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r- " " ' - - . .; V. ,. ' 1 "I ' , ) 5 1 h 7 t ..-. ii isxv NO. 2 KENANSVILLE, NOSTH CAROUNA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1958. SVBtCmiRIOV KATSSs SJW 7W lbai mW d)rfl PRICE TEN CENTS - ! it: . .?:'A -' t8jA. r Conaty Tax Collections Short 3,000 For The Past Six Montts Tax collections for th first six montb period of the current fiscal year In Duplin County -were $50, . 4S8.23 less, than last year according ...to a report today by Tax Collector Earry I'PhilUpa,' ..;.v ;, Phillips said tax collections from July I; through- December 81, 1057 totalled $678,763.02 as compared to $730,2595 for the same period in 1851 iJtn 'HxmA, , However Phillips points out that ' In 1856, an all out effort was made to collect ,backr taxes arid resulted in the biggest year for tax col lections in the history of Duplin. .' The total lax collection for 1956-JS7 , fiscal year Was $798,144 M. . .'. . Of this hUtory -making figure. almost $300,000. was In back KENAN WINS 78-41 The Kenan High Tiger's of Coach Bill Helton rolled over Chinqua pin High Tuesday night .70-41. Ben Price sparked the Tigers on offense with 20 points, , while the Keith "lean bean" Hobbs was in control of the boards. ' Kenan: (70) Hobbs 8, Usher 6, Bi shop, 10, Price 20, House 2, Hall 8, Mathals 6. Chinquapin (41) Hunter , Baynor, Sloan 1. Boen 23, Kvanf '4, and ataiwdy-8;v.-.-;j;;3,-rv;j' - In the f Iris . game. Chinquapin nipped the Lady Tigers 60-88. Myr aa Lanier sparked the winners with 47 points-, while Ann Pope and Peg gy Boone dropped in ;24 snd 22 re spectively for the Tigers. 'iW Chinquapin: (66)) )La))nUfrH) rhlnm(nlrt!V: BB tanli 47 Brv- 18, Padrick Ntnereutt, .iio6- ley; -Ougan esi hUB aan: (58 Pope 20, Stancll V Boon toxes ' and Sports ; V.1' 1 WITH JOB COSTDT 5 i,-, 22.- jr: 'Pope, Twior, , Ciriuf h, . Wtwnu .. wwMaaVMa -w-rt th-ady, Hous, Quinn. S. Browa : WW pff "nm Airrir.t Jt wins tll Buddy Mercer sparked. Beulavill High Panther's to an easy 81-32 vic tory over Biehlands last xTliay fx aight;: ':4kZ:t 'u ' VV . -COTtAG OCCUPIED Bonkejr fottage. a ;'mjf new $58,000. boys' efftUge at Jfennedy Memorial f.;ll, Hme? wsiupdtM Lciacly'nHiiiorial E36me ' Bunker Cottage, a new boys COt tage at Kennedy Memorial Home ; meat. LaGrange 's was occupied ; this Veele.'" f--4-.r'f ; : :t i-The $50,880 strUerUi- wa finano-. fed through 8 contribution to the' Baptist Church' Children's Home fey the Bunker Estate, Mt. Airjr,-r W. A. Smith, Superintendent at fcnftedy Home, ;,8td" 18 boys be tween the ages" 'ot eight and U are occupying the" new cottage. Bunker Cottage , combinaa, many aspects which are baing Used for the first time in Children's Homes by the Baptist Church. The idea is relatively new for mass -childrte's " care. ;:' V. . ' '.' ''''":?? ?'r: 'I x ' i::'5 'i' h;-' , Survlntendent Smith said Ban ker Cottage Is divided Into' vhree elites. Each suite has two bedrooms t and each bedrdom hag faculties for three boys. . , A bathroom Is constructed be tween each bedroom, ilach boy has c separate bed, separate night table individual locker and storage space. Instead of all the rooms" being I minted the same color, a variety Is ;vm with 'each suite being entire l .' difrorentiand centered around an as far: back as 1924.'-- - , It was September, 1957, however, that -the largest single- month: col lections in the County's history was recorded .Phillips said that $305,004. DO wa collected. , A' breakdown of the' 1857 collec tions from July, through, December by months in as follows: July, $90 643.01. August, $89,431.98; Septem ber, $305,094.60; October, $117,480.84; November, $44,367)4;". and Xtocem- her, p2,mja---y: , Collections for the same period by months the previous year-were July, $88,023.23; August, $100,088.27; September, $284,754.68; October, $158,192.72; November, $57,784.14; December, $34,506 21. Beulaville: Mercer IS, Hunter 7, B.