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KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA , THURSDAY JANUARY 8, 1959.
PRICE TEN CENTS
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BEBMUFTION KATB8 HJI par ymr tm Datta
::r Is Time To
Co Prc:rd To Give
f
' ' : LISTING OF 1959 County' Ta
S . xes began January 1, and will
-; .continue throughout the month
.. of January." Penalty for late list
t ."tagrwiA he charged on Taxes 11s
"C '-ted. on and after February L-i
-.'All male persons between the
gea tf 21 and 50 years are re-
quired to list Poll Tax. All dogs
I V are to be - listed. All property;
I ; real and personal, ; not specili
M cally , exempted by law' is re-
i quired to be listed. ' h.,- ' 1
Sii Township List Takers' and As
: 1 sesors are now listing 1959 taxes
In all townships in the county.
See . your Township List Taker
f - early and list Avoid the penalty
ii,, by listing' during the month of
' January. , r ; 'i -
' FABM CENSVS IS AN AID
TO- BETTER FARMING, '
;i The Farm Census helps the
' farmers fcy annually focusir.3 his
J attention on Jis stock-in-trade.
1 , It encourajges him to take an ac
f.T counting at' his land, livestock
'" and equipment. . , "'
".. It provides a means of meastr
4 ing agricuUural Jjrpgress Mat
- . uging crop .' trends against - sim,
; lar information of previous years.
The Farm Censur information
ij being utilized, to .an inqreasin
exenjj by local, agncuiiurai lea-
If&IIUIIIGJv
(Third article to aedes writ
4 ten by Aran. Lee, Case Worker
with Duplin Coonty Department
, .of Publie-Welfare, on homeless
. children), ;
Foster homes include free fos
. : ) tet: homes, boarding homes, and
adoptive homes. -Children tin a
j ! free fosterukhome t are accepted
into the home;" and the foster
! f parents accept responsibility of
j the children, but expect no tin
'andal reimbursement for ' main
;! 'Gaining' a home for the children,
i In. this type home the; parents
f have children in their home but
i take no teDSJ'to' Jeeallv. adoDt
KV, the. children. A. hoarding ' lwmef
: for childremtis licensed by ' the
. :tate " and the foster,; parents
' also Accept1 responsibility of the
' Children with them, but they are
given f inianclal Kelp in taking
- care of these children. The ad-
' optive home is -different in that
; the ultimate end pf this type
home is thai the ; children will
legally belong to the parents.
i Adoption is the. legal and so-
:.t cial process by which a child
i .born to. one. couple becomes the
" child of another couple who then
assume all the rights "and respob
- sibilities of natural parents. The
j first step in adoption is to make
r an application through an agency
j:' which may be private, or social,
.' The social agency in each' county
'. - which- places children - for adop--".
tion is the County Welfare De
partment. After the application
i, has been made it is necessary for
;. "",-as case worker to make a detail-
ed study of the applicant's home,
V .background,' character and' other
.things Which are pertinent in de
elding;' whether, the couple's will
be good' adoptive parents or not.
J .tr.'. ln making a decision to, accept
: if'a 'home for fan adoptive . child,
many thingi are taken into consi-,
' ." deration, Adoptive parents should
; i be ; able , to think- carefully ' of
. , what it will' mean to ; theni to
- ' have' a 'child in their home and
; 'how . this 'will affect their lives
' - fes well as the life of the child. Pa
rents who wish ,to adopt a chi
li Id should have, sufficient income
' ? s"d be.ln-.DosiHon.to aiva a child
:f 4h$ opportunities to develop to
;, '' V..U eiw.li; if H4 aoiity, .pnysi
; Really, emotionaly;1 and education-.
. ,ally. Adoptive parents need to
: ' have a " good - lelaitionship both
' at home and in the; community.
