VOLUME NO. 42 V > ^ MOUNT OLIVE, N. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1945
LOCKER PLANT IS
VIRTUALLY ASSURED
FOR MOUNT OLIVE
Lest Than Hundred
Boxes Lext For
Rent Wednesday
iNelson and hldgar (Ricks, two oJ
the local persons backing the es
tablishment of a freezer lockei
plant for Mount Olive, announced
(Wednesday morning that “consid
erably less’ than 100 boxes art
now unrented in the proposed
plant, and these will no doubt be
rented before the end of this week.
Those in charge of '■ the . work
preparatory to establishing such a
plant here, set a minimum of 250
lockers, which would have to be
Tented before construction of the
plant iwould begin.
James E. iCoad, vice president
of 'Southern iFrozen 'Food (Lockers,
Inc., with which the local plant
would be affiliated, was in Mount
Olive recently, and left an archi
tect’s drawing of the plant, which
depicts a modem building, with
well-planned grounds, and which
would be an asset to the appear
ance of Mount Olive, it was point
ed out. „ j «
Mr. Goad, in discussing the ben
efits to be derived by local citizens
from such a plant, emphasized the
fact that the plant would serve as
an ever-expanding market for all
types of produce grown in this
area, and by reason of the con
nection which the local plant would
have with other plants, could also
supply local persons any time of
the year with seasonal produce
’ grown in .other sections.
“It would'work this way," Mr.
Goad explained. “Suppose some
farmer in the Mount Olive section
had 1100 young C chickens .which
were just the right Bize to eat. His
family has no use for that many
chickens, and yet the local market
is flooded. Ordinarily his chickens
-would go ahead and grow old on
him, or he would sell them at a
loss. However, with the /locker
plant here, he would merely carry
his chickens to the plant, where
they would be killed, dressed and
prepared for the locker boxes. He
would take as many of them as
ha wewtacfr for his'"owri'' use, and
sell the. ..remainder to the plant,
which would then have them for
sale to other locker owners here,
or ship them 4o other locker plants
who desired them:- ‘
The parne-'method of operation
would (apply to’* other types of
farm produce, such as strawber
ries, garden peas, etc., Mr. Coad
said. •>"''■
A site for the local plant has
not been selected as yet, the (Ricks
brothers said, awaiting tests by
construction'engineers of water
and sewerage facilities at the
available sites. -When completed,
the plant* is'expected to represent
an investment of approximately
$40,000.
CONTEST WINNERS
TO BE ANNOUNCED
’Winners of the state-wide five
acre cotton contest open to all
North Carolina-jfarrhers will be
announced ’December 10 at a Meet
ing of the North Carolina |Gin
ners’ association at -Raleigh, says
0. A. iShanklin, of (State college,
Raleigh, extension cotton special
ist, who is in charge of the con
test. “v*.
■For the purposes pf the cotton
contest, the state has been divid
ed into Jhree districts, and there
will be four winners from jeach
district The .state cotton growing
champion of U94& will receive a
grand prize of $670 -uni also an
additional prize of <$350 as winner
of the first prize in his district.
(The other district prizes are $250,
$100 and $50. .
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Lou (Dunbar m Tuesday's Tribune
it was stated the sale would be
held at 1 a. jh. Saturday morning,
'it should have read 10 a. id. ;
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CORRECTION
Among the first persons' in this
section to receive new 1946 auto
mobiles, are -Drs. A. M, MoCuiston
and J. ©. Dowling, who received
their mew: cars, both Fords, last
week.
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Back to Work
(Preston Sutton, assistant post
master hem before induction into
the army in 1948, has been dis
charged from service, and tesum
•d his . work hers December 1. ^
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LOUIS SUMMERLIN
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BURIED THURSDAY
Prominent Farmer
Died On Tuesday
Funeral services Jot Louis , J.
Summerlin, 78, prominent farmer
of the SummerlihrAp,"Cross Roads
section of iDuplin county, were held
at the home Thursday afternoon
at 2:30, conducted , by the Rev.
Stephen Smith, pastor of Rooty
Branch Free Will. Baptist church,
and interment followed in the
church cemetery.
