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of tte bi Lionel & Well and rruridiaghter of Lionel WeU, nnvells
a marker edieated at Cliffs of the Neuse State Park Sanday. With
her ai Dr. Prank Graham who wag the main apeaker ai the oeeaalon.
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' DusUi County ASO office Is now
' located ' In its temporary quarters
In the Goading Building, in Ken
ansvlle. .. ,
According to E. E. Kelly, chair
man of the County Board of Com
miaBioners, the building is proving
adequate for the ASC as a tempore
ary measure. '
There was tome rumor that the
Gooding Building was to be pur
chased by the County, but Kelly
stated today, that this is not true.
Plans are already in the making
to construct aq $8,000 to $10,000 wing
to the present agriculture bullet.
on the northwest corner. As soon
as this structure Is completed the
ASC office will occupy it and the
old section; ' ,
Enitance to the new r.udition can
be from, cither side of ir-e build-
tog. .
.Present plans call for approxim
ately 00 additional feet of floor
apace to be added all of which will
be on the ground level. When com
pleted, the agriculture building will
be V shaped .
' At the same time bids will be
let on the agriculture building, bids
will be let for .the .construction of a
Negro Agriculture Building. It is
to be located on highway 24, adja
cent to the E. E. Emith school.
Kelly said today that the estimat
ed cost of this new structure is $12,
0000 y
For the part three years, the Coun
ty .Board- of Commissioners have
been Including in the budget $3,
000 which Was to eventually be used
In the. construction of the Negro
Agriculture Building.
' It will house the offices of the
Negro Farm: Agents, Negro Home
Agents and other facilities. '
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Local Town Tax Rale
To Remain AfSI.00
'vriMumtviU tax rate for 1957 will
remain $1.00 per $100 valuation, ac
cording to Town Clerk C C Hes-
'ter.;:'S-;V;:v;:t'ii,1'1;';.J
The budget for 1957-08 has not yet
keen established. It Is to be con
sidered at the next melting, of, the
Town' Board of Commissioners and
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Tw Attend Grady
School 12 Yean
Without Absenct
The following B. F. Grady grad
uates attended 12 yeargiWitheut an
absence:. Curtis Theodore Simmons,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Rodolph Sim
ons of Albertson attended the
M II years without en absence.
Miss Rubylene Waters daughter ef
Sir. and Mrs. J. N. Waters ef Rt. t,
lt. Olive attended the full M years
wittiout beiag absent (
NO. 24.
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BONN ALLISON V7SLLS receiv
ed his degree of Bachelor 'of Arts in
English from the University of N.
C. at the commencement exercise on
June 3. He will enter the Univer
sity Medical School this fall.
On June 18th Dohn leaves New
York Harbor for Europe to take part
in a. World Council of Churches
Voluntary Service Project at Saint
rax near .Wis, i ranee. He will
tour England, and Italy and return
August 30th.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.'
Hugh M. Wells of B. F. Grady
School.
ion
? Toe Army Engineers said that 387
miles of stream clearance work has
been placed under contract and 1.900
mQes of streams will be inspected
to determine clearance cost estim-.
ates in eastern North Carolina.
, Scheduled for inspection are 608
miles of streams in Duplin and ad
joining countie.:; . MA
Cot Henry. Rowland, Wilmington
district engineer': said te projects
already under contract include 56
miles In Kuplin and 14 miles in Wil
son counties. ,
Scheduled to -be inspected are
106.7. miles of streams in Wayne,
144.1 mile in . Sampson, 188 In
MJuphn, 98 in Greene, 91.6 In Wil
son, M In Lenoir and 3.6 in . the
town of Clinton.
CoL Rowland Mid the inspection
should be completed by September
II and report! and cost estimates
should be completed and in the
haadf of the Federal Civil Defense
Adatiairkratiei before Sept IT..
KENANSVILLE. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1957.
State Opcaher Says Duplin Ucll Ahead
Leon Drown Named President
Leon Brown has, been elected
president of the , newly organized
Duplin Coupty Community Develop
ment Program, which" is composed
of all members of the various Coun
ty .Community Development Clubs.
All five of the County's present
Community Development Clubs
were represented at the organiza
tional meeting. They were Plea
sant Grove; Bowden, Cedar Fork,
Lyman - Fountain and Sarecta.
Clarence Warren, chairman of
Duplin County Agriculture Com
mittee 'presided and introduced
Vernon Reynolds, County ; Farm
Agent, who introduced i, A. Glaze
ner, Program Planning Specialist,
N. C. State College.
. Glazener explained the develop
ment of Duplin County and advised
the group that Duplin's progress has
County Tax
Yield About
Duplin 'County Board of Com
missioners have adopted a budget
of $1,267,131.18 for the fiscal year
1957-58.
