VOL. XXXVI NO. I* ? "" ~ May 15. 1969 KLN/vWSVll.LE. N.C. ~~ ~ 16 PAGES THIS WEEK PRICE lOtf PLUS TAX
Open House
More dun 600 persons at
tended 4wHfit|<in ceremonies
at Edgerton Funeral Home In
Beulaville on Sunday afternoon.
Open House was observed at
the new facility from 2 to 9
p.m. both Saturday and Sunday
with the dedication services at
3 p.m. Sunday.
Local ministers participating
in the services were: G. Fr
ank Sawyer, Presbyterian; Eu
gene A. Carmlchael, Baptist;
and ILL. Gore, PFWB. Also
participating in the ceremony
were E.C. Edgerton and James
Padgett, owners of the firm.
JSI Activity Drive
The James Sprunt Student Bo
dy has launched a drive to fi
nance transportation expense
for various student activities.
A drawing will be held for
many valuable items, among
which is included: a riding
lawiimower, a portable stero
record player, and specifically
for the homemaker, a portable
mixer. i
Funds received from the rif- ,
fling will help finance an ac
tivities ' bus to be used for field
trips, various athletic ictlvtr
tes^and other related school
are^on sale
Beginning May 27, 1969, th
rough June 26, 1909, a sewing
class will be taught at James
Sprunt Institute by Mrs. Grace
Sumner of Beulaville, North
Carolina. The course will be
from 7:00 P.M. until 10:00 P.M.
each Tuesday and Thursday
night*
N. F. 0.
The National Farmers Or
ganization will hold a district
meeting and bar-b-que chicken
dinner May 27, 1969 at Union
High School, Clinton.
Erbard Pfingsten, NJ.O. Vi
ce-president will beguest spea
ker.
Dinner will be served from
5:30 til 7:30 P.M. Special
entertainment from 6:00 to
8:00 P.M.
Madfeal Society
Horace L. Ray MJ5. of War
saw will represent Duplin Coun
ty Medical Society in the House J
of Delegates of the Medical
Society of North Carolina in
Plnehurst, May 17-21.
Alternate delegate is EX.
Boyette, M.D. of Chinquapin.
J| Attands Maating
Representing Southeastern
North Carolina, LeRoy Sim
mons of Alberts on was in at
tendance at a special call me
A4I53^^^^111e Freem an.
the jeeds of the st
ate. KeW at the Sir Walter
Hotel ipiUH tnornisg.
May igSiSto stated thet,
"the tobacco program Is die
beet agricultural commodity
pr^jN^^arss/j
County,vis act#* in Farm Bu
reae,"* former maafcr rf the
North Carolina Senate, and a
services etlW^
'd?v Rev Hirrliiriiliihif
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Newly elected officers for Warsaw Jaycees
from row, 1-r, Durwood Strickland, Charles
Sutton, Tim Williams, Brooks Boyette, Harold
Rose, back row, 1-r- Dwlght Smith, Lenord
Cherry, Donnle Ezzell, Gerald Qulnn and Roger
Phillips.
Jaycees Installation Banquet
The Warsaw Jaycees held th
eir installation banquet Th
ursday night at the Duplin
County Law Officer's Hut.
George West installed the new
officers for the coining year.
They are, President. Brooks
Boyette; 1st Vice' president,
Durwood Strickland; 2nd Vice
president, Charles Sutton;
Secretary, Tim Williams and
TreSsure, Harold Rose.
Elected to serve on th^Bo- .
Smith, Leonard Cherry, and
Roger Phillips.
Charles Sutton presented the
Spoke awards to Jim Turner
and Durwood Strickland. This
award is given to members of
one year who have done out
standing work for theJaycees.
Mr. Sutton also presented the
Spark Plug Awards. Receiving
th^se awards for their chair
manship, new members and
service to the chjfc for^more
dm year were, Bonnie
Gene Thon^on, (Jerald
Qulnn, BUI Knowles, Roger Ph
illips, Craven Brewer, George
West, and Brooks Boyette.
Special Awards were given
to Way land Davis, Scout Mas
ter of Troop 44 and George
West, Vice president of Area
C for their outstanding leader
ship.
The Jaycees would like to
thank Troop 44 of^the Warsaw
Boy Scouts for serving the st
eak dinner to the Jaycees and
their wives.