Mr. Summerlin. hs(d been in HI,
health for the past' several years,
and confined to his £ed for the'
last three months. ^He died at 4
o’clock ll'uesday afternoon.
Surviving: are his Tyifej two sons
’Edgar and Herbert,. Of the home
community, two daughters, Mrs.
'Annie Rose Bell, of Kinston and
Mrs. Emma iL. Pate, of the home
community; three brothers*B. P.|
G. L., ami R. L. Summerlin, all1
of the home section, and three pos
ters, Mrs. T. A. Jernigan, of the
home section, Mrs. S. J. Batten of
Hallsboro, and Mrs. Addle. Potter
of Goldsboro. _ ~ .
OUTLAW’S BRIDGE .
The A. U. W. will meet Satur
day afternoon in the home otf Mrs.
'Luther Outlaw with Mrs. Patience
Sutton joint hostess. All members
are urged to attend' the meeting.
Theodore Outlaw, with the U.
S. Navy, from the Pacific area, is
visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Mack D, Outlaw.
iBennie Tilman, of IPurvds, Miss.,
is visiting relatives here. He'is. a
former resident of this section^ and
recently receivJW his discharge
from the army. v'/
'Mr. and Mrs. J. IH. Parker, I*
W. Outlaw and Miss Rachel Out
law spent Sunday with Mh,, and,
Mrs. Albert Nichols at Sims.
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Outlaw, Jr.,
and Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Outlaw
spent Sunday with Mrs. "Eva
iRouse at Liddell. ^ . '
Mrs. I. B. Sutton antL cJvRdreit
visited Mr. and Mre. Albeit Sut
ton, near LalGrange, Suriday, '
Mrs. J. W. Pearman and, J. TE*
Jr5" ocf SUmmerfieltl, are spending
this; week with Mrs. Pearson’s
mother, Mrs. A. D. Outlaw.
Miss Louise Mewborn of Golds
boro, spent Saturday night with
‘her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Moses
Mewborn. '$&?■'■
Louis 0. Parker was a guest of
•Frank Ueter, Jr., in 'Raleigh, dur
ing the weekend, and attended the
JeteisGaidner wedding Monday.
BEAR MARSH ,
Sunday school at Bear Marsh
next Sunday morning will be at
9 J45 instead of 10 o’clock. The
change is for next (Sunday only
in order that , our people may go
to Calypso to hear (Rev. G. W.
Bullard of Raleigh.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Grady were
dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and
Mrs. (Jim Grady. ~
^ .Mr. and Mrs. ,'G. E. Davis gave
their ‘children a’ barbecue supper
last Friday evening honoring Carl I
Davis and Preston Sutton, wfco
have recently returned from aer- *
vice in the navy and army, re- i
spectively. # _
Several of our people attended
the open house at Seymoujf. John- l
son held, Goldsboro, Sunday aft
ernoon. I
Com. Leonard Wilson, of Gamp J
Lejeune, visited- relatives here
Sunday.
iRev. and Mrs. C. E. jCraiwford
were dinner guesjts Sunday of •
Mr. and Mrs. Paul King.
'Mrs. IG. E. 'Davis spent last Fri
day in Raleigh sboppingg. >■
by O. 8. War Dmrtnual,
Bureau of Publie Kelationa. ,
BROTHERS AND SISTERS—
T/4 Eunice Binder, WAC from
Bayfield, Colorado, greets her
brother, S/Sgt. Guy Binder in a
surprise meeting at Manila after a
separation of almost three years.
Another brother, T/S Roy Binder
is in the European theater await*,
ing redeployment, and their sister,
Cpl. Doris Binder, is stationed at
Dow Field. Maine. : >
WAR COSTS ARE
GIVEN IN ESTIMATE
% U. S. Spent More
Than Any Nation
(World War II cost the' world
$1,164,000,000,000 for armament
and war materials, 'while property
damage amounted to about $230,
900,000,000, according to a war
cost surrey just released from
Washington.
