that th tic force can have Tnanksf ivtng ft". It Is necessary to leave eut some correspondent, important news' and ads. They will appear in next week's paper. s Be thankful for what you have on this Thanksgiving and ask H i Guidance .-for the. troubled years, tojcome. , , , t i r Y