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NUMBER 30
MOUNT OL|VS» M. C, FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1955
VOUME52
Quote for today: “God hath many
sharp-cutting instruments awl:
rough files for the polishing of his
Jewels; and those he especially
loves, and - means to make the
mast resplendent he hath often*
eat his tools upon.”—I«eighton.“
Mrs. Chester Ellis, of Faison,
whose husband is an automobile
dealer in Mount Olive, usually has
• new car to drive.-The other day,
we saw her driving down the street
here in a new pick-up truck, and
if you think it took any»of her
dignity away to be seen driving
« pick-up, you’re wrong. v
She chauffered that truck around
Just like it was a new Pontiac!
D. H. . Outlaw, cashier of the
Pa- of Mount Olive, brought in
tpOsSMlc’s statement of financial
concltfon, as of June 30, which
the. Commissioner of Banks for
North Cardin* had called for.
When these reports are called forv
then the statement also has to be
published.
'When Mr. Outlaw handed tut the
statement, he said, “Put this in
last week’s paper, please.*’ Which
meant, of course, it was late al
ready, and get it in the first issut
.possible,--, 1
The Jaycees magatiine, “Future,”
usually has one page of pretty
■ good jokes each month.
Among those for July,which
yon might enjoy are:
“John, dear. I’m to he in an
*v amateur theatrical. What will peo
ple say when I appear in tights?”
.. .“They’ll probably say I married
you ior your money.”
. "Another good one: y
"Well, well,” the docto* : taid
cheerfully, “you're coughing mace
easily this morning.”
“I should be^’ the patient re
plied, “I’ve .been practicing all
Bight” ' ri »: . f.4
Then there Was the one about
R the motorist and his wife, who had
n’t spoken for miles. They’d had an
' 25enjy . "^^ointe^t
to a mule in a pasture they were
«£. "Relative of yours?” he
i “Yes,” she replied, “by mar
s-awton Summerlin, of thy Sum
merlin Crossroads section, was in
toWn Thursday morning, and ex
pressed the opinion that crops in
his section looked about the best
M could ever remember seeing
them. ■■ , - . ‘t, V ,
. ; He said the rains had come just
enough, and often enough,' for
everything to be green and growing
mighty nice.
The only drawback he Could
think of, at present, was that stone
folks’ tobacco might have enough
sap in it, when harvested, to make
curing a little difficult. ,
„ You heard the joM currently
going the rounds about the elderly
man who was stopped by the pa
. trolman for speeding, didn't you?
Anyhow, when the man was stop
ped, and told he was speeding, he
denied it very strongly. When told
he was going 70 miles an hour, the
old driver said he was only obey*
ing the lawi Every sign on that
highway he’d come to, he said, had
. a big 70 on it, and he was merely
driving at the speed the law re
f quired. • ' ...
So the patrolman let him go, but
followed him a while. A few miles
down the road, the old man stop
ped, and flagged the patrolman
down. “What are you continually
following me for?” he asked the
I-,, lawman.
“I just want to see what you do
when you get to Highway 301,” the
patrolman answered. s
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Consolidated
School Won't
Open in Fall_
Th& Calypso-Faison consolidated
school is not expected to be com
pleted by the time school opens
a August, but if tentative plans
sra carried out the two high
jsciujels will tod merged anyway,
^■'‘Superintendent of Duplin
'"•+& O.’ P. 'Johnson revealed this
that tentative plans are to
port high school students at
„ - M to Calypso and to transport
-tab Calypso seventh and eighth
grades, to* Faison at the. beginning
of the school year,
He reported that eonatfUfiUon of
iho modem school building -far
. enbsolidated school, to be .to*
ited midway between Calypso and
: -tiMJi... is progressing nicely,. but
rthat it would not to® ready
. vUi'ive students when school op
nfXt'rtWUiih, . ,-si y ;E
revealed that the Faison
Calypso Kegro schools would
KEYMAN — Charles O. Whitley, second
from left, a local attorney, who has been ac
tive in a number of civic undertakings, re
ceives the Jaycee Keyman award from E.
J. Btrndy, past president of the local dub,
at the organization’s annual bosses night
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banquet, held Monday night in Rusty’s grill. ;
Faison Witherington, left, guest speaker for
. the occasion, and W. K. Lewis, president of
the Jaycees, look on as the award for out* v
standing service to the club is presented.
—Staff Photo by Calvin Porter.
