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PROGRESS SENTINEL . XXXXV NO. 20 USPS 162 860 KENANSVILLE. NC 28349 MAY 20. 1982 16 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX ? >? Warsaw Says EPA ? Slow With Money Unless the U.S. Environ mental Protection Agency starts paying its share soon. Warsaw may run out of money for a new sewage treatment plant in one or two months, the town board was told last week. Town Clerk Alfred Herring ^old board members at their meeting that the town has billed the EPA five times for a tot^l of almost $300,000 and has been paid only $22,000. The town pays bills from the contractor, then bills the EPA and the state for their share, 75 and 12.5 percent, respectively. The payments have been coming in much Slower than the bills are ^oing out. Herring told the commissioners. "Unless the work slows down or EPA changes its habits in paying bills, we're going to be in trouble in 30 to 60 days," Herring said. "There's nothing we can do about this. I'm just telling you because we may get into trouble, and I want you to ^^iow before we do." The town's $400,000 in bond money is all spent, but it still has about $125,000 left from the state's Clean Water Bond payments. In a project of this type, $125,000 won't go very far. Herring said. The commissioners took no action following the infor mation from Herring. The board did act to get more money for a 12-inch sewer line on Best Street, authorizing acceptance of grants totalling $27,837. They will come from the Clean Water Bond money. The town will pay the remainder of the $97,000 project. The board did finally de cide to sell the former town hall and police station to Commissioner Frank Steed for 19,947.50. Steed, mayor pro-tem, was acting mayor at the meeting in the absence of Mayor Sam Godwin. He relinquished his position during discussion and voting Monday night, returning after the bid was accepted. The building has been vacant since town officials and the police department left the structure and its ] 130-by 180-foot lot five years ago. moving to the new town hall. The commissioners also approved the second reading of a resolution to annex some property between North Gum and Beasley streets. The annexation had been re quested by the Warsaw In dustrial Development Cor poration. The annexed land is to be the site of a sewing plant being built by S&B Manu facturing. a subsidiary of Lori Lee. a Clinton firm. The plant will receive town water and sewer because of the annexation. There was no discussion of the proposal. The board took no action on a request for $4,833.08 from the Warsaw Rescue Squad to buy pagers and a radio for an ambulance. (Pagers arc one-way radios which notify squad members of rescue calls.) The money, if granted, would come from next year's budget. The new radio would be installed in the old ambu lance, which was replaced by a new ambulance purchased by the county. Warsaw will continue picking up residents' trash after the commissioners de cided not to contract with Waste Industries Inc. of Wil mington. Herring told the board that he was against the contract, even though it costs the town about $8,000 more per year than it receives in collection fees. He said the town would have to abandon its large investment in trucks and other equipment, three em ployees would lose their jobs and citizens would not get as good a service as they get from the town. To keep residents from having to go to Kenansville and paying $31 in court costs for minor traffic violations, the board instructed Garrett Ludlum. town attorney, and Police Chief R.P. Wood to find a way to accept pay ment of tickets for those infractions at the town hall. Rose HilJ To Call For Vote On Telephone System The Rose Hill town com missioners agreed unani mously to call for a vote to connect the town with the Kcnansville telephone ex change. a move which would lower the cost of phone calls for area residents. If telcophone subscribers approve the local service ^nk, it could be in bperation in 18 months. John Gurganus. director of the Duplin County Industrial Development Corp.. said it would cost Rose Hill resi dents 50 cents more per month if the exchanges are connected. Calls between the ex changes arc now long dis tance and cost 18 cents per jninutc. Gurganus said. A Vudy by Carolina Telephone and Telegraph showed that 7.851 calls were made be tween the exchanges in a 30-dav period. Rose Hill area citizens are anxious to tap into the Kcnansville exchange because that is the county scat and calls to county offices are now long dis tance. If the connection is made, Kcnansville telephone sub scribers will be linked on local service with Rose Hill, Magnolia, Beulaville and Grccncvers. Rose Hill tele phone users would only have Kcnansville added to their local service. At the suggestion of Town Attorney Richard Burrows, the board agreed to have the courts determine whether a structure built on a mobile home chassis is still a mobile home. If the residence is Still a mobile home, owner Mary Tart will have to move it from Johnson Street, which is not zoned for mobile homes. Mrs. Tart contends that the residence is a regular house because it was built locally and not in a factory. Attorney Burrows said the structure is still a mobile home because it is built on