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^ pill 5? *1 X A J^f f ii ? t'-,-th/?' -WSSifflFvw^isSi - :;<- W**r bL in p# m ^Cfcr ^ t n CI / ?, I ^ ? 5W?|??tk5U?a X^W- Jx~^-tk?. W??J- ?f 1U*. V 1 _ ' ~ ' 1 bpsmciJCIR 1 ir jc ii ? VOL. XXXVI NO. 21 MAY 22.1869 KENANSVtLLE, N.C. 18 PAGES THIS WEEK PRICE 10* PLUS TAX J it* ? 0^ /| % U| III Id M N. F. 0. The National Farmers Or ganization will hold a district meeting ?nd bar-b-que chicken dinner May 27, 1969 at Union High School, Clinton, Ertiard Pfingsten, N.F.O. Vi ce-president will be guest spea ker. Dinner will be served from 5:30 til 7:30 PX SpecUl entertainment from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. . Blusberry Festival The third N.C. Blueberry Festival is slated for May 22 24 at White Lake, N.C. Activities planned for the fes tival include, a water show, a beauty pageant, a 100-unit parade, golf tournaments, par achute Jumping, dances, and a cook-out. North Carolina is the third largest high bush blueberry producing state in the nation. The largest portion of com merical berry production in the state is in Pender, Bland, and Duplin Counties. Warsaw Ratary W.K. Dorsey, Consultant for several community colleges try ner" at the Warsaw Rotary lunch meeting last Thursday. I He was introduced by prog ram chairman, Dixon Hall. Gu est of the club included Dtxon'? mother and two visiting Wall ace Rotarlane. -Fred Shank was I' initiated Into the club as a new member. The meeting was adjorned. Revival Sarvicss Revival services began at Miller's Chapel Church at 8:00 p.m. Monday, May 19 with Mrs. Shirley Jones of Selma guest speaker. Rev. J. E. Andrews Is pastor of the church located on the Falson Clinton Highway 3 miles from Fats on. There will be spec ial music each evening and the public is invited to attend. AC Honor Society WILSON, N.C. ? Nineteen honor students were inducted into the N.C. Gamma Chapter of Alpha Chi National Scholas tic Honor Society at spring in duction ceremonies held at At lantic Christian College on May 8. Students selected for mem bership were AC Juniors and seniors who had achieved at least a 3.2 cumulative grade average. Among those inducted were DeWayne Eakes of Golds boro, Linda Farmer of Mount Olive, and Frances L.Kornegay of Mount Olive. miiitiM John N.>?evi4*iiJOwood Company, Warsaw, was ?M?Og iiiflblla'i; Charlotte Sales mqp participating in a recent whirl* y*' wind visst'to 3 miw-* ? 1 mi hmftemrtcrs in T .amfino Mich, a -' ' p f[: Fire of undetermined origin destroyed Evans Ford Tractor Sales and Service early Monday morning. Volunteer Are departments from Kenansville aided by Beulavllle, Faison, Warsaw, Rose Hill and Wallace contained the fire to the building and prevented It from destroying a block of the business section of Kenansville. (Photo by Ruth Wells) HIE DESTROYS BUSINESS FIRM Fire of undetermined origin gutted the Evans Ford Tractor Sales and Service early Monday, I causing an unofficial CNtapte No causi has been deter mined for die blase spotted at 3 p.m. by a Marine stranded in Kenans vilie on his way Hack I to Jacksonville. The Marine roused Deputy Irvin Outlaw at I the County Sheriffs Department I and reported the fire. Dqfc ECU Stadents Heor GREENVILLE ?Nearly one in five East Carolina University I students last winter made I high enough grades to earn pi- I aces on the official honor lists I of the university. That 20 per cent of the stu dents -- a total of 2,019 I ? got official commendation fr om the university as threehon- I ors lists were announced today. The honorees include 1,673 Nor- I th Carolinians and 346 students from out of state. The latter represent 23 states, the Dis trict at Columbia, Japan and Ge rmany. Most elite among the honor students are the 234 who made all A's (1), highest grade at the university. Next are die 454 who made the Dean's List (2) by earling a solid B-plus average with no grade below C. The third list ? the Honor Roll (3) ? includes 1,331 stu dents who made a B average with no grade below C, Students making the honors list from Duplin County are: Alberts on ? Vivian Davis St P9g^y Sharon Lanier Henry Volunteer fire departments from . Kenans