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i SUBSCEIFTION KATESs per lew in Jhiplln and adjolnbif
CoontJe; M M enWde this area Ip N. C.j IS.M MtaMa N. C. .
PRICE TEN CENTS
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477 1 Sehlofsf Receive Diplomas In
BT J. B.
; , Duplin CouAty school! wung
Monday as students begaii linal
High school students M well as Uiose ln the' upper grades all have their
nose buried in books and, papers, preparln or the final exams. In fact
as we go to press many are,alreadyr taking some of their exams. Teachers
fer all in a hustle, preparing exams,
touches on commencement plans.
fend colored, will trek home' next
i plans for the summer vacations.
rrnoisday, Mar 17th la The. Day;
,111 White. 18 Colored Graduates;
,114M SUdea's Enrolled In .
Oeanty Sehoela This Tear.
' '' Finals of commencement programs
will take place in every school in
4he county next Thursday, May 17th,
after what has been termed a most
successful school year.
There are nine white high schools
and three colored high schools in
the county, two white and and a
number of colored elementary
schools. There are a total of 6,541
white school children registered and
J 4,565 colored.
,308 white seniors will receive
their diplomas and 169 colored.
Based on the past average in Du
plin among the white school SS per
cent or 77 of the 306 graduates will
go away to coUegei leaving ;33I
ready to go to work on the farm or
. in some other occupation. Of this
231 the extent of their success in
life, to some degree has' already
been measured in terms of the 12
years of school life. Has it been
, v , adequate? Are , they prepared to
1 1 ! kAlw Ami YTaVA'
KVi-ttl.fcHr..MA WM k" J
! said if so has it been adequate to
see them through? Only time can
tell. The strength of our schools can
only be measured by the degrees of
success in life, in all walks, of
these graduates and those who will
follow them in a few years. They
will pear watching.
The number of graduates among
Duplin whites can be broken down
as Jo'. lows: Kenansville, 22; War
saw, 26; North Duplin, S3; B.i T.
Grady, 43; Beulaville, 63; Chinqua
pin, 37; Wallace, 30; Hose Hill, 42
and Magnolia, 12.
i The graduates will hear .many
arti Vfied speakers. In every school
except KenaK?viUe me T'l1"
Will speak to theirf. year lo
eal seniors decided that" f have
sufficient talent at home to deliver
the commencement address and se
lected a local attorney, Vance B.
Gavin for this Jobv The Times
thinks, Ws is food tlwufht, TWi
may be truo liTevery community,
for attK all, most of our graduates
kre going to remain at home so why
I not -let home folks give them the
V.' proper send-off?' Not that we are
opposed, to outsiders but If we caft
not set an example at home for Our
graduates on their crowning day
then what may .they expect of home
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Warsaw Native Dies
inia;
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Funeral services for Mrs, Mat,
tie Lea Strickland Kirk ' will be
held at the 'jQuinn-McGo wen. fun
eral home in Warsaw Friday after-'
noon at 3 o'clock. Rev. H. M. Bak
er, Warsaw Baptist minister will
officiate. Interment win be in
Mrs. Kirk died at her. home in
Norfolk, Wednesday night ' at 10
o'clock. Death came suddenly. She
was Myears old. She is survived
1t her .husband ;W. ;L, Kirk of Nor
folk and f two "sisters, Mrs.- W. W.
Brawn of Chester, SJ CT and Mrs.
Sd Smith of Pink Hill t i
Mrs. KirkJvas the form Mattle
Let Strickland, daughter of Frank
Strickland and Liza Parker Strick
land of Warsaw. She was a slstw nf
vthe, Ute -Floyd Strickland of War.
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-, Dae the death f W. JC Da.
- grasa, iVker 4 (Betty Ingraam,
, wfce sj av SBember ef the Kesuaa
Tille SamUr Clea Class Day ex
telaaf wfll k keld lalaviay nlrkt
M l tMMMMg ff Mi.
