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VOL XXXIV NO, as ^ ^ ^ ~ ' JUNE IS, 1967 KENANSVHXE. N. C. PRICE 10? PLUS TAT
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My friend Margaret* Daft
Wright of Cleveland. Ohio and
orglnally from Kenansvlllesent
i me this Jewel. It la lorely.
She stated that friends of
theki had 4 3S& *edding an
niversary recently and their
daughter wrote this to them.
She stated In her letter that
"as so many of our friends
here have enjoyed it, I thought
you might want to share It with
your readers.**
Love Is the knowledge that one
loves and is loved. It may ap
pear in an Instant of kindness
that Is prolonged and developed
Into something lasting and beau
tlfuL
Love Is...
A commitment to live.
A deep affection for people.
The element that nourishes
and nurtures friendships.
The strength of character that
I may falter but never fails.
The admiration that grows
through experiencing good
times and hardships.
The desire to give generous
ly and accept readily all those
things which make life worth
living.
The warmth that longs for hu
man touch.
The respect that evolves from
a desire to understand and to
be understood.
Love Is the essence of hap
piness and so, then, love Is
you, for you are happiness. You
are die happiness mat radiates
from each of you to die other
I, and from both of you to ?1 of
us..."Better Car than a meta
phor could ever ever be....
you are lvm."
Suzanne H. Summers
Ruth
Annual
Ked Cross Meet
The annual Red Cross Meet
Ins will be held in the Chapter
Office at KenansvOle, N. C.
on Thursday afternoon, June
22.1967 at 4 o'clock.
Please plan to come and bring
others.
A. C. Holland Buys
Registered
Angus Bull
A. C. Holland, Kenansvllle,
recently purchased an Aber
deen-Angus bull frotn Joseph
Williams, Rose HOI, North Ca
rolina.
Williams ? Waller
The 1967 reunion of die Wil
liams-Waller Clan will be held
at & F. Grady School near
Alberts on at 11 a.m. Sunday.
A brief business session will
be held and the Sunday School
Lesson will be taught in the
school auditorium by die Hon.
James A. Graham, Commis
sioner of Agriculture.
Members of the clan com
prise descendants of the late
David and Penelope Brown Wil
liams and the late Stephen and
Elvle Wingate Waller. Officers
are Hugh Stroud of Hnston,
President; Curtis Tarleton of
Raleigh, Vice President; and
Emily Waller Mallard of Pol
locksvllle, Sec.-Treas.
Receive Degree
LAURINBURG, N. C. - Miss
Frances Lee Stroud of Mgno
commencemem exercises at St.
Andrews Presbyterian College.
Miss Stroud received die ba
chelor of arts degree, and had
served as Dorm Senator and
Senate Corresponding Secre
tary. She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Stroud
raison minister
To Be Ordained
Mr. Kurtls C. Hess, ? re
cent graduate of Union Theo
logical Seminary In Virginia,
has accepted the call to be
come pastor of the Faison
Presbyterian Church, Faison,
North Carolina. Mr. Hess will
begin his duties as pastor on
June 16 and will be ordained
to the ministry of the Pres
byterian Churcti, U. S., at the
eleven o'clock worship service
on June 18.
The Service of Ordination
will be led by the Reverend
James B Tubbs, Executive Se
cretary of Wilmington Presby
tery, Wilmington, North Caro
lina. Or. William B. Oglesby,
Jr., Professor of Pastoral
Counseling at Union Theologi
cal Seminary in Richmond, Vir
ginia. will deliver the sermon.
Mr. Hess is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. Claude Hess of
1615 Rose HILL Drive, Char
lottesville, Virginia. He is a
graduate of Davidson College,
avidson. North Carolina, stu
I died for one year at New Col
lege. University of Edinburgh,
Scotland, and received the Ba
chelor of Divinity degree from
Union Theological Seminary in
Virginia this spring.
Mr. Hess is married to the
former Jean Craig of Cralgs
ville, Virginia. She is a grar
duate of Brldgewater College,
Bridgewater, Virginia, and has
been a teacher in Scotland and
in the first grade at Highland
Springs Elementary School in
Richmond, Virginia.
Following die Service of Or
dination, tne Women of the Ch
urch of Faison Presbyterian
Church will entertain at a lun
cheon in honor of their new
pastor.
Children Of !?.
Confederacy
Convention
The Duplin County Chapter
of the Children of Confederacy
wOl be represented at the con
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I Charles Dempsey and Three Others Hospitalized
Rev. Don J. Skinner,
Presbyterian Minister
uy: Kutn weus
Greater Warsaw and sur
rounding area are happy to
welcome Rev. and Mrs. Don J.
Skinner. Mr. Skinner will serve
Warsaw Presbyterian Church
and Bowden Community Pres
byterian Church.
