VOLUME 50 MOUNT OLIVE, N. C.# Friday, February 26, 1954 NUMBER 92
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One of the most popular phrases
you hear from travelers nowadays
is, “The world is certainly get
ting to be a‘small place.” Truth
of this is being proven over and
over again in the experiences of
those who go places.
Take Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Flow
ers, for instance. Two or three
weeks ago they were in Florida.
Passing through Titusville they de
cided to stop for a meal, and when
they walked into the cafe associat
ed with the motel where they stop
ped, who should they see in there,
peacefully eating a meal, but Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Warren and chil
dren, who were also in Florida iof
a holiday.
Mrs. Boyd Beall was curious the
i other day about the power she
thought we had over her husband.
“I’ve beeii trying to get him to
mow the grass and do some work
in the yard,” she said, “but he's
always too busy, or too tired. Then
you come along and suggest hit
ting some golf balls, and away hd
goes."
Shucks, Mrs. Beall, that ain’t
power. It’s just a little trick which
very few wives ever learn. You
aee, we suggested something HE
likes to do, and that’s all there was
to it. If more wives would try to
get their husbands to do something
their husbands wanted to do any
way, the wives would be sur
prised at how obedient husbands
really are.
Mention of golf recalls scoring
recorded by a quintet of Mount
Olive players some time ago. In
the group were George Sutton,
Charles Kraft, Bryce Ficken,
“Hooty” Lewis and Shelton Boyd.
At the end of the first nine boles
the score card read “44, 45, 46, 47,
and 48.” We don’t remember just
who had what scores, but it was
kinda odd, we thought.
A fireman’s wife turned in a
fire alarm here the other day be
cause she’d ofteri heard her hus
jp band say' thd" department should
be called first thing when any
thing catches fire—not to wait until
efforts to put the fire out have
failed
n 1 this time happened to
be % k 11, and a passing color
ed itr id already secured a
buckv- — water, which would have
been more than adequate to douse
the flame. But this fireman’s wife
wouldn’t let him pour the water
on the fire because she’d already
turned in the alarm, and didn’t
want the firemen to come tip on
a fire that was already out.
Then she was so embarrassed by
what she’d done she'hid when the
firemen answered the alarm. But
we can tell her, for the fire de
partment, that it’s much easier,
and takes much less time on the
part of firemen, to answer a call
where the fire is already out, or
under control than it is to answer
one where the alarm has been
turned in too late. So don’t you feel
badly, A. M.
Calvin Portqr, newsman for The
Tribune, was confined to his home
by influenza several days recently,
and got to the place, he said, where
he really was enjoying lying
> around, having his comparatively
new wife wait on him hand and
loot.
His pleasure was short-lived, how
ever. The day after he got up and
around again, Mrs. Porter, the for
mer Charlotte Andrews, became ill
with the same stuff, and when
Calvin’s turn to wait on her began
It took the pleasure out of his own
sickness. *
Johnny Walker was telling us
yesterday that several weeks ago
the question came up in his family
about whether to renew subscrip
tions to The New York Times and
* The Tribune. Of course be renew
ed to The Tribune.
The thing that amazes us is not
that The Tribune won out over
The Times, but that there was any
question!
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If you ever want to bore straight
through the earth, you’ll have a
shorter distance to go if you start
at one of the poles and go through
to the other pole than if you start
r -, equator and go through to
r side—13.35 miles, to be
rf* *ight think this infomation
, jalue, but onf peter knows
tads The Tribune.
Jesse Hinson, representative of
a wholesale grocery cqncern, who
has worked Mount Olive merchants
for many years, told us Tuesday
that he will be a candidate for
the office of Wayne county sheriff.
Mr. Hinson, who is well-known
here, has lived in Ooldsbqro most,
or all, of his life, said he would
file sometime this week, or next.
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Milk is not a perfect food because
It m low in iron and cellulose* _
School for
Church Men
At Calypso
The School for Elders and Dea
cons opened Monday night at the
Presbyterian church in Calypso.
Dr. Leroy Burney of Richmond,
Va., taught the class. Present were
28 officers and ministers from Fai
son, Stanford, Calypso, and Mount
Olive churches.
Dr. Burney stressed that the
Riders and deacons were represent
atives of the people, originated
with God. They are authorized and
they are answerable to God.
Dr. Burney is the author pf the
study book for elders and dea
cons. He is an outstanding leader in
the service of Christ.
