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t% ** ' mm I ^H ? 15 1 II K. ? . '1 V I I Irs I ??^ ___? ' ? MM ^???iBn MBMft 4 ft niTmnTiiT ? 11 I II I P || B ^B AAv AJAJ ~?~1"^~*?~?"~.?^?M^?M-__^_^____^_l___j____M??MMMIM? i _^E3EM^MM^^?mmmmm???MMM-M^???? VOL. XXXV MO. 61 KENANSVILLE. N.C. DECEMBER 19. 1968 20 PAGES THIS WEEK PRICE 1C* PLUS TAX i"""""S^SSZr!!iw?Zrr""""^M*M"^""' i'' i i i m 1 I!ImS^^B3BBK^- ^ Postmaster H.F. Lee, center, and officials who participa ted in the "Citation of Merit" ceremony at the Warsaw post office Friday morning. Front left to right are Mrs. Si. God won, Mrs. H.B. McNlell and Mrs. E.C. Thompson, i;. *? * * ? j" -v ' ? J 1 . I .1,1 II LlipilWUJN ? of Warsaw Garden Clubs. Second row?Mayor EJ. Strick land; RJ5. Johnson, Postmaster Lee, Rev. Don J. Skinner, David Henderson and . and A.D. Waters, Jr. Postal service officer. (Photo by Ruth Wells) Warsaw Post (mice Earns Citation A "Citation of Merit" was presented to Postmaster HJ. Lee at a special ceremony in the Warsaw Post Office lobby on Friday Morning of last week. The award was presented to the Warsaw Wast Office for its ^participation in dye presl yraiggag.'S: Warsaw Presbyter?)?n Church gave the invocation. Ma yor ? J. Strickland extended a wans welcome to the large cr oup who attended. ' ?* ' A.D. Waters, Jr. Postal Service Officer, Fqfetteville represented the regional pos tal department and spoke br-M lefly to the group. He quoted Thomas Jefferson as sayingbe tauty is many things to many people, and that people should strive to surround themselves This Is just what Postmaster Lee and his personnel, work ing in connection with the War saw Garden Clubs, have sue ceded in doing. Especially instrumental In carrying out the planning, pl ant lw of shubbery,. trees and lyy-WftEClirs. M. Codwjp, Mrs i H.B. MP?1 and M?s. E.C.? MM. Waters challenged each citizen of Warsaw and the Sur rounding area to continue to cooperate with postmaster Lee and his staff in maintaining the building and grounds In an ex cellent state of repair. He said that the Post Office should al ways remain one of the out standing buildings in a commun ity because it represents not only the federal government, but it also represents the town to every one who passes thr ough. In his closing remarks he said "All citizens should take as gr eat a pride In their public bu ildings and grounds as they do i n their homes and yards. This building and grounds be longs to each and everyone of you. You have an obligation to |?sMj^M^e|^who esent an outstanding landmark of beauty ta this community." Warsaw is the third post of fice to receive this "Cltdonof Merit" in Eastern North Car olina in the past eight years. In well chosen words, con gressman David Henderson presented the citation to Post master Lee. Henderson said it has been his privilege to work in congress for better postal service and facilities. The mall has been greatly expedi ted by recent rigid changes and It Is the aim of the Postal Committees to continue to pro* vide better service. Postmaster Lee accepted the coveted award on behalf of the Wart aw Post Office and the Warsaw Garden Clubs in the presence of representatives ofyl virtually all civic organizations in Warsaw. He presented sifts, ST "appreciation toMrs.&xSdn, Mrs. McNeill and " Thompson. Personnel in the Warsaw of* flee in addition to Postmaster Lee are: Page Johnson, assis tant to postmaster, Ntfhan Cos tin, clerk: Ray West, clerk; Clifton Quinn and J.C. Tucker, substitute clerks; and Mrs. Ma ttie Herring, custodian. Car riers are J.P. Johnson, Rt. 1, and Joshua Jones Rt. 2. James L. Guy is substitute carrier for Johnson and John Bennett West for Jones. Chrktmat Pa ?*????> ? ?? ?>???>? to The Choir of the Rose Hill Baptist Church will present a Christmas Cantata, "Dawn of Redeeming Grace" by Robert Graham, Sunday night, Dec. 22nd , 7:30 P.M. at the church The program is under the di rection of Mr. Jim Brissom, choir director. Dr. Carroll Trotter of Wake Forest and pr esently Interim pastor of the church will act as narrator. The public is very cordially Invited to attend. Farm Programs Announced f North Carolina farmers are now In the process of making plans for their 1969 farming operations. Many decisions made now can determine to Xat degree the success they live next year. Decisions hake to be made pertaining to commodities to be. grown, rotations, conservation prac tices, fertilization, insecticid