mowing the^rassfor the church
?ad the church lawn coveted
half a Mock. I wee supposed 10
be working for ? furniture
company. . .at teest he was
paying me to. . .but this was his
church, and every week he
would ted me to go now that
Igwn. . And Idtdn t even attend
that church, but that was back
whea workers did what they
were toid or they loet their job. .
.Anyway, I was mowing this
law*. . .My clothes were
(sweat) and I was thinking. . .
LSon of a gun, 1 sure don't want
to do this all my life, when up
drove a fellow. . Paul Miller.
He got out of his airconditioned
car all dressed in a suit, a shiny
white shirt, and tie, and comes
over to me and says be is the
Registrar for Miller Motte
Business College. . .And
wouldn't I like to take a course
in accounting. . .where I could
dress in a suit and tie and work
in an air-conditiooed building? .
. .Well, this fellow had come to
I the right place. . .to talk with
the right fellow. . .at the right
time. His words were like aaael
I voices, so I says, Mr. Miller,
there is one shade tree on this
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??con
ditiooed vehicle I had ever been
in was a Greyhound bus.
jft, A , ii2?S.{ If I
IVJOUC ?/*IlU WOOUCiOM II 1
could make as much as S100 a
week alter graduating. . . He
said I surely could. . No
question about it. . In those
days, SI00 a week was a lot of
money. That was almost as
much as a doctor made. M h>ld
him I would need some kind of a
part-time job 'cause I couldn't
afford to pa> all that money and
then live in Wilmington, too. He
said he would look around and
thought he coald get me a
part-time job and a place to stay
that wouldn't coat anything. .
Son-of-a-gun. . .1 finally got
myself a winner, I thought. He
said to come on down to Miller
Motte and look things over. . .1
told him Tes, Sir, soon as I get
I my paycheck Saturday. I'll get a
Greyhound bus ticket and be
right on down.. .And I did
I went to the barbershop and
got me a haircut. . .that was
back when you really got a
haircut, too. . .the barbers
almost shaved your head along
I the sides and left the hair about
two inches long on top. . .1 was
all tanned up to where ray hair
' J?haU over T|J .J I wererft
lait rr^i^Thirp
enough
father . Mr. Miller, sure
business machines. . .Son-of-a
Gun. . .Wooeee. what kind of a
pUce is this.
Old Paul codes in and a**.
Joe. 1 think I got just the place
I for you to wort and lUy. . .You
will get paid to live there. . . I
was so esdted I had to control
myself to keep from jumping up
and clicking niy heels together..
.Oooee. . .Come on and let's go
and see this fellow. I am sure ne
will like you...
We went to a funeral home. .
.Cobles Funeral Home. . .Paul
I soys. Joe. you won't mind living
I in,a funeral home, will youT.. H
says. By myself? You want me
to spent the night here by
I myself.. .in this funeral home..
Nobody here but me and dead
I people. . . .alt by myself?. . .
Well. Mr. Coble came out and
interrupted us. or somewhere.
I somehow I would have left that
Paul Miller standing right there.
. .Mr. Coble looked over kinds
I with a doubting. . .1 didn't think
anything was wrong with me.
but thinking about it now, I
really don't know how he ever
I came to the conclusion to hire
me Rut he HiH
Now a Funeral Home is a
conservative place where every
one wears suits and ties. . .Here
1 was dressed in this outlandish
outfit. . .His wife came out to
look me over. too. She told him
maybe he should wait awhile
before deciding whether or not
to hire someone.. . .'But he said.
Joe, you will like it here. . .You
and Bill Register will hit it off
right away.. .You and he will be
Jfcring upstairs. . .He has been
with me for a number of years..
.1 am sure you will like him.*. I
.Well. 1 don t mind telling you 1
wasn't sure I would like staying
in a funeral home. . .1 looked at
his lawn and it looked like two
passes with a lawn mower would
mow it all. . .1 remembered how
big that church lawn was. .
.And I saw those Cadillac cars.
^hfayi^^^vffltetmedmc
ing, hut he got fooled. I had oat
suit. . .It was at one time blue,
but had faded to a kind of
of style.. .\^!^ento?2siae
and met Bill Register. . .And he
gave me a doubting look too, but
showed me upstairs Where I
would be bunking. . .And
. everything seemed all right. .