The second study will be held
Monday, March 1. The Rev. L. L.
Taylor, secretary of home missions
for Wilmington Presbytery, will
teach the class.
l Church women served refresh
ments during the rgcess period.
This school was postponed in
January due to weather conditions.
Piney . Grove
Youth Meet
The Junior Methodist Youth Fel
lowship of Piney Grove met Wed
nesday night at the home of Rosa
lie Sullivan with 14 members an
swering to roll call.
Alice Faye Sutton; president,
called the meeting to order by
having the group sing “Just A Lit
tle Talk With Jesus;” Johnny
Hatch read the minutes of the last
meeting. Virginia Sutton read a
poem and the president told a
story.
Mrs. Sullivan served soft drinks,
cookies, and peanuts at the. close
of the meeting. The March meeting
will be with Virginia and Lee Sut
ton.
Travelers Group
Has Meeting Here
Post U of the Travelers Protec
tive association held its annual
ladies’ night banquet in the Mount
Olive elementary school cafeteria
Tuesday night.
Thomas C. Abele of St. Louis,
Mo., national secretary, was guest
speaker. Other guests included
Thomas R. Yates, state secretary
of Winston-Salem and State Presi
dent T. Frank Jones of Goldsboro,
and Mrs. Jones.
Reath Jones, president, presided.
The meal was served by women
of the Mount Olive Christian
church.
Of Mecklenburg county’s 1950
population of 187,052, only 14,581
persons lived oh farms.
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POTATO WASHER COMING^—Workmen are shown above
erecting a platform which will be used in'washing and grad
ing Irish potatoes grown in this section. Ralph Warren, local
produce broker, who is installing the new washing machine,
said equipment is expected to arrive here around the middle
of next month. The platform is expected to be completed
by noon today with additional construction in connection
)vith the platforln to be finished within a few weeks.
Construction is Begun on
Spud Washing Facilities
A movement to get Mount Olive*
grown Irish potatoes on the mar
ket by installing washing and grad
ing equipment here is materializ
ing steadily, according to reports
from a local owner, who said ma
chinery for grading and washing
spuds is to arrive here by March
15.
Ralph Warren, broker, who is
installing the equipment in hopes
of reviving the dwindling sale of
Irish potatoes grown in this sec
tion, said this week that the plat
form for housing the machinery
should be almost completed by
noon today and additional adjust
ments on the building should be
finished within a couple of weeks.
The machinery is to arrive here
about the middle of March, he
said, and will be installed in time
to handle this year's crop.
In recent years Mount. Olive,
once a potato center, has had dif
ifculty finding a place on the mar
kets for its potato products, part
ly, it is believed, because the spuds
were not washed and made attrac
tive tp buyers. Marketing special
ists say the chief buyers of Irish
potatos are chain stores and that
they want products which are
quickly handled.
Several Citizens are
In Hospital Now
Among those from this section
who are patients at Wayne Memo
rial hospital, Goldsboro, are:
David Gillis, Mrs. Willie Jones,
and Mrs. W. S. Head of Mount
Olive and Robert Best of route 3.
World Day of Prayer tor
Local Women Held March 5
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Women of the various Mount
Olive Protestant churches are
sponsoring the local observance
of the annual World Day of Prayer
Friday morning, March 5, at
10 o’clock, in the Baptist church.
Mrs. H. J. Skipper is chairman
of the group arranging for local
observance of this day. Others par
ticipating ' are Mrs. Wilson Lewis,
Mrs. Rodney Knowles, Mrs. Shel
ton Boyd, Mrs. Jesse Graham, and
Mrs. B. E. Dotson.
Purpose of this day is to unite all
Christians in a bond of prayer, es
pecially for peace, and to make
an offering for Christian missions
at home and abroad. Theme for
this year’s, observance is “That
they may have light.”
For the 67th successive year, the
World Day of Prayer will be ob
served in 118 countries all over
the globe by people of every de
nomination, creed, nationality, and
color. This regular observance be
gan in 1887. The response was so
great, a day was set apart annual
ly and eventually the first Friday
in Lent was chosen as the World
Day of Prayer.
It is sponsored in the United
States by the United Church Wom
en, a department of the National
Council of Churches of Christ in
the U. S. '
Mrs. Skipper 'said everyone in
this area is invited to attend the
local observance.
