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KENANSVTLLE, N.C. JULY 12. ?78 12 PAGES THIS WEEK 10* PLUS TAX
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MRS. HAWKINS RECEIVES AWARD - Mrs.
Amanda Horner Hawkins receives World ';???
War 1 Victory Medal in ceremonies Sat
urday in Beulavilie. LTC James P. Strick
land presented the medal to Mrs. Haw
kins as the 120th Infantry Deuchment 2,
Beulaville looks on.
World War I Medal Reciepiemt
Mrs. Amanda Horner Hair
'i&dfirTSs
at the BeulavUle National Gu
Sbe is the daughter ef the late
George and Mary Aim Horner.
At ft* time of lwr enlistment
iqft the services, she was at
tending Kings Business Col
lege in Raleigh.
Mrs- Hawkins was a clerk
typist in the Payroll Section of
the base in Portsmouth Naval
Base, Norfolk Virginia. She
served a total of nine months
with the service.
She is married to Ralph
Hawkins and now lives in Beu
lavUIe, NC. They have six
children. Prior to their re
tirement, Mr Hawkins was
an employee of NC State Unt
, varsity, in Raleigh.
Awarding ceremonies were
conducted by LTC James F.
Strickland, Battalion Com
mander of 1st Battalion (me
chanized) 120th Infantry, Wil
mington, NC of which the Beu
lavUIe Unit is a detachment
thereof. The Victory Medal
is awarded to every North
Carolianian who served in Wo
rld War I
LTC James F. Strickland,
Battalion Commander of 1st
Battalion (Merchanizsd) 120th
Infantry, Wilmington made the
following comments as he pre
? sented & award to Mrs. Haw
kins - "It seems very ap
propriate that this award is
being presented about the
same time as the 197th Birth
day of our nation. I think
Mrs. Hawkins posseses the
qualities that I think are so
Important to Our country to
day. That Is, it is mfeold
fashion to stand up for 'fee
tch'la to ?af in another way
I believe in Sod, Country and
my fellow man. We live in a
. great free nation and must
?have these qualities to make
tit stay that way.
1 am standing in front of
Infantry Dstachtje* 2.<JBeu^'
laville, NC commanded by Lt.
Herbert A. Duke".
Flue-Cured Tobacco
Referndum To Be Held
A Flue-Cured Tobacco re
ferendum 10 be held Tues
day, July 17. Growers will
determine if they want tocon
tinue the acreage-poundage
program and price support In
1974,1975 and 1976. Hie pro
gram, which has been in ef
fect since 1935, will continue
if approved by two-thirds or
more of the growers voting.
Ail fartpers 18 years of age
or older are eligible to vote in
the referendum if they share
in the 1973 flue-cured tobacco
crop or its proceeds. Where
no tobacco is produced in 1973
on a tobacco allotment farm,
only the owner and operator
are eligible to vote. This
program is open to all eli
gible participants, without re
gard to their race, color, reli
gion, sex or national origin.
The acreage-poundage pro
gram for flue-cured tobacco
allows for carrying forward
undermarketings from a short
crop to the next year Grow
ers may also market up to 110
percent of the farm's poundage
quote ? without penalty?by
borrowing from their next
year's quota.
Price support under the ac
reage-poundage program is
available on up to 110 percent
of the farm's poundage quota
if the harvested acreage Is
within the farm's acreage al
lotment. A marketing quota
penalty applies to any tobacco
marketed above U0 percent of
the farm's poundage quota.
If growers do not approve
die acreage-poundage quota
program on July 17, no mar
keting quota, no acreage al
lotments, and no price sup
port will be in effect for the
1974 flue-cured tobacco crop.
Another referendum would be
held next year for the 1976
77 crops.
Notices of 1974 farm ac
reage and poundage quotas for
flue-cured tobacco have been
nulled to farm operators.
The notices are sent in ad
vance of the July 17 market
ing quota, referendum so that
farmers will know how the vote
decision will affect their in
dividual operation Revised
notices adjusted to reflect un
dermarketings or ovemar
ketings of 1973 quota will be
sent to farm operators after
Stocker Joins
Murphy
Farms
Mr. Holmes Murphy, presi
dent of Murphy farms Ins..
Rose Hill, NC has Just an
nounced the employment of
Mr. Jim Stocker with the Mur
phy firm. Murphy Farms.
Inc. is one of the leading bog
producer in North Carolina
and the Nation. The Mur|ty
organization is not* in thegv
cess of expanding grain stor
age, drying and handeling fac
ilities.
Mr. Stocker grew up oil a
farm In Sequatchie County
Tennessee near Chattanooga.
Sequatchie is an Indian-word ;
that means "hog trough". He
was educated at the Univer
sity of Tennessee in Ktooot
ville and graduated in 1989
with a B. S. degree in Agri
cultural Business. Mr. Sto
cker was employed with Cen
tral Soya Co. In January of
1960 as an order credit clerk.