Faison W, McGo wen. County Ac
countant, said' a horizontal increase
of 50 per eent on e1t real estate is
in effect this year. The tax rate
has been lowered to $1.25 per $100
valuation with the total yield, be
ing approximately Mhe same tor
1957-51 as it was Xrem taxation in
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Funeral Services For
Prominent Duplin County Man, Held
Albert Clayton Hall,: 70, proml.
nent Wallace citizen and Duplin
County political leader, died Tues
day morning at James Walker Hos
pital in Wilmington after a short
Illness. ' '7
Born in Duplin County, son of
Steven (Ned) and Asha Chestnutt
Halt he came to Wallace as a young
man and associated with several
business ' firms in Wallace until
1933 when he founded the A. C.
Hall Hardware Company "of Wal-
. He was a former chairman of the
Duplin County Board of Commis
sioners and a former member of the
Town Board of Wallace, He was an
elder in the Rockfish Presbyterian
Church near Wallace.
. In Democratic political affairs of
the State and county, he always
had an active part.
He is survived by his widow, thk
former Miss Annie Thomas Wells
of Wallace. .
.. He was married previously to the
former Leona Knowles of Duplin
Nickels For Know-How Vote In North
Carolina Is Scheduled For August 23
North Carolina farmers and oth
er feed and fertilizer users will go
to the polls on August 23 to vote on
whether to continue .for another
three years a .program that has
caused widespread .favorable com
ment since its beginning in 1952.
' The program is known ae Nick
els 'for Know-How, through which
fertilizer and feed users contribute
to agricultural research and educa
tion a nickel per ton of feed and
fertilizer they buy. Th program Is
clear expression of North Ca
rolina ffrmere willing to help
covide a portion of the funds for
research and information that keep
tliis country ahead of the rest ef
the world in production of food and
fiber. V - . '.' 7
The Nickels for Know How re
ferendum will be , v held in every
county. County referendum, eom-
Lmittees are aaw being set up; town
ship and community committees are
Duplin 4-H Council
Meets Herp;
The Duplin 4-H Council met June
4 at the Ag. Building in Kenansville.
Jane Wilklns, president preslled.
, District Talent' andi Demonstra
tion day was discussed, The'ere-
dent appointed Carij-lc erring t
Crops
keen 'very rapid, even more rapid
than had been anticipated.'
He pointed out that "Duplin is
bow in the lame phase of Com
munity Development as the West
ern counties were when they start
ed organizing into County units.'
His comments brought out the
need for a county wide organization.
K is necessary that Duplin Coun
ty have a governing body to coor
dinate the ovsr - all development,
to set up prizes and awards, to be
responsible for judging, and to set
rules and regulations as to Com
munity Club entrance into various
County, area and State contests.
1 All Community Development
Clubs are represented In the Coun
ty Brogram. The Board of Directors
is composed of a man,, woman and
youth representative from each of
Rate Reduced To $1 .25
Same As Last Year
1956-57." The old tax rate was $1.70
ner $100 valuation.
according to McGowen, it will re
quire $528,750.00 to balance the bud
get. It is estimated that the Coun
ty will have available $738,381.18
from other sources other than
trough the tax levy.
A breakdown of the budget shows
that $346,075.98 will go Into the gen
eral fund.
A complete breakdown of the
budget shows: County Debt Ser-
Albert C'Hdl,
County who died in 1842. Of this
marriage the following children
survive: A. C. Hall, Jr., Mrs, Eu
gene Browder and Mrs'. Norman
TuMle of Wallace, Mrs. John Kas
tius, New York. Other survivors
include one brother Elma J. Hall
of Wallace; five grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday at 3 p.m. at the Rockfish
Presbyterian Church, conducted by
nil pastor, Rev. C. S. McChesney
assisted by Rev. W. B. Hood of the
Wallace Presbyterian Church.
Burial services followed at Rock-'
fish Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were: Jack
Carr, Boy Carter, Harry Kramer,
Dr. Deane Hundley, Jesse Jenkins,
Bill Ipock, Johnnie Rivenbark and
Dr. D. L. Wells, Jr., Honorary pall
bearers were: officers of Rock Fish
Presbyterian church; members of
the Duplin County Board of Com
missioners; Faison W. McGowen,
Robert M. Carr, Hugh Morrison,
John Charles Maultsby Sheriff
Ralph Miller and R. M. Browder, Sr.
also being established.
