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Wftwiiofi belayed principal. Mr. J. P. Harmon. With the shower facilities sod gymnastics room, the school can now, for the first time, offer a well rounded phy Steal education program. Among the sports that will be added are; Table tennis, bad minton, shuffle board, for square and Individual physical Board (MM Trma Page 1 Preston R. Raiford has served as Executive Director of the County Development Com mission since Its organization three years ago. SAY YOU SAW IT IN THE TIMES ? SENTINEL ??1 EETIN?6 Kenans vllle, a town of some 700 Inhabitants, hatf little In the way of tourist accomodations, so I was Invited to live at the hospital. I was given a cot in Olga's room. There was a good restaurant, but it closed its doors on week-ends. So. I was invited to take my meals in the hosptta.' dining room which supplied meals for the hospital staff whc would be on duty. Food was prepared in the hospital kitchen and brought into this dining room and placed in warming ovens. A regrigerator too, was always well stocked with salads, desserts, cold drinks and special tid-bits. Hot be verages were always available, rt was a self-help arrange ment. am v 11 was musing was a slogan on the wall, which should have read; "All you can eat for a dollar." One meal a day supplied enough calories for my needs. Duplin General Hospital was built cooperatively by County, State and Federal Governments, it was modern in every detail and would have been a credit for a big city hospital as well. The staff of the hospital was efficient and courteous. It would serve well as a model for any community. The 40000 inhabi tants of the county were prouo of their hospital and made good use of It. We were probably its first Yankee guesu. The Editor of the Duplin Times, Mr. J. R. Grady, came to the hospital to visit us on the very first day. His weekly paper found its way into about every home in the county. Each week he would bring a copy to our hospital room. Each week, we would get a writeup. we were big news - we appeared in print on the front page. The first week a column appeared with the heading: "Indiana Couple Hospitalized Here." A Mrs. Guthrie brought us a self-made visitors' register, so we could have a record of our visitors. We had been patients in hospitals before - had visitors to be sure, but never did a whole town or the whole county turn out to look after us. The first pages of our register showed visitors had come from the following towns; Kenansvllle of course, but also from Beulaville, Klnston, Deep Run, Chinquapin, Pink Hill, Faison, Albertson, Brlnson, Highlands, Mount Olive, Haw River, Wallace, Magnolia, Warsaw, Wilmington, Raleigh and even some friends from Indiana stopped over to see us. The hospital staff of some 20 individuals looked in on us constantly. Not only the doctors, the nurses, tne porter - but also, the kitchen nelp, the maintenance folks, die hospital housekeeper and the yard men. The Green Hornets - Carol, Ruth and Sarah - the operation room aids, dressed in their green frocks, made a hide-a-way out of our room. The ambulance men who had brought us to the hospital, looked in on us when they brought other patients. ' Ministers from the local churches - the Methodist, the Pres byterian and the Baptist as well as a Reverend from Warsaw came to comfort us. The colored driver of the truck we had hit and his boss came to call. The county superintendent of schools, many teachers, the county agent, folks from the Red Cross, a soil conservationist, shop Keepers, the restaurant owner, salesmen, a lawyer and scores of farm folks came to visit with us. During tne evening hours of the day we were hospitalized, a tornado had Injured many colored folks while attending a local church. More than 30 were brought to the hospital for treatment, and many remained as patients. Many of their friends came to wish us well. The County Superintendent of Schools, Mr. Johnson, went beyond the call of duty to help me pass the time. He drove me about the area to show me farm-land activities In the deep South. In early days I had helped at home to sow wheat, oats, soy beans ana had helped bale hay. Here it was tobacco - i billion pounds of It each year. tt>t hay, but bales and bales of cotton and millions of pounds of peanuts. They raise lots of vegetables and berries - that supply our Yankee markets while our farms are covered