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> A meeting of the Duplin Coun
ty Democratic Executive Co
mmittee has been scheduled for
11 AX. Monday, April 21st by
Chairman Henry L. Stevens,
ID. The committee will meet
in the Law Library in the Co
urthouse for die purpose of fil
ling the vaccancy created by
the resignation of one of the
members of the County Board
of Education,
Henderson To Bo
Gotst Or
"Corolino Tedey"
Congressman David N. Hen
derson will be a guest on the
"Carolina Today' show .on
WNCT-TV, Greenville, North
Carolina on Friday morning,
April 11 at 8:00 AX. Hend
erson has appeared an the pop
ular show as a guest on a
number of previous occasions.
Moo - Public
X School Mooting
An important meeting to dis
cuss the finding* ,of the Steer
ing Committee tdv-kivestlgue
the possibility of a non-public
school in Dupdin County will
meet (Monday evening, April
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The annual Alumni Associa
tion meeting of Mount Olive Col
lege will be held at the college
on Saturday, April 12. Rev.
Edward W. Miles of Goldsboro
president, will preside at the
meeting, and jgtest speaker will
be Sam D. Bundy of Farmville.
Mrs. Ruby M. BLackmore of
Warsaw is a member at large
of the Executive Committee of
the college. :
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Revival Services at Alum Sp
rings Baptist Church April 7
13 at 7:30 PX. The Rev. M.A.
Conrad, pastor of Calvary Bap
tist Church of Warsaw is the
Evapgelist.
Revival Services
Revival services will be held
at Jones Chapel Baptist Church
the week of April 14-19.
Services will be at 7:30 each
evening. Rev. Eugene Wager
will be the visiting minister.
Dr. Deltas Herring
lie Apge'mted
Gov. Bob Scott has re
appointed Dr. W. Dallas Herring ;
Chairman of the North Carolina
Board of Education.
The Rose Hill native was first
appointed to the board in 1953
by Gov. Luther Hodges. He
was named chairman two years
later and has held that post
under Governors Hodges, Sanf
ord and Moore.
Dr. Herring, who has earned
state and national honors in the
field of educational improve
menu, was one of the chief
. advocates of community college
system and the Industrial edu
cation centers.
He has served as mayor of
Rose Hill and as a member of
the Duplin County School Board.
for tali :h "Iht r ,tilled
in consolidating the county's
C..V Chairman *
-fe-'saram
ewer c Warsaw, C Cancer
Crusade Chairman foi
Brewer is a native of Samp
Captain James F. Langston of Warsaw
receives the Bronze Star For Meritorius
service in Vietnam between December 1967
and August 1M8. The award was made by
Major Roxie R. Hart, Commandant of the Third
US Army Drill Sergeant School, Fort Jackson,
S.C. At a separate ceremony Major Hart
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presetted Captain Langston with the Air Medal
for his devotion to duty end distinguished
service in action sustained during flights
in support of the ground forces in Vietnam
froth December 1967 to March 30,1968. His
wife Erika, and children, Jimmy and Karen
look on. (U.S. Army Photograph)
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uaptam Langston Honored
Captain James F. Langston,
Commanding Officer, Headqua
rters Company, Third Army
Drill Sergeant School, Fort Ja
ckson, S.C. has been awarded
the Bronze Star Medal for aerr
itorious service, in Vietnam*
ant pf thejhird US Army Dr
iU Sergeant School. Fort Jack
son who also presented Captain
LMgston with The Air Medal
for his devotion to duty and dis
tinguished service In actios
sustained during flights in sup
port of ground forces in Viet
nam,
Captain Langston, formerly
of Rt. 2, Warsaw, is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lang
ston. He attended James Kenan
High School and Joined the North
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Carolina National Guard In 1959
In Warsaw. Me attended basic
and advanced infantry training
at Fort Jackson, S.C, return
ing home after a year wfeh the
Guard. r 4
In June 1960. he Joined the
regular array and trained at
,J%JWn?Otrsnd-Fort Bragg.
