JUNE 12, ^
County Wide
Mental Health
A county wide meeting of the
Mental Health Association of
Duplin County has been schedul
ed for 8:00 p.m. Thursday, June
19th in the county room In Ken
ans vtlle.
Mrs. Tonla Bryan, director
of volunteer services at Cherry
Hospital In Goldsboro will be
guest speaker.
Kenneth Davis, chairman of
the association urges that all
interested persons make a
note of this date and plan to be
In the courtroom at 8:00 pjn.
June 19. r"
Tobacco Barned
O'berry Miller, ft. 1. Ken
ans vllle w a reported barnlng
tobacco at his farm Tuesday
June 10th. This is probably
the first barned in Duplin Co
unty.
Youth Confforoiico
I There is still time for stu
dents to plan to attend the an
nual Youth Conference for high
school students scheduled at
Mount Olive College June 15-30.
Application forms and further
Information are available by
partment will serve dinner
ssesrsesrs
go toward erection of a rescue
Ibulldlng which will be annexed
to the Fire Department. A
;|nominal fee will be charged
and donations are accepted. Se
ating will begin at Ili30 ajn.
continuing until 2:30 pjn. Your
supportof this worthwhile pro
ject will be appreciated. f
j Herring Honored
At Bowman Gray
f H. McPhail Herring Jr. of
Clinton, a member of the gr
aduating claas of the Bowman
Gray School of Medicine, last
week was presented the Faculty
Award, the highest honor that
can be bestowed on a student
by die faculty of die medical
school.
This award is presemed an
nually to a member of the gra
duating class whs has demonst
rated outstanding scholarship
and character during four years
of medical school.
Herring was one of 64 mem
bers of the senior class who
received the Doctor of Med
icine degree Monday (June 9)
Jo graduation exercises on the
Wake Forest University cam
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[** Rotary Interm
International
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Clubs of District 771 hsve bra
p Invited to attend Intor-clty mee
tings planned for Monday and
. Tuesday, June 9 and 10.
Carter will address Rotar
Raleigh^ad agtjf
Election
The Duplin County Board of
Elections has called fpr a!?P*
eclal election to be held In the
County on August 2, 1969 for
watershed development and ma
lm ance of water resources.
The election by the<quallfied
voters would determine whether
or not a special tax of ten cents
per $100 valuation be levied
for use for prevention of fl
oodwater and sediment drain
age and for furthering the con
servation, utilization and dis
posal of water in addition to
development and mpintance of
water resources.
The tax. if approved would be
collected annually at the same
time and in the same manner
general county tax. /
' The books will be open for
new register ants at die polling
places in the cointy'on each of
the following Saturdays, July
5th, July 12th, July fJth.
Anyone that wantf to register
tp vote will have to go to their
polling Places. ;
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Ministers Assigned
United Methodist ministers
assigned In Chapel Hfll last
week to serve churches5 In Du
Wilmington /Districts Mag
nolia-Char ity-kaymond Hall./
.Rose Hl^Cj. 3^ksj^ an</
Social Security
A record >871,183 was paid
out in Social Security Cash Be
nefits to 14,066 residents of
Duplin and Wayne Counties for
February 1969, according to
James P. Temple, District Ma
nager, Goldsboro, North Car
olina. In that month 9,108
residents of Wayne County re
ceived 1585,683 while the 4,948
recipients in Duplin County re
ceived 1285,500.
Throughout the country, mon
thly benefits payable at the end
of 1968 amounted to nearly >2.1
billion, some 1350 million
higher than at the end of 1967.
Approximately three-quarters
of the increased monthly am
ount resulted from higher ben
efit rates authrolzed by die
1967 Amendments to the Social
Security Act. The remainder
of die Increase was simply due
to a greater number of benef
iciaries. In the year 1968
Industrymen Named Comnrs
Dennis Ramsey president of
the North Carolina Poultry Fe
deration announces th?t the So
utheastern Poultry & Egg
Association composed of 12
Southern states, has selected its
committee appointments for the
year 1969, and includes a num
ber of prominent North Carol
ina industrymen. Among those
serving on Southeastern's Br
oiler Committee are Dennis
Ramsey of Ramsey Feeds .Rose
Hill, Carl McDuffie of Wake
Farmers Cooperative, Inc., Ra
leigh, Glen White of White Po
ultry Co., Rockingham, and Ge
orge Wright of Arbor Acres,
Ashevllle, Ramsey, who is Pr
esident of the Nor(h Carolina
Poultry Federation serves as
Vice Chairman of the Broiler
Committee with die Southeas
tern Poultry & Egg Association.