a chassis and not on a regular foundation. Burrows did not speculate on when he would have the legal papers asking for a dcclatorv judgment filed or when the matter would come to court. At the request of town resident, J.D. Knowles. the board named the town's new Little League baseball field Hinson Park in honor of Commissioner Keith Hinson. Mayor Ben Harrell said that Hinson is largely re sponsible for the existence of the park and the programs being carried on there. Hin son spent much of his money and free time on the park and has coached baseball for quite some time. Because the present civil fine is difficult to enforce, the board made it a criminal offense for residents to allow dogs to run free. Fines for leash law violations arc now $50 for the first offense. $40 for the second and $50 for the third. On the third offense, the dog will be turned over to the dog pound. In addition to the tines, violators will have to pay $51 in court costs for each viola tion. Raman Appears At ? Raleigh Public Hearing Dr. E.J. Raman, area di rector of Duplin-Sampson Area Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services, appeared at the public hear ing held by the N.C. Mental Health study commission on May 12 at the Legislative Building in Raleigh. ? Amidst funding cutbacks and increasing needs of the mentally ill. mentally re tarded and the alcoholic, community programs are not in a position to develop support services without additional appropriations from the Legislature. Dr. Raman shared some of his major concerns with the com mission, Dr. Raman complimented the commission for their crucial role in developing community-based alterna' tives for the treatment and rehabilitation of the mentally ill, retarded and the alcoholic and shared some of his concerns in the process of deinstitutionalization, the "Willie 'M' program." and commitment laws. He stressed the impor tance of prevention of inap propriate mental hospital admission through the ade quate provision of commu t liny aiici names for treat ment and rehabilitation, adequate preparation of in stitutionalized patients for community living, and es tablishment and mainte nance of community support system as prequesites for deinstitutionalization. Dr. Raman emphasized the need for cooperation and coordination of the services offered by the department of public education and the N.C. Division of Mental Health, etc.. as well as the issues related to the de velopment of least restric tive. normal community based alternatives. He also brought to their attenting the inadequacy of commitment laws that prevent appropriate treat ment ,of those who exhibit severe psychopathologv. Dr. Raman said, "i have ventured to share my con cerns because of my im mense faith in the commis sion and hope that your deliberation and recommen dations would improve the quality of care for the men tally ill. mentally retarded and the alcoholic, and make their lives a little more tolerable, worthwhile and pninvflhlp " * Kenonsville Jaycees Receive No. 1 In State Award This past weekend at the Jaycee state convention in Asheville, the Kenansville Jaycees received several awards. The Kenansville fhapter received an award or being the Number 1 chapter in the Parade of Chapters in the state of N.C., Population Divison F (26-35 members). The chapter also received an award for Ways and Means Team of the Quarter for Chapter Fundraising. Additional awards received include a programming award for accumulating in excess of 8,500 points. The Kenansville chapter also received four chairman planning guide awards for community fundraislng for community fundraising (United Cerebral Palsv Tele thon), Criminal Justice (Crime WJatch Program), Youth Assistance (Toys for Tots Christmas Program), and Governmental Involve ment (Sheriff s Forum). Mike Outlaw and Phil Hardy competed at the state level in Spcsk Up compe tition. I Future Farmers Of America Hold Rally At JSTC Nine surrounding counties were represented in a rally held by the Future Farmers of America Thursday. May 10 at James Sprunt Technical College. Participants from each district were judged in various events. The East Duplin chapter of the FFA took third place in livestock judging. W.T. Davis from East Duplin also received the third highest score in agrt .??iWi.ro mechanics. The South Lenoir chapter took five prizes in the compe tition. Rex Howard won third place in extemporaneous public speaking. B.J. Tvndall received the highest score in dair> judging and the chap ter as a whole won first place in the dairy event. South Lenoir was also the first place winner in the quartet competition. Marietta Howard of South Lenoir was honored as FLA Sweetheart. Area ECU Alumni And Pirates Club To Hold Spring Banquet Jhe Duplin. Sampson anc^ Pender County Aluhirri, Pirate Club members, arid, friends at East Carolina Uni versity will meet Thursday. May 27th at 6:30 p.m. at The Country Squire. Featured speakers will be Dr. John Howell, chancellor of the University; Ed Emory. he.** football coach; and Larry Beckrich. offensive coordi nator for the Pirates football team. Several staff members from the Alumni Association Pirates Club and athletic administration will also be in i ,M 1 ihe cvciuHj} *?