VOLUME XXVIII—Number 36
UNTV
WALLACE, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1950
PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY
PRICE 5 CENTS
Production Features Local
People In Impersonation
Of Radio Stars
COSTUMES ADD
COLORFUL NOTE
.Audience Will Participate
In Quiz Scene
For Prizes
Casting is complete for “It’s A
Date”, the local talent show be
ing* sponsored by the Wallace
Junior Chamber of Commerce
to be presented at Wallace High
tchool auditorium March 16
nd 17 for the benefit of re
creational projects the laycees
undertaking.
The cast includes about 100
people who impersonate fam
ous radio personalities and my
thical characters, including R-d
Alford in the role of San a
Claus and Mrs. Evelyn Knowles,
who vvil’ portray his wife. Lit
tle Tommy Fields will appear as
Santa Claus Jr.
Leads in the show will be
taken by Miss Mary Oswald and
Don Bland, who are cnst as Gin
ger Jongs and Jo-Jo* Drown, a
typical American boy and girl
’frho are in love but just can’t
decide on the d&Qp for the*r
wedding.
Judson Gregory will emct e the
production in an impersonation
of Eddie Cartor. In this scene,
the audience will participate,
contestants choosing categories
they will use in competing for
prizes.
A Labor Daze scene uses an
all-male chorus, the men dress
ed as women who tell the’.r wpes
as they bu-lesque the duties and
hardships of a typical house
wife.
Ih this scene, Leon Shiver im
personates Fanny, the Farmer’s
Daughter; Noah Ginsberg dress
es as Tillie the Tenth-Grade Tea
cher, and Doc Shields will be
dressed as a bobby-soxe** called
Bessie the Baby Sitter. Jack Gre
gory will portray Winhie the
Waitress from Wellsburg. Sid
ney Apple will be made up a?
the Million Dollar Baby, and
Harry Kramer impersonates the
ex-burlesque queen, Rosie the
Queen of the Runway. These
men do a special dance routine
to the accompaniment of wash
boards, pot and kettle lids.
In an imitation of the Break
fast Club, well-known radio
show, Mr. Hasty will imperso
nate the .toastmaster, Don Mc
Neil. The comedy character of
the talkative Aunt Fanny will
be taken by Mrs. Sarah Paddi
{Continued on Page 5; Col. 5)
Tot Contest
Begins With
16 Entries
The Tiny Tot Popularity Con
test held in connection with the
play, “It’s a Date,” sponsored by
the Jaycees has begun with
sixteen contestants and more
coming in each day.
The photos of the children in
the contest are on display in the
Wallace Drug window. Children
in the contest to date are: MolUe
Lou Zibelin, Linda Williams, Jan
et Gurganus, Bobby James, Wo
odrow Fields, Janet Foley, Sam
my Rivenbark, Jimmy-King, Fra
nklin Creech, Hannah Godwin,
Paulette Cavenaugh, Donaldson
King, Sammy Sampson and Jam
es Rivenbark.
The contestants are getting
their own votes; each child has
MS' own jar. The votes will be
counted and posted each day on
the window of the Wallace Drug
Company.
Prizes ,for the winners have
been donated by Globe Jewelers
and Wallace Jewelers. The con
test closes FriMz, March XL and
the winners will be announced
on stage the night of the play.
Spring Football
Drills To End
This Friday
Spring football practice went
into its third week for the Wal
lace High School Bulldogs this
week.
Daily workoutsare being held
with emphasis cm fundamentals,
the drill being planned to teach
(Continued on Page 5; Col. 4)
Chinquapin Betas
Rehearsing For
A Talent Show
The Beta Club at Chinquapin
High School will present a tal
ent show" Wednesday, March 15,
at the high school auditorium,
featuring a variety of talents
from the school and communi
ty.
Skits, music, singing, string
music, recitations and a fashion
show are among the entertain
ments planned. The club promis
es fun for people of all ages in
the event, which begins at 7:30.
Admission charges will be 25c
and 35c. The public is cordially
invited to attend.
