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VOLUME XXVI No. 15
KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. ; THURSDAY APRIL 16, 1959.
UBSCKirnON KATES VM 9 PufHsi W eaJeiaSBg
PRICE TEN CENT,
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Beulaville School Band In concert on Thurs
. day night,' April S, in Beulaville School Auditor
ium. Tbla was the first time that the band, com
posed of 82 boys and girls, gave 'an ex:ellent
, concert under the direction of their band master,
Heavy Rains
As Tobacco Plants Near Readiness
(Rains which ' averaged from
' four to six inches fell throughout
this area over the weekend and
" have caused considerable con
cern among farmers as to the
effect, the rains will have on the
present agricultural situation.
Farmers say tobacco plants
are about ready in some locali
ties but they have been unable
to get into the fields to prepare
the land. Planting usually begins
around, the latter part of April
or early May.
According to opinoins of far
mers, it will be about another
week before much concrete work
v can be doiie in the way of pre1
, paring. tobacco fields for trans
planting. . '
Just prior to the big rains, a
large Ipercentage of the corn to
be planted in the area this year
had been planted. Some farmers
reported the rains had removed
Town Elections
Town election in Warsaw to
date appears to be quiet. -
J. E. Strickland, incumbent
mayor; has filed to succeed him
self. Commissioners W. E. Bart
lett, Sanford Packer, D. J. Ri
' vnebark and John A. Johnson,
NOTICE
C. C. Hester, Registrar for the
town of Kenansville urges all
new residents to register for vot
ing in the town election on May
5.
' In order to vote in a town ele
ction a person must have been a
resident of North Carolina for
one year, and a resident of the
town for three months.
"Tom Troubles' To
; Tom Troubles' la probably the
first cat in Dupun ,vouniy. wo
has ever made headlines . and
Bill stays in the headlines.
- April 8, the Times received a
letter from the Puss 'n Boots
Bronze Award Committee on Se-
lectione stating that-the Puss ',n
Boots Bronze Award .Medal and
Citation will be sent to Miss Lot
tie; and Mrs Irma Williams of
KenansvilW In about two 'weeks.
Jar case some of our readers
missed reading about "Tom Trou
bles," the story "Is briefly this.
Tom -'was given 'to the Chaney
family of Kenansville' when they
moved to- Monroe, i Tom- disap
peared front the Chaney hoiM.in
Monroe, and much,1 'much, later
returned, to his original -home at
Miss Lottie's and ' , Mrs. tana's
home is Kenansville,. distanot
Of 208 miles. 1 ' " "
- The Citation to Tom"' reads:
"Troubles" is cat -who, has
r-i them! Not lonf after being
t n 30 miles wy by neih
t" to whom he bad been given,
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t
Cause Concent In Area
the earth from some of the grain
and will make it necessary for
the corn to be planted over.
In fields where water ran off
relatively rapidly, fertilizer was
probably washed out of the
ground and away from the field
making it essential for more fer
tilization to be applied than is
normally required.
So far as it know, the freeze
which was scheduled to hit Eas
tern North Carolina Tuesday
night did not arrive; thus spar
ing the peach crop.
This is the time of the year
farmers fear most. Plants and
peach trees are delicate and eefi
a light freeze will have its effects
on the outcome of the particular
crop. Maybe this will be the last
cold weather of the year and the
crop can be a bumper harvest
again this year.
Seem Quiet
incumbents, have filed again. J,
C. Page did not file for reelec
tion. Others who have filed for
the race are W. J. Middletpn and
Elbert L. (Duke) Mathis. The
filing books will close on Satur
day, April 18. ,
Registration .books for new vo
ters in town will be open all next
week, through April 25.
Town ejection day is May 5.
The Town of Kenansville to
date reports none has filed for
town office.
The Town of Faison, C. D. Mc-
Cullen and D. J. Oates of Faison
have filed to run for Mayor. No
Commissioners had filed to date
of writing.
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Receive His Award
Troubles vanished. And for. a
whole year neither the new nor
the old owner knew where he
was. And then one day, calm as
you please, there was Troubles,
back in "his" chair in his first
and best-loved home"! Therefore
this sincere Citation, with con
gratulations, to a cat who proved
that persistence and love can
conquer time and distance."
.: The Puss 'n Boots Bronze A
ward Society was created with
the purpose of furthering an in
terest in the intelligence, loyaly
and friendship of cats and of stfe
mulating an appreciation of' their
true woitth as companions of
man.. .
