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PROGRESS SENTINEL
VOL. XXXI NO. 18 KENANSVILI-E. N. C. THURSDAY, APRIL 30. 1964 PRICE 10# PLUS TAX
Mayor* Issue Proclamations
Clean Up Drive
Opens Tomorrow
- Duplin County's bW for the
title of the nation's Cleanest
County begins* tomorrow with
the opening *of the Clean Up
Paint Up- Fix Up Campaign
which runs the entire month
of May, it was announced by
Russell Bos tic, chairman of
the 1964 effort.
Mayor Melvln G. Cording
of Wallace, Mayor Gerald Carr
of Rose Hill, Mayor Herman
Gore of Beulaville and Mayor
Lauren Sharp of Kenansvtile
have proclaimed the Month of
May as Clean Up-Paint Up
Flx Up Month, ana have urged
every Duplin County resident
to participate in the program to
help the towns and the county
to win trophies in the National
Cleanest Town and County
Competition.
'In asking the co-operation
of every citizen, I want to
remind you that now is the
time to take stock of our com
munity,' the mayors said.
'If everyone in Wallace, Beu
laville, Kenansville. Rose Hill
and Duplin County, and by that
we mean every nome owner,
everv storeowner, every indus
trialist, every school cnild and
every one in government puts
forth an all-out effort, then our
communities will retain and
build its reputation as progre
ssive towns juid county.
'We want the whole State
of North Carolina and the
entire county to know that
Wallace, Rose Hill. Beulavtlle
and Kenans ville and Duplin
County are safe, beautiful and
healthy places in which to live
MAYOR MELV1N 0. CORDING of Wallace with Robert U Butlw
(right) Chm. of the Committee and Michael Fox, Wallace Jaycee
President
mayor human gore
or bkulavilijc ,
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MAYO* GEKALD CAS*
OF BOSK HILL
MAYOR LAUREN 8HARPE
OF KENANSVUXE
BOB CRAFT, CRM. OF
BEULAVIIXE COMMITTEE
and do baofcwss ? dw mayors
asserted. * f *
'Let's all of us roll <9 our
sleeves and get in there and
Clean Up-Pafiit Up-Flx Up.'
Mayors Cording Carr, Gore
ana Sharp concluded.
Beulavllle has named Ro
bert w. Craft. Jr., chairman,
Wilbur Hussey, Jr. and Russell
Bostic for her committee.
Robert L. Butler heads the
Wallace committee with Harry
Meodsbed
RALEIGH ? The Motor Ve
hicles Department's summary
of traffic deaths through 10:00
a. m. Monday, April XI:
Killed To Date 451
Killed To Date Last Year 349
^ James
Jl/ Sprunt
IrII111/ \Coiirses
The James Sprunt Institute
will offer special assistance
during the summer months to
high school seniors pi???wh?g to
attend college in September.
Any number of the follow
ing may be taken, according
to the needs of the particular
student: note-tairing, how to
study, basic mathematics, re
view (math.) and basic Eng
lish review. Contact the Insti
tute at Kenanoville.
A course in typing, sponsored
by the Junes Sprunt Institute,
will begin June 9 at Douglass
High School. Claas will meet
from 7 until 10 p. m. each
Tueaday and Thursday night
{or eleven weeks. Students
may register at the first class
meeting. The instructor win be
Mrs. Thelma R. Woodard. Tu
tition for the course in 93.00.
A course in the national elec
tric code will begin June 9 nt
Beulaville Elementary Schno'
Class wifl meet from 7 until
10 p. m. each Tuesday and
Thursday night for eleven
weeks. Students may register
at the first class meeting. The
Instructor will be Mr. J. C.
I.anier. Tuition for the course
will be 93.00.
? A course in advanced typing
will begin June I at E. E.
Smith High School. Class will
meet from 7 until 10 p. m.
every Monday night for eleven
weeks. Students may register
at the first class meeting. The
instructor will be Mr. Joseph
E. Thompson, staff member of
E. E. Smith High School. Tui
lion for the course will be
L *w#'
' iiiihftti ? ' I,
Carlton, ?efc Syk?&, p?WWells,
Graham Phillips and Michael
Fox.
