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The Times-Sentinel seems to
? be In e new business this week.
I Wlnford Howard, our shop for e
H man, and Pat Ferrell with Ja
il mes Sprunt Institute, have made
? a skull with linotype metaL
I James Saunders, also of James
ra Sprunt, and Patstartedtheskull
I with modeling clay and cast a
? die of plaster of Paris. They
I brought the die to the office
I and Wlnford poured the hot
I metal Into the die. Result - a
? perfect skull about three Inches
I nigh weighing five pounds.
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Tour response to us on our
? Progress Edition has been
^Bgreat. We ^predate It so very
? much. This morning a lady who
Bis living In this section, but
? from another part of the United
^?States, came to the office ta
?buy three copies of the paper.
?She said that she wanted to send <<
?them back home because they
^?didn't know what this county
^was like.
Reeves Brothers Open House
?wu most successful lest Sa
? turdey and well attended. The
? tour of the plant was interes
ts ting and Informative. It's always
i?,?a shock to me to go into a
K plant in Duplin County as it la
? something so new to thecounty.
HFReeves Brothers is spacious,
If cool, light and attractive. It
W looks like a "really good"
1 place in which to work. It was
fascinating to see them cutting
j?M*jyjfllow coyers^^ktn
?making throws Mr furniture
?tables and beds. it was all quite '
?fascinating.
W How did you like the sound of
pSt that rain last night? Wonderful
S wasn't it? Maybe the gardens
" will start growing now.
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About a week ago, Vernon
Reynolds, County Farm Agent,
brought a Japanese Editor into
our office to see our printing
Plant. He is editor on a oaner
twiih 700,000 circulation, so I
guess our little plant looked like
a play tdy to him, I will net . I
f attempt to spell his name, be
cause I can't even pronounce
4 It,
He was looking at our Li
notype machine, ms Interpreter
salxl that they used a mono
type which has 2000 characters
where our's has only about 100.
The Editor further stated, th
rough! his Interpreter, that they
did not have small weekly ps
. pers scattered about as we do,
but usually one large piper to a
state. In further conversation I
discovered that their states are
each about the size of Duplin
, County with a population about
J ' the sue of the entire state of
jL North Carolina. I asked him
g about "offset" printing in Ja
m pan. but between the Japanese
2 Editor, the Interpreter and my
I self we got our wires crossed
? and I never did quite understand
? what he meant. Well, maybe I
* will get there some day and see
S for myself.
Ruth
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School Calendar,
5 19(7 ft 1968
Superintendent of Schools, O.
J P. Johnson has announced the
l,. following School Calendar for
m 1967-eer
August 28, 1967, Teachers
I report for work. jj
August 80, Student reglstra
? tlon.
August 31, Schools open.
September 27 End first
6 school month.
October 20. District NCEA
meeting.
October 26, End iad school
month.
November 28, End 3rd school
nonth.
$ November 30 - December 1,
Thanksgiving holidays.
Deoetnber 21,1967 - January
I9fi8, Christmas Holidays.
Jwiuary 2 1968, Schools open
[0 tfter Christmas holldsys.
Civic Minded Citizens
Endorse Plan Support JSI
The County Board of Com
missioners and Board of Edu
cation sponsored a meeting In
the county court room Wednes
day night to discuss long range
flnnclal needs of James Sprura
Institute.
Approximately $1,000,000 Is
available to James Sprunt In
stitute for buildings and equip
ment from state and federal
funds, provided Duplin County
secures $250,000 ss matching
funds.
Attending was a representa
tion of the Duplin Development
Commission, Duplin Develop
ment Commission Committees,
town mayors, development cor
porations in each town, civic
clubs, chambers of commerce,
financial Institutions, farm bu
reaus, advisory board of exten
sion service, extension home
makers club, and representa
tives of business and Indus
try through Duplin County.
Dr. Dallas Herring, Chair
man of the State Board of Edu
cation, was present and parti
cipated in the discussion, and
presented timely information.
1 Mr. Preston Raiford, Director
of Duplin Development Com
mission and Mr. Dixon Hall,
president of James Sprunt In
stitute were also present.
Plans were recommended as
follows for raising the$250,000
Centlnaed la yafa I
>
Historical Society
To Hold
Quarterly Meet
Duplin County will hold Its
second quarterly meeting at the
Country Squire at 7 p.m. Wed
nesday. March 26.
President Nick Kalmar said
that this should be the most
interesting meet of the society
to date, as there Is little bu
siness to be transacted.