Jurors Are Drawn For April
Court Sessions in Kenansville
The following person*? have
been drawn to serve as jurors
in the general county court ses
sions dining the month of April:
Leonard Kennedy, W. A. Tyn
dall, G. B. Hanchey, H. R. South
erland Fumey H. Houston, C,
H. Boykin, Jr., Will Whaley,
Lester M. Fussell, E. D. Kelly,
Albert Whitfield, George Lanier,
L. W. Teachey, Roy Brown, L.
F. Jones, Raymond Brown, R D.
Ezzell, R. R Mercer, Peter
Wood, C. L. Sloan, K. B. Thig
pen, Paul Heath, D. S. Jones,
Granville Sheffield, J. Tate Har
The persons named below
have been drawn to serve as
Jurors on the session of Duplin
Ipperlor Court, criminal ses
sions, during the week of April
r J. W. Johnson, Percy Albro
Whaley, Geo T.
Carter, J. D.
Kennedy,
Heath, Harry M. Teachey, W. R.
Westbrook, Hubert Simpson, F.
M. Lambert, Odell Wood.
McKinley Lloyd, S. J. Waller,
L. C. Usher, T. G. Herring, H.
H. Hall, John Justice, Carl
Whitfield, Harry G. Harper,
James A. Brown, F. T. Heath, T.
S. Brock, Johnnie Benson, W.
N. Bostic, n. W. Sholar, Erastus
Dail, Joel Kennedy, Joseph Bak
er, Loney R. Lanier, Herbert T.
Komegay, J .C. Harrell, Allen
Storud, William Pickett, J. A.
Swinson, Fred King, S. E. Cave
naugh, H. E. Penny, Harvey R.
Harper, C. C. Ivey and L. G.
Dail.
Persons listed below are to
serve as jurors during the civil
term of Superior Court beginn
ing April 17:
Aldine Whitfield, E. J: Bland,
Presbytery Speaker
Dr. John R. Cunningham, president of Davidson Col
lege, will address the annual meeting of the Men of
the Church of the Wilmington Presbytery next Tues
day- evening.
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Dr. Hall And Mr. Emnrian Will
Be Guests Of Bible Class
To Speak Here
Dr. B. Frank Hall Will
speak to the Young Men’s
Bible Class of the Wallace
Baptist church this week,
when the class celebrates
the ’ successful close of a
membership contest.
Duplin-Sampson
Club Meets With
Mrs. B. V. Byrd
The Duplin-Sampson Home
Demonstration Club met on
Thursday, Feb. 23, at the home
of Mrs. B. V. Byrd, with Mrs.
D. O. Byrd as joint hostess.,
The club opened by singing
“Maryland, My Maryland”, and
the members repeated the club,
collect in unison. Mrs. T. D.
Herring, president, conducted
the business session.
Miss Hilda Clontz, home de
monstration agent, gave a help
ful demonstration on pictures for
the home, including the proper
methods of hanging pictures,
kind of pictures suitable for
each room, grouping of pictures
and general arrangements of
pictures for making the home
more attractive and livable.
Mrs. J, H. Williams gave an
interesting article on family
life, and Miss Joyce Lanier gave
notes on foods and nutrition,
with ways of making successful
pie crust. Mrs.' D. S. Matthews
contributed notes on poultry.
During the social hour, the
hostesses served a sweet course
consisting of fruit jello, whipped
Dr. Frank Hall and Henri Em
urian will be guest .speakers
and entertainer at the banquet of
the Young Men’s Bible Class of
Wallace Baptist Church Wednes
day night.
The banquet results' from an
attendance contest the class con
ducted recently. It is. to be held
at the community building begin
nlng at 7:30 p. m.
Dr. Hall, pastor of the Pears
all Memorial Presbyterian Chu
rch, East Wilmington, is a Wil
mington native. He holds degrees
from Davidson College; Union
Theological Seminary, Richmond,
Va., and Westminster College,
Fulton, Mo. He has served as
president of the Missouri Council
of Churches, trustee of Westmin
ster College; and director of the
Louisville Presbyterian Theologi
cal Seminary, He was a represen
tative of the Preshyterian Church
in the United States at the Gener
al Council of the World Alliance
of Reformed Churches in Amster
dam in 1948.
.Mr. Emurian is a member and
graduate of Westminster Choir
School of Music of Trenton, N.
J., and is now a minister of Mus
ic of the First Baptist Church of
Wilmington. He is a leader in
the Wilmington Choral Society..
Having made previous appearan
ces here, Mr. Emuriart is no stra
nger to Wallace, and many peo
ple have expressed their enjoy
ment from his previous perform
ances here. On one visit, he had
charge of music during a revival
at the Wallace Baptist Church.
