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kewtitx TU*jA? MuyWflCICi C9fl%THVTlIflT MBvllESS SENTINEL Va-XKm"" " JTJ1.Y 13.19OT KENAMSVILLE. N. C. ' ,?..????? Trial & Error . This day has been both atrial and error. Two machines bro ken down oil Tuesday is really a ' catastrophe In our office. It is a trial on die disposition, and an error that the day ever hap pened. Oh. welll .... Did you see in the paper last Friday that the Indian Chief, whose likeness is imposed on our Buffalo nickels, died at die age of 10* in New York State. He was 52 years of age when his likeness was made and put on the nickel. I .... I really pulled a miss-hap in the column that I wrote about my trip to New Jersey. I am in the dog house with thy son-in-law ana do not know whether I will ever be forgiven or not. I X failed to mention "Emma". Ro I ? ger, I apologize. "Emma" is the model A Ford (1931 model) on which Roger has spent many, many hours of labor, thought and loving care. He got it running die week that I was there, ac tually put seats in it so we would not have to sit on the floor and took the family riding all around Lake Arrowhead. It was marvelous and had one of those old tlmey ooga-ooga horns. Emma has been painted and shines like a new dime and die ride was much fun. They extend ah invitation to all of you to corns .visit them and go tor a ride. 0 guess that will shut diem up on the subject.) Runner^hey are * great team, and you should djuie and dance with them. Buddy Dawson's fa ther is in the prating business too. ? ? a ? Lucille Williams of Warsaw hroogtat in the ftrat cotton bloom of tfe peason. Mrs. Williams will fecrae a year's subscrip tion ??r Duplin Times-Pro gress Sentinel free, as this has S Been the tradition for many I years. * ? ? ? u Mrs. Sudie Langston, better known as Graiuy Langston, ce lebrated her 91st birthday in Duplin General Hospital this past week end. Granny Langs ton has been in the hospital for several weeks, but up until this time has enjoyed " a' Vang life of good healtlC Ruth Tte CM Family New Minister in Duplin Kenansvllle's Methodist Minister, Rev. Wil liam Thomas Clark, Mrs. Clark, their daugh ter, Lisa Ann, age S, and Thomas Brmtley, age eight weeks. Nlkl is the Siamese cat and Pud'n is the Pekingese. Manchester doe. Mr. Clark is a native of Milan (Western) Tennessee. He received his BA degree at Larn berth, in Jackson, Tennessee md BO from I , puke University Divinity School, graduating in June 1967. Prior to oooilng to North Carolina he served on the New Bern Circuit on the Mississippi River. He has also served as associate minister of the First Methodist Church OH In Washington, Hebron Memorial Church In Roper, served on K Inst on Circuit for two years and Bethel Circuit, Route 1, Graham. Mrs. Clark Is the former Alexarine Bour das of Kinston. She graduated from Grainger High School and mended East CarollnaCollege. The Clerks are vitally Interested in the religious, civic and recreational life of the community. A most Interesting couple, they list among their hobbies, golf, bridge and photo graphy. They reflect the friendliness with which they lay they have been received both by the Methodist and the entire community. 4 . Representative Johnson Returns Homo . . .... I ? ? t nc long-ar awn-out iae'/ ses sion of legislature has adjourn ed and Duplin's Representative, Hugh Stuart Johnson, has re turned to his business affairs at the Rose Hill Hardware Com pany. When asked to evaluate benefits to our county by the Rose Hill reporter for the Dup lin Times he very kindly sent a list of accomplishments of in terest to Duplin and a summary of the Highlights of the 1967 session. This will be printed in two Installment In the Times and should be of Interest through out our county. Rep. Hugh S. Johnson, Jr., was appointed to serve on the Legislative Research Commit tee, to Interim Study Group composed of the speaker of die Houe and President, pro-tern, o f the Senate and five sena tors. It was Johnsons thlrdterm to serve In this capacity by appointment of the speaker. Johnson of Duplin and John son of Wake are first cousins and came to be known as the "Stonewall Johnsons." These two co-sponsored several mea sures during the }967 session. One of whlcn consolidated se veral requests for funds to provide