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of ir in of n ch by ivu Hv (Bk-'. err;: . x " 1 16 Pc::s i f4; rh ,; Jhis Ycsk ar, - rid tit ho P ''' tKc Hi In - 1$ - , ho D lal i la Mtto Kb Ott rs. y- BTa -1st 1, ht Of lis in d. ila or o- !lt h m ed B. ng d- tr-"- tr ie o- itt He er TV,". o Nif.sa.: L7c::::r :: , Sid toUUng $189,274.05 kieen ' let for the construction ot tb new Wallace Rom Hill eenaolidated - fch school, accordini Sahool ' Superintendent- O. P. Johnson. : . A general contract oHa46?W was : awarded to Coastal Gtn&tauclkm 'Company, '.of 'Rose W8X.-y-w:- i-' -; The electric contnots tor 18i8 -was awarded te-Oiaftin Xieotrie, ot , 'Wallace. J ' ;;v '' Clyde H. Whitley -woelvea 'tee ' contracts tor phnntttng and heating -i P" !- v?!f.i .i;, i.irt TlksMotaJ amount tadud the olSSon ftewwchool will havepproximately 4dD hlfh wteol 15?" ".ff na, . Vocational afrtsoUUM.. ;.B--Vf "The new school, will not have an waaS wuw uvvt wvt"SJ sm aw faU of IBM. . . -.:. ) Johnson Informs that hot prepared ta'th. luuchraomst W lace and Rose Hilt )LUME XXII The new -school will 1e located between Wallace and Rose Hill on m 35-cre tract of land..'-. '. .';". , Duplin County has been taking ' -i the leadership in high school con solidation in North Carolina. -' Such a high school has been con - struct ed between Cslypso and Fai. : son and is called the North Duplin , High School. ,. There U a move afoot to have another 'high school built for the students at Kenansville, Warsaw and Magnolia. After the last three high schools are consolidated in Duplin, it will probably . bring to an end high school consolidation in the county. B. T. XJrady, Beulavllle and Chin. quapin are not geographically lo " cated 'to 'each other to make high school consolidation practical, John son advises. Mail Those Cards And Packages How . For Christmas Olt's late. ,. Christmas Is. almost re. But, there - are ' those per a who are gallty f not having dialled paekageR and Christmas sards . Ow postmaster is asking all peo ' ' pie In thia section to please coop, erate in getting their Christmas eards mailfld this week. He points out that it is not only here that packages and Christ mas Cards are tied op. 'It's In the big moil dfsiribntlng centers where mail gets tied op In the ' rash ef Christmas," he said. "Folks just don't realize what a big Job it Is to get such a big volume of mail sorted and sent to the right places. If their pack ' '.age Is late arriving at the place they send It for Christmas, they -' ' are angry without realising that they are the one In fault because : they did not mall the packages - or Christmas Cards In time." - As last year, if anyone desires to - write ' a note Inside Christmas 1 . Card, It requires a three-eenM v stamp. A regular Christmas Card with Jnst the name signed can be mailed for two cents. Being sought for violating postal regola ,' " Hons tegarding writing notes . In 7 cards without proper postage re suits in a severe fine if eanght. was announced today by Hug! Johnson. Jr. Christmas Seal Sale hairman that although Christmas al- Sale -returns "have reached 49 only 1201 citizens of Duplin ounty have responded to tneir Christmas Seal Sale appeal, letters. Tuberculosis can be oontwlled through an adequate Health Educa tion program and medical research - ot the purposes of the Christmas Mr. 'Johnson stated thlt you have not 'made your, contributions to do it today and be a part ot the crusade against a. disease that caus es more deaths than ny other di sesse between , the ages of IS and Z4. ,: ' ';"-!'" If each person in Duplin County who- received' seals would make a contribution large or smallye funds. would be raised to promote a TB program powerful enough to control and eventually eradicate thl dread disease la Duplin Co. ' , , v- KENANSVDLLE, NORTIf CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1955. (cr: - Kj. School Hand ";fM::iiah'fo Be Giyeri Varsaw- High 5::Jay (light; t-rMf r YAH .BROWN s.'' ' TheChristaa portion of Handel's 'StessiahMviU be presented by the Warsaw i 'Methodist, . Baptist and -Presbyterian Church Choirs on Sun. day, JDecmber 18th, at 8 pjn. in the Warsaw. High School Auditorium. Thisiis the tirattiroe such an orator. j ioJ eVet pertormed w War- V'lV ."W tVei Faertek H-ndel. a Ger- -man Miulrlan who urate 41 Italian loneraa -.W11. USnclieh Orator. ias, had become a naturalized En- ne aaa dis ups mna downs in ens- ' Infut tia. 