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VOL. XXXIX Ho 8 KENANSVILLE.N. C.MARCH 1, 1973 10 PAGES THIS WEEK PRICE jfftfe'tAX
Draft Call Eadad, Men Hast Still Raiistar I
"Even though drift calls have
coded, young men in our atate
will still have responsibilities
under the Ik*. The Selective .
Service local boards will con- V
tinue to function." William H.
McCachren, North Carolina S
tate Director of Selective Ser
vice. announced today.
Mr. McCachren said that the
Selective Service Act will still
require young men to register
at age 18 and that local draft
boards will continue to process
some of these yoqgg men in
order to have a "readily avai
lable pool" In the event of a
national emergency. McCach
ren added that this standby role
for Selective Service becomes
effective without the require
ment ef any new l?$kiStive
action by Congress.
The State Director said that
the standby rote for Selective
Service would result in a re
duced level of operation acro
ss the country. Mr. McCach
ren said that the current year's
budget for the System on a
?a*- : ?
national basis would be cut
tailed by as much as 9* per
cent In the upcoming fiscal
year. Assuming approval of
these funds by Congress, a
substantial reduction In the Cl
umber of paid Selective Servi
ce employees will be required.
The total reduction will be from
approximately 7,300 employees
nationwide to 4.300 employees.
"These reductions must be ac
complished nationwide by Dec.
31," Mr. McCachren said, "and
the reductions will result in
uniformly reduced staffing le
vels for all states."
McCachren said that it would
be necessary to reduce the
number of Selective Service
employees in N.$. from 183
to 103. However, he pointed
out that normal attrition wou
ld take care of many of the
necessary reductions and that
every effort would be made to
assist those employees of the
System who face termination to
find other federal employment.
in order to provide continuing
service to registrants. Mr. Mc- I
Cachren said that most of the 9
states will be colloea'.lng many S
of their local board administra
tive sites so that the clerical1
duties can be handled by fewer j
employees. "Local boards are I
still being maintained and local j
board members will still be
deciding classification requests;!
Mr. McCachren added. "Al-a
though the collocation of local!
board sites may cause regis- !
trants to communicate over g- I
reater distances in order to 1
contact their boards, almost all 1
board sites which, formerly we- j
re open on a part-time basis!I
will be replaced by collocated!
- ijoards which wfil be open for
business during normal work
Ing hours on 4) working days I
of the week." It is anticipated !
that N.C. will have approxi- J|
mately 21 area Selective of-!
flees across the state when!
collocation is complete.
To provide better public ac- 1
cess to the collocated adminl- I
strative sites, the State Direc- 1
tor said that registrars will be j
utilised in all communities for
the convenience of the young .
men who must register, in or- 1
der to preclude avoidable tra
vel for them. Afrisors to
registrants also are 8Wng ap- -
pointed on a widespread basis
to answer questions regarding >
Selective Service. The regis- |
trars and advisors to reghr-j
trants also are being appointed
on a widespread basts to ans
wer questions- regarding Seleoy
^ute the local board menfirv '
flHh: not compensated for theft
- Mr. McCachren seid that fi
nal {dans for collocation of ad
ministrative sites in N.C. have
not been completed. The plans
' are subject to approval o( the
. Governor.
County Board Qf Education
Acts On School Calendar
i
The BoariL of Education, in
vised the ScMol Calendar for
the present sc%>1 year. It is
Mocssary to male up nine days
that were lost dufnothesnows.
days planned for Easter week.
I schools will have only one ho
si i, -see ^ ? r- ?nAM a In.,
| llday whicn vml be Easter Moo.
f Rather thin have the teacher
work day OB March S as pre
viously planned, this will be a
day when students will be tn
: The calendar for the rest of
I the year follows: March 3,1973
t Saturday Students andTiachera
go to School. jri- ''
March ^ 9, WTSrFriday Eik
Mr*and Mrs. Linwood Hanchey
of Rose Hill, N.C. is a sololsi
and Chorale and Ensemble Ir
the Meredith College 1973 Sp
ring lour.
Members of the Chorale ant
i Ensemble are presenting eigh
concerts during their Februar;
tour. Both sacred and seculai
music is being perfrooted. Mrs
Jane Sullivan, Instructor of vol
ce at Meredith, is directing
both groups. Vv
Miss Hanchey was also cas
in arte of the leading roles b
the Meredith production of "C
aroused" earlier this year.
