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VOLUME XXVU No. 10
KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY MARCH 3, 196
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DUPLIN CO. BASKETBALIj CHAMPNION of '59
60: Coach Billy Bcstic's Bculaville girls wen the
Duplin County BasketbaJ Tournament last Friday
night by defeating B. F. Grady 48-41. The Lady
Reds went through the season without a conference
loss and won the tourr.a.T.cr.t and ended the season
Duplin Likely To Lend N. C. Again
In Agricultural Income For 1959
It is likely that Duplin County will
hold its position as North Carolina's
leading agricultural county in 1960.
Vernon II. Refolds, Duplin Cou
nty Agent, said today that Duplin's
1939 agricultural income is estimat
ed at $44,043,002, . just under the
1938 inepme.
Row ciop production still account
ed for the major portion of the in-
Revival Services
At Presbyterian
Church - Warsaw
Pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church of Jacksonville, N. C. will
do the preaching during the coming
revival at the Warsaw Presbyterian
Church.
"Bill" Schotanus is a native of
Stanford, Conn. He holds a degree
in Mechanical Engineering from
Georgia Tech. After graduation he
served 4Vi years with the U. S
Army, and then 6 years as an en
gineer before entering the ministry.
He holds the B. D. degree from Col
umbia Theological Seminary, Deca
tur, Georgia. He was president of
the student body, and received the
Knights Templar Award as "New
Minister of the Year - State of Geo
rgia." He served as the pastor of
Waverly Road Presbyterian Chu
rch, Kingsport, Tennessee from 19-53-58.
While there he served as
Chairman of the Christian Educa
tion Committee of Holston Presby
tery, and on several Synod and
Civic committees, as well as You
th Camps and conferences.
Rev. Schotanus was installed as
the pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church of Jacksonville, N. C. on
February 15, 1959 and has done an
outstanding job as pastor, preacher
and administrator. In Jacksonville
he has become popular with all
groups of people and has become
especially popular with the young
people. .
Services will be held each night
from Sunday, March 6.. through Fri
day, March 11.- at 7:30 P. M. Spec.
ial music is being prepared for each
night.
All persons are invited and will
be welcomed to these services.
REV WILLIAM M. SCHOTANUS
with a prefect '10-U record.. 'rom left to right front
Martha Sar.dlin, Rita Sumner, Patsy Albertson,
Donna Sumner, Katie Sue Grady, and Joyce Bliz
zard; back row: Annette Whaley, Coach Bostic, Jo
Ann Bostic, Agnes Lanier, Dianne Sumner, Shelia
Lanier, Linda Albertson, and Ilene Albertson.
come at $24,301,088. Livestock was
second with an income to farmers
of $19,008,000. Other crops, includ
ing forestry, brought to Dupiiu far
mers $620,000 wne Government
payments accounted for $133,994.
A further breauown shows that
Obacco' brottght to Duplin Farmers
a total ot $i:,uuy,i3j. me t ouniy
yield per acre was 1,675 pounds of
tobacco which st'.J for an average
of 60 cents per pound .
Corn accounted for $3,025,000
while cotton was vamed at $499,248
and soybeans $378,000.
Broilers continued to lead the
County's livestock income at $8,840,-
300; This income was from the sale
of 17,000,000 broilers. Swine pro
duction picked up in the County and
Duplin General Hospital To Observe
Fifth Anniversary On Saturday
BY: RUTH P. GRADY
DUPLIN GENERAL HOSPITAL
is to observe its fifth anniversary
on Saturady, March 5 from 2:00
through 4:00 P. M. The public is
cordially invited to attend.
Special facilities such as the Op
erating room, X-Ray, Delivery
Room and special diagnostic room
will be available for inspecion by
the public. The Cheer Ladies of the
Hospital Auxiliary will be there to
give conducted tours.
Most people pf the county can re
call with great pride and also much
weariness, five years ago when
plans were being made for th dedi-
George Cowan Is
Elected Head Of
Duplin CD Clubs
George Cowan, of the Cedar Fork
Community, has been elected presi
dent of the Duplin County Comm
unity Development Program for
1960. He succeeds Bill Sullivan of
the Oak Ridge community.
Cowan has been active in the
Community Development Program
since it was organized in Duplin
County.
