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VOLUME XXX NO. 43 KENANSVILLE, N.C. THURSDAY OCTOBER 31, 1963 PRICE 10$ PLUS lg TAX
EXPLORER POST 45 OBTAINS RESUSCITATOR. ?The public generously supplied the
funds and the Explorers purchased the automatic breathing machine to help a victim of
drowning, suffocation or heart attack. Shown with the machine are Explorers Clayton -
Herring Jr. (left) and Jimmy Murray. The Explorers are ever ready to render aid In any
emergency. (STAFF PHOTO BY EUGENE PIERCE).
Explorers Have Resuscitator
Explorer Post 45 of the Boy
Scouts of America at Rose Hill
has obtained a resuscitator, an
automatic breathing machine
for use when an accident vic
time is not breathing.
The machine can be used to
aid victims of drowniiw, smoke
niffocation, electrical shock,
heart attack, carbon monoxide
Of gas poisoning, drug poison
ing or infant suffocation. *
It can be used also as an
inhalator when the victim can
breathe but needs more oxygen
or as an aspirator to remove
mucus, froth or blood clogs
from his air passages.
It is capable of giving res
uscitation to two people at one
time and Inhalation to one per
son, and has attachments -
whereby it can be hooked to
a large oxygen tank, but it is
completely portable.
This machine is quite ex
pensive and the money to pur
chase it was donated by the
people of Rose Hill and Duplin
County to the Explorer Post
largely through the efforts of
Mrs. Pauline Murray who made
a canvass for the boys and
found the people acceptable to
the appeal and most generous.
Mrs. Murray and the Explorer
Post are grateful for the splen
did response of the public. It
is assuring to know that such
equipment is available in the
community and that these boys
are qualified to use it. When
such equipment is needed e
very minute counts, time is
most essential, and to be
able to put it into use within
minutes may mean the dif
ference between life and death,
arid none of us ktiow which one
of us will need it first.
The Explorers have adopted
their own rules of conduct and
elect their own officers and
operate their post in their own
manner. Mr. Clayton Herring is
the Explorer advisor and ne
guides them in their instruc
tion and operations. Mr. Her
ring and die fine boys of Ex
plorer Post 45 are to be com
mended for their unselfish work
in the community. There are
26 boys on the roll, 14 of
them have completed the stand
ard and advanced first aid cour
ses 14 have completed the res
cue training course given by
the N.C. State Department of
Insurance and 7 have received
restricted radio telephone li
censes.
This Post has received let
ters of commendation from the
Highway Patrol and Duplin
County Civil Defense for out
standing performance in car
rying out traffic control duties
at accident scenes. The Sher
iff has called upon them to help
search for runaway children in
wooded area, they-tiave recov
ered bodies drowned in ponds
they furnish lights for the fire
men and aid in every emer
gency.
During fires or emergencies
at least one Explorer is on
duty at the fire house to han
dle radio and telephone calls.
These boys are also on duty
on Saturday and Sunday after
noons.
They have an ambulance eq*
ulpped with red light and si
ren and a station wagon for
use as a rescue vehicle and
a 3,000 watt generator with
lights totaling 2,501 watts.
Tney have many items of res
cue equipment such as grap
pling hooks, boat paddles, rope,
cots, stretcher, blankets first
aid kits, helmets, etc. These
items were purchased by dues
paid by the boys, the sale of
first-aid kits and by outright
donation. %
This group is most inter
ested in being of help to the
community ana deserves our
commendation, our encourage
ment and our loyal support.
Former
Kenan sville
Mayor Dies
James Earl Jerritt, 72, died
in Eau Clair, Wisconsin, Wed
nesday. Funeral andburialser
victs were held Friday in Bar
ron, Wisconsin.
"Captain" Jerritt, one-time
mayor of Kenansville wa? gen
eral agent of Atlantic and East
Carolina Railroad upon his re
tirement in 1961.
A native of Still Water Min
nesota, he came to NorthCaro
lina in 1912. He had worked
with Southern Express Co., At
lantic Coast Line Railroad and
Atlantic and East Carolina Rail
road for 50 years.
While in Kenansville. he was
active in Boy Scout work and
was a recipient of the Silver
Beaver Award.
