VOL. XXXIX HO. *0 -fcfeNANSVILLE. N.C. AUGUST 9. 1973 10 PAGES THIS WEEK 10* PLUS TAX
ftUMP*vent litter from coUectlng on
^hig^way* t?cks are required to be covered
uig It* last two weeks xi July
the daily, average grew to fifty
load* a day. It U anticipated
by the end of September the
dally intake will be an excess
of one hundred loads a day.
. Several citizens of Duplin <
S5?-"i ?".2*
for what purpose, and when?"
: Fust: Any citizen of Du
plin County, any placeofbusl
nans, any schools or indus
tries located within the corny
can have access to the Land
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Second: The purpose of
the Landfill is to provide a
sanitary means of disposal for
"seiid waste" in Duplin Co
unty. Solid waste consists of ]
anything such as garbage; rub
bish, trash, old tires, junk
can, demolition waste from
old buildings, freezers, wash
ing machines, etc. Items not
accepted are pesticides and
insecticides, empty contain
ers will be accepted, dead
swine or poultry.
. , Third: The Landfill oper
? itli*? hours are Mon. thm ?
FriL 8:00 am till 4:00 p.m |
Sat. 9.-00 a.m til 1:00 p.m.
The "Green Box Operation"
has been delayed due to die
loqg delivering dates on truck
parts needed for this type of
U?sh delivery. Equipment for
? _ _? ? ? a
divided into routes^ suiting
will be^pLaced at intersections
Several outsiders have suted
Duplin's Landfill as one of the
best in the sute. So be a
concerned citizen and keep
Duplin Cpunty clean by uking
all garbage to the Duplin Co
unty Sanitary LandfUl.
By: Jo Carol Jones
Duplin County Schools To
Have 26 Kindergarten Classes
Duplin County School Super
intendent Charles H. Yelver
? ton said he was notified by
telephone Tuesday mornlfe,
that ESEA fund have been sent
to die state for allocation for
a total Kindergarten program
Yelverton said die State offk*
was bi the process of re-all
ocatlng the funds to local
school utlts.
Duplin County will receive
$663,000 to be received on a
quarterly beets.
The ESEA fqnds will make
it possible to have twenty- <
one Kindergarten teachers: *
twenty-one Kindergarten aids:
eleven teachers In the reading
program and eight tutors!
aids.
This will be the same pro-.f
gram used in the 1973-73
school year Yelverton saldg
"We will have as many Kln
. dergarten classes in each
^school as we did last year."
. There have been approxi
mately 550 Kindergarten stu
dents to register for this year.
'? In addition to the ESEA funds,
H00,000 has been approp
riated to Duplin County
Schools under the Emergency
School Aid A?. This grant .
; makes possible five reading
. teachers, five laboratory res
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School Opening And Tobacco
After receiving a number of
telephone cells concerning
moving the opening date of
school, the Duplin County
Board of Education decided
to make provisions for those
students who must miss school
to harvest tobacco and hold the
date previously set. The pro
vis Ions include and excuse ah
sence during tne ween 01 ine
twentieth for Individuals
working in tobacco and added
assistance by the teacher to
aid the student in making-up
any work missed during the
week. Every effort will be
made to maintain a sound be
glnhing for all students. It
should be noted that thaee pro
visions apply only to absen
ces which occur between Au
gust 20 and August 24. All
students absentfpr this reason .
thei/SbS.
Other students will report for
one-half day of school on Au
gust 30 for orientation and bo
gin a full day of classes oo Au
gust 21. It Is hoped that this
procedure will allow for every
student to begin school with
the proper emphasis and also
to allow for a good tobacco
harvest.
ding teachers and ten tut oral
aids. Yelverton said "due to
I300.0X) reduction of ESEA
funds from last year, a re
* duction will be nude on the
number of reading teachers
and aids in the schools."
. The state has allocated
$*987,000 to provide five Kin
dergarten teachers which
comes under the total program
? of 36 Kindergartens for Duplin
??County Schools.
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Duplin Cotinty School
Calendar 11973-74
August 8-16, 1978 ? Wed- f
nesday, Thursday, Friday ?
Additional Work Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs
day.
August 17, 13 ?Frlday
Augpt 19 T? Mbodry- ,
4We?SlbB -
day-SSt Sy'fM StoSto"
September 3, W73-- Monday
t Day.
October 35,1973?Thursday
End first nine weeks.
October 28-89, 1973?Fri
day aafl Monday?Work Deys.
November ^ms-FrUay
Veterans* Day.
Hei laanhe m Ol ttKrQ..Thiii-ca
day--Christmas Vacation. i
December 34-26, ?7S-Mon
day, Tuesday, Wednesday -
Legal Christmas.
