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The N. C. Eastern Press As
sociation met the past week
end in Ahoekie and at Chowan
College in Murfreesboro. The
meeting was most worthwhile
and interesting and stressed
new trends in printing equip
ment.
We toured the school of print
ing and saw the new Elektron
which is more or less an auto
matte type-setting machine ?
fascinating - and the Eastern
Press helped with the purchase
ot the machine. We also saw
the large new Offset press in
(the Parker Bros. Shop, in Ahos
kle.
But most amazing of ail
things that I have ever beard
was the explanation of a Com
puter. Three men from the
IBM organization were invited
guest speakers and they ex
plained the work or capability
of the Computer. This all
sounds like a fib, but if it
is. they told it. One machine
can serve about ten papers. If
I were hooked up with a mach
ine of its type ia Raleigh, I
could sit here in Kenansville,
dial the computer direct, the
computer answers the phone,
we could punch the tape in
Kenansville, the machine in
Raleigh would pick up the in
formation. set, hyphenate and
Justify the type at the rate
of 1000 words per second, the
finished work would be return
ed to my office and pasted up
tai? arK coum
actually talk. It ha* a vocabu
lary of approximately 100
word*.
Eevryone in the group sat
spell bouad while the informa
tion was being given. 1 had to
pinch myself to see if I wa&
dreaming. It gets to be rath
er rough when machines have
more sense than humans.
It has recently been called
to my attention that we have a
public health service in Dup
lin (hat many people do not
know about, and are not using
as they should.
One of the services provided
' by the Duplin County Tubercu
losis Association is free chest
X-rays given at the Health De
partment each Wednesday af
tertfoon. This service is made
a variable by your contribu
tion! to the Christmas Seal
Campaign. You paid for it,
why don't you use it?
We have the best neighbors
in our end of town you have
ever seen. But when our dog
"Happy" took her entire brooi
of puppies and went over to
spend the night with the neigh
bors, there was a time in the
camp. About 12 midnight, the
cute little puppies decided to
serenade the neighbors they
Uked so well - that was the
" i last straw ! ! At midnight we
were helping the Kilpatricks'
get rid of their visitors and
apologizing for their behavior.
Thank goodness they are now
getting old enough to be taken
to their footer homes.
BEADING AND WKITING
COURSE
A course in reading and
writing, sponsored by the
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June* Sprunt insuunc, ??..
begin June 9 at Kenansville
Elementary School. Class will
meet tram S until 10 p. m
every Tuesday night for clever
weeks. Students may register
? , at the first class meeting. The
instructor will be Mrs. Patricia
Quinn Howard. There will be
Hum for the course.
Dr. Vernon Guest Speaker For
Mental Health Meeting
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Dr. Charles Vernon, Director
of Community Services with
the State Department of Men
tal Health will speak in Ken
ansville at the Agricultural
Building on May 26th at 7:45,
Mrs. Thelma D. Taylor, direc
tor of public welfare, announ
ced today.
Health or a Mental Health As
sociation are invited to attend.
A Mental Health Association
has several goals .
1. To work toward improved
care of mentally ill.
Mother To
Receive JFK
Tribute Sunday
Mrs. Rose Kennedy, the mo
ther of President Remedy, will
be a guest of honor at the
North Carolina Tribute on Sun
day.
Governor Sanford is still ac
tively at work in extending in
vitations to President Tohnso'
and Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedv
and they have not said "No"
There is much involved how
ever in meeting the security
requirements in case the pres
ident should attend.
It is said by members of the
family of Mrs. Jacqueline Ken
nedy that she is able to travel
but it is not certain that she
would be able to hear what is
to be said then face a crowd
It is a known fact that Dr.
Billy Graham will deliver one
of his greatest addresses.
Tickets will be available
through Saturday, May 16,
from your town chairman or
E. C. Thompson, County chair
man of Warsaw. Send your
checks payable to the Kennedy
Library fund and tickets will
be mailed to you immediately.
Tickets for the ceremony are
being sold in each of the
State s 100 counties. All pro
ceeds will go as North Caro
lina's share in the Kennedy
Memorial Library, which will
house documents of the Ken
nedy administration. It is be
ing built through private sub
scriptions.