Other officers to serve with him
are: Emmett Herring, Pleasant
Grove, vice-president; Mrs. Agnes
Ives, Chinquapin, secretary; and
Franklin Quinn, Pleasant Grove,
treasure.'.
The same awards program which
has been used for the past two
years has been adopted for 1960.
In SENCland competiiton, Dup
lin's Community Development Pro
gram has , been ' tops for the past
three years. Pleasant Grove, Cedar
Fork and Oak Ridge Community
Clubs have been selected as the
winning Community Development
Clubs in SENCland District in 1957,
1958, and 1959 respectively. All
Club! are from Duplin County.
accounted for $3,430,000 with the
sale of 98,000 hogs. Turkey produc
tion remained on a standard equal
Jo 1953 at 550,000 turkeys for an in
come of $3,300,000.
The production and sale of eggs,
commercial , and hatching, meant
$2,265,000 for Duplin farmers who
have 4,300,000 layers. .
Beef production brought in ano
ther $585,000. A total of 4,500 head
of cattle were sold in 1959, accord
ing to the report.
Duplin County has always been a
large vegetable production area in
North Carolina. In 1959, it is esti
mated that vegetable production,
including fruits such as blue berries
and strawberries, brought Duplin
Farmers $3,676,250.
cation of Duplin General Hospital
The months of working, waiting and
preparation for the big occasion
bring back memories of great an
ticipation and excitement about the
dedication. A long time dream of
many people had been realized. The
cooperation of everyone in Duplin
from the time of the bond issue
through the planning, the supervis
ing of the building, through the pur
chasing of the equipment, until the
final inspection date came, was
wonderful. Some of the citizens of
Duplin put many, many half hours
of labor into the planning and the
thousands of details involved.
Then Duplin General Hospital be
came a typical hospital with its
growing pains. Many of the pains
became actual acute labor pains.
The institution has survived its
first five years and is now begin
ning to recover from its childhood
diseases and is making remarkable
progress in many ways. The year
1959 is the best year it has ever ex
perienced. In 1959, 2101 patients were admit
ted, 37,358 Lab tests were made,
2560 X-rays, and 1035 operations
were performed. 2241 emergency
cases were admitted, and 276
babies born in the hospital. The av
erage cost per day per, patient is
$17.49 and the average stay per
person is 4Vi days.
Duplin General is staffed with an
excellent personnell. Dr. L. U.
Chandler, hospital administrator, is
most enthusiastic about the pro
gress of the hospital in every way.
Dr. Glenn S. Rasmussen and Dr. O.
L. Redwine, are surgeons who are
highly respected and admired in
the field of surgery. The Nursing
staff is doing a superb job, so are
the dieticians, laboratory technic
ians, office personnell and all of
the other general workers.
But, the most important thing of
all is the good name the patients
give Duplin General Hospital when
they leave. After all a hospital is
operated for the patients and now
the hospital is experiencing many
repeat' patients which is a very
good sign.
The Hospital Auxiliary members
will be there: to welcome each and
everyone 1 on - Saturday ' afternoon.
They cordially invite you to attend.
By: JOE COSTIN j
The Duplin County Basketball
Tournament came to a thrilling end
Friday night as the Beulaville girls
defeated the B. F. Grady lassies
48-41, and the James Kenan boys
surprised an over flowing crowd by
handing the Beulaville Panthers a
sounding 52-39 licking.
In the championship game the
Grady girls battled the Lady Reds
on even terms throughout the first
half with the Lady Panthers of
Coach Billy Bostic taking a 28-26
lead at the half. The Bostic lassies
began to pick up and widen the
margin in the third period. And in
that all important fourth quarter
they held on for dear life to win
by eight points.
All Conference Joyce Blizzard, an
outstanding forward for Beulaville
for four straight seasons, lead the
undefeated champions with 1 8
points, while All Conference Judy
Patterson accounted for 1G lo leai
the attack for Grady.
Also in the boys championship
game the once beaten Beulaville
boys, with a bye in the first round
and favorites in the tourney were
not even in the game after the first
half. Fact the James Kenan Tigers
went out front by one in the first
period and led by three at the hall
and it looked like anybodies ball
game. But that big third was just
too much for the big red as James
Kenan out scored Beulaville 23-10,
and went on to win by a wide mar
gin 52-39. This I might add is the
first tournament championship for
the Tigers of Coach Bill Helton and
we should all be real proud of our
coach and team.
