Poultrv Hall Of Fame
Nash Johnson at Rose Hill, I
pioneer turkey industryman, i
was inducted into the North ti
Carolina Poultry Hall of Fame fa
during the annual Poultry Fed- ?
oration banquet August 29 In ii
Winston-Salem.
The following article ap- t
peered in The Poultry Times ti
Monday, August 29, by John F. fa
Yarbrough. president and pub- \
lishcr of the news weekly. F
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Nash Johnson, a native of
Duplin County, N.C? who was "
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ooking for new way* to gene
ate farm income for his family,
riggered a revolution that has
irought his state to a position of
itajor prominence in the turtey
ndustry.
For his pioneering persis
ence and dogged determine-,
ion, Mr. Johnson was inducted
no North Carolina's Poultry
tail of Fame at the N.C. Poultry
ederation's annual banquet in
Vinstoa-SafeM August 19.
Johnson was joined in this
tost select and honored con
any by N,B. (Nick) Nicholson
of Monroe, whose route to
statewide recognition took a dif
ferent, but equally effective,
turn in the field of education and
promotion of die poultry in
dustry.
Nash Johnson and his wife,
the late Mary Sue Cowan
Johnson, got into the turkey
business in 1930 when they used
10 hens to hatch, brook and
raise 100 poults. By 1935 they
graduated to the more sophis
ticated Sears Roebuck incuba
tor, which put them on the road
to success in commerical turkey
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production.
Today, Nash Johnson 6 Sons
produce about three million
turkeys per year. In 1950 the
family's two sons, Marvin and
Biasell, joined the family turkey
venture. (There also are three
daughters.)
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The busines started by "Mr.-.
Nash", as he is affectionately
known, has continued to grow
and thrive. The turkey opera
tions include breeder flocks and
a 75,000 capacity hatchery. In
1956 the business was expanded
to include broiler production, a
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includes a modern feed mill,
broiler hatchery, 300,000 birds
per-week broiler processing
pleat and numerous other re
lated facilities. The House of
Raeford turkey plant, now
operating as a cooperative, was
started in 1962 and a by
products plant and two grain
terminals were later added.
"The Father of the North
Carolina Turkey Industry'' has
seen his "family" grow from his
own five children and numerous
grandchildren, to a "family"
that now includes some 1,200
employees and over 200 contract
brmler and turkey producers.
~wUted a| North Carolina Slit#
University in Scott _Hall. In the
three years of its existence,
fifteen members have benh
inducted into the exclusive'
Hall of Fame. *
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Municipal Elections To
Be W November 8
Municipal elections will be
held on November 8. 1977. All
of them lections are non-partisan
and will be decided by plurality,
e.i.
1. Wheb more than one
person is seeking election to a
single office, the candidate who
?w-fftw^ pr
than there ate offices to be
filled, those candidates receiv
ing the highest number of votes,
equal in number to the number
of offices to be filled, shall be
tUAlnMut?UMnX J
H 3. if two or more candidates
votes each receive the came
number of votet, the board of
elections shall determine the
winner by let. (191, c835.s.l)
The following positions may
be contested.
Calypso - Mayor and five
board members two year
Hkttn Dies
In Auto
Wreck
Barden Price. 67, of Route 1.
Chinquapin, was killed Monday
morning when his car ran off the
road. V
State Highway Patrolman
B.F.Smith said the 1972 car was
I moving south on State Road
1947,1.7 miles south of (keen
: ever* when it went off the right
side of the road and continued
287 feet to where It struck a
culvert. He said the vehicle
i traveled another 124 feet aftaf
impact, overturning at least
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Faison - Mayor (two years)
and three board members - four
year terms.
Warsaw - Mayor and Jwo
board members - four jfear
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Beulaville ^ Mayor^ and two
b^lmSlcreTIJI
Green evert - Three board
members - foar year terms.
Magnolia * - Two board
members - four year terms.
Rose Hill ? Mayor and two
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board members - four year
terms.
Teachey - Mayor and five
board members ? two year
" terms, and
Wallace - Mayor (two yeari)
and two board members ? four
reespectivt board of elections
office . Warsaw, Wallace and
Kenansville. Piling fee is S5 or
1* of the annual salary, which
ever is greater.
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Z?!6rS Mus# Aff'f>afe
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The General Assembly of
North Csroliaa on April 4th,
1977 ratified HB 48 regarding
voters registered "Indepen
dent" or "No Party" affiliation.
In substance, the two classi
fications no longer exist ,
Because of the results of the
last general election held last
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November, there are only two
official parties in North Carolina
- Democrat and Republican.
Therefore, any persons who
expects to vote in a primary
election must affiliate with one
of the recognized parties. This is
reqtflred before the books dose
21 days before election day (not
n
counting Saturdays or Sundays.
The County Board of Elec
tions Chairman, Claude
Hepler, urges all persons reglft
tered "Independent" or "No
Party" to contact his local
registrar or county office and
comply with the act or lose his
voting privilege for the next
nrimary election.
Kenansville Jaycees Birthday
Calendar Drive Underway
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tove^j ??&?*"? s- .i. v&g IP ?& T
KenansvUle reisdents are
urged to participate in the
annual event of the Jaycees
Community Birthday Calendar.
Each year at this time, the
Jaycees go out to take listings
from the good folks who par
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ticipate. The Birthday Calendar
is an ideal way for the average
person to be able to keep up
with birthdays of family aad
loved ones, as well as a direct
guide as to community events,
happenings and civic meetings.
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Many people have found the
advertising an the face of the
calendar ideal as. a ready
reference to phone numbers of
the hxaijnerchants of the town.
The Community Birthday
Calendar is an adventure in
community relations. This year.
u in the put. the Jaycees will
be working in teams, and will be
asking for listings cm the even
ings of Wednesday. August 31.
and Thursday. September ?.
