Tractor
Trailer
Breaks
In Half
A 1970 Ford tractor trailer
broke in half Monday when the
driver attempted to cross a
bridge already occupied by a
farm tractor with oversize farm
equipment. The tractor trailer
struck the end of the farm
equipment, collided with the
bridge, then broke in half.
According to the Highway
Patrol report, the accident
happened Monday around I
p.m.. one mile north of Faison
on Highway 117.
Charlie Arm wood of Route 2,
Faiaon. was driving a !9Tf
Massey Ferguson tractor owned
by Alex Hood Sutton of Calypso.
Arm wood was traveling south
' on Highway 117.
The tractor trailer, owned by
Kinston Recycling Company,
was driven by Samuel Bryant of
Goldsboro. and was traveling
north. .
Armwood was crossing' the
bridge with over-sized farm
t equipment occupying more than
?one I ape when Bryant attempted
to cfpss the bridge. Bryant
strud^thc farm equipment, lost
"a ? a ^
onflot. x.*
A passenger in the Bryant
truck. Leamon Moses of Golds
boro. and Bryant were both
injured in the accident and
taken to Duplin General Hos
pital! . ? i : ??;
Patrolman Mitchell estimated
damages to the tractor trailer at
$7,000 and $200 to the farm
Muipment.
. Bryant was charged with
driving under the influence.
1REAKS W HALF - A tractor-trailer driven by a GokUboro man,
>:|ffuel Bry*nt' broke in half Mond?y ?Aernoon when It coHided
V"
^rmwood on a bridge one mile north of Faiaot Mondav
afternoon. The front dfthe rig went over the aide of the bridge
00 ttK **** Traffic was held up
for six hours while the wreckage was being removed. The cab of
the truck also caught on fire. Bryant and a passenger were
injured in the accident and taken to Duplin General Hospital.
Bryant was charged with DUI. (Photos by Joe Lanier)
FIRST RUNNER-UP - Miss Beulaville. Sonja Yvette Miller, was
named First Runner-Up in the Miss North Carolina Beauty
Pageant last week. Early in the week Yvette won the preliminary
Talent competition. In case the newly crowned Miss North
;;Carolina. Mary Kathryn Fleming, cannot fulfill the duties as
TJueen, Yvette will represent the State.
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: Sheriff's Report
The Duplin County Sheriff s
Department Monday investi
gate! the vandalism of a turtey
f^uWiin'ltowMrtwun Oana ot.H
Nash Johnson and Sons a mile
and one-half northeast of
Turkey. Martin Taylor of Route
I. Kenansville. reported the
doors of a turkey house were
breeder nock to scatter the
nearby woods. The vandal also
turned on a feed switch, which
put over SI .000 worth of feed on
the ground.
Alvin Graham of Wallace
reported someone stole two
hubcaps from his 1975 Ford,
valued at $100. E. G. Baker
investigated.
James A. Herring of Route I,
Tcachey. reported someone
drove by his residence one mile
cast of Wallace on Highway 41
and shot at his house with a
shotgun. E. G. Baker investi
gated.
Jaycee
Fish Fry
The Kenansville Youth
Center (KYC) Jaycees and the
Kenartsville Jaycees wiH co
sponsor a community fish fry
starting at noon, Wednesday,
June 29th in the parking lot
between Quinn's Store and the
Kenansville Drug Store in
Kenansville.
The proceeds will be used by
each respective club for regular
programming needs such as the
projects taken on each year to
help make the community a
better place to live.
GED Test
James Sprunt Institute
announces the Test of General
Education Development (GED)
will be administered on June
29-30 from 5 - 10 p.m. in Room
225 of the Hoffler Building. The
GED Testing Program allows an
adult who did not complete his
high school program to demon- ?
strate his general education
competence and to be awarded a
certificate by the State Board of j
Education and it is accepted as
equivalent to a high school I
diploma. There is no charge to
take the tests.
Individuals who feel they
need brushing up on their
academic skills before taking
the GED tests have access to the \
Learning Lab for assistance at ,
James Sprunt Institute.
Son Of A Gun
By Joe Laaler
The Final chapter on the jail
controversy, if you could call it
one. was written Monday at the
Commissioners' meeting, with
one Commissioner making a
stand I would, personally, think
was purely political and the
Superintendent of Schools
sitting on a fence talking in
political riddles. This chapter
was acted out Monday, but the
players had practiced their parts
well. . .each knowing what was
going to happen and the reason
for it. In fact. I think everyone
who had anything to do with this
jail knew what was going to
happen. It got started with
Commissioner D. J. Fussell
making a motion the county
should put J500.000 Revenue
Sharing money in the Kenans
ville Elementary School building
fund. This motion was made
with Commissioner Fussell
knowing full well it would not
pass. . .He even stated he
doubted it would get a second,
which it did not. and died on the
floor.. .At a previous meeting of
the Commissioners, a discus
sion among them gave indica
tions. and iti fact a group of
Kenansville citizens who ap
peared before them were so
told, that the Commissioners
anticipated fynds to be available
in neat year's (78-79) budget to
build the school, thus putting it
date. . . However, for this year
they had the State of North
Carolina on their backs to build
a new jail, and needed what
money they would normally put
in the budget for the school
building program. Following the
motion made by Commissioner
Fussell. Commissioner Arliss
Albertson stated. "Let's get this
thing in the proper perspective.