He was transferred to Oran
geburg, S. C. in 1962 as plant
cerdit manager, and has since
been area finance manager in
Chattanooga. In September of
1970, Mr. Stocker moved to :
Charlotte, N.C. and opened a
new division credit office
there. He remained area
finance manager until Join
ing the Murphy Firm July 1.
Mr. Stocked* now vice
president aqg administrative
asaistant^l^tojnarrled and
" nine, will* seen- make theii^
home near'Warsaw on high
way 2*.
1973 crop marketings are
completed.
Polling places for fhfc Julv
17 referendum on acreage-po
undage marketing quotas for
flue-cured tobacco hare been
designated by the Duplin
County Agricultural Stabili
zation and Conservation (ASC)
Committee ?
The list of polling places
and hours is as follows: July
17.1973, 7:00 a.m to7:00p.m.
; Ibertson, Aiberisoa Com
munity Building; Cypress
Creek. Mill Swamp Commun
ity Building; Falson, Falson
Town Hall; Glisson, Scott's
Store; Island Creek. G. B.
Hanchey's Store; Kenans -
ville, Duplin County ASCS Of
fice; Limestone, Beulaville
Town Hall; Magnolia, Mag
nolia Town Hall; Rockfish ,
Rockfish Community Build
ing; Rose Hill, Rose Hill To
wn Hall; Warsaw, Warsaw To
wn Hall; Wolfscrape, Clyde
Stephens Store.
P?sticid? Training
Program Planned
Pesticide dealers and ap
plicators wil have an oppor
tunity to broaden their know
ledge and obtain some of the
latest Information on pesti
cides at programs planned
for the fall, according toZen
nie Qulnn, Duplin County Ag
ricultural Extension Agent and
Pesticide Training Coordina
tor.
Lesson manuals and other
training materials are in the
final stages of bsing prepared
at North Carolina State Univ
ersity to be distributed and
used in area pesticide train
ing programs. This training
material covers chemical ap
plication procedures, mixing
information, safety laws, in
sect Identification, weed Iden
tification, disease identifica
tion, and other basic informa
tlon. U * \ jfcj
All this information will be
of a broad general nature as
the area of pesticides covers
all chemicals used to Mil, de
stroy or lessen anv oest wh
J ? WI wi/ W"
A visit with Third District Congressman
Dttld N. Henderson was included In the It
w?ry ? 4-H E?i
crn North Carolina in Wai last week,
cm
Pjp> the group pictured above were Ruth
Dewing of Falsan. fourth From left end
Keren King of Burgaw, sixth from left st
anding Just to the left of the Congressman.
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NEW COMPANY TO LOCATE IN WaRSAW-Left to right
Craven C/ewer, Mllford Quinn, Jim Crenshaw Harry
Oswald. Gerald Quinn, and P. B. Raiford are shown here.
Ttcie men are responsible for bringing Hickory Springs
Manufacturing Company to the Warsaw area. The plant
will be located on Highway 117 south of Warsaw.
To Locate |n0arsaw
Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company
Mr. fbibert Simmons, Vice
President of Manufacturing,
Hickory Springs Manufactur
ing Company of Hickory, North
Carolina, Jointly with Mr.
Harry Oswald, ChairmanDu
SlBrfTatW MT. GCKOo QHnn,
President, Waruur Industrial
Corporation, announce the op
ening of a new facility in War
saw, North Carolina.
The Warsaw plant will fab
ricate foam and warehouse
box springs, mattresses,
clips, bouncy, edgewlre, vinyl,
legs, and other metal products
used by the furniture and bed
ding industries. Scheduled to
begin operations immediately,
the new facility is located on
Highway 117 south of Wa rsaw in
the building which has been
occupied by Torran's Service
Center and will employ
twenty-five to thirty people by
December. Mr. Jim Cren
shaw, Plant Manager, said
that persons interested in em
ployment with Hickory Springs
Manufacturing should apply at
the Employment Security
Commission in Kenansvllle.
Most Jobs available will be
for semi-skilled and unskilled
labor. Those persons needed
In the skilled classification
will be given special training
ior the jobs.
Hickory Springs is one of
the leading manufacturers of
springs, and is the number one
. supplier of poly-urethene fo
am to the home furnishings in
dustries. The company pre
sently has five major manu
facturing complexes in Hick
ory. NC: Fort Smith, Arkan
sas: High Point, NC; Burns
viUe, NC: and Americus, Ge
orgia i and has thirty-three re
gional wares houses servicing
customers throughout the so
utheastern and southwestern
ttAfec
Tar Heel Fine
Arts Receive
Grant
The Tir Heel Fine Arte
Society has been notified that
It is the recipient of a 9800
grant. The purpose of this
gran: is to assist the Tar
Heel Fine Arts Society in
publicising and advertising the
1973-14 program of the So
ciety. v;
The grant proposal was pre
pared and submitted by Dr.
