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WALLAOE, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. MAY 30, 1935
Wallace All
Record Crowds Expected
Attend'Town’s Gala Event
Will Be One of Biggest Events
of Its Kind Ever Staged in
This State.
PROMINENT SPEAKERS TO
TAKE PART IN OPENING
First of Festivities Will Get
Under Way Monday Even
ing at 8:00 O’clock
Following a lapse of five
years Wallace, the largest
strawberry market in the State,
is returning to its former cus
tom and is now making ready
to receive gigantic crowds at
its greatest Strawberry Festi
val and Merchants Exposition
which is t° be held here June
l 3rd to the 7th, inclusive. Pre
liminary plans for the recep
tion of visitors have been far
exceeded, and it has been made
necessary that drastic changes
be enacted to handle the crowd.
Hundreds of persons from all
Eastern North Carolina have
signified their intention of at
-tbnding the Festival and cele
brating with the community
the close of a successful berry
feason. The citizens of this
|rea have struggled for sever
years through the muck and
lire of depression, and now
ith the close of the season
^here is evidence .that makes
Celebration imperative. -
i Strawberry growers , m this
raSik®*-AreA bare witness**
one of the most successful sea
sons in several years, hundreds
of thousands of dollars being
paid to them. Commemorating
this exceptional flood of com
pensation and the strength of
the Wallace market, Mayor J.
A. Harrell has officially design
ated June 3rd to the 7th as
the days for appreciation.
Mayor Harrell has worked in
conjunction with the following
committee in staging this Fes
tival and Exposition: A. J.
Cavepaugh, Robert M. Carr,
J. S. Blair, P. J. Caudell, Har
ry E. Kramer, Roy Carter, W.
G. Wells, and H. B. Dunn.
Leaving no room for sup
position the management has
pledged itself to the duty of
bringing to Wallace on these
dates such an audience as
would be appreciated by the
growers of this area. Thou
sands of letters and hundreds
of telegrams have been sent
to influential citizens of -the
state reminding them to attend
andt participate in the festivi
ties’ Arrangements have been
made whereby every person in
attendance will have the op
portunity of deriving worth
while value from the exhibits,
acts, contests, as well as from
the special speakers invited
down for the occasion.
< During the five days of the
Festival a diversified program
iias been planned. Patrons
Will be admitted at 6:30 each
jjM$ning, thereby affording leis
urely inspection of displays,
mttinning at 8 o’clock and last
Bf an hour vaudeville teams
|pl be presented each night,
poraplaying the best in show
iese acts of national repute
re: The Mansfields, a shoot
ig team; The Wigham Troup,
iwacrobatic quartette; The
edkless Recklaws, a comedy
Bgobatic team, as well as oth
faattractions of equal merit,
fipecial feature program will
>lfow the vaudeville acts.
^Negotiations have been clos
1 for a dance orchestra of na
imal favor to play for the
uicing and the acts. Jimmie
ivingston and his eleven
tece orchestra have been en
iged and will arrive in Wal
ice from Tulsa, Oklahoma,
ist in time to play for the
filing. Livingston and his
pplar band are featuring
$aby Cleo”, a sensation in the
asst who is for the first time
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among
WIRES TO HOLLYWOOD
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
Forceful interest was focus
sed on the Fashion Show find
mock Wedding which will be
held here in fhe Brick Ware
house Tuesday night in connec
tion with the Strawberry Fes
tival when Fred A. Jewell, di
rector of the Exposition, an
nounced that he had wired
Warren B. Duff, a director for
the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Stu
dios in Hollywood, asking that)
he, Lester A1 Smith, one of;
the country’s theatrical pro
ducers, and Tiffany Thayer,!
renowned playwright and au-|
thor, endeavor to have a* rep
resentative of a major studio
here in Wallace for the pur
pose of conducting a screen
test. *
All these men are personal
friends of Mr. Jewel, and have
been associated with him in en
tertainment production. Duff
directed “Fifty Million Sweet
hearts”, which was Dick. Pow
ell’s first outstanding success.
