North Carolina Newspapers

7v:o Sections f 12 Pages . This Week ' ! ; ' ; i I I IIP A M 41 V FUND' r 'ij ii I. r,3.i VOLUME XXVI i No. 7 KENASVIIXE, NORTH CAROLINA r THURSDAY FEBRUARY 19, 1959 SCBMKirnON RATES' tMt Tw DpHa am aaXainf Owmtl ;fM Mas this fc W. C HJ wM H O. PRICE TEN CENTS f - '.. ' , ;; ft 1 Tk 1 i:r..7 AILMENTS: 2j C-ni homVJr'mf February Jj HEART FUND mon h and Duplin County la getting off to a atart to their drive for heart fund. Duplin had . better vake np and take notice In this Irive. In the year 19S7 of the 315 deaths In Duplin, 185 .were caused yy Heart and Blood Vessel, diseas es which ia 8..Tlio average tor he State of North Ca ollna.is only 348 and for the United Stated ,3.62. Only' four other counties In -the state .has. as high a death rate as Duplin caused from heart iiaeasea, Sections, However Dup in't is all ready and let for Heatt 3un. collectlpna.: Volunteer ; work eri will apread through all of the residential . and Mural communi ties of th- area 'during Sunday, february X . ; , . :- When they knock at your door. Hare , a generous ; donation ready tar .thenv, Many ' .more volunteers will' be needed to assist "with this progxaip, ao . contact .fb . chairman f your district and offer your ser- i Ala during the Heart Fund Campaign, : Roa4 Blocka Win be setjjup," Business - will be. solicited Coin, .collectors put out. Bill Bre wer of Chapel. Hill'Jias been work ing In Duplin the entire week. He has. lined up ' committees' for the entfra county,--'and' even though there are, only 'two -- weeks left, things' ere beginning to move in a big way. , "' ; - Phillip Krestch of -Kenansville is county1 treasurer. : ' Mrs. G. V. aooding .of KenansvlUe ' will re ceive malWn donatiojns. .. Anyone desiring to mail In a donation as a memorial gift In memory of a fri end or . relatiye .who wa lost be jcause of heart ailment, please do t Chairmen for each town are a follows: JatoonVMra, Wilson Kihgt BeulvmWtJn8-;Miue); Bwaen CA.' Pwlter and Mm Robert iiom KenansvtUe J4rs Rufua Slksi Magnolia -3!lra. A. Qj Smith'! Hose- Hill Mrs: L. B. Brummitt; Calypio - Mrs. Owen Sutton; Chin quapin V Mra. Itf dla Reece; War saw J. B. Herring, Mrs. Robert L. West1 fto conduct Heart Sunday) Perry Smith and the Lion's Club Will- distribute coin collectors; WalMee Chief of Police Earl Whltaker who it organlitag ; the Jr. Policemen to do j Heart Sunday and a road block; Outlaw's Bridge 3. T. Grady, Albertson, Scott Store Tovn Meeting ;: There will be an. Important town meeting of the Kenans v ville, - tax ' - payers : and clttoens -at the Duplin County Conrt honae : av Tuesday eveninr, , Febroary . Mi at VM The purpose -ef this meeting " is to dlacnss aprogram of pro- great for the town whereby we saay be prepared te offer , an lneentlve for some industry to settle la KinansvUle. - ' t At this meeting proposed . water pond referendam will bo . disenssed whereby . every elU en will have neeess to an ap ; proved and equate . water , crply and the .benefit of ade- ' Qute fire protection. This would enable the taxpayers to. receive s forty-two percent de- rease In Insurance prendoms which trill . pay . for the bsv i provenenta nade.L'r" - --j-C If you are Interested . In pro gress and the program of yeor town, government,- please-!;' present at, this meeting, r- ., jSsSfricf ".if IT; :s!s$ Friday Mrs. Myrtle Grady Strickland, , passed away suddenly in Rose "1 on Friday at the home of her lighter, Mrs. Homer Brown, Pun- l services were , held at Rosa 1 Methodist Church, Saturday I I., by the Rev. D. A. Petty, pas- ', and Durtal fouoweu jn me xwe 1 Cemetery. : . s. Strickland, daughter of the i Jerrv A. Grady and the l"l i Bonev Grady, was born at !a and had lived in Duplin :tv all of her Hfe. : rviving are two daughters, s. Brown and Mrs. Belton Mln ew of Warsaw; five grandchild a: sister. Mrs. Guy Shue Staun i Va, three brothers, Harry and r Rrnriv of Warsaw.' J. adv of Wilmington. ' "' f!ive pall bearer were Henry - en, IK and Poseph B. wesi -v. Franklin Quinn of m'. i O nmi ct Eeulaville. - J: End E&tWM Summeriina, Rose Hill and Her rings': Croasroada - Mrs. Ambrose Smith; 2. W: FraaeUe will be re sponsible