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i : n r I VOLUME XXVIII No. 5 KENANSTILLE, NORTH CAROLINA; THURSDAY FEBRUARY 2r 1961 usaScKamcax kaxks tuts w dvu am PMCEEN CENT i tin imm an ate mtji. cs.w wiimii .'. 1 .'i t i .. -: U';.,. a is... 1 d 1. s. i- . L ! I 8- 'tat. I ft r" L si z " ' ASC FARMER OF THE YEAR' - John Kalmar, of the Faison Community, has been selected as Duplin CountyV ASC Farmer of -the Year! Here be Is standing in a field of sericea lespedeza, which . is part of the 60 acre conservation reserve practice, program he has on bis 600-acre farm, 200 of which are cleared; The eeicea lespedeza . provides wild life shelter as well as being a soil building agent i ' v " ' ," ,(,"'( Photo by Paul Berwick). Presented Award On Friday evening, January 20. Jirilliara J. ( - Bit Taylor . was J, awarded the distinguished service award for the", 'most outstanding young man of the year of -War "-saw when the Junior Chamber of ' Commerce had their annual Ladies 'Night and presentation of the D. S. A. at the Western Steak House in Goldsboro. : . -The maq to receive this award is chosen by three business men of Warsaw, whose names are undis , : closed. It can be any young man of any organization or of the town of ' Warsaw. , ' -. :t " ' Mr. Taylor is principal of the Warsaw Elementary School and '. coach of the James Kenan Central v football team, which this year won '' the North Carolina Class A cham .... pionship. " .' ''''''.: Taylor graduated from Duke tint : versity in 1930 with an AB degree and graduated from East Carolina . College in 1959 with a MA degree; While in school at Duke he played . ' both football' and baseball. , .'; The well-known, and highly re ;;. spec ted Warsaw resideflj was . -Coach , of The Year" in 1954 and 1 1961 in the East Central Confer . . ence and is coach of the East-West game to be played in Greenfboro .' in AUgUSt. 1961. -.I j o Mr. Taylor is a member jpt the Board , of Directors of th "orth - Carolina High School Offitf a As sociation and Is a membev of the - Board of Directors of -the North Caorlina High School Coaches As- r aociation. He is aformer president of ' the East Central Conference - and at present is secretary of the ' conference. He also serves as pub lic relations ' director of Duplin County Unit of the North Carolina Education Association .. ' Coach Taylor and bis family are ' members of the Warsaw Methodist Church where they all take active parts in the church activities. He is a former steward of the church and rv V :3 .Voar. For-l " M T 1 . 'R former president of the Methodist Men's Club. Mrs. Taylor is the former Mary Knottts of Hamlet. The Taylors have three lovely child ren, Hunt, Billy and Love;. Bill Taylor is a former past pres ident of the Junior Chamber of Commerce of Warsaw and a mem ber of the Masonic Lodge. Congratulations are in order and Coach Taylor is very deserving of the honor bestowed upon him. His many friends and acquaintances are' justly proud of his accomplsh ments. . r: .,- -.:.'.' The boys have threatened me that if I write much today, it will "bust; the paper wide open, as it is now splitting at the seams. Plenty of news in this cold weather 1 So if your news is not in the paper this week it will be on the first run next week, and please pardon us this time. A. ' : - 'xt - The Editor is leaving this" after noon for the Newspaper Institute which is to be held in Chapel HilL We newspaper folks have such a full program for the next few days that we should all come home in spired with new ideas, plans and many other things including tired feet or seats? All joking aside, the winter Institute is really a wonder ful' program and we are priyiled ged to hear some outstanding speak ers in the news field. Also the fel lowship is excellent -r . v I wish thai every parent in .Dup lin County1 could have attended -the School Board Association in the Wallace -Rose Hill School last night Howard Holly, president of the Or ganazition, did a marvt s job in rearing the program, t 1 getting . e crowd out. In fact I a did so much publicizing that be l ad a rec ord crowd, and the grm i that f .1 e crowd did a marve ' cl rving such a large i ' r ii h record time-and O ; i s ' , ious. I'll bet Dup' C s never beljre fcad . i t : ! -i es ff'y tir s ;al f . ' i i i J " Governor a:. ' a i .'O" r r ' n i ! I a f ( e'--"Tr r ' !