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'- It was pointed out by N. A. A vera,
manager' of the district of lice ot
social security headquarters, that
persons who have been permanently
and totally disabled for a period of
a,t least six months or longer, and
disability Is expected to be ot long
continued and i indefinite duration,
may apply to 'have your earnings
record "frozen." The requirements
are explained below.
' When ' your " earnings record is
frozen, the period in which you are
totally disabled and have low earn
ings or no earnings need not be
counted at all in figuring your av
erage earnings or in figuring the
amount of work you need to be eli
gible for payments. It will be easitr
for you to qualify for benefits, and
the amount of your benefits after
you reach 65 (or the amount of
your family's benefits in case of
your death) will be larger, (The law
does not Drovide cash disability
payments, but protect the old-age
Mid-survivors-insurance rights of
t-disabled people.)
ill you are already receiving oia
ge insurance payments, but you
were totally disabled for an extend
ed period before reaching 65 and
your disability has continued with
out interruption, your benefit may
be refigured to see whether the dis
ability provisions would increase
your benefit amount No benefits
can be increased under this provis
ion before July 10SS.
.- Tb qualify for the disability
freeze, you must have been working
regularly in a Job covered by so
cial security law before you were
Graham Barden Gets
WASHINGTON. June 3 Rep.
Madden (D-Ind.) demanded today
that the national minimum wage
be $1.25 an hour, to help slow down
what he called a flight ot industry
to low wage Southern states.
.Madden, whose district includes
the great industrial concentration
at Gary, said the 90 . cent minimum
proposed by President Eisenhower
Isn't enough to keep up with the
, cost of living. The minimum is now
nts. ..v '
v tangled 'omwntly, in hear.
Uf the House Labor Commlt
th Chairman Barden (D-NC),
site district is largely rural but
includes some textile manufactur
ing. .
Ren. Dollinger (D-NY), from
New York's Bronx, also called for
- a -11.25 an hour minimum. Fur
tber, Dollinger said, coverage should
be nationwide with no exceptions.
Barden retorted sarcastically,
''Let's don't do a halfway Job-
let's give them $10 an hour and
make everybody happy."
Saying there la not enough in
centive ' to work these days, and
f ROBERT M. CARR
"WILDLIFE COMMISSIONER
Robert M. Carr, ot Wallace, and
- Duplin County Representative to the
General Assembly, : has been ap
pointed to the North Carolina, Wild,
lite Commission- by'Governor Luth
er Hodges. Carr replaces Robert
Sadler, of Bavboro. Carr, an' oil
' distributor and former chairman of
the Duplin County School Boara.
has served as president of the Wal
lace Deer Club since 1935. . '
"LET'S SLOW DOWN AND LIVE"
The slogan for North Carolina today is to "Slow
' -wn and Live". As I write ori Monday morning,' two
0)le, including Jim Dw Sandhn, Jr., of Beulaville is
A, and reports here, this .morning" are that, Clifford
' ubnes'f, Beulaville is dead and a Negro, Ernest Britton
; of Seven Springs may be dead.. h-m "J"t u
," Discussing the matter -with; a patrolman he said
he did not know Jor sure but information indcated a
,-'i-speedijbg car-race. The dead areVall under their fortys,
f cPatrolriiari pestef inf opned v iHitJast nigh't hei,
' aloneiiarresed eleii 2 about
' fennv miles ,Ea$ibl in -excess
. of eSes
' hour fc th allowed to
excuse you if you are not exceeding five per cent toler
ance, J Patrolmen arehumans, just Jikg; yoii. andI. but
, - they have a jobtq ictb. If we don t hslow down" theyare
- going to have to arrest all of us to save, bur lfves. TUey
don't want to but it looks as if their job is to save us,
not themselves. Let's "Slow Down and Live" or let the
Devil take the hind quarter.
disabled, and you must have become
totally disablej for work, before
reaching 65. ' . ... v.jw
, 1. You must have been working
regularly in order to have your
earnings "frozen", you must, have
social security credit for both. Five
years ot work out of ten years be
fore you were disabled and . -
One and one half years ot work
out of the three years immediately
before you were disabled.
