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VOL.XXXXmNO.23 KEN ANSV1LLE. NC 28349 JUNE 8.1978 10 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX
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There is, according to reports,
a move afloat to chanfadhe way
-j> the School Board b ejected . .
? That H will be taken from the
\ : county-wide vote and put into
! districts, as is the vote tor
County Commissioners. . .This
'.] would be an injustice to the
citizens of Dupiin County, in my
opinion ... I can see nothing
I'-*S& Jfcil I wonder If these
<t> &. j .ny y>^. ?
Caveat emptor. . .Let the
. buyer beware. . .In the early
days of the United States, this
was the rule. . .Whatever yea
bought, you took the chance it
was not as it looked.. And if it
was not. you had no legal
reotmrse. . .The horse could be
blind, the meat rotten, the
sewing machine broken, the
canned food mislabeled, and so
on. . .And nothing could be
done. . .But a few new laws
changed this, and nowadays.
? one can be assured that what be
buys from the shelf is correctly
represented.. Or the buyer has"
recourse.. .Many counties hive ?
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gone a step further and included
homes by employing a building
inspector to see thai the Mim^t
buyer gets what he pays for. .
Or at least, it will meet some
standards. . . A committee was
appointed to look into this in
Duplin County and they recom
mended a budding inspector. ..
But secording to the mood at
Monday's meeting of the BoardJ?
formcnhmme builder, has his
*JgOge*is*p?id off...
. rim SW $ ?1
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Steve U Joe: Kaniegay's son. .
be messing a toy
Gun.5!.
The Duplin County Board of
Commissioners appointed
Russell J. Lanier, Jr.;MapMity
attorney Monday during an
executive session of their
regular meeting. Lanier *ill
replace Winifred WoBs. who
resigned last month. Board
member D.J. Fussell roade- the
motion to hire Lanier, and it was
seconded by E.E. Kelly. Four
vofjed in favor of Lanier, one
against (William J. Coetin.)
in other action Monday, the
Bisid appropriated S419.194 to
the Duplin General Hospital
aSAnaS?
Richard Harrell, Hospital
Administrator, and Dr. Edward
Boyette, physician ang member
before the Commissioners to
report on the meeting in Raleigh
with the Health Planning and
Development Agency regarding
the Certificate of Need for the
fCU construction at the hospital.
In order to receive a Certificate
of Need, Harrell stated the
agency would need to know
When the 1CU project is going to
be completed and if it can be
done in a way to satisfy the
criteria. He taid he needed to
hava in writing that additional
funds are approved and he
roquesteddhe additional amount
Kenneth Ftttreah Soil Con
servationist, tppwtal on the
Limestone Muddy Creek Pro
fa. jL rvSOS' 'V ???"rirV
ject. He stated that plans are It
have a public meeting early in
July to present a plan. Futreal
also reported on the recreation
pond to be located in the
watershed. He stated it was
decided to build the pond am
Cabin Creek with an area of
60-65 acres for the purpose of
swimming, boating and fishing.
No camp sites have been
decided on as yet.
Jamas Rusher, Industrial De
veloper, reported on the acti
vities of the Industrial Develop
ment program, stating that a
new - building is soon to be
underway in Faison far. the
Faison Manufacturing/
Company. The, Town of Warsaw
is going over plans for a spec
building for a firm interested in
moving into Warsaw. Also,
ground has been broken m the
metal working shop outside the
city limits of BeuLaville. There
will be cost to run the water line
to the industry -- 350 ft. at a
price of $570.
Concerning the Airport Com
mission, Rusher reported that
records are now being kept on
landings and take-offs at the
Airport This was begun May
1st,-and since then there have
been 97 landings and take offs.
of which 58 were industries.
Herman Qpinn," Corager, ap
Elections wilMte^rawetoed to
repay Qilinn his $20 filing fee
Claude Hepler appeared to
Board Appoints Lanier To County Attorney Post
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discuss the office ot the coroner
to be on the ballot in the
November election. Hepler in
formed the Board that by law
the County is required to ap
point a Medical Examiner. He
wondered if there would be a
need for the office of Coroner
Woody Brinson. Kenansville
Town Administrator. Doug
Judge. Mayor, and O.C.
