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i VOLUMEXXX No. 22 KENANSVILLE,NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, JUNE 6,1963. Plr?i SsLtaSJ7 j|
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Major Sntton Resigns As Director DPCA
Tift Herring Appointed As New Director
The recnrri nf u.|? va c,,?t _i ??
Seven Sjrings, N. C., is possibly un
surpassed in service rendered in
i. connection with his activities as a
charter member and Director of
Duplin Production Credit Associa
tion.
Mr. Sutton's lifetime interest has
been to promote the interest of Dup
lin County people by the support
!a of Cooperatives with which he has
been officially connected. He came
upon the scene of Production Cred
it when the local Association was
organized in 1833 as being one of its
original Directors. He Witnessed the
organization in the beginning with
the first year's loan volume as
$64,000.00 to a growth of over $S,
c 000,000.00 during May of this year.
Mr. Sutton tendered his resigna
tion as of April 36, 1963, realizing
that he could not effectively carry
out his duties as Director because
I * of his wife's health. The Board of
Directors of the Duplin Production l
Credit Associaiton appointed Mr. ]
?J Taft Herring to fill the vacancy 1
created by Mr. Sutton's resignation <
until the next annual meeting of
stockholders in December 1963. Mr. t
Sutton's other activities include the <
operation of his farm and his prin- t
cipal crops are tobacco and corn, t
also hogs and cattle. He also ser- t
ved as Deputy Sheriff for 22 years, i
retiring in 1947. 1
He was a supporter of his local <
f PCX Cooperative In Mount Olive
since organization and served as 1
I \ chairman of Board of Directors of -
that organization for several years. I
I Those who arc acquainted with Mr. ]
I I Sutton are very appreciative of The <
service that he has rendered Pro
S., duetion Credit during thq. npst 29 J
?f May ?: SOE jSfE?
; > Directowrof Duplin fWuefioh Cre- (
dtt Association appointed Mr. 6
I L Taft Herring, R. F. D., Mt. Olive, v
Helen Smith j
Jailed Wtth Sister j
Helen Smith, white female of Al- t
bertson, is in Duplin County Jail t
under a $10,000 bond. Helen ft char- t;
ged with "accessory before and s
after the fact". Her sister, Mar- a
. garet Ann Smith is in Jail under a v
$20,000 bond for the brutal beating tl
of Mrs. Dora Waters of Albertson. ti
Mrs. Waters wat brutally beaten
in her store on Monday afternoon, g,
May 29. She is in Memorial Hospital -
I in Chapel Hill where she underwent i
surgery recently and is reported to ?
be in fair condition. |
Mrs. Waters, 82 years of age, runs *
a store in the Albertson Commun
ity and it is alleged that Margaret v
Ann Smith went into the store and r
brutally beat her over the head with C
a ten inch wrench. It is further re- n
ported that after leaving the store v
she met her sister Helen and they
spent part of the money which had ri
been stolen from Mrs. Waters'
store. v V
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MAJOR W. SUTTON TAFT HERRING
n. c\, in Glisson Township as a
Director to fill the vacancy created
>y the resignation of Mr. Major W.
Jut ton.
Mr. Herring is an outstanding ci
izen of Duplin County. He is a suc
:essful farmer and operates a 1S5
icre farm. His principal crops are
Obacco, corn, grain, hogs, and cat
le. For several years he has ser
ved as a member of the Board of
Directors of the Mount Olive Farm
srs Exchange.
At present he is a member of the
forth Carolina Cooperative Coun
cil of farm organizations represent
ing Duplin County. He is also a
member of the School Board of B.
P. Grady. Many Production Credit
members are delighted to have Mr.
Herring serve on the 'Board of Dir
sctors of their cooperative credit
>yganization.
The Duplin Production Credit
\ssociatk>n, organized under the
The Duplin Production Credit
Farm Credit Act of 1933, now has
t membership of farmers number
ng 2,526. This organization is com
iletely owned by these farmers
and as such they have a voice in
directing the affairs of their own
credit institution. Among other
things stock owned in the organ
ization by farmers amounts'to $607,
000.00, also with a surplus and earn
ings totaling $452,000.00. Loans are
purposes of the farm with terms
made by this organization for all
ranging from one to seven years.
Duplin Graduates of '63 To Receive
taprpx $70,080 In&holarsAipiAad Aid
Approximately 513 seniors wae
trad Listed at the dose of the 1962
3 school year. Of this number 332
rere graduated from white sch
>0Is and 121 from Negro schools.
