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DRIVE SAFELY!
The Life You
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The Wallace Enterprise
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A Duplin County Institution
VOLUME XXXIV—Number 31
WALLACE. NORTH CAROLINA
THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1955
PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY
PRICE 5 CENTS
SLOW DOWN AND LIVE — Warsaw Lions Bill Vann and C. W.
literature at the safety checking station east of Warsaw Saturday
safety campaign was sponsored by the Lians assisted by the State
Hinson pass out
afternoon. The
Highway Patrol.
(Staff Photo)
Beulaville Businessman Named As
Duplin’s New Tax Collector
Harry Phillips, Beulaville busi
Pfitsman, was yesterday appoint
ed by the County Board of Com
missioners to the Tax Collector’s
job.
Phillips will take over the of
fice currently held by Gilbert Al
phin on September 1st.
The Commissioners experienced
an extraordinarily long session on
Wednesday although few other than
routine matters and reports were
heard. They convened at 10 a.m.
and were in session continuously,
except for a lunch break, until
five p.m. The Commissioners met
on Wednesday instead of the usual
Monday on account of the Fourth
of July holiday on the scheduled
day.
Adoption of the budget and hear
ing of fiscal year reports took up
-considerable time as did discus
sion of a resolution of the Con
cord and Magnolia Baptist Chur
ches.
The budget as previously publish
ed was adopted. Reports were
heard from the farm agent, for
est ranger, tax collector, service
Phillips Promises 1
Best In New Job As
officer and welfare officer.
The Concord and Magnolia chur
ches entered a four point program
which would (1) put “Keep North
Carolina Green,” “Smokey” and
4-H emblem signs on highways;
<2> encourage school children to
write 2,000 word composition and
establish prizes; (3) endorse a co
unty-wide Soil Conservation Sunday
with all ministers, white and col
ored, encouraged to preach on that
topic, and (4) encourage building
of ponds and digging of spring
holes for irrigation.
Only four of the Commissioners
were present. Lott Kornegay of
Warsaw recently underwent an op
eration and was unable to be pre
sent.
Commissioners J. B. Stroud and
Leon Brown voted for Phillips to be
the new Tax Collector while E. E.
Kelly favored Alphin. The vote
was 2-1 with Chairman A. C. Hall
not voting. Phillips will take over
the job on September 1st. Alphin
has held the position since Septem
ber 1st, 1947 when he replaced
I. N. Henderson of Wallace.
o Do His Very
; Tax Collector
Harry Phillips, who will take
over the job of County Tax Col
lector on September 1st as a re
sult of action taken by the Board
of County Commissioners yester
terday, was born and raised in
Kenansville, and is currently a
successful farmer and Beulaville
business man.
In an interview with this news
paper this morning he promised
“to do my duty to the very best
of my ability”. Continuing, he said,
“The job of Tax Collector should
and will be carried out impartially
and I shall do my best to see that
all citizens are treated fairly and
with consideration.”
Phillips, who will see his 31st
birthday this month, lives in War
saw Township near West’s Siding
about five miles east of Warsaw.
He is a farmer and runs a V-C
fertilizer agency in north Beulavil
le. He has had the latter post five
years.
He is a graduate of King’s Bu
siness College of Raleigh and spent
32 months in the Merchant Marine
during World War II. He is a Ma
son and member of Johnson’s Bap
tist Church near Warsaw where he
has held the post of Sunday School
Superintendent for several years.
Although active in politics for the
past five years he has never held
political office before.
The new Tax Collector is one of
sever sons of Mr. and Mrs. Abner
Phillips of Warsaw Township. All
are living. In addition to himself
they are: Hubert, prominent Ken
ansville attorney and County Court
judge; Graham, farmer and oil
company worker; Norwood, veter
an’s school instructor at Beulaville
and farmer; Herman, fertilizer
dealer and farmer; William C.,
psychiatrist at Yale University;
and Tommy, Warsaw garage oper
ator and farmer.
