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DUPLIN — ONSLOW — PENDER — ROBESON — SAMPSON
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SCHOOL FUND
WALLACE, March 10.—The
County Board of Commission
ers of Duplin County, who met
in Kenansville Monday, March
4, set aside $115,000 for new
school buildings, repairs and
additions to present buildings
for the next fiscal year. This
action was taken at the request
of the Duplin County Board of
Education, and it was pointed
out by spokesmen for the
Board that this amount will be
over and above all insurance
money collected from fire
losses at Beulaville and War
saws, and will also be in addi
tion to any funds that will be
set up in the budget, which will
be made out for the next fiscal
year on July 1, 1946.
STAY IN NAVY
SOUTHPORT, March 10. —
The war may be over but Leon
Leonard, son of Mr. and Mrs.
N. B. Leonard, of Boliva, la
remaining with the Navy. The
youngest of five brothers who
were with the army or navy
during the war, he has been
in the service for six years.
With his wife he is now spend
ing a few days with his parents
at Bolivia.
THEATER REOPENS
WHIT-SVILL, March 10—The
Columbus Theater of Whiteville
re-opened its doors today at
1:00 p. m. after four days of
extensive redecorations and
renovations, including new fix
tures, chairms with cushions,
seats, new lighting, new car
pet, new stage effects, plus the
"Voice of the Theatre” speaker
system.
FFA WINNERS
SOUTHPORT March 10. —
Three Bolivia high school boys,
Henry Gilbert, Jr., Lester Ed
wards and Bobby Godwin, car
ried off first honors for Bolivia
in the Future Farmers of
America tool judging contest at
Whiteville last week. Out of a
possible 300, the Brunswick
county boys scored for 292
points; Cerro Gordo ran second
with 276 points. Acme Delco
scored 270, Whiteville, 182; Wil
liams, 126. The FFA at Bolivia
is carried on under the direc
tion of J. M. King, agricultural
teacher. He and the rest of the
county are naturally much
pleased at the showing of the
Brunswick boys against those
of the neighboring county of
Columbus.
NEAR QUOTA
WALLACE, March 10.—Dup
lin County’s 1946 Red Cross
drive which opened Friday,
March 1, with a good start, is
nearing its assigned quota of
$8,925, according to reports
made public last week by Dr.
G. H, Ulrich, Fund chairman.
Chairman Ulrich said that over
75 percent of the quota had
been raised.
DRIVE PROGRESSES
WHITEVILLE, March 10. —
Unofficial reports from various
parts of the county revealed
that the 1946 Red Cross drive
is making satisfactory pro
gress. Actual campaigning got
underway last Monday for a
county quota of $14,600. Bion
Sears and Henry Wyche, re
cently returned servicemen are
co-chairman of the Drive for
Columbus County. R. L.
Scholar is secretary.
landmark bought
SOUTHPORT, March 10. —
The widely known old Stuart
House, one of the most famous
landmarks in Southport for
more than a hundred years,
has been purchased by Dr. B.
W. Wells, head of the Depart
ment of Botany at State Col
lege in Raleigh. Dr. Wells
plans to retire from State Col
lege in two or three years and
make his permanent home at
the Stuart House. Meanwhile
he and Mrs. Wells will make
their summer home here. An
other Southport landmark, The
Brunswick Inn, was recently
purchased by Dr. and Mrs.
Lewis, of the University of N.
C., at Chapel Hill.
OVER THE TOP
WALLACE, March 10.—Mrs.
E. P. Blanchard, Red Cross
Fund Chairman for Rose Hill,
Stated today that Rose Hill had
gone over the top on its as
signed quota of $1,000 in the
1946 fund raising drive, and
that other contributions were
expected.
MOVES OFFICE
WHITEVILLE, March 10. —
Dr. Felix Welton, surgeon at
the Columbus County hospital,
has moved his office tempor
arily to Simmons’s Drug Co.,
on the courthouse square,
pending the erection of a new
office on the corner of E. Smith
and Thompson Streets.
LEAVES NAVY
WALLACE, March 10—Harry
S. Farrior, Sl-c, s»n of Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Farrior of Wallace,
and husband of Mrs. Ruth Far
rior, who has served 16 months
overseas in the Asiatic Pacific
Theatre, was released to in
active duty at the Charleston
Naval Personnel Separation
Center, March 3, 1946.
BUILDING HOUSE
SOUTHPORT, March 10. —
Frank R. Sullivan is building
an attractive new six-room
home on Route 74 at Leland.
