SENTINEL
VOL. XXXV HO. 40 KENANSVILLE, N.C. OCTOBER 3. 1968 ' PRICE 10$ PLUS Tax
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As I am In my last week In
the role of "Editor and Chief,"
I approach this issue of the
P4?er with many mixed emot
ions. fa some ways I feel
like a traitor because I love
Duplin County so dearly, but
when I think of the many pro
gressive steps that can be made
In the paper by new blood,
new ideas and a love for news
paper work and love for our
people, I feel real elated that
we are so fortunate.
Someone was in the office
this morning discussing the
growth of Duplin in the past
five years since he had made :
Duplin his home. It is like
a success story from a fairy
tale book.
Today 1 want to thank each
and every person who has made
my ten years and four months
in the newspaper field sohappy.
pleasant and successful. Had
it not been for you--each indi
vidual--! could not have done
the Job that 1 am conceited eno
ugh to say that I think was
right good. For if anyone had
any Ufea how frightened 1 was
when 1 came into this office
on June 1. 1958. they would
have said "she'll never make
it/*
To each correspondent in the
county, each advertiser, each
person who has sent in aneiys j
item and each person who has
read the paper, I say thank
you. And even to the ones
who have criticized tw^feank
you. And even to'Phones
who have criticized us. I thank
*?, you coo, fo*tii~hai
strive to do a better Job. Had
.. it,?et -ka#h for my wonderful
employees during the past t?
years, it would have been a sad
story, mey have beenifatoh
ful, loyal, patient and kind in
every way and we have been
like one happy family with our
little differences that did not
amount to a row of pins. To
my fellow printers, thank you
for pulling me out of the mire
when I got stuck.
The history of the Duplin
Times for the past 35 years
has been colorful, exciting and
at times dramatic. One who
owns a paper always reaches
the point that they feel toward
their paper if it were their
own child. This was venr true
of the feeling which Bob and I
had and have toward our news
pa?rb raised the child through
its infancy, grammar school
days, and its wildteenagevears
over and got her through the
calmer years of college and we
graduated with honors. Now
with much pride in our child
we are turning it over to Ike
Riddick to steer it hrough a i
successful, changing and pro- j
gressive world.
With tears in my.eyes l <
proudly kiss our child good- i
bye and shall watch his steady l
growth andprogressfrom adis- ,
tanCC- Ruth j
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Mr. J.B, Wallace has assumed duties of Tax Supervisor
for Duplin County. <\ He will continue to serve as Veteran
Service Officer in connection with his new duties as Tax
Supervisor. j ,
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Community Committeemen
Elected For 1969
^Wtiy^^^nltta^^^Uon have
and Second Alternate. Three
reggytjjnerrber Jwere deles a-,
res tow?County??iVfentlonmat
was held Wednesday, September
25, 196a, at 9:3? In the ASC
Office. \ 1
A Albert^k
Alvin Stroud rm
W. Coy Smith
M arvin Garris tBL
Donald K. Outlaw
Cornia Brltt
B Cypress Creek
Raymond A. Brown
Hobart Brinson
Garland Whaley
Graham C. Raynor
Ray Lanier
C Faison
Roy McNeill
Robert Lee Pate
Roba Pate
Sam Taylor
W.F. Davis
O Glisson
Lei arid Herring
George Kelly
. Willard Westbrook
% Larry W. Harper
Joseph W. Ourlaw h
atei<
E Wand Creek ' * *
Wilbert A. Hanchey
Thomas A. Cavenaugh
Henry G. Hanchey
A.C. Kenan
D.F. Rivenbark
V
F Kenansvllle
O.R. Blizzard \
^.F. Chambers \
Titemas ChestnutK
H^pm Whitman \
Robml^F^ Williams ok
George fL^btao
Leonard KertheK^ \\
Ervin Lanier
Perry WilliamffV. ^
L.M. Bos tic \
H Magnolia > <
Ralph Bishop
Coatlnoed to Poge 2
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Poultry Jubilee - -
Plans are completed, the fry
ing pan Is ready, and Saturday
is the big day in Rose Hill!
rhousands are expected to mun
:h on chicken, to enjoy the
estivities and fun and to see
irst-hand eastern North Car
jlina's burgeoning poultry pro
gress. file event will take
ilace on the L.B. Bradshaw
lot south of Rose Hill on High
war 117,
The frying pan, a huge steel
monster, complete withHandle,
? the largest in the world, fif
teen feet across, 47 feet around
and weighing in at two tons,
is ready to Try all the chicken
the folks can eat along with
potato cakes and slaw.
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J. B. Wallace Named Tax Supervisor
Mr. J.B. Wall ace has assum
ed duties as tax supervisor
of Duplin County.
Mr. Wallace nas served Dup
lin County as Veteran Service
Officer since his separation
from service In 1946. He will
continue in this office also.
