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PROGRESS SENTINEL
VOL. XXXXIV NO. 31 USPS 162-860 KENANSVILLE, NC 28349 AUGUST 2, 1979 12 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX
1 Victim Scalded
Man Charged.Child Abuse
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Ira Ricky Wheeler, 19, of
306 S. Cumberland St., Wal
lace, was in Duplin County
jail Monday lunder S3,000i
bond on charges of child
abuse.
He was charged by
Sheriff's officers with slap
ping and scalding two chil
dren in a mobile home just
outside the Warsaw city
limits.
Officers found the children
with severe bruises about
?their faces. One of the chil
dren had been scalded with
hjt water. Officers said the
skin was pealing from por
tions of the child's body. The
children were reported in
satisfactory condjtion
Monday.
Whiter was reportedly
babysitting for Sylvia and
Thomas Edward Williams of
"Warsaw Friday night.
During the night the War
saw police dispatcher re
ceived a call from a neighbor
of the Williams family. Police
relayed the call to the
Sheriff's Department.
Deputy Kenneth Savage re
sponded to the call. The
caller had told officers a man
was throwing children out of
the Williams' mobile home.
Wheeler came to the door
when Savage knocked and
told him there were no chil
dren in the home.
"Let me come in and see,"
Savage said, according to his
report. Williams refused to
let Savage enter.
Savage found out from a
neighbor Mrs. Williams was
at work at a restaurant in
Wallace. The deputy *ot in
his .car and radioeX* the
Wallace Police Department.
The Wallace dispatcher
called the restaurant and told
Mrs. Willikms what had
occurred and asked permis
sion to enter the mobile
home.
Savage then entered the
home and found two small
children, one about 30
months old and the other
about 18 months, according
to officers. The children were
reported in a battered condi
tion. One child had been
scalded with hot water and
skin was peeling from its
legs, arms, head, and places
on the body. Both children
had been slapped about their
heads, faces and buttocks,
apparently only with hands,
officers said.
Savage called Millie
Brown, Social Services
director, who came to the
scene early Saturday. She
called for an ambulance to
carry the children to Duplin
General Hospital. From
there they w?.re taken to New
Hanover Memorial Hospital
in Wilmington. Duplin offi
cials Monday reported the
children were in satisfactory
condition.
A charge of child abuse is
classified as a misdemeanor,
officers said Monday.
The Sheriffs and Social
Services departments are
continuing the investigation,
officials reported Monday.
Whitley's Mobile Office Schedule
Congressman Charlie
Whitley's Third District
mobile office yrill be^in
Duplin County Wednesday.
August 8. The mobile office
will be at the Chinquapin
Post Office from 9:30 - 10:30,
at the Rose Hill Post Office
from 11-12 noon; and at the
Warsaw Post Office from
12JOhU30p.m.
Rodney Knowles or the
Congressman's staff will he
manning the office and will
be available to anyone
having matters that they
wish brought to the attention
of the Congressman.
These schedules ?are sub
' ject to prevailing weather
conditions affecting travel.
VltHs Jack Sauls Farm
Extension Tour Of North Carolina
By Emily KlUette
The 21st annual Agricul
tural Extension-Research on
Wheels (E-Row) program
1 toured the eastern part of the
state July 23-26 to present
current results from agricul
tural research and demon
stration tests.
The E-Row tests were
designed by research and
extension specialists at N.C.
I State University. And, par
ticipating farmers were
assisted by county extension
agents who supervised and
obtained information on crop
response in demonstration
fields, Furney Todd, prof
fessor of plant pathology at
NCSU and E-Row tour
leader, stated.
The tour began in Green
ville Monday afternoon with
a visit to the Speight Seed
Farm.
Tuesday morning, the
E-Row tour visited the
mechanization and general
production demonstration at
the Lynn Raymond farm in
Pitt County.
Governor James Hunt ad
dressed the group at the
Farmers Tobacco Warehouse
before the opening sale of
the 1979 season.
"Tobacco is still King in
North Carolina," Hunt pro
claimed. Hunt said he had
thanked many buyers all over
the world for buying tobacco
from North Carolina during
his trips abroad as Governor.
The opening sale yielded
prices as high as $145 per
hundred pounds of tobacco.
U.S. Government tobacco
grader R. J. Wiscraver, who
has graded tobacco in
Greenville for 24 years, said, :
"It's the cleanest floor of
tobacco I've seen since I've
been coming here."
The E-Row tour of about
75 cars left the warehouse
and visited the Oliver Smith
farm in Lenoir County. N.C.
Senator Harold Hardison
welcomed the E-Row tour at
the Smith farm, which was
the site of an equipment
display and nematicide test
for root-knot nematodes,
results of diseased tobacco
treated with chemicals avail
able to farmers were shown.
The Horace Phillips farm
in Jones County was the next
stop for a soil fungicide test.
Granville wilt was the
tobacco problem and tests
made with various chemicals
available to farmers were
discussed.
