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VOL. XXXXVjNO. 46 USPS 182-860 KENANSVILLE. NC 28349 NOVEMBER 8, 1980 24 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX
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^ DUPLIN CONSERVATION FARMER OF THE YEAR ?
W Eugene Outlaw and his family were named the
Conservation Farm Family of the Year. Outlaw is pictured
above with Conservation Service Director Kenneth Futreal
during a stop on the Outlaw farm during the conservation
tour last week. Futreal, pictured on the left, and Outlaw
answered questions from the tour group on conservation
practices used to stop erosion of cropland.
Eugene Outlaw Family Conservation
? Farm Family Of The Year
By Emily KUlette
The Eugene Outlaw family
was named the 1980 Con
f, serVation Farm Family of the
Year during the 10th annual
Duplin Soil and Water Con
servation tour last week.
V The Outlaw family has
been working in the Pleasant
Grove community to prevent
erosion on their farm. Outlaw
installed seven grassed
waterways by the fall of 1979
and 10,000 feet of tile. He
estimates the 3.4 acres of
waterways have cost approxi
mately $1,500 an acre. The
construction of waterways on
cropland pay for themselves
9 'n crop production saved,
said Kenneth Futreal,
director of the Duplin Con
servation Service.
"When a farmer c< n
structs waterways he is not
losing that land, because the
waterways are areas which
could not be planted because
of erosion problems,"
Futreal said. "And, by
grassing waterways, the
farmer stops the wash across
^ good farmland."
According to Outlaw, he
began working with the
Duplin Conservation Service
after a 13-foot ravine washed
ip land he had recently
cleared for crops. Since,
Outlaw has filled in the
ravine and grassed a water
way in its place and he added
a tile to help drain areas with
the most wash. Other parts
of the recently-cleared land
have bean tiled for under
ground drainage and
soybeans will be harvested
from the 35 acres of new land
this fall. The Outlaws have
95 acres and raise tobacco,
corn and soybeans along with
working a swine operation of
200 sows.
Eugene Outlaw and his
wife Ruth have two sons.
Gene and Johnnv. Gene
works with his father, while
Gene's wife, Nancy, teaches
at B.F. Grady School. The
Outlaw farm was the final
stop on the conservation tour
before dinner and the awards
program at Pleasant Grove
Community Building. Spon
soring the dinner was
United Carolina Bank of
Kenansville. .
Two tour stops before the
Outlaw farm demonstrated
the problems of erosion, a
10-foot deep wash on the
Arnold Gresham farm and
the beginning stages of in
stalling grass waterways at
the Furnie Lee Boyette farm.
Another stop included the
Margaret Wolfe farm where
the N.C. Forestry Service is
replanting timberland.
Futreal explained timberland
can yield the same profits per
acre as corn or soybeans ov??
the total years. However, he
stated, the time involved for
the timber to mature is much
longer, making a lengthy
period before a person re
ceives a cash return on the
trees.
A representative from the
N.C. Forestry Service ex
plained the process of cut
ting, burning and replanting
a forest. He added, state and
federal programs aid persons
with woodland in replanting.
Replanting by the Forestry
Service costs $165 an acre on
the Wolfe farm and aid from
the North Carolina Forest
Development program is
funding all but $50 per acre
of the cost. More information
on forestry programs is
available at the Duplin Con- .
servation Service office.
The tour stopped at the
Andrew Keathley farm in the
Pleasant Grove area for an
irrigation system demonstra
tion. The pivot-type irriga
tion system is used year
round, watering corn,
tobacco, soybeans and
alfalfa.
Traveling just beyond
Duplin, the tour of approxi
i
raatelv 150 people visited
Pink Hill and the Wilbur
Tyndall Museum of Farm
implements. The museum
onctted in 1976 as a bicen
tennial project ard conri-isf
historical farm machine rv
and equipment manuf&i
tured by the John Deere Co.
Opening the awards pre
gram was Calvin R. Mercer,
director of the 5oil and
Water Conservation District
Board. The first presentation
went to the conservation
poster contest winners. The
annual sixth grade poster
awards were presented to the
students by Mrs. Belsv Wil
liams of the Ladies' Auxiliary
of the Conservation District.
First prize was awaroed to
Anna Lee of Warsaw Ele
mentary, a trophy and $25;
second prize, Beverly Brown
of B.F. Grady, trophy and
$15; and third prize, Darrell
Smith of B.F. Grady, trophy
and $10.
After announcing the 1980
Conservation Farm Family, a
special award was presented
to Mrs. Hazel Ruth Korne
gay, a retired sixth grade
teacher from B.F. Grady.
Mrs. Kornegay was recog
nized for her instructions in
conservation education. She
has taught 40 years in Duplin
County schools.
CUNSEKVAiiun ruariEK winneiu - Mitn graders
from all county public schools were given the opportunity
f to participate in the annual Duplin Soil and Water
Conservation Service poster contest. Pictured above are
the winners of this year's competition, along with Mrs.
