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VOL XXXIV NO. 18 | MARCH 30.1967 KENANSV1LLE. N. C. PRICE 10q. PLUS TAX
Trial
& Error
The wonderful Easter season
has come "and gone. And for
once, In this area, we had beau
tiful weather for Easter. Was
talking to my daughter In New
Jersey and she said they had
plenty of snow. 1 think die little
old Southerner has had about
enough snow to satisfy her for
die rest of her life.
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Have you noticed how beauti
fully some of the flowers are
coming out after the severe
freeze that we had a few weeks
age" The jonquils are so pretty
ard some of the Camellias are
pretty. Do hope that all of our
fruit wasn't killed, but I ima
gine most of it is.
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Was In Norfolk during the
past week end and one of the
most exciting and interesting
highlights of the trip was a tour
through the Open-AirMarket. If
you nave never been in one,
do make it a point to go through
one and see for yourself. They
sell everything that you can
name, except I did not see any
dresses or men's suits. Items
are from records to bolts and
screws along with groceries
and meats of all kind. Of spe
cial interest to me was one sec
tion in which there was nothing
but imported foods. Another in
teresting spot is the bakery
which is behind glass. You can
stand and watch diem decorate
cakes as diey come out of die
oven. In ooeSecrtonoffhesthre
was nothing but candles of moat
every shgpe and style that you
can Imagine. As you waft in the
door, freshly cooked pizza pies
are being taken out of the oven
and they smell tempting even
to people, like myself, who do
not care for pizzas.
If I had had more tim e I
suppose I would be still there -
looking.
Ruth
KAREN DUKE
Karen Duke To Per form
Karen Duke, one of Ameri
ca's most beautiful folk singers,
will appear at Kenansvllle Ele
" 1 V
mentary School Auditorium Sa
turday night, April 8, at 8 p.m.
Tickets are on sale at the door.
Her list of engagements in
clude appearances at Michigan
State University, Duke Univer
sity. Georgia Tech, The Uni
versity of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill and many others.
Miss Duke's musical back
ground includes experience in
summer stock at West
bury, Valley Forge and Camden
County. Wusjc Fairs, the Tulsa
Little Theatre, the Imperial
Players in Cripple Creek, and
the Seagle Colongy Opera Guild
in Schroon Lake, N. Y. She has
also had experience in radio
and broadway musicals.
"Songs with Guitar" is a
highly interesting varied pro
gram of songs Doth old and
new, American and Interna
tional . Both as a singer and
guitarist. Karen Duke offers a
unique and memorable pro
gram.
"One Step
Service99
Panel
Steps hav$ been taken under
a directive from President John
son to assure that rural oom
munitles In Duplin County have
access to all existing services
la their development efforts.
Chairman Rhone Sasser of the
county's Technical Action Panel
said today.
Mr. Sasser, who also is Coun
ty Supervisor ofFarmersHome
Administration, saidthesystem
will be operated through the
Technical Action Panel. The
Contimed to pace 8
BRIEFS
Duplin FFA
Land Judging
Contest
On March 15, 1967, East Dup
lin washosttotheDuplinF.F.A.
Federation Land Judging Con
test which was held on Mr. Cal
vin Mercer's farm near Cabin.
The contest was officiated by
the Duplin County Soil Conser
vation Service.
Results were: North Duplin,
first place; E ast Duplin, second
{dace; and Douglas, third place.
High scoring Individuals were
Kent Sullivan, first place and
Jim Rouse, second place.
After the contest, all boys re
ceived refreshments compli
ments of the EastDupllnF.F.A.
Chapter.
TO VISIT DUPLIN
Mrs. Glenn Rasmussen of
California, formerly of Duplin
will visit In Duplin County and
the Kenansvllle area for several
days. She wlllarrivefromCall
fornla by plane on Wednesday.
Mr. Preston Raiford who will
meet his wife at the Raleigh
Durham Air Port on Wednes
day will also meet Mrs. Ras
mussen. Mrs. Raiford has been
visiting her children and grand
children In Tuscaloosa. Alar
bam a.
Two Charged With
Public Drunkenness
Edward Earl Pickett of Beu
lavllle has been arrested In
Warsaw on a charge of public
drunkenness and carrying a
concealed weapon. He Is under
1200 bond for appearance at
the Aprfl 6th {egrv of Coun*
Court. ?|
In a warjiant sworn out by,
her husb&B Brenda Vfeath of?
Magnolia has been charged with
neglect of her two children.
Michel Ray Heath, 3 years old
and Sheila Gale Heath, 9 months
old. The warrant charged that
she neglected them by '^staying
out all night and coming home
In a drunken condition' while
being under suspended sen
Conttaaed to pace t
Magnolia Postmaster Honored
Mrs. O. D. Drew, Jr., Postmaster of Magno
lia, receives award from Congressman David
Henderson In a special ceremony at the Mag
nolla Post Office, Monday morning. Eima's
mother, Mrs. E . R.' Pope, proudly looks on.
