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"People will get drunk u ?
monkey, but monkeys wont get
drank'*. Noel Epstein, Staff Re
porter of the Wall Street Jour
nal, reported on Nancy, a ten
year old monkey, who has been
drinking liquor for about three
? years regularly now, but Nancy
' ? never drinks enough to get
crocked. Nmcy is a rhesus
monkey, native to India.
The bartenders in the monkey
saloon are researchers from
the Government's National Cen
ter for Prevention and Control
of Alcoholism. The researchers
believe that if- they can get
the monkeys addicted, or as the
. v writer puts it "Hooked on
hootch" much important work
on the causes and treatment of
alcoholism in human beings can
a) be studied. If the monkeys would
- only be more cooperative, the
researchers might push them
Jnto a dtep-by-step descent into
alcoholism, thereby studying
the effect on the brain. As soon
As alcoholism became com
plete, the scientists could re
move the brain and other organs
for scrutiny of the damage.
- The haPfenrlert oevua Kr?n r?
boii in the monkey pub.
The monkeys sit in restraining
chairs, which keep them from
using their hands, *id the
str sight 100-proof bourbon goes
into Dottles with valve-con-1
trolled openings near the mon
key's mouths: a slight touch of
. the valves by the monkeys re
leases the liquor into their
. the monkeys" are still tern
' ? perate. The Experimenter shave
had to use drastic methods on
the monkeys to encourage their
drinking. Electric shocks are
used to penalise the noo
drlnkers. The monkey has to
make a decision as to whether
to drink or to get the shock.
It was found that some of the
monkeys would drink the booze
rather than be forced with the
stress of making a decision.
But despite all the lures and
encouragements, neither Nancy
t?Or her companions at the mon
key saloon have yet gotten tho
roughly smashed, much less
become alcoholics.
Scientists are not too sur
prised about the stand taken by
the monkeys. Experiments with
rats, cam, monkeys and mice
have shown before that a number
of animals drink more under
stress sltuKions. Men also may
start diMdag under stress,
say the scientist*, but remove
tne stress trom animals and
they refuse alcohol. Remove
the stress from man and most
continue with the alcohol.
Some experiment!!! ^
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Well, how many Inches of
? snow do you think we will have
In the morning. If it does snow
tonight, at cold as it is. we are
apt to have snow with us until
m Baby It's cold outside. ]
Glad tomorrow Is not my day to
travel.
Ruth
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RUSSELL J. LANIER 4*
Local Judge Files
District Judgeship
Russell J. Lanier, Judge of
General Court in Duplin County
since 1960, has filed for ? Dis
trict Judgeship.
Lanier, 4$, a life long De
mocrat is seeking one of the
four DlstriM Judgeships to be
filled in the four-county dis
trict,
Sampson comprising the Dis
trict.
To date anly two candidates
have fUed for the May 4 pro
mary. In addition to Lmier,
who paid his fee in Raleigh,
January 4, is Paul Grumpier of
Clinton. Judse of Sampson Ge
neral County Court. Others ex
pected to file include Onslow
County Court Judge, Harvey
Bonev. former State Senator
Carl V. Venters, both of Jack
sonville, and Jones Coenty
Clerk of Cout, Walter P.
Henderson of Trento*'
B^^leLF^^19?rmlC
a son offtif me *1 and CUa
K. Lmler. He attended and gra
duated from Beulaville High
School in 1941. He received
his B. S. degree from Wake
Forest College in 1949 and his
Batchelor of Law degree In
BRIEFS
ARC Meeting
The mld-wlnter meeting of
The Duplin County Chapter.
American Red Cross will be
held on Wednesday afternoon,
January 17. 1968 at 4 o'clock
In the Conference room of the
Board of Education Building in
Kenansvllle. "Please come and
bring someone with you," re
quests Mrs. Louise k. Boney,
Executive Secretary.
Brick Masonry
Course
Mr. Thomas Hall of James
Sprunt Institute has announced
that Bobby Watson, vocational
agriculture teacher at North
Duplin High School will teach
a brick masonery course for
adults.
Classes will meet each Mon
day and Thursday from 7 to
10 p.m. in the Vocational agri
culture building and will be
supervised by Mr. Dennis Pope
of the James Sprunt institute.
Anyone interested in taking
the course should contact Mr.
Watson.
Historical Society
To Moot
Duplin County Historical So
ciety will meet Sunday afternoon
January 21st at 3:& p.m. at
James Sprunt Institute.
Guest speaker will be Mr.
Mark Sumner, director of die
Institute, of Outdoor Drama at
the University of Horth Caro
lina at Chapel Hill.
All members are urged to
Rural Store
Looted
? The Duplin County Sheriff's
Department U Investigating a
break in of a rural store where
thieves made off Sunday night
With merchandise estimated In
^Mixcess of 12,000.
Entry wss gained into R. J.
(Buck) Whaley"s Store, Route 1.
