The Horn* Newspaper for 50 Years
VOLUME 51
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MOUNT OLIVE, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1955 W NUMBER
The
Mouth
Piece
Quote for today: “A fickle mem
017 is bad; a fickle course of con
duct is worse; but a fickle heart
and purposes, worst of all.”—C.
.Simmons.
Roland Hodges was crying in his
hamburger steak during Wednes
day’s snow. Two of his oil delivery
trucks were stuck in the snow some
where, something was wrong with
another one, while the fourth
truck was down in Duplin county
somewhere and the driver called
in and said he couldn’t start it
Roland sent a wrecker and two
men to the truck in Duplin to pull
it in, because he was about 25
orders for fuel oil behind. When
the local garagemen arrived at the
track one of them, just out of
curiosity, stepped in the truck,
switched on the key, touched the
starter, and the motor came to life
just as pretty as anything!
A joint checking account has
been described as a device which
allows your wife to beat70u to the
draw!
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Of such things feuds are born:
. Jesse Graham was telling yes
terday about two fellows, who live
in his father’s neighborhood near
Grantham store, who met oiv a
country road during Wednesday’s
snow. Each pulled his vehicle as,
near the edge of the road as he
dared, and the front end of the car1
and pickup truck cleared each other
nicely, but, as Jesse put it, “The
fear ends got together.”
Before either of the men would
let either of the cars be moved,
they had to have a highway patrol
man present to look the situation:
over, i
We don’t know if June Martin,
Jr., enjoyed making the snowman
in his yard, but there was no doubt
his little daughter enjoyed his do
ing it, from the expression on her
face, pressed against the window
ue asshe^watebed him. . ■ ,
and you couldn’t help but feel,
.7 for the little daughter of
and Mrs. James Francis, who
was sick and couldn’t get out in
the snow with’ the other children,
and could only watch them through
the window.
We asked Mossett Flowers Wed
nesday night if he had any aspirin
in his store. “Yeah, man,” he answ
ered. Then he told us that aspirin
and “ground peas” were two of
the three things he was never out
of!
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t No day is ever completely wast
ed if you learn at least one new
thing. Pretty early Thursday morn
ing we found out that day wasn’t
going to be a total loss, because
we learned there is at least one
person in the Mount Olive area who
isn't helping to support Rodney
Southerland, Sjr., through payment
of insurance premiums.
Alton Daly, Mount Olive's new
chief of police, admitted he had
‘ never bought a policy from Rodney,
but in his admission he made one
little mistake: he said it in front of
Rodney, which is just as good as
a license to Rodney to go to work
on him.
In the future, if you see those two
cornered off, somewhere, it won’t
be that Rodney is reporting a
crime, or that Daly is investigating
something and needs Rodney’s help
—it’ll just be that Rodney is try
ing i^eal hard to correct the situa
tion reported above!
Mrs. Mabel Broadhurst was chap
eroning a group of young folks
down at the beach last summer,
and one day the weather was so
bad they all stayed in the house.
.JPretty soon the young folks got
' interested in a game of cards, and
Mrs. Broadhurst came into the
room, and they made a place for
her to play, also. ,
Next day was also pretty rough,
so they again stayed in. Someone
suggested they play a little poker.
s no,” Mrs. Broadhurst remon
d, “we’re not going to have
1pker playing around here!”
„6n she found out the game
sne’d joined the day before was
poker! Which just shows to go
you! • \ ; ‘-V-y
It would have been worth at
least 19 cents for Bobby Lazorik,
who is a student at Belmont, to
'have been in the Mount Olive
post office Wednesday afternoon,
and heard the statement, and seen
the expression on Shirley Hines'
face when she received that pack
age from him!\
We know this is mean, Shirley,
but how you’ll just have to' write
Bobby all about it
Incidentally, Margaret Jean
> Kraft, who wa* with Shirley at the
time, told us that she was with
little Donna Robin Work, of Gas
tonia, on the day she was stricken
with polio. Donna's picture was in
MAN OF YEAR—Charles Thompson, right,
son of Mrs. S. A. Thompson of Mount Olive,
is being congratulated by Norbert Wilson
on being selected by a panel of judges as the
young man who was most outstanding in
community affairs last year. W.'F. (Speck)
Harper, chairman of the Distinguished Serv
ice Awards committee, looks on. Wilson,
who was chairman of the judges, also is pre
senting Thompson with a certificate and
“Young Man of the Year” key, in ceremon
ies at the Jaycee DSA banquet Monday
Charles Thompson Jaycee 'Young Man of
Year/ Gets Award at Monday's Meeting
Charles Thompson is Mount Ol
ive’s “Young Man of the Year.”
