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VOL XXXin NO. 20 KENANSVTLLE, N. C. MAY 26,1966 PRICE 10# PLUS TAX
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DUPLIN BOOSTERS - Shown are the eight Duplin county
men as they met in Raleigh with the staff of the Division of
Commerce and Industry of the State Department of Conser
vation & 1 starters
Kenahsvflle; joe Sutton, member Duplin County Board of
Commissioners; and P. B. Retford, director. Duplin "Develop- ~ I
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mem Commission. Back row, left to right; Vernon H. Rey
nolds, chairman, Duplin Agricultural Extension Services;
Thomas B. Brought on. chief, Industrial and Community Ser
vices, Division of Commerce and industry, who arranged
the meeting; Falson w. McGowan, Duplin county accountant;
C. W. Si rratt, Jr., board member and past chairman of
development commission; and Milford Quinn, present chair
man of Duplin Development Commission. (Photo by Charles
Clark, c & D Dept.)
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"liuplin Story low to statt olPS
C & D's Industry Division
Duplin, already the Slate's
leading agricultural county
from the standpoint of farm
commodities grown and sold,
warns more industry to help
, bring a better balance of Its
economy.
This Is what Preston B. BU1
ford of Kenansvllle, executive
director. Duplin Development
Commission, and seven ether
Duplin industrial developers
told the staff of the Depart
ment of Conservation and De
velopment's Commerce and In
dustry Division inRJ*ign Mon
day as they outlined what their
area has to offer Industry.
The meet big, another in the
series of inviting Ipcal deve
lopers to Raleigh to tell the
C A I staff what their com
munity * have to offer indus
try, v ire highlighted by the show
tog id ,.'J?,r slides and a com
mentary on "The Duplin Story"
by Dixon Hall, president of toe
James Sprunt Institute at Ke
nansvUle.
Formed In 1749 and one of the
oldest counties In the State,
Duplin today has tome 50 In
dustries employing more than
2,300 people, Raiford said.
New fodustrles seeh as the
National Spinning Company and
Reeves Brothers, a textile ope
ration, have served to reduce
the labor supply, principally
women, but the county can use
industries where male em
ployees are needed and pre
ferred, Raiford said, "we still
have a labor surplus, but not
in women, he explained.
Income from agricultural
products In the county lest year
reached the $55 million mark,
with strawberries, tobacco and
poultry being the leading com
modities. Vernon H. Reynolds,
chairman of the Duplin Agricul
tural Extension Services, not
ing that the Income from the
county's agricultural pro -
ducts Jumped from $26
million in 1956 to $55 mffibn
In 1965, predicted cash re
ceipts from the sale of farm
commodities will double the
1965 figure In a few years.
In addition to Raifora, Hall
and Reynolds, others in the
Duplin group were; Joe Sut
ton, member of the Duplin Coun
ty Board of Commissioners;
Falson W. McGowan, county ac
countant; MUford Quinn, chair
man, Garland King, vice chair
man, and C. W. Surratt, Jr.,
board member and past chair
man, of the Duplin Develop
ment Commission.
Wins Eagle
Award
junior Assistant scoutmaster
William s. Butler. Jr. better
known as Bill of Troop 45, In
an Impressive ceremony on
Tuesday, May 17, received
Scoutlng's highest honor. The
Eagle Scout Award.
A Court of Honor was con
venled for the purpose of making
an Eagle Scout Award,present
ed by Mr. Robert L. (Bobby)
Miller, Duplin District Aa
vtnce chairman. The candidate
and his parents were escorted
to the stage by Eagle escort.
BUI reded tested himself to the
principals of Scouting by pledg
es. to live by the Scout Law
and scout Oath.
The Scoutmaster, Mr. Walter
J. Thomas, Jr. noted that the
mother of a boy usually works
as hard as anyone to complete
the work for tne rank of Eagle
Award and requested that Mrs.
Butler pin the Eagle badge upon
her son. Bill In turn presented
his mother with a silver minia
ture Eagle suspended on a sil
ver chair, which BUI placed
around her neck. Bill also pre
sented his father with a tie bar
with miniature eagle.
