VOL. XXXVI NO. 18 ~ ~ SECTION I ~~ ~ ~~ MAY 1, 1969 KENANSVILLE, N.C.
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Matching Funds
A bill passed the house last
week for James Sprunt Institu
te to receive matching funds
for building purposes up to
1600,000 from the state.
In order to become a lawthls
bill must also pass the senate, I
which Is expected this week. I
Representative Hugh Johnson I
of Duplin was one of the sp
onsors of this bill.
Cancer Crusade
Games Tournament
A games tournament will be
held Saturday night at 8 pjm.
in the Kenan Memorial Audi- sj
torlum, Kenansvllle, for thud
Cancer Crusade. Bring youcn
own cards. . Tables, prizes |
and refreshments will be fur- |
ntshed. Door prizes will be t
given each hour during play. 1
Tickets are now on sale at Ken- J
ansvUle Drug or see Mrs. Sal- 1
lie Tyndall, Mrs. EloiseRyder, ^
Ijlrs. Mae fipicer, Mrs. Ruth
Wells or Miss Mary leeSykes.
Ticket* will also be on sale at
the door.
Selective Service office will A
be dated Thursday and Friday,
May 1 and 2. Clerks will be
Bergerac on May 1, 2, and 3.
Mrs. Sam Glasgou is director.
Ronald Brown of Rose Hill and
Angus Phillips of Wallace are
stage managers.
Cast members are David
Johnson, Faye Hussey, Mofton
BlanChard, Jerry Andrewsjoe
Bland, Debbie Shtvar. Susan
Carr and Kaye Townsend.
Wig Salons
Ray Holland, a Duplin County
native was featured In the Ap
ril 20 edition of the CaU-Ch
roncle of 70lentown Penna.
Holland, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Bursell Holland of Alberts on. Is
owner of Holiday HaiirFalhions.
a chain of fine wig salons.
Bak? r
Sola - Luncheon
A bake sale and luncheon will
be held at the Fellowship Hall I
of the United Methodist Church
in Kenansville on Monday May
5th. Serving will begin at 11:00
a.m. continuing until 2?00 p.m.
Caiicar Crusade
David English, president of
the Kenansville Lion's Clubsald
that someone from the Lions
will contact all merchants in
Kenansville during this week
in die interest of the Cancer
Crusade.
Feolar Sneaks
Is epgewww?
Roy Fogler, chairman of the
Neuse River Economic Develo
pment Commission was the spe
aker at last weeks regular Ro
tary Meeting at the Country
Squire. He was introduced by
Rotarian P.B. Ralford. Guests \
of the club included C.w. Sur- j
rdtt, Jr. The attendance con
I test winners were announced.
Jim Edmundson'a team will
eat steaks and John Weather
ly's team will have beans at I
the next meeting.
ECU Students
; |lAniong the Duplin Count***- "
dents at East Carolina Univer
sity on the Job as intern tea
chers this term are: Chinq
uapin -- Donald E. Home, Rl.
i, E. Duplin High School, bus
I- iness; Sharon Wood Houston.
Rt. 1. Oak City High School,
biology; Cabjrpso ? Charles F.
* jiioAos, a i v jace?
Sc eenville), 3rd &
There are now two lady ma
yors In the state of North Car
olina. A Duplin County town,
Teacheys has one of these.
Duplin conceivably could have
two lady mayors of its incor
porated towns following the May
6 election as there are two
feminine "hats in the ring".
Mrs. Ruby Ramsey is un
opposed in her bid for a third
term as mayor of Teacheys.
Commissioners seeking re
election there are Ray McMil
llan, James Henderson, George
Brown, Dan Norris, and Herbert
Tucker.
Mrs. Nan P. Fes per man is
seeking the mayorship of Fai
son. She is opposed by J[X.
.
Andrews, Jr.. and Wm. (Hll)
Clifton. Seeking office of .com
missioner are: L.D. Groome,
L.S. Guy, WJ. Igoe, Chas. E.
Sauls, and Curtis Cates.
Calypso's mayor B.C. Alb
ritton Is opposed by Kenneth
Davis, a Presbyterian minis
ter. Seeking the office of co
mmissioners are Norwood Bar
field, MJ. Lambert, Cecil La
ngley, E.B. Sutton, L.R. Nunn
and James Wolf.
Warsaw's mayor, J.E. St
rickland is opposed by John
L. (Johnny) Powell Jr. Two
commissioners will be elected
from the four candidates: W.C.
Tew, WX. Foster, Jimmy Mc
Clenny, and Mett Ausley.
'
Mayor Ben Harrell of Rpse
Hill is unopposed. Candidates
for commissioners are: Felton
Rackley, Clarence Brown, Den
nis Ramsey, Sam Carr, and
Merritt Watson.
