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With heavy court here most of the time and traffic on highways 11 and 24 growing it has become; necessary to attempt to control 'the traffic and parking problems. Tirougji he cooperation of State Highway Patrol man Hester and the Highway Department, parking lines have been painted; "no parking" signs placed; the Post Office street is, off parking limit except for a few minutes in front of the Post Office. The hospital double 'drive Tias'been designated one way. Drive in on the Tight in front and coming out in front" drive to the left. At the intersection of highways 21 and 11 a stop sign lias been placed in the center Caution and speed limit signs have been placed on all highways leading into town through the residential area. ': r We would like to remind the merchants on, "Rut- ledge'Street, that is the block from Holt-Simmons to the court house, that an alley Has been provided hehind the rstores for the purpose o'f trucks, unloading. Flease ask the truck drivers to use this alley and:relieve the congestion in front of your stores. Also parallel parking in the block must be observed. The public is asked to take cognizance of the factj that the street behind the Court House has heen desig- nated as one-side of street parking and please observe r it There is a vacant lot behind the drug store that may be used for parking but please park orderly. Speed "and parking laws will be enforced. The cooperation of everyone is asked. J. R Grady, Mayor, The Town Board and the State Highway Patrol MUSIC IS. INSPIRATION BvJ.R-Gradv On Thursday night, January 2Tfh, theTtose TTill Music Club will present Ralph Sheltro,faniousT)iaTjlst, f in a concert at the Rose Hill Theatre. Pianist Shelton - ia Tmt,n T.irArnri:J uoettrAmtt to Mrs. L.. A. Wilson, he surpasses . JLaUCiatC. SJJe ymyo, uaaan,u, ccufvtcxiv wu modern music. He will literally bring you oiit of your This programis being spqtoore4by.theJj?:Qub " to raise money to purchase a piano for the community i7UUVUUK m mmmmmv - O W , by Shelton and it will be delivered the aay'he arrives for ' the concert. Music, eood music, is always inspiring and relaxing. Mr. Shelton has played in Rose Hill before and the Times recommends this concert to the music loving puD' lie. " ' . .. i , , . ' i i " , " i j m. niww vut,"rvWPMt ?yy r ivfff - " ' f ' -C ;(; f.f- x. ''s ;EULAVILLE'S NEW FIRE TRUCK, and firemen. Reading left to right, front row: Herman Gore, Frank Thomas, Thomas Kennedy, Lloyd Rhodes, Char lie Sandlin, York Lanier, Cecil Miller, Asst. fire chief and Andrew Jackson, fire chief. Back row: I. J. Sandlin, Jr., Horace Brinson, Roland Thomas, George C. Lanier, Rev.' Walter Goodman, Ransom Smith, John Thomas and Leland Grady. 0 euloviue fire Den artsuent Duplin General Hospital mm . - m mrm nn new vmcers, met s Tree Planting Is Set For Duplin 4-H Boys, Girls The first Tree Planting Contest ever to be held in Duplin County is underway. Ed Simpson, assistant Farm Agent, said today that $150 of prize money has been offered by W. H. Hall, pulpwbod dealer of Rose. Hill, for the boys and girls who have the best forest project during 1955. Carolina Pulp and -Paper Co., Ply mouth, is giving free of any charge, up to 5,000 loblplly pines for trans planting. Simpson emphasized that not only are 4-H boys eligible, but also girls. There have been some application from girls, but more are encouraged to enter the contest Gels 0ft To A The Beuiayffle Fire Department was organized July 1954. It con sists of the following twenty-two members. Chief, Andrew Jackson, KAsst. Chief, Cecil Miller, Walter Goodman, L J. Sandlin, Jr., Frank Thomas, Horace Brlnaoiv : Rolln Thomas, Herman Gore, Leland Gra dy, John Thomas, Carl Hornet Lloyd Rhodes, York Lanier, George C. Lanier. Ransom Smith, Thomas. Kennedy, Temple Hill, Perry Wil liams, Mervine Whaley, Clinton Campbell, William G. Jones, Jr Charlea Sandlin.