The Producer Committee of
Southeastern Includes George
Cowan of Beulaville, N.C. and
Kent Mann of Mebane, N.C.
Southeastern's Eg| Commit
National Spinning
tee consisted of the following
lndustrymen in North Carolina:
Allen Asfepraft, FCX Inc., Ra
leigh, John Ham by of Central
Carolina Farmers Durham,
and Maurice.Pickler of Spring
dale Farms, Hew London.
Frank Rhodes of Holly Farms
Industries, Wilkesboro, is the
current President of Southeast
ern's Poultry Processors
Council. Paul Morgan of Guil
ford College, who is a member
of the Board, of Directors of
Southeastern, serves on the As
sociation's By-Laws Comm
ittee and Past Presidents' Co
mmittee. Morgan was Presi
dent of Southeastern Poultry
& Egg Association during the
year 1963.
Other members serving on
the Board of Directors of So
utheastern are Maurice Plckler
of New London, and Marvin Jo
hnson of Rose Hill, Johnson is
Vice President of Southeastern
and a member of the Executive
Committee.
Southeastern's Research
Committee Includes Or. Ray
Harris of N.C. State University
in Raleigh and Mr. George Wr
ight of Arbor Acres In Ashe
ville.
Appointed to the Youth
Committee from North Caro
lina Is Dave White, Executive
Secretary of the North Caro
lina Marketing Association, Ra
leigh.
The Turkey Committee Inclu
des: Hilton Brooks of Brooks
Turkey Farms, Wtngate, Dr.
Bill Mills of N.C. State Uni
versity, Raleigh, Llnwood Stone
of Stone Brothers Milling, Lu
mberton, and wyatt Upchurch
of Upchurch industry,
of Upchurch industry. The So
utheastern Poultry and Egg
Association works primarily In
the Southeast section of the
U.S. promoting the advance
ment of the poultry and egg
Industry.
In North Carolina, the poul
try Industry continues to grow
year by year and in 1968 N.C.
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Area 29 LPN
On May 14,1969 the Licensed
Practical Nurses of Area 29 ;
held their meeting in the dining
room at Duplin General Hospit
al.
Four of Area 29's LPN's at
tended the State^Conventlon In
l^fyeetlng by telling soffie of
the 'things they did while at
State Convention.
New officers were elected
and they ares President, Mar
garet Johnson; 1st Vice Presi
dent, Annie Brown; 2nd Vice
President, Mattie Bestj Secre
tary, Ruby Lanier; Treasurer,
Daphne Ezzell; Publicity Chair
man, Wilda Worley; Refresh
ment Chairman, Oleta Ri
venbark; Program Chairman,
Sherry Wells; Gift and Cheer
Chairman, Emily Rhodes;
Board members, KatleMaready
and Blllie Holllngsworth; Nom
inating Committee, Mary Mur
phy-Chairman, Betty Phillips,
and Elizabeth Caison.
The next regular meeting will
be June 11th at 8 o'clock. All
members are urged to attend.
Refreshments were served by
Oleta Rlvenbark.
Files With S.E.C.
National Spinning Co., Inc.
today filed a registration state
ment with the Securities and
Exchange Commissioncoverlng
a proposed registered secon
dary offering of 500,000 shares
'of its common stock to be
madig through an underwriting
JgrdQi managed by Loeb, Rhoad
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amne, some, 470,000 children
offer age n became entitled
to student benefits.
At tde end of May J969 more
Jph 25 mUlteo people - 1 out
of every 8 Americans, were re
ceiving monthly Social Security
Benefits. Although retired
workers comprise the largest
group of beneficiaries, almost
one-fourth of all people receiv
ing benefits are under 60. Th
ef$yhre currently more than 3.8
million children and .5 million
young widowed mothers receiv-,
ing payments.