'Wat 4aUa. ln)ananlAn A :SSrZ Ouei- Jennen. selected words of Scripture which, were to be the ba. i sis ox tne TMesiias. In . August of that year he wrote the ; whole orstorio, putting it on paper. Jn 84 days. He did not leave his houie: during that time. , His biography tells us that when he had completed Part II with the "Hallelujah Chorus," his servant found him at his writing table, tears stream Ing-from his eyes. Handel said, "j think I did see all Heaven before me, and the Great Go4HimsMiT.y;t The oratorla was performed first in Dublin, ' Ireland, April 13, 1742. At this performance, Handel played the organ. Ladies were requested "not to come with hoops this day" and gentlemen - were "desired to come without their swords." Thus they made room for a larger crowd. When The Messiah" was first giv. en In London, King George H at tended. He was so moved by the "Hallelujah Chorus" that he rose to his feet and. remained standing until the last chords had died away. The audience rose with the' king. starUng a custom, that has remained for Wanturlfa in England and AmericrW:H '--ic-.. -ow No-finer .tribute could be paid "The Messiah" than that by the cri tic, Rafael Kammerer, who on the occasion of the works bicentennial in 1942 remarked: "In the two hund red years that have come and gone since "The Messiah" first brought tears to the eyes of it's creator and fl'led with him with visions of Hea ven and the "Great God Himself, it Funeral Services For D. Frank McGowan Held Sunday David Frank McGowan, 70, prom, ir.ent farmer of Kenansville, died Saturday morning at the home ot his sister, Mrs. Oscar Best in Warsaw, after declining health for the past two years. He was born on April 13, 1885 and was the son of the late Sarah Elizabeth Stokes McGowan. Funeral services were held from the home of Mrs. Best on Sunday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock by Rev. H. M. Baker, pastor of the Warsaw Baptist Church, assisted by the Rev. Norman flowers oi tne Warsaw Presbyterian Church and the Rev. Lauren Sharpe of Kenansville Bap tist Church. Interment was held in the family cemetery near Ken ansville with: Masonic rites . .. He is survived by one sister, Mrs. Best three nephews, David Charles Miller of Warsaw, Robert James Mc Gowan and Randall McGowan and three nelces, Mrs. Florence M. Bar. rett of Little Rock, Ark., Elsie Mc Gowan of Charlotte and Mrs. J. K. Hall, JiCof Belmont, N. C, . ." Tie following births were record ed at the Hawes Clinic in Rose Hlll during the weeli .rv' - Mr. and Mrs. Norwdoa H. Fussell of Rose Hill, a daughter; December 10.... ,. f. V- 1 - ' , i. Mr. and Mrs; Eddie West of Rose Hill, a son, December 10; Duplin General; . Hospital,, a( From December 8 through the 14 the following births were' recorded at Duplin General HosDitaJ., " Mr. end Mrs.Juliprt Sanderson of Kenansville, a daughter, .December Mr, and Mrs. "Walter. Ingram of Falsoni a son.; December 8. ; i UA and Mrs. N. Cutting of Fal- son, son, December . v " ' 1 Mr, and Mrs. Paul E. Dan of Ken. anavlll a inn. TWemher 0. ' : ... ..v. , ; . Mr..: and Mrs.- D. ;B.1.WbJto ofJ Beulavllle, Rt, 1. a Ion December 14. r , . " ' Mr; 'and Mrs. - James. Parker of Warsaw, a daughter, December 14.. .1 I. -. -.1 !V..- . -. Sketch Of Handel has moved and thrilled more music lovers perhapt then any other cho- ral work in the repertorle of choral societies, church, or secular groups, The message of "Peace oa Earth to men of Goodwill, and the inher- ent promise of a better world to . i . , .. croVhe tent today as they were two hund red years ago." J'-. Mrs. W, J. Middleton, Jr, wifl di rect the performance, Organist will be Mrs. Ben Bowden and Pianist, Mrs. Paul Potter. ' i - Soloists will be Mrs. Glenn Brown, I Mrs. J. T. Gresham, Mrs. Bffl Byrd, Mrs. Tommy Phillips, Glenn Rollins, Dr. Otto Matthews, Earl Hole, Tom. my Surles. Glenn Brown, Lee Brown, Sanford , Packer .nd "Ed Strickland. - - There win be no amission cnarge but a free win offering will be tak en at the conclusion of the perform ance. Attention Please The Times will Issue on Wed. nesday of next week to order to give our' help some additional time off for Christmas. All advertis ing; most be In fhe frloe'nit"IeT than TuesoaV wlrbt, All news matter mnntbe In by Tnesda.v af ternoon. All correspondiht pleat teke xote and try and get yoor new In at least a day