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those honored were, 1-r: First row,
Etouise Taylor, MJinolia; Sharon Mate* v
Beulaville; Norma Dew, BeulavtUjj^
Third row, Horace Ward, Rose Rlre?rl
Richard Thigpen, Wallace; Elmore Spell |
Wallace; Jerrell Brown, Wallace; Ed
Raynor, Jordan Chapel (near Gran
tham); Carl Rivenbark Scotta Store
(route 1, Mount Olive); and Dan Wallace
of Seotts Store. Several others who-: ?.
received awards were absent when this
photograph was taken. 5 f| ;
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Croatan Scout Leaders Kecogmzed
(ret.) told the Scout loaders
that the Scout Oath 'Is the finest
code of ethics known.' Keane 2
an 84 year-old veteran of the.
two World Wars, also toldtht
leaders that because of their
dedication to youth they were
the arch of the community. He
alao stated the scouting move
ment In the United States has
had a tremendous influence on
the development of leadership
qualities among young people
along with the men aid womea
associated with scouting.
- " (Continued to page S.) "
Tuscarora Council Elects Officers
J k ' K IHf ;
Vice-President. His business
affiliation is with the Lundy
Packing Company of Clinton,
W f* ,.(Ua-a n~ 'Tr-ua J
W/^?, wnere ne serves i re a
mm. t
Commander Tom Keane. the
first National Director of the
Explorer program of the Na?
ttonal Council, Boy -Scouts of
nartoa [ave Ptogtai
tit the Boy See ut s America
ihe Ur State hi had ajjT
At mr.s
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training,
Dick Moffatt, Camp Develop
me t chairman, i idlcate t.ha
he in
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;arora Soou atUx
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Construction Sup.nhor
James P. Longest. 30 of
Rose Hill was killed last Wed
nesday when a cement block
wall collapsed on him at the *
site of the new elementaryf.
school beside North Duplin
High school near Calypso.
Longest, construction super
visor for Coastal Construction >
Company of Rose Hi?. was
cheeking a form for flooring
near the unsupported wall
when a gust of wind blew the
wall over.
North Duplin Principal. Fred
Pickett said the wall washout
tee feet high aad sixty feet
long. Another wall of about
the same height and forty-five
feet loqg, collapsed mtautel
after the first wall fell, but
no one was Injured. Pickett
said one workman estimated
the wind gust to be fifty miles
per hour.
Longest was transported to
Sampson Memorial hospital by
the Fats on Rescue Servio#.
Longest was pronounced dead
upon arrival at the hoeptlal.
Funeral services were Mid
Friday at Mount Zlon Presby
terUn Church In Rose Hill.
Officiating ministers were
Rev, James E. A:wood, as
sited by Rev. W. Clark Por
ter, III. Interment was In
the Rose Hill cemetery.
Longest was a native of Dup
lin County and attended Wal
lace-Rose High school. He
was a graduate of the Univer
sity of North Carolina at Cha
pel Hill, and a member, dea
con and Sunday schoolteacher
at Mount Zton Presbyterian
church.
Survivors include his wife,
the former Emily Browder; |
two sons, James Patrick. Jr.,
and Timothy Worth Longest. I
bottvcf the home; his parents,
Mr. aqd Mrs. Beaufort B.
Longest; Sr., of Rose Hill;
three brothers, Dr. Beaufort
B. Longest, Jr., of Forest
Park, Ga.. David C Longest
of Jonesboro, Ga., and Phil
lip Lon?st of Wallace; his
maternal grandmother. Mrs.
C. L. Fair cloth, Sr., of Rose
Hill; and jiis paternal grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs, Frank
B. Longest of Rocky Mount.
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DUPLIN 4-HERS IN CHICAGO ? Goldie Smith
R. 1, Magnolia (left), and Susan Craft, Kenans- '
vllle, are among 40 North Carolina 4H mem
bers who are representing the state at the
52nd National 4-H Congress in Chicago, 111.,
this week. Miss Craft was named a national
winner In the safety program and received a
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$1,000 scholarship from General Motors. Miss
Smith attended the Congress as state home
management winner. They are shown with
Dr. Chester Black, state 4-H leader at North
Carolina State University. The Tar Heel
delegation returned home Friday (NovJO).
Farm Users Get North Carolina Coed National
More ftiesel Fuel 4-H Safety Scholarship Winner
diesel tractor fuel, to cootidH
? variety .of farming activities
important to producing food for
the nation
The revision notice is from
the Office of Petroleum Alio*
cation (OPA). Department of
the Interior. , M
Nicholas H. Smith, Assistant
Deputy Administrator of Pro
gram for ASCS in the Uji.
Department of Agriculture (US
DA), who has been appointed co
ordinator of energy for the
USDA. said this revision in the
use of distillates was approved
November 19.1973, Smith said
this change la now "the law of
the land' and suppliers are ob
ligated to give farmers and
ranchers preference in supply
ing their needs of diesel fuel.
In addition to farmers, those
given preference under this re
visit* are mass transit and
those who produce the fuel it
self. . i ?'
