Little Julia Spicer puts the final touch on her
Christmas T?ee before Mommie nicks her in
bed. There she will dream of Santa, his sleigt,
filled with toys eid his reindeers, then she wfif
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awake to find what Santa left for her under this
beautiful native tree. Julia is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Williams Spicer of Kenansvl^ld (Photo
by Rutb W^ls).
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Child Shall head Them.
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Uod sent the little Christ Child
So man might understand
'Ohat a Little child s^all lead them"
So that unknown*Promised JlandC.
4 i 9or God in flis $reat ulsdom I
Knew that men would rise to power
yind forget His H?hJ Precepts
G)n their $reat triumphal hour...
Jit feneul that they would question
yind doubt the }4oly birth
;And turn their time and talents
So the pleasures of this earth...
But every new discovery
v?js an open avenue
So more and greater mysteries,
/Ind mans search is never through...
Sor man can never fathom
She mysteries of the Jiord
Or understand jdis promise
Of a heavenly reward...
/Ind no one but a JIlTTUE GHILD
Hjjith simple fA\TW and ?OV6
Can lead mans straying -footsteps
. So Higher, t^aims yv&ove!
-Jie/en Steiner Rice
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PROGRESS SENTINEL
VOL XXXIV NO. 51 KENANSV1LLE. N. C. DECEMBER 21. 196T PRICE 10* PLUS TAX
PCA Elects Ten Board Members At Annual Meet
The Coastal Production Cre
dit Association held Its 34th
annual stockholders meeting In
the Kenansvtlle Elementary
School Auditorium at 3 p.m.
Friday, December 15th.
Originally Kenansvtlle Pro
duction Credit Association and
more recently Duplin Pro
duction Credit Association,
merged last March with Pender,
New Hanover, and Brunsyrick
Counties, and created Coital
Production Credit Association
with G. P. King named general
manager.
President Arthur Kennedy,
presided at the meeting which
was attended by approximately
three hundred stockholders and
guests.
The financial report, pre
sented and explained by Mr.
G. P. King, was unanimously
adopted by the group.
Ten board members were
elected as follows: To serve for
one year, E. R. Carlton, War
saw, Duplin County; A. B. Her
ring, Watha, Pender Coounty;
Edwin S. Clemmons Supply,
Brunswick County; C. R Ro
gers, Rocky Point, Pender Co
unty.
To serve a two year term:
Arthur Kennedy, Beulaville,
Duplin; Taft Herring, Mt. Olive,
Duplin; Woodrow W. Maready,
Chinquapin, Duplin.
To serve a three year term:
J. Ralph Britt, Mt. Olive, Dup
lin; Billy Wade Russ, Ash
Brunswick County; Albert Cox.
Castle Hayne, New Hanover
County.
Charlie McCullers of Dunn
was euest speaker
Mr. McCullers is an outstanding
speaker known throughout the
state, and held the audience
spell bound.
Twenty turkeys were given as
door prizes to: Leslie Outlaw,
Jack Patterson, DeLeon Fennel.
Fronsy Dail, G. W. Mobley,
Bythal Whaley, Mrs. Elma
Drew, WUlard Westhroak.
^OTdNwWfkTgm Houston,
F amor, Forest Brilikon, Urr!
Philyaw, Lewis Rooks, Elbert
Hunter, and Melissa Loft In.
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For the first time in its thirty-four years, Production Credit
elected a full set of board members at their annual meeting last
week. Manager Garland P. King left has been with the local PCA
since its orgin. Beside him <L. to R.) are: C. R. Rogers, Albert
D. Cox. Taft Herring. E. R. Carter. Ralph Britt. Arthur Kennedy.
A. B. Herring, Billy Wade Russ. Woodrow Maready. and Edwin
S. demons.
(Photo by Rath WeUsI
High Speed Damaqes Police Cars
A Rose Hill man was placed
in Duplin County jail in Ke
nans ville last Thursday in lieu
of $1,060 bond. He was charged
With' careless and reckless
driving, speeding, drunken
feeing, an* property damage.
?5Wlilani Melvin Casteen, 33
was arrestedi after a twenty
five mile race which resulted
in damages to three policecars.
