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ADA THIGPEN
Beulwille
Girl Will
Tour Europe
Mils Ada Thigpen, a rising
sophomore at Campbell Col
lege, will tour Europe with the
Campbell College Choir this
month. The group will leave
New York July IS and will re
turn August A
The Choir will be delegates
from North Carolina to the
Baptist Youth World Conferen
ce in Bern, Switzerland.
They will tour England, Fran
ce, Germany, Italy, Austria
and Switaerland while they are
in Europe.
The Choir has engagements
to sing in several churches and
the U S 0 in Paris.
Ada is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. 0. S. Thigpen of Beu
laville.
Why Should Tobacco Be The Whipping Boy?
STATEMENT BY CONGRESS
MAN DAVID N. HENDERSON
ON THE FLOOR OF THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTA
TIVES, JULY 2. 1968.
MR. SPEAKER:
The Federal Trade Commis
sion and the Public Health Ser
vice have again attacked their
favorite whipping boy, tobacco.
Yesterday, the Commission
recommended an end to all ci
garette advertising on televi
sion and radio and a new label
on cigarette packages to read
"Cigarette smoking Is dan
gerous t o health and may cause
death from cancer and other
diseases."
There Is not a single shred
of evidence to support this la
test recommendation by the
FTC which was not available In
1965 when Congress enacted
the present labeling law. There
still Is no cause and effect type
proof that cigarette smoking Is
responsible for any disease.
Congress, in Its wisdom.
In 1965 concluded that a label
stating simply: "Caution: ci
farette smoking may be hazar
ous to your health" was suf
ficient warning and was the only
language whicn could be Justi
fied In the face of tenuous sta
tistical assumptions.
Every dietician, physician,
nurse, and anyone else with
common sense knows that
obesity Is a leading cause of
early death, but the FTC does
not propose to label high ca
lorie foods as health hazards.
Why not prohibit beer com
mercials? Beer is not only al
coholic, but a high calorie sub
stance as well. And how about
that little old winemaker? Au
tomobiles kill more people than
lung cancer even i f a link
between cigarette smoking and
lung cancer were proven, which
it Isn't. Why not label auto
mobiles or prohibit their ad
vertisement?
Does this sound asinine? Of
course, but no more asinine than
doing the same for cigarette
smoking. Intelligent Americans
certainly know the potential
danger of autos, alcohol, over
eating and the bally hoo over
cigarette smoking. It is
neither right nor necess ary to
treat cigarette smoking any
differently from other practices
engaged in by millions of Am
ericans.
Welfare Client III
The Kenansville Rescue Squad
answered a call Tuesday after
noon to the local Welfare De
partment. An epileptic client
had* seizure and was trans
ported to Duplin General Hos
pital.
Top Quality Pig Production
by Bob Swain, Assoc. Agricul
tural Extension Agent Live
stock Work, Dtqilin County.
Feeder pie production is a
real opportunity for many Dupllr
County farmers to increase
their income. There is astrong
demand and a good marketing
system available for feeder
pigs. Producing feeder pigs
gives a much needed "year
around" income which to many
producers helps to pay that
fertilizer bill.
The quickest, cheapest and
most efficient way to produce
top quality feeder piss is to
purchase crossbred gilts, from
some of the best producers in
the state and breed to a pure
bred boar that will compliment
the cross. Then follow good
management practices in feed
ing, sanitation^, worming, hou
sing, and marketing. The re
ward for a job well done will
be more pigs raised, improved
feed efficiency, higher grading
hogs or pigs selling at a higher
price, ana most important
more profit to the producer.
We, at the County Agricultural
Extension Office in Ken ansvllle,
are equipped to supply any far
mer in Duplin County with the
necessary information he needs
to produce and market top qua
lity feeder pigs or market hogs.
We can supply building plans
for farrowing houses and
feeding floors, and also locate
outstanding breeding gilts and
boars. Please feel free to call
on us. We can help you do the
best job possible ana make the
most money, from hogs.
Holiday Wreck Kins Duplin Man
Duplin's lone traffic fatality
over the long July 4th holiday
milt have been prevented by
the Use of teat belts.
Whi^MBgett, IS negro male
M JU. l. Pink Hill war killed
?bout is40 p. m. Sunday, July
It when he was thrown from
me car he was operating.
Evans said that Mk*gett ?ad
driven his 1962 Blank Ford
through a "Check station" only
a few minutes prior to the
wreck. Every thing was found
in order.
Midgett was traveling on
North Carolina Highway 111
and was 1.9 miles North of
Bculayille. Evidence showed
that (he car ran off the right
shoulder of the road ind travel
ed attistaqce of approximately
200. feet. At a raviai~an appar
**?, qftenptteg# the ce? bac* -
on tne road aunt* the *st to
turn over and th# right side
door came open. Midgett was
thrown from the car Into the
ravine.
Trooper Evans said there
was no evidence that Midgett
was drinking and no evidence
of excessive speed.
