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4 1 it - t-l v 1 f ' .: ' .. ' V j. I'. 4 UTIEXXVI- . Ko.4 KENANSVILLEv NORTH CAROUNA ; THURSDAY JANUARY 29, 1959 9SJ0 per fear DepHa aad PRICE TEN CENT? i X. Gj.tt.0t nnU H.C- . Mi- Ml'- k r7- ; Lyric coloratura,' Canada. Holds degree from Toronto Conserve ! tory and has tang eictenaively in concert, radio, and opera. Haa alt i ready perfonned niany role in- eluding Violetta.4 Liu, -Musetta; Queen f Jth Night and Rosina; Tbia aeaaon, her- firat- with the , National .Gras Boots Opera Com pany, she will sing Adele, Zen- lma, -and Adina. -" - ! l 1 " S " I' If, IMOlitMiiih Be i .ih i Kj ubti num. iM fj; III lupilll IIUUIIbJUUT 1 "The Elixir of Love.T an opera 1 iwo acts jdv uaeiano .j7ontzeiu '' v will he Biven in DuDlin; Countv Next Week. The nationally kno dn National Grass' Roots -Opera Company will appear .Wednesday, Fepnary-410 p:m:r Magfto lia Elementary School Auditor' iunif -Wednesday; Febrnarjrtit ee SI :vH MrsX'jruellne:Bie':to fs, Edent; 30 yilrold mother of J a two, has been named office! North J hi- ' Carnllns Mknh"nf Dlmea Mnthr of Yeatthe. state-4Aapter of The NaUonal rouridaitott. -. - - , Mrs, Ricks who-came down with poUft Jaly,28, 1958, Just twp.week Before the Salk Vaccine, was to M made available: tor her ag Kup. HlV WJ , (HO ; UV VUWWJ home. cri for her daughter; Bets and an understanding husband, James - Pender - Ricks, bwner of Ricks' Laundry and '.Cleaner of r' Edentdn. Thr courageous -home ( ' maker who refused to lei to let a-ser -erely crippling attack of polio get her down also ".Ways- tournament istyle bridge and turns out "news '4 'releases to the local cress on ia 1 1 " Polio..; :; left, v,R4ck completely DSra&tad onlv able to move her f fingers and turn he- head, "lust !W musine the iron lun. Teh mon- L' vot car ahd phyatca. therapy at 1 Maryview Hospital -4n' Por.smoutht 2 ? Vai. . (nearest polio center to Ed- enton) .plus' a super-human effort to be a useful' member of. society r suited in. her release from -the hospital t lewt) f gain how ; t,keep house-this. time 1 on"- wheels She hue leapiedvtopreparemel.dnes and care! foT: the children,; whO , v r ave reauy learned me imponani I '".cisc'plUie of "coming when Mother chair to do her shopping,' attend club meetings and do, the million and one things busy mothers need to do everywhere in running their th Century household. A v-i ' j ; v Mrs, .Ricks was an employee of he Duplin Times In the ,year 1950. he lefi the-Times when he was employe by ihe Charlotte Obser- :I Jri Biirgahfcruonf The annual" meeting of District Five of the North Carolina School V ards Association wlU convene ! Tar gaw , on . Wedn- sdsy ..'after i j .a. February at Burgaw Hlgll. r :;ooi. P . f : Hie Fifth District Js Composed ( i -n y school , admlalsbtitivf ' i New Hanover, Sampson, k, Duplin, Wayne . and' 1 city' school units in " bor and Fremont ' i i t hundred super I:r' a!s, lo:al com i, I rd of Education :-. i-j- . eommicioners : ' . are e-Tee- ) , vWUAJAM McCAKIUX V Bass ; baritone, Michigan.;; Now singing second season , with; NaV Jonal , Grass . Roots .Opera Com pany.: Bill made: a, good impres sion last season with - the per formances as ' Count Orlofeky ; in DIE- FLEDERMAUS and as the commendatore in DONGIOVAN' NL. This season he- adds thauro les of Leporello and Doctor Dul camara a quack doctor in Elixir tof vtc hU repterttoire. mm mm . miri n au M1IU iiiuijuat .1 8;00 ,p.m. at- Rose Hill Elemen tary, School ', Auditorium and 'at BeulaviUe High School Audito- riunj on Thursday,' February, 5 at 1:00 pjn. This opera is being sponsored by the Duplia. County Uhif of NCEA; ,, v.