j ' tF*l?aaL8ik J t? f i |3ja ; f rs., -. . $$jj wH If, .*&<? PART OF THE CROWD on hand to parti cipate in the third annual Festival of Arts .> _ ' ,-4 4 .? * ; . , - . at JSI. The number at guests as well as the number of displays increase each year. i s ; , i - "HliLI on behalf of J?I are Mr. Dixon Hall, Presi dent ariK&tr. Gene E. Ballard, Director of Contimriig Education. Annual Festival of Arts Held " '' ' ' I " 'i ? On May 6.1973 Duplin County y residents participated in the {, Third Annual Festival of Arts. There were over 2.000 articles c "displayed, made by citizens of .4 the Duplin area and primarily r Sr. ? . . lose enrolled in the Confini ng Education Program at J8I. Displays this year Included eramies, crocheting, knitting, lecoupage, upholstery, sewing nachine mechanics, cakedeco ? A health manpower study which was conducted last Oc ? tober and November by the Comprehensive Health Planning sun of the Neuse River Coun cil of Governments, coupled with recent nationwide reports from the U.S.G.A.O. (General Accounting Office) and die Na tional Center for Health Stalls- - tics yield the following f indies: Physician Manpower: There;:1 are 138 physicians per lOO.QOO hpeiple in the nation. There are *eWer than 96 physicians per 100,000 people in the State Of N.C.Jn Region^ "P",^ which wayne, uicrc arti **( j^ni?iBns por iuu.uuu population ??gistcrea Nursing i liraM i. Neuse River Region is severe ly deficient in health manpo wer as compared to the nation as a whole. With respect to physicians, there are 60 per cent fewer doctors in Region "P" than in the state as a whole. Nationally, the diffeftfcr tial is even greater. The health manpower crisis' is genuine. ? .5,. B f ' a -iWi? r A' J May Mental .. Health Month In coopoeration with the Gov." during the entire momhof May The citizens of Duplin are invited to vlrft the clink: any day. Monday through Fridfcy. 8 'e-m ? 6 p.m. Come at your convenience and see the clinic. Too will want to talk with the staff relative to ser Impii may need these services rating, oil painting, taxidermy handicrafts, wood carving, wood crafts, guitar, mixed chorus, embroidery, stltchery, quilts, pottery, jewelry, handbags, and various crafts. f. ;? ? The program high lighting the afternoon included a fas hion show and a presentation by the mixed Chorus, directed by John Wellington and Carol Mo ore, and the presentation of a painting to JSI. The painting was composed by twelve an students enrolled in the Alber tson Adult Education Center and instructed by Mrs. looe griese Ik-'' &? ?? "ai'a Well over 500 guests visited the displays during the after noon with many expressing gr eat interest and enthusiam in viewing the works of art and talent on display. Each year the number of participates, dis plays. and guests seems to in crease and the many talems. discovered in Duplin County continues to grow. Saving Bond Sales GREENSBORO-Sales of Ser ine E and H Savings Bonds In Depiln County during March were HT.942 January-March ?ties totaled 175.321, This re E. Craven Brewer. County Vo lunteer Chairman. . . JtoHotoouw is ' Duplin Receives Grant I Duplin County la one of TO I.e. communities and counties lat have been awarded a state* Ide total of 1331,006 taFeder 1 grants for local planning ccording to Garry Mercer, lommunlty Services Represen iiive, and J. Wiliard Hoffler, ."halrman, Duplin County Board f Commissioners. Duplin County will receive a K.800 grant, which will ba Batched by $3,120 la local mo *y The funds will be used to inance Land Use Analysis and -and Potential Study. Officials from the Division if Community Services in the Washington, N.C. field office if the Dept. of Natural and Economic Resources, are pro* Tiding technical planning assis tance. Mr. Mercer stated that while the nays was good for 79 communities, applications from 80 others had to he turn ed down because of insufficient funds. "Interest fay localgoverameot in planning has skyrocketed in the pastfewyears. Unfortunate ly. funding for local planning has not kep pace," Mercer said. While Federal funding for local planning was up only 10%. re- ?' quests for assistance from lo-j cal government has doubled.' Some relief could be coming I in the near future if the Gener- j al Assembly approves all or part of the 850.003 request for supplemetsary State funds * for local government planning assistance. Support For Public Schools Shows Increase I n,v*.spcni an average ui iiiv.iv per pupil for public education