They should bei able to take a
fc;child' relationship both at home
i and ' in - the- . community." "They
, ;; should be. able" to take - a . child
jfX into their ; home 1. with.' warmth
v and understanding- -vand" they
' t , should want the Child for,,him-
i .self, not ttiff selfish reaspiWj-t.-tV;"'
& After accepting a home for pla
! . cement of air adoptive' child ev
I'iery effort' is made to locate the
IL, .child" which -.Will best fit the pa
I - rents and home.: - With jthis in
. mind, it usually, requires'-consi-.
derable time to find" the right
(' child fop the .right, parents. A1-,
s .most all couples who have" made
: :;'js application to addp a child :a-
anxious for'a ciild to be placed
1 r with .them i as 'soon' as. possible,
; : but "they" should.'- takiL.niiae
V able time' in' making their -.deci-
- , sion about taking- child which
' is shown- to - them. -If : all goes
well, the child will eventually
" . -be. theirs- just as if the child had
' trea.-borh' to ; them, and it ; is
' i vfp.ry that,;,the' parents ..con
i ' f ' r this when making, their de-
' n.- ';::jr.l--
: nreless children . do : -find
! s and parents through adopr
t . ; nd the parents and' child
nlly feel very richly re-
; i s'.at each is made hap-
i
this process. . )
List Your Taxes
Farm Census
ders, by many public and private
agencies and farmers organiza
tions, - Vocational- agricultural
teachers make extensive use of
these county agricultural statU-
ucs. . t -
.i. Accurate statistical informa
tion about your own farm and
about agriculture in general
is Just . about the most important
tool available for Successful ag
ricultural planning.
Be prepared to give accurate
information on your farm when
you list 1959 taxes during the
month of January, 1959.
Will Close :
Wednesday P. M.
The Following' places of bus
iness in Warsaw recently signed
a petition to close each Wednes
day, at 12:00 noon and at 8:00
p.- m. on ' Saturdays beginning
Wednesday, January 14th: Hobbs
Town and Country Shopped Thri
ftys Dep. Store, Katr Dept. Stor
re, Warsaw Dept. Store, Ethel
Shoppe, JTurner'8, Jeweler, War-
saw ury. Cleaners, omitn ury
Cleaner, Sutton Gas and Appli
ance,n Legion Barber Shop, Page
HomeV.yppliance, Mack's Beau
ty Shoppe, Graham's Beauty Sho
ppe and Myrtle's Beauty Shoppe.
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DOXSCORE
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RALEIGH - The Motor Vehicles
Department's summary of traffic
deaths through 1 10 a. m. Jan 5
1959: - .
Killed ThU Yeat:
Killed Td Pate . Last Year: It
, ii, IM in L . I in . .mi' ii -t i
In Leg; Taken To llorfolk By Helicopter
r Jamea f. Carter" jlr, son of
Mr. and Mrs Tom Carter of Wal
lace was seriously Injured In
the leg on New Year's day when
he was removing hunting equip
ment from his father's car and
the gun went off shooting him
in- the leg. -v ; i
Carter, a soldier, 23 years Pi
age, was horne on leave. He was
visiting his parents at the time
of the accident He had been hu
nting the day before and when
he went out to the car to re
move his hunting equipment,, the
12 guage pump shotgun went off
and wounded him dn the right
leg, between the knee and ankle.
Local doctors rushed him- to
Duplin General Hospital where
he was given emergency" treat
ment. - ' - 1
' - On Friday night, about 10:00,
a helicopter landed onthe hos
pital grounds at Kenansville and
took James Carter to the Nor-
Or
' The newly organized ' Beula
ville Methodist Church will have
an organizational service at 10:00
A." M. on. Sunday rhorning, ; Jan.
uary 1 1: The paster, Rev.' Ho
ace .Quiggleyi i has invited the
Reverend Thomas A Collins of
Raleigh executive secretary of
the Southeastern District to be
guest speaker. ( v
',' Mr." Hobbs, president : of the
Southeastern- . Conference ; , will
preside over the annual confer
ence which, will be held immedia
tely after the regular service. '
Dinner will be served - picnic
style by the taembers of the
church and everyone is cordially I:
invited to attend. , f ,
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Public Invited
; ,A
The ' Ladies "Auxiliary , of jthe
Cabin -Free ."WiU Baptist Church
cordially -invites - the publicto
attend " "Open House" at ;' their
parsonage '.on jJanuary' 10: from
7:00 4o 9:00 o'clock P. M..
tThe new1 parsonage is , a Hx
room, brick veneer home, a pro
ject which the church started in
the late summer and have com
pleted as of the end ot Decem
ber. The parsonage .Is occupied
by Rev. and Mrs.: Joe Ingram, &
youne; daughter, Rebecca Arui.