The surTey, prepared by Re
searcher James (H. iBrady and the
American university, dkl not in
clude the money spent and the
large damage of the 10-year war
in China. 'None of these figures
Were available. .
Brady placed United States ex
penditures for war material at
f#j$600,000,000, Russia spent
$192,000,000,000 and the United
Kingdom $120,000,000,000.
war cost.theaxis- powers
about v $468,939,000,000 with Ger
many ‘ Spending ’$272,900,000,000,
Italy $94,000,000,000 and Japan
$56,00$,000,000.
INDIAN SPRINGS
(Richard Carter and Robert
Short, of (Georgia, are visiting
relatives and friends here.
S-'Sgt. Earl iS. ISasser, who is
an furlough, and visiting., his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Sasser,
has been a patient ab Seymour
Johnson . field hospital since
Fhanksgiving day- He is expecting
to be discharged from there this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Kilpatrick
who have been making their home
in (Baltimore, Md., for several
months, have moved back to this
immunity. -
'Mrs. Callie Anderson ..and chil
dren of Alexandria, Va., recently
mi ted her parents-, Mr. and Mrs.
R. JC. Lewis here. . V •
iRev. Mr. Harrell, pastor of the
Indian Springs Methodist church,
was dinner guest Sunday of Fred
Holmes and family.
Willard Whitman and family of
Richmond, Va., spent last week
lere with Mr. and Mrs. (R. E.
Sasser and other relatives. Mrs.
Whitman is a sister of Mrs. Saa
ior. :r.
DAY OF PRAYE#
A Day of Prayer will be observ
ed in ithe Mount Olive Baptist
ihfurch Friday- night at 7 o’clock^
AIRPORT STARTED
HERE BY GROUP
OF LOCAL
PERSONS
Ideal Location Is
Secured;"More
Work to Be Done
It was announced here this week
that Mount Olive has joined the
parade of /progressive small towns
in North Carolina, with the open
ing of the firs# airport of any
size every to btf established here.
Although then airport is not yet
officially opened', considerable fly
ingf- was done ftom the field last
Sunday afternoAi, and one visit
ing, plane,, pilote 1 by Charlie Web
ster, of iGoldsbc to, landed at the
fiehl, to be the : irst visiting plane
to land here,
A group of yotyng business men
here, when it became apparent
the town’s financial condition did
not warrant establishment of a
municipal field, arranged for the
opening of the airport, Which, at
present consists of one landing
strip. This group announced that
plans are 'being rtiaJe for the for
mal opening of tjle field, as soon
as the field is designated by the
Civil Aeronautics; Administration,
and hangar facilities are arrang
ed., ■ ; |
The airport is located' half a
mile north of town, (directly side
of the 'Goldsborohighway, with a
runway slightly Under 2,000 feet
Jong, and 1240 feet jwide. The air
port has already purchased a
three-place airplane, which will
be used to begin with both for
passenger flying, charter trips to
other towns, and Student instruc
tions. As soon as t|he need arises,
it was pointed oqt, trainer-type
airplanes will be ptat on the field.
One of the chter advantages of
the present locatfoa, which has
been leased for several years, is
the excellent approaches to the
landing area, which allows smaller
land area to be used, than if planes
had to land or take off over ob
structions, such as (power lines or
trees. i
Considerable interest was mani
fested in the field fatt^Stmcfay aft
ernoon, and numbers of local per
sons were taken for -rides over
town. -Quite a number of improve
ments are being planned for the
field, and when it is officially op
ened, it is expected that Mount
Olive will have an airport com
parable to any maintained at any
town of like size in this section
of the state. ,
Among those responsible for
the opening of the airport are H.
L. Cobbs, ‘E. A. -Southerland, C.
iE. Matthews and Cletus Brock.
FIREMEN WAITING
FOR THIRD BLAZE
Members of the local volunteer
fire department responded to a
call from the home of Postmaster
Jack Barfield Monday morning
where a small roof blaze bad be- i
gun. The fire was out, when fire
men arrived, however, , and dam
age was small.