While in Kenansville he was
general manager of Atlantic
and Carolina Railroad Mayor,
president of the P.T.A. Super
intendent of Grove Presbyter
ian Sunday School and Elder
of Grove Church. He was past
Master of the Masonic Lodge?
and Past Patron of the East
ern Star. While here he ato
served as Chairman of the^H
Cross, and was a member *f
the Warsaw-Kenansville, Ro
tary club.
m New Bern ? Captain
Jimmy" was a member of the
Nfw Bern Rotary Club and was
past president of the East N?.
Surviving are his widow; one
s^jMnes^E. Jr., of^Rich
County
Republicans
Meet
The Republicans of Duplin
County held an enthusiastic -
supper-meeting at Effie's Cafe
in Rose Hill Tuesday evening.
Groups from all overthecounty
attended.
Plans were made for a lar
ger supper-meeting to beheld
Friday, December 6th. Sena
tor Charles W. Strong of
Greensboro will speak at this
Duplin meeting. State Chairman
Herman Saxon of Charlotte and
District Chairman R.B. Thorn
ton will attend.
Mrs. Sallle W. Blanchard,
Melvin Pope and Marvin John
son were appointed as a com
mittee to select the place for
this coming meeting and make
the necessary arrangements.
Tickets for the affair will be
sold at |2.50 each.
Announcement was made of a
rally to be held in the Nation
al Guard Armory at Rocky
Mount on November 16. Prom
inent speakers will attend this
rally, and 1500 tickets are ex
pected to be sold for it.
Republicans were advised to
complete their county organi
zation by precincts and have a
full group of officers in each
precinct, and to make certain
that all Republicans are re
gistered, especially the young
of voting age. They were warn
ed that half the voters of the
State are east of Guilford Coun
ty and that this eastern part of'
North Carolina ispredominent
ly Democratic and to be suc
cessful it is necessary to break
into this eastejM region and,
therefore, gjgfc and complete
organization Whecessary here
in Duplin. ^
Marvin Johnson is chairman
of the county organization, Mrs.
Sallle W; Blanchard, vice
chairman |pd James A. W ard.
Mattocks'On Bd.
of Directors
N.R. Mattocks, manager of
Nash Johnson & Son's Farms,
Inc. of Rose Hill, has been
elected to the Board of Direc
tors of the National Broiler
Council for the forthcoming
year.
Mr. Mattocks was elected,
along with five other North
Carolinians at a luncheon last
week in Slier City when he was
presented the Market Builder
Award by the National Broiler
Council for his firm's full sup
port of the Council's marketing
programs.
Elected with Mr. Mattocks
to represent North Carolina on
the Board of Directors were:
E.S. K end rick. Holly Farms
Poultry Industries inc., Wli
kes boro; James T. Breeden,
Jr.. Breeden Poultry & Egg,
Inc., Morganton; Walter Clark,
Randolph Mills, Inc., Concord;
Paul Morgan. Morgan& Sons
Poultry Co., Inc., Guilford -
College; and Carl McDuffie,
Wake Farmers Cooperative,
Inc.. Raleigh.
The National Broiler Coun
cil conducts a nationwide pro
gram to increase the consumer
demand for chicken.
Bloodshed
RALEIGH-The Motor Vehi
cles Department's summary of
traffic deaths through 10 a.m.
Monday. October 28. 1963:
KILLED TO DATE 1067
KILLED TO DATE LAST
YEAR 10?4
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Smith9!
County
Smith Community Club won
the Silver Cup for the organi
zed community making most -
progress during the year on
Tuesday night at the Commun
ity Development Awards pay
Program^ This is the second
year mat this award has been
won by the Smith Club. With
this cup the Club receives -
$160 for representing the county
in SENCland Area Contest.
Community Club winning
second place was Pleasant -
Grove and Beautancus ranked
third place. These awards were
presented by Mayor Melvin
Cordlng of Wallace.
Speaker of the evening re
BRIEFS I
Roy Roberts, Jr. of Mount
Olive is Blue Ribbon Winner
with his entry of an Entomo
logy Insection Collection in the
4-H Club division at North Ca
rolina State Fair in Raleigh.
HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL
The annual Halloween Car
nival will be held at the Rose
Hill Elementary School Thurs
day night. October 31. Supper
will begin at 5 p.m. and the
program will begin at 1 p.m.
