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VOLUME XXVI No. 12
KENANSVILLE, NOKTII CAROLINA, THURSDAY MARCH 26, 1959.
SUBSCRIPTION KATES ISM far W to OopHa u
PRICE TEN CENTS
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By: Enola Chamberlin
Help me, Dear Lord, to raise
Abdve all oettv Care.
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And find upon the arching
Truths You have written
Help me to do the simple things
1 That make this world a Dlace
Where every voice with gladness rings,
Help me to hide-each bitter loss
So hone but .You will see v
The weight and torture of the cross
. I bear up Calvary.
Help me to meet each hour,
- Courageous, faithful, true.
Help me to know and keep the way .
That leads, my Lord, to You.
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Installed As
' i la a closed ceremony, on Tue
day night, Mrs. N. B. Boney wn
. ttuulled Worthy Matron and
i Dir: Q. V. Goodina as Worthy Pat-
too o f.CenansvUle ' Chapiter 213
vOruor of tHa Eastern ! Star.,.' ',
Following the ritualistic open
I ing by the .retiring off leers and
flag ceremony, the outgoing Wor
, thy Matron, Mrs. Virginia Holland
welcomed visiting ;' members from
Warsaw, Rose out, uariana Beu
laville 'and Kflseboro rChapMra.
i A short business Session - was
held after Which "Mrs. Walter
,- Stround tendered a solo, , ''My
Task." ,., Vv.-..:- vi -,
The following ladies were lntro-
: duced aa installing officers: Insal
v ling officer, Bally W. Blanihard;
Marshall," Clara G.s Wilkins; :, Cha
pain, Mary AUce Blackmore; Or
ganist,. Edna E. Brinsonr Warder,
Ella L." Gooding and .Sentinel,.
Ruby O. Newton. , V1' '
Installed were the following of
ficers for the New Year, Worthy
.Matron, Mi-s. Boney; Worthy Pat-
(continued on back).
May 5 Is Election
Day For Town
Of Kenansvilje '
. ' May is the date set for the
l election of a mayor and five com
hiissioners for the town of Ken
ansville. s, -
Those who wish to file for of
fice have from April 4 to. April
23 tovdd so.-&':.
Registration books will" be open
on April-18 from 9 ajn. to 5 p.m.
; and will remain open through
Saturday ; April 25. , (Sunday' exT
. eluded). April 25 is. challange
day. and" registration: books, will
remain opeii until 9 ajn. ' " '
In order to vote in the town el
ection any person must be a re
sident of North' Carolina' for a
period of 1 year 8nd shall have
resided in the co-operate town
limits for a period of not less
than 30 days immediately precee
dlng the date of the election. j
Voting hours will be from
6:30 a.m. to 6.C0 p.m., May 5. ;
my eyes
skies
there.
each day,
Sunrise Easter Service
The annual Sunrise Easter Ser
vice at 'Pear sail Chapel' near Kent
ansville is to' begin at 6:00 A. M.
on -March 29. The public is cordi
ally invited toscome and workshlp
"In the morning will I direct
my prayer unto theer and will look
up;" Psalms 8:3.
NO COURT MONDAY
' There will be no Superior Court
session Monday, March SO. All
Jaioi s, Witnesses' any one else
who has been summoned are
.uriadea' that -mrtUi Jonvene
Tuesday' morning , Match 31. "'
. ; NAMED TO STATE BOARD
V Er.; Otto S. Matthews of : War
saw,, past president and now vice
president of the Duplin County T.
B. Association, has been elected a
member of the Stata Board of Dir
ectors of the North Carolina T.
B. Association.
APPOINTED PAGE ,
Melvin. Williams,, son -of Mr.
and Mrs. Lehman Williams of
Pink Hill, and a Junior at B. F.
Grady High School, has been ap
pointed a Page In the N. C. House
of Representatives by Rep. Hugh
Johnson, of Duplin, and -will be
gin work March 80, to serve for
I the remainder of the 1959 aes-
sion. ,
BenlavUle Sunrise Service
Sunday, March 29, the. Easter
Sunrise ..Community Service at
BeulaviUe wUl be held "at the sch
ool Athletic Field. The service will
begin at Sunrise, :04 A. M. The
Rev. Mr. McManus of Rodcy M,t.
will be the speaker.