Club Fdks
Told flow
To Write
“Dou you write,news items that
are interesting to the reader or
do they lack those special qualities
most essential to any article if it
is to hold interest?”
This was the subject discussed
by Miss Jean Anderson of the State
College Extension Service, Raleigh,
at a meeting held in Kenansville
Thursday afternoon for the bene
fit of the Home Demonstration
club publicity leaders of Duplin
•county, whose job is to write
straight news and feature stories
for local newspapers. ' '
“Facts plus names minus person
al opinions” was Mrs. Anderson’s
definition of “news.” Finding a
story, planning, preparing, and
placing it in the hands of the peo
ple are steps that must be taken in
presenting the public with news.
It was further pointed out that no
other medium is more powerful in
letting the people know of the good
work club women are doing than
through local newspapers, and the
way in which such news is written
up is important.
Eighteen women attended. B. F.
Grady, Calypso, D. S., Friendly,
Miller, Outlaw’s Bridge, Scott’s
Store Homemakers and Morning
clubs were represented.
$400 Damage From
Wreck Thursday
Property damages estimated at
5400 resulted when autos driven by
Larry Best, Jr., of Mount Olive,
and Marion Jones of route 4 col
lided in front of Josh Hinson’s
store just outside Mount Olive city
limits on the Goldsboro highway
late yesterday afternoon.
Jones was charged with failing
to yield the right-of-way. Jones
told investigating officer Willie
Currin of the highway patrol he
was driving out of Hinson’s drive
way when the accident occurred.
Best was traveling north on high
way 117.
The collision 9ent Best’s -1953
Mercury into a ditch.
- Officer Currin estimated the
lamages to the car driven by Best
it $300, and to the 1937 Ford driv
en by Jones at $100.
DOUBLE SET OF TWINS—Donald and Ron
ald Lindsay, twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. A. L.
Lindsay of jroute 3, hold the twin calves that
were born on their farm on their birthday,
• February 19. The twins are not identical,
Donald has black hair and is holding the
black calf, while Ronald has red hair and
is holding the red calf .r-Staff Photo ■
Rites Held
In Indiana
for Native
Jessie Oliver McCullen, 38, na
tive of this section, died in an
Indianapolis, Ind., hospital Febru
ary 15. Funeral services were held
in Quinn and McGowan ' funeral
home, Warsaw, Sunday afternoon.
Interment was in the Warsaw cem
etery.
He is survived by his father, W.
M. McCullen of Warsaw; one son,
Mackie McCullen of Texas; two
brothers, Johnnie of Kinston and*
Walter McCullen of Warsaw- four
sisters, "Mrs: Claudell Tyndall,
Mount Olive, route 1, Mrs. Charlie
Walker, Mount Qlive, route 2, Mrs.
Paul Bell, Kinston, and Mrs. Hen
ry Deems, Goldsboro.
Mrs. Flowers
Chairman of
Duke Drive
Mrs. Mossett Flowers of Mount
Oliye has been named chairman
of the Duke' university Loyally
Fund campaign for 1953-54 in the
Mount Olive area, it was announc
ed today.
The Loyalty Fund is Duke’s an
nual alumni giving program,
through which the institution’s for
mer students contribute annually
to its support.
As chairman for the area, Mrs.
Flowefs will head a committee that
will seek to contact personally all
Duke alumni here who have not
participated in the giving program
thus far this year. The local cam
paign will be one of approximate
ly 175 to be conducted throughout
the country during February and
March.
Calypso PTA Met
And Had Scouts as
Special Visitors
The PTA of Calypso school met
Monday night in the auditorium
iot tfcn regular monthly meeting
with the president, Mrs. Robert Far<)
rior, presiding.
The second grade students with
their teacher, Mrs. Allen Cox, were
in charge of the devotional and pro
gram. The meeting opened by sing
ing “Praise Him,” and the students
repeated the 121 Psalm in unison,
followed by prayer.
A poem, “A Child’s Thought of
God,” was given by Miss Elizabeth
Barrett Browning. The Pledge to
the Flag was given by the student's
and “America” was sung by the
assembly; A playlett, “little Red
Riding Hood,” was given.
Cub scouts and scouts attended
in a body and were recognized by
the president.
Presentation of ex-president pins
was made by W. H. Hurdle. Mrl.
Jim Grady and Samuel Pipkin
were recipients of the awards.