Ingram has been pastor of She
Cabin Church for the past year
and one-half. Cabin ' is an , ac
tive church with an enrollment
of about 150 and regular Sunday
attendance of over 100. - r
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.mv- -V.;.Ob Roads . ,
" Cicers OixoA 4;) of near Ken
ansvUle otte highway No. Ill was
sentenced to a road term in court
yesterday t Wednesday) on two
counts for six months each. He
was caught by ATV ( Federal) of
ficers rec.ntly for the sale of whis
key. AUTO TAGS ON BALE
Town auto tags are on sale now
in the office of the United Insur
ance Agency office- in Kenansville.
The tags sell for $1.00 each. Be
sure to buy your before February
15..
DANCE t
A teen age dance -will be held
at the B. F. Grady Gym on Wed
liesuay night, January 1. from 7:30
til 11:00 o'clock. Music by records.
Bopping Squa.e dancing, social
dahcing and a little bit of cha-cha
will be enjoyed.
Job In Craven
Ed Simpson, Duplin Assistant
County Agent has resigned ef-1
reotive, January 13, to assume a
similiar position with the Cra
ven County Extension service, ac
cording, to V. H. Reynolds, Dup
lin County Farm Agent.
Simpson has ' been assistant
county agent in Duplin for the
past six years. He came to Dup
lin after graduating from C.
State College with a B. S. De
gree in Agronomy
In ' Craven County, ,S,impson
will be working in the general
field of . agriculture education,
but1 dealing primarily with the
4-H Club activities
; He is married to the former
Sarah Pope, of Roanoke Rapids.
They have two boys, Bert and
Meff. " " ' " .
ol
folk Naval Hospital
.Carter is reported to have
been operated on in Norfolk and
that his leg did not have to be
amputated. Carter is married and
has a young son.
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Duplin Tax
Collections Up
$5r000dYeri957
Tax collections in Duplin County
for the first half of the current
fiscal year is approximately $5,000
more than for. the same period one
year ago.
- Harry L. Phillips, Duplin tax
collector, reports to the County
Board of Commissioners collec
tions for Jiily I through Dec mbe.
31, 1958 totalled $622,849.30. This is
compared to the same period one
year earlier; of - $617,260.34.
The biggest single month col
lections was September in 1957 and
1958. Phillips said in September,
1958 $315,333.78 . was collected. In
1957. the' total for September was
$305,094.60.
The latest report made to the
commissianers shows that $38,
84Z.94 war collected in December,
1958.
CounlSells
$82,000 In Bonds
For School Use
Duplin -County sold this week
$82,000 of refunding bonds thro
ugh the Local Government Com
mission ; for an interest "rate of
3.70 per. cent,"' :,' 1 '. -s;
'Faisort McGowan, County Au
ditor, said the $82,000 in refund
ing bonds were sold to include
a like amount in the current bud
get, for, school construction.
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SpeakGrady PTAf
'The B."r.' Grady-Parent Tea
chers ; Association . will:', meet, on
Monday . evening, January 12, at
7 :30 n.m.i in, the school 1 audi
torium. The program will be on
Juvenile Protection and the talk
will be given by Mr." Fleetwood.
Superintendent of Public Wel
fare of Lenoir County. ' . t i
The public is invited. ' , "
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Jamea Kmaa Divide Pair With
WaUaoa-Ro(e Hil
The JanqeB Kenan Lady Tigers
stretched their underfeated bask
etball record to 4-0 Friday night
as they def . ated the Wallace-Rose
Hill girls 47-32 in Kenan Memorial
auditorium In Kenansville. This re
cord has come from two victories
over stronj Wallace-Rose Hill, one
victory over Chinquapin, and one
victory over Burgaw.
.Joy:e Braswell, Peggy Fussell
and Anna Pope th; three starting
forwards and center forwards, all
scored in tlie double figures. Bras
well and Fussell scored 16 points
each and Pope added the final 15
to ead James Kenan's scoring. But
make no mistake down on the
other end of the court James Ken
an has three of the best guards in
the conference. .In. the Wallace-.
Rose HiU'game the Lady Bulldogs
wer only able'tb get three rtbouds
during 'the 4ntire game tfeamstj
the ' outstanding guards of James
Kenan Coach Bill Heltno .point- j
ed out, 'it will b a long time be
fore you see a cub as well balan
ced as. the James Kenan girl's, he
also added, "all due respects to
the scoring end ot the girls the;
guards .are by lar the pest ne nas
seen since coming to Duplin Coun
ty some yea s back". Helton's se
cond unit played most 'Of the se
cond half against the Lady Bull
dogs as his girls built up a 25
point lead about half way through
the final half.
