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VOLUME XXX NO. 49 KENANSVILLE, N.C. THURSDAY DECEMBER 12, 1963 PRICE 10? PLUS 1$ TAX
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BRIEFS
MCGOWAN SPEAKS TO P.T.A.
Falson w. McGowtn. County
Accountant, gavean Informative
and most Interesting address
Monday evening to the Rose Hill
P. T. A. The address was on the
source of school funds and their
expenditure, along with high
lights of die development of
school financing in N.C. over
the past 300 years.
"NIGHT OF MIRACLES'
East Duplin High School Ch
ours will present "Night of
Miracles," a Christmas can
tata. Thursday. December 12
at 1:30 p.m. in the school cafe
teria.
TWELVE-DAY SCHOOL HOLI
DAY
Duplin County school will
close for the Christmas and
New Year's holidays at the close
of the regular school day on
Friday December 20. Work
will resume on Thursday, Jan
uary^.
WARSAW MERCHANTS
ANNUAL FAMILY NIGHT
SALE
The Warsaw merchants, as
one of their methods of showing
appreciation for the wonderful
patronage during the year, are
having their annual "Family
Night Sale" Friday, December
13. At this time they offer a
discount of 10% or more on
purchases.
ROSE HE.L JAYCEES SPON
SOR TURKE Y SHOOT
Tfe Rose Bill jaycees will
sponsor an oluashionedturkey
? Cedar and spruoefihristmaa
t redfrare on sale by*e Jajcees
an the lot n*t to Raee Hffl
Restaurant.
WALLACE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE OFFICERS
Newly elected officers of the
Wallace Chamber of Commerce
for 1964 are Charles Sloan,
president; Tom Lee, vice-pres
ident; Mrs. William Brice, sec
retary, BUI Taylor, director
and A. C. Hall, Jr., director.
ROSE HILL CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE
Samuel C. cavenaugh and
Haf ry Rouse were elected new
members of the Board of Direc
tors of the Chamber of Com
merce Tuesday. These mm,
along with the other members of
the board, will elect officers
for die Rose Hill organization
for the new year.
Dr. W. a Harrell was guest
speaker at the luncheon held at
Effie's Restaurant.
CHRISTMAS CANTATA
The Chancel choir of the
Warsaw Methodist Church will
present a Christmas cantata
- Tidings of Comfort and Joy,"
and a special reading, Decem
ber 16, at 8:00 p.m. atthewar
saw Methodist Church. The
Choir is under the direction of
Mrs; Walter P. West, and Mrs.
Billy Wiggs is organist. The
public is cordially Invited.
DUPLIN. GREENE JOINING
WAYNE IN FUND PLAN
County Commissioner re
I preseoutlves from Duplin and
Greene counties tentatively ig
)oln woyne in submitting a joint
project for possible selection
by the North Carolina Fund to
receive financial aid In an ex
perimental attack on poverty.
The agreement must receive
official-approval of the commis
sioners of the two counties.
The three counties share such
problems as Idle farm workers,
tchool droo-outs Inideouftte
I Rising and uMklUedllbor
Rose Hill
Holiday House
onst^Son'cta^^
Mr. And Mrs, Horace
ROSE HILL POULTRY CORPORATION FLOAT was one of the many beautiful floats In Rose
Hill's parade Wednesday. The parade Is sponsoredby the jaycees. and Miss Jeanne swanner,
"Miss North Carolina," led the beauties In die parade and at the dance and banquet. This
Is the only parade in SENC in which Miss Swanner appeared.
6000 View Rose
Hill Parade
Crowds jammed the streets |
of Rose HOI Wednesday to view a
the tMrd annual Jayaee Christ
mas parade.
Miss Jeanne Swanner, "Miss
North Carolina 'was there, as
ywaa Mtla Ram ?rld?m of At
kinson, the "Dairy Princess"
and the "Pirate Girl" from
the Wilmington TV station. Th- J
ere were Beauty queens galore I
from the area schools and pre
tty girls on every float. Even
Santa Clause himself.
The New Hanover High School
ROTC band and drill team from
Wilmington participated, as did
bands from Wallace-Rose Hill,
Douglass, charity High, Rose
joro-Salemburg. Janes Kenan
ind East Duplin. v
rhlrl Best's Community Self
Service Host was judgedthebest
float entered and theRoseboso
Salemburg bend drew top pDne
far tKe bwitfs. - m* ?
There were norees ana rtdati
From the Chinquapin and Rock
Fish clubs and - everything to
make a fine and enjoyable para
de. Many folks say it was the
best Rose HOI has ever had.
A jaycee banquet and dance
Wednesday evening closed the
happy day of festivities. The
merchants awarded many valu
able prizes in a drawing lm
mediately fallowing the parade.