2. You must be totally disabled
Only a disability severe enough to
keep you from doing any. substan
tial galnfull work, or blindness,
can be considered. The disability
may have been caused by injury,
bodily sickness, or mental illness
anything that can be medically de
termined. ''Alter . you have been
disabled for .six months, if it ap
pears that you will still be disabled
for an indefinite period, then you
may be considered disabled for pur
nose ot the "freeze." f V
It you meet the conditions speci-
tied above, get in touch witn youc
nearest social security office. -:
YouV application to have your
record frozen, it it is made by June
SO, 1957, can fully cover the period
of your total disability back to the
time it started. If application U
made after June 30, 1857, the freeze
can go back no more than one year.
Communications may be address
ed to the Social Security Advisor in
Wilmington or contact M. H. Moore,
Social Security representative at the
Court House on the 1st and 4th
Tuesday of each month.
I
too much reliance on "rocking
chair money" unemployment pay
ments Barden added:
"And along with increasing our
minimum we ought to create a de
sire to work."
.Madden told the committee:
"The economic situation in a great
many ot our Northern states today
has deteriorated by literally thou
sands of industries and factories
moving into states in order to take
advantage of substandard wages."
, Barden asked Madden what he
meant by the South attracting
"runaway industry." Madden re
plied Barden should have read what
Sen. Kennedy (D-Mags) has had to
say about it.
I don't regard Sen. Kennedy a
ah authority on anything, let alone
runaway industry," Barden said.
T. B. CORNER
BY BURY TAYLOR
Executive Secretary
Shortly after I wrote TB Corner
last week I was fnced with the de
cision as what hospital I would like
to so to have an operation.- Gee, I
did not know what to do. I wanted
to support our county hospital but
on the otner nana i man i nu "
Dr. Parrott and had never oeen cn
tne inside of Duplin General Hos
pital but decided to give it a try.
Believe met n is a nospiiai wun
a heart. Everyone from the force
in the business office to the smiling
BOV who serves meals are concernsa
with your welfare. J received such
wonderful nursing care that it
awoke me to the cruel realization
that""!" in my nursing days was a
lnusvWrse. As far as I'm concerned
and speaking as one of his patient!
we are mighty fortunate to have Dr.
John Parrott as surgeon he'a tops.
The whole set up amazed me even
the dieSmah checks to see your
likes and dislikes ana u tne mean
are satisfactory. And you have never
nen such a clean place .Mrs. uau
and her workers keep the entire
hospital spotless.
I'm passing this on to you because
Duplin General is such a credit to
Duplin County that I wanted any
person who might wonder as I did
to know ana to support our nospim.
You even set a chest X-ray. An J
chest X-ray help with early. TB
case findings and early case find
ings are one of the reasons xor tne
TB Association,.': - - :)
J. R.'Grady,i - .' ? v
KENANSVtlXE, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE
Soaal Security
Promoted To Rank
Master Sgt. Milton J. Whaley, a
native of Duplin County has been
promoted to the rank of Warrant
Officer in the United States Air.
Force. Whaley, the brother of Du
plin County Register of Deeds, Mr;.
Christine Williams, re-enlisted in
the Air Force last week for six
years.
For the past year, he has been ser
ving as Recruiting Officer of the
Wilson district. In October, 1954, he
was Recruiter of the Month in East
ern North Carolina.
t ,
During the time he was at Wilson,
Warrant Offioer Whaley recruited
135 per cent of his goal and was rec
ognized as one of the leading dis
tricts for 1954.
He has been transferred to Tampa,
Fla., where he will be Warrant Of
ficer in the Crash Rescue Division.
He has been in the Service fir
19 years and is planning to be a 50-
year service man.
Whaley Is married to the formpr
Ella Taylor, of Warsaw. They have
f"'o children. Tommy, 16; and Betty
15.
Em Told
PRETTY TOBACCO Tobacco In this section appears to be in good condition, as well as corn and
cotton. Here, Henry Carlyle looks at a stalk of tobacco which Ecrl Davis, .left, is tending, near Marvin
Hardison's Store, in Wheat Swamp section.. Davis has 4.8 tobacco allotment. The variety being grown is
Golden Cure. Donald Davis, Earl's Son, is looking on a id learning something about tobacco from the two
men's conversation, (Photo By Barwick.)
Tohacto, Com and Cotton Appear
To Vein
Farmers and laymen alike are
pleased with the growth of this
year's tobacco and corn crop to date.
The general opinion of farmers is
that "we have one of the best corn
crops started in this section that we
have had in a number of years."
