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VOLUME XXIV f NO. 22. 1 1 v KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA; THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1957. iUBSCRIPTION RATES: S3.M per fear In Duplin nd tdjolnlnf Coantteat S4.M outside this ares In N. C; ts.Ot outside N. C. l - 302 ew .u:23i5 were: rcmo Vadne AvciJnLbFor AdulJs 20 to 40 Spring Adoration Homo Demonstration Clubs In Agricultural Bulding June 4 PRICE TEN CENTS The. Duplin County Medical Soc- ity met at the Kenansville Cafe last Friday; night for Its regular monthly meeting. In the absence - of the president, Dr. R. T, Willis, rPr. George Matthews of Rose Hill. : vice president presided. After en Joying a delicious supper the group - retired to the local Health building ; far 'the business session. j;rv:;:;.V 'Highlight of the discussions was , the-proposed Salk Polio vaccine for i adults from 20 to 40 years. Mrs. Christine Williams appeared before ' the group and told them that the county had $1000 available to pur chase the vaccine for the adult In- ; noculation. The doctors present dla ; cussed v it and - decided that -they " would be glad to cooperate with the ' Health Department in case they were needed to administer the vac cine and: there would be no charge for their services. It was decided by the Health Department that they could administer the vaccine with out calling on the doctors. ''Dr. Powers, Health officer, stat ed that the vaccine would be given to anyone between the ages of 20 and 40 who desired it. The shots will only be given on Tuesday mor nings of each week. You are asked to please bear this In mind. The $ 1000 will purchase enough vaccine for about 1200 shots. Also discussed by , the doctors were various asnects of orsanizina pOuplin Docotrs in a civilian defense group. Dr. Colwell, county head of civilian defense 'was not present. - The first collective summer school ever conducted. In Duplin County w'll begin classes Monday morning at Kenansville school, at 8 o'clock. ;v:0.- P. Johnson, County Superin tendent of schools, said the pro gram is designed to give students a chance who failed a course dur ing the regular school year to make up the unit in summer school.' This would allow successful students to graduate on time. "This program is not designed to ruoh Rtudpnta thrmiffh their hiah school years,' Johnson said. ' TT7 ' 1 J lit.. . 1 . no wuuiu iijke wuiuc h puillt VI the fact that those students interest- First Collective Duplin County Simmer School To Begin Monday In Kenansville ed should be at Kenansville school Monday morning and ready for call,' he said. ' Courses to be taugtit are English, history, math and possibly typing. 'It depends on what the students want and need most,' Johnson add ed. : ' The school will be financed on a tuition basis. That is, those stud ents who ' attend the school will have a tuition fee to pay. This program is designed not only for Duplin students, but students in other counties who wish to enter the program can do so. The sum mer school is accredited. ASC Offices To Stay Kenansville; Move To Gooding Bldg. ; According to ST. Brown, secret tary of to uplln "County. ASC of fice the offices will not move from Kenansville. . Yesterday an agree ment was made with. Pr. Gooding for the offices to be moved to his two story building next to the Du plin, Times office. Mr. Brown stat ed that they, expect to move about June 6th. The, offices will remain there until the proposed annex to the Agricultural building can be completed. So farmers keep in mind arte June 8th the ASC offices will not be in the Agricultural building bitt In the Gooding building. . Vacation Bible To Begin Here Monday Aj$rove Church They;lBS7 Kenansvjlle Vififi Bible SefteSTwiU begin this' conv to,Mdajr" nnd run through Fri day. The time will be 0-11 a.m. and the Presbyterian Church will be the host. , Parents are urged to see that their children have a way to attend. ' Efforts are being made to make this year's school a successful one. Your cooperation, however, is essential. The Bible School is just one of the fields in which aU the local churches