North Carolina Newspapers

Iffoose Lodge Operator Draws $500 Fine As Liquor Raid Trials Get Underway a jB^H^Hiy& ,% matt started last week in coun ty court tor nearly 100 defendants charged in the liquor raids con ducted several weeks ago by local law officers and state ABC investi ?Twanty-four of the defendants ap peared before Judge Russell J. Lanier and all but one received Jail Mahmrsa suspended on heavy fines. The one defendant not receiv ing a jail term was Jerry Martin MMpger of the Wallace Moose Lodge, who was fined $500 and court costs tor possessing and sel ling Illegal whiskey, conducting a lotttery and having a slot machine la his possession. I Others convicted on Illegal whis key chargke add the findings of the court were: - - Gordon Dogfcft,, 10 months in jail suspended on payment of 1000 and cma and three year's good behav Rosa Lee Pitts, 10 months in jell suspended on payment of |200 and coats fcnd two year's good behatfor. David Judge, 10 months in pail payment of $000 and costs and two years good behavior. Vereta Geiger, 12 months in Jail suspended on payment of *175 and coats and two year's good behavior. Lonnie Highsmith, eight months in jail suspended on payment of *100 and costs and one year's good behavior. Creddie Skinner, 12 months in Jail suspended on payment of *200 and costs and two year's good be havior. Addie Pearl Melvin, 12 months in Jail suspended on payment of *150 Cd costs and two year's good be vior. Alonzo Bod Underwood, 12 mon th* in jail suspended on paymeqt?of *100 and costs and one year's good behavior. John Nevkiak Tata, eight months to Jail suspended on payment of <*100 and costs and one year's good behavior. Richard Matthews, six months in Jail suspended on payment of *25 and costs and two year's good be havior. Truley Phillips, eight months in jail suspended on payment of *75 r ' ' ? ? _= , j _J and coats and one year's good be havior. Gene Whitted Williams, IS months in jail suspended on payment of $139 and costs and two year's good behavior. Clarence Brown, eight months in Jail suspended on payment of $100 and costs and one year's good be havior. Mertie Mae Phillips, eight months in Jail suspended on payment of $190 and costs and one year's good behavior. j George Cooper, eight moath* In Jail suspended on payment of $100 and costs and one year's good be havior. Sam Witherspoon, 13 months in jail suspended on payment of $190 and costs and two year's good be havior. AtWood Melvln, 13 months in jail suspended on payment Of $300 and costs and two year's good behavior. Junice Dixon, 13 months in jail suspended on payment of $150 and costs and two year's good behavior. Liza Baysden, six months in jail suspended on payment of $139 and costs and one year's good behavior. Joseph Cnxnartis, eight months in jail suspended on payment of 91M and coats and one year's good behavior. Rosalia Bryant, U months in jail ?suponded on payment of 9190 and costs and two year's good behav ior. In the liquor case against Joe Bland, judge Lanier continued a prayer tor judgment on payment of costs by the defendant. Cases a gqjppt defendants not tried last wees were continued until later this month. Defendants charged with speed ing violations also took up a con siderable portion of last week's court Defendants ordered to pay court costs for exceeding the speed limit were: Bobby James Williams, Harold Allen Cavenaugh, James William Davis, Marion Price Elkin, Roy Thomas Clifton, William Moees Mc Clamb, Thomas Edwin Davs, John ny Mercer Benson, Richard Belvin Turner, Norman Earl Hardison, Harvey Eugene Clifton, David Lee Merritt. Paul De Berrie Woodall, Jack Marvin Brown, Frederick Douglas Johnson, Hubert Milton Daniels, Clyde Pierce, Harry Sou ther land Rouse, Lorman Weeks, EOe Pierce, William Stephen Brink ley, George Thomas Scott, Billy Gene Maready, San ford Lane Jr., Vernell Stailings, Ronald Bouguin West and James Earl Blanton. Paying $10 and costs for speed ing were: John Vernon Evans, Leslie Wil liam Neal, William Ralph Schavfc, Raymond