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vol xxxv no. i ^ kenansville" n. c. january *.1968 price log plus tax
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A friend of ours who Is In
terested in Indians, and such
people, and history, reports that
according to tradition the Tus
carora tribe possessed in early
tlines a country lying between
the seashore and the mountains,
which divide the Atlantic States.
And that John Lawson one of
North Carolina's earliest his
torians listed them In 1701 as
having 16 towns and about 1200
fighting men (about 5,000 total
population.) At this time the
' Tuscarora territory embraced
all of the land drained by the
Neuse River and Its tributaries.
Contenea Creek, and the Trent
River, from the Coast to the
vicinity of the present Wake
County, while their hunting
quarters extended to the Cape
Fear River.
This of course means that
Duplin Qounty. was then in the
heart of. the Tuscarora Terri
tory.
In 1711 the Indians, probably
Incited by the white roan's
"firewater" went on the war
path. There it was reported
that prisoners were "stuck full
of small fine splinters of light
wood. like hog's bristles, and
then set gradually on fire."
An urgent appeal for help re
sulted in a detachment of sol
diers from South Carolina under
the command of Colonel Barn
well for whom Fort Barnwell
was later named. Under him the
Indians were defeated and re
treated to Join their cousins
in Pennsylvania, where It Is
reported that they were so
frightened by the first heavy
jnowfall that^they sought ttopaM
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Kalmar oj raison Named
68 RC Fund Chairman
j oi m mcnoias Naimar,
better known as "Nick", of the
Faison Community was recently
named 1968 Fund Campaign Ma
nager for the Duplin County
Chapter of the American Na
tional Red Croes. He will work
with a committee composed of
Mrs. Clyde Potter. Albertson,
Mrs. Jonn L. Grady who lives
otra Mt. Olive route. Dr. Hugh
M. Powell of Rose Hill arid Mrs.
N. B. Bone y at Kenansville
Mr. Kalmar has been on die
Board of Directors for the Dup
lin County Chapeter for several
years He has been a Direc
tor of the Duplin County F arm
Bureau for 1967 and 1968 and
knows the county well. He is also
on the Board of Directors for
the Faisoo Lions Club.
At a meeting in Charlotte
last fall Mr. Kalmar was elected
to the Board of directors of the
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JOHN N. KALMAR
Minor Wrecks Plentiful
Over Week End
Trooper T. A. Bryan investl -
gated a rash of minor wrecks
over the New Year Weekend;
resulting mostly in property
damage.
Wrift on Carr Brock, 32 year
old white male who gave his
addreatS as Route 1, Box 172,
Kins ton. forolerly Route 1, Ke
nansville loft control of his
1956 Fortrtudor or rual paved
roe! 1300 Saturday night. The
OMMj?^64H|he shallow rood
and traveled Into m open Held.
Damages were estimated at
$125 to the car and $200 to the
utility pole, property of Tri
County Electric Membership
In Golds boro.
Brock, who said that he was
driving alone at the time, was
charged by Trooper Bryan with
drunken driving.
Sallie Faye Blanchard, 17,
white, female of Route 1,. War
saw, was charged with ex
ceeding safe speed when she lost
contrtf of a 1967 Chevrolet
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68 Tax Listing Announced
Listing of 1968 County Taxes
began January 1,1968. All pro
perty real and personal, polls
and dogs not exempt are re
quired to be listed during the
month of January.
The township list takers and
assessors will be at the follow
ing places during January to list
, and assess 1968 taxes:
i Alberts on Township: Mrs.
Hess Davis. List Taker - Jan.
4, Harry Stroud's Store; Jan. 11
and 31, Paul Lee's Store; Jan.
6, 39, Coy Smith's Store; Jan.
8 and 30, Marvin Stroud's Store;
?Jan. 16 and 24, Robert Grady's
Store; Jan. 17, Nethercutri
Store; Jan. 20. Richard Tur
ner's Storea Jan. 37, Carl Ray
Historical Society
January 21
President Nick Kalmar has
announced that the next meeting
of the Duplin County Historical.
<1 Society will be held January 21
' at 3:90 p.m. at James Sprum
Institute in Kenansvllle. In
terested persons are urged to
note this date and make plans
to attend.
Price's Store; Jan. 13 and 22.
Burs ell Holland's Store; all
other days during January at
Mrs. Hess Davis's home.
Cypress CreekTownship; El
mo Maready and Denver Sholar,
List Takers - Jan. 18, Richard
Padrick's Store; Jan. 1. Mrs.
Minnie Hlnes' Store; Jan. 16,
Ray Lanier's Store; Jan. 25,
Garland Whaley's Store; Jan.
27., Jack Lanier'?. Store;. Jan.
10, M. L. Lanier's Store; Jan.
4, Pin Hook; Jan. 6 & 20,
Lloyd /indrews' Store; Jan, 22,
Mrs. Jane Mobley's Store; Jan.