Hazel Ruth Kornegay. a retired sixth grade teacher from
? B.F. Grady who was honored with a special award for her
work in conservation education. Pictured, left to right,
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third place winner Darrell Smith of b.t-'. Grady. Hazel
Ruth kornegay. first place winner Anna Lee of Warsaw
Elementary and her teacher Mrs. Gladys Rose, and second
,place winner Beverly Brown of B.F. Grady and her
teacher. Mrs. Nancy Outlaw. The prizes of individual
trophies and cash were presented to the poster content
winners at the annual conservation tour awards ceremony
on October 29. '
59th Annual Veteran's
Celebration In Warsaw
The 59th annual Veterans'
Celebration will be held in
Warsaw Saturday honoring
Col. and Mrs. Henry C.
Merritt.
The week-long celebration
began Monday with the
opening of a carnival. Wed
nesday night activities
included the fifth annual
Veterans' Bowl of Midget
League Football teams. To
night a free teenage dance is
being held at the town hall,
with disco music by Art
Taylor. In case of rain, the
dance will be held in the
recreation building.
Following the Thursday
night disco, a dance is sche
duled for Friday evening at
the Warsaw armory. Friday
night's dance will be the
seventh annual event spon
sored by the Warsaw Jay
cees. Featured bands for
Friday night are Home
Grown Vigilantes, a
southern rock group, and the
Mechanical Bull. Admission
is SS per person and the
dance begins at 9 p.m.
And, bingo at the old
police station is scheduled
for Friday night beginning at
7:30.
Saturdays events begin
with a parade at 11 a.m.
marshalled by Charlie
Gaddy. Gaddy is an anchor
man for WRAL in Raleigh.
During his career as a tele
vision anchorman. Gaddy
has received two first place
awards for documentaries
from the North Carolina divi
sion of United Press Inter
national. He has also re
ceived the television award
from the N.C. Association of
Retarded Citizens. Gaddy is
an alumni of Guilford College
and active as a professional
emcee and pageant enter
tainer. He was the emcee for
the 1980 Miss Duplin County
pageant. Gaddy also parti
cipates in charity programs
such as the United Cerebral
Palsy, N.C. Zoo and Cystic
Fibrosis telethons.
Appearing in the parade
Saturday will be local and
professional floats, Miss
Duplin County 1980 Shari
Jones, and all county high
school bands. The Dunn
Clowns will appear along
with the walking James
Kenan High School clowns.
The Sudan motor club and
many other entries are sche
duled to appear in Saturday's
parade.
Prizes will be awarded for
parade entries. The first
place band will receive $100,
and second prize is $75. The
award for the best float is
$100, and second place is
$75. Warsaw East Federal
Savings and Loan is offering
a $35 prize to the best school
float.
A sidewalk sale will be in
progress during the entire
day on Saturday, and at noon
a gospel sing with 23 groups
will begin at Warsaw Junior
High and last until midnight;
admission is free. A square
dance will begin at 8 p.m.
Saturday in the Recreation
Building and a Veterans'
Dane sponsored by the
Wars Police Department
is scheduled to begin at 9
p.m. in the Armory. Admis
sion to the Veterans' Dance
is $10 a couple.
Concluding the week-long
Veterans' celebration will be
the memorial services at
Pinecrest Cemetery on
Sunday. Memorial services
begin at 2 p.m. '
The annual Veterans'
Celebration is sponsored by
the Warsaw Chamber of
Commerce and the Jaycees.
Sumner Elected To Ml Olive
College Board Of Trustees
Eugene Murphy Sumner
Eugene Murphy Sumner,
a native of Duplin County
and current faculty member
at Meredith College in
Raleigh, has been elected to
the board of trustees of
Mount Olive College. Dr.
Sumner was elected to a
six-year term on the 30
member board by the N.C.
State Convention of Original
Free Will Baptists, the spon
soring body of the liberal arts
junior college in Mount
Olive.
Although Dr. Sumner is
new to the board, he is not
new to MOC. After gradu
ating from Beulaville High
School, he attended Mount
Olive to earn an A. A. degree.
With his A.A. degree. Dr.
Sumner enrolled at Atlantic
Christian College where he
graduated with a B.A. in
1964. He then earned a
Master of Divinity degree
from Southeastern Baptist
Theological Seminary in
1968. In 1973, he graduated
from UNC-CH with a
Master's degree in Social
Work, and this year he
earned his Doctor of Social
Work degree from the Uni
versity of Utah. Dr. Sumner
also holds certificates in
clinical pastoral education
and group child care.
Dt,.SttfWKf Is - , or- ?'ii :i
(.Frec 'W 11 b.'Wict
and has server as of
two churches, Dublin Grove
in Aurora and Little Creek,
Ayden; and as assistant
superintendent of the Free
Will Baptist Children's
Home, Middlesex. He is
currently' chairman of the
department of sociology and
social work at Meredith.
Dr. Sumner holds iu?m
? erstl) n c. Ttair ,,
1-rc ? ' '"it a*p',;s' Onirch,
,0catcd tieat beulavii .