Hold the phone . . . this coming
Friday night the undefeated James
Kenan girls travel down to tangle
with undefeated B.ulavlUe Lady
Panthers. '
In the 'boys game, big Mack Hor
rell played an outstanding defense
along with scoring 30 points to
led the Bulldogs to a 00-48 vic
tory over Helton's boys. The Jamea
Kenan boys came within 'four
points of the undef .ated Bulldogs
with four minutes to go, when It
happen James Cavenaugh the big
Kenan rebounded fouled out Cav
enaugh and Daniel Stanley had 19
and 13 points respectively, and
were outstanding offensively and
deffensively for the Tigers.
The Tigers travel down to Bu
laville Friday night . . -this should
be a dilly.
BenlavUI and Ctunqaapt n
Split Donbleheader
Back in the early part of the
season Coach Jack Carr's boys tra
veled over to Beulavllle and took
lirkinff frnm Rav Humphrey's
Panthers 54-39. This past week It
was a different story as Chinqua
pin stop a fourth Quarter rally by
ine h.gn-tiying Fanciers. It was a
v ry exciting game with Coach
Car.'s 'boys coming out with a
40-38 conference victory. Kenneth
Brinkley, who in the early game
between the s;hools scored only
six points and you can say Brink
ley was the big difference last
Friday night as he collected 17
points. Robert. Bowen and Gerald
Dail were running Brinkley a
close race in the scoring as they
scored 15 and 13 points respectively-
In the girls game, Joyce Bliz
zard proved the difference in the
scoiing as she led the scoring for
both club with 28 points and lead
St. Highway Comm.
To Hear Public On
Advertising Signs!
Highlighting the .January 22
meeting of the State Highway
Commission will be a public he
aring on advertising and infor
mational signs along North Caro
lina's Interstate Highway Sys
tem, giving those opposed to such
a practice the opportunity to ex
presstheif'i views. ,
Those persons favoring adver
tising along the system have al
ready appeared before the sev
en - member- Commission," but
the Commission has not had an
opportunity ince that , time to
hear the opposing groiips. ,
The hearing is scheduled for
the Commissiojn " Room of the
State High - Building in Ra
leigh and will begin at 3:00 pan.
Those individuals wishing1 to ap
pear before? the highway "group
are 'requested to write! to- Sam
Beard, Publie Relations ..Office,
State Highway Commission,- Ra
leigh, for ,1 assignment , of a
fifteen - minute "time, period,
these-time periods are being as
signed in order' to expedite the
hearings and to avoid long wait
ing periods for those wishing to
appear. - '',",).
spciro
ostin
ing the Lady Panthers of Beula
vllle to a 58-52 conference victory.
Katie Sue Grady added 24 points
to Panthers winning cause. Lana
Padrick and Angellne Wooten
scored 24 points respectively for
the Chinquapfa girls.
The Chinquapin Squads travel
down to Burgaw this coming Tues
day night in a non-conference
game an dare at home Friday night,
January 0 in a conference scrap
with B. F. Grady.
North Duplin Dropped
Doubletveader To B. F. Grady
North Duplin dropped both
gr-m s to B. F. Grady Friday night
the girlg losing by 85-54 and the
boys 53-44. North Duplin could not
contain Grady's star forward, Jean
Howard, who scored 39 points and
Pat Ha. per who collected 35. Sybil
McCullen was high scorer for the
Lady Rebels with 31 points. B. F.
Grady led all the, way taking an
early lead and gradually increas
ing it to nine ooints at the end of
the first quarter.
Grady built the lead up ' to 20
points by the half as North Duplin
could keep up with Grady's flashy
forwards.
The boys game was a hard
fought contest, with the score lead
changing back and forth until
Coach Larry Stewart's team went
ahead by 12 points with four min
utes left to play. North Duplin cut
the lead to 8 points but could do
no more as he Stewartraen went
ahead to win 53-44. B. F. Grady'
Franklin Stafford led both teams
In scoring with 23 points. North
DupHn"s Jack Precythe led the
losers with 17 points.
North Duplin's next game this
week Is with a strong non-conference
foe Hobbton at Calytoa.
