RED CROSS ? ALWAYS THERE ?' WITHVOUBHELP a >. ' '? '' ' ' - . 1.. 1 ? ?i ? 'i 11 ?' ' 1 ? . ' ? VOLUME XXX No. 16. ; /, (UENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, APRIL 25,1963. P??Ei ?r ?.' Attractive place cards seated ^lyMl lli^ baked ham supper With ?petting ceremonies were held with Mob officer introducing himself and atating the duties of his post flpnie Mobley welcomed the grOU$ end Wendell Murphy, an F. F. A instructor, introduced guests Whhtti included parents of the bdys. Principal and, Mrs. Pruht, mem bors of the school board, the F. F. A, iwbetheart and Senator and Mrs. Lwyf gbnmons. Entertainment Was furnished by Kenneth Lee. The program fgw a movie or ii slides on F.'F. A. ^tetivities for the F ptot year and alK> showed high H lights of the new school whieh the Students moved into during t he F current school year, and scenes at 9 F. F. A- camp. C Awards, were presented by Mr. vt Earl $peet, advisor, ^thfe 9th ci Wring the award was Truman Mil- " WF. Mr. Spell also presented a Jtl Leadership award to Paul Jones. s N. L. Ward, advisor, presented to k Bobby Tyndall the Livestock Farm f( rofedal add to Pfellip Grady the Leadership pen. g Mr. Britt, another advisor, pre- 4 sented the public speeding award g, to Glenn Williams and to Carl q Komegay the' Livestock Farming ? award. Henry Nobles captured g the Leadership pen sad Anthony l Westbrook was named Star GJreenhawL . * j The highest award of the even kg which is the Chapter Star armer Award was presented to ferry If?"1itg. Phillip Grady; president of the T. A. chapter presented to My. ffillard WeStbrook the "Honorary hapter farmer Award;" This ? fwte te^i|^adult in the Jesse Wood,.'. .yS ?president of ? chapter fify* ,tosos to the weethrert'pf the Year, Miss Sue :ennedy. Door prizes Were gives jr the lucky numbers drawn. Officers of'.thechapter are: enior F. Ts A Officers: Presi std, Phillip Grady; Vlce-presfc ent, Jessie Wood; Secretary, lendale Stroud; Treasurer, Hollis higpefl; ROperter, Feddie Cottle entinel, Tony Lanier; Advisor, N, .Wird. Junior P. V: A. Officers; Presi ent, Paul Jones; Vide-president, eijry MabJeS; Secretary, John immonsi Treasurer, Pete Smith; epofter, Truman Miller; Sentin I; Tony Shaley; Advisor. Earl . ^ ? Warsaw Lions Sponsor Blood Clinic \ * TlHh ' ?-' T&jbieal of the many civic services whan the civic clubs of the county COriraiiially perform is the Blood Cliaid to be sponsored in Warsaw on April SMh. This is only one of tbo -hundreds of different projects tfdMdyed by the clubs of Duplin A tow weeks ago Mr. Cordell Johnson, .lab technician at Duplin General Hospital, spoke to the War law Lions about the need for hav ing a more complete file of Mood typijii in the county. Such a file is needed in normal cases of emer gency where a person needs a cer tain type of blood almost immedi ate if his life is to continue. Mr. JotMSofl also pointed out the impor tance of having such a file in ease of a national emergency such as an gtomic war. Such a holocaust maw seem to some as only a dis tant possibility, but it is a possi bility nevertheless. If sneb ah emer gency developed the survival of ttuiWtty of our citizenship would id on our preparation for such further, peirted out thj|?'? file of-.names and'Wood tf JEBmo be kept in a central place In Wch local municipality as weQ Goodson Exhibits Grand Champion Bobby Goodson, a 4-H dub Mem ber of the Pleasant Grove Commun ity 4-H Club in Northern Duplin County, exhibited the Grand Cham / pion steer in the 12th Annual South eattern North Carolina Market Stock Show and Sale held In Wil mington on April 16. 1963. According to Art PiUer of the North Carolina Department of Agri culture, the angus-steer-was one of the flashiest animals ever shown in the Wilmington Show. The 1,016 pound steer was pur chased by the Bowling Center of Wilmington for ?5i per hundred weight or for a total of 1619.16. J fhi# was the second year tn a row that Bobby has exhibited the Grand Champion steer in the Wil ntiflttWin as In the Duplin General Hospital for tfie whole county the citizens of Warsaw are urged to participate in this clinic by com ing to the court room of the Town Hall on April 30. between 6:30 and 10:30 p. m. The typing of ones' blood is arelatively simple opera tion which wllj require ony a ? few minutes of your time including the time