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SENTINEL I CXVINO. 2 JANUART9, 1969 KENANSVILLE. N.C. 16 PAGES'THIS WEEK PRICE 10? PLUS TAX M Reflects A Year Of Progress For Duplin County ? ?? "A mushroom of growth" the progress Duplin County has enjoyed in the past few years. Last year alone seem more like a dream than a reality, yet the following progressive achievements became reali ties in Duplin County in 19M. Restoration of Liberty Hall (the Kenan home) as an ante helium mansion was completed and officially opened in May as KenansvtDe's new showpiece and tourist attraction ' " jjMtf " ? ? ? ? ? The Country Squire (Duplin County's famous steakhouse) added the "Peasant House" which increased the seating capacity to accommodate an additional 60 people ? ? ? ? Work has been completed on widening Highway 24 through Robustness district of Beula of the store and businesses. ? ? ? ? Because of the pressing need for additional space, Whaley Rest Home in Kenansville has completed additional space for 2D residents, bringing the total capacity to 54. The new wing contains bath private and semi private roofrs. baths, a sitting room and pbrch. ? ? ? ? A new and attractive Poet Office building in Rose Hill ?V : ' was built and occupied In April. ? ? ? ? Management Data Process ing System opened an office in Calypso in April. This data pro cessing agency In serving exist ing industries and businesses throughout the area. ? ? ? ? National Spinning Company completed a 40,000-square foot addition to their Warsaw plant to expand the production area and administrative department. They are currently in the pro cess of constructing a 35.000 ' square foot addition to provide more warehouse space. . ? ? ? ? National Spinning Company is also building a new hosiery yarn plant at Beulaville. The 66,000-equare foot plant is ex pected to be ready for occu pancy during the first part ol 1969 and will employ approxi mately 300 people when fun production is realized. ? ? ? ? Reeves Brothers, Inc., ex panded their Kenansville plant to provide 30,000 square feet additional floor space. ? ? ? ? Rose Hill Textiles, Inc., a sewing plant which manufactur es ladies' and children's gar ments, began operations in Rose Hill ia June. This indus try win employ approximately ISO people when full production it reached. ? ? ? ? The housing shortage in War saw has been partially alleviat ed by the construction of the * Lord Duplin Apartments. Eight apartments were completed in February, 1968, and an addition al eight are now under con struction and are expected to be ready for occupancy in ear ly 1989. ? ? ? ? Duplin County purchased/ leased and equipped ambulan ces to comply with specifica tions of the N. C. Board of Health. ? ? ? ? Wallace, Rose Hill, Warsaw and Kenansville telephone ex changes were improved and ex panded to serve new subscrib ers land give better service to prealpt subscribers, s ? ? ? ? A beautiful colonial-type bui lding to house the Duplin Coun ty Welfare Department was completed and, occupied in Aug ust. 1 ? ? ? ? Red Hill Fixture Company near Calypso moved into a new building with approximately 6,000 square feet of floor space for the manufacture of school room furniture. ? ? ? ? Warsaw Manufacturing Com pany has built 5.000 square feet additional floor space to take care of expanding sewing ope rations at this plant. ? * * ? Southeastern Farmers' Grain Association built an additional 320,000-bushel grain storage facility beside the existing grain elevator at Warsaw. The expansion consists of four 00, 000-bushel storage bins to ser ve the farmers in the area. ? ? * ? Lighting the runway and con structing a lounge were the ma jor improvements made at Mc Cullen Field at Warsaw to en hance the service of this air port. ? ? ? ? In September the State Em ployment Service Division, N. C. Employment Security Com mission, opened an office in Kenansville which not only ser ves Duplin County but provides service for four adjoining coun ties. ? ? ? ? Both Warsaw and Rose Hill have added new professional buildings. These are occupied by the respective local physi cians snd dentists. * ? ? ? Growth in Kenansville has been evidenced by const ruc ction of the nice office housing the Wiley Booth Insurance Ag ency, and also by the expan sion of the Kenangville Drug Store to double its floor space. Kenansville also has an appli cation pending with E. D. A. for a loan-grant for expanding the water supply system and installing a sewerage system which will also serve a 40-acre industrial park site which has been acquired. ? ? ? ? In November the Home Fed eral Savings & Loan Associa tion of Warsaw moved into its new office building constructed of mountain stone and brick. The new facility provides for all the latest customer convenien ces - spacious parking area, drive-up teller window and night depository. ? ? ? ? Ramble wood Country Club held "open house" in Novem ber. The Club has a swimming pool, kiddies pool, club house and a 9-hole golf course and will serve the Beulaville and Pink Hill oommunities. ? ? ? ? The ABC Store in Kenansville moved into a new colonial-style building. ? ? ? ? Eastern By-Products Com pany constructed a 10,000-aq uare foot building at Rose Hill and expects to begin operation in