Dr. Hugh Powell is president
of the Javcees, Jimmy Robinson
was chairman of the parade and
Leo Janes was over-all chair
man of theChrlstmas activities.
3.T. Kelly and DavlsLeawet
comed Miss North iSrollnr *
Earl Bryant. James Fussr'l
and Stanley Owen were respon
sible for me banquet.
Morris Jones looked after the
drawing for prizes given by the
merchants. Keith Hinson saw
that the decorations and light 4
were up and on. Billy Brown
and Frank wells oversaw the
(ROSE HILL CON'D, PAGE 2)
SITE FOR KENANSVTLLE'S NEW POST Or PICE - Mrs. Ntnte G. Brown will remodel this
building for lease to the government as a new poet office. Work Is expected to be completed
by April 1. The building Is on Hwys 11 and 24 one block east of the Limestone Road.
Mrs. Nanie G. Brown
Awarded P. O. Contract
Construction of the new post
office at Kenansville, North
Carolina was further advanced
with the announcement by post
master General John a. Grono
uskt that a contract has been a
warded to Mrs. NMleG. Brown.
Kenansville. North Carolina, to
build and rent the building to the
Post office Department.
"We are continuing to build
new post offices where they ere
needed," Mr. Gronouskl said.
Mm toc ^ermlne v; Mthfr
The construction program la
being concentrated In tboei
areas w! gem ,
tabled except through new con
struction.
"We now have about 45,000
post office locations throughout
the country, handling a volume
of 66 billion pieces of mail a
year. By 1970 It is expected to .
rise to 90 billion. It is clear,
therefore, that we must redou
ble our efforts, not only in ex
panding our capacity but also In
devisitg new postal techniques
to meet the demands of our
growing papulation."
Under the pepartroemacon
#NC S?one blodt*Ea?ofLlme
DajjOrtment^for five (5) years.
al options.
The Department's capital in
vestment is limited substantial
ly to postal equipment, while the
building remains under private
ownership, with the owner pay
ing local rial estate taxes.
~'This formula," Mr. Groao
uskt said, "utilises the resour
ces and investment funds of pri
vate enterpriae for needed pos
tal buildings.'
The new gost office at K?ian
space of 4,408 square?eat. with
an arM^7,50? xpiare fet^for
Shooting,
Breakins
And Dog
Stealing
Sheriff T. Elwood Revelle
and his deputies spent another
busy weekend with shooting,
dog stealing and numerous
breakins.
Sunday night about 8:30,
Leonara Mason allegedly shot
Bee Wilbert Dent with a .32
caliber automatic pistol. The
bullet entered his abdomen
and he is now in the hospital.
Mason is charged with assault
with a deadly weapon with in
tent to kill resulting in serious
bodily injury, and is held in
jail under $5000 bond pending
the condition of Dent. Both are
Negroes of the Faison area.
Buddy Sumner of Faison lost
three beagle hounds on Novem
ber 24. Sheriff's deputies found
the dogs and arrested perry
Bennett, Jr., white of Warsaw
and Joseph Quinn of Mt. Olive
and William Boy kin, colored
of Faison for the theft. They
are out under $400 for appear
ance in County Court.
A btfakin at the IGA Store
in Faison occurred early Mon
day morning, with entry gained
by prying open the front door
with a crowbar. From 450 to
600 cartons of cigarettes were
stolen, along with 45 boxes of
gun shells, a box of Tampa Nug
get cigars, a thirty pound cured
nam and three cured shoulders?
i A total of s6me $1,500 worth of
goods were removed from the
store.
Evidently the same folks went
on down the street and entered
the Fai$on Drug Store, where
thfy removed 30 cartons of ci
garettes, 3 Times watches, 8
Doxes of cigars, a Brownie
Hawkeye camera and a suitcase.
This merchandise was worth
about $200.
Aycock Milling Company was
entered for the second time and
the hinges hacked off the safe
with an axe in an unsuccessful
effort to open the safe.
Some $250 in cash was re
moved from Speaker Thomas'
Store in Chinquapin Thursday
night.
All these breakins are being
intensively investigated by the
Sheriff's Department.
Trial
& Error
The Christmas lights InKen
ansvOle are beautiful this year.
They are very pretty in the oth
er towns of the county also, but
If you have seen Christmas lig
hts in Kenansvllle for the past
few years, you will understand
why we think they are so won
derful. Thanks to the ones
responsible is sincerely ex
pressed by the Duplin Times
Progress Sentinel.
Dupty Sheriff Alfred Bavsden
says he is well supplied with
ladies hats. He was riding
along on Highway 41 between
Chinquapin and Beulavllle and
found a bag full of ladies hats.
Baysden says they are nice
hats and feels that someone
lost them from their car. For
more information about the
hats, inquire at the Sheriff's
office.
