?|mi^ ^ J2Sl- Jt1,11 ^ VOL. XXXIX MOT 2. 1878 10 PAGES THIS WEEK 10* PLUS TAX Emergency School Aid Grants Announced TAKING IT EASY - Taking It easy and keep ing cool is the motto for these youngesters this summer. This group of "wet and wild" Idds are pictured above at the Duplin Country Chrf) swimming pool. Pictured at the top of the lifeguard stand are. as follows: Kenny Mlnahew, lifeguard, ApfU Merritt, Michael Qulnn, Rebecca Quinn. Scotty Smith, Norwood Watt. Tracy Merrltt, Mitchell Qeim and Jeff Merrltt. "I don't want summer to end,'* were the oomments of these happy swimmers. August 20th Is just too soon for school to start and end tlds paradise of leisure llvipg. PHOTO BY JO CAROL JONES State School Superintendent Iraig Phillips has been notified iy the UA Office of Education ? hat the Duplin County Schools iss received a grant of $100,000 nder the Emergency School AJd to (ESAA) A statewide total if $8,617,701 has been awarded o thirty-six school systems tcross the State: a tout of 1169,276 has been awarded to tleven non-profit organlxa iotis. i According to Oudey Flood, . Assistant Superintendent fear Human Relations for the Stati Education Agency, "the Emer gency School Aid Act was offe finally designed to aid schools In overcoating the problem* ["ulting from desegragatioo. Most of these recent gram* 10 Kenansville Rc To Aid Water I Over $11.6 million in State grant funds have been awarded 1 to 72 Local Governments in North Carolina to aid in finan cing the construction of water supply system projects, accor ding to David T. Flaherty, se cretary of tjm .Department of Human Resources. gr^awai^r^T^K^^B ing to approximately $70 mil lion. In order to qualify for these funds cities, counties, anrfsanl tary districts had to meet eli gibility requlrapeots as pro vided by the rules sad regula tions adopted under the Chan Water Bond Act of 1971. The funds were made available as a result of approval of a $160 million dean water bond re school systems will be used for remedial reading and math instruction. Grants awarded to non-profit community groups will be used largely for com munity relations program.-* de aling with such problems as school dropouts," he added. Craven County, Pamlico Co unty, and Salisbury City Schools were notified of their grants in .February and have already be gun implementing their pro jects High Point City, Ruther ford County, and Wayne County Schools were awarded grams In May. The remaining thirty school systems and eleven non profit organizations to receive grams have only recently been (Ceives Funds Hjpply System /fereadum passed by voters In (^May 1972. I Rules end regulations govern |pg, how the money would be Swarded were adopted last fall Jly the Division of Health Ser j vices, Board of Water and Air Resources and the Department of Administration and were ap proved by the Advisory Budget Flaherty said another group of applications is now being pro cessed by the Division of Health jaew grata: awards will be Uf " *SnSlto i4ee'We^^?0b. The rotal eertmated project coet is 986,100 for Konansville. ; Death By Choking f Death by choking claimed the lives of some 3,600 people last year, said Mrs. Carl Barbee, First Aid chairman of the Duplin County Red Cross Chapter, who urged that special precau tions be taken to prevent cho king accidents. Particularly vulnerable to this ha sard are children under one year, who tend to put anything into their mouths, and older people who wear dentures. In its first aid courses, Red Cross emphasizes prevention of ' accidents and emergency aid of victims of such accidents. Mrs. Barbee suggested pre cautions to help prevent choking accidents amcng children. Children under four years should not be given foods that require grinding action to mo I Lars, for example, raw vege tables or nuts. Small objects as well as toys with detachable parts should be kept out of infant's reach. Never make a child laugh or cry while he is eating. Fatal chokiqg might result. When choking accidents occur, regardless of the victim's age, seek medical help at once, even If coughlng or other symptons > subside. Start artificial respir ation by the mouth-to-mouth method if natural breathiig stops;) j sv Republican Meetings Planned There will be a meeting of the Hells vflle Precinct Repub '? llcen petty on Saturdey August 18, 1973, et 9:00 e.m. et Mrs. Ruby Futrells' Store, Rt. 1, Bsulevllle, N.C. (reguler voting piece), to elect Precinct of flcUle end delegates to the county convention. There will be e meeting of . the Warsaw Precinct Repub lican party on Monday August 90, at 8:00 p,m. et Radio Sta tion WTRQ meeting room, to elect officials end delegates There will be a meeting of f L - /tnnlle Daruilw ?