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World’s Largest Strawberry Market The Wallace Enterprise A Duplin County Institution Leaf Tobacco Mart World’s Largest One-Sal« VOLUME XXXTV—Number 17 WALLACE, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1955 PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY PRICE 5 CENTS Electric Appliance Showing Starts Today, Continue Thru Tomorrow Nite The Wallace High School gymna sium is blosspming forth into a multi-colored crepe paper pheno menon of beauty reminiscent of old Strawberry Festival days as the First All-Electric Appliance Showjjets ready for its 2 o’clock opempg today. The showing will continue thr ough 9:30 p.m. today and tomor ro.7 Demonstrations will be put on by Mrs. Sarah T. J6nes at 3 and 8 o’clock both days. There are eight dealers participating. Two of them will have their appliances demonstrated at each of the shows. The north end of the gym will serve as a stage. A large mirror cocked at an angle and about eight feet in the air will enable viewers to see exactly what Mrs. Jones is doing on the surface of the stoves as she prepares a sur face and oven meal at each dem onstration. These meals, incidentally, will be given away as door prizes follow ing the demonstrations, Bob Mur ray, Wallace sales representative for the Carolina Power' and Light Company, said today. The CP&L and eight cooperating dealers are sponsors of the show. Dealers participating are as fol lows: Johnson Cotton Company (Cros ley). Wallace Plumbing and Appliance Company (General Electric). Vj^W. Smith Furniture Company (W^tinghouse). Z. J. Carter & Son (Hotpoint). Market Furniture Company! Ad miwl). " western Auto Associate Store (Wizard). H & P Electric Company (Kel vinator). Wallace Hardware & Machinery Company (Frigidaire). Each of the dealers has been assigned an 8 x 20 foot display area in the gym for showing off their appliances and television sets. Each will have someone manning the booth at all times to explain the various features of their ap pliances to visitors to the show. Admission is free and everyone may register as they enter for the eight door prizes being given away by dealers, eight door prizes (the meals) being given away by the Carolina Power and Light Co., people and the grand prize, a $100 credit toward the purchase of any electrical appliance. Presence at the grand prize drawing' will not be necessary in order to win. This will be drawn out immediately fol lowing the last show Friday night. The sponsoring organizations have been displaying a great deal of enthusiasm in preparations and the gym is really a sight to be hold. Gay colors of crepe paper have been used as a decorative background for the gleaming white appliances and television sets, banners, and other decorative fea tures. The beautiful appearance has caused many viewers to recall the festive decorum attendant to the holding of Strawberry Festi vals here in the past. All in all it promises to be a big show and howling success. It affords prospective appliance buy ers an opportunity to see and ex amine all of the leading makes under the same roof in the same place. All of the latest models, some released as recently at the factory as two weeks ago, are being displayed. For those not in terested in buying but just like to see pretty things it will be an interesting treat. Everybody is in vited, it’s all free, you may take home a door prize, and it is cer tainly educational. Be sure and be on hand some time today or tomorrow. Shiloh Baptist Church To Hold Bible School Bible School will be held next week, Monday, May 23, through Friday, May 27, at the Shiloh Bap tist Church dear Chinquapin. Preparation Day will be held on Saturday at 1:30. All children plan ning to attend the Bible School sessions are asked to please regis ter. Classes will be held each after noon, from 1:30 to 4:30. Mrs. Rif tOftiRaynor is principal. “All children of the community ar* r cordially invited to attend,” Mr/;-|taynor asserted. Island Creek Baptists To Have Bible Studies Miss Mary Herring, former mis sionary to China, will conduct a series of Bible Studies at the Is land Creek Baptist Church, it was announced today. Studies will begin on Sunday light, May 22, and will continue ;ach night through Thursday, June !. She will be assisted by her secretary. Everyone is cordially invited to ittend. toys Interested tseball To Meet jday Afternoon All boys between the ages of 8 md 17 are asked to meet at the region. Park on Friday afternoon it two p.m. if they are interested n playing on the various Baseball feams during the summer, it was nade known today by Thell Over nan, Athletic Coach. There will be teams and practice chedule for the following age (roups: Midgets, WO; Little Lea (ue, 10-13; Little Bigger League, 3-15; «nd Legion Ball, 15-17. Other letivities will be provided for boys tot interested in baseball, Coach Overman disclosed. I All girls interested in taking part n the Summer Recreation Pro iram are asked to meet at the ennls courts on Tuesday afternoon-, day 24th, at two o’clock. ^Representatives of the adult re ireation teams will meet on Fri lay night at eight p.m. at Coach German’s home to discuss rules md regulations of the adult pro am. gs and a merry-go-round are erected at the local park should be ready for use by tHf&ay, it was also learned to The tennis court and park a has been cleaned up and is dy for use. The dressing rooms being repainted. The Summer Recreation Pro pram is being sponsored by the lo •al American Legion Post 156 in ^operation with the Finer Carolina Program. . Campaign To Put Up Observation Tower On Here A campaign to r*tse money to erect an observation toweni” con nection with Cfr0^1 htt* Observer Corps activities in Wallace will get underway Monday morning, Dr. H. W. Colwell announced today. Col well is Director of Civil Defense for Duplin County. The go ahead signal for the drive was given Monday night following a meeting at the Wallace Town Hall. The town was divided into four sections. Roy Carter and A.C. Hall were assigned the northwest section. D. B. Townsend and H.E. Kramer were given the southwest section. Albert J. Cavenaugh and Claude Hepler were assigned the northeast section and Rev. W. B. Hood and Dr. H. W. Colwell took the southeast section. The campaign will be an inten sive all - out one day effort. The observatory tower will be on top of the old pump house at the new town hall site. The site has been approved by the Filter Center in Durham. Colwell said the top of the old pumphouse is about 16 feet square. A building at least 8 x 16 is hoped for, he said, with a walk around area. The pumphouse has a concrete roof supported by steel girders and should be able to support the tow er easily. It is hoped to have it glass enclosed as much as possi ble. The exact dimensions and other embellishments will be de termined by the amount of money that can be raised. At the same time Dr. Colwell re vealed that about SO volunteers have come forward so far to man the tower. “We need about ISO in order to keep from crowding any body,” he said today in urging more volunteers. Part of the campaign of Civil Defense, he said, is formation of an auxiliary police force. The Ro tary Club has volunteered to give five, the Lions Club 10, and Chief Earl Whitaker has been asked to get 10, making a total of 25 auxi liary policemen for Wallace. The auxiliary police will not come from the Volunteer Fire De partment, Colwell said. In other current Civil Defense news the Wallace optometrist said that the entire United States is go ing on defense on June IS and 16. Civil Defense as well as Ground 3bserver Corps units will be on the ilert on those two days. The Wallace observatory tower vill be equipped with a telephone . md probably lights and possibly i leat for wintertime use. ' i 15th Whiskey Still Copped In Glisson Township j Ralph Miller passed his second 1 inniversary as Sherff of Duplin bounty on May 11 and his depu- i ies this week presented him with i he fifteenth whiskey still found < n the same section of Glisson j township woods. - \ The outfit, a 100 gallon copper s ■ig as destroyed along with 9 bar- i els of mash behind Oliver Her- \ (Continued On Page Eight) J APPLIANCE SHOW — The First Wallace All-Electric Appliance Show was begin ning to get into high gear yesterday afternoon. Booths were being prepared by the eight participating dealers for the show which starts at 2 o’clock today and con tinues through 9:30 with the same hourj tomorrow. Demonstrations are at 3 and 8 p.m. each day. Two door