7.Z ZfTlfZL , 4 Unier, Rosa Malpast, JUrley Mer
r!L!V fv WM r T? 'IrBt. Victor Parker. Jimmy Stanley
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Cliools Close Next
GBADT
into th last- week o( full school work
preparation fori' the school closing.
grading papers and putting the final
In all 11,106 students in Duplin, white
week without their books and full of
Local Graduates
To Hear Home Town
Speaker
Seniors at Kenansville High
School will present the annual
class day exercises on Friday night
May 11, at 8:00 o'clock with help
from the junior class. Mrs. Richard
Williams is class sponsor for the
Juniors. Theme of this years class-
day program, is ' ' Voices In The
Night. ' '. ,: Cc-salutatorians, Doris
Caison and Barbara Mitchell will
speak their addresses at this time.
On Sunday afternoon May 13, at
3:00 o'clock, Rev. C, G. Nlckens,
pastor of Kenansville Methodist
Church, will preach the baccalaur
eate sermon.,. Mrs. Currle and a
Junior choir' assisting,; f , . . : . -
VANCE B. CAVW,
On Wednesday night' May 16 at
8:00 o'clock, Mr. Vance Gavin, local
attorney, will deliver the com
mencemehr Jddress. Mr. Gavin is
an alumnus of Kensl)YjJ?f School.
The lame night Settle Ingram will
speak the valedictory address. Di
plomas and special war4;'"wilj 'be
presented-by thfc.V,Wini
Martha G. Briron and Mrs. Pearl
u Mcuown are co-sponsors for the
Senior ciass. Marshall for the com
mencement events are: Gayle New
ton, chief; Barbara Brown, Marie
Futrelle, Rebecca Grady, Carl Pen
ney. JJell Jackson and Betty Tay
lor. -
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Begin
Night
-. The Magnolia High School Cor
mencement will begin Friday e
nlng, May 11, at 8:00 o'clock.
class. day exercises. Magnolia .
sonva colorful play written 1
ry KeUey. ta flulte appropr' l,m f
the Magnolia seniors. On - ;EL.
MV 13. , 11:10 ..m.. f Z.0!''
laureate sermon will b-
uciUon, V..JZ
evenint. Ml, r m
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seniors Is nr
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surprise, stow Mag-
nolla has tv
smiOlest (high. school
Is the e !
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, jV perhaps the ay senior-
r t-i r'? z:z7JrL.iZ.
svtteni with' three tatties' e
boys as flrls; .,
ibers of the slasa are: How.
Chestnutt, Jewel Culbretlv A-
Johnson, Billy Johnson, Billy
Teat Kiasner, Peggy Ut
63 To Graduate ,
Beulaville High
Cuthburt Speaker
The - Glass Night Exercise will
be held Friday, May 11 at 8:00
o'clock in the school auditorium.
Speeches of 'the valedictorian and
Salutatorian will be given at, this
time. ' ' . -
Baccalaureate Service will be held
Sunday night. May 13, at 8:00 o'clock
in the school auditorium. The ad
dress will be given by Dr. Ben L.
Rose, pastor of the First Presbyter
ian Church of Wilmington, N. C.
Graduation will be Thursday, May
17, at 8:00 o'clock in the School
Auditorium. The commencement
speaker will be Dr. Kenneth N.
Cuthburt of East Carolina College.
GRADUATES
Joyce Basden, Mary IBostic, Mo
na Jean Brinson; Joyce North, Mol
ly Jo Williams, .Muriel Walton, Ber
tha Simpson, Loria Houston, Earline
Sox, Geraldine Cox, Mary Ann
Qulnn, Peggy Price, Betty Sue
Mercer, Ella Rose Mercer, Maude
Miller, Jerry Ann Sandlin, Betty
Houston, Shirley Sanderson, Joyce
Ann Hall, Imogene Jackson, Nancy
Ann Miller, Fatty Marie Rhodes,
Zelma Matthews, Vernell Thigpen,
Reba Whaley, Lois Edwards, Pa
tricia Williams, Lou Ann King,
Frances Sumner, Fannie Rae Hall,
Joyce Kennedy, Hilda Bell,
Also W. J. Thomas, Allen Tho
mas, Royce Jones, Carl Jones, Jam
es Davis Jones, Marion Kennedy,
Stacy Houston, Bruce Lanier, C, G.
