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A Duplin County Institution WALLACE, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1946 SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY PRICE 5 CENTS Planned Fnr Schnnls Wallace Airport Committee Report Made To Town Council Suggested Site Approved By Federal Government And Included In Federal Air port Plan LOCATION NEAR TOWN LIMITS Would Cost $59,906 Of Which Government Pays $27,968 The Wallace Airport Commit tee, appointed almost two years ago to study suitable locations for a municipal airport for the town which would meet federal specifications and for which the town could secure federal assist ance, has filed its report with the Town Council, it was announced this week by Town Clerk W. N. Rose. The committee, after searching for suitable sites and finding many of them not available, re commended to the town a place just across the county line in Pender County, eight-tenths of one mile from the city limits of Wallace, across Roekfish Creek southwest of town. 1 In considering a ioegtion the committee Was asked to keep in mind the following requisites: 1. Accessibility to the center « of population - or ‘ to potential; users of the airport. ' J » 2. That it should be reasonab ly clear of timber, well drained, and in good condition. That is, it should be good farm land. 3. The site should be large enough to provide for present needs with-more land available for expansion in the future as needed. 4. A place which woflld provide sufficient landing strips to pro vide adequate wind coverage. 5. The cost of the suggested site was to be carefully consid ered, along with the part which the federal government would assume. " (Continued on Page 8, Col. 4) Carl Goerch related this anec date on Dr. Robinson which oc curred at the Harvest Day Fes tival down at Penderlea Church Thursday. Carl, along with E. L. Dudley of Clinton, was auctioning off the cakes at the sale and he held up a particularly, large white cake for. an opening bid. “Five dollars," was the immedi ate answer from someone in the crowd. Spying Dr. Robinson near the auction stand Carl began to eulo gize him thus, “Citizens of Pen derlea and the surrounding arda, you are indeed fortunate to have in your community such a fine, upstanding man as Dr. John D. Robinson. I feel sure-that there is not a man here who has the welfare of this community more at heart Or has done more for it than Dr. Robinson. Er, did you say ten dollars, Doctor?’’ To which the good doctor nodded 8S86nt< * “Furthermore,” Carl contia ued> “Dr. Robinson has been an outstanding man in this section for SO yaws.. When you have been sick 6F hfcd ills you called on him. He has been active both ’ day and night in your behalf. I am sure that there is not a finer man to be found in all of Dupliif or Pender Counties than Dr, ROb inson who has a keen interest ■ in the welfare of this section * and has .come to this meeting to day. Did you say $1V Doctor?" Still more befuddled, % Doctor nodded again. ' itada, Carl launched forth in nodded assent, to $35 for the ■was over Dr. according <r~- ■- --- - - -■ - - - . Scout House Is Being Erected A Scout House is now being constructed on the American Le gion’s lot near Motor Inn, ac cording to reports this week. The house is being constructed from a building secured at Pen derlea and brought here for the purpose by Willard Hoffler. The money to erect the house was furnished, at least in part, by the Wallace Lions Club from funds secured in their campaign this summer. It is hoped to have the house completed in the near future. Faires Elected Head Wilmington Presbytery Meet Prominent Wallace Layman First Layman To Be Mod erator Of Presbytery Ri v Many Years ELECTED TUESDAY IN WILMINGTON Presbytery ^Discusses Ways And Means Home Mis sion Work E. W. Faires, prominent Pres byterian .layman of Wallace, was elected moderator of the Wil mington Presbytery during its fall meeting in Pearsall Memor ial church in East Wilmington on Tuesday, it was announced. Faires* who is in charge of the dairy at the Coastal Plains Ex periment and Test Farm and Willard, is an elder in the Wal lace Presbyterian church and has been active in the Presbytery for several years. In addition, he Is a leader in Boy Scout work in Wallace and the Tuscarora Council and in the Wallace Lions Club. Succeeding the Rev. J. V. Ax tell, he is the first layman elect (Continued on Page 8, Col. 2) Discuss Better Tar Heel Poultry C. P. Maupin (left), N. C. State College extension poultry specialist, is shown at recent Carolinas Poultry Industries Exposition in Charlotte as he explains in teresting features of an artist’s conception of the ideal, meat-type chicken sought in the nationwide, three-year Chicken-of-Tomorrow competition. Maupin and P. H. Gooding (center), Clemson College ppultryman, are con test chairmen in the two Carolines. Charles G. Fox (right), of Raleigh, is 1946 Tar Heel contest winner and thus.becomes a leading contenderffor the. $5,000 award offered to tffe .poultrym^rUBreedirig the meatiest chick en. Poultry products ard^iow the second largest agri cultural %acom* prodi^Jffl^in Worth Carolina, being top ped only by tobacco. t u Wallace Scout Committee Asks Funds For Troop Announcement M a d e Of Plans To Increase Scouting In Tuscarora Council A concerted drive is now un derway by the Wallace Scout Committee to raise funds for the Wallace Boy Scout Troop as part of the $8,700 being raised in the Tuscarora Council com posed of Wayne, Johnson, Samp son and Duplin counties. The drive now on is for the regular annual fund gotten up locally for scouting in the local troop, and has no connection with the money which was re (Continued on Page 8, Col. 1) Wallace Bulldogs Do It Again; Tie Clinton 0-0 In Friday Game _ . A. ■ ■ .. -.. Locals