during 1971-72, an increase of 166.38 over the previous year. The total 1971-72 expenditure for current operating expenses in the public school system was TT78.61o.231.39. Of this amount, B6.8 percent war provided by the State, .15.2 percept came from federal sources., and 18 percent was prodded by local rent expendlturesl^wltf^^tfS, 168.77 cqmiag from'tfte federal government, 4,488,929.39 from the State, and 660,664.59 from local sources. The total per pupil expenditure in IX^din was 746.37, with 607.96 comtngf rom . the State, 164.78 from the fed- ] eral government, and 73 63 from j local sources. The figures were released by* the State Dept., of Public Ed-$ ucation The Dept., cautionedt- & hat because of differences in ' transportation, heating, admini stration. and other costs, the avenge figures should not be usbd in any way to assess the efficiency or effectiveness of the local unit Funds disbursed under the Head Start, Neighborhood Youth Corps, Work Study, Follow Tirough. Adult Education and Summer School programs have been excluded. The breakdown of the 9719.19 state-wide per pupil expenditure reveals that 121.11 went for ad ministration, 9491,41 was spent on instructional services, 136.1 t went for operation of plant. 923. County Schools Spring Concert On May 16. at 3:15 pro In Kenan Memorial Auditorium, the Second Annual Duplin Coun ty Schools Spring Conceit will be held, directed by Mr. Jim Brisspn, Music Supervisor. Pi ano accompanist will be Miss Donna Sue Edwards who will also assist with the choruses. The program will be a chorus , from North Dupiln High School directed by Miss Edwards; East Duplin High School chorus di rected by Mr. J.W. Boyette; S&SittfcSE Wallace-Rose Hill High School Chorus directed byiMr. Howard Baney An all-county Middle Grades , " r ?- :> . . 000 students 1 ^ 1 ou tor maintenance or piam, *io. \ 81 was for fixed charges, and 872.72 was spent on auxiliary services. . | In percent of total expend I- , tures, state sources range fr- , om a high of 78.6 percent to a low of 57 percent. Federal sources range from a high of i 33.7 percent to a kw of 6.4 percent and locals our' fl* range from a high of 36.9 percent to in 1970-71. There has been a increase in recent years fi the relative contribution of local governments, while the (percentage supplied by the St ate government has declined Ullghtly. The federal percen tage has remained about con stant. f 1 t eacney Receives Grant And Loan James T. Johnson, State Director for Farmers Home Administration, presented the Tejm of Teachey its first ad vance on a grant for its new water system which is to cost a total of $144,000 on May 7th ? The check was presented to Mayor Ruby Ramsey. The town has already received a FHA loan of 176,000 and grant funds of $69,000 will be utili zed to complete the project. The loan and grant will en able the town to provide cen tral water facilities for town residents and other areas Ju st jptslde its corporate limits. As' of this date, some 106 fa milies and businesses have si gned for water services. According to the town's en gineer, the system .is slated te be completed by August of 19J3. G E D Test The General Educational De velopment (GED) Test will be offered at JSI on May 14 and & 1973, from 5 to 10 p.m. The test consists of five individual '?# on the subjects of English, septal studies, natural sciences, . given on Mn^Maariths remain Office at JSI The Learnino *7^ u_ j . . thsioislvti for tlM Hj||jp ? ? ,i< t"- VftgWR w - m ;? KENANSVILLE JAYCEE OFFICERS FOR THE COMING YEAR ARE (1-r) Ike Hlnes Internal Vice-President; Ralph Ketchie, Se ? " cretary; Zennie Outnn, Jr , President: Ja cob Parker, Treasurer: Burnett Coleman, External Vice-President. i K?nansville Jayce?$ Hold Instalation & Awards Banquet The Kenansvllle Jaycees held their first Installation and Aw ards Banquet Monday, AprilSO, at the Rose Hill Restaurant in Rose Hill. Roger Johnson, past president. Central Tarheel and Carolina Jaycees, was the guest speaker. Johnson spoke to the group on what the Jaycees had meant son. He later became presi dent arid after fx was moved to the CUj*on prison, he also served as president of that chapter. Johnson now serves as an advisory to the Jaycee chapters. New officers installed for the 1973-74 term are Zemtie Quinn, President; Burnett Cole man, First vice-president; Ike Hines, Second vice-president; Ralph Ketchle, Secretary; Ja cob Parker, Treasurer; Hiram Br ins on, Director; J.B. Stroud, Jr.. Director; Leslie