Casteen was on probation for
stealing a wrecker in Rose Hill
and abandoning the vehicle in
South Carolina near the Geor
gia line. 1
An investigation was launch
ed to determine if the Cadll- |
lac Casteen was driving had
been stolen from Florida.
A Wallace policeman spot
ted Casteen driving north en
US 117 about 11:45 p.m. Wednes
day, and a 100 mph chase beg an.
The cadillac struck the Wallace
officers car and a car belong
ing to the Warsaw Police De
partment and a car belonging
to the state highway patrol De
fore being stopped near the
Warsaw city limits.
Casteen is scheduled to be
tried at the January 9th term
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of Recorder's Court in Duplin
after waving hearing before Ma
gistrate R. F.- Powell of Wal
lace.
An active six month sentence
imposed by Judge Howard Hub
bard of Clinton was suspended
when defense counsel told the
courr an active sentence would
create a hardship on the fa
CoaUaaed to Plfe t
Senate Rotation Agreement Out In 10th District
m the past years the tenth
state senatorial dlstrlcthashad
a rotation agreement whereby
Duplin and raider counties al
ternated while New Hanover and
Sampson did likewise. At a
recent meeting of democratic
leaders from th? four counties
It was decided that candidates
for the two seats allotted to the
district will run In all four coun
ties. Therefore, any canditate
must state at the time of filing
with his county elections chair
man the seat number for which
he is running. No candidate may
file for more than one seat.
Each numbered seat shall be
considered a separate office and
only those rotes cast for that I
particular stiat will be counted.
OF INTEREST TO CANDI
DATES
Claude Hepler, Chairman of
Dublin County Board of Elec
tions, released the following
information for the 1968
primary election.
February 23, 1968-12 o'clock
noon deadline for filing for can
didates seeking office who must
^file with the State Board of
Elections.
March 22. 1968 - 12 o'clock
deadline for filing for can
didates seeking office who must
file with their County Board
of Elections.
May 4, 1968 - Date on which
First Primary will be con
ducted.
The following Is a partial
list of offices for which candl
Continued to page 2
QuinnRe-electedChairman
Duplin Development Comm.
The Duplin Development
Commission met on Monday.
December 18, to elect officers
for 1968 and to consider other
current business pertaining to
the services of that office. Mil
ford Qulnn was re-elected Ch
airman of the Board. Garland
King was re-elected Vice Cha
airman. C. W. Surratt, Jr.. and
Amos Brlnson were elected,
along with Mr. Qulnn and Mr.
King, as members of the Exe
cutive Committee.
On behalf of the Board of
County Commissioners, P. B.
Ralford presented Certificates
of Appointment to the Board
Members. The certificate In
cludes the term of the appoint
ment as well as the office for
which appointed.
Other business included re
view of the financial report, a
discussion 011 new industry con
tacts, "Open House" plans for
Wallace Turkey Farms, andthe
proposed county-wide Airport
Committee.
Ambulance Service
Extended Sixty Days
Officials of Duplin County
Funeral Homes, at an Informal
meeting last week agreed to an
extension of time on deadline
for ambulance service which
had been set for January 10,
1968.
The extension of 60 days
was agreed upon by repre
sentatives of Qulnn-McGowen
Funeral Homes of Warsaw and
Beulavllle and Edgerton Funer
al Homes of Wallace. This
period of time will give of
flcals more time to establish
some other type of ambulance
service for Duplin County.
Fourteen ambulances, in
cluding those owned by the fune
ral liomes and the Rescue
SniMrU of Rose HU1. Magno
lia, and Kenansville, now serve
Duplin County.
The Duplin County Board of
' Commissioners were notified
that effective January 10. 1963
funeral directors would no lon
ger be engaged in ambulance
service in any form. The rea
sons given were the new Wage
and Hour Law in connection with
new regulations handed down by
the State Board of Health.
Officials of the Funeral
Homes expressed regret that
they could no longer operate
ambulances but the new regula
tions makes it mandatory that
they discontinue all ambulance
service.
The sixty days extension of
time after January 10th will give
officials additional time to work
out a solution to the problem of
providing adequate ambulance
service to the people of Duplin
County.