Outplay Visitors But Unable To Cash In On Scoring Opportunities Although the Wallace Bull dogs outplayed Clinton and kept the ball in Clinton territory al most all afternoon, they were again unable to score and the game ended in a 0-0 tie, the second between the two teams this season. With Wallace leading in first downs by 9-3 and keeping the ball near scoring territory much of the time, they>still lacked the punch to score .and their drives hogged down time and again in side the 20 yard line. Because of this lack of scoring punch, Coach Thell Overman reported this week that Henry James had been shifted to the backfield from his end position in an effort to provide more scoring punch. In Friday’s game Earl Salmon stood out for his play at end and the other end will be handled by Thomas Townsend and Jimmy PowelL Coach Overman report ed that he expected the line to be bolstered by the return of Mack Sykes, who has been out for the past two weeks with hr Juries. v The Wallace Bulldogs wHl play Elizabethtown Thursday (this) afternoon at the game date cause many sc ISeeoH/v^. Dalniul. 4WI the Duplin Girls In College Choir Among the members of the College Choir of 50 voices re cently organized for the 1946 1947 school term at East Caro lina Teachers College are the following from Duplin County: Elsie Jenkins of Wallace, Helen Brown of Magnolia, and Esther Moore of Bowden. Composed of both men and women students, the choir is the largest choral group at the col lege. Selection of members this fall was made by tryouts, and many students who wish to join have their names on a waiting list. Dr. Karl V. Gilbert, chair man of the department of music at the college, is director. Rupert Browning of Logan, West Vir (Continued on Page 8, Col. 2) Plan Rebuilding Warsaw School The architects are now work ing on plans for a new building to replace the Warsaw colored school building which was de stroyed by fire a few weeks ago, it was reported by O. P. Johnson, Duplin County School Notice For the past two weeks it has been necessary to turn down advertisements for the Enterprise because they were brought in too late. We regret not being able to take them but we must have a deadline or find ourselves getting the paper in the mail about Satur day. Please hand in all adver tising not later than Wednes day noon if space is wanted for that week. Legion Planning Money Campaign For Athletics Plans To Be Announced Soon On Drive To Raise Money For Stadium The Wallace American Legion Post No. 156 is now making plans for raising the necessary money to finance the stadium project which they announced last week. Several plans are now under con sideration, according to Legion naire John Moore, chairman of the committee on the project, and it is expected that a drive will be announced in the near future. The local Legion Post is ex pecting to sponsor a local team In the American Legion Junior Baseball competition next year as part of its athletic program. Also, the Ideal Legion Post is back of the current high school athletic program in the Wallace High School. They are planning a dance on October 31 for the purpose of raising funds for re pairing the high school gymna sium and getting it in readiness for the basketball season. New Store Opens Friday Morning A new business will open its doors in Wallace on Friday morning at 8:30 when the West ern Auto Associate Store, home owned and operated by Robert L. Butler, will officially open for business. The store is located in___ theatre building being construct ed on South Railroad Street by D. L. Wells and Jos. H. Bryant. Construction has been comnlet Wallace Mart Reports Heavy Sales This Week Price Average Said Best Of Season As Demand For Most trades Increases On Local ,/Iarket CLEAR WEATHER BRINGS IN TOBACCO Number Entire Sales Averag ed Near $60 This Week With the return of good weath er over the past week-end Wal lace tobacco warehouses again found themselfves flooded with tobacco and the heavy sales con tinued through the week with prices ranging the highest of the season, according to observers. Several entire sales averaged near the $60 mark during the week, with farmers expressing satisfaction with the returns. Prices throughout the eastern belt were generally up from last week, with heavy sales on all markets. On the border belt, where most markets have either closed already or will close with this week’s sales, prices also showed a gain. Middle and old belt prices fluctuated irregularly, according to market reports. Much of the tobacco being of fered jQiis week on the Wallace market wus of high quality, re ports indicated. The sale during the past week of around a mil lion pounds brought the season’s total to around 10 million pounds. Draft Holiday Until January Is Announced To Review All 4-F Classifi cations With View To Changing Classification National Selective Service headquarters has issued orders declaring a two-month draft holiday during November and December. This was made pos sible, officials stated, by the large number of volunteers who have signed up for duty with the regular Army under the recruit (Continued on Page 8, Col. 2) Wallace Junior Woman’s Club Sponsors Health Program In Wallace Schools During Year Dance Slated For Hallowe’en A Hallowe’en Masquerade Ball will be given Thursday night. October 31, in the Wallace High School gymnasium sponsored by the Wallace Post No. 156 of the American Legion for the purpose of obtaining funds for repairing the gymnasium for the basket ball season. The dance will be held from nine until . . . and a prize will be given for the most original costume, it was announced by John Moore, vice-commander of the local Legion Post this week. Music for the occasion will be furnished by Guy Bullard’s Or chestra. State Welfare Head To Speak Thursday Night Dr. Ellen