Charles CL Whi^ey received the
Keyman award in recognition fot
his services; to the Mount Olive
Jaycee dub and its president lasl
year. The award was presented to
the young attorney at the dub’s
annual bosses, night banquet, held
Monday night at Rusty’s ^griil. -
Faison 'Witherington, local: in
surance man and business execu
tive, Was guest speaker for the an
nual affair and in his address
praised, the dub for its services to
the community. Employers of Jay
cee members, town fathers, ! and
members pf the local school board
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were special guests. $■'
The winner of the Keymaa
award is a past president of the
dub and in 1901 wia.Mount Ol
ive’s “Young Man; of the Year.” He
also has been presiddnt of the Ro
tary. club: ’ ' .>
presentation of the award -was
byv E. J. Bundy, immediate past
president, The winner was select
ed by a secret committee, which
induced Bundy, deviating from the
past When the award; was ipade at
the discretion of the past presi
dent % ’ *
At Bundy’s request, the dttb this
Local Scouts Take Honor silt
Court of Honor Held Monday
Mount. Olive’ll Boy-Scout troop
took top honors* at tke Court ol
Honor held at Tuscarora camp, last
Monday night \ r £ ' J
They were' presented a 'first
place rihbon for their achievement
Points were awarded for Scouting
skiljs, patrol‘projects, contests,' ad
vancement in the troop apd at
tendapce.. "I:""-'-, ,
Scouts from'the locid troop ad
vanced to second class were: L. B.
Brewer, Dennis Lee Hollowell, Reid
Eason, Les Ipock, Jr., Bryce Mor
rison, Benny Smith, Kenneth Wat
ers, Bobby Goodrich, Bobby Mar
tin, Dewey BtcCulIen, and Ronald
Oates,
Council Oliver, P. K. Sutton and
Jimmy Batson were. advanced tc
first class,' while Baxton Flower:
was advanced to Star rank. De
Bruts Warren' wais advanced tc
Life. :'. , '/ ' * : ' ’*
The following Scouts received
a total of 43(merit badges for vari
ous Scouting skills: Jimmy Brock,
Jimmy Batson, T. Cherry, Baxtor
Flowers, Council Oliver, P. K
Sutton, Samuel E. Taylor, DeBruti
Warren, Wade Weeks, Jr., and Les
lie Ray Whitted. t
AA Chapter Plant
Anniversary Meet
Mount Olive’s chapter of Alcohol
les Annonymous- is planning i
special anniversary meeting Sun
j clay afternoon, at 3:30, in the au
s ditorium of the elementary school
Out-of-town speakers, all thorough
J ?y familiar with AA’s program and
1 its results, are scheduled to speai
; briefly on various phases of the
iprogram. ”<-/ . -; ,
All persons in Mount Olive and
surrounding communities, whe
I leave alcohol problems, either per
issaally, or in their families, m
} any other, person interested in the
1 work in which AA is engaged, arc
j cordially' invited to attend the
I meeting, - s
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Area- Native
Dies Sunday
Rocky Mount
Mrs. Mertic Holmes Pope, 72,
died.late Sunday Bight at her home,
on route 4, Rocky Mount She was
the daughter of the late Nathaniel
Holmes and Elisa Lee Holmes of
Wayne county and the widow Of
Andrew Pope, who died in Decem
ber, 1934. '
Surviving ore three sisters, Mrs.
Eva Gregoryvuf Mount Olive, Mrs,
Xoz Lynn of. Jarboro^ and Mrs,
Eliza Holmes of Mount Olive;
three brothers, George Holmes and
Bennie Holmes, both of Mount 01*
ive, and Lonnie Holmes of Ken
ansville; three daughter, and two
sons,, ,.V
Funeral services for Mn. Pope
were held from the Barnee Hill
Free Will Baptist church Tuesday
afternoon with the Rev. Wiley Vide
' in charge. Burial was in the. church
cemetery; >’ --(v
Woman Arrested,
On Whiskey Charge
Police, continuing their attack
on the illicit whiskey trade here,
apprehended another person on
charges of “bootlegging” Wednes
day night.* 1 -
Daisy Peterson, Negro, of Mount
Olive, was arrested by Chief Alton
Daly and Hardy Davis, after offi
cers reported they found a small
quality of non-tax-paid whiskey
in her possession.
The Peterson woman was placed
under $200 bond for appearance
in County court on July 20.
Some men get into public life
for something to dp and others for
somebody to do.