Active in church and club af
fairs, as well as other civic proj
ects, he was recognized at the an
nual Jaycee Distinguished Service
Awards banquet Monday night as
the young man who was most out
standing in community work last
year. The banquet was held in the
elementary school cafeteria.
Others who have won this honor
since, it was first introduced here
four years ago are Charles O. Whit
ley, E. J. Bundy and Benny Frank
lin. ’ . „_......... tr
- The 29-year-old insurance sales
man, a life-long resident of Mount
Olive and son of Mrs. S. A. Thomp
son, received a certificate and gold
key from Norbert Wilson, chair
man of the panel of judges, during
the ceremony. Other judges were
A. C. Hatch, J. S. Glenn, Charlie
Matthews and John Patterson.
W. F. (Speck) Harper was chair
man of the DSA committee and as
such selected the judges and ar
ranged for the banquet. Bill Hen
derson of Reidsville, state Jaycee
president, was guest speaker.
During the past year, Thompson
,was a leader in the Jaycee swim
ming classes for non-swimmers;
was active in teaching .youngsters
to play tennis; was chairman of the
Farmers’ Festival float committee,
was a member of the safety driv
ing committee which- backed the
driving program at schools *ih this'
section; and was a member of the
committee to secure a tractor 'for
the high school agriculture depart
ment. /
He also served as treasurer of
the Community Chest for three
vears. In church work, he has serv
Panthers Take Two Games
From New Hope on Tuesday
The Mount Olive High school
basketball teafns took a double
header from New Hope in games
played here Tuesday night. The
Pantherettes won their second
game of the season, winning 66-55,
while the Panthers made it two in
a row with a 50-43 victory over the
visitors.
To gain their second victory of
Two Commercial
Courses Will Begin
Those in the community interest
ed in taking beginners’ typing and
bookkeeping at Mount Allen col
lege should register for the cours
es by Monday, the Rev. William B.
Raper, president' of the school,
said this week.
Classes in the courses will be
gin Monday night. The classes will
be taught each Monday night start
ing at 6 p. m. and continuing to
9:55 p.m., if both courses are tak
en, he said. Those interested in
enrolling can register for either
one or both of the courses.
Enrollment in the junior, college
department, which begins a, new
semester January 27, is now being
accepted, Raper said.
Mr$. Mitchell's Father
Honored by Ejection
Vernon B. Mountcastle of Roa
noke, Va., father of Mrs. Kitty
Mitchell of Mount Olive, Has been
elected president of the Roanoke
Area Manufacturers Association.
Mr. Mountcastle is president of
the Roanoke Concrete Products,
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Not This One # *
Shirley Jackson Price, who works
for the Southerland Insurance
Agency in Mo.unt Olive, has asked
The Tribune to report that it was
not she who was tried in Mayor’s
Court Saturday on charges of
speeding 90 m.p.h. in a 35 m.p.h.
speed sone. ~
She said a number of people
have the impression she was the
one bound over to county court
on the charges although The Tri
bune identified the defendant in
the case as Shirley Jackson.
last Tuesday’s Tribune, In connec
tion with this year’s March of
{Mines drive.. . .
the season, the Panthers had to
overcome a two-point deficit in the
final stanza. Mount Olive took a
14-8 first-period lead, but in the
third quarter New Hope forged
ahead 37-35. At halftime the Pan
thers, who lost their first seven
games, were ahead by a 26-19
score.
Eddie Hester set the scoring pace
for the winners, dropping in 19
points, while.Bert May had 16, and
Harry Cooke, 10.