B. F. Grady Split DocSleEM
With Pink Hill . -
The B. F. Grady hoyWo;th
10th game of the season
T - W -
night of this week as ther iedgefc Carolina, as commenceroent
Pink Hill 41-33. The, Pink H1H t-rlKn June 1, 1959. ' V
acored an upset victory over the; Mr. Herring is an outstanding
B. F. Grady girls, 42-41 to stop the
girls winning streak at seven
games.
T,.ni s.fnrd led h flradv
boys attack with 20 points. Mike
Goodson added five points for the
Grady Panthers to take runner
t ,.,, .-ArH 20
UP honors. Jean Howard scored u
.v.. o r.raA .1,1..
followed by Betty Lou Waters with
17.
Coach Larry Stewart's boys took
an arly lead and lead 16-12 at
half time. .
pun... m - .
In the second half Coach M
vr l changed the Panthers offense
and Rradually increased the mar
gin to as much as 11 points. Mel
vln Harper, Jack Hill, Tom Stroud
and Goodson never could hit with
consisety as Stafford did most of
the scoring.
The Grady girls started fast
getting the lead that varied from
three x five points until Pink Hill
went ahead 21-18. The play was
very rough in the se;ond half as
the - lead changed back-and-forth-Finally
a foul by a Grady girl with
six seconds left put Fink
HiU
ahead as the buzzer sounded to
th3 tune of 42-41.
Swine Conference
At State College
To Be Jan. 12-13
The Annual Swine Producers
Conference will be held on Jan
uary 12 arid 13 at the College
Union, 2600 Block Hillsboro St.
N. C. State College, Raleigh, N.
C. This Conference is to be con
ducted by the' Department of
Animal Industry of State College
and sponsored by the N C. Swine
Breeder Association. An inter
esting program has been planned.
, JJogS play a very important
part in the economy of Duplin
County farmers, there fore it is
necessary, as hog producers, to
stay abreast of the changing me
thods and :-' techniques of the
swine industry. At the present
time Duplin is the second largest
hog producing county in North
Carolina. ' --.V ,-. ;--:
The conference is open to U
swine. 'producers and interested
persons. Ash tpany producers as
possible' - are :' urged to attend, it
is toot 'necessary to attend both
days if hot convenient. " ' " ,. ;.
f A $&00 jegistratiqn 'fee ' lsre
quired 4o cover expenses' of the
conieremcev Advanced registra
tion can be made by calling the
Duplin County Agents office fox
the necessary forms. . - '
If Tom Williams
The Traveling Cat
. Ton William U back home
to atay. Tom Is not known,
erea by the majority of the
residents of Kenansville. Ton
e, he Is Just a yellow alley
cat but he has a let of deter
mination. He was a stray eat that de
cided he liked Miss Lottie
and Mrs. Emma Williams and
o he took up residence with
them. He was well cared for
and was content
Mickey Chaney, a neierhbora
child liked Tom and renamed
him Troubl. a The Chaneya
were tranafeifed from Ken
ansville to Monroe and when
they were moving Mis Lottie
decided to five Tom to Mickey.
They took him to Monroe and
Miss Lottie though that she
was rid of him. But, Tom came
back.
Miss Williams received a
Christmas Card from the
Chaneys telling her that Tom
had vanished. She had noticed
a yellow cat in her yard but
paid no particular attention to
him. She came home one day
and th:re the "cat sat on the
steps waiting to let in the
h-cuse. Tom Immediately went
to a chair he usually occupied
and settled down for a nap.
Now this may not seem like
such a cat story but he has
traveled approximately two
hundred miles and it took him
over a year to make the trip
back home.
Miss Lottie says that he is
here to stay.
Pfeiffer College Honors Dallas Herring:
To Receive Honorary
Announcement has just been
made by Dr. J. Lem Stokes II,
president of Pfeiffer College,
that, he. has jceiv4.the appro
val of. the faculty and .-trustees
Xftnr the granting of theonorwJ
iT-dlgree of Doctor of Laws tor" V
(1. rj-iia. Herring, pronv ,
uataess man of Rose HilLO
North Carolinian who, as a Jay
man, is active In public service
today. He is presently Chairman
of the North Carolina State Bo-
ard of Education as well as a
member of the North Carolina
'Board of Higher Education. He
is also active as the Chairman
. .,
I of the Southern Region of the
vr-tinnal Citizens Counc l for Bet
iter Schols arid Vice - Chairman
of the North Carolina Citizen's
Committee for Better Schools.
