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1 s Mr;: -1 v. f ... I, . ; . C JL - "k I i ) :.K . ) ' ' I rr r - 1 - - : '?.'ty. v NO. AZ. villh, Konra cascuxa, Thursday, octobee 24, 1957. ?MBacBFnoiMMi)w . Dmpum m OmbUcm S4.N nWl( this Mfe ki X PRICE TEN CENTS 4 J' u JO h y , WITH JOE CQ8TTO J ' . KENAN CENTEAt RACKS UP BEULA VILLE 33-0 Johnny -Wsgon Wheel . Godbold cored twice and addd three extra .! points to (park BUT TaylorY TU ; era to a 83-0 East Central Confer' enee victory over Beulavffltf last ftMay-iUghtv-;4:-s.-'.' ':: In the flrat ? period, ' the Tigers .! marched 148 yards to score with f Godbold scoring from five yards - out In the second quarter Quarter back, Bill Straughan passed to 'big Bobby Braswell for a touchdown. : The play covered 38 yards as the mart little general spotted his end : open downfleld and pitched a per feet. strike.,;:V:;,.;-; '.;-... ,.V In the third quarter Godbold seor- the wagon wheel rolled down to pay dirt Speedy little Gail Hender son scored the fourth tally on a five yard plunge. .. . ' In the final period Buddy 'Scoot er Blanchard went four yards for the fifth score. - 1 J In the Une Lltch Hule, Xrvln Mar tin, Prew Grice and Walker Mc Neil sparked the Tigers. This coming:' Friday the Tigers will have their work cut out for them as they tangle with a Mt OUve team-that is rated fifth in class A football In the state by the Greensboro Dally News. The ACL Ffos DisccrJince Two Trains, 48 :r. d 49r On Wilminsion-Rcclcy Mount Run 'ed on a beautiful 40 yard sprint as same will be played In Warsaw; WALLACE-ROSE HILL CRUSHES RICHLANDS 42-6 Bussey ' passed"' to Mack Horrells for a TD, which covered nine yards. The big man. of . the Bulldog line tackle Gordon Whltaker who recov ered a fumble and ran 37 yards to pay dirt "Btchjands scored in the first period as Cecil Jannan pass ed to Bobby' Horiia who went T5 yaVds to w';.pj$t$b$ Ufj The game of games will be played In : Smithfield this, coming Friday Wilmington, N. C. : Oct 21, 1957 k Successive years of declining re venues from ACL trains 48 and 49 have resulted in an. operating loss to Coast Line of more than 140, 000.0ft annually. Today notices were posted ' In ' fourteen stations ' from Wilmington to Rocky Mount stating the company's Intention to make application .to the N. C. VtilitleS Commission - to ' discontinue ., the ratas.;;i'i;i.vv''.:if-; r. , After more than half a century of service to. the traveling public in operating these trains, the Atlantic Coast Une Railroad stated in its request : that 4 'the train Is being operated 'at a loss and the lack of public us, of this service indicates that it is no longer-needed by the public." ... v: ' . -.;.'.. , Sleeper service, now being pro vided on trains 48 and 49 between 1 Wilmington and New York, would be handled by trains 42 and 41, leav ing Wilmington around seven in the evening and arriving at Wil mington shortly after seven In the morning. n, 1 , Train 48 leaves ; Wilmington in mid-afternoon for the three hour and IS minute run to Rocky Mount Train 49 leaves Rocky Mount near breakfast' time and reaches Wilm ington in the late morning. , Coast Line's' out of pocket loss in the operation of these trains dur ing 1956 amounted to $57,950.00. De creasing demand for its services added tt Increasing costs of op eration brings this loss up to $63, 150 00 for the year ending July 31, 1957. In 1946, these trains served 81,000 revenue passengers. Ten years lat er, 1956 showed only 32,000. PrcifaiFor Roads Is Willie Finer staged a one-man of fensive show as he sparked un beaten Bulldogs to a 42-6 victory over Richlands in an East Central contest. It was the Bulldogs seventh .win against one tie. Piner raced nine yards for his team's first touchdown and then on a beautiful eleven yard jaunt for his second score. He scored again from the six. Graham Kilpatrlck en tered the scoring as he went four yards for a tally. Quarterback Bob SMITHFIELD RALLIES TO EDGE LAGRANGE 7-6 t J Smlthfield's undefeated- Red De ! vils had to : come from behind to win their sixth straight last Cen tral Conference victory over a