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VOLUME XXX NO. 50 KENANSVILLE, N.C. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1963 PRICE 10$ PLUS 1$ TAX
Tri -County EMC Meeting Potters
Hill Tomorrow Night
Tri-County Electric Mem
bership Corporation wUl hold
:? community meeting at Potters
Hill Friday night, (tomorrow
night) Friday, December 20.
t v at 7:00 p.m. in the community
building.
Trial
& Error
Did anyone in Kenansville
leave a saucer in my car by
mistake? A white bread and
butter plate was left in my car,
no one at the office claims it.
and the only thing I can figure
that happened is that someone
thought they were putting it in
another car. The plate is at
die office if anyone wishes to
claim it.
In the Christmas rush we re
ceived a new piece of ma
chinery. We are all so excited
about it but are so busy we
cannot even try It out to see how
it works. It is a proofing press
for hot type. So in our new
process of "offset" we cannot
quite leave the old "tried and
true" kind of priming. The
object of the press Is to im
prove the looks of our id com
position. r
Please all correspondents
send your news in early. It is
a must as we will majfl the
paper on Monday next week so
UBr-readers on the routes can
gut their paper befor* Chrlst
ttilfr ?I*tvVfnr*?l Saturday *
night is the deadline for copy.
Isn't it fun setting Christmas
cards from friends all over the
country. 1, as I know many of
you do, have friends too whom
I write only once a year and
that is the Christmas letter.
Through the years our children
have grown up, our grandchild
ren are arriving, tragedy has
hit many of us. Joy ana sorrow
have been shared through our
Christmas cards. Pride in our
children, grief in our families,
financial successes and
re verses, are all a part of
' the Yuletlde season which we
can share. I had one friend
write from California that she
had just realized that she was
getting old! That is a slap in
tne face, but maybe she will
get over it.
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TEACHEY POSTS BOND IN
SLAYING
Kenneth Teachey of Teachey s
was bound over to Superior
Court in Wilson Tuesday in the
slaying of J. Macy Batts. Bond
was set at $1,500. It is alle
ged that Teachey killed Batts
with a pistol on Dec. 6th. Po
lice testified that they were told
Teachey and Ellis Bostlc were
in the company of Batts' wife
and another Wilson woman be
, fore the shooting.
Wilton Rowe7 director ef the
public relations for Trl-County,
said the meetings at Potters
Hill would be the first in a
series of community meetings
to be held throughout the Co
operative's service Area.?
"We hope to visit all the com
munities we serve,' he said.
Rowe said the purpose of the
meetings is to inform Tri
County members about the va
rious operations of their elec
tric co-op and the efficient u
tilizatlon of electric power.
Employees and Directors of
Trl-County will participate in
all the meetings.
Featured at the 1963-64 com
munity meetings will be a new
color motion picture telling the
story of rural electrification,
narrated by NBC's Chet Hunt
ley. There will be refreshments
and gifts for everyone, plus a
drawing for an electrical app
liance, Rowe said.
Trl-County held a similar
series of community meetings
in 1960. "The best attendance
was in Potters Hill in 1960,"
said Rowe, "and we are pleas
ed to have our kickoff meeting
for the present series there."
Tri-County EMC was organi
zed in 1940. Today it serves
6800 consumers from 1400
miles of lines in Wayne Dup
lin, Lenoir, Jones, Jonnston,
Wilson and Sairoson counties.
Lewis Outlaw of Albertson is
president of the Corporation.
Robert S. Holmes of Golds ElOro,
is general manager.
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Ctfllege
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MOUNT OLIVE?A series of
nineteen benefit dinners In ess
tern North Carolina have raised
$52,091 for the development
fund of Mount Olive College.
President W. Burkette Raper
attended each dinner and out
lined the long range develop
ment program planned on me
new 90 acre campus west of
Mt. Olive. The dinners extend
ed from May Into December
and drew 3,200 people from
Free Will Baptist churches
covering twenty-four counties.
