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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Representative Johnson Returns Homo
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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:
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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' 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
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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
&ltal 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
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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.
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