At the end of the Chapel Hill
ceremony, Gov. Sanford will
present to Mrs. Kennedy North
Carolina's check for the li
brary.
2. ITUIft 1U1 Ull|nw<vw
ods and services in research,
prevention, diagnosis, and
treatment of the mentally ill.
3. Through education to pro
mote a better understanding
of mental health in the com
munity.
4. To encourage youth in
?I- mantftl health.
In 1963 there were sixty
three persons admitted to
state hospitals from Duplin
County, some of these more
than once. Since January 1,
1964, twenty-six persons have
been admitted. This is an av
earge of 6.5 per month. The
number of self committments
is unknown.
Mental illness, which is Ame
rica's most pressing health
problem, is no longer consider
ed hopeless, and in many in
stances could be treated in the
community on much the same
as the physically ill.
BRIEFS
NOTICE
There will be a covered
dish supper at the Magnolia
school lunchroom, Saturday
night May 16 from 6:.% to 6:30
p. m.
Donations will go to the
cancer benefit.
Mrs. Jerry Smith, Ma"nolia
chairman, urges every one to
come and help in this worthy
cause.
ROSE IULL RABIES CLINIC
Saturday, May ZS, from | a. m
A rabies clinic will be held
at the Town Hall in Rose HiU
on Saturday, May 16 and on
Saturday. May 23, from 8 a.
m. to 12 noon. Be sure to bring
your dog on one of these next
two Saturdays.
PICNIC DINNER
The Kennedy's are celebrat
ing with a picnic lunch with
special singing at the home of
the honoree. Mrs. Roy Ken
nedy. May 17, 1964, on Mrs
Kennedy's birthday.
The Howards of Richlands
and others will do the sing
ing.
"Come one and all and bring
a picnic lunch," urges Mrs.
Kennedy. Bar-be-cue will be
furnished by the Kennedy's.
Second Polio Clinics Sunday P.M. I
Duplin citizens can again
avail themselves of lifetime
protection against a strain of
poliomyelitis Sunday, May 17,
from noon to 5 p. m.
This time Strain II will be
offered. It will be given in the
same manner as Strain I was
administered ? three drops of
vaccine on a sugar cube for
children and adults and three
drops in the mouth for infants.
The lines will move faster
this time if you will remember
to bring the card that was giv
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CD 10 you lasi umc. iuu wiu
not have to register again.
Registration slowed the lines
somewhat before, but all hold
ing cards this time will bypass
the registration desk, simply be
counted and fed the vaccine
sugar cube, have your card
stamped and be checked out.
Some 30,000 took the vaccine
in the clinics on April 19 and
are protected against Strain I.
Now. let's knock out Strain n
Sunday. Strain III will be given
in a couple of months, announ
ced Dr. Corbett L. Quinn, In
formation Committee of the
Duplin County Medical Society.
Clinics will be held in the
the same locations as before -
Wallace. Rose Hill. Magnolia.
Warsaw, Faison. B. F. Grady,
Beulaville, Chinquapin and
Kenansvflle.
The clinics are made possible
by the Duplin County Medical
Society with the cooperation of
pharmacists, nurses, civic or
ganizations and many teen
agers. who donate their assis
tance and time. One or more
doctors will be at each of the
nine clinics.
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A charge of 25c per dose U
made to help offset the high
cost of the vaccine (nearly
$14,000), but no one will be de
nied vaccine because of inabili
ty to pay.
The doctors urge you to
come and bring your whole
family and to ask your neigh
bors to come. It is hoped that
at least K.000 will visit the
clinics Sunday.
For the folks who are plan
ning to attend the Memorial
Program at Chapel Hill for
DiusaitlAn* Va?i*1aHv tflA Aral
polio clinic will be set up In
the County Health Department
at Kenanaville from 8 to 10
a. m. on May 17.
Democrats
Ho,d
Enthusiastic
Convention
Hie Duplin County Democra
tic Convention Saturday morn
ing was enthusiastic and har
monious and gave great pro
mise for a good year for the
Democrats.
Some ISO of the true and
loyal met in the courtroom
from 17 of the 20 precincts of
county.
