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VOL. XXXI NO. 46 , KENANSVILLE. N. C. THURSDAY NOVEMBER 5. 1964 PRICE 10* PLUS TAX
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Flection is over. Halloween Is
a thing of the past, and now
all thoughts ar eturntng toward
? Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Phil Kretseh even told me this
morning, that the Kenansville
Fire Department was discus
sing Christmas decorations last
night.
The age-old story on the day
after election still holds true,
some are happy, some are sad.
some are gleeful, some are
mad. hut as is true of our
nation, we will all forget our
hard feelings and get ready to
have another political fight in
another four years.
If, I were president, and
awoke on November 4. 1964. I
don't believe I could be very
happy with the tremendous
problems facing the United
States today. U. S. News and
Work) Report has an article
this week entitled "Big Prob
lems For The President". It
states that the newly elected
President, will run head-on in
to big and growing problems
almost from the start. The war
In South Vietnam is at the lop
of the list for attention. Other
problems listed are Pairing
Alliance. Communists, Oollai
Problems, A Tiring Boom. In
flatlon Revival, Budget. Pover
ty. Race and Welfare.
Our prayers are with the
PreskHwt, and all men and
to the wheel and make it move
in thr right direction, and
smai enough to not have roam
in our hearts tar greed and
hatred." /
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Mrs. Oscar Langston, Sr. of
Warsaw, RFD was also in-'
spired with Indian Summer.
Mrs. Langston writes "What a
fairy land it has wrought.'
She tells of going to the Cliffs
of The Neuse and of how pret
ty it is this time of year. She
says, "We hear often about the
beauty of the mountains and
its true, but it isn't necessary
to go that far if we're looking
for beauty. And today as al
ways it is my hope and my
prayer that each of us as we
view the wonders of this dear
land of ours, may we resolve
to ao live that we may continue
to enjoy the beauty and privi
leges that God intended for
us."
Roth
Decker Named
To Industrial
Commission
At a meeting of the Duplin
County Board of Commission
ers on Monday, a report of the
progress of tile Duplin County
Industrial Commission was
made by Preston R. Raiford,
Executive Director. Mr. Rai
ford reviewed the work of the
commission since its formation
a year ago. Included among
the accomplishments has been
the decision of National Spin
ning Company to locate a ma
jor industry in the county. The
building contractor is now at
work erecting the building on
the site for the new plant whi
ch is in the Unity Church sec
tion near Warsaw and Kenans
ville.
Upon recommendation of the
present members of the Indus
trial Commission, Charles A.
Decker of Faiaoo was appoint
ed to membership on the Coun
ty Industrial Commission. This
Recommendation had been
made to round out geographi
cal representation on the indu
strial commission. Other mem
bers of the County Industrial
Commission are C. W. Surrstt,
Jr., Rose Hill, Chairman, and
the following members: T. J.
Baker, Wallace; William B.
Cutler, Beulavilie; Elmo Bill
iard, Mount Olive, R. F. D.;
Allan Draugbon, Jr. Warsaw;
Garland P. King, Teachey and
KeoansviDe; and Mrs. Chris
MISS ESTHER SHARON FINCH
Thomasville, N. C.
"Mist North Carolina"
Veterans Day Celebration To
Be Biggest Ever At Warsaw
The Warsaw Jaycees are co
operating with the Charles R.
Gavin Post No. 127 of the
American Legion to make the
1964 edition of the celebration
of Veterans' Day to be the big
gest in history.
Miss Esther Sharon Finch of
Thomasville, N. C., the current
Miss North Carolina, will high
light the parade scheduled for
Wednesday, November 11 at
2:30 p. m. Miss Finch is a ris
ing junior at Connecticut Col
lege for Women, New London,
Connecticut, and a high school
graduate of Saint Mary's Jun
ior College, Raleigh, and at
tended Thomasville Senior
High.
The parade will include bea
uty contestants and bands
from schools of the area] mili
tary units and marching units.
Numerous floats of beauty and
interest will add color to the
parade. There are more than
40 units and floats in the par
ade.
A dinner in honor of Miss
Finch will be attended by all
beauty contestants in the Fire
side Room of the Warsaw Met
hodist Church at 6:30 p. m. on
Wednesday.
