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VOL XXXIII NO. 9 KENANSVILLE, N. C. MARCH 3. 1966 PRICE 10* PLUS TAX
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Trial
& Error
Would you say Monday was a
rainy day? I took some pictures
of the streets In Warsaw--which
Incidentally were no good. But
die street between the First
i Baptist Church In Warsaw and
the school house was covered
with water. A branch which ran
beside Jim Cottle's home was
filled way beyond its capacity,
and Jim's back yard looked lllce
a big lake. The next day I
went by to see If the water was
gone, and It was. The canal
which runs through Warsaw was
overflowing and water was
across the road in front of Mrs.
Bland Pickett's home.
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1 heard this one last night,
but will not use the names.
A son told his father that he
was planning to major in Philos
ophy at college. His father asked
him, "Where are you going to
sell that?"
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It was told to me that two
young men in pink Hill had
to attend a business meeting In
Richmond. That was not un
usual, but what was unusual
was they hired a private plane
to come to the Pink Hill Air
port and pick them up. Some
style!
Ruth
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H. F. Lee Permanent PM
Congressman David N. Hen
drson today announced that he
has nominated Henry F. Lee
for the position of permanent
postmaster of Warsaw.
Certified as elllble for the
position by the Civil Service
Commission were Lee, Alfred
E. Herring and Arnold M.Jones.
Actual appointment of second
class postmasters is made by
the President, subject to con
firmation by the Senate, but
traditionally, nominations of
Congressmen from eligible re
gisters are honored.
Henry Flnlayson Lee, better
known as Finn, who has been
appointed as Postmaster of the
W arsaw Post office was bornln
Falson but has been a resident
?f Warsaw for 3D years. He is
the son of the late Henry Fai
son Lee and Dora McCullen Lee,
who moved from Falson to Mt.
Olive where Finn graduated
from Mt. Olive Hign SchooL
After High school he gra
duated from Randolph Macon
Academy, Bedford, Virginia and
then Eastman College, Pough
keepsle, New York where he
studied Business Administra
tion.
Lee came to Warsaw about
1936 where he owned and operat
ed Duplin Theatre for 25 years.
After leaving the theatre he
worked with Warsaw Motor
Company as salesman and in
public relations.
Lee has taken time from his
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Two Seriously Injiired Wheii
Gar Runs Into House
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A one-car collision serious
ly injured two persons on Mon
day morning just outside the
city limits of Beulavflle. Se
riously injured were Mrs. Tes
sle Evans of Beulaville who
was thrown from the car and
Hobson Scott of Beulaville. Mrs.
Evans received lacerations of
the face, broken arm and in
ternal injuries. Scott received
severe lacerations of the face
and head. Robert Jessie Evans,
driver, received a few cuts on
the face. Mrs. Evans and Mr.
Scott are in Duplin General
Hospital, reported to be in ser
ious condition.
At about 9;30 Monday morn
Ins, the three people were tra
velling on highway 24 Just west
Beulaville in a 1966 Ford, two
door F airline which belonged
to Mrs. Evans's son, WUluun
Michael Dujsick. The car which
was headed toward Ken arts vllle
ran off the left side of the
road, hit a tree six Inches in
diameter and broke it in two.
The car then travelled 167 feet
to a house, knocked the cement
steps and tore them up and
damaged the wall to the living
room of the home of Colon Tho
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mas. From there It travelled
51 more feet before It stopped.
Mrs. Evans was thrownfrom
the car after it hit the house.
Scott was lying in the front
seat of the car with his head
leaning out at the drivers door.
The driver was evidently thrown
from the car but was able to be
up walking around when help
arrived. Tne car was on fire.
Evans was arrested and put in
jail, but has been released un
der |500 bond for county court,
according to officers. He Is
charged with careless and reck
less driving, driving under die
Influence, transporting non-tax
paid whiskey and causing wreck
which caused bodily injury and
property damage. The car was
a total loss.
Policeman H. J. Brown of
Beulavllle Investigated the ac
cident. ;
Simmons Gels 5-7 Years
Robert Earl Simmons of Beu
lavllle received a sentence of
5 to 7 years, In Superior Court
on Tuesday In Kenansvtlle. He
was sentenced by Judge Henry
L. Stevens of Warsaw.
Simmons was convicted of
larceny and receiving stolen
goods from Beulaville FCX and
the A.D. Parker Store In chin
quapin. He was charged with
two other counts on larceny
and receiving and two other
counts of Breaking and Enter
ing, which were nol prossed.