Carl Price and Alfred Wells,
President and Board Member
respectively, of the Tar Heel
Fine Arts Society. President
Price Indicated oils grant will
be of tremendous assistance
an ?a ? ? .L.
publicizing tne concert ??
ries foif*: the 1913-74 year.
The Warsaw plant is in the
Atlantic Central Division hea
ded by Mr. Henry G. Kennedy,
General Manager. Sales per
sonnel will be Mr Wallace
Gilberts on and Mr. Keene G..
Lord Duplin Apartments in
Warsaw.
P. B. Ralford, Executive
Director, Duplin Development
Commission, said this com
a A
pany is locating in Duplin
County to be near some of
its customers in the area.
He said Hickory Springs has
an excellent reputation and
will be an asset to our cou
**? . Mr. Railed said ?|o-_
gia w *
. Kennedy and Mr. Gilberts on
? in the locating of the Industry
here. He expressed appre
ciation to Mr. Ronnie Torr
ans, Mr. Hubert Phillips, Mr.
Woodrow Blackburn and Gen
eral Gib Buck in making the
building available. As a means
of helping Warsaw secure this
industry, Mr. Torrans agreed
to re-locate his business in
order to make this building
worthwhile project include
Mr. MHford Quinn and Mr.
Craven Brewer, of Warsaw,
who are members of the Du
plin Development Commission
Board of Directors.
Sanitation Ratings tor bounty
Joe Costln, Administrator
with the Duplin County Health
Department In Kenansvllle re
leased the following places:
Meat Markets, Abbatoirs,
Rest Homes, Locker Plants,
Poultry Processing Plants,
Motels. Hospitals, Food St
ands, Restaurants. Schools
and School Lunchrooms, and
numerical rating under the su
pervision of the Health De
partment.
The sanitation ratings are
based on a system of scor
ing wherein all establishments
receiving a score of at least
90% shall be awarded Grade A;
all establishments receiving a
score of at least 30% and less
than 90% shall be awarded
Grade B-. all establishments
receiving a score of at least
70% and less than 80% shall
be awarded Grade C; and no
establishment receiving a sc
ore of less than 70% or Grade
C shali operate.
Sanitary ratings:
Restaurant: Alhertson Grill
Albertson, 94.5; B &. K Grill.
Kenansville, 80.0; Blanche's
Restaurant, Chinquapin,<0.5;
Bland's Gril., Warsaw,90.0;
Bostlc's Grill Rt .1, Beula ville,
90.0; Branch & Son Barbecue,
Rt. 2, Mt. Olive, 90.5; Brick
house Cafe, Wallace, 80.0;
Calypso Grill, Calypso, 80.0'
Carroll's Grill, Wallace, 80.0;
Carter's Grill. Warsaw, 75.0;
Ca vena ugh Restaurant, Rt. 3.
Wallace, 90,0; Cavenaugh's
Supper House, Rt. 3. Wallace,
90.0; Cedar Fork Grill, Rt. 2.
Beula ville, 95 5; Chinquapin
Fire Dept. Chinquapin, 90.0;
Cole's Grill, Beula ville, 86.0;
Cooper's Hot Dog Stand, Fai
son, 80.5; Country Squire,
Warsaw. 92.0; Daniel Boone
Restaurant, Warsaw, 80.0;
Dairy Bar, Rose Hill, 95.0;
Ed's Restaurant, Rose Hill,
90.6; Falson Restaurant, Fat
son, 90.0; GhayneUe's Res
taurant. Warsaw, 90.0; Go
wan's Drug Store, Wallace,
93.6; G. W's Grill, Rt. 2.
Rose Hill, 84.5;Hill's Seafood
Beula ville, 94.6; Jones Cafe,
Kenansville, 90.0-Judy's Grill
Rt. 1, Beula ville 80.0; J. R.'s
Place. Rt. 2, Rose Hill, T0.0;
Kenansville Tastee Preens.
KenansvtUe, 90.5; Ledbetter's
Cafe, Wallace, 70.0; Leo's
Grill, R*. 1, Mt. Olive, 80.0;
Lyman Grill, Rt. 1, Chinqua
pin, 90.0; Margaret's Snack
Bar, Rose Hill, 80.0; Merrit's
Grill, Wallace, 90.0; Mill
Swamp Community Building,
Rt. 2, Wallace, 92.5; G. C.
