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ICE CREAM DISTRIBUTOR IN WARSAW - Workmen from Durham are
welding a loading platform for ice cream trucks. The location is the old
CP&L storage area at Warsaw near the water tank. Flavor Rich Ice Cream
Company is to occupy the facility in the near future. Country music star
Ray Stevens advertises for Flavor Rich. You might recall the
advertisementiwith the cow in the refrigerator.
, Enrollment Up At JSTC
During 'Summer Session
Enrollment is up this
joamer at James Sprunt
Technical College, according
to a report from Alfred
_ Wells, the dean of students,
W During the first of the
college's two summer ses
sions, 440 people enrolled in
classes on the campus. Last
year, the figure was 398
students.
The second summer
session will open Aug. 8.
Graduation ceremonies
will be held Sept. 25 in the
William Rand Kenan
Memorial Amphitheatre in
^ Kenansville. Robert W.
? Scott, president of the state
community college system
and a former North Carolina
governor, will Ljjthe giadut
ation speaker.
During the board of trus<
tees' July meeting on Thurs
day, Jimmy Strickland of
Warsaw was sworn in as
chairman and J.W. Hofflerof
Wallace was sworn in asvice
chairman. Emmett Wickline
of Beulaville was seated on
the board succeeding Stacy
Quinn.
Sworn in as an ex-officio
board member was Mary
Ann Diaz of Wallace, presi
dent of the Student Govern
ment Association.
The board formally ap
proved Duplin County's ap
proprialion to the college of
i$#t3,0S0 for current expense
and $45,864 for capital out
lay.
Wickline asked about the
possibility of taking energy
conservation measures to re
duce water and electricity
bills. The county appropria
tion provides $117,041 for
water and electricity.
The college has received a
three-year grant totaling
$565,899 from the federal
Department of Education.
The grant, which will begin
Oct. 1, will be used for five
projects;
? Expansion and com
puterization of the manage
ment information system.
'' ? Improvement and ex
pansion of computer-realted
courses and training the
faculty m computer use. Five
computer-related courses
will be added to the cur
riculum.
? Faculty development
to improve academic pro
grams.
? Improvement of ad
ministration through
management training for 14
administrators.
? Development of a
counseling program to coor
dinate all support services to
students.
College President Dr. Carl
ifl.ce complained to the
^oard that a gentleman's
agreement among commu
nity colleges has been
broken. Previously the col
leges had worked as a body
to obtain money from the
General Assembly, but
during this legislative ses
sion, about 20 funding bills
were submitted on behalf of
various community colleges,
he said.
Price said that at a recent
meeting of college presi
dents, the group unani
mously agreed such action
should not occur. He said it
could adversely affect future
budgets for the college
system.
*35,000 Goes To Drama Group
Duplin Projects Receive Funds
Duplin County will get
$85,000 in state appropria
tions for two local projects as
a result fo the special appro
priations bill enacted at the
close of the General Assem
bly's 1983 session.
The Duplin Outdoor
L/rama Society Inc. will re
ceive $35,000 for production
f of THE LIBERTY CART, an
outdoor drama attput the
county's early history.
Although most of the appro
priations were listed with the
name of the sponsoring
legislator by the Legislative
Clerk's office, THE
LIBERTY CART appropria
tion bore no name.
Jimmy Johnson, manager
of THE LIBERTY CART,
said the legislature usually
provides $30,000 to $35,000 a
year for the historic drama
presented this year on
Thursday, Saturday and
Sunday nights in the William
Rand Kenan Memorial
Amphitheatre in Kenans
ville. He ^aid the legislature
provides funds every year for
the other outdoor historic
dramas in the state. All of
the dramas rely on state
appropriations, grants,
membership fund drives and
gifts for half or more of their
t mal budgets.
Hie Duplin society's total
budget is $105,000. He esti
mated ticket sales would
amount to slightly more than
$20,000. The remainder of
the budget will be met with
money from grants, gifts and
the membership dr vc.
In addition to the drama
that was launched in 1976,
the Society is presenting
GODSPELL, a musical with a
religious theme, for the
second year. It will be pre
sented on Wednesday and
Friday nights. Its last show
ing will be Aug. 19. THE
LIBERTY CART S last pre
sentation this year will be
Aug. 20.
