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WaUtei1 teven,iSr.-wa pre-eenied-the
gavel ag Incoming pre-
aident of the Tuscarora Councl at
the 3tth Annual Meeting which-was
,' he W at. Hotel tioldsboro, Friday,
1 During the presentation pt cprti
f lcates , or "J- apprecatiori;7 iifiade by
Chester "Keen.'Wayne Advance
' ment .Chairman Melt Ausley,
- Wamw56iitto
ed with threeawards whish are as
- foflowg:"robp Bpundirp AWard,
. Troop Cairfplng5 Award iahd Certl-
flcattbhVtf Beeognltionf M Valued
Service 'W'? Boyhood . Tuscarora
. ' Councif - Boy ScoUtS fit American.
"TThef maltt-addre waViven;.ty
"r WllUa'ri!'B.itfcampbell,J International
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t8t on the program was the pre
icntatftiif 'Wf h gravel, made, by
the outzointf president Dre Jkth. H.
,r Those attending rrom - Warsaw
were; Mr. and Mrs. Walker Stev
ens, Sr; Mr.- and Mrs. Fred Baars,
lit. 1 tod Mrs. J. P. Harmon, Dr.
.Vett Ausley and Major BU Lee.
l Ida Weston, Beulaville girls' bas
i ketball forward, is the team's lead
ing scorer and one of the . biggest
point-getters in Duplin "County. In
the game recently against ' B: M,
Drady. Weston bucketed 35 points.
ilondnsvillQ
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OimstYQpr In 24 Ym lMory
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. Kenansville i Pioducilori Credit
Association a Jendihg organization
; lor farmers', broke all-time records
kince it was organized in J9S4 for
1 the assistances and loans matte to
jarmei in 1957. ,
Garland King, general manager
nd secretary -treasurer, sal' Ken
ansville' Production Credit Asioct
atlon loaned to Duplin .farmers in
1S57 $3,832,000.00. This ia compared
to the 1950 record Of $2,689,000.00.
The 1957 record amount was loaned
to 2,378 farmers as compared to 2,-
019 In 1958, - s - .
"We are proud of the record,
''King said: -'tt shows Just what the
orgainzation means to the farmers
of Duplin County and how it contr
butes to the County'! agricultural
economics." ; J
-In 1934, when organization was
completed, records-show that 120
loans for $64,000 were made. .
In addition to making the larg
est number of loans for.ihe. biggest
sum of money in 1957, the net earn
1 g of' Kenansville Production Cre
J t Association, after all expenses
' v ere taken out including income
tixe, was $26,099.10. This is compar
ed to 'l?56 when the Association had
't net earnings of $12,883.42. The
1. .3 figure was a record high for
i t earnings, -j-: J-'
Since organization, , the Associa
1 n giiows an accumulated earn;.
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.The Chinquapin v girls led by
Peggy Harper outlasted the, Lady
Kenan Tigers' 5440 last 'Tuesday
night in . County Conrerence
scrap. J oree Braswell led the Ken
an in-l'stl with 24 points; B.,F; Ora
dy: (M Harper 23, Warners 18,
Howard M,. Smith, J. MUIer, T.
Farrior. X. Smith."; ' '""" '
Kenan: (90) Pope Jl, Boone Bras-
well 94,.&rtWn, Taylot, Jfope, John-
In the ' boys, game the Tigers did
not respond early enough andi Gra
dy took.. slow moving scrap 44-
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B. F. Grady: (44) Southerland ,
Parker M0, Smith 4, H1U 7, Stra(
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lOONTINVED Olf BACK FAOE)
Im -I li r ,,
Be In Duplin Co.