- , The Fire Department has answer ed leveralWOUr priorrt6'tteatTtvtt of the truck and equipment on Dee ember 19, 1954. The truck is Ford F7S0 chassis with American-La-France equipment, a 600 gallon tank two booster reels using 800-pound pressure fog system, a 500 gallon per minute volume pump which will feed two 800 feet 2 1-2 inch lines with a sufficient supply of wat- 1.. .:: er. The, truck carries low xeei mt- 2 U tab base, 400 set of 1 M inch hese as well as chemical -tinguisherrfor various types of fire. The Fire Department has siren signal system lor the town conaect- ed wfth telqpbtme service. .j The Department has b e en -in- s trusted by an engineer from the American-La-France Corporation In the i ultthe truck and hose. ! la the event of fire, the .'BoulsvUle. Ore Department's telephone 3umv kers are listed as Day 3734 and XH-1; Night W-l and 2804, -m Tor an out-of-town tire there -will be a" minimum charge of $2S except in dlty limits of neighboring towns, "The 'BeulBville Fire department would like to thank the Various towns which has rendered services on xaUs to Beulaville, especially "Kenansville, Warsaw and' Pink IHUI, We stand ready to answer 'any 'of your calls in the future. Ys R. Blackmore GoesTolResf THERE IS ALWAYS TOMORROW The following letter was received by the Times re eentlv and thousands of other businesses. I liked the town. It was signed by J. W. Wilson Newman, president of Dun & Bradstreet, Inc., a financial rating organiza-; tion in New York.-rJ. R. Grady, the letter: v ' "Fellow Member of the Business Community "There's no subject as fascinating to you and to me as the future, whether it be tomorrow, the next day or next year. Where do we go from here, in this era of atomic power? "Well, let's be sensible about it. We have to live our lives one day at a time. The world has always had crisis, and the path of civilization upward is a staircase of crisis piled on crisis. Mankind faced a new and des tructive force when gunpowder was introducea six Hun dred vears aeo. but in our generation of world conflicts, the harnessed muscles of dynamite have created far . more wealth in industry than the fury of bombs can ever destroy. "Printers' ink can be explosive, too, especially when it gives shape and impulse to a new idea. Five hundred years ago the printing press was feared as an instrument of evil which would incite the minds -and emotions of men. The printed word has served good and evil, and caused many social and political upheavals, but no one will deny, its major benefits to the progress of mankind. "The future is ours- to command if we are willing , to accept the discipline and responsibility of leadership. "We can do. nothing about the past, and the present is a 1 r . I Al T J,,n4. irrnll nrioi nnuisfa wm sii i vhv i.i i h 1 1 1 1 1 I At 1 1 1 . ils. ual aa wen - Iks " . " - j 1 ' : that we don't have the eyes of, the prophet, because .there is always the "excitement and speculation to urge us onward. ' ; ; "The immediate future has its problems, economic as well as atomic. ? "it v ..; - ; , .Businessmen at tbe beginning of 1954vwere warn ed of a sales slump ahead and a possible recession. They met the situation with energy, imagination and faith, j? and 1954 after a slow start', became a reasonably good 1 vear. 'Emotions are contagious and upset logical think- ; ing.. Fear begets greater anxiety and often stampedes men into confusion and wrong decisions. " Businessmen like to talk about tomorrow's prospects. I swap Opinions wlU aoauuiatca ?;vcijr 1111x11115, cuisa wiv tAvuuuv 1 1 -1....1 - T T, rinM mnn - VkATtrATrAt Tbt1-s!. fair AO counsel with himself and the facts available as -they v apply to Ws problems, and makes individual decisions , instead of following blindly a trend. "Despite tninoi spurts or lags on the sales; fronts 'business activity. reflects the rugged anatomy, of the 1 nation.4 Population Increase must ,of necessity step up the demands for-edibles, durables and wearables .of every description. Sure, selling may be a little tougher (Continued On Back f age) Rose Hill Music Club To Sponsor Ralph Sheldon J RALPH SHELDON Church Holds Meeting At Bethel The ladies of the