Anyone who may not be home,
dr is not contacted, may call in a
listing to President Doc Brinaon
. at the KenaasviHe Drug Store.
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Warsaw Gats
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PRESENTATION OF U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
MEMBERSHIP - Carol Jenkins, Kenansville Chamber President
is shown looking over a Charter Night program with Ed Garland,
President of the N.C. Association of Chamber of Commerce
Executives, as Ray Johnson, local Vice President, left, and
Woody Brinson, Executive Secretary, right, look on. Garland
also presented the U.S. Chamber of Commerce membership to
the Kenansville Chamber last Friday night.
Kenansville Chamber Charter
? ~ NtfHt .Held Friday At ?
Presentation of 51 charter
membership certificates high
lighted the Kenansville Area
Chamber of Commerce. Inc.,
Charter Night festivities held at
James Sprunt Institute on Fri
day night. August 26,1977.
After a pig-picking around the
JS1 Lake, the group of around
100 moved to the Hoffler
Building for the program.
Carol Jenkins, Chamber
President, gave the welcome
and after a few words from
Mayor Douglas Judge, Ray
Johnson, Chamber Vice Presi
dent, introduced the gueMs as
follows: the Chamber officers;
Senator Harold Hardison; Town
Commissioners Phil Kretsch
and John Hall; County Com
missioners Arliss Albertson and
D.J. Fussell; Warsaw Chamber
Executive Secretary Mary
Taylor; Kenansville Jaycee
President Doc Brinson; Jaycette
President Deanna Judge;
Kenansville Lions President
James Stokes, and the local
news media.
Ed Garland. President. N.C.
Association of Chamber Com
merce Executives, was intro
duced as the speaker by Vice
President Johnsoh. Garland was
also President of the Chamber
of Commerce of Greenville.
Tennessee.
"As I drove around Kenans
ville before the meeting." com
* mented Garland, "I could >ee
signs in Kcnansville of commu
nity pride. Everything seemed
extremely clean, good looking
buildings and pride in your
heritage."
"A Chamber," continued
Garland, "is not a civic club, but
a business professional organi
zation to improve the com
munity in order to increase
business." Garland went on to
say that a Chamber's role is to
support local officials and edu
cators, and to determine the
steps necessary to get industry
in the community, hi conclusion
he sa|d. "I would like to be
invite4 back in a couple of years
to see what your Chamber has
acopaaplished."
Carol Jenkins. Chamber
President, presented Garland
with a gift of appreciation.
After installation of officers
and presentation of certificates,
the meeting was adjourned with
the benediction by Lanren
Sharpe.
KENANSVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
CHARTER OFFICERS - Kenansville Mayor
Douglas Judge is shown installing the Chamber's
officers during Charter Night held on Friday.
Pictured (L to R) Judge, Ray Johnson, Vice
President; Carol Jenkins, President; Earl
Hatcher, Director; Woody Brinson, Executive
Secretary; Steve Clutter, Director; Richard
Harrell, Director; and Daisy Branch, Treasurer.
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Low Officers Hove Busy Week
Stolen Goods Recovered In Raid
Stolen goods valued at nearly I
S10.000 were recovered in a raid I
Thursday night by Duplin I
County Sheriffs Deputies and I
Wallace Police.
Two persons have been I
charged in connection with the I
case, and a third person has I
eluded officers.
Jefferson Ray Conrad, 19, of I
Route 3. Wallace, wis arrested
19. of Route 2. Wallace. Friday
afternoon in Burgaw. according
to the officers., ^
2. Wallace. Stallings ran into
the woods as the officers ap
proached and was still free
ouuaing o?i ?nc nonncdsi mvci
Officers recovered all of the
tools and equipment, estimated
at $5,122.99, stolen from the
Duplin County Landfill over the
weekend. They also recovered
about $800 worth ajf tools and
equipment taken from the
Pender County LandfclL
Some drink mac ne money
changers missing from the
Champion Internati ial Timber
& Land Co. of Roc Hill were
found, as were some irf the tools
taken from the < ib of the I
tractor-trailer own* by Pete '
Bradshaw About $?0 worth of
goods taken from F |seH's gro- 1
eery on NC 42 w s also re
covered. i
Conrad and M intgomery <
were free on tyMu of $8,550
each by Ftidi r ' night. '
each by Friday high) *
The Sheriff's Department is
also investigating the theft of 53
sheets of 4x8 half-inch plywood
sheathing from a building site
four miles east of Tin City on NC
42. The material was valued at
more than $300.
A weekend break-in at Bill
Pope's Citgo station in Wallace
resulted in the loss of tools and
equipment valued at $523, plus
some bus tickets of unknown
value. Entry was believed to
have been gained through a
window.
Dfanne Murrell of Gum Street
Extension in Warsaw reported a
rv had been stolen from her
?evidence. The hem was valued
it $75.
Lib Hall of Route 2, Warsaw,
eported a rifle valued af $69.
vas stolen from her reisdcace
in RR 1307.
M L Farrior of Kenansvttle4
eported a brass pin with a
ticture of Ma grandfrther in the
?n wa^toten^from^h^resi
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the Value of the pin and picture 3
to Farrior was inestimable since \
it could not be replaced.
Brenda Watkins of Chinqua
pin reported that sugar had ;
been put in the motor of her car. *j
The incident occurred in Wal
lace in July and damage to the
auto was estimated at $500.
David Best of Route 1. Al
bertson, reported a .22 pistol |
was stolen from Ms residence. It 4
was vfdued at $35. i
Jimmy W. Matthews of Mat
thews Hardware ead Grocery in
Rose fflB reported $280 worth of ,
tools and other items were j
sar.
I merchandise was recorded. r i
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