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MHWH|M)piB9iPW9 j|mm * ~ * lU ^ ^ 1 ?mMammm 4|Bi ^ ^ f rjflgy wtttWltt SflHtL ?Llt1ltttf ^ PROGRESS SENTINEL VOL XXXUI NO. 31 KENAN3VILLE. N.C. AUGUST 11. 1966 PRICE 10# PLUS TAX __ , ,| , , . II... 1. I Dean Eabanks, a native of Beulaville, assumeed Us duties as postal employee in the Beulaville Post Office July IS. Dean at tended BeulavUe High School and Joined the navy in 1956 ser ving until 1961. He was also employed by the Beulaville West ern Auto Store and came to the post office after about three years employment at J. P. Stevens Company in Wallace. Mr. Eabanks attends the Presbyterian Church and is interest ed an all sports, particularly basket and foot ball. And girls, he is NOT married. (Story Insidie) (Photo by Ruth Wells.) ?auwaammanBaaMamMBmaMMmmmnnmBm^mwaMmmmaMH^^M^m-swMw-M^Mmo?mwaMiawMaMmw Border Prices Good i Radio reports from Jlmdra SdUHMNfr die border belt tdbacco market are good sales. " Commissioner Graham con firmed thai he has feared a drop-off from the high prices paid on the Georgia market. However his fears proved un founded. Most sales were go ing from $68.00 per hundred pounds to $72.00. The highest Mr. Graham saw sold was $73. per hundred. Practically all the tobacco on the floor was untied. The offerings were of good quality, and all major compa nles had buyers on the sales. It was expected that today's L sale would' average $64.00 per hundred or better. Lease Renewed Mr. Ray Sanderson. Rose HOI Postmaster, has announced a two year renewal of the lease on trie present building being used for Rose Hill Post "off ice"! Plans for construction of a new building for the Rose HOI Of fice have been temporarily po stponed. briefs School Opening Announced Duplin County students will report for school August 29. according to information relea sed from Superintendent O. P. Johnson's office this morning. Teachers will report for work August 24. Some principals begin work August 8; others be gin August 15. HELP NEEDED It has been reported to the Duplin Times-Progress Senti nel office that a collection is being taken in Warsaw to help meet funeral expenses of the Ezzell child that was drowned Monday afternoon. Any one wishing to contribute to a good cause, nere is your opportun ity. ROSE HILL TO COLLECT DE LINQUENT TAXES. At a regular meeting of the Town Board held Tuesday, July 12, 1966, the Board discussed the matter of collecting the delinquent taxes that some of Its citizens owe. At the next regular meeting an Attorney will be present to present a plan to collect these taxes. A list of those Citizens who owe taxes is being prepared and will be published in the paper if the Board appoints a delinquent tax collector, if you owe the Town of ftdbe H1H de linquent taxes you should make payment at once to avoid your name being published in this list," stated C. T. Fussell, Jr., Town Clerk. NOTICE ! Football practice at James Kenan will begin next Monday. August 15, at 3 p. m. "Uni forms will be issued at that time", stated Coach Lewis. Hail Storms Leave Destruction Duplin County received wide spread damage In two separate hall storms last week. Each storm covered an area one miles in length. The first storm hit In the Scon's Store area of the north ern part of Duplin County on Wednesday afternoon about thr ee o'clock Heavy rains and winds contributed to the des rt-uction. Many tobacco fields were believed to be a total loss. Most farmers were later with harvesting this year than usual, and In many fields more than three fourths of the crops remained in the fields. Many fields had only been lugged. Destruction appeared total on the tobacco farm of Mrs. Cy rus Rhodes, Rt. 2, Mt. Olive. The crop had been leased to Mr. S. L. (Pop Eye) Norris, Smith Douglas Fertilizer dealer of the area. The tobacco had been barned only once. The ground was literally covered with broken leaves snapped by the hall. I Damage was also heavy on I the farms of Lawrence Kelly, I Calvin Rouse, Ralph Jones, Mrs. Nora Jackson, William Waller, and Mrs. Ruth Herring. Many of these losses were at least partially covered by insurance. Thursday afternoon between 12:30 and one o'clock the BeulavQle area received heavy