The dinners were a part of the
development campaign to raise
$290,000 for the building pro
gram scheduled to begin next
spring. The Mount Olive Ju
nior College Area Foundation
is currently engaged in efforts
to raise $100,000 in new gifts
to supplement pledges secured
earlier. Outstanding gifts an
nounced previously include
$37,000 from the late Dr. C.C.
Henderson and a pledge of $30,
000 from the Bank oTMt. Olive.
Mount Olive College is a fully
accredited two-year college
sponsored bytheFree Will Bap
tist state Convention. Fallen
rollmcnt was 226, but the first
buildings on the new campus
will permit expansion to a stu
dent body of 400,
Christmas
Holiday
Because of the Christmas
Holiday and no mail on Wednes
day, your paper next week will
come to you on Tuesday.
All advertisers and news cor
respondents will please have
their material In not later than
Saturday noon of this week.
THANK YOU!
BRIEFS
CHRISTMAS EVE COMMUN
ION SERVICE
The Wallace Presbyterian
Church will observe a Christ
mas Eve Communion Service
at 7 p.m. December 24th.
COUNTY OFFICES TO CLOSE
FOR CHRISTMAS
The following Duplin County
offices will be closed Tuesday,
Wednesday, and Thursday, De
cember 24, 25, and 26. pberiff,
Clerk of Court, Register of
Deeds, Tax Collector, Auditors
office. Farm and Home Agents
Office, welfare Department,
and Health Department.
The Draft Board willbeclos
ed Dec. 24,25 and 26 4?1 on Jan.
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REGARDED CHILDREN MEET
T? Duplin County Associa
tion for RetardedOTildren will
have It's regular monthly meet
ing in theiTrainable classroom
at Rose Hill Elementary School, .
Thursday night, December 19,"
7:30 p.m. -w
At presfcit there are 14 child
ren in the claw taught by Mrs.
Annie Mae BlAnton ana Miss
Mary wells. The program will
be given by these children.
The public is cordially invi
ted to visit the classroom and
see what these children can do.
KENANSVILLE CHRISTMAS
PROGRAM
On Sunday morning, Decem
ber 22, the three churches of
KenansviUe are presenting a
Christmas Cantata at the Bap
tist Church at 11:15 a.m. So
loists will be Henry West, Jr.,
Mrs. E.L. Boyette and Jimmy
Bowden. with the choirs of the
three churches singing the
choruses. On Sunday evening at
5;30 each of the churches will
have a Christmas program with
the annual Christmas tree af
terward. At the Presbyterian
Church, the Joy Gift program
will be at 5;30.
CLASS REUNION
James Kenan senior Class of
*61 will hold a class reunion
from 8:00 until ?
Informal. Bring wives or
dates.
Corned To Back Page
I LAST MEETING OF SUPERVISORS OF SOUTHEASTERN SOIL AND WATER CONSERVA
I TION DISTRICT. The district was formed In 1946 and Included ?>plfc. SamMon
and Wayne Counties. Now each county wUl be a single district to better getthe co^erva
I ?lon Program to the farmers, officers of the Duplin SWCD are calvfci Mercer chairman
I Herbert Beet. sec.-treas.; O.L. Holland, vice-chairman and Ellis Vwcal and N P Blan
I chard, members. Left to right, front row are supervisors Sutton, Outlaw
I , ?5"d- Sacond Butler' Lane, Davis, Mercer aid Vestal. Third row, Sanderson, Brad
Duplin Joins Wayne And Greene
In Attack On Poverty
Duplin County Commis
TWENTT-FIVE ORIGlNAW."These twenty-fire men Were
wmm KafiorHt*s|ar/niakIngfgrlcultura?t?&ns. they
were pweraWSldlrtlflcates fw being members since the be
ginning but Mil King says that it is no longer necessary
for most of them to borrow further and he is nroud that
tfhS"association coatd 1m of help In gttnn^ -Jyfhi i'f to a good
start,. Thirty years ago a $300 loan was a largi one, now the
same farm will need $5,000.
