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?PflO, mm ms? comes petkh corroiii
Sunday -- the big Jurat being the annual Eaater Egg Hunt
sponsored by the Warsaw United Methodist Church. Henrietta is
a year old, and Brutus is three months old. With the two bobbed
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toils, Brutus might have thought this was his brother, and got a
little close to investigate. However, the puppy wanted to play
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?ad HearietU, being older, wasted bo part of Ms game.. . .He
just bopped away.
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Easter Sunrise
Hil Services
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The Sixteenth Annual Easter
t , Sunrise Service will be held at
Devotional Gardens irr Warsaw
on April 10 at 6:30a.it?.
Rev. Amos Stone, Dr. Mack
Thompson and Rev. Homer
Baemgardner will hold,the
service. In case of rain, the
service will be in James Kenan
Gym. The annual sendee was
local ministers, and chairs from
W Kenuhsville Jiycees iffl
? Community Easter SunriaSer
vice Sunday. April 10thTat 6
a.m. The service will be hbld at
the William R. Kenan Amphi
theater.
The Jaycees invite everyone
from Kenansville and the sur
rounding areas to ettcind, The
service will be conducted by the
Rev. Lauren Sharpe, the Rev.
Troy Mullis and die Rev. Jim
Stokes. Special music will be
provided by Mrs. V1?*L Ala
hollowing the service, the
^Jaycees will provide refresh'
menu.
The 5th Annual Easter Sun
rise Service will be held si
' Kiverview Memorial Park on
Highway 117 South. (Between I
Wallace & Burgaw), Sunday at
6:30 a.m. The service is spon
sored by the Wallace Jaycees.
Guest speaker will be Dr. Carl
T. Uaell, Pastor. Wallace Pres
byterum Church, with musk
furnished by Girls Ensemble
I and Youth Handbells of Finf I
Baptist Church, Wallace.
Fellowship is to follow the
Service. It case of inclement
weather, services will be held in
i the Wallace Baptist Church
I Sanctuary. .
T Kornegoy
Appointed
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WON BALL AND KEY GIVEN COUNTY - (L to
R) Russell Tucker. County Accountant, is shown
inspecting an iron ball and key presented to the
County by J. B. Wallace, retired Tax Supervisor
on Monday. The key was to the original jail for
Duplin County, which was then located near
where the present KenansviRe Post Office is.
Mr. Wallace's father. Bland Wallace, was
appointed Duplin Sheriff in jS69 and served
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through 1882. According to Mr. Wallace, the
two room tog jail was not very had to break out df,
and the ball was strapped to convicted prisonetj'
legs so that they couldn't run away very fash In
1869. the Sheriff's salary was $300 a year, firoto
which he had to pay his deputy. Mr. Wallace alio
stated that his father did not carry a weapon
while serving thirteen years as Sheriff of Damn
County.
HEHUNG NOT l|EAPP01NTED
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Governor James Hunt, Jr. announced Tuesday he wjfl not.
nominate Dr. Dallas Herring, longtime chairman of the State
Board of Education, for anottMrtBtm.
Herring. 61. of Rose Hill, served on the Board since 1955,
aad has been Chairman since 1957. His term expired
Tuesday. |
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Sheriff's Report
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R. D. Ezzeti of Route 1.
radiator from his farm located
1V, miles south of Warsaw. The
stolen items' were valued at
$177. % ? W?
L. C. Jones, teacher at P. W*
Moore Elementary School west
of Faison on Hwy 403. reported
the theft of a Royal typewriter
from the school.
Charles Slemenda. priorinai
of Rose Htll-Magnolia Elemen
tary School, located off Hwy 117
on RR 1911. reported the theft
of 5 Panasonic cassette tape
recorders valued at $250 and $4
in change. Kenneth Savage is
Route 2, Beulaville. and
Dt- 21, te 1,
ulaville. were (treated and
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fflSWS&^S
Mft? were Cfce.
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reported a service pole stolen
owned by Jack Taylor of Wil
mington. Arrested was James
Fr Faison of Calypso. He is in
jlil on $300 bond. Steve Standi
p- investigated.