Join together. ; -J- XX BOB GRAB'S" SERVICES : AT NEW WARSAW .. METHODIST CHURCH SUNDAY " Rev.' Mr. ; Poole, pastor - of the Warsaw Methodist Church will con duct the first services in the newly remodeled church Sunday morning. Completion,' of the' ' work is Hear ing an end.1 The church is expected to be filled to overflowing for the first sermon; YOUTH RECREATION The summer recreation program for the young people of Kenans ville got underway few, days ago. Bill Helton is directing the pro grains. They are for children of all ages. Recreation' Js going on each day except Wednesday afternoon at the Kenan Auditorium. NEW HOME STARTED HERE Elmore Bell began ' construction today on a new five room residence building in" the Bell-Quinn develop ment on the Chinquapin road. Mr. Bell's new home will be of brick. It is located in the pines opposite the home of Woodrow Outlaw. NEW RESTAURANT Davis Edwards, operator of Evans Service Station in Warsaw has com pleted construction of a new grill or' restaurant beside the service station on highway 117 north edge of town. Announcement of its open ing will be in next week's Times. BY MRS. ALTA KORNEGAY Spring Federation of Home De monstration Clubs will be Tuesday, June 4 at 8:30 a.m. in the auditor ium of the Agriculture Building. The program will be a flower ar rangement workshop conducted by Miss Pauline Gordon. Extension specialist in Housing and House Furnishings, N. C. State College. Emphasis will be placed on Church Arrangements. Miss Gordon will first give a demonstration and the women will work on their own arrangements. After they have finished, she will take each one and discuss it. Members are asked to bring their own flowers, frogs, modeling clay, wire, scissors or clippers, flower containers, vases, or whatever you have to work with. Flowers should I be gathered in bud or freshly bloomed. Pick them in early morn ing or late afternoon. Group flow era together, tie with, rubber band or loosely with string. Keep them fresh by keeping them in a con tainer -with water in it and sprink ling the flowers with water. (You can put four or fivemilk cartons or tin cans in a large box and pack paper around them to prevent them from turning over.) J3ring some to iliage such as large begonia leaves lily of the valley, or any foilage in season. If you bring foilage such as the leaves of holly hock, pick early in the morning and put them in water. If you pick ivy, pick old growth as new p-owth will wilt al most immediately. Bring some long stem greens and flowers if you want to work on Church arrangements. Pleasant Grove Community Club Hears Talk By Dr. Thomas E. Shaver WHERE WAS STRICKLAND VIULE We didnt know until a few days ago that before the post office was (Continued on Back Page) Farmers Attend , Approximately 25 Duplin farmers interested in poultry production at tended the annual field dar at Wil liard Coastal Plain Experiment Sta tion, near Williard last week. Vernon Reynolds,:, County Farm Agent, said that the more impor tant phases of poultry production were discussed. Among them were 1 construe' tion of houses and roofs in order to get the most from the birds, (2) egg care, (3) and management B.F. GRADY SCHOOL 1957 GRADUATES BY MRS, EDD KORNEGAY Ltr. Tnomas is. snaver gave a very interesting talk on 'Vision' on Thursday night when he spoke to the Pleasant Grove Community De velopment Club. He told the group that vision is not something people are born with but is acquired as we grow and when a person has poor vision he everyday pursuits of life becomes a firudge. People do not think of the Importance of good vision until the eyes begin to give trouble. He also said that astigmatism is one of the more serious disorders. He stressed the fact that it is very im portant to correct crossed eyes in children at a very early age as it becomes worse if not corrected. During the business session a prize was presented to Mrs. Nora Outlaw for the most time spent in improv ing her mail box. This contest will be held open for another month to allow everyone to enter and im prove as many mail boxes as possi ble.' M Taft Herring Agriculture Chair