' ' jWMII WHWPIEL
Trial
& Error
jury Lou Reynold* our
"llttlo girl Friday" around tha
offlce baa loft us this weak to
gat married. 8hs will lira In
Meant OUve and we will surely
miss bar.
Sbe left us this utile note
oa bar last day of work.
To All -
A good-bya with a tear In my
?y*.
Time to say farewell, but who
I can arar tall,
1 may see you again soon,
I gat back from my boney
* * * *
Attended a wadding in Nor
folk^recently, and^the tntbar
*u abto to attend. There are
eight chfldren from Town, Mla
?lajippt Maasactnwetta and
Karth Carolina. Thar rente la
age trots about 4$ to 61. Every
one la feed health, no dtaereee
In the family and only one wi
dow. If you don't dm* there
wae a good time had by alland
k... kau kkkBk .d
nsw dnd Qwrv co 199 ior your*
self. I think that te quite a
record tor such a large family.
Pi, *
I ft eked thin 19 from the
It Augaet "Carolina rarmor",
and think U qne of the orient
thing* I hare Med. Our Yarifaeo
reader* will really aaarectato
It. It la maOttid A Boot The
The old gam* of compiling
ttaaatui continues.Thesis'nm
ploe recency cue* to hand:
A boot - Approximately.
Ain't - A sister of ana's fa
thor or mother.
Bockon - Smokod side of a
banc, often ot via algs at
Bono - As in "I was bono
South of the MASON-Dlxoo
linn." (Anyplace else Is out
of wedlock to a native Sou
therner).
Braid - What gQss toasted with
beckon and algs at brake
JMt.
Caller - What the tie la hitched
to.
Coarse - Certainly.
Poet - The transfer of llkker
tram a bottle to a glass
as In "poet straight."
Sane - cant hash what he's
Sadler Gets P.H.D.
I ATI A VT A MA ? a - - -
Welch Sadler, Jr. will receive
Mb PhJD. Degree 1b Psycho
logy at Emory University's
summor commencement exer
cises Saturday, August 19. Dr.
J. Willis Hurst, chairman of
Emory's department of Internal
medicine and nationally known
heart specialist, will make the
commencement address at 9
a.m. st Glenn Memorial Audi
torium.
The candidates are the lar
gest group to apply for degrees
In August In recent years at
Emory. Included In the group
are 24 candidates for the PluD.
degree. Over four-fifths of the
candidates are seeking gradu
ate or professional degrees.
Dr. Sadler Is the son of Mrs.
Mettle W. Sadler of Kenansvllte.
He Is married to the former
Lynn Veach of Warsaw. He will
he associated with Drake Unl
EMORY W. SADLER, JR.
varsity In Das Molnas. Iowa
for the coming year.
>
Excess C.C.C.Bins Available
To Duplin County Farmers
' ' IwW* ? *B"
Duplin County far mors will
km an opportunity to purchase
axcasa CCC bins for to* storage
of this year's crops. Tha Se
cretar/o* Agriculture has said
up to dM ?t mar a an oppor
tnMtin LU^Laksss - J-_1 n
tunity to pnrcnase neeaea sto
rSfi spacs tit this yaar's faun
par grain crops.
^^Wtoogaasad production of
katlng and to protect far mar s
affact of temporary excessive
markat suralles.
Orders hare been placed by
the Duplin County A8C Com
mittee far 2 track loads ofCCC
bins. Each of thdiw truck loads
will have approximately 10 Una.
The Una will have a capacity
of 3,280 bushels. The minimum
sales price of these bins Is
expected to be approximately
3480 to 3478. The actual mini
mum price will vary depending
on the transportation and handl
ing costs to various points In
North Carolina.
The Duplin A8C County Com
mittee will handle the sale of tha
bins to farmers. Further de
tails as to the sale of these bins
will be announced in the near
future.
COMMITTEE ELECTION
CALENDAR
}
Friday, August 4, 1967, State
committee approval of commu
nity boundary changes. List of
eligible voters by community
available In the county office.
