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PRICE tEN CENT
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. like the bottom part of . double
VboilerT It rives' oft a lot of steam
j And hot air, but doesn't even know'
what's coklng.yt , .
. Went to the A. S. C W. E. C.
' T. Awards banquet in Wilmington
with the farm iamily of Duplin Cou
: nty, Mr. and Mrs. Faywin Sbaw of
' BeulaviUe, Mr.-and ' Mrs..' Rufus
Elks, Mr. . and Mrs, O. L. Holland
of Kenansvllld; and Mr; and. Mrs,
, t Herbert' Best I of., Warsaw; - Even lf
- our farm family from Duplin, did
k not win top sitit, from the-twelve
- counties, 1 am sure that they really.
t crowded the ..winners, as theyt re
- ' a farm family of which Duplin tan
v be very proud, and have done out-
standing work. In their commuiirty
i and Dupliq County. Ben McDonalct,
" farm reporter; f of W' E. C. T., wa
Master of Ceremonies; and did a
' wonderful Job. Jou could ac!wlly
A feel the prldo tbit Ben toS in -tliis
first awards progrew HM ty?e
i Which has ever been held In the
' United States. IncWentally there
were some pretty good Jokes told.
' at that meeting', and I can't remem
ber any of them to'pass on to you.
There have been sojraary aitivl
ties going on this week that It Is
- hard to tell where the week begins
- or ends. But you should have at
, tended the 4-H awards , program
, held at' the Kenan Auditorium last
Saturday. .Those children are doing
a marvelous Jobaudtheir .exhibits
were wonderful. TJIr cakS cook-
o ies, donuU-boked so tasty ana pretty
plso. They had an- exhibit on most
any item you can name, leaves, bugs
' paintings, clothes, scrap books, com,
etc,, etc f The young- Mc presU
ed with such ease grace-and cap
ability,, that It gives you a warm
feeyng-JtoaWe to knew that ther are
haveTmorlcs4n ishftlr' handsT lthi-
A In. a few sho years. Hats .off
" : Lawrnce,: Reese an4 .oia Brltt,
. theyare doWg a wonderful job 4 as
advisors to the boys.nd glrU.;y
CTonder who it "vtiti In Warsaw
who got so excited .about the ball
game 'at Rockingham, that they got
OO' the wrong road and Went to
South Carolina! However they dla
' covered their mistake in time to
get to the ball game on timei I
suppose r just - about halt .ff the
James Kenan school district will be
in Goldsboro Friday night to see
our boys play Ayden, It will be an
exciting gittie and We are aU "rooO
-, tog' for you, boys!
?r,Q' ' BAZAAR -.' . '
, i The Kenansville .Methodist Chu
rch will have a Bazaar on the Bth
of December in the fellowship hall
' '.of the church; Many lovely Christ
, . mas gifts will be oa, sale. On the
. stme day from 5:00 P, M . . until
Z 7-30 P, M. they iwlll serve a turkey
" ''i dinner Tickets are on sale now, so
buy your ticket as no tickets will
A be sold at the door.' Mark this date
' il en your; aleWax,$; r r-
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. , ' ' TURKEY SHbOT .1
, , An all da turkey' Shoot will be
- , held at the Lesion Hut at Maxwell's
(?-(' Mill on , Saturday ? November 19.
, - iThls shoot is snonsored by the Ame
V tican fcegiott Pois,t H4Sft.lbJ,';
THANKSGIVING DANCE .
The Business and ' Professional
r. Women of Vjfarsaw will again spon
sor their annual Thanksgiving Dan
,ce on November 13 from nine until
' one o'clock.. The dance will be held
in the Warsaw Armory' and the
music will be by TheMelody Mas-
ters under the .directioa of Walter
CHPope;
;'Sutcumbs
' As we go to prtss we ' have
' Jwat learned el the dcat( of -fcV
"t H. Pope, .popular ; agrlcaltare;
f. 1 teacher at " the f James Keaan'
-' ' Behoof We have not leame alf r
I el the'pBrtlrulars, bnt funeral
. services will be held- Friday ,
aileraMa la the Methedlsi Chu :k.
