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VOL. XXXVI NO. 37 IMC KENANSVILL^S^^^ ' ? ^ Tills Week PRICE^PLUST^
Watershed Improvement
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the As
sociation held he quarterly
meeting at the Stone Manor Re
staurant, to Wallace, at which
time the watershed Improve
ment program for Duplin County
was discussed by P.B. Raiford,
Executive Director of Duplin
Development Commission, and
Kenneth R. Futreal, District
Conservationist with Soil Con
servation Service. ^
Mr. Futreal pi esented sei?
les of slides showing the
flooding, erosion and crop dr
owning problems in the county;
and: then discussed some |><>**
slble solutions to most of these
problems. He also discussed
the small watershed planning
and Its value to both urban and
rural communities.
Mr, Raiford went Into detail
on the needs for an effective
watershed improvement pro
gram and pointed oot the ben
efits that the county could ef?
*riy stressed the o^onunltiliL
for recreation and municipal
and Industrial water, and. the
protection of our rural economy
stated that a strong rural ec
onomy Is essential for max
imum growth in urban areas.
It was further 3tated by Mr.
Ralford that a favorable vote
is needed on August 2nd in or
der for die County Commiss
ioners to be authorized to take
advantage of die various flood
control and drainage pro
grams now available from the
state and federal governments.
It was pointed out that a por
tion of die ABC profits is now
earmarked by law for use
on watershed projects and Is
considered adequate to finance
many of the propped smaller
projects. He stressed'that a
tax, if and when levied, could
only be used for the purpose
of watershed Improvement and
that following die referendum on
August 2nd it would probably
be three to five years before
planning and engineering could
be completed on any projects
Initiated.
After a general discussion
on the different aspects of die
referendum, all In atten
dance received a copy of the br
ochure which gives some gen
eral information about the wa
tershed improvement Effort.
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Flood water damages roads and cause a great deal of Incon
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To Close 1
The A 4 P Store in Warsaw
will be closed July 4 in obser-*
vance of Independence Day.
HOUOAV
All County Offices will be cl
osed Friday July 4th. Also cl
osed for the Independence Day
Holiday will be Selective Ser
vice, Employment Security
Commission, Coastal Product
ion Credit Association, The
ASCS Office and THE DUPLIN
Announcement
The North Carolina Depart
ment of Public Welfare, as
result of legislative action, will
now be known as die North
Carolina Department of So
cial Services.
The merger of Citizens Sa
vings and Loan Association of
Wilmington into Peoples Sav
vings and Loan Association ot
Wilmington will became ef
fective June 30, according to an
announcement by S.D. Blssette,
President of PS&L.
h As a result. Peoples Savings*
assets will ratal 31 million dol
lars as of June 30, and it will
become the Wd Urges t^of the
afR^teeos' ^ccountholders*
wlU be served at Peoples Sa
vings' main office at Fourth and
Market Streets after that ^gfe.
Vacation Hfj |
J.P. Stevenl and Co., Inc..
this week will distribute appr
platts 8in tU^S^Hliost of
ihe> plants will be closed
during the week June 30-Julf 6.
More than 31.6 million of flUs
amount will be distributed to
eligible employees at the com
pany. S 21 plants in Northero
llna, according to Vice Presi
dent Frank T. Roberts.
a livings Baat#"*
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Savings Bond and Freedom
Share Sales in Duplin County
for May were 116,462. For
the year, cumulative sales
amounted to 177,968, which is
pecent of the county's
$147,3*6 quota for 1969, ac
cording to E.C. Brewer, vol
unteer chairman of the Savings
Bonds program in Duplin Coun
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Now Opon
Watch for the formal grand
opening of Beulaville Gas Co.,
located In Beulaville on-?gh- L
way 24 In the building formally
occupied as an office for Nat
ional Spinning Co.
The new business now open
in Beulaville is owned to J.P.
Smith and A.Q. Smith who are
al30 owners of Smith Bros.
Gas Co. of Magnolia.
The new business Is managed
by Raleigh Lanier. Mrs, James
I ron is ,, jkkeepi r at .
ette Miller is
rh r phone number is
Available at Beulaville Gas
Co. in addition to LP gas are
Atlanta and Peerless heaters,
King and Hardwlck ranges, Gas
pment and upplies.