, Pre-Eaeter Week of Prayer
The Rooty Branch Free Will
Continued On Back
Liquor Still
Destroyed Hear,
A 500 eallon. ; submarine li
quor still was destroyed Monday
morning around. 10 o'clock near
-Douglass School, near Warsaw.
Sheriff Ralph Miller said that
14 barrels of mash were destroy
ed along with still. A vat which
would hold 200 gallons, of mash
was also destroyed. - v
On the raid were: Sherilf Mil
ler, Deputies T. E. ReveUe, Mur
ray Byrd and Norwood Boone.
No arrests were made, how
ever, the still had been fired up
Only a few minutes prior to the
Sheriffs raiding party. ,; .
Cliffs OUIeuse
Spring Holidays :
"'The Oiffs of The Neuse State
Park is noW observing its' spring
schedule, which will be in ef
fect through April 30, 1959 when
the park will again change its'
closing hour. Under the present
schedule the park opens at 8:00
a.m. and closes at 8:00 p.m.' --
All mail relative to the use of
the park facilities should be ad
dressed to: Cliffs of The Neuse
State Park, R-2, Seven Springs,
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Briefs
Special Services!
' Special Easter Services are an
nounced lor Rose Hill Methodist
Church Sunday morning. Special
music is by the choir, with the
congregation joining in singing
the Great Hymns. The anthem
is that ' inspiring ' composition,
"Come, Sing in Exaltation" by
William R. Spence. '
. The pastor, Rev. D. A. Petty,
said that. the theme is "The Po
wer of the Resurrection" In
commenting of the service the
pastor said "Nothing less than
the Divine power of the resur
rected life is sufficient for these
bewildered, : confused days. It
was God that brought again from
the dead our Lord Jesus. The
New Testament writers did not
preach' the resurrection of Jesus
as an escape from the grave. But
it was God in omnipotent action.
God's hands moved the stone
and brought our Lord from de
ath to life. That power is with
us today. That Divine creative
energy which resurrected Christ
is- available for every person and
every church and congregation."
The public is cordially invited.
TIMES SPORTS
-:- -:- -:- By Joe Cost in
NORTH DUPLIN'S
GRANTHAM HURLS
NO-HITTER AGAINST
CLINTON
Coach Richard Kaleel's North
Duplin Rebels defeated the CUnT
ton Dark Horses 4-0, last Thurs
day afternoon at .Grubbs Field.
L. J. Grantham, the Rebels big
gun last season with a 10-2 re
cord hurled a no-hitter for his
first victory of the baseball sea
son. While shutting out the AA
school Grantham walked six and
struckout 10 in his first outing
of the young season. He also led
North Duplin at the plate with a
triple and single.
The. Rebels travel down.' to
Beulav JIUs. CoiWm Thtrtfday
afternoon in a "game '-with, theV" TR Tigers travel down to 'B.
Panthers of Coach Glenn Nixon,
WALLACE-ROSE HILL OUT
SCORES JAMES , KENAN, 16-12
The season is mighty early but
the Tigers of James" Kenan and
the -Wallace-Hose Hill Bulldogs
went to town. as twenty-eight
runs crossed the plate in TueS
day's game at Warsaw. The Bull
dogs of Coach Thell Overman
out lasted the Tigers 18-12 after
being tied in the fifth 9-9. The
Tigers got off to a good start
as they scored three runs in me
first inning, but the Bulldogs
tied it up in the third. In the top
of the ixwith .the score tied
9-9 a walk, an error and a mis
sed judged fly ball turned in
three runs for the Bulldogs and
opened the i door for the first
game going to Wallace-Rose Hill
of the young season. Big Mack
Horrell led the winners with a
home run and two triples. A. J.
Carr accounted for two singles
and a' double for the Bulldogs.
