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Climes ItHlod In Auto Wreck
Duplin County experienced its
wventlt fatality for the year during
the past week end when William
Richard Stalling, ase 20, negro was
killed instantly. : His speeding car
crashed into the railing of the Hill
Swamp Bridge.' ' " '
The ' accident Happened around
8:05 Sunday morning. Patrolman
ray of Warsaw who investigated
To Receive State Homemakers
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LYNDA ' RAE WESTBROOK
BLYTHE BELL
These . members -of . the B. : F,
r Gradv ChaDter of Future Home
I makers of America have been re-
I cently notified that they have, met
We to receive the State Homemak-
era Degree to be'conferred at the
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laTypingConfesfrTo
A Duplin County-wide typing con
test in . which 55 students from
- James Kenan, Wallace-Hose ; Hill
and B. F, Grady school were enter
ed r.., ivijv V - , : -.54'
"A total of eleven winner were an
nounced out of the contestants to-
1 day by Mrs: Faye Q. William.
' Two winners were announced in
the senior division and nine win
v ers were declared in the junior div
ision.; ' ' . . y
i Winners In the contest will go to
Mistrial Ordered
In Rape-Murder . :
Trial Of Bpykinr
l An order declarm a mistrial
In the . rape-murder trial of
' Theodore Boyklnb, of Teachryt
. , in Duplin County, has been '
S rned by Superior Court ; Jud4e
.' Chester Morris. V"'" '''"..l '5::'-!'
Jnrtge'Morris snffrred henH ,
V attack while sitting as tad-e in
; the trial ft&nainj afternoon,
: April 5, found :45 p. m.
Judge Morris was taken ' to
Duplin Geenral - Hospital where :
' he remained until Saturday.
' April S, at which, time he was
. trait snorted to hospital In Ell-
' aabeth City. " ; : ; ' :
The order ordering a m'stHnl
had the consent of Solicitor
' Walter Britt, Defense Attorneys -.
Ttmmv Oresham and Rln '
, Johnson, Jr., and the defendant
himself, .Theodore Beyklns. i.
Boykins Is o. trial for bis life
aH charged wilhthe rape .
murder of Mrs.". lxna . T.
Barn. prominent wiow. In.
" her hom. It Hill, on .
Christmas Eve, 1W0.
the accident' said the noise o( the
impact was heard by residents in
the neighborhood.
' Stallings was apparently on his
way -home as his dwelling was only
about five houses awoy from the
place he was killed, Patrolman
Wray said. The colored youth had
allegedly been at a night spot ii
the vicinity shortly before the acci-
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JANICE HOLT 1j i
State P. ,H.A., Convention; on ApriJ
IS in Raleigh The Mate tiomemak
ers Degree is the highest attain-
I ment one might reach in the Fu-
ganization. , V '- i
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Be In District
East Carolina College, April 20,Ho
participate in the District Typing
Contest. This is an annual event.
Six of the winners In the junior
division are from James .Kenan.1
They are: Polly Brinson, : Frances'
Stroud, Linda English, Glenda Out
law, G, W. Smith, and Bobby Battts.
Three winners in this division, are
Wallace-Rose Hill students. : They
art: Paula Newton, Dennis Bur
rows, and tflenda Teachey.' ; f
Both of the senior division win-
ners were from James Kenan. They
Mare Lettie Pate and Gail Kennedy.
A representative from East Car
olina College administered the tests
It consisted of typing from straight
copy, problem' typing, and rouh
drafts. In addition to this, contest
ants had a test on basic, informa
tion on tynjng. f ;'. -.''
Perkins & Quinn
. Jack Perklri and Islie Qumn
hive ben awarded the Chsvrolet
Motor Division'S hiphit , sellinT
honor. Perkins - and Quinn of the
sales staff of Jones Chev. Co. Inc.
of Pink Hill were named to mem
bership in Chevrolet's "Legion of
Leaders" lonor Club at a special
award banquet attended by fellow
members from the Divls'on'r Char
lotte Zone. This is the-r second, en
try ipto the select group of Chevro
let salesmen. . ' .. ' ".. v.?
For a quarter of a century Chev
rolet "has' recognized its leading
TpsrronV It's first "Honor Organ
ization" was Inaugurated in 1928.
