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--.il v 1 ' - VOLUME XXVIH No. 3 KENANS VILLE, NORTII CAROLINA, j v - THURSDAY-JANUARY 19, 1961. SUBSCRIPTION KATES IU1Hi la DtutlUt an 4u- OsevNes eeJ ratable Ihla m C M-M ttM N. 0. PllCE TEN CENT - BQDEFS' .1 V. 1Li hr- m . , Contract. NBy-15296, Fueling Facility, -Naval Air Station, Harvey Point, North Carolina Con- - tractor, A. J. Jenkins and Son, Incorporated was Awarded a certificate of appreciation " for their wort (left o right-Cdr. I. L. Herringv CEC, USN, Assistant- DPWO for Construction, Fifth.-Naval Rep; Henderson Makes First Major Speech As Member ' Rep. David N. Henderson, mak ing his first major speech since taking the oath of '"office as a member of Congress, declared in New Bern last night that "national and individual survival is, our grea test single CM)cern.' ' Speaking before the Chamber of Commerce, Henderson also outline his views on -what he referred to as the "five-point must program of domestic legislation proposed by President-elect Kennedy. ' :-i . , He voiced favor for federal aid to education provided federal aid can be obtained v without federal control, but added "if we have to accept-any significant federal con trols to get this federal aid,, we are in mv ODinion selling ourbirw v("thtight "fopamess t oltagfc' j. .nepeaung . Ma -eaf uer fiwimni on medical care for the aged, fie stated that he would favor such,. program to be tied into the Social Security 1 program provided "ft would not affect the fiscal sound ness of Social Security. i j On the proposal to increase the federal minimum wage, the Con gressman indicated that " a seg ment of American business and in dustry probably can and should in crease the wages paid to its em ployees,'. He stated, however, that In his opinion,- many small busi ness and industries in eastern North Carolina simply could Hot afford higher wages and that too high wages m certain areas had been a contributing factor in creat ing widespread , unemployment in these areas.. .v o-v-;-:''. In the past few weeks approxi mately M people have visited the County Agent's office to get infor ' matipn on producing turkish - Aro : ' mat'ic tobacco in Duplin County. A Farmer in Duplin County pro- duced about one-half acre of tur j kish tobacco in 1956, but it was of ' very poor quality and be could not sell it. It would be very difficult to produce good quality turklsh to , bacco on the soils of Duplin Coun ' ty. I recently wrote to R. E Crouse,. Extension Aromatic Toba cco Specialist,' to see if any new variety or cultural practices had been developed which would make . it possible to grow -'turklsh tobacco ' of a satisfactory quality ' in the Coastal Plains of North Carolina. The following is a copy of his let , ter wich I hope will clear up the situation on fine possibility of grow ing turkish tobacco in Duplin Cou- . ' ' ." v'' January 15, 1961. Dear Mr. Reynolds: f Nothing has happened or chang ed to make it possible for Aromatic ::r 51:11 f ' . est Mi" Lr t dfl. 1 s: - i a 1 Of Congress Mr. Henderson spoke wryly of the term depressed area' and de clared that he considered commer cial fishermen in the Third Con gressional District to be as much in need of help as West Virginia coal miners of Pennsylvania steel workers "I should much prefer to think and act in terms of de pressed SITUATIONS rather than depressed AREAS ' , he commen ted. , , Commenting on -the many Civil Rights proposals now before the Congress, - The. Congressman stated a be lief in equal rights for all citizens, but added that SOCIAL accep tance of person of other . races (which I am - Dresuaded is - the real .goal of .thVatvcallad 'liberalJXBie, m RalehKhJWTwapj; in this field) -is a matter" for the individual conscience.',' '?: -sHe praised the job done fat ehe past by the ' House Un-Amertcan Activities Committee i and the House Rules Committee, and indi cated that he did not look with favor on pending proposals to a bolish the Un-American Activties Committee and strip the Rules Committee of its