-1- Trial ' & Error on . By Paal Berwick An economics major and gradu ate of the University of North Car olina is Duplin County's ASC. Far mer of - the Year. - . . John Kalmar, 32, of route 2, Fai son, is one of the enterprising yeu ng farmers of Duplin County who not only believes in the ASC pro gram but participates in it with the objective in mind of making his farm more productive and efficient. In announcing Krimar's selec tion, Rufus Elks; County ASC office manager, said "He is an outstand ing farmer and is doing a rood Job with the resources at his disposal.' Of the 600 acres in his farm, Kal mar has under production approxi mately 200 acres. Of this acreage, 15 acres are allotted to tobacco, 10 acres to' cotton, approximately 90 acres to corn and about 60 acres in the Conservation Reserve program. As for his tobacco practices, Kal mar said he believes in rotation and follows the "rotation practice every year possible. I try to have small grain cover crop on it the year before planting tobacco on the land and turn it under. I don't be lieve in planting tobacco behind tobacco- fax ; successive years," he said. - , ' i Having sufficient land to follow a good rotation program is helpful, . , - - Continued 0 Back - BE3IEFS: t .'IN CATTLE CLUB ' Brewer M. Ezzell, Magnolia has been accepted for Junior Member ship in the American- Guernsey Cattle Club, , By qualifying as a Ju nior member of the AGCC, Brewer will receive a membership certi ficate and have the privilege of. registering his Gernsey at the tow member rate. This Junior member ship will be in effect Until the new somber reacbas 51 years of age. - rj- jr-'iw i Ti'f'1 ' " ' JH SCOCNCE-sCLUB James Todd of Warsaw has been named to the East Carolina Science Club. The club is composed of 89 students who participate in the work of the organization. ; PARTICIPATE IN OPENING Keith Hobbs and James Loftin of Warsaw participated in the activi ties on last Saturday and SundayN at the "open-bouse" of the Pi Kap pa Alphas Fraternity at East Car-! olina College. Hobbs is secretary and Loftin is house manager of the Fraternity. Their new chapter home. is on East. Fifth Street in Green ville. r','z;; ,' Red cross meet Friday night, February 10, the Duplin County Red Cross Chapter will meet at the chapter house in Kenansville. This meeting was post poned last week due to bad weath er. All officers and interested per sons are urged to attend. " ELECTED TO OFFICE . Dr. 'William A, Pate, Chiropractor of Beulaville was elected Secretary and Treasurer of the Eastern Dis trict of the Na C. Chiropractic A sociation. " : , in MT. OLIVE:' ' Outlaw Robinson, Ancil Edwin Foss . ' FAISON: . - Hannah Plgford Gibson. Z. V. Blount, Roney Sykes, Elizabeth Tann, Douglass Wells Byrd, Ida Hollingsworth Matthews, Eliza Jai son Hicks. ':V V, v BEULAVILLE.- 'rT Irene Williams King, Donald Glenn Mobley, Julia Mercer, Ros sie MiHer, Vereta : Mae Gigher, Mary Grace Brown, Tom Whaley, Lloyd Hirum Thomas Sr., Mary Lee Mailings. v ":'V--.';v'''' - ' WARSAW: ' Edgar Rouse, James ' Franklin Strickland, David Swinson, Letha Maa Carlton, - ; S ; v,- WALLACE: : -? r Ben Parker, Franklin Bardlson, Cora Cavenaugh , , , MAGNOUA: Alice P. Smith, : f olviav. Xee Boone. Hubert Rouse, tu by Home Sandrsn, Janie Seller Kewurt;.. "rgS y. J ewt " 1 'y Futr!Ie ' -ne rl . rw Cartwr, r r Miss Victoria Kcrnegoy To Head Duplin County Heart Fund Drive In February . Miss Victoria JCornegay, of War saw, has been named chairman of the 1961 Duplin County Heart Fund Campaign to be held in February, The kick-off for the drive Will be held Friday night, February 8, at Miss Komegay's. home at S10 Gum Street, at 7:30 p. m. . "I would like to urge each area chairman in the County to. be pre sent for this important meeting," Miss Kornegay said. "The purpose of the meeting is to throughly or ient each member with. the. pro gram and to receive necessary sup plies for the campaign in each com munity." . ' j 'j ri. Funds raised each year through the Heart Fund drive are used in research and in treating heart pat ients. 'This is one of the most im portant campaigns of the - year, "she said, " and I am sure that the great majority of the citizens of Duplin County will want to contri bute toward this worthy cause." A school teacher in Warsaw,' Miss Kornegay has taught school throu ghout North Carolina, her most re Beulaville Lions Club March of Dimes Drive , collected $862.65 in all-night campaign from Saturday night 10 p. m. until 6:30 p. m. Sun day. The money collected was called in to WITN-TV, channel 7, Sunday during the all-day telethon held to benefit the New March of Dimes. "The Beulavilel Lion Club- would like to thank all persons for thier fine cooperation on the New 1961 March of Dimes Drive', according to President Cecil A. Miller. Saturday afternoon, a roadblock was set up on the stoplight in Beu laville. Cars were stopped and oc cupants were asked for donations. This netted the .Drive (112. Lions