A. C. (Pool) Merrta has been
*1 ployed by Nash Johnson
Farms Inc. for the past ten
years and Is now turkey range
supervisor.
A native of Rose Hill and
1 for several years a farmer. He
now rents his farm and has
| an employee to care for his two
m turkey houses.
; : ? His wife Helen is a nurse
it Duplin General Hospital and
ttby haVe two daughters, Alice
Carrol who followed In her
mothers footsteps and is an
; ! flU N. at Sampson County Hos
pital In Clinton and Carla Rat ,
a 10th grader at Wallace-^p**
^ Dallas Rhodes
Oallas Shoe.' tie J
lative, Is for
at ? :
?anna !.le has en rtth
:ompany (or years
DalL' i;
oducei -le has foi
nil thi Farn
lelp wltl t irollera.
Jean Tf nas an the
:hra sons, ey 10, 3erry
8, students at Beulaville Ele
J. L. Is a new comer to
Johnson Farms having been
employed less than one year.
He Is turkey supervisor and
has charge of turkeys from
one-day-old to thirteen weeks.
Lanier is a farmer, grows
tobacco, corn and soybeans. He
also has eight turkey houses
with a 40,000 capacity.
His wife is the former Ruth
Brown and they have four chil
dren; Benlta and Bryan are
students at Union High School
in Sampson County and Lisa
and Chris are enrolled in
private school.
The Lanlers attend Concord
Baptist Church
< it e i co
>per with :aJ ?l
teases iim the North ia
Poultry Federation t 4* e
.hi year's "N > th
Poultry Jubilee" Festivities In
111. -f
This annual event was first
staged in 1963 with the Idea of
focusing attention upon this very
important segment of agricul
ture In .the state, and to pay
I a special tribute to the Poultry
Industry In Southeastern North
uu* w me vast growtn oi
the Poultry Indi In North
Carolina, the Rose Hllljaycees
have decided to expand the
Jubilee in conjunction with the
North Carolina Poultry Feder
ation to make this an annual
state wide event.
With Rose Hill, die hub of
the Industry's development,
Duplin and surrounding counties
have fast become the major
poultry producing area in the
state. Within the last ten years
hatcheries have been con
structed with the capacity to
supply the majority of the
millions of chickens and turkeys
raised annually in the area.
Peed milling operations have
been establishedandenlargedto
service the grow-out operations
of the birds, furnishing feed
and technical assistance. A
processing plant In Rose Hill
presently serves this area by
dressing an average of 6000
birds per hour, and an annual
slaughter of many millions of
broilers. There Is now in
Wallace a processing plant for
turkeys. In Burgaw, a com
mercial egg processing opeir
ation has furnished a market for
the great Increase in com
mercial egg production of this
area. Now a poultry by
products plant Is in operation
In Rose Hill. This plant con
verts the by-products of the
Nash Johnson and Sons
Farms is indaod proud of
those, and many other
dedicated employees who
have proven themselves
as one of the companies
most valuable assets.
and prevention of disease and
other management problems by
the State-Operated Poultry
Diagnostic Laboratory which is
located in Rose Hill. Hundreds
of farmers have become a vital
pwt of this economic growth
by building poultry tiouses and
becoming growers of this area's
chicken, egg nid turkey produc
tion. Thus many thousand
families throughout the state
and nation each day eat a meal
of the delicious and nutritious
poultry from Rose Hill, North
Carolina.
We think, therefore that the
econmic importance of this
growing Poultry Industry Is
reason for this **Day of Recog
nition" and perhaps you will
understand if we wish to "crow"
or "gobble" a little about this
area's accomplishments. The
Poultry Jubilee will offer an
opportunity for the farmer, the
public and 'riends of the In
Poultry
Beauty
Contestant
GAIL some
Gail Bostic of Wallace is the
daughter of Mr. and Mra.
Adolph Bostic. She is a brunette
with ray brown eyes.
Gail litw mathematics and
biology best of all her studies.
A student at Wallace-Rose mi
High School, die is a cheerlead
er, was for two years a dan
officer, is interested in study
ing for health careers and
wishes to attend U. N. C. at
Chapel Hill.
Gail likes water-skiing, horse
back riding and swimming. Her
favorite sports are cheering,
and her interests are piano,
guitar singing. Her church
preference is Methodist, and
she is a member of the United
Methodist Youth Fellowship
and Junior choir.
For the Poultry Queen Pag
eant Gail is sponsored by Nash
Johnson and Sons of Rose HOI.
da* try to view some of the
technical aspects of poultry
ud i - h Rose
Hill citizens In a day of fun,
entertainment, and good fellow -
ship. A meal of delic tous ft ted
chicken from "The World's
Largest Frying Pan" will be
served. Plan now to Join us
Saturday, October 4, for this
"Salute to Poultry".
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iU wSed*'T ?
with the first Poultry Jubilee
rod has now become an annual
event and a major attraction
at the North Carolina Poultry
Jubilee festivities.
All funds received from cake
sale* go to the Retarded Chil
dren's Association. Chairman
for the 1969 cake baking con
test is Ben Fuss ell. Working
with Ben this year are Mrs.
Blanchard. Ben and' these
ladles are to be contacted for
any information concerning the
cake sale or regulation for the
baking of the cakes. Their
phone lumbers can be found U
the local directories.
It is desired that no pack
aged cake-mix be used this
year.
A group of qualified judges
will begin the preliminary jud
to the highest Udder. j
Lett year some 11,000 was
raised for the Retarded CM1- |
drens Assoclattonlrom the cake
sales. Plan now to enter a ?
cake or to buy one for a good
cause, at the North Carolina
Poultry Jubilee at Rose Hill
October 4. I
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"One Of The Best Markets 1
In Eastern Carolina"
"We Appreciate Your Patronage -
And We Will Do Our Best"
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r CONGRATULATIONS DUPLIN POULTDV GROWERS
| WE ARE HAPPY Tl IE k fUT OF THE PNLTRV 1
i options in our mm j
1 ,M' 1
JULIUS. UAVIO AND JAMES SUTTON
TURKEYS GROWN BY JOHNNY SMITH. BOWOENS
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