maa, reported that thirteen variet ies of tobacco had been set on Reu ben Bishop's farm.. A corn demon stration is also growing on the Jon as Dail farm and ten varieties have been planted. ' The club decided to sponsor the Boy Scouts and meetings will be arranged and officers elected to do this. A 4-H club was organized on April 29th and officers were elected as follows: Mike Gaodson, President, Patricia Herring, Vice President, Alise Herring, reporter and Car lyle Herring, Secretary. Mrs. L. C. Herring and Donvell Kornegay are adult leaders. A flag has been ordered for the building by the W.O.W. camp at Mt. Olive and will be presented in a ceremony at a later date. The men of the community to gether with the 4-H club boys will meet on Saturday to work on the playground and to plant peas on the lawn in preparation for sowing grass in the fall. The ladies are to meet on Tues day afternoon and set flowers to beautify the buildings and anyone having flowers, plants, shrubs, are asked to bring them and they will be set out. This was a supper meeting and a delicious meal was served to around seventy five' members and -guests. included Mrs. iJta U Kor negay, Home . Agent,.. Jim- Bunce, Ass't. County Agent, Dr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Shavor, Mr. and Mrs, Calvin Porter, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hollowell of Mt. Olive. iiiiiiiwn hi mi illinium i ii ihiii m.i in mm , jii,ii;i)jniii hi imiii.iu..i,ini'i i m.i .O' , "; , ; ( ,? f. l WALLS GOING UP Construction oa the James Kenan high school, which will consolidate Warsaw, Kenansville and Magnolia high schools, is progressing and is scheduled to be completed around October 1. The walls of the 19-room school are now being built. (Barwick Photo.) James Kenan Nigh School To Be Completed Around October 1, '57 Wafer Committee Meets Here Friday PM If You Have Wafer Problems, Attend : Left to Right are: Louise Gofford, Mary Her; ring, Connie Well Geraldine Rouse, Sybil Sutton. Lucy OaUaw, Carole Moody, Glady Murphy Mttr 'jt. Rouse, Carolyn Bines, Allae Herring, Clystla Holt; BosseD. Barnett, Mary Maready Denis Her- -ring, Jean Gantler, Janet Hardiaon, Rubylene Wat- , ers, Margie Howard. Betty Murphy, Mae Belle . Kennedy, Adfe Harper, Carolyn Strand. . Lola Wil liams; Dorwood Grady, Edward Holmes) Darrell Kornegay, Jake Dawson, Jerome Page, ;: Anne - Ivey, Betty Qulnn. Jndy Wallace, Bill BOB, Ray Westbrook, Harold Grady, Richard Harper, Jasper Harper, Braxton Grady, Wayland Davis, Dwight Walker, Wade Rhodes, Dan Wallace, Curtis Sim mons, Robert Grady, L. E. WUIiems, Morris Thig pen, Ryan Smith, and George Westbrook. The mascots are Sybil Falres and Morris Kennedy. The B. F. Grady baccalaureate service was Sunday, May 19, at 3 'clock In . the school - auditorium', .'he Reverend , Boyce Wallace, of "lurfreeibore, Tennessee, preached he sermon to the forty - eight leniors. Special music was render ;d by Joyce Harper, Patricia Har er, Linda Rouse, Nell Garner, Bet Y Lou Waters, Mary Wallace, and 'arolyrt Outlaw. The class sang 'pit hymn of dedication, Seal Us O uly . Spirit. . The invocation was 'Cored by the Reverend J, B, Be n; the benediction was said by e r.everbnd Jimmy Hathorne.' ' ' ' i Monday evening in the school' orlum the class gave the play, ; Shop Window' Seniors who J the parts of dolls were Lois amj, Mary Herring, Judy Wal Hargle Howard, Betty Mur , mid Jean Gautler. Russell Bar . p'rw-i '-9 part of Flansgan. Carole J. Moody and Robert Shelton Grady; the poet and poetess, were Durweod Grady and Denise Her ring; the statistician was Ray West brook; the class spirit, Ada Harper. Each member of the class and each high school teacher were remem bered with 'small gifts;; s;,.