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VOLUME 51
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MOUNT OLIVE, N. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1955
NUMBER 98
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Piece'
Quote for today: “Sometimes
one pays most for the things one
gets for nothing.”—Alfred Ein
stein.
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p David Thompson, wrote the
salesman a check for some goods
the other day, and while rummag
ing around on his desk for a blot
ter, £ame up with this sage obser
r vation:' '*
' “An ink blotter is something you
: spend time looking for while the
! ink is drying.”
! : We would have had on exhibit
in The Tribune office this week an
extra large egg, except that Henry
' Rackley of route 4 was afraid his
hens would do no more work that
day after seeing what a big one
their sister had laid.
The egg weighed one-quarter of
a pound, was about 3% inches long,
K and nearly seven inches around at
the largest part. Mrs. Rackley tried
to get her husband to bring it to
town, but he wanted it for break
[ fast-and wasn’t sure whether the
Mens would lay any more.
They did, however, because Mrs.
Rackley said she had 40 hens, and
gathered 47 eggs that day. Which J
sounds, reasonable enough. You see,
one of the hens which didn’t lay
that day was the one\who'd laid
the big egg the day before, and the
, other hen which didn’t lay, evident
ly helped her—-aorta of a mid-wife,
you know! ^
. Second; thought: we don’t know
why the hen should take the day
off after laying that large an egg.
We’ve laid many an egg larger
than that, in this column, and did
n’t quit on account of it!
Nick Uzzle has been predicting
for some time that one of these
morning both he and Christine
Odom, who alternate at opening
Rusty’s Grill at 5 a.m., were either
onin'g toboth stay home one morn
or both go to work the same
K^'jltpbehed recently,'and both
Am showed up for work. The
one who wasn’t supposed to be
.there, got breakfast, sod went back
home.
They say that a certain Moscow
citizen stood in so well with the
party that he was granted a per
mit which, among other things, al
lowed him to buy a railroad ticket
without having to stand in line for
it One day he went to the station,
and presented his precious permit
"Get in that line over there,”
Jie was told.
g. “Bui,” he protested, "this per
mit allows me to buy a ticket with
out standing in line!”
"I know that, comrade,” rejoin
ed the station agent, "and that is
the line for people who don’t have
to stand ip line to buy tickets.”
, And; of course, you heard at>out
the blazing'gun battle which broke
up the political meeting in a moun
tain community which was notor
ious for fueding and fighting.
' "What started the shooting?”
asked a visitor from the outside.
£ “Feller made a motion that was
out of order,” a graybearded moun
taineer^ told him.
“Why, it’s simply outrageous and
undemocratic to shoot man over a
simple thing like that,” the out
lander declared, shocked to death.
’“What was the motion?”
V ‘Toward his hip pocket,” the
oldster drawled.
We’ve heard that Delbert Hatch
is seriously considering running for
mayor and has ordered stickers and
placards to use in his campaign.
; Boyd "Ding”. Bell, is also con
sidering running for the board of
aldermen on the platform of getting
rid of all Mount Olive’s stray dogs.
They’re really a headache, he main
tains. -
They surely are, and if he in
tends to get rid of Alii of them,
he’d bettor run loir two terms.
. Many of you will remember
Charlie Richardson, who was con
nected with Tyndall Funeral home
here for some time, and for the
past two or three years has been
nnected with -the local concern’s
ich in Wallace. We understand
ttically ill, with little hope
ir his recovery.
Suroka Youth Group
Plant Sunrit# Sorvice •/
,The Christian Youth Fellowship
i nf the Eureka Christian church met
in the home of Boh and Barbers
Keene last week and planned. a sun
rise Easter service. - ■ ..
The next meeting will be held
Monday night with Jinet Holland
and Hilda Smith. ■ '
For refreshments at the meeting
last week, the host and hostess serv
ed cake, topped With chocolate ic
ing, sprinkled with crushed nut
cookies, soft drinks and pop corn.