Now, twenty-five years after its in
ception? the "Legion of la-ers"
is considered the most, rewarding
recognition program for salesmen
In the automotive industry.
dent, the officer said. '
Investigation shows that two cars
were involved in the mishap, both
traveling east toward Maple Hill. on
Fiimwav 50, about , three miles
east of Chinquapin, in the Mill
Swamp section. Officers Wray iden
tified the cars as a 1957 Ford for Jor
driven by Stallings, 'who was killed
and a 1956 Olds tudor, driven by
Elworth Pickett, 26 year old negro
of Route 1, Chinquapin. Stallings
was riding alone. Grace Pickett, 18,
was a passenger in Pickett's vehi
cle. ,
I Vlt is bel.ieved that the two auto
1 mobiles were racing when the
crash occurred" Patrolman Wray
( said. "With physical evidence show
I Ing that both were traveling at very
hi,h rates of speed.
According to Wray. both vehicles
were traveling' the same direction,
close together. The 01dsmobilev dri-ven-by
Ticketfc was apparently -in
the right lane, and made a turn
across the highway in front of the
vehicle driven by Stallinrs, hitting
the left railing of the Bridge of the
Bride. The vehicle completely jum
ped the 36 foot creek and rolled to
stop on the other .side.
VThe' vehicle driven by Stallinrs
crossed ; the highway behind Pick
ett's vehicle,' .according to evidence,
and crashed into the right side brid
ge railing,' completely destroying it
"It also jumped the 36-foot canal,
landing on the other side, overturn
ing several times. Debris was
thrown some 270. feet from the point
of the impact.' , jjr
Stalling Was-, killed instantly
when he was pinned in his car by
a shaft from the bridge railing
which crashed intd the. front of the
automobile and struck Stallings',
head tnd:, rammed, Jus. bfdjr-fcito
the back "seat.; Wray said.
ypickett, driver of the second car,
received possible Internal injuries
and was admitted to Duplin Gen
eral Hospital, for observation. It is
reported be is not seriouslly injured
and Grace Pickett was thrown 25
or 30 feet out of the car, but was
apparently uninjured.
i .Pickett has been chareed with
careless and reckless driving and
manslaughter, Patrolman Wray
said. Assisting in the investigation
was Patrolman Steward of Kenans
ville ,
Both cars were completely demo
lished and quite a bit. of damage
was done to the bridge.
& Error
I understand that the wind storm
in Duplin did quite a bit of damage
last night, but they are all unoffi
cial reports. . Russell Lanier said
that several tops weer blown off of
barns in Beulaville, so he had
heard. But it was a bad stoon while
it lasted.
, The Azaleas were never more
beautiful than in Wilmington last
week end, Saturday was such a
pretty day, and the children and I
went down for the day, and ambled
around through all of the gardens.
We nvssed seeing the celebrities ex
cept The Rebel Johnny Yuma. He
stepped off the pavement right in
front of our car and my son-in-law
Roger casually remarked that if he
hadn't had good brakes on the car,
that he would be famous for hittint
Johnny Yuma. Margaret was so ex-,
cited about seeing. him that she
wanted his autograph, but by time
we Circled the b'ock and rot back
in ail uie uaiin:, wc vuuiu xiut
una mm. - v..: : ; -
. Speaking of Aialeas and pretty
small towns, I don't think .that
there. is one anywhere around much
prettier than-Mt. Olive In the spr
ing. Their dogwood is so pretty, . .:
It doesn't . seem; possible that
Commencement it so near at hand.
Just about, another month and the
children will be out of school for
the summer. Let's start thlnkine a
bout summer plans for our child
ren so they wUl not have too much
spare time on their hands. A little
planning ahead of time.may make
a big difference in their lives.. .
RUTH ' ,
Trial
Agriculture Program Of Future At
Stake In Present Feed Grain Program
By Paul Barwick
Farmers all across North Carolina are being urged
to participate in the Federal Feed Grain program.
We would like to suggest to the Farmers of Dup
lin County that they participate in the program to the
fullest. It is our opinion that the very future of all agri
cultural programs are at stake.
Should farmers not participate in this program de
signed to reduce the surplus feed grain stocks, then, the
Kennedy Administration would have difficulty getting
through Congress any legislation that would be a
change from the past eight years.
farmers in this section of the United States will
benefit greatlly from the feed grain program as has
been passed by.a narrow margin by Congress and not in
effect.
Farmers who participate will receive pay for tak
ing acreage out of production and at the same time will
have their corn supported at $1.29 per bushel. A farm
er who does not participate ''will have ' to take his
chances with the open market.
An interesting thing about the Feed Grain program
is that although farmers will be paid to remove grain
from production, the cost will be $500,000,000 less than
the; operation of the old agricultural support program
for corn.