Smith is President of the The
atrical Stock Managers As
sociation, while Thay^|;. is
knpwn chji^jjr as the autho# of
numerous'" best sellers includ
ing “13 Men”, “Savage”, and
JThe Greece Had A Word Fo£
WORQiiW ON PLAN& FOR
BANK AT KENANSVILLE
Rumor has it that a local
bank for Kenansville may be a
reality in the very near future.
It is understood that a group
of interested citizens are now
working on plans for the pro
ject and should have something
definite to report within the
next few days.
A bank at Kenansville would
fill a long-felt need and citi
zens of the county generally
will no doubt look forward
with interest to the outcome
of the negotiations now under
way.
MAYOR HARRELL ISSUES
HOUSING PROCLAMATION
The following proclamation
has been issued by Mayor J.
A. Harrell in connection with
National Better Housing Day
which is to be observed
throughout the country on
June 15th:
^Whereas, the home is of su
preme importance as a basis
of our community life, consti
tuting, as it does, an essential
factor in the health and hap
piness of both present and fu
ture generations; and
Whereas, The Federal Bet
ter Housing Program is help
ing our citizens to build new |
homes and to modernize homes,
which they now own, thus put-'
ting men back to work, and;
contributing in a concrete way
to industrial and business re
covery.
Now, therefore, I, J. A. Har-,
rell, Mayor of the Town of;
Wallace, N. C., do set aside and
appoint Saturday, the fifteenth j
day of June, 1935 to be known
as Better Housing Day; and I
call upon all of our citizens to
join with citizens in other
communities throughout the
land in marking the day with
appropriate observances, in
order that the benefits of the
Better Housing Program may
be brought to a still greater
numbered our people.
J. A. Harrell, Mayor l
ALL MEMBERS OF LOCAL j
FACULTY ARE RE-ELECTED
Tif^a melting of the local
school committee held last
night, the matter of electing
teachers for the 1935-36 term
(Continued on Page Five)
NEWS REEL MEN INVITED
Both the Hearst and Pathe
newsreel corporations have
been notified by Mayor J. A.
Harrell of the distinctive im
portance associated with the
Strawberry Festival and has
suggested that they have
representatives here during
next week in order to film
the high spots of the festivi
ties.
Splendid Records are Made
By Duplin P.T. Associations
Splendid Records are Made
By Duplin P. T. Associations
2kol 24pt.
During the year 1934-1935,
Duplin County had seven Pa
rent Teacher Associations with
a total membership of 455. The
towns having organizations
are Beulaville, with Mrs. R. J.
Lanier president, has 64 mem
bers; Faison with Mrs. E. A.
Taylor president, has 25 mem
beers; Kenansville with Mr,
G. R. Dail, presedent, has 26
members; Magnolia, with Mrs.
Ernest Pope, president, has
48 members; Rose Hill, with
Mrs. Stokes Wells, president,
has 21 members; Wallace, with
Mrs. P. 0. Powell, president,
has 157 members; Warsaw,
with Mrs. Henry Stevens, Jr.,
president, has 114 members.
Wallace was the only stan
dard association in the county
but other associations did out
standing work. The State con
gress legislative program of
twenty-two million dollars for
the schools has been supported
by all the associations. Sum
mer round up clinics have been
sponsored; supplies have been
bought for the schols and a
great deal of welfare work
done. (Parent Education has
been, the outstanding work of
the year. An effort has been
made to familiarize the public
with our public schools and
through the cooperation of the
homes and schools a better un
derstanding of the child has
been brought about.
Mrs. J. S. Blair, president of
the’Southeastern District,. Mts.
P. 0. Powell, president of the
Wallace Association and Mrs.
Robert Carr attended the State
P. T. A. Convention which was
held in Asheville recently.
The reports of Duplin coun
ty and the Southeastern dis
trict were outstanding at the
convention. Duplin county had
an increase in membership
from 268 to 466 and the dis
trict was second in member
ship increase, though it is the
smallest district in the state,
including only 13 counties.
Subscriptions to the National
Parent-Teacher Magazine in
creased from 162 to 249 ac
cording to Mrs. A. B. Holmes
of Fairmont who was Selected
State Chairman of the Parent
Teacher Magazine. Mrs. Jus
tice McNeill of Lumberton was
honored by election to the of
fice of State chairman of Fine
Arts.