The mandatory distillate fuels
allocation program went into
effecr^ovember 1, 1973, basing
San "a "
Some a-e less fortunate and
have no one to care for them.
Some patients la our mental
hospitals have had no matt, no
visits, no personal concern
within the past year. ? :
Sharing With hese parsons
will .njw our holiday a mor
meaningful one. Their needs
are the same as ours, small
0(:ta 1 ik? ? ? -? >Tim V-- a
a farmer's Initial allocatign on
year!WP<Unfoftunately, heavy
r?lns and other problems de
veloped in many stares in 1972
bafnging many farm activities
to a halt, and farmers had little
or no record of fuel purchases
usable as a base for current
allocations. The revision now
allows farmers to get the nec
essary fuel for fall work.
Reece said that state and coun
ty offices of ASCS have keen '
monitoring the farm fuel situ
ation for months and assisting
farmers by reporting their fuel
needs to the appropriate gov
ernmental units. He.said this
v service will continue, but quo
ted Smith as saying 'there are:
no fuel spigots at ASCS off Ices.'
Reece noted that fuel supplies
for North Carolina could be very
tight and stressed, the need for
energy conservation. He added
that farmers Understand con
servation and was sure that
North Carolina farmers would
be taking leadership roles in
saving energy. Rcece said,'We
all need to make available sup
plies go further in the months
ahead.'
o ? 'ri : yKtif-' fee*
i-sv Jt *? Mi
port an ce of good safety pi5fc?
"lices at all 21 Jwblic schools in ?
her county, has been named one
of eight national winners In the
4-H safety program.
Susan Craft, Kenansvtlle, re
ceived a 91,000 scholarship
from General Motors during
the 52d National 4-H Congress
in Chicago Nov. 25-29. Win
ners were selected by the Co
operative Extension service,
which supervised the program.
Miss Craft, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William E, Craft, is
a sophomore at Peace College
Raleigh, N. C? where she is
majoring in special education
and is a member of the Stu
dent council and women's swim
ming team.
She spoke on safety over her
local radio station before visit
ing the schools, alerting DupUn
County residents of the upcom
ln countywide campaign to
make homes, highways, busi
ness buildings and farms safer.
Miss Craft also prepared her
own newspaper publicity re
leases on the project and then
stamped 4,850 pieces of litera
ture that she distributed to
She alio zeroed In on highway*
traffic accidedti and launched
iher own campaign against them,
using highway safety posters
liberally. 'My pdftters were put
up at main intersections where
more drivers would be able to
see them. I put up my posters on
various holidays and usually
something about the holiday on
my posters,' the winner said.
Miss Craft, a member of the
Town Beaut If ieation Committee
in her community, was named
chairman of its 'Tin Can Com
mittee.' She quickly determined
that discarded bottles and cans
were a safety hazard, as well
as unsijpitly. She organized
4-H members to pick up dis
carded debris from along road
sides, making rosds safer.
. Mpfar craft also became fe
expen on first aid and water
safety in her five years, in the
safety program. She sprained
her ankle last summer Just
before being tapped into the
state 4-H Honor Club and said
that she hobbled out onto the
stage using a crutch after be
ing introduced as state safety
award winner, a humorous in
cident.
The Duplin County Miss has
been president of her county 4-H
Council and currently serves as
vice president of the State Uni
versity Collegiate 4-H Club. A
camp counselor, the 10-year
4-H member has completed a
variety of 4-H projects and
activities.
Commissioners Hire
Health Coordinator
me uupiin uoumy noara 01
Commissioners voted to hire
William W. Calhoun as Direct
or of Duplin County Health Ser
vices at their regular meeting
held on Monday, December 3rd
at the Court House in Kenans
|:3EV^ ^ - '*? 'I
Calhoun will start work on
January 1st with his office lo
cated In DupUn General Hospi
tal. His job will be to co
ordinate the hospital, mental
health and social services a
it relates to health services in
?to County.
other action. Hiram Br In- ?
reported on the Gove mor s :
Energy Panel and the County
Fire School# Brinson stated
that seventy "five county firemen
S^iu.nan w-io resigned indil
sines oe employed as o?'"wr
ian.
It was unanimously carried
that Commissioner Leon Brown
be chairman for the coming
year.
Commissioner E, E, Kelly
made the motion, seconded by
J. W. Hoffler and unanimously
carried that the following citi
zens be re-a?x>in-ed on rhe Dup
lin Development Commission
fer (3) years, term ending Dec
ember 81.1976s Dennis Ramsey.
Craven Brewer and Amos Brin
son. " 1 ;
The Board received a check
for 350,818.00 which represents
a 18 l/TUt matching gran: for
construction by the Duplin
County Airport Com mission,
with a letter from Governor
ncfeth Carolina state 4-h winner in Chicago -
Goldie Smith, state winner from North Carolina of the Top
perware sponsored 4-H Home Management Program, meets
with Tupperware Vice Preside* Harry Welch during Nation
al 4H Confess Week. Noven;^rl5-B9.
Goldte is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jpsale Smith of
Magnolia. She was among 46 state Home Management win
ner* who woo an all expanse trip from Ttpperware Home