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VOLUME XXIX No. 45 KENANSVILLE. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY NOVEMBER 8, 1982. pS^^s^t*?*1 9
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?N Voters Elect M Demos In OH-Yo?r Raoe
Voting in Duplin ran higher than anticipated in
an off-year election. 4700 votes were cast November
6 as against 2700 in 1958.
The only contested races in Duplin were for
State Senate of the Ninth Senatorial District where Le
Roy G. Simmons received 3333 votes, .and .Cicero P.
Yt>* 3011 votes on the Democratic
ticket. Republican candidates
George T. Clark, Jr. received
1231 votes and C. Dana Malpass
1011 votes.
A hotly - contested party race
was for the House of Representa
tives with Democratic nominee
Hugh S. Johnson, Jr. receiving
2947 votes and Republican no
minee, Stun E. Godwin, 1689 vo
tes.
Kenneth G. Grady, democratic
candidate if or fJtouiity Commis
sioner of the second District re
ceived 3231 votes against Jason
Waller, Republican candidate
with 1191 votes.
Unopposed county officials of
the Democratic party received
the following number of votes:
R. V. Wells, Clerk Cuperior Court
3674; T. El wood Revelle, for She
riff. 3672 count; H. B. McNeill,
County Coroner, 3560; Russell J
Lanier, for Judge of General Co
unty Court, 3252 votes; William
E. Craft for Solicitor of General
County Court, 3460; Murphy Si
mpson for County Commissioner
of Third District 3434; J. W. Hbf
fler for ?oujaty Commissioner of .
Fourth District, 3460 votes;-'and
Emmett E. Rogers for Mcphher
County Board of Education/ 3427
votes. "* i
*X^S^titbtr6nal Amend
ments took a det&ite licking Id
Duplih. but each of them was
carried state-wide. The first and
most discussed amendment eo
un'y-wide was on Court Reform
and was defeated in Duplin Co
unty 2695 to 1486. The second
amendment was defeated in Dup
lin 1379 to 2481. The third amen
dment on succession to office v^gs
defeated 2300 against, 1565 for.
The fourth amendment on redu
cing time of residence for persons
to vote was 1734 for and 2213
against.
Amendment No. 5 for greater
legislative authority over the sa
laries of State Executive Offi
cers: For 137J< Against 2537.
Amendment No. 6 Power of the
General Assembly to classify and
exempt property: For 1507; Aga
inst 2406.
Results for the county on the
ballot for U. S. Senator, State
Officers and Congressman were
as follows: David N. Henderson,
3896; Democrat Sam J. Ervin, Jr.
for U. S. Senator, 3534 with 1035
for Republican candidate, Claude
L. Greene, Jr.
Slate -Commissioner of Insu
rance Edwin S. Lanier, democrat,
3513; against Republican Claude
E. Billings, Jr. 1016. Chief Jus
tice of Supreme Court, Emery B.
Denny, democrat 3381; Republi
can, Lewis P. Hamlin, Sr. 994.
Associate Justice of- Supreme Co
urt, democrat Susie Sharp, 3438,
against republican Irvin B. Tuc
ker, Jjr. 1486.
Hazard H. Hubbard, Judge Su
perior Court of the 4th district,
uncy>tested, received 3586 votes.
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Eventhough this was an off yearr
voting in Duplin was heavier than
usual, naturally the conversation
around town has been politics. Yes
terday morning in spite of the fact
that a big bear was in town, the
conversation was still politics. 'A
man travelling by Dixon School in
Onslow County hit and killed a big
black bear. The accident happened
at about 5 a. m., the man loaded
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Duplin County 4-H Clubs Held Annual
Achievement Day Program Nov. 3
By Marlon C. Griffin, Assistant
? Agricultural Extension Agent
1 Lois G. Britt, Associate Home
Economics Extension Agent
Last Saturday night the Duplin
County 4-H'ers held their annual
Achievement Day program at the
Kenan Auditorium. Oyer 300 ex- I
hibits were brought in by club
members from all parts of the coun
ty, and a total of 97 blue ribbons
were awarded to the members. The
4 blue ribbon exhibits will be exhibit
ed at the 4-H Honor Program in
Wilmington, Nov. 17, sponsored by
the Star-News Newspaper.
Hds was the first Achievement
Program held since die 4-H Ciub
/* went on a Community bases, and
'I we feel that it was an even better
ancTproject books completed",;said
H Mrs. Britt, associa e Home I&o: >
mics Extension Agent.