losses by hall, wind and rain. The results of the hall are evident on highway 24 about Caettaoed to mo 7 nto^alorai/hdThH hTtt??e^wlto erea ud atoe In the Scotia Stan mcUm. TkU hw m typical of many Holds with tabs res no badly broken that leases were al most total. ( Photo by Roth Wells.) This is how Duplia General Hospital will look when (he propos ed addition is made subject to the vote of the people of the county on August 27. .. .. Bond Election Set For August 27 Duplin General Hospital is li terally bursting at the seams. For the past two years the patient load at the hospital has been so great that many pa tient beds have been placed In the halls, TJ*b peed for addi tional b&s andTaciiltl es Is ac ute. In order to meet this need. | the Board of T rustees of the* Duplin General Hospital have called for a special Hospital Bond Election to be held August 27.1966. Be sure and register, if you are not already registered, De ?ore sarurdtf, August 13, when | registration books will close. "Register at your local voting 1 place between 9 a.m. and 3 ] p.m. The proposed project would add 50 private rooms with baths to the present facilities. Also included in the proposed plans are: to fully air condition pre sent facilities as well as new; to enlarge dining room and kit chen, neatlng system, and park ing area; to enlarge emergency room, out-patient department, Xray department, operating ro om, laboratory, and physical therapy department. The estimated cost ofthepro posed project Is $2,155,300 with the Federal Government contri buting $905,300. The Bond Issue would provide the addi tional $1,250,000 needed. In 1952 the county Issued a quarter million dollars of hos pital bonds. Half of this bond Issue.has been paid off In cash. This State and Federal Gov ernments contributed a much greater per centum of the total cost In 1962 than today. The Stdte makes no co.it: Ibutlon now. It will be about three years before the proposed Hospital Bonds are Issued. County tax values have been Increasing ap proximately two million dollars per year on new property, if these Increases continue for the next three years, the taxable valuation will be approximately six million dollars more than this year. The added revenue from increased valuation sh ould amply take care of the annual bond payment In stall ments. Beulaville Oil Co. Robbed Avon Oil Company, at the stoplight on highway 24 In Be ulaville, was robbed after clo sing last Wednesday night. An undetermined amount of money was taken, probably $350.00 or $400.00. An oil tanker par ked beside the station was used by the thelves to reach the window near the top of the sta tlon. A window near the roof of the station was broken, through which entry was made. An oil tanker parked beside the building was used as a scaf fold to enter the window. Beulavllle Policeman R. E. Brown assisted by deputies Jack Albertson, Rodney Thlgpen, and Irvln Outlaw are investigating. Fire In Turkey House The Kenans vllle Fire Depart ment answered a call Saturday morning to a fire in a turkey house on the Murray farm lo cated on S R 1900, formerly known as the old road to War saw. Mr. Marvin Lewis, who op erates the Industries for the Murray brothers of Mount O live, estimated damages to the building and equipment at about $400.00. However, 2000 day old turkeys were destroyed in the fire. Joins Staff i nomas Hail, age 44, lormer Department Head In Vocational Education at Forsyth Technical Institute In Winston Salem, has Joined the staff at James Sprunt Institute as Director of Voca- j tlonal-Technlcal Education. He graduated from North Carolina State University In 1956 with a B. S. Degree In Agronomy and Horticulture and aMaster's de gree In Ornamental Horticul ture and u Mastei'a degieein ture In 1962. He attended Pur due University while serving with the U. S. Navy. Hall comes to James Sprunt Institute with experience as a Landscape Designer, Brick Ma son, Horticulturist, Supervisor and Plant Manager, Electrician, and Agriculturist. He lias held the posttlon as an Associate Extension Agent with the North Carolina Ex tension Service and conducted eounty wide 4-H Club programs and General Adult Education in Agriculture and related fields. According