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I , - .'. And Live" , J T-Wn 111 J 'h 12 Pcr;b$ ' " tt v; M Practice If t 1 m IS v VOLUME XXII ' 18. KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA" THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1955. SUBSCRIPTION BATES: 9M per lew in DnpUn had i joinwJVAj tKlCiS TEN CUNTS , "V TanntlMt t4M outside thte ares In ft. C.i S5.W onUride . ,4 4 : i ( 1 - ' f!i.'k"- ' , " ' . - - Phil Kref ch, Ed-Stricliiand And iLE. Latham Unopposed For Mayor OfTovns; Many N? w Commissioners i Duplin Cpunty towns elected new officials jin elections held through--outjthe County Ttotfdasi'-Ms'-'V-'si j.r In Kenansville, fhn Ktetscn, urt" r,.' Opposed for ftm officii of imsyor, - Will begin official ,ervlnth at the V-' lirst meeting! ift- June, ,' , k-fclt-v. -iTonr incumbent! -were re-elected ' ,. itt th Boar They -toe: lQ.Jack f -' on, ,113; J,0; Stokes, 110; Haioh v Brown, 106 and W. M. Ingram, 94. Joe Quinn, a newcomer in the political field is the, fifttt,inenibr ot the Board, polllnff'M votes.--- Ivey Bowiirlceiyed . 48 and ' John Ball '5f votes'. ..-y--'il. "BobiGrady, mayor lor the last two years, did not seek re- election. - : V. ' In Warsaw, J. Ed Strickland wa r also unopposed for mayor. C: S. Best,,, incumbent mayor, did tjot file for re-election': ' ' :?-'; - D. J. KiVenbark, Z90 votes; san. ford Packer, "270; and H. Tinn Xee, 281 were incumbents to be re-elected to the Board of 'Commissioners.' ' ' J. . d Page, a newcomer, " , polled 289 votes, one less than the high vote-getter, and W, E. Bartlett, 213, . r round out the five man board. -Elbert L. Mathls, received' .193 votes. A. O. Williams, a Negro can didate and the onlv one ever to run for a public office in "Warsaw, received nine votes. -- : A total of 312 persons voted in the election. ' H. E. Latham, who has served two previous terms as Mayor ot Hose Hill, was upopposed for the office. Homer C. Brown led the field of Lenoir, Greene Coumieit Void Annual fM&tteet The Lenoir and Greene Counties " The entertaining skits were open. Future Homemakers of America ed with Deep Run members ex from 10 sohools met in their jnnual plaining the objectives of FHA. meeting Friday atv Cliffs ot the Moss Hill Chapter emphasized va Neuse State Park,;- near Seven r:ety singing. LaGrange's girls did Springs. Officers for the 1955-56 a ''can-can" danee. Snow Hill con fiscal year" were elected. ,tributd hilarious skit Two reei- stonburs and Snow Hill schools in . Greene County? Moss HilL , Pink HilL Deep Run, LaGrange, South wood, Contentnea and Wheat dwamp in Lenoir County. After 'gistration the various units gave dividual skits and . programs. Miss Joan Parker of Walstonburg, retiring president, presided. The Deep Run Chapter present ed the devotional program. The group sang "Onward Christian Sol- diers" as the opening hymn. Jo anne Jones recited "If Jesus Came To Your House?" and Elizabeth Smith gave -the ' scripture reading. The FHA Prayer Song concluded the devotional feature. Miss Parker installed the new officers, who are as follows: Anne Ball of Moss Hill, president Fran- ees Aldridge of Wheat Swamp, vice-president; Eva Herring of La Grange, secretary; Faye Moore of Snow Hill, treasurer; Oaynell Wil- x liams of Southwood, reporter; - JTannie . Lou Tavlor of Deen Run parliamentarian; Gloria J. Pierce of Pink Hill, historian; Janice Mooring of Maury, social chair man, and Betty Lou Rogers of Wal stonburg, recreation chairman. Retiring officers included Miss i Joan Parker ot Maury, Elaine 'Stroud of Mom Hill, Mrs. Joyce Murphy: of .: Pink Hill, Maiiorie Taylor . of Southwood. Peggy Efird "i. - of Wheat Swamp, Nola Ann Murphy Taylor of Deep Run. , - ? . Josef Adler of New Yoik City will Judge the new National Piano Guild -..'Cental' ij; Warsaw5 ' May i I7th' and .18th. ' , Mr ;W.' 3. Mld'dleton, it of Warsaw is chairman for this New Cerrter,"';,f L s Josef Adler was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and attended the University . of Cincinnati and h fconaeryatory-( Music," He baa studied with his brother Qarence Adler and later in Berlin, Germany with Josef Lheviiine. Othe out break of World War I he refvrned to the United States and led In New York. 