_? KENAN?ViLLE- ??> PACES THIS WEEK H? PLUS TAX \
Repaying The State
School Bond Issue
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A key quest loo concerning
the repayment of 1300,000,000
worth of school building bonds
is now being asked by many
N. Carolinians as they decide
how they will vote or this is
sue Nov. 8.
The question of need for
this amount of state money,
etiqg their critical requirem
ents, were answered last year
when a survey of instructional
needs was clearly documented
by each of the 151 school sys
tems.
As State School Super trnen
dent Craig Phillips said. "The
school building needs reported
by responsible school official*
In each county and city admi
nistrative unit speak for them
selves. If the 1.20Q.0O0 pupils
sod 56,000 teachers and prin
cipals in the public schools of
N.C. are to be housed in hea
thy. safe, modern and efficient
irogiajn^th State aid must be
Spy concern now in. "Ca* N.
ring and said -yes.
"We can authorize the 1300.
000,000 without any difficulty
if it is understood that the
eotire authorization would not
be issued at one time. I am
suggesting that if these bonds
should be issued over a period
of three to five years, the .
impact on the credit of the
State would be reduced..As th
ese bonds are issued, our hi- -
ghway bonds are being system*!
atically retired. The result is 1
that our total lndebtness is ke
pt within manageable propor
tions."
The repayment of state debt
works the same way It does wi
th a family debt. For example,
a family now has budgeted $60
a month to pay for a needed
refrigerator. The family know3
this must be paid and sets a
sids $90 every month to re
tire this debt. Next year the
debt on the refrigerator is re
paid, so the family decides to
use this budgeted ISO to pur
chase a needed stove. The st
ave can be paid for at no ad
ditional expense or strain an
0ie family
ine Key questions in any
proposal tq borrow money are;
do, really need It and can we
afford It? Die answer to bojb
AIRPORT CONS !
DAY-Sltc preparation for the CXiplin County.
Airport was started an Monday with the
clearing of trees, for the eventual grading
and paving. Fund* of $333,187 was awarded
to lwlin County from the Federal Aviation
Administration with a grant of $50,818 from 1
?be State. Local funds also win be used to
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assist in the construction. The new airport |
will be located on County Road 1301 near |
Duplin Country Club and the completion date
Is for July I. 1974. The a.rpo.n will be lo- ,
cared on 181 acres of land with easement
of 709 feet wide and 8700 feet long. The
paved runway trill be 75 feet wide and 730
feet long.
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National Guard Reorganization
?^^Vcterans Affairs.
I A proposal to reorganise
?the NjC. Guard was presented
?to State National Guard and
?The proposal has been studied
?and several adjustments made
?give Nj^T'^Urger force st
? rut-rare as the number of A
Brmy units will increase by fl
? ve and the overall strength w
|tll increase by 186 personnel
?spaces.
All full-time National Guard
? technicians will be retsined un
?der the reorganization plan.
?-Also, troop retraining will be
? kept to a minimum as most
? communities will keep the sa
| me type unit currently asslg
? tied. Each town that has a Ne
B tional Guard unit wiU keep one
? under the realignment.
I Towns of Duplin County which
? now nave a National Guard Unit
will still have a Unit la the*
t*Ma. Unit dseignatloiu of the
towns art: Beulavllle NC -De
tachment ! Co. A 1st ferae
lion Mechanized 120th Inf.. w
allace NC -Detachment I Sup
port Co. 1st Battalion Mechan
ized 120th Inf.. Warsaw NC -
Detachment 1 Co. C ist Batta
lion Mechanised 120th tafaaity.
Endorses
School Bond
The Public School Teachers
of Duplin County have gone on
record as being heartily in fa
vor of the School Bond Issue
to be voted an by the people
on Nov. 6.
? Classroom teachers feel they
have a firsthand knowledge of
the needs of the Schools and
they see the School Bond Issue
as the brightest hope that has
appeared on the scene in ma
ny years for NjC. Schools.