>. ui? MigDOUl rTCCmCt ttepUD"* llcen party on August 99,1973 at 8:00 p.m. at dip Community Building, to elect precinct of fLcL&ls and delegates to tlM T Ti ?? ?*. -v- ? ? 4-H WINNERS?Duplin County had two state champions at the recent Sute 4-H Congress on the North Carolina State University campus in Raleigh. Rouse Ivey (center) i Rt. 2, Mt. Olive, was winner In the tractor operator program and will participate in the regional contest in Rlch monds, Va. in September The Amoco Founda tion sponsors the program. Lynn Hall (right) was landscaping champion and received WOO toward expenses of attending the National Ju nior Horticultural Assn. meeting in Oklahoma in November. The award is donated fay the N. C. Extension Homemaliers Assn. Extension Agent Marion Griffin (left) assisted the two state champions Social Security Benefits Paid To Duplin County Residents Social security benefits were belqg paid to residents of Du plin County at a rate of 1546, 000 a month at the close of, 1972, Samuel A. Gupton, Social Of the social security be neficiaries living in Duplin Co unty, 3065 are retired workers and their dependents. Another 1718 are receiving benefits as the survivors of workers who have died, and 785 are getting benefits as disabled workers or their dependents. ... Although most social security beneficiaries are older people, about cr^e out of eseplgyft.,, aider age 60. InDi^UoCowity. 1625 people wider age 8b are collecting social Security pay meats each month. Nearly 990 . are under agel8, receiving pay meats because a working father or mother has died or is get ting social security disability or ? ? ? m. ^ a aa. a retirement benefits. Most of the 153 beneficiaries in Duplin - County between 18 and 22 years of age. are getting student's ~ fcl ^SOCi^a^j^UWP^j^' .. t~* benefits beyond hie 18th birth* day, and up teage22, if thechttd is attending school full-time. Also in the 18-23 age group, Gupton said, are some other types of beneficiaries, illustr ating the broad family protec tion that the social security pro m provides workers of aU ages. Some are children of re tired, disabled or deceased workers who became disabled before they reached 22 and who will probably never be able to work and become self-sup porting. The monthly benefits of these young people, severly handicapped by physical or mental disabilities, will con tinue indefinitely. Benefits are also payable to the mother if the disabled son or daughter is in the mother's care. Another relatively small but significant group of youthful social security beneficiaires are those who are re elvlng benefits as disabled workers. ommhmmihhh GED Test Ottered At J5I The General Educational Development (GEO) Test will be offered at James Sprunt In stitute on August 6 and 7,1973, from 5 to 10 p m The test consists of five individual tests on the subjects of English, so cial studies, natural sciences, literary materials, andmith etnatics Part of the test will be given on August 6 and the remaining pert on August 7 Successful completion of the General Educational Develop ment test awards the High School Equivalency Certi ficate. All persons who are Interested in taking the test may obtain an application trom the Ragisterar's Office at James Sprant Institute. There is a 13 fee for taking the test. The Learning Laboratory of James Sprunt Institute is open each week day from 8 a.m. until 10 p.m., and all persons interested in receiving their High School Equivalency Cer tificate are urged to make use of these faculties in pre paring themselves for the test. In addition, the GED test will be given on the following dates during the 1979-74 school year: November 6-7, 1973; February 4-5,1974; May 6-7, 1974: August 5-6, 1974 Qoen Letter From Board Of Education Member As the school children are enjoying the summer months rand with principals and sclwol | administrative personnel qui etly working getting organized ** beginning of another school year. I take this oppor tunity to make a few personal remarks pertaining to the pu blic schools of Duplin County I have been privileged now to have served on the county board of education for over three years, and my elected term will cognate for another throe years. I have made and 1 shall $ continue to make, a reasonable :?? I will have to say at the asset / that Duplin Is not a rich county tax-wise nor do our people at Utjft, as 1 observe the situa tion, have a burning desire to | to be competitive with other re I gUms of our state and nation. my belief that princip&iS boi I an< Il ls believed that my members ar ?? ??] q. jp? jripEgfc" subject of curriculum and what is actually being taught and what might be the