'He has devoted his-time to teaching, accompaning, and. playing solo, at times with vsrfoas "artists on tolir I$"J926, 'Adler . toured Japan playing as'so-o recitals. Some ofdhe artists with whom he has appeared arei! Eugene YavellJhel Piast-o, WlUemWUlikl, Hans . Klndlejf,- Boris HatfiboufA Friedericb Schorr! Horace Britt," and hosts of , others." , C x " " The NaUonal Guild Auditions will be held In the Ladies Parlor of ! the Warsaw Presbyterian Church. , ' ' . , - ' Raekley's' Music Store in Warsaw will furnish the plana for the ( auditions. , , ' ' ' ""' PHIL KEETSCH ' I Kenans vllle's New Mayor '. i six candidates for the Board with 56 votes. 1 B. B. Longest 53; L. Clayton Her ring, 52, Samuel Cavehaugh, 48; and Harvey Braddy, 46 round out the Board selections. - Cavenaugh and Braddy were in cumbents. . 'WW U' i were offered by the' Soutnwoou Chapter. The maanins) of the .FHA emblem was the theme for Pink Hill's girls. A simulated car-driving skit was offered by the Maury girls. "Heaps and Highlights" and "Them Bones Gohna Rise Again" were rendered by Walstonburg's girls. Wheat Swamp's Chapter of fered an unusually funny skit and all the numbers were well - receiv- ed. Robert Carr Introduces Bill Enlarge Beulaville Mr. Robert Grady North Carolina . Dear Bob: Enclosed herewith you will find a copy of the proposed bill to extend the City limits of the Town . ot Beulaville. The Town Board has re quested that I introduce this bill, but I do not care to introduce same if there are any objections from any person or persons which will be affected by this bill. Therefore, will you please run , this in your, paper .asking the people of Beula - . (Continued en Back) -., ; ED STRICKLAND Warsaw's New Mayor Rhodes Young, member of the present Board was low man with 44. Sheriff's Officers Make Raids And Find Whiskey In mass raids Saturday afternoon, Duplin. Co..ty Sheriffs Depart ment arrested four Duplin citizens whiskey'' for the purpose of sale. Eight officers were on the raids,, ' Mary Lamb, Negro, forotha Ma- noua.aecuon.WM caugnt wiin one quan 01 wnisaey aamraay aiier- noon. She is free under $200 bond. Sunny Brice and hi wife, of near Rose Hill, were arrested for pos sessing one-half, gallon of.lllegal whiskey oh "Saturday" afternoon. Both are free under $200 bond. Saturday night '.James Henry Ev erette, was arrested for possessing a pint of whiskey in Albertson Town ship. He is also free under $200 bond. All will be heard" in the next term of Court. Roger Hill Gets Settlement From Automobile Wreck A Superior Court jury in Kln ston, last Thursday,, ordered John Wylie Lee and Marion B. Rouse to pay the sum ot $2500 to Roger Pat Hill, of Pink Hill, in settlement of n claim fori damages resulting from an automobile accident late in De cember of last year. . ; The young men, .are students A State College. They were returning to the College from Fayetkh-ille when the accident occurred. i; Hill suffered a broken ankle- nd m tarn f era! months. He is son of li iaMp County Commissioner WhltforsvHlll and Mrs. Hill. Rev. Lauren Sharpe Speaks At F.H.A. And F.F.A. Meeting ' "First we must learn to get along with ourselves, when we come to the point that we can understand ourselves we have a purpose ,in life. We mst have a purpose be'ore we can have International Good Wiir, thus sted Rev. Lauren