Firemen here are "sweating
out” the next fire, sihce it is a
superstition with firemen' here
that local blazes always come in
sets of threes. (Last Saturday
morning they fought a (warehouse
blaze here for three hours, (when a '
cotton and fertilizer storage house
belonging 'to the Odom brothers
was destroyed, to become the first
of the current ‘'three” blazes, with
the 'Barfield home the second.
Says "I Saw It.in
The Tribune**
STARTS "Give A GIFT" DRIVE-Screen actressVfrgtnla May* I
goes shopping with Eddie Cantor as the NBC comedian makes the*
Initial purchase in his "Give a Gift to the Yank Who Gave Christj
mas campaign for servicemen In hospitals. Miss Mayo got her first big j
chance when she played In Cantor’s Broadway show, "Banjo Ey**5y
HARM CORPS HAS
NEED FOR MORE MEN
30,000 Wanted For
Peacetime Strength
!The. U. S. Marine corps needs
30.000 officers and men to hold its
assigned peacetime strength at
108,000, Col. H. C. Waterman, of
ficer in charge of the southeastern
recruiting division at Atlanta, Ga.
has announced.
“The corps is discharging hun
dreds of men throughout the na
tion every day,” Waterman said,
“and it is estimated that as the
reserves are returned to civilian
life 30,000 replacements will be
needeJ to keep our strength at the
peacetime figure set by Congress,
100.000 men and 8,000 officers.”
As part of the intense drive un
der way to recruit the needed per
sonnel, Marine corps headquart
ers recently lowered the minimum
height requirements for men 17
through 19 from 66 inches to 63
inches, while minimum require
ment for men over 19 remains at
66 inehes.
This came at the same time as
the order permitting voluntary
enlistment of men over 17, for the
first time since December 15, 1942.
Men "under 25 may enlist with
out any prior military service, but
ex-servicemen over 25 who have
not passed their 32nd birthday,
may enlist provided they have not
been separated from the service
for more than a year'. Ex-service
men are restored to their former
temporary rank if they enlist
within 90 days of their discharge.
'Seventeen-year-olds must have
their parents’ consent to enlist.
Men 18 to 21 may enlist without
parents’ consent as long as Se
lective ‘Service is in force. After
the draft is dissolved, they will
need signed approval from their
parents before being accepted.
Service League
To Meet Tuesday
The regular meeting of the Ser
vice League will be held in the
iome of Mrs. C. W. Oliver Tues
iay afternoon at 3:30, at which
;ime a program of Christmas mu
sic will be given.
All members are urged to at
tend.
There were 52 marriage licen
ses, issued in Wayne county duri
ng the month of November, it
tas been revealed by the county
register of deeds office.
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FARM BUREAU IS
HOPEFUL OF GROWTH
Expects 40,000
N. C. Members in '46
'Directors of the farm bureau
federation announced in Raleigh
this week they expect a member
ship of more than 40,000 in (North
Carolina next ye_ar.
The directors also revealed that
they would hold their annual ses
sion in 'Winston-Salem sometime
during February. The exact date
will be specified later.
The state board passed resolu
tions endorsing the (Pace bill to
include the cost of hand labor in
computing the ceiling price on to
bacco; petitioning Congress to
appropriate adequate funds to en
force the tobacco quota program,
and tq allosy a grower vote on
tobacco control for three to five
years after >1946. ~
The resolutions-••will, be present
ed at the national meeting in Chi
cago between December 15 and 20.
Approximately 200 North Carolina
members are expected to attend.
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Christmas Holidays
As the Christmas season ap
proaches, school children’s fancy
turn to thoughts of freedom. 'Mr.
Stabler ard the board have given
us 11 1-2 days, from December 19
to December 31.—'Dan Fagg, proof
reader.
Musical Program
llhe high school was entertain
ed November 30 by little Miss Car
ole Brock, who presented a music
recital under the direction of Mrs.
W. J. Flowers, Jr. Carole plays
remaskalbly well for her age, and
her musical accomplishments were
enjoyed by all. She played the fol
lowing selections from memory:
Rain on the Roof, Volga Boatman,
Good King Winselas, Lazy Mary,
Betty and Bill, Flying to the
Moon, Air from Surprise Sym
phony, iBy the Pond, Paper Ships,
Sledding, Butterfly, Blue Bells of
Scotland, and From a Wigwam.