Grsvsr Harris of Meant Oiiv*,
a sawyer at Calypso Veww «»m*
jysny, w«$ sartowsly hurt wbon
h* Ml W» * hw early WwIm*
«Jay itwmlmjj white working at
Hi# plant. ' ,
B.-E. EiW p«»«W«wt #1 Hi#
eampasy, s*:<J Harri* Si*s3 plek*
«8 #:■small strip «««i wa* tlois
is® total), chain 9ffe#« Shf
strife fareltt, throwlieg Karri* efl
- t»S*ftea and-anta fh# «*.
Harris suffered »w« sever*
- «ut» »« Sh* l*ft *m, wwtuirlnf
jin# arm te as amputated, and
« ttrlmJt. side W®w«*(. Ha 43s®
.HWirMv W * l»t af'fctawl.
Ha was resi»d to Way*** &&#*
rnsrlal '; 6*tW*lNwa*
wfcer* h# was »ivf« transfvslena,
and Mi* era was
condition an daacrifcad as «*ri»
»ws, NS hat critical. "
year approved tbe appointment of
a secret .Committee to check the
recorda of each Club member and
to decide on one, who was, ih.the
committe members’ opinion, most
outstanding in service to theL or
ganization. ’ ' ■ . \
Witherington, in hi saddrest, ’Sin
gled out for special recognition the
club’s work with youth- He rated
tbe organisation as one of the top,
if 'not the top civic group interest
ed in the welfare of the community
and its citizens, placing it next
to the Church for its services in
these fields. - t
Expounding on the Jaycees’ con
tribution to the comroutaity, With
eringtoh, p«fep$&g M the,oi»«ni
mtuafs projected supervised rec
reation, said, “Nothing has been
more important than the services
to children.” Other organizations,
for the most part, he indicated, are
interested in new industry or the
physical growth of-the town,: but
the Jaycees have concentrated on
the welfare of the people. ^
Witherington, in his address;?sin
astounded at -the ■ success with
which the dub has put across its
undertakings, and concluded by say
ing that through cooperatioh and
work “you can make the town the
kind of place you want it to be.”
At the cottdusion of Withering
ton’s address, Mayor B. E. Bryan,
who holds an honorary life mem
bership in the Jaycees, was pre
sented with an “Old Rooster,” a
term used to describe ihembers
who have reached the age. for re
tiring from the did>, pin.
Prior the banquet, toe club
held its business session, during
which it was voted to investigate
the possibilities of continuing
sponsorship of the driver's training
program at the four high schools
in this'section, and securing seats
for the new high school gymnas
ium.
Norman Massengill was appoint
ed chairman of the driver’s train
ing committee and selected Willie
Shaw and Charlie Burnette, Jr., to
serve with him. The executive com
mittee was asked to consider the
securing, of seats.
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i OVERSEAS— A3c George
i Summerlin,' whose wife,
I Kathleen, and baby son re
i side to Mount Olive, left
this week for overseas duty
with the U. S. Air Force.
Summerlin, who will be sta
tioned in England-, took his
basic training ' at Lackland
'-Air Force Ease, Tex., and at
tended the school for Air
police at Fort 'Knox, Ky,
His parents, :Mr. and Mrs,
Grady Summerlin, live at
Bowden, , :
Wilmington Police
M§Mite4 Local Man
Mount Olive men, arrested
Tuesday ota charges of pub
mkenness, has been turned
to Wilmington police, who
' him for more serious of
.unt Olive Police Chief Alton
DaS reported yesterday that Ken
netfiiJemigan, of route 1, was want
ed *by Wilmington police on
chtf£es of breaking and entering
amf larceny of an automobile. He
was returned to Wilmington Wed
nesday to face these charges.
Daly also reported that Jerai
gan was wanted in Goldsboro for
skipping bond.
Alarm
Sotui
t Olive’s new fire alarm
one that will give the
firfN location in .code, will go in
to effect sooq, Fire Chief Edgar
Suihmerlin said yesterday, and ad
vised citizens of the town to read
nest' Tuesday’s Tribune for fur
ther details concerning the switch
Meanwhile, posters, giving and
defining code numbers, and instru
tied Sheets are being delievered to
eaCh_ residence in the city limits.
* ijukimerlin said Thursday morn
ing .that it is his hope the date
and 4 time for replacing the old
sired with the new code system
cas-^be announced in' Tuesday’s
Tribtine. Before the new system
offifpally goes into operation, how
there will be a test, checking
signal.
new alarm, with its 60 code
will enable firemen to pin
a blaze Without going to the
firttjitation, thus enabling the de
partment to get a Jump on the
", firemen have pointed out
and again. Precious time is
lost by having to report to
tation, before -going to the
they have stated.