' m.. ' D.. m fannti Bronze
Awat4:,t8.nsored by etot
FiMuiKiesi
isaeciesi makers vol fuss i
Boot Cat Food. JtecipienU of
the Award are selected toy n
independent, impartial committee
which (bases its decisions Prima
rily upon articles in newspapers
or magazines. - (
Robert W. Craft Jr. Boyj and girls of the band and
parents have worked unceasingly for the past
year to raise money for these new blue and Whit
uniforms.
8.9 Mis. Roadwork
Completed In Mar.
turing the Month of March,
State Highway forces completed
8.9 miles of roadwork and recon
structed nine bridges in three
counties of the Third Highway
Division. Project completions
were in New Hanover, Duplin
and Sampson Counties, accord
ing to Third Division Highway
Engineer C. E. Brown.
Duplin County ywk included
the soil surfacing or Tom iMc
Gowan Road for a distance of
1.8 : miles and Frank McGowan
Road for 1-2 miles. Both roads
were graded to a travel way
width of 28 feet. Structure work
in i Duplin included construction
of a 89-foot bridge on Nine Mile
Road; a 52-foot bridge on Tom
McGowan Road; a 35-foot struc
ture and an 18-foot bridge on
Hall Road.
TOES SPORTS
-:- :- -:- By Joe Costin
Results of games
North Duplm 11
Beulaville 11
Richlands 3 .'. James Kenan 0
Games This Week
Beulaville At James Kenan ( Thursday.)
Richlands At James Kenan ( Friday.)
BICHLANDS DEFEATS
JAMES KENAN, S-0
Jackie Southern of Richlands
High School pitcher 'no hitter"
last week against the James Ken
an Tigers a-u. soumern auowea
only one ma to reach first base
and that was in the sixth when
Colin Quinn got one on an error.
In the sixth James Cavenaugh
almost beat out an infield hit
but was thrown out by one step.
Southern struck out 11 men over
the seven lnmiaa and did not walk
a man.
Charles Lockamy pitched a very
fine game, allowed only four hits,
three of them coming in tne big
sixth while striking out 10 men,
Of the three runs off Lockamy,
none were earned.
NORTH DUPLIN STOPS
WALLA C5E-ROSE HILL 11-4
The Wallace-Rose , Hill Bulldogs
lost their first game of the 1959
baseball season to the strong North
Duplin Rebels last Tuesday by the
score of 11-4 at Grubbs Field.
The'victory gives North Duplin
a record of" five -wins and no loss
es. - i, - i '
i L. J. Grantham, the star of the
Rebels mound staff gave up only
lour runs on four nits, strunng
out, nine and walking six ,.This
makes five wins tor Grantham this
season, In fact bis has won all, five
Oi the neDeis games
Big Mack Horrell, the big power
- mw.wum -wu a
uwuin mouomuwu, was
ed iwlth his first Kms of the set-
son. The Bulldogs scored one run
tn the first Inning on ho bit and
one error. They did not scor again
until the, sixth Innng, wfaea they
saored two runs and one more in
the tjeventb Coch Dkk, Kaleel't
Steer: Second Consecutive Year
Mike Goodson; 18 year old 4-H
Club Member, of the Pleasant
Grove Community Club, . exhi
bited the Grand Champion Steer
at the 19th Annual Coastal Plain
Livestock Show and Sale held
in Kinston last Wednesday and
Thursday, April 8 and 9. Mike's
steer, was declared champion by
Judge Hayes Gregory t the Ani
mal Husbandry Department of N.
C.; State College ' Mr. , Gregory
called the animal an outstanding
example of what a prize winning
Steer should look like'.
After Mike's steer was decla
red champion he was presented
a trophy, by Mr. H C. Rohden
berg, Executive Secretary of the
Aberdeen - Angus Association
for exhibiting the most outstand
ing Angus steer at the Kinston
Show. The highlight of the pro
gram at the Wednesday night
Banquet was the presentation
ceremony where Mike received
the Frosty Morn Grand Cham
pion trophy.
Alike purchased his steer las'
fall from an Angus breeder in
western North Carolina and fat
tened him on corn and supple
ment The steer weighed 921 po
unds at show time and sold for
$70.00 per hundred . pounds, to
Knotts Warehouse in Kinston. He
finished first in a field of 72
4-H and FFA steers from Lenoir,
Duplin, Green Jones and Craver
counties.
Mike has been showing cattle
for six years and this year foi
the second consecutive year ex
hibited the Grand Champion.
Mike has fed and shown a tota1
of 26 steers during this six year
period. This number includes I
steers which he will enter in th
Wilmington Fat Stock Show anrt
Sale this Wednesday and Thurs
day, April 15 and 16. Mike is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. John Good
son of route 2, Mt. Olive, N. C.