Board Meeting
Dixon Hall was sworn in a
commissioner of Kenansvllle
at the regular board meeting
Hail replaced Wiley Booth. '
Other officials sworn in by
Clerk of Court R.V. Wells were:
Earl Hatcher, mayor; Leo Jack
son, John Hall, Phil Kret
sch, and Lauren Sharpe, co
mmissioners. !?/.
The Board voted to purchase
a car for use by the town pol
iceman. , ?, ; ?f
It was also voted by the board
that the town registration books
he updated to a loose leaf sys
tem as has been adopted by the
county.
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All of the shares to be offered
are for the account of certain
stockholders.
The 80-year old National Sp
inning Co., spins and textures
a wide variety of natural and
dyed yarns which are sold to
apparel makers for use in the
manufacture of sportswear, sw
;S&ti&iS?5g?
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The company's e*ecut?ve^f
ficer are in New Tork City.
John W. Pope
Ms N. C.
Merchants
RALEIGH, May 26 ? The
head of the fourth largest sou
thern-based variety store chain
took office as president of the
North Carolina Merchants Ass
ociation. He is John W. Pope,
chief executive of Pope Stores,
Inc. of Fuquay-Varlna with out
lets in 48 communities, in
cluding a store in Wallace.
Pope succeeds G. Brogden
Spence of Raleigh as president
of the merchant organization.
The Installation took place at
Memorial Auditorium during
an annual banquet which high
lights a two-day convention of
the association.
The 44-year-old Pope began
his retailing career at die age of
10 by helping in his father's
store. His business experience
has included the operation of
a Jeweler store, hotel, restau
rant and a mop manufacturing
plant. Under his leadership,
Pope Stores, Inc. has grown
from five outlets in 1949 to
Caattnuet to pace *
fM (Nit the Incredible Star ^pengtod
cr. A16 MM color ftln) is now cooplMed
?Baulw Its world premier at the
of July Celebrationj?t Southport. The
furnished by the United States Marine Corps,
Camp Lejeune. Backs round music by Marine
Band, Washington, D. C.. and vocal re
cordings, Sea Chanters Department of Navy,
Washington, D.C. This docamentary patriotic
movie was produced by Wjf. Dorsev, hospit
ality consultant. JamW Speunt and Cape Fear
Technical Institutes. XxonHall. president of
Fred Shank, (on ladder) planning manager
pf Reeves Brother's Kenansvllle ptanfS,'*
hanging backdrops on the1 auditorium stage
at Kenans vllle Elementary School. The back
drops and valances were donated to the school
by Reeves Brothers In behalf of the Tar Heel
Fine Arts'Society. Assisting with the install
at Ion ace left to right: J.W. Bell; Reev^-'f
euutagv^cpartineat; Wta.tfcv'MHte Swujk, stu
dent at James Kenan High School; Bobby
Howard, pillow department supervisor; and
P.B. Raiford, secretary of the Tar Heel Fine
Arts Society.
Reeves Donates Backdrops
The Comfy Division of Ree
ves Brothers Inc., of Kenans
ville, on behalf of the Tar
Heel Fine Arts Society in su
pport of their series of concerts
given in Duplin County, have
presented to Kenansville Elem
entary School backdrops and
valances for the auditorium st
age.
The draperies, especially
made for this project, were
acquired through the efforts of
Reeves Brothers planning man
ager, Fred Shank, working with
P.B. Raiford, secretary of Tar
Heel Fine Arts, of which Mrs.
Edward L. Boyette, Chinqua
pin, is president.
The fact that draperies are
not a regular part of Reeves
Brothers operation emphasises
their interest and pride in the
concert series and in the local
community.
The present backdrops have
been in use in the Kenansville
Elementary School for aprox
imately twenty years and were
literally in tatters from use.
and dry rot. Plans call for
cleaning and repairing the draw
curtains.
Reeves Brothers Kenansville
plant is principal producers
of pillows, slip covers, and
throw covers. They manufac
ture some 1,400 types of pill
ows and their inventory will run
into thousand of stock items.
Reeves is an international
industry and a large portion of
material used in stock here is
manufactured in other Reeves
Divisions.