He is married to the former Bet
ty Jean Wells of near Rose Hill,
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil
R. Wells. They have one son, Har
ry, Jr., aged 4.
Ground Observer
Posts To Take
Part In Exercise
The Continental A i r Defense
Command will hold a nationwide
exercise “Skytrain V”, Saturday,
July 9, to test the operational ef
ficiency of low altitude surveillan
ce and interception by the Ground
Observer Corps. The Observation
Posts in the 57 Countys of North
Carolina under the Durham Air
Defense Filter Center area of re
sponsibility will go into operation
for 12 hours beginning at 9:00 a.m.
Aircraft from the Air Force, Navy
and Marine Corps will participate
in this exercise.
After the exercise “Skytrain V”
a show for the entertainment of the
volunteers will be held in the Fil
ter Center auditorium. The enter
tainment will begin at 9:30 p.m.
to be followed by a dance to the
Filter Center Combo. All Volun
teers are urged to attend and a
eajuVal welcome to the general
pfiClic is extended.
Ground Observer Posts in this
arj^a will participate in this exer
cise.
The federal Government has de
cided to man some thirty-five se
cret headquarters outside the capi
tal with a highly trained skeleton
staff that will take over executive
operations in the event of an emer
gency.
Motorist Answer
To Vacation Traffic
Problem Says Patrol
“What’s the answer to the vaca
tion traffic problem? You are Mr.
Motorist!”
In those words Major D. T. Lam
bert of the State Highway Patrol
this week aquared pinned responsi
bility for the heavy annual toll of
vacation traffic deaths on-lhe driv
ers themselves.
“It is my firm belief that most
vacation-time auto accidents can be
laid at the door of impatient and
discourteous drivers,” said Major
Lambert.
“These Hurry Bugs are so intent
on cramming their vacations full
of activity and pleasure that they
don’t take^ time to drive safely.”
The major suggested a more re
laxed attitude as a safe guard for
the driver. He pointed out that a
vacation is a time to take it easy
and enjoy a little fun.
“There’s very little fun in mak
ing an over-ambitious schedule afitl
trying to keep up with it no matter
what happens," Major Laml t
went on. He advised motorists to
get an early start each day and to
cover just as much territory as
they can manage without strain.
These two things, he pointed out,
will remove' the pressure to drive
at a speed too fast for conditions
to disregard traffic signs and sig
nals and to ignore the ordinary
rules of courtesy on the road.
Photo Contest
To Begin Here
Monday, July 11
“Summer” is the theme of the
current photo contest, the first of
its kind to be held here in a long
time, being sponsored by Wallace
Drug Company.
Amateur camera fans in the area
are invited to aim their cameras at
typical summer scenes with an
eye to enteringfthis event. No one
will be restricted unless he is a
professional photographer, that is,
earns his living by taking pictures.
There is no limit as to kinds of
cameras that may be used in en
tering the contest, said Lloyd Wha
ley, manager of Wallace Drug.
“We welcome snapshots of all
kinds.”
Whaley said that as photography
was, according to statistics, one of
the top U. S. hobbies he felt it was
time some -’ucouragement was
given the pasitin.e on a local scale.
"Do not hesitate to enter your
snaps,’ ’he said. “If you feel they
are good, chances are the judges
will too.” He reminded prospect
ive entrants that they would only
be competing against amateurs.
Entries will be displayed in the
window of the drug store, along
with copy of the simple rules. The
winning photos, to be judged after
the contest deadline (July 29) by a
committee composed of Shubert
Williams and Dan Lanier, Wallace
photographers and Tom Boney, En
terprise photographer, will be pub
lished in the paper.
Whaley said he hoped everyone
who was interested in photography
would take advantage of the con
test. Three prizes will be award
ed, he said, with the prizes being
displayed during the contest period
in his window.
