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Headlining The News In 1983 As the citizens of Duplin County busily welcome a new year, many of the events of 1983 have become history. So, let us learn from the past ^ in order to have a better future. January headlines from the 1983 DUPLIN TIMES announced the reduction of the 1983 tobacco poundage. Construction began on a 62,000 square-foot freezer warehouse near Wallace. Union officials signed a con tract with the J.P. Stevens & Co. textile plant in Wallace. tending an eight-year effort by the Amalgamated Cloth ing and Textile Workers to win the contract with the plant. The town of Warsaw signed an agreement to loan - National Spinning funds from a federal grant to update the plant. Duplin General Hospital reported its operat ing expenses exceeded _ its income by $209,749 9 during the 1981-82 fiscal year. rebruary news tor 1V8J told of farmers beginning to sign up for the Payment-In Kind program and the cost of leasing tobacco poundage had jumped 10 cents from the previous season. Local independent truckers parked their vehicles to join a nationwide strike against ? new state and federal taxes. The donation of the historical Kelly-Farrior house to the county was announced by the Kenansville branch of United Carolina Bank. The house was later moved to the Kenansville municipal park for the future use as the Cowan Museum and the office of the Duplin County Arts Council. Rains overloaded the Warsaw sew age treatment plant three days following the acceptance of the new $2 million facility. Headlines during March followed with news of an increase of $3,735,586 in Duplin agricultural income from 1981 to 1982. Calypso announced plans to celebrate the town's 70th birthday. The Duplin County Sheriffs A Department' announced the recovery ot more than MJ percent of the stolen property reported during 1981. pfforts to revive the North Carolina Poultry Festival in Rose Hill suc ceeded and the largest frying pan in the world was readied for the event. Citizens ap peared before the Beulaville Town Board of Commission ers to request the old town f hall, a condemned structure, be renovated for use as a library and drivers license examiner's office. Owners of hind in Maxwell Creek or ganized to begin efforts to reduce flood and erosion in its watershed. The Warsaw plant of National Spinning began taking applications for the first time in two and a half years. April headlines were of the ^ North Carolina State Univer sity basketball team captur ing the hearts and dreams of Americans everywhere by winning the national cham ? ? pionship. A district court judge threatened to jail a Kenansville property owner who defied previous court orders to stop construction of an office without a building permit. Losses in jobs and potential income for chicken growers was predicted to exceed S3 million a year when Watson Seafood and Poultry Co. in Rose Hill failed. The Duplin County Board of Commissioners tentatively approved the re quest from J.P. Stevens Co. for the sale of SI million in tax-free bonds to retool the Carter Plant in Wallace. Silver thefts in Warsaw amounted to $18,000 in losses, according to May issues of THE DUPLIN TIMES. Headlines followed that month reporting area farmers just beginning to plant due to late freezes and rain. The town of Rose Hill announced plans to begin construction of a sewage treatment plant in January of 1984. The Duplin County Board of Election registered 341 voters during the in school visits throughout Duplin's senior classes. June brought headlines or a new crop for Beulaville. Farmers Laurie and Sherwood Jackson of Beula ville planted 69 acres of Irish potatoes. The Faison Wil liams home, built in 1853 in the town of Faison, was restored and opened to the public. Craig Warren, a senior at South Lenoir High School, was named state champion in the two-mile race. He won the title in high school competition at Ra leigh. Produce sales were off to a late start at the Faison Produce Market. John Rice, the former star of the outdoor drama Blackbeard, arrived in Duplin to join the 1983 production of the Duplin out door drama THE LIBERTY CART. Rice led in the role of Phenius Pickett at THE LIBERTY CART. Duplin residents were faced with a tax increase of 5 cents per $100 assessed valuation for the next year, bringing the rate to 75 cents. Kenansville Baptist Church celebrated its 146th anniversary. A new display was sent to the Legislative Building in Raleigh depicting the out door drama THE LIBERTY CART; the mural .was painted by James Sprunt Technical College Commer cial Art Instructor Mark Patrus. July