es, planting dates, and many other factors that go into mak ing up a successful fanning op eration. hi addition, decisions have to be made pertaining to how to market a commodity in order to get the most return. that often affects a fanner's decision on the acreage of the commodity to plant are the farm programs adminlsteradbyco unty ASC committees. Ine fol lowing is a very brief summary of the various programs avai lable for 1969 and the decisio ns that have been made to this point pertaining to how these programs will operate next filed with the county committee. Though no decision has been made as yet concerning, the di scount variety program. It Is i expected that the program will continue in 1969. Cotton The cotton domestic allot ment program will continue in 1969. The major change from the program operating in 1968 is that there will be no diver sion payment for diverting ac reage from cotton In 1969. The National average price-support lom rate for middling 1-lnch cotton has been set at 20.25 cents per pound. The pritift support payment rate to coop er ators has been established at 14.73 cents per pound. This payment will be made on 65 percent of the farm's effeh* tlve 1969 allotment. In addition to the price sup port and price-support pay ments, small farmers will De eligible for an additional pay ment of 11.26 cents per pound J on the projected yield pf 35 , percent of their farm allotment. Feri Gram Final decisions as to just how the 1969 feed grain pro Final decision as to just how the 1969 feed grain program will operate have not as yet been announced. The Secretary Of ! Agriculture has announced that the minimum acreage diversion for those planning to pertlcl pate will be somewhere between 20 and 25 percent of the total ' feed grain base. Amajorchange from the 196B program^ is that The 1969 wheat program was early thi fall. Any in i0C0 hgat >rog be I960 remains unchangecPar 1,854 pounds per acre and tbe Na tional acreage Ulottnen of 607,929 acres for i960 Is about tfe same as I Acreage allotments and mar keting quotas foi individual far ms will be about'the same f( adjust ments ref lectin lags andundermarketing in Ivldual farm. Tobacco growers will rear to fei ac - tr ar ceunq ee later Commissioner Reports (uisscu oo5iic, oeuiaviue, Harold Kornegav, Albertson and H.L. Oswald of Wallace were reappointed Monday by the Co unty Board of Commissioners to a three year term to the Du plin Development Commission. Among other action by the Co unty Commissioners were: The county sanitarian. Joe Costln, was notified that a car purchased for his use had been delivered. Beer license were issued to Melvin C. White and James H. Anderson, doing business in Wallace. Twenty-seven assistance ca ses of tne Welfare Dept. were reviewed. Arrangements were made to provide office space for five of the six new Magestrates op erating in the county under the new court reform system . Mag est rates in Faison, Wallace and Warsaw will be located in their respective Town Halls. Kenansville Magestrates, WJ, Sitterson and RJ. Williamson will remain at least tempora rily In the Sitterson Office. No arrangement has been worked out tor the Beulaville Mageif rrate. w . Medical yggp Auxiliary Mat The Duplin County Medical Auxiliary met Tuesday at the Country Squire for a dutch lu The Duplin County Medical Auxiliary met Tuesday at the Country Squire for a dutch lu ncheon. Mrs. Horace T. Ray Jr., president, presided over the short business session du ring which each member ag reed to fix a basket for a de serving family and take It to them before Christmas. Narcotics Violation Charged A Warsaw merchant, George E. Clark, has been charged with a narcotic sales violation and failure to keep records. The alleged purchaser has also been charged. Daniel Gilbert, Special Agent State Bureau of Investigation has charged that the defendant "did unlawfully, wilfully and feloneously whue being a reg istered pharmacist, fail to keep proper records of narcotic dr ugs, to wit, paregoric, dispe nsed by him during the period .'January 1, 1968 through Novem ber 3, 1968, said drugs disp ensed being in the amount of approximately 80 gallons in vi olation of G.S. 90-88." A second warrent alleged that the defendant "did sell, dispe nse a narcotic drug, to wlt paragorlc, in the amount of 1 gallon t o Raymond L. Hudson, 55, of Fayetteville, on No vember 4. Clark waived preliminary he aring before District Judge Ru ssell Lanier and