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v. / '19 v ? ?? . ;. iit^) J. ^ ?&*? ''' i; ' "?v ^B- a ?B HP ? ' -1 jp ^ ""'^' 0|^ ^ **~+ ?fI>lT*~ flan AgMBi >? JjP |^' ? .;v $jj? ,,?.$gg$j| ?k^ : -'/ ??i i ^ ^ v'H [; f - J& *;. ./ ^" v^j f' ^&3 mmmmmm-*mm'm*mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm?mm??l?m III II I *? KENANSVILLE, NC 28349 JUNE 30,1977 10 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX Bwl;^ * TRUCK ACCI&Eirr KILLS TWO Two men were killed when the truck in which they were riding overturned 9.6 miles northwest of Kenansvillc on SR1301 st 1:40 p.m. Monday. Desd . were Marcus Bradshaw. 18, sad Bryant Ettie Williams, 66, both of Route 1. Tearhev. The driver. Wade Junior Herrins of Route I. Teachey. escaped injury. Bradshaw was killed instantly when thrown from the vehicle as it overturned. Williams was still alive when the Faison and Warsaw Rescue Squads arrived. He was pinned in die wreckage and died while rescue efforts were underway. State Highway Patrolman B. F. Smith said the truck apparently ran off the right side of the road, swerved back across i. i i-,. the road on die edge of a field, and into a swampy wooded area where it overturned. He said ther- were no indications of tire skid marks on the road, and that one rear tire was flat. No charges have been made at presstime. The men were apparently carrying a load of banana peppers to the Faison market when the mishap occurred. A witness to the accident, Lewis Taylor of Warsaw, said he saw the track go off the side of the road and overturn. Taylor, an employee of Ernest Taylor Construction of Faison. called the company on his car telephone and told them of the accident. They, in turn, called the Sheriff's Department. (Photo by Joe Lanier) Tom Hull, Alias Phenius Pickett The Peddler In Liberty Cart I a positive attitude and a aenae of r humor A native of Durham. gjjjhen asked to play the part of Cart, he looked Kenansville up the atlas; Amazingly, it was there. He's been everything from a cook to a bartender to a ; trjiiasflt'jss *1 can ifo barefoot. Yet thw muat^be more^toj^te nun "new battle srenei t so ftbu <U?wo*i^OMVs g^g tobe wholeC^.: Tom plays the part of Phenius Pickett, a peddler who travels through Duplin County's history. At the end of the plav an old man. Jonathan, tells Phenius everyone hat a star. When asked about this scene. Tom said. "The stars are the only companions Phenius hss. . .He is a people collector!'' jp The Liberty Cart* which traces the Kenan family through metamorphoses, challenges one to look at life. The Kenans * ho struggle through war and sepa ration, vet remain together, eaemplifr the human perse verance. The theme i is best said by Tom. "Life Is always a struggle, yet there's always a . reward. There is always God.' '?Sail .'-:'i- ? 36 Arrested On Alcohol Violations In Duplin * - #f State and local law enforce* ?officials began the largest >lic raids in Duplin late Saturday and Sunday, arresting : 36 persons on charges of ille gally possessing and selling . near and liquor. Around 170 different war- j rants were served beginning at about 10:30 p.m. Saturday and extending into early Sunday mqrning. The majority of arrests were on charges of reselling taxpaid liquor. Five were charged with engaging in a gve of chance, and several wwe charged with carrying a roe county-wide raid, which intruded 16 nightspots, was thWdimax to an investigation thro began in February. Sixty laf| enforcement officers, rep rettnting police from several communities, the Sheriff's atfte, the State Bureau of ln vetjpgation, and the Highway A$ol conducted the raid. An ?pain cover agent with Alcoholic uA Enforcement, reportedly |nlaliased alcohol from many of ihroriolators charged during the Pbim month investigation. |K Establishments raided with Mpce confiscated included: TheLittle House on the Prairie, arrested; Royal Garden Club, S. Pine Sheet. Warsaw, owned by Thurman Morrisey and licensed as a private dub with the Board of Alcoholic leverages; Skinney Kelly's Place, Deep Bottom area. Route 2. Wallace, owned by AJonza Kelly; Edge of Night Club.'Route,I, Wallace, owned by Bloise McMillan; Mom's Lounge, Greenevers area, owned by Lillian Farrior; Log Cabin of Teachey, owned by William H. Flowers; Lee's Motel and Country Club, Route 1. Magnolia, owned by George Henry Leei Jerry Lee Pickett, located negr the Northeast River bridge croesing. N.C. Hwy. 24, north of