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With the opening of Liberty
Hall soon approaching, the
Times is doing an historical
?'i ' sketch of Kenansvllle and sur
rounding area and die Kenan
family. We ask for the help
of citizens of Kenansville who
might have old pictures of the
town and old historclal records
which would be of Interest to
publish in our story.
If you have such information
which you would like to share
please contact us at once. Work
on the edition Is already In pro
gress.
This week has been politic
ians week In oar office. Most
everyone running has dropped
tn to chat with us. Even some
one politicking for Senator Mc
Carthy.
We were very glad to see
Harvey Boney, who we hadn't
seen for many years past. Mr.
Hamilton came In to see us,
Russell Lanier, LeRoy Sim
mons. Dave Henderson and
many others. It is a busy time
around tli^ county.
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Mr. Henry Belk In theGold
sboro News-Argus says: "So
far as I am concerned it is a
toss up as to whether Mel Bro
ughton or Boll Scott provides
the most awful# ampaign music.
Mel haa a swtn| band planking
T for him and Bob has squealing
^pagpiV^muado, doing its besv,
or worst, for Mm.'/... "Whar
* dUIC SOW BrmwMen and SCptt
the music fortheir campafcs
assuredly is' a mightly good
salesman."
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Attend the Azalea
Festival April 18 - 21
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The Reverend Wilbur Carroll
Teachey, pastor of Grace Meth
odist Church in Clinton, will be
the guest evangelist at revival
sendees at the Warsaw Meht
odlst Church. Services will be
held at eight o'clock each even
ing Sunday, Aprii 21 through
Friday, April 26. Reveren
W. R. Crowder is pastor of the
church*,,
Rev. Teachey is a native of
Rose Hill where he attended
Rose Hill High School. He re
ceived his education at Bob
Jones University in Greenville,
South Carolina, Pembroke State
College in Pembroke, and Duke
University in Durham.
He is in his fifth year at
Grace Methodist Church. Pre
viously he served 4 years at
Carvers Creek Methodist Ch
ut ch in Council and 6 years on
' the Cerro-Gordo-Olivet Charge.
MIUS#
del-Concern* tf theNorth?ar
olfna Conference of the MR1>
odlst Church; Goldsboro, Dis
trict Director of Christies So
cial Co ncerns; member of the
North Carolina Conference Te
levision and Radio Film Com
mission; and a member of the
Clinton Recreation Committee
Advisory Council. He has just
completed two yean as presi
dent of the Clinton Ministerial
Association.
Rev. Teachey Is married to
the former Sylvia Boyette of
Clinton. ?id they reside * 101
Doris Avenue in Clinton.
SPECIAL MUSIC
Special music is being ob
tained for each evening during
the revival. The Reverend Dor -
wood Pelletier ^Warsaw will
direct the congregational sing
ing. Mrs. Walter P. West is
church organist.
On Sunday evening a quar
tet composed of Mrs. W. J.
Mlddleton. Jr., Mrs. Dorothy
Johnson, Mrs. J. T. Gresham,
and Mrs. J. P. HArmon. ac
companied by Mrs. Rachel Bow
den at the organ will present
the special music. This group
is from the Warsaw Presby
terian Church.
On Monday evening Miss
Karen Deluca of the Bowden
Presbyterian Church will sing,
and she will be accompanied
by Miss Barbara Raynor of
Calvary Baptist Church at the
piano.
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Cooper Art Show
The annual outdoor Art Show
will-he presented Sunday after
nodh, April 33 from 3 until
<4*6 p.m. at the Jack Cooper Home
1 miles South of Rose Hill on
Highway in.
The art work in Che exhibit
has been done by the 50 art
students of Margaret Cooper
and rat^ fasaa elementary
E2Eoiive'
"The p**ers and I invite
the public to come JBfcavlew
the work done during iWffrast
school rear and enjoy mat we
hope will be a lovely spring
afternoon out of doors," said
Mrs. Cooper. In the event
of rain the show will be held
Sunday, April 28.