Thigpen, Jimmy Blalock, Earl Bak
er, Elton -Williams, Maurice Sumn
er, Carroll1 Mercer, John Richard
Weston,' Ray bourne Andrews,' iJfm
my Creeeh,4 Harold" Simpson,' Bett
ny ThlgpenJ Truett . Mercer, 0Brieff
Brock, Allen Houston, Stanly Pic
kett, Gordon Raynor, Edward Heath
D. C. Quinti, Earl Thigpen, Britt
Miller, Roger Pickett, Russell Ches
more and Nick Bostic.
Vallace Seniors To
Hear Dr. Frank Hall
College President
Graduates of the Wallace High
School will have the opportunity to
hear an outstanding minister deli
ver their commencement address
and 8 college president deliver the
baccalaureate sermon. At 8 p.m.
Sunday, May lkh. Dr. Cecil Rob
bing, president &f .Louisburg Col-
Thuf-iday night at BilB. Bp Frlii
- j smiffllniton min-1
.. prominent
isier win ucuvci iiie ouuicsa t
the graduating class. The following
seniors will receive their degrees:
Charles William Brinkley, Jr., Ha
rold Wilson Burrows, Deane Hund
ley,IH, James Walter Kennedy,
Charles Barry King, Harry Doug
las Powell (Salutatorian) Jimmy
Usher Ramsey, William. Horace RU
venbark. James Franklin Taechey,
James McCoy Teachey, Jr., Waler
Dean Wells, Jr., David Ray 0rs
ley, George Kay Worstey,'
Also Barbara Lee AKcinson, Edna
Pearl Blanchard, Juanita Bond, Ja
nice Ann Brinson, Patricia Lou Cory
dir Mary Franklin Dempsey, Ca
rfiyn Faye Dixon, Phyllis Ann Jes-
At, Hattie Mae Johnson, Anna Ruth
iting, (Valedictorian), Judith Hope
King, Virginia Carolyn Moore, Faye
Wells Rlvenbark, Flora Le Riven
bark, Martha Ann Smith, Mlra Ja
net Stalllngs, and Rose Ana Teach
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Failure To Pay
Is
TAUdred McDuffy, colored, was
jailed for failure to pay court cost,
involving the return ot, can wit
liams from Worlds on -p charge of
Tnorr support
; WiUlamS aUegedly In the father
ol Mildred's .child and , upon the
hearing 6t the ease in County court
this week, WOmmi requeatetr-oat
a Tiiiood ' (esi3bis.ta-'ti;
partita. , iftseflri-srf'i-!4'' i k S
ilTben askeoT hyr Judge Mercer if
she " (MUdred) : would constat- to'
'jbsW'tWnplM-that she
-"' Tfcrat V would . not
ha a blood test made..:-
Atihe dose of the case, the court
ordered that the Case be edjudged
.malicious and, frivilous and .tax the
plaintiff with the cost incurred tor
the return of Williams ana me
court softs.: ha tanouat st llMJi.
Grady Seniors To
Hear President Of
' The scheduled events for B. F,
Grady High School Commence
ment have been announced by Prin
cipal H. M. Wells.
The piano recital, under the direc
tion of Mrs. Kathleen Wilson, will
take place Friday evening May 11
at 8:00.
The Baccalaureate Sermon will
be preached by the Rev. V. B. Bow
ering, Unlversallat minister of Out
law's Bridge on Sunday, May 13, at
3:00 p.m.
Class Night Exercises, directed by
Mrs. Frances Raynor, will be given
on Tuesday evening May IS, at 8:00.
