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Rimhlewood Caunrrv Club m*m!wi-? l-tmn*. nr,A u.n.
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Roy Taylor, Pink Hill; Russell Bostlc, Beulavtlle, and Albeit
Smith of Pink Hill. Directors not present for the picture
were Harold Hardlson, Lynwood Turner. Luther Ledferd, BUI
Cutler, and Morris Grady. " ! ?J
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ji time .? Mondty Nov. 5.
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f BodwUle *?ld tl tsor ,5(
ItiasT't0rS ?LKSHU?> to ^
the/ iSdfb rd?^iiTwnfSp
Xiaxn B. Cutler, Beulaviile;
Morris Grady, Beu.aville;
Richard Wll.lams, Beulaviile;
^TayS'of PITH1U!1!^.
Mr. Ed Morton of Klftston
Is promos. Ramblewood. TiS;
pre shop Is located la the club
>iCJse and is well stocked with
golf equipment.
This new ?nd magnificent re
creational facility is centrally
located to seree the people of
eastern Duplin County and their
neighbors in Southern Lenoir
and western Jones md Onslow
counties. .
? la Ml - ? die
for Inspection of the bulkttng
*nd refreshments. They also
registered for a TV aid the
"Muse of money", ontest which
will run through Doc. ;
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One of the most destructive
fires ever to hit this tree ra
vaged a Warsaw Shopping
Center Sunday afternoon.
CI arks Shopping Center which
contained Clarks Drug Store
and Western Auto, along with
eight other businesses sustain
ed damages conservatively es
timated at 1160,000.
The Drug Store and Western
Auto were completely de
molished. One observer was
reported to have said "1 woul
dn't give a nickel for the sal
vage value of merchandise from
bom stores."
A ladies apparel shop, Hobbs
Town 4 Country Shoppe, owned
by Mrs. Cleo Hobbs, was heav
ily damaged by smoke. Fix
tures In Hobbs Beauty Salon
also owned by Mrs. Hobbs was
smoked a sticky jet black. Some
of the cosmetics and equipment
were removed, but Mrs. Hobbs
estimated her loss to be over
130,000. I.'"
Valuable records were re
moved and preserved from the
office of attorney Robert L.
West. Mr. West's office sus
tained only smoke damage.
Thd Spinning Wheel, a fabric
shop that specialized in co
ordinated materials of a very
good quality, aid notions for
virtually every sewing need,
had a thick film of smoke on
everything. Mrs. R.V. Phil
lips said she had no idea of
the damages yet.
The city Barber Shop oper
ated by Cecil Bustle had right
much smoke damage.
Attorney E.C. Thompson was
id his office when he heard
AfrfaSwteh
missed the noise as a "sonic
Soom." the* left the office and
circled the Block. About that
Shopping
time the fire whistle blew.
Thompson removed his re
cords and valuable paper
shortly after th e fire broke
out. He said that an 18 in.?
wall from the old Best Livery
Stables saved his office from ,
the fire." Damages to his <
office was mainly from the
smoke.
An explosion was witnessed
by several persons before the
fire broke out. After the ex
plosion, fire spread Into both
the Western Auto Store and
Clark's Drug Store.
Fire Departments from Ken
ansvllle and Faison assisted
the Warsaw Department and did
a magnificent job of containing
the fire in the shopping center.
A building adjoining Western
Auto, now Farmers^Hardware
and Merchandise Company was
only slightly damaged. A plate
flass in the front window was
roken and some smoke enter
ed the building.
Chinquapin
Library I
Open Haute
Open House was observed
at Chinquapin School Library
Friday morning, November 22.
A program was presented
In the school auditorium where
school patrons, students, spec
ial guest and friends were as
sembled.
Mr. George Frank Land en.
Principal of the school welcom
ed the .groqff an? introduced
special guest. Among thajfe
recognised were: Mr. Charles
H. Yelwertct Superintendent of
Duplin Coum Schools; Mr. By
ron Teache^assistant superin
tendent; Mr. D. D. Blanchard,
member of the County Board
of Education; Mrs. Sallie In
grram, superintendent of Sch
ools ESE A; Mrs. Virginia
Quinn, Library Supervisor;
Miss Aiate Mae Brown and
Miss Anne Mae Kenion, ele
mentary Supervisors, and ot
hers who we contributing to the
success of the school.
Guests were invited to the
Library which contains more
than 4,000 volumes valued In
excess of 912,000. Carpet has
been Installed on the floor and
a acoustical tile on the celling
which contributes substantially
to eliminating outside noise.
Adeouate lighting and draper
It ies have also Men Installed.
Refreshments were served to
the guest f rom the school lunch
room.
Firemen Sponsor
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Blood Typing
On Saturday, November 30,
from 9:00 A.M. untU 5:00 P.M.,
at the Town Hall In Rose Hill,
North Carolina, the Rose Hill
Volunteer Firemen through the
cooperation of laboratory tech
nicians from Duplin General
Hospital, vdll sponsor a blood
typing program.
Everyone in Rose Hill and
the surrounding communities,
and any age, are asked to be
sure and come by to have their
blood typed. These typings will
be recorded on a blood rostrum,
and left in Rose Hill for the
convenience of the communi
ties.