After a business session, mem
bers were invited to a birthday
party celebrating Founders Day
of the Parent-Teachers Association.
Birthday cake and punch were
served by the women of the PTA.
Mrs. Bessie Best, '60, accused of
slaying her 59-year-old salesman
husband, Marvin Best, of Golds
boro, has been bound over to Su
perior .court following a prelimi
nary . hearing before Goldsboro
Mayor Scott Berkeley, sitting as
a magistrate in the preliminary
hearing.
Lengthy Dock
Of in City Coi
A lengthly docket was disposed
of in Mayor’s Court Saturday with
Mayor T, Nelson Ricks transfering
some cases to county and Superior
courts,* sentencing some to road
terms and dismissing a couple,
while ordering the majority to pay
court cost.
Many t>f the 22 defendants had
more than on$ charge against
them.
Ronnie McMillian and Bennie
Faison, Negroes of Mount Olive,*
were given road sentences. Mc
Millian was given 30 days each for
public drunkenness and disorderly
conduct, while Faison was sentenc
ed for forgery.
William Moore of the city, who
is charged with larceny of more
than $1,000 from Dr. C. C. Hender
son, was given a preliminary hear
ing and ordered held undet bond -
tor Superior court.
J. D. Dixon and Carl Mclver,
Megroes, of near Kenansville, who
recently had their charges added
to by resisting arrest and running
from Officer M. D. Connor, will be
lieard in county court along with
Robert Nethercutt of Clinton, and
John Powell of route 3. Dixon is
charged with resisting arrest, care
less and reckless driving and driv
ing under the influence, while Me
WILDLIFE CLASS — Students at Mount
Olive high school inspect beaver hides
which were displayed by Miss Lounette Bar
ber of the State Wildlife Commission, third
from left, when she gave lectures in wild
life at the local high and elementary schools
Tuesday. Students making the inspections
are, left to right: Tennys Wfcrren, Shelton
Best, Miss Barber and Joyce Daughtry. The
lectures were sponsored by the Mount Olive
Garden club. —Staff Photo by Gordon Wil
liams.
Slides Are
Shown for
Club Folks
Outlaw’s Bridge Community club
met Saturday night in the church
annex with Theodore Outlaw, vice
president, presiding.
He called the meeting to order by
having the group sing “America.”
Mrs. B. F. Outlaw led the devotion
al. Cleo Outlaw, program chairman,
presented two Mormon Elders, who
talked and showed slides on the his
torical background of Mormons and
Salt Lake City, Utah.
After the program, officers for
the coming year were elected. They
are as follows: B. F. Outlaw, presi
dent; Theodore Outlaw, vice presi
dent; Mrs. M. L. Outlaw, secretary
treasurer; and Mrs. Henry Parker,
chaplain.
Next club meeting will be held
March 20.
Duplin Hajl Rates
Will be Increased
Duplinites will pay more for hail
insurance on tobacco, while Samp
sonians.will have a slight reduction
in their insurance rates, according
to a proposal made by the North
Carolina Fire Insurance Rating Bu
reau.
In Duplin county, those taking
out hail insurance on their tobacco
will pay rates of $5.50 instead of
$4.50, while in Sampson, rates will
be reduced from $5 to $4.50.
Local Student at
College Honored
Rosemond Farah, a senior, has
maintained a- scholastic average
of. “B” or better for the past
semester at Woman’s College of
the University of North Carolina,
Greensboro, and because of this
has been granted special absence
privileges for the current semester.
She is the daughter of Mrs. Abe
Farah of Mount Olive.
In 1950, some 58.9 per cent of
North Carolina farm families own
ed their own homes.
et Disposed
irt Saturday
iver is charged with public drunk
enness and resisting arrest. Pow
ell and Nethercutt are' charged
with careless and reckless driving.
Tossed out of court because of
insufficient evidence were care
less and reckless driving charges
against Albert ''Johnson, Calypso,
and Mrs. Ruth Waters of route 1.
Charles Faison, Negro, of Fai
son, defrayed court expenses for
disorderly conduct and public
drunkenness and Floyd Kennedy,
also of Faison, paid court costs for
:he same offenses.
