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BB&T Loses
Insurance Suit
After 2'A yean, the State
p Supreme Court Tuesday re
' versed itself and rated that
Branch Banking and Trust Co. is
not entitled to recover $314,
354.38 from the State and the
Insurance Co. of North America.
The ruling involved a case in
which L.C. Woodcock waa con
victed and sentenced to prison
uncharges related to an alleged
Warsaw, which JBHpcock
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shortage.
Associate Justice 1. Beverly
Lake dissented sharply, saying
that under the majority ruling,
the bank not only is denied
recovery from its insurance
company and the State, it
"cannot even recover from
Woodcock."
The case involved a debt of
$545,424 incurred by the South
eastern Farms Grain Associa
tion. The bank held a note for
that amount, which was backed
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isSSsss
surrendered the receipts to
Southeastern in return for a new
receipts issued by the elevator
eastern, th*.elevator canceled
f % ?" TlnS* fraud -involved issuance
ofrwrftoswhich were not
HH^^nordin^ to court
Duplin County officials are
investigating the theft of,tools
and equipment estimated at
mote than $6,000 stolen from
the county landfill and garage
early Monday.
Thieves stole two Blackhawk
tool boxes. complete with tools,
a heavy-duty half-inch drill, an
acetylene welding outfit, an
IBM typewriter and a desk
calculator as well as a collection
of automobile and truck parts
< and some loose tools.
William Hemy Carr. Jr.. 20.
6f Wallace, was arrested Tues
day and charged with the shoot*
ing of windows at Di*o? s
Grocert Store and. Alfrw#*
Brown's bouse. ? f
Randall Brown informed' the
Sheriffs Department Tuesday
that S3.460 worth of building
materials had been stolen from
I Whitley To
Be In Duplin
Congressman Charlie Whitley
announced he will visit Warsaw
on Wednesday. August 31st. He
drill be at the Fire Station from
? 30 until 4:3Q p.m. He will be in
UfWallaee on Thursday, Septem
ber 1st. He will meet with the
Wallace Chamber of Commerce
at 1 p.m. and will be at the
.Wallace Town Library from 2:30
jtili 4:30 p.m. to meet with
persons having matters they
wish to bring to his attention
Whitley said that during the
August District Work Period, he
Will be visiting throughout the
Jhird District.
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i Route 2. Wallace, building
site. Randall hadjhe outside of
the house frame# up. and was
storing miscellaneous building
materials and filings inside.
fete Bradshaw of Route 2.
Wallace, repose# a CB radio
and antenna wear stolen from
the cab of his tr'fctor-truck. He
placed the value? of the equip
ment at $200.
Phillips Farm Supply Co. of
Kenansrille. reported 174
gallons of the cfcfcmical. MH-JO
worth $1,211, was st?n. the
theft was reported Tuesday, but
it is believed to have occurred
late in July.
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BOND BOARD SWORN INTO OFFICE -
Members of the Duplin County Industrial
Facilities and Pollution Control Financing
Authority were sworn into office Monday by
Clerk of Court John A. Johnson. The Bond Board
was established by a resolution passed by the
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County Comnmsiofltrs. Members of the Board
are. front row. lefylo right. R. E. Wilkins. Mrs.
Ray Smith and lokfn Good son. Back row, left to
right. Dr. Gary Bjjbadi<ick. Melvin Pope, Allan
Williams and HomCr James.
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j Bond Board Sworn
Into ^Office Monday
Duflin County's Industrial
of Cou?* John Jfc' Johnson. The
icounty Board of Commissioners
established the Board by a reso
lution in July and re-affirmed
the resolution in a special
meeting Monday. Dr. Gary*
Broadrick of Warsaw was
named chairman for a six-year
term. Mayor Melvin Pope of
Magnolia was named vice
president, with a six-year term
and Mrs. Ray C. Smith of
Beulavilte. secretary-treasurer,
to a four-year term.
Other members of the Board
are Allen Williams of Wallace,
six-year term; R. E. Wilkins of
Warsaw, four-year term; and
John Goodson of Route I.
Mount Olive and Homer James.
Bbute 2. Wallace, two-year 1
terms.
pfcilities and Pol I udon Control
Financing Authority was ftwn
National Spjhning Company.
Phillip Wander of New Yorit,
vice president of finance for
National Spinning, and Don D.
Rice of Whitevillc. group vice
president, presented the tenta
tive proposal.
They said final determination
of their request would depend
upon the result of a market
study now being carried out by
the company.
National Spinning has two
plants in the county, and there
is a possibility the firm might
expand its Beulaville operation
if the current marketing study
looks good. The firm also
operates a large plant at Bruns
wick. southwest of Whitcville.
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J he next step in processing
cation conference in Raleigh
with the NX. Department of
Commerce officials, the county
industrial bond board and the
company, according to Bruce
Strickland. Jr. of the depart
ment. ,
Strickland reminded the
county officials no' tax money
could ever be used in any way to
help pay off any indistrial bonds
issued under this authority. The
benefit tp companies is that they
can issue the bonds, if ap
proved. at a lower rate of
interest Jhan usual because the
bonds arp tax exempt.
He alto noted the bonds can
only be issued on fixed assets.
