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15 4-H'ers Attending St; !e 4-H CI b Wrtf ;s>.I*-' I ( , C* 0rUtln. Associate Agricultural Extension Agent \ A delegation of l# 4-H Club '?;^rs _ **d_ two _ Extension AflCnn-aR representing Du Pp1, Coumv at State 4-H Club Week in Raleigh this week The Duplin County delegates are among some 1,260 club members and leaders partici Pstbig In the annual four-day program which began Monday on the North Carolina State University Campus. The Program consists of ref creation, attending classes^ competition, election of state officers and a lot of fellowship. ?Four-H Club Week offers. Appropriation The Community Action Coun cil, Inc. of Rose Hill has an nounced an appropriation of *97,500. to be used on 108,000 low-income persons in Duplin Sampson and Pender Counties. This sum of money will be used to finance emergency food and medical services which will provide funds for purchas es of food stamps, direct pur chase of food, and medical sup plies and treatment for those in need. Also an intensive nutrition education program is planned. The program is expected to be in effect IS months. Attending School For Gifted Students Miss Debbie Noble, 16, and a rising Junior at South Lenoir High School, is attending a summer school for Gifted stu dents at Western Carolina Col lege, at Cullowhee, N. C., July 15th. through August 17. Hav ing met the requirements for this booor, she was selected by her school. She is studying College English. Accompanying her to West ern Carolina on July IS, was her brother, Mr. Douglas No ble, who is a rising senior at U. N. C., Chapel Hill. Their parents are Mr. and Mrs. Ker mit Noble, of Deep Run, Route 1, and Mrs. Noble is the former Mary Weidon Goodson, daught er of the late C. E. and Lenoir Smith Goodson, of Mount Olive, Route 2. Smith Ordainud t**#ed r~* IWM>[I. -County. He is a member of Sandy Plain Free Will *ftaptist Church near his home and was recently ordained into the Free Will Baptist ministry. Smith graduated from East Duplin High School at Beula ville and attended Mount Olive College where he served during the past academic year as president of the Kapa Chi ministerial fraternity and was an active member of the Hen derson Science Club. 30 an excellent opportunity for personal growth and deve lopment/* comments Dr. TjC. Blalock, state 4-H Club Lea der. "It is an event that club members look forward to each year with great anticipation," he added. During the week state winners are determined In the demon stration programs and various judging activities. Among the events in which Duplin County 4-H'ers are par ticipating are: Ornamental Pl ants and Landscaping Demon stration, Lynn Hall or Warsaw; Poultry Demonstration, Char les Ivey of Mt. Olive; Electric Demonstration, Susan Carter of Rose Hill; Public Speaking Con test and candidate for State Secretary-Treasurer, Linda Smith of 1Plnk HU1. Members of the Duplin County delegation attending are Susan Crat, Richlands; Ruth Denning. Falson; Lyn Hall, Warsaw; Ch arles Ivey, m, Mt. Olive; Syl via Ward, Rose Hill; Ray Hope, Warsaw; Gall Cost In, Warsaw; Barbara Whitfield, Mt. Olive; Susan Carter, Rose Hill; C.A. Miller, Jr? Beulaville; Linda Dlanne Smith, Pink Hill; Karen Smith, Pink Hill, Ralph Hunter, Beulaville; Susan Murphy, Ken ansvllle; and Susan A. Craft, Kenans ville. Leading the delegation are Mrs. Lois G. Brltt, Home Ec onomics Extension Agent, and Marlon C. Griffin, Associate, Agricultural Extension Agent. TF ff* ^01 * I The first traffic death for the town of Wallace in 1018 oc curred about 10:90 Saturday night when a young negro wo man was struck and killed as she walked in front of a car on Highway 117 north of Wallace. The tragedy occured in the area of the carnival which is set up on the West side of US 117, in the northern end of town. Delores Williams, 22 of Route 2, Wallace, was killed when she stepped into the path of an au tomobile driven by Jerry Al fred Guy, also of Wallace. Wallace Police officials said they are continuing the invest igation. T.^AtJSI if Is another lecture In the Hu- 1 manltles Program offered each / Thursday evening. I ?His topic Is ROUSSEAU. Rou sseau was a French writer and I one of a group of political philosophers whose Ideas ins- I plred die leaders of the French ' 1 ' - Revolution. Rousseau despised \\ tyranny and loved freedom. He also believed In the natural 1 goodness of men. He felt that men are often evil because the political and social insti tutions in which they are car- I rupt. I The public is invited to attend. Kenansville P 0 To Close On Saturdays Only limited services will be available at the Kenansville Post Office on Saturday start ing this week. Postmaster Hol land reported on Tuesday. "Post Offices are being clos ed on Saturday under the pres ent economy drive." Postmast er Holland declared, "<We will be open from 8:90 A. M. until 10:00 A. If. to provide a limit ed number of services." The service lobby will be closed on Saturdays, However, the Call Window in main Post Office lobby will be open be tween 8:90 A. M. and 10:00 A. M. for residents who receive their mail through general de livery. Residents also will be able to pick up special "hold out" packages during the same time. However, no cash transac tions, including the purchase of stamps at the window, will Kenansville Applies Csntteaed From Front Page Mayor Hatcher working Join tly with Mr. Raiford, called a meeting last week in which Mr. Charles Edwards, North Caro lina Coordinator for the Econo mic Development Commission,, and Mr. Ross Manley, Region al Director of Huntingdon, West Virginia, met with a group of person interested in and effect ed by the project. Attending the meeting in addition to M es se rs Edwards Manley, Hatch er and Raifarfl: were: Amos Brinwrn, PrSsMwlt of Kenans ville Development- Corps; W. E. Craft, Kenansville ToWn At ntorney; Joe Sutton, Chairma Duplin County Board of Com missioners; Lee Brown, Chair man Duplin General Hospital Board of Trustees; Vernon Ward Dr. James Edmundson and Thomas Hall from James Sprunt Institute; F. W. Mc Gowan, County Auditor: and; Mr. T. R. Lyons, representing Henry Von Oesen A Assoc ia ties. Consulting Engineers of Wilmington. be allowed. The doting of the Kanans ville Poet Office on Saturdays, starting July XI, win not af fect Rural Delivery, which will continue as usual. -80 Attend Rescue College Three members of the Ken ansville Rescue Squad, Hiram Brinson, Larry Hoffman, and Ronnie Bostic, attended the Rescue College in Raleigh over the week end. The meeting was held in the Sheraton-Sir Walter Hotel and the Raleigh Fire Department Drill Tower. The Rescue College is spon sored by the North Caroline Department of Insurance, Fire and Rescue Training Division. Brinson and Hoffman have completed two of the sessions, while Bos tic has completed one. i : I '?