stub- , born Laqrange team 7-8. Robert Allison passed five yards to end Jerry Bunn to put the Bu'l dogs ahead early In the first per & lod..The Red Devils scored late 1st the second quarter, "with halfback feck Broadhuast going eft tackle sd 4Mrfnf 8$rds. MiJ,-Spark Plug Starllnf' plonged tor the. eru clal extra point' Smithfield pene trated deep inside LaGrangeterrl tory in the second , half, reachjijr the four and the two, but. guard Jack Herring led a rugged defens that stopped the threats, Smithfield is host to Then Ov.r man's' Bulldogs this Xr' y. n 'it Ik ihe- important scrD.f the t K policy for determining prior ity and an explanation of the role the Board of County Commissioners in each of the State's 100 counties for securing and maintaining secondary-roads was outlined by Ha rold Makepeace, director of sec ondary :' roads and ' his assistant 'Billle' Ingram of Raleigh, former ly of Kenansville, at a meeting with representatives' r of Duplin and Sampson Counties Wednesday af ternoon, v The meetlnf - was held at the Division Highway Office in SGGondary W ' m I ' , I VU1IIIIGU night as they take on the Unbeaten (Wallace f Rose Bill 'BuUdags,r clClmtoni . Coitnty Commissioners, E. i 'i,'V i v n.-y -i ; JJvi 'XcPjv; cbairm'LsM.'X(inie(aFt Wlllard Eux. r, Leon 'Brown and J. B. Stroud, County auditor F, M. McGowen and highway foreman . C Tyndall attended from Duplin. Jfakepeace .cussed a sta vide survey of tondary- reads -which It now under , ty. H sad this sur vey will result in ratings for brlt- Uual roads; show which roads and ax:- s Med work to meet wini- mum standards; show which of the existing secondary roads are in need of reconstruction. The sur vey will enable the State Highway Department to determine the neces sary additions to the secondary road system. The secondary road director said his department was created because of the relative importance of sec ondary roads to the over all state highway program and to maintain a closer contact with the general pub lic with respect to maintenance im provements and paving projects. He expressed the hope that the road survey will result In establish ment of state-wide standards for creating!, maintaining and improv ing secondary roads. Boardfc Ot vounty Commissioners will make recommendations for secondary roads as tin see fit as ia the past but all requests will be weighed s gainst ether factors it was noted' ,(,, , v.. ' . woRu coaiMtNrnr dat World Community Day will be ob served November 1 at 3:30 p.m. at the Jienansviiie Methodist Church. All three churches will take part on ue program,, watch next week's paper for more details. ITS BARTER TUT GAIN us rare in inese parts to see large merchants offering to barter their merchandise for something other than money. But that is just what is taking place in Goldsborp, according to an ad on another page in this paper. The Central Service Motor Company in that, city is of fering automobiles in exchange for corn. Corn farmers it will pay you to look up their ad and read it. Might be something there for you. 8TIIX FULLING WATERMELONS Falson Smith, Albertson farmer. Is still treating his family to fresh water mellons. Only Monday of this week he pulled three ripe ones from his patch. Says he's been get ting some every week since they first began ripening. 'ff 'A BURGAW DROPS MT. OLIVE 13-12 It the' first period speedy little halfback Jimmy Loftin put the Pan ther's out front plunging 4 yards tor yards; for the score but the Red Devils came back to upset Mt Olive 13-12 in conference play. Mt Olive led at half time 12-6, ' but Burgaw scored in the final per ' iod when Mike Boryk passed to Pete Farrlos for the crucial point that handed Mt Olive its third setback. Outstanding on'the line. tor the Panthers were Bert May, Vana May and' Allen'Sttonr;?,,:,;.' V'V- m The ; Panthers travel to Warsaw where they tangle with the once beaten; Kenan Tigers this Friday night - -- " ' ' v President, Jtesneth Reardone IT V 1 ,. wOti-il v ITreiuuier.GwyS Bishops ' a r . ' I , .... ' 1111, M' ! I Other eommittee were also nov iimturcn Patrolman Rogers Reports 2 Wrecks ' ; Patrolman Willie Rogers ot Ken v anavill ereported two wrecks 'over f the week end. No one was Injured In either. . 