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I VOL. XXXV NO. 52 DECEMBER 26, 1968 KENANSVILLE. N.C. 30 PAGES THIS WEEK A *WUCE 10* PLUS TAX
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' FaisonResearch Station
Fred E. Combo, a Craven
County native and m assist
ant agricultural extension agent
in Robeson County, has been
made superintendent of die
Coastal Plain Vegetable Re
search Station at F aison.
The announcement was made
by Cecil D. Thomas, director |
of research stations for the ,
N.C. Department of ^ricul
ture, and Dr. Roy L. Loworn,
acting dean and director of
research for N.C. State Uni
versity's School of ^rlcul
ture and Life Sciences.
Cum bo, 36, grew up on a
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He received a B?. degree in
agronomy from N.C. State In
1967. Prior to going to Robe
son County as ass 1st am ex
tension agent, he held a pos
ition with Gelgy Chemical Co.
His appointment as super
intendent of the Faison Resear
ch Station is effective Jan. L.He
replaces Sandy Barnes who ear
lier this year became super
intendent pf the research stat
ion at Kins ton.
Cum bo Is married to the
former Judith Barbour. They
have one child.
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Siamese-twin pigs bom on die Claud Powell farm, Rt. 2.
Warsaw, are Indeed a strange sight! The pigs are connected
at the! chest, which indicates an almost Impossible survival,
, seemed otherwise quite healthy and fully developed. The litter
1 contained, in addition to the Siamese Twins, eight normal
healthy pigs. Their mother is a Yorkshlre-Hampsnire-Land
race-Duroc breed, crossed back with a dufoc. The brood
sow was brought here from Texas. Powell is a partner in a
hog venture on a large scale. At present they have 85 brood
sows. One guilt has produced a litter of 16 pigs with 15 sur
vivors. (Photo by Ruth Wells)
Jaycees
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Sponsor
Spree
Christmas came early this
tear for thirty five children
i the Warsaw Elementary Sc
hool.
K WarSaw Jaycees. in cooper
ation with Principal David Fus
sell, were host to a special ,
group of kindergarten, first,
second and third grade students
that were treated to a shopping
trip in a Warsaw Variety
store. ?'
Miss Duplin, lovely Breed a
Sue Jones, met die little folks 4
in front of the store and a
crisp new dollar bill was pl
aced in each eager little
hand, a gift from Santa.
Inside the store, assisted by
teachers, Mrs. Alice Mitch
ner and Mrs. Jane Sheffield,
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Christmas? clrb
were most helpful as they made
J selections for themselves and
even for other members of]
their families. Baby dolls.
Some children shopped care- ;
fully, pricing each item while
others shopped wild and reck
lessly and blew the whole dol
lar on one Item. Eyes danced
and shrieks of Joy rangthrotigh
OoT youngster stood in the
center of me store with his
arms folded. Just looking. Of
lleve thai, so the question
was repeated several times.
Each time his answer was that
he did not intend to spend Ms
Jnoney. ,
He said that he had four br
. When a decision had been
readied he scurried to the coun
ter and found a toy bubble ?urt
dispenser containing bubbte
mm. He knew It would take all
his money, but he had made
his plans. He figured his br
others at home vrould put their
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Jaycee project chairman Bill
Knowles said "this is one of
the most worthwhile Jaycee
project of our year.we can see
by their faces that in this small1
way we have helped someone
less fortunate than ourselves.
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Brenda Sue *mes. Miss Duplin performs
a most delightful task when she assisted
the Warsaw Jaycees provide a Christmas
shopping trip for a special group of
children. The children, from Warsaw Ele
h ?"?p^Tceed
Elementary Arts-Crafts Fair Big Hit
Mrs. Wlnabel Dixon's fourth
grade in Warsaw Elementary
School exhibited an Arts and
Crafts show, Thursday, Dec.
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The exhibit, most unusual for
a fourth grade class, showing
the creativeness and edu
cational background are chil
dren are receiving in Duplin
County Schools.
The exhibit, called the "Arts
and Crafts Fair" was viewed
by the other classes of the
school as well as the parents
of the children.