Duplin Working Out Plans to Give Polio
Vaccines to 3,000 Pupils When Licensed
Detailed plans now are being
worked out for the possible admin
istration of polio vaccine to 3,
000 Duplin county children who
will be eligible to receive it if
it is licensed, Dr. John F. Pow
ers, county Health officer, declar
ed this week.
As was, announced February 1,
1955,'by state health officials, all
first and second grade pupils in
public, private and parochial
schools in the state and (if
applies) all children ydio were
part qt the test groups in the, 1954
vaccine field trial blit did not re
ceive vaccine at that time, are in
cluded in the planned program, he
explained. It also will be available
to others through physicians at the
same time.
But parents were warned by Dr.
Powers not to jump to conclusions
that the current planning indicated
the vaccine already had been\prov
ed effective.
‘‘The vaccine which will be fur
nished by the National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis is the same
vaccine that was given to 440,000
Calypso Voters Will Ballot
Tuesday on Water System
IN TOKYO—Pvt. Charles V.
. Miller, son of Charlie Miller
of Kenasville, route 1, is a
member of the 8059th Army
Unit at Tokyo Army hospi
tal. Miller, a clerk-typist in
the registrar’s office, enter
ed the Army last August.
Speakersrfn
Methodists'
Plan Named
Lay speakers for the circuit Meth
odist churches of this area for
Sunday, March 20, at 11 a.m., in
clude the following:
Calypso, Mrs. N. B. Wilson of
Mount Olive; Faison, Don B. Ward
of Mount Olive; Kings, Gerald Mc
Gowan of Faison; Bether, Earl Sut
ton of Faison; Rones Chapel, Mrs.
D. L. Fouts of Mount Olive; Pink
flill, J. A. Batson of Mount Olive;
Garris Chapel, James Dunigan of
Seven Springs; Indian Springs, Paul
Tose of jGoldsboro; Seven Springs,
Mrs. R. C. Rose of Goldsboro. '
This is the fourth Sunday in a
series of six Lenten services being
conducted by laymen on Sunday
morning Mirhen the pastors are
preaching at other churches. Lay
men will speak in the majority of
the 900 Methodist churches of -East
ern North Carolina during this’pe
riod of “No Silent Pulpits.”
“We believe the laymen will en
joy giving expression to their
Christian faith and cftnvictions and
we believe the church members
will enjoy hearing their lay pres
entations," said the Rev. H. M. Mc
Lamb, superintendent of the Golds
boro, Methochst District.
No layman will speak more than
once at the same church.
Junior Class Play
The junior class, at Seven
Springs High school will present
“The Groom said Not” A three act
comedy, in the school auditorium
tonight The curtain rises at 8
► Calypso voters will go to the
polls Tuesday and cast deciding
ballots on the city’s $100,000 wat
er bond referendum. The polls
will be open at the fire house. ^
- The town of about 300 is at pres
ent without a water system.
Onctf before in recent yearsr the
town had tried to swing a loan
for installing a water system, but
the Local Government Commission
put the damper on the proposal
because the authorities believed
the rate of interest would be too
high. Several months ago, however,
town fathers again appeared * be
fore the stale agency, seeking to i
call a bond election and this time
the authorities gave their hless
ings.
Mayor W. H. Hurdle has stated
he believes that,, if. necessary, the
town can swing the loan through
a federal^ agency at a low interest
rate. He and other town leaders
are urging a large turnout at the
polls'Tuesday. •
Father of Local
Residents Buried v
Junius H. Graham, 54, died at his
home, Mount Olive, route 3, Tues
day morning. Funeral servioes were
held from the Eureka Christian
church, Wednesday afternoon with
the Rev. W. O. Henderson, pastor,
-oCffeiatiKgMButial wa»--4*-Wayne
Memorial park.
