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t- - - : ( , i I ..J 12 Pegds This Week 1 .1 If V VOLUME XXV : No. 38 J ? KENANSVILLE. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY OCTOBER 2, 1958. 'A SCBSCBIPTlON KATES $3.00 per lear In Uuplln and adlotiilnf OauntiMi H.IM onMiae mu in N. C: ;S.M catalde N. C. PRICE TEN CENTS' by PAUL BARWICK ' It was remoured around Ke - Hansville . Wednesday 7 afternoon juid night that attorneys for Mrs. Dora Betty' Bell in the $50,000 law suit against Leroy Simmons i una nut ' o & I' late had naa onerea to compromise thplrer of the Duplin Farm Bureau, suit for $1,900..' v as to why Home Demonstration falmmons. ; who was. contacted late Wedneadav niehL bbM he had been approached and told that the plan tiff would accept Tl,S0O as a compromise. He said, however that he "will nbt com- promise the issue, and will let . .'it g6 to the jury. -. f -At press time, attorneys for ,i th& plaintiff . could , not be con- , tacted 'for a statement. tThey were in the court room, t; .- ; It now appears that the case . will definitely extend into nex week. ' ,' ., '-Mrs. Bell, who is suing Sim- . ;- mons for $50,000 for damages w for allegedly giving slanderous and defamatory remarks to re- porters, Paul Barwick and Char- , : ,16s Clay, has denied on the wit- ness stand that she ever told t Simmons, - the three-man inves- tigating committee' from the Farm Bureau-composed of Taft .Herring, Eugene Carlton and Ar- ttiur Whitfield: and Sheriff Ra- f , : Iph Miller that- her desk drawer in the ASC office had. been bro- . ken into and that Farm Bureau 5 records were missing. 4 .4 I At press time Mrs, Bell was still on, 4he stand. .'jL f--'.1 Q. K. Nimocks, Jr., of Fayette 4 In the original j story, which ! ville. 1 . r 4 H UIIIOII REVIVAL IPLAIIIIED, P,BY .WAittAVXiSliaiCHES OCT, 12-18 A . United Pteachinx . Mission 1 will be heli- in- Waraftw, durHf . Ugh October 18th, with the War saw Baptist, Presbyterian and ' Methodist ' Churches rTiarticipat ing. - ' ' ,,'' 1 I "These services are open to all ' who desiro to know God and t, hear his word in the fellowship -fof other Christians as we strive eto work together for Christ du ring these troubled times." Allen Draughan, Jr., Chairijian of War saw's United Preaching Mission asserted. . v ' ! , rW Services will begin each night r at 7:45 o clock during this' spe ' .',v cial serieg of meettnff. and ttrill !-. 1 -1 . M. A ... . rch participating. I On Sunday and Monday nishts. - October 12th and 13th, Services will be held at the Warsaw Bap J tist Church. , , - ' On Tuesday and r Wednesday, nights, October 14th and 15th, se rvices win pe. neia ax me war- saw Presbyterian Church. , On Thursday and;' Saturday hi Ensign Ellis Brbison Vestal, . ' . ' U8NS ' Ensign Vestal reported to San Diego, California for active duty July 24 and is now aboard ship USS CACAP0N based at Long Beach California, assigned to the Pacific Area. -He is .Assis tant Executive officer and assis tant communications officer. ; , Vestal is son of - Ellis V. - and Lorena B. Vestal of .Kenans ville, : a - graduate of the Kenansville High School in 1954. While in high ' school : irt Kenansville hp was a member of Duplin County Champion Basket Ball Team of 1954, a former Boy Scout, 4-H Club member, High School Glee Club and F. F. A. Te graduated from North Carolina State "Col lege in June of 1958 in Agricul tural Economics (Farm Manage ment) 958 - 57 during the sunv mer months he was a. Naval Ca f"et at Newport, Rhode Island, l.aval Base and was commissio ned In U. S. N. R on May 21, IOCS at the annual commission i t exercises at North Carolina jaw-:-.S ADDeafed in the New and Obser- 1 ver and DuDlin Times on Oc- tober J3f I 1955,; it was said by Simmons that he went to the ASC office to check with Mrs. Bell, who was secretary -treasu- I women in the County had not hvn nniH fnr hplnina with the Farm Bureau drive and why there) were so 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, j? A committee was named by Simmons Farm Bureau president (committee.