This rostrum is very impor
tant and will be very beneficial.
Remember Saturday, November
30. A program that is nec
essary, and will benefit you,
your family, and friends.
Center Ravaged By Fire
Fire swept this shopping center In Warsaw
Sunday afternoon and left only the walls of
Western Auto and Clarks Drug. A piece of
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plastic flaps In the Farmers Hardware and
Merchandise window, which received only
minor damage.
Duplin Farm Bureau Opposes Tobacco Cut
The thirty-third annual meet
ing of North Carolina Farm
Bureau Federation was held at
the Jack Tar Hotel in Durham,
November 17-20. Duplin County
F arm Bureau was represented
by Its nine voting delegates
and four Insurance Agents. Re
gistration began at 2:00 P.M.
on Sunday with a Vesper Ser
vice at 7:30, concluding with a
candle light memorial service
in memory of AJC. Edwards
of H^oljerton who died on 3-28
? \ Oh Monday morning the ann
ual report was given to the
?aalpcyholders of the N.C. Farm
Bureau Mutual Insurance Com
pany. General Manager GJD.
-at'
Culp outlined the growth of the
company over thtpast 10 years.
Mr. Culp then ifW&duced
Worthlngton, Agency Manager
from Duplin County, who add
ressed the orowd of approxim
ately seven hundred fifty people.
Mr. Worthlngton gave a very
Interesting talk o n unity and
stressed that farmers should
stick together in all phases of
the Farm Bureau programs that
are being offered.^
r- Ttw Monday afternoon ses
sion was featured by at address
of the Hoporable Everette Jor
dan, U.S. Senator. He also st
ressed f|niers uniting into
marketing programs, so that
they could realize more pro
fits from its product. Tues
day, the Honor able James A.
Graham, Comttissioner of Ap
iculture and Or. Brooks
James, from office of War on
Hunger, Dept. of State, Wash
ington, D.C. addressed the gr
oup. Both gave very inspiring
talks.
Tuesday afternoon and Wed
nesday consisted of sessions
dealing with the resolutions that
had come from all the counties.
Some resolutions of special in
terest To the people of Duplin
County consisted of the State
F arm Bureau endorsing a rec
ommendation asking for a 109:
cut in tobacco to try to get the
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A major attraction at Belk-Tylers grand
opening In Mount Olive was this lovely young
lady demonstrating one way to "keep" fit."
(Photo by Ruth Wells)
Throngs of people from far
and near were on hand last
Thursday for the opening of the
new Belit Tyler Store in Mount
Olive.
Mayor D.F. Odom Jr. cut the
ribbons officially opening the
new store. Dignitaries attend
ing the ceremonies Included
Congressman David Henderson,
President John Belk of Belk
Stores, Executive Vice Presid
ent, Arthur Tyler of Belk-Tyler
Stores, Manager Paul Eason of
the Mt. Olive Store and Dr.
Kenneth Wltklns of Goldsboro,
constructor of the building. *
The new facility Is located
adjacent to ample parking fac
ilities, and Is an asset to Mt.
Olive and the surrounding area.
Personnel tor Belk stores
throughout eastern North Caro
lina were brought to the store
to assist In the grand opening.
A favorite In the store was
near the front door where a
lovely young lady demonstrat
ed th?. way to keep fit. Many
people looked wistfully, few
participated.
Traffic Fatality At Smith Township
Duplin County's traffic deaths
passed the mark set In 1967
with the ftrey death of a
Smith's Township man Saturday
night.
Bobby Wayne Smith, 28, of
Rt. 2, Pink Bill was pinned In
his car which burst Into flames
following a head-on wreck on
Highway HI about 8 p.m. Novem
Robert Lee Raynor, driver of
the other car involved, was re
ported In serious condition with
Ford F alrl ane were Ronnie Su
mner, 17 and Jeff Lanier, 23.
All three of the men were from
BeulaviUe. Sumner reportedly
received a broken Jaw, but only
Raynor was hospitalized.
State Trooper Edwin R. Kir
by. Investigating officer, said
Bobby Wayne Smith was tr
aveling south on Highway 01
in a 1968 Ford. Evidence in
dicated that Smith's vehicle was
3 feet across the center line
at the point of impact. The
car traveled 76 feet beyond die
H
point of Impact and burst Into
flames.
Raynor's car, traveling
north, came to rest upside down
In the center of the highway,
155 feet from impact.
Funeral services for Smith
were held at 2 pjn. Monday,
at Howard and Carter Funeral
Home in Kins ton by Rev. Troy
0. MulUs, pastor of Smith's
Presbyterian Church. Burial
followed In Oak Ridge Memor
ial Park near Pink Al.
K'i
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Linda Sue Dean Smith; his par
eras, Mr. and Mrs. Uiaoce*
Ivey Smith of Rt. 2, Pink Hill;
a son, ivey Wayne Smith of
the home; a sister, Mrs. Ban
Grady of Warsaw; a half-sis
ter, Mrs. Allen Strand of Al
bert son: two brothers, Thomas
1. of Pink Hill and George
Dillon Smith of Kenansville;
four half-hrothers, Willie Jam
es, Kenton W. and David fi.
of Pink Hill, and Lenwood Smith
of Lawton, Okla.
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