December 27-3L4973-Thurs
day, Friday, Monday?Christ
mas Vacation.
January 1,1974-Tuesday-New
Year, Holiday.
Jaribary 16,1974-Wednesday
End second nine weeks
January 17-18,1974-Thurs
day and Friday?Work Days.
Kttrch 22,1974-Friday-End
third nine weeks
March 26-26,1974-Monday
and Tuesday?Work Days.
April 16. 1974-Mo tday-Ea
ster.
April 16-19, 1974-Tuesday,
Wednesday. Thursday. Fri
day-Easter Vacation.
May 30. 1974?Thursday?
End fourth nine weeks.
May 31.1974-Frlday?Work
Day.
June 3, 1974?Monday?
Work Day.
June 4.1974?Tuesday-One
half Work Day, One-half va
cation.
June 5-6, 1974-Wednesday,
Tnursday?Vacation
June 7, 1974 ? Friday
Memorial Day.
Konansville
Jaycees Revive
Community
Birthday Calendars
The Kenansvllle Jaycees,
Zennie Quinn, President, have
selected as their next civic
project the sale of Community
Birthday Calendars. The Cal
endars have been sold In prac
tically all Duplin communi
ties, including Kenansville,
but have. not Seen sold here
for several years.
According to Calendar Co
Chairman Doc Brinson, the
Jaycees will canvass the town
on Monday evening, August 13,
beginning at 8:00 p.m. A fol
low-up contact drive will be
held an Wednesday evening.
J&giiiil 18. to complete the
list of all Kenansville resi
dents who have not bought
; ' Calendars by that time.
Co-Chalrman Brinson in
dicated that anyone not con
tacted who wishes to buy a
Calendar or place listings on
itcancontact him at^theJKen
School Lunch Notice
The Duplin County Board of
Education has announced
school lunch prices for the
1973-74 school year. Elemen
tary school lunches mUI be
$.46 per day and Junior and.
senior Ugh school lunches will
be 150 per day Adult lunches
will be $.65 per day. These
increased prices reflect in
creased food and labor costs.
Extra milk purchases at
school will cost $.10 per car
ton. This increase is nec
essary because the schools
are not getting ?ny federal
reimbursement on milk this
year.
Who's Who Among
American High_
School Students
Honors
Cathy Smith
Cathy Smith, an approach
ing freshman at A & T State
University was recently noti
fied that she is to be featured
in the Seventh Annual Edition
of WHO'S WHO AMONG AM
ER1CAN HIGH SCHOOL STU
DENTS, 1972-73, the largest
student award publication in
the nation. a
Students from over 18,000
public, private, and parochial
high schools throughout the
country are recognised for
their leadership in academics,
athletics, actlvites or com
munity service in the book.
Less than Vb of the Junior and
senior class-students nation
wide are awarded this recogn
ition.
Cathy is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jessie Smith of route
1, Box 12-A Magnolia, N.C.
She has been active In the Kat
idnal Honor Society, Wakema
Yearbook Staff, school news
paper, pep club, 4?H club,
class representative and li
brary dab. She is alpo a
member of the Good Neighbor
Council and has received the
4-H Kty Award sod the Star
New Golden Star Award, - well
as mdnerous other 4-H and
dvic honors.
In addition^to having her
olarshlp awa^rds funded by the
Local Schools Receive
"Extra" ESEA Title I Money
The Duplin County schools
have received a grant of 136,
887 under Tule I - Part C
of the Elementary and Sec
ondary Education Act, accor
ding to State School Super In- .
tendent Craig Phillips. The
Part C grants have been al
located in addition to each
school unit's 1973-74 ESEA
Title I allotment and total
31,288,311 for the state
According to Harold Webb,
Director of Compensatory
Education for the State Edu
cation Agency, "Part C is
more commonly referred to
as the Urban and Rural pro
gram To be eligible for an
Urban and Rural grant, a sch
ool district must have 20per
cent of its school-age papula
tion drawn from low-Income
families, or 6,000 such child*
ren who comprise five per
cent or more of the total
school-age population."
"The grants are designed to
meet the special educational
needs of schools having the
highest concentration of child
ren from low-lncotne fami
lies." says Webb. "The funds
are limited to preschool and
elementary programs."
Webb noted that this is act
ually money appropriated for
use during the 1973 fiscal
year, but funds have arrived
so late that they will be used
during the 1978-74 school
year. Thr Urban and Rural
funds are handled separately
from the bulk of ESEA Title
I - Part A allocations which
total 866,260,988 fro the State
for the 1973-74 school vear
SHOWN ABOVE IS - the road to the New
Duplin County Airport. This entry road
leads to the area where the administrat
ion building, public parking lot and facili
in pim*1,"". >wi.> .utjgif i ??. c
ties needed for operating an airport system
will be located. The road is being built
by the State Highway Department.