you spend gping and coming from the Town ffaU. You will be given a certified card bearing your blood type that you can carry with you at all times in your billfold. Such.knowledge, on your .person could possibly save your life in the case of an emergency. . In case of such an emergency yotlr blood wou ld not have to be typed. With the type, already determined-you could avoid taking the time to determine your biood type. This amount of time, could posisibly save your life.. If you have any questions con cerning this Clinic contact Mr. Bert Alexander, president of the club. He will be. happy to furnish yop any information yqu may Wish or answer any- question you may have. ft is hoped that other areas of Duplin County will follow suit Iti t#a project. Mr.Jotettm stated to the Warsaw Lions that the local Hos pital will be mrte than glad to co operate with similar clinics over the county since it is the primary pur pose of the hospital to minister to the physical well being of the citi zens of Duplin County. a Accident At j Stop Sign 4 A truck driven'by Harvey David 1 Gardner of Route 1 Beulaville ran i into a 1961 Cadillac owned and operated by Marie Allen Monk of > Magnolia Route I. The accident 1 Monened at the intersection of 1 Highway 24 and 11 in Kenansville : at the stop sign. No injuries resulted from the accident. The truck was a 1960 Chevrolet < truck owned by Beulaville Milling i Company in Beulaville. The driver of the truck was Cited for failing to yield right of way. Trial & Error This is our annual farm and pro gress edition.' We hope that you our readers will enjoy reading it. We have tried to cover phases of Dup lin progress which we have not covered in previous editions. We thank our advertisers for making this edition possible and hope that you will read the stories and the ads which carry a message of county-wide progress and growth. If anyone thinks it is no trouble to get out a special, we invite you to come and spend special edition week with us next year. I hope that everyone of you in Duplin County got to see the flower show in Warsaw last Friday. It was simply beautiful. Many entries in the show were from all areas of the county. The title "Enchanted April" was well chosen. The ladies of the three garden clubs in War saw are to be highly commended for a job well done. ? , ? Press time and pressure demand that Trial and Error be short and sweet. See you next week. Ruth. Vacation Bible School Clinic In Mt. Olive April 30 ^The EaMwn JB^^^aqelalwn at 4;<*> o'clock, p. and clodSg' AO attending are to bring aand wiches for the evening meal. Drinks will be furnished by the As sociation. TMoee having small child ren are asked to bring them, if aky like, as there wSl be persons to care for them during the afternoon and night sessions. This dink is being held to help church lenders to better under stand. and carry on, the church Va cation Bible Schools. Bet. Pari Kesterson from the Baptist Sunday School Department. Ralsigh, will be present In lead in the General Conferences and the Onterence for Principals and Pat a a m a~ a Duplin industrial And Agricultural Council To Hear Horace SaMi Sneak me uupun muusiriai ana rvgn iiltur?l Council will meet Tuesday pril 30th at 8:00 p. m. in the court wm lit Kenansville for the purpose t approving the bylaws. The coun 11 has been organized as a non rofit tag free corporation. The ?ard-?C-Directors hope to have a irge county-wide membership and tejr have ;triqd. to organize the cor oratio lis dthat it can Serve all the ecds pi the county Dues-have been set at $2.00 per ear. The dues will give the coun il some fuunds to take care of the ecessary expenses and cb some i . R idadbS^o'dE^^fortadM duals and ? Jar organizations Claw A members will vote but B members will eat. Mr. Manee A. (Jack) Smith, Food IndastHes Specialist, Division of Csmmerce and Industry will be the jester. He has held this posi tion for one year.. Prior to this posi tion Mr. Smith was section Chief of the Eng. Section of the Market Divi siOn of the N. C. Department of Agriculture. He is married and has children. He is a member of the First Baptist Church, Raleigh. He is a graduate of N. C. State Col lege in Agriculture Eng. mm ?uupim jenerai Hospital tl^entt It DupUl General Hospital ^Adkmpe'- Thelma Parker. BeuUvtlle - Emory Campbell, ilary Aim Harrell, Peanie