-j ' Tickets may be purchased, jpt all' Ouplin County , Schools " or at the door: Admission is .50c for children -and $1.00 for adults. The opera Elixir of Love will be' sungr in English, using a late translation., It is an opera in two acts, with , the scenes in an Ita-, Uah , village to ' tl'"Nineteenth century: Nermorino, a young pea sdnt (tenor, is verv much in love Wit ;dina. at wealthy ; village girls kffi&Si:-TMk &Z.MmtiWto?& Ttttair the?FJixu- Lot, and ;tmbIh''Otlit'ie&iont" of the - Dis- ta s th. ,wm- nil. finii tinmUhni Rervir Awdni were begins. See the opera' and tin out what happens.-" !' I Ml I '1 TV At l(cn:nsville r MeihcJisf Church The Kenansville Methodist Yd nth Fellowship was hostess on Monday night, .January 36th to the monthly meeting of the Ke nansville Sub-District Methodist Youth Fellowship with 102 in at tendance, -. .?.,. ; r -v 2 - , f. '; .1- The devotion wa riven bv the Pink Hill MYF with Alice Faye .Smith, , Genet te . Harrell, Brenda Bostip, and Glenn WlUiams par ticipating. :jr--T -'--":.; .Mrs. W. Mrlngram, of Kenan-sville.- ira ve a' talk on Chrlstian Vocations", in which' she stressed that ' choosing a vocation is one of tne , three most important,' de cisions youth have to make. She pointed out that' the ' first and most important ' decision is ac cepting; Christ and.; becoming -a Christian, and the ; second is ' in choosing fc jife partner," wi& 'cho osing a vocation third. '-' Tl8''Sllfe,'Surrattrt6s Hill, Prsident, presided" over the business session. Linda Bennett of Calypso, secretary,- called X the roll with youth answering' roll call from Wallace,' Rose, Hill, Ma gnolia, Warsaw, vFais6n, , Calypso, KenansviUe, Pink HilL and Wo odland Churches. Several pastors and counselors attended. - j ? & ir J The .Woman's Society of the Kenansville Methodist Church se rved 'refrehments.vVf'' v " ' ;':-A yMelvln Williams, of Pink! Hill, and Susan Clifton, of Faison, I the group In recreation, hi' tf -t:J i lng wfll adjourn at 8:30 p., m. Sev eral outstanding speakers are to be present to lead the educators la discussing vital -matters pertaining to schools during this legislative year ';. A Jf The symposium will feature- a discussion of the State-Wide Cur riculum Study, a Report from the Committee for the Study of Public School Finance, and "B" Budget Requests to the 19I Legislature, ': :. President of District Five is K. A. Laney of Wilmington, chairman of the Kew Hapover County Board of rjacation,'. '- :'':., : r. ward Ki)"y' of ' Burgaw, a mes: her of Us Penier .' Cmin'l T '?! cf r ' " a Vice-? -"-' t " ' -t cf ' " I ' cf Jc!m Levis Is Duplin s first hvay; . John Lewis, 40-year-old white ma i Cabpso, was killed instant h? ?u'day at IM p. u. when he wai struck by " pick ip--driven by Peary Dlxoa, 00, white, also of Calypeo. .- ; j flE. C Wraylnver.lfatlng patrol, man, said investigation reveaia the accident ;!.! unavoidable. ' No onarges, .hare been ' made. Lewis was walking on 4he highway in site the 'city limits of Cay Ipsa on the BeautecBUs highway with his hack Jfo ,tV 'traffic ; when struck a the pick-up truck. Dixon, -.laid e was meeting a couple of car and did not .see Lewis until, the Impact. Lewis' body i was knocked approximately 30 feet after being hit. He died pf chest , and neck Injuries. ., '' Coron-r'i inquest has been et for Friday at p. m. in the Caly pso Town. Hall. Lewis is i Duplin ' County's fjrst faUUty of 1959. Patrolman Wray said that he hopes Duplin citizens will ' become more ,' cohscious of traffic fatalities, pointing out that most pf , Duplin's fatalllies in 1958 Were pedestrians. He said all Peo - pie walking should faced the traf- fie 'and be off the traveled portion of the. highway. . Lewis was employed by Calypso Veneer Company. Dixon is a far mer. . ',. ' Simmons Service Award By Farm Bureau "LtRov Simmons, "farmer of Al- bertson,.v and