Shame when he spoke on Interna tional Good Will at the Father - Son Mother Daughter supper on Fri day evening of .last Week at the Kenansville High School lunch room,- ,"We can understand life when we learn to share with , each other and understand the scope of all of our living. When we have learned to understand ourselves we seek the better in other folks. These are the things in life that promote International Good Will, if we put up a solid fortress of loving and nnderstanding." Miss Barbara Mitchell, president of Kenansville FHA presided at the meeting and invited the. guests to enjoy, . delicious supper... After the supper, the meeting was open ed with group singing: of "Ameri ca" after which Rev, Sharpe gave his inspiring talk on International Good Will. ' - Mr. 'i Blizzard, local Agricultural Instructor, then showed many in te resting slides taken when he was in service in Korea. The meeting marked another successful year of FHA and FFA work in the Kenans ville School. " - ' ' .... ."M ', " ' .V 1 ' i Tobacco Variety Demonstrations Are Set Up In Duplin For Farmers' Benefit Tho.Tobacno Variety Demonstra tions;, havi, been set up in Duplin County fpr,', observation this year, according, to Vernon H. Reynolds, Duplin, Farm Agent. ' . t pnV hundred plants of nine dh- Wreptcvanewes nave oeen pianusu inl,y(dentical demonstrations on die fapftur, of Earl Smith, Pink HO, Bov S; and R, H. Lanier, near Beu lavillei ..' -iyttV .' Reynolds reports that all varieties being tested '' black shank resis tant vwjth the.txception of Virginia jtJOiOVvThe Virginia Gold is being planned, to chek the disease in the lancf VJh which .the demonstration is 'helfigronduntiiS! v. cJolreir's IsAVand 139. out for pub- lia ''Consumption for the first time Bl Grady Cub Pack Holds Monthly Pack Meeting; May Plans Are Made B. Fi Grady: Pack 40, held its I Plans for May include the Pack monthly Pack Meeting April 28. x D V r-A,, Ck.l To open the program, presided Over by Cubmaster N. A. Morrison, parents and Cubs gathered around the Flag and1 recited the Pledge of Allegiance tto the1 United States Flag', after which the group sang "America the Beautiful." All Cubs remained around the Flag and read the Conservation Pledge. The group sang "America. ' Skits were given by the B. F. Grady Den and the Outlaw's Bridge Den, after which , the Cubs told of t.heir visit to the Calypso Veneer Plant Awards were made by Cubmaster Morrison. North Carolina NO BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY TOLL Like all State and Federal high ways, bridges and ferries in North Carolina, the Blue Ridge Parkway will continue free of tolls this year. The Parkway is now open, with several links of Federal highways bridging uncompleted portions, from the Great Smoky Mountains in N. C fn the Shenandoah National Park ..in Virginia. , WTI FLOWER TOUR Joyce Kilmer Memorial forest. ? 8ut acre 'naturalist's poiMlse" in lth,:thWfc ot North jCarolina'alNan.- tanu WattoIlBI ForMti Will tm the setting for the first annual Joyce GOVERNOR OPENS Governor Hodges presents to Glenn Bailey, manager of the Carolina General Hospital in Wilson, president of the North Carolina Hospital 1 Association, an official statement designating May 8-14 as North Carolina Hospital Week. Looking on, left to right, are P. Frank Hanes, of Winston-Salem, president of the Hospital Saving Association, of Chapel HilL,' and B. R. Roberts, of Durham, president of the Hospital Care Association, of Durham. The Blue Cross hospital service plan's 25th anniversary is the theme of this year's Hospital Week program. r'fsKW-'f 'V,'. " . Duplin GAneral Hospital joins the othe member hospitals of (he North Carolina Hospital Association in cel ebrating North Carolina Hospital Week from May 8th to May 14th This year the