-Thomas 3, Craft 12, Bratcher 6, Quinn 4, J. Thomas 4, Cottle 4, Mat thews 3, Kennedy 2, Summer 1. Rlchlands- Founatin 8.,Shwa 8. Trett, Marshburn 1, Southern 6, Er- vln 4 lohn 4, Chancer, Humphrey. The Beulaville girls led by the sharp shooting of Ida Weston, with 20 points defeated the' sextet of Rlchlauds 58-88. :r Beulaville: Bluxard 18, Weston 20. Grady ! U, N. Miller, Thomas, Kennedy. Albertson, HaU 4. Brown Laaier. Humphrey, Bratcher, Smith- Richland Murray, Humphrey 16. Marabbura 10, ..Taemaa, Fratcelle, Firrior, J. Marshburn, Vatlard 8, L. and defatted the Wallace - Rose : Hill Bulldoas In puon Jast'Tvesday tttgat t- f or the, Bulldogs first loss In eight starts this season, s. c ewman lea the ' scoring lor Clinton with 20 Minis. Woodrow Smith led the Bull dogs with 22 jpomts. Clinton: Newman SO, Shipp 15, 'scker" 10Lockerman 8, Mussel- (Continued On Back) i via for 18 boys, ' within 1 some of , Hesae Carf .... ' . aiiA.--"-i-tl 1 . B Individual color scheme. Booms for 'th eottaga mother, dietician, living' room.: playroom, dining room, and kitchen, are also beautifully constructed and arrang ed. 'r''::"'t:.'ff ."' :- i.CJ . ttt Tiew cottlgs li 72 feat In width and 08 feat long and In a "L" shape. It ia 8 brick veneer Itruc ture. I ' -. r " 4 ,; With adt'ltlor W ' W fflftfe bed rooms eHd efttl$ren it Kennedy Home, fefVhteftdenViimiVft. said the He6 now has 185 children, Its larSt number if . 'children In the Heme's history. Kennedy ' Home was started In 1913 after the 1,250 acre farm was 'deeded! to Thomasr uille Baptist Orphanage by William I Kennedy and wife,. Emily HarCee Kennedy. The Kennedy are ;bur ied on t! ' grounds at Kennedy Homer- if i:-r-M:' i During tiie past two years, consid erable construction has been com pleted at Kennedy Memorial Home. It is probably the biggest single era of construction in the Home's Ms- tofy. ; ;.n-'-r:,''-"' ',(f fr.yi i f! A new" and ultra modern church was constructed last year at a cost i- Notice ' Tour Times comes to you small er this week doe to a break-down in our heating system. As we be gan work early Monday morning the gas' celling blower heater which heats the entire Jtlrst floor lUorrWl w: and H was Tuesday noon before we could secure a re pairman. Then It was) late in the evening before it was warm en ' eugh to gel any work done. No need to explain the condition we were In. Much news that would have been In this week's paper was held eut In order to get out on time. We have not only had that unit fixed but have .id another heating nnit in hopes this wU net oecor , again. As yon knew we folks In Duplin are not aoeostomed, therefore not c-n-eratly. prepared for such wea ther as we have had this week. Jesse Hall Is Named Constable By Commissioners Jesse W. Hall has been appointed to a one year term as constable of Kenansville Township by the Dup lin County Board of Commissioners. The: appointment, which will ex pire on December 31, 1958, came at the regular monthly, meeting of the Duplin ' Board of Commissioners hairman. presided (over by Leon Brown, chairman. In a relatively quiet session. Board members heard several Dup lin citizens' on various tax problems. Most of the considerations were "routine." ; The monthly tax report made by CoUectdrJHarry L. Phillips, showed that tax collections for December werexoff over December one year ago. ' 4" ; The 185T collections were $32, 745.5 whi the 1958 tol to, DU cemjWBaaa,s.. . The aorface' of the, moon, la eaM. sift ana'alrlM ttst ai jit tsV teat chamber at the Naval DeaV nance Laboratory at Silver Spring. Md., where,' scientists ean duplicate tne efiscta t eumaue ana aimospa- eric conditions on weapons. ' The western state prenueea a- bout 88 per seat ef the" nation's eettou Isatreex-,- , nnker Cottage has included the mew jwpeeta of ChUdren'a , -'y- (P&98 Pjr ftulBerwIek) 1129X09, ' ' ' --.Tfw 'BAnil nnrahniffD wai EOffl pleted at a cost of $14,500. HoweveTT it is not occupiedw., The church at Kennedy s Memorial Home is looking a pastor. The Bev. R., F. Smith resigned recently to accent a call ,to the ; Pittsboro Baptist phurch. . Last summer a $30,000 swimming pool was coirpletect in time for use by the chUdren. It Is 35 feet wide at Its most narrow point, 55 feet wjd? gt itgvwidest point and 82 feet - A personnel eettaga Is new under conitfUetiSfli it will cost $14,500. It Is to be occupied