Simmons, a Beulaville TV
Dealer and renalrman. was ar
rested January 17 by Duplin
law officers. He was charged
with Breaking, entering and lar
ceny of the Beulavllle FCX
Store on January 2. Portable
TVs and Console models, se
veral radios and auto tires were
stolen, amounting to about
$1,200. The Parker Store was
robbed In December.
,DANCE
American Legion Hut - Max
well's Mill - Saturday night,
March 5 - Benefit of Heart
Fund - "tomeSwing Your Part
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Henderson Announces For Congress
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Congressman David N. Hen
derson today formally announc
ed his candidacy for reelection
to his fourth term subject to
die May 28th Democratic Pri
mary.
A native of Hubert in On
slow County. Henderson lives in
Wallace, where he has resided
most of his life. Prior to his
election to Congress in 1960,
he practiced law in Wallace
and served as both judge and
Solicitor of the General County
Court of buplin County, in 1951
52, he served as Assistant Ge
neral Counsel to theCommlttee
on Education andLaboroftheu.
S. House of Representatives. He
is a veteran of world War
II. having served with the Army
Air Corps in India, China, and
Okinawa, and being discharged
as a major in 1946.
A graduate of Davidson Col
lege and the Law School of the
University of North Carolina,
Henderson is married to the
former Mary Knowles of Wal
lace, and they have three sons.
He is assigned to the House
Committee on Post Office and
Civil Service and the Committee
on Public works. He has been
Chairman of the standing sub
committee on Manpower Utili
sation Since January, 1963.
As a member of the House
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Ballet
Dancers
Well
Received
Ballet Dancers of the Uni
versity of North Carolina at
Greensboro were in Kcnans
vllle on Wednesday night.
The dancing troupe , spon
sored by the Tar Heels Fine
Arts Society, Inc. of James
Sprunt institute, was well re
ceived.
The concert Included Partita
by Bach; Ritual by Mitchell;
Traffic by AStley; Tnree Women
by Teleman; Buoyant Patterns
by Rauel; and A La Village by
Ferguson.
Tne Dance Director, Virginia
Moomaw, explained the dances
and gave an Interpretation of
the various movements of the
dances.
The Dance team was com
posed of about twenty-two col
lege girls.
Faison ABC
Store Going Up
FAISON - Construction has
started on a building next to
the Faison City Hall to house
Falson's new ABC store.
The 20 by 55 foot building Is
being constructed byC. S. Price
Faison contractor, at a cost of
08,865. Weather permitting, the
building Is expected to be com
pleted Jji 60 days.
The new structure Is going uo
jd the site of the oM fire sta
tlon which was torn down a'few
weeks ago. It will have a colon
ial - style from. In addition,
front of the city hall will be ren
ovated to blend with the new
buQdiqg.
THE BALLET CAME TO TOWN?This Is a scene from the
ballet "Traffic" which Is a pattern of movement. The ballet
was sponsored by the Tar Heels Fine Arts Society, Inc. of
Duplin County. Other programs are sponsored during the
year. This Is the third In tne series. The Ballet dancers were
members of the Dance Company of the University of North
Carolina At Greensboro (Staff Photo)
Duplin Farmers Express Interest
Producing Vegetables For Processing
A series V. nine meetings,
with Duplin County farmers, to
discuss the possibility of grow
ing vegetables for processing
was completed on Friday night,
February 25.
At these meetngs, Vernon H.
Reynolds, County Extension
Chairman, and George S. Wel
lons, Assistant Agricultural
Extension Agent, discussed the
possibility of getting a vege
table processing plant In the
area, and the net Income which
Duplin farmers might expect to
make on vegetables grown for
processing.
The farmers who attended the
meetings were very Interested
In the possibility of growing ve
getables for processing. One
hundred fifty-five farmers fil
led out survey forms at the
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meetings. Indicating that they
would like to produce a total
of 4,853 acres of vegetables.
Approximately 90% of the far
mers who attended the meet
ings filled out survey forms.
The following Is a break
down by communities of the
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March Is Red Cross Month
The Duplin County chapter,
of the American Red Cross
today, (March 1) launched Its
annual month-long campaign for
funds In what Dr. Hum M.
Powell of Rose Hill, chapter
chairman, termed one of the
most crucial years in the ARC.
National Organization's post
World War II history. March
has been proclaimed Red Cross
month by President Johnson.
"The heavy expenditures for
victims of Hurricane Betsy, the
greatly increased services to
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Camellia Show In Wallace
All Camellia growers and
lovers are invited to exhibit
and attend the Garden Council
of Wallace,* Camellia Show
which Is being held In coopera
tion with the American Camellia
Society and the North Carolina
Camellia Society.
