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MOUNT OLIVE, N. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1955
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Quote for today: “Exemption
from mistake is not the privilege
of mortals; but when our mistakes
are involuntary, we owe each other
every- candid consideration; and
the man who, on discovering his
errors, acknowledges and corrects
them, is scarcely less entitled to
our esteem than if he had not
erred.’'—J. Pye Smith.
G. H. Myers, of route 2, Mount
Olive, is one man who believes
one does not have to appear on«a
television or radio program to
“strike it rich.” In a letter to The
Tribune, he tells why:
*, “On May 13, 1954, I was taken
sick. Being a farmer I thought I
could not give up at such a busy
time. I had a crop of about 50
acres, consisting of tobacco, corn,
cotton, beans and cucumbers. It
liad all just been worked one time
when I was taken sick. My neigh
bors came in to help out, and for
what they thought to a few
- days.
“The days' turned into weeks,
and the weeks into,months. But my
crops were not neglected. The
corn, cotton and tpbacco were
chopped and all crops were culti
vated once a week, without me
—having to ask anything to be done.
My corn was sidedressed and laid
by. There were four tractors in my
field at one time. Their owners
furnished their own tractors and
gas. At one time there were 14
parsons chopping cotton in my
“My cucumbers were kept pick
ed and carried to the market and
sold. Okie man even carried my
mule to his house and kept and
fed him until 1 was back from the
hospital. My wife’s family and
mine, and my many neighbors and
friends did ml the work necessary
to make my crop. I won’t try to
name them, there are so many*rm
afraid I’d miss someone . . .”
Then Mr. Myers went on-to say
how grateful he was for all that
* been done for him, and'wound
M letter by saying he hoped
Ufa-Worthy U* that wfcieb
v ieen done for him.
s don’t know Mr. Myers per
sonally, although we suspect we’ve
seen him many times, however, we
wouldn’t be afraid to bet he is a
person who would have done all of
these things, and maybe more, for
- someone else if the situation had
been reversed. If he was not that
> kind of person, then these things
would not have been done for him.
i If this little item had a title,
ho doubt it would be ’’The Bigger
.They Are the Harder They Fall.”
>' Anyhow, it concerns 6-foot plus
strapping Austin Anderson, son of
Mr, and Mrs. Norman Anderson,
who is serving in the Air Force,
and stationed near Wilmington,
Del. Home for the weekend re
cently, Austin went with his fath
er to th? doctor's office where
Mr. Anderson had an ingrowing
toenail taken out
While the doctor was getting his
father’s big toe ready for the min
v or surgery, Austin was sitting on
a high stool watching the doctor
work. When the doctor took the
large needle and used it to put
.■ u:n_i. tt. /.it_a..
somehow or other it got to be too
much for Austin, and before he
knew what was happening to him,
he fainted, and fell forward on his
face off that high stool.
In the fall he cut his lip, requir
% ing several stitches to close the
wound, and in addition, bruised his
•. face.
All in all it.was a pretty rough;
' Visit to the doctor’s office—for
Austin.
• Some time aigo a Mr. Kornegay,
of near Mount Olive, was rummag
ing around sohieold papers which
belonged to his father, came across
. the following, poem which, we be
lieve, he said, was written by his
father many, many years ago. He
Save it to us to use in this column,
id somehow or otherrit got mis
laid on our desk, and only cams to
light over the weekend when we
' /Were cleaning it up, and out
a For this reason the details are a
'4- little hazy, but we do know It was
written by Mr. R, D. Komegay,
who at one time was a schoolmas
>11 the poor dunces who inhabit
Q Ss^from misfortune, or, dunces
from their birth, ■
Kich dunces, poofr dunces, great
dunces and small, .
the drunkard is the greatest dunce
of alL
The spendthrift who revels-jn •
riotuous living, ' , "4 -
In spending, losing, lending or
, - ■ jiving, '■ ■
b foolish, enough, but he it not
yet sunk
; b the level of him who b
,■ constantly drunk. >
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Filing Books Open Wed,
For Political Candidates 1
Mount Olive’s political lull is
expected to erupt with a roar once
the filing books open Wednesday.
