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1 Htf r. v i This Week -,v. .v'.:.' SR.' i- VOLUME XXV ; I No. 38 ! , - fcj KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAB KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY OCTOBER 2, 1958. SUBSCRIPTION KATES' $3.0 pur Hear is Duplin and sdtotntaf Oranbco; 4.M oauiae Uiu uu in N. C; ;s.M caMda N. C. PRICE TEN CENT? . A VI' T f t s. v .B 1 V ki I no i A I, by PAUL BAR WICK ; was remoured . around Ke- Bansville Wednesday - afternooo nd night that attorneys for Mrs. Dora Betty' Bell in the $50,000 law suit against Leroy Simmons had offered, to compromise the ,uit . for .$1,900.) rp-.i-f ?f. v Simmons, ' who was. contacted late Wednesday night,- said he had been approached and told that the plantiff would accept 1,500 as a compromise. He said. however, that he "will not com promise the' issue," , and will let it gd to the Jury. -. - At press timer attorneys for the plaintiff . could .not be con tacted 'for a statement rlliey were in the court room. ;S . - It now appears that the case will definitely extend 'into nert week.':(;'';;;'..i'i.;t,,;' 'ir-d- , Mrs. Bell, who is Suing Sim mons for $50,000 for damages for : allegedly giving slanderous and defamatory remarks' to re porters , Paul Barwick and Char les Clay, has denied On the .wit ness stand that she ever told Simmons, the three-man inves tigating committee " from -the Farm Bureau composed of Taft Herring, Eugene Carlton and Ar thur Whitfield; and Sheriff Ra- ! lph Miller that her desk; drawer in the ASC office had been bro ken into and that Farm Bureau -records were missing. At press time Mrs, Bell 'Was still.i OBi 4he stand. 4 - In the ortgmal j story; " whioh r !Jp!llREVWPLAI!l!Eiy il t-l t A Unitei " Pwaching I 'liiisloJi , Will h kol .in. W.MMt. . .Jtuitt saw Baptist, i Presbyterian and Methodist ' Churches '"-participat- ing. '. J: ;Wv',,irv'.i '.'. ' "These services are open to all who desire to know God endf j. hear his word in the fellowship k of other Christians as we strive ito work together for Christ du ring these troubled times." Allen 1 V .1 1 i. . M .1. uraugnan, jr., wnqirniBn oi war ; saw's . United Preaching , Mission asserted.'.. . .-,;.. ;. v Services will begin each night , at 7 :45 o clock during this 1 spe- "fi. -v.. " M xt 1 . .11 . cuu series - oi xneeung, ana rwiu Ktv unu vnw uigit h nuiiuur I "... ,,V" On Sunday and Monday nights, I October 12th and 13th, services j wiu be neia at tne . Warsaw Bap- 1 tist Church. - , . , , f ft . un iTiesaay ; ana -, Wednesday, niahts. October 14th and 15th. se- rvices will be held at the War- t saw Presbyterian Church. I f '; f, On Thursday an4' Saturday ni .r- " Ensign Ellis Brinson; Vestal, vS Ensign Vestal reported to San VSHDiego California for active duty i-VTily 24 and is, now aboard ship ' Vt3S CACAPON based at Long Jm lch California, -assigned .to ? th v, Pacific . Area. JJp is , Assis-, taa i Executive officer and assia - 'tant communications .officer, jj i ,; A Vestal is son of Ellis' lV.,i and ' : Lorena B. Vestal of ,Kenansville, - a graduate of the Kenansville High School in 1954. While in i high sqhool In Kenansville he ; ' ; was a member of Duplin County Champion Basket Ball Team of 1954, a former Boy Scout, 4-H Club member r; High School Glee ) Club and F F.: A. Te graduated from North Carolina State Col lege In June of 1958 4n Agricul ' tural Economics (Farm Manage ment) -K- r ;;;"oi.',i; ' 958 57 during "the nitn mer months he was a Naval Ca rpet at Newport, Rhode Island, i.aval Base and was commissio ned in U. S. N. R on May 21, 13 at the annual commission 3" T exercises at North Carolina ' m ' - i l1 to.' appeared in. the New and Obser ver and Duplin Times on Oc tober 13, 1955,' it was said by Simmons that he went to the ASC office to check with Mrs. Bell, who was secretary -treasurer of the Duplin Farm Bureau, as to why Home Demonstration women in the County had not been paid for, helping, with the Farm Bureau drive and why there I were