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LllXlngton
NC 27546
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THURSDAY,OCTOBER 18,197?
TWENTY CENTS
Citizens Concerned About Open Mining
By JULIE FARNSWORTH
Harnett County Board of
Commissioners Monday night
voted unanimously to refer a
retjuest for support from the
Concerned Citizens for Open - ,
Mining to the Planning Board
for further study.
A spokesman for Concerned
Citizens, King Roberts of
Erwin, detailed his groups'
complaints to the commission*
ers and the capacity crowd.
■ Roberts, who said he speaks
for future generations, voiced
his concern about the mining
interests of companies in the
area, such as Becker Sand and
Gravel, which operates in
lillington.
"1 am concerned about good
farmland being dug up in this
state. We’re gonna need it and
this county is losing a lot of
taxes^and once the land is dug
up nobody will want to pay
taxes on it,** Roberts said.
He added later, “As long as
there is a breath in my body I
wfll fight it."
Chairman Jesse Alphin re-
sponded, “I agree with you lOO
percent. 1 don’t know our
position, but we have to take a
second look. 1 am beginning to
see that."
pie Concerned Citizens said
the state mining taw,enacted in
1971 and later amended in 1975.
was ineffective and had "loop
holes" which allowed miners’
interest to sidestep the law.
The purpose of the law was
to tighten rampant mining
interests that may have
occurred if a law did not exist.
Some 2,500 acres of North
Carolina have already been
mined.
Concerned Citizens was sup
ported by former state senator
W.W. (Bill) Staton, a Sanford
attorney.
“I am empathetic in thb
matter and am here to support
Roberts," Staton said.
In other county business.
commissioners unanimously vo
ted on the following;
•Updated the memorial mon
ument on the courthouse
square by adding about 30
names of military personnel
who died ui the Korean and
Vietnam wars;
•To study bids for a new
heating and cooling system
costing somewhere between
$75,000 to $125,000 for the
courthouse;
•To study a request for
money from the Harnett
County Historical Society
Foundation Campbell House
Project. Campbell House was
built in 1890 by J. A. Campbell,
founder of Campbell Univer
sity;
•Appointed Keith Finch to
the airport committee;
•To study a proposal for a
special rescue district compos
ed of Buckhorn and Hector’s
Creek Townships.
•Approval of a $30,000
budget for the Women, Infant
and Children’s Nutrition Pro
gram. (WIC), which would
begin December 1.
•Approval of the budget for
the health department^ civil
preparedness office and the
library.
RSVP LAYEITES- Membere of the Retired
Senior Volunteers Program at the activity
center In LUUngton have recently completed
byeUes for distribution to Health Department
clients. Shown here Mrs. Martha Dickens,
Mrs. Fate McKee, director of notses at the
Health Department, and Mrs. Mamie
Morrison as they ate presenting the layettes.
(Photo by Steve Plummer]
Subdivision Annexed by Town Council
around town
by Steve Plummer
LMS CHICKEN DINNER
A fried'chicken dinner will be held Friday at Lillington Middle
School cafeteria, with the proceeds to go to the school’s athletic
department.
Tickets are $2.50 and serving times are from II a.m.- 2 p.m. and
again from 4:30 • 7 p.m. Diners may eat in the school cafeteria or
take orders out.
Support the young Cavaliers and their fine athletic program while
enjoying some good catin’ Friday.
HAUNTED HOUSE
Preparations are in full swing for the first-ever Lillington Kiwanis
Club Haunted House, which will be open Oct. 25,26 and 27.
The bouse, which lends itself perfcctiy.to the horror theme, is at
the intersection of Ninth and Harnett streets, just behind the Board
of Education building.
Visitors will be taken through several rooms before being allowed
to exit out the back and all the rooms arc guaranteed to raise a chill
and provoke genunine screams of fright.
Admission is cheap, only a dollar, and the tour is going to be wotth
a lot more. In fact, you might say it will be wotth a dollar a holler
(you might say that, but you’d probably little silly).
Group night is Thursday for all civic and church groups of 10 or
more. Groups that qualify can enter for half-price.
The house will open each night at 7 p.m. and will operate a long as
people want to attend.
RAVEN ROCK ACnvmES
An outdoor photography seminar will be held Saturday at Raven
Rock State Park, beginning at 2 p.m. Instructors will be Baxley
Thomas, a photography instructor at Harnett Central High School,
and Dr. Eldon Sloan Jr., a photo enthusiast.
The seminar will begin with a shoyt discussion period in the
parking lot and will continue with a hike through the park. The class
will be open to everyone with any type of camera, but emphasis will
be placed primarily on the operation of the 3Smm. Admission is
free.
