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v WMKIi SMITH?i JANUARY16, 1969 KENANSVILLE/NgJIIIij'^^^^g^^^^ 12 PAGES TH^^EK '0^' Elects Chairman ?:.ni ' . *]?>:? Gariand King UlLk ?_ :_'J .f ni e nie Doara 01 Directors 01 the Duplin Development Comm ission met jt the home of Mr. ttn. P. B. R-iford on Tu esd# evening, January 7, at which time Garland King was elected Chairman for 1969 to succeed Mllford Qulrm who has E served as Chairman for the past three years. C. W. Su rr art. Jr., was elected Vice Chairman. In addition to el ecting officers, other routine business matters included a discussion concerning cur rem developments and future effo rts affecting the economic gro wth and well being of the coun ty. Mr. Ralford, Executive Di rector of the Commission, re ported on a recent industrial mission to California that was Sponsored by the Commerce and Industry Division of die St ate Department of Conservat ion and Development. He said twenty-six persons, represent ing predominately rural areas, participated and th* during the eight-day trip over 125 Indu stry contacts were made in the Los Angeles and San Frsbclsco areas. Following the business mee ting , Mr. and Mrs. Ralford en tertained the board members and their wives atra reception. Punch and hors d'oeuvres were served from a table overlaid with an ecru cloth of Quaker lace and decorated with a cen terpiece of red candles and holly. Immediately following the re ception, Mr. and Mrs. Mllford Quinn entertained the board me mbers and their wives at aste ak dinner at The Country Squ ire. Among those attending we re Mr. and Mrs. Ralford, Mr. and Mrs. Garland King, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Surratt, Jr.,Mr. and Mrs. Amos Brlnson, Mr. aid Mrs. Russell Bostlc, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Ramsey, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ksrnegay, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Oswald, and Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Fussell. Waccamaw rSBank jli Announces Ready Credit Mr. Philip Kretsch, Jr., Vi-, ce-President , In charge of Waccamaw Bank's Kenansvllle operations, announces the re lease of a new banking ser vice in the Kenansville area called Ready Credit. This new service permits and individual to make himself an unsecured personal loan - - merely by writing a check. When an in dividual wishes to write a ch eck for more than his bank balance, and tie has a pre-*>p roved Ready Credit cash rese rve, multiples of $100 will au tomatically be placed in his ac count up to a pre-determined limit. Mr. Kretsch indicated that the bank customer had at that time made himself a lo an. The loan cat be repaid in one lump sum, or by several oittl/tnal methnHc Brooks Capture^ After Brief Escape Rase an ? Freedom for a ton vie ted rape-murderer was %*t4?ved when he escaped from fi Sampson County work MPg pear here Thursday, and vfei captured within four hours "4 |0nweod Quinn Brooks, who 1 i wi sentenced in 1965 to ser ??Vo consecutive life sen a m jk way 481 near Delway in Samp son County about 4 p. m. Armed with a prison bush hook Brooks stopped at a house on rural paved road 1009 about 3 miles west of Concord Community Just inside Ouplm County and forced a ^member of the family to take Chief Benny Matthew* to join in the hunt when blood hounds loot the trail at a creek about two miles west of Rose HQ1. The bushhook was observed at the back door of Edward Sholar. who denied having seen Brooks. Chief Matthews said that Brooks had entered springs and mat trass of a bed. Brooks was convicted of rape, and murder of Helen Marie Whaley of Magnolia in a wood ed area behind Magnolia Ele mentary School in November 1964. Miss Whaley was a popu lar employee of Duplin Gener al Hospital in Kenansville. Brooks was returned to the purses Meet to District # 27 of theNortfeCa ?' flfjna Nurse's Assoc iatioh met ?Kmorlal Hospital, / Surg aw, Wh eleven members present, (president, Mrs. Mae Griffin opened the meeting. A report %from the treasurer was read. A letter concerning fund rais- 1 ihg for a new North Carolina