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KENANSVUXB. NC2W# FfeBMIAKY 10,1977 8 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CE1YTS PLUS TAX
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} In compliance with the
Governor's proclamation on
, energy conservation, thermo
stats in offices and some fac
* lories in Duplin County have
been turned back to 65 degrees
or lower as an energy-saving
measure.
The 48-hour work week is
being maintained by most mer
chants and grocers. New store
hours are being set up this
week.
The state offices in the county
are closed on Monday in ac
cordance with ah order by
governor Hunt. However, the
Duplin County Commissioners
voted Monday to close the
county offices on Fridays. Tba
. ' heat in the DuplinCounty Qaurt
House will be completely shut
off on Fridays.
\ A state employee who has. an
office in the Court House said
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die heat cut hff on Friday would
not make any difference be
cause his office stayed cold all
the time anyway.
The radio room of the
Sheriff's Department will fe
"ltOPSST&Bty School
system has lowered the ther
mostats in all the schools, and
some school activities have been
curtailed. Basketball games
have been rescheduled to after
noon games in some achoms.
The caanty expects to maintain
their normal operating school
hours.
Warehouse employees of the l
Quinn Company (Wholesale) of
Warsaw requested President
Milford Quinn to completely '
tern off the heat in the urate,
house. Quinn said. The com
Sny had maintained a 55
gree temperature there.
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Quinn said the thermostats , 1
were set at 62 degree* in the I
office. The firm employ* about
200 person*. Quinn alio said the j
firm is asking its customer
stores to maintain a 48-hour |
weekly schedule and cut ther
mostats to 62.
The Rose Hill Poultry pro- t
cessing plant has encountered
no fuel problem, and is main
taining full operation. Ron i
Konittel, plant manager, said
the company couldn't maintain
a four-day week since that
would force to keep
chickens longer, requiring more
fuel and feed than could be
saved. Thermostats have been
turned down in the plant and
oQkes however, he said.
Ralph Cottle, personnel '
manager of Reeves Brothers, i
uid all unnecessary lights have
been eliminated and thermo
stats have been turned back to
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68. and in some areas to 55 and.
65 degrees.
Fjed Archer, plant manager
of National Spinning of Warsaw,
said machines must be operated
at certain temperatures due to
the nature of the work. The
machines also have to be op
erated 24 hours a day. Thus, he
said, the plant can't cut back to
bur days or do much about
reducing temperatures. Ther
mostats have been lowered'
where possible, and all un
necessary lights have been
turned off, he added. < 1 ?
Whisper Soft Mills of Rose
Hill is working during a normal
slow-down period, according to
Mary Lou McGee. the plant
manager. When the plant is
operating the thermostats are
set at 65 degrees. At other times
the heat is turned off.
The ABC stores in the county
are curtailing their hours. The
Faiaon, Warsaw and Wallace
stores will be open 10 m.ip to 1
p.m. and 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. The
Renansville store will be open
from noon to 8 p.m. All had
been open 9a.m. to9p.m. ?'.& ,
The Cates Fickle Co in Faison
Is on a four-day week.
Chinquapin Batik Robbed
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, The Chinquapin branch of
Waccamaw Bank and Trust
Two young biack men entered
the bank armed with handguns
arouid adid ordered to the floor
also. 1\ was alleged thai the
rotjfbci* told the customer to
keep quiet or they would shoot
him. ?'
The bank robbers made their
get-away in a late model car
they had left parked on the
unpaved street beside the bank.
They^wcre seen heading South
S^in ^e^aaWk%ifFBI. Ml
Ddplin County Sheriff's Eiepart
mdnt and the State Highway
Patrol were called to investigate ?
the robbery.
It wi<i reported that the car
used in the robbery was seen in
the Chinquapin area on Mon
day.
Several persons reported
seeing the auto parked-with the
motor running before the bank
|p To Represent Duplin \&
I In Competition
I- Mrs Evs Sanderson Kilpat
ridt of KenansviUe will repre
sent Duplil County in North
Carolina's Motiier of the Year
competition Mrs. Kilpatrick is
(MM?.