With the municipal election less
than a month, off, the political
front here has been extremely
quiet with- only two men so far
announcing they will seek public
office. They are the incumbent, T.
Nelson Kicks, and Delbert Hatch,
both of whom are expected to
square off in the mayor’s race.
| At least one other candidate is
expected to file, although at pres
ent the street scuttlebutt gives no
indication as to whom the third
candidate may be. /
As for the board of aldermen,
all the present members, except
possibly Dr. C. C. Henderson, are
expected to seek re-election. No
other names 'have been mentioned
fpr the five-man board, but street
talk predicts a woman might enter
the board race.
The filing books open at 8 o’
clock tomorrow morning and will
remain open until 5 p.m. April 18.
Registration for new voters will
begin Saturday at city hall, with
the registration books remaining
open each Saturday through April
23. April 30 is challenge day.
Red Cross Drive Not Yet
Half Way to $2,500 Goal
Mount Olive Rotarians turned
their attention to the club’s proj
ects at the Thursday night meet
ing, hearing reports on the Red
Cross drive, the Scouting program,
and the summer recreation pro
gram. i .
Vernon Lowe, chairman of the
Red Cross drive, reported that the
drive has not yet reached the half
way mark of the $2,500 goal the
club set for itself. However, he said
he was encouraged since some of
the workers havd not yet turned
Mrs. Howard
Was Buried
On Monday
Mrs. Betty P. Howard, 75, died
at midnight Saturday at the home
of her granddaughter, Mrs. Hay
wood Summerlin, of the Beautan
cus community.
She was a member of the Rooty
Branch Free Will Baptist church,
from which funeral services were
held Monday afternoon with*the
pastor, the Rev. Kenneth Carter,
officiating, assisted by the Rev.
George Lane of Mount Olive. Bur
ial was in the Summerlin family
cemetect~4t. Swuparlty’s,-. Cross*
roads.
Surviving are one son, Paul How
ard of Mount Olive, route 2; one
daughter, Mrs. S. C. Cherry of Bal
timore, Md.; her granddaughter,
and two great-grandchildren.
Piano Students Get
Goldsboro Audition
Sixteen piano students of Mrs.
M. O. Summerlin were auditioned
by a judge of the National Guild
of Piano Teachers in Goldsboro
last week, and will receive certt>
ficates and pins.
Those who will receive the
awards are: Eugene Bryan, Rebec
ca Bryan, Cecelia Crow, Joyce
Dale, Anne Denning, Pinky Loft
in, Linda Murray, J. L Pate, Cliff
Phillips, Judy Price, Jan Phillips,
Bobbie J. Price, Edna Cerate
Price, Barabara Herring, Geral
dine Strickland, and Annette Daly.
Another student, Johnny «Faye
Broadhurst, due to a death in the
family, missed the audition last
week and will take it later, Mrs.
Summerlin announced. \
161 Births Noted
So Far This Year
The stork has made at least 161
trips to Mount Olive this year, re
ports by local physicians show,
with February being the busiest
month. ••
Sixty-seven births were announc
ed in February; however, last
jnonth only .41 were reported. Fifty
three were announced in January.
in their collections.
Hegconduded his report by stat
ing the drive will continue for at
least another week, and urging
both Rotarians and the general
public to contribute generously to
this cause.
During the meeting, presided ov
er by President Robert Shackel
ford, it was announced the dub has
completed raising its quota of $200
for the purchase-of land at Camp
Tuscarora, the Boy Scouts’ summer
camp.
James Lee urged members to
contribute to the Rotary fund for
the summer recreation program,
planned by the Jaycees through
the assistance of various civic or
ganizations. Edward F. Carrol of
Dunn, a former member of the
club, spoke in promotion of an
inter-city forum to be hdd in
Dunn on April 15.