State Nurse's Association He adquarters Building, was read and discussed, and a commit tee was appointed. The president read the re port of the district board me eting and the plan of programs for the year. Information con cerning a committee on Human ttights was read and discussed, and a committee was appointed. The group considered the po ssibility of printing a newsle pjBSk Mrs. Rebecca H. fhr dge, Mfs. Mary Pierce, Mm. Mae Griffin, and Mrs. MarSa Williams. News should be In by the third Tuesday of each m#? The membership campaftB was discussed. Each member Is urged to bring another nu rse to the next meeting. The next two meetings will Be open to all Registered Nurses. All Registered Nurses are urged to join the association and to at tend the meetings. The next meeting will be held at Dup lin General Hospital, Kenans vllle, Tues., Feb. 4. The op erating Nurses Section will be in charge of the Program. Delicious refreshments were served by hostesses: Miss Do rothy Saunders, Mrs. Chris Bl ake, andMrs.GeorgtaSherman. .President P?*lce W. Smith has presented Mrs. Bonnie Bxum a Savings Bond lto a special ceremony at BeulaWffe \ Garment Company. Mrs. Exum was named Operator of the year for her outstanding work at the Beulavllle Indu ?Operator 7 ?/? A ' . leu arm Ct?MM iV>XF , Jj Dp r?or ?!'.? uzu. Mr; un ?? at pn According to Mr. Kretsch, this service was designed for the convenience of credit-wort hy persons, permitting them to take advant age of exceptional purchasing opportunities, pay unexpected medical expenses, taxes, etc. "This service, in my opinion," stated Mr. Kret sch, "is the most convenient and easiest way to borrow in existence today. Waccamaw Bank is extremely pleased to be able to offer this service to the citizens of the Kenans ville area." Mr. Frank Neely has been named to assume the addition al duties of Ready Credit Man ager. Mr. Neely said he is mo st anxious to offer this ser vice to all credit-worthy per sons in this area. This ser vice has been a direct result of our automation program and that you can expect more and better service from Waccamaw Bank. N. C. Press Instituti January 16-18th The North Carolina Press Institute will hold its 44th an nual meet in Chapel Hill at the University of North Car olina beginning Thursday Jan uary 16. Host for the occasion will be the University of North Ca rolina and Duke University in Durham. Guests will include newspaper publishers, editors and prize winning reporters, porters. Journalism awards will be presented on Thursday night by Gov. Bob Scott who will al so be the guest speaker. The Friday morning spea ker will be James L. Knight, publisher of-tNfc Charlotte Ob server. Rose Hill's Fire Chief. Clayton Herring, center, was reelected president of the Du plin County Firemen's Association. Left, Bobby Matthews of RoseHill is the new Se cretary-Treasurer and Harold Maready, ri ght Is retiring Secretary Treasurer. (Pho to by Ruth Wells) Duplin County Firemen Elect Officers The Duplin County Firemen's Association held their quarter ly dinner meeting Tuesday ni ght. Chinquapin firemen were host to the occasion which was held in the Chinquapin Fire Ho use. Chief Clayton Herring of Ro se Hill was reelected president of the association by acclaim a tien. Chief Lauren Sharpe of Kenans vllle was elected Vice president and Bobby Matthews of Rose Hill was elected Secre tary-Treasurer. The officers will serve a one year term. The association voted to inve stigate the possibility of asem- . lnar to be held in Duplin Co unty to train firemen in Arson ' detection; Each department expressed a desire for their men to be trained in this field. ' The association is composed of twelve units including Beul aville, Calypso, Chinquapin, Faison, Kenansville, Magnolia, Oak-Wolf, Rose Hill, Sarecta, Teachey, Wallace and Warsaw. Northeast community is now organizing a fire Department and will soon be the thirteenth Fire Department operating in Duplin County. Sneaker March 0'mes Director _ m Be Vers aw Botary Club held IMBegular Meeting Thursday .Jj^m Country Squire. * mfc club was honored tohsve mm* guest