earlier, w earlier even, . than usual. We thank yon for your cooperation. Ed. L. P . Wells Is Re-Elected To ars L. P. Wells, of near Mount Olive, has been re-elected to a three-year term on the Kenansville, Produc tion Credit Association. Wells, who has served since the Kenansville unit iwas organized '22 years ago, is a farmer in the Ron es Chapel section. He is a former County Commissioner and one of the leading figures in Duplin County- ! Other members of the Board for 1955-56 are: Eugene R. Carlton, Fred Outlaw, M. W. Sutton and Arthur1 Kennedy. Sutton is the only other director to have served since the organization of the Kenansville Pro. duction Credit Association. Garland King, secretary . treas urer, has served in that capacity for 22 years. The president, vice - president and secretary - treasurer have not yet been- named by the Board. Presi dent now is Eugene Carlton, L. P. Wells, vice - president; and King. 'Tidings of Joy' At Pink Hill Church A cantata entitled. "Tidings of Joy" will be given at the Pink Hill Presbyterian Church' at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, December 18. The direc tor is Mr..' Johnny Watlington and Miss Dorothy ' Carol Stroud is in charge of 'the music. The public is cordially invited to attend. Beaver Award Goes To Two Scoulers Debruyne, Bryan (From Sews-Argus) ' Silver Beaver Awards were pre sented to A L. Tony) Debruyne of Wallace and Bryon Bryan of Mt. Olive, at -the 32nd annual banquet of Tuscarora Council held Thurs day night at the Goldsboro Country Club. The awards were made by Glenn Grler, -Jr- of Smlthjneia, Scout commissioner. - The Arrowhead Honor for troop leadership: was presented to Paul Rose of Troop -7, Adamsville, and Willie Thompson of Troop S7.Golds horo. Francis (Bucto Taylor of Goldsboro received the Faircloth A ward, a new award for attendance at training sessions. Jim Hatcher of Mt. Olive received the Send er's Award end a Sl-outmaster'S Key va. awsrd'd to Frank , Quetta of PoL15. Wal'ace. ' - J " ' Guest speaker was Drv J. D. Mes sirk, president of East Carolina Col leg's, who called , the Boy Scout movement "one of the great me diums through which we may ao rtal to the imagination -and inter est of the young." 1 Messlck said that by developing character and ' V inquiring minds, Scouting helps young people to be come "sufficiently well ; informed to be. VnJmpressed Or Influenced iby foreign ideologies." s-- ,'vK President, Byron Bryan, ana an other officers of. the council were reelected. . (Robert! Royall Fatally; fnjurerf In Head-On Auto Crash At Grady School Robert (Bobbie) Royall 21, of the Stamford community in Wolf escrape Township died at 12:48 ajn. Sunday from injuries sustained in an auto wreck near the B. F. Grady School. Royall, who was driving alone, collided with an auto driven by Haywood G. Kennedy, 27, of near Beulavllle on N. C 11. according State Highway Patrolman B. D. .V'Ia . Burga said Kennedy rounded a c"5vfitnLf?L " of speed. e." "!,f" nZ ter of the hhway and hit the Ro. cwJ!at0ni.- , ,,,. Kennedy , is reported In serious cotton. ApMsengerlntheKen. Harvey Arnold, Coy Hall To Get Hearing In Raleigh Two Duplin County Agricultural stabBtzation and Conservation -Commfttee members fired lor al- leged irregularities In granting new-grower tobacco allotments wui be given a hearing In Raleigh Fri day morning. Harvey D. Arnold, of Rose Hill, and Coy Hall, ! BeulavtUe, for mer chairman and vice chairman respectively on tne uupim com mittee, were discharged by State Committee action November 21. Last week they petitioned lor a hearing. - Horace Godfrey, manager oi we State ASC office, said that the hear-lna- will be held in the State Com mittee office at 10:30 Friday mom- Joe I. Sloan Is Elected To Soil Conservation Post Joe E. Sloan, of Chinquapin, was elected District Soil Supervisor for Duplin County in last week's County-wide election. DuDlln la one of four counties in the Southeastern Soil Conserva tion District composed of Wjyne, TnTr,BatHp6Tf'T)ulplin Coiin lies. Sloan's term will continue for three years. There are three supervisors from each county in the District which are instrumental in the work of the' Soil Conservation service in North Carolina and the district. The announcement of Sloan's election came from George Penney, head of the Soil Conservation in Duplin vCounty. Duplin Negro Fatally Injured Friday Night Lessie