All Conference Charles Lockamy
led the attack for the Tigers with
i5 points, but close behind was un
animous All Conference James Cav.
enaugli with 14; while All Confer
ence Willie Home led the way for
Beulaville with 12.
In accordance with the county
conference regulations the team
hat wins the conference will repre
sent the county in the playoffs
Since Beulaville won the conference
ith a 7-1 record they entered the
District II Class "A" playoffs that
star-ted in Kenansvilel this past Sat
urday. Thirteen teams from all
over eastern North Carolina in
Class A ball started the ball bounc
ing with a big bang.
Tt 2:00 Saturday afternoon Leland
defeated a strong Deep Run team
ffi-
JAMES CAVENAUGH
James Cavenaught, a tall hand
some senior on the James Kenan
basketball team was the only un
animous "All Conference" selection
in the county this year. That is very
definitely an honor as you k now
there were 6cvereal outstanding
plavers in the conference, James,
the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Cav
enaugh of Kenansville, has always
been very active in sports. In foot
ball he was a fine quarterback be
hind Bill Straughan and outstand
ing of defense. He did not see much
varsity action until his junior year
As a soyhomore he played very lit
tel . . that is with the varsity but
he has been on the basketball court
hinee he was knee high to a ball. In
his junior year he was outstanding
on the James Kenan junior varsity
That year the junior varsity lost
only one game and that was after
James was moved up to the varsity.
He was moved for his rebounding
ability . . . and to think he aver
aged 20 points a game. James, a
very likeable young man, was elec
ted President of his junior class and
was very active in all phases of
school work.
In his senior year James fell of
his 14 point average in basketball
but the rebounding ability was very
outstanding. And of course Coach
Bill Helton made it clear at the be
ginning of the Reason, "that boy
can bring us the championship."
Little did I know that Coach Helton
was dead right . . . well almost
anyway. James has always loved
basketball and I might say here
that it couldn't happened to a nicer
person: .. . than been chosen' the
outstanding basketball player ' In
the conference this year.
Are
17-50 in the first game. Dale Wil
liam led the Leland Tigers with 20
points, while Leland Heath led the
attack for the Deep Run Cardinals
with 16.
In the second game at 3:30, the
class. A defending state champions
from Beaufort swamped an outclas
sed team from Sampson County 70
39. Butch Hassell, and All State
football and Basketball player, led
the strong ea Dogs with 32 points,
while James Lewis scored 18 for the
losers.
The surprise arid possible first
up-set came in the third game with
Eureka and Swansboro. The Dare
Devils of Coach Jack Boykin came
town from Wayne to win even if
he wansboro Pirates took an 8
points led 21-13 at the first inter-
nission, After the half the big blue
of Eureka led by Lee Mooring went
in to defeat tl:? Pirates 67-49. Moor
ng scored 27 p lints for the winners,
vhile Ernest Wiggins kept Swans
o!o in the game with 14.
In the first evening game the
Southwood Yellow Jackets edged in
Hams from Haveiock 49-48 in a
very thrilling contest. Willie Cau
ley, the Yellcw Jackets big forward
led the winners with 21 points, but
it took a man that has seen little
action to bring victory. Little Dur
wood Sauls came off the bench and
iropped in the one point difference
with only seconds left on the clock
Hoy Kline, Don Coon, and Richard
Kdwards lead the attack fur the
Haveiock Rams with 15, 14, 13
points respectively.
In the fifth game played Saturday
Beulaville, the Duplin County Con
ference Champions lost a heart bre
aker to a strong consolidated Mid
way school 52-48. The Panthers
were not at their best as oyu
could tell but 1 might add they play
ed real hard to win and have Dup
:in County still in the playoffs. Ben
ny Thomas led Beulaville with 17
.joints, while Wililam Perry added
17 for tl:e wbners.
The tournament will continue
Wednesday night of this week with
Beaufort playing Mt. Olive at 7:30.
and Eureka taking on Southwood at
8 30. TV.n on Thursday night .
Continued On Back
BRIEFS
KENANSVILLE P. T. A.
The Kenansvills Elementary Sch
ool PTA will meet at 7:30 p. m.
Monday night March 7th.