Club members who partici pated indberproject were: Rrtelgh.J,.0fij0--oBve Qmdm'wm MM"., -gw-j aananngt jr v Kusserrtjjta-irt , newliare Bostic, Jtobes Craft, Russell J. Lanier, Millard Dicker, Leland Cole, Ervm'Dobson, Billy Bostic, John Miller, Bill Cutler, Ralph Johnes and 'Cecil A. Miller. "We would like to pay special COLON QUINN . Representative David N. Hen derson announced the appointment of Colon Quinn as a cadet in the United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado, subject to competitive examinations giver by the Air Force i n the spring. Quinn is the son of Mrs. Viola Quinn of Warsaw. s -- " Quinn, a graduating senior at James Kenan, has been outstand ing both academically and in the sports field. ' " - - ' : Appointments io the Air Force Academy are strictly on a compeU tive basis, with each Congressman entitled to appoint up to eleven nominees from his District to com pete ' for the one appointment to each District.1 , , - , Quinn will taker a written and physcial examination in the spring together with other nominees in the V Third Congressional District rand the Air Force will select the nomi' nee to be admitted to the Academy based on the results of the examin ationa., .V: laxCcllcclioni IJphD:;!iaCp. ' Tax collections In Duplin County for the first half of thej96Ml fis cal year are far exceeding 1x4 year Karry Phillips said today t' at Lie current fiscal year tax ct ' ns are exceeding last year by 9. I la January cf tl.'s year, 1 word that i?8,218.U was c... 4 i is approximately $"3,f 0 more t was collected d-srsng Jcr.-.Jif of l 1. " f I I't I ' H,T -B . - t r cent positions being in New Bern and Fayetteville before coming to Duplin County. ! " N ' Miss Victoria Kornegay ign thanks to the Beulaville Volunteer Fire Department for their help in the drive," Miller said. Each donation received by tele phone at CY 8-3971 was called to WITN-TV station, to be reported, al though many names were not an nounced, according to Miller. Last year's New March of Dimes in Beulaville netted $487. Ml. Olive Churches To Participate In gious orientation for Mount Olive College studeVts Thursday night under the sponsorship of the local ministerial association. The Free Will. Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian and Southern Baptist Titirches will entertain students of their denomination at a fellowship dinner at 6:30. The meal and pro gram for each group will be at local -hnmhas except for the Free Will Baptists who will travel to Golds boro. Presidents W. Burkette Raper ex plained that the purpose of these fellowship dinners is' to more fully acquaint students with the program of their denominational church. "These occasions will also intro duce students to the personnel and and spiritual resources of the local churches. Both the college and the churches will benefit from this co operation m the religious develop ment of our students," Raper add ed. Plans for religious orientation or iginated within the Mount Olive Ministerial Association which meets monthly at the college. Although twelve denominations are repre sented in the student body of Mt.. Olive College, ninety per cent are included in the four major denom nations entertaining the students Thursday evening. Pastors of the ' local churches, Milton Boone. Baptist, D. L. Fouts, Methodists, and Charles Williams, I Presbyterian, will be in charge of I h nrncrams at their churches. Principal speaker for the Free Will Baptists meeting in Goldsboro will be the Reverend S. A. Smith of Beulaville, president of the North Carolina State Convention of Free Will Baptists. ;;: fis-KtfvIg. A. SMITH; : BeV. S. A. Smith of Beulaville who will be principal speaker for the Free WUJ Baptists meeting In RALEIGH - Tie Uotor Vehfclea -t's ' ."try of trs'Sc a. nv SMiy, At School Board Meet! Gou; Sanfford ffffers 4-Staf Progron For Education In North Garo!:r.n By: Rath P. Grady "North Carolina is facing a brigh toning dawn of opportunity, un matched by anything in our past", stated Governor Terry Sanford at the annual meeting of district five North Carolina State School Boards Association.' The meeting was held in the Wallace-Rose Hill High School on Wed nesday afternoon with a record at tendance of 571 school men, mem bers of the boards, interested pat rons. The theme of the meeting "Qual ity Education! Our First Concern for Youth" was carried out through out the meeting and the speech which the Governor made. ' Howard Holly, president of the Association, presided at the meet ing which was well planned and carried out in every detail, and introduced all distinguished guests and delegations from the fifth