v. 10 Pcgss to wi '. - . -i 1 , it I m III t. ...( i -Si,'.'' J ' I VOLUBIEXXV) No. 45 KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY NOVEMBER 19, 1959 8VBSCKIPTIOW RATES P.M per iw u uni,i.r mm miuim C m M M Mite tbte area In N. C : M M ntohk N. C. PRICE TEN CENT i1' i 1 A .: Ik - 4 JAMES KENAN COURT OF BEAUTY thft float ' which won first place for the best non-commercial floats entered in the parade on Veterans Day last ' 'Wednesday in' Warsaw. The James-Kenan beauties are: Sandra Smith, Warsaw; Joyce Barnes', Ken- JljVlES SPORTS By Joe Cosliii tMonnt Olive Plays Beaufort in Eastern Class A Playoffs Panthers Down Fairmont Of Cape Fear Conference 26-0 Coach Dave jMcClenney's Mt. 1 Olive Panthers, champions of the East Central Conference, defeated ' f Fairmont of the Cape Fear Con v ference last Friday night at James ',, Kenan Field 26-0 to advance to eas . ' tern, finals. In the other , eastern playoff game Beaufort ed ied Erwin 12-0 andwUl pldy the Mt. Qlive team this. Friday sight at Jackson ville. Tst Friday night at the', new James Kenan Field Mt. 01ive tang led with one cf the b!gest Class A i, ' schools In eastern North Carolina before' 'the "largest crowd ever to watch, a. football, game in Duplin , , County. Only two weeks ago the ' 1 Panthers played James Kenan to ' determir.d the East Central cham : . pionship on the . same field and the attendance set a record' and it was -V broken against Fairmont. . ..ji Late' in the first quarter after e " ' series of fumbles, Mt. Olive march " ' ed 83 yards to score. The score com- lng in the early minutes of the se S , cond quarter. This is the Way the ; Panthers scored their first TD. One . the first plays from scrimmage ' Quarterback Phil Fautette passed 9-yards to Halfback Jimmy Reaves, ' on the next play Faucette picked , ' up four more yards, then Jim Lewis . of the Golden Tornadoes threw Dal- b las Sutton for a 3-yard loss. Fauc ' ette then completed a 16-yard pass 'to Sutton up to the 42 yard line and k first down. I ' Two plays 4ater Mt. Olive had - moved to the 49-yard line and the end of the first quarter. In eight A Red 5 Cross 1 Chapter Chairman, William E. Craft, has called an Em ergency Meeting for November 23. J This will be in the form of a Dutcn Supper, at 7:00 P. M. in Charlie's ( Grill in Kenansville... , All present officers,!, p'ast officers ""' and anyone interested in keep tag the Red Cross Work going, in Dup- lin is urged to attend. Plans will be j?A discussed to helfvflnmee,the work . r to Dunlin County. Funds are ex- Vu. hausted due to the fact i that this to county has not met its puna urn-ZjrT-Vdgn Quou for several years. 4'-; Please be there. v Mrs. Lillie Sanderson , ' J h Succumbs, Tuesday f Mrs. Lille Sanderson. 66 widow of ' ' the late Simpson ! Sanderson died early Tuesday morning in ; Lenoir , , Memorial Hospital at, Kinston after , serious illness of several weeks. ' ' . Funeral services were held at the ' Beulaville Free Will Baptist Church '. Wednesday afternoon at S.QO o'clock conducted by. Rev. Gene Outland, assisted by Rev. Wilbert Everton of ' " "Middlesex and Rev. Stephen Smith. Interment was in the Thomas Fara ' ily Cemetery.''1! f;",lf 'h:-'"" She is survived by seven dau?h ' ters, Mrs, Jasper WUliams of Pink Hill, Mrs. Archie Henderson, Mrs. Eugene LC - Exum, t Mrs. ' Joseph " Jones, Mrs. VLee Raynor, Mrs. Bud Miller and Mrs. Vivian Miller all of - .Beulaville, three' sons . Robert ' Hill and Edmound of Beulaville and EI- wood Brke Sanderson of .Ft Lau ; derdale, Fla. Thirty one grandchll- dren and four great grand children. " Three sisters, Mrs. Fennel Brown v of Rose Hill, Mrs. Tyson Lanier of , Chinquapin and Mrs. Martha Sholar of feulaville. Four brothers Ches-j ' 1 Vt'esVy, Joseph and Jacob Wil- ' ' " -s cu cf r-;.-vL"5..:'-. -.