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VOL. XXXI NO. 49 kenansville, n. C. THURSDAY DECEMBER 3. 1964 Pr1CE 10c plus~
Trial
& Error
Juat walked across the street
to get the mail, and saw them
putting up the Kenansville
lights! It was plumb exciting.
It looked on Monday as if we
might have a white Christmas,
but that has surely changed
now.
Have you been in the new
Kenansville Drug" Store? It is
really not new, but Amos Brln
son has done such a complete
Job of renovating that you will
think it is new when you walk
in. All new shelves and fix
tures, walnut panelling - Just
visit Open House this week end
and see for yourself, for you
will not believt what 1 am tell
ing you. Open House is on Fri
day and Saturday, December
4 and 5. Amos. Earl Hatcher
and Alma Brinson have been
so busy for the last several
weeks getting ready for open
house, that they have hardly
had time to speak. ?
Speaking of Open House. Joy
Sandlin (Mrs. I. J. Sandlin of
Beulaville t is holding Open
House on Sunday, December
6. Flowers by Joy is a new
florist shop in Beulaville. I
have not seen it yet. but all
reports say that it is "Out of
this World". Joy is holding
Open House Sunday afternoon,
and invites everyone to come in
and see her. Refreshments will
be served and floral arrange
m?nU will be given through
day ' , *
Incidentally, anyone want
some pretty little pyppies. We
have nine mere, fit, healthy
pretty little puppies. Just pup
pies, no pedigree! Those pup
pies would make some little
boy or girl or both mighty
happy at Christmas . and best
of all, they are free.
Ruth
"Wedding"
Set Thursday
Night, Wallace
The "Womanless Wedding"
being sponsored by the Wallace
Rose Hill P.T.A. will be held
Thursday night, December 3. at
8:00 p.m. at the Wallaco Ele
mentary School auditorium.
The bride is O. C. Blanchard,
Jr., while the groom is B. B
Longest; mother of the bride.
A. J. Carr; and the jilted girl
friend, the Rev. George Ports.
Chief Earl Whitaker takes the
part of the maid of honor; Thell
Overman is the grandmother of
the bride, and Joe Bland por
trays the be.by sister of the
bride. The Rev. Charles Sparks
cf Rose Hill is cast as "Marrying
Sam" in the comody and Nor
man Tuttle as the maid. The
entire cast includes some 35
"gentlemen" from Wallace and
Rose Hill.
Duplin 4-H'ers
"Best In SENCland"
some 700 club member*, lea
der* and friend* of 4-Her't
from nine counties attended
the 4-H Honor Program in
Brogden Hall at Wilmington,
85 of which were from Duplin.
TMa was the seventh annual
program sponsored by the Wil
mington Star and is participat
ed in by Carteret, Sampson,
Onslow, Bladen, Columbus,
Brunswick New Hanover Pen
der and DupUn Counties.
Duplin 4-Her'8 carried away
a total of 48 ribbons, 18 blue
ribbons, 18 red and 18 white
ribbons.
Duplin won the highly prised
and coveted award for the
county with the most outstand
ing 4-H program. Anthony
Westbrook, president of the
Duplin 4-H Council, accepted
the award.
In addition to being recogni
sed as having the most out
standing 4-H program in Sou
theastern North Carolina,
among the ?ln? participating
counties, William J. Costin of
Warsaw was recognised as the
most representative masi 4-H
leader in SENCland.
Mrs. Lois Britt, home econo
mics agent, and Mr. Marion
C. Griffin, assistant agricul
tural extension agent, other
4-H leaders and these fine boys
and girls are to be commend
ed for the fine showing Duplin
made-at the 9-county affair.
Anna Lee Hawes, lS-yr.-old.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.
B. Hawes of Rose Hill,-fecciy
ed two blue ribbons for sewing
and a red one for her record
book.
Others receiving blue ribbons
were Susan Carter, Gerald
Kornegay, Anthony Westbrook,
Harold Smith, Dennis Beasley,
Durant Glover, John Smith,
Linda Carter Gail Albertsoo,
Linda Wray, Stella Wells, and
Sylvia Ward.
