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Smith and daughters, Tracy Smiths have ?P? acres of tobacco, 59 acres or corn, and grow about 3,000 head of market hogs oo contract per year. FINGER UCKIN' GOOD - Denise Ricks r Graham proves her allegiance to the poultry industry as 1 rtk Carolina Poultry F Sto?*!!*" *?* HU1'S chick i ftp* the "World s ?hoto by Joe Lanier) ^Tiling Over For Municipal Elections Town Board members. Three candidates have W far the positions. They are incumbents W.E.Foster and W. John Weatherly. Ill, who was ?HE B rlon the northern end of the ,Tf",c^~i iwitn zio registerea voiers, win have to decide between 4 can didate* for Mayor, and five out of ten candidates for Town Board. Candidates for Mayor are incumbent G. Glanton Whaley and Hope Wiggins. Candidates for two-year terms on the Calypso Town Board are incumbents Thomas */Alhritton, S. D. Davis Jr. and Jamas A. Parker. Also running are James Carter, Joe DadWs. Cedl M. Langley. L.R. (Ike) Nana, Jr., Uwrenoe Riggie, J.R. Turner fend Motley rcWaters. w altace. with 1223 registered ? voters will vote for2 fandidMag Pate Evans. Reba E Harvefl, I B Ms snd Ian B. Murray. Incumbe Mayor Charien C. Phrrior is |l v 11 d f ll ??? \i m b e ot W.O. Monird and Henry Wells. Jr.here ere 110 Clayton ^ and Bromley R. Pope and Millard The Town of Prison will elect a Mayor and three Town Board members. Mayor Pro-tem William Igoe did not file for re-election as Mayor, but he is iftiHng a 4-year term on the Board. Filing for Mayor were P.B. Carter. W.R. Clifton and Ahon King. Sr. Fifing for Town Board were incumbent Helen Little Britt. Billie Franklin Codpcr. Will Cottle. WJ. Igoe. Meivin Sogers and Fred W. Whcless. There are 44$ regis tered voters in Paison. Douglas Judge will be un opposed la his race for Mayor of ?>./? Kenansvilie. Two seats ate open on the Town Board. Candidates are incumbent Philip Kretecti. lr., Nick Bow den. Earl Hatcher and Cordell Johnson. There are 478 registered to vote in Kenanoville. Voters in Beulttville will elect a Mayor and two Town Board members. Candidates for Mayor are Mayor Cart D. Pate, Sr. and Marion Edwards. Running for Town Board are incumbent Wilbur Hussey, Jr., Donald Ray Brown. Douglas Brown. John M. Simmons and Mervin Whaley. There are S3S voters in Beulaville. The municipal elections will be held November 8.1977. I 'v ?"* K; '?&>. _ __ ... - SPflBWKf " 'If: >?1 _ J :. . . ft Local Economic '?"?** T? Be Discussed At Conference a comer ence on we economic situation at Duplin County wiU be held Thursday, October 13 at 7 p.m. at James Sprout Institute in the Hoffler Building. The conference, which is open to the public, has been called by Governor Jim Hnut to help VTil a m% n ?? a n nil im ? norm Carolina acvciop a policy on balanced growth and economic development < Secretary of Commerce D.M. (Lauch) Fircioth will join with Duplin County to discuss the specific issues facing Duplin County. Hunt termed the con ference as an "information-' gathering session", as well as . an opportunity for state govern ment to hear local citizens' !*>?? on improving North Carolina's . standard of livimt* Participants will divide into thfjie sub-group* for round tabfe discussions on agriculture, thr manufacturing and proces sing industry, and service in dustries, including transporta tion finance, wholesale and retail sales and tourism. fie purpose of the conference is to find out what local com munities believe are their own economic problems, and what Peal, state and sot should do to I t, similar con held fas each of unties. Reports sse local county 1 feed into a gathering on and economic January, 1978, 1 f?y the State . m ' ? * LJ Goals and Policy Board for advising the Governor on North Carolina's future economic policy. County-Wide Recreation Program Discussed gram. Meier was invited b/tbe ' Board to meet and discuss the matter. Molar discussed the need Cor a fag-time Recreation Director and die organization of a Recreation Advisory Commis sion which would be charged with coordinating efforts county-wide. He presented ideas on setting up a proposed budget Cor a year-round recrea tion service. He suggested a Commission of from 9-11 members, or possibly more. of the State Highway Cam mission, together with Garland Garrett, Eastern Representative on the Board of Transportation, met with the Board to dtacuss the upcoming S300,Qft0,000 Highway Improvement Bond bsae. Garrett stated there are 16,400 miles of N.C. roadway In need of improvements and of these 7,100 are primary, 9,000 are secondary, and 300 urban. Five thousand of die 16,000 bridges need major improve ? 