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Back TO SQHOOL - A mild Sunday, A:wu? 19, m?riwd the
t gnd^rf th% sunpner 1973 holiday^for Duplin ^County Students,
y' '
yter. Monday the students reported In for orientation day with
sdBb# getting underway in full swing on Tuesday. The students
stjpm above w^j-e viewing the trailers at Warsaw Junior High.
July 1. Jn to June 30. 1978
We. the Diflin SoU and Water
Conservation District Super
J visors would like to take this
opportunity to give yon a re
port on tie work carried out in
the Metric* during the past
year.
The District conducted Con
servation Tour in November of
1978 with approximately 80
peopleattending. On the tour,
the group reviewed conserva
tion practices being carried
cot in the Litneatone-Muddy
; Creek Watershed. The tour
concluded with a supper at
Cedar Fork Community Bui
lding. The 1972 Conservation
' Partner of the Year Award was
presented to Mr EarlThigpen
at Beulaville at this snpper
The District sponsored a
? Conservation Poster Contest
for the sixth grades in the
*
There
ill m ilmhi':
0_
were 87 posters submitted, all
of which were excellent.
In March, 1973, the District
sponsored the FFA Land jud
ging Contest at which fire
Schools were represented.
East Duplin High School was
this years, winner and will re
present Duplin County at the
state contest.
The District sponsored a stu
dent from East Duplin High
School to attend the Resource
Conservation Workshop held
in Raleigh in June of this year.
We feel that we had a good
year in the getting of informa
tion to the schools and youth
and feel that we had an equ
ally good year in getting con
servation practices applied on
the land. Tne following is a
list of conservation practices
applied Airing the year:
Conservation Cropping Sys
tem ? 2,815 acres: (Lime
stone - Muddy Creek Water
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shad) - (2,118 acres) <
Crop Residue Use ? 4,487
acres; (Limestone -f Muddy
Creek Watershed)? (1,061 ac
res).
Contour Farmlng-406 acres;
(Limestone-Muddy Creek Wa
tershed)? (149 acres)
Field Border Piantlns-41.
070 feet; (Limestone-Muddy
Creek Watershed) ? (14,
700 feet).
Minimum Tillage?949 acres;
(Limestone-Muddy Creet Wa
tershed) ? (22 acres)
I Open Ditch?62.0T1 feet:
(Limestone-Muddy Creek Wa
ter sned)--(4,800 feet).
Tile Drains?179,559 feet;
(Limestone-Muddy Creek Wa
tershed) - (61,097 feet).
Diversions?7,850 feet.
Woodland Site Preparation
797 acres.
Tree Plantipg - 634 acres.
Woodland Improved Harvest
ing-1.871 acree; (Limestone
Muddy Creek Watershed)-(66
acres).
Wildlife Upland Habitat
Management - 40 acre&i
(Limestone-Muddy Creek Wa
tershed)?(22 acres).
Critical Area Planting?40
acres (Limestone - Muddy
Creek Watershed) ? (29
acres). . ?
Land Adequately Treated
2.760 acres. (Limestone
Muddy Creek Watershed) 871
acres)
During the year, we approved
114 new district cooperators
with 12,761 acres; of these. 22
with 2,602 acres were in the
Limestone- Muddy Creek Wa
tershed New and revised con
& rvatlon plans were devel
oped on 82 farms with 8,441
acres. Of this number, 46
with 4,628 acres were lathe
Limestane-Muddy Creek Wa
tershed. During the year, 667
district cooperators were ser
viced and 871 of these applied
one or more practices.
J During the year Just com
pleted we received a great deal
of assistance, both tech ileal
and financial, from various
agencies. We want to express
our appreciation to the Soil
Conservation Service, Agri
cultural Extension Service,
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service, Farm
ers' Home Administration.
Duplin Watershed Improve
ment Commission, Duplin
County Commissioners, and
all others which have helped
us throughout the year.
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PH M1TW IV.
I Chairman
Continuing
Education
Program
Fall Quarter classes spon
sored by the Continuing Edu
cation Department of James
Sprum Institute will begin du
ring the week of September
34-28 at the Albertson < end
Wallace-Teachey Off-Cempus
Continuing Education Centers
Classes at Chinquapin Center
will begin during the first
week in October.
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Clerk Of Court Announces New Law
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For Admission To State Hospital
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Jt^Upon nooipt of the Phjr
ute the pereon to ? M?gl?
mte who wtll five that per
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son ? ucdx iug lo psnmni
whether the Magistrate Is con
vinced by the evidence shbwn
that the person needs treat
ment at a State Hospital.