snon. . ,:--' Superihtebdeht Smith said the ad' ministration building has been re novated and two new offices ad ded,. The library,., which was part of the administration building, n been established temporarily In theonst'ituiftfrHd Questions will be Dr. campus gymnasium. i This renovation .pTogra is not complete. More off ice Space is to oe aaoea soon. . ; v i-ii ' Already in the pfenning stage isQ aaether new eoftage. The addft$te al Cottage wift add about five'ew children at the home, but Wlfltnean redistribTpn of Seme of the shild ren now at Kennedy Home and ele viate Va-owded conitloTis. ' The planhed cottagewiU haVe W chll dreh in It. '; - f' '-i ,s: A.v ' "Kennedy Memorial Borne 'has a stuff of 31, in addition to Superin tendent Smith. . ',,';r-V'".1'.'' " .,'...'v. . i Survival Is After weeks in an Iron lung, Mrs. Jane Atwood, Ann Arbor, Midi, housewife, made a dramatic recovery from polio. Her arms and shouU ders are still paralyzed. But with March of Dimes assistance she get 17 months of training at the Ann Arbor Rehabilitation Center, was fitted with a modern brace, does housework, cares for her two children. Recognition And Fellowship uet, Boy Scout The Annual Recognition and Pell- owship Banquet for the Scouters of Tuscarora Council will be held in ttJ'.0 G- Isboro at 7:00 P. M. en January 1$, saa. The speaker Cor the occasion wiU be Major W. D. CampbelV Safe national Scout Commissioner. Mr. Campbell la oa fthe" most, wsl CTownacqiiung won rH ? wb inu-edueed .w, a. uowon .RegioMi Ixecutive from AUanta, Georgia, A large number vf awards will be presented at thla banquet Among these presentations will be the Roundup awards for all the white units and leaders, also Training awards, National Camping awards, Certificates of appreciation. Silver Beaver awards, and the President's irophey. The Tuscarora Council Annual Banquet has become a big affair. -- Liquor Still Raiding Party Enjoyed Delicious Meal Before Destroying Still ' Some folks get their excitement from .reading and talking about murder, rape or fome other grue- some aspect of life. But. not the people around Seven Spring:. The raidirg of a liquor still last week -ci ti t. i -i buz zing and provided more vonverss- Uon than the proverbial gossiper: a a airplane, working with the Wiyne County sheriffs lepirt!- ment, spotted a liquor still , m & ration in Indian Springs Tewnsnip, near Seven Springs, In went the officers, dirssted bf the airplane. But the stU; spr- Rev. Ira H. Rawles Inisfer At uapin Church The Rev. Ira H. Rawles will be installed as pastor of Chinquapin Presbyterian Church . Sunday at 7:30 p. m. to the church sanctuary. The Rev. Charles W. Worth, pas tor of the First Presbyterian church of Whlteville . will deliver the. in stallation sermon and the Rev. John S. Steele, pastor of tf;e First Pres byterian Church of Jacksonville will deliver the charge to the pas tor. ' . ." " Delivering the charge to the ton gregatlon will beLuthef PHWt an elder bf the First PTOabyterlan Church ot Wallace , Peiding ini "propouricing the L: A. Tarer. Executive Secretary and ciefi of the Wilmington Pres- KvVWv. before eominr to Chinquapin, the T(ev. Mr. Rawles was pastor of Can-! dor and Macedonia Presbyterian Churches of Candor for more than six years. He is a native 0fFtorid8.'but all of his ministry has been to North Carolina except .for .a two year tour of duty as, m navy chap lain., , -.-tW-' y c - The Rev, and Mrs-Rawle shave' two children, Sarah Ann .. 'Sally - and Susan Elizabeth China : '"V J:'.-;-.. ;; ..'; .v., . .... ( Not Enough Stated w"hll it l .nHnn m h,.h meeting, many parents bring their children. Thla Annual affair chould be of interest to every white Scun ter in the Council. Every Unit Com mitteemen. Institutional Represen tative, Deh Mother, District and Council member, Cubmaster, Scout master, explorer Advisor should Ismdrinother pt- M. M Mpee :M-mpxrs 7W ,aUf,1 Advance reservations for this Banquet are - necessary.' The dead line for receiving such reservations is January 5th. Tickets are $8.50 each. Send reservations and money to Mr. c. L. Derr.tieket chairman. Bos 587, Goldsboro, N. C. Since a capacity