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MOUNT OMV& N. C, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1955
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■4 Quote for today: “If I wanted to
punish an enemy it should be by
fastening on him the trouble of
constantly hating somebody.” — H.
More.
i Several weeks ago, when all the
- farmers in the Mount Olive section
bad a real case of the blues be
cause the hurricane weather was
playing havoc with their crops,
Giles Smith, Jr., was in Jesse Gra
ham’s barber shop here.
He told Jesse his only business
that day Was to make arrangements
to get barber services on fanner’s
plan until next fall, because be
sure wouldn’t make enough this
year td pay cash for his haircuts,
shaves, etc.
: Some of you readers have, no
doubt, noticed the advertisement
of the Sarasota Terrace hotel, in
Sarasota, Fla. Its owner, C. V. Grif
fin, has recently inaugurated a
plan under which his - guests, do
; not have to pay room rent on any
day during which the sun does not
' shine. '
- Mr. Griffin did this to display
his confidence in Florida's slogan
as the "Sunshine State.”
'■N The three hurricanes which
l came up the coast recently, how
" ever, proved somewhat costly to
him during September. In that
month he lost to 236 guests from
17 states during three days in
which the sun did not shine.
The storms didn’t hit / Florida,
but they passed close enough to up
set the weather pattern.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene llartin,
who left Mount Olive last summer
for Georgia, her home state, and
... where Mr. Martin accepted apposi
tion teaching music in a college,
are living right in the beginning of
the foothills of Georgia. In a letter
to friends here this week, Mrs.
Martin pointed out they were only
20 miles from where the first gold
rush in America took place, 'way
back In 1828.
In other words, if the teaching
profession goes to the bad for the
Martins (she's also teaching private
pupils there), they could always
1 for the hills to try tneir luck
-iking gold.
j Parker, owner and operator
m Goldpark lake, between Mount
Olive and.Goldsboro, swears, al
most, that he’s going to keep work
ing with the spot until he really
has something there.
A little note from him last week
said he was going to build the
largest dear-water swimming pool
In the South, and it would be ready
for next summer. According to Ed,
it will be 100 feet wide and 950
feet long. Also, he’s building a
skating rink 50 by 129 feet, with
a hard rock maple floor, and mod
' era in every respect.- . * ,
. Sunday- morning was Carlyle
Taylor’s first time as president of
4 tile men’s Bible class of the Bap
, tint church, and the class members
tried to put pressure on him for
one of his fish frys which the class
has enjoyed in the past. Carlyle is
an excellent fish fryer, but he
withstood the pressure, and told
. the class he wouldn’t cook ’em any
fish until they had 100 members
■> present for Sunday school. -
Buddy Dotson, Presbyterian min
V jster here, was in a hurry to go
play golf about noon. Monday, He
declared he hadn’t played in.^ a
month or niore, and was getting so
ill and ornery he Was' bard to Ilya
with. ■ ■
That’s one of the advantages of
playing golf-!—it gives one some
, thing to blame his cantankerous-,
ness (is that a good word?) on!
x We couldn’t get any cash out of
Boyd (Ding) Beall for running his
picture in the paper whenhe won
the new automobile recently, but
we did finally manage to get about
26 cents out of sorhe of bis rela
tives. An aunt, Miss B)anch Dan
• forth, of Richmond, Va., ordered
■ four copies of the paper.
Which just goes to prove there
are very few situation which arise
where EVERYTHING is lost!
Wh appreciate both of you tell*
, ing us how much you missed this
IS, column the last two issues of The
. Tribune.
M oke Gets 2 Men
^#» WhiskeyCounts
» Deputy Sheriff Raymond Cooke
£ reported Monday morning that two
local Negroes are under bond for
a bearing on' charges of having
non-tax-paid whiskey for the pur
pose of sale. He said be, arrested
Leonard Wall and Leonard Johor
.son Sunday afternoon. ,
In addition,-Cooke said, he had
booked Wall, operator of Wall’s
Inn, on Highway 117, just south of
Mount Olive, for operating a gam
bling Joint. , - v ,
Mrs. Elmo Blizzard Proves
There's a Career at Home '
By MRS. OARRIE SCOTT -
Mrs. Elmo Blizzard has proven
that being a successful wife is a
career in itself, requiring the qual
ities of a business woman, a good
cook, a school teacher, a trained
nurse and even a glamour girL
Mrs. Blizzard was the former
Joyce Sutton, daughter of Mrs. Mae
Sutton and the late William Ben
Sutton. She was born August 28,
1930, on a farm near Mount Olive
in Duplin county. She attended Ca
lypso school until she married El
mo Blizzard May 8,1946, and began
her life career.