Escaped - Convicts Larceny Disturbance
Escaped
Convicts
An alert housewife near Ken
ans vllle was credited with ex
pediting the capture of two es
caped convicts Thursday after
noon. Both men had been con
victed of misdlmeanors.
Mrs. Addle Mclver, who liv
es In the Dobson Chapel area,
called the Duplin County Sher
iffs Department about 7 o'clock
Thursday afternoon to Inquire If
they had Information on escaped
convicts. She also wanted to
know if one of the escapee's
bad "Devil" tatooedonhis arm.
He did.
'About thirty minutes later
?Hglputies and officers from
the department of correction
with blood hounds hurried to
the scene, Deputy Alfred Bas
den took Into custody Bur ley Al
Igor, 21, white male of Fort
m*gg. end Roy Lee Houston,
also a white male of Mag
Houston is serving a sen
tence for violation of probat
ion for assault on a female.
Allgor Is serving time for pas
Sing four worthless checks.
The two convicts escaped
and asked for a drink of water
with them as they "were
working on a road nearby."
Sam's Drug
Robbsd
Narcotics and other valuable
were reported stolen from
Sam's Drug in Rose Hill in a
break-in early Monday mor
ning.
Rose Hill police chief Benny
Matthews assisted by deputies
Alfred Basden and Ellis Gray
Baker are investigating the ro
bbery which occured between
11 p.m and 5 a.m. June 9.
Entry was gained into the buil
ding by breaking the lock on
the front door.
Listed as missing were: 1
shave Master electric razor,
1 small set of binoculars, 3
channel master radios, 2 elec
tric wrist watches with case,
10 Tlmex watches, 1 postage
meter, 5 cigar boxes of nar
cotics, 332S.00 in cash, 260
silver dollars, and 2 viles of
demeral.
Property damage was est
imated at 150, while missing it
ems were valued at $1,565.
Teachey
Rodncy Thl^pcn
lin County Sheriff's department
have arrested a former James
Sprunt student and charged him
with three counts of larceny fol
lowing a series of camera the
fts at JSI.
Bradford Bryant, Jr. 17, ne
gro male of Rt. 1, Box 276,
Teachey, who was suspended
from the technical school, has
been charged with entering the
school on May 31st and remov
ing one Konica single lense
reflex 35 MM camera valued
at $100.
Bryant is charged with the
June 1st theft of a Yashica
twin lense reflex camera valued
at $150. Again on June 5th,
Bryant allegedly took from
James Sprunt Institute four
Yashica 0 twin lesne reflex
cameras valued at approxim
ately $600.
Bryant was given a hearing
Tuesday, June 10th before Dis
trict Court Judge Russell Lan
ier who set bond at $2,000.
for appearance at the August
25th term of Superior Court.
Boat Stolen
A boat owned by Dawson Ray
Stokes, Rt. 2, Wallace, of the
Deep Bottom section, was at- .
olen from his driveway betw
een 8:00 o'clock a.m. and 4:00
o'clock pan. Friday, June 6th.
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18 foot fiberglass mounted on a I
reddish-brown trailer with N.C.
license 4975KK. The aqua
white and red boat is number- I
ed 3405-G. The 1965 Johnson
electric Horsepower motor
serial number is J 2465128. I
Investigation is continuing.
Information on above described
boat should be called collect
to the Duplin County Sherriff's
Office.'
Disturbance
At VFW
A call to the Wallace Police
I Department at 2 a.m. Saturday,
I June 7 to quieten a dlstrubance
I at the Wallace VFW exposed
I more violations than was proba
I bly meant to expose.
Capt. R.B. Rich invited Dep
I uty Alfred Basden to accomp
any him, as the VFW is loc
ated outside the Wallace City
limits. Also accompanying the
officers was W.E. Medlln, Jr.,
State ABC officer of Burgaw.
Bernard Teachey, Rt.2, Rose
I Hill and Kenvech Roger
I Stephens, 3925 Carolina Beach
Road, Wilmington, were ar
rested by Deputy Basden for
public drunkenness.
R.C. Powell was charged by
officer R.C. Medlln with poss
ession of tax paid whiskey with
seal broken.
The three man were given a
hearing before Magistrate RJ\
Powell in Wallace.
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