15 4-H'ers Attending St; !e 4-H CI b Wrtf
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I ( , C* 0rUtln. Associate
Agricultural Extension Agent
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Reeves Bros. Gift Pesticide Blemed tastern By-Products
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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.
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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.
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sun comes up when you save at
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