It is alsolutely imperative that the feed grain
stocks on storage and in surplus in the United States be
reduced. Total stocks this year are a record high of 244
million tons. This is nearly 100 million tons above 1953
and at least 50 per cent more than the expected use this
year- V, I
Up In Feed Grain Program Announced
, A scheduled for Duplin Co. farm
ers to come into the County ASC
office, in Kenansville, and sipn ur
to participate in the Federal Feed
Grain Proeram has been set-up.
Rufus Elks, County ASC Office
Manager, slid today that the "co
operation of all farmers in thsi pro
gram and the schedule will be ap
preciated.' Elks said, "In order for us to ser
ve the farmers faster, we ore ip
luestine; that all farmers in each
township come in on the date spec
ified for their township."
The schedule by townships, and
th dates, are:
Albertson, April 14; Cypress Creek
April, 17; Faison, April 18; Glisson
April 19.
Island Creek, April 20; Kenans
ville, April 21; Limestone, April 24,
Magnolia, April 25; Rockfish, April
26.
, Rose Hill, April 27; Smith. April
28: Warsaw, May 1; and Wolfscape,
May 2.
All farmers in the Countv wll
For Central Heating Plant
A. J. Jenkins, Inc. Awarded Contract
A. J, Jenkins, President of A. J.
Jenkins ,and Sons, Inc., Warsaw,
reports that his Company was a
warded contract amounting to
$179,319 on November 30, for Cen
tral heating plant for the general
services Division of the State of
North Carolina, in Raleigh. The to
iret consists of team distribution
lines from the new heating plant to
the present heating plants on N.
Dawson and N. Salisbury Streets.
Work began on April 10 with en-
Offer To Serve
In Bomb Shelter
Air. and Mrs. Jepsey Pickett of
Pink Hill have expressed a desire,
to Goyernor San ford to occupy the
bomb shelter located In the Execu
tive Mansion, xfor three days this
month. -
In addition to their Interest in
civil defense, the Picketts have a
personal reason for wanting to en
gage in the shelter experience.
Pickett and the Governor served
together for 22 months fn the 517th.
Paratroop Infantry during World
War 2, most of the' time overseas.
They became good friends, and the
Governor has visited in the Pickett
home a number of times, both be
'ore and during his campaign, in
which-they were very active.
It is probable that the Picketts
may be chosen from the list fur
nished to Gov.-Sanford by news
media. to serve through the three
days.
taers$ig
n
have an opportunity to participate
in this pro-ram. The sign-up period
will last until June 1, 1961.
Under the Feed (Vain Program,
a farmer can divert 20 per cent or
20 acres of his base corn allotment,
I whichever is greater. A farmer who
; paticipates in the pro 'ram will re
j ceive one-half the North Carolina
1 support price on corn, which is $1.29
per bushel, multiplied by the num
I ber of base acres in the County
The individual base acreage on the
' individual farm in 1959 and 60 is
! also used in figuring the price far
! mers will receive for taking corn
out of production.
Farmers who participate will re
ceive price support for their corn
production. But farmers who do hot
participate in the program and re
move at least 20 per cent of the feed
grain production from planting,
will not receive price support for
any of the feed grains These feed
grains These feed grains include
grains include corn,, grain sorg
hum, barley, oats and rye.
gineering layout, excavation and
insulating tunnel under a down
town boulevard.
The entire job should be comple
ted by August 30, with twenty men
at work and ten laborers being hir
ed during construction, under pro
ject Superintendent E. E. Jones,
of Raleigh. William C. Oslen & As
sociates, of Raleigh, are the Engin
eers on this work.
50-Gallon Still
Destroyed Wed.
A 50-gallon illegal liquor still
with one barrel of mash, was de
stroyed Wednesday morning, near
Bowden, in Warsaw Township.
On the raid was Deputies Osca:
Houston, and E. G. Chestnutt.
Gospel Sing
The Communiyt Development
Club of Chinquapin is sponsoring
a gospel sing in the Chinquapin
High School on Saturday, April IS
at 8:00 P. M. .
Featured at the sing are The Pil
grims Quartet and The Raynor Bro
thers Quartet. The members of the
Pilgrims quartet are Carlyle Page.
Lejm Holden, David Mooe, Frank
Johnson and Evertette Harper plan
1st. - .. .
The Raynor Brothers are from
the local community . '. .
Preston Albertson is president of
the Chinquapin Community Club.
470 fanners Effected in Proposed
Limestone Greek laiersiied Project
A total of 470 firms are involved
in the proposed impiovemc-t of the
Limestone Cre'i Watershed, n ow
under cons'deratkrii in Duplin
Qounty.
Herbert Pest, Jr. s-cretary-trea-surre
of the County Supervisors of
the Southeastern Soil C'o.'Sirvaiion
District, said today that efforts are
now underway to eslai. !;"h a lesl
organization through winch to vork
on the project.
