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VOLUME XXXI No. 3 KENANSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY JANUARY !6, 1964 ? PRICE 10c PLUS TAX
Three Aulo Fatalities
Already In Duplin
Dr. Hezzte Wayland Colwell,
72, died Thursday of injuries
suffered in an auto accident
early Tuesday morning. The
Wallace optometrist became
Duplin's first traffic fatality of
the year.
At least 18 persons died on
Duplin roads during 1963.
The second traffic death oc
curred Saturday afternoon when
Resale Carlton Brock. 26, of
Beulavllle, was killed instantly
in an automobile which ran
through a stop sign, went across
an intersection and slammed
into an embankment on Highway
50. No other car was involved.
Brock was partially thrown
from the automobile and died
from head injuries and cuts,
according to Investigating of
ficers.
A passenger in the car, Lon
nle sam Houston. 27, of Rose
Hill, is in serious condition in
Duplin General Hospital suffer
ing with severe facial cuts,
possible internal injuries and
broken ribs. It is not known
which man was driving the car.
Funeral services for Brock
were held on Monday at 2p.m.
in the Norman Funeral Home at
Wallace by the Rev. K.D. Brown
of Burgaw. Burial was in De
votional Gardens near Warsaw.
Survivors include his par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. wOllsm
Thomas Brock of Beulavllle;
six brothers, Melvln E. Brock
of Beulavllle, Morris L. Brock
of Philadelphia, William E.
Herman and Garland Brock of
Norfolk. Va. and Elwood a
Brock of Mount olive; and two
Uvlll.. '
The third death was that of
a Magnolia man, Hosea William
Lanier, 39, who was killed in
Wallace early Sunday morning.
The car la Which he Was riding
struck a perked car. Lanieri
was thrown from the car andi
died Instantly when the car
rolled over turn. It Is said that
the car turned over at least
four times and travelled some
350 fed before coming to a stop.
Carolyn Ann Whitman, 31. of
Rose Hill, Is in fair condition
In Duplin General Hospital with
a broken pelvis and ankle and
face cuts. Another passenger
in the Lanier car was Linwood
Kenneth Ezzell of Rose HOI,
25 who Is reported In satis
factory condition in the hos
pital with a broken leg and
bruises. An inquest wul be
held Friday by Coroner Hec
tor McNeill.
Funeral services for Lanier
were held Monday at 3 p.m.
in coocord Baptist Chuch by
the Rev. e.F. Knight and trie
Rev. John Roberts. Burial was
in Harrell cemetery.
Survivors include his widow.
Mrs. Eunice g. Lanier; two
daughters. Misses Teresa Ann
Lamer and jeniffer Rose La
nier. bath of the home; his
mother, Mrs. Laura P. La
nier of Rt. 1, Magnolia; three
sisters, Mrs. Lillie M. Hollo
mon of Wilmington, Mrs. Rossie
Brinson of Wallace, Mrs. Thel
ma Casteen of Rose Hill; and
three brothers, L.J. Lanier of
Wilmington, Charlie Lanier of
Jacksonville and Johnny Lanier
of Wallace,
Jurors- Feb.
County Court
Franklin Simmons Williams,
Harry Stroud, T.T. Harrell,
Gordon Brysn Jackson, David
John Whaley, Thad Jones,
James E. Outlaw, LR Herr
Ing, j.H. Bryant, R.S. Whitman
Richard R. Rouse, Elbert Ma
ready, Willie Grady, Grover
HOI, Adolph Bostlc, S.D. Cas
teen. Jr., E. Warren Herring.
Ralph Langston, Robert Stan
ley Kelly, Mltford M. Walker.
March Of Dimes
Teen-Age Dance
There will be a Teen-Age
Dance at the Rose HOI Ele
mentary School Gymnasium on
January 18. from 7 to 11 p.m.,
for the benefit a( the March of
Dimes Campaign. Admission is
|1 each, and music is by the
Astrosonlcs.
