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VOL. XXXV NO. 30 KENANSVILLE. N. C. JULY 25. 1968 PRICE 10? PLUS TAX
ROBERT F. KORNEGAY
Kornegay
Promoted
President J.V. Brittle, of
Home Federal Savings and Loan
Association, announced today
the election of two new officers
for the! Association and the pro
motion of a third officer.
At a recent meeting of the
Board of Directors of Home
Federal Savings, Assistant Vice
President Robert F. Kornegay
was promoted t o vice
President. Mrs. Merrill C.
Pickett, of the Kinston Office,
was elected Assistant Treasu
rer; and Mr. Frank Lawrence
was elected Assistant Se
cretary.
Mr. Kornegay is Manager of
Home Federal's WarsawOfflce,
where he is active in community
affairs.
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,<MSprfff OLIVE ? Preatoar 4
Smith, Hon of Mr. and MrS
Herman 6mith of Route 2, Pink
Hill, has been called to the pas
torate of Welcome Home Free
Will Baptist Church in Carteret
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Deep Bottom Man Drowns Reeves Bros. Contribute To College I
Brice's Seine Hole, a favor
ite relaxation spot in the Cape
Fear River near Wallace was
the scene of a tragedy about
5:30 Tuesday afternoon July 23.
John Parker, white male, 42
Rt. 2, Wallace of the Deep Bot
tom section of Duplin County,
was drowned while on a sum
mer outing with his two daugh
ters, Frances and Patricia, and
a Mr. Futrelle. The daughters
were swimming in the river.
Coroner Herbert Best said
that evidenta'1;- the Parker
girls had gotten it to trouble in
the deep water and called for
help. Parker heard their call
and dived into the river in an
effort to rescue them. He ap
parently hit an under water ob
ject and did not surface.
Futrelle rescued the girls and
notified the Wallace Police De
partment. Policemen Ray Gore,
and Lynn King assisted by
Magstrate Bob Powell and
Joseph Murray recovered the
body of Parker.
Coroner Best said that this
was fho cpoond ?ra?odv to hit
the Parker family within the
last two years. Parkers wife,
Geraldine Parker, was fatally
burned when she fell into an
incinerator at a local poultry
processing plant. She died a
few days later in an out-of-the
county hospital.
Historical Society
Hears Adm. Patterson
The Duplin County Historical
Society, in its regular dinner
meeting Friday Jiuy 19 at The
Country Squire, voted unan
imously to award a life
membership in the organization
to Mr. Thomas S. Kenan of
Durham.
President John N. Kalmar
noted that Mr. Kenan was very
instrumental In forming the his
torical society and has expres
sed an opinion in the historical
society might be the logical
choice to supervise the next
restoration project for the
county.
Mr. Claude Hunter Moore
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ui lurney suggests tnat tne
society should sponsor an art
show of the works of Miss
Ruth Falson Shaw at the James
Sprunt Institute. Miss Shaw was
born in Kenansville, the dau
ghter of a Presbyterian
minister.
President Kalmar named a]
nominating committee to report j
at the next fall meeting for
election of officers. Named to
the ccgpmlttee were: Mrs. Gar
dner Edwards, Beulaville; Mrs.
Hervie Kornegay, Calypso;
Mrs. J.W. Farrior, Warsaw;
and Mrs. J.S. Blair, Wallace.
Various committee reports
were heardprecedingthe dinner.
Mr. Moore introduced the
after /inner speaker. Rear
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Ivey Appointed To EMC Board
Mr. Charles Cresson Ivey,
Jr. of Rt. 2 , Mount Olive has
been appointed to the Board
of Directors of Tri County Elec
tric Membership Corporation,
with offices In Goldsboro. Mr.
Ivey fill represent the Cooper
ative's Duplin District.
HI is a prominent farmer
in the Wolfscrape Township
section of Duplin County. After
graduation from Kenansville
High School in Kenansville he
attended King's Business Col
lege in Raleigh.
Mr. Ivey Is 41 years old, a
veteran ? Worla War II. a
layman in the Bethel Methodist
Church, and a member of the
Cafe Ridge .Community. Club. ?
rie^Lg"* aisn a member, of the
'pol-aTofDirectorsef trie Sbuth- *
eastern Grainery Association,
of Warsaw, and a member of
the ASC Committee in Wolf
scrape Township.
He is married to the former
Elnora Rouse of Rt. 2, Rose
Hill and they have three
children.
Mr. Ivey fills the unexpired
term of tne late L.P. Wells.
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Mites
TECHNICAL NOTES wiU be
gin next week written by C. W.