Surviving are his wife, the for
mer Tennie Thornton; two daugh
ters, Mrs. Leon Westbrook and
Mrs. John W. Thornton, of Mount
Olive, route 3; eight sons, William
F. add Jessie, of Mount Olive, J.
H., Jr., of Mount Olive, route 3;
Thurmond of Four Oaks, Kenneth
Earl and Nelson of the home, Dock
and Donald Graham of Goldsboro;
two brothers, M. B. Graham of New
ton Grove, and Albert Graham of
Four Oaks. -
Stanford Revival
To Begin Sunday
Revival services will begin at
the Stanford Presbyterian church
Sunday, with the Rev. George
Hume, a student at Union Theo
logical Seminary in Richmond, Va.,
in charge.
The revival, which will continue
nightly throughout next week, is
part of the evangelistic work of the
“Forward with Christ” program,
being observed this year by the
Presbyterian church in nine South
ern states.
Services at the Stanford church
will begin nightly at 7:30.
Dees Gives Figures on
Purchase of U. S, Bonds
Clenon F. Dees, U. S. Savings
Bonds chairman for Wayne county,
today announced the purchase of
Series E and H Savings Bonds total
ing $79387 during the month of
February. This brings, the Savings
Bonds-sales total for the January
and February period to $187362.60
which represents 22, per cent of
the county’s 1958 'quota.
Clean-Up Day for Cemetery
Grounds Set for March 30
, A clean-up day for Maplewood
a’tery has been called for Wed
ly, March 30, and Alderman D.
F. Odom, Jr., who also is chairman
pf t|ie local FinervCarolina commit
tee, ia asking lot owners to place
flowers on graves during the Easter
weekend, April 8-10.
Be said he would -like for the
cemetery to be beautified for East
er, and opined that the presence
of flowers on the graves will great
ly aid in this.' However, he made it
elear that the purpose of the clean
up is not Just to make the grave
yard attractive for Easter but for
$he entire year. J ;
By holding a clean-up day, Odom
is hopeful lot owners will he en
Cduraged to keep their property
cleared of weeds and broomstraw
throughout the year. He asks all
lot owners to bring equipment and
come, to the cemetery' March 30
and iuake their plot more attractive.
lie also. invited persons living
in the rural sections to help out.
He explained that last year, when
the first such clean up day was
held, many persons living in the
rural communities assisted with the
clean-up, and added that their
work was appreciated. j
Odom expressed keen interest
in seeing flowers placed on the
graves at Easter, when many visit
ors here will be driving by the
cemetery. He ventured that, per
haps, aome organisation might un
dertake as a. project placing flow
ers on graves where the plot owner
has moved from this section
'Last year the clean-up day was
highly successful, but some plot
owners reneged. Odoiri is asking
for full cooperation this spring,
since one untidy grave can distract
from the entire cemetery.
He stated that city employee?
will assist with the clean-up.
children last spring;” he said. “We
do not know yet whether it really
prevent paralytic polio. Until April
when we will learn the results of
the evaluation study now being
conducted at the University of
Michigan, we cannot know if the
vaccine is effective.
“But we cannot wait until then
for planning for the protection at
as many at our children as possi
ble. Vaccinating large numbers of
children is a big and important
job, entailing many procedural
tasks that , can’t be performed over
night. i
‘If the license is granted in
April, we must be ready to start
vaccinating at once, so that, if pos-'
sible, we can finish before our
schools close and the polio season
starts. We want to give the vac
cine early so that many children
can be protected before polio ap
pears in their communities.
This program would not be
another test but the first use of
a newly established preventive
measure.”
Under the direction of the state
Health department, Dr. Powers has
keen conferring with school au
thorities and physicians who have
pledged their full cooperation.
The polio vaccine will be fur
nished from a supply being pur
chased by the National Foundation
With March of Dimes funds. It
will be made available .by the Na
tional Foundation without charge
for the product to state health of
ficers for use in the above groups
if licensed by the Federal govern
ment. Supplies also will be distri
buted through usual channels at
the same time.