<? provide *the opportunity to celebrate the 75th anniversary of ECU with a social hour beginning at "6:30 and the famous Country Squire dinner at 7:30. Tickets for the evening arc S8 each and may be m aii i'd from Fd Baltic <592-1241/ in Clinton and Kob Lcc (292-422"') in War saw . Reservations may also be made by sending a check to Duplin County ECU Alumni Association, c/o Rob Lee. 402 Grove Creek. War saw . NC 28298. Cheese To Be Distributed In Duplin The Duplin County Department of Social Ser vices has received notifica tion of the delivers to the county of a second allotment of cheese. Plans are being made to issue cheese from the old surplus commodity warehouse near the dog pound in Kcnansvillc on Thursday. May 20th and Friday. May 21st. The county allotment will he approxi mately 8.000 pounds and issued on a first come, first served basis. Eligibility requirements remain the same as that of food stamp eligibility. Per sons who received cheese the first time, will be eligible to receive during this issuance if their situation remains the same. Food stamp recipients are automatically eligible and other persons need to bring some verification of their income, according to Millie S. Brown, director of the department. Fund Raiser For Library Officers and board members of the Friends of the Duplin County-Dorothy Wightman Library have adopted a unique fund-rais ing plan to raise money for a bicycle rack and other needed items for the new county library in Kenans ville. The public is urped to help the Friends reach their goal of $252 by June 1st. According to William H. Frederick, president, each officer and board member has pledged to raise $12 in one month. The method of raising the money is up to each individual. Roberta Williams, library director. ?A. U M B t plans to raise her share by baking and selling sour dough coffee cakes. Another board member plans to ask twelve friends for SI tax dedtictibk donations. Others are still making their plans for raising their pledged amount, and all library friends and patrons arc in vited to help bv contributing anv amount they wish. To make your contribution, contact any officer or board member of the Friends of the Library or call the library at 296-1333. Your help will be appreciated! uupnn wrecK Kills Goldsboro Woman A Goldsboro woman was killed last week in a one-car accident in Duplin County. Wilnia Tyson Hilliard. 33. was a passenger in a vehicle that ran off the road and hit a tree on N.O 111 about 15 miles north of Kenansville, according to a report by investigating State Highway Patrol Trooper C.D. Rogers. No charges were filed in the accident. Class Reunion The graduating class of 1957 from Grantham High School will hold its 25th reunion, on May 29th at, 7 p.m. at Grantham Rescue Squad Building. All graduates, teachers (grades one through twelve) and classmates who would have graduated in 1957 are invited to attend. Contact Eva Sasser Pender at 689-2329, suggests Winnaffed Mosplcy. i Teresa Pelt Grubbs Memorial Fund Announced Dr. and Mrs. Michael Pelt of Mount Olive and the Reverend' Frank Grubbs of Chinquapin have announced a memorial fund at Mount Olive College in memory of Teresa Pelt Grubbs. She was the daughter of Dr and Mrs. Pelt and the wife of the Reverend Grubbs. Dr. Pelt is chairman of the department of religion at Mount Olive College and Grubbs is pastor of Lanier's Chapel Free Will Baptist Church in Duplin Countv. Teresa was a 1976 grad uate of Mourn 0!hj* where she pursued her interest in an. especially w atercolors. j She earned a bachelor of I science degree in art edu cation at ECU and a Master of Arts at the University of Illinois. She had displayed < her art work at both MOC ' and ECU. Although Teresa died of cancer in November I WO at the age of 24. her artistic interests will be perpetuated at MOC through the Teresa Pelt Cirubbs Memorial Fund. It is the intention of the family that the fund be designated for an art studio in the proposed Fine Arts Building in Teresa'^ memory. In the meanwhile, interest earned on the fund will be used for the purcnase of library books in the area of art. Teresa's husband has already donated her personal reference books to begin the collection. In announcing the r*f Tf*' President W. said, "Teresa was an extraordi nary student, both personally and academically. She will be remembered for her genteel spirit, her creative talents and the genuine qualities of character which character /ed her short but radiant life. Through her memorial at Mount Olive College, she Aill be an inspiration to our students for years to come." Suicide Suspected In Death The Duplin County Sher iff's Department and the Slate Bureau of Investigation are looking into the death and possible suicide of a Duplin County man. Henry Wallace Ellis III was found by a Warsaw police officer early Monday morning. Ellis. 3b. had ap parently died Sunday night from a gunshot wound, thought to have been self inflicted. A neighbor, who had no ticed Ellis' car parked nearby all night, notified the Warsaw police. The body was discovered in a field off RPR 1927 in the Rainbow community. According to Glenn Jerni gan of the Sheriff's De partment, Ellis' drivers license showed a Rose Hill address; however, he was believed to have been living in Warsaw at the time of his death. ?
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