-.I T1 ' ansville; Barbara Taylor, Magnolia; Mary Lou Rey nolds, Kenansville; Jean Chambers, Kenans ville; Dean Waters, Warsaw; Gloria Smith, Warsaw; and Bobby Jean Graham cl Warsaw. plays the Panthers marched 51 yards to score, with Fullback L. B. Brewer, the powerman for Mt. Olive licked through t! T"-adces line '5-yards to tally. Fauce ie's nt"-"t for the conversion wps pood and Mt. Olive lead at the half 7-0. in the third period Brewer inter cepted a Fairmont pass after the Golden Tornadoes - had rmrched deep into Panther territory. Brewer- intercepted on the 18 and returned it to the 20. Ffitm there Mt. 01i"n marched to their secir.c! touchc'ow-. With the ball on the' Fairmont 20 Reaves! thinrjed mostf Jhsseason slippiSd olown to'the 1 and the quar ter ended. Op the next play and the start of the final quarter Halfback Harold Barwick plunged oer, for the score. Faueette's try fcr the noint was no good and Mt. Olive lead in the opening minutes 0f the last period 13-0. With only three minutes gone ir "he fourth quarter Guard David Ior.es recovered a Fairmont- fumble in the forty yard line. Two plays later Barwick on a pitch out from Faucette raced 33 yards down to the '-yard line, and on the next play Heaves scored and Faucette passed , to end Joe Roberson for the point, which was no good and a 20-0 lead. With about four minutes left. Mt Olive marched 59-yards to their final score, with Sutton scoring from the three. Faueette's try for the point was no good and Mt. Olive had defeated one of the best Cape Fear teams, jn a long time 26-0. Outstanding on defense for Mt. Olive along, with Jones were, Neil Davis., Bruce Emerson, and Fau cette., While Bill Prevatte, Lewis, John Griffin, John Joyner, and Mar- tion Collins. Mt. Olive made 19 first downs, while Fiarmont had only 4. Fairmont gained 127 yards rushing while Mt. Olive had 289. Mt. Olive completed 3 passes out of 4 for 29 yards and Fairmont completed of 7 for J5. - . Service Station Broken Into In . ., . . -7 -v .... .. - rV- '' ' V" '' ' - Kenansville The Oulnn and Howard Esso Ser vice Station, i n Kenansville. was broken into during the early morn ing hours before day Tuesday, ac cording to Duplin Sheriff Ralph Mil ler. Taken from the service station were four gallons of anti-free'ze and 10 cartons of cigarettes. Finger prints have been taken and sent to Raleigh for identification, Sheriff Miller said. Court House addition To Completed Scbni ' The middle of December has ten tatively been set as completion for the new addition to the Duplin Coun ty Court House addition. F. W. McGdwen, County Auditor and Advisor to the County Board of Commissioners, said today that the new addition will cost approximate ly $180,000, ?We are most happy about the fact that we have not had to levy additional taxes to pay for this addition or sell any bonds. This court bouse addition is being paid for out of funds already in hand, "tlcGowen said. Revi Petty Appointed Pastor Turkey-Friendship Rev. B. G. Ptt" hpe be"" ted pastor of Turkey - Frindship Charge of the Methodist Church by the Cabinet of the North Carolina Cor ference, according to an anno uncement by Rev. H .M. McLamb, Superintendent of the Goldsboro District. His appointment was effective November 1, 1959. The Rev. Mr. Pettv is the son of Rev. and Mrs. D A. Petty of Rose Hill. He attend ed Bowling Green University and the Candler School of Theology at Emory University. He has had pas toral 'experience id the New Bern District m& Georgia, He is single The Rev: Mr.-Petty is tneirst full-time pastor the charge has had since it was formed by the Annual Conference m 1956. Christmas Plea Many Christmas gifts are needed for our children in homes, sanitar iums and institutions and for elder ly people in boarding homes. Superintendent of Public Welfare, Mrs.' Thelma Taylor, says that Dup lin County has many children from the ages. of 10 to 16 who will not re ceive any gift at all for Christmas unless the public responds to this call for help.. Funds are provided for their food and board only, and every child needs more that that at Christmas time. Anyone interested in contributing to this worthwhile cause, get in touch with Mrs. Thelma Taylor, Supt. of Welfare, Kenansville, N. C. Farm Census Field Field work in the 1959 Census of Agriculture got underway locally on Nov.' 18 1959 when a force of Census takers will start visiting every farm -to the area, it was an nounced recently by Field Director Joseph R. 