Harless.
iu answer questions mat may
be of interest to our readers,
we will be running a continu
ous series of articles on vari
ous trades and technologies.
The first series will be concer
ned with house planning, from
the lot through construction,
and land scaping.
We suggest that you cut out
and save each article if you
have future plans for building,
remodelling or developing pro
perty into single home sites or
sub-divisions.
We will devote some space to
answer questions that may be
of immediate importance to
you. All questions will be an
swered on first come or num
ber of requests. We prefer, but
it is not essential that the
questions be in line with the
series, as long as they are of
a technical nature.
Next week will start the first
series and we will start with
converting the deed calls (di
mensions) into an actual draw
ing (plat), (plot plan).
Kenansville Applies For EDA
Loan-Grant For Industrial Park
The Town of Kenansville it
applying to the Economic De
velopment Administration for
a Federal Grant-Loan for the
purpose of installing sewerage
collection and treatment faci
lities, and improving and ex
panding water facilities. A pre
liminary application has been
filed with the State and the
general aplication is being pre
pared.
The EDA is a Federal Gov
ernment program designed sol
ely for the purpose of creating
new jobs. One method by which
this is accomplished is through
grants or loans to areas of low
income and high ? unemploy
ment.
"In order to qualify for the
grant-loan", said Mayor Hatch
er "Kenansville must show that
the aid is needed and will re
sult in providing new jobs."
Among tlje factors listed as
justification for the aid re
quest is the Kenansville Indus
rial Park. This is a 40-acre
tract of land recently purchas
ed through the cooperative ef
forts of the Kenansville Indus
trial Corp. and the Town of
Kenansville. The Park, located
just west of Keansville on the
Country Club Road, will be
served by the Town's water
and sewer facilities. This in
dustrial site alone has the po
tential of creating 320 new
jobs.
The Kenansville Industrial
Corp. is working with Mr. Pres
ton B. Raiford, the Duplin In
dustrial Development Director,
in trying to attract industries
to locate in the Park.
Also considered in the appli
cation is the epansion of Duplin
General Hospital and the ex
pansion of James Sprunt Insti
tute. These two factors will
greatly aid Kenansville in qau
lifying for the grant-loan, as
both these institutions would be
served by the water-sewer fa
cilities.
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KILLED IN ACTION
Marine Lance Cpl. Uiac R.
Daaghon, whooe wile Uvea la
Race Hill, has died in Viet
nam. the Pentagon announced
yeoterday.
Rotary District Governor Visits Club
The Warsaw Rotary Club met
Thursday of last week at the
Country Squire for their regu
lar meeting.
The Club had the honor of
having as it's guest, the distin
guished Mr. Lee Houser of
Fayetteville, North Carolina,
District Governor, 773 Rotary
International.. Mr. Houser gave
a most inspirational talk on
participating in Rotary.
Guest of James F. Strick
was his son, Jimmy who is with
the Air Force stationed in
Washington State, and Rev.
Jerry Newbold, former pastor
of Warsaw Presbyterian Chur
ch who is now residing in Tex
? as
Minister Ordained
A Magnolia native. Kenneth
Wilson was ordained into the
ministry at the Grace Mission
ary Baptist Church, Kinston,
North Carolina on Friday night,
July II.
Rev. Wilson is pastor of Cal
vary Baptist Church, Rt. 1,
Kenansville
He is the son of Mrs. Berkley
Wilson of Magnolia and the late
Mr. Wilson.
He is married to the former
Leslie Merritt and they have
ident Al Smith weeh
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I officers Pr
mum-..
director; Craven Brewer, Trees.; Richard 1
Cavenaugh, vice pres.; P.a Raiford, direc
tor; Charles Hinson, secretary; Rufus Free- ...
man. director; and Mllford Quinn, Directory
(Photo by Ruth Weill)
Dr. Hervy Kornegay, Pretl- |
dent of the Mount Olive Col- 1
lege Area Foundation, has an- j
nounced a gift of *5,000 from 1
Reeves Brothers, Inc., of Ken- -i
ansvllle to the current develop- 1
ment fund drive by the college !
to raise one million dollars, j
The Fouidation has a goal of '
$500,000 over the next threes j
year period; the other half will :
come from the Free. Will Bap
tist denomination which spon
sored the College.
The present drive will >
provide funds to complete the
library building which is un
der construction, erect amen's
dormitory, a cafeteria-student
union building, and a physical
education building, and provide
funds for educational develop*
ment.
Charles Ledbetter of Mount \
Olive, plant manager at Reeves,
said as he presented the gift
for the firm, "We are proud
to bo able to participate In the
?rowth of Mount Olive College,
t has been important to tne
industrialization of this area
and offers an invaluable service
by providing education beyond
high school for the young men
and women of our area. It
provides not only a quality edu
cation program, but also stren
gthens the economy of Duplin
County. We here at Reeves
consider it one of our best
assets and feel that it is wor- 1
thy of support."