The Seniors will present "Sehlor-
ella. "
The Graduation Exercises will
take place on Thursday May 17, at
8:00 p.m. Dr. M. S. Woodson, Pres
ident of Flora MacDonald College,
will be the speaker.
All programs will be held in the
High School Auditorium.
Peggy Joyce Grady, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Colon Grady, is VaU
edictorian and Phil Goodson, son of
Mr. and Mrs. John Goodson, is Sa
lutatorian. Mascots are Becky Potter, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Potter of
Deep Run, and Mickey Parker son
of Mr. and Mrs. J;W. Parker of Al
bertson. Marshals are ' Richard Harper,
Chief, Carole Jones, Jean Gautier,
Russell Barnette, George West
brook, Connie Jo Wells, and Robert
Shelton Grady.
Forty - three Seniors will receive
diplomas and seventy will receive
aAguu aoujEi , J
DR. MARSHALL SCOTT WOOD-
WN. President of Flora Macdonald
lea,Vr ,n .Springs, came to
College in R(.a . Springs, came to
Nor-C.roUna from Thomasvii.
Georgia, wher5 he was serving hi
second pastorate at the First Pres
byterian ChurV,
He recei-i hl A. 5. degree irom
Presbj'(riBn College In Clinton, S.
his B. D. degree from Columbia
Theological Seminary; and his M.A.,
with major in economics, irom tne
University of South Carolina.. His
earned Th.D. degree was received
from Vnlon Theological Seminary,
and he later studied at Columbia
University in New York, and spent
a year in travel and study'in Egypt,
Palestine, and Syria,
His education was interrupted for
two years during World War 1,
when he enlisted in the U. S. Navy.
He served again with conspicuous
success in the second World War.
Between the first and second
World wars, he held pastorates in
Atlanta and Thomasvllle, Ga., Salis
bury, N. C, and Tampa, Florida. In
each place he had an outstanding
record of service. He received the
honorary degree of Doctor of Dlv
lnity from Davidson College.
SENIORS
Hess Davis, Cameron Deaver, Phil
Goodson, I G. Grady, Vernon Har
per, Albert Hill, Lloyd Hill, Anarew
Kornegay, James McNamara, Mi
chael Outlaw, Wendell Outlaw, Ken
neth Rouse. Banny Rogers, Fred
dy Stafford, J, R. Sutton, Travis
Sutton, A. C. Thompson, Faison
SmithY -vHSecfl -sTOrters, vMarByn
SlTud.:::rTri
:)BeTf$M
this Aan-rrpegy Joyce, w
dr. Rose Marie Herring, Xvelyn HilL
Bain HoWn, Lady Jones, Peggy
Ann Lane. Peggy Maris Outlaw,
BossBond Outlaw. Shelby Jean Po
well, Helen Smith, Sdwiaa Smith,
Jorea Ana . Smith; Pessy Joyce
Smith, Shelby Jean Smith, and
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Week
Dr. C. H. Trotter
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To Address
Chinquapin
.' DR. C H. TROTTER
" The 1956 commencement exercis
es tor Chinquapin High School have
been announced by R. L. Pruit,
Principal. I
,Jhe program gets underway in .the
school auditorium Sunday morning
May 13th, with the baccalaureate
sermon by Dr. C. H. Trotter, pro
fessor of homiletics and speech at
Wake Forest College.
On Tuesday evening, May 15th at
8:00 p.m. the senior class will pre
sent Its' class night program, ' This
Was Our life'.', in the school audi
torium ' To b held at the school oh Wed
nesday-morning, May 16th will be
thjigragraclf eradication: exercises;-
k The year's activities culminate as
the school auditorium is the scene
of the commencement address on
Thursday evening, May 17th at 8:00
byDean A, R, Burket of Campbell
College. - - -
Honored at this years commence
ment will be the Valedictorian, Her
shall Brown; Salutatorian, Helen
Turner, and the following.marshals:
Emily Batchelor, Chief; Jeanne San
derson, Doris Maready, Saundra
Bryan, Fred Mills, anj Cemelia
Gurganus. These marshals were
chosen by scholastic standing.
