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j VOLUMEXXX No. 1 KENANSVILLB, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY JANUARY 3, 1963 r PJta
Review of Headlines for Duplin in 1962
1962 has been one of the most
eventful years in many years both
Nationwide and Statewide. The
Cuban situation has caused many
an anxious hour in the nation State
politics has been an interesting
drama.
Duplin County has had an aggres-,
Iahre, and yet disastrous year in
many ways due to the flatd. Poli
tics was fascinating to watch, and
a county which has alwra been
predominantly Democratic? had
quite a race with a large Republi
can vote. Industrial growth has
been slow, but citizen! have shown
much interest in an industrial pro
gram .The educate.-J field has
made much progress in trte form of
a new and large school plant.
In reviewing the headlines of the
put year In the Duplin Times some
of the hi^ilights of the year were:
January, 1962-Contrnets were let
tthe new East Duplin School. Sur
s Commodity Program Begins in
plin. E. E. Rogers installed Wor
pful Muter Lodge 13 in Kenans
ville. Beulaville Garment Company
begins third year with expansion
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plans in mind. Cecil Bostic Instal
led Worshipful Master Warsaw Lod
ge. Sidney Apple named new Com
mander of Post Wo. 127. American
Legion in Warsaw. Bill Sullivan
elected president DOpIln ' County
Community Clubs. Faywln J. Shaw
elected president Duplin Farm Bu
reau.
February - J. P. Harmon, Jr.
named candidate Morehead Schol
arship. Political Pot begins boiling.
Sheriff Miller Announces Retire
ment. Duplin Farmers participation
in Federal Grain program high.
March - Valuable Duplin Records
microfilmed. Pruit elected principal
Bast Duplin School. Duplin launch
es farm opportunities program to
increase county farm income. Hugh
Wells, Duplin Educator dies. Albert
Outlaw, County Historian, Dies.
Governor Sanford visits Dupuu.
Herring and Taylor new owners
Duplin Motor Company in War
saw.
April - 80 Candidates file for elec
tive offices for May 26 Primary.
Wallace holds Farmer Appreciation
days.
May - Carolyn Gresham, Warsaw,
second place winner in state music
contest. Duplin Tax Sale of Prop
erty halted. Board County Commis
sioners ordered end ci sale of pro
perty by county tax collector unless
board is advised in advance and
gives approval. Henderson, Revelie
and Johnson led ticket in political
Race. Hubbard. Simmons, Rogers
Grady, Simpson and Roffler won in
other rqcea. )
June -* Duplin Court try Club, Inc.
to begin construction on swimming
pool and golf course on June 10. '
July 38hrr G. Clapp, assistant
farm agent, left county for Clemson,
South Carolina. Duplin Crop losses
estimated in millions from flood
and high waters. John Anderson
Johnson named new tax collector.
Loose leaf tobacco sold on North
Carolina markets for first time.
August - Jesse Willard Jackson
escapes from deputies. Men from
Kenya, Africa visit Duplin County.
Addition to agriculture building sta
rted (ASCS extension). Cottle ap
pointed Duplin's first Civil Defense
Director. Kenansville Fire Station
under construction. Ceremony of
appreciation held in newly renova
ted court room.
September - Marion Griffin nam
ed new assitant farm agent. Dup
lin County Sheriff, Ralph Miller,
succumbs of stroke. Duplin County
agriculture fair opens in Beulaville.
Allen Sutton named new office De
puty Sheriff. Elwond ReveUe nam
ed Duplin's Sheriff. Dr. Gooding,
Jr. receives Doctorate at Univeisny
of California. County Council Home
Demonstration Club again names
Mrs. Willard Westbrook Woman of
year. School of Practical Nursing
new institution for Duplin County.
Hospital Wing DedicatejL MIss Eli
zabeth Slomuc assume* duties as
assistant jfeme Agent.
November - County liquor
raid conducted by ABC officers and
Sheriffs office - Over 40 arrested.
Simpson's Mens Shop opens in Beu
laville. $130,000 improvement to Al
bertson latter Day Saints Church.
1 Omit?I Awarded tor new Warsaw
Post Office bpilding. 4700 voters
elqct all democrats in county on
off-year .race. KS$ Republican
votes. Siim Community Chib Wins
top 1062 award for all-around prV
gres. James-Kenan Tigers Wlu State
Class A championship. Warsaw
Methodist observe 75th anniversary.