He has set an example in his
high school 4-H career that sho
uld be a challenge to many 4-H
ers in the future.
-Mike's plans are to study law
at Duke University begining thif
fall. Although he will have writ
ten a grand climax to his high
school 4-H career his interest and
love for -H will never be cli
maxed. Other Duplin County exhibitors
were: Harry Herring, Mt. Olive
2 steers; Guthrie Brown, Chin
quapin, 2 steers; Glenn Williams
Pink, Hill, 1 steer, Jessie Wood
played last week
Wallace - Rose Hill 4
Chinquapin 2
undefeated Rebels scored four
runs in the second, two in the
third, and five more in the fifth
to make the final score 11-4 In
favor of North Duplin.
BEULAVILLE WINS OVER
CHINQUAPIN 11-2
Beulaville High, sparked by
Jimmy Futral. pounded out. an 11-2
victory over Chinquapin last Thurs
day afternoon. Futral got three
hits, including a three-run homer
in the fifth.
The James Combination of the
fighting Indians proved to be fatal
for Chinquapin as Elmer Creech
won his third game of the season.
The win gave the Beulaville an
overall record of three anl two
for the 1959 baseball season
Regional Three Convention Baptist
Brotherhood Meet April 30, Roseboro
The regular annual Regional
Three Convention of the " Bap
tist Brother h6od of Norh Caro
lina will meet this year With he
First Baptist Church of Roseboro
the evening of April 30. The ses
sion rot the Convention - will be
held in the Roseboro Tabernacle
about one block from the church
The ladies of the Roseboro Bap
tist Church, assisted by the men
of "the local Brotherhood,' , will
begin serving, meals W the guests
at,$!30 ,dock,",!.'M;and conti
nue until 7:30. A charge of one
dollar per person will be made
for the meal. The meals will be
served In the Fellowship Hall of
the Church. w , .
'The program of 'the Conven
tion will get under way at 7:00
o'clock; in tha . tabernacla. one
ion
Chinquapin, 1 steer; Andy Wood
Chinquapin, 1 steer; Anthon)
Westbrook, ALbertson, 2 steers;
Mike Goodson, Mt. Olive, 2 steers
These steers won five blue rib
bons and three ribbons and thre
white ribbons.
Periodontic Club
Met At Tarboro
The Demeritt Pedodontic Study
Club met Wednesday, April
8th, at Tarboro, N. C. with Dr.
Tom Fleming as host. Dr. Herbert
Fuerst, Orthodontist from Rocky
Mount, gave an interesting pro
gram on preventive orthodontics
which can be used in the general
practice of dentistry.
Dr. James Lee of Mt. Olive an
nounced that the club received
a formal invitation to present a
clinic at the National Children's
Clinic in New York this Sept
ember. The clinics which will
be given in New York are: Prac,
tree Management by Dr. James
Lee of Mt. Olive and Dr. Zeno
Edwards of Washington; Restora
tions in primary teeth by Dr
Tom Fleming of Tarboro and Dr.
Charlie Godwin of Rocky Mount;
Fractured Incisers toy Dr. Lewis
Lee of Wilson and Dr. Ben Hous
ton of Goldsbro; Space Maintai
ned toy Dr. Donald Hinson of
Kinston and Dr. Buck Barden
of Wilmington; Preventive Ort
hodontics by Dr. Mett Ausley of
Warsaw and Dr. Billy Hand of
New Bern.
The Club observed some of
Dr. Flemings Patients in his of
fice. They then had a nice" so
cial hour at Dr. Flemings home.
Dinner was served to the gnup
at the Country Club.
The next meeting will be wi'h
Dr. Donald Hinson in Kinston.
Friendly
ors
C.:
One thing wonderful about
Duplin County and the South is
the feeling of neighborliness in
time of trouble, Mr. Lloyd Ed
wards of the Cedar Fork Com
munity has been quite ill and in
the hospital for sometime. On
Thursday, April 9, Twenty-seven
tractors with twenty-seven men
and more, rode up to his farm
and prepared his land for the
spring crops and planted the
crops.
Those working on Mr. Edwards
farm were: Delbert Batts, Rushin
Bostic, Jimmy Wilson, James
Raynor, Faywin Shaw, Gordon
Ttygpen, James Edwards, C. G.
