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VOL XXXV NO. 25 KENANSVILLE, N.C. JUNE 20. 1968 PRICE 10? PLUS TAX
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4 - H Achievement Day
Demonstration winners at the County 4-H Activity Day
were front row, left to right: Jo Anne Cook, Horse Demon
stratlon and Adalene Wallace, Junior Dairy Foods Demonst
? j ration. Second row, left to right: Barbara Whitfield, Rural
Civil Defense and Fruit and vegetable Use; Ruth Denning,
Egg Cookery Demonstration; and BUI Costln, Forestry Demon
stration ana American Business System. Coastal Production
Credit Association awarded engraved trophies to these winners
at the event held June 12 at the Kenansville Elementary School.
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Coastal Production Credit Association swarded trophies to
the above demonstration winners at County 4-H Activity Day
held In Kenansvllie on June 12. Front row, left to right:
Gene Outlaw, 'Livestock Production and Conservation; Steve
Smith, Soil and W*er Conservation; Wyatt Harper, Bee
keeping. Second roW; Susan Carter, Senior Sewing and Elec
tric; Gall Costin, Senior Dairy Foods and American Busi
ness System; and Charles Ivey, Poultry Production.
New Minister
Warsaw Methodist
Last week was moving week
with Methodist Ministers in the
area who were assigned new
pastorates.
Rev. Charles E. Ownes, with
Mrs. Owens and three children
moved into the Warsaw Pas
torium last week. He conducted
his first service at the Warsaw
Church on Sunday, June 9th.
.They came to Warsaw from
Burgaw.
Mr. Owens is a native of Nor
F> jilh East Texas. He attended
* Texas A k M, North Carolina
State University and Duke Uni
versity. Former pastorates in
clude Tar River Circuit at Kit
nil, two pastorates in Texas,
^ and he spent three years as a
missionary in South America.
The Rev. Mr. Owens careful
ly planned his life for Agricul
tural work. While enrolled at
North Carolina State College in
Raleigh the call to the ministry
overpowered all else in life.
"I changed from a major in
Foreign Management to Flock
Management", he said with a
twinkle in his eyes.
Mrs. Owens is a native of
Chile, South America. "You
see, my husband did mission
work in South America. That
is where we met," she explain
ed.
North Carolina is now home
Caatiaued Te Page Twe
\ Boy Scout from the War** are* partl
? ?? ciptting in the one hundred mile God and
V- ountry trek from Seymour Jc* i?on to his
toric Bah, North Carolina, were: Tommy
'?";r * K ^ ' '?
Hints, Paul Dixon, Kenny Mlnshew, Ronnie
Ezzell, Robert Earl Price, Franklin Arnette.
Terry Lewie, David Sheffield, Billy Fauat,
Don Best, and Gregg Ebera.
Highlights of a year's ac
tivity culminated in Achievem
ent Day which was observed
by Duplin County 4-H'ers Wed
nesday afternoon June 12 at the
Kenansville Elementary School.
4"H leaders, Mrs. Lois Britt
and Mr. Marlon Griffin were
well pleased with attendance
reaching well over200persons.
Demonstrations covered prac
tically every phase of 4-Hwork
including tractor operation, en
tomology. home improvement,
dairy foods, electronics, bee
keeping, poultry barbecuing and
talent;
Winners in the various groups
were presented trophies, ap
propriately Inscribed, by Coa
stal Production Credit Associa
tion.
More pictures on Page 2
WITN - TV To Show
Film Of
Boy Scout Trek
WITN-TV News Staff has an
lounced that they have prepared
a 30-minute documentary cov
sring the entire Boy Scouts'
Pilgrimage from Goldsboro to
Bam this past week.
The film in its entirety will
be presented on Sunday. June
23rd, 1:30 to 2:00 p.m.
Pope To
Replace King
As Candidate
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Assurance has been given ta
Mr. Meivin Pope of Magnolia
that his name will a pear on the
Eleventh Republican District
Ballot as a Republican Candi
date in the General Election
this fall.
In a letter to Mr. Pope from
Mr. Claude L. Hepler, Chair
man of Duplin County Board of
Elections he states: "1 am
pleased to advise that all statu
tory requirements have been
satisfied in the matter regard
ing the withdrawal of Mr. Rob
ert A. King as Republican
nominee in the November 5
General Election."
Mr. Pope is a native of Mag
nolia and is a candidate for the
State House of Representatives.
He is a graduate of Magnolia
High School, and after two
years at Oak Ridge Military In
stitute, he spent two and one
half years as a pilot with the
United States Air Force.