Holland. Recreation Director,
appeared before the Board to
discuss the summer recreation
program for Kenansville area.
Brinson discussed tne v?.oou in ?
federal funds designated to (
Duplin County for summer *
youth recreation and requested '
the Board to designate Kenans
ville as the responsible rccrea- 3
tion program agency. These J
funds must be spent during the
months of July and Ailgust and *
can be granted only to^owns '
with populations of S.OMKor *
more, or a county seat. The '
The Board accepted the
resignation qf Addis Cates from (
the Board of Trustees of James I
ipium uismuic, ivim iu ca^iic
>n June 30. 1981. Action to
ippocnt a replacement was de
erred to a later meeting.
The Board appropriated
12.000 anti-recession funds re
spectively to the Town of
reachey. Albert son Recreation
"enter and to the Town of
Calypso (upon the receipt of
Calypso's budget approval by
:he Board.)
Change orders on the
Courthouse construction was
jresented to the Board. The
ouaru approved rne cnange
orders amounting to S2.280 for
electrical panel being recessed
in the wall, and electrical outlets
SI.980 and $300 for masonry '
walls in the hall to cover cooling
pipes. /I
Two road letters were re
cciyed. SR 1721 extension re
quest was denied; also the Davis
Evans road request was denied. *
The Board was advised that
Alois W. Mobley has been
appointed to serve on the State
Social Services Board.
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JK Commencement Exercise Held
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Graduates Receive *48, 898 In Scholarship Aid 1
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Forty-one of the approxi
mately 141 1978 James Kenan
High School graduates are to
receive $48,893 in scholarships,
grants and financial aid, it was
announced during commence
ment exercises held last Friday.
Highlighting the scholarship
awarding was the presentation
of the Kenan Scholarship of
SI ,200 per year for four years to
Van Arthur Kernstine. U. son of
Mr. and Mrs. Van Arthur Kern
stine of Warsaw. Art plans to
eater the University' of North
* Carolina at Chapel Hiil.
Athletic award winnfcr, which
consists of J100 scholarship, a
trophy and a name plaque to be
placed on the permanent trophy
at James Kenan High School.
Kenny also received a $700
athletic scholarship to Eton
College. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Leadett Houston of
Warsaw.
pichard Edward (Dickie) Fry,
sop of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Fry
of Warsaw, was the recipient of
a S300 Rotary Scholarship pre
setted by H.C. Alien, repre
senting the Warsaw-Kenans
vilie Rotary Club.
Other scholarships, grants
and financial aid earned by JK
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seniors include the following:
Tammy Howard - Pepsi-Cola,
$200; Susan Todd - Litchfield
Huie. $100; Cynthia Pigford -
Liberty Cart Sch., $200 and
Faculty Sch. - Mount Olive,
$500; Walter Faison - Zambo
Club. $100 and Modem Matrons
Rotating Sch.. $150; Benita
Wilson - Zarqfeo Club. $100; 4oe
Williams - Electrical Engineer
ing Sch. N.C. State, SlftOO; PWI
Mizelle - Band Sch. <- Campbell,
$1,400; Vanessa Brown- Socia
lites Sch., $200, Modern Ma
trons Anna Enter Memnial,
Sch., *300. as?d-? Chance#* s
Sch. - N.Cr Central, $500; ?
Deborah Ban son - Presidential
Sch. - Mount OliVe. $1,000;
Felicia Frederick - Minority
Academic Sch., $270; Carrie
Frederick - Chemical Engineer
ing Sch. - N.C. State, $1,200;
Sharon Williams - Chancellor's
Sch. - N.C. Central. $500; Steve
Outlaw ? Basketball Sch.
LaFayette College. $3,000;
Jennifer Farrior - Rinolia Gub
Sch., $200; Leonza Nickeison -
Basketball Sch. - Mount Olive.
S4.800; plus 25 other students
will receive financial aid,
grants, etc., S32.573.
During the formal program.
James F. Strickland. County
Board of Education, recognized '
the top fin academic seniors as:
Sybil Schrell Brown. Vanessa
Alferea Brown. Carrie Lee
Frederick. Richard E. Fry.
Gregory; Alan Hedrick. Aiora
Jcannene Hoffman. Van Arthur
:
Kcrnstinc. II. Susan Marie
Todd. Joe A. Williams and
Sharon Dcncasc Williams.
