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PROGRESS 9MHNT1NEL
VOL. XXXI NO. 21 KENANSVILLE. N. C. THURSDAY. MAY 21.1964 PRICE 10/PLUS TAX
Xteh-Up Friday
Over 20*000
Receive 2nd
Polio Dose
More people received the
second dose of Sab in vaccine
given Sunday than the first
dose given in April. Over 20,
000 people are now protected
in Duplin against Strain I and
Strain II. Strain III will be giv
en July 12.
The nine clinics were well
organised and operated and
folks moved rapidly through
because most had their cards
already filled in and registra
tion again was unnecessary.
Dr. Guy V. Gooding, presi
dent of the Duplin County Med
ical Society, sponsors of the
clinics, announced today that
a make-up clinic will be held
at the Health Department in
Kenansville Friday, May 22,
from 1 to 4 p. m. Persons un
able to visit the Health Depart
ment at that time, will be able
to get their make-up dose there
anytime this week.
Trial
& Error
We Presbyterians of Ken
ansville are really working,
getting ready for the Home
coming on May 31. Thte is the
first Homecoming' that'' pur
church has had ut many Tears
Rev. J. G. Morrison, a farmer
pastor, will deliver the ad*,
dress. Rev. Morrison and his
family are coming to visit for
several days. We have also
heard from Rev. Goodman a
former minister who is plan
ning to be with us, and I do
not know which other former
pastors are coming. Next week
we hope to have a full pro
gram of the day's activities.
Grove is the oldest Presby
terian Church in North Caro
lina. Many histories have been
written on the church and last
year we ran a history of the
church in the Duplin Times
Progress Edition.
The church has been cleaned
and waxed to the shining
stage. Committees have work
ed many nights getting out in
vitations to friends and former
members.
Everyone in Kenansville and
surrounding areas are extend
ed a most cordial invitation.
And believe you me!! Those
Presbyterian women can cook.
School is out in Duplin to
day! What a bunch of happy
children are out on the streets
this afternoon, and the weather
is hot enough for swimming,
fishing, going barefoot and
most any old thing will do. I
guess the teachers are about
as happy as the children.
Exams are over, and reports
from my end of town were that
exams were pretty stiff this
year - years do not change op
inions on the exam deal.
Press time will not allow
much more of this column.
Ruth.
"WW ww m "? t
Deer and Bear Hunting
Changes Proposed
Robert W. Eves of Kenans
ville, Wildlife Protector for
Duplin County, reports that the
Wildlife Resources Commission
will hold a public hearing in
the courthouse at New Bern
on May 18 at 7:90 p. m. to ex
plain the proposed hunting reg
ulations for the 1964-85 hunt
ing season.
Protector Eves said thai
very few changes have been
proposed. He urged all hunters,
landowners, and other inter
ested parties to exercise their 1
privilege by attending the
hearing to hear the regulations
discussed, as well as to ex
press their own opinion to the
public and the Wildlife Re
sources Commission.
A change is proposed in Dup
lin as follows; Open season,
bear and deer, October 15-Jan
uary 1. The Commission pro
poses a closed season in that
part of Duplin bounded on the
west by U. S. Highway No. U7
south of Warsaw, bounded on
the south by N. C. Highway
Mrs. Ma It his
Donates Land To
M. O. College
Mrs. Effie Martin Matthis of
Mount (Hive has given seven
and one-half acres of land to
Mount Olive College. Acknow
ledgement of the gift was made
today by President W. Bur
kette Raper.
The land is located oit U. 6.
Highway 117 and will be a part
of the new 90-acre college cam
pus-Jt- ?ws originally deeded to
the college at a purchase price
of 18.904. but Mrs. Matthis de
cided to make it an outright
gift.
"I am proud of Mount Olive
College and I want to have a
part in its future growth,"
Mrs. Matthis declared. "I am
happy with my decision to help
the college in this manner, and
I look forward to seeing the
first buildings on the new cam
pus," she added.
Jr. first Aid
Glass By Elmore
William E. Elmore teacher
of the seventh grade in the
Roce Hill Elementary School
la a Volunteer First Aid In
structor for the American Nat.
