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KENAjNSyiLLE, NOBTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY DECEMBER 4,1958.
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Beading left to right Lt. Charles G. Blackard, r
Jr, of the Durham Ali Defense Filter Center; "
Mr. Stephen A. Soone, Post Supervisor, Herbert
C. Braswell, Chi f Observer Jack Grady, Obser
ver; Lt. Col. James A. Brennan, USAF; and Sector
Awdrds Presented 600 Personnel
'Last week the Ground Obser-
.,? vet Corps of the State of North
Carolina awarded to Mr. and
Mrs. Clayton Stroud of Smith
Township The Meritorious Ser
vice Award Certificate for out-
- t standing services in their work
' for the Ground Observed Corps.
' . Mr, Smith, post supervisor,
V : was awarded a merit badge and
certificate for 2,000 hours of ser
vice and Mrs. Stroud a merit
badge and certificate for 3,000
hours of service.
Present for the occasion were
- Operations Officers for Durham
, Air Defense Filter Center1, GOC
V Sector Sgt. for this, area, Alvin
Holley of 'Mt. Olive and attac
hed to the Durham 'Filter Can
dler and tt. ColoneljjarheftwA.
Brertnafr," USAF, Ground Qbsef.
ver uorps ooorainaur ui na
. lejgh.
; - Mr. and Mrs. Smith were high
: ly praised for their many hours'
. of service with the Ground Ob
i server Corps. Smith is a forester
v for his area, farmer and a' "Smo
ke Chased." Mrs. Smith has ser-
j ven as wwerman m ine nit
'jfi tower, located on the highway
rtcktwpon Kpnancvi p antt flnir
Hill." i t
At the Prison Camp in Kenan-.
' aville Mr. Stephen A. Boone,
- Post Supervisor. Mrs Herbert G
11 Braswell, Chief Observer nd
Jack Grady, Observer, were re-
f cognized" by the Ground Obser
,'kver Corps ; and were presented
Certificates of award and me-
'jit rjt bades for their splendid work.
Yi "3000 hours each for service at
-JF the observation post at the Pri
" son Camp.
.' Present for this presentation
were L. Colonel James A. Bren
' nan, USAF; Lt. Charles G. Bla
,'ckard, Jr., Operation officer; and
" 1 GOC Sector Sgt Alvin 'i Holley
The Ground Obesrver uorps
i i; which was established in the
i' fall of 1949 will be discontinued
, at the end of January in 1959.
The volunteer Ground Obser
- '' Ver Corps were created in Jan
uary of 1950.
With the aetivation of the-Air
Defense Command, the Ground
Wasaw Presbylerisn
Presents CanffMalDewmber 14
The choi- of tl.a Warsaw Pres.
bytenari' Cimrch, under the diree
tlon of Mrs. W. J. Iliddle on.'Jr.
' will p es nt "T heMusic of Chris-
tms" choir cantata by Ira B.
1 1 Wilson, on Sunday, December Hth.
'Vat 8:15 P. M. For several years' the
r Annual Ch iatmas . Cantata, row
ered by the choir of the Warsaw
' Presbyterian Church,, has bcen one
, of the outstanding music features
' of the pr: -Christmas season. 4rs,
i Ben Bowden will be the organist
again this year. : '
Choir' members are: Mrs. W. J.
Mid.'leton, Mrs, J. P. Harmon, Mrs.
J, T. Gresham, Mrs Otto S, Matt
' hews Mrs, Douglas W; Townsend.
Mrs, Arnold M; Jones, Mrs, Tommie
Phillips Mrs.' ' Dorothy Johnson,
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RALEIGH. Thl Motor Vehicles
-"rtment's summary, xf traffic
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u ' ..Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Stroud of Smith Township are being .