Rev. Hugh Ross Williams
gave the Eagle Charge and Ea>
jjte oath to BUI and pronounced
The Penney's, George and Virginia, open the
gifts presented them by the hosts at the testl- j
monlal dinner riven In their honor Frldiy night
11 the Oek Ridge Community Building fphoto
by Ruth well*) s k
1 estimonial Dinner For Penney
. The oak RMge Conunatty n
Building was the setting for ? f
Testimonial dinner Friday night F
honoring Mr. GeorgeV. Penney. *>
retiring soU Conservationist. t
Hosts for the ooeaslon were \
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Mercer, 1
Mr. and Mrs. William G. sul- a
Uta. Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Hoi- 3
land. Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Blan- h
t^iard^and Mr. and Mrs. E, V. *
Lauren Sharps, Mr. CalCta
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C,MClWtQu A*?*" mi "" . A "Kf, j
iow director of Field Service
or Tobacco Associates, Mr.
??m Moore, Areaconservatto
lst mvb a brief biography of
he fionored guest. Mr. Sills
'estal introduced the follow
ng from the state office; Mes
srs J. p. Kuykendal. a A.
mith and j. A. Glazensr. Ot
ter officials recognised were
lr. L. W. Outlaw, former su
erviaor, Mr. Kenneth Grady,
ounty commissioner. Mr. V.
l Reynolds, F vt ens ion Chair
nan, Mr. O. L. Holland. Dit
to A.S.C.S., Mr. William Spi
?r and Mf. Wllbert Jones S.
C.S. Technicians.
Mr. Penney thanked the
group for their curtesy to him
snd For the cooperation he had
enjoyed during his twenty one
years as soil conservationist
and pointed out that more pro
gress had bean made In those
twenty one years than In 8100
rrs prior, and that the soli
our most precious posses
sion, oidy after our children.
The Pmmey's children, Lura
Anna Penney and Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Pansy were present for
the occasln along with abeot
160 friends.
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Liberty Hall Approaching
Grandeur. .But Tedious Job
By: Ruth P. Grady
Restoring old homes Is not
all glory as the finished pro
duct seems to show. It Is full
of fascination, challenge, head
aches, rewards and at times.
Just plain heart aches.
But as Bob Herring says, "it
Is worth every challenge It puts
before me." Bob Herring of
Rose Hill Is contractor for the
restoration of Liberty Hall In
Kenansvflle. Liberty Hall Is the
home of the Kenans and the
scene of the wedding of Mary
Lilly Kenan and Henry M.Flag
ler In August of 1901. Liberty
Halll Is tne original home of
William Rand Kenan, Jr. and
Colonel Owen Kenan. The lit
tle town of Kenans vllle was
named for the Kenans.
The Kenan family has given |
Liberty Hall to the county and
has set aside an appropriation
to restore the home to all of
Its original pomp and glory.
But according to Bob Herring
there Is many a step between
the dream and the realization.
First to greet the men on the
Job was a hive of bees which
had made their home In one
of the corners of the house.
The bees sent the men scat
tering and also sent Herring
scattering to find someone to
take them away. Thomas Brln
son, who lives In the Kenans
ville area, came and charmed
the bees away as well as ga
thered a tub full of honey.
This work which started elgnt
months ago was planned In ad
vance as far as It could be fore
seen. First was the tedious Job
of removing, labelling, packag
ing and sketching of shutters,
hardware, woodwork and every
detail such as measurements
were taken so they could
be reproduced or replaced.
Plaster was knocked down In
the entire house and hauled out.
During the process, extreme
caution was taken not to break
any window lights. Then all
wooden plaster laths were re
moved - these laths were home
made and "rived out," from
heart pine and were In excel
lent condition as far as pre
servation Is concerned. All
nails, which were of wrought
Iron, were pulled out. "Hie
laths will be replaced by metal
laths.
Due to weahter conditions,
work wasthentransferredtothe
outside. Men with wall scra
pers and wire brushes actual
ly manually scraped and brush
ed every square Inch of the
exterior of the walls. All nails
had to be set in the weather
boarding In the exterior trim
so they can be caulked and
sealed when the painting Is
done.
A move back to the inside
of the house called for the
scraping of paint and sanding
of all Interior trim such as
doors, windows, mantels, base
boards, casings, mouldings and
ceilings of pantry and summer
dining rooms. All doors and
wood work Is of heart pine ex
cept the bannister rail which Is
ol solid walnut.
