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LUilEXXVl - No. 2
.The undefeated . James Kenan gl Is, Coaciied by- Bill a Helton
, are presently leading' the county- confenrence. Lef' to right tint
' row Aha Pope? Peggy Fussell, Joyce Braswell, Kay Po;je, Barbara
" are presently, leading 'the county confe.ene . Left to right first
- Taylor, and Jewell : Brown, Second row: Jennie Quinn, Joann
Benson, Rachel. Johnson, Helen Cook, Sylvia Browni'firenda Grady
'and Carol Bradshaw.: , .;..,',.'.'. A i; ."'fev. ,
r Jamea Kenan Divides
Doubleheader . with . Benlaville
Well, down In Sntchet last Fri
Ur night the undefeated Beulaville
sextet and the undefeated James
Kenan Lady's played, right down
to the "Wirt. ' The : James Kenan
girl. Coached by BUI Helton,- wal
ked away with the victory 4fl . 37
and maybe a share in the county
championship. Of course the Lady
Tigen must g t by the 4he unde
feated B. P. Grady girl,, coming up.
this Friday night. ; ' . i
In the first quarter each team
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IThevani
College Women's Advlsdry Board
; held Jt' meeJng r Peace CoUee'
;..oiV ;Tueeday r y".: .,.
' r Mr;,- M. B. Bobey of Kenan
ville is member-bf this Board and
, attendd the meeting. The Boarrt
"Vas tbe guenjpf the college fo'
; , Fnrniture Show
Mr. D. E . BeU of R. Jenn-
i t mnuture company IB '&enan
ville i. Is ;. attended the furniture
L show in Atlanta this week.
t ' Miss Marisnna' Nlchblsort Ho
;vJtal Ti Id Otrector of the , U. R
",. Naval Hospi'.al at Camp LeJeune,
' ' . recently wrote a latter to the Dup-
'-Jin County Chapter 6t the Amer
ican National Red Cross express
vl Ing thanks tor gifts given the Mar
ines for Christmas... Quote,, "The
things . that ''TUrplin County nt
were thei flrst to a rive . early in
k pecernberlv'We were so heppy ,to
Receive: thenv . Our , Christmas
Vrogram' ior thef-' patients turned
4 but to be a;. most ' Successful' one
; rend we i certainly tppreclate ; the
; ' part thai, Duplin Couhty played in
fmaking!St. So.? Many of the W
V men's Clubs' u Duplin County a
, sited ; with,; this project;' also , eev
' erai of the Eastern Star Chapters,
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; .'"i THEX ALL CAUGHT -j';,'
' Several weeks ago a fellow. was
f admitted' to Duplin "Geniral Hos
' pital, he stayed anlgUt or-two and
-, 'then disappeared worn. th :hospi'
tal without paying his bilt.A war
r rant was issued for h)s arrest' but
f he could be ,lound "nowher.' r
V 7 This week in Clinton,' aecordihg
to reports, this same James Gibson
was arested. It app 'rs that 1
. a ope addict and has been in and
; .out of eeveral hospitals in this ara
; and tried the same trick that he
: 4rled on Duplin General.. He has
about twenty-five aliases and -1
. also Sccused of, impersonating of -
fie rs pf the y. S. Army. , - .
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SPOUTS
Still
rollected seven points but in the
second period Coach Helton's' girls
moved out from 21-12. Joyce Bras
well and Ann Pope lead1 the offen
sive work for James Kenan, col
lecting 20 and 19 points respective
ly. Of course as Coach Helton put
it "a lot Of redit goes to the fine
play of bis guards, Kay Pope, Bar
ban Taylor, and Jewell Brown,.
Make no mistake Coach Ray Hum
phrey's girls, played a fine gam
as Katie Sue '-. Grady and Joyce
Blizzard collected 18 and 17 respec
tlvely Jor the always tough Beula
ville. team.
