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' ft " .. ''. ' mmmmimiiimm I-. r 7 1 1 TI:i$ Weak " S SS- ... OCmi ifliiiM IMA. ..." ) v v i 7--V I y V 3 VOtUMEXXm;- NOjJs f - J KETANSyjfLLE, NOKTU CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FECSUARY, 9, 1956. ; Drc Drcihers tli Doesn't Pay To Fl.ru ViSli T!:3 Lav; ; But Do They? Their Cases Are Appealed f; -William and David Bradham and .1 Blis Cottle ere out of Jail under bonds for attacking Patrolman J. S. Briley at Chinquapin last week, f '.According to reports Briley,- ac- . Veompanled by Constable Bob White of Wallace,-took chase of the Brad ; ham car on the Chinquapin Beu X lavllle highway and followed it ,- i lnto a service station in Chlnqua- i pin. The Bradham car attempted to leave the service station, -hitting the patrol ear. Briley arrested the 5 driver, William Cottle, and as he v was ' attempting to handcuff him Cottle attscked Briley. White, stand ing by, crowned Cottle with a black Jack and aided Briley in handcuff ling Bradham. The three were car- iried to Jail.'- At the trial In county court this 1 week, William Cottle was given 12 , months for operating auto while ln ' toxlcated; SO days for speeding; 30 Many Jury Caser Heard In Coilnfy Court This Veek;' Full Di -f '?W" S-fc fmi During :the" three : d(ay term . of a County Court, the' following cases twere heard and disposed of, Judge Jqrady Mercer presweo. i. ,..;'. . . . . Emanuel Wells Jones, aiding and ' abetting in careless ' and ' reckless driving, plead guilty. Paid $29 fine hd cost, j - ' I ' Wilbur - Dent operating "Auto - while intoxicated and careless and reckless driving Plead not guilty to charge hut was found guilty to parking on the highway.' Paid $10 fine and ost. James McDuffiey charged with speeding, 70 miles per hour, care- lees and reckless driving, pieaa suUtv was fined S50 snd cost : Jefferson David Fsiason, charged with sDeedmg 70 milesper hour .and careless and reckless driving, plead guilty. Fined $50 and cost. Hume i VtaUlhUw of large trans. former, tn etir SOB-atattioa Will VimiMriitte -sr fartv'(M) mmnte power interruption Sday afler. noon, aMerding t i- 'C: MnM- iZrA TtoZi IsimmmS Power will be off between 1M pjn. and S:H p-m. flnnday 'after' neon, Febraary 1. 1958. The area to-be affected inelades' Warsaw, Turkey, Magnolia, - Kenansvllle, Benlavllle. Chinquapin. Sose Hill, Charity, Teaehey, Wallace, Tin City, WUIard, Watha, Penderlea, Bnrgaw and Harrells. Bgaultsbv explained fbat earlv Sunday afternoon was ehosen as the time power Interruption is least likely to cause customers inconvenience. Is For Having Liquor James Fields, Kenansvllle Negro, was. caught in the act of removing articles of value from the home of Mrs. W. B. Murray, near Kenans vllle, Sunday afternoon. ... Also found Ire his possession wss one-pint of whiskey, not taken from the Murray .bouse, and which was the cause of Fields being given a three months road sentence, to be gin immediately. - For the alleged stealing, he is scheduled, to be tried in the April Term of court Reportedly, Fields was csught by Durwood, Billy and Mrs. Murray. He left the scene after being seen by the Murray. However, he was traced by blood hounds and caught ' back ot the State Prison near Ken ansvllle. ;':;:)':'- ,' Some of the articles he was re moving with Wheel barrow were: axes, clothes, -tools, wood, chairs, window shades, curtains, two dozen handkerchiefs and other Items ac cording to the Sheriffs Department Dublin; Law Enforcement Officers Have Big veekehd - - Bootleggers Duplin County law enforcement officers were plagued . over the week end . "with bootleggers ' and thefts, one of which required the use of blood-liounds. - . V' ' It looked like a Fourth of July 1 celebration Friday .night . at the Ward's Bridge home t Mettle Blue when a crowd of party-goers at tempted to get rid of -the-evidence during a surprise whiskey' raid. Officers i said one-halt gallon of non tax-paid whiskey was thrown into's heater when they raided the Bluer home Flames not only en 1 veloped the -heater' but 'shbfiip - through .the. chimney and into the night- air. An, unidentified , woman ' had her hair singed In, the panic which followed. v - .,;. 