for collecting money at the Basket Ball Te'u. nament; Tea cher 4 Mrs. Ed Wela. " . Everyone is urged' to Jet behind the wheel and start it tolling. Sup rot YOUR HEART CAMPAIGN PROGRAM.' .. ' ! ' Made W imp Hail Delivery Efforts are being made to strai ghten out the poor mailing condi tions which have existed in parts of Duplin County since Atlantic Coast Lines dropped two of trains. Colon. Holland, Kenansville Post Master, has been working on try ing to get the schedule straighten put and. feels that the Situaion i-t now. correced. . Those who have -been receiving their Duplin Times late can now look for them on time. J. H. Howard, Distribution and Traffic Manager, Atlantic Coast Line, Atlanta, Ga., gaid in a letter to Holland: "We, are preparing a special nO'iie 'to appear in the next General Order cautioning , distri butors relative to handling of malls for Kenansville. We are also issu ing special orders, to Rpcky Mt and Wilmington trains -concerning Kenansville mails, particularly the Duplin Times. There seems to be nq logical reason why these mails should fail Of delivery in' Pink Hill, Deep Bun and Albertsons the next mprnlng after being dispatched to Train 42....- i m " - ' Feeder Pig Sale To Be March 19 ' Wella ' Quality Peeder Pig Mar ket will begin operation again on March 19 (Thursday) with the big gest feeder pig sale ever held in Eastern North Carolina. . ;" .The sale' will begin at 10 tva. Vernon H, Reynolds, Duplin County Agent, said that over 00 quality 'feeder pigs have already been consigned. Over 1,000 are extpeced and even. . more can be accommodated.,.,:'.:.' "., Deleon : Wells, proprietor ana Dromoter. ' said all pifs for the March. 1. sale must be In Wauace and ready for the sale by a. m. Qualifications are the. same as in the past which means that all pigs consigned to the market must be vaccinated by a veterinarian. Pis. which will be Bold on the Quality Peeder Pig Market must weight at tesst 40 pounas and noi more than pounds, au nogs on the farm must be free of all conta gious disesses at the time of con signment y : ' :. . Each farroera pigs wlu do soia separately and he has the right to reject tho, sale - before thepUs leave the m.' " ' Reynolds points Out that iarme Wrmiffhnut the Southeastern sec- tlen of--North Carolina wUi have piga epnsigned to w aw"""" market Is provwing anmn w quality pig in the rapidly ex panding "swine 'Industry in, this area.TReynblds said. ' JOe points out that Duplin Coun ty.Ja nowsecond In North Caro tin. behind Johnston County) in swWe production - with a curent Annual census- of between 118.000 ana UNxjv .iiuk;);--'..'..,;., 11 Mr W. J. Taylor, prlndpa of the Warsaw Schools has announced a pre school Unlc will he held at th Warsaw Junior HiSh School in the auditorium March, 8, W30 at 9 p. m.' -v;: A''.vi-.::'- AD children who will wseh their Oth birthday on or before October 18 1999 ahouUJ attend this clinic, j The parent must bring a birth certificate or a certified copy of the birth certificate for each child enrolling for next year lSW-iwu, ; ' t I.C.IIIHTI r The Motor Vehicles : Depart ment's summary of traffic deaths ttirwh 10 am. February 13, 1"'3 ;. -,:; . Year: 1 ) I . i To - i Lr t Year: I Sup Iff JAMES KENAN JV BOYS AND I GIRLS WIN COUNTY . i CHAMPIONSHIP , i r Sat. 7:30 Consolation Championship Saf. 9:00 ConsolatitMs Championship - ' As the concentration pt poultry increases more and more in Dup lin County, the amount of disease outbreaks and numbers of dead and sick bird are also increasing, thus causing an Intense disposal problem.. Unless properly hand led, birds that die are a constant menace to the health of one's own flock end to all the neigh boring flocks through the county. The Duplin County Extension taff in conjunction with ' the feed mills in the county, includ ing the three leading feed-mills (Ramsey Milling Company, Nash Johnson and Sons Milling Com pany, and Coastal Plain Milling Company) and along with many other interested persons, are spon soring a campaign to reduce the spread of poultry disease by re quiring that every poultry man in Duplin County install at least one disposal pit on every, poultry farm