- The Panther boys of Coach Hum
phrey bad very' little tnrabl as
they swamped .the James Kenan
boys J . Buddy. MerJeerth
season collected 26 points and Ben
ny .Kennedjf of the Panthers the
second high man came in with '23
Bobby Benson the offensive spark
of the James Kenan attack added
19 point to cause for the Tigers,
but that was way shrot of the out
standing shooting by the Panthers.
You might say- the big factor in
th j gam came in the lnl period
when Beulavgle Scored 27 points"!
while James Kenan was only abe
to collect seven. . : f -'
: Friday night of this week the
James Kenan, Tigers are hosts to
the high-flying B. F. Grady teams
on the Ktaansville Court. Lets sup
port the Tiger . . .
B. F. Grady Takes Doubleheader
Front Chinquapin
. Coach. Larry Stewart's B., T:
Continued. On Back ;
Life Of A Teacher
The 'follawlig 'appeared in
Charles Craven's column recently
FA1SON school eacher '. likes
letter a mothef onie wrote the
sup;rinetndent of schools concern
ing an offer he made her daugh
ter;.-':1. H
''Pear Superintendent . . . I
appreciate you kind of fer of a
Job for my gir Mary. , v
.'She had her "heart set on be
ing 'a school teacher, but I' talk
ed her out of it. Tiachin.' school
is too much like, being apreach-
er's wife. It's a high eallinV hut
people expect you to give more'n
they pay' you for. . . i PI-
'You take the teachers here in
town. "The only diffjorence bet
ween ihem and Christian thartys
is the date and th lack of bonfire.
They were hired to teach and they
do It. They each the younguns that
leam and they entertain tha ones
that fell on their heads when they
was little. But that ain't enough
They are supposed to make obedi
ieqt . little :' angles out of spoiled
brats ' that never , minded nobody
and make geniuses out of children
thai "couldn't havo no sense with
the parents they got no how. i"
'But that in4 the- worse. They
got to get up shows and plays to
work the school out of debt and
to sing in ihe' choir and to teach
a Sunday School class, and when
they ain't doln' nuthing else, they
're supposed to be good example.
- "They don't-get -no moneys for
three months and they can't pay
their board o- buy decent clothes,
and on top of everything else,' they
can't hold hands coming home
from prayef meetln . wi'hout some
gossipy old sister startin' a scandal
on them.'',:1 -.-x H;"m -i.j
,', "I appreciate your " kind offer,
and .may the Lord have mercy on
you and your teachers, but my
daughter ain't, interested, 'Yourn,
Sadie Mashwell (Mrs.)"'. --
KENANSyiLLE,;NOS3a
Cridrje D;?"jniling
EndsVUh Ari
4
Of SeVcralMen
... t ..... tvv,i-r:;wr.'! -
rinlshlng, touched hltve been ap
pUed toU!9B'aVVf4rWge dyna
miting . i V.teiplW. 7 Lenoir, and
Jonea Coutle.O.xri the Christma
jjupimaii
Mill r said
today thaty ifWf&p have been
ch:edliVthieVluplln bridge
. ,. -'A. W lit. .
aynamirag flwvinaiK JW omr you
ths havViArreited and char
ged wltdXftWUar' ln:ldente in
Jones nW Wljjolr . Counties.
Just prfot'.io. the Christmas holi
days, beSWetfylS and 20 cases of
dynamite, were stolen from A. I
Turners business n Pink Hill. I
After ' vGaoftni a. S. Hodg s.
bridge foreman In Duplin County,
eported tb SSeriff' Miller that
three bridges in . Puplln had been
damage votJjiafEvely wi.h dyna
mite over tie 'holidays.
Investigation started immediat
ely and the case has Just been sol
ved. Officers- from Lenlor andi
Jones Counties cooperated in the
investigation. ; j
, The - bridges in Duplin which
were located on highway 1U bet
ween B. F. Grady and Pink Hill;
one on the Cabin Road known as
Gum Branch bridge and one near
Pink Hill , known as the Beaver
Dam brllge.