Installation services for both
churches were held In the War
saw Presbyterian Church Sun
day night. June 11th at 7:30p.m.
The Wilmington Presbytery
committee to Install the Rev.
Don J. Skinner was composed
of Rev. James B. Tubbs who
presented Mr. Skinner. Rev.
Cameron D. L. Mosser, Pastor
of the Burgaw Presbyterian
Church, gave the sermon. The
Rev. Norman Flowers, retired
Presbyterian Minister of War
saw, charged the pastor. Rev.
Marshall Treadway, pastor of
Pink Hill Presbyterian Church,
charged the congregation. Al
ternate appointed by the Pres
bytery was Rev. Robert Burns
of the Presbyterian Church In
Mount Olive.
Elders serving on the com
mittee were Dr. E. P. Ewers
of Warsaw, Mr. Milton DeLuca
Bowden, and Mr. T. J. Turner
ofPlnk Hill.
Following the sermon by the
Rev. Mr. Mosser, and the char
ge by the Rev. Mr. Treadway,
the Rev. Mr. Tubbs profounded
questions to the pastor and die
congregation.
Following the Installation
service a cttptloh1 v as tfcW
In the church parlor of die War
saw Presbyterian Church.
Rev. Skmner comes to War-;
saw from die First Presbyter
Ian Church In Jacksonville,
North Carolina. He has for
Coettnued to Pace t
Warsaw's Presbyterian minister, Rev. Don J. Skinner, with
Mrs. Skinner arenow residing in Warsaw on 203 N. Carter Street.
The Rev. Mr. Skinner will serve Warsaw and Bowden Presby
terian Churches . He is also minister advisor of The Men
of The Church, Wilmington Presbytery, and has served on the
Presbytery Council ana Christian Education Committee. (Photo
by Runt Wells)
Charles Dempsey, well known
citizen of the Wallace commu
nity, Richard Henry Morton,
auctioneer of Mt. Olive, and
Miss Janet Blanch ard and
Blaine Allen, members of a
prominent Duplin County fa
mily, all sustained serious In
juries as a result of an alleged
fracas occurring In Wallace
late. Monday afternoon.
Charles Dempsey, now In
Sampson Memorial Hospital,
was charged by law enforce
ment officers with running a
yield sign and driving under the
Influence.
According to reports given to
the Duplin Times by law en
forcement officers, Gtarles
Dempsey became enraged at the
price paid for beans on the
Wallace Produce Market and Is
charged with assaulting Mr.
Henry Morton the auctioneer.
As a result of the assault,
Mr. Morton was first carried
to Duplin General Hospital In
Kenansvllle and because of the
seriousness of his condition was
transferred to Duke Hospital.
After the alleged assault and
while law enforcement officers
were attempting to Investigate
the Incident at tneproducemar
ket, Dempsey allegedly drove
his pick-up truck, loaded with
beans, through a traffic sign
and Into a 1965 Pont lac auto
mobile operated by Miss Janet
Blanchard, age 17, of Rose HOI
and In which Miss Blanchard's
4 year old nephew, Blaine Allen
of Raleigh was a passenger.
Miss Blanchard and Blaine
?
Allen are hospitalized in the
Pender County Hospital as the
alleged result of the accident.
Miss B1 an chard sustained a
fractured Jaw and the child had
concussions.
Dempsey was treated but not
admitted at Pender Hospital,
however he was later admitted
to the Sampson County Hospital
in Clinton, it is reported. He
was reported to have had cuts
and bruises about the face.
Each vehicle was totally de
molished.
Mr. Morton, 59, a tobacco
auctioneer whose address was
listed as 108 West Main Street,
Mount Olive was treated in
the emergency room of Duplin
General Hospital at 5:45 Monday
afternoon for severe injuries of
his right arm and shoulder.
After treatment by Duplin Ge
neral Surgeon, Dr. Oscar L.
Redwine he was referred to
Duke Hospital Orthopaedic ser
vice in Durham.
Witnesses stated that when
Dempsey expressed dissa
tisfaction with the price of
beans, that M?". Morton, the auc
tioneer, said "Let's get along
with this sale.*' at which time
Dempsey allegedly violently as
saulted him.
Dempsey is about 40 years
old and well-known throughout
the area for his physical
strength.
cempsey nas oeen me aeien
dant In suits In court since
1946 charged from minor traf
fic violations to assault, ope
rating auto while intoxicated,
engaging In an affray, disorder
ly conduct, making threats, pro
perty damage, driving after li
cense revoked, speeding, rac
ing careless and reckless driv
ing, and Assault causing serious
bodily injuries.
In a March 2,1953sultDemp
sey Is charged with operating
auto while Intoxicated, driving
after license revoked. Dempsey
plead guilty to careless and
reckless driving. Plea was ac
cepted on condition that he leave
North Carolina and remain out
for three years.
