PHILIPS VISIT DUPUN SCHOOLS Craig
Phillips, superintendent of North Carolina
public schools, visited Duplin last week.
Pictured above, students from Kenansville
Elementary School welcome Phillips to their
school for lunch. Phillips was presented a
welcome name tag by elementary student
Elizabeth Rouse. Kenansville Elementary
was one of many schools Phillips visited as
he toured Duplin March 16.
Warsaw Native Retires
Elma D. Purnell retired
from Woodbury. N.J. school
system as of January 21.
1983. after serving 34 years.
A native of Warsaw, Mrs.
Purnell received her educa
tion from Frederick Elemen
tery School. Magnolia Town
ship. Douglass High School
Warsaw, being an outstand
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Elma D. Purnell
ing basketball player. Then
she continued at A&T State
University. Greensboro and
furthered her studies at
Temple University. Philadel
phia; Glassboro State
College in New Jersey. Rut
gers University. New Bruns
wick, N.J; and Montclair
College. Montclair. N.J. and
numerous other workshops.
The retiree, born Jan. 24.
1921. the youngest child of
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver S.
Carlton. Started her career as
a farmer with her parents.
After receiving her B.S. de
gree in home economics, she
taught for one year at Onslow
High School in Jacksonville.
She decided teaching was not
challenging enough, so she
vacationed in Philadelphia
during the summer of 1943
and was still there after 41
years.
During those years she
worked with the government,
in private industry, and 34
years in public schools of
Woodbury, N.J., as a home
economist. She was in the
elementary department 1949
-55. and came home on
maternity leave for one year.
Upon returning, she
assigned to the Senior High
School for 12 years as the
first and only Afro-American
to teach in the high school
and to retire.
Mrs. Purnell is a member
of the New Jersey Education
Association. National Educa
tion Association. Woodbury
Education Association,
Gloucester County Teachers
Association. Dewey Street
Civic Club. Market Street
West Planners. Phila., Pa..
Town Watch, worthy matron.
Eastern Star Nora Taylor 57,
Sunday School teacher, St.
Matthews A.M.E. Church,
Iota Phi Lambda sorority,
A&T University Alumni.
Hospital Auxiliary in Bridge
ton. N.J.
She was honored Dec. 15.
1982 by the Retired Teachers
Association and Jan. 13.
1983 by the faculty and
administrators board mem
bers of Woodbury High
School at Homestead res
taurant in New Jersey.
Happy retirement remarks
were given by her first super
intendent, Dr. Warren Mc
Cain; present superinten
dent Dr. Claudio E. Arring
ton; assistant superinten
dent. Dr. R. Craig Barry; Dr.
L. Stephen Russman, cur
riculum coordinator; Dr.
Robert Schettler. head of the
Latin department; Dr. Rich
ard Caton. former teacher at
the high school and presently
superintendent of schools.
Maple Shade, N.J.; princi
pals: John Gamble. Calvin
Ferguson, and Geraldine
Talbert, retired teacher from
Woodbury Public Shool, now
teaching in Friends School,
Mutlica Hill, N.J., and many
friends.
In a decoratieve setting, a
menu of french fried mush
rooms. hot dog pieces with
tomatoe sauce, crackers,
cheese, potato chips with
dip, coffee and cocktails were
served.
The retiree was presented
a silver tray engraved Wood
bury High School 1949-1983,
two silver champagne
glasses, a bottle of cham
pagne, $100 from Woodbury
Education Association, a
beautiful live flower from her
sisters. Lillie Highsmith and
Allie Newkirk. A niece, Lo
retta Carlton, also gave an
engraved scrap book from
Warsaw, with many cards,
and a white orchid from her
son who resides in Houston.
Texas. H. Boyer Purnell II,
who studied at Friends
School, Virginia State
College. Petersburg, Ba.;
Cambridge. Mass.
St. Joseph College, Phila
delphia* Pa.; Rice University
and University of Houston in
Texas. He is presently pur
suing a master's degree in
physics. He has been work
ing for Arco as a geologist.
His goal is to get his doc
torate in physics.
On Friday, Jan. 21, 1983,
her last day at school, all of
Mrs. Purnell's classes gave
her a party with lovely gifts,
including first class period -
siler goblet engraved "With
Love, All of Your Children,"
a dozen silk roses and
babies'-breath; second
period class: a gold key ring;
Third, a gold locket; fourth, a
lovely1* necklace and many
cards with money.
Her husband, who at
tended A&T, is a retiree
from the U.S. Postal Service
in Philadelphia.
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Christine Williams Immortalized
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In N.C. Collection At UNC-CH
A recent letter from H.J.
Jones, curator for the N.C.
Collection of the UNC library
at Chapel Hill, notified Mrs.
Christine Williams. Duplin
register f .iceds, that he had
clipped the Personality in the
News article which appeared
in the Goldsboro News Argus
on Jan. 2 and placed it in the
N.C. Carolina collection,
thus immortalizing her in
this collection.
Jones, former manager of
the local record section of the
N.C. State Department of
Archives and History, wrote
in his letter: "Of course, to
those of us who have worked
with the county officials, you
have alwavs been "im
mortal,' and I was pleased to
see your service recognized
in the apper."
Jones' letter also stated:
"1 am glad to know that you
are still enjoying your work
and still setting the pace for
other registers, and 1 remem
ber with appreciation the fine
support that you and Repre
sentative Hugh Johnson
gave us in the Department of
Archives and History 20
years ago."
Former Duplin Represen
tative Hugh Johnson was the
Legislative leader in getting
the state law enacted to
provide for the state archives
to prepare and store micro
film of county records. At
that time, Mrs. Williams was
serving on the state advisory
committee for local records
and Wi irked tirelessly for the
passage of this legislation.
Before that time, there was
no microfilm of any county
records in the state and more
than one-third of the court
houses had suffered fires
which destroyed non
replaceable permanent
records.
Christine W. Will isms
Since that time, the Duplin
registry, with the aid of
CETA workers, has prepared
computerized 16 mm micro
film of all Duplin registry
records back to 1739 and the
microfilming program is kept
current. This computerized
microfilm is available to the
public for use in the registry,
a copy is stored in the county
library, and the original copy
is stored in an underground
vault in Pennsylvania, thus
providing perfect security for
the permanent records of
Duplin County.
Phillips Tours
Duplin Schools
A Criag Phillips, state
superintendent of public in
struction, toured Duplin
County schools this past
week.
During a reception at
Wallace-Rose Hill High
School in Teachey, Phillips
said he saw 3,500 students
and 300 faculty and staff
members of the county sys
tem.
Phillips said the state
school budget of $1.5 billion
provides $1,328 per student
per year. That amounts to
$7.25 per student per school
day, he said.
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