TORNADO AWARENESS WEEK IN DUPLIN SCHOOLS
Duplin County schools observed Tornado Awareness
Week Feb. 27 through March 5. Schools throughout the
county conducted tornado and severe storm drills.
instructing students in ways to protect themselves from
bad weather. Pictured above, Mary Dudley at Kenansvitle
Elementary, instructs third and fourth graders in ways to
protect themself from severe storms and tornado.
State Scholarships For
Children Of Certain Veterans
According to Frank B.
Moore, Veterans Service
officer for Duplin County, the
North Carolina Division of
Veterans Affairs, headed by
Charles A. Beddingfield Jr.,
administers the State's pro
gram of scholarships for
children of certain veterans.
Each year more than 700
children apply for the
scholastic aid offered by this
fine program. Nearly 500
awards were made last year
and it is estimated that 1.600
children are enrolled each
year at 117 institutions in
North Carolina.
The following information
is necessarily general in
nature. There are several
classes of scholarship eligi
bility. Briefly stated they are:
Classes I & IV. Children of
certain veterans who died or
are 100 percent disabled as a
result of service in WW1,
WWII. Korea, Vietnam, or
children of peacetime
veterans whose death or 100
percent service-connected
disability was incurred as a
direct result of armed conflict
or while engaged in extra
hazardous service, or chil
dren of certain veterans who
were POW/MIA. Vet must
have been a legal resident of
North Carolina at the time of
entry into service, or with
certain exceptions, the child
must have been born in
North Carolina and continu
ously resided here.
Class II. Children as de
scribed above whose parent
was a vet of WWI. WWII,
Korea, Vietnam, or a peace
time vet whose disability was
incurred as a direct result of
armed conflict or while en
gaged in extra-hazardous
service. The vet must have or
at the time of death had a 30
percent or more but less than
100 percent service-con
nected disability or a statu
tory award for arrested
tuberculosis.
Class III. Eligible children
as described above whose
parent was a veteran of
WWI, WWII, Korea or Viet
nam. veteran rated and re
ceiving or at the time of
death receiving 100 percent
nonservice-connected dis
ability benefits.
The scholarships may be
used at schools located in
North Carolina which are
State-owned institutions of
higher education, community
colleges and technical insti
tutes, or privately owned
non-profit colleges and uni
versities.
Scholarships, with one ex
ception. provide free tuition,
certain fees and a room and
board allowance in State
owned institutions and
SI.200 per academic year in
private institutions. The ex
ception being that awards
under the 100 percent ser
vice-connected disability
provision provide only free
tuition and certain fees in
State-owned institutions and
$444 per academic year in
private institutions.
All awards are four aca
demic years in duration. Un
limited awards are made
under Classes 1 and IV.
Classes 11 and 111 are limited
to 100 awards each year in
each class.
Interested persons are
urged to contact Frank B.
Moore. Courthouse Annex,
Kenansville, NC 28349, or
call 296-1616 for more de
tailed information, advice
and active assistance with an
application.
Applications should be
made between Sept. 1 and ,
May 1 of senior year in high
school. Class 1 or IV appli- ,
cants will be accepted at ,
other times as well.
Women's
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The Women's Aglow Fel:
lowship. Kenansville
chapter, will be holding their
monthly meeting on March
12 at the General Store in
Kenansville with fellowship
beginning at 8:45 and the
meeting following at 9:30
a.m. The speaker will be
Janice Gravely of Rocky
Mount, according to Linda
K. Lanier of Beulaville.
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Trips To The Young People's Concerts
The Duplin County Arts
Council is offering a final trip
to the North Carolina Sym
phony's Young People's
Concert in Raleigh this
1982-83 season. The 11 a.m.
Saturday concert for children
will be on March 19.
The featured piece on this
program will be Camile
Saint-Saens' delightful
Carnival of the Animals. The
Symphony will be joined by a
menagerie of creatures in
cluding lions, kangaroos,
chickens, fish, donkeys and
many others. The dancers in
this grand zoological fantasy
will be choreographed and
directed by Ann Vorus and
Antonia Beh.
The Arts Council will
sponsor a van going to the
concert. Vans will be loaned
courtesy of Rivenbark
Motors, Warsaw Motors and
Phelps Motors. .
An appropriate number of
chaperones will accompany
the children. The S10 cost of
the trip feill include $5 ticket
fees, help with gas. insur
ance and help towards chap
erone tickets. After the con
cert. the group will go to
lunch at a Raleigh restaurant
with each child being re
sponsible for his or her own
lunch money.
"There is no certain age
that a child must be in order
to go to these concerts," said
Merle Creech, director of the
DAC. "1 would like to stress
that children be old enough
to enjoy such a trip and be
able to share some respon
sibility for taking care of
themselves. We will need to
leave about 9 a.m. and will
return home about 3 or 4
p.m. We'll have a full but
really exciting day. If your
children are ready and
willing. 1 am."
For reservations call the
Duplin. County Arts Council
at 296-1922. A minimum of
five children is necessary.
Reservations must be made
by March 16.
Delta Kappa
Gamma Meets
The Alpha Eta chapter of
Delta Kappa Gamma held
the February meeting at the
Wagon Wheel in Beulaville.
Hostesses were Jane Albert
son, Lou Ann Powers, Vicky
Davis, Nina Garner, Mar
garet Sutton, Pearl Mc
Gowen and Jo Jones. Very
appropriate and colorful
decorations were used.
President Sue Saunders
welcomed the group with
timely remarks. Reports
from the various standing
committees were given. An
inspiring invocation which
included "A Friend's Greet
ing" by Edgar A. Guest, was
given by Louise Mitchel,
after which about 35
members and three guests
enjoyed a family-style meal.
After the business session.
Lou Ann Powers, chairman
of the professional affairs
committee, introduced the
speaker, Mrs. Thomasine
Kennedy, principal of the
Chinquapin primary school
Her topic was "Exploring
Our Individual Perspective to
Our Global World." Mrs.
Kennedy's timely remarks
dealt with the role of leader
ship of women educators and
more specifically her own
role as a woman adminis
trator.
One of the projects of the
chapter is a scholarship for a
prospective teacher. The
1982-83 recipient, Renee
Blizzard, East Duplin High
School graduate, and her
mother, Mrs. Lucille
Blizzard, were special
guests. Renee is a student at
Campbell College.
Warsaw Bloodmobile
The Bloodmobile will be in
Warsaw on Monday, March
14 at the Warsaw Fire Sta
tion from 12 until 5 p.m.
Bill Costin Jr. Bloodmobile
committeeman, asks you to
remember that every 17
seconds someone needs
blood arid that less than 5
percent of the population
gives 100 percent of the
blood. Your single donation
of whole blood may help four
to six different people.
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