OM^HM||Ual tor a period
Strnd Naned
FFt Officer
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J.a Stroud, Jr.. 16^^d a
nodi has been elected secretary
of District II, Federation of
Future Farmers ofJpttjrica.
included in District 11 is BlW?
a dep. Cumberland, Duplta, and :
Sampson Counties, and lforth
Robeson, SEMCland, Waccamaw
and South Robeson," V ? *
Stroud was elected to this hoi
nor at the FFA Rally held Sa
turday at Sampson Institute
gy, Clinton.
^Recently elected prapldmt of
he Edtica
f M
l/lagMtia . >5 -g
town Board Meets
regular meeting of the
Magnepa Town Board was held
May ft 1969 with Mayor Quinn;
Commissioners Thomas, Pow
ell, Malpass, Pope; Clerk Pick
ett; and Policeman Pipkin pre
sent.
The minutes were read and
approved. Mayor Quinn pre
sented the financial report.
Business of the meeting in
cluded; the transfer of 9500.00
from the General Fund Checking
Accbunt to the Street Fund Ch
ecking Account; purchase Refl
ectorized street , name signs
with white letters on green ba
ckground; Erect street name
signs as far as is consistent
with the budgetary limitations
with priority to go to Monk St
reet, Main Street, and Carroll
Street between Monk and Rail
road Streets; Adopted RULES
AND REGULATIONS for the
collection of garbage when the
system can be instituted; pur
chase license plates of size
#4 for the year 1970; Inform SHC
of a drainage problem on SR
1003 West in the Town of Mag
nolia at Laura Merrltts home
and request SHC to make
repairs since the complaint was
the result of the SHC blocking
a drainage tile. A simple gut
ter will probably suffice; Town
to investigate the possibility
of purchase of a tractor with
back hoe and dozer blade on
the front. M/Malpass; S/Pope;
Carrier 4/0.
Clinic Dates
THE DUPLIN COUNTY
HEALTH DEPARTMENT list
the following CLINC dates, and
urges the residents to cooper
ate with the department in giv
ing better health service by us
ing this schedule. Calypso Town
Hall--lst Monday?10:00 to
' 10:45 A.M.; Faison Town Hall?
1st Monday?11:00 to 12:00 noon;
Warsaw Town Hall?1st Monday
?1:30 to 3:30 P.M.j Rose Hill
Town Hall?1st and 3rd Tues -
day? IsOO to 2:00 P.M.; Wall
ace Town Hall?1st and 3rd Tu
esday?2:15 to 3:30 P.M.; Beu
laville-Quinn's Gift Shop?2nd
Thursday?1:00 to 2:00 P.M.;
Chinquapin-Dr. Boyette's Off
ice?2nd Thursday?2:15 to 3:30
P.M.
CLINICS AT HEALTH DE
PARTMENT: Immunization and
Skin Test?Every Monday?
8:00 to 12:00 A.M., 1:00 to 4:30
P.M.; Chest X-Ray Clinic and
Tbc skin test read?Every We
dnesday?8:00 to 12:00 AJd.,
1:00 to 4:30 P.M.; Planned
Parenthood Clinic, Dr. H.B.
Kornegay in charge?Every 1st
Tuesday?8:00 to 12:00 A.M.
Chest Clinic, Staff physician
from N.C. Sanatorium in cha
rge.? Every 4th Thursday
?1:00 to 3:30 P.M.
Jury To Get Wishart-Wood Case
The case of Dorothy C. Wish -
art vs Ronald David Wood for
support of her three month
child, Jon Love Wishart, is
being tried this week in the
Superior Court in Kenansville.
In testimony May 13, 1969,
Mrs. Wishart alleged that she
became engaged to Mr. Wood on
February 3, 1968 and that they
planned to be married August
4, 1968. Mrs. Wishart alleged
that she became pregnent May
17, 1968 and that she told Mr.
Wood of her pregnency on July
6, 1968 and he told her they
would be married in two weeks.
When asked If she, Mrs. Wls
hart used any method of birth
control during her affair with
Mr. Wood, she stated "no, we
planned the baby."
Mrs. Wishart was seperated
from Clarence W. Wishart
in 1966 when Mr. Wishart went
to California and she received
A ? * ?
her divorce in April of 1968.