Red Cross having received his
training at A. C. C. in Wilson
He has recently completed the
IS hour Jr. Red Cross Course
in First Aid for his class. All
37 of them have received a
certificate issued by the Duplin
County Chapter.
the class is composed of the
following pupils:
Chip Herring, Libby Fussed,
Debbie Futch, Jethro Dixon,
Margaret Mitchell. Rebecca
Fussed. Frances Cottle, Roy
Tucker, Jan Sholar, Jackie
Sheffield, Linda Herring, Rod
ney Murphy, Janet Blanchard,
Barbara Elixson, Rita Grant.
Larry English, Lynnette Mer
ritt, Donnie Thompson, Bobby
Ward, Jerry Lanier, Carl Dix
on, aKthy Benton, Peggy Mur
phy Margaret Blanchard, Gla
dys Walston, Richard Wells,
Sadie Quinn. Linda Ezxed.
Jimmy Brown, De Kalb Weds,
Carolyn Beach, Iiean Milsteed,
Jennie Fields, Bid Moore, Do
nald Stricken and Evelyn La
nier.
mt ?-?
No. 24 weat of Warsaw, and
further bounded on the south
by the Northeast Cape Pear
River upstream to its inter
section with N. C. Highway No.
SO, thence with said highway
to the Pender County line.
This has the effect, when in
cluded with last year's closed
area, of limiting hunting to
the southwest corner and the
Angola Bay vicinity.
Warsaw Man
Goes Free After
Killing Nephew
A Warsaw Negro was given
a directed verdict of not guilty
by Judge William J. Bundy of
Greenville in Superior Court
Thursday of a charge of stab
bing and killing his nephew.
Bernice Hodges, 28, was cha
rged in the death of Willie Lee
Hodges, 23, his nephew. The
stabbing occurred at the home
of Went Hodges, Bernice's
father and Willie Lee's grand
father.
It appears that Bernice and
his wife and Willie Lee and his,
wife had been to Warsaw on
Saturday night. May 2, and re
turned to Went's home about
10 o'clock. Bernice lived with
Went, but Willie Lee lived
nearby. Willie Lee's wife re
fused to go home with him
claiming that if she did he
would beat her, so he went a
lone.
ADout an nour later, he re
turned to Went'i home and en
tered the hedraem where B?(
nice and Bernice's wife were
sleeping, claiming they were
taking up for his (Willie Lee's >
wife. A heated argument re
sulted and a case knife dual
resulted. Bernice struck Willie
Lee in the groin, severed an
artery, and the man bled to
death soon after Bernice de
livered him to the hospital.
The evidence tended to show
that Willie Lee was the aggres
sor and Bernice was defending
his person and family in his
home. Bernice appeared to
have a good character while
Willie Lee was alleged to be a
trouble-maker.
Deputies Basden, Quinn and
Albertson investigated and
Bernice had been held in Jail
without privilege of bond.
. ACC GRADUATES
Three Duplin students will
receive Batcbelor of Science
Degrees Sunday from Atlantic
Christian College, Wilson, when
188 receive degrees. They are:
Harry Guynn Harrell and
Joyce Faye Murphy Norman
of Rose Hill and William Hayes
Wiggs of Warsaw.
ATTENTION
MBMIBM OF THE
SOUTHERLAND CLAN
The annual Reunion of the
Souther land Clan will be held
in Kenansville, N. C. on Sun
day, June 14. 1964 at 1 o'clock.
The meeting and picnic dinner
will be held in the Sunday
School Building at the back of
Grove Presbyterian Church.
All members of the Souther
land clan in Duplin and sur
rounding counties are urged to
come and bring their families.
BRIEFS
4-H SUMMER CAMP
Duplin 4-H'ers will be camp
ing at Camp Millstone, near
Rockingham, during the week
of June IS. Cost of the camp is
HO, which includes transporta
tion, insurance, meals, lodg
ing, etc. If you have not sent
in your application, send in a
$5 deposit and contact Mrs.
Lois G. Britt or Marion C.
Griffin.
