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VOL.XXXXU1N0.35 KENANSVILLE.NC 28349 AUGUST 31.1978 10 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX
Son Of A Gun
fty Jot lantor
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sevend H^yfcuflM(PBjl(BN(^^
going to demonstrate how to call
a hog. . . Now everyone there
knew there was no self-respect
ing southern hog going to come
to no Yankee a-yelling. . .
Sherman sad his men fooled
some southern hogs back in the
! 1800 s, but no mora. . .There
John stood, all dressed in bib
overalls, a red bandana around
his neck, and a straw hat on his
noggin.. .He curled bis thumbs
around the galluses, rared buck,
poked his lips out 'til they were j
about the size of a small saucer. !
I and he began. . . Sooeee. . . 1
cough. . .cough. . .Soooeee. .
Soooeee. . .It is all in how you
fix your lips, says John, i,
.Sooooeeee ... bis shoulders
shaking. . .Sooooeeeee. '. .his
head going from side to side, his k
jaws flapping, and face almost
as read as the bandanna.
.Soooooeeeee. . .1 feel the
presence of a hog. . . I got him
coming, says John... Soooeeee.
. . .John cupped his hands
around Ids mouth with his Km
poked out about two inches
beyond his hands. . .Soooeeee.
he yells. . .And by golly, a 1
squeal is heard coming from '
down the hallway. Most of those |
southern meat men had '
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regained their composure and
gotten up off the floor where
they#had been wallenng and
jMehing while John waa hog
<Whg And now they were
taping at one another and back
i ai tLa lii ii ??!?? w ?? wrhorn ?l>a nan
! qx SRC aoorwty wncrc inc pig
fumeitlng waa coining from. .
came a red and white
tharn pig. . .Now hold on. .
^Ho away. am not
?K. Xet me finish.. .Thepig
Hi an iron cage, and thfl^
?MtWas on some youngun's
?and wagon. . .And Bobby
flpwas pulling the wagon, in
Pgr 1 must admit, this Yankee
had me confrised foe a little
MBpudien that pig began
grapng. . .And, John may not
be mm ot the best hog callers I
haveigver heard, but he dang.
Yankee bargain^. ?
Someone was telling me
sboet a fellow from over about
Sarecta that got into a fight with
himself and a knife. . .Seems
this follow had sharpened his ,
knife until it was so sharp one
could almost shave with it. He
was out in the garden cutting
okra when a bee lit on the side of
his hand, between his thumb
and finger. . .Well, his first
thought was to knock the bee off
before he get stung. . .For
getting he had this sharp knife
in Ms other hand, he hit st the
See. . .sliced two fingers. .
Feeling angry at himself, and
in pain at the same time, he took
out his handkerchief and
wrapped it around the two cut
fingers. . . By now be fwd sat
down, and everyone knobs how
difficult H is to tie something
with only one hand. . .This
AalLwi/ rmmi~tims" for il> shun
ieiiow resciies ior tnts snarp
knife again, to cut the end of the
handkerchief so he could tie it..
?Well, the knife ripped right
through the handkerchief until it
reached the hem.. .Here he had
fo pet forth some extra effort,
sad the knife slipped and fills
time he cut his leg.. .Years back
he was an Eagle Scout. .
Son-of-a-Gun...
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' Duplin General Intensive
yore Uni* p?...
? n,# Propo Again
Richard E. HarreU, Adminis
trator at Duplin General
Hospital, filed notice on August
23, 1978, of intent to incur a
capital expenditure for the
jMiipose of proposing to add
nine (9) intensive care beds and J
support areas to Duplin General
Hospital. The project la
scheduled for completion in
September. '.979 and is aud
ited tc 661
The project proposal has been
submitted to the North Carolina
?Department of Human
?Resources. Sute Helath
?Planning and Development
li^APV Ifjra |-?irigrwr Wa? film ft fit ft <X
Knci^under VroZLJZ
I
economically feasible within I
prevailing rate tfructums, and if
it proposes specific coft
containment features.
