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VOL. XXXXVII NO. SI USPS 162-860 KENANSV1LLE. NC 28349 ' DECEMBER 22. 1983 16 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX,
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Christmas Time At Liberty Hall In Kenansville
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Swift To Increase ^ ^?1
'Turkey Production By 30 PfiHVlP
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Swift & Co. will increase
its annual production of its
turkey processing plant near
Wallace by 30 percent start
* ine next year, manager Dave
Bfav said Thursday.
He said the plant has an
k f economic impact on the area
of SS million to $6 million a ..
year. V
While the plant has exvz,
panded production from 29
million pounds in 1978 to
more than 50 million pounds
this year, the Southern Cold
Storage freezer next to the
Swift operation has made the
new increase easier. Bray
said.
? Bray said he expects to put
out 65 million pounds of
turkey meat next year. That
will mean about 78 million
pounds live weight or 5.5
million turkeys, he said.
About 82 oercent of live
turkeys' weight remains in
dressed., t turkeys, nearly 30
percent more than for pojk or .
The plant ^ebout ftM^^^^jl
^est of Wallace,
payroll now
ave?dSwlrtvf^2.%ihillion a
vear. '
"W^wppet* Mir area
econi^fc^S WteJWBb of $5 to
$b mtUion tytptrr;*' Bray said.
"We to^tne people to grow
the turkey^ Area-grown corn
and soyW?ns feed the birds.
Then there's transportation
W
and other supplies to think
of."
While yeur-rou^^^^^|
Sail ij^iid about 5 million
to o million pounds of t urkey
J/meat a year is exported from
the Wallace plant, mostly
through the port of Wil
mington.
The holiday season still
brings a great demand for
whole dressed turkeys. Bray
said, but sales are no longer
limited to holidays. Demand
for turkey parts is increasing
throughout the year.
Bray believes North Caro
lina's poultry industry will
top toba?c<v^k the leadin
incom^j
JBrds thisrSr^
The state's climate gives
producers an advantage over
the traditional turkey leader,
Minnesota, which has fallen
to second place. "We don't
need the expensive houses
they must have in Minne
sota," he said.
Southeastern North Caro
lina is also within an over
night truck drive from almost
half of the nation's popu
lation. which gives it another
advantage over the Midwest,
he said.
Bray echoed the plea of
other Southeastern North
Carolina industrial leaders
umv
?Bfhe need for the Inter
HSRr 40 link between Wil
" -s^n and Benson to make
afea more accessible to
its markets.
Turkey production and
merchandising have changed
drastically since the early
1950s, he said. Not only are
today's turkey prices lower,
the bird itself is of a different
variety and is more tho
roughly dressed before end
ing up in supermarkets.
Forty years ago, consu
mers were sold New York
dressed birds, with heads,
feet and intestines left intact.
Most of the feathers were
removed, but the buyer nad
to dig out black pin feathers.
Virtually all turkeys mar
keted today have white
feathers'
I Heater Suspected In Fire Near Sarecta
A four-story house in
K Smith Township burned
^ Saturday night in a fire
apparently started by a wood
heater, according to Sarecta
Volunteer Fire Department
and Thomas Earl Smith, He
said it would cost about
$8,000 tn replace the house.
Smith said Jack Sterling,
v-vvho works the farm owned
by Henry Rivenbark of Wal
lace, was in the kitchen about
8 p.m. Saturday when he
heard a loud noise in the
living room and returned to
find the room ablaze.
The ftre was under control
in about 30 minutes, but
burned fur about 2'/i hours.
Smith said," Firemen-Adm
Pink Hill and Beulaville
assisted the Sarecta depart
ment.
Man Continues
To Steal Antiques
Duplin county snerirt l.
Etwood Revelle said he has
A received reports of a man's
^stealing antiques from
elderly women in Duplin
County.
The thief,'described as a
niddle-aged man who drives
a siuiiv.i. vnu^iii, na> suncn
three antique oil lamps and
two cast-iron pots from four
elderly women in the past si*
weeks. Revelle said.
He usually chooses victims
who live alone and often
poses as a friend of the
family, ReveOe said. In one
case, ne tola me victim he
needed the oil lamp to hold
church services at night.
Revelle said he knew only
of the Duplin County thefts,
but added that elderly people
in neighboring counties
should also beware of sus
picious borrowers.
DSA Banquet Kick-Offs
? National Jaycee Week
The Kenansville Jaycees
announce that Jan. 15-21 is
National Jaycee Week.
During that particular week,
the Jaycees will be selling
jelly door-to-door with all
proceeds going to the North
Carolina Burn Center -in
Chapel Hill. Various other
activities planned for Jaycee
Week will be announced as
details are finalized.
? To kick off Jaycee Week,
several outstanding people of
the community will be
honored at a Distinguished
Service Awards banquet on
Saturday, Jan. 14. Outstand
ing people to be recognized
are Outstanding young edu
cator, senior citizen, teen
ager, young farmer, young
law enforcement officer,
young firefighter, and the
jjKj one receiving the Distin
guished Service award.
Anyone interested in
nominating a possible reci
pient for any of these awards
should pick up the appro
priate nominating form from
UCB, NCNB, the Kenans
ville Drug Store. Soil Conser
vation Service office, ASCS
office or the Agricultural
Extension Service'office. The
form should be filled out and
mailed to P.O. Box 711,
Kenansville, NC 28349 on or
before the deadline of Jan. 6,
1984.
Further details on the DSA
banquet will be provided as
they become finalized.
Beulaville Man
Charged In Death
Richard Earl Raynor, 17,
of Route 2, Beulavitle. was
arrested at 6'a.m. Saturday
and charged in the shotgun
slaying of Jessie Ray Davis
Jr., 22, also of Route 2,
Beulaville, Saturday, ac
cording to the Onslow
County Sheriff's Depart
ment.