HALLSVILLE BIBLE SCHOOL
Hallsville Presbyterian Chu
rch announces that Bible Sch
ool will begin May 25 'til 29
and June 1 through 5, under
the leadership of Mrs. Leland
Grady and Mrs. Adron Miller
and Rev. Kim Sydnor. The
hours will be 8 a. m. through
II a. m. Children are urged
to attend.
BEULAVILLE
PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH SCHOOL
Vacation Church School.
Beulaville Presbyterian Chur
ch begins Monday May 2S thr
ough Friday May 29, from 6:30
p. m. to 8:30 p. m. "This We
Know." a study based on John
will be used with the Adult
and Senior Hi Classes. On the
last night, a party is planned
after Open House. The school
will be divided into Nursery,
Kindergarten, Primary, Jun
ior, Junior High, Senior High
and Adults.
WON ISO
Litty Faison won HO cash in
Pepsi-Cola contest through Fus
sefl's Sel| Service at Rose Hill.
A. f HOLLAND BUYS
REGISTERED ANQf. S BULL
A. C. Holland. Kenansville.
recently purchased an Aber
deen Augus bull from Joseph
U William. Rose Hill, North
Carolina.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
NAMED BY DEMOCRATS
F. W. McGowen was named
chairman; Mrs. H. L. Steven.
Jr., vice-chairman and Dr.
Jphn D. Robinson, Jr., secre
tary oI the Duplin County
Democratic Executive Commit
tee at a recent meeting of the
committee.
PRESENT CLINIC
Mrs. Catherine Matthews
and Mrs. Letha Kennedy pre
sented a Clinic to the Dental
Assistants Association in Man
hunt Monday, May 11th. Its
title of the Clinic was "Who
is ResponsMe". The Clinic
was well received
Mrs. Matthews and Mrs.
Kennedy are Dental Assistants
to Or. Mett Ausley of Warsaw.
ANNUAL MEET
The public is invited to at
tend the Annual Meeting of the
Duplin County Tuberculosis
Association which will be held
'Friday, May 29, at 8:00 p. m.
in the County Health Depart
ment in Kenansville.
dIBLE SERIES ON
WALLACE RADIO
The Christian Science radio
series. The Bible Speaks to
You", is broadcast every Sun
day afternoon at 4:90 over sta
tion WLSE. The program for
next Sunday is titled "An An
swer to Problems of Enlvorn
ment." It tells how a person's
life can be changed by realiz
ing the presence of God.
This program explains that
man's only real environment is
the atmosphere of divine Love,
and as we bring our everyday
thoughts into harmony with
this Love, we find more of it
being expressed in our human
environment.
The story of Joseph in Egy
pt is used as an illustration.
"The Bible Speaks to You"
series can also be heard every
Sunday morning at 9:10 over
station WktFD. Wilmington.
m Efdwi-teach
No^C.rol.n, Counties dur
How Did The Overalls Get Wet i
A Superior Court jury, after
deliberating two hour*, brought
in a not guilty verdict for Nor
man Graham, 51, Beulaville
Negro. Thursday. Graham was
charged with attempted armed
robbery and inflicting serious
bodily injury not resulting in
death.
Clifford Whaley, 52. white,
identified Graham as the man
who shot him back in January
in a robbery attempt.
Whaley alleged that Graham
was crouched in the back sea'
of Whaley's cat when he re
turned to the car after buying
groceries at a Beulaville store.
Graham was discovered by
Whaley when he readied over
the bbek of the front aeat to
straighten his groceries and
his hand struck the man's
hand. Graham is said to have
leaned froward and to have
tnrust a pistol in wnaiey s
back, demanding that he drive
away and give him his money.
Insead he drove the car to the
side of store and attempted to
get out. It is then, according to I
testimony, that the assailant
shot Whaley, the bullet lodg- '
ing under the skin of his back. I
Whaley jumped from the car
and ran towards the door of I
the store, the man fired again
but misaed. Then the assailant
ran. I
Whaley told officers that he <
knew his assailant but could i
not think of his name and des- I
cribed him to officers saying I
that he was dressed in over- <
alls . i
i
Officers located Graham at ]
his home near Beulaville and i
brought him to the hosoital at i
Kenansville where Whaley
identified him as the man he <
saw in me ngnis or me parsing
lot. It was a rainy, bad night,
and officers found a wet pair of
overalls in Graham's house
and mask cut from a Clorox
bottle, but not other wet cloth
ing or pistol. The overalls fit
Graham, but the mask was too
little for him.