H. M. Cox, who spoke briefly on.
attendahce and its importance in
the work- of. Rotary, pointed out
that the club had its first 100 per
cent attendance of the year at its
last meeting. Shackelford dosed
the. business session by urging
members to attend -the district
meeting April 26. 1
Guests of the club were Preston
Witherington, T. W. Williams, Gil
mer Cross of Goldsboro, and Rob
ert McBath of Elizabethtown.
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Calypso to Open
New, Legion House
A round, and square dance will
highlight the opening of the new
Calypso American Legion hut Wed.
nesday evening. Post Commander
Norwood Brogden disclosed last
week.
The new hut, located adjacent
to the old one on Highway 117,
was constructed at a cost of ap
proximately $4,500, hut most of
the materials and labor on the
40-by-60-foot structure were donat
ed. ■ . 1; . ' ■ . ' .. ,
A kitchen, 15 by! 18 feet, is to
be constructed at the#rear of the
new building in the hear future.
The. main auditorium has a hard
wood floor and will be used for
roller skating in addition to danc
ing.
Accident Summary
Released by Patrol
The Highway Patrol in Wayne,
Duplin, and Sampson counties Went
through the week ending March 27,
without investigating a fatal acci
dent, Sgt X- W. Fearing reported
this week. •
, Only three persons were hurt as
a result of accidents in the district
last week. Two were injured in
Duplin, ‘the other in Sampson.
Twelve mishaps, involving about
$3,500 in property damage, occur
red on the highways of the three
counties. Duplin led the group with
six, Sampson had five, and Wayne
only one.
Local Follcs Hurt
In Auto Accident |
A Mount Olive woman and her
brother were hurt in an automobile
accident near Fayetteville Sunday
night. • '
Mrs. Kenneth Wellington was
hospitalized with head injuries,
while her brother, Stanley Odom,
son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Odom,
also of Mount Olive, sustained a.
shoulder injury in the wreck. Sev
eral others in the car escaped in
injury.
Details of the accident were not
available at Tribune presstime.
Banquet by
Faison High }i
Classes Held
The Faison High school Junior
Senior banquet was held Friday,
night in the school cafeteria, fol
lowed by a dance in the gymnas
ium. Special guests were members
of the school board, the faculty,
their wives, and students from the
Calypso school.
Theme of the banquet was
“April Showers.”' The theme was
carried out in decorations. A back
ground of pines gave a spring set-,
ting. The tables were decorated in
red and .white colors, the.senior
class colors. Candles and carpa
tions were used in the many ar
rangements. . • . •
A Targe umbrella, fashioned in
| the ceiling,, was used behind the
head table. Rain drops fell from
the umbrella.
The sophomore home economic
girls, wearing pastel rain capes,
served. The menu consisted of
grapefruit baskets, chicken salad
on lettuce, potato chips, deviled
eggs, spiced crabapples, pickles,
hot rolls, iced tea, ice cream, mints
and salted nuts.
The following program was giv
en during the banquet: Larry
Bailey, toastmaster; C. P. Ellis, in
vocation; Jonnie Millard, welcome;
Ruby Hare, response; Shirley
Smith, toast to seniors; Tommie
Faison, response; Adn Best, toast
to visitors; Lester Britt, response;
Cecil Daughtry, toast to the fu
ture, to which the group respond
ed by singing “Auld Lang Syne”;
Bert Lee, toast to school, and
Principal R. A. Gray, response.
- Special features were a vocal
solo by Dennis Price, a music stu
dent at East Carolina college,
Greenville; a dance, titled “April
Showers,” by Miss Nina Garner of
Warsaw, and the song, “Goodnight
Ladies,” by the group.
Officers of the Faison senior
class are: Ruby Hare, president;
Ben Parks, vice-president; J .C.
Warren, secretary-treasurer, and
Mrs. Laviece Oliver, sponsor.
The junior class officers are:
Jobnie Millard, president; Cecil
Daughtry, vice-president; Shirley
Smith, secretary; Betty Lou Tay
lor, treasurer, and Mrs. Clara M.