aa, few,, persons at the kick-off meeting in Kenans- ville. When he arived there, Sim-: mons said, ,; he was advised for the first time that the records of 'the Farm Bureau- were missing and that accounted for the wo men not being paid and the few people at the kick-off meeting. A committee ; was named by Simmons Farm Bureau president (committee i- named . above) to check into the matter. They fo und 'probably, case and turned the matter over the Sheriff Mil ler,' . who also investigated the matters . . , ; At the time the Farm Bureau records , went missing, Mrs. Bell was serving in the dual capacity as ASC office manager in Dup lin and Farm Bureau Secretary Treasurer. " , v There is not way of telling just when the trial will end. It could be that it will end suddenly or that it will go on for several (days. The Judge trying the case Is 1 Q. ' K. Nimocks, Jr., of Fayette- yille. ' ! f . 12-18 ghts, October 16th-nd 18th, ser vices will be held at theWarsaw uwmom vnurcn.'v.'ix A "Please note The absence da service on Friday nigaV Dcto ber 17, as this conflicts with al ready scheduled high school ev ents." .;' . .. ' iMuslc will be rendered by the combined choirs of the three thurchea. L.JIbt Re. Norman Flowers, pas tor of the Warsaw Presbyterian vhurcb, the Rev.' O.I E. Parker son of the Warsaw Baptist chur ch, and the Rev. Ted Wilson, pastor of the- Warsaw Methodist Church, will bring the messages but , will preach in churches o ther than their own during this special Observance. '"Ushers will be mixed from all the churches. participating as the Christian people of Warsaw en deavor to' ; work together for that which is right,". Mr. -Draug-, hon asserted, j.'v ' i The spokesman added, 'Every one is prayerfully invited to v at tend each of these services and is urged to bVing someone with them. We should all be reminded that there, is no one in our pla ce if we fail to attend for to God the life of each of us is .the most important." , DUPLIN GETS $48,138.81 FROM - POWELL FUNDI Checks totaling $48,138.81 were mailed - by. the State, Highway Commission on October 1 to the 9 eligible;. municipalities of Dup lin County participating in all ocation- of Powell Bill Funds. The Powell Bill passed by the General Assembly in 1951, au- tnorizes ;the setting aside of cent, from the regular 6c tax on each ' sallon . of Easoline. in an' effort to aid municipalities to the maintenance of non-system streets.- All ? PoweU Bill funds are j allocated in cash to active incorporated towns which are eligible and qualified ' for Improvements on their; non-highway system streets :..';? y ' Allocation of the Powell Bill funds is made : proportionately to the ?.eligible''V municipalities. half on the basts of population and half on the basis of relative non-system milage. Cong. BardenTo;: Spook Democratic Rally -3rd. District - The Third District Congressional Democratic Rally will be at the Courthouse In Goldsboro, ' N. C; on Wednesday, October 8, 1958 at 8:00 oclock, P. M. ?. Hon. ' Graham A. Barden ' our Congressman, will be at the Rally.' children as failure" to do so will Vou are cordially invited to at-' subject them to induction as de tend. ... , ' linquents. . ; ' ' .' For. sig vSessfera EASTERN BAPTIST HOLDS! M EET10CT0BER 17 - 8 The Annual Meeting of the Eastern Baptist Association will be held Tuesday) and Wednes day (October 7-8 at the Rose Hill f Baptist Church. The ses sions will be from 9:45 -a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Each day hunderds of Messengers, Program Personali ties and visitors are expected. . Mr. Clarence Ship of Clinton is Moderator of the Association and wil preside over the meet ings. Ke v. E. B. Hager of War saw is the ' Clerk and Rev. - U A McManus of Warsaw is the As sociations! Missionary Speakers on the program from outside the Association include. Dr. Pope A. Duncan and Rev. Garland A. Hendricks, South eastern Seminary, Wake Forest, Rev. James A. Potter and Dr. Several In Hospital Vrecks In Duplin At least