He returned from service to
the family furniture store whi
ch he now owns and operates
in Magnolia. He is active in
civic and religious affairs of
his town having served as Are
Chief for the past twenty years,
is presently a member of the
town board, is an active mem
ber of Bagnolia Baptist Church
and a member of Rehoboth
Lodge No. 279 AF k AM Rose
Hill
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briefs
Annual Red
Cross Meet
The Annual Red Cross meet
ing will be held on Thursday
afternoon. June 20, 1968 at 4
o'clock In the afternoon In the
Conference Room of the Duplin
County Education Building at
Kenansville, JJ. C.
All officers and committee
chairmen are urged to be pre
sent also the F. A. and H. N.
Instructors.
Come and bring some one
with you..
On Deans List
Wayne Community College,
in recognition of academic ac
hievement during Spring Qu
arter, 1968, names the following
full-time students from Duplin
to the Dean's List and Honor
Roll:
Dean's List?all "A's" while
taking 12 or more quarter hours.
Orion Rolf Blizzard, Jr.
Route 1, Box 166
Kenansville, N. C.
Phillip H. Brock
Route 1
Kenansville, N. C.
Accepting
Applications
We are now accepting appli
cations for our Consumer Edu
cation Program. There will be
fifteen (15) field aide positions
available for Duplin, Sampson,
and Pender Counties.
Qualifications: High School
education. Applications will be
available In the Community Ac
tion Office in Rose Hill, N.C.
2 4-H'ers To
AttentNational
Short Course
Two Duplin County 4-H mem
bers will mend the National
4-H Citizenship Short Course
In Washington, D. C? according
to Fbchugn Newton of Wallace
and Mrs. Phoebe Moore of Mag
nolia, who headed the scholar
ship drive for the 4-H'ers.
Arnetta James, 15, Is the dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
James of Wallace and Charles
Canttaued To Pago Two
Commisioners Hold Present Tax Rate I
The 1968-69 official budget
for Duplin County was filed
Monday, June 17, continuing the
present $1.65 tax rate on $100
property valuation.
Total budget estimate Is
$3,222,012.65. Estimate of re
venue to be available other than
current taxes Is $2,045,892.65
leaving tax levy to balance bud
get of $1,176,120.00.
The budget estimate stands
open for twenty(20) days, for
public Inspection, and will come
up for final approval by the
board on July 15.
Contracts for addition to Co
unty hospital were finished and
delivered to North Carolina Me
dical Care Commission in Ra
leigh on Monday.
Contract figures are:
Speros Construction Co.,
Maxton, $1,324,000.00
Bolton Air Condition Co.,
Raleigh $329,700.00
Electronic Inc.. Kinston
$251,950.00
W. R. Proctor. Raleigh,
$169,820.00
North Carolina Medical Care
Commission has given authority
to award the construction con
tracts to the low bidders set
out above.
Bonds in the amount of
$1,250,000.00 voted to finance
addition to hospital were sold
by the State Local Government
Commission Tuesday, June 18.
The board also recommended
Russell Lanier be appointed
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. (Bob) Swain, Sharon,
Laurie, and Greg have recently moved to Ke
nansvllle where Mr. Swain is employed as
associate Agricultural Extension Agent. He
assumed his duties Monday June 17.
Swain Employed As Associate Extension Agent
Mr. R. W. (Bob) Swain has
been employed by North Caro
lina State University and Dup
lin County as Associate Agri
cultural Extefoen Agent in
Duplin County^ according to
Vernon H. Reynolds, Duplin
County Extension Chairman for
the North Carolina State Uni
versity Acrricultural Extension
Service. Mr. Swain is filling
the vacancy created when Jim
Bunce was promoted to County
Extension Chairman in Carte
ret County.
Mr. Swain began work in
Duplin County on June 17. His
chief responsibility will be ed
ucational and promotional work
on livestock production, mar
keting, and processing with the
swine, beef cattle, dairymen,
and business people engaged in
feed production, livestock mar
keting, livestock health, and
livestock processing.
Bofr ^wain comes to Duplin
from North Carolina
State university where he has '
served for more than two years
as part time Extension Animal
Husbandry Specialist, and did
part time graduate work. His
other experience includes three
years as an Assistant Agricul
tural Agent in Columbus Coun
ty In Charge of livestock edu
cational work. He and his bro
thers operated a dairy farm
and milk distributor business
for five years in Southport,
North Carolina.
Mr. Swain graduated from
Southport High School, receiv
ed a B. S. degree in Animal
Industry at North Carolina
State University in 1958. He re
ceived a Master of Agriculture
degree at North Carolina State
University in 1968 in Animal
Science. He is a Captain in the
Army Reserve, and serves as
Company Cor-jnand#/ ? the
Army Reserve Unit "?fit White
ville, North Carolina:^ His wife
is the former Rose Aman from
Sampson County. Their chil
dren are Sharon, age 9, Greg, ,
age 6, and Laurie, age 9 mon
ths.
The Swains are Baptist and
are making their home on Lee
Street in Kenansville.