12 and 13. BUUe Brinklev's
Store; all other days during
January at Elmo Maready's
Store.
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Civil Defense Management
Course Offered
A course designed to provide
Civil Defense personnel at all
levels with instruction and die
cussion of up-to-date informa
tion necessary in the efficient
operation of a Civil Defense
organisation has been an
nounced by the University of
North Carolina Extension Di
vision. The course will consist
of one three hour session one
night a week for ten weeks and
will begin at 7:30 p.m., Thurs
day, January 11, 1968, in the
Burg aw City Hall, Burg aw. The
instructor for the course will
be Mr. L, T. Caruthers, Radio
logical Safety Officer at N. C.
State University.
Subject matter to be discus
sed will Include the Shelter
Centered Civil Defense Pro
gram, Weapons Effects, Pro
tection gainst Weapons Ef
fects, Requirements and Re
sponsibilities for Local Civil
Defense, Organizing and Staf
fing for Emergencies, The
Community Radiological De
fense System, Warning and
| Communications.
It is recommended that the 1
following enrollment in this
course: Civil Defense Directors
(volunteer. Full-time or part
time), Secretarial Staff of all
Civil Defense Offices, all full
Continued to pare I
N*dy elected officers for the Duplin County
;C :ll
* :|3? ??nne Smith of Smiths 4-H, Secretary,
*i -. ? ? of Gr food ? ' lub, Vice
J ?l BOJ Coal Jr of Lr*?w-afaa*
k -H Gall :ostln
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Warsaw
Jewelry
StoreRobbed
The quiet and peace of the
holiday seaso n was marred
in Warsaw with a Jewelry
Store robbery on Sunday. De
cember SI, according to in
formation received from Chief
of Police Perry Smith.
Chief Smith said that the
thief or thieves broke out all
the glass from the front door
and walked into the Jewelry
Store owned by Seth Turner,
located on Soutn Front Street.
Among the items listed as
stolen were: a 16 inch portable
TV; three transistor radios;
18 sterling silver tie taclts;
1 tray of yellow and white La
dies rings; 1 dozen white and
Yellow crosses, 1 tray of yel
low cameo rings; ana a board
of Ladles Birthday riws.
Very little was left visible
In the store, however, Mr. Tur
ner has made a practice of
locking up overnight in a safe In
the store, most of the valuable
Jewelry. This practice proved
especially profitable In this die
first robbery the store has ex
perienced in its fifteen years in
Warsaw.
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President Of James Sprunt Resigns
Mr. Dallas Herring. Chair
ma n of North Carolina State
Board of Education, and Mr.
James F. Strickland, Chair
man of the Board of Trustees
of James Sprunt Institute, have
mnounced the resignation of the
president of the Institute, Mr.
Dixon Hall, who plans to return
to school to receive a Doctor's
Degree.
Dr. Herring commented "Di
xon is a young man and I feel
that he has made a wise de
cision to return to school to
obtain his doctorate degree.
However. I feel that we are ,
very much Indebted to him for '
the tremendous job that he has '
done, and I am sure that the ]
field of education will profit by j
Postal Increase Effective
Jan. 7,1968
Nearly 10,000 postage vend
ing machines, including those
at Kenansvllle Post Office, will
be converted over the next three
months to reflect the new pos
tage rates. Postmaster A. C.
Holland said today.
New postage rates go into ef
fect January 7, 1968, the post
master noted. The new rates
raise first class postage to
6 cents an ounce, air mail to
10 cents an ounce, and postal
cards to 5 cents.
I The job of converting the
thousands of vending machines
found in post office loobies from
i ... -.I.,
coast to coast Is so massive
th."t it will take several months
to complete, the postmaster
said. Five different types of ma
chines are involved, he noted,
noted.
Most of the machines now
provide 5-cent and 4-cent
stamps for a nickel, quarter
Coetbmei to Page t
his decision."
Mr. Hall, whose resignation
is effective June 1, 1968 has
enrolled in graduate program at
North Cajolina St ate University
where he has obtained an in
tern scholarship. This planned
type of program allows the stu
dent to work in an institution
proving beneficial both to the
student and to the institution.
Mr. Hall came toKenansville
in March 1964 as president of the
Institute which began opera
tion as an extension of Wayne
Technical Institute. He. is a
native of Fayetteville and agra- i
duate of East Carolina College
where he also received his
Masters Degree. Prior to com
ing to Kenansville he was co
ordinator of Extension Pro
grams for Wayne Tech in Golds
Doro . He is married to the
former Elaine Page of Bur
lington, and they have three
children, Stuart Clute, 5, Page,
2, and a daughter, born last
week.
Mr. Hall is a member of the
Methodist Church, Phi Delta
Kappa Professional Educational
Fraternity and past treasurer pf
Greenville-Goldsboro District
Ruritan Club.
Mr. Strickland, in comment
ing on the loss to the school
said, "Dixon has been largely
responsible for the new and keen
interest shown in the county In
art and other forms of culture.