Wallace, KenansvOle and
Beulavllle have adopted ordin
ances requiring vacant lots to be
kept clean and neat, otherwise
the town will clean the lot and
assess the owner for the ex
pense.
The campaign is organized
on a county-wide basis through
the Civic Development Comm
CHANGE8 AT CALYPSO
POST OFFICE
Postmaster Ruth A. Farrior
announced today that no mon
ey orders will be iasued at
Calypso on Saturday nor no
box rant collections made ef
fective May A
These changes are In line
with President Johnson's eco
nomy program under which the
recent Federal income tax cut
was provided.
ATTEND DISTRICT VFW
POSTS
The following members of
VFW Post No. 9514 and Auxi
liary were in tioldsboro recen
tly to attend a district meeting
Horace Small, local command
er, Haywood Howard, Horace
Howard. Shine King, Ed Gra
dy, Preston Stroud and Mes
dames Loretta Howard Nora
Stroud, Carrie Pickett, and
Betty Jones
Officials Atteqd
Kinston Meet
The Duplin County Mental
Health Planning Caundl will
meet with representatives from
Carteret. Greene, Lenoir, Ons
low, Wayne and Jones Counties
on Fridiay. May 1st at Mike's
Steak House in Kinston.
Duplin members of the plan
ning council are Dr. J. F. Pow
ers, health officer; Byron Tea
chey, assistant superintendent
of schoqls; Kenneth Grady,
member of the board of com
missioners; Dr. Corbet! Quinn
of the county medical society
and Mrs. Thebna O. Taylor,
director of public welfare.
Or. Charles R. Vernon, di
rector of community service
with the Department of Men
tal Health will be in Duplin
County oo May tt for an even
ing meeting. This meeting will
be open to the public.
SCIENCE FAIR- OPEN
I HOUSE AT JAMES KENAN :
June* Kenan will observe a .
Science Pair and. Open House
Friday from 7:30 until 0:30
P. If. The Science Chib will
display projects and U. S. His
tory and English students will
also have displays. Refresh
ments will be served by the
Yen are invited to attend.
-T""prf l>'1' -*ir r -liuiryiari! i .
btee of the Duplin Industrial
Development Commtssibn* ? It
is hoped that the county as a
whole will participate in the
project, as there are many
areas ill over the county where
a little paint and repairs would
make into beautiful places.
Garden clubs are asked to
help promote the campaign by
encouraging flowers in and
about the homes and businesses
and in considering the adop
ting of a town flower.and pro
moting its use.
All Jaycee groups have
pledged their support in each
town and it is hoped that the
aid of all civic and business
groups will give their supp
ort. Pais dealers will run
specials oil paint during this
campaign.
Now is the time to paint,
plant, clean up, remodel, pr
une. and repair or anything else
to improve the property.
TB Assn. To
Conduct RD
Alert
The Duplin County TB Asso
ciation will conduct from May
1 - June 15 an RD (Respiratory
Disease) Symptom alert. The
RD Symptom Alert is designed
to warn people against chronic
cough and shortness of breath
as common symptoms, of res
piratory disease-sicknesses of
breathing.
"The Alert does not involve
any solicitation of contributions
but is purely an educational
activity financed by Christmas
Seal funds." Dr. E. L. Boyette,
President of the Association
stated.
"RD is one of the nation's
major health problems," he
said. 'And yet its effects can
usually be dealt with if its two
most familiar symptoms - ch
ronic cough and shortness of
breath - are recognized in
time."
Explaining the TB Associa
tion's interest in Respiratory
diseases other than tuberculos
is Dr. Boyette said: "Natural
ly there is a relationship a
mong all diseases of the brea
thing system. The sooner all
resporatory diseases are con
trolled, the sooner will final
eradication of TB become pos
sible."
The moot of the alert is:
"Short of breath? Cough too
mpch? Don't take chances with
Respiratory Dsiease. See your
doctor."
WAKE MA YOUTH CLUB
SPONSORS DANCE
OOLDTONES TO PROVIDE
MUSIC
The Wakema Youth Club will
sponsor a dance at the Wake
ma Student Recreation Center
in Warsaw on Saturday May
Rid. The Jim Bundy Combo
at Raleigh will provide the
music.
