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VOL.XECOINO.27 KENANSVUXE. NC 28349 Jaly7,1977 8 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX
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Kimberly Edwards Crowned Miss Beulaville
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MOSS BEULAVILLE 1978 - Kimberly Anne Edwards as she
, makes her-first walk down the aisle shortly after she was
^ crowned Miss BeulavUfo 1978.
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By DoUn Brown
The 1978 Miss Beulaville
Pageant was presented Friday
night, July 1st, by the Beulaville
Jaycees. This year's pageant
was held in the new East Duplin
Fine Arts Building.
The pageant got underway at
8 p.m. with Pageant Chairman,
Jerry Hunter, introducing the
Mistress of Ceremonies, Susan
Griffin of High Point.
Miss Griffin is no newcomer
to pageants. She is the first
Miss High Point to win the title
of Miss North Carolina, and
compete for the title of Miss
America. She has performed in
and judged many other
pageants. Miss Griffin was a
real crown pleaser Friday night.
She performed several songs
which evidenced her singing
talents.
Special entertainment was
provided by the East Duplin
Drill Team. This group of young
ladies is always well received
by their audiences.
After the swimsuit competi
tion came the most important
part of the pageant, the talent
competition. Talent counts 50
percent of the contestant's
score. A variety of talent was
performed, singing, dancing,
and piano playing.
The final phase of the compe
tition was the evening gown
competition. While the panel at
judges were marking their final
scores. Miss Beulaville 1977,
Yvette Miller, was introduced.
Miss Miller made her farewell
speech as Miss Beulaville,
thanking everyone for their help
in her year as Miss Beulaville.
The moment finally came for
the announcement of the new
Miss Beulaville 1978. The first
award was the Mrs. Shirley
Shelton Award, Miss Congeni
ality. Miss Barbara Gale Bostic
was the recipient of this award.
Virginia (Ginny) Williams was
named the 2nd Rupner-Up.
Barbara Gale Bostic, Miss Con
Anne Edwards was named Miss
Beulaville 1978.
The Beulaville Jaycees and
Jaycettes did a wonderful job
again this year, and should be
commended for their efforts.
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MISS fEUUWLLE PAGEANT WINNERS are,
left to right, Barbara Gale Bos tic. 1st Runner Up
and Miss Congeniality, Mils Beulaville 1978.
KJmberly Ann Edwards, and 2nd Runner-Up
Virginia (Ginny) WiUiams.
(Photos by Dolan Brown)
R0TAR1AN OF THE YEAR - (L to R) Jimmy Strickland receives
congratulations and trophy from Lloyd Parker after being named
"Rotarian of the Year" during the Warsaw-Kenansville Rotary
Cub Ladies Night held at The Country Squire last Thursday.
PAST PRESIDENT - (L to R) BUI Powell, out-going Warsaw
Kenansville Rotary President, is shown receiving a Past
President's pin from new President, Johnny Powell during
Indies Nioht last Thnrsrfav.
Poor More Arrested
In Raid Results
Four more persons wore
arrested last Wednesday by
Ditplin County sheriff's officers
art* result of the undercover
woArof state agents in connec
thin "With liquor law violations.
jPerty-one 'persons were
attested during a series ot
weekend raids throughout the
county. They are scheduled to
uiuuiia. |
Charged with liquor law vio
lations Wednesday Bight were
Marilyn J. Edwards, 50, Rt. 2,
Faison, three counts and bond
set at $450; Leroy Jackson, 34,
Turkey, nine counts, bond
$1,000; Dorothy Murphy
Chasten, 51, Rt. 1, Chinquapin,
four counts, bond $250; and
Ervin Lee Chasten, SO. Rt. 1,
Chinquapin, bond $450.
Th. Liberty C* A Dup.M SK?y , |
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Auction rh?K arr num
Chapel HOI. This year's tech
nical director Rick Young, has
done a fcntastk job of mj
out the lev* lesign Director
Tony fthrenbark states that the
?gu set is a ast -men
Tom Hull is back this year. As
moat people know, last year
Phenhis Pickett, the peddler
and narrator, who is timeless
and like* a snort, was played by
Tom. He comes to the area from
New York, and played Old Tom
at the Lost Colony for eij?t
??HP Adopts Budget ^
The Duplin County Board of
Commissioners adopted a bud
get of $6^32,393 for the 1977
1978 fiscal year in a special
session Thursday.
The county's tax rate will
semain at 99 cents per $100
Assessed valuation.
The board received a letter
from Governor James Hunt
saying the county will receive
$256,000 from the state's allo
cation of federal local public
works fund (LPW).
The county must file ah _
application for this sum. along
with a letter from the governor
authorizing the county to re
ceive this amount from the LPW
allocation. The fund will be in
addition to the $344,000 the
county will receive directly from
This money will be used for
the proposed courthouse annex
and renovation, according to
Rpssell Tucker, county accoun
tant. By using the funds for this
project, the county will be able
to use non-federal money for
financing the new jail and thus
avoid having to meet costly
federal jail standards.
The jail will be financed from
'^lock grant, court facility fee
and general funds. The court
facilities fees -on hand total
$130,000 and another $30,000 is
expected during this fiscal year.
Bids on the courthouse annex
and an alternate on renovating
the old courthouse will be
opened August 2. I
The new budget provides
$1,213,586 as the county's share
of the school system's current
expenses and $140,414 for
school outlay.
It also provides $188,265 for
current expenses for James
Sprunt Institute and $158,440
for capital outlay.