Monday, August 14,1967, Pub
lic notice of community boun
daries. Papftlc notice of right to
uuinliiMteWiypotltlon - also a
special Written notice to each
ellglbtar voter. Notify commu
nity oftmmltteo chairman of re
^Ytacn^^^gnte^a4,^1967,
Friday, September l, 1967,
.Final date for com feting slate
of nominees. Final date for re
ceiving ASCS-587.
Friday, September 8,1967, Pub
lic notice of mall election.
Deadline for mailing ballots to
farmers.
Monday, September 18,1967,
Ballots returned or post
marked.
Friday, September 22, 1967,
County committee publicly ta
bulate ballots. Public notice
of county convfntUwL
Wednesday* September 27*
1967, CauntyCeuyaotton. J
v"- MOrtdaf, '?October" tfTUVff"
County and community com
mittee take office.
I
Murray Guest Of
Warsaw Rotary
Mr. John E. Murray, a staff
mambar of tha North Carolina
Fund, addraasad tha Warsaw
Rotary Club at noon on Thurs
day, August S. Ha dtscuasad
tha work of tha Fund and othar
agencies In North Carolina's
war on poverty. Mr. Murray
said a question frequently asked
la - "Why la tha federal go
vernment using our tax money
to give handouts to lazy poor
paopla?" Ha stated that his re
ply la - "most poor people
aren't lazy; thay are bora Into
poverty; received anlnadsquato
education and, therefore, are
nnawlppad to find Jobs which
would enable them to rise above
poverty." Ha also explained
that tha federal government,
through tha anti-poverty pro
gram* does not rive "handouts"
fuL wads a cash - to tS
poor.instead, It trios toprlvlde
lti ? ?i ?" iv. ui-a - * ? it.. i I. II I.
<.nexn Wlui tne in no or ?OQCaSllMl
?tw? Ink Iwltilwiv ?liloh eaHIl nwim
111II >1 pv HHUIW| wmvu Wtuyiv
pur* tbtn tar ?urnlngthair own
*iy In tba world.
Mr. Murray oatllaadtha phil
osophy, alma and matbods of
th* ?nti-pov?rty program In
North Carolina; and its rala
tlonahlp batwaan tadoral, atata
aad local aganelao. Ho also un
plalaad tba rol# of tba North
CaraUaa rand, a prlrata antt
pOMrtT corporation which Op*
gMu^on .tandajftwm th* Fort,
To data Mr. Murray haa ad
drasaod mar* thaatOOcMc aad
?groups. He has appeared on over
sixty per cent of North Caro
lina's radio and television sta
tions, and has addressed Socio
logy and Economics classes on
40 North Carolina campuses.
Mr. Murray, who Is a native
of Roanoke Rapids, N. C., Is
a former Presbyterian minis
ter and a graduate of David
son College. He earned his Ba
chelor of Divinity degree from
Union Theological Seminary,
Richmond, and his Master of
Theology degree from Prince
ton Seminary, Princeton, New
Jersey. While active asaPres
byterlan minister ha served
pastorates In Baltimore, md.;
Brlmlngham, Ala.; New Bern,
and Wilmington.
During his talk to the Rotary
Club, Mr. Murray quoted sta
CeoHnaed te Page S
Meeting Called For Proposed Rockfisb Creek Drainage Project
A moat important meeting
has bom called of Inter?ted
people at tea town hall In Wal
lace ? Friday night, August
11th at 8 pjn. In con?cH?wlte
tea proposed Rockflah creak
^AnTuTewMva ate? Bock
na^r?l^and^doctora creek In
jf^mn Wtoeld. who w?
earlier elected eecretary of tee
Informal cooalttee to lap?
Rockflah Creek, made the an
nouncement and said thai the U.
% Corps offcnglnBers was r*a<iy
?111 -???-* Wm4 ~..ai
vompiiw ill report dot must
determine that there la suffl
clent local Interest the
property genera before It can
proceed.