John Hairls'. TT.iC. State College
Extension1 Horticulture - Specialist,
will b e in charge of a gardening
demonstration to be held in the
Agriculture Building, in Kenan-
vllle, on Thursday, January23. ' oV
? Wrsv- AlU Komegay, Duplin Home
Agent, saldi, the meeting will begin
promptly at ,w a.j r-. "
AH Duplin Home Demonstration
pub interested.. In gardening .are
urged tomake 9 special effort to
attend the discussions' and demon
strations. , , if. '
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Duplin County Jrmers Interes
ted iii signing up to participate in
the i iioil bank for 1958 have uhtU
March 7,; to complete the paper
work;-l; th, tVi"
Sam Brown, Duplin ASC office
manager, said that under the' pre
sent sign-up program, farmers agree
to take cotton corn,' and tobacoo
out -of production. In return, the'
government makes a payment based
upon past production for the idle
'land. ;,. ; .'.;
Joe Costin At
' Joe - Costin, Duplin Sanitarian,
attended--' a .-district meeting, in
Wilmington Thursday, January 9,
on milk production and problems
of sanitation connected with it '
On , v Monday, Costin -,, attended
a district meeting in Lumberton.
The educational meeting concerned
radiation. .
ip6ralion In the"am6unt 61 $220,"
890, King ' said, v There are ' 2,794
stockholders.
(.Each farmer -who makes a loan
with Kenansville Production Credit
Association becomes a ' stockholder,
Duplin .County, which hag made
rapid strides in broiler production
during the past years has tnt Ass
ociation to be thankful tor a num
ber of the broiler houses which dot
the- rural ami. . , r s - '
Since construction of farm build
ings is one of the divisions of loans,
Pro-uction Credit has had a- num
ber of loans made through it for
eoijstrucjtiflo. , of , . broiler . : i bouse,
These loans are set up over a five
year period, ; King points out
Eugene - H.- Carlton of "Warsaw,
is 'president of Kenansville Production-Credit
Association. Other Of
ficers" are:' Arthur Kennedy Beiha-
ville, 'vice'-'president; and Direc
tors, M. W.. Sutton, RFD Seven Spr
ings; Fred Outlaw, RFD. Mount
Olive; and L. P. Wells,: RFD Mount
Olive.
In tb offices ; in L Kenansville,
other than King, are: James F. Al
bertson, assistant 'secfetaryLa-' trea
surer; Mrs. OUie W. Tbigpen, asss
tant -treasurer; and Mrs. Joyce O.
Tyndall .assistant secertary. : i, -
Two new corn hybrids, N.C.' 48
and N.C. 288, will be available to
Tar Heel farmers this year. .
J , ,,. .BBOOKS SALE .
A. -. Brooks ; during . their , 1 January
began this morning. This .sale is
ways an event -in Warsaw and
diawa customers' from all over Du
plin and several adjoining counties.
As you know Brooks does' not put
on. many, sale during the year,--in
fact he averages on each January
and July. Those who have attended
these sales know they find real
bargains. It'will pay you' to visit
A. Brooks during their Januray
sale. Look for ad on inside ( this
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O. P. JOHNSON AT 8PEING8
V Supt' O. P1 Johnson will 'speak
to the Seven Springs Parent-Teacher
Association on Wednesday,. Jan
uary 22 at 7:30. His subject will be
"Pros and Cona of High School
Cotasolidatioh."
' V ' BEBONISmG ' ' . ..
Addle Coker who lives near Carl
ton Chapel west of Warsaw paid
a visit to the. Times office this
week. - Mr. Cdker.' whtf Is now 81
years old days at Seven Springe.
He spent some time with ais re
miniscing the old days at- Seven
Springs and told us some interesting .
stories . about some of the older
heads we have heard of but never
knew. He says he is enjoying life
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KBD tBOSS MEET
The semi-annual meeting of the
Duplin County chapter, American
Red Cross will be held in the chap
ter office , in Kenansville at 7:30
p.m. Friday, January 24th.
, WORKS ON SCNDAT
Deputy sheriff Norwood Boone
says that quite oiten sunaay is
the best day to go after things.
Last Sunday afternoon, accompan
ied by his son, he capturedVa 50
gallon pot type still near the Daniel
Williams Crossroads in Rock Fish-
Three barrels of fresh mash were
poured out
ARRESTED FOR CUTTING
Deputy Boone arrested Fitthugh
Bradshaw, Negrov Sunday for tiie-
ax cutting of his brother Williams
tSataray.:H3?almost, cut WiJ
Uam's'ear ff. ;The cutting" occured
at' UtUe Pin .HoQk. V,
.HOSPITAL. BOARD MEETING
le iegtilar quarterly meeting of
the Boaiid of Trustees of the Duplin ,
General "Hospital will , be. , held on
Tuisday evening, January, 21st in
the hospital at :7:30. This is the
annual meeting and every .member
is urged to tttend.