Leading the attack for Coach
Bill Helton's Tigers were Jackie
Benton with a triple and a home
March 26
March 31
April 3
April 7
April 9
April 14
April 28
May 5
May 7
May 15
Red Cross Progress Report
A Red Cross Progress report
bv the vabious committees is
niade by Harry L. Phillips, 1959
Fund campaign manager ior
Duplin County ; chapter as of
Five Safe Beatify
Queens In Festival
Five state beauty queens will
take part in the 1959 Azalea Fes
tival . in Wilmington. y
. . The queens from ' neighboring
states will join Miss North Caro
lina in the court of Queen Aza
leas XH. ' . ,
Betty Lane' Evans," Miss N. C,
wUl be maid of honor.
' Plantation , princess will be
Jeanette : Ardell, Miss Georgia;
Patricia , Eaves, ' Miss Tennessee;
Barbara Guthrie,' Miss Virginia;
and Gene1 Wilson.) Miss" South
Cfilina. : : :. "; V- " -, .
The state representatives : wu
participate in the coronation pa
geants, 'parade. and many other
events on the four-day program
of the festival April 2-5. , The
State queens will be escorted by
U. S.. Navy' Academy midship
men from their home states. ,
Many Auto Wrecks
rcui ueeiteiiu - .hi
J Patrolman G. R. Stewart reportr
ed a busy weekend for wrecks In
Duplin County. A trple wreck hap
pened n Friday night when a 49
Mercury driven by Arthur Travis
Futreal, white 19 of Pink Hill Rt.
2, and a "57 Ford, 4-door driven" by
Isabella Smith Kennedy, white of
Richlands collied, and the wrecker
which had been called to the scene
of the accident was run into by a
'57 4-door Ford driven by Lewis
Abner Tyndall of Rt. 2. Pink Hill.
Isabelle Smith Kennedy,1 with
four passengers in her car, was go
ing to a shower and made a left
turn across the highway onto a
dirt road in front of the- oncom
ing Mercury and was struck head
on by the Mercury which was tra
veling East. The front end of both
car was' demolished. In her car
there were four women and a
month old baby and in the Mer
cury there were three boys. All
were brought to Duplin General
Hosuital lor treatment, isaoeu
Kennedy with lacerations on her I
head and body; Daisy Mae oteven
run, Bobby Bizzell with two dou
bles and James Cavenaugh with
two singles. Bizzell got on base
five straight times and looked
real good the hot-corner. Char
les Lockamy was the losing pit
cher for James Kenan while Joe
Moore pick up the first victory
for the Bulldogs. Lockamy was
good in defeat but a little wild
nsss hurt his first cause. Start
ing for James Kenan were: Da
vid Benton was at short, Colin
Quinn at first, Jackie Benton,
catcher, Bobby Bizzell at third
Bill Straughan at second, James
McNeil in left, and Gene Her
ring in right Allen Wahab went
in to .relieve Lockamy in the late
Innings.
nr. uraay'tnis inursaay arter-
oon at 3:30 in a game with the
Panthers. '
BULLDOGS SCORE WIN
OVER BEULAVnXE IN - .
PRACTICE GAME W
The . Wallace-Rose Hill Bull
dogs stopped the BeulaviUe Pan
thers last week 7-3 in a prac
tice game. Coach Glenn Nixon's
Panthers out-hit the Bulldogs
but six errors hurt their chaiices
of picking up at practice victory.
Big Mack Korrell took a turn
on the hill and picked up -the
win.. He also got the only extra
base hit off loser Elmer Creech.
Right fielder and Co-Captaifl .of
the Panthers lead BeulaviUe
with three for four. First base
man Toby Sumner and leftfle
lder Rabon Maready also collec
ted two for four for BeulaviUe.
Coach Nixon's- boys got off -on
the right foot as center fielder
Charles Jones hit a base-loaded
triple in the first inning to give
the Panthers a 3-0 lead.
The 1959 schedule for the Pan
thers follows:
Thursday North Duplin Home
Tuesday B. F. Grady Home
Friday North Duplin Away
Tuesday James Kenan Home
Thursday Chinquapin Home
Tuesday James Kenan Away
Tuesday Richlands Away
Tuesday B.-F. Grady Away
Thursday Chinquapin Away
Friday Richlands Home
March 25.