Farmers had a difficult time get
ting a good stand of tobacco, but
since transplanting has been com
pleted, two good rains have Caused
the growth to be ideal. Plants are
healthy looking and appear to be
low with broad leaves. Proper am
ounts ef rain is said to be respon
sible for this. . '
Bud worms, however, have al
ready but in their appearance. Dus
ting and spraying has started. The
XX;; HUJStt-Two' persons'
photo) and a 1940 Ford collided head-on Saturday night Th accident occurred at 7:33 p.m. on the Broad
hurst Bridge Road (Highway 111) about eight rnflei southeast ot Goldsboro. James D. Sandlin, SO, driver
of, the Chevrolet was killed almost instantly! ;' Clifford Jonee, a pasenger in the Sandlin oat died in Wayne
H Chvrlet
At Ag Building; To
The first District 27 Confab of
Home Demonstration Clubs wa
held at the Agriculture Building,
Kenansville, Tuesday at noon.
Purpose of the meeting of offic
ers was to get-up a program of work
forVtfW DtsUiet Which wilj be prs-
en ted to tbA1 Counties for approval.
T"f decided to adopt a
Korean orphan, enlisting the help of
international Relations, Citizenship,
Health, Education and Clothing
Leaders to Head the Committee.
This must first be approved by
the entire District Home Demonstra
tion ladles."' ':
In addition, a delegate from the
district is to be sent to the Na
tional Citizenship Meeting, In Wash.
6,000 : Bass Are
Put In Duplin
In accordance with previously ap
proved plans, the Wildlife Resources
Commission has completed stock
ing of 6,009 bass averaging 1 inch
in length, in the waters of Raynor's
Lake. Cleveland Lake and Cypress
Creek. These fish were produced
at the State Fish Hatchery locat
ed near Fayetteville, N. C. District
Game and Fish Protector John O.
Edwards directed the release of the
fish.
The Wildlife Resources Commis
sion points out that the coopera
tive effort of all those interested m
the State's fish and game resources
will be required to bring about bet
;?r fishing, the favorite outdoor rec-
leatlon of so many Americans. "
A,
tobacco, horn worm is expected to
hit the area in the near tuture.
Plans, are being made tor advance
dusting and spraying with poisons
to prevent excessive damage.
Tobacco Worm "catchers" have
been instated in some sections by
individual farmers hoping to catch
the ' tobacco -flies before they can
lay ''eggs tot. hatching and develop
ing of worms,
If is pointed out that cold nights
and not too warm days has increas
ed the possibility of tobacco blos
soming out earlier than is healthy
to produce high quality tobacco.
However, for , the past few days,
temperatures tat the high BO's has
helped the situation considerably.
Good Condition Jo Date
were killed i hs V result ot Injuries received when a 1955 Chevrolet left
9, 1955.
vmmwmi
Adopf Orphan
bj(?ton, D. C.
Those present were Mrs. W.
McLamb, Garland; Mrs. M.
Troublefield, Faison; Mrs. J.
. J.
M.
Reaves, Fayetteville; Mrs. Ashe Mil
lert Beulaville; Miss Lena E. Bui
lard, Fayetteville; Mrs. David Wil
liams, -Rose Hill; Mrs. A. B! Lanier,
Rose Hill; and Mrs. Pauline S. John
son, Kenansville.
Mrp Willism nresident, presided
over the meeting
Building Meet Is
Planned For Ag.
Building June 16
Duplin County Home Agents will
sponsor a meeting in Kenansville,
Thursday, June 16, at the Agricul
ture Building, to discuss building
problems.
Farm Agent Vernon r.eynolds and
Home Agent, Mrs. Pauline S. John
son say the meeting will begin
promptly at 7:45 p.m.
"Anyone in Duplin County who
plans to build a new home or re
model their present home will be
interested in the meeting," Mrs.
Johnson said. "A great deal of In
formation will be given to them
concerning various and necessary
phases of building."
Men and. women alike are urged
to attend.
W. C. Warwick, Extension Hous
ing Specialist from North Carolina
State College, will be in Kenans
ville to discuss various phases of a
valuing program ana now to get the
most for "your money."
.1
Fanners, in general, are of the
Opinion that another good rain in
a couple weeks will be all that Is
necessary for a good crop of to
bacco to be produced this year.
In addition to good rains so far,
this section has not had any hail to
fall on crops. Last year, from two to
three hail storms bad hit the area,
damaging tobacco extensively. Dry
veathef also plagued the crop.