Elmo Blizzard
Invited To Speak
Elmo' . Blizzard president of ; the
Pleasant Grove Community Devel
opment club, -has benn invited , to
Ipeak at the Third District Medi
cal Society's conference on rural
health.
The conference Is to be held at
Wilmington College Thursday,
January 23. Blizzard will speak on
the Pleasant Grove organization.
which Won top awards in the cou
ntry and district development con-
,Tar Heel farmers in 32 commer
cial Corn counties will be allitted
800.075 acres in 1958.
Credit -Iks
,, Garland King, who has been sec
retary treasurer, of .Kenansville
Production Credit Association since
its' organization in 1934, has had
a great deal to Co with the posi
tion ; and growth the organization
has in Duplin County today. Ken
ansville Production Credit Associ
ation Is .tops in the United States
ia their -percentage of, farmers "in
the (County .'served. It .is .also -one
of the leading Associations in the
United . States . on the amount of
money loaned farmers for various
types of farm operations and pur
chase!. ",. . . , '
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The tatfe Rivers Dunn Johnson of Warsaw
Funeral Services Held Tuesday For
Rivers Dunn Johnson ln;yarsaw
-Iti vera Dune JnhiMOn. " Sr..-- 72.
lawyer and veteran member of the
State Legislature, ' died Monday
morning at, 4 o'clock at Duplin
General Hospital, where he had
been a patient and critically ill two
days. Death : was attributed to
bronchial pneumonia:"
Mr. Johnson serve! 10 sessioni
in the State Legislature, beginning
in 1911. He was president pro-tem
of the State Senate in 1951, and
was dean of the Senate in 1951. He
served as mayor of Warsaw in
1909 and 1910 and was a member
of the State Democratic Executive
Committee for 25 ) years and the
State Platform Committee for 20
years. "
Surviving are his wife, the for
mer Olivia , R. Best; three sons,
Rivers D. Johnson, Jr., and John
Anderson Johnson, both of War
saw, Vivian B. Johnson of Greens
bero; threesisters, Mrs. Luther A.
Beasley and Mrs. Herbert Smith
of Kenansville, Mrs. John Land of
Chadbourn; five grandchildren.
Funeral services were held from
Uhe Baptist Church in ' Warsaw
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In "the JW? Times ?in
appeared
1940 as one of the Duplin Person
alities features being carried week
ly then by the Times. . We believe
it gives a good account of Mr.
Johnson's life up to that time and
should be republished " lit this
RIVERS ,DCNN JOHNSON
This week we present-a short and
wholly inadequate sketh of a Dup
lin Personality who is probably as
well known in legislative and po
litical circles in the State and the
Nation as any Jiving Duplin Coun
ty citizen.
Rivers Dunn Johnson was born
December. 29, 1885, in the city of
Wilson, North Carolina. He was
the son of Captain S. P and Mrs.
Annie Clark Johnson . . 1888 his
parents, and family nu i to Mag
nolia; since which tlm:- . ivers has
been a true son of olin. He
received ins education ia the pub
nc schools of Warsaw and Teachey
and in the old ..James Sprunt
Academy in Kenansville. He re
ceived his law training 'during-a
three year course of study at Wake
Forest Couege- He received his
law license and was sworn in to
practice his chosen profession in
i coruary, 1909. He had previously
worked for the Atlantic. Coast Line
Hailroad from 1904 tO 1908.
, Soon rafter the start of his law
practice he turned , to politics as
an avocation being elected as may
or of the town of Warsaw in 1909
and serving, for two jrears.
On May 21, 1921, he married
Miss Ollvi . Best, daughter of Mr.
apd Mrs. ( John Best q Warmw,
(CONTINUED
Beulaville National
' Battery B. 150th
v.
MM Battalion
National Guard has two new offic
ers, : Second Lieutenant Wilton K
Alien and Second Lieutenant Riley
N. Allen, Jr.1 both of Wilmington,
N: C. These officers joined the or
ganization in 'December, 1955; and
have since been to and graduated
from the Officers Training School
in Fort Bliss, Texas.. Captain Rich
ard S.' Bosiic; Battery . Commander
of the above- Unit) find1 the other
officers; and meh wish to welcome
I won't be lbn iiow. The poli
tical pot in Duplin will be boiling.