In other cases appearing before
Mayor Ricks, court costs were lev
ied against Hoyt McCullen, city,,
drunk and disorderly; Joyce Hobbs,
:ity, assault; John Manley, Negro,
route 2, disorderly; Percy Britt,
Negro, city, public drunkenness;
lames Best, Negro, city, disorder
ly conduct, Leonard Lee, Negro,
Mount Olive, public drunkenness;
Robert Anderson, route 3, public
drunkenness;
Lillie Walters, Negro, city, dis
orderly conduct; J. R. Turner, Ca
lypso, public drunkenness; Pete
Matthews, Negro, Richmond, Va.,
speeding; Edward Weller, Negro,
Richmond, Va., speeding; and Jake
Blackman, Negro, city, public
drunkenness, 0
Lost Cap When Plane Was
Shot Down; To Get It Back
A
Heart Attack
Is Fatal for
Faison Mart
Funeral services for William Ma
son Baugham, 51, who died of a
heart attack at his home in Faison
Wednesday morning, were held
yesterday from the Faison Presby
terian church with the Rev. Taylor
O. Bird, his pastor, officiating. In
terment was in the Faison ceme
tery.
Mr. Baugham was the son of the
late Mrs. Willie Smallwood and
W. R. Baugham of Northhampton
county.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Lucille Bowden Baugham; oije
daughter, Miss Mary Baugham of
Faison and Kings College, Bristol,
Tenn.; one sister, Mrs. L. E. Lan
ier of Lexington; one brother.
George E. Baugham of Norfolk,
Va.
Scout Badge
For Sutton
E. B. Sutton, Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. B. SUtton, of Calypso, was
awarded the tenderfoot badge in
scouting Sunday morning at the
Calypso Presbyterian church.
The tenderfoot badge is the first
award in scouting and was present
ed by H. B. Kornegay, Jr., at the
Sunday school hour. Kornegay re
ceived the God and Country pin the
highest award in scouting, several
years ago.
Panthers Conclude
Season Here, 7:30
Mount Olive high school basket
ball teams wind up their season to
night in games'played here against
New Hope.
A win is needed by the Mount
Olive boys' if they hope to retain
possession *of fifth place in con
ference standings, while the local
sextet must win if they are to corrje
through the season with a victory.
To date, the Mount Olive gifjs
have not won in 17 contests. The
boys’ record is seven wins, ten
defeats.
. Other games on tap as Wayne
conference concludes its season are
as follows: Grantham; at Seven
Springs, Rosewood at Brogden, Na-,
hunta at Eureka and Fremont at'
Pikeville. ’
1 Almost 10 years after his plane
was shot down near Brussels, Bel
gium, Dave McClenny, coach at
Mount Olive high school, will re
cover the cap he lost in the crash.
This week McClenny received a
letter from the man who found it
nearly 10 years ago. The man writ
ing in French offered to return the
cap, if the Mount Olive man wanted
it.
The finder disclosed' he located
its owner by checking with the
American embassy.
McClenny, who was taken prison
er by Germany shortly after his
plane was shot down in June, 1944,
saicTEe "would wfiteT asiting that- ’
the, cap be sent to him.
Mrs. Herring
Buried On
Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Sey
delle Garner Herring of near
Mount Olive were held Wednesday
afternoon from the Hopewell Bap
tist church with the Rev. Clarence
Biggs, of Goldsboro, pastor of the
church, officiating. Interment was
in the family cemetery near the
home.
Mrs. Herring, 48, died early Tues
day morning at her home in the
Indian Springs community.
Surviving are her husband, John
ny Herring; two daughters, Mrs.
Thirl Best of Faison and Mrs.
John Heath of Deep Run; two sons,
Marvin and Morris of the home;
and two grandchildren.
Seven Springs is
Winner, 2 Games
Seven Springs went ahead in the
third period Tuesday night to edge
out Mount Olive boys, 49-46, while
the girls had little trouble in whip
ping Mount Olive’s sextet, 84-60,
in games played in the local com
munity gym.
The Thunderbolts jumped to an
early lead, but this was cut down
by Mount Olive boys, who com
manded a 22-21 halftime lead. In'
the third stanza, Seven Springs
went out in front, and were
never headed in tying the Pan
thers for fifth place in the confer
ence.
For the Mount Olive girls, Bobby
Lee dropped in 29 points, while
Mary Wolf had 19. Margaret Grant
led the winners with 46. Emma
Sanderson had 12 for Seven
Springs, * • .
NEW HOME—Among the new homes recently erected In
Mount Olive is this one belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Millord - '
Jackson on East College Street.—Staff photo. ■ 1
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