Also at the park, on Nov. 3-4 at 2 p.m., geology hikes will be
conducted, led by Dr. Robert Perkins, a geology professor at
Campbell University.
Emphasis will be placed on the unique geological structure of the
park. Again, no registration is necessary and no fee is charged.
CHICKEN DINNER
A chicken dinner will be held Saturday, from 11 a.m. • 7 p.m., at
Union United Methodist Church.
The event, sponsored by the Union United Methodist Women, will
feature dinners for three dollars per adult tickets and two dollars for
children.
UBRARY NOTES
The Harnett County Library is featuring 11 great feature films this
year, pulling out some past greats from some of Hollywood’s finest
efforts.
This week’s movie shown Wednesday at 7 p.m., was “Strike Up
The Band,” a musical comedy featuring Mickey Rodney, Judy
Garland and Paul ^Vhitman. Other great films will be shown later
Continued on page 8
Byrd Wins
Campbell
Scholarship
Marshall Andrews Byrd of
Bunnicvel has been awarded an
E. Willard Berry Scholarship for
the 1970-80 school year at
Campbell University.
E. Willard Berry Scholarships
are awarded to. students ot merit
in the Department of Geology at
Campbell. The awards are
renewable annually, subject to
satisfactory academic achieve
ment. ' ' -■
A graduate of Lillington High
School, Byrd is a junior
majoring in geology at
Campbell.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrie M. B)rd of Bunnlevel.
by STEVE PLUMMER
The Lillington Board of
Commissioners Oct. 9 , afrer
having heard no opposition
during previous meetings or
public hearings, adopted an
ordinance of annexation for the
Paris subdivision.
The ordinance for annexation
of the area, located just north of
Lillington on U.S. highway 421,
will take effect Dec. 31. At that
time, the town will take over
responsibility for providing
sewer and water services to the
area, as welt as the other
services provided by the town to
all its citizens. •
In a related item, the
commissioners also voted
Tuesday to implement a change
order with the Wham and Hunt
Construction Co. to allow for the
installation of water lines to the
subdirision at a cost of $28,649.
In other business, the town
Metro Water Good
For Healthy Teeth
MARSHALL A. BYRD
Customers of the Northeast
, Mettppoihan Water District are
'not only assured of a plentiful,
supply of water-they can also
expect fewer cavities.
That’s because the Metro
District has been pumping
fioridated water since it began
citation almost two years ago.
Rodney Tart, district supervi
sor, said the district ^gan
pumping the treated water after
it took over the opetation of the
Lillington watef plant. The
Lillington plant had previously
tre;^ed its water supply with the
chemical, which is recommend
ed by dentists as an aid in
preventing tooth decay.
"This is an added service of
the metro water district," Tart
said. “We wanted to make an
announcement about the floride
so customers who arc currently
using supplemental floridation
can discontinue its application.”
Tart said a number of the
customers in the public and
private sector of the community
have responeded enthusiast!-
Carl Clayton Heads
Western Harnett Drive
Carl E. Clayton, a proirJaent
Democrat and resident of
western Harnett, will head (hat
area's drive of the county’s
Democratic Funding Oub.
WESTERN HARNETT DEMOCRATIC
LEADERS - Among Western Harnett
Democratic lesifers participating ia the
Democratic Funding Club drive are, left to
right, George Fitzpatrick, Linda Holder,
Johnny Taylor Jr., Georgia Lee Brown, Jim
Randolph, Carl Clayton, Vernon Cox,
Chalmers Stewart, Joe Bowden, County
Commissioner Lloyd Stewart, Refua Harring
ton and SherifI Lewis Rosser.
Clayton is second vice-
chairman of the Harnett
Democratic Executive
Committee that established the
Democratic Funding Club in
September.
Oayton is one of three area
chairman heading up the drive.
Leo F. McDonald, a Lillington
businessman, Is heading the
drive in central Harnett and
Clarence E. Mciamb, a retired
businessman and former county
commissioner, heads the drive
in eastern Hirnett.
"Western Harnett has a long
history of solid support for the'
Democratic Party,’’ Clayton
said. "I expect that our area
'mil have a higher percentage of
Democrats paticipating that the
other areas.”
Clayton said the fact that the
annual dues of $25 can be paid
at times selected by the
members should increase parti
cipation In the club.
Clayton is actis-e in Antioch
Baptist Church, having served
as Sunday School teacher for the
past 20 years and as a member
of the nominating committee,
the Baptist Witness Foundation.
council: .