Magnolia's system of gover
nment calls for elections of
three town officials each elec
tion year. Three commission
ers will be elected this year.
Encumbent H.M. Pope is seek
ing re-election. Others filed
are Fred Archer, Millard Wil
liams, and Ralph Culbreth.
Wallace's TJ. Baker, Ve
teran Mayor is unopposed. Se
eking post as Commissioners
in the County's largest town is:
J.E. (Pete) Wells, Sam Glas
gow, Norman P. Evans, and
Steve W. Gow an.
Kenansville's mayor, Earl
Hatcher Is seeking a second
term, unopposed. Filed for
the office of commissioner are
John Hall, Dixon Hall, Lauren
Sharpe, Phil Kretsch, and Leo
Jackson.
Beulavllle citizens met Tues
day night and nominated Leon
Lanier a candidate for mayor,
who is unopposed. At a pre
vious meeting seven persons
were nominated for commissi
oner from which five will be
chosen. They are: Roland Ed
wards, Joe Edwards, Mervin
(Monk) Whaley, Carl Daniel Pa
te, Orvis Thigpen, Ricky Lynn
Thomas, and Kejineth McClain.
CoMtee Completes Purvey
The ordofutlooal com
mittee forpjbmotlonof a mental
health clinic for Duplin County
??et in the conference room of
the Welfare Building Monday af
ternoon.
Kenneth Davis of Calypso,
chairman of the committee,
presided. Other committee
members present were: Kur
tls Hess, Vice chairman; Mrs.
Rebecca Judge and Mrs. Ruby
Kornegay, Co-Chairmen survey,
committers Mrs. Millie Brown,
secretary-treasurer; and Mrs.
Ruth Wells, publicity chairman.
Meeting with the group were
Douglas Dexter, social worker.
Cherry piospital; Harry B. Ca
mpbell, jjSocial Work consultant,
P.M.Hjflpreston C. Moore, On
slow Csunty Mental Health Cl
inic aiM Frank Hickman, Dls
? ???.' ' -
trict supervisor for Vocational
Rehabilitation.
Services, cost, and proced
ures were discussed in pre
paration for presenting the need
to the Duplin County Board of
Commissioners at their next
meeting.
Stocks
Bonds - Seminar
A three-night program on
stocks, bonds, and mutual fun
ds as related to the lay inves
tor will be held at the Four
County Electric Building in
Rose Hill on Thursdays, May
1, 8 and 15, at T;30 p.m. Open
to public and there is no ch
arge.
The featured speakers will
be Gene Carr, Interstate Se
curities. Clinton, and Deems
Clifton, Dreyfus Fund, Clinton.
urticais at ground breaking ceremony at
Magnolia Baptist Church Sunday were: Left
to right: Fred Johnson, Harold Eazell, Paul
A ? ? mm
Tucker, members of Bj tiding Com., Albert
Pope, Chairman of the Deacons, and Rev.
Norman Aycock, Pastor.
uroundbreaking Magnolia Baptist Church
a l.i T"V>* nai.i o/li?on?u. u..;- ji frti" the i>rhn1o r-vinf.tt
/v unci v>ruunu meaning
Ceremony was held at the Mag
nolia Qaptlsi CI h. Sunday
morning, April 21, as Paul
Tucker, a member of the Hit*
wuiauwi uuuauig
will contain approximately
4,700 sq. ft, of floor space.
The structure will be woo* ft
ante with brick veneer.
The new building win pro
ivi uifc nuwis. viiwi Via*
Members of the Building
Committee are: Earl Baker,
Paul Tucker, Harold Ezzell,
and Fred Johnson, Hubert Tuc
ker is Building Fund Treasurer.
Albert Pope Is Chairman of the
Deacons and the. Rev. Nprman
uist. Homemakers
Mrs. p?w netcner, presi
dent of the Southeastern Dis
; trlct. North Carolina Extension
Homemakers Association, pre
sided at the District meeting
| held recently in Kenansvllle.
More than 800 homemakers
from the seventeen counties in
the district attended the meet
ing held in the Kenan Memorial
? Auditorium.
Featured speaker of the day
was Miss Adeline T. Ryan,
l consumer consultant of the tex
tile fibers dpnrtnient of E-'
DuPont De'NeMours, with ho
pe.offices in Wilmington, Del
aware. She presented mativjf
fnRe company's fatri:s, W
cludlng "Qlana" nylon, Du
Pont's newest fabric.
The women were invited on
the stage during lunch break
to examine the many new care
free fabrics including wash and
wekr materials with the ap
pearance of- pure silk and hea
vy satins. The selections In
cluded home furnishing fabrics
as well as apparel.
One of the most popular ex
hibits was a man's suit made
of the versittle double knit fab
rics now so widely used in la
dies dresses and suits.
