Vacation And
Holiday Pay Set
For Faison
Town Employees
. The Faison Board of Com
missioners set a vacation and
holiday pay policy for town
employees during the
regular meeting October 5.
Mayor Francis McColman
presented the vacation and
holiday pay policy to the
board. Vacation time will be
based on the days worked in
the pre.vious year and
employees qualifying for one
week will receive one day of
vacation for each 52 days of
work. Employees qualifying
for two weeks will receive
one day of vacation for each
26 days of work during the
previous year. And,
employees will receive paid
holidays only if attending
work the day prior and the
day following the holiday
period. The Board unani
mously adopted the policy on
a motion by Commissioner
W.J.tgoe.
Commissioner Igoe re
ported an estimated cost of
$600 per customer to run
water lines beyond the
Faison city limits to service a
subdivision on Highway 403.
Approximately 600 feet of
six-inch line would be
needed to service the five
homes requesting service at
the September meeting of
the Faison Commissioners.
Igoe added, customers con
necting to the line at a later
date would be charged ap
proximately $400. Town Ad
ministrator Neil Mallory
added additional funds
would be needed to hire an
engineer to design the plans
extending the lines. The
project would also have to be
submitted to the state En
vironmental Protection
Agency for approval before a
permit could be obtained to
start the extension of water
lines to the area on Highway
403, Mallory said.
The town commissioners
authorized Mayor McColman
to advise the employees of
the public works department
of the cost of renting uni
forms, and assist in arrang
ing service if the employees
wished' to use the rental
uniforms.
The board unanimously
agreed to no longer supply
uniforms for the town public
works employees effective
October 1, during the Sep
tember meeting of the com
missioners. The cost of
supplying four employees
with uniforms was approxi
mately $125 a month.
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The southern section of
Ouplin County was settled
after the communities of
Goshen. Sarecta and Grove
were established in north
Duplin. Southern Duplin
grew along the Rockfish
Creek.
Like northern Duplin, the
settlers were quick to estab
lish schools and churches.
According to the May 17,
1947 issue of THE DUPLIN
TIMES, historical references
can be found for two schools
in southern Duplin. Angel's
school house or academy was
located on the Rockfish just
prior to 1795. And. refer
ences have been found to a
school across the Rockfish in
what is now the Rockfish
township during the Revolu
tional War years. Public
school systems were estab
lished about 1840 and many
of the citizens of southern
Duplin helped to organize
the system. Cornelius Mc
Millan was a member of the
first area Board of Educa
tion. Caotain David Sloan
served as chairman of the
Board and Boney Wells and
Wells Boney were among the
original school committee
men of the community.
Among the first churches
to establish in the community
of southern Duplin was the
Rockfish Presbyterian
Church. The Rockfish Pres
byterian Church is said to be
the oldest church of any
denomination in southern
Duplin dating into the 1700s.
The Reverend Robert Tate
was among the early pastors
at Rockfish Presbyterian and
he came to Duplin around
1798. As pastor of Rockfish,
Tate served more than 30
years. While working as
pastor of Rockfish, Tate also
served other local churches
in the area of Pender. Tate
was a native of Orange
County and moved with his
wife to Willard. While in
Duplin. Tate's first wife died
and he later married Eliza
beth Hunter of the Friend
ship community.
The Baptists established
Island Creek Church about
the year 1800. The church
was organized by the
Reverend Job Thigpen of
Muddy Creek and he left
Duplin shortly after Island
Creek was established. Is
land Creek Church served as
the center of activity for the
Baptists in the southern sec
tion of Duplin and two of the
church's early pastors were
county natives the Reverend
William Wells and the
Reverend Hiram Stallings.
The Eastern Baptist Asso
ciation met at Island Creek in
1831 and passed a resolution
banning the meeting of
slaves due to the recent
insurrection. The resolution,
as quoted in the May 17,
1946 issue of THE DUPLIN
TIMES, follows: "Colored
brethren are not to hold any
meetings among themselves
for a period of one year."
The Methodists were or
ganizing within southern
Duplin during the late 1700s.
The Reverend Beverly Allen
was the first Methodist
minister to arrive in Duplin.
Allen is thought to have
moved to Duplin just prior to
1800. Methodist churches
were established at Island
Creek. Maxwell, and
possibly Rockfish and led by
the Reverend Peter Carlton
and other local ministers.
Carlton was a native of
Duplin.
The first settlers to
southern Duplin chose a site
near Rockfish Creek to estab
lish their community. The
original settlement of the
area was located at the old
Red House cemetery. The
settlement was referred to as
Red House or sometimes
Rockfish and it dates from
the 1740s. The community
was started by Swiss and
German settlers who origi
nally came to the new world
as part of the settlement of
New Bern in 1710. Settlers
from neighboring counties
also came to the Red House
community in its early days.
Warsaw Man Burned In Fire
A Warsaw man received
second- and third-degree
burns in a fire that destroyed
his trailer at the Hines
Trailer Court on Pinecrest
Drive around 5:40 p.m.
Monday.
Rodney Andrews returned
to his trailer to find it aflame.
He went inside to call the fire
department and received
burns on the upper half of his
body, said Tommy Coombs,
assistant fire chief of the
Warsaw Volunteer Fire De
partment.
Andrews was taken to
Duplin General Hospital. A
Duplin General Hospital
spokeswoman refused to give
any information about An
drew's condition.
The trailer was destroyed.
Damages were estimated at
around $5,000, said Coombs.
