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JHflIptw JHHL %%im4 tS^^ppt"*' bp^ ? ? ? ^ iwr^ wbww^ JP 3WW- ^tk.2UUu?*-+??**. Hm4 of XK^U V T T N' 1 I I PROGRESS SENTINEL VOL XXXV NO. 31 .,. - KENANSVILLE, N.C. AUGUST 1. 1963 PRirc 104 diticta* BRIEFS Mrs Phelps Wins TV As a climax to the formal opening at the new location on' 118 South Front Street In War-] s aw, the Super Doll ar Store gave' away a Television. Tne drawing was held at 5. o'clock Saturday afternoon Julyi 27. Mrs. Paula Lee Phelps was ; the lucky winner of the por table TV. Mrs. Phelps lives In the War saw Trailer Park and has two preschool age children, a boy and a girl. They did not own! a TV, and shfe and the chil dren are delighted that they how have one. Mrs. Geraldine Wray, man a- , ger of the Warsaw store said tne company officials were well pleased with the opening. "Bu siness was better", she said, "Than any of us had expected.". V| Window Service Still Uncertain With Saturday window ser vice in U.S. Post Offices all over the country swinging in the balance, A.C. Holland, po stmaster o f Kenansville released his latest information. "REGIONAL DIRECTOR C. BANKS GLADDED CALLED AND ORDERS NORMAL WINDOW SERVICE AT ALL POST OFFICES, SATURDAY JULY 27, 1968" GEORGE B. HERNDON * This delayed action release is subject to further orders. Luncheon Bake Sale invfte joTto a luncheon'ind Bake 'Sale to be held at the fellowship hall of the Metho dist Church Monday August 6, from 11:30 a,m. to 2:00 p.m. Specialty of the day will be a ham plate with vegetables and salad, and Ice tea. Cakes and Pies produced from all the Me thodist Ladies prize recipes will be available. Attention Sports Fans! ! A meeting ot the James Ke nan Boosters' Club has been planned for 8:15 p.m. on Tu OMIaiaiit to PH*> * 1 WILLIAM J. CARTER William J. Carter Receives Eagle Award William J. Carter, Secretary of Poet MS, Rom HOI, in an impressive ceremony on Fri day, July M, received Scout lag's Highest Honor-The Eagle Scout Award. Neighborhood Commissioner Walter J. Thomas, Jr. asked the Eagto Escort to escort the v, candidate his parents <tfr. and Mrs. Ifarvin Carter) to the stage. "Jeff" rededicated himself to the principals of Scouting by pledging to contin ue to live by the Scout Oath and Scout Law. Mr. Thomas commented that the mother of a boy usually works as hard as the boy for the Eagle Award and then re quested that Mrs. Carter pin the Eagle Medal upon her son. "Jeff" was then requested to honor his parents by present ing his mother with a silver miniature Eagle suspended on a silver chain, which he placed around her neck. "Jeff also presented his father with a tie bar with a miniature Eagle or nament. Mr. Tom Deaton, Croatan-I District Scout Executive, read a letter of congratulations from Mr. Alden G.l Barber, Chief Scout Executive. Reverend Charles G. Sparks gave $e Eagle Charge and Eagle Oath to "Jeff" and closed tht Court of Honor by pronouncing the benediction. EAGLE CHARGE AND OATH Scouter: Eagle Candidate William J. Carter, I Charge you to enter this Eagle Scout brotherhood, holding without reservation ever before you the ideas of honor and service. By the repetition of the Eagle Scout Promise/Oath before your fellow members, you will become an Eagle Scout. Tho ugh the words you use be simi lar to those by which you join Ceatiaaed Te Page Two Municipal Assn. Hears Member 01 Peace Coro' The Duplin Municipal Asso ciation held it's regularly sc heduled meeting for July in the Calypso Elementary School Lu nch room. M.G. Cording of Wall ace pre sided in the absence of Carl ton A. Precythe, president. Guests of the Association were F.W. McGowan, county accountant and J.B. Wallace, service officer. Lawrence Bu rch a member of the Peace Corp in West Africa was also a gu est, who shared some of nis experiences with the Associa tion. TJ. Baker of Wallace chair man of the nominating com mittee reported a slate of of ficers as follows, President, Herman Gore, Beulaville; Vice President, Corbett L. Quinn, Magnolia; and Secretary-Trea surer, Mrs. Zannie Mae Cottle, Beulavllle. These officers will assume their duties at the next regu lar meeting to be held in Ken ansville In October. Garbage Collection ! Garbage collections in the town of Beulaville is now on their summer schedule. This means collections twice weekly instead of once. Garbage is collected on one side of high way 24 on Monday