December - New Post Office ded
icated in Albertson. County plan
nbig serteo public health forums on
urgent health problems. R. V. Wells
oOmpletes. 44 years oa Clerk of
Court. Moose .Lodge Operator draws
ISOO fine .as liquor raid trials get
underway. Smith and Potters Hill
Community Clubs among SENCland
winners, Kenansville Father slays
son over portion of Possum (Onnie
Hall, colored, stabs son). Warsaw
Boy Recipient Medical Scholarship
by Pfizer Laboratories (E. W.
Stevens, Jr., first recipient.)
Vlegro Christmas Seal Chrm. Announces
School Sale of Seals Highly Successful
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Miss Annie Mae Kenkm. Negro
ChrMmao Seal Sale Chairman an
Bounced today that the school sale
wa* highly successful conrtibuting
fSSdlM to the Christinas Seal Sale.
Ttye following schools contribut
ed: \E. E. Smith ?1Q0.S4;. Charity
tM.gk; Douglas $81.5* C. W Dob
bins 05; Chinquapin $58.15: Hose
Hill rllementary $63.78; P. E. WU
Uama {Elementary $30.50; Teachey
Elementary $20.50; P. W Moore
Elementary $20.00; Branch Elemen
t*ln a abatement today. Dr.
L. Boyette, president of the Duplin
County Tuberculosis Association
and Mrs. Marie Batehelor, 1962
Chrfistmas Seal Sale Chairman ex
pressed their appreciation to both
Miss Ken ion and the schools for
their volunteer work in helping as
semble the letters and for their
generous support.
As of today $2756.17 has been con
tributed toward the annual Christ
mas Seal Sale - $4000.00 is needed to
carry out the local program. IT IS
PTOO LATE*- IF YOU HAVE
MADE YOUR CONTRFBU
i - DO SO TODAY.
Open House Sunday At New Fire Station
Sunday, January 6, 1963, will be
jfaanap house at the modern new fire
stanbiTof ihi Kefhansville Fire De
partment, Inc. The service of decfi
catioa will be held at 2 30 p. m.
and open house will be held until
;5:00 p. m. The Fire Department
Auxiliary will provide refreshments
^hiring these hours.
All people of this area of North
ICSjrolina are invited to inspect the
bt^ldnig and equipment during
these hours. The Fire Department
Will be on hand to welcome you and
show you around. Fire Chief Sharpe
states, "This is one of the nicest
stations in the country for a small
town volunteer department and the
firemen will be proud to show it to
you."
Friends and neighbors are In
vited to visit the men and the sta
tion which serves the emergency
needs of the county.
Felton Brown Seriously Injured
Six Others Hurt In Head-On Collision
' Pelton Brown, 18, of WaUaoe, wm
seriously injured Monday nigM. Six
other people were injured but not
to seriously when two cars coll Med
head-on near Chinquapin. ' '<
Rfown was a passenger in one of
the cars and was thrown from (he
vehicle receiving serious head in
juries. He was transferred Hi .Duke
Hospital after emergency surgery
at Duplin General Hospital.
John ShivOtr, Jr., It; of Wallace
was driving one car. The other ctk
was driven by Thomas Sherrell
Hall, 18. of Pink Ulill Passengers in
his car were: Mrs. Elizabeth Mat
ley Brinkley, 33 of Chinquapin,
and her children, Susan Card, 15,
James Royce, 13, and Linda Faye,
10:
Patrolman Lonnie Jackson, who
investigated the accident, said Shi
var was headed south on N. C. SO
about a mije out of Chinquapin,
when he ran oft the right side of the
road in a curve, losing control The
car traveled 120 feat on the should
er, then cut back to the left for 40
feet, hitting Hall's car head-on
Both cars were total losses. Shi
var was charged with driving on
the wrong side of the road.
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Negro Boarding Home
fc bfcW N?fcr6 Boarding Hoiflt,
operated by Mis, Walter '
wE?TSiS^'l;i3^
twine is we o( ttw aieatest needs
of wipiin < ou#> ; ?d th?
potfkw of #ie stale Mrs. T; !oi
*'<? ?'ed that the tana Is *?to
etl nl iMtrty two 10 twenty-fiv.
0 fcUta r.
r ? 1,88 m '
ix M .y tin i
II, tti
Board of Public Welfare.
t.jnfl jtlw building code require
Tlie license, which became effec
tive today ( Monday* was isued by
tberBtate Bqianl af Pub(ie Welfare
piiiding. the tx>ard
infl hqnftkas warm air heating,
modern .lighting, kitchen and din
?1 . ."if1.
BRIEFS
4-H COUNTY COUNCIL
The 4-H County Council will meet
on Monday night, January 6. at 7:30
p. m. in the Agriculture Building.
