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VOLUME XXIX , " ,; No. 11 :
' ? x SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $3.50 per year plus 11c N. C. Sales (ax in Duplin and adjoining PRICE TEN CENT
KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. ' THURSDAY MARCH 15, 1962 Counties; .50 per year plus 14c N. C. Sale, tax outside this area in N. C; $5.50 per year
, . plus 17c N. C. Sales tax outside N. C. Plun 1 cont Snl T
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FORMER REGTER OF DEEDS .
l.jort Jutlon Duried
r i
ii PGSi; uouei.JUGii louo.
I ' Albert X 'Outlaw, et' died t
I his home in Kenansville Sunday
He was a native" of Duplin Co
. unty and had worked in the Re
l gister -of ; Deeds offke 'since, age
14. He was sworn in as Register
of Deeds in 1932 and served ariUl
11353 when he resigned because oi
I failing health. j-.-H- ",v. )'
Funeral, services : were held
from '' the ; Jrove ' Presbyterian
Church, Tuesday at 3:30 PrM. by
hi pastor, Rev. JI . Richard Hols
houser and was assisted by Rev,
I Lauren R. Sharpe, pastor of Keri
. .;..naville BaptistfvUhurch., ,:
A He' is survived by his .wife the
i former Carolyn Garrison 'of Ore
I eaville, S. C, one daughter' Mrs.
i Sarah Johnson of - Hickoryj, " one
I son;'Albert T., Jr., of BrisiouVa.
rp 1 brother Rev. A.', H. Outlaw
1 lpll.uA.t. . .Uaw Mm
I AiUMUCUl VV;'BUWI7 iTil ..1
Haiiipion . B4Ker and Mrs, ViJoel
' Kennedy of Beulaville.' '
S interment was in uojaenurovei
.Cemetery. . s Jc,
Curirff hi lifetime. Albert Out-
lw made tremendous contriDuUwW hangs .in the County Court
jfon to Duplin County; never Seek
mg any cognition ror himself iqr.
the, unselfish service he reuaeieti'
ain peupje...i .-x; .y..-.-,!
f It .wat through his tireless ,M
forts-of reaearchina the recorat
of Duplin that the Duplin, StnrV
..-i.j , tt. j! j xi. j --I iLj-jLrf,
; 1 I
John Patrick Harmon, Jr.
Alhlelic Star , ;
j jSeceives Morehead
$cholaship ; ' . ,
i John Patrick .Harmon, ; Jr., a
senior at James Kenan High Scho
I ol, . was awarded a John Motley
I Morehead Scholarship,:, on last
I Tuesday. , ':'sy;-,iXV-i
.Harmon was one of ,47 boys, te
receive the, Scholarship given by
the John Mot Tey Morehead f 'oUn
I datipn, a s- holarship worth "$5100.
to North t Carolina-, raidents 'for
I fotir' years 'tt study .at the Univer
j 4ri(vnt North -Carolina,' The More
held Scholarship 1 award . started
in 1951. Scholarships a re--a Warded
fiDi the basis oi outstanding merit,
academic a'iiiit . i oujsianding cha
racter. leadership, , ambitio-n, un
I seliish service vand . physical yi
j gor. Need i. nof eonsilereil 7
s. Jshnijie PaL(as he is called .bjr
" Ns friends), is the son W Mr, and
Mrs. J, P.-Harmon of Warsaw, 1
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born and reared in Warsaw He
is a senior in the James
v,.,.
s.Ko-j n iu ni-.ainw nf ; th. '
class, and was also president of
ihman class. Other of his aq-, ;
tivities during high school were:
qiief Marshall. Junior year; Co-
Captain of the football squad his j
senior year also all-Conference .
football and baskcthall his senior!
year; member of' the Beta' ClU'o;
and on Science Symposium durum-
his Junior year. He was an Ejgle -
Scout and was presented "ihe Gojt
and Country award. . j
.' Jjhnnie Pat is the second boy in'
Di.plia. County to have v on the
Mjrehead Scholarship, In the year!
1913 it was won by K. Walker j
i t vers, Jr. Lust year Carl i r. '. i
quapin ca.i.e very c .
of the historical research which
went into- the authentic, story of
Duplin written and produced by
Sam Byrd in 1949-50. . -.. .