jaj-izes will ba given away after each demonstration as well as two additional prizes, the surface and oven meals cooked during the dem onstration. Dealers participating are the Johnson Cotton Company, the Wallace Plumbing and Appliance Company, W. W. Smith Furniture Company, Z. J. Carter & Son, Western Auto Associate Store, Ma'ket Furniture Company, Wallace Hard ware and Machinery Company and B & P Electric Company. It is estimated that about 3,000 people will register during the two days the show is featured here. The setting is the Wallace High School gymnasium. (Staff Photo) ATTENDANCE AWARD — Miss Anntilla Scott, a member of the 1955 Graduating Class of Rose Hill High School, was awarded the Perfect Attendance Medal for perfect attendance and no tardies during her twelve years of school. The award was presented at the grad uating exercise held on May 11th, in the school auditor ium. Miss Scott is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gar land Scott of Rose Hill. Negro Fugitive Arrested After 17 Months Chase Willie Jackson, colored, 19, was arrested early this morning after a 17 months chase by law enforce ment officers of the county. Sheriff Ralph Miller found the fugitive who has been sought since iDecember 7, 1953 at his “girl friend’s house” near Turkey about 1:30. Jackson has been sought by of ficers for breaking and entering luring the night the home of Mar gin Johnson near Rose Hill. He eft the county shortly after the ncident and has not been heard from since. The Sheriff yesterday received nformation that Jackson had been seen in Sampron County. In the :ompany of Sampson officers he >roceeded to his mother’s house vhere he was told he had not been seen in two months. The officers vent to another relatives house vhere it had been two weeks. At (Continued Ipn Page Eight) Franklin Music Department To Present Recital The Music Department of Frank lin School will present the follow ing numbers at their annual reci tal on Monday, May 23, 1955, at eight o’clock p.m. in the school auditorium: “Fairies Lullaby”, Crosby, Cyn thia Lyerly; “Playful Keys”, Reeves, Don Bryant; “A Jack - O’ - Lantern Party”, Crosby, Susan Bland; “A Jolly Sailor”, Bronson, Ross Wells; “Waltz of the Flowers”, Tschai kowsky, Judy Maynard; “Waltz Moderne”, Hibbs, Cisce lia Bland; Carr^PreSS Swamp”’ Du£an. Judy “Sissors Grinder”, Savage, Sarah E. Eakins; "Beautiful Blue Danube”, Strass, Janet Vann; “Wejrern Nocturne”, Hibbs, (Continued On Page Eight) Final Exercises Schedule Given Franklin School The Commencement Exercises of Franklin High School , will begin With the Baccalaureate Sernion on Sunday afternoon, May 22, at four o'clock in the school auditorium. Rev. L. L. Johnson of Delway ■will preach the sermon. On Monday evening. May 23, at eight o'clock the Music Department will present its annual recital, un der the supervision of Mrs. William Peterson. Graduating Exercises will be held on Tuesday, May 24, at eight p.m. with Mr. Dale K. Spencer, principal of New Hanover High School and Assistant Superinten dent of New Hanover County Schools, delivering the address. The following students are gra duating: Carolyn Brown, Jasper Dew, Mil lie Gurganious, Peggy Hall, Jim mie Lee Horrell, Roy Hood, Lor raine James, Tom Johnson, Elsie King, Beth McLamb, Patricia May nard, Sylvia Maynard, Emily Moore, Bobby Mott, Doris Naylor, Rachel Peterson, Vaughn Cile Pe terson, Lalon Rooks, Annette Sho lar, Geraldine Smith, Susie Smith, and Juanita Vernelson. oppy Dav To Be Observed Next Saturday Wallace The ladies of the American Le gion Auxiliary are preparing pop pies for Poppy Day which will be observed in Wallace and all over the nation on Saturday, May 28th. America’s disabled veterans, in creased to record numbers by three wars, need the services made pos sible by the Poppy Day donations of the American public. Veterans in hospitals and work rooms who make the poppies are given benefi cial employment which enables them to contribute to the support of their families. On Poppy Day, as we place the memorial poppy of our citizens, we have the great satisfaction of hav ing helped brighten the memory of the dead and having contributed to the welfare of the living. Area Ministers To Meet Wednesday The ministers of the W a 11 a c e Area will