Program Given For
Rose Hill School
Seniors Listed
cWtfight, Friday May 11 at 8:00
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The Reverend Grady McKiethan,
jgstor-of j;nth and Teachey Bap-
tilt Churches,
Cbmmehcement, Wednesday, May
16, 8:00 i.tn. Speaker: The Rever
end D. B. Earnhardt, Pastor of Clin
ton Methodist Church.
The Members of the Rose Hill
Senior' Class are as follows:
Pat Arnold, Leathia Baker, Ann
Blanton, Mabel Bonham, Joyce Bry
ant, Peggy Chestnutt, Carolyn Fus
sell, Geraldine FusselL Gretchen
Fussel,' 'Nancy Fussell, Ethel Hol-
Ungsworth, Miriam Holingsworth,
Peggy Johnson, Jean Knowles, Do
ris Jane Moore, Jackie Peake, Ha
zel Sasser. Shelby Sheffield. Dora
Ellen Smith, ' Jewel Strickland,
Joyce Teachey, Carolyn Wells, Ben
Brown,
Also Billy Brown, Larry Brown,
Wllbert Bryant, Frank Cavenaugh,
Buddy. Cottle, Dan Fussell, Ray
Groves, Richard Harrell, Stanley
HarrelT. George Hawes, Carl Jones,
Bennie Matthews, Wendell Murphy
Elwyn Murray, Eugene Pierce, Mor
gan Pope, Glenn Teachey, Zane
Grey Williams, Kirk Carawan.
Duplin Agents Will
Attend Meeting
Duplin County's Farm and Hem
Agents will attend the Southeast
er District Agents MeeUasj to-WU-mlngtc
May.l9-17.. i; v, ; .
. To W t ths-lSMetists tivm.hi
plin wm be Tarm 'J As Ternon
Reynqlds. Assistant iSffm Agent Xd
Simpson, and fteow Mrs.
Mas Hager SptoSB.fli.V ..
"Program Projecthm mfl Tarm
and Horns Development" wiU be
ths opts s tts thiiee-aBy Tweeting,
t Specaillsts from State OalMs WiU
be on hand to lead :tn ttbe (dlscus-
sksas hd tlsssw,
Mooimeds demmding mm
increase;
North Duplin
Exercises Be
Held In Faison
North Duplin High School will
observe its first commencement ex
ercises this year. The main events
are scheduled to be held in the au
ditorium of the Faison elementary
school.
Sunday, April 13th at 8 p.m.. Rev.
Kenneth Wilson of R.F.D. Durham
will , deliver the Baccalaureate ser
mon. On Tuesday, May 15th at 8
p.m. in Faison the annual Senior
Class Exercises will be held.
Final exercises and presentation
of diplomas and awards will be
held in the Faison auditorium at 8
p.m. on Thursday, May 17th with
Dr. Ed J. Carter of East Carolina
College delivering the address.
SENIORS
The following seniors will re
ceive their diplomas:
Martha Jane Adams, Larry Glenn
Bailey, Ada Margaret Barfield, Ju
lia Dixon Bass, Ann Elizabeth Best,
Thomas Rex Best, Mary Eleanor
Bowden, Alice Ann Brock, Her
man Laston Brock, Hildagarde Cok-
er James Robert Cooper Lecu
Owen Daughtry, Mary Rose Davis,
Rachel Holland Davis, Nita Mae
Jones, Mamie Elizabeth King, Bert
Martin Lee, Edward Rudolph Li
wis, Jr., Willard Franklin Matthews
Also Johnnie Gaynelle Millard,
Virginia Glenn Price, Marjorie Rose
Pridgen, Lillian Kay Sellers, Patsy
Sue Smith, Thomas. Olin Stanley,
Russell Henry Summer lln, Peggy
Ann Swlnson, Betty Lou Taylor,
Eva Eudell Uptegrove, Charles Wal
ker and Carolyn Faye Wiggins, :
Held Without Bond
Shotgun Shooting
- Roland Sutton, Duplin - County
Negro, is beirfg held in County Jail
in Kenansville, without privilege
of bond for the alleged shotgun
shooting of Bill Mitchell Saturday
night.