Thigpen, Malcolm Thigpen, Ralph
Thigpen, Dalton Foster, Murvin
Edwards, Duward Lanier, Mil
lard Edwards, Shelton Cottle,
Forbs Cottle, Junior Quinn, Paul
Quinn, Earl Thigpen, Irvin La
nier, Jimmy Savage, Norwood
Lanier, Emil Thigpen, Butler
McKinley, Eddie Earl Griffin,
Murphy Simpson, Willie Evans,
Calvin Brinson and Radford Wil
liams. Patients At Duplin
General Hospital
BEULAVILLE:
Charity Ida Savage
Evelyn Faye Blalock
Baby Girl Blalock
Lana Bennett Herring
Nina Lou Jackson
WALLACE:
William Henry Raynor
Jacqueline Joy Padgett
Allie Belle Williams
Baby Boy Williams
Lincoln Jennings Henderson
(continued en back)
block from the church. Plans
are being made to take care of
at least five hundred men from
nine Baptist Associations in Sou
: theastern North Carolina, reach
ing all the way- from Scotland
County to Jacksonville. Appro
ximately seven thousand men are
members of the Baptist Brother
hoods in this Region, and in this
Convention will be assembled all
the' leaders, workers.gu.ests "And
yMtQrt'- from; "this- area -covering
approximately ten counties.
The .Convention this year will
feature the Baptist Schools and
Colleges in relation to the Brot
herhood work of North Carolina,
br ' Carlyle Campbell, President
of Meredith College, will deliver
the main address. Speoal music
0m
Construction To Begin Soon
Droller find Turkey Processing
Plant Is Set For Rose dill Area
Otis Brown
Funeral Friday
Otis David Brown, 73 died sud
denly, at his home Thursday morn
ing April 9 after having been In
declining health for the past sev
eral years.
Funeral services were conducted
at the Dobson Baptist Church Fri
day afternoon at 3:00 O'clock by
Rev. Johnnie H. Durham,, pastor
assisted by Rev. Eugene Davis.
Interment followed in the Gol
den Groe Cemetery at Kenans
ville. The body was carried to the
Church one hour prior to funeral
service.
Mr. Brewn was a life long re
sident of the Dobson Chapel com
munity, member of the Dobson
Chapel Baptist Church where he
served as a Deacon for over 25
years.
He Is survived by his wife, the
former Sallie Spell, five sons,
James Preston and Derald D. of
Rose Hill, Roy D. of Wilmington,
Willis D. of Fayetteville and Bobby
Grey of the home, six daughters
Mrs. Eleanor Wallace and Mrs.
Jessie Ruth Lanier of Rose Hill,
Mrs. Inez Chestnutt and Miss
Sarah Brown of Kenansville, Mrs.
Doris Chestnutt of Tarboro and
Mrs. Louise Snavely of Wilming
ton. Twenty grandchildren. Six
brothers Jesse B., Elbert, Thomas,
and Charlie Brown all of Kenans
ville, Lawton Brown of Magnolia
and Mason Brown of Rose Hill.
Funeral Monday
McDonald Brock
R. McDonald Brock, 36 of War
saw, died Saturday night at his
home, . v.
Utitil his "Death he operated
Macks Grill in Warsaw.
Mr. Brock had been in poor
health for some time and had
recently suffered a nervous bre
akdown. Funeral services were held
from the Warsaw Baptist Church
Monday at 3 p.m. by Rev. Del
mar Parkerson. Burial was in
Pineview Cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, the
former Mary Ellis West; three
daughters, Cathy, Beth, and
Trent; his mother, Mrs. J. B.
Brock, Warsaw; one brother,
Kenneth Brock, Warsaw, and
one sister, Miss Mae Brock of
Wrightsville Beach.
High Ranking FHA Officers Visit
Duplin To Observe Program Here
Duplin County was part of a
recent tour of North Carolina bj
Farm Home Administration of
ficials from Washington, D. C
and the State FHA office.
B. A. Parker, Duplin FHA Sup
ervisor, directod the visiting dig
nitaries to four example farms
where FHA assistance has been
given in Duplin County.
The farms visited in Duplin
were Doane Cottle, Rose Hill,
and Densmore Rivenbark, Tea
chey, where Farm House loan?
have been made: and A. C. Ke
nan, Wallace, and James Cox,
Calypso, where Farm Ownership
, -'4 FHA MAKES TOtJK - Hlght ranking ram
, Horns Administration officials from. Washington.
' P.' C. and Batelgh visited Duplia County last .
v weak observing first hand the1 rHA ncograaa la
.
Reports are that construction
of the $350,000 broiler and tur
key processing plant near Rose
Hill will begin by early May.