All persons who visited the
class during the contest which
ended March 5 are especially in
vited to attend the banquet The
schedule is as follows: supper
will be served, then guests .will
be recognized and the group will
hear piano selections by Mr. Em
urain, followed by the speech by
Dr. Hall.
which led to the banquet, the
class was divided into two gro
ups, the reds and the blues. Over
a six-week period, the blues lost
by a small margin. According to
Ford Rivenbark, chairman for
the contest, the competition was
highly successful, bringing back
many old members who had not
been attending, and bringing in
new members.
During the six-week period, the
reds had a total attendance of
222 and the blues 216, making a
total of 438, an average of 73 per
Sunday. Before the contest, the
average attendance each Sunday
was 25. Highest attendance was
on the last Sunday of the contest,
when attendance reached 91.
Elected
Robert S. Troy, above,
Rose Hill banker, was elect
ed secretary-treasurer of
group 3, North Carolina
Bankers, in Goldsboro re
cently. Mr. and Mrs. R. S.
Troy, Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Saunders and Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey Brady attended the
meeting. About 375 were
present at the meet.
300 Delegates
And Pastors
Attend Meet
pastors attended the General
Conference of Freewill Baptist
Churches Thursday and Friday,
at the Northeast Freewill Bap
tist church between Wallace and
Chinquapin.
More than 125 churches were
represented in the conference,
which began with the introduc
tory sermon at 10 a. m. Thurs
day and ended Friday evening.
The Rev. Morrison Brown, Gar
land, acted as moderator.
The Rev. A. C. Wheeler, pas
tor of the First Freewill Baptist
church of Wilmington, deliver
ed the introductory sermon
which opened the sessions. Dele
gated were served a picnic lunch
each day.
At business sessions, the main
topics for discussion^ were the
church mission program, further
support for the Freewill Bap
tist orphanage at Dunn, Sunday
school literature, the Freewill
Messenger, official organ of the
church, and a proposal that the
church unite with the Evangeli
cal Baptists.
Monogram Club
To Have Athletic
Banquet At School
The Monogram Club of Wal
lace High School will give an
athletic banquet Wednesday
night at 7 p. m. in the school
cafeteria. Honored guests will
be members of the 1949-50 foot
ball and basketball squads and
their parents. School officials
and their wives are also invited.
Highlights of the program will
be the official presentation of
the conference football trophy by
Pat Harmon of Warsaw, retiring
president of the conference.
Members of the football and
basketball squads will receive
the awards. The Rev. W. B. Hood
will be the main speaker of the
evening.
Tipket Sales For
Jaycees Show.
Start Today
Ticket sales for the show “It’s
A Date” were officially started
this morning when Louis
Shields called on Mayor Hoff
ler end sold him the first ticket
to the show.
Mayor Hoffler said, “I am
pleased to endorse this worth
while entertainment. I must have
fficially made a date and I'll save
the dates of Mareh 16 and 17 to
see this production,”
He commended the Jaycees on
Town Board Tables Proposal
To Extend Hie Town Limits
As Protest Petitions Received
Superior Court
Civil Session
Opens Today
The March sessions of Duplin
Superior Court opened in Ke
nansville today for the hearing
of civil cases. A criminal court
session will be held next week.
Superior Court Judge John
J. Burney is conducting the
court. The calendar of cases list
ed for trial by the clerk of the
court sets forth 106 cases with
14 additional cases scheduled for
judgment on the motion docket.
The term of court has been set
to run two weeks.
The calendar has been set up
as follows:
MONDAY, MARCH 13
H. E. Williams, vs Delilah Mil
ler; Rose Brown vs Mae Hines;
M. & D. Grocery vs Luther Stan
ley; R. D/ Clifton vs Railway Ex
press Co.; Glennie Bradshaw vs
David Bryant; James E. White
head vs Ethel Mae Whitehead;
Duplin Grocery Co. vs T. H.
Carter et al; R. W. Fountain vs
McKinley Boone; Alexander Du
-iftas va.
Clara I. Wells, administratrix,
Clara I. Wells, administratrix
vs. Sam A. Wells et al; C. Willi
ams vs Belle Williams et al; Mar
jorie C. Boney vs Isiah Huffman
et al; A. L. Cavenaugh vs Bessie
Penny et al; B. F. Cooper vs J. F.
