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Son Of A Gun
By Joe Lanier
Profit is what keeps business
gong, and there Is no doubt or
argument that one must make a
. profit to stay-hi business. Nor is
there any doubt nearly all items
now purchased have price
I ((Creases, some justifiable and
some not. However, somewhere
along the line. I am not sure just
when, but prices move from a
reasonable profit to rip off. and
one of the items that keeps
popping up in the news, I
classify as a rip off, is coffee,
and in more than one way. A
pound of coffee 1 n most stores is
selling under $4 and It was not
too JpUg ago it was selling for
under a dollar a pound. That is
quite 1 jbmp in price. Yes. sir.
thatis quite a jump from under
\ that is not nearly asbad
are^ipsttmgqSO cents a^cup for
tptgHiti a cup for coffer . .In
both incidents, it seems rest
auraot owners figure they must
get their cost back for a pound c
coffee ?n the first S cups^
According t? the directioiip, $1
pound or coffee in one o^^l
of coffee ja, in sogie restaurants'!
paying fi?e day's labor bill. T|re
profit on one pound of coffee
will pay minimum wages for
three employees on an 8-hour
shift, pay for the coffee, and the
owner wlU still have a few
dollars loft
Did you ever buy something
you thought you just had to
have, and then after yOu bought
it couldn't find a use for it?l
Well, when 1 was about 10 years
old, one summer I spotted in
Frank Steed's dad's store an I
army surplus gas mask. For
reasons I still don't know, ll
r Thought I just had to have it. I
' .So, I savedua my money until 1
had S4. whim was a great deal
of money hack then, and boughi
this gaa mask. Now that I had it
what could I do with it?. . .Weil.
Dwight Lanier, Harvey Carter
and I could play war . . . and 1
could wear the mask. . .Have
you ever tried to wear a gas
mask and yell "Bang. Bang"?
Well, Dwight and Harvey
couldn't hear me. so they didn't
know when they were shot. .
Also, running on hot summer
days and breathing in a gas
mask will cause the eye pieces
to fog up and you will fall over a
tobacco truck you are pretend
ing is a jeep. . .Or you may fall
in a ditch. . Also, the head of a
ten-yjear-ojd is not as large as a
grown man's, thus the gas mask
wid not fA property. . . There
fore as you run and are breath
ing hard, the air is not traveling
through the mask as it should. It
escapes around your head and
the rubber of the mask is trying
to stick to )bur sweaty face and
makes a found like you ant
sitting on ^poo pdo cushion. . .
It didn't tajte but one afternoon
ft* tft to find out, I had no use
whatttevea for this mask I had
vwMiiodin wbacco for a month to
"hf^.gllpried to get my mom to
.WW;wWe she was spraying
?it sfie wouldn't. I finally
Btt for twotten-cent comic
IjflJMFand a big tittle book with
A (ale has been told on my
Dad also about buying some
thrngthat wasn't quite what he ?
mule and^cap to sell a dab of
tobacco when he was a boy. . .
While in Warsaw, Dad spotted
what he thought was the largest
orange he hafl ever seen and
wanted Granddad to buy it, but 1
Granddad said no. . .And as
most youngsters, boys and girls,
do. he began to cry. wanting
that big old orange.. .Granddad
kept telling him it wasn't an
orange and he wouldn't like it. .
.But who beliefs their Dad at
that age whe* it comes to
something like a great big
orange. . .Finally, Granddad
gave in and bought that big
orange. . . .That turned out to
be the first grapefruit Dad ever
tried to eat. . i .Sure enough.
Granddad was right. . .He
didn't like it. . . Son-of-a-gun . .
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Improper Installation |
Probable Cause Of Blast
improper installation of a
newly installed liquid gas tank
has 'been cited as the probable
cause of an explosion that
destroyed the Marilyn Benson
home north of Kenansville May
14th.
According to N. David Smith,
LP-gas Engineer of the Con
sumer Standards Division of the
N.C.' Department of Agricul
ture. the State's investigation
revealed that on May 13th, a 123 ?
gallon gas tank was replaced '
with a 250 gallon container, ,
and that workers did not install
a low-pressure regulator. Smith"
said the "installation only had a
high pressure regulator, which J
prqhablv resulted in the control i
of a small room heater in the
Benson house malfunctioning,
releasing gas into the house.''
"The gas vapor ignited, and
sometime early on May 14th.
the house was destroyed."
Smith added.
The home was destroyed on
May 14th. Mrs. Benson and her
two children were not at home at
the time, however. The family
lost all their belongings in the
explosion and fire that followed.
Hiram Brinson. Duplin
County Civil Defense Coordi
nator. estimated the loss at
$15,000.
Worsley Oil Company of
Kenansville was the gas
supplier, according to, the in
vestigation held on May 17th by
Smith's office.