The Duplfn County Farm
Bureau Women's Committee is
sponsoring Mrs. Kttpatrick ,
A spokesman for the group
said. "We feel that Mrs. KiK.
patrick meets the requirements
for Mother of the Tear in that
she is a successful mother and
homemaker as evidenced by her
character and achievements, as
well as thoae of her children, in
the religious, educational, civic,
governmental and business'
world. She embodies charac
teristics highly regarded in
mothers, such as love, courage,
cheerfulness, patience, conu*
A|l nominees become State
Merit Mothers and are suitably
honored. The awards luncheon
wfll be held at the Womeii's
Club of Raleigh on February
35th. At this time tM - state
mother will be announced, and
she will become the N.C;
SEE* Ame~"? M"te
Arts Cowndl >
To Present
Painting To >
Commissioners
The Duplin County Arts
Council will present a painting
by Wider Gibson to the Duplin
County Board of Commissioners
on Sunday. February 13 at 3
p.m. in the auditorium of the
Hoffler Building at James
Sprunt Institute inKenansvitte.
The oil painting. "'Tobacco
?arp". is. a typical. Duplin
ounty scene, and even before
its completion it came to be the
moat popular of Gibson's work.
This portrait of Duplin County
originated near Goshen Kernels
while Gibson was m residence
as Third Century Artist With the
Arts CouncS. The public is
invited to the unveiling and pre
sentation of this painting on the
same program with the recep
tion for Judge and Mrs. Vp|'
P. Henderson and their illus
trated volume of poetry.
"Wonders "
I Duplin Sheriffs Reporf?
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ct if
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iron 15-gallon washpot was
taken from hit residence near
RPR 1004, h was valued at 550. ^
by Kenneth D??rce. and stole
200 (id metal feed-trough
*?RI putiSHEilk
a R csttgated.
nnnsvitie. was am -' d Januan
21 d with forgery and
utte ng Pt
Patricia Teachcy o! Rif f
chcft* ai k*as cashed
fo^Bgf(Chec**^ Another ju
wuwnt out for her arrest.
Rebecca Judge, who works in
the Mental Health section at
Duplin Genera! hospital, re
ported the loss of 20 personal
check blanks. SI7.50 in cash,
credit cards, a watch and other
^ items when someone stole Wer
rtli ?-r prom ? ry i >
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CM* Offtca
Closed
On Fridays
John A. Johnson, Clerk
Superior Court of Duplin
County will be closed on each
Friday due to the energy crisis
The Clerk's office, along with all
county offices, will be open from
8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.. Mon4iy
through Thursday.
This decistet was reached in
cooperation frith the Duplin
County Commissioners in an
effort to conserve as much
heating fuel as possible, and at
the same time serve the needs
of the people of the countjrto the
greatest possible extent.
The Friday closings will con
t tue until the weather improves
or the fuel shortage abates.
In case of an emergency, you
may reach the Clerk of the Court
by calling his home phone in
Warsaw. WJ-49S8.
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Office Closed
On Mondays
The Employment Security
Commission in Kenansville will
be closed Monday, and persons
filing daims for unemployment
benefits on that day will be
rescheduled by mail to file later
during the week. ;
In Kcoansvilte. about 2Q0
claimants will have to to re
scheduled. They should contact
the local Office as quickly as
possible to arrange a new filing
hou?ofopererton^Hl be'ftom 8
a.m. to 6:30 p.m.. Tuesday
through Friday. Claimants re
crifts:;
regular filing whedulc. TO
will be it thc Fire Howk te
15,
Strawberry Hill
The Raynors' Log Cabin Home
By Dolan Brown
Dreams da come true if you
are willing to work to promote
their reality. Such is the story of
Strawfeesrv HUU a home built
and owffed by OdeH and Vir
ginia ^aynor. ^Straw
Cypress Craek. of five miles
?outb of Qitnqu^in on High
ly Several years ago. Ode 11 and
^.Virginia bought the land that
(was to become their home. As
??they walked up 4 narrow path
?that led to a small knoll covered
|With tall pines about 300 yards
.from the toad, they agreed that
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this would be a perfect place for
a log cabin. Both Odell and
Virginia love nature, and the
forest that nature has provided
for all of us- They have dedi
cated their adult lives to pro
tecting the forests of Duplin
County. They have a combined
total of 46 years with the North
rspallm IV? UTriiiii i
a Forest Ranger and Virginia
works in the Chinquapin Fire
Tower located in Mill Swamp.
The Ray nor s' dream began to
take shape on August 12. 1973.
with the ground-breaking. For
the next 3'/j years, work was
done as time permitted and
materials could be acquired and
made ready. There were no
blueprints or pie-drawn plana to
build from. Plans were made
and altered as the construction
continued. All the logs for the
walls and ceiling joists were cut
from the Raynors' land. Then
came the job Of skinning the
bark from the pines and poplars
that were to be used. Odell
came upon the idea of a most
th^jht*a Set of disassembled
hole diggers would work better
since they were shaped like the
logs. After the logs were
skinned, they were sprayed with
fuel oil and chemicals to protect
and preserve them from bugs
and the elements. As the. logs
were placed in position, a half
inch steel pin was pegged in the
logs. A total of 300 were used to
secure the logs in position.