Duplin .County Airport will
get $50,000 for navigation
equipment. Rep. Wendell H.
Murphy sponsored that
portion of the bill.
Duplin Economic Develop
ment Director John Gurga
nus said the $50,000 grant
for the airport three miles
west of Kenansville will be
used to install a bad weather
radio navigational aid called
a Simplified Directional Fa
cility. He said some clearing
at the end of the runway slso
is being planned as a safety
precaution.
N.C. Wildlife Commission Sets
? Hunting Season For Dove
The upcoming hunting
seasons for doves and
several other webless migra
tory game birds were set by
the N.C. Wildlife Resources
Commission at a meeting in
Raleigh July 18.
The dove season will be
split, running from Sept. 3
through Oct.'8 and from Dec.
A 12 through Jan. 14. During
w the first half, dove hunting
will be allowed from noon
until sunset. During the late
toason, it will be allowed
from uLe-half hour before
sunrise until sunset. The
hunting seasons tor rails and
gallinules will run from Sept
19-Nov. 26 and woodcock
season will run from Nqv. 11
-Jan. H. The season for
A common snipe, Nov. 11-Feb.
25 and all these birds may be
hunted from one-half hour
before sunrise until sunset.
Two Wildlife commis
sioners were sworn in. Eddie
Bridges of Greensboro will
continue as commissioner for
District 5 and Woodrow Price
of Gloucester for District 2.
Dr. Jack Hamrick of Shelby
t was sworn in for District 8
and his term will expire in
1989. J. Robert Gordon of
Laurinburg was re-elected to
serve as chairman of the
commission, and Woodrow
Price electec^vice-chairman.
The Triangle Flyfishers
chapter of Trout Unlimited
presented a $1,500 donation
to the endowment fund. The
donation was raised through
the club's annual banquet
and auction. -
The commission also con
sidered a proposal which
would allow hunters to take
big game, which includes
deer, black bear and wild
boar with handguns.. Only
those with a minimum barrel
length of 6 inches or longer
could be used and the guns
would have to be capable of
firing and loaded with .357
ammunition or larger. In
addition, handgun hunters
could use the following cart
ridges: 30/30 Winchester,
.35 Remington. .30 Herrett,
and 7mm TCI), and 7mm BK.
These proposals are to be the
subject of a public meeting
Aug. 9 at 10 a.m. in the
conference room m the Arch
dalt Building in Raleigh.
A schedule of public
meetings was also adopted
concerning the upcoming
waterfowl hunting season.
They begin at 7:30 and are
scheduled as fbilu?a. i'?
quotank ? Elizabeth City,
Aug. 22; Stanley - Albe
marle, Aug. 22; Buncombe ?
Asheville, Aug. 22; Craven -
New Bern. Aug. 23; Ala
mance - Morganton, Aug.
23; Cumberland - Fayette
ville, Aug. 24; Nash
Nashville ? Aug 24; and
Forsyth (Public Library) in
Winston-Salem, Aug 24.
Bloodmobile At
Warsaw Aug. 12
Accoiuing to Bill Costin
Jr., Warsaw Jaycee Blood
mobile chairman, it is almost
time for the Warsaw Blood
mobile which will be in
, . *4 ?"
Warsaw on Friday, August
12 at the Warsaw Fire Sta
tion from noon until 5 p.m.
If you should want an
I *
-rr"*t.tiuciit, or if you wish
to work during the visit," call
Bill at night at 293-7483. He
is also available if you should
have any questions.
Eastern Belt
Opened Wednesday
By Emily Klllette
Duplin farmers will be
reeejving the same base sup
port price for their tobacco
crop this year as last season.
The eastern tobacco market
belt opened yesterday.
"Duplin farmers may have
as much as 88 cents in leased
tobacco pounds without the
cost of production," Duplin
Agricultural Stabilization
Conservation Service
Director Da id English said.
"The base support price was
scheduled to go up about
8 cents a pound, but it stayed
at $1.69. And, a lot of
farmers were counting on the
increase and paid higher rent
prices." Farmers paid lease '
prices of up to 70 cents a
pound this spring and
English pointed out many
farmers leasing allotments
also paid 7 cents more per
pound than rent prices to
cover the cost of the stabi
lization program. Allotments
were leased and transferred
to 816 Duplin farms. Also
taken from each pound ot'
tobacco are fees for ware
house service, the stabili
zation program and grading,
which are deducted at the
time of sale.
