Along The Way
By Emily Klllette f
iftplin was once a very important
lumber county and a saw milling
operation could be found in almost
each town.
The large natural forests found in
Duplin hundreds of years ago made
the county an obvious choice of
lumber millinu operations. As the ,
forests disappeared, the lands were
turned into farms.
Along (he Way looks at two of the
large lumber milling operations once
in Duplin. Both ot the companies
suffered large amounts of damage
during 1943 when fire destroyed the
ooerations. The first of the two
stories appeared Feb. 4. 1943 featur
ing the fire damage of the Wells
Oales Lumber Co. in Kenansville.
February 18, 1943, the DUPLIN
TIMES published a second fire story
about the damage to the George
Lloyd Mill at Bowdens.
Wells-Oatea Lumber Company
Heavily Damaged by Fire
Fire destroyed the sawmill of
Wells-Oates Lumber Company here
Wednesday morning. Fire of an
incindiary origin, broke out near the
stock room about 2 a.m. and within
two hours the entire sawing plant
was a total loss. Officials of the
company would not reveal the esti
mated damage.
Warsaw and Wallace fire depart
merits were called and immediately
responded. Had it not been for their
efforts the fire probably would have
spread to other sections of the plant. a
Officials stated Wednesday mor- s
ning after the fire had subsided that 1
the plant would be rebuilt as quickly t
is possible.
Two temporary ground sawing
units are being rushed and sawing is
?pected to be resumed Monday
morning.
The fire was one of the biggest in
the history of Kenansville.
George LJoyd Mill at Bowden Burns,
May Move to Seven Springs
Fire, believed started from flying
iawdust, completely destroyed the
>aw mill of George Lloyd's at
Sowden last Sunday afternoon. The
vatchman had wandered down by
the mill pond and when he first saw
the fire about 2 p.m. it was too late to
do much about it. The high wind
spread the flames and in a short time
the mill was destroyed.
llie Warsaw Fire Department was
called and responded immediately
and suceeded in saving the plaining
mill and dry kiln.
When contacted Mr. Lloyd stated
that the estimated loss was placed
around $5,000 and no insurance was
carried. Mr. Lloyd stated that de
finite plans for the future had not
been made but at the present he was
seriously considering moving the
remainder of the mill to Seven
Springs and to build a new taw mill.
At present he is rigging up a small
saw pulled by a tractor and will
operate that about two days a week
until finals plans are made.
The moving of the plant to Seven
Springs would be a hard blow on the
community of Bowden. For years
and years a sawmill has been in
operation there. Rowland Lumber
Company at one time operated a
large mill in Bowden and ten years
ago Mr. Lloyd took over their plant.
On the other hand if Mr. Lloyd
decides to move to Seven Springs it
would prove a small boom to that one
time lumber community. Virginia
Boa and Lumber Company for many
years maintained a logging com
munity at Seven Springs and until
1922 the Seven Springs Supply
Company operated a large saw mill
there. Since this mill was destroyed
by fire there has been no payroll of ^
any kind at Seven Springs. V
Two weeks before the Bowden
mill burned the sawmill of Wells
Oates Lumber Company in Keiians
ville was destroyed by fire. Wells
Oates are now rushing plans to
rebuild in Kenansville.
? DAVID SUMNER
Begins
Last
Year In
? Air Force
ij: Academy
; - Pavid Lynn Sumner, a 1982
;graduate of East Duplin High
"$chool, has just completed his third
'.year as a second classman or junior
;at the Air Force Academy. He made
?the Dean's List with 25 hours this
^semester.
; - After a four-week leave period
;with his parents, David and Mary
?Sumner, he is returning to the
!Academy for summer programs.
;&avid will serve for three weeks as
an instructor for basic training and
then he will work in the survival
! programs for three weeks.
Once the academic year begins, he
will be third in command in his
squadron of 115 people as assistant
operations officer. After this last
year, he will be out of the Academy
and off to flight school.
Summer
Enrichment
; Program Planned
At Kenansville
Elementary
Kenansville Elementary School
will be offering a two-week Summer
Enrichment program in art July 22 -
August 2.
The program is open to children
who have completed Grades K-6.
Registration forms may be obtained
at Kenansville Elementary School
* and will be accepted on a "first
; come" basis through July 17.
For more information call Sandy
1 Carr at 296-1647 or Cathy Lee at
I 293-4227.
Piano Tuning and Repair
Jimmy C West
I Registered Piano
? Technician
? # Bo* 502 Warsaw
? KenansviMe 296 0219
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