Best et al; Eli Mobley vs Rowland
(Continued on Pape 5; Col. 3)
Services Held For
Mrs. A. M. Bradshaw
At Charity Church
Mrs. Annie M. Bradshaw, 77,
widow of the late J. B. Bradshaw
of the Charity Community died
Friday night at her home after
a lingering illness.
Funeral services were - held
Sunday afternoon from the
Charity Methodist; church by
Rev. W. B. Cottoft, pastor, as
sisted by Rev. Vanch Rich. Bur
ial was in Little Creek Ceme
tery.
She is survived by four sons,
Leslie, Dewey, William and
Hugh Bradshaw, all of the home
community; two daughters, Mrs.
Wayne Turner of Kinston and
Virginia Bradshaw of the home;
eighteen grandchildren and one
great-grandchild; two sisters,
Mrs. Geneva Farrior and Mrs.
Elbert King of Folkston; one
brother, Hugh Farrior of Wal
lace.
Two Petitions Presented At •
Thursday Night Meeting
Of Town Board
MELVIN CORDING
PRESIDES AT MEET
ACL Granted Permission
To Increase Speed
Of Trains
The hopes of many local citi
zens for a “Greater Wallace”
through an extension of town
limits were defeated Thursday
when a delegation appeared be
fore the town board protesting
the extension.
The group protesting the pro
posed action of the board in
cluded Jos. Bryant, W. L. Hus
sey, W. C. Worsley, Robert M.
Carr, Frank Jessup, J. K.
Blanchard, Joe Wood and R.
Foley, and were represented by
their attorney, David Hender
son. •
Two petitions, signed by a
number of citizens in the affect
ed areas, were presented and in
view of the attitude taken by
the group, the board voted to
table the extension proposal.
The town board had made a
survey of the area to be annex
ed and had set boundaries cal
culated to bring a population in
! crease within the corporate li
mits of the town prior to the
April census, as an increase in
population count would add con
siderably to the prestige of the
town in its efforts to attract in
dustry and gain state aid in the
“farm to market” street pro
gram. State aid for streets is
based on the population and on
miles of state road within the
corporate limits.
Much of the proposed annex is
now on city water and sewer
lines, and an extension would
have made available other bene
fits of town service such as
garbage collection, street service,
street lighting and police pro
tection. Sanitary service would
have been made available from
the general fund whereas now,
if it can be secured, the individ
ual must pay the entire cost.
The matter of fire protection
for property outside the limits
was not discussed, as all board
members are in favor of con
tinuing the present system of
responding to all calls as a cour
tesy to rural residents. Wilming
ton is abandoning the practice
of going beyond city limits and
several other towns have indi
cated that they may follow suit.
Such a plan here wpuld probab
ly result in higher insurance
(Continued on Page 2, Col. 1)
Rev. Garvin Leaves Chinquapin
And Bethel Charges For Texas.
The pastoral relationships of
Rev. Janies F. Garvin and the
Chinquapin and Bethel Presby
erian churches were dissolved by
Wilmington Presbytery in a
called meeting at the Wallace
Presbyterian church on Friday
afternoon, and he was granted
a letter of transfer to the Pres
bytery of Mid-Texas.
Mr. Garvin will become the
pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church of Mineral Wells, Tex
as. The Reverend Mr. Garvin is
the present moderator of Wil
mington Presbytery, having been
elected at the last stated meet
ing, and he asked the last mode
rator present, Rev. Ben F.
Brown, to preside.
Mr. Garvin spoke to the Pres
bytery about his pleasant asso
ciations and work in his pre
sent field and of his call to the
work in Texas. Elder J. F.
Futreal of t h e Chinquapin
Church and Elder A. R. Wood of
the Bethel Church represented
their respective congregations
and stated that with sincere
pastoral relationship.
They testified to the pro
gress of the work and the high
esteem in which the members
of the congregation held their
pastor. Rev. L. A. Taylor, execu
tive secretary of the Presbytery,
Rev. W. B. Hood, Elder Luther
Powell of the Wallace Church
and others spoke of the good
work accomplished by Mr. Gar
vin and of a feeling of personal
loss in his departure.
He has labored in his present
field for four years, having come
to Chinquapin from Union 1
logical Seminary of
Va., where he was graduated
1946. The Reverend Mr.
led in a special prayer for
pastor, the two churches '
leaving, and the new
which he is cal' '
Mr. and;
Chinq
vin is the form
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