All 4-H'ers are invited to attend.
4.000th SCOUT ENROLLED
Tuscarora Council passed a note
worthy milestone on Friday, De
cember 21st, when the 4,000th boy
was enrolled in Scouting for . the
year. Since Tuscarora Council is
composed Of Duplin, Johnston,
Sampson, and Wayne Counties, con
siderable interest was shown in just
where this 4.000th boy would come
from. All four counties made a real
contribution this year in setting this
new ail-time high in membership
growth for the Council. The lucky
boy turned out to be Cullen King, a
new cub Scout joining Pack 4, spon
sored by Madison- Avenue Baptist
Church of Gekjsboro.
The SOOOOi milestone was ach
ieved in 1S55, when Cub Scout
Michael Patterson of Roseboro, N.
C. was inducted into the Scouting
movement.
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CJMtD TOURNAMENT
A Canasta and Bridge Card.
Tournament will be held on Jan
uary 12 at 8:00 p. m. at the new
Fire House in Kenansvillo High
score prizes will be awat. >ed.. Tic
kets win be $1.00 per person. Get up
your ?wn table and join the crowd
and the fun.
HOSPITAL SAYS THANKS
"Tb the 01 vie Organizations of
^rays of Hmpital pat^
Patients At Duplin
General Hospital
ALBERTSON ? Mahlon B. Wallace
BEULAVILLE - Hadley Brock,
Wilbert Futrell, Mary Alice Jones,
Donna Sue and Baby Girl 'Keel,
Joyce Mercer, Richard Stallings,
Elvin Grey. Jr., Squires, Jessie
nomas, 'Maggie and B aby Girl
BOWDEN - Mary Anne Roberts.
CHINQUAPIN - James Brinkley,
Linda' Brinkley, Mary Elizabeth
Brinkley,. Susan Carol Brinkley,
Lacy Jane Brown. Nettie Brown,
Juanita and Baby Girl Sharpless,
James Sloan, J. L. Quinn.
FAISQN - John Wright.
GREENVILLE - Jeffery Lynn
Mcrritt, Mavis and Baby Girl Wha
ley
KENANBVILLE - Vertie Benson,
Sarah Brock, tyUllie Lee Faison.
Christine .Frederick, Kenneth Heath
Roee Marie Holmes.
KINStON - Manley Whaley.
MAGNOLIA - Keith Bland, Vir
ginia Brinson. Daisy Estelle Byrd,
Harry Nickelson, Shelby and Baby
Boy Parker, David Ritter, Tommie
Tucker, Berkley Wilson.
MT. OLIVE - Charlie Arnettie,
John Dqkes. Carson Merritt.
PINK HJLL Janet Bell Quinn,
David Smith
RICHLANDS - John Murrell Bro
wn, Tiibeft Brown.
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RALEIGH - The Motor Vehicles
Department's summary of traffic
deaths through 10 a m Monday,
December Jit, 1962:
Killed To Date 1907
Killed TO Date Last Yea .... 196
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Trial
& Error
, Christmas is **ver aAd the New
Year is.-here! Needless to say that
by January J three-fourths of the
New Year resolutions are already
broken, so we can settle back into
our old routine and rock along with
Father Time.
We checked with Duplft) General
Hospital at about 4:00 P. M. on New
Year's day, and there had not been
a new birth at the hospital at that
time. Babie* seem to be hesitant
about arriving in this cold weather.
Reports from my daughter in
New Jersey are that they are hav
ing terrible weathw. On New Year's
Eve she skid thermometer read
four degrees beloj? sero, and even
though they dm ndf have too much
snow, the whfrl and sleet were ter
riffic. Shfe talked'as if she were
ready for the sunny South. But we
have news for her, it might be
sunny but it ain't warm.
After a few days vaction, work
in the shop seems to have piled up
in a big way, but after visiting a
round in the various offices in town,
I will still day that our desks do
not look any worse than the other
desks in town.. They all seem to be
piled about tifp. Mgl) they can
get. Maybe wil&,jpe hopdays behind
us, everyone caq. settle down and
get a lot of work done.
Anne Craft was telling me the
other Wgbt that the Womanless
WeddU was to be put on all over
again in Kenansville because of
popular demand. You who missed
it the first time will have your
evening laugka^tf ngm
She s|id the dafcrfrad not" been set
set yet. .V r ?
