Trial
& Error
DID HE OR DID HE NOT
see his shadow???? I'm speak
ing of the groundhog. In Pen
nsylvania there seems to
be quite an argument as in the
east it is argued that the fa
mous furry weather animal pok
ed his head out of a grey, rainy
dawn and stayed above ground.
In die west, on Gobbler's
Knob, followers predicted more
winter when the old groundhog
ducked back Into his burrow
after seeing hi s shadow.
Each group, of course, claims
its prediction is the official
one, so take your pick.
According to American folk
lore, the ground hog, or wood
chuck, awakens from his long
winter sleep on February 2.
He sticks his head out of his
home in the ground and looks
around.
If he sees his shadow he
crawltL back into his hole and
this T* supposed to mean that
therejgLll be six more weeks
If hewasn't see his shadow,
he stads out of his hole', and
this is supposed to mean tgst
spring weather soon will come.
World Book Encyclopedia's
article on "February*' says
bluntly, "Only superstitious
people believe this story,"
while Word Book's article on
"Ground-Hog Day" says more
tactfully, "Science has not con
firmed this"
So it seems that on the whole,
"SSSUMSHBt
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Overheard in a department
store as clerks discussed a
cash customer, "I suppose his
credit isn't good. He wlnts to
pay ca$h."
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Try on Cigarettes, a new
brand made with Insectldlde
free tobacco, will be introduced
to retail markets in North and
South Carolina and the Hampton
Roads area of Virginia, begin
ning this week.
Tne new brand has been test
marketed with gratifying re
sults In North Carolina and in
the Michigan cities of Grand
Rapids and Kalamazoo.
So we will have a new brand
soon.
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Cows Cause
Saturday night was a bad
night in Duplin County on cows
which reportedly caused at
least two traffic accidents, re
sulting in heavy property dam
age. No personal injury was
reported.
At 8:45 Saturday night, as
Warsaw policeman- Harold Mc
Cullen was enroute from his
home in the Oak Grove Com
munity to his job in Warsaw,
his 1965 Buick sustained dam
ages estimated at 500. when the
car struck two cows belonging
to 0. L Holland of Rt. 2 War
saw.
McCullen was traveling west
on rural paved road 1500 about
two miles, past Westbrook
Cross Roads. On meeting a car,
headed east, McCullen dim
med his lights and was blinded
by the high beams of the ap
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D. J. Fussell Announces
Commissioner 5th District
D. J. FUSSELL
Mr. D. J. Fussell, Sr. of Rose
Hill has announced his candi
dacy for the office of County
Commissioner from the fifth
district composed of Kenans
vilie. Magnolia and Rose Hill.
A life long democrat and a
native of Rose Hill, he is the
son of Mrs. Myrtle Jerome
Fussell of Rose Hill and the
late Mr. Oscar Fussell.
Mr. Fussell is a business
man. He is owner of D. J. Fus
sell Co.. President of Duplin
Construction Co., Inc. and
President of Fussell Construc
tion Co.
He is a member of the Rose
Hill Methodist Church, past
chairman of the official board,
and an active Steward for sev
eral years.
Interested in Civic affairs,
he has served as Mayor of
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Wrecks Demolish Cars -
Hospitalize Two !
Dense fog wfljich engulfed
the area on Friday morning
was blamed for an early morn
ing wreck on Highway 11 sbuth
of Kenansville.
Jimmy Barnette, young Ken
ans ville man, was on his way
to work in Wallace where he is
employed by Pilot Life Insur
ance Company. Between Max
well Creek and Elder Branch,
in a low area where "the fog
was thick enough to cut with
a knife," Carnell Wallace of
Teachey, driving a 1943 Ply
mouth attempted to pass an
other car. Barnette said it ap
peared that Wallace saw him
and headed for the ditch, then
changed his mind and pulled
nette head-on. Both cars were
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Beulaville Minister Named
DAVID C. HANSLEY
On January 28, 1968, at the
North Carolina Free Will Bap
tist Minister's Conference In
Ay den, North Carolina, The Re
verend David Charles Hansley
was selected by a secret panel
of juctees as me "Free Will
Baptist Minister of the Year".
Dr. W. Burkette Raper, Presi
dent of Mount Olive Junior Col
lege, who made the presentation
stated "You are to be highly
complimented for your dedica
tion and the quality of Chris
tian services you have rendered
to merit this recognition."
Mr. Hansley received this
award throuen his services
to the Beulavllle Original Free
Will Baptist Church, the Free
Will Baptist denomination, and
his community.