He served as Deputy Sheriff
and Treasurer of Duplin County
unde r the late David S. Wil
liamson from 1929 to 1942.
Immediately following Pearl
Harbor, Mr. Wall ace volunteer
ed for duty with the Army Air
Fobce. He was separated from
service in 1946 with the rank
of Major.
Following the authorization
by State Legislature for coun
ties to employ officials to aid
veterans and their families in
making claims, etc. Mr. Wal
lace was employed as Veteran
Service Officer in January,
1946.
The first two years as ser
vice officer were very busy
years as service men returned
nome and made the transition
to civilian life. Many veter
ans , their families and depen
dents were given assistance in
presenting, processing and es
tablishing claims and benefits.
Counseling and advising, rela
tive to laws and benefits were
also a part of his duties as
Veteran Service Officer.
Mr. Wallace has helped vet
erans and their families apply
Prstabls Causa
C All Mil
The Jury at the Coroners
inquest Mondjf night Septem
ber 30 found probable cause and
ordered that James Thomas
Frederick be held without bond
for grand Jury action.
Joik-Thomas Frederick. 16.
Confine* Is Page Two
for pensions, loans, hospitali
zation, medical care benefits,
vocational rehabilitation, bur
ial and other benefits.
With veteran claims subsid
ing after they reached their
peak in 1948, Mr. Wall ace beg an
assisting the tax supervisor,
a practice he has continued
through the years, and comes
to the office of supervisor very
well prepared.
He is married to the former
Katherine McKenzie of Wil
mington. They are active mem
bers of the Kenansville Baptist
Church where Mr. Wallace has
served for many years as adea
con.
Mr. Wallace is noted for his
love of sports and spends as
much time as possible fox hun
ting. He also enjoys sports as
a spectator and has followed
the North Carolina State Wolf
pack for many years.
Swine
Production
Seminar
The second agricultural
seminar will be held Monday
[light. October 7, from 7-10
p.m.. at James Sprunt Instlt
ite. This program will be on
lousing facilities necessary for
ifficiem pork production. It
*111 telp producers under
stand vie Importance of ade
quate housing for profit able hog
production. Plans for farrow
ing houses, feeding floors, and
feeding facilities will be dis
cussed.
Mr. Bob Swain Extension Ag
ent Will be ije inst.V ?^>r.
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Htw fo Conk With fits
A good size bet ls\ the ot- not reach high enough temper
ferlng at the Pyrofax GlaGpm
pany In Warsaw of whicflSfH^
Boyette is owner.
The bet? It is simply that
do-nuts will taste only as do
nuts when fried in fat after
shrimp.
Magic Chef Boyette and the
gas company is observing cus
tomer Appreciation Days during
the month of October.
Each Friday afternoon from
3 to 5 o'clock Mr. Boyette
will don his Magic Chef jJ>ron
and demonstrate cooking that is
really hard to believe.
Vttjaout the do-nuts and shrimp,
explains that the i
Magfc^BMto of his gas range
controls TMInnperature so ,
perfectly the dokdng fat does (
ature to break down the mole
cules in the fat. It 'Is just
that simple.
'Nile demonstrates with do
' " T"i)C"-n and any number
of foodsuiSWfaMfjikedln
a manner.
A gas fired grill on B^*hje
walk and a piece of slzzITnja^
ham sent out an aroma that
soon brought a crowd to inves
Centtnued To Pege Two
READY
The pan will be fired with
2 as from eight sets of tobacco .
Earn burners and will cook 265
chickens at one cqjking using
140 gallons of coatMg oil. The
chicken will be-iaKed piping {
hot1 from thi?afl|tensll. Irs
worththe pan.
WhereeTStttipTyou see such ,
a pa^*~"JHTjo much fried
chlcl^b?. .'me/smell such an
asrMBDifl gity as the aroma
of tflisj^Arfr chickens frying
in mepStm The Rose Hill
Lldp CtdVwill do the cook
intjanpwh could teach Col
oJr- JgJVrs a thins or two
wti 4ytcmss to frying chick
W PJfe&iWtU be on sale for
P^rhe^fcilee Parade featuring
some 3?uilts, will begin pro
p#ptlyM^i|^Featured will
Pjiihiiftfi''
By: Snodie a Wilson
Agricultural Extension Vent
The Sixth Annual Poultry Ju
bilee Is certainly an Important
event in Duplin County, because
it salutes an industry that has
meant so much to the economy
of Duplin County and surround
ing counties. The civic organ
izations of Rose Hill and its
people ar e to be congratulated
for sponsoring an event that
gives meaning and recognition
to an industry that has blossom
ed without the aid of govern- <
mental price support.