Mrs. Wishart testified that she
had had a pregnency during this
time.
Testimony is expected from
David Wood before the casegoes
to the juriors.
In other cases, Timothy Tyler
Bass, 19, charged with having
in his possession a quantity
of Marijuana, pleaded guilty and
was given a sentence of nine
months.
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Duplin County
FFA Federation
FFA boys from throughout
Duplin County met at the Jam
es Kenan High School on May
7, and organized a county wide
Federation of Future Farmers
of America.
J.B, Stroud, Jr., a junior at
James Kenan, was chosen pres
ident of the organization.
Other officers and their
schools are: Vice President
Jimmy Cooper, Douglas; Secre
tary-Sammy Flowers, North
Duplin; Treasurer - Henry
Westbrook, East Duplin; Re
porter-Randy Kennedy, East
Duplin; Sentinel-George Riven
bark, Wallace-Rose Hill; Par
limentarian-Linwood Herring,
North Duplin; Advisor-Zinnie
Quinn, Vo-Ag Instructor, Jam
es Kenan.
Randy Kennedy
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superior uoun jurors unosen
I tie following jury list has
been released by Sheriff T. El
wood Revelle for duty at the
May 26th term of Superior Co
urt, Civil, Judge Walter W.
Cohoon of Elizabeth City will
preside.
Mrs. D.D. Blanchard, Wall
ace; James Edward Byrd, War
saw; James W. Farrior, Wall
ace; Arnold Stroud, Rose Hill;
Harold Laurene Lanier, Chin
quapin; Ward H. Carlton, War
saw; Bradley Sanderson, Wall
ace; Laura W. Barwick, War
saw; Joseph N. Heath, Pink Hill;
Alvin Smith, Pink Hill.
Hampton Lewis Hobles, F ai
son; J.H. Rogers, Magnolia;
George V. Sutton, Warsaw; Vir
ginia W. Bostic, Beulaville;
Jessie B. Dafford, Rose Hill;
Ervin Scott Peterson, Wallace;
Letha C. Howard, Wallace; Geo
rge N. Frederick, Kenansville;
Mrs, ^esse Jenkins, Wallace;
Haywood Batchelor, Chinqua
pin; Mary Ford Bowden, Wall
ace; Rodney Thigpen, Mt. Ol
ive.
William A. Kornegay, Jr.,
Warsaw; Thomas Rayford En
glish, Wallace; C.L. Godbold,
Warsaw; Jeremiah Barden, Ch
inquapin; Lonnie Preston Dunn,
Warsaw; Kirmey Kenan, Ken
ansville; G.W. Bradshaw, Rose
Hill; David O. Brodgen, Mt.
Olive; Melvin Stroud, Albert
son; A.D. McNeell, Faison.
Mistrial
A mistrial was called today
in the case of Wishart vs
Wood.
Mr. Wood was on the stand
when the case was called a
mistrial.
The case will be retried ag
ain in the next Superior Court.
Henry Warren
Promoted By
Waccamaw
"Mr. J. Thomas Murphy, As
sistant Vice-President, Wa
ccamaw Bank and Trust Com
pany, Rose Hill, announces the
promotion of Mr. Henry Warren
to Assistant Cashier of the Rose
Hill office. Mr. Warren came
to Waccamaw Bank & Trust Co
mpany from Dunn, North Caro
lina, after his graduation from
Campbell College in 1968. He
began working at the Rose Hill
branch in January, 1969. He is
a very active civic worker th
roughout the community. He is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. H.C.
Warren, Dunn, North Caro
Wiccamaw Bank ft Trait Co. - Whiteville, N. C. f
Official Opening Of New Main Office
^ WHITEVILLE, N.C. ? A.
special dedicatory program
headed by State Attorney Gen
eral Robert B. Morgan, and an
open house for the general pu
blic will mark the official op
ening of the Waccamaw Bank and
Trust Company's new main off
ice building on Sunday, May
18.
The program begins at 2:30
p.m., following a one o'clock
luncheon for out-of-town guests
and dignitaries.
In addition to Attorney Gen
eral Morgan, the program will
include brief remarks by Wac
camaw officials, a dedicatory
prayer, and a ceremonial op
ening of the doors at the main
entrance to the new building.
This will be followed by an open
house and guided tours for all
visitors until 6 p.m.