Mr. Hansley is well known to
Free Will Baptists in North
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E E Smith High
Schools To Host
District Music Clinic
The E. E. Smith High School'
will play host to Choral Direc
tors and Students of the Wil
mington District, at the Annual
Music Clinic to be held on
Wednesday, February 14, 1968
in the School Gymtorium.
Mr. Howard T. Pearsall, of
the Department of Music at A
and T University, Greensboro,
North Carolina, will be the clin
ician for the 1968 Music Cliinc.
County Council Names Mother Of Year
Mr.. Btfaal K Kornegay of Rt ^Albert** wa. n?id
Mother Of The Year at the Duplfc County Extension Home
makers Achievement Day held at the Agricultural Building In
Kenans vine Thursday, February L Mrs Kornegay win em
pete tor the state honor. (Photo by Ruth B Well.)
MRS. KORNEGAY NAMED
MOTHER OF THE YEAR
Mrs. Ethel Kornegav, Route 1.
Albertson, was named "Mather
of the Year" at the County
Council of Extension Home
Makers at the annual meeting
held Thursday, February 1, at
the County Agricultural Build
%he Is the mother of two chil
dren, J. D. Kornegay of Ke
nans vllle and Emily Lois Kor
negay Grady, who with her hus
band and three children live
with Mrs. Kornegay. Because
of her daughters handicap, Mrs.
Kornegay Is sometimes called
upon to play role of mother to
her grand children.
Mrs. Kornegay was bom near
Rose Hill. The daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Kll
Patrick, she attended high
school at Teachey, and the orl
slnal James Sprunt Institute In
Kenansville. She taught school
for three years prior to her
marriage to Shadrac k Daniel
Kornegay of Albertson.
An active member of Snow
Hill Free Will Baptist Church
for the past forty-five years,
she participates in all phases
m mm
of church work not only In the
local church, but also in the
district and state organizations.
She Is also active In civic af
fairs of her community.
"A member of the North
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TobaccoCoop.
Meets In
Burgaw
L, T. Weeks, General Mana
ger of Flue-Cured tobacco Co
operative Stabilization Cor
poration, and the Cooperative's
Director from District #5, Carl
T. Hicks of Walstonburg, an
nounced today Stabilization's
10th annual District Meeting for
flue-cured tobacco growers in
the district. District f5 includes
the following counties from the
Eastern Belt of North Caro
lina: Harnett, Sampson, Pender,
Onslow, Duplin, Wayne, and
Greene. The meeting will be
held in Burgaw, at the Court
House, on February 14, begin
ning at 2:00 p.m.
Both Weeks and Hicks stres
Cowtineed To Pajte St?
Host and distinguished guests at the Third District Meet
ing of the Auxiliary to the Medical Society of the State of North
Carolina held Friday at the Country Squire are seated (1 to r:)
Mrs. R. L. Summerlin, Dublin, Third District Councilor; Mrs.
Sarah 1?oBn. 'Jin. Oscar W*wine, K>vansvnle; antl ''
lira. E. L. Boyette, Chinquapin. Startling? Mrs. G. V. Gooding,
Kenansville; Mrs. H. T. Ray, Jr., Warsaw, President of the
Duplin Auxiliary; Mrs. Amos Johnson, Garland, National Di
rector to the American Medical Association; Mrs. John McCain
of Wilson, State President Elect; and Mrs. J^ W. Stranghar. ,
' Warsaw. * zjm f
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Duplin Host To Third District Auxiliary
L The Third District Ancillary
pto the Medical Society of the
State of North Carolina met on
jtf riday at the Country Squire,
? Kenans vilie, with the Duplin
County Auxiliary as host.
Registration bee an at 11 a.m.
and was conducted by Mrs. Paul
Bolin and Mrs. G. V. Gooding,
assisted by Mrs. J. W.
Straughan and Mrs. E. L.
Boyette.
On arrival each lady was
given a name tag furnisnedby
tne North Caollna Heart Asso
ciation, and a lovely corsage,
compliments of the'Florist Gift
Shop of Warsaw. Orchids were
presented to the District Coun
cilor. the guest speaker, the
county president, and the Na
tional Director, by the host
auxiliary.
A coffee hour was presided
over by Mrs. Oscar Red wine as
sisted bv Mrs. H. T. Ray, Jr.
Mrs. R. L. Summerlin, Dub
lin, the former Helen Waller
who like her husband is a Duplin
County native, Third District
Councilor, presided at the
meeting which was attended by
forty three members and three
guests.
Mrs. H. T. Ray, Jr., Presi
dent of the Duplin County Auxi
liary, welcomed the guests.