The other day in the office we
were discussing flying. My
daughter and I are planning
to fly to New Jersey for the
holidays, and I casually made
the remark that if so many
planes kept on crashing. I was
ready to change my mind about
flying. The conversation went
on from one banter to another.
Smith Community Wins
Rural Progress Award
The annual awards program
and dinner of the SENCland Dev
elopment Association wereheld
in Wilmington Friday night.
Six counties participate in the
program; Duplin, Bladen, Col
umbus, Brunswick, New Han
over and Pender. Some 400
guests attended, and Fred B.
Graham of Wilmington, retir
ing SENCland Development
Association president, pre
sided.
Billy Hooks of North White
ville was elected thenewpresl
dent with John Fox of Wilming
ton first vice-president; Cecil
Edge of Elizabethtown second
vice-president and Clyde Jor
dan of Elizabethtown, treas
urer. Robert L. Thompson, Jr.
of Wilmington was renamed se
cretary.
At least one community In
each of the six counties won a
placing in the area competition.
Smith Community of Duplin was
judged the top winner in rural
development competlon in the
area. Al G. Dickson, executive
editor of the Star-News News
papers, presented the silver
loving cup and $100 to the Smith
Community as winner of the
home beautiflcatlon award in its
division.
Pink Hill
Parade
Saturday
Plans are advancing rapidly
for the Big Annual cnrlstmas
Parade at Pink Hill. The Par
ade will begin at 2;30 on Satur
day, Dec. 14, 1983. A crowd
In excess of last years 5,000
Is anticipated.
Escorting Santa Claus him
self will be the marching bands
from theLenlor County Schools,
East Duplin High School, Jones
Central School and Woodlngton
School. At present, approxi
mately eighteen floats have been
entered and more are expected
to enter by parade day.
Competition promises to be
strong as twenty charming
young ladles contend for the tit
le of Queen of the Christmas
Parade. These young ladles
are sponsored by local orgaol
Coot'd Page 2.
Duplin Production Credit
Stockholders Meet Friday
3:00 p.m. in the Kenans ville
Elementary School Auditorium.
Reports of the operation of the
association for the past year
will be given and stockholders
will elect two directors. Mr.
Garland P. King, secretary
treasurer of the association ur
ges all stockholders to attend
tnls thirtieth anniversary cele
bration and "celebrate 30 years
of being the pacesetter in cre
dit for agriculture in Duplin
County' . Door prizes will be
given and stockholders are ur
ged to bring their wives, child
ren, friends and neighbors.
Guest speaker will beEdmund
H. Harding, "The Tarheel Hum
orist," of Washington, N.C. Mr.
King said, "We have been pri
vileged to have Mr. Harding as
our speaker before. I am sure
you will enjoy his most humor
ous remarks." Mr. Harding is
an outstanding speaker known
throughout the state.
EDMUND H. HARDING
The 30th Annuel Stockholders'
Meeting of the Duplin Product
Ion Credit Association will be
held Friday, December 13, at
BEULAVDLLE'S WINNING FLOAT was this entry by the 4-H Club representing a Christmas
tree. The streets were Jammed as the long and colorful parade passed through town.
Beulaville Christmas Program
Real Occasion
over 700 oags of canay ana
fruit were given away to the
children as the parade sponsor
ed by the Beulavllle Jaycees,
moved its fifty units through
the crowd of 6,000. jamming
the streets, Saturday,
There was Mr. Hobo from
the Washington TV station, bea
uty queens, commercial floats,
and five bands.
The Beulavllle 4-h Club won
the float award with the Beula
' ville Presbyterian Church as
runnerup and Vine Ridge Boy
gout "Troop 348jpBtting third
dren holding candles:
Lenior County's entry was Ju
dged the best bend.
The big day began with a
barbecue dinner by the Beula
vllle Fire Department and end
ed with a Christmas dance at
the Beulaville Elementary Sc
hool Gymnasium. Music for the
dance was furnished by
'Th^l Rebels;"
Three East Duplin School
girls were crowned Beulaville
Christmas Queens with Earl
Spell master of ceremonies.
Miss Minnie Whaley was se
lected as Queen, and Misses
- ?
nor as nrst ana second run
ners-up, respectively.
Bill Cutler was chairman of
the parade. Publicity was hand
led by Rev. Nell Bain and Alvln
Edwards. Rod Dew, Earl Spell
and Larry Stewart were rex
pansible for the beautiful jay
cee float; Jack Carr. the band;
Perry Williams the line-up and
Russell Bostlc and Bill Bottle
the floats. George Cowan was
in charge of the queen contest;
Wlnfred Miller, Kenneth Jones
md Tom Bans, the fruit and {\
candy and A. R. Mercer