.In fact, it was % fine place. .
.One of the best-looking bed
rooms I had ever been in...
Well, I got all my mess put
away and asked "Bill where the
bathroom was knd he said,
through that ddor and turn left..
.Well. I went,into a room and
turned left and there was tKe
bathroom, and it too wa< a
looking place: . .But lofr "and
behold, when I started out ef the
bathroom with the light on, I I
saw in the room I had just^gone
through, a dead man laying on a I
table.. .Son-of-a-gun. .1 nearly
had a heart attack. . .1 didn't see
anything when I went thru it. I
but that return trip was some
thing else. Bill told me when I ?
got back to the bedroom, all
pale-looking, that the room 1
went Jhru was the embalming
room.. .Well. Iagon my bed in
my clothes. . Bill asked me if I
wasn't going to put on ray
pajamas and go to bed. . .1
wasn't even sane I was going to
stay, but in my.orhole life I had ?
never had a pair of pajamas. . . I
I told him I didn't have any
pajamas and he,said. well, when ]
you take your bath 1 will let you ]
use a pair of mine tonight, and |
you can buy some tomorrow. . i
.Well. 1 wasn't sure I was going i
to tike a bath.. .Mot if it meant ;
going back in there with that ,
dead man.. .1 mean, what is one (
night without a hath. . .Back on |
the farm I had gone two or three .
nights and didn't wash anything ?
but my feet and (bee....
But when in Borne . . .1|
braved it out. |? .If Bill wasn't
frightened, then why should I
be. . .But. friends. I will never 1
Forget that first day and night in .
Wilmington. Son of a Gun ... f,
Guilford I
(Continued fijbm Front)
community level With the^le.*.
X. . ^od>>ct y 00 th<
J&lSC* ^^orgr
Washington Teachey. 66. U.S.
Amy. retired, of Washington,
D.G.. died Saturday.
LOTOS 0. BERGER
ALBERTSOM Mrv Lottie
I Outlaw Berger. 83. died Satur
day. Funeral, Tyndail Funeral
Home chapel. Mount Olive.
Burial. Outlaw Bridge Church
MIS. ADA ELLSWORTH
WALLACE MCGOWEN
WALLACE Mrs Ada Ells
worth Wallace McGowen. 94,
I died early Thursday morning at
I Pender' Memorial. Funeral.
I Wallace Presbyterian Church.
Burial. Rockfish Cemetery.
I HATTIE BRICE. 63. Rose
I Hill.
FRANCES B. W. BOWDEN
TEACHEY - Mrs. Frances
I B rower Wells Bow den, 76, died
I Saturday. Funeral. Tuesday.
I sssi.*-* ih Cemetery, j
B. F. MAJtEADY
WALLACE - Bryant Frank
Mareaty, 68. died Tuesday.
Graveside service Wednesday.
Mareadyfamily cemetery.
TEOAJ. WOOD
ROSE HILL ? Mrs. Tecia
Jones Wood. 90. of Route I.
Rose Hill, died Monday. Fu
neral 3:30 p.m. Thursday.
Evergreen Baptist Church. Bu
rial. Jones family cemetef*, I
Harrells.
MRS. BEATRICE BABELLE
MIDDLETON MOORE
KENANSVILLE Mrs. I
Beatrice Isabelle Middieton
Moore died Thursday after a
lengthy illness. Funeral. Mon
day. Kenansville First Baptist
Church; Burial, Middieton
Cemetery.
FARM BUREAU
DIVIDEND
The North Carolina Farm,
Bureau Mutual Insurance
Company paid twenty percent
dividends lor the eleventh^
consecutive year to its poicy- 4
holders flmdghout' the st^te. fl
This amounted to $60,686 this 9
vear for Duplin policyholders. '
These dividends are paid in all?
fire lines which include home
owners, farmowners, short term
and tobacco floater policies.'
Approximately 2,000 policy
holders in Duplin were effected. >
The amount paid in dividends
amounts to twenty percent of
the premiums paid into the
company by the policyholder
during the preceding calendar
year.