to Alfred D. We lls, Dean of Instruction, Mr. Hall conies to James Sprunt In I stitute with the experience ne qessery te contribute to the progress and economy of Duplin Raid Reveals Intoxicating Beverages Jake Bostlc of the Hallsvllle section has been charged with the possession of intoxication beverages for the purpose of resale. Bostlc Is under $200 bond for appearance In Septem ber 8 term of court. Officials of the sheriffs de partment obtained search war rants and searched the place operated by Bostlc. Operating In an old dwelling house, Bostlc has a pool table In three rooms, and a dance hall In an other room. At the time the officers ar rived, Bostlc was not in and Mrs. Bostlc did not have the key to the drink box which had to be forced open. It was Continued to page 7 Child Drowns In Abandoned Well Larry Ezzell, age 6, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Ezzell of Warsaw, was accidentally drowned at his home on South Railroad Street in Warsaw, Mo nday afternoon. August 8. The "body was found in an un used well under the back porch of the home, about 5 p.m. The child was reported missing shortly after 2 p. m. by his twin brother, Lynwood. Chief of Police Perry Smith aided by policeman Douglas Townsend, began a search for the boy. Around 4 o'clock all policemen, including those off duty were assigned to the sea rch, later all firemen were called in to help. Chief Smith said that he was told Mr. Robert Blackburn sug gested to Mayor E. D. Strick land that there was an abandon ed well under the Ezzell home, companled by the oldest Ezzell boy investigated and sighted "a lump or mass" in the well about 5 p. m. The boy was dead when the body was reco vered. Mr. and Mrs. Ezzell have five other childrek^jll boys. Mr. Ezzell is employed by the Duplin County Board of Educa tion during the summer months, and during school he serves as Janitor for Warsaw Elementary School. The Ezzell's reside in an old house built before Warsaw had city water, and as was the cus tom at that time the well was located on the back porch of the house for convenience. With the Installation of city waterthe well was covered over, presu med safe, and forgotten. Continued to W "> , Still Destroyed A 11 ->..1 A onion ouuuioruic lypc wn? key still was destroyed In Mag nolia Township Thursday after noon by Deputy Graham Chest nutt. Located between Magnolia a nd Carlton's Crossing, the still was a 100 gallon capacity with copper cap and worm. With this type still no condensor was used. The still was un attended. Public Meeting Srhed uled A meeiing to explain the Du plin County Manpower Survey will be held at the office of the Employment Service Mobile Team In Falson on Thursday night, August 11 at 8 O'clock, the office of the Mobile Team Is located next door to the Phillips 66 Station In Falson. All persons Interested In learn ing why the Survey is being made, how It will benefit this area and what is Involved in participating, is urged to attend. Henderson lo Be Speaker At James Sprunt Graduation Congressman David N. Hen derson will be the guest spe aker at the James Sprunt In stitute Graduation exercises to be held August 21, 1966, at 3 p.m.. In the Kenansvllle El ementary School auditorium. The public Is cordially Invited to attend the graduation. Th ere will be an open house on the James Sprunt instituteCam pus following graduation. DAVID NEWTON HENDER SON, Democrat, of Wallace. NT C.; bom on a farm near Hu bert, Onslow County, N. C.. April 16, 1921, son of Virginia Boney Henderson and the late L N.Henderson; graduated from Wallace High School In 1938, Davidson College, B. S.. 1942, and University of North Caro lina Law School, LL, B., In 1949; began practice of law In Wallace in 1949; commissioned a second lieutenant In the U. S. Air Corps as a Reserve graduate of Davidson College ? In 1942; served overseas In In dia, China, and Okinawa, and discharged as a major, U. S. Air Force, in 1946; married the former Mary Knowles of Wal lace and has three sons, Da vid Bruce, wQey Bryant and Wlmbrlc Boney; assistant ge neral counsel to the Committee on Education and Labor, U. S. Coatinaed to pace 7 . CONGRESSMAN HENDERSON
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