L.R. HARRILL TO SPEAK
.TO 4-H C$.UBS
'?The 4-H C3u'.-S of Duplin
hold the Annual Achieve.
and Awards Program on Sat
urday November 2, at t;dU
In Kenan Auditorium. Mr. L.
R Harrill, retired State 4-H
leader of Raleigh, will be the
guest speaker. County and dis
trict awards will be made.
4-H'ers will exhibit articles
made or grown as part of their
years' work.
CPA'S OF AREA HAVE
SEMINAR
The Bur oughs Corporation
and the Goldsboro Industrial
Education Center have com
pleted a seminar and visual
presentation of mechanized ac
counting. The course is intend
ed to keep CPA'S abreast of
new automatic advancements
and was attended by the CPA S
of the area.
GOOD WEATHER MAKES
HEAVY HARVEST
Good weather conditions have
been favorable for all harves
ting operations. Cotton, sweet
potato and corn harvest acti
vities continue heavy. Tobacco
grading and marketing draw
ing to an end as well as fall
vegetable harvests. Peanut har
vest continuing with soybean
harvest beginning slowly. Pull
ing strawber y plants in peak.
FOUR COUNTY ELECTRIC
MEET
The annual meeting of mem
bers of Four County Electric
Membership Corporation will
be held at Blanchard and Far
rior Warehouse in Wallace on
Saturday, November 9th.
Registration will start at 9:00
a.m. with the business session
scheduled to begin at 11:00
a.m.
Full details will be carried
in new week's paper. Members
are urged to plan now to an end
this important meeting.
BRIEF SURVEYING COURSE
FOR ATTORNEYS
North Carolina State College
Extension Division has arran
ged to conduct a course in sur
veying for the members of the
Bar and or their secretaries.
Charles Brooks. Ill, has been
selected by the college to teach
the course. Classes will begin
Monday night, October 21, 1063
in the Law Library in Kenans
ville and will run Monday, Octo
ber 28, November 4, 11, 18,
and 25. 1963
Classes will begin at 7:30
p.m. and each class will be for
two hours.
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S Ach^enie
tired Community Development
Specialist. J.A. Glazener,, was
Introduced by Senator Leroy
Simmons*
"Every Community has two
resources, human and mater
ial". stated Glazner when he
spoke to several hundred Com
munity Development Program
members, their friends and -
sponsors.
He further stated "Achie
vements in communities and
area s have proven soundness
of competition". Mr. Glazner
further pointed out that com
munity development is like a
flower unfolding from a bud,
it is not development from -
overnight achievement but a
gradual process, long time
goals based on the needs of the
communities. Mr. Glazener
quoted from Isaiah, "Enlarge
the place of your tent, Let
the curtains of your habita
tion be stretched out."
Mr. Glazner reviewed the
growth and accomplishments of
trie Community Development
Clubs of Duplin and pointed
out goals for furture work,
mentioning decrease in popu
lation and drop-outs in schools.
He stated that the loss In popu
lation in Duplin County In the
past ten years meant a finan
cial loss of $168,260,000.
Master of Ceremonies, Mi
chael Aldridge, president of
Duplin's Community Devel
opment Program, introduced
Franklin Quinn to welcome the
guests after the delicious pic
nic supper was served. Rus
sell Bostic of Beulaville res
ponded to the welcome, and
Mrs. Christine Williams intro
duced guests. Russell Brock of
the Beautancus Community rec
ognized the 57 sponsors and
George Cowan recognized Ag
ricultural workers.
Prizes were then awarded to
the various clubs. Cedar Fork,
pioneer community of the coun
ty, son fourth place and $50
Rones won a $25 participation
prize.
Inducement prizes for organ
ized community activities were
presented by Mrs. Ruth Grady,
Kenansville, E.C. Casey, Mt.
Olive, and T.J. Turner, Beu
laville.
The inducement awards for
increased family income went
:o Pleasant Grove, first; Smith
second, and Cedar Fork, third.
Club Wins
Award
The home Improvement
awards went to Smith first;
Pleasant Grove, second, Beau
tancus, third.
For the most community
projects awards went to Smith
first; Pleasant Grove, second,
and Beautancus, third.
The. community 4-H club par
ticipation awards went to Ced
ar Fork, first; Pleasant Grove,
second, and Smith third.