1% of the seniors who graduated
rom the white schools plan to en
er college in the fall of 1963. 31%
if the graduates of the Negro schols
ilan to enter college this fall. Many
f the high school graduates plan
t> attend various Industrial Educa
ion Centers. Some will enter other
rade schools or go into a branch of
ervice. Many have found jobs and
re entering the work fields. A
ery small number indicated that
hey were undecided about the fu
iire.
Members of this year's class of
eniors will receive apotential of
Dr. Sally Morrow
deceived Degree
Sally Newton Morrow of Kenans
ille will be one of 76 students to
eceive degrees from the Medical
College of Alabama, in commence
lent exercises June 2 at the Uni
ersity of Alabama.
Dr. Morrow will intern at Child
en's Hospital in Birmingham, Ala.
She is the daugter of Mr. and
Irs. E. A. Newton of Kenansville"
approximately *10.000 in schcfMr
ships and financial aid. This repre
sents most of the collages of North
Carolina. A number of national
and state scholarships have been
received. The colleges awarding
these have reserved the right of
announcing them. N. O. E. A. loans
and Prospective Teachers' Scholar
ships are included in the list of
scholarships and loans received.
The Seniors, gradauted from Dup
lin high schools in 1903, have a
greater opportunity for further
training than any granduating class
up until this time.
Red Cross Meet
The Annual Red Cross meeting
will be held in Grove Presbyterian
Sunday School Building in Kenans
ville on Tuesday, June 18th 4 p. m.
Every interested person is urged
to attend.
Bloodshed
RALEIGH-The Motor Vehicles De
partment's summary of traffic dea
ths through 10 A. M. Monday, June
2, 1963:
Killed To Date ....: 476
Killed To Date Last Year 470
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THE HUMPT^DUMPTY KINDERGARTEN
AW) NURSERY SCHOOL tn Beulavllle held its
commencement exercises on Thursday night. May
30, at the Masonic Lodge. flSbse receiving certi
ficates from the nursery school were: Dtao Bostic
and Wendy Davis. The follc-ving kindergarten
am -.,.,1.1. I wUU .t Mlnhiim ftmr
Tony MiUer, Cecil Rhode*. Wendy Walton end
Janet William*. The children presented a short
program followed by a speech and presentation of
diplomas by Mrs. Ramon L. Davis. Following (ha
commencement exercises, the children were enter
tained with a party.
( Photo by James Emery Campbell)
Trial
& Error
The History of Synod of North
Carolina of Presbyterian Church,
prepared by Dr. Harold J. Dudley
was received by the Times office
this week. On the front cover is a
picture of the marker at Grove
Presbyterian Church in Kenansville.
In the history is the following state
ment: "Grove Church at Kenans
ville is regarded as the oldest Pre
sbyterian "society" in North Caro
lina, though the old Black River
Church at Ivanboe, not far away,
has the distinction of being the old
est organized Presbyterian Church
in the State."
Also is stated: 'Towards the
close of the last century, the Synod
developed .several girls' institutions
inchuEng those at Red Springs,
Charlotte, Statesville, and the
James Sprunt Institute at Kenans -
-villa", 'V ,
The History ? | i || ^||| - f
1? you should lte'tajMu it, I
shall be pfeased to llrydb read (t.
My apologies to Rev. Tad Wilson
for runtdpf his father's .picture in
place of his. You just shouldn't look
so much like your father.
Ruth
County Council
For 4-H'ers Plan
Busy Summer
The approximately 90 4-H'ers who
attended County Council on Monday
night had a busy evening making
plans for their summer activities.
The 20 clubs of the county were re
presented at the meeting.
Plans for summer camp for the
week of June 17 were anitde and
also plans were made for ' District
Demonstration Day to be held on
June 26 at Raeford. Tentative plans
for club week at State College in
Raleigb were made for the last
week in July.
Mary Alice Thomas was elected
secretary to replace Glenn Williams
who is leaving for summer school.
The Frosty Morn trophy was pre
sented to Mack Jones by Snodie
Wilson. Mack won the award for
outstanding work in the county
cornhog" project. This was the re
sults of a pilot study done in four
counties of the state of which Dup
lin was one of the counties.
Tractor operator winners were
announced as follows: for the Sen
ior division. Bud Rouse of Pleasant
Grove club who will complete in
the district contest on June 26. Hal
Walker was the Junior winner who
received $5. cash award by the
council
Linda Diane Smith led in the
recreational and song period.
Clerk of Courts
Audit Report
Audit Reports on the Clerk or the
Court's Office tor the year ended
December 31, 1962, has been re
ceived from A. M. PuUen and Com
pany, Certified Public Accountants.