January. This Company will process the waste from Rose Hill Poultry Corporation and Raeford Turkey Farms. ? ? * ? Street paving and introduc tion of one-way traffic have improved the flow of traffic and provided additional park ing for Magnolia. * ? ? ? Growth in Faison has been evidenced by the acquisition of a new super market and the ex pansion of Charles F. Cates St Sons. ? ? ? ? Progress is being made on the Thelma Dingus Bryant Me morial Library in Wallace. It is of Georgian design and is constructed of colonial red brick. It is tentatively schedul ed for completion early this year and will add much to the cultural life of the town and surrounding area. * ? ? * The Kenan Auditorium mod ernization program costing $100,000.00 was completed in the spring. This renovation in cluded new lighting, acoustical ceiling, air conditioning, and new seating accommodate 1,500 people. The contract was let and con struction got under way at Du plin General Hospital on the 50 i>ed addition. Estimated cost of the project is $2,155,300.00. First Monday With The Board Of Commissioners A resolution was adopted by the Board of Commissioners of Duplin County requesting Rep resentative Hugh Johnson to in troduce a special act in the 19 69 Legislature to ammend Chp. 781 of 1959 N C Session Law. and Chp 966 of 1967 N C Session Law known as The Small Wat ershed Act to give Duplin Coun ty the additional authority to expend funds derived from the levey of taxes or other means under this act for projects ap proved and authorized by U S Corps of Engineers, the N C Dept. of Water and Air Resou rces. Fish and Wildlife Com mission and any other State or Federal Agency now existing or hereafter created for simi lar purpose as stated therein. In further action Chairman Willard Hoffler was named to the Neuse River Economic Commission A check in the amount of $128,652. was received from the North Carolina Medical Care Commission. This is the first quarterly payment on the Du plin General Hospital expan sion. Three more similar pay ments are expected. All welfare cases were re viewed and approval was given in five additional cases of aid to the blind. Tax Collector reported Do cember collections of $83,065.15. Most other agencies gave their monthly report. George W. Swinson of Rt. 2, Mount Olive was sworn in as Constable of Wolfscrape Town ship. PENDERLEA YOUTH DRAWS 12 YEARS BURGAW ? A 15-year-old Penderlea youth, charged with with two murders, was sentenc ed to a youthful offenders camp for 12 years with psychiatric treatment recommended by Judge William Bundy in Dis trict Court Monday. Perry Wayne Gideons was sentenced after a 90-day post conviction psychiatric evalua tion found him mentally ill and in need of further treat ment. The youth, who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, shot his father. William Gideons. 41. as the man was repairing the roof of their home, and then turned and shot the family maid as she ran from the bouse. The boy dragged the bodies to a ditch behind the house. set fire to two mattresses with in the house, then left in the family pickup truck, driving to Clinton where his mother was eipployed. Gideons, who exchanged the pickup for the family car, was later apprehended in another state as he was trying to sell ' hubcaps. John Barnette was Installed Worshipful Master of St. Johns Lodge No. 13 A F AM On Thursday night Jan iary 2. Other officers Installed were front 1 to r: David J. Kllpatrick, Jun ior Warden; Barnette; Johi Thonus Mathls, Senior Warden; and C. L. Nicholson, Secretary: Second row, Lucian Grady, Tyler, Dennle Benson, Senior Deacon: Z. W. Frazelle, Treasurer; and Wilbert A. Jones, Chaplin. Back row, David English, Junior Deacon: Shannon Brown, Steward; and Wiley Booth, Steward. (Photo by Ruth Wells.) St. John's Lodge Installs Officers Hall In Kenansville. The ladies of the Methodist Church catered a delicious meal of ham. green beans, rice, gr avy, candled yams, relish, not rolls, butter, cake and coffee, to the members, their wives, widows of departed brethren and guests. John Barnette was installed-i Worshipful Master. He Is a native of this area and attended ?re*surer, Mrs, lor Deacon; Wiley Booth, Stew ard; Shannon Brown, Steward; Luctan Grady, Tyler; and Wll bert A. Jones, Chaplin. Attention was called to the fact that a member, Reuben King, of Pink Hill had not mis sed a meeting in the past thir ty.-one years and that Lucian Grady had held the post of Ty ler for twenty-one years. installing officer was James I. Reynolds, Certified Lecturer and Past Master of Hiram Lo dge No. 98, Clinton. Installing Marshall was Lewis Westbrook, Past Viaster of St. John's Lo Mr?. Inez Chestnut!, Worthy Patron of Kenansvtlle Easterly Star refponded to the welcomed given by Past Master Allen Du ifc. Mrs. Sallle Ingram resfao nded for the widows. The past matters jewel was presented Pre2SflP' f? A. Blanton, Lo ng B^eh. North Carolina, and Blanton is a native of Duplin where he practised law for ma ny years and served several terms as Judge of the County Recorder Court. Prior to his retirement he served with the legal department of the Veter ans Administration in Winston Salem. Mr, Sutton is a life long re sident ot the Outlaw's Bridge Community and is a retired farmer. Twenty five year membersh- j ip certificates were presented to J. B. Stroud, Magnolia; Le wis Westbrook, Albertson; Paul Ingram. Kenansville. John D. Grady, Agtertson, Wilbert A. Jones, Keftansville and Gilbert E. Alphin. Jr.. Rt. 2, Mt. Ol ive. |\ 1? Making the pi esentations was Rev. Lyren Sharpe, PaSt_Ma Master.