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VOLUME XXX NO. 46 KENANSVILLE, N.C. THURSDAY NOVEMBER21, 1963 PRICE 10? PLUS 1? TAX
DUPLIN DEPUTIES TO USE
COURTESY CARDS
The comralsslpners rejec
ted six bids from oil distri
butors Monday and decided for
the deputes to buy their gas
and oil on courtesy cards on
a trial basis. This will spread
the business among several
service stations rather than
limit it to one distributor. The
new fleet of sheriff's depart
ment cars went into service
yesterday when liability in
surance became effective.
DR. HA WES GOES TO
GERMANY...
Dr. Charles Forest Hawes
of Rose Hill has gone to Sch
wetzingen, Germany to visit ,
his daughter (Bettle) and son
in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Meyer and little daughter, Mary
Anna.
WORLD'S LARGEST CHRIST
MAS TREE TO BE DARK
Duplin folks who visit the
world's largest Christmas tree
in Hilton Park, Wilmington, e
very Christmas, will not have
to go this year. The tree will
not be lighted due to construc
tion work in the vaclnity of
the tree.
HOMECOMING AT SMITHS
Smiths Presbyterian church.
Pink Hill, will nave homecom
ing on Sunday, November 24.
Church services will beat 11:00
a.m. with dinner on thegrounds
following die service.
REPUBLICANS !t5*SV? *
SUPPER MEETING
The Duplin County Republi
cans will hold a supper-meet- fr
tag at James Kenan High School
on December 7, at 7 p.m. Sena
tor Charles w. Strong, of
Greensboro, will speak.
CHINQUAPIN FOLKS VISIT
BATTLEGROUND
Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Mills.
Miss Effer Pickett and Mrs.
Lilly Slant or visited Moore's
Creek Battleground Sunday.
DUPLIN OFF LIMITS TO
RUSSIANS
Washington advises that Dup
lin County has been closed to
travel by Soviet citizens.
DR. JERE D. FREEMAN DIES
Many Duplin folks have had
glasses prescribed and eye,
ear, nose and throat conditions
corrected by Dr. Jere D. Free
man, of Wilmington and will
regret to learn of his death last
week.
SCOUT ROUND TABLE
Scoutmasters from Albert
son. Wallace, Kenansville, and
Faison met at the Kenansville
Scout Hut Tuesday night for the
l_. County Round Table, Bruce
Sers of Goldsboro, Scout exe
ve for the council was pre
sent to discuss the Scout round
up, a recruiting campaign to
secure as many new members
as possible before the end of
the year. The Kenansville Jay
cees, sponsors of the Explor
er Scouts, furnished supper for
the group at the Grill.
ANNUAL HDC ACHIEVEMENT
DAY
Annual HDC Achievement day
will be held Friday, November
22, at the Courthouse in Ken
ansville. Awards will be made
to Individuals who have per
fect attendance, name the out
standing clubs and the Woman
of the year will be named. Mrs.
J.B, Stroud, council president,
will preside. Achievement Day
exercises will begin at 2 p.m.
THANKSGIVING PARTY
The youth of the oak Ridge
Cooumnlty are sponsoring a
Thanksgiving party at the Oak
Ridge community building on
Saturday, November 30. at -
7:30 p.m. All the youth of the
community are Invited to attend.
FARM ^BUREAU MEET AT
^ DjBpUn Coney Form Bureau
announces that there will be
a was indeed a pleasure to
attend F.H.A. family night at
James Kenan High School on
Tuesday evening. The supper
was delicious and was served
beautifully by the F.H.A. girls.
Each table, where the guests
were seated, was decorated with
trailing ivy and burning can
dles.
Mary Alice Thomas of Mag
nolia was crowned Miss FHA
Sweetheart. Her court was made
19 of Freshmen, Sophomore,
Junior and senior representa
tives. The stage on which the
Sweetheart was crowned, was
done most effectively in red
and white, carrying out the FHA
colors. Red roses played a
predominate role in he cere
mony. All of the girls in the
program were dressed in ei
ther red dresses or white
dresses. "A job well done"
was the phrase applicable to die
program. Sponsors of James
Kenan FHA are Mrs. Kathleen
Snyder of Warsaw and Mrs.
