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VOL XXjft NO. 80 KENANSV1LLE. N.C. MAY 16. 1968 ^ PRICE 10* PLUS TAX
Trial
& Error
Saturday in Kenansville will
be a day that will be long re
membered by the people of
Kenanavffle - ? when we enter
tained the Kenan Family.
I win eay that I have never
work as was shown in the
town.
It waa real exciting last week
to ride around town and see
that everyone was busy getting
yards in tip-top condition. I will
venture to say that every lawn
in town was freshly mowed.
Almost every woman in town
sprat Friday and Saturday
morning in the kitchen, pre
paring (or the big luncheon.
But when they arrived at Ken
an. Memorial Auditorium, you
would have never known it. for
every one was dressed their
prettiest and served the SOS
people as if it were an occasion
which happened every day in
Kenansville. Everything was so
well organised, that no one per
son was burdened.
The auditorium was beautiful
and the flower arrangements
or the tables were most gorge
ous. They were done by the
Warsaw Garden Clubs. Among
the most unique and beautiful
arrangements that I have ever
seen were the arrangements on
the head table. They were
made with strawberries and
white rose buds and arranged
in pint strawberry cups.
But speaking of flower ar
rangements, 1 hop* that you
saw the arrangements in Lib
Thsr- wste out eg
this world and they were also
arraaged by the Warsaw Gar
den Clebs. in helping to direct
the tours through thwhome on
Sunday aftatnooa, I heard so
many wonderful comments on
the flowers.
And speaking of tours thro
ugh liberty Hall Sunday. Al
most S00 persons visited the
home. The new beautiful at
traction in Kenansville is lov
ely.
I received this letter today
from Tom Kenan III.
Dear Mrs. Grady:
I would like to express my
personal thanks to you for the
manner In which your pgwr
gave coverage to the opening
of Liberty Hall on Saturday.
I would also like to thank
the people of Kenmsvllle and
Duplin County for their graci
ous hospitality extended to the
members of my family and
other out of town guests.
Saturday was a meaningful
day to all of us and one mat
will linger for many years In
our hearts. _
Gratefully,
Tom S. Kenan, III
Britt Selected For
Governor's School
BILL ERITT HI
William Gordon Br lit III has
been selected as the 1968 James
Kenan (and Duplin County) dele
gate to attend The Governor's
School of North Carolina at
Salem College, Winston-Salem,
N. C. The Governor's School,
a summer program for 400
Selected Juniors and seniors
from North Carolina second
ary schools, is an experimen
tal school operated by the State
Board of Education, ft has
been established to provide a
a program for highly gifted
or talented high school stud
ents.
Bill, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. G. Britt, Jr., of War
saw, has compiled an exception
al record in his seventeen
years. His service to school,
community, and church has been
outstanding.
His scholarship is attested
by the fact that me Chief
Marshal and a member of the
National Beta Club. Further
school honors have come from
work In the Library Club. For
ensic Club, Future Business
Leaders of America Club, and
the Yearbook Staff.
BUI likes sports and music,
and has found time for swim
mine (Mile Swim Award, BSA),
the DasketbaU team, tennis
team, band, and chorus. These
interests have been furthered
by membership in the Mono
fram Club and the Tarheel
lne Arts Society. James Ken
an has honored nim as Student
of the Month in the Kenan Krler
for these school activities.
BUI has rendered dedicated
service to the First Baptist
Church of Warsaw. This ser
vice has included the Presid
ency of his Sunday School class,
six years as a choir member,
and participation in "YouthFar
ces Life" on WRAL-TV.
UNICEF and the Heart Fund
has claimed his time in com
munity service, but It is as a
member of the Boy Scouts of
America that BUl's record (s
particularly outstanding A
mong numerous honors are in
cluded the following Scouting
highlights: Order of(he Arrow
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Assault On
Mother Draws
T Sentence ,
Cases heard in Superior
Court of Duplin County last
week before Judge William J.
Bund ay of Greenville Included:
JAMES BRWKLEY GRA
HAM, 27, Beulavllle received a
two year prison term for assault
on a female, his mother. The
incident took place on February
17. Testimony revealed Graham
had been drinking and chased
his mother into tne back yard
where the assault took place.