meet on Wednesday af ternoon, May 25, at 2:00 p.m. at the Wallace Presbyterian Church. All ministers of this general area are ! invited to attend. Reverend Wade Allison of Rose 1 Hill is the president of this Minis ters’ group. | Lumberton Minister To Preach Pin Hook Church. On Sunday The Rev. J. W. Meares of Lum- i berton will preach at the 11:00 wor ship service at the Pin Hook Com- i munity Church, Sunday Morning, ' May 22. An invitation is extended to ev- • eryone to come hear this man of : God proclaim the Gospel. Mrs. Robinson Currently Making European Tour Mrs. John D. Robinson of Wal lace has arrived in London, Eng land, on the first leg of a ten weeks’ tour of Europe. Arranged by Leslie B. Wright, assistant to Foreign Affairs Secre tary Harold Stassen, this spring time tour of Europe is a very se lective event and will include many unusual events such as an audien ce with the Pope and a visit with Queen Julianna of the Netherlands. There are 35 women, including six North Carolinians, making the tour. They sailed from New York May 12 on the U.S.S. United States, landing in Southampton, England, May 17, going immediately to Lon don. From London, they will tour Eng land, Holland, Belgium, Luxem bourg, Switzerland, France and the Riviera, Italy, and Spain. In Geneva, they will take time out from the tour to attend the 1955 International Convention of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs. Included in the North Caro lina group are three past presi dents of the North Carolina Federa tion of Women’s Clubs. Mrs. Robinson is expected to ar rive back home around the last of July. Wallace Native “Nurse Of Month” Onslow Hospital Mrs. Pete Teachey, of 2222 Ons low Drive, Jacksonville, was cho sen "Nurse of the Month” for April by the medical staff of the Onslow County Hospital. Mrs. Tea chey, a North Carolina girl from "way back” will have been at the hospital a year in July. She is from Wallace, the former Miss Peggy Kenan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Kenan, received her nurse’s training in Raleigh and returned to her hometown, where she was married. She and her husband were living in Jacksonville at the time he entered service. He is now with the Army in Germany, and she expects to remain at the Onslow County Hospital until he returns next April. Once a month, the medical staff of the hospital chooses the ok' tend ing nurse on the basis of devotion to duty, loyalty, nursing qualifica tions and appearance. Mrs. Tea chey received the sixth award giv en. The winning nurse is taken out to dinner by the medical staff the first Friday of the month, receives a box of candy, words of praise, and the title which she retains for a month. Merle Mallard Presents Private Piano Recital Miss Meric Mallard of Wallace, gifted piano student of Mrs. W. J. Middleton, Jr., of Warsaw, present ed a private piano recital at lier home at 227 North College Street on Friday evening, May 13th, at eight o’clock. Program for the evening was as follows: Miss Merle Mallard — Invention No. 4, Bach; Scillienne, Preidas: Sonata. Opus 49, No. 2, 1st Movement, Beethoven; Novel lette in G-Minor, Schumann. Miss Pat Mallard — German Dance. Beethoven: Sol figgetto, Bach; Minuet in G, Bach. Miss Merle Mallard -- Prelude, Op. 28, No. 6, Chopin; The Eagle, MacDowell; Gramercy Square, Grant. Thirty guests attended this reci tal. Refreshments were served fol lowing the program. Merle has played for Leo Podol- j sky from Chicago at Meredity in ! auditions during January and also for Robert Carter in the Junior Senior High School auditions in Wil mington in March. She will play for Josef Adler of New York on Thurs day, May 19th, in Warsaw. The young musician is the dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Mal lard of Wallace. 