The awards for conserving
one-half or more food supplies
per family wen to Beautancus
first. Pleasant Grove, second,
and Smith third.
These inducement prizes
were $50 for first place, $25 for
second place, and $10 for third
place.
The awards for communities
promoting health, safety and
sanitation went to Smith, first;
Pleasant Grove, second, and
Cedar Fork, third.
The awards for the best com
munity scrapbook went to Smith
first; Pleasant Grove, second
and Beautancus, third.
The prizes in these two class
es were $25 first, $15 second,
and $10 for third.
The county community base
ball award went to Pleasant
Grove first and Beautancus,
second.
The women's horseshoe tour
nament was won by Cedar Fork
with Rones second. The men's
horseshoe tournament was won
by Pleasant Grove with Cedar
Fork second.
ROBERT W. SCOTT
r?r? a
lri-t-ounty
Electric
To Hear
Bob Scott
Rural Electric cooperative -
members from seven counties
will gather in Goldsboro this
coming Saturday for their 23rd
annual meeting. Tri-County
Electric Membership Cor
poration's big annual meeting
of members will be held Sat
urday afternoon, November 2,
in the Goldsboro High School
auditorium in Goldsboro. The
annual event usually draws 503
to 1000 persons, and Tri-Coun
ty officials said there are in
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Educator
Succumbs
WALLACE-James Seaborn
Blair, Sr. age 61. of Wallace,
passed away early Saiuftay
morning in Rex Hospital in
Raleigh. Memorial services
were held Sunday at 3 p.m.
from the Wallace Methodist
Church conducted by the Rev.
Wallace Kirby. Graveside
services were Tuesday at lLCP
a.m. from the Marshville ceme
tery in Marshville.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Margaret Blakeney Blair; 3
sons, J.S. Blair, Jr. M.D.
of Wallace; M.P. Blair III, D.
D.S. of Siler City, and H.V.
Blair of Alexandria. Va.; one
brother, M.P. Blair, Jr. of
Monroe N.C..twosisters,Mrs.
Ruth Turner, of Charlotte and
Mrs. Sarah Paddison of
Wallace, his step mother, Mrs.
Mary Barrett Blair of Marsh
ville, N.C. and eight grandchild
ren. He was a member of the
Wallace Methodist Church, past
Master of the Wallace Masonic
Lodge 595, former principal of
Wallace High School, former
superintendent of the Bladen
County Schools, former prin
cipal of the Magnolia High
School, former owner of the
Leading Motors of Wallace, for
mer town commissioner of Wal
lace. and a member of the N.C.
Education Commission. At the
present time he was affiliated
with the American Book Com
pany.
Warsaw Plans
Biggest Veterans Day
Plans are progressing well
for a Veterans Day Celebra
tion in Warsaw that will be
bigger and better than ever
before. The Charles R. Gavin
Post No. 127 of the American
Legion and the Warsaw Jay
cees are cooperating in malt
ing arrangements for the 1963
event.
Numerous floats of beauty
and interest, along with bands
from schools of the area will
participate in the parade which
begins at 4 p.m i Mot.J' y,
November 11th. Tlici e will *
beauty contestants from sur
rounding schools along with
Miss Jeanne Swanner, Miss
North Carolina. All beauty con
testants will have dinner with
Miss Swanner at the end of the
parade. The Sky Divers will
put on an exhibition prior to
the parade.
This will be a gala week for
Warsaw and Duplin County. The
Jetty Jumpers of Carolina
Beach, well known for having
played a summer engagement
at the Plaza and the Wreck,
will play for the Teen Dance,
Saturday night, November 9th.
The preliminaries of the beauty
contest will be held beginning
at 7 p.m. and the well-chap
eroned dance will follow.
The final judging of the beau
i) eoutcSi*4i ^ wf?. 6e at the an
nual Veterans Day Dance on
Monday, November 11. Music
for this dance will be by Hen
ry Vincent's Orchestra. Both
dances will be held in the War
saw Armory.
The All American Carnival
has been booked for the week
of the 11th.
BEULAVILLE DEMOCRACY
The town of Beulaville, North Carolina, is get
ting a newspaper. That is fine. Every community
needs a means of expressing its desires, its feelings
and a means of promoting and publicizing its town.
