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K? 27546^ News & Advertising Deadline: Monday Noon Harnett County News Published Continuously Since 1919 VOL. 62 THURSDAY. DECEMBER 28,1978 TWENTY CENTS Around Town DEADUNB REMINDER We hope that all readers of this column have enjoyed a safe, happy and fulfilling Christmas and are looking forward to a bright and prosperous new year. Reports released this week show traffice fatalities over the holiday at an all-time high. This is a tragedy that could have been everted. Please'be careful this weekend while you are celebrating. We take this time to issue a reminder of our stepped-up deadline for nert week’s paper. Deadlines 'for- all news and classiTied, display and legal , advertising will be Friday at noon, same as last week. The News office will be closed Monday, Jan. 1 and will resume normal hours and deadlines Jan. 2. HAPPY NEW YEAR from the staff and management of the News. LOCAL BOY MAKES GOOD This will come as no surprise to faithful followers of the N.C., State Wolfpack. but others watching State’s victory over Pitt in Saturday's Tangerine Bowl may have been surprised and delighted to see some local representation on the home team. Wayne McLean, a record- breaking halfback when he graduated from lillington High School in 19i^7, has been getting a lot of playing'time "'in the' Wolfpack backfield this year, despite playing behind one of the best runners in collegiate history, Ted Brown. McLean gained a lot of experience with the team this year, filling in for All-American Brown when his numerous injuries kept him off the field. Saturday McLean ga'med some national television exposure to g9 along with that experience as he contributed to State’s bowl, victory. Congratulations, Vyayne, the whole town is proud ofyou. AWARDS BANQUET This year’s annual Lillington Chamber of Commerce/Jaycees Aw:^s Banquet will be held at tiie Harnett Central High School cafeteria on Thursday, Jan. 18 at 7 p.m. Make plans now to attend. Plates, Stickers to Go On Sale January 3 AT A SUNDAY AFTERNOON GATHERING at the DAY hut In Boles Ckeek recently, several inembera of the natloaal and state organlzatloiu were on hand for a Christmas party. Members of the Dis^led American Veterans and AuxlUaiy of the WDlIam M. Stone Chapter 74 were also present. Officers present for the occasion were, 1-r: C.R. Dever, 3rd District Commanders Aide; Thurman Brown, Aide to National Commander; Raymond W. Cothren, State Senior Vice Commander; Lawrence Meissner, N.C. Dept. Chief of Staff; Lorraine Hough, 3rd District Commander; Jody K. Harrington, DAVA Junior Commander; Mrs. Margaret Peyton, State Senior Vice Commander; Lee Milanese, N.C. V.A.V.S. Chairman; Opal Brown, State Junior Vice Commander; Sam Hayes, Chapter 74 Commander; J.D. Cormier, N.C. Dept. 3rd District Commander, [Photo by Lorraine Mire] r Manhunt Underway for Suspected Murderer A search was stQl underway Tuesday morning for Lester WWtte^. pf_-. Harnetf—County, about wanted in the shooUng death of one man and the knifing of another at the Twin City Laundry in Jones boro Friday night. Harnett Sheriff Lewis Rosser reported this morning Whitted hadn’t been apprehended. She riff Rosser said, “We believe he had gone into hiding.” Timothy Scott Pittman, 28, of Rt. 11, Sanford, died in the emergency ronrn ■ at N.C. Meuiviuu riospital about 11;8U Friday night. Pittman was the assistant manager of the laundry where he 'was shot to death. Laundry Manager Wayne B. Tetterton, son of owner Bill Tetterton, was cut across the neck. He is progressing satis factorily at Lee County Hospi tal, a spokesman there said. Whitted, a resident of the John^nville Community in Harnett- is,' charged , with murder and with assault witti a deadly weapon with intent to km'. Police were called to the laundromat at 8:20 p.m., by an unidentified person who stated he had heard gunshots in the rear of the building. Upon arriving, police found the front door to the building locked and called owner Bill Tetterton to unlock the door. Meanwhile, an officer found a door on the east side of the building open, and officers entered by that door. Tetterton and Pittman were found lying approximately 15 to 20 feet apart in the rear of the building, according to Lee County rescue squad