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VOL. XXXV NO. 48 * KENAN3VILLE. N.C. DECEMBER 6,1968 16 PAGES THIS WEEK PRICE 104 PLUS TAX
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Super Dollar Store Opens In Faison
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The Super Dollar Store, toe.
In Fatson wfll hare their formal
opening ceranou?ss at 9 A.M.
,?hnrsdjw, December 5th. Mrs.
Robert ?>. Ksnnedy, a native of
Falson will manage die store.
Mrs, Kennedy, the former Julia
Preeeythe, lias had several :
years experience in retail mer
chandise. She is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. C.A. Pre
cythe of Falspn. The store
wil also have three full time ?
and two Pert time clerks.
The new Falson Super Dol
lar Store will carry clothing,
shoes, household goods, toys,
health and beauty aids, Chris
tmas decorations, and gift wr
appings, all ? discount prices,
with all sale* made an a guar
anteed basis.
Super Dollar stores are
known as Lpw Margin Oper
ators. Volume buying and low
overhead makes possible the
discount prides which charac
terise the SUper Dollar Stores.
I Super Dolfar, Inc. headquar
ters are lqcfted in Raleigh,
with 39 stores operating in both
vt -t_ - - -
?orai Carolina ana Virginia.
Other Super Dollar Sores
In this area are located at
Warsaw, Dunn, Smithfleld, Ben
son, La Grange, and Morehead
City.
Moose Lodge Will
Give Prizes
The BetiUviUe Moom Lodge
1840 wtth help of the Bus
iness Ilea of BeulsTffle ere go
ing to give Three Prises far
Hie best aecorated yard for
CbrMmos wittaia the cttyjte
eligible for the prizes
WE HOPE YOU ALL A
HAPPY CHRISTMAS,
MEWER OP THE M006E
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Mrs. Julia Kennedy, center Is manager of
the Falson Super Dollar Store, Inc. opening
Thursday, Dec. 12. Mr. Robert Holt, left.
Supervisor of new store development
operations, and Mr. Ralph Myers, District
Sales Supervisor are officials of the company.
Flue - Cured Tobacco Supply And Demand
Stocks of fine-cured tobacco
held in the Inventories erf manu
f acutrers and dealers and under
Government loan on July 1,1968,
beginning of the current mark
eting year, were reported to be
2,302 million pounds, farm
sales weight. This represented
an increase of 29million pounds
from a year earlier.
The Flue-Cured Tobacco Co
operative Stabilization Corp
oration, which oper ates the Go
vernment price Support pro
}ram, had in its inventory on
uly 1,1968, 756 piUUon pounds.
tarm-sales weight, an increase
of 209 million pounds from a
year earlier.
The 1968 crop is estimated
to be 1,012 million pounds ?
about 19 percent below market
ings from the 1967 crop. Total
supply (carry-over plus es
timated production) for the cur
rent marketing year is 3,314
million pounds ? about 209 mil
lion pounds or 6 percent below
last year.
Disappearance (domestic use
plus exports) during the mar
keting year ending June 80.
a mm ?,
Hnnumi ntnncr rar uwwue
^ c^iyg--xneTTga
In gifts to Mount OUw^Uege
at their annual dinner for tne
College on Saturday evening,
November 33. The dinner was
held in the Beulavllle Elemen
tary School Cafeteria, Beula
vllle, with an tftendanbe of 91.
Austin Carter,directir of de
velopment presented lie pro
gram depicting through^ a nar
rated slide film prestation
the life of the ColleA and
outlining its plane for Oke fut
ure. Kaye Goodman, aijismber
of theRooty Branch Church near
Mount Olive and a student cur
rently enrolled at Mount Olive
College, spoke on "My Appre
ciation of Mount Olive College."
Monies received through a
series of dinners In Duplin
County since 1963 have raised
* ? ? mm
Wl/rot* for the College. Co
chairmen of|he Steering Cooi
mlttee which planned tne 1968
dinner were Davis Evais of
Kenmsville and Arthur Kennedy
of Beulavllle. Other members
of the Committee Included Rhu
ben Bishop of Mount Olive and
Mrs. Walter Rhodes and the.
Rev. Bruce Dudley of Beula
vllle. J
Participating churches and ?
chairmen of tnelr committees
were: Bethlehem, Mrs. Marie
B. Jones of Chlnqpapin; Beula
vllle, Kenneth G. Jones of Beu
lavllle; Cabin, Mrs. Ottls J.
Miller of Beulavllle; Lone Rid
ge, Mrs. Orrle Scott of Mount
Olive; Pear sail's Chapel, Davis
Evans of Kenansville.
Sandy Plain, Arthur Kennedy
of Beulavllle; Sarecta, A.D.
Benson of Kmahsvllle; and
Mrs. Robert Benson of Warsaw.
an annual project with these young *
is only one ofthemanyoutstandlag accomplish
menu of the Jaycees.
tions received by the cltlaens
of Ro*e Hill. The people of
the community were very much
Impressed by the action tfiejay
g^tu^w1" wf'n|ht?gS1^
on foreign soil. They wanted
to heip in any way we needed
|oJwlplnj^ next year^l^^
1968, was 1,221 million pounos
about S3 million pounds below
the previous year. The total
supply of 3,314 million pounds
is sufficient for about 2.7 years'
duration at last year's level of
domestic usage and exports.