•Adopted a resolution to allow
the paving of Lotion and Third
Streets! The area to be surfaced
includes the street from Second
Street to the dead end and on
Third Street, the area from
Lotion Street to East McNeil
Street Extension (Prison Camp
Road).
Property owners whose land
fronts the streets scheduled for
paving will pay for the cost of
the surfacing over a five-year
period, which will be assessed
each year at-the same time as
the ad valorem taxes.
The city will bear the cost for
the paving of the intersections.
-Adopted a proposal for the
preparation of a study for the
employment of a town manager,
complete with a description of
the duties expected of the
manager. The proposal also
instructs the town to seek the
employment of a qualified
person for the position upon
completion of the study.
•Voted to renew the franchise
for service in Lillington by N.C.
Natural Gas. The new franchise
. will be for 20 years.
•Reappointed Frank Hockaday
to another three-year term on
. the Alcoholic Beverages Control
board.
ally to the treated water. He
said all metered wstomers of
the system will soon receive a
memorandum in the mail
notifying them of the floridation
treatment.
Although Lillington was using
floridated water prior to its
takeover by the water district,
the other towns on the system,
Angler, Coats and Buies Creek,
were not. Tart said many small
towns do not use the process
because the state board of
healtii requires that a tra'med
operator supervise the process.
Most small towns cannot afford
a trained operator, Tart said, or
the equipment necessary for the
treatment.
“The benefits of floridation arc
expecially significant in the
growth process of infants 0-3
years old,” Tart said. “Their
teeth are being cared for aas
they develop, not just when
they begin to show through the
gums. It is important to care for
the teeth before any real
Cootlnned on page 8
ARE YOU FOIJ REAIT this youngster seems
be asking of the Uon In a scene from the Oct. 6
Shrlners parade in Lillington. Hundreds of
people were on band for the afternoon event,
staged by the Sudan Temple. [Photo b> Steve
Plummer]
Refugee Family Due to Arrive
In Lillington ‘Any Day Now’
He and his wife, the former
Ora Lee Brown, have six
children. His daughters include
Glenda Faye Patterson, who is
mairied to Gerald Patterson of
Route 1, Broadway; Dianne
Hunter, who is married to
Johnny Hunter of Route 10,
Sanford; Lois Thomas, who is
married to Larry Thomas,
formerly of Harnett County and
now of Roanoke, Va.
Sons arc Carl E. Clayton Jr. of
Route 3, Lillington and Marshall
□ayton of Route 1, Broadway.
Carl is' ac.lve in the Sanford
V.P.W. and the American
Legion in Ullington.
He has coached Little League
teams in the Mamers area for
over 20 years. His latest Little
League team tied for first place
and was sponsored by Precision
Machine Company of
Broadway.
“I helped head the John
Ingram campaign for the U.S.
Senate and am aware of what
the N.C. Congressional Club
can do." Oayton said. "From
what I read and hear, it looks
like they are gearing up again.”
Cmtinned on page 8
A five-member refugee family
from Viet Nam has still not
arrived in Lillington but Burk
Holland, director of the Depart
ment of Chaplaincy and
Language Ministries of the
Baptist Home Missions Board,
said they were expected in the
country any day now.
Anne Marie Steele a member
of the Women’s Missionary
Union of the Lillington Baptist
(Tiurch, which is sponsoring the
family, said preparations were
almost complete,
"The house has been painted
inside,” she said, “and we’ve
collected most of the items
needed for the family.”
"The only items we still need
are vvindow shades, pillows',
large rugs, highchair and warm
heave crib blankets,” she said.
The family is of an ethnic
Chinese heritage. The father is
Tac Hong Ho, 25 and his wife is
UngCaDenha,23.
They have two children of (heir
own, a three-year-old girl and a
boy about six months old. the
family also includes Tac Hong’s
sister, who is seven.
"We’ve been overwhelmed by
the response of people,” Mrs.
Steele said. "Everyone here is
just looking forward to their
getting here and becoming a
part of the community.”
The drive to get the Tac Hong
family in Lillington began
several months ago when the
Lillington Baptist Church’s
WMU decided to take on the
responsibility.
The group will sponsor the
family in Lillington for about six
months, finding them a home,
jobs, schools and other necessi
ties. as will as teaching them
English.
The young women’s circle of
the WMU first conceived of the
idea in March, after learning of
the plight of the “boat people.”
The Southern Baptist Home
Missions Board is the Baptist
Church organization that helps
locate sponsors throughout the
country.
Once the family is established
in a community, they may
decide to move away to an area
where they feci more comfor
table. At that point, the
sponsors are no longer responsi
ble for them.
COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN ED MCCORMICK llcft], CARL CLAYTON