four wrecks occured in Duplin during the week end. There , was one fatality, that of Charlie Stukes negro of Wallace who died of injuries sustained when he lost control of a 1949 iFord convertible and ran into a concrete bridge on N.1 C. 11 Saturday afternoon, o i Saturday ' evening obout 7 o' clock a 1955 Chevrolet, driven by Paul Arthur Gelbhaar. of -Watha with six passengers, i wrecked, in nuring B- ofthevecupants. lTe errcKrwas pn vi. x inree nu les east of .Wallace, t The car skidded on the' wet ; pavement, ran' off the road on the left side and rolled 81. feet. Injured in the wreck were Jessie Thomas Rivenbark of Wallace RV 2 No rman Harrelt Wallace Rt, 2, Ralph" Rogers, Wallace, Rt. 2., Eugene Hines,, Wallace and Jo seph 'J. Cavenaugh. All were brought to Duplin General hos pitaL , Cavenaugh was treated and released, v 'Saturday night about 11:15 a pick up truck driven by Paul Williams 6fAbertson war whip ped into a ditch by strong winds. Williams suffered slight chest injuries. He is at Duplin Gene ral Mrs. Doris Benson was also hi spitalized for slight injury cau sed in a wreck Saturday-morning. From reports, her car ap parently skidded, on the wet pa vement causing her to lose con trol of the vehicle. Reports are she is recuperating nicely and should be leaving Duplin Gene ral Hopital within a few days. Damage to the car was exten sive. The Powell Bill allocations for each of the towns of Duplin follows: Beulavills $4,796.32; Ca lypso $3,878.15; Faison $4,457.75; Kenansville $3,072.55; Magnolia, $3,287.92; Rose Hill $6,454.75; Teachey. $870.27;. Wallace $12,021 78: Warsaw $9,299.91. " During 1951 the first year of the Powell BID . existence a to tal of $4,543,096.20 was allocated to the 386 eligible municiDali- ties!, This figure has increased o ver the years to $6,477,4577 for 407 participating' municipalities in 1958. . . . - , , istrants inducted In er The following registrants were inducted from Duplin County in September l3B: ... v.:, ;.;;:,; Adron Durant Moore ' Donald Brooka Gates ' k James Thomas Carter, 'Jr. ; ,-. : ,h Dan Carrol Wallace 'y'-c''-f The October call is for 7 men to 1 be deliversd on ' 20 October 1958. IS men will be forwarded for Armed Forces ! Physical Ex amination in 20 October also. Registrant in a class availa ble for service, ara urged to fur- nloH httth f i rt ta tnv 41iaJ. ASSOCIATION E I Spivey of Raleigh ' The annual sermon will be de livered by the Rev M. M. John son, Pastor of Rowan Church. Reports will be brought revi ewing the activities of the year just ended. A program of work for the coming year will be considered and adopted. To all Jurors who were su mmoned for duty October 6 by order of the Judge of Superior Court, yon are here by notified not to come for Jury duty on Monday Octo ber 6. You are to appear here for jury duty, Wednes day, October 8 at 10 A. M. This appUes to all wittnessea grand jurors, highway pat rolmen, all law enforcement officers and all people who are summoned to appear be fore the Grand Jury. W.S.Ci. District Meet October 7 At Goldsboro ,. The Snow Hill Sub-district of the W. S. C S. of the Goldsborc .District will" meet 'at the Yelver- ton Methodist Church on October 7; 1958. The Yelverton, Metho dist Church, is at Faro, near Eu reka, just in the edge of Wayne County. Registration will begin at 9:30 A. M. and the meeting will start at' 10:00 A. M. Mrs. S B Boyd will speak on "Fifth Assembly at St Louis Missouri." The main speaker will be Mr. Terry Sandford, Board of Trustees of the Methodist Col lege, Fayetteville. An afternoon study course of "Isaiah Speaks" will be given for those societies desiring to stay for the course. Each society must have at least five present at the Study Course in order to receive credit. Patients At Duplin General The following patients' were admitted to Duplin General Hos pital during the past week. Kenansville: Rosetta Elizabeth Cooper (c) David Allen Cooper (nb) (c) Roy B. Sitterson Doris Mercer Benson Wilma Myers Houston George William