(Photo by Ruth Wells)
At a special ceremony In
Magnolia Monday morning Mrs.
Elma Maude Drew, Postmas
ter, was honored by th U. S.
Postal Department.
Third District Congressman
David Henderson presented the
special award and said "I am
pleased to have this opportu
nity of presenting you with tan
gble recognition for the excel
nt work you are doing as post
master at Magnolia. This copy
of a Form 50 will make effec
tive a Quality Step Increase In
your salary on March 25, 1967.
Evidence of your good work
Is to be found In customer sa
tisfaction here In Magnolia, but
It Is also found In the latest
report of a postal Inspection
Vhlch gave your office a top
rating In all of the factors
concerned In operating a post
office. Attalnlngthls measureof
superiority Is all the more
significant when we note that
you were not appointed to this
position until April 24, 1965.
The report of the postmaster
who conducted orientation
training when you first were
appointed foreshadowed an
alert, aggressive approach to
your work, and this award In
dicates his judgment was cor
rect."
Congressman H enderson
noted that this Is the first such
award to be made to any post
master In North Carolina. Four
similar awards have been made
In South Carolina, Georgia and
Florida.
Mrs. Drew Is a native of
Magnolia and Is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Pope
and Is married to O. D. Drew
Jr. She is a graduate of Mag
nolia High School and after
taking a business course she
was employed several years by
the ??Tltr Vunr '"Jftce of
Clerk of Cwor? firSf"as Deputy
Clerk and later as Assistant
Clerk of Court.
The Drews have four chil
dren, Davis A, 22, is In In
Contlnaed to page 8
m"A k i.lii?eleora,e 2181 Birthday^n
Mrs. Kathleen Snyder To Be Honored
Some 7,000 delegates from
566 FHA chapters across the
S tate will meet here April 8
to celebrate die twenty-first
birthday of the North Carolina
Association of Future Home
makers of America.
Plans for the gala cele
bration, to be held attheDorton
Arena on the State F alrground s,
were announced this week by
Mrs. Hazel Tripp, State FHA
Adviser.
A colorful pageant In the af
ternoon will trace the 21 years
of the organization's growth and
depict several milestones In Its
history. Written by Jim Line
better of Raleigh, the dramatic
presentation will be staged with
a background of live choral
and orchestral music. A large
cast of FHA members will Join
several professional actors In
the historical vignettes.
Dr. Catherine T. Dennis.
State supervisor of home eco
nomics education, will be the
principal speaker at the morn
ing session, reviewing "Memo
ries of the Past 2f Years."
Hooorary memberships In the
State FHA organization will be
bestowed upon Lt. Gov. Robert
W. Scott; Mrs. Madge Cooke of
Raleigh, and Mrs. Kathleen Sny
der of Warsaw, former home
economics teachers; and Mrs.
Hazel Tripp, the State FHA Ad
viser.
State Homemaker degrees
will be awarded to 260 FHA
members who have planned and
carried out -special projects in
keeping with the goals of FHA.
These degrees wfll be awarded
to these members at the end
of the morning session.
Beth Kirk of China Grove,
president 'of the State FHA,
will preside at die opening bu
siness session.
New State officers will be
Installed at the cloelngaession,
one of which la Wanda Brown of
Beulavllle as reporter.
During the 21 years of the
organization, over 600,000 stu
MVtffSSS&MS
Association of Future Home
makers of America.
Future Homemakers In North
Carolina will observe National
FHA Week Apr 112 - 8 as a
time to tell people about the
organization and what It does.
31,880 home economics students
belong to 566 chapters in North
Carolina. Activities this year
have been focused on the three
projects: "Good Family Rela
tions Through Communica
tions," "Citizenship Challen
ges You," and "LeisureTlme
Constructive Time."
Culminating this year's work,
51 delegates from North Caro
lina mil attend the National
Convention July 10 - 13 in Los
Angeles, California. The theme
wlfl be "FHA-opportunltles Un
limlted."
DoraEvans,
Worthy
Matron
DORA EVANS
Dor a Westbrook Evins has
been elected Worthy Matron of
the Kenansrflle Chapter #216,
Order of The Eastern Star.
Mrs. Kathleen Powell Snyder, a Warsaw native will receive
an Honorary membership In the FHA at the annual meeting
April 8.
Mrs. Snyder received her B S degree from Wlnthrop College
in Rock Hill, S. C. later returning to get her masters In Home
Economics. Now retired, Mrs. Snyder taught Home Ec for
many years at James Kenan High School, going there from the
Warsaw High School upon the consolidation of Warsaw, Magnolia
and Kenansvllle. Previously a Home Demonstration agent in
Currituck County, she was nome management specialist for the
Government located at Penderlea, and has taught Home Eco
nomics in Rocky Mount, Goldsboro, Mount Olive, Pleasant
Gardens, Harris bury as well as Warsaw.