Smith, Sn, of Faison, died in Duplin General Hospital Friday, from injuries received when hit by a car driven by Walter Freeman Parker, Negro, 33, of Turkey, Rt. 2. seven miles west of Faison at H':30 p.m. last night. Smith, 69-year-old Negro, was hit while walking on the left side of the road, according to the in vestigating officer, Patrolman E. C. Ray, stationed in Warsaw. Parker was charged with driving on the wrong Side of the road, which resulted in the death of Smith. He Ja being held under a $3,000 bond in Kenansville. Parker was driving a 1951 Pon tiac. Carolina Expansion -The largest expansion program in the history of Carofina Telephone and Telegraph Company, one in volving an estimated expenditure of $12,000,000, is scheduled to be un dertaken during the commg year. This was announced today by L. W. Hill, President of the Company. To (meet the ever increasing de mand for telephone service hi East ern Worth Carolina during; the past half decade, the Company expended over $3S,300,000 for expansion of telephone facilities in its 41-cotmty territory, largest annual expendi ture of the last five years was made in 1951 when the Company outlay for expansion approached $8 mil lion. MH.UON FOR OUTSIDE PLANT Largest single block of the 1956 program, some $5 million, is sched uled to go Into construction ot ad ditional outside plant This outside plant includes poles, cables, wires and other facilities that are to be extended in both urban and rural areas to provide new and Increased telephone service. Major outside plant projects are contemplated for more than 35 of the Company's ex-H changes. ;,:.,. , u . ';: . RURAL PROGRAM TARGETS ON RECORD '-; ::. ,-;- ' , Of the $3 million appropriation for outside plant expansion, some $2,000,000 has-been allocated to pro- Teleph nedy car," John C. Whaley, It, also of BeulaviUe, escaped with minor injuries. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday from the Stamford Presbyterian Church, of which he was a member, with the pastor, the Rev. T. O. Bird, officiating. Burial was In the Roberts family ceme tery near the home. ; '- Surviving are his aunt, Mrs. Mary Quinn of Mount Olive, Rt. 2, by whom he was reared; one broth er, Preston of the home; and one sister Mrs. Bill Sneed of Carolina Beach. At a coroner's inquest Kennedy was Charged with manslaughter. Tomorrow In. Should the two men not be sail ti tled with the results of the hear ing, they then can appeal o the deputy administrator for Produc tion Adjustment in Washington, 0. Albert Outlaw Awarded $4,250 Albert OutlawDuplin County po litical aspirant was awarded $4. 250 damages Monday in a civil suit filed against Dr. H. W. Crumpler and William Jones both of Mount Olive. The suit was filed on July 2S in Duplin County and sked compen satory damages ot $25,000, as the result of an alleged -affray which occurred in the spring. The judgment by Superior Court Judge Henry L.- Stevens of War saw, was against both defendants. Trial of the damage suit was be gun Monday as court opened for a week of civil actions. A jury had been drawn, but was later dismiss ed as attorneys settled the suit out of court, about 1 p. m. Monday. County Offices Will Be Closed Beginning Dec. 24 Duplin County's officials will have an extended Christmas vaca tion this year. The County Board of Commissioners has voted for all County employees to be given a full four - day vacation. All offices affected will close at he end of the work-day Thursday, December 23, and will open again nfter Christmas on Tuesday, Decem ber 27. Included in the closing are th" offices of: Clerk of Court, Register of Deeds. Auditors office, Tax Col lector, Sheriff's Department, Wel fare Department and Health Depart ment. The County Farm Agent's office will also be closed along with the Home Demonstration Agent's of fice. Miss Haeer is taking her an nual leave and will not be back in hei- office January 2. Mrs. Vallie Oxley. secretary for the Agents, is taking her annual leave also and. is going to Califor nia with her husband. She will re turn to work sometime after the first of the year. Christmas hours for the Agricul ture Stabilization and Conservation department were not complete to day. Production 'Credit Association, in Kenansville, -will also observe the same holidays as the County offic es. . one Program vide additional telephone service to rural areas. This appropriation is