Murphy Co. Wallace, 94.0;
N & M Restaurant, Warsaw,
90.0; Northeast Suppers, Wal
lace, 85.0; Morris Barbecue,
Wallace, 92.5; Pinhook Grill,
Rt. 2. Wallace, 80.0; Outlaw's
Grill, Rt. Albertson, 80.0; Pa
cker's Lunch, Warsaw, 76.5;
Rhodes Sandwich Shop, Beu
laville, 90.0; Rose Hill Res
taurant, R ase Hill, 94.5; Spe
edway Gardens, Wallace, 72.0;
Stone Manor Restaurant, Wal
lace, 90.0; Sue's Restaurant
Chinquapin, 90.5; Teachey's
Grill, Rt. 2, Rose H1U, 74.0;
Thomas's Grill, Beulaville,
89.0; Wagon Wheel Restau
rant, Beulaville, 93.0; White
house Cafe, Wallace, 80.0;
Wiggins Grill, Wallace, 70.0.
Motels ? Downtown Motor
Court, Wallace, 92.5; Rose
Hill Motel. Rose Hill. 90.0;
Stone Manor Motel, Wallace,
92 5; Village Motel, Warsaw,
95.5: Warsaw Motor Lodge,
Warsaw, 98.0.
Hospitals - Duplin General
Hospital, Kenansvllle, 93.6.
Abattoir - Clifton's Abat
toir. Rt. 1, Warsaw 71.6; Jo
nes Abattoir, Faison 91.0; Am
erican Meats, Inc Route 2,
Warsaw, 90.0.
Rest Homes - Whaley's
Rest Home, Inc, Kenansville,
96.0; Jones Rest Home, War
saw, 90.0; Walter West Kenan
Rest Home, Wallace, 97.0.
Locker Plants - B & R
Frozen Food Locker, Wallace,
90.0; Warsaw Freezer Lock
er, Warsaw 76.6.
Poultry Processing - Swift
Poultry Processing Plant, Rt.
1. Wallace, 98.0; Rose Hill
Poultry Corp. Rt. 2, Rose
Hill, 91.6.
Food Stands - Buck's Food
Stand, Rt. 1, Teachey, 70.0;
Dsiri-OOrill (Food Stand),
Wallace, 90.0| Dixon's Food
?Stand, Wallace, 90.0; Dot's
Food Stand, Wallace, 74.0;
Godwin's Food Stand, Wallace,
92.0; Lanier's Food Stand. Be
ulavllle, 90.0; The Little Mint
Wallace, 91.5; The Little Mint,
Warsaw, 90.5; Jackson's Food
Stand, Rt. 1, Mt. Olive, 83.5;
Murphy's Food Stand, Rt. 2,
Rose Hil. 76.0; Newkirk's
Food Stand, Rt. 1, Magnolia,
80.0; Precythe's Food Stand
(seasonal), Faison, 70.5; Syc
amore Center Snack Bar (FS),
91 5; Tucker' s Food Stand,
Teachey, 87.5; Veaches Fo
od Stand, Rt. 2, Warsaw, 80.0;
Watson's Food Stand, Rt. 1,
Rose Hill.
Meat Market - Jones Super
Market, Beulaville, 90.5; Ki
ng's Grocery, Falson, 81.0;
King's Grocer, Wallace, 94.5;
Lanier's Grocery, Chinqua
pin. Rt.l, 90.5;Matthew's Food
Store, Rose Hill, 80.0; Mcl
ver's Grocery, Warsaw, 80.0;
McMilllan's Grocery. Tea
chey, 80.0; Outlaw's Grocery
Warsaw, 81.0; Packer's Gro
cery Warsaw, 76.5; Parkhurst
Foodoranw, Magnolia, 85.5;
Plggly-Wiggly, Wallace, 90.0;
Piggly-Wlggly, Falson, 92.0;
Rich's Grocery, Wallace 93.5
Rivenbark's Grocery, Rose
Hill, 87.5; Rouse's Grocer,
Rose Hill, 91 5; Smith's Gro
cery, Beulaville, 92.5; Spea
ker's Grocery. Chinquapin,
91.0; Teachey's Grocery, Rt.
2, Rose Hill, 80.0; Teachey's
Grocery, R:. 2, 75.0; T & S
Grocery, Warsaw, 94.0; Vet's
Grocery, Warsaw, 82.0; Wat
son's Grocery, Rt.l, Rose Hill
86.0; Whaley's Grocery, Beu
laville, 90.0; Williams Super
Market, Beulaville, 92.0; Wi
lliams Super Markst, Beu
laville, 92.0; Wilson's
Foodliner, Warsaw, 91.0; Wlm
Dixie, Wallace, 95.0.
Schools - Beulaville Ele
mentary School, Beulaville,
84.5; Calypso Elementary Sc
hool, Calypso, 77.0; Charity
Jr. High School, Roes HOI,
#1 Chinquapin. 8S.6tCMnoua
pin ElemStw7 C^2,
Chinquapin, 88.0; C. W. Dob
bins Elemenury School, Wal
lace. S.6; East Capita High
School, Beulaville. 84 0; B.C.
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