The idea grew out of the an
nual Arts and Crafts .Fair put
on by the mountain people of
western North Carolina at
Asheville. This fair features
many of the arts and crafts for
which the mountain people have
become famous. At this fair
there is also an exhibition of
the folk dances sometimes car
ried out in the mountain areas.
Part of the idea behind the
Fair put on by this class is to
make something worthwhile out
of worthless materials and ob
jects. As a result of this ef
fort coin -furaaer'dotl houses,
a Bible made from soap, and
manger scenes complete with
kings and shepherds were
exhibited. A box called "Sk
eletons in My Closet" by Mr*.
Dixon was made of an egg car
ton holding skeleton-like shells
and fossils she gathered ft At
lantic Beach.
The Imagination of these
talented children seemed un
limited and the judges really
had a task. Many ribbons,
blue-red-and yellow were aw
arded. All entries were really
winners because of the exper
ience gained by just particip
ating.
Rudolph the Red Nose Rein
deer proved quite popular and
was an imaginary gem. A red
Christmas ball on the tip of a
pine cone made Rudolph's head,
and his body was of Spanish
Moss.
Tushay-the-Turtle was a pot
ato with a peanut head. Pots
of geteiplutns were made from
persimmon stems. Art attrac
tive coin purse was once a
bottle cap. The old fashioned
Kaleidoscope that provided
"parlor entertainment in the
gay 90's" was reconstructed
from an egg carton.
A drum was made from an
oatmeal box. Pin cushions
were nested in fruit jar rings.
?gg cartons were also used
for desk "tidiers" paper clips
pin, stamps, etc. A doll house
was made from a card board
box and furnished throughout
with furniture made from the
versatile egg carton.
Christmas trees were made
from almost everything. Pine
cones were used with many
variations. Many, many other
novelties were created.
At clean up time, when all
the scraps were ready for dis
posal, a resourceful little girl
interfeared and came up with
a white swan.
Judging the exhibits were
Mrs. Becky Neely, Miss El
izabeth Daughtry and Mrs. Pe
arl Smith. Receiving blue rib
bons were Sherry Gore.Terese
Guy, Leslie Best, TannleCash
well, David Carlton, James Qu
inn, Joe Kornegay and Beverly
Gurley.
Receiving red ribbons were
Kenneth Bell, Wilma Herring,
Wanda Taylor, BarbaraTucker,
Glenn Griffin, Alon HU1, Jesse
Allen, and Pattie Barnette.
Receiving yellow ribbons
were Glenn Griffin, Gwen La
nier, David Moss, Ray Hardl
son, James DeLuca, ShellaGar
rity, Ann Pope, Shirley Byrd
ana Debbie C as teen.
As further Imitation of the
Arts and Crafts Fair of Ashe
ville the class put on a folk
dance viewed by the other clas
ses and visitors.
Telephone
Companies
Would
Merge
Tarboro, N.C. ~ Carolina
Telephone and Telegraph Co
mpany and United Utilities, In
corporated will ask for a
re-hearlng of the petition to
merge the two companies, ac
cording to Carolina's president,
H. Dall Holderness.
Yesterday, the North Car
olina Utilities Commission de
nied and dismissed the joint pe
tition for the merger of the
two companies. WhlletheCom
mission's order stated that
"possible Interest of the pub
lic would not be adversely af
fected by the proposed mer
ger, North Carolina law re
quires competent, material
and substantial evidence that the
public convenience and neces
sity requires approval of the
proposed merger." The Com
mission contended jh ^he^evl
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CHINQUAPIN WATER
PROJECT NEARS REALITY
The Chinquapin Water Assoc
iation has tentatively accepted
a low bid of 123,537.50 made
by Blue Construction Company
of Sanford to provide a deep
well and a water distribution
systeqi for some 60 families
in the community.
Directors of the Chinquapin
Water Association are: Terry
Parker, president; Mrs. Kay S.
Williamson, A.E. William,
Billy Brinkley, Dr. E.L.Boye
tte, and George F. Landen, dir
ectors.