The National Foundation has fi
nanced the development and pro
duction of the Salk vaccine. Con
tracts were made with manufactur
ers for a supply of vaccine costing
$9,000,000 in March at Dimes
funds. This enabled manufacturers
to. keep their production facili
ties in operation during the wait-;
ing period and be ready to go in
to full production as soon as the
vaccine is licensed.
“Vaccine would be given by the
health department this spring on
ly to those eligible children whose
\ parents wga»loraa& coquetting-»r
Dr. Powers added. “It is a com
pletely 'voluntary program. The
forms were distributed through
the schools beginning March 7. We
should like to know as soon as pos
sible how many Eligible children
we must provide for, if the vac
cination program is carried out.
If the vaccine is not licensed, there
will be no program.”
Revival Services
At Faison Church
The Rev. H. Hoover Bear of
Herndon, Va., who will conduct
services at the Faison Presbyter
ian church next week, will arrive
in town Saturday and make his
headquarters at the home of Mr.
«nd Mrs. C. D. McCullen.
He will conduct services at the
church each evening next week.
On Saturday afternoon Mr. Bear
will speak to the young people of
the community and from the Ca
lypso and Stanford churches. His
subject for the afternoon services
will be “Your Finest Hour,”
Band Patrons Club !
Will Meet Monday ,
The Mount Olive Band Patron’s
club will meet Monday night at
7J30 at the high school. Final
plans for the band’s trip to Wil
mington to appear in the Azalea
Festival will be ironed out at this
meeting, it was announced.
Your conscience\is your guide—
not the other fellow’s.
FINALIST—Billy Byrd, son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Byrd
of Mount Olive; route 4, is
among 28 high school stu
dents from eight states hav
ing been selected as' finalist
to compete for the Baker
and Union Carbide scholar:
Ships at Davidson college the
weekend of March 24-26. *
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PROPOSED SCHOOL FOR NORTHERN DUPLIN COUNTY
In the not too distant future, high school students of the
Calypso and Faison section will be attending the school
shown in the above artists' drawing. It is the plant planned
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for the Calypso-Faison consolidated school. Construction _
on the building in the foreground and on the lunchroom at*
the right will get underway shortly, with the other build
ings to be erected later. - ■ *
Detailed Costs of New Water
Improvements Given by City
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Virginia Pastors Conducting
Presbyterian Revivals Here
AT THULE—A2c WilUam
N. Goodman, son q{ Mrs.
Mary 0. Goodman of Mount
Olive, is now serving at the
Thule Air Force Base in
Greenland. Now assigned to
the Air Police section, Good
man took his basic training
at the Sampson, Air Force
Base in New York.
The Mount Olive Presbyterian
church, along with 300 other Pres
byterian churches in North Caro
lina, is holding revival services
next week, as part of' the state
wide simultaneous evangelistic pro
grams.
; Most of the churches will have
visiting. ministers from the Synod
of Virginia in charge, and the
North Carolina ministers will re
turn favor later this year. At the
‘Mnuqt tQliye church, .the Riv.iiar
iry E. Flowers of Gloucester, Va„
will bring the messages.
The Rev. B. E. Dotson, pastor of
the local church, announces the
services will begin Sunday morning
at 10 o’clock and will continue
through next Friday evening, with
services . Sunday night at 7:30 and
each night during next week at 8
o’clock.
In preparation for this evange
listic program, 32 cottage prayer
meetings were held this week end
five nights several couples Visited
inactive and prospective members.
Dotson said the public is invited
to these services, and especially
urged high school youths to attend
these services one hour each eve
ning.
The Calypso, Stanford, and Fai
son churches also are participating
in the program and will have guest
ministers from Virginia in charge.