traditional func tions...' -v-vV,,' 5 -. I - .Graham A. Barden, Henderson's predecessor, came in for a pat on the back -when Henderson praised Barden'a efficient manner of hand ling personal requests of consti tuents, and pledged himself and his staff to attempt to carry oil In the Barden tradition" in this phase of congressional activity. in tobacco to be- produced profitably on the Coastal Plain soils. The spotted areas which may appear suited are not in sufficient acre age to make it practical in any of the Coastal Counties I have beer in. It is much harder under the best of conditions , there to ap proach the quality which we pro luce on the Piedmont and, Moun tain soils. The clay here lsr cer tainly different from your clays. The only difference is oominf! from , some newspaper articles which should not have gone tr papers in your area. I regret that this has been over played in this manner. I believe we would be do ing a turner an injustice to fur nish seed and give any encourage ment where the soils are against him getting into production on a business like basis It is certainly hard enough to get' this crop going in the Western Piedmont and Mountain areas where we have no flue-cured competition. This crop, Aromatic1 tobacco conflicts , with flue-cured labor at harvest, in ad dition to one-third more labor re quirement during that period. As to' the seed distribution, the company furnishes the seed to the County Agents through me. They are, only furnished to the growers you and I approve of . as having suitable soils and other conditions which are favorable for producing a desirable and usable product for the tra ?. From past experience, we would have about one out of two dozen- cases in your part r f t' state ty even f-ron-h a fcitr- (;. ' CTr 1 V ' : V 'J, ft 1" "t. iiidUict, A.. J. demiiiis, Mrs. jenkini; Capt & K. Wilson, CEC, USN, Deputy District Public' Works Officer, Fifth Naval District, and C A. Goodwyn. Director, Construction Division, DPWO FIFTH-NAV.DIST.) Trial & Error Quite a number of people from Duplin are attending Inauguration in Washington tomorrow. Two A. C, L. cars have been reserved for Duplin and will leave Wallace1 to night and return Saturday mora ine. From, the sound of the wea ther report, Jihey may bring some snow home with tnem. one cer tain, man in Duplin said that his wife was the,, only woman' who came back for the Governor's In auguration without a cold, and t that was because she was the only. ped in fin. I suppose m Washing ton this week, the city will be drip ping with Junk Stoles and every kind 01 new bat style m creation, You should visit J. B. Stroud's farm and see the twin calves.. I believe J B. said they were White- face Hereford ( I am not too well versed on which kind of cattle is which), But these little calves are "down right"- pretty. They have red curly hair? and white faces, vaA are Identical. Their mother's name is Candy and the children named the twins 'Sugar" and Sy rup". Here's the story of the "Old Tram Road" written by Mrs. Oar- rie Scott of the Scotts Store sec tion.,",' ..''. 'How the name "Old Tram Road' Originated In 1905 Natham O'Berry, presi dent of Enterprise Lumber Com pany came to Mt. Olive and erect ed a saw mill in the southern part -f town.- Later his son t-Thomas O'Berry became a partner in the business. Timber was Bought from i number 01 land owners in uns- on and Wolf scrape Townships of 3uplin County. Henry Brown" was superinten dent of the logging. A right-of-way was secured from property owners and surveyed to build a railroad for conveying the 'imber to "O'Berry's Mill" at ML Olive. : :'". ' The railroad extended from the mill at Mt.; Olive,--practically a straight course east . by Scott's Store, to' what is now number 11 highway hear B, F. Grady School, a distance of approximately 18 miles. Many short lines wens bran ched from the main railway to reach different tracts of timber . Two or three locomotives were used to transport logs to the mm. Many times fourteen to thirty cars of logs were carried at