A.T. Outlaw of Kenansville.
Mrs. J.E. Jerritt of New
Bern and her daughter Mrs.
George Strang of Wisconsin
I were in the cafe at lunch time
today, also with them was Mr.
Strang. All of you will remem
ber Mrs. Strang as die former
Caroline jerritt of Kenans ville.
It was indeed a pleasure to
talk with Caroline as I had not
seen her in several years. She
was raised in Kenans ville and
lived here until her marriage.
Caroline was telling me that
Mrs. Jerrta is moving to Wis
consin and will live in the same
city in which sheandMr. Strang
live.
. Mrs. Jerritt, who has been
living in New Bern, is mo vine
to Wisconsin since her husband
"Capn. Jimmies' " death. It is
both a happy occasion and a
sad occasion to see old friends
at our cafe?sometimes you
think of it as the Crossroads
of life in Kanansvflte.
Each person in the united
Stares consumes an average of j
over 160 pounds of red meet
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ACQUIRES NEW CARS.?Sheriff T. Ehrood Revelle end ht^
deputies have seven new beige colored Ford cars as a result of recent advertising for'
bias by the county commissioners. Sheffield Motor Co., Warsaw, was low bidder aod
made delivery of the cars. Pictured , left to right, are Deputy Jack Albertson, sheriff JL
Elwood Revelle. Deputy Alfred Basden, Kenneth W. Grady, chairman of the county cot?
mlssloners; Deputy Glenn Jernigan; Lott Kornegay, county commissioner; Deputy ICS.
Thigpen; Charlie J. Sheffield of Sheffield Motor Co. and Deputy E.G. Chestnutt.
Thanksgiving
Holiday
Because of the Thanks
giving Holiday and no mall de
livery on Thursday, your paper
next week will come to you on
Wednesday.
All advertisers and news cor
respondents will please have
their material in not later than
Monday Noon. Thanks I!!
Trial
& Error
Rose Hill Jaycees To
Hold Turkey Shoot
Thanksgiving turkey Is an old
American tradition. Do you have
your turkey for Thanksgiving?
The Rose Hill Jaycees Invite
all to join them In another, old
American custom, "a turkey
shoot," to be held on the Blount
Bradshaw lot south of Rose
Hill on Highway 117. on Thurs
day and Friday nights and Sa
turday evening and night, No
vember 21, 22, and 23.
A frozen, grade A. North
Carolina grown turkey, or an
equal amount In groceries at
a local store, will go to the
best shot of eight.
Here's an opportunity to test
your skill and to win a deli
clous turkey for that Thanks
riving meal.
*r~ plans are progressing ffcfhe
Christinas paradtron VvttEs
day, December 4th, and for the
dance that night at the Rose
HQ1 Elementary school Gym
nasium. Music will be by Dan
Dlonls and his Astronotes. Tic
kets at $3 per couple are now
on sale. The Astronotes play
weekly at the Delmonte Supper
Club, Goldsboro, and are well
liked. It Is expected that this
will be a most enjoyable oc
casion.
Beulaville Plans
Barbecue, Parade,
Dance - Dec. 7
Saturday, December 7th will
be a fun-packed day in Beu
lavllle.
Plans are well underway for
the annual Beulavllle Jaycee
Christmas parade on Saturday,
December 7th. Bill Cutler,
chairman of the parade, says
that tills should be the largest
Christmas parade ever held
In the Beulavllle area. There
will be over 80 floats and nu
merous bands In the parade.
One of the highlights this
year will be the appearance
of Mr. Hobo and Old Saint
Nick himself. Miss North Ca
rolina, Miss Jeanne Swanner,
of Graham, along with beauty
contestants of the area, will
participate In the event.
Immediately prior tothepar
ade, beginning at 12 o'clock,
there will be a barbeque din
ner sponsored by the Beulavllle
Fire Department, at the nom
inal charge of $1 per plate.