Farmers Home Administration
Reports Year Lending Activities
Fanners Home Administr
ation in Duplin County has
Just completed its fiscal year
ending June 30, 1973, -with
one of its largest lending* vol
umes in history, according to
County Supervisor J. M. MUli,
J
During the year, the agency
made a total of, 236. loans
^^ra^^mwanumdTstate
wide, the agency's volume ex
ceeded 9192 million.
The highest number of loans
made was through the Rural
Housing loan program. Some
126 rural families obtained
loans to construct or improve
a home. A total of some II,
957,400 was advanced under
the housing loan program.
Mills pointed^ out that the
housing progranTnoi only as
sists many families but plays
an Important role from anec
qmhUp itMxk>oint. thebcnc"
fit# include" J6b opportiihi I!. "
additional businesses, and ?
widening tax base '
Under the Farmer Programs,
the agency made 103 loans for
farm operating purposes and
farm ownership or real estate
improvements. A total of
$763,700 was advanced under
this program
Through the Community Ser
vices Program, loans were
approved for water and sewer
projects at Fatson and T?e
Town of Teachey alto recei
ved a subsequent grant of
19,000 to assist in the com
pletion of their water pro
ject.
Warsaw-Douglass AnnouncesOpening
Warsaw - Douglass Sctwol
plans to open for students on
August 20. 1973 This will be
registrar ion or orientation
day. Buses will leave from
drivers hom= at 7:15 a.m. *nd
should arrive a* school at ap
propriately 3.15 a.m. Stu
dents will be dismissed at
11:00 a.m. August 21 will be
the first full school day. Stu
dents will be dismissed 2:45
p.m. School takes in at
8:15 a m.
rne school year will be di
vided into four quarters of
approximately nine weeks
each At the end of each qua tr
ier the studc i -- w .il stay home
two days and eachers will
work at school making pre
parations for ending the quar
ter just ended and prepare
for the next quarter. Rcpor
cards and progress reports
will be on a nine weeks bises
instead of a six week bases
as in the past.
FACULTY:
A. R. Roberts, Sr. Princi
pal; Kindergarten Instructors.
Rose M. Hodges, Maris Pig
ford, Henrietta B. Roberts,
and Jane W. Sheffield. Firs:
Grate Instructors: Shirley
T. Cosrin, Bernlce M. Dary
ton, Sude Mae Henry, Mar
gueritte B West. Second
grade instructors: Joyce W.
Bell, Gloria W. Bowden, Mel
ts G. Britt, and Gloria W.
Pearsall. Third grade inst
ructors: Ruby P. Brinson,
Jean T. Faison, Jeannette B.
Hasty, Nellie M. Rlvenbark,
and Arlene H. Stokes. Fourth
grade instructors: Vicki U.
Alabaster. Helen B. Johnson,
Josephine S. Stevens, and Pe
arl S. Perry. Firth grade
instructors: Pearl S. Perry,
Joan P. Best. Sally Korne
gay, Argie L. Wilson. Sixth
grade instructors: Henry L.
Martin, Lillian Rabon , and
Gladys Rose. GT-Harriet W
Phillips, EMR-Llliie B.
Waters, Reading - Sadie E.
Faison, Media-Doris L. Vin
cent, TMR - Nancy W. Moore,
Speech-Nannie Barfield.
SCHOOL FEES: School fees
will be as follows: Library
11.00. Classroom Instruct
ional Supply 12.00. The li
brary fee goes to buy extra
supplies for our library and
media program. The in
structional supply fee supple
ments money that we receive
from the state to buy enrich
ment supplies for students in
classrooms. All students are
expected to pay the library
fee and supply fee, a total of
53.00 There is no such
thing as a free library and
supply fee.
PARENT CONFERENCE: P
arents who wish toconferwith
a teacher reguarding a student
should do so from 3 to 4 p.m.
on regular school days or at
any time from 8 a.m. to5p.m.
on teacher work days when stu
dents are not in school.
INSURANCE: Students who
wish to purchase school insur
ance may do so. Insurance is
not required but is highly re
commended by school of
ficials.
BUSES: School buses will fol
low the same route as set up
last May. New drivers and
routes were assigned in May
of last year. The same bus
number will keep the same
route as in May.
BUYS FIRST CALENDAR?Mrs. Elizabeth
H Grant, Manager of the Employment Se
curity Commission In Kenans villa. Is shown
? ;?/ k ) . " - &
baying the first CoaamOtj Birthday Calen
dar from Kenans vtllr Jaycees Doc Brinson.
left, and Charles Iiyram, oo-chelmun.
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