Copies of the proposal have
bspn referred to the Facility
LllMi-irrt rVitiiifut nf ah. Mm A "1
Carolina Department of HiiSBh
Resources and to the Eastern
Carolina Health Systems
Agency in Greenville. N.C. for
review, as repaired by federal
law. Li
In ha rnie aa coordinator of
project reviews under Section
1122 of the Social Security Act.
the North Carolina Department ,
of Human Resources, through
its State Health Planning and
Development Agency, will
receive the advice of the State
and fgcioBtilBgBdka About the
M v ",v
conformity of the project to their
standards and criteria.
The Department will thenJ
decide on the recommendation
to be m.itle to the U.S. Depart
ment of Health. Education, and
.Welfare concerning the project.
Commissioners To Meet
Servicee Building U located on
I
Public Health
Week Sept. 10-16
The Duplin County Health
Department is joining all public
health departments in the State
in observing Public J^ealth
Week September 10-17.
"The purpose of Public
Health Week is to call to the
attention of all our citizens the
services available to them
through the Health
Department," said Joe Costin.
Administrator.
Among the highlights
planned for local participation in
Public Health Week is an open
house for interested citizens,
which will be held on Friday,
September IS from 2-4 p.m.
Everyone is welcome to come by
for a complete tour of the
? >? fr)
building, to see the displays,
and to meet the staff and have
refreshments.
Another activity planned is a
public health awareness
campaign to be Initiated in the
Duplin County schools. This is
to make students of all ages
aware of the types of services
available to tnem at their
County Health Department.
The State Division of Health
Services made bumper
stickers available to the local
Health Departments. Staff
members will be distributing
them to anyoni or any groups
who may like them. Pamphlets
on clinics and services offered
by the Health Department can
L . 3 i .> J&jk' Mim
be obtained at the Health
Department at any time.
Dr. Sarah T. Morrow. Secre
tary of the Department of
Human Resources, as honorary
chairman 0f Public Health
Week, will be among a group of
stat^ health and political leaders
attending a kick-off luncheon at
the Raleigh Woman's Club. The
kkyuoter will be Dr. Charles U.
Lowe, special assistant for Child
fieglth Affairs to the U.S.
department of Health, Educa
tian. and Welfare.
Public Health Week,
statewide, is being sponsored
by the N.C. Public Health
Association and the N.C. Citi
zens for Public Health.
? >''? V;
? -MeHte To H?Od
Red Cross Campaign
A ? '-MS ^
The Reverend. Troy Dewitt
Mollis, who is the 1978 Fond
Campaign Manager for the
Duplin County Chapter of the
American National Red Cross,
has been pastor Of Grove Pres
byterian Church in Kenansville
since October 1964. He also
serves the Smith's Presbyterian
Church near Pink Hill. He has
served in Duplin County for
nearly 14 years. Since coming to
Duplin County, he has served as
Moderator of Wilmington Pres
bytery, and has been on various
committees.
Mr. Mullis was born in Wll
grove in Mecklenburg County.
After finishing Bain High
School, he went to Richmond.
Virginia, and received bis B.D.
at Union Theological Seminary.
Before coming to Wilmington
Presbytery, he pastored
churches in Fayetteville Pres
bytery. He has also served
churches in Virginia and West
Virginia.
In addition to his church
work, Mr. Muilis has served as
president of the Kenansvilie
Lions Gob. He has helped the
Red Cross and other community
projects.
He mpt his wife, the former
Mary Elizabeth Brogden of
Dupttn County, when he went
home with her brother for a
visit. They were married on July
10. 1940 at the Stanford Pres
byterian Church near Calypso.
They have three children, Troy
Dewitt,t Jr., Herman Thomas,
and Mary Elizabeth.
Jury List Drawn I
The Jury list filed by the
County Jury Commission with
the Register of Deeds, to appear
Monday. September 11 at 2
I'-ia.. Superior Court Criminal,
is aa follows:
Clifton Smith. Mount -Olive;
Lawrence R. Smith, Route 2.