was bound over to the January 20 term of Du plin Superior Court on 3500. bond. Hudson was bound over to the same term of court. Fifth Term For Duplin Resistor Of Deeds Mrs. Christine Williams Da vis took the oath of office be fore Judge Elbert Peele, Jr. on Monaay, December 2 for the fifth four-year term as Du plin County Register of Deeds. Mrs. Davis went into office with the highest number of vo tes cast for any county can didate In the November 5 el ection. The Duplin Registry Is one of a few counties In our country which has advanced to the pos ition of offering instant recor ding of deeds, etc., instant ty pewritten indexing, weekly rtii crofllming for security purpo ses and Instant copy service to the public. The last State Legislature transferred some of the duti es of the Clerks of Court to the offices of the Register of Deeds. The next legislature is expected to add other duties to the growing responsibilities of this office. She is one of 21 county of ficials in North Carolina cur rently enrolled in the County Administration Course being taught at the University of No rth Carolina at Chapel Hill The course consist of 150 ho urs of classroom instruction with assigned reading plus spe cial problem seminars and U being held on eleven selectee week-ends from October thr ough May. The sessions covei personnel administration, tech niques of administration, loca government finance, county pl anning and the county as < governmental unit. Mrs. Davis is serving as chairman of the State Boarc of Health Advisory Committee created in August of this ye at to work with the State Board ol Health on various matters per taining to birth, death and m ar rive records. This committee is currently working on a re vision of the marriage license form used in North Carolina and a Vital Statistics Handbook for Registers of Deeds. She was an incorporator ol the Tar Heel Fine Arts Society and is currently serving as its treasurer. This organizatior in cooperation with James Sp runt Institute is now sponsor ing Us third series of concer ' ts and was organized for the improvement of cultural acti vities in Duplin County. A charter member of the County Historical Society, she Is secretary elect. Interested in the tot J deve lopment of our county, she was an Incorporator and treasuret of the County Agricultural and j Industrial Council, Inc.. This council was a forerunner of the present County Development I Commission. She also served . 2 years as a member of the County Development Com r mission. She is a past president of the North Carolina Associa tion of Registers of Deeds and is now serving as co-chairman of the program committee for i the 1969 State Convention. She is Married to Walter [ (Sam) Davis and resided on Rt. 2, Pink Hill, in Smith Town ship. A son, Glenn Williams and his family reside at New i ton Grove. Another son, Mel vln Williams and his family live at Ahoskie. Christmas Holidays Tbe^GupIin Times Progress der of the week for Ctfrtot tnas Holidays. All County Ottfejes will be cl osed December jf through De cember 29. Regular schedule will be resumed on Monday. December 30. Selective Service Office will observe the same schedule as the county and will be closed Tuesday thru Friday. Coastal Production Cre dit Association will be closed Tuesday thru Friday. Federal Crop Insurance Of fice will be closed Tuesday thru Friday. Farmers Home Administra tion will be closed Christmas Day, for one day only. Howev er they will also be closed New Year's Day. Many business places in Ke nans vllle and Warsaw will be closed Christmas Day and the day after Christmas. Mack's Variety Store will be closed on Christmas Day and will open Thursday Dec. 26 with one of their biggest sales of the year. Oil Jobbers Attack Proposed Gasoline Tax Increase The President or the North Carolina Oil Jobbers Associa tion has termed the recently proposed 3? per gallon gaso line tax Increase as "entirely unrealistic". James B. Gar rison of Albemarle, In a pre pared statement released over the weekend, stated that such Increase would "mean that the owW ~ouTd ?ay W1/4? ta^ on each gallon otiL.solI^t'... . equivalent to a sates tax of J S&fa on the product. / Garrison, speaking In behalf of the 760 member trade group Stressed "no group is more vit ally concerned with the contin uing development of good high ways than Is the North Caro lina Oil Jobbers Association; however, the Veport of the Gov ernor's Highway Study Com