Dallas Hering, vice-president of
the Rose Hill Development Cor
poration, said the corporation has
$80,000 in the bank from the sale
of notes given the corporation by
citizens of the Rose Hill commu
nity for the purchase of stock.
Herring reports that another
$20,000 has got to be raised be
fore construction can begin, "but
we think we have this worked
out."
Small Business Administration.
Washington, D. C, will make a
loan of $250,000 to the corpora
tion on this project. "This is the
limit that small business Admin
istration can loan on this type
project; and that is the reason
we have to raise $20,000 to meet
our $100,000 obligation."
Poultry business men through out
the area are elated over the
fact that the processing plant
construction will soon get under
way. They feel that the proces
Warsaw Baptist Building Pastor's Home
Work began recently in War
saw on a new Baptist parsonage
which is located on Chelly Street.
Macon Brown (better known a?
"Dynamite" Brown), contractoi
from Beulaville, was awarded the
contract. "The home", he states,
"will probably be completed by
July 1."
The new home is to be of brick
veneer construction and is to be
modern in design. It consists ol
a large living room, dining room,
kitchen, family room, two bath
rooms, three bedrooms ,and a
study which duobles as a possible
fourth bedroom. Built on to the
house itself is a carport and an
outside storage or utility room.
It has ,1,945 souare feet of living
space ih it, km t-buiting the car
port an doutside utility room. The
value of the home and lot will be,
after the grading is completed,
FIELD DAY
Future Farmers of America,
sponsored toy the various agricu
lture departments of the schools
of Duplin County, will hold an
old-fashioned Field Day at the
North Duplin High School on
Wednesday, April 22. An exten
sive program has been planned
under the direction of Mr. W. H.
Hurdle and Mr. Whitley, agricul
ture teachers.
Loans have been made.
The Duplin FHA office has
been busy this year, according
to figures released at the office,
150 borowers have received finan
cial -assistance through March
31. A more complete breakdown
of loans indicates that 24 farm
housing loans have been made,
61 farm ownership loans and 90
operatnig loans. The FHA "ha?
assisted Duplin farmers to the
tune of about $1,000,000.
Other than Parker, those mak
ing the Duplin tour were: Henry
Thomas, USDA Washington, D
C; Ralph Turnee, Chief of Pro
the area. Pictured above are, left io right. B. A.
i Parker, Bernard Polk, Ralph, Turner, Harry
Thomas, James Pittman, James O. Buchanan, and
M. C Holland.
sing plant will solidify the bro
iler and turkey industry be
cause the birds can be proces
sed near the source of product
ion. It is brought out by poultry
experts that broilers usually Joso
about one pound in transporta
tion when they have to be trans
ported over a relatively long dis
tance to processing plants.
Wptson Poultry, of Raleigh,
will have charge of the opera
tion of the plant. Watson Poul
try is one of the largest proces
sing operations in North Caro
lina. An indication of the need for
a broiler and turkey processing
plant in Duplin is seen through
the fact that Duplin has gone to
first place in North Carolina in
income from poultry products,
including eggs.
According to Bill Jasper, As
sistant County Agent in charge
of Poultry, said income in Dup
lin from poultry last year was
$14,000,000.
around $24,000 - $25,00.
The present pastor's home, lo
cated beside the church on Cen
ter Street, when vacated will
be used for additional Sunday
School space which is needed
now and for possible church of
fice space.
The Building Committee con
sists of Milford Quinn, Chairman,
Leslie Brown, Davis Hollings
worth, Mrs. Wilbur Garner, and
Mrs. Moman Baar. Del Parkerson
is Pastor.
Hazel Pike Shot
Accidentally In Leg
Hazel Pike, sixteen years old,
and a student in the tenth grade
at the Pink Hill High School, was
severely wounded in the leg
when a rifle she was using on
a hunting trip, accidently disch
arged, a few days ago. The bul
let went completely through her
leg, and come out on the oppo
site side, injuring the muscles,
etc., so badly that it had to be
placed in a cast. Her physician
feared blood poison, unless ex
treme precautions were taken.
Her farther, Robert Pike is a
tenant on the farm of Mrs. L.
B. Jenkins.
gram Operaions, State WIA Of
fice; Bernard Polk, Real Es
tate Loans Chief of FHA from
Washington, D. C; James O. Bun
chanan, Real Estate Home Of
ficer from North Carolina FHA;
! M. C. Holland, area FHA Supe
' rvisor; and James Pittman, Ass
istant Duplin County FHA Supe
rvisor. The North Carolina tour will
I be made in five of the 12 State
' FHA areas. They are Raleigh,
! Halifax. Williamston, Goldsboro
and Clinton.
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