A Duplin County Institution
WALLACE, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1942
TWELVE PAGES
allace Merchants To Observe
vo Days For Xmas Holidays
1 Stores Closed25th And 26th
Will Be Closed on
Day and Also on
December 26th
to Give Employees
Time to Enjoy the
Holidays. -
URGED TO DO
SHOPPING EARLY
Grocery Stores Will Close on
December 24, and Remain
1'Until Monday,
. December 28th
Merchants and business men
of Wallace will observe two days
for Christmas. All stores in
Wallace will be closed on Christ
mas day and also on Saturday,
December 26th. This plan was
agreed upon to give the employ
ees more time to enjoy • the
Christmas holidays.
The merchants urge all people
to do their Christmas shopping
early while the stores have com
plete stocks of goods. It should
also be kept In mind that pur
chases of groceries and other
supplies should be bought on or
■before Christmas eve. The house
wife should buy enough to last
her until Monday, December 28,
as all of the stores will be closed
from the 24th until the 28th, in
cluding all of the grocery's.ores
of Wallace. '
For the convenience of shop
pers in their pre-holiday buying
. the merchants have agreed to
- observe the following store
. hours:
. Beginning.on Friday Decem
ber 18 all stores wilt remain
open until nW&mp. M„ on
Saturday, Dec4mb*r 19, until
o’clock Monday,
her 21^22. and 23rd, ^iMl^OO
oclockJEt-lf., and.on Thursday,
DecemBer 24th. Christmas eve,
all stores will be open until 12:00
O’clock, Midnight,
v It is hoped that shoppers will
keep the above hours in mind
and cooperate with the mer
chants in observing them, as
they are set up for the conven
ience of the buying public.
War Ration Book
No. 2 For Release
After January 1st
Holders of War Ration Book
No. 1 Will Be Eligible to
Receive the Big No. 2 War
Ration Book Soon After
the First of the Tear.
A. total of 3,346,316 persons in
forth Carolina received War
ation Book No. 1 during the
tration for sugar ra
, -—d last summer, W.
Hofler. state OPA ration
announced today.
-—•• said that holders^of the
1 hot* will be eligible to
ive the big No. 2 war Ra
Book which will be distrib
1 soon after the first of the
year. Persons who do not
‘ ’ No. 1 book must make
—ji to their local ration
for Book No. 1 if they
•* to be able to receive the
2 book.
| total of 28,670 persons re
1 the No. 1 book, which is
used for the rationing of
and coffee, in Duplin
last, summer, Hofler an
ICE TO BE
THREE DAYS
county farm office
t on Thursday, Fri
Saturday. December
and 26th for the
holidays, it was an
today.
il¥
In the Pacific
A. J. Rouse, Jr., S K 3-C
U.S.N.R. son of Mr. and Mrs.
A. J. Rouse, Sr., of Rose Hill,
N. C. who has been in Serv
ice since Nov. 17, 1941, is
now somewhere in the Pac
ific. He was recently pro
moted to second-class petty
officer rating. , /
Varsity Chib Gave
Editor of Wallace Enterprise
Addressed the Varsity Club
and Guests on “The Value
of Football and Inter*
Mural Athletics in the
High School.
COACH WILLIAMS
PRESENTED $25 BOND
D. D. Blanchard, Recounted
the Football Teams’ Rec
ord for Season
The Varsity Club of Clement
High School gave a banquet on
Tuesday evening honoring the
High School Football Team and
Coach Schubert Williams.
O. 0. Phillips, Editor of the
Wallace Enterprise, spoke to the
Varsity Club and guests on ‘‘The
Value of Football and Inter-Mu
ral Athletics in the High School.”
D. D. Blanchard, Principal of
Clement High, recounted the
football team’s record for the
past season, $nd praised Coach
Williams for his fine Job in
developing a good team under
the hardships which tagged
along with him this-past sea
son.
Bill Hussey Jr., and Ritchie
Watson, co-captains of the team
acted as toastmasters for the
evening.