We wish everyone of you a happy
and prosperous ?ew Year. The past
year has been a wonderful year for
some md a sad year for others,
^ut perhaps if We look closely, we
cqn all find many things for which
to be thankful, but with a full new
year of hope ahead, with a year un
tarnished by the mistakes we have
not made, a year in which we can
try again to aoeomplish the things
that we have boon unable to accom
plish be fobs, ft gives one a feeling
of hope, a feeling of challenge, and
makes us gla&to be alive - for
there are many more sunny days
ahead of us than there are cloudy
days. t
Ruti
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For Negroef
Series of Meets
vf : T -T * ?%'- ?
On Swine To Be
Held In January
Plans are ?taring completion for
the launching $f a crash program in
swinfc. proda&m .according to K.
E. Wilkins, jkiplin County Exten
sion Agent for the North Carolina
Extension SerVlce.
Meetings wig be held in the new
afcseHjbJly rooi$ of the of L ice. AU
persons having resources for rais
ing hogs are tigged to attend each
of the four sessions.
On January 8 - Ray Titchie and
Jack Kelly tnll-discuss Housing.
On January 15 - J. R. Woodard
will discuss reeding Swine.
On January 22 - C. R. Weathers
will discuss Marketing Cost and
Returns. f ?.
On January 2? - David Spruill
will discuss- Brood Sow Manage
ment.
This course^ has been designed to
cover many of the major problems
of the indu^ry from housing to
marketing. |
Duplin {Library
Has New Books
The DupS# County Library has
just receive?several new books on
North CarolA. A few of them are:
(1) The Cflvpens - Guilford Court
house Campaign by Burke Davis.
This book' in on the 1963 Home
DemonstratA Reading List.
(J) FrontJRank: written for the
North CaroUpa Centennial Commis
sion by Gleii Tucket.
(3) The Jack Tales: folk tales
from the southern Appalachians col
lected and retold by Richard Chase.
Judge Henry L. Stevens being sworn-in as
Emergency Judge of the Superior Court of North
Carolina before R. V. Wells, Clerk of the Superior
Court of Duplin County. Judge Stevens retired as
Judge of the Fourth Judicial District at midnight on
December 31, 1962, He was appointed an Emergen
cy Judge by Governor Sanford. The ceremony took
place on Tuesday morning in the Duplin County
Court Room before members of the Bar and friends
of the Judge.
Judge Stevens, Now Emergency Judge
Judge Henry L? Stevens, Jr. of
Warsaw was sworn in on Tuesday
morning in Kenansviile as an
Emergency Judge of the Superior
Court of North Carolina. Judge
Stevens' retirement from his office
at the end of term aS Judge of the
Fourth Judicial District of North
Carolina beqajwfe.^ffcstott-at. joW
" night on the 31st ddy of Decem
ber, 1962.
Clerk of the Superior Court of
Duplin County. R. V. Wells, presid
ed at the ceremony before mem
bers of the B?r and close friends
of Judge Stevens. In his opening
statement. Wells stated 'this is the
only time in the history of Duplin
County that we have had an Emer
gency Judge who was a resident of
Duplin". Wells houmorously re
marked that he had known Judge
Stevens for many years, and "he
has always called me Judge, and
I have called him Henry." He said
that the Governor had appointed the
retiring resident judge of Duplin
County as Emergency Judge.
Attorney Vance B. Gavin read
the order which had been signed
by Governor Sanford, and expres
sed his apperciation to the Judge in
behalf of the Bar and of the peo
ple of Duplin County for the many
courtesies extended and thanked
him for a job "well done" as Sup
erior Court Judge.
Attorney R. D. Johnson of War
saw read the commission issued by
the Governor and expressed his
thanks to Judge Stevens.
Before the assembled group.
Wells gave the Oath of Office to
Judge Stevens. After dhe impres
sive ceremony. Judge Stevens ex
pressed appreciation to the- folks
had eome to-witwess-^bF Cere
mony, and stated that this was the
last step in his Judicial Career as
the Emergency Judge appointment
was for life.
The Executive Order isued by
the Governor and the Commission j
refid as follows:
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
CITY OF RALEIGH <7
EXECUTIVE OFFICES
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 1
IN THE MATTER OF THE RE
TIREMENT OF SUPERIOR COURT
JUDGE HENRY L. STEVENS, JR.
The Honorable Henry L. Stevens,
Jr., having retired from his office
at the end of term as Judge of the
Superior Court of North Carolina
and Resident Judge of the Fourth
Judical District of North Carolina,
effective at midnight on the 31st
day of December, 1962, for the pur
pose of assuming the status of an
Emergency Judge of the Superior
Court of North Carolina, as autho
rized by General Statutes 7-50 and
7-51, it is found as a fact by the
undersigned Terry Sanford, Gov
ernor of North Carolina, that Henry ,
L. Stevens, Jr., was elected Judge
of the Superior Court at the General
Election in 1938 for an eight-year
term beginning the 1st of January.