Potters Hill
B. F. Grady
Rose Hill'
Kenansville
Calypso
Negro Division
$ 76.60
145.80
107.35
179.63
116.34
4.00
$608.72
P.O. Lobby Closed
Effective Monday March 30 1959
The Post Office lobby Kenans
vlUe, N. C. will be erased W'he
public from 8:00 P. M. to 8:00 P.
M. to accomodate Star Route ifo.
86403 t (Wrfeaw to Swansboro) f in
transporting mail dispatched from
this office to - Rocky Mt. & Wil
mington, Train .No. 43.i , .K;
After this truck has pbked "tip
this dispatch of mail from lobby,
the driver,, will leave the lobby un
locked, and patrons . will have
thirty minutes to (ise lobby In or
der to get their mail " ' .1
A. C. Holland' Postmaster v ; '
In Duplin
roi
of . Richlands, Rt. 2, lacerations;
Mary Beddard of Rt. 2 Richlands,
abrasions on left knee; Ronald Ed
ward Beddard, baby, a bruised
eye; Edna Beddard, Rt. 2 Rich
lands, lacerations on face and a
bruised back.
In the other car were Douglass
McAxthus Thomas Rt 2 Pink Hill
who had 4 teeth broken out and
some cuts on the face; Thomas
Murray, 16, Rt, 1 KenansvlUe, lac
erations on left shoulder; Arthur
Travis Futreal, driver of the car
had a cut elbow.
Isabell S. Kennedy was charged
with failing to yield right-of-way.
Casey WiUiams' wrecker had
been called to the scene of the ac
cident and while waiting for the
patrolman to get there before
moving anything, a '57 Ford,
4-door driven by Lewis Abner
Tyndail, Rt. 2, Pink Hill ran into
the left front of the parked wreck
er and was knocked into the ditch
doing $150. worth of damage to
his car and about $50. damage to
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James Coston
Charged With
Shooting Man
James Coston shot Leslie Mc
Gee in the foot, near Rose Hill
Sunday afternoon, according to
Sheriff Ralph Miller.
Coston is out of jail on bond.
He is charged with a;ault with
a deadly weapon.
Coston has taken out a war
rant for Leslie McGee for assault
ing him with a chair, which is
alleged to have caused the shoot
ing .
McGee is in Duplin General
Hospital where he is being treat
ed for the shotgun wound.
All are Negroes.-
Grade Seven
Observe Arbor Day
Grade Seven at KenansvilU?
Elementary School under the di
rection of Mrs. George Penny
celebrated Arbor Day last Friday
by planting trees on the campus.
The Seventh . Grade invited
Charles Ingram to help plant the
trees since his father, Mr. Paul
Ingram, set out the large oak
tree on the front lawn 32 years
ago on Anbor Day.
The local garden club presen
ted a check for $25.00 to the
school to help pay for additional
azaleas to be planted ,on both
sides of. the front steps of the
school building. 38 new plants
were set out this week.
Trees, one of our greatest na:
tural resources.
Say, have you planted a tree
lately? Think it over.
Warsaw And Nearby
Get D D D Telephone
Warsaw Teleohone subscri
bers in Warsaw, BeulaviUe, Fai
son, Kenansville, Rosehill and
Wallace are to have an exciting
new service at their fingertips
sometime next year when Di
rect Distance Dialing is to be in
augurated. The announcement was made
by W. Y. Vann, Warsaw mana
ger for Carolina Telephone and
Telegraph Company.
Vann said that with this new
service telephone subscribers
here will begin dialing many of
their own long distance calls to
points all over the country. For
the first time residents of War
saw and nearby towns will be
able to span the nation with a
few spins of their telephone
dials.
The establishment of a stand
ardized, nationwide telephone
numbering plan and intricate
new equipment made'D. D. D.
possible and marks an important
milestone Ot communication pro
gress, Vann pointed out.
