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PHOORESS SENTINEL
VOL XXXIV NO. 7 FEBRUARY 18,1967 KENANSVILLE, N. C PRICE 10t PLUS TAX
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Ramsey Feed Company
Announces Promotions
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Rose Hill, N. ?., February
IS, 1M7. Melvin Dixon has to
day been promoted to Super
intendent of Transportation at
Ramsey Feed Company, one of
Duplin's largest Poultry Pro
ducing Companies.
Dennis Ramsey, General
Manager, stated when announ
cing Mr. Dixon's promotion,
that be is very proud to give
this opportunity and honor to
such a deserving employee. He
further stated that Melvin has
been with Ramsey Feed Com
pany since May, 1954, has suc
cessfully performed every job
in his department from driver
to Chief Dispatcher, and was
lately promoted to the Com
pany's CUef Clerk, reporting
only to the General Manager.
Mr. Ramsey further stated Mr.
Dixon has been a most loyal
and efficient employee, being
particularly helpful to Grow
ers, Management, and em
ployees alike.
Melvin Dixon's responsibili
ties ss Superintendent of Tran
sportation will be extensive in
deed. Under his direction of
Ramsey Feed Company con
Melvln Dixon carries a ten year Service Award, a ten year
Safety Award, and has received the Employee of the Month
Award. He was graduated from Rose Hill Huh School In 1954,
married Ruby Arlene Casteen.ln January of 1955 and they are
the proud parents of four fine children: Carol, 10 years;
Mike, 9 years; Linda, 8 years; and Melvln Jr., 5 years. Melvln
Is a member of the Baptist Church, and a faithful member of
the Rose Hill Voluntary Fire Department. He wears a perpetual'
smile and has a good word for everyone.
(lsting of Dispatchers, truck
foreman, all truck driver*,
Poultry Catching and others
numbering nearly eighty peo
pie, along with many pieces of
rolling stock such as feed
trucks, broiler trucks, buses,
spray trucks, and others.
Faison Death Cause Undetermined I
Investigation is continuing In 1
the death of Sammy Faison, 80
negro male of Faison. I
FaUon'i body wga found in '
only in pants and shoes. Ths
remainder of his clothing were
found about 200 yards away.
The body bore only superficial
wounds and 045 was missing.
Sheriff T. Elwood ReveUe is
woridng en the theory that Fai
son was "beat-up and robbed". 1
"Before the case is closed," '
said Rfevelle, "it will be inves
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New Business
Opens In
Pink Hill
Mr. Harold HardlsonofHum
phrey-Hardison Oil Company
announces the opening of an of
fice In Pink Hill.
The temporary office Is lo
cated In the building formerly
occupied by the ABC Store in the
heart of the Pink Hill business
district.
Humphrey-Hardlson Is dis
tributors for Cltgo Oil Pro
ducts. Mr. Haralson's future
plans Include bulk storage fa
cilities for die Pink HOI ope
ration. At present, with a sto
rage warehouse In Pink Hill they
will offer the town complete
Cltgo service.
tigated as thoroughly as wo
and the S. B. I. know to inves.
Ugate."
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An autopsy tailed to deter
mine conclusive evidence and
further tastnre now underway.
l?e?ta*4Ue Guard9men
Receive Award
In an appropriate ceremony
at the Armory Drill February
13. 1967 in The National Guard
Armory in Beulaville North
Carolina five individual were
honored, these men were a
warded National Defense Ser
vice Ribbons for "Honorable
and faithfully serving their
country for periods of active
duty exceeding six months or
more, between 27 June 1950
and 27 July 1954, both dates in
clusive, or after 31 December
i960."
Receiving the awards were:
Sgt. 1st Class Harry E. Miller;
Platoon Sgt. Leroy J. Kennedy;
Staff Sgt. Hubert F. James;
Staff Sgt. J. D. Whaley; and
Staff Sgt. Eddie T. Thigpen.
Miller, Kennedy. James and
Whaley were called on active
duty May 1st. 1951 with the lo
cal unit. Sgt. Thigpen served
four years with the United Sta
tes Coast Guard.
Presentation was made by
1st Lt. Snyder F. Williams,
Unit Commander.
Captain Eugene P. Smith,
Adj. for 5th. Battallion 119th.
Infantry with Headquarters in
Kinston was present for the
drill.
Educators At Cony.
Mr. Byron Teachey, Assis
tant Superindentent of Educa
tion of Duplin County is in At
lantic City, N. J. attending a
meeting of the National School
Administrators Association.
Mr. R. L. Pruitt, Principal of
East Duplin High School, Beu
laville and W. J. Taylor, Prin
cipal of Warsaw Elementary
School accompanied Mr. Tea
chey.