mission raises many questions that should be answered. . . Tile entire report needs to be studied in detail by all citi zens." The organization which <iar rison heads Is a statewide as sociation of oil wholesalers, with headquarters in Raleigh. Garrison, who is also mayor of Albemarle, commented further "the recommended three cents per gallon increase isthegaso llne tax would result in a 437c increase in the North Carolina tax... . V'e thinkthat it should Holder sioo&T^F this new tax rat J would be p&8 primarily by the one car families, far mers and the working public." In conclusion Garrison men tioned that "sortie analogies in the report were made to the cost of air conditioning and other luxuries in autos. Un fortunately, tho$? people who can afford suckr' luxuries will not pay the bulk of this added burden, but it will be paid by those who can least afford it. For these reasons we feel that the recommended three cents per gallon motor fuel tax inc rease is entirely unrealistic. Farmer Mannnlm M an Urns Herbert Home, 69, of Golds boro, formerly of Magnolia, died Wednesday in Parkview Hospital, Rocky Mount, from in juries received in an automo bile accident. A native of Duplin County, he was the son of the late Jordan C, Home and Betty Florence Home of Magnolia. Funeral services were held Friday at 2:30 P.M. from Syca more Funeral Chapel In Golds boro, by the Rev. Barney Dav ison, of St. Paul Methodist Ch urch. Burial, Willow Dale Cemetery. Surviving are: abrother,J.N. Home and a sister, Miss Betty Home, both of Magnolia. Honorary Pallbearers were members of the Goldsboro Elk's Club. Miss Gresham Phi Beta Kappa Miss Carolyn Denton Gresh am of Warsaw is one of ninety University of North Carolina students that has been tapped into Phi Beta Kappa, the nat ion's highest scholastic honor ary fraternity. Less than one per cent of the campus enroll ment of 15,500 has attained this honor. The new initiates received their gold keys and certificates in a special ceremony on the campus Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 10. A total of 56 of the new mem bers are North Carolina students. Carolyn is a music major at UNC, Chapel Hill and is the daughter of Mr. andMrs.J.T. Gresham. Medical Society Christmas Party The Duplin County Medical Society held its Christmas party Friday evening in the Mead Hall of the Country Squire. Out-going President Dr. H.T. Ray, Jr. welcomed the group. He introduced the new presi dent, Dr. C.F. Hawes, and se cretary treasurer, Dr. E.P. Ewers. Those enjoying the delicious steak dinner were Dr. and Mrs H.T. Ray. Jr.. Dr. and Mrs. C. L. Qulnn, Dr. and Mrs. E.P. Ewers, Dr. and Mrs. C.F. Ha wes, Dr. and Mrs. J.W. Str aughan. Dr. and Mrs. G.P. Ma tthews, Dr. and Mrs, EJ-.Boy ette, and Dr. and Mrs. Oscar Red wine. .< Mr. G.P. King left, with four directors of Coastal Pro duction Credit Association. Re-elected to serve a three year terras were: A.B. Herring, Pender;Edwin S. Clemmons, 'swick; E.R. Carlton. Duplin; and C.R. Rogers. Pender. (Photo by Ruth Wells) Coastal PCA Stockholders Annual Meet ' Farmers filled the Ken ansvtlle Elementary School Auditorium Friday afternoon to conduct business of the annual stockholders of Coastal PC A, and to hear an outstandlng^ep eaker. The meeting was presided over by PC A President, Arthur Kennedy of Beulavflte,wiihMrs Elnoralvey acting as secretary. Thr business JMMSion was con Siv^n? terlan Church, Raleigh. Coastal Production Credit Association Is a credftagency serving Duplin, Pender, Nev Hanover, and Brunswick Coun ties. 1806 loans were made in these counties In the last 12 months totaling $11,331,048. Duplin had the largest number of loans with 1,411 In the am ount of ?8,485.934. The other Total assets of Coastal Pro duction Credit are *12.530,789 with liabilities of $10,336,125. The use of computert suited In Increased operating expense which Is $1.04 for each $100. of outstanding loans. This Is the lowest operating expense of any PC A In North Carolina. King said the transition to election of 4 directors whose term of office had attired. Re elected werejEJl.Carlton, Wa rsaw; CJt, Rogers, Rocky Po int, Pender; A.B. Herring, Wa tha, Pender; andE.S.Cleromons of Shallotte in Brunswick Cou nty. Carlton had the distinc tion of having completed thirty four years of service as a di rector without having missed a NOTICE CHRISTMAS DEADLINE AJI news must be in The Duplin Times Office by next week's Edition. ?".'k .