Paynor, charged with first- I
degree murder, was to re- *
ceive a bond hearing in
Onslow County District
Criminal Court in Jackson
ville. He is being held in the
Onslow County jail without
privilege of bond.
Ashley Quinn
Telethon
December 29
I he Kenansville Jaycees
have set a goal of $50,000 in
a countywide fund-raising
campaign for Ashley Quinn
of Kenansville. A telethon
broadcast from WTRQ Radio
in Warsaw will be part of the
fund drive, said Woody
Brinson, Kenansville Jaycee
president.
The telethon is set for
December 29. According to
Brinson. WTRQ will be
broadcasting the Ashley
Quinn benefit telethon at
7:30 a.m. and continue until
4:30 p.m. Jaycees will be on
hand to answer phones
taking pledges. Brinson
added volunteers are still
needed to assist in answering
telephones for the Dec. 29
fund-raiser.
WTRQ is located at 1560
on the AM radio dial, phone
293-7861 to report pledges
during the telethon. Other
numbers accepting Ashley
Quinn Trust Fund pledges
are: The Children's Nook in
Mount Olive at 658-53%;
Bob Marker in Pink Hill at
568-3864; and The Duplin
County Jayeees in
Kenansville at 296-9175.
Ashely Ouinn. a Kenans
ville infant, may be a
didate for a liver tt^nspl^jpCjj
at the University orMinad""Tj
sola Hospital. The trdbs^lStiy
must take place within" tlss
next 90daysandjiuspital and J
surgical cost s^^^^^ach arf*'
high as $200,000. Funds
raised by the countywide
fund drive coordinated by the
Kenansville Jaycees are to
help defray the cost of the
transplant surgery. And, -
through, the cooperation of
Duplin General Hospital, a
list of hospitals throughout
America has been supplied
the Jaycees. A poster seek
ing a donor for Ashely Quinn
and voer letter are currently
being ?ldressed and mailed
aityacjj, hospital. In addition
!g?MOpn at ion's hospitals.
IraiV&on said, letters are
lujKg mailed to neurosur
im^and pediatricians. The
at^rftf&Jist for Ashley Quinn
12.000, Brinson
Duplin County
When doing last minute
gift shopping, consider some
items made in Duplin County
? pickles and wifie.
The holiday season brings
many joys and those who still
have some last minute gifts
to buy may want to sltow
pride in Duplin with pur
chases of pickles from Cafes
of Faison or wine from the
Duplin Winery in Rose Hill.
Cates offers a gift pack
made especially for the holi
day season and can be pur
chased only at the company
sales office in Faison. The
gift pack is made up of four
jars, each 16-ounce, contain
ing the Kosher Iceberg, the
Kosher Gherkins, the Sweet
Mix and the Bread and
Butter Crispies. Gift packs
are not available in local
supermarkets, but most of
the Cates brand pickles are
on the grocery shelves where
they can be picked up easily
for last minute gifts.
The Cates Company began
as a small operation in 1898.
buying only local cucumbers.
Today the Cates organization
produces Aunt Janes',
Dailey and Tree pickle
labels. Through Cafes and
other labels, the coo par v
distributes to the c . ler:.
entire easteri. seaboaM Ui.d *-1
in the midwest. Cates brand
pickles are distributed under
the Dailey label in the New
England area, and New York
and Pennsylvania under the
label of Tree. Midwestern
sales of Cates. Pickles are
distributed under the label of
Aunt Jane's.
Each year hundreds of
thousands of pounds of cu
cumbers are purchased from
eastern North Carolina.
South Carolina and Virginia
farmers for processing by
Cates. The company
operates processing plants in
Faison and one in Michigan.
Pickle sales at Cates. like
sales at the Duplin Winery
increase during holidays and
are especially up during
Christmas. The Duplin
Winery in Rose Hill began
local distribution in 1976.
Today the company distri
butes throughout North
Carolina, in Virginia and
Washington, D.C.
The gift boxes from the
Duplin Winery contain a
variety of wines or a single
selection Ihe selections can
r>e " ? ased in wxiden gift
b>>*es fnade at Oh.cgiCuter
prises in Rose Hill and in
scribed with southern scenes
by Dallas Herring, also of
Rose Hill. Selections from
the Duplin Winery can be
purchased in cardboard gift
boxes, too. Duplin wines and
their accompanying gift
boxes are available in local
supermarkets and wine
shops < r can be purchased
directly from the company in
Rose Hill.
The winery purchases
grapes within a 50-90 mile
radius of Rose Hill, but a
majority are grown in neigh
boring Sampson County.
Only about 30 acres of com
mercial vineyards exist in
Duplin County.
Production at the winery
has increased from the 3,500
gallons during the first
season to 125,000 gallons
this year. Along with the
production growth has come
an increase in staff. The
Duplin Winery now offers
employment to approxi
mately 20 individuals.
TO PRODUCE HOLY SACRAMENT WINE - S. Allen Solomon of
Goldsboro has formed a company to sell and distribute wine to be used for
communion, etc., at churches throughout the area. This wine is without
additional ingredients often found in wine at the ABC Stores. It is pure
and naturally prepared just as it was in olden times and nearer like the
original wine used in Bible-times for ceremonies. This wine cannot be
purchased at ABC stores, only through the distributing company.
Participating in the dedication ceremony of the Communion Wine were,
left to right, an official of the Missionary Baptist organization, Senator
Harold Hardison, David Fussell of Duplin Wine Cellars, Gladys
Solomon and the Reverend Spencer Williams.