Miss Judy Bradshaw, a sen
ior at New Hanover High and
chairman of the State Teen
Age did) will be present as
will the chairman of the New
Hanover Club.
-A Daughters March of Dimes
will be conducted January 27,
and 28 when door-to-door calls
will be made for die fund.
1964 Feed
Grain Program
The signup for the 1964 feed
grain program will brain on
February 10 and run through
March 27 according to Rufus
Elks. Jr. Mansger, Duplin ASCS
County Office. He stid further
that the 1964 program is es
sentially the same program that
was available in 1963. The pro
gram wlH be cohintary, all ba
ses are combined, and farmers
must divert at least 20 per
cent of the total base to be
eligible for diversion payments
-and price support.
Elks explained that in some
pases farmers will get --
slightly higher payments this
year. Farmers that divert over
80 percent of their base will
get the higher payment rate on
1 , fi|fft|f>n< his individual
RALEIGH?The Motor Vehi
cles Department's summary of
traffic deaths through 10:00
a.m. Monday, January 13:
KILLED TO DATE 43
KILLED TO DATE LAST YEAR
32.
First Aid Class
Planned Feb. 10
An Instructors Course for
First Aiders of Duplin County
will begin in the Court Room
at Kenansvllle, on February
10th., and run five nights thru
Feb. 14th. In as mucn as it is
a IS hour course, the time will
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Trial
& Error
Have you been by the window
u the Warsaw Dry Cleaners
in Warsaw? if you haven't it
is well worth your time to walk
by and admire the lovely poin
settias. They are out of this
worldl Both windows are fil
led with growing poinsettlas.
interspersed with colias. I don't
know who is responsible for
growing them, but they have
done a wonderful Job.
WetR in tne bus station in
Warsaw last Thursday while de
livering papers and was chatting
away to Oliver Jones, or so I
thought. After a few minutes
conversation with him, I looked
for the second time and the man
said, "Who are you?" Further
conversation disclosed that r
was talking to Furney Jones
Oliver's brother, they surely
do look alike. However Furney
said he thought he was much
better looking than Oliver.
it has always been said that
people talk about the weather
when they have nothing else to
talk about, but of late I believe
anyone is Justified in talking
aDout the weather. The beau
tiful sunshiny days with the
thermbmeter playing around
below freezing, tne ground
which does not thaw out day af
ter day and on Monday nigra the
beautiful snow fall?all make
conversation material. On Mon
day night I awakened about one
a.m. and went to the window to
see how much snow was fating
tlful sight yotiftave ever seen.
Each star was like a sparkling
Jewa end looked huge. The
great dipper was as easily seen
as if it had been outlined, with
in just a short period of time
the area had tprnedfroma snow
storm to a dear calm world.
Dupnn "County Court House
surely looks naked. Several of
the old. did trees which have
been standing for ages have
been pushed over with bull
dozers. It makes us old-timers
of Kenansville real sad. How
ever 'tis true that on court
days, room Is badly needed for
parking cars. The old must
move over to make room for
the new. for thus progress
moves on and on and on.
Executive Board
Of Women Of
Presbytery Meet
The Executive Board of the
Women of Wilmington Presby
tery met In the Warsaw Pres
byterian Church on last Thurs
day, Jan. 9, at 11:00 a.m. this
was the first of the three quar
terly meetings that are held
each year by the Presbyterlal.
The second one will be held
in the winter Park Church in
Wilmington on August 6th, and
the third one win meet just
prior to the Annual Meeting
on October 16, In the First
Church at whiteville with the
Westminister Presbyterian
Church there as co-liostess.
At the meeting held last week
in Warsaw, the meal Presidents
were invited to sit in at the
meeting. The Presbyterlal Pre
sident, Mrs. Henry L. Stevens,
Jr., of Warsaw presided. Mrs.
Charles Worth of Whiteville,
who is Chairman of Spiritual
Growth of this group, conduc
ted an impressive Devotional
on Christian worship, which is
the Theme for this year's gen
eral programs.