dis-trict-Duplin, Pender, Sampson, Wayne Brunswick, New Hanover: and the city school units in Clin ton, Fremont and Goldsboro. Holly also presented to Duplin's Dallas Herring, a Certificate of apprecia tion. Herring is now president of the State Board of Education. Hol ly complimented Herring highly for the splendid work which he has done in the educational field in the state. Claude Shields of television sta tion, Wilmington presented a plac que to Governor Sanford and also to Dr. Dallas Herring Recognized on the program were Joseph Hunt. Speaker-to-be of the House and Lt. Governor H. Cloyd RWrntt who spoke briefly to the group. Dr. Herring introduced Governor Sanford as the "Author of North Carolina's new day", and he spoke most enthusiastically on "Quality Education" "Educaton Is the foun dation qf, the .need and, hopes oj tne nation', ne sxarea - ana is sur vival, and life and , growth and happiness. The program is summar ized as one which provides educa tional opportunity, appropriate and available, second to none in qual ity for all of the children of the State'. He pointed out that the pro gram is up to the State Board of Education, the Dept. of Public In struction the local school boards the superintendents, the principals, the teachers and the parents. The Sup- Alternate Appoii intees For Naval Academy Representatives David Hender son announced the appointment of Larry Lynn Smith as alternate ap pointee to the U. S. Naval Acad emy. Smith is the son of Capt. and Mrs. Lenwood Smith who are pre sently stationed in Lawton, Okla. and the grandson of Mrs Maggie Smith of Smith's Township. James A. Brady, Jr. as alternate appointee to the U. S. Naval Aca demy. Brady is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Alvin Brady of Wal lace, and Zelbert Earl Boyd as al ternate appointee to the U. S. Naval Academy. Boyd is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Boyd of Rose Hill. They will take a written and phy sical examination in the spring to gether with other nominees from the Third Congressionaal District and the final selection of the cadet admitted to the Academy will be made by the Department of the Navy based on the results of the examinations and appointment priorities. N Land Bank Group The Federal Land Bank Associa tion of Clinton, successor to Clin ton National Farm Loan Associa tion and affiliated with the Federal Land Bank of Columbia, will hold its annual meeting of stockholders In the auditorium of the new City Hall on Lisbon Street in Clinton on Wednesday afternoon of next week. February I, at 1 p. m. " - ' A. G. Warren, president, will pre side. Reports on the financial con dition and activities of the associa tion will bo presented by DeWitt Carr, manager, and two directors will be elected. ' ' Featured on the program- as guest speaker will be T. E. Haigler, Assistant Vice President of- the Columbia Bank, who will bring message of interest to an. Also, cash attendance prises of 70 silver dollars, will be awarded and n- fershmenta served, ' - - The Clinton association handles the rnaklng and servicing of Fed eral 1nd Bank- loans' to farmers f-rrsen. Duplin, Pervr. New r .4Tnmsw'...k C :-''. port is up to the General Assembly, the county and city officials and the entire citizenry of North Caro lina. The Governor gave a "four-star program". First the opportunities must be appropriate, and education which meets state and national needs, pointing out the variations in needs of the different children and programs for these needs. Se cond, this kind of education must be available - available to all boys and girls no matter where they they live. Availability includes ad equate school buildings, and the State will have to provide some matching funds for the next per iod because of an unusual influx of students. Third, educational oppor tunities must be excelulent, must be of the highest quality - the teach' ing field must attract more able teachers. He pointed out the need for more libraries, reduction of teacher load, more time for stud ents to learn. The fourth star is sup-port-everyone must support the sch ools, he said, with money with un derstanding, with encouragement and with determination He repeated a previous statement "If revenues are inadequate, I will have the courage to recom mend to the General Assembly and the people the proper sources. Sanford concluded his speech by saying that this was no magic 4 Star plan., but a challenge, "it will be everybody's job". Before the banquet, the people at tending the program broke up into twelve groups for a discussion of the schools and their problems. Leaders of each of the group led the spirited discussions. Officers for