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VOL XXXV NO. 3 KENANSVILLE. N. C. JANUARY 18. 1968 PRICE 10* PLUS TAX
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& Error
No - this isnt the typeset
ter's mistake - Its the way we
feel. The Duplin Times
Progress Sentinel has the flu
this week and we don't feel like
even "trying" and are quite
sure it will be one big "Error",
this week and we don't feel like
even ' "trying" and are quite
sure it will be one big "Error".
Ruth Wells has quite a severe
case of flu and has been confined
to her home for sever al days ?
as I write this I can not help
but guess that if her usually
highly readable column "Well,
Well Wells I" appears at all
this week, it will be under the
by-line Sick, Sick Sick-"
And Ruby Campbell is a post
nn#raHiM na?(an? !???*
-r-. -??? g*e?*?*at. jvwi vai v?
Duplin General and confined to
her home.
Wlnford Howard has been
confined-to his home for several
days. He is at work now. Just
crawling around. Joarm, his
wife. Is still very -hoarse.
Jerry Wilson was out a couple of
days. That only leaves Ann and
Annie Louise. I believe you
would call us a cripped outfit.
I thought I had escaped -
but no such luck. Friday I
felt "funny" - % Friday Night,
there was nothing funny about
It. Just plain old Flu - "Asia
tic Flu", they say - well I
do not know any of the arler
tal languages - if It wdre
"French - Flu" 1 could quite
truthfully add, "Tres Beaucoup
Flu
some eminent <toctof predicted
epidemic this Wlntw %?hat
man Is either quite lucky *?r
else he knows his stuff - or
maybe "knows his 'Stuffy
II tl- L Li
iivaw ? IWJ UUC5 I US Or?"
dictions upon the lack of to
epidemic in the last few year*
- seems as if when you have ll
you become Immunized for a
while - If this is so - I should
be free from it for a long, long
time.
Just heard a newscast to the
effect that Judge Howard Hub
bard was stricken with the flu
while holding Court in New Han
over, and is confined to his room
at the Block-Runner Hotel at
Wrij^ttsrille Beach - Now we
have nothing but sympathy far
? JUdge Hubbard - But if the flu
makes him feel as ill andcross
as we do - it Just might be a
good time for all people to try
to stay out of Court. While
Judge Hubbyd is usually the
essence of patience - and noted
for Ms equanimity - if he has a
real case of the flu, he just might
lose Ms "Cool" I
Aebool
Ruth
County Commissioner Notes
2. f ? . * ;
The Duplin County Board of
Commissioners, at their ad
journed third-Monday meeting,
appointed the following to serve
on the Airport Committee:
Francis Oakley, Kenansvllle,
Chairman; W. N. Rand, Wal
lace, Vice Chairman, W. L.
Hennessee, Jr., Faison; Sam
Godwin, Warsaw; Fred Archer,
Magnolia; N. R. Mattocks, Rose
Hill; Harold Kornegay, Albert
son; Alfred Wells, Tear hey;
Ralph Cottle. Rt. 3, Pink Hill;
M. J. Lambert, Calypso; and
Raleigh Lanier, Beulavllle.
This committee was appoint
ed to evaluate the needs for
additional airports to serve bu
siness and industry in Duplin
County, as well as private
needs. It will be their job to
study present needs and attempt
to project future needs and make
recommendations to the Board
of Commissioners.
An appraisal committee to
work with the revaluation and
assessment team in the county
was appointed. Two members
at large from the county
appointed are Paul Smith, Wal
lace and Wtllard West brook, Al
bertson. One member was ap
pointed trom each township;
Warsaw - Llston Summerlln;
Faison - Nick Kalmar; Wolf
scrape - C. C. Ivey, Jr.; Glis
son - Remus Outlaw; Albert son
- J. D. Patterson; Smith-Weils
Thomas; Limestone - Wyatt
Hunter; Cypress Creek - Lloyd
Padrick; Island Creek - Lei and
Teachey; Rockfish - Joe L.
wuxiams; Hose Hill - Horace
Fussell; Magnolia - Warren
Bos tic; Kenansville - O. R.