5 nadht. Gamfo also stated that over the a?K 5 years SI 75. cent of die total bohd issue would be allocated for bridge repair and replacement. There will be no increase1 in taxes, he said. Duplin pounty's allocation for secondary roads will amount to S324,000.00 and if the bond issue is passed it will be increased to S523.000.00. Garrett stated that over the next five years, Duplin County would get roughly SI ,000,000 in extra money. He stated this money for secondary toads is based on unpavcd mileage in Duplin County. The Board voted unani mously to adopt a resolution in support of the Bond issue. Ms. Minnie Rhodes and Joe Harvey met with the Board to discuss the need for: employ ment of minorities and under privileged;} Day Care Centers . and Recreational facilities: an apprenticeship program; and on-the-jol[ training program. Jim Rusher. Industrial Devel oper, stated an application has been submitted for funds to build a Day Care Center for Duplin. I|e also stated that apprenticeship programs are set up by industries and industry feels there* is no need for this type progttun at this time. The Board appropriated $821 as matching funds for the Community-Based Alternative Program (for children at risk). Dr. H fV. Stevens, Health Director, aad Joe Costin, Health Administrator. met with the Board to report on the Primary Health Care grant application submitted-for a Duplin County Primary Care Center. It would provide diagnosis evaluation and treatment to 1,000 patients the first year, increasing to 2.000 or more the next year, and would provide medical care to special target areas such as minority groups, high-risk infants and medically deprived children. If approved, the grent will total $40,923. ?.!rL ?0,rd appropriated $12,500 for Part I of a countv ?.de watcv study for Duplin County. Three voted for and one against (Fussell). The Commissioners ap pointed the following people to serve on tJie?Nedse River Council of Governments Agirtg Advisory Committee: Walter Brown. Director of the Nutrition Program; Ms. Lillian Farrier. Magnolia: and John Hall was reappointed to serve another term: Ms. Kathleen Hall of Kc^svilfe is to ^serve^on the Record Enrollment At | James Sprunt An 875 undapiknted head count in curriculum programs insures James Sprunt Institute a record enrollment for Fall Quarter *77. The figure repre sents a 25% increase in enroll ment compared to Fall Quarter '76 figures. Alfred Wells, Dean of Student Services, attributes much of the increase in en rollment to new public aware ness of offerings and the initia tion of a late beginning date for the academic year. During a two-week period immediately prior to September 20, the staff and faculty tAI James Sprunt conducted a The romlts of die surveys are to b? used to update present offer jpgs and introduce new pro- 1 grams. Where a sizeable number of people have shown interest in immediate enroll ment, the administration plans to establish those programs as soon as possible. In a twelve-year period, James Sprunt has enrolled nearly 40,000 people in various courses or programs ranging from full-time curriculum to in service seminars. Although James Sprunt Institute serves a population larger than Duplin County, the bulk of the student body has always and continues to come from Duplin. The current record enrollment, should it continue, will add significantly to the total popula tion of Duplin County served by James Sprunt Institute. With construction well underway on a new vocational/technical in struction building, the potential far continued growth appears bright. KC(WwVclectrcl ?Acett are ?u JLJl*?. wl/i-fc r. J. w? ?Hg^ .|i|^' i(f|a ArthenU Hall MM/fiiiBftlia ? Historian Mrs. N.B. Booey. SC aflttHfUe? Jenkins^ Kenansvilte; and throughout th6 county The Schools, was the speaker of the evening. He stated that, "there are many libraries hi Duplin County, and the nu^or need is for better planning in order to get the books into the peoples' 1 handl'(Continued on Page 7) {? m. a ' Stumers | The annual Shriners' Fish Fry is set for Friday. October 14 *f' the Duplin Shrine Club Build.n* ia Wallace. Fried fish with all the trimmings will be senei; during the noon and evening hours. : &%%', The Shriners ask full support of this project. Proceeds go tot the Ctypled Childrens Hos Football Contest Winners First place in last week's football contest was won by Susannah Bennett of 205 E. Hill Street, Warsaw. Susannah, a student at Warsaw Junior High, missed on two games. Four entries were tied for second place. Gail J. Bell of Route 2. Warsaw, won by guessing closest to the most points scored by one team in the contest. Tied for second with Gail were Bobby Wallace of Route 2, Mount Olive. Craig Craft of Kenansville, and two- ; time winner, Kathry* Wrenn of Warsaw. Kathryn failed to ' guess the most points scored on < her entry. The contest is sponsored each ,tj week by the following busi- 1 nesses: Smith Bros. Gas Corn- j pany. Magnolia and Beulaville I Gas Company, Beulaville; Golden Skillet. Warsaw; Riven bark Motors. Warsaw; Kenans ville Drug Store. Kenansville; Brown's Cabinet & MMIwotk, Inc.. Rose Hill; Tadlock ] Chrysler - Plymouth. Inc.. Warsaw; West Auto Parts, 11 .11 ?^???? Son Of A Gun ? M?1?!?