Duplin charges have been enter
ed against B. C. Summerlin, Ar
nold Dean Gresham, David Batche
lo,r, Grady Marshburn, Earl Mur
phy, and James Whaley acording
to Sheriff . Miller. They are out
of jail under $900 bond.
For
Th following Jurors have been
drawn fort tha February term, of
Court "v.v
Jnmra . Ceneral Coeaity Court
DupUa Cut:lJrv.
Melbwn Rich, Norwood Graham,
Bay "B.:McMiltarW :Etar Good
son, Janies, H. Murphy, Flave
Mercer, Lambn Rivenbark, Wil
li Batts, Earnest Jones, Herring
Mobley, A. J, Walker, C. C. Bri
nkley," Hyden Bradshaw, Marvin
Dixon, S Harvey Myers, .Marion
Lanier, Ronald Rivenbark, El
wood Tnigpen, Juliaa Willaford,
Morris Edward. Crady, A Rodney-Harper;
Ralph, Kennedy,'
Granger Wilkin Holloman, Ja
mes W. Powell, Jr.";
Jurora - Civil Superior Court
February 9, i
A Carroll Merritt, Henry Wil
son, Hugh Caltotl,, Melton Lanier,
Elbert L. Ball Lloyd,' E. Pope, Jr.
Delwood H, Maready, Graham
Raynor, Roy'Hynteej William C
Kalmer Emmettr.SBoyette, C.
Leon Taylor, Jt;, -fe, W Caven
aush, James 6 '. Carr Durwood
RivenbarkItAWLenier, C. M.
Rivenbark,' .tffeorgeP Pridgen, Jr,
Jessie JyNftthercutt, Jack Hardy
King, GiaJiant Robiiison, Levi H.
Pope. . A. Bishoft James P. .No
ble, K.;j&rni&hVC&r Langston,
C J. James Robert R. Dail.
Jurors ClviV,8nperior Court
FebruawlfcMVir- '
Q. J.' gutlpAvWillie John
r. 1 i T. i. O 9 T
son onninwfiunr'KuiuBisuii, Ja
mes Gerejd.. McGoAvan, Roland
TaylorMwJii'Maready Alfonzo
Quinn,tet6n' Raj Murray, Sam
Bloom, BV$ Byrd, H. C. Precy
the, Jr'Mryln, D Foutain, Oza
Sumnerl Sidney Apple, Park Hol
mes, Johnnie G Fussell, Herman
B. Hollingsworth, - Jimmie Star
ling 'Gardner,' Matt Blackburn,
Milton E. Baily. Elwood Under
hill, Bennie Teachey, Walter
Miller, Tom F. Hill, Harry Stroud
Ralph Buren Hunter, Jasper Ja
mes Williams; Jacob Williams,
D. R. Boney, Jr.Jack Smith
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Boarding Homes
This is the third and last of a
series of articles written by . Arab
Lee, Case worker - with Duplin
Coun'y Department' of Welfare
. Miss Xee has. pointed out "the
needs for bearding op foster homes
for children. Read this last article
and. if interested fill in the form
at th' endJ-;;V -i -Hf:. j
Boarding Homes . . .' ' : v f '
Boarding homes are foster homes
which: are licensed by the' State
Welfare Department and the 'pur
pose of boarding homes is to give
children a temporary ' home . .until
more permanent plans can be made
for them. Another purpose, of a
boarding . home Is to give children
a healthy and normal enviromenf,
as nearly, all children" eligible for
boarding . hdme , plasement have
hen deprived of this In' their own
homes,"'. '.J' ' "T :"V- "ui j ".'4
..- For" white", and . negro chldren,
we need, a i' variety of boarding
bomet). Our. homel:ss children ln
elude - those who are mentally ',re-
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CAKGUNA. THURSDAY
AotitW; ,QccupjiEicy.