The event Is slated for Wed
nesday, March 9 from 3 until
9 p.m. at the First National
Bank on EastSoutherland Street
in Wallace.
Everyone Is urged to bring
blooms to the show. Entries
In Horticulture and Arrange
ments will be accepted from
9:30 until U;30 a.m. only.
Silver awards for tne best
bloom In the show and the
best arrangement will be given
by Evans Jewelry Store and A.
J. Cavenaugh, Jeweler.
Camellia blooms In Class A
and B will be judged by variety
and arranged alphabetically ac
cording to accepted nomencla
ture. Class A Is open to ama
teurs only. Class B (seedlings)
Is open to amateurs and pro
fessionals alike.
The theme of the Arrange
ments Is Camellia imagery.
judging will be standards of
the American Camellia Society
and the National Council of State
Garden Clubs.
Trophies and Awards will be
presented.
For further Information on
entries contact the Garden
Council of Wallace, Wallace,
N.C.
Cole's Jewelers
Robbed Again
The second break-In In three
months at Cole's Jewelers In
Beulaville is under Investiga
tion by the Duplin County She
riff's Department.
Latest break-In at the store
owned and operated by crippled
Leland Cole occurred Tuesday
night, February 22. Taken were
rings, watches and clocks
valued at $1,400. Some of the
watches were those left by cus
tomers for repairs.
"It was just an act of mean
ness," said Deputy Graham
Chestnut who Investigated. He
said the glass front to an un
locked showcase was knocked
out with a bottle and the je
welry removed . Entry was
gained by knocking out part
of a front window.
The store was entered on
Novembe 29 and merchandise
valued at $1,000 to $1,100 taken.
No one has been arrested In
either break-In.
County Court
Clifton M?rrttt, Driving while
license suspended, nolpros with
leave.
Forrest Turner, driving after
license suspended, no liability
insurance and stolen license
tag and no registration, nol
pros with leave.
Hubert Henry Hatcher, speed
lng, $10 fine and cost.
William Edward Carter, drun
ken driving. $100 fine and cost,
six months suspended, remain
of good behavior for two years,
not drive for two ySers.
James Wilson, drunken driv
ing, $60 fine end cost.
W Ullam Harrison Smith, care
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Man Shot
James Branson, negro of
Rose Hill, Route 2, was shea
iIn the stomach on Saturday
night.
Branson has accused Edro
Farrlor Route 2 who has been
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Good Neighbor Council
Discuss Problems Of County
The Duplin County Good Nel- "
ghbor Council hela Its second
meeting In the County Court
house last Thursday night. The
organization, initiated by the
board of County commissio
ners, Is composed of leading ci
tizens, Negro and White, and Is
designed to create channels of
communications between the
races for the mutual benefit of
Duplin County.
M. G. Cording, project di
rector for the tri-county com
munity Action Council Inc., dis
cussed with the group the alms
and purposes ot the Economics I
Opportunity Act. Cording, In
classic style, pointed out what
this program could mean to the
county economics and higher
cultural values. The purpose, he
said, "Is to marshall local
state and federal resources to
made the greatest Impact on
low Income families."
Windsor Johnson, a member
of the council, went Into some
detail as to the depth and gra
vity of the situation with spe
cial reference to Negroes. John
son stated that the average
Income of Negro families In
North Carolina was forty eight
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City Tags
City Tags are still on sale
at the Town Hall In Kenans
ville. Persons owning cars who
have not purchased tags are
asked to do so Immediately.
Monday, March 7, cars will
be checked for city tags. Cars
without tags will tie charged a
penalty of $5.00
FOX HUNTERS W AITING?These were some
of the fox hunters gathered In Albertson on
February 22. They were waiting around a small
fire on the cold brisk morning for the bark
of the dogs. This Is an annual event In Alberts on
community--A Washington's Birthday Fox Hunt.
Fox hunters gather from aU areas to join In
the fox chase.
Fox Hunters Have Good Chase
By. Ruth P. Grady
A cold brisk morning brought
the fox hunters and dogs to
Alberts on to celebrate George
Washington's Birthday.
Richard Alvln smith, "Mr.
Dunn" as we all call him,
stated that this celebration '
started about 16 years ago. Mr.
Smith said that in reading his
tory. he learned that George
W ashington loved fox hunting. So
In honor of his birthday, the
people of the community get
together each year and have
a fox hunt, and Invite other
hunters.
About 4 a.m. hunters and dogs
begin arriving at the Albert
son Ruritan Club building. A
piping hot breakfast is served
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