BUSINESS BUILDING
WHITEVILLE, March 10. —
J. T. Butler, recently discharge
veteran, has begun digging for
the foundation for a 2-story
business building to be ap
proximately 40 by 75 feet on
South Madison. He expects to
make two stores on the ground
floor and offices upstairs.
MUSTS STUDY
“MAN" ON SUNDAY
Golden Text In Churches
Was Theme From Psalms
37:23; Textbook Used
"MAN” was the subject of the
Lesson-Sermon in all Christian
Science Churches and Societies on
Sunday, March 10.
The Golden Text was from
Psalms 37:23. "The steps of a good
man are ordered by the Lord: and
he delighteth in his way.”
Among the citations comprising
the Lesson-Sermon were the fcflow.
ing from the Bible: “Ye are my
witnesses, saith the Lord, and my
servant whom I have chosen: I
have made the earth, and created
man upon it: I, even my hands,
have stretched out the heavens!
and all their host have I command
ed. 1 have raised him up in right
eousness, and I will direct all his
ways.” (Isaiah 43: 10 to 45: 12,
13 to:).
The Lesson-Sermon also includ
ed the following passages from the
Christian Science t e x t b o o k,
“Science and Health with Kev to
the Scriptures” by Mary Baker
Eddy: “God expresses in man the
infinite idea forever developing it
self, broadening and rising higher
and higher from a boundless basis.
He is the compound idea of God,
including all right ideas; the gen
eric, term for all that reflects
God’s image and likeness; the con.
scious identity of being as found
in Science, in which man 4s the
reflection of God, or Mind, and
therefore is eternal; that which has
no separate mind from God; that
whicn has not a single quality un
derived from Deity; that which
possesses no life, intelligence, nor
creative power of his own, but re
flects spiritually all that belongs
to his Maker.” (258,475).
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WHITEVILLE MEN
SLATE EXPOSmON
Six-Day Merchants Exposi
tion Planned By Wbite
ville Lions
WHITEVILLE, March 10 — The
Whiteville Lion’s Club will sponsor
a Whiteville Merchants Exposition
this fall, the date to be governed
by the closing of the Tobacco
market. The first of the kind ever
to be held in the county, it will
be a six-day show, to be open on
evenings only. Extensive plans are
already well advanced for the
event.
It will bo held in' Crutchfield’s
warehouse to be decorated with an
array of 62 booths constructed
along the wall on each side of the
warehouse. In the center auto
mobiles and appliances will be on
display. The booths will display
products sold and distributed by
the merchants of Whiteville and
Columbus County. Educational dis
plays will also be arranged and
stressed.
Major prizes will be awarded
each night amounting to hundreds
of dollars.
A. E. Heafner, local department
advertising and display man will
be in charge.
RECRUITING CHIEF
LISTS 15 POINTS
Cottle Sets Forth Many Ad
vantages Army Has To Of
fer Prospective Enlistees
Fifteen "startling” points of the
new peacetime Army were made
public last night by Lt. N. G. Cot.
tie, Army recruiting officer.
In the 15 points, Lieutenant Cot
tle thinks, are apme of the most
advantageous features ever offer
ed by the Regular Army.
Number one on the list is base
pay which the enlistee gets. Rang,
ing from the beginning base of
$50, up to as high as $138 per
month, the pay is described as
"practically clear.” It was pointed
out that this does not include de
pendent’s allotments.
Retirement Feature
Retirement was listed as the
number two feature. Enlistees may
retire anytime after 20 years serv
ice, with a good income, plus medL
cal attention for life.
Service in any branch of the
Army chosen by the enlistee under
enlistments of three years or
more; Selection of any overseas
theatre, the European, Carribean,
Alaskan, Mediterranean and Paci
fic, with the three year enlistment;
nice living quarters, including the
finest foods, free; all types of rec
reation and amusement, at little
or no cost; the 40-hour work week;
30 days paid vacation annually,
plus long week-ends.
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USO HAS LARGE
WEEK-END CROWD
"Good1* crowds of servicemen,
and their guests visited the Second
and Orange USO during the week,
end, and Director Charles E.
Robertson said it was the largest
number of people to visit the club
during the past several weeks.
Some 200 people visited the club
and participated in the Mad March
Hare ball which was featured
Saturday night, the director said.