A warm and cordial welcome
was extended by F. W. McGow
an. chairman of the County
Democratic Executive Commit "
te^, following the invocation
Bennett Trial Today ;9
Swaps 18 Mos. In Prison I
For Cadillac Left Behind I
Two white men broke the
hasp on the double doors at
the front of the Beulaville PCX
Store back around George
Washington's Birthday, and
were seen by watchmen re
moving a television set from
the store. The surprised men
were ordered to halt, but in
stead of halting they dropped
the set and fled on foot, leav
ing a 1953 Cadillac tudor and
a coat behind. The watchmen
fired a load of No. 6 shot from
a 12 guage shotgun at the flee
ing pair, but they only picked
up speed.
Tuesday, Judge William J.
Bundy of Greenville, presiding
over a week's Criminal Super
ior Court, gave John Alton
Sumrell, 31, 18 months in State
prison for the offense and his
partner, John Charles Hardi
son, a three-year suspended
sentence and probation for five
years. The Cadillac was return
ed to Sumrell's wife. Both men
are from Kinston.
Today. George Bennett, un
der $7500 bond, for two counts
of murder and one charge of
assault with a deadly weapon
with intent to kill, goes on
trial. He is charged with killing
Eddie Nelson Southerland and
Jasper Franklin Taylor, Jr. on
January 19, 1964 and intending
to kill Billie Ray Bell in the
doorway of his house near
Blizzard's Store in upper Dup
lin.
Joseph F. Edwards of War
sasw was given four years in
State Prison Wednesday on a
charge of false pretense; Fred- I
die Hansley was assessed court
cost only in a shooting scrape;
Devone n. umnaiu, timicu
with public drunkenness and
resisting arrest, had his case I
nol-prossed. ."Nolle prosequi"
was written on the records for
Sherman Boney charged with 1
breaking and entering and on
the record of Doshia Glaspie
charged with issuing a worth- I
less check.
J. V. Gresham and Preston
Bryant were put on probation
in breaking, entering and lar
ceny cases against them.
A Warsaw youth, Rufus Hod
ges, 19, was banished from the
State for five years. He was
convicted of breaking into the
Marcus Hurst store in Febru
ary and taking $15. Judge Bun
dy gave him five years, sus
pended if he is not found in
North Carolina after midnight
Saturday for the next five
years.
Two Wallace youths were giv
en a total of 18 yrs. in prison
for armed robbery of Wallace
Ice and Coal Co. last October.
Carl Bryant testified that Mar- '
vin J. Newkirk, 17. and Arthur
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ice plant after midnight, broke
down the door and forced him
under a .22 cal. rifle to let
them take MOO from the
plant's money and $40 of his
personal funds.
Thomas received a sentences
of 8 years in State Prison and
another for 2 years, a total of
10 years. Newkirk was given
8 years.
William Henry Smith receiv
ed three years in prison for
larceny of corn and a trailer
to haul it in.
li. D. Mc^uiien
Gels Contract
For New Faison
Post Office
James E. Faison, postmaster
at Faison, has received notice
from Postmaster General John
A. Gronouski that a contract
has been awarded to C. D. Mc
Cullen, Box iss, Faison, to
build a new post office there
for lease to the government.
The new building will be on
East Main Street and near the
corner of Highway 117. It will
represent an investment of
SIS,945 and the annual rent
for the basic period has been
set at $2,250. Mr McCullen has
leased the building to the gov
ernment for a period of five
years, with three five-year re
newal options.
Art And
Ceramic Show
The annual art show by the
students of Margaret Cooper is
scheduled for Sunday, May 17
between the hours of 3 and 6
p. m.
This work will be shown in
the art studio and on the lawn
of the Cooper home 2 miles
south of Rose Hill on Highway
117.
Also showing will be ceramics
done by the members of the
Clay-Play House Ceramic Club
of Rose Hill.
The public is most cordially
invit<wi tn attend.
Also screduled is an art ex
hibit by the Faison Art Class
of Margaret Cooper May 31
from 4 til 6 in the Faison Com
munity Building.
by U. f. Jonnson, superiniena
ent of Duplin schools.
W. C. Blossom, a Wallace at
torney, was elected permanent
chairman and Mrs. Christine
W. Williams, resigter of deeds,
permanent secretary of the
convention.