At the convention the state
slogan for the National P.T.
magazine was selected to com
pete in the national contest.
The slogan of Mrs. J. S. Blair,
of Wallace, president of the!
southewestern district, was the
winner. Mrs. Blair’s slogan
was: “All the Help of All the
Nation for all the Children in
Parent-Teacher Magazine.”
Mrs. Blair and Mrs. Holmes
brought further honor on the|
district and county at the Book
Carnival costume ball at the
convention. A special prize'
wa3 awarded Mrs. Holmes, j
whose costume was cleverly
designed of miniature Parent
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Fashion Show an
Elaborate Affair
Local Girls to Act as Models;
Will Be a Feature of
Festival
Rivaling the colorful decor
ations of the Exposition hall
will be the gorgeous gowns and
outfits worn by local girls in
the Fashion Show and mock
wedding Tuesday night. The
merchants of Wallace who are
participating in this show have
rushed their New York repre
sentatives in fervid efforts to
have the latest creations in
feminine apparel here in time
for the festival. Manikins in
for the festival. In this fashion
3how will be seen some of the
section, and each merchant is
endeavoring to acquire the cre
ation which will accent the na
tural beauty of his models.
Centering the fashion parade
upon a mock wedding those in
charge have made available a
perfect facsimile of the latest
in feminine wedding attire.
Miss Edith Williams will in
act the role of the bride and
wear a complete bridal outfit
furnished by Kramer’s depart
ment store, which also will
costume two of the brides
mams: Misses .Liouise uouinsou
and Mildred. Bryant. Turner’s
Inc., will clothe two other
bridesmaids; Misses Kathleen
Cook and Ruth Harrell. Miss]
Mary Graham Smith will wear
an evening gown for M. Liber
man, while Miss Margaret
Hudson will represent the Hub
Department Store. Jacob Hur
wjtz will show as bridesmaids
Misses Mary Elizabeth Powers
and Marion Powell.
An exhibition of other fem-|
inine investments will follow!
the wedding. Creations of the
latest modes will of course
feature this exhibition of mo
dernity. Sport outfits from
Kramer’s Department Store
will be worn by Misses Doro
thy Sanderson and Mary C.
Wells. Misses Gladys Sheffield
anu iJiva xiciiiiiK wm
sport apparel for Turner’s,
Inc. Bathing suits for M. Lib
erman will be worn by Missese
Bessie Brice,; Elizabeth Pow
ers and Kathleen Batts. The
Hub Department Store will
show lingerie as worn by
Misses Juanita Walker, Wilma
Fussell, and Virginia Brow
der. Afternoon and day dresses
will be modeled by Misses Ka
thleen Fussell and 'Dorothy!
Hansley for Jacob Hurwitz.
Postpone Tom Thumb Wedding
■ ....
The Tom Thumb wedding,
which was scheduled to be giv
en in the local school auditor-,
ium tomorrow (Friday) night,
has been indefinitely postpon
ed, according to an announce
ment handed this newspaper
paper today. The epidemic of
infantile paralysis which is
now sweeping this state was
assigned as the reason for call
ing the entertainment off.
WELFARE AND HEALTH
HEADS TO BE SELECTED
A joint meeting of the Coun
ty Boards of Education and
Commissioners will be held at
Kenansville Monday at which
time a Superintendent of Pub
lic Welfare and Health Depart
ment Head will be elected.
Other matters relating t o
school plants, etc., will also
be taken up at this time by the
joint boards. /
Marriage Licenses Issued
Of the nine couples securing |
marriage licenses in "this coun
ty during the past week only
one was white, this being G. P,
Uptegrove and Miss Callie
Bell "Grantham, both of whom
gave Duplin as their place of
residence.