A brochure was distributed
to those present on care of
synthetic fabrics and inclu
ded sewing tips, laundry inst
ructions as well as other val
uable information.
Mrs. J.W. Rose entertained
the group with several musical
selections using hand bells.
Others participating on the
program were Mrs. Thetis Ge
rald, Dr. Eloise Cofer, Mrs,
Melvtn Whitfield, Mrs. Rom
Mallard, Mrs. I.W. West, Mrs.
UM. Huggins, Mrs. Cfccll Eak
ins, Mrs. Fred Foyles'andMrs.
Wlnson Best.
|diss Marie Penuel, Lenoir
County Home Economics Exten
sion Agent is advisor.
' Jackson
Name Director
BEULAVILLE - - Maurice
Jackson of Beulaville is the
only newly elected director of
the N.C. Egg Marketing Ass
ociation. .
Jie-elected <tt the anhual me
eyng were Mrs. Boyce J(w*
son of Giant Oak Poultry Fa
rm, Sutesville; Edmund Aycock
of Wachovia Bank A Trust
Co., Raleigh; Joe K. Davis,
Earl; Mfurice Plckler, Spring
dale Farms, New London; Ar
chie Sink, Green Acres Poul
try Farm, Lexington; Atwell
Alexander, Stony Point; John
Ham by of Central Carolina F ar
mers Exchange of Durham, and
Carl Tower of the N.C. Dep
artment of Agriculture.
Others re-elected to direc
torships and named officers
were Kent Mann, Piedmont Egg
Ranch, Mebane, president to
succeed Hamby; Alan Ashcraft
of FCX Egg Service, Charlotte,
vice president, and Bob Domi
nick, Sunnyside Eggs, Greenv
ille, secretary-treasurer.
Lt. Oakley Awarded
Air Force Medal
Woody F. Oakley has been
awarded the Air Force Com
mendation Medal. The citation
accompanying the award is as
follows:
"First Lieiltenat Woody F.
Oakley distinguished himself by
meritorious service as Unit
Fund Custodian and Special Ser
vices Officer for the 757 Ra
dar Squadron Blain Air Force
Station, Washington, from 10
April 1967 to 1 October 1968.
During this period Lieutenant
Oakley's outstanding perofes
stonal skill, knowledge and le
adership aided immeasurable in
identifying problem areas in the
field of Special Services, and
in developing and implementing
methods capable of solving
these problems. As Project
Better Living Officer, Lieut
enant Oakley was respon
sible for obtaining and judici
ously administering nearly
$60,000. The distinctive ac
complishments of Lieutenant
Oakley reflect credit upon
himself and the United States ;
Air Force." |
Lieutenant Oakley has been '
in Vietnam since October, 1968
and has recently been moved,
and is now stationed at Pleiku.
A son of Mr. and Mrs. Fr
ancis Oakley of Kenansville,
he is a graduate of James
Kenan High School, Universi
ty of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill and received his officers
training at San Antonia, Texas.
He was stationed at Blain Was
hington for about oneyearprior
to overseas duty.
Didn't Tickle Innards'
Mrs. Fattle CTPotts ol Wal
lace is suelng Pepsi-Cola Bot
tling Corp. of Wilmington and
Plggly-Wlggly of Wallace.
Mrs. Potts aleges she was
encouraged to purchase Moun
tain Dew from advertisements,
"It'll tickle your innards" and
"made from flavors specially
blended in traditional hillbilly
Style." Mrs. Potts alleges she
purchased the crate of Mt. Dew
on May 29, 1968 and after re
frigeration, the next day she op
ened and drank the Mt. Dew
for the "purpose of quenching
her thirst" and "as a sole and
proximate cause of said con
sumption became sick, nausea
ted and suffered pains and cr
amps In the stomach and suff
ered great pain of mental an
guish," The plantiff alleged
the bottle contained "dirt, tr
ash, and other filthy foreign
substance" and the pains, vom
iting and mental anguish was pr
oduced from Mountain Dew,
purchased from the Wallace
Piggly Wlggly store.
By reason of negligents
acts and omission and the br
each of implied warranty of
fitness for human consumption,
the plantiff is suing for the sum
of 50,000.
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Mayor J. Edward Strickland of Warsaw
administered the oath of office to members
of the Housing Authority at a meeting Tuesday
night in the conference room at Branch Bank.
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Standing lelt to right are Mayor Strickland,
Raymond Hill and Craven Brewer, who was
named chairman. Seated 1 to r Durwood St
rickland, Roger Phillips and George Maye.
Housing Authority Receives Oath Of Office
Members of the Warsaw Ho
using Authority were adminis
tered the oath of office on Tu
esday night of4ast week by Ma
yor J.E. (Ed) Strickland.