They lived with her husband’s
parents the first 18 months. During
that tide she continued her educa
tion by taking correspondence
work. Most of her time was spent
working in their country store. At
the end of two years, a new home
had been completed in which she
now lives. She spends much of her
time working to improve her home
mid surroundings. Mrs. Blizzard
does all of her bouse work and
finds time to do painting on the
inside and outside of her home.
Mrs. Blizzard is a member of
Outlaw’s Bridge Universalist
church and helps with many activi
ties of the church. She admits she'
particularly likes to work with the
young folks, and often helps with
youth organizations.'
j In 1947, she joined Outlaw’s
Bridge Home Demonstration club
and held the office of vice-presi
dent two years and secretary two
years.
Scott’s Store Home Demonstra
tion dub was organized in 1950. At
that time, Mrs. Blizzard became a
member. She is now a member of
two home demonstration clubs and
has had perfect attendance for six
years. Mrs. Blizzard says she bene
fits by belonging to two clubs. She
meets so many of her friends each
month and gets many ideas from
opinions of others on subjects dis
cussed.
For two years she has served as
secretary of the County Council.
She has been recreation leader for
Scott’s Store club four years. Joyce
is often called upon to plan recrea
tion for parties and church groups.
MRS. ELMO BLIZZARD
This she does willingly without a
murmur.
The Blizzard home was one of
six homes toured in the Scott’s
Store community on Achievement
day last fall.
Mrs. Blizzard attended Crump
ler’s Secretarial School in Golds
boro and graduated in July, 1955.
She served as president of the
class. When asked what she plans
to do she said, "I plan to be my
husband’s secretary.” He is in mil
ling and feed business.
Mrs. Blizzard and her husband
solve their problems together and
do not trouble others with home
or business affairs. She believes
in doing nice things for others and
often cooks cake and candy for
friends.
Mrs. Blizzard and her husband
enjoy'the same sports and recre
ation. “My hobby is doing nice
things for my husband. He is such
a wonderful person,” she said.
' The Blizzards have no children,
but both love children. Joyce said
with a smile, “We don’t own any
children, but we borrow some ev
ery time we can.” When there is
a new project in the clubs or com
munity she is instrumental in help
ing.
Senior , MembershipsAre..
' to RotariansHere
Charles Kraft, speaking on Ro
tary's membership classification
at the local dub meeting Thurs
day night, called upon all eligible
members of-the Mount Olive group
to apply for senior membership
as a means of opening the door
for new bloo^i in the organization.
Under the Rotary International’s
consititution, be pointed out, no
two persons of the same occupa
tion can belong to a club, but those
who -have been members for IS
years, orxwho are 65 years of age
can become senior members, thus
opening their classifications to
others.
^ Senior membership was inserted
into Rotary’s consititution, he said,
to keep the organization from be
coming stale through the failure to
bring new members into clubs.
Time of the Mount Olive dub
who are eligible, for senior mem
•' , ' ' f
bership should give serious con
sideration to this, Kraft said, for
there are many advantages to be
coming senior Rotarians.
Airman Hall Serves
Overseas in Korea
Grover M. Hall, son of Mr. and
Mrs. D. J. Hall, of E. Maple street
here, is an airman, second .class,
in the U. S. Air Force, and isnow
assigned to a Bomber wing based
in Korea', according to word re
cently received by his parents.
HaU attended Calypso High
school, and enlisted in the Air
Force in December, 1953. He is a
unit supply technician, and wps
stationed at Niagara Falls muni
cipal' airport in New York before
being assigned to his overseas
duty. i
Bond of $500 Set
For Local Youth
Chief of Mount Olive Police Al
ton Daly said that bond of $900
has been set for the 14-year-old Ne
gro youth who was apprehend
ed last week while making a tele
phone call to white, women here
and using obscene language in his
conversation.