The report shows the following:
Assets Held: Cash on hand $1,
506.63; Cash on deposit $91,616.26;
investments: U. S. Government
Bonds $81,000.00; Certificates of
Deposit $62,360. 75; Disbursements
in excess of cost $385.95; total $236,
?mji.
Items accountable for: Undisbu
rsed Superior and County Court
Coots $UiM8.16; judgement on hand
$16,722.15; Wife and child support
$887.00; Trust accounts pa hand
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Rivenbark Named i
President of Club
For Fourth Term
Harold D. Coley of Raleigh, presl- :
dent of Durham Life Insurance
Company, has announced that Ray- \
mond W. Rivenbark, Warsaw agent,
has attained the signal honor of
being president of the Presidents
Club for 1963. This honor was ear
ned by Mr. Rivenbark as leading
sales of life insurance for the en
tire company during the year 1962.
Mr. Coley pointed out that this
is the fourth consecutive year that
Mr. Rivenbark has attained this
honor. "Hiis i s also a record
as no eSher person has ever
before been president for four
consecutive years. Mr. Rivenbark
has been with the company since
September 1958.
Mr. and Mrs. Rivenbark will at
tend the annual convention to be
held at Myrtle Beach, South Caro
lina June 20 through 13rd. at which
time Mr. Rivenbark will preside
during the convention.
Mr. Rivenbark is married to the
former Beatrice Bostic. They have
three lovely daughters: Debbie 9,
Connie Lou 7, and Bonnie Lee 4.
He is a native of Duplin County and
the son of Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Riv
enbark of 'Warsaw. Mrs. Rivenbark
will attend the convention with her
husband.
Bd. of Directors
Say "Thank You"
The Board of Directors of the
Duplin County Industrial and Agri
cultural Council wish to acknowled
ge and express their appreciation
Tor the help from the mant people i
who made the affirmative vote on
the referendum^ possible. The mem- 1
bers who have contributed their ~
time and money and the other peo
ple who helped with the election
are due much of the credit. Also the
four county newspapers were a
great help in getting the information
publicized. We would also like to
express our thanks to the Wallace (
Radio Station and the newspapers 2
from outside the county. f
We have also received a great ;
deal of help from the officials of j
the county and from many of the f
exployees of the county who have
been very helpful in handling the
mail and in other ways.
We are very grateful to everyone ^
who had a part in this first step and c
we know that we will require much ?
more help over the next few years.
The success of this effort will de- j
pend to a great extent on the wil- f
ingness of the people of the county j
to work together unselfishly and we j
feel sure that when the need arises
the people of the county will re- .
spond. j
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Mrs. Ingram Will
Attend College '
Workshop
Mrs. Sallie C. Ingram will leave
on June 9th to participate in a Col
lege Visitation Workshop which be
gins on that date and continues I
through June 22, 1963. She, with tl
other guidance personnel, will visit I
the many colleges in the state. The a
purpose of this workshop is the col- \
lecting of information concerning y
admissions, scholarships, etc. This
information will be brought back to C
Duplin County and, through the r
work of the counselors in the high s
schools.
The College Visitation Workshop A
is sponsored by the Department I
of Guidance Services of the N. C. F
Department of Public Instruction. S
Duplin Agricultural And Industrial 1
Program Approved By Voters Sat. I
I ?n ? . Ma -- ? - ? ? ? ?
i iic reierenaum 10 nnance trie t
promotion o( agricultural, industri- i
al and general development in Dup
lin County carried on Saturday. \
June 1 by 124 votes. Voting in the i
a a ? -
lounty was light and eleven precin
:ts voted for and nine against.
No special section of the county
vent for or against. The voting for
rod against was generally scatter
Mrs Ramsey Church Dress Revue Winner
Mrs. Butler Wins Casual Dress 1st. Place
"Wheels of Fashion' was the
theme of the colorful Dress Revue
tield on Friday night. Participants
in the revue were local club win
ners in the Home Demonstration
and 4-H Clubs of the county. The
Revue was held in Kenan Auditor
ium in Kenansville.
The Dress Revue was divided in
:o two classes the Church Division
and the Casual Dress Division. Win
ners in the Church Division were
1st, Mrs. Herbert Ramsey of Rose
Hill; 2nd. Mrs. Carl Rivenbark of
Jcotts Store; 3rd, Mrs. Bruce Dick
>rson of East Magnolia.
Casual Dress Division: 1st place
vinner, Mrs. Marion Butler of Caly
>so; 2nd, Mrs. John Evans, Mag
lolia; 3rd, Mrs. Eugene Outlaw,
icotts Store.
4-H Winners were; Apron Divi
:ion: 1st, Susan Carter, Blue Rib
ton Club, Rose Hill; 2nd, Betty Lou
Vhaley, Magnolia; 3rd, Barbara
Vhitfield, Pleasant Grove.