as oo a possible. This disposal pit program has been initated with the hopes of impressing upon every poultry raiser the importance of a clean and sanitary program of the in dividual farms in. order to pre vent costly losses to one's own flock and to , all neighboring flocks. .Conservative v estimates show that over $15,000 were lost to the poultry -v men of Duplin District FHA Has Meeting Tuesday iii District Fanners Home Admin istration sunervisora met in Ken ansville Tuesday with State Of ficials present to discuss tne jsxia real estate loan program. . B. A; Parker, Duplin FHA Sup ervisor,' said , supervisors from Wayne, Greene, Lenoir, Jones, Onslow, ' Carteret, and Craven were in Kenansville. h--' Marion Holland, from Golds boro, and Area Supervisor, dis cussed "Real Eastate Loan Ma king." The pointed out the vari ous mechanics of making such loans and the-workings of the present,, program Jn addition to ways and means of improving the program, r V.:-:vV-. Also in attendance were Ralph Turner, Chjef of Program Opera tion, and Vance Swift, Chief Real Estate 'Officer. ; t : y : v ' - Three farms in Duplin were vi sited in the afternoon as well as the Joe Wood Hog Farm, near Y.V'ace. I :-r.-v'Me FIIA was host for .': . v.. "' V -,; ' ' I StSpreading; Pooltiryi Wseise; .i.vse . w'snaa w w v vviuwvii . Kenahsville Gym: The James Kenan basketball Duplin Basketball Championship. Jayvee boys defeated Wallace At the- tame time the James Rom Hill last week to capture Kenan Jayvee girls stopped the Girls 1 James Kenan 5 North Duplin Thurs. 7:30 4 Chinquapin 3 Beulaville Tues. 7:30 2 B. F. Grady Boys 1 B. F. Grady 5 James Kenan Tues. 9:00 4 Chinquapin 3 North Duplin Thurs.; 9:00 2 Beulaville County during 1958 due to local and wide spread poultry disease. This figure- could have been greatly reduced if every poultry i raisier - would . have disposed, of his sick and dead birds in the proper manner. S.JjfL' Since disease can be very costly to a poultry enterprise, it will pay farmers to do everything that is possible to prevent disease spread. If dead birds are left ly ing around the poultry house, flies, rats, wild birds and dogs, can Very easily get to the carcass and spread the disease over a wide area. A healthy flock can easily become endangered by a disease outbreak .because neigh boring birds ' are left LYING AROUND POULTRY HOUSES, m DITCHES, AND CREEKS AND ALONG ROADSIDES. Therefore, it is to the benefit of the poultry industry, the com munity, and -the county as a while to properly dispose of dead and sick birds, to prevent fur ther spread of any disease. On every poultry farm, - there will always be birds that are or appear to be sick. The economic value of the individual bird may be slight, but an ailing bird may (continued on back) tl.C; Garden School Feb. 23-25 At Stale V Th North Carolina Garden School, Course V, will be held February 23 through 25, in the Ballroom, College Jni6n, at N. C State College. ; ' , ' : ; A full Droeram has been plan ned. Horticulture, Landscape De sign; Flower Arrangements ori ental and Period; .Table settings will all, be. studied with outstand ing speakers and instructors. On Wednesday the Written and point scaring examination will be given. These garden schools are man ned for all Garden Club member and other persons interested In flower arranging and horticulture. The course will give baste inform mation in, both subjects and Ihe necessary information for com peting to flower shows. H. Stuart Ortoff will "speakon the Principles of Landscape De sign and Mrs. W. A. Bridges of Towson, Maryland and President of the American Daffodil Society will speak on Horticulture. Mrs. j. Lloyd Ben-all will conduct the course on Table Settings and Co lor Harmonies. .,, .. . Fri. 7:30 Mon. B. F .Grady ( 63 - 58 ) Fri. 9:00 James Kenan (49 - 39) Mon. Senator fiercer Comm. Assignments ' Senator Grady Mercer of the 9th Senatorial District, has been letting no grass grow under his feet since the Legislature opened in Raleigh. He has received the following committee assignments for the current session of the Se nate, which were made by Lt Governor" Luther Bernhardt; Ju dieiary 1 (viceichairman). Fi nance, Agriculture, Education, Election laws in the Senatorial District, Journal, Engrossing, En rolling, Printing, Local Govern ment, Penal institution and wua life. Senator Mercer was recently in vited to the airport by Carl Gnerch. Thev drove to the muni- sipal airport, and Goersh's ligm plane was shortly -wheeled into a starting position. Said Carl GoerchJ "We're going to take a little trip." Mercer: "Who me?" Senator Mercer remained fir mly grounded. Never been up in his life, he said. He wasn't about to start now. J. K. Boosters 'by Joe Costin, See, The James Kenan Boosters Club will hold very important mesons? next ' Thursday nognt, February 26th., at James Kenan High School at 8:00 pjn. Who is a member of the club? That question I will answer gladly for -the benefit oi suJ.'vxnc and , all of Its 'functions belong to you and I mean every parent and individual in , the James Ke nan High School district. The meeting is" open to'you in Magno lia,. Warsaw, woA, Kenansvilla Come to the meeting next Thurs day night and you will be taking one of the greatstept toward hel ping' our youth: .by supporting the athletic program at vyoui It seems to me" that, we, and 1 mean , every Individual y in the school district, have a direct fes ponsibility to the youth , of our community. : The .dues- in the "Boosters Club" was set at $1.00 per person. This past year we had only 87, individuals to sticJt their necks Out for the meetings. That' 37 made up the Boosters I Club last year from the three co- s - ; ' -'"- Beulaville sextet to lady division. win in the Tournament 7:30 Champions Tournament 9:00 Champions Dean Walter J. Seeley Dean of the College of Engi neering, who will be the princi pal speaker on the aspects of en gineering in the space age at the Sampson-Duplin Duke Alumni which will hold its annual meet ing, Wednesday, February 25. The banquet will be held at 7:00 p.m. at the Warsaw Metho dist Church Fireside Room. After Dean Seeley's talk, the 1958 Duke - U. N. C. film will be shown a with native son, Wray Carlton of Wallace, to add a bit of narration. For a reservation write to Wil liam J. Taylor, Meadbrook Lane, Warsaw, N. C. of Phone 628. Send in your reservation as early as possible. Club Meeting mmttnities. It is a crying shame that out oi over 8,000 in the three communi ties -we had a mere 37 to attend the meetings and take part in the athletic program as a club. Do you see why we need you in the dub? . Although we were only a few the club did get some supple ment for the coaches, mostly th rough the efforts of Mr. Sam Godwin. Along with that' and some lone hard hours of work by Mr. Clarence Warren, Agr. Tea cher, the football and baseball field waa put in shape. The field looks mighty good now and J would like for you to see it Some time ' when you are riding by stop and look around. You know its yours as well those that have already begun to work. ' Lets - keep - the youth off the streets and after school as wel as during school, A. good sound nroerarn beyond the., class room means more than iust-off-the si it halps-our leaders tf tomorrow to give and take; to. accept de feat as well as victory, and last ' Cental On rack Don Turner Hour Tofre "I am feeling fine, and feel that I have made a record for Duplin County and for my self." stated Tucker when he was contacted at Duplin General Hospital on Driefc Annual Fox Hunt The Annual Washington's Bir thday fox hunt and bar-be-cue will be held on Saturday, Feb ruary 21, 1959 at Albertson, N. C. All of those who are interested are invited to gather up their dogs and come out for a big time. Rev. Raper To Be At Cabin The Reverend W. Burkette Raper, president of Mount Olive Junior College, will preach Sun day, at 11:00 A. M. at Cabin Free Will Baptist Church near Beula ville, the Reverend Joseph In gram, pastor, has announced. Dr. Christens to Lecture "Careers in Science" will be the subject of a lecture by Dr. John M. Christens at Mount Olive Junior College on Monday, Feb ruary 23, at 7:30 p.m. The lecture is open to the public, and is the first of a series of spring pro grams. New Management Hal Quinn and Bobby Howard of Kenansville