Hospital Week with a salute to the Blue Cross on its 25th Anniversary; . ; Almost three hundred years ago, the' first , hospital was established in what was to become the united States, Two hundred and seventy five years later saw the birth" of the hospitals' . companion ' and , service arm:- Blue Cross. Originally, it was an agreement between a group of Dallas school teachers and Baylor University Hospital, whereby the teachers paid so much a month into, a., common pool which was 'then drawn' upon to pay hospital bills tor them at neccessary. - 's. c -'The basic Idea hasn't changed to -.the past twenty - five years. Ad. cording to figures reTeased by the BlUf! Cross-Commission in Chicago, the national coordinating agency for Blue Croaf Plans, some 47 mil lion people in America, Canada arid. Puerto Rico 'now belong to Blue Cross. Every eight seconds last year, this year, is in the demonstration. Both vriet es are black shank and Granville Wilt resistant. Golden Gem 711, put out of Bis sette's Seed So., is black shank re sistant. Dixie Bright, 101, which has been on the market for about five years, is also being shown. Four new and unnamed varieties are' being tested through coopera tion with the North Carolina State College Experiment Station. Reynolds says some of these va rities may be released next year. Bv numbers the tobaccos are: 30441, 20414, 30065, and 30074. Farmers in Duplin and surround ing counties are invited to visit the demonstration reas throughout the snmmer, Reynolds said. Meeting at Maxwell' Mill, Legion 1 tli. A "fir-.lie Thnmn Hut. A "Circus Theme" will be fol I lowed. Each Den is to prepare a fea ture attraction, feat of skill, homo made game, and a "Circus Band" and play. The Pack meeting is schedu'.d for June 2. A trip to the State Museum, in Raleigh, is planned for May 31. The group will leave Miss Sallie Outlaw's home at 8 a.m. Lunches will be taken and eaten in the Ra leigh Park. Entire Cub families will camp out Saturday, May 28 at Kure's Beach They will leave 3. F. Grady school at 1 p. m. Refreshments were served After l the final business was disposed of. Travel Notes Kilmer Forest Wildflower Festival Tobacco Speoilirt t'om State Col May 15 to 22. The Festival, planned . lege will -conduct the demonstra te acquaint visitors with the prim eval beauty of Joyce Kilmer Forest while the spring wildflowers are at the height of their bloom, is not n conventional celebration but a se rtes of nature study walks through the forest trails. The walks will be conducted bv Dr. A. J. Sharp, head ot the botany department at the University of Tennessee. Head quarters will be at Snowbird Lodge, near Robbinsville, North Carolina, where Dr. Sharp will give informal evening, talks illustrated with color slides .at flowers in Joyce Kilmef forest , HOSPITAL WEEK a Blue Cross member entered the hospital The total bill for hospi talization of these members came to $837 million. In North Carolina, Blue Cross paid its share of these bills for hos pitalized citizens. This is a signi ficant factor in the economics of the state's hospitals. The increased beds, improved . ; facilities and modern methods of treatment now available to North Carolinians would mean very little unless people could pay for them ag needed Nor could the hospital continue to' operate unless their services were within finan cial reach of the people. Blue Cross provides the necessary Jink. . - It is fitting, therefore, ; that , the North : .Carolina. . Hospital- Associa tion has combined its- observation ot Hospital Week., with .a, salut:to the Blue Crqstjsn its 25th Anniver, T extend. 