Bar net t, Director and Woody Br ins on, State Director. Gene English was presented the "Jaycee of the Year" award for his work with the Jaycees and in the community. The "Key Man" award was pre sented to Burnett Coleman for the help he has given to the President, his club and the community during his term of office. Both awards were pre sented by the outgoing presi dent. Woody Brlnson. "Spoke" certificates were awarded to first year men who had completed a variety of in ternal projects These were Burt Alabaster, Woody Brln son, Ralph Ketchie, Gene Eng lish and Ike Hines. Certificates were awaraea In the "Speake-Up" Program by Woody Br Ins on to Burnett Coleman, Gene English, Burt Alabaster, Mac McPhaul, Ike Hines, Zennie Qulnn, Ralph K etchle, Hiram Brinson, Douglas Judge, MarkRespass, Gene Bal lard, J.B. Stroud, Jr., and Mr. Brinson. These certificates we re given for the development of leadership in an internal Jaycee program. "Leadership In Action" cer tificates were awarded to Gene Ballard, Burnett Coleman, Ge ne English, Ike Hines, Jim Blan chard, Ralph Ketchle, Zennie Qulnn and Woody Brinson. Burnett Coleman was pre sented the "Spark Plug" A ward by Mr. Brinson. Zennie Qulnn reoelved tlx "Committee Chairman of tht Year" award for his effort! to raise money for the Towi Park. i - Ralph Ketchle received "Jay cee of the Quarter" for hi) effort during November, Dec ember, and Jan.. with specie recognition for his work wtd Douglas Judge reoelved th "Jaycee of the Quarter" foi February. March and April fo his outstanding work with th ****-:% 1 Gene English received the "Jaycee of the Year" Award and Burnett Coleman received the "Key Man" Award at the Kenansville Jaycee Awards and installation banquet. Woody Br ins on presented Burnett Coleman and Gene ,E nglish with the "Presidential Award of Honor" for the out standing service they had done for him while he (Brinson) se rved as president. Special guests for the evening were Mr. and Mrs. Pete Gurley, State Vice-President; Mr. and Mrs. Mike Bruce, Assoc. Legal Council for N.C. Jaycees; Dallas Mercer and Jim Faucette. Na tional Director Elect. Health Dept.Proclaims Healthy Baby Week May 13-19 is being procl aimed as Healthy Baby Week by The Duplin County Health Dept. in cooperation with The National Foundation/March of Dimes. In recent years with the advent of polio vaccine and the cooperation of health and medical personnel in admini stering the vaccine polio has almost been eradicated. In the two and 1/2 years since the licensing of Rubella (German Measles) vaccine the number of reported cases has reduced over 1/2. Reported cases of birth defects caused by Rubella have decreased from 77 in 1970 to 33 in 1972 This is encoura ging but it is important that all children be vaccinated be cause many medical experts ' believe that if enough young sters in a community are im munized. pregnant women will be protected because infected children are the main source of the measles virus in the community. i All parents are urged to begin Immunizing their babies against Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Tetanus and polio at age 6 weeks or two months i Measles and Rubel a should be ? given at 1 yr of age. All be i Mas should have regular che l ck ups by their private doctor especially during the first ye s tr of life. t ' r The Health Itapt. sponsors ' ? j ? ?' ' x ternoons for Infants and pre school children. Parents who desire this service should co ntact the Health Dept. since babies are seen by appointm ent only. A pediatric clinic is held once a month and at pre sent is staffed by Dr. CX. Qulnn, Magnolia Mid the pu blic health nurses Tnis cli nic Is held on the third Fri day of each month. Patients are seen by appt. only. Statistics show that parents in Duplin County are failing to get their babies immunised at the proper time thereby c auslng them to be susceptible to all these diseases. Many are fatal and debilitating and many children could suffer or die because of the lack of pa rental concern For anyone who would de sire to get their children im munised at the Health Dept. the following clinics are held thro out the county: Calypso Town Hall, 1st Mao day, 10 ;o Kk46 a.m.: Falsen Town Hall, 1st Monday, U to 12 Noon; Warsaw Town Hall. 1st Monday, 1 to 3:30 p.m.; Rose Hill Town Hall, 1st and 3rd Tuesday, 1 to 2 p.m.} Wal lace Town Hall. 1st and 3rd Tuesday, 2:11 to 3:30 p.m.;

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