He claimed that the mask
belonged to some children and
he had used the overalls to
keep the rain from running and
blowing under the door. Offi
cers testified that the floor all
?round the door and in the
bouse was dry, except one lit
tle spot under the wet overalls
?Thick were found some M inch
from the door. However, seven
witnesses testified that they
tad never seen Graham dres
ted in overalls, that he never
vora them.
The myatery is how did the
iveralla set wet?
...
You Can Leave
Off The "S"
Back in 1838, 116 years ago,
a Wilmington paper carried
the item, "The Wilmington and
Raleigh Railroad is now open
to the depot at Mrs. Teacheys,
42 miles north of Wilmington,
and the cars will run regularly
to that point." Mrs. Teachey
was Mrs. Mary Holmes Teach
ey, widow of Captain Daniel
Teachey, and the depot was in
what is now the Town of
Teacheys.
For a century and a quarter,
the town has been known as
Teacheys and the post office
for 106 years has used that
spelling. Now, reformers, do
gooders, changers for the sake
of change, have had the histor
ic spelling changed to Teachey.
Postmaster John B. Kilpat
rick tells us that he received
official notification from the
Post Office Department Fri
day that the "s" will no longer
be used in spelling Teacheys,
but henceforth the correct
spelling will be "Teachey"
ASSOCIATION FOR
RETARDED TO MEET
Duplin County Association
for Retarded children will
meet in the Fireside Room at
the Warsaw Methodist Church
on Tuesday night, May IS at
8 p. m. The speaker will be
Mr. Neil Carlton of Wallace.
Teachers and all interested
parents are urged to please at
tend the meeting and the pub
lic is invited.
Lake Draws Capacity Crowd
Some 300 persons heard Dr.
I. Beverly Lake, gubernatorial
candidate in the May 30 Dem
ocratic primary, at the court
house Friday night. All seats
in the courthouse and balcony
were taken and all standing
room in and around the court
room occupied.
Dr. Lake clarified his posi
tion towards rural electric co
ops, saying that the REA has
done a good Job and deserves
to be protected in areas which
it serves. He promised the
REA just and fair treatment
under the laws of North Caro
lina and said that he would
confer with the REA Council
for advice before any action
on his part. He said that he
did not advocate any change
that would require the REA to
sell its property, but rather
felt that the REA should not
be under the regulatory pow
ers of the North Carolina Utili
ty Commission but suggested a
special commission for the co
ops. He claimed that both the
REA and private power com
panies would r eceive fair
treatment from him as gover
nor.
He promised that this sec
tion would not be by-passed
and forgotten in the building
of highways or in the building
of Industry and schools Rath
er, he promised a four-lane
highway with divided center
from Morehead City and Wil
mington to the Tennessee line,
so products of our section can
be carried to markets on the
Mississippi and west. He said
he would build roads and not
political machines. He pointed
out that an opponent has said
that nothing has been done a
bout roads in IS years, yet
every 2 years the gasoline and
license taxes amount to three
hundred million dollars, the
amount proposed by some for
a bond issue.
Dr. Lake, when asked about
his thoughts on our poor drain
age in this section, replied
that he proposed the purchase
of a shallow draft dredge to
be used to open inlets and chan
nels as needed. The cost of
this dredge "probably would
not exceed the cost of the
luxury airplane now used to
fly the present governor and
his friends and political asso
ciates here and there on vari
ous and sundry kinds of trips."
He promised to sell this plane
as one of his first acts as gov
ernor i h
The lormer professor of law
at Wake College for IS years,
said that he had taught boys
from North Carolina schools
and other schools and felt that
we should be proud of the fact
that 1 out of 5 entering the
first grade went to college. He
said this was a great achiever
ment. but that everybody did
n't have to go to college, and
he was in favor of indusrtial
schools, and junior colleges to
train boys and girls to make
useful citizens, better farmers,
more skilled carpenters, fancy
bricklayers, clerks, nurses,
etc.