The Jhfi^Bundy Combo has
played for the Jim Thornton
Dance Oub.
Come eae . . . come all . . .
peas the ward ... help support
the Youth Canter.
P. T. A. CHANGE
Kenansvflle P. T. A. will be
held on Tuesday night. May S.
instead of Monday night. The
hour is 7:30. The James Kenan
Band will give a concert for
the program. Everyone is urg
ed to attend.
COLONIAL DAMES
TO MEET
The N. C. Society, Colonial
Dames XVII Century, will
meet, Saturday, May 2, at the
Velvet Cloak Inn, Hillsboro
Street, Raleigh. Miss Lena Mae
Williams, president, will pre
side at the Executive Board
meeting at 9:30 a. m. and the
General meetin gat 10: a. m.
Guest speaker for the luncheon
meeting wiD be Mr. William
Powell, Librarian of the N. C.
Collection at the University of
North Carolina.
VISITED CIA
Miss Patricia Ann Holland,
of Route 2, Warsaw, was one
of the thirteen members of an
honorary geography fraternity
at East Carolina College to
have the distinction of belong
ing to the first group ever al
lowed to visit the Central In
telligence Agency in Washing
ton, D. C.
HIGH SCHOOL TYPISTS
Fifty-nine student typists
from Northeastern North Caro
lina high schools were recog
nised Thursday as top competi
tors in the 1964 Typing Contest
sponsored by East Carolina
College. Among them was Miss
Ann Denny Tyndall, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Tyn
dall of Pink Hill.
ROSE HILL P. O. TO CLOSE
SATURDAY AFTERNOONS
Postmaster Ray Sanderson
annuonces that the Rose Hill
office will discontinue window
service after tt:S0 p. m. on
Saturday. Service windows
have remained open until 5 p.
m. on Saturday. There will be
no money order service on Sat
urday either at the office or
on the rural routes. Parcels
will be delivered daily except
Sunday as heretofore. These
changes were ordered in line
with the President's economy
programs under which the re
cent Federal income tax eat
wit provided.
Welfare Recipient 44Saves" $7,000
It U alleged that Charles Ed
ward I<eonard was at the home
of Lot and Ella Sloan In the
Yellow Cut section of Rose
Hill. Some difference arose be
tween Leonard and Ella's dau
ghter, Annie Lee Sloan.
Ella says that she picked up
.a .13 cal. German-made small
pistol and ran Leonard away
from her house. She Fired the
pistol twice. The first shot was
fired in the front room of the
housd and struck her little hoy,
Jerry Sloan, an oblique hit on
the forehead without inflecting
serious damage.
She then walked out the
front door and fired a second
time hitting her mother, Anna
Newkirk, who had come over
from her home nearby and was
standing on the porch. The bul
let struck her in the region of
the hip and ranged upward
through the intestines. Anna is
in serious condition at Duplin
General Hospital.
Ella claims both hits were
accidental as she was after
Leonard. Leonard admits he
was there at one time, but that
there was no shooting while
he was there. All are negroes.
Bennie Matthews, Rose Hill
Chief of Police, investigated.
He carried Anna Newkirk to
the doctor for emergency first
aid, but before they could
reach the injured parts, they
had to remove $6,950 fastened
to her clothing. Neatly stacked
in a bag and sewed were
$6,400, thirty-one hundred dol
lar bills and the balance in
twenties. Another bag contain
ed $550 in tens, fives and a
few ones.
Anna was sent to the hospital
at KenansvlUe. The $8,960 was
deposited to her credit in the
Waecamaw Bank. Ella was
charged by Cheif Matthews
with assualt with a deadly wea
pon on her mother, Anna > and
on her son, Jerry. Leonard was
arrested for public drunken
ness and carrying a concealed
weapon, a long knife. It was a
busy Saturday afternoon for
Chief Matthews.
Where did Anna get all this
money? She has the reputation
of being a hard-working wo
man, always eager to help, and
being very frugal, but now in
advanced years her earning
capacity is limited. So, for
sometime now she has been on
welfare. Some wondered if it
is the policy to grant Old Age
Assistance to persons having
$7,000 in cash.