The crops of engineers has
completed a preliminary study
of the seeds for drainage of
Roekflsh and Doctors Creeks
upon the request of the proper
ty^ownmna^wMch request was
? ? - ? - .? ... .. ...
rid N. Henderson. This survey
came about due to serious flood
ing along Rockflsh Creek and Its
tributaries which has plagued
property owners for years.
Thousands of dollars of losses
have oc cured to crops as a re
sult ofthe floods and poor drain
Congressman Henderson said
today In %allace that attendance
to all interested parties at the
announced meeting Is most Im
portant In order that the crops
of engineers may determine
the desire sad intent of property
owners to see that the drain
age project be authorised. The
property owners must Indicate
their Intent to provide right
of-ways, maintain this project
once completed and otherwise
offer the local coperatioo, be
fore the crops of engineers can
The comity commissioners of
Duplin, Pender and Sampson
counties, and the commission
ers of the Town of Wallace
have been Invited to have repre
Ijj,"iiitr'i 11'tSji'ii - ??'
Mntattves at the meeting and
iav? Indicated their willingness
a cooperate If the local proper
ly owners show sufficient ln
erest. The State cf North Caro
lna has given Its assurance of
reparation to the corps of en
[tnflffli
Whitfield urged all Interested
dtlxens to be at the meetli?
it the town hall as announced
n that this vary Important
mprovement for the benefit of
hose parsons Invited may go
orward.
Inducted From Duplin I;
Questions Asked of Board
Inducted from Duplin County
In July 19(57 were:
Johnnie Lee Troublefleld,
Warsaw; James Howard Hod
ges, Warsaw; Harry MUtonSou
therland, Chinquapin; Milton
Lee Pickett, Beulavllle; Donald
Franklin Andrews, Falson.
Billy McCoy Byrd, Beula
Tllle; Blllle Ray Bowden, Calyp
so; Mercer Harold Sumner,
Pink Hill; Cedro Jerome In
gram, Warsaw; Byrdell Chas
ten, JR., Rose H11L
Twelve men were sent for
Induction on 7 August 1967.
Thirty-seven men-will be sent
tor physical examination on 24 <
August 1907.
Judge Ward, Rose HU1, N. C.
and James Carey J arm an, Rose
Hill, N. C. are now dellnqpent (
with the local board. Anyone ,
knowing the whereabouts of el- |
ther of these should report It
at once to the office In Ke
nansvllle.
Mr. Ray Smith, Chairman of
Local Board No. 31 furnishes
some questions most frequently
asked of the local board.
Question: We have only one)
son. Can he qualify for the
CaIa CuwtiiotMM tir a _?? . 1
uwt UUI(1*UI| ?JUIJ IT-ft CldSSl
? fication?
Answer: The selective service
law provides he must be th^
sole surviving son of a family
of which the father or one or
more sons or daughters were
killed in action or died In line
of duty while serving in the
Armed Forces of the United
States, or subsequently died as
a result of injuries received or
| disease incurred during such
service.
???
Question: Must a registrant
return to his own local board
for his Armed Forces physical
examination and induction?
Answer: No. He may transfer]
for physical examination or in-|
duction or both by requesting
this action fSy the local board
nearest him.
Question: Recently my wife
s>i?n wece divorjuwi. ? She.has
custody of our two Children and
has them with her. Can I still
get a Class JII-A deferment?
Answer: Not as a father. To! 1
pialify for such classification. ,
i'ou must maintain a bona fide 1
amily relationship with the
children in your home; how- 1
?ver, it may be possible to be
leferrod in Class 11I-A by rea
son of extreme hardship to de
pendents.
Question: Who establishes the
mental, moral and physical
standards for entry into the
Armed Forces?
Answer: Mental, moral and i
physical standards for accept
ance are prescribed by the Sec
retary of Defense.
Question: Who conducts the
examinations to determine an
individuals acceptability?
