Duplin Personalities
Editor's Note: Duplin For
malities will bo appearing
eekely featuring area
^liens who have contri
ved time and talents to
nke Duplin a better place to
re.
Drawing the county
get her through the organi
tion of the Agribusiness
tuncil and the fair has been
challenge headed by Roy
juston, president of the
uplin Coastal Production
edit Association. Houston
_ a native of Duplin, born in
Potters Hill community.
The Duplin Agribusiness
tuncil has been organized
most three years and has
'own to extend an incor
irated branch to the Duplin
ounty Fair Committee,
ouston pointed out the
lunty fair began as one of
ie Agribusiness Council's
rst projects. He served as
resident of the newly-or
^inized Agribusiness
DUncil and now serves as
?-manager of the Duplin
air Committee.
"The fair grew to the size
lat it took all of the Agri
usiness Council's time,"
resident of the Duplin PCA
ad co-manager of the
uplin hair Committee, said.
An incorporated branch
as extended from the Agri
Vs'ness Council called the
aunty Fair Committee, so
e Council could continue
'ith more projects." The
oal of the Agribusiness
louncil has been to draw
articipation from each
ection of the county in
rojects to benefit and unite
he citizens of Duplin,
louston explained.
"Duplin County is very
^rge and is so divided, with
V people going outside the
ounty to shop and be enter
ained," Houston said.
There is not really a domi
ating city within Duplin, so
he Agribusiness Council
armed with the idea of
unctioning like a county
chamber of commerce. With
the participation of citizens
from all parts of Duplin
working for the county,
rather than each city doing
their own thing, more people
benefit and they unite.
The county fair was one of
the first projects. The Agri
business council wanted to
be a working organization.
And, a county fair was the
best way to reach the most
people. Today I think the fair
has been a success from the
standpoint of bringing
county people together.
There is a lot of pleasure for
me when 1 see Duplin people
come and work together on a
project. It is reward;g to
know that the county 'o r is
put on by peop' within
Duplin for our c ,zens to
enjoy.
"Projects like the county
fair bring Duplin citizens
together and make them
more receptive to support
projects for their county,"
Houston said. The Duplin
County Fair began as a part
of the National Farm-City
Week observance, chaired by
Houston.
Houston is married to the
former Ann Barbee of Rich
lands and they have two
children. Jeff and Trace. Jeff
is age 14 and Trace, 10. The
Houston family resides in
Kenansville. Ann Houston is
the director of nursing at
Duplin General Hospital.
They are members of Grove
Presbyterian Church and the
Kenansville Elementary and
E.E. Smith Parent Teacher
Organizations.
After graduation from
Richlands High School,
Houston enrolled in a Char
lotte business school and
received a degree in wiring
business machines. At the
end of a tour of duty in the
Army, Houston could not
find employment wiring
business machines due to the
modernization of the office
technology. He became em
ployed with GAC Finance
and worked up the ranks and
received a management
position in a Greensboro
branch. Houston later trans
ferred to a South Carolina
branch of GAC Finance to
become manager.
"After several years in
South Carolina, we were
tired of moving and ready to
come back to Duplin County
and settle down," Houston
said. "So, in 1970, Mr.
Garland King (former presi
dent of the Duplin Produc
tion Credit Association) was
gracious enough to give me a
job.
"1 feel at home in this job.
I can communicate with farm
and rural people because I
was raised on a farm and am
used to hard work. And, I
feel PCA is service-oriented
and we contribute to the
well-being of each of our
clients." Houston became
president of the Duplin PCA
in 1976 when Garland King
retired.
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Roy Houston
Letter To The Editor
P.O. Bo* 65
Gloucester, N.C. 28528
April 22, 1983
To the Editor:
Please let me, through the
columns of your paper, ex
press my appreciation to the
sportsmen from Duplin and
other District Two counties
who attended the district
meeting in Kinston on April
19 and voted to retain me as
the Wildlife Commissioner
from this district for another
term.
The vote 1 received there,
807, was the most that any
candidate for commissioner
has ever received in North
Carolina and the people from
your part of the district
helped establish this record.
I am proud of the total and
very appreciative to those
who expressed their confi
dence in me.
1 would also like to say to
all sportsmen that 1 intend to
represent the district just as
fairly as 1 have during the
past six years. I bear no ill
will and. as I said in the talk 1
made at the convention. 1
cannot be other than objec
tive in dealing with the
problems that come before
the Wildlife Commission.
It seemed to me during the
campaign leading up to the
district meeting that there
was some confusion in the
minds of many as to the true
role of our commission. I
hope that the meeting itself
helped to clarifv some of the
confusion. Pure and simple,
the Wildlife Resources Com
mission was created in 1947
to estab' h and maintain a
statewide game program,
with emphasis on statewide,
with the intent of assuring
that hunters and fishermen
have a maximum of oppor
tunity without endangering
the wildlife heritage of the
future. This is still our goal.
Sincerely,
Woodrow Price,
Commissioner
Second Wildlife District
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Whitley
Mobile
Office
Congressman Charlie
Whitley's Third District
mobile office will visit Duplin
County on May 3. Rodney
Knowles, field representa
tive. will be manning the
office and available to per
sons having matters they
wish brought to the Con
gressman's attention.
Locations and times are as
follow: Beulaville, 9:30 -
10:30 a.m.. Post Office;
Greenevers, 11 a.m. - 12
noon, Town Hall; and Faison
? 1 -2 p.m.. Fire Station. The
schedule is subject to pre
vailing weather conditions
affecting travel.
