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_ ? , lUiplm jAL<?mt?f$; PROGRESS SENTINEL ^ VOL. XXXXV1 NO. 44 USPS 162-860 KENANSVILLE. NC 28349 NOVEMBER 3, 1983 l(> PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX Finalists In Morehead i Competition Deborah West of James Kenan High School and Camille Grady of East Duplin High School have been named Duplin finalists and will advance in district competition for Morehead Scholarships. Morehead awards are a made annually to approxi ? mately 70 high school seniors. The students are awarded $6,500 each of their four years as an undergradu ate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The funds are intended to pay tuition, room, board, books and laundry during the school year and cover the cost of the student's partici ^ pation in the summer enrich 9 ment program providing off campus internships for Morehead Scholars. Camille Grady is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Grady of Albertson. During her high school years at East Duplin. Camille has been a member of the National Honor Society, Spanish Club, National Spanish Honor Society, Phi _ Theta Pi, Science Club, Fu W ture Teachers of America, band, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Historical Society and is a bus driver and member of the Bus Driver Association. Camille's participation in East Duplin high school clubs and or gani?-aiions .has involved actfrve j ir^mbefMiip and holding the office of presi dent of the band, Spanish ^ Club and National Spanish Honor Society; and treasurer of the Future Teachers of America. In addition to ad vancing in Morehead competition, Camille has been selected as a semi finalist in the National Merit awards. National Merit awards are based on student PSAT scores and winners will be named later in the school year, each receiving a 9 $1,000 scholarship to the university of their choice. "Scholarships such as these (Morehead and Merit) would enable me to make the most of educational oppor tunities," Duplin finalists for the Morehead Scholarship and semi-finalist for the Na tional Merit award. Camille Grady said. After graduation from high school in 1984, Camille plans to attend Davidson, or Southwestern at Memphis, or the Univer sity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and major in religion and later enter a theological seminary to pre pare for a career in the ministry. Camille is a member of Pleasant View Presbyterian Church. "School is the center of a young person's life for many years, Camille said. "Which means, education encompasses so much more than the accumulation of knowledge; it also involves the formation of a person's attitudes and opinions. The faculty of East Duplin realizes their influence and is truly committed to develop ing each aspect of student life." Also a Duplin Morehead Scholarship finalist, Deborah West is the daughter of James and Sandra West of Warsaw. Deborah is a member of the National Honor Society, Monogram Club, Drama Club, the var sity cheerleading squad, and the United Methodist Youth Fellowship organization. She has received the English III award, was named runner-up in the Electric Membership Corporation district essay contest, served as a 1983 V shal, and participated in tite East Carolina University mlth contest. Following graduation. Deborah plans to attend Peace College or the University of North CaV,?ina at Chapel Hill. Nominees for the Morehead Scholarships must have evidence of morale force of character and the capacity to lead and take an interest in their classmates. Nominees must have a proven scholastic ability and extra-curricular attainments, as well as a physicaltvigor as shown by participation in competitive sports. The stu dents are nominated first by their high school scholarship committee and interviewed by the county Morehead Selection Committee, where two nominees are chosen and advance to district inter views. District nominees are interviewed at UNC-CH and Morehead Scholars named. West Honored By Veterans Celebration! The 1983 Veterans Day celebration will honor World A War II veteran Colonel ? Robert L. West, a Warsaw attorney who was active in the town Chamber of Com merce during depression years. Surrounded by items from the past and Situated in an office built before the Civil War, Robert West said the Chamber of