. pim^ess ajfiihrBSK,
lira. Sallie C. Ingrain, right, Duplin County
ESEA Director, and Km. Ellen L. Carroll, oa
sis tant Professor of Education in the Division of
Continuing Education at East Carolina IJniver
BflW'-K'- WWBlw I r- m
sity. lira. Carroll was instructor for a reading
course recently completed in the 0. P. Johnson
Educational Building.
( Photo by Ruth Wells )
Reading Course Completed
A reading course sponsored
by the ESEA Title I Project
has been completed. It was
held at the O. P. Johnson Ed
ucation Building in Kenansvllle,
from June 17-28.
The purpose of the course
was to improve classroom tech
niques in the teaching of read
ing in Duplin County Schools.
Mrs. Ellen L. Carroll, die
instructor, is Assistant Pro
fessor of Education In the Di
vision of Continuing Education
at East Carolina University
where she received her R. S.
degree and a M. A. degree.
She also attended Flora Mc
Donald College, Columbia Uni
versity, Peabody College, and
the^Unlversity of North Caro
lfalAb
Mrs. Carroll has held many,
important positions in educa
tion. These positions Included
Assistant Superintendent of
Greenville City Schools, and Su
pervising teacher of the Demon
stration School at East Carolina
University. She has taught on
the elementary, high school, and
college levels.
Mrs. Carroll is a Life Mem
ber of the N.C.P.T.A., a Life
"Member of NEA, the NCEA,
and past Vice-President of the
North Carolina A.C.E.I. She
is listed in Who's Who in Am
erican Education, and a 1965
winner of Golden Deeds Award.
The reading class was well
attended by ESEA Reading Con
sultants, Reading teachers.
Kindergarten teacners, other
classroom teachers, and seven
school principals. The par
tic leant s were as follows:
KINDERGARTEN AND PRI
MARY TEACHERS: Mrs. Por
tia B. Anderson, Mrs. Margaret
W. Dail, Mrs. Laura Ware,
Mrs. Etlar Mainor, Mrs. Irma
Smith, Mrs.RebaThlgpen.Miss
Evelyn Alderman, Mrs. Lillian
Johnson, Mrs. Hattie Darden,
Mrs. Beulah Washington, and
Mrs. Mary Matthews.
SPECIAL READING TEA
CHERS: Mrs. I. A. Carr,
Mrs. Evelyn Price, Mrs. Cath
erine Williams, Mrs. Annie Ro
berts, Mrs. Louise M. Smith,
Miss Lessie Smith, Mrs. Ann
Jackson,* Mrs. /tones Crawford,
Mrs. Katherlne Carr, and Mrs.
Willie P. Williams.
FOURTH, FIFTH, AND SIXTH
GRADE TEACHERS: Mrs. Bob
bie S. Allen, Mrs. Lillie Grimes
and Mrs. Lillian Rabon.
Continued To Pago Two
Wallace and Tucker
On New Jobs
Duplin County commissioners
In their regular first Monday
meeting accepted the resig
nation of F. W. McGowan, for
many years county accountant
and tax supervisor, effective
October 1,1968.
Mr. J. B. Wallace, of Ke
nansville, county veteran ser
vice officer, was named as tax
supervisor, effective October 1,
and Russell Tucker of Greens
boro was named County Accoun
tant. Tucker will assume du
ties as assistant accountant on
August 1, working with Mr.
McGowan and Mr. Wall ace until
he becomes Accountant in Au
gust.
Tucker is a native of Du
plin County and is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Tucker
o f Magnolia. He graduated
from James Kenai Huh School
in 1962 and received a BSBa
in accounting at East Carolina
University In 1966. He was
a member of Phi Beta Lambda
and Delta Sigma Pi professional
business fraternity. He has
been employed since 1966 in
Greensboro with A. M. Pullen
&. Company, Certified Public
Accountants.
The board adopted a reso
lution of appreciation and thanks
to Mr. O. P. Johnson, retiring
County Superintendent of School
as follows:
NORTH CAROLINA
DUPLIN COUNTY
BEFORE THE BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS
Resolved. That the Board of
Commissioners of Duplin Coun
ty express its sincere apprecia
tion and thanks to Mr. O. P.
Johnson for the wise and effec
tive service he has given to the
Public Schools of Duplin County
CwHhm* Ta Page Twa
Mr. CharlM H. Yelverton, ncuttjr elected Superintendem oi
Duplin County Schools, assumed duties Monday July L
A native of Wayne County, Mr. Yatvarton comas to Duplin
from Southern Wayne High School where he served as principal.