, pres nted the Meritorious Service Award .asidUertt Badges for
''8000 hours for Mrs. Smith an 2000 h6urs foVW Smith or their
' service in the Ground Observer Corps. AwaVds 're, b- ing presented
by Lt. Col James A. Brennen, USAr, Lt. (Iftr'l&Gl Blackard, Jr.,
of the Durham Air Defense Filter Center ratrGOC Sector Sgt.
Alviii Holley. Reading left to right Lt. Col Brendan, Mrs. Stroud,
. Mr. Stroud. Lt. Blackard, Jr. and Sgt. BflUeAj.',
Observer Corps was assigned
operationally to that organiza
tion. In 1952 "Operation Sky
watch" as the 24-hour watch by
the GOC was known, was con
tinued until January 1, 1958. The
improvement of the air defense
radar coverage by this time en
abled the entire GOC to revert
from 24-hour duty to a ready
I reserve status. At this time Air
Mrs. Heniy L. Stevens, Jr., Mrs.
Henryi L, Stevens III, Mrs. Ed. E.
Hinea, Miss Victoria Kornegay Mrs,
Earl B. Huie, Mr.' Earl B, Huie,
Mr, Drew Grije, and Dr. Otto S.
Matthews.''
, In. charge of decorations will be
a committee- composed of: . Mrs.
Allen Draughon, Jr., Chairman.
Mrs. R. Herbert Best, Mrs. restus
A. Mitchner, and Mrs. B. C. Shef
field, frt '.. l -p , .,. -J
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AtBeulaville 1
" A series of evangelistic meetings
will be fceld during the week of
December 8-14 by the receatly or
ganized Methodist Church, of Beu-
laville. Servlecs wiQ be. conducted
tor Rev Horace Quigley of Rich-
tive Secertary'of the Board: of Mis
sions Raleigh, N. C, and the pas
tor ReV. Horace Quigley of Rich-
lands. ':;;;';, fV-v,"i-
The meeting will be held nightly
at the . Masonic, Building and. the
public is cordially Invited - to at
tend and worship, a , , -
Sgt. Alvin Holley of Mt. Olive. Boone, Braswell
"and' Grady are beihg a warded .The Meritorious
Service Awa: d and Merit Badges by. pembers of
the Ground Obs rver Corps for their 3000 hours
each of service to the Ground Observer Corps.
Defense-Wila felt that the
GOC co'uld he placed on stand
by sUtilfiy.'Wltiiout adverse ef
fect fiH ,th"tt"wt)Aratiriiil est) ability
of tHsMMtipn. ptbor deve-
the aW'-'defee-'.ystem during
the pte$:.y4&AWW gives assur
ance ,aihvaiiuary 31, 1959,
adequke?wlteteftse can be pro-
vided'ithou'the
the uoc.
Jim Bunce Heads
AgrifVIker
Council In Duplin
Jim Bunce, Assistant Duplin
County Agent, was elected Chair
hifin;of'the Agriculture Workers
Council Monday night at the ag
riculture building in Kenansville,
, The Agriculture. Workers. Co
uncil is composed of all emplo
yees" in t the Extension - Service,
school, home economics instruc
tors, vocational agriculture tea-
dutjfsS; Soil , Conservation ASC,
r orestry oeryice, , t armer nome
Administration, Federal Crop In
surance, and Farm Bureau. ' ?
jBfll Jasper was elected vice--chairrfian,;
5lrs.' Emma Lockamy,
secretary -treasurer, to service
with. Bunce. 1 1 r ;i ' fs:
' During the a past two years,
the Agriculture - Workers Coun
cil ha sponsored the Communi
ty Development Prograifv. in Du
plin: For the immediate future,
the Council members are making
an all out effort to get out the
vote in the December 15, tobacao
referendum.