Augustus Morris, Charles Sandlin, Berkley White Parsons, Elgin Frederick Langston, John Woolard Booner, Ila Godwin, Brig man, James Donaldson Clark, Car rie Lee Bland, Johnny Allen Steph enson, Clifton Hood, Louis Gerald Heath, Howard Thomas Curry Le land Albertson Sutton, James Ed ward Sorrell, Bert is Glenn Padgett, Herbert Waltson Ramsey Jr., Julian Madison MoKeithan, Luby Harper Byrd Jr., Russell Aubrey Williams. David Curtis Dobson, Virginia West McKenzie, McDonald Carr, David Earl Williams, David Franklin La nier, Robert Jame* Hicks, Leonard Henry Knight, and Donald Ray Anderson. Nine others, charged with speed ing, were called and failed to ap pear forfeiting cash bonds. They were: Edward Eugene Snipes, Hu bert Earl Payne, Peter Muzelak, Johnnie James Smith, Darrell Bla ine Hylton, Hugh A. Mozley, Arn old C. Ross, Harold C. Mcintosh, and Alice Faye Adams. John Wood ard Barnes was not prosecuted on a speeding charge. Fines of $25 and court costs were levied against three defendants, Robert Leslie Boney, Andrew Dix on Jr., and Jessie Norman Battle. Other defendants, their charges and the findings of the court were as follows: Ralph Smith - issuing a worthless check, costs. Lea trice - Holland Rivenbark - Speeding, prayer for judgment continued on payment of costs. 'Walter Hopkins, Non-support, 12 months in jail suspended on pay ment of costs and $25 a week to the court for the support of four minor children. Annie Ruth McArthur - Contribut ing to the delinquency of a minor, eight months in jail suspended on the conditions that she send her children to school, maintain a pro per home and retrain from the use of alcoholic beverages for a period of two years. Willie McCrimmon - Non support, 12 months in jail ssupanded on. the condition that he support his fam ily to the best of his ability. ' Thomas Junior Dewitt - Public drunkenness, carrying a concealed weapon, 60 days in jail suspended on payment of $29 aftd costs and one year's good behavior. William Edward Decker-Larceny, transferred to Superior Court. Med Smith - Failing to comply with driver's license restrictions, costs. Clarence Smith - Larceny, acquit ed. Robert Morrisey - Assault with a deadly weapon, judgment abso lute entered on bond. Joseph Kennedy ? Issuing a wor thless check, not prosecuted at this Mintford Wilkins - Nbn ? support, ordered to pay $20 on back support payments and to catch op the real of the payments by Jan: 17. 1 John David Keith - Having ne operator's license, not prosecuted at Johnnie Huffln - Having ne oper ntor's license, no registration and imiproper brakes, not prosecuted at this time. Jessie Lesane - Issuing a worth leas check, not prosecuted at this lime. Andrew IH. Dixon ? Issuing a wor thless check, not prosecuted at this lime. Kenneth Ray Jones - Non-support of an illegitimate child, not prose cuted. Booker Thomas Carlton - Posses sion of non-tax paid whiskey, not prosecuted at this time. William Bruce Bennett- Speeding and careless and reckless driving, wot prosecuted at this time. Charlie Farrior issuing a worth less chock, not prosecuted. (ContUued Oa Back) 1 StKaujJJ" "tiuc .S kmii^cLtA. ,|x<rv^-tlvc o-j X)lv|3^-?^ Christmas i ?"; -? " % ?&* , ' J VOLUME XXIX No. 49 KENANSVILLE, NOBTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY DECEMBER 6,1962 ??L?2L y ~ . . j Mr. R.V.Wells Completes 44 Years As Clerk Of The Court FmirJomr years at one job That Itjfae record, that was established viimWe who became Duplia Qw Btjr C|B* of Ibe Court *n Dec 2, T'ti* 44 toce^tr. Wells ?ttrted he has seen a lot of dfanges in the ?]ftk's office. In that year of the Armistice of the FhOt World awar, Mr. Wells handled aQ of the dntles of the office Mmsatf. Today with hundreds of rwhrdf^d dpc uments being handled dtfb. the derfc's office employs sit tfaWft In addition to Mr. WMls. Tn addition, Mr. Wells said he wodld estimate Six to eight times the amount of ptper work is handled now as com pared With 1918. to Mr. Well's IftgialUfti, only One other Clerk of the Court m the state has