1939, and served the full term; Ugh- *
at the General Election in jA6.
Henry L. Stevpns, Jr., waa^e^ 3
tedjjj^e of. tht* Superior ,ot ^
1st of January, 1947, and served
the full term; that, at the General
Election in 1954, Henry L. Stevens,
Jr., was elected Judge of the Sup
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First Fatality |
Claims Youth 1
Word has been received her*
today of the death by automo
bile accident of Brysa Blanch
ard Cooper, 14, of Route 1, Roe*
Hill Byron U the son of Mr.
aad Mn. Jack Cooper of Roue
Hill. The Times made an effort
to contact investigating Patrol
men, but was unable to get I*
touch with them before pre**
time. Young Cooper was a pas
senger in a car which over tur
ned near Corinth Church, it is
reported. To the best of our
knowledge, this was the first
fatality in Duplin County In
Law Officers Arrest 10 Boys For
Theft Of Antiques From Kenan Home
Alert law officers rounded up 101
young men from Jones and Onslow*
Counties who have been arrested
for stealing valuable critiques from
the home of Col Owen H. Kenan in
Kenansville.
The "Old Kenan Home" in Ken
ansville is owned by Col. Owen H.
Kenan of Wilmington, and much
curiosity has been aroused as to
what is stored in the house. It is
believed that antiques are stored
there.
The theft had occurred on Satur
day, December 15. Officers had
been dilligently watching for clues
which seemed to illude them, until
Saturday afternoon, December 29,
an anonymous tip came through.
Deputy Sheriff Snyder Dempsey
and Constable Bill Sholar contacted
officers of Onslow and Jones Coun
ties. Samp Jaiman and Linwood
Earl Kennedy were arrested by
Jones County Deputy Sheriff and
turned over to Deputy Dempsey.
The arrest of these two boys led
to the arrest of eight other boys in
Onslow County.
Dempsey and Jarman brought the
nine boys back to Duplin where
warrants were sworn out by W. J.
Sitterson, Justice of the Peace.
Warrants were waived to Superior
Court and all of the boys are out
under a $500 bond each. The tenth
boy came in on Monday.
The boys were Kenneth Mills, 20;
Neil Barbel, 17; Chester Bay Heath,
IB; Rogfr Taylor. IT; Sammy Brin
son. 18* Eddie Thomas Mills. *9
SSiMitSSL^SSS.
[Cecil Jarman, 18; and fcinwood Earl
Kennedy, 20, were from Trenton,
Route 2.
At the hearing before JP Sitter
son the boys were charged with
Breaking and entering the house of
Col O. H. Kenan of Kenansville
and stealing and carrying away the
following antique articles. 18 din
ner plates, 1 horn chair, 3 china
statutes, 1 brass tea ketle, 5 clocks.
1 spinning wheej, 2 walking canes,
and 2 pieces of silver. The horn
chair was a most unusual chair
which was decorated with steer
horns.
Dempsey said that everything
was recovered in Jones County ex
cept the plates and 2 walking sticks
Negro Extension
Office Hears
Completion
A new annex to the Negro Exten
sion office in Kenansville is near
ing completion. The new section
(thirty eight by thirty one feet> will
serve as a combination assembly
room, conference room and demon
stration Kitchen. The stntcttke also
contains a stage and ample shelving
for Extension publications.
The addition, costing nearly $12,
000, will be in use in January, ac
cording to R. E Wilkins, Extension
Ageat. ;/ j
which were at the home of Thomas '
and Kenneth Mills in Onslow. The '
four clocks were found near Shines i
Inn, a landmark in Jones County ,
where George Washington report
edely visited at one time. Tho
clocks were hid in the woods near
the land mark. The horn chair was
found in Alva Crafts tobacco ban. r:
One clock had ben sold to Jimmy
Metts in Jones County.
Jr. Red Cross :|!
Donations
Announced
Jr. Red Cross Enrollments to date
were released recently by Mrs. N. 1
B. Boney, Executive Secretary of a
the Duplin County Chapter of the
American Red Cross.
The schools with their donations .
are listed below:
Calypso white Elementary $10.00 |
Chinquapin while Elementary $23.7ftp
Beulaville white Elementary tSO.OOife1
B. F. Grady white Elementary 27.00 |
Douglass Elem, Warsaw .... $10^2
Douglass High School i ... $8 35
Chinquapin Elem $12.00
Combined Totals dgMWl
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