Tobacco Farmers To Vof q Ds
On Marketing Ouotas For 19591961
Flue-cured, tobacco growers will
vote on Monday, December 15, on
marketing quotas for the next
three crops, O. L. Holland, Chair
man of the Agricultural Stabiliza
tion and Conservation Committee,
reminded farmers today. Growers
eligible to vote in the refrendum
are all those who produced flue
cur d tobacco in 1958. Growers
who Included 1958 flue-cured to
bacco acreage In the Soil Bank
Acreage Reserve or Conservation
Reserve, or whose acreage allot
ment was preserved under section
377 of the act are also eligible to
cast ballots'.
"The decision to be made in the
quota referendum can be simply
stated." Chairman Holland declar
ed. "If. quotas for flue-cured to
bacco are approved by at least
two-thirds of the growers voting,
the law provides that marketing
quotas with penalties on 'excess'
tobacco marketed, .acreage allot
ments, and price supports at 90
percent of parity will be in effect
for the 1959 crop.
"On the other hand, if more than
one-third of the voters disapprove
quotas, then, for marketing pur
poses during the 1959-60 marketing
year, there would be no marketing
quotas no penalties on 'excess' to
bacco, .no acreage allotments, and
no pric supports for the 1959 flue-
cured tobacco crop. In that event,
another referendum would be held
nrxt year on marketing, quotas for
the next three crops of flue-cured
tobacco."
Notices of individual farm ac
Notify Vehicle Dept
Change Of Address
; the Motor Vehicles Depart
ment had this urgent bit of ,ad-
.Vice ior Tar Heel 'car owners
today: . 'Ten us,
VChU mnVC.I? Umi.J.
v Foy "Ingram, dirctor of the
agency's registration division,
warned that thousands of own
ers at re-licensing time face de
lay and confusion every year
for failing to list a change of ad
dress. She explained that license
renewal cards, necessary to. se
cure new plates, are returned to
the department when inaccura
tely addressed. "This inconven
ience can be eliminated," she
said, "if owners will notify the
department promptly of any
chanee in their address. It5s
doubly important now since 1959
renewal cards will gb into the
mail shortly."
Miss Ingram said new license
tags could be issued only upon
presentation of a renewal card,
Therefore, owners who have
changed their address since the
last registration should inform
the department of their license
number and new address imm
ediately. This will assure promt
delivery of a 1959 renewal card,
she aid.
The Motor Vehicles Depart
ment annually registers over a
million and a half vehicles. Cur
rent registration number appro
ximately 1,670,000.
MikeGoodson
New President
4-H Co. Council
Mike Goodson, one of the most
outstanding Duplin 4-H Club
youths, has been elected presi
dent of the Duplin County bo
unty Council.
Goodson is currently serving
as president of both the Pleasant
Grove Development 4-H Club
and the B. F. Grady School Club.
Other officers serving with him
are: Florie Currie, vice-president,
James Kenan; Lorraine Ivey, se
cretary, James Kenan; Harry
Franklin Herring, song leader,
B. F. Grady School; Evelyn Wil
liams, reporter, Wallace - Rose
Hill; and Melvin Willims, pia
nist, B. F. Grady.
. Annette Holmes, outgoing pre
sident, was presented a gold pin
in appreciation for her work, as
president during the past. year.
i
V The : following men were in
ducted, front Duplin County . in
November: ,;i ' ,r ;
. Edyrin - Wells Bowden f a
Joseph Leonard .- Whitfield, Jr.
. The December, call for induc
tion is for I men to be delivered
on December 0, 1958. Five men
will be forwarded for Armed
Forces Physical Examination on
December 11, IS58. ' f -
( There i will be , an announce-'
ment in this paper later as to
the dates the. office of the local
board will be cloesd for Christ-
l.maa holidays. '
reage allotments were mailed Dec.
1st. to farm operators so that they
may know in advance of the vote
how the quotas will affect their
farming; operations iu 1959.
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REVIVAL SERVICES
There will be a revival at the
Sharon Baptist Church in Chinqua
pin from December 7 through
December 13, at 7:30 P. M. each
evening. The speaker will be Rev.