Lunch
AtCliffs on
The summer recreation program
schedule for the next few days ii
as follows: ’ ■,
> . Today ' *' -
8:48 am., All who signed foi
trip to Cliffs of Neuse State park
meet at Community building, bring
bathing suit and picnic lunch.
2 pJn* Sprinkling -for children
at elementary school,
i 3 p.m., Midget baseball—Rotarj
vs Tribune; tots at park.
• Monday'
O a.m., Tennis for girls, 10-14;
tots tit park. ^
10 Im., Tennis for boys, through
12. ■ • ‘ *
11 am-, Tennis for girls, over 12.
2 pm., Tennis for boys, over 12.
3 p.m., Baseball practice for Bo
tary and Tribune; tots at park.
4:30 p m., Tennis for girls, ovei
12.,
Tuesday
0 am., Basketball for girls; 10
14, at Community building; check
ers, dirts, singing, and other game:
for small children.
10:30 a.m., Basketball for boys
10-14^'games for children..
2 pin., Tennis for bojrs and girls
: under 10. • .
3 pm.. Midget baseball—Legioc
vs Calypso; tots at park.
Local Woman Wins
Radio in Contest
Mi*. S. S. Mathis pf route 1
is the owner of a radio, won In i
General Electric contest announc
ed by. the Summerlin Electric com
pany recently. '
Mm. Mathis said she was, pleas
antly surprised when she received
notification that she had been :
runner-up in the contest and woulc
receive the radio' as a gift. Sh(
| explained that after she entered
the contest site had forgotten about
it until she received notice fron
the company, telling of her fin
ish and of the prize that was being
shipped.
The contest included the klentifi
cation of radio parts snd the writ
ing of a slogan.
NAKKOW ESUAFifi—James starung, inset,
of Fayetteville, had a narrow escape from
death when bis light PT 22 airplane, shown
in above photo, crashed in a tobacco field. •
at Summerlin’s Crossroads Tuesday after
noon, landing on its nose and flipping on
its, back. Starling dug out of the wreckage '
unnun, ana resiaecis ot tne community wno
saw the plane coming down and went to the
pilot’s rescue, turned the plane upright and
pushed it to a corn field near the tobacco
patch. The plane is considered an almost
complete loss.^-Staff Photos by Vaden
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■ KINGBEE—“Jitterbug," two-year-old dog pf Mr. and llrs.
'Yates Lee of Mount Olive, is the kinghee at the Lee’s home
nowadays since he returned home Monday after an unex
plained absence of seven months. The Lee family, overjoyed
at having their pet again, has given “Jitterbug” full run
of the house, and the mixed-breed Jets it be known he
is boss by sticking out his tongue at the photographer,
as the Lee’s sons, Joe, left, and Mike, romp with him on the
bed.—Staff Photo by Calvin Porter
“Jitterbug," the prodigal log til
Mr. apd Mrs. Yates Lee of Mount
Olive, returned home Monday
'morning after an absence of sev
en months, and, like the Bibical
story of the prodigal son, has been
given a royal welcome.
The black and white mixed
breed was on the Lees’ porch, one
night in December when the Lees
retired for the night. The next
morning he was gone. For days,
the Lee family kept looking for
their pet to return, but the days
stretched into weeks and the weeks
iBto months. Still no sign of the
dt>&« I'Jfc.' r
The Lees had all but abandoned
hopes of ever seeing their pet
* again, but on .Monday morning
when Mr. Lee went out on the
porch, there was “Jitterbug," ex
tremely happy to be home again,
and it’s needless to say, the Lees
were just as joyful at having him
home.
The Lees’ sons, Joe and Mike,
Mayor's Court Tiies Case of
Man Charged with Whiskey
Ernest King, Negro, of Mount
Olive, charged with the possession,
of illicit whiskey for purposes of
sale was bound over to County
court when tried in Mayor’s court
Tuesday. * .
Costs of court were levied
against the 11 other defendants,
most of whom were charged either
with public drunkenness or traf
fic violations. The exceptions were
Lillian Nicholson and Amelia Boy
all NegHafy of Mount Olive, who
were taxed with count cost* foi
engaging in aa affray.