Ben Scott of Route 1. Mount
OUve. reported the larceny of
an 8' boat valued at S1S0. It was
taken from his residence V4 mile
east of Mount Olive on RPR
1004. t S. Thigpen Is the
investigating officer. |<
Mirian Johnson sf Route 1.
Warsaw, resorted a breaking,
entering and larceny from the
Super Dollar Storg on Main
Street in Faison. Someone cut a
hole in the roof and missing was
si-w in jewelry which included 3
watches, and SIS 70 -In mis
cei*oeous items, for a total of
St55.70. Dgpoty Olefi Jernigan
jftfjftand Lafcen^tt-^.75
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Duplin Jail May Close April 30,
. State Finds Jail Plans Unacceptable
Dr. -Sarah T. Morrow, Secre
tary of Human Resources, fold
the County Commissioners in a
letter received by Chairman J.
W. HoSler, that the State offi
cials have rejected portions of
th? County's plan to build a new
jail, last month Dr. Morrow
tkmn were met. One of the
odnfiitions was the signing of
xontracts with cogftactors. The
Commissioners agreed to the
conditions, "assuming funds
were available." Dr. Morrow
said this was not acceptable.
Now facing the Commis
sioners is the search for
SS00.000 to begin the jail pro
ject. The Board will meet again
April 12 and consider specific
ways to raise the necessary
money. Dr. Morrow implied in a
recent letter she might order the
jaU closed April 30, if the
County refused to sign an
agreement committing a firm
timetable. The agreement must
be signed by April IS and
returned to Raleigh. Once the
committnent it signed, the
County will be legally obligated
to proceed.
County Attorney Winifred
Wells and Vance Gavin, attor
ney for an insuranoc firm, in
formed the Board they were
re^g Efforts of ptainfifra
Hill to havfe the NewbenS
damage suit case moved to
another county for trial. Mrs.
Kathleen Newberne is asking
*100.000 as administratrix of
the estate of her son. Rawrence
Newberne, for damages in the
youth's death, which resulted
from an accident in a county
owned vehicle in which he was
riding.
Simpson asked that the case
be moved to Lenoir County
because Duplin County was
involved in the case, and he
didn't feel like they would get a
fair trial in Duplin. Mrs. Wells
advised the Commissioners of
file action Monday.
Richard Woodcock, Planner,
informed the Duplin County
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Commissioners that HUD will
not fund the community de
velopment grant applications for
the towns of Kenansville,
Teachey and Wallace. Wood
cock reported that HUD will not
fund any program that receives
a rating of less than 72 points.
Kenansville was rated 60 points
, Woodcock ?lso informed the
Board that bids have been
received on the Rose Hill and
Faison Recreational Centers.
The bids exceeded the amount
of the grants and alteradWpi In
plans will be necessary. ?
Mrs. Wells discussed the
matter of contracts with towns
for maintenance.and utilities on
the proposed recreational
centers in Duplin. Mrs. Wells
sUted that since Albertaon is
not an incorporated town, the
County may eventually have to
assume these responsibilities.
The Board advised Woodcock to
contact the Rurital Club in
Albertson and arrange a meet
ing to have Mrs. Wells discuss
the matter.
The Board received the resig
nation of E. Warren Herring
From the Hospital Board of
rrustees. Herring will be
moving front the county. The
Commissioners discussed the
:xpiration of terms of members
m the Hospital Board. Action
The Board adopted a reso
ution requesting the N.C. De
he Calypso Town limit to 38
1320. which parallels US 117.
A letter was received front
Toln Pegram, architect far the
iroposed jail, which included
ihanges in the plans. Additional
loor space would increase the
wilding from 7,931 to 8,173 sq.
L This increase would add
>10,000 to the project cost.
The Board discussed the
owing of the proposed Jail site.
It the present, the site U aooed
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commissioners voiea ? Map a
resolution requesting the Town
of Kenahsville to resone the site
property from business to office
and institutional.
Frank Moore, Tas Supervisor,
appeared to discuss the possi
bility of acquiring a county
owned vehicle to be used jointly
by him and the Tax Collector.
No action was taken.
Leslie Boney. architect, met j
with the Board to discuss the
proposed addition to the Court
house Annex and renovation of
the old Courthouse building.