Richard Craig of Clinton.
Rev. Craig is Field Scout Ex
ecutive with the Boy Scouts.
Rev. John Durham is pastor of
Shardn Church, The choir will
give special music each night.
The public is cordially invited.
Tax Collectors Report
Harry L. Phillips, County Tax
Collector, had an excellent report
for the Board of County Commis
sioners when they met on Monday,
The report was for the month of
November with a to:al of $44,509.
33. Of this amount '$37,025.24 was
for the year of 1958, and $6,484.09
for years prior to 1958.
Missing Person
Ida Carlton Hatcher, colored
female age 38 has been missing
from her home since November 12,
1958. Ida is five fret nine inches
tall and weights 130 pounds. She
was last seen near Tom Smith's
place in Warsaw, the day after she
left her home.
Oliver Carlton, father of Ida,
lives near Beasley's Mill at War
saw and she lives with him there.
If anyone knows of the where
about of this woman, please no
tify the Sheriff's " olce or her
father.
Sheriff's, Office
The Sh. riff's office reports an
unusually quiet Thanksgiving Sea
son. All of the officers were busy
but there were few arrests and
accidents over the county.
Veterans World
War 1 Meet In
Jacksonville
B. F. Ringgold of New Bern,
Quartermaster of the Blade and
Bunting Barracks No. 1226, and
other members of the New Bern
Barrack of the Veterans of Wor
ld War 1 of the U. S. A., will
be in attendance at a rally of
World War I veterans in Onslow
and surrounding counties, Sun
day afternon, at 2:30 o'clock in
the Onslow County Courthouse
here in acksonville.
Headquarters of the World
War I organization is located in
Washington, D. C, and by con
vention mandate they are pres
sing in the Congress for a pen
sion of its veterans who are now
averaging 64 years of age. Dur
ing the 85th Congress a Nation
al Charter was granted to the
Veterans of World War I of the
U. S. Accordingly, the organiza
tion is now fully accredited to
the Veterans Administration,
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Kornegay Chairman
Mr. Lott Kornegay of Warsaw
was named chairman of the
Board of County Commissioners
of Duplin County when they
held their regular meeting on
the first Monday in December
Corn Vote Returns
On November 25, Duplin County
Farme wwent to the community
voting places to vote whether or
not there would be corn allotments
in 1959. The majority of the Dup
lin County Farmers who - voted,
wtd for Program 1. However the
National Vote will determine
whether or hot corn allotments
will b in effect during the com
ing year.
The No. 1 Program, states that
under the new program there will
be no acreage allotment or design
nated commercial corn produciag
areas All corn producers would
be eligible for price supports with
out any restrictions on acreages.
The level of price supports would
be 90 per cent of the average corn
price received: by farmers during
the three preceding years, or 65
per ' cent of parity, , .Whichever is
higher, jvj,.-.; i,.;-
; In Duplin County , 898 farmers
voted. 207 yoted.for the No. 1
program, and 188 voted for the No.
X program, (which 1 a continua
tion of the present program.) ' , ' ,
Mm To Celebrate 25 th
Anniversary December 12 th
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Rev. ERNEST K. EMURIAN
Kenansville Production Credit
Association has made big plans
for the celebration of their twe
nty - fifth Anniversary, which
will be held on Friday, Decem
ber 12, at 3:00 p.m. at the Ke
nansville Grammar School Audi
torium.
Guest speaker for the occas
ion will be Rev. Ernest K. Emu
rian, pastor of Elm Avenue Me
thodist Church, Portsmouth, Vir
ginia. Rev. Emurian is an outs
tanding speaker as well as an
outstanding minister.