- Dressed In white eaps and gowns, forty - eight seniors assembled on Tuesday night for i their gradua tion processional. .The Reverend Norman Farrier-made the invoca tion. Mr. Hugh Wells, the school principal,' Introduced the speaker. The commencement address was de livered by Dr. Leslie H,, Campbell, president of Campbell College. Me dals were given to the following seniors: ' - . t; . Best all Round, George Westbrook , n' Connie Jo Wells; the Citizen ship, Robert S. Grady; the dramat ics, TTayland Dsv's and Rubylene Harper; the salutatorian, Carole J, Moody . ' ! On the behalf of the Grady-Out- law Historical Association Mr. Ro land Grady, of Wilson, North Car olina, gave handsome trophy to the senior whose life thus far ex emplifies citizenship and the pro mise of serving well through, the years. ' Robert Shelton ' Grady re ceive this trophy,'::';":1;:.-;;;.-' Parents of the seniors .were re merabered by receiving 'large pic tures, of the graduates, The white caps and gowns with a touch of green, the class color. In the tassels made each senior quite happy in the picture as well as -out of the pic ture. Stoles were worn by the nine Beta Club .raembere among the - Diplomas were presented by Mr. Hugh Wells and Mr. Edgar Wells. '' 'I'll Walk with Ced was sung by a rvm' of b'h school '" "li. '" '. tf IT Plans for the Duplin County Wat er Problems inventory meeting to be held at the County Agricultural Building in Kenansville on Friday evening. May 31, 1957, at 7:30 p.m. have been completed according to E. E. Kelly, chairman of the inven tory committee. Kelly said his committee was re stating its invitation to every citi zen of the county with a water pro blem to come to the meeting and report the exact nature of the prob lem. This whole project,' he said, 'is aimed at finding out what the prob lems are so that somtn ng can bo done about them. The people who have water problems -re the ones thtit stand to benefit from this in ventory. Those are the people we Wi'nt to see at the meeting Friday nght. , 'jbtery problem that is reported will have its effect on future water conservation planning in North Ca rolina. The State Board of Water Commissioners will study each pro blem individually in its effort to de velop an effective state-wide pro gram aimed at eliminating as many problems as possible. But we can't expect the Board to solve the pro blems unless we tell them what the problems are.' Kelly emphasized the fact that the meeting on Friday night is 'lot to be interpreted as a discussion meeting. He explained that the sole purpose of the meeting is to record existing and anticipated water pro blems. A discussion meeting will be scheduled at a later date, after the State agency has studied the prob lems and made recommendations for their solution. In this second meeting, water users will be urged to compare their problems with the suggested solutions and to recom mend changes or alternate solutions where they feel such changes are necessary., Construction of the new 19-room James Kenan consolidated hiffh school between Kenansville and Warsaw is progressing according to schedule, according to County Superintendent O. P. Johnson. The new school will consolidate Magnolia, Warsaw and Kenansville high schools, and is being con structed at a cost of $250,000. " Johnson informs that completion date is estimated at around October 1, this year, and students will oc cupy the structure as soon as the County has accepted it. The 1957-58 school year will begin on August 20, Johnson said. Be cause of this, the 350 students for the new school will be consolidated in the Warsaw school. They will be moved to the James Kenan high school immediately after acceptance and the Warsaw elementary school children will occupy the Warsaw school. Until everybody is settled, the elementary school in Warsaw will meet at various places throughout the. town. - ... - -t James Kenan high school, named tor one of Duplin's most outstand ing citizens, will have J. P. Harmon as principal with 18 teachers. Kenan, a General in the Revolu tionary War, was on the first Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina. He Is buried wes of Warsaw. In referring to the new school, Johnson said that all gatherings will be held in the Kenan Memorial Au ditorium in Kenansville until an au ditorium can be constructed at the high school. 