Blizzard.
Mr. Claude Hepler, chaiman '
Continued to page II
Pictured left to rightrV. R Reynold. &unty
Extension Chairman. George D. West, Jimmy
Wayne Stroud, and P. Kretsch. Jr., Vice Pre
sident, Waccamaw Bank and Trust Cofcpany, |
Kenansyille, N. C. Stroud and West will attend
the short course in Raleigh.
West And Stroud Selected
Course In Modern Farmino
North Carolina bankers are
continuing their award-winning
service to agriculture through
the sponsorship of the annual
two-week short course in mo
dern farming at N.C. State Uni
versity at Raleigh. The 16th
annual session will be held
January 22 through February2,
1968. Scholarships for 1,650
young North Carol!anlans Invol
ved In agriculture have been
provided Dy the hornet own banks
since the short course began
In 1953.
This week, the County Key
Banker for Duplin County P.
Kretsch, Jr.. announced that
bvikers in this area will send
two young farmers to Raleigh
for the short course. Allexpen
ses will be paid by Waccamaw
Bank and Trust Company of
Kenansville, Rose Hill, and
Beulavllle, First National Bank
of Eastern North Carolina of
Wallace, Branch Banking and
Trust Company of Wallace, Sou
thern Banking and Trust Comp
any and Branch Banking and
Trust Company of Warsaw,
North Carolina.
Attending the short course
from this county will be: Jimmy
Wayne Stroud of Kentfisville,
ana George D. West df War
saw, N. C.
The course begins Monday
morning, January 22, and
ends on Friday, February 2. A
total enrollment of around ISO
Is expected. While ln^Raleigh
these future agricultural lead
ers will learn to evaluate mo
dern technology In a changing
agrl - business environment.
The short course deals with
the old reliable, the modern
CMttMKd to pace U
Ordinance
Establishes
Curfew
An ordinance establishing a
curfew for minors has been
passed by the Mayor and the
Board of Commissioners of the
Town of Warsaw.
The ordinance states that "on
and after the 22nd day of J ANU_
ary, 1968, It shall be unlawful"
For any minor to be found, with
out a useful purpose loitering
the public streets of the Town
of Warsaw, after the hour of
1:00 o'clock a.m. Any minor
violating the provisions of this
Ordinance shall be guilty of a
mlsdeameanor and such viola
tion shall be punishable by a
fine, not to exceed twenty-five
dollars, or shall be confined in
the common jail of the Town of
Warsaw until such time, not
to exceed thirty days, as he may
be released in the custody of his
parents or legal guardian."
This ordinance" was passed at
a regular meeting of the Town
Board members on the 8th day of
January.
Johnson
National
At the 30th Annual Convention
of the National Turkey Federa
tion held in St. Louis. Missouri,
last week, Marvin Johnson of
Rose Hill was elected to the
presidency of the organization,
succeeding John Morgan of Lay
ton, Utah . Mr. Johnson had
served as first Vice-Presi
dent during the past year.
Accompanying Mr. Johnson's
picture ana headlines of his
election in the convention news
sheet, National Turkey News,
was the following information
about him:
A country boy who got into
the turkey business in a small
way after serving in the Mer
chant Marine from 1943
45, Marvin started to ''get big"
in 1955 when he and his brother,
Bizzell, decided to produce
12,000 birds.
Operating on credit, they
raised what was then a tremen
dous number of birds for that
part of the country, and the
next year expanded again to
30,000 birds.
A year later, the brothers \
and their father decided to in
New President
Turkey Federation
MAHV1N JOHNSON
<-urporaie, increase tne nat
i
chery size and build a teed
mill ln 1 .. lAOrt. -I
linn, hi 11 ic cari y 13DU 5 tney
got into the processing phase
of the business.