This morning we saw Wm. (Pot)
Craft, Kenansville lawyer and Rus
sell Letter, ; ?. Beulaville - lawyer,
potential political oponents this
coming primary in a huddle with
Judge Grady Mercer and Tax Col-'
lector Harry Phillips in the court
house' here. 'Butting in we iwere
told they were- trying to figure out
a platform for "pot", Russell and
Mercer torun on. Harry suggested
they go to J. D. Sandlln's lumber
mill at Beulaville and he could) sup
ply them 'with soild fat lightwood
Tuesday t 8 p. m, with Rev. Her
bert -M. Baker, pastor - of Olive
Chapel Baptist Church near Apex,
Officiating. Burial was in the War
saw cemetery.
Mr. Johnson was a brother of
the late Dr. John M Johnson of
Goldsboro, and uncle of the late
Seymour Anderson Johnson, for
whom Seymour Johnson Air Force
Base was named.
( He was born in Wilson Decem
ber 29, 1885, son of Seymour An
derson and Annie E. Clark John
son. He was educated at James
Sprunt Institute, Kenansville, War
saw high school, and Wake Forest
College.
Mr. Johnson was a member of
the American Bar, N. C. Bar, Dup
lin County Bar Associations, past
president of the Sixth Judicial Bar
Association, a 32nd Degree Mason,
Shriner, member of the Junior Or
der,x Elks Lodge of GoMsboro. He
taught the Men's Bible class of
the First Baptist Church, Warsaw,
for 15 yaars without missing a Sun
day. j1ey are thparnt othre
dren, all bojA, Rivers, Jr.. VI
chil
Vivian
and John Anderson,
In 1910 Mr.. Johnson was elected
to represent this district in the
State Senate. At the time of the
convening Of the legislature he bad
not reached the legal age to serve
as a Senator and it was necessary
for him to wait until after Decem
ber 29 to be sworn in and take
his seat. He continued to repre-
sent this district .during the years Ballard, hit the Mercury in the
the Senatorship came to Duplin right rear. Both cars were prac
County until 1935 when he did not tically demolished. No one was
offer for re-election, making an un- hurt. The driver of the Mercury
successful bid for the dstrict So- was charged with improper park
iicitorship in the 1938 primaries, ing on the highway.
In the 19U session he was the Ba- ;
by member of the upper house, Over-The-Counter
while in 1935 he was Sew of thejg ootlegger Arrested
rinr no hi lodclative ca- - .
iroup. During ms legislative
reer he served on and was chair
man i of practically all of the im
portant committees of the Senate.
He was chairman of the highly im
portant Senate Judiciary Commit
tee in the 1927 and 1035 sessions.
For his outstanding ability he was
elected President Pro-Tem of the
Senate for the 1931 session, as
chairman of the Judiciary Com
mittee he was author of many laws
oh legal procedure and was author
of the State traffic laws. He was
author of the first all-State Sup
ported School Law of 1981, which
was the first of its kind passed! by
any State in the United States. For
this work he was commended by
State and National Educational
bodies and honored by having his
photograph Included ' among the
leaders in educational work in the
State during the past 100 years. He
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Guard Hew Officers
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each of these officers to the Unit,
Private Jimmy Johnson, a mem
ber of Battery B. 150th MM Batta
lion, N o r t h Carolina National
Guard, Beulaville, N. C, has re
cently returned from a six morfths
training and schooling. He com
pleted boot camp in Fort lackson,
South Carolina and took his Ad
vance school training in Fort Ben
ning, Ga.,' where he attended the
Cook School.
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board that would build a platform
strong enough to hold the shebang
ttp'at one time : ;
The 1958 primary not is president
ial, gubernatoWal, nor in Nprth Car
olina a U. S. Senatorial year. Isn't
that' too bad fellows? The money
will tend' to be a little scare. How
ever, we do have One national spot
light 1 campagin.' that for United
-States Congress, Congressman Gra-
gam A. Bardeft of New Bern who
has been, our Congressman since
the election in 1932, when he de-fente-l
Duplin's late Rivers D.. John-
(Octlulj c:i r .icK page)
Grass Roots Opera In Duplin Jan. 22.23
Presen tsStrauss' Opera 'Fledermaus .