Calypso Church attended a joint meeting at Be thel Thursday evening. The Mis sion Book "Man and 'God in the City" was taught by Mrs. Nor bert Wilson of Mt Olive. Km Luther Miller Kallsville Dies Luther Carr Miller, 59, died at his home near Hallsville at 1 p.m. Sun day. Funeral services were held from the home at 2:30 p.m. Tues day with the Rev. Walter H. Good man officiating. Burial was in the Hallsville Presbyterian Church cemetery. Surviving with his wife, the former Bessie Smith, are six sons, W. J. Gordon, Cecil A. and De witt, all of Beulaville, Grover C of Norfolk, and Leo B. Miller of the Navy now in Hawaii; hia mother, Mrs. Julia Miller, two brothers, Coy D. and William Bland Miller and one sister, Mrs. Neal Smith, all of Beulaville; and seven grandchildren. In co-operation with the Finer Carolina Program, the Rose Hill Music, Club, set as its goal the plac ing of a new piano in the local com munity house. This plan will be come a'-reality next week and the Club Wilf present Ralph Sheldon, dynamic pianist of Stanford, Conn., in concert st the Rose Hill Theatre for the "benefit of the Club. A graduate of the JuilHard Grad uate School and having-studied in Europe, Mr.' Sheldon made his Town Hall debut in 1947. He is remem bered mosi pleasantly by those who heard him : play while he was in servicer and stationed at Ft Bragg, during WorliJ War II. Since then he has' made several concert tours in the United States and Canada. He Jfl.a personality as well as "Virtuoso pianist and performs with brilliance, . imagination ifd poetic feeling. " The concert will' be presented t the Rose Hill Theatre at eight ? clock, the evening of January 27th, 1935. Admission will be seventy five cents and one dollar per person. Tickets may be purchased at the door from any member of the Rose Rill Music Club or from Dennis Ramsey, owner of the theatre..! i A reception honoring sir. and Mrs. Sheldon will be held in the Com munity House Immediately follow ing the concert and the new piano will be on display at this time. The public is invited. ,i County Council Of tD To Meet Here January 11 The Duplin County Home Dem onstration County Council will hold a meeting January 27, 2:30 p.m., in the Agriculture Building in Ken ansville. Miss Mae Hager, assistant County Home Agent, is urging all Council members to be present. , The meeting is being called to make plans for the district Home Demonstration affair to be called In the spring. The district is made up of Sampson, Duplin and Cumber land Counties. A representative of the Farm Soc ial Security will be at the meeting to discuss the new program as '.is be ing put into effect in 1955. W. B. BXACKMOBK W. R. (Capt. Willie) Blackmore, 77, died Thursday afternoon, Jan 13th in Sampson Memorial Hospi tal in Clinton. He was a retired farmer and served as justice of the peace In Duplin County for a per iod of 50 years before retiring in 1950. He was the son of the late L F. and Mary Alice Best Blackmore. On October IS, 1907 he was mar ried to the former Janie Salisbury of Timmonsville, S. C. He was a life long member of the Warsaw Metho dist Church. Capt. Willie spent his life in the community In which be was born and grew up in and where he was a leading citizen. He was held in high esteem and loved by the peo ple. He loved the people of all ages, classes and races. He was interest ed in the welfare of the people of the community and DUPLIN COUN TY. His mind was alert to listen to the complaints of the troubled, and rejoiced in the progress of the people. Capt. Willie was ready to lend a helping hand when needed, and ex tend helpful advice when asked. In his later years, he spent much of his time on' his front porch where he could speak to the people as they passed, and he never failed. Capt. .Willie was a loyal Democrat, yet (Continued . On Back) Duplin County Is Organizing Duplin 4-H Rec. Program The first Duplin County Rec reational Training School for 4-H club members and adult leaders was held in Kenansville at the Agri culture Building Tuesday night. Miss Mae Hager, assistant