have purchased B. & M. Esso Station in Kenans ville and will take over operation on Monday, February 23. Bobby Howard, who has been working with T. A. Turner Compnay in Pink Hill, will take over the op eration of the station which will be known as Quinn-Howard Esso Station. Howard and Quinn plan to carry a full stock of filling sta tion supplies and give expert car service. Simmons Grain and Feed CompanyJoms Fair-Acre Certified Egg Program For Promotion Of Egg Production In Area By Paal Barwick Simmons Grain and Teed Com pany is in the process of beginnlg the promotion of egg production over a large sec'.ion of Northern Duplin,, and southern Lenoir and Wayne counties. Leroy Simmons, of Albertson, announced this week that he is as sociating himself with IJnasey- Robinson Co., of Roanoke, Va, producer of Fair-Acre Feeds. Under the program, he will have a constant ana ouisianuing mai"--v for all eggs produced in the area under the Fair-Acre Certified Egs Program. Simmons said, "I have been con sidering such a program for a long time. After due consideration ana evaluation of all the programs, I have decided that the Fair-Acre Certified Egg Program Is the best and will put more dollars in the farmers' pockets. I am happy to be associated with this fine company. Under the proposed program, Simmons will establish producers It : More than 1 00 ,000 will collect for. the fin rftTvxv If ssi .. list special envelop left 1 ky Heart fund volunteer to j , . malt ia your contribatka , . t - A - Tion Thursday after lunch. "My head is a little cloudy because I have not been moving around, but as soon as I get hold of some clothes, I am going to start walking a round. Don Tucker, announcer on WLSE Radio Station in Wallace, com pleted his 227 hour "Wake - A - Thon" on Wednesday night. He broke the world's record for sleep lessness which is 226 hours. Tuc ker is 21 years of age, weighed 240 pounds and is more than six feet tall. He is married to Mollie Tucker and they have a daughter Cheyenne one year old. He has been working with WLSE radio station since January 1. He did not take anything to keep himself awake, did not drink coffee, and ate regularly until along the end of his "Wake-A-Thon" when he only drank four gallons of orange juice each day and ate light salads. On being asked how they were positive that he stayed awake. WLSE replied that they were on the air 24 hours a day and some one was him all of the time to help run the record show. Tucker was admitted to Dup lin General Hospital on Wednes day evening around 9:00 and ac cording to Hospital Administrator L. U. Chandler, "Tucker was all tuckered out." His stay in Duplin General Hospital for three days is underwritten by six Wallace Merchants. Before going to press the Times talked with an attending physi cian and he stated that : Tucker was d ing fine. He had had a lit tle better than 15 hours of sleep. His blood pressure was normal, h: heart normal and he had a case of Laringitis from fatigue and overuse of his voice, and that his feet had also taken a beating from having been on them- so much and having taken bo many liquids. around Albertson, RVktansvUle,, Scoots, .Store Seven Springs, La Grange ,Moa Hill,, Pink Hill B. F. Grady,, and Beulaville. A meeting was held in the Agri cultural Building in Kenansville Monday night with Robert Stevens and R. J. Peeler, associated with Lindsey-Robinson Co, explaining in detail the Fair-Acre Certified Egg Program to a group of Duplin citizens who are engaged In financ ing various farm programs. Although no dejinlte commit ments were made by the financiers, it was obvious that financing is available under a program such a operated by Fair-Acre Feeds and Simmons Grain and Feed Co. The Fair-Acre Certified Vat! re gram is relatively new, bcissj an nounced publically in August, 1857 The outstanding feature of the program is that producew halve a big and constant market tor ggs the year round. Too, a good Wce ia assured in that the farmers wW (eontinaed on hack). volunteers. Heart fund Heart Sunday is YOU to fight HI ART DISIASB! Just put you Heart Fund gift in collecton envelope, seal and return to volunteer 11 1 J&M