end product of our graduating seniors, in my op inion, gets a limited amount of our attention. It was my belief and desire upon being elected to this public office that my prim ary responsibility and the thrust of my energy was to be used to become acquainted with the needs of our schools and sero in primarily on the learning process of our children. As I have attended various meetings, talked with parents, visited the elementary schools and attended more than forty different classes in session in our junior and senior high schools, it is apparent to me that die weakest link in the whole school system of Duplin County is our high schools The following are some po licies I believe necessary for a functionable high school sys tem: ^ school assistant super In ten we now hav* two full time su pervisors in such areas, but we person's time doesn't need to be diverted away from this im portant position into areas of lesser importance. I have al ready seen several golden op ?*? J? 'ion; itu ity of the s for our school personnel, and until these distractions are br ought under some control with some strong leadership, I don't see how we can expect anymore than the level of education we are now getting. These res ponsibilities must start with the county board of education it self and primarily involve the superintendents and principals. It is my further belief that the parents are not being involved sufficiently at the high school level and we can't do this Job without their help and assist ance. C. I believe that exams for seniors should be reinstated county-wide without any ex ceptions. D. I am appalled at the level of drug use by our high schools. Something has got to be done, and 1 don't mean Just drug education. Our school way in ray Judgment to deal with this problem is with a firm hand, such as reporting every syspectsd use or distribution among any students, systemat ically searching the school lo ckers. and poseihly ft* the ap enforcement units in the various high school districts to appoint strong minded adult citiiene to serve on a smill drug com mittee to work solely with the school, parents and law enfor cement to curb this onslaught that Is striking at the very heart of our culture My ob servation is that our law en forcement people dealing with bile to Jive them Its absolute -?a*- -v 1 deals have act to realise the ?7 , ' ?' P. ' ... j ?hfi?t?? ? and to the need of better Co development. Three of our four high school* in this county now have fell time assistant principals, pos sibly for the first time in our -aunty's history, and the pro blems of busitw, lunch rooms and discipline, with a few ex ceptions, must be delegated to these new assistants. F. Last, but not least, we are spending more money dun anyone can imagine on Duplin County education which is de rived from ourj local, state and Federal budgets; and our high schools in particular, in my op inion, are without any mean ingful yardsticks or testing sys tem to measure what is being accomplished before grad uation. Last year was the first time of my knowledge of a limited amount of testing, and it is my firm belief that the school board should be constantly reviewing educational trends of our stu dents that can only come from some practical measuring de vise which we. as a school board, have not been reauirino. The running of the schools of this county is ons of our lar gest businesses, but ho* can we know that we are operating suc cessfully throughout the course of the school year without some type of periodic testing of the individual pupil. I Perhaps these remarks will upset some of our educators, fall on deaf ears in other areas, and in some instances be provide the best leamk^g pro? L-Rj Zcmle Qulnn, Jaycee President; Hi ram Brinson, Jaycae Chairman of ($eration Red Ball; Wiley Booth, Ins. sponsor of Oper ation Red Ball; and Rev. Lauren Sharp, Ken ansvllle Fire Chief are pictured above. Thr- f ough these men's efforts Operation Red Ball will begin in Kenans vllle Sunday, Sugust 6. Operation Red Ball Begins August 5 ? *: '' 'iarof' nai Operation (ted Bell will be gin In the KenansviUe Fire District Sunday afternoon Air gust 8. The objective of this pro gram is to place a rod, round vinyl disc (Red Ball) in the fi|oum window of a child, fct .i,. . - ' i- I& ? l?a. valid or other persons who would be In need of special assistance In the event of a firs or other emergency The "Red Balls" provided by WUev Booth Insurance Aoencv W i^wf ?eAnit eiaswa etitw HRWIIV j of Kenansville will be distri buted in a house to house cam paign by members of the Ker ; -? ? ? . . ^ V ' "?? Kf?'< aneviUe Jaycees and the Km* anrrtlle Fire andRescueUnit. " fle* 3BT? ";