1 V Officers arrested James Blue and Joe Frederick, both Negroes, on ' charges of possession of non tax paid whiskey for the purpose ot - sale. Both are in. Jail. On Saturday, . officers , v caught Tommy Powell with eight one-half gallon jars of whiskey as ha attemp ; oul J Know ; days for iatturf 'to stop for police siren 'and red light; 30 days' for running thi-aueK stoo lisn and 13 months tor assault with deadly we- pon. He ae notice of appeal to superior court and bond was set at $1,000.. jvv'.''': -:y-1 The charges f gainst EUis Cottle Of Dossesslon, . ox tax paid whiskey with seal broken, aiding and abet ting in hit and xttn driving, operat ing auto .while intoxicated were Oisnussea. , t , - ( : David Bradham was found guil of operating auto, while in toxica tea and sentenced t x12 months on roads. He was alsd) given A months for careless .and reckless driving; property damage and personal- in jury, 0 . months; . .transportation or tax paid whUky 6 months end re sisting arrest aniA assault on of- iicer, 12 montnsuvwpeaieQ ra su perior court. . Bond set at $1,000. -tat. -t. 1 l ,Mawic, JeTm'gMV ' charged .with operating , auto while intoxicated, careless anj recKiess, priving, aia ing and abetting .In. same causing wreck and property' damage. Plead guilty to- Aiding . and abutting in careless and .reckless driving. Fined $29 and cost ' . Robert Smith,, charged with fai lure to wear-glasses' when restrict ed to do so; plead guilty and paid cost of action'.''. Harvey Henderlon, plead guilty to operating an auto while Intoxicat ed. naid tlOO fine and cost ' Herman W. Clifton, plead guilty to possessions of non-tax paid whis key, paid $20 fine and cost Glenwood Bostic, charged with public drunkenness and assault with deadly weapon, plead guilty to as- ksault. Plea not accepted. Was found ruiltv oft assault, with deadly wea pon. Sentenced to six months on the roads;1 suspended on 2 years good behavior and pay $10 fine end Alfred-Edwards, plead guilty to charge of ,ha operators, license, paid $2S nnrwo.jeofi:,-.'?,,-; -r Thotntr Bire,''pieaa guuiy tp as- - deadly weapon Inflirt insr serious bodily- Injury, was sen tenced to six months on the roads. Notice of appeal given. Bond set at $200. ' Clarence Banner Parks, Jr., plead guilty to speeding 65 miles per hour. Paid $10 fine and cost. Hubert Glenn Jenkins, plead guil ty to speeding 57 miles per hour with truck, paid $10 fine, and cost. Dan Hughes, was found not guil ty of disposing of mortgaged prop erty. John Vernon Hlghfill, Jr., plead guilty to speeding 69 miles per hour. Paid $10 fine and cost. Thomas Lowell Hunt plead guil ty to speeding 65 miles per hour. Paid $10 fine and cost. Robert Chester, charged with careless snd reckless driving re sulting in wreck, plead guilty. Paid $25. fine and cost (Continued On Back) New Mail Service For Chinquapin. Effective December 31, 1955, the Chinquapin Post Office . began be ing served by Star Route No. 18403 which was extended to serve this post' office. ' ' v. This- route runs from Warsaw to Jacksonville, Midway- Park and Terrawa Terrace. Due In Chinqua pin at 6:30 pjn. from Warsaw, ana at 6:30 D.m. from Jacksonville to Warsaw, : Dispatches are made on both trips.' Does not run Sundays. . New hours for window service are 8 a.m. to 12, and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. week days. On Saturdays only from 8 to 12 a.m. Closed Saturday af ternoons. .':' ''. -'. With, the above , change In star rout service, route No. 18144 from Beulaville to Chinquapin was dis continued, i ted to take It out ot a ditch near his home within the city limits ot Rose HU1. Officers Just happened to see him drag a jar out as they pass, ed his home! Re, too. Is :n Jail. ' Sunday morning, officers raided the house of M. L. Davis between Chinquapin - Lyman, catching him with 12 pints of tax-paid whiskey and One pint of non-tax paid- whis key., Davis is out under $300 bond. Friday night eight radiators, valued at $5 each, were "taken irom Mercer's Junk Yard at Beulaville. That tt if still ; under investiga tion. 1 i - Officers bit the Jackpot Sunday afternoon, however, when blood bounds led, them to pine log, in a woods )near Kenansvllle, where James Fields was hiding. Fields is now in JaS, charged with break ing and entering the home of D. J. Murray about noon . Sunday, steal ing at leaft$100 worth of articles from the home, . All the stolen pro perty has. not yet, been recovered, officers aay. ;;:-;V:,; .;.;". o-; ':i; ?,'-' ''i 'S'y''--'-r"-ri Vi."s-'?".'