'It is the only place we have which will be large enough to hold te entire student body at one time,' he said. However, unlike the other con solidated high schools, the new school will have a lunchroom com pleted when the rest of the build ing is accepted. Faison Students Be At Andy Griffith Benefit Dance, Raleigh Tomorrow Miss Susan Royall Clifton, a ris ing sophomore at North Duplin High School, has been selected to represent her school at the Andy Griffith Benefit and Dance in the Reynolds Coliseum, Raleigh, May 31 sponsored by the North Carolina Association for retarded children. Susan is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Clifton of Faison. Her escort will be Bobby Far rior, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Far rior, Jr., of Calypso. Miss Linda Lindsay, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Lindsay also of Faison has been chosen as the sponsor for the Faison school. Her escort will be Joe Tom Hol- lingsworth, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hollingsworth. Highlighting the benefit other than a personal appearance of An dy Griffith, stage and screen star, wil-brUai Worth Carolina and the Duke Ambassadors. All of these are donating their time and services. It is planned to introduce each spon sor with her escort and then have a 'NO BREAK DANCE' especially for the group. Since the entire program is a benefit in behalf of retarded child ren all admissions will be paid by tickets. Dance tickets are $2.00 and spectators $1.50. There will be no reserved seats. The program be from 6 p.m. to 12 midnight. Most schools and colleges in N. C, have been invited to send spon sors to the.-benefit. However the occasion is 6pen to the public with a most cordial invitation for your attendance. Hundreds ol people are helping. Duplin County let us do our part, too. Let's go to Raleigh RETARDED CHILDREN CAN BE HELPED. Duplin Native Joins C & D Dept. XI Cedar Fork Community Development. Club Enters Finer Farms Contest For Year Ceiar Fork Community Develop, ment Club has entered the Carolina Power and Light Co. Finer Farms Contest, which is sponsored through the Soli Conservation Districts of North Carolina. : t ., There are some 90 farm families In the area who are participating in the program. A first place prize of $300 is being awarded to the com munity which shows the most im provement during the year and is cjoing the most with their soil on a community level. The award is not determined on the saccess ot an Individual. W" .V ' :.' '';jl5.-, . July 1, 4s the deadline for report; ing ; results according : to George Penney, Duplin County Soil Conser vationist. Some of the improvements which have been made in the Cedar Fork community are: 1 installing 'of W, 000 feet of tile drainage, (2) improv ing of ,000 , feet of open ditch drainage; (3) V constructing three ponds, (4) conservation crop rota tion on 300 acres (5) crop residue utilization on about J.100 acres; (tl j improving of forest cutting on 4M acres of woodsland (7) planting of pastures on 23 acres and (8) wild life planting' on 49 acres. " ;' v ; The community is also entered in the f -e1nnd Area Pev"1.- .' t r . !, r f I ': 11 1 Southeastern North Carolina Counties. 'l Penney points out that several of the farm families are also entered in the News and Observer Farm Contest and are enthusiastic over the results of their endeavors to date. Black Shank Hits Duplin Beulavilte Organizes 4-H Community Club; Carol Miller Is Named President BY JIM BRINSON The Beulaville 4-H Club had a special meeting on Tuesday May 21 at 8:00 p.m. in Miller's Restaurant. The purpose of the meeting was to organize the community 4-H Club. There were nine members present. The following officers were elect ed: President, Carol Miller, Vive President, Bennett Kennedy; Secretary-Treasurer, Kattie Sue Grady; Reporter, Jim Brinson. Mr. E. J. Simpson and Mrs. Annie Lois Britt, our county agents, discussed project work with the members. Plans were made for the group to go to White Lake the next week end. After the business session, Mr. Simpson and Mrs. Britt led the group in danc ing. Refreshments were served by Mrs. James Miller and Mr. Oscar Kennedy, our adult leaders. Care after purchasing peas is as important as proper selection at the' market. Douglas Shivar Elected Head Kenansville JC The Kenansville Jaycees installed M. D. 