TSpt ,' ?fri^Y'' ''' ? * '*?' . -v"'^* w** ? ' "^v ?''?? "V" < ?-'??" "v**-, ?
ITS* Sp*/ ,1
p- : ::^iy ?i^M',Tv y*" I^Bl jLl . ?? ?y-@F^K?"^F:^'':'<$k 1
/ / 1
?HytL V^^HRUHfe- I -^-ii t* v - B ? i$$ I y?$*%w^:- T m
b I it.f * -?
??>?-. \ (H |fe K _yC ^ A .. ? ^ ^ ^
' Ly lfeJS I
W* W JS Jfl r^
E. S 5WJ- tk3UdUu?T^-'iU- .wik ?M- 1 '9
I ? ? 1
P'VBfefPfe MP^PBi'i'?'BMVl^V fVIVAflliK1
I J^lp^^lJp-'ifcM
B |
VOL XXXIX N 10 KENANSVILLE N.C. MAY M, 1973 tt PAGES THIS WEEK 10? PLUS TAX
J, VOL. XXXIX No 19 j? ' ' ' ' *w* ' * u FAOSa IH1S WEEK log PLUS TAX J
Selective Service Office In Ke
nansville Moved to Goldsboro
Mr. Isaac J. Sandlin, Chair
man of Selective Ser rice System
Local Board 91, Duplin County, I
announced Tuesday that Local I
Board No. 31 will move from its
present location in the Dfaplin
County Courthouse, Kenans ville
to the Federal Building in Golds
boro. The Selective jtorvlce of
fice will be located on the 3rd
floor. Federal BUg.. lacitfxl on
die corner of Mulberry and John
Sts. in Goldsboro.
"The move of the local board
office was effective May 83,
1973," Sandlin said, "and re
gistrants who desire to visit
the local board office alter May
23, 1973 should contact the of
fice personnel at thainew loca
tion." Sandlin further stated
that the office hours at the new
location will be from 8:39 a.m.
to 6 p.m., Mbn ,-Frl. The tele
phone number at this new office
will be 736-3081
"This move," Sandlin said,
"is being necessitated by a re
duction in funds allocated to the
Selective fbrvice System, and
as a result, many local board
offices are being centralized in
a single administrative site.
For example, the Duplin County
local board office-wtl be com
bined with the local board of
fices of Lenoir and Wayne Cou
nties at the new location In Gold
sboro."
Sandlin pointed out that even
, thtfigh the Ipcal board office is
betas moved to Goldsboro, tfie
Selective Sejftlce matters per
<L orccAPv-iw A1 n\^uon-wuuiu you ocubtc a tour
K legged animal broke into the Duplin Coufy Courthouse last
15 Thursday morning. . .causing damages to a,plate glass door
in the breezeway between the old building add the new annex.
? g The four legged adbdal being a deer ran into the plate glasp
?J$&m door, jumped into A? corrtdpr add somehow managed |om
v
Nm ^
week of June 4th and will in
,i 5 elude a special day for adul
K ' c >> S both husbands sod wises
FT >5 WO hase in the past or at
fresent are assisting in Bby
r ffcout activities. Wednesday. J
une 6th, has been designated as
- Veteran Scouter's Day. Open
house will be held during the
afternoon so those attending
ma tour the Tuscarora Camp
which is located near Benton
rille Battleground in Johnson
Co. This will be followed with
? _
" S'r HeKf Kenans ville,
is Chairman ?jf ticket sales in
Croatan District which is co
mprised <f Duplin County and
the Mt. OH?e area of Wayne
Co Tickets for the Barbecue
Dinner are 12.26 each and can
be secured by contacting Mr.
Hall in Kenans ville at telep
hones 296-2091 or 296-563 or
P. O. Box 488. Kenans ville. )
C. 28349. Ticket requests can
also be mailed to Mr. Richard
Auger. Scout Executive. Tusc
arora Council, P.O. Box 1436,
Goldsboro, N.C. 27630, or by
telephone-734-1714.
