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I ^ , News & Advertising Deadline: Monday Noon Harnett County News" Published Continuously Since 1919 THURSDAY, AUGUST 30,1979 ' TWENTY CENTS Senior Citizens Will Be Admitted Free to Harnett School Events ■ Senior citizens in Harnett Cbunty will now be able to attend all events in the public schools of Harnett County at no cost through a program approved by the school systems principals earlier this year. These events will include such activities as all athletic events and musical and theatrical programs in elementary, middle and senior high schools that are sponsored by the school or a group within the school. “This program adds a new dimension to our efforts to involve the community with the schools, and for schools to serve the community,” said John Welbom, Community Schools Cbordinator. To be admitted to events in the schools, citizens 60 years of age or older will need Senior Tar Heel Cards bearing Govemer Jim Hunt's signature, explained Welbom. These cards are available free at the Harnett County Council For Senior Citizens office, located in the old county agricul ture building beside the court house. In order to obtain a card, dtizens are reminded to take some documentation of their age and their social security number with them when applying. Miss May Marshbanks, director of the Harnett County Council For Senior Citizens program, said there are around 8,500 persons 60 years old and over in Harnett County. Her office has issued about 700 SeniorTarHeel Cards. Around Town by STEVE PLUMMER YOUNG MUSICIANS The Young Musicians, a popular young group of about 20 kids from Anitoch Baptist Church, will present the musical “Share a little Sunshine” Sun day at 8 p.m. at Jonesboro Heights Baptist Church. The group has performed the musical in several churches and is always received enthusiasti cally. The musical, arranged by Qark Carman, is a collection of songs that portrays various styles of music.. —»-• A spokesperson for the Jonesboro church assured me that the public was welcome to attend Sunday’s performance. CAFE FEAR CHORALE The cape Fear Chorale will meet Monday, Sept. 10 at 7 p.m. at the Campbell Music Building. The group is getting ready for another season of music and they want more members to help them. If you fancy yourself a melodious purveyor of scintil lating sound (Howard Cosell, eat your heart outi) or if you can carry a tune, even, you ought to attend the meeting and try out for the group. PIZZA FEST A pizza fest, sponsored by the Baptist Student Union at (^mp- University, will be held Thurs day, Sept. 6 from 6:30-10 p.m. at the Memorial Baptist Church in Buies Creek. Live entertainment will be available in the person of Bert Sigmon, a talented student who will be playing the guitar and singing. The event is being held in observance of World Hunger Day and to ruse money for summer missions. Now for 'those of you who may not know, summer missions is a program for students who are selected to go out around the country (in summer, naturally) to engage in Student work projects withy churches. Campbell students were represented in all 50 states this summer, as well as in a few foreign countries. The pizzas will be available for sit-down eaters and for those who prefer to take them home. Tickets will be available at the door, at the Religious Activities Office at Campbell and at the Harnett County News. Later this year, the BSU will sponsor a planned famine obser vance of World Hunger Day, sometime before Thanksgiving. Students will be sponsored by persons who will pay a certain amount for each hour the student goes without food that day. These are certainly some worthwhile events sponsored by these young people and they are deserving of support from the immunity. Make your plans now. ITCKETS TO SCHOOL EVENTS- Miss May Marahbanks, coordinator of the Harnett County Connell for Senior Citizens program, presents George R. Senders of LQIlngton Us Senior Tar Heel Card. This card, wUdi Is available at Miss Marshbanks’ office In Unington for dtizens 60 years of age and older, will admit the bolder to all Harnett County public school sponsored events In the school free of charge. Including atUetlc events and musical and theatrical productions. by STEVE PLUMMER All three members of UUington board of commissioners whose seats are up for grabs in the Nov. 6 munidpal election have indicated this week that they plan to seek reeledion. The terms of Gary Turlington, Gerald Myrick and Thomas R. Brown Jr. expire this year. All three men were appointed to the board earlier this year to fulfill unexpired terms of members elected in the It^ election. The filing period for candidates in Lillington's non-partisan election will close at 12 noon Oct. 5. Candidates will file at the LillingtonTown Hall. The deadline for UUington residents to register for voting wiU_ be Oct. 8. Voters, must register at the Harnett ^unty Board of Elections office in Lillington. Residents of Angier and Coats, the two other Harnett County towns conducting non-partisan’ municipal elections, wiU also follow this schedule. Turlington, appointed in December to fill the unexpired term of Dr. Lynn Mann, who resigned when he moved to a new residence ourside the town's city limits, had served a previous term on the board. His career as a LUtington commissioner began in 1972 when, ironically, he was appointed to fulfill another unexpired term of Mann's. Mann, who at that time was serving as mayor pro tem, assumed the mayor's position when then-mayor Ed McCbrmick moved out of town. 