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A Consecration Sarvlce will be beld (or the new BeulasOle
Free Will Baptist Church on Sunday, August S7.1M7 at 3:00 pun.
The Reverend Carol B. Hansley, pastor of Sandy Plain Free Will
Baptist Church and Moderator of the Eastern Conference,
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will bring the Consecration message. Follow^* the service,
there will be open house for the pastorlum and church. Members
of the church, and the pastor, the Reverend David C. Hansley,
Invite the public to attend.
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Was fortunate enough this
past week end to see The Lost
Colony.
It was the first time that I
had seen the Waterside Theatre
Play written by Paul Green In
about fifteen yearsjt was most
Interesting. The lighting effects
were outstanding, the actors
were quite good and the Indian
danoee were beautiful. It
aeegmd that It had changed
?MS a bit since the last time
I had seen it. I was talking
to the manager of the Mantoo
Motel and he told me that Joe
Layton Is tee new director and
Choreographer this year and
ho had made quits a few changes.
"Old Torn", even as I remem
bered him before, was one of
the bast actors. It is an evening
Swan spent
U Is also a wonderful excuse
tefltet a delicious sea food plat
On our trip we went on tne
,4. Outer Banks as far as Cape
Hatter as. That was my first
trip to tee Outer Banks, and
It Is most impressive. The
tp tee oqswd even
Whussk?
mighty good view from the bot
tom, We did not havw time to
croib the terry at Ocracoke.
It seems Impossible as you ride
along on the highways of the
Outer Banks, flanked by the
ocean on one aids iw| the sound
an tbs other, surrounded by sand
dunes and scrubby trees, to
realize test so much of tha his
tory of our country began In that
area.
Oh, I almost forgot, Mrs.
Campbell wants all of you to
know teat she crossed the Bon
ner Bridge. It was beautiful.
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Don't you Just love to hear tee
people In tee Lost Colony area
talkT
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Wa surely have been enjoying
Joe Wells' watermelons on
those long hot afternoons 1
Ruth
Rose Hill To Get New Post Office
Postmaster General Lawr
ence F. O'Brien announced that
a contract has been awarded to
build a Post Office at Rose
Hill, N. C, 28458.
The building will be owned by
W. Paul Herring, Route 3, Box
157, Goldaboro. N. C. 27530
who will rent It to the Post
Office Department for 10 years
with renewal options running th
rough 20 years. It will be lo
cated on the Southwest corner of
East Church Street and Bay
Street. Preliminary estimates
indicate that the Initial Invest
ment In the project will total
approximately 155,199.00.
The represents the lowest
responsive bid of ten received
by the Department on a compe
titive basis.,
The nSw one-story building
will offer more working room
than the present building. It
will have an laterlor space
of 2,968 square faat, com
pared with a total of 1,392
square feet In the present build
ing.
The new post'office is ex
pected to be completed by ap
proximately A#il 1,1968. Space
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'Johnson
' Named
Chairman
The Stlckley For Governor
Committee has named a Duplin
County Chairman to spearhead
the movement In this county.
E. Marvin Johnson of Rose
Hill, has been a long time Re
publican leader In eastern North
Carolina and has served as
County Chairman for Duplin
County. He Is a member of the
Republican State Executive
Committee.
The announcement was mads
by Marcus T. Hickman of Char- i
lotte, who Is state chairman for
the committee.
In accepting the appointment,
Johnson said: "Jack Stlckley
Is the man North C arollna needs
as Governor."
doned (or postal purposes.
Postmaster General O'Brien
explained that the additional
space and e<pilpment will mean
greater efficiency In line with
President Johnson's directive
to provide the best possible pos
tal service at the least possi
ble cost.
Because the building will be
privately owned, the land will
stay on local tax rolls. The Post
Office Department's capital In
vestment is limited primarily to
postal equipment.
Mr. O'Brien said: "The na
tion is experiencing a drama
tic expansion In mall volume
and services. Post Office con
struction and remodeling are
undertaken In areas showing the
most urgent needs.
"Our 40,000 postal locations
will handle nearly 80 billion
pieces of mall this year, over
84 billion pieces In 1870 and ap
proximately 100 billion In 1880.
To handle this tremendous
amount of mall, the Department
Is expanding Its efforts to pot
mechanised tools Into the hands
of the nation's postal workers
in areas where "it' Is economi
cally Justified."
Faison Youth Injur
A Falsott youth wasaerlaualy
Injured In a one-car accident In
Warsaw Monday afternoon.