A hearing has been scheduled for
Wednesday. At the time of his de
parture from Goldsboro Monday
morning, no one had supplied the
bond, Daly sqid.
Mrs. Lloyd .::1
Dies Friday
In Hospital "
Funeral services for Mrs. George
Lloyd of Bowden, who was well
known in this section, were held
from the home Sunday afternoon
at 2:30, conducted by the Bey,
Robert Baker, Warsaw Baptist min
ister, assisted by the Rev. Norman
Flowers, pastor of the Bowden
Presbyterian church, and the Rev.1
M. C. McQueen, Presbyterian pas
tor of Clinton. Interment was in,
the Memorial Park cemetery at
Jacksonville.
Mrs. Lloyd died Friday morn
ing at 7:50, in Sampson Memorial
hospital, Clinton, where she was
taken after a heart attack last
Wednesday morning.
Surviving are Mr. Lloycf, prom
inent lumber dealer, and one-time
operator of Bowden's mill in con
nection with his lumber mill; five
daughters, Mrs. Stella McMillen,
Mrs. Elvin Carter and Mrs. Bill
Bartlet, all of Bowden, Mrs. John
Brown of Sneads Ferry and Mrs.
Johnnie Robinson, McAllen, Tex.;
two sons, B. D. Lloyd of Bowden,
and Bill Lloyd, with the army in
California; two sisters, Mrs. Ima
Welde and Mrs. Robert Bush, of
Holly Ridge;
Seven brothers, L. T., Kater and
Vance Howard, Holly Ridge, Willie
Howard, Galveston, Tex., Luther
Howard, Belton, Tex., John How
ard, Wilmington, and Bob Howard,
Barker's Island.
Merritts Announce
Son's Birth, Death
Ur. and Mrs. Herman Merritt, of
Mount Olive, announce the birth
of a son, Johnnie Ray, Sunday, Oc
tober 2, at 12:30 p.m., in Wayne
Memorial hospital, Goldsboro, and
his death Sunday evening at 7 o’
clock.
Funeral services were held Mon
day afternoon, with interment in
Maplewood cemetery here. Surviv
ing, in addition to the parents, are
two brothers, Billy and Jimmy, of
the home, and the maternal grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Davis,
of Calypso. .
Homecoming at
Thunder Swamp PH
Sunday, October 9, will be home
coming day at Thunder Swamp P.
H. church.
The Rev. Byron A. Jones of
Portsmouth, Va., will be the guest
speaker at the 11 o’clock service.
Weekly Newspapers of State Praised for
Contributions in the Field of Health
The weekly" newspapers of North
Carolina were' praised today for
their outstanding' contributions in
the field of health.
The recognition cane when the
president of the N. C. Press Asso
ciation, Leslie S. Thompson, of
Whiteville, accepted a certificate
of appreciation from the president
of the N. C. Tuberculosis Associa
tion on behalf of the newspapers
of North Carolina. Dr. Lynwood ft.
Williams, NCTA president, present
ed the certificate on behalf of the
NCTA and TB associations across
the state.
Dr. Williams said that the week*
ly newspapers have been of inesti
mable value to TB associations
throughout the SO years of the or
ganized fight against TB in North
Carolina. “We wanted to recognize
their Outstanding contributions on
the occasion of National Newspa
per Week.’ ’ 1
Beth the weekly newspapers and
newspaper people were recognizel
by Dr- Williams when he said, "The
men and women of the newspaper -
brotherhood have given unstinting
ly of their time and effort They
have advised and collaborated with
us to the end that the people would
know the truth about tuberculosis."
He expressed the gratitude of
the TB associations for the thou*
sods of Inches of space the news
papers have devoted to* the fight
against tuberculosis, and empha
sized that the cooperationtion of
both daily and weekly newspapers
has been one of the most important
elements in bringing the, fight to
its present stage. /
The service rendered by the in
dustry has been of tremendous im
portance in improving the health
Of the community, according to Dr.
Williams. He pointed to the impor
tant task newspapers perform in
keeping the people alerted to TB
as well as other health menaces.