It Is generally {greed that a
supply of about 2.5 years' du
ration Is desirable.
Domestic use of flue-cured
tobacco during the marketing
year ending June 30, 1968, is
indicated tooe687 million poun
ds -- the same as the previous
year, but 92 million pounds be
ATJ EWTMJ Ah-lf*
To all birders who have
books from Duplin
County Library Jhat are over
due and hate hM. beemreturn
ed, as of thi* M%l[l| 4th.
there will be nt-MMHe char
turaed to Duplin County Li
brary by December 31, 1968.
The Library will be closed for
Christmas Holidays, Dec. 24,
?, and 36th.
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Welfare Open House
, Mrs. MiUie Brown, acting Di
rector of the Welfare Depart
ment of Duplin County and the
members of her staff are hold
ing Open House Friday, De
cember 6 from 2 to 7 P. M.
The public is invited to in
spect this new building which
is Colonial in design and in
keeping with the movement to
restore Kenansville to its orig
inal colonial splendor.
Yelverton
Attends Seminar
Mr. C.H. Yelverton, Super
intendent of Duplin County
Schools attended a Seminar at
ECU last week. "Problems
of the Fall" was the general
topic for school administrators
from fourteen Eastern North
Carolina counties. The sem
inar was sponsored by the East
Carolina University School of
Education.
uuu contest
The John Ivey Thomas
Chapter No. 2172 U.D.C. Beu
lavllle, announces the Histor
ical Essay Contest, co-spons
ored by The United Daughters
of the Confederacy.
Subject for 1968-69 Is Edu
cation In The South; lSeS-lDlS.**
All Essay Contest in schools
will be under the supervision
of the Chapters of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy.
LOCAL RULES GOVERN THE
DIVISION CONTEST.
Local titles govern the division
contest. Open to High School
students Ninth grade through
Twelfth grade.
PRIZES; Transferable Scho
larships.
First Prize?8280.00
Second Prize?$150.00
Third Prize?$100.00 *
Division Chataman may se
lect the two best essays from
those submitted to them
and swtd^to die General Chair
Campbell
College
Choir
Concert
?m__ /? m
ilie i*ainpocii uonege onoir
will present a program of
Christmas music In Kenan
Memorial Auditorium in Ken
ansvllle on Sunday afternoon,
December 15, at 3:30 pjn.
The choir has just returned
from a tour abroad in England,
Switzerland, Italy, Austria,
Germany, and France. This
concert is being presented by
the Tar Heel Fine Arts Society
and James Sprunt Institute.
Admission is by season ticket
and as a bonus, each season tic
ket holder is Invited to bring a
guest who will be admitted free.
Individual tickets will be on sale
at the door.
low the 1960-64 average. Ex
ports during the marketing year
ending June 30, were 534 mil
lion pounds ? farm-sales we
ight ? down 53 million from the
previous year, but 14 percent
above the 1960-64 average.
Cigarette production during
the year ending June 30,1968,
totaled about 571 billion ? down
about 0.4 percent from die pre
vious year. Domestic use of
flue-cured tobacco in recent
years has not kept pace with
increased cigarette production.
This U generally attributed to
Nurses Meet At Pender
District #27 of the North
Carolina State Nurses' Assoc
iation met Tuesday , Nov. 5.
at Pender Memorial Hospital
with twelve members present.
The meeting was brought to or
der by President, Mrs. Mae
Griffin. The minutes were read
Sf secretary, Mrs. Marcla S.
owell.
During the Business session,
plans for the Christmas meet
ing were discussed. It will be
held December 3, at 7:00 at
the Country Squire near
Warsaw. All are asked to bring
a gift, (tinder $1.00) to be ex
changed, and a can of food for
a basket for families in need.
Reporting on the recent clin
ical Sessions held In Durham,
were Mrs. Marcla Powell, Mrs.
Rebecca H. Judge, Mrs. Mary
Pierce, and Mrs. Martha Wil
liams. The topic of the ses
sions was cardiac nursing,
Including congenital defects and
heart attacks.
the continued Increase in the
proportion of filter tip cigaret
tes, increased use of oriental
tobacco, and the increased use
of reconstituted sheet tobacco.
TRUE FACT:
North Carolina ranks first in
the Nation in tobacco produc
tion, second in peanuts, fourth
in broilers, fifth in eggs,
seventh in turkeys, eighth in
corn and apples, and tenth in
soybeans. /
Mrs. Peggy Teachey repor
ted on a cancer Seminar held
in Fayetteville in Sept. Five
Duplin County Nurses attended,
including Mrs. Ruby Merrltt,
Mrs. Viet Davis, anaMrs. Peg
gy Teachey. The focus was on
bedside nursing by registered
Nurses, and now the patient
feels about cancer.