Part of the interior walls and
doors was obtained from' old
houses in DuDlin County. The
roof boards came from the old
John L. James house in Deep
Bottom, and were provided by
Mr. and Mrs. Colon Padgett.
Mrs. Raymond Shepard and
Luther Lanier also provided part
of the interior wall boards. The
full-length front porch is sup
ported by large lightwood posts
provided by Charles Hoffman of
Jacksonville. The bricks^ for the
large fireplace came from the
old Cottle house in Rose Hill.
The bricks were cleaned by the
Raynors on their vacation, after
which Odell iayed the brick for
the fireplace complete with an
oval hearth." Above the fireplace
is a mantel that runs the full
width of the room. The mantel
also came from an old house
where it was used as a floor sill.
The eating table is in keeping
with the atmosphere of the
home. It is an authentic swivel
top table given to the Raynors
by his nephew Carlton and his
wife Annette Raynor. The table
is believed to have originally
belonged to a member of the
Raynor family but was later
sold. Carlton was able to acquire
it from the purchaser and later
made a gift to Strawberry Hill.
The curtains that hang from
the aifndows assure the guests
of the Raynors' new home that
this is indeed Strawberry Hill.
unfeal at this point in time, but
themmst unusual thing, and the
mosttalked about by visitors, is
the bathtub. It was handmade,
cut from a cypress log that was
pulled from the waters of
Shelter Creek in Pender County.
It stems when the bathroom
was discussed. Virginia told her
husband that she wanted a
wooden bathtub. Since wooden
bathtubs are not a stock item at J
urc iuim Iifliuwait siuic, iireic
was only one other choice, and
that was to make it. Odell found
the proper log and set about
making a wooden bathtub. After
the tub was finished, a fiber
glass coating was put on to
protect the wood from the water
and to prevent splinters from
finding a new home.
When asked why the name
Strawberry Hill was chosen,
Virginia said they had raised
strawberries for the past 25
years. Part of the money from
the crops had been saved and
used to build the log cabin. It
was only natural to call their
new home Strawberry Hill.
Over the past 3'/> years, many
hours of labor, a labor of love,
have gone into this new home.
Part of the labor was furnished
by nephews and other family
and friends of the Raynors.
Strawberry Hill was created
with love from things of the past
and things of the present to be
here for the future.
Henderson To Present
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| Poetry In Kenansville
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ine uupun county Arts
Council will host a reception for
Walter Henderson, Fourth
Judicial District Court Judge
and his 48-page volume of
poetry, "Wonders" on Sunday.
February 13 at 3 p.m. in the
HofRer Building on the campus
. of James Spfunt Institute in
?. T*
"Wonders" is a husband and
wife effort. Judge Henderson's
wife. Surena (Rena) Henderson
illustrated the volume and hand
penned the poems in many
styles of named and original
calligraphy. A collection of love
poems and a section entitled
"The Destiny of Man."
The 48-year-old writer is a
native of Trenton and attended
school there. He and his wife
live on the banks of Tfent River
in a house converted from the
old Kenansville train depot and
annexed to the farmhouse on
the property. Henderson is the
son of the late L. L. and Melissa
Dawson Henderson. After serv
ing three years in the Air Force,
he attended the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Later, he held odd jobs until he
was elected Clerk of Sunerkir
Court in Jones County.
"Wonders" is Henderson's
second publication. He is the
author of "Down to Seven," a
novel set during the depression
in a town which the residents of
Trenton claim is a thinly dis
guised version of their home
town. ? ?
PnHtogistration Immunization
I Prepare Children Now
JSSf S&JSSA '
registration for next year * kin- I
dergarten and firxt grade, h was I
\ announced todav bv Dr. H W
he dismissed within 30 davs. He
said t child shay not start back to
school until requirements of the
law havebeen met. * "-fc"? h.;
Dr. Stevens explained that
the logic behind getting the
shots prior to registration is to
avoid^ the possibility of running
Taylor Named Rotary
Student Of The Month
honored as Rotary "Student of
the Month" for February by the
Warsaw-Kenansvillat Rotary J
Ctub. .)
Randy ranks second in the
senior class of 156 students at
JK.
- Fxttn-eurricula activities in
clude baseball, football and
basketball. He is a member of
the Monogram Club. Fcp Club,
National Honor Society, and
was recognized With awards In .?
BMogy ^Socrat Studies, and was |
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