. The program go* underwn* Sat
' urday afternoon at 3 p. m. Ah ?&
? Picaic supper f ollowed by the
^Awards Program.
|preaanted them with a certificate
Chairman, prisemld i certificate
Of Its to the county champion in
record books. This.mouey. donated
by county sponsors, wifi be used by
the club members to attend camp 7
or club week next summe^, j
Judged county champtfite were:
Polly Lee James, Achibvemant,
sponsored by Calyps^ Plywood; ,
I (Mann Williams, Achievement and
Leadership, sponsored by Berans
I vflle Farm Bureau; Beverly'Grady,
Beautification of Home Grounds,
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State Insurance Commissioner,
Lanier, Thumps Demos at Rally
"Thank God for Freedom and
thank God for defense. Thank God
for opportunity and security. Sec
urity that the Democrats gave to
us when they gave us the Social
Security law. We are thankful for
a representative government. One
of the most important acts one ever
does is vote", stated Edwin S. Lan
ance when he spoke to a well-at
The rally was held in the Duplin
County Courtroom with Congress
man David N. Henderson as Master
of Ceremonies. Henderson recogn
ized all county officers present and
the meeting was opened with pray
er by R. V. Wells.
Ia his introductory remarks Hen
derson told how Lanier was named
Commissioner of Insurance at the
death of Charles Gold, and how La
nier bad travelled from one end of
the state to the other and endeared
himself to the party and to party
G. R. Blanton, lef;, chairman of the coonty board of elections,
poses for a ptctnre with State Insurance Commissioner Sidney Lanier
following Mr. Lanier's talk at the Democratic rally last week in
Kenansvllle.
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Big American Legion Veteran's Day
Celebration Starts Tonight In Warsaw
Warsaw's Veteran's Day celebra
tion, a gala three-day affair, gets
underway tonight with a square
dance to be held in the American
Legion Armory starting at 8 p. m.
The big celebration will be climax
ed Saturday night with the selec
tion of Miss American Legion Post
No 127.
Another dance, a teenage dance,
will be held in the Armory Friday
night and a dance will also be held
there following 6aturday night's
beauty contest.
The Swingmasters of Greenville
will provide music for tonight's
dance and the instrumental group
for the teenage dance will be the
Blue Notes of Calypso. The Joe Da
vis orchestra will play for Satur
day's dance. Admission to the dan
ces tonight and Friday will be $1
> per person and at Saturday's dan
ce admission will be $3 per couple
1 or $2 stag.
Another highlight of Saturday's
1 festivities will be a Veteran's Day
parade through downtown Warsaw.
Featured in the parade will be the
appearance of Miss North Carolina
of 1962, floats, pets and local high
school bands. Marviiy Sutton, float
chairman for the pared*, reported
last week that 19 floats have al
ready entered aad added that more
were expected. fJash prizes of $35,
$25, and $15 will be awarded to the
best three floats in the parade.
Contestants for the beauty contest
include Bettjt Leu Mozingo, Miss
Seven Springs; Frankto Rouse. Miss
Wallace-Rose Hill; Kay Davis, Miss
North Duplin; Linda Williamson,
Miss Hast Duplin; Carolyn Fussell,
Miss Clinton; Sandra Lanier, Miss
James Kenan; Sharon ' Lunford,
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Adclie Sue Home
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EDITORIAL
By Larry McComb
"Come on up close here boys where you
won't miss anything. This is the show you've all
heard about. This is the really hot one."
Her name is Sugar and she's the feature at
traction of a two-girl strip-tease show playing
this week at the Atlantic State Shows set up in
downtown Warsaw.
Stepping up closer you get a look at Sugar as
she holds a microphone close to her mouth from
which flow suggestive words describing for the
patron what awaits him inside for the scant admis
sion price of $1. Now she motions to a group of
small boys 8-10 years-old to come over. The boys
join the group of 40-50 other boys and men stand
ing around the outside platform of Sugar's "tljea
? tre". In the background Chubby Checker is wail
ing last summer's pop hit The Fly on a badly-scrat
ched thermoplastic.
The sign on the front of the ticket stand states
that no one under 18 will be allowed admittance
to Sugar's show. The line starts to form at the
booth even before Sugar has finished her "come
on.
The first one in line is a boy approximately
16 years of age who hands the man selling tickets
a $5 bill. ySon, stand over there just a minute until
I get enough inside to change your $5." The boy
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Smith Community Club Garners Top 1962 Award For Ail-Around Prowess
More than 300 people Thursday night attended
the annual Duplin County Community Development
Awards Night program and saw the top award for the
?year go to the Smith Community club for making the
most all-around club progress during 1962.
The award, which includes a silver cup and $150
in cash, was presented to michael
I). Aidridge, president of the
Smith club, by Douglas Peacock,
vice-president Branch Banking
and Trust Co., Wallace. The
Smith community also earns the
opportunity of representing the
county in the SENdand Area
Development contest- Pleasant
Grove community finished second
to Smith in overall competition
while Beautancus and Potters
Hill finished third and fourth re
pectively.