The Ifcpllh County unit of
ACT. or Association of Clas
Sroom Teachers, encoursgesits
many friends and pateoas to
support the School Bond Issue
with s YES vote at the polls
on No*. 6.
mfs. Best To Be In ThetWQrld
WWcWha Of WiMnen
E? Ruth Grady
Miss Cornelia Best, teacher,
of Social Studies InFalsoo Jr.
High School, is to be included
in the Second Edition of THE
WORU) WHO'S WHO OF WO
MEN* Names are published In
this* book after a careful scru
tiny.cf many thousands of re
commendations. Pictures and
detailed biographies of each
successful candidate are incl
uded in the book..
Miss Best had had a long
and gpccessful career of tea
ching in Duplin County. For
the -past four years, she has
been teacher of Social Studies
in the Faison Jr. High School,
Other schools in her thirty
seven years of- teaching were
the Sandy Crossway School, C
alypso Elementary. Duplin Co
unty Training School and EJE.
Smith School. Her longest term
of teaching was at E?. Smith
where she was Basketball Co
ach and Choir Director and a
most popular teacher with the
students. . ? I
After graduating from Doug-I
lass High School in Warsaw,
Miss Best entered Elizabeth
City State University from wh
ich she graduated In 1944 with
honors. In the year 1955, she
did Graduate work at Perm St
ate University, University Park,
Perms. *d received het
In Education. . f;, V- *
Miss Best has spent mufti
time with professional organi
zations. She has been secre
tary of County P.T^* Coastal
Plain District Classroom tea
cher, General Alumni Assafia
tion of Elizabeth City StataaU
niversity, Vice-president end
secretary of Duplin County te
acher Association, Director Of
Duplin County Federal Credit
Union and secretary-treasurer
and president of the Duplin Co
unty Alunat of Elizabeth City
State University.
However, much of her most
outstanding work has been in
the First Baptist Missionary
Church on West Hill Sweet
in Warsaw. She has served
as teacher, music director,, w
cked with the young people's
organizations, and has been re
cognized as a Community Upa
der of America. She has mpo
worked with both boy and Mrl
scouts. i .
Miss Best has previously been
listed In Who's Who in Ameri
can Education, and Who's Who
in Women of America. This
#U1 be the third honor of this
type whiclj she pes received.
Id 1972. Miss Best was se
lected as Teacher of the Year
for Duplin County. At thistime
She said. "My philosophy of
teaching is to teach ead) boy
Hd girl the basic principles
of life in order to aid him in
leaching the highest possible
foals of society."
"To put away personal fe
eling and respect others for
achievement; be willing to ex
change ideas. Dc not allow fear
to impede progress, but con
tinue to provide leadership and
develop closer communication
with all concerned.
"Knowing that success and
satisfaction often depend upon
certain fundamentals, my phil
osophy of education is the pas
sing of my learning-values, sk
ills and attitudes to this new
generation. Upon these fundame
ntals rest the rich heritage of
human life."
From comments of former
principals who have worked wi
th this dedicated teacher, Miss
Best has lived up to her phil
osophy. TV; ?
Senator Hardison To
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Speak In Kenansville .,
I Keynote Speaker a: the Aj
Ferm aif^J will be our^ot^D
Bureau \anoal meeting is No
vember 3. 1973. a: 7:30 p.m.
in the Kenans^Ue Element^
\SuKr3 Bureau members
portant meeting for farmers!?
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Sen. Hardison
H>iu7K ? ! Slur SSJHr ?jflt'T 'ffif/-.*1,
, Of special interest wUl be
the various reports of the past
year's progress as well as can
side ration of Resolutions;
Recommendations to be forwar
ded to the State Convention of
? F?r? ?* . Favors wfll
be distributed and you're sure
? ithing escwng a
MSI. J
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on be an ?
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?r btlM i Eutern JjC. 'iC?r to R
loyd Ghairn for An lqu><
Report On The Status Of
Health Services In Duplin \
CTJNT. FROM LAST WEEK
The following sub-sections con
1st of specific observations a
out particular agencies and pr
grams. They are arranged al
habetlcally. The length of any
articular section is indicative
nly of what the writers thought
hey bad to say and does not
odlcate any Judgment of the
mportance of magnitude of the
troblems for any program.