Injuries to the body were
such that Evans said. "I hon
estly believs that Midget would
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, Pink HiU Man
KWed By-An
A Rt. 1, Pink Hill man was
electrocuted last Tlmrsdav
morning as he attempted to
remove a TV antenna from a
tenant house near Hargetts
Crossroads.
Jack BHzzard, 63, died in
stantly at 7:30 A.M., July 4,
when the antenna hit a nigh
voltage wire.
Funeral services were con
ducted Saturday at 3 p.m. at
Howard and Carter Funeral
Home Chapel by the Rev.
Preston Heath and the Rev.
Harold Heath. Burial was In
Westvlew Cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Map Joan Blizzard; one
daughter, Linda Sue Blizzard of
the home; three brothers,
Charlie, Walter, and Rex
Blizzard of Pink Hill; six
sisters. Mrs. Eula Sanderson
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Hail completely destroyed thU tobacco on the Wiley Dall
farm, Rt 3. Mount Olive, last Wednesday afternoon. The
storm was accompanied by heavy winds, and did extensive
damage In the Sum merlin Cross Reads, Scott Store, Red
Hill area of Duplin.
(Photo by Ruth Wells.)
Hail Storm Ends Heat Wave
A storm, tn NM veil
of Duplin County bringing relief
from the longest dry ^eU in
n?*ly twenty years, brought
total destruction to other aross
of the corny ln ? *?*
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In jetted areas throughout the
county, corn had reached the
point of no return, but other
crops are expected to Improve.
Many places that reported less
than ae Inch of rainfall during
the month of June estimated
tobacco cut as much as one half.
The extreme heat in the latter
part of the month that prevailed
for several days scaled crops
Commodity Distribution Begins
Needy residents in Duplin
County began receiving U.S.
Department of Agriculture
donated commodities Monday,
July 1, 1968. Mrs. Millie Brown
acting director of Welfare, said.
Nearly 350 families have al
ready been certified as eligible
to take part in the program.
This represents more than 1100
needy persons, and applications
are still coming in.
Today's opening of the com
modity distribution program in
Duplin County is another ex
ample of N.C.'s efforts to meet
the needs of its needy.
The commodity program is
administered by Duplin County
under the supervision of the
N.C. State Dept. of Agriculture,
and in cooperation with USDA's
Consumer and Marketing Ser
vice.
Certification of eligible fa
milies is under the supervision
of the county office of the County
Welfare Dept., while the distri
bution of commodities is the
responsibility of the Duplin Co
unty government.
The Consumer and Marketing
Service pays for processing,
packaging and transporting the
foods to receiving points chosen
by the state agency.
Among the foods that are
available to Duplin County's
needy families are dry beans,
corn meal, flour, grits, lard
or shortening, Margerine,
cheese, cannea chopped meat,
dried milk, rolled oats, peanut
butter, raisins, rice and rolled
wheat, instant potatoes and dry
peas.
The Federal government re
quired Duplin County to enter
the Commodity program with
the County furnishing only a
building.
Commodities are distributed
from a CourB owned warehouse
Just South a Kenansvttle City
limits near the County Gar age
off Highway 11.
The new1 block warehouse
containing 3,500 square feet of
floor space was constructed by
a Masonry class at James
Sprunt Institute.
The building is fully air
conditioned and in addition to
ample storage space it contains
an office. A counter divides
the storage space fromthecus
tomer area.
Mr. G. L. Wooten from Wal
lace has been employed in the
warehouse to disburse the com
modities.
BRIEFS
Certificate of Merit
Tommy Benson of Rt. 1,
Kenansville has been presented
Certificate of Merit from the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill.
Tommy has attained an average
and met all requirements to
earn Honor Roll status and has
been placed on the Deans List.
This requires a B average, or
above, on all academic courses
for the semester according to
a release from J.C. Morrow,
3rd, Dean.
Tommy is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Johnny Benson of Rt.
1, Kenansville.
Vandals Hit Wallace
Rose Hill School
Officers from the Duplin
County Sheriffs department
were advised of a break-in
at Wallace-Rose Hill High
School Tuesday. Upon inves
tigation they found that signs
had apparently been thrown
through four windows of the
building.
Deans List
MdUNT OLIVE?There were
54 students on the Dean's List
and Honorable Mention List at
the close of the spring semester
at Mount Olive College. Mount
Olive, according to Dr.
Raymond P. Carson, dean of
the College.
Dr. Carson commented that
students taking a minimum of
15 semester hours and attaining
a grade-point ratio of 2.0 ("B1')
with no grade lower than a
"C" qualify for the Dean's List.
Students attaining the same
scholastic standing but carrying'
less than 15 semester hours
are placed on the Honorable
Mention List.
