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Third District toagressman Charlie Whitley has announced that Lewis Renn of Jacksonville will serve as.lis Administrate Assistant. Renn, 47. is a native of Franklin County and has lived in Jacksonville for the past 25 years. He has served four years as a member of the Onslow County Commissioners, and for the past two years has been Chairman of the Neuse River Council of Governments. A former Trea surer of the Onslow County Democratic Executive Com mittee, Renn has been active in Democratic Party affairs at the precinct and county Jevel. For the put 20 years. beJias been vice president and general manager of a large Jacksonville retail drug firm. In making the announcement, Whitley said. "1 am pleased that Lewis Renn has accepted this responsibility. Not only is he well versed in government and public affairs in his home county of Onslow; but in his capacity as Chairman of the Neuse River Council of Governments, with public af fairs throughout the area. Lewis has a solid background in busi ness. personnel, administration and in local government. He ?- w? ' >: ? sfi? " military imptci upon WJipjMP v tic of much of the district. addition; he was raised on a farm and consequently has a feel for agriculture and agt& business activity." Reim is married to the former Helen Perry of Franklin County and the couple has two matried ?Other staff appointments an nounced by Whitley are as follows: ?Office Manager: Howard R. Barker of Res too, Va. Barker, the only mm-North Carolinian on the WhitMy staff, is a native of Bristol. Va. He served for four years on the staff of former Congressman Pat Jennings of Virginia and'for six years as an executive with the U. S. Post Office Department. For the past seven years he has been a member of the staff of Con gressman. David Henderson. ?Coordinator for feder^ty assisted, programs and for mi nority interests and affairs: Jerome Shipman, 39, of Golds boro. A native of Clarkton in Bladen County, Shipman is a graduate tif Livingstone College and ha* completed academic requirements for a Masters i j Degree from East Carolina Uni versity. He has taught school, and most recently, has served as a counselor at Goldsboro High School. ? Personal Secretory: Mrs. Rachel Spears of Lillington. Widow of the late John Spears, a Lillington banker, Mrs. Spears has served as personal Secretary to Congressman David Hender son. appointment secretory for former Governor Dan K. Moore, and was a member of the staff of the late Senator B. Everett Jordan and of former Senator Sam J. Ervin, Jr. ?Specialist in casework ant) individual constituency prob lems: Kathryn Bowen of War saw. Miss Bowen has served as a member of the staff of Con gressman David Henderson for more than IS years, and prior to that. 13 years in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court in Kenansvilie. ? Specialist in legislation and current federal issues: Marion Morgan of Richlands. Miss Morgan has served on the Staff of Congressman Henderson for three years. Prior to this, she was private secretary, to Sec retary of State Thad Eure in Raleigh and legislative secre tary to State Senator Julian Allsbrook. ? Staff Assistant: Donna. Denning of Angier. A graduate of UNC-G in business. Miss Denning was a member of the staff of Congressman Hender son for ten years. For the past three years she has been em ployed in Orlando. Florida. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Denning of Angier. ?Staff Assistant and Com munications Specialist: Betsy Wharton of Goldsboro. A graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill, Miss Wharton has been a member of the staff of Con gressman Henderson for three years. She is the,daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Wharton of Goldsboro. ?Research aide and.district affairs coordinator: Warren Hepler of Wallace. A 1976 graduate of ECU with a degree in political science. Hepler was a staff aide in Whitley's con gressional campaign. He has been active in YDC and in Democratic Party affairs for a number of years. He is the son of Claude Hepler of Wallace. ?District Office Secretary: Mrs. Virginia Bell of Goldsboro. Mrs. BeH has served as secre tary in the district office of Congressman Henderson in Goldsboro for some five years. She is the wife of Dolphus Bell of Goldsboro. Whitley says that he will maintain a permanent district office in Goldsboro and a mobile district office which yrill make periodic visits on an announced basis throughout the district. He expects to announce in the near future the appointment of a district representative who will operate the mobile office. . ' Daplin County volunteer fWe men were called to fires in volving property valued at V4, 421.100 during the last half of 1976. it was announced at the Duplin Couaty Volunteer Fire men's Association barbecue held in Teachey. Th?< report-indicated they saved property valued at S3, 075,720 from the fires. Fire damages were reported as SI, 345.380 with much of that in volving a train fire. One person was killed by fires -during the period. Perry Walker of Warsaw, who was found in h house after a fire was extin Siished. One person was in red during the period. There are 18 volunteer fire departments in the county. ' The number of fires, property value and estimated amount of damage (at each department during the last half of the year follow: Albertssn - six fires in pro perty valued at $26,000 with damage estimated at $7,300. Bealsvfle - tl fires on pro perty valued at $81,500 with damage at $41.580. Calypso - 10 fires. $127, 000 property value; $10,650 damages. CMoquapfci - 13 fires j pro perty value $100,000; damages $97.500. - Lyman and Cedar Fork) H fires; 041.300'property value; $16.