crowd is anticipated' re servations should h made at the earliest possible date. V.rs fni w'" tfc8 coming attach s-id flew the coop. But, to the oUicers' delight, the operators left a complete meal, rea dy for consumption, of fried chic ken, pork brains and eggs. So, be bore officers went to work, they en joyed the delicious meal. Then, a 500 gallon still and 4,800 gallons of mash were destroyed. Captured was 134 Jars cf white lightning but that has been de stroyed. , On the raid were Owen Jackson, i"er;il Thompson, three State of ficers and two federal agents NursesToMeef Januaiy 14th " , District Mo! 14 of the- North Ca rolina State Nurses Association will hold its regular business meeting, Tuesday night, January 14th at 7:30 p.m. at the Highsmith. Nurses Hon- f Fayettevllle, N C. Since this is membership drive month all'liur ses are urged to attend;. Ah teresting program la being planned by Mrs. Frank H. West, Director of Nursing Services at Red Cross and Mrs. Edith ChftnQe, Program chair man for thft tttstrict. Tax In Albertson i Mrs. Hess Davis, Albertson Town ship list taker has released the following places and dates she can be located- during January for the purpose of listing -taxes in the township. January, Jerre Her ring's Store! January 13, Maxwell's Mill; . January J.5, Robert Grady's Store- January ' 17, William Sut ton's Store; January 18, C. S. Thorn- pson's Store; January 20, Leslie Potter's Service Station; January 22, Marvin Stroud's Store; January 25, C. D, Bennett's Store and Jan uary 28, Burnell Hollands Store. Mica! Current emphasis on research for military purposes should not lessen public awareness of the need for medical research, according to the deans of North Carolina's three medical schools. In a joint statement issued today, Deans C. C. Carpenter of Bowman-Gray School of Medicine In inston-Salem, W. C. Davison of Duke, and W. R. Ber ryhill of. the University ot North Carolina pointed out that in the past ten years, 'tremendous strides have been made in better methocs of uiagonsis, treatment by drugs, correction by surgery, and, in some instances, prevention of oiseases that afflict millions of Americans. This progress,' continued the state ment, 'could not have been made without the dedicated efforts of medical scientists at research cen ters through the nation.' As sources of funds for medical research, the deans cited the Fed eral government, national volun tary health agencies, pharmaceut ical and other Industries and pri vate foundations. Total amount al New Officers Installed Masonic Lodge An open Installation servico was held for the Kenansville Mtsonic OrCer in the local Chapter room, Thursday night. Invocation was given by Rev. Lloyd Vernoli, witLi the out going Master, Ray Smith welcoming the member and guests'. Response was given by Mrs. Thelma B. Murphy, Worthy Matron of the Eastern Star Chapter. Installing officer was Bev. Vern on. New officers tor the year are: Master, Allen Dunn; Senior War- n. Charles Nicholson; Junior Warden, Archie Benson; Treasur er, F. W. McGowen; Secretary, Paul Ingram- Senior Deacon,' Leslie Bell; Junior Deacon, Emmett Rogers; Stewards, E. J. Simpson and Rev. Stradford Snfvely; Chaplain, Lewis Westbrook ami Tiler, Lucian Grady. Guests '1nBdedr Eastern , ' Star ihd fiV of theMaswis. toe servis rTnemoers the women pf the Methodist Chure Church. Grass Roofs Opera in America's unique "piccola" dpera troupe, the National Grass Roots Opera Company, is now in its ninth wafon of bringing live opera lu English as enjoyable entertainment 'a th eAmerican pi'bbj. In their home - base state of North Orillna ind on their national tours across .