JENTAL HEALTH
Only a small segment of the
?unty population Is receivings
regular dental care. Even e
nergency treatment is not re
idlly available. The dentists In
he county do not generally take
oat Lents who cannot personally
wr.
Bad dental health can cause
bad general health and can cause
poor pupil performance in the
schools. Some provision needs
to be made to provide mini
mum crisis dental care at le
ast for children. This might be
done by hiring a part-time pu
blic health dentist or by secu
ring a "moonlighting" military
dentist a few hours a week.
We have suggested also the
installation of dental surgery
equipment at the "hospital and
the ealotmlai of the possibi
lity '??#- Mff-ftme dentist at
the hospital, fetalis oo how this
can be done can be made avai
lable if the decision to try It
is made. While little of this
report need be spe? en the su
bject of dental health, let us be
reminded that diseases of the
gums and teeth affect roughly
lOOfr of the population at some
time in life. Neglect of these
disorders can and often does
result in serious complications
Involving not only the gums
and teeth but also other or
gans of the body.
EDUCATION AGENCIES
It Is clear that the health
related school programs which
exist are not well coordinated
with other county agencies. T
here is no evidence of a po
sitive health education progr
am in the public schools. Al
though each school district it
the state has one person de
signated as Health Coordinator
in Duplin County this is an ad
ditional duty and does not se
em to have resulted in any sc
hool health programs. A full
time health coordinator in the
schools would benefit the stu
dents significantly and. likely
such a person could serve 1
some Inter-agency coordinating
role as well.
The Head Start program op
erated by the community ac
tion agency seems to have n<
relationship with the county sc
hool programs. This programl
an example of one whereb
some originally OEO program
can be incorporated into the ap
propriate county agency. Ther
are other areas in which thl
could and should be done.
The JSI is a valuable resouro
that has already contributed mu
ch to the county. It Is likel
that a better relationship be
tween the nurse education pro
gram and the hospital could be
nefit both. Further, the instl
rate should be encouraged :
provide programs for trainin
county employees, board mem
bers and officials. This is a
economical source of service
to upgrade the performance <
all county agencies.
HOSPITAL 'S
The hoe pit al, as e facility
can only be classed as excel
len:. It is clear that no en
pense has been spared to pro
vide the best facilities and ec
pital is under-utilized and lo
sing money. It has been as
sumed by maty that the only
solution Is more physicians in
the county practicing in the hos
pital. This would undoubtedly
help the financial condition. T
hi.? subject is covered under a
separate heading, we will only
point out here that we believe
that if the "situation" is suffi
ciently improved, new physi
cians will be attracted and th
ere are several other things
that can be done without the
necessity of attracting specia
lists.
The administration of the hos
pital needs to be in charge of a
positive, agressive program of
providing services to the pe
ople of Duplin County. These
services need to be SOLD to
the people directly and to other
agencies. A definite step-by
step positive program should
be drawn up by the trustees
and approved by the county c
om miss loners with regular re
view to determine its effecti
veness. Illustrations of things
which can be done follow:
1. Installation of an EXTEND
-iEDCARE FACILITY on the un
used floor of the new wing.
This would be profitable to the
hospital, would beep some mo
nies In the county which are
' now going out and would imp
rove the hospital's relationswi
th the community.,This is a s
imple administrative step which
could be operatlpqal in 30 to 60
days. It is felt that this unit
can be returned to general hos
pital use on short notice if it
is required, but in the mean
while would significantly im
prove hospital earniqgs.
2. A six bed or more PHY
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auniAiiuv* /wuuLiuAiriv.A
TION UN!T could be Installed
In the hospital. This would pro
Tide needed services and pro
vide more funds. The menta
health unit could contract for
guaranteed beds to insure the
l economic feasibility of the pro
ject. A careful look at th<
project should assure the ad
I ministration, and nursing staff,
that this is not an difficult t<
i operate as they seem to be
lieve. a presentation of the fa
cts and the training require*
by Dr. Raman should clarif
? the picture.
