M?i: ? B ??? IRt'-' ? -? '. ^.* " ^ r iv 7^^' "" .: ? ? ' ' ?~~~~~~~~~~~~ JB^p|HpPPH|BP^^H|pH|P^ * ?Ki^^HIIBVI^Bkil^Jl ? 1 11 ,, PR1CE 10* PLUS TA? 9 wm .* i f v What to Chang*? Chang* to probably die most difficult ex lertenca the average citizen r ^voWw hlaSchad,UhisWh?n?! ? - - "" V feu school, or his community! W Over the past twenty years * a number of changes have ta N in place in the L , ? ??? ???"? ? ? ~ ? structure in Duplin County sc ./?? . ,?*S!Pr?" : tools. In the 1960's and early I960'* the consolidation of the Ugh schools probably stlred As emotions of more people than any other change until the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which resulted in actions taken by the Federal Courts to Integrate schools. When a change takes place which affects a large number of people, particularly childr en. interest Is very high and that is as It should be. Also, when a change is proposed, the proper study and evalua tion of existing circumstances must be made by the respon sible agency as well as invol ved citizens. Results of this lot* in Warsaw far employees; letters of welcome to newcomers; brochure on the g i Wtitte Moore, Senior Boy Division, Stanford 4~H Club; Lloyd Hall, Junior Boy D1 via ion, , Warsaw-Shamrock 4-H Club; GlorU Moore, .Senior Girl Division, FYC 4-H Club; and Wanda Coatin, Junior Girl Division. War- ! saw-Shamrock 4-H Club. In addition. Willie and Wanda were declared overall county winners and will represent Duplin County in District competition. study and evaluation will de termine the proper course to he followed. The Board of Education la making a study of school fa cilities in Duplin County in or der to determine first which direction will achieve the go als of sound education and se cond which [dan will be most favorably accepted by the lar gest number of people. The need for such a study Is based on a number of fac tors. First, the age and con dition of most school houses in the county are such that maintenance is almost prohibi tive, due to this, up-to-date teaching techniques are limi ted. Second, reorganization for the past four years, due to in tegration, forced eletqentary and secondary schools Hko a va riety of age groupings. Duplin County has been bles sed with the persahijiel in her schools who could: provide a "Quality Education" program. And they have produced this program under some difficult environmental conditions. We must bring^ the organi zation back to some consis tency. We rftust provide a learning environment compati ble with current educational practices. In order to do this, new facilities are needed in some areas of the county and renovations in others. As each district is involved, jgggjliJyssL? ??.' ?fwOThelp thd Board determine acceptance by the comrinhhi tles of the proposed changes. Input of interested citizens will ' JR. * guide the Board of Education in making its decisions. The plan recently published by most news media in the county projected an educational plan which -is being evaluated by the Board. Occasionally people jump at the wrong con clusions?a working model and a finished plan is not the same. After the Advisory committees and various other interested groups have studied a working model and when most of them agree to the educational sound ness of the plan, then the Board xu^apr proxim/aMf thirty ng plants, mostly Ht Ae Sou thern part of the U. S. The company employees nearly six thousand people. The Kenansville County Divi sion of Reeves have earned the best safety record of any other Reeves Plants It has just won three major company a wards and one from the N.C. Department of Labor. Ralph Cottle, Personnel Ma nager stated, "We feel that our employees are due a lot of praise for their contentions efforts in earning these awards. Visitors were Mr. Dixon Hall, Mayor of Kenansville; Mr. P.B. Raiford, Executive Director of Duplin Development Commis sion; Mr. J.E. Reeves. Sr. Cha irman of the Board of Reeves; Mr. Joe D. Moore, President; Mr. J.E.Reeves, Jr..Divisional President, and his wife Kay; and Mr. James Collier, Corp orate Personnel Director. I II ? ' 1 t 1 ' fc' ' I ~ i i t & ' 1 1KB i*. V'l ?' " '"i *i~p: w$%m: BULLETIN BOARD NOTICE-Fred Shank, General Manager of the Kenansville plant of Reeves Bros, Inc., pinned the above notice on the bulletin board at Reeves to announce the safety record. Highway Patrolman Assaulted Patrolman Tommy Joyner was beaten in the face and hand Saturday a.m. when he stop ped a line truck on highway 34 