The Varsity Club presented
Coach Shubert Williams with a
$25 War Savings Bond for their
appreciation of his fine coach
ing Job. The presentation was
made by Ritchie Watson, co
captain of the team.
Fifty plates were set for the
banquet The mothers of the
Varsity Club boys prepared the
turkey dinner which was served.
Guests of the evening along
with their escorts were as fol
lows:
Jane Carr Bland, Ritchie Wat
son, Lois Kenan, Robert Wat
son, Margaret Hail Jones. Bill
Hussey, Jr.. Henrietta Cooper,
William “Bud” Farrior Ami
Sheffield, Homer Boney, ‘Eliza
beth Teachey. Tom Boney, Ev
elyn ! Powell, Eustace Wood,
Ruth Miller, J. B. Best, Lucille
Merritt, Sam Hart Wells, Maud
Stuart J. B. Kilpatrick, Geral
dine Rouse, Earl Gray Stuart,
Christine Carr, Finley Boney,
Annie Elizabeth James, Doug
las Knowles, Grace Carter. Don
ald Bland, Judy Powers, Pate
Wells, Sarah Watson, Nathan
KUBSbaLwnc
FIFTY-ONE CAROLINIANS ATTEND
NATIONAL FARM BUREAU MEET
HELD IN CHICAGO LAST WEEK
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J. V. Whitfield, of Wallace,
President of Pender Coun
ty Farm Bureau and G. E.
Jones, o f Kenansville,
Duplin County Farm
Agent, Represented Dup
lin and Pender Counties at
the Convention.
Fifty-one North Ca'rolinians
attended the National Farm Bu
reau Convention in Chicago,
Illinois
The North Carolina delegation,
consisting of fifty-one members
from all sections of the State
are taking a very leading part
in the peanut, tobacco and fruit
and vegetable conferences at the
National Farm Bureau Conven
tion which is being held this
week at the Sherman Hotel in
Chicago, Illinois.
In the peanut conference, the
North Carolina delegation reach
ed a compromise with the Geor
gia delegation, and in a resolu
tion requested that the edible
peanut allotment be protected
at the conclusion of the present
National emergency. The reso
lution provided for the freezing
of all peanut iguotas for a period
of two years after the war, and
insisted that fanners should have
Whether they wesb ggoing into
the edible or oil.trades.
President -J. E. Winslow of
North Carolina insisted that the
quota and loan provisions have
meant the salvation of the edi
ble peanut growers and stated
that he was opposed to any res
lution that would weaken the
present quota program on pea
n(its.
At the tobacco conference,
which had representatives from
all fluecured and burley tobacco
areas,, the group unanimously
adopted the recommendation of
the North Carolina Farm Bu
reau, which asked for a five
year quota program on tobacco;
supported by a five year appro
priation to the Commodity Cred
it Corporation, as a buying agen
cy of flue-cured tobacco, to guar
antee the price. The group also
favored increased penalties for
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Jurors Selected
ForJanuaryTerms
Of Superior Court
There Will Be a One Week’s
Term of Criminal Court
and a Two Week’s Term
of Civil Court Held in
Kenansville During the
Month of January.
The Board of County Com
missioners at their regular meet
ing held in Kenansville on the
first Monday in December drew
two panels of jurors for two
terms of superior court to be
held in January. There will be
a one week's term of criminal
court and a two week’s term of
Civil court.
The following were drawn as
jurors for the January, 1943,
term of criminal court:
Firai Week
Rufus Carr. Edward Usher’.Tt.
I. Alpbin, Alvin Kornegay, J.
W. Kennedy, H. J. Phillips, Luby
Vinson, N. A. Kennedy, Jesse
B. Whitfield. E. W. Farrior, Bur
rell Edwards, Paul Williams, J,
G. Wallace, Cicero Sumner.
AUstin Swinson, Jr.. B. W.
Pickett, Leslie Kennedy, N. J.