/tor Pre-registration and work
on Course of Study-End of Gra
ding Period.
^AjrU 6.1973-F^day End Mon
nQj|Ci&y n ^ ;
Jur* i, 1973-Friday End Mo
Warsaw Maa.fMt.ria. Company Sold
Warsaw MaflMMtarlng Co.
S purchased this week jbv
l-Duds. Inc., an apparel man
ufacturing-co. of Lynchburg. Va.
The Wan aw Co will conti
nue to male women's daytime
. dresses a*d wiH be known as
Warsaw *pparel Co . Inc. It
is expected that ail of the regu
lar emp<oyees will be retained
aod reopening of the plant was
scheduled for Moo. Feb. 26th.
Mrs. Ida Matthews will be
the |dam manager with Mrs.
Dorothy Killette in charge of
the office, Mr. Paul Hunter
cutting department supervisor.
| and Mr. Woodrow Smith main
tenance supervisor
. For the past SS years, Duti
Duds has made and sold women's
| uniforms nationally through de
partment stores and specialty
shops under its brand name
CLINIC. Four years ago, a
' line of maternity wear was ad
' ded and is also sold national
ly under the CLOUD-MATES
name
This is the first out-of-state
plant, as Etoti-Duds has two
factories inVa. Originally the
v.uui^oii y siaricaj uy iwu
N.C. salesmen and its current
, Mies vice-president lives in
Greensboro.
Rush On Fertilizer
:-s. j-p'. ^ _jjj
Demand will be strong for
most fertilizers as farmers
press for high yields in 1973,
la, response to current favora
ble commodity prices, and ex
pand acreage in response to
farm program charges.
Fertilizer price changes were
slight in 1972, as a combination
of competitive forces and price
controls kept price movements
at a minimum at both the man
ufacturing and retail levels.
; The total farm bill for ferti
lizers was up an estimated 2
percent over 1971's 92.4 bil
lion. 'J'".
It is anticipated that farmers
may have difficulty finding the
fertilizers they need later in
the Spring. It would be wise to
contact your agent now to in
sure you can get side-dressing
materials, etc., when you need
stale thai has done the mojn ouutendlng
K* during his firtt fuU yei^ h the
v V
Concert Presented In Memory Of O.P. Johnson
The public is invited to at
tend the concert to be pre
sented by the North Carolina
School of the Art* .orchestra
in the Kenan Memorial Audi
torium In KenansvlUe on Sum
March 4, at 3:30 p.m.
This concert is being pre
sented in memory of Mr. O.
P. Johnson, and is sponsored
by the Liberty Hall Restora
tion Commission and the Mary
Duke Biddle Foundation.
Mr Johnson served as sup
erintendent of Duplin County
Schools from 1935 until his
retirement in June of 1968.
The Duplin County Board of
?^ ~ _
Education building is named
in his honor. O.P. as he was
known to his friends, served
as president of the N. C. Ed
ucators Association.
This will be one of the more
outstanding performances avail
able in the Duplin area in the
field of performing arts. Since
the N.C. School of the Arts
is a state-assisted school and
its membership is comprised
of some of the most talented
musical students, it is felt that
the program will be of great
interest and value to the citi
zens of this area
The N.C. School of the Arts
established in Winston-Salem in
Sept , 1965, is the only state
assisted school of its kind in
the nation. An experiement
in public education, the school
offers professional training in
music, dam e, drama, and de
sign and production and visual
arts for talented students, ran
ging from jr. high through col
lege. A full academic pro
gram is offered leading to a
high school diploma or a bac
helors degree. Accredited by
the Southern Association of C
olieges and Schools, the School
of the Arts is a constituent
institution of the UNO.
There will be no admission
charge to the concert, and the
public is dordially invited to
attend.
Medicar-Medicaid Changes Explained
Pan 1
From: Williams, Pu
blic Informaion Officer
Apartment of Human Resour
ces
The Social Security Amtnd
men-^ which became law on
Oct. JO, 1972. made many ch
anges in Social Security pro
grams such as Medicare and
Medicaid
Some of the new regulations
are designed to improve pro
gram administration and hold
little Interest to the public.