Homecoming At
Wells Chapel To
Be Held Sunday
Wells Chapel Baptist Church will
observe its annual Hoir^ebming
on Sunday, July 10, it w;'?1'-'.enoun
ced today by the Rev. i*o*fGu:i}s
Knowles, pastor. r'
Guest speaker for the devices
will be Dr. Leslie H. obeli,
president of Campbell Col..■>**,, ac
cording to the pastor. 'nf
The morning service will Consist
of Sunday School at 10:00,?a.m.,
followed by the worship service at
11:00.
A picnic lunch will be spri ad at
12:00, it was announced. s.
The afternoon service will egin
at 1:30 and will include special mu
sic by the church choir and d'dis
cussion of interesting events in the
church history by some of the ti
er members.
Everyone is cordially invited to
worship and have fellowship vith
Wells Chapel on this day, P sor
Knowles stated. •t
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Quartet To Sing
Holiness Church
Sunday Night
The “Southerners”, a quartet
from Bladenboro, will render spe
cial singing at the Wallace Pente
costal Holiness Church on Sunday
evening, July 10th, it was announ
ced today by the pastor of the
church, Rev. J. Moses Thomas.
The quartet will be here for only
one service.
“The public is most cordially in
vited to attend,” he concluded.
President Eisenohwer .urging a
new drive against dope addiction
by local, national and internation
al agencies, named a special Ca
binet committee of six to coordin
ate the drive.
Wallace Plays j
Burgaw In Local
Park Tomorrow
The local Wallace American Le
gion Baseball team will play Bur
gaw in the local park Friday night
with the game scheduled to get
underway at eight p.m.
Wallace defeated Burgaw 13-8
last Friday night in Burgaw. Bob
Hursey hit a triple with the bases
loaded. Richard Burrows pitched
and Woodrow Smith caught.
Next Monday night, July 11, Wal
lace will play Wilmington here in
the local park.
Wilmington
Dentist To Open
Office Here, Nights
Dr. W. B. Bellios, Wilmington
dentist, has arranged to be in Wal
lace three evenings a week to help
take care of the dental needs of
the public in this territory.
He plans to be in Dr. Zibelin’s
office each Monday, Wednesdaay
and Friday from five to nine p.m.
lie wili use Dr. Bland's reception
room.
Anyone desiring to make an ap
pointment may call Dr. Bland’s
office, 4251, and he will be glad
to handle the matter for Dr. Bel
lios. If calls are made after five
p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Fri
day, Dr. Bellios will be there to
take care of them himself.
Dr. Bland stated that with the
school and college opening season
fast approaching the tremendous
number of school children and col
lege students to be cared for, the
area is indeed fortunate in having
Dr. Bellios come to Wallace to help
relieve some of the congestion.
AT LACKLAND — Itessie
A. Hardison, 18, son of
John R. Hardison of Tea
chey, is completing his Air
Force basic military train
ing at Lackland Air Force
Base, the “Gateway to the
Air Force.” His Lackland
training is preparing him
for entrance into Air Force
technical training or for an
Air Force duty assign
ment. The course includes
a scientific evaluation of
his aptitudes and inclina
tion for following a parti
cular career field. Lackland
is situated near San An
tonio, Texas.
Rose Hill Man
Dies In Chapel
Hill Hospital
Fred O. Hollingsworth, 67, of
Rose Hill, died in the North Caro
lina Memorial Hospital, Chapel
Hill, Monday after a brief illness.
i'ir. Hollingsworth was bron in
Duplin County, son of the late Kil
by and Mrs. Ezra Johnson Hol
lingsworth.
He is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. C. G. Gervis and Mrs. J. W.
Horner, Fayetteville; two sons, F.
Ellis Hollingsworth, of Mitchell,
Ind., and William C. Hollingsworth,
U. S. Navy, Washington, D. C.;
four brothers, Lloyd H., Lakeland,
Fla., Robert H.. Kenansville, Ma
con and Davis Hollingsworth, War
saw; three sisters, Mrs. Jacob Ba
ron and Mrs. Estelle Henderson of
Scotland Neck, and Mrs. Roberta
Rouse, Rose Hill; and six grand
children.