Educational leaden from all
over the nation meet in Con
vention Hall for lecturer, fol
lowed by discussion groups.
They also feature the worlds
largest display of modern ma
terials and equipment. This
building has an audience seat
ing capacity of 65,000 with an
additional space for 5,000 on
stage and features the worlds
largest pipe organ.
BRIEFS
Heart Fund Chairman
The Heart Fund Chairman
lor Albertson Community, Mri.
Horace Nethercutt baa announ
ced plana for a Heart Fund
Benefit Dance. It will be held
in the Maxwell's Mill Ameri
can Legion Hut from ? p. m.
til IS o'clock on February 17,
Friday night. Admission will
be $1.00 and $1.50 and all pro
ceeds will go directly to the
Heart Fund.
Get Town Tags
Mr. Preston Holmes, town
clerk of Kenansvllle, reminds
motorist within the city limits
of Kenansvllle that they must
display city tags on or before
Thursday February 16th. Sales
have been lagging and many car
owners sre still displaying the
old tags.
Adult Classes At
East Duplin
The Vocational Home Econo
mics Department of the East
Duplin High School announces
Its annual adult class dates and
programs.
February 21, "Windows
Beautiful", "New SewingTech
nlques".
February 28, "Lined Dra
peries" ''Flower Arranging."
March 7 "Window Acces
sories" "Family Legal Ad
vice".
The classes will begin at 2
o'clock and. close at 4 p.m.
The public Is Invited to these
classes and there will be no
charge for this Instruction. ?
" CWIHr Show
You are invited by the Wal
lace Council of Garden Clubs to
attend the Annual Camellia
Show and The North Carolina
Society. The show will be Mar
ch 11 and 12. 1987 in the Wo
man's Club Building located
on North Railroad Street. Rib
bon cutting time wiH be 3 p.
m. by Mrs. Roscoe D. McMil
lan, Past President, The Gar
den Club of North Carolina,
Inc. General Show chairman is
Mrs. Graham A. Phillips, Jr.
Details will appear at a later
date.
Logging
Victim
Morris Gerald Maready,
white male, age 22, was In
stantly killed Tuesday after
noon. The logging accident oc
curred about 3:30 p.m. near
the Chinquapin Fire Tower.
Coroner H. B. McNeill said
that young Maready was push
ing trees In the logwoods, when
a tree lodged. He got off the
"crawler" and walked In front
to Investigate when the tree
gave way releas tng the cr awler.
District School Boards To Meet
The annual meeting of the
District Five School Boards
Association will be held at Sou
thern Wayne High School, Dud
lev, N. C. on February 23,1967
with registration beginning at
3:15 p.m. The theme for tills
year's gathering of school board
members, district committee
men and school administrators
Is "The Challenge of Change In'
Officers
Destroy
Illegal Still
Duplin County Sheriff's' De
partment In connection with the
Falson Police Department de
stroyed an illegal still Wednes
submarine type still was I
In Falson township, about 300
yards from the P. W. Moore
Elementary School.
Five gallons of non tax paid
whiskey, and ten 66-gallon steel
drums containing mash were
destroyed. Lard stands were
used for cape and doubter, and
a galvanised drain pipe.
I Deputy Glennn Jernlgan was
assisted in destroying the still
by Falson Police Chief P. W.
Wheells.
1967' School units Included in
the district are; Brunswick,
Duplin. New Hanover. Pender.
National
REA
Convention
The National Rural Electrifi
cation Association will hold
their annual convention in San
Francisco, California Febru
ary 18 through February 24.
Delegates representing Tri
County will be; Robert S. Hol
mes, office manager; Leslie
Bell of Mt. Olive and L. P.
Wells, Sr. of Mt. Olive.
Delegates representing Four
County are: James Ward, Rose
HID; G. P. King, Teachey;
Homer James, Wallace, and J.
J. Malpass of Willard. Mrs.
Leslie Bell and Mrs. Malpass
Will also accompany the
group.
A chartered plane leaving the
Raleigh-Durham Airport Sat
urday at 11 a. m. will take the
group non-stop to San Francis
co. They will return the follow
ing Friday. Mr. and Mrs. MaL
Kare driving and left die
part of this week
Sampson, Wayne Counties, and
Clinton, Fremont, and Golds
boro Cities.
Following registration, the
afternoon program will consist
of Study groups led by Clyde
A. Erwln, Jr. and Dr. Dallas
Herring, Dr. Jerry Paschall,
P. B. Ralford, C. W. Yelver
ton, Mr. Carlton Bligh, Mr.
W. C. Blackmore, and J. W.
Newklrk. Prominent lay and
professional educators from the
district will lead these dis
cussions.