one trip. , The logging was finished by 1920 when the company moved out In a few years about 1927 and 1928 the citizens of the community cleared away rubbish from "Tram Road" in preparation for a dirt road. Lat er they received aid . from the county, dirt road was used tor travel until 1950 when it was hard surfaced by Sam Findley Construc tion company during Gov, . Kerr Scott's administration. The "Old Tram Road' it 'How rural (highway number 1500. : f: TUs is "facts' not "fiction" STILL DESTROYED A 4 t x c--. -r kr' r 'i v is i 2 V . RED CROSS MEET The semi-annual Red Cross meet ing of the Duplin County Chapter will be held in the Chapter house at Kenansville on Friday night, Jan. 27, at 7:30 P. M. William E. Craft, Chairman urges all officers to please attend and bring eome- !one with you. HDC COUNTY COUNCIL The Home Demonstration Coun ty Council will hold its regular meeting, January 26, at the Agri cultural Building in Kenansville at 2:30 P. M. This is an Important business meeting. Cedar Fork Club ; is in charge of refreshments and Rockfish the devotional. HOSPITAL AUXILIARY A meeting of the Hospital Auxi liary will be held on Thursday, January 26, at 3:00 P. M. in the staff room of the hospital. Every one is invited and urged to attend. Anyone interested in working with the auxiliary, attend this meeting. STEAK SUPPER The Magnolia Civic Club is spon soring a country style steak supper on January 27, at the Magnolia School Lunch room. The supper will be given to the Polio Drive. Proceeds from this supper are to given to the Polio Drice. WARSAW JAYCEES The Warsaw Jaycees invite you to drive by the Stop Light in War saw on Sunday afternoon, January 22, between the hours- of 2:00 and 4:00. The Jaycees are helping with the March of Dimes Drive and will be at the stop light to greet each and everyone . . GOSPEL SING A Gospel Sing will be held at the Junior. High School Auditorium in Warsaw on Friday night, January 27, at 8:00 P. M. The 'Sing" spon sored? by the Pentecostal holiness Church invites everyone interested in sing to come and join the fun. No admision will be charged. The Dixie Quartet of Clinton, along with many others, will be present for the occasion. Bobby Brown and Kenneth Vjlliams To Short Course Bobby Brown, of Magnolia, and Kenneth Williams, of Pink Hill, will represent Duplin County at the. annual two-week agricultural short course at N. C. State College beginning January 30. Vernon H . Reynolds, Duplin County Agent, said today the all expense paid short course is spon sored by the Bankers of Duplin Co. In order to qualify for the short course, a man had to be a high school graduate who did not in tend attending college and who was going to or . is making farming his livelihood. Pruitt In Finals For Scholarship Carl G. Pruitt . of Chinquapin High School was among the six finalists for the much-sought More head Scholarships to the Univer sity of North Carolina. The six were chosen on January 14 at Elizabethtown from 24 can didates of the 14 Southeastern cou nties, and will appear with 36 oth ers before the central scholarship committee In Chapel Hill on Feb ruary 24-25. ' Those chosen by the central committee will be inter viewed by the trustees of the More- head Foundation on March 6-7 for the final awards. Carl is the son of Priscipal and Mrs, R. L. Pruitt Chinquapin. f.lns I Cor.ruii Jeofail The March' of Dimes Is on its way. Saturday night in the Coffee Shop in Warsaw, the Kick-off meet ing was held for the Drive. . Mrs. O. p. Drew, county chair man of the Drive, extended greet ings to officers and committeemen from t$e various communities who were present. Vice-chairman, Mrs. Christine Williams, Treasurer, P. E Kretsch. spoke briefly to the gref p Rev R. H. Kelly of the Bear Marsh E.