30lb Annual Stockholders Meeting
Production Credit Association
The 30th annual Production
Credit Association stock
holders meeting was held on
Friday afternoon at the"K?n
ansvtUe Elementary School Au
ditorium. Some 450 members
and invited guests attendqgv.1
Eugene R. Carlton, president
of theassoclationpreslded.otls
Ridge opened the meeting with
prayer. Authur Kennedy, a dir
ector, reported on director ac
tivities and meetings the dir
ectors attended to study me
thods of better operation and
sound financing.
Directors are Arthur Ken
nedy, Eugene Carlton. L.P.
Wells, Taft Herring and wood- <
row Maready. The terms
of Herring and Maready had
expired, but they were reelect
ed for another term of three
years at this meeting.
Senator Leroy Simmons
spoke on the desirability of the
passage of the "Little Fed"
amendment on January 14th.
Garland King, sec.-treas. of
the association, reported on the
operations for the past year.
In the thirty years, the as
sociation has made 33,268?
loans for $42,648,594.00 The
association now has 2,657
members who own $638,955.00
in stock and have accumulated
earnings of $434,346,00. The
entire capital stock is now own
ed by the members exclusively.
The total earnings and member
capital as of Nov. 30, 1963
was over a million dollars?"
$1,076,880.00. The net loans
to members and Interest re
ceivable as of Nov. 30th was
Industrial
Development
Committee s
The Duplin County indus
trial Development commission
on Decemb^^^^nta^
committees Ad sti
of the members^llsMd had been
$3,855,648.00. Mr. King point
ed out that the peak this year
was over 51/2 million, and
told the members that they
were In big business Involving
a lot of money. This organi
zation, belonging to the mem
bers, had grown from nothing
In the depression year of 1933
to a 51/2 million dollar bus
iness In 30 years.
Mr. King told the members
that 30 vears ago a $700 loan
was a large one, but now the
same farm would require $5.
000 to operate and that loans
of $25,000 were not out of the
ordinary.
He pointed out that the as
sociation was not in the real
estate business and did not want
the member's farm but that
ability to repay the loan was
more Important than the value
of the farm. It Is necessary
to have an anticipated income
large enough to cover the deb:
payments plus current opera
tion costs. He said a safe loan
was one where the farm is
worth the money, but a sound
loan is one where repayment Is
possible. He suggested that the
members shouldkeep accurate
records of their operations and
understand their own financial
condition and cautioned against
expanding faster than their
means Justified. He welcomed
suggestions from the members,
as It Is their organization, for
methods of better serving them
"Tvrlth sound financial assistance
from the strong organization
they could be Justly proud of
building.
Certificates were presented
to 2 5 members present who
had been with the organization
since it's beginning in 1933.
Twenty turkeys were given to
the lucky ticket holders as door
prizes.
Edmund H. Harding, "The
Tar Heel Humorist," of Wash
ington. N.C., was guest speaker
ana many In the large audience
laughed until they nearly fell
from their seats at his rapid
fire of funny stories. Mr. Har
dlng Is a real artist and well
known for his hilarious humor.
SPECIAL SERVICE
Rev. Gerald M cGowan will
preach at New Hope Christian
Church, Sunday night, Decem
ber 22 at 7:30 p.m. The subject
of the service will be "A Sa
vior is Bom" Everyone iswel
GARLAND P. KING, secretary-treasurer, reports on the
operation of the Duplin Production Credit Association at its
30th annual stockholders meeting. Some 450 members and in
vited guests attended the meeting.
Christmas Seal Returns
Top Last Year's Drive
DupUi. County's 1963 Christ
mas Seal Campaign is running
ahead of last year by 10$>Mrs.
Marie Batchelor and Miss Annie
Mae KENION, campaign chair
men announced today.
Receipts as of December 14,
totaled $2,164.25 they reported,
compared with $1841.40 at the
same date in '62.
