The Pink Hill Review I
^emn* Pink Hill, Deep Run, AlberUon, Beulaville, And Their Surrounding Areas"
VOL. 5 NO. 47 KENANSVILLE, NC 28349 i NOVEMBER 24,1983
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Blizzard Keceives
Highest FFA Degree
Mac Blizzard of Deep Run
joined an elite group of
Future Farmers of America
when he received the highest
FFA degree of membership
? that of American Farmer.
Along w-ith 730 other out
standing FFA'ers, the South
Lenoir-chapter member was
honored at the 5bth National
FFA convention in Kansas
City. Missouri.
Always a highlight of the
convention, the American
Farmer degree ceremony in
cluded tbc presentation of a
certificate and gold key to
Mac as he walked across the
convention stage in front of
thousands of FFA members.
The American Farmer
program is a special project
of the National FFA Foun
dation. co-sponsored by J.I.
Case, a Tenneco company of
Racine. Wise.; Federal Land
Banks throughout the U.S.,
Englewood, Colorado;
Production Credit Associa
tions through the U.S.,
Englewood, Colorado; the
Chevrolet Motor Divison,
General Motors Corp., War
.ren. Mien.; rtoneer Mi-Bred
International. Inc., Des
Moines. Iowa, and Na-Churs
Plant Food Co., Marion.
Ohio.
YOUTH TEEN FUN DAY - The Pink Hill Church of God
celebrated Youth-Teen Fun Day recently with games
consisting of a sack race, 50-yd. dash, Softball and
basketball throw, jump rope, bean bag toss, marble spoon
race, apple bobbin', clothespin drop and tire race.
Refresnments and a picnic lunch were served.
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, The public
schools are an important
and integral part of our
society ; and
WHEREAS, The concept
of a free and equal edu
cation is an American tra
dition and this country's
strength; and
WHEREAS. The stu
dents of today are the
leaders of tomorrow; and
WHEREAS. All Citizens
have a responsibility to
support the public schools:
Now, therefore, 1,
Donald E. Suttles, mayor of
Kenansville. do hereby
proclaim Nov, 13-19 as
American Education Week
and urge all citizens to
make a commitment to
public education and to the
future of North Carolina
children by visiting their
local public schools and by
donating their time and
talents to help make the
public schools even better.
Thanksgiving
Greetings
We are thankful for our customers and
the trust they have bestowed in us
through the year.
To show our appreciation we would like to
honor our Senior Citizens cards with a
10% discount
I SAVE On Prescriptions Everyday
By Using Generic Drugs
Hood Pharmacy
Dial 568-4131 Day or Nite
110 E. Broadway St.
Pink Hill, N.C.
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74 To Be Laid Off At Lenoir Hospital I
From the News and Observer
Officials at Lenoir
Memorial Hospital an
nounced Friday that 74 em
ployees will be laid off begin
ning Nov. 23 because of a
decline in the number of
patients.
L. Daniel Duval Jr., hos
pital president, said the drop
had forced the hospital to
implement other cost-saving
measures, including a hiring
freeze and consolidation of
the third-floor nursing sec
tion.
Susan Q. Nobles, director
of the community relations,
said the hospital had pro
jected for its operating
budget a daily patient load of
251 for the current fiscal
year.
But through the first two
monts of the fiscal year, the
patient load had averaged
217 to 237 patients per day.
The hospijal has 281 beds
and employs about 813 full
and part-time workers, she
said.
Duval said 39 employees
would be laid off Nov. 23 and
another 35 would be laid off
Nov. 26. The employees will
be paid for all accrued vaca
tion and holiday time and will
receive two weeks severance
pay.