Harold Mil too Best, Jr., 17,
driving a 1962 Studebaker Lark
Station Wagon keaded north on
Highway 117, applied his brakes
during a heavy down pour ft
rain and skidded Into a utility
Arrest Made
In Church
Bell Robbery
A Duplin County teenager has
been arrested and charged with
stealing a bell from a rural
church near Turkey, Just across
the County Line In Sampson
County.
Sampson County Deputy She
riff G. M. Massey said that
Edar Alrin Rouse, 19, white
male of Warsaw and a student
at Wayne Technical Institute
la Goldsboro waived prelimi
nary hearing, and Is under 9200
hood.
Rouse and an accomplice,
Stewart Goodman, 19, white
male, also a student at Wayne
Tech allegedly removed the
400 lb. bell unaided, which
took a crane to Install, and
carried same to Goldsboro. A
taw days later TV announced
a reward of $80 for recovery
of the bell.
The following Saturday night
Deputy George Merrltt received
a phone call telling him that the
bell was In the middle of a well
traveled dirt road, less than a
mile from the church.
"The bell was badly damaged
and would necessitate extensive
repair," said a spokesman.
Rouse Is scheduled to be tried
at the September 9th term of
County Court In Clinton, N. C.
BOOSTER CLUB
East Duplin Booster C 10b will
meet Thursday night at 8 pjn. at
East Duplin High School. All
dtlsens from the school dis
tricts are Invited.
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pola. The accident occurred
about tour blocka south of the
stop light, demolishing the sta
tlon wagon.
Young Best was carried to
DupUn General Hospital In a
state of shock where be under
went three operations. Or. Os
car Redwlne, surgeon, said "In
juries consisted of a collapsed
lung, several fractured ribs, a
ruptured spleen and the ba?
side of his forearm wahJust
abagt tarn uff." He was fC
ten ptnfs of blood. He is de
scribed as "doing fairly well
today."
Mr. James M. Hurst, service
station owner who witnessed the
wreck weld the car, which was
headed north, turned to an East
west position and struck the uti
lity pole at the left door with
the driver receiving the full im
pact, Beet was pinned In the
wreckage.
l Police chief Perry Smith said
E the .speed was too great for the
.y&y caeuMHap of the/rded.
badly mangled as if It had turned
over three or four times.
Explorer Post Tours
Norfolk And Williamsburg
I Warsaw Explorer Post 20
loft from tbo Warsaw Town Hall
Friday, August 18, at 2:00 p.m.
for a throe day trip to Virginia.
Thsy were accompanied by dri
vers Robert C. Best, W. G.
Britt, and Advisor H. C. Allen,
all of Warsaw. After a short
meeting and prayer for a safe
trip, the group left In three
cars, one at which pulled a
camper (for the advisors to
sleep In). The first stop was
Goldsboro to pick up one of
Lions Sponsor
White Qane Drive
The Kenansvllle Lions Club
will conduct an all-out drlrs
from ' August 24, 1987 to Au
gust 31, 1967 to sell electric
light bulbs to residents, accord
ing to an announcement made
today by Club President, Kay
Dunn, and Publicity Chairman,
Steodie B. Wilson. Every cent of
the process will go to White
Cane Drive which sqiports the
blind.
The light bulbs will be sold
in handy Project-Pahs, each
Project-Pah contains eight Sy
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the members and than they
continued on In single file until
they reached Rich Square. Here
there was a route mix-up and
the care weren't reunited until
they reached Suffolk, Va.
where the group ate supper.
(Thank goodness for road maps)
The Explorers had planned to
camp that night at Seashore
State Park, In Virginia Beach.
Va., but upon arriving about
7:30 pjn. they found the park
was full. They were told the
nearest campground was Camp
Lazy-B, twenty five miles from
Seashore State Parti and located
on the North Carolina-Virginia
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VOL XXXIV NO. 32 AUGUST 24, 1??7 KENANSVILLE, N. C. PRICE lOf PLUS TAX
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lames Sprint Goes Independent
Upholstery
Truck j
Demolished
"TIM car had children In It,
I had to take my chances else
where," said the big fat man,
whose heart must have been
even larger, proportionately.
Albert Ray Johnson, owner of
Albert's United Upholstery
Company In Wilmington, was
hospitalized at Duplin General
Hospital in Kenansvllle Friday
afternoon. His pickup truck hit a
sturdy oak tree In Grove Pres
byterian Church yard, demol
ishing the 1965 Ford and inflict
ing serious and painful face and
head Injuries to the driver.
Mr. Johnson said that be was
enroute to Seven Springs and
Sandy Bottom In Lenoir County
where he maintains pickup sta
tions for his upholstery busi
ness, a trip which he regularly
makes two or three times per
week.