Answer: Personnel under the
jurisdiction of the Department
of Defense.
?*?
Question: What are the re
spective areas of responsibility
in connection with induction of
personnel into the Aimed For
ConUnned I* Page S [
Officals To Attend N.C. Association
Of County Commissioners
President Fred Hanser of the
North Caroline Association of
County Commissioners an
nounced today that Congress
man L. H. Fountain (D), North
Carllna Second District, will be
the Keynoter of the Associa
tion's 80th Annual Convention
which will be held August 13
16 at the Sir Walter Hotel In
Raleigh. Congressman Fountain
will open the meeting on Sun
day evening, August 13 with an
address to county commission
ers, accountants, tax supervi
sors, attorneys and other county
UMII HID umu uia iviv nuiui
Carolina counties.
On Monday morning, Au
gust 14, political party Chair
men Tim Valentine (D) and
Jim Holshoueer (R) will speak
to the delegates In a review of
the issues facing North Caro
lina voters. Representatives
Sam Johnson (D-Wake) and
George Clark (R-New Hanover) ,
will review the legislative pro
cesses from a party point of
view. Also on Monday State
Highway Commission Chair
man Joseph Hunt, State Wel
fare Board Chairman Robert
Howlson, Superintendent of
Public Instruction Charles Car
roll and State Personnel Di
rector Claude Caldwell will dis
cuss matters of concern to
UVUUljr UUiCIUBt
Highlighting the Tuesday ses
sion. Lt. Governor Robert W.
Scon and former Speaker of
the House David Brltt will re
view the 1967 General Assem
bly session for the delegates.
Also on Tuesday Harlan Boyles,
Deputy State Treasurer, Sena
Continued to Pare t
HeadStart Program
Sixty teachers and teachers
aides met for a three day orien
tation course at the American
Legion Building, Wallace, on
Wednesday, Thursday and Frl- I
day preparatory to the opening 1
of the Head Start (Child De
veiopment; program In Dup- 3
11 n, Pander and Sampson coun
ties, August 9th. 1]
Two Consultants from the ti
University of North Carolina, a
Mrs. Rachel Fesmlre and Mrs. ti
Elisabeth Plckard, are direct
ing the training session.
Head Start, or Child Develop
ment, lor the three county area
has been funded In the amount
of 1433,000 to operate eight
centers with an enrollment of
75 children.
Head Start Is designed large
1 tar children from disadvan
tged and low-Income homes i
nd provide them with oppor- I
mltles and experiences which r
ormally they would not have. I
Nurses ana social w oncers wi 11
be In constant visitation and
children will receive Immuni
zation as well as medical and
dental check-ups.
An allied benefit of the pro
jr am enables mothers to secure
pork while their children are
attending Head Start.
Duplin County will have two
centers. The Wallace center
will be under the direction of
Continued to Page t
Bank Employees Escape Asphyxiation |j
Fourteen persona In thoBeu
laville office of Waccamaw Bank
and Trust Company narrowly
escaped asphyxiation Thursday
afternoon.
The building Is In the process
of renovation, with a portion of
the iront of the building being
removed to allow the widening of
W r OA fnAm ?Kn nwaooni
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lanes of traffic to six lanes.
The bank employees vera in
staff conference.
E. G. Futrell, construction
foreman, and two assistants
were using a gas operated ma
chine in the tightly closed ?ir
cauditioned building when one af
his assistants passed out. All
the bank personnel got qp and
went to see what had happened
to him. At this paint one em
ployee, Mrs. Brenda Futrell,
want home. Upon returning to
the conference, the employees
realised that their hands and
feet were becoming numb. One
employee said it was as If you
had been heavily drugged and
you felt the effects overwhelm
ing you and you were helpless
to resist.