Commerce felt Warsaw had growth poten ? tial due to its location on three well-traveled railroads and two main hard surfaced roads during the depression years. According to West, the Warsaw Chamber of Commerce worked on several projects which could have been of great benefit to area citizens by easing the hard times. "Warsaw had a truck market," Attorney and re ? tired Air Force Col. Robert L. West said. "And, so much of the produce couldn't be sold. Everyone in the area had all the beans and cabbage and vegetables they could use. so the Chamber of Commerce worked to get the Surplus Commodities Corporation to set up a cannery in Warsaw to preserve the surplus. The government would be pre serving the surplus products ^ and the local farmers would have been getting a little pay for their produce." Accord-1 ing to West, the truck market I * served local growers but due to the abundance of produce within the area many far mers were unable to sell all their products. The Chamber also made efforts to extend the Kenansville Railroad, the Atlantic and Carolina, into Beulaville and Jacksonville when the announcement of the new military base in Holly Ridge was released. West said. Efforts were also made by the Chamber to persuade the Quartermaster Corps to locate a supply warehouse at Warsaw, he added. "We were able to lay the groundwork for a Jaycees club, National Guard and library," West said. "The library at that time was dif ferent than we know it today. Then it was a facility to repair and rebind books, which furnished employment for a few people under the WPA. The Chamber coordi nated the business hours through the county and brought about the Wednes day afternoon closing of ail the stores." West was a resident of Warsaw working as county solicitor when he enlisted in the Air Force at the begin ning of World War U. In the Air Force, west moved quickly through the ranks during his more than eight years of active duty. And, he continued to serve his country with more than 18 years of duty in the Air Force Reserve. West retired from the Reserve in 1968. Return ing to Duplin County after serving active duty in the Air Force. West was appointed to the position of Judge of General County Court in Duplin four years. West was a 1935 graduate of Wake Forest Unversity law school. After passing the North Carolina bar exam in 1935, he established a law practice in Warsaw. "I like to help people," West explained. "I believe the philosophy that the only true measure of a person's worth is by what he is able to do for his fellowman." In service of Duplin, West has been chairman of the Duplin County Kea cross and worked as a member and officer of the Young Demo cratic Club. According to West, the Duplin Young Democratic Club helped or ganize every eastern North Carolina county Young Democratic Club. Today, West remains in command after 12 years of service as Commander of the Charles Gavin Post 127 of the American Legion. And. he has a solo law practice in one of the county's oldest build ings. "This building has served as a barber shop, two doc tors' offices, library, post office, and I have been told it was even once a bar and tavern," West said about his office building. "I have al ways loved history and 1 e old things. When my brothers were out playing baseball, I'd be reading a history book." The building was constructed prior to the Civil War in Kenansvillc and was located on properly owned by the t-arrtor family near Liberty Hall. West said. West purchased the building and moved it hi Warsaw for his law office in the early 1970s. ? West is married to former Kinston native Ann Pollock. The couple married in 1937 and worked together in pro jects for the Warsaw Chamber of Commerce. ROBERT L. WEST Bids Opened For Muddy Creek Project DEBORAH WEST Channel work in the second phase of the Muddy Creek Watershed project of eastern Duplin County should begin by Dec. t, said Kenneth Futreal. Duplin soil conservationist of the U.S. Soil Conservation Service. Bids of four firms for the J6'/i-mile channel restora tion project on the creek and its main tributaries were opened last week in the Duplin County courthouse by .Calvin Mercer, Duplin County Soil and Water Con servation District chairman. Low bidder was Phelps & White Construction Co. of Windsor with a $267,670 bid. The company has the con tract for the