with snow. We first visited a small farm, owned by colored folks, where the family was planting tobacco. The father would harrow the ground - then with a sled-like marker would draw furrows to receive the plants. A mule-drawn cart carried bushels ol tobacco plants and a huge barrell of water. One youngster woulo distribute plants at intervals In the furrows, another would fetch a bucket of water and add a cupful to each plant and the women folks would set the plants and pack the soil firmly ardfind each plant. Next we visited a larger farm and tobacco was being planted by machine. Three men were operating the machine - the driver urging the mules on and two men doing the planting. The machine drew two furrows. The men facing to the rear were Inserting plants at Intervals at lightning speeds, the ma chine automatically gave each plant a shot of water and a set of wheels pressed soil firmly around each plant. There was next a visit to the drying sheds and an explanation of processing the tobacco at harvest time. I was told we would have to return at harvest time. Another day we visited mass production of poultry. This venture was financed and managed by the manufacturers and distributors of poultry feeds. Tney would seek out likely In dividuals - often small farmers - to engage In this Industry The feed people would erect the housing, supply practical and professional advice and of course supply the feed. The farmer would tend and feed the chicks which came in lots of 8000 or more. A central hatchery supplied the chicks to all of the chick farms. i ... ?,??? After about 9 weeks the chickens were ready for market and the hatchery would bring another lot of 8000 or more chicks and big business had come Into the poultry business. For his part of the work, the farmer would receive a 'per piece* allow ance. Mass production had made 29^-a-pound chicken available to us Yankees. Later in the day we visited a 20000 population turkey farm. The following week we visited a Strawberry Auction. Buyers from far and near were on hand to fill the refrigerated trucks they had brought with them. Each buyer had accomplices, who Inspected the nearly mile long line of farmers' trucks bringing the berries to market. These Inspectors in turn would advise the buyer of the quality and appearance of the fruit which guided him In making purchases. Back In Indiana we now advise our friends to buy only - North Carolina tobaccos, strawberries, peanuts and Aunt Janes pickles. No time was left to visit the cotton and peanut Industries. Not only did the hospital visitors come to see us - but they kept our room supplied with fresh flowers and our pantry filled with plenty of eats. There were lemon Miles, roses, gladiolas, pink ribbon corsages and a variety of flowering plants. They brought In big cakes, tea cakes, cup cakes, home made candies, fruit pies, pumpkin pies and lemon pies. No wonder I could do with one meal a day. If I went to the downtown restaurant, the owner would spot me and always Inquire about Olga. At the cash register, a parcel would often be handed to me to take back to the hospital. It turned out to be a cake, or pie, or pudding, or a nice piece of North Carolina ham, which Olga Insisted hao a gentle peanut flavor. Mr. Grady, the Editor of the weekly paper took me on a visit thru his publishing plant. Not only did he publish the paper, but he printed just about everything for about everyone In the county. Each week his paper carried a story about tne Webers. The second week the column was headed: "Webers Improving Id Local Hospital." The North Carolina State Motto reads: "To be - rather than to seem." we know that all the people we met, live by that motto. Some of our newly made friends Invited us to their homes for an extended period of recuperation after leaving the hospital. our auto was quite battered up, so we traded it for a new one In Warsaw, on May 23, we were ready to leave the hospital and start for our Indiana Home. Everybody in the hospital who could be out of bed and Just about tne whole hospital staff and many of our newly made friends came to see us off. The colored porter, who had lifted Olga about for 6 weeks was head marshal. He helped her into a wheel chair, took her to the new auto and helped her into her seat. With the best wishes of everyone, we reluctantly drove away. We were Strangers, and we had really been taken in. On our return