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<3T/?V4 \<^S * /^ JF1 t\ i ^ M' ( 1 iflah n Wj& jr Stul^ .Jm** tfcc Statist*?'l^AJ- ^M^'tk i4>?l oj BujAw PROGRESS SENTINEL VOL. XXXI NO. 46 , KENANSVILLE. N. C. THURSDAY NOVEMBER 5. 1964 PRICE 10* PLUS TAX Trial <Sr Error . -v ? V . 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." / # * 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 , -wM [Si 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