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VOL XXXin NO. 36 KENANSVILLE, N.C. SEPTEMBER 8. 1966 PRICE 10* PLUS TAX
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Rose Hill Native Elected ,
Director Of Waccamaw
Harold B. (Toby) wells was
elected a member of the Board
of Directors of Waccamaw Bank
and Trust Company, Saturday,
Ben L. Nesmlth, Jr., chairman ;
of the Board announced today. ?
V v The new director Is president
and manager of wells Olds
mobile-Rambler Company,
having gained control of the bu
siness In 19S6 Immediately fol- ,
lowing two years service with
the Army at Fort Jackson, S.C. j
The firm was the original Brax
ton Motor Sales Company found- ;
ed by Lee Braxton, now with
the Oral Roberts evangelistic '
team.
Wells Is currently president .
of WhltevOle Merchants Asso- :
elation, past pres idem of White
ville Civltan Club 1964-65, and
member of Whltevllle First
Baptist Church.
'?? He is an alumnus of Atlantic
Christian College at Wilson and
CostiMed to Page t
Harold B. W?lh
General Manager
Party Chief Resigns
Mr. F. W. McGowen, chair
man of Duplin County Demo
cratic Executive Committee,
resigned at a meeting on Au
gust 31, 1966. Henry L. Stevens
III of Warsaw was elected to
fill the post.
Mr. McGowen, who had been
Chairman of the committee for
more than twenty-five years
u<H.
"Due to the press of other
duties I have resigned as Chair
man of Duplin County De
. " \ mocratlc '"Vuecutlve Comrrfh
tee."
"I am most grateful to the
State Chairman, State Commit
tee, Staff members, County Of
ficials. Committee members
and' the Democrats of Duplin
County for your very fine co
operation during the years I
have served as Chairman. I
will always cherish the me
morles and friendships of this
service and will continue a
Democrat and do anything that I
can for the Party."
RESOLUTION
NORTH CAROLINA
DUPLIN COUNTY
WHEREAS. Falson W. McGo
Continued to Page 2
\ccident Claims
Ira R.Caison
Funeral services were con
ducted on Friday afternoon in
the Kenansvllle Baptist church
for Mr. Ira Robert Calson
who was killed at his home on
Wednesday evening by electric
shock.
Mr. Calson was born March
5, 1910, at the Currie in Pen
der County, the son of Hilary
Robert ana Theodoshla Croome
Calson. He attended the Pender
County Grade schools and Long
Creek High School. On Novem
ber 15. 1934, he married Mar
garet Elizabeth Shivar. Mr. and
Mrs. Calson had a son Robert
E. Calson now of Hartsvtile, S.
C. and two daughters; Mrs. Do
ris Pilgrim ofFairfield. Cali
fornia and Mrs. Lois Tillman of
North Highlands, California.
In 1946 Mr. Calson came to
Kenansvllle as Area Foreman
for the State Highway Com
mission and since that time
has rendered an invaluable ser
vice to Duplin County and his
adopted home. He served for
eight years as a member of the
Kenansvtlle Board of Commis
sioners. He and his family are
members of the Kenans vllle Bap
tist Church where he served as
Deacon and on the Building
and Grounds Committee, in afi
ways he was known as a loving
husband and father, a helpful
neighbor, a creditable citizen, a
faithful churchman and a de
dicated public servant. A great
emptiness will be felt by the
entire community.
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Boy Burglarizes Barnette
Herman Barnette's garage,
located between Kenan svllle and
Warsaw, was robbed of about
$40 Saturday afternoon. The
robber proved to be an eleven
year old local boy.
Mr. Barnette spent Satur
day afternoon in Wilmington.
Arriving home late, he decided
he should fill the drink box In
his garage. Approaching the
building he noticed a window
was open, and on entering the
building he observed the cash
register was also open.
Evident ally th_ young man de
cided there tfas no need to over
do the situation, he got what he
wanted, and left about half of
the change in the cash regis
ter.
A suspect proved to be the
right party, and $19,35 of the
money was retrieved.
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Shown Is the front wheel of the confiscated
vehicle, and in the basket Is a half gallon
Jar containing Illegal spirits. Just above the
chassis Is the log'chain that Is allegely used
to tow stuck vehicles, however, it is operated
by foot pedals, as in any ordinary bike.
Trans porting 'Toxicants Terminated
A vehicle was confiscated
() Friday night for transporting f
, non tax paid whiskey, and the J
owner charged with possess- 1
tog non tax paid whiskey for j
the purpose of resale.
James Fields, better known \
'Scaref ace'' of Kenans vllle was ,
?eleased under $200 bond after ,
:?lng picked up by Deputies j
rvln Outlaw and Bill Qulnn ,
ilong with town policeman Ty- ]
ion Bostlc. Fields had In his
>ossesslon a half gallon jar, l
ibout half full, of non tax paid |
>r stump hole whiskey. Attached
:o the vehicle was a heavy
logging type chain, which Fields
said ne used to tow stuck, or
Broken down vehicles.
The vehicle confiscated was
i bicycle.