In addition to his turkey and
ooultry interest, Marvin John
son is an avid golfer, a fisher
nan, a pilot with his own plane
and is an active member of
several poultry industry organ
zations. He is also a member
if the Masonic Order.
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klv. o^iftjison is married to
:he former Miss Grace Powello
Wallace. They are the parents of
our children - Ed, Diane, Bob
Continued to page 11
Wallace Turkey Farms, Inc.
Open House Well Attended
Duplin County's newest in
dustry, Wallace Turkey Farms,
Irvp.,'9j?eryed open house and
dedication Sunday afternoon.
Dedication ceremony, prom
ptly at 2 p.m. was followed by
ribbon cutting by young David
Wallace, son o f the plant mana
ger and Mrs. Sam Wallace.
Mr. Wallace welcomed the
some 2,000 guests attending,
and introduced the officers anc
stockholders of the industry,
Arthur Wooten of Maple Hill,
president; Ray Swain, Siler
City, secretary; Stephen Peter'
son, Harrells, treasurer; Wil
liam Peterson, board member
Other distinguished guest;
recognized were : Preston I
Ralford of Kenansville, execu
tive director of the Duplin De
velopment Commission, Mayo:
T. J. Baker, of Wallace and pre
sident of Wallace Progress Un
limited, H. L. Oswald.
Mr. Raeford acted as maste.
of ceremonies and introducei
other guests who spoke briefl
Including Charles Edwards, Co
ordinator of N. C. Economt
Development Commission
Glenn Hunt and Robert Leak of
the N. C. Department of Con
, servaiion and Development. Ra
leigh; James Graham. Coih-'
missioner. North Carolina De
partment of Agriculture, Ra
leigh; Congressman David N.
Henderson, Third Congres
sional District of North Caro
Una and a native nf Wall are
The new industrial operation
I was constructed at a cost of
more than $1,300,000. The firm
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is presently employing some
200 persons with an annual
payroll of $600,000 Employees
conducted tour, through fit
huge plant. t
The plant will buy turkeys 1
from area growers, pouring I
some six million additional dol
lars into the local economy.
Thank You Sir! Says Defendant
"Tom Thumb" Released
William Allen Hines, locally
known as "Tom Thumb", today
pleaded guilty to two counts of
Breaking, entering and Lar
ceny, bet ore the Honor able W.J.
Bundy. Active prison sentence
was suspended and defendant
was placed on probation.
The defendant was charged
with breaking and entering the
Strickland Oil Company and
Warsaw Sewing Plant, taking
only a small amount of change
and candy.
Tom Thumb is well known in
this areafrom early child hood - j
and has been the topic of con
versation whenever automobile
larceny takes place.
In making the plea, his court
appointed lawyer, Vance B.Ga
vin, stated that since Tom
Thumb was 12 years old (he is
now 28) he had spent thirteen
years in prison - and had made
five unsuccessful attempts to
escape for which he had re
ceived extra time.
Upon hearing the sentence,
Tom Thumb broke into a smile
eventhough his eyes were filled
with tears and said "Thank You
Sir! Thank you very muchl"
Judge Hubbard
Has Flu
Hon. Howard H. Hubbard,
Duplin's Resident Judge, and
now assigned to hold the Courts
in New Hanover County, is con
fined to his room at the Block
ade Runner Hotel with the Flu.
License Tags
r Mayor Earl Hatcher said City
i Tag Sales are lagging and urges
j residents of town, wno are re
quired by law to purchase these
c tags, to get their city license
plates now.
'
Blueberry Growers To
Meet In Wallace
Southeastern Blueberry Coun
cil Meets Today
Charles F. Hawes, Jr.. Pre
sident of the Newly organized
Southeastern Blueberry Council
Incorporated, will preside to
day, Jtnuary 18th, at the first
annual Open House meeting of
the Council which is being held
in die American Legion Post
Building in Wallace. The meet
ing opens at 9:4? a.m. and will
close at 4:30 p.m. At the prt^
sent time the council consists
of approximately 80 members
and all citizens who are inte
rested in the blaeberry Indus
try are invited to come. There
wul be discussion and plansfor
die continuing Improvement of
this industry th? has become
of great Inportance to the people
of the Southeastern area. The
, culture of blueberries now In -
terchangej from seoondtothlrd
rank in Importance of horticul
tural crape in this state.