president of the Duplin County Farm Bureau was presented the ' Distinguished Se rvice Award for: outstanding ser vice to agriculture and farm peo-4 pie in ceremonies of the Farm But eau 'at ,the Sir Walter Hotel tinmished Service 'Award were William S. Humphries, farm ed itor at the News and Observer and Mrs. . . Mabel Marshall :of Winston i , Salem, Forsythe Co unty- ASC office, manager. ' J The tnrec were citea lor ueir "strong local ' leadership, fore sight, concern' for rural people and a determination to see wo rth Carolina's agriculture pros- ner.' or uwvitt s. weaver, curec- ,toe of the N. C Extension. Service and last year's winner of the award.' '.: ' - Simmons, native 6f Duplin County,'"Was born ' on the same farm on which he lives today. He Ge The., following patients :' were admitted to Duplin General Hos pital during the past week: , Beulaville; - ': Lanier,'; Ida Jane Lanier - ' X Turner,' Marion Pipkins Ball, Kenneth Hugh: ' BrockAttoe Tuten, Lee Cutis A I Cninquapin: Metikush, Steve ' ' Sloan, Gail Marie ' ' WhiteV"EIkabetli. , ; Baby Boy White Pickett, Sarah Evelyn ' Magnolia; :' Moore; Juanita Moore Dobson, Marvious Batts Moore,1 Baby Boy " Warsaw:.";: ,. ".- ' Vann, Thelms. , Baby Girl Xinn j Bryant, .Geneva . Basden, WUbert Ray Smith,' Jeremiah, f ; Blackburn, Ruth ; ; - :-J Blackmore, Edna Faison;-? Bell, Ann Lucille Bell, Baby Girl v.; uavis, xaa mae iv Babv Girl Davis Southerland, Penny,Summerlin '' Baby Boy Southerland : .' - - ? Mdffett, Cati-rf-:' ,' ,Wallace!-V-' '-, ; Sheffield, Susan D. ' English,' James. ' t "" r a . ; Register, Gregory . ' . I Newkirk, Alexandria --V ! Smith, William A. ,,!' ,. Bannerman, tA-MH-l Jones, Martha .- tJWZ V : Richlahds: l s''VU Batchelor, Roosevelt Belton "ir-. Rose Hill: . ';,&-:; "..'..$ Sykes, Eddie- ' , ' ,.-,"'.i ;y i HuCin, 'Carolyn, j.,'.,; ' WiHIama, Rose vV u&.:,j-i Johnm, ,P,y Willaxd . " ' V."as' r-'Ulah ' , ' " r ' 1 ' sy , 7 A.. TLn;3 U ' j ; , . Ill JAKES KENAN DBOPS DOUBLEHEADEK TO B. F. GBADY . . The, James Kenan basketball tesins ventured down t the B. F. Grady gym. Monday night and dropped a doubleheader to the Strong Grady teams. Coach BUI Helton's girls undefeated in con ference play as of game time co uld not hit and the Lady Pan thers of Coach Larry Stewart came - out with the victory -43-54. In the first game between the two schools both clubs were undefeated and the Lady Tigers won to remain the leaders in the conference, that nigh the tables were turned as Grady ca me off with the victory. Both teams, . are now tied for first (place in the conference. . James Kenan girls have tw more con ference games and. must win them both to assure, them of at least a tie for the championship, while Grady, has three more games and only got to win two of the, three for a tie. Boy! what a race The Oradv tfirla lend hv Pat pHarper with 28 points, and Jean Howard with 19 had a fairly ' easy time most of the game and what a sweet victory for them as the Lady .Tigers were unable to get the ball to go in. Ann Pope lead the cause for the Kenan sex;- is one of the county's outstandr ing farmers' and for his service to other, farmers in his area. ' f Having experienced the pitfalls of farm marketing, Simmons- be gan a grain milling operation on his farm with the idea of aiding local farmers, in processing and 4artmg 4hei gMto-toal opened a hog buying; station. , " This , business . has grown into a well-rounded grain, feed and hog buying operation. His exam ple has helped spearhead a ma jor expansion of .livestock- to his home county. ' . . ', As an active, booster of "do ing. through organized effort," Simmons has supported commu nity development organizations. He also serves ' as '"president ' of the Duplin County Farm Bur eau and as a member of the boa rd of directors and, of .the exe cunve committee or tne n. c Farm Beureau Federation. "Hi local leadenship, his des ire to' serve, and his efforts be yond the normal role of a neigh bor qualify him for special reco gnition.", declared Weaver, On Wednesday, Simmons was named; one of the Vice Presi dents of the State Farm Bureau Federation. . :,. ' . .,. C.T. ,Sr. I dealy of , hear, attack near Rose Hift Friday af:emoon while hunt ing. .