The exercises ended with the
Recessional by the graduates of ;
the Class of 1978.
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KENAN SCHOLARSHIP - (L to R) Art Kernstine. valedictorian
at James Kenfcn High School, received the Kenan Scholarship
from donor Owen Kenan during the commencement exercises
held last Friday night.
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ROTARY SCHOLARSHIP - (L to R) Dickie Fry, a graduating
senior at James Kenan High School, is shown receiving the
Warsaw-Kenansville Rotary Scholarship from Rotarian H.C.
Allen during the commencement exercise held last Friday. The
scholarship, a $300 bond, is given to the student which the
faculty and teachers at James Kenan High School thinks best
exemplifies the ideals of Rotary.
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Grants For Summer ou
According to Lester Moore.
Project director forCET A Title I
and llf Project*. Duplin County
has nftlMJcen Grait in
the amount of $169,015 for the
Summer Youth Program. In s
Duplin County. 196 economi- I
cally disadvantaged youth j
between the ages ,?f 14 and 21
will work 40.hours per week for 1
a ?T'Week period, beginning '
June 19 through August 4.
Those that are taken on the f
program and are in need of
some remedial work, will be 5
provided with such, approxi "
mately 12 hours per week. For 2
work performed, they will be J
paid S2.65 per hour. 1
They will be assigned to ,
worksites with County. State 11
and Federal agencies, towns' P
recreation, maintenance
departments hnd non-profit or- P
ganizations. u
Applicants must bring their
iocial security card, one of their
larents. along with their 1040
orm that was filed with the IKS
or 1977. They must also bring
heir b!|th certificate to be taken
0 the Department of Social
iervices to get a work permit if
hey are under 18. The office is
seated at 203 South Marshall
itreet in Rose Hill. The phone
lumber is 289-3915 or 289
068. The office is open Monday
hrough Friday from 8:30 a.m.
3 5 p.m.
Any agency that is interested
1 work for some of these young
eople. may contact the Rose
lill Office as soon as possible to
lace an order for the number
ley can adequately supervise.
Rice New Croatan
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District Executive
and the Grantham Community,
Rice will report for duty on
June 15. He is currently based
at Eglin Air Force Base in
Florida, where he will be
retiring August 1st lifter 20
years in the Air Force. He had
enough leave time to permit
early retirement. He spent a
tour at Seymour Johnson AFB in
1%2. and married the former
Donna Creech of Pine level.
Thr^have two sons. Carlton. Jr.
(12) and Allan (7).
it was announced Monday by
Scout Executive Dick Auger that
he C " ? a tan Scout D
Dcaton. who
Arts Council
Awards Grants
The North Carolina Arte
y Council has awarded 15 grants
BNC Names Benson
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To Kenansville Board
> capable board."
Other members of the
Kenansville board are: O.K.
Blizzard. Hilda Booth. Amos Q.
Brinson. Jr.. Davis N. Brinson,
W. Randolph Smith. J.B.
Stroud. Russell J. Lanier. Jr..
?>" Robert Worthington and Dr.
jr John Moore. . ./Aj
Benson and his wife. Judy,
| have one daughter. Tiffany.
I Duplin
General
Aided
The Bank of North Carolina,
N.A. hat named Denny M.
Benson to servt on the local
board in Kenansville. it was
atfhounced by James G.
Lindley. President.
A prominent member of the <
l<yai community. Benson is
JBeMM attended Motyjt Olive
Duke Endowment, one of the
en largest private foundations
n the United States, with a
market value of $422,744,195 as
if December 31, 1977, .mage
grants and appropriations
luring 1977 of $25,*37,44. no
urding to (he annual r?0Mt
?leased over the weekend.
Among grants to hospitals for
Tee bed days of care, hospital
idministrative services and
HOfessional activity studies,
vere i<m to Duplin (General
-iospital in Kenansville; $5,020
A C- ? ? __ kijmnrial U/srnUal
o jamjjMni mcmomi riospuai
n Clinton; and $5,454 to W.yne
Memorial Hospital in GaMe*
Mrci^^cts included
fk t>r, ' 4f> S _llnl
|?S^WayncCmmty.