near Baltic. Special investigator, Glenn Jernigan said "Joyner stopped the truck because he was won dering why it would be out at that time (1 a.m.)" Jer nigan said "when Joyner stop ped the truck, the driver st arted running away. After a chase by Joyner the man gave himself up. As Joyner reach ed the driver he began hitting ' Joyner in the face and hand with a pair of pliers." It was learned later that the truck was stolen from Weeks Construction Co. in Jackson ville and the driver of the - truck, Charles Albert Morgan was an escapee from State P rison In Arcadia, Fla. Mor gan escaped in January from the prison where he had ser ved IS months of a 6 months to 10 years sentence. Morgan was charged with d rivlng under-the-influence, as sault with a deadly weapon wi th intent to kill and possession of a stolen vehicle. Ambulance Report Duplin County Ambulance ser vice reported 36 emergency calls between Sunday, Feb. 11 and Saturday, Feb. 17 Of the 36 calls, four were dead on arrival and six were non e mergency calls. I During the Duplin County 4 I H Pttblic Speaking Contest field ? IB Kenans vi lie, Wanda Costlr I and Willie Moore were Mined ^ overall winners to represent *^J%)lin County in Southeastern District competition. Wanda is the 9-year old dau ghtei of Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Cos tin and is a member sO. the Warsaw-Shamrock 4-H < Oub. Willie U a member of the Stanford 4-H Club and is the dp of Mrs. Carrie Moore. Division winners were: Glo ria Moore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. DevId Moore, Jr., sod is a manber of the FTCO-HOub, Senior Girl Division winner; ^ wmd^Costli^^ytej^ofJMr. winner. Etch of these Division win ners were presented ?n engra ved trophy provided by Coas tal Production Credit Associa tion,- Kenansville. Ribbon winners Were: BLUE. RIBBONS-Dannetta Moore, Stan ford 4-H Club; Marie Donne,'. Usher, Rose Hill Jr. Leader ship 4-H Club: Wanda Costln, Warsaw-Shamrbck 4-H Club; Bobby McCllde - Rose Hill Jr. Leadership 4-H H'lKi Moore Stanford Lloyd Hall - Warsaw Sham roc* 4-H dub, A vis Pierce - Hose MB Jr. Leadership 4-H CLufe Gloria Moore - FYC 4-H Club; Jerry Farrlor - Teachey 4-H Club; Ronnli McClidf HU1 It Leadership 4-H Club; illle 1 * - St I 4-1 Out RED S - Powel Rose fr. Leadership 4-H CM* Delia Ks tfon-Reee HI! Jr. Leadership 4-H Club; Gi :li rea chey 4-H Club; Angle* Wei s reachey 4-H - MbiWt Rod ney MiUer -Stanford 4-H Club; Two Brook-ins < R.p.rtod I Keith Harris and Johnny He- ?' rris have been charged with | breaking - entering and lar cency of Leroy Albertson's 3t- 3 ore. south of Beulavilie. Deputy Alfred Basden and Special Investigator Glenn Jer nigan said cigarettes and can dy valued at 160 wat stolen from the store j|1 Both men remain in Duplin County jail under 1600 bonds and have been charged with Breaking. Entering and Larc eny fcA break-in at JergJTeech S gSm l^gro" "to w?? Invest^ is being am. The N.C. School of the Aits Jn Crathr Ke^^orui Auditorium in Kenans vllle on Sunday, March 4, at 3:30 p m. The appearance ol this out p s^Me ?by The LibertyHal) Reetoratlor Commission and thi is invited; The concert will be dedica ted to the memory of Mr. OJP. Johnson, who served for many years as soperientendent of D upUr. County Schools and who was a prime leader in the work of the Liberty Hall Restoration Commission. The Orchestra, conducted by Nicholas Harsanyi. will present a program that will include %' * ? .' % \ v the. Festive Ode for Orchestra. Retort Ward, Chancellor of the Winston-Salem based Arts School; Bart alt's Piano Concer to No. 3; Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 6; and the Hary Janos Suite by Kodaly. The N.C. School of the Arts established In Winston-Salem in Sept., 1966, Is tha only state assisted school of Its kind in the nation. An experlement in public education, the school offers professional training in musk, dance, drama, and de sign and production and visual arts for talented students, ran ging from junior high through college A full academic pro gram is offered leading to a high school diploma or a boo ths SouSSKTAsewSon a! C olleges and Schools, the School of the Arts is ? constituent institution of the UNC. Students ere chosen by au ditlon and come from 48 sta tes and six ountrles. In beep ing with the original intention of the state legislature to pro vide professional artistic edu cation for the region., about ha lf of the students ere fromN.C. $ end another quarter from the I * ,'dfl- J