Casteen, class sponsor.
The junior class presented a
piece of silver to Mrs. Casteen in
appreciation for her work in the
banquet
Negro Child Dies
From Recent Burns
A five-year^pld Negro girl died
in Wayne Memorial hospital Fri
day as the result of burns sus
tained Wednesday.
Rachel N. Faison, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Sammy Faison, of
near Mount Olive, was severely
burned when her dress caught
fire as she passed a heated stove.
Graveside services were held at
St. Luke cemetery Sunday.
Announce Birth
TSgt. and Mrs. William E. Kelly
of Selfridge Air Force Base, Mich.,
announced the birth of a son, Wil
liam Ross, March 23. Sgt. Kelly is
formerly of Mount Olive, route 2.
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CALYPSO BOY COLLEGE HURLER—C. D.
Pate (second from right) who last year
pitched a no-hit game and shared in anoth
er no-hitter for Calypso, is on the pitching
Staff of Campbell college’s baseball team
this spring. Campbell hurlers are, i-r. Jer*
ry Gaskins of Greenville, Harold- Ellen of
Angier, Bruce Shelley of Mullins, S. C., Bob*
by Wood of Durham, Julian Capps of Hen
derson, Pate, and Boyce Haigler of Page*
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Legion Post Is Planning Its
Annual Egg Hunt on Easter
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LEARNING HOW IT’S DONE—For the next
five Wednesday nights, the above scene will
be a familiar sight at the Boy Scout hut,
where Scoots are taking courses in rescue
Work, instructed by members of the Golds
boro Rescue Squad, Carl H- Andrews, left,
and Richard Reaves, who also is chairman
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of the Scout Health and Safety committee.
The healthy guinea pigs for the lesson last
Wednesday night are Kenneth Waters and
L. B. Brewer. Jimmy Brock and C. W. Bar
ber are learning how artificial respiration
is given, while other Scouts look on.—Staff
Photo by Calvin Porter.
Police Department Active Against Speed
Situation as 29 Drivers Arrested Here
Twenty-nine motorists were jtax
ed with court costs for speeding
when tried in Mayor’s court Satur
day. Six others paid costs for other
violations, one for assault, one for
dnvlhg with an improper muffler,
two for publie drunkenness, and
two for disorderly conduct.
Those paying costs for speeding
were: Clarence Boyd, Media, Pa.;
Arthur Smith, Goldsboro; Lucia
Finketstein, Clearwater Beach,
Fla.; Macon Brown, Beulaville; Ed
ward Darden, Lillington; Albert
Kelly, route 1; J. C. Cooper, Jr.,
and Eldon Brown, Rose Hill; Wil
liam Tingen and Louis Wiggins,
Goldsboro; E. B. Lewis, Jr., Rich
lands; James Hussey, Sanford; Earl
Herbert, Brooklyn, N. Y.;
James Best, city; Gurman Hall,
Calypso;'* Lonnie Pearsall, Negro,
city; Anda Roberson, Negro, Ca
lypso; Edgar Taylor, Newport
News, Va.; Robby Fowler, Wilming
ton; Roland Tyndall, Goldsboro;
Pasquale Leone, New Rochelle, N.
Y.; Helen Harson, Myrtle Beach,
S. C.; James Wilgus, Rocky Mount;
Cheefeek Phillips, Clinton; Eddis
Price, Faison; Gilbert Alphin,
route 2; Joseph Medford, Golds
boro; McNeal Peterson, Negro,
New York; Major Flowers, Negro,
Goldsboro, and Christeen Henry,
Negro, Clinton.
Henry Baker of route 1, and
Lonnie Pearsall;- Negro, of tfotart
Olive were taxed with costs for
public drunkenness, while, Jessie
Capps and Durwood Lane, both of
Goldsboro, paid costs for disorder
ly conduct. June Warren, Negro,
of Mount Olive, paid costs for as
sault.