- iyft Mr. ; Fussell -went on a hunting trip on. Frtday morning 'with' two dogs, and when hw failed to come home, st dark, his family started searching for him. The family' was assisted in their search by mem bers of J the Duplin County Sheriffs department, the - Rose Hill .and Wallace Volunteer .fire department and many other citizens. - Mr. Fussell was found shortly after midnight between wo logs wherg he apparently, fell when the Bids On School ; Additions Opened Today Supt. Office; Carolina Branch, the Associated General Contractors of America, announced todav that eleht gen eral contractora'hav been ' listed as bidders on the Jsropesed school additions in Duplin County. Bldg will be' opened at 2:30 p. m. Jan. 29 in the office of County Board of 'Education, Kenansvile . AGC, the construction industry's trade associatioh in. the Carolina, listed Ui following general con trac ors fho plan to bid on the project: ; a.,:;. -j, '- 'iv.ii' A O. Cartrr Jr (AGC), J. W. Cook and Sobs (AGO, and William Douglas Smith,, of i Whlterille; Coastal ConstruetloB Co. (AOC), Rose HUh F. R. King Construct:a Co. MGO, ar-1 U-'her T. Jt:, I.. (AC"), V. An s c if' ft it d, r - SFCIiiS xstin tet with 31 points, while Joyce Braswell and Peggy Fussell ed ded that final tench in vain with 11 and 10 points respectively. The B. F. Grady boys undefea ted to conference play and an over-all record fit 15-1, had lit tle trouble with the Tigers ax the eould-hk problem carried over from the girls game ended 95-44. The Grady boys lead by their big man,' Franklin Staf ford poured it on the cold Tig ers. Stafford ' along with Tom Stroud. each with IS points, lead the undefeated Panthers. For the Tigers Bill Straughan lead the cause with 13 points, while Ralph Culbreth and James Cavenaugh collected 11 and 9 respectively. James Kenan has three more games' to play and all three are home games. They play North Duplin Friday night and next week ends the season with Beu laville and" Richlands. b. f. grady wins d6hrleheader over benson The B. F. Grady High Schoo) basketball teams ventured up to Benson last "week, Coach Larry Stewart s home town, and walk ed away with victories over the strong Johnston County clubs. Coach Stewart was very proud of -his clubs' iand rightly so af the home- town ' folks sat in si lence ' to the' glory of a home town , boy.-The Qrady boys sco re4 their- 15th victory of tW season without too much trouble, despite their height disadvantage The 53-40 victory was very plea sing to Stewart before the homo folks. Grady used a -zone defense to cope with the tall Benson play ers, and some excellent reboun ding by Tom Stroud and Melvip Harper allowed the panthers tc keep control of he- backboards f fine airf guards, Franklin Sta-' ffortf and Jack Hill witih 17 and f ford and J4ck Hill, witih 1? and 11 points respectively. Stroud had 9, Mike Godson. 