In lgfil he was assigned to the
24|h Infantry Division In Augs
burg, Germany.
'While serving in Germany he
met and married his wife, the
former Erlka Krous of Waal
baopten, Germany. They have
|wo children, Jimmy and Ka
ren. .T
Upon returning to the states
in 1964 be was assigned to
Fort Jackson and attended the
Third Army Drill Sgt. School
and served as a Drill Sgt.
until March 1966.
Upon completion of Officers
Candidate School, Ft. Benning
Ga? Lang*on was assigned an
instructor in the Infantry Sch
ool in Fort. Benning. He tr
ained for jngle warfare in>
Panama, enroute to an as
itrjfciil! maS* wsl i
DuringW yc*r he as>
Duri^j that year he served eg)
Company Excitative Officer.
Ctpuin Langston returned to
the fetates in August 1968 to the
horn* of his parents for a th
irty pay leave after which he
was assigned to his preset*
position. Mrs. Langston, Jim
my and Karen are residing
at present with Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Langston.
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Guest speaker. Missionary to Germany,
with officers of District #27 Nurses' Ass- ]
oclation: L-R, Mrs. Mae Griffiit, Presl- ;
dent, Mrs; Mary Frances Morphia, guest
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speaker, Mrs, Rebecca Judge, Secretary, and
Miss Mary Hester Powell. Vice President,
?nd Program chairman. _
(Photo by Ruth Wells)
Missionary Speaks To Nurses
District #27 of the North
Carolina State Nurses' Ass
ociation met at Duplin Gen
eral Hospital, Kenans ville, on
Tuesday, April 1, with 19 mem
bers and one guest present.
Following a brief business ses
sion, Mary Hester Powell, ac
ting Program Chairman, in
troduced the speaker of the ev
ening, Mrs. Mary Frances Mor
phia. Mrs. Morphis, who's
husband is pastor of an
English Language Mission in
Berlin, German, and is home on 1
furlow, is a native of Wilmlng
Morphis was for
merly pastor fo a Baptist Ch
urch fai Burgaw,
Mrs. Morphis is ? register
ed nurse, but the lan
guage barrier, has not worked
as a nurse In Germany. She
tolti of some of thetr exper
iences with medical care when
mentioned that nursing salar
ies in Germany are about 1/2
of what they are here.
She then showed interesting
slides of Southern Germany,
the Swiss Alps, and Berlin.
Germany is a very clean co
untry, no littering on roads,
with an excellent system of
highways, "autobahns". She
talked about living in Germany:
having to go to a separate st
ore for different items when
grocery shopping, and having to
bring your own shopping bag.
Most people in Berlin and ot
her German cities live fat ap
artment buildings, rather than
single family dwellings,,Many
of their buildings ire new and
modern; there ire few traces of
Work War n left in West Ger
many. They have a lot of snow
of papers to go in and out of
the city and guards inspecting I
the car.
Following a few questions I
and ai^rs. most delicious
refreshments were served by I
hostesses, Patricia Norris, AD- I
nie Catherine Rhodes, Brenda
Stroud and Leona Williford.
The next meeting will beheld
I -Tnesday, May 6 at Pender Mem
orial Hospital, Burgaw. Pro
gram chairman, Mildred LaCoe
announced that Miss Frances
Sellers of the State Board of
Health will be die speaker.
Attends law
Offisnr't School
8*"2Hr"Di,,rict
NC Extension Homemakers To Meet
Miss Adaltne T. Ryan, con
sumer consultant of the tex
tile fibers department at E.L
DuPont De NeMours at Wil
mington, Delaware, will be the
featured speaker at the South
eastern District Meeting of
North Carolina Extension
Hocnemakers Association. This
announcement was made by
Mrs. Mae Splcer, Home Ex
tension agent, Duplin County.
The event will be held from
10:00 ajn.-3:00pjn., April 17th,
In Kenan Auditorium at Ken
ansville, North Carolina.
Miss Ityan's topic will be "Hi
ghlights in Apparel and Home
Furnishing Fabrics of DuPont
Fibers and Their Care."
