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VOL XXXIX No 6 NC FEBRUARY 8. W1? 10 PAGES THIS WEEK PRICE KH PLUS TAX
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BANK ROBBED-Branch Bank and Trust Co.
office at Magnolia was robbed Friday morn
ing during a down-pour of rait^ Investigation
of the robbery is being continued.
The Magnolia office of Br
anch Bank and Trust Co. was
bank around II a.m.. during the
heavy rain, and asked tetter
Mary Bishop to dash a check.
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corner in the bank. Upon re
turning to the tellers counter,
they allegedly gave Mrs ^Bu
te die, wartfyottr money."
VShen 90s of- th% men Jumped
W mt counter and filled a
bag with money and then left
on foot.
, Mrs. Bishop immediately no
tified authorities of the rob
fery. *
I Sheriff Elwood Revelle said
Tues. afternoon that they were
looking for a red chevolot with
? black top with "Red Hawk"
ISritten on the car. Two co
lored men were seen getting
Into a car of this description
Friday soon after the robbery. ,
Anyone with any information
sconce ruing a- car of this 4ft
,,Scrlption is asked to call the
? Duplin County Sheriffs Dept.
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Defense^!o^dlscontlnoe
Vietnam Military Post office
addresses. SAM and PAL par
cels. and all airmail or pri
ority null parcels must Wfaa
iled prior to Feb. 5. 1973.
The Dept. of Defease has re
quested die Postal Service to
discontinue acceptance of mail
ing in these categories on Feb/
5th. Only letter mail will move
beyond San Francisco after this
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"Arsenal tetter mall to Viet
nan Military Post office addre
ases most be malted prior to
i&iasssss
VtetOOT pat office cannot be
J The Vietnam Military Poet
Office numbers follow: APO's
96301, 96203, 96206, 96216, 96*
(ED Test
I Schedule
The General Educational De
velopment (GED) Test will be
offered at JSI on Feb. 12 and
18, 1973, from 6 to 10 p.m.
The test consists of five In
dividual testa on the subjects
of English, social studies, na
tural sciences, literary mater
? lala, and mathematics. Part
of the test will be given on Feb
12th and the remaining part on
Feb. 18th. I
Successful completion of the
L GED test leads to the fflgh
School Equivalency Certificated
All persona who are Interested
In taking the test may obtain
an application from the Regis
trar's Office at JSI. There is
Wtth^the^cxcep^of lettar
1*0 to FP0S526 ?y
cepted until further notice. Mi
litary personnel involved In this
address change will advise
respondents and mailers of
new address when apd
propriate. '
PRESENTING SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS-Vernon Reynolds, Dup
lin County Extension Chairman, Robert E. Ward, 111 , John
E. Godbold and E. Craven Brewer, Vice President, Branch
Banking A Trust Company, North Carolina. ?,
Attends Course In farming
ning service to agriculturethf
ought the sponsorship of the an
nual two-week Short Course
^Modern ^Fartmtag at NCSU.
E. Ward, ill, *. l, Rom
Hill. N,C. * John E. Godbold.
Rt. 2, Warsaw. NX.
the Short Course is one ?f
for 28 years consecutive^,
the Association has won a na
tional award for Its outstand
i Bond Solos jM
Father Forgets
Listen, Son: I am saying tUi
a you Ue asleep, one little
>sw crumpled under your
:heek and Ike blond curia stick
ty wet on your damp lor abend
t bare atolan into your room
ilane. Just a few minutes ago,
is I sat reading my paper in
tbe library, a stifling wave of
remoree swept ovw me. OuO
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Lily 1 maae to your Deofliae.
These are tbe things I was
son: I had bean cross
to you. I scolded you as you
eon dressing for school be
cause you gave your face mere
ly a dab with a towel. I took
you to task for not cleaning
your shoes. I called out engrfly
when you threw your things on
the floor.
At breakfast I
see sse ^w^ae^a^s e swus^s
toe. You spilled things. Yen
gulped your food. You put your
elbows on the table. You aprood
butter too thick en your bread.
And as you started off to pfay
and I made for my train, yon
called, "Goodhy, Daddy!" aad
I frowned, and said in reply
"Hold your sbouMsrs back!"