The meeting was held in the
conference room of Branch Ba
nking and Trust Company.
Members of the Housing Co
mmittee are Craven Brewer.
Chairman, Raymond Hill,
George Maye, Durwood Strick
land and Roger Phillips. This
(Ms the first Housing Authority
#1-1.1-1
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in Duplin County, and its mem
bers will serve terms of one
to five years.
Also present at the cerem
ony were William N. Bostic,
Jr., Jacksonville, representat
ive of Sheetz and Bradfield
Architects, Inc. of Atlanta,Ga.,
and Meivin Cording, executive
director of OEO for Duplin,
Pender and Sampson Counties.
Bostic discussed the proced
ures to be followed in execut
ing the duties of the Board,
yie explained that Homing Ur
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b.in Development Units would
be determined by the needs of
the town and depend upon the
survey made through a repre
sentative from the Atlanta off
ice. The town must provide
water and sewer lines, fire and
police protection and would re
ceive a percentage of rents and
taxes.
Incorporation for the Housing
Authority must come from die
Secretary of State, Thad ?uje.
Application *or this will beiSade
by this committee'.* f
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bowsDoro Man unarcea
A Goldsboro man has been
arrested in Warsaw and char
ged with drunken driving, dri
ving around the town of War
saw and the state highways
heavily armed, and damage to
personal property.
Lloyd Fletcher Crawford, 44,
of South John Street, Goldsboro,
waived hearing to District Co
urt for May 7. Bond was set
at 1300 in the first charge,
at $500 in the second charge
and at $300 in the third charge.
Deputy sheriff E.E. Proctor
said that State Trooper Jimmy
M. Mayo of Warsaw brought Cr
awford in for driving on the
North Carolina State Highways
and the streets of Warsaw in
a drunken condition. James
S. Maye of the Warsaw Police
Department filed the second ch
arge and a .22 caliber pistol
was confiscated along with a
Carbine M 1 30 rifle. Both
weapons were fully loaded.
Rodney J. Andrews of War
saw brS^t the third charge
after Crawford had allegojuy
cut all four tires on the Artr,
drews vehicle. The car wait
parked in the yard of Jam?$
Mathews of Warsaw and the
four flat tires were discovered
about 8:30 Sunday night. An*
drews said he believed that it
was a case of mistaken iden
ity, that Crawford thought the
car belonged to someone else.
Miller Elected VP
Dewitt Miller
DeWitt Miller of Rose Hill
was elected Area Vice Presi
dent of the North Carolina
?Jaycees at the regional meet
ing held in Morhead City this
past weekend. The meeting
began with registration at 1:00
p.m. Saturday. A Speak Up
Jaycee contest was held soon
after registration. Next came a
presentation of candidates for
area, regional and state offi
ces. Saturday night's activities
included a banquet followed by
a dance.
The business meeting began
Sunday morning after a Prayer
Breakfast from 8:00 to 9:00 ajn.
The first item of business was
the election of a regional Nat
ional Director. After a brief
introduction by Moses Paul and
a campaign speech by DeWlrt
Miller the election was held.
Strong support from the clubs
in the region was shown when
Miller received M out of a pos
sible 57 certified votes. This
is the first Jaycee front the
Rose Hill club to serve as a
uewitt Miller is a 1961 grad
uate of North Carolina State
College with a major in Agri
cultural Business and is pres
ently employed as Office Mana
ger for the Rose Hill Poultry
Corporation.
He served as Treasurer of
the Rose Hill club in 1966-1967,
as President in 1967-68 when
the club received the first Blue
Chip award. The 1968 edition
of OUTSTANDING YOUNG MEN
OF AMERICA recognized him
for his outstanding ability, ac
complishments and service to
his community, country and
? profession.
He served as President of the
Rose Hill P.T.A. last year and
served on the Cub Scout Pack
Committee for the past two ye
ars. He is a member. Assis
tant Superintendant of Sunday
School, and an active Deacon of
the Mount Zion Presbyterian
Church of Rose Hill.
Miller is married to the for
mer Hilda Bell of Beulaville
and they have two sons, Greg
ory 10 and Philip 4. He is the
son of Mrs. L.C. Miller of Beu
laville and the late Mr. Miller.
N. C. Nurses
Assoc. To Moot
The next meeting of District
27 of North Carolina State Nur
ses Association is Tuesday,
May 6, 1969 at 7:30 P.M. at
Pender Memorial Hospital in
Burgaw.
The program will be sponsor
ed by the Public Health Sect
ion with Mrs. Mildred LaCoe
as program chairman. Mrs.
LaCoe will bring an outstand
ing guest. Miss Frances Sell
ers, Public Health Nurse Con
sultant from the State Board
of Health.
The hostesses for the even
ing are Audrey Rlvenbark, Alma
Lewis, and May Griffin.