Kot many citizens are aware of
the fact that he is responsible for
the ; many -, historical monuments
which have been erected through
out Duplih: He secured te infor-
mation and proof of the events
which are now marked to make
this possible. 1 ? ,
'Although there has never been
a County Historian in an official
capacity, one can easily say thut
Albert Outlaw was just this. If
he had a hobby it was the history
of Duplin and her people. Most
of his nights ' were spent in the
vaults of the Court House search
ing records.- J
t- Over the years, most of the in
formation has been published in
I fha riiinlin Timp
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in recogmuun oi gieai sv
ice Albert Outlaw rendered Dup-
n wuniy neguiw tcud,
I ;Jua wenry a. uraay. presemea
portrait or mm 10 ne ouniy
House, r v. . - :
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...v ' j ,h Rhht w -Hs.nl
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Throughout h life he wos c
tive in the Democratic Party. He
dg, NW 'the -M. .-del
'WaS in - KMinnruM Vnr AiM!
(W the firajfv-Outlaw Clan:
r t1
jAlbertrOutlawwlll be rowea
in .Duplin , Cei'iKX.S AHhouffljF H
waS confined to" his liome an4 bed
. a. . - i i
t n a arrap apr nr nm i it nn
twavk exniessm an .interest MM
Duplin County, her j citizens, and
; her future." or-he -' believed in
DuDlin County as a leader among
Counties with, courageous people,
! remained mentally alert aitdWsirtot the -State ,law which -require the
DuplinldiiidHugli
Uells
Ourisd
i ihigh McAo'en '"Wells, 5i9M Rt. Ilunter-(rf Glinton, Alfred of New
t V'mk Will,; died Saturday; night to Orleans. La:, apd Dr. Donn Wells of
Duplift General Hospital at Kenans-, Jtlchmond Va.V one daughter. Con
ville.. , i. fi-.-,::-rV::wi Jo WflU 4t- Burlington; one
' An educator," 'he was -retired'5-brother, Ludan Wells of Teachey:
nrineipal of B. f, firady School in and six grandchildren.
DuplWCountyand had served as I Funeral services were conducted
princinl of Rose' Hill, r ManioliaJat 4 p. m. Monday from Teachey
and Chinquapin high s-bools. He Presbyterian Church by the pastor.
taught at Godwin, Wallace andiassisted by the Rev. N. r. rarnor
Teachey . before becoming a prin
cipal.:,;"! v- ':;:-v""'- ;:' ; : ...
' Wells was born in Duplin County,
(i son of t'ie ,late ! Lucian A.'' and
Josephine Ward Wells. He wis a
member and elder of Teachey Pre-
abvi""',"i nwrrh: tp""" of n Sun
day School class t Smith's Chnpel
Presbyterian Church; a member o(
"Jt.John's Masonic- Loire J3 at
Kenansvfl'e and of the Woodmen of
the World. i.iAv;-;
Tt of at a fnrmirnnidpnt Of
the North Carolina Pri',tp,ls Asso
ciation and of the District Prin
cipals Association: former .clerk of
the 'Session, teachey Presbytory;
and a graduate of. Teachey High
School. ' Westminster Perp School
and Davidson College and attended
Harvard University. ' ;
Survivors include his widow." the
former Lduise. Hunter of Charlotte;
four sons, 'flughj Jr,F of shevil'e:
Hearing Set For
Telephone Co.
Tarboro - The Carolina, Telephone
and Telegraph Company has been
notified by the National Lnhor Re-
,atk)ns Board teal Director at
Winston .-. &aiem. .norm -a aroima.
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nection with a petition filed with
that Jsoard by the Communications
Workers of Amerlcs ; : '
-The hearing wiU be conducted on
March 14. 1862. at 10:00 a. m .. at
he Erieonh. rwntv Courthouse
at Tarboro. North Carolina,, j
In its netiiton tlie CWA sseks to
be designated the collective- bar-
gaining representative for eli?ib'e
employees in the Plant Department
of the company. ,- j
The purpose of the heading is to
determine wmrn emp:oyees are en-
tilled to vote in an election an ! to
'. ui k (nit other J-t;ii!-).
98 Duplin Farmers
For Attending Hog
' Ninety-eight Duplin County farm
ers,' were presented certificates of
attendance Monday night at the
final session of the eiht-course
Swine Production Course held in
Duplin' over the past eiht weks.