Then it btgan afl over again
In the lata afternoon. As I
came up the road I spied you,
down on your knees, playing
marbles. There were botes in
your stockings. 1
yon before your friends by
inarching you ahead of me to
tiw home. Stocking vwt cx~
pensive - and If you had to boy
them you would be more care
full Imagine that, flan, from a
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XtlMrl
Do you romsmhsr. later, whan
^PsS^petisnt at'US
the 2oor. ' "What is it you
want?" I snapped.
You said nothing, but ran
errnss fa one tempestuous
plunge, and threw your ansa
around my aeckjjgfl kissed
me. and your smanwme tigh
tened with an affection 'M
God had set blooming fa your
heart end even neglect could
not vfttaer. And then yon were
naUaUBH mt IL. -iAlM
gone, paltering up me shuts. ^
Well, Son, it was shortly af- ,
terward that my paper tupped
from my hands and a terrible
sickening fear came over me. -f-.
What baa habit been doing to
me? The habit of finding fault,
of reprimanding ? this was my
reward to you for being a boy.
7t waa not that I did not love
you; It waa that I expected
too much. I waa measuring
you by the yardstick of my
own years.
And there was so much that
was good and fine and true in
Assistance In
Filing Tax Returns
Mr. Fred I. Walston, local
Revenue Collector for the N.C.
Department of Revenue, advises
that personnel to assist in the
filing of State Income and In
tangibles tax returns will the
available on Tuesday of each
week through April 16. 1973.
Persons desiring assistance in
filing these returns are request
ed to contact the office which
is located at the Courthouse in
Kanansville. on these days. Of
fice hours are 8:30 a.m. to
6:30 p.m. Mr. Waist on reques
ts that taxpayers bring with di
em the pre-addressed forms
which were mailed to them
from Raleigh. Completed forms
h i ?
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your character. The little heart
of you wae as big ae the dawn
itself over the wide hffls. This
was shows by your spontane
ous impulse to rush in and ties
ma good-night. Nothing else
matters tonight, 800. I have
come to your bedside in the j
darkness, and I have knelt
there astaasaed!
It is a feeble atonement I
know you would not understand
these things if I told them to
you during your waking hours.
But tomorrow I will be a real
daddy I I will chum with you.
and suffer when you suffer,
and lafedi when you laugh. I
will bite my tongue when im
patient words coma. I will keep
saying as If it were a ritual.
"He is nothing but a boy-a
Httie boy!"
I am afraid I have visualised
you as a man. Yet as I see yon
now, Son. crumpled and weary
is your cot, I see that yon are
stiS a baby. Yesterday you
wore to^your mother's^mms,
havo^ asked too much, too
Remind yon of anybody you
know Dad?
Two Car
Accident
Two persons were injured
Monday and taken to Duplin
General Hospital when a two
car accident occured on hwrr
1300 & 1301 near C.M. Out
laws store.
A 1961 Chevelot driven bv
law's store into the path ?f a
1971 Pont lac driven by Susie
Harrell Lewis of Pink Hill.
febert McGowen passenger
inf?he Williams vehical and
Ihptit Parker Lewis, pass
enger in the Lewis vehicle we
an admitted to Duplin General
Hospital with minor injuries.
Mrs. Williams was charged
with failure to yield right of
way at a driveway.
MEMBERS OF THE CHINQUAPIN I SC
HOOL JR. BETA CLUB. On the from .row
(1 to r) are the officers: Nancy Cottle,
Reporter; Brenda Boyette, Vice-President;
AbMe Sholar. President; Chip Will lams, j
Treasurer; Myron Kenan, Secretary. Sec
ond Row (1 to r) Polly Evans, Alisa Smith,
Rita Dall, Becky Hollies worth, Kenava K
eohedy. Rodney McMey. Third Row (t-tp j. -
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Mrs. Linda Lanier, co-sponsor, Susie Ma
ready. Kim Defellcl, Kimberly Sholar, Vic
kie Cavenaugh, Mrs. Susan Crawford, co
sponsor. Fourth Row (1 to r) Tina Al
berts on, Gayla Lanier, Jackie Henderson.