The Board voted to approve the
plans and specifications on the
Courthouse Annex and renovat
ing the old portion of the Court- -j
house.
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Guilford Mills Announces Plans
For Additions To Kenansville Plant
Guilford Mills, Inc. an
nounced plans Wednesday for
the construction of a 65*000
square foot addition to the
Guilford East textile manufac
turing plant located at Kenans
ville.
These plans were made public
at a luncheon honoring Guilford
MHIs for its continuing rale in
the industrial development of
Duplin County in eastern North
Carolina.
In making this announce
ment, Murray Fish man, senior
vice president and vice chair
man of the board of directors of
Guilford Mills, commented.
'"We are extremely pleased with
the business climate we find
here in Duplin County and with
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from this area. We sre evi
dencing our confidence in the
Guilford East facility and In the
continued development < of
Duplin County with our lew
plant addition".. .
He went on, "Our new m&u
facturing facilities will create
another 50 or 60 Joba in thiourea
and could mean an incre^K Of
an additional $650.00^ to
warehousing spicf
merit.
Over 2.000 square feet will be
used for another boiler room to
fuel a new Artos tenter frame
for increased finishing capacity.
Construction should be com
pleted in mid-summer of this
year. JMO Contractors, Inc. oif
Greensboro is serving as
general contractor for the addi
tion. N
George T. Stansell. assistant
viee president for engineering at
Guilford Mills. Inc. is in charge
of engineering for the project.
He also served as chief con
struction engineer for the orig
inal 265,000 square foot plant.
The multi-minion dollar Guil
ford East plant was chartered in
August of 1971 as the Guilford
National Company and it al
ready acknowledged to be one of I
the most modern and versatile
textile facilities in the entire
country.
The Guilford East plant
bouses completely vertical
warping, knitting, dyeing,
printing and -finishing opera
tions to produce a witfc variety
of knitted fabrics.
The new manufacturing anas *1
will.bc utilized for the continued
production of a nUmher of! I
specialty fabrics, and will also
contain new equipment,
including a high-pfie fabric
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prooucDon tit Ouilfora Milts fcj
foundeTaxV joint "venture
between National Spinning
Company of New York City and
Guilford Mills, Inc. of Greens
bono. In June of |974, the
Company announced an agree
ment with National Spinning
whereby Guilford Mills as
sumed the plant's operation and
the facility became known as
Guilford East.
The production capacity of
this "model of technological
versatility" was then added, as
another manufacturing arm. to
the many marketing divisions of
Guilford Mills.
Due to the styling flexibility of
Guilford Mills' textile equip
ment, 'diversification' has
become the marketing by-word
for the fabric product mix which
Guilford in Greensboro and
Guiltord East in Kenansville
now produce.
Guilford East has grown from
a handful of employees in 1972,
when the original plant was
completed, to its present total of
almost 300.
Allen Liebowitz is general
plant manager for the entire
Guilford East facility; John
Moffitt and Brian Weston serve
as knitting plant managers; and
Steve Clutter is personnel
manager for Guilford East.
Corporate headquarters for
Guilford Mills, Inc. are located
in Greensboro. Charles A.
Hayes is chairman of the board
of directors and chief executive
officer. George Greeaberg
serves as president and chief
operating officer. ,
Poster Contest
Awards Presented
Clew and
Stssh Your 'Tn^r^wja the I
servation poster oontett'hekl for
Duplin 6th Graders last Monday I
at the Agricultural ButhBag in I
Kenansvillc.
uOeH?ueneSe*slou $15 ?* <T
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pin, Walaoe. Waraaw, North
Duplin and Beulaville.
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WALLACE FlIDAY
hu umwwtd that
visiting la Wallace and felftw
on April Mi to be available to
I constituent* having matters
they wiah to bring to Ma atten
tion He will be in Burgaw from
9:30^m.^^ n:30 a.m. in the
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Briefs 1
ATTENTION FAKMEIS
April 30th it the last date on 1
which you nay obtain Federal J
Crop huurance for 1977. Pleaae >
jo by the Federal Crop In
mrance office, located in the
GAMES TOVENAMKNT
aad/ar retgrrtfinut* can be ob
Ufoed byeentirthtMwThiby 1
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