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SALE
Jlak 'aad Jenk sale at George
Clark's Ehepplng Center Ia '
Warsaw en ,. Friday ' aftrrnoen .
'Sad all day Saturday. Every
thing from f.;ri ' -e to . pits '
and pans for sale, f . annorrd by.
Warsaw McihodWt Parsonage
Cemiml'fee. If yoa have Items
a 1 t j will be happy to ' k
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V COUNTY 4-H CHAMPIONS IN DIFFERENT PROJECTS who will
' receive a trip to 4-H Camp next summer are: ( From left to right
front row) Emily and Annette Sloan of Chinquapin, wieners in Eiec
trie project; Beverly Grady, B. F Arady, Beautification of home
;,' grounds; Linda Grady, B. F. -Grady, Home Improvement- Jov
James, East Carolina College, Home Economics. ( Back row) Gail
" Grady, B. F. Grady, Home Management; Glenn Williams, B. F.
-'Grady, Swine and Beefand most outstanding boy; Evelyn Wilklns,
s Wallace Rose Hill. food preparation; Polly James, Easat Carolina Col-
leee achievement and leadership. Absent when the picture was made
. were Joha Steve Wilkins, 'Wallace-Rose Hill, field crops; Janice
Maready, diirtquapin. Garden; Mike Goodson, Duke University, boy
achievement; Mary Alice Thomas', James Kenan, clothing.
4-Hchievemenf
"The Duplin County 4-H Clubs
Achievement Day. program was
held on November 12 at the Kenan
Auditorium in Kenansville. 300. ex
hibits: were displayed in the auditor
tium and the blue ribbon exhibitors
of which 'there were 80, will go to
Wilmington on Saturday, November
tt to take part in the 9-Cbunty Hon
or Program which is sponsored by
thfr Wilmington Staff:. : , liK.- '
" The program at HCenan Auditor
ium began at 2:00 en Saturday with
Organised Recreation. At 4:w i
Kouatywide picnic was held in the
JBhool lunchroom. Vesper Prograir
s, conducted, at 3:00. by the Oak
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The cost and means ofdwtamlns
the money was 'die subject f dis
cussion at a general meeting of, the
Town of BeulaviUe on November 14
Beulaville has recently installed an
adequate, water system to take care
of the growing town and now they
need a city sewerage system.
Mayor G. S. Muldmw gave the re
port and stated that the cast of the
system would be (284,000: Joe Cos
tin, county Sanitary inspector, was
present at the meeting and made a
short talk on the necessary require
menU. Costin has been working
with the Mayor and Town Commis
sioners on this project for quite
some time.
On a unanimous vote of the group
attending, it was decided to investi
gate to see if bonds could be sold,
to contact the Local Government
Commission for approval, and then
decide on -a date for a bond elec
tion, v .
57 white residents and 18 colored
of Beulaville were present for the
meeting. The mayor, and commis
sioners expressed thanks to the
group for their fine - cooperation, v
4 Brady Lee Tew-HS of the Rose
Hill sect'nvi was charged .Wednes
day with .lairgulary -fn connection
with several ' breakiris ?, last ; week
throughout the County. : ! .
plin SheTiff Ralph. MUler indi
cated today that investigation Is
ntinuing in the case and that
ere is " a possibility", that ethers
ire Jnvoived.V h hi ' ""'vtofi ' f.
Sheriff .Miller said Tew bad ad
mitted : selling "some cigarettes"
which investigation revealed were
Vpossibily" part of the loot taken
in the breakins, but" that Tew, had
net admitted where ha:got,tlw'clg
arettes. r
Mrs, GraveVann, -case worker of
the Duplia County Welfare Depart
ment, was presented 4 20 years'
wvice certificate Manday in Ral
eigh, at a meeting of the Welfare
Institute. - fs.:l"-i'. ' '.