Gresham James Stephen Murphy Eugene Pearson Best Rose Hill David Carlton Murray Frank Wells James Adrian Graham (c) Donna Kay Turner Ella Mae Henderson Magnolia Vonnie Lee Melvin Chinquapin Virgil Batts (c) Elton Dean Byrd Warsaw Grace, Christine Howard . Baby Boy Howard : Loudell Morrisey (c) Janice Smith (c) Watha Paul Arthur Gelbhaar Albertson Paul Winston Williams rWallace Sant Faispn (c) Charlie Stukes (c) Eugene Hines Jessie Thomas Rivenbark Norwood Charles Harrell Dawson Jordon (c) Adrian Frank Powell, Jr. "BeulaviUe " , Marjorie Murphy Dixon James Edwin Dixon; Jr. Jackie. Lanier Robert ' Ferris Blizzard James Gray Parker (c) iTurkey Bernard Carlton (c) . Calypso , . , , Pauline King ' ' Faison n 1 Roberta Moore c) ' Baby Boy Moore' (c) ' Shirley Rene Davis (c) Baby Boy Davis (c) - Teachev . . Gladys Pickett' (c) Baby Boy Pickett (c) . i COTS PRICE - Henry Covington,, right, State College ex tension Sweet Potato Specialist, points out to John Glover, Agriculture Engineer, how a small scratch on a sweet potato can result in the farmer getting a lower price for his potatoes.. ( (Photo by Paul Barwick.) Sweet Potato Price Lowered By Scratches by Paul Barwick It's sweet potato digging time once again. Farmers throughout Eastern North; Carolina are beginning to make plana to harvest their sweet potato crop and send it to market or store it for .home use. The important thing now is to get the crop in before a killing frost comes one night and hits the syeet potato crop a severe b. .... ' Henry Covington, N. C. State College Sweet Potato specialist, says that farmers should keep in mind that sweet potatoes never mature and that they should be dug when there is the highest percentage of U. S. No. 1 pota toes in the field. In order to determine this, it is best to take representative sa mples of the potatoes under vi nes at several places in the fi eld before beginnnig digging. "It usually takes about four and one half months for the sweet pota toes to reach a U. S. No. 1 size," Covington said. At a demonstration at Magno lia, he pointed out that it is ab solutely wrong for farmers to 'heep row" sweet potatoes when harvesting. Any bruise will show up and the market price will be decreased. He aJo stressed the improtance of having a full pack in order to keep the potatoes irom ruDwng each other in transit to market. "When you harvest sweet po tatoes you should wear gloves and place each potato in the has ket not throw it or drop it in the basket Covington said. "Finger nail scratches will show up and down go the prices." Farmers who are growing sweet potatoes ror market should Mrs. Teachey Elected President NevH.D.CIub A new Home Demonstration Club has been organized in Al bertson Township. Twenty-three members met for the first meet ing held in the club- biulding, to discusss Home Demonstration Club work It was pointed out that the leaders of the clubs wo uld be responsible for six remon strations during the year and the County Agents for six. Mrs. Graham Teachey was elected president, Mrs. Faison Smith, vice-president;. Mrs. '.' Ambrose Smith secretary and Mrs. M. B. Holt, treasurer. The club will meet each Tuesday after the first Sunday every month, . Dr. B. Frank Hall Speaker At Warsaw Dr. Frank Hall of Pearsall Mem orial Presbyterian ) Church, Wil mington, spoke to the Warsaw Rotary club on the subject "The Great Problem Facing The Amer ican People Today"; He stated there must be a recognition ' of our Interdependence A with , people of all nationalities and races and with this In mind we must; (1) be apostles of basic American Free dom which la the right of 'every man to express his convictions, (2) maintain UneS of communica tion even with those we oppose. (1) re-assert in our own minds v .".I ', t s 1 keep in mind that only U. S. No. 1 potatoes should be marketed and that they should be graded strictly according to regulations. A No. 1 potatoes is one which is not less than one and seven eights inches in diameter nor lar ger than three