Mr. Herring was named North
Carolina's "Man of the Year in
Education" in 1953 - 54 by Phi
rjejta Kappa.
On the local and community
level, Dallas Herring was elec
ted Mayor of his home town of
Rose Hill at the age of twenty
three, for which he was cited
Herring New Operator Warsaw F C X
Plans New Building
T. A. Herring, son of T D Her
ring of Rose Hill, has bought out
, the Warsaw F. C. X. store and
is now operating it in the same
building in which it was former
ly operated by Charlie Miller,
Jr.
Herring has been a successful
farmer and is aware of the pro
blems of the farmer and is well
qualified as a F. C. X. Dealer
New Welfare Department Annex Under
Construction At Cost Of $10,006.50
A new Welfare Department an
nex is under construction in Ken
ansville. Faison McGowan, County Au
ditor, said total cost of the new
annex is $10,006.50. The brick ve
neer and concrete block structure
is being added to the rear of the
present welfare building. The old
structure will continued to be
used.
A breakdown of the costs sh
ows that the general contract is
$7,790; electrical, $740; plumbing,
$1,000; and architect's fee, $476.
50.
The new annex, which is 21 by
48 feet,will have a superinten
denjofflcera secretary's office-,
and ' filing: space. "We are
mighty pfoudibf the -neW -annex,"
Mrs.1 Thelitis D. taylor, welfare
superintendent said, "It will help
our over crowded situation a
great deal-' ' fo'v ''
i She points out that 'the - case
workers need mere space buWfor
the, present, "we etui get along."
: In commenting about the fil
ing Space now .available,' Mrs.
Taylor said, "We have tried to
Women's Reserve Boy Scouts of America
To Be Organized, Announces Stevens
Plans for creating a non-uni-1 serve of the Boy Scouts of Am
formed group known as the "Wo-1 erica" will be issued to any wo
men's Reserve of the Boy Scouts man who qualifies by being at
of America," effective immedia-1 least twenty - one years of age
tely, were announced today by and an American citizen or has
E. Walker Stevens of Warsaw, declared that she will become an
N. C. the President of the Tus
carora Council, Boy Scouts of
America.
Mr Stevens said that the Na
tional Executive Board of the
Boy Scouts of America has provi
ded this means for the registra
tion of women other than the
304,134 who are now serving and
registered as Den Mothers in the
Cub Scout program. He said that
there are 173 women serving as
Den Mothers in the Tuscarora
Council.
"It has been recognized," says
Dr.. Arthur A. Schock, Chief
Scout Executive of the Boy Sco
uts of America, "that many wo
men have played and are play
ing a silent, but important, part
in making the Scouting program
available to boys of Cub Scout
Boy Scout, and Explorer age. Our eeIve each month a regular re
Nafonal Executive Board has ! minder of Scouting, as well as
vot d to provid- an opportunity j an opportunity to keep informed
for thosj women who so desire n yuth and what we are en
to become oficially affiliated flavoring to do with and for
with the movement in other thnn ! tht'm through the Scouting pro
Den Mother capacity. Bram.
"We recognize that the Bov I
Scout movement is, and has al
ways been, a boys' movement,
under the active leadership of
boys and men and that nothing
should be done that will detract
from the wholesome relationship.
We muft maintain the boy-man
contact."
Dr. Schuck said that a member
ship card in the "Woman's Re-
Degree Doctor Law
ajgthat time by the League of
Municipalities as the youngest
mayor in the United States. He
was later appointed to the Dup
lin County iSohoql Board and
elected to ihe chairmanship. Du
rtaV ihis) vtima Mr. - Herring as
Chairman of the County Citizens
Council for Better. Schools gave
eflective leadership to a noted re
vival and reorganization of the
Cotmty School Syitem, which
has subsequently come to be re
cognized as a model and guide
for other communities and sch
ool districts.
Mr. Herring, born in 1916, was
graduated from Davidson Col
lege in 1938, receiving a Bache
lor of Arts degree, cum laude.
He is a member of Phi Beta
Kappa, Sigma Upsilon, Delta Phi
Alpha, and Eta Sugma Phi.
His activities as a church me
mber have been consistent with
his character and leadership. He
is an Elder in the Presbyterian !