Brake trouble developed, and
Mr. Jehnson stopped in Tin City
at a garage where he had ne
cessary repairs made, he th
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Jamas Sprunt Institute, nova
separate and distinct Institu
tion, Is under new legislation
and Is no longer a part of Wayne
Technical Institute.
Under the new set up James
Sprunt will deal directly with
the Duplin County Board of
Commissioners, and four by the
Duplin County Board of Educa
tion.
Appointed by the commis
sioners were: J. w. Hoffler of
Wallace to serve a term as
piring June 30,1960; Hugh John
SRose Hill, to serve a term
ring June 30, 1971; A. r.
Cates, Falson, to serve a term
expiring June 30, 1978; F. W.
McGowan, Kenansvllle to eerve
a term expiring June 30, 1975.
Appointed by the County
Board of Education were:
Mr. O. P. Johnson, Kenahs
vllle, term ending June 30,1969.
Leroy Simmons, Albertson,
term ending June 30, 1971.
James F. (Jimmy) Strickland,
Warsaw, term ending, June 30,
1973.
Mrs. Edward L. Boyette,
Chinquapin, Term ending, June
30, 1975.
Replacements will be ap
pointed by the same boards for
eight year terms.
Other actions taken by the
Board of Commissioners were:
In conformance with the court
reforms now being Instituted In
North Carolina, each county will
now have a Jury Commission.
The Commission wil be com
posed of three men appointed,
one each, by the board of coun
ty commlssloers, the Clerk of
the Superior Court, and the
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New Manager at
Triangle Station.
A Florida man, who cams to
know this area while In sendee
with the armed forces, has come
L to KeoansylUe tr* ojwrat- a law
slness.
Ronald Page, a native of Tam
pa, who spent two years lathe
army at Fort Bragg, Is the new
operator of the Trl Angle Ame
rican filling station In Kenans
vllle.
Mr. Page, Is a nephew of
H. C. McCullen in Warsaw. His
wife and two small children are
now living In Kenansvllle In one
of E. A. Newton's houses en
Highway 24.
E' C- THOMPSON ' "
Ba?k Official Retires
~ Mr. E. C. "Gene" Thomp
son, Jr., treasurer of North
Carolina Banters Association,
and a mam bar of the executive
committee, is retiring Septem
ber 1, 1967 after 39 1/2 years
with Branch Banking and Trust
Company.
A native of Durham, Gene
came to Warsaw as cashier In
April 1923. His entire banking
career has been spent in War
saw, with several years being
divided between Wallace and
Warsaw offices. He has more
years q| service with Branch
Do You Or Don't
You Want Fido?
The Duplin County Health De
partment recently received a
call for the County Dog Warden
to pick up six flee dogs at the
home of Albert Brock, Route 2,
Warsaw.
Monday afternoon Mr. Sloan
Fussell reported, as Instruct
ed, to pick up the six dogs. He
was assisted by one of the boys
of Hie family who Informed him
that they only wanted to dispose
of five dogs.
So the five dogs were brought
to the dog pound and placed In
confinement along with four
other dogs.
Sometime Monday night a
door to the pound was farced
open, damaging the door con
siderably. One dog was missing.
A plain set of tire tracts
were left Imprinted In the sand
clay yard. The sheriffs depart
ment Is Investigating the In
cident.
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than any other person connect**
with the organisation.
Many changes have taken
place in the bank during Mr.
Thompson's years of service.
The organization now has forty
seven units compared to the
three In 1928 which were the
home office In Wilson, Ply
mouth and Warsaw.
The Warsaw unit opened with
the manager and two assistants.
Mrs. E. j*. (Pat) Foley, now
retired, and the late Mrs. Ed
(Miss Sa' le) Hill.
Under the capable leadership
"Of Mr. Thompson, the bank with
rtte humble beginning, has
| double many times, is now de
partmentalized and has nineteen
employees.
A servant not only to the
bank, Gene has served the area
In many ways and has continu
ously striven to make his adop
ted home a better place In which
to live.
A special pride of Mr.
Thompson's and of all North
Carolinians, Is the North Caro
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Scott To SPEAK At J. S. I.
Commencement Open H
The public Is cordially In
vited to attend the "open house"
at James Sprunt Institute pro
ceeding and following the gra
duation exercises. Guests are
Invited to visit the different
departments In the new building
which was completed In Sep
tember, 1966.
Lt. Governor Robert Scott
will deliver the graduation ad
dress on the campus at 7 p.m.
on Friday evening, August 25,
1967. Sixty eight graduates will
be conferred degrees and dip
lomas following the Lt. Gover
nor's address.