headlines informed local citizens of changes. The Duplin General Hospital Board of Trustees was re duced from 28 to nine voting members. The Duplin County Department of Social Services announced trans portation to the North Caro lina Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill. The 1983 season of the outdoor drama THE LIBERTY CART based in Kenansville was dedicated to James F. Strickland of Warsaw. An increase in the number of patients and in fusion of county funds im proved Duplin General Hos pital's financial position. Fire destroyed the N.N. Ellis Produce warehouse and packing shed located seven miles west of Faison. The headlines for August began with the opening of the eastern tobacco belt in cluding sales at the ware houses in Wallace. Sales at the Wallace tobacco markets averaged only one cent above 1982 opening day prices. The Duplin public schools ex cused from school atten dance students involved in tobacco production. Furnie and Margaret Boyette of Kenansville were named the North Carolina Conservation Farm Family of the Year. Governor Jim Hunt met with the state Advisory Commit tee on Agriculture. Forestry and Seafood Industry in Kenansville. Swift & Co. turkey grow-out operation and feed mill at Hartells was sold to William Prestage of Clinton, and an announce ment was made for an ex panded turkey production operation under the new management. Headlines in September stated the approval of the half-cent sales tax in Duplin by the County Commission ers. The Faison Historical Commission announced tentative plans to open the town library in the newly restored depot building during October. Duplin County and two of its towns and one industry received federal development or im provement grants and loans totaling $1,719,376. Duplin school officials announced the outline of a $10 million plan to replace school facili ties and expand school ser vices in the county. The Beulaville Town Board ap proved the purchase of a computer system for billing, taxes and record-keeping at the town hall. Dr. Kenneth Lee was named as a member of the staff of Goshen Medi cal Center in Faison and Plain View Medical Clinic in ureenevers. ine uupun County Health Department announced plans for a maternity clinic in Kenans ville with Dr. M.I. Amrnar, M.D. in charge. October headlines in cluded celebration of William Thornton Day in Faison. Thornton, a native of Faison, was among the crew members of the space shuttle Challenger during the August mission. Branch Banking & Trust of Wallace donated $10,000 to the town's library during the 50-year anniversary celebra tion of the bank. The 1983 Duplin Agribusiness Fair opened in Kenansville run ning October 3-8. A chil dren's wear manufacturing company located in Warsaw under the name of Duplin Manufacturing. Goshen Medical Center announced a tentative plan for relocating its doctors as full-time staff members at Duplin General Hospital from SaTnpson Me morial Hospital. Bids were opened for the Muddy Creek project according to November head lines. Channel work on the second Dhase of the Muddv Creek Watershed project in eastern Duplin County was scheduled to begin Decem ber 1. Duplin towns held local elections to fill expiring seats of commissioners and mayors. Attorney and Duplin native Robert L. West was honored at the 1983 cele bration of the Warsaw Vet erans Day. B.F. Grady teacher Jackie Herring was named Duplin Teacher of the Year. Goshen Medical Cen ter in Faison and Plain View Health Clinic at Greenevers requested Rural Health In centive of Atlanta add & third physician to slwre the work load at the two facilities. Duplin County announced a water system bond referen dum for January in the Albertson district. The Kenansville Jaycees received ' recognition as the Number One Chapter in the state. December headlines an nounced the uniting of the Duplin Chapters of the Jay cees and Jaycettes to raise funds for the possible liver transplant surgery of Ke nansville infant Ashley Quinn. The Kenansville Jay cees announced plans to host a radiothon to raise money toward the goal set at $50,000 to help the Quinn family. The ? Muddv Creek Watershed project was sus pended by the Army Corps of Engineers because of an ex cessive amount of spoil material from earlier work on the creek. Duplin General Hospital announced the turn around in financial status a with the year ending and | books showing the facility $260,898 in the black. Duplin farmer Furnie Lee Boyette was invited to the White House along with 10 other conservation farmers and ranchers from throughout the United States.
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