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V?L XXXIV NO. 11 MARCH 16. 1967 KENANSVTLLE. N. C. PRICE 10# PLUS TAX
Trial
& Error
The Times hed a most In
teresting visitor In the office
this morning. He was Mr.
Clarence Schmidt, brother of
Mrs. Vernon Reynolds of Ke
nansvllle. Me was a native of
Kansas, but is In Y.M.C.A.
work In Jerusalem, Israel. We
questioned Mr. Schmidt about
die Holy Land, and he wound
up by telling us that we should
visit it and see the beauty of
It. He said one of the most
beautiful scenes was the Sea of
Galilee. Mr. Schmidt said that
he and his wife and two daugh
ters enjoyed living there very
much. Only wish that he had had
more time to stay and talk with
us longer.
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If you didn't get to the Car
melllaShow In Wallace this past
week end you really missed a
treat. I did not know that there
were so many varieties of Ca
mellias - and the colors were
beautlfuL Some of the speci
mens were as large around as
a plate. Others were small and
dainty and so very delicate
looking. I saw Mr.and Mrs.
Gordon Blake there and I asked
Gordon why he didn't have an
exhibit in the show. Gordon
raises perfectly beautiful Ca
mellias but he said they were
not equal to the ones In the
show.
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The United Daughters of she
Confederacy of Warsaw made
my Mettwr ooteezr hamnoday.
As you know. Mother is a shut
in. They brought her a basket
loaded with girts - one to open
each day. Mother was so thrill
ed and h*py. It takes only
such a few minutes to make
someone happy, but how often
we put off doing these little
things - and I am the most
guilty one.
Ruth
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Wiper* A why
A liquid compound which can
be painted on windshields repels
water so well that it can enable
airplanes to land in heavy rain
storms. It is completely trans
parent and resists scratching.
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Luncheon To Honor N.C.
FHA Farm Family Of Tea r
The State Advisory Com
mittee for the Formers Home
Administration will honor the
outstanding N. C. FHA Farm
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Family of 1966 at a luncheon to
be held at the Duplin Country
Club on Friday, March 17th,
In 1962, the Committee Ini
tiated the project of se
lecting and honoring the Out
standing FHA Farm Family of
the Year. While no announce
ment of the winning family will
be made until the date of the
luncheon, we look forward In
anticipation that this year's
family will be selected from
this area of the state.
A large attendance. Including
many prominent officials from
throughout the state, U expected
to honor this outstanding tamOy.
BRIEFS
Musicians
Rated Superior
Sixty young musicians re
ceived ratings of superior
in a music festival here last
week end on the campus of East
Carolina College.
Six are competing for state
I scholarships and thus will ad
1 vance In state competition for
! cash prizes at Guilford College
next week, March 18.
Chairman for the program
was Charles E. Stevens of the
ECC School of Music faculty.
Students received critiques
and ratings from a team of
eleven judges during the event.
They represented eignt counties
In EasternNorthCarollna; Bean
l^nolr, Onslow, Pamlico. /
Suzanne Swtherland (Junior
Music Clufc);Joy Hudson (Y outh
Music Club).
Revival Services
At Beulavflle
PreE aster Revival services
will begin attheBeulavQleBap
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Be ulaville
Baptist
Revival
MARSHALL L. PRIDGEN
Revival services will be con
ducted at the Beulavllle Baptist
Church. Beulavlle, March 19
24, 1967, beginning at thetnorn
Ing worship service at HtQO
a.m. on Sunday and cpch even
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Prldgen, pastor at the Swelton
Heigfits Baptist Church, Rocky
Mount, will be the evangelist.
A Nursery will be provided.
Everyone Is cordially lnvltedtc
attend.
Pre-Easter Services
First Free will Baptist
Church of Warsaw will observe
Easter with services beginning
Monday night, March 20, at
7:30. These services sponsored
by the Woman's Auxiliary will
run through Wednesday night
and will feature a different
speaker each night. The Rev.
Rayford Lee of Four Oaks, pas
tor, extends a cordial Invitation
to everyone to attend each of
these services.