I
With the Town of Beulayllle
cloased far Thursday afternoon, f
Mr. William B. Cutler, exe- 1
cutlve vice president of the bank 1
and manager of the Beulayllle
branch called the Kenansvllle '
Coattnued to Page t
Kenansville Officials Adopt Toum Budget
The Kenansvllle Town Board ?
vbted to adopt the 1967-88 bud
get as presented by com ml*- <
si oner Lauren Sh&rpe, at their t
regular meeting Monday night.
Mayor Earl Hatcher said the j
complete budget Is on file at the ,
clerk's office and Is available ]
for examination by any inter
tstod party. ,
The budget allows expendi
tures of 121,595 with an esti
mated Income of 928,765. :
lite adopted budget allowed
18,600 to the Ore department '
which was second only to a 1
labor allowance of $4,000.
Set iq> In the general fund
ras $13,115. This Includes sa
laries, labor, Ore department,
repairs, Insurance, town office,
tax billing, audit, dues and sub
scriptions, insecticides, em
ployees goodwill (Christmas),
CeattMed to Page t
1967-66 School Schedule And~Principals Announced
uuplln County School chil
dren will begin actual study for
the 1987-68 school year on
Thursday, August 3L. Wednes
day, August 30 will be regis
tration day and schools will
operate on a freedom of choice
basis.
A complete school schedule Is
as follows:
August 28, 1967, Teachers
report for work.
August 30 , 1967, Studen Re
gistration.
August 31, 1967, Schools open
September 27, 1967, End first
month of school.
October 17,1967, District NC
EA meeting.
October 26, 1967, End second
school month.
October 27, 1967, Dlstrlc NC
TA meeting.
November 23, 1967, End third
school month.
November 23 and 24, Thanks
giving Holidays.
December 21, 1967 - Janu- |
ary 1, 1968, Christmas Holi
days. ]
January 2, 1968, Schools open
alter Christmas Holidays. ]
January 4, 1968, End fourth <
school month.
? ;
February 1, 1968, End fifth
school month.
February 29,1968, End sixth
school month.
March 28, 1968, End seventh
school month.
April 12 - IB, 1968, Easter
Holidays.
April 29, 1968, End eighth
school month.
May 27,1968, End ninth school
month.
May 28 and 29,1968, Teachers
report for work.
Principals of the twenty four
schools are:
Mr. V. William Murphy, B.
F. Grady Elementary School,
Albertson.
Mr. W. D. Thlgpen, Beula
vllle Elementary School, Beu
lavllle.
Mr. Henry L. Martin, Branch
Elementary School, Albertson,
Mr. J. B. Dafford, C. W. Dob
hlns School. Wallace.
Mr. A. R. Roberts, Calypso
Elementary School, Calypso.
Mr. W. J. Powers, Charity
High School, Rose Hill.
Mr. G. F. Landen, Chinqua
pin Elementary School I, Chin
quapin.
Mr. L. J. Sutton, Chinquapin
Elementary School II, Chlnqua
pin.
Mr. W. E. Smith, Douglass
High School, Warsaw.
Mr. J. G. Henry, E. E. Smith
High School, Kenansvllle.
Mr. R. L. Prult, East Duplin
High School, Beulavllle.
Mrs. Geneva Byrd, Falson
Elementary School, Falson.
Mr. J. P. Harmon, James
Kenan High School, Warsaw.
Mrs. Z. W. F raze lie, Kenans
vllle Elementary School, Ke
nansvllle.
Mr. C. J. Thomas, Magno
11a Elementary School, Magno
11a.
Mr. H. E. Grubbs, North
Duplin High School, Calypso.
ms_ (T n r? T> 1?
ivn# n, s?. duwubu. r. e?.
Williams Elementary School,
Magnolia.
Mr. Owen B. Martin, P. W.
Moore School, Falson.
Mr. W. R. Teachey, Rose
Hill Elementary School I, Rose
Hill.
Mr. W. F. Johnson, Rose Hill
Elementary School H, Rom
Hill.
Mr. Allen L. Larkln, Teachey
Elementary School, Teachey.