1 dvi , . . 1 j - . . " , At one a.m. Sunday morning Jam i ,f es. Warren, colored, 23, of Rt L Beulavllle, straightened out a curve - on the Hallsville highway 24 road, with his 1950 Oldsmobile. The car was a total loss but the driv i er flld not receive scratch. The : ear traveled 991 feet from the left side of the road before' it turned over and stopped. He was charged with rckless, drivtog.'s'-,-''," On Saturday morning about 1:00 ?i o'clock George Winifred Miller, colored,- of Albertson wrecked . his car when he apparently went to sleep on a dirt road In Albertson " near 3. G. Teachey's home. .The car xig sagged" across the road a num- ; ber of times before hitting the road ditch and finally turning 'over. It went down the ditch 11 feet. The 1953 Ford was damaged about $500, The driver was. tminjured. Failing 1 to report the wreck, until 4:00 pjn. the next day instead of Immediate ly, as the law requires, Miller was charged with reckless driving and falling to report wrecicr .. 1. r ;!in ASC : ' :;.illC2 Is ;;;:d Here i . Thadford Harrell, of Rose Bill, has been elected chairman of the Duplin County ASC Committee for the 1937-58 fiscal year, , : , The election came in the annual County ASC Convention in Ken ansville,, Wednesday, , , (" , Other members of the Committee . -e: Gordon Lanier, of Beulavllle, x e chairman; and Edd Herring, CaJypso. First Alternate is O. L. T -Hand, Warsaw; with David Lane, if Mount Olive, RFD, the Second ".ornate. ' ' '- ': ' ' -::f. "',;: . T' e p nuncpment of the results "'( fv Convention was ma:'? ; Recently irput of younc peo ple from the Snow HUI Church met with their pastor, Rev. Joe Ingram and organized a Young Peoples Auxiliary., At ..their first meeting they elected the following officers: President, Carole Tyndall; Vice See-and Other committees; were also ap pointed to work out the details that might come up in - the meetings. They chose tor their advisors Mrs, William Earl Tyndall and Mrs. Park Holmes. A meeting is held once month and a social once a month. All young people in the community are cordially invited to attend , and become a member of this organization. TOBACCO STILL GROWING IN DUPLIN Ralph Brown, local garage op erator and oil distributor hasn't completed housing his tobacco for this season. Just inside his unfin ished garage is a stalk of tobacco. still very green, with 35 leaves and 6 feet tall. It was set out there at the beginning of the season. Some think it may continue to grow for several weeks yet. Never has been watered or fertilized. ; " V .'.,i.f,,,-..; RECENTLY ACCREDITED Dn;in General Hospital was accredited by the Joint Commission on Hospital Accrediting- officially on July 18, 1957. The hospital has shewn eontmnous-growth since it was opened in February, 1955. The modern hos pital and nurses home was constructed and eqoiped at a cost of about $1,000,000. (Photo by Paul Bar-wick.) Dun! Andh in I Genera! Hospital Progresses MORE FROST A rather heavy frost struck Du plin Monday morning. The second of the season. Spotted frost wj seen on Tuesday morning. ; - IN LAWSUIT Mrs. Mamie Rouse Fordham of Albertson, teacher in Grady school has instituted a suit in Lenoir County against Miss Ruth Faulk ner, another teacher at Grady school in' the.amount of $25,000 for alleged injuries in an automobile accident The accident occurred in 1958 when Mrs. Fordham was rid ing with MJst Faulkner- and her car turned oyey,. rff BOTS WIN HONORS tones Kenan - High; School FFA boys have walked away with- top honors at the Duplin Pender Fed (CONTINUE ON BACK) 1 The greatest achievement in the young history of Duplin General Hospital was the accrediting of the hospital this year by the Joint Com mission on Accreditation of Hos pitals. I. O. Wilkerson, Hospital adminls trator, said hospital officials and the Board of Trustees can be justly proud of the accrediting. He points out that of the 6,000 hospitals in the United States, only 2,000 are accre dited. Duplin General Hospital was con structed