Others will increase available
services or improve existing
benefits under Medicare Ex
tension of Medicare coverage
to disabled workers, coverage
of kidney dialysis and kidney
transplantation, improved home
health services, increasedphy- 1
sical therapy benefits, the ad
dition of chiropractic services
and voluntary coverage of in
dividuals who have never been
insured under Social Security
are some of the more signi
ficant changes.
WIDER 55 ELIGIBLE
The extension of Medicare
to individuals under age 65
is a departure from past pro
gram regulations. Previously,
no individual could qualify for
Medicare coverage before age
66. Now a person as young
as lc may enroll in Medicare
if he has been disabled and
entitled to disability payments
under Social Security or the
Railroad Retirement System for
a mftftftsm of 24 months and
?pJ ijIHowc ' ?
' acrcn
uicarc coverage nt iw
tended before age 65 are cer
tain individuals with chronic
kidney disease. To be eligible
under this new provision the
individual must be medically
determined to have chronic di
sease and to require kidney
dialysis or kidney transplant
and be fully or currently in
sured under Social Security or
be the spouse or dependent
child of persons under 65 Ac
cording to Ernest Phillips, ch
ief of the Medicare-Medicaid
Standards Section of the State
Board of Health, a 12-year old
daugh ter of an insured worker
could receive dialysis treatment
or a kidney Transplant in a
qualified kidney treatment cen
ter and the Medicare program
would reimburse the center for
such treatment. This reim
bursement would be subject to
' the regular deductible, coinsu
rance and premium p. ovisions
of the Medicare law. Payment
will be made for services pro
vided after June, 1973.
Beginning July 1, 1973, hos
pital insurance is available on
a voluntary basis to 55-year
old persons previously ineli
gible to enroll under Medicare
These include workers never
covered under Social Security
wives who had never wotked
and could n<y qualify under the
ir hasband's eligibility, women
no! insured under Social Secu
rity and workers whose earnings
had been so low or sporadic
ti^r they were unable to ac
The individual who wishes
have to enroll during** stated
e f Or
i .
be remrmlered chat private
coverage would be unavailable
to most of those eligible under
the new provision because of
their age and financial status.
The recipient has the option
of cancelling his voluntary co
verage at any time by filing
notice with the Social Security
Administration. No persons
will be enrolled until July 1,
1973
The new amendments also
eliminate the payment by the
Medicare patient of the 20"?)
coinsurance for home health
visits under Part "B" of Me
dicare. Under old regulations.
insured' individuals were enti
tled to 100 home health visits
during each calendar year as
a Part "B" benefit. He had
to pay 20% of the reasonable
charges for these visits Now
Medicare will pay 100% of these
charges
The patient receiving 10 nur
sing visits at $10 per visit,
for example, would have paid
a coinsurance of $2 per visit
or a total of $20 for the 10
visits. Now Medicare will pay
the entire $100. This benefit
is effective with any services
furnished on or after Jan. I,
1973
To be continued next week.
Scouts Conservation Day Change
Croatan District Conserva
tion Day will be held March
10 instead of March 3rd as
planned.
County Sales And Use Tax
SUMMARY OF DISTRIBUTABLE PROC- LECTIONS: 1124,625.22; COST OF COL
EEDS FOR THE QUARTER ENDING DEC. LECTION: $1,249.99; NET DIST PROCE
31. 1972 DUPLIN, NET QUARTERLY COL- EDS: $123,375.23.
COUNTY SALES AND USE TAX ONE PER- CENT DISTRIBUTION REPORT ON PER CAPITA
COUNTY AND NET OIST PER CAPITA
CITY OR TOWN PROCEEDS POP <2> DISTRIBUTION (31
OUPLIN, $ 123*375.23 37*735 $ 94*602.22
BEULAVILLE 1*169 2*930.70
CALYPSO *50 1*128.16
FAISON 1*479.14
GREENEVERS *08 1*022.86
HARRELLS 7 17.55
KENANSVILLE 7*3 1*912.85
MAGNOLIA *1* 1*539.31
MOUNT OLIVE *2 105.29
ROSE MILL 3,672.78
TEACHEY 225 564.08
WALLACE 2,983 7,4tB?42
WARSAW 2,761 6,92Utf
TOTAL 8 123,375.23 49,212 $ 123,375.23