Prior to becoming a consum
er consultant in 1955, Miss
Ryan was on the staff of Du
Pont's Atlantic City Exhibit and
where for a four year period
she developed the ability to dis
Karris Fund
A fund hu been established
for the benefit of Paul H. ("Pe
te") Garris, young Rose Hill
man who was critically burned
while on active duty with the
National Guard Unit of Wallace
to which he belonged. His Na
tional Guard Unit has announ
ced that both the Branch Bank
ing and Trust Company of Wal
lace and the Waccamaw Bank
and Trust Company of Rose Hill
?n receiving helpful gifts ef
money and thoee wishing to con
i
The Wallace Unit of the Na
tional Guard has already recei
ved individual donations from
its members for the fund.
In addition, the guardsmen
last week, sponsored a benefit
dance for the fund and the
Wallace Armory was used for
the occasion. "The Rebels",
local Wallace band, gave their
talents by playing, without fee,
for the dance. Other affairs
will be planned, and personal
contributions at the two banks
mentioned above will be appre
ciated.
As a result of this effort,
Pete Garris' father has been
able to fly to Texas to be with
him for a visit, a fact that the
attending Physician has said
has been of much benefit to the
morale of the young man.
Commissioner
Notes
Duplin County Commission
ers, in their regular first Mon
day meeting, endorsed a bill
introduced in the General Ass
embly by Representative Hugh
Johnson to clarify the small
water shed law enacted in 1967
with respect to project main
tenance in Duplin County.
They also endorsed legislat
ion Introduced in the general
assembly to increase from se
ven to nine, the number of mag
istrates serving the county.
The resignation of Mrs. Eu
dell Garner, public Health Nur
se, was submitted.
J.B. Wallace reported at
tending a meeting in New Bern
for Tax Supervisors. He also
reported that the Board of Eq
ualization and Revue had re
ported favorable on revaluation
throughout the county, to be
effective for 1970 taxation. He
presented the county with a
check for $1,106.40 from the
state, which represents 204 per
farm paid by the state for each
report of farm census reported
along with tax listing in the
Tax collections for the month
of March were $49.43405. ac
a " T AAA Aftft
cuss scientific subjects in the
language of the household. A
native of Landsdowne, Penn
sylvania, Miss Ryan attended
Brandyvrlne College. Her off
ice is located in Wilmington, ]
Delaware, near DuPont's Tex
tile Research Laboratory at
Chestnut Run.
A good part of her job is
spent just in keeping abreast
of new fibers. In a company
like DuPont, this involves nine
different fibers, the newest of
which "Qiana" nylon was int
roduced in 1968. In any one
day she must know how to tap
expert advice on a range of
subjects-proper care, where to
buy, proper garment construc
tion, home sewing, the proper
fiber for. the job, fiber com
parisons, and how fibers are
made, to a typical year she
handles over 15,000 inquiries,
mostly by phone and by letter,
although her job frequently in
volves radio and television ap
pearances, exhibits and clinics.
Mrs. Paul L. Fletcher of
Lenoir County Is president of
the Southeastern District Ex
tension Homemakers Associa
tion and will preside at this
meeting, the first of the dis
trict.
Mrs. Thetis Gerald of Robe
son County will offer the de
votional. Dr. Eloise S. Cofer,
Assistant Director, Home
Economics, Agricultural Ex
tension Service, North Caro
lina State University, will br
ing greetings. Introducing the
speaker will be District Clo
thing Chairman, Mrs. Melvin
Whitfield of Lenoir County.
Mrs. Rom Mallard, Second Vice
President of Jones County, will
recognize guests. Following
a box luncheon, Mrs. J.W.Rose
of Wayne County will entertain
with special musical selections
featuring handbells.
Roll call by counties will be
made by Mrs. LW. West. Dis
trict Treasurer of Columbus
County. Mrs. I.M. Huggins of
Cumberland County is First
Vice Chairman and will present
the district report.