Church.
Perhaps the contribution which
will live beyond his days has
been Mr. Herring's insistence
upon quality education for all
children in North Carolina. Mr.
Herring is a bachelor.
And Feed Mill
Agent. Herring invites everyone
to drop by and pay him a visit.
In the spring, Herring and F.
W. Brice of Rose Hill are plan
ning to build a new F. C. X.
building and Feed Mill on the
Wilmington Highway 117, near
Quinn Wholesale, which will op
erate as the H & B Milling Com
pany. look ahead and have allowed
what we hope is sufficient space
for the next 10 years at least.'
Mrs. Taylor, whose office has
been in a small room initially
planned for a bathroom, says it
will be nice to have enough
room to move around in for a
change.
Bridges Blasted In
Dynamite Stolen From Pink Hill Store
s Several bridges in the.' Pink
Hill- area ot Duplin. ndJLenoir
counties have beent blastl t and
ft is believed that .holtridySele
bratora' are i responsible! jtdr this
trouble.:..:,- " .:
-Damage has been done to brid
ges at Beaver ttemj - Cabin and
on highway 111, according to
the- Sheriffs office. - ,
- About 18 boys have been ar
rested in Jones -and Lenoir co
unties "for crimes committed in
those eounties in regards "to: the
bridge damage. ,
American citizen. She will make
application in the same manner
as local council Scouters. She
will be registered only on a lo
cal council basis.
These women may serve as fa
culty members of Cub Scout tra
ining courses, assisting in finance
and public relations campaigns.
They will serve as members of
mothers clubs, parents clubs, and
auxiliaries of Scout units. They
may include women employees
of the nation's 532 local councils
of the Boy Scouts of America.
Dr. Schuck said that as regis
tered members of the "Women's
Reserve of the Boy Scouts of
America," they will receive
"Scouting magazine.
"Thus each of these register
ed persons," he said, "will re-
'Vulgar Language
Boy Is Caught
James Howard Hodges, 16 year
old colored boy of Warsaw, was
arrested on Wednesday night by
Polic man Earl Coombs of War
saw for using vulgar and obscene
language to telephone operators.
This offense has been going cn
for about a year and Hodges has
been able to evade officers. Ac
cording to repats, Hodges wo
uld go to a pay station telephone
call the operators and speak in
vulgar terms to the operators and
hang up. Last night he wag ar
rested before he could get away.
Hodges admitted to the char
ge and named another boy who
had been calling with him but
who left the state about six mo
nths ago.
Hodges will be tried in Mayor's
Court on Monday night In War
saw. Patients At Duplin
General Hospital
The following patients were ad
mitted to Duplin General Hospital
during the past week.
WALLACE:
Williams Everette Brady
Gertrude T. Sholar
Estelle Willis c)
James T. Career Jr.
Evelyn Edwards Smith
Reuben Chester Smith
David Newkirk (c)
Tommie Blanton
KENANSVILLE:
Sara Susan Jones (c)
Baby Girl Jones (c)
Charles McRae Sharpe
Margaret Gaylor Johnson
Mary Emma Washington c)
Arthur Thomas Outlaw
CH1NQUAJPIN
Continued On Back
Three Botflegps
Arrested Week End
Two bootkggers David Ingram
(c) and Eugene Rivenbark (w)
cf Wallace were arrested on Sat
urday afternoon and night when
m- '.T.il raids were mad;- by
fc-.Ts. On Sunday ni.nh!
nc ir i juke joint near Ch'i
pin Randolph Kenan (c) va- -'.ested
on charges of possession
Q non-tax-paid whiskey for the
, purpose of sale.
Each has been placed under
$200. bond and will be tried on
January 28.
Making the arrests were Depu
ties Norwood Boone and Bill Qui
nn and Constables Snyder Demp
sey and Bob Powell.
Duplin And Lenoir
The dynamite, about 15 or 20
cases, wes stolen from T. A. Tur
ner Store in Lenoir County .
Some of the dynamite has been
retrieved. The case is still under
investigations t
Sheriff Miller and Deputy R
velle of Duplin; Deputy HiU of
Lenoir, the Policeman of Pir,k;
Hill and Sheriff Yates of Janss,
County are, investigating i the
case together as the three coun
ties are involved. Onslow county,
officials are also- in the investi
gation. . .
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