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VOL. XXXXII NO. 39 'flni' ? ft ? ^ ' KEMWSVILLE. NC 28349 SEPTEMBER 29.1977 8 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX J
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Carolina Poultry Queen Title
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The 1977 Poultry Jubilee will
4*1 North Caroline Poultry Queen
''mwuI. The pageant will be
[ held at Kenan Memorial Audi
torium beginning at 8 p.m. Mitt
Susan Griffin, formerly Miss
North Carolina, will emcee the
The pageant Is produced and
sponsored by the Rose HOI
Javcees.
Miss Chris Blanton of
Kenansville, the present queen,
hill crown the new Miss Poultry
Queen.
First prize of $1,000 is pro
vided by the N.C. Poultry
Federation. First Ruaner-Up
prize of Jl00 is provided by Gold
Kist of Durham. Second
limner-Up wise of S50 is
provided bv Farriors of Rose
I Hill. Trophies are provided by
Waccamaw Bank A Trust Co. of
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Cynthia Ln Cook
Miss Cynthia Loo Cook is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles L. Cook of PofcoonuSte
tation. she will do a jazz-dUco
Unlimited.' Her sponsor is
^ ^oqiao and Sons Poultry of
Jfc. J. Norwood Whthty. ^Qf ?
MijntoosDurg. ror ntr MWMf
she wUl play the piano. She is
? ?pk>yed at Elliot University
Deborah'" * receptionist.
Miss Rhonda Denise Brewer
of Faison is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ernest Victor Brewer.
She attends Harbarger's
Business College in Raleigh.
Her talent presentation will be
singing. Her sponsor is Murphy
Milling Company of Rose Hill.
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Miss Karen Ilene Matthews
of Teachey is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Pra|t Matthews.
She is a graduate of'Wallace
Rose Hill High School and is
currently employed as a secre
tary for Halso Contractors. Her
talent number is a recitation.
Her sponsor is H M. Hancock
andSonqf Bonlee. > f ?
Miss Kimberly Susan Dietz is
a student St UNC-Ch*pel Hill.
Her parents are Mr. and Mrs.
O. R. Dietz of Bottwi. She will
sins for her talent presentation
Her sponsor is Giddeon's
Electrical Service of Wlllard
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Danita Wfcaiey
Miss Dantts Whaley is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
George Whaley of Beulaville.
She is a student at East Carolina
University where she is major
ing in nursing. For her talent
presentation she will play the
piano. Danita's sponsor is
TranSouth of Wallace.
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Miss Jerilyn (Button) Johnson
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Eugene Johnson of
Conover. A graduate of Lees
McRae Junior College, -she at
tended Appalachian State Uni
versity. She currently owns and
operates her own plant shop.
She will sing for her talent
presentation. Button's sponsor
is The Golden Skillet of Wallace.
Warsaw. Wilmington and
Cyathla Danettc Morltz
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Miss Cynthia Danette Morltz
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is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John Moritz of Rose Hill. She is
a senior at Wallace-Rose Hill
High School. Her talent presen
tation will be a baton routine.
Cynthia's sponsor is Rose Hill
Hardware of Rose Hill.
Miss Barbara Gale Bos tic is a
medical assistant and graduate
of East Duplin High School and
James Sprunt Institute. She is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John Stanley Bostic of Rose HMI.
She will sing for her talent
presentation. Her sponsor is
Waotsmarw Bank & Trust' of
Miss Shirley Theresa Jones of
Wiliard is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Jones. A graduate
of Pender High School, she is
employed as a secretary at
Fredericks Furniture Company.
She will sing for her talent
presentation. Shirley is spon
sored by Fredericks Furniture
Company of Rose Hill. '
Jubilee Begin sTh i s Week
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the 1977 North Carolina Poultry
Jubilee, indicates that every- I
, . thing it ready for the big event
from October 1st to the 8th
Mgny committees of eakhusi
Astic Mycees have brer working
behind the scenes for months to J
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lav m>rsiuml*y!*S S"? ?*?
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Jubilee grounds from IT7a.m.
until 5 p m vhHe you enjoy
delicious fried chicken cooked
Rose Hill-style in the World's
Largest Frying Pan". The
Bailey Mountain t logger*, ef
Mars Hill College will be ]
Warsaw
Man Wins
Football
Contest
Wayne Nunn of 203 South
Bell Street. Warsaw, won first
place in last week's football
contest.
Second place winner was
Mrs. George Sutton of 604 Eist
Pollock Street, Warsaw.