Red ribbons went to Thomas
Wallace, Keith Westbrook, Gas
ton Westbrook, Anthony West
brook, Ray Hope, John Smith,
Sherry Howard, Linda Carter,
Brenda Westbrook, Linda
Wray, Lela Ward. Gail Cost in,
Charlotte Howard, Emily Blan
chard Susan Carter, Sherry
Powell, and Margaret Grady.
The Duplin boys and girls
exhibited garden and field
products, poultry, forestry and
wildlife exhibits, sewing from
pot holders to lined wool suits,
canned goods. Jellies, pickles,
relish and even mouth-water
ing cakes and even paintings
and other crafts along with
bugs (Ray Hope of Warsaw
won a rod ribbon on an ento
mology exhibit) and insects.
Margaret Grady received a red
ribbon for an oil painting,
Charlotte Howard a red rib
bon for blueberry muffins and
Susan Carter for chocolate fud
ge.
John Smith won a blue rib
bon for a dozen large brown
shell eggs; Harold Smith for a
collection of gourds and Ger
ald Kornegay for a pumpkin.
Beulav'ilte ChristrffaiT
v" * Parade Saturday
Miss North Carolina
Whitney The Hobo
On Saturday, December 5, at
2 P.M.. the Bculaville Jaycees
will stage '.heir 3rd' annual
Christmas Parade.
The parade will line up at the
Beulaville Elementary School at
approximately 1:30 P.M. and will
proceed down main street in
Bculaville at about 2 P.M.
Among the highlights of the
parade will be MISS NORTH
CAROLINA. Miss Sharon Finch,
of Thomasville: WHITNEY THE
HOBO; of Channel 7 Television
Station in Washington. N. C.;
and the one and only SANTA
CLAUS: who will <h? throwing
out candy and fruit to all the
children along the parade route.
There are expected to be about
60 units in the parade, which
promises to be one of the biggest
?ever staged in Beulaville.
Among those units participat
ing are the following: Williams
IGA, Beulaville National Guard,
Bostic Drug Co.. J. D. Carter
Tile Co., Beulaville Presbyterian
Church, Beulaville Methodist,
Church. Houston Radio and T.V.,1
Beulaville Jaycees. Miss North
Carolina, Mr. Hobo, Santa
Claus, Beulaville Fire Depart
ment, Maybr Herman Gore,
Beulaville 4-H Club, Cabin Free
iWill Baptist Church, Qubin
McGowan Funeral Service.
Frosty Morn, Maola, Pepsi-Cola,
Rivenbark Motor Company.
Warsaw Motor Co., Mack Oil
Co.. Bell Motors, Smith Township
Community Club, Johnson Cot
ton Co.. Kenausville Cub Scouts,
West Machinery, Carey Willi
ams Body Shop. M It M Riding
Club, Carolina Dairies, Ramsey
Feed Co,, Wallace Police Dept.,
Macy Thomas Kindergarten,
Rockfish 'Riding Club. Miller
Home Demonstration Club,
North Wallace Riding Club.
Christmas Dance
There will be approximately
30 girls trying for the Beulaville
Christmas Queen trophy from
all over Duplin County. The 1964
Beulaville Queen and her two
runner-ups will receive trophies
for their awadrards. The dance
will begin at approximately 8
p.m. and the crowning of the
Christmas Queen will take place
at approximately 9 p.m. The
crowning ceremony will be Em
coed bv Bill Cutler. Music will
be by The Bill Bass Orchestra
of Clinton.
WHITNEY THE HOBO of Channel 7 Television Station in Waahingotn; along with
the iovohr anion Finch. "Miss North Carolina." of Tbomaorille; one beauties; bonds,
flatt marching units and Santa Claus himself will be la the BeulaviUe Christmas pnrnde
which stepa-eff at t:?0 p. m. on Saturday. Dec. s
BRIEFS
KENANSVILLE DRUG STORE
Open House (or the enlarged,
completely renovated Kenans
ville Drug Store, with the new
?ad modernistic look, will be
held Friday and Saturday, De
cember 4 and S. Details are
carried inside this issue, but
Messrs. Brinson and Hatcher
invite you all to Open House
FLOWERS BY JOY
Flowers By Joy in Beulaville.