After a cordial welcome from
Mrs. E.P. Ewers.president of
the women of the Warsaw
Church, the Recording Secre
tary, Mrs. Mac F. Jones of
Wilmington called the roll to
which tne following responded;
14 officers 6 District chairman.
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Price-Support
Deadline Jan. 31
Farmers who want to place
wheat, oats, barley, rye. grain,
sorghum, soybeans, and pea
nuts produced in 1963 under
'price-support. .TbanSr or pur
chase agreements have onl/V
short time until the deadunt
date of January 31, according
to Rufus Elks, Jr., Manager
Duplin ASCS County Office.
Mr. Elks Issued the re
minder because early applica
tions will avoid delays that could
occur near the deadline. The
producer who wants to place
farm-stored grain under loan
can expect that the necessary
inspection of the storage build
ing and testing of samples for
grade and moisture content will
take several days ..
When the commodity is stored
in a commercial warehouse,
somewhat less time is required
to process the loan. All forms
are to be completed in time for
the money to be disbursed not
later than February 17.
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DUPLIN LADIES AT FIRST LADY'S COFFEE PARTY FOR MOTHERS' MARCH LEADERS.
Mrs. Terry Sanford welcomed the ladies who will participate in the Mothers' March, left
to rigpit, Mrs. Dewltt McGowan, Mrs. J.T. Brlnkley, Mrs. Terry Sanford, Mrs. Avon Fuller
and Mrs. Neal Carlton.
First Lady Entertains Ladies
Mrs. Terry Sanford grac
iously welcomed ladles from
throughout the State who will
participate In the Mothers'
March for the March of Dimes
to the Governor's Mansion on
Tuesday, January 7, 1964.
The program consisted of a
teen Hoatenany trio?The Sa
lem Singers from Roanoke Ra
pids.?a summary of accom
plishments by the Director of
the Birth Defects SpeclalTreat
ment center at Chapel Hill.
Dr. L.G.^MKKlnney. end was
fact that the Special Treatment
Center takes a "comprehensive
team approach to this complex
problem, utilizing the special
skills of all departments of the
medical school.'
The Salem singers are three
Roanoke Rapids teenagers who
formed their trio during the
Governor's School In Winston
Salem this past summer. They
performed several numbers to
provide an atmosphere of In
formality to the occasion.
Bobby Stone, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Junius a Stone of Bal
My North Carolina, was un
tlon.' He was born paralyzed
from the waist down, but is
now able to walk with long lag
braces and saw horses as a
result of intensive treatment
at the Birth Defects Center
at N.C. Memorial Hospital.
Guests included the State
volunteer March of Dimes
Chairman, Mr. Wendell H. Ey
senbach of Winston-Salem, and
Mrs. Eysenbech. and Miss Judy
Bradwhaw of Wilmington, State
Teen Chairman for the March
of Dimes. Mrs. Aubrey Leigh
Holt, state Advisor on Women's
Poplin Approves 5 To 1/ But
State Defeats "Little Fed" Plan 3 to 2 J
Unofficial returns from all 20
of Duplin's precincts showed
2.044 votes for the "little fed
eral" plan to realign the Le
gislature and 444 against the
plan, a margin of 5 to 1.
The measure carried well In
all of the southeastern coun
ties except Onslow, but the more
populous counties of the state
. soundly defeated the plan by a
margin of 3 to 2. with most
of the returns in, the Statewide
vote was 127,000for the amend
ment and 223,000 against. The
large cities voted against the
proposal and the rural sections
tor the plan. In the Charlotte
area the vote was 24 to 1,
against the amendment, Win
ston-Salem area 14 to L and
Greensboro 23 to 1.
The failure of the amend
ment to carry means the House
will continue to have 120 mem
bers with at least one from
each county and the remaining
20 to be allotted on the basis of
population. There will continue
to be 50 Senators, with each
representing 91,000 people, as
near as possible, with at least
one Senator from each of 36
districts.