Francis Aman of Clinton was
taxed with costs for driving with
| an improper muffler.
$62,000 in
Building Is
Noted Here
Approximately $62,000 in con
struction has taken place in Mount
Olive during the first quarter of
1995, although new buildings going
up in March ran about $10,000
under the monthly average for
this year.
Building permits 'issued last
month by Building Inspector Ed
win Patten called for about $11,000
in' construction, whereas the
monthly average for the first
quarter of 1955 is $21,000.
; Permits issued during the month
were to: < ’
Majorie Hinson for the erection
of a one room market on E. James
street, at a cost of $500.
S'. D. Broadhurst for the erec
tion of a storage shed on N.
Church street, at a cost of $500.
Edwin Patten for the building
[of-a garage on W. James street, at
a cost of $500.
Spmmie Thornton for construc
tion of a five-room‘brick veneer
dwelling on S. Johnson street at a
cost of $8,000.
R. R. Hines for a one room build
ing on E. College street, to be used
as a kindergarten, at a cost of
$1,800. ,
McManus Will Get v
Divinity Degree
Uriah A. McManus, Jr., pastor of
the Bear Marsh Baptist church,
Route 2, Mount Olive, will com
plete his work for the Bachelor of
Divinity degree- - this month at
Southeastern Baptist Theological
Seminary at Wake Forest.
McManus was ordained by S.
Main church of Greenwood, S. C.,
in 1953. He Is married to tne for
mer Elizabeth Thomas of Lake
City, S. C. They have three chil
dren^ Linda, Sherry, and Jimmie.
He teas graduated frojh Lancast
er High School in. 1951 and receiv
ed his B S. 'degree from the Uni
versity of South Carolina in 1949.
McManus will receive his di
ploma at the regular Southeastern
Seminary commencement exercises
scheduled for April 29, . / ,<
Cub Scouts to Hold
Meeting Thursday
The Mount Olive Cub Scouts will
hold a pack meeting at the Scout
hut Thursday evening at 7 o’clock,
Cubmaster B. E. Dotson announced
this week.
Dens Three and Four will pre
sent a skit, followed by the pres
entation of awards by Benny
Franklin, assistant Cubmaster.
James Hatcher will direct the
youths in games.
All Cubs are urged to be pres
ent.
Talk, Pictures on
Japan at Meeting
Miss Margaret B. Stevens of
Grantham will speak at the Rones
Chapel Methodist church Sunday
evening at 7V30.
Miss Stevens, who spent four
months in Japan last year, will tell
about her trip to that country and
illustrate by showing slides. Miss
Stevens won the trip because of
outstanding work in the 4-H club.
The public is invited to attend.
Dutch Supper Planned
For Woodmen Meeting
A dutch barbecue supper will be
served at the Mount Olive Wood
man of the World meeting Thurs
day night. The meal will be served
at 7 o’clock at the lodge hall, fol
lowed by the business meeting.
No Alarms
Answered
In March
Mount Olive’s Fire Department
has undergone an experience Fire
Chief Ennis Kornegay would like
to see happen more often, although
he wonders how much longer the
wave of “good luck” will ride its
way.
Kornegay’s hopes for another
blazeless month ended Saturday
morning when the department an
swered a call to an auto fire on
N. Center street. The car belonged
to Mrs. Virginia Hill, and minor
damage was reported.
The fire department, he dis
closed April 1—and it was no
April Fool prank—did not answer
an alarm in the city last month,
the first month the department
had hot been called to city blazes
since Kornegay became chief about
two years ago.
The department did answer sev
eral calls in the county during
March, but the city itself went
through the month without any
malignant blazes.
Kornegay is keeping his fingers
crossed in hopes this experience
will be repeated.
Two leading newspapermen died
last week: CoL Robert McCormick,
colorful editor and publisher of the
Chicago Tribune, and Joseph Pulit
zer, publisher and editor of the St
Louis Post-Dispatch.