Fifth Row 0 to r) Marie Taylor. David
Elston, Paul Bock, Gary Brown, Jay Ma
ready, Marlon Sandlin.
junior Beta Club of Chinquapin
Of: Ruth P. Grady
The Junior Beta Club at Chin
quapin I School Is a most active
group of seventh and eighth
graders who have many projects
going throughout the school year.
Co-sponsors for the team
are Mrs. Susan Crawford and
Mrs. Linda Lanier. An aca
demic average of 90 is a must,
and the students must also have
other outstanding qualifies such
as leadership, scholarship, good
attitudes, and adaptabilities.
One of the projects under
taken and completed by the Be
ta Club of Chinquapin for the
current year was carpeting and
hanging drapes in the office of
the Principal, Mr. George F.
Landen. They did a beautiful
job in their selection of the
carpet and planning the drapes.
Principal Landen is most pl
eased. In this school, Beta
students also spend one-half
hour a week helping the read
ing teachers by tutoring their
slow readers. They clean up
the school grounds. They give
parties for the Special Edu
cation Classes during Hallow
een. Christmas and Easter. ?
The project which is beipg
worked on at the present time
is to make money for a trip
to Williamsburg, Va. To earn
the money they are holding car
washes, selling candies, run
ning concession stands at ball
games, and selling pins.
"You name it, and they do
Wells History
Available Soon
Over 14,000 descendants of
Jacob Wells 1, pioneer Duplin
settler of 1745, are listed in
the WELLS GENEALOGY soon
to be published in Benton, Ar
kansas, by Col. James W.Wells,
a descendant
Running to 830 pages of data,
including an Index cf 66 pages,
the work has been in prepara
tion since 1960. The history
will also be of interest to ot
her Duplin families, since many
cf their branches are listed
among the Wells descendants.
Included are photographs and
facsimile reproductions of old
maps, documents and Bible re
cords. Numerous brief biogra
phies are included.
Over 500 Wells descendants
contributed information to Col.
Wells to make the history a
success. It also includes des
cendants of the Pender County
branch of the family, whose
progenitor was Henry Wells,
son of Jacob I. The DupUn
Walls es are descended from
Jacob Wells II, brother of H
enry.
Shipment of the books is tan
WINNERS OF Duplin County 4-H Soil and ??? L t0 R: Go'die Smith. Leslie Hall
Water Conservation Demonstration Com- 41x1 c?hy Smith.
Annual Duplin 4-H Soil and Water
Conservation Winners Announced
The fourth Annual 4-H SOU
and Water Conservation Demon
stration Contest was held In the
ariculture Building In Kenans -
Is on Monday, Jan. 99, 1973.
There were approximately 80
people attending the contest wh
ich was dte highest attendance
in four years.
The contestants demonstrated
to the group the wise and pro
per use of our natural resourc
es. primarily soil and water.
They stressed the importance
of properly managing natural
resources In order to have an
abundance of food and that the
future generations to come would
also have all the food and wa
ter that they will nSed. <|
This contest Is sponsored an
nually by the Duplin Soil and
Water Conservation District 3u- <
pervlsors. They presented cash i
prises and trophies to the win- <
ners. i
The participants in this years <
contest were: Leslie Hall. Glenn \
Grins on, Donna Cowan, Dean
Robinson, Cathy Smith, Goldie |
Smith, Beverly Judge. Sheila
Judge, Anglela Costln, Kayw- <
ood Graham. Garry Johnson, |
and Bobby McCloud. All of
these contestants did an out
standing job in presenting their
demonstrations and were awar
ded a blue ribbon for their ef
forts.
The winner for the individual
contest was Leslie Hall. He
received a check for J88.00
and a plaque. Second place
want to Glenn Brtnson who re
:eived a trophy. A third place
ribbon was awarded to Donna
3)wan.
The team contest was won by
-athy Smith and Goldie Smith
who were awarded $25.00 each
and a plaque each. The second
piece winners, Beverly Judge
and Sheila Judge, were award
ad a trophy each. The third
place team of Angela Costln
and Kaywood Graham were each
awarded a white ribbon.
This contest not only gives
the young people a chance to
get up before a group and give
them confidence in themselves,
but teaches them the Impor
tance of conserving and pro
tecting our two most vital re
sources. soU and water