Climaxing the day of festi
vities will be a dance at the
Beulavllle Gymnasium, from 9
til 1. Music will be furnished
by the well-known "Rebels." z
Couples only will be admitted
and tickets are $3 per couple.
Prizes will be offered in four
areas. There will be a first,
second and third place trophle
for the girls elected queens
of the Christmas parade. The
best band will receive $20
Prizes of $20, $10, and $5
will be given for the first,
second and third best floats.
The funniest clown will receive
$10 and the second best $5.
New Christmas decorations
are already on the water tank
ready to be turned on and have
been purchased for street de
coration.
East Duplin Seniors To
Present "Lock,Stock
and Lipstick"
The Senior Class of East
Duplin High School will pre
sent a three-act comedy,
"Lock, Stock and Lipstick,"
The play is under the direc
tion of Mr. Wilbur Williams,
and will be presented at each
of the schools from which East
Duplin draws her students, at
8 p.m. on Tuesday nights as
follows: B.F. Grady School, No
vember 26; Beulavllle School,
December 3, and Chinquapin
School, December 10. Admis
sion will be 60# and 35#.
The cast for the comedy is.
Mr. Warren, guidance coun
selor, Lonnie Thigpen.
Mr. Plunckett, Janitor, Gre
jory Bryan.
Don Donley, high school stu
dent. Charles Brown.
Larry Donley, student bro
Kaye Thlgpen.
Miss Gardner, girls* coun
selor, Marilyn Denny.
Mrs. Maggs, mala, Carol Ann
Qulnn.
Miss Prather, mathematics
teacher, Linda Kennedy.
Mary Lou Brennan. high
school girl, Nita Brinson.
Mrs. Donley, mother of boys,
Martha Lanier.
Carol izzard, high school
girl, Judy Faye Smith.
The comedy is full of laughs
for every member of the faml
ly, the cast Is working hard
to present a most acceptable
play under the capable direc
tion of Mr. Williams. You will
regret It if you miss this one!
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Duplin Wins 7 of 10 Area
Awards At 4-H Program
Some 800 club members .lea
ders and friends of nine coun
ties attended the 4-H Honor
Program In Brogden Hall at
Wilmington Saturday, 81 of
which were from Duplin.
This was the sixth annual
program sponsored by the Star
News Newspapers and Is par
ticipated In by Carteret, Samp
son, Onslow,Bladen, Columbus,
Brunswick, New Hanover, Pen
der, and Duplin Counties.
But, all eyes were on Dup
lin 4-Hers as they walked a
way with seven of the ten
major awards offered In the
Duplin Vote
Favors
Nickels For
Know How
Mr. E.V. Vestal, Chairman
of the Nickels for Know-How
Referendum In Duplin County,
reported that Duplin County vot
ed In favor of 5$ per ton as
sessment on feed and fertili
zer by a vote of 562 to 95.
Three polling places have not
reported.
Farmers voted an assess
ment of 5? per ton on feed
and fertilizer .{he first time in
J8?'. Since t'aS-tlme, $1,750,
000 has been collected and used
for agricultural research. This
money has enabled North Caro
lina to make much more pro
gress In agriculture.
Mr. Vestal would like to ex
press appreciation to all the
poll holders and other people
who gave their time and assis
tance in conducting this refer
endum.
Agriculture Is big business
In America . says the U.S.
Department of Agriculture. Its
seven million workers exceed
the combined employment In
transportation, public utilities
and the steel and automobile in
dustries.
area program. This Is the tirst
time any one county has won
so many.
Duplin won the highly prized
and coveted award for tne coun
ty with the most outstanding
4-H program.
Duplin won the award, too,
for the county receiving the
highest rating from participa
tion, based on the number of
ribbons won at the event. Du
plin 4-Her's carried away a
total of sixty ribbons--28 blue
ribbons, 30 red ribbons and
12 white ones.
Three awards went to out
standing Duplin individuals:
(1) Mary Alice Thomas, Mag
nolia, won the award for the
most outstanding 4-H girl in
the area.