Coastal PCA Formed Duplin-Wilmington Merge
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Mr. Garland P. King, center, secretary
treasurer of the Duplin Product Ion Credit Asso
ciation looks over the proposed merger reso
lution with (left) Mr. Robert A. Darr, president
of The Federal Land Bank of Columbia, and
also president of pie Intermediate Credit Bank
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of Columbia. Mr. H. B. Rlvenbark, right, Is
maniger of the Wilmington Production Credit
Association which Is merging with the Duplin
Production Credit Association to form the
Coastal Production Association. (Photo by Ruth
a Wells)
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The Coastal Production Cre
dit Association will be formed
by the merger of the Duplin
PCA In Kenansvllle and the
Wilmington PCA In Wilming
ton with the merger to be ef
fective at the close of busi
ness on March 31.
Stockholders of the Wilming
ton association voted In favor
of the merger In a stockholders'
meeting held In Wilmington on
February 24, and the Duplin
association stockholders gave
their approval In a meeting of
stockholders held In Kenans
vllle on March 9.
Coastal Association's home
office wU 1 be in Kenansvllle
with a complete service branch
office In Wilmington. Both of
fices will serve farmers In
Duplin, Brunswick, New Han
over and Pender counties with
short and intermediate-term
loans.
Garland P. King will serve
as general manager of the as
sociation, and H. B. Rivenbark
will be branch office manager
and assistant secretary-trea
surer at Wilmington.
All members of the present
board of directors will serve
on the board of the association
and all members of the staff
of both associations will con
tinue with the assoclatln.
The members of the board of
directors of the Coastal as
sociation will Include: Arthur
Kennedy, Eugene R. Carlton,
Woodrow W. Maready, T. T.
Herring, J. Ralph Brltt,Charles
R. Rogers. Albert D. Cox, Jr.,
A. B. Herring, Edwin S. Clem
mons and Billy Wade Russ.
In commenting on the meger,
Mr. King said, "The stronger
capital structure and larger
volume after combining the two
associations will provide a
stronger and a broader base to
serve farmers' short and inter
mediate-term credit needs
more effectively and more eco
nomically."
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The Duplin and Wilmington
associations furnished more
than $7.5 million in short and
lntei-rriedlaf-term to
?w.2. /' ners dc f) ,g the past
year. "
"Total assets of the new as
sociation will be over $10.5 mil
lion and capital and surplus will
be nearly $2 million," King
added.
Wells Represents
JSI At American
Association
Alfred Wells. Dean of Ad
missions, represented James
Sprunt Institute at the annual
convention of the American As
sociation of Junior Colleges in
San Francisco, California from
February 27 through March 3,
1967.
James Sprunt Institute was
awarded membership in the
American Association of Junior
Colleges in January 1967. Ap
proximately 2,000 members at
tended the Convention and re
presented their individual col
leges throughout the United
States.
Sessions and workshops were
conducted throughout the con
ference in the areas of Adult
and Occupational education as
related to technical institutes
and the community colleges as
one of the nation's most com
prehensive programs of higher
education. ^
The convention" was high
lighted by an address by Senator
Wayne L. Morse of Oregon em
phasizing the need and the im
portant part that the commu
nity colleges portray in the
United States today.
[Bank Loses First Phase |
In Alleged Usury Suit |
The First National Bank of
Eastern North Carolina, with
a Branch in Wallace, N. C.
lost the First Round In aCharge
against It by Mr. andMrs.Cecil
Rhodes, of Rose Hill and Holly
Ridge, in which it was alleged
that an UnlawfulRateof Interest
had been charged.
All parties agreed to dispense
with a JU17 and permit the Judge
to settle the dispute.
Mr. and Mrs. Rhodes charged
that they borrowed $60,000 from
the Bank, but that Vice Presi
dent W. N. Taylor required them
to leave $10,000 on deposit In a
"Special Checking Accout" on
which they could not write
checks; and that this was for
the purpose of charging Interest
on money they did not receive.
Judge Mlntz found as a fact
that the money was wrongfully
withheld and all remaining mat
ters will be decided in May.
Mrs. Mary C. Southerland
Named Dist. Mother of Year
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Mr*. Mary Cogddl soutnertand of Kenansvflle has been t
selected by the South Kenansvflle Extension Home Makers Club
ss The Mother Of The Year. She has been named county and
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The members of the South
Kenansvllle Extension Home
makers club have nominated
Mrs. Mary C. Southerland of
Kenansvllle as Mother of the
Year for 1967 because they have
for years realized that she is
far above the average mother,
homemaker, and leader in her
community.
Mrs. Southerlind's husband,
Lawrence Southerland, Sr., died
when her youngest child was
only 6 years old. She had to be
botn parents, and rear her five
children. She managed to keep
them in school, Sunday School,
and Church regularly. She has
reared her family to become
first class citizens and leaders
in their communities.