Grady, N. R. Nave, A. R, Hicks,
Jr.. D. W. Swinson, L A. Brin
son, Roland J. Smith, J. M. Cot
tle, Homer Stanley, Albert
Jones, C. McL. Batts, Albert
Kennedy.. A. E. Pierce, Ralph
B.Hunter, W. ~ ^
IswaLZ
Ammie
CHRISTMAS EDITION
WILL BE ISSUED ON
TUESDAY, /DEC. 22ND
The Christmas edition of
The Wallace Enterprise will
be issued on Tuesday. Decem
ber 22.
All advertisers and corre
spondents are asked to please
take note of this change in
the date of publication for
next week’s edition.
All copy for news and ad
vertising should be sent in
not later than Monday, De
cember 21.
This is being done in order
to give the staff of the Wal-.
lace Enterprise more time for
the Christmas holidays.
Instructions On
Buying Fuel Oil
Heating Divided Into Five
Season Units, and North
Carolina is Placed in Zone
“D” for the Duration.
Full. instrucUciMrin regard to
e puirha^BjflCti use of fueLoil
are announcea today by ther lo
cal rationing office. The ration
ing season Is divided into five
periods for Zone “D” of which
North Carolina is a, part.
Period one covers the time up
to and including December 19,
1942. Period two covers from
December 6 through January 16
1943, inclusive. Period three is
from January 6 through Febru
ary 19; period four is from Feb
ruary 6 through March 20; and
period five is from March 7
through, September 30.
Provision for delayed use of
the coupons, however, will per
mit ration holders to use coup
ons of one period for a certain
number of days in another pe
riod. This overlap will aid deal
ers in making deliveries of eco
nomical size and allow them
more time to fill all consumer
tanks at the end of a period.
Fuel oil consumers are re
minded that the number appear
ing on the coupon sheet must
be written in ink on each coupon
before it will be valid. Atten
tion is called to the present
value on the Class One Fuel
Oil Coupon Sheet, which now is
valued at ten gallons. This
value is subject to change; and
a newspaper announcement will
notify consumers if such a
change is made.
Wallace Music Club
To Present Annual
Christmas Cantata
The Wallace Music Club will
present their annual Christmas
Cantata at the Wallace Presby
terian Church on next Sunday
Evening at 7:30. This annual
event is looked forward to with
a great deal of pleasure by mu
sic lovers in this community.
The public is cordially invited
to attend the service.
The program will consist of
anthems by the choir, the con
gregational singing of Christmas
carols, vocal, organ and violin
solos, Mrs. T. B. Spiller and Rev.
J. ff. 'Bwing wlHi gm 'voeal'num
bers and Mrs. J. N. Evans and
Miss Betty Laughlin of Wilming
ton will give organ and violin
solos.
The choir and congregational
singing will be directed by Rev.
J. N. Evans with Mrs. Homer
Boney as accompanist.
Hie Junior and Intermediate
choirs of the town and the young
people of the community are
asked to take the front pews.
The public_isjnvited_
County Court Will
Convene On Monday
Two Negro Boys
Killed By Auto
On Sunday Night
Willie W. Dixon, Nine and
Charles David Dixon, Six,
Sons of Fred Dixon of
Rose Hill Were Instantly
Killed By an Unknown
Hit-and-Run Driver.
OFFICERS SEARCHING
FOR DRIVER OF CAR
Coroner Ralph Jones Stated
That the Impact of the
Car or Truck Broke
the Boy’s Necks
The bodies of two negro chil
dren, Douglas Dixon, age 9, and
Charles David Dixon, age 6, sons
of Fred Dixon of Rose Hill, were
found several feet from Highway
117 just one-half mile north of
Rose Hill on Sunday night
around 7:00 o’clock.
Coroner Ralph Jones of War
saw said that the two boys had
apparently been struck by a hit
run driver. They were appar
ently killed instantly, he said.
Both had their necks broken.
The bodies were found several
feet from the highway. Coroner
Jones stated that the impact had
broken their necks. The . bodies
were found a short time after
the accident.
The children had been visiting
at a neighbor’s house and were
on their way home when struck
by an unknown car or truck.
A search is being conducted
by the State highway patrolman
and Duplin county officers for
the hit and run driver, but it
is stated that no clues have been
found.