vllle, Beulavllle, Faison, Warsaw, Rose Hill and Wallace had the flames under cqaflr.ll shortly after 4 <um. af ter^ whole Bock of the busi ness |ectlon of town had been thseaMned. Sections of the clnderblock walls broke from the heat. Fl ames shot upward when the roof broke fa) and were visible at Warsaw a distance of eight mi les a*fy Destroyed inside the building were three new tractors, an 8,000, a 6,000, and a 3,000. and a-1 horsepower gardei tar actor and lawn tftbWWv^ Also included In the loss were the records, stocks of canned oil, grease and other combustible material, office machines, fix tures and furnishing, and a com plete line of tractor parts. Several explosions occured as firemen battled the blaze which was though to have star ted in the attic' of the building which reportedly contained pap ers of Service Motor Company former owners and occupants of thg building. , ..,? Davis Evans, owner of the establishment was in Atlanta to attend a tractor seminar. Mrs. Evans said that the loss was only partially covered by insurance and that much of die stock had not been inventoried. The firm opened recently and observed open house on May 9 and 10. Week-end Fatalities Freak Accident Kills Child and Grandmother Weekend wrecks in Duplin County included a freak acci dent on rural paved road 1946 about seven miles east of Wal lace claimed the lives of a six-months-old-child and its grandmother died a few hours later in Duplin General Hosp ital, and a one car accident in Wallace Friday night claim ed the life of a marine. Kimberly Ann Carter, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Dannie Thomas Carter of Rt. 2 Wal lace, was killed when the car in which she was riding ran off the road and hit a driveway culvert about 9 ajn. Saturday morning. State Trooper Robert N. Johnson of Wallace said the child was crushed between the dash board and the seat which was pushed forward by the weight of four passengers in the back seat. Mrs. Carolyn Henderson Ja mes, 40, driver of the 1961 Fal con and grandmother of the child died from heart injuries about 10:30 pjn. Saturday in the hos pital at Kdnansville. Reported in satisfactory con dition at Duplin General Hos pital are Mrs. Elois Bradshaw, 16, aunt of the baby, and her son, Lacy, age 1. Treated at the hospital and released were the child's mother, Mrs. Car oly J. Carter, 18, and two of her children. Tammy Jane, 1, and Edwin Lee, 3. Johnson said Mrs. James was traveling at about 20 or 25 miles per hour when she ran off the road into a ditch and hit a driveway culvert. He said passengers in the car st ated that two of the children were arguing over a toy and Mrs. James apparently ran off the road when she reached to pick up the toy. He said dam age to the station wagon was slight. Clayton R. Lamare, 19, of Blddiford, Maine, a Marine stationed at Jacksonville, was killed when his convertible ov erturned on Teachey Road in Wallace at 10:10 p.m. Friday. Wallace police said they found the car upside down with La mare pinned beneath it. They said he ran off the road at a high rate of speed and overturn ed. Charles R. Gavin Post 127 Installs Officers Commander of District 7, Ed West of Post 43 in Kinston, was the installing officer of new officers of Charles R. Gavin Post 127 on Monday evening at Bland's Barbecue. Mr. West is serviof his third year as co mmander of District 7. Mr. West was introduced by 1 Houston Howard of Post 379 in Alberts on, who made a few remarks about he and the other members of the Post at Alber tson Stave more than doubled their membership since betook office two years ago. Mr. West commented that there are 3,000,000 American Legion members while there is a potent ail membership of 10, 000,000. He urged that Viet nam veterans be contacted and offered all services of the Post and asked to Join the Americ an Legion if they would like to. Officers who were installed were Robert L. West, Com mander; Joshua Jones, Jr., Vice- Commander; John R.Cr ow, Adjutant; Rev. Norman Fl owers, Chaplain; Henry L. Ste vens, Jr., Historian; William B. Boyette, Service Officer; lister Anderson, Sergeant at arms; and, James N. West, Jr., Finance Officer. Robert C. Best Is retiring commander. Com mender West requested the assistance of all in the coming year to help get the Post building moved to Its new site and In getting It remodeled. Approximately 30 members and wives attended. yL ? louisfaurg College Hicates mew Sarah Graham Kenan Hall On Friday, May 9, theLouis fTrb rg (^Trustees officially named the new real ) Mmi r, fgmrn* ? 