.In order for m application to be
made to the Federal ( overnment
for financial assist mee up to $250,-
000 for s'rearn dearai e along Lim
estone Creek, at least 30 per cent of
the 470 farms e'efctod will have to
first begin conservation- practices.
; Elmer Graham, Assitant North
'",nv'1n Soi1 for. nervation Direc
tor, told a group of farmers at the
Poiter s Hill Community Builaing,
I that the success "or failure of the
program depends entirely upon the
' participatiSn and cooperation ot th
farmers efected by the proposed
project.
At the present time, the construc
I tion of no impounding water struc
ture is anticipated, Best informs,
i The Federal Grant which would be
1 allocated after a le;al organization
is formed and at least 30 per cent
of the farm participating in con
servtion practices, would bs us-.-d
for creek clearance to assure ade
quate drainage.
It was pointed out at the Potter's
Hill meeting thnt only 47 farms, or
!0 per cent, of the farms ef'ected
in the proposed watershed project
are participating in soil conserva
ion practices.
Among the conservation projects
:iat are approved are construction
of contours, "rnss vterw"s on-
the-f arm, drainage, .tree. - pjanjijjg,,
i'trip cfoping' and erop rotation. -
There is some financial assistan
e available to fanners in the wat
ershed through the ASC and Soil
Conservation Service i n Dupiin
County.
IWst rointed out to'ay that far
mers who wish to do more tlu.n
they can get asistanr lor from
the ASC and SCS can ' .Trow nion
ey from the l urmers l.jire Admin
istration at an intr est rale 2 7
per cent interest, '.he rrp iym.jn'
can be aprea 1 oi.L o r a lor.;- ,-or-iou
nf time.
The puipose of such n "ai'isi.:"1
project is to prevent the und from
For SCS
Duplin Citizens
Asked To Write
Representatives .
Efforts are being made to secure
a $90,000 apnropriv ion from the Ap
propriations Committee of the Gen:
.ral Assembly, new in scv.ion. wit..
which to employ a North Carolina
Seil Conservation Sei.ice I'ianning
Party
The Plo- r,ing Party vould work
n North Carolina and help wpr!: un
needed watershed improvement pro
ects.
At the present time, a Planning
arty, which is finu-ed by tht
Federal Government to serve Nor
th Carolina and Virginia, is the
only group available to do such
work on engineering watersheds.
Citizens in Duplin County are be
ng urged to write tb"ir Representa
iive and encourage him to fa,-or
such an appropriation for the em
ployment of a North Carolina SCS
Planning Party.
Hugh Johnson, of Rose Hill, is
luplin's Representative to the Gen
ial Assembly. He is a member of
he Appropriations Committee.
Perkins Accepts '
Faison Call
William T. Perkins of the Senior
lass at Union Theological Semi
lary, in Richmond, has accepted
he call from Faison Presbyterian
""hnreh Mr and Mrs. Perkins and
three children will move into the
Manse in Faison in June.
The Rev. Robert Hersey of Wal
lace preacKed in the Presbyterian
Church Sunday morning.
Correction
Last week's Duplin Times ac
cldently stated that J. O. Smith,
chairman of the Duplin Ceanty
Board f Education address
was Albertson. We would like to .
- earreet this, kis address is Plak'
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being floo.'cd aln'' - b- reek dur
ing periods of exiASo lam and tp
prevent top vj:l on (arms from be
lii, washed into i!vs c!j"k.
In Crr,! ai;T's comments, he str-r
!sed that the pii-;.i. or the ri..T
:shed ' proverne.it cou'd nr.f he ach
ieved v ithout the "omplete coopii
'tion and participatk-g .f farmers
vviio are part of the wateiahed.
' Although there is i i cM'-c of
! ?tting approval or lu Ln.ieslonc
Creek Waetrshed pro; ' h V,.-r w;
and securing Fed,-. ooistai. i
be'i:? then, farmers u. . l.ci.! c;.-
courage to begin the soil conrervn
'ion : radices now in order that an
application can be made immedia
Hu'jii M. Wells reclining in the -chair prest. ied t" bim hy the
GMd P. T. A. Fro n eft td right are L. A. "iggin ;. vice president;
Mrs. Leslie all, trecsu er; Mi 3. Paul West'. TvoK, sccr.i.vy; Mrs.
Lu..iu..-i Williams, president; and M. . Wells.
Hugh WcSis Honored ft! Tee Sunday
'if'hf's '. V.ells i,. r'res as Prin
cir."! After 15 years dt B. T. Grady
School - ignored ai Te.-1.