. Coy Scouts f.r!: ElYllv'zy 'faw& "; 10tm ANNIVERSARY WOSG ) BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA OFFICIAL BOY 8CODT WEEK FOSTER More than 4,100,000 Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Explorers, and adult leaders throughout the nation will observe Boy Scout Week, February 6 to 12, marking the 46th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America. , - , .. . Since 1910, Scouting has served over 24,500,000 boys and adult v Readers-.-, - - - .- The new Four-Year Program, "Onward for God and My Coun try," is launched in 1956 to help prepare America's boys to live Warsaw Scouts Hold Blue And Gold Banquet; Awards Are Made Ai Meeting Warsaw lus end Gold Banquet was. held Tuesday night in the Fireside Room of the Methodist church at 7 p.m. r Cub Scouts were host to their pa rents, den-chiefs, Cub-master and Cub Scout Committee to the sup per. The program Was as follows: pray er by Rev. L T, Poole, after which a delicious dinner was served, in cluding ham,, potato salad, deviled eggs,' garden peas, biscuits, coffee, and lemon pie. Attractive place cards made by the Cubs along with the Blue and. Gold color scheme seated the guests. Various projects were on dis play for guests to see. Arnold Davis, Cubmaster, presid ed' over the ' meeting. The group sang "America followed by the Rev. Norman H. Flowers giving the history of Cubbing in Warsaw. After skits were presented Dy Den Chiefs and Cubs, Davis pre sented awards to Cubs who were up for advancement The Rev. Herbert m. Baker gave the benediction. Members of Den I are: Mrs. Melba Britt end Mrs. Emma God win, Den Mothersr "Jimmy Boyette, Den Chief Paul Britt, Jr;, Sammy Births Recorded Haves Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ray Wright of Sose Hill, a sou, February 3. ' Mr and Mrs. Charles Murphy oi Wallace, ' a '.daughter, February 7. Mr. and Mrs, Samuel Wall of War saw, a daughter, February 7. ,V ; Mr. and Mrs. Mound Boney ot Rose Hill, s daughter, February 8.' Mr. and' Mrs, Bernard Teacbey of Rose Hill, a daughter, February 9. ' i' . Meeting Friday In Nashville Concerns Proposed 20 Per Cent Tobacco. Decrease : Fsrmsrs who are concerned .with the proposed snd suggested 20 per cent tobacco cut are asked to attend a meeting of the Sub-committee on Tobacco of the United States House of Representatives in Nashville,'- to day . (February I0 in." the - Court house ,t It- vV-tS' X'."-'.S? .Qws; The meeting; ij, being alled;.by Harold Cobley, chwirman - of the House Agriculture Committee, i r '- In' releasing the .meeting 1 date Cooley said. "To ascertain the views ot farmers concerning the propo sal that the 1956 -flue-cured tobacco acreage allotment' be reduced by 20 per cent under the) 1955 acreage instead ot the 12 per cent as here tofore announced by the United VStates Department of Agriculture. laws vqparwMUC. osi nirwuiun. i,V:''r'VS.''V:-;-:;' -':.-"; ''-'' '.' "V In'today's world and to prepare them to carry their full share in the years ahead. Boy Scout Week observances will feature rededi cation cere- i monies .to be conducted by each of the nation's 104,000 units tat .: their meeting places on Febru ary 8, the actual birthday of Scouting in America. Demonstra-' tions and exhibits will drama- tize the purposes of the Boy ' Scouts of America and its rich heritage.'"' Godwin, Bobby Davis, Ronald BattA Terry Quinn and Phil Bell. - Members of Den 2 are Mrs. Edna Merrltt, Mrs. Evelyn Sutton, Den Mothers; Johnny Pat Harmon, Den Chief; Johnny Hollingsworth, Ar thur Minshew, Clarence McNeil Henry Merritt Jr.. Ira Sutton The above Cub." Scouts received their Bob Cat awards. Paul Britt, Sammy Godwin and Bobby Davis received their Wolf Badge. Sammy Godwin and Bobby Davia also re ceived their Gold and Silver Ar row Points. District Men's Rally Is Set The annual rally of Methodist Men of the Goldsboro District will be held at the Armory at Goldsboro Monday, February 20, at 7 o'clock. The meeting will begin with a barbecue supper. Reservations will have to be made with the various pastors by February 13. A capacity attendance of 600 men is expected. Last year's attendance