To Be Held
Park
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City
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Mount Olive’s Community East
er Egg hunt will be held again this 7
year, under the auspices of the
American Legion post, it was pn
nounced this week by Post Com* M:
mander Bill Tillman.
The hunt will- take place at 77
Municipal park Easter Sunday aft- 7 ;
ernoon at 2:30, and will be open
to children between the ages of
one/and 12. Open house will be
held in the Legion-hut for adults ,
and children over 12.
Children one to three years Of 77
age w|ll hunt on the grounds im*
mediately surrounding the hut^. '
while those four to six will hunt
in the yard off from Dr. M. M.
Lownes’, and those seven to 10
will look for eggs hidden in the
park. 7 'I'M
Approximately 1,000 eggs win do
hidden and all children engaging ,
in the hunt will be assured of get
ting some. Children who don’t find v
eggs will be given some at the
hunt ' ^
At the open house reception,
sandwiches and soft drinks will be
served and candy will be given
the young folks. Prizes will be giv
en the child in each age group
finding the most eggs, and special
eggs calling for prizes also will
be hid. '
Children finding the prize eggs •
are to turn them in at the Legion
hut to collect their prize.
This is the third year the Legion
has sponsored the hunt More de
tails concerning the hunt will
be released by the Legion later .
this week.
Cpntract for
School.
Next Tuesday
The contract for the consolidat
ed Calypso-Faison High school is
expected to be giyen next Tues
day, April 12. O. P. Johnson, super- ^
intendent of Duplin schools, said
the sealed bids are to be opened
at 2 p.m. that day.
Johnson said it is hoped 11 class
rooms for the school can be built
for about $155,000. The main class
room building is to be built at V
present measures of 265 feet and
four inches long by 58 feet wide. '
Most of the classrooms will be 32
by 24 and a half feet.
The home economics room will
be 47 feet, six inches by 24 feet,
six inches, and the science room
slightly smaller at 43 feet by. 24
and a half feet. i
In addition to the classrooms,
there are numerous other rooms,
such as: boys’ restroom, girls’ rest
room, principal’s office, teachers*
rest , rooms, guidance room, and
janitor’s closet
The school will be located-be* J.v
tween Calypso and Faison.
Rites Held
Sunday for
Mrs. Sloan'
Mrs. Lena Powell Sloan, 64, died
Saturday morning at her home in
Calypso. She had been in ill health 4
for two and a half years and critt
cally ill for' two weeks.
Funeral services were held Sun
day afternoon from the home
with the Rev. M. M. Turner, pas
tor of the Calypso Baptist church,
officiating, assisted by the Rev. T.
0. Bird, Presbyterian minister. Bur
ial was in the Calypso cemetery.
' Surviving are her husband, M. D.
Sloan; one brother, N. B. Powell of
Goldsboro; two sisters, Mrs. J. D. X
Grice of Mount Olive and Miss lie
tie Powell of Calypso.
Ministerial Association at 5:30
Most ehurcheg in Wayne county,
will combine to hold an Easter
Sunrise service, held under the
auspices of the Wayne County
Ministerial Association, in Wayne
Memorial park near Goldsboro
Sunday.
The Rev. B. E. Dotson of Mount
Olive, president of the county min*
isterial group, announced this
week the sunrise services will be
held at the park Sunday morning
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at 5:38. Moat churches in Wayne,
he said, are cooperating with the
united service; therefore, few
churches in- the county will hold
individual early services.
In case of rain the service will
be held in the First Baptist church
of Goldsboro.
However, one church in Mount
Olive, the Free Will Holiness, will
observe a sunrise service here.
Time of this service has not been
announced, but, it is expected it
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wQl be held about the same Um#
as the county service.
The Rev. J. Floyd Williams of
Goldsboro wUl bring the morning ■'
sermon at Wayne Memorial park,
and music will be furnished by the
Goldsboro High school chorus. Min*
isters of the various county
churches also will have parts on
the program.
David Gillis,' Jr., of Mount Olive,
will read the scripture at the union
service, Mr. Dotson announced. ,