Good Attendance
The director also reported large
and orderly crowds at the Home
hour which he conducts every Sun
day afternoon, beginning at five
o’clock.
The Java hour, under the man
agement of Miss Doris E. Marscl
ais, assistant director of the club,
was also well attended yesterday
morning, the director said.
Voice Recording
In addition to the above-mention,
ed features of the Sunday activi
ties, horseback riding, services in
local churches, the voice record
ing feature and the shellcraft
period between the hours of 2 and
4 in the afternoon, were well at
tended.
Horses Bolt—Winnie, Ike Unhurt
Former Prime Minister Winston Churchill of
Great Britain and Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
narrowly escaped injury at Williamsburg, Va., on
Saturday when two white horses drawing the
ancient carriage in whic hthey were riding bolted.
A liveryman (top) tries to stop the horses, while
a state trooper (right) holds on to wheel of the
carriage. The incident happened as Churehill
(left) and Gen Eisenhower sat calmly in the car
riage in front of the old governor’s mansion. They
were about to start on a tour of Colonial Williams,
burg. . _••
CITY BRIEFS
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WOMAN’S SOCIETY
The Woman’s' Society of
Christian Service of Trinity
Methodist church will meet this
afternoon at 3:30 o’clock in the
church.
WINTER PARK
The W. M. S. of Winter Park
Baptist church will hold the
regular meeting tonight at 7:30
o’clock in the church.
MYRTLE GROVE AUXILIARY
The Women’s auxiliary of
Myrtle Grove Presbyterian
church will meet tonight at 8
o’clock. All members are urged
to be present.
EXECUTIVE BOARD
The executive board of the
Woman’s auxiliary of First
Presbyterian church will meet
this afternoon at 3:50 o’clock.
LAKE FOREST P.-T.A.
The monthly meeting of the
Lake Forest P.-T. A. will meet
Tuesday afternoon at 2:45 o’
clock in the school auditorium
with Mrs. J. P. Turner, presi
dent, presiding.
HEMINGWAY P.-T. A.
The Hemingway P.-T. A. will
meet Tuesday afternoon at 2:30
o’clocx in the school auditor
ium with Rabbi Samuel A.
Friedman a^guest speaker.
surriiK
A steak siwper to raise funds
for the erection of a Sunday
school building for Oak Grove
chapel will be staged this eve
ning from 5:30 to 8 p.m., on the
church grounds under the spon
sorship of Clifford Ward, super
intendent of the Sunday school,
and Miss Doris Landen, a
teacher in the Sunday school.
In the event inclement weather
intervenes, the supper will be
held in Miss Landen's home.
INFANTRY TO MEET
Wilmington Light Infantry
will hold a meeting tonight at
8 o’clock in the WLI Armory,
409 Market street. All members
are urged to attend,
NEW AIDE CLASS
A new Nurses’ Aide class will
start tonight at 7 o'clock in
James Walker Memorial hos
pital with Miss Agusta Futchs
as instructor. In announcing the
new class Miss Futchs pointed
out the extreme necessity for
new workers at the present
time.
SOCIETY TO MEET
The Woman’s Society of
Christian Service of the Fifth
Avenue Methodist church will
meet this afternoon at 3:30 o’
clock in the church. Mary
Nichols, deaconness, will give a
report on the jurisdiction con
ference recently attended in
Memphis, Tenn.
CAPE FEAR COUNCIL 1
Cape Fear Council No. 24,
Daughters of America, wiU
hold a regular meeting tonight
at 8 o’clock in the Junior Order
hall. All members are urged to
be present.
annual wmu meeting
Mrs C W. Sha|v, chairman
Mtfie’Mission study, Wdmiiig
and division,, and Mrs. A.
Mason, secretary-treasurer
leave tomorrow for Hign
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where they will attend the an
nual meeting of the North Caro
lina WMU, Tuesday through
Thursday.
MOTHERS AND TEACHERS
The Mothers and Teachers
club of St. Mary’s school will
meet Tuesday afternoon at 3
o’clock in the parish hall. All
members are urged to attend.
WINTER PARK P-TA
The P.-T. A. of Winter Park
will meet Tuesday night at 8
o’clock with Miss Maude1 Weber
as guest speaker. Members of
the executive committee will
meet promptly at 7:30 o’clock.
SUNSET PARK P-TA
The Sunset Park P.-T. A.
will meet Tuesday night at 8
o’clock with H. M. Roland as
guest speaker. The mothers of
the Fifth grade will be in
charge.