- 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. . , 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 j days. - ' , The Judge trying the case is ghts, October 16th-ind 18th, ser vices will be held Ht the"Warsaw "Please, notelhe absence! oTra service on Friday night; cto ber 17, as this conflicts with al ready scheduled high school ev ents." ' . TMuslc will be rendered by the combined choirs of the three thurches. (The Rev. Norman Flowers, pas tor . of the Warsaw Presbyterian "Church, the RaV.'t D. I E. Parker- son of the Warsaw Baptist chur ch, and the Rev. Ted Wilson, pastor of this- 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. " The spokesman added, 'Ever- one is prayerfully invited to,. at tend each of these services and is urged to bring someone With them. We should all be reminded that there is no one in our pla ce it we fail to attend for to God .,-- the life of each of us is. the most important."; DUPLIN GETS $48,138.81 FROM; POWELL FUND Checks totaling $48,138.81 were mailed -by the State Highway Commission on October 1 to the eligible, municipalities of Dup lin County participating in all ocation- of Powell Bill Funds. . The Powell Bill passed bv the General Assembly in 1951, au thorizes the setting aside of - cent from- the regular 6c tax on . each gallon of gasoline, in i ' . 1. u 1 -I. . i an . cuuiv w am uiuiucipaiies in 'the maintenance of non-sys tem streets. AU ' PoweU Bill funds are. allocated in cash to active incorporated towns which are eligible ' and qualified for improvements on their;' non-high- Allocation of the Powell Bill funds is 'made t proportionately i IU -1it.L,.. ! .1. .... ' V ui uie jeumoie municipalities, half on the basis of population and half on the basis of relative non-system milage. Cong. Barden To ; ; Spook Democratic Rally-3rd. Disfrict o V; . " Democratic Rally will be t the Courthouse in Goldsboro. - K" C on Wednesday, October 8, 1958 at 8:00 oclock, P.. m." j h Hon. Graham A; Barden our Congressman, will be at the Rally.1 children as' failure to do so will You are cordially invited to at' subject them to induction as de tend. . ; . , , , ' linquenta. . Fcir,:-loBig; Sesscsiiii EASTERN BAPTIST HOLDS MEET OCTOBER 7-8 I The Annual Meeting of the Eastern Baptist Association will be held Tuesday) and Wednes day (October ' 7-8 at the Rose Hill- 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 will preside over the meet ings. .Rev; E. B. Hager of War saw is the Clerk and Rev. U A McManus Of Warsaw is the As sociational 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 Wrecks 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 I Ford convertible and ran into a concrete bridge on N. C. 11 Saturday afternoon, t; ) Saturday evening obout 7 o1 clock a 1955 Chevrolet, driven by Paul Arthur Gelbhaarof -Watha with six passengers, i wrecked, in KS.5L.7ii. f '' ZrZ. wrckrwas pn JK. C 41 three ml. les east or Wallace. The car skidded on . the wet . pavement, ran" off the. road on the left side and rolled 8L feet. Injured In the wreck ware Jessie Thomas Rivenbark of Wallace Rf2 No rman, Harrell, " Wallace " Rt, 2, Ralph Rogers, Wallace, Rt 2., Eugene nines,, Wallace and Jo sepn ' J. uavenaugn. au were brought to Duplin General hos pital. , Cavenaugh was treated and released. Saturday night about 11:15 a pick up truck driven by Paul Williams 6fNAbertson was' 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 morn ing. 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: BeulaviUs $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. Bin. existence a to tal of $4,543,096.20. was allocated to the 386 eligible municipal! ties. This figure has increased o- ver the years to $6,477,4577 for 407 participating' municipalities in 1958. , - , Registrants . Inducted Iri September: The following registrants were inducted from Duplin County in oepiemoer iwts: - , -!., ... . . ....... ...... Adron Durant Moore ' 1 . " Donald Brooks Cates -James Thomas Carter, Jr.', Dan Carrol Wallace The October call is for 7 men W58. 