As has been reported, corn is in
good condition. But, more rain is
needed If a bumper crop is to be
harvested. Most farmers say that a
"good rain in August is needed it a
full ear of corn with filled out
grains is to be produced."
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: SM per tew In
H-W outride this are in N. C; 15.00
Hussey's Barbecue
Has New Dining
Room Constructed
Hussey's Barbecue, located about
one mile northeast of Seven Springs
on Highway 55 has Just completed a
new dining room.
The addition will increase the size
of the business by about three times
of the aocity before the new room
was added.
"We are pleased with the new
dining room," Thurmon Hussey
owner said, "and hope that civic
clubs and other groups will use the
facilities for their special meetings."
Everybody Invitedo Kenansville
Duplin Tax Rate $1.55 For 1955-56
Fiscal Year; Valuation $37 Million
Duplin County Tax Rate for 1955-
56 fiscal year will remain at $1.55
per $100 valuation. The County Com-
missioners set-up the budget for
'.he next fiscal year at the regular
monthly meeting Monday at the
Court House in Kenansville.
The County s valuation lor tnis
year is approximately $37,500,000, ac
cording to Faison W. McGowen,
County Auditor.
McRnwen informs that only about
75 per cent of the current year's
levy can be expected to be collect-
td. Over the years this has proven
Cliffs Lake
9
Cliffs of the Neuse State Park
recreational facilities,, near Seven
Springs, were officially dedicated
Saturday, afternoon by North- Car
olina Governor Luther Hodges.
The 11-acre lake, modern bath-,
house, and refreshment stand were
dedicated. Governor Hodges points
cut that recreational facilities such
I'S the Cliffs are being and will be
instrumental In obtaining industries
for Eastern North Carolina.
Swimming was first permitted in
the Lake Saturday, according to
Park Superintendent Russell Kor
negay. He says that several rules
regarding the lake have been .et
down and must be adhered to for
the summer months.
The lake will be open daily for
swimming between the hours ot
10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. No one will
be permitted in the lake except du
ring these hours.
Al swimmers will be required to
use the bathhouse facilities and se
cure a bathhouse pin before enter
ing the lake. He further points out
that "only swimmers' will be per
mitted in the bathhouse, which ac
commodates 900 persons at any one
time. Bathrooms for the public are
located in the rear of the refresh
ment stand.
The bathhouse fee covers dressing
room lacuuies, doming eneexmg
service, life guard protection, toweil,
soap and hot water showers.
The fee set up is 20 cents for
children of ages 4-12 and 35 cents
for all persons over 12 years of age
There is no charge for children un
der four years of age.
Kornegay says that all swimmers
will be required to furnish their
bathing suits. There will be no
swimming suits on sale or for rent
at the Cliffs park.
The refreshment stand is locat
ed about 50 feet from the bath
house overlooking the lake. It will
be open each day from 10:30 a.m.
and 5:30 p.m. On sale will be
souvenirs, cold drinks, prepared
sandwiches, ice cream,' candy and
related items.
The refreshment stand was con
structed through contributions from
citizens in this area and is estimated
to have cost $5,500.
Kornegay informs that the re-
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Wayn Memorial Hospital along with a third passenger In the Cbevralet-t-Newa
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Daplin and uUihdag
ontaide N. C.
The first County-Wifle Square
Dance will begin Friday night at S
p.m. in Kenan Memorial-Auditorium,
in Kenansville. A'm,
The gala event i being sponsored
by the Duplin OeneralySospltal
Medical Staff and Board of Trustees.
P'irtent nurses from Rex Hospital,
in Raleigh, and James Wajker Hos
i Wilmington,; will be special
guests.
The committee in charge of mak
ing arrangements are urging all' the
folks in Duplin County to tcome and
enjoy a "night of dancing and fun."
Jim Wilkerson, hospital admin
istrator says, "We want to get the
dance started on time and hope that
those who plan to attend will arrive
by 8 o'clock sharp."
Faison Smith, who is known tar
and wide for his Square Dance di-
to be the average collections for any
one year, not Including prior year
taxes. r .
! The budget, as adopted for 1955-56
is l,ll0,572.90. Of this amount.