Fanners , receiving . certificates
were required to attend at least
six classes. Fifty-seven farmers at
tended all eight sessions.
Jim Bunce. Assistant Farm
Agent, said the average attendance
for the school was 130, ,with the hie
I hest single night attendance being
155 and -the lowest attendance being
107.
Grover Dobbins, Southeastern
District Agricultural. Agent, pre
sented the certificates. He told
those attending that -"hog business
and farming in general are chang
ing very rapidly.'' he added, "If
it works today, then it's1 obsobte
What we know today about hog
farming and farming is not good
enoucrh tor tomorrow."
Vernon Reynolds, Duplin Farm
Agent, told farmers that they shou
ld produce on their farms as much
grain as possible if they are in a
hog production ' program and that
an all out effort should be made to
get as high yields as possible thro
ugh the use of hybrid seed corn
and recommended fertilization. He
pointed out that if corn has to be
purchased farmers should purchase
Pre-School Clinic
A ore-school clinic will be held at
lu.a,2
Kenansvine White School Tuesday
.
9:3lD A. M;
9:30. A. ;M., W .,; ur!
before the -1 U October In
tn er
hool in August of
'ama t i Hi in m iirriior nr 1. 1
Kf
: ParenU witA' children nnini to
L . , . , -
PbkMtA IhM firat irraHa oro rorrlinrfon
sulci- uic uai. k nu vni'iuvu r
CMId nave certain
immuniza-
tions-, ' . ' --'
The narent will please bring the
child and a birth certificate to the
meeting next Tuesday
retired' Presbyterian minister.
Active pallbearers were Neil Mc
Millian, John Franklin Wells, Mau
ry . Henry Starling, Ray Thomas,
Gene, Wells and. John Mitzel, Jr.
Mt Olive Chorus
In Beulaville Sun:
The Mount Olive College chorus
will present a musical - program
Sunday, March is. at 7-30 p. m. in
the .T -Beuiavile 1 Free Will Baptist
Church. Under the direction of Mrs.
Kathleen B. Warren, the thirty-five
voice croup will render several vo
cal numbers. Featured also will be
Solo, duet,- and 'quartet numbers, v
Mount Olive College is a' fully
accredited liberal arts Christian
college , offering two years of work
leading to a degree in the student's
Ljunuuy
chosen field.; Business courses for'Henry Stevens of Warsaw,
secretaries and accountants are j
; offered also.
Glison i Speaks
At Nurses Meet
, v1 1 1 . . i
W. W. Giisson, Chief of the Wil- i
mineton iire dept
department showed
movie on nospnai
edtwo'ir o-
pins during a fire; to the Board of
D'rertnrn and officers ' of District
No. 27 Nj L State Nurses Associa
tion. '-
The meeting was held at the Pen
dr County Health Department, at
which time five new members were
accepted. They' were Mrs. Martha
L. Williams of Beulaville, Mrs. I eo
na L. Williford of Kenansville, Miss
Annie C. Moore of Teachey,' 5frs.
Eudelle Garner of Mt. O.ive, and
Mrs. Marie C. Batcher of r ;' -ville.
The next meetin? v '
ansville in the V.v '
:it 8:00 P. M. on .'
Get Certificates
Production School
it during the fall at harvest in ordpr
to get corn for as cheap a price as
possible.
Farmers were advised that 80 per
cent of the cost of hog production
is in feed and it becomes increas
ingly important that as much grain
as possible be grown on the farm.
Reynolds said. "These eight
weeks of classes is just -IbV "be ,in
ning of the hog program in Duplin
designed to increase farm inccme
from hog production by $2,000,000.
Ralph Sasser and Jim Bunce are
available at any time to assist' all
farmers who are interested in car
rying out a hog production opera
tion. For that matter, the Farm
Agent's office is always interested
in helping farmers with any pro-
gram which the farmer desires to
)JUl III UI lIIipiUVC.
