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? VOLUME XXXI No. 12 KENANSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1964. PRICE 10c PLUS TAX jj
^62n^Anmver8ary
MARRIED ? YEARS. - Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Weat Jones. Kenansville, celebrated
their 62nd wedding anniversary yesterday. They were married March 18, 1902. Mrs. West
is the former Annie Smith. Their children gave a family reunion dinner fo them, their
relatives and friends, Sunday at the home church. Free Will Baptist Church of Serecta.
The children are: Mrs. Preston Brown of Rose HID; Mrs. James E. Bell of Burlington;
Mrs. Carol Eubank* of Wilmington and Raymond Jones of Elizabethtown. They are both
81 years of age and have 14 grandchildren and IS great-grandchildren.
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Approximately 2.4 million
Korean veterans have received
educational and vocational as
sistance from the Veterans Ad
ministration.
Some 64,000 orphans of ve
terans who died from service
connected causes have entered
training since the War Orphans
Educational Assistance pro
gram supervised by the Veter
ans Admiinstraiton was start
ed.
Store Hours: 9:30 - 5:30 Daily Except Friday 9:30 - 9!
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Charles S. Murphy Will Come Home Diamond Jubilee
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CHARLES S. MURPHY, Under Secretary of Agriculture, Wallace native, will attend the
Diamond Jubilee Celebration April 10th, along with Under Secretary of Commerce Franklin
D. Roosevelt Jr. and other distinguished guests.
Charles S. Murphy, Under Se
cretary of Agriculture since
1981 will accompany Under Se
cretary of Commerce Franklin
D. Roosevelt, Jr.. oil his trip
to Wallace on Friday, April
10th. Murphy, son of the late
W.F. and Kate Westbrook Mur
phy was born August 20. 1909
in Wallace where he attended
public schools.
As Under Secretary of Agri
culture. Murphy is the number
two man in die administration
of the Department and serves
as Acting secretary in the ab
sence of the Secretary of Ag
riculture. He is the Chairman
of the Budget Committee of the
Department of Agriculture, and
President of the Commodity
Credit Corporation. He has spe
cial responsibility for supervi
sing the commodity programs
of the Department. This in
cludes support prices and acre
age allotments for tobacco, cot
ton feed grains, peanuts rice,
wheat ana other commodities.
His responsibilities also in
clude policies relating to mana
gement and disposition of gov
ernment stocks of agricultural
commodities, the purchase and
distribution of commodities for
the school lunch program, as
well as the direct distribution
program for providing foods to
needy persons.
Both Under Secretary Mur
phy and Under Secretary Roo
sevelt were appointed to their
present positions by the late
President Kenned/ and serve
as their Secretaries' alter
nates in attending Cabinet meet
ings. Each has attended meet
ings of President Johnson's Ca
binet In recent weeks.
Murphy received an A.B. De
gree from the Duke University
In 1931 and a LL.B. In 1934;
having worked his way through
school as a laborer and clerk
in the Post Office. He was ad
mitted to the North Carolina
Bar in 1934.
In 1934, he became a law
assistant in the office of the
U.S. Senate Legislative Coun
sel. serving in this post for
two years. For the next 11
years he was Assistant Legis
lative Counsel to the Senate.
His duties were to help the
Senators and senatorial com
mittees draft bills and com
mittee reports and to advise
them on legal matters. As a
specialist in agricultural leg
islation. he helped draft tne
Agricultural Adjustment Act of
1938, prepared committee re
ports on agriculture and assis
ted in the drafting of other im
portant farm bills, in 1947, he
became Administrative As
sistant to President Truman.
In 1950, he was advanced to
the position of Special Coun
sel to the President, where
he acted as the principal staff
assistant on legislation?in
cluding farm legislation.
Charles Murphy married
Kate Chestney Granam of Dur
ham in 1931. They have three
children. One daughter. Court
en ay, is married to Whitney
Slater and lives in Arlington
Va. Westbrook, their son Is a
law student at Yale University.
Another daughter, Betty 14.
lives at home and an ends Wood
?row Wilson High School in
Washington.
His parents and grandparents
Westbrook were longtime resi
dents of Wallace and his par
ticipation in the Diamond Jubi
lee will afford his many boy
hood friends the opportunity to
renew acquaintance.
Some >4,000 orphans of vete
rans who died from service
connected disabilities are cur
rently participating in the Vet
erans Administration War Or
phans Educational Assitance
Program.
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PIPE
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SHEETROCK, MORTAR
BRICK, CEMENT
BLOCK. PAINTS AND
BUILDERS HARDWARE
GUTTER. TERRA COTTA
Z. J. CARTER
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WALLACE, N.C.
JAMES KENAN BETA
CLUB MINUTES
The James Kenan Beta Club
held its March meeting; in the
home of Dianna Outlaw.
The president, C. H. Pope,
called the meeting to order.
After the minutes were read
and approved, several items of
business were discussed.
Marina Blackmore gave the
devotion entitled "The Upward
Way." Ruth Lavergne and Re
becca Oakley presented the
program which was "The Life
of William Wordsworth."
Dianna Outlaw led the group
in the game "Familiar Num
bers.' Bette Walston was high
scorer in this contest.
After the meeting was ad
journed, refreshments - - con
sisting of punch, potato chips,
cookies, and assorted sand
wiches - were served to the
eighteen members and the ad
visor, Mrs. C. H. Pope.
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More than 450,000 veterans
visit Veterans Administration
clinics to receive outpatients
care in a single month.
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