-. fire$. rty $53,500; damages $1,750. * Greeuovers Three fires? $27,000 propOerty value; $23. ^Sfc^ffle - IS fires; $183.. 650 total value; $42,300 da mages;one person injured. MglNfa ? One fire; $13, 200 value; S6.I00 damages. fliMMt Grove ? Three fires; $13,200 property value; $13,200 damages. Northeaat {(between Tin City and Chinquapin) four fires; $17^000 valuation; damages $10,500. Oak Wolfe (northern part of county - Nine fires; $29,500 valuation; $4,550 damages. Potters Hll (southern area) - Two-, fires; $2,500 property va lue; SUMO damages. Rose Hill - 25 fires; property value S2.710.000; damages $1. 021,650. The greatest portion of the damage involved a train wreck, fire. Sarecta - Five fires; $2,000 property value; $2,000 dam '^fOadrny - Throe fires; $18, 000 property values $16,000 WaBace - Seven fires; $56, 750 value; $13,800 damages Warsaw Six fires; $29,000 valuation; $15,400 damages. Mid executive director _ of S*d^^4en or America, at the DSA Banquet of the Kenansville Jaycee* on Monday night, January 17th 7 p,tr, at The Country Squire as announced toy Doc Br,neon and Dickie Ttowife' i 1 rd FIRST RUNNER-UP Petti Loo Power, 17 (.. Cd ~nk* .. I ?t Duplia High Sthcx .. was named First * ue r ? North C?. iin ite Te ifc| ?:'< he it -Salt jo lunar 8? en Mba the c-c hi )k plus iwa 11 *1 irshlp *vm SdM of ? & rt at Duplin County Board Of Commissioners Meet Chan Smith, International Systems, met with the Duplin Board of Commissioners Tues day to discuss the Community Development Grant and the preappKcation fit grant funds. iThe Commissioners authorized preapplication to receive munity .Development grant i .funis amounting to $500,000% > housing for Kenansvill# US' Wallace, also wster supply for the Town of Teachey. The Com missioners also discussed tm establishment of a Community Development Advisory Cannm to determine the project neetil and priorities for Community Development grant funding. Nto action was taken. The Boail also discussed the matter of re imbursing all persons serving on boards. Action was deferred until a study is made agd reported back to the Commis sioners of all boards within t!li| county. Melvin Pope, Mayor Town of Magnolia, appeared before the Board to request the Board, and requested approval to purchase the old ambulance -for the Magnolia Fire Department. The Commissioners declared the ambulance used in Magnolia as surplus property and a value of_ $400 be placed on it to be sold to' the Magnolia Fire Department, a division of the Town of Mag nolia. Leland Grady, Tax Collector, presented his tax collection report to the Board for the month of December and the year to date. Receipts for the month of December amounted to $1,137,578.97 and year to date $2,312,573.00. Ms. Anita Carlton, Nutrition Program Director, met with the ' Board and reported on the receipt of funding for the eaten dar year January 1, 1977 |hru December 31.1977. Ms. Carbon stated the federal funding amounts to $66,358.00 which will fund a daily average of 125 meals. The Commissioners ac cepted the Nutrition Grant in the amount of $66,000.00. f The Board discussed old business regarding office splice for Dr. Alice Scott. The Badrd agreed to provide two small offices at the Dog Pound Plaza and allow her the use of 4jj| receptionist area for the opera rococd keeping in the and the Tax Collector's oflL _ , vernment and the king ?te lattrU CVlu a r .. I" 'Pug and county mai fonft man with members of the com- ' mittee to be El wood Murray, ir; Henry Williams and a repre sentative from National Spin ning. Reeves, Gate#, J. P. Stevens and Guilford Bast. The Board went mto eie . c*tive waian *e diau*t? age , sonnel. They approved the re guest of Sheriff T. Ex Revelle to hire Ronald E, Brock to fill the vacant position of Deputy Sheriff, created by the death jjd E. E. Proctor. Archie Benson and G. S. Whitman met With the Board to discuss trapping. Mrs. Winifred Wells, County Attorney, ad vised that Duplin has a law , which prohibits trapping and until such time the law is changed, the Board cannot give authority to trap any place in the County. The two men were re ferred to the State Legislators. Mrs. Christine Williams. Re gister of Deeds, met with the Board to discuss, pending le gislation of an act to establish a land records management pro gram in (be Department of Ad ministration and an, act to establish standards for land parcel identifier numbers and to authorize the creation and maintenance of land record in- | deaes by parcel identifier num bers. The Board agreed to con tact Duplin legislators concern ing such legislation. Mrs. Davis also presented her annual report on fees collected in 1976, which showed an in crease of $7,501 over 1975. The Board received notifi cation of possible grant funds for primary health care under the Rural Health Initiative Grant Program. This information was forwarded to Dr. H. W. Steven*, Health Director, and Richard Harrell, Hospital Administrator. The Commissioners were ad vised the grant application for the Town of Teachey Water Supply System has been sub mitted to NER in the amount of S3,750. under the Clean Waer Bond Act. William Costin was appointed by the Board as a representative on the Neuse River Council of Government Board