4m Bahalf of the Board of jTrusteas of Duplin General Hos pital, -a cordial invitation to all citizens. of the County to visit the hospital during Hospital Week to observe our modern facility and the service that it renders to the pub lic. ; ft ; '.ft' -r "1 Demonstration On Tobacco Scheduled Friday In Duplin A tobacco irrigation demon?' tion will be held on the Aaron Wil liams farm, Friday, at 2 p.m., ac cording to Vernon H. Reynolds, Du plin Farm Agent. Williams' farm is located three miles from Chinquapin and four miles from Beulaville on N. C. High way 41. R. R. Bennett. Extension Tobacco Specialist from N. C. State College, v.'ill conduct the demonstration. Some of the things to be demon strated will be water holding cap acity of the soils, water penetration and water loss. "loDaccu irrigation is new in North Carolina and farmers who plan to irrigate will need to know as much as possible about when to apply water, how much to aDDly and how fist to apply it," Rey nolds said. All farmers who plan to irrigate their tobacco and all other interest ed person sare urged to attend the demonstration. Irrigation Demonstration Is Set For Fri. By V. H. RFYNOLDS County Agent A tobacco, irrigation demonstra tion will be held on Aaron Wil liams' Farm on Friday, May 6, at 2 00 p.m. Mr. Williams' farm is on Highway N. C. 41.. 3 miles from Chinquapin, and 4 miles from Beu laville. Mr. R. R. Bennett, Extension tion. Some of the things to be de monstrated will be water holaiup capacity of soils, water penetration and water loss. Tobacco irrigation is new in North Carolina and farmers who plan to irrigate will need to know as much as possible about when to apply water, how much to apply and how fast to apply it. All farmers who plan to irrigate their tobacco and all other interested farmers are urg ed to attend this demonstration. Commencement Begins Here On Friday Night Kenansville White School will be gin its commencement program Friday night. May 8, at 8 o'clock with the annual Class Day exer cises. Mrs. Martha G. Brinson, sen ior sponsor, Mrs. Pearl C. McGow n. Mrs. Fay Q. Williams and her junior class are helping with the program. On Sunday, Mav 8. at 3 n. m., in "ie school auditorium. Dr. Ben Rose, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Wilmington, will preach the baccalaureate sermon. Graduation will be Wednesday, May 11,-at 8 p. m. with Rev. Lauren R. Sharpe, preacher and teacher, delivering the commencement ad dress. Diplqmas, and special a wards will be presented. Dianne Stokes will speak the valedictory address. Just prior to 8 p.m. the students in grade 8 will receive certificate; of promotion to high school. Mrs, Caveriaugh Dies; Husband Is Stricken Also Mrs. Rovene Quinn CavenauRh, wife of A. L. Cavenaugh of Warsaw, Hied early Monday morning in the Hospital' at Virginia Beach after suffering a heart attack a few hours earlier. She is the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Owen Quinn of Beula ville. Funeral services were held Tues day afternoon at 3:00 o'clock from the Warsaw Presbyterian Church by Rev. Norman Flowers. Burial was in Plnecrest Cemetery there. She is survived by her husband, one daughter, Mrs. Jimmie Kitchin ol Virginia Beach, two grand child ren. Three sisters Mrs. J. S. Miller of New Bern, Mrs. J. O." Miller of Kinston and Mrs. Lula Quinn Parker of Beulaville and a number of neic es and nephews. .Returning home from Virginia Beach Mr. Cavenaugh suffered a coronary heart attack' in Murphrees boro. No doctor was in town. A Baptist preacher rushed him to Ahoskie, the nearest hospital, where he is now. Dr. Ewers, of Warsaw, went to see him Wednesday after noon. He will stay lit the Ahoskie hospital, a week-'orrten day. JDr. Ewer said, -:"n4 -then" will ' be broosMlo Kenansville or carried to th hospital; at Virginia Beach. Dr. Ewerr -said fits -condition seemed fairly good. Mr. Cavenaugh Is in his early sixties. , Bad luck usually pursues the per son