and three fourths inches in diameter at the lar gets point The length cannot be less than three and one-half toon tinned on back) Mrs. Johnson Urges Women of Duplin Attend Hospital Auxiliary Meet The Auxiliary of Duplin General Hospital recently had its first fall call meeting for the purpose of appointing commit- Briefs Youth For Christ Rally . A Youth For Christ ally will be held on Saturday night, Oc tober 4 at 7:30 P. M. at the Sa recta Free Will Baptist Church. The public is cordially invited. Runner-up In Contest Melvin Williams, son of Mr, and Mrs. Lehman Williams of near Pink Hill, was runner-np in the News and Observer High School writing contest and his story will appear in the News and Observer, Sunday issue. Melvin is a Junior in the B. F.' Grady High School. HALLS VILLE HOMECOMING Homecoming will be held at Hallsville Presbyterian Church, Sunday, October 9. Rev. Samuel Thomas, son of Mr. and Mrs. Grover Thomas of route 2 Pink Rill, will be guest speaker. Mr. Gene Davis, supply minis ter for Grove and Hallsville Presbyterian Church, will att end. (continued oa back) Snow Hill Baptist The regular fall revival will be gin at the Snow Hill Free Will Baptist church Sunday night, Oc tober 5th. Rev. Clyde Cox of Caro line, N. C. will be the visiting evangelist. Services will begin each evening at 7:30 o'clock P. M. and the public is cordially invited to attend. Rev. Joseph Ingram is Pas pr of the church. the orderly process of law. ' The Club met on Thursday, Sep tember 29, with president J. X Armstrong presiding. There Were 25 members present. LaUch Bet- bume of Clinton, Walter Bray of Klnston Bill Patterson and S. M. Davis of Mt. Olive and Judge Grady Mercer of Kenansville were guest of the club for the day. Birthday gifts Were presented to Bill Sheffield and Avon Sharp nd anniversary gifts to Ed Strickland. Tina Lee was welcomed back to the club after a leave of absence. Duplin Business firms Hosts; Duplin C. D. Clubs Progress Reports Given The Armoy in Warsaw on last Thursday night was a scene of a bout 350 people gathered together in the interest of Duplin's Com munity Developmeift Urogram gress through Community Devel- opment by All Working Together". The objectives of the program are Increased Farm Income Converted To Improved Living. . Hosts for the occasion were Branch Banking & Trust Company Fefson, Wallace, pnd Warsaw; Cooperative Savings and Loan As ssociation Wallace; Waccamaw Bank & Trust Company, Beula ville, K nansville and Rose Hill; Kenansville Production Credit As sociation, Kenansville. They ser ved a delicious barbecue chicken supper, to the sponsors and agri cultural workers. The interest in the Community Clubs of the County was shown very vividly last Thurs. whrn each of the eleven clubs gave their pro gress reports. In the year 1958 when the annual dinner was observed there were only five clubs organiz ed. this year there are eleven. Duplin's organized communities are competing for 1,300 in prize money offered under the county dev lopment program. These clubs will also represent Duplin in the SENcland 'Development socla tion's Community Development Contes The community judged the most outstanding in Duplin will compete with winners from other counties. The group was welcomed by E. C. Thompson of Branch Banking and Trust Company which was re sponded to by Mrs. J. B. Stroud of the Kenola Community Club. Mr. Phillip Krecsh 0f Waccamaw tees and making plans for the year's work. The general meeting has been called for October 10 at 3:00 p.m. at the Educational Building in Kenansville Baptist Church. Ev ery woman in Duplin County is a potential member and is ur ged to attend this meeting, at which time projects for the co ming year will be adopted and further officers appointed. Mrs. Hugh Johnson of Rose Hill has been elected president for the coming year and urges each woman in the county to come out to the October 10 meet ing. WSJ TIMES SPORTS -:- -:- -:- By Joe Costin Bill Taylor's Tigers Travel To Burgaw Friday