The Christmas Seal Associa
tion is highly gratified at the
increase mown thus far," they
said. "Of course the campaign
isn't over, and it's our hope
and prayer that all who haven't
yet answered their Christmas
Seal appeals will do so prompt
0 tiniJD 1 CM
I Duplin County T.fci. Association
I Is anxious to expand its acti
vities aimed at wiping out TB
and controiling the otner res
piratory diseases, which
disable more Americans than
any other group of Ulnessess.
In order to make this hope an
actuality die need for funds
is greater now than ever.
Only 837 out of 3200 have
answered their Christmas Seal
appeals. V each and every on<
receiving Christinas Seal*
would make a contribution large
or small our campaign would
really go out froat. ^
keeps on giving boy ani
sioners Monday voted to Join
Greene and Wayne counties on
projects aimed at securing
money from the N.C. Fund in
an attack on poverty in the three
county area. Duplin will Join
Wayne and Greene in making a
Joint application to the North
Carolina Fund, according to the
resolution adopted by the com
missioners.
The resolution of the com
missioners provides that "all
phases of a project or projects
which may receive approval un
der such a Joint application be
carried on as nearly equally
as possible in each of the three
counties.'
A committee from Duplin
will work with committee mem
bers from Wayne and Greene
counties in preparation of the
application to the North Caro
lina Fund.
Aimed at uplifting the educa
tional, economic and social
lives i* the people by experi
mentation to break N.C.'s cy
cle of poverty, the Ford Foun
dation provided the major por
tion of a $14 million fund to
finance the project.
The Fund is designed to ex
periment rather than to subsi
dize. Each group will have to
come up with a plan of projects
it would attempt to carry out.
specifying immediate and long
range goals. The Fund direc
tors would study the proposals
and select some of the most
promising fpr the experl0|UX3.
tndee -rr^'T'pi ffa*w% i '
such problems ej. IcUe MMt>
workers, school drop-butS) In
adequate housing and unskilled
labor. The commissioners fell
that such a concerted effort
on ?the part of Wayne, Duplin
and Greene counties would be
helpful in an attack on pov
erty In the area.
Sub-committees appointed by
the Commissioners Monday for
the N.C. Fund Project are;
AGRICULTURE (FOOD PRO
CESSING):
Mrs. Lois Britt, Garland
King, Dennis Ramsey.
RURAL COMMUNITY DE
VELOPMENT:
George Cowan, William Sul
livan, and Mrs. Christine Wil
liams.
SCHOOL DROP-OUTS:
C.W. Dobbins, Byron Tea
chey, and Robert Ward. * 1
EMPLOYMENT TffTftM
Dr. L.U. Cha?*|fBP?rT|
laim Gardner.
PRE-SCHOOL IMPOVERISHED
CHILDREN
Mrs. Thell Overman, and !
Mrs. Wlllard Westbrook.
INSPIRATION AND CHAL
LENGE CAMP PROJECT:
Mrs. Ruth P. Blake, and the
Rev. L.T. Wilson.
STUDY-INS:
O.P Johnson, and R.L.
Pruitt.
NATURAL RESOURCES:
C.W. Surratt, and JlmBunce.
ADULT EDUCATION:
D.D. Blanchard, P.B. Raiford
and W.D. Thlgpen.
ATTACK ON POVERTY IDEAS
COMMITTEE:
Lee Brown and Jim Smith.
DIVERSIFICATION AND EX
PANDED CROPS COMMITTEE:
O.L. Holland, Vernon Rey
nolds. wUlard westbrook, and
Riddick Wilklns.
First v
National
Dividend
The Board of Directors of
First National Bank of Eastern
North Carolina have declared a
50tf per share cash divldent.
Mr. W. Carroll Bryan. Chair
man of the Board, announced
after the Board's regular De
cember meeting that the $60,
000 dividend wul be paid to the
share-holders of the 100,000
i outstanding shares of First Na
tional as of record on Decem
ber 27, payable on January
! 10. i
1 News of the cash dividend
t follows closely the recent an
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