Funeral services were held at 4
a.m. yesterday at the Quinn-Mc
3owan Funeral Home in Warsaw,
conducted by the Rev. H. M. Ba
ker of Warsaw. Interment was in
:he Magnolia Cemetery at Magno
lia.
Condition and yield reports made
ay growers as of June I indicated
i N. C. rye crop of 266,000 bushels,
rhis is about the same as the 1954
crop.
Wilmington Boy’s
Body Recovered
From Hall’s Pond
The body of Billy Merritt, 18
year-old Wilmington boy, was re
covered from Hall’s Pond at noon
Monday.
A human chain of Wallace Ex
plorer Scouts was starting across
the 20-acre pond when two of the
Scouts and one of three citizens
in the chain stepped on the body
simultaneously.
Coroner Garland Kennedy ruled
the recent New Hanover High
School graduate *mc to his death
as a result of accidental drown
ing and no inquest would be neces
sary.
The body was found about five
minutes after twelve as a Fourth
of .July holiday crowd estimated
to number between 250 and 300
looked on.
Fire engines from Rose Hill and
Wallace were utilized in pumping
water across the dam and into a
gully across the road in an effort
to locate the body which was found
about fifty yards on the north side
of where he was last seen. The
lake drains toward the south.
Fire departments of all towns in
Duplin were summoned to help in
the draining of the lake early on
Monday morning. Rose Hill and
Wallace departments were utiliz
ed as well as eight farm irrigation
pumps. The Kenansville fire truck
also came but was sent back as
that community only has one fire
truck.
Merritt was in a boat with a
younger brother and cousin when
the small craft overturned. The
other two succeeded in swimming
to safety. Merritt made a valiant
struggle but disappeared from
sight after coming up three times.
He was the son of James and Myr
tle Merritt of Wilmington, former
ly of this area. The family was
visiting kinsmen in the area when
the holiday tragedy occurred in
mid-afternoon Sunday.
Hall’s Pond is located about a
mile from the Sampson - Duplin
County line and is about a mile
from where another widespread
search was conducted last fall, that
time for a lone gunman who in
vaded the Waccamaw Bank and
Trust Company of Rose Hill early
one Saturday morning. He was
never found despite a three - day
effort.
The body of young . fc'rritt was
removed to Crumpler - Honeycutt
Funeral Home in Clinton after its
recovery from water then about
six feet deep. The human chain
of Scouts and citizens had started
out from shore wading and was
experiencing much difficulty stay
ing in a straight line due to the
numerous stumps, logs and holes
on the pond floor.
The lake is owned by Henry Hall.
It is on the same site where his
father owned a lake many years
ago and ground corn meal until his
dam broke. The present dam is
wide enough for two cars to pass
on top.
Sales, Use Tax
Collections Show
Increase Duplin
Sales and use tax collections in
Duplin County for May totaled
822,490.88, going above the $22,282 -
07 of the month before and the
819,379.31 of May of 1954.
In Wayne County collections for
May totaled $72,056.19, a consider
able increase over the 869,840.15 of
the month before and the 865,961.79
jof May of 1954. The continuing in
crease in collections evidence a
continued good business trend.
In Johnston County collections in
May amounted to $45,078.64, com
paring with $42,078.64 the month
before and $42,409.84 for May of
1954.
In nearby Sampson County col
lections totaled $27,468.45 for May,
well above the $24,712.91 the month
prior and the $21,785.43 of May of
1954.
Collections in Goldsboro alone to
taled $57,809.56 for May, going
above the $54,286.07 of the month
prior and the $52,081.94 of May of
1954.
Funeral Services
John E. McNellis
Held Thursday
John Edward McNellis, age 60,
who resided near Wallace, died on
Wednesday morning in Sampson
Memorial Hospital at Clinton after
having been seriously ill since Sat
urday.
Funeral services were held from
the home this afternoon (Thurs
day) at 3:30 o’clock by Rev. Van
ce Rich, pastor of the Northeast
Free Will Baptist Church, assisted
by Rev. Orbie Carter of Wallace
and Rev. King Brown of Burgaw.