The wners of this new bus
In ess have previous!., served
theii many cu in the
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Commission Endorses
Watershed Referendum
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At the regular meeting on
Monday. June 30. the Board
of Directors of Duplin County
Development Commission en
dorsed the watershed referen
dum to be held on Saturday,
August 2nd, and recommends
favorable consideration by all
the voters in Duplin County.
Floods in past years have cau
sed considerable . damage to
crops and roads in the coun
ty. The. loss of farm income
has resulted in reduced sales
by our merchants; and exc
essive road rewhre aM main
tenance are a cold to all tax
payers. In the discussion by
the Board regarding the merits
of the watershed program, it
was pointed out that it was ne
cessary to provide, by a fav
orable vote, the Board of Coun
ty Commissioners with author
ity to participate with the
state and federal governments
In water and water-related pro
jects that will enhance the ec
onomic growth of die county.
P.a Raiford, Executive Dir
ector of Duplin Development
Commission, said that In aid
It Ion to flood control, plans are
In the making to use the 1m
pounded water for recreational
purposes and for municipal and ;
Industrial development. He said !
the federal government will pay
100ft of the cost of the engi
neering study and the cost Tor,,
flood control and the state willf|
pay 80ft of the non-federal por
tion of each project and that
the cost to Dtylln County will
be Incidental.
Newly elected president of the Warsaw Rotary
Club, ttifas Freeman, presents past presidents
pin to Al Smith. The past presidents pin is
presented each year to the out going president
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and this year the pin has been earnestly earned
and deserved by A1 Smith also the Rotarlan of
the year recipient.
Photo by Ike Rlddick
Commissioners Notes
Kenansvllle ? The Duplin
County Board of Commission
ers give approval Monday to
the University of Wisconsin to
conduct a study of the effects
of Negative Income Tax In Du
plin County. The experiment
would affect some 300 families
and continue for a period of th
ree years. Duplin was one of
the two counties in the entire
United States select^ for this
much as 12 months service to
the county were granted a ten
percent increase in salary.
Effective. July 1 county emp
loyees. epiployed 12 months or
more will have a life insurance
policy payable to a designated
beneficiary by the Local Gov
ernment Employees-Retire
ment System equal to the amount
of their present annual salary,
not to exceed 115.000.
year term^js tax Supervisor for
the County.
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Smith Named Rotarian Of Year
A1 Smith -receives Rotarlan o?
The Year Award Thursday night
when the Warsaw Rotary Club
entertained their wives andsp
eclal guest.
A Spanish theme was the set
ting for the buff et-dance held at
OtyUn Cntmtrj^tb. gfef y
Al Smith, out"2jpg president
presided. The Rojfce Improve
merit award was presented to
Rotarian and Mrs. E.C. Th
ompson, n.
Bill- F aust and wife, Tina wefe
recognized as special guest and
also for the leadership aiio work
that Bill ha?, put forth/With the
Boy Scours tretoJJ sponsored toy
the Rotary Cfub. j
Special music by^Mrs. Char
les Owens and her sister was
enjoyed by everyone. They
sang songs in Spanish and Engl
ish.
Also entertainment by BUI
Tadlock. magician, and his hel
pers, Jim Edmundson and Red
Boyetwt was most enjoyable.
The buffet was catered by
Joe West.
Duplin County Red Cross Annual Meeting
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The annual meeting of the Du
plin County Chapter of the Am
erican Nationalised Cross was
held on Wednesday afternoon,
June 28, 1909 at 4 o'clock ,ln
the O.P. JohnsorifEducatton Bu
ilding in Kenantvllle.
In the absence of the chap
ter chairman who was on tour
In California and the vice
chairman who was on a busin
ess trip Mrs. N.B. Boney, the
Executive Secretary presided
and welcomed the 16 present,
representing 4 dtfferent com
munities. ?>
The Rev. Clark Porter 111
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pastor of the Rose Hill Pres
byterian Church conducted the
opening devotional, basing his
remarks on the 13th Chapter
of First Corinthians.
After the Secretary read the
minutes of the Semi-annual
meeting held last January, the
treasurer, Paul Ingram pi* his
report. He was later presented
a "Deck Award" of apprecia
tion from the chapter since he
has served in this capacity
for twenty years.