Moblev, Villie B. Jackson, Marion Edwards, Ethel Parker, Ernestine Edwards. Teachey - Lattie Smith. ? Mount Olive - Harriett Chlstnutt, loyce Oail-Baby Boy, Minnie Wtt tins, Cyrus Rhodes, Carl Creech, Chinquapin - Rebecca Aycock, Eloise Hatcher-Baby Girl. Warsaw - Paul Byrd, Betty Lane, 3eth Albert Hill, Jill Marie Bowden John Merritt. Joseph Surratt, Caro lyn Lanier, Rufus Allen, George M Bell Rose Hill - Edith Ann Casteen Alva Rhonda Butler, Willie Herring Estell Allen, Eva Smith, Annh Britt, Rosa Bell Smith. Bobby Brin ion. Wallace - Chorletta Home, Davie Pratt, Michael Picked, James Padg ttt. Buddy Turner, Lucille Knowles Connie Rivenbark. Magnolia - Nelson Baker, Minnii Dobson. Fatten - Farnk Barfield, Jr. J| Brti MUdl^loyi, Anthony Chairman Board Of Elections Resigns G H. (Heddie) Blanton resigned as Chairman of the County Board of Election on Tuesday of this week. B Ian ton, who has been chairman for the past several years, resigned because of ill health. A meeting of the County Demo cratic Executive Committee has ' been called for Friday alernoon ' April 2S at 2 p. m. to nominate a successor. I | Memorial To j Mrs R. L. Sykes As a memorial to his sifter Mrs. , R. Is Sykes, Mr. Rupert W. Jemi gati of Chapel Hill has touted to i the Duplin County Library, the fol low ine A Man Called Petor. To Live A? These books are by Catherine Beulaville Principal Not Re-Hired Many In Community Oppose Action At a meeting of the Beulaville lo cal School board which met on Mon day night, April I, the present prin cipal W. Ray Humphrey was not re hired. Humphrey has served the Beulaville School as principal for the past 15 years. He was principal of the school before the high school consolidated with East Dupiin in January of the present school year. And has been principal of the grammar school since the consoli dation. The fieulaville School was the largest school in the county be fore its consolidation. Many people in the Beulaville school district have been bitterly upset over the action taken by the fecal board. A petition in protest of the action of the board was drawn up and circulated and 950 names signed the petition, and members of the opposition group state that the petition was signed in about two and one-half days. The petition read: "To Whom It May Concern: In appreciation of 15 years of meritorious and loyal service to the children and community, the under signed citizens of the Beulaville Elementary School do hereby join in protest against the unjustified and otherwise unwarranted dismis sal of Mr. W. Ray Humphrey, prin cipal Beulaville elementary school." Members of the local board are James Albertson, chairman, James Miller, Charles Baker, Fawyin Shaw and Ermon B. (John) Thomas. After the action of the board at the meeting on April 8, several sch ool patrons in the interest of Hum phrey, asked the local board for reasons of termination of Humph rey's contract. One of the reasons given, according to reports, was that Humphrey lived in Richlands and commuted. Richlands is a town 13 or 15 miles away from Beu laville. The opposition group con tends that when Humphrey was hir ed last year he waj living in Rich lands. On Sunday afternoon, a group of the men and women opposing the action of the board for not re-hiring Humphrey met with the press and explained their views on the situa tion. They stated that they felt that five members of the school board was not a good representation of the feelings of the school district. The school district is made up of Beula ville. Potters Hill. Hattsvilte. part of Cedar Fork, Cabin and Jackson'! Crossroads. The Potters Hill sec tion is not represented on the school board, they affirm. The Potters HiU School was consolidated in the fall with the Beulaville School. This group went on further to say that they had asked for a bearing with the County Board of Education through the County Board Chairman and this meeting was refused as (Csatined en Back) BRIEFS REVIVAL Rev. Wallace Kirby, pastor of the Wallace Methodist Church, will preach in the Magnolia Methodist Church in revival services begin ning, Monday, night, April 29 at 8:00 p. m. Services will continue through Friday night. The public is cordially invited to attend. EXECUTIVE MEET The executive Committee of the Democratic Women's Club will meet Monday night. April 29 at 8 p. m. in