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Kenansville Town Board Votes
To Purchase Historic Blount House
The Kenansville Town Board *
voted 3 to 2 Monday night to I
attempt to purchase the historic i
James Blount house to use for a ?
town hall. i
The Board plans to renovate 1
V f S lildn .
**e house, owned by Mrs. P.B.
taiford. located on a 200 by 300
bot lot on N.C. 24. SO and 11
icross from the Kenansville
nnnicipal park: The historic
Mount House was built in the
early IWJOs in a Greek Revival
style. The house has around
2,800 square feet.
The town water tower and
pumping statioif,tre located on a
lot joining the Wford property.
ANii- rft :r ' wi
The present town hall is
owned by the Kenansvillc
Volunteer Fire Department,
which is planning to expand.
The Fire Department Building is
located across the street from
the County Courthouse. The
expansion of the Fire Depart
ment would force the town
offices out of the building.
Parking at the town hall has also
been a problem.
Voting for the purchase of the
Blount house were William
Fcnnell. John Hall and Mrs.
Betty Long. Concilmcn voting
against the purchase were Phil
Kfetsch and Jimmy Johnson.
New Activity Bus Proiecf
$jk fr-. ? L% *W ' ?
For Chinauaoin School
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At tlte first meeting of the
school year, file Chinquapin
Elementary School #1 PTO
voted to pun&ase a new activity
bus. AH PTO fund-raising acti
The new 66-passenger bus'
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should arrive in early Decem
ber. it is hoped that a| least half
of the $14,500 need* will be
available when the bps is
delivered, and possibly the
United by alt concerned js suffi
cient to achieve the .goal.
Y The house-to-house canvass
is scheduled for October 3-17.
Each family will be contacted
and asked to contribute. The
new bus prdject has been talked
about for several years, and is
net scheduled at (tie #1 school.
All parents, friends and busi
nesses are asked to contribute
generously to the bus project.
Three Way Tie For First
Place In Football Contest
a tnree-wav tte tor first place
had to be broken by going to the
number 0/ points scored.
Xommy Benton erf Kanansvillc
on first place by guessing 40
points. The most points scored
was 41 by Michigan over Texas
A&M. Second place was still a
tie after going to the points
scored. Kathryn Wrenn. a
? $ '. W. " i. 'ity* S
prevkltw winner from Warsdw,
and ToneMroza. a winner of last
year's contest, from Albertson.
will split second1 place .price
atoney Hroza and Benton 1
missed the Mississippi-Auburn
gdfne. Both went for Missis
sippi. Wrenn missed the na
tional TV game and went for
ECU.
TV gameraad went for ECU. 1
The coo testis sponsored each
week by the following busi
nesses: Smith Bros. Gas Com-,
pany. Magnolia , and Beulaville'
Gas Company. Beulaville;
Golden Skillet. Warsaw; Riven
bark.Motors. Warsaw; Kenans
ville Drug Store. Kenansville:
Brawn's Cabinet & Millwork.
Inc.. Rose Hill; Tadlock
Chrysler - Plymouth, Inc..
Warsaw; West Auto Parts.
Warsaw. Kenansville and
Beulaville; Warsaw Motor
Company, Warsaw; Blackburn's
Service Oil Company. Warsaw;
The Duplin Times. Kenansville.
Good Govormont
Mooting
All Duplin Citizens are invited
to a Good Government meeting
at 7:30 p.m.. Thursday, October
& at the Courthouse in Kenans
ville. ' ? \ t:. .
State officials will discuss the
upcoming bond issues and con
stitutional amendments.
The meeting is sponsored by
the Duplin County Democratic
National 4-H Week
youth in Not rthVwliMMid'the
nation to observe National 4-H
t| Weak. J ?,%
The theme of the special
I observance is "4-H -- Fredom
To Be." according to Lois G.
Britt. Extension Agent. 4-H.
L diThe 4-H'ers will rallv behind
the theme to point out that 4-H
_*,!? an informal, learn-by-doing
approach to education, in which
young people choose their own
projects and set individual goals
I^n^tSt^nal 4-H Week
Mrs. Brut pointed out that i
special events will be held to;
-Encourage more youth, ages '
9-19, to join 4-H
-Urge more men and women
and older teens to volunteer as
4-H leaders
-Acknowledge support for
the 4-H program
-Recognize important contri
butions of parents
-- Consider future needs and '
plans.
The 4-H program is con
ducted through county offices 1
by the North Carolina Agri
cultural Estension Service at
NCSU and A.A T State Urn J
Son Of A Gun
. t , By J? t ??tor
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Davie Thomas of Kenansville
graduated from public work this'
past year and took up farming. I
was Talking with Davie at 'Mac
Wilson's retirement party M
for the pa^'Tl years and her tajg^
position was Director df Nurses.
. .Now she is going to attempt t#
direct Benny. . Lots "hf luci!"
Mae... .. , .
I asked Davie how his cord
crop was this year, knowing that
much of Duplin's corn is in sad
shape. . .He immediately
whipped out a sales ticket for
tobacco and said. "Look here. .