Mere than 500 people attended the
2 day meet in Raleigh,' which is the
41st annual public welfare institute.
Dr.; Winston, State Welfare Com
missioner, said the chief purpose of
the institute is "to help bring to Die
people -up-to-date, development on
welfare programs and to strengthen
welfare admlmstratioa." ; . , . v -.
Krs. Vann has been a casV work
er in Dur' n County for more than
10 years. i...e lives in CHnton. -
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tid?e Club which was a most eff
ective program rsii? the Bible and
a cross as the theme
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TfmesT.o print
Earlyg ticket Wisek
The ; Dapim V Thnes wlH be
printed early next week be-
j cause of Thanksglviag.
It has been the policy of The
Pwplto.TiWes to prart each
,ear eni Tjesday befOKiThank
UJn JsLerder that eatoieyeM
tune as pesswie wnn tav W'-3.B? aireeis were t-ru wiu pw
llefdurbijr the ThaaJksghria
'ebseWaacfSb.j'-- 'io'Sw'Vr'
All advertising aad news mart
be la the Dwlin Tunes office
ot later thasfc..! p. at. on Mon
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'., WINNING FLOAT at the annual Veterans Day
celebration held' fh Warsaw last Friday This float
sponsored by the Warsaw Jaycees with' the theme
''World-Peace thru World Law" ' was the float
which, carried Miss North Carolina through the. 12
. 'j A'. .::... : CAN. LEGION iCF i:;8,; Wartha
Arm Joies of Ci: 'on Wss crowned by Miss North..
CarsUna at t: a Annual Veterans Dry celebration ha
Congressman-Elect Henderson Names
Charles VhifFey Administrative Asst.
i Third District Congrsm"n-Elect
David N. Henderson of Wallace to
day announced t e appointment of
Mount Olive attfmey, Charles O.
Whitley, to serve ts his-' administra
tive assistant Whitley, 84, is a na
tive of Si!r City end'-has practic
ed law in Mount Olive since 1930.
. Active in political affairs, Whitley
iving
Services iov. 20-24
The annual Interdenominational
Thankssiv!ng services of Kenans
ville will be held this year in the
Presbyterian church from Sunday.
November 20 to Thursday Novem
ber 24. Sunday through Wednesday
there will be night services at 7:30
P. M. .Thursday morning at 10:00
V M ty:e Thanksgiving services
wi'l conclude the series of 'meet
ings. Rev. Lauren Sharpe of the Pap
'ist Church, Rev. Tom House of the
Methodist Church and Rev. Richard
Iolshouser of the Presbyterian Chu--ch
will con(Hict the services. There
wi'l be special rri'sic at each ser
vice with the three church choir
partcipating.
T" theme for the Thanksgiving
r-vires !j "T.ie Crs: c! Thanks-
vixi'..
Davis Gets Ride
Making good his premise to
Tom Davis, of Pink Hill that be
would take him for a ride en a
wheelbarrow should Jack Ken
nedy win the election for presld
dent ef the V. S., Bill TyndaU
of the A. It. C. Store In Pink
Hill.' headed a parade with Mr.
Davis aboard. The parade mar-ched-
from the tows' Esse Sta
tion to the wlrnet borne ef
Htghwew H at about 12:10 P.
lew Mjss PnUy Westbwek. also
1 got m trtV rUd tlk the baek f
Mr. Democrs', the donkey -with
Carol Stroud. Bneada Bee
tle and Paul Howar at the '
rents. '
s.' 'to 14,000 spectators In Warsaw for the occasion. Se
cond place winner in the float was the , Warsaw PTA
. and third place winner was Sutton's Gas and Ap-
pliance Co. '
is a member cf the Wayne County
Democratic Executive Committee
md chairman cf the Mount Olive
?recinct Committee. He served as
''own Attorney for the Town of Mt
Olive from 1951 to 1959.. He is a
veteran of World War II and a
graduate of Wake Forest College
and the Wake Forest School of Law.