Rev. Emurian is a graduate
of Davidson College, Union The
ological! Setminary Hh Virginia
and Princeton Seminary. He joi
ned the Virginia Conference of
the Methodist Church in 1936 and
is now in his 12th year as pas
tor of this church. Author of ni
ne books which are mainly coll
ections of original plays and dra
mas on a vanty of subjects per
taining to the historical .back
grounds of hymns and songs, ;
has won recognition throughout
the East with his column "Hymn
of The Week. He is a composer
of hymns, anthems, novelty, and
popular songs. Rev. Emurian is
active in civic affairs, having
been elected Portmouth's First
Citizen in 1953, and his church
has pioneered in the field of re
ligious drama and dramatic
"Spectaculars" which have at
tracted thousands.
The Kenansville Production
Credit Association has been ser
Night ES. T. U.
The Eastern Baptist Associa
tion held M (Mobilization) ught
at Kenan' Memorial Auditorium
on Monday evening in Kenans
ville. There were about 600 in
attendance. This was avery im
portant meeting of the Train
ing Union and plans were made
for the work for the coming
year for the Association.
Rev. J. P. Morgan, head of the
Baptist Training Union for No
rth Carolina, was the main spea
ker and he gave an inspiring
talk to the youth and adults in
attendance
The Bear Marsh Church of
Duplin County won the banner
for the greatest attendance and
the Beulah Church of Sampson
County won the percentage wise
banner for attendance.
The Eastern Association is
made up of part of Sampson
the major part of Duplin and
a small part of Wayne County.
Court House
County Officials and emplo
yees in the Duplin County Court
House are quite excited about
the new Courthouse Annex. This
long "dreamed of" need is ma
terializing at last. Architect Les
lie N.' Boney, Sr., appeared be
fore the Board of County Com-
Commsisioners
at the Courthouse.
Three Commissioners were
sworn in for four year terms.
They were Kenneth Grady, the
only new Commissioner, Leon
Brown and J. W. Hoffler, J. B
Stroud and Lott Kornegay were
elected to the board two years
ago.
Other county officials who
were sworn into office for new
terms on Monday were R. V,
Wells, Clerk of the Court; Ralph
Miller, Sheriff; H. B. McNeill
County Coroner; David N. Hen
derson, Judge General County
Court; Russell J. Lanier, Solicitor
of . the General County Court,
Justices of the Peace and Town
ship Constables were also sworn
in pn Monday.
Mrs. Winifred T. Wells At
torney of Wallace was named
County Attorney by the Board
for .another two-year term. :;'
Grady Mercer, newly elected
State Senator for Duplin County,
appeared before the Board and
announced that the County 'Court
Criminal docket was cleared and
no cases were left in which' anS1'
costs or fines were owed. - Mer
cer is retiring judge for the Dup.
lin .County General. County Cou-
Other business' of the Commis-
sioners was routine matters whi
ch come at this time of year, exi
ccpt for the Court House Annex
discussion which appears in. ano
ving the farmers of Duplin Co -
unty for a quarter of a century
m a most creditable way. At
this important meeting a direc
tor will be elected and special
recognition will be accorded to
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Duplin Has Visitors From Indonesia
The Duplin County Agricul-'j The men from Indonesia arri
ture Department will have six i ved in Duplin County on Decern
guest from Indonesia to visit her 3rd and attended the Bow
Duplin to learn of the Rural De-i den Community 4-H Club meet-
velopment Program. They will
obseryeth- role of private bus
Iness.locaiovernnlerit, scsasafthey visited the county Agents
land grant colleges and rural
professional people in the deve
lopment of a community.
The gentlemen from Indonesia
are: Mr. Rahardja, Chief exten
sion Service; Mr. Talang, Inspe
ctor of the People's Agricultural
Service; Mr. Thomas (Raden)
Abdullah, Head of Special Bran
ch of Small Holder Rubber Ser
vice; Mtt R. Moertedjo Noto
werdojo, Deputy Chief, People's
Agricultural Service; Mr.
reign Relations, Ministry of Ag
riculture; Mr. Victor Frederick
Wolff, head, Small holders' Su
gar Division, Ministry of Agri
culture.