-'ptist Church introduced fc's trotl f from Wilminrton, who II ' ' ' -1 ty p of ftwea st t e e;e of ZX Mr. ; wni the ' 't with ... j By Paal Berwick One rape and murder case, three hood be one of the. most sensa separate murders and two man' tional trials held in Duplin County slaughter cases are on the Superior in many years. Court Criminal calendar which be- Boykin is charged with the rape gins Monday, January 23. murder of Mrs. Lena T. Barnes, a The rape-murder trial of Theo- white lady, of Rose Hill, on Ohris dore Boykin, 31, Negro, . of the mas Eve. He is charged with break A. J. Jenkins And Son, Inc. Awarded Cerfif. Appreciation-Harvey Point Work K. J. Jenkins, President of the ,C E C, USn. A. J. Jenkins & Son, Inc., on Dec- ember fifth, 1960 received in the offices of the Public Works Officer of the Fifth Naval District. Nor folk, Virginia, a certificate of ap preciation in recognition for their work on the Harvey Point con tract at Hertford, North Caorlina. The certificate reads as follows: Department of the Navy, Bureau of Yards and Docks, District Public Works Officer, Fifth Naval District presents this certificate of appre ciation to A. J. Jenkins and Son, Inc., .Warsaw, North Carolina, in recognition of exemplary fulfil ment of a Bureau of Yards and Docks contract for fueling Facili ty at the U. S Naval Air Station, Harvey Point, North Carolina. Date 5 December, 1960 Signed H. B. Jones, Radm. H. B. Jones, Raymond Stone Participate In Program Annual Dist. 5 Meet At Wallace-Rosehill Raymond A. Stone of Raleigh will participated on the program at the annual meeting of District Five N. C. Stite School Boards Associa tion, to be held on , Wednesday February 1 at Wallace-Rose , Hill High School in Duplin County., A-former member of the Wallace ,lftShv School faculty, Mr. Jone now eft as-executive secretary ot the ' North Carolina Citizens Committee for Better Schools and is a local unit consultant for the Curriculum Study in the state. Stone is to appear at the after noon session which begins with re gistration at 3:30 p. m. He will make a ' brief challenge address prior to the beginning of the dis cussion groups which are to be held from 4:45 to 6:15. The theme of the discussion groups will center on the topic: 'Quality Education! Our First Con cern for Youth." Twenty outstand ing leaders from the six counties in the district are to be in charge of the discussions. Others who will appear on the program include: Governor Terry Sanford, Lt. Gov. H. Cloyd Phil pott of Lexington, Speaker-to-be of the N. C. House of Representatives Joseph Hunt of Greensboro, Dr, Duplin HD County Council To Have Meeting Jan. 26 The Duplin County Home Denv onstration Club County will hold a meeting on January 26, in Ken ansville, at the Agriculture Build ing at 2:30 p. m. "This is a very important meet ing, 'Mrs. Mae Spicer, Home Agent said. "We would like for as many Home Demonstration women as possile to attend this meeting. All Club women and especially Club officers are urged to attend the meeting . Committee appointments for the year will be made at this Council I ' Meeting. sive process. Mrs, R. H. Westbroek was at the meeting with her young daughter who bad been born with a birth defect, which through the aid of medical science and research had been corrected. . ; Mr. McGee, Polio Field Repre sentative of Raleigh, spoke to the group explaining the value of the drive. He pointed out that the re search and care was not in Polio alone but also in the field of birth defects and Arthritis and Rheu matism, 231(000 children are born f eh year with birth defects. Mc s showed the film "The Bridge ". yn", a heartbreaking but en T f - f tl e wo! Sc la the : f ? r -i f v ' ns cf , : ; i r l i 'W.a- 0J Dimes Drive On In Homed Rose Hill section, will in all likeli- Jenkins and his employees arc justly proud of this recognition in as much as only four of these awards were made by the Fifth Naval District for the current year. The Fifth Naval District handles millions of dollars of construction contracts dealing with hundreds of contractors. The amount of the Harvey Point contract for which the recognition was given to Jenkins amounted to one million eight hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars. A. J. Jenkins 1 Son, Inc., at pre sent are working on contracts