'Turlington, owner of Turlington and Tprlington Ltd., a contrac ting firm, was reelected to a full, four-year tefm in the 1974 election. He declined to run for reelec^ion in 1978 but was appointed to the board at the end of the year. “More than likely, I will seek BAND AND SOLDIERS CHORUS The U.S. Army Field Band and Soldiers Chorus wiU present a concert at McLeod Auditorium at Lee Senior High School Wed., Sept. Sat 8 p.m. Tickets are tree and may be obtained by sending a self- addressed envelope to the San ford Area (Chamber of Com merce, Box 519, Sanford, 27330. They may also be picked up at the Chamber office in the 'Riulroad House.-Tickets-'are > required because of a limited seating capacity. FALLSPORTS The time is tight for fall sports to be gearing up and we here at the News are going to do our best this year to provide the .most complete coverage possible of area schools, recrea tion leagues and anybody else who puts a team on the field. Volleyball apparently is part of the fail sports scene now. Western Harnett's new athletic director Bob Deaton called ns to say that forms for physicals for the volleyball team there can be picked up at the gym. The first practice was scheduled for yesterday (Wednesday) at 3:30. Traffic Accidents Reported by Police Two traffic accidents at the intersection of Front and Main streets were reported by the Lillington Police Department during the past week. The fii^ accident occured Friday, August 24 and was investigated by Officer Qyde Pate. According to his report, a 1972 Chevrolet driven by Virginia B. Graham of Buies Creek was parked in front of the Bank of North Carolina. The Chevrolet pulled out of the parking space across a lane of traffic and into the path of a 1970 Buick driven by Raymon F. Vancise of Fayetteville. Both cars had been moved when the officer arrived on the scene and no one was charged in the incident. Damages to the Chevrolet were estimated at SISO while damages to the Buick were estimated at $3(X). The second incident also occured at the interseefiot* of Front and Main streets on Saturday. According to a report by investigating officer F.R. Frye, a 1971 Ford driven by James A. McKoy of Lillington turned off Main Street onto Front Street in front of another car coming across the intersection. Dijmages to the second car, a 1969 Dodge driven by Susan M. Gilbert of Lillington, were estimated at $600. Damages to the McKoy vehicle were estimated at $700. McKoy was cited for failure to sec before turning. Kintons Mean Home For Foreign Visitors by LORRAINE MIZE When most people claim a “home away from home,” it's usually located in their native state, or at least in their native country. But for members of the International 4-H Youth Exchange program, traveling through Harnett County, their “home away home” belongs to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kinston of^,. Duncan. "We've had so many young people visit in our home,” said Mrs. Katherine Kinton, “I've lost count.” “We've had some stay a week, a month or just overnight. We had one girl from South American, Irene Caicedo, stay with us forfive years,” she said. Mrs. Kinton sdd most of their visitors were transient, en route from Washington, D.C. to Florida. “Our name is on a list in Washington as a potential household for these young people to stay in during their travels. If a place to stay is needed for someone, the office just gives us a call and tells us when they are coming,” she smd. The International 4-H Youth Exchange (IFYE), a program sponsored by the international 4-H orgaization, is the group responsible for all the foreign visitors in the Kinston home. “We've been involved in the exchange program" since 1973, when our daughter Kathy traveled to Sweden with the program,” she said. “Although I'd been a leader in 4-H for 25 years, this was our first experience with the exchange ptCgiam.’’ , , , - The students that passed through Harnett County and stayed with the Kintons are too numerous to mention. Even Mrs. Kinton has some trouble remembering their names. “We have a world atlas that we keep all their names and addresses in,” she sud. She also has a scrap book with all their letters and postcards and many gifts from all over the world. Although the students visiting the Kinton home bring gifts and reminders of their own homes, while in this country, they want to live just like we do. “We don't attempt to learn their languages,” Mrs. lUnton said, “because while they"^are here they want to speak only English. We did learn some Spanish while Irene was with us, but we spoke English around the house.” Mrs. Kinton sud she doesn't wait on her guests. They cook, keep their own rooms and wash their own linens. Whatever the family does they do. "We take them to points of interest, such as the capital in Raleigh or Raven Rock Park, but generally, we let them live we live,” she said. “Basically people aie just alike, but they are^eager fo learn our customs. The Kinton family has learned' some new customs over the years as well. "Some of our last visitors, two girls from Denmark, cooked us some meals,” she said. “They eat six meals a day in Denmark. The girls fixed us supper one evening and we had pancakes with ice cream. It was very good, but not what we'd normally eat for supper. ’ ’ The Kintons have learned a lot about foreign countries by having two of their daughters, Kathy and Robin, participate in the program. A third daughter, Jill is expecting to hear any day whether she has been accepted for the program. Kathy, the eldest daughter, began her travels in 1973 with a visit to Sweden. She was also among the first group of young prople allowed to visit Russia Contlnaed on Page 11 MRS. KINTON AND MOMENTOS Barbour Proves That Wind Power Works by LORRAINE MIZE According to one old adage, history repeats itself. In the case of one historical source of energy the windmill, it's becom ing more fact than adage. Ken Barbour of Buies Creek is using a windmill as an alternate source of power for his home. “1 have a 1,000-watt