“It is fitting that we pause to
pay tribute to one of our most
valued allies on the occasion of Na
tional Newspaper Week,” Dr. Wil
liams said. He explained that this
year was particularity fitting since
it is the Golden anniversary of the
NCTA, and that newspapers have
cooperated in the Crusade against
tuberculosis each one of those 90
years.
CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION-—Leslie S. Thompson
of Whiteville (above right), president of the N. C. Press
Association, is shown accepting a certificate of appreciation
from Dr. Lynwodd E. Williams of Kinston, president of the
NF. C. Tuberculosis Association, Dr. Williams presented the.
Certificate on behalf of the NCTA and TB associations across
the .state for the outstanding contributions the newspaper
industry has made in the field of health,
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W$CS SPEAKER—Mrs. L.
Landruf of Little Rock, Ark.,
will be guest speaker at the
sub-district meeting of the
■Woman’s Society of Christ
ian Service of the Goldsboro
district of the Methodist
Church at the St. Paul
. church in Goldsboro next
Tuesday, October 11.
JC Contest
For Speakers
Open Now
Hie opening of the 1956 Voice
of Democracy contest, sponsored
over the nation by the Junior
Chamber of Commerce, was an
nounced yesterday by Charles
Whitley of Mount Olive, Seventh
District chairman, and James R.
Spence of Lillington, State chair
man.
Local and district contests will
be held in North Carolina between
October 1 and November 11. It is
expected that several thousand stu
dents in the state will participate
this year.
The Voice of Democracy coigest
is a script writing and speaking
competition. All students in the
10th, 11th and 12tb grades are en
couraged to enter the local con
tests. The community winner will
be entered in the district competi
tion and the district winner will
participate in the state contest,
competing for honors and awards
with some of the outstanding stu
dents in the state.
Exhausted, Leader Reports
In spite of a million dollar March
of Dimes campaign in North Caro
lina last January, 35 county polio
chapters in the state are without
funds for aid to polio patients, ac
cording to Rex Edison of Chapel
Rill, 1956 March of Dimes state
dmirman.
. Counties dependent upon emer
Supper by
Church Folks
Wednesday
r The annual family night supper
for members of the Presbyterian
church was held in the community
gymnasium Wednesday, when a
covered dish supper was served,
along with soft drinks by George
and Dennis Lane.
Rill Porter acted as master of
ceremonies. The Rev. B. E. Dotson,
pastor, gave' the invocation and
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard lane and
children gave a brief worship pro
gram
Among visitors were President
W. B. Raper and members of the
Mount Olive college faculty; Mrs.
Darby Fulton, Nashville, Tenn.; Mr.
and Mrs. Jimmie Davis and chil
dren, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Cox, the
Rev. Horace Hilton, of Wilmington,
and Cap t., Paul King, of the Nation
al Guard unit here.
Mrs. M.. M. Lownes and Mrs.
Bryce Ficken directed the recrea
tion program, and Mrs. Johnny
Walker showed a religious movie.
Calypso Baptists
Planning Revival
In preparation for a week-long
revival effort next week, cottage
prayer meetings will be conducted
this week by Calypso Baptists.
Tonight the meetings will be
held in the homes of Mr. and Mrs.
E. T. Register, and Mr. and Mrs.
J. R. Turner, beginning at 7:30.
Wednesday evening the congre
gation will meet at the church dur
ing the regular prayer meeting
hour..
Friday evening prayer meetings
will be held in the homes of Mr.
and Mrs. H. C. Cook and Mr. and
Mr*. Leonard Guy.
All members of the Calypso Bap
tist church, and other interested
persons, are cordially invited to
attend.. . „ „ . , '
Palestine Films to Be
Seen, at Thunder Swamp
The Rev. Byron A. Jones of
Portsmouth, Va., will be at Thund
er Swamp P. H. church Friday
night October 7 at 7:30 to show
films made while he was on a re
cent visit to Palestine.
Close Officers Named
Officers of the freshman class
at North Duplin High school, Ca
lypso, have been-elected as fol
lows: J. C. Millard, president;
James Albritton, vice-president;
Peggy King, secretary, and Harper
Pridgen, treasurer.