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Joling the Arm of Bin Boyette Accounting, Roger L. Phinipe
formerly of Winstoo-Salem, hu returned to hie native home of
Warsaw. Employed by an accounting Arm for the past three
years. Phillips Is In the process of acquiring his CPA rating.
fPhfltn hv Ruth Walls')
JOINS ACCOUNTING FIRM
Mr. Roar U PMlUpa haa
Joined tha Bill Bcyatteacconnt
laf firm la Waracw.
Prarloualy employed by A. M.
Pollen AccoiartlacllrinlBWlae
ton-Balam, Roger la a native of
Duplin Comity and la tfaa aon of
Mr. and Mra. R. V. (Pat )PM1
Upa of Warsaw.
A graduate at Warsaw High
School. Roger spent thraayaars
la tha United States Navy, altar
which ha aaraad a B S Degree
at East Carolina College in
Greenville. It ?u at East Caro
lina that ha mat am! marrlad
Mm 1 pa, tha for mar Bar
bara Wataon of Lowlands, N.C.
After tfaraa years In Wlnston
Salam, tha Phillips ara making
tha It heme an Qui Street In
Warsaw.
Both MT. and Mrs. Phillips
have been active members of the
Methodist Church, and difc
OTganlsatloDS of their home
f1 el . I ? ? "L-e? i-.v, ??>" -is '
Grady Outlaw Clan
To Hear Native Son
The Grady-Outlaw Historical
Clan has selected a prominent
member of their clan to be guest
speaker at their annual meeting
Sunday August 17, at B. F.
Grady School.
Mr. M. C. Benton, Jr., Ma
yor of Winston-Salem and a na
tive of Duplin County, will de
liver the principal address.
He Is a son of the late M. C.
Benton Sr., and MattleLiOU Gra
dy Benton. His maternal grand
parents were Atlas Grady and
Sarah Elisabeth Howard Grady
of Kenansvtlle. Helta great
grandson of Jackson Grady, s
great, great grandson of John
T. Grady and a great great
Grady who was born and reared
In Alberteon township.
Mr. Benton spent Ida earl]
childhood In Duplin Comity, la
ter moving with his parents to
Sampson ty. He has man]
relative I Mends living lr
both ntUs.
He Is married to the former
.
Elizabeth Holmes and they have
four children William Grady,
Kathrine Stuart, Carey Eliza
beth and Alice Holmes Benton.
Mr. Benton graduated from
Garland High School and the
University of North Carolina.
He spent two years la the U.
S. Air Force as a Heavy Bom
ber Pilot In the European Thea
ter at Operations.
Prominent In civic and reli
gious lite at Winston-Salem, he
is an elder of Highland Pres
byterian Church and has served
many civic organizations in
cluding Better Business Bu
reau, American Red Cross, Red
Shield Boys Club, Salvation Ar- <
my Advisory Board, United
Fund, Chamber Ot Commerce, ]
Lions Club, Traffic Club and
Young Men's Christian Asso- <
elation.
All members of the Grady
Outlaw clan are urged to at
Jnd^ttajeunion and renew
In a setting of native pines, wr Brtttert of Palace, are
constructing an apartment building In Warsaw containing light
units, which will make available to the public for the first
time, rentals In the upper bracket. The frame structure
will be rtDHrtd with antique brick. Uving quarters of each
apartment will be on the first floor, with two bed rooms for
each unit upstairs. The structure will feature all modern con
veniences and will be ready for occupancy In the late fall.
(Photo by Ruth Wells)
Warsaw Gets Apartment Building
Progress continues to com*
to tills sree this time In the
form of so apartment building
In Warsaw.
Brewer Brothers, Lewis and
Craven, of Falson, are bulldog
the first luxury type apartment
building in Duplin Comity.
The Colonial type structure
containing eight units will fea
ture antique brick and overhang
V
second floor.
Each unit will afford tha pri
vacy of a private homo, la that
tha walla botweon unlta are
sound proof, with 11 vine apace
on first floor and only bod rooms
an second.
The oentrally air conditioned
building WOI offer to the area
for the first time apartments
which might adsqaataly bade
f scribed u "plush." Each unit
will contain two fall sin bad
rooms and a full bath upstairs.
Wall to wall carpat will ba fea
tured In each unit. Tba living
area on first floor will have a
refrigerator, stove, garbage
disposal ti^f washing TWHoM'f
connection In the kitchen, a
dining area, a half bath, and a
spacious living room.
Mr. Tom Avant of Lumbar
ton, a Falaon native, la engineer
at the project which he aayste
natiTe plana call for cotnple
tlon In late fall. Two apiurU
menta hare already been rent
ed.
Aa to rental, Mr. Brewer vaa
indefinite hot ezpreaaed belief
1 that the taa would be above 9100
per month aa the Initial Imreat
ment will be around $100,000.