Two Beef Cattle
Meetings Set For
Duplin Farmers
iwd ueei prouuunun lucciiiiga ,
have been scheduled for Duplin
ioumy laimeis hi u.e -cai c -
rne nrst meeting win oe nem
Tuesday night, March 20, at 8 p. m.
in the County Agriculture Building,
Kenansville, according to Assistant
Firm .Ant&h S1SS"
lr., -MUion yyimj, riuiB-i ui
of
Animal Husbandry at N. C. State
Pll will ho lh snMkpr nn
! MaVVwiU discos. "Feed-
.ing & Beef. Caftlei" Jle instruction
imornon U:m.u
tration using local grain.
r The second meeting will be held
Mon.i.-.v night. March 26 This meet-
t Jn 1oA Korrm nr H n m
I Will mow mi v r .
Jaines Patterson, Beef Cattle
specialist from the Nv C. Extensa
Service, State Collcev will be the
speaker. His su bject will be "Bief
Cattle Will Fit Into A Tobacco Far
mer's Operations., - : - '
Sasser pointed out that all Dup
lin County Farmers interesled uf
beef production are encouraged to
attend tpese two meetings.
Businessmen -in uupw ;-nre c,o -
nated several ; door , prizes which
win be given .away to farmers at-
tending at each session.
State
Duplin County turkey producers
are being urged to attend the an
nual N. C. Turkey Federal meeting
March 21, at 2 p. m. at the Laurin
burg Motel .
i This is the annual business meet
ing for the organization.
Snodie Wilson,: Assistant Farm
Aeent. said the 10 to 15 turkey pro
ducers in Duplin are being urged to ,
make a special effort to attend.
Howard Hubbard Announces Candidacy
For judge Of Fourth
A, well-known Clinton attorney,
-who has been-prominent in legal
circles in North Carolina for sever
'al years, has ""announced his candi
dacy for the Democratic nomination
for Resident Judge of the Fourth
Judicial District, , '
Howard H. Hubbard, N who has
previously served on the . Superior
Court Bench, ahodnced his candi
dacy " to succeed retiring Judge
The Fourth Judicial District is
composed of the counties of Simp
son, Onslow, iDuplin and Jones.
Hubbard served as a Ju-ige of
Superior Court from 1953 to 1955.
He was appointed to the' -Bench by
the' late Governor William B. Vm-
stead. He Is associated wnh -the
tirm n, pnhbard and Jones' here.,
Hubbard has helcT a . number of
!nh!i. 0fficB. He has held the Post
of Sampson County Attorney, artor
ney for the City of Clinton, and ser
ved as Assistant U. S. Attorney for
Eastern North Carolina from 19t6
to 1951. He was a member cf th
North ' Carolina Judicial Council
from 1956 to 1938. , , i.- '
Hubbard has served as chairman
of the Comoiitee en Legislation of
the North Carolina -Bar Association.
n-( -- -,-r of the Board of Governors
. ' ' Carolina I'.ir Awia-
Pnr ' 7
tnai
& Error
Kenansville had a most sad week
end with two of our citizens passing
over the county this week end and j
jOfriends to whom I felt very close.
To you who did not know Mrs.
Anna Sykes, you really missed a
wonderful opportunity. I beleive
Mrs. Anna was 75 when she passed
away last Saturday, but I would not
Vic it ti f dqi; (Vint chu horl n'jf'lf.irJ
m f , her 7- s
Ta . . -. ..Mama..
t()ps To her 'neighbors sne was
kind and thoughtful To her tii
Kind ana inougmiui. iu nei in
ends she was a "card" "Miss
Anna" alwavs saw the bit'ht side
of life, and some of her practical
jokes will live forever. None of her
, ... , , ... :,.i
joh.es hurt or embarrassed anyone,
they were all in fun. She was a
trreat "flower lover' and her yard ,uc ul"e zua' i ' " Kv"i
great nower lover ana ner yara $2 m is expected to be reached gainst over optimism as the $12,
was one continuous bloom- from ithjn g few weeks Some $9 m m js on,y the immediately R03,.
Anna" we will miss you.
j Mrs joe Wejs
ling a funny story
at the Circle
,meeting recently. After the meeting
i wpre sittinB around discussin2
i makin ni ,.llsts nnri nnP n) n,P ,
iri. ;Wp... JL- hra-,Hn, about
the pie crusts we could make Huh
(nM ,..nrv ahnllt hpr mnthr
told the story about her mother
wh6 was an excellent pie maker,
'""". . .. ' r . .