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Welcome For Thornton
Dr. William Thornton
Faison residents are plan
ning a hero's welcome Oct.
IS for their native son, the
astronaut Dr. William E.
Thornton, but the honoree is
not so sure he deserves all
the glory.
Contacted Friday at NASA
headquarters in Houston,
Thornton responded to the
hero title by saying, "I'm not
so sure about that. I'd never
make Such claims."
But a star Thornton will be
when he returns to his
hometown for the first time
since his August flight on the
space shuttle Challenger.
Gov. Jim Hunt will be on
hand, and practically every
other politician in the vicinity
is iqvited. The guest list
includes U.S. Rep. Charles
O. Whitley, state Sen.
Harold Hardison and others,
not to mention the many
candidates who will take ad
vantage of the crown for
campaigning.
The celebration will start
at 10:30 a.m. with speeches
by officials and by Thornton,
who admitted he hasn't be
gun thinking about what he
will say. The North Duplin
High School Band will enter
tain, and the Army Band
from Fort Bragg is expected
to perform.
Instead of a parade, there
will be serious eating ?
barbecued pork and chicken
cooked by "the famous
Taylor brothers," according
to an announcement from the
Faison Town Hall.
Thornton said he is looking
forward to his first trip to
North Carolina in "about a
year." He maintains a family
home in Faison, although he
has lived with his wife and
two sons in Friendswood,
Taxas, outside of Houston,
since 1968.
When asked if he still
considers Faison home,
Thornton said. "Home has
become wherever I've been.
Nevertheless, it's what you
grow up in that means the
most." He was born in
Faison 54 years ago and lived
there until he left to attend
the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.
"It will be a sentimental
trip," Thornton said, adding
he will bring his wife along.
"It's very interesting to go
back 50 yeais afterwards to
the old hometown. I'm look
ing forward to seeing a lot of
people I haven't seen for a
longtime."
Plenty of people are
getting geared up to greet
Thornton in Faison.
"We're expecting a right
good crowd," said Rachel
Clifton, one of several or
ganizers for the home
coming. "It'll be a big crowd
for our little town of 600
people."
Although he has not been
home regularly for some
time, Ms. Clifton said flatly,
"We still claim him."
"He still claims us, too,'*
she said. "This is still home
to him."
The entire town of Faison
has followed Thornton's
career, she said, but many
people had thought he
might have missed his
chance for a space flight.
"We never thought he'd
get to go up on account of his
age," Ms. Clifton said.
Thornton was the oldest
astronaut and first North
Carolina native to go into
space. He was the second
physician to fly on a shuttle
mission specifically to study
spacesickness.
On* August 30, the day
Thornton and his four fellow
astronauts guided the shuttle
on its eighth mission, Faison
residents held a liftoff party,
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Duplin May Not
Purchase
Old Building
A difference of $40,000
between an offer and the
asking price may prevent
Duplin County from
purchasing the Federal Land
Bank building on N.C. 24 in
Kenansville.
The Duplin County Board
of Commissioners indicated
last week it wants to offer
$35,000 for the building for
the use of the Department of
Social Services.
The agencv is asking
$75,000.
Social Services Director
Millie Brown said she would
place 14 workers in the
building if the county buys it.
The board also directed
Register of Deeds Christine
Williams to advertise for bids
on a copier for a price up to
$15,000. The machine will
pay for itself through fees
charged for making cojjies,
she said.
The board also agreed to
pay the differnece between
the state allowance for a
computer printer for the
register of deeds office and
its actual price. The state will
provide $2,436. County
Manager Ralph Cottle said
the machine will cost $2,500.
The board also agreed to
provide $1,000 for a "smoke
chaser" in the Pink Hill area
of eastern Duplin County
during fire season. District
Forester Laird Davison of
Whiteville and county forest
ranger Denis Knowles said
the state Forest Resources
Commission received
$300,000 less than it had
expected in federal funds,
necessitating closing of the
Pink Hill fire tower and the
request for the county to pay
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ShavcThc Peak With A
Load Management Switch.
As a member and owner of
Tri-County Electric Member
ship Corporation, you are
being called upon to help in a
statewide program to fight the
increasing electric rates by
shaving peak demands.
The program is called load
management, and it's avail
able to those of you' with
electric water heating and I or
central air conditioning.
What Is The Peak?
The "peak" is the point when
you and your reighbors are
collectively making the maxi
mum use of electricity for any
given period. By lowering this'
peak, the EMCs can reduce
their power costs and help to
hold down future rate in
creases.
We can do this by installing
load management switches on
electric water heaters and
central air conditioners in Tri
County EMC members'
homes.
The switches turn off these
appliances during peak de
mand periods. When the
switch turns off your water
heater, it will be off for up to
four hours. With most heaters,
this should result In little or no
loss of hot water. On air
conditioners, there would be
only a slight heat rise in the
home because the unit's com
pressor would be turned off for
only up to ten minutes out of
every half hour. The fan
continues to run to keep the
hosue reasonably cool.
We appeal to you to "Volun
teer to Shave" the peak. It
costs you nothing to partici
pate. For the switch to be
Installed on your electric water
heater, we allow a $2.50 per
month credit the entire year on
your electric bill. For the
switch to be installed on your
central air conditioner, we
allow a $3.50 per month credit
for the four summer months on
your electric bill. Now, It saves
you $44.00 per year, and it can
save you hundreds of dollars In
the future.
If you'd like to volunteer,
just send us this coupon. Or
call Tri-County EMC for more
information.
This is your chance to do
something about high energy
costs.
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