8, Harpei 6, and Robert Smith -with 2 to round out the scoring for the Grady boys. The Grady sextet scored a one-sided .77-37 victory without Centhraed On Beck Board Of Evangelism Net In Warsaw Rev; King Of Raleigh Reported Progress The Board pf Evangelism of the - North Carolna Methodist Conference met at Warsaw Met hodist Church on Tuesday, Janu ary 20. Rev. U T. Wilson host pastor conducted the devotional. He spoke on the subject, "What E- vangelism Means To Me." n heart attack seized bun. ' ' .Funeral services were held at the Rose Hill Methodist Church Supday afternoon at 3:00 P. M. by Rev. D. A. Petty, pastor. Interment . was In . the Fussell Family" Cemetery near Rose, HiU. He is survived by his wife, the former Myra Cavenaugh, two sons, C,; t, J'. of Roe Hill and Aaron E. Fussell of Raleigh, one daughter, Mrs. Max Sykes of Wallace, seven grandchildren. Two brother Baa com and Acey Fussell , both of Rose' HiU. three .sisters Mrs. Oscar! Tufcef 'of Rose Hill. Mrs. 1.5 C.1 Scott, of. Rowland anl Mrs. Albert of Goldsboro. Grill Entered Louis Gavin's grill was- broken into Tuesday night a cording to Norwood Boone, Sheriffs Deputy, who Wvestigated. ".. About (80 In change was taken from music box in the business, located at Rose HilL v Investigation Is continuing. Mcredil!) College;; Spring Tern, Feb 2 "Verellth College first semester 1 Tinals" - opened ; on, that campus on Saturday, Jan; 34i? Jrf4:;-i.;'..i.v-. , TJeaa LeUhman A Peacock and lira. Vera Tart Marsh, registrar, assisted by members of the facul ty" will register spring semester riid is en Monday, Feb, 3V . f nts..teki"f .apeelal. ! w'' enroll a t-ay and Xt . 't f Saturday Night Saturday night was a busy alght for the Patrolmen in Duplin Coun ty. At about 10:80 P. M. on high way . No. N between Kenansville and Chinquapin, James Fitxhugh English, 59, of Rt 3 Wallace ran off a sharpe curve and hit the cul vert head on. He was driving a 1953 Ford Pick-up which was com pletely demolished. English had been fox hunting and had a load of dogs on the truck. English was admitted to Duplin General Hospital with a broken hip and lacerations of the face and bead. Patrolman Stewart investigated the wreck. According to officers, English was charged with care less and reckless driving. On Saturday night at about 12:00 six miles west of Beulaville on highway 41, Curtis Lee Tooten, colored tnan, nineteen years 0f age of Beulaville, lost control of his Car. and it turned over approxima telv five times landing about 100 yards In a corn field. ' He was driving a 1950 Buick on the road from Beulaville to Chin quapin. One colored girl, a passen ger in the car, was admitted to Dupjin General Hospital, Tooten was also brought to the hospital with a shoulder injury. Patrolman Stew,art investigated this wreck also. According to of ficers, Tooten was charged with no operators license and careless and reckles sdriving. On Saturday at H:15, 3 miles South of Pink Hill on the road froBcPlok Hmt.BPulvtllC.-im-T n liiwh Norris, 23, of Beulaville driving a 1958 Rambler Station Wa gon, ran Into a ditch. Norirs was driving along and the tie rod feU oft Us car causing Norris to run into, the ditch. Norris was not hurt and there were only minor dam ages to the car. Walter F. Anderson, of Raleigh Board President, presided. Rev H. K. King of Raleigh, Confer ence Director of Evangelism, re ported on progress and plans in field of evangelism. He spo- ! ke of the large increase in mem- ' bership which was experienced during the year 1958. Tentative plans were made for a large conference wide Evan gelism Rally similar to the con ference wide Rally which wa held on Christian Higher Educa tion. This would be held in Me morial Auditorium at Rtoleigh or Reynolds, Coliseum of State College. ' Plans were made for the vari ous local churches to conduct re vivals and children's membership classes and expect large inga therings of new members leading to Easter Sunday - which is Ma rch 29. Ladies of the Warsaw Church served lunch. Thomas A. Barden t ''" ' v';;'.