Ipvites you to come view their
new florist. Open House will be
Sunday, December ?, J til 7
p. m. Refreshments will be
served and floral arrangements
will be given during Open
House.
COURT
A two-week term of Civil
Superior Court will begin Mon
day, December 7, Judge Elbert
S. Peel, Jr., presiding
The next term of General
County Court will be held Jan
uary S, 6 and 7, with the Jury
present on the 8th. A three-day
session of county court conclud
ed today, having been in ses
sion Dec. 1, 2 and S.
Criminal Superior Court will
convene on January 18 with
Judge Chester Morris of Coin
Jock presiding.
COAST GUARD ACADEMY
APPLICATION DEADLINE
NEARS
. Eligible young men are re
minded that December 5 is the
deadline for submitting appli
cations to compete for appoint
ment as Cadet, United States
Coast Guard.
WIIIR. WAR OK. > M
BETHLEHEM" '
The Morehead Planetarium
is now showing its Christmas
show, "The Star of Bethle
hem", which can be seen on
weekdays at 8:30 p. m.; on Sat
urdays at 11:00 a. m. and 1,
3, 4 and 8:30 p. m.; and on
Sundays at 2, 3, 4 and 8:88
p. m.
New in the 1964 show is a
panorama of the hills and vil
lage of modern Bethlehem,
? prepared by the staff from
photographs.
MRS. ROBERT L. WEST
ACCEPTED INTO
COLONIAL DAMES
At the quarterly meeting of
the Lord Craven Chapter Col
onial Dairies XVII Century on
Saturday at Wilmington. Mrs.
Robert L. West of Warsaw was
accepted .into the society. Mr*.
Gardner Edwards of BeulaviDe
was one of three hostesses Air
the occasion. Mrs. C. B. Wil
liams of BeulaviUe also attend
ed the meeting at the Heart of
Wilmington Motel. Mrs. John
D. Beatty of Elirabethtown,
president, presided.
BILL BOYETTE TO
TEACH TAX COURSE
BUI Boyette of Warsaw win
be the instructor for a course
in federal tax reporting, spon
sored by the James Sprunt In
stitute, beginning December 2
at 7:00 p. m. at Kenansville
Elementary School. The course
will extend over six weeks with
time out for the holidays.
PIREMANSHIP TRAINING
William E. Hutton will be
the instructor for a course in
Fbemanship Training at the
Rose Hill Fire Station each
Thursday night for ten weeks
beginning Dec. 10 at 7:00 p. m.
The class is sponsored by the
James Sprunt Institute.
Lisas Te CoBeet Toys
Warsaw Lisas win stalk
ea Moaday night. Decem
ber 7 te collect sM toys far
Chrietmas. They wfl call
ea aB beams la Warsaw
and pick up sM toys la be
around Warsaw.
Evnysat having toys te
give Is asked te leave Ms
fisat perch light busing
Rem seven natfl Nine P?
M.. Monday evening, and b
Lisa wB stop by yodr
house te pick ap the toys.
H ysa wR be eat of town
or arias one af the Lisas,
taJL"ta ?? BrttcTstero
Farmers Vote Dec. 15 I
Tobacco Cut Nearly A Fifth J
On December 15, growers
will again vote (or or against
the continuation of the pre
sent tobacco program which so
vitally affects the income of
all growers of tobacco. With
out support prices, many lead
ers high in the industry pre
dict a drop of 20 cents a
pound. Few believe the aver
age would be above 30 cents.
Farm costs for producing to
bacco are about thirty cents
per pound.
Economists estimate that the
money a tobacco farmer gets
for his crop goes through at
least seven other hands after
leaving the farmers. In 1963,
flue-cured fanners in North
Carolina got a total of $550 mil
lion for their crop. Multiply
that by seven, and the value
of the crop to North Carolina
becomes nearly four billion dol
lars.