$511,500 Is expected to the raised
Ifiom taxes on real estate and per-
sonai property
The remaining amount will come
from fees, fines and forfeitures, and
contributions from the State and
Federal Government.'.
i ine Mate and Federal aid is lor
the support, In part, of schools,
- welfare, health and agriculture ed
facilities Dedicated;
Permitted; Personnel Up
freshment stand in the picnic area
will be open only on Sunday from
10:30 a.m. to 5:20 p.m.
No dogs will be permitted in the
lake area. Elsewhere' in the Tark
dogs will be permitted when; re
strained by a leash not exceeding
six feet in length. ,
Fishing from the banks pf' the
lake is also permitted. A creel limit
of 25 is placed on the total catch
permitted each day. Persons desir
ing to fish must obtain a permit
from some Park official at a cost of
0 cents. ,
Summer personnel is as follows:
John V. Whitaker, Chfcf Life Guard
Wheat Acreage For Lenoir, Duplin And
Wayne Counties Released For 1956
North Carolina's wheat acreage
allotment for the 1956 crop is 281,
T39 acres. This according to H. D.
Godfrey, administrative officer for
the State Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Committee, is a
slight decrease from the allotment of
284,547 acres for the current year.
The national allotment for 1958
remains the same as this year, 55
million acres, which is the leaal
minimum.
Godfrey said that the state allot
ment has been broken down by
counties. The allotment for Le
noir County is 894 acres. Wayne
county's allotment is 2,143 acres.
Duplin's wheat allotment is 1,074
acres.
The local ASC county office is
now determining farm allotments
for the 1956 crop, and each wheat
grower will receive notice ot his
farm allotment before the 1956
wheat marketing quota referendum
to be held June 25. The referendum
will determine whether marketing
quotas recently proclaimed by the
secretary of agriculture will be in
effect for the 1956 crop. A two
thirds favorable vote is required.
State and county allotments, God
trey explains, are based upon wheat
acreages of the last .10 years, with
consideration for weather and trenis
Farm acreage allotments are based
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.PRICE, TEN,. CENTS
rection, will lead the dancing, call
ing figures, and keeping the music
going. A live band will furnish the
music.
Faison W. McGowen, on the com
mittee, says that a fee of 50 cents
will be charged all men who attend
the dance. There will be no charge
for the ladies. McGowen points out
ihpt the "small fee is being charged
to help off-set some of the experts.
ei."'r'"'
1 Refreshments will be available
from the concession stand inside the'
auditorium.
Among special guests, other than
the 32 Student Nurses, will be staff
of Duplin General Hospital, both
nurses and administration. Doctors
of the Staff, County Commissioners,
and members of the Board of Trus
tees. ucation.
The 1954-55 budget was $1,539,
724.81. McGowen points out that this
budget was larger than usual be
cause of the construction of Duplin
General Hospital, the Health Center
end Nurses Home.
Citizens of Duplin County voted
to pay an eight-cent levy for the
operation, maintenance and equip
ing of the Duplin General Hospi
tal. This tax is included in the
$1.55 tax rate.
Raleigh; WHiam B. Garner, Jr., Rt
3, Goldsboro; Conrai Rich, Golds
boro; and Willie A. Mayo, Fayette
ville. all LifcGuards ;
James P. Gillispie, naturalist,-:
from Oxford; Coor D. Pate, Park at
tendant, from Route 2, Mount Olive;
Donn A. Wells, Albertson, refresh
ment stand manager,
Kornegay advises that nature tours
of the Park have not been set up as
to time as yet. However, when the
hours for tours are set, Naturalist
Gillispie wil be available to take
groups through the Park's Trails
discussing the various phases of na
ture in the wild at the Cliffs.
on the wheat acreages of the past
three years, with consideration for
tillable acres, crop rotations, type of
soil, and other factors. This, he ex
plains, accounts for the changes in
state, county, and farm allotments
from one year to the next.
Greenville TV Is
Increasing Power
41
Greenville, June 4 The Fede
ral Communications Commission has
authorized an increase to full pow
er for television station WNCT,
Channel Nine, effective immediate
ly, it was announced by Mr. A.
Hartwell Campbell, general man
ager. Directors of the Carolina)
Broadcasting System, Inc., operat
ors of WNCT, will meet June 16.
for final disposition of orders for
equipment which will increase the
states power to 316,000 watts vis
ual and 158,000 watts aural, as au
thorized. With 'the installation of this new
equipment, WNCT will be operating
the largest and most powerful
transmitter to be planned or locat
ed in Eastern North Carolina.
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