Bloodmobiie j
To B? In Dyplin |
The Blood mobile will be in
Beufaville no May 10th from 12
to 6 p.m. at the National Guard
Armory and on May 11th in
Rose Hill from 10-4 at the Fire
House. John Simmons in Beula-I
ville and Rev. John White off
Rose Hill are hoping for a record
turnout from their fellow
citizens.
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Suit Filed
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(Continued from Front)
Saunders on top of him. Walton
then fired, fatallv wounding
Saunders.
According to Col. Jones and
Major Lance, also of the N.C.
Highway Patr ol. there were only
two shots fired - One from
Wards revolver and one from
Walton's revolver. The body of
Saunders had two gunshot
vounds -- one in the head and v ?
me in the chest. One bullet was
toifcd in the headwind Ap- '1
latently the first shot fireCt j
uttered Saunders' chest, came
tut and struck Trooper Walton
? UKukk.
JlGt&SS?" d",h "
The lawsuit claims the patrol
ten shot Saunders after twice
.?eapon ^
^ ' . r. ! \ j
N. Or
Wood row Albert son on his appointment as member of the
Board of Trustees of James Sprunt Institute. AJbertaon,
better known as "Charlie" was sworn in by John Anderson
"Johnson, Qerk of Court. Monday, April 18. Albertson,
appointed by the Duplin County Board of Education, fills the ?
vacancy created by the death of Leroy Simmons. Charlie is
employed by the U.S. Department of Agrifcttuie and is an
accomplished musician and entertainer. Well-known for his
charitable work and contributions to civic affairs. He and his
wife. Grace, life in Beulaville.
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Letter To
The Editor
April 25,1977
Dear Editor,
6
0 1 see by last week's paper that
the representative of Jesse
Helms will visit the county for
two hours soon. An election
must be coming upl I've never
known a republican politician
who wanted to see the people,
except when it was time to trick
the public out of their vote.
Senator Morgan is in Duplin
county often, the last time being
on November 2, 1976. One of
Morgan's assistants is in the
county about once a month. I
personally appreciate you
running the story, because the
unusual is always news.
T0*O1A:
JUST
COMMON
SENSE.
Clinton
Toyota,
Inc.
?
213 SOUTH
CAST BOULEVARD
CLINTON.
rf FayettcvUlt
. f IIF*^ ^ajHBTMg,
KENANSVILLE JAYCEE AWARD WINNERS - (L to R) D?,
?jjjtj- Rlek Summcrlin,
?
CABB BENEFIT
On April 30th. a card benefit
will be held by the Kenansville
Jaycettes to raise funds for the
DbpKn County Heart Fund
Everyone is invited to attend.
The fun will start at 7:30 p.m. at
James Sprunt Institute.
FLEA MARKET
The East Duplin Band
Boosters are sponsoring a Flea
Market to be held Saturday.
April 30th from 10 a.m. until 4
p.m. at the new National Guard
Armory.
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st\tc/ ^rvoaN atJ^nal prute. ruarv^s
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I Dear Member of Duplin Mutual Burial Association:
In settling the estate of E. t. Edgerton, Sr., ? disposition of QuIm-McGowen I
I Funeral Home In Warsaw, N. C., has been madi, and this funeral home will no . j
longer operate as In the past. This sale In no way voids your membership In the
K Duplin Mutual Burial Association. i
There are two possible courses for you. You may transfer your membership
fi ,U to an association of your choice without a change In rate providing the * ??4B
| association agrees to accept you. With your transfer a pro rata portion of the
reserve or surplus fund from Duplin Mutual Burial Association would also be
Or you may prefer to leave your membership with Duplin Mutual Burial H .1
? f Association which from now on will have headquarters at QuInn-McGowen I
Funeral Home In Burgaw, N. C. 21425, and your payments would be mailed there.
H Those eligible tor payments at the time of death would receive full benefits, * H
I payable either to surviving relatives or the indicated funeral director.
In case you wish a transfer of membership, you must notify me within (30)
, thirty days from date of this letter and state the association to which you wish to'
transfer. If you do not wish 1b transfer, no reply Is needed.
m
You may notify me c-o Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home P.O. Box 102 Burgaw,
N. C. 28425.1 appreciate your cooperation In the past and hope I may be able to
I I be helpful to you in the future. m