Lawrence R. Bowers, presid
ent and chief executive officer
of the Waccamaw system, will
introduce the principal speaker.
Whiteville Mayor Horace B.
Whitley, who is also vice pres
ident of the bank's Whiteville
office, will served as master of
ceremonies, and will Introduce
Bowers.
The dedicatory prayer will be
offered by the Rev. T J. White
head, pastor of the Whiteville
United Methodist Church.
Dr. Ralph C. Sadler, hon
orary chairman of the Wacca
maw Bank and Trust Co., board
of directors, and Ben L, Ne
smith, Jr., chairman of the
board, will preside at the door
opening ceremony.
The Rev. Murray Love, pas
tor of the Westminister Pres
byterian church in Whiteville,
will give the invocation at the
luncheon, and the Rev. Daniel
W. Deaton, pastor of the First
Baptist church in Whiteville,
will give the benediction.
In announcing plans for the
program, Bowers expressed pl
easure nhat Attorney General
Morgan has accepted the lnvlt
ation to participate in trie cere
monies as the principal spea
ker.
The new main office building
is a three-story structure of
white, precast concrete panels,
with bronze glass and metal tr
im, and is located at the cor
ner of Madison and W. Webs
ter streets in downtown White
ville.
It was designed by the archi
tectural firm of Leslie N. Bon
ey of Wilmington. The build
ing's contemporary design and
its colorful and well -appointed
Interior combine to make it an
architectural landmark In Col
umbus county.
The Waccamaw Bank and
Trust Co., maintains facilities
and services in 20 communit
ies, and the new building ser
ves as headquarters for die en
tier system. It houses the sys
Coatinned to page 7
New main office building of the Waccamaw
Bank and Trust Company of Whiteville, which
operates branches in 20 Eastern North Caro
lina communities. Official dedication of the
three-story structure is May 18, 1969.
teeiat Meeting Held
Wate Watershed Program Needed In Duplin County
On Friday, May 9, In the
Agriculture Building In Keftatgs
Ville, there was a meeting of
approximately 35 people to dis
cuss the need for improvements
of the soil and water res Purees
of Duplin County.
Ellis Vestal, Chairman of the
. ? ' Flood Control & Recreation
tal Stated the general purpose
of the meeting and gave some
background Information on the
?V. progress to date as to what has
been done on the fuU develop
meat ?f the county's soli and
Board of ?om mission#*
ft t
the Board of Commissioners Is
100% behind the total develop- .
ment of the county* He said,
"Water, although cheap as co
mmodities are generally pri
ced, is one of our most cher
ished possessions; and we are
meeting to discuss how we can
work together to make the av
ailable water in this county do
a better job for all concerned."
He said, "We need to do a be
tter job of keeping our streams
open in order to minimize fl
oods such as the one that did
urhl^Vi rrtcf <mi?* farm npnnlemau
ant to everyone that an ade
quate watershed program be In
itiated; and the Commission
ers are convinced that the best
way as well as the cheapest
way is for the entire county to
be established as a watershed
district as provided under, cur
rent state law." He further
stated that we have an oppor
tunity to minimize Hoods
and crop damages, create a re
creation area that will equal or
exceed anything in eastern
North Carolina, and impound
water for industrial develop
ment and that it could be done
with a very minimum expendit
ure on our part.
Elmer Graham, Assistant
State Conservationist for Wa
tersheds, Soil Conservation
Service, Raleigh, explained the
Small Watershed Program (PL
566). Mr. Graham went into
detail as to how the local peo
ple could get a watershed pro
ject started and the cost in
volved.
Jack Smith, State Adminis
trative Officer for the State
Soil & Water Conservation Co
mmittee, Raleigh, presented
information to the group on var
ious ways to conduct a ref
erendum and ways to get the
information to the general pub
lic.
P.B. Ralford, Executive Di
from Colonel RJ.B. Page, St
ate Department of Water &
Air Resources, Raleigh, pledg
ing the cooperation and finan
cial participation of that depar
tment in any project that might
be undertaken by Duplin County.
Following these present
ations, there was a discussion
on ways and means of inform
ing the public about the progr
am that is available and die
benefits that can be derived
from it. It was pointed out that
beginning the latter part of
June a series of meetings would
be held throughout the county
to discuss the merits of a
county-wide watershed pro