^ ^ Bound; $10,000 Bond ArsonCharge ^-RwMph Hargrove, wbltfe male, ?, of Rt. 2, Mount Olive ia in Duplin County Jail in lieu at $10,MO bond on a charge of Arson. Deputy Sheriff Rodney Hog pen said the Mount Olive Fire Dsgwrtment was called at 12:30 a. m. January 2 to the home of Alvah Kornegay in the Beau tanpus Community, on Rt. 2 Mount OUve in Duplin County The fire was so far advanced the house and contents were destroyed despite efforts of the Flse Department. In the house, asleep at the time the fire was allegedly set. were Kornegay, an 81 year old white man, and his four grand children, Kathleen and Kochise Hargrove, both age 12. Pamela Hargrove. 16 and Joseph Har grove 17. Mrs. Hargrove, who also lived with her children in her fathers home is employed * night shift shit wets away 1 from home at the time of the I fire. Hargrove was given a pre liminary hearing Monday Janu ary 6 before District Court 1 Judge Russell J. Lanier. Bond was set for his appearance at the January 20 term of Super ior Court. SCHOOL BREAK-IN Deputy Thigpen is also in vestigating a break-in at East Duplin High School, just out side the city limits of Beula ville. Twenty one books were tak en from the school. The paper back books covered a wide var iety of subjects from the fam ous Charlie Brown series to pre marital activities. Also mis sing were twenty one film stri ps. Thigpen said that a window had been broken out of the car. penter'shop for entry into the building. The building was not connected to the main building Incidentally, the accommodiat ing thief attempted to repair the window he broke. JANMARK BROKEN IN Janmark, Inc., Rt. 1 Albert son, a rural industry in Duplin County was the scene of a re cent break-in. Deputy Thigpen said he was called on January 3 to the in dustrial site to investigate. Entry apparently was gain ed into the building by prying out the rest room door. The Coke machine and candy machine were broken open and $30. removed from the vending machines. Damages to each machine was estimated at $25. Damage to office fixtures and furniture was estimated at $200. Investigation is continuing. CP&L Cooking School To Be In Beulaville Harrells Department Store of Beulaville is sponsoring a co oking school featuring the 1969 Frigldaire and Maytag Home Applainces. The classes will be conducted by Miss Mary Bo wers and Miss Lane McArtan at 10 am, 3 p m and 7 p m on January 15 and 16. Misses Bo wers and McArtan are Electric Living Specialist with Carolina Power and Light Company. First Traffic Fatality Death took only a brief holi day on Duplin County Highways with a wreck on New Year's Day that claimed the life of the pass enger in the car. Roger King McGinnis, white male, 21 of 111 Park Ave., Harle, Deleware died at 1:45 p m J an uary 2 of internal injuries re ceived the day before. Investigating officer Trooper E. J. Kirby said W. Joseph Bushey, white male 18 whose address was listed as 34 Elm Street, Montpelier, Vermont was the driver of the vehicle. Traveling south on U S 117 2 miles north of Magnolia, the vehicle veered onto the right shoulder of the roadway, then across to the left side of the roadway, overturning on the shoulder of the roadway, Bus hey was treated at a Clinton Hospital and released. The accident occured at 12:40 p m January 1. Kirby saidthevehi< lew as re ported stolen from Colonial He ights, Virginia at 4 a m Jan uary 1. ?? ^rr-?***r>?"i;r-- ? i ^ ?? < "j i"j". State Trooper E. R. Ktrby of Kenansville. Trooper W. T. Ev an of Beulavllle and Assistant Fire Chief Hiram Brlnson erf Kenansvllle inspect the new patrol car recently delivered to Trooper Kirb/. Kirby believes that this car Is the best eq Vi.? V K- 'ft-"???'?:? 'ttf *)?< V . -i? ?: -ii, utped for lew enforcement purposes of ny car assigned to him. Other patrol officers will be receiving deliveries of v their new cars in the near future. (Photo Ruth WellsVp ( Student Teacher GREENVILLE- - Teachfe interns from East CaraBna University are now'31 work in school systems in store th ad one-forth of North Carolina lina's 100 counties. Among these are Thorn asine Sanderson, who is teaching ge ography at East Duplin School Beulaville. Dean's List ? Wilmington College Six Duplin County Students were rewarded for their out standing academic achieveme nts at Wilmington College, Wil mington, North Carolina by be ing named to the Dean's List. Receiving this honor were: John Edward Best, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Henry Best, Warsaw; Edward Ardell Bar nette, son of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Barnette, Pink Hill; Buddy Albert Pope, son of Mr, and Mrs. J. A. Pope of Rose Hill; Frances Ann Kier, dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Kier of Teachey; Linda Di anne Southerland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Southerl and of Chinquapin; and Mrs. Joyce Ann Thompson of Rose Hill.
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