Whitley is married to the former
Audrey Kornegay of Warsaw and
ias two children.
In commenting on the appoint
ment Congressman-Elect Henderson
said, "I am confident that Mr
Whitley is well qualified to seVve
the people of the Third Congres
sional District in this staff position
we expect to make every effort to
:nsure that continuity and efficiency
f the Congressional office. The
standards of prompt and effictive
(o I aiied on bak)
Louis Davis Dies
Saturday From
Wreck Injuries
Louis Davis, 65, of route 2, Beu
' iville, died Saturday around 12:4
-i. m. in Duplin General Hospital,
Kcransviile. ficrn injuries received
n an ascident Friday around 11:45
m. s'x miles cast of Beulaville on
''".Y.vay T4.
Patrolman T. A. Bryan said to
day that Nicholas E. Osborne, Ne
gro, 68, of Jacksonville, has been
charged with manslaughter and
reck'?ss driving connection with
Davis' death.
According to Bryan, Divis and
Webb Hardison 39, also' of route 2
Beulaville, were riding in a cart pul
led by a mule on the highway when
Osborne attempted to pass the
mule and. cart in face of oncoming
Lraffic Osborne attempted to pull
back ir.to the. rijrht lane and struct
At mule anoV'carU causing U to
'Epjrn. Both Dai and Hardison
Vurthrown from the cart onto the
highway.' .p.
i Osborne wni( given a hearing be
fore Magistrate O. S. Muldrow, of
Beulaville, and bound over to Dup
lin Superior Court on manslaughter
and reckless driving charges.
Warsaw on Friday . :'X First runner Up was Miss
Wallace-Rose Hill, Cweo Rouse; and third runner
up was Miss North Duplin, Betty Gay Herring, i
Jovemlier 20 IsDDD Day"lri Duplfo
Sunday, November 20, is to be
"D. D. D. Day" in Warsaw, Beula
ville, Falson, Kenansville, Rose Hill
and Wallace - "Direct Distance Dial
ing Day," that is. On this day an
exciting new service will be inau
gurated enabling telephone subscri
bers in these six exchanges to dial
most of their own station-to-station
long distance calls without placing
them with an operator.
W. Y. Vann, Warsaw, local mgr.
for Carolina Telephone, said that
beginning at 2:01 a. m. Sunday local
telephone subscribers may dial
their own distance calls to points in
North Carolina and across the na
tion. A special direct distance dialing
directory has been sent to tele
phone subscribers in these towns.
This directory contains instructions
for using customer long distance
dialing, places that may be dialed,
and codes for dialing them. In addi
tion, a special instruction folder
concerning this service has been
sent to subscribers.
The m.-maeer said that starting
Sunday local telephone users for
the first time will be able to span
the nation with a few spins of their
dials.
The r stnMishmcrt of a standard
z?d, nationwide telephone number
ing system and intricate new equip
ment has made D. D. D. possible
and marks an important milestone
in communications progress, the
manager pionted out.
This new customer long distance
dialing is being installed to provide
faster and more efficient telephone
services in this area. Vann said. It
Duplin County Chosen For Study Of
"Natural History Of Dental Diseases"
Duplin County has been chosen as
one of the few counties for the
study of "Natural History of Dental
Diseases which is to be made by
.he Division of Oral Hygiene, in
ooperaMon with the Department of
Public Health of the University oif
North Carolina. Work is now-being
done in the county on this-sstudy.
A stratified random sample of
North Carolina households has been
selected, and the study plan calls
for local and State public health
dentists to visit these households
and to give complete dental exami
nations to all members of each
Pink Hill Banker
Sentenced 10 Years
Robert F Holt, former Pink Hill
banker, charged with misappropria
ting a total of $97,317.32 over a per
iod of several years from the Pink
Hill branch of the First Citizens
Bank and Trust Co., was sentenced
'o 10 years in federal prison on em
bezzlement charges. Judge Alger
non L. Butler, Jr., Federal Judge,
sentenced him during the opening
session of Eastern District Federal
Court in Wilson.