Mrs. Thelma D. Taylor, Oup
lln County Welfare Director,
told this newspaper that dur
ing the investigation of her
case Anna denied having any
property or money or income,
except her house and lot. Mrs.
Taylor says to find she has
that much money is certainly
a surprise and shock.
The money paid to Anna un
der the Old Age Assistance
plan is fully recoverable, Mrs.
Taylor says, as under the law
there is a lien on any property
the recipient owns or obtains,
and that to give false informa
tion in order to become eligible
for such assistance is a fraud
and punishable by a prison
sentence and/or fine. This is
thoroughly explained to each
applicant for aid by the wel
fare officials.
Records show that both~A?na
and Lott have a? times been
required to appear in court to
answer charges of selling non
tax-paid whiskey.
Trial
& Error
You should have been labour
new Kenansville Post Office
between 8 and 9 this morning.
Everyone was trying to learn
how to open their new box and
get their mail. Many tried and
failed, and one neighbor would
help the other. If it hadn't
been for O. P. Johnson, I
guess I would have still been
working on the combination.
It all brought to mind to me
the tale Mr. Johnson used to
tell about a classmate in col
lege. It seems that his college
professor was most fond of
using the word "reciprocity".
One of the boys was rather con
fused about the word and ask
ed Professor So and So what in
the world the word meant. The
tepfesaor looked at the boy in
dfigust and said, "You scratch
my back, and I'll scratch
yours". With that the Prof,
walked away.
A Deaf and Dumb mute was
)|r Kenansville this week sell
ing needles and pins from
door to door. He knocked on
the door of the husband of the
Welfare Agent for Duplin
County. To telp the man Mr.
Taylor wrote him a note ex
plaining to him that the law
required that he have a per
mit from the Welfare Office to
solicit in the town. Much to
the astonishment of Mr. Tay
lor, the man replied "To H?
with the Welfare Office."
As Uncle Pete says, "I see
by the papers" that we Presby
terian Women are going to be
able to preach to you-no back
talk please from the men say
ing that is what we have been
doing all of the time. But in all
seriousness the enactment of
the constitutional change per
mits women to serve as minis
ters, deacons and elders. This
change came during the final
sessio nof the 104th General As
sembly of the Southern Pres
byterian Church, at Montreat.
Some of the conservative
commissioners argued there
was no scriptural basis for
the change. "That women hold
a new place in the world to
day is not a difficult argu
ment." one of the commission
ers said.
We shall see how it all turns
out. I still believe I had rath
er hear a man preach, however
in every church in which I
have been associated, the
women did a wonderful job
and many cases held the chu
rch together. So, if we have fo
preach. - preach we can.
Ruth
HOMECOMING
Grove Church Homecoming
will be held on Sunday, May 11.
Rev. J. G. Morrison, a former
pastor of Grove Church, will
be guest speaker for the day.
PINK HILL POST OFFICE
TO CLOSE SATURDAYS
AT NOON
Postmaster George Turner
says that widow service will be
limited to four hours on Satur
days, from S a. m. to 12 noon,
effective May 4. Money order
sales either at the office or
on the routes will not be made
on Saturdays. Some other min
or services will not be render
ed on Saturdays. However,
there will be no change in es
sential services. Letters and
other first class mail will be
handled with the same priority
as ever. This is in line with the
f income tax cut and eco
made necessary to pro
Kenansville Post Office
Moves To New Building
The Kenansville Post Office
opened in its new and modern
home yesterday.
The new office was constru
cted by Mrs. Nanie G. Brown
for lease to the government
and is located on Highway 11
and 24 about 300 feet east of
the Limestone Road.
Constructed on a site con
taining 12,000 square feet, it
has 4,406 square feet of inter
ior floor space, ISO sq. ft. of
platforms and approximately
7,500 sq. ft. for parking and
movemen tof postal vehicles.
Heated by forced air and com
pletely air-conditioned the of
fice is modern in every re
sepect, and was constructed at
a cost o fapproximately 944,000,
exclusive of equipment and
furnishings.