She was awarded a musical calen
dar by Mrs. Flowers.—Mildred
Ann Hancock, secretary-treasurer
and reporter.
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BUSINESS SECTION I
HERE UNDERGOING :,I
SEVERAL CHANGES §
Many New Businesses
Established, with
Much Remodeling
(By the Editor)
'Persona visiting’ Mount Olive
now for the first time in eeversl
years, including returning service
men, hardly recognise the business
section, and have trouble locating
old firms, which have recently
changed locations, or undergone
“face-lifting” of their buildings.
It is generally assumed to be
a healthy sign for the future of
any business in Mount Olive, and
gives hope for the (progress of
the town, both in the business and
population divisions.
Among the many changes which
have taken place in Mount Olive,
and which involved the expendi
ture of a sum variously estimated
at from $50,000 to $150,000, are:
■Raymond’s' cafe, purchased two
buildings on East Main street, re
modeled and converted them into , .
one, and moved from its old loca
tion on the corner of Center and <
James streets.
Reath (Jones 'Cash store, pur
chased the building next door to V
its old location on East Main
street, formerly occupied by Cox
brothers, completely remodeled it
into one of the nicest-looking
stores in this section. .
Cox brothers moved across the
street from their old location, Into
two formerly vacant stores, com
pletely rebuilding them, and add
ing a sizeable extension on the
rear for warehouse facilities.
■Home Furniture and Appliance
company, a new firm, purchased
the Williams building on East
Main street, next to city hall, re
| modeled the entire three floors of
the building, and established an
up-to-date furniture store here.
White’s hatchery, occupying a
part of the Williams building,
moved into the building vacated by
Reath Jones store, where it now
has more roquw- - ;'-V, s :v'' '
'Some year or so ago, Hanpr
Cooke, owner of Center theatre
here, established another theatre,
the Wayne, in the eastern-most
section of the Martin building on
East Main street. Next door to it
now the middle section of -■, the
building is undergoing repairs and - ^
alterations, preparatory to receiv
ing another furniture store, to be
operated by an out-of-town firm.
Still on 'East Main street, which
is rapidly developing into one of
the best business sections of the
town, Ricks 'Fertilizer company is.
in the process of remodeling (the
entire front of their building, and
plan to install a modern glass
front.
L. K. Jordan purchased the
building formerly used by Sim
mons hardware as a warehouse on
East Main street, and converted
it into two small, very attractive
stores, moving his jewelry busi
ness into one of them, with Col
lins clothing store, another new
firm, occupying the other store.
■Clayton 'Summerlin, local elec
trician, is in the process of build
ing a new, modern store building
here on South Center street, next
to the Tribune office, to house his
electrical supply business and in
the rear of which will be located'
the Martin-ISummerlin tin shop.
■Edgar Kornegay purchased the
Summerlin building recently, on
South Center street, gave it a
face-lifting and remodeling on the
inside, and installed his dought
nut shop there, with room for his
modern plumbing business when
conditions permit.
(The IBank of Mount Olive, in its
program, of expansion, has taken
over the building formerly occu
pied by Jordan's Jewelry store,
and is now almost ready to spread
out into its newer and larger
quarters. The entire front of the
building occupied by the bank, and
tiie one formerly occupied by
Jordan, have been remodeled, and
this work will be finished in the
very near future. .
Kornegay’s garage has been in '
the process of remodeling the in- ,
side and outside of their building
on the comer of Center and Pol
lock streets, for the past month,
preoaring to install more adequate
stockroom and repair departments.
■Progressive store, levs tat
months ago, completed the ei£ ' K
largement of their -store into a
"super market," taking, in -tha
building formerly occupied by .
Amster’s clothing store, on Cen» '
ter street
The Luby Bell Motor company
has completed the erection of g;
modern, well-lighted show room
for display of the new IMS Chry
sler and Plymouth automobiles, as
weU ss enlarging and modernis*
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