Seventh Grade Consolidation
State Plan? Fire Up Chinquapin Residents
Local school advisory
groups disagree iwith por
tions of a state school facility
recommendation for Duplin
County and are letting the
board of education know
what they think.
The recommended consoli
dation of the seventh and
eighth grades of Chinquapin.
Beulaville and B.F. Grady
schools, either at Beulaville
or at East Duplin High
School north of Beulaville,
was strongly opposed by
Chinquapin residents.
Superintendent L.S. Guy
told the board of education
earlier this week that the
school staff and the board
will stucfjt proposals of the
local schuyi committees and
develop a long-range school
facilities plan based on a
combination of the state and
local recommendations.
Margaret Williams, repre
senting Chinquapin resi
dents. told the board of
education most people in the
Chinquapin area appear to
oppose the consolidation
proposed in the state study.
She said, "Some of our
seventh and eighth graders
would have to be bused over
20 miles each way to school
each day."
The riding time would
prevent many of the children
from taking part in any
school activities, she added.
"We do not feel that chil
dren ages 12 and 13 are
mentally mature enough to
mix with children ages 17
and 18," Mrs. Williams said
in reference to building a
junior high school at East
Duplin.
The Chinquapin people
propose demolishing the
existine Chinquapin 1 school,
which is one of the oldest in
the county, and adding land
and classrooms to the newer
Chinquapin II school.
She concluded, "We feel
that a big mistake was made
?
when the high schools were
consolidated and to make
another mistake now would
jeopardize the security of our
children."
The former Chinquapin
high school (Chinquapin I)
was consolidated with East
Duplin when that school was
opened in the early 1960s.
The Chinquapin 1 school
now houses grades 4 through
8. Last year it had an
enrollment of 319 students.
The main building was built
in 1926 and renovated in
1952. The lunchroom was
built in 1947, the gymnasium
in 1935 and the old agri
culture shop, now used for
storage, in 1944. The state
study offers two plans, both
of which call for the elimi
nation of this building for
school use.
Chinquapin II now houses
kindergarten through third
grades. Enrollment last year
was 219 students.
Belk*Leggett
Executive To
Speak At
Duplin Full
Gospel Meeting
Fred Leggett Jr. will speak
at the Duplin Chapter, Full
Gospel Businessmen's
Fellowship International
monthly meeting on Friday,
Dec. 9 at the Rose Hill
Restaurant in Rose Hill.
Supper will be at 6:45 with
the program starting at 7:30
p.m.
Fred was born in Danville,
Va., graduated from George
Washington High School and
attended N.C. State.
He is executive vice-presi
dent of the Belk-Leggett Co.
in Danville, Va.
Fred serves as elder in the
First Presbyterian Church
and is also active in civic,
business and Christian
service groups. Fred and his
wife, Joan, have five chil
dren.
The largest rate cut in
history: AT&T hopes to re
duce interstate long distance
rates by $1.7 billion?if the
government will let it. Bills
now being acted on in Con
gress would keep long dis
tance rates artificially high
to continue to subsidize lo
cal calls. ?
People concerned about
the cost of long distance
calls are asking their legis
lators where they stand on
the bills, S. 1660 and H.R.
4102.. They are writing to |
their individual Senators
and Congressmen at the
U.S. Senate, Washington,
D.C. 20510, and the House
of Representatives, Washing
ton, D.C. 20515.
SCHOLARSHIP STUDENTS AT JSTC Ten students
received academic scholarships this quarter in recognition
of their academic achievements. Pictured, left to right,
Anita Hall, Foundation scholarship, business administra
tion; Vickie Dail. Foundation scholarship, medical office
assisting; Joey Jones, C.R. Lentz scholarship, accounting;
Jean Howard, Foundation scholarship, medical office
assisting; James Barnette, Foundation scholarship,
criminal justice; Elizabeth Kornegay, Foundation scholar
ship, nursing; and Lynn Davis, JSTC academic scholar
ship, nursing. Not pictured are Lisa Wilkins, Foundation
scholarship, nursing; Kimberly English, JSTC Academic
scholarship, accounting; and Mike Outlaw, Academic
scholarship, nursing. Both the JSTC and Foundation
scholarships are for $60 per quarter. The Lcntz scholarship
? is $250 per year awarded to a 2nd year student in a
business curriculum.
Referendum In January
For Albertson Water System
I A referendum to authorize
?a $425,000 bond for the
proposed Albertson water
district water system will be
Jield Jan. 10..
? The Duplin County Board
-of Commissioners set the
^referendum date last week
'after approval of the pro
-posal on second reading.
1 ; Bob Pittman of Rivers &
"Associates of Greenville,
. 'project engineers, estimated
i-the project would cost
; .*$1,325,000.
- * - If the bond issue is autho
-rized. he expects to call for
2 - bids by the end of February.
? ! ? Financing would include a
? S3I4.000 Farmers Home Ad
! ministration loan, repayable
I from the bond issue, a
FmHA grant of $697,900 and
1 a slate grant of $313,100.
1 The project would include
- laying of 39.000 feet of 8-inch
? pipe. 130,000 feet of 6-inch
pipe and 64,000 feet of 4-inch
I P>pe
The system would have
about 300 customers. Pitt
man said 275 potential cus
tomers have paid a $10
deposit.
The estimated minimum
fee os $12 a month for up to
2S000 gallons of water. The
average fee is expected to be
$16 per month for use of
5,000 gallons.
The water district has the
same boundaries as the Al
bertson voting precinct,
which has 620 registered
voters. Registration for the
referendum will end Dec. 12.
The registration books will
be purged of inactive voters
after that date, said Carolyn
Murphy of the county elec
tion board staff.
In other action, the com
missioners approved a
nurse's position for the
health department at an
annual salary of $13,276,
which would be paid by the
state. The nurse will specia
lize in tuberculosis control.
1 The commissioners also
approved purchase of a
microfilm printer-reader for
the register of deeds office at
a cost of $14,995.
Walter Brown, director of
the county's Services for the
. Aging, announced the ap
proval of the agency's ap
plication for a federal grant
I of $93,450 to buy six vans to
' transport aged and ill people.
; The board appropriated the
- $9,345 required in local
.money to match the grant.
* The contract for the grant
was to be signed Nov. 30,
Brown said.
Fourteen similar vans, in
cluding 11 operated by the
Duplin-Sampson Mental
Health Department, are in
use in the area. Two of the
new vans will be used by the
Services to the Aging De
partment, one by the De
i
partment of Social Services
and three by mental health
workers. A transportation
coordinator, whose salary
will be paid from the federal
money, is to be hired next
year.
The board agreed to spon
sor the proposed Maxwell
Creek Watershed ? a
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48,000-acre project from
Johnson's Chapel near
Warsaw to the Northeast
Cape Fear River east of Rose
Hill.
Robert Ray Thomas was
appointed to the jury com
mission to replace Annie
Laura Puckett, who resigned.
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If you are taking arthritis
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important reminders:
? DO follow your doc
tor's instructions carefully
and keep in close touch
during treatment.
? DO keep active, but
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your doctor's recommenda
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? DO watch your weight
and make sure you get a
nourishing diet with ample
amounts of meat, eggs, fish,
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? DON'T stand or work
in one position too long.
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