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Roebuck To Speak
At Public Meeting
In Beulaville
A public meeting will be
held at the Beulaville Ele
mentary School auditorium
on Tuesday, Nov. 29 at 7:30
p.m. The speaker will be
Buck Roebuck discussing the
need for a home for the
Lenior School
Menus
Nov.'28 - Dec. 2
Monday - pizza or ham &
cheese sandwich, french
fries or green peas, fruit,
cookie
Tuesday - cheeseburger or
hamburger steak, mashed
potatoes or fried squash,
jello with fruit or fruit cup,
rolls
Wednesday - chick fillet or
beef veg. stew, turnip greens
or tossed salad, fruit cocktail
or peaches, rolls, frosted
cake square
Thursday - beef vegetable
soup, hot dogs, orange or
grape, cookie, saltines
Friday ? chicken salad or
fish sandwich, cheese,
french fries or brussel
sprouts, aoolesauce or apri
cots, lemon pudding
Milk is offered with all
meals. A variety of extra
items are for sale.
THANKSGIVING SERVICE
The First Baptist Church
of Pink Hill with the Rev.
Tommy Trip as pastor, will
host the annual community
Thanksgiving service on
Wed., Nov. 23 at 7:30 p.m.
BARBECUE
The Pink Hill Fire Depart
ment will sponsor a bar
becued pork and chicken
dinner on Sat., Dec. 3
(Christmas Parade Day) be
ginning at 11 a.m. Donations
will be $3 a plate. Everyone
is encouraged to support the
fire and rescue departments.
PARADE
The annual Pink Hill -
Christmas parade is sche
duled for Saturday, Dec. 3.
Beautiful floats, lovely girls
and a host of other special
ties are planned.
rehabilitation of alcoholics
and drug addicts.
Roebuck, ex-tramp and
author of "The Trail of a
Tramp," will share his testi
mony of what God has done
in his life. He is president of
Step of Faith, Inc., a non
profit organization to be used
as a vehicle to establish this
much-needed home in
Duplin County.
Attend this important
meeting and do your civic
duty to make Duplin County
a better place to live, says
Roebuck. A copy of his book
will be given to each person
giving a $5 or more donation.
The meeting is sponsored
by the Beulaville Concerned
Citizens for Morality. For
more information contact
Rev. Ed Neal at 298-3361 or
Roebuck at 298-3343.
Jimmv Sutton
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Memorial
Scholarship Winner
Implementation of the
Jimmie Sutton Memorial
Scholarship for 1983-84 was
announced by Jesse L. Mc
Daniel, Lenoir Community
College president.
Winner of the Sutton
scholarship of S300 for this
year is Dan Barry Croom of
Seven Springs, son of Horace
and Irene Croom, who are
employed at Caswell Center.
Croom was active in Future
Farmers of America leader
ship and projects in high
school. In his freshman year
at LCC he was active in the
F.A.R.M. Club and was in
vited to enroll in Phi Theta
Kappa, highest scholastic
fraternity at the college. His
plans for the future include a
major in agricultural educa
tion at N.C. State University.
He plans to each agriculture
in the public schools of North
Carolina.
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Saturday, November 26th f
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Santa arrives in spectacular style Saturday, I
November 26th at 11:00 a.m. ) I
The North Pole special delivery Airplane will fly \ J I
over and Santa Claus will parachute out. He will land
in Caswell Field beside Vernon Park Mall. ">*j J
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I Duplin Medical As. I
Proudly Announces Offices In I
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II Beulavtlle
Main Street
Phone 298-3176
Rose Manor Shopping Center
Phone 289-3027
Pink Hill He
108 S. Control Avo.
Phono 568-4111
Warsaw
102 N. Centar St.
Phono 293-3401
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After Hours Weekend & Holidays 296-0404
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Appointment Hours 9:00 A.M. To 5:00 P.M. Monday - Friday
Doris Jean Batts, MD Family Practice
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R. Stphen Griffith, MD Family Practice 1
I 'Carl L. Haynes, Jr., MD Family Practice
Karen Furey-Liebert, MD General Practice
Edwin P. Little, MD Family Practice
Joseph A. Zenel, Jr., MO Pediatrics I
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