Sutton was arrested by Deputy T.
E. Revelle and charged with assault
with a deadly weapon with intent to
kill.
Mitchell is in Lenoir General
Hospital, in Kinston, in serious
condition.
Sheriff's officials said hospital re
ports advise that on Tuesday two
pints of blood were removed from
Mitchell's lungs.
W. M. "Bill" Ingram
Funeral Services Friday Afternoon
BY BOB GBADT
Funeral services for William Mc
Kinley (Bill) Ingram, age 54, will
be held from the local Methodist
Church tomorrow afternoon at 3:00
o'clock. The body will be carried to
the church one hour before the
funeral. Interment will be in Golden
Grove cemetery here.
Services will be conducted by his
pastor, Rev. C, G. Nlckens, assisted
by ReV. Lauren Sharpe of the local
Baptist Church and Rev. S. T. Sni
vely of the local Presbyterian
Church His associates in the High
way Department will serve as active
pall bearers at the church and Ma
sons will take over at the grave for
final Masonic rites.
' ' Bill ", as he is better known by
his friends and associates, is sur
vived by his widow the former Sal
ly Cheek of Carteret County; two
sons, William M. and Robert C.,
both students at State College and
one daughter, Elizabeth (Betty)
Ruth, senior in the local high school;
two brothers, Sam H. of Burgaw
and Paul of Kenansville; two sisters,
Mrs. S. H. Porter of Warsaw and
Mrs. Sidney Tolar of Princeton and
his step-mother, Mrs. C. M. (Annie)
Ingram of Kenansville. He was the
son of the late Sheriff C. M. In
gram of Duplin County and Eliza
beth Atkinson Ingram. He was
born in Johnston County and came
to Kenansville With his father when
ha moved here. He graduated from
Kenansville schools and attended
State College. In 1929 he and Mrs.
Inaxam were married,- Bill was a
civil engineer and lived many years
In Tennessee where he was connect
ed with the highway system there
and st one time was connected with
thcTYA.
He volunteered la World War U
trim Tax Or
Board Education Asks
Appropriations; June
Action.
Two Tie For Top
Honors Among
Warsaw Seniors
Rev. L. C.Vereen, pastor of the
Farmville Methodist church, will
deliver the commencement address
to the Warsaw seniors at 8:15 on
May 17th. Mr. Vereen is well known
in Warsaw having conducted a re
vival there during Hhe spring.
SEV. L. C. VSREEN
The baccalaureate sermon will be
delivered Sunday evening at 8:15 by
Rex. R,. L.. Ccossno,. former paster
wrthe Warsaw Methodist "church. -
Warsaw has an unusual situation
this year as well as Kenansville.
Kenansville had two seniors to tie
for salutatorian nn : Warsaw has
two to tie for valedictorian. The
valedictory addresses will be de
livered by Reba Sauls and Barbara
Stancil. Anne Blanchard is the sa
lutatorian. Members ,qf the senior class are:
DorVhy Barwick;, Anne Blan
chard, Doris Blanchard, Martha Ann
Carter, Jerry Davis, Rose Drew,
Bobbie Jean Ezzell, Linwood Ez
zell, Jackie Fussell, Benny Hobbs,
Allen Holmes, John Houston, Pat
Hubbard, Jackie Jernigan, Lewellyn
Langston, Deams Pollock, Edythe
Ritter, Reba Sauls, Jimmy Sauls,
Shirley Shine, Barbara Stancil,
Clara Toid, Catherine Whaley, Lois
Turner, and Adelaide Williams.
Dies Suddenly Here
and soon became Captain in the
Engineers Corps of the Air Force.
After leaving the Air Force he and
his family moved back to Kenans
ville in 1946 and built a home here.