Teeehey, located on Highway
11, to tripping the lock on the
double front doors with a flat
instrument. The door was un
damaged and obligingly left
locked after the merchandise
Listed among the items miss
ing were: Three TV sets. ahali
dryer, a steam iron, six radios
two shot guns, a blanket, eighty
canons of cigarettes eleven
pairs of ladles hose five
packages of cold capsules,
twelve boxes of An art n tablets,
ten ladles dresses, a quantity
of mens pants and shirts, a
fash^re^lster and the cash It
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George Casey (left) Vice President of Potters
Hill Water Association. Inc., and center pre
sident Elwood Maready discuss with Joe Lee
Cost in, Duplin County Sanitarian, their water
supply located on a one acre tract of land
purchased from Ralph Quinru This water supply
now takes care of less thai twenty members
In the rural community of Potters Hill. This
number Is expected to Increase as the facility
Is of a capacity to provide ample water for
75 to 80 members. (Photo by Ruth Wells).
A Dream Becomes A Reality
Potter* Hill, a thriving rural
community In the eastern part
of Duplin County has proven
that the Impossible can be ac
complished. They have a water
system!
To accomplish the "saemLng
ly Impossible" sometimes
takes longer, much longer be
cause In this instance It took
three years.
It all began when some civic
minded persons of the commu
nity were sold on the Idea of m i
adequate water supply by Bertl*
A. Parker, then PHA Supervi
sor of Duplin County, They se
lected the name "Potters Hill
^ Elwood*M1 * ady
Alton Taylor. Brenda Futral Is
secretary-treasurer.
Many obstacles had to be
overcome such as clearance
with the State Highway Depart
ment, Bridge Department,
Stream Sanitation, Utilities
Commission and of vital Impor
tance the FHA, and many oth
ers.
A long term loan was nego
tiated with FHA in the amount
of 114,800. A site was selected,
which proved unsuitable and a
second site selected and bids
let.
During the time of clearing
promoted^ to*the 'state Office,
LJUpun "'nA?
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RUbSCil ? tl UCPfc ? HIOillwY vM
The facility was planned for
expansion to provide water for
75 to 80 families. Presently
served by the facility are the
following members: Beasley
Williams. Alton Taylor, Elwood
Maready, Eldrldge Thlgpen,
Doral Worley, Ralph Turner.
Jonah Whaley, Earl Johnson.
Ellis Qulnn, WUlard Price,
Edsel Qulnn, Melton Ball, Pot
ter's Hill Community Building
Mrs. 0. W. Brown, Sherreu
Futral, and George Casey.
Joe Lee Coatin. County Sa
nitarian, has worked closely
with the group and given end
lessly of his time. His de
partment has continuously
sampled the pure water, aid
will continue to do so each
month. These s ample* are sent
to ss&r**d Myxiane
Duplin County's newest industry, Wallace Turkey Farms, Inc.
and General Manager Mr. Sam Wallace extend to you a cordial
Invitation to attend Open House at the new and modern facility
located just off highway 41, west of Wallace. Open House hours
are two and four p.m. Sunday, January 14,1968. This magnlflcient
Industry is a welcome addition to the area. (Photo by Ruth Wells).
Wallace Turkey Farms, Inc.
To Hold Open House Sunday
1 V.
Duplin's newest Industry,
Wallace Turkey Farpis, Inc. Is
holding Open House on Sunday,
January 14 from two to four
p.m. Ribbon cutting will beheld
at 2 p.m. The public is cor
dially invited to attend.
Wallace Turkey Farms. Inc.
has been in operation since
November 30 at which time a
training program was started.
Actual operation began Janu
ary 2 with approximately two
hundred employees.
Mr. Sam Wallace b General
Manager of the plant Jie and
his, wife and two sons, arcs 1^
and 6, are living in Rose Hill.
Mr. Wallace came to Duplin
County from Charlotte where he
had operated a plant of this
same type at York, South Caro
lina for the past seventeen
years.
, The new modernly constructed
building for turkey processing
is a 60,000 square foot concrete
block structure. The plant can
process over one million pounds
per week in a one shift ope
ration. Birds come from within
a fifty mile radius of the plant -
Duplin, Burgaw and Harrells.
After preparation for market
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the turkeys are shipped up and
down the Atlantic Coast.
The new plant which Is on a
fifty seven acre tract is located
about four miles west of Wallace
on the first hard surface road
to the right after passing Rock
fish Country Club golf course
on Route 41. The million dollar
plant Includes quick freeze and
storage facilities.
Officers of the locally owned
corporation are Arthur Wooten,
Maple Hill. President; Ed
Bowen, Harrells, Vice Presi
dent; Stephen Peterson, Har
trells, Tt*asurer; R'** Sw?*ji.
-Siler City, Secretar^TSi offi
cers* of the Corporation are
turkey growers, and the first
three named operate turkey hat
cheries.