Postmaster Colon Holland
says that all of the modern
equipment has not yet arrived,
some coming in daily.
In line with President John
son's programs under which
the recent Federal income tax
cut was provided, Kenansville,
along with the other offices,
will issue no money orders on
Sautrday either in the office
or on the routes. Some other
minor services will not be
transacted on Saturdays, when
the service windows will be
open from 8:30 to 12:30, half
a day on Saturday. Under the
new schedule, no 'after hours"
window service will be provid
ed on any day of the week.
There will be no change in
major services and letters
will be handled with the same
priorit^s^v&r^^^^
POOL STOCKHOLDERS
TO MEET
There will be a stockholders
meeting of the Rose Hill Pri
vate Park Development Cor
poration at the school auditor
ium Tuesday. May 5 at 8 p. m
PRINCIPAL D. ?. A8ERNETHY of W-RH High School stresses the economic value o#
the new Teacheys post office to the community. Seated to the right are Postmaster and
Mrs. John Kllpatrick, to the left are Congressman David Henderson, E. D. Huthnance.
postal official and Cornelius McMillan, master of ceremonies. Some 550 people gathered
out front to enjoy the band concert and take part in the dedication of their modern office.
Teacheys Dedicates New Post Office
Some 500 patrons, neighbors,
friends and former residents
of Teacheys, gathered in front
of the new and modern brick
and masonry post office at
Teacheys Sunday afternoon to
hear a band concert and take
part in the impressive dedica
tion ceremony.
The Wallace-Rose Hill High
School Band, under the direc
tion of Robert Kornegay, pro
vided music for the occasion.
Postmaster John B. Kilpat
rick, who has "handed out"
mail for 39 years, delegated
Mrs. Kilpatrick to bring the
opening remarks, and after the
ceremony invited the group to
inspect the modern building,
which Congressman Henderson
described as "a symbol of a
government seeking to provide
the best in facilities for its
people." and to stay for a re
ception provided by the Home
Demonstration Club. Congress
man David Henderson, from
nearby Wallace, the pricnipal
speaker, told his listeners, 'Let
us learn to appreciate all the
good things about our govern
ment as fully as we deplore
some of its less successful un
dertakings."
"This building," he said
"stands as the symbol of our
federal government in the Tea
cheys community. When you
see it and are reminded of
that government, I challenge
you to think not only of the
late mail, but of the mail de
livered accurately and swiftly.'
He presented an American
flag of SO stars to Postmaster
Kilpatrick to fly over the new
post office, a flag that had
flown over the Capitol and Post
Office Department buildings
in Washington.
Henderson said that he had
dedicated 15 post offices in his
district in three years, and that
last summer he visited all 106
offices in his district, and found
some so shabby that he was
ashamed to have the flag fly
ing over them. He mentioned
the post office at Rose Hill
which a few years ago leaked
so badly that mail was damag
ed and water stood on the
floor.
He said the Kennedy-John
son administration had sought
to provide the best possible
service and the most modern
facilities not only to the cities
but to the rural communities
as well.
Cornelius C McMillian was
master of ceremonies and in
his remarks traced the history
of Teacheys and her influence
?
over the world. Rev. E. P.
Knight, Baptist minister, gave
the invocation and prononunc
ed the benediction.
E. D. Huthnance, a postal
service officer from Fayette
ville asserted that 340 pieces
of mail are received annually
by each person and that this
will increase to 412 pieces by
1970, when some 90 billion
pieces of mail will be
delivered, making "Mr. Zip"
necessary for speedy delivery.
D. D. Abernethy, principal
of the W-RH School, welcomed
the modern building as an as
set to the community and an
added service to the school.
The pos': dl'ice was establish
ed at Teacheys 106 years ago.
before the Civil War. in INt.w
and has been in continuous ope- ^
ation. Mr. Kilpatrick moved
the office into the new building
early thi syear after it had ope
rated in a small frame build
ing a few doors south for seme
SO years.
The occasion was not only a
dedication but it was a reunion
for many who had lived in Tea
cheys and come home to visit
with relatives and friends and
see this major improvement la
their home town, of which they
are justly proud.
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