A memorial service in me
mory of all who fought and
died in all our wars will be
conducted by the Rev. Norman
Flowers on Sunday afternoon
at 3:00 o'clock at Pinecrest
Cemetery.
All dances will be held in
the armory on Tuesday, No
vember 10, with music by the
Blue Notes. From 7:00 to 8:00
p. m., the preliminary beauty
contest judging will be held in
the talent and bathing suit cat
egories. The committee says
that positively no alcoholic bev
erages will be allowed at this
Teen Dance and that the acti
vities of evening will be well
chaperoned.
The Veterans' Day Dance
will be Wednesday night, No
vember 11. From 8:00 to 9:00
o'clock the final judging of the
beauty contestants will take
place and "Miss American Le
gion" will be selected and
crowned as queen. Contestants
will be in evening dress for
this final judging. Music for
the Veterans' Day Dance will
be by Joe Davis and his or
chestra. Miss Esther Sharon
Finch, Miss North Carolina,
will be present for the crown
ing of "Miss American Le
gion" and for this dance in
her honor. Tables may be re
served in advance by contact
ing Sidney Apple or Forest
Martin.
"Miss American Legion" will
receive $100 donated and pre
sented by Home Savings &
Loan Association in Warsaw.
Memorial
Services
In memory of all who laid
down their lives in all the wars
that we might live in peace and
security, Memorial Services
will be conducted on Sunday.
November 8 at 3:00 p. m. by
the Rev. Norman Flowers in
the Pinecrest Cemetery in
Warsaw.
Following the services, flags
will placed on all the graves of
Veterans.
All Gold Star Mothers and
relatives are cordially invited
to attend.
Legionnaires are asked to
meet at the Charles R. Gavin
Post No. 127 in Warsaw at 2:30
p. m. to proceed as a group to
the cemetery.
The public is urged to attend
this service in the memory of
the Veterans of all wars fought
by the United States, to com
mend their unselfishness and
to commemorate their sacrt
Doctor's Trial In Murder
Of Kenansville Woman
Set For Tuesday
Dr. Hubert A. Eaton, 47,
promient Wilmington physici
an, charged with murder in
connection with the death of
a Kenansville woman, has been
free under $10,000 bond since
August 13 when he was indict
ed by the grand Jury.
The trial of Dr. Eaton has
been scheduled for November
10 in New Hanover County
Superior Court.
Miss Alma Jenita Frederick,
a 30-year-old librarian-teacher,
died on July 30, 1963. Dr. Eaton
was not charged with the alleg
ed murder for over a year
when the New Hanover County
grand Jury brought in an in
dictment against him on Au
gust 13, 1964.
At the time of the young wo
man's death, Dr. Eaton listed
the cause of death on the death
certificate as anaphylactic
shock from penicillin.
But, when the charges'were
filed. Solicitor James C. Bow
man said a pathology report
showed Miss Frederick died as
the result of an attempted
abortion, which was aHeged by
the solicitor to have occurred
Dr. Eaton has said that the
charges were "wholly unfound
ed" and asked the public to
withhold judgment until he
could present the true facts.
Miss Frederick was librarian
at Charity High School near
Rose Hill, but lived at Kenans
vitle and was buried here. Five
months after her death her
body was exhumed on Decem
ber 9, 1963 and turned over to
a Wilmington hospital for an
autopsy.
Under the usual court pro
cedure, the doctor will probab
ly be tried for second-degree
murder or manslaughter.
Dr. Eaton was a candidate
for membership on the Wil
mington Board of Education
several years ago and was one
of the plaintiffs in a suit to ob
tain lntergation at James Wal
ker Hospital.
SMALL GASOLINE MOTOR
COURSE
The Vocational Agriculture
Department at Wallace-Rose
Hill High School will offer a
course in he repair and ad
justment of small gasoline
motors like those on lawn
mowers. It will be a learn
ing and doing workshop. The
first session will be on Tues
day, November 10 at 7 o'clock.
Contact W. S. Butler or T. M.
Fields, lnstuctors in vocation
al agriculture at W-RH or come
to the first session of the
workshop Tuesday.
SAT YOU SAW IT IN
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LBJ Wins
Cong. Henderson and
Rep. Johnson Winners
Moore Elected
Complete unofficial elec
ttM returns showing vote
hr every candidate In each
DnpHn precinct are inside.