The Honorable Henry Belk,
Editor The Goldfboro News Ar
gus will be the principal spea
ker for the evening session. His
address will follow a banquet
to be held In the Soethern Wayne
High School Cafeteria at &30
p.m.
These area conferences of the
North Carolina State School
Board Members, committee
men, educators and other In
terested persons. An attendance
at about 300 Is anticipated for i
the District Five umtagJMi.j .
D. D. Blanchard Chair mjJPlh*
Duplin Board ofEduetfflp, is
currently serving as district
President and Superintendent
Q. P. Johnson Is District Se
cretary.
The St ate Association was or
ganised In 1937 and through its
History has been dedicated to
seeking Improvements In North
Carolina Public Education.
From Its offices In ChapelHUl,
the Association works with
school board members and
school committeemen at the lo
cal level. Professor GUy B.
Phillips of Greensboro, the
principal organizer of the Asso
ciation, currently serves as Its
Consultant. Dr. Raleigh E.
Dlngman of Chapel HOI Is the
Association's Executive Secre
tary.
Albertson
Annual
Fox Hunt
Hie Annual Albertson Fox
Runt will be held February 22.
1987.
Hunters will meet at Albert
son Community Building on
?*w*y ill.
Breakfast will be served
from S until ? a. m.
Barbecue and Fish Stew will
be served from 10:00 a. m. un
til 2:00 p. m.
Come and brine your friends
Sponsored by the Albertson
Ruritan dub.
Linesman Meets Instant Death
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Pink Hill was shocked and
saddened Tuesday morning
when a rural man was elec
trocuted.
Blizzard's
Store
Robbed
Charlie Blizzards store In the
White Flash section of Duplin
County was robbed after closing
Saturday night.
The hack door was pryed
open according to Deputy E. G.
Chestnutt who is Investigating
along with Deputy Jack A&ert
son.
Missing from the store was a
TV, 3 watches, 8 boxes cigars,
50 cartons cigarettes, a battery
operated lantern, 2 twenty-five
lb. bags flour, several cases of
canned goods, pork chops, bar
becue, and two large wash tubs.
Deputy Chestnutt said asmall
quantity of nuts were poured on
die floor and the contents of
several big cartons were dump
ed on the floor. Evidently these
and the wash tubs were used to
carry out the stolen merchan
dise.
ResistArrest
- Assaults
Officer
M*yo Sanderson. 39, -
white male of Beulaville Is in
Duplin County jail in lieu of
$500 bond.
Sanderson was arrested near
the intersection of highway 24
and 41 by stare Trooper J. T.
Joyner in "a drunken condition"
He is charged with public drun
kenness, resisting arrest, and
assaulting an officer. Trial is
set for County Court, Wednes
day, March 21.
CALL FOR
HIGHWAY
BIDS
RALEIGH - The State High
way Commission today Issued
a call for bids for the Feb
ruary 28, 1967 highway letting.
Thirty-two projects In twenty
eight counties are Included, In
volving more than 280 miles
of road construction.
All bids for the projects must
be received by the Highway
Commission no later than
10:00 A.M., Tuesday February
28, 1967.
Duplin project tollows:
DUPLIN - 37.33 miles of sand
asphalt and bituminous concrete
surface on NC-41 In resurfac
ing fourteen sections of secon
dary roads and two sections
of primary roads.
One W ay
Street
Proposed
At the February meeting of
the Kenansville Board of Com.
mlaatonerg held on Monday
evening February 6, 1967, the
Board voted tentative approv
al to the following ordinances.
1. That South Street begin
ning at the J & B Esao Station
be one way going north; that
Front Street be one way going
west and that Courthouse
Place be one way going north
converging onto Hill Street.
This would alleviate many trar
fic and parking problems as
well as promote a safer flow of
traffic.
S. That No Parttig shall be
permitted on the east side of
Lee Street, opposite Bell Motor
Co.
S. That the subdivision know
as Rufiedge Hills and owned
by Mrs. Hazel Scott be taken
into the city limits st bar re
Ira David fBabe) Stroud, 26.
apparently met instant death
when he came Into contact with
a high voltage line. He fell
from near the too of the uti
lity pole and his head hit the
pavement below.
The accident occurred about
11:30 Tuesday morning, near the
stop light In the town of Pink
Hill. Stroud had just told the
barber shop personnel that the
power would be off for a few
minutes as local repairs were
made.
Stroud, who lived at Albritton,
a local community about seven
miles west of Klnston, had been
employed by Weeks and An
drews Construction Company
for about six years. He was
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Blaney
Stroud of Route 4, Klnston.
Eastern District Supervisors
Met Friday, February 10
Supervisors of the Eastern
Division of NCEA met Friday
February 10th. at the Country
Squire. The meeting was pre
sided over by the President,
Mrs. Magdalene (Standi who
welcomed the guest to Duplin
County.