The constitutional amend
ment to equalize property rights
of wives and husbands won over
whelming approvaL In Duplin
the vote was 2,036 for the a
mendment and 314 against. The
property equality plan carried
over tne State by a margin
greater than 4 to 1. Statewide
voters cast some 282,000 votes
for this amendment and 67,000
against it.
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MR. AND MRS. OSCAR HOUSTON
He Stood Between The People And
The Law Violator For 36 Years
Mr. Oscar Houston of Beu
lavllle, no doubt, knows many
more people in Duplin and where
they live than any other man in
the county, and counts every one
a friend.
He has served more war
rants, summonses, capiases
and other legal paper than any
other man; "cut morecopper;"
apprehended more violators
of the law than any other. Yet,
pU respect Mr. Oscar and know
that he did his duty fearlessly,
fairly and honorably. Itwouldbe
hard to find an enemy even a
mong those he has ' brought
Mr. Oscar completed 36
years in law enforcement work
in Duplin last December, 11
of these years he lived in the
Jail. He began as a constable
of Limestone Township in 1927,
then as a deputy under Sher
iff David s. Williamson for
6 1/2 yeprs, another 6 years
under Sheriff Ralph Jones, ten
years under Sheriff Ralph Mil
ler and until now has been an
active deputy Under Sheriff . T.
E. Revelle. Mr. Oscar began
this long tenure of office with I
friends and ended it with more
frlends,.both white and colored. ]
He has now retired as an ac
tive deputy, at 72 years of age.
and moved from the jail back
to his home in Beulaville. But.
Sheriff Revelle, while wishing
him every good thing and en
joyment of nis retirement af
ter so many years of faithful
service to tne prople of Dup
lin, is not letting him get com
pletely out of harness. Mr. Os
car will still be Sheriff Re
velle's court deputy, for he is
really at home in court.
Automobiles and roads in
1927 were not the same as they
are today, and Mr. Oscar can
tell many exciting tales of his
experiences in tne days gone '
by when there were only two de
puties in the whole county, Mr.
Qtaear and Mr. Klrby Dail, and ;
IBr two of them had to cover
'|i county day or night, and '
aptre all papers. He remem
Sn one occasion when it was
fNmssary to summons a spe
| venire for duty the fol
Mpng day. He left Renansville
m '6 p.m. one afternoon and
returned at 3 a.m. having sum
moncd 74 jurors. t >
Jjft recalls helping to destroy
00 to build. Another was found
upstairs over a packhouse. He
says that one of the greatest
evils of the illicit liquor traf
fic is that the vender will sell
to anyone, even young boys,
without regard to the conse
quences. He has seen many
times the raw results of the
liquor trade in deaths on the
highway, deaths from impro
perly made whiskey and the
hardships brought upon homes
by its use. No doubt, he has
destroyed more illicit stills,
or "cut copper," as he calls
it, than any other man in the
county.
Mr. and Mrs. Houston were
married November 16, 1912,
and celebrated their fiftieth an
niversary a year ago. His wife,
Mrs. Dessie, deserves much
credit along' with Mr. Oscar.
When there was a knock on
the door in the night, it roused
her too, and too often their sleep
was broken several times
during the same night.
The county has a communi
cations system in the jail and it
was Mrs. Houston who answer
ed the call for ambulances, pa
trolmen or what-not at every
emergency at night and on the
weekends. She had to relay the
call on to the proper officer
and awakening has happened as
many as eight times a night.
It was necessary for one or
the other to be at the jail
at all times, making it im
possible for them to go places
together. Then, there was the
noise at the jail and the con
stant stream of visitors to be
let in and let out. These were
11 long years for Mrs. Dessle,
and they both look forward to the
quiet of their comfortable home
In Beulaville and to many nights
of uninterrupted sleep.
The Houstons have 6 children,
four sons and two daughters,
Hubert. Houston who lives with
them in Beulaville; James Hou
ston of Kinston; Lattie and Alois
of Kenansvllle; Mrs. Ardolia
Jones of Pink Hill and Mrs.