to Indiana we sent a 'Thank you' letter to Msnansville which appeared in the Duplin Times. In answer to that letter, we received several dozen replies. They were happy that we had arrived safely and wished us well again. About all that is left to say: If you must have an accident, go to Duplin County, North Carolina to have it. This letter emphasizing Southern Hospitality is our Christmas Greeting to our friends in Duplin County, North Carolina and also our Christmas Greeting to some 140 others whose names appear on our Christmas list. With Love, and Best Wishes for a very Merry Christmas and a real Happy New Year, we will always remember the hospitality of the folks in North Carolina as especially appropriate to the Christmas Season. Merry Christmas to all - and to all a Good Night. Olga and George Weber Rose Hill News PERSONALS Harlct Lanier of Peace Col lege In Raleigh; Ann Price and Sara Douglass Jerome, Caflw Mattocks and Ann Rackley all of Greensboro College; Martha Glen Bradshaw and John Steve Wllklns of Guilford College In Guilford. N. C.: Jay Cottle of East Carolina, Nancy ward, Johnnie Cottle Carr. Van John son, John Surratt and John Sin glet ary of University of N. C. at Chapel HOI; Ann Davis of West Carolina College at Cull o wee; Lela Ward and clem Fair cloth of Gardner Webb, Elbert Boyd o f North Carolina State University In Raleigh; BUI Tea chey of U.N.C. School of Me dicine; Jimmy Murray and Ana Marie Ferrando of Campbell College and Evelyn wllklns of UNC Greensboro. Miss Mary Vann wllklns of the faculty of UNC Greensboro Is at home for the holidays. Mrs. L. B. Hood with daugh ters, Miriam and Megan, and son Lloyd, Jr. are guests of Mrs. Hood's mother, Mrs. D. B. Herring, for a pre-Chrlstmas holiday visit. Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Glddlngs of Warsaw visited their daugh ter, Mrs. George w. Bradshaw, this week. Roger Teachey of the united States Coast Guard Is at home with his mother. Mrs. Edwin Teachey. Pvt. Donald Bowling of Ft. Eustlce, Virginia Is . furlougt and visiting his parents, Mr. and Mra. M. M. Bowling. J. C. Teachey ot the faculty of the High School In Graham. N. C. spent the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Teachey. Also at home for the week end was Miss Carolyn Tea chey of the Clinton School fa culty. Mrs. Coy Peeler ofGoldHlll, N. C. Is visiting her daughter Mrs. C. W. Surratt, Jr. The Surrart's also have as their guests their daughter and son in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John Golden, of Huntington, westVa. and their little grand daughter, Martha, who will spend Christ mas with them. R. E. F us sell jr. of Wilming ton was at home for the week end. Mrs. John Foxworth of Raleigh visited her parents.Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Braddy last I week. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Braddy and son John spent Sundy with relatives In Washington, N.C. Mrs. Grace Newton, who has been a patient at James walker Memorial Hospital In Wilming ton, Is Improving rapidly and Is expected home this week. Visitors In the home of Mr. and Mrs. N R. Mattocks for the Christmas holidays are Ana Maria Ferrando and Senorba Gulllermlna Castro of Lima, home of the Mattocks. She de elded to attend Campbell Col lege the following year, and has returned to Lima only oooe then - for a three months stay last summer. Senorlta Castro, the aunt of Ana Maria arrived for her first visit In the United States December 9th, and has been visiting her niece at Camp bell college where Ana Maria la enrolled as a sophomore. After spending the holidays here Senlorlta Mina will leave to return to Lima on December ? t; v ?, Recent pests of Mr.andVM H. W. FtSior Include Dr. J0?0 i E. Farrier of Memphis. T?? ' Mrs. M. L. Friedman of W?b tagton,D. c? Mm. Ha^ls"". piston of Greenville, N. C., **] Mrs, Etemt Williamson S[? childron Jan and Toff of Wr?? vllle Besch, N, C. " 6a??M?W As Hm season of good will comos to us one* again, wo toko the opportunity to bid our friends a Merry Christmas! 6. S. Muldrow "Your Insurance Agenf lleulav il I e, N. C. PEACEJ% May all the peace, happiness and blessings of this holy season he bestowed upon you and yours. A very Merry Christmas to one and all. Santa toCCCSt (n our store Saturday, December 24td FREE Candy for aCC cdtfdrtn Whaley's Super Market Beulaville, N, C. 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