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Southern Duplin County was well
known during the early 1900s for its
production of strawberries and
Wallace held an annual Strawberry
Festival. In the neart of strawberry
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country bloomed a new crop in the
1940s ? turkeys.
Nash Johnson and A.B. Wells of
Rose Hill both wanted to supplement
their income from tobacco produc
tion. After government controls were
lifted from tobacco in 1939, Johnson
and Wells seriously sought another
source of income. Noting the coq
stant market for the turkeys Mrs.
Nash Johnson raised each year on
the yard, the men decided to "kinda
feel their way" into the turkey
industry. Wells said in a May 24.
1946 article published in the DUPLIN
TIMES.
The first year several broad
breijfed bronze turkeys were im
ported from Florida at a price of $25
for some of the gobblers. To start the
production, 60 hens were set. After
one year of tending moody, temper
mental "setting" hens, Nash and
Wells purchased an 800-egg incu
bator.
"Everyone seemed to want to buy
turkeys ? never seen anything like it
? so we decided to let them have
turkeys." Johnson in the May 24,
1946 article, "Rose Hill Farmers
Pioneer Turkey Growing As Major
Crop," And he explained that the
income from the turkey venture
began to far exceed cash from
tobacco production.
The men would begin work in the
hatchery during January and run the
incubator until late May. The. single
incubator could not keep up with the
demand for poults by 1942. Addi
tional incubators were purchased in
the next few years and by 1946 the
hatchery had a 65,000 capacity. The
hatchery was wired to alarm if one or
all the incubators became too cool or
warm, and it was located behind
Johnson's home.
A turkey house 200 ft. x 55 ft. was
located on the Johnson farm to grow
out poults to supply eggs for the -
hatchery. The turkey house was said
to be the largest in the state east of
Union County, a well-known turkey
producing county. The men grew
out 7,500 poults each year and
selected only the best 2,500 hens and
toms to supply eggs for the hatchery.
At the time of the 1946 article, the
Johnson-Wells hatchery was valued
at $10,000 and sold more than 8,500
poults each year in 12 southern
states. However, the majority of the
poults were sold in Duplin, ana
surrounding counties. Growing
turkeys from purchased poults de
creased work more than 50 percent,
Mrs. Johnson commented in the
article.
The hatchery employed eight full
time people in 1946 and the men
planned to open a turkey processing
plant in the fall. At that time the
nearest processing plant for turkeys
was in Siler City. With the con
struction of the processing plant in
Rose Hill, Johnson and Wells ex
pected to provide full-time jobs for
up to 45 individuals.
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Charles E. Sharpe Jr.
Sharpe
Elected To
NCNB Board
Charles E. Sharpe Jr., adminis
trator of Guardian Care of Kenans
ville, has been elected to the city
board of directors for Kenansville,
according to Thomas C. Rouse,
NCNB city executive.
Sharpe has served as adminis
trator of Guardian Care since 1979
and was previously administrator of
Guardian Care of Gastonia and
Walnut Grove and administrator of
Health Care Management, Int*.
He is a member of the standards
and ethics and education committees
of the North Carolina Health Care
Facilities Association, and holds
both an associate degree and a
bachelor of science degree in busi
ness administration.
Sharpe is president of the
Kenansville Area Chamber of Com
merce and is also chaplain for the
Kenansville Jaycees. He is
past-president of the Kenansville
Jaycees and a lay leader, Sunday
school teacher, youth leader and
choir member of the Wesleyan
Church.
Sharpe was named Jaycee of the
Year in 1982 and has also received
the Faith in God award J1980-81 and
1982), Chairman of the Year (1982)
and Spar!; Plug of the Year (1982).
SharpA is married to the former
Sylvia (Soiding.
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Sprunt Technical College, P.O. Box
398, Kenansville, NC 28349, or
phone 296-1341, ext. 263.
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