and equipped at an esti mated total cost of $1,000,000. It was occupied and dedicated in Feb ruary, 1955. Since its dedication, the hospital has shown continuous growth. For the past year, the average daily pa-' tient census has been 29. Births' have totaled 240 for the fiscal year tiding September 30. But ot all progress noted, the hospital's accrediting, which has to meet 'very rigid tests and require ments', is the most important The Joint Comgriesiest'TW JHospU tal Accrediting is composed of the American Medical Association, Ca nadian Medical Association Amer ican Hospital Association, American College of Surgeons, and American Accredited Durina Past Year college or Physicians. Duplin General Hospital, with a patient capacity of 50 adults, is be ing accepted more and more by the people of Duplin. The Hospital is being supported in a County with no large towns and a total popu lation Of about 41,000. Wallace . is the County's largest town and has a population of a little above 2,000. The Hospital has been well staff ed Irotn- the beginning. Dr. John A. Parrott and Dr. Russell P. Harris are resident surgeons. The consulting staff of the hospi tal is." Dr. Simmons I. Patrick, ra- dlolofcist. Kinston; Dr. Pterry & Withers, dermatologist, Kinston; Dr. Paul 'A. Black, Eye - Ear - Nose Specialist Wilmington; Dr. Bruce Derman. orthopedist. Golds boro; Dr. Robert Wllkins, obstetrician, Goldsborp; and Dr. Glenn C. New- The nursing staff is composed of 20 Registered Nurses. Although separate from the hospi tal, thi . Duplin County Medical Staff,, composed of the., County's medaUl doctor works-elosely wtjh j. D. Precythe. bospHaiXiBtttetals to'give the hos pital a. complete medical staff. . All citizens, of Duplin have an interest 'in the hospital's sucsess. When it was being proposed, the tax payers voted to access themselves .08 cents per $100 valuation for the 'retirement of bonded indebtedness against the hospital and for its support.' The Hospital's growth is marked, other than the 29 daily patfent cen sus for the past year, by the fact that the past fiscal year showed 17 -000 laboratory procedures; 200 X ray procedures- 907 operations and an average length stay of each pa tient of 5.63 days. Duplin General Hospital is di rected by a 15 member Board ot Trustees, representing all sections of the County. Lee E. Brown serves as chairman of the Board; H. E. Latham, vice chairman; F. W. McGowan, secre tary and an ex-officio member; & E. Kelly, J. R. Grady. J. O. Stokes, Harry Kramer, Jim Smith, D D. Williams, Grover Rhod es. Rodolph Simons, C C Ivey, St.. Ralph Barwlck. W. F. Miller. Preston Walfe. and This story on Duplin General Hos pital is also appearing this week lit the Kinston Free Press 75th Anni versary Edition. Duplin School Absenteeism Reported To Have Averaged 30 And 50 Percent Duplin County schools have suf fered from the cold and flu epi demic for the past ten days. Com plete and accurate figures for all schools have not been learned' but absenteeism in the following schools has been reported: Mon. Grady, 158; Kenansville, 60; Tuesday, Grady, 207. James Kenan, 158; Wallace 70; Rose Hill 70; today, Thursday, Wal lace - Rose Hill 102; Kenansville, 30. Superintendent O. P. Johnson said that he feels the schools of the county have passed the peak and attendance is picking up, es pecially in the southern part of the county. No schools have been forc ed to close and it is not anticipat ed that any will. On the whole, it is believed the absenteeism among the colored schools has been greater than among the white. It is estimated that among the colored about. 