Last Call for Candidates
In Jaycee Farmer Contest
Charles Whitley and Otis Wood,
co-chairman of the Jaycee com-'
mittee to pick a young farmer of
the year, this week made a final
plea: to those contemplating
nominating an outstanding young
farmer of this section to have their
candidate’s name submitted be
fore the deadline Saturday.
This is the first year the Mount
01iv6 Junior Chamber has under
Negro Youth Plan
Program on Sunday
A- Youth program will be held
at the Negro Northeast Chapel
Free Will Baptist church of Mount
Olive Sunday afternoon, starting
•t 8 o’clock, it was announced this
week;
The Carver Glee dub and the
Upperroom Gospel singers will pre
sent the musical portion of the
program, while the printipal
speaks?' will be Robert Kornegay,
a junior at CarVer High .school.
Janet Boone will extend the
welcome^ while Minnie Saunders
will give the response. Greetings
from, youth of other churches in
the community also will be ex
tended by representatives of the
various churches participating.
The public is invited to attend,
especially the youth of the com
munity.
Lenten Services
'Letat services are being held, at
the Mount Olive Catholic church
each Friday diming the Lent sea
son, Father Joseph Klaus, pastor,
announced this week,
i The services indude stations'Of
the. Cross and Exposition, i •
taken, a project to recognize a
successful young farmer, and the
committee's co-chairmen are urg
ing more nominations. They report
that several names already have
been submitted for consideration.
The Jaycees, through this proj
ect, will recognize and Honor a
young farmer, between the ages of
21 and 35, who has been most
outstanding in his profession. Any
young farmer living in the Mount
Olive area, who derives at least
two-thirds of his income from
farmings, is eligible to compete in
this contest
. The co-chairmen ask those
planning to nominate a candidate
for this award to giye the nomi
nee’s name) address, ag^ and de
tails of his .farming career, and
have it to them not later thah Sat
urday.
A'panel of five judges will pick
the winner, . ,
The exact cost of installing a
filter plant for the new well in
Mount Olive cannot be established
until after the bond issue is ap
prpved at the polls. The city is
asking for a $40,000 loan .to in
stall a filter system, but the ask
ing price may be too low, al
though city officials are hopeful
the contractor’s price will' be in
line with engineers’, estimates.
Engineers have roughly estimat
ed that it will cost Mount Olive
approximately $34,500 to install
the type of filter system the city
has in mind. Although one engineer,
William F. Freeman of High Point,
had submitted an estimate of $68,
Q00, but this included a fine build
ing for the system, Edwin Pat
ten, secretary to the Board of Al
dermen, pointed out.
* The building included in Free-1
Azaleas Sold Here
To Beautify Homes
In connection with the Finer
Carolina beautification project,
azaleas will be sold today at the
vacant lot between R. B. Warren’s
office and the chamber of Com
merce, the local FC beautification
committee announced yesterday.
Last year the Finer Carolina
group initiated a project of hav
ing residents set out- azaleas on
their property, as well as on the
space between the sidewalks and
streets. Mrs. R. B. Warren, chair
man of'the beautification commit
tee, said the sale today is a con
tinuation of last year’s project, and
urged citizens to buy the flowers
and set: them out.
The azaleas are of the Pride of
Summerville variety, the same’ as
those set out last spring. The Fin
er Carolina committee is urging
the planting of more flowers and
shrubs.
May Give UNG
Extension Course
In. response to i number of
requests, Mount Alien College
is corresponding with the Uni*
versity of forth Caroline regard*
ing the possibility of an exten
sion course from the University
to be held at Mount Allen be
ginning in September of this
year, William B. Raper, presi
dent of the college, disclosed
this week.
Any persons interested in this
night extension work for college
credit or renewal of teaching
certificates are asked to contact
the college, phone 3845.
The proposed class will meet
end evening a week for 16 weeks
and would carry the same credit
as a course taken in residence,
at the University.
Goal of 4,000 Books for
Mount Allen Nearly Reached
Mount Allen college has nearly
secured the number of books re
quired for recognition as a stand
ard Junior college.
