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Annual Strawberry And Festival Edition The Wallace Enterprise Second Section EIGHT PAGES THIS SECTION WALLACE, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1937. eight pages this section Bulb Growing | Promising New Local Industry Only Threat to Industry at Pre sent Is in Destructive Worms and Flies, Says State Asso ciate Entomologist. « _ SEVERAL HUNDRED ACRES NOW DEVOTED TO CROjP Yield of Bulbs and Flowers for This Year Will Reach Close to Million Dollars Quietly working during the past decade, North Carolina farmers have planted in “mo ther earth” a million dollar flower bulb industry that is flurishing under the protection of the Department of Agricul ture. While the industry does not center in Duplin, bulb ♦growing is an activity that has great possibilities for farmers, in this region. J. A. Harris, associate ento mologist of the Department, re sports that bulb grcw-.rs “will gross approximately $300,000 (Continued on Page Five) County Historian Albert T. Outlaw (above), Register of Deeds of Duplin County, and who has beer, con nected with the office for a long period of time, is one man in the County who knows his history. He has written a num ber of historical sketches of the County, one of which ap pears on page three of this sec tion. WALLACE HAS GOOD AIRPORT CONVENIENCES Far Above Average For Small Towns Consensus of Opin ion of Visiting Airmen Situated just- north of the town limits, alongside the Wal lace-Rose Hill highway and the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad track, is located the Wallace airport. This landing field, while, of course, not as elabor ate as those found in large cities is, nevertheless, far from being the “cornfield” type of airport located in many towns no larger than the “strawberry capital.” The airport is approximately one-half mile from the center of Wallace, and affords a north south runway several hundred yards long, or, in other words, sufficiently lengthy to permit the landing and take-off of practically any kind of plane. The width of the field, while not nearly so great as its leng th, affords sufficient distance for small planes to land if wind conditions are such that a north-jsouth landing is not feasible. Boundry lines of the Wallace airport are well-defined, and (Continued on Page Four) Welcome Visitors to the Strawberry Festival THE FRIENDLY GRILL And its entire Personnel extends Greetings of Wel come to the First Lady, to Our Governor and the I many other Distinguished Guests and Thousands jst of other Visitors here. We Invite you to make Our Place your Dining Head quarters while in Town ... It will add to the enjoyment of the Occasion. We pride Ourselves in the preparation and Serving of Fine Foods .... from a Sandwich to a full course Meal.... prepared as you would have them, served with efficiency and courtesy, amid home-like and hospitable surroundings and at moderate cost. -rtr-n WE HEARTILY JOIN WITH ALL WALLACE IN EFFORTS TO DILIGENTLY SERVE AS “YOUR GENIAL HOST” The Friendly Grill H. R. HEATH, Manager WALLACE, NORTH CAROLINA “The Strawberry Capital** Prominent P. T. A. Leader _ -- .— - - Mrs. J. S. Blair, long Identified With District Parent-Teachers’ Association Tells of Work ■* Parent-Teacher Association Of County Accomplishes Much Good Duplin Far Ahead In Raising Of Hogs No Other County In State Ap proaches It in Swine Rais ing or Marketing Nearly everybody who lives in Duplin knows their home county raises strawberries, cot ton, tobacco, etc, and knows that at least one crop, straw berries, the largest in the world. But how many know that the county also leads the entire state of North Carolina in the pro duction of hogs? Very few, we believe, but it is a fact that the farmers of this county yearly ship to northern and other markets more hogs than any other county in the state. The pork crop averages a round 35.000 head a year, and they bring back into the pockets of the growers approximately $100,000 annually. The hogs are raised throughout the county, few farmers having more than a small number, but 1 the sum total swells the amount ' (Continued on Page Four) Mrs. J. S. Blair, Vice-President of the State Organization, Outlines Various Activities Among Schools. OUTSTANDING WORK DONE BY PARENTS, TEACHERS Aim is to Foster Closer Har mony Between Schools and Homes of Students , <*■ Bv Mrs. J. S. Blair Vice-President K. C. P. T. A. The membership of Parent Teacher organizations in Dup lin County has grown from 268 in 1934 to 640 in 1937. It is very evident that the Parent Teacher movement is growing in our County, not only in an increased membership, but in .an ever increasing interest and j enthusiasm. The past year has | been successful under the capa I ble leadership of the County | President, Mrs. Henry Stevens, | Jr., and the nine local presi dents: Beulaville. Mrs. J. G. j Kennedy; Calypso, Mrs. C. L. Davis; Faison, Mrs. A. H. With (Continued on Page Four) Town Boasts Modern Dial Phone System — An Advantage Not Enjoyed By Cities Exceeding Wallace in Size Many Times There used to be a time when a person making a telephone: call in a big city—if he was from a small town—was a little bit nonplussed when he was! confronted with a dial at the base of the instrument for call-: ing his number. Usually, after making a few passes at the gadget, he finally ! wound up by calling “opera tor” and asking her to ring the number he wished to call. But in these days no sucn! embrassing thing could happen to anyone from Wallace—no, sir! For, lo, these many, many moons, telephone subscribers in this great strawberry town have become as used to dial ’phones as any dweller in a metropolitan center. Yes, in deed, ye Wallace citizens can pick up the receiver now and, pick up the receiver no wand i ring any number he pleases \ with as much aplomb and sang! froid as though he had lived; in lower Manhattan all ol his: or her natural life. | The reason for this familiar-, ity with such doo dads and: thingumabobs is that oYer a j year ago the Bell company: (you know, the big telephone j people) decided that if their i service in the Wallace section was going to be able to keep pace with the town they’d have to install the latest in tele phones. So they did, and dial phones came into being in the “old home town.” No more does one have to, take the received off the hook and twist the tail of the old time telephone for an eternity before “central” answered. For such instruments are no more. All one does now is to lift the receiver, twirl the dial a few; times, and behold, parties in j towns as far away as Rose Hill, and other northern points are; brought in a split second to the: very side of the talker. But, putting all joking aside, the telephone system in the Town of Wallace is as good and j as modern as that enjoyed in j any metropolitan center any where. Which is but further evidence that the strawberry capital of the world is also the “biggest little city” in the world. —Come to Wallace June 7-12— Applications of nitrate of soda to small grain, has greatly improved the small grain crop of Rutherford County, although oats were damaged about 15 per cent due to attacks by as phids. WELCOME TO THE STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL Wallace’s Shopping Center Joins in extending an Invitation and cordial Welcome to All who can and will come and be with us during this Gala Event. During your visit to The Festival We invite you to Visit Our Store; Make it your Headquarters; Our every Fa cility and Service is at your command, that your visit may be the Most Enjoyable. And here you will find a COMPLETE LINE . - - -of - - - . Ladies Ready-to Wear, Clothing Furnishings, Shoes For the Family, Dry Goods, Etc. The Hub DEPARTMENT STORE WALLACE, NORTH CAROLINA ! = = .
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