-cores of other, states these young Professional lingers bring this fine form of music theater to small and medium - sized towns and colleges that are missed by the "grand" 'opera touring troupes. Thus they earn their very special name Gra-s Roots, which term, in some form of spelling has come to mean, in the last few years, "down where the people are." The Grass Roots Opera Company will present the comic opera Die Fledermpns (The Bat) in Duplin County on January 22 and Janu ary 23. The opera will . be pre sented at Beulaville School on Wed nesday January 22 at 1:00 p.m. at Wallace Elementary School on Wednesday, January 22 at 8:00 p.m. and at Warsaw Elementary School on Thursday, January 23 at 1:30 p.m. Tickets may be bought now at any school in Duplin County At at the door at the time of the per formance. Admission: Children, $.50. Aiits $1.00. Grass Roots Opera Is In Duplin County Utider the sponsorship of The Duplin County Unit of NCEA. Y.D.CMeef Scheduled In Durham Jan. 11 A January Y.D.C. State rally for the installation of new officers wiD be held on- Saturday, Januir" 1' 1958, Washington Duke Hotel. IHir ham, North Carolina. Registrator fee $5.00. Executive Committee merirg . p.m.; Workshop 4 p.m.; Social hour e p.m.; Banquet 7 . p.m. Guest speaker Honorable Frank Church, youngest member of the United States Senate from Idaho. Please notify Art Vanh, ,Y.D.C. Rally Chairman, Trust Building, Durham, N. C. immediately for ban quet reservations. "' t ,.; ' Marine Crops Brigadier General Heney i Iarsen became the. first military governor bf. American Sa moa Jan., 18, 1942. , Research Needs located by nine voluntary health agencies for . research during the current fiscal year was stated to be over $19 million. Of this amount, six agencies spent $332, 442 on pro jects at research centers in North Carolina: "The role of the voluntary heal th ageades in public and profes sional education and in community programs to . rehabilitate patients is on less significant than their re search activities,' the deans said. 'This work depends on public sup port Jt must go forward if man's ancient enem:es-disease and disa bility - are to be conquered,' they concluded. Among the projects under way at North Carolina's medical schools are studies oa the causes and con trol of heart and klJney disease, cancer, congenital deformities, cerebral palsy and multiple scler osis. Also work is going forward for the development of an anti tuberculosis vaccine. This research will be stressed during the impending Federal Ser - Why Duplin Folks Should Contribute To The Annual T.B. Drive-Down Home BY MARGARET TUCKER Appeal after appeal has been mae'e to the citizens of Duplin for donations to the T. B. Drive. Lots of us unthoughtedly have failed to ?et ours in, thinking that, oh, well, ,ts the annual drive. To those who are receiving help through contri butions, it means more than that. Last week a 16 year old girl weighing 63 pounds was taken to the Sanatorium at McCain but that is not all the story. She had to be carried into the Health depart ment by her father. She was too weak to walk. Xrays were made here and sent to McCain, where her illness was diagnosed as tubercu losis. The girl is a Duplin citizen. A a part of the services of the Health Department and the T.B. As sociation Xrays are being made .of the family, not only for their pro tection but for other people who ye. associated with them,- ' County Shrine Club; Grady Mercer, of Beulaville, has been elected president of the Du plin County Shrine Club for 1958. Mercer, County Jucge has been active In the Shrine Club for sev eral years.- He was elected at a meeting in Wallace. Other officers elected to serve with Mercer are: . Frank Casteen, Falsonj.vice president; Marcellus Pope, Wallace, secretary; Les Hur ley, Wallace, treasurer; and Cecil McCullen, of Faison, Board of Di rectors. There are approximately 125 members in the Duplin Shrine Club President Mercer said that every ef fort will be made during 1958 to get all 125 to become active members. He points out that because of suf ficient funds to take care of fees Duplin Banks To Sponsor Short Course At State College For Two Young Farmers ' Two young farmers from Duplin County will have their expenses paid for a two-week shore course at N. C. State College to be held Feb. 10-21. Vernon H. Reynolds said today that he has been advised by E.C. 