Interment was in the Family Ce
metery near the home.
He is survived by his wife; two
daughters, Misses Hattie Margaret
and Rosa Lee McNellis, and one
foster daughter, Kathy McNellis,
all of the home; one brother, Billie
McNellis of Wallace.
DEAN'S LIST — Miss Lo
retta Johnson, member of
the Pharmacy School of the
University of North Caro
lina, made the Dean’s List
during the last semester, i
At the end of the first sc- j
mester she was invited into j
the Kappa Epsilon, an hon- j
orarv sorority. The daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. D. W.
Johnsi ’■> of Harrells, Loret
ta was also valedictorian of
the graduation class of ’54
at Franklin High School,
Harrells.
Fanners Urged To
Support Tobacco
Asso. Program
The degree to which the futire
of the flue - cured tobacco industr •
hinges on the program of Tobacco
Associates depends entirely on the
extent to which each and every
farmer responds with full and un
limited support of the organization.
Reinforced with the interest and
support of every farmer. Tobacco
Associates could bee am'. Vi‘i single
most important factor in expansion
of our flue - cured export markets.
Since formation in 1947, Tobacco
Associates has been an integral
part of our farm program, supple
menting the price support and pro
duction adjustment measures in
the comprehensive plan designed
for improvement of farm economy.
In a similar manner, the North
Carolina Peanut Growers Associa
tion has been working for the past
two years to raise the living stand
ard of peanut farmers.
Officials of the organization have
used assessment funds, approved
by farmers in a 1953 referendum,
to finance research, marketing and
advertising of the Virginia - type
peanut.
Both the peanut and tobacco as
sessment programs are acheduled
for vote on July 23, and it is im
perative that every farmer under
stand at this time the function of
his self - help programs.
The Tobacco Associates organi
I zation during the past eight years
has devoted full time and effort
towards expansion of export mar
kets upon which farmers depend
! for the sale of at least one - third
jof every flue - cured crop,
j One - third of every crop must
i go overseas so that healthy mar
keting can be maintained at home.
Last year, 3 acres out of every
10 went abroad. This important
one - third mounted to 422,000,000
! pounds, and brought flue - cured
| growers $223,000,000 an average of
I $215 an acre.
( If our foreign markets can be
'retained we will successfully com
bat the sharp increase of foreign
competition that has come about
in recent years, even despite the
fact that progressive strides are
being made in foreign areas, both
in quality of leaf grown and in
the amount being sold.
But if the United States loses its
overseas outlets, they will in all
likelihood never be regained. For
this reason tobacco farmers need;
the Tobacco Associates program, j
in connection witn looacco as
sessments, farmers should stand
squarely behind the government’s
marketing quota program. This is
sue, too, will be decided July 23.
Flue - cured farmers have the
alternative of continuing quotas for
one year or for three years or not
at all. Our overall farm program
demands that we continue the pro
duction adjustment principle as
manifested by marketing quotas.
Our peanut program, as em
bodied in the North Carolina Pea
nut Growers Association, is also a
growing necessity.
Working closely with processors
manufacturers and shelters. Pea
nut Association officials have de
veloped a more favorable market
ing program for growers of the
Virginia - type peanut.
In addition, the Association has
established extensive research
projects designed to improve pro
duction and harvesting methods,
and has participated in a nation
wide peanut advertising program
conducted by the National Peanut
Council.
For continuing growth and ex
pansion Tobacco Associates and
the North Carolina Peanut (Grow
AA To Hold Area
Inter-Group Meet
Wallace Sunday
An Inter-Group meeting of AI
eoholies Anonymous for all East
ern North Carolina will be held
in Wallace Sunday, co-sponsored by
Ihe Wallace and Warsaw AA
Groups.
A spokesman for the two groups
said today that a large crowd will
be here from all over the eastern
section of North Carolina for the
big meeting Sunday.