The county mental health
department will receive
$628,000, while Archway East
will get $94,000 and the Bed
Jordan Group Home in Warsaw
will get $20,000. Both of these
are involved in the county's
mental health program.
The social services depart
ment will receive $516,259 from
the county, the budget also
provides $129,500 for public
assistance.
Farm programs (extension
service and soil conservation
service) will receive $121,756.
The county health department
will receive $279,878.
The sheriff's department will
get $351,97t and jail operation
and maintenance will receive
$127,800.
The budget also provides
$275,638 for the sanitary land
fill, $127,777 for rescue squads,
$93,731 for library service, and
$100,000 for debt service.
Walter Lee Brown of Route 2,
Rose Hill, was hired as food
services supervisor at the
meeting of Duplin County Board
of Commissioners Tuesday.
Brown succeeds Anita Carlton,
who resigned. The supervisor
handles the food for the pro
gram for the aged. The position
pays $9,300 a year.
The Board also re-approved
Frank Moore as tax supervisor
for a two-year term.
The Board also approved 'the
request of Sheriff Elwood
Revelle to appoint Josephine
Outlaw as matron at the county
jail on a salary of $7,476 a year.
She has been working part
time in this position.
The Board was advised the
county received a $3,900 grant
from the State Department of
Natural and Economic Re
sources for planning service ex
oansion.
The Board was informed the
Town of Teachey is receiving
$19,600 from the State Clean
Water Act funds to drill a new
well to enable the town water
system to. eventually serve the
Wallace-Rose Hill High School.
Beulaville received a grant of
$9,600 from the same source to
extend the water mains to East
Duplin High School.
Relief from tax penalties of
$29 was granted Thomas O.
Rabon of Magnolia Township.
Rabon said he went to the local
tax listing site twice to list his
taxes and found it closed. He
said he then went to the county
office in Kenansville but
couldn't list there as his papers
were at the Magnolia lister's.
He asked county officials to call
him when the books were re
turned to Kenansville. They did
and he went to the county seat
and listed his taxes, but when
he got his tax notice, found a
penalty listing included.
Leland Grady, county tax col
lector, reported collecting
$3,230,740.91 in taxes in the
past fiscal year, an increase of
$214,280.39 over the preceding
year.
NEW EMERGENCY
TELEPHONE NUMBERS
The new emergency tele
phone number for Kenansville
and Beulaville only has been
changed. The new number is
296-1874, effective July 8. 1977.
PRAYER BREAKFAST
There will be a dutch prayer
breakfast at The Country Girl
Restaurant on July 12, at 7t00
a.m. Everyooe is cordially
invited to attend.
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New Phone Book
Has New Look
The new telephone directory
now being delivered this week
by Carolina Telephone to sub
scribers in Warsaw, Beulaville,
Faison, Kenansville, Rose Hill
and Wallace has a new look.
It has for the first time
combined the alphabetical list
ings for all of these exchanges
into one section to enable tele
phone users to more quickly find
any telephone number in the six
communities. Also the new
Directory is printed in larger
and bolder type for easier
reading. \
Street Richardson, district
commerical manager for the
company, said the change in the
listing method was made for the
convenience of telephone cus
tomers in these exchanges.
"Combining listings into one
section has proven most bene
ficial in other locations," Rich
ardson said. "I'm confident that
our customers will welcome this
new format once they become
accustomed to it."
He pointed out that since
some of the exchanges listed in
the directory are linked by
extended area service, the com
bined listing method will make
numbers in these exchanges
much easier to locate.
Individual exhange identifi
cation is shown in a block in the
corner of each right-hand page.
This new phone book will be
delivered to subscribers prior to
July 8, and will become effective
on that date.
The cover features a portrait
of a mother and her baby and
carries a philosophical message
about the nature of communi
cations.
Warsaw Passes Budget
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The Warsaw town council
approved a 1977-78 budget of
Shi4,674 at its meeting Tuesday
night. ,
Although the budget will be
S12.000 higher than the current
budget, the tax rate wiH remain
at the present 86 cento per Si(KM
assessed valuation.
Most i mployces of the 4fc?*
will receive a five percent pay
first 4.000 gallons of water
costing $5. the sewer bill
amounting to half the water bUI
and the trash pickup at SI per
monih. A minimum utilities bill
ad valorem tax.
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some of roe major* euaget
bond retirement, $50,455; sani
tation, $3?,307; recreation,
$15,765; and fire department,
$14,393.
The town will pay $3,950 as
part of the Pinecrest cemetery
which has been Incorporated
into the town. Notices have been
sent to lot owners to pay
amounts acicrminea oy lot size
New Electronic Central
Office To Serve
Kenansville
A new $691,000 electronic,
computer-controlled central of
fice will be placed in service by
Carolina Telephone on July 8 to
serve Kenansville subscribers.
Street Richardson, district
catnmercial. manager for the
Company, said that conversion
to the new facility would require
many number changes and
make it necessary to dial all
seven digits to complete a local
call.
The new office will enable the
company to offer^'U-Touch"
of push button telephones avail
Oecome effective.
Richardson said that the new
codes are listed in a permanent
directory which has been pro
vided to all Kenansville,
Warsaw and Beulaville sub
scribers. He urged telephone
users to refer to this directory
before dialing calls to Kenans
ville telephones starting July 8,
and reminded that all seven
digits must be dialed.
The manager cautioned that
with the new electronic equip
receiving dial tooe<andMSnfwnaa