Due to the thousands of per
m ; J i-2 - m .
rKep. Baker Seeks Help
For Mental Institutions
FRALEIGH-"You can't hire
machines to serve people?it
takes people to serve people
takes people to serve people,"
Democrat Rep TJ. (Tommy)
Baker of Wallace, 10th District
Representative said in an inter
t&ew about his efforts on behalf
of Caswell Training School at
Kinston
"We started surveying the
various mental institutions and
Hp . found out that Caswell was. not
staffed to the extent of the
Institutions throughout the St
t tit." he declared.
& Rep. Baker said that Caswell
K'vtp 14 the oldest and largest insti
K ? tutioo for the mentally retarded, j
/ with a population of 1,700, and
y' serves 31 counties in the eas
should bc^
third shtft it CisvitU has one
lAoldnff after 66
popfe HacslXedtwSs * 'ridicu
lous/'
ssio were were only two
active health department in D
uplin County "
In addition to the needs o)
Caswell Training Center, foi
which he said he would kee|
working, he cited other need:
for Eastern N.C. "in whlcf
I have a keen interest."
For example, of the 41 shel
tered workshops over the State
only five are located in thi
East.
"These are programs tha
we need in Eastern N.C.. ant
I'm going to keep working wit!
the nope we'll get more," hi
declared;
He added, however, that Car
well's needs shape up as i
sort of priority.
"When you consider the fac
that there are only 860 atten
dants and cottage parents foi
the 1,700 patients in Caswel
Training Center, the need foi
more supervisory personnel ii
tremendous " ?,*
He said he hoped that fund:
would be made available v
brtag tha total to 683 atten
i
'i.i _
Selective Service Office In Kenansville Moved!
taping to Duplin County regis- local board, in addition to Sa
trants. ndlin, are Mr. Daniel H. Ke
Matnbers of the Duplin County nion and Mrs. Louindla J. King.
Duplin 4-H Activity Day
Duplin County held its annual 4-H Activity Day on Saturday,
May 19 1973, E.E. Smith School. Kenansville. 4-H Club mem
bers from various clubs throughout the county competed in
some 27 different contest. ,2a
Each first-place winner was awarded an engraved trophy
by Coastal Production Credit Association.
Planned
Ijbons who qualify to attend, is
suing peirsonal invitations is out
of the question. P.B. Ralford of
Kenansville. Chairman of die
Celebration, is encouraging adu
lts t h rooghout the Coun cil to im
mediately secure their tickets
for this event. He said that the
barbecue dinner will be served
in the Wudparters area of the
reservjBSfpa hugh circus-type
4 tent will be available in case of
inclement weather.
Featured speaker for the oc
casion is Commander Tom Ke
ane, who is a veteran scouter;
and at 82 years of age, is still
active and much sought after
as an inspirational speaker for
major events of this type Com
mander Keane lives in Calif.
In 1966 he was the featured sp
eaker at the first Tuscarora
Eagle Reunion, and many peop
le who heard him then will es
pecially want to be present on
Wed., June 6. at 7 p.m.
? Memorial Day
j Drive With Car*
> raleigh-the n.c. state
Troopers are preparing for a
" heavily traveled weekend, as
? N. Carolinians celebrate Me
: mortal Day
Troopers are reminding nm
i torlsts that excessive speed
1 and drinking drivers play an
> unwelcome part in holiday t
raffic collisions. Last year of
die 1111 traffic collisions over
' the Memorial Day weekend, 10
i 42 traffic law violations were
Involved, 21 persons killed and
t more than 700 injured...some
of them for life,
r The troopers will be pa
1 trolling the highways looking
r for die speeders, drunken drl
s vers, and traffic law violators
to protect you. He is your fri
I end and protector. Try to help
0 him by obeying ALL the traf
? flclaws.