Home Demonstration Clubs Plan
Full And Inspiring Program For '59
The Duplin County H. D. Clubs
under the direction of County
Home Economics Agent, Alta L.
Kornegay and her assistants, have
planned a full and interes ing
program tor the coming year.
Below is the 1959 Program of
Work for the 32 Home Demonstra
ton Clubs in Duplin County.
MONTHLY DEMONSTRATION:
January - ''Good Club Meetings'
(Parliamentary Procedure)
February "Take Care Of Your
Landscape" X Pruning, Fertaiaer
Spraying, Etc).
March "Making and Remodeling
HaU'
April 'Docs Your Home Have
Adequate Wiring?"
May ''Color Coodination Throu
ghout Home"
June "Pouch Freezing"
July "New Synth titf and
Blends' (Clothing Materials)
August "Club Social, Picnics or
Recreation'
September "Meals In Minutes"
October "Cutting Food Cost
Through Better Meal Planning"
November 'Mind Your Manners"
December '"'OirisHrrias Treats
For Meals and Snacks"
SPECIAL ACTIVITIES:
January; Housing School Jan
uary 27th.. Borne Demonstration
County Council January 29th.,
Craft Leader dhool (Plastic
covered coat bangers)
'February: Crafts workshop
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Sr iiw w i i ii i l i w ii iii ii i in nMlnr ! mil
MOTHER AND BABY - Mrs. Peggy Gricc has moments of fun
with her baby daughter, Rachel Faye, each afternoon af.er re
turning home from work. 'It doesn't take her long to realize who
I am, "Peggy said. "Then, she begans smiling and kicking around."
(Photo by Paul Barwick.)
PEGGY GRICE PROVES:
WcmsnHuve Dual Hole
Of Worker, Housewife
by Paul Barwick
' Since woman suffrage came
into being, woman has taken her
place in (he course of human
events to the extent that today
she is a vital factor in the work
ing force of the United States.
. In addition to carrying her
share of .the work load of 'the
Nation, woman still finds time
to carrying on her duties as, wife
Sheriff's Departmenf
lllegay Liquor; Three
The DuDlin County Sheriffs
Department has declared war on
those who produce illegal liquor.
. Saturday afternoon between
Magnolia and Rose Hill, Sheriff
Ralph Miller ' and Deputy T. E.
Revelle arrested three men who
were , engaged in the production
pi ."white lightning." ' - ? :
Seems u the Sheriffs 'depart
ment had. received a tip on the
operation 'Thursday, A check "re-
yealedk that operation- would be
gin soon. On'. Saturday : another
tip came ; through that" the still
was in operation. Sheriff Miller
and Revelle went in the fooded
area along Cabin Creek and ar
rested Henry R. Mprsey, a Negro,
from Faison route 2, in Sampson
County. rtWW'M' -2
Morsey was -handcuffed to ; a
tree , and " Sheriff ; Miller f stood
while; Deputy Revelle' returned 1
guara over nun,, ana ,wie suu
JANUARY lS, 1959
(Basketry). JHstrict Music School
Clothing Leader School.
March: County Workshop "Mak
ing Hats', County Council Meeting
Home Management Leader Train
ing School, Dress Revues in Local
Clubs.
April: Crafts Workshlp (Slool
Bottoming). District Federation
Meeting (Clinton), County Meet
ing "Approved Water Supply",
Coun.y Dresg Revue.
May: County Spring Fed: ration,
Food Conservation Leader Train
ing School
June: Farm Home Week, June
9-1Z County Council Maeting,
Canning Workshop 2 days working
with low acid foods, Checking pre
ssure canners and judgnig conser
ved products.
August: District Crafts Camp.
Foods and Nutrition Leader Train
ing School.
September: County ' Workshop
"Dried Flower Arrangements",
County Council Meeting., Meeting
to Plan I960 Program of Work.