first phase of the Muddy Creek project. It also has the contract for the first phase of the nearby Lime i stone Creek Watershed pro ject. Other bidders and bids were: Robbinsville Con struction Co. of Robinsville, $314,060; Mac Construction Co. of Shallotte, $398,150; and A.D. McLamb & Son of Shallotte. $297,016. The estimated cost range was $200,000 to $500,000. Futreal said. "We hope the paperwork can be completed in a week or 10 days and the contract awarded in two weeks so construction can begin by Dec. 1 and earlier if pos sible," Futreal said last Thursday. "We'll have to halt main channel work at the end of February due to environ mental considerations." he said. The channel work could interfere with fish spawning during the December-to-July period, he said. Main chan nel work can resume on Aug. 1. Futreal said a contract for work on drainage ditches on farmland will be awarded in the spring. The Muddy Creek Water shed includes about 30.000 acres cast of the Northeast Cape Fear River near Halls ville and Chinquapin. The natural drainage channels of the area have become clogged with sediment that eroded from farmland and logs and brush from logging operations and storms during the last 200 years. Flooding has resulted. The poor drain age and flooding has reduced crop and forest yields of the area foi many years. The first phase of the Muddy Creek project in cluded four miles of channel restoration on the creek from the Northeast Cape Fear River to N.C. 41 near Chin quapin. Futreal said he will meet with representatives of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser vice. N.C. Wildlife Re sources Commission and U.S. Army Corps of Engi neers to check on environ mental effects of the work. The Muddy Creek project and its companion, the Limestone Creek project, were in planning stages for more than 20 years before the first construction con tracts were awarded late last year. Towns Hold Elections Nov. 8 Elections will be held Nov. 8? The IU towns that will hold elections and candidates running for office are: v ? Beulaville: Competing for three board seats are Franklin Boyette, S.A. "Sambo" Blizzard. Hymric Jefferson. H.J. Brown, Horace Lee Rhodes, Joseph H. Edwards and Larry P. BosVic, Incumbent Rabon Brown did not seek re flection . ? Calypso: Mayor Or lando Joe Daniels is the only one running for mayor. Run ning for five board seats are five people: Libby Lewis Boykin, S.D. Davis, M.J. Lambert Jr. and J.R. Turner, all incumbents and Eugene Emmer. Commissioner Wayne Brock did not file. ? Faison: Mayor N.F. McColman is opposed by P.B. "Bill" Carter for mayor. Competing for two board seats, William Frizzelle, former board member Ronald Oates, Jane Precythe Hollingsworth, town maintenance supervisor Fred Willis Wheless and Billy Franklin Cooper. ? Greenevers: Mayor Alex Brown is running un opposed for re-election. Two incumbents, ftathan C. Murray and Waitus Harrell. are running for two board seats. ? Kenansville: Filing for three board seats were incumbent Betty Long. James Blanchard. .Ronald Summerlin, Jimmy D. New kirk, IHortense Hasty, Mark Vinson and Emil Coggins. ? Magnolia: Commis sioner Ruth Quinn and Police Chief Sherwood Ezzell are vying for mayor. Running for two board seats are Mayor Melvin Pope. Commissioner Rudolph Beoton and Com missioner Hubert Howard. ? Rose Hill: Three board seats attracted filings bv Clarence Brown Sr.. Jerry H. Cottle Jr. and Keith Hinson, all incumbents; and Marsha F. Whaley and Junior Williams. ? Teachey: Mayor Ruby Ramsey is unopposed for re election. Running for board seats are James Boney, Daniel Vance Norris and Bernard "Mike" Pistner, incumbents; and Warren W. Henderson. ? Wallace:Mayor Meivin Cording is opposed b> hart Whitaker. Three candidates filing for three board s aw are Charles- Blancuard. Ar nold Duncan and N.H. Carter. ? Warsaw: For three board scats the candidates are incumbent Billy Ken nedy, Shelby "Zack" Zachary, Jimmy Steven Kennedy, James Junior Her ring, Cecil Guy and Thomas T. Coombs. Kenansville candidates Jimmy D. Newkirk and Emil Coggins would have U?, Alcoholic B?;veifage Control board positions if elected. Wallace Man's Tax Evasion Sentence Stands A federal judge has re jected a Wallace man's re quest to reduce a prison term he is serving for income tax evasion. John Lloyd Sorrell Jr. was sentenced