The poultry industry has not
been quite as frustrating and (
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MEMBERS OF ROSE HJLLJATCEESENTHUS"
I ASTIC ALLY AWAITING BIG OAT OF
POULTRY JUBILEE
Left to right members are: Jimmy Robi*,
son, Colon McLaurln, BobCarr, Ken Hopkins/
Bo Rouse, directly behind Bo Is R?y Sandereon, /
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Cede Porter, Buddy Brinkley. Moses Paul,
Knot Teachey (President of Rose Hill Jaycees)
barely visible is E.C. Wells. Dean Whaley
Bobby Miller, Jimmy Rtley DavW Fuaseltv
. Donald Baker and Dan Fussell. Absent wiSr
picture was made was Dewitt Miller. ~
New Management For Duplin
Times - Progress Sentinel
Sale of The Duplin Times
Progress Sentinel was made
public today in an announcement
made jointly by Mrs. Ruth
Grady, editor of the newspaper,
and Ike F. Riddick, head of
the publishing Arm whichh^J
purchased the Duplin. TtfMqPH
Progress Sentinel.
The sale was effective this'^'
week. / ' M
Riddick, 30 , a veteran
Eastern North Carolina news
paperman, has assumed the post 1}
of publisher of the newsp?wr?
For the past eight years, he
has been associated with The
Daily Reflector of Greenville
in tne advertising department j
of that newspaper. 1
Commenting on the change ;
of ownership, Riddick said,
"Under the leadership of Ruth
P. Grady, The Duplin Times
has rendered an outstanding
service to Duplin County and to
its people. It is our purpose
to continue to provide-the peo
ple of Duplin with an excellent
newspaper. Duplin County has j
made significant progress in
recent years, and it has great
potential for future years. It
is our desire to have a part
with other citizens of this coO\
ntv in achieving that potential >
which lies ahead. ' J
"We are also pleased," Rid- J
dick said, "that Mrs. Grady, .
while she will not devote full
time in the future to thADup
lin Times-Progress Sentinel,
has agreed to be a consultant
to the newspaper ?' ^ . , - f
Riddick said n other staff
changes are anticipated.
A native of Ocradokf, N.C., ;
Riddick moved to j Greenville f
with his family at an early age. y
He grew up in Greenville, at- s
tending Greenville City Schools i
ind is a graduate of Greenville <
iigh. During his undergraduate i
ears at East Carolina Ur,i.yer- 1
ity, Riddlek was an outst and
ng basketball player and was
:aptain of the university's ba?
tetbali team in his senior year,
n I960 he was the leading
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Net F. Riddkk .p?w publisher ?f Th? Duplin Times
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NATIONAL SPINNING CO.. INC.
INCREASES AWARD TO
jMr. Freddie Bell, General
Stager, National Spinning
^fcmpany, Inc., Warsaw, North
Barollna, announced that his
firm's management and em
poyees. In order to show their
appreciation to Duplin County,
was this year increasing tne
First Place Award to Miss
Duplin County" from $250 to
$300. This award will be chan
ged from a scholarship to a
cash award effective with last
year's winner.
National Spinning Co., Inc.,
began operations in Duplin Cou
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Mana^-dpR. Woodcock, left^dt^directors of South
eastej?\F#mers Grain Assoclatio^/1 to right): EJR.
Carjgn, Jfarsaw, President, W.B. JBmH) Faison; Tift Her
rlnjJ^jr Ollre; C.C. Ivey Jr., Mt^Wve; Paul Ed Dall,
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Vice president, Kenansville; Russell Brock, Mt. Olive; and
Boyce Boyette, Secretary. Absent members are Doane
Cottle, Rose Hill and Henry Carter, Wallace. Cottle. Brock,
and Ivey were reelected at the meeting.
(Photo by Ruth Wells)
Stockholders Reelect Directors
Stockholders of Southeastern
F armers Grain Association Inc.
held their annual meeting in
Warsaw Thursday, September
26. About 200 members attend
ed. '
The dinner meeting was held
In the Warsaw National Guard
Armory where chicken mdpork
barbecue was catered few Grlf
fin's Barbecue In Goldsboro.
Mr. Vance a Gavin, attorney
Of Kenansville, was master of
ceremonies.
Mr. Henry L. Stevens III
attorney for Southeastern
Grainery introduced the spect
er. Mr. Harry B. Caldwell. Ex
ecutive vice president aid sec
retary of North Carolina
Farmers Cooperative Council.
Mr. Stevens introduced Mr.
Caldwell as a farmer who had
spent a life-time of service
to his fellow man. In addition
to being vice president and
secretary to the council. Mr.
Caldwell is: member of the
National advisory Commission
on Food and Fiber: Chairman
of United National Grange; Tru
stee of American Institute of
Cooperatives; member of Exe
cutive Committee of N.C. Gra
nge} Director of FCX; and a
membe r of North Carolina Tax
Study Commission.
Mr. Caldwell congratulated
Pi ?? Pace t