was 550. Bishop Paul N. Garber, presiding Bishop of North Carolina, and Vir ginia Conferences, will speak and formally install the 150 certified lay speakers of the district . The lay speakers will conduct worship services in circuit churches in ab sence of the pastor during Lent, February 19 through Easter. Thus, the slogan, "No Silent Pulpits." '.' Dr. . Harry Denman. Nashville, Teno, Executive Secretary of Evan gelism of the Methodist Church of the United States, will deliver the main address. ; A. C. Edwards, ot Hookerton, Dis trict Lay Leader, will preside over the meeting. Rev. H. M. McLamb, Methodist District Superintendent, will conduct the devotional service. And Thefts ' ' Cooley added, "If farmers do not favor the additional reduction in acreage, that will be the end of the matter so far as I am ooncemed," T haven't yet found a single Con gressman -in favor ot it (the 20 per cent cut). I have received hundreds of communications in opposition to any additional cut in the flue-cured tobacco-? acreage - this " year, . while I have tnly three telegram and one letter favoring it." . Cooley added. .... 1 . ' ;v' " f" , The morning session will be de voted to those persons who-favor the 20 per eent eutva.:;-'V. -''fv(-, The afternoon. session will be for those- farmers who oppose the 20 per cent proposed cut i i : -.-;-' v'Ca ,v- .., .i, ".'"jii.i'-'Uv t..-'-v'--;-'.'. '.-''-'.' '" ''":? fczissfers Annrove bouciBi::::zrit fngranriBaphtt. Unique Idea Results In Perfect Attendance Of 37 Isn't It bad on the banker? ' It's always bad on the man with the money when he has to part with it But, and however: as it may be. Mrs. Phil Kretsch, wife of the local banker and energetic school teach er in the local school decided she would do something about absen tees In her' class a few weeks ago and came up with the ides that if ever member ot her fourth grade class would be present at school each day during a designated week she would take them to the drug store, tor. a treat of a milk shake. We have an idea she told the banker he would not have to worry about having to treat 37 members of her class. During the week, each after noon some of the students were heard to remark to ones who hsd been being absent that they must B.A.K. Station ls Open Now In Warsaw; Gas In .B. A. K. Gas Station, in Warsaw announces its opening this week and is now serving customers with high quality gas products. The for mal opening will be announced lat er. However, until the grand open ing, gas'service only will be in ef fect. :": - ' The station is ewned by Belton D, Minshew and his wife, Mattie S, Minshew. It Is located on U.S. highway i 117, one and one-half blocks south of the Junction with Highway 24. ; The name; B. A. K is derived from the names of the couples' three sons, Brad, Arthur and Kenny. : Minshew points out that the inde pendent station is the only such mu in a Q-mile radius of Warsaw and the gas being Sold meets all NotCarollne gasoline v require- raena lor emciency 1 aim jh aime. - Prices set on gas are 27 cents for regular and 29 cents for high test. The B.A.K. Station is registered with the State of North Carolina. Wallace Store Reports On Sale License Tags Western Auto Supply store in Wallace reports a rushing business of late. Rushing, that is as far as state auto tags are concerned. The Wallace store la the only place in Duplin County where motorists may buy license tags. The following list of sales has been reported this week: tractors. class Z, 678; class C, 21; title trans fers 10. Office hours lor sale pi tags are: Saturdays and Wednes days 9:00 a.m. til 12:00 noon. Oth er days, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The time for purchasing and dis playing new tags expires February 15th. The state tag must be dis played on the rear of the vehicle. Proclamation By The Governor EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT Raleigh, North Carolina WHEREAS, the Departments of the Army and the Air Force are desirous that the strength of the National Guard, Army and Air be materially Increased as soon as pos sible, snd WHEREAS, this can be accom plished by a one full day's recruit ing campaign designed to encour age enlistments ot young men and men with prior military service, and WHEREAS, The North