In the girls’ contest, Mount Olive
went on a 23-point scoring spree in
the second quarter to break a first
period 17-17 deadlock, and after
that was never threatened by the
visitors.
.. Mary Wolfe was high scorer for
the Pantherettes, sinking 32 points,
while her teammate, Ann Wilson,
accounted for 26.
MeManus Is
Speaker at
PTA Meeting
, The Rev. U. A. McManus, pastor
of the Bear Marsh Baptist church,
was principal speaker at the Calyp
so school Parent-Teachers Associa
tion meeting Monday night.
The organization’s motto for the
month is “Behold, I Am With Thee
and Will Keep Thee Always.” The
Bear Marsh, pastor used as the
topic for his talk, “The Wind.” He
was introduced by Mrs. Robert Far
rlor, president. . .
The meeting opened with the
group singing, "Come Thou Al
mighty King.” The singing was led
by W. W. Best, song leader. Becky
(Southerland gave the devotional us
ing as her theme, "My Health
Cometh From the U>rd.”
Miss Marjorie Pridgen and Miss
Faye'Jones played piano selections,
j The attendance prize was won
by Mrs. Allen Cox’s second grade.
Fried Chicken on
legion Meet Menu
A fried chicken supper will be
served at the Mount Olive Ameri
can Legion meeting tonight, it has
been announced.
; The meeting will be held at
7:30 at the Legion hut. All mon
ben are urged to attend. ..
ed as superintendent of the Pres
byterian Sunday school and is a
leader in the Young Adult Fel
lowship of the church. In addition
he.has served on numerous other
projects.
When the Mount Olive Junior
Chamber of Commerce — which
sponsors the selection of a “Young
Man of the Year", although it is,
not compulsory that the winner be
a member of the organization —
was organized in the summer of
1^50,'Thompson Was. elected first
president of the club. Under his
direction the chib tppfc oyer the;
gate for the'high school 'football
team and installed lights at the
athletic field.
At the Monday night banquet,
last year’s winner, past-President'
Franklin, who also won the “State
Community Young Man of the
Year” honor last year, praised the
work of the Jaycees and the pres
ent president of the club, E. J.
Bundy. Franklin concluded his ad
dress by giving “Keymen Awards"
to club members Who had helped
him most when he was head of the
organization. ' . .
Those receiving the awards were
Dr. M. M. Lownes and Thomas Hol
lowell.
Bundy presided over the meeting
and recognized and awarded mem
bers of the club who have reached
the age of retirement from the
organization, but who have stayed
on as associate members. They
were Frahklin, Ray Scarborough,
John “Rusty” Flowers, B. E. Bryan,
Otis Wood and Bill B.izzell.
Henderson, in his address, said
that even though many advance
ments have been made in science,
medicine,, engineering and other
fields, there is still room for more
achievements, and urged those pres
ent to work toward these improve
ments. He askerted the community
of tomorrow is being painted to
day.
Guests of the dub were town
officials, their wives, judges and
their wives, and wives and dates
of Jaycees.
Snow Blankets Are. And
Schools Close For
4
Bond Given
For Negro
In Shooting
Willie Faison, Mount Olive Ne
gro, who was arrested January 4,
for shooting June Hardy, also Ne
gro of Mount Olive, has been re
leased on bond on charges of as
sault with a deadly weapon with
intent to kill, Police Chief Alton
Daly, who as constable, helped
apprehend Faison, reported.
Daly said Hardy is recovering
from a shoulder wound.
The shooting occurred on the
edge of a tobacco bed just outside
the city limits on the Seven Springs
highway January 4. After the shoot
ing, Faison took to the woods in
the Indian Springs township, but
finally came out and gave himself
up to Highway Patrolman Wallace
Morrow and Daly, who were push
ing the search for him in that area.
Mission Films at
Salem Next Tues.
The Rev. and Mrs. C. L. Kirby,
who are making a tour of the South
ern Advent Christian churches, will
be at the Salem church Tuesday
night and show films on mission
works being carried on in the
Philippines and Japan. The serv
ice will start at 7:30.
Mr. Kirby is secretary of the
Advent Missionary Society and he,
with Mrs. Kirby, recently toured
the two countries. The public is in
vited to attend.