Maurice Wicker
Killed In Action
former Paster of fbe Ken
ansville Presbyterian
Church Has Been Report
ed as Killed in Action
Somewhere in North Afri
ca.
Dr. G. V. Gooding, of Kenans
ville, received a telegram on
Wednesday stating that Rev.
Maurice W. Wicker, former
Presbyterian Minister of the
Kenansville Presbyterian church
was killed in action somewhere
in North Africa on November 8,
1942.
Mr. Wicker had served as pas
tor of the Kenansville Presbyte
rian church only a few months
before he volunteered for serv
ice with the armed forces. He
entered service with a commis
sion as 2nd lieutenant.
While serving as pastor of the
Kenansville church Mr. Wicker
made many friends who are
grieved over the announcement
of his death.
OPA Board Seeks
Free' Office For
Wallace Branch
The Office of Price Adminis
tration has opened a branch of
fice in Warsaw, and according
to Hugh Morrison, chairman of
the OPA Board for Duplin coun
ty, the board will be glad to
open a branch office in Wallace
if the people will furnish office
space for same. Mr. Morrison
stated that the OPA Board did
not have any funds to pay rent
for a branch office but that if
one could be secured the OPA
Board would furnish a clerk.
This would be a great help to
the citizens of Wallace and ad
joining community at this time.
It would save many trips to
Kenansville in regard ta ration
ing problems.
Lieut. Colon Sftfcw
Prisoner <M War
Lieut. Colon Shaw, son of
Mr. and Mrs; Dudley*,Shaw, of
Kerr, who was reported missing
following the/fall of Qorregldor,
in the Philippines is a prisoner
of war and is being held by the
enemy, his relatives were ad
vised by the Vfkr Department
today. He is a Brother of Miss
Madeline Shaw, a? former school
teacher in the Wallace schools.
Thirty-Four Youths
Resisted County
Thirty-four teen-age youths
DUPLIN COUNTY ALLOCATED
TRACTORS FOR 1943 Fj
OPERATIONS UNDER NEW AC
Pecan Market To
Close On Friday
The pecan market which is
sponsored by the Wallace Lions
Club will close after this week.
A buyer from the Florence Pe
can Market will be at the Brick
Warehouse on Friday December
18th to purchase pecans from the
growers in this section.
It is announced that this will
be the last day on which a pecan
buyer will be here for this sea
son. Farmers are urged to have
their pecans brought' here for
sale Friday. Remember this will
be the last day to sell your pe
cans in Wallace.
Trucks Collide
At Intersection
Monday Night
A Big Oil Tanker Loaded
With 4,080 Gallons of Fuel
Oil Was Demolished in
Wreck at a Stop Light on
Highway No. 117, Around
7:00 O’clock on Monday
Night.
Two large trucks collided at
the stop light at the intersection
of Highways U. S. 117. and N.
C. 41, on Monday night around
7:00 o’clock. Neither of the
drivers of the trucks were in
jured, but both trucks were bad
ly demolished. A big oil truck
loaded with 4,080 gallons of No.
1 fuel oil and owned by the
Dumas-Giddens Oil Co., of Golds
boro, was headed north from
Wilmnigton to Goldsboro. It
was rammed on the side by a
grocery truck owned by T. Capps
and Sons, of Jacksonville. The
grocery truck was headed South
and was attempting to make a
left turn under the stop light at
the time of the collision.
Another oil truck was sent to
Wallace on Tuesday morning
from Goldsboro, and the fuel oil
was transferred from the wreck
ed oil tanker to move it to Golds
boro. . -
Both trucks were badly
smashed. Several tires were
damaged beyond repair. The
impact of the grocery truck hit
just behind the drivers cab of
the oil truck knocking the trail
er hitch out from under the big
tanker.
It was stated that a colored
man was the driver of the gro
cery truck, however, neither of
the drivers received any injuries.
Wallace Shivers
Under Blanket Of
First Snow Fall
Rain Yesterday Morning Was
Preceded By a Blowing
Snow Blizzard Which
Lasted Up Until Late Last
Night, With Sleet and Ice
Following this Flurry.