Art Council
Elects
Officers
The 2nd annual membership
meeting of the Duplin County
Arts Council met Monday in the
auditorium of the Hoffler
Building at James Sprunt
Institute in Kenansville to elect
the following Board of Directors
for the 1977-78 fiscal year:
Edriel Ausley, President; Alta
Kornegay. Vice" President; t
Russell Tucker, Treasurer; Irvin ?
Graham. Past President;
and Charles Iff Yelverton. The
office of Secretary will- again be
filled by RegBta Wbaley. Exe
cutive Director of the Council.
Rescue
Seminar
Duplin County Rescue Asso
ciation will hold a seminar May
29th SI the Landfill showing how
to remove a wreck victim from
an automobile.
Rescuers will demonstrate the
use of "Jaws of Life", "Porta
Power Jack", and a "Come
Along". Anyone with an old
auto they would tyke to donate to
be used in the demonstration is
asked to call Hiram Brinson.
The public is invited.
PRESENTS CHECK - Doc Brins&n. Kenansville Jaycee
President is shown presenting a Slot cheak to James Kenan
Athletic Director Vanoc Alphin o* hluiday #ight as Coach Bill
Byrd lodja on. According to Alphln2B* chM will be used* to
Reeves Honored
By Sears
employees ana management
of Comfy Reeves Brothers
Consumer Products Group were
honored Tuesday by Sears.
Roebuck and Co. The Kenans
ville firm makes furniture
throws for Sears.
Bryon Zimmerman of
Chicago, Sears national buyer,
presented a Sears "Symbol of
Excellence" plaque during a
ceremony held in Kenansville.
The plaque was accepted by Sy
Haber. President of Consumer
? a - ? V U
rrouutis uiuujj vi i\lv
Brothers on behalf of the entire
plant personnel.
The award was one of 573
Sears is presenting this year to
suppliers judged most out
standing among its 12,000 mer
chandising source*. Comfy also
received the award in 1974 and
in 1976.
''This award is based pri
marily on the excellence of
merchandise produced by
Reeves Brothers for Sears
during the past year,"
Zimmerman said.
"It also recognizes ine
general excellence of Reeves
Brothers performance in such
matters as shipping goods on
schedule, and initiative in de
veloping new and improved
merchandise," he added. "This
award is our salute to those
suppliers who have, through
their excellence, made signifi
cant contributions to Sears repu
tation for quality merchandise.
It also recognizes each em
ployee for his contribution to the
superior performance of the
plant."
Zimmerman said Reeves
Brothers Comfy Division was
selected for the Sears "Symbol
of Excellence" by a committee
representing the company's
retail stores, catalog plants,
national service department,
quality control personnel and
merchandise development and
testing laboratory. The com
mittee screened mominations
from Sears 50 national buying
departments.
Mobile Office
Congressman Charlie Whitley
has announced that a new
mobile Third Congressional
District office will make sche
duled stops in Pender and
Duplin Counties May 24, 25 and
26.
The mobile office will be
available at the following places
on Thursday,- May 26th; Beu
laville. 9:30 a.m. ? 11 a.m., at
the Post Office; Chinquapin,
f 11:13 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.."Post
i Office; Rose Hill, 1 - 2:30 p.m..
Post Office, and in Magnolia.
2:45 - 4:45 p.m., at the Post
Office.
The unit will be operated and
^ffedon these particular visits
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Willard. states his father, b. J. Blood worth, Sr. was indeed a
his father'* house. Over thi past 44 yeara, the tree has grown on
the jTt^^^aadgrobabty the only reaww^hasn't been cut
JK'S BROADIE HONORED ? (L to R) Jim
Wilson. Visitation Chairman Jaycee Boys Home
Game 1977, is shown presentihg Stanley Broadie
with a plaque honoring him as a Boys Home
Game participant as his Coach Vance Alphin and
Kenansville Jaycee President Doc Brinson look
am. tfroadie, a standout end at James Kenan
High School, will be playing in the 15th Jaycee
Boys Home Game in Greenville July 23rd,
7:30 p.m. at Ftcklan Stadium. The Kenansville
Jaycees treated Broadie with a steak cookout.
Rose Hill-Magnolia School
Wins Beautification Award
A first-place award to the
Rose Hill-Magnolia Elementary
School for school beautification
was presented in Raleigh by
ment of Public instruction,
health, safety and physical edu
cation division.
Also sponsoring the program
was Keep North Carolina
Beautiful. Inc.. a citizens'
organization dedicated to the
improvement of the environ
ment.
The school won first place in
District Two. There were 241
schools entered in the entire
program across the state.
Norman Leafe. director of the
state agency, said the program
was more than a fix-up. clean
up project. "It helps young
people understand local,
national and world problems
relating to resources on which
human life depends. It proves
that given the support of the
community, students are willing
to accept the responsibility of
Improvement St school build
ings and grounds, building
bookcases, planting azaleas and
building nature trails were
among the projects in the pro
gram.