Carolina Army and Air .National Guard through the years have served our State and Nation long and faithfully in time ot war as in time of peace as a trained and valuable shield ag ainst the ravages of man made and natural disasters and merit the wholehearted support of the en tire citizenship of this State: NOW. THEREFORE, 1. LUTHER H. HODGES, ' Governor of North Carolina and Commander-in-Chiei of the North Carolina Army and Air1 National Guard, in order to accomplish the assigned mission and to honor our men of the North Ca rolina National Guard for their ser vices to the State and Nation In every armed conflict in which our country has been engaged, do here by proclaim the -25th of February, 1950. as "National uuara Muster Day" in the State of North Caro lina. I urge all citizens of this great State to support wholeheartedly the North Carolina -v National Guard, both Army .and -Airl and .the citi zens of each community are' re quested especially to assist then- local unit in its recruiting campaign. IN WITNESS WHEREOF. J have hereunto set my hand and oaused the Great Seal of the State ot North f sttm1(n tut fsfffvawf Done at the City of Raleigh tlu first day -et February in the year ot outLord, Nineteen Hundred aha Fifty Six. -;;., .;, -, &' v : W Luther Hodges Governor .loarfuy -t,.-.,, .:. j . - ."AAV - ' SUBSCsUMION BATES: $U per ar la DapUa and adjetninc Cossatlcat tCM eotaUe this area la W. C.j $LM satalda K B. - School Pupils be In school the next day. On Fri day 'when Mrs. Kretsch tallied up her roljl book she found that attend ance 4tad been 100 per cent during the week. Banker Kretsch was so surprised, as ' was the teacher and most members of the class, that he took great delight in seeing His and his wife's bankroll depleted enough to treat the youngsters. The stu dents were so excited over the pro position that Principal Frazelle came back the second week and of fered them Cokes and a free ride on the Activity bus, if they made perfect attendance record and again the class came through. Colds and bad weather spoiled the third week for the group. They have started over again, this time trying for a month's perfect attendance. Members of the class are: ' 1 Boys: Clarence Barnes, Leslie Bamette, Glenn Bras well, Allen Brock, Gordon Ezzell, James Holm es, Steve Jones, Keith Kennedy, Larry Kornegay, Richard Miller, Vernon Miller, Jerry Pate, Everette Phillips, Daryl Price, Lynwood San. derson, James Tyndall, Julian West brook, Jimmy Whaley, Randal Wha ley and Allen Wood. Girls: Eva Mae Alphin, Kaye Bell, Alice Brown ,Rita Hawes, Jean Carol Knowles, Margarette Miller, Clara Mae Outlaw, Dlanne Outlaw, Brenda Price, Hattie Jean Rog ers, Kaye Tucker, Judy Williams, Jane Wilson, Shirley Wood, Alice Faye Pickett and Kathy McNeills. Lyman Alcoholics Meet Saturday The Lyman Alcoholics Anony mous group will hold. Its monthly open meeting Saturday, February 11 at $:0 p.m. at Bethel Presby terian Chorea. The public is cor dially invited. An alcoholic, min ister will be the speaker and re freshments will be served. . Kenansvillels Designated - ; Bird Sanctuary; Garden Club Project Through an action of the local LTown Board, as provided by the last legislature, the Town of Ken ansville is now designated as a Bird Sanctuary, which means no one is allowed to shoot birds in town, this includes youngsters who like to take a plug at the sparrow with his air rifle. In the past it Beulaville B. B. Players Top Standings rne Basketball standings of the Duplin County schools as of Mon day morning the 6 February. This includes all games through Friday night the 3 February. GIRLS W L Pet Beulaville 10 8 .770 B. F. Grady 8 3 .708 Rose Hill 8 4 .687 Kenansville 8 5 .615 Wallace 7 5 .433 North Duplin 6 5 Ml Magnolia 5 7 .417 Chinquapin 3 9 .250 Warsaw 1 11 083 W L Pet. BOYS Beulaville 12 1 .923 Rose HiU 11 1 .917 B. F. Grady 8 4 .667 Chinquapin 7 5 .583 North Duplin 6 6 .500 Warsaw 5 7 .417 Wallace 2 10 .167 Magnolia 2 10 .167 Kenansville 2 11 .153 Governor Hodges Announces Candidacy For Full Term As N. C. Governor Strawberry Meet Set For Villard February 17th ' County Agent Vernon Reynolds announces there will be a Straw berry meeting Friday afternoon, February 17th at the Coastal Plain Research Station at WUIard. J. W. Sutnnef will