Mount Olive College,
founded i> 1951. is a fully
accredited co-educational in
stitution with an enrt llmt .tt
of over 400 students.
Whitley To Speak At
Prayer Breakfast Nov. 11
Congressman Charles
Whitley will speak at the
November 11 Kenansville
Community prayer breakfast
sponsored by the Kenans
ville Javcees. The breakfast
is open to everyone and the
citizens of the surrounding
area are encouraged to
attend.
According to a spokesman
for the group, the prayer
breakfasts are held each
second Tuesday of the month
excepting in Januarv. when
it is held during Jaycee
Week. The prayer breakfasts
start at 7 a.m. and are held at
the Country Girl restaurant.
one mile west of Kenansville
on N.C, 24. November 11 is
Veterans Day, and the club
feels fortunate to have
Whitley as the speaker.
Everyone is invited to spend
this short period of time at
the breakfast. It usually lasts
about 45 minutes, and
includes a Dutch treat break
fast.
Over 1000 Attend
Four County
EMC Meeting
Over 1,000 members and
guests attended the 31st
annual membership meeting
at Union High School on
October 27. Of these, 617
were registered members,
over twice the number
needed for a quorum.
In addition to reports by
Claude T. Cain and R.E.
Pendergrass, respectively
president and secretary
treasurer of the cooperative's
board of directors, several
special guests were recog
nized. Included were James
Hubbard, executive vice
president of the N.C. Asso
ciation of Electric Coopera
tives, Inc. of Raleigh, who
briefly addressed the
members.
Four incumbent directors
were re-elected for three
year terms on the coopera
tive's board of directors.
They are Claude T. Cain of
White Oak, North Bladen
district; William A. Settle
maver of Riegelwood. South
Bladen; James J. Malpass of
Burgaw, South Pender, and
James Hollingsworth of Wil
director-at-large.
Winner of this year's
grand prize drawing for a
19-inch portable color tele
vision was Mrs. Lucy
Summerlin of Warsaw. The
early attendance prize, a
12-inch portable black and
white television, was won by
Jerry J. Lee of' Maple Hill.
Other winners and their
prizes were: Annie P. Rich of
Elizabethtown, Sunbeam
Mixmaster; Eugene M.
Balcum of Rose Hill, G.E.
can opener/knife sharpener:
Frank James of Maple Hill.
Rival crockpot; Charles P.
Davis of Elizabethtown, rod
and reel; Horace O. Lee of
Harreils, weed-eater; Willie
G. DeVane of Ivanhoe, beans
'N Staff slow cooker, and
Merley Graham of Reigel
wood, electric blanket.
For the first time in many
years, no entertainment was
scheduled in order to cut
down the annual meeting
expenses. By a show of
hands, a large majority of
those present favored not
having entertainment at the
meeting.
Other highlights of the
meeting included a slide
presentation ^plaining Four
County's position in the
energy cost situation and
displays on load manage
ment and energy conserva
tion measures.
Grocery Store
Robbed In Wallace
Police in Wallace are
looking for a white male
suspect in the Thursday
night robbery of the Wilson's
grocery store at Rockfish
Plaza.
The robbery of an undis
closed amount of money
occurred at 11:20 p.m., 20
minutes after the store
closed. Captain Willis Wood
man of the police department
said the next day.
The thief apparently hid
inside, waiting for customers
to leave, Woodman said. He
carried what appeared to be
a blue steel pistol and
appeared to be alone, he
said. No one was injured.
"He didn't use excess
force; everyone was cooper
ative with him," Woodman
said.
According to Police Chief
Roscoe Rich, the robber took
the seven on-duty em
ployees, one by one, into a
room at the back of the store
where he taped their hands
and mouths. He escaped in
employee David Milton
Barnhill's car, a 1977 Ford
Mustang, The car was
found after dawn Friday on
north Railroad Street near
the city limits.
The suspect was described
as 25-30 years old, about 5
feet, 11 inches tall, and
weighing 150-160 pounds.
Employees said he was
neatly dressed. He is being
sought in Wallace and sur
rounding areas. "We don't
have that much to go on,'"
Woodman said. "We have
asked for assistance from
some other departments and
are receiving some informa
tioon."
DGH Trustees
. Elect Officers
The board of trustees of
Duplin Genera] Hospital at
its annual meeting in Oc
tober. elected the following
to serve as officers for the
1980/81 year: H.M. Price of
Rose Hill, chairman: Ray
Sanderson of Rose Hill, vice
chairman; William Fennell of
Kenansville, treasurer; and
Richard Harrell of Warsaw,
secretary.
Elected to serve on the
executive committee of the .
board ot trustees were:
Elbert Davis of Route 2.
Mount Olive; Juattita
Kretsch of Kenansville: Ray
Sanderson of Rose Hill; J. P.
Smith of Magnolia; lrvin
Graham of Wallace; and
ex-officio members. Price,
Fennell and Harrell.