At Beulaville, Wallace And Calypso
MEMORIAL SERVICES
Jhidae Henry U Stevens who
presides over Superior Court
here next week lull amoBoeed
that a memorial service for' she
late , Rivera D. Johnson, dean of
the Duplin County Bar, will be
bold ia the court room here at
('clock noon. Vuim B. Ga
vin, loeal .attorney, will deliver
the memorial aulress. The pub
Ue is invited.
Judge Stevens Here
When Is The Lady
ming?
Judge Henry L. Stevens will con
vene a week of criminal court
here next week. He has exchanged
courts with Jucge Walter Bone of
Nashville who is scheduled to be
here. Judge Stevens says Judge
Bone will be in Kenansville at the
next term , of court. Judge Bone
has never held court here but one
time. We are wondering when
events are going to' shape up so
Duplin may enjoy the company of
Judge Susie Sharpe, the only wom
an Superior Court Judge in the
state; We feel tlujt Duplin is be
ing slighted. This week she is
paying her first visit to Wayne
County. Judge Stevens can't you
help do somethine about it and
bring the fair lady. Judge to Du -
Hn for at least once?
TWO Cars Demolished
.
No One uetsHurt
Last Monday morning Patrolman
Willie Rogers investigated a wreck
on highway 24 just east of Beula -
ville. One car had crashed into
the rear of another.
Rogers reported that at 5:3Sfon -
-j-t.- .v -
day morning a isi Mercury, oc -
cupied by three Marines, gave out
of gas three miles east of Beula- j
vuie. instead ol pusning uie car
on the shoulder they left it parked
in the right hand lane with park
ing lights on. The driver was Paul
Peter Pachuta, ' stationed at Camp
LeJeune.
A 1949 Ford, also occupied by Ma
rines and driven by Larry Wayne
Last Saturday SheriB Miller ana
officers raided the home of Ro
ir.i Deaver, Negro, near Weaver's
bridge and found bootleg whiskey
that has been being sold over the
counter in drinks or pints to take
out. Annie Pearl Hawes, 14-year:
old Negro girl, recently mother of
an llligitlmate child, was at the
home and told officers that they
were selling the whiskey for 50
cents per drink.
Roland was arrested and jailed.
He is out under bond. The 14-year-oki
girl was to be given a hearing
before Juvenile Judge R. V. Wells.
Snow Hill Church
Speaker Named
Rev. M. L. Johnson of Mt. Olive
College will speak at Snow Hill
Free Will Baptist Church near
Scott's Store next Sunday morn
ing, January 19th, at 11 a. m. He
will be speaking in behalf of Mt.
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'cordially invited to come and hear
Um.
Bell vs. Simmons Slander Suit
To Be Retried In Duplin County
. In action last week, , the North
Carolina State Supreme Court held
that the Duplin County slander
suit should have gone to the jury
instead of. being non-suited by
Superior Court Judge F. Donald
Phillips.
The suit was by. Mrs. Dora Betty
Bell against Leroy Simmons to re
cover $25,000 for compensatory
damages and $25,000 for punitive
damages for alleged e'efamatory and
slanderous statements made , by
Simmons to Paul Barwlck concer
ning Mrs. Bell 'about alleged trus
sing Farm Burea records. : 1 , ' ,
. After the story about the alleged
missiing records was told Barwlck,
a correspondent for the News and
Observer, he telephoned the story
to Charles Clay, of the News and
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Dan Merrtman
. Texas native Dan Meniman, baas
-baritone, sings' the role of the
waraen in me forthcoming pro
duction of THE FLEDERMAUS.
Merrlman, who is singing his first
season with Grass Roots Open,
bas had wide experience with other
opera groups throughout the coan
try. Judge Grady Is
J Judge Grady is a patient in a
New Bern' hospital where he has
iiecently undergone a series of
thnTle operations according -to re-
ports reaching Kenansville Tues-
day. The report said he had a leg
1 rmnvpd inst hoi
! December 20th. After Christmas
,jt became necessary to remove the
,stub at the hip and the report said
What on Monday of ihia.week he
: underwent a stoiSaoh operation.