Four contestants were tied for
Bobby' Wallace of Route 2I
Mount Olive, and Mark Vinson
of Kenansvitie were the other
two contestants tied for first
place. The most points scored tif
one of the ten games was North
week by the following busfrf
nesses: Smith Bros. Gas Coatf
pany. Magnolia. and Beul?v?4
bark Motors. Warsaw; Kawaa
ville Drug Stofle, KenansviUe;
Brown's Cabinet it Millwqjfc
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Warsaw; West Auto W
Son Of A Gun
Bv Jn Lanier
Modern day mechanized
fanning has jnst about caused
the wiry old mule to become
extinct. . .in this part of the
country anyway. This fact was
quite evident to me this past
weekend as I attended "Mule
Day" in the Johnson County
town of Benson. For even at this
event that was held to honor,
praise, or marvel at the mule,
there were very few on hand. It
was reported there were some
600 horses, mules, donkeys and
ponies at the festivities. . .
However, I saw less than 20
mules, but 1 don't doubt the 600
Bgure, for evidence of a great
number of animals was clearly
littered along the streets. . .not
just one or two streets, but all
over the place. . .1 saw a few
ladies with a broom and shovel
aettina un this fertilizer for
possible use on next spring's
flowers. ..
The event was a success in
regards to numbers of people,
too, for the town was packed- ?
.The narrow streets were filled
with autos, parked on each side,
and two-way traffic trying to get
through. . .1 saw three tender
bending scrapes on one street
corner while waiting to get
across...
The mule, in case you don't
know, is the offspring of a jack
(male donkey) and a mare
(female horse). . .The mule is
sterile and cannot reproduce. .
Jf you change it around, and
hinny. \ .a little donkey, air that
other three-letter-word. . .By
the way. has anyone ever called
you a ninny?...
The mule is a tough, stub
born, working son-of-a-gun, and
has stamina that is surpassed by
few.. .Years back, when Barden
Stables was located where the
Family Treet Candy Company is
now, Mr. Barden would buy a
carload of mules from Ten
nessee or Kentucky and they
would come into Warsaw by
train.. .He would ride his horse
down to the depot, open the car
door, and turn the mules out. .
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.no naucr or anyuinuc- ? .ft?u
the mules would follow that
horse through downtown
Warsaw right on to the stables
and inside. . .1 still don't
understand why they didn't run
away or tear up Warsaw. . .But
they didn't. . .But, once you
bought one and got it out on the
farm, it was a different story. .
.That cockeyed thing would
point one ear one way and the
other ear another and take off
for apparently no reason.. .If he
happened to be hooked to a plow
or cart, chances are he would
tear it all to pieces and finally
come home with only the shafts
or apart of the harness...
We had a nutty old mule that
would, every so often, walk over
to a ditch and fall in. . Then you
had to get several men from the
neighborhood and pick him up. .
.or dig out the ditch.. .or both. .
.This same old mule didn't like
to pull a cart, and if you didn't
watch it. when you were
hooking him up, he would catch
you not looking and turn his old
head around and bite you.. .We
also had a horse, and when
plowing, the horse, with a slight
pull of the lines tp the right or
left, would obey. . .Put, that
mule. . .You almost had to sit
down on the ropes to get him to
turn if it wasn't in his mind to do
so.. .Then he would act like he
was confused and step all over
the tobacco. >.You would pull
the lines to get him off, ana he
would move his front legs off
the tobacco and then dance
around with his hind legs all
over the tobacco. . .Tunes like
that, you wanted to kill him.
.In fact, 1 would think there was
more violence created in a
person from plowing with a
mule then than from watching
TV now....
AM mules were not quite so
contrary. . .all the time,
anyway .James Frederick's
Dad, James, lives oiitside
Warsaw on the Clinton High
way. Mis dad had a pair of mules
that would do most anything he
told them. He could walk aways
standing behind them with lead
lines. . .Some were different in
the logging woods, too. . .You
have probably heard of a "mule
skinner". . .Well, they would
hook four mules to a log cart,
load it down, and a fellow would
jump up on the cart with a
bullwhip and no guide lines
and tell the mules to go right or
left, and they would obey or get
whacked on the rear with that
bullwhip. . .To a young fellow
who couldn 't get a mule to go
where he wanted him to go with
guide lines, this was purely
amazing...