'T'V'rmwartn - vipa - nrpRident of Branch Bank and Trust Co., War saw, that the banks of Duplin will finance the short .course ;Xlle shaft course, on "Modern Farming," will feature discussions on poultry, marketing, field crops, farm planning, soil and fertiliza tion, insect and disease control, farming machines, hortoculture, Duplin Officials On TV Monday B. D. Parker, Duplin FHA Super visor, was on television last Mon day over Channel 7, Washington, and invited Mrs. Alta Kornegay, Duplin Home Agent; and Mrs. Lois ritt, Assistant Home Agent, to ap--eHr on the Drogram with himv The County Agents told about the Community Development program in Duplin and something of the va rious aspects and objectives of the organization. "' ' 1 Warsaw Jaycees War. .Tiiikr rhumbf-r of Com - roerce will work each Sunday after- Toyoik Sunday died ' vice Campaign for National Health Agencies. The campaign, which was initiated by a White House c'iree tive last year covering Federal policy on fund-raising activities at installations of government employ ees will go on at Military bases, VA hospitals and among other fed eral employees all over the country from January 15 through March 15. In North Carolina, John Larklns, Jr., atorney of Trenton, is volun teer State Chairman in charge of the campaign. His committee con sists of representatives of all part icipating national health agencies. Agencies included in the campaign are: American Cancer Society; Nat ional Society for the Prevention of Blindness; American Heart As sociation; National Society tor Crippled Children and Adults; Ar thritis and Rheumatism Founda tion; National Tuberculosis Association- Natical Association for Mental Health; United Cerebral Palsy Association; and National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 1 Through the T. B. Fund articles of clothing essential for admission to the sanatorium were purchased for the young girl. Nurses at the Health Department stated that if the people of the county could see the living con ditions and the physical conditions of some of the patients, they would be made glad to contribute to the T. B. Association. Contributions have been s'v and any one who has not sent in their contribution are reminded that it is not too late to send it in. Since Christmas three new cases of TB have been found in our county. For every case discovered there is an estimated 14 cases that . are unknown. The chief project of the Associa tion In the Health Education Pro gram and early case findings pro gram to catch cases early to pre-... vent the spreading of the disease.. - I 11, il H.H- rcer tlecfed President Duplin Has 125 Members in 1958, no dues will be charged. There will be no solicitation of funds for the Club's operation. All Sfcriners will be mailed mem bership cards, Mercer said. In order to get more participation by Shriners, Mercer said the meet ings luring 1958 will not be long but will be short and to the point. .T feel everybody will enjoy our meetings," he said. Speaking of his election. Mercer said, 'I would like to express my appreciation to my fellow Shriners for placing in me their confidence by electing me their president, t would like to solicit the full co operation of every member in mak ing this year one of our best by working together." live stock and forestry. Applications are now being ac cepted at the County Agents, office in Kenansville. To be eligible to make application, a young farmer must be between the ages of 18 and 28, a high school graduate, and not planning to at tend college. Application blanks are available at any County bank, through the Vocational Agriculture teachers in Duplin, and at the Agriculture Building, in Kenansville. January 20, is the deadline for accepting applications, Reynolds said. noon during January for the 1958 March of Dimes- It was announced today that a road block will be set up at the corner of College and Pine Streets and motorists asked to contribute toward the March of Dimes Cam paign now underway throughout the United States. j The streets in Warsaw are trie intersection of highways 117 and 24. ED BOXSCORE .Call 8HaVS ON RALEIGH Ihe Motor Vhiele Department's itirmary of traffic ; deaths through 10 a m. January 6. 1958: A ,.-fc , Killed-this year:1 " , Killed to date last yerr:' -. '3 North Carolina farmers plad 7 1 Der cent of their cotton aSefcnents in the acreage reserve in 1957. ... v. i