Mrs. Cecil Eaklns of Pender
County, Recording Secretary,
will recognize leaders and del
egates who have rep resented the
district in special conferences
and activities. New district of
ficers will be introduced by
Mrs. Fred Foyles, past District
Chairman from Pender County.
The meeting is open to all
homemakers of the seventeen
counties of the Southeastern Di
strict and other interested per
sons. All who are planning
to attend should register with
the Extension Home Economics
Agent in their county?before
the deadline date of April 11th.
Some roads in North Carolina are design-*
ated Toll Roads by the State Highway Com
mission. Some other roads Just seem to have
a way of "taking toll." Such is the case with
N.C. Highway 11 through Kenansvllle where
David Allen Sandlin of Beulaville has Just lost
the largest protion of a load of sweet po
tato "slips." Enroute home from a curing
house with potatoes owned jointly with his
uncle, R.G. Quinn of Kenansville. David Al
len jokingly said his half was still on the
truck. The weight of the potatoes apparently
shifted as the vehicle rounded the curve east
of the courthouse breaking the rope securing
the load* (Photo by Ruth Wells)
Hobbs Speaks
Miss Sara Ami Hobbs, Exe
cutive Secretary, North Caro
lina Womans Missionary Union
Board, will be featured speak
er at the 60th annual session
of the WMU Easter Baptist
Association at Rowan Baptist
Church, Clinton, on Thursday,
April 10.
Theme for the session will
be "Every Christian a Witness
Now".
Presiding at the session will
be Mrs. H.O. Lannlng of Cl
inton.
Respect No
Parking Signs
Mayor Earl Hatcher said that
following the town board meet
ing Monday night that a crack
down is in the making on of
fenders of the "no parking"
restrictions recently designat -
ed in Kenansville.
Signs indicating NO PARK
ING at the intersection of HOI
Street and North Main Street,
(Highway 11) at Bow dens Gro
cery. The corner parking by
big trucks unloading as well
as store customers have crea
ted a traffic hazzard there for
quite some time. Fortunately
thus far, wrecks there have
been minor. Your cooperation
is urged in observing these si
gns and probably will save a
life and or property fotttge
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proviaeo ror resiocnis anopus~
Charles H. Mercer
Continuing the Grace Lec
tures at the Beulaville United
Methodist Church, Rev. Orville
Leonard has announced the sp
eaker for the weekend series.
Rev. Charles H. Mercer, Su
perintendent of the New Bern
District will speak at 7:30 pan.
Friday April 11th, with three le
ctures following on Saturday,
April 12 at 10 aom., 2 p.m.
and the final one at 7i30 pan.
The Rev. Mr. Mercer at
tended Louis burg College, Lou
is burg; Wofford College, Sp
artanbury, S.C., and Duke Uni
versity in Durham. He has
Served pastorates at Swans
bo ro, Sunset Park-Wilmington,
Trinity, Fairmaont, Mebane,
Centenary ? Smlthfield, First
Mefhodist-Laurlnburg, and sin
ce June 1, 1968 has been^Su
He is married to the former
aqd^haa^render^
lowmen through his chosen pro
fession and his activities in
civic fraternal affairs.
This unusual opportunity for
spiritual enrichment is open to
the public, both ministers and
layment, and all are invited and
urged to attend.
Mayor Seeks
Re-election
Warsaw's Mayor Ed Strick
land has filed for re-election
in the May 6th town election.
Strickland was elected as a
town commissioner in 1953, an
office he filled for one term.
Since that time he has served
as mayor. Under his admin
istration a new and greatly
expanded sewerage system has
been installed and he was in
strumental in securing for the
town a federal grant for com
prehensive future planning.
Three projects that were
started by Mayor Strickland
are unfinished and he has ex
pressed a desire to
serve the town to see these
projects finished.
"After many years of work
and planning ray three pet pro
jects are beginning to mater
allze. They are community pl
anning. annexation (extension
of town limits) and better hou
sing," commented mayor St
rickland, "I would like very
much to have an opportunity
to see these projects comple
ted."
Strickland will be opposed
in the race for mayor by John