'Norwood of the Census Bureau's regional office at Char lotte. - 'Farm census questinnaires have been mailed to all farm operators. The census takers will visit all lo cal farms to collect the question naires and if necessary, assist the farmer. In filling out the Teport form. The 1959 Census of Agriculture is the 17th in a series of nation-wide farm canvasses, the first of which was conducted in 1840. The Census of Agriculture is taken at five-year intervals to provide up-to-date sta tistical Information about the nearly Ave million farms which supply food and raw materials for manu- Duplin County Tax Up Over 1958 Duplin County tax colections for the current fiscal year are above the collections for the same period in 1958. - V'' . Duplin County Auditor F. W. Mc- Gowen said that records turned into his office bv Tax Collector Harry Phillips show that $545,361.74 has lor of Raleigh, Tom and Herman been collected from July 1, -. 1959 and Leon Taylor of Faison; S daug through October 31, 1959 as compar- ters Mr. John McCoy of Wilmington, ed to $539,297.03 for the came per- Mrs. 'Marshall . Carr of Wallace, iod in 1958.-!-'-':v.':i-1-'V;s.,-J-i--.ii '(Mrs. John Efland, Sr. of Efland, October collections were up con-'Mrs. R, C. Moore, Sr. of Bowden slderably In 1959 over 1958. The 1958 and Mrs. Ruth Parks of the home, collections totaled $127,445.18 while Thirty nine grand children,' eighty Jus year's October colections to- great grandchildren and one great- talefl 8139,558.47. i " Two Wrecks In Kenansville During the past week end two ac cidents happened in the town of Kenansville. - , One happened Saturday morning at about 8:00 involving. a 1957 Buick fordor, driven by Joseph Doughton Mills, 40 year old resident of Garnev, and a 1983 Chevrolet pick up, driven by Lehman G. Williams ct Route 2, Pink Hill, a 45-year old farmer . The accident happened on high way 24 in front of the home of Mrs. Charley Williamson. The pickup was ma!:ing a left turn and the uick was trying to pass the t-u:k. The Fuick struck the left sida of '.he pickup, swirved to the left hand side cf the road, across the curb and sidewalk, crashing into a fire hydrant and stopping in a vacant ict, the officer said. Driver of the pickup, Williams, suffered back injuries. Dnmane to he Buick were estimated at $300 wd to the rickup at $200 Damage .o the fire hydrant were estimate it $200. Each was charged; the iriver of the Buick for failing to j sound horn for passing, and the i iriver of the pickup with failing to , ;ive the turn signal. Passengers in the car and pick up were not injuried. At about 3:00 on Sunday after noon on Stokes Street in. Kenansville the second accident occurred. Jim my Leo Jackson, a 16 year old high school student, was driving a 1957 Ford hardtop. Joseph Moore, 36, of route 1, Magnolia was driving a 1954 Chevrolet tudor. According to reports, Jackson was in the process of slowing down to make a right turn into a drive way when Moore came up behind him and ran into the rear of his car. Moore's charges were following too closely. Damages to Ford were estimated at $150 and to the Chev rolet at $350. Noone was injured up were not injured. Demolays To Be Installed Nov. 22 In Mount Olive Installation ceremonies of the Mount Olive Chapter cf The Order of Demolay and the Mount Olive Lodge Number 208 A. F. and A. M. will be held Sunday, November 22. in the Teenage Center in Mount Olive. The ceremonies will begin at 8 p. m. The eeneral public is invited to attend thses ceremonies. Officers from Duplin to be insatl- ed are: Jimmle Tadlock, Master Councilor Calypso; Robert Farrior, III, Senior Councilor, Calypso;-Larry Outlaw, Senior Deacon, Mount Olive, route 2; Billy Tadlock, Junior Deacon Calypso; Jimmie Miller, preceptor Faison; and Dixon Casteen, precep tor, Faison. Work Began Nov. 18 facture of goods used by the people of the United States, now numbering about 178 million. The current cen sus w'H yield information on the nu mber and