Myron Olson is Plant Super
intendent. He came to Duplin
from Minnesota where he was
plant superintendent of one erf
the largest turkey plants in
Minnesota. Mr Olson is very
pleased with Eastern North Ca
rolina and its climate.
Plant Engineer is Keith Tay
lor.
Soil - Water Conservation
Duplin County became a part
pf the South Eastern District
of Soil Conservation years ago
along with Lenoir, Wayne, and
Sampson Counties.
A district may, be organized
by presentation of a petition
tflhe state department bearing
the name'of 25 registered vo
ters. The USDA sends a Work
Ufiit Conservationist, paid per
sonnel, who works under the
direction aR free District Su
pervisors. t non salaried po
sition.
These supervisors are re
sponsible for the promotion of
work in the district, three of
whom are elected on a three
year rotating system. The other
two are appointed by the State
Soil and Water Conservation
Committee.
Services of the Soil Conser
vation Service are available to
anyone upon request to the Dis
trict. .
Mr. Kenneth Futrell, who
came to the County in 1966,
is now the Work Unit Conser
vationist.
Elected supervisors are:
Calvin Mercer, Chairman; O. L.
Holland, Vice Chairman; and
William Sullivan Supervisors
appointed by the State Soil and
Water Conservation Committee
are E. V. Vestal and N. P.
Blanch ard.
The first district organized
in the entire United States was
Brown Creek District in Anson
County. This was in 1939. Now
there are 3000 districts in the
U. S.. and North Carolina is
covered one hundred percent,
however, all states are not co
vered.
Soil Conservation started as
Soil Erosion Service in the ear
ly 30s and outgrowth of the old
Quplin was just a few years
later in becoming a part of a
district program organizing in
1945. George Penney, now re
tired was the first Work Unit
Conservationist. Mr. Lewis VI.
Outlaw was one of the original
supervisors.
The Soil Conservation Dis
trict Supervisors in Duplin
County are working hand-in
hand with others planning agen
cies in the county.
Long range programs of work
are revised periodically as the
need arises.
Programs now in effect will
be published soon.
Anyone with problems con
cerning soil and water conser
vation that would like assistance
should contact one of the Soil
and Water Conservation Dis
trict Supervisors or the local
office of the Soil Conservation
Service.
SAM WALLACE
Jim Bunco, Popular
Extension Agent, Resigns
Mr. James F. (Jim) Bunce,
Assistant County Extension
Agent in Duplin since June 1956
has resigned, effective January
31, 1968.
Mr. Bunce has accepted a
position as County Extension
Chairman in Carteret County,
and plans to move to Beaufort
as soon as suitable housing can
be obtained.
A native of Cumberland Coun
ty, Jim grew up on a farm be
tween F ayetteville and Raeford.
He graduated from Seventy
First High School, attended
Presbyterian Junior College at
Maxton and graduated From
North Carolina State University
at Raleigh. He opened a voca
tional ^ricultural Department
In Jacksonville, wherehetaught
until coming to this county In
June 1956.
Many of the County Commu
nity Development Clubs were
organized and developed th
rough his efforts. More recently
he has worked with the live
stock program, and the feeder
pig sale established in the coun
ty was largely through efforts
exerted by Mr. Bunce. He has
also held swine schools and area
conferences proving very bene
ficial to breeders.
Mr. Bunce has introduced
the Duplin County farmers to the
Conthnied to pace 11
Magnolia Gets New Fire Truck
Magnolia, though not the lar
gest town in the county, has a
Fire Department and water sys
tem that many larger towns
might envy.
The latest piece of equipment
purchased by the department is
a new ftre truck. The 760 Ford
Dy America n La France was
recently delivered to the de
partment supplementing the In
ternational already in use by
the department. The department
now has three pumpers, (one
a tanker that carries 1100gal
lons of water) a panel truck,
*nd a venerator.
Fire Chief Melvln Pope said,
"The volunteer department only
has twenty two members now
and meets the first and third
Monday night. We expect to put
on a drive to increase our mem
bership soon as fire districts
are being set up and we will
answer out-of-town calls."
^ Chief Pope is ^assisted by <
|h;^Victor Parker; and J. P.
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Mr. Meleln Pope. Fire Chief of the Magnolia
fire department, proudly displays their-newest
place of equipment recently delivered to the
Department? fhe 118.000 truck, a 160 Ford by
j
American LaFranee, supplements the old In
ternational truck the department has been using
since Its^organisation many years ago. (Photo
veromen of for sighted men
who looked to the future. Some
years age a well was Installed
to supply adequate water arid a
pump installed i ap able of pump*
tag 800 gallons (rfwaterpermi*
nuts. The storage talk is a
65.000 gallon capacity and all
hydrogama are on sU and eight
in water main*. The town umo
Installed sewage several years
A ' i: ? : ? *
Or. C. L. Qulnn is serving s
Magnoii* as Mayor. Commis
sioners are: C. J. Thomas, AI
vtn Powell, Victor Par her, and