October: Stat Fair Week (Dun
lin Home Demonstration Clubs to
have Exhibit, County Crafts Work
shop (. Leather Articles)
November: Foods and Nutrition
Leader Training School
December: Housing Tour (Visit
ing new remodeled borne. Follow
up of January Housing School).
County Demonstration "Cake mak
ing and fancy cake decorations)
and mother.
Mrs. Peggy Grice, of Warsaw is
one of millions of women across
the Country who has the dual
role of career woman and home
maker.
Since graduating from high
school, Mrs. Grice, has been work
ing as 'sercetary to Duplin Co
unty Farm Agent Vernon H. Re
Continued Ob Back
Declares War On
Men Are Arresefed
to ' Kenansville for dyamite to
blow up the still.
While Revelle was gone, Fred
Bunting, route 5 Clinton; and
Woody Adkin Stevens,' Warsaw
Road, Clinton; came into the
woods to the still. They were ar
rested by Sheriff Miller.' A pick
up truck was also taken.
All three are Negroes. A pick
out of jail under. $500 bond each.
Their case will be heard in Dup
lin County Court January 28.
. Before tb$ Saturday raid, Re
velle and A. T. U. officers .des
troyed three stills in. the War
saw vacinity of Duplin County.
On ITuesday, another still was
destroyed by Deputies Revelle
and Bill Quinn, Constable Gra
ham Chestnut and A. T. U. of
ficers in r the Magnolia commu-
mity. -,:,'s &; , V'S f-'-'-'v
1 Tuesday afternoon another, stiu
was reported and destroyed near
Warsaw; - :,-.S
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BVBMSITBOM
O UsaiJM sja
this arcs ka
To
Mrs. Williams, Artist And Prominent
Woman Of Faison Dies At The Age Of 93
Mrs. Marshall Williams, one of
Duplin County's most colorful fig
ures, died early Monday at her
home in Faison. She was 93 years
old.
Funeral services were held Tues
day at 3 P. M. from the Faison
Presbyterian church of which she
was a life-long member. Burial
was in the Faison Cemetery.
Mrs. William played an active
role in a number of patriotic or
ganizations, including the United
Daughters of the Confederacy,
which she served as State presi
dent 1912-14, and the Daughters
of the Revolution, which she serv
ed as Sta'.e Regent.
She served a number of terms on
the Stat Democratic Executive
Committee and in 1936 was a dele-gateiat-Large
to the Democratic
National Convention in Philadel
phia. he served on the board of
the State Hospital in Raleigh,
whe e a building now bears her
name.
Noted as an artist. Mrs. Wil
liams has produced some 600 pro
traits, 50 of which hang in court
houses, supreme court rooms, uni
versity halls, museums, and pri
vate homes t hroughout North Car
olina. The remaining 100 are in her
home at Faison, She is an honor
ary life member of the State Art
Society and listed in "The Blue
Farmers Get Refund On Gasoline Tax
File Your Claims Before April
. . Farmer who.Jtaye .been, wtog.
gasifUne for non-JUgnway purposes
in 19, are entitled to refund ox
six V c) cents per gallon from the
North Carolina Department of Re
venue, Fanners who have been fil
ling for " this refund on gasoline
tax have already received the nec
essary forms, number 1201 and
1301; A. Farmers who have not
been filing in past years for this
gasoline tax refund can get the
forms for filing by writing to:
iline Tv, division
North Carolina Department of Re
venue Ralilgh, North Carolina.
Or they can be picked up at the
County Agricultural Agent Office
Annual Meeting Farm Bureau To Be
Mon. Jan. 19, Frank Bond To Be Speaker
The Annual, County wide,
Farm Bureau meeting is schedu
led for Monday evening at 7
p.m. in the Keansville School
Auditorium.