Wallace Receives Grant
For Water-Sewer Expansion
Wallace was one of three
? astern North Carolina com
munities which will expand
water and sewer facilities with
federal grants and loans It was
announced Monday.
Sot. Everett Jordan's office
said that water-sewer loan of
9259,000 and a grant of the
same amount had been approved
for Wallace. Expansion of the
faculties will help create 100
new jobs at the J. P. Stevens
textile mill.
The other two communities
are Engelhard In Currituck Co.
and Severn In Northampton Co.
The new facilities will serve
20 other commercial and 100
residential users.
.The loans and grants were
made by the Economic Develop
ment Administration of the De
partment of Commerce under a
program to stimulate economic
growth In low-income areas.
ir^ tfle new service are: {se at ed^fel^^lr. Robert Peare,
Executive Vice President of Management Data Processing
Svsteetj^. toe, of Clifton, N. J. ; P. B. Ralford. Executive
t" *?' >*? *#'*?
Director flf Duftlln Development Commission. (Standing)* (I)
Mr. Doyg Ptgfcftfc Regional Vice President of the firm also
a native of Calwpso; (R) Mr. B. C. Albrktoo, Mayor of Calypso
an ^President of the Calypso Development-Corporation.
^hu neauc i ict
The selection of Calypso for
the location of a data process
ing service was announced this
week by Mr. Robert Peare, Ex
ecutive Vice President of Man
agement Data Processing
System, inc., Clifton, N. J.;
Mr. B. C. Albrltton, Mayor
of Calypso and President of the
Calypso Development Corpor
ation; and Mr. Milford Qulnn,
Chairman of the Duplin Devel
opment Commission. Mr.
Peare said that Mr. Doug Pig
ford, Regional Vice President
of the firm and a native of
Calypso, will manage the Caly
pso facility.
P. B. Raiford, Executive
Director of the Duplin Develop
ment Commission, stated that
data processing service is be
ing used by many businesses
of the area and that location
of this firm in the county will
be an assetto existing in<nu^H|^^,?
and business as well as b^J
an added attraction to prospefl
tive new industry consMerln^^^^^l
this section of the sta*. He
said'that nearness aLaWtfacU
lty to clients to oe serviced
would help expedite the work
being performed for them. He
further stated that to be able
to announce the location of a
data processing firm in the
county verifies the fact th?
one type of industry will in
spire the location of other types
of Industry and business ser
vies to locate here.
In commenting on the selec
tion of Calypso as the location
for Management Data Process
ing Systems, Mr. Plgford stat
ed that information developed
by a survey proved beyond any
reasonable doubt that Duplin
Couijty and eastern North Caro
lina is ^r^lng ar a rap?<l pace 33
and there Is a need for the ser
vice His firm is establishing at
Continued To Page Two
In spile of die great number
of fatal accidents in the state
during the Easter weekend, Du
plin County was roost fortunate.
A prediction of 20 fatal accid
ents for the state was made
for the wee&nd. It was far
exceeded when the number rea
ched 40.
Duplin had a few qjitoar ac
clients and only two which In
volved Injuries, but no deaths.
However death lurked in the
adjoining counties of Pender
and Wayne.
On Easter Monday about
10:30 a.m. William Minenew. Jr.
of East Boney Street, Wallace
Cwttmie? to Pace ?
Holiday Accidents
un LI ISA HO U?l
The Dean's List for the
fall semester of the present
academic year at Campbell Col
lege was announced this week
from the office of Dean A. R.
Burkot,
The Following students from
Duplin were honored for acad
emic achievement:
Judy Ann Keebaugh of Calypso,
Nida Ophelia Brltt of Falson,
Lewis Weldon Brock of Rose
Hill and Janie M. Strickland
of Warsaw.
Miss Blueberry Queen To Visit
WILMINGTON, N.C. - The
reigning Blueberry Queen,
Pamela (Pam) Zollars of Fay
ettevllle, will visit the North
Carolina .Asalea Festival at
Wilmington as a special west.
and will take part in many of
the activities.