September Art Exhibit Home Federal
Mrs. Beverly Bradham An
derson, a native of Chinquapin,
is the exhibiting artist at Home
Federal Savings and Loan Asso
ciation In Warsaw for the entire
month of September. This exhi
bit, which is just one of a long
series of month long exhibits,
demonstrates great talent. It is
native Duplin County talent.
Mra.lAnderson, married lest
i i than two weeks ago. Is a gra
duate of East Duplin High School
near Beulavllle and is current
ly a Sophomore at Wilmington
College, Her husband, Fddie
k . . ?
Anderson, is a Senior at Wilm
ington College.
At Wilmington colleggKirs.
Anderson is a Psychology major
and an art minor. Sne has
always been interested in art
and nas taught dancing - tap,
jazz, and ballet - in Burg aw and
Warsaw. Her parents are Mr.
and Mrs. Jimmy Bradham of
Chinquapin.
THE Warsaw exhibit is the
first indlYidual showing for
Mrs. Anderson although her
works were exhibited in the
1966 Student Show at Wilmington
College. Last year she was In
vited to show her sllkscreens
in Tennessee, but because of
prior committments she was not
able to do so.
At Home Federal the exhibit
li divided into five groups;
(1) Silkscreen prints - this in
volves experiments with color
and texture and incorporation
of both of these into a design;
ft) Two wood cut prints and a
Uneoleum print; (3) Designs in
texture and color; (4) Mlscella
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Registration In Full Swing At James Sprunt 1
Registration Is in progress
at James Sprunt institute this
week with classes beginning on
Thursday, September 8, 1966.
Students may register at any
time from 9; 00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m. on September 6 and 7
1966.
\ Students are registering for s
two year degree program lit:
Business Administration, Ac
counting, Commercial Art and
Design, and Executive Secre
tary. interested students should
also inquire about Agricultural
Business, Machine and Tool
Design, and Livestock and Poul
try.
Those registering in the one
year trade programs will re
ceive a diploma upon comple
tion of Auto Mechanics. Weld
ing, Auto Body Repair. Mason
ry. Radio and TV Repair, Draft
ing. Stenographer, Cosmetolo
gy , Electrical installation and
maintenance. Carpentry, and
Practical Nursing. Those in
terested in Plumbing, Tile set
ting, and Offset Printing should
inquire at registration.
Moose
Honors
Milton Cottle
A certificate signifying mem
bership in the 25 club was pre
sented to Milton Cottle by the
new governor, Leland Grady at
the regular business meeting of
the Beulavllle Moose ClubTues
day Evening, August 30.
inia represents a tremen
dous amount of work. To re
ceive this plaque a member
must talk with manv DennV
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and actually sign up 25 new
members.
Mr. Cottle, past governor of
the newly organlzedMooseClub
has been a valuable member
who did not mind giving his
time toward helping this new
organization become success
At present. Mr. Cottle and
other members of the Moose
Club are putting on suppers at
the newly acquired site on Mil
ton's old home place. All pro
fits will go toward building a
swimming pool, which the young
people can enjoy.
The old saying "behind every
successful man Is a success
ful woman" seems to be true.
In this case. Milton's wife Is
surely no exception. She has
worked as hard and beams with
pride In her husband's achie
vements.
REGISTRATION IN FULL SWING AT JAMES SPRUNT
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Street Aid Allocations Announced
State Street Aid allocations 1
totaling more than $9 million
trill go to qualifying towns and
cities In North Carolina this
year under provisions of the Po
well Bill, State Highway Com
mission Chairman J. M. Aunt,
Jr. announced today.
Hunt said that 420 North
Carolina towns and cities will
receive proportional cash al
lotments amounting to $9,322,
714.20. Checks will be mailed
from Raleigh the latter part of
September In order that they
wfll reach the municipalities by
October 1.
The funds equal to the a
mount produced by one-half
cent of the regular six-cents
per gallon motor fuel tax le
vied dv the State are returned
anniiallu tr\ nawtlr>lna*lnn munta
clpalltles In proportional
shares based on the re
lative non-state street mllleage
and the relative populations of
each of the municipalities.
Towns and cities qualify for
participation under the Powell
Bill by submitting to the High
way Commission each year 3a- 1
ta concerning ad valorem taxes
other sources of revenue, bud
get ordinances and municipal
elections. There are some le
gally Incorporated towns and
cities which do not participate
since they do not Derform mu
' nlclpal functions necessary to
qualify under the law.
Hunt noted that the $9,322,
714,20 returned to the 420 mu
nicipalities this year Is nearly
twice the amount returned to
386 participating towns and
cities at the beginning of the
program In 1951.
During the 16 years the Po
well BlU has been In effect, a
total of $108,299,284.64 has been
returned to the municipalities
for use on local streets.