(2) Mrs. Ralph Hunter, Beu
laville, was awarded the pla
que for the most outstanding
4-H woman leader.
(3) The most outstanding man
leader plaque went to Wulard
Westbrook of Albertson.
Linda Smith of Pink Hill and
Larrv Jones of Mount Olive
received the award for the best
4-H talent and Linda Carter of
Rose Hill was awarded the pla
que in the Junior Dress Re
vue.
New Hanover won the trac
tor driving contest, Sampson
the Senior dress revue and
Columbus the most outstand
ing 4-H boy. These three a
wards were the only ones out
of the ten major awards that
Duplin allowed to be divided
among the other eight coun
ties.
Mrs. LoisG. Britt.homeeco
nomlcs agent, served on the
auction committee and Marlon
C. Griffin, assistant agricul
tural extension agent was the
chairman of the registration
committee, on which Snodle
Wilson, associate agricultural
extension agent, was a member.
Cedar Fork and Beulaville
4-H Clubs, along with Mrs.
Lois Britt, Mrs. Ralph Hunt
er. Marion C. Griffin and Ralph
Sasser erected an educational
booth for display.
There were 722 exhibits in the
record breaking 4-H Honor
Program. The crowd was es
timated to be larger than ever,
and interest was greater with a
better quality of exhibits than
ever before.
Mrs. Britt and Mr. Griffin
and the other 4-H Leaders are
to be commended, along with
these fine 4-Hers, for the out
standing showing Duplin made at
this area program.
Twenty-eight blue ribbons were
won by;
Mary Alice Thomas. Mao
nolia, "record book, safety-? -
year.
Keith Westbrook, Woodland,
garden hot green pepper.
DeKalb Wells, Greenwood,
garden cushaw.
Glenda Britt, Beautancus,
garden gourds.
Jimmy Jones, Pleasant -
Grove, home grounds, lawn
grass.
Frederick Rouse, Pleasant
Grove, peanuts.
Ray Roberts, Jr., Stanford,
entomology, insect collections.-,
John Smith, Smith's Jr.,
poultry, brown, extra large
John Smith, Smith's Jr.,
poultry, brown, large.
John Smith, Smith's Jr.,
poultry, brown, medium.
Anthony Westbrook, Wood
land, wildlife, nesting box.
Joyce Hamilton, Magnolia,
clothing, pin cushion.
Anna Lee Hawes, Greenwood,
clothing, skirt.
Anna Lee Hawes, Greenwood,
clothing, blouse.
Linda Carter, Greenwood,
clothing, skirt and jacket.
Mary Alice Thomas, do- .
thing, school dress.
Mary Alice Thomas, clo
thing, house coat.
Mary Alice Thomas, clo
thing, dress.
Mary Alice Thomas, Magno
lia, clothing, street dress.
Mary Alice Thomas, cloth
ing, jumper and blouse.
Mary Alice Thomas, clo
thing, wool dress.
Beth Smith, Smith's Jr., pic
kles, pepper.
Gail Edwards, Cedar Fork,
pickles, beets.
Bill Coston, Jr., Warsaw,
blueberry muffins.
Barbara Summerlln, Sham
rock, teacakes.
June Smith, Smith's Jr., cake,
pound.
Rachel Smith, Smith's Sr.,
furniture.
Durant Glover, Smith's Jr.,
record book, 1 year.
Cont'd Page 2.
Beulaville Drive For Mount
Olive College Successful
The meeting held at Beula
vllle Thursday night to Initi
ate the drive to raise funds
In Duplin County for Mount
Olive College received contri
butions of $4, 172.00 from the
thirteen Free Will Baptist
Churches.
Some 240 people attended the
meeting.
Dr. W.D. Raper, president of
the college, outlined the future
building plans. The buildings
will include four dormitory
units, a library and an aca
demic building. Construction
will be on an attractive 90
acre tract of land acquired by
the college. Estimated cost for
these preliminary buildings will
be approximately $998,000. Ac
tual construction is expected to
begin by May of 1964.