Mrs. Cnyder holds membership In the North Carolina Educa
tion Association; the National Education Association: North
Carolina Home Economist Association; National Home Econo
mist Association; Warsaw Garden Club; United Daughters of the
Confederacy; Warsaw B & PW Club and the Eastern Star.
She has also taught Red Cross, Home Nursing and first aid
classes. An active member of the First Baptist Church of
Warsaw, she has been a Sunday School teacher there for
more than 40 years. Family genealogy, plant propogatlon and
handicrafts rate priority among her nobbles. (Photo by Ruth
, Wells).
-Rams Suspended From ?
Club To Serve Road Term
Five youthful offenders were
tried In Duplin County Court
1 act urool/ l.r(?K ?annnn
nvbn Vliat gwu ntlll ICUIJJU"
rary larceny. The teen
agers were members of a gang
known as "Rams."
Four sixteen year old defen
dants were WUlle James Fal
son of Wallace, Earl Llnwood
Bryant of Rose Hill, Robert
Earl Wright, Rose Hill and
James Edward Blakney of Wal
lace. Falson was charged on
8 counts, Bryant, 6 counts,
Wright, 5 counts, and Blakney
4 counts.
Judge Russell Lanier gave
each Doy a 12 months road
term aifter they plead guilty
. <to the charges.
A fifth Doy, 12 years old
was tried before Juvenile Judge
R. V. Wells and was placed
' on 12 months probation.
The Wallace Police depart
ment arrested the boys follow
ing complaints from employ
ers of a local Industry that
cars were being stolen, tempo
rarily from the employees
parking lot. Although returned
In most Incidents, they were
sometimes left In a different
area of the parking lots. One
car was reported stolen twice.
The second time It was abon
doned In the Wallace business
district.
The "Rams" gave no reason
for the temporary larceny.
CORRECTION!
This newspaper stated last
week. In error, that GailCostln
was chairman of the Warsaw
Heart Fund. It should have been
Red Cross.
Blueberry Festival Entry Selected
Miss Lynn Blyth Chandler,
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. L. U.
Chandler, has been selected
to represent Duplin County at
the Blueberry Festival In Ell
zabethtown, May 25. 26 and 27.
Lynn, a 20-year old senior at
East Carolina College spon
sored by Wallace Womens dub
was unanimously selected by
three out-of-county judges.
Judging followed bathing suit
and evening dress competition.
Runners up were Patricia
Anne Hopkins, 18, of Falson,
a senior at East Duplin High
School; and Alta Blanchard,18
a senior at James Kenan School.
Miss Chandler will compete
in a pageant for selection of a
queen In the Ellzabethtown
High School Friday night May
26. The winner will be award
ed a $1,000 scholarship, ward
robe, expenses for travel and
will have keys for one year to
Ford Convertible, and Is ex
pected to be crowned by Go
vernor Dan K. Moore.
In addition to the pageant the
three day festivities will in
clude a golf tournament, tour
of blue berry farms, dances,
parade, baking contest, water
show, ski show, parachute drop,
band concert, agricultural In
dustrial and educational dis
plays, and a fireworks display.
Glenn Miller's band will par
ticipate.
High Schools To
Hear Nuclear Lecturer
Congressman David N. Hen
derson has announced that a
lecturer representing the Uni
ted States Atomic Energy Com
mission will visit Duplin County
Schools In the near "future. A
program will be presented to
help acquaint students and
faculty with basic principles
and the peaceful application of
nuclear energy.
The representative will be at
James Kenan High School, Rt.
1. Warsaw. April 17th, East Dup
lin High School, Beulavllle,
April 18th, and Charity High
School RFD Rose HOI, April
21st.
Henderson said that In this
activity, AEC-trained lecturers
provide a basic Introduction to
the subject at student assem
blies, utilizing colorful demon
stration equipment. At most
1 schools they meet also with
science classes to help the
teachers familiarize their stu
dents with specific aspects of
nuclear science, he added.
Church
Property
Stolen
Roy Ray, alias Toney Lo
pez, negro male age 57, who
gave his address as 1105 At
lantic Avenue, Atlantic City,
New Jersey has been changed
with breaking and entering fol
lowing his entrance Into the
Bowden Presbyterian Church.
Duplin Counties : rpresentative in the Blueberry Festival
at Ellzabethtown, May 25. 26 and 27 is Miss Lynn Chandler.
The lovely young lady Ls 5 ft. 5 In., weighs 112 lbs. and is a
senior at East Carolina College. (Photo by Ruth Wells)