size of farms, acreage and harvest of crops, livestock pro duction and... inventories, selected farm facilities and equipment- and selected farm expenditures. " The field '.director emphasized that all information about individu als and their: farm dperatkm 'furni shed to Census Bureau is held in ab solute confidence under Federal law. It is used only to provide sum mary fi?ures such as totals, aver ages, and percentages. The informa tion on an individual report cannot be furnished; to any one other than sworn Census employees and thus cannot be used for investigation, taxation, or regulation. . ; Mrj. Taylor Passes Mrs. Ceness Taylor, age 96 died early ' Wednesday morning at her home, near Faison after lingering illness.:,,; . , v. Funeral services were conducted at the home Thursday afternoon at 2:00 O'clock by RejrB., R, McCul Ien.i pastor of Faison . Methodist Church. Burial followed in the Fai son Cemetery. ) v She la survived by five sons, K. A. Taylor of Chapel Hill, W. E. Tay- ' great grano aura. t i Next Tuesday Night In KenartsviHe Gomsiar Lu ilser El E-fodps To Speak Afl Duplin Comfinpif y Awards Program By Paul Barwick Governor Luther H. Hodges, Gov ernor of North Carolina, will be the principal speaker Tuesday night at the Annual Duplin Ccunty Comm- j unity Development Awards Pro- i gram. All County Club vinncrs will be ; arnuonced in addition lo Dup'in's ' outstanding Community Develop ment Club being made public at the meeting. The prosram is one of the most outstanding ever held in Duplin and will be conducted from Kenan CGir.raii Revival At fansville Hefhodist Church November 22-26 The Community Ravival, wilh the Presbyterian Baptist and Methodist Churches participating, will be held this year in the KenansviJe Metho-di.-.t Church, Nov. 22-T Services will begin on Sunday ni' M, Nov. 22, at 7:30 with the Pastor of the Meth odist Church as nrcacher. The Methodist Choir will render music that evening . On Monday evening Hev. D. L. Fouts, minister cf the First Metho dist Church of Mt. Olive as guest minister; special music for this evening service will be rendered by a visiting youth choir. Tuesday evening, Rev. Frank Grill minister of Burgaw Methodist Church will be guest minister; men's choir will bring to the con gregation special music. Wednesday evening. Rev. Clyde Christmas Seal Letters Mailed "Protect The Family Circle" Aim Of TB Asso. "Protect the family cirtieijs Sjye aim of the Duplin County IB JiA- ciation as it promotes the. 1959 Christmas Seal Campaign. The traditional annual fund rais ing campaign wthich opened Nov ember 16, with the mailing of Chri stmas Seals to Duplin residents. "Over eight million lives have been saved since the first Christmar Seal was sold, but the saving cf lives is not enough," declared Dr. Otto S. Matthews, Christmas Sral chairman. "We must see to it that every family is spa-ed the suffc'rin-; and tradeey ef this long - term, chronic illness." "Proceeds from this year's Chr istmas Seal Campaign must do ncre than maintain our present TB control activities," Dr. Matthews stresses, "we must expand our ef forts to find all the unknown cases f TB lurking in this community. V must increase our efforts to help ex-TB patients get back on their feet and stay there. We must ex tend our educational program so that people of all ages learn how to protect themselves from TB. We must put more money into medical research to find better ways of figh ting. TB." Farm Census Questionnaires Are Mailed Out Census takers for the local area in the 1959 Census of Agriculture have been appointed' and will begin an intensive training course on Nov 18 in preparation for the start of the field canvas on Nov. 23. it was announced today by Crew Leader Charles W. Edwards. The training session will be held at The Cedar Fork Community Buil ding and will be conducted by the crew leader who recently attended a five day census training course The training course will cover the use of the Census ' questionnaire, Census definitions, interviewing, and map reading. Emphasis will be placed on the importance