Duplin County voters, some
11,000 strong., gave overwhelm
ing approval yesterday to all
Democratic candidates from
the courthouse to the White
House, from constable to
President The vote for most
offices was 3 to 1, with the
Johnson-Humphrey ticket gar
nering 65% of Duplin's vote.
The Johnson-Humphrey ticket
carried every precinct in the
county except one, receiving
7142 votes against 3820 for the
GoWwote--Miller stand ar d.
GoMw? t carried only ^odtlin
112 to V* tor Juiinson. <
There was lots of taUc-here
and there about some sitengp
having been built in the county
for Goldwater and the Republi
can candidates, but it failed to
materialize in the election
booths, and the vote was about
the same as in prior contests.
Johnson carried 19 precincts in
Duplin.
Sam E. Godwin, Republican
candidate for the State House
of Representatives carried only
one precinct out of 20, and that
by only 2 votes. Locklin gave
Godwin 85 votes and Hugh S.
Johnson, Jr., the Democratic
candidate to succeed himself
83 votes. County-wide, Johnson
received 7437 votes against
Godwin's 2991.
Robert L. Gavin, Republican
candidate for governor, carried
three precincts in Duplin by a
slim margin, but Dan K. Moore
polled nearly three votes to
Gavin's one county-wise. Gavin
carried Charity, Locklin and
Magnolia precincts. receiving
only one vote plurality in Mag
nolia, 272 for Gavin, 271 for
Moore. In Locklin the vote was
93 for Gavin and 87 for Moore.
Tint vote ?. ibe CSiuity precin
ct was 248 for Gavin and 206
for Moofe. Some of the experts
had said that President John
son would run ahead of Moere
in Duplin, but Moore led John
son by 140 votes. The total
count in Duplin was 7283 for
Moore and 3578 for Gavin.
Congressman David N. Hen
derson carried every precinct
in Duplin and received 7853
votes against 2562 for his op
ponent, Republican Sherman T.
Rock.
Duplin voters overwhelming
ly endorsed the $100 school
bond issue. The vote was 8,641
votes for the bond issue and
only 1,934 votes against the pro
posal. Wolkscrape seemed less
interested in receiving the
state money, but approved the
issue 2 to 1, against 4 to 1 ap
proval in most places and 6 to
1 at Wallace.
Robert W. <Bob> Scott, can
didate for lieutenant governor,
ran ahead of both President
Johnson and Candidate Dan K.
Moore in Duplin, receiving 77
CALYPSO MAN
NATIONAL ADVISOR
Governor Christian A. Her
ter, the Preisdent's Special Re
presentative for Trade Nego
tiations. has announced a ros
ter of technical representatives
to provide Information for the
trade talks at Geneva.
W E. Bryan of Calypso has
been named such an advisor to
assist in pylwood problems.
35 votes, swamping his oppon
ent, Clifford Lee Bell, the Re
publican candidate, who re
ceived 2726 in Duplin.
All county officers received
popular approval from Duplin
voters. Mrs. Christine Williams
Register of Deeds, led the Dup
lin ticket by receiving 8,382
votes. Russell J. Lanier, Judge
of the County Court, received
8205, and County Solicitor Wil
liam E. Craft had 8055 to his
credit. J. B. Stroud, commis
sioners for Dist. 5, receive^ 9
94 votes and D. D. Blanchard
and James Albertson had 8181
and 7989 for the County Board
of Education respectively. None
of these county officials had op
position. Joe Sutton candidate
for county commissioner from
Dist. 1 J-en hi* first try for
t '
county office received 8,075
votes
Roy Rowe and Stewart B.
Warren, Democratic candidate!
for the Tenth Senatorial Dis
trict. received some 7500 vote!
each against approximately 21
50 for their Republican op
ponents. Red Beal and John
R. Parker.
Thad Eure, Henry Bridges,
Edwin Gill, and other candi
dates for State posts won over
their Republican opponents 3
to 1 in Duplin, receiving some
7500 votes to 2500 for their Re
publican opposition.