•v-'* \v vv.. hi V*;^*** «£ * s
gency financial support from na
tional headquarters of the Nation
al Foundation for Infantile Para
lysis include Duplin and Sampson
counties in this section of the
state.
“If we need proof, which we
don’t, that polio is not licked yet,
we. have only to look at the fi
nancial plight of our own county
chapters," said Edison. What ~ is
true for North Carolina, is true
for other states, he pointed out.
“The condition faced by North
Carolina and the nation for the
next few years makes it imperative
that the people everywhere make
an all-out effort in the March of
Dimes next January,” he said, em
phasizing that the national need
for 1996 is a minimum of $47,600,
000.
“While the number of new polio
cases in North Carolina is less than
in 1954, hundreds of- patients,
stricken in previous years, are at
the present time receiving need
ed help,” said Edison. "Up to Sep
tember 24, this year, the state’s
needy chapters had received from
Foundation headquarters $24,893.60
in emergency aid. Present require
ments indicate that our chapters
will need considerably more funds
to carry on to the end of this
year.”
Duplin Court to Open
For Criminal Hearings
A session of Duplin Superior
court, for the trial of criminal
cases, will begin in Kenansville,
October 10, it is revealed. Last
week, names of 29 prospective
jurors were drawn, and notices
served them.
1 Elias Sutton in Hospital as
Doctors Fight to Save Limbi
Harry Washington, about 40 years old, Negro tenant
fanner, is being held without bond in Wayne county jail pend
ing the outcome on shotgun wounds he inflicted Sunday eve
ning on his landlord, Elias F. Sutton, prominent white main of
Mount Olive.
Mr. Sutton is in Wayne Memorial hospital, with his right,
arm, and parts of the right side of his body punctured by shot
from the single-barreled shotgun Washington is alleged to have
used in the shooting.
HONORED — A. L. Tyler,
of Rocky Mount, executive
vice-president of the 14
Belk-Tyler stores in Eastern
N. C., including the one in
Mount Olive, was one of six
N. C. merchants honored by
Gov. Hodges last week in a
special luncheon. The mer
chants were honored for
their contribution to retail
merchandising in the state. -
Staffers for
North Duplin
Annual Listed
Those students in the North Dup
lin High school, at Calypso, who
will be in-charge of. the school’s
anhual, have been named by the
senior dais, as follows: -
Editor-in-chief, • Ada . Margaret
Barfield; associate editor; Jennie
Millard; business manager, Ed Lew
is, Jr.; typing emtor, Rachel Davis;
sports editors, . Glenn Pried and
Cecil -Daughtry; art editor, Reitie
Lou Taylor; circulation manager,
Marjorie Pridgen;
Advertising manager, Faye Wig
gins; picture editor, Larry Bailey;
statistician, Peggy Swinson; histor
ians, Eleanor Bowden and Charles
Walker; testator, Rex Best, and
prophet, Mary Rose Davis.
These students have already be
gun work on their annual, and are
engaged at present in selling ad
vertising to sponsors.
A man of the world would es
cape most of the unpleasant ex
periences if he had to pay for them
in advance.
Clifton to Be Installed as
Commerce Prexy Tonight
Frank Clifton, newly-elected
president of the Mount Olive
Chamber of Commerce, and other
officers of the organization will be
installed at the Chamber’s annual
banquet tonight (Tuesday) in the
elementary school cafeteria, be
ginning at 7 o’clock.
Leading the guest list will be W.
Burkette Raper, president of
Mount Olive college, who will
speak on the activities and pro
gress of the school.
Besides Clifton, other officers
to be installed are Shelton Boyd,
vice president; Ray Scarborough,
treasurer; and Mrs. Jean Jackson,
secretary. The officers were elect
ed at a recent meeting of the board
of directors.
Bryce Ficken, retiring president,
urges all members and< their wives
to attend tonight’s banquet
• Mount uuve ponce, neaaea ny
Chief Alton Daly, were being as
sisted by Wayne County Sheriff
Jesse Hinson, Deputies Roy Precise
and Roy Jones, Raymond Cooke,
and State Highway Patrolmen Wil
liam Wright and Wallace Morrow,^
in the investigation. ;
' According tt> Daly and Officer
Hardy Davis, of the local police
force, Washington went to the
home of Mr. Sutton, on West Main
street, Sunday evening about 7:30.