Elementary Divsion: 1st, Peggy
taynor, Cedar Fork; 2nd, Faye Ed
vards, Cedar Fork; 3rd, tie of
Treva Rouse, Greenwood and Sha
on Alphin, Oakridge.
Junior Division: lit Linda Carter,
Jreenwoodi'lhd ^nna Lee Hawes,
Ireenwood; 3rd, Linda Dianne
Smith, Smiths.
Senior Division: 1st, Mary Alice
Thomas, Magnolia; 2nd, Stella
BRIEFS
ANNOUNCEMENT
The Home Demonstration County
Council will meet Friday, June 7 at
:30 in the Agriculture Building in
Cenansville. Several important pro
ects will be discussed and plans
or Homemakers week will be
nade.
WORKSHOP
South Eastern District Crafts
Vorkshop will be held at St. An
lrews Presbyterian College, Laurin
?urg June 11-17.
Mrs. Lois G. Britt, Associate
tome Agent, will accompany the
bllowing representatives from Dup
in:
drs. J. B. Stroud, S. Kenansville
:iub.
Wrs. Clara Morgan, Maysville Club
drs. Jim Herring, Calypso Club
drs. Gene Wray, Penny Branch
^lub.
These leaders will return train
d in particular crafts and teach
ithers in the county.
Williams Named
ITDC President
Melvin Williams of Route 2, Pink
[ill, has been elected president of
tie Young Democratic Club at
)uke University for the 1963-64
cademic year. He has served as
'ice-President during the past
ear.
A 1960 graduate of the B. F.
irady High School, Williams is a
ising senior at Duke and a pre-law
tudent.
Other officers are Tom Stevens,
LSheville, vice - president, Bunnie
larding. Fort Bunchanan, Puerto
tico, secretary; Bob MacDonald,
pringfieid. New Jersey, treasurer.
Wells, Greenwood; 3rd, Lilly Sutton,
Rones.
First place winners in the Ele
mentary, Junior and Senior Divi
sions win a trip to camp or a trip
to 4-H week in Raleigh. All other
awards were gift certificates for
notions and materials at Kramers
Department Store in Wallace.
Interspersed in the program were
various talent numbers one being a
quartet by Donnie Mobley, Rebec
ca, Jo Ann and David Raynor of the
Cedar Fork Club. Mary Alice Tho
mas of Magnolia gave a skit on co
ordinating clothes. Gail Sloan, C.
L. Sheppard, Jr., Larry Jones and
Linda Dianne Smith also had parts
in the talent numbers.
Judges were Miss Sara Hunter,
Carolina Power and Light Comp
any; Mrs. Betty Jackson and Mrs.
Delia Mattocks, Home Economics
Teachers; Miss Ada McLamb, Way
ne County Home Agent; Mrs. Caro
lyn Outlaw and Mrs. Emily Wells,
Home Economics Teachers.
Bill Quinn Is
Office Deputy
County Sheriff
Bill Quinn was sworn in as office <
deputy in the Duplin County Sher- '
iff's office on Saturday, June X.
Quinn replaces Allen Sutton who ?
has returned to school at East Car
olina College. i
Quinn was a former Duplin Coun
ty Deputy with three years exper- \
ience when he left and went to t
Rose Hill as Town Policeman. s
Before coming back to the office j
of the Sheriff he had worked with j
Ramsey Feed Company of Rose Hill t
for seven months. Quinn, a Kenans- {
ville native, is well known in Dup- t
lin County. He is married and they ,
have one son. 1 t
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U. N. C. Graduates i
i
The following Duplin County stu- a
dents graduated from the Univer- i
sity of North Carolina this spring: 1
James Davis Fussell. Rose Hill. ii
Stanley Craig Harrell, Rose Hill o
Edsel Monroe Odom. Wallace. ?
Robert Turner Rivenbark. Wallace.
Gilbert Elwood Smith, Kenansville. r
Luther E. Taylor Jr., Faison S
Dempsey Craig Hill, Deep Run a
John Phillip Goodson, Mt .Olive. C
Ormond Drew Grice, Warsaw S
James Davenport Hundley, Wallace e
Ernest Watson B. Kemm, Wallace, p
Vernal W. Murphy, Jr., Rose Hill, o
Ella Mercer Thigpen, Beulaville. o
Graham Wells, III, Wallace. 5
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Topsail Tide Table t|
A. M. P. M. ?
Mo. Date High Low High Low o
June 6 7:03 7:38 1:14 1:12 h
June 7 7:34 8:14 1:55 1:50 "
June 8 8:21 8:52 2:35 2:28 P
June 9 8:59 9:29 3:17 3:07 tl
June 10 9:39 10:08 3:58 3:48 tl
June 11 10:24 10:52 4:40 4:33 h
June 12 11:15 11:42 5:25 5:25 &
ed over the county.