Mr. Neal M. Carlton, Wallace
Elementary School, Wallace.
Mr. E. R. Jenkins, Wallace
Rose Hill High School. Teachey.
Mr. W. J. Taylor, Warsaw
Elementary School, Warsaw.
A complet listing of teachers
Is expected to bo available and
will be published at a later
date*
Duplin Tax '
Collections
Up
Items of business transacted
by the Duplin County Board of
Commissioners In their regu
lar first Monday meeting in
cluded mostly routine matters
with various agencies report
ing.
John A. Johnson, tax col
lector, submitted report of 1966
taxes collected which showed a
higher percentage collected
than at any time In the past ten
years.
The collection of $1,341,336.36
was 83.048 pecent of the entire
levy for 1966. Ten years ago
76.795 percent of the levy was
collected.
Agencies reporting Included
Service Officer who assisted
60 veterans during the month
of July.
Civil Defense officer report
ed mileage traveled
Dog Warden reported 6 calls
received, 55 dogs Impounded,
17 sold, 7 destroyed, 2 bltlngs
Involved, $34 collected and 1310
miles traveled.
Other agencies reporting In
cluding Fireman Association
and Eastern Carolina Regula
tion Housing Authority,
Car Used In
Suicide
Attempt
A wreck on a rural paved
road near Beulavllle last week
was an attempted suicide, but
resulted only In a broken Jaw.
Mavis Jean Freeman, 39, of
Route 4 Be-.lat-We told Troop
er K. R. Ross that she was
trying to kill herself when she
m wrecked her car on rural paved
"road 1801. The wreck occurred
about four miles south of Beu
laville.
The woman who had previous
ly attempted to take her life,
was reported in a highly in
toxicated state. Her operators
license had been permanently
revoked for driving "under the
Influence.
She was realeased from Dup
lin General Hospital after over
night hospitalization.
Ray Hope To Attend
Wildlife Conservation Camp
years ago. He atended 4-H
Wildlife Camp in 1966 and was
selected to attend Camp this
year on the basis of his wild
life and Junior leadership pro
Jects.
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Cos
tln serve as 4-H Adult Leaders
in Warsaw-Shamrock 4-H Club
in which Ray is a member.
RAY HOPE
Ray Hope, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Norman Hop*, Route #1,
Warsaw, has boon selected to
attend +-H Wildlife Conserva
tion Camp as a Junior Leader.
The week of encamping will be
bald August 7-12 at Millstone
4-H Camp located near Rock
Ingham.
Tim 4-H Wildlife Conserva
ton Camp serves as an lncen
tlT# for participation In the
4-H Wlldllfs projoct and re
wards boys and girls for out
standing projoct work. It also
prorldos tho opportunity tar
selected 4-H'or s to learn con
servation In grooter depth. The
county delegate selected re
ceives a baste scholarship
wnlch covers all room and board
for the week.
Ray has been very active in
the 4-H midlife project siaoe
Joining tee Warsanr-Shamrock
4-H Club aapreadmately five
; ' -v't ,'V. " vy > y
tetesteittb^iateitenuiiiieliheieef^i
Probation
Violated
George Williams, Jr. has
been charged by Beulaville Po
lice Police Chief with Public
Drunkenness following a Satur
day night drinking spree.
Chief Brown said he answer
ed a call to the Tasty Freese
about 1:30 Sunday morning. The
parking lot contained seventeen
cars, sixteen of which left
promptly when advised to do so.
Upon Investigating the one re
maining car, Williams was
found passed out with about a
haii of a ?'fifth" uotwoen his
knees and a chaser In Ms right
hand.
William was released on bond
tor trial, September 18 term
In Duplin County.
Williams was convicted Janu
ary io, 1987 on a charge at
drunken driving and ajiaaittin
He received a It months sen
tence, suspended one year pro
bation, paid H00 fine and oeet
offMJOt.
it was brought out In the
trial iiiat because at the "had
Influence" el tormer associate
the Williams family had mused
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