Ha WM formerly principal of Liberty High School, and Orange
High School. He taught ta Cary and coached in Four Oakes High
8cbooL
Ha holds Masters degrees from UNC In Education. History,
and Physical Education.
Mr. Yatvarton is presently residing in Mount Olive and plana
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Fountain
Convicted
Of Assault
Allen Fountain 23 of Warsaw,
convicted in an assault case,
received a two years sentence,
suspended, and a fine in Gener
al County Court last week.
Fountain was convicted of
assault with a deadly weapon,
assault on an officer, engaging
in an affray, resisting arrest,
and public drulikeness.
The two year sentence impos
ed by Judge Russell Lanier
was suspended and Fountain
was placed on probation for
two years, was ordered to
"stay away from all public
places" in Warsaw, for the
same period of time, and pay a
$250. fine.
The trial consumed a good
part of two days. Evidence re
vealed that Fountain challeng
ed Bobby Carlton, 17 negro
male of Warsaw to get help for
a fight. When Carlton returned
with help Fountain attacked
them with a body stretcher".
Warsaw policeman, Raymond
Stark, said Fountain refused
to submit to arrest. State
Trooper S. T. Joyner used a
blackjack in making the arrest
after Fountain had hit Joyner
u ?he faaa.
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Kenansville
Boy On
Captured
Plane
Word has been received here
that a Rt. 1, Kenansville man j
was aboard the airliner
carrying 214 U.S. service men
to Vietnam, which was forced
down on a Soviet Island In the
Pacific Ocean.
The chartered DC-8 was on
its way to Vietnam from Mc
Chord Air Base In Seattle,
Wash., Sunday when, the U S
government said, it strayed off
course and was forced to land
on Iturup Island, a pan of the
Kuril chain In the nonhern
Pacific.
James J. Herring, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Herring
of Rt. 1, Box 264 A, was one
of the 214 men aboard the char
tered airliner.
HOLIDAY
ON FOURTH
In observance of the July 4th
Holiday, the following county
offices will be closed:
All offices in the Duplin County
Courthouse, the F arm and Home
Extension Agents offices,
Health Office, Welfare office.
A.S.C.S., " FHA. Soil Con
servation, Federal Crop In
surance, County Farm Bureau,
Duplin Coastal Production Cre
dit, Duplin County Superin
tendent of Schools and The
Duplin Times office.
Rosa Hill Jaycees
Plan Spatial Treat ?
The Rose Hill Jaycees plan
to sell chicken boxes on highway
117 1 mile south of Rose Hill
Saturday, July 6th.
Chicken to be cooked from the
World's largest frying pan.
Menu to be 1/4 fryed chicken,
slaw, potato salad, rolls, and
free drink.
Stop by and buy your dinner
from the Jaycees. ,
I . , ''
FAISON W. McGOWEN
New Ambulance
Service In Effect
Private enterprise, for the
past many years furnishing am
bulance service in Duplin Cou
nty, was relieved of their un
profitable operation as of June
30 and was replaced with ser
vice operating under the Duplin
County franchise effective
Monday, July 1, 1968.
The Duplin County Board
of Commissioners established
the County Ambiilance Service
which will be operated under
the supervision of the County
Director of Civil Defense.
A four year franchise has
been granted for the "preser
vation, protection and promo
tion of the public health, safety
and general welfare of the peo
ple of the county and to assure
adequate continuing ambulance
services in the County."
Districts in the County and
departments serving them are:
Magnolia Fire Department,
Magnolia Township:
n ri.Mi ni r-v
nose run r ire impairment,
Rose Hill Township
Mount Olive Rescue Squad,
Calypso area of Faison Town
ship north of Goshen Swamp,
Wolfscrape Township, Glisson
Township and that part of Al
bertson Township which is ser
ved through the Mount Olive
telephone exchange.
Pink Hill Rescue Squad, a
part of Smith and a part of
Albertson Township which are
served through the Pink Hill
telephone exchange.
Edgerton Ambulance Service
of Wallace and Beulaville,
Rockfish Township, Island
Creek Township, Cypress
Creek township. Limestone
Township, and a part of Smith
Township that is served through
Continued To Page Two
u 1 he Minister s Desk -*
By: D. E. Parkerson: Carrboro, N. C.