Speaker Ijr tlie evening program
A'ill be t'k- very eminent surgeon
i'rom D plin General Hospital, Dr.
Oscar Redwine.
Further plans and discussion for
the coming pancake supper will be
Uh.cn up at this meeting also.
Your attendance at this time will
e appreciated.
PANCAKE SUPPER
Big plans are being made for the
PANCAKE supper to be held at the
Kenansville School on Friday night,
March 11. Tickets are on sale and
everyone is working to promote the
school program. Proceeds will be
used to replace the curtain in the
auditorium of the Kenansville Gra
mmar School.
4-H COUNTY COUNCIL
The 4-H County Council will meet
Monday night, March 7, at 7:30 in
the Agricultural building. All 4-H
Council members are urged to at
tend and bring someone with them.
March 5 through 12 is National
4-H Club Week, and many plans
have been made by the 4-H'ers in
celebration of this week. Some of
the plans are to display bulletin
boards in the schools. These dis
plays will be judged for county
honors.
WORLD DAY OR PRAYER
World Day Of Prayer will be ob
served in Kenansville at 4:00 P. M.
in the Fellowship room of the Bap
tist Church. The Public is urged to
attend.
Norwood Boone, Dupiin Deputy Sheriff
Succumbs Of Cerebral Hemorrhage
Duplin's Deputy Sheriff Norwood
Boone died in Duke Hospital on
Monday morning at the young age
of 40 of a cerebral hemorrhage.
Deputy Boone's death has sad
dened many people -of Duplin Coun
ty. Boone had devoted half of his
life to law enforcement in Duplin
County. He had served as deputy
sheriff for eight years, and had pre
viously served as chief of police of
Wallace. Before becoming police
chief in Wallace, Boone had served
as a deputy officer with his father.
He also was a former driver's lic
ense examiner.
Sheriff Ralph Miller of Duplin
County said that "this Countj has
lost a valuable officer and an ex
cellent sheriff whose fine record
In the line of duty will make tt ex
Duplin Basket
DUPLIN COUNTY TOURNAMENT CHAM
PIONS: The James Kenan Tigers of Coach Bill Hel
ton are shown above with trophies as they have just
defeated Beulaville for the tournament Champion
ship, 52-39. From left to right front David Benton,
Ralph Culbreth, Ed Otas Bill Straughan, Charles
Warsaw to Observe
World Day
Of Prayer
All the .churches n Warsaw will ,
unite in a sJrvice k De Hid in v I
Presbyterian Church on rrioay
March 4, i:0 at 4:00 P. M., in ob
servance of the World Day of Pra
yer .
- The purpose of the World Day of
Prayer is to unite all Christians in
praper for all people of the world.
Each year the worship services is
written by women in a different
county. The services for I960 was
written by the Women's Inter-Chu-rrli
Council of Canada. The theme,
"Labourers Together With God,"
is taken from the third chapter oi
Corinthians.
The annual chain of prayer links
the first voice at dawn in the trop
ical Tongas with million of others
as it passes throughout the day ac
ross oceans and continents. By
nightfall, its message of hope and
peace will have found the sun's
arc until the last prayers are said
on ice-bound St. Lawrence Island in
the Bering Sea.
Henderson Filed
On Wednesday
U. S. House of Representatives
from the Third Congressional Dis
trict of North Carolina in Raleigh
on Wednesday morning, subject to
the Democratic Primary in May.
Henderson, accompanied by Ma
yor Melvin G. Cording and Duplin
County Commissioner Willard Hof
fler, of Wallace and State Repre
sentative Hugh Johnson of Rose
Hill, flew to Raleigh, in a plane
furnished by Ramsey Feed Com
pany of Rose Hill.
Henderson, who had planned to
make several stops in the Congres
sional district, was forced to rush
home due to the snow and sleet
storm, and postpone his visitations
until a later date.
tremely difficult to replace him."
Surviving are his wife,, the for
mer Janie Parker; one son, Nor
wood Dewitt. Jr., both of the home;
his mother, Mrs. Rena Hall Boone
of Wallace; two brothers, Robert
Frank Boone and Lloyd Boone, both
of Wallace.
He was a member of Wallace
Masonic Lodge 595, Wallace Fire
Department, N. C. Sheriff's Assoc
iation, Duplin County Law Enforce
ment Association, Wallace Baptist
Church and was an Army veteran
of World War II.