Initially telephone users, in
Warsaw and adjacent areas may
dial most of their ; own station-to-station
calls to hundreds of
points in North Carolina and the
nation. Later, as telephone exc
hanges in other places are equip
ped ot receive Direct Distance
Dialed calls, they will be added
to the list of places that subscri
bers can dial, f "
i. The first D. " D. D." in North
Carolina was inaugurated in 1957
at telephone exchanges in Wash
ington and 'adjacent towns ope
rated by Carolina Telephone. At
present thej compnay Offers D.
D. D. service in 18 of its 111 ex
changes. : '' '-'t-r
, Prior, to the time, that Warsaw
Held Monday For
Mrs. LA. Beasley
Mrs. Bertha Johnson Beasley,
90, of Kenansville, widow of Lu
ther Addison Beasley, died Sun
day afternoon in Duplin Gene
ral Hospital. She was born in Al
bemarle County, Va. She was a
life-long member of the Kenans
ville Baptist Church, the Daugh
ters of the American Revolu
tion and the United Daughters of
the Confederacy. Funeral Ser
vices were conducted from the
Kenansville Baptist Church at
4 p.m. Monday by the Rev. Lau
ren Sharp, pastor. Burial was in
Golden Grove Cemetery. Survi
ving are two daughters, Mrs
Henry L. Stevens of Warsaw and
Mrs. Carl C. Loth of Waynes
boro, Va., one grandson; two sis
ters, Mrs. Daisy J. Smith Of Ken
ansville and Mrs. John H. Land
of Chadbourn.
Rev. Bcggs Guest
Minister At Faison
Pastor Boyd L. Lambert of the
Faison Baptist Church, Faison, an
nounces that this church, in co
peration with the Southern Bap
tist Simultaneous Revivals, will
begin their services, Monday,
March 30 and will close April 5.
Services will be held each night
at 7:30 pjn.
The Rev. Robert Lee Boggs will
be the minister. Rev. Boggs is
associate minister of the Taber
nacle Baptist Church of Rich
mond, Va., He received his B.
A. degree from the University
of Richmond and his B. D. de
gree from Southeastern Semi
nary in Wake Forest in 1955.
Mrs. Boggs is the former Bar
bara Behls, daughter of Rev.
Roy Beals, pastor of the Madison
Avenue Baptist Church in Golds
boro. The Boggs have a ten
month old son.
Everyone is cordially invited
to attend the Revival.
Sjster Mrs, Powell
Succumbs Friday
Mrs. Annie Elizabeth Kornegay,
64, died Friday at her home Rt. 1,
Mt, Olive. Surviving are her hus
band, George Kornegay, one son
G. R. Jr. Chapel Hill; two daugh
ters Mrs. C. M. Brice, Surf City;
Mrs. E. Verett Kornegay, Mt. Olive
Rt. 1. one brother, H.' W. Dail
Goldsboro; three sisters, Mrs. G.
P. Powell, Kenansville; Mrs. W. N.
Gilbert, Kinston. Mrs. Joe Park
er, Morehead; and six grandchil
dren. Funeral service were held Sun
day at 2 p. m. in the Rones Chap
tl Methodist Church near Mt.
Olive by the Rev. C. A. Young and
the Rev. R .H. Kelly.
Towns To
Service
and nearby towns are converted
to D. D. D. the telephone num
bers in Warsaw, Faison, Kenans
ville and Rose Hill must be con
verted to the new universal "2
five" numbering system, Beula
viUe and Wallace numbers have
already 'been changeed to the
new system.
Arts And Crafts
Workshop For H. D.
Women Is Held
An Arts and Craft Workshop
was held in Kenansville at the
Agriculture BuUding this week.
Seventeen DupUn Home De
monstration Cluib -women, all
Arts and Craft Chairmen in their
local HD Club, attended the
School. Miss Marjorie Shearon,
State College Extension Special
ist in Marketing, directed the
school
Mrs. Alta Kornegay, County
Home Demonstration Agent, said
another school workship on bas
ket making will be conducted
soo-h. Mrs. Walter Rhodes, of
BeulaviUe, wiU be in charge of
the next workshop.