by far the. largest ever made for the provision of aural service. On schedule for construction forc es of the Company are over 10,0 dif. ferent projects to provide rural ser vice to. different areas tljoughout the Company. President Hill stated that the Company expects to install about 8,000 telephones in the homes and businesses of rural suscribers during the coming year. LOCAL DIAL EQUIPMENT' AND TELEPHONES Well over $4,500,000 has been al located for the purchase and instal lation of additional local dial equip ment in various central offices and for new, telephone instruments and related wiring. At least 38 exchanges of the Com pany are. scheduled for expansion or replacement of their local dial or manual equipment This part, of the 195' program will' coincide so far as possible with outside plant ex pansion which has been' or will be be made and will enable the Com- pany to provide new and upgraded. telephone service In the various ex change areas. -'During1 1956, according to Presi dent Hill, 'the Company expects to install approximately .37.000 -tele phones.' However, this' will result in-a probable netain of only about 10,000 telephones since it ll anti Planning Big SCBSCBimpN KATES: $U 'pet Teit V ttmptoi imd mHriatng Cowatim; 4-M dvtetd this area in W. Ct LM eatdd H. C MdMtis Tffi ffirce Lives In Bui:'.':: ' Leroy Simmons Re-Elected. President Of Duplin County Farm Bureau For '56 Leroy Simmons was re-elected president of the Duplin County Farm Bureau in the annual meeting held in Kenansville. Simmons has been president of the Duplin organization for several years with the County chapter be ing one of the outstanding units in North Carolina under his leader, ship. Simmons, a native of Duplin and presently residing in the Albert son section, is in the farming and grain business. Other officers elected were Mrs. David Williams of Rose Hill, vice president; Directors; David Lane, Faison township; Ralph Barwick, Kenaasyille township; Taft Herring, GUsson; H. L. Pippin, Magnolia; Edd Grady, Wolf escrape; George Sum ner .Limestone: R. A Smith. Alb- ertson; Herbert Best, Warsaw; G. H. Blanton, Rockfish; and Kenneth Grady, Smith. No director was named from Rose Hill and Island Creek townships. There are no Farm Bureau mem bers in Rose Hill township and none of the members in Island Creek at tended the annual meeting. The drive for 1956 -membership in the Farm organization will con tinue through December. It is hoped that the quota of 1,200 will be reached and exceeded. At pres- I ent there are about 900 official members. Letters To Santa Kenansville, N. C. December 12, 1955 Dear Santa, I am a little girl 5 years old, and I have a little sister who is 2 years old. - I would like for you to bring us a baby doll and carriage, also a cow girl suit and anything else you would like to bring us. please don't forget all the other little boys and girls. Thank you. . Cheryl & Glenda . . Duplin Votes For Cotton Control Duplin Farmers went to the polls Monday to participate in the cotton referendum. 1358 voters were eli gible and only 206 votes were cast, 190 in favor of control and 18 ag ainst. Six ballots were challenged. Notice All Duplin County schools will tarn out Wednesday, December 21, at noon, for Christmas Holidays. County Superintendent O. P. Johnson said classes will resume on Monday, January 2. ED DOXSCORE CON I.C.NI8HWAY3 RALEIGH The Motor Vehicles Department's summary of traffic deaths through 10 a.m., December 12: Killed this year: 1075 Killed to date last year: 919 If safety is worth a life, drive and walk carefully! cipated tthat about 27,000 telephones will be removed during the y.ar. This year, as in past years, a sub stantial iportion of the Company's expansion budget will go for the purchase -and Installation of tele phones etid their related appara tus. ADDITIONAL LONG DISTANCE FACnxrrEs and buildings Additional equipment installa tions and loirg distance lines which will result in maintaining adequate long, distance service are slated to be installed in various exchanges throughout the Company at an ex penditure of more than $1,000,000. Another estimated expenditure of some $1,250,000 is slated for onr stmction - of new bu-'ldinr.s and building Rdditions to rxisting struc tures. Other relatively small ap propriations for" necessary tools nnt1 '. Otner misccl-ncous r-quioment round out the Company's $12,000,000 expansion program for 1956. 