We are under a court order to
build this jail, and if we build <
the jail and put $500,000 in the
building fund for Kenansville
school, we will have to raise
taxes by 20 cents. . .We just
can't do it. . .No one on this
Board wants to build this jail at
all. much less put it ahead of the
school, but wc have no choice."
. . .Later on. Chairman Hoffler
and School Superintendent C.
H. Yclverton stated that the
school board had $100,000 on
hand put in the budget last year
by the Commissioners and ear
marked for the Kenansville
School building program. . .
.The School Board has options
on 20 acres of land on the east
side of Kenansville at $4,000 an
acre. . .This money would be
used to purchase the land for
the school. . .The Commis
sioners would put $100,000 in
this year's budget for the school
project. This money would be
used to hire an architect to draw
plans for the new school and get
things ready so that in July.
1478. bids could be let and the
building could begin shortly
thereafter with anticipated
revenue.
Commissioner Fussell was
offered the opportunity to re
tract his motion, but he decided
to let it stand... The county had
hoped for funds to come from
other sources. . .maybe Federal
funding to build the jail. . .Some
money was available. ...
$344,000. .It was Federal
money, and get this. . .If this
Federal money was uyed. the
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State .standards. . .And to build
this same jail under Federal
standards would have cost, ac
cording to the architect.
$1,200,000. Under Federal
standards, each cell has to be
7x10. have moveable furniture,
and only one person to the cell. .
.So. if the Commissioners used
this money, the new jail would
have cost the county $700,000
instead of SSOO.OOO. . .The
Commissioners voted 4 to I to
advertise for bids on the new
jail. . .Fussell of course voted
against. . .End of Chapter??? . .
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NEW JAIL - Tom Pegram, Architect, presented a ?
drawing of the proposed new County Jail to be
built in Kenansville. at the Duplift'County Board
of Commissioners' meeting Monday. The Board
voted to sign an agreement with the Department
of Human Resources regarding the construction
of the jail, and to advertise for bids.
(Photo by Joe Lanier)
To Advertise Jail Bids
j The Duplin County Boerd of
Commits)' lei voted Monday
to tdvtliise for bids on the
proposed new js.i to be built in
Coirtmissionct Arliss Albeiiti
son made the motion. seconded
:ommisv?i Sit
KjL.
for bid* with tike
opened July 26. Two other
iiX ' v'V '? f I fi
< m ~7 4 . ;!
The C ommissioncrs voted t:o
authorize Huffier to sign an
agreement between the Depart- 1
mcnt of Human Sources and
Duplirt .Count* regarding the
construction of a new jail. Fopr J
voted for, and one against
"sku.
Ck3fc2^?S2,,te l "We
' "'V , .
tit Wa1,
It to k a new jaN and
SSOO.OOO revenue shewing
rh' 'b^ KrfEdS^S!"hM
?#" onM teres f Ian :
which will cost' itbout $80,000. It
plant to uk money on hand to
make the purchase and to uk an
expected *100,000 allowed for
building Id the new budget to
prepare plan* and other neces
tary preliminaries for the pro
C.' W. Yelverton. county
wotted*Board 'of Education
budget totaling $1,300,000 front
County fonds This waa $200.
000 under the Board's original
budget proposal, the amount cut
being the amount the County
Commi ssioncrs had asked.
The estimated cost of the
proposed' Kenansville school is
SI i million. The estimated coat
of the jail is $500,000.
The Board also voted to go
ahead with a plan proposed by a
computer study committee to
computerise county business
and payroll records in three
yean. The courtty, will hire a
data processor and a key punch
operator as soon as plans can be
pill together. The vote was four
to one with Fussell opposing.
A ???? repot *?*
presented by Russell Tucker
that showed Duplin now has
SI.3S6.2I8 on hand, less
S300.000 estimated expenses for
June. Out of this must come
$417,117 to balance the current
budget. With other items de
ducted. the balance remaining
is $269,596.
The county 4*so has
SI.275.000 available for con
struction. according to Tupker's
report. Of this. $500,000 comes
from revenue sharing. $344,000
from federal public works
grants. SIJ.1.404 frem court
facilities funds. 130.000 from
estimated 1977-78 court collec
tions. and 1269.5% the ex
pected balance June 30.
Projects to be funded imme
diately include the jail at an
estimated 1500.000. the annex
to the courthouse and court
house renovation. V>00.000. and
the computer project 175,000
Messrs. Ralph Bradshaw. Ira
Robinson. Frank Logan. J. C.
Nethercutt and Bud Starting.
State Highway Commission.
....... Mm.^ a aX. n ML11M
were present tor tne puoiic
hearing on the Duplin County
proposed secondary road pro
gram for 1977-78. Bradshaw
stated Duplin County will re
ceive $350,000 for this coming
fiscal year. Priorities covering
this amount were presented to
the people in attendance.'
Approximate cost for each
township included: Kenansvilie
Township. $3^.000; Smith
Township, $59,000; Albert son
Township. $24,000; Limestone
Jownship. $55,000; KcnansviHe
Township. $32,000; Island
Creek Township. $18,000; Rose
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