Miss Patricia Sanderson, a
student at Mount Olive College,
spoke on what it meant to her
to be able to attend the col
lege.
Rev. Stephen A. Smith of Beu
laville, Henry L. Stevens III
of Warsaw, Dr. W.D. Herring
of Rose Hill and Mrs. Wini
fred Wells of Wallace, have
been appointed by Dr. Robert
Shackelford, president of the
Mount Olive Area College Foun
dation, as sponsors of the cur
rent campaign in Duplin. Spon
sors will help guide the pro
motion of the campaign In Dup
lin. Sponsors will help guide
the promotion of the campaign.
It is hoped that $100,000 in
new gifts from general sour
ces can be raised at this time
to get this phase of the con
struction underway. This will,
of course, be but the beginning
as the cost of the additional
buildings in the complex of the
new campus will run close to
five million dollars.
Forty-two per cent of the stu
dent body comes from Wayne
and Duplin Counties and many
of our voung people plan to
enter this college In the near
future. The building Is badly
needed and the college is near
and the response of the people
of Duplin should be generous.
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TOM SAWYER AND HUCKLEBERRY FINN.?David "Wells (left) as Tom Sawyer and
Richie Bell as Huck Finn, who play the leading roles in the Wallace Junior Theater pro
duction this weekend. (Staff Photo by Gene Pierce).
Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn" Will Be
Presented at Wallace Friday And Saturday
The Wallace Junior Theater
wQl present "Tom Sawyer and
Huckleberry Finn" Friday and
Seturda y at the Wallace Ele
mentary School Auditorium at
7:30 p.m.
Cast for the production was
selected from among some 40
members of the Junior Thea
ter grotq>. Many of the actors
are youths but some are adults.
The musical will be staged
as a benefit for the school
Parent-Teachers Association
and a sellout audience is pre
dicted for both nights.
Gene Allen Thomas, the au
la super viae the
show. A special guest, Tom
my Grayson, the boy actor and
singer, will be presented be
tween curtains. He is work
ing with the youngsters to help
them master their parts.
Leading roles will be por
trayed by David Wells (Tom
Sawyer) and Ritchie Bell (Huck
Finn). Others in the cast in
clude Craige Rlvenbark, Beth
Bostic, Mary Ann Perry, Sam
Glasgow, Sr., Jerry Turner,
David stone. Sandra Boone,
Lynn Chandler, Carolyn Tan
ner, Mac Boney. Robert Field
and Jesse Sumner.
best known Mark Twain books
woven together with music.'
The crossroads Players,
another local theater group,
plans to present the popular
Washington Slept Here" on
December 5, and 6. It will be
presented at the Wallace School
and will be directed by Tho
mas.
Sixteen persons will make up
the cast. These include C.A.
Tanner, Edna Bell, Sam Glas
gow, Lynn Chandler, Ronnie
Scon, Neal Bell, Eva Leonard,
Leon Stone, Helen Boney,
Shirley Southerland, Homer
Boney. Thomas, Henry Camp
bell. sue Smith and Sue John
Car Hits
Bridge
A car In which three men
were riding struck the river
bridge at Deep Bottom, about
three miles south of Penny's
Mill on Highway 41, Friday
and went down a 50-foot em
bankment. landing just short
of the Northeast River. The
car broke through about eight
feet of the steel railing on top
of the cement bridge, broke
off the steel posts and landed
about eight feet from the water.
The bridge is about 15 feet
above the point where the car
landed.
Elwood Padgett, 21, of Route
2, Wallace , was driving the
car, it is alleged, and suff
ered cuts inside his mouth. Two
passengers went to Duplin Gen
eral Hospital. One, Curtis L.
Henderson. 19, stationed at Fort
Bragg, suffered a broken left
shoulder and Gene Ray Par
ker. 25, of Wallace, suffered
a broken ankle.
Padgett claimed he met a sec
ond car on his side of the road
on the bridge, forcing him to the
right shoulder where he lost
control of his car and slammed
into'the right bridge railing.
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