Also under his direction unem
ployed, unskilled persons have
been trained into profitable job
holding taxpaying citizens, He
has directed the school sol that
it compares more than favora
bly with other technical schools
throughout the state. And pro
bably one of the most impor
tant things pioneered under Di
xon's administration was teach
ing prisoners, which other
counties have adopted.
Deadline January is tor
State Mother Of Year '
Mrs. A. M. Scarborough, 1360
West Lake Drive, Greensboro,
N. C. 27408, Chairman of *e
State Selection Committee for
Mother of the Year announces
that blinks "tfe now ^2?
(of nominating qualified mother
for 8tatl Motner of the Year,
1968. The nominations are being
conducted on a district level.
District 19 is composed of
Duplin, Harnett, Sampson and
Pender County.
A nominee for State Mother
must be nominated by a recog
nized organization. Nomina
tions by Individuals are not ac
cepted. The current 1968 blanks
that contain the rules for no
mination as well as the qua
| llfications for the selection of
the State Mother must be used.
Not only must the 1968 State
Mother be a woman of achle
Yemeni herself through her ser
vice In civic, religious, cultural
and educational activities; her
children too must shdw achieve
Contiaued to Pago *
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Mrs. Kirby
Wins TV
Seven forty six was the lucky
number and Mrs. Llndy Kirby
of East Pollard Street Warsaw^
N.C. was the lucky girl. Mrs.
Kirby was the wlnber of a
color T.V. set offered by the
American Legion Post No. 227.
The announcenent was made
last Saturday. December 23 by
George Colomen Cooper. Sar
geant-at-arm. Several hundred
tickets had been sold through
out eastern Carolina. The
winner Is the wife of Dwlght
Kirby and daughter-in-law of
Jessie Kirby, owner of the
Prerena Mill of Warsaw.
Deplorable
Conditions
Found
In G/isson
Five Glisson Township people
hire been charged in a warrant
by Deputy E. E. Proctor of the
Duplin County Sheriff's De
partment with possession of non
taxpaid whiskey.
The five persons, Dorothy
Herring Komegay and her hus
band, Chester Komegay, Del
mas Ray Foss, Yancy Taylor
and Carl Creech were alleged :
to have spent three days and
three nights In an old store
building which consisted of only
one room, and contained one
bed. No sanitary facilities were
available, and according to what
Deputy Proctor said apparently
the five had not left the room
during three days stay.
Deputy Proctor also said,
"It was the filthiest place I i
ever saw a human live in. The
black. Filth was everywhere?^
is hard to believe that such a
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Legion Post 379 Cited
For Membership Drive
The State Legion Office in
Raleigh has recognized the Al
bertson American Legion Post
379 for conducting a highly
successful membership drive.
Commander Houston Howard
received a letter from the De
partment Adjutant, J. Carroll
Wilson, stating that the local
post had exceeded their nem-,
befship goal for the year. The
[ letter also expressed apprecia
tion to the post leaders for their
effort in making this drive go
over the top.
Howard explained that "68
Can Do Year" the theme of the
year's drive is to remind all
war veterans of their service
to their country which makes
them eligible to become legion
naires.
"We are accepting dues pay
ment now from Legionnaires
and eligible veterans whose
membership is essential if the
local organization is to continue
its service programs."
Also Howard reported that the
Post is planning to expand its
local programs and activities,
depending on the final results
of the 1968 membership drive.
MR. HOUSTON HOWARD, COMMANDER AMERICAN LEGION
POST 379, ALBERTSON, NORTH CAROLINA.
Officers Destroy Illegal Whiskey Still
Law enforcement officials
destroyed a large whiskey still
near Johnson's Church in Mag
nolia Township, Friday after
noon.
Among the items destroy
ed was a submarine type whis
key still, eleven barrels of
mash, two 300 gallon vats, two
copper condensers, two caps,
three cases of jars, two l/2gal
lon containers of non tax paid
whiskey, one doubling barrel,
and one condenser box.
Officers destroying the still
were deputies Glenn Jernigan,
Irvin Outlaw, Rodney Thigpen,
Alfred Basden and Graham
Chestnutt.
Deputy Jernigan said the still
had been in operation recently
and was about ready to "run
off" another run of moonshine,
or non-tax paid whiskey.
Continuing their clean up of
illegal whiskey sales officials
Continued to Pace 2
Mr. O. H. Johnson, Superintendent of Dunlin County Schools,
seated at his desk in the O. P, Johnson Education Builditw ?
Open House Wednesday afternoon, Decemtor 30. Members of
the Duplin Countv Board of Education present for the occasion I
were left to right: D. D. Blanchard. Chairman of the Board,
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Wallace; James P. Strickland. Wars aw: Emmert Rogeri, Route 2,
Pink Hill; and Dr. E. L. Boyette of Chinquapin. Absent when die
picture was made was Riwsell Stock of Route a. Mount 0Use. * 4
(Photo by Ruth Wells).