Harvey R. Braddy of Rose
Hill gave the report of the re
solutions committee, compli
menting the officers of the
Party and pledging allegiance
to the Party. The report com
mended the leadership of Gov
ernor Terry Sanford and our
own Dr. Dallas Herring in the
educational advancement of
the State. High praise was giv
en the Third District Congress
man, a Duplin native, Hon.
David N. Henderson, and our
great President. Lyndon B.
Johnson. Resolutions of re
spect for President John F.
Kennedy and other deceased
Democratic leaders were pre
sented. The convention adopted
all the resolutions presented by
the committee unanimously.
Eugene Thompson of War
saw made announcement re
garding tickets now on sale
for the Kennedy Memorial Li
brary Fund. He urged all Dem
ocrats to make a donation and
to attend the service to be held
at Kenan Stadium in Chapel
Hill on May 17 at which Dr.
Billy Graham will be the spea
ker. He reported that Duplin
has been given a quota of
12,500 to be raised for this fund
and that the State has a quota
of a quarter of a million dol
lars.
The keynote address was
ably delivered by Congressman
Henderson, who was presented
IU lllc ((I UUP u/ VIMUI mail
Blossom.
Henderson said that Demo
crats should consider a contri
ConUnaed to Pip 2
Lake Speaks In
Kenansville Friday
Dr. I. Beverly Lake will
bring his gubernatorial cam
paign to Duplin County this
week when he speaks at the
Duplin County Courthouse in
Kenansville on Friday evening.
Dr. Lake's address is che
dulsd for eight o'clock with
everyone in Duplin County and
surrounding area invited to at
tend.
I. BEVERLY LAKE
1
Country Club
Elects
Officers
The second annual memoer
ship meeting of the Duplin
Country Club elected W. J.
(Bill) Taylor of Warsaw as
president (or the coming year.
W. E. Craft. Vice President:
Efeye Johnson. Secretary; and
for Treasurer Bill Boyette was
CICV16U.
New Board of Director mem
bers who are named for a
three year term are Bill Igoe,
Faison; James Miles, Pink
Hill; and Russell Lanier of
Beulaville. Old members stay
ing on the Board of Directors
are George Penney of Kenans
ville; Hugh Carlton of War
saw; Rivers Johnson, Jr. of
Warsaw, and C. J. Thomas of
Magnola.
The meeting Wi~. held on
Monday night, May 11 at the
Country Club. Retiring offi
cers were thanked for their
untiring efforts in making the
club a success. Special thanks
went to Hugh Carlton, the re
tiring president, for the fine
work he had done. Retiring
Board of Director members
were Richard Williams of Beu
laville. N. F. McColm an of
Faison and W. F. Simpson of
Pink HU1.
John Fonvtlle of Warsaw,
chairman of the swimming pool
announced that the pool would
possibly be opened by June 1
(Condoned On dnok)
The gubernatorial candidate
also plans to visit Northamp
ton, Hertford, Bertie, Bladen
Greene, Stanley and Montgom
ery Counties this week, as well
as appear at uorion Arena at
the Fair Grounds in Raleigh
on Wednesday.
Lake supporters in Duplin
are expected to turn out in
large number for the event in
Kenansville Friday night.
Duplin County
Summer School
The Duplin County Summer
School will be held in the Jam
es Kenan High School begin
ning June 1 and ending July
10, 1964. Classes will meet five
hours each day and will begin
at 8:00 o'clock on the first day
of school. The daily time sch
edule will be arranged for the
convenience of students and
teachers.
The summer school will be
operated in accordance with
| standards developed by the
I State Department of Public
Instruction and will be fully
accredited by the State Depart
ment.
New and remedial < make-up >
work will be offered in English
I. English II. English III, Gen
eral Mathematics. Algebra I,
Algerbra II, Plane Geometry
and Chemistry.
Students who are interested
in attending the summer sch
ool may secure registration
forms from their high school
principal or from D. B. Tea
chey, Duplin County Board of
Education, Kenansville, North
Carolina. Students may also
register on theopening day of
summer schoo I
E. Carolina Pres.
To Address
E. Duplin
Dr. Leo Warren Jenkins,
president of East Carolina Col
lege, will 'be commencement
speaker at East Duplin High
School graduation exercises.
May 17.