speaker. Rev. W. T.Mflark, of the Kenansville Umid Methodist Church. He ga? a most interesting talk one Ecumenical movement. Iuttoal being uniting all chu rcK under one Lord and one LhTlSt. ,t ... . :? ?bruary 13 was the date sp iffed for the Warsaw Rotary ? to hoid their Annual La ^^Hght ?'banquet at the Cou I.Squire. Rotarian William iL was chosen to head a nlttee to secure a speaker Mrs. Earl W. Whitaker of Wallace had been appointed Di rector for the Duplin County 1969 Mar^h of Dimes Campaign, it was announced today by Cla rence w. Walker, volunteer St ate Chairman. "It's time we stop telling ourselves that birth defects St rike only at 'other people's ch ildren', Mrs. Whitaker said. "A birth defect can hit any family, rich or poor, any rac? any nationality. Birth defects are this na tion's second greatest destro yer of life. Claiming approxi mately half ? million unborn babies each year and killing 60,006 of our children and ad ults," she declared. "More than 350,000 American babies their daily lives. The Director said that the March of Dimes, which won the fight against polio, attacks birth defects by financing re search and supporting more th an 100 birth defects centers at major medical institutions th roughout the United States. "A fine example of what can be done is seen at our Birth Defects Treatment Center In v Chapel Hill and our Birth De fects Evaluation Center at the Western Carolina Center in Mo rganton. The point is that we need more such centers not on ly in our State, but in many others. ^'Ip our St ate alone,'' she sa 4-H Plaques lining the corridors of the Agricultural Building are a tribute to Ex tension workers Mrs. Lois Britt and Mar ion Griffin (center) and to Les Gruber (ri ght) of the Wilmington Star News who co ordinates the Star News Honor Program ea ch year for SENCland. They are also a tri bute to each boy and girl who is an active club member, and the many fine adult lea ders who work with them. 41H Plaques Prove Program Participation 4-H is a way of life for many young people throughout the State and Nation. Duplin ia rec organixed as one of the most outstanding counties and has brought home the plaques for proof. A highlight in the club year is the Wilmington Star News 4-H Honor Ptygram held an ~ nually for the area including 'the counties of Duplin, Carter et, Onslow, Sampson, Bladen, Robeson, Columbus, Brunswick, New Hanover and Pender, where exhibits are received and awards made. Coordinator for the Honor Program is Les Gruber. Farm Editor of the Star News. Thro ugh his efforts the program has more than tripled since it's inception in 1958 when individ ual exhibits received award. A plaque was given for the Out standing Program, Most Repre sentative Boy and Girl, Dress Review and Tractor Driving. This years program included 15 awards; three in dress re vue, Outstanding Junior Boy and Giri Outstanding Senior ,P?y and Girl. Qytai^Kting Mat* and Woman (club leaders) Public Speaking Boy and Girl, Skilled Driver, Talent and Program Participation. Duplin County has been most fortunate to have Extension Agents Mrs. Lois Britt and Marion Griffin to work with the program in the county and inspire the young people to a better way of life. With their promotion of 4-H work, Duplin has received the Outstanding County Program award the Greatest Participation award based on quality as well as quantity/for 7 of the 10 years presented. These plaques are exhibited in the County Agri cultural Building. This year Duplin had men than gtft pe*,oas to attend, the Star News Honor Program in Wilmington. At this ceremony Gail Costin of Warsaw-Sham rock club won the public speak ing award. Susan Carter, Greenwood club won the Senior Teen Dress Revue, and Rich ard Waller, Pleasant Grove Club won the Skilled Driving award. tormer Principal Of Beulaville School Dies W. Ray Humphrey RICHLANDS - W. Ray Hum phrey, 61, died suddenly Thur sday. Funeral services were held at the Richlands United Methodist Church 11 a. m. Sat urday and were conducted by the Rev. Horace Garris. Bur ial was in the Onslow Memorial Park. Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Mattocks Humphrey; three daughters, Mrs. Larry Vann, Milton, Fla., Mrs. Da vid Gardner, Riclands and Mrs. Alton Payne, Wilmington, N. C.; one brotner, A. B.Humphrey, Richlands; two sisters, Mrs. Gladys Kavanaugh, Norfolk, Va., and Mrs. Myra Bordeaux, Fairbairn, Ga.; and three gr andchildren. He was a lifelong resident of Onslow County and served for 16 years as Principal of the Beulaville School. He was a prominent farmer and a Ma son. He was a member o f the Richlands United Methodist 0,1 NOTICE COMING SOON. Eastern Ca rolina's finest band, Soul Un ity, of Scotts Store. See and hear them in person on Satur day January 18, Mount Olive Teen-age Building. m mm am Johnson Heads Rules Comittee to alleviate the growing cri sis on rural medical care. Findings in research resu med in recommendations cov iring a wide range of develo pment with basic needs as fol lows: -Establishment of two new referral hospitals and teachi ng centers of 400 beds each, one in Eastern and one in the Western part of the State. -More emphasis cn general practise at UNC Medical sch ool, including more research - in family care and a profess orship of family medicine. -The licensing of osteopath ic physicians to practise medi cine in N. C. _The moving of some stu dents through Medical school at a faster pace to be consi dered. -Strengthening basic science courses in high schools and colleges. -Giving aid to two privately owned medical schools in N.C.; Duke University Medical Scho ol in Durham, and Bowman Gr ay in Winston Salem. These recommendations are expected to insure a very act ive and interesting legislative session and North Carolinians will, in turn, be profoundly interested in watching its leg islators accomplishments. Johnson is starting his sev enth legislative term. He se rved as House Rules Commit tee Chairman in 1967 and is re garded as one of the body's top parliamentarians. Duplin County's Representa tive in the present General As sembly, Hugh S. Johnson, Jr. of Rose Hill, has been named head of the important Rules Commi ttee of the House. The select ion was announced by Lt. Gov. Pat Taylor, House Speaker. As chairman of the Rules Committee, Mr. Johnson is al so Speaker Pro Tern. Mr. Johnson stated in an in terview at his home on Sun day night that his prime inter est for this session will be Increasing the states supply of physicians for rural areas of the entire state, in order Hugh Johnson Library And Bookmobile Schedule Mrs. Etnel Kelly, acting Li- I brarian has released thefoll- I owing schedule for die Duplin I County Dorothy Wight man Li- I brary, and the Bookmobile. The library is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays and Wed nesdays. It is open from 9 a.m. . to 12 noon on Bookmobile sche duled days except every third Friday in each month when it is closed from 9t30 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. First Tuesday of each mo nth the Bookmobile is at Ken nedy 1:30; Bethany 2:16 and Ha Usvllle at 3t00 p. Oi. First Thursday schedule is Teachey 1:30 ana Wallace Li brary ih30 p. m. BllflfTlMMllin lid Is "I"*1" ^ Second Tuesday Matoka s Be auty Shop 1:30; Kornegays 2:00; Mattie Smiths 2:30 and K. P's Grocery at Sarecta at 3:15 p.m. Third Tuesday C. C. Iveys 1:30; Scott Store 2:15; St. St ephens Church 2:45; and Br a nchs Grill 3:15. Third Thursday Mrs. Stan ford 1:30; Warsaw Library 2:15 p.m. Third Friday Chinquapin Ba nk 10:00; James 11:00; Raynor 11:45; Whaley's Store 12:30; Sew & Sew Fabric Shop 1:00; Jones Store 1.-45; Fountain2:45; Lyman 3:45 p. m. Fourth Thursday Mn?>\ lia Colored Church 2:S) andfeose Hill Library 3:00 p. m. K V'' V . -K. U ? W I Fourth Friday Inez Carlton's 1:30; Calypso (Mrs. Grtce) 2:16 and Faison Library at 3:00 p.m. If the Bookmobile does not visit your community contact Mrs. Kelly who will try to wo rk out a schedule. Rod Cross Mooting The semi-annual Red Cross meeting will be held Wednes day, January 22 at 4 o'clock in the Conference Room at the Board of Education Building Boney, Executive Secretary
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