With 90% of the vote in over
the Nation, the Johnson-Hum
phrey Democratic Candidates
had received 61 2% of the vote
and had won 486 electroal votes
against oqly 52 for Goldwater
Vfiller Johnson was running
some 14 million votes ahead of
Goldwater and had carried
such Republican states as
Miane and Vermont. Goldwater
appeared to have won in Ala
bama. Georgia. Louisiana, Mis
sissippi and South Carolina and
was close in his home state of
Arizona. Johnson won 44 states
in the biggest landslide in
memory.
Moore oppeared to be build
ing up a 150,000 lead over Gav
in in the long race for governor
This is Gavin's second time to
lose as he lost to Terry San
ford in 1960 by 122.000 votes.
Duplin FW
Baptists Set
Benefit Dinner
The Free Will Baptist Chu
rches of Duplin County will
hold their 1964 benefit dinner
for the development fund of
Mount Olive College Thursday,
November 12, from 6:30-7:30 P.
M. in the Beulaville Elemen
tary School lunch room.
Members of the steering com
mittee planning the dinner in
clude William W. Thigpen,
chairman, Mrs, Gertie Ever
ton, and Mrs. Walter Rhodes of
Beulaville: D. F. Chambers of
Kenansville; and Leslie Bell of
Mt. Olive.
The Duplin County dinner is
one of a series being held thro
ughout North Carolina in a pro
gram to raise $115,000 for the
first buildings being construct
ed on a new 90-acre campus.
Following the dinner there
will be a program in the school
auditorium at 8 p. m. at which
President W. Burkette Raper
will show color slides of the
buildings now under construc
tion, which include a $370,000
academic building and a $445,
000 dormitory complex.
Rose Hill "Boy* To Marry
Wallace "Girl"
A wedding of unusual inter
est to this section will be per
formed in the Rose Hill Ele
mentary School auditorium
Jhuhiday, November 19 at 8:00
p. m.
Since it is likely that all of
the numerous friends of the
Two Captured
At Still
Deputies S. C. Dempsey and
W. H. Qulnn and Constable L.
B. Thomas came upon a still
in Magnolia Township while it
was in lull operation.
Arrested and charged with
possession ot material for
manufacture of non-tax-paid
whisky were James Edward
Boney and Joseph Henry Mor
gan.
A Wbb Chevrolet station
wagon was seized. The 250
gallion subramine type still was
destroyed along with 6 barrels
of mash and other parapher
nalia.
couple can not be seated even
in this large auditorium, the
frantic mother of the bride, not
wanting to disappoint any per
son. decided that the vows sho
uld be heard both in the home
town of the bride and in the
home town of the groom. The
second nuptial events will take
place in the Wallace Elemen
tary School auditorium Friday.
November 20 at 8:00 p m.
The spectacular marriage
ceremony is being directed bv
the Wallace-Rose Hill High
School P T. A.
Miss" O. C. Btachard, Jr
of Wallace, is the blushing
bride. Beaufort Longest of
Rose Hill, willing or not, will
he the groom.
Bridesmaids, flower girls,
the frantic mother of the bride
and jilted girl friends of the
groom will all be on hand to
give you your money's worth in
good family entertainment in
the first ^jbmanless Wedding-'
to be held in the two commun
ities in several years
Broiler House
Insulation
Meeting Tuesday
A meeting to discuss broiler
house insulation and ventilation
will be held in the auditorium
of the Agricultural Building in
Kenansville Tuesday. Novem
ber 10 at 7:30 p. m.
Ray Ritchie, agricultural en
gineering extension specialist,
of State College, will be at the
meeting to lead the discussion.
Mr. Ritchie is the author of
several publications on heat
ing, ventilation and insulation
of poultry houses. He has done
extensive research on this sub
ject in the field here in North
Carolina.
Snodie Wilson. Duplin's as
sociate agricultural extension
agent, says that Mr. Ritchie is
highly qualified in this field
and that any broiler grower,
feed dealer, egg producer or
other person interested in poul
try should attend this discus
sion.
County Offices
To Close
Saturdays
All County Officers will be
closed on Saturdays beginning
with Saturday. December 5.
County Offices will be open
five days per week from 8:00
o'clock. A. M . to 5:00 o'clock,
P. M , beginning with Monday,
November 30.
This change has been appro
ved by the Board of Commis
sioners. The Duplin County
Bar Association recommended
the change to the governing
body. .ah
County Offices in surround
ing Counties are closed on Sat
urdays. Offices of Federal