Guest speaker for the dutch
Er meeting will beMr.Wil
G. Faulk, Jr. from the
iwick Town State Historic
Site in Brunswick County. The
program will probably Include
slides on the excavation V
Brunswick Town.
President Kalmar'would like
to remind interested persons
that the April 26 meeting is
die deadline for charter mem
bership. Anyone wishing to be
come a charter member Is ur
ged to contact a member of the
Historic alSociety and an end
the meeting at the Country
Squire at 7 p.m., April 26.
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Shooting Probed
DeepBottomArea
An early Sunday morning
shooting at Teachey's Grill In
the Deep Bottom section of
Duplin County resulted In one
man being jailed while the other
hovers near death at Duke Has*
pltal in Durham.
Eddie Lee Smith 20, negro of
Route 2, Wallace is being held
In Duplin County Jail, accord
ing to Sheriff T. El wood Re
velle. Smith was charged witfr
assault with Intent to Kill and
was jailed following hearing be
fore Justice of the Peace, W. J.
Sltterson. Bond was set at
$5,000.
James W. Scarborough, 19,
negro, also from Deep Bottom
Is In Duke Hospital where his
condition Is listed as critical.
He was shot near the temple
*4th a .22 caliber pistol.
Investigation la continuing In
the affair which took place be
tween 1 and L-SO Sunday morn
is
Clean-Up
Campaign
Off To Good Start
To the call to clean-up, paint
up, fix-up, has been heard by the
citizens of Rose Hill aha the
action has begun, so reports
Dennis Ramsey, Chairman of
the Clean-Up Committee of the
Rose Hill Chamber of Com
merce.
There is evidence of shrub
pruning, house and building
painting, lots being cleared, old
buildings being removed. A pro
fert le rUiMlonlnn rile
? av w i. ??vym? IW IUV ilTU
hlockspf the railroad ditch. The
Moijd^tp WOte
doned automobiles on. Hvfwlfcr^
of town has been given.
Mr. Ramsey says that Rose
Hill citizens are proud people
and need only a gentle remin
der that a few things need tc be
done. He says that only whan
each Individual accepts his or
her part will this clean-up cam
paign become a success.
Tne other members of the
committee who are Dan F us sell.
Harvey Braddy, and Charles
Hall, appointed by Chamber Pre
sldent, C. W. Surratt, Join Den
nis Ramsey In thanking those ;
who have already responded.
Rural Robberi es
The DvgUn Coufey Sheriffs .
Department reports a series
of robberies In the rural areas
of the county in the past week.
Deputy Graham Chestnutt and
Irvtn Outlaw said that Gerald
McGowan of Route 1, Falson.
reported a five row duster was
stolen from his farm last week.
The duster was new, had been
used only one time.
BUI Best of Warsaw reported
that a water pump, and tractor
parts had been stolen from his
farm near Warsaw.
Henrv West , Jr., Route 2,
-Warsaw reported that a labo
ratory and commode were sto
len from a house on his farm
directly behind his fish pond.
A water pump was also stolen
from the pump house.
Copper telephone wire was
reported cut and removed from
the utility poles north of War
saw in the vicinity of George
Johnson's.
Investigation is beln g con
ducted in each of the reported
robberies.
4-H & FFA Entries Outstanding At Show
uupiln County shared in top
honors at the 27thAimualCoas
tal Plain Livestock show and
sale in Kinston, April 12 and 13.
A total of M steers were shown
from Duplin and two pens of
hogs.
Barbara Whitfield showed the
reserved champion, a black an
gus. Barbara is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Whitfield,
Route 1, Mount Olive.
Douglas Whaley placed 4th
in the lightweight division with ai
Hereford steer while an Angus
shown by Mack Jones placed
fifth among the lightweights.
Douglas is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ervln Whaley,RFD,Chin
quapin and Mack is the son of
Mrs. and Mrs. Linwood Jones,
Route 1. Mount Olive.
Mary Ellen Byrd placed
fourth in the middleweight dlvl- .
sion with a short horn. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David
Byrd, Route 1, Rose Hill.
Three Duplin exhibitors who
were entered in the showman
ship competition were Barbara
Whitfield, Mary Ellen Byrd and
Mack Jones.
Gene Outlaw, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Eugene Outlaw, showed
seven hogs in Junior competi
tion and placed second with an
individual lightweight and se
cond with a pen ot three light
weights.
Nell Whitfield, also son of Mr. C
and Mrs. C L. Whitfield, Route
1, Mount Olive, showed a pen
of six hogs , a pen of three,
and an Individual.