new programs in Ag ricultural Research and In eluded a new program of re search for Blueberries, Sweet Potatoes, Irish Potatoes, cu cumbers and food processing. This new program will assist many farmers in the eastern area of our state. They also gained approval of another measure to up-date the soil and water conservation laws. Next week we will present the highlights of our 1967 ses sion as reported by Rep. John son to us. HUGH S. JOHNSON Tobacco, Cotton, Peanut Farmers To Vote Julv 18 North Carolina tooaoco, pea nut and cotton growers will vote on a total of four issues in a joint referendum to be held \Tuesday, July 18. ? Secretary Of Agriculture Or /WW On r Inuation 01 tile pre sent acrdage-poundage control program with price supports. True, three commodity groups. Tobacco Associates, nLc. Pea nut Growers Association and the N. C. Cotton Promotion Asso ciation, have selected the same date to have farmers''vote on continuation of the respective assessment programs which support the worw ^ the three groups. These are the issues to be voted on: u 1. Continuation of tobacco ac reage-poundage program for Rose Hill Mother, & 2 Children Rescued ~ BV: Mrs. L. A. Wilson Mrs. Norwood Fusgell and two of her four children were rescued from deep water In Topsail Sound onFrtday by Mrs. Carl Williams, the former Mil dred Brown of Rose HQ1, and her fifteen year okl" son, Jef fery. The Williams reside In w -'"V" Burg aw. Mrs. Fussell is now In Pen der Memorial Hospital in Bur gaw and has asked us to say that she is in good condition. She is being closely watched by her nurses and.Drs. to see that she escapes pneumonia, and will CerttMed te page ? Hitchhiker Flees Car Taking Payroll A foreman of a group of mi gratory workers located just across the Duplin County line in Sampson, was robbed ashetra veled a Duplin road Saturday afternoon. Mario Montanez Juarez, a Mexican from Brownsville, Te xas,had col ected' $11(6 Inpay ment for the laborers or the group he represented. The mo ney was in a bag on ttie seat beside him when he stopped and picked up a hitchhiker. Bobby Evans, colored, male age 26,<jf Pompano, Florida. Evans told Juarez "Let me out here." Juarez stopped the car and Evans fled through a field carrying with him the bag of money. Deputy Sheriff Glenn Jerni f . gan was called to the scene and another motorist stopped. Hearing the description given of Evans, he reported hairtng gi ven Evans a ride to a house at a nearby migrant labor camp. Jernigan, accompanied by a Sampson County Deputy Ray Moore, F aison Police Chief. P. W. Wheelis, and deputies E. G. Chestnutt, Rodney Thigpen, E. E. Proctor, Jack Albertson and ??i ; ?_ j ?.i aureu casual proceeueu iu me camp located about 200 yards Inside the Duplin County line, arrested Evans and found In his possession $1,069.38 of the stolen money. Evans was charged with Lar ceny In a hearing before Paul Grlce, Justice of the Peace of Falson and placed under $5,000 bond tor appearance in, the August 28th term of Su pertor Court. 7 Yaar OM Can Drag Racing Two Route 2, Rose Hill youths were charged with drag racing : Saturday night In a hearing be fore R. F. Powers, Justice of jhe Peace, of Wallace. Ezzard Charles Pickett, ne gro male age, 16 driving a 1960 Chevrolet, was charged with Centianed to page ' Guest Take Savings Overnight guests are charged with relieving their host of a sum of money kept In his rural home near here. Bobby Carr andRossleSmith, both negro males of Falson, were reported to have "spent the night" with James Moore, Route 1, Magnolia. Upon their departure early Sunday morning Moore discovered $400 was missing from the bedroom where money was kept. Both Carr and Smith are charged that they did "take, steal and carry away moneys belonging to affiant James Moore in the approximate a mount of $400, tne said money being taken from bedroom of affiant James Moore, and did aid and abet In same." Bond for Carr and Smith was set at $600 'each In a hearing before Justice of the Peace, * W. J. Stnerson, for appear ance in July 26 term Duplin County Court. More Segregation ? A Must In Duplin Duplin Schools must lnter grate to a greater degree - at least 12$ stated Washington officials on last Thursday night. The two officials, Miss Anne Lasslter of Murfreesboro and Dr. Alexander Walker of