Mrs. Southerland has worked
for the better education of all.
She has served as Education
leader in her club and practi
cally every meeting stressed
die need for education. She has
served asCitizenshipChalrman
and is constantly reminding the
members to fulfill their citi
zenship responsibilities.
Her life has been one of ser
vice, not only as a mother and
a homemaker, but to her ch
urch, school and community,
as well as Clubs and Coun
try. She has managed to always
find time to give encouragement
and help to those who aged it.
Mrs. Southerland, the former
Mary Cogdell. was born,on a
farm in Cumberland County,
North Carolina, March22,1892,
with a Methodist and Presbyte
rian background. Her mother
went to what is now Queens
College and later iaught in a
one teacher school in her com
munity. Mrs. Sotherland at
tendee that school. Later she
staved with an aunt in Hickory
ana went to public school un
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Camelli as D raw
Crowd In Wallace
The Wallace Council of Gar
den Clubs sponsored the Annual
Camellia Show at the Woman's
Club Building in Wallace on
March 11 and 12.
Ribbon cutting ceremonies
were held at 3 p.m. on Saturday.
Mrs. Roscoe D. McMillan, past
president of the Garden Club
of North Carolina, Inc. cut the
ribbon.
A luncheon at Norris Cafe
preceded the opening at which
time Rev. George M. Ports,
Methodist minister, offered the
invocation. About forty attend
ed the courtesy luncheon for the
Judges.
The show was divided into
three divisions namely: Horti
culture Exhibits, Camellias at
Home and Commercial Exhi
bits.
There seemed to be thou
sands of exhibits of the most
beautiful Camellias one has
ever seen. There were also
about fifteen flower arrange
ments made with Camellias.
In the center of the room
was the Court of Honor table
on which were placed the best
Camellias of the show. First
prize for the best seedling -
outside, went to Mr. and Mrs.
Bob Holmes of Mt. Olive: Mr.
and Mrs. D. D. Blanchard of
Wallace: Two to Mr. and Mrs.
Clay Foreman of Elizabeth City;
and Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Fowler
of Lumberton.
First prize for Camellias un
der glass, went to Ernest Ay
cock of Smlthfleld (4 spe
cimens): Mr. and Mrs. Wilbut
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Welch And Moffett
Exhibit ?Home Federal
The exhibit at Home Federal working with Joe Cox and
Savings and Loan Association George Blrellne.
of Warsaw for the month of Lyala has been Art Dlrec
March Is the first one In this tor of the architectural render
continuing series to feature two lngs department at Ralph John
artists in a Joint exhibit. The son Associates for four years,
artists are Lydla Welch and She has been in numerous
David Moffett. Both are artists exhibits. The most recent was
employed In Raleigh with Ralph at the Olivia Raney Library
Johnson Associates. In Raleigh, sponsored by the
Lydla Welch was born In Ohio Raleigh Fine Arts Society. This
and had her art training at Ohio was a two-week exhibit be
st ate University A Raleigh ginning October 9.1966.
resident for 14 years, she has., ^Lydla's scintillating person
studied at North Carolina St colors end de
University's School of DesigfcXfr Csatlaaed to h(? U
The Tar Heel Fine Arts Society sponsors
Eleanor Fell Klrschke, Harpist and William
Klrschke, Assistant Conductor, husband-wife
team to appear with the North Carolina Symphony
at the Wallace-Rose Hill Gymtorlum on Monday
evening, March 20,1967 at 8:00 p.m.
N. C. Symphony To Perform
Wallace-Rose Hill High Sch.
i A lovely young harpist plus a
tastefully selected program will
Igrace the North Carolina Sym
phony's March 20, 1967 8 p.m.
performance In the Wallace
Rose Hill Gymtorlum.
The Tar Heel Fine Arts So
ciety and James Sprunt Insti
tute are sponsoring the North
Carolina Symphony, a State Sym
phony In fact as well as In
name. Under the direction of
Dr. Benjamin Swalln, the Or
chestra annually traverses the
State presenting more than 120
concerts to some 50 towns and
cities. Unlike other orchestras,
it has no home hall but is "at
home" all over the State."
"Symphony on Wheels" and
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"Music on the Move" - two
frequently used nicknames - ere
apt descriptions of the North
Carolina Symphony. It is, after
all, esentfjQy a traveling or
chest ra.j*Kdr
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