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RECEPTION - Duplin County Sheriff Elwood Revelle
greeted Rep. Wendell H. Murphy at the N.C. Sheriffs
Association reception for the members of the General
Assembly. Sheriff Revelle is a member of the executive
committee and past president of the association,
association.
Board Advances East
Duplin ROTC Plan
If the Army agrees to a
one-year reduction in local
funding, Duplin County will
have its first Junior Reserve
Officers Training Crops class
next fall at East Duplin High
School in Beulaville.
The Army had asked the
school system to put up
$20,000 in local funds to pay
for a portion of the salaries of
two faculty members ? an
officer and a non-commis
sioned officer.
Last week, the Board of
Education voted 3-2 to ap
prove the JROTC program
but asked for a $10,000
reduction in the local funding
for the first year while the
program is put into opera
tion. Board members said
they believe only one JROTC
teacher will be needed dur
ing the first year.
Voting for the program
were Jimmy Strickland, Carl
Pate and Joe Swinson. Vot
ing against it were Bill
Richards and R.W.- Wilkins.
"I don't see why they should
get our meager funds," Wil
kins said. "It seems unfair
when all the money's going
into the military."
"If we pass this, then
we're obligated to the
$10,000 no matter what,"
Richards said. "It means if
the commissioners don't ap
prove our budget, this
$10,000 is going to have to
come anyway and we may
have to drop something else
to pay for the program
Strickland said JROTC has
helped discipline in schools
that have had* the program
for several years.
In other business, the
board named Linda Thomp
son to the Warsaw Elemen
tary School advisory com
mittee and Betsy Lanier to
the Beulaville Elementary
School committee.
The board approved an
increase of $750 for the
annual school system audit
because of a change in audit
requirements. Edward
Barrow of Kinston bid $5,800
for the contract. The $750
will be added to that bid.
Focus On
The Family
SHAPING THE WILL
WITHOUT BREAKING THE
SPIRIT
The second film in the
"Focus on the Fair'ly series
to be shown at Warsaw
Elementary School on Sun
day. May 1 at 7:30 p.m., is
"Shaping the Will Without
Breaking the Spirit." This
film deals with inappropriate
use of anger to motivate. .
hooking behavior with con
sequences. . .when to let go
of your child, and how. The
series is open to the public,
there is no admission charge.
Leaders for this series will be
Gerald Yount, Jimmy Creech
and Tony Mure.
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Phone 298-5452
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The |IM HUNT Record I
Ted Kennedy
FDM PAC Head
Jim Hunt
Out-of-State
Liberal Support
Julian Bond
BLAC PAC Head
Jim Hunt bays: Out-of-state campaign contributions
"create obligations you ought not to have,"1
Fact: Out-of-state BLAC PAC and liberal Fund for Democrat
Majority PAC, headed by Ted Kennedy, are helping Jim
Hunt defeat Jesse Helms.23
What Did Julian Bond And His BLAC PAC Say?
Julian Bond said: "I'd like to see us run a picture of
Jesse Helms in North Carolina newspapers with a rifle's
crosshair over his chest. . ."2
What Did Ted Kennedy Say: "We can?and we
must?end the disgraceful power* of Jesse Helms in
the Senate."3
*(ls this because Jesse was using his power in the Senate to
preserve the tobacco program while Kennedy was using
his power to destroy the tobacco program f)
. . There's a streak of meanness and intolerance in the campaign to 'get'
Helms that has no place in American politics ? and that should be disturbing
to all regardless of party label or ideology."4 The August chronicle
ASK YOURSELF ?
WHY DO BLAC PAC AND KENNEDY PAC
WANT TO ELECT JIM HUNT TO THE U.S. SENATE?
1 Ashevilie Citizen 10/6/82 J. In These Times J/2-8/83
2. Atlanta Constitution 5/2/82 4. The Augusta Chronicle 3/19/83
Democrats for Jesse ... A Man of Character
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GET TO THE BOTTOM
OF IMS USE
Like the cost of just about
everything else,the price you're
paying for electricity has gone
up for the past few years.
But it could've been worse.
In fact, as you can see by
the chart,CP&L ranked less than
a penny over the lowest price
per kilowatt hour
What's more, in 3 out of 4
towns, you'd pay more.
And, with your help, we'll
keep on conserving energy and
looking for more efficient ways
to operate so we can stay close
to the bottom of the list.
That way both of us will get
more out of our#?#EP j
energy dollars. %T0n
THE PRICE OF ELECTRICITY
1. New York, NY, 15.32d
2. Newark, NJ, 10.60C
3. New Haven, CT, 10.12d
4. Boston, MA, 9.68C
5. Philadelphia, PA, 8.83P
6. Hartford, CT, 8.62d
7. Pittsburgh, PA, 8.36C
8. Cleveland, OH, 8.08d
9. St. Petersburg, FL, 7.23d
10. Miami, FL, 6.91 d
11. Tampa, FL, 6.83d
12. Baltimore, MD, 6.77d
13. Savannah, GA, 6.74d
14. Washington, DC, 6.69d
15. Richmond, VA, 6.65d
16. Columbia, SC, 6.56d
17. Syracuse, NY, 6.43d
18. Birmingham, AL, 6.32d
19. Pensacola, FL, 6.23d
20. Jackson, MS, 6.20d
21. CP&L, 6.19d
22. Wheeling, WV, 6.12d
23. Gulf port, MS, 6.06d
24. Atlanta, GA, 5.83d
25. Cincinnati, OH, 5.83d
26. Fairmont, WV, 5.74d
27. Charlotte, NC, 5.41 d
28. Roanoke, VA, 5.25d
Survey ol Average Price Per Kilowatt Hour
For Residential Customers in 28 Cities For 12
Months Ending December 31, 1982