Beulaville is one of the towns of Duplin Coun
ty which has grown much in the past several years.
Their progress has been from constant working to
gether, unified effort in every project.-it is a town
which has its battles and comes out shaking hands
with each other.
But in this case, the writer questions a unified
effort. An out of county paper and a county paper
made an identical offer in giving them a paper. The
only difference was in circulation which would be
in a nother county rather than in Duplin County. A
meeting was called of merchants, only ten mer
chants showed up, resulting in a tie vote. It was de
cided that this was not enough to carry a vote. So
a later date was set for a meeting at which time
nine merchants were present, not even the Mayor
knew of die meeting. On contacting fifteen mer
chants, ten had not been notified of the meeting on
MnnHay night
When a subject as serious as the support of a
newspaper comes up, shouldn't all of the people
know? Should one or two merchants control the
project when it falls on all the merchants to sup
port a paper if it is to become a success?
L.ountv L.ourt
Convenes Monday
Several cases of county-wide
interest are on the docket next
week for the November term
of Duplin County Superior Court
which convenes Monday in the
courthouse at Kenansville.
Judge Howard H. Hubbard will
preside and Solicitor Walter T.
Britt will prosecute for the
state.
All cases on the calendar
were continued frm previous
terms of court except three -
cases, David Sloan, charged
with forgery; James Arthur
Stallings. charged with opera
ting an automobile while in
toxicated and J. Arthur Whit
ley , who is charged with mur
der.
It is alleged that J. Arthur
Whitley shot his brother to
death with a .22 cal. pistol
about 1 a.m. October 12, dur
ing an argument between the
two brothers at Chinquapin.
Scheduled for trial next week
'.s a murder charge against
James Wilson, 31, of Warsaw,
charged in the shotgun death
of James Thomas Bryant, 30,
also of Warsaw, on August 25,
in Warsaw. Three other men
are charged with assault and
engaging in an affray in this
incident which killed one and
wounded five.
George A. EZzell is charged
with three counts of forgery;
Eddie Blackburn with secret
assault on a female and Wil
lie Lee Satchel with first de
gree burglary and rape. Brad
ay Lee Tew is charged on two
counts of operating an auto
mobile while intoxicated and
with breaking, entering and lar
ceny. William Ed. Swtnson is
scheduled for trial on the charge
of breaking and entering and
larceny and James W. Hall with
false pretense and fraud.
Hoover Pickett is charged
with assault with a deadly wea
pon with intent to kill and Glenn
Cashwell with assault and rob
bery.
Theodore Roosevelt Boney
faces a manslaughter charge.
Pink Hill
Students Win
First PI ace
At Fair
Four FFA students at the Pink
Hill High School, coached by
John Worthington, took first
place In the state-wide tobacco
grading contest at the State
Fair last week. They com
piled a total of 161 fwlnts in
all.
The boys, In the order of
point winning were Donald
Houston, 59 points: Ed Greer,
55, Arthur Turner, 53 andDon
nie Taylor, 49. The award was
a check for $150. Winning se
cond place in the state tobacco
Judging was the Lenoir County
FFA team coached by Worthlng
ton and Deep Run Coach, Frank
Mellette. On the winning team
were Virgil Murphy and Mike
Hatch, of Pink Hill, and Free
ly Smith and Mack Garris of
Deep Run. Their points total
ed 155, and they were awarded
an $85 cash prize.
Pink Hill
Boy Killed
David Kennedy, 4 year old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Kennedy, Route 2, Pink Hill,
was playing on a tobacco spray
er at his grandmother's home
in Rlchlands Thursday. The
seat of the sprayer was app
roximately eight feet high. The
boy fell from the seat and suf
fered fatal internal injuries.
Onslow County Coroner Tal
bert Jones said that a steel
tongue of the horse-drawn im
plement fell on the boy after
ne had hit the ground.
Rita Kennedy, his sister,
found the boy aoout 8:30 p.m.
They were at the home of their
grandmother. Mrs. Lee Futrell
at Richlands.
Survivors include his par
ems; a sister, Rita Kennedy;
three brothers, Roger Kennedy,
Anthony Lee Kennedy and Troy
Earl Kennedy, all of Pink HOt'
and his maternal grandmother,
Mrs. Lee Futrell of Rlchlands.