This Southeastern Council IK
regional, with areas In Sour!
Caroi'ru, and pther blueberry
growing areas of die south in
cluded, and todays meeting will
be one of vital Interest to grow
ers for the Ir
cuss lor which will be of aid to
them.
The Illotment of $72 - 0.0Q
ipr annuity ^recently
The program for the day is
as follows:
Welcome..Charles Hawes.
Jr., President. Southeastern
Blueberry Council,
Program Preview.Joe
Brooks, Extension Horticul
tural Specialist, N. C. State
University.
Progress Through Research.
Continued to page 11
Choice
Morsels j
Wlwt's Next?
Hearts of unborn calves would
be preconditioned for ultimate
transplant into human beings |
under a research project dis
closed by Dr. Charles A. Huf- i
nagel, inventor of the first ar
tificial heart valve. He told the
Associated Press in Washington
that the technique, which could
lead to development of a liv- j
lng heart bank, will be the
"real breakthrough" in trans- 8
plant surgery. In Tei Aviv, an
Israeli surgeon replaced a da- f]
maged human heart valve with J
one taken from a calf.
Osattoued to page IX
Freak Accident
Kills Faison Man
Benny Ray Tucker, well
known young man of Falson,
died In Duplin General Hos
pital In Ken ana v 111 e Thursday
after suffering an accidental
pistol wound In his chest.
According to reports, young
Tucker, about 21 years of age.
was walking down the street In
Falsoo about9o'clock Thursday
morning when be slipped on the
Icy streets.
He fell to the street and the
gun he Is said to have been
carrying in Us pocket dts
he, together with Fire Chief
C. A. Precythe and Bill Hen
ri es see took the young man to
the hospital, where he suc
cumbed later.
Tucker was married slightly
less than a year wo to Miss
Glenda Martin, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. George Martin of East
College Street, Mount Olive.
Funeral services were con
ducted at 3 p.m. Sunday at the
Methodist Church by the Jftev.
John Roberts. Burial was in
? hi,
wife, are^riis P?rent^
Maintenance supervlsaiw for the County Boards of Education in eastern North
Carolina attended a worl^hop at the School Bus Gaage in Kenansville, Tuesday,
January 9th. Forty-five'counties were represented, which Included eighty school
units. The workshop was sponsored by the State Board of Education which
arranged for maintenance personnel and manufacturers, to discuss problems.
(Photo by Ruth Wells)
Eastern N.L. Maintenance bupervisors Meet
The North corellna State
Board of Education sponsored a
workshop on oil barbers and
boilers to better Inform the
county maintenance supervi
sors of modern trends In school
?TteKam6iL duirfJ
Mr. O. P. Johnson, superin
tendent of Duplin County Schools
welcomed the group to the
county and spoke briefly on
updating facilities.
The Divison Plant Operation
a Division of the State Board 6f
Education, was represented by
Mr. C. H. Jordan. Carson Den
scnted boiler manufacturers.
Stacy Barber, also of Greens
boro, represented Minneapolis
Honeywell Controls. Engineers
from a Chicago manufacturing
firm also attended. ?
. One official said "Duplin
County was chosen for the eas
tern meeting because of dm
: *4 '? ? ?*. k'.' ' s '? ? rvi>,.iu? t v
nance supervisor, Mr. Hubert
Tucker and all persons connect*
ed. And then too, your school bos
garage has the type of heat
which is now replacing coal
fired boilers to a large extent."
A second meeting was sche
dule d for the western half of
the state to be held this week
at Mars Hill.
These supervisors also
attend a short schoool each year
In My at Mars Hill College.
Tucker has attended about ten
of the annual schools which he
describes "a vacation for the
wives attending, but school for
the men."