preside, Discussions ftn the .following subjects and dis cussion leaders and time will be: JtOO to 2:30, "Strawberry Insects", C. F. Smith; 2:30 to 3:00 ."Straw berry Diseases," J. C. Wells and C. NV. Clayton: 8:00 to 3:30, "What's in jtovi fertilizer bag", E. R. Collins and 3:30 to 4:00, "Strawberry varie tiesand Strawberry breeding pio. gram", E. P. Morrow. '. All farmers interested are Invited to attend. :' - . Foffii Tint Four additional farm workers are to be employed in Duplin County under the Federal Farm and Home Development Program. Duplin s, Board ot Commissioners voted this week to cooperate with the program and pay the $2,400 nec essary to . acquire the additional workers.'.'.', '- i District Farm Agent C. M. Brick- house appeared before the commis sioners with the news that Duplin County ' had been selected to par ticipate in the federal program. 1 The extension staff in Duplin is increased from two farm agents to four, from two home agents to three and from one -secretary to two. '.'Under the program, the appoint ments must be made by July 1, or the funds which are available from the Federal government will be Withdrawn. This rural improvement program is now la operation in Wayne, Kenneth Taylor Of Tlniy-Five Years Mr1, Kenneth Taylor has received a twenty-five years Safe Driver A ward from the Post Office Depart ment ' Presentation was made by the postmaster, James C. Chestnutt at the Magnolia Post Office. Mr, Taylor started carrying the mail on July 7, 1919 and was car rier for, rural route number one. In 1932, at the retirement of Mr. Fra'nk Barden, carrier for rural route number two, the two routes were consolidated and Mr. Taylor has carried the mail continously except tor a four year absence, from 1948 to 1952, when he was secretary of the National Rural Letter Car riers' Association in Washington, D. C. At the beginning of his service, Mr. Taylor served a route 22 miles in length and it has increased to the present 92 miles, which he serv es daily. Mr. Taylor is to be com mended for his excellent record for these. thousands of miles driven yearly, under all weather conditions -without an accident. Rural mail took a special act of the legisla ture o declare a town a Bird Re fuge. The new ruling became ef fective on February 1st. The local Garden Club sponsor ed this movement, Mrs. John A. Ga vin is president of the Club and Mrs. Ellery Guthrie is chairman of this special committee. Vallie Oxley In Texas Snow Of Last Weekend "I was scared to within an inch of my life," Vallie Oxley said. "It was another Hurricane Hazel, only different" That was the statement of Mrs. Oxley ss she returned to Kenans vllle from California where she had accompanied her husband where he was shipped overseas with the U. S. Marines. She was caught in the 30-inch Texas, Arizona, New Mexico Snow Storm. The bus on which she was riding ran into the storm at Tucson, Arizona and stayed in it until the bus reached the Texas - Arkansas border. "We were in it for two days and one night" she said. "To give you Just some idea of how slow we had to move, we lost five hours and 46 minutes on a 318-mile run." Several people were picked up by the bus from ears which had stalled on the highway during the height ot the snow storm. Vallie assures her friends, she is mighty happy to be safe and sound back in Duplin County. Feb. 4 Governor Luther H Hodges, in his home community in Leaksvllle Township, today (Sat urday afternoon) talked about his work as Governor and announced nis future plans. Speaking to neigh bors, friends snd relatives, he spoke informally and earnestly about some of his ideas of the governor ship and told something of his work on a few of the difficult problems conironting North Carolina. Hodges told his audience, hun dreds of whom had worked with him or for him in his more than 30 years with the local mills, that hard work was just as essential and as rewarding in the Governor's of fice V 'when he - was . of if ce boy, sweeper, weaver. General. Manager, etcJ irv the mills. " - : The'l Governor ' 1 discussed ' the per capita income of the - State, the highway tand safety problem, as well as some of the other subjects which he has had to face. He gave particular attention to ' the public school and higher education situa tion. -On the 'troublesome problem ., (Ceat(xuu4 Oa Back) . 