The Eastern Division is com
posed of: Duplin; Onslow; Le
noir; Kinston City; Wayne;
Goldsboro City; Wilson; Wilson
City; Cartaret; Beaufort; Cra
ven; Washington; Washington
City; Camp LeJeune: and
Jones Counties.
The scheduled speaker, Miss
Madeline Tripp, Superindent
ent of Instruction of elemen
tary education with the State
Department, in Raleigh was
snowbound, and unable to at
tend.
At the request of the group,
Mrs. Standi explained the Dup
lin County Kindergarten Pro
gram which is a part of the
Duplin County ESEA Program.
Hope For The Heart
The theme for the 1967 Heart
Fund campaign in North Caro
lina is "Hope For Hearts".
This year the well known voice
of Burl Ives of Hollywood and
Durham, will be raised to help
this hope as he serves as the
Honorary Heart FundChairman
for the 1967 Campaign. Upon
accepting this Job he was pre
sented with a new slogan "1967
Sound of Hope". The citizens of
Duplin can well accept this as
one of their slog ape--oyer 100
Duplin Cowty. workers have
echoed and reechoed their
"Sound of Hope" and volunteer
ed several hours of their lea
dership and energies to organ
ize our Heart Fund Drive, so
when they call on you for your
contribution please "Have a
Heart for a Heart".
Mrs. Boyette, Duplin County
Heart Fund Chairman, an
nounces thefollowingCityChalr
men appointments:
Wallace, Mrs. Gene Carter;
Rose Hill, Mrs. L. K Brummitt;
Magnolia, Mrs. AbbleSmlthand
Mrs. CorbettL. Quinn; Warsaw,
Mrs. B. Franklin Hobbs; Ke
nansville. Mr. O. P. Johnson;
Beulavllle, Mr. Russell Bostic;
Faison, Mrs. Harold Precythe;
Calypso , Mr. Charles Cook.
As City Heart Fund Chair
men they will appoint various
activity chairmen for the com
munity and direct their efforts
during the North Carolina and
American Heart Association
drives In February.
Mrs. Gene Carter, Wallace,
has appointed the following ch
airmen: Mr. ^lols Mobley as
Business Days Chairman; Mrs.
Doug Moore, Tag Day Chair
man; Mrs. R. E. Avant, Balloon
Day Chairman; Ken Ayers, Pos
ter Chairman, Qene Carter,
Heart Sunday Chairman; Benny
Williams, Teen Chairman.
Mrs. Doug Moore held avery
successful Heart Fund Tag Day
on February 4. Mrs. R. E. Avant
will have Balloon Day on Sa
turday, February 18, If weather
permits, If it Is raining she
will have It the following Sa
turday. Mrs. Carter will also
have a Heart Fund Variety Show
on Thursday night, February 23,
at 8:00 p.m. at the Wallace
Elementary School.
Mrs. L. B. Brummitt, Rose
Hill has appointed Mrs. Char
les Mosback as Business Day
Chairman.
Mr. Russell Bostic, Beula
vllle has appointed Raleigh La
ContlDoed to page S
She told the group about some
of the equipment and supplies
used in the program, the cur
riculum, length of day, trans
portation, food services, and
rest provided for the children.
Many questions were asked
and answered.
Mrs. Sallie Ingram, ESEA
director, supplied the answer to
the question of cost. She stated
that "we have spent about
$350,000 on the Duplin County
Kindergarten Program".
Mrs. Barbara J. Hartis, Pre
school Coordinator in Kinston
City Schools told the group
some interesting facts concern
ing their program, and their
problems.
Following the explanation of
the Kindergarten Programs in
Duplin County and in the Kin
ston City Schools, and the ques
tion and answer period, Miss
Merle Scott, supervisor of Le
noir County Schools asked the
group to support, work, and
vote on February 22 for Mr.
John K. Wooten for Vice Pres
ident of NCEA. Several super
visors spoke in. support of Mr.
Wooten.
Mrs. Standi was given an
ovation for her speech on "The
Kindergarten Program" prior
to adjournment.
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BLOODSHED BOXSCORE
RALEIGH - The Motor Vehi
cles Department's summary of
traffic deaths through 10 A.M.
Monday, February 13:
Killed to Date 155
Killed to Date Last Year...169
Duplin County was never more beautiful
than last Friday when It was turned into a
Winter Wonderland by a coating of ice. Each
twig on each tree was encased in ice as is
this majestic tree in the O. P. Johnson yard
in Kenansville. Smaller trees were badly bent
and even broken by the weight of the ice,
which melted and ran away wtth the warming
weather Friday afternoon.
(Photo by Ruth Wells)
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