L1L
' M'
und her mother made
for liim to take to the
.EuptftJohJb. To keep him from hnv
injj to 'mess with the pi .' plates, she
trar: iferrod the pies to pnnc-males. ! 1 Milrch g(u at the Warsaw Dup
When he got home he said, "Flossie in cm,nty-s Volunt cr hairi'ian fn
what in the world hanpe-ed to your!,,,. (i s Savin"s Ronds program,
pies, they are usually delicious but j Aiso Duplin County was recogn
this time they were so tm-h wr : iwd fol. attajnjng 101.4 per cent ol
could hardly eat them." No nee l qllota sf,is 0f Series E and H U. S
to say Mrs. Byrd was angry when savings Bonds for 1961.
she discovered he had cut paer j
plate and ill when he served the
pies.
The school children are looking
forward in: a big way to (Jovernor
; i.,- on Monday night. I
them talkin!, a ,ot a.
jt and J cannot figure out .what
1 f t d th are navin bu,
there is no' question in their mind Cotton farmers, who h ive cotton
about it. They are all excited. ; allotments. i:i Dunlin County arc
4 . 1 bf-'T ur-ed today to release their
Politics Is buzzing right on. In allotment to the Courty ASCS lorn
talking with Kenneth Turner. Coun-! mittce ir they do net intend plan
i Ro"istrnr this morninu he said 1 t'nn it in 19G2.
about ten had registered since last ,
week, but they were all for Jay
pees and Constables. We will have
a full list of those registered next
week. -
,. . , . ,
Ruth Murray, thank you for drop-
ping me a note telling we you i s -
sed my column last week. It help -
ed rny ego.
Ruth
Judicial District
i A native of Clinton, Hubbard was
admitted, to practice befnro th
North Carolina Supreme Court in
.nM ... .J..nntA,4 i , rninlnn
ixci, ne was cuutmcu a. v........
High School and the Blue Ridge
OU vi fm. Dac rtauirlenn Pnllp'Tp
School for Boys, Davidson Colle-je
and the University of North Caro
lina. He also attended a summer
session of Wake Forest College. He
is a member of the Graves Memor
ial Presbyterian Church, in Clinton.
dupuFroads
INCLUDED In BIDS
Tne worm uvoiipa srve ninway
Commission advertised for bids on c epenses next sunuutr.
36 rood projects involving improve-1 Sr Girls were. Filiit pjaoe win.
menU to more than 210 miles of ' er Janet Jameij of cypress Ci e .k,
road throughout the State. ,and rjonna Turner of Beaver Uu.u.
Largest project in terms of mile- Their topic was "Teenage benn
age was resurfacing NC from qUency."
NC 11 to Wayne County Line ad 3 1 Sr uoys weie fitst piace Ray
sections of Secondary Road in Dup-, Robeltj Jr uf Stanford and Joe
lin County, totaling 19.3 miles. Blanchurd of Beaver Dam. The
CLCn jHHED BQXSCQBE
ON H.C. HIGHWAYS
ft Vl.I-:i:;!I The Motor Vehicles 100 4-Hers and Adult leaders witn
tmmi's summary of traffic 10 of the 17 clubs being represen
! i h 10 a. ro. Monday; ted.. Glenn Williams presided at
2: ' the business session and discus-
lfrj sion ws held on the health show
PUBLIC URGED TO ATTEND
Governor Sanford To
At
Governor Terry Sanford will be
principal speaker Monday night at
! two public rallies in Duplin Coun -
,
Purpose of the rallies is to build
anH inrTn-.cn nnKlin Qimi-nnocu rtA
)UDpol.t for hj(;her standards of
education in Duplin County. The
two Duplin public rallies 'are part
Night
Duplin Enterprises, Inc. Progresses
Immediate Gcal Is Twelve Thousand
The Duplin Enterprises Inc. eclg-
I ed c,oser ,oward reality durini; the
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joiinson oi nose Mill, ine announce-
ment was made at a meeting of the
s'ockholdeis at the P. E. William
Elementary School last night 'Wed -
nn.rjn..i ti... 1 nr
is already on hand.
Johnson stated that arrangements
had been made for the training o'
iM-nL-rtant i ia .mnlnonac n,hinn ..rill hn
'"7 ' 7 , ; .V
started immediately after the $12.-
000 goal is met. Jubilation was evi
dent ns the organizations President
. ."