Jessie Lee Williford of Smith
field; ten grandchildren and six
great-grandchildren.
Kenansviile Com.
Mt. Olive Col.
Dr. Robert Shackelford, pre
sident of the Mount Olive Junior
College Area Foundation, an
nounced today the appointment
of Wilbert A. Jones as chair
man of the Kenansville Com
mittee of the Mount Olive Col
lege building fund campaign.
Mr. Jones who has been vrith
the local ACS office for the past
ten years, has long maintained
an interest In the college pro
gram because of the services
to the youth of Kenansville and
this immediate area.
Mr. Jones stated that the lo
cal quota will be $1,000 and
that a local committee that will
work .with him will be formed
immediately. The target date
for the start of the first phase
of construction at Mt. Olive
college is April 1.
Lons-range building plans at
the college envision a total of
22 buildings to be erected on
the 90 acre tract of land pur
chased recently by the college
rhe first phase will consist of
six new buildings, four dor
mitory units, a library and an
academic building. Working
Irawtngs will be completed soon
Learn To
Sky Dive
The Ground School Seymour
Johnson Air Force Base Sky
Diving Club will hold a special
ground school training course at
tne Goldstaro Industrial Edu
cation Center. The course will
be offered to all those per
sons Interested In learning die
fundamental concepts, princi
ples and skills of sky diving.
Those Interested In attending
this class do not have to be
members of the Club. Persons
successfully completing this
course will have the opportunity
to become members and par
ticipate In the various sky div
ine activities.
The first class session will
be held on Wednesday, January
16, 1964 from 7:00 to 19:00
p.m. and will meet thereafter
on each Monday and Wednes
day evening for a total of 16
class hours of Instruction.
There will be no charge for
those participating In the class.
For further details, contact
S/Sgt. E.E. Van Valkenberg,
Seymore Johnson Air Force
Base or the Goldstaro indus
trial Education Center.
Democratic
Women Met
Duplin County Democratic
Women met at the court House
Monday night. Mrs.c.B. Penny
president, presided.
After a prayer by Mrs. Henry
L. Stevens, Jr. of Warsaw, Mrs.
Norwood Boney led the group
in the pledge of allegiance to
the flag.
Mrs. Christine Williams gave
a eulogistic speech praising
the late President Kennedy and_
pointing out his high persanafi^
example of Intelligence
grace of action; the extraor
dinary spectacle of 220 foreign
leaders in attendance at his fim
eral to express world-wide
grief; the courage and majesty
displayed to the world by his
wife; and the continuance quality
in our government to overcome
such a crisis and move on un
der other leadership.
Attorney w. Chris Blossom
of Wallace explained to the
group the amendments before
the voters an Tuesday.
Mrs. David Ressie Smith gave
the treasurer's report and the
minutes of the last meeting
were read by Mrs. J.J. wells
secretary.
Mrs. Robert Blackmore, the
sponsor of Duplin Teen Dems,
introduced Vann Johnson, pre
sldent of Teen Dems, who in
troduced Miss Marina Black
more of Warsaw and J. A. Davis
of Calypso, who told of their
experiences at the State Teen
Dem Convention.
Mrs. Avon Sharpe, Warsaw.
Chairman; Mrs. J.B. Stroud
Magnolia; Mrs. Hess Davis,
Albertson: Mrs. Jim Smith, of
Chinquapin and Mrs. Chris
Blossom, Wallace, were named
a nominating committee for of
ficers to be elected in October.
All members were urged to
mall their 1964 dues to Mrs.
David Ressie Smith. Kenans
ville.
Hairdressers
Plan For
National Week
Members of the Duplin-Pen
der Hairdressers Association
are once again busy planning
for National Beauty salon Week
program, February 9-16.
Committees have been app
ointed and everyone Is striv
ing to make this another suc
cessful week. All Hairdressers
who^art members and who have