Principal R. L. Pruitt said
the exercises will begin at 3:90
p. m. on the school lawn. One
hundred, thirty-three seniors
will graduate.
Dr. Jenkins, a native of New
Jersey, came to East Carolina
College in 1047 as dean. He
has been president of the col
lege since 1900. In addition to
his work there, he Is a member
of the Governor's Committee
on Better Schools, a member
of the Atomic Energy Advisory
Committee, and a delegate to
the White House Conference
on Education.
Committees
Appointed For
Telephone
Petitions
General Chairman, Allen
Draughon, Jr., announced to
day the following local chair
men who will organize their
communities in an effort to cir
culate petitions supporting a
consolidated telephone exchan
ge for Beulaville, Faison. Ken
ansville and Warsaw. The local
chairman was appointed by the
Mayor of each town. Russell
Bostic of Beulaville was ap
pointed by Mayor Herman
Gore, Rev. >W. T. Perkins of
Faison was appointed by May
or Charles Decker. Amos Brln
son of Kenansville was appoint
ed by Mayor Lauren Sharpe,
and Arnold Jones of Warsaw
was appointed by Mayor Ed
Strickland. These local chair
!???? in th? nrocess of selec
ling team captains who will re
cruit workers to circulate the
thelephone petitions.
Amos Brinson, local chair
man for Kenansville, has selec
Ictd Mrs. Nannie G. Brown,
l.eo Jackson, and Philip Kret
sch as team captains. Mr. Brin
son further staled that peti
tions would be available at
Homes Jewelers. Kenansville
Drug Store. Leo Jackson
Store, and Waccamaw Bank
and Trust Co.; and he urges
patrons of the Kenansville Ex
change to come these places
and sign the petition.
Hussell Bostic, local chair
man for Beulaville, has select
ed Raleigh Lanier and William
B. Cutler as team captains. Mr.
Bostic stated that petitions
would be available at the Town
Hall. Bostic Drug Company,
and Waccamaw Bank and
Trust Company; and he urges
patrons of the Beulaville Ex
change to come by these pla
ces to sign the petition. Mr.
Bostic stated that other team
captains will be seffccted and
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One Bad Apple
It takes only one bad apple to spoil
the barrell and one run-down home to ruin
a neighborhood.
Which means it is everybody's Job during
our Clean-Up>Paint Up?*ix Up Campaign to
appoint himself a committee of one on civic
beautification and improvement. Do what
ever is needed to put your home in first
class shape and see how your neighborhood
sparkles.
Excuses like "I don't have the time"
"it costs too much" ? "maybe I'll get around
to it later" - only postpone the day when the
job will be much harder and the expense
greater. Neglect now of needed repairs and
repainting can lead only to more extensive
damage with the inevitable depreciation of
the value of your home and your neighbor
hood. Try matching that against a small ex
penditure of mooey and effort NOW.
Wallace-Rose Hill To Graduate 100
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The Wallace-Rose Hill High
School Commencement Exer
cises begin Sunday Evening,
May 17 and conclude with the
Graduation on Thursday night,
May Si, one hundred seniors
will gradute.
The Graduation Sermon will
he delivered by the Reverend
John Roberts, Pastor of the
Harrells Charge, on Sunday
evening at 1:00. The Reverend
Harry R. Goodwin, Pastor of
the Rock fish Presbyterian Chu
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program.
The Graduation Exercises
will be held at Legion Field at
1:00 Thursday night. The main
address will be given by Dr.
Millard Burt, Dean of Metho
dist College, Fayetteville, N.
C. Cheryl Dixon will give the
Valedictory and Ann Price will
give the Salutatory. The Rev
erend Leonard Quick Pastor of
Poston Missionary Baptist Ch
urch, will participate in the
ceremony.
Music for both phases of the
Commencement wu- ? ?,
Wallace-Rose Hill High School
Glee Club under the direction
of Mrs. Ruth SingleUry. Mas
cots are Margaret Johnson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
James T. Johnson of H arret Is
and Dean Hubbard, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Richard T. Hubbard
of Rose Hill.
Junior Marshal Is are Georgia
Hall, Chief, Linda Evans Don
ald Whaley, Melinda Hamrkk.
alary Deans Gaaldns. Edward
Wells, and Nancy Ward.