workers. The squad transported the two men to the Lee County Hospital emergency room and later The beginning of a new year can mean a lot of things to a lot of people, but to all owners of motor vehicles in Lillington and North Carolina, it means re- newid of validation stickers and license plates. Valildation stickers and plates for 1979 will go on sale across the'^state on Jan. 2. All vehicles ihust display the'ncw plates or . stickers by midnight Feb. IS. Sales will be conduced in two lo4tions in Harnett County: Otiic at the Lillington Chamber of {Tommerce office in the Town Hail on Main Street, and one at Dj^tnis’ Cadillac-Olds Co. on South Cinton Avenue in Dunn. According to Elbert L. Peters Jr.. Commissioner of Motor Vehicles of the N.C. Dept, of Transportation, renewal cards neixssaty for obtaining a 1979 sticker or plate were mailed Dec." 18 and should be received by - Dec. 29. Anyone not receiving a renewal card should notify the Division of Motor ■ Vehides in Raleigh by mail at 1100 New Bern Avenue or by telephone at 733-3025. ‘Tt will lake from 10 days to two weeks to obtain a card and new'plates or stickers must be displayed by midnight, Feb. IS,” Peters said. Emily Terrell, secretary of the Lij[ijagton . Chamber. of CbWmerce, issued tHd following instructions to Harnett County motorists: “Check renewal cards for correct information,” she said. “Be sure to enter the required insurance information on the back, sign it, and bring or send your card to the Chamber office.” With the exception of some special classifications, 1979 automobile licenses will be renewed with a validation Ruritans Install New Officers NEW OFHCERS for the NelDa Creek Roritaa ' Club were liutalled last week at the Weatem 'SIziIer reataarant In Dona. The awearing-ln ' ceremony waa held daring the ehib’a annual ' Lodlea Night dinner. On hand as installation 'officer was Lewis McNeill [lefl] of Red Springs, a former district govenor. \nih hfan are, first row, l-r: Tommy Coats, president; Rudolph Blanchard, director; Randall Johnson, treasurer. Second row; Robert Slancil, secretary; David Milton, vice presi dent; and Douglas Johnson, director. 'The Neills Creek Ruritans Qub observed their annual ladies night and installation of officers at the Western Sizzler in Dunn, recently with out-going presi dent Cary Stewart presiding. Guests included District Governors Jim Randolph and wife, Charlene; past district governors Richard Matthews and wife, Georgia, and Lewis McNeill and wife, Nell. President Stewart welcomed the ladies and guests. Each lady was presented a gift from the club by National Director A.J. Stephenson, who thanked the ladies for their active support for the club. Officers for 1979 were installed by Lewis McNeill in an im pressive ceremony. Entertain ment was provided by the Flatland Boys, and outstanding bluegrass group. sticker to be affixed to the upper right-hand comer of the current plate, over the 1978 sticker. Care should be taken to place the sticker exactiy as instructed to prevent accidental removal. An annual license plate will continue to be issued for all other classifications, including trucks. Any newiy acquired vehicle will be issued a plate and sticker unless a plate is to be transferred. The division of Motor Vehicles is launching a new communi cations program this year to encourage vehicle owners to purchase the license plates or stickers before the end 'of the renewal period. Carring the slogan “Get Yours Early,’’ posters, counter cards and public service announcements will con vey this message. “We feel this program will aid in the reduction of waiting’time and provide better efficency at our offices,” said Gonzalie Rivers, Director of Registration. transferred Pittman to N.C. Memorial in Chapel Hill. ■ ';-The ■ medical - examiner-, in Chapel Hill listwl the cause of Pittman’s death as gunshot wounds. Pittman had been shot three times. No motive for the shooting has been advanced by the Sanford police. No witnesses were present at the scene, according to |>olice, and no details of the shooting are available. Though only one warrant has been issued, police said they, have not ruled out the possibility of another suspect. No weapon was found at the scene. Lee-Harnett Grant Request to be Reviewed Lee-Hamett Mental