The ministry of Agriculture.
Republic of Indonesia has devel
oped one of the most effective
estension organizations in the
Asiatic Area. Indonesia is divid
ed into 11 provinces. The agri
cultural extension work in the
provinces is headed up by pro
vincial inspectors.
Annex Becomes Reality
missioners on Monday with the
final plans for the new Court
House Annex which were dis
cussed and approved. Bids will
be opened at 3:00 p.m. on Tues
day, December 22.
The annex will be 70 feet wide
and 150 feet long, on the East
side of the Court House, exten
ding toward the Hospital. The
construction is to be of brick,
the same as in the old court
house building, with modern li
nes. It is to be connected to the
present building by a breeze
way, and to be a one-story stru
TAX LISTERS NAMED FOR 1959
The Board of County Commis j perty in the County, and of a-sis-sioners
on last Monday appoint. d sing, in accordance with law. all
and approved the following names
of Tax Listers and Assessors for
the year 1959:
Townships Names
Warsaw Mrs. R. H. Best, Jr.
Miss Sadie Bennet
Faison Mrs. Eunice Faison
Mrs. Bertie Sloan
Wolfsorape Mrs. Harry Carter
' . Mrs. Russell WhitfieU
Glissen Remus Outlaw
Albertson Mrs. Hess Davis-
Smith " Mrs. Annie Mae Kennedy
I.Limestone George Sumner
Elmore Brinson
Cypress Creek Elmo Maready
Island Creek Mrs. A. C. Hall, Sr.
.'.""(''. Mrs. Leland Teach ey
y.r, 1j. a, i.. nau, jr. mswisuuuJ
Rockfish Paul Smith
Rose Hill Mrs. C. T. Fusscll, Jr.
Magnolia Jake N. Home
Kenansville Mrs. Myrtle K. Quinn
Mrs. Jim Bowden
The List Takers and Assessors
will meet at the Courthouse in Ken
auwdlle, on Monday, Dec. 18, for
general, instruction in methods jef
securing a complete list of n pro-
1 all twervty-fivc year members pre
j sent. Many other interesting fca-
tures have been planned lor
this anniversary.
Everyone is urged and cordia
lly invited to attend.
ing.
On
December 4, Wednesday,
office and other offices in the Ag
riculture Building; Pleasant Gro
ve Community Building; feed
mills; Mrs. Bertha Herring's up
holstery shop; Mike Goodson's
4-H project; Eugene Outlaw's
pig parlor and home; lunch with
the Warsaw Rotary Club; Cedar
Fork community; Winnell Edwa
rd's broiler houses; Cedar Fork
Commune k building and bar-be-que
house; Dewey Janier's
remodeled hou-o; Ralph l'ickett's
and Ge:rge Cmi'anV drainage
ditches; and then to attend a pic
nic supper and community meet
ing at Cedar Fork.
On December 5, :hcy will visit
E. C. Thompson, Senior vice
president of Branch Banking and
Trust Company in Warsaw; Har
ry Oswald, published of the Wal
lace Enterprise: Garland King,
manager of Kenansville Produc
tion Credit Association; and Mrs.
Ruth Grady, publisher of the Du
plin Times in Kenansville.
cture built so that additional
stories may be added in the fu
ture. At present there will be on
the second story of the South
east ' rner of the building,
root or the judges quarters,
a lawy rs conference room and
the cent library. y
The first story will be m.-ide"
up of iffices, bcinninp on the
West ide will be located the
Clerk of Courts Office and vault,
next at this office w.ll be the
Register of Heeds v.nilt
and office. The vaults will join
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nroDertv which is tn hp assessed
during the approaching listing
period.
Listing of 1959 taxes will begin
on January 1, 1959, ai ..- continue
through January 31, 1950.
1958 crop Reports win be Riven
in at the same time as 1959 taxes
are listed.
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