Other contestants from Dup
lin were Jimmy Jones, Herman
Sullivan, Parti Lou Jones, BUI
Costin, Debbie Whaley, James
H. Parker III, Roger Korne
gay. Gerald Kornegay and
F rankle Byrd.
Buyers from Duplin County
were Branch Banking and Trust
Company of Duplin and the Kins
ton unit which paid fifty cents
per pound for the reserved
> champion. Other buyers were |
jMurphy Milling Company, Rose
Mill; W. R. Grace Co., War
#aw; J. G Hill Stockyard, Klns
fon; Southern Bank & Trust
Go., Warsaw; Summerlln MU1
fig Company, Mt. Olive; Bliz
zard and Holmes Mill, Route 1
Seven Springs; Carrolls Feed
Mill, Warsaw; D. M. Price Oil
Company, Seven Springs; Beu
laville MillingCompany.Beula
ville; Wells Quality Feeder Pig
Centinaed to pace I
A tear rolls down the cheek of Barbara Whit*
field as she exhibits her prise winning steer
at the Coastal Plains livestock Show wd Sale
In K Inst on. Barbara's hlack Angus Reserved
Champion weighed 866 pounds and was pur
chased by Branch Banks of Duplin County and
MP1 ?
K Inst on for $50 per hundred pounds. taffgn is |
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Whitfield
and is a member of the Pleasant Growe 4-H
aub. Mrs. Cecil Kornegay is adult leader
for die club.
(Photo by Rutfi Wells)
Governor Din K. Moore, second from right spoke briefly
at the dinner honoring Reeves Brothers, Inc. on their official
opening In Duplin County. Others with the governor are left to
right, Mr. E. C. Thompson, Sr., Vice President of Branch Bank
ing and Trust Company, MQford Quinn, President of Duplin
Development Commission, Mr. Joe Moore, Vice President ot
Reeves Brothers, Mr. Amos Brinson, President of KenansvUle
Industrial Commission and Mr. John M. Reeves, Chairman
of Board of Reeves ETothers, Inc.
(Phot o by Ruth Wells'*
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Reeves Brothers, Inc., for
mally opened their new plant
in Duplin County with open
house and conducted tours of the
facilities, Saturday, April 15.
The Duplin Development
Commission, Board of County
Commissioners, Kenansvllle
Development Corporation, and
Warsaw Development Corpora
tion entertained for the plant
officials and distinguished
guests at a dinner Friday night.
Special guest, Dan K. Moore,
governor of North Carolina,
congratulated the county upon
the opening of this, the third
major Industry In Duplin. He
also congratulated Reeves Bro
thers upon the selection of Dup
lin as the home of their fourth
North Carolina plant.
Officials attending the cere
uiuuy, Mr. j. c.. Keeves, pre
sident, a native of Mt. Airy,
and a graduae of N. Q. State;
Mr John M B?v? Pln?tinrM
Chairman of the Board and a
graduate of University of North
Carolina; Mr. J. D. Moore,
executive Vice President In
charge of production. Among
the distinguished guest recog
nized were; Mr. E. W. Mar
I o
shal , Mr. Frank Camera, Mr.
John McNlel, Mr. Richard Ro
gazar, Mr. William T. Stock
ton, Mr. Clyde Davidson, mana
ger of the local plant, Mr.
Ralph Cottle, Mr. Dennis Mc
Garlty, Captain Tim Harris and
Jim Servis, Mrs. J. E. Reeves
and Mrs. Joe Moore.
The air conditioned plant in
Duplin contains 100,000 square
feet of floor space where 250
people are now employed. This
number is expected to Increase
to 325 when peak production Is
reached. This plant manufac
tures throw covers for furnl
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iiiic icaim liigaiaiiiiuaiea DacK
lng. They also feature a com
plete line of decorative pillows
at the Kenansvllle plant. Each
step In both operations was de
monstrated by personnel sta
tioned at stragetic points
throughout the tour.
Goldsboro Honored For Clean - Uo
Goldsboro shared honors with
Durham in leading a parade of
thirteen North Carolina cities
/each collecting three citations
./or "Clean Up and Beautiflca
?
tion' project completed or In
augurated during the month of
FeDruary.
City Manager Bill Britt, of
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Cutting the ribbon to offlcally open Reeves Brothers plant
In Duplin County Is Mr. John M. Reeves, chairman of the Board.
Beside him (left to right) are: Mr. John McNiel, Vice President
to charge of production, Mr. J. E. Reeves, President, and extreme
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right Is Mr. Joe Moore Executive Vice President. Mr. Ralph
Cattle with camera In hand Is personnel director of the local
plant.
(Photo by Rath Wells) ?
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