Paying costs for public drunken
ness were: Willie McCoy, E. J,
Pearsall, Negroes, of Mount Olive,
and William Carter, Negro, of Fay
etteville
Those paying costs for traffic
violations were! • Frank Moore
city; James White, Negro,'Warsaw;
Leonard Carr, Negro, route 2
Braxton' Wilson, city; Charles At
kins on, Negro, Goldsboro, and Jul
lan Gatlin, Jr., of./Rocky Mount, ■
were still in bed M the time, ltd
“Jitterbug,” it is, said, let bis mas
ter know he wanted to get in the
house. Overjoyed, Mr. Lee was in
no mood to argue, and in the bouse
pranced ‘Jitterbug,” straight to
the boys’ bedroom, where a sniff
assured him this was home, and
on the bed he went.
The Lee’s are at a loss to «*►
plain the mysterious disappear
ance and returti of their dog. Now
that the dog is home such ques
tions have taken a backseat in
their minds. > ' ' ik
One things is sure, however,
now that “Jitterbug” is home, he
h living the "life of Riley.” The
Lees, overjoyed at having their
pet again, are giving him the run
of the house. „ V- 3;
Ben Britt Training
At Florida Air Base
Benjamin W. Britt, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Benjamin O. Britt of
Mount Olive, route 1, is presently
attending the Air Force ROTC sum
mer training unit at MacDill Air
Force Base, Fla. • ; «
Cadet Britt, who completed his
junior year ia advanced AFROTC,
is attending a four-week summer
training period as part of his Re
serve ; officer training ;at college.
While at summer training, Cadet
Britt actually observes the Air
Force in action and participates
in many Air Force operations;
Following graduation at East
Carolina college, he will h« Eligi
ble for appointment as ,& mmM
lieutenant ia the- Aj? .F&p.
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A Fayetteville pilot, on a flight,
from Fayetteville to Kinston, mi*
raculously escaped death when his
light aircraft crashed in a tobacco
field near Summerlin’s Crossroads
Tuesday afternoon. The plane was\
considered almost a total loss. .
Janies M. Starling, the pilot, dug
but of the cockpit after his PT
22 Ryan airplane landed nose ,
downward and then flipped over
on its back, apparently, unhurt.
’ At Harry Lee Cobbs’ place of ?
business in Mount Olive, where he*
Was brought following the forced
landing, Starling said he was -
cruising along at about 105 miles ;
per hour at an altitude of 2,000*
febt when the plahe began to vt>*
hrate. He said be * brought the
craft down to about 1,000 feet
when, the engine quit
into a tobacco field, owned by J.’
B. Codbolt of the Summerlin’s:
Crossroads community: When the _
plane struck the ground nose first.
Starling said, it flipped over on its
back and he.had to dig out, . -
A number of residents in the.
community arrived on the scene;
and helped turn the plane upright
and push it to a corn field, near?
the tobacco patch. Showing the
most signs of damage were the
propeller and. the tail section. The
wings and fuselage also were dam
: Mrs. Mem Lewis, a nurse at .
Henderson-Crumpler clinic, who
was visiting, relatives in the sec
tion, brought Starling to Mount Ol
ive. Starling, a manufacturer’s rep
resentative, had called on Cobbs *
number of times in connection
with business, thjus the reason for
going to the electrical appliance
Mine.
In discussing his experience at
CobbC store, Starling showed ma '■
signs of injury. Hi*> clothes, how-,
ever, were covered with dirt This
he attributed to digging out of
the wreckage*.;-;..
Mrs. Lewis, one of the fi^st to
reach the scene of the crash, said
the pilot was very “lucky” in that
the plane did not catch fire. When
she arrived at the crash scene, a *:
few minutes after the plane had
landed nose first, she said, gaso* .
line was spilling from the aircraft.
Starling said his first thoughts
were, of the plane catching fire and
that he worked rapidly to free him*
self. Dirt filled both cockpits.
Over half of the propeller w«* J :
broken off, the tail section com
pletely demolished, and fuselage $
tent. Tobacco stalks had penetrated
through the wing. Starling opined
that the landing gear and possibly
the wings, which would have to be
repaired, are the only features of
the craft usable. -
Mrs. Lewis said she was in a
house when she heard the plane
making a lot of noise, and that gh®
went to the door to look out. “From,
the noise it was making, I knew
it couldn’t stay up,” she said, and
called for ethers in the house t®
join her. They started in the direc
tion of the crash, even, before th& ■:
i plane hit the ground, '
Starling said he was very thank
ful of thd good luck he had M
j coming out without a scratch, hut
despite hie narrow escape had
plans of abandoning Dying, “UV.
mg still is safer than automobiles,”
he declared.
He was to have fiewn IKpi
Mount Olive for Fayetteville Twe*»
day afternoon- with s. frterd from
Fayetteville carrying bias home.
However, e storm forced the oth
er pilot to had in
in'