TILESTON P-TA
The Tileston P.-T. A. will
meet Tuesday afternoon at 3
o’clock in the school auditor
ium. The executive committee
will mee<t in the library at 2:30
o’clock.
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The Phalanx Fraternity will
have a supper tonight at Fair
cloth’s tavern on Wrightsville
sound. Members and their
guests will meet at 8:00 p.m.
at the YMCA where transporta
tion will be arranged.
MINISTERS MEETING
The regular monthly meeting
of the Wilmington Ministers as
sociation will he held at 11
o’clock this morning in the
YMCA.
McCLURE BIBLE CLASS
The McClure Fellowship Bible
Class will hold its regular
weekly meeting at 6:30 tonight
at the YMCA. After the class
supper the Rev. Allen Wilson
of First Christian church will
teach the international Sunday
school lesson for next Sunday.
WHITEVILLE GROUP
PLAN GOLF COURSE
Donald Ross, Pinehurst
Architect, Will Draw
Up Plans
WHITEVILLE, March 10. _ At
a meeting of some 60 local enthusi.
asts in the courthouse here this
week, it was voted to authorize a
committee to secure a le£*e oil a
plot of 65 acres of land near White
ville, to have it surveyed and to
secure the services of Donald Ross
of Pinehurst, a golf course archi
tect, to draw plans and specifica
tions for the proposed nine-hole
course and club house.
The 'meeting was presided over
by Houston Gurganus, one of
Whiteville’s young men who are
promoting the movement, and it
was reported that $15,000 has been
pledged on the project thus far
Mr. Gurganus pointed out that the
PiafS t ial e<^ for developing the
Plot of land into a club housf two
Ter rTeT^T diam°nd and
3tner recreational grounds in ae
mrdance with the nine-hole goU
NEGRO’S BODY FOUND
The body of Leroy Crawford,
Negro was yesterday recovered
from Smith Creek, near Bryant’s
Landing.
Crawford has been missing since
he set out in his motor boat two
weeks ago to chop firewood some
where near the junction of Smith
creek and the Northeast river.
A search, made at the time, dis
covered the boat floating near the
junction.
ATU AGENTS GET
STILL, NEGROES
One Hundred Gallon Ca
pacity Steam-Type Unit
Captured In Pender
Federal Alcohol Tax Unit agents
Charles Gray, Ernest Plate, and
Lon Howe captured and destroyed
a 100-gallon steam-type whiskey
still and 450 gallons of molasses
mash on Saturday at 12:30 p. m.,
in the McIntyre section of Pender
county.
Two Negroes, Timothy Newkirk
and James Smith, caught operating
the still, were arrested by the
agents and brought before J. D.
Taylor, U. S. Commissioner, in the
Customshouse here.
Newkirk waived his hearing, but
Smith pleaded guilty to illegal
operation of the still. Although
neither would claim ownership of
the still, Smith admitted that he
owned part of the mash.
Newkirk said he was helping
Smith with the understanding that
Smith would give him free drinks
in recompense.
Commissioner Taylor placed
them under $350 bond each pend
ing the April term of federal court.
KILLED IN WRECK
NEWTON, March 10.—(#)—Harry
J. Taylor, 26, of Dallas, was killed
Sunday on the Newton-Shelby high
way when the car in which he was
a passenger overturned, injuring
the driver.
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BUS drivers confe,
house and stole a marrow'?0 **
is a complaint that rest, e.®0®*'"
yellowed, in the files’fty *"*
Welsh police station £ "“H
A prose equivalent'of this ,v
was lodged against a
Negro Sunday night “““Wor
D. G. Riggs, driver'of a «?=♦ ;
Transit company bus ,oWafe*»J
that his change box h-ri t Pol:i;‘
Red by an unkomvn Ne“r0 tv? tj'
was standing up the r°cad
to another driver who hJ^
plained of the Negro’? „d .c««
conduct in the region of
The woman bus driver
noticed the Negro trailing her ^
cle in an automobile anH
Rigfs b„, behind be, 3 »
for a councel of war. a“E(i
Riggs left his bus to see
the trouble was and vvhil ^
lady was retailing her ,„2'>
the Negro nipped around and v'1
bed $20.70 and his ctn J
tamer. 6 C6i
Police are hoping to null
Taffy in short order. ^
Gonsmers use more than u
million quarts of fresh milk Z
cream a day through doorsteo a
store distribution. ^
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