411 Day Service Io Be Held At Canan Church There will be an all day service it Canaan Full Gospel Tabernacle his Sunday, May 22 it was an lounced today. A picnic lunch will bfe served luring the noon hour. Those attend ng are asked to carry a well filled >asket. “Everyone is invited to attend,” he spokesman asserted, adding, ‘and expecially are all singers and singing groups invited.” Sunday night Rev. Bruce Bond if Wallace and Rev. Joe Whaley vill begin a revival meeting at Canaan, with services beginning at ’:45 each evening next week. The public is most cordially in cited to be present for the all day lervice Sunday and each evening if the revival meeting. \ ■ ■ . . ! Roy Carter Now In St. Louis For Scouting Meet Roy Carter, Wallace business man and area Boy Scout execu tive, left today for St. Louis, Mo., where he will attend the 45th An nual Meeting of the National Coun cil of the Boy Scouts of America. Mr. Carter, who is vice-president of Tuscorora Council, will attend the conference as National Repre sentative from the area council. Tiie two-day meeting will begin on Friday morning with a business meeting, followed by a regional luncheon — with various deligates from the same region dining to gether. A general assembly, featuring presentation of various Scouting awards, will be held Friday after noon, followed by group workshops to round out the afternoon session. Friday night will be featured by the National Council Banquet and Evening Session at 7:00 p.m. Saturday’s session will open with a General Assembly at 9:00 a.m., followed at 10:30 by Seminars on various phases of Scout work. A luncheon and National Court of Honor at 12:30 Saturday will round out the two - day meeting. Mr. Carter will make the trip by plane. A veteran of around 15 years’ work in the Scouting field, Mr. Carter holds the Silver Beaver Award for Distinguished Service in the field of Scouting. Also attending the meeting from the Tuscorora Council, but going via a different route, is William Kemp, Goldsboro. Equipment To Be Installed Legion Playground Here Concrete pouring for playground equipment at American Legion park was completed diis morning pre paratory to installing the two pie ces of equipment bought from Finer Carolina Contest funds last year. Coach Thell Overman, Iris Leary and Willie Piner poured concrete in a hole 36 inches wide and 36 inches deep as the base piece for the mer ry go round. The ball bearin'? unit will treat 12 to 15 children to a ride at one time when finished. Four holes 24 inches wide and 2 feet deep were filled as the base for the swings, trapeze bar and what-have-you unit a short distance away. This will assure that the children swinging high and playing rough with the unit cannot upset it. Four two-inch pipes are used as supports with a sturdy three inch crossbar across the top. Coach Overman said the concrete will be allowed to set for 36 hours before the remainder of the equip ment is installed. The two pieces of playground equipment were purchased with $200 of the $250 won in prize money for third place in the Finer Caro lina Contest last year. Nearby are the tennis courts with lights for night play. $800 of the $1,000 won as first prize in the contest two years ago went toward their con struction with the remaining money being raised by members of the Finer Carolina Committee, Dr, Charles Dearing and Coach Thell Overman. The remaining 20 per cent of both year's funds won went lor the benefit of the colored. Presbyterians Bible School Faculty Given The staff for the Wallace Pres byterian Church Vacation Bible School is complete, it was announ ced today by Mrs. Tom Boney, di rector. The Vacation Bible School will begin Monday, May 23, and con tinue for eight days through Wed nesday, June 1. The age group is t to 14 years. The schools will begin at 9 each morning and end »t 11:30. Circles of the Women )f the Church will furnish the re freshments each morning. In urging parents to send their children today Mrs. Boney said that in interesting and informative pro gram has been worked out to main :ain the children’s interest and, at he same time, further acquaint hem with Biblical study. The staff is as follows: (Kindergarten) Mrs. Graham Wil iams, Mrs. Eugene Rouse, Mrs. Francis Leonard, Mrs. Mary Mor rison, Miss Janice Brinson and Miss Mary Orr. (Primary) Mrs. Charles Currin, Vfrs. Gene Browder, Mrs. J. Char es Maultsby, Miss Meryl Mallard and Miss Edna Pearl Blanchard. (Junior) Mrs. Sam Glasgow, Mrs. 3scar F. Smith, Mrs. J. D. Robin ion, Jr., Mrs. Jimmie Johnston, Miss Phyllis Jester and Stewart Powell. (Pioneer) Miss Laura Sloan, Mrs. Edward Johnston, Mrs. Grey Kor legay, Mrs. Iris Leary and Miss Frances Watson. Recreation will be supervised by Mrs. H. A. Phillips and Edward Franklin Johnston, Jr.