V- I' irh M. Wells rc has bt.'n
prir. i. .1 t the M. v. Gr"Jv School
for tho pas: is yea:: reti-en r "en
t;y. !.; hs been in school work tor
the p..3t 35 years. U Lu. tw of
these !iave be n in Dsplin C""nty.
r. W'.'lls was honored : a Ua
Sun'ipy afteti oc April t. the
'I. V. Grady P. T .. at U.i school
cafeteria.
Mr. L. V V,:.-g:TS. Sr.. P. T.
V "e Prtoident, .:t.ted Mr.
Wells with a inclining chair b'iven
! v the P. T. A.
Mr. r-J Mrs. Lehman Willi
rree'ed me - ys they irn.
Mr. Fdar We'.is, Jr., ' 'rodjeed
guests to 'tne 'first receiving I'ne
composed of Mr. -'d 1rs. nu"ii
AVI is and the!r children i.nd wivr
For the second receiv'np line
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Wiegki , in-
Progress Report Rod
As of April 8th. only a few of the
communities had completed their
local campaigns, however William
E. Craft, Manager for the 1961
Drive for Members and Funds, sub
mits herewith a partial report:
Beulaville Ervin Dobson, . . $50.00
Cabin- Mrs. Ray Thomas, $20.00
Chinquapin, Mrs. Theodore Kine.
$7.11
Hallsville - Norwood Miller $40.00
exceeded quota
Potters Hill - L. M. BosticW.'W
exceeded quota and first to report
Fountain-Lyman, Mrs. H. Lanier
$5.75
Wallace-Attorney Bernice Batts
529.52 (the best report in several
March Of Dimes Drive Report
In the March of Dimes Drive in ,
Duplin County, the amount collec
ted was $6256.52. This exceeds last
year by about $500.
Of this amount $35.45 went to or
ganisation Expenses. 15 for Mar
ch of - Dimes Medical Research
Fund. 1555.27. 50 or $2332.90 to the
Locals Chapter and $233190 to the
te, y.
Ltu said a full or part-time secre
tary is i.eeded to serve the water
project. This is necessary In
order That enl ieers will not have
K be tied up on so much paper ,
v.on., which is necessary in prepar
' -g appiicatiu.. for such projects. .
The County Board of Commission
ers will ti' asked to set aside funds
to employ such a secretary.
O ? 'han Graham in attendance
at t'ie Potter's Hill meeting were:
l-.'-n Moore, Area SCS Super
v.soi ; Kay Smith, State Biologist,
V'ei rt h Reynolds, Duplin Farm
A'-ent- Georp Penney Duplin Soil
Conservationist; and Best.
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trodued s :'s to 'he new prin
cio', Mr. William Thigrfo. and
Mrs. Tin"pen.
Thf cafeteria was Doautifully de
corat"J wii' an .moments of spr-v,;-
'lowers. The renter table was
deu r: d with a silver bowl of
vhite liiu-.i. glad'lous, j.id candy
tuft, flanked by silver candelabra
with lighted tapers.
Presiding at h; refreshments ta
He .vere Miss B.'ssie Korneay,
Mi.3. Nina Gam r, Mrs Alice Dav
r. and Mrs. Lorena Ves'al.
I'stsses-a-larj-'e w :e Miss Thel
ma Dil.'y. Miss T,ary Anna Grady
Hazel Puth rvornegay, 'Mrs.
Ma.iiie Fordi.m, Mrs. Henrietta
Grady, ;;ss Sal'ie Outlaw,' and
.ViU. Edna Ward
The guest . .'gister was presided
for by Mr. ,nd Mrs. Paul West
brooK. O this table was a beautiful
1 arrangenxmt of pink tulips and az
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Cioss Campaign
years.
CalypsO. Mrs Charles Sloan $15.50
Kenarsville, Mrs. Janet Giles .
$155.58
Warsaw, Attorney Mitchell Britt
$10.00
Teachey, Mrs. Charles Bowden
$30.00
Faison. Mrs. R. L. Benson, $54.75
Negro Divisiton, Mrs. Irene Carr.
$400.00
Total so far $1456.56
If you have not made, your dona
tion to this cause, mail your check
to your local chairman as soon as
possible as it is greatly needed if
Duplin County is to meet its quota
this year of $5,000. -
National Headquarters.
Mrs. O D Drew. Jr. of Magnolia
was chairman for the drive and
she wishes to expres her apprecia
tion to eveiyone who helped make
the drive such a success and espec
ially thank the chairman of the w
ious communities, . ' ,' '