The official Memorial Holi
day period for recording traf
fic collisions, deaths and inju
ries begins at 6 p.m.. Friday,
1 May 26. and ends midnight:
I Monday. May 28.,
Several weeks ^ago Gov Jim
Holshouser issued a challenge
These 4-H*era were declared first place winners at wipim
County 4-H Activity Day held May 19 at EX. Smith School
in KenansvUle. They will represent Duplin County at South
eastern District Activity Day on June 20 at White Oak High
School in Jacksonville. Left to right: Front Row-Max Branch
Junior Tractor Driving; Dawn Hines-Pork Cookery; Lloyd
HUl-Forestry; Sharon Futreil-Poult ryt Back Row: Daphne
Jot?-Glrt% Autoqytlve Skill Drtvia(i Rouse Ivey-Tractor
Lett to right: Front Row: Julia Spicer-Junior Egg Coolfcry;
Sharon Swain-Sentor Dairy Foods; Edwin Robins on- Arctie ry;
Glenn Brinson-Tobacco; Helen Hooks-Girls Electric Back
Row: Elizabeth Spicer-Home Environment; Lynn Hall-Land
scaping; Anthony Brown-Poultry Barbecue; Ruth Dennfey Se
nior Egg Cookery.
I'll 'JlPHHi??BWBl-m 1 ?- ? T
Left to right; Front Row: Donna Cowan-Talent; Beverly
Judge-Talent; Johnny Andrews-Petroleum Power; Kent Bat
chelor-Boys Electric; Beck Row: Barry Fountain-Talent; G
loria Moore-Sewing; Deborah Moore-Entomology; Johnny S
tallings-Boys Automotive Skill Driving: Theola Matthis-Fruit
and Vegetable Use.
?*
Left to right: Greg Swaln-Llvestock Production and Conser
vation; Sheila Graham-Horticultural Marketing; Angela Costln
Cotton Utilization; Kaywood Graham-Horticultural Marketing.
"In order to provide addl- |
tional assistance to the young I
men of IXiplln County," Sand- I
Iln said, "the local board has 9
obtained the services of Mr. fl
Alfred D. wells. Dean of Stu- I
dents. Mrs. Rita B. Brown. 1
R^istrar. and Mrs. Joyce B. M
Thomas. Secretary, at JSI. who
will serve as local registrars I
to assist our young men in re- I
gistering with Selective Service I
as they become 18 years of I
age. Eighteen year olds may I
register in the Dean of Stud- M
ems' Office, JSI. Kenansville, I
between the hours of 9 a.m ji
and 5 p.m., Mon.-Fri. or they 1
fay register in person at the 3
new office in Goidsboro." I
Sandlin emphasized that even 1
though Selective Service is not 3
inducting any registrants atthis 1
time, the law still requires
that all male persons regis
ter with Selective Service wi
thin thirty days before, or thir
ty days after, their eighteenth
birthday \ *
Bank At
Calypso
I Robbed
Southern Bank and Trust Co..
branch office in Calypso was 1
robbed Tuesday at 9:50 a.m. <
cf a large sum of money Ac- '
cording to Alfred Basden of the
DupMn County Sheriffs Qept.,
of an undetermined amount of '
money. The abandoned car of
the alleged robbers %as found
in the woods off rural paved
road 1706.
Fonfc s??pects have been
arrestedt Richard Brown. John
Wesley Brown. Harry Lee Bat
tle and David Earl Martin, al.
of near Mr. Olive are being
held at the niplin County jail.
"Most of the money has been
recovered" Basden said. Ric
hard and John Brown were ar
rested in a com Held and Bat
tle and Martin were found un
der a house and arrested.
Duplin County Sheriffs dept.
made the arrests.
In other arrest made this
week by the sheriff's dept..
Graham Allen Beasley. Wall
ace Early Gainey Jr. and Bob
1if Lynn Barefoot, all of the
Dunn area were arrested M
onday and charged with pro
session of non tax paid whis
key. The three men were tno
vipg the liquor still on a Easy
Rental truck leased to Beasley.
The arrest was made on N.C.
24 near Serecta.
Receive
Degrees
MOUNT OLIVE-Four Duplin
County residents received to
day their associate degree fr
om Mt. Olive College during
ceremonies held on the Down
town Campus.
They are: William Duvaul
Thigpen. Jr., Associate of Arts,
son of Mr. and Mrs. William
D. Thigpen of Beulavlllc; Janet
Brown, Associate of Science,
daughter of Mr and Mrs. Floyd
L. Brown of Beulaville; Sandra
K. Baker, Associate of Science,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rod
ney S. Baker of Calypso; and
William N. Outlaw, Jr.. of War
saw, Associate of Science.