the law library of the Court house. Yop are urged to attend. APRIL SO DEADLINE Mr. Julian E. Mann, State Direc tor, has announced that Tuesday, < Continued On Page S > ' Kjj In Duplin County Progress Made In All Areas Of Life In previsous annual progress editions the Duplin Times has made an effort to cover specific areas in which the county has made pro gress, such as the field of agriculture, the acquisition of new industry, etc. Actually fiugi ess is made, if it is made at all, in all areas of county life. Therefore, the Times seeks in this special edition to take an overall look at the advance our county has made in recent years. Sociologists tell as that there are five areas in which a community rtost be strcfnfc If ft is to possess stability and if it is to move for ward. These fh4 essential areas of life and development must be healthy if a community is to progress, whether the community is a small municipality or, on a much larger scale, an entire county. The five contributing areas: Economic, social or civic, politicial, educational or mental, and religious or spiritual. No county can long survive without the support of a strong economy. Areas in the old west were known to thrive as long as silver mines produced silver, but when the vein of ore ran out ghost towns resulted. Without a stable economy the people were forced to move to areas that'could support life at least on a nominal scale. With out a basic and stable economy no county or area can survive, much .less gnh# and develop. Duplin County, located in the eastern section of North QaroKna, has depended for many generations on agriculture as its btf* economic support. But in recent years other areas of eco nomic development have claimed the attention of our opunty. Agri cultural sidelines, such as the cattle industry or the brohsr business, and also the influx of industry all teitd to make the-economy mere Complex and iflore stable. By branching out into other areas than Ute long depended-upon row crop, system in general, tobacco in par ticular, the people of Duplin have elminated disaster years that affect the economy for several years and have produced a more consistent income. Without a stable economy no county, even if it is healthy in the other four above-mentioned areas, can survive and make progress. it nas been said tnat no person is an island . This is a state ment that emphasises the fact'that man is a social creature. He be comes creative and is at his ftest when he is related to other per sons. To realize the highest and best that is within him he must con tribute to others as well as receive from them. Duplin County and its' citizens have a rich history of working together in all areas of the life of our state. And in recent years, through foresight and planning, they have labored unceasingly through the spirit of coopera tion to help our area make progress. Additional social outlets have been provided. These have all tended to unite Duplinites in the dir ection of taking .pride in their county and laboring for its' continued development. Cvk interest and pride continues to rise rapidly. Government is a necessary essential in the life of any naiton, state, or county. Laws must be made that will serve to advance the welfare of the people as a whole and not to favor a certain group in particular, therefore the political scene becomes the necssary order of the day when men seek to advance the public welfare. The Times, in this edition, will seek to help each citizen in the county understand more fully the responsibilities as well as the op portunties of those who serve in their government. Many times it is a thankless job but nevertheless a necessary one. No community could progress without an adequate school system. Duplin, like other areas in our state, has progressed from the one room log school to the modern consolidated school with elaborate facilities for education. Even though our county's progress in this area cannot be interprted properly out of the context of the progress of (Continued On Baca) Paintings of Mrs. Marshall Williams To Be Exhibited At St. John's Gallery Members and guests of St. John's Art Gallery will preview two his torical exhibitions on Sunday after noon, April 28 at an opening re ception from three to six. "Plantation Scenes From Life" by the late Mary Llyde Hicks Wil