Students so honored from Du
Distribution of surplus commodities under
the supervision of Duplin County Welfare De
partment began Monday, July 1, in the new
county owned building just off highway 11,
south of Kenansville. The block building was
constructed under the supervision of masonry
instructors at James Sprunt Institute and con
tains office space, warehouse space, and
disbursing area. (photo fcy Rmh ^
Viet Nam Veteran Victim Of Vehicle
A Duplin County Veteran of
Vletnem died Friday of Injuries
received earlier in a one
vehicle accident near his home.
Winford Page Hargrove. 21
Negro male of the Charity Com
munity, Rt. 2, Rose Hill, died
in Veterans Hospital in Fayet
teville Friday of injuries sus
tained a ween earlier. He was
first hospitalized at Duplin Gen
eral Hospital in Kenansville and
later transferred to the Fayet
teville Hospital.
Duplin County Coroner Herbert
Best. Jr.. of Warsaw said that
Hargrove was operating a
pickup truck with a "heavy
motor" in the body of the pickup,
on rural paved road 1102 between
Revises Nursery and Charity.
The truck left the road and
overturned, inflicting injuries
resulting in death. It was
thought that in rounding a curve
in tne road that the weight of
the load in the truck body
shifted, causing Hargrove to
lose control of the vehicle.
Hargrove, who was discharged
from service in April of tnis
year, is survived by his mother,
Mrs. Bessie Hargrove of the
Charity Community , and
several brothers and sisters.
Escape Serious Injuries
A Wake Forest man and a
friend traveling through Dup
lin. about 3 p. m. July 4 escap
ed serious injuries in a one car
accident.
Seat Belts were attributed to
preventing tragedy according
to investigating officer. State
Trooper W. T. Evans.
David Archie Norris, 24 white
male and ministerial student at
the Baptist Seminary, Wake
Forest, N. C. was driving a 19
66 Volkswagon. At a sharp cur
ve on highway 50 about 7.3
miles south of Kenansville on
wet pavement, the small for
eign car failed to take a left
curve, went straight into a
drainage ditch, turned end
over, end.
Norris was accompanied by
Miss Linda Williams of 131 Sou
th Street in Durham. She re
FIRST COTTON
BLOSSOM
Mrs. Whltted Williams, P.O.
Box 748, Warsaw,N.C.,brought
into The Duplin Times office
the first cotton blossom of the
season. As is customary with
THE TIMES she was given a
year's subscription to the
paper, for the first bloom
brought into the office.
ceived minor abraisons and
skinned knee. Both Norris and
Miss Williams were treated for
injuries and released.
Both occupants of the car
were wearing seat belts which
Troop Evans said prevented
serious injuries, as the car was
extensively damaged. both
front and rear end.
Evans said no charges were
made against Norris as a high
way curve warning sign was
missing from the newly paved
road
Who Is Responsible?
A report h as re ached the Times
Office that large RATS have
been seen eating on the $ide
of Highway 117 just South of
Warsaw city limits.
Rats mean only one thing,
a health hazard. We are told
for every one rat seen in day
light, hundreds are actually in
the area.
Rats are disease carrying
animals as well as a destruc
tive animal. In some areas
infants are actually killed by
these vicious attackers.
Grain destroyed by rodents
causes farmers to lose millions
of dollars each year.
Wh o should bear the res
ponsibility for destroying these
misery inflicting creatures?
Does this call for action
from the Sanitation Department
of our Health Department?
Should the town assume res
ponsibility for a clean-up in the
neighborhood?
Or since they were seen
just outside the city limits, is
it a project for tne county?
Could it be a project for
the individual property owners
in the area?
Should not everybody join
hands to clean up so deplorable
a situation?
School Property Recovered
Officials from the Duplin and
Sampson County Sheriff's De
partment working together have
recovered much of the equip
ment stolen from the P. W.
Moore Elementary School in
F aison.
Deputies Glenn Jerntgan- and
E. E. Proctor of Duplin, with
Deputy George Merritt of Samp
son County recovered the equip
ment on July 2 in an aban
doned house just across the
county line into Sampson Cou
nty, West of Faison.
Robert Sampson, colored male,
age-20, Rt. 2, Faison, and Tru
man Bell , colored male, age
20, Rt. 1, Faison , have been
charged with breaking and en
tering and larceny. Tney were
given a hearing before Justice
of the Peace W. J. Sitterson
of Kenansville and were bound
over to the August 26 term
of General ?ounty Court. They
are being held in the Duplin
County Jail in lieu of $4,000
bond each.
Property items recovered in
cluded typewriters, slide pro
jectors, record players, and an
electric heater, which were va
lued at $1,500. Thevalueplaced
on the entire loot was set at
$2,000.
The inhabitants of some vil
lages of the High Atlas sec
tion of Morocco spice their
morning coffee with pepper, the
National Geographic says.
Recovered after being stolen from P. w. Moore school In
Falson were Items pictured above, valued at 11600 which
accounted for most of the missing Items following a break
in st the school about s month ago. (Photo by Ruth P. Grsdy)
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