Home Agent and Ed Simpson, assistant Farm Agent, said the purpose of the school is to encourage 4-H boys and girls and leaders in the county to develop recreational programs in local 4-H Clubs and communities throughout the county. , A second reason for the program is to set up an organization through which a 4-H Club County Council can be "organized. '- ' A County Council would consist of all officers of all local clubs in Duplin. Those attending Tuesday's meeting were officers ot the Clubs and leaders. Approximately 55 per sons attended. Also attending were 4-H members enrolled in the Rural Arts and Recreational project for 1955. If the 4-H County Council ma terializes, it will be designed to help plan the County program, and set policy. "We want to have a program each year that will satisfy the desire of the 4-H Club members and we can do this through havu tbem In on planning meetings," Miss, Hager said. Cage Standing Complete Basketball standings of the Duplin County White schools as of Monday the 17 January. This in cludes all games played through Friday night the 14 January Girls B. F. Grady Calypso Wallace Chinquapin Rose Hill Beulaville Faison Kenansville Magnolia Warsaw Boys Rose Hill Beulaville Warsaw Won 7 7 7 5 5 4 4 4 1 0 Won 8 7 a Lost 2 3 2 4 4 4 5 5 Lost 1 1 2 Pet .777 .777 .777 .555 .555 .500 .444 .444 .111 .000 Pet card Elects off For 1955 The annual meeting of the Duplin General Hospital Board of Trustees, was held Tuesday' night in Ken ansville. Officers for the 1955-56 fiscal year were elected. Lee Brown, ot War saw, was re-elected chairman. Rose Hill' F W. McGowen, secretary; Kenansville; J. O. Stokes, treasur er, Kenansville. The Executive Committee is com posed of: Lee Brown, F. W. Mc Gowen, E. E. Kelly, Mount Olive, RFD; J. O. Stokes and J. R Grady, Kenansville. Members of the Finance Commit tee' Lee Brown, J. O. Stokes, trov er Rhodes, Pink Hill; C. C. Ivey. Mount Olive, RFD. Members of Auditing uommiuee. Ralph Barwick, Magnolia; v. . Williams, Rose Hill; and Rodolph Simmons, Albertson. The new by-laws, presented by the Medical Staff, were approvea. The Medical Staff for the Hospi tal was re-elected: Members are Dr. F. L. Norris, Dr. C. F. Hawes, Dr. Paul Bolin, Dr. E. P. Ewers, Dr. John B. Robinson, Dr. George P. Matthews, Dr. Dean Hundley, Jr., Dr. Otto S. Matthews, Dr. Grey Bryan Kornegay, Dr. John A. Par rott Dr. Donald W. Glascock, Dr. Robert F. Willis, Dr. J. W. Strong, Dr. J. S. Blair, Jr., Dr. Hunter Heath. Dr. Parrdtt will serve as resident ..n At nresent he resides in Kinston. He is to move to Kenans ville soon. Kenansville Wallace Calypso Chinquapin Magnolia Faison .875 .750 "Twit; Clifls Of Meuse Attendance Given Attendance at Cliffs ot the Neuse State Park, near Seven Springs, was 327 during the week ending Janu ary 16. Largest attendance for one day was Sunday, January 16, when 244 visited the Park. Oigasjlsss in "int i T :tw th nast week were:' State Collesjs; Recreation Facilities Class, Raleigh; Explorer Scout Post No. 8, Boy Scouts of America, Wilson; snd Young People's Legion, Salvation. Army, Kinston. March Of Dimes "The March of Dimes driv got underway early in January and to date we aTe very concerned that Duplin County -wfll not reach, last year's total of $8,082.89," David "Hen derson, chairman of Duplin's 10110 Drive, reported today. "Added ef forts from now until the end of the month must be made if "Duplin is to go over the top," he added. "We are very encouraged as unso licited contributions are received as from Adoram Baptist Uiurch and English-Brown Post No. 9161 Vet erans of Foreign Wars," "he stated, "which convinces us that all people of Duplin County are interested in this drive and will even make con tributions through church and civic organizations voluntarily."' Henderson said that "'all com munity chairmen are urgtd to com plete their fund raising projects and solicitations as soon as possible." 