Wash ington, D. C. met with the Board oT Education and Supt. O. P. Johnson. Both representatives are from the Department of Health, Education and Wel fare, and inspected schools here last week. Miss Lasslter stated that the intergratlon of students and fa culty is going backward Instead of forward. Last year Duplin had 2 1/4$ intergratlon. The | guideline, she said, calls for elimination of the dual school systems. She stated that she and Dr. Alexander had ridden over the county asking questions and Interviewing different per rons and further stated that the "Freedom of Choice" system Is not working here. She said, "Duplin has to change It's me thod." She told the Board to look at the school system and see how the problem can be solved. The board stated that they had looked at the problem and future plans are for one con solidated high school for the entire county and they were i - . V ' quickly Informed that the Go vernment had no guarantee from die county that Oils would take place. Or. Walker andMlssLassiter told the Board that unless the problem of desegregation Is taken care of by 1970 die Coun ty would be given a hearing and If the hearing was turned down Federal Funds would be cutoff, except lunchroom and integra tion would be conducted by die Federal Government. The Board pointed out several plans to the officials which would take several years to formulate. They were of the consensus of opinion that to rush this matter would put an end to the traditions of the Souh too suddenly and would be a dis service to the children of both races. "We can gradually grow Into It," they saw. On being asked by board members to interpret certain phases of the law. Miss Las slter stated that the office of Education only administers the law. The Board asked Dr. Wal ker and Miss Lasslter repeat edly to offer some plan or sug gestions for their consideration or approval that would be with in the confines of the law. They only repeated, "We have no plan. It has to be done right away." A Board member asked the two, "If you were In our place, what would you do?", to which Dr. Walker answered, "Lead ership carries quite a bit of responsibility and the Board miifit talif thp rPCiwiciWUfv ?? A Board member then ask Cwrtfamed to page i | Picketers Plague Processing Plant "The threat of a strike, in cluding pickets, hung over Rose Hil Poultry Corp. Thursdav while plant officials refused to negotiate with union represen tatives," stated a recent story in the News and Observer. The chicken processing plant is located near Rose Hill on Hwy. 117 and has about 160 employees. It has an annual payroll of about three-fourths million. In the accusations, Pete Leake of Raleigh, business agent for Local 25 Meat Cut ters Union (AFL-CIO) said "the employees are very dissatisfied with working donations at the plant" Leake said the em ployees work long hours and declared their take home pay for a six day week is around <pvw VI <?nW. This paper contacted Mr. Merritt Watson, president, ma nager of the Corp. who stated . "the minimum pay at the plant if $1.40 per hour for 40 hours and time and a half after 40 hours." Further investigation at the plant revealed that of the four plcketers, two are union men and two are former employees. One was asked to do work work which she refused to do and had been given a second chance and refused the Job again. The second worker was Jet go be cause of poor attendance. The plant is now operating' one shirt. The second shift was discontinued after some sup pliers pulled out, causing alack of chickens to necessitate the second shift. The eighteen months contract between the local empolyees and the union lnagurated in 1965 ex pired last September and has . not been renewed. The production line continues inside capable of processing 6,000 chickens per hour, ap parently unaware that two former employee's keep their lonely vigil outside with the picket signs. Dr. fqebard Capwell Vising Lecturer Dr. Richard L. Capwell will be the second guest lecturer in a series of lectures for the Hu manities Program at James Sp runt Institute. The lecture and discussion will be conducted in Room 105, Thursday, July 13, 1967, from 7-10 p.m. Dr. CeatUmed to page I Renee Boyette In Demonstration School CULLOWHEE - Alls a Renee