During the first five years of the
program some $717,500 was turned
over to the N. C. Agricultural Foun
dation, Inc., headed by R. W. Dal
rymple. The money has been spent
to. employ agricultural research sci
entists in various fields. Their, ac
complishments, have already begun
to be fek In North Carolina, with
increased efficiency in cultural!
practices, better methods of con
trolling weeds, etc. Still more Im
provements in farming will result
from their work. :,iJ,
State' Agriculture Commissioner
L. Y. (Stag) Ballentine has been
named state chairman for the aeter
endum. He will be assisted by three
vice chairmen: A." C, Edwards of
Hookerton, T., C. Auman of West
End, and. Horace 3. Isenhower, state
director of Farmers Home AdnUn
istratien. An executive committee
consisting of these officers and five
or six other persons will be get p.
cast over Votes for District oftlcesa,
and to assist, the ones giving dem
onstrations. , " , , , , , v
Dancing was enjoyed by all after
wards, t - ( v
B. F. Grady club was leading In
attendenct. Approximately M
members were present v- . v1: , :
The shortest answer Is doing. v
George Merbeat
Damaged
the Clubs. In addition, a representa
tive of the sponsors and a member
of the County Board of Commission
ers are among the directors.
At the organizational meeting, it
was decided that the main objec
tive of the program should be to
increase faim Income which is to
be converted into improved living.
Prizes for 1957 which have been
set for Community improvement
are $200, first place; $100, second;
$50, third, and all otier partici
pants (25 each.
Other than Brown, officers for
1937 - 68 are: Emmett Herring, vice
president; Mrs. Douglas Sloan, sec
retary; Mrs. James Sauls, treasurer;
and Mrs. Walter Rhodes, reporter.
The motto approved was "Com
munity Development by All Work
ing Together.'
viae, $59,240.29; old age assistance,
$178,800.00; and to dependent child
ren, $124,809.00; aid to permanently
and totally disabled $54,000.00; aid
to blind, $5,764.40; operation, equip
ment and maintenance of hospital,
$36,500.00; school current expense,
$200,213.00; school capital outlay,
$52,445.99; and school debt ser
vice, $9,292.61.
It Jb estimated that the property
valuation in Duplin this year is
$47,000,860.00
REV. HAROLD TRwSTT SMITH
Summer Helper At
Warsaw Baptist
a native of Albemarle and a second
year student at Southeastern Theo
logical Baptist Seminary; will serve
as a summertime helper in the
Warsaw Baptist Church during the
summer months.
Mr. Smith attended Mars Hill
College for two years and graduat
ed from Wake Forest College with
a Bachelor of Arts Degree In Socio
logy; minoring in Religion and
Gieek.
Duplin Register Of
Deeds Officials
Attend Mating
,; Mrs. Christine W. Williams, Reg
ister of Deeds and deputies, Mrs.
Lucy B. Baker, Miss Janice Smith,
and Miss Jackie Boyette attended
sessions at The Institute of Gov
amment in Chapel Hill June 10th
and 11th.
Cftssec were scheduled on Birth
Certificate Problems, Delayed Birth
Certificates; Preparation of Jury
Lists, New Legislation affecting the
operation of the Register of Deeds
Office and other phases of The
Register's Duties.
Liquor Still
Destroyed
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stroyed Wednesday in the Wat
er Fish Pond section near Sun
merlin'a Ctosa Roads.
that nine kanrclf, MK filed With
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $1M per -fear la Bmplla and adjoining
Contlcot MjM wriddtlUimta K. C.( MM entaUa N. 0.
The "Tobacco
A oove is a picture
tobacco on the Brooks farm, eastern edge of Mag
nolia, Tuesday after the sun came ova following
the week-end rains. Scenes like this are typical
In many sections of Duplin Photo by Ed Simpson.
Kenansyille Girl
Is Honor Graduate
boss lvcoxk Howard, daueh-
ter of Mrs. EnotA Howard. of Ken-
anrwuej gradvsted from Highms
Behoos f Nursing, FayetteytUe, N.
C, on May 22 with honors.
She won the scholastic award for
having the highest average for the
three years in training. She has
been active ih the student body,
in her senior year she served as
class treasurer and secretary of the
student body and president of the
Christian Student Association and
wai Editor in Chief of 'The Reflec
tor,' the school's annual.
A.T. Outlaw, Jr.,
Wins Scholarship
BY LOUISE K. BONEY
Kenansville Chapter No. 215, Or
der of the Eastern Star feels quite
proud that A. T. Outlaw Jr., of this
community has again been named
to receive an ESTARL award at the
Informal Opening of Grand Chap
ter which will convene in Wilming
ton at Brogden Hall on June 10 1957.