I hnm 1011 HOnnrPfl
iwiiiirfwii iiwiiwivm
LI I UIIIL n
llCJWKIliS Til I II DOlSU
rr-i-'pe C. Thomr.on, Sr Sen
ankinR & Trust Company, War-
ior Vice President of the Branch
1 s lw w ,s rcco 'ni'ed Tliurs lay
March 23, Final
Date To Release
Collon Acreace
Hufiis Kll:s. AS' office m.inager,
said todny that Duplir's allotment
is 4,713.5 acres Of' this acreaqe,
1.721.2 acres ha vc been relased
from 398 farms.
Of the released areac. only 51
farms have f ues ed aidilional
(
j - )pd
, whjch hgs a,reaJv bpen vQ
i
The deadline for farmers to re
lease cotton acrease a :d to put in
their request for additional acreage
is March 23.
"Every farmer who is in doubt
about his status," Elks said, ' shou
ld contact the ASCS office immedi
ately."
1 4-H Speakers
-
COUntV Winners
At the 4-H County Council held
recently, there were nine entrants presently resides with his wife
in the public speaking contest. iand children at Route 2, Mouni
Jr. Girls were Janet Brown f Olive.
Cedar Forjc;. Martha Sheppard of) Captain Carr graduated from
Smith who won first piae, jean Mount Olive High School and has
Carr of Beautancus who won se- attended Gunnery and Employ
cond place; and Yvonne Ja.nc-s ot ment Course at Fort Bliss, Texas
' Cypress Creek.
I Jr. Boys were Anthony West -
bruuk of Woodland who wen f.rst
-ru.. ,..rH im i,.v.,-,i
i award for Senior first place win
jner is $10.00 toward canp expen
ses. Ray Rooer.s topic was "i-tl
Wheel". ;
. Winners of the county contest
Will compete-in a 17 county con
test held in June.. :
Present a the Council were
Rallies
I of a State-wide effort to inform the
people of the task at hand and the
1 responsibilities of each citizen in
! the State.
I Governor Sanford is leading the
' nrnflram in ' 'IT Vrol 1 atio in ITMiifa.
tion is Everybody8 Business."
He will make his first appearance
! at the E. E. Smith School, in Ken-
j told of the many offers of towns
' nr intorested Person of the Counlv
tr. hivo tho ,ntPnp;c. i ,...( a.i i
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f-"'; ...... o.
ations payroll should be approxi-
matrly $2,000 a week to be'n with,
lolinson added, but growth is a
'real possibility.
uun.nn iun ..
lie faccitiously added in setting
me next meennR place ai ine uou-
rbs High School in Warsaw, that
Via avrartnel Waren.i, t. Into it rm
"-'7'-:" ' ' -
the goal line.
The next meeting is scheduled for
March 21, at 7 30 P. M.
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At WMXrV f 1 1 1 H
rii iiwiwii wi w m
ini.. Ill-- 1 I
U Y. WSS
Wade Hawkins. Area Manager of
IV Treasury's Savirgs Bonds Divi
sion for Eastern North Carol, "n.
Ka'ei.:h. preseiied Tlmmnson wiih
in awfrd certificate. The citation
bears the si-mature of Don das Dil
lon, Secretary of the Treasury ani'
'Villiari H. Andrews, Jr.. Greens
boro State Voluntere Chairman of
the bonds program.
The notation on the certificate is
ns follows: "In appreciation ol pat-
( Continued On Back)
Duplin Organization Changes Name
Whereas, the Kenansville Produc- the organization. The farmers corn
ion t'redit Association now in its pletely own this, their own credit
VJth year of serving Duplin County institution.
'armers has adopted a new name
which is: Dl'PLIN PRODUCTION
CREDIT ASSOCIATION. The rea
son; it has been determined that
the new name is more general and
appropriate, since this organization
i serves all farmers of the County
irrespective of locality.
, The first year's operation was
1934 with a loan volume of $64,000.
Its peak loan volume in 1961 was
$5,190,118 68. The number of farm
er members now total 2464. Duplin
farmers now own $637,245. stock in
list Lt. Carr Now
Capt. Carr In
National Guard j
The promotion of John Henry
Carr from 1st Lieutenant to the j
! rank of Captain in the North Ca-
j rnl;na Army National Guard, was j
announced by Governor Sanford.