for the U. S. Engineers at Fort Bragg, Seymour Johnson Air Facility and State of North Carolina, Raleigh, North Carolina. These contracts to taling approximately $750,000 Dallas Herring of Rose Hill, W W. Sutton of Goldsboro and Lewis H. Swindell, Jr. of Chapel Hill. Several members of the State Board of Education are expected to be among the more than 350 edu cational leaders and lay persons who will be in attendance. District Five includes the, county and city administrative school, units in the counties of Brunswick, Duplin, New Hanover, Pender, Sampson, and Wayne. The closing banquet begins at 6:30, and adjournment follows at 8:15. Two Small Stills Destroyed In Duplin County Two small Liquor Stills were de stroyed in Duplin County Monday by Sheriff's Deputies. Deputy Rodney Thigpen destroy ed a 50-gallon still near Mount Olive. It was a submarine type still Graham Chestnutt destroyed a cooper type still, 50-gallon capa city in Warsaw .township Monday. No one was caught, but two Ne gro men were seen running from the still and got away from offic ers. No arrests have been made. Mrs Sackett Heads Lenoir Draft Bd. Mrs, Emogene Smith Sackett of Pink Hill, N. C. has been promoted to the position of clerk of Lenoir County Draft Board due to the re signation of the present clerk. The appointment will become effective January 23, 1961. Mrs. Sackett has worked with Selective Service since June 1959, as Assistant Clerk of Lenoir County. She is a native of Pink Hill, is married to Fred L. Sackett who is an employee of Cas well School. They have two child ren. Mrs. Sackett graduated from B. F. Grady High School and Louis- burg College. Duplin In Districts eriala for the drive to the following chairmen: - B. F. Grady Latham A. Wiggins, and Franklin Quiim Buelavllle'BiU Cutler ' Chinquapin Mrs Gene Sanderson Kenansville Mrs. Oscar L. Red wine. . . . . Magnolia Mrs. Corbett L. Quinn. .North East Roland James. Potters Hut - Mrs. Ellis Quinn. Rose Hill - W. P. Hubbard Teach ey - Mrs. A. C Kenan.' , Wallace . Mrs. O. S. Hall , Warsaw - Sinclair Newman. - Wolfscrape - Mr jmd Mrs. Willis Outlaw. . , ': J' :.; -. Rev. R. H. Kelly, .. ... Russell Brook. .- - . r' - Chairman - Windsor John- Sv"' . - - r. v. r- - ing and entering her home and waiting until she arrived from a Christmas shopping trip. When she arrived home, he is alleged to have hit her over the head with a 'poker", rape her, then dragging her to the basement where he shot her with a 32 caliber pistol. Lot Chasten, 31, Negro, is char ged with the murder of Herman I Carroll. Nearo. at Jerrv Teachev's I Store on November 29, 1960. He is charged with shooting him with a shotgun. Tom Jeff Hall, Negro, 49, will face a murder charge in the deatti of Venson Hayes, a Mississippi Ne gro, on the night of December 12, 1960, about one mile south of Sar-ecta. Wheel, Tire and Hub Caps Stolen From Reynolds Car: Other Thefts Reported One wheel and tire and four hub caps were removed from a Ply mouth belonging to Vernon Rey nolds while it was parked at Ken an Memorial Auditorium Tuesday night . When the Reynolds family retur ned to their car after the basket ball game, the tire and wheel and hub caps were missing. Sheriff Ralph Miller said today that no finger prints were taken. "We tried to get some finger prints, but none were there.' Several such auto parts thefts have been recorded in Duplin County of late Sheriff Miller said that most of the thefts around the County" are occurring at basket ball games while the game is in progress. "It looks like we are going to "KtLIufluLJiilLuiiJIiiMi D 7 By Joe MMimiM kajieeaiMHaSllkflll Beulaville Boys only Undefeated Team In County Conference With 5-0 Record B. F. Grady Girls And Beulaville Girls Tied For First Place In County Conference With 4-1 Records James Kenan Gives Wallace-Rose Hill Scare County Conference Standing: BOYS Won Lost Beulaville 5 0 North Duplin 3 1 Chinquapin 1 2 B. F. Grady 1 4 James Kenan 0 3 GrRLS Won Lost Beulaville 4 1 B. F. Grady 4 1 Chinquapin 1 2 North Duplin 1 3 James Kenan 