There is a picture that sticks
so clearly in my mind. . .
perhaps because of the many,
many times I saw it as a
youngster. . .It has me on the
back porch wearing a pair of
overalls, no shirt, no shoes, and
pumping water from a hand
pump into a wash tub so my
sister, Betty, and I can take
baths. It is In the early spring, ri
before the crops grow and shut
off the sight of anything outside
the yard. . .The sun is setting
and an outline of my Dad,
leading a mule from the back
fields can be seen on the
horizon. . .The /frying sounds
and smells of cured meat being
cooked by my Mom is making its
way through the screen door
leading to the kitchen. . .My old
dog is chasing some chickens
a way from some biscuits that j
wgie thrown out for his sapper. -
. . Ma lislei! B?rtlkisi? (iwa>at ,
doorsteps, breaking off pieces of
bisr^iits and crumbling ft up and
throwing h out to the chickens. .
.and they are clucking and
squawking with each one trying
to get more than the other. . .It
is a picture that I am a part of,
and cherish dearly. . .Never
have I felt so at peace. . .No
troubles.. .So secure.. .So safe.
. So loved. That old red mule is
long ago dead and gone, like the
scene. . .But on a quiet and
peaceful evening, as I travel
along Duplin's roads, I spot an
old mule grazing in a pasture. .
.And this picture will pop So
clearly in my mind's eye. It may
last only a few minutes before 1
am jogged back into now by
someone blowing a car hom, or
some other noise or sight, I take
a deep breath. . .check the
speedometer and my watch. .
.and can hardly wait until Iget
home to my wife, who now gives
me that wonderful peaceful
feeling.. .Son-of-a-Gun...
James Allen Miller. 23. of
Magnolia, was fatally shot
Saturday night by a police
officer following a chase that
ended at Miller's home, one
mile south of Magnolia on State
Road 1003.
R.M. Wilson. Maenolia oolice
officer, shot Miller as he
allegedly threatened Police
Chief V.L. Malpass with a .444
cal. rifle.
According to police reports,
the officers pursued Miller's
vehicle out of town after taking
up the chase when they spotted
Miller's car speeding and
weaving across tne yellow line.
The chase ended at Miller's
home at 9:20 p.m. The official
report said Miller left his car
and entered the house and came
out with a rifle. Ronald Park
hurst, 19, of Magnolia, a
passenger in the Miller car, was
arguing with the police officers
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Policeman Shoots
Suspect After Chase
while Miller entered the house.
When Miller was seen, he
was holding a rifle and Officer
Wilson warned Chief Malpass
that Miller had a gun. Wilson
said he told him to drop the gun,
"1 mean what I say."
Miller then turned toward
Wilson, and Wilson shot him
twice with his .38 cal. pistol,
according to law officers.
Miller was hit in the arm,
hand and chest, and repotted
dead on arrival at Duplin
General Hospital.
Parkhurst was charged with
assault on an officer, resisting
arrest, communicating threats,
and damages to city property.
He was free on SI ,200 bond.
Miller's wife and another
person witnessed the incident.
Wilson was relieved of duty
pending an investigation by
the State Bureau of Investiga
tion and Duplin County officers.
BNC Names Brinson
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To Local Board
The Bank of North Carolina,
N.A. has named Amos Q. (Doc)
Brinson, Jr., to serve on the
bank'fc board of directors in
KenansviUe, h was announced
Monday by president James G.
Lindley in Raleigh.
A prominent member of the
local community, Brinson is
part-owner of the Kenansville
ville Baptist Church. Benson is
a graduate of the University of
North Carolina - Chapel Hill gad
has a B.S. in Pharmacy.
Resident Lindiey stated, "I
am extremely pleased to have
Brinson joia us add I am sure
** Kenansville dilliWi; Bay
Johnson and his BUK will
benefit from the gtffgPat of
such a strong and capable
heard."
Other members of the
Kenansville board include:
Hilda Booth. O.K. Blizzard, Sr.,
Davis N. Brinson, Dixon S. Hail,
Russell J. Lanier, Jr., John C.
Moore. Randolph Smith, J.B.
Stroud and Robert WortkUgMi.
Brinson and his wife, the
former Beth West of Warsaw,
have two sons, Russell and
Daniel.
CRUSHED GRAPES go into open tanks where
veast is mixed in and fermentation begins at
Duplin Wine Cellar* is koae Hill. r ;
Statewide News Media
Tours Duplin Winery
A group of around fifty
statewide news media visited
DupHn County as guests of the
Duplin Development Com
mitsion last Wednesday to wit
ness firsthand the commercial
brothers, David and Daniel J.
Fussell, Jr.'s efforts to find an
outlet for their own grapes.
According to David Fussell.
MOSS ^o.
capacity winery produced Us
first 17.500 bottles of wine last
year. Noble. Carlos and Scup
nernong wines froijt Duplin
Wine Cellars were on the
nwthjt Instyear. ???
Duplin Wine Cellars Is a en
Spenattse wMeh now has 10
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