the coming year were elected as follows: President C. Y. Coleman, chairman Bruns tisiiuiiiiiitijpiiisf iiinnii " pirn umijiiPiniiniiuunpswr- ByJoeCostin Jack Carr's Chinquapin' Indians Upset Wallace-Rose Hill In Double Overtime Tuesday Night 57-48 Beulaville Comes From Behind To Defeat Richlands 66-64. James Kenan Wins Second Straight Game In A Row Over B. F, Grady 52 - 37. Beulaville Can Wrap Up Conference Championship Friday Night Against James Kenan, Tigers Travel To Panther Land ROSE HILL: Coach- Jack Carr's Chinquapin boys pulled the upset of the year defeating the strong Wal-laee-Rose Hill Bulldogs in double overtime 57-48. The Lady Bulldogs College Day Tues. County-wide College Day will be held in Duplin on Tuesday, Febru ary 7, at the Kenan Memorial Au ditorium in Kenansville announced Curriculum Director, D. B. Teach- ey, today. The program will begin at 9:15 A M. and will end at 11:45 A. M. Dur ing this program, the Juniors of the County High Schools, will have the opportunity to hear representatives from three colleges or schools. Representatives will be in Kenan sville from the following schools: Atlantic Christian, Campbell, East Carolina, Elon, Kings Business. Louisburg, Meredith, Methodist Fayetteville, Miller,Moote, Mount Olive, N. C. State, Pfeiffer, Pine land, University of N. C, Wake Forest, Wilson School of Nursing, Woman's College-U. N. C, Win gate. Rex School fit Nursing, Duke and Greensboro College. To Meet February 8 additioi to Carr and Warren are: E D. Smith of Ingold, vice presi dent; Otis Ridge of Warsaw, Gil bert Holmes of Bowden and R. E. Sanderson of Burgaw, directors. Mrs. Linda S. Butler is office assistant M & J Finance Corp. To Have Openinrj M J Finance Corporation has purchased Mercury Finance and Loan Corporation of Wallace and will have their Grand Opening on February 11. 1961. M It 3 la North Carolina's oldest auto finance firm having been founded fa 19Z7. .. M k J la widley known through out the J state and has Keadily grown since it was founded. Branch offices are located in Ashevllle, Forest Cfty. Charlotte.. Gastonia, Hickory, Monroe, Wilmington. Wia-ston-Salenv Greensboro. Durham and Stat esrille.-The last office op ened is-in the town .of Wallace, vhich was e town chosen from l ct .-"-"Aeni North Carolina n'")!)? ; "34.. .-.::..,-'.. wick Board of Education; Vice president, W. M. Johnson, Jr., Chairman Clinton City Board f Trustees; Secretary-Treasure, SnsC J. G. Long of Brunswick County Schools. ' - 1 STEVE ROGER RHODES Representative David N. Hender son announced today the appoint ment of Steve Roger Rhodes as pri mary appointee to the U. S. Naval Academy. Rhodes is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Rhodes of Beu laville. ' .' ' He will take a written and physi cal examination in the spring to gether with other nominees from the Third Congressional District and the final selection of the cadet admitted to the Academy will be made by the Department of the Navy based on the results of the examinations and appointment priorities. .. ,;!: won 72-49 over the weak Chinquapia girls. Carlton Raynor, a fine basketball product, led the fired-up Indian team as they lowered the boom on a very strong and talented Bulldog team. Raynor scored 21 points for the Indians of Chinquapin. Coach Carr was all smiles Wednesday (eentlaaea on ftaeh) State College Duplin Alumni To Meet Wed. The Duplin County Chapter of N. C. State College Alumni will hold a meeting on Wednesday, February 8, at 7 p. m. at Effie's Cafe, at Rose Hill, located across the high way from Ramsey's Feed MiU. J. McCree Smith, Class of 194Z, Director of Maintenance and Ope rations at State College, will be on hand to present a program on the present physical plant facilitief and on the long range develop ment plans for State College. Members of the arrangemenl committee for the supper meetinr are: T M. Fields, Wallace; C. L. Warren, Warsaw; John D. , Gradj Albertson; E. V. Vestal. Kenan ville; Jack Dail, Rose Hill; Fran! Boyette, Faison; and Temple HU1, Beulaville. The meeting is being called t: Ellis Vestal, President of the Dup lin County State College Club. The new finance company is I cated in the same building as M curyr on North Railroad Street, t will have completely remodel offices. : Many favors will be given air at the Grand Opening on Wed? day, and silver dollars will be en away intermlttenuy during i day. The public Is cordially mv to come fat and visit. G. R. Funderburke Is superv' of the firm. He pointed out t this former small loan eonr now offers complete auto fir for new and used cars and tnd auto "re-financing for cars. Auto loans will also be i 10)-roTiT7nl1t