MOSES LEE WASHINGTON,
16, migrant farm laborer from
Mississippi received a 21
months suspended sentence
after he pled guilty to assault
with a deadly weapon with intent
to kill. Washington shot Thomas
Player, 22, of Rose Hill at a
Magnolia night spot following
a dispute over clothing. Wash
ington was placed on probation
for two years and ordered to
pay court costs and $100 to the
clerk of court for Player's use.
NORWOOD WEST, 26, of
Beulavllle received a two year
prison sentence for breaking
and entering. West robbed
Beulavllle's largest Depart
ment Store, the I. J. Sandlln
Co. store of $200 worth of
clothing.
Rose Hill P. N. Student
Wins State Award
Luncheon And
Bake Sale
The ladles of Kenansvllle
Methodist Church will serve a
luncheon and have a bake sale
in the Fellowship Hall of the
church. The date will be Mon
day, May 20 from 11:30 a.m.
until 2 p.m. Everyone is cor
dially invited to attend and en
joy lunch with them.
Mrs. gldon-E. Brown, of
Rose Hill who' Is * student in
the Pr*?teal Nursing Tracing
class at James Spruit InscKuce
has recently won first place in
an essay contest for the st*e
of Nortn Carolina. The topic
of her essay was "Why I Chose
a Licensee Practical Nursing
Career."
There are thirty-three Prar
ctical Nursing Schools in North
Carolina, and all students were
invited to'write essays on the
subject. After being Judged on
the local level the winning ess ay
from each school was submitted
to a statewide committee of
judges to determine the winner
fpr the State.. Mrs. Brown was
tfirst plaoe and in the final
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Piano Recital
Mrs. W. J. Middlfton, Jr. wiU
present her secoad through sev
enth grade studpnts in Piano
Recital on Fridly night. May
M. The recital will be held in
the Warsaw Junior High School
Auditorium at 8;00 p. m.
She wfll present her eighth
through twelth grade students
in piano Recital on May 23, at
8:00 p. m. This recital will also
be held at the Warsaw Junior
High School Auditorium.
|^The public is oordially invit
, Piano Recital,
Mrs. Ben Bowden will pre
sent her music students In re
cital, Friday, May 17, 1968, at
the Warsaw Junior-High School
at 8:00 p.m.
The public Is cordially In
vited to attend.
Trainable Class Program
The Rose Hill Trainable
Class of the Duplin County Cha
pter of the N. C. Retarded
Children's Association will give
their annual class program on
Friday evening, May 21. at 8
p.m. at the Rose Hill Elemen
tary School.
There are 12 children in the
class and each child will have
a part on the program. There
will be action songs, reci
tations, and short plays on the
brief program, which will be
followed by a social hour.
All members of the Retard-^
ed Children's Association of.]
Duplin County are invited to at- J
tend and all people who#&4n
terested in these children are
urged to come to stfare the ev
ening with them. It will be an
occasion of triumph and pride
for both the children and their
teachers.
Honor Student
GREENSBORO ? Polly Eli
zabeth Waist on of Warsaw was
among the 120 juniors at the
University of North Carolina at
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FLASH!
Word has been received that
Pfc. Dennis E. Basden of Beu
laville has been identified as
one of the seven North Carolina
military personnel killed in
Vietnam.
Pfc. Basden is the husband of
Mrs. Nancy C. Basden of Beu
laville and the son of Mrs.
Viola Basden. His father is de
' -ceased.
Full details have not been
released about his death.
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Open house was observed
Friday, May 10 at the Pink
Hill Florist, the town's new
est business establishment.
Located on 112 East Broad
way Street the shop will offer
a complete floral service.
Mr. and Mrs. EveretteHar
per are owners of the shop
which will be managed by Mr.
Harper.
Prepared to arrange flowers
for all occasions, they will also
provide fixtures normally used
in church and home weddings.
Free delivery will be pro
vided to Lenoir and Duplin
County churches, hospitals and
homes. Arrangements are be
ing made for telegr aph delivery.
Mr. Harper is a Free Will
Baptist Minister and Is present
ly pastor of Piney Grove
Church. He Is a native of the
Pink Hill-Deep Run area while
Mrs. Harper is anatlveof Whlt
evllle. Both are active In the
civic and religious life of the
ares.