Pink Hill; Doris Price, Faison;
Norman E. Hardison. Rose Hill;
Letha A. Raup, Beulaville;
Donnie Miller, Warsaw; MUton
R. Whaley. Pink Hill; Robert
Avery Shaw. Wallace; Himmy
Howell, Warsaw; Vernell
Futreal. Route 1. Teachey;
Letter Shaw, Jr., Route i,
Wallace; Annie T. Brown,
Fa^KHi; Carolyn B. Jones, Beu
laville. Thesia Isedira Garner.
Route 1, Mount Olive; Minnie I
A dalle Turner. Warsaw;
WSWey Faison. Faison; John
Martin Sumner. Route 2. Pink
Hi|l; Jannie Mae Morrisey,
Route 1? Warsaw; Mary A.K.
Hall. Route 1. Wallace; John W.
Swinsen. Warsaw; Remona
Davis Miller. .Route 1. Seven
Springs; Haxel , Houston
Kennedy. Route 2. Pink Hill;
Crystal Wells Johnson, Roue
Hill; Henrietta Outlaw, Mount
Olive: Kathleen Wells.
srt* xst ?
Warsaw; Viola Kaowlee
Patsy Nethercutt Leraacks
Beulaville: Thos. E. Hlnes
WaBace, ElvU L. Kennedy.
I, Bow dens; James A* Powers.
WaUaly' Blooddl Mitfik fafittv
I
Harry Milton Hall, Route 1, 1
BeulaviHe; G.F. Underbill, Fai
son; Bettie Alberta Whaley.
Route 1, Chinquapin; Robert
Eugene Jones, BeulaviHe;
Richard Pollock, Route 2, Rose
Hill; James Allen Stewart,
Magnolia; Marvin James
Swinson. Route 2, Mount Olive;
Charles Fttzhugh Lee, Wallace;
Ethel James Rackley. Rose Hill;
Gene Arnold Duncan, Wallace;
MarceUus Brock. Jr.. Warsaw;
Adrian Vance Lanier. Route 2,
BeulaviHe; Joseph Moore. Rose
Hill; L.Q. DaU. Chinquapin;
Johnny Ervin Boone. Rose Hill;
Anarah H. Campbell. Calypso;
Evelyn Dail. Mount Olive; Mrs.
Raymond Shepard, Chinquapin;
JoAnn Poythress, Faison; Tracy
C. Lanier. Rote Hill; Edgar
Sutton. Route 2, Warsaw; Mc
Leon Shptar. Wallace; Mylie
Cromartle. Calypso; Russell
Killette, Route 1. Warsaw;
Charles Leon Morrbey, War
saw; Ann Fennelton Kornegay.
Route 2, Faison; Emma Smith,
Calypso; Mik> Pickett. Beula
ville; Emma S. Pickett. Route 2, ,
BeulaviHe; Willie E. Sholar. j
Wallace; Wyoma Q. Thomas.
BeulaviHe; WiHie Dell Chest
nutt. Magnolia; Minnie Bruce
Birkins Simmons. Pink H^l; ?
Marvin E. Norris, Route 1, 51
Renansville; Margaret Fonder- s*
butk Harrell. Route 2. Warsaw: w
Leslie Savage. Route 1, War th
saw; Anthony Lynn Barham, H
Route &JMount Olive; Edna (?
Nrtt'ie'lxAson6 Milter" Redans- ?
HUI; Terry Glenn KOHor, Route th
I. BeulaviHe; Ishnm Faison '
Beware..Four-Way j
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Stop Signs In County
y~
rOP! STOP! STOP! STOP! That's right. Four
up signs hav? been put at the intersection of
ards Bridge Road (CM. Outlaw's Store) and
e bowdens-Kenansville SR 1301. Roger
awkins. Divisional Traffic Engineer. North
icolina Department of Transportation, ch
ained that the four sto^signs jjr?re temporary
oblent, according to C.M. Outl
e past25 years there hasn't been a atop sign on
1300. and residents are having trouble getting
displeasure with the change, and suggested
leaving the four stop signs or installing a traffic
light. Hawkins said the State maintains