10 Months Old Child Burns ToDeath In Beautancus Community Friday 4 8 .444 5 6 JS3 3 8 .333 2 7 222 1 8 .111 mmy,mwmim lymur..vr ,tp.f ff ' '"'? v if'-- i , V -a. - . By CsMn Porter (in the Mount Olive Tribune) . mother fought futilely to rescue her infant daughter from a burn ing dwelling in the Beautancus sec tion at noon Friday, and 10-month old' Peggy Jean McArthur perished in the blaze. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.' Ray McArthur, Volunteer firemen from the Ca lypso and Mount Olive departments arrived too late to save either the child or the building. The charred body was dug from the debris aft er firemen had sprayed water : on the smoldering rubble sufficiently to cool it for retrieving. i f i ' Mrs. James Miller, who lived Just across the road from the McArthur home, owned by Maurice King, said Mrs. McArthur had come to her house to return sn iron'., bor rowed earlier t h a t morning and was at, the Miller home when the blaze was first spotted. Mr. Mc Arthur, an employee of the Wayne Construction and Engineering com pany was away from home at work at the time. Mr. Miller, who with Mrs. Mc Arthur raced to the burning build ing, said the mother attempted to enter the building, but was re strained by him. In attempting to battle her way into the room where the child was left sleeping, Mrs. McArthur sustained .burns ot the face and arms. . Mr.' Miller said he, too, tried o enter the building from another entrance .but . that the fire had spread to other rooms, denying him admittance. As it was, neigh bors managed to save a few house hold items from the kitchen.' Neighbors Indicated the fire ap parently started In the room where the Infant lay sleeping. Mrs. Mc Arthur, the Millers said, seported she had put the baby 'to bed Just before leaving the house to return the iron.' The blaze was first noticed by Mrs." Miller, who told firenrcn in vestigating the fire that she was talking on the telephone when Mrs. McArthur came in and when she had finished her telephone conver sation something told her to go to the door. Mrs. MeArthur, she said, had lingered to watch a television program, but had not been in the house more than five minutes when the blaze was spotted. . Funeral services were held Sat urday afternoon at the home of the Mrs. Henry King of near Mount Olive, with the Rev. Kenneth Cart er, Free Will Baptist minister of Goldsboro, officiating. Burial was in the King family cemetery in the Smith Chapel community. : Surviving are the parents; a brother, Ray Douglas; a sister, Dor is; the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Burnell McArthur of route 2, and the maternal grandparents. OUTSTANDING YOUNG MAN TITLE IS AWARDED AT SAN ANTONIO The Distinguished Service Award1 which is the highest sward given to a young man between the age of 21 and 35 for his service to the community during the past year Was bestowed on Alois Hoi lings worth, Friday. Ail leading civic organizations in San Antonio were given the op portunity f participating in this contest. HoIUngsworth was nominated by the Jaycees, Jaycee-Ettes, Chamber of Commerce, Council of Presi dents, snd South Texas Chamber of Commerce and was selected by the unanlmoss decision of the Judging board composed of the following leading citizens: O. P. SchnabeL chairman, L. C. Robalin, Virgil Wilson, Dr. George Mssue and Gny Bonham. A Bronze Plaque will be awarded to HoIUngsworth st a special meeting In the near future. For the past year, Holllngsworth has served as president of the Jaycees, currently one of the largest and most active Jaycee Organizations In the nation. The winner also serves on the . board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce, Council of Presidents, ; Boys' Clubs of San Antonio, Fiesta San Jacinto Association, snd Bexar County Tuberculosis Association. r. 1 , . Be Is member of Brahaa Lodge No. 226 and Ban Antenie Consistory ; Rite Masons S2 degree. He Is associated with the sales department f' Employers Csjmatty Co., and Texas Employers Vti Assn. ' '-' -; Alois Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hollingswerth of KestaarrUle. ;
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