The objective of the bond issue
has to be worth at least the
amount of the issue.
Red Carpet Weekend Planned
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'No Contest Contest'Winners To Come To Warsaw
"No Contest Contest" win
ners. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C.
Wilson of Lcesville, South
Carolina, have been invited by
the Chamber of Commerce to
visit Warsaw for a Red Carpet
Weekend. October 21-22.
The invitation came as the
result of a promotional gimmick
of radio station WIS in Colum
bia. S.C.. which the Chamber
felt was in extremely poor taste.
WIS produced a series of radio
?>es entitled "No Contest
ntest". which featured a
consolation prize of a vacation to
New Orleans, and a grand prize
of a round trip bus ticket to
'
According lo WIS. the pro
motion was to erf.ttc listeners,
but the Warsaw Chamber felt
that the radio tapes incorrectly
portrayed the town as a place no
one would like to visit. '
Many local merchants and
pituptis have already volun
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teered to help welcome the
Joseph C. Wilsons to Warsaw
and Duplin during the weekend
of October 21st in order to
demonstrate that Warsaw and
DupKn County is a great place to
be.
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Warsaw Mayor John Powell
stated; "I don't like to see
anyone or any place down
graded. and I think Warsaw was
unfairly portrayed in the radio
station WIS contest, called the
'No Contest Contest." We. in
turn, intend to show the
winners. Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Wilson, of Lccsville, S.C.. a
weekend in Warsaw they will
long remember, and at the same
time, showing these fine people
a true picture of Warsaw....a
great little town..."
Duplin Woman Sentenced On Murder Count
Mattie Kenan Miller. 23. of
was sentenced to not
less than 2t> nor more than 30
years in North Carolina,
Women's Prison on a murder
lou 111 lucsday in Superior
Court.
She pled guilty to a charge of
second degree murder Monday
before Judge Filbert Peelc of
Williantston. The charge carrier
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a maximum sentence of 80
years.
Mrs. MiHcr was taken to the
Raleigh prison by Sheriff's
Officers 1 rucsdav.
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She was charged with the
stabbing death of Mary Ann
Carlton Farrior. 20. of Tcachcy.
early July 25 in the parking lot
of a night club outside Wallace.
James Sprunt Institute
Graduation Set For Sunday
The annual graduation exer
cise for James Sprunt Institute
will be held on Sunday. August
28 at 6 p.m. in the William Rand
Kenan. Jr. Amphitheatre in
Kenansville. Over 170 gradu
ates will receive degrees, dip
lomas. and certificates in the
technical, vocational, and adult
diploma programs offered on
campus. This is the largest
number of graduates in the
school's history. The public is
invited.
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This year's speaker will be
Dr. Malcolm Knowles. profes-.
sor of Adult and Community
College Education at North
Carolina State University. Dr.
Knowles is a highly respected
Football Gamo
Friday Night
East Duplin
At North Duplin
8 P.M.
figure in the Adult Education
field and it the author of at least
ten books and more than' one
hundred articlesLor chapters of
books. He received an A.B. at
Harvard; M.A. and Ph.D. at the
University of Ch$ago.
Following the exercises, the
public is cordially invited to
attend a reception in the Mc
Gowan Building and the open
house on campus. In the event
of inclement weather, the
graduation exercises will be
held in the Kenan Memorial
Auditorium.
Governor Names
Monk To JSI Board
Governor Jim Hunt has ap
pointed Edd Dudley Monk of
Magnolia to serve on the Board
of Trustees of James Sprunt
Technical Institute.
Monk is a farmer, business- -
man. and president of the Rose
Hill Funeral Home. He is a
'member of the Region P Neuse
River Council of Government,
the Duplin County Good Neigh
bor Council, the Duptm County
Planning Board aad is trustee
board chairman of the
Kenansville Eastern Baptist
Association Training Institute.
He is a re-appointee to the
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Sprunt Institute's Board of
Trustees.
The Board of Trustees is
composed of 12 members -- four
appointed by the Governor, four
elected by the local Board of
Education, and four elected by
the county commissioners.
Members serve a term of eight
years.
The purpose of the Board is to
promote the development of the
institution, helping it serve the
state in a way that will com
plement the activities of the
other institutions and helping it
perform at a high level of
escellence.
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New Scholarship
Beginning Fall Quarter, Sep
tember 1977, James Sprpnt
Institute will offer five merit
scholarships in the following
areas: two in the Vocational
Programs; two in the Technical
Programs; and one in the
General Education Program.
Each scholarship is valued at
$100. All Duplin County resi
dents not currently enrolled as a
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full-time student are eligible to
apply. Selection wilL be based
part acadamic achievement,
scholastic honors, and extra
curricular activities.
Deadline for making appli
cation is Tuesday. September
13. Scholarship applications and
additional information may be
obtained from Mrs. Joyce
Thomas. Financial Aid Officer
atJSI.
WHITLEY VISITS IN COUNTY ? Third District Congressman
Charlie Whitley spent Tuesday in Pender and Duplin Counties.
Whitley met with constituents at The Country Squire for lunch.
On a "district work-break" from Congress. Whitley talked to the
twenty persons in attendance, and answered questions.
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