The proposed system will
replace shallow wells used by
residents in the area. Last
summer drought seriously af
fected the water supply in the
area, and president Parker
rea, and president Parker
is already planning a future
sewage treatment system for
the community.
Following an application to
the FHA, John Soles, represen
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tative of the FHA Office In
Kenansvllle, said FHA had ear
marked a $22,000 grant and
a $32,000 insured low for the
project. The loan, accord
ing to Soles, will be made by
Waccamaw Bank of Beulaville
through its Chinquapin Branch
Office. FHA will insure the
loan. The project which will
require some 2 1-4 miles of
pipe will serve families in
Chinquapin who live between
the N.E. Cape Fear River and
Chinquapin Elementary School
No. 2. Soles said the new well
is being drilled by Hartsfield
Co. of Kinston near the Com
munity Baptist Church. Cost of
the well, pumps and pump shel
ter and a 2,000 gallon pres
sure tank will be $13,750. The
well is expected to pump
between 60 and 90 gallons of
water per minute. The deep
well should be able to supply
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Vandals Hit Nativity
Scene At E. E. Smith
The Nativity Scene at E.E.
Smith High School was van
delized Wednesday night.
The sheriffs department are
investigating the incident which
occurred sometime after 10:30
p.m. Some of the figures were
removed from the scene in
cluding The Christ Children and
Mary. Replicas of the Wise
men were found in the woods
more than 100 feet away. Ot
her figures were badly mutil
ated and left at the scene.
All the flood lights were br
oken. An empty spray can of
red paint was left on ten of
the shelter. Contents of the
can had apparently been used
to spray FHS across the sch
ool's marquee. The figures 6
and 9 were sprayed on the brick
columns of the marquee.
Principal H.G. Henry said
"The actual cash value of the
materials involved was not
really the actual loss. To think
that someone would deliberately
destroy the 'Peace On Earth'
scene is almost unbelievable."
Investigation is continuing.
Mr. Thomas Kenan III, views decorations
in the formal dining room of Liberty Hall
prior to a reception given for the members
of the restoration commission, county com
missioners, and board of education. Several
members of the Kenan family also attended
the reception. by Ruth Wells) ?
Christmas At Liberty Hall
Christmas has come again
to Liberty Hall this year. The
house restored to Its former
beauty and opened to the public
on May 11, 1968 is all aglow for
the yuletide season.
On December 20th, Mr. Th- 1
omas Kenan III of Durham en
tertained at a reception in the
home. The reception honored 1
members of the restoration i
commission, the county comm
issioners, and the board of edu
cation. i
Out of town guests for the I
occasion were: Mr. and Mrs. i
George London of Raleigh, and j
Mrs. London's mother, Mrs.
Lewis Pendleton of Elizabeth I
City; Mr. Owen Kenan of Dur- I
ham; Mr. ^and Mrs. William i
Rose Hill.
The F aison Garden Club, the
Warsaw Garden Club, the War
saw Florist Gift Shop and War
saw Floral Company donated
arrangements for the occasion.
Mrs. Essie Quinn loaned
a wreath and Mr. A1 Smith
of Warsaw added greenery
to make the handsome' de
coration for the door.
Mr. Joe West of the Country
Squire furnished the ham bis
cuits and Mr. Ike Rlddlck of the
Duplin Times printed the invi
tations. Both of these were
gifts.
Mrs. Kathleen Snyder, Mrs.
Ruby Newton and Mrs. Henry
L. Stevens Jr. assisted with
the decorations. The lovely
table erranfiements in the win
ter dining room was under the
personal supervision of Mrs.
Kathleen Snyder.
The County Council erf Home
Demonstration Clubs made the
cookies used on the refresh
ment table.
The E.E. Smith Glee Club
under the direction of Mrs.
Austin presented music for the
occasion with a group of Ch
ristmas songs that reflected
the holiday season.
Mr. Thomas Kenai III
and the restoration commiss
ion wish to thank all the peo
ple in Duplin County who nave
helped with the restoration in
any way. They are well plea
sed. and hope to have the con
tinuing help and support of all
Duplin Citizens during the
duplin Citizens during the
coming year. 3
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