Charges grew from man investiga
tion conducted following an audit
of the bank's records earlier in the
year. Holt confessed to mishandl
ing the bank's funds, when he was
faced by the FBI agent, according
to the agent's report.
John G. Dawson, a Kinston attor
ney representing Holt, told the
Court that his client had in no way
benefitted from the misappropria
ted funds. The money was used to
cover notes that were due from
friends of Holt and checks for
which there were insufficient funds:
Holt is alleged to have forged 26
notes, withheld 14 savings account
ledger sheets, and withheld cash
in five instances.
During the period from October
25, 1959 to March, 1960 he was char
ged with misappropriating $86,533.-
71; with makiag false entry in the
bank's record involving $500 on
January 20, i960; and with making
false entry on the - balance sheet
and saviags account ledger sheets
involving $10,283.61 on March 23,
1960.
Holt said the money was used to
"cover" checks and notes for fri
ends. Some of the money has been
paid to the bank, it was testified by
the FBI agent.
Holt has been living in Pink Hill
for the past 20 years aad has been
and outstanding citizen in the town.
Sub-District '
Meet In Clinjfon .
Kenansville Sub-dis'trict ' of (he
Woman's Society of Christian Ser
vice will hold their fall meeting
Jointly with the Clinton subdistrict
on Wednesday, Nov. 23, at the First
Methodist Church in Clinton. Regis
ration will begin at 9:30 and the
meeting at 10:00 A. M.
. Miss Louise Nichols a Field work
er from New York City will be the
speaker. ' '. : -. v -.:
Due to the fact that "this is the
day before, Thanksgiving each lady
hi asked to take a sandwich for
hinca and the . hostess church' will
ba-respoasible far drinks
is part of a long-range program of
the telephone Industry which even
tually will permit any telephone
user to dial diretcly most station-to-staion
calls to any other subscri
ber in the United States or Canada.
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FIRST PLACE WINNER OF DUPLIN COMMUNITY DEVELOP
MENT CLUBS was Potters Hill Community. Above is shown. Corbet
Quinn, president of the Potters Hill Club, accepting the cup from.
Henry Rivenbark of the Wallace FCX. Between Rivenbark and Quinn
is Dr. Brooks James, Dean of Agriculture at State College, who was
speaker at the awards program on Monday night. On the right is
George Cowan, MC for the evening and president of the Duplin Com
munity Development Clubs.
household visited.
In addition to the dental examina
tions, a questionnaire will be used
to obtain data regarding various
biological and social characteristics
Of the household members
""WhilethereW a vafo amouk jf
data in the literature on dental dis
eases, particularly dental caries in
school-age children, very little of
teontinueO on tutckj
Volunteer Firemen
Have Instructions
Duplin County volunteer firemen
will receive instruction in fireman
ship at a new school sponsored by
the State Board of Education in co
operation with the State Insurance
Department. Classes began in Rose
Hill and Chinquapin last week.
Other county fire departments will
have the instruction as soon as the
course is completed there
Operated through the Goldsboro
Industrial Educaion Center, the
firemanship school is a part of the
North Carolina public school sys
tem and is under the supervision of
County Superintendent O. P. John
son, of Kenansville. Instruction is
free of charge to all qaulified mem
bers of the fire department in the
communities affected.
Keith Phillipi, Jacksonville fire
chief, is the instructor for both
classes.
The Rose Hill classes will be con
ducted in the vocational building at
the Rose HiH Elemnetary School
and the Chinquapin classes are be
ing conducted in the vocational
building at Chinquapin High School
on Monday and Wednesday even
ings respectively.