* Wayne Man KMed In Wreck A Wayne County man was killed Wednesday morning when his car collided with a tractor trailer truck in the Brooks Swamp area about three miles north of Mount OUve. James Willard Coker. at, ap parently died instantly in the wreck which occured about 1*; a. m. jusepn Awn Lunoon, m. 2 ? Littleton, driver of the truck told the investigating officer that as he was traveling north on IK 117 he saw the ap proaching car weaving back ' * \ and forth across the center line and pulled to the right should er of the road in an attempt to avoid a collision. Coker's car traveling south ran into the tractors back wheels, skidded down the tral er and hit the back rear wheels. Investigating officials esti mated, damages to the two vehi cles at $1,000. No charges have been made. Funeral services for Coker were held Thursday July 10 at Tyndall Funeral Home, conduc ted by Rev. W. P. Brill. Burial was in Seven Springs Ceme tery. ?????Hi t I j Miss Warsaw, lovely Pat Hopkins, wields the shears In ribbon cutting ceremonies that formally opened the Super Dollar Store in Warsaw Thursday morning. Participating in the ceremonies with Miss HoDkins were left to right, Mr. Leon Melvin, Raleigh President of the stores; Mrs. Geraldine Wray of Warsaw, Manager of the local store; Mr. Don Grady, Wilson, District Supervisor; and Mr. Harold Lamm, Goldsboro, Director o f Store Development. and bed rests. It employs i approximately 300 persons with a weekly payroll based on pro duction. At their various plants a wide variety of clothing and other items is produced. Garland P. King of Ken ansville, a member of the Bo ard of Directors of the Mount Olive College Area Foundation, is serving as the General Ch airman in the Kenansvllle area for the College drive. He ac knowledged the Reeves gift with a statement saying, VJe. are indeed greteful to Reeves Bro thers for their generous gift for the continued development of Mount Olive College. Th rough this gift they have de monstrated their interest and concern for the education of the young people of CXjplin County. ; ? Reeves Bros. Gift Pesticide Blemed tastern By-Products Continued From Page 1 Dead fls h by the thousands were counted and weighed. De composed fish were measured and the weight was estimated by a department owned "table" to calculate fish weights from length. Species killed included st riped bass weighing up to 30 pounds, gar, yellow perch, lar ge-jnoutn bass, bluegill, carp, mullet, flounder, turtle and snakes. Fifty wildlife personnel have been called to assist with the investigation. Officials said as much as five years may be required to return to norma the fish population in the contaminated part of Rockfish Creek and the North east Cape Fear River. , Continued From Front Pago has cited the new firm as a prime example of how exist ing plants serve in securing new enterprises. The foundation for the 10,000 square foot building has been poured and heavy girders of steel framing were set earlier in the week. Equipment has been shipped for Installation in the building which will u'ilize highly spec ialized processing equipment, and represents a substantial in vestment. Treatment of effluent will be by an ae.riarlnn system using electric motor agitators witn four lagoons covering nearly20 acres of land. Mr. Herman "Bo"Fussell of Wallace will be plant manager and production is expected to be underway by the first of October. Border Belt Contiaoed Frurn Frait Page Agent, said the tobacco crop in the county now looks good Some few fanners lost the lugs and second, priming,in the dry weather, but refeenk rains have changed the picture substantial ly. In some spots all over the county, disease is showingup. Most disease appears to be black shank, and that usually follows extreme weather con ditions. Recent rains may have caus ed a better quality tobacco in the county by leaching-out fer tilizer, thereby preventing ove rfertilization. C.).Beckwith doesn't mind a little grease on his face... if it keeps us k ten million miles ? closer to our customers! *BBy I As a CP&L vehicle maintenance foreman, C. J. Beckwith?and I m others like him?kept our 638 vehicles in ready-to-go shape for more than I B ,en rnillion miles of driving last year (that's over twenty round trips to the moon or around 194 miles for every customer we serve). mKmM With more than half-d-million customers spread over 30,000 square miles, * we don't expect to sit behind a desk and give you good service. If you're in ?* trouble, then we're in trouble too. So we travel hard to stay ahead of it. Men like C. J., located throughout our system, help us help you. We want B your electric service to be as fast and friendly ... as it is dependable. I Carolina Power & Light Company Invaator-ownad. Uxptylng company Your savings grow each tims the sun comes up when you save at Cooperative, EarTi dividends night or day?rain or shine?save B at Cooperative. ~ SPECIAL! TOBACCO SHEETING I ? For Shooting Looso Loaf Tobacco I ? I Only UUy I *?uissfm I lames Miller Hdwe. I Beulaville, N. C. ^ |
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