and Thurs day and on the opposite side on Tuesday and Friday. This sch edule will continue through the summer months. Johnson Gets 50 Years, Lanier 25 In Rouse Murder _ i < The murder trial involvin the death ot Goldsboro police man Walter J. Rouse wa heard in Wayne Superior coui in Goldsboro on Tuesday after noon before Presiding Judg W. Joseph W. Parker, and So licitor Archie Taylor. Roger Johnson, Jr., 32, o Deep Run entered a plea o guilty to second degree murde: in the February 28 slaying o Police officer Walter Rouse simultaneously with a plea o: 5 guilty of robbery and a furth er plea of guilty to a felonious i assault. t Under this plea Judge Par . ker imposed the maximum sen > tence permitted by the law of 50 years. The defendant Virgil W. La f nier, 24, of Beulaville entered ! a plea of guilty to robbery and was sentenced to a term of 25 years. Lanier was represented by Attorney Vance B. Gavin of Kenansville. Charles Whitley, 22, of Kin ston was not tried at this term of court because of the inabil ity of his attorney to be pres ent. State Senator Thomas J. White, his attorney, was at tending a meeting of the N. C. advisory commissions The defendant Johnson was represented by Harvey J. Tur ner, Kinston attorney and Her bert B. Hultz of the Wayne County Bar. Walter J. House, 26, Golds hnrn nnlire nrioinal'v frnvn M Magnolia died instantly from a shotgun blast in the right cheat on February 28, 1968. A fellow policeman, David E. Dale, 27, was wounded. The two policemen were at tempting to stop the get-away car after a report of a robbery of the Holiday Inn near Golds boro. Dale was driving the po lice car that pulled the su spects car on highway 70 near the intersection of U. S. 13. The police were shot when they approached the car. The shot was fatal to Rouse. In the car were Johnson, who is re ported to have shot the fatal shot, and riding with him were Whitley and Lanier in Lanier's car. What They Say About Liberty Hall ? "It is lovely--It far exceech my expectations. I believe it is more interesting than Wil liamsburg. I've enjoyed every moment. These are some of the comments from the ladies of the Clinton Study Club, when they visited Liberty Hall on Tuesday. "The grounds are lovely. Isn't it amazing that the be autiful old trees are still st anding?", remarked a lady from the Ivanhoe Garden Club. "The first thing I noticed about Liberty Hall was the or iginal window panes. Do you mean that it remained empty wef-e nc*f kroken?" added a vi sitor from another state. OL the 2600 guests who have visited Liberty HaH was the Of the 2500 guests who have visited Liberty HaH, all have expressed pleasure at having seen it, and are already ask ing questions about the future restoration. However, there are other comments also. A group from Dtfrham asked, "What else of Interest does Kenansville have?" Three ladies from Lumber ton planned to have dinner at a nearby restaurant and after their tour of Liberty Hall had an hour's wait. Tney would like to see other interesting things in our community. One gentle remarked, "Ihave heard that the Baptist Church was modeled after one in Wil liamsburg, May we see it?" Not every community has: 1. An old spring that was the center of attention during the Old Soldiers' Reunions. 2. A memorial auditorium which has recently been re modeled at a cost of $100,000. 3. A hospital, which is now expanding, on the site of the pageant, "The Duplin Story." 4. The oldest Presbyter ian organization in the State of North Carolina. 5. Rutledge Cemetery which dates back to the 18th century. 6. James Sprunt Technical Institute in its beautiful setting near Kenansville. 7. A bank of Colonialdesign on the main street. 8. A welfare building un usual in th? entire state for its beautiful architecture. ~9'.'' A whole street of lovely colonial homes. 