INTERESTING ACTS £T
STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL
Included among the acts to
be presented during the forth
coming Strawberry Festival
are the Shooting Mansfields,
who claim to be the world’s
greatest rifle shots, and the
Wigand Troupe, which is de
scribed by press and public
alike as being an outstanding
and sensational acrobatic
team. Other acts to be given
are the Reckless Recklaws, cy
clists; Frank and Marie, Mex
ican knife throwers; the Wi
gand Trio, featuring feats of
strength in Roman rings;
Mansfields’ Three Rides, an
outdoor free attraction to
gether with Sensational Rome;
Joan and Audry, America’s
youngest acrobatic team; the
Tumbling Atwoods; Bozo; and
Barriows and Walters, aerial
ists. Numerous clowns will
[perform each night.
One of the most educational J
attractions to be presented isj
the famous “Midget City”, a'
minute model of a metropolis’
which is constructed in com-!
plete detail. This city features j
robot figures which perform j
life-like actions, and was. one,
of the most popular attractions
at the World’s Fair.
H. W. Wilson will be master
of ceremonies, and Jimmie!
Lh’ingston and his orchestra
will play while the acts are
being presented.
PROMINENT MEN INVITED
TO STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL
Among the prominent per
sons who have been invited to
attend the grand opening of
the Coastal Plain Strawberry
(Continued on Page Five)
ASK CO-OPERATION OF
CAR OWNERS
All automobile owners of
Wallace are requested by
Mayor Harrell and the townt
Board of Commissioners to
leave their cars at home dur
ing the Strawberry Festival
in order that adequate park
ing facilities might be avail
able to out-of-town guests.
Noted Dance Orchestra Has
Been Secured For Festiv
LATEST TABULATIONS
POPULARITY CONTEST
As this newspaper goes to
press Miss Marion Powell is
leading Miss Mary M. Hudson
by 48,000 votes, having a total
score 1,949,200 in the popu
larity contest being held in
connection with the Strawberry
Festival and Merchants Expo
sition which opens here Mon
day evening. Miss Virginia
Browder is running third
with 245,000, being closely fol
lowed by Miss Bessie Brice
who has 198,000 votes.
Others in the contest and
the tabulations to date are as
follows: Kathleen Cook, 104,
300; Alice Farrior, 80,300; Mil
area Bryant, b4,oUU; .Louise
Robinson, 60,300; Ruth Har
rell, 53,000; Gladys Sheffield,
21,000; Dorothy Sanderson,
16,000; Kathleen Batts, 14,000,;
Mary Elizabeth Powers, Doro
thy Hansley, Mary G. Smith,
Mary Wells, Juanita Walker,
Edith Williams, Kathleen Fus
sell, Elva Herring, Wilma Fus
sell ,and Annette Hester, all
with 10,000.
Twenty-two of North Caro
lina’s most popular maidens
are battling for the distinctive
honor of being crowned Queen
of the Festival on Thursday
night. Aside from being a
warded a beautiful diamond
ring the Queen stands a chance
of being given a screen test,
which might ultimately lead to
a movie contract. The Maid
of Honor, (the runner up) will
be given a handsome cabinet
radio, while the winners of
third and fourth places will be
awarded one of the latest El
gin watches, and a valuable
compact, respectively.
Voting in the popularity con
test will continue until 10 o’
clock Thursday night. The
continueed excitement and in
ability to pick the winner pro
mises that the closing days of
the contest will witness fast
and furious competition.
State Political Outlook
Discussed by Shipman
By M. L. Shipman
Raleigh, May 27.—Nothing
is so uncertain as politics. It
has been said that a man hold
ing a political job is like a man
sitting on a powder barrel,
smoking a cigar. He is liable
to be blown up any minute.
This is particularly true in the
present day of change. For in
stance, a hundred millions or
so will be spent in the next
year or so under the supervi
sion of men and women who
until a few months ago were
unknown outside of their im
mediate circle. State High
way Chairman Capus Waynick
who holds a key position in the
Federal set-up for new public
work had achieved some notor
iety as editor of the High
Point Enterprise, had served
for a couple of terms in the
Legislature, and had then been
defeated for re-election. Gov
ernor Ehringhaus rescued him
from oblivion by naming him
to an important State job.
• * *
Other key men in the Feder
al set up include Dr. H. G.
Baity, head of the engineering
department of the University
of North Carolina, who was
well known to his profession
but unknown to the general
public in North Carolina. Mrs.