0 3 BEULAVILLE: The undefeated Panther boys of Coach Billy Bostic waltzed past the B. F. Grady bas ketball boys last Friday night 67 22 in a one-sided county conferen ce contest ... if you want to call it that. It was the fifth straight vic tory in a row for the big red-and-white of Beulaville High with only three more conference games to play. The Bostic "Five" have an overall 8-1 record with the one de feat coming at the hands of power pack Wallace-Rose Hill. The girls game was really worth the trip as Bostic's lassies edged the Grady girls 40-39 in one of the most exciting girls games ever played with their country cousins. Mrs. Clarke Honored At State College The chairman of the Meredith College department of art, Ruth A. Clarke, is being honored this mon th on the North Carolina, State College campus. The Gallery Committee of the State Colelge union announces that an exhibition of her paintings will be held in the Union, and is open to the public. The show, which opened on Jan. IS, will extend thro ugh Feb. M. A native of Greensboro, Mrs. Clarke , was graduated from the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, where she ear ned her Masters degree. She also has studied at the Hans Hofman School of Fine Arts and the Art Student's League of ' New York. Her works have been included in many of the exhibits over the Uni ted States. She joined the Meredi th facu!T in 1TJJ " t'rt. I ' 9 l ved in Warsaw for r, - f ; -irs while her late ' ' r of the Pres- ColeHir Jack Williams, 41, Negro, faces murder charges in the death ot Herbert Hodges. Both men are from the Bowden section of Dup lin County. In the two manslaughter cases, Lewis Lee is charged with careless and reckless driving and manslau- -ghter in the death of Hazel Gore, near Kenansville in December. Baitie Allen Thigpen will face charges tf manslaughter in the ' death of Lawrence David Long, of near Beulaville, as the result of an accident near the Onslow-Duplin County line in December, : , Superior Court Judge Chester R. , Morris will be the presiding judge in all cases. Walter T. Britt is the -solicitor. have to put an officer on duty at all basketball games in the Coun ty, "Sheriff Miller said. "We want' this thing stopped and are going to do all that we can to see that it is stopped immediately." This thing has been going on for several years. There has not been too much so far this year, but from recent indications the thefts are picking up in number now. ' ( Last week several floor mats were stolen from automobiles while a. basketball game was in progress at Chinquapin. "We are not going to reveal any . plan which we have for catching these thieves red handed, but you can be assured we are going to be working on these thefts and are going to get them stopped if at all possible,' Sheriff Miller said.. .- Costirn In the first meeting between the two teams Grady came out on top by just two points to remain unde feated but the Beulaville Lassies turned the trick this time dropping (CONTINUED N SACK) , Norsing Asso. January Meeting District No. 27 North Carolina Nursing Association met in the home of Mrs. Barbara White Thu rsday, January 12 at 7:30 P, M. Mrs. Marcia Powell, President, presided. Committees for the year were appointed and the district di vided into sections. There are so many phases of nursing service that it has been found that better work can be done in this matter. Plans are being made for a good variety in programs for the year. After the meeting adjourned, members enjoyed a social hour a which time Mrs. White, assisted by Mrs. Hattie Register, served deli cious refreshments. There were eighteen member! present. FRANCIS OAKLET Francis Oakley 'who was inst led as Worshipful Master of V, saw Masonic Lodge No. 677, 1 week. He succeeds Claude Pom as head of' the Warsaw Lof' Oakley is a resident of Kenans' Other officers installed were: C Bostic, Senior Warden; C Quinn, Junior Warden; Jimr : ckland,' treasurer; Q J. ; secretary; Joe Co- f : -r con; Johnny Po" con; Bra !' y Kfi . Gordon V.st, Ty' A