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Road to Seven Springs paved
Fred Lewis, well-known resident who operated a grocery store at Indian Springs, held "a big barbecue dinner" at his store about six miles northeast of Mount Olive to celebrate the completion of the paving work on the Old Mount Olive-Seven Springs Highway (now the Indian Springs Road). Lewis' store was located on that road at Hopewell Crossroads (where today the Indian Springs Road and Emmaus Church Road intersect). Among those at the event were fourth division highway commissioner Dr. R.E. Earp of Selma, project engineer T.K. McKim, members of the county board of commissioners "and prominent citizens of this section."
Hayden Stuart, furniture dealer in Goldsboro, filed as a candidate for the state House of Representatives to oppose W. Frank Taylor, veteran legislator from Wayne County.
Jesse B. Whitfield, 65, well-known farmer of the Rones Chapel community and "one of the most-prominent farmers and civic leaders of his section," died suddenly of a heart attack.
Duplin County Agent Lacy F. Weeks said a county-wide corn contest would be held again in 1950, and he gave credit to past contests for succeeding in raising the average county yield from 20 to 33 bushels per acre.
At L.J. Simmons Hardware here you could get a new Aladdin Modern White Light Lamp that operated for about "a penny a night" on kerosene.
Mr. and Mrs. Roland Sullivan of Mount Olive announced the birth of a son, Herman Clark, on March 19 at Wayne Memorial Hospital in Goldsboro. Mrs. Sullivan was the former Ethel Dail.
Corporal Daniel E. Bowden Jr., 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. D.E. Bowden of 432 Steele Street, Mount Olive, was transferred to Pope AFB at Ft. Bragg from Guam, where he had been stationed.
A story headlined Negro Youth Tries To Enter Wrong Car And Now Serves 30 Days noted that a "local colored youth attempted to enter and pilfer" a parked automobile on West James Street. It was the car of local police officer Joe Simpson, who apprehended the youth, and in Mayor's Court Mayor M.J. Hatcher sentenced the young man to "30 days on the county roads."
Mrs. Mary Potts, 88, the last living charter member of Emmaus Church at Dudley, died at the home of a daughter in Grantham.
From the Calypso News: "Davis Booth, stationed in California, has returned to his base after a seven-day visit with his parents."
"Big savings at Progressive Supermarket" downtown included picnic ham for 37 cents a pound, oysters for 59 cents a pint and five pounds of Florida oranges for 39 cents.
From the Long Ridge News: "Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Singleton, formerly of this section, will be glad to know that they have moved from Holly Ridge to Beulaville."
From the Smith Chapel News: "Elbron Daughtry is a patient in the Goldsboro hospital suffering from a back injury he received in a fall last week. Others who have been sick with light cases of the flu are able to be out."
The Future Homemakers of America Chapter at Mount Olive High School organized a "Babysitters Club" for "teaching teenagers the normal reactions of small children, improving their relationships and to raise money for necessary supplies for the chapter." Parents desiring services of the babysitters could call Sallie Ann Simmons, chairman of the group, or Margaret Jean Kraft or Daisy Jo Norris.
An official portrait of the late Dr. C.C. Henderson, beloved local physician and benefactor of Mount Olive, was unveiled at the Henderson Building at the college, a building that was named in his memory. Henderson, who died in 1963 at the age of 75, was the college's chief benefactor and one of the organizers of the Mt. Olive Pickle Co., where he was president at the time of his death.
Construction problems and "the nation's sagging economy" were blamed for the delay in the opening of the Mount Olive plant of Sonoco Products Co. Sonoco officials said they would like to see an "upturn in the nation's economy" before opening the plant to manufacture paper cones and tubes for the textile industry. (The firm now makes plastic grocery bags and agricultural plastic film.)
Helen and Brantley Hinson of Mount Olive Hairstyling were attending the International Hairstyling Show in New York City.
From the Faison News: "Mr. and Mrs. Gary Hollingsworth announce the birth of a daughter, Robin Susanne, March 10, at Wayne Memorial Hospital in Goldsboro. Mrs. Hollingsworth is the former Jane Precythe."
Kostas N. Milissaris, a native of Athens, Greece and a renowned hairstylist, was in Mount Olive teaching a special, easy-care hair style called the Ruff-L-Look, and his students included Jimmy Powell of Men's Barber and Hair Styling Shop here.
At Garner Brothers on North Center Street downtown you could get a new Frigidare frost-proof upright freezer for $259 or Blue Ridge outside latex paint for $4.50 a gallon.
Southern Wayne High School Principal Walter Fulcher and the school's band director, Stuart Patten, burned a $6,300 note in a ceremony at the school symbolizing that the debt for the school's band uniforms had been paid.
The Mount Olive Town Board okayed the purchase of a new tanker for the Mount Olive Fire Department at a cost of $66,957 from the American LaFrance Co.
Mrs. Rosalind Armwood, well-respected secretary at Carver Elementary School, was in Asheville to attend the N.C. Association of Educational Office Personnel Convention. (Now retired, Mrs. Rosalind Abernathy lives in New Jersey.)
Jordans Chapel fire fighters were treated to a special supper by "women of the community," headed by Mrs. Rose Keene and Mrs. Elma Jernigan, as "a thoughtful gesture to show appreciation to the firemen."
And, from the Notes column: "The lofty black woman with a white rag tied around her head told police that her granddaughter was in the bedroom drunk--pure passed out."
Police said they could do nothing unless she took out a warrant.
"I ain't studying no warrant," the woman said. "I jest want to get rid of these here (expletive deleted) people around here selling liquor. Ain't nothing but liquor dens up and down the street here. I'm trying to live for the Lord and all the time the devil is building a wall around me and I'm getting (expletive deleted) tired of it."
As police started to leave she shouted, "I'm going to kill some of these here (expletive deleted) around here! I am fed up with it!"
A man sitting on the front porch smiled as police walked away.
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