111'haiil rt rl f n u fcl?^ 1a?a cscrigc tor wuijicn i?r inc uic president of the Sarah Graham t?? Foundation, deliwered the ***" noil, of Raleigh. S Mr. Kenan stated the Found ation's gratitude for the exce- fa t llent use the college has made of the 1840,000 grant from the Sarah Graham Kenan Founds- f 4 tion. Louisburg College Presi i dent C.W. Robbins, pointing out 5. the financial crisis facing pri vate colleges today, thanked the * foundation officials for their | t > wisdom in helping the small college to remain in the fore the ceremony by his wife and other foundation officials and their wivesi The new Sarah Graham Kenan Hall, which! was constructed at a cost of 1560,000, is the lat est addition to the Louis burg campus. 1 houses 104 women and contalih a 94-bed infirmary with adequate facilities to ser ve the student body. Preceding the naming cere cm the 182-year old institution. The board also nominated the fol lowing persons to serve as tru stees, subject to election by the Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church: Miss Lucy Perry Burt, of Louis burg, to replace Superior Court Judge Hamilton H. Hobgood; Judge Henry A. McKlnnon, of Lumber ton; Mrs. Walter R. Davis, of Elizabeth City and Midland, James Kanan High School Commencement Exercises Commencement exercises will begin at James Kenan High School with the Baccalaureate Sermon on Sunday May 25th. The services will begin at eight thirty o'clock in the Kenan Memorial Auditorium in Ken ans vllle. Lauren Sharpe, minister Kenans vllle Baptist Church, will deliver the sermon. The Invocation will be given by John Fonvllle, the evening prayer by W.T. Clark, minister Kenansv llle United Methodist Church, and the benediction by Bill Brltt. J.W. Newkirk, faculty mem ber will sing "Let There Be Peace On Earth". Graduation exercises will be held on Tuesday, May 27th at eight-thirty o'clock also In the Kenan Auditorium. An outsta nding senior, Sharon Hall, will be class speaker. Owen G. Kenan, donor of the Kenan Scholarship and athletic award will make these presen tations. Special music will feature a solo "Somewhere" by Karen OeLuca. Others participating In the ceremony will be: O.P. Johnson, retired county super intendent, J.P. Harmon, princi pal, and faculty members,Mrs. Joeleate Jones, J.W. Newkirk, and Mrs. Mary Dixon Brown. The Invocation will be given by class president, Danny Ray Brock, and benediction by George Mainor, faculty mem ber. Senior sponsors are Mrs. Betty Lanier, Mrs. Pearl Mc Gowan, and Mrs. Faye Will iams. Beulaville Four Car Wreck Causes Extensive Damage Many weeks accumulation of dust, dirt, and oil on paved roads, and a sudden down-pour of rain Monday produced a glas sy slick surface that many mo torist were unable to cope with. Four vehicles were Involved In a wreck in Beulaville Mon day afternoon on a rain slick road. No serious Injuries were reported but extensive property damage resulted In the chain-reaction wreck. Police Chief H J. Brown said that Mrs. Lucy Jackson of Beu laville, driving a 1967 Oldsmo bile west on Highway 24 was In the outer lane signaling for a left turn when she was hit by a 1967 Bulck driven by Jesse Kenneth Scott. Scott told Brown that when he rea^zed the c*^ was turning, he hit the brakes. His car hit the Jackson car, turning the Scott car around and pushed the Jackson car into a parked 1968 Oldsmobile owned by Joe Ed wards. One end of the Ed wards car was shoved onto a 1968 Chevrolet pick-up owned by Guy Miller. The other end of the car hit the Joe Edwards Insurance Office, knocking a small hole in the building. Damage to the Edwards car was not available, but Chief Brown said it was badly bent, and damage appeared extensive. The building, according to Mrs. Edwards was moved from its its foundation and "squawed" around causing a leak