Beulaville; Island Creek Social Club, Teachey, owned by Jesse James Batts of Wilming ton; Warsaw Pool Parlor, Warsaw, owned by J. D. Wil liams; and The Friendly Spot (Oaks Park), Kenansville area, leased on SI.200 bopd. and Lee on 11,000 boftdl Charges againM Williams included pos session liquor for the purpose of seffifcg^operating a gambling house, and sAnple possession of marijuana. Officers alio found five persons engaged in a game of chance when they raided the premises of the pool hall operated by Williams. The five were charged and the gambling table was held for evidence. All suspects were taken to Duplin Courthouse when ar rested. The suspects appeared before Magistrates Dot Williams of Warsaw and James Franklin Williamson of Kenansville. who were both in the courtroom and set bond. According to officials, it mav be another week before all charges have been filed and all persons arrested. MASS AMKEST - Those arrested in the raids were booked at temporary desks set up in the Duplin County Courtroom in the courthouse in Kenans wile. Workers were completing paper work involved in the arrest of 36 persons on i 79 warrants in the series of raids on night spots, homes, clubs and stores late Saturday and Sunday by state and county law enforcement officials. In the raids. 36 persons were arrested. (Photo by Joe Lanier) CONFISCATED MATERIAL - Below is a portion of the 1,290 cans of beer. 20 gallons of whiskey, moonshine, marijuana, gambling tables, playing cards and punchboards confiscated in the Saturday and Sunday raids. (Photo by Joe Lanier) Fire Destroys Residence The residence of David and Irene Jones, two miles east of Warsaw on State Rode 1305, burned to the ground early Monday. The couple was in Norfofc, Va. at the time of the fire and the house was unoc cupied. David Rouse, a neighbor, saw the flames about 2 a.m. Monday and called the Warsaw Fire Department. Fire Chief Frank Steed said the building was down when the firemen arrived. It was an eight-room, one story frame dwelling with a beauty shop attached. The house and contents were a total loss, along with a 1976 car parked in a carport. Another car was severely damaged. No loSS estimate was available Monday. However, Jones, a paraplegic, lost some valuable special equipment in the blase, the cause of which is unknown. Accepted In ECU Medical School Beulaville has been accepted as first-year student in the first class of East Carolina Medical School. Brown received his B.A. in Biology in 1974 and his M.S. in -Biology in 1976 at ECU. He is a member of five honorary fra ternities. Phi Sigma Pi. Phi Sigma Tau. Chi Beta Phi. Alpha Epsilon Delta (treasurer and charter members and Sigma Xi. He has done five research publications in various scientific Brown is quoted as saying that he is elated at the prospect of being admitted into medical school, and especially honored ; to be in the first class of East long-range plans are to return to BeuUville and practice family Willi*ft' Edward Brow* of ? am ? wi?i>mw4?Mhiit? Sheriff's Report The Duplin County Sheriff's Department reported it is in vestigating the report of Robert M.' Pope. Route 1, Kenansville. A record player-tape deck and ANt FM radio combination and reorder, valued at $800, were taken from his residence on RPR 1517. Tony Parker, Route 1, Beula ville. reported the window in the door of his pick-up truck was broken while parked a mile east of Kenansville. Damage was estimated at S50. A Lincoln welder, valued at SI 15, was reportedly stolen from Waylon Thompson's barn on RPR 1536 near Seven Springs. Johnny Dancey of Route 1, Warsaw, reported the theft of a 45-pound pig valued at S25. It was taken from a pen a mile west of Warsaw. Maggie Williams of Route 1, Magnolia, reported the loss of a stack of playwood taken from a construction site on SR 117. Kenansville To Receive $94,105 Kenansville Mayor Douglas Judge received word from the North Carolina Division of Health Services and the North Carolina Division of Environ mental Management on Tues day. June 28th, that the Town of Kenansville had received a grant of $43,380 for waterworks ?* Vwya-arifft Mfilpfo *. ? improvements end $50,725 for sewer improvements. These gnats are made possible under the Clean Water Bond Act of 1971, and ate to supplement an application that is being sub mitted to the Farmers' Home V"V lifltt nfrftiVirnri in' 1 twit idii in A
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