Guest speaker for the event
will be Mr Frank Bond of Ra
leigh, Assistant Manager of the
Tobacco Stabilization Corpora
tion. Mr. Bond is an excellent
speaker and can ably answer
any questions pertaining to to
bacco. Following Mr Bond's address,
a 15 minute period will be held
open for questions and answers
about tobacco. Leroy Simmons,
President of Duplin County Farm
Bureau and a tobacco committee
man will help answer the tobac
co questions, raised by the at
tending members.
Members are being notified of
the meeting and are urged to
attend. Any interested person
may attend the meeting.
During the course of business,
the election of a new president
and vice-president will be held,
also the election of members of
the Board of Directors, whiefv
is composed of one member of
each twnship in the county.
Members are urged to keep this
in mind.
At this time the membership,
will hear the financial report.
In commenting on the Farm
Bureau, Mr, Simmons stated that
the membership drive, which was
recently held, was th snost sue
cessful drive that the organizstsist the Department in revising
tion has seen in Duplin County
in five years. He further stated
that by getting the good mem
bership in Duplin ad other coun
ties in the state that, from the f
national xevei, uey naa Deen aoio
to get the strongest resolutions
passed pertaining to tobacco, chi
cken and turkey; industries that
has ever been passed. ''J
On January 22 at 7:30 1P.nl.1
the Annual meeting of the Ne
gro Farm Bureau will be held
in the E E. SmitrTScTiool. Leroy
Simmons . wUl be ; speaker for
the occasion and the election Of
officers Will De' held. ' C "
V. C4 UM nti X. C
Contrasts
Aboui Ocf.l
Be
Book of World Notables.
Mrs. Williams reared eight chil
dren, her own four sons, plus two
granddaughters, and a niece and
nephew, all of whom were grad
ated from the University of North
Carolina.
H r sons are I. R. Williams
Dunn attorney; V. F. Williams, re
tired government lawyer of Fai
son; and Marshall Williams, Jr.,
and Dr. Louis Hicks Williams, both
deceased.
She has three sisters, Mrs. C. C.
Phillips of Baltimore; Mrs. A. H.
Witherington and Mrs. Nyda Wea
Iherby of Faison.
Mrs. Williams was born in Fai
son April 12, 1866, the daughter of
the lata Capt. L. T. Hicks and Ra
chel Mclver Hicks, She attended
St. Mary's Junior Colege and later
studied in Wilmington and New
York. On February 13, 1889 she
was marled to the late Marshall
MjDiarmid Williams of Faison.
During the Jamestown Exposi
tion Mrs. Williams served as col
lector of colonial antiquities for
Duplin County. When North Caro
lina's monument was dedicated on
the Gettysburg battlefield. She
She also served for many years
on the Advisory Board of the Con
federate Woman's Home in Fay
ettevlile. be refund is lor the calaiiaer
year 1958. This claim has to be fil
led between January 1, 1059 and
April 15, 1959.
No claims filed after April 15,
1959 will be honored, tf the gaso
line is used from the same storage
tanks for which license motor ve
ricle and 'son highway equipment
are served a daily use record must
be malntaned. for the amount with
drawn for licensed motor vehicles.
The invocies for gasoline purchas
ed must be submlted along with
forms 1201 and 1201 A as has been
the .case in previous years.
' During the monday night meet
ing, prizes will be awarded the
community Development clubs.
Simmons stated that the pub
licity given the recent Farm Bu
reau drive by Mrs. Ruth Grady,
Editor of The Duplin Times and
the other County papers was a
contributing factor to the suc
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Mrs. Williams Appointed Member
Advisory Committee On County Records
Mrs. Christine W. Williams,
Duplin County Register of Deeds
and treasurer of the N.C. Associa
tion of Registers of Deeds, has
been .apointed a member of the
Advisory Cornmittee on County
Records, it was announced here
this week by State Archivist H.