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1 his condition was reported critical.
Lenoir County
PINK HILL, Jan. 8 Tom Davis,
widely known former mayor of
Pink Hill, has reached for his hat
to throw it in the ring in the com
ing sheriffs election in Lenoir
County.
Davis said he has not made up
his mind to run for the office but
that he is giving it "very definite
consideration."
A combination farmer-business-lumberman,
Davis stated that if he
decides to enter the race that "peo
ple in this county can expect, with
full knowledge that their expecta
tions will be realized, to have the
law enforced equally and with jus
tice."
His announcement came late on
the day, Tuesday, that Sheriff Clay
Broadway unofficially announced
he will seek to succeed himself.
However, Davis had not heard the
news of Broadway's announcement.
City License
Tags Now On Sale
' Car owners in Kenansville are
requested to get their 1958 city auto
tags immediately. They are on
sale at the office of C. C. Hester.
Those failing to get their tag are
subject to prosecution. The tags
cost only $1.00.
The first landing by U. S. Marines .
in what is now the Republic of
Nicaragua, was made on Jan. 8,
Observer Staff, relating it to him.
The article dealt with the Duplin
County office of ASC and records
of the Duplin Farm Burea.
Simmons is president of the Dup
lin Farm Bureau and Mrs. Bell, at
the time, was secretary-treasurer
of the Farm Burea and manager
of the Duplin ASC office.
IpAWas learned from a rehagle
source this week that the case
will probably be put on the Civil
Superior Court Docket of March 10.
VThV case. -which was non-suited
In March, 1957, was argued before
the State Supreme Court last Sep
tember! (The opinion, not banded
down until last week, had six Jud
ges voting to reverse the decision
of Judge Phillips and one Judge
- iCen'.'-aued On Back rage) ;
North Carolina's Grass Roots Op!
era is on its way back to Duplin
again this year. This will Inake,
the 10th year the group has appear-'
ed in the county and has metwtoh,
a good reception each time., For
the first few years it was staged In
Kenan auditorium but of recent
years it has been found better to
stage it in the Various schools rath
er than one day's performance in
Kenansville.
This year the group will present
John Strauss' FLEDERMAUS 4The
Bat). The schedule is as follows:
The opera will be presented at
Beulaville school on Wednesday,
January 22, at 1 p. m. at Wallace
elementary school on Wednesday,
January 22, at 8 p. m.; and at Ca
lypso elementary school on. Thurs
day, January 23. at 1:30 p. m.
Tickets may be bought now at
any school in Duplin County er at
the door at the time of the per
formance. Admission: Children 50 cents,
adults $1.09.
Grass Roots Opera is ia Duplin
County under the sponsorship of
The Duplin County Unit of NCSA.
Mr. Robert Craft, public school
music teacher and band director at
Beulaville school, will tell the story
of DIE FLEDERMAUS and play
same of the music from this operett
over WLSE, Walhfce radio station,
from 1 to I p. m. on Monday, Jan
uary 20.
When the National Grass Roots
Opera Company brings "opera in
English as good entertainment for
everybody" to Duplin on January
22 and 23, there will be more to it
than meets the ear. In fact, quite
a lot of it will meet the eye. The
visual appeal of opera has always
been one of its greatest attractions.
The visual appeal of the current
season's offering, Johann Strauss
FLEDERMAUS, will rate very high.
To begin with, the singers them
selves will be quite attractive. Re
member, this is not grand opera
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Church Leader Dies
In Wilmington
WILMINGTON The Rv. King
Solomon Davis, 74, die." 3aturd.iv
at his home. Funeral services were
held Wednesday at 2:30 p. m. at the
First Baptist Church with the Rev.
J. M. Mallette officiating. The Rev.
Davis was pastor- of the following
churches: Mount Roney of Wilming
ton and Pilgrim's Rest of Carr Sta
tion. He was vice-moderalr of the
Kenansville Eastern Association.
Mias Katie B. Brock, foster
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Estns
Bland of Kenansville, has com
pleted her basic military training
at' Lackland Air Force R:j;e in
San Antonio, Texas. She has
been in service only afew weeks.
She graduated from Kenansville
High School in the spring of '57.
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