Attorney Grady Mercer, Sr.
gave a report of the March
1969 Red Cross Fund Campaign
by communities, h showed a
total of $8621.66 which is less
than Wft of assigned quota of
$5678.00. He was presented a
certificate of appreciation for
his time and efforts.
Mrs. Martha Williams gave
the report of Safety Services
which showed ten first Aid Cl
asses taught during the past
year and 1$8 certificates iss
ued. It was Interested to note
that Hiram $f$nson ha^t aught
half of these classes aid his
volunteer services arti greatly
appreciated. She also tftld that
this chapter has two swimming
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instructors, Johnson Sheffield
Warsaw and Bill Bland of
Wallace and it is hoped that
they will teach some swimming
classes this summer.
Mrs. W.M. Ingram's report
ing for Youth Activities, told
of the five schools that re
enrolled last fall and of the 28
Friendship boxes that were fil
led for Vietnam. She also st
ated that the 20 volunteers wo
rking in the B.F. Grady School
Health program served 95 hours
during the past 5 months.
Mrs. Lawrence Southerland
thanked the Home Nursing In
structors for the five classes
that had been taught in Home
Nursing at which time 57 Cer
tificates were issued, and
recognized the .ones present. -
A report of Disaster Servi
ces was given by Mrs. Rebe
cca Judge. She told of the two
Disaster Workshops that were
held in Wilmington. She along
with 7 other Duplinites attended
the one on June 17th. And Mrs.
Booey attended the one in March
with 4 others.
The Community Services ch
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Weekend ff|;
Too much independence on the
highways over the long Inde
pendence Day weekend could br
ing death to at least 23 per
sons in more than a thousand
traffic accidents on North Ca
rolina's streets and highways
cautions the N.C. State Motor
Club.
The official count of the hol
iday highway toll runs from
6 p.m. Thursday, July 3, th
rough midnight Sunday, July 6,
a 78 hour period. The July
Fourth casualty list for a 102
hour period last year came to
26 killed and 771 injured in
1,472 accidents. Eleven of the
deaths were recorded on Th
ursday the Fourth.
Leading driver violations re
ported were: speeding, 353j
drove left of center, 198; fail
ed to yield right of way, 171j
failed to see movement safe,
134; and following too closely,
109.
"Since the Fourth falls on
Friday this year to make it
M. Hi - ? -t 1 . - ? ? t - ? , .1 fct. A w a , ai 1 1
extendec wcf. h will
be a tremendous upsurge to tr
vacatlcr areas/' said Thomas
motor club abd the National Au
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Elliott Small, left, vice president of the Comfy
fa''iiaaifeteeser^^
Ing Co., Inc., Kenansvuie presents the ilrms
check In the amount of 16000 to Charles S.
Harrell for the development program of Mount
Olive College.
Reeves 3r others Mtnuftc
turing Company, through the
new manager Elliott Small who
Is also Vice President of Com
iflitlie procels of adding ortlce
space at the front of the plant
WWch will house tile plants
Comfy Homes Division main
office, formerly located in Bal
timore, Maryland.
Mr. Small will be in charge of
the Kenanaville plant and
this tree More echooi starts
Mother Of
News Editor
I Dies
Mrs. L. F. Byrd, Sr.
Mrs. Mary (Flossie) Beasley
Byrd. age 89, of 2522 McNeil
Circle, Fayettevllle and mother
of Mrs. Ruth Wells, news
editor of this paper, died Fri
day night in Duplin General
Hospital In Kenansvllle follow
ing a lenghtly illness.
She was a native of Duplin
County and spent her entire
life here until a few years
ago. She was the daughter of
the late Major Austin and Nancy
Catherine Bar den Beasley and
the widow of the late Louis
F rank Byrd, Sr.
She was a member of Oak
Plain Presbyterian Church,
Rt. 1, Rose Hill where funeral
services were held Sunday at
11:00 o'clock a jn. conducted
by Rev. L.L. Johnson. Burial
followed in the church ceme
tery.
? Surviving are: three daugh
ters, Mrs. Dennis Jessup, of
Fayettevllle, Mrs. H. Grover
Finch of Raleigh, and Mrs. J.
J. Wells, Kenansvlllej two sons,
Ben V. Byrd. and David O.
Byrd, Sr. both of Rt. 1, Rose
htU, ?ta gr.nddilldrM Mid iw