10. A country club of fine design and beautiful greens lo cated just a short distance fr om Kenansville. It could be that now is the time for us to begin giving our tourists other things to see. Maybe some of these attract ions need to be cleaned up and put in good condition. The Sp ring was once in a latticed enclosure. Rutledge cemetery is overg rown with weeds and shrubs. It might be that volunteers could tell the tourists about some of our interesting places. As Mrs. Kellenberger, whose mother gave the funds to res tore Tryon Palace and who spent two hours at Liberty Hall said, "Liberty Hall is simply lovely! It should mean a lot to your community." Mattie W. Sadler Stills Destroyed r i Two Illegal whiskey stills were destroyed In Duplin Co unty over the week end and two men were arrested. A 720 gallon capacity still and 600 gallons of masn were destroyed near Befhellte Church in Magnolia Township. Hugh Couldige Chavtous was ariested and will be tried In Federal Court In Wilmington. Officers on the raid were a&i, Chestnutt, ABC officer Garland Barber of Clinton aid ATU officer Billy Copeland of ? ayettevllle. A smaller still was destroyed in Wolfscrape township. Clif ton Hardlson was arrested and will be tried In Federal Court Three 50 gallon-barrels of mash, one 210 gallon-barrel of mash, and a 50 gallon copper still were destroyed. Deputy Irvin Outlaw was assisted by ABC officer BUI Uzzell and ATu officers Jim Langston and Ray Cllne. Oil Co. Accepts Fish Kill Responsibility An oil company of Wallace ?has accepted the responsibility for the largest fish kill In the streams of North Carolina sin ce the enactment In 1963 of the State Water Polutlon Control Law, and has agreed topaydam ages in the amount of $15,800.89. An official of the State De partment of Water and Air Re sources announced the solution to the case which arose July 11 when large numbers of fish began dying in the Northeast Cape Fear River and in a tri butary, Rockfish Creek. Worsley Oil Company advised the department that it recently discarded an undertermlned amount of "Endrin" by pouring It into a storm sewer. Endrin is a highly toxic insecticide. The insecticide flowed through the storm sewer into Big Ditch and into Little Rock fish Creek, to Rockfish Creek, Ler?y tiell of Magnolia is shown here receiving his 40 year service award Iron Governor On K. Moore. Hall, a Maintenance Foreman in the Highway Commission's Di vision Three, was one of 40-veteran 'lighwav employees to the Northeast Cape Fear Ri ver, killing all life In the wat ers for a distance of 45 miles. The firms attorney advised the chairman of the State Bo ard of Water and Air Resour ces of Its possible liability upon learning of the death of the fish. By Identifying the Insecticide, investigation al ready underway, was expedited. The oil company has been an Insecticide dealer for a period of years. A recent inventory showed Endrin on hand, and since It Is no longer commonly used It was decided that the company should dispose of its supply. Without realizing the toxicity of the material. It was allowed to lnfilter the stream. i Upon becoming aware that the material they had discarded mi ght be responsible for the fish kill, they contacted experts in the field of insecticides who visited the area and consulted with company officials. Water and Air Resources of ficials commended the oil com pany upon "acting in a credi table manner" and said they will be expected to respond ful ly for damages Involved. Replacing the fish Is estim ated to cost 18,233.06. The remainder of the $15,800.89 re presents cost of investigation. The Wildlife Resources Com mission, which will replace the fish, reported recovering aid ldenfifylng 12,565 fish weighing a total of 7,158 pounds. In cluded were bowftn, carp, cat fish, eels, gizzard shad, lar ge mouth bass, longnose gar, mullet, pickerel, striped bass, t sunflshes and yellow perch. The State Department has ad vised that It will be from th ree to five years before the fish population will be retur ned to normal,In the rffected Directing the Investigation were A.C TurnmeTir rf t armvllle, assisted by John Melvln and WUliam Mills. Fire Ravages Buildings In Beulaville A Beulaville residence was badly damaged by fire Saturday night and a business place was gutted early Sunday morning. The fires were In different par ts of town and several hours apart, but possible may have had the same origin. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Alfonso Quinn was damaged an estimated $5,000. or more. No estimate was available on Av on's Service Station. The Quinn family was en joying a cookout in their back yard. French fries were being prepared on the electric range in the kitchen. Electric ser vices were disrupted about 7 p.m. The family dined with out french fries and went vi siting. Eventually the .currentxame on and since the burner under the french fries had not been turned off, the grease over heated and burst into flames. The kitchen and den were bur ned out and the rest of the house badly damaged with sm oke. The loss was reportedly covered by Insurance. Cecil Miller of the Beula ville Fire Department said the call was logged with the Are department at 9:45 p.m. Sa turday. About 7 o'clock Sunday morn ing firemen were called to Avon's Oil Comapny at (he stop light in Beulaville, Fire had started in the front part of the station where the drink boxes were located. CMlkaei h Pafl* In Duplin General Gets Radiologist Duplin General HipspJtjjl con tinues to expand, not only a physical pliu but 1l?o h. Hospital Staff. Dr. Lewis Crawford Reese has assumed duties as full time radiologist-?>at Duplin General Hospital. Former residents of Waynes burg, Pennsylvania, the Reese's are now residing in Warsaw in the Hines house, 602 East Hill Street. Mrs. Reese is the former Myrna Geiger of Washington, New 'Jersey. They have two children: adaughter, Kemberly, and eighth grader at Warsaw Junior High; and a son Mit chell, a senior at Jantes Kenan *ig'l f W H " Dr. Ktese is a graduate of Huhnernann Medical School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a resident at West Perm Hospital in Pittsburg for three years. He did general prac tice for several years in Gil bert, Pa. Dr. Reese spent two and one half years in the service of his country stationed at Camp Lejeune with the U.S, Navy. He practiced radiology in Wa nesburg prior to coming to Duplin General Hospital. Rest Home Operators Meet In order to evaluate mutual problems and working condi tions and set up policies. Rest Home Operators of Duplin Co unty met in Kenansville Wed nesday, July 24. Mr. and Mrs. John Hall, operators of Whaley's Rest Home were host to the group. Meeting with the operators where Mrs. Mac Casteen, Su pervisor of Rest Homes of the Duplin County Department of Public Welfare and Mrs. Mil lie Brown, acting Director of Welfare. While the State Department of Public Welfare sets up rules and regulations to govern Rest Homes, which must be met by all operators, some aspects arise that are not covered by these regulations, pointed out Mrs. Casteen. , Operators hope that it will not become necessary to es tablish visiting hours for Rest Homes as is necessary for Hos pitals and other Institutions. The public Is Invited to cooper ate in this. Mrs. Brown str essed the fact that while visi tors are essential to the moral of Residents of any home, they should be even more consider ate when visiting a rest home than a private home. Routine is necessary and should be respected. Your visit should not coincide with meal time or bedtime. Attending the meeting were Mr,. Ra'pn J)operator of Jones Rest Home In Warsaw; Continued to Page I uuDiin tiiris go 10 Buenos Aires RACHEL SMITH I WANDA BELL Rachel Darden Smith, the daughter of Mrs. Ruby S. Smith ot Duplin, wlii be. persuing aca demic subjects in unusual set- ? tings this summer. The class room may be in the midst of the old-world culture of Asuncion or a department store in mo dern Brasilia. She will be participating in this summer's session of CLASP, which gets its name from the initial letters of Ca mpbell Latin American Studies Program. The program was organized by Dr. Samuel H.Co ckburn of the Campbell College F acuity, who last year led the first group from Campbell on a study-and-travel tour of La tin America. A junior at Campbell, Miss Smith is majoring in elemen tary education. Wanda Bell, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Waters Bell of Mount Olive and a Jun ior at Campbell, is also mak ingthe trip. This second session of the two-part CLASP program, fol lowing the June 6-July 14 pro Jram and slated to run from uly 18 until August 22, opened wltn orientation classes on the Campbell campus last week. The ten students enrolled and Dr. And Mrs. Cockburn will leave July 24 from Greensboro Airport; and they are schedul ed to arrive in Buenos Aires, via New York on the 25th. Visits to art galleries, his torical sites, churches, schools and homes will give the stu dents first-hand knowledge of Latin American life. Coy C. Wood of Kenwsvllle Is shown here receiving his 45-year service award from Gov. Dan K. Moore .Wood a maintenance foremai In the Highway Commission's Divi sion iTiree, was one of 40-veteran highway employees ho nored by the Governor and Highway chairman J.M. Horn. ?Jr. In ceremonies In Raleigh July 15. .vv%$;rA* '-'v.