Wallace and Dtiplin county
shivered last night and this
morning from the first snow and
freeze which struck in this sec
tion yesterday. A northeasterly
wind swept snow and sleet into
Wallace.
The depth of the snow was
estimated to be approximately
two inches. Rain yesterday
morning was preceded by snow
in the evening.
A sudden drop ip the temper
ature followed the snow. The
mercury dropped from 60 de
grees yesterday mprning to 12
or 15 degrees this morning.
No accidents hagre 'been 're
ported from the sltfet and snow
as far as could be learned.
According to stale press re
leases the snow was general
over Eastern North Carolina.
The depth ranging from one and
one-half inches to five inches.
Rose Hill Man Is
Killed In Action
Pfc. Talmadge A. uuncn, of
Rose Hill, was listed on the Na
vy’s casualty list as reported
dead. The Navy Department’s
announcement was;, released on
December 12. and it covered cas
ually list No. 18 which is the
period of November 16-30 inclu
sive. Pfc. Bunch yr$» with the
Tractor Equipment Allotted
to the County, As a Whole
Will Be One Tractor Draw*,
Cultivator, Three Tractor
Drawn Plows and One ■
Tractor Drawn Row Plant
er.
COUNTY GETS ONE GRAIN
DRILL, 14 FARM WAGONS
All Horse Drawn Equipment
Is Rationed on the
Same Basis
Under the New Farm Machin.
ery Rationing Plan, Duplin
county is allotted only three
farm tractors for farming oper
ations in 1943. Along with this
allocation the county gets one
tractor drawn cultivator, three
tractor drawn moldboard plows,
and onne tractor drawn row
planter.
Other equipment alloted to the
county is as follows: one grain
drill, 14-four-wheel wagons, 15
one-horse row planters, one
single row planter. 12 moldboard
walking plows, one horse; four
two-horse moldboard walking
plows, 10 spike tooth harrows,
three spring tooth harrows, 5
disc harrows, 18 one-horse cul
tivators, four two-horse walking
cultivators, and one riding cul
tivator.
Applications for purchase of
farm machinery and equipment
may be filed with your local
dealer or at the County Agricul
tural Office in Kenansville, be
tween now and December 30,
1942, at which time the County
Farm Machinery Committee will
meet and decide who needs the 1
new farrp equipment most in or
der to be able to carry on their
farming operations during 1943.
All applications for new faring
machinery and equipment must
be on file ^in the office of the
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Farm Committee
To Meet Friday
The Farm Transportation
Committee Will Again
Meet in Kenansville on
Friday Afternoon, Decem
ber 18, to Consider Appeals
of Truck Owners.
. Duplin County Farm Trans
portation Committee will again
meet on Friday afternoon, De
cember 18 from 2 to 5 p. m..
for the purpose of hearing ap
peals from Truck owners.
Farm truck owners should
meet with this committee if
they have any complaints to
make in regard to the gasoline
allotment which they have re
ceived for their trucks. Some
farmers have not received
enough, where others have re
ceived more than they will need
for the coming year. In either
case the farmer should meet
with the transportation commit,
tee and report his allotment.
Ration Stamp No. 10 1
Reduced In Its ValCte
The Office of Price Adminis
tration announces that War Ra
tion Stamp No. 10 will have only
a weight value of three pounds,
and that it is good from De
cember 16 to midnight January
31. 1943.
Retail dealers are warned that
stamp No. 9 must be surrender- ■>
ed to their wholesalers within
10 days or else turned over to ’
the local rationing board and |
have certificates issued for ;
them.
Wholesalers have an addition- ;
al 10 days to use these stamps ,
for replenishment of their
stocks.
Wallace Experienced;
Coldest Day Of Year
On Monday morning, when;
the thermometer dropped to
somewhere around 15 degrees,
Wallace and surrounding com
munities experienced the cold
est weather of the season. r ^
Frozen water pipes were con*:
mon in Wallace, and some trap-"
tor and automobile radiators
were frozen. There were no
bursted pipes or
as could be learned. ■
Woodman