In was a few nights before Independence Day of last year. An
anxious father sat on the running board of a United Air Lines jeep
waiting for the flight from San Francisco to come in. His son Tim
was returning home from Vietnam on that flight. It was less than
two months before that he had said good-bye to Tim as he left the
same airport for Vietnam.
The minutes dragged by until past midnight and then a string
of baggage carts came into sight. When the jeep pulling the wagon
train came to a halt a young man in uniform stepped out saying,
"I am Lieutenant Campbell. I have been assigned as an escort for
your son. May I extend my sympathy." Tim's body was in an
oblong gray plywood box on a string of carts.
Urn was home again. Home from the scraggly brush-covered
hill where he had written his family his last letter. His last flight
had touched down, and he was home never to fly again, never to
sing or sigh again, never to wish and hope again. He had given
his life for his fellow countrymen in a battle far from home and
old friends.
Tim is not alone in the giving of his life for this country. Nor
is his family alone in the experience of tragedy. This dark and
traumatic experience has been repeated hundreds of thousands of
times in as many homes and hearts since that eventful day in July
of 1776 when our nation was officially given birth. The price of
freedom and democracy is always great. These two things cannot
become and cannot remain realities without the paying of a price.
A check of recorded history reveals the startling fact that only
eight per cent of the time has man been at peace with himself. In
more than 3,500 years only 286 years have been warless and dur
ing this time 8,000 treaties have been broken.
There are reasons for war. Perhaps the simplest and oldest
reason is greed. Greed starts with a small child; he wants all the
toys for himself. As he grows older it is still there, only it is
checked by laws and customs. If man can become king or dicta
tor or president sometimes his greed is displayed on a grand
scale. He wants to rule and dominate the country. He wants to
rule other countries too. He may eventually want to rule all coun
tries.
Man doesn't learn very much from the venting of his greed
and pride through the medium of battle. He soon forgets the scars
and plunges into the Inevitable abyss that hatred and war always
lead to. We try to remember the lessons we have learned, but we
can't remember because we continue to look with envy, distrust,
hate-and we keep on killing! Man is the youngest of the species on
roath. Will ho ever grow out of his knee pants?
We must continue to pay the price of making America strong
in every way. But wouldn't it be wonderful if we cared as much
and spent as much lor sight and right as (or might and blight?
flMLJkflNMLRetires As Auditor
Has Served 39 Years
In This Capacity
(Editor's Note):
At the meeting of the County
Board of Commissioners on
Monday, July 1, Faison Wells
McGowen resigned as County
Auditor and County Tax Super
visor. Mr. McGowen plans to
retire from these duties as of
October 1, 1968.
Mr. McGowen has given 39
years of unstinted service to
this work and prior to that
time, he has also worked for
his county as Deputy Sheriff
Treasurer for 5 years.
The hours of service he has
rendered to his county cannot
honestly be counted by years
or days. They are counted
by the wonderful results he has
produced from his work for his
county.
The Times salutes you Mr.
McGowen and wishes for you
much happiness in your retire
ment. R.P.G.)
FAISON W. McGOWEN
Faison Wells McGowen, son
of the late Mr. and Mrs. T.J.
McGowen, was reared on a farm
three miles west of Kenansville.
He attended Duplin Cou ity Pub
lic schools at Lanefield and Ke
nansville, James Sprunt Insti
tute, Grove Institute, King's
Business college in Raleigh,
and the Institute of Government
of the University of North Ca
rolina.
He holds a Certificate in
The Fundamentals of Property
T ax Listing and Assessing and
also a Certificate in County
Administration, both of whicn
were issued bv the Institute of
Government of the University
of North Carolina.
After finishing school he
worked for a while wfth the
Willey-More Hardware Com
pany of Weldon.
On the first Tuesday In De
cember, 1924, he was appointed
Office Deputy Sheriff-Trea-'
surer by Sheriff David S. Wil
liamson, which position he held
until January 1, 1929. At that
time, he was appointed County
Accountant, Auditor, and Tax
Supervisor of Duplin County by
the Board of Commissioners.
He has held these offices until
the present time.
In 1932 he was married to
Miss Pearl C. Canady, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs.DavidM.Cana
dy, of Hope Mills, North Caro
lina. She is agraduate of Mere
dith College and received her
Master's Degree from East
Carolina University. She has
taught English in public schools
for thirty-three years. She is
a member of the Delta Kappa
Gamma Honor Society and has
served as president erf that or
ganization. She has served as
District Deputy Grand Matron
of the Order of the Eastern
Star. She has also served as
Supreme Deputy of the Rainbows
of North Carolina.