aa much service as Ma . does. That is Nash County's J, N. 8ffls who, "has me about five or ?M yeass," Somewhat hesitant about giving bit teal age Mr. Wells says with a grin that he is the "same age at Jack Benny-" "I guess that not a day goes by that someone doesn't aft me that question, even people I've never seen before. So I've Just made it a practice not to say," he Added. As to immediate plans for retire ment, Mr. Wells has none. "Mother Nature takes care of those things," he said. In Beulaville \ ? *t. ' r:i Christmas Parade To Be At 3 Saturday; Beauty Entries Listed Rapid progress is being made sod plants are shaping up nicely tl ie Beulaville Jaycee Chris tmas Parade, announces Wilbur Hussey, parade chairman. fThe time of the parade has been chan I fill from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The Jaycee float which will be ^beautifully decorated in a Christ mas motiff, will be graced by Miss North Carolina of 1963. Jol ly old St. Nick, with his furry ?uit of red and white, will cover the parade route on the Beulaville fire truck. I Joseph Edwards, float chairman, announces that the following firms end organizations will en Jpr floats in the parade: Wayne ualrida, Goldsboro; Cedar Fork Community Club; Beulaville Ba ptist Church; Waccartaw Bank ?nd Trust Co.; Jernlgan Tractor and Implement Co , Kehansville; Potters Hill Commodity Club; Beulaville National Guard; Maola MHk and Ice Cream Co.; Carolina Power and Lipht Co.; Bostic Drugs; Carolina Dairies, Kinston; Bethel Prtsttyterian Church. Fro sty Morn Meats. Kinston; Enter prise Feed Mill, Rose Hill Sejijr ..i; . ? * ette, Beulaville; Jones Sig>er Mar ket; Quinn - McGowen, Beulaville RiChlands Motor Sales;, Theresa's Dress Shop; Beulaville Fire De partment and Rescue Squad; East Duplin FFA; Jones Pork Sausage. Garner; Home Demonstration Club, NC Forestry Service, Rose Hill. Bands expected to participate in the event include, at present, Ja mes Kenan, East Duplin, Lenior Co. unty, Douglas and Chgrity high scnools. One of the day's highlights is expected to be the selection of this year's Miss Mterry Christmas. Between 35 aad 40 girls are ex pected to compete for the title in a pageant to be held following the parade. Amaag girls already confirmed as contestants for the. pageant are: Frankie Route Miss Wallace Rose Hill; Sandra Zieblin, Wal lace-Rose Hill Homecoming Que en; Linda Williamson. Miss East Duplin; Mary Jo Bryan, East Duplin Homecoming Queen; Ad die Faye Smith, County Dairy Princess; Joan Westbrook, Miss SBNClgnd; Judy Gordon And rews, Mm Cedar Fork; ^ricia Other entrants include Sue Tho mas and Ann Quinn of Chinqua pin; Edna Faye Powell of War saw; Annette Thomas and Agnes Lanier of Beulavillie; Kay Davis of Beautancus; Jenny Bartlett of Bowden; Carolyn Herring of Plea sant Grove; Brenda Wesley of Oak Ridge; and Annette Turner of Potters Hill. Miss East Duplin, Linda Wil liamson, Mhry Jo Bryan, East Duplin Homecoming Queen and Sandra Zieblin Wallace-Rose Hill Homecoming Queen, will all be accompanied by their royal courts who will also be contestants. Me mbers of Miss Williamson's court are Carolyn Blizzard. Kate Jones, and Betty Leu Jones of Beula ville; Marie Caveoaugh, Benetla Lanier, Iris Lee Brown and Sha ron Williams, Chinquapin; Linda W&lliamson Sherry Hausley, Glen da Whaley and Joyce Taylor of B. F. Grady. Also portiotpating In the parade will be 4-H Health Queens and Kings Ray Robert, Billy Lanier. Linda Grady and Sue Thigpen. Roberts and Grady are the county Health King and Queen and La nier and Thigpen are from the CJ^tries?r hi4 the0'beauty contest -WATER CUT OFF Water customers in Warsaw will be without water tor ? , thirty-hoar period this week end, according to mayor I, E. Strickland. From 12 aeon Saturday, Dec. 8 until ( p. as. Sunday, Dec. ? water fem of the town will be sterlttaad and fUtflMd. Water bans.of cbMrtne which wfli ren Rcsidaata af Warsaw we ask ed to prepare water supplies saffldeat to last during the 30 haar period aad anyone desir ing containers far driaktag wat er may get Item at the town hall Satnrday morning. When the treatment period la over, two short signals will be given on the (Ire siren. At that timh customers are asked to dad* ontaldr lancets until the chlsrlaa oldor has disappeared and then drain Inside faucets aw^a5?