I
II I Hi
? i TV T A
? ? .--.J ? ;
GOLDEN STAR AWARDS PROG RAM-Cathy Smith of M*g
tolla accepts trophy from Lt. Gov. Jim Hunt at the annual
Solden Star Awards program. Cathy was the winner of the
\gricultural Science Award.
Qolden Stars Awards J
High school seniors from
schools throughout Southeastern
N.C. were honored in Wilming
ton Thursday night as winners
in the 1973 annual Golden Star
Awards Program.
The seventy students selected
from a list of 6,000 high sch
ool seniors who were eligible
to enter the educational pro
gram, sponsored by the Wil
mington Star-News Newspap
ers, were recognized for ser
vice and talents in 14 catego
ries ranging from English and
Literature to General Scholar
ship.
Each winner received a tui
tion scholarship to ECU, a tr
ophy, and a U.S. Saving Bond.
Cathy Elaine Smith of Mag
nolia was the winner in the
Agricultural Science category.
She has Participated and exce
lled in many 4-H activities on
a local, county and state ba
Among Cathys many honers /jj
she is a Key Award winner;
a 4-H Electric Scholarship w
inner; an Honor Club nominee,
and has won nearly two dozen
red. white and blue ribbons for
public speaking and 4-H exhi
Cathy attends James Kenan
High School.
Honorable mentions were giv
en to John R. Mangum of North
Duplin High, athletics; Henry j
Flynn Rivenbark of Wallace,
Rose Hill, Speech and drama;
Charles L. Johnson of James
Kenan High School, Science;
Daphne Elaine Jones, Industr
ial education.
Rosemary Brinson of James
Kenan High was runner-up in
the Social Science Category.
FHA Initiates Kurai
Youth Loan Program 1
Rural youths can now borrow
money from the Farmers Home ?
Administration, according to N.
Cs FHA State Director, James r
T. Johnson.
The new program, authorized 0
by the Rural Development Act s
of 1972, is now being imple- s
mented through all FHA coun
ty offices. It will enable rural
youths who are members of "
4-H clubs. Future Farmers of
America, Future Homemakers u
of America, and similar organ
izations to receive loans to
help them establish and operate
income producing projects in
connection with their participa
tion in organized clubs.
The basic objectives of youth
loans are educational and pr
actical. Youths are taught ba
sic economics and credit prin
cipals and provided an oppor
tunity to use their hands and
minds for self improvements.
Generally, a project advisor
and the FHA official will have
a major role in planning the
enterprise with the youths and
providing guidance in operating
*
Loans can be made for both
farm and noofarm projects su
ch as, bur not limited to, crop
or livestock production; farm
custom service; auto and ap
pliance repairs; woodworking;
welding shop; roadside stands
or other income producing pr
To be eligible, the applicant
must be a citizen under 21 yrs.
sS?***?!g! '
f less than 10,000 population,
le or she must have the cha
acter, ability, and maturity
ecessary to plan, manage and
per ate the enterprise under the
upervision of the project advi
or. The applicant must be un
ble to obtain necessary credit
Isewhere and obtain the reco
nmendation of the project from 1
is or her project advisor. If
nder 18 years of age, the ap- 1
ilicant must obtain the recomm
ndation from the parents or
juardian.
Each project must produce
nough income to pay operat
ng expenses and the FHA lo
in. Each applicant is consi
lered without regard to race,
*>lor. creed, sex. or national j
irlgtn.
The applicant will be re*
luired to execute a promis
lory note and shall incur full
lersonal liability for the debt.
^oans will be secured by liens
n chattel property, livestock,
equipment, and fixtures purch
ased with loan fluids.
The interest rate is the
same as for regular FHA o
jeratlng loans. At present, this
is 6 7/fc percent. The repayment
erms are determined an the |
Ins is of the purpose for which
lie loan was made and on anti
dp at ed earnings of the project.
The amount of the loan will