Junior Play Af
Seven Springs
The Junior Class of Seven
Springs High School wUl present
their play, "June Fever," on Fri
day night, March 27 at 8:00 p.m.
. Mr. Gerald Waters is the class
Snnnsor. ? :' r V.f
Yells Quality Feeder Pig Sale Big
Success; Next One Scheduled April 39
Wells Quality Feeder Pig Sale,
held last Thursday in WaUace,
was one of the most successful
such sales ever held in North
Carolina.
A total of 720 quality feeder
pig were sold on the market. A
breakdown of records shows
that pigs weighing from 40 to 50
pounds averaged from $12.00 to
$15.00 per head. Pigs weighing
from 50 to 65 .pounds sold for
from $13.00 to $15.50 each. Pigs
weighing over 65 pounds sold
from 22 cents to 25 cents per
pound.
About 300 people attended the
sale.
Several prizes were awarded.
In the light weight division, first
prize went to Rhodes Eakins, Har
rell's; second prize to M. C. Wa
ters, Burgaw; and third prize,
Joe Wood, Wallace.
March Tax Income
Sets New Duplin
County Record
A new record has 'been set by
the Duplin County Tax Collec
tor's Office for collections during
the month of March.
Harry Phillips, County Tax
Collector, said today that appro
ximately $29,000 has been col
lected during March. This is
compared to the $14,000, which
was the previous high for March.
He said that 90 percent of the
collections are back taxes, not
current (due from last year).
Scenes From Duplin
Last week an eye clinic was
held at the Duplin County Hea
lth Department. 46 children from
Dupiin, who had been previously
screened and referred to the
clinic by the local Health Depart
ment were seen.
Twenty-six of the children
were fitted with glasses and four
were referred for eye surgery.
Dr. R.. F,. Graves of Wilming
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A few of the 46 patients who were waiting to have their
eyes examined. Mrs. Beatrice Rivenbark of the local Health
Department is putting eye drops into some of the children's
eyes.
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Dr. R. F. Groves, eye specialist of Wilmington, examiningthe
eyes of one of the boys at the clinic and Mrs. Thelma Bea,
Medical director of the State Blind Commission.
Th uhnv niffeir thnor
f n fitting a youngster with the proper glasses. , , '-.;
In the Heavy Weight division,
Roland Horrell, Atkinson won
first prize; Emil James, WaUace,
second; and Wendell Teachey,
Rose Hill, third.
Amos Chestnut, of Magnolia,
won the attendance prize of
$25.00.
. Judges for the show were:
Jack Kelly ( in charge of Exten
sion Animal Husbandry at State
CoUege, Raleigh; and Allen Tay
lor, in charge Livestock Buying
for New Bern Provision Com
pany. The next Quality Feeder Pig
Sale wiU be held April 30, in
Wallace, at Wells Stock Yards.
Duplin ASC Oflice
Host District 3
The Duplin County ASC Ma
nager, Rufus Elks, Jr., and his
office personnel had as guest
Thursday, office managers and
assistants for District no. 3 to
attend the regular office mana
ger meeting in the Duplin Coun
ty ASC office. '-
Those attending were: Kend
rick Hester, Blanden County;
Ralph Price, Brunswick County;
Mrs. Dorothy Spiver, Columbus
County; Joe Schlegal, New Han
over, Linder Orr, Onslow; Mrs.
Faye Myers. Acting office mana
ger for Pender County; Taylor
Inman, Assistant Office Mana
ger for Robeson County; J. N.
Bryan, Fieldman; and Rufus
Elks, Jr.. DUplin County OKice
Manager.
County Eye Clinic
ton examined the children and
pjescribed for them, and Mr.
Simpson of Wilmington filled the
prescriptions.
Mrs. Thelma Bea, Medical Di
rector of the State Blind Com
mission, arranged the clinic plans
are indefinite as to when the
next clinic will be held.
Below are some of the pic
tures taken at the clinic.
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Mr.' SimDson of Wilmineton
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