,He called for Mr. Sutton, who went
On the front porch to talk with him.
In a few minutes, Mrs. Sutton, and
neighbors of the Suttons, heard the
shotgun blast,'and upon investigat
ing found Mr. Sutton on the porch
alone, shot in the right arm and
side. , ’
Ttk Negro tenant had fled.
A search was begun for Washing
ton, which included the use of
bloodhounds from prison camps at
Smithfield and Kenansville. About,
9:30, or 10 o’clock Sunday night
the dogs picked up Washington’s
barefoot trail within a few hundred
yards of his home, which is just
beyond the city limits on the Smith
Chapel highway.
Chief Daly said the dogs finally
lost the man’s track near the Mar1'
tin-Price cemetery, two miles north
west of Mount Olive about 1:30
Monday morning. ■
. Search for the Negro continued
through the night until Monday
morning, when he walked into the'
sheriff’s office in Goldsboro, in
company with his unde, Cephas
.Washington, of Dudley, and gave,
himself up. *
Daly immediately left for Golds-'
boro to question Washington, and
on return to Mount Olive said the
tenant farmer told him the shoot
ing occurred because he could not
get a settlement on this year's
fanning operations out of Mr. Sut
ton.
Washington told him, Daly said,
that he had tried three or four
times to get a settlement from Mr.
Sqtton, and that Sunday evening
he went to Mr. Sutton’s home de
termined to get the matter straight.
He told the chief that his wife and
children, of which ; he has several,
were “hungry,” and that he need
ed the money.
- Officers have not questioned Mr.
Sutton' yet, due to his condition,
and reports from the hospital indi,
cate his wounds are more serious
than at first thought, since doctors
are reported to have found more
of the shotgun pellets in Mr. Sut
ton’s body than at first believed,
Mr. Daly said reports indicated
physicians give Mr. Sutton a 50-50
chance to save his right arm, which
bore the brunt of the shotgun dis
charge. —
Washington’s wife, who was ques
tioned by police while they were
searching for her husband Sunday
evening, said her husband had been
drinking rather heavily Sunday.
Vanity Queen Will.
Be SelectedFriday
Selection of a varsity queen, who
will be crowned during the half?
time procedures, will feature the
homecoming football game here
Friday evening, when the Mount
Olive Panthers play host to the
Vanceboro eleven.
The queen will be selected bjr
secret balloting, by the student
body of the high school, and she
will not be known until her name
is announced at the game. All sup*
porters of the local team are urg
ed to attend the game
Eight Persons Injured in Two-Car Wreck
Near Seven Springs Saturday Afternoon
State Highway Patrolman Wil
liam Wright, of Mount Olive, has
reported investigation of a two-car
collision, near Seven Springs, Sat
urday, in which eight persons were
injured. All the injured, he said,
were taken to Wayne Memorial hos
pital, in Goldsboro.
The accident occurred at the in
tersection of NC SS and NC 111,
between Seven Springs ahd Mount
Olive, about 8 o’clock Saturday eve
'Wright said Hie mishap oecur
Md when a car driven by PfcRich
ard Ray Dodson, of Camp Lejeune,
'traveling north op 111, ran through
a stop sigh at the intersection, and
skidded into an automobile operat
ed by Celia Ruth Smith, Negro, of
route 2, Seven Springs.
Wright said Dodson suffered a
fractured skull Two Marine pa*
aengers in the far .were hospital
ised—one with a broken pelvis and
the other with a fractured neck.
They are Sgt. Ricky Palmer and
CpL Samuel Mawhiny, also of Camp
Lejeune. Wright described the con
dition of the trio as from “fair” to
“goodL* • * ' ,■ •; - *v
■ Four women and a man, all N»
groes, in the Smith car were hdapk
talized.
• Wright, said one of the women,
Doris Smith, Suffered internal in-'
juries -and a broken arm and waa
in serious condition. Condition of
the others was reported as from
“fair” to ‘'good.” They are Reuben
Smith, Ardalia Loftin, Bertha Mae
Lottin, and Celea R. Smith. Wright
said both cars were demolished.
He said Dodson would be charged
with a stop-sign violation.