He promised to concentrate
on the primary grades in sch
ool, to lighten the pupil load,
to give the teacher free time
during the day. and to relieve
the teacher ol clerical work.
He said the foundation laid in
these lower grades determined
whether the student dropped
out later.
Or. Lake stressed that he
was not running against any
body but rather running for
governor of North Carolina
and to make North Carolina a
finer place to live and work
and raise a family
Bill Boyette, Warsaw ac
countant. and Dr. Lake's Dup
lin campaign manager, intro
duced Allen Bailey, the State
manager, who presented Dr.
Lake. After the address by Dr.
Lake, J. W. Smith asked for
questions from the crowd which
Dr. Lake answered.
Mrs. Ward Farrior of Rose
Hill presenetd Dr. Lake
a painting showing a lake in
the form of the State and bear
ing the inscription, "Lake For
Governor.'' He thanked her
graciously for her thoughtful
ness and interest and shook
hands with every person at
tending the rally as they de
parted.
Murder I rial
Is Continued
The George Bennett murder,
trial, scheduled to be triedfc,>;
last Thursday, during a week's
session of Duplin Superior
Court, was continued until the
next term of criminal court in
August. Pressure of other
cases already under considera
tion made it impossible te
reach this case.
Bennett. SI. of the Blissard's
Crossroad Community, is ace
used of the slaying of Jasper
Taylor. Jr. and Nelson South
erland on January 19, 1994 in
the doorway of his home. He
is also charged with intending
to kffl Ray Bell, another youth,
who was seriously shot.
Bennett is free under 97,900
bond.
Mlk* . I j
I. BEVERLY LAKE
Rose Hill Raises $414.68 To Fight Cancer
ine annual runa raising
drive to tight cancer is now on
in Duplin. Dr. Charles Deering
of Wallace heads the crusade
He is assisted by representa
tives in each community.
Sponsored by the Woman's
Club in Rose Hill, Mrs. Erchey
L. Lanier coordinated the fund
raising drive there, and yester
day mauea in tne cneca tor
$414.88. It was gratifying to
have such a response to the
appeal that 17$ individuals and
firms made donations.
Assisting Mrs. Lanier in the
drive were: Mrs. Lee Souder,
Mrs. C. T. Fussell, Jr.. Mrs.
H. E. Latham. Mrs. C. L. Fair
cloth, Jr., Mrs. Homer Brown.
Mrs. if. w. rarrwr. Mrs. t. r.
Blanc hard, Mrs Richard
Rouse, Mrs. Charles Teachey.
Jr., Mrs W H Hall, Mrs. Bob
by L. Jones,. Mrs. Clarence
Brown, T. A. Barden, Mrs. M.
L. Carr and Mrs. Lester Matt
hews.
KENANSVILLE CRUSADE
Mrs. Ruby Kornegay and
Mrs. Mae Spicer are coordinat
ing the drive in Kenansville. If
for any reason no one calls on
you, please contact one of the
following and fight cancer with
your contribution: Mrs. Alice
Elks, Mrs. Juanita Kretsch,
Mrs. Hazel Scott, Mrs. Mar
garet Oakley, Mrs. Ruth West
brook, Mrs. Eloise Ryder, Mrs.
Bill Stephens, Mrs. Millie
Brown, Mrs. Sally Tyndall.
Mrs. Violet Phillips, Mrs.
Sarah Carr, Mrs. Margaret
Dail, Mrs. Ralph Brown, Mrs.
Florence Brown, Mrs. Ollie
Thigpen, Miss Lottie Williams
or Mrs. Spicer and Mrs. Korne
gay.
Two Men Nabbed
At Still
Donnie Faulk, 31, and Al
fred Lee Brock, 30, Beulaville
white men, have posted $300
bond each charged with poss
ession of material for the pur
pose of manufacturing non-tax
paid whisky for sale.
Sheriff Elwood Revelle and
Deputies Alfred Basden and
Irvin Outlaw made the raid
Sunday in a wooded area near
Halls ville.
It is reported that the men
were caught red-handed at the
40-gallon still which was being
heated with fuel oil.