Reeves Brother manufac
turing firm in Duplin County
makes Dillows throw rouprc m
REEVES BROTHERS, INC, OF KEN ANSVILLE
has given Mount Olive College $5,000 for their
development fund drive which has been spear
headed in the Kenansville Community by the
i area chairman, Garland P, King, center a
member of the College Area Foundation Board
of Directors. Shown at the Reeves plant re
ceiving the gift for the College are, left to
right, Authur Kennedy of Beulaville, amember
of the Board of Directors of the College,
King, and Charles Ledbetter of Mount Olive,
plant manager at Reeves.
Border Belt Opening July 31
Latest reports have set the
official opening date for the
North Carolina Border Belt To
bh^o Market for Wednesday
Loose leaf or uq-tied sales
will be supported throught the
entire season.; Warehousemen
anticipate practically all sales
will be un-tied as the price sup
port on this type tobacco has
been raised some from last
year.
Farmers will be required to
market loose leaf tobacco in a
standard sheet which can be
purchased from various out
lets through the state.
Fanners will need to pur
chase opough sheets to package
his produce for one sale. The
warehouse will exchange
sheets with the farmer, "thereby
eliminating the necessity for
dumping each sheet.
Farmers should when ever
feasible, weigh each sheet whi
ch should contain a maximum
of 200 pounds of tobacco. How
ever Warehouses this year will
be alocated pounds instead of
hours of selling time as in the
past.
Vernon Reynolds, Duplin
County Agricultural Extension
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Pesticide Named For Fish Kill
a ciirimst a tne it ate De
partment of Water and Air Re
sources has blamed a pesticide
for the death of all life two
weeks ago, in a 20 mile stretch
the Northeast Cape Fear River
and atributary.Rockfish Creek.
Unconfirmed reports last
week said the killer was En
drin, a chlorinated hycrocarbon
pesticide, which is no longer
reccommended by North Car
olina State university.
Officials are trying to find the
person, or company responsible
for the kill before identifying
the chemical used.
Under state law, individuals
or companies found guilty of
such a kill are fined an amount
equal to the estimated market
value of the fish lost.
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Officials and guests visiting the building site of Eastern By
products Co. in Rose HUl Monday were: Llnwood Stone, Rae
ford: Walter Gruberkann, Lourinburg: Mllford Quinn, Chairman
Board of Duplin Development Commission, Warsaw: Bizzell John
son, Rose Hill; Harold Cole, Charlotte; J. A. Stone, Raeford;
Marvin Johnson, Rose Hill; Merrltt Watson, Rose Hill Leonard
Frahn, Raeford; D. J. Murray, Goldsboro; McNatr Evans, Lau
rinburg; W.B, Murray, Mount Olive; and Preston B. Raiford,
Executive Director Duplin Development Commission.
(Photo by Ruth Wells)
Eastern By-Products Officials Meet J
Board members of Eastern
-Products of Rose Hill held
their first on-the-slte board
meeting In Rose Hill on Mon
day, July 22.
Visiting the site for first
hand Information of progress
were General Manager waiter
Grubenmann of Laurlnburg, who
with W.B. Murray of Mount Ol
ive and BUzell D. Johnson of
Rose Hill compose the Board
l iitl . ffr
of Managers. Others officials
of the Raeford Turkey Farms
Inc. and Rose Hill Poultry Cor
poration attending were: Mr.
Marvin Johnson, Rose Hill; Mr.
DJ. Murray, Goldsboro; Mr.
Leonard Frahm, Ralford; Mr.
Harold M. Cole, C.P.A. Char
lotte; Mr. J.A. Stone, Laurln
burg; Mr. McNalr Evans, Lau
rlnburg; Mr. Llnwood Stone,
Laurlnourg. and Mr. Merrbt
Watson of "kose Hill.
Meeting with the group were
Director of Duplin Development
Commission Preston B. Raiford
of Kenansvllle, and Mr.Mllford
Qulnn of Warsaw, President of
the Development Commission.
The By-Products Company
Is a joint venture between Rose
Hill Poultry Corporation of
Rose Hill and Raeford Turkey
Farms, Raeford, and Is located
on a two hundred acre tract ;?
of land North of Rose Hill ad
jacent to the Seaborad Coast
line Railroad.
The company will convert Into
a meal supplement the feathers
and offals from the two exist
ing firms.
Mr. Raiford who has worked
closely with the plant owners I1
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