1 Commenting on the huge under taking. Telephone Company Presi dent Hill stated that he had faith in the economy of Eastern North Carolina and had hopes of breaking all -previous records of the Company for telephones If lined. i a single year. "The completion, of the .pro gram will, of course,, .require addif tional financing to -secure the mon ey -necessary for such an undertak- . m y : i , l , j IDS, 11U4 CUIlClUUeU. For Next Year Oners 10th Fatality "Red" Southerland became Du plin's 10th fatality on our highways during 1955. Wonder what the final count will be on December 31st? It's up to us drivers. Drive safely and Live. From Friday, last through Monday ot this week Duplin report ed three fatalities. During 1954 ? Duplin registered only 1 fatalities. i 'V , BACK, HOME Faison McGowen, County Audi tor,- returned to his home today from Duplin General Hospital where he has been patient for several days. He has been suffering with Chicken Pox. ' A report got out be suffer ed a heart attack but this report was erroneous. Mr. McGowen expects to be back in his office Monday. ATTENTION The Times will issue a day earlier next week in order to give our help more time off for Christmas. Please get your news and advertis ing in earlier..,, .; HAS IT BEEN COLD THIS WEEK Duplinlte have really felt winter weather this week. The weatherman fooled us ' though by promising snow last night, It did rain this morning before day, how, we don't know as the thermometer read 32 degrees. Monday night it registered a low of 19 and Tuesday night a low of 20 degrees in Kenansville. TAX LISTERS TO MEET Duplin County Tax Listers will meet in -the county commissioners room with Tax Supervisor, Mr. Mc Gowen, here Monday morning at 10 o'clock to -receive instructions and ioppHesrlt-rs' very necessary that every lister be present. Christmas Prorram At 3:30 p.m. next Sunday a com munity Christmas program will be given at the Kenansville Baptist Church. MRS. PARKER AT DUKE Mrs. Lula Parker was carried to Duke hospital a few days ago where she Is undergoing bone surgery on one of her arm's. PATIENTS Duplin General Hospital reported thirty three patients Wednesday night. SENATOR JOHNSON Senator Rivers D. Johnson is con fined to his home in Warsaw with Illness. He has undergone two op erations recently. 3 DUPLIN GRADUATES Seventv - six students completed their work at East Carolina College at the end of the Fall quarter. The following Duplinites will receive their diplomas with their classmates at Commencement exercises in May: Benjamin Warren, Mt. Olive; Mary Susan Brown, Magnolia and Mary Elizabeth Packer, Warsaw. Dr. O. S. Matthews of Warsaw was admitted as a patient in Duplin General Hospital Wednesday night He Is expected to be in the hospital only a short time. Wanted At Dnplln Hospital Mrs. Margaret Dail, housekeeper at the hospital here asked us to send out a call to the homes in Du plin for discarded magazines, cards, especially Old Maid; checker boards; dolls; toys, etc. She says patients get mighty lonesome at times, es pecially the children and need some thing to occupy their time. Any one having any of these items that are not too far gone who wish to give please take them to Mrs. Dail at the hospital. Dr. Hundley New Chief Of Staff At a meeting of the Duplin Gen. eral Hospital Medical Staff here last Friday night Dr. Deane FV Hundley oi waiiace was named Chief of Staff succeeding Dr. E. P. Ewers of Wqr saw. Dr. J. S. Blair, Jr., of Wallace was named assistant Chlpf of -Staff and Dr. George Matthews of . Rose Hill was named Secretary . Treasurer. SHOPPING WEEK LEFT r- H!p Fight TB --- I .'WUVUMAAuaa. . . I; I I ii tS3 CHRISTMAS L,Biry ChfUtmcg Scot,-J w A aWe - " r i w - w t"fyvwVMVwmma PRICE TEN CENTS One Near Fatal f In Warsaw This A. M - Tanker Jacknifes Here , Extent Of Injuries To Nuabsv Not Tet Known; Appears To Bo A Christmas Bosh. ' "Red" Southerland, elderly No gro who lives near Kenansville, was fatally Injured In an auto wreck Tuesday afternoon about 3 P.m. when the car in which he was rid ing overturned about six miles south of Kenansville on highway 1L Tbo car. driven by McKinley Monk, and . occupied by Southerland, David Lloyd Brinson and a man by tbo name of Farrior tail coioreo; was headed south. The 1954 Chevrolet was traveling at a high rate ot speed when it approached tne curve just south of Elder Branch. It