of locating every farm and obtaining complete and accurate information. The cen sus takers will conduct some actual interviews as part of the training. Census takers scheduled to take the training include: Albertson Township Mrs. Clyde Potter Mrs. Frances beaver Smith Township . Mrs. Lucy K. Grady Willard Westbrook Limestone Township - f Mrs. John Bostic Miss Betty Hall . Mr. Jack Lanier . Rev. Harmon Aycocfc Island Creek Township , Mrs, Betty S. Brown" Mr. Thomas Cavenaugh v. Horace Rivenbark. t Rose Hill Township - f J ; " Mrs. Charles Hall - Mrs. Sally Elanchard - Memorial Auditorium, in Kenans ville. For the first tima in the history of Duplin, the County moved to first place in North Caroiira this year in Agriculture income and increased agriculture inc .,rr.n. The Commun ity Devclopmert prrnram'.in Duplin has had a "eat r!i'2l to do with the tremondus growth ovor th past Lur years in te field of agri culture. The program f;T the Awards Night is as follows: William G. Sullivan, president of Posts, ra--r of th Clinton First Methodist Church will l e guist min ister; tin; L il rresbyteriai Choir will render a message in song On Thursday morning at 10:00 Thanksgiving Day, services will be co-ducted by Rev. Lauren Sharpe pastor r,f the Kenansville Baptist Church; the Fapti.it Choir will sing at this service. The off-iiig on Thanksgiving morning will be given to the Chil-r'-cn's Heme of the ttiree denomina tions . Flc.vers for the Wednesday even and and Thursday morning service are given as courtesy of the Florist and Gift Shop of Warsaw. The members and Pastor's of the three local churches extend to you a I most cordial welcome to each of fiiese services. jCffA baequ us flst 0fur. pAi't . and we can ny buying 'and as- Christmas Seals. Eighty per .cent of funds received stay in .the County to help carry on an effective program. ANSWER YOUR CHRIS TMAS SEAL LETTER TODAY AND DO YOUR PART. Methodist Home For Children To Be Host For Goldsboro District Meeting The Methodist Home for Children of Raleigh, which is supported by Methodists of the North Carolina Conference, will be host of its fri ends at a supper meeting of the Goldsboro District, at St .Paul Met hodist Church, on Friday Novem ber 29 at 6:30 p. m. Persons invited to attend are as follows: Pastors, S. S. Supts., Chu rch Lay Leaders, Chairmen of Of ficial Boards. Presidents of Wo men's Society of Christian Service, Presidents of Methodist Men's Clubs and other interested persons. Purpose of the meeting is to tell the story of the history and work of the Children's Home. Appearing on the program will be children from the Home, Rev. R. L. Nicks, Super intendent of the Home and Laymen of this section who serve on the Board of Trustees. This is one of nine similar meet ings being held in the districts of the North Carolina Conference, leading up to the Thanksgiving and Orphanage season. Supper reservations should be made with Rev. R. L. Nicks or Rev. 1 V v I Veteran's Day Speaker John D. Larkin, Demo-, . Legion; on the right is Wilbert Boney, commander crstic Committeeman, who honored the veterans' who . of the local Lesion Post No. 127 who presided at the gave their lives tor their country at the Vetoran't y ceremony and CoL Robert L. West, who introduced Day ceieorauon m Warsaw; to is Henry L. Stevens, Past CtnaiKJer the Community Clubs in Duplin will preside. The invocation will be by L. A. Wiggins of the Pleasant Grove Community. After a picnic supper is spread, the Ceautancus. Cedar Fork Potter s Hill ar.d Oak Ridge Community Clubs will pro vide special music. The welcome will be ! Kennedy, Prei'leiit of Mar,le Community Club, sponse will be given ! Ccrdi: 3, a financial f.no: v ,r3rro',1 l!;i!'s- i'.le-T'-e He v Mrlvi--. I -.or, .orr. Wal!a?e. Frc-:n:an U iynor. rf Cc'ar Fori.. will introduce guests. J lor, cf Potter'." Hill, w P. Batche-1 1 recognize sponsors present. Mrs. Lydia Reece will recognize the County Agriculture Workers. Elmo Blizzard, of the Pleasant Grove Community and President of SENCland Area Development Pro gram, will introduce Governor