Without support prices, the
money that tobacco farmers
put in circulation would be
slashed in half. Many predict
this would bring a wide-spread
depression in flue-cured coun
ties. This would probably start
now. Farmers would cut down
sharply on Christmas expendi
tures in anticipation of little
income next summer. They
would, no doubt, abandon plans
to buy new equipment and sup
plies. In fact, they would spend
as little money as possible, for
anything.
Since March 12, 1938, Duplin
farmers have voted 11 times in
flag-cured tobacco referenda.
iiTiO of these li times. Iarm
ers have approved quotas on
flue-cured tobacco. Only on
Dec. 19, 1938, did farmers fail
to approve quotas, this was for
the 1939 crop. Farmers boosted
their acreage by 360,800 acres,
and the crop returned growers
an average price of 14.9 cents
a pound or about $137 per acre.
If two-thirds of the votes on
1 December 15 are yes. market
ing quotas will apply and price
support will be continued on
tobacco grown on each farm's
allotted acreage. If more than
one-third of the growers vote
against the quota system,
there will be no price sup
port.
Any person, landlord, tenant,
or share cropper, sharing in
the production of tobacco, can
vote. There will be a polling
place in each ASCS commun
ity.
Secretary of Agriculture Or
iiilln T rraomon hoe onnmiit_ 1
tuic U. a i wviiiaii iiuj oiiiivuii
ced a 19.5 per cent cut in most
grower plantings of flue-cured
tobacco for 1965 - subject to
approval by this producer ref
erendum Dec. 15. North Caro
lina's allotment for 1965 would
by cut by 81,987 acres. This cut
of 81,987 acres totals more than
the total acreage of any other
flue-cured tobacco producing
state.
This reduction would come
on top of a 10 per cent cutback
this year and would make the
1965 allotments 51% below
those of 1954.
This is the largest cut since
1957, but was made necessary
because supplies have become
the largest of record, and thre
aten to become burdensome.
Farmers have all along increa
sed the yield per acre sharply
but at the same time have, no
doubt, decreased the quality of
the tobacco produced.
Controls have been in effect
on tobacco for 2S years and
were approved three years ago
by over 98% of the grower!
voting.
The support rate has not yet
been fixed for next year's
crop but is expected to average
about S7.7 cents a pound.
This year's crop averaged
2.107 pounds per acre, an all
time record. Stabilisation has
now nearly a billion pounds of J
tobacco already on hand. It
would appear that unless care
ful thought is given this pro
blem, hundreds of Duplin far
mers will have to seek other )
ways to make a living.
WALLACE CHRISTMAS PARADE. ? Miss Jean Marie Haggerty, "Miss Poultry
Princess" rides one of the 70 units in the Wallace Christmas Parade Friday. The weath
er was sunny and warm and thousands lined the streets to watch Santa riding atop his
sleigh, hear the bands and see the beautiful floats, horses galore and listen to onlookers
say "This is best yet."
CONGRESSMAN HENDERSON
- Be At CourthMM Next
congressman David N. Hea
der sec,today announced that
he wui be in the Court House
in Kenansville on Thursday.
December 10, 1964, from 9:00
till 11:00 A. M. on his regular
fall visitation schedule.
Henderson said that he is
making an announced visit to
the Court House of every coun
ty in the Third District to make
himself available to constitu
ents who wish to discuss Fed
eral programs, problems, or
pending legislation with him.
Henderson also announced
that he will be available for
appointments in his Wallace
office on Mondays from now
until Congress reconvenes in
January.
Duplin
Officials
Duplin County officials who
will take the oaths of office on
Monday. December 7, 1964 at
10:00 o'clock a. m. before Jud
ge Elbert S. Peele, Jr. in the
Duplin County courtroom for
four year terms will be Mrs.
Christine W. Williams Register
of Deeds elect J. B. Stroud
Vounty Commissioner elect
from the fifth commissioner
district and Joe A. Sutton,
County Commissioner elect for
the first commissioner district.
Russell J. Lanier, Judge
elect of General County Court
and William E. Craft, Solicitor
elect of General County Court
will take the oaths of office be
fore Judge Peele for two-year
terms.
Judge Peele will also admin
ister oaths to assistant Register
of Deeds: Janice Smith, Bar*
foara S. West, Ruth S. Herring,
Zona Q. Jenkins and Elisa
beth G. West.