Due to a leak In the chim
ney In the parlor which made
the chimney fnsafe, the man
tel had to De dlsmanteled and
the chimney removed brick by
brick In order to be able to
reuse the usable brick.
The floors will be cleaned
and hand sanded to preserve
their original irregularities. Of
much interest is the fact that
the flooring was originally hand
dressed. Tne boards vary from
four to eight inches wlae. The
top of the floors were finished
and the bottom unfinished, and
all floors are in good eondi
tlon. The base boards in each
room were carefully fined to
the floor and must be replaced
in exactly the location which
they originally fitted.
Many interesting facts were
pointed out in the house. Studs
were mortised into the beams.
Storage spaces were recessed
into tne masonry work of each
of the chimneys. Long timbers
4 x 10's go all the way through
the house approximately 46 feet
long. All studs in the wall are
mortised into these timbers
and they are mounted some
25 feet above the gound. Each
room has corner braces. Cor
ner posts In the house are ap
proximately twenty-two feet
long and supports are mortised
In on each floor.
Extra supports have been
placed above the celling in the
second story of the house to
provide support for the heavy
roof which is to be put on.
The specific shingle has not
been selected but it Is under
stood that the roof will be a fla
zed ceramic reproduction of
wooden shingles which will be
quite heavy.
All fire places are to be
reworked with cast iron dam
pers so that the fireplaces may
be used or closed as desired
rne original brick will be used
in all exposed areas. Fascl
Coatlaued to pace 7
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Warsaw Manager Named
For Local Bank Branch
The Bank at Mount Olive
has received approval from the
Federal Deposit Insurance Cor
poration to establish a full pow
ered branch in the town of War
saw.
In making the announcement,
President E. C. Casey, of die
Mount Olive based institution
stated, "We are indeed pleas
ed to receive approval for a
Warsaw Branch. We shall be
gin 1 immediately taking th?,nec
essary steps to open thiStirai.cn
as soon as possible. We are
grateful to the many people
in the area who have been in
strumental in helping us es
tablish this branch."
"We pledge to them and all
residents of the Warsaw Com
munity the full cooperation at
our officers and staff in bring
ing to Warsaw a banking facil
ity dedicated to service and with
a sincere desire to become a '
part of this rapidly growing
community," President Casey
continued.
The Warsaw branch will be
managed by T. Carroll Hobbs,
33, who has had more than six
years banking experience. He
is going through an orientation
program at die bank's main of
fice at the present time.
The son of Mr. M. L. and
Mrs. Nettle B. Hobbs of Route
2, Falson, he is married to the
former Harrlette Thornton and
the father of one child, T. Car
roll Hobbs, Jr. Hobbs attended
Hall's High School and graduat
ed from Atlantic Christian Col
lege with a B. S. degree in I
- Business Administration. He
is a veteran of the Korean
War.
The new Warsaw branch man
ager is a member of Grove Park
Baptist church where he serves
on the board of deacons and is
the financial secretary. Hobbs
- Is also a member of the Clinton
Klwanls club. He plans to move
" to Warsaw in the very near fu
ture. /
TO BE IN
KENANSVILLE
On the 26th of May, which
Is Thursday, the first meeting
of the architects, contractor
and interior Consultant of Li
berty Hall will meet In Ke
nans vllle with Mr. Tom Kenan
of Durham. The consultant Is
Mr. John E. Winters of New
York City.
Mr. Winters was consultant
In the Museum of Early Sou
thern Decorative Art at Old
Salem. Next fall he will be a
frequent visitor to Kenans vllle
as he will begin the work of
re-flnlshlng the Interior of Li
berty Hall.
Mr. Tom Kenan stated over
the telephone on Tuesday that
the Kenan family felt that they
were most fortunate In secur
ing the services of Mr. Winters
I W fllUm S. Boiler. Jr.. who months Eagle Award.
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W or* in the basement at Liberty Hall mores slowly. The
top picture shows the opening Into the basement which
caved In when the water level was found to be only five or
six feet below the ground surface, m the middle picture,
the bulldoser Is shown moving away the muck and mire
from uixferneath the house, m the bottom picture, one can
see the*walls of the basement rising, and beside the wall
Is the gravel and tiling which will drain all water off and
keep die basement dry for a home for the heating and air
conditioning system of die house.