Hod ges. After the Governor's talk the awards will be made Douglas Short, of Rose Hill; William B. Cutler, of Beulavi le: and Henry Rivenbark Duplin 4-H'er Named Most Outstanding In SENCland For Second Year Running Duplin County has for the se cond straight year been named the most outstanding County among nine counties in Southern North Carolina. T.v- announcement was made last week end in Wilmington at the 4-H Club area recognition program. Mary Alice Thomas, of Mag nolia 4-H Club, was the SENC land Junior Dress Revue Win ner. Donnell Kornegay, of Pleasant Grove Community, was named We mot Outstanding Man Com- f inanity Cluh leader in SENC land anri Mrs. J. D. Sloan, o' Fountain - Lyman Commuritv Club, was named thf Most Out standing Woman Community Club leader.' In all, Duplin's 4-H Club pro- H. M. McLamb, District Superin tendent, by November 15. James H. Parker Succumbs At. 83 James. Henry Parker, 83. of Al bertson, Route 1, died Thursday morning in the Wayne Memorial Hospital, Goldsboro. Funeral ser vices were held Friday at 2:30 p. m. in the Smith's Chapel Methodist Church with the pastor, the Rev. C. A. Young officiating. Burial was in Mapelwood Cemetery, Surviving are his widow, the former Annie Outlaw of Duplin County; two sons, James Parker, of Albertson, Route I, and Louis 0-, of Mt. Olive; two daughters, Mrs. Viola Parker Sut ton, of LaGrange, Route 2, and Mrs. Helen Parker Jones, Pine Bluff, Ark., and I4grand children. A far mer and active in Farm Bureau af fairs, he was a member of the Smith's Chapel Methodist Church and served for 25 years as superin tendent of its church school. i ten is Judge ; . una U tie American - -' of Wallace, financial sponsors, will present the inducement awards. M:s Ruth Crady, Editor-Publisher cf the- Duplin Times, will make the resonUliun f.f t'us Overall Com munity Awards, tl. L. Oswald, Editor- Publisher of the Wallace Enter prise, will present the awards to the first, second and third place coun ty winners. There are 1!) Community Develop ment Clubs in Duplin County. They are: Beautancus. Bowden, Cedar Fork. Fountain Lyman. Hallsville Martl. Ktnolia. Oak Ridge, Pasture Rranch. Pleasant Grove and Pot- ter's Hil1. There are 63 financial sponsors of Duplin's Community Development program, with each sponsor contri buting $25.00, The success of Duplin Community Development Program can be seen through the Pleasant Grove and Ce dar Fork Community Clubs winning not only the County honors but also the SENCland honors as top comm unities for the past two years. Jects won 18 blue ribbons to be tied for second place with Sam pson County. New Hanover County's 4-H'ers won 21 blue ribbons. Lawrence Reese and Mrs. Annie Lois Britt, Duplin Assis tant Agents working primarily wilh 4-H Club boys and girls, said "We are mighty proud of the work which our 4-H boys and girls are doing." 15.5 Miles Roads Completed Oct. State forces completed work on 15.5 miles of roads in the Third Highway Division during the past month, according to Division Engin eer T. J. McKim. In Duplin County, soil surfacing was completed on these roads: 14 miles cf Dale Teachey Road; 4.1 miles on Beasley Mill Road and 4.4 miles of Dobson Chapel Road. Soil surfacing by State forces was completed on 2.9 miles of Williams Road. The Third Division is composed of the counties of Sampson, Duplin, Onslow, Pender, New Hanover and Brunswick. QUIET VETERANS WEEK IN WARSAW The town of Warsaw had the quiet--est Veterans Day week in the why of arrests ever experienced, accord ing to Chief of Police Earl Coombs. Chief Coombs reports that no ar rests were made from Saturday Nov. 7 thru Saturday Nov. 14 the" week of the Veterans Day Celebra tion in Warsaw. " I know of nothing to account for this" it was a big: surprise to me," Chief Coombs said. Chief Coombs also reported that he had the least complaints against the Carnival in town during the celebration that he had ever had. This could be attributed to the fact that the Chief "laid the Law down" when the Carnival came to Town. 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