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Pictured here is in architect's sketch of the proposed new
building for the Warsaw Office of Home Federal Savings and
i oan Association, \
Godwin Building Company of Warsaw was low bidder md was
awarded the contract by action of the Board of Directors of
Home Federal Savings on May 8. 1968, aoeording to J. V.
Brittle. President. ?&.
This new building will enable us to provide better cwtlce
to our growing family of savers and home - buy*-s In the War
saw area. In appreciation for their continued confidence and
good will. Brittle stated.
Pierce To
Give Recital
Herschel Pierce, pianist,
will give a recital on Tuesday,
May 21, 8:00 P.M., at Beulavllle
School Auditorium. Program Is
as follows: Handel -deSivrai
Gavotte; Mozart - Sonata, K
300H; Beethoven - Sonata, opus
90s Chopin - Polonaise In E-h at
minor, Nocturne In B-flat
minor. Etude In E major. Bal
lade in A-flat major; Listz -
Etude in D-flat major.
There will be no admission
charge. The public is cordially
Invited.
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Liberty Hall Officially Opened Saturday
Kenans Were
Honored At
Luncheon
"Not for destruction, but for
preservation," pronounced
Mrs. Dan K. Moore, summing
up Saturday's celebration offi
cially opening Kenans ville's
proud new showplace, Liberty
Hall.
Guest speaker at a com
munity luncheon honoring the
Kenan family held at Kenan
Memorial Auditorium, the
North Carolina governor's wife
declared it was pleasant in the
present time af war to come to
a place of quiet peace.
Liberty Hall, an historic
ante bellum mansion, was re
novated by the Kenan family
and given to Kenansville, Dup
lin's county seat, which took
its name from the illustrations
Revolutionary patriot, Gen.
James Kenan.
"The Kenans, who emigra
ted to America about 1736, were
one of the greatest families ever
to come to North Carolina,"
Mrs. Moore said.
"Truly this family has help
ed build the United States and
more Important to us, North
Carolina. They have frequent
ly led and never hesitated to
follow. The Kenans have al
ways shared with their fellow
man."
Mrs. Moore expressed ap
preciation to Thomas S. Kenan
III of Durham, N. C., chairman
of the Liberty Hall Restoration
Commission, and to his family
for their gift. Thomas Kenan
had shown an interest in the
preservation not only of his
ancestral home, but also of the
Executive Mansion at Raleigh,
she said.
For more than 200 years,
the Kenan family has taken
its place in North Carolina in
religious, educational, medical
and legal fields and it will con
tinue its role of leadership,
said Judge Howard Hubbard,
Judge of the Superior Court.
Daring two centuries, Kenans
had contributed continuously to
the growth of this country.
"The Kenan family has a
strong strain of blood and
brains," Judge Hubbard said,
"and I am old-fashioned enough
to believe that good blood has
told and will tell."
Liberty Hall will be a sour
ce of pride, pleasure and ed
ucation to the people of the
community and to all who visit
it, Judge Hubbard concluded.
Identifying himself as the
brother of the oldest living
Kenan and the father of the
youngest ? his 13-month-old
daughter Lisa ? Frank H.Ken
an of Durham thanked the lad
ies of Kenansville for the de
licious luncheon they prepared.
"As you go through Liberty
Hall, you will get a good idea
of Southern hospitality, which
Is known the world over," he
said. "We have an interest in
things of beauty and an apprec
iation for them."
Frank H. Kenan brought the
inheritance rights to Liberty
Hall from his two sons and
his nephew and then deeded the
house and 15 acres of land to
the Duplin County Board of
Education in 1964.
"It is heartwarming to see
the number of people who came
to the opening and we hope you
will all return frequently to
Liberty Hall," Thomas S. Ken
an III said.
He expressed his thanks to:
his father^ Frank H. Kenan;
to the Sarah Graham Kenan
Foundation; to the Flagler Fou
ndation, founded by Mrs. Jessie
Kenan Wise and represented at
the luncheon by Lawrence Le
wis, Jr. of Richmond; to the
William R. Kenan, Jr., Char
itable Trust, prepresented by
Trustee John L. Gray, Jr. of
Connecticut; architect William
Boney of Wilmington; contract
or Robert B. Herring of Rose
Hill; Brunschwig and Fils, re
presented by Mrs. Murray Do
uglas of New York; John E.