3. Upon the decision of the
Magistrate that the person is
,jp aeed of treatment at a State
^eipital, the Law Enforce
ment Officer will transport the
person to a State Hospital.
Within five days, anl not
more than ten days, the Law
Enforcement Officer will re
turn the person to the Distrlet
Court where he will be given a
hearing before a District Co
urt Judge The person so
anusltted will be represented
counsel at this hearing.
Should the person be deter
mined "Indigent" without
pudi 10 nis nomc.
6. Each patient who I as been
in the State Hospital for a per
iod of liO days must be re
turned to the District Court for
a hearing before a District
Court Judge. The transporta
tion of these patients will be
the responsibility of the
county. Those Jwho are bed
patients must'betransported
by ambulance to the County
Court House in the County
where they have their perman
ent residence. . " '< fife
Mr. Johnson S4id, "this is a
complete departure from the ,
former practice. The Citizens
of Duplin County will be beet
advised to contact some Law
Enforcement Officer in the ev
ent of a mentally deranged
person, a drug addict, or an
alcoholic. ^ ? - pi
Housing Needed
For Foil Quarter
James Sprunt Instltute'wfli :
be beginning i s fall qua tet
on Tuesday, September ; 4.
1973. Maijy of the tudants :!
will be from out d the county
1973 School Year Brines Changes I
When North Carolina's 1.2
: million school children and <
56.000 instructional ataff re- ]
- turn to school in the fall of
1073, they should node* some |
major changes from years be- 1
fore especially with educators
working on the largest educa
tion budget in the history of
die state.
"The Legislature has jtfp
vlded over 9688 million tol
erate the public schools this
year," says State School Su
perintendent Craig Phillips.
"That amount includes 9123
million for new and improved
services for students, tea
chers, and administrators."
What are some of the chan
S? For one thing, over 16,
flve-vear olds will attend
school daily along with the
isual first-through twelfth
trade school population.
"With the $12 3 million ap
propriation for early child
Mod education," says Phil
tips, "there will be an addit
ional 536 kindergarten clas
ses set up, bring ingthe state's
total to 685 " Phillips notes
that the kindergarten legisla
tion includes the promise of
the General Assembly to pro
vide an early childhood educa
tion program for all the state's
five-year olds by Sept
ember 1978.
Another notable change is
that teachers are now being
paid for 10 months out of the
year aS compared with the
traditional 9-month period and
t7
all principals are being paid
for a full year. "This new
legislation," says Phillips,
"will provide an additional J
three and one-half million
hours of professional service
annually for the children of
North Carolina. It provides 1
for 180 instructional days for
students and gives teachers '
and principals the extra days '
they need for planning, evalua -
tion, and in-service training." '
Teachers will also notice a
difference in their pay checks
as a result of working more
days. The extended term
will provide them with a
increase in annual income
which, coupled with an addit
ional pay raise appropri
ated for all state employees,
will raise their overall annual
income about 12$ for the 1873
74 fiscal year.
Classes should be smaller
as a result of recent legis
lation. The General Assembly
provided 326 million to re
duce class size, placing stat
' utory limitations of SKphpils
on grades 1-3; 33 pinils on
grades 4-8; and 35 sndents
; per class on the high.school
grades or 140 students per
teacher per day.
High school students will
find that they no longer have
to ride the bus with the "lit
tle kids" and vice versa be
cause of legislationestaUish
L' tag a dual transportation sys
t tern "It is the hope of school
^ people that protMlng^aepan^^
' standing on buses, and reduce
tspfficjcongestion on element
tarf school campuses," siys
Phillips.
Instructional programs will
continue to expand. For exam
ple. the variety cf courses of
fered in Occupational Educa
tion will increase with the
15.8 million appropriated by
the General Assembly. Ser
vices and programs for all ex
:eptlonal children including
mentally retarded, stftedand
talented, and physically handi
capped were given a boost of
16.3 million. And 31.7 million
was appropriated for addit
ional instructional materials
For all students.
Federally funded services
and programs will continue
during the 1973-74 school
year, but will probably not
have the resources to expand.
Nevertheless, Compensatory
Education programs will con
tinue to serve the over 300,000
economically and education
ally disadvantaged children in
the State Forty-two expert
mental education projects
have been funded under Title
in of the Elementary and Sec
ondary Education Act for 1973
74; and federal funds will make
possible the continuation of
human relations and guidance
services to schools across the
state.