I Caotain Carr was born in Dup- ,
ijn County. North Carolina and
in 1954; Light Anti-aircraft Arttl-
i ery Orientation Course at Fort
Stewart, Georgia in 1960; and Air
Defense Artillery Orientation Cou
rse in Fort Bliss. Texas, in 1961. .
Ciptain Carr bean his military
career in February 1943. During
World War II he served in the Eu
ropean The-.ter of Operations and
was discharged from active duty
in November 1945. He joined the
Nor;h Carolina Army National
Gurrd in July 1953 with Battery
A, 2nd Automatic Weapons Bat
talion, 252nd Artillery in Mount
Olive. N. C. He is presently as
signed with Battery B, 2nd Auto
matic Weapons Bartalion. 252nd
Artilleryjn Beulaville, N. C.
- Captain Carr was awarded the
Combat Infantryman's Badge, the
Purple Heart Medal and holds the
European Theater" of Operations
Service Ribbon, the Good Con
duct Medal, the American Thea
ter Service Ribbon and the World
V.'ir II Victory fi'ihon.
r
Speak Monday
In Kenansville
...
ansville. at 7:30 p. m. Monday and
follow it with a public rally in the
Kenansville School auditorium at
8:00 p. m.
Governor Sanford's appearance iti
Duplin County is under the sponsor
ship of the Duplin County Citizens
Committee for Better Schools. Dal
las Herring, of Rose Hill, who is
chairman of the State Board of Ed
ucation, is chairman of the Duplin
organization.
In commenting on the Duplin ral
lies, Herring stressed the impor
tance of very citizen becoming a
ware of his rcsponsibilies in this
program. He urged everyone to at-
tend, especially parents, teachers
i .... J v
anrl students.
Tne fl,.s, steps t0 epItf.r eouca-
'tional oportunities are already un
I derway in North Carolina through
larger State appropriations for edur
cation and broader curriculums In
i the public schools.
I In order for the program to be an
! effective as it should, an increased
public awarencss js vital to the sue-
eess of the Dr0eram
j HerrinR added, "The future of
Norht Carolina lies with its future,
leaders, now in the classroom. It s
imperative that they receive the
finest education possible. The time
to do something about it is right
now."
BLOOD DRIVE
T;.j Ejjlaville Jaycees are spo
nsoring a Blood Tyning Drive on
Mncl. ? ! 1 ' 2 Al persons are
ureer! to c n-e out n 1 have their
M-1.-1 tv-.-il. Vh " .'c. yice is free
:ir.:l w e performed by Cordell
.Ichm- in ? ! r tory Technician,
Duplin Geneu-I rf'spital. Coihe
to City Hall and ciing your fri
ends. The life you save may be
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The policies of the Association
have been broadened to make loans
for any and all purposes needed by
farmers with terms ranging from
one to seven years.
The of icers and Directors are:
Eugene K. Carlton, President; Ar
thur Kennedy, Vice President; L.
P. Wells, Director; M. W. Sutton,
Director; Woodrow W. Maready,
Director; Garland P. King, Secretary-Treasurer
and General Man
ager ; Fred Albertson, Assistant
Secretary-Treasurer; and Hender
son C. Upchurch, Assistant Secretary-Treasurer.
Other personnel:
Ollie W. Thigpen, Assistant Teasur
er: Joyce S. Jackson. Assistant
Secretary; Elnora R. Ivey, Senior
Clerk; and Judy D. Wallace, Junior
Clerk.
Your gift..
HHPS RED CROSS
SiRVl IB9.L V.
BRIEF
1962 Red Cross Fund
Little can be done to prevent a ,
natural disaster. Btu somethint ;
can be done to cushion its blow. :
That is why the RedfSfoss cam
paigns throughoutthe nation .'for
community- wide ' disaster - pre
paredness. There is hardly an Ame
rican community today that has not .
such plans worked out in detail by
the Red Cross for use in time of -calamity;
These preparedness plans ,
mapped out with full cooperation of
federal and local government of fi- '
cials and community agencies, pay -tiff
in a lower toll of death, injur
ies and destruction when disaster
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