15 men wUl. be forwarded for Armed Forces . Physical Ex amination in 20 October also. Registrant in - a class -available for service, are urged to fur nish birth certificates for their 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. KOIKE To all jurors who were su mmoned for doty - October 9 by order of the Judge of Superior Court, you 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 applies to all wittnesses 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 ;r The Snow Hill Sub-district of the W. S. C S. of .the Goldsboro .District will" meet "at the .Yelver- ton Methodist Church on October T, 1958. The yelverton.' Metho disf 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 bpeaks" 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. Pafienls At Duplin General The following patients' wen 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 Wallace'", Sam Falspn (c) Charlie Stukes (c) Eugene Hines .. Jessie Thomas Rivenbark Norwood Charles' Harrell Dawson Jordon (c) Adrian Frank Pcwell, Jr. Beulaville ' Marjorie Murphy Dixon James Edwin Dixon; Jr. Jackie. Lanier Robert Ferris Blizzard . James Gray Parker (c) Turkey Bernard Carlton' (c) Calypso ' r Pauline King Faison s . . Roberta Moore (c) Baby Boy Moore1 (c) Shirley Rene Davis (c) Baby Boy Davis (c) -.yr": Teachesv ' - .-: . - . Gladys Pickett "(c) Baby Boy Pickett (c) CUTS 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 co.nes one night and hits the sweet potato crop a severe b-t ... 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 aJso stressed the improtance of having a full pack in order to keep the potatoes nom ruowng eacn otntr in transit to market. "When you harvest sweet po tatoes you should wear gloves and place each potato in the bas ket not throw it or drop it in the basket Covington said, "Finger nail scratches will show up and down go the prices." farmers wno are growing sweet potatoes tor market should Mrs. Teachey Elected President New H,D. Club 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-building, 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 tublect . "The Great Problem Facing The Amer ican People Today". " He stated there must be a recognition' of our interdependence with people of all nationalities and races and with this In mind we must; (1) be apostles of basic American Free dom which is the right of every man to express his conviction, (2) maintain lines of communica tion even with those re oppose, (I) re-assert in our own minds u 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 (continued 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 5. Rev. Samuei Thomas, son of Mr. and Mrs. Grover Thomas of route 2 Pink Bill, will be guest speaker. Mr. Gene Davis, supply minis ter for Grove and Hallsville Presbyterian Church, will att end. (continued en bock) Snow Hill Baptist Church Revival 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 tor of the church. the orderly process of law. ' The Club met on Thursday, Sep tember 25, with president J. J Armstrong presiding. There Were 29 members present. LaUch Bet hume 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. Finn . Lee was welcomed back to th 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 botit 350 people gathered together in the interest of Duplin's Com munity Development Hrogramt th ir theme being "County Pro 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 Ftlson, Wallace, find 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. wh'n 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 organlz 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 'Developmeinjt socia- tions 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 of 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. ffisihfii TIMES SPORTS -:- -:- -:- By Joe Cost in 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- arn 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 Chinquapin P. T. A. The Chinquapin Parent-Teacher Association will meet in the School Auditorium on Monday evening; October 6, at 7:30 p.m. Dr.; a W. Colwell of Wallace has been Invited to speak to the group on 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 Disposal system and General Agri- 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 o' the Car olinas from Charleston north to Elizabeth City reported 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 miles per hour iorcea 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 Bed Cross, with particularly heavy shelter ing in the Southport, Wilmington anJ dislowt coutaty aneas. 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 height 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 hut for loss of shingles damages to windows aad screens However some lost the entire roofs of their cottages (J 4 T I- . ,1 '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 Hill line stopped the drive short of a TD. ' . About the middle of 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 i -' Continued ou back