3. The HOSPITAL LABOR
. ATORY and other possible sa
> leable services should he pub
> licised and promoted to others
, Perhaps the lab could do worl
n for non-staff physicians and/o
j industrial plant medical depar
tments. Also, much lab work m
? ay be able to be done in th
? hospital for the health depi
j There is some talk of th
? hospital's buying a multi-cha
s nnel chemical analyser. In th
f opinion of the study group, thl
s in not economically justlfte
? At any rate, it should not b
t done without careful study <
s the costs and benefits. Th
lab appears overequipped atth
s present. The laboratory SHOi.
i. LD be a significant money mi
y ker for the hospital.
A somewhat related mart*
? is the Installation of radic
? Isotopes or nuclear medicii
. in the hospital. It is extreme]
0 unlikely that this service cou
g ever be Justified in a gener
. hospital of this slze.Equipme
n and staff support are cost
t and not likely to yield mu
1 benefit. An explanation of he
the decision was make to b
stall this service could gt'
ft some insight into how NOT
manage in the future.
4. The EMERGENCY ROO
r Is costing money rather th
r making money. Additional pui
ed for. It is generally felt that
the staff is too large. However,
this is difficult to Judge In the
time available to the study gr
oup; so, we only suggest that
the trustees call for a care
ful study and Justification of N
the situa'lon.
There may be cases where
over-staffing is Justifies. For
example, it was suggested that
there was more operation ro
om staff than needed for two
surgeons. However, in view of
the tremendous service both in
their practice and in extra du
tied performed by the two sur
geons, it could well be Justi
fied to give them extra staffing
as a courtesy in this case
just because they warn it. Both
these men are doing much in
the hospital. The trustees should
know, however, why the staff
is larger than would appear re
asonable for this size facility
and its workload.
6. TIGHTER FISCAL MAN
AGEMENT is definitely called
for in the hospital. Purchase
of unneeded equipment and o
verstaffing without Justification
are indicators of the need to
review all expenditures on the
basis of a formal examination
of the benefits to be received
and how they relate to the goal
STRAT1VE PROCESS at the ho-" ;
spital needs improvement. Po
licies with regard to wages
are not made clear to employ
ees. Regular staff meetings are
not held. Thert is inadequate
clarification of duties for nur
se* aid the authority relation
ships with regard to doctors
nurses/administration need for
malizing. It appears that the u
till Eat ion review comm.tiee aocs
not have a nonstaff physician
member as it should. In-service
training seems to have low
I status and is assigned as ad
ditional duty rather than as a
primary responsibility. The ad
ministration is not "in charge"
t at the hospital neither are the
. trustees. The hospital group
does not see itself as an inte
i gral part of the total health
. care system of the county and
. thus docs not initiate coopera
j tive relationships with other a
y gencies.
8. Considerable emphasis
needs to be placed on PUBLIC
. RELATIONS at the hospital and
. elsewhere in the county health
system. The hospital does no:
l! seem to have a good reputa
r tion as a nice place to be.
. Recently instituted techniques of
. getting judgments against per
e sons for -relatively small, like
" ly-twcollectible accounts will
e likely do more damage than good
. no matter how justifiable their
e action may seem, fiscally.
s A successful medical facili
l( ty should be good in a human
e* sense as well as a medical
,r sense if it is to be patroni
e sed. It is a serious shortco
( ming of the Duplin County Ge
j. neral Hospital that many people
r in the county don't like the pl
ace.
u 9. Addition of DENTAL
r SERVICES a: the hospital can
K probably be KcompUshedtothe
Ly benefit of the hospital and the
J county populace. The following
&1 steps could be taken: a) pro
x vide facilities for dental sur
ly gery at a cost of lees than 9*
eh 500 and encourage local dent
m ists to do multiple extractions
re hospital. This helps persons jet
to ?Nrd party reimbursements fcr
m the use of the hospital, and set