It was the judgment of the
court that the defendant be con
fined In the Common Jail of
Duplin County for a term of
six (6) months and assigned to
work the roads under the super
vision of the State Highway
and Public Works Commission
as provided by law. Judgement
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1 {trough fHA
Loans Now Available
For Farm & Rural Housing
Metvin h. Hearn, North Ca
rolina state director for the
Farmers HomeAdminlstratlon,
said today hrf had received
word from Washington that this
agency liad' received authority
to Insure an additional $148 mil
lion of rural foans.
This actlin announced In
WashingtonJk Secretary of Ag
riculture, OrvllleL Freeman,
will enable? usd A's Farmers
Home Administration to com
mit an additional $30 million In
farm ownership loans and $118
million lnfrural housing loans
to low aQd moderate Income
families, r
Previous allocations of funds
for farmr ownership loans were
exhsustep In February. There:
are some 20,000 applications
and unfunded loan dockets cur
rently being held by the Far
mers Home Administration.
Funds for rural houslngloans
to low and moderate Income
families were exhausted In
April. The Farmers Home Ad
mlnistratlon Is now holding
some 42,ooo applications and
unfunded loan dockets for rural
housing loans.
Both the funds for farm ow
nership and rural housing loans
are being made available Imme
diately.
Farm ownership loans are
made to buy land, construct
or repair buildings, Improve
land and refinance debts. They
are repayable over 40 years and
bear 5 per cent Interest.
Rural housing loans are made
to farmers ana other rural re
sidents In open country and
small rural communities with
populations of not more than
5,500. Loans are made to con
struct and repair needed homes
and essential farm buildings,
purchase homes or buy sites
on which to build homes. The
maximum term is 33 years.
The interest rate on loans to
families with low and moderate
income is 5 per cent.
Farmers Home Administra
tion services are made avail
able through more than 1,600
county offices serving the 3,000
rural counties In tne United
States, Puerto Rico, and the
Virgin Islands.
Southerland family
Reunion Observed
The Southerland family reun
ion, held In the American Le
?ion Hut in Wallace Sunday,
une 11, was attended by many
North Carollnafamilies, as well
as several from out of state.
In the absence of Miss Annie
Rose Southerland, president,
Mr. Dallas Herring ofRoseHill
presided.
Mrs. Grey Murphy of Pender
lea displayed a hand printed
cotton shawl which once be
longed to Patience Toullle, the
French Huguenot, wife of Ro
bert Southerland III, a soldier
of the American Revolution and
grandson of a Scottish immi
grant. A3 a young girl Mrs.
Southerland fled the Catholic in
quisition in man's clothing and
came to America in search of
religious freedom. The shawl,
now in a very delicate condi
tion was handed down to the
present owner (the former Sula
Southerland) by her grandmo
ther Wells, agreatgranddaugh
ter of PatlenceToufileSouther
land. The first Robert Suther
land (who spelled his name
without the "o" now used by
the Duplin descendants) left the
Scottish Highlands in a ship
sent QULty ,the Earl of Perth
in 16W boond for Perth Am
boy. New Jersijr. A storm at
sea (perhaps a hurricane in
modern parlance) blew the ship
off course and b eventually
reached theVlrginiacapes. Ma
CUuttaaed la pan*
ISlranEii&JlL'-i A&SsJi
This Hydrocool Station In Albertson Is now open and ready
to serve Its customers from a six county area. The W. H.
Madison Company, a division of J. M Smucker Co., located
this Industry on a three acre tract of land In Albertson Town
ship of Dujaln County. S. L. N&rrls of Route 2, Mount Olive
Is manager of this operation. fPhoco by Ruth Wells)
Hydro Cool Station At Albertson
Industry continues to expand
in Duplin County, and the litest
operations Is thenewHydrocool
Station located in Route 1, Al
bertson, one mile north of a F.
Grady School.
The station is owned by The
W. a Madison Company, a di
vision of J. M. Smucker Com
pany of Cleveland Ohio. The
purpose of the station is to
cool the cucumber before plac
ing in trucks thereby assur
ing the consumer of a quality
product
Mr. S. L. Norris of Route 2,
Mt. Olive is manager of die
station which will serve a six
county area for the 900 acres
of cucumbers grown under con
tract by farmers in the area.
Fourteen buying stations have
been set up for the convenience
of die farmers. They arec Ken
neth Rtvenbark at Duplin Supply
Co., Warsaw; C. C. Ivey, Jr.,
KenansvOle; Tim Wood, Chin
quapin; Hilton Maready, Chin
quapin; Bruce Lanlr, Maple
Hill; Wlndell Teachey. Tin City;
D. L Scott at Scott's Store,
Route 2, Mt. Olive; Charlie
Blissard at BHssarda Cross
Roads, Route 1, Mount Olive;
Coy Smith, Pink HOI; a a
> Smith, Deep punt Kenneth Air
dridge and. Egbert Herring,
LaGrange; Etrawtv,-ry Market,
New Bern; Strawberry Market;
Beaufort; andR. M. Wood, Cove
City.