Timmy as he is better known here,
5 is one of twelve to receive this hon
or according to Mr. Vernon J. Spi
vey, chairman of the Estarl Awards
Committee of the Grand Chapter of
North Carolina, Order of the East
ern Star. Mr. Spivey announced the
recipients far the year 1957-58 as
follows: "Renewal Awards go to
Miss Linda Carolina Briggs; Miss
Gayle Carolyn Sparks, Bakersville;
Mr. William Ronald Wachs, Pitts
boro; Mr. Lawrence Thaddeus Pre
vatte, Lumberton; Mr. Albert Tim
othy Outlaw, Jr., Kenansville; and
Miss Mary Alice Godfrey Old Fort.
New awards go to Miss Shirley Joan
Pegram Stokedale; Mr. Euward
Franklin Johnson, Jr., Wallace; Mr.
Dean Carlyle Bridges, Kings Moun
tain; Miss Clara Stevens Pruett,
Asheville; Miss Betty Jean Coile,
LaGrange; and Miss Frances Louise
Wilson, Roseboro.
Each of these recipients have cho
sen some phase of Religious Educa
tion. They are to be congratulated
as well as their respective chap
ters who are sponsoring them.
Timmy is a Pre-ministerial Stu
dent who attended King College at
Bristol, Tennessee last year and
plans to go back next fall, The
award he is receiving is in the a
mount of $300.00 toward his college
training as Religions Leader.
Duplin Sheriffs office reports
mash were destaoyed along with
the still.
It is reported that law enforce
ment officers have been looking
for the still for several months but
'it kept moving around.
On Wednesday's raid were Deputy
Douglas Shivar. Constables W. C.
raill end R. S. Thigpen.
Watering it important at this time
of year and snay moa nthe differ
ence between aevlng and Msg that
TaksaWe dnebbory.
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$2,000,000
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Chinquapin Boy At
Forestry Camp
Edward C. Raynor, son of Mr.
and Mrs. G. C. Raynor is one of the
B0 odd youths attending the 11th
annual North Carolina Forestry
Camp for Farm Boys near Canton
in Haywood county this week.
The camp is operated by the Di
vision of Forestry of the Depart
ment of Conservation and Develop
ir.tnt in cooperation with he fol
lowing: International Paper Co.,
Carolina Riegel Corp., North Caro
lina Pulp Co., and the Champion
Paper and Fibre Co., underwriters
of the week - long project.
, The youths were selected from
all seotions of the state on the ba
sis of work they did in their re
spective schools and for the inter
est they have shown in promoting
better forestry practices, said James
B. Hubbard, administrative forester
for the C&D Department's forestry
division, who is in charge of the
camp.
Industrial foresters from the eo-
paoWng coMpJaiOTM foresters
ana ringers from the envision of
Forestry are instructing the youths
in the following subjects: forest fire
control, estimating volume of tim
ber, forest fire prevention, forest
management .forest insects and di
seases and related matters.
The boys also made a tour of the
plant of th Champion Paper and
Fibre Co., at Canton, owners of
Camp Hope, and also the state
owned Holmes Nursery, which is
located near Hendersonville. Moun
tain hikes and other entertainment
were on the program.
Adults Urged Take
Polio Shot Free
Du:-i:i: County citizens nr" 'til:
not laking advjntage 3f the free
Polio shots which are being given
to aJults between the ages of 20
40. Dr. John F. Power3; Duplin
County Health Officer said that
approx'mately 35 persons shew-d
up last Tuesday morning for their
free Salk vaccination.
Under the program, the Coi''ity
Infantile Paralysis Chapter gavi'
$1,000 toward purchasing this vac
cine. It was felt that by the Coun
ty Health Department administer
ing the vaccine, it would be more
of a central point in the County
and more people could receive the
shots.
Only 55 persons have come to the
Health Department for the shots
since it was started. There are ap
proximately 1,000 shots available.
The program of giving Salk vac
cine to children from birth through
19 years old Is being continued.
Also expectant mothers are given
the Salk Vaccine free at the Health
Department.
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Briefs
CAMPBELL GRABUATES
The following Duplin students re
ceived diplomas at the graduation
exercises at Campbell College. Roy
Lee Hood, Rose Hill; Shelby Jean
Jones, Warsaw; Mary Christine Sut
ton, Seven Springs and Lucy Rosa
mond Outlaw of Mt. Olive.