to five years in prison and fined $10,000 in April. A jury found him guilty of cheating the government. Sorrell should have paid $148,000 in income taxes on $295,000 income he failed to report in 1976. according to testimony in the trial. He earned the money by using a "devious scheme" involving a land sale to defraud his mother and four cousins, prosecutors said. In September, Sorrell asked U.S. District Judge James C. Fox to reduce the sentence. Fox rejected the request after federal prosecutors argued against a sentence reduction. CAMILLE GRADY Gun Blast Kills Faison Man James Hubert Downs, 26, of Route 1, Faison died of a s shotgun blast to his face a early Saturday morning, ac- I cording to a report filed by a Duplin County Chief Deputy s Sheriff Glenn Jernigan. I Jernigan said Downs was hot once with a .410 shotgun bout 1:25 a.m. Saturday by )orothy Hobbs of the same ddress on S.R. 1825. He aid Downs had assaulted he woman twice earlier in the day and again at the pair's home. Jernigan did not press charges but said he would present evidence from the investigation at the next session of the grand jury. Veterans Celebration Set For Nov. 12 The era of World War II is the 1983 Veterans Day cele bration theme in Warsaw. The parade and annual cele bration is set for November 12. The 1983 celebration is in honor of Colonel Robert L. West, a veteran of World War II. The parade will be led this year by North Caro lina Attorney General Rufus Edminsten and Miss North Carolina 1983 Deneen Graham will appear. Miss North Carolina is a native of North Wilkesboro. The annual Warsaw cele bration honoring America's veterans is sponsored by the Rotary, Lions, Jaycees, the Chamber of Commerce, American Legion and Jay cettes. Chairman of the 1983 Veterans celebration com mittee is Lloyd Parker and co-ordinating the event is Marv Taylor. Veterans theme chairperson is Merle Creech and parade chairman. Bill Holt. Parade float judges are Dr. Gene Ballard, Mrs. Judy Mure and Tommy Benson. Accord ing to parade rules, only locally made floats depicting the World War II theme of the 1983 Veterans Day cele bration will be eligible for competition in cash prizes. Prizes for parade entries are $100 for first place and $7(5, second place, in float and band categories. As part of the celebration, a community-wide contest for the best dressed business persons and best merchant display will be awarded a prize of $50 each. The best dressed boy, girl and teacher at James Kenan High School, E.E. Smith and War saw Jr. High and Warsaw Elementary schools will be awarded a $10 prize each. Following the 1983 veterans parade will be the annual fire and rescue bar beque dinner with plates on sale at the Warsaw Fire Department. A teen disco is scheduled at the Warsaw Recreation Department and a square dance at Warsaw Elementary School. The cele bration ends with a dance at the Warsaw Armory featuring the big band sounds of Jim Ketch. Ad mission will be charged for the teen disco, square dance and dance. The Duplin County Arts Council will sponsor movies from the WWII era and admission is 15 cents. The second of the series of movies will air tonight (Thursday) at 7 p.m. in the Fireside Room of the Warsaw United Methodist Church. Showing tonight is "Mr. Smith Goes to Wash ington." Appearing next Thursday will be the movie "Best Years of Our lives. ' Veterans Day Schedule Nov. 3 - "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington" movie, Warsaw United Methodist Church at 7 p.m. Nov. 5 ? Duplin County Historical Society meeting, Rose Hill Restaurant at 12 noon. Nov. 6 - Armed Forces Sabbath, Warsaw United Methodist Church at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 8-12 - Carnival in Warsaw Nov. 9 - Superbowl game with Warsaw Midget football All-Stars at James Kenan High School stadium. Nov. 10 - "Best Years of Our Lives" m^vie, Warsaw United Methodist Church at 7 p.m. Nov. 12 - Sidewalk sales begin at 8 a.m. Parade begins at 11 a.m. Barbeque dinner at noon. Military equipment dis play at noon, James Kenan band, chorus and drama club en tertainment begins at thefire department at 1:30 p.m. Teen disco, Warsaw Rec reation Department at 7 p.m., admission S2.S0 Square dance, Warsaw Elementary School at 8 p.m., admission $5 per couple. Dance. Warsaw Armory at 9 p.m. featuring Jim Ketch, $15 per couple. f 4