PROFESSIONAL
Mr. McGowei is a member
of the North Carolina Asso
ciation of County Accountants
and a past president of that
organization. He is also a
regular member of the North
Carolina Association of Asses
sing Officers and has served
as president of that organiza
tion.
He is a regular member of
the International Association of
Assessing Officers and was
State Chairman of said associa
tion in 1951. He also served
Continued to Page 2
Warsaw Youth Drowns In Pond
A Warsaw youth, seeking
relief from tne sweltering
summer heat, was drowned in
an irrigation pond Monday af
ternoon.
Roy James McCalop, Jr..
15. Negro male of Warsaw,
drowned in the irrigation pond
of Y. F. Smith on rural paved
road 1346 about two miles West
of Warsaw.
Coroner Herbert Best said
the boy was accompanied to
the pond by his brother Donnell
McCallop, age 13, and a neighbor
Ronnie Newkirk, age 14. They
were quoted as s aytng that Roy
James jumped into the pond
from the south bank of the pond.
He came to the surf ace twice.
When he failed to appear the
third time they called for help.
Coroner Best said the ac
cident occured about 1:30 p.m.
The Mount Olive rescue Squad
answered the call and found the
body about 3:30 p.m.
Accidental drowning was ruled
the cause of death. Best said
that even though the tempera
ture was a hundred plus, the
pond waters were chilly. The
body bore no evidence of
bruises, abrasions,orfoulplay.
The victim's mother, Mrs.
Rosa Lee McCalop, is an em
ployee of Duplin General Hos
pital in Kenansville.
Study &
Research
Program
East Carolina University Re
gional Development Institute is
presently undertaking an econo
mic study and research
development program in Bla
den, Duplin , Pender, and
Sampson counties. This project
is being^ sponsored by Four
county tiectrlc Memoersntp
Corporation and the loci
planning and economic develop
ment committees of the various
counties that are participating.
Approximately one out of every
twenty families in these four
counties was chosen to receive
Continued to Pare t
"ORE HOURS
A & P Store in warsaw will
v? open all day Wednesday but
will be closed on Thursday,
July 4th.
One Car Wreck Injures 2
A one-car accident occurred
near Cabin Crossroads, about
one-half mile from N. C. Ill on
rural paved highway 1700, a
bout midnight Saturday. Two
young men were injured in the
wreck.
Russell Britt Kennedy, white
male of Route 1, Beulaville was
injured but not admitted to the
hospital. Reuben James Ken
nedy, a passenger, also of route
1, Beulaville was admitted to
Lenoir Memorial Hospital in
Kinston with severe lacerations
about the face and head.
The boys were travelling
West on Road 1700, entered a
curve too fast, ran off the
road-way into a side road dit
ch. Damage to the automobile
was $1200 to $1500.
Patrolman Kirby, who in
vestigated the accident, is of
the opinion that neither one of
the boys would have been hurt
if they had been wearing their
seat belts.
Charges will be filed against
the operator of the vehicle.
Penderlea Youth Charged
With Murder
A double murder, apparently
followed arson. In the Pender
lea section of Pender County,
has been charged to a teenage
boy.
Terry Lee Giddeons, 15,
was apprehended the following
<*?y in Darian, Georgia, where
he attempted to sell parts of
th e family car used for the
get-away-vehicle following the
tragedy.
Deaa are William Giddeons,
57, father of Terry, who was
shot in the chest as he re
paired the roof of the family
home, and Mrs. Katie Murray,
46, negro woman employed as
housekeeper for the family,
A rural mail carrier spotted
smoke pouring from the house
and notified a neighbor who cal
led the Wallace Fire De
partment. Mattresses in two bed
rooms had apparently been set
afire.
Blood stains in the yard
directed the firemen to the ditch
in the rear of the house where
both bodies were found, ap
p&rctiujr uoiTivu UIVIV uj LA
tor drawn tobacco truck.
Mrs. Giddeons, who Is em
ployed as a nurse at the Samp
son County Memorial Hospital
in Clinton, was at work at the
time of the slaying. She dis
covered her car missing from
the parking lot after she was
notified oT the shooting. She
also discovered that the family
pickup truck had been left in
the parking lot.
Mr. Giddeons is survived by
three other children Including a
son in Vietnam.