Participating municipalities
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Friday, The
Day
Well, Friday Is the day. This
coming Friday, September 9,
1966 is the day to vote In the
soybean referendum. This re
ferendum Is for the purpose of
seeing If you, as a present
soybean grower, wish to assess
yourself at the maximum rate
of 1/2 cant per Bushel or an
average of 12 cents per acre
for the purpose of promoting
soybeans In North Carolina, the
United States and In National
markets. There Is an Infor
mation leaflet available at many
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Duplin's Holiday Quiet - Safe
Duplin County Sheriff's De- i
partment reports a quiet and un- I
eventful Labor Day Holiday, i
Calls to the office were more
or less routine and for minor <
offenses. It Is possible that
some delayed report may come
In but as of Tuesday morning
the office had no report of a i
fatality In Duplin County. No 1
major wrecks were r eported
In Duplin , however, the state
chalked up 15 highway deaths.
Deputies BUI Qulnn and Irvln
Dutlaw were unable to locate a
suspected Illegal whiskey still.
They reported things were so
slow In that department that
they didn't even catch a red
bug
ECC Men's Dorm
Named For Belk
GREENVILLE - East Caro- (
Una College announced today Its ]
new 500-bed men's dormitory
will bear the name of one of i
North Carolina's leading news i
paper editors, Henry Beflt of the opportunity for all."
Goldsboro News-Argus. _
In making the announcement. Continued to page 7
:ollege President Leo W. Jen
tins said It Is "highly appro
priate that this beautiful new
men's residence be named for
this ehamnlon of educational
Football Contest
Begins Next Week
The Harmon Football Fore
cast, one of the country's most
popular sports features, will
appear In The Duplin Times
Progress Sentinel each week
during the 1966 Football season,
starting Thursday, September
I
The following merchants have
made this forecast possible for
you;
Wilson Motor Company, Mt.
Olive; Wallace Gas Co., Wal
lace, Katz Dept. Store, Warsaw
and Wallace; Brown's Cabinet
Shop, Rose Hill; Jones Chevro
let Co., inc., Pink Hill: Has
ty Plumbing and Heating Com
pany, Mt. Olive; Mack Oil. Co..
Warsaw; Calypso Plywood Co.,
Calypso; Home Federal Savings
! Warsaw; Frederick Furniture
Company, Rose HOI; waccamaw
Bank arid Trust Co., Beulavllle
and Kenansvllle; Warner's. Wal
lace; Bell Motors, Kenansvllle
and Carter Oil Company, Inc.
Beulavllle, Service Oil Co.,
Warsaw.
In addition to forecasting the
results of some 170 games each
week - as well as the New
Year's Day bowl games - Har
mon will rate the top 20 college
teams in the nation each week
beginning with the forecast for
September 24th. (His American
Football league and National
Football League pro selections
will also be published each
week.)
Starting his tenth year of foot
ball forecasting. Bob Harmon
has seen the publication of his
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Fine Arts Society
Season Concerts
The Tar Heel Fine Arts So
ciety, Inc., held Its regular
meeting and a special meeting
to finalize plans for the 1966-67 :
series of four concerts to be
offered In the Kenan Memorial i
Auditorium. j
1. Clompl and withers will i
appear on October 18, 1966, .
at 8 p.m. Clompl, the vlollnst,
teams with Withers, the pianist, j
Clompl has been a member of ]
Toscanlnl's NBC Symphony and
was vlollnst with the renowned
Albernerl Trio. He Is a member
af the Duke University faculty.
Withers has been called the "fi
nest pianist In the South.
2. The Madrigal Singers of
the University of North Caro
lina will appear on Sunday af
ternoon, November 20, 1966, at
4 p.m.
3. The North Carolina Sym
phony Orchestra performs on
March 20, 1967, at 8 p.m.
4. Karen Duke will appear on
April 8, 1967 at 8 p.m.
Collectors
Item Stole n
The home of Mrs.SallleKor
negay, negro school teacher of
Warsaw, was broken Into, and
robbed of a collection of old
money, a wrist watch valued at
more than $100 and a "a few
other valuables."
As a collectors Item, the val
ue of the money was not learn
ed, the actual amount was over
two hundred dollars. The watch
had been a gift which she con
sidered too valuable to wear.
Bobby Ray Smith, a local
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Blast Of if-Each One Launch One
Duplin County has 8,000 boys
and girls between the ages of
9 years through senior high
Four hundred of these boys
and girls have taken the ad
vantage of the opportunity and
have Joined the 4-H Club.
Realizing that the other 3600
boys and girls are loosing out
on some valuable fun and train
ing, the Duplin County Extension
Agents have Instituted a re
cruitment plan, "Each One,
Launch One," for the month of
September.
By this plan each member
would bring Into the club one
new member. Each leader would
bring a new leader and each
club would organize a club.
Busy young people with con
structive projects seldom find
time to become delinquents, in
creased enrollment In this
national organization will bring
more programs, more ac
tivities, stronger competetlon,
more awards, and new friends. ,
4-3-2-1-0 Blast Off, the Each
One Launch One Rocket is head
ed for Success!
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Duplin County's 4-H Recruitment Plan "Each One Launch One"
Is really catching on, and Susan Craft Is Just about to launch
Stephen Burnett e Into the 4-H Club. Stephen will find recreation
as well as work that will fit him for a better life as he parti
cipates in all the club activities. Susan Is a member of the Ke
nansvllle club and Is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. w. E. Craft.
Stephen Is the son of Mrs. Margaret Burnette. (Photo by Ruth
B. Wells.)