Chief Phillippi attended the fire
manship training schools in Mary
land, Oklahoma and several other
places. He has been certified to
teach the course by the State De
partment of Public Instruction.
Interest in the course is high and
a full attendance is expected. Per
sons interested in further informa
tion about the instruction should
communicate with Superintendent
Johnson.
Farmers And Farm
Laborers Note!
Farmers needing tenants, share
c ropers, farm wage hands, tractor
and truck drivers, dairy hands, or
my other type of farm workers,
should contact Herbert E. Thigpen,
?arm Labor Representative for this
irea, at one of the following itin
erant points:
Monday
1:00 9:00 A. M., Employment Sec
urity Offiee, Goldsboro. N. C
1:00-11:45 A. M.. Chase's Steae,
Eureka, N. C.
Tuesday
3:00 9:00 A. M., Employment Sec
trity Office, Goldsboro, N. C.
tl:00 - 11:45 A. M County Agent's
Office. Kenansville, N. a : ; '
Wednesday , ;
1:00 1:00 A. M., Employment Sec
urity Office Goldsboro, N. C , .
11:00 - -11:45 A. M.. Calvin Mercer's
Store. Cabin, N- C. J. :l. :. ( w
Oa Bask
Conversion of the six local
changes to direct distance
has required a cons truci ton and et
pansion program involving the ex
penditure of more than $140,000 bj
the telephone company.
Williams To Speak
On Tobacco Friday
Joe R. Williams, Director of the;
Tobacco Divisioa in the Commodity
Stabilization Service, Washington.
D C, will speak at Kenansvffla
High School, Kenansville. oa Fri
day, November IS. at 8:0O P M.
William. will discuss th .Fhw
cured Tobacco situation, both dow
estic and foreign. Williams is a na
tive North Carolinina. He has has!
many years experience wiirl tag
with tobacco, and is well qualified
to bring the latest information a
the over-ail tobacco situation.
The Duplin County Farm Cms
is sponsoring Williams' visit to Dap
lin County. LeRoy Simmons, Presi
dent of the Duplin County Farm
Bureau, cordially invites all toba
cco growers, warehousemen, and
allied interests to be present to
hear Williams. Tobacco being so
important to the economy of Dup
lin and surrounding counties. Sim
mons especially invites everyone
interested in tobacco from the ad
joining counties to be present.
Group Voles For
Consolidation
The County Board of Education
held a hearing last night in the Beu
laville School Auditorium on the
proposed consolidation of the high
schools at Beulavilel, B. F. Grady,
and Chinquapin. The meeting WW
well advertised and approximately
135 interested citizens attended.
A. P. Cates, Chairman of the The
County Board of Education, calM
the meeting to order and aekea
Reverend Reid Erwin to lead na
prayer. Cates then stated the par
pose of the meeting and urged each
person present to feel free to exv
prgss himself whether he lavarea
the proposed consolidation or not as
it was the purpose of the County
Board of Education to hear every
one who cared to express himself
Contlnurfl n Back
Week Of Industry '
Appreciation
WHEREAS, the industries of Dup
lin County make a substantial eou
tribution to the economy af the
county, by employing citizens of the
county, by buying items grown ear
produced in the county, and hjr
paying taxes to help support i
services, and
WHEREAS, the efforts to
age the location of additional
dustry ia the county at times
appear to overshadow the m
butioa now being made by erhning
industry; and
WHEREAS. Luther H. Hodges.
Governor of North Carolina., has
proclaimed the week of Novesnber ;
28 to December S, 1950, as Industry
Appreciation Week throughout Nor
th Carolina: ' ' "
r NOW THEREFORE BE IT PRO
CLAIMED by the Board of Chanty ,
Commissioners ; of " -DupBn Cauaty,
North" Caroline, that: the week t
November 2S to December 3. 196.
will be Industry Appreciatioa week
In Duplin County, thereby providing;
an opportunity for officials and Cit
izen ta express appreciation tx.
I ( Chadae' Ca-rue. y .