Miss Zollars is a lovely
young lady who already has won
many honors, with the title of
Blueberry Queen among the
New Store Hours In Wallace a
New (tore hours have been
set by Wallace merchants.
It was announced this week
that at a recent meeting of the
Merchants Association of the
Wallace Chamber of Commerce
a complete schedule of store
hours was adopted.
These new hours will be in ef
fect for the remainder of 1968:
Wallace stores will open at
9:30 a.m.
Closing hours will be 5:30 p.m.
on Monday. Tuesday and Thurs
day; 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday:
9:00 p.m. on Friday; 7:00 p.m.
on Saturday.
These hours will he effective
year 'round, it was pointed out.
Stores Open PrMajr Nights
Added Convenience
With the new opening and
cloning schedule for Wallace
stores beginning this week, fc"i-.
day night, April 19, will m#k
the first Friday night that local
stores will be open until 9:00. |
Children will toe admitted to
the Danca Theatre free for this
special Friday night so that
their parents might shop.
"We cordially invite our
friends and patrons to take ad
vantage cf this opportunity for
convient shopping," a spokes
man for the merchants group
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Wallace - Rose Hill Minors i
To Present Finian's Rainbow I
The musical comedy, FI
NIaN'S rainbow will be pre
sented by the senior class of
Wallace-Rose Hill High School
on Thursday, Friday, and Mon
day, April 25, 26. and 29. The
performance will be presented
at the Wallace Elementary Sch
ool Auditorium.
Director of the play is Mrs.
Sam Glasgow, faculty member
and one of the senior sponsors
at Wallace-Rose Hill High Sch
ool. Mrs. Glasgow commented,
"The play FINIAN'S RAINBOW
is one which I feel will be a
Ceatinaed to Pace I
Burlington Rotary Choir Boys To Appear
The Burlington Rotary Choir
Boys will appear at the Ken
ans ville Elementary School
Auditorium on Friday night,
April 19, 1968 at 8 p.m. This
is being sponsored by the Tar
Heel Fine Arts Society rod
James Sprunt Institute.
Sixty (60) boys between the
ages a 9 and 12, who have ex
ceptional singing voices and
musical ability, comprise the
choir. They come from eight
elementary and two Junior high
schools in the Burlington Cfty
Schools, aid rehearse for a
least a year prior to becoming
members of the performing
choir.
This choir is the only one
of its kind in North Carolina.
The choir is sustained by the
Burlington Rotary Club, whose
members provide financial a
ssistance, and theparents of the
choir boys who work vigorous
ly on various committees it
meeting the needs of the per
formers. During the past eight
years, the boys have sung in
90 programs to an audience of
'?*r musical repertoire
will range from the early chur
ch music of Palestrina to the
contemporary music of the 20th
Hie public Is Invited to at
tend. Admission will be by sea
son tickets, and Uclmts^(adults
* T& choTu beingbraught
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Prominent leaders of the turkey Industry
Joined other poultryraen and legislators at the
nation's capitol recently to discuss major Issues
facing broler turkey md egg Interests. A
special reception following abusy day of ae
number of poultrrmen md iegtsiscors to ?
acquaint them with problems rnd Issues facing J
the Industry. . a
Front left to right: BUI Griffin, Monroe, I
North Carolina; SenHor & E*er5L^rufS"
North Carolina: andMarrlnJolsisoy wowWUl.
SSStortxf ^Ew^Ssocl*^ |
Azalea Festival
most coveted. She Is a senior
at Methodist College In F ayette
vllle, and her hobbles are cre
ative writing, poetry, and ab
stract art.
She plans to teach In the
elementary grades when she
finishes college. She is the
daughter of Mrs. R. W. Zollars
and the late Major R. W. Zol
lars,
Among her titles have been
"Miss Flame" of Cumberland
County, "Miss Congeniality"
in Fayetteville Miss Teenager
Pageant, "Miss 82nd Airborne
Division" in 1965, Homecoming
Queen at F ayettevllle High
School in 1964, and May Queen
at Methodist College last year.
Calypso Location of Data Processing Service 1
Revival Begins Sunday Evening
At Warsaw Methodist Church '