BIG SEND OFF—Jerry and Janie Lee are getting a big send
off from papa, James, as they, along with hundreds of
other youngsters in this section took advantage of the
snowfall Wednesday to get in some sledding, and “snow
play.”—Saff Photo by Charles Kraft.
Goldsboro District of Methodist Church
Daly Calls on Teen-Agers,
Drivers, to Use More Care
Mount Olive Police Chief Alton
Daly this week called on motorists
•^-particularly teen-age drivers—to
exercise more care when driving
in town, as well as on the open
highways.
He said a number of youngsters
have been apprehended for speed
ing* or careless and reckless driv
ing charges, and that the police de
partment would like to see a de
cline in these arrests. But he warn
ed that as long as motorists use
the streets for speedways or for
driving in a reckless manner they
will be arrested, if caught by po
licemen, and added that most vio
lations do not go unpunished.
He asserted teen-agers, particu
lar those from the rural section,
are the most guilty of this, and ask
ed for more cooperation. He point
ed out that if one is found guilty
of these violations the costs can
run into dollars, taking away mon
ey that can be used for more worth
while things.
Showing off behind the wheel is
not smart, the chief said, and can
lead to serious collisions in which
drivers as well as' innocent per
sons can he killed or critically
hurt.
So far Mount Olive has had rel
atively few accidents and last year
two persons were fatally injured
in auto mishaps in town, but un
less motorists and the “showoffs”
in particular,' observe the traffic
laws, Daly said, the numbers of fa
talities and accidents can sky-rock
et. The police department, he said,
shall make every effort to avert
any increase in deaths and acci
dents on the streets.
Grademothers Plan
Trip for Children
Mrs. W. H. Hurdle entertained
grademothers of the Calypso sixth
grade Tuesday evening.
During the meeting, a trip this
spring for the pupils was discussed.
Grademothers present were Mrs.
G. B. Sutton, Mrs. Bobby Burch,
Mrs. Adrain Dail, and gradefath
er, Mack Broadhurst. Mrs. Roy Dav
is, teacher, also was present.
The hostess served pound cake,
nut sundaes, and coffee.
EVERYONE’S m THE ACT—With schools
closing because of the snow Wednesday,
these youngsters gathered in Boyd Wilsons
; yard and took a physical ed course in roty*
ing snowmen. With one snowman already .
completed, all members of the group got
in the act on starting another. They are,
left to right Charlie Johnson, David Wilsop,
Phil Wilson, Harry Cooke, and Ray Patten.
—Staff Photo by Calvin Porter.
> The Goldsboro District of the
Methodist Church, which includes
Wayne, Duplin, and Sampson coun
ties, will undertake to organize 23
new churches within the next five
years, according to an announce
ment by the Rev. H. M. McLamb,
superintendent of the district.
A meeting of. ministers and lay
men of the district was held at the
Mount Olive church Monday to list
the places where churches will be
needed within the next five years
and to formulate plans for the im
mediate organization of the Sunday
schools and the churches most ur
gently needed.
The group decided to undertake
five of the projects immediately: A
church for the Johnson Homes com
munity, south of Goldsboro; anoth
er church for Smithfield, another
church for Clinton; a church for
Salemburg, and a church for Beula
ville. >
The Rev. Mr. McLamb reported
the North Carolina Conference,
which embraces the eastern half
of the state, is in the midst of a
great church extension emphasis,
and it is hoped 100 new churches
will be started, within a five-year
period, at an estimated cost of
three million dollars.
All pastors and churches of the
conference are expected to observe
“Churcn Extension Day” Sunday to
tell the story of church extension
and the need of the church at large
to provide help in this program.
An effort will be made at the
services Sunday to enlist every ac
tive Methodist as a member of the
“Ten Dollar club,” by agreeing to
give $10 upon call to assist one or
more new churches with their
building programs.
ley Streets '
Cause of '
One Mishap .
Mount Olive’s worst snow storm
in several years fell Wednesday,
forcing closure of the public
schools, but the number of acci
dents in the town were extremely
low for the conditions.