replacing Gerald Quinn. Sheriff Revelle appeared te request approval of a new Deputy Sheriff position in his office. After much discussion, a motion carried to create the new position in the Department and to appropriate monies for the The Board received a report on the 1975-76 Secondary Road Plan Program for Duplin. The county allocation for 197S-76 amounted to $378,S00, amount expended $329,712. A letter was received from C. H. Ydverton, Superintendent of for fhe new Kehansvilte School KENANSVILLE JAYCEE WEEK - (L to R) Kenansville Mayor Douglas Judge is shown signing a proclamation designating the week of January 16-22 as Kenansville Jaycee Week as Jaycee Week Chairman Doc Brinson looks on. Kenansville Jaycee Week Proclamation c. "/a$P ? ' WHEREAS, the civic bodies and service organizations of our community and the departments of the local government recognize the great service rendered to this community by the Kenansville Jaycees. and WHEREXS. The United States Jaycees and it> affiliated state and local organizations have set aside the week of January 16-22. 1977, to observe the founding of the Jaycees. and WHEREAS, the Jaycees. an organization of young men, have contributed materially to the betterment of this community throughout the yeat. and , S* K * *? * %, " .# .. i \ ? j . FURTHERMORE. v ; ' / , J WHEREAS, recognizing die need for improved cojflR&ttKySuppurt for (.?? .<or*.ri Carolina Burn Center exists, and 't"'" . vU -i ; WHEREAS, the North Carolina Jaycees have set aside the Week of January 16-22. 1977. to , raise funds for the programs of the North Carolina Burn Center through their statewide jc*Hv sale campaign. THEREFORE. I. Douglas Judge, Mayor of the Town of KetoansviHe. do hereby proclaim the week of January 16-22, 1977. as KENANSVILLE JAYCE1 WEEK. and hereby V > J proclaim the same period as KENANSVILLE JAYCEE JELLY WEEK, and urge all citizens 9 of our community to give full regard and support to the past arid future services of thy Kenansville Jaycees. This the 10th day of Japuarv. in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred seventy seven. Douglas Judge Mayor of Kenansville gfc Representative Baker Gives Outlook For 1977 (Editors Note - The following is from the Wilmington Morning Star) Setting the primary back to May. the issue of gubernatorial succession and veto, the equal rights amendment, utility rates and. as always, financial ques tions will highlight the 1977 legislative session, according to T. J. Baker of Wallace. 10th House District representative. The district encampasses Du plin County, one of the most rural in North Carolina and the county with the highest gross agricultural income. Baker will be going into his fourth session. He feels the utility rate ques tion is the most complex issue at present. Her serves on a utilities review committee of legislators named during the last session. The -committee has a five year tenure and its purpose is to study the entire utilities regu lation question and the work of the commission. "The state lacks anything to monitor utility growth needs. It is the responsibility of utilities to supply service where needed and to do this they have to build." Baker commented, "but we have little means of knowing if they are building efficiently and according to real need*." On utilities rate hearings, he commented "Hopefully we will change the hearings to provide more state experts to clarify and $403 per kilowatt by another. This raises lots of questions." He said he sees the zero based budgeting idea as a possibility for improving effi ciency in government, although Baker feels government is in herently wasteful. The Duplin representative looks somewhat askance at the idea of giving the governor veto power. On the question of succession Baker feels possibly a six-year term would be a better idea than allowing the governor two successive terms. A six-year term would give the governor four years of real power to work out his programs. The first year of a governor's term is circumscribed by the lad die budget has been laid out by his predecessor and the last year of th<j term a governor is virtually a lame duck. Baker pointed out. On the question of the equal rights amendment. Baker sees a great deal of controversy. He notes the new legislature will ' have a record number of female members. 23 in all. "I'm op posed to the amendment. I believe in the area I represent more are opposed to it than are for it." Baker said. Baker said he believes in equal rights for women and that a woman should receive the *3' same pay and advantages as a man doing the same job, but individual rights arc already - WUVCICU U> 11IV W\MI?IIIUIIUU. Sheriff's Report V* I * I Deputy A. E. Basden inves tigated the larceny of a 1170 Plymouth from Maggie Hatcher Bostic of Route I. Magnolia on J January 7th. Arrested and V charged with larceny, was ' Thomas Rackley, Jr.. of Teachev. white male, aged 38. < The value pf the recovered auto was MOO. Charles Murphy, of Route l. i Wallace, reported the larceny of two bicycles front a carport at his residence west of Wallace on N.C. 41. The 10-specd bicycles were valued at S1S0 by George ? <3 HOO, was taken from his ?Uto while it was at Route I. Mat; nolia. George Williams Investi gated the incident January *H4k Stokety AHcrr Bostie, wfthe male. 1%, of Route I. Beulavitie. was charged with cartyfng, a Sr * E. Basden. fbe incident was reported fcy <H?en McCaiiiMer.January
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