'Doug' Shivar, popular deputy sheriff, president for the coming year at a combination Installation and Ladies night banquet at the Kenansville Cafe last Tuesday eve ning. The highlight of the progrm was when Wb, E. "Pot Craft, re tiring president, presented the pre sident's lapel button to Mrs. Shivar, who in turn pinned the button on her husband, making the installa tion official. naroia uunn was installed as First Vice President; J. Allen Dunn as Second Vice President; C. C. (Continued on Back Page) JOHN E. JOHNSON RALEIGH John E. Johnson, tvho is credited with haying done an outstanding job as a vocational agriculture educator in eastern North Carolina during the past ten years, will join the Department of Conservation and Development's commerce and industry division on June 1. C&D Director William P. Saund ers said Johnson will be assigned to the division's small industries section to help provide additional assistance in organizing and co operating with local development groups, promote establishment of mr.TO food Drocessine Dlants and better packaging and marketing facilities for the products they pro duce. ! A native of Duplin county, John son graduated from Franklin High School at Harrell's in Sampson county. He was awarded a B.S. deprree in agricultural education at N. C. State College in Raleigh in 1942, and his master's degree in the same subject at the college in 1953. A son of Mr. and Mrs. John P. .Tnhnson. RFD, Wallace. Johnson comes here from the Pink Hill Consolidated School in Lenoir coun ty. Married to the former Miss Lo;s McLamb of Ingold in Samp son county, they have two daughters. J Black shank, a dreaded and fear ed tobacco disease, has struck some 29 to 35 farms In Duplin . County. Vernon Reynolds, County Farm Agent, reported today that snore and more fanners are coming into the County Agriculture building with black shank specimens. There are probably many others who know what they have who have not come to the agriculture of fice he atated,0.J;v:..v';-';'';' Reynolds points out that the dl- sease vis ' in non-resistant varieties. Farmers planted these varieties this year hoping to come out with a goea t and one' ' which the tobaseo nies wanted. However, It - 1 1 I "t TizA - Dennis Blanton Duplin's 170! Second Ik ah Dennis Blanton, age 20, native of Burgaw, was killed instantly Wed nesday at 1:20 p.m. on Highway 41 two miles east of Wallace, when he stepped into the path of an oncom ing car. 1 Highway Patrolman O. R. Stew art, who investigated, said that Blanton stepped from behind a truck where, trees were being cut with a power taw. ; It is surmised that the power saw drowned out the sound of the ap proaching tar and Blanton never knew whst hit him. . vt,;v-'vo. . Mrs; Gladys Hanohey driver of the er,of Route a, "Wallace, said f st I; -".ton stepped fcito the path1 vmality of her car and she did not see him until after the -Impact. Blaaton ' wag employed by As plunch Tree JExptrt Co., of Jenkin town, Pa. The crew was trimming trees along the highway. Other members of the erew in formed Patrolman - Stewart that Blaaton had y ttarted -across the highway to put P a Hen Working" sign warning .motorists that men were working along the highway in the area,' .-vj i'fXi "H-..-A v i Investigation It eentlnulnf . Coron er's inquest wiU' be fceld Tuesday night in Wal!f :,-at o'clock. This is f -i fc'rvay fa- Kenansville Cafe " To Observe New Hours Soon Kenansville Cafe in Kenansville will begin observing new hours next week, Roscoe Jones, proprietor, an nounced today that beginning, Wed nesday, June 5, the Kenansville Cafe will be closed at 3 p.m. However, the Cafe will be open Sundays from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m., Jones said. The Sunday hours will go into effect June 9. Other days the cafe will be open all day, as usual. JUNE' , 1944 Allied troops landed in Normandy to begin great invasion of Europe. JUNE If, 1943 Withholding at-souree system of tax collection signed Into law by President Boose-1 vehV'v.;'--J v: ; C'J A .'. x;i:-.'S-!.? 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