Receiving $25 awards for par
ticipating in the program were
Cedar Work. Bowden, Oak Ridge
and Rones community clubs
Besides Its top award Smith
community also came away with
six other prizes in county com
petition. They were awarded first
place for doing the most in com
munity projects and first place
for sponsoring a 4-H club with
highest per cent of members com
pleting projects with records and
participating in other 4-H acti
vities. They finished second for
doing the most in community pro
jects, programs and activities
that etfcourage an increase in
family income; second for doing
the most in programs, projects
and activities that promote heal
th, safety and sanitation and se
cond for having the most informa
tive and neatest scrapbook on its
activities and projects. A third
place award was captured by
Smith for doing the most in coni
munity (projects, programs and
activities that encourage families
fo make home improvements.
' Highlighting Thursday nights
program was a talk by John Pi
land. Western (District Agricul
ture Agent. NC State College.
.Piland cited advances in agricul
tural progress and research and
called these gains a greater mira
cle than the advance of modern
science in the Atomic and Sphce
Aces
"Research and education," said
&land "have had the greatest
impact on this development of
agriculture." He stated that today
only eight or nine per cent of our
nations population are needed
to supply food products for the
rest of the country. This compares
with 80 percent that was required
only 100 years ago. "It is evident
that brute strength alone has not
been resDorrrtbte for this ad
vance." said Piland.
PUand warned that farmers
have a responsibility not to quit
learning because, "we haven*!
begun to scratch the surface yet
and the miracles of the future are
going to supris* us"
William G. Sullivan, president
of the county development pro
gram acted as master of cere
monies and delivered the wel
come to those attending. The re
sponse to his welcome was given
by Wallace mayor II. G. Cording.
Special guests attending were in
nard Sutton and Jimmy Sauls,
vice-president of the Bowden
community club, introduced Mi
Piland.
The attendance prise for. having
the most members at the program
went to the Potters Hill club ahd
Pleasant Grove finished second.
Following Is a complete list of
the contest categories and the
first, second and third place win
ners
Community doing most in com
munity proje.|-3. programs and
activities that encourage an in
crease in family income ? i.
Pleasant Grove; 2. Smith; 3. Bea
utancus.
Community doing most in com
munity projects, programs and
activities that encourage families
to make home improvements, ?
1. Potters Hill; 2. Pleasant Grove;
3. Smith.
Community doing most in comJ
munity projects. ? 1. Smith 2.
Pleasant Grove; Oak Ridge.
Community sponsoring a 4-H
club with highest per cent ol
members completing projects
with records and participating in
other 4-H projects. ? 1. Smith;
2. Beautancus; 3. Cedar Fork.
Community doing moat in com
munity projects, programs and
activities that encourage families
to produce and conserve one-half
or more of total food supply. ?
1. Pleasant Grove; 2. Potters Hill;
3. Rones.
Community doing most in pro
grams, projects and activities that
' promote health, safety and sani
' tation. ? Pleasant Grove; 2
> Smith; 3. Beautancus.
i Community having most infor
; mative and neatest scrapbook on
its activities and projects. ? 1.
Beautancus; 2. Smith; 3. Potters
1 Hill.
Community winning volley ball
loiirriament. ? 1. Pleasant Grove;
2. Potters Hill.
Community winning men's co
unty horseshoe tournament ? 1.
Pleasant Grove; 2. Rones.
Community winning women's
county horseshoe tournament. ?
1. Rones; 2. Potters Hill.
Oak Ridge and Potters Hill fi
nished first and second in the
county youth Softball tournament
and Beautancus ana Potters Hill
came in 1, 2 in the adult Softball
tournament
1961 Corvair
Demolished In
Tuesday Wreck
A l*Sl Corvair was completely
demolished early Tuesday morn
ing when its driver, Brenda Wal
lace of Gaffney, South Carolina,
went to sleep at the wheel and
the car ran into a ditch three mi
les East of Kenansville on High
way 24.
Patrolman E. C. Wray, who In
vestigated the mishap, said that
the Wallace girl told him she ap
parently iwent to sleep just as
the car was rounding a curve.
The car went oK the shoulder oi
the road and skidded 120 yards be
fore going into the ditch.
The driver's 14-year old sister,
Phyllis, and her father, Harvey
"f-iller"*, en, werp passengers in
the car. Both received minor cuts
mm o'uises while Brenda, the
driver, received a broken collar
bone and bruises. All three were
taken to the Duplin General hos
pital for treatment by patrolman
Douglas R. Peacock, right, vice-president
1 the Branch Banking and Trust Company,
Wallace, presents the Silver Cup, emblematic
of the year s Up Community Club award, to
Michael AMridfe. president of the S*Sh Com
Those attend!#* U? Community Award
the awarde program. Mere than 300 people en
Joyed everything from spaghetti U Wed chk ,
h?n< tg 4*