with had habits. v ' It usually makes a man hot un der the collar when be gets frozen out ,ot good deal. MlSlp STOKES Miss Stckes, Seventeen ye'd daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Oliver Stokes of Kenansville, won 'fil, State Finals Forestry Essay Contest held at Duke University last week. . Miss Stokes is valedictorian of the Kenansville Senior cla .Dyirng'hipr four years in high school she has received the medal catfryear for the highest scholastic average in Kenansville. She plans tc .attend Meredith College next year. Dr. Olio SiMaltbews To Head Duplin County 1956 Dr. Otto S. MatthcWAVi ;ar&w?' W( was re-elected presldewU-j plin Counter -Tuberculosis -Associa tion when the, board of directors met Tuesday, April 28th ; at Uhe Health Department, in Kenansville.. Other "officer's for the' coming year are: Mrs. Addis Cates, vice presi dent; Dr. Robert Willis, secretary and Garland King, treasurer.. '' ' Mrs. William Craven who has been the Executive Secretary for the past three years had previous ly submitted her resignation; it was Negro Woman Is Being Held For Faison $b'n Frances Gause, 33 Negro woman from Virginia, is being held by Du plin County Sheriff's Department without bond for the shooting of a. Fowler Negro, near Faison, Monday around 6:30 p.m. Sheriff Ralph Miller said today that Fowler is in a Clinton Hospii tal in "critical condition" after, be ing shot in the stomach by Gause with a .12 gauge shotgun. Gause, from Virginia, was at Faisov when the accident occurred. Sheriff Miller said that Gause de veloped appendicitus while in the Kenansville jail and was removed to the Duplin General Hospital for' an operation Tuesday. She is charged with "assault with deadly weapon with intent to, kill." Investigation into the shooting Is continuing. The initial arrest was made by Deputy Murray Byrd. FISH LUCK --i" Brad Minshew, JO year old son of Mr. and , Mrs. Belton Minshew, of Warsaw..went fishing tor the first time and 'land ed a two pound 13 and onealf ounce fish. The fish measured .18 inches in length. : The catcMwa made in Milton West's Pond, bear Warsaw last Saturday.' . r - - "1 . 't , uiosis Association accepted at this time and Mrs. BUI Tayio.of Warsaw wasjairuL.as toe rw JCxecutlve secretary. Mrs. Taylor attended East Carolina Col lege,! Duke University Nursing School and worked for two years as a'.reaneer research technician at Duke Hospital. , During the business meeting, Dr. Powers gave a report on funds en trusted to him for medicine; Mrs. Ruby Kornegay, 1955 Seal Sale Chairman, reported that a total gross receipts for 1955 were $1267.50 and Mrs. William Craven report ed on activities and financial ex penditures of the Association for 1955. Ed Molene, field secretary for the North Carolina Tuberculosis Asso ciation, talked briefly on Tubercu losis work. After which a movie on the diag nosis and treatment of tuberculosis was shown and refreshments served. Magnolia Closing Is Announced Speaker Listed Dr. Samuel H. Holden, president of Loulsburg College, will deliver the commencement address at Mag nolia High School on Thursday, May JJCMvSS. VMr, Ben F. Phllbeck, Pastor of th'nlti Rantifit Church will nrPAfh the Baccalaureate Sermon on May t , at 11:10. . On May 8, 1955, at 8:00 o'clock fhe seniors will present Alma Ma ter's Children as their class-day play.. The seniors participating are: Ozella Jordon, Ann Rich, Oneal Chestnutt, Marie Watson, Henrietta Tucker, Shirley Boone, Billy Ray Lanier, Earl Baker, Alton Bishop, - Mrs. Andrew Patterson Attended the District College of ' Beauty1 Knowledge held at the Cherry Ho tel In Wilson, last week end. Classes were under the direction of leading I hair stylist and cosmetologist ; . WAV' fAS' HP
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