^m!uoned**against al lowing the treated water to run on powers, shrubs or grass and alr^nMElMrs that use water should not 1>e operated during the treatment period. Ifee mayor stated that the work is necessary to rid the water system of rust and iron and red water. ,? w . County Planning Series Of Public Forums On Urgent Health Problems Swine Producers Plan Meetings r" A ?*certcd effort wttf te mad* in 1963 to build the swine industry in Duplin Count, according to R E. Wilkms County Extension Agent for Duplin County. The Agricultural Workers Council, The Extension Ad visory Board, and Prominent Farm Leaders are spear - heading the drive. A series of four meetings are planned for January, involving sev eral top-notch specialists. | Jack Kelly, Extension^Swine Spec lalist, in charge of Animal Hus bandry will lead the program on Tuesday, Jan. 8. Each subsequent Tuesday night meetings will be wpDij fifty 1"i R. Weathers will participate in the programs during' the month. The goal under the 1.6 in JpB program Is to increase farm income from $400. 00 to $432,0(0 for Negro farmers in 1963, Wilkins stated. All swine producers are urged to plan to attend each of the four meetings which will be held in the new Extension Building Auditor ium. A Planning Committee to con sider the need for, the interest in, and ways and means of providing a series of public tsrums met Thursday night, Nov. 39. The pu blic forums would hear studies on the **** <*r Offjfcfiw ? ??-'"ftK Prac -ices and It< ReCuion to Good Medical Care" during 1^63-#4. The inteieittW group, of appro ximately SO persons who attended were asked by Dr. E. L. Boyette, president of Duplin County Me dical Society, who presided at tha meeting, to consider the problems of the county, the needs for such a program and decide if they tho ught suck an organization could be launched in the County. Mrs Annette BoutweU. Health Education Counsultant with the North Carolina State Medical So :iety, talked to the group, Mrs BoutweU urged the members to let Duplin County be the Pi lot county of the state in launch, ing this program. Phases of the health programs have been tried in several counties," she stated, "but DUplin would be the first county in the state to attempt the * county-wide program." She point ed out that the object is to coor dinate the County Medical So ciety. the State Medical Depart ment, professional and business groups and county wide leaders by. providing open forums can be a communication systen^H between professional men and^^ laymen. In all probability three public forums a year would be held, ac cording to the plans. These for ums would be on subjects which a committee had decided were the most urgently needed health stu dies in this particular county. Favorable comments for such a study were made by the Civil Defense Director, Home Demon stration Agent, Farm Bureau, He alth Department, school principal, hospital administrator, local doc tors and druggists. The group elected Dennis Ram sey of Rose Hill chairman of the organization and Mrs. H. E. Phil hps, ot Kenansville, recording se cretary. Named in an advisory Capacity were Dr. E. L. Boyette and Dr Glenn Rasmussen. Members who volunteered to serve on the committee were: Wallace - Ervin Rivenbark, Dr. L. U. Chandler. Rose Hill - Eldon Brown. Magnolia - Mrs. Norman Pickett, Mrs. L. E. Pope. Warsaw - Lee Brown. Albertsoh - Jack Patterson. Rockftsh - Joseph Wil liams. Kenansville - Wile/ Booth, Mrs. Ruby Kornegay, Miss Mary Lee Sykes, Mrs. J. R. Grady. Beu laville - Russell Bostic, George Cowan, R, L. Pruitt. Chinquapin - G. F. Landen, C. C. Mijls. Farm Bureau - Fa win Shaw. H. D. - s Cluos - Mrs. Mae Spicer. Com munity Development Clubs - Wil liam G. Sullivan. County Cone