Night Wallace-Rose Hill Downs James Kenan, 19-0 The Bulldogs of Wallace-Rose High defeated the James Kenan Tigers 19-0 last Friday night in a non-conference game. The Bull dogs are members of the Coastal Plain Class AA-C Conference. Wallace - Rose Hill plays the Dunn Green Waves this Friday night in Dunn. Coach Bill Taylor's fighting and determined Tigers fought an extremely excellent Bulldog te am on even turns most of the first half last Friday night be fore bowing to the undefeated Bulldogs. Wallace - Rose Hill was only able to muster two drives and short ones at that in the first half with the Tigers stopping one of them on the 20 deep in Kenan territory. In the first guarter the Bulldogs were forced to kick on Kenan's 48 yard line. The ball traveled" down to about the Tiger eight where it was fumbled and Big Mac Horrell pounded on it Two plays later Quarterback Leroy Maready sneaked it over for the score. Horrell s kick was wide & Wallace - Rose Hill lead at the quarter. 6-0. Late in the same pe P.T.A. The Chinquapin Parent-Teac her Association will meet in the School Auditorium on Monday evening, October 6, at 7:30 p.m. Dr.r H. W. Col well of Wallace has been invited to apeak to the group jon. Civil Defense All pa rents are urged to be present Bank anl Trust Company of Ken ansville presented (the sponsors. All of the Agricultural workers were recognized but the highlight of the evening was the report given by each of th Community clubs. PLEASANT GROVE with Elmo Blizzard, President reported a Civil Defense program, a Garbage Dlsposal sy8tem 811(1 General Agrt- Continued On Back Helene Scaress But Was Kind Hurrican Helene proved' to be less of a monster than she was heralded, leaving extensive minor damage but little major destruc tion. Red Cross surveys Sunday revealed. Survey teams checking coastal and adjoining counties of the Car olinas from Charleston north to Elizabeth City report: d a total of only 3 dwelling destroyed, 54 ma jor damage, but more than 3,800 with some degree of minor damage, mostly roof damag:. High water damage or destroyed piers in sev eral locations, and 10 public build ings mostly in beach areas, were badly damaged or destroyed- and 45 have minor damage. Thirty farm building have some degree of damage, 10 are destroyed. Hurricane Helene, with winds up to I25 miles per hour forced evacuation of most beaches from Charleston to the Outer Banks. More than 9.000 refugees from beaches and low-lying areas floc k;d to 79 shelters and feeding sta tions set up by the Red Cross, with particularly heavy shelter ing in the Southport, Wilmington an"1 Clislovl couwty areas. Most shelter staffs included nurses or first aid.rs. Red Cross nurses re ported 8 persons Hospitalized in Onslow and Craven counties; the toll of storm injured was light, not more than a dozen, records in dicate. At the h:ight of the emergency the Red Cross had dispatched more than 40 disaster and field staff to the threatened communities to h lp chapters provide mass shel ter, and food and nursing care for evacuees coming in from danger spots. A staff of caseworkers and building advisors are working with local chapters this week in family assistance. Reports from Beach Property owners around Duplin County are that the damage was not too great but for loss of shingles damages to windows aad screens However some lost the entire roofs of their cottages A- ) '.Biggun" looks good In Ja mes Kenan defeat Shannon Brown,- a steady demon on de fense for the Tigers in the loss to Wallace - Rose Hill 19-0) in last Friday nights game. riod the Tigers fighting despe rate to get back the tally marc hed deep into Bulldog territory but the big Wallace Rose HU1 line stopped the drive short of a TD. About the middle vof the se cond quarter Fullback. Roy Ca venaugh raced around his own right end 65-yards to score but a penalty nullified the score and the Bulldogs lead at half time v : ' Continued eu : back-: - "A A 4- pf0
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