Following the Auxiliary Pledge
of Loyalty, guests were recog
nized, as were County Presi
dents who reported on various
projects in their counties.
A report of the nominating
committee fTom Onslow County
nominate d Mrs. Glenn Best oi
Clinton as the next District
Councilor, who was unanimous
ly elected. Mrs. Tom Marsh
burn of Wilmington extended an
invitation to tne 1969 Third
District Meeting io Wilmington.
Mrs. Amos Johnson of Gar
land, who is one of the twelve
Directors to the American Me
dical Association. Introduced
the speaker. ^
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High light of the meeting
was guest speaker Mrs. John
McCain of Wilson who is State
President elect of the Auxi
liary. Mrs. McCain, theformer
Betty Ray of Falson expressed
pleasure on returning to her
home county and praised the
eight counties for the fine work
the y have done. She also brought
treetings and remarks from tne
tate President, Mrs. E. C.
Clayton, Asheville, who was un
able to Mend because of wea
ther condition.
Mrs. Paul Bolin gave the in
vocation after which a four
course luncheon was served.
The Third District Auxiliary
to the Medical Society is com
posed of eight counties. They
are Duplin, Sampson, Onslow,
Columbus, Bladen and New
Hanover. Pender and Brunswick
counties are included in the New
Hanover Auxiliary.
Following the luncheon door
prizes were awarded to the
lucky numbers. These prizes
were donated by: Warsaw Floral
Company, Warsaw; Warsaw
Drug Co., Warsaw; Gowans
Drug, Wallace; Grahams Drug
Wallace; Bostic Drug, Beula
vllle; and Kenansville Drug,
Kenansville,
Favors were donated for the
occasion by Southern Bank and
Trust Co., Warsaw; Home Fe
deral Savings and Loan Asso
ciation, Warsaw; Branch Bank
ing and Trust Co., WasawjFlo
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Jaycee Survey Reveals
Sentiment Warsaw Citizens
Warsaw Jaycees have pre
sented to the Warsaw Town
Board results of a recent sur
vey on what Warsaw people feel
would help to make the town a
better community in which to
live.
Jaycee spokesma n Gerald
Quinn said : "These question
airies were placed in the three
local banks, among other
places, and the public was in
vited to check the items that
would help make Warsaw abet
ter place in which to live. We
are very pleased with the par
ticipation."
Garbage Collection on a bi
weekly basis was the num
ber one item, with library rat
ine, second, and restaurants
third. Quinn explained that the
lack of a restaurant uptown,
convenient to the working peo
ple, placed this item high on the
list.
Competing for fourth place
were: public meeting places
for teenage social activities;
playground for children, teen
agers; and job opportunities.
| Storm water drainage, postal
service, community planning &
development, and community
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Ingram Named Controller Road Agency
Raleigh - A veteran State
Highway Commission employee
has been named Controller for
the road agency by Chairman
J. M. Hunt, Jr.
William M. Ingram, Jr.. who
joined the Highway Commission
as Assistant Secondary Roads
Officer In 1957, has been ap
pointed to the Commission's top
financial post, succeeding John
L. Allen, Jr., who resigned
effective January 31.
In the four years from 1957
to 1961, Ingram helped to or
ganize the newly created Secon
dary Roads Department and re
mained in that department until
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Paul Harvey Keynotes boutheastern
Poultry Convention With Address
Dennis W. Ramsey, of the
Ramsey Feed Company in Rose
Hill, reports that one of the
most Interesting features of the
Southeastern Poultry Conven
tion recently held in Atlanta
was the Keynote address of Paul
Harvey of the American Brood
casting Company ose speech
was the kick-of: for the con-. '
vention program.
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Mr. Harvey Is a dynamic
radio news analyst, a commen
tator on the times, a writer,
humorist and world traveler. He
has often been called the "Burr
under the saddle of the Ame
rican Conscience*. For his
distinctive ahilirv he has re
ceived seven honorary doc
torate degrees, and manv clta
I tions aid swards. He Is a mem
ber of Oklahoma's (his home
state) Hall pf Fame and Ms
forty-three 'broadcasts that
have been listed In the Con
gressional Kecord has set m
all-time high record. M?'s
Who amends.its Using of Har
vey each ye?r to haafi up
iriAitnVinrt | ^ jj_
taoks,?idthe h
,
newspaper column.
Mr. Harvey's talks alwqrs
carry a lively and pertlnent-to
the-tlmes message which hede
livers with however-like blows
that punch them intoyur con
sciousness u> stay. The Poultry
Times. Weekly tews-niag.irtne
At- 5 WILLIAM M. WGRAM. JR.
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