Health application will be under Center’s Alcohol Program review when the Cardinal Health Agency project evaluca- tion committee meets January 10. The Center has requested $275,109 from the Cardinal Health Agency, a federal agency which must approve all construction of medi^ facili ties and expenditures of federal funds. Jack Brock, Harnett County manager and commissioner said from his hospital bed, he “anticipates no problem with approval.” Brock said he would do everything possible to see that Lee-Hamett gets the funds. Final approval wrill be given at the board of directors meeting at 7 p.m. January 10. The agency will also review Southeastern Medical Services application for $273,643 for the Rural Health Initiative pro gram and Cape Fear ViJley Hospital's application for a three million dollar expansion of ancillary services. Public hearings will be conducted on each of these projects prior to the commit tee's review. The meeting will start at 1:30 p.m. PLANNING BENEFIT FOR INGRAM - An appreciation and benefit dinner for State losurance^Cpmnussioiier. J ohn^Ingrai^to help him pay off his U.S. Senate campaign debts' will be held at the Community Center in lillington on Friday, Feb. 2 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Barbecued chicken writh all the trimmings will be served for a $5 SHOWN RECEIVING $10 in pennies is Jaycee member Victor Quick. The pennies were collected by the Cavalier 4-H Club in LOlington for Camp Sertoma, a summer camp for crippled chfidren in North Carolina. Presenting the pen nies to Quick were Thomas Wyatt, vice-president of the cl^; Richard Wyatt, reporter and Jimmy Penny, a member of the 4-H club. contribution. Pictui^ here with Ihe tickets are, left to right, J.D. Stewart of Dunn and Cai^Cl^yton of .Western Harnett, his two “■C0^hainnenT'mrCh’aIm5r3' Stewirt," promi nent Western Harnett Democratic leader. Tickets will be available in advance and at the door. Photography An Interesting Course Offered Photography for Baxley Tho mas is not just a hobby, it’s also a career. Baxley is photography in structor at Harnett Central High. Photography is among the latest additions to the high school curriculum which has been offered in the recently consolidated high school. Photography was first offer ed in the fall of 1977. Thomas helped organize the first class because of ‘an interest’’ in photography. The first photography class at Harnett Central in 1977 totaled 104 students. In 1978, the course was restricted to Juniors, and Seniors, and now it consists of 54 students — 8 advanced and 46 beginning students. Photography is an elective course. Its l^nefits are the credit and experience a student gains from being a part of the classroom and darkroom in struction. Baxley credited the keen interest in photography to the end result that “it is something from which a student can see physical and lasting results.” Some of his students, he added, have expressed such interest in photography that they have invested as much as six to seven hundred dollars in personal cameras. Being a photography instruc tor also involves extracurricu lar activities for Baxley. He or his students develop their skills and talents by taking pictures for the Harnett Central annual Troianni, for the school news paper The Trojan Truth, and for your community newspaper “The Angier Independent." On several occasions, Baxley or one of his students have conscientiously sent pictures to our office of events and “happenings” at Harnett Cen tral. We mre deeply apprecia tive of this service in the Angier Independent Office. Baxley has been a photo graphy enthusiast for just a little over four years. The birth of a son and wanting to record his growth visually spurred interest in the hobby. Over a period of time, Baxley’s interest and qualifica tions have developed to where he and three other friends now own a private photography studio. Photography is not Baxley's only interest. He is also an avid ham operator, having recently been liscensed Novice. He has learned the Morse Code and also passed the Federal Com munication Commission Code and Regulation. In addition to supervising a photography class, Baxley is also an instructor in the Physical Science Department.
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