in the roof. The Scott car damage was estimated at $1,000. Gloria Fountain, Rt. 2 Beulaville and Brenda Williams, both pass engers in the car were bruised and shaken but not though to be seriously injured. The Jack son car damage was estimated at $800 and the Miller pick-up at 925. Funeral of Mrs. Pate On Sunday Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 4:30, In the chapel of Tyndall Funeral Home for Mrs. Alice K. Pate, 71, of Mount Olive. Her pastor, the Rev. J. O. White, of the Plrst Methodist church here, offMat ed, and Interment was InManle wood cemetery bBii. Mrs. Pate died In Wayne Memorial hospital, Goldsboro, Saturday morning at 5:10, after an Illness of about five weeks. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Kelly of Duplin county. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Cletus Brock of Mount Olive, with whom she made her home; four sisters, Mrs. Lonnle Joyner of Calypso, Mrs. P. D. Harrelson of Clinton, Mrs. Emma Bailey and Mrs. Chester Ellis, both of Faison; Also two brothers, Frank Kelly, of Faison, and Lloyd Kelly of Goldsboro; two grand children and one great-grand child. Duplin ESEA SummerSchool A high school summer pro gram for Duplin County students will begin Monday, June 2 and will end July 11, 1969. A remedial program in the areas of English, mathematics, science and social studies will be offered at the following cen ters: East Duplin High School, James Kenan High School, and Wallace-Rose Hill High School. Any student in Duplin County who can benefit from the summ er school program will be el igible to attend. If additional information is desired please contact your high school principal or guidance counselor. Battleship Memorial WILMINGTON ? The Rev. W. A. Sea we 11, minister of the Gr ace Methodist Church here, wiil deliver the Memorial Day tri bute in ceremonies aboard the U.S.S. North Carolina Bat tleship Memorial here on May 30. The Rev. Mr. Seawell will participate in a program on the stern of the famed World War II battlewagon which is per manently berthed here in the waters of the Cape Fear River as a "living" memorial to the 10,000 North Carolina men and women who died in World War II. The ceremony will begin at 5:45 p.m. and Capt. C.B. Jen nings, USN (Ret.), Superintend ent of KtemcaW^ ha* ,*#- ' ited the public to attend the services. "We extend a warm invita tion to everyone to join us for the |Memorial Day program," Capt. Jennings stated. In addition to the Rev. Mr. Seawell's remarks, America's valiant men and women who have died on battlefields from Con cord to South Vietnam will be remembered as a floral tri bute is committed to the waters. The New Hanover High School Band and a color guard and rifle unit from the New Hanover High School Army ROTC will Con tinned to page 3 National Spinning Executive Promoted William Hunt National Spinning Company, Inc., announced today the pro motion of two of National's gen eral managers to positions of greater responsibility. Mr. Wi lliam Hunt, presently General Manager of the Washington, North Carolina, complex, will assume the newly created pos ition of Director of Operations with the overall corporate re sponsibility for manufacturing and related staff functions. Mr. Hunt, a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of Troy, New York, is well known in the textile manufacturing field. As Director of Operations, he will serve as a member of the Corporate Executive Commlt Mr. Henry C. Humphreys, Henry Hmnpkreys oup Manufacturing. In this position he will have line re sponsibility for the total manu-. facturing operation of four plants located in Washington, Whiteville, Warsaw, and Beula vllle. North Carolina. Mr. Humphreys, an industrial management graduate of Geor gia Tech, joined National Spinn ing in 1965 and has served as General Manager of three of National Spinning's plants. National Spinning, with ex ecutive offices in New York City, is a leading manufacturer of knlttlpg yarns for the app arel trade. Mr. Joseph Leff. President, said, "We are delighted to have the opportunity to staff these top ... |t>. .....I r> n alel ? ? - . .I.t, -
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