-', Rose Hill Citizen Funeral Sunday Thomas A. Barden, OS died Sat urday afternoon at his home in "Rose Hill after a lingering illness. He was the son of the late James Jefferson and Maay James Barden. He was s Ford dealer is Rose Hill from 1924 until a few years ago when he retired because of ill health, he also operated a Ford business in Wallace for several years with his late partner "Bogue' Johnson. He i survived by bis, wife, the former Leone Gresham of Beula vlll . two daughters, Mr. eGorge P. Matthews and .' Mrs. Cecil H Rhodes both of Rose HilL and four jjprandchildren. three brothers, James ;. J. aaraen or mmw, gressman - Graham ;A Barden of New Bent SuadsJoel M. Barden of Wallace and one sister Mrs. John T. Wells of Burgaw. ! , , V ' ' Funeral serrteaa ten ducted Sunday afternoon at by . Wade AUiaiMi at tie IX tlm Trut tjterl'H "' - i ? " H he was s fca Stack- Pliul Iveiman Joins DuplinTimes Staffs To Live In Warsaw And Cover Duplin Co. Paul Livennaa has ben em ployed by the Duplin Times as news-advertising-and job print ing representative. He win as sume his duties in Duplin County Monday morning. Liverman, who has been asso ciated with the Goldsboro News Argus since August 15, 1959, will reside in Warsaw. He will not move his family to Warsaw from Goldsboro, however, until after the current school season is end ed in order that his three child ren will not have to change scho ols in the middle of a school term. He comes to the Duplin Times well recommended and is a man who understands the small town farming way of life. For 25 years, he was bureau manager for the Daily Advance, Elizabeth. City, in Tyrrell and Wmimmmimmmimmmm ni mum m C'r PAUL LIVERMAN Dr. Davis Speaker Af Warsaw B. P.W. Club Celebrates 10th Anniversary The January meeting of the Bus iness, and (Professional pWomen"s iub, of WarsaW- &s tld on Thur sday evening in the Firyslde Room of the Methodist Church. Members of the B P W Clubs of Klnston, Dunn Carter Golds boro, Jacksonville and Mt Olive were in attendance, Mrs. Clem Johnson of Morehead City, one of the organizers Qf the Warsaw Club in January 1949, was present. . Miss Mary Alice Blackmore, pre sident, greeted the guests and mentioned that it was the 10th an niversary of the Warsaw Club. After Mrs. J. W. Farrior gave than ks, a delicious dinner was served by the Ladles of the-Church, on tables made attractive with flowers and candles. Miss Ruth Cavenaugh, solost, ac companied by Mrs. W. P. West, sang "Bless This House". Mrs. J. P Harmon, Club Program Coordinator, presented Miss Mary Alice Fussell, chairman of Public Relations and program chairman for the evening. Miss Fussell, in a most charming, manner intro duced the speaker, Dr. Rachel Davis, as a most versatile person. Aside from being primarily a Phy sician in Kinston, Dr. Davis is one of the two women, serving in the 1959 session of the N. C. Legisla ture, and the first woman to hold List Your Taxes Before Jan. 31 Avoid Penalty The several township tax lis ters are getting along well ii listing 1959 County Taxes. Some list takers report that listing i. ahead of the same time of the month last lear. Listing should be finished by Saturday, January 31. Penalty for late listing begins February 2. The penalty is $1.00 minimum or 10 of the amount of taxes due, whichever is greater. Those who have not listed sh ould see the township List Ta kers this week and list their taxes, thereby avoiding the pen alty for late listing. Farm census Reports of 1958 crops grown are to be given in to the list takers when 1959 ta xes are listed '- ' Pesfroyid ed . I .- .Graham Chestnutt, ' constable, and Bill Qulnn, Sheriffs Deputy, destroyed a liquor still Wed. afternoon la Warsaw township. ' It was si SS0 riHon type sub maxiae s"".l, w; i twe conden sers ni t s it j which had a c- ' . 