Winters of New York, interior
consultant; Mr. and Mrs. John
N. Kalmar of Faison , who
loaned furnishings; and to mem
bers of the Liberty Hall Res
toration Commission, espec
ially vice-chairman O.P.John
son and secretary-treasurer F.
W. McGowan.
"It has been a labor of love
for us and we've enjoyed every
moment of it," declared Mr.
Johnson, chairman ofthelunch
eon meeting.
Vance B. Gavin, senior
member of the Duplin County
Bar Association, presented a
watch to Thomas Kenan, as a
token of community apprecia
tion for his efforts in present
ing Liberty Hall toKenansville.
While Kenansville had no
keys to the city to give, Mr.
Kenan, "Always remember you
have the key to our hearts,"
Mr. Gavin said.
Grace before the meal was
spoken by Rev. Lauren R.
Sharpe, pastor of the Kenans
ville Baptist Church.
During the luncheon, the
ghost 'if Thomas Kenan, the
first of the family to settle In
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Mrs. Dan Moore, wife of Governor Moore,
who cut the ribbons for the dedication of Li
berty Hall, the ancestral home of the Kenans.
Standing on her left is Bishop Thomas Wright,
who made the dedicatory prayer. In the back
ground is Mrs. Mattie W. Sadler, one of the
Curators of Liberty Hall. Liberty Hall was
opened to the public on Sunday, May 12 with
more than 500 visitors.
(Photo by Ruth P. Grady)
Murder - Rape
Among Cases In
Superior Court
Last week's Superior Court
Calendar in Duplin County in
cluded at least two major
crimes-murder and rape.
An argument over a trivial
matter resulted in major con
sequences for a Smith's Town
ship man.
Mitchell Parker. 20 of Rt.
2, Pink Hill received a 25 year
prison sentence for murder.
The sentence was imposed
by presiding judge William J.
Bundy after Parker pled guilty
to murdering Pearlie Herring,
62, also of Smiths Township,
on last March 30.
Evidence brought out at the
trial showed Parker, who had
been hired by Herring to take
him home from a neighbors
house, stopped the car at the
mail box rather than deposit
ing Herring at his door.
A fight followed the argu
ment wnich ended in murder.
Both men were negroes.
A sentence of 14 years In
prison was imposed by Judge
Bundv upon James H. Pollock
26. of Wallace.
Pollock was convicted of
raping a 13 year old Wallace
girl on last April 19.
Evidence at the trial show
ed that Pollock was visiting
at the home of the teenager
watching television with her
parents.
He reportedly left the home
and grabbed the girl when she
c ame out of the house.
Pollock is married and Is
the father of three children.
First Strawberry Sale From 4-H Chain
By: George Johnson
News-Argus Farm Editor
KENANSVILLE -- First fr
uits from a 4-H strawberry
chain started in Duplin County
last spring have been harvest
ed and sola with proceeds from
the sale to be used to pur
chase plants for other 4-H
members.
Three 4-H members last
April were given 550 straw
berry plants each to start the
chain with the stipulation that
they would provide three flats
of 12 pints of strawberries from
the first crop. >
Getting the plants last year
were BUI Costin Jr. of the War
saw 4-H CLub, Susan Craft of
the Cypress Creek Club and
Phillip Raynor of the Cedar
Fork Club. The original plants
were donated by John Goodson
of mr Mount Olive and each
4-H member was given enough
plants to set one - tenth of an
acre. Plants were purchased
and given four others this year
and they will provide straw
berries for a sale next spring.
Miss Craft did not get a good
stand last year and furnished
only two flats for this year's
sale, a total of 24 pints of straw
berries. She will provide one
flat for the sale next year.
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WHAT WILL YOU BID ? Harold Kornegay
of Albertson seeks bids on strawberries at in
auction in Kenansville for three Duplin County
4-H members. The three 4-H members were
given strawberry plants last spring to start a
chain aid furnished three flats each to be sold
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to provide funds to pruckase plants for other
members to keep the Chain going. WattbjB to
hear the bids are ltft to right; Susan <Cr*t
of Oapress Creek, Htfllip Rgpg
aupBiuM>stin.jr.otWarsaw. (Photo ByGeorge
John on) m