generator with this one,” he said, "but I'm planning to build a new windmill with a 15,000 watt generator.” With his 1,000-watt generator, he said he could run all the lights in tim house for an average of18 hours a day during the wiliest months in the year, with'^hirdley a day going by without running at least one hour. “I have a relay switch that cuts off the power from the power company when the wind is blowing,” he said. “This was 1 save anywhere from $15 to $30 a month on my electric bill.” Barbour said with his 15,000-watt generator he could run everything in the house the same average number of hours as with the smaller generator. The windmill Barbour is now using is made of steel with plywood sails, a lesson he learned the hard way. “My first three windmills,” he said,"were made completely of wood and I lost them to the wind. This one has withstood winds of 30 miles per hour. My next windmill will be made of steel with aluminum sails.” Although the windmill had been used as the primary source of power in Denmark since 1890, it is still a rather un common sight in the United States. The Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation in Boone recently began using the largest generating windmill in the world as a source of power for several hundred homes in the area. Barbour said he didn't get the idea from anywhere in particular. “I knew it could be done,” he said, “so I just thought I'd try it. It's been pretty expensive, losing three windmills, but I hope to get it perfect before long.” Barbour said he had no plans right now to go into building windmills as a profession but if he could ever get one developed that could be mass-produce, he wouldn't be against the idea. "It costs a lot of money to build a windmill,” he said, "but we need to do all we can to show the power companies we aren't totally dependent on them.” Schools Ready to Open KEN BARBOUR WTTHWINDMnX After imdergoing much refurnishing during the summer vacation period Harnett Country's 21 public schoob are set to open for the 1970—80 school year. In announcing the opening, Harnett County schools super intendent Alton Gray said a pupil orientation say will be held Tuesday', Sept. 4 with the first full day oi classes scheduled the following day. Buses will pick up students on orientation day at the usual time and return them home around noon. On this day students will enroll, receive class schedules, books and assignments, as well as get acquainted with their teachers. No lunch will be served. The regular school day schedule will begin Sept. 5 with lunches being served in the cafeterias. Student lunches will cost the same as last year, 55 cents, whQe adult lunches will be one dollar per plate. Turlington, Myrick, Brown Seek Board Reelection reelection;,” Turlington said last week. “Diaven't had any indication that there is any negative feeling among the board members or residents of the town in regards to my service, so I probably will fiJe for reelect ion.” “Yes, I definitely will run, " Myrick said this week. "There are several projects by the town that I am interested in pursuing as a member of the board.” Myrick, manager of Southern National Bank and Brown, a retired civil service employee at Fort Bragg, were appointed in May to replace Neil A. "Speedy” Stewart, a board member who resigned, in April to avoid a conflict of interest when he accepted a job as manager of the local ABC store, and Roger Lee Hawley, a board member since 1976, who died April 20. Myrick is also a previous membr of the board, originally elected in 1970. He served until 1974, when he declined to run for reelection. Brown was one of several local residents who sought the -appointment for Stewart's unexpired term. “I made the decision to run for reelection before I was even appointed,” Brown said. “1 bad already decided that if 1 won the appoinmen!, I was definitely going to seek reelection.” Mrs. Pat Nobles, operations manager for the Lillington branch of Mid-South Bank and Trust Co., was another resident ' interred in gaining'b'ne of the appointments. Mrs. Nobles, the first female candidate ever for the town board, was defeated in the 1977 election - by current board member Marcelle Brown. Brown's winning margin over Mrs. Nobles was 14 votes. When contacted by the Harnett Cbunty News last week. Mrs. Nobles said she had not made any decision about running again. “I have given some thou^t to it but I have not made a derision one way or the other,” she said. “I do feel that 1 am as qualified for the board as the other members^ but I have not come to any kind of decision.” School Bus Schedules Ray Gilchrist, prinripal of Lillington Middle School and Ned White, principal of Shawtown Primary School, announced this week the school bus schedule for the 1979-80 school years. The first day of school will be Sept.4. Since this is Orientation Day, lunch will not be served. School will dismiss at 11:30 a.m. The regular schedule will begin on Wednesday, Sept.S. Buses and drivers which wilt park at Shawtown are: Bus #5 - Driver Rose Wright: This bus will pick up students across the Cape Fear River on NC 210, State Road 1514, 1436, and will pick up students on 8th Street. It will park at Shawtown. Bus 1146 • Driver Teresa Black: It will pick up students in Bunnievel, on the Erwin Road (SR1779),SR2016,SR2621 (Titan Mobile Home Road) and students on 401 to Peggy's Flower Shop. It will park at Shawtwon. Bus #78 - Driver Gail Reid: Picks up students on NC 401 South to Becker Sand and Gravel Road, SR 2034 and SR 2035 (the Stockyard Road). It will pick up students attending Shawtown on 13th Street and NC 27. This bus will serve as the shuttle bus to Harnett Central for the drivers. Bus #96 - Driver Buddy Norris: Contlnaed on Page 11
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