Workshops will be held Dec
ember 4-6 in Greensboro, for
Public Health, Office, and Hos
pital Nurses.
Mrs. Mae Griffin showed a
Film, "LSD-2S", showing the
effects of a "trip" on LSD.
Delicious refreshments were
served by hostesses, Mrs. Viet
Davis, Mrs. Bernice Herring,
and Miss Annie Catherine
Rhodes.
Telephone
Company
To Honor
Rose Hill
Man
Rose Hill?Carolina Tele
phone this month will honor
Laudie C. McLaurin, Jr., of
Rose Hill for having completed
15 years of telephone service.
He will receive a miniature
sold emblem award signifying
me number of years of service
attained.
McLaurin is employed by the
company as an Installer
repairman in the Plant Depart
ment here. ?'*
Tobacco
Varieties
Recorded
cu.,? - ?
tisrai luuacco seea growers
have recorded 34 flue-cured
tobacco varieties with the Com
missioner ot Agriculture as a
prerequisite for their lawful
sale in North Carolina.
Agriculture Commissioner
James A. Graham announced
he has made the recordings on
recommendation from Or. R.L.
Loworn, Chairman of the To- 'n
bacco Seed Committee, under
procedures required by die
North Carolina Seed Law.
No new varieties are record- S
ed this year. Four varieties
approved after the recording
announcements last year will
again be offered. They are Bell
93, Coker 254, McNalr 14 and
Speight G-13. No request has
been made for the recording of
Bell 29, available last year.
It has been dropped from the
list.
The varieties eligible for sale
in the 1968-69 season are:
Bell 15. Bell 93, Coker 80-F.
Coker 111, Coker 128, Coker 156,
Coker 187, Coker 187-Hicks,
Coker 254, Coker 258, Coker
298, Coker 319, Dixie Bright
101, 402, Hicks Broadleaf, Mc
nair H-2, McNair 12,McNalr 14,
McNair 20, McNair 30, N.C.
95, N.C. 2512, N.C. 2326, Reams
61, Reams 266, S.C. 66 Speight
G-5, Speight G-7, Speight G-10,
Speight G-13, Speight 31, Speight
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Receiving the oath of office as Magestrates of Duplin Courty
are 1 to r: W.F. Revelle, Warsaw; WJ. Sltterson, Kenansville;
C.A. Precythe, Faison; S. Leland Grady, BeulavUlej and R.F.
Powell, Wallace. . Administrating the oath of office Is R.V.
Wells, Clerk of Superior Court of Duplin County. These
magestrates will function under the new court system and will
replace the old J.P. system. _ . _ ,
1 (Photo by Ruth Wells)
Commissioners' Report
Mr. W. J. Hoffler of Wallace,
representing District No. 4,
was elected Chairman of the
Board of County Commission
ers at their regular first Mon
l day meeting.
Mr. Leon Brown of Beula
ville, representing District No.
3 was elected vice chairman
of the board. Mrs. Winnie Wells
was reappointed county attor
ney.
A policy was adopted to ro
tate the chairmanship through
the five commissioners dis
tricts.
A motion was adopted mak
ing all banks within Duplin
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County official depositories for
county funds.
A resolution of appreciation
for services rendered by J. B.
Stroud of the Sth district was
adopted. Mr. Stroud is retiring
after many years of dedicated
service rendered, not only to
his district, but to the entire
county.
Mr. Hoffler was designated
Duplin's representative to the
Political Action Committee of
the State Association of Coun
ty Commissioners.
List takers were named for
the various townships for the
1969 tax listing. A pay increase
from $12.00 to $15.00 per day
was granted. List takers also
receive 8c per mile travel.
A new food program was ap
proved allowing prescription
food to be given to new moth
ers, babies and mothers-to-be.
The program would be adminis
tered by the Welfare Depart
ment in connection with the
Health Department.
More than 100 public assist- 1
a nee cases were reviewed, and
nine cases were approved for
aid to the blind.
Panthers Club
To Meet
A meeting of the East Duplin
Panthers Club has been called
by President, Alfred Basden,
for 7:30 p.m. Thursday night
at Chinqaupin Elemental Sch
ool #1.
All patrons of East Duplin
School living in the Chinquapin
area are urged to attend this
important meeting.
Organizations
Considars Presenting
Theater
Mr. Mark Olllngton of Chapel
Hill met with the Duplin Coun
ty Supt. of schools, Mr. Yehrer
ton, Mr. Brooks Boyette of Hie
Warsaw Jaycees, Mrs. Muriel
Off man of the Crossroads Play
house in Wallace, Mr. Sam
Glasgow of the Crossroads
Playhouse, Mrs. Arnold M.
Jones of the faculty of Jamas
Kenan High School, and Mrs.
Woodrow W. Blackburn at the
Duplin County Historical So
ciety to talk about bringing
the CHILDREN'S THEATER
OF NORTH CAROLINA to Dup
lin County for a spring perfor
mance.
Two musical plays will be of
fered this year by the Child
ren's Theater^'A^Doctor to
a
missioner representing the 5th district. Mr.
R.V. Wells administers the oath of office.
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