Funeral services were conducted
Wednesday at 3.00 P. M. at Waliu
Baptist Church iy the Rev. Forest
rMaxweU. Burial was in Rockfisb
cemetery. ,
Boll Champions
Kenansville Lions To
A World Known Hyponoiist On March 9th
i
Orncff, a world rei.ownrd hypno
tist, will apear in Kenai.sville
School Auditorium on We-lncsdny
night, .March 9th. Toe pnyi am will
begin, at 8. r n
Ornoff's appearance in Kenans
ville and Dupiin Canity is being
sponsored by the Kenansville Lion.-.
Club. Proceeds from the piourami
will go toward financing the Lions'
Club Youth Program.
Anion:1 the thinits which Ornoff
will do.in Kenansville next Wednes
day, will be to drive a car around
the Duplin County Ccurt House
Volunteer Workers
Red Cross Named
Dr. Jack Robinson of Wallace. N.
C. who is County Chairman of the
Duplin County 1960 Red Cross Fund
Campaign announces the following
Volunteer workers for the various
e immunities;
Beulaville. James .Miller
Cabin. Mrs. Ray Thomas
Hallsvillo, Norwood Miller
Potters' Hill, L. M. Bostic
B. F. Grady, Franklin Quinn
Bowden, Mrs. E. J. Carter
Calypso, Mrs. Charle L. Sloan
Faison, Mesdames R. L. Benson
and J. N. Kalmar
Chinquapin, Mrs. Gladys Lanier
Fountain - Lyman, Mrs. Tyson Lan
ier. Maejiolia, Mrs. Audrey Joynor
Rose Hill, Mrs. Sally Blanchard
Teachey, Mrs. Charles Bowden
Wallace, George Powell
Warsaw, FA Strickland
Kenansville, Joe Quinn
Negro Division, Mrs. Ireen Carr.
Revival At Beulaville Baptist Church
Revival at Beulaville Banti-t Chu
Revival services will be conduct
ed at the Beulaville Baptist ("hut
ch, March 9-18. 7:30 e.'ich cvenin
Day services will be conducted Men
day through Friday March 14-13 a'
10:00 o'clock.
The Lake Forest Baptist Church
is experiencing phenomenal growth
ANTHONY
Z. GURGANUS
Lockamy, and Hubert Merritt; back row: Neal Mit
chell, Johnny Pat Harmon, James Cavenaugh, Wil
lie Bostic Colby Johnson, Collin Quinn, and Coa n
Helton. Would you say Helton was happy from this
picture.
Sponsor Ornoff,
l)l,Kli.,h!c(l.
He has been seen many times n
':.ti:i:;d TVVvim n, in particular
the Ivl Suiiiwui show. II" is tW
hypnotist who pHee:. ;..iir'in'Htpl
in suspension with no strings att
ached. j Orr.off h i- been practicing hypno
I tism for many years and was engag
ed in the business when he was a
Private in the I'. S. Army, enter
taining troops.
During two-hour program, he will
take some individual in the audien
ce on a "trip by phynotism to Flor
ida.'
Jim Bunce, president of the Lions
Club, said Ornoff will explain to
the audience before the program
begins that there is no danger in
hypnotism that a person will wake
up, after being hypnotised.
Schools Open
Friday In Duplin ,
The March snow storm paralyzed
everything i:i Duplin Count for one
day. Schools were closed on Thurs
day but will be open again on Fri
day.
The snow came as a surprise and
in a very short time made a winter
wonderland ol Duplin County. Ris
ing temperatures during the night,
cleared much of the snow away,
and business has resumed today as
usual.
Reports are that the snow blank
eted the state, and the western part
of the state was covered much
more deeply than the eastern part.
It was beautiful while it lasted and
gave many children much pleasure
in their lirst snow of the winter.
I urder the leadership
e:id Krncst W. Ml'
!,;! Aiifi, ny Z.
! --trail:;!'!' to IV !:;
rf the Uevor
' T:ie Ueviv-
"iir.us is no
1 . t lieul.'ivilie
cr lor the fall
u c urged to
i' men as they
;is he u ;is sol": h i
revival last year. Yc
come and hear the.-.
seek to make Christ central in each
serv ice.
V
Rer. ERNEST W. MOORE
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