ROSE HILL POST OFFICE
The Rose Hill Post Office will
be open all day on Saturday,
December 5, 12 and 19 and on
Wednesday, December 16 and
23 to help you with your Christ
mas mail, according to Post
matter Ray Sanderson. Nor
mally, the office closes on
Wednesday and Saturday after
noons.
Bloodshed
RALEIGH ? The Motor Ve
hicles Department's summary
of traffic deaths through 10 A.
M. Monday, November 30:
Murdered Woman's
im ? ? ? ??*+ ?" ? ?*" ? *? - ??*?.? ""?? '?*' ' i
Body Disinterred
Miss Helen Marie Whaley, 20,
of Magnolia, and an employee
?I "Duplin General Hospital at
Kenansville, was raped and
strangled to death with her
blouse on Friday night, No
vember IS, in a lover's lane
near her home.
Funeral services were held
at the Carroll's Street Freewill
Baptist Church in Magnolia,
Sunday afternoon, November
IS and burial followed in De
votional Gardens near Warsaw.
Early Monday morning, No
vember 30, before daylight,
Coroner Hector McNeil disin
terred the body at the request
of Solicitor Walter Britt and
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Whaley,
parents of the young woman.
The body was taken to N. C.
Memorial Hospital at Chapel
Hill for examination by patho
logists and reinternment was
made in Devotional Gardens
late that same afternoon.
At a coroner's inquest held in
the Duplin County Courtroom
at Kenansville on November 20,
the jury returned a verdict
that Helen Marie Whaley
"came to her death by stran
gulation at the hand of Lin
wood Quinn Brooks, by his own
admission." Brooks was a
neighbor and former classmate
of the murdered woman.
Brooks surrendered to offi
cers on his own volition on the
night of the murder and pur
suant to an order of court was
removed from jail last week to I
Dorothea Dix Hospital in Ral-1
eigh for mental observation.
He is being held, without privi
lege of bond, for the January
18th term of Duplin County
Superior Court, when he will
be tried on charges of rape
and first degree murder, Jud
ge Chester Morris of Coinjock
presiding.
Sanford
Tribute
Francis Keppel, U. S. Com
missioner of Education, will
be the representative from the
field of education, scheduled
to speak at the Sanford Appre
ciation Dinner at the Dorton
Arena in Raleigh on Friday,
December 4, Col. Gib Buck and
Robert Carr County Chairmen
announced this week.
J. M. Smith at Chinquapin
also has tickets.
Parade, Dance, Banquet
Santa Visits Rose
Hill Next Friday
This year's annual Christmas
Parade and activities, sponsor
ed by the Rose Hill Jaycees,
are set for Friday, December
11, Pete Cowan, general chair
man announces.
Miss Esther Sharon Finch,
"Miss North Carolina," of
Thomasville and Miss Jean
Marie Haggerty, "Miss Poultry
Princess." of Wallace, will
highlight the list of beauties to
appear in the big parade.
The Ion gparade will begin in
downtown Rose Hill at 3; 90 p.
m. Featured will be several
high school bands and majoret
tes, including the prise-win
ning Roeeboro - Salemburg
High School Band and the E.
E. Smith High School Band.
There will be marching units
from Seymour-Johnson Air
Force Base and ROTC units,
and several riding clubs along
with many beautiful floats
Floats, bands marching units,
home groups and pretty girts.
but most important of all will
be Santa himself riding on the
big fire truck.
The Rose Hill Jaycees and
their wives will great Miss
Finch, Miss Haggerty and the
area beauties at a banquet fol
lowing the parade.
Woody Hayes and Band from
Raleigh will provide music for
the annual Christmas Dance at
the achool gymnasium from ?
through IS p. m.
The Jaycees announced today
that Christmas trees and the
delicious Claxton. Georgia,
fruitcakes will go on sale
Saturday December 13. The lot
will be next to the Rose Hill
Restaurant. The trees are of
high quality and will be avail
able in a wide range of sixes.
MAY YOU MAW IT IN
THK TIMES - MKNTINEL
'.? ? - ML V