Reynolds stated that the Du
plin County Agricultural Exten
sion Service was fortunate to
get someone with the training
and experience of Mr. Swain to
do educational work with the
people of Duplin County. Ary
one needing information or as
sistance on anything concern
ing livestock may contact Bob
chief District Judge of the 4th
Judical District.
Bar B Que Supper
,<? You are remtnded and es- *
peclally invited to attend Bow
den Community Presbyterian
Os^soh fcwbecue sttppw; June
21st. Plates are and $1.25. I
Also for sale will be cakes and
pies. Serving will start at
5 p.m.
Grade Lc^an Rates For 1968
Flue - Cured Tobacco
The U. S. Department of Ag
riculture on May 28 announced
loan rates by grades for 1968
crop flue-cured tobacco range
f rom 31 cents to 87 cents a pound
for untied leaf, with 3 cents
added to each grade if tied.
The rates reflect ?n a?er?i?
support of 61.6 cents a pound,
about 3 percent above 1967, as
announced earlier.
As in the past years, grow
ers will offer their tobacco at
auction markets In the usual
manner and price support will
be made available through mar
kets In the usual manner and
price support will be made av
ailable through the Flue-Cured
Tobacco Cooperative Stabiliza
tion Corporation. Farmers who
comply with their farm acreage
allotments can market up to 110
percent of their poundage quota
with price support. However,
any marketings beyond 100 per
cent of the farm poundage quota
will be subtracted from next
year's quota. Any eligible to
bacco Identified as ''discount
variety" tobacco will again be
supported at one-half of the
support rates for comparable
grades of other varieties.
As previously announced, price
support on all grades of untied
tobacco will be available throu
ghout the entire marketing sea
son on al 1 auction markets.
Price support on tied tobacco
will continue to be made av
ailable at 3 cents ^Sr pound
higher than for untied tobacco
grade-for-grade throughout the
dltlonaUjFtled^areas. ^
announced that^an^agrecment
i4e?iShSLai? f<
untied flue-c
Growers are urged to make
maximum use of these stan
dardized sheets In marketing
untied leaf. Unless there Is
substantial participation on the
part of all concerned, presh
eetlng may be made a prere
auislte for price support.
As In "the past," no price
support will be offered on any
tobacco graded N2, No-G, U
(unsound), W (doubtful keeping
order), or scrap. Marketings
of these grades, however, will
be charged against the quotas
for the farms upon which they
were produced. The Depart
ment has concluded that it is
not desirable to encourage the
marketing of these grades by
authorizing them to be marketed
without being charged to farm
quotas. Marketings of these
grades from the past two crops
were in line with marketings
LPN'S Meet
License Practical Nurses
Area 29 held their regular
meeting June 12 in the dining
hall of Duplin General Hospi
tal. Fifteen members and five
stndent Practical Nurses at
tended.
Mr. Cordell Johnson, former
ly Laboratory Technician with
Duplin General Hospital, and
now with the United States
State Department in Vietnam
was guest speaker. He spoke on
the conditions and the Medical
Technique of Vietnam. A ques
tion period followed.
Refreshments were served by
Mrs. Annie OLeary, Margaret
Johnson, Billy HoUingsworth,
Hasel Rhodes, and Macy Trott.
from crops produced prior to
1962.
Copies of the rate schedule
may be obtained from the Policy
and Program Appraisal Divi
sion, Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Service,
USD A, Washington, D.C. 20250.
Swain at tne Agricuj|*Bi ex
tension office in the ^^fcultur
al Building, Kenansvm?N. C.
Bethel Homecoming
Homecoming will be observed
at Bethel Methodist Church, Rt.
1, Mount Olive, on Sunday June
23. Annual Children's Day
Program will begin at 11 a.m.
A picnic dinner will be served
on the grounds at noon and a
song service will be held in the
afternoon. Everyone is invited
to attend.
Mrs. Louise Power of Mount
Olive has been notified that her
son Pfc. George P. Power was
killed Sunday in Vietnam. Pfc.
Power had been overseas since
December 26. He was a member
of Stanford Presbyterian Chu
rch and the grandson of Mr.
and Mrs. George Millard of . -jj
Rt. 2. Mount Olive.
Probably one of the most Impressive de
monstrations North Carolinians have ever wit
nessed was the Boy Scout God and Country
trek. By (heir 100 mile trek from Seymour
Johnson toTlath, they affirmed their faith
In God and support of America, whether
at home or in Vietnam. Some of the Warsaw
Scoits are (right to left): Ronald Sheffield,
Robert Johnson, Douglas Jones, Stuart Mll
lard, Allen Bostk, Mark Brlnsoo, Gene Lan
caster, Rivers Johnson III, Barry Graham,
Lindsay Clark, Robert Price, wmi Jones sa
and Char les Cost In, Mary Faust aid Bfil Faust. I
scout master. Adults who Joined the boys 'J