The E-Row tour visited
Duplin County and the Jack
Sauls farm near Bowden.
The Sauls farm was the site
f a soil fungicide test for
>lack shank. Furney Todd
explained the effects and
signs of black shank in a
tobacco crop. Todd also dis
cussed the tests made in the
Sauls tobacco field using the
different chemicals available
to farmers. Assistant Agri
cultural Extension Agent J.
Michael Moore and farmer
Jack Sauls helped Todd with
the presentation.
WRESTLING IN
KENANSVILLE
The Kenan Memorial
Auditorium will be the site
for an exciting night of very
popular Mid-Atlantic Cham
pionship Wrestling on
Thursday, August 9 at 8:15.
p.m. The matches are being
sponsored by the Kenans
ville Jaycees.
N.C. SENATOR HAROLD HARDISON ? Wheels toui at the Lenoir County farm of
^welcomes the Extension Research on Oliver Smith last week
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"TOBACCO IS STILL KING" Governor James Hunt
proclaimed as he addressed a group of farmers and E-Row
tour members at the Farmers Tobacco 'Warehouse in
Greenville on opening day of the Eastern Tobacco Belt.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS - Alan Nether- with the newly-formed advisory council last
cutt and Calvin Turner observe tobacco test week,
plots during the Agricultural Extension tour
Agricultural Extension
Advisory Council Mee s
By Emily Klllette
The Duplin County Agri
cultural Extension Advisory
Council met July 23rd with
the Extension staff and the
Duplin Board of Commis
sioners for a presentation of
programs within the Exten
sion department.
Members of the new ad
visory council are Jimmy
Sauls, chairman, Gerald
Quinn and R.E. Wilkins, all
of Warsaw, Fred Albertson
of Beulaville, Willard West
brook of Albertson, Mrs.
Winifred Wells of Wallace,
and Violet Phillips of
Kenansville.
The meeting began with a
brief explanation of the pro
grams under the direction
the Extension office. Mrs.
Lois Britt, chairman of the
Agricultural Extension
Department, said the pro
grams included agriculture,
home economics, 4-H, and
community resources
development (CRD). She
explained that the advisory
council was created to assist
the county extension staff in
the CRD program.
"CRD is a program of
individuals coming together
to solve problems which
otherwise might not be
solved by one person alone,"
Mrs. Britt said. "It's a
chance to find out what is
going on in the county."
Mae Spicer, home eco
nomics extension agent, ex
plained the importance of
home economics in the lives
of the people in Duplin
County. Mrs. Spicer said the
home economics program
helps individuals with money
management and home
building or improvements.
Another part of the home
economics program is the
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special workshops and home
services courses presented
on subjects such as pressure
canners and parenthood,
Judy Wallace, home
economics extension agent,
said.
The meeting continued as
a tour of agricultural test
plots and damaged crops
within Duplin County.
Snodie B. Wilson, agricul
tural extension agent, and J.
Michael Moore, assistant
agent, were the tour guides.
Also, the tour visited a
pilot picket pest control test
station and th- Leland
Herring and Sons t q farm.
Robert Swain, agricultural
extension agent, and Debra
E. Joneck, assist;:,! agent,
were the guides at these
locations.
Additional information
about agricultural extension
programs can be obtained at
the extension office in
Kenansville.
Fred Albertson and Wil
lard Westbrook were not
present at the meeting of the
advisory council.
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Victim Of Truck
Wreck Dies Of
Gunshot Wound
The victim of a one-vehicle
accident in Warsaw Saturday
died in Duplin General Hos
pital in Kenansville later
Saturday from a gunshot
wound which, officials said,
probably caused the acci
dent.
Cause of death was re
vealed in the au'opsy report
received Monday night by
C..ief R.P.Wood of the
Warsaw Police Department
from Onslow Memorial Hos
pital in Jacksonville.
Nathan Smith, 70, was
driving a 1968 pick-up truck
on Hill Street about 5:30
p.m. Saturday when the
vehicle veered to the right
and struck several trees be
fore turning over.
The Warsaw Rescue squad
found Smith unconscious but
alive and took him to Duplin
General. While he was being
examined, the bullet wound
was discovered. Smith died a
short time later in the hos
pital. Chief Wood said the
bullet appeared to be a
.22-caliber. He said the
autopsy report showed the
bullet entered the muscle of
Smith's right arm and went
into the right side of his chest
and came to rest on the left
side of his chest.
No arrests have been
made.
Migrant Worker
Drowns
The Sheriffs Department
reported a drowning near
Beulaville on Rural Unpaved
Road 1707. Filemon Cajeron,
a migrant worker, was
reported to have been
swimming alone at the time
of the accident and was later
pulled from the pond by
friends who called the police.
The Sheriff's Department
sent Cajeron's body ? Jack
sonville where an autopsy,
was performed and ie cause
of death was listed .drown
ing. Cajeron's bod has been
flown to his home 11 MeaicO
for the burial. ''
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