> Sometimes the excftement of going fishing is better than the actual fishing, as many a fisher man can testify. I mean, some times you return empty-handed. . .Some even go empty-handed. . .At least that is the story I hear. Seems Rodney Thigpen of the Sheriffs Department, had the day off last week. . .Got up early in the morning and several friends came by to go with him. . He hurriedly got all their fishing gear, rods, reels, iced containers to bring the fish back in, a few snacks, and all. . . And off they went to the beach. .. AU talking about how many fish they were going to catch .... .Rodney was driving and fur nishing the car, so of course he was supposed to catch the most. . .But when they got to the beach gnd unloaded the fishing gear. . .Son-of-a-gun, Rodney had loaded up everyone's gear but his own. . .That's right, Rodney foqgot his rod. . .fishing rod, that isS^. Friends come in all kinds of shapes, peculiar dress, and odd attributes, but sometimes you wonder if they are friends. . . .Would you call a bunch of boys your friends that one night, while you were away from your little foreign car, jacked it up and put drink orates under the rear axle so the rear wheels gtouhfp. . And WBetf ftu came back would make fun of you and you*. car until you got mad, got in your car, put it in low gear and started to spin the wheels as you were leaving.. .But it didn't go anywhere. . .Just sat there with the left wheel touching the pavement once in a while, making a screeching noise. . ?Embarassing to say the least. . .How about it, Steve Blanton?.. ?Is that bunch of Kenansville Hillbillies still your friends?. . .After i trick like that, it makes me wonder if they are the ones who placed the commode bouquet on the Courthouse steps, 4. .an old commode filled with analeas... Watching the old cars in the Poultry Jubilee Parade re minded me of the Rocket 88 Olds md the Grey Ghost. . .When "the Rocket 88 Oidsmo bile first hit the market, it was the fastest car on the road coming from the factories. . .The talk was that it would go from a .dead stop tp 88 miles an hour in 8 seconds. . .That was something amazing in those days, btft not quite so amazing as the Grey Ghost, which was a late W30's model Plymouth coupe... According to the story, this fellow, who was once a race driver, and his brother, who was a mechanic, got in trouble with the law and were barred from the racing profession. A bo<t legger heard of the two and got them to put together the Grey Ghost, with the racer doing the driving. . .They took this little old Plymouth and re-designed and remodeled everything but the body, which was painted grey. . .c dark grey. . .to disappear in the night. . .There were two generators, a battery for each headlight, a double cooling system, and brakes that could be operated individually on the back wheels. The tail lights were hooked to a rheostat and when turned, would dim. making one think it was further down the road than it was... The Grey Ghost was kept stored away and out of sight except when it was being used for hauling moonshine.. .and no one ever did find out whom it belonged to. . .It was practically impossible to stop or outrun it.. If the revenuers tried to hem it up. using the rear wheel brakes on one wheel, it would turn around on the highway and be going in the direction it had been coming from almost instantly... And it simply could not be outrun. . .The story is that the little Grey Ghost would stay just ahead of the car chasing it until the chasing auto blew up.. .One night someone leaned out of a window of a chasing auto and shot at the back of the Ghost. . .The Ghost poured on the gas and tofmrlhe fcllo* ^ off another shot, it was clear odfi^ of sight. The driver of the chasing auto said "A little puff of smoke came from the tail pipes and it just disappeared. . .And we were running over 100 miles an hour then"... Back to the Rocket 88. . .This fellow in Warsaw had bought one and was always bragging that he could outrun anyone. . .One night a set of headlights came up behind him while he was running around 70. . .He glanced in his rear view mirror and smiled, eased down on the gas pedal, and the Rocket's speedometer jumped to 100 and the headlights were still behind him. . .right on his bumper. . He thought to himself. "I'll show him", and he stomped the gas pedal to the floor, his leg just shaking. . .As the speed ometer was bouncing on the bottom, the headlights behind him pulled out and up alongside him.. .It was a little old beat up grey Plymouth coupe. The fellow driving nodded his head, reached down and eased the Plymouth into high gear, and before the fellow in the 88 could blink his eyes, the Plymouth was further down the road than the headlights on the 88 would shine. . .By the way, the Plymouth did finally get caught. . .The revenuers hemmed it up on a bridge. . with ho place to go. . .The driver got away, though.. .Son-of-a Gun.... Rotary Student Of The Month ? , - m|t?JL'' '? fctory C lub select* Art Kern Ait, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Van A. Kernstine of Warsaw, is ranked number one in the senior class of 158 students at James Kenan High School. His extra curricular activities at JK in clude J.V. Football, Basketball Statistician, Baseball. Biology. Geometry, U.S. Studies and Spanish awards. Football Manager, Governor's School Nominee, National Honor Society, President, Chief Marshal, Moiehead Scholarship Nominee. School Yearbook Staff ?lid Photographer. Active in community activi ties. Art la an Eagle Scout and attended the 1977 National Scout Jamboree in Penaayt Baptist Church R.A's. He was^s^Wood donor '
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