There's one big change in
public school facilities that
will come under the direct in
fluence of North Carolina vo
ters in the fall. That's the
3300 million bond issue
year's Gen
Phillips, "they will be re
leasing money tp build nCw
schools an* to eniprge and re
novate existing facilities.
Allocations will be made to
each of the sute's 151 school
systems on the basis of its
average daily membership.
That means." says Phillips,
"that the money will go where
the students are. For ex
ample. a largely rural school
unit such as Tryon will re
ceive 3182,393 while a met
ropolitan area such as Char
lotte-Mecklenburg will re
ceive 320.507.886 "
According to Superintendent
Phillips, 1973 is the year of
some cf the most significant
studies in public education for
the last several decades. The
General Assembly has pro
vided a record amount of funds
for expanded services and
programs for the students of
North Carolina. In addition
to legislative appropriations,
public support in the passage
of the statewide bond issue in
the fall will mean better faci
lities ? classrooms, lunch
rooms, media centers, gym-~
nasi urns, and auditoriums
for those 1.2 million children
who will attend the state's
schools this year and hi years
to come.
JSI To Graduate 126
The Annual Graduation ex
ercises at Jamas Sprunt In
stitute are scheduled for Fri
day evening. August 91.1973.
' at 8:00 p.m. in Kenan Mem
orial Auditorium Kenansville.
North Carolina. The Honor
?fate James B. Hunt, Jr.. Lieu
tenant Governor of North Caro
tyna, will deliver the gradu
ation address. Lt. Governor
Hunt is N.C.'s first fnlltime
Lieutenant Governor and has a
broad background in agricul
ture, education economics,
and the law. Mr. Hunt is a na
tive of Wilson County and a
graduate of NX. State Univer
ercises at Naean Memorial
Auditorium qif to Open House '
at James Spriint Institute fol
lowing the exercises.
?
James Hunt
Public School Education Big
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Business In N.C. Says Rep. Baker
Public school education is
f big bus loess in North Caroli
na, Rep. T. J. (Tommy) Ba
ker, Democrat of Duplin Cou
nty. noted on the eve of ano
ther school year.
Baker said more than 1688
million in State tax dollars
will be Invested in the 1973
74 school year to provide a
better education for elemen
tary and secondary school stu
dents.
Although the financial out
lay in tax dollars is large, the
funds are an important In
vestment in future genera
tions, the lawmaker said.
A $12.3 million appropria
tion to expand the kindergar
ten program is in funds for
this year's operation of pub
lic schools. The funds will
maintain the present 149 clas
ses and add at least 698 new
classes this fall.
Area Corn
- Soybean
Contest
The Neuse Area Develop
ment Association Is offer
ing generous awards to first,
second and third place winners
of the area corn and soybean
contest, according to R. E.
Wllldns. Agricultural exten
sion Agent. The special In
centives will be open to any
Junior or adult farmer in
the Neuse area growing one
acre, or more corn The
Neuse Area Development is
comprised of Duplin, Jones,
Carteret, Onslow, Green,
Wayne, Pamlico, Craven, and
Lenoir counties.
Certain regulations will go
vern the awards Wtlkins said.
Kenansville by November 16th
their supervision ?
Certification of corn yields
The additional classes will .
bring the total children In pu
blic kindergartens to nearly
16,000. Classes are sched
uled for all five-year-olds by
1978
In other areas of education,
funds were approved to reduce
the size of classrooms 26
million): separate school
buses for elementary and high
school students were okaved
3 million); teachers, prin
cipals. superintendents, and
other employees in public
school received a five per cent
pay raise ($27 million): and
funds were approved to enable
a 10-month term of employ
ment for teachers ($33 mil
lion).
included in the *73 education
appropriation is $5 million for ,
occupational education in the
middle grades of public sch
ools and nearly $16.5 million i
to provide free textbooks to <
ill public school students.
Textbooks have been provi
led free to elementary school
ihildren since 1937. The re
ent Assembly extended the
irlvilege to include high
school grades.
Education is big business in
forth Carolina because of the
lize of the operation.
Citing 1971-72 figures, 1,
97,797 students were enrol
ed. There were 52,421 clas
troom teachers on the pay
?oll in the 152 school admini
itrative units in the state,
eaching in 673 high schools
ind 1,983 elementary schools.
More than half of the stu
ients rode buses to school,
t required 10,430 buses to
ransport 722,714 students to
ichool each day.
School lunch rooms served
more than 887,000 meals each
day.
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