Since he has been resident engineer
of the Third District of the N. C,
Slate Highway and Public. Works
Division, Durig .ls labors here he
has surveyed and laid out roads and
bridles, literally all over the dis
trict. For a time he maintained of
fices here then they were moved to
Clinton. He continued to live here
and commute to his various jobs.
Mrs. Ingram has been a teacher
in the local school for several years
and his two sons are local graduates.
His daughter, Betty, is a senior this
year graduating with highest hon
ors, being valedictorian of her class.
His oldest son ' ' Billy ' ' will receive
his masters degree in engineering at
State College this commencement
Bill was very much of a family
man and a community man. He liked
to say that he was not a " Joiner. '
If he didn't join things they seem
ed to join him. Since returning to
Kenansville he has served as Stew
ard in the Methodist Church and
on various committees, superinten
dent of the Sunday School: member
Town Board, charter member of the
Lions Club, member Kenan Memor
ial Auditorium trustees. Past Mast'
er St John's Lodge No. II A ? 4t
A M. Cape Fear SnglneeriJ,$ie
State College Quo, andtjStobably
many mors that we do not think of
new. Bill always-showed a keen
Interest In the shxt and particular
lyathletics. He was always on hand
at basket ball games to do his hit,
usually as score keeper or tune
keeper. He was recognise as) an
outstanding engineer and his advice
has been worth no untold amount to
.
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Bond Issue
For $120,000 Above Ustial
First Date For Definite '
'
BT PAUL BAR WICK (
Because of the urgent need for
funds for schooj construction, Du-'
plin County Board of Commission-
ers are laboring with the possibili
ty of increasing the County's tax
rate from $1.55 to $1.95 per $100 va
luation. Faison MeGeweh, County auditor,,
said today, the County Board of
Education has asked tor an addi
tional $120,000 above the usual ap
propriation in order that it can con
tinue Its much needed school con
struction program.
Lest year, $188,000 was appropriat
ed for the County's schools con
struction. However, even after pair
ing now the needs for 1959-57, it
is deemed necessary by the County
Board of Education to have an ad
ditional $120,000 this year.
McGowen pointed out that there
are only two ways of raising the
money. One is through increasing
the tax rate and go on a " pay as
you go" basis and the other is to
have a Bond issue. It is pointed
out that if a bond issue is the de
sired method to raise the money, it
will mean a tax increase and at the
same time mean more money wilT
have to be paid in that interest will'
have to be paid on money borrow
ed through the Bond issue, should"
it be approved.
The Board of Commissioners will
not take any definite action on the
problem until the June 1, meeting:
However, in the meantime, they are)
feeling out the citizens of Duplin
on the situation and have appoint
ed committees to contact the Local
Government Commission and the In
stitute of Government concerning
the." psiphltmsT jf. ?r..-C'C--l '-.
With .the r anticipated receipt from
State funds, and expecting the $28(L.
000 from the County funds, it will
bring Duplin's anticipated revenue
for School construction for 1956V57
to $585,000.
As proposed, the County will re
ceive from State funds $100,000 to
be used at Chinquapin Elementary
school (colored); $120,000 to be
spent at Rose Hill Elementary
school (colored); $30,000 for two
lunchrooms at North Duplin and
Wallace - Rose Hill, (both white);
and $55,000 on classrooms at the
Warsaw - Kenansville - Magnolia
consolidated high school (white).
The County funds will go toward
construction at Warsaw - Kenans
ville - Magnolia consolidated high
school; Beulaville (white); and two
classrooms and a kitchen for the
lunchroom at Warsaw Colored
school.
In referring to the possibility of
a 40 cents increase in" taxes, Mc
Gowen said it will take at least a
40-cent increase to bring in addition
al revenue for school construction.
He pointed out that Duplin now
has school and road bonds totalling
one and one-half million dollars,
with an annual Interest rate of $50,
000. He said this is a good reason
why the County cannot issue more
school bonds, because of the interest
rate.
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