President William Raper, when
informed the Goldsboro Jaycees
had collected approximately 1,100
books for the school, estimated that
only five to seven hundred more
are needed to reach the 4,000 re
quired for recognition as a stand
ard junior college. j
The Goldsboro Junior Chamber
of Commerce had collected the
books in cooperation with the.
Mount Olive senior chaifcber,
which is sponsoring the drive to
secure tile necessary volumes for
the school. Raper estimated the
number collected by the Goldsboro
dub brings to about 3,300 to 3.500
the number of volumes the college
now has tor its library.
v C. D. Burnette, chairman of the
drive, is anxious to dose out the
campaign, and is urging residents
here and in the surrounding com
munities, who have any books they
can spare, to contribute them to
the college. Burnette hopes the goal
Can he reached shortly so that the
College can be ha a position for
accreditation; when another term
jrolls around.
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Estimates
Released
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.man’s estimate would take about
$35,000, and so the Board of Al
dermen junked the plans for an
expensive building and approved
one William Corbin of Dunn, anoth
er engineer, estimates will cost
about $1,500.
Corbin estimated expenses asu
follows: •;
Excavation, $100; concrete, $4,
000; de-watering, $$100; pump
house, $1,500; aerator, chemical
feeding machine, pump, and four
one 500-gallon-per-minute transfer .
pump, $1,250; >
One 500 GPM deep-well -pump, ; ■
$1,800; installation of equipment,—
$1,200; installing 10-inch storm
drain, $l;000; fense around filters,
$500; electrical works, $550; mis
cellaneous works'not included in
list, $820, contractor's profit and
overhead, $4,000, and engineering
fee, $1,880. -N
Patten explained . that Corbin
said he had contacted manufact- -
urers for their prices before he -
submitted the estimate. - .
Freeman, in his estimate, release v
efi the following expenses:
Filtration equipment, including
aerator, $14,350; flash mixer, $450;.
high service pump and starter, $1,
500; deep-well pump and starter,
$3,250; laboratory and - miscel
laneous equipment, $250; mechani
cal and electrical work, $5,000; out?
side piping, $1,000, and contin
gencies, $3,734.
Freeman had listed $34,300 fop
a building and $3,666 for engineer
ing fees, but Patten explained the ;
fee would be cut in half since the
plans okayed by city fathers do
not call for an expensive building.
The $34,300 building also, is wip- ^
ed from his estimates, with a $1,*
500 structure in its place.
Patten explained that the esti
mates offered by t^e two engi- '
neers, while having the items listed
under different heads, include i
about the same equipment.
Patten said that when he and
Mayor T. Nelson Ricks Appeared
before the Local Government Com
mission, which must approve bond
issues, to arrange for a bond ref
erendum, they were told by the
agency’s officials that they believ
ed it would cost in the neighbor*
hood of $40,000 and raised the
bonds to that amount. New York
attorneys, who underwrite tj»
bonds, questioned whether that
figure was high enough, Patten
added.. '
City officials remain hopeful,
however, that the engineers’ esti
mates are not far out of line, and
that a $40,000 bond Will be suf*
ficient to install the filter systeo). \
City fathers had mentioned that
a change in water rates, with the '
minimum rate unchanged, would
bring in sufficient revenue to re- ■ '
pay the bond, if it is approved, at
the rate of $10,000 yearly. How1*
ever, one alderman, A. C, Hatch,
said the change in rates will in
crease the revenue only about
three or four hundred dollars per
month or in the neighborhood of ,+
$4,000 annually.
Mayor Ricks,* last week in an- ;
nouncing the Local Government*
Commission had given its okay for
the bond issue, said the city hopes*
to release short term notes, re
paying the loan in' full in three or
four years.
The bond referendum will be
voted on May 3, the municipal elec
tion day, *£■;■■.'<
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