PAROLBD
William Register of Duplin Coun
ty, sentenced here in Angus 1951 to
22 to 28 years for second degree
murder was rareled by the State
yesterday.
HEAVT RAINS IK BUI UN
Unusually reevy rains fell
throughout the county over the
week end due to a tropical disturb
ance in the Atlantic that hit eff the
coast from Wilmington; Wont West
who lives about trrce miles south
west of Warsaw measured the rain
fall in hit water gang ftuntay af-
PRICE TEN CENTS
Rains over Duplin for a 48 hour
period beginning Saturday around
noon have played havoc with tobac
co farms throughout the county.
The least damaged areas are to be
found in Wolfescrape, Glisson, Alb
ertson and Smith Tpwnships while
Cypress Creek and Limestone suf
fered most
The Board of County Commis
sioners met m special session at
live o clock yesterday afternoon
and will meet agarin this afternoon
in an effort to get something work
ed out to help the farmers who were
victims of the heavy rainfall. Just
what can be done, whether an em
ergency may be declared by the
Department of Agriculture s yet to
be seen. County Agent Vernon
Reynolds spent Wednesday in Ra
leigh looking into possibilities.
A summarization of damages in
various townships was drawn from
estimates by County Agent Rey
nolds, Assistant County Agent
Simpson, the Board of County Com
missioners and leading farmers in
each section. Percentage of . dam
ages in each towaship: Cypress
Creek, 60 pereent; Limestone, 40
percent; Kenansville, 26 pereent;
Magnolia, 25 percent; Warsaw, 25
percent; Rose Hill, 25 percent; Rock
fish, 20 percent; Island Creek, 20
percent; Faison 10 percent, Wolfe-
scrape, Glisson and Albertson, 5
percent, Smith 20 percent.
In discussing crop damages this
year, Mr. Reynolds said that there
have been at least 50 and probably
more farms In the county damaged
from Black Shank. Some farmers
replanted. Then along came hail
storms, not ia general but they did
severe damage to several crops. An
overall total of the county damage
from Black Shaak, hail and drown
ing, he said, may reach 25 percent;
15 percent from the rains. Duplin
has allotted this year 15,400 acres
of tobacco and of this approximate
ly 2200 to 2500 are beyond recov
ery. A total loss to the farmers of
around $8,000,000,
Commenting en what may be
done about the conditions during
the remainder of the growing sea
son, the eounty agsnt said many
farmers .probably will replant their
tobacco. Crop plantings now will
probably not produce as good a
crop as that destroyed, but ther
should get about a 60 to 75 per cent
crop or maybe a little above. Plants
should be available in the Old
belt around Durham, Greensboro,
Danville and Lynchburg, Va. Some
farmers have been advised o ap
ply about 50 pounds of soda to the
aare to areas that appear not to be
totally drowned. It may be, he said,
that some roots near the top of the
ridge may not be drowned and
will take new life from the soda.
It was reported that the area from
Fountain's Store through to Lyman
almost a total loss, judging
from fields along the highway. The
Cabin section of Smiths suffered
severe c'amase but the rest of the
township damage was light.
The Federal Crop Insurance of
fice reported that 490 crop insur
ance policies have been issued that
will cover the rain a.s well as other
damages.
Looking back it was pointed out
that the last serious rain damage
to crops in this area was in 1950
when the southern part of Duplin
and nearly all of Pender County
suffered heavy rains. However
the crop was older then, mostly ful
ly matured, and most of it was sav
ed.
Reports from the trucking area
say that much pepper was drowned
but no estimates were available.
Ivey Reunion Held
The Annual Ivey Reunion was
held Sunday at The Old Ivey home
near Seven Springs. Approximate
ly 80 people attended.
The president, Dr. James uaw-
son, presided. Cresson Ivey led the
opening prayer. There were re
ports given by the various com
mittees. Each family represented
gave a report on the outstanding
things that happened in their fam
ily this past year.
Faith of Our Fathers was sung
by the group. Mrs. A. K. Holmes
introduced the speaker. The Rev.
McGee Creech. He based his
thoughts from 15th chapter of Luke
and stressed the importance of each
one being prepared for the final re
union which will be in heaven.
During the business period it was
decided a memorial monument is to
be erected on the highway, along
the original Ivey Land Grant and
near Piaey Grove Church to mark
the establishment of The Ivey Fam
ily in America.
The gsaveyard in which many of
the early members of the family are
buried is to be renovated and pre-
Iserved.
The program was closed with
Sprayer by the Rev. Creeah.
A picnic lunch, barbecue aaa son
Brinks weie enjoyed at noon, fol
hewed by registration and a fellow-