Dave C—, of Greensboro, will
make the main address when the
conclave begins at 3:00 o’clock at
the beautiful Wallace American Le
gion building.
Worth W—, also of Greensboro,
will be master of ceremonies for
the occasion.
Refreshments will be served im
mediately following the main ad
dress by the Ladies Auxiliary of
both groups.
"This is an open meeting and we
particularly invite and urge the
general public to come and be
with us," the spokesman declared.
The Sunday meeting in Wallace
will be the first time a town so
small has had the honor of being
host to an Inter-Group meeting.
Holiday Road
Checks Sponsored
By Lions Clubs
Road checking stations were
maintained on each of the four
days of the recent holiday week
end by the Lions Clubs of Warsaw
and Wallace assisted by the State
Highway Patrol.
Safety literature urging each mo
torist stopped to slow down and
live was given and a wreck de
picting the evils of speed as mani
fested by one or more killed point
ed out.
The wrecks were towed to the
two spots near Warsaw through
the courtesy of the Warsaw Motor
Company and the two spots near
Wallace through the courtesy of
t h e Cavenaugh Chevrolet Com
pany, Chevrolet dealers in their
respective towns.
A safety station was maintained
on 117 south of Warsaw Friday
afternoon and c a N. C. 24 r*.vi. of
Warsaw on Saturday afternoon?"? ']
Vann and C. W. Hinson manned
the post on both days.
Safety stations were maintained
on N. C. 41 east of Wallace on
Sunday and on 117 north of Wallace
Monday afternoon. Manning the
station Sunday were Bob Murray
and Robert Frank Boone and on
Monday were Bob Murray and Da
vid Henderson.
There were no fatalities or ser
ious accidents in Duplin County
during the four - day week end
which ended at midnight Monday
although one of eighteen in the
state occurred in neighboring Pen
der County.
Marriage Licenses
Marriage Licenses issued by the
Duplin County Register of Deeds
office during the month of June,
1955, were as follows:
Kenneth Royal Dupreee, Albert
son, Virginia Charlotte Outlaw,
Deep Run
James Owen Johnson, Kenans
ville, Sarah West Outlaw, Kenans
ville.
George Lofquist, Swannanoa, Jo
anne Jackson, Wallace.
Theodore A. Brenkworth. Beula
ville. Hazel Brown Kennedy, Beu
laville.
Charles Thomas Preston, Win
ston - Salem, Joy Craver Taylor,
Magnolia.
Williams Isaac Ives, Burgaw,
Barbara Louise Carter. Wallace.
Raymond Richard Unagst
Springtown, Pa., Shirley Ann Law
rence, Wallace.
Larry Wilson Harper. Albertson,
Ila Marie Kornegay, Route 2, Mt.
Olive.
Sidney A. Blizard, Beulavillc,
Thelma Ann Houston, Kenansville.
Eldridge Guy Batchelor, Beula
ville, Dorothy Wade Bryan, Onslow
County.
James Dixon Wilson, Rose Hill,
Sherry Faye Lockerman, Rose Hill.
Frank Steiner Sexton, Tampa,
Fla., Doris Carole Coulter, Tampa,
Fla.
Nathaniel Robinson, Route 2,
Pink Hill, Arlene Vann, Route 2,
Mt. Olive.
Herman Teaehey, Route 2, Wal
lace, Laura Bryant, Duplin Coun
ly
License Penalty
A five per cent penalty will be
due on all privilege licenses dur
ing the month of July, it was an
nounced by Miss Helen Hunt, Wal
lace Town Clerk, today.
ers Association need the endorse
ment of every farmer at the polls
on July 23, and beyond that their
lasting support and interest.
Specifically, the issues involved
in these referendums are whether
or not assessments will be contin
ued.
Flue - cured leaf farmers will
vote on continuance of the 10 cents
per havested tobacco acre assess
ment, while peanut growers wi'l
decide whether to assess themsel
ves 2 cent per hundered pounds of
peanuts. These assessment rates
are proposed for each of the next
three years through 1958.