In explaining the operation.
Mr. Norrls saw. "The cucum
bers from all these stations will
be brought here, the field tem
perature reduced, prior toplac
lng them in refrigerated truck
for delivery to processor. This
will Insure a fresh product
for the processing plant."
The produce Is Drought to the
cooling shed and tote bins, con
taining 20 bushels are placed on
a big convyor. Scales are the
first stop where the produce Is
welshed before entering the
cooling area.
At the other end of the con
veyor, the temperature of the
cucumbers has been reduced
from the- field reading, usually
built up above the high of the
day, to50degrees.Refrigerated
trucks are at the end of the con
veyor wtyere the produce Is
loaded and routed to either of
the two plants, Medina, Ohio or
Sprlngboro, Pennsylvania.
Mr. Norris has five employ
ees to aid him in operating the
station which moved their first
truck load Monday, June 12.
Norris says, "therelssome
thlng less than a bumper crop
this year, but even though It
may he short the quality Is ex
cellent."
Duplin County Youth
Victim Of Weekend Wreck
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A Duplin County youth was
killed and three others Injured
early Saturday morning when
die car In which they were rid
ing struck a tree about eight
miles east of Garland.
Charlie Badger Usher, Jr.,
19 of Route 1, Rose HOI, dri
ver of the car, sustained fatal
Injuries. William Usher. 17,
brother of the driver, is In a J
serious condition In Sampson
County Hospital. Their parents
are Mr. and Mrs. C. a Usher.
Sr., Route 1. Rose HOI.
Treated at the hospital but
released were David Byrd, Jr.
Route 1, Rose Hill, with lace
rated scalp and his cousin Paul
Byrd, Route 1, Rose Hill, who
received a broken bone in his
right foot and bruises about
the face.
Funeral services for C. B.
Usher, Jr. were held Sunday
at 4 p.m. at the Edserton Fu
neral Chapel in Wallace con
ducted by Father Fleetwood.
Burial was in Devotional Gar
dens near Warsaw.
In addition to his parents
he is survived by two sisters,
Shelby and Mariah; three bro
thers William F.. Walter L..
and Merchlson D., all of the
home.
SPOILHIM A UTTU...
It's BtffcerS Day
Mrs. 4-H
SENClander Of The Month
Recognized throughout South
eastern North Carolina as Mrs.
4-H, and recently honored by
the Wilmington Star News and
SENClander of the Month, Dup
lin County is proud of her own
native daughter, Mrs. Lois Gra
dy Q-itt.
Home Economics extension
agent in Duplin County, Mrs.
Britt has worked with the 4-H
program since her graduation
from college In 1956.
Four-H has undergone many
changes since Mrs. Britt has
been working with theprogram.
It is no longer a nine months
school related activity, but <
community organization wnich
she says "lnaudes something
for everyone." "It provides
boys and girls with an oppor
tunity to develop their potential
or specialty in some field. The
program Is in effect all year
and boys and girls may com
plete projects at home that
might not be carried through
school."
These community clubs are
supervised by adult leaders In
the area. Mrs. Britt finds that
securing good leaders Is a ma
jor undertaking.
In a "Target 2" report on
youth development In the coun
ty published by the state, it
stated that "tne majority of
adults in Duplin County are not
adequately Interested in pro
moting, sponsoring and working
with youth programs which wffl
provide the young people the
opportunity of total develop
ment. There are approximately
8,000 youths between the ages
of nine and nineteen with less
than five pecent of these pre
sently enrolled in 4-H club
work."
"Four-H is the only extra
curricular organization that has
as Its primary goal, teaching
home economics and agricul
ture with the aim of total da
velopment of the youth."
t he programs are constantly
being revamped and are care
fully selected and planned In
advance. The projects are
screened to find which was most
successful and.why, with the
emphasis on total development
of the 4-H boy and girl.
Quick to applaud the adult
leaders, Mrs. Britt notes that
there are a number of leaders
in the county who on volunteer
>ases work almost full time,
here are others who are ln
erested and are willing to help,
xit It takes time to win them
jver.
Lack of adult leadership is
me of the biggest handicaps
[n Duplin County 4-H work. En
ough adult leaders have not been
obtained for the full potential of
k-H to be realized In the com
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Mrs. Lois Grady Brltt who through her outstanding work
with the Duplin County 4-H Clubs as County Home Economics
Extension Agent, was honored by the Wilmington Star-News
as Mrs. 4-H" and was named SENClander of the month.
Many Duplin County youths have received district, state, and
national honors unaer the program carried out by Mrs. Brltt
and her co-worker. (Photo by Ruth Wells)