7 f t r at on. Washington Counties. He resi ded in Columbia and was mayor of that town for six. years. He is a member of the Chris tian Church and served as sec retary of the Columbia Christian Church Sunday. School for 20 years before moving ' to Golds boro. He was a deacon and chair man of the Church Board. Liverman is active in Boy Sco ut work and has served on the East Carolina Council executive board. He was district public re lations chairman in the Colum bia area. He was a member of the Ro tary Club for 10 years and for nine years of that time was sec retary of the Columbia Rotary Club. In commenting on Liverman joining the staff of the Duplin Times, Mrs. Ruth Grady, publi sher said, "We are pleased that Mr. Liverman has joined our staff. We feel that we will be able to serve the people of Dup lin County better with news, job printing and advertising. Al though he will be living in War saw, he will be working throu ghout Duplin County. He will also be working circulation as he makes his rounds through the County." "We feel that he is the typo man we have been looking for and one who will fit into the way of life in Duplin County." She further state that Paul Barwick, who is Editor of the Weekly Gazette, in LaGrange, and who has been working in Duplin County, will continue to work with the people in Duplin and will specialize in feature writing and special events. this offire from Eastern North Carolina.. She has held linporiknt offices in her club in Kinston and on State level. In addition, she is active in civic and church affairs and finds time to operate eight farms. Her keen interest in education and particularly in high:r stand ards for secondary schools was evi denced by her knowledge of the needs of our N. C. schools. - Miss Mary Lou WUkins expres sed the Club's delight in hearing Dr. Davis and presented hr with a gift of apprecaition. Jr. iam In Wreck Williams Smith, Jr. lead Patrol man A. S. Butler, Jr. of Rose HiU on a merry chase Sunday night which caused an accident in which two persons were injured, but nei ther critically. According to Patrolman Butler the Incident happened about 1130 Sunday night when he was riding around making routine check-ups on the road which connects High way 41, west, and Teaehey. While he was checking equipment on an other car he noticed a car ap proaching from Teachey at e high rate of speed and signaled it to stop, which it did not do, end But ler gave chase, Butler pursued in excess of U" miles per hour, but couldnH come near the car. As the car sped a cross the Buff Creek Bridge, the driver lost control of his vehicle on the curve on the other side of the bridge and ran into a roadside ditch, hit a drain pipe, turning over several times in the air before it came down in the ditch, landing on its rear. The ?ar was a late model F"H and Patrolman Butler . (identified the driver as Willianv-Amos Smiih, Jr. 3 year old, Wefljice, Rt. 1, white farmer. Alexander Newkirk, 21 year-old negro also of Wallace, Route 1, was a passenger, in the right front seat. Smith was thrown in the back seat of the car and received lacera tions about the face and head. How ever he was not completely un unconscious when the Patrolman got to the car. The negro passen ger was also cut and bruised about the head They were ; rushed to Duplin General Hospital where it was reported that they had no bro ken bones. They wer kept for fur ther observation. " ' Smith was charged, with d-iving under , the influence of intorlcants speeding in excess of 100 Smiles ner hour-ear less anl reckless driving . and .falling to. Hop for del light and siren. ' -V He was placed snder.bond and hk-aas it . est ' for- Fbnj- SH term or court NewklHtMrUl be tried ta Wallace M Salurday !ght ' "A i 1 r i jCa, . V MS con am Pana , . .
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