The school was represented
by 23 students, 4 teachers and a
group of parents. Charles
Slemenda, principal, acted as
spokesman for the group.
ffliwu. IMM PBSK4MK
feeders, made draperies for '
some school rooms, and center
pieces for tables in the cafeteria.
They also produced a bi-weekly
newsletter which went to the
parents.
JK's Broadie Headed
For State Meet
y
James Kenan's Stanley
Broadie placed 3rd in the 180
yard low hurdles at the High
School Regional Track Meet
held last Friday in Ureenville.
The third place finish qualified
Broadie for the State meet to be
held in Cary on Friday, May
27th.
Rivenbark To Direct
Duplin's Summer Drama
THE LIBERTY CART, Duplin
County's outdoor drama, .will
have a new director this season,
Tony Rivenbark, a well-known
North Carolina actor and direc
tor. Rivenbark. a native of
Warsaw, was recently a resident
of New York City and now
claims Wilmington as his home.
He graduated from the Univer
sity of North Carolina at
Wilmington with a BA in His
tory and Drama, and did his
graduate work in theatre at
Chapel Hill. Rivenbark is pro
ficient as an actor, director and
theatre technician and has
worked professionally in these
areas for a number of years.
In the past ten years, Riven
bark has acted in over 60
university, summer stock and
community theatre productions.
He appeared in the Yew York
production of "Holy Ghosts", a
play about Pentecostal snake
handlers. He also worked with
Charles Pierce and Tony Award
winner Tommy Tune.
He has been a member of the
SRO Summer Stock Theatre
Company for the past ten sea
sons as an actor and director, la
Wilmington, he is most remem
bered for his characterization of
Peter Pan in the SRO produc
tion of "Peter Pan" and the
Emcee in "Cabaret", a role he
also performed at Duke Uni
versity.
As a director, he has staged
comedies, dramas and musicals,
including "Tenderloin".
"Uncle Harry". "Arsenic and
Old Lace". "Bo* and Co*".
"Celebration". "Tl.c Curious
Savage", and his own adapta
tion of "The Drunkard". Earlier
this year he wrote and directed
"Fast Guns at the Fandango", a
melodrama for children, pre
sented by the ThaHan Associa
tion.
Rivenbark is no stranger to
outdoor drama. In Chapel Hill
he played the lead in Aristoph
anes' "The Birds", a Carolina
Haymakers' production in the
Forest Theatre. He is the past
technical director for the Sunday
in the Park series at Greenfield
Gardens in Wilmington. Last
year he was a member of the
"Liberty Cart'' company and
played several roles, including
William Houston and Colonel
McLeod.
Aside from theatre. Riven
bark is a passionate historian.
As a youth he was state his
torian of the N.C. division of the
Children of the Confederacy and
a charter member of the Duplin
County Historical Society. His
specialty is Victorian theatre
htsiory. For a number of years
he has been working on original
research for a publication on the
James Adams Floating Theatre.
This North Carolina showboat
operated on the Atlantic coast m
the early years of this century.
As a Duplin County native
with an interest in history and
background in theatre, the
directorship of THE LIBERTY
CART: A Duplin Story is like a
dream come true for him as well
as many others in the county.
The tryout dates are as
follows, and will be held at the
William Rand Kenan. Jr.
Amphitheater: Sunday, May 29
from 2 until 5, and from 8 until
10: Monday. May 29th from 2
until S and from 8 until 10; and
on Tuesday, May 31st from 8
until 10.
THE LIBERTY CART: A
Duplin Story, will begin this
year at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday,
July 7th. It will be performed
the last four nights of each
week. The exact dates are July
7,8,9,10,14.15,16.17,21,22,
23. 24, 28. 29. 30 and 31. The
tickets will cost S5 for Section I
(front and center) and S3.50 for
all other sections; the price for
children under 12 is SI.75.
There is a group rate discount:
20-40 persons, less 10%, 41 or
more, less 20%. Also group
tours are planned. For further
information, write P. O. Box
470. c/o THE LIBERTY CART:
A Duplin Story, Kenansville,
NC 28349, or call 296-0721.
Sheriff's Report
Robert Kelly of Route 2.
Faison. reported someone stole
a 38 caliber pistol from the dash
packet of his vehicle. The pistol
was valaed at S80. according to
Glen Jernigan, the investigating
officer.
A. C. Cartwright of Calypso
reported a tape player and two
speakers were stolen nom his
1%3 Oktsmobile. Bitty Daniels
investigated.
Denny Benson, of Route 2,
Kenansville. reported a .22
automatic pistol was stolen from
his truck.
TWENTY FOUBiNGS IN
LITTER
Cornelius Southerland of
Route 1. Magnolia, reported
that he had a 24 pig litter bom
this week to one of his sow*.
That may not be a world
record, but surely is a lot of
piggies to go to market. 4 .