The snow, preceded the night
before by sleet, started falling in
the area around dawn and continu
ed into the early afternoon before
changing into sleet. Some natives
of the community said it was the -
most snow to fall at any one time
since 1947. *
County schools dismissed classes
at 9:30 Wednesday morning and
sent the students home. Although
skies had cleared Thursday, road
conditions in the rural sections
were termed “hazordous” and .
school authorities decided against
resuming classes that day.. r
It was' reported a number of
cars skidded from the roads in -
this section Wednesday, and had to
be towed in by wreckers, but in
town the police were called to In
vestigate only one collision. Police
Chief Alton D?ly said the mishap
involved less than $25 damages
and no accident report was filed.
He warned motorists to drive,
with extreme caution until all ice
has melted from the streets andr
highways.
There was no official measure
ment of how much snow fell in the i
area, but it was generally conceded
that at least two inches blanketed *
the ground. .*
Just as Mount Olive and sur
rounding communities found them
selves ■ snowed under, other' sec
tions of the state also reported
their worst storm in recent years.
In Raleigh, it was reported , nine-to '
10 inches of snow fell. j-.
Local Girls f'1
At Meeting
In Goldsboro 1
Members of the Mount OliVe Fu
ture Teachers of America attended
a meeting in Goldsboro last Thurs
day, at which representatives of
county schools spoke.
Those attending from here were:
Patricia Hines, Madeline Weeks,
Ernest Bracey, Graham Cooke, Shel
ton Best, Mary Helen Burgess,
Shirley Lewis, Sue Williams, Susan
Abbott, Ellena Jones, Eunice Hol
loman, Boyce Honeycutt, Evelyn
Sutton,
Anne Denning, Johnfty Thigpen,
Betty Lou Kennedy, Milton Gillis,
Jackie Coker, Bobby Swinson, Law
rence Hassell, Billy Byrd, Patricia
Johnson, Joyce Smith, Karen SuO
Best, Jfewell Griffin, Eleanor Me
Cullen, Tommy Avent, John Weath
erly, David Gillis, Nell and Joyce
Hollowell, and Miss Ruth Gardner,
advisor. \~!r<
Alex Mitchell, 89,!
Buried on Thursday
Funeral services for Alex Mitch
ell, 89, of Goldsboro, were held
Thursday morning from the Goodt
Shepherd Church of Duplin coun
ty, with Father Joseph J. Klaus of
the Mount Olive parish, officiating.
Mr. Mitchell died Monday after*’
an illness of seven years. Survivors
are two sons, J. F. and W. A,
Mitchell of Goldsboro; three grand
children aitd three great-gramJchU
dren.
Reaves' Coffee Day Today
With Proceeds for Polio
The second of two coffee days,
held annually, to raise funds for
the “March of Dimes” drive here
will be at Reaves’ Restaurant to
day. * ■ ' '
The first coffee day of this year’s
compaign was held at Rusty’s Grill
Tuesday. R. C. Warren, drive chair
man, yesterday said John “Rusty”
Flowers, owner of the grill, has not
completed tabulation of the amount
received in donations; therefore,
he was withholding public an
nouncement of how much has been
contributed until the counting is
completed. |.
James Reaves, owner of the rest
aurant bearing his npme, said Gur
ney Mqzingo, salesman for the
Made-Rite Bread company, will fur
nish donuts/ as his contribution,
Usual custom on these days, coffee
drinkers will be asked to contri
bute to the polio drive, instead of
for the coffee day today.
paying for-their ^rinfc.
Reaves is asking coffee dirinktn.
to donate at least a dime f6r eviiry
cup they drink, and to contribute
whatever they desire for'the do
nuts. Last year approximately $838
was raised' in this manner at
Reaves’ Restaurant.
Jaycees, who are sponsoring the
drive, yesterday began a canvass of
the business section. Warren re
ported they were to have started
Wednesday, but snow caused the
personal solicitation program to be
postponed a day.
Warren has said he hopes to
wind up. the drive this week and
called on those who have not been
contacted personally or contribut
ed through the coffee days to put
their donations in containers, which
have been placed in 84 business
establishments in the business sec
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