Thomas O’Berry, State relief
administrator achieved notor
iety as a leader in woman’s club
work, and then went in for pol
itics. She did well at that and
graduated into her present job,
which has added years to her
age with its worries, but she
has her place in history. With
an expanded public works pro
gram, she is on the way to
playing second fiddle to some
other unknown, who is due' to
be named as head of the vast
public works program in North
Carolina. It’s characteristic
of these rapidly changing
times that new figures step
into the limelight, and then
out again. The race is not to
the swift and many substantial
men and women who have kept
themselves in the background
because they did not wish to
be connected with a rapidly
changing panorama.
The expenditure of so many
millions of dollars may have
important political consequen
ces. If, Senator Bailey suc
ceeds in having an important
part in its expenditure, he will
be placed in an impregnable
position as a candidate to suc
ceed himself. While he has op
posed the Roosevelt Adminis
tration in several important
matters, he went down the
line with the President in op
posing the bonus, and that was
no unimportant matter. The
President emerged from that
contest with his prestige great
ly enhanced as a fighter. But
that is not to say that the sen
ior Senator will be accorded the
premier position in the control
of the expenditure of funds.
Probably he doesn’t want it.
Any way it has been announc
ed from Washington that every
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Club Dur
Timmie Livingston’s
Featuring Baby
Each Night D
RATED AS ONE OF_
ORCHESTRAS IN r.OITNTRV
Played at the Fi
Gables Country
ing Past Winter
Jimmie Livingston, and his
stellar Dance orchestra, who
will furnish the dance music
it the Japanese Garden Dance
Hall in the Exposition build
ing beginning Monday and
lasting through Friday- night
for the great Coastal Plain
Strawberry Festival and Mer
chants Exposition, is widely
acclaimed by the radio and
theatre scribes as one of the
finest aggregations of musi
cians and entertainers in the
country today. During the
past winter season they were
the toast of society at the fa
mous Coral Gables Country
Club in Miami. During March
and April they entertained
nightly at the Hotel Tulsa, in
Tulsa, Oklahoma. Upon leaving
there they played a series of
theatre engagements from Dal
las, Texas to Atlanta, Georgia.
This orchestra is coming di
rect to Wallace from the fa
mous Wagonwheel night club
in Nashville, Tenn., where they
broke- a^l attendance records.
Immediately following their
engagement here they will en
train for the Seaside Park
Dance Place at Virginia Beach
where they will play for the
remainder of the summer.
I
, Jimmie features the greatest
ckild entertainer in the world,
Baby Cleo, who has recently
turned down very attractive
movie contracts in Hollywood *
just to remain with the Liv
ingston organization.
Sophisticated melodies, to
gether with outstanding and
stellar arrangements, consti
tute the major part of Jimmie’s
programs, as he is the origin
ator of this particular style of
music which is the modern
vogue. One of the big fea
tures that has made him one of
the most famous orchestra
leaders of today is the fact that
| he has the rare trait of know
ing what tunes the public
wants, and has the ability of
interspersing h i s programs
with favorite and danceable
melodies. Dancing will be en
! joyed nightly from 10 ’til.
STRAWBERRY AND BEAN
i MARKETS DOING WELL
Late strawberries on the lo
cal market have averaged from
$2.35 to $2.50 during the past
iweek with growers of this erea
selling approximately 12 0 0
| crates here daily. Juice men
, continue to handle practically
all the berries offered on the
market now. Although most
growers have ceased picking,
some who have fields where
there is plenty of moisture, are
still harvesting and expect to
continue for some time yet.
Beans, both round and wax,
are doing well with fairly hea
vy deliveries at this time. Four
peck hampers are running from
$1.00 to $1.25. The short crop
in this section has boosted the
price considerably over the
past few years and growers
stand to make a nice profit on
their production. Deliveries
are expected to continue for
some time yet if weather con
ditions remain favorable.
A lady writes to ask if a
preacher should go into poli
tics. Should he go to war— |
and, politics resemble what
Sherman said war was. # H
Navy war games m the $
cific stir interest of the * ~
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