missioners - F. W. McGowan, a Kenneth Grady. Cotters Hill - C. L. Quoin. hfrs. Ellis Qulftn, Dp. Bqyette stated that the Me* Five More Men Arrested On Liquor Charges The Doplia County Sherriffs department continued its relent less war on the bootlegging indus try in the county this week as five more men, three White and two Negro, were arrested on ill egal booze charges. Four were arretted Sunday ni ght around 10 p. m. when deputies, Snyder Dempsey and Jack Aioert son stopped a car to make a rou tine check and found 13 cases of moonshine whiskey. Agrested were Joseph Clyde Batts, 21, Rose Hill, driver of the car; Ralph Rogers, 26, Wallace; Upton Tart 40 Rose Hill; and Lon zo Ingram, 21, Dunn North Caro lina. Questioning of the four at the sheriff's office led the officers to the site of a still in Rose Hill be ing operated by the four men. 2100 gallons of mash were found at the still site. All four of the mfcn have been charged with possession and transportation of non-tax paid whiskey for the purpose of sale and possession of materials for the manufacture of nontax paid whiskey. On Monday atternon the she Tin's department drew up a war rant for Fitzhugh Dobson of Mag nolia who eluded Deputy Snyder Dempsey in a foot race through the woods. Dempsey had spotted Dobson in a 1950 Chevrolet and had given chase to check Dobson's car. Dob son, a Negro, pulled off of the highway into a trail leading into the woods. After he had gone as far as he could drive he got out of the car and started fleeing on tiot with a case of whiskey under his arm. He later had to drop the case of whiskey as Dempsey clo sed in. Dempsey recognized Dobson, who is under a suspended jail term, and issued a warrant for him even though he w?n't cau ght. As of TKiesday afternoon Dobson had been (buhd. He is being hanftd with possessing of non-tax pa.d Wfcske* amI oar wiiMN^^^von was or 1* Cong. David N. Henderson Speaks At Postoffice Dedication Sunday Congressman David N. Hender son, 3rd District representative, was the featured speaker Sunday afternoon at dedication ceremonies of the new Albertson postoffice. Henderson, who was introduced by state Senator Xeroy Simmons, presented a 50-star American flag to the postoffice. The flag has been flown over the Capitol and the U. S. Postoffice Department buildings in Washington, according to Hen derson. , Speaking briefly on the people's failure to suport some of the Ken nedy admiinstration programs, Hen nedy administration programs, Hen derson ready to follow the Presi dent in a time of war but not in in peace time." He added that he was behind the present administra tion "with all his heart." Also giving a short address at the dedication was Ernest King, representative of the Department of the Postmaster General. King outlined a brief history and growth of the Postoffice Department. He was also introduced by Senator Sim mons. Prior to the services the East Duplin high school band provided a 15-minute concert. The opening remarks were made by Albertson Postmaster, Melvin Potter and the invocation was given by Itev. Willie Sheppard of the Albertson Mission ary Baptist Church. Rev. Kenneth Marshall of Outlaw's Bridge Uni versal ist Church closed the pro gram with benediction. Other guests at the dedication in cluded county government officials, members of the county board of commissioners and members Of the county board of education. The new pestoffice. which was completed in July of this year, is owned by M. B. Holt of Albertson and is being leased to the Post office Department under a five year lease. GRADY P. T. A. B. F. Grady P. T. A. will meet Monday night, December 10, at 7:30 A Christmas play will be present ed by the sixth and seventh grades. All parents and teachers are urged to attend. PiffuredSifT* hrneath thr flat ?*. Wt to right. of the Department ?f the Peatmaster General; Coa greasman Henderson, and Mehrta Potter, Albertsoa Postmaster. Members of the National Ga.rd raise the flag and others attending the program are sro shown |o the left. a-.- ^