The program is schedutodto bo
gin July 1.
Votes were cast as follows: j
Industrial Development Tax
Precincts For Against 1
Warsaw 131' :
Faison '80 35 j
Calypso 5 3S :
Wolfscrape 12 4t ?
Glisson 27 N I
Albertson 50 '
Smith 15 Mi
Cabin 54 It
Hallsville 32 20 !
Beulaville 73
Cedar Fork 31 6 V
Cypress Creek 29 IS 1
Chinquapin 16 22 J
Locklin 2 41
Charity 28 18 |
Wallace 95 12B<jH
Rockfish 13 30 j
Rose Hill 137 41 I
Magnolia 28 56 J
Kenansville 82 34
Totals 940 816 .
Children's Home
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Junior Earns
Academic Honors J
Miss Ona Gail Mercer of the Free e
Vill Baptist Children's Home ha* '
>een selected as one of three Mar- J
halls from the Junior Class of the 9
Middlesex High Scholo. This seiac- *|
ion was made on the basis of ace
lemic achievements in high school \
hrough the 5th grading period of j
his year School officials have re? jfl
'ealed that Miss Mercer ranks hi |
ler class as only a small fraction
if one point below first place. R ?
las been revealed that Miss Mer
er increased her standing in the 9
lunior class during the 6th gradlag -
leriod. She received the scholarship
iward for the Junior Class of IMS I
ndicating that for this one ber scho- j
astic achievement was the highest 1
n her class. This award was ana- '
iunced during the commoncemeat Ij
xercises held on May 28.
Miss Mercer, daughter of Wood
ow Mercer and the late Lillian
iandlin Mercer of BeulaviQe, was
idmitted to the Free Will Baptist ?
Children's Home in September 1953. X
:he has been an outstanding stud
nt throughout her entire echool ex
erience. She is an active member
f the Beta CTub as well as other
rganizations in the local school. -9
liss Mercer plans to -attend col- i
;ge upon her gradaution from high
chool next year.
M. L. Johnson, Superintendent of '
lie Children's Home stated that *9
liss Mercer has not only been an
utstanding student in school but
as also made a creditable record
l the general activities of the
lome. He expresses the opinion
lat all who have helped support
ie ministry of the Children's Home
ave every right to take pride in 9
liss Mercer's achievements.
FHA Makes Recreation Loan To Duplin Asso. ]
me Farmers Home Administra
tion has made a $100,000 loan to a
group of farmers and rural resi
dents in Duplin County to develop
a 60 acre tract of land near Ken
ansville into a recreation area whi
ch will include a nine hole golf
course, swimming pool, tennis cou
rts, playground and picnic area,
and other related facilities accord
ing to Mr. B. A. Paiter. Jr., local
county supervisor. Mr. Parker sta
tes that this is one of the first, if
not the very first one of its kincl to
be made in the nation.
The recreatiooal facilities ace de
signed to serve approximately 100 <
farm and rural rsatdsnta, and lo- |
cal businessmen who live within a
radius of about twenty miles. Sever
al small towns, all under 2500 pop
lation are located in the area, and
include Kenansville, Warsaw, Fai
son Bowden. and Magnolia.
There are no facilities of like na
ture in the area. The members are
contributing $38,000. of their own
funds toward the development of
the project.
The Farmers Home Administra
tion is to be repaired over a period
of 40 years with an.interest rate of
1% percent.
Loans of this type were authoris
ed by Congress last year for the
purpose of helping people in rural
areas to provide recreational facili
ties for themselves.
Over the past ten years most of
our rural areas have lost popula
tion due to the out-migration of our
young people, and employment has
decreased and many areas have
seen local business going out due to
a lack of income and Job opportun
ities.
Rural areas are attempting to
remedy this situation bv encourag-.
ing industry to come into the area.
One of the main problems confrmt
ing local industrial groups in at
tracting industry has been a lack e(
recreational facilities. R is tfapttC!
that by helping local groups Is pro
vide recreational facilities for
themselves, that the area will be- J
come more attractive to prospective 9
industries, and thereby increase the i
economy and well being of all the jH
people in the county, to providing ,29
this type climate for industry, it la |
further hoped that the out-miigMgJjM
tion of our younger people will 110 |
and the area wOl once morpMfe ]
to grow and prosper. be*_tifcS!
lities for their area deuMkdh