School Is Out -
I
Watch Out
For Children
School is out, watch out for
children. The Highway Patrol
warns that a boy or girl can
"flunk" many subjects and live
with reasonable happiness, but
if he or she flunks safety, all
too frequently there is no op
portunity for a make-up cou
rse.
We, and he or she, have lost
our most valuable resources ?
a life, or the potential contri
bution of a life lost because of
lifelong injury. BE CAREFUL!
Bloodshed
RALEIGH - The Motor Vehi
cles Department's summary of
traffic deaths through 10:00
A. M. Monday, May IS:
Killed To Date SIS
Killed To Date Last Year 4M
Lights Out For 5 Hrs.
Power was off some five
hours in the Kenansville and
Beulaville areas Monday morn
ing because Robert Gaetano
Scognamillo went to sleep and
knocked down a power pole
carrying a transformer and
electrical energy for this area.
The mishap occurred 2/10 of
mile west of Kenansville on
Highway 24. The 1957 Chevro
let was demolished, but the 5
passengers with the 18-year-old
white Charlotte Marine escap
ed serious injury, and only
one, with a cut wrist, required
treatment. Scognamillo said
that he took the wheel at Clin
ton, just went to sleep at 1:55
a. m. and awoke just before
he hit the pole.
Patrolman Ward Kellum,
who investigated, said there
was no evidence of excessive
speeding and no skid marks.
Scognamillo was charged with
driving on the left side of the
road.
Investigation continues by
Patrolman Kellum of an acci
dent on rural paved roadl478,
miles northwest of Kenans
ville at midnight Saturday
when a 1956 Ford was totally
destroyed belonging to John
Jr. McKiver, Warsaw. McKiv
er apparently was not in the
car driven by Jimmy Wayne
Smith of Kenansville. Jesse
James McKiver, 24, received
head lacerations and James
Clifton McKiver, 19, and Mattie
Mae Miller, 18, received scrat
ches and bruises in the acci
dent.
Douglas Hooks Murphy, W
29, Wallace was charged with
exceeding a safe speed Satur
day night when his '62 Ford
pickup got away from him and
turned over in the right road
ditch as he rounded a curve
four miles west of Wallace on
unpaved road 1XS6. He was
treated at Burgaw hospital and
released, according to Patrol
man Kellum.
4 CARS IN COLLISION
Henry Lane Moore, janitor
at the Kenansville Elementary
School, was traveling north on
Highway XI in his 59 Ford
when he struck a 1961 Chevro
let Impala driven by Sam
F Jones Waller of Mount OUve
tat the intersection of Highway
11 and Hill Street. Mr. Waller
waa going east. Damages to
his car mostly front grill, waa
approximately $200 and
Moore's Ford was damaged
some $600.
Moore lost control of his car
at the impact and it skidded a
round striking a 1960 Chevrolet
milk truck belonging to M. G.
Cording k Sons which was park
ed in front of the IGA Store, do
about $150 damage to side of
truck, ?aul Baker was stopped
in the drive just north of the
store in his 1964 Thunderbird
waiting to come into Highway
11, when Moore's car still out
of control, struck the front of
Baker's car with damages of
$300.
Moore was charged by Pat
rolman Kellum with exceeding
a safe speed and Waller with
failure to yield the right-of
way. .
M. O. Jaycees
Sponsor
Wrestling
Championship profession.il
wrestling comes to the Mount
Olive High School Football
Field on Friday. May 22, in a
special program sponsored by
the Junior Chamber of Com
merce.
George Becker, tormer Wor
lds Heavyweight Champion
and Chief Bobby Red Cloud
meet the Mad Russians, John
Smith and Ivan Kamercff, in
the main event. In the semi
final. Ronnie Etchison meets
Pancho Gcmez In the 8:15 P.
M. opener. Jack Allen clashes
with Pedro Godoy.
This main event promises
fireworks. These four Grapp
lers have been waging a long
and bitter fight and don't mind
making the blood run. It will
be the best of three falls with
an hour time limit.
In the semifinal action, sen
sational newcomer Ronnie
Etchison will test Mexico's wild
and wooly Pancho Gomez in a
best of three falls, 45 minute
time limit affair.
To open the 8:15 card, youn;;
Jack Allen will try to prove
himself as he hits experienced
veteran Pedro Godoy