G. Jones.
The committee was set up un
der authority of G. S. 121-2 (12)
to give advice and assistance- to
the State Department 01 Archives
WdVHistory on matters relating
t6 county records With the ap
pointment of Rear Admiral A. M.
Patterson as Public Records Ex
aminer, the Department is plan
ningvttn' Increasingly active coun
ty records program in compli
ance with its responsibility of ad
vising and giving assistance to
county officials in records pro
blems. The Committee will as-
its County Records Handbook
which it plans to print and dis
tribute to county officials later
this year, Jones said.
'.'Others appointed because of
their experience and knowledge
of county Tecords problems are
as follows. W. E. Church Clerk of
Superior yCourt, Forsyth County;
J. ' PvSAik, Clerk of Superior
Court, V&ilford Cf b'V A W.
Grahanv.Jjn,-Oerkt fuperlor
Courts iGranville Co jijj Lemuel
R. Johnson, Register ois Deeds,
Chatham County; J. jWWOhnson,
Register of Deeds, ' Cumberland
County .J, Toliver Pavii, County i
PRICE TEN CENTS
Contracts totalling $177,387 have
been let for the construction of
a Courthouse Annex to the Dup
lin County Courthouse.
Faison W. McGowen, County Au
ditor, said the general contract for
$133,028 was awarded to Godwin
Building Company, of Warsaw. H.
C. Codk of Calypso, was low bid
der on electric wiring at $12,930.
Ideal Plumbing Co. of Wilming
on. is the plumbing contractor at
$5,990. Healing and air condition
ing wen. to Temperature Contra
cting Co , c: Wilmington, at $16,
992. Architect's fees were $8,447.
The new ann x will be on the
north end of the present Court
House. Most of the structure will
be one story. The Clerk of Sup
erior Court office and vault and
Regis er of Dueds office and vault
will be in th new building. The
Tax Collec o s office, County Vet
teran's Se: vne office, County Au
ditor's Office, and Tax Supervis
ors office will also be in the new
part.
In the old building, the present
Register of Decds office will be
used by the State Revenue depart
ment; the present Auditor's office
will be used by the Social Secur
ity Board; and the present Clerk
of Court's office will be new quar
ters for the Probation Commis
sioner. Plans call for the present Tax
Collector's office to become part
of the Sheriff's Department. A
door will be cut between the pre
sent Sheriff's ofice and the Tax
Collector's office.
McGowen points out that the
present vaults in the Register Of
Deeds and Clerk of Superior Court
offices will be used for storing
valuable documents.
A small second floor will be
constructed, this will house Jud
geyQverters, five lawyer's offices
or conference rooms and the Court
UbW .
Construction is to begin within
the next two weeks If weather
conditions are favorable, the new
annex should be ready for occu
pancy by October 1.
Boy Scout Drive
In Kenansville
Friday & Saturday
The Kenans ville Ldon's Club,
sponsors of the local Boy Scouts
and Explorer Scouts, will make
their annual scout drive Friday
and Saturday of this week. It is
important and essential that Ken
ansville and Duplin County raise
sufficient funds so that this coun
ty can have a full time Field Exe
cutive. The quota for Kenansville
this year is $500,00
So please remember when you
are asked to contribute that an in
vestment in Scouting pays divid
ends to our community, and it's uo
to you to decide, "What a boy is
worth?"
Mrs. Chrlstfne W. WlHUms
Attorney and member of the Ge
neral Assembly, Rutherford Co
unty; J. C. Ellis, Treasurer, Ac
countant, and Tax Supervisor,
aNsh County; and E. S Swindell,
Jr, County Manager, Durham Co
unty. The Institute of Government is
conducting a two-day school for
new Register of Deeds of the
state in Chapel Hill on January
15 and 16. Mrs. Williams has been
invited by the Institute of Gov
ernment to serve as an instructor
in '-this school. This is quite a
compliment to Mrs.1 Williams to
be chosen to participate .in this ;
schooL , t; '
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