The Duplin Tobacco Ad
visory Board and county
Agricultural Extension
Service Agent J. Michael
Moore determined local
farmers spent about
$2,439.50 to produce an acre
of tobacco during the 1982
season. The acre brought a
market price of $3,749.76,
and an average profit of 62
cents per pound. The figures
compiled by the Duplin
Tobacco Advisory Board, a
panel of 15 farmers and the
Extension office, were for
farmer-owned allotments;
lease prices were not in
cluded as a production ex
pense.
"Price supports on high
quality grades were in
creased this year but there
was a similar decrease in
price supports of lower
quality leaf," Duplin AES
tobacco agent J. Michael
Moore said. "Opening sales
in the local markets will be
made up of mostly downstalk
tobacco because leaf crops
are two to three weeks
behind the 1982 season."
According to Moore,
Duplin's tobacco crop still
lacks maturity and recent
rains are ca'.~ing plants to
turn green.
"Duplin has a bright out
look as far as the tobacco
crop in the field goes,"
Moore said, ' but the farmer
should hold off on the har
vest until after the plants
mature. 1 think this season
there will be a demand for
I quality, fully ripe and clean
tobacco."
According to English,
County ASCS director,
Duplin farmers have desig
nated a total of 17,240,411
pounds of tobacco to eastern
belt tobacco markets. Desig
nated to the Wallace tobacco
markets are 9,030,735
pounds from farms in Duplin
and surrounding counties.
English pointed out the bulk
of Duplin's tobacco crop is
grown in the northern region
of the county.
"Every year the tobacco
allotments are leased out of
the southern pan of Duplin
where the ground is dark and
heavy to the northern farms
w?'ere the 1 nd is more
suitable for the crop,"
English said. "Many of these
farms will be as close to one
or two larger markets as to
Duplin's tobacco ware
houses in Wallace." Within
Duplin, English added,
tobacco allotments for 2.336
farms have been leased and
transferred this season. The
townships of Cypress Creek.
Island Creek, Kenansville,
Limestone, Magnolia. Rock
fish and Rose Hill lose part of
their allotments through
transfer to the Duplin town
ships of Albertson. Faison,
Cilisson, Smith. Warsaw and
Wolfescrape. Wolfescrape
gained 978,900 pounds over
the original allotment for
township farms; Glisson,
663.103; Albertson. 364.980;
Smith, 283,290; Faison,
151.680 and Wars- .43,488.
Tobacco markets local to
Duplin farmers include
Wallace, Clinton, Goldsboro
and Kinston. According to
the North Carolina Farm
Market reports, last season
11.479.549 pounds of tobacco
were sold in Wallace for an
average of SI.76 a pound
which was 7 cents above the
$1.69 base support price.
Clinton markets sold
17,876,891 pounds for an
average of $1.77 a pound in
1982. Last season the
Kinston markets averag> d
$1.80 a pound and sold
43,715.324 pounds and
Goldsboro tobacco markets
averaged $1.82 selling
35,1.15.932 pounds.
Jaycee President To
Speak At Kenansville
North Carolina Jaycee
President Jim Godfrey will
be the speaker at the Tues
day, Aug. 9, Kenansville
Community Prayer Break
fast. These prayer breakfasts
are held at The General Store
starting at 7 a.m. and ending
before 8 a.m. so everyone
can get to work on time. This
August breakfast will be the
128th consecutive month that
the Kenansville Jaycees have
sponsored the event, having
started in January of 1973.
According to Chaplain
Charles Sharpe. everyone is
invited. As a special treat,
the Kehansville Jaycees will
be picking up the check for
all who attend on Aug. 9.
Mark your calendars and join
the Jaycees for a period of
fellowship and devotion.
SAVE THE PEOPLE - GODSPELL, a
religious rock musical featuring the parables
of the Bible, is playing at the William R.
Kenan Memorial Amphitheatre in Kenans
ville. GODSPELL will play Wednesday and
,4
Frida\ nights at 8:15 through August 19.
The cast portrays a group of delinquent
children and are pictured above with their
teacher.