50 per cent have been absent and among the whites 30 per cent. Sheriff Miller Not To Censor Comic Books And Magazines In Duplin County Homecoming Tomorrow At James Kenan k TILE DRAINAGE Dvplln Cemnty Soil Coa aetraUonlat George Penney is chatting with Jimmy Bsnunerlls), of near Kensosyllle, who is nrM"r-f ' tJUt feet ef ttle drainage on Ur farm and is to Fat in WOO more feet la the near fatare.' It fa being installed through a eost share program ender'tbe ACP. Engineering of the tile Installation Is dene by the Soil Conservation Service at ne ; cost to the landowner bb all ssch ap Jeets. (Photo by Pasl Berwick.) , , . Pwpr BKngo : EnorbacoG Land f :K: Vdzo ' Ad . Fcra InconG in tea The, lack of proper drainage on arms in North Carolina baa eost armers millions of dollars over the years. , , " i ,' In Eastern North Carolina this year, millions of dollars worth of damage was done to tobacco, corn and cotton ' because . of improper drainage. Jones, Onslow and Duplin Counties were hit hardest by drow ning crops la 1957..::;!; H:Pu:':'v' Soil Conservationists and1 Farm Agents throughout -the State are quick to point out that there are probably numerous Instances where severe crop and' land damage has been done and never Is reported or reaches tnejr offices. V;: cut sou : conservation ana pro per drainage are important to the ire of farming in Truth Cpro- " ' ii cj r half of the State. Some progress is being msde with drainage. Tile drainage is definite ly on the Increase. , Through ' the cost share program of the ASC ad ministered; Agriculture Conserva tion Payment . setup, farmers can iistall six inch tile on their farms under approved Soil. Conservation planning and receive 18 cents for each foot of tile drainage1 construct ed. 'V ' vVrV; ;? f;f:i It Is estimated that the total eost n Installation of tile.; drainage, is from 33 to 88 cents per foot A cross section of what is being done about drainage in Eastern North Carolina can be seen through programs ntfw being conducted it Din Hn, Lenoir. Greene and Wayne : r,''-rs Love been made by the Soil Conservation' ser vice to determine the needs of the area. 1 t - - r s-o ' David Dixon, Lenoir County Soil Conservationist says that a survey shows that 18,104,900 feet of tile drainage is needed in the County tor proper drainage for all arms. Although : records are available for only the past 10 years, it is es timated that 718,000. feet of tile drainage has been installed in Le noir. Some . 90,000 feet will be in stalled this year, v 1 For tile drainage to be effective, main eh a nne Is .are necessary through the construction of open ditches. In this category. Lenoir farmers have dug between 25 and 30 miles of approved ditches this year to help .make tile drainage do fee Job epwd of it.- .c:i . c i rt: -) Tomorrow will be gala day for students at James Kenan High School as they make final prep arations for the homecoming pro gram tomorrow night It will be the fjrst homecoming for James Kenan, and in fact home coming for the Kenansville, Warsaw and Mag nolia schools which are now blend ed Into one large consolidated high school. The program gets underway at 8:00 o'clock to the football field at Warsaw. The James Kenan eleven takes on highly touted Mt Olive and promises to give the fans their money's worth. ' : At half time the Queen will be crowned and the Queen's maid and court presented. v: ; Members of the court are: Joan Summerlin and Ruth Cavenaugh, seniors; Sylvia Gooding and Joyce Braswell, Juniors; Lynda Yancey and Martha Ann Barr, sophomores and . Lura Ann Penney and Pattie Hinson, freshmen..' Following the football game there will be homecoming dance in the Warsaw . Armory at which the Queen and her court will reign. The queen and her maid will be selected by the members of the football squad and they will be es-, corted at the dance by senior mem bers of the James Kenan football team. ' - v:;''ft,;',':'.' ;"f ''r:'ft i';;i' The public U cordially ' invited and urged to attend both, especially the game. Admission is , 50c per person and 79c per couple. Skeeter Williams and, his orchestra from Wallace will furnish music for the dance. 