Winston Of Raleigh Will Address Meeting Of Junior Woman’s Club INTERESTED CITIZENS INVITED TO MEET Meeting Will Be Held At Community Building At 8 P. M. Dr. Ellen Winston of Raleigh, Commissioner of Public Wel fare of the State of North Car olina, will speak to the Wallace Junior Woman’s Club Thursday night, October 24, at 8:00 o’clock in the Community Building, it was announced this week by Mrs. Steve Mallard, president of the club. The meeting will be open to the public and the club has in vited all interested citizens of Wallace and vicinity to attend the meeting and hear Dr. Win (Continued on Page 8, Col. 2) President Orders All Controls Taken Off Meat Effective Tuesday Duplin Farmer Commits Suicide Barney Leroy Stroud, farmer of Glisson Township, shot and killed himself at his home Sun day afternoon, according to the verdict of the Duplin County coroner, Sheriff Williamson stated this week. Stroud, about 50 years of age, had been away from home for a day or so, reports stated, and re turned Sunday morning. While his family were at a neighbor’s home nearby on Sunday after noon he seated himself in a chair and arranged to pull the trigger of his rifle sending the bullet through his head, the bul let entering near his right ear and coming out near his left temple. According to Sheriff William son this was the third tirtie he (Continued on Page 8, Col. 4) Warsaw Negro Is Killed On Monday McKinley Williams, Warsaw Negro, was shot and killed Mon day by a gun allegedly in the hands of Matt Vann, another Warsaw colored man. Sheriff Williamson reported this week. Williams was shot in the back and the deputies who investigat ed the shoptlr^ reported that Predictions Range From Wild Inflation To More Meat And Mild Inflation Follow ing Action In a radio address to the American people on Monday night President Truman order ed the removal of ceilings from meats and all meat products, ef fective Tuesday, as a means of easing the existing meat short age. The President stated that the removal of government controls from other commodities would be accelerated to keep the na tion’s economy on an even keel and urged that industry and labor keep producing and work ing together for a balanced eco nomy, or the nation would face a ruinous inflation. The prices paid on stock markets all over the nation soar ed Tuesday, following the lifting of controls, with hogs hitting a high of $27.00 a hundred on some markets. Cattle, also, reflected price increases. Up to Wednesdjiy afternoon there was little more meat avail able on local markets than for the past few weeks. However, it was expected that in the next few days a supply of beef would make its appearance and that soon thereafter the small sup plies of pork which had been hoarded would find their way to market counters. Observers differed in their re action to the removal of meat ceilings. Some agreed with the President that it was the only (Continued m Pm* 9, Col. 2) Plan Physical Examination Of Every Student In Both Colored And White Schools Of City HEALTH DEPARTMENT GIVES COOPERATION To Hold Supper Thursday Night To Raise Funds The Wallace Junior Woman’s Club has announced an ambi tious program of health work in the Wallace schools for this school year, according to Mrs. Steve Mallard, club president. According to plans mapped by the club every school child in both the white and colored schools of Wallace will be given a physical examination during this school year to determine any defects in eyes, ears, teeth, or tonsils. The children will also be given a blood test. Weight and height of the children will also be compared with standards to determine those who are un der weight. The club has already purchas ed a set of scales to be used in the schools for making the check on child health. The Duplin County Health Department has promised its aid in the enterprise, Mrs. Mallard stated, as have lo cal physicians and dentists. The club is planning to hold a turkey supper on Thursday night (tonightf to raise money to help finance this health pro gram. The program will consume much of the remainder of the school year as there are more than 700 white school children and the entire enrollment of the local colored schools. Lions Club In Business Meet The Wallace Lions Club con ducted a business session at its meeting Monday night in the Community Building. Announce ments were made to the club concerning the Boy Scout house which is under construction and the forthcoming drive for Scout funds. A. S. Knowles of Raeford was a guest of the club at this meet ing. The club directors voted to be gin their meetings during the winter months at 6:30 rather than 7:00 o’clock as has been the custom during the summer. Expect Arrival New School Buses The Duplin County School sy stem was expecting the arrival of four new buses, the first of the post-war replacements which it is slated to receive, this week, according to County Superin tendent O. P. Johnson. Drivers vvere sent from the county to drive them from Lima, Ohio, and the new vehicles were expected to arrive sometime Wednesday. Johnson stated that the new type buses will have seats ar ranged like commercial buses with an aisle down the center and two seats on each side, fac ing the front of the bus. He add ed that it should be necessary to increase the number of buses in the Duplin fleet when the new type became predominant be cause the new buses seat only about three-fourths as many pu pils as the old type. ATLANTA AND RETURN IN DAT’S ROUTINE Earlie C. Sanderson and Bert Hayes were visitors in Atlanta for a few hours Tuesday, leav ing Wallace and returning the same day. Sounds funny? That’s Just what they did. Taking off In Sanderson’s new plane they made.Atlanta in about three houia and spent several hours.
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