.My tobacco is bringing more
per pound than corn is per
bushel.". . .He went on to say.
"Earlier this week I figured H
was' time to harvest my corn. .
Ca I aa thA
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and Tfad gone over about two
acres and everything seemed to
be goipg frne. . .Suddenly I
heard a noise.. .It sounded like
a bearing might be bad, so 1
stopped and got down to look
the combine over. . .but 1
couldn't find anything wrong. .
.Then I discovered what the'
noise was. . .After two acres,
the first car of corn had gone
through the combine.". . .
Winford Howard, who was
standing nearby, told Davie that
perhaps what he should have
done was, before he started, to
have thrown a handful of corn in
the combine to prime it...
Several weeks ago 1 was in
Jimmy Strickland's hardware
store when Mrs. George Smoke
came in with a plate filled with
"million dollar .nidge" and said
it was "for Jimmy and the
boys", complimenting them on
some fine work they had done.
.In Doris* words, "This is a little
something extra. . .to show my
appreciation". . .Being there at
the time. 1 was invited to sample
the fudge, and it was. without a
doubt, well-named for it tasted i
like a million dollar recipe . .
I was reminded of this
Monday while at Jimmy's.
chec)ftng on some paint. .
Jimmy isn't the only one
getting candy . .Jimmy's wife.
Margaret, wg^ghren a slights
melted chocolate bar with nuts.
. .And according to Jimmy, a ,
feJIaw gave it to her for being
"Pretty, but ntit quite as pretty ?
as a Hines lady in Kenansville."
Wonder if the Hines lady got an ,
a fish fry at Saliy and Bo:
Herring's Saturday, along with i
a great many others. . Sally f
misinformed me. though. .She :
said 1 would know everyone. .
.She was wrong. . Not only I J, j
didn't know everyone, there"?1
were people there I had
broke in and said. "You know
when you lived with your
grandpa and you and Hilda were
writing lovenotes?".. .Now that
was a memory-jogger from
about 30 yearMgo. ? - Hilda and
enough t<yvo any jpb^/jpd.
our |ik6st cherished thoughts
and secfets to pile another wdti
notes. .Mil I lost one of thfee
note*. ? Jpvjif, Dallas. Jr. and
OrahamMjint. . .Poked fun at
rae.atnd'olsHilda I gave it to
tkeg^. J Jtbd that abruptly
ejgde9 nyf' case of "puppy
Brown would not
else to do with
iMk. . .Broke my little old heart.
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Saw a sign on a photo shop
darkroom door.. .It read "Keep
door dosed or the dark will leak,
out". ? ? Son-of-a-Gun ....
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I Briefs!
Road
Closed
According to T.W. Funder
burk. Division Engineer of the
Division of Highways, in Wil
mington. it was necessary to
close SR 1101 Monday, October
3. The closing is necessary in
order to replace bridege #48
over Duffs Creek. It is aati
ctpatea tnat it win taxe approxi
mately 60 days to complete the
work. A detour route will not
be erected, but traffic may use
ajternate secondary roads in the
area. \
Whitley's 1
Mobile Office |
, In Duplin , J
"third District Congressman
Charlie Whitlev announced that
the Third District Mobile Office
wilMnake^ Stops' in Duplin on
TVMobHe Office will be In
SSatioM C fo,to*taB
' Vu^e* 9:30 - 10:30. Post
Ujlice: vmnquapm, 11-12, Post
Hfice. W Hill, 1 - 2 p.m..
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Whitley further advises that
tod?ey Kn?^tei rfhisgsff^wHI
lihiiiA matters that they wish
^ the stteatkm of the
POULTRY QUEEN - Chris Blanton. left, of
Kenansville. the 1977 Miss N.C. Poultry Queen,
is shown with the 1978 queen and her court. The
new queen. Dennis Ricks, second from left, and
her court. "Button" Johnson and Debra Ann
Whitley. / / W
1978 N.C. Poultry Queen
Crowned Saturday Night
Denise Ricks of Graham was
crowned N.C. Poultry Queen
Saturday night in Kenan
Memorial Auditorium in
Kenansville.
Miss Ricks, a late entry in the
pageant, is the daughter of Rev.
and Mrs. R. Dennis Ricks. She
is majoring in theatre arts at
Appalachian State University
where she was (he lead dancer-'
in the play "Oklahoma."
Sponsored by Gidcjeon
^Electric Service of Willard. Miss 1
Ricks performed a jazz dance for
her talent.
As the North Carolina Pqjiltry
Queen. Miss Ricks will be a
guest this weekend at the
Poultry Jubilee. She will attend
the annual Southeastern U.S.
Poultry Convention in Atlanta
and other events.
Miss Chris Blanton of '
Kenansville. the outgoing
queen, crowned the new queen.
Jerilyn (Button) Johnson of
Conover was first runner-up.
Debra Ann Whitley of Stantons
burg was second runner-up.
The beauty pageant is spon
sored by the Rose Hill Jaycees.
The schedule of activities for
the 15th Annual Jubilee is listed
POULTRY QUEEN - Denise Ricks. Miss North Carolina Poultry
Queen for 1978.
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