Boyette, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Edward L. Boyette of Chinquapin, N.C., Is enrolled in theWesternCarollnaUnlver slty Summer Demonstration School for Gifted Sixth Gr*4 children* The program, one of the most unusual in the United States for the exceptionally gifted child, has received national ac claim from American educa tors. Similar programs in nu merous other states have been patterned after the pioneering work at Western Carolina. Students are selected from throughout the South on the ba sis of individual screening tests, and all are highly gifted academically. Mr. Robert H. Johnson of Ale xander Graham Junior High School in Charlotte, N. C., Is teacher for the Sicth Grade Program. WEEK END MARKED BY VIOLENCE Sheriff T. Elwood Revelle and his deputies reported that the quietness of previous week ends gave way to violent out breaks and last week end was one of the busiest on record with much of activity taking place in the upper end of the county. Woman Dies In Murder-Suicide Plan An apparent murder-suicide plan fell short of its goal when neighbors sent victims to hos pital where husband is recover ing from a heavy dose of me dication. Mrs. Annie Ruth McMillion, 51, died in New Hanover Hos <al Monday morning from a ullet wound in the head. Charlie McMillian, 61, is in Pender Memorial hospital where he is expected to reco ver. Neighbors found the Japa neese woman and her negro hus band in an unconscious condi tion Sunday morning and notif ied officers. Police Chief Earl Whitaker found > 22 r rifle and an empty prescription bottle near the couple who were both on the floor. Female Assaulted Deputy E. E. Proctor was called to the home of Prank Wright in the Charlie Blizzard section on Route 1. Mount Olive, Sunday morning about 3:30. Wright was sitting on the front porch armed with a .32 caliber automatic pistol. Proctor dis armed Wright and entered the ^house where Wrick's wife, Mertlc Wrignt was on the bed severely beaten. The weapon used for assault was a home made bench. Proctor said the whole room was bloody, with blood spouting from the woman's head with each heart beat. A rescue squad was called and the woman was taken to aGolds boro Hospital. Empty beercans were strown all over the place. wrigni is in jau charged with assault on a female with intent to kill. Bond was set at $500 for ap pearance in the Duplin County Superior Court August 28th. Continued to pare S MISS DOROTHY BRITT hr< taw T 4 MISS ALLIE SHEFFIELD I wo Warsaw Ladies 1 o Be Presented Two lovely young Warsaw ladles will be presented by the Terpalchorean Debutante Ball on September 8, at Memorial Auditorium In Raleigh. They are Miss Allie Sheffield, the daughftr of Mrs. E.L. Shef field Aid the late Mr. Shef field land Miss Dorothy Brltt, daughter of Mrs. A. M. Brltt and die late Mr. Brltt of War saw. Mrs. Sheffield made her debt* from Clinton. Miss Dorothy Brltt to a 1968 graduate of James Kenan High Sehool and Is a rising sopho L .u... more at UNC-G, majoring In Biology. During her high school years she was a member of die Beta Club and the SclenceClub. She was also a Marshal in her Junior Year. She is amemberof the Warsaw Presbyterian Church. Miss Britt's Chief Marshal Is her uncle. Deems Hardy Clifton of Clinton. Her Assis tant Marshal Is Michael Steven Corowell of Clinton. Miss Britt Is working with the Head Start program lnWal lace for die summer months. Miss Sheffield's chief mar shal will be her uncle, Lang don Chevls KERR. Jr., of Clin ton. Bernard Cleveland Shef field, III and David Anthony Rivenbark of Warsaw will act as marshals for Miss Sheffield. Miss Sheffield is a rising sen ior at St. Mary's Junior Col lege in Raleigh. Miss Sheffield's curriculum of activities is large. She was voted one of ten outstanding seniors fay her senior class. Miss Sheffield was Editor-in Chief of the James Kenan an I nual, "The Wakema" and was a member of the annual staff during her Junior year. She hat served offices in the following organisations while in high school: Science Club. Chorus, Beta Club, and FBL A. She was a waitress for the Jr.-Sr. Banquet and a marshal for the gra duating class, during her junior year. She was an entry In the county and district typing con test for two years. CanttMrt to paft I . /
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