1 - ' ' ' Achievement Day In Duplin Is Set For Nov. 1 Duplin County Home Demonstra tion Club women will hold their annual Achievement Day in Ken ansville, November 1, beginning at 2 P.m. Mrs. Alta Kornegay, County Home Agent, said that the group will gather at the Kenansville School for talks by Mrs. J, B. Torrans and' Mrs. O. L. Holland. Mrs Torrans is to talk about her trip to the National Home Demo gtration Council Meeting, in Ohio. Mrs. Holland will tell those at' tending about the recent trip to Virginia which was taken by some of the County HD Club women, . After the session at the school is over, the group will attend the annual Flower Show in the agricul ture building in Kenansville, Duplin Sheriff Ralph Miller said today that he 'does not have the time to go around reading and cen soring magazines on newsstands and that he does not feel he is 'ca pable of passing judgment as to whether a magazine is fit to be read.' He was referring to a letter which Buncombe County Sheriff 'L. E. Brown is sending 'all' Sheriffs in North Carolina asking that they help in removing the 'objectionable' publications from the newsstands. Brown is president of the N. C. Sheriff's Association. Sheriff Miller said today that to his knowledge he has not receive a letter asking that any magazines and comic books be examined by him. 'There is a committee to study this kind of thing.' he said. 'Let them tell what is to be done, I, and" the Sheriff's Department, do not have the time to do such things as this. We have too much to do now. The list which is said to have been sent to all Sheriffs in North Carolina is as follows: The list was compiled in two (Continued on Back Page)) Dr. John A. Parrott Inducted As A Fellow Of American College Of Surgeons LDr. John A. Parrott, surgeon in Duplin General Hospital was among a group of about 1,000 surgeons 33 of them from North Carolina who wss inducted as a fellow in the Am erican College of Surgeons last Sat urday night. The meeting was neia in Atlantic City. The cap and gown ceremonies closed the annual five-day Clinical Congress of this world's largest or ganization of surgeons. The A.C.S. founded in 1913 by a group of 459, has grown in 44 years to more than 21,000 members. Yf inner Duplin Community Development Program lo Be Announced un afurday; r s Announcement of winners in the Duplin County Community Devel opment Program will be made Sat urday night at a picnic supper of club members, sponsors and spe cial guests. The meeting, will be held in the Warsaw National Guard Iters IP Three White Men For Recent Break-Ins Duplin County Sheriffs off are looking for three white who are alleged to have brokea-J into several stores in recent months in Duplin and Lenoir Counties. Linwood Carter, white, 20, of the Albertson community, is in Lenoir stored t' , ': ' eiVfV Sheriff Miller said today that Car ter 7fas identified his accomplices ss""Jamei Lee, white, 25, Smith Township; James Elwood Carter, white,' 18, Albertson; snd Allen Muse, white. 18, Pink Bill. County jail after confessing' that A parttr said the group took a .12 H iL. .... - ..lTu.i' ..i . n jfi. he was part of the gang of four which broke into James Miller's. Hardware Store in Beulavllle about two weeks ego.' , , . . Carter was picked up by the Pink Hill police department on ' suspiYLVTb4,bapers were found In a don. It was learned that he was one of the party which entered the gauge Shotgun, a -22 automatic rifle, cash from the cash drawer and pap ers from the company's safe. The guns, end part of the papers have beeoftfoovercd Sheriff Miller said. creek hear etnL,'Av' Beulavllle last week Armory and will begin at 7 John Fox, of Wilmington, Presi dent of the SENCIand Area Cnaa -munity Development Program, wJ&! be the featured speaker at the a wards meeting. Preliminary judging was held Monday and Tuesday in Duphot County with Judges seeing records. scrap books, visiting the clubs and talking with members of each Club) on the rounds. There are five organized Clubs in Duplin this year competing for the first, second and third place pris- . es. The Clubs participating are: Plea- .' sant Grove, Sarecta, Bowden, Cedar ; Fork and Pountaln-Lyman. . . Winners in the preliminary Judjp-: ing are announced by County Farm Agent Vernon Reynolds. , ' The first and second place wfo- -. nets and amounts of money receiv . , ed are: r ;v;;-. v':.;.''.l,v. ' Community contributing most to increased farm income through lm-- proved practices and new sources of income Pleasant Grove, 850; and , (CONTINUED ON BACKl ','.: 3 ' ... A ... -roil 1 r .