1 7. PRICE TEN CENTS -Rariti County Sampson and Onslow Counties. Un der the program each agent is as signed'" a certain number of farm families and then works with these families in planning and carrying out better farming and living pro jects. '-- , It was pointed out that counties selected are determined by agri cultural needs, size of county, num. ber ot farmers and the need tor as sistance. At the present time, there is vacancy in the Home Agent's of fice, but the new addition to the department will fill this. It was brought out here that as soon as personnel is available to fill the vacancy which was brought about when Mrs. Mae Hager Spicer became Home Agent after the re signation of Mrs. Pauline Johnson, the Home Agent's Office will have three persons to serve the ladies of the county. Magnolia Receives Safe Driving ilard carriers drive more under a handi cap than the regular motorist, hav ing to stop several hundred times a day to serve boxes and then start and re-enter the line of traffic on some of the most heavily traveled highways. BY BOB GRADY Union Revival Planned The three local churches, Presby terian, Baptist and Methodist, are planning a Community Revival for Kenansville, March 12-16. Rev. C. Freeman Heath, District Superin tendent ot the Elizabeth City, Dis trict will do the preaching. Ser vices will be held each evening at 7:30 at the local Methodist Church of which Rev. C. G. Nickens is pas tor. Suffers Heart Attack Rev. Abner Outlaw of Elizabeth City, brother of A. T. Outlaw ot Ksv nansville, is seriously ill in an Elizabeth City Hospital after suf fering a heart attack, r. Return Front Hospital Albert T. Outlaw, former Register of Deeds ot Duplin County, has re turned to his home here from the Duplin General Hospital . Turkey Supper Our apologies to the Methodists. Last week we reported they were to give a chicken supper in the lo cal school lunch room, on Friday evening, February 10th. , We were in error. The supper is to be Friday evening February 17th and they will serve turkey instead of chicken. We made reference to the "Methodist chicken" but believe they do as good a job on turkeys as chickens. So we'll call this an old fashioned "Methodist Turkey" supper. Lets all go out and gobble up the turkeys and do our part towards the build ing program. Tickets are now on sale. SCOUT AWARDS SUNDAY Sunday will be special Boy Scout Sunday at the local Presbyterian Church. During the services Scout Jimmy Bowden will receive the "God and Country award ana Scout Emory Sadler will receive the 'Eagle Scout award. A special sermon will be delivered by Rev. Snively. The public is cordially invited. DR. HESSICK HERE Dr. J. D. Messick. president of East Carolina College and Dr. Ed Carter, Director of Field Service at East Carolina, Greenville, visit ed faculty members and students at Kenansville school on Wednesday of this week. They were guests ot principal Frazelle for lunch at the school cafeteria before leaving. World Day of Prayer World Day of Prayer has been designated for Friday, February 17. I The theme this year is "One flockj one Shepherd." In Kenansvllle the women win (Continued on Sack) Warsaw Firemen ' Elect Officers In a called meeting, January 20, the Warsaw Volunteer Fire Depart ment held election ot officers for the' year 1956. Chief, John A. Johnson; Ass't. Chief, R. C. Best; Treasurer. Frank Steed; Secretary, J. B. Herring; Captain, Roy Barwlck; Captain, Co lon Tew; and Lieutenant Johnny Todd. --- The 'Department in this meeting completed its plans tor organiza Briefs tion -with committee appointments that, included all the -men in the . department. . . ,4 The membership expressed, In Jh form ef a resolution, a real desire to -better serve the community in a more efficient manner by litrrets- ing the extent and scope of the present training program and by calling; on the people In the mn munlty to make every effort to co operate with the department hwt this desire may become a reality. f Hi i. " 1 ,'. l' It- t.. i " Si i '-':; .' K-;-v;:'.'v.' '' V" - ' vr-.-,-':'V .' ' r' :. :.' ' ,.,';;',.;,'";;:..-";.';.: ?',";..'.' , :- ;'..-..;. :lJd.LUxxx-. A. .Yt-r--'--- ' ' ' wi--' '':r"i )
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