went 185 feet on the left shoulder, cut back across the highway 144 ft to the right shoulder and back to tbo left where it jumped a ditch, land ing in the yard of Henry Sanderson . a distance ot 100 feet from the high way. Officers said that indications were that the last 23 of the last 100 feet the car didn't touch the ground : and apparently spun around in mid- . air. It was totally demolished. The Kenansville Fire Dept ambu lance rushed to the scene and brought three ot the men to Duplin Hospital, where they were hospi talized. Southerland died at 6:20 from shock, respirational compli- tions and internal injuries. ' Monx and Brinson were seriously injured , , and are still hospitalised. Farrior escaped uninjured. . V Officers said Monk win db cnarg- r ed with manslaughter on his release from the hospital.' t Bobby Royal, white, was fatally injured Saturday night at Grady school and Lessie Smith, colored, ot Faison was killed near Faison Fri day night See stories of these acci dents elsewhere. as Tuesday Wreck Emerson Williams, colored, age 31, ot Rt 1, Warsaw; wrecked a-4950- Chevrolet Tuesnaynon wnra the car hit a streak of sand on a ant ' road.. The car was reported a to tal loss. ' "A Wednesday Wreck -1 About 2 p.m. Wednesday, at the Teachey Crossing on highway 117 about two miles north of Wallace Buick from Wilmington hit a 1841 Chevrolet from Teachey as the Chevrolet pulled out onto 117 in front of the Buick. Three occupants of the Buick and one occupant ot the Chevrolet were injured, i 'y1' Investigation officers report that the Buick, driven by Herbert Gam bell of Wilmington and occupied by Aldin WllltHs of Carolina JJeaen and Jesse Schley oi wumingion - headed North from Wallace. Gam bell said they were enroute to Goldsboro. The car was going ot a moderate rate of speed. The Chev- iolet was driven by Mr. Uiristopner C. Brinkley of Teachey. He was alone. Eye witnesses report ai Mr. Brinkley approached the inter section from towards Teachey and stopped. He then, instead of wait ing for the -Buick to pass arove xne car out on the highway in front of! the Buick. Gambell said ho could) not cut to the right but cut to the left as quickly as possible and bare-, ly missed hitting' the Chevrolet broadside. Both cars are reported; to be completely demolished. All four men were brought to the Du plin General hospital where all but cne are now hospitalized. Willitsh was transfrered to. Wilmington last, night. Gambell, the driver, said he was thrown from under the steer ing wheel and out the right front door. Thursday Wrecks "'. This morning about nine o'clock" Billie F. Jones, age 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Simon Jones of near Ken ansville, was critically injured when' the truck he was driving crashed into an Atlantic Coast Line train' in Warsaw. Jones was returning from an ab attoir in Warsaw where he had been to carry some hogs for Roy Dunn of Kenansville. He is em ployed by Mr. Dunn and was driv ing Harold Dunn's pick-up truck. As he approached tiie Warsaw . Clhv ton railroad track he failed to see the train and crashed into it. Jones was thrown from the truck.- The truck was a total loss. Jones was rushed to the Kenansville hospital. Extent of his injuries were un known at press time. Oil Tanker A huge oil tanker Jaeknifed on highway 11 just north of Kenans ville this morning about 9 o'clock as it was headed north with a load of fuel oil. The driver, Frank Ham. Won, Said a car swpped straddle of the middle line in front ot him and he had to apply all brakes on the truck In so doing it Jaeknifed to the left, clearing the highway. Lit tle damage was done to the truck -It was a 1948 White truck and trail er belonging to the Royester Trans port, Inc. of Shelby. No one was in. jured. .--'-'i.'v:-:'-:-:.-.-,-,'.U-...- ;:-,-. , Ira James' Moore, ase lflmlmerf ! was driving the Chevrolet a 1951 uwaei, saia ne - was attempting to make a left hand turn- and r he reached the middle of th. 'ma A Via saw ;thef tanker - through his rear view mirror. Me turned back to the ' right , shoulder as quickly : as pos- sibly. The tanker did jiot hit the ' car., He was citad to court for fail- " ing to yield the right of way. . 5 rt,i I TV ,: .v f 1 W ) TTFWrTr
The Duplin Times (Warsaw, N.C.)
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Dec. 15, 1955, edition 1
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