liams of Faison will be shown in the lounge, East and West Galleries. This collection, which depicts all phases of plantation life, is on loan from the N. C. Department of Ar chives and History and includes twenty-nine oil paintings. This col lection will be shown through the month of May. In the South Gallery an exhibi tion, "Pictorial History of the USS North Carolina", will be shown. Paintings and research are by Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Griese of Rich lands, N. C. This series of paint ings were used for illustrations in a book by the same name recently published by Mr. and Mrs. Griese and edited by Paul Jennewein of the Wilmington Paper. Autographed copies of this book will be avail able at the preview-reception and through May 11 the period of this exhibition. Both exhibitions will be opened to the public on Monday morning at ten o'clock. April 28 and all are cordially invited to visit the Gal Marshall Williams' was horn in ancestry runs through prominent families back to colonial times. She was born in 1866 and thus began life shortly after the close of the Civil War. She had exceptional opportun ities to take note of the heroic stru ggle of the South to reestablish it self after the devastation of the conflict. Also, she had an opportu nity to come in close touch with old plantation life and old-time col ored types which survived the war. (Continued On Back) Kings And Queens To Be On Parade The Duplin County 4-H dubs will hold its Annual County Health Pageant and Talent Show on Fri day, April 26. The show will be con ducted in the Kenansville School Auditorium at 8:00 P. M. The pub lic is inivted to attend and no ad mission will be charged. Included in the revue wiU be s big variety of talent numbers from the various community 4-H Clubs ir the county. Health Kings and Queens have been named in all the local clubs. County winners will be crowned at the event. The boy and girl named senior county King and Queen of Health will represent Dup Un County in the State Health Page ant to be Nek) in Raleigh dunnj - v w Taxpayers Noliiied To P^y Tdxefc^1^ ) Suits To Be Brought - Delinquent Taws Duplin Couty, Tax Collector, John i A. Johnson, reports that his office c has collected a total of $844,595.77 I in 1962 taxes. The total lexy for 1962 l was $1,153,315.73, this leaves a ba!- 1 ance of $308,719.95 uncollected taxes ] for the year 1962. Johnson asked that the taxpayers t be advised that the Tax Office and < the Tax Attorney, Mr. Russell La- < nier, are making the necessary pre- ! parations for collecting all delin- 1 quent taxes now owing to the coun- i ty. According to Mr. Johnson, this < "riean.s that tax suits will be brought >n all Real Estate aa which the axes are delinquent aid that leviao - ivill be made against personal pro- * jerty on which the taxes are not >aid. Johnson further stated that delin Hient taxpayers could save the bounty a great deal of additional expense and themselves unnecea- ' >ary embarrassment by contacting lis office and making satisfactory arrangements to settle their tax >b ligations ; ? *wmwm Nine In Warsaw Commissioner's Race Nine men are seeking election to C the board of commissioners of War- A saw. Five will be elected on May 7. T But Mayor J. E. Strickland is S unopposed for his fourth term. Only one incumbent is seeking r re-election to the board, Larry P. I McCullen. S The other eight candidates are all newcomers. They are Richard o avenaugh, H. F. Lee, Sidney LppW, W. Fred Revelle, E. C. hompson, D. L. (Roy) Matthil, eth Turner, L. B. Huie. The four commissioners who are iot seeking re-election are W .E. larlett, D. J. Rivenbark Jr., W. J. liddleton Jr., and A. J. Jenkins Jr. Registration books will remain pen until 5 p. m. Friday. LINDA KAY KENNEDY "Tzrir^rv TINA MARKADY 'ki ' >.J The Evaluation Committee of the Future Homemakers of Amef- I ica. North Carolina Association, agreed that the students whose , names are listed above met the re quirements and were awarded the 1 State Homemakers Degree in the afternoon session of the State F. H. A. Convention in Raleigh on | April 20. Mrs. Marion Elkin ie Adviser for the Beulaville Divi- . sion of East Duplin High Schoql. V Bloodshed J RALEIGH - The Motor Vehicle! Department's summary ol trftffik J deaths fhrotfgh 10 *. m Mendfcr, I April 22, 1903: Killed T ,