A Letter From Viet Nam
Editors Note: (The following
letter was received by the
Times today. It Is printed
exactly as written
14 Dec.
HI Folks.
How are things going back In
the world? It Is about the same
around here, been raining for
about ten straight days now. You
oan imagine what things look
like. There is about an inch of
water in our tent. We have got
all of our gear up on boards to
keep from getting it wet.
A friend of mine picked up
some propaganda papers that
Charlie had stuck around on
sticks for us to see. The long
one Is a Christmas Card from
Charlie. Somebody usually
picks up one or two a day while
he is out in the field. I've been
trying , to get hold of some of
them, but tnese guys that find
them like to hola on to it.
1 copied the Christmas Card
word fro word from one a guy
picked up. You might like to
show it to the Duplin Times
If she can use it before Christ
mas. It Is just a note of In
terest that she might like to
have. The South Vietnam Li
beration Army Is known as the
Viet Cong or as we call him
Charlie.
The other one Is Just a
propaganda leaflet that Charlie
put out. We usually find these
after we drop a batch of ours
from planes. He will pick up all
of ours and tear them up and
place them In a pile so we
will see them and places his out
on sticks.
Well have a nice Christmas
even Charlie wishes you one.
(MM to P?|? S
The Seasons Greetings To
Overseas Servicemen
Merry Christmas! For many
of you It will not be so happy,
but the old tradition calls tor
the Salutation and its a heart
felt greeting "W the season.
We have enjoyed compiling
the lists of names and address
es of the men of the county
who are overseas, and know you
have not been forgotten by our
people back here In Duplin.
We hope you h ave received m*ny
cards from friends In the coun
ty and have enjoyed thru all.
We now Invite you to write to
us about Just anything that you
are thinking about and would like
to talk about. If It is possible
Send a small photograph (Kodak
picture will be fine). We'd like
10 pFiotyour letter and picture
in the *Buplin Times for the
people at home to read.
We are proud to have you
helping to end this war and pro
mise you our continued support.
We are also sorry that you
c an't be with your folks at home
this Christmas, and shall con
tinue to pray for your safe re
turn.
Send you letters to Mrs. L. A.
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lour letters and pictures will
x printed iu the next edition
after being received there.
May Goa bless you all.
Tina F. Wilson
P. S. To all friends and family
of Duplin Service men who sent
addresses for our Christmas
Mailing list: Thank you for your
generous response. We'd like
you to let us Know if your ser
I vice man enjoyed results from
I our "Campaign for Christmas
| Greetings."
Trial
& Error
Mrs. L. A. Wilson of Rose
Hill writes that she enjoyed
the poem last week so very
much as It Is one of her fa
vorites. So this week she sent
me one to share with you.
"As The Wage Slave Panteth
After the Whistle Blows"
When I am rich It will not be
Emeralds that will Interest
me.
Nor shall I aim my swollen
purse
At glowing silks or precious
furs.
The only luxury I yearn
To snare, is having time to
Durn.
Time to devote to idleness.
Time between work and play
to dress
In peace - Oh, I am tired to death
Of always being out of
(Anonymous)
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It seems that his year, more
homes have gone "all" out for
elaborate decorations that I
have seen in many years. A
ride through the country s!de
reveals a beautiful display of
homes everywhere. Christmas
is a time when each person
can express his originality and
not be afraid to do so. Lights,
tinsel, and bright colors are
easy to work with and even the
most complete anfkteur can
produce an arrangement of
which he Is very proud.
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World Book Encyclopedia
states: It's Zallg Kerstfeest
in Dutch-speaking Belgium. It's
S Rozhdestvom Rhrlstovym In
Russia, and Wesolych Swlat Bo
zego Narodzenia In Poland. It's
Glaedelig Jul In Denmark
Buon Natale In Italy. It's Boas
Festes In Portugal. Felices
Pascuas In Spain, and Froeli
che Welhnachten In Germany.
In French. It's Joyeux Noel.
And In English, It's Merry
Christmas.
From:
Ruth.
Ruth Wells,
Ruby Campbell
Winford Howard
Joan Howard
Ann Chesmore
Louise Andrews
Jerry Wilson
Pete Nethercutt